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• U.S. and China fight to 40-40 draw for most Olympic gold medals

  11-08-2024 23:22 via nbcnews.com
  
  PARIS — The U.S. and China each won 40 gold medals in the first Summer Games draw in Olympic history, with the Americans pulling into a tie Sunday with victory in the last event, women’s basketball.
  
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• WATCH: 'Exceptionally rare' tamarin monkeys born at England zoo

  11-08-2024 22:58
  
  Critically endangered cotton-top tamarin monkey twins were born at England's Chester Zoo at the end of June.
  
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• Large desert tortoise rescued from Arizona highway after escaping from ostrich ranch 3 miles away

  11-08-2024 22:14
  
  The sulcata tortoise was attempting to cross an Arizona interstate near Picacho.
  
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• Jordan Chiles has to give back her bronze medal because appeal was 4 seconds too late, IOC says

  11-08-2024 22:05 via nbcnews.com
  
  Jordan Chiles must return her bronze medal in the floor exercise, the International Olympic Committee said Sunday, upholding findings that a coach's protest that got her on to the podium shouldn't have been allowed.
  
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• World beaters: Women athletes ruled the Olympics

  11-08-2024 21:55 via nbcnews.com
  
  The 2024 Paris Olympics belonged to women.
  
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• Ledecky, Mead carry U.S. flag into Paris Closing Ceremony

  11-08-2024 21:48 via nbcnews.com
  Carrying the flag for Team USA, swimmer Katie Ledecky and rower Nick Mead tell Mike Tirico how it feels to walk into the Stade de France for the Closing Ceremony. Watch the 2024 Paris Olympics on NBC and streaming on Peacock, July 26 - Aug 11.
  
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• Perseid meteor shower is about to peak: Here's how to see it

  11-08-2024 20:33
  
  Marking one of the most plentiful meteor showers in the Northern Hemisphere, the Perseids showcase approximately 50 to 100 meteors per hour, NASA reports.
  
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• Olympic champion Imane Khelif files petition with Paris police over online harassment

  11-08-2024 20:13 via nbcnews.com
  
  Olympic boxing champion Imane Khelif has filed a legal complaint in France for online harassment after a rain of criticism and false claims about her sex during the Paris Olympics, her lawyer said Sunday.
  
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• JD Vance says 2021 comments about giving more votes to people with kids were a 'thought experiment'

  11-08-2024 20:01 via nbcnews.com
  
  Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance on Sunday defended his 2021 comments about allocating more votes to people with children, saying they were a “thought experiment.”
  
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• Who won at the box office this weekend? The Reynolds-Lively household

  11-08-2024 19:58 via nbcnews.com
  
  In the Ryan Reynolds-Blake Lively box-office showdown, both husband and wife came out winners.
  
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• Sifan Hassan wins women's marathon at Paris Olympics, edging ahead of Tigst Assefa

  11-08-2024 19:58
  
  Sifan Hassan traded elbows with Tigst Assefa with 150 meters left in the women’s marathon, then passed her along the railing to win the race for her third distance medal of the Paris Games
  
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• US Olympian A'ja Wilson has explicit 2-word description of teammate after close gold medal win

  11-08-2024 19:33 via foxnews.com
  
  A’ja Wilson praised Kahleah Copper for her performance in helping Team USA to a one-point victory over France for the gold medal in the women’s basketball event at the Paris Olympics.Copper finished with 12 points off of the bench, including a strong drive for a 2-point basket late in the game and the last free throws. Wilson added 21 points and grabbed 13 rebounds, but she was asked to describe Copper in the immediate aftermath of the 67-66 win.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON
  
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• Thousands flee Khan Younis after Israel warns of new offensive

  11-08-2024 19:04 via theguardian.com
  
  Displaced residents uncertain where to flee to as IDF prepares to fight Hamas in city in southern Gaza StripThousands of people have fled the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis after the Israeli military warned of a new operation to flush out Hamas militants that it says have regrouped there.In al-Jala, a neighbourhood in the south of the city that the Israel Defense Forces had previously designated a humanitarian zone, residents on Sunday packed their belongings, uncertain where to seek refuge.
  
