{"id":33539,"date":"2024-10-02T14:10:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T14:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/p\/wednesday-headlines-top-of-the-bops#id33254"},"modified":"2024-10-02T14:10:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T14:10:00","slug":"wednesday-headlines-top-of-the-bops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wednesday-headlines-top-of-the-bops\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday headlines: Top of the bops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In light of Israel&#39;s incursion into southern Lebanon, a look back at its 1982 invasion that became an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/israel-lebanon-hezbollah-idf-benjamin-netanyahu-najib-mikati-blue-line\/\">18-year occupation.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ Politico Magazine<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Viewers say last night&#39;s vice presidential debate was an even match, and an overwhelming majority felt <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/cbs-news-vp-debate-poll-2024\/\">the tone was positive.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ CBS News<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Interviews with 10-year-olds about the presidential election: &#8220;I wouldn&#39;t like someone who committed crimes to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/09\/26\/politics\/kids-politics-trump-harris-what-matters\/index.html\">be my president.&#8221;<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ CNN<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A fact-check finds that no, there are not 13,099 illegal immigrant murders roaming free <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alexnowrasteh.com\/p\/there-are-not-13099-illegal-immigrant\">on American streets.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ Alex Nowrasteh<\/span><\/p>\n<p>See also: Researchers say a second Trump term could add an extra 4 billion metric tons of carbon to the atmosphere <a href=\"https:\/\/grist.org\/politics\/climate-was-a-top-question-at-the-vp-debate-both-candidates-actually-answered-sort-of\/\">by 2030.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ Grist<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A visit to Michigan and China shows how the US lost the solar power race. 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