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Screenshot: WQAD News 8 YouTube Things got a little wild when Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle showed up at the Republican National Convention (RNC) on Wednesday. Cheatle, under fire for her agency’s inept handling of an assassination attempt that nearly took the life of GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump over the weekend, was thoroughly berated by Senators demanding answers at the conference. Most notable of those who confronted Ms. Cheatle were Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and John Barrasso (R-WY). Barrasso is the third-ranking Senate Republican. “You put him within less than an inch of his life,” Barrasso can be heard…

Since their widespread introduction to the market nearly a decade ago, lab-grown diamonds have carved out a substantial slice of the market. Industry analyst Paul Zimnisky recently told the news agency AFP that lab-grown stones accounted for 18.5 percent of diamond sales in 2023 and would exceed 20 percent this year. Perhaps this isn’t surprising now that scientists can grow diamonds in just 150 minutes—faster than you can watch Oppenheimer.In the US, lab-grown diamonds were forecast to surpass natural stones in terms of units sold by the start of 2024. Yet at the same time, their values have plummeted: the…

The Summer Olympics are nothing if not an amalgam of highs and lows for the world’s best athletes. They weather wins and wipeouts, pride and pain, shattered records and shattered bones. As Team USA Olympians and Paralympians take the stage in Paris in the coming weeks, medical staff will be there to support every feat and fall—in style. For the first time, the more than 250 health care professionals who form the Team USA Medical Team have a uniform. Figs, a direct-to-consumer medical apparel brand—and the first company led by two female cofounders to go public—partnered with the U.S. Olympic…

Jul 5, 2024; Washington, District of Columbia, USA; Washington Nationals third baseman Nick Senzel (13) sprints to third base against the St. Louis Cardinals during the second inning at Nationals Park. Mandatory Credit: Rafael Suanes-USA TODAY Sports The Chicago White Sox signed free agent third baseman Nick Senzel on Wednesday. Financial terms of the deal were not announced. Senzel, 29, was designated for assignment by the Washington Nationals on July 6 and released five days later. He appeared in 64 games for Washington this year, hitting .209 with seven home runs and 18 RBIs. In six major league seasons with…

25 minutes agoBy Brandon Livesay, BBC News, at the Republican convention in MilwaukeeGetty ImagesAs Lara Trump strode on to centre stage at the Republican National Convention on Tuesday night, it was a moment that symbolised a change of guard in the Trump family that has taken place since his defeat in the 2020 presidential election.Wearing a black dress and a shimmering USA flag brooch, she used the primetime spotlight to sell voters on her father-in-law’s softer edges, focusing on his role as a grandfather to her two young children.And the party faithful roared as she raised a fist and spoke about a…

Premium demand is surging, and Alaska Airlines is betting that travelers will want to splurge for premium seats for the long haul.The Seattle-based carrier announced on Wednesday that it would add new first class and extra-legroom seats to its aircraft as part of a retrofit program covering its Boeing 737 fleet, which will add 1.3 million premium seats to its schedule each year.The retrofit program will span over 200 Boeing 737-800, 737-900ER and 737 MAX 9 aircraft. The first plane to undergo a cabin revamp will be pulled from service for retrofitting in September, with the entire retrofit process expected…

The nearly complete fossilized remains of a stegosaurus fetched $44.6 million at auction Wednesday, Sotheby’s said. The buyer’s name was not disclosed. The fossil, dubbed “Apex,” is considered to be among the most complete ever found, according to the auction house. The price blew past a pre-sale estimate of $4 million to $6 million and past a prior auction record for dinosaur fossils — $31.8 million for the remains of a Tyrannosaurus rex nicknamed Stan, sold in 2020. Apex “has now taken its place in history, some 150 million years since it roamed the planet,” said Cassandra Hatton, who heads Sotheby’s science-related business.…

Beijing said the US’s weapons sales to Taiwan has ‘compromised the political atmosphere’ for continued talks on nuclear non-proliferation.China has suspended negotiations on nuclear non-proliferation and arms control with the United States in protest against Washington’s arms sales to the self-ruled island of Taiwan. The US called Beijing’s decision on Wednesday “unfortunate”, while analysts said the move deals a potentially serious setback to global arms-control efforts. China and the US began nuclear weapons discussions in November as part of a bid to ease mistrust ahead of a summit between Presidents Xi Jinping and Joe Biden. Further dialogue had not been…

Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) rushes up the court against Phoenix Mercury guard Sophie Cunningham (9) on Friday, July 12, 2024, during the game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert actually set her sights too low in April when she said she wanted the league to double its current national media rights fees. The current national media contracts, though the 2025 season, average about $50 million annually. The WNBA’s new deal with ESPN, Amazon and NBC, approved Tuesday, will pay the league about $2.2 billion over the next 11 years for an average of $200 million…

Bill Weber is out as chief executive at Firefly Aerospace, following a nearly two-year stint in the role, the maker of launch vehicles, lunar landers and orbital vehicles announced late Wednesday. While the board initiates a search for a new CEO, board member Peter Schumacher will serve as interim CEO, the company said in a statement published on its website. A Transition Committee will assist in the search.  Weber joined the company after it was acquired by private equity giant AE Industrial Partners in February 2022. A longtime aerospace executive, Weber previously served as CEO of KeyW Corporation, an intelligence and…

Getty ImagesInvestigators on the roof of the building where the attack was launched fromDonald Trump’s would-be assassin was flagged as “suspicious” up to an hour before he began shooting and his phone’s history showed he’d searched for images of the Republican, senators have heard amid growing calls for the head of the US Secret Service to resign.In two closed briefings to lawmakers in the House and Senate on Wednesday, law enforcement officials, including the Secret Service, shared limited new information about security and the man who opened fire at a Trump rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday.Wyoming Senator John Barrasso said…

Screenshot: KTNV Channel 13 Las Vegas YouTube Cornpop was a bad dude. But Cornpop apparently has competition. Speaking at the NAACP National Convention on Tuesday in Las Vegas, President Biden recalled one of his best friends from his childhood. That friend – Richard Smith, the former president of the NAACP’s Delaware branch – was nicknamed ‘Mouse’. “And one of my best friends, we used to, when I was a lifeguard in the projects, he was a, his name was – nickname was ‘Mouse,’” Biden told the crowd. WATCH: Biden says his best friend was ’Mouse’ when he was a “lifeguard in the…