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☆ With Hunter Biden on trial, special counsel spending grows
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-23 | by ( Katelyn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Special counsel David Weiss’ office spent a total of $3.4 million over the past six months, a dramatic increase as it took Hunter Biden to trial in Delaware on gun-related charges and secured a conviction of the president’s son. Spending by two other Justice Department-appointed special counsels, Jack Smith and Robert Hur, decreased slightly compared with the six months prior. The disclosures come as courts have upped their scrutiny of special counsel office operations. Hunter Biden and another defendant in a separate criminal case have so far been unsuccessful in attempting to challenge special counsel Weiss’ authority. Challengers including Trump have argued that shouldn’t be allowed because Congress didn’t specifically sign off on the special counsel offices.

Persons: David Weiss ’, Hunter Biden, Weiss, Weiss ’, Jack Smith, Robert Hur, — Hunter Biden, Donald Trump —, Hur, Biden, Smith, shouldn’t Organizations: CNN, Department, Trump Locations: Delaware, Florida, Washington, DC, California

☆ As the Fed gears up for rate cuts, here’s what income investors need to do
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-23 | by ( Michelle Fox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

With Federal Reserve rate cuts expected to begin in September, income investors may want to make sure their portfolio is in check. Instruments like money market funds and high-yield savings accounts will react pretty quickly to rate cuts. Some $6.24 trillion is currently sitting in money market funds, as of the week ended Wednesday, according to the Investment Company Institute . Clark Bellin, chief investment officer at Bellwether Wealth in Lincoln, Nebraska, is bullish in investment-grade corporate bonds right now. He prefers individual bonds over bond funds because the investor has more control.

Persons: Jerome Powell, Rick Rieder, Lawrence, Clark Bellin, Bellin, he'll, Fidelity's Michael Plage, Treasurys, Patience, BlackRock's Rieder Organizations: Federal, Treasury, U.S, BlackRock, Investment Company Institute Locations: Jackson Hole , Wyoming, Hauppauge, Lincoln , Nebraska

☆ The world's first airport to require biometric boarding is set to arrive in 2025
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-22 | by ( Kevin Williams | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

As end-of-summer travel lines back up at TSA airport checkpoints in the U.S., one overseas airport is going all-in on a biometric passenger experience. The Smart Travel Project at Zayed International Airport in Abu Dhabi will involve biometric sensors at every airport identification checkpoint by 2025. Airport security and travel experts have generally cheered the move. "Facial recognition is the future, and we will start to get intelligent with airport security and focus on the traveler rather than the items they bring. Among the concerns expressed are what type of data someone would need to give during the biometric enrollment process, and whether biometric security processes will be used to track movements throughout the airport, or if biometric data will be used outside the airport.

Persons: Sheldon Jacobson, Jacobson, Saeed Saif Al Khaili, Mike Taylor, J.D, Power's, Shawn DuBravac Organizations: TSA, Smart, Zayed International Airport, University of Illinois, Zayed International, Federal Authority for Identity, Customs, Port Security, United Arab Locations: U.S, Abu Dhabi, UAE

☆ Burned and uninsured: Wildfires are leaving California’s housing market in trouble
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-18 | by ( Shania Baweja | Taylor Galgano | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

That’s made home insurance increasingly unaffordable or even inaccessible – and that’s leaving more people in the same position as the Daneaus. California’s largest insurer, State Farm, requested a 30% rate increase for its homeowner’s line last month. Last year, California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara reached an agreement with insurers with an aim to cover approximately 85% of properties in high-risk areas. “[My insurance plan] wasn’t canceled but my insurance company increased the rates quite a bit,” she said. But he cautioned there’s no guarantee of that, leaving homeowners like the Daneaus grappling with uncertainty.

