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☆ Harris taps Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as Democratic running mate
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-06 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Tim Walz as her Democratic running mate for the 2024 presidential election. Vice President Harris is showing us the politics of what's possible. "Governor Tim Walz is an exceptionally strong addition to the ticket who will help Kamala move our country forward," Shapiro said. Within minutes of formally announcing Walz as Harris' running mate, the campaign went live with a webpage titled "Meet Governor Tim Walz" to help voters get acquainted with the new name on the Democratic ticket. Tim Walz greets Vice President Kamala Harris as she arrives at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport in Saint Paul, Minnesota, March 14, 2024.

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☆ Walter Arlen, Holocaust Refugee and Belated Composer, Is Dead at 103
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Robert D. Mcfadden | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Walter Arlen, a Viennese musical prodigy who fled to the United States after Nazi Germany annexed Austria in 1938 and became a music critic and a late-in-life composer of Holocaust and Jewish-exile remembrances in song, died on Sept. 3, 2023, in Santa Monica, Calif. He was 103. The death, in a hospital, was not widely reported at the time; Howard Myers, Mr. Arlen’s husband and sole survivor, confirmed it to The New York Times only recently. Mr. Arlen and Mr. Myers, longtime residents of Santa Monica, had been companions for 65 years and were married in 2008 after California’s Supreme Court upheld the legality of same-sex marriages. Even after eight decades, Mr. Arlen’s memories remained vivid — of his father being dragged off to a concentration camp; of his mother’s nervous breakdown and suicide; of his family’s home, business and bank accounts stolen by the Nazi authorities; and of witnessing the vicious murder of an older Jew by an SS guard.

Persons: Walter Arlen, remembrances, Howard Myers, Arlen’s, Arlen, Myers Organizations: New York Times, California’s, Nazi, SS, Hitler’s Locations: United States, Nazi Germany, Austria, Santa Monica, Calif, Vienna

☆ American prodigy Caroline Marks wins Olympic surfing gold by narrow margin: ‘The best day of my life’
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Lukas Weese | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

On the historic Teahupo’o waves in Tahiti, American Caroline Marks surfed to Olympic gold, winning the gold medal match over Brazil’s Tatiana Weston-Webb 10.50-10.33 on Monday. Marks, 22, becomes the second American women’s surfing gold medalist, joining her compatriot Carissa Moore, who won the inaugural event in Tokyo. Caroline Marks wins GOLD in women’s surfing! That secured Marks’ berth in the gold medal match en route to becoming Olympic champion. Marks joins France’s Kauli Vaast, a Tahiti native, who won Olympic gold in the men’s surfing competition over Australia’s Jack Robinson.

Persons: American Caroline Marks surfed, Tatiana Weston, Webb, Marks, Carissa Moore, ” Marks, “, Marks surfed, Sylvain Lefevre, didn’t, France’s Johanne Defay, Caroline Marks, S. Organizations: Getty, Weston, Team USA Locations: Tahiti, American, Tokyo, Weston

The same Chinese brokers who were laundering fentanyl proceeds were now heavily involved in marijuana trafficking across the U.S. as well. Over the past decade, Chinese organized crime groups in the U.S. quietly became the dominant money launderers for Mexican cartels. Since 2023, federal prosecutors have charged at least 31 people linked to Chinese groups accused of laundering cartel drug money. In the ensuing months, the team began to understand for the first time how the Chinese became the Mexican cartels’ go-to money launderers. The Chinese money brokers then arrange for the cartels to receive the equivalent amount in pesos or cryptocurrency in Mexico.

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“I think folks think it’s Trump reverting to his Id,” a longtime Republican communications adviser said. “The momentum is with Vice President Harris, and we just need to work our hearts out until Election Day,” Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., said. “We have multiple pathways to 270 electoral votes,” Dan Kanninen, battleground states director for the Harris campaign, said of the threshold for winning the electoral college. Project 2025, which had been attacked by Democrats, announced that it would stop working on policy after taking criticism from the Trump campaign. “Crazy Kamala is saying she’s Indian, not Black,” Trump wrote on social media.

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☆ Doug Emhoff, Husband of Kamala Harris, Acknowledges Long-Ago Affair
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-03 | by ( Ken Bensinger | Jim Rutenberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, said on Saturday that he had an extramarital affair during his first marriage, years before he met Ms. Harris. At the time, Mr. Emhoff, an entertainment lawyer, was married to Kerstin Emhoff, a film producer, with whom he had two children. Mr. Emhoff met Ms. Harris in 2013, and they married the following year. “During my first marriage, Kerstin and I went through some tough times on account of my actions,” Mr. Emhoff said in the statement. “I took responsibility, and in the years since, we worked through things as a family and have come out stronger on the other side.”

