Tropical Storm Debby makes second landfall and alleged terror plot cancels Taylor Swift exhibits: Morning Rundown

The upcoming Democratic Nationwide Conference has turn out to be a hot-ticket occasion with Kamala Harris because the presidential nominee. An alleged terror plot forces the cancellation of Taylor Swift’s exhibits in Vienna. And a pair of NASA astronauts may be caught in area till 2025.

Right here’s what to know as we speak.

Democratic conference transforms from a ‘wake’ to ‘Mardi Gras’ with Harris on the ticket

Curiosity within the Democratic Nationwide Conference has spiked with lower than two weeks to go till the election yr occasion in Chicago, based on consultants, occasion planners, activists and delegates. 

Chris Korge, nationwide finance chair for the DNC, mentioned he has acquired streams of calls and texts requesting entry for the four-day conference beginning Aug. 19. Illinois State Comptroller Susana Mendoza, who can be a delegate, mentioned she has been bombarded with requests for assist touchdown conference credentials. Greg Goldner, founder and managing accomplice of Resolute Public Affairs, mentioned a few of his company purchasers are sending extra folks for longer stays than anticipated, and new occasions are popping up.

“Earlier than it was going to be a wake; now it should be Mardi Gras,” mentioned Jaimey Sexton, a Chicago-based guide with the Sexton Group, who has booked or helped prepare a number of occasions across the conference. 

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Whereas curiosity in it tends to extend, to some extent, inside a number of weeks of the conference, the keenness going into this yr’s occasion picked up when Vice President Kamala Harris changed President Joe Biden on the high of the Democratic poll. That enthusiasm appears to be matching the packed marketing campaign rallies and eye-popping fundraising since Harris introduced her candidacy. 

Learn the total story right here. 

Extra 2024 election protection: 

• Harris will maintain a United Auto Staff occasion in Detroit, and the Trump marketing campaign is scheduled to host a information convention aimed toward her dealing with of the southern border. Comply with our dwell weblog for the newest from the marketing campaign path.
• A handful of pro-Palestinian protesters interrupted Harris’ rally final night time in Detroit. First, she acknowledged them with a well-recognized line. After they stopped her speech a second time, Harris’ tone grew extra forceful.
• Trump operating mate JD Vance is main the cost to tear down Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz’s army report, beginning with Walz’s choice to go away the Nationwide Guard in 2005.
• Walz’s response — primarily, how lengthy it took to name within the Nationwide Guard — to the riots in 2020 after George Floyd’s demise in Minneapolis is underneath the microscope.
• President Joe Biden mentioned he’s “not assured in any respect” that there might be a peaceable switch of energy if Donald Trump loses the election.

Paris 2024: U.S. athletes dash, glide and splash their technique to medals

Crew USA made extra good points in Paris, with a memorable come-from-behind win in males’s monitor, the primary gold for ladies’s biking pursuit and extra. Right here’s what occurred. 

Quincy Corridor gained gold within the males’s 400-meter last. His effort within the last 100-meter stretch paid off as he turned on the afterburners and overcame three runners. (See his spectacular comeback.) Corridor bested Nice Britain’s Matthew Hudson-Smith by simply .04 seconds for the win.

In biking, Crew USA’s girls soared to gold in group pursuit. Whereas the U.S. biking program has medaled in each Olympics since 2012, this was the primary time the group took the highest spot. The group, consisting of Jennifer Valente, Chloe Dygert, Lily Williams and Kristen Faulkner, defeated New Zealand. (Watch the total race, or hit the 4:47 mark in the event you simply wish to see the ultimate few seconds.)

In the meantime, the U.S. gained its first inventive swimming medal in 20 years. The silver-winning group obtained some consideration earlier this week when a part of their routine included moonwalking upside-down to Michael Jackson’s “Clean Felony.” (Did you miss that second? See it right here.) Right here’s a recap of Day 12 of the Olympics.

Stream each second and each medal of the 2024 Paris Olympics on Peacock.

Learn extra

• 🏅 Developing as we speak: Noah Lyles goes for double-gold glory within the males’s 200-meter last. Comply with our dwell weblog.
• 🥈 Creative swimmer Daniella Ramirez is a third-generation athlete whose silver medal win with Crew USA has further significance for her household.
• 🥊 The 2 boxers who’ve been on the heart of a debate over gender eligibility on the Video games — China’s Lin Yu-ting and Algeria’s Imane Khelif — will face off within the girls’s featherweight gold medal bout.  
• Meet the athletes who completed removed from first place and are simply blissful to have made it to Paris. 

