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This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres is calling for an immediate deescalation after Israel and Hezbollah exchanged heavy fire over the weekend. Early Sunday morning, over a hundred Israeli warplanes struck about 40 sites in Lebanon. Hezbollah responded by launching hundreds of drones and rockets at Israel. Three deaths were reported in Lebanon and one in Israel. […]

Malfunctioning driverless taxis disrupt the sleep of residents in San Francisco neighborhood Malfunctioning driverless taxis have been disrupting the sleep of residents in San Francisco's South of Market (SoMa) neighborhood. Operated by Waymo, an autonomous driving technology company headquartered in California and a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. just like Google, the robocars have been having "honk fests" throughout the night and even during the day. Locals were excited when the cars powered by […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. I’m Amy Goodman. We turn now to the police killing of Breonna Taylor in Kentucky, where a federal judge has dealt a major blow to calls for justice, after throwing out felony charges against two former Louisville police officers for their roles in her fatal shooting in her own home over […]

IDF soldiers torturing, raping Palestinian prisoners without consequence – why is Israel never held to account for violations of human rights? The heinous actions of the Israeli military against Palestinian inmates being held at makeshift detention centers set up in the aftermath of the October 7 attacks continue to make headlines as the Netanyahu regime doubles down on its war crimes. Nine IDF soldiers from a prison unit called […]

We end today’s show in conversation with New York City Councilmember Yusef Salaam. He was one of five teenagers from Harlem — four Black and one Latino — wrongfully accused and convicted of raping and nearly killing 28-year-old white investment banker Trisha Meili in 1989. Meili had been jogging in Central Park when she was assaulted, and the accused teens became known as the Central Park Five. They faced a […]

U.K. to free VIOLENT CRIMINALS to make jail space for thought crime offenders The British government, under Prime Minister Keir Starmer of the Labor Party, plans to release violent criminals from prisons, freeing up space for those exercising their freedom of speech and assembly. According to Modernity News, the proposal aims to make room for "prisoners sentenced in connection with rioting – which includes people who made inflammatory posts […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.NERMEEN SHAIKH: The third night of the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday was headlined by Minnesota Governor Tim Walz formally accepting the Democratic Party’s vice-presidential nomination. The evening featured a host of celebrity speakers and prominent Democrats, but the most solemn portion of the evening was an address by the parents of an American Israeli hostage, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, […]

Samsung develops new solid-state battery using SILVER as major component, will nearly double energy storage density and cause global surge in silver demand Samsung has developed a new solid-state (SS) battery using silver as a major component. A solid-state battery is an electrical battery that uses a solid electrolyte for ionic conductions between the electrodes, instead of the liquid or gel polymer electrolytes. This means the demand for silver is […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. We’re “Breaking with Convention: War, Peace and the Presidency.” I’m Amy Goodman, with Nermeen Shaikh. NERMEEN SHAIKH: Minnesota Governor Tim Walz accepted the Democratic nomination for vice president on the third night of the Democratic National Convention here in Chicago. Walz has served as governor of Minnesota since 2018 after six […]