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☆ A Triumphant Biden Welcomes 3 Freed Americans Home
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Katie Rogers | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Wall Street Journal reporter greeted his waiting colleagues with a wide grin and open arms. In the middle of the emotional scene that unfolded on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews late Thursday was President Biden. Hours earlier, Mr. Biden had triumphantly announced that his administration’s diplomatic efforts had secured the release of three American prisoners held by Russia. “It feels wonderful,” Mr. Biden told reporters. And for Mr. Biden, they provided a seeming vindication of the type of patient, multilateral diplomacy that he proudly practices but that has so far proved unable to halt wars in Gaza and Ukraine.

Persons: Base Andrews, Biden, Paul Whelan, Evan Gershkovich, Mr, “ Organizations: Street, Base Locations: Russian American, Russia, Maryland, Gaza, Ukraine

☆ How an Elon Musk PAC is using voter data to help Trump beat Harris in 2024 election
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Brian Schwartz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

The ad then displays a website for a group called America PAC. "I have created a PAC, or a super PAC ... the America PAC," Musk said in a recent interview. But what is unique about America PAC's project is who is backing it and the timing of its creation. He recently said on X that he is "making some donations to America PAC," but did not say how much. Musk on X mirrors Musk PAC

Persons: Elon Musk, The Beverly Hilton, David Swanson, Donald Trump, Trump, they'll, Kamala Harris, Musk, Brendan Fischer, Fischer, Phil Cox, Generra Peck, Dave Rexrode, Doug Leone, Cameron, Tyler Winklevoss, Joe Lonsdale, Lonsdale Organizations: SpaceX, Tesla, The Beverly, Reuters, Google, America PAC, Republican, Democratic, Forbes, PAC, Facebook, YouTube, America, Trump, The New York Times, FEC Locations: Beverly Hills , California, U.S, Michigan, California, Wyoming, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Arizona , Michigan, North Carolina , Nevada , Pennsylvania, Wisconsin

☆ I spent 18 months and $34,000 traveling the world, and felt more lost than ever—4 lessons I learned about happiness
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Helen Zhao | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

I had quit my dream job as a video journalist to heal my burnout and find happiness beyond traditional measures of success and prestige. Happiness is not about extremes, but balanceFor years, I thought working my dream job would bring me the ultimate happiness. I realized that I won't find lasting happiness unless I'm living a life balanced between adventure, rest, productivity, and learning. I realized that I won't find lasting happiness unless I'm living a life balanced between adventure, rest, productivity, and learning. I was jealous — my life felt lame in comparison to the epic, picture-perfect lives they seemed to lead.

Persons: I'd, Helen Zhao, doesn't Locations: Los Angeles, South America, Asia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Patagonia, Los Angeles and New York City, Southeast Asia, LA, Bali

☆ Opinion | Reflections About the Prisoner Swap
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

To the Editor:Re “Journalists and Dissidents Freed From Russia in Swap of 24 Inmates” (front page, Aug. 2):As a former U.S. journalist in Moscow, I am naturally delighted that Evan Gershkovich is back at home after 16 months of wrongful detention in Russia. But it is galling to see him and other innocent Americans being exchanged in a Cold War-style spy swap for a trained assassin and long-term sleeper agents. Engaging in hostage diplomacy only encourages hostile governments to seize more Americans as hostages whenever they want to recover one of their own killers or spies. Even at the height of the Cold War, American journalists in Moscow never feared arbitrary detention in a K.G.B. It seems that the only language that authoritarian leaders like Vladimir Putin understand is reciprocity.

Persons: Freed, Evan Gershkovich, Vladimir Putin, ” Organizations: “ Journalists Locations: Russia, U.S, Moscow, American, Russian

☆ Who’s Afraid of Being Black? Not Kamala, Beyoncé or Kendrick.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Salamishah Tillet | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A few hours after Donald J. Trump falsely claimed that she suddenly decided to become “a Black person,” Ms. Harris reminded the crowd at a Black sorority convention in Houston that Mr. Trump was resorting to a familiar script. That tactic nullified an implication that being Black is something that needs to be authenticated, explained, disavowed or defended. Like Ms. Harris, my father is the child of an Indian mother and a Black father. “My mother understood very well that she was raising two black daughters,” Ms. Harris wrote in “The Truths We Hold: An American Journey,” her 2019 memoir. “She knew her adopted homeland would see Maya and me as black girls, and she was determined to make sure we would grow into confident, proud black women.”

