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July 26, 2024

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  • A passerby walks past a sign offering directions to an Uber and Lyft ride pickup location at an airport, Feb. 9, 2021, in Boston. Drivers for Uber and Lyft will earn a minimum pay standard of $32.50 per hour under a settlement announced, Thursday, June 27, 2024, by Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell, a deal that also includes a suite of benefits and protections.
    Uber, Lyft drivers remain independent contractors in Calif. Supreme Court ruling
    The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that app-based ride-hailing and delivery services like Uber and Lyft can continue treating their drivers as independent contractors ...
  • The results are in: Trickle-down economics is a myth
    With Donald Trump’s selection of JD Vance as his running mate, the Republican Party has cemented its turn toward American workers. Speaking at the Republican National Convention, Vance pledged a commitment to safeguarding jobs and wages, echoing the Democratic Party. ...
  • Primaries are not sacrosanct in America
    Alas, the coronation of Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee is complete. Democrats are surprisingly ecstatic with the decision, and Republicans, or at least the Trump campaign is very cross about it, complaining that democracy has been ...
  • Shootings are no longer a surprise
    I don’t know what is the least surprising, the fact that a crazed gunman took a shot at Donald Trump — a man who has spewed hatred and violence for the past decade — or the fact that there’s been yet another ...
  • Jan. 6 must not be forgotten
    Those who were alive on 9/11 will forever have the horrific images of our country being attacked by hate-filled terrorists imprinted on their brains. How could this happen to America, the greatest nation on earth? ...
  • Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, greets delegates as he arrives on the floor during the first day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum, Monday, July 15, 2024, in Milwaukee.
    Ambition drove JD Vance's turn
    JD Vance did not flip-flop from a strong “never Trump” position to a strong “I love Trump” position because Donald Trump did such a great job as president ...
  • Eneá de Stutz e Almeida, right, president of the Amnesty Commission lowers her head as she apologizes in Brasilia, Brazil Thursday, July 25, 2024. The Brazilian government on Thursday apologized for human rights violations in the persecution and internment of Japanese immigrants in the years after World War II.
    Brazil apologizes for post-WWII persecution of Japanese immigrants
    The Brazilian government on Thursday apologized for human rights violations in the persecution and incarceration of Japanese immigrants in the years after World War II.
  • Site of 3 killings during 1967 Detroit riot to receive historic marker
    The site of a transient motel in Detroit where three young Black men were killed, allegedly by white police officers, during the city's bloody 1967 race riot is receiving a historic marker.
  • A supporter displays a poster of President Nicolas Maduro during his closing election campaign rally in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, July 25, 2024. Maduro is seeking re-election for a third term in the July 28 vote.
    Venezuelan voters face crucial choice: Reelect Maduro or give opposition a chance after 25 years
    The future of Venezuela is on the line. Voters will decide Sunday whether to reelect President Nicolas Maduro, whose 11 years in office have been beset by crisis, or allow the opposition a chance to deliver on a promise to undo the ruling party's policies that caused economic collapse and forced millions to emigrate.
  • Rebuilding Rome, the upstate New York city that is looking forward after a destructive tornado
    A tornado that hit this small, upstate city tore off rooftops, leveled brick buildings and toppled the steeples of two historic churches. No one was killed, but the twister left a debris-strewn scar through downtown and nearby areas. More than 370 homes were damaged.
  • Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, speaks at a campaign rally at Radford University, Monday, July 22, 2024, in Radford, Va.
    What's in a name? GOP vice presidential nominee JD Vance has had many of them
    When it comes to Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance's name, it's complicated.
  • Netanyahu will meet Trump at Mar-a-Lago, mending a years-long rift
    As president, Donald Trump went well beyond his predecessors in fulfilling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s top wishes from the United States. Yet by the time Trump left the White House, relations between the two had broken down after Netanyahu rapidly congratulated Joe Biden on his 2020 presidential victory.
  • Vice President Kamala Harris speaks following a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, Thursday, July 25, 2024.
    Harris tries to thread the needle on Gaza after meeting with Netanyahu
    Vice President Kamala Harris, the likely Democratic nominee for president, is attempting to bridge divides within the party over the war in Gaza, emphasizing Israel's right to defend itself while also focusing on alleviating Palestinian suffering.
  • Harvey Weinstein appears for a pretrial hearing in Manhattan criminal court, Friday, July 19, 2024, in New York. The former Hollywood movie mogul appeared Friday ahead of a planned retrial on rape and sexual assault charges.
    Harvey Weinstein hospitalized with COVID-19 and pneumonia
    Former film mogul Harvey Weinstein has been transferred from a New York City jail to a hospital to undergo treatment for a variety of health problems including COVID-19 and pneumonia in both lungs, his representatives said Thursday.
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