Persons: Los Angeles CNN —, Michael, Kristy Daneau’s, Kristy, Michael Daneau, Kristy Daneau, That’s, “ We’re, ” Michael, ”, aren’t, Justin Sullivan, California’s, it’s, ” Michael Daneau, Ricardo Lara, Kristy Daneau's, what’s, Steve Hawks, Woolsey, Angela Wilson, LAEPF, Wilson, Brent Woodworth, there’s, “ I’m, we’ve, CNN’s Camila Bernal, Sarah Moon Organizations: Los Angeles CNN, Gas & Electric, Insurance Information Institute, California Department of Insurance, Farm, State, CNN, FAIR, California FAIR, California, Golden State, The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety, Institute for Business & Home Safety, for Business & Home, Los, Emergency Preparedness Foundation Locations: Cohasset, California, Paradise , California, Santa Monica, Malibu

☆ British fintech Revolut valued at $45 billion in secondary share sale
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-16 | by ( Sophie Kiderlin | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

British fintech startup Revolut on Friday said it was valued at $45 billion in a secondary share sale with existing and new investors. The $45 billion transaction sharply increases the company's valuation from the $33 billion notched in July 2021. The valuation comes just weeks after Revolut was granted a banking license with restrictions in the U.K., ending a three-year wait after first applying for the license in 2021. The license allows Revolut to take customer deposits and issue products such as loans and credit cards. The company is now set to build up banking infrastructure in the U.K. before the official launch.

Persons: Revolut, We're, Nik Storonsky Organizations: Coatue, D1 Capital Partners, Tiger Global, U.K, Prudential, Authority Locations: Krakow, Poland, British

☆ Revolut secures new $45 billion valuation following secondary share sale with major investors as it targets a potential IPO
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-16 | by ( Callum Burroughs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewRevolut has secured a $45 million valuation via a secondary share sale, despite a wider slump in fintech valuations. The London-based neo-bank, which recently secured a banking license in the UK, has signed agreements with institutional investors over a share sale that significantly boosts the company's valuation. That round came at the height of the tech market's COVID-19 boom, and Revolut has not raised primary capital from investors since. This secondary deal allows employees to profit from their stakes in the company and also cements the fintech as Europe's most valuable tech startup ahead of a prospective IPO. Revolut has 45 million customers and offers bank accounts, savings options, and trading in stocks and cryptocurrencies.

Persons: —, Revolut, We're, Nik Storonsky, SoftBank, Matt Cooper, Revulot, Cooper, Starling Organizations: Service, D1 Capital Partners, Tiger, Business, Prudential, Authority, Financial Times Locations: London, Europe

Top NewsPresident Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey has called Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel a “bloodsucking vampire” because of his approach to the war in Gaza. Mr. Erdogan knew Mr. Haniyeh personally. He didn’t name them, but the United States is by far the biggest supplier of weapons to Israel. United States officials have suggested that the authority — a fierce rival of Hamas — could help govern Gaza after the war, an idea Mr. Netanyahu has rejected. Mr. Flake said that despite Mr. Haniyeh’s death, Turkey and the United States still shared the same goal.

Persons: Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Ismail Haniyeh, Mahmoud Abbas, Erdogan, Erdogan’s, Mr, Haniyeh, Hakan Fidan, Jeffry, Fidan, “, ”, Abbas, —, Netanyahu, Haniyeh’s, Flake, Turkey’s Organizations: Palestinian Authority, Hamas, Development Party, West Bank, Israel Locations: Turkey, Gaza, ”, Israel, Ankara, United States, Montenegro, reining, Qatar, Egypt

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Former Trump administration officials argue that more foreign students are involved in the campus protests and accuse the Biden administration and universities of withholding such information. He contended that it would be unconstitutional for authorities to try to deport them based solely on their expressing support for Hamas at protests. About 40,000 Palestinians have died in Gaza since Hamas’ terrorist attack on Oct. 7, according to local health officials. Kena Betancur / AFP - Getty Images fileBiden’s approachBiden administration officials told NBC News that Trump’s threats don’t match the realities of the country’s overburdened immigration system. It argued that the Education Department is purposely protecting “pro-Hamas foreign extremists on American college campuses” and failing to provide records on foreign students, or pro-Hamas activities, at schools.