Persons: Kamala Harris didn’t, Donald J, Trump, Ms, Harris, ”, “ divisiveness, “, ” Ms Locations: Houston, Trinidad and Tobago

☆ Olympics recap: What you may have missed in gymnastics, swimming, rowing and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Rohan Nadkarni | Rohan Nadkarni Is A Sports Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

Day 6 of the Olympics saw continued brilliance in women’s gymnastics and women’s swimming, a dominant women’s team given a scare, a banner day for rowing and more. Maddie Meyer / Getty ImagesMen’s rowingThe U.S. men’s rowing team won gold in the four rowing event, the Americans' first Olympic gold in the race since 1960. During the last Olympics in Tokyo, the U.S. men’s rowing team failed to medal in any event for the first time in its history, so Thursday was also about redemption. Three Grand Slam titles, two Olympic gold medals and 41 weeks as the world No. 1 — all in the greatest era in the history of men’s tennis along with Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.

Persons: Simone Biles, Biles, Kevin Durant, ” Biles, Suni Lee, “, ” Lee, Katie Ledecky, Larisa Latynina, Maddie Meyer, that’ve, Michael Grady, Emma Meesseman, Zach Randolph, USA’s, Meessemen, Breanna Stewart, A'ja Wilson, Andy Murray’s, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Murray, Dan Evans, Taylor Fritz, Tommy Paul, “ I’m, ” Murray, I’ve, What’s, Victor Wembanyama Organizations: American, Soviet, Olympic, U.S, Zealand, Social Network, Federer, Wimbledon, U.S ., Laver, NBA Locations: American, Tokyo, Paris, Los Angeles, Nanterre, France, U.S, USA, Belgium, United States, Germany

☆ Harris' running mate search nears the finish line: From the Politics Desk
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( The Politics Desk | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +10 min

In today’s edition, we report on how Vice President Kamala Harris' search for a running mate is nearing the finish line. Harris' VP search nears the endBy Yamiche Alcindor, Julie Tsirkin and Rebecca ShabadThe vetting team for Vice President Kamala Harris has met with six potential running mates as her selection process nears its end, two sources familiar with the campaign said. Shapiro met with Harris’ vetting team on Wednesday, according to a source familiar with the meeting. The vice president was not present, the source said. Read more →The Democratic National Committee’s virtual roll call to officially nominate Harris for president began at 9 a.m.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Jonathan Allen, Donald Trump, Harris, Yamiche Alcindor, Julie Tsirkin, Rebecca Shabad, Andy Beshear, Pete Buttigieg Arizona Sen, Mark Kelly Illinois, JB Pritzker, Josh Shapiro Minnesota, Tim Walz, Joe Biden, Shapiro, Manuel Bonder, ” Bonder, Kelly, ” Pritzker, Walz, “ I’m, ” Walz, Read, Allan Smith, →, hasn’t, Ohio Sen, JD Vance, Kamala Harris ’, Trump, ” That’s, ”, Scott Olson, Vance, Joe Biden —, Archie Bunker, Harris doesn’t, that’s, —, Sen, Rea, sid e nt began, m. E, mary day in Organizations: NBC, White House, Capitol, Mark Kelly Illinois Gov, Hamptons, PAC, NBC News, Democratic, National Association of Black Journalists, GOP, ’, Trump, SC O Locations: Kentucky, Philadelphia, Wisconsin, Detroit, Raleigh , North Carolina, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Savannah , Georgia, Israel, Gaza, Chicago, Indian American, Michigan , Wisconsin , Pennsylvania, Arizona, Georgia, —

☆ This college has the most U.S. athletes in the Olympics
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Morgan Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

American colleges and universities are major training grounds for future Olympians. Three out of four of those athletes played at the collegiate level, according to the U.S. Olympic Committee. The school's most recognizable alum is swimmer Katie Ledecky, who, as of Wednesday, has won 12 Olympics medals in her career, including eight golds — tying Jenny Thompson's record for the most by any female swimmer in Olympic history. After Stanford, next on the list is the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with 17 athletes, and the University of Southern California (USC) with 16. Here are the top 10 colleges and universities with the most American athletes in the 2024 Olympics:

