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by ap215
Wed Sep 11, 2024 10:25 am
Forum: Politics and Current Events
Topic: Hello
Replies: 383
Views: 701835

Re: Hello

JACKPOT! 💰 $800 million lottery ticket from Mega Millions purchased at Houston area gas station SUGAR LAND, Texas – A Houston-area resident tested their luck and woke up $800 million richer after matching all six numbers in Tuesday night’s Mega Millions drawing. The winning ticket was purchased at M...
by ap215
Wed Sep 11, 2024 8:53 am
Forum: Politics and Current Events
Topic: Persons of Note Who Have Passed Away
Replies: 1972
Views: 1434442

Re: Persons of Note Who Have Passed Away

Soul singer Frankie Beverly dies at 77 (NEXSTAR) – Singer and songwriter Frankie Beverly, who fronted the soul/funk band Maze, has died at 77, his family announced. “Grieving the loss of a loved one is a deeply personal and emotional experience,” his family wrote in a message posted to the official ...
by ap215
Wed Sep 11, 2024 8:27 am
Forum: Politics and Current Events
Topic: Labor/Economics
Replies: 1382
Views: 1653876

Re: Labor/Economics

US inflation reaches a 3-year low as Federal Reserve prepares to cut interest rates WASHINGTON — The post-pandemic spike in U.S. inflation eased further last month as year-over-year price increases reached a three-year low, clearing the way for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates next week. We...
by ap215
Wed Sep 11, 2024 8:26 am
Forum: Politics and Current Events
Topic: The GOP Snowflake Thread
Replies: 1046
Views: 905563

Re: The GOP Snowflake Thread

Republicans have an answer for Trump’s poor debate performance PHILADELPHIA — Republicans know Donald Trump didn’t win Tuesday’s debate. And they know who to blame: the media. “It was three-on-one. They continued to engage in so-called fact-checking of Donald Trump. They never did that to Kamala Har...
by ap215
Wed Sep 11, 2024 8:25 am
Forum: Politics and Current Events
Topic: 2024 Presidential Election
Replies: 952
Views: 1308707

Re: 2024 Presidential Election

Election in Georgia’s Fulton County to be observed by independent monitor ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s Fulton County has hired a team of independent monitors to observe its operations for this year’s general election after a selection process that highlighted discord between the deeply Democratic county...
by ap215
Wed Sep 11, 2024 8:23 am
Forum: Politics and Current Events
Topic: Bye
Replies: 1700
Views: 1508072

Re: Bye

News Anchor Jorge Ramos Leaving Univision at Year-End Noticias Univision, the news unit of TelevisaUnivision, announced that it and long-time anchor Jorge Ramos have mutually agreed not to renew their contract, which will expire shortly. Ramos will step down from his role as co-anchor of Noticiero U...
by ap215
Tue Sep 10, 2024 10:58 pm
Forum: Politics and Current Events
Topic: 2024 General Elections Thread
Replies: 315
Views: 111209

Re: 2024 General Elections Thread

Whitehouse wins Democratic nomination for US Senate, will face Republican Morgan Incumbent Sheldon Whitehouse won the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Rhode Island's primary election on Tuesday. He'll face state Rep. Patricia Morgan, who won the Republican nomination, in November's general e...
by ap215
Tue Sep 10, 2024 10:56 pm
Forum: Politics and Current Events
Topic: 2024 General Elections Thread
Replies: 315
Views: 111209

Re: 2024 General Elections Thread

After tough primary battles, Ayotte and Craig now face each other in race for governor Former U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte and former Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig will face off in November as the respective Republican and Democratic nominees for New Hampshire governor after a pair of bruising party primar...
by ap215
Tue Sep 10, 2024 10:55 pm
Forum: Politics and Current Events
Topic: 2024 General Elections Thread
Replies: 315
Views: 111209

Re: 2024 General Elections Thread

Delaware Democrats back Sarah McBride’s bid to become first openly transgender person in US Congress DOVER, Del. (AP) — Delaware in November could elect the first openly transgender member of Congress and the state’s first Black U.S. senator. On Tuesday, voters in the Blue Hen State were deciding th...
by ap215
Tue Sep 10, 2024 10:43 pm
Forum: Politics and Current Events
Topic: 2024 Presidential Election
Replies: 952
Views: 1308707

Re: 2024 Presidential Election

Stamp Of Approval. Taylor Swift endorses Kamala Harris after presidential debate Pop superstar Taylor Swift endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential candidacy on Tuesday night after the high-stakes debate with former President Donald Trump, calling the Democratic nominee a "steady-ha...
by ap215
Tue Sep 10, 2024 10:16 pm
Forum: Politics and Current Events
Topic: The One and Only Official Trump/Harris Presidential Debate Thread
Replies: 44
Views: 313

