Associated Press/Report for America GROVE HILL, Ala. (AP) — One of the last remaining birthing units in southern Alabama is slated to close to qualify for federal funding that will save the hospital’s emergency services. But doctors warn the move scheduled for next month may cost newborns and pregnant women essential access to obstetric care.
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CNN By CNN Staff (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump accepted the Republican presidential nomination on Thursday with the most dishonest speech of the four-day Republican National Convention, making more than 20 false claims by CNN’s count. Many of the false claims were ones Trump has made before, some of them for years. They spanned
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CNN By Eric Bradner, Arit John, Daniel Strauss and Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — On a night Republicans projected bravado around their 2024 presidential ticket, Donald Trump started his prime-time address by displaying a rare vulnerability. In his speech capping off the Republican National Convention as he accepted the party’s nomination for a third consecutive
Continue Reading CNN By Eric Bradner, Arit John, Daniel Strauss and Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — On a night Republicans projected bravado around their 2024 presidential ticket, Donald Trump started his prime-time address by displaying a rare vulnerability. In his speech capping off the Republican National Convention as he accepted the party’s nomination for a third consecutive
Continue Reading CNN By Eric Bradner, Arit John, Daniel Strauss and Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — On a night Republicans projected bravado around their 2024 presidential ticket, Donald Trump started his prime-time address by displaying a rare vulnerability. In his speech capping off the Republican National Convention as he accepted the party’s nomination for a third consecutive
Continue Reading By Eric Bradner, Arit John, Daniel Strauss and Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — On a night Republicans projected bravado around their 2024 presidential ticket, Donald Trump started his prime-time address by displaying a rare vulnerability. In his speech capping off the Republican National Convention as he accepted the party’s nomination for a third consecutive election,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — For those conservative voters long turned off by former President Donald Trump’s rhetoric, his somewhat softened tone in accepting the Republican nomination Thursday night was a welcome relief. “He’s much improved,” said Dave Struthers, a 57-year-old farmer from Collins, Iowa, after watching the beginning of Trump’s speech in the basement
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Melania Trump and Ivanka Trump were at the Republican National Convention on its last night. Their presence Thursday was a rare appearance in support of former President Donald Trump’s third bid for president. The former first lady and the former president’s eldest daughter have largely steered clear of the campaign trail this year,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press UMM AL-KHAIR, West Bank (AP) — First came the Israeli military bulldozers, which tore down a quarter of the homes in the West Bank Bedouin village of Umm al-Khair. Then came the settler attacks. In the aftermath, dozens of people were left homeless and without consistent access to water and electricity. Several were
Continue ReadingAssociated Press 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 Obaidul Quader, the general secretary of the ruling Awami League
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Barack Obama has a delicate balance to strike: how to weigh the mounting opposition to President Joe Biden continuing his campaign with his loyalty to his former running mate. In recent days, Obama has taken calls from congressional leaders, Democratic governors and key donors in which he has
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As President Joe Biden faces a growing drumbeat of pressure to drop his reelection bid, a majority of Democrats think his vice president would make a good president herself. A new poll from the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that about 6 in 10 Democrats believe Kamala Harris
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 News is interviewing candidates in the August primary ahead of the election. Below is an interview with Dave Raithel seeking election to the 44th House District seat being vacated by Cheri Toalson Reisch (R-Hallsville). He is the only Democratic candidate running. Bryce Beal and John Martin are running against each other
Continue ReadingHard-line President Alexander Lukashenko has led Belarus for 30 years and intends to seek yet another term in office. The former collective farm manager has harshly stifled the opposition with arrests, beatings and long prison terms. He also has antagonized the West with human rights abuses and a close relationship with Moscow. Much of the
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer EA Sports College Football 25, among the most highly anticipated sports video games of all time, has flooded the market as gamers who waited more than a decade for the franchise’s next installment rush to play. The game officially launched Friday, with EA Sports increasing its server capacity ahead of time to
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By Eugenia Yosef, Jennifer Hansler, Eyad Kourdi and Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — Israel authorities are investigating the circumstances and potential security lapses around a deadly drone blast in Tel Aviv that killed one man and injured at least 10 others on Friday. The attack was claimed by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, in what the Iranian
Continue Reading By Associated Press (CNN) — Employees of the largest housing provider for unaccompanied migrant children in the US repeatedly sexually abused and harassed children in their care for at least eight years, the Justice Department said Thursday, alleging a shocking litany of offenses that took place as the company amassed billions of dollars in government
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — For three decades, European leaders have come and gone by the dozens, but Alexander Lukashenko remains in absolute control of Belarus. His longevity is due to a mixture of harshly silencing all dissent, reverting to Soviet-style economic controls and methods, and cozying up to Russia, even as he sometimes
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A judge on Friday tentatively scheduled Harvey Weinstein’s planned retrial on rape and sexual assault charges to begin on Nov. 12. Weinstein wore an American flag pin on his jacket during a brief court appearance in Manhattan that was delayed by more than 90 minutes due to a disruption
Continue ReadingAssociated Press 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 shrapnel to rain
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