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From local happenings to national topics and global events, here is the news worth knowing from the week of Aug. 19, 2024.
Local
Governor DeWine announces innovation hubs in Dayton
On Monday, Aug. 19, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced the launch of new innovations hubs in Dayton. Funded by state, local and private funds, the project aims to make Dayton a global leader in the development of digital transformation technologies and will support the U.S. Air Force to revolutionize how it designs and manufactures weapons, software, airplanes and more.
The project will be headquartered in the soon to be constructed onMain Innovation Hub's Digital Transformation Center (DTC) on the former Montgomery County fairgrounds.
"This new collaboration will be transformative for this region, leading to more investments, more jobs, and more of the world's most innovative thinkers calling Dayton home, “ Governor DeWine said in the announcement.
National
RFK Jr. suspends his campaign and backs Donald Trump
On Friday, Aug. 23, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suspended his independent campaign for President and endorsed Donald Trump, according to the Associated Press. Later on Friday, Kennedy joined Trump onstage at a Rally in Arizona.
Kennedy said internal polls had shown that his campaign would hurt Trump, though recent polls don’t provide clear indication that this is the case. Kennedy cited free speech, the war in Ukraine and “a war on our children” as some of the reasons why he would try to remove his name from the ballot in battleground states.
“These are the principal causes that persuaded me to leave the Democratic Party and run as an independent, and now to throw my support to President Trump,” Kennedy said at his event in Phoenix.
Global
Mike Lynch and five others killed in yacht wreck
On Monday, Aug. 19, a superyacht sank during a freak storm off of Sicily, according to the Associated Press. The Bayesian, a 56-meter yacht, was believed to be struck by a tornado over the water, known as a waterspout. Investigators are looking into the wreck as a sailboat near the Bayesian remained largely unscathed.
British tech giant Mike Lynch and five other people were missing. Divers found the bodies of five passengers on Wednesday, Aug 21. Hannah Lynch, Lynch’s 18 year-old daughter is reportedly unaccounted for.
