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The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — On the heels of a summer wave of COVID-19 cases, Americans will be able to get free virus test kits mailed to their homes, starting in late September. U.S. households will be able to order up to four COVID-19 nasal swab tests when the federal program reopens, according to the website, COVIDtests.gov. The U.S. Health and Human Services agency that oversees the testing has not announced an exact date for ordering to begin.

Government announces more COVID-19 tests can be ordered through mail for no cost

Business Insider

Obama slammed Donald Trump's "weird obsession with crowd sizes" during his DNC speech on Tuesday.

Watch the Obama joke everyone is talking about from the DNC

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s electoral institute voted Friday to give the governing Morena party and its allies about 73% of seats in the lower house of Congress, though the coalition won less than 60% of the votes in the June 2 elections. The ruling, which can be...

Mexico’s electoral agency gives govrerning coalition 73% of seats in Congress, with 60% of votes

TheDailyBeast

Meghan McCain, the daughter of former Republican presidential nominee John McCain, can’t stop gushing about the Democratic National Convention. “Maybe republicans just shouldn’t have conventions… just forfeit because I DO NOT KNOW HOW YOU CAN COMPETE WITH THIS!” McCain wrote in a post on X, formerly Twitter. Earlier on Thursday, she also claimed the Democrats’ conference was “better than the last 15 years of MTV Awards,” adding in another post that “Republicans cannot compete on the culture space with artist, musicians or celebrities on any level whatsoever.” She also raved about the performance by The Pack, a drumline that took...

Meghan McCain Can’t Stop Gushing About the DNC

Chicago, IL

CNN’s Daniel Dale fact-checks President Joe Biden’s speech at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

Dale says parts of Biden’s DNC speech were misleading

The NPR Network will be reporting live from Chicago throughout the week bringing you the latest on the Democratic National Convention. Kerstin Emhoff, Doug Emhoff's first wife with whom he shares two children, is at the Democratic National Convention supporting her ex-husband and Democratic presidential candidate and Vice President Kamala Harris.

Doug Emhoff's ex-wife helped produce the video bio of him that played at the DNC

Kamala Harris introduced herself to the country she hopes to lead in the climactic moment of the Democratic national convention on Thursday — and despite chatter about potential mystery guests, Beyoncé's only appearance was over the loudspeakers. In the end, it was the most traditional of convention moments...

Kamala Harris with Beyoncé? Yes, but the star singer was only heard through loudspeakers

Leaders of a Democratic protest-vote movement pushing back on the handling of the Israel-Hamas war say their request to have a Palestinian American speak at the Democratic National Convention has been rejected.

Pro-Palestinian delegates hold sit-in after DNC says no to speaker request

Robert F. Kennedy said Friday he is suspending his independent presidential bid and is backing Donald Trump. Kennedy said his internal polls had showed that his presence in the race would hurt Trump and help Democratic nominee Kamala Harris. ▶ Follow the AP’s live coverage and analysis from the 2024 Democratic National Convention. PHOENIX (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suspended his independent campaign for the White House and endorsed Donald Trump on Friday, a late-stage shakeup of the race that could give the former president a modest boost from Kennedy’s supporters.  Hours later, Kennedy joined Trump onstage at an Arizona rally, where the crowd burst into “Bobby!” cheers.

RFK Jr. suspends his presidential bid and backs Donald Trump before appearing with him at his rally

Coffee County, GA

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Daily Coffee Press

Last week, two individuals from Coffee County were charged with trafficking methamphetamine following a search at a residence on Willacoochee Highway. On August 13, detectives with the Coffee County Drug Unit conducted an operation involving Charles Black, which led to a search of his residence on Willacoochee Highway. According to the report, Black left his residence before the warrant was served and was subsequently detained.

Two Charged with Trafficking Methamphetamine After Search in Coffee County

The NPR Network will be reporting live from Chicago throughout the week bringing you the latest on the Democratic National Convention. Kamala Harris took the stage for a surprise appearance at the first night of the DNC. Harris addressed the crowd and the raucous applause saying she wanted to kick...

