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A halting Biden tries to confront Trump at debate but sparks Democratic anxiety about his candidacy 06/28/2024 02:21am • ATLANTA (AP) ��� A raspy and sometimes halting President Joe Biden tried repeatedly to confront Donald Trump in their first debate ahead of the November election, as his Republican rival countered Biden's criticism by leaning into falsehoods about the economy, illegal immigration and his role in the AP Week in Pictures: Global 06/28/2024 02:14am • June 21-27, 2024 Police fired shots at demonstrators protesting over proposed tax hikes in Kenya. Lithuanians and Ukrainians wearing traditional and local styles celebrated the summer solstice. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returned to his homeland in Australia after pleading guilty to obtaining Trump and Biden mix it up over policy and each other in a debate that turns deeply personal 06/28/2024 01:34am • PHOENIX (AP) ��� They passed on a handshake at the start, and from there President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump went right to mixing it up on policy ��� and each other ��� in their first 2024 presidential debate on Thursday night. Personal animosity between the two men was palpable a Bolivia���s president lambasts accusations of a self-coup as 'lies' as his supporters rally 06/28/2024 01:07am • LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) ��� Bolivian President Luis Arce on Thursday angrily called accusations that he was behind an attempted coup against his government ���lies,��� saying the general who apparently led it acted on his own and vowing that he would face justice. Arce���s comments, his first to the pr Ultra-Orthodox Jews block highway to protest Israel's new mandatory military service ruling 06/28/2024 12:52am • BNEI BRAK, Israel (AP) ��� Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men blocked a major highway in central Israel for two hours on Thursday to protest a recent Supreme Court decision ordering young religious men to enlist for military service. Military service is compulsory for most Jewish men and women in The Latest | Trump and Biden squared off for the first time in the 2024 election season 06/28/2024 12:32am • ATLANTA (AP) ��� The first general election debate of the 2024 season has come to a close, with U.S. President Joe Biden and his Republican rival, Donald Trump, clashing on immigration and climate change and launching deeply personal attacks on each other Thursday evening in Atlanta. The debate, whi Today in History: June 28, Franz Ferdinand assassinated 06/28/2024 12:05am • Today in History Today is Friday, June 28, the 180th day of 2024. There are 186 days left in the year. Today���s Highlight in History: On June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, Sophie, were shot to death in Sarajevo by Serb nationalist Gavrilo Princip, an act that sparked As LGBTQ+ Pride���s crescendo approaches, tensions over war in Gaza expose rifts 06/28/2024 12:04am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Ahead of New York City���s annual LGBTQ+ Pride march, organizers typically spend weeks mapping out the order of the floats, assigning placements based on factors like seniority and music volume. This year, they���re wrestling with a question more fraught: how to plan a parade whose Judge to weigh request to dismiss Alec Baldwin shooting case for damage to evidence during testing 06/28/2024 12:01am • SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) ��� A New Mexico judge plans to rule Friday on a request to dismiss the sole charge against Alec Baldwin in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer over concerns the FBI damaged the firearm during forensic testing before defense attorneys could examine it. Defense attorneys fo Man who shot and killed 5 people at apartments near Las Vegas was banned from owning a firearm 06/27/2024 10:44pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) ��� A man who opened fire at an apartment complex near Las Vegas, killing five people and injuring a 13-year-old girl, was banned from owning a firearm because of prior felony convictions, court records show. The suspect, Eric Adams, later shot and killed himself as North Las Vegas po Man fatally shoots 80-year-old grandfather and self in New York state 06/27/2024 10:00pm • IRONDEQUOIT, N.Y. (AP) ��� A 24-year-old man fatally shot his 80-year-old grandfather and eventually killed himself Thursday, authorities said, leading police to evacuate and close a New York state park for several hours while they searched for him. Andrew Vahey, 24, died on a hiking trail in Letch Mexico���s incoming president appoints expert in sustainable development as head of energy 06/27/2024 09:51pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� Mexico���s incoming President Claudia Sheinbaum on Thursday announced five additional members of her future cabinet, presenting a group of scientists and former colleagues including Luz Elena Gonz��lez, an expert in sustainable development, as the next secretary of energy. Shein Von der Leyen, Costa and Kallas endorsed for the EU's top jobs. Here's who they are and what they do 06/27/2024 09:45pm • BRUSSELS (AP) ��� Following the elections for EU Parliament, European Union leaders have agreed on the officials who will hold the key positions in the world���s biggest trading bloc in the coming years for issues ranging from antitrust investigations to foreign policy. The three nominees will lead Former Uvalde police chief indicted over response to Robb Elementary shooting 06/27/2024 09:20pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) ��� The former Uvalde schools police chief was indicted over his role in the slow police response to the 2022 massacre at a Texas elementary school that left 19 children and two teachers dead, the local sheriff said Thursday. Pete Arredondo was indicted by a grand jury on 10 count Former Uvalde school police chief booked, released after indictment over actions in Robb Elementary attack, sheriff says 06/27/2024 08:58pm • UVALDE, Texas (AP) ��� Former Uvalde school police chief booked, released after indictment over actions in Robb Elementary attack, sheriff says.