{"id":33509,"date":"2024-09-11T13:52:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T13:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/p\/wednesday-headlines-it-wasnt-close#id33239"},"modified":"2024-09-11T13:52:00","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T13:52:00","slug":"wednesday-headlines-it-wasnt-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wednesday-headlines-it-wasnt-close\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday headlines: \u201cIt wasn\u2019t close.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The US says Iran is shipping ballistic missiles to Russia for its war against Ukraine in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/investigations\/us-says-iran-sending-ballistic-missiles-russia-dramatic-escalation-rcna170414\">a &#8220;dramatic escalation.&#8221;<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ NBC News<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A first-hand account of surviving Israel&#39;s attack on Gaza&#39;s al-Mawasi <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/features\/2024\/9\/10\/first-person-account-of-surviving-israels-bombing-of-al-mawasi-in-gaza\">&#8220;humanitarian zone.&#8221;<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ Al Jazeera<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Kamala Harris won last night&#39;s presidential debate in part by putting Donald Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2024\/09\/11\/harris-debate-coached-attacks-trump-altitude-column-00178594\">on the defensive.<\/a> She also won <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C_wtAOKOW1z\/\">Taylor Swift&#39;s endorsement.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ Politico Magazine, Instagram<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Harris is also said to have beaten Trump at the business of television, &#8220;which is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebulwark.com\/p\/kamala-harris-managed-to-do-tv-better-than-donald-trump-presidential-debate\">a remarkable achievement.&#8221;<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ The Bulwark<\/span><\/p>\n<p>David Mack: I knew Harris won the debate because I watched Fox News <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/business\/2024\/09\/debate-donald-trump-kamala-harris-winner-fox-news.html\">the moment it ended.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ Slate<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Unrelated: American men are eating far more red and processed meats than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/health\/wellness\/men-meat-consumption-health-concerns-1f48ae07?st=gui9cadbo6bsh9t&amp;reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink\">federal guidelines recommend.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ The Wall Street Journal [+]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Nearly 200 people were killed last year <a href=\"https:\/\/grist.org\/global-indigenous-affairs-desk\/nearly-200-people-were-killed-last-year-protecting-the-environment\/\">protecting the environment.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ Grist<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Hannah Ritchie: You and I aren&#39;t going to solve climate change, but we are an important part of a system that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com\/p\/the-false-dichotomy-of-systemic-and\">will get us there.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ Sustainability by numbers<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#39;s hard not to find the absurdity in it.&#8221; Making fun of 9\/11 is now a popular meme <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/culture\/culture-features\/9-11-meme-gen-z-1235097749\/\">for Gen Z.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ Rolling Stone<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Some 92 percent of 8- to 12-year-olds are on social media. Does that mean their brains are being damaged? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/life\/369953\/skibidi-tweens-gen-alpha-brainrot-ipad-kids\">&#8220;In scientific terms, no.&#8221;<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ Vox<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A trailer for the Minecraft movie is getting ripped apart by viewers on YouTube&mdash;&#8221;horrifying,&#8221; &#8220;devastating,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/article\/2024\/sep\/10\/minecraft-movie-really-look-that-bad\">and &#8220;expensively naff.&#8221;<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ The Guardian<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;An unfinished project is full of intoxicating potential.&#8221; Some tips on how to finish a project when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bytedrum.com\/posts\/art-of-finishing\/\">deadlines are absent.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ ByteDrum<\/span><\/p>\n<p>For your Wednesday wanderlust: a bike tour <a href=\"https:\/\/theradavist.com\/touring-through-japan\/\">across Japan<\/a>, a foodie tour <a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelandleisure.com\/locavore-central-france-cuisine-8689735\">across France.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ The Radavist, Travel + Leisure<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A new fashion label for the ultra-rich requires a $12,000 membership fee before you can buy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/style\/fashion\/nb44-nicolas-bijan-shopping-5bea34b3?st=e6sz51n2qxt8mn3&amp;reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink\">any of the clothes.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ The Wall Street Journal [+]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Declassified images from US Army archives show combat designs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/culture\/gallery\/2024\/sep\/05\/fashion-with-firepower-retro-styles-from-the-us-army-lookbook-in-pictures\">through the decades.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ The Guardian<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Drummer Spencer Tweedy, son of Wilco&#39;s Jeff Tweedy, reviews stationary <a href=\"https:\/\/spencertweedy.substack.com\/p\/all-tomorrows-pencils\">shops around Europe.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ Spencer Tweedy<\/span><\/p>\n<p>An op-ed for the visionary art director and photographer Lloyd Ziff. &#8220;I&#39;m only in it for my friends, so <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/09\/07\/arts\/lloyd-ziff-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.J04.0jMq.vB9zUTFlOkVI&amp;smid=url-share\">I can give them work.&#8221;<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ The New York Times [+]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/themorningnews.org\/p\/wednesday-headlines-it-wasnt-close\">View Post &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>    The US says Iran is shipping ballistic missiles to Russia for its war against Ukraine in a &#8220;dramatic escalation.&#8221; \/ NBC News<\/p>\n<p>A first-hand account of surviving Israel&#039;s attack on Gaza&#039;s al-Mawasi &#8220;humanitarian zone.&#8221; \/ Al Jazeera<br \/>\n&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33509"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33510,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33509\/revisions\/33510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}