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JD Vance introduces himself as Trump's running mate and makes direct appeal to his native Rust Belt 07/18/2024 12:26am • MILWAUKEE (AP) ��� JD Vance introduced himself to a national audience Wednesday after being chosen as Donald Trump���s running mate, sharing the story of his hardscrabble upbringing and making the case that his party best understands the challenges facing struggling Americans. Speaking to a packe Uncertainty is the winner and incumbents the losers so far in a year of high-stakes global elections 07/18/2024 12:20am • LONDON (AP) ��� Discontented, economically squeezed voters have turned against sitting governments on both right and left during many of the dozens of elections held this year, as global power blocs shift and political certainties crumble. From India to South Africa to Britain, voters dealt blows to 2024 Election Latest: Biden contracts COVID-19, Vance speaks at RNC 07/17/2024 11:35pm • The third day of the Republican National Convention shifted its focus to issues of national security and foreign policy. Republicans are focusing on Democratic President Joe Biden���s handling of the ongoing crises in Europe and the Middle East. Former Trump administration officials have also taken Prominent Democrat Schiff calls for Biden to withdraw, but party aims to nominate before convention 07/17/2024 09:45pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� California Rep. Adam Schiff on Wednesday became the highest-profile Democrat to call for President Joe Biden to drop his reelection bid, even as the party pushed ahead with plans for a virtual vote to formally make Biden its nominee in the first week of August. The move to schedu The last cards have been dealt as the iconic Mirage closes its doors on the Las Vegas Strip 07/17/2024 09:25pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) ��� A final blast from The Mirage's signature volcano marked the passage Wednesday of an aging Las Vegas resort that wowed crowds when it opened in 1989 and went on to revolutionize the casino resort industry and reshape Las Vegas as a tourist destination. ���What would The Mirage be The head of Hong Kong's leading journalist group says she lost WSJ job after refusing to drop role 07/17/2024 08:50pm • HONG KONG (AP) ��� The new chair of Hong Kong's leading media professional group on Wednesday said she lost her job at The Wall Street Journal after she refused her supervisor���s request to withdraw from the election for the leadership post. Reporter Selina Cheng told a press briefing that a senior California first state to get federal funds for hydrogen energy hub to help replace fossil fuels 07/17/2024 08:13pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) ��� California will be the first state to receive federal funds under a program to create regional networks, or ���hubs,��� that produce hydrogen as an energy source for vehicles, manufacturing and generating electricity, officials announced Wednesday. The U.S. Department of House Oversight panel subpoenas Secret Service director to testify on Trump assassination attempt 07/17/2024 08:02pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Republican chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee issued a subpoena Wednesday to the Secret Service director compelling her to appear before the committee on Monday for what is scheduled to be the first congressional hearing into the attempted assassinat What Section 230 Means for Your Money 07/17/2024 08:00pm • AI has taken the world by storm over the last few years and the U.S. legal system is scrambling to catch up. As a growing number of companies rapidly roll out AI-powered features, liability concerns are mounting. Many want to know who will be responsible if AI outputs lead to damages. While Section Exercising During Pregnancy 07/17/2024 08:00pm • If you're newly pregnant, you're probably noticing changes in your body. Depending on how far along you are, these might present in your physical appearance or energy levels. Maybe you've gone up a few pants sizes, or down a few intensity levels at the gym. Bodily changes can take a minute to get us A Look at Gas Prices Around the World 07/17/2024 08:00pm • When filling up your tank with gas and watching the numbers tick up, you may think you have it worse than everybody else. Not so, according to data collected by Global Petrol Prices, an industry-wide fuel price tracker. Out of 170 countries analyzed, America has the 40th least expensive gasoline, pl Trump says Taiwan should pay more for defense and dodges questions if he would defend the island 07/17/2024 07:17pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Former President Donald Trump demanded the self-governed island of Taiwan pay for U.S. protection, dodged the question of whether he would defend the island from Beijing's military action and accused the island of taking the computer chip industry away from the United States. ��� John Deere ends support of 'social or cultural awareness' events, distances from inclusion efforts 07/17/2024 07:15pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Farm equipment maker John Deere says it will no longer sponsor ���social or cultural awareness��� events, becoming the latest major U.S. company to distance itself from diversity and inclusion measures after being targeted by conservative backlash. In a statement posted Tuesday to Nick Saban is back at SEC Media Days, 6 months after retiring and asking the questions now 07/17/2024 07:10pm • DALLAS (AP) ��� Nick Saban is at SEC Media Days again, six months after retiring as Alabama coach. This time he's asking the questions as part of ESPN's SEC Network coverage of the four-day event. ���I���m still a coach at heart. So I want to ask the coaches questions so that they can actually talk Workouts at Nationals Park give members of the military a chance to train in a unique setting 07/17/2024 06:30pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Just after 7 a.m. on what turned out to be a record-tying hottest day in the history of the nation's capital, more than 100 members of the U.S. military sprint from station to station to cycle through grueling drills. The setting is not a military base but rather a baseball st