By JEFFREY COLLINS and JOHN MINCHILLO Associated Press HUGER, S.C. (AP) — Tropical Storm Debby has made a second landfall in South Carolina on its way up the East Coast, where residents as far north as Vermont could get several inches of rain this weekend.The National Hurricane Center says Debby …
Read More »Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz will debut as the 2024 Democratic ticket at a Philadelphia rally
By ZEKE MILLER, COLLEEN LONG, STEVE KARNOWSKI, WILL WEISSERT and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris picked Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to be her running mate on Tuesday, turning to an affable longtime politician who Democrats hope can keep newfound party unity alive in …
Read More »The Latest: Debby blamed for multiple deaths in Florida, Georgia, leaves thousands without power
By The Associated Press undefined High winds and heavy rains from Tropical Storm Debby lashed Florida on Monday. At least four deaths were reported in the state, and hundreds had to be rescued from flooded homes.The storm is now threatening to flood some of America’s most historic Southern cities. Here’s …
Read More »Hurricane Debby makes landfall in Florida as Category 1 storm and threatens catastrophic flooding
By KIMBERLY CHANDLER and CHRISTOPHER O’MEARA Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Debby reached the Big Bend coast of Florida early Monday, bringing with it the potential for catastrophic flooding and life-threatening storm surge as it slowly passes over the northern part of the state. Forecasters warned that, in …
Read More »Trump again tears into Georgia’s Republican governor on the same day he campaigns in the stateT
By BILL BARROW and MEG KINNARD Associated PressATLANTA (AP) — Former President Donald Trump picked a new fight with Georgia’s Republican governor as he campaigned in the key swing state where he’s looking to avenge his narrow 2020 loss — a defeat he continues to blame on Republican officials based …
Read More »Trump says he’ll skip an ABC debate with Harris in September and wants them to face off on Fox NewsT
By MEG KINNARD Associated PressCHAPIN, S.C. (AP) — Donald Trump says he is pulling out of a scheduled September debate with Vice President Kamala Harris on ABC and wants them to face off on Fox News, making it increasingly unlikely that the candidates will confront each other on stage before …
Read More »Simone Biles says she loves her ‘black job,’ an apparent clapback at Donald Trump
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press Olympic gymnastics champion Simone Biles entered the fray of the U.S. presidential race on Friday with a post that appears to clap back at former President Donald Trump’s comment about “Black jobs.” “I love my black job,” Biles posted on X, in response to a …
Read More »Prisoner Swap Latest: US reporter Evan Gershkovich freed in prisoner swamp
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and Russia completed their biggest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history on Thursday, with Moscow releasing Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and fellow American Paul Whelan in a multinational deal that set some two dozen people free, according to officials in Turkey, where the …
Read More »Harris calls Trump’s false claims about race ‘the same old show’ of divisiveness and disrespect
By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris said Wednesday that former President Donald Trump’s false assertions about her race were the “same old show” as she emphasized the need for Black women to organize for his defeat this November.Addressing the Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc. — …
Read More »Donald Trump falsely questions Kamala Harris’ race as he appears at gathering of Black journalists
By MATT BROWN and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated PressCHICAGO (AP) — Donald Trump falsely suggested Kamala Harris had misled voters about her race as the former president appeared before the National Association of Black Journalists in Chicago Wednesday in an interview that quickly turned hostile.The Republican former president wrongly claimed …
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