Tag: ready
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Harris says America is ready for a Black female president
Vice President Kamala Harris said in an interview with NBC News’ Hallie Jackson on Tuesday that she is not concerned about sexism impacting next month’s election and that she thinks the country is ready for a woman of color in the White House. “Come to my events and you will see there are men and…
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U.S. to send troops to be ready to help evacuate U.S. citizens from Lebanon
The Defense Department plans to send a few dozen U.S. troops to the Middle East in the coming days to be ready to help Americans flee a region bracing for a significant escalation in the simmering conflict between Israel and the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon, according to three defense officials. The U.S. forces will add to the roughly…
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Florida gets ready as storm with hurricane potential makes its way toward U.S.
A disturbance in the Caribbean Sea is expected to strengthen into a hurricane that will take aim at Florida midweek. The system, which for now is known as Potential Tropical Cyclone 9 but would become Helene if it’s upgraded to a storm, on Monday afternoon was about 110 miles south-southwest of Grand Cayman with maximum…
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Pennsylvania ballots are almost ready. Here’s why they look different this year.
Voters in the key battleground of Pennsylvania may notice their ballots look different this year, as the state prepares to deploy a new design in the general election for the first time this year that aims to reduce the number of rejected votes. Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt officially certified the state’s ballot for this…
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John Leguizamo was ready to lead a dramatic TV series — so he helped create a platform to stream it
When John Leguizamo spoke out about diversity on Sunday night’s Emmy Awards telecast, he said, the audience at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles “got real quiet.” “I’m one of Hollywood’s DEI hires,” he said from the stage. “That’s right. DEI: The D is for ‘diligence,’ the E is for ‘excellence,’ the I is for…