Members of the Central Park Five, who were wrongly convicted of rape and assault, addressed the Democratic convention Thursday, chastising former President Trump, who had called for their execution. Yusef Salaam, Korey Wise, Raymond Santana and Kevin Richardson appeared onstage alongside civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton and addressed a rapt arena. "Forty-five wanted us...
A 66-year-old Arizona man, who allegedly threatened to kill former President Trump during his stop in the Grand Canyon State, was arrested Thursday, according to local authorities. Ronald Syvrud was arrested and taken into custody in Cochise County without incident, the county sheriff's office shared on Facebook. A spokesperson for the Cochise County sheriff’s office,...
Presented by PhRMA — TK {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story FDA approves new COVID vaccines, prepares for rollout The Food and Drug Administration approved this year’s updated COVID-19 vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer, as much of the U.S. deals with a summer surge in cases. The vaccines should ship to doctors’...
Newly released data from a Charles Schwab survey found a 12 percent spike in the amount of money Americans think people must have “to be considered wealthy,” up $300,000 from last year. The data, released in a press release Thursday, found Americans saying that “it takes” an average net worth of $2.5 million “to be...
CHICAGO — Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Thursday that a future President Harris would have no reason, politically, to stray from the polices of President Biden. Pelosi emphasized that the vice president should carve her own path if she wins the White House, advising Harris — and everyone — to "be yourself." "Take it...
Vice President Harris on Thursday will take center stage for the final night of the Democratic National Convention, where she's set to deliver the most important speech of her career as she rallies the party ahead of November. Harris is expected to lean into her backstory as the multiracial child of immigrant parents in California....
A growing number of elected Democrats and activists are calling on the Harris campaign and the Democratic National Committee to allow a Palestinian to speak on the final night of the DNC. “We cannot ignore the Chicagoland Palestinian community as one of the largest in the country,” Rep. Chuy Garcia (D-Ill.) wrote in a statement....
A new government report links high fluoride exposure in drinking water to lower IQ in children. The report, published by the Department of Health and Human Services’s National Toxicology Program, examined previously published research and found that drinking water containing more than 1.5 milligrams of fluoride per liter is associated with the lower IQs. The...
Vice President Harris’ campaign will stream her Democratic National Convention (DNC) speech Thursday on a new Twitch channel. “The VP’s address tonight will be one of the biggest moments of the entire campaign thus far — and we’re making sure we’re bringing her live to voters wherever they may be, Twitch included,” Harris campaign spokesperson...
Vice President Harris’s campaign spokesperson says the campaign isn’t worried about the possibility that independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will drop out and endorse former President Trump, saying their message "isn’t for" him, but rather for voters who are on the fence about a second Trump term. “I think our message, frankly, isn’t for...