Persons: Donald Trump, Biden, Trump, Ben Wizner, ” Wizner, ” Reed Rubinstein, Stephen Miller, aren’t, “, ”, Rubinstein, ‘, you’re, Seth, ” Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu’s, Kena Betancur, Jon Feere, isn’t, Feere, Kenneth Marcus, George W, Bush, Marcus, Louis D, ” Marcus, Vanessa Harmoush, Nerdeen Kiswani, hasn’t, Kiswani, ” Kiswani, Stephanie Keith, Daniel Richman, Richman, Edward Ahmed Mitchell, that’s, ” Mitchell, it’s Organizations: GOP, Republican National Convention, Democratic National Convention, NBC News, Trump, Israel, Harvard, Emory, University of Pennsylvania, Hamas, American Civil, Technology, America, Justice, “, Fountain, Washington , D.C, Seth Herald, Republicans, Congress, NBC, D.C, Israeli, Brooklyn Museum, Times, U.S, Popular Front, Liberation, Palestine, Columbia University, Getty, Biden, United States, State Department, Immigration, Customs Services, ICE, Center of Immigration Studies, Education Department, Justice Department, Department’s, Civil Rights, Brandeis Center for Human, Department of Education, IDF, Israel Defense Forces, Columbia Law, Islamic, CAIR wouldn’t, CAIR, don’t Locations: Israel, U.S, Chicago, Gaza, Columbia, Columbus, Washington ,, New Jersey, Palestinian, Washington, New York City, Brooklyn, Vandals, New York, Germany, AFP, United States, Palestine

☆ UAW hits Trump, Musk with federal labor charges over union-busting comments
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-13 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | Lora Kolodny | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

“You walk in, you say, ‘You want to quit?’ They go on strike,” Trump said of Musk, who is CEO of the EV car maker Tesla and SpaceX. It is illegal to fire workers who threaten to strike, because the right to strike is protected under federal labor law. “When we say Donald Trump is a scab, this is what we mean,” UAW President Shawn Fain said in a Tuesday statement on the new charges. But another major U.S. labor union, the Teamsters, has yet to make an endorsement. Tesla has clashed with union proponents for years, and Tesla workers remain without a union.

Persons: Donald Trump, Elon Musk, ” Trump, Musk, “, ’ ” Trump, Trump, Shawn Fain, Kamala Harris, Harris, Sean O’Brien, ” O’Brien, ”, Tesla Organizations: United Auto Workers, National Labor Relations Board, ’, EV, SpaceX, Twitter, UAW, CNBC, Republican, Teamsters, Republican National Convention, Companies, RNC, NLRB Locations: Milwaukee

A trove of artifacts from Egypt’s last dynasty has been discovered in 63 tombs in the Nile Delta area and experts are working to restore and classify the finds, an official with the country’s antiquities authority said Monday. An Egyptian archaeological mission with the Supreme Council of Antiquities discovered the mud-brick tombs at the Tell al-Deir necropolis in Damietta city in Damietta governorate, the ministry said in a statement last month. The site where 63 mud-brick tombs were discovered at the Tell al-Deir necropolis, in the Nile Delta town of Damietta, Egypt. Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities / APThe Ptolemaic dynasty was Egypt’s last before it became part of the Roman Empire. Egypt exhibited artifacts from the Ptolemaic period for the first time in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo in 2018, with around 300 artifacts on display.

Persons: Neveine el, Arif, Alexander the Great, Ptolemy, Ptolemy I, Cleopatra Organizations: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, Supreme, of Antiquities, Egypt's, Egyptian Locations: Delta, Deir, Damietta, Damietta governorate, Nile Delta, Egypt, Roman, Macedonia, Cairo

☆ Fact check: Trump made at least 20 false claims in his conversation with Elon Musk
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-13 | by ( Daniel Dale | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +34 min

Here is a fact check:CrimeTrump claimed, “Our crime rate’s going through the roof.”Facts First: Trump’s claim is false. Facts First: Trump did express uncertainty about the number, but his “like 60 million or something” claim is false. They take ‘em out, and they bring them to the United States.”Facts First: Trump’s claim is baseless. He said, “With Ukraine, so we’re in for $250 billion and they’re in for about $71 billion.”Facts First: Trump’s claim is false. But Trump’s claim that the US has committed or provided far more aid than Europe is not true regardless.

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☆ Why Ukraine attacked Russia and other questions about Kyiv’s incursion
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-13 | by ( Ivana Kottasová | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —A week into Ukraine’s surprise cross-border incursion into Russia, it’s becoming increasingly clear that Moscow does not have the situation under control. The incursion – the first time foreign troops entered Russian territory since World War II – is a major embarrassment for the Kremlin. The first reports of Ukrainian troops crossing into Russia’s Kurs region, just north of the Ukrainian border, started to emerge late last Tuesday. By Monday, Kyiv claimed to have control over some 1,000 square kilometers (386 square miles) of Russian territory. Analysts are not expecting Ukraine to attempt to advance much further into Russian territory.

