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President Joe Biden exits Air Force One, on arrival to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport in Detroit, Friday July 12, 2024, for a campaign event. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

The Democratic Party crisis after Biden's debate spirals with no clear ending

For more than two weeks now, the Democratic Party has been mired in crisis. And yet there is no sign that the threat to Joe Biden’s reelection is nearing a conclusion. The president has dug in even … more

By STEVE PEOPLES | 7/12/24

FILE - Brian Steven Smith watches proceedings during the opening day of his double murder trial, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024, in Anchorage, Alaska. On Friday, July 12, 2024, Smith, who killed two Alaska Native women and was heard while videotaping the 2019 torture death of one say that in his movies “everybody always dies,” was sentenced to 226 years in prison. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)

Man gets 226 years in deaths of 2 Alaska Native women. He filmed the torture of one

A man who killed two Alaska Native women and was heard while videotaping the torture death of one say that in his movies “everybody always dies” was sentenced in Anchorage Friday to 226 years … more

By MARK THIESSEN | 7/12/24

Lindsay Nelson kisses her husband, Robert "Fat Goose" Nelson, after he returned to NAS Oceana in Virginia Beach, Va., on Friday, July 12, 2024. The pilots returned after a nearly nine-month deployment with the Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group. (Billy Schuerman/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)

US Navy pilots come home after months of shooting down Houthi missiles and drones

U.S. Navy fighter pilots have come home in Virginia after months of shooting down Houthi-launched missiles and drones. The fighting in the Middle East had become the most intense running sea battle … more

By BEN FINLEY | 7/12/24

FILE - This photo provided by the Chicago Field Museum shows the bodies of migrating birds, Oct. 5, 2023, at the Chicago Field Museum in Chicago. The birds were killed when they flew into the windows of the McCormick Place Lakeside Center, a Chicago exhibition hall, the night of Oct. 4-5. The exhibition center on Chicago's lakefront has launched a $1.2 million effort to prevent bird strikes after hundreds of songbirds crashed into the building in one night last fall. (Daryl Coldren/Chicago Field Museum via AP, File)

Chicago exhibition center modifying windows to prevent bird strikes after massive kill last year

An exhibition center on Chicago' lakefront is modifying its windows to prevent bird strikes after hundreds of birds crashed into the building in one night last fall. Nearly 1,000 migrating songbirds … more

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FILE - Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, hits out of bunker onto the eighth green during the second round of the British Open Golf Championship at the Royal Troon Golf Club in Troon, Scotland, Friday, July 15, 2016. McIlroy returns to Royal Troon while trying to move past his U.S. Open collapse.(AP Photo/Peter Morrison, File)

BRITISH OPEN '24: Chance at atonement for McIlroy at Troon, last chance for everyone at the majors

Rory McIlroy doesn't see the British Open as a chance at redemption. It's just an opportunity. And for everyone at Royal Troon, it's the last opportunity of the year in the majors. The British Open … more

By DOUG FERGUSON | 7/12/24

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper touts Medicaid expansion reaching 500,000 enrollees during a news conference at the North Carolina Executive Mansion in Raleigh, N.C., on Friday, July 12, 2024. It took about seven months to reach 500,000 enrollees, which Cooper said exceeded his office's expectations. (AP Photo/Makiya Seminera)

North Carolina's Medicaid expansion program has enrolled 500,000 people in just 7 months

More than 500,000 North Carolina residents have enrolled in state's Medicaid expansion program in the seven months since it was launched. Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper said in a Friday news conference … more

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FILE - U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., speaks before President Joe Biden at the Earth Rider Brewery, Jan. 25, 2024, in Superior, Wis. Klobuchar said Friday, July 12, that she remains cancer-free following her bout with breast cancer in 2021, but doctors recently removed a small calcification and that she'll get radiation treatment as a precaution. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Sen. Klobuchar says she's cancer-free but will get radiation as precaution after a spot removal

U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar says she remains cancer-free following her bout with breast cancer in 2021, but doctors recently removed a small spot and that she’ll get radiation treatment as a … more

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In this photo provided by NASA and the Space Telescope Science Institute, two interacting galaxies are captured by the Webb Space Telescope in the infrared. Scientists say the neighboring galaxies, nicknamed Penguin, right, and the Egg, left, have been tangled up for tens of millions of years. (NASA and Space Telescope Science Institute via AP)

Webb Space Telescope's latest cosmic shot shows pair of intertwined galaxies glowing in infrared

The Webb Space Telescope has captured a pair of intertwined galaxies glowing in the infrared. NASA and the European Space Agency's observatory photographed the two galaxies 326 million light-years … more

By MARCIA DUNN | 7/12/24

JPMorgan Q2 profit rose 25% as bank cashed in holdings in Visa

JPMorgan Chase says profits jumped sharply in the second quarter as the bank cashed in billions of dollars of its holdings in Visa Inc. But the bank’s results were also helped by higher interest … more

By KEN SWEET | 7/12/24

FILE - Syrians cross into their country from the Turkish crossing point of Cilvegozu, in Reyhanli, southeastern Turkey, on Feb. 18, 2023. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Syrian President Bashar Assad have recently signaled that they are interested in restoring diplomatic ties that have been ruptured for more than a decade. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)

A rapprochement between Syria and Turkey is on the table. Here's what it might mean for the region

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Syrian President Bashar Assad in recent weeks have signaled they are interested in restoring diplomatic ties that have been ruptured for more than a decade. … more