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• Who is Tim Walz? Fox Nation takes a deep dive into the life and political career of Kamala Harris' VP pick

  11-08-2024 19:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Accusations of stolen valor, a resurfaced DUI arrest and a controversial tampon policy have all littered Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz's entry onto the 2024 Democratic Party ticket. Being chosen as Vice President Kamala Harris' running mate thrust him into the spotlight, open to both media praise and scorn and leading those who are unfamiliar with his record to ask: who exactly is Tim Walz?  Fox Nation's latest special sets out to answer that question, diving into the political career of the
  
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• Massive house explosion in Maryland kills at least 1

  11-08-2024 18:53 via foxnews.com
  
  A house in Maryland was leveled in a large explosion on Sunday morning, killing at least one person and damaging surrounding homes in its blast radius, according to authorities.The blast occurred in Bel Air, a town in Harford County, after a gas leak was reported, Harford County fire officials told reporters during a press conference.The fire department initially responded to a reported gas leak, but while still on their way to the home, the home exploded, said Master Deputy of the Maryland Stat
  
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• 'Sopranos' star thought he’d be fired until James Gandolfini laughed off on set incident

  11-08-2024 18:31 via foxnews.com
  
  "Sopranos" star Michael Imperioli's first meeting with co-star James Gandolfini was not a smooth ride.The actor, who played Christopher Moltisanti opposite Gandolfini's head mobster Tony Soprano, told The New York Post his first day on set resulted in a little accident.Imperioli’s character was driving Gandolfini, and had to maneuver the car backwards with extras walking around, all while delivering dialogue.The only problem was Imperioli was not an experienced driver.'SOPRANOS' STAR JAMES
  
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• US, China tie for most gold medals at Paris Olympics

  11-08-2024 18:13 via foxnews.com
  
  The United States secured its 40th gold medal on Sunday in the last event of the Paris Olympics – the women’s basketball final.The U.S. women’s basketball team defeated France, 67-66, after overcoming a 10-point deficit in the third quarter. It was the Americans’ eighth straight gold medal in the event and the one it needed to secure a tie for most gold medals at the Summer Olympics.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMChina also had 40 gold medals in the Oly
  
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• The small town where Ds and Rs have found a way to make immigration work

  11-08-2024 18:07 via foxnews.com
  
  One of the reasons that I chose to put Harrisonburg, Va., on my list of towns to visit in this election cycle is that for over 20 years, it has been a refugee resettlement location and I expected this to be a matter of some controversy.But once there, I found something different and rare: a near consensus that the system is not only working, but that the residents are proud of it.The first Republican who I asked about the program has been a local resident for decades, is a big fan of Gov. Glenn
  
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• Minnesota GOP demands probe after noncitizen claims receiving primary ballot without registering to vote

  11-08-2024 18:02 via foxnews.com
  
  The Minnesota GOP and Republican National Committee are demanding an investigation after a noncitizen came forward claiming he received a primary ballot in the mail without registering to vote. In what was described as "potentially not an isolated incident," a noncitizen, lawfully present in Minnesota, reported to the state Republican Party that he did not register to vote, or request a ballot, yet is currently on the Minnesota voter roll and received a primary ballot in the mail. The indiv
  
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• Man seen climbing Eiffel Tower, prompting an evacuation hours before closing ceremony

  11-08-2024 17:42
  
  French police have evacuated the area around the Eiffel Tower after a man was seen climbing the Paris landmark hours before the Olympics closing ceremony Sunday
  
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• Team USA women's basketball hangs on for gold medal, avoids massive Paris Olympics upset

  11-08-2024 17:31 via foxnews.com
  
  The United States women’s basketball team held on to defeat France in the gold medal game on Sunday to close out the Paris Olympics, 67-66.A’ja Wilson led the way with 21 points, 13 rebounds and four blocks.Kahleah Copper strong drive put the U.S. up three with 1:22 left and the Americans were able to make enough stops to keep France from getting over the deficit.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMKelsey Plum sank two free throws to put the U.S. up four points. But Gab
  
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• Watch: U.S. women's basketball clinches gold in nail-biting 67-66 victory

  11-08-2024 17:30 via nbcnews.com
  The U.S. women's basketball clinched the gold medal in a 67-66 win against France in a game that came down to the final 10 seconds. 
  