▶️ Watch high highlights

• U.S.’s Kenneth Rooks leaps to a spot on the steeplechase podium
• These dudes can skate: Crowd goes wild for the oldest Olympic skate boarders
• U.S. determine skaters obtain gold medals two years after doping scandal involving Russia
• Suni Lee wins ‘Unhappy to Announce I Didn’t Make the Olympics’ pattern

Tropical Storm Debby makes landfall once more, this time in South Carolina

Tropical Storm Debby, which has already dumped greater than a foot of rain on elements of the South and is forecast to convey extra, made a second landfall within the U.S. early this morning when it crossed again into South Carolina.

The storm, which had 50 mph winds, made landfall close to Bulls Bay, South Carolina, the Nationwide Hurricane Middle mentioned. It was a Class 1 hurricane when it first made landfall close to Steinhatchee in Florida’s Huge Bend area Monday.

“We count on this storm to proceed its gradual, gradual strategy, bringing a number of days of heavy rainfall and the potential for widespread and extreme flash flooding,” North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper mentioned. Elements of the state might get 15 inches of rain.

Taylor Swift concert events canceled in Vienna over alleged terror plot

Three of Taylor Swift’s “Eras Tour” exhibits in Vienna have been canceled due to what Austrian police say was a deliberate terrorist assault concentrating on the concert events. Officers mentioned two males have been arrested yesterday in reference to allegations of planning to assault main occasions in Vienna. The suspects, who had been underneath surveillance for a while, had homed in on the Swift concert events, officers mentioned. One of many males arrested is a 19-year-old who’s alleged to have pledged his allegiance to ISIS, Vienna police mentioned. Two U.S. officers accustomed to the investigation mentioned Austrian regulation enforcement is searching for a further individual or individuals who might have some information of the plans. Right here’s what else we all know.

Three concert events have been deliberate throughout Swift’s cease in Vienna, as we speak, tomorrow and Saturday. However live performance or no live performance, Swifties are nonetheless set to descend on town. Not solely are they heartbroken, however they’re additionally involved.

“I really feel unhappy as a result of, you realize, I’m spending all this cash to journey … however on the finish of the day, I do know it’s my security,” mentioned Sebastian Gonzalez of Mexico Metropolis, who nonetheless intends to take pleasure in his go to to Vienna as a lot as he can however plans to keep away from giant crowds as a precaution.

NBC Information spoke to different followers, who have been anticipating to attend the “Eras Tour” up till yesterday, to seek out out their reactions.

NASA astronauts may need to remain in area into 2025

NASA is contemplating protecting two astronauts who flew Boeing’s capsule to area — and are nonetheless there two months later — in orbit till February. The company mentioned no last plan has been made but for convey NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams again to Earth, although the company acknowledged that they might resolve to make use of a SpaceX capsule as a substitute. However NASA might want to make a last choice within the subsequent few weeks, a supervisor of NASA’s Industrial Crew Program mentioned.

The preliminary plan was for Wilmore and Williams to remain in area for a couple of week. That was in June. 

However issues with the Boeing Starliner capsule’s thrusters and helium leaking from its propulsion system left the pair stranded on the Worldwide House Station. 

A head-to-head examine of synthetic sweetener versus sugar

Low-calorie sugar substitutes are rising in recognition, however a brand new examine exhibits they’ll have regarding results on the guts. In a brand new examine, Cleveland Clinic researchers examined the cardiovascular influence of erythritol— generally present in “keto-friendly” meals, baked items and candies — in individuals’ blood. When examined in opposition to common sugar, those that ingested the substitute skilled an increase of their blood platelet aggregation, which elevated probability of blood clotting. 

Although the examine had a number of limitations, together with a small pool of individuals and brief remark time, well being consultants say it’s the primary head-to-head evaluation of how erythritol impacts cardiovascular dangers in comparison with sugar and highlights the necessity for extra analysis on sweeteners’ influence on the physique.

Politics in Temporary

Hunter Biden: Particular counsel David Weiss’ workplace mentioned in a court docket submitting that it plans to introduce proof at Hunter Biden’s tax trial that exhibits the president’s son was compensated by a Romanian businessman who was making an attempt to affect U.S. coverage.

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Workers Decide:  Indian wrestler made Olympic historical past, then was disqualified

Vinesh Phogat grew to become the primary lady from India to make an Olympic wrestling last however was dominated out for being over the burden restrict by simply “a number of grams.” Whereas many on-line have expressed disappointment on the flip of occasions, what her title represents again residence extends past her victories on the mat. She’s recognized for main a gaggle of fellow wrestlers protesting in opposition to sexual harassment, together with making main allegations in opposition to a key determine in her sport. — Muskaan Arshad, platforms intern

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