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Former President Donald Trump formally accepted the Republican nomination for president yesterday. The public address capped the four-day Republican National Convention and marked Trump's first public speech since Saturday's assassination attempt. See investigation updates here.
Trump began his speech by recounting the assassination attempt and sharing a tribute to victim Corey Comperatore. He also criticized investigations against him, touted his administration's achievements, and criticized the Biden administration, including on immigration, foreign policy, and trade.
The speech comes as pressure mounts from Democrats for President Joe Biden to exit the race over concerns surrounding his mental fitness and electability. Sources close to Biden yesterday suggested he could drop out as early as this weekend. Trump's campaign manager yesterday characterized the Democratic pressure campaign as a "coup."
Recent polls suggest Trump is ahead of Biden nationally and in seven swing states. See latest polls here. |
The US Navy announced it has exonerated 256 Black sailors wrongfully convicted after the 1944 Port Chicago explosion, which killed 320 people and injured over 400, mostly Black sailors. The disaster occurred when two ships exploded while loading ammunition for troops serving in World War II.
Following the explosion, white officers received leave while Black sailors were ordered to resume the dangerous work. Of 258 sailors who initially refused, 208 faced summary court-martial for disobeying orders despite returning to work and 50 were charged with mutiny. The exoneration, announced on the explosion’s 80th anniversary Wednesday, comes after a Navy review found significant legal errors in the trials, including improper group prosecution and inadequate legal counsel. Two sailors had already been previously cleared.
The incident, which led to the largest mutiny trial in US naval history, exposed racial discrimination in the military and contributed to the Navy's decision to desegregate its forces in 1946. |
Jupiter's Great Red Spot is regularly shrinking, likely due to a decrease in the size of smaller storms sustaining it, according to a new study. By conducting computer simulations on the system, researchers determined such smaller storms have likely prolonged the diminishing vortex's longevity.
The reddish windstorm has been observed swirling in Jupiter's southern hemisphere for over a century (see 101). It is the solar system's largest individual weather pattern, roughly 30% larger in diameter than Earth and reaching 300 miles deep into the gas giant's atmosphere (Earth's hurricanes are 10 miles tall on average). Known as an anticyclone, the storm rotates counterclockwise around a center of high atmospheric pressure, with wind speeds of over 300 mph. Some observers estimate the spot could disappear within 20 years.
The study sheds light on the behavior of so-called "heat domes" common in the western US, a similar type of anticyclone or "block storm" artificially sustained by smaller systems. |
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