Persons: Katie Ledecky, Jenny Thompson's Organizations: Team USA, U.S . Olympic, Stanford, University of California, University of Southern, USC Locations: Paris, American, Los Angeles, UCLA, University of Southern California

☆ Trump Escalates Race Attacks on Harris, Worrying Some Republicans
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Shane Goldmacher | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Donald J. Trump continued to raise false and incendiary questions about Vice President Kamala Harris’s racial identity for a second day on Thursday, as Republicans watched the former president drive his campaign into a divisive and potentially damaging direction. A day after telling an audience of Black journalists in Chicago that Ms. Harris had “all of a sudden” decided to become “a Black person,” Mr. Trump posted a photo on his social media site of Ms. Harris dressed in a sari with a caption stating: “Your warmth, friendship, and love of your Indian Heritage are very much appreciated.”Mr. Trump also amplified posts from Laura Loomer, a right-wing activist, who had posted copies of Ms. Harris’s birth certificate and had spread false accusations that Ms. Harris has lied about her race. Ms. Harris, whose father is from Jamaica, and whose mother was Indian American, has long identified with both her Black and South Asian heritage.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Kamala Harris’s, Harris, Mr, Laura Loomer, Harris’s Locations: Chicago, Jamaica, Indian American

Ismail Haniyeh, a top leader of Hamas, was assassinated on Wednesday by an explosive device covertly smuggled into the Tehran guesthouse where he was staying, according to seven Middle Eastern officials, including two Iranians, and an American official. The bomb had been hidden approximately two months ago in the guesthouse, according to five of the Middle Eastern officials. The guesthouse is run and protected by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and is part of a large compound, known as Neshat, in an upscale neighborhood of northern Tehran. The bomb was detonated remotely, the five officials said, once it was confirmed that he was inside his room at the guesthouse. Such damage was also evident in a photograph of the building shared with The New York Times.

Persons: Ismail Haniyeh, Haniyeh Organizations: American, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Revolutionary Guards, The New York Times Locations: Tehran

A turning point came on June 25, when a group of C.I.A. officers sat across from their Russian counterparts during a secret meeting in a Middle Eastern capital. Quiet negotiations between the United States and Russia over a possible prisoner swap had dragged on for more than a year. They were punctuated by only occasional glimpses of hope for the families of the American prisoners — including Evan Gershkovich, a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, and Paul Whelan, an American security contractor — growing increasingly impatient for their ordeal to end. But the June meeting changed things, according to accounts from American and Western officials and other people familiar with the long process of bringing the deal to fruition.

Persons: Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan Organizations: Wall Street Journal Locations: Russia, United States, Europe, Moscow, American

☆ Opinion | The Founders Saw This Insane Political Moment Coming 237 Years Ago
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Stacy Schiff | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

To understand how we got here, it’s helpful to return to another sweltering summer, a summer when everything actually was without precedent. The 55 men who assembled in Philadelphia 237 years ago to hammer out an American Constitution differed on a great many things. Among the rare points on which most agreed was that the American people could not be trusted to choose a president for themselves. Slavery (barely discussed) and the mechanics of representation (much discussed) proved vexing. But few questions so confounded the delegates to the 1787 Constitutional Convention as those pertaining to the American presidency.

Locations: Philadelphia

☆ Simone Biles’ brilliant comeback and other takeaways from the individual all-around gymnastics final
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Kyle Feldscher | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Paris CNN —Simone Biles is once again the Olympic gold medalist in individual all-around gymnastics after winning one of the most dramatic finals of these Paris Olympics. Biles held off a spirited challenge from brilliant Brazilian Rebeca Andrade, who once again won silver and Biles’ teammate Suni Lee took the bronze. Her artistry and rhythm were infectious and, until her final floor exercise penalty, she turned in an incredibly solid, well-rounded performance. At the World Championships last year, Andrade took gold in the vault, while Biles took silver. The winners of the last three individual all-around gymnastics gold medals took in the moment to soak in the cheers.

