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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 House Republicans vote to rebuke Kamala Harris over administration's handling of border policy 07/25/2024 04:05pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are moving quickly to emphasize Vice President Kamala Harris's role in the Biden administration’s handling of the U.S. border with Mexico, passing a resolution Thursday that condemns her performance in the job. The resolution, which is purely symbolic, echoes Kamala Harris is using Beyoncé's 'Freedom' as her campaign song: What to know about the anthem 07/25/2024 03:27pm • NEW YORK (AP) — In Vice President Kamala Harris' first 2024 presidential campaign video, a familiar rhythm rings out. The clip, which touches on issues of gun violence, health care and abortion, is soundtracked by Beyoncé's “Freedom,” a cut from her 2016 landmark album, “Lemonade.” “We Northern Virginia OmniRide users to face new schedule, higher fares 07/25/2024 02:52pm • OmniRide is implementing changes to many of its bus routes in the greater Prince William area – including on OmniRide Express, Metro Express and local routes – beginning July 29, according to a news release from the agency. The OmniRide Express base fare will also increase from $9 each way to Days before a Biden rule against anti-LGBTQ+ bias takes effect, judges are narrowing its reach 07/25/2024 02:37pm • TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — New federal court rulings are narrowing the Biden administration's enforcement of a rule for protecting LGBTQ+ students from discrimination and allowing critics to limit it even further school by school. A federal judge in Missouri blocked enforcement of the rule in six additio Titans cornerback Chido Awuzie sidelined a couple of weeks by injured calf 07/25/2024 02:37pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Titans cornerback Chidobe Awuzie will miss a couple of weeks of training camp with a calf injury, coach Brian Callahan announced Thursday. The Titans also made a couple of roster moves. They added outside linebacker Shane Ray, a 2015 first-round pick of the Denver What is WADA, why is the FBI investigating it and why is it feuding with US anti-doping officials? 07/25/2024 02:29pm • PARIS (AP) — The feuding this week among officials in the Olympics, the anti-doping world and the United States government over eradicating drugs from sports is hardly new. They've been going at it for decades. The tension reached a new level on the eve of the Paris Games when the International Ol Falcons' Grady Jarrett realizes goal by returning from knee injury for start of training camp 07/25/2024 02:18pm • FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — Grady Jarrett achieved his goal by returning to the field for the Atlanta Falcons' first training camp practice on Thursday. For new coach Raheem Morris, having Jarrett taking snaps at defensive tackle for the first time since suffering a knee injury that ended his 2023 Harris tells teachers union she's ready to fight for country's future — 'bring it on' 07/25/2024 01:56pm • HOUSTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris told Republicans to “bring it on” in what she described as a “fight for our most fundamental freedoms” as she spoke to the American Federation of Teachers on Thursday. It was her latest stop in her whirlwind debut as the Democrats' likely preside Argentina coach slams chaotic 'scandal' at Olympic soccer match vs Morocco 07/25/2024 01:49pm • The head of Argentina's soccer federation said the chaotic ending to its Olympic soccer match against Morocco on Wednesday “makes no sense," and coach Javier Mascherano called the scene “a scandal.” The opening match of the men's soccer tournament was suspended for nearly two hours during adde FCC pursues new rules for AI in political ads, but changes may not take effect before the election 07/25/2024 01:41pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Communications Commission has advanced a proposal that would require political advertisers to disclose their use of artificial intelligence in broadcast television and radio ads, though it is unclear whether new regulations may be in place before the November presidenti A neurological disorder stole her voice. Jennifer Wexton takes it back on the House floor. 07/25/2024 01:33pm • When Jennifer Wexton rose Thursday to speak on the House floor, something she has done countless times before, the congresswoman used a voice she thought was gone forever. After a rare neurological disorder robbed her of her ability to speak clearly, Wexton has been given her voice back with the hel An Olympic-sized fight erupts among anti-doping officials, and it's just getting started 07/25/2024 01:24pm • PARIS (AP) — The stream of threats, recriminations and anti-doping innuendo flowed freely again Thursday when tensions over a U.S. law designed to combat drugs in sports escalated on the eve of the Paris Olympics. It's a fight that's been simmering for a decade, sparked by Russia's brazen doping Bills' Von Miller says he believes domestic assault case to be closed, with no charges filed 07/25/2024 01:07pm • PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — No charges have been filed, and Von Miller said Thursday that he considers the case of him allegedly assaulting his pregnant girlfriend as being closed based on feedback the Buffalo Bills edge rusher got from his legal representatives. “No charges were ever filed and the c Union Pacific profit grows 7% as the railroad continues to get more efficient under CEO Jim Vena 07/25/2024 01:03pm • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific delivered 7% growth in its second-quarter profit even though the number of shipments it hauled remained essentially flat because it was able to continue streamlining its operations. The Omaha, Nebraska, railroad said Thursday that it earned $1.67 billion, or $2.74