Simone Biles, Bronny James, Bill Clinton & More - 8/19/2024

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Today's Rundown:
Church of England dropping word ‘church’ to be more ‘modern’
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/church-of-england-dropping-word-church-to-be-more-modern/ar-AA1oVE8K
 
New CBS News poll shows gender gap, enthusiasm, economy make for tight Harris-Trump race on Democratic convention eve
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-poll-kamala-harris-policies-trump-democratic-convention-2024/
 
Simone Biles wears Packers jacket to cheer on husband at Bears game
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/bears/2024/08/17/simone-biles-cheers-husband-jonathan-owens-bears-game/74846305007/?tbref=hp
  
‘Banksy woz ere.’ London Zoo is the latest to remove street artist’s animal mural for protection
https://apnews.com/article/banksy-animal-murals-london-zoo-gorilla-removed-9a883eefbeb7bbbfc249eb8a6022e6a0
  
‘Alien: Romulus’ Wins Busy Box Office Weekend With $41.5M Opening, $108M Globally
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/alien-romulus-box-office-opening-1235977632/
  
Person Who Bought Kevin Spacey’s Mansion For $3.24 Million Says The Actor Is Refusing To Leave
https://brobible.com/culture/article/kevin-space-refusing-move-out-of-baltimore-mansion-after-auction-sale/
 
Massive data breach that includes Social Security numbers may be even worse than suspected
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2024/08/15/social-security-hack-national-public-data-breach/74807903007/
 
Keith Urban plays free pop-up concert outside a Buc-ee’s store in Alabama 
https://apnews.com/article/keith-urban-bucees-alabama-concert-1a755465e22dbfc3e432b356ecdb8cf0
  
Chechen warlord invites Musk to Russia after he’s filmed driving machine-gun mounted Cybertruck
https://www.google.com/search?q=https%3A%2F%2Fapnews.com%2Farticle%2Frussia-chechnya-kadyrov-cybertruck-musk-33b123d4bd7fe0036e80952026a54a74&sca_esv=3586d42fed26ceb9&sca_upv=1&udm=2&biw=958&bih=918&sxsrf=ADLYWIJ0OItfdX359A2KL9AlSEQiW-GRng%3A1724057155495&ei=QwbDZqj3HazLp84P0rDsmQQ&ved=0ahUKEwjopM2y1YCIAxWs5ckDHVIYO0MQ4dUDCBE&uact=5&oq=https%3A%2F%2Fapnews.com%2Farticle%2Frussia-chechnya-kadyrov-cybertruck-musk-33b123d4bd7fe0036e80952026a54a74&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiY2h0dHBzOi8vYXBuZXdzLmNvbS9hcnRpY2xlL3J1c3NpYS1jaGVjaG55YS1rYWR5cm92LWN5YmVydHJ1Y2stbXVzay0zM2IxMjNkNGJkN2ZlMDAzNmU4MDk1MjAyNmE1NGE3NEgAUABYAHAAeACQAQCYAQCgAQCqAQC4AQPIAQD4AQL4AQGYAgCgAgCYAwCSBwCgBwA&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#vhid=Oy8ZsuU6eq68CM&vssid=mosaic
   
NBA 2K25 ratings say everything about draft class as Bronny James discovers fate
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nba/nba-2k25-ratings-say-everything-about-draft-class-as-bronny-james-discovers-fate/ar-AA1oWvru?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=ad3a24e0fe8d444593a7d41b5b7e89fc&ei=52
 
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DATEBOOK: August 19:
Bill Clinton (78)
John Stamos (61)
Kyra Sedgwick (59)
   
WHAT HAPPENED TODAY:
2004: Internet search engine Google went public.
2020: Apple became the First US company to be valued at $2 trillion, just two years after it reached a $1 trillion valuation.
2022: Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck wed yet again. One month after their surprise Las Vegas nuptials, the couple held a full weekend bash at the actor’s estate in Riceboro, Georgia. 
WORD OF THE DAY: squeamish [ skwee-mish ]
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/squeamish
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