Persons: it’s, Vladimir Putin, Putin, Volodymyr Zelensky, ”, “, Alexei Smirnov, Smirnov, Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Roman Pilipey, Biden, wasn’t, John Kirby Organizations: CNN, Kremlin ., Kyiv, Ukrainian, Ukraine, Kremlin, West, Getty, White House National Security Communications, Russia, European Union Locations: Russia, Moscow, Russia’s, Ukrainian, Kyiv, Ukraine, Kursk, “ Russia, Crimea, Belgorod, Bryansk, Sumy, AFP, Germany

☆ Very demure, very mindful: How TikTok’s latest catchphrase came to be
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-13 | by ( Scottie Andrew | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Traditionally, women considered “demure” behave in a way that is modest, reserved and inoffensive to the point that they’re barely visible. “That’s the joke!”The satire is clearest in a clip in which she asserts that she’s going to behave in a demure, mindful way while going out on the Las Vegas Strip. (The Lincoln Project also made its own “demure” video making fun of Vance and his appearance.) “One thing you need to learn about being demurity, about being demure –– being demure is being mindful, and being mindful includes your f**king self,” she says. Be mindful, be demure and don’t ever let no b*tch dull your shine.”

Persons: Lebron, ”, Marge Simpson, Patty, Selma, “, who’s, she’ll, it’s, you’ve, She’s, Kamala Harris ’, Donald Trump, Ohio GOP Sen, JD Vance, Vance, dainty, “ Chase Organizations: CNN, ”, Texas, Las, Taco Bell, CVS Pharmacy, Lebron, Ohio GOP, Lincoln Locations: Ohio

☆ With ‘Cancer Moonshot’ announcement, Biden turns to causes most important to him in final months in office
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-13 | by ( Kayla Tausche | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

On Tuesday, Biden highlighted $150 million in new research awards to eight organizations, including $23 million to Tulane University, the backdrop for the announcement. I know we can, but it’s not just personal — it’s about what’s possible,” Biden said Tuesday. And the White House will also look to ramp up its diplomatic engagement with India, an ally that has become a critical partner to the US in countering China’s aggression in the region. “We want to create a more prosperous and secure Indo-Pacific and the world,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said. Implementation awaitsDomestically, the White House remains focused, first and foremost, on getting money out the door and shovels in the ground on Biden’s signature legislative measures.

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☆ 4 former officers accused of staging sham raid to extort nearly $37 million from California man
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Antonio Planas | Antonio Planas Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

According to prosecutors, the victim and his business partner had a yearslong dispute over their ownership in the rubber chemical manufacturer. In December 2018, the unindicted co-conspirator allegedly contacted Turbett to help with her business dispute. Turbett and Hart flew from Australia to Los Angeles, where they met with Cozart and Lankford to plan out the sham raid, prosecutors said. During the hoax raid, the defendants forced the victim and his family into one room. The unindicted co-conspirator paid Turbett’s company about $419,813 and emailed Turbett to thank him for a “very good job,” prosecutors said.

Persons: ”, Steven Arthur Lankford, Glen Louis Cozart, Max Samuel Bennett Turbett, Matthew Phillip Hart, Lankford, Hart, Martin Estrada, Turbett, Cozart Organizations: Attorney’s, Central, Central District of, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, Crime Information Locations: California, Irvine, U.S, Central District, Central District of California, Jiangsu Sinorgchem, Country , California, Upland , California, Australia, United Kingdom, Los, Santa Clarita, Angeles, China, Atlanta, Jiangsu, —, Los Angeles

Courtesy Marian IppelHer lawsuit names as defendants the Grace Christian Reformed Church of Grand Rapids and affiliates, including the Christian Reformed Church in North America, a Protestant Calvinist Christian denomination also based in Grand Rapids. The Grace Christian Reformed Church did not immediately respond to requests for comment. “Recovered memory cases are difficult because you may need corroborating evidence, particularly when a child is very young,” Cadigan, who is not associated with Ippel’s case, said. The Christian Reformed Church in North America said it was unaware of any other complaints against the deacon, but said it investigates claims when people come forward. Abuse awarenessThe Christian Reformed Church, which counts about 230,000 followers in North America, has known of a history of abuse within its member churches, according to the suit.

