Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential campaign said it brought in $540 million since Harris entered the race last month, touting a surge in donations during the Democratic National Convention as the party rallied around its new ticket. The campaign said it brought in $82 million during the week, characterized the convention contribution as "unprecedented grassroots donations." And the best hour of fundraising since the launch came after Harris ...

Democrat Kamala Harris has raised $540 million in little more than a month since she began her race for U.S. president, with a surge of donations flowing in during the Democratic National Convention last week, her campaign said on Sunday. A memo released by Harris' campaign manager, Jen O'Malley Dillon, said the $540 million raised included $82 million that came in during convention week and is a sign of Democratic enthusiasm for her candidacy. "This is the most ever for any presidential...

A digital asset from a blockchain project linked to Telegram Messenger LLP has lost about $2.7 billion in market value, reflecting the uncertainty sparked by the detention of the messaging app’s co-founder. Toncoin, the token of The Open Network, slid more than 20% after Pavel Durov was reportedly taken into custody at a Paris airport on Saturday on suspicion of failing to take steps to prevent criminal use of Telegram. The 10th largest cryptoasset pared some of...

Oil prices rose around 3% on Monday on reports of a near total production stoppage in Libya, adding to earlier gains on concerns that escalating conflict in the Middle East could disrupt regional oil supplies. Brent crude futures climbed $2.28, or 2.89%, to $81.30 a barrel by 1316 GMT, while U.S. crude futures were at $77.30 a barrel, up $2.47, or 3.3%. Brent's intra-day high of $81.40 a barrel is the highest the contract has traded in 11 days. Prices jumped after Libya's eastern-based...

Elon Musk's SpaceX is answering the call to help NASA rescue stranded astronauts from the International Space Station despite the federal government's investigations of the company's billionaire CEO and his various ventures. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have been stuck at the International Space Station since they were shuttled there by the spacecraft in June for a mission that was initially expected to last one week. Starliner experienced helium leaks and thruster...

The Foo Fighters are fighting back. A representative for the rock band told USA TODAY on Sunday that the Donald Trump campaign did not ask them for permission to use the group's song "My Hero" at the former president's rally on Friday with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in Glendale, Arizona, "and if they were, they would not have granted it." The representative added that "any royalties received as a result of this use will be donated" to Vice President Kamala Harris...

Vice President Kamala Harris’ entrance into the presidential election last month has blown up her fundraising race with former President Donald Trump, with the combined Biden and Harris campaigns raising more than four times as much as Trump in July and erasing the ex-president’s cash advantage—and Democrats say pro-Harris groups have raised over $500 million since Joe Biden left the race. The Biden—now Harris—campaign committee raised $516.8 million and Trump’s campaign...

Overall, violent crime dropped by 6 percent and homicides fell by 17 percent in 69 cities compared to the same period last year. Source: Violent crime is plummeting. Why? Good news indeed.

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