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Tuesday August 27th, 2024 day edition

image for Parents Show The Moment Their 10-Year-Old Daughter Found Out Strangers Raised Enough Money To Get Her Tickets To Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour After She Endured 12 Weeks Of Chemo

Understandably, the pop star has been a bright spot in young Kennedy's life that has been anything but typical.

Instead of typical tween activities, like planning an Eras Tour excursion with her friends, Kennedy has spent much of her young life in and out of cancer treatment.

10-year-old Kennedy was surprised with Taylor Swift tickets by her parents after strangers raised money following her cancer diagnosis.

After removing those, thankfully, benign tumors from her thyroid, another recent scan revealed more tumors — that, unfortunately, were cancerous.

Kennedy's mom set up a GoFundMe to raise money for Eras Tour tickets.

“It’s her very last U.S. date for [The Eras Tour]... Our plane tickets, hotel, and concert tickets have all been purchased,” her dad reassured her.

Zayda Slabbekoorn is a News & Entertainment Writer at YourTango who focuses on health & wellness, social policy, and human interest stories. »

Special counsel Jack Smith appeals ruling tossing Trump's classified documents case

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Special counsel Jack Smith appeals ruling tossing Trump's classified documents case.

MIAMI — Special Counsel Jack Smith says U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon was wrong when she dismissed the case last month against former President Donald Trump for mishandling classified and top-secret documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.

In that case, Smith says the Supreme Court held “the Attorney General has statutory authority…to appoint a special prosecutor comparable to the Special Counsel.”. »

Morning attack on Ukraine cost Russia almost US$1.3 billion

Authored by pravda.com.ua

The 26 August attack on Ukraine has cost Russia about US$1.26 billion.

Therefore, the total amount spent by Russia on the morning of the 26 August attack on Ukraine is US$1.26 billion.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, stated that the morning attack resulted in many damaged power facilities, but the repairs are underway. »

RFK Jr. Drove 5 Hours to Cut Off a Whale’s Head

Authored by vice.com

A wild story recently resurfaced about RFK Jr., where he shamelessly cuts off a dead whale’s head for his own research and enjoyment.

Around 1994, RFK Jr. heard that a dead whale had washed up on the shore in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts.

RFK Jr., who reportedly enjoys studying animal skulls and skeletons, sawed off the dead whale’s head at the beach. »

Trump Says We ‘Gotta’ Restrict the First Amendment

Authored by rollingstone.com

Less than a week later, Trump is already promising to crush First Amendment protections if elected in November.

On Monday, Trump complained about pushback to a proposal to sentence people to a year in jail for burning the American flag.

People may tell Trump that jailing anyone who burns the flag is unconstitutional because burning the flag is protected by the First Amendment. »