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Rebuilding Rome, the upstate New York city that is looking forward after a destructive tornado 07/26/2024 12:10am • ROME, N.Y. (AP) ��� A tornado that hit this small, upstate city tore off rooftops, leveled brick buildings and toppled the steeples of two historic churches. No one was killed, but the twister left a debris-strewn scar through downtown and nearby areas. More than 370 homes were damaged. Residents a Gabrielle Giffords stumps for Kamala Harris in Pennsylvania as campaign for running mate takes shape 07/25/2024 09:10pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) ��� Gabrielle Giffords, the former Democratic congresswoman who was grievously wounded in a 2011 shooting in her Arizona district, took to the campaign trail Thursday for Vice President Kamala Harris, as Harris' nascent presidential campaign gets off the ground and a parallel campa Rescued walrus calf 'sassy' and alert after seemingly being left by her herd in Alaska 07/25/2024 08:45pm • JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) ��� A walrus calf seemingly left behind by her herd near Alaska���s northernmost city is alert and ���sassy��� as she receives care at a nonprofit wildlife response center hundreds of miles away following her recent rescue, a center spokesperson said Thursday. Alaska SeaLife Cent Do the New Wells Fargo One Key Cards Unlock Serious Value? We Take a Look 07/25/2024 08:00pm • Expedia enthusiasts have a new way to boost their rewards earnings. This month, Wells Fargo and Expedia launched the One Key Card and One Key+ Card, which allow cardholders to earn rewards on travel, dining, gas, groceries and other everyday purchases. Both cards earn rewards in the form of OneKeyCa 7 Best Renewable Energy Stocks to Buy Now 07/25/2024 08:00pm • Renewable energy and fossil fuel stocks often trade inversely to each other. When coal is more expensive, wind and solar generation start looking more appealing. When oil is cheap, paying more for an electric vehicle is more of a hurdle to overcome. Plus, even though inflation has been coming down, Fast-moving wildfire in the Canadian Rockies ravages the picturesque resort town of Jasper 07/25/2024 07:43pm • GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alberta (AP) ��� A fast-moving wildfire in the Canadian Rockies that had prompted 25,000 people to flee roared into the near-deserted town of Jasper overnight with flames higher than treetops, devastating up to half of its structures, officials said Thursday. There were no immediate Workers link US, Canadian sides of new Gordie Howe International Bridge over Detroit River 07/25/2024 06:34pm • DETROIT (AP) ��� Workers have linked the U.S. and Canadian sides of the new Gordie Howe International Bridge spanning the Detroit River, a major step in bringing the monumental project to completion. The connection between southwest Detroit and northwest Windsor was completed on Wednesday, the Detr Southwest Airlines plans to start assigning seats, breaking with a 50-year tradition 07/25/2024 06:29pm • DALLAS (AP) ��� Goodbye, cattle call. Southwest Airlines said Thursday that it plans to drop the open-boarding system it has used for more than 50 years and will start assigning passengers to seats, just like all the other big airlines. The airline said it has been studying seating options, running Citing climate change, a federal court in Brazil halts rainforest highway paving 07/25/2024 06:07pm • BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) ��� In an unusual action, a Brazilian federal court halted progress on a project to pave a dirt highway that connects the major city of Manaus to populous regions, ruling it likely will contribute to climate change. The court suspended on Wednesday a key environmental permit af Locked out of town hall, 1st Black mayor of a small Alabama town returns to office 07/25/2024 06:03pm • The first Black mayor of a small Alabama town who had been locked out of town hall by white officials is returning to the job. Mayor Patrick Braxton is being recognized as the mayor of the town of Newbern, under a lawsuit settlement ending a long-running dispute over control of the town government. Uvalde, Texas, school officer pleads not guilty to charges of failing to protect kids during attack 07/25/2024 05:49pm • UVALDE, Texas (AP) ��� A former school police officer who was part of the slow law enforcement response to the 2022 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges of failing to take action as a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers inside a four Mexicans seeking refuge in Guatemala describe drug cartel shootouts that drove them to flee 07/25/2024 05:23pm • AMPLIACION NUEVA REFORMA, Guatemala (AP) ��� When a 72-year-old Mexican farmer heard the bullets from the most recent cartel shootout landing close to his home, he knew it was time to go. He collected his children and grandchildren and fled on foot across the border to Guatemala. They left behind th It might rain during the Paris Olympics' ambitious opening ceremony on the Seine River 07/25/2024 05:21pm • PARIS (AP) ��� Will weather wreak havoc with the grandiose opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics on the Seine River? According to the latest weather forecasts, there is a chance of rain Friday. Meteo-France, the French weather service, is forecasting overcast skies from midday onward, with light French minister thanks Belgium for detaining 7 terror suspects on eve of Olympics opening ceremony 07/25/2024 04:51pm • BRUSSELS (AP) ��� On the eve of the Olympics opening ceremony in Paris, France's interior minister thanked Belgium Thursday for a string of raids that led to the detention of seven people for questioning over suspected terrorist activities. The Belgian Federal prosecutor's office said that the peopl Chicago police chief says out-of-town police won't be posted in city neighborhoods during DNC 07/25/2024 04:26pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� Outside police agencies that'll help secure the Democratic National Convention in Chicago next month will not be posted in city neighborhoods, Police Superintendent Larry Snelling said Thursday as federal authorities released maps of convention security perimeters. The renewed atte