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• Man handed second-longest prison sentence yet for role in Jan 6 Capitol riot

  11-08-2024 17:29 via foxnews.com
  
  A California man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, the second-longest sentence yet in hundreds of prosecutions of riot participants.David Nicholas Dempsey pleaded guilty in January to two counts of assaulting police officers with a dangerous weapon, landing him a sentence only surpassed by Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio's 22-year sentence, according to a report from the Guardian.Prosecutors accused Dempsey of being one of the most v
  
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• World must confront Maduro’s ‘campaign of terror’, Venezuelan opposition leader says

  11-08-2024 17:23 via theguardian.com
  
  María Corina Machado in hiding as more than 1,300 people are detained in post-election clampdownVenezuela’s main opposition leader, María Corina Machado, has accused the country’s strongman president, Nicolás Maduro, of unleashing a horrific “campaign of terror” in an attempt to cling on to power.Two weeks after Maduro’s widely questioned claim to have won the 28 July election, human rights activists say he has launched a ferocious clampdown des
  
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• Family whose daughter died in Channel say they will attempt crossing again

  11-08-2024 17:17 via theguardian.com
  
  Amira Al Shammari says they have no other options as she describes horror of 21-year-old Dina’s deathA mother from a stateless Arab minority say she and her family have no choice but to try to cross the Channel again despite the death last month of her eldest daughter on a previous attempt.Dina Al Shammari, 21, was travelling with her parents and three teenage siblings when she was crushed to death in an overcrowded dinghy off the coast of Calais on 28 July. Continue reading...
  
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• President Biden admits pressure from Democrats contributed to decision to drop out

  11-08-2024 17:07 via foxnews.com
  
  President Biden offered some more insight into why he dropped out of the presidential race on Sunday during an interview with CBS News, and said his Democratic colleagues told him his campaign would hurt members of the party down-ballot."A number of my Democratic colleagues in the House and Senate thought that I was going to hurt them in the races. And I was concerned if I stayed in the race, that would be the topic, you’d be interviewing me about why did Nancy Pelosi say -why did - and I
  
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• JD Vance hits multiple networks in Sunday morning media flurry as Tim Walz lays low

  11-08-2024 17:01 via foxnews.com
  
  Sen. JD Vance made the rounds on major news networks on Sunday, appearing on ABC, CBS and CNN, while his Democratic counterpart, Gov. Tim Walz, was nowhere to be found.Vance gave an extended interview with ABC News' Jonathan Karl, with their conversation airing in full on Sunday. Vance detailed plans for deportations and defended his support for family voting.Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign has attacked Vance for past comments, suggesting that parents should get extra votes when they have
  
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• Biden saying 'Don't' and other threats seemingly fail to deter Iran as more US Mideast bases hit

  11-08-2024 16:47 via foxnews.com
  
  JERUSALEM – The White House is facing withering criticism that President Biden’s "Don’t" attack warnings to Iran are not being taken seriously after Tehran-backed terror militias injured American military personnel at the Ain al-Asad air base in western Iraq on Monday and is suspected of another attack in Syria on Friday.On Saturday, Biden once again issued a "Don’t" when asked by reporters what his message to Tehran was. Critics argue his Iran policy is adrift
  
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• Harris ripped as 'inauthentic' for giving nearly identical speeches at separate rallies: 'Hillary Clinton 3.0'

  11-08-2024 16:46 via foxnews.com
  
  Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign style continues to face a flurry of scrutiny, with critics calling out her reluctance to answer questions from the press and zeroing in on nearly identical lines repeated during her speeches at different campaign stops.In Wisconsin and Michigan, for instance, the vice president repeated a line about "the path to the White House" running through either state. She also flashed back to the summer job she had at McDonald's while in college and reiterated that s
  
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• Ferguson officer ‘fighting for his life’ after injury at protest on 10th anniversary of Michael Brown shooting

