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Texas man facing execution for 1998 killing of elderly woman for her money 07/16/2024 01:04am • HOUSTON (AP) ��� A Texas man who has long sought DNA testing claiming it would help prove he was not responsible for the fatal stabbing of an 85-year-old woman decades ago was scheduled to be executed Tuesday evening. Ruben Gutierrez was condemned for the 1998 killing of Escolastica Harrison at her What to know about the attempt on Trump's life and its aftermath 07/16/2024 12:53am • Officials are demanding to know how an armed man was able to get to the top of a building and shoot former President Donald Trump. A report of a suspicious man had reached police and witnesses pointed and shouted at an armed man on a roof nearby where Trump was speaking. The attempted assassination Violent clashes over quota system in government jobs leave scores injured in Bangladesh 07/16/2024 12:31am • DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) ��� Police fired tear gas and charged with batons during violent clashes between a pro-government student body and student protesters overnight, leaving dozens injured at a public university outside Bangladesh���s capital, police and students said Tuesday. The violence spread Severe storms with tornadoes whip through Midwest, cutting power to 460K 07/16/2024 12:31am • CHICAGO (AP) ��� Storms spawning multiple tornadoes blew through Iowa, Illinois ��� including Chicago ��� and Indiana, Monday downing trees and power poles and cutting power to more than 460,000 customers and businesses. The National Weather Service confirmed that a tornado hit Des Moines, Iowa, as Far-right groups that block aid to Gaza receive tax-deductible donations from US and Israel 07/16/2024 12:23am • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� Under American pressure, Israel has pledged to deliver large quantities of humanitarian aid into the war-ravaged Gaza Strip. But at the same time, the U.S. and Israel have allowed tax-deductible donations to far-right groups that have blocked that aid from being delivered. Three g 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 The Latest | An Israeli drone strike kills a prominent Syrian businessman with close ties to Assad 07/16/2024 12:05am • An Israeli drone strike on a car Monday near the Lebanon-Syria border killed a prominent Syrian businessman who was sanctioned by the United States and had close ties to the government of Syria���s President Bashar Assad, according to pro-government media and an official from an Iran-backed group. F 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 Attacker stabs and wounds French soldier patrolling Paris ahead of the Olympics 07/15/2024 11:38pm • PARIS (AP) ��� A French soldier was stabbed outside a big train station in Paris on Monday and the attacker was arrested, officials said, while the city is under a high security alert 11 days before the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympics. The soldier was hospitalized with a shoulder blade injury, The Latest: Trump picks Sen. JD Vance of Ohio as his Republican running mate 07/15/2024 11:18pm • Donald Trump says Ohio Sen. JD Vance will be his vice presidential pick. He said on his Truth Social Network, ���After lengthy deliberation and thought, and considering the tremendous talents of many others, I have decided that the person best suited to assume the position of Vice President of the U Brazilian police launch mega-operation in Rio de Janeiro favelas to fight organized crime 07/15/2024 10:58pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) ��� Brazilian authorities launched a mega-operation in Rio de Janeiro that sent a force of nearly 2,000 military and civil officers into 10 low income neighborhoods Monday seeking to regain control of areas dominated by organized crime. The officers deployed in the city���s weste At the Trump rally, it was evening sun, songs and blue sky. Then came bullets, screams and blood 07/15/2024 10:43pm • On a sweltering weekend evening, beneath a clear blue sky, Donald Trump supporters in red ���Make America Great Again��� hats packed the fairgrounds in Butler, Pennsylvania. It was a friendly and festive venue for the once and maybe future president's final rally before the Republican National Conve 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 Police arrest a man in Kenya's capital after dismembered bodies of 9 women are found in quarry 07/15/2024 10:28pm • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) ��� Police in Kenya said Monday they have arrested the main suspect after nine dismembered bodies of women were found in a quarry in the capital, Nairobi. The head of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations, Mohamed Amin, said Collins Jumaisi Khalusha, 33, had confessed to kil A shooting in a mosque in Oman kills 4 and wounds others, police say 07/15/2024 10:26pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) ��� Police in Oman said Tuesday a shooting in a mosque has killed four people and wounded others. The Royal Oman Police said in a statement online the shooting happened in the Wadi Kabir neighborhood of Muscat, the Omani capital. Police gave no motive nor said who wa