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Biden pushes party unity as he resists calls to step aside, says he'll return to campaign next week 07/19/2024 08:31pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� A rapidly growing chorus of Democratic lawmakers called Friday for President Joe Biden to drop his reelection bid, even as the president insisted he���s ready to return to the campaign trail next week to counter what he called a ���dark vision��� laid out by Republican Donald Tru Blinken points to wider pledges to support Ukraine in case US backs away under Trump 07/19/2024 08:03pm • ASPEN, Colo. (AP) ��� Ukraine is on its way to being able to ���stand on its own feet��� militarily, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday, noting that more than 20 other countries have pledged to maintain their own military and financial aid to the country even if the U.S. were to withdraw A voter ID initiative gets approval to appear on the November ballot in Nevada 07/19/2024 07:56pm • RENO, Nev. (AP) ��� A proposed constitutional amendment that would require voters to show photo identification at the polls has qualified for the November ballot in Nevada, the state's top election official announced Friday. The measure also calls for an extra layer of identification verification fo Your flight was canceled by the technology outage. What do you do next? 07/19/2024 07:43pm • Air travelers became the face of the widespread technology outage Friday as they posted pictures on social media of crowds of people stranded at airports in Europe and the United States. In the U.S., American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, Spirit Airlines and Allegiant Air had all their Internet outage latest | Airlines, businesses, border crossings hit by global tech disruption 07/19/2024 06:14pm • Businesses and governments worldwide experienced hours-long disruptions Friday as a widespread technology outage affected services across industries. Flights were grounded and numerous hospitals, small businesses and government offices were disrupted. At the heart of the massive disruption is Crowd Tech disruptions sparked by software update highlight the fragility of globally connected technology 07/19/2024 04:33pm • Airlines, banks, hospitals and other risk-averse organizations around the world chose cybersecurity company CrowdStrike to protect their computer systems from hackers and data breaches. But all it took was one faulty CrowdStrike software update to cause global disruptions Friday that grounded flight A massive tech outage is causing worldwide disruptions. Here's what we know 07/19/2024 04:30pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Much of the world faced online disarray Friday as a widespread technology outage affected companies and services across industries ��� grounding flights, knocking banks and hospital systems offline and media outlets off air. At the heart of the massive disruption is CrowdStrike, a Trump uses false claim about Chinese auto plants in Mexico to call for UAW president to be fired 07/19/2024 04:11pm • DETROIT (AP) ��� Donald Trump made a pitch for votes from key swing state autoworkers during his acceptance speech for the Republican presidential nomination, using false claims to call on them to fire their union president. On Thursday night in Milwaukee, Trump said the United Auto Workers union sh Bangladesh imposes nationwide curfew as deadly protests over government jobs escalate 07/19/2024 02:50pm • DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) ��� Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina���s government late Friday announced a nationwide curfew across Bangladesh and ordered the deployment of military forces to maintain order following days of deadly clashes over the allocation of government jobs. The announcement was made by Oba Drone strike by Yemen's Houthi rebels kills 1 person and wounds at least 10 in Tel Aviv 07/19/2024 11:08am • TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) ��� An Iranian-made drone sent by Yemen���s Houthi rebels struck Tel Aviv on Friday, leaving one person dead and at least 10 wounded in the group���s first lethal strike into Israel. The aerial strike rumbled through the center of the city near the U.S. Embassy, causing shrapne NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week 07/19/2024 10:41am • A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out." ___ Online posts falsely claim a sharpshooter was told not to fire on t Long before his arrest, US reporter lamented that many friends in Russia were being locked up 07/19/2024 10:16am • In early 2022, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich wrote on social media that ���reporting on Russia is now also a regular practice of watching people you know get locked away for years.��� A year later, he was the one locked up ��� arrested in March 2023 on charges of spying that his empl Treasury warns that anti-woke banking laws like Florida's are a national security risk 07/19/2024 09:54am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Treasury Department is warning that state laws that restrict banks from considering environmental, social and governance factors could harm efforts to address money laundering and terrorism financing. The Associated Press obtained a copy of the letter sent Thursday to lawmake Yoga, meditation and prayer: Urban transit workers cope with violence and fear on the job 07/19/2024 09:01am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� In a dimly lit room strung with fairy lights and ivy, transit workers file in and lie on inflated cots. Soothing piano notes play as a teacher rubs their ankles and toes, helping each with heated blankets and eye masks. ���Breathe in," she says. "Think of a balloon, filling up with As Virginia works toward statewide school cellphone policy, some are skeptical it���ll actually work 07/19/2024 05:15am • In Oveta Scott���s classroom at Unity Braxton Middle School in Manassas, Virginia, there���s a strict no-cellphone policy in place. If something���s wrong or there���s an emergency, Scott allows her students to send a message or make a call directly in front of her, before putting the device