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☆ Jill Biden closes out campaign with her own push for Harris
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-03 | by ( Arlette Saenz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

While her husband, President Joe Biden, has been a scarce presence on the campaign trial, the first lady has been one Biden in demand for the Harris campaign. Harris’ team has deployed the first lady to all seven battleground states in the last month. It marked a difficult period for the Biden family, which saw many fellow Democrats publicly and privately push for the 81-year-old president to step aside from the campaign. “Another Trump administration would lead to more chaos, more greed, more division.”First lady Jill Biden speaks during a campaign event for Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. The Harris campaign has deployed the first lady in targeted ways, having her speak in smaller markets like Carson City, Nevada, and Macon, Georgia.

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☆ Why these Republicans think voting against Trump could save the GOP
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-26 | by ( John King | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

A Nikki Haley voter in the April GOP primary who will be a Kamala Harris voter a week from Tuesday. “If Trump loses, then I think Republicans will start coming back to what they were,” Pesce said. But London is voting for Harris – the first time she will vote Democrat for president. As she ponders hers, she shares this: “I think Trump is going to win.” That, she said, is based on betting lines, not the polls. “They think at the 11th hour people will have such reservations about Trump that it will cause them to vote for Harris.

Persons: Pennsylvania CNN — Michael Pesce, Pesce, ” Pesce, “, Nikki Haley, Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Harris, Trump, I’m, Michael Pesce, Haley, Joe Biden, ”, Joan London, Harris –, John King, Biden, Pat Toomey, ‘, Hillary Clinton, Harris Cynthia Sabatini, Sabatini, “ Trump, ” Sabatini, ” Cynthia Sabatini meditates, CNN Sabatini, Harris aren’t, meditates Organizations: Pennsylvania CNN, Coast Guard, Reagan Republican, White, CNN, Republicans, South, Democratic, Trump, Republican, GOP, Biden, Media, Pennsylvania Locations: Tripoli, Pennsylvania, New Tripoli , Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, South Carolina, New Tripoli, Lehigh County, Bucks County, Berks, battlegrounds . Berks, London, Philly, Montgomery County, Wyomissing, Wyomissing , Pennsylvania, Ukraine, ”, …, Berks County, Delaware County, Media , Pennsylvania, “, Trump

Fifty-five hard-to-miss nuns of the Benedictine Sisters of Erie. These sisters don’t deserve to be put down by some misinformation that we’re a sham, that we’re a fraud,” said the prioress, Sister Stephanie Schmidt. Sister Stephanie Schmidt speaks during an interview with CNN, in Erie, Pennsylvania. Because the Benedictine Sisters don’t sit still. “If the 53 people registered at this address are legal voters… then I encourage them to participate in their right to vote,” Maloney posted.

Persons: Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Cliff Maloney, Pennsylvania Chase, “ We’re, Annette Marshall, I’ve, “ We’ve, ”, Stephanie Schmidt, Maloney, Al Schmidt, Sister Schmidt, Barack Obama, Diane Rabe, don’t, Sister Marshall, Theresa Zoky, Sister Linda Romey, “, Diane Cook, they’d, Sister Cook, Trump, Roger Stone, ” Maloney, Elon Musk, Tesla, Sisters don’t, Maloney “, …, We’re, they’ll Organizations: Pennsylvania CNN, Republican, Benedictine, CNN, Trump, Erie, Biden, Democratic, Trump . America PAC, Action, America PAC retweeted, Sisters Locations: Erie, Pennsylvania, East, Erie County, Erie , Pennsylvania, “, North Carolina , Michigan, Nevada, Wisconsin

☆ Harris uses Trump’s ‘enemy from within’ comment to portray GOP rival as dangerous and unstable
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-14 | by ( Priscilla Alvarez | Eric Bradner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

It’s the latest example of Harris’ campaign drawing sharper distinctions with Trump in the presidential race’s closing weeks, using the former president’s own words and those of his former aides to cast him as dangerous and unstable. In Erie on Monday, Harris will highlight Trump’s comments Sunday on Fox News, when he said he isn’t worried about his supporters’ actions on Election Day. Harris on Monday plans to warn that Trump’s actions could put people’s freedom at risk. Harris’ campaign will also release a new ad, dubbed “Enemy Within,” which features Trump repeatedly invoking the phrase “the enemy from within” on the campaign trail. “The enemy within are people that Kamala Harris let into this country, unvetted, unchecked and undocumented.”During her event Monday, Harris also plans to show attendees in Erie what Trump rallies are like, the aide said.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Harris, “, ”, ” Trump, Maria Bartiromo, Harris ’, Trump, Olivia Troye, Mike Pence, Kevin Carroll, Troye, ” Carroll, Sen, JD Vance, ” Vance, Vance, George Floyd, Kamala Harris ’, Hannibal Lecter, ” Harris, Liz Cheney, Cheney, that’s Kamala Harris Organizations: Pennsylvania CNN —, Republican, Trump, Fox News, Trump Homeland Security, Biden, Wyoming, Capitol, Army, Navy, Air Force, CIA, National Security, Democratic Locations: Erie, Pennsylvania, ”, Ohio, Minneapolis, Afghanistan, North Carolina

