Jasmine Laws

I am currently working as a Live News Reporter at Newsweek, and have written the following articles for the publication below.

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Chart shows war veterans' contribution to U.S. Paralympics team

During the ongoing 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris, 16 veterans join the U.S. team as part of 225 athletes competing for the nation between August 28 and September 8.There is a longstanding link between the U.S. military and the Paralympics, according to the military publication Stars and Stripes, in particular when it comes to wheelchair football, which was originally used as a rehabilitation activity for veterans.The concept of the Paralympics dates back to 1948, when they were called the Stoke...
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'Devil train' heading for U.S.-Mexico border derails, killing child

The body of a four-year-old child has been found among the wreckage of a train that derailed on the outskirts of the Mexican border on Tuesday night.Twelve migrants were riding on the top of what has been dubbed the 'Devil Train' heading to Juárez when the 13-carriage vehicle slipped off the track at around 11.00pm while travelling between Ahumada and Samalayuca, state authorities said.The child is believed to be part of a family from Venezuela who were all injured in the incident.The mother, wi...
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Sister of suspect in Texas deputy shooting speaks out

The sister of the suspect believed to have fatally shot a deputy Texas constable while he was on his way to work on Tuesday has said she is in "total shock" over the allegations made against her brother.Speaking to a KPRC 2 reporter, Athir Murady's sister reportedly said she never imagined her brother would be accused of such a thing.She said that since his mother died a few years ago, he'd been struggling with mental health issues, and that 10 days prior he had called her to voice concerns he t...
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Even Putin can't say "nyet" to Disney

Russian President Vladimir Putin is reportedly dismayed by his elder son's fondness for Disney cartoons and the fact he likes to pretend to be the different characters.According to a source who spoke to the Dossier Center, a project launched by Russian opposition figure Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Putin "did not succeed in protecting his children from Western influence," because his son Ivan Vladimirovich enjoys Disney.Ivan is the Russian leader's elder son and brother to Vladimir Vladimirovich Jr. Th...
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Poll predicts Kamala Harris election win despite Trump leading swing states

Kamala Harris could win the November election despite Donald Trump's lead across a number of swing states, according to a new poll.The survey was conducted by Redfield & Wilton Strategies with The Telegraph, and looked at voting intentions of American citizens across seven swing states.According to the poll, Trump would win four of the swing states giving Harris the other three, but she would still be able to win the election.The four states Trump is predicted to win, according to the poll, are...
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Texas city warned not to use water

The residents of a city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area in Texas have been warned not to use water from the faucet after a foaming agent was detected in the water supply.Grand Prairie citizens queued up on Tuesday night to collect water from a distribution center set up in the city hall, after being told not to use their usual water supply, according to Fox 4.In a post on Facebook by the city's Municipal Government at 9 p.m., authorities said, "Crews are currently investigating the is...
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Trump Media stock price falls to lowest level since going public

Donald Trump's media company's stock has fallen to its lowest level since it went public on March 26.Trump Media and Technology Group Corp., which owns the social media platform Truth Social, fell by 68.82 percent on Tuesday. Shares were priced at $17.89 at around midday, according to CNBC, a further drop from the previous low of $19.50 on Friday, according to Forbes.The shares were priced at $79.38 when they came on the stock market in March.The drop in the company's stock, which uses the ticke...
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Sports coach violently attacked with umbrella during game: report

A man was charged on Thursday, accused of attacking a sports coach at a rugby tournament with an umbrella.Police say that on July 27, a fight broke out during a rugby game in Salt Lake City, Utah. The coach, Semisi Tupouata, tried to settle it, but was struck multiple times with an umbrella, leaving him unconscious and unable to see out of his right eye, according to a court document shared with Newsweek.39-year-old Takes Mafileo Vakapuna was charged on Thursday in a district court in Salt Lake...
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Elon Musk shares theory that only 'alpha males' should vote

