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Latinos are excited about Harris, but she has work to do to win the crucial voting bloc, experts say

Latino voters and leaders say they are enthusiastic about Kamala Harris as the Democratic presidential nominee, but for her to win their crucial support, they want to know where she stands on issues like the economy, immigration and education.

AP News

I’ve Been To Over 20 Homeschool Conferences. The Things I’ve Witnessed At Them Shocked Me.

“I am 20 minutes into the presentation when a woman interrupts me. ‘When are you going to talk about God in all of this?’ she asks.”

Huffpost

Sonya Massey’s death: How race, police and mental health collided in America’s heartland

Experts say Massey’s death reflects a longstanding reality in many police departments: A shoot-first mentality when it comes to interactions with the Black community.

USA Today

The CDC Is Finally Recommending Pain Management For Excruciatingly Painful IUD Insertions

Doctors and nurses ignoring women’s pain is nothing new, and if you know anything about the bloody history of obstetrics and gynecology, you’ll know that it’s steeped not only in misogyny but anti-Blackness as well. It seems that it took people literally recording their shrieks of pain to get the medical establishment to finally start paying attention.

Futurism

Text messages reveal police conversations following the Uvalde school shooting

More than two years after the deadly massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, the city on Saturday released bodycam and dashcam videos, audio recordings of 911 calls and radio communication, documents and text messages related to the shooting.

CNN

Everyone agrees there’s a homeless crisis in the US. Plans to address it vary among mayor candidates

“You can truly change the reputation of San Francisco from a place that today people believe they can come to our city, pitch a tent and stay as long as they want, to a city where — if that is the lifestyle they’re choosing — they look elsewhere,” said Mark Farrell, perhaps the most conservative of the challengers.

AP News

Water scarcity in Texas reservoirs are not only due to Mexico’s lack of deliveries, data shows

Drought conditions and lower inflows from the U.S. side of the river have also impacted water levels at both the Amistad and Falcon International reservoirs

The Latin Times

Trump’s Crucial Power Has Been Neutralized

If you’re compiling a list of the head-spinning, gob-smacking, I’ve-never-seen-this-before events of the 2024 campaign, here’s one more potentially decisive factor to add: A sitting vice president has become the “change” candidate.

Politico

Tim Walz demonstrates his fierce support for IVF at a rally with touching personal story

At a campaign rally in Philadelphia, vice presidential candidate and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz spoke to a roaring crowd about his personal experiences with in-vitro fertilization (IVF), a fertility treatment that many Republicans are scrambling to support in fear of losing voters.

LGBTQ Nation

Homophobic GOP Candidate Roasted After She Loses Primary—And It Wasn’t Even Close

Valentina Gomez, a GOP candidate and known homophobe vying to be the next Secretary of State of Missouri who was once roasted for telling people not to be “weak and gay,” was mocked online after her homophobic rhetoric backfired and cost her the primary.

And it wasn’t even close—Gomez received 47,931 votes, amounting to just 7.5% of all those who voted in Missouri’s GOP primary election. State Senator Denny Hoskins was declared the winner, winning 24.4% of the vote.

Comic Sands

America’s Oldest And Largest Latino Civil Rights Organization Endorses Kamala Harris For President

In an unprecedented move since its establishment in 1929, the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), the nation’s oldest and largest Latino civil rights organization, has officially endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for President of the United States.

Shine My Crown

Republicans For Harris Gains Traction With Notable GOP Supporters

Just days into her campaign, Vice President Kamala Harris (D) has gained significant backing from a surprising place – Republicans for Harris.

The Harris campaign revealed that they had more than two dozen endorsements from the GOP. These endorsements include governors, Congress members and former administration for former President Donald Trump.

UPolitics

President Biden speaks on the stakes of the 2024 election, and on his place in history

In his first interview since withdrawing from his re-election bid last month, President Biden told “CBS Sunday Morning” that he made his decision, in part, so that the Democratic Party could fully concentrate on what he believes is an urgent task at hand: preventing former President Donald Trump from regaining the White House.

CBS News

Vance says ‘nothing wrong’ with Trump ‘complimenting’ leaders like Xi, Putin

Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) brushed off concerns about former President Trump’s praise for world leaders such as Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin, arguing there is “nothing wrong” with such remarks.

The Hill

US colleges are cutting majors and slashing programs after years of putting it off

The cuts mean more than just savings, or even job losses. Often, they create turmoil for students who chose a campus because of certain degree programs and then wrote checks or signed up for student loans.

AP News
Roam Around the World

Rwanda’s President Kagame sworn in to extend lengthy tenure

Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame was sworn into office on Sunday for a five-year term, after a landslide win in last month’s election extended his near quarter century in office.

Reuters

Fleeing Russians tell of panic after Ukraine’s invasion of Kursk region

Strategic push into Russian territory is a blow to morale, with tens of thousands of people rushing to escape advance.

The Telegraph

World must confront Maduro’s ‘campaign of terror’, Venezuelan opposition leader says

World must confront Maduro’s ‘campaign of terror’, Venezuelan opposition leader says

The Guardian

Argentina shuts down anti-discrimination agency months after rightwing president elected

The agency helped address claims of anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination and push for pro-LGBTQ+ legislation.

LGBTQ Nation

Far-right Israeli lawmaker defends violent settler attack on Palestinian family

A far-right Israeli member of Knesset defended the attack, saying the Palestinian family could have been spies.

The New Arab

Germany’s Scholz warns Netanyahu against spiral of violence

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday expressed concern about the danger of a regional war in the Middle East during a telephone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a government spokesman said in Berlin.

dpa International

Ukraine president acknowledges military incursion into Russia as fighting continues

In his night video address, Zelenskyy said he discussed the ongoing incursion “to push the war onto the aggressor’s territory” with top Ukrainian commander Oleksandr Syrskyi.

CBS News
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