The presidential campaigns brace for an intense sprint to Election Day

LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) — After a summer of historic tumult, the path to the presidency for both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump this fall is becoming much clearer. The nation’s premier swing state, Pennsylvania, begins in-person absentee voting the week after. In just 63 days, the final votes will be cast to decide which Continue reading

Miss Manners: How to respond when asked if I breastfeed my kids?

I recognize that this is 2024, and many people have put forth a huge amount of effort to promote breastfeeding as a best practice for babies and young toddlers. But people I barely know, women and men alike, will ask me if I am breastfeeding my children. I am a fairly private person, and I Continue reading

U.S. Paralympian Says She Was ‘Verbally Accosted’ And Bullied After Winning Silver Medal

Christie Raleigh Crossley of Team USA won silver in the women’s 50-meter freestyle S10 final. Michael Reaves via Getty Images Paralympic swimmer Christie Raleigh Crossley has spoken out about being bullied and having her disability questioned in the wake of her silver medal win last week. “It’s so great that I just broke a world Continue reading

Remand prisoner Simeon Burke could be released with ‘one flick of a pen’, judge says

Simeon Burke was supported in court by his parents, Martina and Sean, and siblings, Ammi and Isaac, pictured at an earlier hearing at Cloverhill Court. Photograph: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin A judge has told remand prisoner Simeon Burke that he is in custody voluntarily but could be released with “one flick of a pen” and Continue reading

49ers’ Ricky Pearsall to miss at least 4 games after being shot in attempted robbery

49ers’ Ricky Pearsall to miss at least 4 games after being shot in attempted robbery San Francisco 49ers rookie Ricky Pearsall, who was shot Saturday in a brazen broad daylight attempted robbery in San Francisco’s Union Square, was released from the hospital on Sunday and “extremely lucky” to be alive, his mother and the 49ers Continue reading

X blocked in Brazil after supreme court panel upholds suspension order

A panel of Brazil’s federal supreme court justices voted unanimously to uphold orders suspending the use of Elon Musk’s social network X nationwide. One justice, Luiz Fux, voted to uphold but expressed “reservations” about a measure of the order that allows the court to fine individuals or businesses that engage in “subterfuge,” for example using Continue reading

German chancellor condemns first state election success for far-right party since WWII

“Our country cannot and must not get used to this,” Scholz, a lawmaker for his center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD), said a day after Alternative for Germany (AfD) triumphed in Thuringia and came a close second in Saxony. It is weakening the economy, dividing society and ruining our country’s reputation,” he added. While mainstream parties Continue reading

Walz unharmed after some of the vehicles near the back of his motorcade crash in Milwaukee

Some vans at the back of a motorcade carrying Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz crashed while heading from the airport to a campaign stop in Milwaukee on Monday, but Walz was unhurt Walz unharmed after some of the vehicles near the back of his motorcade crash in Milwaukee MILWAUKEE — Some vans at the Continue reading

Brazil Supreme Court panel unanimously upholds judge’s decision to block X nationwide

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A Brazilian Supreme Court panel on Monday unanimously upheld the decision of one of its justices to block billionaire Elon Musk’s social media platform X nationwide, according to the court’s website. The panel that voted in a virtual session was comprised of five of the full bench’s 11 justices, including Continue reading

7 killed in Mississippi bus crash identified

Seven Mexican nationals killed in a Mississippi bus crash over the weekend were identified Monday, including a 16-year-old girl and her 8-year-old brother, authorities said. Huskey identified those killed in the crash as 8-year-old Kain Gutierrez and his 16-year-old sister, Perla Gutierrez. First responders are shown at the scene of a bus crash in Warren Continue reading