Biggest Democratic super PAC buys ads in key swing states to turn black, Latino young voters off Trump and counter RNC

As the Joe Biden coalition continues to show fissures after the Delaware Democrat’s series of verbal missteps and shaky performances, the biggest Democratic super PAC is offering up its support — not by boosting the president but by caricaturing his opponent. Priorities USA, which says it “exists to build progressive power and activate every voter … Read more

Top Michigan Democrats, including Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, bail on Biden rally in must-win swing state

DETROIT — Top Michigan Democrats were conspicuously absent from President Biden’s rally in the must-win swing state the night after his blunder-filled NATO press conference — with not a single congressional candidate up for election this year in attendance. Warning up Friday night for Biden at Detroit’s Renaissance High School were Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn … Read more

RODEO NOTES: Stampede brought bull-rider a wife and son ‘Calgary’

Chase Dougherty has Greatest Outdoor Show On Earth to thank for ‘fairy-tale story’ Orin Larsen from Inglis, Manitoba rides Barcelona City to the top score of day, 88, in the bareback event at the Calgary Stampede rodeo on Friday July 12, 2024. Gavin Young/PostmediaGavin Young/Postmedia The Calgary Stampede has been life-changing for Texas bull-rider Chase … Read more

Review: In ‘Confessions of a Good Samaritan,’ a cheeky documentarian tests her own altruism

Director Penny Lane in her documentary “Confessions of a Good Samaritan.” (Reckless Giving LLC) When documentary filmmaker Penny Lane chose to donate a kidney to a stranger — the dramatic crux of her new “Confessions of a Good Samaritan” — one can’t help but wonder whether the movie idea came first or the altruistic impulse. … Read more

Dave Loggins, ‘Please Come to Boston’ singer, dies at 76

Singer-songwriter Dave Loggins circa 1970. (Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images) Dave Loggins, the singer-songwriter behind the 1974 smash “Please Come to Boston” and the theme for the Masters golf tournament, has died. He was 76. According to an obituary notice placed in the Tennessean newspaper, Loggins died Wednesday at Alive Hospice in Nashville. No … Read more

Review: In ‘Touch,’ a kitchen, curiosity and some bridges that can’t be crossed

Kōki, left, and Pálmi Kormákur in the movie “Touch.” (Lilja Jonsdottir / Focus Features) Director Baltasar Kormákur, who’s forged a comfortable career toggling between Hollywood tales set in far-flung spots (“Beast,”“Adrift”) and films set in his native Iceland, returns to his home country for the sweet/sad love story “Touch,” only to continent-hop again within its … Read more

Former top LAPD official found guilty of tracking a fellow officer with AirTag

LAPD Assistant Chief Al Labrada, right, held a news conference with his lawyer Jeremy Tissot regarding allegations of him stalking a lower-ranking officer he was romantically involved with. (Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times) Former Los Angeles assistant police chief Alfred “Al” Labrada has retired from the department after a disciplinary board found that he secretly … Read more

Amazon must comply with US agency’s probe on claims that company discriminated against pregnant warehouse workers

A New York federal judge has ordered Amazon to comply with a subpoena from a U.S. civil rights agency investigating claims that the online retailer discriminated against pregnant warehouse workers. U.S. District Judge Lorna Schofield in Manhattan late Thursday rejected Amazon’s claims that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) subpoena was too broad and sought … Read more

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