  11-08-2024 16:42 via foxnews.com
  
  A police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, is "fighting for his life" after being critically injured in an assault outside the city’s police station during protests on the 10th anniversary of the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, the city’s police chief said Saturday.Protesters were peaceful for most of Friday night, and police allowed them to block streets outside the station, Ferguson police chief Troy Doyle told reporters. Police also didn’t intervene when protesters b
  
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• Harris slammed as 'CopyCatKamala' for following Trump's lead on exempting taxes on tips

  11-08-2024 16:32 via foxnews.com
  
  Vice President Kamala Harris is under fire from critics and conservatives for "copying" former President Trump’s campaign vow to not tax service industry employees' tips after the Biden-Harris administration rolled out a plan to crack down on waiters’ tips."Now is a good time to remind everyone that #CopyCatKamala’s administration rolled out a new enforcement program JUST LAST YEAR to collect more taxes on tips! She could stop it now… but she won’t, because sh
  
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• US Olympic officials to appeal Jordan Chiles ruling in latest twist to Paris gymnastics drama

  11-08-2024 16:17 via foxnews.com
  
  The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) said Sunday it will appeal the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s (CAS) decision to revert Jordan Chiles’ floor exercise score to her original mark, which would lose her the bronze medal she was awarded at the Paris Olympics.The CAS ruled that the U.S. missed the deadline that bumped Chiles’ score 0.1 points to give her the bronze medal over Romania’s Ana Barbosu. The Romanian Gymnastics Federation made the initial appeal, s
  
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• Two men were shot to death before a concert at a raceway in Iowa

  11-08-2024 16:13
  
  Two people were shot and killed at a raceway just as a concert was about to begin
  
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• Turkey's invasion threats should be taken 'very seriously': Cyprus official

  11-08-2024 16:03 via foxnews.com
  
  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's recent threat to invade Israel should not be taken lightly and betrays Ankara’s continued regional ambitions, according to an official from Cyprus. "Any threat being made publicly has to be taken very, very seriously here and we think that the international community cannot ignore or disregard the threats," Konstantinos Letymbiotis, the official government spokesperson for Cyprus, told Fox News Digital. "History itself has proven this
  
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• The solution to woke insanity can be found in an unexpected source

  11-08-2024 16:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Gender is a choice – and, indeed, a complicated one as there are many genders. If a 12-year-old girl believes that she is a boy or "nonbinary" and wants to undergo life-altering surgery, she is vulnerable to harm – by adults suggesting that she not make irreparable changes, at least until she is old enough to get a tattoo. Climate change is "the No. 1 existential threat to the world," and a good reason for young people to live in debilitating fear and decide not to have children. Yea
  
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• More than 70,000 civilians evacuated as Zelenskyy admits Ukraine is fighting in Russia

  11-08-2024 15:42 via nbcnews.com
  
  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenksyy has acknowledged for the first time that his military forces are conducting an offensive in Russia’s western Kursk region.
  
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• Italy overpowers Team USA to take women's volleyball gold

  11-08-2024 15:13 via nbcnews.com
  Italy needed three sets and just over an hour to roll the United States on its way to its first ever Olympic medal. Watch the 2024 Paris Olympics on NBC and streaming on Peacock, July 26 - Aug 11.
  
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• 2024 showdown: New polls this weekend in three key battlegrounds in Harris-Trump White House race

  11-08-2024 14:09 via foxnews.com
  
  New polls coming out of three key battleground states indicate that Vice President Harris is ahead of former President Trump.According to polls released this weekend by Siena College for the New York Times, Harris tops Trump by four points - 50% to 46% - among likely voters in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. The surveys, conducted August 5-9, are the latest to indicate the transformation of the presidential race in the wake of Harris replacing President Biden at the top of the Democr
  
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• 21 Days: Kamala Harris has not held a press conference since emerging as presumptive Democratic nominee

  11-08-2024 13:59 via foxnews.com
  
  Vice President Kamala Harris has gone 21 days without holding a formal press conference or sit-down interview since becoming the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee as of Sunday.Harris became the de facto nominee after President Biden endorsed her on July 21 when he dropped out of the race, and she officially clinched the nomination last week. She has been busy on the campaign trail, spoken at various events, and given informal remarks to reporters at various points, but hasn’t don
  
