United States

Upstate man walks 45 minutes to ex-girlfriend's house and 'brutally' stabs man inside, solicitor says

1 minute ago | WYFF

First criminal case called in the state of South Carolina since the COVID-19 shutdowns
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‘There is no one to rest in peace': three firefighters from same family among missing in aftermath of Beirut blast

9 minutes ago | RT

Three firefighters, all related, went missing after responding to a fire that preceded last week's huge explosion in Beirut. Their family was praying they would turn up alive...
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The Importance of Kamala Harris's South Asian Heritage

23 minutes ago | Foreign Policy

The media often underplays the fact that Biden's vice presidential pick has an Indian mother. Her heritage could play an important role in U.S. foreign policy.
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US-China tit-for-tat sanctions are ‘largely symbolic,' chief executive tells RT's Boom Bust

23 minutes ago | RT

Relations between the United States and China continued to deteriorate as the two countries exchanged another round of sanctions. Boom Bust explores what those restrictions...
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The Trump administration cut its unemployment-benefit boost to $300 after blowback from cash-strapped states that couldn't afford to pay more

23 minutes ago | Business Insider

The Trump administration is cutting its unemployment-benefit boost to $300 after triggering criticism from states unable to afford paying their share. Top White House officials...
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Todd McShay's new 2020 NFL Mock Draft has Patriots taking Alabama LB

25 minutes ago | Comcast SportsNet

Do we know what the state of college and NFL football will be in the spring of 2021? No. Has that stopped the experts from
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Urban Meyer frantically shoos away shirtless man during live TV interview

25 minutes ago | New York Post

Urban Meyer looked like he wanted to zoom away from the camera. During an interview Tuesday on Big Ten Network to discuss the conference canceling the fall football season, the...
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Minneapolis On Track To Have Highest Primary Voter Turnout In Over 50 Years

27 minutes ago | CBS

MINNEAPOLIS - More ballots have been cast in Minneapolis for this year's primary than any other in over 50 years. As of Tuesday night, an estimated 103,222 ballots were cast in...
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West Nile virus activity detected in mosquitoes across Indiana, health officials say

27 minutes ago | WLWT

West Nile virus activity has been detected in mosquitoes in multiple locations across Indiana. State health officials are now urging residents to take steps to protect...
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‘It's The Hunger Games for Laboratories.' Why Some People Are Waiting Weeks for Their COVID-19 Test Results

31 minutes ago | Time

A graduate student in Florida waited 11 days. Positive. A 14-year-old in California waited 24 days. Negative. A writer in New York has waited for four days-and is still...
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Sumner Redstone, billionaire media mogul, dead at 97

Sumner Redstone, a media titan and billionaire who, as chairman of Viacom and National Amusements, drew headlines both for his deal-making as well as his turbulent personal... Read more ...

Media mogul Sumner Redstone dies at 97

Sumner Redstone, who built a media empire from his family's drive-in movie chain, has died. He was 97. ViacomCBS Inc., which he lead for decades, remembered Redstone for his... Read more ...

Minnesota's Omar holds off well-funded primary challenger

Omar, a member of “The Squad” of four progressive female members of Congress, survived a stiff Democratic primary challenge from a well-funded opponent who tried to make an... Read more ...

Late night hosts crack first jokes about Kamala Harris' vice presidential bid

Hours after Joe Biden announced that California junior Senator Kamala Harris would be his running mate, the hosts shared their opinions on the news. Read more ...

How Biden selected Kamala Harris as his running mate

Biden, aware of the potential pitfalls of being a 77-year-old white male standard-bearer of a party increasingly comprised of women, people of color and young voters, made... Read more ...

Biden-Harris first Democratic ticket since 1984 without an Ivy League grad

Joe Biden's choice of Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate marks the first time that the Democratic presidential ticket hasn't had an Ivy League graduate since 1984... Read more ...

LIVE: President Trump holds news conference

President Donald Trump is speaking at the White House. Read more ...

Joe Biden Picks Kamala Harris To Be His VP Running Mate In Historical Moment

The results are in. Joe Biden has selected California Sen. Kamala Harris to be his vice-presidential running mate in the 2020 election. The presumptive Democratic nominee made... Read more ...

Man, 25, charged in fatal hit-and-run in River North

CHICAGO - Chicago police have charged a man in the hit-and-run that killed a woman and injured her daughter in River North. Edgar Roman, 25, is charged with one felony count of... Read more ...

Microsoft is launching the Surface Duo next month, its ambitious foldable...

Microsoft announced that the Surface Duo, its first foldable smartphone, will launch on September 10 for $1,400. The device consists of two separate 5.6-inch displays that work... Read more ...