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Voters want more from Kamala Harris.But while the Democratic nominee has been clear about what she is not — Donald Trump — she is either unwilling or unable to spell out a comprehensive blueprint for exactly what she would do as the 47th president.In an interview on Tuesday, the vice president mostly stuck to broad themes and headlines about her economic plan that were largely familiar from a previous big-picture policy speech and her convention address.But a candidate who has been criticized by opponents for running on “vibes” and surfing a wave of joy refused to be pinned down on…

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Since childhood, Loveness Bhitoni has collected fruit from the gigantic baobab trees surrounding her homestead in Zimbabwe to add variety to the family’s staple corn and millet diet. The 50-year-old Bhitoni never saw them as a source of cash, until now.Climate change-induced droughts have decimated her crops. Meanwhile, the world has a growing appetite for the fruit of the drought-resistant baobab as a natural health food.Bhitoni wakes before dawn to go foraging for baobab fruit, walking barefoot though hot, thorny landscapes with the risk of wildlife attacks. She gathers sacks of the hard-shelled fruit from the ancient trees and sells…

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Rathbones Group PLC boosted its stake in iShares Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SOXX – Free Report) by 13.9% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm owned 2,299 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 280 shares during the quarter. Rathbones Group PLC’s holdings in iShares Semiconductor ETF were worth $567,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC. Several other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Financial Synergies Wealth Advisors Inc. grew its holdings in shares of iShares Semiconductor ETF…

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Sean “Diddy” Combs presided over a sordid empire of sexual crimes, coercing and abusing women for years, threatening them to keep them in line and enlisting a cast of aides to cover it up, according to an indictment. The music mogul “engaged in a persistent and pervasive pattern of abuse toward women and other individuals,” including physical violence, in order “to fulfill his sexual desires, protect his reputation, and conceal his conduct, the indictment said. And the details shared in the indictment unsealed Tuesday morning are as shocking as they are at-times disturbing. The charges describe Combs coercing or forcing his…

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NBC News’ Steve Kornacki announced that his mom, Anne B. (Ramonas) Kornacki, has died. She was 77.He shared the news about his mom on Instagram Sept. 15, penning a touching tribute to her.The political correspondent uploaded a childhood picture of him sitting on his mom’s lap as he drank from a soda can. The two smiled wide for the adorable photo.“I found this picture and gave it to my mom for her birthday a few years ago,” he began in the caption. “ I look at her in it and I see love, care and happiness (and probably a little…

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European stocks were broadly higher on Friday as bond yields eased amid bets of an interest-rate cut at next week’s Federal Reserve meeting.The U.S. central bank is almost certain to start its rate-cutting cycle next week, but analysts are looking for clues on the size of cuts over the next few months.In economic releases, Eurostat reported that Eurozone industrial production dropped 0.3 percent month-on-month in July, as expected. France’s inflation eased more than estimated in August and reached the lowest since July 2021, revised data from the statistical office INSEE showed.Consumer prices posted an annual increase of 1.8 percent in…

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“That sounds like a guru scam,” my daughter said when I told her about Peterson Academy, Jordan Peterson’s foray into the world of online education.She’s not the only person to be suspicious. On social media sites like Reddit, some people are questioning the wisdom of paying $499.99 to enroll in Peterson’s educational forum, which launched this month.But Peterson, the Canadian psychologist who has amassed an enormous following while pushing back against progressive ideology, has an easy retort: the cost of traditional higher education, which has doubled in the past quarter-century. Moreover, Peterson Academy’s offerings are quite different from other online…

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BRASILIA – A federal court in Brazil dismissed charges Tuesday against one of three men arrested for the killings of Indigenous peoples expert Bruno Pereira and British journalist Dom Phillips in the Amazon, ruling there wasn’t enough evidence to try him. Oseney da Costa de Oliveira, a poor fisherman who lived by the Itaquai River, was arrested on June 14, 2022, nine days after the slayings. Also arrested were his brother, Amarildo da Costa de Oliveira, and Jefferson da Silva Lima, who confessed to the killings but claimed self-defense. The Federal Regional Court of the 1st Region upheld a lower…

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We recently compiled a list titled Jim Cramer’s Ultimate Stock Picks: 10 Hot Stocks to Consider. In this article, we will look at where Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ:ORCL) ranks among Jim Cramer’s 10 hot stocks to consider.In a recent episode of Mad Money, Jim Cramer emphasized the unexpected strength in the market, pointing out that many companies are doing better than Wall Street realizes. He suggests that investors should stop second-guessing these companies every time negative news surfaces. Cramer praises the excellent management and execution by CEOs, which he feels often goes unappreciated.“Suddenly, all is forgiven, or if not all, then at…

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