Persons: Marian Ippel, ” Ippel, ” Marian Ippel, Ippel, Lynne Cadigan, ” Cadigan, ”, Marian, Ippel’s, Marian’s, “, wasn’t, Megan Bonanni, Larry Nassar, ” Bonanni, John Wixted, Wixted, James Hopper, Cadigan, they’re Organizations: Kent County Circuit, NBC News, Grace Christian Reformed Church, Christian Reformed Church, Catholic, “, Abuse Prevention, Catholic Church, University of California Locations: Grand Rapids , Michigan, Kent County, Grand Rapids, North America, Arizona, Guinea, Michigan, Manhattan Beach , California, San Diego

☆ Flying Is Awful, but New Ways to Fix Air Travel Are on the Way
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Emily Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

The message to the airline industry: You've had a few too many screwups to be left to your own devices. Over the past couple of years, the Biden administration has introduced a slew of rules and services intended to make airline passengers' lives easier. The airline industry seems to be relatively on board with the refund idea. But there are plenty of other problems with the airline industry that need solving — some the government can take care of, and some the government is causing. Gallup polls suggest more Americans have a negative view of the airline industry than a positive one.

Persons: You've, Bob Mann, William McGee, Joe Biden's, Pete Buttigieg, Biden, pocketbooks, They've, Janet Bednarek, Buttigieg, —, it's, It's, Bednarek, McGee, Mann, George Ferguson, wasn't, Emily Stewart Organizations: Boeing, Delta, Department of Transportation, Airlines, American Economic Liberties, Southwest, University of Dayton, Federal Aviation Administration, Airlines for America, Biden, Bloomberg Intelligence, FAA, Gallup, Business

☆ Death toll from landslide at Uganda garbage dump rises to 13
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-11 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

The death toll from a landslide at a vast garbage dump in Uganda’s capital Kampala has risen to 13, police said on Sunday, as rescue personnel continued to dig for survivors. On Saturday, the Kampala Capital City Authority had put the death toll at eight. The landfill site, known as Kiteezi, has served as Kampala’s sole garbage dump for decades and had turned into a big hill. Efforts by the city authority to procure a new landfill site have dragged on for years. In 2017 at least 115 people were killed in Ethiopia, crushed by a landslide at a garbage dump in Addis Ababa.

Persons: ”, Patrick Onyango Organizations: Kampala Capital, Authority, Cross Locations: Uganda’s, Kampala, Uganda, Africa, Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Mozambique, Maputo

☆ Opinion | Katie Couric: Network Newscasts Need to Better Reflect America
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-11 | by ( Katie Couric | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Norah O’Donnell recently announced that she will be stepping down as anchor of “CBS Evening News” after the election, after five years at the helm. I knew viewers were seeing these stories because Norah was the driving force behind telling them. Like so many watching, I marveled at the incredible athleticism of these young women, as well as at their diversity. Equally exciting was the fact that this was the first Olympics in history where there were as many women as men competing. We’re also in the midst of a campaign that could result in the election of the first woman president, and first woman of color as president.

Persons: Norah O’Donnell, Walter Cronkite, Ms, O’Donnell, Norah, We’ve, We’re, It’s Organizations: CBS, Pentagon, Women’s, Paris Olympic Locations: U.S, America

☆ U.S. decries reported sexual abuse of Palestinian prisoners after graphic video aired on Israeli TV
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Aurora Almendral | Aurora Almendral Is A London-Based Editor With Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

Allegations of the sexual abuse of Palestinian prisoners by members of the Israeli military are “horrific,” the United States has said, after a graphic video broadcast on Israeli news added fuel to mounting criticism of the U.S. ally’s conduct in the war in Gaza. “We have seen the video, and reports of sexual abuse of detainees are horrific,” Miller said, adding that the reports should be “fully” investigated by the Israeli government. “There ought to be zero tolerance for sexual abuse, rape of any detainee, period,” he added. “No circumstances, however exceptional, can ever justify torture or ill-treatment.”Israeli soldiers load naked Palestinian prisoners onto a bus in a photo sent to NBC News by Mustafa Barghouti, Palestinian Legislative Council member. Matan Golan / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty ImagesWhile the arrest of the reservists had brought this case to wider attention, B’Tselem argued that the abuse of Palestinian detainees is systemic in Israeli prisons.

