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Trump campaign paid Asheville $82K in advance for auditorium rental
The City of Asheville confirmed receipt of a $82,247.60 payment from the Trump campaign, ahead of the former president’s Wednesday campaign event in Asheville. The deposit will cover a two-day rental of the Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, a city-owned building that’s part of the Harrah’s Cherokee Center complex in downtown Asheville. The auditorium is the smaller of the complex’s two venues, with a maximum seating capacity of 2,431, according to the venue website.
Cornel West must be allowed on NC's presidential ballot, judge rules
North Carolina elections officials must make room on the ballot for another presidential candidate this fall. The state elections board had voted 3-2 to deny official recognition for the Justice for All Party, whose presidential nominee is professor and civil rights activist Cornel West. The party had collected enough petition signatures for recognition under state law—but the board's Democratic majority said the group's tactics were misleading. A federal district court judge has now overruled that decision.
A former Cornell student is sentenced to 21 months for threatening to kill Jews
A former Cornell University student has been sentenced to 21 months in prison for posting violent threats against members of the school's Jewish community last fall. Patrick Dai, a 22-year-old from Pittsford, N.Y., pleaded guilty earlier this year to one felony count of "posting threats to kill or injure another person using interstate communications."
Puerto Rico cancels classes, activates National Guard as Tropical Storm Ernesto nears
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico activated the National Guard and canceled the start of classes in public schools as forecasters warned that the U.S. territory would be hit by Tropical Storm Ernesto, which formed in the Atlantic Ocean on Monday. Tropical storm warnings were in effect for...
Mars and Jupiter pair up this week in a celestial dance unseen from Earth in years
Look up at the sky this week and you'll see Mars and Jupiter in a tight lineup not seen for years. On Wednesday, the two planets will be at their closest proximity to each other from Earth's perspective since 2018. In reality, the duo will be more than 350 million...
Light on news, heavy on personality in Elon Musk and Donald Trump X interview
Former President Donald Trump and billionaire X owner Elon Musk said a lot but made little news in a meandering interview marred by a lengthy technical delay on Monday night. Overwhelmingly, Trump’s comments followed the contours of one of his rally speeches: he blasted undocumented immigrants as dangerous, he bragged about his relationships with leaders of U.S. adversaries like Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin and he insulted his political opponents, particularly President Biden and Vice President Harris.
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