☆ An emotional Obama makes his harshest case yet against Trump at Pittsburgh rally
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Gregory Krieg | Edward-Isaac Dovere | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Obama in past campaigns has relished mocking and criticizing Trump, but his speech and delivery on Thursday were stinging and unusually visceral. Grab your friends and family and vote,” Obama said. “If you challenge Trump to elaborate and enumerate his ‘concepts,’ he will fall back on one answer,” Obama said. His message there was also pointed – but directed at Black men. “We need to make sure that Black men, Hispanic men, don’t sit on the couch.

Persons: Barack Obama, Donald Trump, thrall, ” Obama, “, Trump, Harris, Obama, wouldn’t, Kamala Harris, ”, ” Trump’s, “ You’re, I’ve, Joe Biden, don’t, Harris ’, Anthony West, ” West, CNN’s Eva McKend Organizations: Pennsylvania CNN, Republican Party, Trump, White, Republicans, Harris, ”, CNN, Democratic, Biden, NAACP Locations: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Trump, Milwaukee

Four years earlier, Trump had narrowly carried the Keystone State while losing Latino voters to Hillary Clinton. Biden won Latino voters by 33 points in 2020, while Clinton did so by 38 points. “Today, as of now, I haven’t seen that (from any candidate).”Bethlehem mortgage lender Carmen Dancsecs said she’s worried some Latino voters might stay home come November. Multiple strategies for HarrisThe Harris campaign is pursuing multiple strategies to boost support among Pennsylvania Latino voters in the final weeks ahead of Election Day. Campo helps the Trump campaign canvass Latino neighborhoods, especially in Allentown, speaking with voters about the former president’s platform.

Persons: Pennsylvania CNN — Fresh, Tim Walz, Donald Trump, Marcia Heras, ” Heras, Trump, Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Harris, Biden, Clinton, Hector Santana, I’m, ” Santana, Carmen Dancsecs, she’s, “, ” Dancsecs, Harris The Harris, ”, Walz, Hurricane Maria, Harrison, ” Walz, “ Hamilton, Anthony Ramos, don’t, Carlos Eduardo Espina, Maria Cardona, it’s, it’s Kamala, ” Trump, – Nicky Jam, Justin Quiles, let’s, ” Anuel, Nicky Jam, Maná, Daniel Campo, Campo, ’ ” Campo, wouldn’t, Trump’s, ” Campo Organizations: Pennsylvania CNN, CNN, Trump, Americans, Pew Research Center, Pennsylvania, Keystone State, NBC News, Telemundo, CNBC, Democratic, Harris The, Puerto Rican, AA, “, Puerto Ricans, Campo Locations: Pennsylvania, Puerto Rican, Minnesota, Ecuador, Allentown, Reading , Pennsylvania, White, Reading, Lancaster, Dominican Republic, “, Bethlehem, Hurricane, San Juan, Johnstown, Puerto, Las, Wilkes, Barre, Venezuelan

☆ Creativity has greater influence on wellbeing and happiness than work, study says
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-15 | by ( Riane Lumer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

These activities provide her satisfaction and purpose in ways more fulfilling than work. She infused her love for arts and crafts into the rest of my family. Now, a new study by Keyes and fellow researchershas found that engaging in creative activities can significantly boost well-being by providing meaningful spaces for expression and achievement. Additional study is needed to examine the social aspects of creative activities, researchers said. Arts and crafts for public healthThe researchers suggested that arts and crafts could improve public health.

Persons: Pennsylvania CNN —, ”, Helen Keyes, Keyes, researchershas, “, ” Keyes, Frank Clark, Clark, ” Clark Organizations: Pennsylvania CNN, Anglia Ruskin University, Public Health, UK’s Department for Culture , Media, Prisma Health Locations: Southampton, Pennsylvania, England

☆ These Pennsylvania voters illustrate Harris’ suburban challenge
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( John King | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

“A ‘Never Trump’ Republican,” Carty said. “When Biden was on the ticket, I was going to vote for Trump,” Carty said. “Definitely I have more friends saying they’re leaning toward Harris,” Carty said. “My street was rock-ribbed Republican,” Sabatini said in an interview at her home in Media, Pennsylvania. And I don’t plan to vote for him in 2024.”The question is, will she vote for Harris or cast another write-in ballot?