Persons: Matthew Miller, “, ” Miller, Karine Jean, Pierre, mistreating, Sde Teiman, B’Tselem, ”, Alice Jill Edwards, ” Edwards, Mustafa Barghouti, Teiman, Matan Golan, Hanoch Milwidsky, Benjamin Netanyahu’s, ” Netanyahu, hasn’t Organizations: State, ”, NBC News, Haaretz, Israel Defense Forces, Force, United Nations, Palestinian, Palestinian Authority, West Bank, Israel, IDF, NBC, Getty, Likud Locations: United States, Gaza, Israel, Palestinian, Jerusalem, Mustafa, Ramallah, Beit

☆ 'It’s mayhem and craziness': Californians react to Gavin Newsom’s order to remove homeless encampments
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Elleiana Green | Elleiana Green Is A Digital Politics Intern With Nbc News | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

Gavin Newsom’s recent executive order requiring state agencies to remove homeless encampments on public property, leaving the homeless community caught in the middle and uncertain where they will go. Now it’s time for locals to do their job.”But members of the homeless community say they have nowhere to go. “It’s absolute mayhem and craziness,” said Jeni Shurley, a member of the homeless community in Los Angeles. San Francisco has about 8,000 homeless people — the second most in the state behind Los Angeles, with about 75,000. Barger added that the city was working to maintain the trust of the homeless community while working to dismantle the camps.

Persons: Gavin Newsom’s, Newsom, “, ” Newsom, We’ve, ”, Jeni Shurley, Shurley, that’s, “ I’ve, ” Laura Valdez, Tara Gallegos, Newsom’s, Mayor London Breed, Kathryn Barger, Barger, Darrell Steinberg, Steinberg, they’re, ” Steinberg Organizations: Gov, Department of Housing, Urban Development, Democrat, Supreme, D.C, Public, Institute of California, San Francisco’s Mission, NBC News, Mayor London, Los Angeles County, Supervisors, Republican, NBC, Sacramento Locations: California, New, —, Los Angeles, Oregon , Colorado , Louisiana , Missouri, Washington, San Francisco’s, San Francisco, Los, Sacramento

☆ All 61 people aboard plane killed in Brazil crash
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Antonio Planas | Antonio Planas Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

The airline said it did not have any information on how the plane crashed. The plane, flight 2283, fell in the city of Vinhedo, Voepass Linhas Aéreas said. Fire and smoke from a plane that crashed by a home in Vinhedo, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, Friday. Felipe Magalhaes Filho / via APResponders near the site of the crash in a residential area of Vinhedo, Brazil on Friday. APTNResponse teams have been mobilized in the neighborhood where the plane crashed.

Persons: Paulo, Voepass, São Paulo, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Linhas Aéreas, Felipe Magalhaes Filho, APTN, Brazil's Organizations: Guarulhos, Firefighters, U.S . National Transportation Safety Board, Federal Aviation Administration, NTSB Locations: Brazil, Cascavel, Paraná, São, Vinhedo, Sao Paulo state, Europe

☆ Landslide at landfill in Uganda’s capital kills eight people
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Reuters —A landslide at a landfill in Uganda’s capital Kampala has killed eight people, the city’s authorities said on Saturday. The incident happened late Friday after heavy rainfall when sections of the landfill collapsed, covering some nearby houses, Ugandan media reported. Kampala Capital City Authority said government and Red Cross personnel were searching the site and had rescued 14 people. People look on as an excavator helps search for people trapped under debris after a landfill collapsed in Kampala on August 10, 2024. Footage from NTV Uganda television showed people walking on a section of the landfill that had crushed parts of a house, while pictures from UBC Uganda showed an excavator attempting to dig up garbage.

Persons: Reuters —, Badru Katumba Organizations: Reuters, Authority, Red Cross, Getty, NTV Uganda, UBC Locations: Uganda’s, Kampala, Kampala Capital, AFP, UBC Uganda, Uganda

☆ Tim Walz is dressing the part — and it's exactly what Harris needs
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Alice Tecotzky | Geoff Weiss | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The now-viral video cuts between Walz, holding his phone on a chair, and Harris, sitting in an office. Moreover, it's an aesthetic that could squarely appeal to the very voters Harris needs, experts told Business Insider. "Tim Walz is one of the few politicians who looks good in casual wear and also looks natural in it," Guy told Business Insider. Tom Williams"When he does the folksy thing, he's actually at the upper bound of folksy, and when he's in a suit he's in the lower bound of suit," Higonnet said. A perfect foil to Harris' polishThe Harris campaign is counting on Walz to court voters associated with the clothing he wears, particularly those hailing from the Blue Wall states of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania.

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