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Amazon Prime Day is a big event for scammers, experts warn 07/16/2024 12:08am • NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon Prime Day is here, and experts are reminding consumers to be wary of scams. Deceptions such as phony emails from people impersonating online retailers like Amazon are nothing new. But phishing attempts increase amid the heavy spending seen during significant sales events, wh A Baltimore man died after being sedated and restrained by medics. His mom wants answers 07/16/2024 12:04am • BALTIMORE (AP) — When Trea Ellinger left a Baltimore drug rehab facility last summer, he assured his anxious mother that everything was fine. He had his medications and was planning to meet up with his girlfriend. By the following afternoon, he was dead — not from the violence his mom feared he Protesters rally peacefully at GOP convention for abortion and immigrant rights, end to war in Gaza 07/15/2024 10:38pm • MILWAUKEE (AP) — Hundreds of demonstrators converged Monday on downtown Milwaukee to protest around the Republican National Convention, following through on their long-standing plans to rally outside the site despite the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. The protests were pe Syrians vote for their next parliament, which may pave the way for Assad to extend his rule 07/15/2024 09:06pm • DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrians voted for members of a new parliament in an election Monday that was expected to hold few surprises but could pave the way for a constitutional amendment to extend the term of President Bashar Assad. The vote is the fourth in Syria since mass anti-government protests 'There should be some questions asked': Former Secret Service Special Agent on Trump assassination attempt 07/15/2024 09:00pm • Ahead of a scheduled House Oversight Committee hearing with the director of the Secret Service about the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, a former special agent tells WTOP that he has questions of his own. As an agent, Matthew Doherty was involved in the security detail f FACT FOCUS: A look at false claims around the assassination attempt on former President Trump 07/15/2024 07:19pm • The assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, who is running for reelection, is fueling a range of false claims and conspiracy theories as authorities seek information about the 20-year-old shooter's background and motive, how he obtained the AR-style rifle he fired at Trump and securi Clippers say they wanted Kawhi Leonard on US basketball team for Paris Olympics 07/15/2024 06:14pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Los Angeles Clippers had no problem with Kawhi Leonard playing for the U.S. in the Paris Olympics this summer and wanted him to remain on the team, general manager Lawrence Frank said Monday. USA Basketball removed Leonard — whose NBA season was disrupted at the end because Pro-tips for Prime Day shopping 07/15/2024 04:25pm • From television to cosmetics and everything in between, Amazon is promising to have “millions of great deals” during its 10th Prime Day sales event. While some Prime Deals are already live, the main event begins at 3 a.m. on Tuesday and lasts 48 hours. For shoppers, the key is telling Macy's ends takeover talks with Arkhouse and Brigade citing lack of certainty over financing 07/15/2024 04:18pm • Macy's is terminating its monthslong buyout talks with two investment firms, citing a substandard offer and the lack of certainty over financing. In announcing the end of negotiations on Monday, Macy’s alleged that Arkhouse Management and Brigade Capital Management did not meet its request for in Following Trump assassination attempt, 'Americans need to start listening, paying attention and waking up' 07/15/2024 03:51pm • The search for answers continues after the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania on Saturday. Many questions remain unanswered about how the gunman, identified as Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, managed to get access to a nearby roof whe Germany says it saw fewer security problems than expected during Euro 2024 07/15/2024 09:17am • BERLIN (AP) — German authorities had fewer security problems and crimes to deal with than they expected at the European Championship, the country's top security official said Monday. The tournament ended on Sunday with Spain beating England 2-1 in the final in Berlin and no reports of serious dist Authorities hunt for clues, but motive of man who tried to assassinate Donald Trump remains elusive 07/15/2024 08:20am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The 20-year-old man who tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump first came to law enforcement’s attention at Saturday's rally when spectators noticed him acting strangely outside the campaign event. The tip sparked a frantic search but officers were unable to find hi Burberry appoints a new CEO as the fashion house warns it expects a first-half operating loss 07/15/2024 07:05am • LONDON (AP) — British luxury fashion house Burberry said Monday it has appointed Joshua Schulman, formerly head of Michael Kors and Coach, as its new chief executive officer as the company warned it expected to record an operating loss in the first half of the year amid slumping retail sales. Bur Argentina fans revel in their Copa America triumph, a brief respite from their country's crises 07/15/2024 06:28am • BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentines taking to the streets to revel in their Copa América triumph late Sunday inhabit a very different place now than they did 19 months ago, when their World Cup win sent millions surging into the same Buenos Aires square in a howl of collective celebration. Former fire chief who died at Trump rally used his body to shield family from gunfire 07/15/2024 05:24am • BUFFALO TOWNSHIP, Pa. (AP) — The former fire chief who was killed at a Pennsylvania rally for Donald Trump spent his final moments diving down in front of his family, protecting them from the gunfire that rang out Saturday during an assassination attempt against the former president. Corey Compera