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August 23, 2024     "It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer." —Albert Einstein   1 Superyacht Maker's CEO Says 'Incredible Mistake' Was Made The CEO of Italian ship manufacturer Perini, maker of the doomed Bayesian superyacht, spoke out on the yacht's sinking Thursday after authorities confirmed the body of British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch was one of four recovered from the vessel Wednesday, leaving Lynch's daughter, Hannah, the only passenger still unaccounted for. Keep reading   2 Harris Delivers Promise of 'Normal Competence' Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic nomination Thursday night and delivered a speech to the Democratic National Convention that was seen as the most important of her political career. Keep reading     At a Glance Wildlife rescue workers attempt to release a young humpback whale tangled in ropes in Sydney Harbor on Friday, Aug. 23, 2024. The whale was freed from fishing tackle that had entangled its tail during an almost 24-hour rescue operation in Sydney Harbor. The juvenile whale immediately began swimming toward the Sydney Heads and the open Pacific Ocean. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP Image via AP) Keep reading   3 RFK Jr. Withdraws From Arizona Ballot Amid Swirling Trump Speculation Robert F. Kennedy Jr. withdrew from the ballot in Arizona late Thursday, a day before he and Donald Trump were set to appear miles apart in the Phoenix area as speculation grows that Kennedy could drop his independent presidential bid and endorse the Republican nominee, the AP reports. Keep reading   4 Michelle Obama Has a Message for Gus Walz's Haters In the famous words of Michelle Obama, "When they go low, we go high." Keep reading   5 To Catch a Thief, Woman Mails Herself an AirTag A Southern California woman fed up with her packages being stolen out of her post office box sent an Apple AirTag to the address and cleverly tracked down the suspected thief, police said. Keep reading   6 Security Stepped Up Due to 'Potential Threat' at NATO Base Security at a NATO air base in western Germany has been raised because of intelligence information pointing to a "potential threat," and all staff not essential to missions have been sent home as a precaution, NATO said. Keep reading     7 Activists Accused of Putting Mealworms in Delegates' Breakfast It may have actually been mealworms, not maggots, that sickened a guest at a breakfast for delegates at a Chicago hotel Wednesday. Keep reading   8 Kamala Harris Accepts the Nomination As Kamala Harris took the stage Thursday during the final night of the Democratic National Convention, the cheering went on for so long that Harris had to gently move things along, saying, "OK, we gotta get to some business." Keep reading   Today From Newser.AI First Transgender Woman to Compete at Paralympics See more stories from our human + machine experiment here.   This Day in History In 2011, a magnitude-5.8 earthquake centered near Mineral, Virginia, the strongest on the East Coast since 1944, caused cracks in the Washington Monument and damaged Washington National Cathedral. Find out what else happened on this date here.   From the Newser Archives On this day in 2023: Report: Wagner Group Chief Among 10 Dead in Plane Crash   Yesterday's Most-Read Stories   From Our Sponsors Manage your subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe from Newser emails  |  Privacy Policy We'd love to hear from you. Send us a note at feedback@newser.com. Read our stories on MSN. Newser, LLC  |  1395 Brickell Avenue  |  Suite 800  |  Miami, Florida  |  33131 © 2024 Newser, LLC. All rights reserved