Elon Musk has amplified a theory that only "alpha males" can be trusted to make good decisions, and should therefore be the ones to participate in democracy.On Monday the billionaire entrepreneur re-posted a post on X, formerly Twitter, by an account called Autism Capital which included a screenshot of a theory that referred to "people who can't defend themselves physically (women and low T men)," suggesting they are "very malleable to brute force manufactured consensus."The post, from September...
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Kamala Harris gets bad news in Florida poll as campaign heads to state

Kamala Harris is still trailing behind Donald Trump in his home state of Florida, according to a new poll conducted before her campaign turns its focus to the state.The Harris campaign will launch a bus tour focusing on "reproductive freedom" this week, stopping first near Palm Beach, Florida, where Trump's Mar-a-Lago home is located. It comes after a ban on abortion after six weeks went into effect in Florida in May.Currently Trump wins 48 percent of respondents' votes in the state compared to...
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Trump complains he spent '$100 million' to beat Biden before he dropped out

Donald Trump complained that he spent millions to beat Joe Biden before the president withdrew from the 2024 election cycle, asking a crowd, "How would you like to be me?"During his rally in Potterville, Michigan, on Thursday, the former president spoke about the economy and inflation, as well as talking about the money he spent competing with Biden.He said, "I spent $100 million on fighting him, we weren't fighting anyone else, we weren't fighting a vice president, we didn't even know who the h...
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Third-grade teacher accused of helping drug trafficking gang at work

A third-grade teacher has been arrested, accused of conspiring with a drug trafficking gang while she was working at the school in Houston.34-year-old Jessica Ferguson, a teacher within the Sheldon Independent School District in Harris County, Texas, was arrested on Thursday along with 17 others on charges relating to a drug trafficking investigation, while another three individuals suspected to be involved were already in custody, according to local ABC affiliate Eyewitness News.The outlet repo...
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Mark Cuban explains why he likes to debate with 'extreme' Trump supporters

Mark Cuban has explained why he keeps getting into social media debates with Donald Trump supporters who disagree with his views.Responding to a user on X, formerly Twitter, who suggested the Shark Tank entrepreneur was wasting his time by engaging with someone defending a Trump policy, Cuban wrote, "I like to talk to people on here that are extreme and disagree with me. I usually learn something."It came as part of a flurry of replies on the platform after Cuban questioned the former president'...
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Who is Muna Pandey? 21-year-old student shot dead in Texas home

A 21-year-old student was found shot to death in her home in Texas on Monday, and the Houston Police Department have since reported an arrest made in connection with the incident.The girl identified was called Muna Pandey.Pandey, originally from Nepal, was a student at Houston Community College studying nursing while working at a local phone store, the Daily Mail reported.She was an only child raised by a single mother, Anita Pandey Adhikari, and had come to the U.S. to pursue her studies at the...
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RFK Jr. wins surge in Republican support: poll

Republicans have shown a higher level of favorability to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after he suspended his campaign and endorsed Donald Trump on August 23.A YouGov poll from August 25-27 shows that since his endorsement of the former president, 68 percent of Republican respondents said they view him favorably or somewhat favorably, while only 17 percent of Democrats said the same.Prior to his exiting the race, these figures weren't as divisive — 51 percent of Republicans and 25 percent of Democrats s...
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Kellyanne Conway suggests 'sexist' campaign staff silencing Kamala Harris

Kellyanne Conway has implied Kamala Harris' campaign staff includes "sexists and misogynists" who don't trust Harris to speak.The former advisor to Donald Trump was speaking to Fox & Friends co-host Ainsley Earhardt, who played a clip of Trump criticizing Harris for not doing more media interviews.In response, Conway remarked, "This is amazing to me. They're so excited about a woman and the sexists and misogynists in her campaign are not allowing the woman to travel alone or speak on her own ext...
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Cops chased 'wanted' armed suspect through Florida Walmart: authorities