Persons: Paris CNN — Simone Biles, Biles, Rebeca Andrade, Suni Lee, Andrade, “ That’s, ” Biles, Simone Biles, it’s, “, I’ve, ” Andrade, Biles Rebeca Andrade, Naomi Baker, Lee, Charlie Riedel, savor, ” Lee, Alice D’Amato Organizations: Paris CNN, Reuters, American Locations: Thursday’s, Tokyo, Houston, United States, American, Paris, Algeria

☆ I moved to Spain single and started dating locals. Most were still living with their parents and expected to split the dinner bill.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Jennifer Fernández Solano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

We'd "met" a few nights before on a dating app, and I was doing my best to keep the conversation flowing. I've had friends move back home to save for a house deposit and have also met men in their 40s living with their parents following a divorce. At the time, I found that everyone in Spain used Tinder — there was hardly anyone to match with on the other apps. I also noticed that most men didn't fill out their profiles, which made it hard to see if we had common interests. I came up with strict parameters and finally met the oneSix months into living in Spain, I was getting frustrated with the dating scene.

Persons: —, he's, it's, I've, it'd, haven't Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Spanish, Spain Before Spain, Australia, American, Mexico City, Valencia, Spain, Mexico, Europe, Portugal, Valencian

Ms. Harris told The Washington Post in 2019 that she had long been comfortable with her racial identity. Ms. Harris joined Alpha Kappa Alpha, a sorority for Black women, at Howard University, a historically Black university. Ms. Harris failed California’s bar exam on her first attempt in July 1989, according to her autobiography, and received a letter in November that she had failed, “to my utter devastation.” While she did not address her subsequent exams in the book, Ms. Harris was admitted to the bar in June 1990. Mr. Trump is taking outsize credit. It is also worth noting that Mr. Trump did not request the increased funding that the schools received.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Kamala Harris, Harris, Abraham Lincoln, Said, I’ve, ”, Ms, “, Obama ”, ” Mr, Harris’s, Said “, California’s, —, Lyndon B, Johnson, Biden Organizations: Wednesday, National Association of Black Journalists Convention, National Association of Black Journalists, Washington Post, Indian American, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Howard University, Black Law, Association, University of California Hasting College of Law, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Examiner, San, H.B.C.U.s, Democrats, Democratic, Republicans, Civil, Mr, Black Americans, Congressional Research Service, The New York Times, of Labor Statistics, New York Times Locations: Chicago, Indian American, California, San Francisco, American, Black, Los Angeles, Asian, The California, ”

The Russian officials took the proposal back to Moscow. It was a remarkably swift conclusion to years of painstaking negotiations between the US and more than half a dozen countries. Key to the deal was President Biden’s ability to persuade German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to release Krasikov, the Russian prisoner most keenly sought by Putin. Officials worked quietly throughout this year to get the German government to agree to release Krasikov — including entreaties from both Biden and Harris. President Biden sent a letter to Scholz in April, and the Germans at last agreed to release Krasikov in early June.

Persons: CNN —, Vadim Krasikov, who’d, who’s, Vladimir Putin, Paul Whelan, Evan Gershkovich, Bill Burns, Gershkovich, Whelan, Alsu Kurmasheva, Vladimir Kara, Murza, Kurmasheva, Joe Biden, Biden, Kamala Harris, Serdar Ozsoy, Biden’s, Olaf Scholz, Putin, Krasikov, Brittney Griner, Burns, –, Viktor Bout, Alexey Navalny, Brendan Smialowski, Antony Blinken, James Rubin, Blinken, Annalena Baerbock, Jake Sullivan, Harris, Scholz, “ Chancellor Scholz, “, Jake, ‘, ’, Sullivan, Navalny, Paul, Evan, ”, Ronald Wittek, Kara, Robert Golob, Kurmasheva’s, Hostage Affairs Roger Carstens, Carstens, Jeff Flake, ” Flake, Flake, ” Sullivan Organizations: CNN, CIA, Wall Street, White, Base Andrews, Aircraft, Ankara Esenboga Airport, US Marine, WNBA, State Department, National Security Council, Krasikov, Getty, German, National, Biden, Munich, Conference, US, Munich Security, Aspen Security, Street, Hostage Affairs Locations: Eastern, Russia, Russian, Berlin, Moscow, American, Turkey, Ankara, Chechen, Slovenia, Norway, Poland, Washington , DC, AFP, Germany, ”, Munich, Washington, Slovenian, Mordovia, “

☆ 6 top Goldman dealmakers, from Dan Dees to Gene Sykes, reflect on their careers at the investment bank, from junior banker to partner
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Reed Alexander | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Wall Street careers are notoriously grueling and littered with politicking and jockeying to climb the ranks. AdvertisementNow, these six partners are looking back on their own rise, offering words of wisdom from their own Wall Street origin stories. At Goldman Sachs, the core of who we are in investment banking is M&A. Gene Sykes, cochairman of global M&A and global TMT:Gene Sykes Courtesy of Goldman SachsThe market for M&A advice has evolved over time. Are you a Goldman Sachs or Wall Street insider?

