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From basement to battlefield: Ukrainian startups create low-cost robots to fight Russia 07/15/2024 09:58pm • NORTHERN UKRAINE (AP) — Struggling with manpower shortages, overwhelming odds and uneven international assistance, Ukraine hopes to find a strategic edge against Russia in an abandoned warehouse or a factory basement. An ecosystem of laboratories in hundreds of secret workshops is leveraging innov Pro-tips for Prime Day shopping 07/15/2024 04:25pm • From television to cosmetics and everything in between, Amazon is promising to have “millions of great deals” during its 10th Prime Day sales event. While some Prime Deals are already live, the main event begins at 3 a.m. on Tuesday and lasts 48 hours. For shoppers, the key is telling T-shirts with image of Trump raising his fist after assassination attempt are for sale in China 07/15/2024 10:25am • BANGKOK (AP) — Images of the moment have already been splashed across the world’s front pages and papered many corners of the internet — former President Donald Trump, ear bleeding, with his right hand clenched in a fist above the Secret Service agents surrounding him after he was shot. And no Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 21-27 07/15/2024 09:07am • Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 21-27: July 21: Actor Leigh Lawson (“Tess”) is 81. Singer Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) is 76. Cartoonist Garry Trudeau (“Doonesbury”) is 76. Actor Jamey Sheridan (“Homeland”) is 73. Singer-guitarist Eric Bazilian of The Hooters is 71. Comedian Jon Lo AP PHOTOS: In documenting violence in Haiti, you find bodies, but also ways people keep on living 07/15/2024 12:01am • PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Violence permeates every fiber of Haitian society. It used to linger on the outskirts of the capital, targeting the poorest, but now everyone — from street vendors to doctors to schoolchildren — are in its grip. Yet, people find ways to keep living. For the first h 13 Items That Sell on eBay, Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace 07/14/2024 08:00pm • If you have items to unload, you could hold a garage sale. But that involves setting aside days to sort and price items, not to mention the time needed to man the sale itself. Then, there is no guarantee that people will show up or buy anything. A better way to sell off your clutter may be to use on Amazon Prime Day deals are almost here. Should you take advantage of them? 07/14/2024 12:15pm • NEW YORK (AP) — It's summertime, and the bargains seem easy at a time when many consumer prices are high. July sales events have become a seasonal revenue driver for the retail industry since Amazon launched its first Prime Day back in 2015. While consumers may be enticed by the advertised can't- The new hot truck comes from Japan and looks like a toy 07/14/2024 09:00am • (CNN) — Measuring about half the length of a Ford F-150, Kei trucks look almost like toys in comparison to your standard pickup truck. But for a car so tiny, you might be surprised at the massive following that they command. Kei trucks, built to satisfy Japanese light automobile regulations and Cole Custer wins Xfinity race at Pocono in farewell season for Stewart-Haas Racing 07/13/2024 06:22pm • LOND POND, Pa. (AP) — Cole Custer drove away from Justin Allgaier over the final laps to give the 2023 Xfinity Series champion his first win of the year, earning a playoff spot for Stewart-Haas Racing in its farewell season with the checkered flag Saturday at Pocono Raceway. Custer had another dom Spain phenom Lamine Yamal has electrified Euro 2024. In hometown, family and friends not surprised 07/13/2024 03:40pm • MATARO, Spain (AP) — In the working-class neighborhood where Spain’s teenage phenom Lamine Yamal grew up, there are two soccer fields divided by a chain-link fence. Next to the green carpet of the local soccer club, local lore has it that Yamal played with his friends on a small concrete slab wh Argentina's inflation edges up in June, breaking a months-long streak in a blow to President Milei 07/12/2024 10:17pm • BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A closely watched measure of inflation in Argentina was stronger than the libertarian government of President Javier Milei would have hoped on Friday, as the official statistics agency reported prices edging up in June and breaking a months-long streak of declines. A Stop & Shop closing 32 underperforming grocery stores in the Northeast 07/12/2024 02:10pm • Stop & Shop said Friday it will close 32 underperforming grocery stores in the Northeast U.S. by the end of the year. The chain, which is owned by the Dutch supermarket company Ahold Delhaize, said it will close 10 stores in New Jersey, eight stores in Massachusetts, seven stores in New York, fi UK's new justice secretary outlines emergency measures to relieve prison overcrowding 07/12/2024 10:43am • LONDON (AP) — Britain’s new justice secretary on Friday outlined emergency plans to relieve prison overcrowding, clearing the way for early release of thousands of prisoners to ensure the beleaguered system continues to function. Shabana Mahmood, who took over after the left-leaning Labour Party Should you use a credit card or cash on vacation? 07/12/2024 07:20am • Cash is king, but credit can offer greater security when you travel. Before you head out on vacation, make plans for whether you'll pay for expenses such as meals, souvenirs and local transportation with cash or credit. Consider how you plan to spend, where you're going and how flexible your money n Destination Paris: Tara Davis-Woodhall and husband Hunter focus on small stuff in chase for gold 07/12/2024 06:00am • FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Tara Davis-Woodhall preheats the oven, then heads to the back of the house while her husband, Hunter, pulls out the cutting board and methodically slices the sweet potatoes that will be the star of the show for this afternoon’s lunch. A minute later, Davis-Woodhall reap