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With Kamala Harris running, Donald Trump needs to actively campaign — and not just in MAGA country

Meta says it's rooted out 63,000 accounts from Nigeria that were attempting to target adult U.S. men with the financial scam.

A look at key dates ahead for the Democratic Party as Vice President Kamala Harris pursues the nomination, following President Biden's decision to drop out.

These are today's mortgage and refinance rates. Mortgage rates have been fairly flat so far this week, but they should go down in the coming months.

For the 2024 Olympics, Paris has become an open-air art gallery. In part three of our arts24 Olympic series, we talk to American artist Alison Saar, who was commissioned to create an Olympic sculpture at the foot of the famous Paris avenue, the Champs-Élysées. The work, entitled "The Salon", shows a Black woman holding an olive branch and a golden flame – designed for the city of lights by an artist from the city that will host the next Games in 2028, Los Angeles.

The DLCC announced a new $2.2 million investment in six states to fund campaigns to counter what they described as an "extreme" GOP agenda.

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Dan Morain, author of Kamala’s Way, on the presumptive Democratic nominee’s ambition and opacity.

Keep a detailed to-do list for the week right on your phone.

Blues commission world renowned sculptor Douglas Jennings to create Trevor Francis statue

On Thursday, Clayton Kershaw will return to the Chavez Ravine mound, set to make his season debut for a Dodgers team that missed him more than it could have ever imagined.

Just a few months brought "Blade Runner," "E.T. the Extraterrestrial," "Mad Max 2," "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan," "The Thing" and "Tron." What did studios learn from this glut?

Diabetics in war-torn Gaza fear not just bombs and bullets but uncertain supplies of medicine that could cost them their lives.

Dueling narratives on Kamala Harris reflect a unique election: She's poised to be the first woman of color to top a major-party ticket, and Trump is the first convicted felon to do so.

1. iOS 18 Beta Cheat Sheet: An Expert's Guide to Exploring New iPhone Features  CNET
2. iOS 18 Beta: Keep Your Notes App Organized With Collapsible Sections  CNET
3. Apple iOS 18: Public release schedule, eligible iPhones, and new features  Business Standard
4. Apple’s iOS 18: All about iPhone’s latest software update  The Hindu
5. Every iPhone model that can be updated to Apple's iOS 18 (and which ones can't)  ZDNet

1. Google Fails to ‘Wow’ as AI Bills Mount  The Wall Street Journal
2. Alphabet Earnings Earn A Shrug From Investors, But Nobody Else Can Keep Up  AdExchanger
3. Here’s why Alphabet’s stock is shrugging off an earnings beat  MarketWatch
4. Alphabet meets earnings expectations but misses on YouTube ad revenue  CNBC

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Cavs news and links for Wednesday, July 24.

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - JULY 6: Caitlin Clark #22 of the Indiana Fever passes the ball during the game against the New York Liberty at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on July 6, 2024 in Indianapolis, Indiana. | Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images

Very, very few players could pull this off

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The Hockeyroos and Kookaburras are two of Australia’s most successful Olympic teams, with a combined 13 Olympic medals between them.

When President Joe Biden announced on Sunday that he was no longer running for reelection and was endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris to take his place, an immediate wave of euphoria swept across the broad spectrum of the Democratic coalition. In an instant, an 81-year-old white man who frequently struggled to form complete sentences was out and a 59-year-old multiracial woman who communicates in the crisp language of an experienced prosecutor was in. Harris raked in a record $81 million in just 24 hours... Читать дальше...

The racist and sexist attacks on Democratic nominee-in-waiting Kamala Harris were as predictable as they were familiar for those who watched Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton vie for the Oval Office job. A “DEI hire,” sneered Republican Representative Tim Burchett. A “childless cat lad[y]” with no “direct stake” in America because she had not given birth to children, Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance said (perhaps forgetting that no U.S. president has ever given birth). “Laughing Kamala,” Donald Trump dubbed her... Читать дальше...

In the week since the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, Democrats have loudly denounced politically motivated violence. “Politics must never be a literal battlefield and, God forbid, a killing field,” Biden told the nation after the shooting. But on Wednesday, Congress is welcoming Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes and crimes against humanity related to his policy of large-scale slaughter in Gaza.

 Sitting here on vacation, I came across this fun New York Times Magazine article about a perfumer in Parma, Italy: 

One year after the Manitoba government hired a staffing agency to bring 150 doctors to work in the province, not a single physician has arrived.

The Roberts Court has made the current crisis of American democracy perpetual.