Persons: Goldman Sachs, Alison Mass, Stephan Feldgoise, Dan Dees, Hank Paulson, Tim Ingrassia, Alison, Goldman, Peter Weinberg, Gene Sykes, It's, Mark Sorrell, John Thornton, John Waldron, Karen Cook, Yoel Zaoui, Gregg Lemkau, it's, Jennifer Kopylov, Reed Alexander Organizations: Service, Wall, Partners, Business, US Treasury, Street, Goldman Locations: New York City, London, New York, Europe, American

☆ USDA farmer discrimination relief payments begin as some Black farmers ask courts to include heirs in program
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Chandelis Duster | Janie Boschma | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

The Black Farmers and Agriculturalists Association, which says it has over 20,000 members, lost at a federal district court. Much needed payments for farmers of colorMore than 23,000 people will receive payments between $10,000 and $500,000, according to the USDA. “It’s good that the payments are going out to needy Black farmers and families. Exclusive USDA data obtained by CNN through a follow-up Freedom of Information Act request shows that rejection rates for Black farmers continued to climb, peaking in 2022. Loan rejection rates fell to 43% for Black farmers in 2023, but remained much higher than those for other racial groups.

Persons: CNN —, Biden, Joe Biden, ” Biden, It’s, …, ”, Thomas Burrell, we’ve, –, John Boyd , Jr, “, ” Boyd, Trump, CNN’s Devan Cole, Betsy Klein, Tierney Sneed Organizations: CNN, of, Black Farmers, Agriculturalists Association, Appeals, Department of Agriculture, American, Chevron, USDA, National Black Farmers Association Locations: Farmers, Chevron

☆ Trump’s comments about Harris’ race kicks off a new – yet familiar – chapter in the 2024 presidential campaign
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Gregory Krieg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Wednesday’s interview-turned-confrontation with reporters at a convention of Black journalists in Chicago made perfectly clear that nothing has changed. Trump’s remarks, he told donors in Maine Wednesday, put on display “a worse version of an already horrible person.”But he also cautioned against focusing too narrowly on the former president’s words. His reaction – his attack on Harris – was largely unprompted and strayed from the reporters’ line of questioning. North Dakota Sen. Kevin Cramer took a different tack, dismissing Trump’s remarks as “satire,” but also suggesting it was “not wise” politically to raise the issue. He promised he’s gonna have a woman of color.”Biden pledged to choose a woman as his running mate in 2020, not a woman of color.

Persons: Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, “, Trump, Harris, Rachel Scott, Ohio Sen, JD Vance, Joe Biden, –, Obama, Kamala, ” Trump, Alina Habba, ”, boisterously, Barack Obama, White supremacists, Harris –, Trump’s MAGA, “ Donald Trump, Roe, Wade, Biden, Harris ’, Doug Emhoff, Trump’s, can’t, Hannibal Lecter, ” Emhoff, … that’s, ” Harris, J.B . Pritzker, CNN’s Anderson Cooper, Harris “, Arizona Sen, Mark Kelly, he’s, ” Kelly, Vance, ” Vance, Florida Sen, Marco Rubio, “ California’s Kamala Harris, ” Rubio, Dakota Sen, Kevin Cramer, ” Cramer, ” Biden Organizations: CNN, Democratic, Republican, GOP, ABC, –, Trump, Indian, National Association of Black Journalists, Washington Post, Capitol, Associated Press Locations: Chicago, Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, Charlottesville , Virginia, Indian, Oakland, Indian American, Houston, Maine, Illinois, Arizona, Florida, American, Trump’s, Dakota

☆ I'm an American who lived in Ireland for 4 years. Here are 5 things I liked better about life in Europe.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Kayleigh Donahue | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

I traveled to a bunch of European countries, including France. Kayleigh DonahueI've always heard about Europeans traveling to multiple different countries each year, but I never understood how they were able to afford it. But once I moved to Ireland, I had access to several budget-friendly airlines and was able to do it myself. Airlines like Ryanair, Transavia, Vueling, and easyJet offered flights to other European countries at prices that worked for my budget. Sometimes, my friends and I could even find flights to countries like Italy for only 20 euros.