Cops in Florida ran after a wanted man allegedly armed with a stolen gun through an aisle in a Walmart store in a police chase lasting for several minutes before the suspect was detained.On Sunday, 36-year-old Joshua Comer was arrested by Marion Country Sheriff's Office Deputy Daniel Boucher on charges of extortion, battery on a law enforcement officer, possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, carrying a concealed firearm, sexual cyber-harassment, resisting arrest without violence, criminal...
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Former Trump staffer praises Harris' campaign for its messaging and 'joy'

A former Donald Trump defense secretary has expressed support for the campaign messaging from Kamala Harris' team, referring to its "joy" when prompted on who he'd vote for in the 2024 presidential election.Mark Esper was asked by Phil Mattingly on the CNN show The Lead on Monday, "who do you think would make the country safer and stronger on the world stage, the former president or vice president Kamala Harris?"Esper responded, "I've said on many occasions, I don't think President Trump is fit...
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First ever Apple computer created by Steve Jobs is about to go on sale

An Apple computer from 1976 that was created by Steve Jobs is about to be available to buy in an auction on September 12 in New York City at Christie's.The computer, the Apple I, was designed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak in the 1970s and is expected fetch an estimated price of between $500,000 and $800,000 in auction, according to the auction house, which describes it as, "A herald of the home computing revolution and of the internet age."The computer's claim to fame is that it led to the bir...
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Old footage of Kamala Harris debating Tulsi Gabbard resurfaces

Footage of Kamala Harris debating Tulsi Gabbard in a 2019 Democratic presidential debate in Detroit has resurfaced on social media after Gabbard publicly endorsed Harris' rival Donald Trump.Gabbard, a National Guard veteran who served two tours of duty in the Middle East before representing Hawaii's 2nd congressional district from 2013 to 2021, joined Trump on Monday in Detroit at the National Guard Association of the U.S. where she showed her support for his campaign.Social media users took to...
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Map shows countries where Instagram is blocked

Almost 14 years after its launch in October 2010, Instagram is still dominating as a go-to platform for messaging, sharing, and watching content.It stands third in the rankings of the most popular social media sites, behind Facebook and YouTube, as of April 2024, and the U.S. is the country with the second highest number of users at 169.7 million, after India with 362.9 million, as of January 2024. Of its users, 62.3 percent are under the age of 34.Like its fellow Mata-owned platform Facebook, I...
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3 ways Kamala Harris can beat Donald Trump in their first debate

On September 10, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will go head-to-head in her first presidential debate, which will be broadcast on ABC News.After Trump faced her predecessor, Joe Biden, in June, many viewers declared Trump the winner, and the narrative that Biden was too old to serve another term took hold, affecting his chances of beating Trump.It's now down to Harris to make sure the next debate doesn't also serve as a detriment to her party's success. Experts have suggested that the two candid...
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Mark Cuban's response to comment about Tim Walz' teen son

Mark Cuban has hit out at a conservative commentator who mocked Tim Walz' teenage son Gus after he was seen emotionally applauding during his dad's DNC speech on Wednesday.The billionaire businessman responded to an X post by Dinesh D'Souza who had posted the widely circulated footage of Walz's 17-year-old son Gus writing, "The kid might have mental problems, but he's acting just like Tim Walz! So, what's Walz's excuse?"Cuban hit at the commentator with the response, "You've never had that feeli...
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Vintage footage of Bill Clinton speaking at a DNC 44 years ago resurfaces

As Bill Clinton spoke at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday, footage of his first such speech 44 years ago has resurfaced on social media.On Wednesday, senior ESPN writer Don Van Natta Jr. posted the short clip on X, writing, "Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton speaks at the Democratic National Convention, Aug. 12, 1980. He was 33."The video was taken during Clinton's first year as the governor of Arkansas and his first full DNC speech, having given just a brief speech at the 1976 conventio...
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