Trump Taps JD Vance, Dow Sets New Record, and Pan Am’s $60,000 Luxury Flight

Former President Trump won the formal nomination for president from cheering delegates at the GOP national convention Monday. Earlier in the day, he announced Ohio Senator JD Vance as his running mate.
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Former Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley is scheduled to speak tonight at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, a week after she said she would not attend the event. (More

Senate Homeland Security Committee Chair Gary Peters, a Democrat, pledged a bipartisan investigation into the attempted assassination of former President Trump. (More

➤ Meta has lifted restrictions on former President Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts, citing the need to allow political expression and equal access to presidential nominees for voters. (More

➤ Former President Trump advocated for independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s bid for Secret Service protection, citing his family's history as the motivation. (More)  

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Sports

Minnesota Vikings 2023 first-round pick Jordan Addison has been arrested under suspicion of a DUI. Addison reportedly was asleep at the wheel when he was found. (More)

Ryan Blaney won his first NASCAR Cup race with a dominant performance at Pocono on Sunday, leading the final 44 laps of the race. (More

Ben Joyce fired the fastest pitch of the MLB season over the weekend with this 104.5 PH fastball. Joyce is only the fourth pitcher in the pitch-tracking era to throw a pitch that fast. (See pitch)

➤ Former Alabama football coach Nick Saban forgot his press credentials and was turned away from SEC Media Days last weekend by a security guard who happened to be a former four-star prospect. (More

Yesterday's results: MLB | WNBA | Tour de France 

Finance

Trend Line Daily Market Report   07/15/2024

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Natl. Assoc. of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations
18,504.05
+0.57%
SPX
S&P 500
5,641.42
+0.47%
DJI
Dow Jones Industrial Average
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+0.79%
BTC
Bitcoin
$63,831.89
+5.01%
GOLD
Per Ounce
$2,427.10
+0.54%
DJTWW
Trump Media & Technology Group
$29.05
+49.13%

Big Stock Move: Trump Media shares surged 49% on its first trading day following an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. (More)

➤ The Dow Jones index jumped 200 points to close at a new all-time high Monday, just above 40,000. All the indexes rose as the Republican National Committee began in Milwaukee. (More

➤ Macy's board ended buyout negotiations with Arkhouse and Brigade, rejecting a $6.9 billion offer. The company cited financing uncertainties and insufficient value as Macy's pursues its own turnaround strategy. (See Details)

➤ A study shows 30% of senior employees fear job loss due to lack of skills in artificial intelligence. However, experts argue that older workers are crucial to AI adoption. (More)

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Science & Technology

Scientists have found a 328-foot-deep cave on the Moon, potentially ideal for a human base to protect astronauts from harsh conditions. (See Details)

A century-old wheat collection, dubbed a "goldmine," has been DNA sequenced, revealing diverse genes that could help develop new wheat varieties to address global food security. (More)

Forty percent of U.S. cancer cases and 50% of cancer deaths in 2019 were linked to modifiable risk factors, a study found. Smoking was the leading factor, followed by excess weight, alcohol consumption, and UV exposure. (See Study)

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Travel Tuesday

Pan Am is reviving its legacy with a luxury 12-day private jet trip in 2025, tracing original transatlantic routes. Limited to 50 travelers, the journey costs $59,950 per person. (See Details)

Iceland's First Lady, Eliza Reid, shared insider tips for enjoying her country, including geothermal pools, literature festivals, and outdoor adventures. (See Tips)

➤ The second-largest cruise ship in the world, Royal Caribbean's Utopia of the Seas, debuted in Florida, offering short 3–4-day trips. At 236,680 gross tons, it features 21 restaurants and five pools and accommodates 5,668 passengers. (See Photo)

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➤ An Irish man unicycled the length of Ireland in 5 days, 5 hours, and 23 minutes, becoming the fastest person on a unicycle to complete the 308-mile journey. (More

➤ Secret workshops in Ukraine are developing "killing machines" to bolster the country's defense and counteract manpower shortages and funding gaps amid the war with Russia. (See Video)

➤ Unruly soccer fans scaled walls and entered ventilation shafts at Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium on Sunday, forcing security officials to delay the Copa America finals and open all doors to prevent stampedes and serious injuries. (See Video)  

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Monday's Results:

Do you plan to watch any of the GOP National Convention?

  1. Yes: 74.5%
  2. No: 25.5%

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GOP Convention Opens, Cites With Worst Inflation, and a White Rhino Baby

Monday, July 15, 2024

The Republican National Convention opens today under heavy security at Milwaukee's Fiserv Forum, with the schedule continuing as planned despite the shock of Saturday's assassination attempt on

President Trump Shot at a Rally, Would-be Assassin Killed, and Unanswered Questions

Sunday, July 14, 2024

President Donald Trump was speaking at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania when a would-be assassin fired a rifle from a nearby rooftop, striking Trump in the right ear. ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌

AT&T Customers Hacked, Russian Spies, and 200 Crocodiles Invade Mexico

Saturday, July 13, 2024

AT&T announced on Friday that a data breach in April gave hackers access to records of calls and texts of "nearly all" its cellular customers between May 1, 2022, and October 31, 2022. ͏

Chinese Warships Near Alaska, Casino Giving Away $1.6 Million, and a Baby Otter

Friday, July 12, 2024

Four Chinese naval vessels were spotted by US Coast Guard ships this weekend inside the US exclusive economic zone of the Bering Sea, just north of Alaska's Aleutian Islands. ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏

Biden Sees More Defections, US Soccer Fires Coach, and a Revolutionary War Find

Thursday, July 11, 2024

A day after Democrats appeared to unify behind President Biden, a flurry of new critics expressed doubts about Biden's ability to lead the party in November. ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌

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