by dap | Jul 26, 2024 | The Guardian
The Californian made enough money from his basketball career to retire in comfort. But he was called back to the sport he loved as a high schooler
When Chase Budinger was named to the US men’s beach volleyball team for the Paris Olympics, it seemed as if the selection panel had gotten its wires crossed.
Budinger – a tall, blond, California cliche (and in case unclear, his is a hard g) – isn’t just any sand-sprinkled leviathan. He’s a 36-year-old NBA retiree. Really, the 6ft 7in swingman wouldn’t look out of place among the motley crew of journeymen who carry the US men’s basketball team through the Olympic qualifiers while the likes of LeBron James and Steph Curry are otherwise occupied. Instead, he’s poised to become the rare human who has logged minutes in the NBA and competed in the Olympics in a sport other than basketball.
by dap | Jul 26, 2024 | The Guardian
US president also to seek constitutional amendment to limit immunity for presidents and various officeholders
Joe Biden will announce plans to reform the US supreme court on Monday, Politico reported, citing two people familiar with the matter, adding that the US president was likely to back term limits for justices and an enforceable code of ethics.
Biden said earlier this week during an Oval Office address that he would call for reform of the court.
by dap | Jul 26, 2024 | The Guardian
Over 160,000 attendees in a key demographic ‘answered the call’ on Thursday, with nearly $8.5m raised for Harris
Following the success of a virtual call to mobilize Black women voters for
, a similar event with more than 160,000 attendees was held on Thursday aimed at white women, and appeared to break records.
White women will be a key demographic for the Democrats to win over this
.
by dap | Jul 26, 2024 | The Guardian
James Wilburn, father of Black woman shot dead by Illinois police, says vice-president ‘let us know she is with us 100%’
Vice-President Kamala Harris on Friday called the family of Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman who was fatally shot by a sheriff’s deputy in her Illinois home, according to Massey’s family members, who
.
Massey was
after she called the Sangamon county sheriff’s office because she was afraid there might be a prowler outside, according to an attorney for her family and Illinois state police.
by dap | Jul 26, 2024 | The Guardian
Woman seeks $1m for defamation after she says LaToya Cantrell falsely accused her of following and harassing
A
woman once accused of stalking by the city’s mayor, LaToya Cantrell, turned the tables Friday with a $1 million-plus federal lawsuit accusing the elected official, her chief of staff and eight members of the city’s police department of civil rights violations and defamation.
Anne W Breaud’s lawsuit says Cantrell falsely accused Breaud of following and harassing her. It also claims Cantrell’s chief of staff and members of the police department improperly accessed state and federal information on Breaud.
