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☆ Election Live Updates: Democratic Support for Harris Snowballs as She Starts Her Bid for President
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Peter Baker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +10 min

The tight timeline will magnify any missteps Ms. Harris might make but also minimize the chances for a stumble. And in a race that Mr. Trump had been on a trajectory to win, Ms. Harris immediately becomes the ultimate X-factor. She was making the argument for herself but the logic applies to Ms. Harris, too. Her day job is not nearly as demanding as Mr. Biden’s, and she can barnstorm the country at a pace far faster than Mr. Trump has undertaken. And while Ms. Harris did not carve out a reputation in California as an outspoken progressive — her tagline as D.A.

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“I’m not an engineer, but that’s not right,” Jeremy Wagner thought Friday on his visit to the Carowinds park in Charlotte, he told CNN. Wagner knew something was wrong when he spotted the aperture in the coaster’s infrastructure, he told CNN. The Fury 325 remains shuttered at the Carowinds amusement park. A “giga” roller coaster has a drop between 300 and 399 feet, according to Kings Island amusement park in Ohio. All rides, including Fury 325, “undergo daily inspections to ensure their proper functioning and structural integrity,” Carowinds said.

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☆ Large Crack Spotted in Roller Coaster Prompts Its Shutdown
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-02 | by ( Orlando Mayorquin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

A roller coaster at an amusement park in Charlotte, N.C., was shut down on Friday after a visitor spotted a large crack in one of the ride’s pillars. The Carowinds amusement park said that it closed the coaster, called Fury 325, “after park personnel became aware of a crack at the top of a steel support pillar.”The ride will remain closed as crews make repairs, Courtney McGarry Weber, a park spokeswoman, said. Erin Wilson, a spokeswoman for the North Carolina Department of Labor said on Sunday that its Elevator and Amusement Device Bureau “will be investigating and plan to be at Carowinds on Monday.”Jeremy Wagner, who was visiting the park with his daughter, son, niece and his son’s friend on Friday, recorded video of the crack.

Persons: Courtney McGarry Weber, Erin Wilson, ” Jeremy Wagner Organizations: North Carolina Department of Labor Locations: Charlotte, N.C

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