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MADISON, Wis. — Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin and Republican challenger Eric Hovde repeatedly accused each other of lying over the course of their closely watched Senate race during an often-testy and confrontational debate Friday.Here are eight takeaways from the debate, held in Madison and hosted by the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association:In their back-and-forth, each candidate accused the other of playing fast and loose with the truth, both on the campaign trail and during the debate itself. “The one thing you’ve perfected in Washington is your ability to lie,” Hovde said during an exchange about Social Security. His comment came after…
Before the Indian team’s departure to the UAE for the 2024 Women’s T20 World Cup, skipper Harmanpreet Kaur claimed that the 15-member side was the best group ever playing the showpiece event in the shortest format. But all of it came crashing down when India lost to 58 runs by New Zealand in their tournament opener at Dubai and from there, they were just playing catch up till the writing on the wall came clear: of them suffering a group-stage exit in the T20 World Cups for the first time since 2016. Former India captain Anjum Chopra said…
The man charged with trying to assassinate Donald Trump asked Thursday that a judge appointed by the former president to recuse herself from the case.Ryan Routh’s attorneys argued in their 10-page motion that Judge Aileen Cannon’s recusal from the federal case “is essential to preserve the appearance of impartiality.”Judge Aileen Cannon is shown in this courtroom sketch on March 14, 2024.Sketch by Lothar SpeersTrump nominated Cannon as a U.S. district judge for the Southern District of Florida in 2020 and she was assigned to special counsel Jack Smith’s case against Trump for allegedly mishandling classified documents case, which she dismissed…
PHOENIX — It was Donald Trump’s mispronunciation that first caught attention.“Also, we have many Asur-Asians in our room,” Trump said at a weekend rally in Prescott Valley, Arizona. “We have some incredible people in our room.”Asur-Asians?It turns out the former president was trying to shout out a small group of Assyrians supporting his campaign. They’d been given prominent seats right behind him, donning red “Assyrians for Trump” shirts as he spoke in a packed arena 90 minutes north of Phoenix.Assyrians, a Christian indigenous group tracing their ancestry to ancient Mesopotamia in the modern Middle East, are a tiny minority community…
Top-order batter Rachin Ravindra was relieved after New Zealand managed to bag the big wicket of Virat Kohli off the final ball of the third day, and hoped the bowlers will keep piling pressure on India on Saturday. Kohli (70) and Sarfaraz Khan (70 not out) added 136 runs for the third wicket to take India to 231 for three at stumps in the opening Test. But the former Indian skipper fell to Glenn Phillips, edging him to stumper Tom Blundell to bring some respite to the visitors. “It’s pretty hard to crystal-ball gaze into the future. It’s…
Dozens of firefighters were working Friday to put out a large fast-moving brush fire that threatened homes in the Oakland hills in California and sparked evacuations of hundreds of residents amid extremely dry and gusty conditions.At least 10 structures were damaged in the blaze, which spread to about 13 acres, and residents of more than 200 nearby homes were ordered to evacuate, said Oakland Fire Department spokesperson Michael Hunt.More than 100 firefighters from the Oakland Fire Department and nearby areas were working to put out the fire. In an update shortly before 4 p.m. local time, the Oakland Fire Department…
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge on Friday delayed an order requiring Google to open up its Android app store to more competition until an appeals court decides whether to block the shake-up because of legal questions surrounding a jury’s verdict that branded Google as an illegal monopolist.The delay granted during a court hearing in San Francisco comes less than two weeks after U.S. District Judge James Donato issued a decision that would have forced Google to make sweeping changes to its Play Store for Android smartphones starting Nov. 1.The mandated changes included a provision that would have required Google…
BILLINGS, Mont. — A former Park Service ranger said Friday that U.S. Senate hopeful Tim Sheehy of Montana has been lying about a bullet wound that the candidate said came from fighting in Afghanistan — going public with an accusation that has nagged the Republican’s campaign for months.The claim from former ranger Kim Peach that Sheehy in fact shot himself on a family trip in Montana was immediately dismissed by Sheehy and his allies as a smear campaign engineered by Democrats in a race that’s expected to help decide control of the Senate.But with the election less than three weeks…
File photo of Stan Wawrinka© AFP Three-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka rolled back the years on Friday as the 39-year-old ousted top seed Andrey Rublev to reach the Stockholm semi-finals. Wawrinka, currently ranked 217th in the world, battled past seventh-ranked Russian Rublev, 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (7/5) to notch his first win over a top-10 player this year. The Swiss player next meets US fourth seed Tommy Paul, the 2021 Stockholm champion, who beat Serb Miomir Kecmanovic 7-6 (9/7), 6-2. “I cannot change my age, but most important for me is that when I enter the court, I always…
Dog spotted atop Great Pyramid of Giza makes expert descentThere was a happy ending for the dog that was spotted by a paraglider on top of Egypt’s Great Pyramid of Giza, after it was filmed returning safely to the bottom of the ancient landmark.October 18, 2024 Source link