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CrowdStrike CEO called to testify to Congress over cybersecurity's firm role in global tech outage 07/22/2024 07:06pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. House leaders are calling on CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz to testify to Congress about the cybersecurity company's role in sparking the widespread tech outage that grounded flights, knocked banks and hospital systems offline and affected services around the world. CrowdStri Defamation suit against Fox News by head of dismantled disinformation board tossed by federal judge 07/22/2024 06:13pm • A defamation suit against Fox News by a government official who served on a short-lived U.S. government media disinformation board was dismissed Monday by a federal judge. The lawsuit from Nina Jankowicz alleged that Fox News had defamed her on numerous occasions, leading to waves of online attacks Woman gets probation for calling in hoax bomb threat at Boston Children's Hospital 07/22/2024 05:34pm • A Massachusetts woman has been sentenced to three years of probation for calling in a fake bomb threat at Boston Children’s Hospital as it faced a barrage of harassment over its surgical program for transgender youths. Catherine Leavy pleaded guilty last year in federal court to charges including Kamala Harris smashes fundraising record with stunning $81 million haul over 24 hours 07/22/2024 04:23pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Kamala Harris is smashing fundraising records as the Democratic Party's donors — big and small — open their wallets for the vice president in the immediate aftermath of President Joe Biden’s stunning decision to step aside. In total, Harris' team raised more than $81 million Biden’s withdrawal from the US presidential race spells new uncertainty for Ukraine 07/22/2024 04:04pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to end his campaign for reelection brings a new element of uncertainty for Ukraine, which is struggling to fend off Russian military advances even as it worries about the future of American support. The prospect of victory for former Presi Athletes enjoying their first days at the giant Olympic village ahead of the Paris Games 07/22/2024 02:17pm • PARIS (AP) — Australian beach volleyball player Taliqua Clancy got an unexpected surprise walking around the athletes' village at the Paris Olympics on Monday. Among the legions of other athletes from around the world, one figure stood out: French President Emmanuel Macron. “We got to see him wh Estonia's new government is formally appointed. Its first priority is to improve state finances 07/22/2024 12:29pm • HELSINKI (AP) — Estonia’s president formally appointed the Baltic country’s new government on Monday after lawmakers gave the green light to Prime Minister-designate Kristen Michal’s three-party coalition Cabinet. Addressing the new Cabinet, which is to be sworn in Tuesday, President Alar Ka Venezuelan opposition voters band to safeguard election, warning of the ruling party's tricks 07/22/2024 09:53am • SABANETA, Venezuela (AP) — Tears roll down the face of Tanyia Colmenares when she recalls her truncated dream of being a lawyer, which ended after two semesters in law school when she had to drop out to survive Venezuela's complex crisis. While she never got to defend a client in court, she has ag China moves to pep up its slowing economy, lays out roadmap for its future 07/22/2024 07:19am • BANGKOK (AP) — China's ruling Communist Party released a 50-page roadmap addressing long-term challenges confronting the world's second-largest economy, while the central bank cut key interest rates Monday in a surprise move to pep up the struggling property sector. The action by the People's Ban Maryland woman, dual organ donor advocates for bill to give tax break to donors 07/22/2024 05:58am • A Maryland woman is advocating for a bill aimed at increasing the number of live organ donors. Lindsay Gutierrez, originally from Oklahoma, served in security forces for the U.S. Air Force from 2010 to 2016. After tours alongside her husband in both England and Georgia, she was transferred to Mar Pakistan protests to Germany after protesters get into the grounds of its Frankfurt consulate 07/22/2024 04:13am • ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan has lodged a strong protest with Germany over its failure to prevent protesters getting into the grounds of the Pakistani consulate in Frankfurt, demanding action against “a gang of extremists" that it says breached security and endangered the lives of its staff. It was Biden drops out of 2024 race after disastrous debate inflamed age concerns. VP Harris gets his nod 07/21/2024 10:49pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race for the White House on Sunday, ending his bid for reelection after a disastrous debate with Donald Trump that raised doubts about the incumbent's fitness for office. The unprecedented announcement, delivered less than four months b 2024 Election Latest: Biden ends reelection bid, endorses VP Harris for Democratic nomination 07/21/2024 10:28pm • President Joe Biden announced Sunday that he is dropping his reelection bid against Donald Trump, in a social media post that sent political shockwaves around the country and threw an element of turmoil into the election just months before voters go to the polls. Biden's decision came on the heels o Kamala Harris is now in a bright spotlight as she fights to secure the Democratic presidential nod 07/21/2024 10:16pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is being thrust into the most scrutinizing of spotlights, suddenly the leading candidate to succeed President Joe Biden as the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee and her party's main hope of defeating Republican Donald Trump. She spoke multip Trump's campaign quickly pivots to Harris after Biden announces decision to leave the race 07/21/2024 08:33pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump's campaign has spent the last year-and-a-half viciously attacking Joe Biden, ridiculing his policies, mocking his fumbles and relishing a rematch they felt they were winning. But they have also spent weeks preparing for the possibility that Biden might exit the race, r