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• Secret Service apologizes after breaking into Massachusetts salon to use bathroom before Harris fundraiser

  11-08-2024 13:41 via foxnews.com
  
  The U.S. Secret Service was forced to apologize to a Massachusetts salon owner after using her building's bathroom without permission ahead of a fundraiser for Vice President Kamala Harris last week.The salon owner, Alicia Powers, says Secret Service agents put duct tape over her security cameras and broke into her building by picking the lock. They then allowed various people to use the salon's bathroom over a two-hour period.Powers told Business Insider that she was aware she had to close her
  
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• Their homes burned in the Camp Fire. Then the Park Fire destroyed their new ones.

  11-08-2024 13:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Four people in California describe what it was like to lose their homes to wildfires twice in six years: First to the Camp Fire in 2018, then to the ongoing Park Fire.
  
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• Last-minute summer travelers are finding the best deals in years

  11-08-2024 13:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  After paying steep rates for years, consumers are finally snagging cheaper flights and hotels toward the end of the season. But it helps to be flexible.
  
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• American gymnast Jordan Chiles ordered to return floor exercise bronze medal days after event

  11-08-2024 12:25 via foxnews.com
  
  The International Olympic Committee determined that American gymnast Jordan Chiles must return the bronze medal she won in the Paris Olympics floor exercise after her score was improperly judged.The IOC said the bronze medal was being reallocated to Romanian Ana Barbosu after the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) said it would respect the Center Arbitration for Sport’s (CAS) decision on the issue.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMThe CAS voided Chiles’ score a
  
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• Starmer will be judged on how he tackles root causes of riots

  11-08-2024 12:03 via bbc.com
  
  Tackling the root causes of unrest - even deciding what they are - is set to be a crucial test for the new government.
  
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• Pastor Max Lucado: Surviving a challenging election season is possible

  11-08-2024 12:00 via foxnews.com
  
  PROGRAMMING ALERT: Watch "What Happens Next: An End Times Town Hall With Max Lucado" available now on Fox Nation.By the time I arrived in San Antonio as a young minister in 1988, Buckner Fanning was already legendary. He was several decades into what would be a 40-year stint as pastor of Trinity Baptist Church. He had a flowing mane of white hair and a down-home preaching style that befriended the most hesitant of cynics. People called him the Protestant Pope of South Texas. We exchanged pu
  
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• After Dobbs decision, more women are managing their own abortions

  11-08-2024 12:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  An increase in self-managed abortions comes as the average monthly number of abortions is also rising, new research shows.
  
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• A reckoning is coming for Florida's condo owners as buildings face millions in repairs

  11-08-2024 12:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  After five decades working as a teacher and school administrator, Janet Stone envisioned a relaxing retirement in her condo overlooking Florida’s Atlantic coast.
  
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• Mazie Hirono wins Hawaii Senate primary, setting Dems up for much-needed November win

  11-08-2024 08:09 via foxnews.com
  
  Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, easily won her primary race on Saturday, setting Democrats up for a likely victory in November.She was up against Clyde Lewman, a wood products salesman, and Ron Curtis, a retired engineer. Curtis was last up against Hirono in 2018 as the Republican nominee for her Senate seat. He lost to the incumbent Democrat by about 29% to 71%. PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS ‘INVISIBLE’ IN CRITICAL SWING STATE OF MICHIGAN: REPORTHe also challenged Rep. Ed Case, D-Ha
  
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• US, UK and Australia take next step in integrating AI defense systems

  11-08-2024 08:00 via foxnews.com
  
  The latest technology integrating artificial intelligence (AI) with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) in "contested environments" has passed the test following trials conducted by the U.S., U.K. and Australia's military alliance, AUKUS, officials said Friday.According to all three defense agencies in the alliance, the cutting-edge sensing technology was put to the test to determine whether UAVs could "complete their missions and preserve network connectivity" across multi-domain battlespaces, inclu
  
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• Ukraine's Zelensky acknowledges offensive in Russia

  11-08-2024 06:34 via bbc.com
  
  The Ukrainian president says his military is pushing the war "on to the aggressor's territory".
  
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