Persons: Bala, Pennsylvania CNN — Carol Carty, Ronald, Reagan, ” Carty, “, Donald Trump, –, it’s, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Trump, Carty, Biden, …, Kamala Harris, Nikki Haley, Harris ’ ascendance, Carol Carty, CNN “, Carty isn’t, Harris, Ohio Sen, JD Vance, Vance, Walz, “ I’m, ”, she’s, Harris ’, Tim Walz, ‘, Harris Cynthia Sabatini, ” Sabatini, George H.W, Bush, Sabatini, Susan Collins of, ” Biden, Harris “, … There’s, ” Joan London, Haley, London, “ I’ve, Condoleezza Rice, Ann Coulter, Elizabeth Dole, Michael Pesce, ” Pesce, It’s, Pesce, John King, ” Harris Organizations: Pennsylvania CNN, today’s Republican Party, Republican Party, Republican, Democratic, GOP, Trump ’ Republican, Trump, CNN, South Carolina Gov, Reagan Republicans, Republicans, Minnesota Gov, ”, Pennsylvania, White, Democratic Party, Bucks County . CNN Locations: Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Montgomery County, Bala, Harris . Pennsylvania, Shore of Maryland, Delaware County, Media , Pennsylvania, Susan Collins of Maine, London, Berks County, Republican County, Newtown, Bucks County, Bucks County .

A pair of Secret Service counter snipers, dubbed Hercules 1 and Hercules 2, surveilled the crowd from directly above and behind the stage. He radioed the local command post controlled by Butler County law enforcement and notified them of the kid with the rangefinder. “I can’t believe that the Secret Service hasn’t talked to any of our people,” he said prior to Friday’s reach out. In a different location, the Secret Service and state police set up another command post. New video reveals frustrationNicols, Woods, Young and other Beaver County officers weren’t the only ones to express concerns about the Secret Service planning.

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☆ Justin Mohn: Man accused of beheading father in their home is competent to stand trial, judge rules
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Doylestown, Pennsylvania CNN —The man accused of beheading his father in their suburban Philadelphia home early this year and posting a video of the severed head online is competent to stand trial, a judge ruled Thursday. Corr also granted Mohn’s wish to dismiss his public defender and appoint a different attorney to handle the case. “It’s all delusional,” Markey said. According to prosecutors, Mohn fatally shot his father with a pistol and then used a kitchen knife and machete to decapitate Michael Mohn at the Levittown house where they both lived. Justin Mohn faces charges of first-degree murder, abusing a corpse and possession of instruments of crime.

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☆ How older Democratic voters are responding to Harris replacing Biden
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( John King | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

“Wow, we’re losing Joe Biden,” said Murphy, 83, a retiree who keeps busy teaching the Chinese tile game Mahjong to fellow seniors. You know, she’s, she’s at the perfect age. And I think she’s up to the challenge in that regard.”Boyer knows his innate optimism is about to be tested. “I think that she should be able to push his buttons.”What voters want to see from HarrisPat Levin for months bristled at the Biden age conversation. CNNHer advice to Harris is telling – so many voters who were loyal to Biden are now blunt about what was missing.

Persons: Darrell Ann Murphy, we’re, Joe Biden, ”, Murphy, “ Joe, Easton, Biden, Catherine Long, Long, ” Mary Ann Horvath, ” Horvath, ” Murphy, Kamala Harris, Harris, Pamela Aita, …, Hillary Clinton, Roe, Wade, she’s, She’s, ‘ let’s, let’s, ’ ’ ’ Murphy, Josh Shapiro, “, ” CNN's John King, Marvin Boyer, ” Boyer, Donald Trump, Trump, “ There’s, “ Will, Larry Malinconico, ” Malinconico, Malinconico, Biden’s Harris, Harris ., didn’t, Harris Pat Levin, ” Levin, Pat Levin, John King, ” Biden, Franklin Roosevelt’s, I’ve, “ I’ve Organizations: Pennsylvania CNN, White, Times, Democratic, CNN Local, Easton, Democratic Party, Biden, Lafayette College, CNN Locations: Easton, Pennsylvania, Northampton, Northampton County, Bethlehem, American, “, United States

Crooks lived in the Pittsburgh suburb of Bethel Park, about an hour’s drive south of the Trump rally where law enforcement officials say he fired at the former president. Crooks graduated from Bethel Park High School in 2022, according to a local media report and a video of the school’s graduation ceremony. Law enforcement descended on Crooks’ family home on a quiet street in Bethel Park on Saturday night. Explosive material was found in his residence, as well as in his car, law enforcement officials familiar with the investigation told CNN. Bethel Park is a predominantly white suburb that is wealthier than the surrounding Pittsburgh metro area.