Persons: Doug Emhoff, Kamala Harris, Harris, Emhoff, Kerstin Emhoff, Kerstin, ” Mr, “, ” Locations: Culver City, Calif

☆ Park Fire more than 400,000 acres, 4th-largest in Calif. history
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-03 | by ( Raja Razek | Jay Croft | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —The fourth-largest wildfire in California’s history has grown to 400,956 acres, destroying 564 structures and damaging 50 as of Saturday morning, according to an update from Cal Fire. “The Park Fire has been extremely active over the last 24 hours,” Cal Fire said. However, firefighters are still actively engaging in fire suppression to an area spanning 175-miles,” the update read. As of Friday, 94 large wildfires raged across multiple states, and 28 had evacuation orders, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. Fires are also burning in Oregon, Idaho, Washington, Utah, Montana, Arizona, New Mexico, Wyoming and Nevada.

Persons: “ Crews Organizations: CNN, Cal Fire, National Interagency Fire Center Locations: Butte, Plumas, Shasta, Tehama, Area, Northern San Joaquin, Oregon , Idaho, Washington , Utah , Montana , Arizona, New Mexico , Wyoming, Nevada

Simone Biles has long been nicknamed a “GOAT” — or the “Greatest Of All Time." The white gold necklace, which she clung onto proudly while on the podium on Thursday, is a diamond-covered goat. Simone Biles in Paris on Thursday. “My GOAT necklace is just kind of an ode, because the people love it and some people hate it,” she told reporters at a news conference. While some people have reached out to the jeweler asking her to recreate the goat necklace for them, Heller said she's refused.

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☆ Young climate activists favor Harris over Biden, despite his environmental wins
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Elysee Barakett | Elysee Barakett Is A Health Intern At Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

The Summary Many young climate advocates see Kamala Harris as stronger on environmental issues than Joe Biden. President Joe Biden may have passed the United States’ most significant climate legislation ever, but many young environmental activists say they see Kamala Harris as stronger on the issue. But several young climate activists ages 16 to 29 said for them, the expansion of the fossil fuel industry during Biden’s presidency has clouded those successes. Harris’ young supporters have highlighted the settlements she secured as California attorney general with Chevron, BP and ConocoPhillips over their handling of hazardous materials. Sunrise Movement protesters gather near Vice President Harris' Brentwood home on April 14, calling on her to urge President Biden to declare a climate emergency.

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☆ A 'prosecutor' vs. 'weak': The battle intensifies to define Harris
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Yamiche Alcindor | Yamiche Alcindor Is An Nbc News Washington Correspondent. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +14 min

Harris’ campaign rallies are a clear change from those held by President Joe Biden, the man she is replacing at the top of the Democratic ticket. So hear me when I say: I know Donald Trump’s type.”But the Trump campaign is rushing to define Harris differently. “She knows this is going to be a very close race,” Julie Chávez Rodríguez, Harris’ campaign manager, said in an interview. Chávez Rodríguez and Harris have been close for nearly a decade, since Chávez Rodríguez first took a job as state director for Harris’ Senate office in 2016. The Harris campaign has launched a website advertising more than five dozen jobs.

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☆ What Kamala Harris Learned From a Bruising 2020 Primary
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Astead W. Herndon | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The best day of Kamala Harris’s 2020 presidential campaign was its first. In that speech, delivered in January 2019, Ms. Harris owned her record as a prosecutor, told personal stories about the impact of her family and multicultural upbringing, and struck fear in the heart of her Democratic rivals. The argument for her candidacy at the time was similar to the arguments that voters and political analysts are making in her favor right now. Mr. Biden had the experience, Ms. Warren had the policy, and Senator Bernie Sanders had the progressive appeal — but Ms. Harris was the candidate who could theoretically do all the above. It did not matter that in that crowded primary contest, few voters said she was their first choice.

Persons: Kamala Harris’s, Elizabeth Warren, Tulsi Gabbard, Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg, Harris, Biden, Warren, Bernie Sanders Organizations: CNN, Democratic Locations: savaged, Oakland, Calif

☆ Chevron, in Snub to California, to Move Its Headquarters to Houston
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Rebecca F. Elliott | More About Rebecca F. Elliott | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Chevron, the second-largest U.S. oil company, is moving its headquarters to Houston, from California, formalizing a long-expected breakup with a state that has pushed aggressively to address climate change. The company’s ties to California date to the 1870s. Chevron said it already had roughly 7,000 employees in the Houston area and around 2,000 at its current headquarters in San Ramon, Calif., near San Francisco. The State of California sued Chevron and other large oil companies last year, claiming that they misled the public about the risks of fossil fuels, the extraction of use of which are a leading cause of climate change. Chevron’s chief executive, Mike Wirth, criticized the lawsuit last year, saying in a Bloomberg Television interview that litigation was not the right approach.

