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South African researchers test use of nuclear technology to curb rhino poaching
Researchers in South Africa have injected radioactive material into the horns of 20 rhinos as part of a research project aimed at reducing poaching. The idea is that radiation detectors already in place at national borders would detect the horns and help authorities arrest poachers and traffickers. The research, which has included the participation of veterinarians and nuclear experts, begins with the animal being tranquilized before a hole is drilled into its horn and the nuclear material carefully inserted.
Reuters
US presidential debate: some undecided voters see a disastrous Biden night
A group of U.S. voters who were unable to choose between Joe Biden and Donald Trump before Thursday's presidential debate delivered their verdicts after the contest and it was almost universally bad news for Biden. Of the 13 "undecideds" who spoke to Reuters, 10 described the 81-year-old Democratic president's performance against Republican candidate Trump collectively as feeble, befuddled, embarrassing and difficult to watch.
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John O'Keefe, the victim in the Karen Read trial, was a veteran officer and devoted father figure
John O’Keefe’ s title was Boston police officer, but to those who loved him, he was Johnny, J-J or affectionately, the Godfather. Born and raised in suburban Braintree, O’Keefe graduated from Northeastern University and earned a master’s in criminal justice from the University of Massachusetts. For much of that time, O’Keefe also had been raising his niece and nephew in Canton after his sister and her husband died just months apart.
Associated Press
Karen Read once 'admired' the Boston police boyfriend she's accused of killing
The woman accused of ramming her luxury SUV into her boyfriend and callously leaving him on the ground before a snowstorm had dated the Boston police officer briefly when they were in their 20s, and they reconnected after the pandemic. Long before she was charged with murder in the death of John O'Keefe, Karen Read had a successful career as a financial analyst and adjunct professor at Bentley College.
Associated Press
France is facing an election like no other. Here's how it works and what comes next
French voters are being called to the polls on Sunday for an exceptional moment in their political history: the first round of snap parliamentary elections that could see the country’s first far-right government since the World War II Nazi occupation — or no majority emerging at all. The outcome of the vote, following the second round on July 7 and an exceptionally brief campaign, remains highly uncertain as three major political blocs are competing: the far-right National Rally, President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist alliance and the New Popular Front coalition that includes center-left, greens and hard-left forces.
Yahoo News
Biden's debate performance causes some Democrats to panic
"It’s kind of a DEFCON 1 moment," David Plouffe, the campaign manager for former President Barack Obama, said on MSNBC after President Biden's debate with former President Donald Trump.
AFP
Stumbles and mistruths: Five takeaways of Biden-Trump debate
President Joe Biden and Republican challenger Donald Trump squared off Thursday in a debate watched by millions, and what voters saw may have sparked more questions than answers.- Less chaos, less accountability - The helter-skelter tumult of their first 2020 debate, in which then-president Trump ran roughshod over Biden and the debate moderators, was but a memory Thursday night, as CNN's strategy to avoid a shouting match worked.
AFP
Joe Biden debates Donald Trump: What they said
Tempers and tensions were high Thursday as US President Joe Biden faced off against Republican rival Donald Trump in the first debate of the 2024 White House campaign.- Economy - Biden: When he became president "we had an economy that was in free fall...
NBC News
Debate takeaways: Biden confirms some voter fears as Trump leans into grievances
Joe Biden failed to mitigate his biggest liability in his re-election bid at the first debate Thursday, while Donald Trump doubled down on grievances and skipped opportunities to cover his own vulnerabilities.
Associated Press
Here's why it would be tough for Democrats to replace Joe Biden on the presidential ticket
President Joe Biden's halting debate performance on Thursday night has led some in his own party to begin questioning whether he should be replaced on the ballot before November. There is no evidence Biden is willing to end his campaign. Every state has already held its presidential primary.
AFP
Biden falters in fiery debate with Trump
A halting Joe Biden struggled Thursday to allay concerns he is too old for a second term in the White House in a fiery debate with Donald Trump marked by personal insults.The White House was clearly in damage-control mode.
Associated Press
The Latest | An election is underway in Iran to replace a president killed in a helicopter crash
Iranians are voting on Friday to replace the late President Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed in a May helicopter crash in the country's northwest along with the foreign minister and several other officials. There are two hard-liners, former nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili and the parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf. Then there’s the reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian, who has aligned himself with those seeking a return to the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.
NBC News
7 youth group members hospitalized after lightning strike in Utah
Seven members of a Utah youth group were taken to the hospital after a lightning strike hit the ground next to where they were hiking Thursday, officials said.
Time
Calls for Biden to Step Aside Are About to Get Deafening
Calls for Biden to step aside are about to get deafening after a debate that left Democratic insiders gobsmacked, writes Philip Elliott for The D.C. Brief.
CNN
Biden’s debate performance sets off alarm bells for Democrats
Alarm bells are ringing among top Democrats over the 2024 presidential race and President Joe Biden’s political future, with the president’s debate performance leaving some to openly question whether Biden can stay atop of the Democratic ticket.
Time
Why the Biden-Trump Debate May Boost RFK Jr
The third party candidate drew millions of viewers during a simulcast event.
Associated Press
A father who lost 2 sons in a Boeing Max crash waits to hear if the US will prosecute the company
As they travel around Alaska on a long-planned vacation, Ike and Susan Riffel stop now and then to put up stickers directing people to “Live Riffully.” It's a way for the California couple to honor the memories of their sons, Melvin and Bennett, who died in 2019 when a Boeing 737 Max jetliner crashed in Ethiopia. The Riffels and families of other passengers who died in the crash and a similar one in Indonesia a little more than four months earlier are waiting to learn any day now whether the U.S. Justice Department, all these years later, will prosecute Boeing in connection with the two disasters, which killed 346 people.
AFP
Fact check: The first 2024 US presidential debate
US President Joe Biden and Republican challenger Donald Trump traded barbs Thursday in the first debate of the 2024 election campaign.Trump also insisted again that "the fraud and everything else was ridiculous" in the 2020 election he lost to Biden -- claims officials from both parties have refuted.
Time
Trump’s Debate Strategy: Let Biden Bury Himself
Trump’s Debate Strategy: Let Biden Bury Himself
Reuters
Biden, Trump point fingers at each other on inflation during debate
U.S. President Joe Biden and his Republican rival Donald Trump both took credit for what they said was a strong economy under their watch and blamed the other for punishing inflation as they battled on the debate stage before the Nov. 5 election. Under his own watch, Trump said, "everything was rocking good." Biden pinned inflation, which peaked at 9% two years ago and has since dropped to 3.25%, on Trump's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, along with corporate greed.

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