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Late-night comics have long been relentless in skewering Donald Trump. Now it's Joe Biden's turn 07/12/2024 05:49pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Stephen Colbert took a slug from his drink glass before his first monologue after President Joe Biden's disastrous performance during his debate with Donald Trump. This was going to be hard. But then the CBS ���Late Show��� host dove right into jokes that were impossible for any p Small wildfire leads to precautionary evacuation of climate change research facility in Colorado 07/12/2024 05:47pm • BOULDER, Colo. (AP) ��� A small wildfire started Friday on a trail near a Colorado facility where scientists research climate change, including worsening wildfires, leading officials to evacuate the building. The fire started late Friday morning in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains near Boulder a Jury ends first day of deliberations in US Sen. Bob Menendez's corruption trial without a verdict 07/12/2024 05:45pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A New York City jury finished its first three hours of deliberations Friday without reaching a verdict in the corruption trial of U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, who is accused of taking bribes and being a foreign agent for the Egyptian government. As he left the courthouse and headed to h Vermonters, pummeled by floods exactly a year apart, are assessing damage, beginning cleanup 07/12/2024 05:45pm • PLAINFIELD, Vt. (AP) ��� Volunteers, some with heavy equipment, shoveled river silt and mud from roads, homes, yards and driveways and removed flood-ravaged items from homes Friday in one of the Vermont communities hardest hit by flooding from the remnants of Hurricane Beryl. Former students of a no US Navy pilots come home after months of shooting down Houthi missiles and drones 07/12/2024 05:15pm • VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) ��� U.S. Navy fighter pilots came home to Virginia feeling relieved Friday after months of shooting down Houthi-launched missiles and drones off Yemen's coast in the most intense running sea battle the Navy has faced since World War II. F/A-18 Super Hornets swooped over wait Biden says delegates can vote their conscience ��� and he���s right. But mass defections remain unlikely 07/12/2024 05:12pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Joe Biden said Thursday that his pledged delegates could vote their conscience ��� and he's right, party rules say they can do just that. But historical precedent, as well as the delegate selection process, make it likely that the vast majority will stick with him anywa What to know about legal battles on details of abortion rights ballot measures across US 07/12/2024 04:34pm • Abortion access ballot measures are the center of a new wave of legal and procedural questions across the U.S. Opponents of abortion access have focused on the technicalities at a time when votes have been siding with abortion access advocates. That side has prevailed on all seven ballot questions AT&T, Wells Fargo fall; Fastenal, Bank of New York Mellon rise, Friday, 7/12/2024 07/12/2024 04:23pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Friday: AT&T Inc., down 5 cents to $18.81. Text and phone records of ���nearly all��� of the telecommunication giant's customers were downloaded to a third-party app during a data breach in 2022. Dollar General Corp NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week 07/12/2024 04:22pm • A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. ___ Michigan bill does not prohibit recounts based on allegations of elec Just a Category 1 hurricane? Don't be fooled by a number ��� it could be more devastating than a Cat 5 07/12/2024 04:17pm • Here's a troubling phrase hurricane forecasters hate but often hear: ���It's just a Category 1. Nothing to worry about.��� Or even worse: ���Tropical storm? Just some wind and rain.��� But look at Hurricane Beryl, which hit Texas this week as a ���mere��� Category 1 storm ��� far weaker in wind stre Things to know about the Karen Read murder case, which could go to a retrial 07/12/2024 03:27pm • DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) ��� Prosecutors in Massachusetts say they plan to retry Karen Read for the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend. She���s accused of striking him with her SUV and leaving him to die in a snowstorm. The judge declared a mistrial after jurors said they couldn't agree. Karen R BRITISH OPEN '24: Chance at atonement for McIlroy at Troon, last chance for everyone at the majors 07/12/2024 03:22pm • Rory McIlroy sees the British Open as little more than the next opportunity to end 10 years without a major, not atonement for his late collapse in the U.S. Open. It's the last opportunity this year, not only for the hard-luck McIlroy but everyone else who earned a spot at Royal Troon, the links cou NCAA women's selection committee to reveal full seeding of tournament teams next season 07/12/2024 03:00pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) ��� The NCAA women's selection committee will release the seeding for the entire tournament field for the first time next season. The NCAA Division I Women���s Basketball Committee announced the change on Friday after its summer meetings, meaning the full seed list for all 68 team Caribbean seeks help in fighting climate change after Hurricane Beryl devastates small islands 07/12/2024 02:36pm • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) ��� Caribbean officials on Friday demanded more access to funding and help in fighting climate change, weeks after Hurricane Beryl devastated the region. The urgent request was made at an OAS meeting in Washington, D.C., where officials noted that the historic storm expose Extreme heat and some medicines can be a risky combo. Here's what to know 07/12/2024 02:25pm • Extreme heat can raise the danger of heat-related illnesses and threaten health in a more subtle way ��� by amplifying the side effects of many common medications. Hot weather, too, can damage medicines such as insulin that require refrigeration. Inhalers can explode. Epinephrine injectors such as