Persons: Mike Wirth Organizations: Chevron, Calif, Bloomberg Television Locations: Houston, California, San Ramon, San Francisco, The State

☆ Randy Kehler, 80, Dies; Peace Activist Inspired Release of Pentagon Papers
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Clay Risen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Randy Kehler, a peace activist whose opposition to the Vietnam War so moved Daniel Ellsberg that he decided to leak the Pentagon Papers, the set of top-secret documents whose exposure changed the course of the war, died on July 21 at his home in Shelburne Falls, Mass. His wife, Betsy Corner, said the cause was myalgic encephalomyelitis, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome. Mr. Kehler’s pivotal encounter with Mr. Ellsberg, a defense analyst, at an antiwar conference in 1969 was just one episode in a life defined by determined opposition to America’s military machinery. By 1969 he had already been to prison for blocking access to an Army induction center in Oakland, Calif., and was preparing to go back, this time for returning his draft card to the Selective Service.

Persons: Randy Kehler, Daniel Ellsberg, Betsy Corner, encephalomyelitis, Kehler’s, Mr, Ellsberg Organizations: Selective Service Locations: Vietnam, Shelburne Falls, Oakland, Calif

☆ Fires Burning at ‘Full Tilt’ Across the Western U.S. Stretch Resources
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Rachel Nostrant | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It took only a week for the Park fire north of Sacramento to grow into the fifth-largest in California history, signaling the potential for a destructive wildfire season across much of the Western United States. Almost 50 other large or notable fires were burning throughout the region on Wednesday, according to a New York Times tracker. Although this year doesn’t yet compare to 2020, the most destructive wildfire season of the last two decades, the sheer number of fires currently burning in Western states — both big and small — has threatened to overwhelm firefighting resources at a rate that worries experts so early in the season. “Normally we’re ramping up in July to get to that peak in August, early September,” said Alex Robertson, director of fire and aviation management for the U.S. Forest Service. But this year, he said, “we’re going into August already at our full tilt.”At least one person was killed this week by a wildfire burning near Denver, and a historic mining town was leveled near Bakersfield, Calif. More than half a million acres of the Western United States have burned in the past week, according to the Times wildfire tracker.

Persons: —, ”, Alex Robertson, “ we’re Organizations: Western, New York Times, U.S . Forest Service Locations: Sacramento, California, Western United States, Denver, Bakersfield , Calif

☆ Rep. Ro Khanna says he advised Kamala Harris' team about crypto
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-29 | by ( Mackenzie Sigalos | Kaan Oguz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailRep. Ro Khanna says he advised Kamala Harris' team about cryptoRep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) sits down with CNBC Crypto World from the crypto conference Bitcoin 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee to discuss crypto regulation and Democrats' stance on digital assets.

Persons: Ro Khanna, Kamala Harris Organizations: CNBC Locations: Nashville , Tennessee

☆ F.D.A. Approves Blood Test for Colon Cancer Detection
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-29 | by ( Gina Kolata | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved a new screening test for colorectal cancer. For many people, a routine blood test is easier to get than a colonoscopy or a fecal sample test. But the blood test, made by Guardant Health of Palo Alto, Calif., comes with a limitation. It is approved for people aged 45 and over who are at average risk for colon cancer. As many as 53,000 Americans are expected to die from colorectal cancer this year.

Persons: Guardant, Matt Burns Organizations: Drug Administration, Guardant Health, Palo Locations: Palo Alto, Calif, United States

☆ Lithium Battery Fire Traps Drivers in Sweltering Heat on California Highway
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-27 | by ( Hank Sanders | More About Hank Sanders | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Drivers were stuck in traffic in 109-degree heat on a California highway on Saturday for hours as the authorities struggled to extinguish a fire involving a truck carrying lithium ion batteries that had overturned on Friday. Emergency services received calls around 6:30 a.m. local time about a truck that had crashed near Baker, Calif., in the northbound lanes of I-15, a major highway that leads travelers to Las Vegas. The northbound lanes were closed beginning at 8:30 a.m., and the southbound lanes at 9 a.m. The southbound lanes reopened shortly after 2:30 p.m. on Friday, according to the California Highway Patrol. The northbound lanes remained closed as of 5 p.m. on Saturday, according to the California Department of Transportation.

