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In 2016, I attended a large meeting of journalists in Washington, DC. The keynote speaker was Jennifer Doudna, who just a few years before had co-invented CRISPR, a revolutionary method of changing genes that was sweeping across biology labs because it was so easy to use. With its discovery, Doudna explained, humanity had achieved the…

Archaeologists excavating Oslo's medieval harbor have unearthed the remnants of a 14th-century gauntlet.

Structures that scatter seismic waves deep in Earth's mantle seem to be everywhere researchers look.

Southampton goalkeeper Mat Lis has completed a permanent move to Sport Republic sister club Goztepe, having never made a competitive appearance.

1. Fed's Powell may use Jackson Hole speech to shed light on rate cut timing  Fox Business
2. Powell Faces Economic Crossroads as He Prepares to Speak at Jackson Hole  The New York Times
3. All eyes on Powell’s Jackson Hole speech as new data fuels concern of a weaker labor market  CNN
4. Markets and households eagerly await Powell’s hints about Fed rate cut  The Washington Post

Kamala Harris has made tackling corporate price-gouging and raising taxes on corporations and the wealthy cornerstones of her economic platform. She seems to be leaning into some of the Biden administration’s more populist talking points about making life more affordable for ordinary people—earning her plaudits from progressives and predictable freak-outs from Republicans, editorial boards, and economists both on the right and in the discipline’s still mostly orthodox mainstream. So far, however... Читать дальше...

In the earliest days of the pandemic, the DEA made a decision that transformed how people get prescription medications, including ketamine.

I’m excited about the prospect of a Kamala Harris presidency not just because she’s brilliant and skilled and hardworking and believes in the right things. I’m also excited because, in my experience, she’s a downright decent person who shows people respect and makes sure they feel seen.

Political ad dollars are increasingly shifting to streaming services, to the dismay of some viewers.

FrontPageBets makes its picks and predictions for the first game on the 2024 college football docket, with a Week 0 matchup between ACC opponents Florida State and Georgia Tech, which will kickoff in Dublin, Ireland, on Aug. 24, at Noon…

The 2024 Democratic National Convention concludes Thursday, with Vice President Kamala Harris poised to formally accept her party’s nomination for President of the United States. “Our convention is an opportunity to bring the story of our party to the American people — not just the story of what we’ve achieved under the Biden-Harris administration, but how the […]

Popular depictions of prehistoric hunts tend to show ancient humans hurling their spears into mammoths and mastodons. But such a technique would have been less than useless — leaving a hunter with no spear and an angry mammoth, a new study argues. Instead, Ice Age hunters may have used a sophisticated hunting tool to kill...

Democrats are delighting in needling former President Trump over his insecurities and baiting him into reactions, believing they are taking him off message and helping Vice President Harris’s surging campaign. The needling, for Trump, is unending. Former first lady Michelle Obama delivered one of the most memorable lines of the Democratic convention Tuesday night when...

Democrats at their party's convention in Chicago have unveiled an education platform that combines old priorities such as universal pre-K and free community college with slams against Republicans over Project 2025 and “private-school vouchers.” Instead of new policies, Democrats focus their platform on the accomplishments of the past four years and measures such as President...

In the marathon that is an election year, Democrats are winning the cash dash — a reality that is putting pressure on House Republicans as they look to expand their majority in the lower chamber come November. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) raised $17.6 million in July — the month President Biden dropped out...

The rumors are flying over which huge music star might show up for Vice President Harris's coronation Thursday night as the Democratic presidential nominee. Will it be Beyoncé, the Grammy-winning icon whose "Freedom" is the unofficial theme song of the Harris campaign? Or maybe Taylor Swift, whose European tour just ended and who Democrats have...

CHICAGO — The political star power and unity on display at the Democratic National Convention, where Bill and Hillary Clinton and Barack and Michelle Obama have lauded Vice President Harris, is putting in stark contrast the divisions in the GOP led by former President Trump. While former President Clinton on Wednesday became the third Democratic...

CHICAGO — Doubts surrounded Vice President Kamala Harris two months ago when Democrats, stunned by President Biden’s shaky performance during a debate against former President Trump, started to panic about November. Harris was clearly the most logical choice to replace an aging Biden at the top of the ticket. But her run as vice president...

DENVER, CO – APRIL 20: Portland Trail Blazers forward Maurice Lucas #20 gives the finger to a heckling fan during an NBA playoff game against the Denver Nuggets at McNichols Arena on April 20, 1977 in Denver, Colorado. The Trail Blazers lost the game but won the series and the next two rounds of the playoffs to claim the 1977 NBA championship. | Photo by Mark Junge/Getty Images

Lucas was a tough guy but a great teammate

1. All eyes on Powell’s Jackson Hole speech as new data fuels concern of a weaker labor market  CNN
2. Fed minutes point to ‘likely’ rate cut coming in September  CNBC
3. Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee, July 30–31, 2024  Federal Reserve
4. Shares gain, oil slips as Fed readies rate cuts  Reuters

Here are some overlooked NFL veterans primed to make real noise this season.

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In a sea of generically named "First Banks of X" and "Community Banks of Y," financial institutions must decide if the painstaking rebranding process is worth the investment and risk to stand out.

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19 Aug 2024 was a rest day

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20 Aug 2024 16:00     ZIM v ESW (One Pool)     6 - 0

21 Aug 2024 11:15     ZIM v ESW (3/4)         22 - 0
21 Aug 2024 15:45     NAM v ZAM (Final)     4 - 0

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19 Aug 2024 was a rest day

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With a number of new young players in their ranks, it is easy to get excited about the future at Tottenham Hotspur. And, according to... The post ‘The real deal’ – Harry Redknapp predicts big things for one new Spurs player appeared first on The Spurs Web - Tottenham Hotspur Football News.