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‘I’m going to be fighting harder,’ Biden tells donors after disastrous debate
President Biden had planned to spend the days after his first 2024 debate against former President Donald Trump taking a victory lap with Democratic supporters and donors. Instead, he spent the weekend doing damage control, attempting to reassure his party that he is still up to the job, after Thursday’s debate where his hoarse voice and verbal stumbles left Democrats collectively wringing their hands. His weak performance led to a chorus of calls for him to end his reelection campaign.
The second half of 2024 is here, and it's time for a comeback
The first half of 2024 leaves a lot of anxiety to come in the rest of the year. But WFAE’s Tommy Tomlinson, in his "On My Mind" commentary, says there’s still time to rally. There’s an internet meme from a few years back where a high school football...
Hundreds of Florida arts groups scramble for funding after DeSantis vetoes grants
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has vetoed more than $30 million in state budget grants that fund arts and culture organizations. From member station WLRN in Miami, Wilkine Brutus reports that many of those groups are now worried about layoffs. WILKINE BRUTUS, BYLINE: It's the first time anyone can remember that...
What to know about Louisiana's new surgical castration law
Louisiana is now the first state to allow surgical castration to be used as a punishment for sex crimes under a new law signed by Republican Gov. Jeff Landry. This law, which will go into effect Aug. 1, allows judges to order people found guilty of certain sex crimes against minors to undergo surgical castration.
Highlights and heartbreak at the U.S. Olympics track trials
EUGENE, Ore. — Olympians were born and a world record was broken. The U.S. Olympics Track and Field team is finalized after a 10-day meet at Hayward Field. It offered a preview of the prowess to come when the Paris Games start up in less than month. Here are...
Travel tips for a Fourth of July that's set to break records
Airports around the United States are preparing for what could be the busiest Fourth of July travel season on record. The nation's roads are no different. Traffic could reach never-before-seen volumes over the Independence Day holiday. “With summer vacations in full swing and the flexibility of remote work, more Americans...
'Gotta gift 'em all.’ A Pokémon YouTuber tries to grow the community through kindness
You can hear the amused resignation in his voice each time. “I’m going to give you both of them,” Ross “Coop” Cooper says as he gifts yet another Pokémon to a child who was planning to buy one of the colorful trading cards. The kids...
Boeing buys struggling supplier Spirit AeroSystems to shore up 737 production woes
WASHINGTON — Boeing has reached a deal to acquire Spirit AeroSystems, one of its key suppliers, reuniting the aerospace giant with the factory that makes the fuselage for the 737 Max jet in Wichita, Kan. The agreement announced Monday marks a shift away from Boeing's two-decade strategy to outsource...
When little kids don’t have stable housing, it can affect their health later
Not having secure housing is a huge stress for anyone. But when children experience this, especially in early childhood, it can affect their health years down the line. That’s the finding of a new study in the journal Pediatrics, which says that teens who experienced housing insecurity earlier in life were more likely to report worse health.
Simone Biles to lead U.S. Olympic gymnastics team's search for 'redemption' in Paris
MINNEAPOLIS — For most gymnasts, a slip off the balance beam, a foot outside the line on the floor exercise and too many steps after landing a vault could be enough to spoil a chance at victory. But this is Simone Biles we're talking about. For Biles, at 27...
Transcendent once again, Simone Biles will lead U.S. Olympic gymnastics team in Paris
MINNEAPOLIS — For most gymnasts, a slip off the balance beam, a foot outside the line on the floor exercise and too many steps after landing a vault could be enough to spoil a chance at victory. But this is Simone Biles we're talking about. For Biles, at 27...
The Bigfoot Festival draws thousands to West Virginia
This weekend, the tiny town of Sutton, W.V., population 840, is hosting about 20,000 people for its annual Bigfoot Festival. It's a celebration of a mythical giant, hairy primate with - that's right - big feet. Briana Heaney spoke to those still looking for the creature and others who just love the idea of it.
What we know about the fatal police shooting of a 13-year-old boy in Utica, NY
Grief and anger engulfed the city of Utica, N.Y. after a police officer shot and killed Nyah Mway, a 13-year-old boy, on Friday night. The Utica Police Department said the fatal shooting occurred amid a foot chase between Mway and three officers. The officers saw what they believed to be a handgun on Mway, according to a statement released by the department on Facebook. Mway, who graduated from middle school just two days earlier, was then tackled to the ground before an officer, later identified by police as Patrick Husnay, discharged his firearm. The weapon on Mway was later determined to be a pellet gun.
Trump team plans to pare down Republican Party platform ahead of convention
Former President Donald Trump’s campaign is planning to present a “streamlined” platform ahead of the Republican National Convention later this month, according to a memo obtained by NPR. “The platform is an opportunity to make our vision clear, and to lay out a framework for policy making,...
Supreme Court blocks opioid settlement with Purdue Pharma that shielded Sacklers
We look at the Supreme Court decision to throw out a multi-billion dollar bankruptcy deal involving the makers of Oxycontin, that would've shielded the owners of Purdue Pharma from civil lawsuits. Aneri Pattani. Ayesha Rascoe is a White House correspondent for NPR. She is currently covering her third presidential administration....
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