By ABBY SEWELL and SUZAN FRASER | 7/12/24

A sizzling heat wave has sent temperatures in parts of central and southern Europe soaring toward 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places. From Italy to Romania, authorities warned people to be cautious, drive carefully if going on holiday, drink plenty of water and avoid going out during the hottest hours of the day. (AP video shot by: Paulo Lucariello, Paolo Santalucia and Ivana Bzganovic)

'It's hell outside': Sizzling heat wave in parts of southern and central Europe prompts alerts

A sizzling heat wave has sent temperatures in parts of central and southern Europe soaring toward 40 degrees Celsius, or 104 Fahrenheit, in places. From Italy to Romania, authorities warned people to … more

By JOVANA GEC | 7/11/24

FILE - South Sudanese President Salva Kiir Mayardit, left, shakes hands with Pagan Amum Okiech, leader of the Real-SPLM group, during the launch of high-level peace talks for South Sudan at State House in Nairobi, Kenya, on Thursday, May 9, 2024. South Sudan peace talks that almost reached completion faced a stumbling block with opposition groups demanding a newly passed bill allowing the detention of people without an arrest warrant scratched out in order to sign a proposed agreement. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File)

Western envoys criticize South Sudan security bill that could allow warrantless detentions

The U.S. and other western governments criticized a controversial security bill in South Sudan that would allow the government to detain people without warrants, saying it would undermine open … more

By DENG MACHOL | 7/11/24

Flowers are seen in front of a home at a residence on Kitty Hawk Road in the City of Alameda, Calif. on Thursday, July 11, 2024. A California man is in custody after fatally shooting his wife, their 6-year-old son and his wife's parents, a San Francisco Bay Area police department said Thursday. (AP Photo/Terry Chea)

California police say suspect shot and killed 4, including wife, son and parents-in-law

California authorities say a man is in custody after fatally shooting his wife, their 6-year-old son and his wife’s parents Wednesday night. Alameda Police say a 1-year-old son also was shot and is … more

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Shalom Koray poses for a picture with members of his extended family just after he met them in person for the first time on Wednesday, July 10, 2024, in North Charleston, S.C. Koray was orphaned during the Holocaust and never knew any of his relatives until a DNA test in 2023. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)

He was orphaned in the Holocaust and never met any family. Now he has cousins, thanks to DNA tests

An Israeli man orphaned during the Holocaust thought he would never meet any of his relatives. But through modern DNA science, Shalom Koray has been able to hug his second cousin in Charleston, South … more

By JEFFREY COLLINS | 7/11/24

FILE - President Donald Trump welcomes Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to the White House in Washington, on May 13, 2019. Orbán, will travel to Florida on Thursday July 11, 2024 to meet with former President Donald Trump following a NATO summit in Washington, a move likely to aggravate frustrations among his partners in the European Union over similar secretive trips he made to Russia and China in recent days. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Hungary's nationalist leader to visit Trump at Mar-a-Lago following NATO summit

Hungary’s nationalist prime minister, Viktor Orbán, is travelling to Floridato meet with former President Donald Trump following a NATO summit in Washington. It's a move likely to aggravate … more

By JUSTIN SPIKE and JILL COLVIN | 7/11/24

Part of a stegosaurus skeleton is displayed at Sotheby's New York in New York, Wednesday, July 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)

A stegosaurus nicknamed Apex will be auctioned in New York. Its remains show signs of arthritis

The nearly complete fossilized remains of a 161-million-year-old stegosaurus discovered in Colorado in 2022 will be auctioned by Sotheby’s in New York next week. Sotheby's officials have named the … more

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President Joe Biden speaks during the opening session of the NATO Summit, Wednesday, July 10, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

NATO leaders meet with Asia-Pacific partners as tensions mount with China

U.S. President Joe Biden and his NATO counterparts are set to hold talks with Asia-Pacific leaders amid concerns about tensions with China. Support from Beijing but also North Korea for Russia's … more

By LORNE COOK | 7/11/24

Syrian refugee Mohammad Amin Alsalami, 29, trains at the Wilmersdorf Stadium in Berlin on May 29, 2024. After leaving his war-torn hometown of Aleppo, he made it by foot to Germany through Turkey, Greece and the Balkans in October 2015. After almost a decade, he is thriving. He was granted asylum, has learned German, made new friends, and will now compete in Paris as part of the Refugee Olympic Team. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

They fled from their home countries. Now, they'll compete in Paris for the Refugee Olympic Team

They compete under the same flag but speak different languages and come from different parts of the world. After fleeing war and persecution, 36 athletes from 11 countries will compete in the Paris … more

By MEGAN JANETSKY, RENATA BRITO, KIRSTEN GRIESHABER and DANIELLA MATAR | 7/11/24

FILE - Ricky Leath, an outreach specialist with the City of Miami, talks with Bei Zhao, right, as he works with the Miami-Dade County Homeless Trust to distribute bottles of water and other supplies to the homeless population, helping them manage high temperatures, May 15, 2024, in Miami. The Miami-Dade government and the local National Weather Service office team up to treat heat like hurricanes and emphasize advanced preparations. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Here's what seems to work in Miami to keep deaths down as temperatures soar

Despite a record 46-day streak of triple digit feels-like temperatures, Miami’s unprecented brutal summer last year wasn’t that deadly, contrasting with the rest of the nation where federal … more

By SETH BORENSTEIN | 7/11/24

A truck sits damaged by flooding in Plainfield, Vermont, Thursday, July 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)

Hurricane Beryl's remnants flood Vermont a year after the state was hit by catastrophic rainfall

The remnants of Hurricane Beryl have brought flooding to Vermont that led to frantic evacuations, knocked down bridges and washed away an apartment building. The disaster came a year to the day after … more

By LISA RATHKE | 7/11/24