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Editorial: Walz should explain

The Toledo Blade 

Wall Street money managers knew Vice President Kamala Harris had selected a governor as her running mate because of the deadline attached to a campaign fund-raising request.

Shribman: Why Tim Walz?

The Toledo Blade 

Sometimes — if you focus hard and squint at what is in front of your eyes — future years can be glimpsed in a week’s time.

To the editor: Democrat ticket told to deceive voters

The Toledo Blade 

In your lead editorial Friday, The Blade praises Kamala Harris’ “brilliant choice” of Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate. It praises her “political acumen” of this choice that could “hardly be more progressive and left wing.” You conclude saying she should follow Joe Biden’s “lead” of campaigning on “a moderate course.” More clearly stated, she should misrepresent her candidacy in order to deceive the American people. Politics rarely takes the high road, but this road is below sea level.

AP PHOTOS: 172-year-old Japanese factory preserves traditional way of making cast iron cookware

Abcnews.com 

Katsunori Suzuki is one of a few craftsmen in Japan still producing cast iron cookware by hand using laborious traditional techniques. The president of the 172-year-old foundry where he works says she wants to keep the tradition alive, even if it costs much more to produce. Suzuki uses moist sand and a few other ingredients to make the molds using a method called “tegome,” or “hand stuffing.” He spends hours tamping the sand in an iron frame to compress it just the right amount to create the mold... Читать дальше...

City officials release audio and video recordings from 2022 Texas school shooting

Voice of America 

DALLAS — As law enforcement officers hung back outside Khloie Torres' fourth-grade classroom in Uvalde, Texas, she begged for help in a series of 911 calls, whispering into the phone that there were "a lot" of bodies and telling the operator: "Please, I don't want to die. My teacher is dead. Oh, my God." At one point, the dispatcher asks Khloie if there are many people in the room with her. "No, it's just me and a couple of friends. A lot of people are," she says, pausing briefly, "gone." Calls from Khloie and others... Читать дальше...

Eastbourne charity scrambles to save dogs amid cull fears - BBC

Top Stories (uk) - Google News (com) 

  1. Eastbourne charity scrambles to save dogs amid cull fears  BBC
  2. Turkey’s president refuses to let sleeping dogs lie  The Economist
  3. Backlash grows against Turkey's stray dog 'massacre'  Daily Mail
  4. UK tourists 'boycott' Turkey and rush to 'cancel holidays' over new law  Birmingham Live
  5. Turkey divided on new law cracking down on stray dogs  EL PAÍS USA

Surging D-backs overcome injuries, smoke Phillies

BigNewsNetwork.com (sports) 

(Photo credit: Allan Henry-USA TODAY Sports) Jake McCarthy belted a pair of two-run homers on Saturday as the Arizona Diamondbacks trounced the Philadelphia Phillies 11-1 in Phoenix despite losing All-Star second baseman Ketel Marte and starting pitcher Zac Gallen to injuries. Marte and Corbin Carroll also went deep for Arizona, which has won two straight since losing the opener of this four-game series on Thursday. Gera