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Democratic delegates cite new energy while rallying behind Kamala Harris for president

Associated Press Delegates to the Democratic National Convention are rallying behind Vice President Kamala Harris as the party’s new presidential candidates. Since President Joe Biden dropped out his reelection bid Sunday, Harris already has amassed support from enough convention delegates to become her party’s nominee against Republican Donald Trump. Some delegates surveyed by The Associated

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Rushed railcar inspections and ‘stagnated’ safety record reinforce concerns after fiery Ohio crash

Associated Press Rail unions say that inspections continue to be rushed and a new federal study reinforces that concern with railroads routinely allowing less than two minutes per car for inspections. There are nearly 200 things to check on every railcar and the Transportation Communications Union that represents workers say there’s no way to do

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Wildfires threaten communities in the West as Oregon fire closes interstate, creates its own weather

Associated Press BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — Firefighters in the West are scrambling as wildfires threaten communities in Oregon, California and Washington. A stretch of Interstate 84 connecting Oregon and Idaho in the area of one of the fires was closed indefinitely Tuesday. I-84 between Ontario and Baker City closed as flames from the Durkee fire

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France’s Macron says he’ll keep the centrist caretaker government on through the Olympics

Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday he will keep a centrist caretaker government on through the Olympics to avoid “disorder,” brushing aside an 11th-hour prime minister nomination by the country’s leftist coalition. Macron made his widely expected announcement in a TV interview late Tuesday. Just prior to that appearance, the

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Clip resurfaces of Vance criticizing Harris for being ‘childless,’ testing Trump’s new running mate

Associated Press Comments JD Vance made in 2021 questioning Vice President Kamala Harris’ leadership because she did not have biological children have resurfaced, testing the young conservative senator in his early days campaigning as part of the Republicans’ presidential ticket. During Vance’s bid for the Senate in Ohio, he said in a Fox News interview

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Rushed railcar inspections and ‘stagnated’ safety record reinforce concerns after fiery Ohio crash

Associated Press Rail unions say that inspections continue to be rushed and a new federal study reinforces that concern with railroads routinely allowing less than two minutes per car for inspections. There are nearly 200 things to check on every railcar and the Transportation Communications Union that represents workers say there’s no way to do

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Judge approves referendum sought by slave descendants to challenge rezoning of island community

Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia judge has approved a referendum sought by slave descendants to challenge rezoning changes that residents say threaten one of the South’s last Gullah-Geechee communities. McIntosh County Probate Court Judge Harold Webster on Tuesday ordered that a special election be held Oct. 1. He said election officials verified

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Nashville grapples with lingering neo-Nazi presence in tourist-friendly city

Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Among the throngs of tourists in cowboy attire who flock to Nashville’s famed downtown honky-tonks, a small but unsettling group has distracted locals and visitors from the neon lights lately with Nazi salutes and white supremacist rhetoric. For weeks, neo-Nazis have livestreamed antisemitic antics for shock value in Nashville

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Antisemitism runs rampant in Philadelphia schools, Jewish group alleges in civil rights complaint

Associated Press The Anti-Defamation League says the Philadelphia school district has failed to protect Jewish students from “a virulent wave of antisemitism” that swept through classrooms after Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7. The ADL filed a complaint Tuesday with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights. The Jewish advocacy group wants the

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