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Local DNC delegates like Harris’ pick Gov. Tim Walz’s chops as veteran, congressman, quipster

By Marni Pyke and Steve Zalusky
Aug 06, 2024 6:55 pm - Who’s veep contender Gov. Tim Walz? Delegates say he’s strong on national security, is bipartisan and can deliver good one-liners.
5 takeaways from Harris’s pick of Tim Walz as her VP nominee

Aaron Blake
Aug 06, 2024 1:43 pm - Vice President Harris on Tuesday announced that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz will be her running mate in the 2024 election, at long last solidifying the two major-party presid...
Russian disinformation slams Paris and amplifies Khelif claims to undermine the Olympics

By DAVID KLEPPER
Aug 06, 2024 11:09 am - WASHINGTON — The actor in the viral music video denouncing the 2024 Olympics looks a lot like French President Emmanuel Macron. The images of rats, trash and the sewage, ...
Tim Walz’s journey from high school football coach to VP candidate

Amy B Wang, Sabrina Rodriguez
Aug 06, 2024 9:17 am - Some 20 years ago, a lawyer named Kamala Harris won her first political race, becoming the first Black and South Asian woman elected district attorney of San Francisco in...
Harris selects Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as running mate, aiming to add Midwest muscle to ticket

By WILL WEISSERT
Aug 06, 2024 1:45 pm - Vice President Kamala Harris picked Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to be her running mate on Tuesday, according to three people who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.
Google illegally maintains monopoly over internet search, judge rules

By MATTHEW BARAKAT and MICHAEL LIEDTKE
Aug 05, 2024 4:33 pm - WASHINGTON — A judge on Monday ruled that Google's ubiquitous search engine has been illegally exploiting its dominance to squash competition and stifle innovation in a s...
Olympics security means minorities and others flagged as potential terror threats can’t move freely

By JOHN LEICESTER
Aug 05, 2024 8:05 am - PARIS — They are Nabil, Amine, François and more. But they will not be seen around the Paris Olympics, because France's government barred them from getting anywhere close...
Sheikh Hasina came back from tragedy to lead Bangladesh — until protests forced her to flee

By KRUTIKA PATHI AND JULHAS ALAM
Aug 05, 2024 7:32 am - DHAKA, Bangladesh — Sheikh Hasina, the longest-serving prime minister in Bangladesh’s history, resigned and fled the country on Monday, bringing a tumultuous end to her 1...
Brace yourselves Kennedy drivers — DNC will funnel thousands more onto gridlocked corridor

By Marni Pyke
Aug 05, 2024 11:19 am - Enjoying construction on the Kennedy Expressway? Just wait until the DNC begins. Officials could use reversibles for police cars, motorcades.
US and allies prepare to defend Israel as Netanyahu says it's already in 'multi-front war' with Iran

By NATALIE MELZER and SAMY MAGDY
Aug 04, 2024 4:50 pm - TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel is already in a “multi-front war” with Iran and its proxies, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a Cabinet meeting Sunday, as th...

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