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5 ways the 2024 race has changed with Harris replacing Biden on the Democratic ticket 07/30/2024 02:08pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Over the last month, much has changed about the 2024 presidential election in the United States. Now that President Joe Biden is out of the race and Vice President Kamala Harris is in, former President Donald Trump is having to pivot his campaign to a new challenger. Here are five w American consumers feeling more confident in July as expectations of future improve 07/30/2024 01:58pm • American consumers felt more confident in July as expectations over the near-term future rebounded. However, in a reversal of recent trends, feelings about current conditions weakened. The Conference Board, a business research group, said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index rose to 100.3 in J Here's what to know about what's next for Olympic triathlon in wake of Seine River water quality 07/30/2024 01:52pm • PARIS (AP) ��� The biggest opponent to the swim portion of the triathlon held in the Seine River: E. coli. Bacteria levels in the famed waterway have left organizers of the Paris Games scrambling toward backup plans and even tweaks to the competition in order to make sure they can stage the races. T Devin Hester rewrote NFL record book with his spectacular returns. Now, he goes into Hall of Fame 07/30/2024 01:23pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� A few years before Devin Hester began to etch his name into the NFL's record book with one spectacular return after another, Mark Sadowski was scouting a Miami-North Carolina State game for the Chicago Bears in 2004. He watched as the Hurricanes' speedy sophomore took the opening ki How will kickoffs look different in 2024 and what other rule changes are coming to the NFL 07/30/2024 01:13pm • The NFL will have a new look this year when it comes to kickoffs. Owners voted this spring to overhaul the kickoff, hoping to revive a play that had little action last season after most kicks resulted in no returns while still prioritizing player safety. Owners also approved other rule changes, inc Paris Olympics brings out hoses and misters to cool down fans during heat wave 07/30/2024 01:06pm • PARIS (AP) ��� The 2024 Olympics famously launched with a rain-soaked opening ceremony that drenched athletes and spectators alike. They're enduring the opposite experience Tuesday: a heat wave. Most of France is under heat warnings, with temperatures in Paris hitting 36 degrees Celsius (97 Fahrenhe Postpandemic, Gold���s Gym is in DC-area expansion mode 07/30/2024 12:48pm • Gold���s Gym, a pioneer in modern day fitness clubs whose early Venice Beach, California, regulars included Arnold Schwarzenegger and Lou Ferrigno, was dealt a blow at the onset of the pandemic, along with the rest of the gym and health club industry. But the new D.C.-area franchise operator is b On Broadway, two stars of 'Aladdin' trace their roles all the way to middle school 07/30/2024 12:45pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Some years ago, when Sonya Balsara and Adi Roy were in middle school, they were cast in kiddie versions of the musical ���Aladdin.��� Little did they know it would be very good preparation ��� for the same roles on Broadway. More than a decade after hitting their marks in the show France shifts Western Sahara stance, seeking closer ties with Morocco 07/30/2024 12:22pm • RABAT, Morocco (AP) ��� France has thrown its support behind Morocco's autonomy plan for the disputed Western Sahara, shifting a decades-old position and adding itself to a growing list of countries to align with Morocco as a United Nations-mediated peace process remains stalled. In a letter to King JetBlue posts a surprise Q2 profit and will delay new planes to cut costs and rebuild the business 07/30/2024 12:06pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� JetBlue Airways reported a $25 million profit for the second quarter, and executives on Tuesday described a strategy of cutting costs to rebuild the business, sending the company���s shares sharply higher. The small profit was down 82% from a year ago, but it was a surprise to anal US Army soldier accused of selling sensitive military information changes plea to guilty 07/30/2024 11:52am • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ��� An Army soldier accused of selling sensitive information related to U.S. military capabilities has decided to plead guilty, according to federal court documents. Sgt. Korbein Schultz, who was also an intelligence analyst, filed a motion late last week requesting a hearing t Jason Day regrets missing the 2016 Olympics and refers to burnout 07/30/2024 11:36am • SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (AP) ��� Jason Day still regrets skipping the Olympics when golf returned to the program in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro. Day was the No. 1 player in the world at the time and cited concerns over the Zika virus. ���Looking back on it, I should have just sucked it up and g Kamala Harris energizes South Asian voters, a growing force in key swing states 07/30/2024 11:25am • JOHNS CREEK, Ga. (AP) ��� A drive out to Atlanta's sprawling suburbs passes the cultural centers, schools and houses of worship that opened as this became the nation's sixth-largest metropolitan area. Displaying the diversity within the growth, shops and brightly lit billboards advertise in Chinese AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Arizona's state primaries 07/30/2024 11:04am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Arizona is already expected to play a critical role in the White House race as it did in 2020, but Tuesday���s state primaries will set the stage for competitive contests that could determine control of the closely divided U.S. Senate, U.S. House and both chambers of the state le California man defends his home as wildfires push devastation and spread smoke across US West 07/30/2024 11:02am • COHASSET, Calif. (AP) ��� In the small forest community of Cohasset, Ron Ward watched as flames hundreds of feet high from California���s deadly Park Fire approached his family ranch. He had lost insurance coverage on it just a month earlier as companies increasingly drop California homeowners due t