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<div><p> Vice President Harris and her running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz hit the road, trying to make up for lost time in their 2024 campaign. </p><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate><p class=fullattribution> Copyright 2024 NPR </p></div>

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Gov. Tim Walz has been named Kamala Harris' running mate. Here's what to know about his family.

Meet the family of Tim Walz, Kamala Harris' VP pick

POLITICO

A former student of the new vice-presidential candidate opens up.

Tim Walz Was My Teacher 20 Years Ago. Here’s What I Learned.

WashingtonExaminer

Disgraced former Sen. Al Franken spent 2006 sexually accosting women and launching the political career of Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), the Democrats’ presumptive vice presidential nominee. The two appear to remain close to this day. Walz was a political newbie that year, challenging a Republican incumbent in a GOP-leaning district. Minneapolis’s Star Tribune carried this […]

Harris taps Al Franken intimate Tim Walz

USA TODAY

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who was just announced as Kamala Harris' vice presidential running mate, is a major fan of popstars Taylor Swift and Beyoncé.

Kamala Harris' vice president pick Tim Walz has a history of Taylor Swift, Beyoncé fandom

CNN’s Jason Carroll talks to multiple Minnesota voters who share their feelings about their governor and Kamala Harris’ running mate for the 2024 presidential election, Tim Walz.

Hear what some Minnesota voters think about Walz

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Herbie J Pilato

In 1981, pop-music sensation Andy Gibb was at the top of the charts. The younger brother of Barry, Robin, and Maurice, a.k.a. The Bee Gees, commenced a tumultuous romance with actress Victoria Principle, who played Pam Ewing on Dallas, TV's then-Number 1 prime-time series. But after the relationship ended, Andy's life, already challenged by substance abuse, did as well. This is their tragic story.

The Tragic Death of Pop Star Andy Gibb & His Traumatic Romance with 'Dallas' Star Victoria Principle

Washington State

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Disclaimer: This article was written with the help of A.I. software. Incident Summary: On Wednesday, August 7, 2024, during the 3m springboard preliminaries at the Olympic Games in Paris, American diver Alison Gibson faced an unfortunate incident that led to a score of 0.0. Competing to secure a place in the semi-finals, the 25-year-old Texas-born athlete experienced a collision with the diving board that significantly impacted her performance.

Heart-Stopping Moment: Alison Gibson’s Dive Ends in Disaster at the 2024 Olympics

Fox News

Minnesota State Senator Julia Coleman (R) joined Brian to discuss the negative effect Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has had on the state and how that will expand to the rest of the country if he is in the White House. Coleman highlighted his handling of the George Floyd riots in 2020 in Minneapolis, his policy on illegal immigrants and his anti-Israel and pro-Abortion stance. “The way runs things is unacceptable and I’m fearful for America with him in the White House,” says Coleman, calling Walz a “border-line socialist” and that the Harris-Walz ticket “makes Obama look like a moderate.” When...

Minnesota Senator Julia Coleman: Tim Walz is a Border-Line Socialist

The Independent

 Tim Walz chose to stop drinking alcohol in 1995 after he was arrested for driving under the influence, a story that has resurfaced after Vice President Kamala Harris announced the Minnesota Governor as her running mate.On September 23, 1995, Walz, a 31-year-old, newlywed, high school teacher and football coach, was pulled over doing 96 miles per hour in a 55mph zone. The officer who stopped Walz smelled a “strong odor of alcoholic beverage”, according to the police report.After failing a field sobriety test and preliminary breath test, Walz was taken to a local jail in Dawes County, Nebraska.The incident...

The truth behind Tim Walz’s 1995 DUI arrest and how it changed his life

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If you’ve bought anything in the last decade -- or paid for a service -- there’s a decent chance you’ve received at least one class action settlement notice.

NPR's 'Planet Money' team looks into the prevalence of class action settlements

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Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Regina Barber and Berly McCoy of Short Wave about the formation of the moon's wispy atmosphere, sea lion cameras and the Perseid meteor shower.

This week in science: the moon's atmosphere, sea lion cartographers and the Perseids

The mayor of Philadelphia ordered all city employees back to the office full-time this summer. Now some workers are wondering whether their jobs are worth the flexibility they're giving up.

Philadelphia city workers are back at the office, and it's transforming family life

Florida State

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Jacksonville Today

Republican Donald Trump has a 7-point lead over Democrat Kamala Harris among Florida voters, 49% to 42%, according to a new poll from the University of North Florida. Four percent are backing another candidate, and 6% are undecided or didn’t answer.

New Florida poll: Trump leads; support strong for abortion and recreational weed

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

Kentucky State

Northern Kentucky Tribune

The Kentucky Secretary of State on Friday announced 14,502 Kentuckians registered to vote in July. “Kentuckians are signing up to vote in big numbers, because they trust the integrity of our elections,” said Secretary of State Michael Adams.

Kentucky voter registrations increased by more than 14,500 in July, the most since 2022

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Feliz Solomon, a Wall Street Journal reporter who tracked a network of criminal syndicates that enslave people in a multibillion dollar cyber fraud industry.

How criminal syndicates traffic, torture and enslave people to send scam text messages

At the Olympic Games, concession stands serve drinks in reusable plastic "eco-cups." It's a sustainability measure, Olympic organizers say, but environmentalists say they increase waste.

Environments say the Olympics' 'eco-cups' are are more wasteful than plastic bottles

Vice President Kamala Harris has selected Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, according to multiple sources. CNN’s John King reacts.

John King explains why Kamala Harris picked Walz as her running mate

Vice President Harris and her running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz hit the road, trying to make up for lost time in their 2024 campaign.

What we learned from the road trip with Vice President Harris and Tim Walz

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