Kamala Harris makes a surprise appearance on the first night of the DNC

CBS News

CBS News is fact checking some of the statements made by speakers during the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, which took place Aug. 19-22.On Thursday, the final night of the convention, Vice President Kamala Harris accepted her party's nomination and delivered her acceptance speech. CBS News' Confirmed team is conducting the fact-checks, and here are several from the final night of the DNC. Fact checking Harris' claim that Trump's tariff plan will cost families almost $4,000 per year: Partially true, needs context Vice President Kamala Harris: "[Trump] intends to enact what in effect is a national sales tax, call it a Trump tax, that...

Fact checking DNC 2024 Day 4 speeches of Harris, Sen. Bob Casey

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators approved updated COVID-19 vaccines on Thursday, shots designed to more closely target recent virus strains -- and hopefully whatever variants cause trouble this winter, too. With the Food and Drug Administration’s clearance, Pfizer and Moderna are set to begin shipping millions of doses. A third U.S. manufacturer, Novavax, expects its modified vaccine version to be available a little later. “We strongly encourage those who are eligible to consider receiving an updated COVID-19 vaccine to provide better protection against currently circulating variants,” said FDA vaccine chief Dr. Peter Marks. The agency’s decision came a bit earlier than last year’s rollout of updated COVID-19 vaccines, as a summer wave of the virus continues in most of the country. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention already has recommended this fall’s shot for everyone age 6 months and older. Vaccinations could be available within days.

FDA approves updated COVID-19 vaccines, shots should be available in days

Colorado State

David Heitz

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

Memphis, TN

Another former Memphis police officer has pleaded guilty to civil rights violations in the 2023 fatal beating of Tyre Nichols. Emmitt Martin could serve up to 40 years in prison. Nichols’ family said accepting responsibility was the right direction, but noted three more former officers await trial. (AP Video/Kristin M. Hall and Jonathan Mattise)

Tyre Nichols’ family says guilty plea by former officer in his fatal beating is step in right direction

USA TODAY

Health care advocates Brian Wallach and Sandra Abrevaya spoke at the 2024 DNC in Chicago Monday. Watch the speech.

Brian Wallach and Sandra Abrevaya speak at 2024 DNC: Watch

The New Republic

Michelle Obama has
never exactly been lacking in poise. It’s hard to think of a single moment
since she arrived on the national stage nearly 20 years ago that she visibly fumbled.
No doubt in private the former first lady has once or twice lost her cool, no
doubt her children have pushed her to the brink on occasion—or so we can
hope, in our hapless attempts to believe she’s human like the rest of us—but in
her public appearances she has shown nothing less than preternatural self-possession
and singular grace. So is it really possible that in Tuesday night’s speech before
the Democratic National Convention she could...

Michelle Obama Crushed It at the DNC

The Guardian

Multiple news sites reported the star would be a special guest at the closing night of the Democratic National Convention – but it was not to be

From buzz to fizzle as rumours of Beyoncé performance at DNC fly, then fade

Louisiana State

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Jimmy LeBlanc, secretary of Louisiana’s Department of Public Safety and Corrections, announced his resignation on Friday, ending 16 years in the post. In a letter to Republican Gov. Jeff Landry, LeBlanc cited unspecified health reasons for his departure. The governor’s office confirmed the...

Head of Louisiana’s prison system resigns, ending 16-year tenure

NBC News

Vice President Kamala Harris delivered remarks on the final night of the Democratic National Convention, where she formally accepted her nomination as the Democratic nominee. She speaks about her middle-class upbringing, details her work as a state attorney general and vows to work toward a hostage and cease-fire deal in Gaza.

Watch Kamala Harris' full remarks at the DNC

The Democratic National Convention concluded after four star-studded nights of energetic speeches, heartfelt messages and entertainment — as well as some false and misleading claims.

False and misleading claims made during the DNC

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