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Editorial Roundup: United States 07/23/2024 07:35pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: July 22 The Washington Post on what Kamala Harris needs to do to win the election With President Biden鈥檚 exit from the race, Democrats are quickly coalescing around Vice President Harris. Too quickly, arguably: Both she and the count A sentence change assures the man who killed ex-Saints star Smith gets credit for home incarceration 07/23/2024 07:34pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) 鈥� A 25-year prison sentence for Cardell Hayes, the man who killed former New Orleans Saints start Will Smith in 2016, was reduced to 22 years and two months on Tuesday by a Louisiana judge who sought to give Hayes credit for the time he spent confined to his home before his latest US Army worker who stole nearly $109 million to buy mansions and luxury cars is sentenced 07/23/2024 06:49pm • A Texas woman who pleaded guilty to charges of stealing nearly $109 million from a youth development program for children of military families and using it to fund an extravagant lifestyle that included multiple mansions, a fleet of luxury cars and designer accessories was sentenced Tuesday to 15 ye FTC orders 8 companies to provide information on 'surveillance pricing' practices 07/23/2024 06:17pm • NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� The Federal Trade Commission has ordered information from eight companies that the agency says offer products and services that use personal data to set prices based on a shopper鈥檚 individual characteristics. In a Tuesday announcement, the FTC said it was seeking to better unders How a perfect storm sent church insurance rates skyrocketing 07/23/2024 05:48pm • (RNS) 鈥� The Rev. John Parks was taking his first sabbatical in 40 years of ministry when he got a call from his church鈥檚 accountant with some bad news. Church Mutual, the church鈥檚 insurance company, had dropped them. 鈥淭his does not make sense,鈥� Parks, the pastor of Ashford Community Church Visa's fiscal third-quarter profits rise 9% as payments become increasingly digital 07/23/2024 05:13pm • NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Payment processing giant Visa Inc. said Tuesday that its fiscal third-quarter profits rose 9% on an adjusted basis, as it benefits from consumers and businesses moving their payments from cash to credit and debit cards. The San Francisco-based company said it earned $4.87 billion, Georgia denies state funding to teach AP Black studies classes 07/23/2024 04:48pm • ATLANTA (AP) 鈥� Georgia is refusing to provide state funding for the new Advanced Placement course in African American Studies, so some school districts have cancelled plans to teach the course to high schoolers. Advocates complain that the decision by Georgia's elected school superintendent will NFL's expansion to an 18-game regular season seems inevitable: Analysis 07/23/2024 04:33pm • On Football analyzes the biggest topics in the NFL from week to week. For more On Football analysis, head here. ___ An 18-game NFL season seems inevitable. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has already stated he favors expanding the regular season by another game. Now, NFLPA executive director Lloyd Ho Capital One: Q2 Earnings Snapshot 07/23/2024 04:21pm • MCLEAN, Va. (AP) 鈥� MCLEAN, Va. (AP) 鈥� Capital One Financial Corp. (COF) on Tuesday reported second-quarter earnings of $597 million. The McLean, Virginia-based company said it had profit of $1.38 per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were $3.14 per share. The results fell short Darren Walker, president of Ford Foundation, will step down by the end of 2025 07/23/2024 02:37pm • NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� If there are rock stars in philanthropy, Darren Walker, the president of the Ford Foundation, is one of them. And he's about to exit the stage. Walker, 64, has been named one of Rolling Stone鈥檚 鈥�25 People Shaping the Future鈥� and Time鈥檚 鈥�100 Most Influential People鈥� as As Harris eyes US presidency, reaction in her mother鈥檚 native India is muted but tinged with pride 07/23/2024 12:04pm • NEW DELHI (AP) 鈥� When Kamala Harris was sworn in as vice president in the U.S., residents in her maternal family鈥檚 ancestral village in southern India watched in real time, setting off fireworks, holding up portraits of her and wishing her a long life. But, four years later, as she works to beco Analysis: Xander Schauffele is now in the conversation with Scheffler for best year in golf 07/23/2024 10:50am • TROON, Scotland (AP) 鈥� Xander Schauffele is the British Open champion, and the PGA Tour must be thrilled. The FedEx Cup is as meaningful as ever, a three-tournament stretch in August that could go a long way toward deciding who gets the players' vote for PGA Tour player of the year. Schauffele or Moody's: Q2 Earnings Snapshot 07/23/2024 07:11am • NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Moody's Corp. (MCO) on Tuesday reported second-quarter earnings of $552 million. On a per-share basis, the New York-based company said it had net income of $3.02. Earnings, adjusted for amortization costs and non-recurring costs, were $3.28 per share. The results Tarzan at the Olympics: Johnny Weissmuller won 3 gold medals at the 1924 Paris Games 07/23/2024 06:16am • Before there was Michael Phelps or Mark Spitz winning Olympic gold medals for the United States 鈥� there was Tarzan. Yes Tarzan, the fictional literary and film character who was raised by apes in the African jungle. This of course was Johnny Weissmuller, who played Tarzan in the films but was als Stock market today: Asian shares are mixed after Wall Street breaks losing streak 07/23/2024 01:11am • BANGKOK (AP) 鈥� Shares were mostly higher Tuesday in Asia after U.S. stocks closed broadly higher, as Big Tech stocks took back some of their recent sharp declines. U.S. futures edged lower and oil prices were little changed. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 recovered from early losses, edging 0.1% higher to 39