Former Wyoming Congresswoman Liz Cheney joined Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday for a one-day tour across Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin. The effort is part of the Harris campaign’s strategy to win over swing voters in the final two weeks before Election Day.
The death toll from Israeli airstrikes late Monday that destroyed several buildings near one of Beirut’s main hospitals climbed to 13. Lebanon’s Health Ministry said 57 others were wounded in the strikes, including seven in critical condition. It said the airstrikes caused significant damage to the Rafik Hariri University Hospital, the country’s largest public hospital. The Israeli military said that it struck a Hezbollah target, without elaborating, and said that it hadn’t targeted the hospital itself.
In November, voters in Arizona and Massachusetts will be making a major decision about minimum wages. The amount that tipped workers make varies by state. Arizona employers can pay their tipped workers $3 less per hour than other workers. Voters will decide whether to approve a measure to change the minimum for tipped workers to 25 percent less than the regular minimum wage, as long as their pay with tips is $2 above that minimum.
