August 23, 2024

The Biden administration will send about $125 million in new military aid to Ukraine – August 23, 2024

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The Biden administration will send about $125 million in new military aid to Ukraine.

German police say three people were killed and four seriously wounded in a knife attack at a festival in the western German city of Solingen.

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suspended his campaign today and endorsed Donald Trump, a late-stage shakeup in the presidential race that could give the former president a modest boost from Kennedy’s supporters.

A Canadian workers union issued a 72-hour strike notice to one of the country’s two major freight railroads.

The U.S. Department of Justice and eight states, including California, have filed a lawsuit against RealPage, a software company accused of using artificial intelligence algorithms to stifle competition and drive rental prices higher, harming millions of tenants nationwide.

Thousands of people took to the streets of Chicago on the final night of the Democratic National Convention Thursday, calling on the party and its presidential candidate, Kamala Harris, to end U.S. aid to Israel and stop the war in Gaza.

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