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Unity at the RNC, knocks on Trump's prosecutions and Senate politics: Takeaways from day 2 07/16/2024 10:28pm • MILWAUKEE (AP) ��� The Republican National Convention marched into its second day Tuesday, showcasing classic GOP themes like border security and public safety that have become the centerpieces of former President Donald Trump's campaign. With Trump's primary rivals speaking, it was also an occas Appeals court voids Marine's adoption of Afghan orphan; child's fate remains in limbo 07/16/2024 08:55pm • A Virginia appellate court ruled Tuesday that a U.S. Marine should never have been granted an adoption of an Afghan war orphan and voided the custody order he���s relied on to raise the girl for nearly three years. The decision marked a major turning point in a bitter custody battle that has interna DC woman accused of stealing, crashing car with ill woman inside found incompetent to stand trial 07/16/2024 08:11pm • The woman accused of stealing an SUV outside a D.C. hospital with an ill patient in the passenger seat was found incompetent to stand trial Tuesday. Kayla Kenisha Brown, 22, of Southeast, is accused of crashing the stolen car into a downtown D.C. building in early June. The passenger, 55-year-old Biden and Trump offer worlds-apart contrasts on issues in 2024's rare contest between two presidents 07/16/2024 08:04pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Joe Biden and Donald Trump are two presidents with unfinished business and an itch to get it done. Their track records and plans on abortion, immigration, taxes, wars abroad ��� you name it ��� leave no doubt that the man voters choose in November will seek to shape the landscap How to Advocate for an Older Loved One in the ER or Hospital 07/16/2024 08:00pm • Picture your 80-year-old father in the intensive care unit needing dialysis or your 76-year-old mother with severe dementia facing emergency surgery. These scenarios are becoming increasingly common as 1 in 6 adults in the U.S. are now over 65, a number steadily rising with the aging baby boomer gen 7 Best Retail Stocks and Discount Retailers for 2024 07/16/2024 08:00pm • On July 16, the U.S. Census Bureau reported that retail sales were virtually unchanged in June. Flat retail sales numbers are generally not something to celebrate, but this report was better than Wall Street was expecting. The consensus among economists was that, after a slight gain in May, retail s Sen. Bob Menendez guilty of taking bribes in cash and gold and acting as Egypt's foreign agent 07/16/2024 07:42pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez was convicted of all charges Tuesday in a sweeping corruption trial in which he was accused of accepting bribes of gold and cash from three New Jersey businessmen and acting as an agent for the Egyptian government. A jury in Manhattan deliberated for parts of JD Vance charted a Trump-centric, populist path in Senate as he fought GOP establishment 07/16/2024 05:34pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� When Ohio Sen. JD Vance traveled to the Munich Security Conference earlier this year, he wasn���t there to reassure Europe and other global allies that America would aid Ukraine in its war against Russia, as all of the other senators were. Instead, Vance was there to deliver wha Elon Musk says he's moving SpaceX, X headquarters from California to Texas 07/16/2024 05:19pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� Billionaire Elon Musk says he's moving the headquarters of SpaceX and social media company X to Texas from California. Musk posted on X Tuesday that he plans on moving SpaceX from Hawthorne, California to the company's rocket launch site dubbed Starbase in Texas. X will move Plain old bad luck? New Jersey sports betting revenue down 24% at casinos, and 9.5% overall in June 07/16/2024 05:04pm • ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) ��� New Jersey's casinos saw their sports betting revenue decline by nearly 24% in June, and sports betting revenue overall in the state declined by 9.5%, according to figures released Tuesday by state gambling regulators. The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement report An order blocking a rule to help LGBTQ+ kids applies to hundreds of schools. Some want to block more 07/16/2024 04:48pm • TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) ��� A federal judge's order blocking a Biden administration rule for protecting LGBTQ+ students from discrimination applies to hundreds of schools and colleges across the U.S., and a group challenging it hopes to extend it further to many major American cities. U.S. District Judge Patton Oswalt's journey from Va. military brat to Pixar animated rat 07/16/2024 03:52pm • Virginia-native comedian Patton Oswalt returns home to perform live at The Lyric in Baltimore, Maryland, on Friday. He admits that it's a tricky time to craft standup material after the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. "I'm sure I'll be talking about it," Oswalt to The Latest | Israeli strikes kill dozens of Palestinians in Gaza, including in 'safe zone' 07/16/2024 03:36pm • Israeli airstrikes killed more than 60 Palestinians in southern and central Gaza overnight and into Tuesday, as Israel and Hamas weigh the latest cease-fire proposal. One strike tore into a main street lined with market stalls in the heart of an Israeli-designated ���safe zone��� for displaced peopl Retail sales unchanged in June from May, underscoring shoppers' resilience 07/16/2024 03:29pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Shoppers paused their spending in June from May, defying economic forecasts for a pullback and proving their resilience in the face of an uncertain economy Retail sales were unchanged in June from May, after being revised upward to a 0.3% increase in May, according to the Commerce 5 killed and dozens injured in Bangladesh in violent clashes over government jobs quota 07/16/2024 02:01pm • DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) ��� At least five people were reported killed and dozens injured in Bangladesh on Tuesday as student protests against a government jobs quota led to violence around the country, media reports said. Student protesters clashed with pro-government student activists and with poli