Persons: Kayleigh Donahue I've, easyJet, I'd Organizations: Airlines, Ryanair Locations: France, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Denmark, Netherlands, Greece

☆ What Can a City Do When Neo-Nazis Start Marching Down Its Streets?
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Emily Cochrane | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

They first arrived at the beginning of July: dozens of masked white supremacists, shuffling out of U-Hauls, to march through Nashville carrying upside-down American flags. The neo-Nazis poured into the historic Metro courthouse to disrupt a City Council meeting, harassed descendants of Holocaust survivors and yelled racist slurs at young Black children performing on a downtown street. The appearance of white nationalists on the streets of a major American city laid bare the growing brazenness of the two groups, the Patriot Front and the Goyim Defense League. Their provocations enraged and alarmed civic leaders and residents in Nashville, causing the city to grapple with how to confront the groups without violating free speech protections. “Nashville is a microcosm of the greater country, and we are at a moment where we have to decide who we are.”

Persons: tonks, ”, Aftyn Behn Organizations: Nashville, Nazi, Council, Patriot, Goyim Defense League, Broadway, Patriot Front Locations: American, Nashville

☆ Fact-Checking Trump’s Remarks on Race
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Linda Qiu | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

He also rehashed several other inaccurate claims about inflation, immigration and other topics that have become staples of his public appearances. What Was Said“I’ve known her a long time indirectly, not directly very much. And she was always of Indian heritage and she was only promoting Indian heritage. I didn’t know she was Black until a number of years ago, when she happened to turn Black.”False. Ms. Harris, the daughter of an Indian American mother and Jamaican father, has consistently identified as Black in public life and long before she entered the national stage.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Kamala Harris, Harris, Abraham Lincoln, Said, I’ve Organizations: National Association of Black Journalists Locations: Indian American

Ledecky, 27, has reigned in the event, then, for more than half her life. In winning her first gold in Paris and her 12th Olympic medal overall — tied for the most by an American female swimmer with Jenny Thompson — she reaffirmed her credentials in one of sports’ more exclusive clubs: Were the swimmers with the 20 fastest times in the 1,500 to all gather at the pool, Ledecky would be racing alone, which, to be fair, is what it looks like on television.

Persons: Jenny Thompson — Locations: Paris, American

☆ Alev Kelter helped the US win its first medal in rugby. She prepared with protein, saunas, and vulnerable talks with her teammates.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Serafina Kenny | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Alev Kelter helped her team win bronze in rugby sevens — the US's first Olympic medal in the sport. But that wasn't the case for Alev Kelter, an American rugby sevens player who scored on Tuesday to help Team USA win its first medal in the sport. She'd never even touched a rugby ball, but she thought ice hockey may have given her the right mentality for rugby. In 2016, just two years after picking up a rugby ball, Kelter was among the first rugby sevens players to compete in the Olympics. Sevens features seven-person teams playing seven-minute halves instead of the traditional 15-player teams playing 40-minute halves.

Persons: Alev Kelter, —, Kelter, she'd, She'd, hasn't Organizations: Olympic, Service, Team USA, Australia, Team USA's, Olympics, HSBC SVNS, Business, Training Locations: Paris, American, Alaska, Chula Vista , California

☆ I send my kids to stay with family over the summer. I deserve time away from them, and they have fun.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Jane Ridley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. One of the highlights of my summer so far was a short getaway to the Texas hill country with my partner, Tyran. I'm their mom, but I don't have to be part of every memory and every piece of their lives. So, for the last two summers, Saiah has spent seven or eight weeks with his dad in New York City. Related storiesIt's the same with Sevyn; She spent her time away from us with Ty's mom in Orlando.

Persons: —, Tanya Mitra, Saiah, Ty, it's, I'd, Mitra, It's Organizations: Service, Business, Fashion Locations: Texas, New York City, Sevyn, Florida, Georgia, Italy, Paris, Toronto, Brooklyn, Houston, Orlando, Savannah, I'm, American

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