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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 Disneyland workers vote to ratify new contracts that raise wages 07/30/2024 10:43am • ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Disneyland workers have voted to ratify new contracts that include wage hikes and changes to sick leave policies after months of negotiations. Workers including ride operators, candy makers and parking attendants voted to ratify the three-year contracts that bump the minimum How would term limits impact the Supreme Court? 07/30/2024 10:30am • President Joe Biden is proposing sweeping changes to the U.S. Supreme Court, including term limits for the court's nine justices instead of the current system which gives them lifetime appointments. The change would need to be approved by Congress. "When the Constitution was drafted, people di Landslides caused by heavy rains kill 93 and bury many others in southern India 07/30/2024 10:21am • NEW DELHI (AP) — Multiple landslides in southern India have killed 93 people and many others are feared trapped under the debris, officials said Tuesday, after torrential rains triggered torrents of mud and water that swept through tea estates and villages. The landslides hit hilly areas in Kerala Olympics on TV for Wednesday, July 31 07/30/2024 10:05am • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Wednesday, July 31 ARCHERY 8:45 a.m. E! — Individual: Round of 32 USA — Individual: Round of 32 BADMINTON 4:15 a.m. USA — Group Play: Singles, Doubles (Taped) BASKETBALL 2:45 p.m. USA — Men’s Group C: USA vs. South Sudan BASKE Ethiopia's currency dives by 30% as IMF-backed reforms to stabilize the economy take effect 07/30/2024 09:32am • ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia's currency lost 30% of its value Tuesday, the day after the central bank began implementing a flexible exchange rate policy backed by the International Monetary Fund as part of new measures to stabilize the eastern African nation's economy. Mamo Mihretu, gove Flash flooding triggered by heavy monsoons in northwest Pakistan kills at least 14 people 07/30/2024 09:30am • PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Heavy monsoons in northwest Pakistan triggered flash flooding, killing at least 14 people, 11 from the same family, officials said Tuesday. The rains in Kohat, a district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, flooded the basement of a house where the family slept, Bilal Fai US authors make up almost half the 13 semifinalists for the Booker Prize for fiction 07/30/2024 09:21am • LONDON (AP) — Six American writers including Rachel Kushner, Percival Everett and Tommy Orange are among 13 semifinalists announced Tuesday for the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction. Pulitzer Prize-winning Cheyenne and Arapaho author Orange is the first Native American Booker semifinalist for t Despite escalating tension between Israel and Hezbollah, it's business as usual at Beirut airport 07/30/2024 09:00am • BEIRUT (AP) — Fears of an escalation in the simmering conflict between Hezbollah and Israel have prompted some airlines to cancel flights to Lebanon, but business appeared to be proceeding as usual Tuesday at the Beirut airport, where many travelers greeted the warnings with a shrug. Hadi Sharqawi Sophia Smith contributes to reborn US attack at the Olympics 07/30/2024 08:51am • Sophia Smith is having a blast at the Olympics, and a lot of it has to do with the U.S. team’s formidable front three. Smith, along with Mallory Swanson and Trinity Rodman, are helping the United States reclaim its status as a team to be feared. “I feel like we’re clicking really well, really