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BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — On the streets of Butler, Pennsylvania, Saturday’s assassination attempt When it comes to former President Donald Trump, the same word was repeated over and over: “What a thing to say.”Butler, population 13,000 and home to a grand courthouse that adorns the square, was named for a Revolutionary War general. American flags fly on Main Street and black-and-white photos of local heroes who died in other wars fought in the name of democracy. The first Jeeps were built here in 1940 at the request of the U.S. Army. This is the country, the neighborhood, and Trump country.”If…
“I thought, ‘Is it okay to hurt and mutilate myself for money?'” Curry recalled the life-changing offer that prompted her to pack up and leave Hollywood for good. Adrienne Curry He honestly explains why he left Hollywood for a quiet life in Montana. In a new interview people, America’s Next Top Model The winner told media that looking back, her time in the spotlight was far from glamorous, and that she felt “betrayed and lied to by the show.” “We were told every day that whoever won would become a famous model for Revlon, and then when it was on…
The United States has told its allies that it is considering imposing the toughest trade restrictions if companies continue to give China access to advanced semiconductor technology.Wall Street’s semiconductor index lost more than $480 billion in market capitalization on Wednesday, heading for its worst close since 2022, after reports that the U.S. is considering tightening export controls on advanced semiconductor technology to China. Semiconductor stocks further sold off after Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Taiwan, a key manufacturing base, should pay for the United States’ defense costs. The United States has told its allies that it is considering imposing…
We won’t sugarcoat it: most Prime Day deals aren’t all that exciting. Amazon has a knack for running perpetual sales and advertising deep discounts, some of which aren’t all that different than what you might see throughout the rest of the year. The good news is that there are still plenty of gadgets and gizmos worth shelling out for, the bulk of which we expect to stick around until midnight tonight (fingers crossed).Below, you’ll find the very best deals spotted by The Verge’s crack team of curators. There are smart home gadgets aplenty, gaming gear galore, and a whole lot…
Eight decades after an explosion at a Navy facility in Port Chicago, California, killed 320 sailors, Coast Guardsmen and civilians, the Secretary of the Navy on Wednesday announced the full exoneration of African-American sailors charged in 1944 with mutiny and refusing orders to return to work loading munitions under dangerous conditions.Navy Secretary Carlos del Toro said in an interview that the decision to acquit the sailors came after a Navy investigation found legal errors in the 1944 court-martial of 258 black sailors who had been threatened with execution for refusing to return to work after the July 17, 1944, explosion.The…
Trump shooting highlights political outrage Published Wednesday, July 17, 2024 at 2:08 p.m. Syd Salter By Syd Saltercolumnist If we are the Americans we should be, this week we should stop the vitriol-fueled political exchanges on social media and thank God that the assassination attempt at former President Donald Trump’s campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, did not result in a state funeral. It would be naive to claim that politics and violence have not been intertwined in our country’s history. Throughout our history, there have been presidents who have been killed, injured or shaken by such violence. History has been…
More than 500 athletes will represent Team USA in the 2024 Olympics, but some American stars will be watching the games from home. Whether it was injuries that kept them away or they simply didn’t qualify for their respective sports, some big name athletes lost their chance to compete on the Olympic stage. The top 10 athletes who will not be competing in the 2024 Paris Olympics are: Caitlin Clark, Women’s Basketball She may be taking the WNBA by storm, but Caitlin Clark’s Olympic debut will have to wait. The NCAA’s all-time leading scorer and top WNBA draft pick was…
Russia and China flooded X and other social media platforms in the hours after the shooting at a Trump campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, using the most high-profile assassination attempt of the internet age to stoke unrest and, in some cases, blame President Biden and other Democrats for the violence.”Biden calls Trump a ‘threat to the nation,'” Russian state-run media outlet Sputnik International posted, sharing a video of Biden’s recent speech with its more than 400,000 followers. “The day after Trump gets shot…coincidence?”A series of sensationalist posts portrayed the US as a nation in decline and on the brink of…
Amid growing unrest within the BJP in Uttar Pradesh, the party’s state president Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the state capital on Wednesday.The meeting came a day after Chaudhary and the state’s Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya held separate meetings with BJP national president JP Nadda on Tuesday. There were signs of dissent within the BJP’s state unit following the party’s poor performance in the Lok Sabha elections, which saw the BJP’s tally fall to just 33 out of 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh from 62 in 2019. The Samajwadi Party (SP) beat the BJP…
The Ducks’ five ranked players are tied for second in the Big Ten with Michigan and behind only Ohio State, which has eight players ranked in the top 100. EUGENE, Ore. — If EA Sports’ player rankings are any indication, Oregon will boast some of the Big Ten Conference’s top talent in the Ducks’ first season in the Big Ten Conference. Oregon State has five players ranked in the EA Sports College Football 2025 Top 100 Player Rankings, tying them with Michigan for second in the Big Ten. Ohio State has eight players ranked in the top 100, ranking behind…