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Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota took a short detour to Milwaukee to headline a rally during the Democratic National Convention.
  • Kamala Harris and Tim Walz took a short trip to Wisconsin to headline a rally during the DNC.
  • The Democratic ticket took advantage of the key swing state's proximity to Chicago to stump there.
  • It's a huge contrast with

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A statue of Vladimir Lenin in the Russian town of Sudzha was damaged by fighting as a tattered Russian flag billows in the background.
  • Ukraine launched a surprise offensive into Russia's Kursk region, catching enemy forces off guard.
  • The shock invasion allowed Ukrainian forces to capture about 488 square miles of Russian territory.
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The most controversial new Windows feature in years is making its grand re-entrance in a couple of months.

After a previous, open-ended delay announced in mid-June, Microsoft announced via an update to an old blog post that its new "Recall" feature will be available for Windows Insiders testing in October.

"As previously shared on June 13, we have adjusted our release approach to leverage the



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An endorsement from Swift would inject energy into a campaign desperate to keep up the momentum.
  • Taylor Swift hasn't endorsed Kamala Harris, but many Democrats are eager for her support.
  • Harris' campaign is careful about how much to embrace star power, but Swift has a unique appeal.
  • Swift appeals to a wide variety of Americans and has a demonstrated mobilize voters.

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A line worker tends to fallen power lines in the East End neighborhood of Houston, days after Hurricane Beryl made landfall, on Thursday, July 11th, 2024. | Raquel Natalicchio / Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

The US has dealt with 60 percent more weather-related outages during warmer months over the past decade than it did during the 2000s, according to data crunched



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If you subscribe to Twitch channels from Twitch’s mobile app, you might have to pay a bit more starting in October.

Twitch announced on Wednesday that Tier 1 and gift subscriptions in more than 40 countries will have a higher price on the iOS and Android apps starting on October 1st. According to emails from Twitch shared by Dexerto



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Xbox continues to impress with its accessibility accommodations for gamers with disabilities. Alongside some updates to the Xbox console lineup, Microsoft unveiled several new controllers on Wednesday to help more people experience the joy of frictionless gaming.

The Xbox Adaptive Joystick fills what Microsoft called a widely expressed “need for an affordable, singular joystick” to use with other



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Business Insider's reporter took a 2021 overnight Amtrak train from Miami to New York City in a bedroom accommodation.
  • I spent a night in an Amtrak sleeper car's private bedroom for $1,000 in October 2021.
  • With unparalleled privacy and space, it's the most comfortable Amtrak accommodation I've booked yet.
  • It made spending 30 hours on a train from Miami to New York City

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