Republican National Convention moving forward in the wake of Trump assassination attempt
Samuel Benson writes: "Delegates, elected officials and media are gathering in Milwaukee ahead of the Monday start of the Republican National Convention, against the backdrop of the first attempted assassination of a presidential candidate in decades.
"Former president Donald Trump, who was injured when shots were fired at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday night, is expected to attend the convention. A Trump campaign spokesperson said the former president was “fine” and was released from a medical facility late Saturday night.
"In a post on Truth Social, Trump said he will appear at the convention. 'I truly love our Country, and love you all, and look forward to speaking to our Great Nation this week from Wisconsin,' Trump wrote."
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Lee Benson writes: "At first light on a clear October morning, far out in the badlands of Canyonlands National Park, four intrepid mountain bikers take the plunge down the Mineral Basin switchbacks.
"The enormity and solitude of the White Rim Trail, Utah’s fabled 100-mile salute to the park’s unmatched grandeur, soon engulfs them.
"Like so many others, they have come for the thrill of testing their grit and fitness in a landscape unlike anywhere on earth.
"Although you could make the case that none who came before them had more pure appreciation for what they were doing than these four.
"One is riding without the use of his left leg, which has been amputated. One is riding without her left hand and her lower forearm. One is riding with a left arm and shoulder that just came along for the ride. The fourth rider is paralyzed from the waist down.
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