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☆ Haley’s Pennsylvania voters aren’t all ready to fall in line behind Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-29 | by ( John King | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

“When I was 18, I registered as a Republican,” London said. Haley garnered nearly 17% of the primary vote statewide this year — approaching 25% in the suburban collar counties around Philadelphia. “It’s a principled position I need to take.”Irma Fralic, too, cast her primary vote for Haley as a protest. CNNOur visit to Pennsylvania coincided with Haley announcing she will vote for Trump in November despite significant differences with the presumptive GOP nominee. Eyeing Trump, but holding her noseLinda Rooney cast her Haley vote in the primary as a question as much as a protest.

Persons: Joan London, —, Reagan, Bush, Obama, “, ”, “ I’ve, Nikki Haley, Pennsylvania’s, Haley, Donald Trump’s, Ronald, I’ve, …, Trump, Joe Biden, London’s, Biden, ” Irma Fralic, ” Fralic, I’m, I’d, ’, ’ ” John King, Irma Fralic, Fralic, Eyeing Trump, Linda Rooney, ” Rooney, Rooney, ” John King, “ Haley, ” Rooney texted, “ She’s, Trump Michael Pesce, ” Pesce, Ronald Reagan, ‘, We’re, Pesce, “ I’m Organizations: Pennsylvania CNN, Republican, Pennsylvania, Tea, Independent, South, Republican Party, CNN, Donald Trump’s GOP, Trump, Reagan Republican, Media, Army, “, Coast Guard, Republicans Locations: Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, London, Washington ,, South Carolina, Philadelphia, Berks County, Philly, Israel, Wyndmoor , Pennsylvania, Delaware County, Afghanistan, Media , Pennsylvania, Bucks County

☆ What broke the American Dream for Millennials
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

For their nine-month-old son, Miles, Rachael and Garrett agree: They’re not going to push him to pursue the same path. “This is the American Dream,” Rachael says. The nest egg mythA common refrain Millennials heard from their Boomer parents is that buying is always better than renting. Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesCentral to the pitch of the American Dream is a house. “I don’t think anyone could have foreseen house prices going up 20% or 30% in a three-year period,” Garrett says.

Persons: Pennsylvania CNN — Rachael Gambino, Garrett Mazzeo, —, Miles, Rachael, Garrett, They’re, ’ ”, ” Rachael, Kristen Gambino, Rachael Gambino, Deborah Brunswick, John General, America it’s, Brendan Duke, Baby, Millennials, gumming, Obama, ”, Louis, Boomer, Luke Sharrett, they’d, ” Garrett, they’re, homeownership, We’re, “ we’re, That’s, Duke, ” Duke, “, Camerota, Matthew Friedman Organizations: Pennsylvania CNN, “, CNN, Center for American Progress, of Education, America, Federal Reserve Bank of St, Bloomberg, Getty, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Workers, Center, American Progress ’ Locations: Lansdale, Pennsylvania, America, United States, Attom, financials

☆ New DNA evidence indicates that 3 men convicted of murder did not do it, forensics expert testifies
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Eric Levenson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

They have petitioned a judge to throw out their convictions and order a new trial based on the new DNA evidence. The prosecution has argued in court filings there was no evidence the sex was nonconsensual or that this unknown male killed Nickens. Chappell, Johnson and Grasty were each convicted in separate trials of second-degree murder and other charges in 2000 and 2001 and sentenced to life in prison. Eric Levenson/CNNWitness also testified at Alex Murdaugh trialPalmbach’s testimony came a month after another defense witness testified about the new DNA evidence as part of this petition. On cross-exam Tuesday, Delaware County Assistant District Attorney Sara Vanore noted that Palmbach came to his conclusions even though he was not a DNA expert and didn’t closely review court testimony.

Persons: Timothy Palmbach, rebutting, ” Palmbach, Derrick Chappell, Morton Johnson, Samuel Grasty, Henrietta Nickens, Nickens, Chappell, Johnson, Grasty, Richard McElwee, McElwee, Shook, Hardy, Bacon, Trio ”, “, ”, Janet Purnell, Johnson’s, –, Mahir Sharif, It’s, Cynthia Chappell, Chappell’s, “ I’m, Brenda Brown, Kenyett LeBue, Eric Levenson, Alex Murdaugh, Sara Vanore, Palmbach, Vanore, Murdaugh, Jeffrey Fumea Organizations: Pennsylvania CNN, Prosecutors, CNN, Innocence, Chappell, Pennsylvania Innocence, Centurion, Delaware, Pennsylvania State Police Locations: Pennsylvania, Delaware County , Pennsylvania, Chester , Pennsylvania, McElwee, South Carolina

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