Re: The One and Only Official Trump/Harris Presidential Debate Thread

Fact-checking Kamala Harris and Donald Trump's 1st presidential debate Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump met for the first time Tuesday in their first presidential debate of the 2024 election, hosted by ABC News. The high-stakes, 90-minute debate was held at Philadelphia...
by ap215
Tue Sep 10, 2024 9:34 pm
Forum: Politics and Current Events
Topic: The One and Only Official Trump/Harris Presidential Debate Thread
Replies: 44
Views: 313

Re: The One and Only Official Trump/Harris Presidential Debate Thread

Trump looks shook overtalking Muir & Davis on every issue while they're trying to control the debate he's toast.
by ap215
Tue Sep 10, 2024 9:00 pm
Forum: Politics and Current Events
Topic: The One and Only Official Trump/Harris Presidential Debate Thread
Replies: 44
Views: 313

Re: The One and Only Official Trump/Harris Presidential Debate Thread

Trump is accusing Harris of hating Israel & The Arab Nation.
by ap215
Tue Sep 10, 2024 8:54 pm
Forum: Politics and Current Events
Topic: The One and Only Official Trump/Harris Presidential Debate Thread
Replies: 44
Views: 313

Re: The One and Only Official Trump/Harris Presidential Debate Thread

Trump totally whining about his Election loss in 2020.
by ap215
Tue Sep 10, 2024 8:50 pm
Forum: Politics and Current Events
Topic: The One and Only Official Trump/Harris Presidential Debate Thread
Replies: 44
Views: 313

Re: The One and Only Official Trump/Harris Presidential Debate Thread

Kamala nailed Trump on January 6th & Charlottesville.
by ap215
Tue Sep 10, 2024 7:10 pm
Forum: Politics and Current Events
Topic: Mass Shootings/Gun Control Reform Thread
Replies: 1672
Views: 1754289

Re: Mass Shootings/Gun Control Reform Thread

15-year-old boy shot at school in Omaha, in critical condition; suspect in custody A 15-year-old boy is in critical condition after he was shot at his high school in Omaha, Nebraska, on Tuesday, police said. The shooting inside Northwest High School was reported at about 12:23 p.m., and a descriptio...
by ap215
Tue Sep 10, 2024 7:09 pm
Forum: Politics and Current Events
Topic: Bye
Replies: 1700
Views: 1508072

Re: Bye

Alleged attack on New York City store owner over Kamala Harris poster prompts hate crime investigation: Official A hate crime investigation has been opened in the alleged attack on the owner of a New York City clothing boutique who says a confrontation erupted last month over a large poster of Vice ...
by ap215
Tue Sep 10, 2024 7:07 pm
Forum: Politics and Current Events
Topic: Hello
Replies: 383
Views: 701835

Re: Hello

Service members killed in Afghanistan honored in Congressional Gold Medal ceremony Washington — The 13 U.S. service members killed in a suicide bombing in Kabul in 2021 were honored posthumously Tuesday in a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony at the Capitol that came three years after the chaotic U.S...
by ap215
Tue Sep 10, 2024 2:54 pm
Forum: Politics and Current Events
Topic: Hello
Replies: 383
Views: 701835

Re: Hello

Missouri Supreme Court keeps abortion rights measure on November ballot, ending challenge Missouri voters will decide on Nov. 5 whether to overturn the state’s abortion ban after the state Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared away a final effort by anti-abortion activists to block a vote on a landmark p...
by ap215
Tue Sep 10, 2024 8:35 am
Forum: Politics and Current Events
Topic: Its Technical
Replies: 591
Views: 1794735

Re: Its Technical

Judgement day for Apple and Google: EU upholds €15.4 billion in fines and back taxes against the tech giants U.S. tech juggernauts are no longer Europe’s sweethearts. On Tuesday, a top EU court ruled that Apple must pay Ireland €13 billion in taxes. Separately, Brussels has fined Google €2.4 billion...
by ap215
Tue Sep 10, 2024 5:33 am
Forum: Politics and Current Events
Topic: Persons of Note Who Have Passed Away
Replies: 1972
Views: 1434442

Re: Persons of Note Who Have Passed Away

Edward B. Johnson, the second CIA officer in Iran for the ‘Argo’ rescue mission, dies at 81 DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Edward B. Johnson, who as a CIA officer traveled into Iran with a colleague to rescue six American diplomats who fled the 1979 U.S. Embassy takeover in Tehran, has died, the...
by ap215
Mon Sep 09, 2024 3:48 pm
Forum: Politics and Current Events
Topic: Persons of Note Who Have Passed Away
Replies: 1972
Views: 1434442

Re: Persons of Note Who Have Passed Away

Ed Kranepool, longest-tenured Met and 1969 WS champ, dies at 79 Ed Kranepool, the native New Yorker who became an original 1962 Met as a 17-year-old and spent his entire 18-year Major League career with New York, hitting a critical home run in the 1969 World Series for the victorious Miracle Mets, d...