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It’s Instincts Over Strategy for Trump
When Donald Trump held a news conference last week, ostensibly to hit Vice President Kamala Harris for not yet having held one of her own, he said something revealing about how her sudden climb up the Democratic ticket had shaped his own campaign for the presidency — or not. “I haven’t recalibrated strategy at all,”
Betty A. Prashker, Book Publishing Pioneer, Is Dead at 99
Betty A. Prashker, a pioneering woman in the book business who published the feminist classics “Sexual Politics” by Kate Millett and “Backlash” by Susan Faludi, but who also brought out racy commercial fiction by Judith Krantz and Jean M. Auel — whose frank female sexuality she viewed as no less a statement of feminist empowerment
Connecticut Official Loses to Jewish Opponent After Antisemitic Comments
A Connecticut state representative lost a primary election Tuesday, just hours after a video surfaced of her saying that her challenger should not represent the district because he is Jewish. The incumbent, Anabel Figueroa, a Democrat, made the comments in a late July interview posted to YouTube. “We cannot allow for a person of Jewish
Convicted Murderer Escapes From Custody in North Carolina
Hundreds of law enforcement officers in North Carolina searched on Wednesday for a convicted murderer who was serving a life sentence and escaped custody the morning before, according to the state’s Department of Adult Correction. The prisoner, Ramone Alston, 30, was in a prison transport vehicle at the U.N.C. Hospitals Hillsborough Campus for a medical
Columbia President Resigns After Months of Turmoil on Campus
Columbia University’s president, Nemat Shafik, resigned on Wednesday after months of far-reaching fury over her handling of pro-Palestinian demonstrations and questions over her management of a bitterly divided campus. She was the third leader of an Ivy League university to resign in about eight months following maligned appearances before Congress about antisemitism on their campuses.
No golds for India: Why the world’s most populous country punches below its weight at the Olympics
New Delhi CNN — The competition was tight until the very last shot. India’s Abhinav Bindra was level with his closest rival going into the final round of the men’s 10-meter air rifle at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Then, with a near-perfect shot, Bindra won India’s first-ever individual Olympic gold. It was a
RFK Jr. reached out to Harris campaign about administration role in exchange for endorsement
CNN — Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign reached out to Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign to arrange a meeting about a possible role in her administration if he drops out of the race and endorses her, a Kennedy campaign official and a Democratic official told CNN. The approach from Kennedy’s team occurred
Mars to acquire snack maker Kellanova in $36 billion deal
Mars will acquire Kellanova for $35.9 billion in cash, tying together some of the largest U.S. candy and snack brands, the companies announced Tuesday. The M&M owner Mars is acquiring the Kellogg spin-off company for $83.50 per share, according to the press release. The addition of Kellanova, which separated from its parent company in 2023, will bring massive brands like Pringles and
Parents and Gen Alpha kids are having unintelligible convos because of ‘brainrot’ language
In the beginning, there was “skibidi.” It appeared abruptly in the lexicons of kids under 14 — the first slang term unique to Generation Alpha. Parents’ ears perked up as they began to hear it around the dinner table. It could mean bad, cool, or nothing at all, their kids explained. Then a dozen more
As Trump and Harris call to end tip taxes, a wider minimum wage war heats up
Vice President Kamala Harris’ call to scrap taxes on tips adds to the bipartisan support for a proposal her rival, former President Donald Trump, floated two months earlier. But the fate of the policy idea could hinge on broader disagreements on base pay regardless of who wins the election. Unlike Trump, Harris proposed pairing the