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Inmates Used Drones to Smuggle Drugs Into Georgia Prisons, U.S. Says

NY Times Home Page - Wed, 08/21/2024 - 6:33pm
The authorities charged nearly two dozen people with taking part in schemes over five years beginning in 2019 to deliver drugs and other contraband to inmates in Georgia state prisons.
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Atlantic Tropical Weather Outlook

National Hurricane Center - Wed, 08/21/2024 - 6:32pm

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ABNT20 KNHC 212332
TWOAT

Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
800 PM EDT Wed Aug 21 2024

For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:

Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 7 days.

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Forecaster Kelly

Categories: Weather

Tim Walz’s Superpower

NY Times Home Page - Wed, 08/21/2024 - 6:31pm
Walz has an easy masculine confidence we seem to have all but forgotten.
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Bubble Watch: Here's what players outside the FedEx Cup top 30 need to get in

ESPN - Wed, 08/21/2024 - 6:26pm
The top 30 players in the FedEx Cup championship standings will earn two-year exemptions on the PGA Tour and access to the four majors in 2025.
Categories: Sports

Transcript: Ezra Klein on Barack Obama and Michelle Obama’s Convention Speeches

NY Times Home Page - Wed, 08/21/2024 - 5:53pm
The August 21, 2024, episode of “The Ezra Klein Show.”
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Why Ukrainian Guards Are Patrolling This River for Fellow Ukrainians

NPR World - Wed, 08/21/2024 - 5:42pm

Some Ukrainians are fleeing an unpopular conscription drive for troops. Ukrainian guards are on their trail. NPR's Joanna Kakissis takes us to one escape route along a river in Western Ukraine.

(Image credit: Florent Vergnes)

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Al Attles, a Golden State Warrior in Name and in Spirit, Dies at 87

NY Times Home Page - Wed, 08/21/2024 - 5:42pm
He was known as the Destroyer for his gritty intensity as a player. He later coached Golden State to an N.B.A. championship and served as its general manager.
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At M.I.T., Black and Latino Enrollment Drops Sharply After Affirmative Action Ban

NY Times Home Page - Wed, 08/21/2024 - 5:25pm
Asian American students made up almost half of the 2028 class — the first admitted since the end of affirmative action.
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Yankees place Gil on 15-day IL with back strain

ESPN - Wed, 08/21/2024 - 5:24pm
The New York Yankees placed right-handed starter Luis Gil on the 15-day injured list Wednesday with a lower back strain.
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Nebraska names touted frosh Raiola starting QB

ESPN - Wed, 08/21/2024 - 5:24pm
Nebraska has named touted true freshman Dylan Raiola its starting quarterback for its season opener against UTEP on Aug. 31.
Categories: Sports

Democrats Use the DNC to Try to Define Trump as a Self-Interested Fraud

NY Times Home Page - Wed, 08/21/2024 - 5:08pm
Speeches and videos seek to shrink Donald Trump in order to rise above him, as Kamala Harris and her allies work to minimize him and disengage from him.
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Israel and Hezbollah Trade Cross-Border Strikes

NY Times Home Page - Wed, 08/21/2024 - 5:07pm
The strikes, in eastern Lebanon and the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, underscored how months of talks have failed to stop either the war in Gaza or the related conflict along the Lebanese border.
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While the Public Awaited Jobs Data, Wall Street Firms Got a Look

NY Times Home Page - Wed, 08/21/2024 - 4:46pm
A report was delayed on the Bureau of Labor Statistics website, but some investors got it in the meantime, raising new questions about agency practices.
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Hadley Duvall Says Her Abortion Speech Will ‘Keep My Heart Full’

NY Times Home Page - Wed, 08/21/2024 - 4:28pm
Ms. Duvall, a sexual abuse survivor, was one of three women who shared their personal stories at the Democratic convention to support Vice President Kamala Harris.
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A ‘Speedy Little Star’ May Be on Course to Escape Our Galaxy

NY Times Home Page - Wed, 08/21/2024 - 4:12pm
The so-called hypervelocity object, which is either a low-mass star or a brown dwarf, is traveling through the Milky Way at around a million miles an hour.
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Liberals Needed a Beyoncé Moment. Kamala Harris Is Delivering One.

NY Times Home Page - Wed, 08/21/2024 - 4:00pm
The vice president is giving Democrats what they want while disorienting Donald Trump.
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What’s in the Latest U.S. Proposal for a Gaza Cease-Fire?

NY Times Home Page - Wed, 08/21/2024 - 3:57pm
The Biden administration is pushing for a deal between Israel and Hamas with renewed urgency after months of lagging talks. Here’s a closer look at what the main differences appear to be.
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Biden Is Leaving the Spotlight. His Son’s Legal Troubles Are Not.

NY Times Home Page - Wed, 08/21/2024 - 3:49pm
A preliminary hearing on Wednesday will determine the contours of the tax trial Hunter Biden faces in September. It is often a forum for discussions that could lead to a plea deal.
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Union accuses Dartmouth of unfair labor practice

ESPN - Wed, 08/21/2024 - 3:42pm
The union representing the Dartmouth men's basketball team filed an unfair labor practice complaint against the school because it has refused to negotiate with the players on a collective bargaining agreement.
Categories: Sports

Carrington rips WNBA for lack of Boston 'promo'

ESPN - Wed, 08/21/2024 - 3:42pm
DiJonai Carrington called out the WNBA over what she felt was a lack of promotion for the Connecticut Sun's historic game in Boston's TD Garden.
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