Snoop Dogg carries Olympic torch before opening ceremony in Paris

Associated Press 07/27/2024

SAINT-DENIS, France — Snoop Dogg is seemingly everywhere during the Paris Olympics, but on Friday morning you could catch him carrying the Olympic torch ahead of the opening ceremony. He was one of the final torch bearers…

Kamala Harris using Beyoncé’s ‘Freedom’ as her campaign song

Associated Press 07/26/2024

NEW YORK — In Vice President Kamala Harris’ first 2024 presidential campaign video, a familiar rhythm rings out. The clip, which touches on issues of gun violence, health care and abortion, is soundtracked by Beyoncé’s “Freedom,” a…

Taiwan prepares for typhoon that left 12 dead in Philippines

Associated Press 07/24/2024

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan shuttered offices, schools and tourist sites across the island Wednesday ahead of a powerful typhoon that already worsened seasonal rains in the Philippines, killed at least 12 people and displaced 600,000. Typhoon Gaemi’s…

US Secret Service chief: We failed in mission to protect Trump

Associated Press 07/23/2024

WASHINGTON — Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle said Monday that her agency failed in its mission to protect former President Donald Trump during a highly contentious congressional hearing with lawmakers of both major political parties demanding she…

‘Twisters’ whips up $80.5 million at box office in North America

Associated Press 07/22/2024

Moviegoers ran toward the tornadoes this weekend, propelling ” Twisters ” to a blockbuster opening. The standalone sequel to the 1996 hit made $80.5 million in ticket sales from 4,151 theaters in North America, according to studio…

Kamala Harris: Spotlight on her as she fights to get Democrats’ nod

Associated Press 07/22/2024

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris is being thrust into the most scrutinizing of spotlights, suddenly the leading candidate to succeed President Joe Biden as the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee and her party’s main hope of defeating…

Harris, endorsed by Biden, could be first woman US president

Associated Press 07/22/2024

WASHINGTON — She’s already broken barriers, and now Kamala Harris could shatter several more after President Joe Biden abruptly ended his reelection bid and endorsed her. Biden announced Sunday that he was stepping aside after a disastrous…

Biden drops out of 2024 race, endorses VP Harris

Associated Press 07/22/2024

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race for the White House on Sunday, ending his bid for reelection after a disastrous debate with Donald Trump that raised doubts about the incumbent’s fitness for…

1980 conviction reversed: US woman free after 43 years in prison

Associated Press 07/21/2024

CHILLICOTHE, Missouri — A woman whose murder conviction was overturned after she served 43 years in prison was released Friday, July 19, after Missouri’s attorney general fought for more than a month to keep her behind bars.…

‘Longlegs’ star Maika Monroe shares secret to Hollywood success

Associated Press 07/19/2024

LOS ANGELES — One of the few moments of levity in “Longlegs” — the Neon horror film in theaters now about a Satanist serial killer — happens when Maika Monroe’s character, Lee Harker, meets her co-worker’s young…

Shannen Doherty finalized divorce hours before death

Associated Press 07/19/2024

LOS ANGELES — Shannen Doherty finalized her split with husband, Kurt Iswarienko, just hours before her death at age 53, and she was granted a rare posthumous divorce two days later. Doherty, the star of “Beverly Hills,…

Obama, Pelosi, other Democrats renew push for Biden to quit race

Associated Press 07/19/2024

WASHINGTON — Former President Barack Obama has privately expressed concerns to Democrats about President Joe Biden’s candidacy, and Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi privately warned Biden that Democrats could lose the ability to seize control of the House…

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