Organizations: California, Patrol, California Department of Transportation Locations: California, Baker, Calif, Las Vegas

☆ California School Official Who Embezzled $16.7 Million Gets Nearly 6 Years in Prison
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-27 | by ( Eduardo Medina | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A former California public school official who embezzled more than $16 million from a school district and used the money to fund a lavish lifestyle was sentenced to nearly six years in prison this week, according to the Justice Department. A federal judge on Thursday sentenced Jorge Armando Contreras, 53, who worked for the Magnolia School District in Orange County, to 70 months and ordered him to pay $16,694,942 in restitution. Mr. Contreras, of Yorba Linda, Calif., had pleaded guilty in March to one count of embezzlement, theft and intentional misapplication of funds from an organization receiving federal funds, the U.S. attorney’s office said. He used the money to buy a range of luxurious products like Louis Vuitton bags and $2,000 tequila bottles, according to the Justice Department. About $7.7 million in personal and real property traced to the scheme have been seized, officials said.

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A plume of smoke from the Park Fire fills the sky in Chico, Calif., on Thursday evening. Now the state’s largest fire so far this year, it has burned over 164,000 acres. Credit... Daniel Dreifuss for The New York Times

Persons: Daniel Dreifuss Organizations: The New York Locations: Chico , Calif

☆ Alphabet moves past early stumbles in AI to deliver positive story to investors
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +12 min

Strong numbers in the company's search and cloud businesses more than offset the slight misses in the YouTube and network units. Cloud recorded a couple of big firsts: exceeding $10 billion in revenue, along with $1 billion in operating income. Whereas investors were — and many still are — concerned about what generative AI might mean for Alphabet's search revenue, the opposite appears to be the case, at least for now. Google Cloud revenue grew roughly 28% to more than $10 billion for the first time. Strong numbers in the company's search and cloud businesses more than offset the slight misses in the YouTube and network units.

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☆ Caroline Marks, U.S. prodigy, has reached surfing’s peak — is Olympic gold next?
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Lukas Weese | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +7 min

Marks describes it as “painting a picture.”“When you’re on the wave, you’re very free,” Marks said. Marks is on the U.S. Olympic surfing team for the 2024 Paris Games. This earned Marks a spot on the inaugural U.S. Olympic surfing team in Tokyo. She arrives in Tahiti 10 days before the Olympic surfing competition begins. (Top illustration: Dan Goldfarb / The Athletic; photos: Ed Sloane, Thiago Diz / World Surf League via Getty Images)

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☆ Kamala Harris has 'earned' the right to be President of the United States, says Rep. Maxine Waters
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailKamala Harris has 'earned' the right to be President of the United States, says Rep. Maxine WatersRep. Maxine Water (D-Calif.) joins 'Money Movers' to discuss her expectations for support of Kamala Harris and more.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Maxine Waters, Maxine Water Locations: United States

☆ Pelosi spoke to Biden the day before he dropped out of 2024 presidential race
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Brian Schwartz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

U.S. President Joe Biden presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to U.S. Representative and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) during a ceremony at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 3, 2024. A day later, Biden announced on social media that he was dropping out of the race and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., spoke this afternoon with Biden, according to NBC News. Pelosi praised Biden in a statement after he dropped out of the race. "With love and gratitude to President Biden for always believing in the promise of America and giving people the opportunity to reach their fulfillment."

Persons: Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, Donald Trump, Biden, Kamala Harris, Chuck Schumer, Pelosi, Harris Organizations: Representative, White, NBC News, Press, Trump Locations: Washington , U.S

☆ Miley Cyrus Performs for Kendall Jenner and Law Roach at an L.A. Pool Party
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-19 | by ( Julia Carmel | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

On Thursday night, Miley Cyrus returned to a familiar place as she appeared poolside before a crowd of about 200 to perform her smash hit “Flowers” at the celebrity haunt Chateau Marmont. The Grammy-winning pop star hasn’t toured since 2022, and has said she’s “tired of sleeping on a moving bus,” but recently she’s been performing for small crowds at the storied hotel in West Hollywood, Calif., taking the microphone for several sultry lounge-singer style performances. This time, it was to celebrate scents, specifically Gucci Flora, the perfume that Ms. Cyrus has been the face of since 2021. The intermingling of fame and fashion was thick in the air.

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☆ Rep. Adam Schiff calls on Biden to drop out of the race
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-17 | by ( Manu Raju | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Rep. Adam Schiff on Wednesday became the most prominent elected Democrat to publicly call on President Joe Biden to drop out of the race. The announcement by Schiff, who is running for US Senate in California, makes him the first Democrat to urge Biden to step aside since the failed assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump over the weekend. Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., speaks during the House Judiciary Committee hearing on the Report of Special Counsel John Durham, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 21, 2023. And in doing so, secure his legacy of leadership by allowing us to defeat Donald Trump in the upcoming election,” Schiff said in a statement. The Democratic Party remains roiled about the path forward amid fears that, in light of the debate, Biden cannot defeat Trump and he risks taking down-ballot Democrats with him in November.

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