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Despite Musk's Trump endorsement, X remains a go-to platform for Democrats

A week after Elon Musk endorsed Donald Trump for president, President Joe Biden’s team used Musk’s social media platform X — in addition to more neutral spaces such as Facebook and Instagram — to announce he is ending his campaign for reelection
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FILE - The Twitter logo is seen on the awning of the building that houses the Twitter office in New York, on Oct. 26, 2022. The European Union says blue checkmarks from Elon Musk’s X are deceptive and that the online platform falls short on transparency and accountability requirements. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
39 minutes ago

Conservatives use shooting at Trump rally to attack DEI efforts at Secret Service

Several Republican lawmakers seized on gender and diversity, equity and inclusion efforts at the Secret Service as among the reasons for security lapses during the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump
39 minutes ago
Kimberly Cheatle, Director, U.S. Secret Service, testifies during a House Committee on Oversight and Accountability hearing on Oversight of the U.S. Secret Service and the Attempted Assassination of President Donald J. Trump, on Capitol Hill, Monday, July 22, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
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Darren Walker, president of Ford Foundation, will step down by the end of 2025

Darren Walker, the president of the Ford Foundation, will step down from his role by the end of 2025
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FILE - Darren Walker, president of the Ford Foundation, participates in the Global Citizen NOW conference in New York, April 28, 2023. The foundation announced Monday, July 22, 2024, that Walker, who has led the foundation since 2013, will step down from his role by the end of 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
3 hours ago

Labor unions start to unify behind Kamala Harris. Here's why.

"She has close ties to many, many unions," one labor official said.
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Vice President Kamala Harris talks to a union leader while she walks a picket line with striking UAW members, Oct. 3, 2019 at a General Motors facility just north of Reno, Nev.
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How major US stock indexes fared Monday, 7/22/2024

Stocks closed broadly higher on Wall Street Monday, clawing back some of the losses from their worst week since April
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Eminem brings Taylor Swift's historic reign at No. 1 to an end, Stevie Wonder's record stays intact

Eminem’s 12th studio album, “The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce),” has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, unseating Taylor Swift’s “The Tortured Poets Department” after 12 weeks
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Eminem performs at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival on June 9, 2018, left, and Taylor Swift performs at Wembley Stadium in London as part of her Eras Tour on June 21, 2024. Eminem’s 12th studio album, “The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce),” has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, unseating Taylor Swift’s “The Tortured Poets Department” after 12 weeks. (AP Photo)
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Warner Bros. Discovery, TNT Sports informs NBA it will match Amazon Prime Video's offer to air games

Turner Sports intends to continue its longtime relationship with the NBA
3 hours ago
FILE - An NBA logo is seen at center court prior to an NBA basketball game between the Los Angeles Clippers and the Los Angeles Lakers, Thursday, July 30, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The NBA has agreed to terms on its new media deal, an 11-year agreement worth $76 billion that assures player salaries will continue rising for the foreseeable future and one that will surely change how some viewers access the game for years to come. (Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images via AP, Pool, File)
3 hours ago

Warner Bros. Discovery informs NBA it will match Amazon Prime Video's offer to carry games

Warner Bros. Discovery informs NBA it will match Amazon Prime Video's offer to carry games
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Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities

Benchmark U.S. crude oil for August delivery fell 35 cents to $79.78 per barrel Monday
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July 22

Cleveland-Cliffs will make electrical transformers at shuttered West Virginia tin plant

Cleveland-Cliffs says it will produce electrical transformers at a West Virginia facility that closed earlier this year
July 22
July 22

CrowdStrike CEO called to testify to Congress over cybersecurity's firm role in global tech outage

U.S. House leaders are calling on CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz to testify to Congress about the cybersecurity company’s role in sparking the widespread tech outage that grounded flights, knocked banks and hospital systems offline and affected services ...
July 22
The logo for CrowdStrike and a Spirit Airlines webpage are shown on a computer screen and mobile phone screen, in New York, Friday, July 19, 2024. A global technology outage grounded flights, knocked banks offline and media outlets off air after a faulty software update disrupted companies and services around the world and highlighted their dependence on just a handful of providers. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
July 22

Defamation suit against Fox News by head of dismantled disinformation board tossed by federal judge

A defamation suit against Fox News by a government official who served on a short-lived U.S. government media disinformation board is being dismissed by a federal judge
July 22
FILE - Homeland Security logo is seen during a joint news conference in Washington, Feb. 25, 2015. A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit against Fox News on Monday, July 22, 2024, that accused it of defaming Nina Jankowicz, a former government official who served on a short-lived U.S. government media disinformation board. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
July 22

Estonia's new government is formally appointed. Its first priority is to improve state finances

Estonia’s president has formally appointed a new government after lawmakers in the Baltic country gave the green light to Prime Minister-designate Kristen Michal’s three-party coalition Cabinet
July 22
Estonia's Prime Minister Kaja Kallas speaks during her arrival at the NATO summit in Washington, Thursday, July 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
July 22

AI industry is influencing the world. Mozilla adviser Abeba Birhane is challenging its core values

“Scaling up” is a catchphrase in the artificial intelligence industry as tech companies rush to improve their AI systems with ever-bigger sets of internet data
July 22
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July 22

Ryanair, Verizon fall, Reddit, Clearwater Paper rise; Monday, 7/22/2024

Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Monday: Ryanair, Verizon fall, Reddit, Clearwater Paper rise
July 22
July 22

Philippine president orders shutdown of Chinese-run online gambling industry employing thousands.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has ordered an immediate ban on widespread and mostly Chinese-run online gaming operations in the Philippines accusing them of venturing into crimes, including financial scams, human trafficking, torture, kidnapping and m...
July 22
First Lady Marie Louise Marcos arrives at the plenary hall ahead of the State of the Nation Address at the House of Representatives in Quezon City, Philippines, on Monday, July 22, 2024. (AP Photo/ Gerard V. Carreon)
July 22

US investigating some Jeep and Ram vehicles after getting complaints of abrupt engine stalling

U.S. auto safety regulators are investigating complaints that some Ram pickups and Jeep Wagoneer SUVs can lose power, shift into park and apply the emergency brake
July 22
This Oct. 1, 2014 photo shows Jeep and Dodge Ram logos on signs at a dealership in Haverhill, Mass. U.S. auto safety regulators are investigating complaints that some Ram pickups and Jeep Wagoneer SUVs can lose power, shift into park and apply the emergency brake. The probe announced Monday, July 22, 2024 covers about 150,000 vehicles made by Stellantis from 2022. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, file)
July 22

Most airlines except one are recovering from the CrowdStrike tech outage. The feds have noticed

Delta Air Lines is struggling for a fourth straight day to recover from the tech outage, even as other airlines are returning to nearly normal levels of service
July 22
Jose Angel Saavedra, left, and his wife Sara, of Johnston, Iowa, look at their cell phones while trying to book a flight after their original flight was cancelled, Friday, July 19, 2024, at the Des Moines International Airport in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
July 22

Troubled Boeing stays close to the ground at a major UK air show

European planemaker Airbus plans to show off its newest passenger jet with daily flight demonstrations during one of the world’s biggest aviation trade fairs
July 22
Members of staff display the first class cabin of a Qatar Airways Boeing 787, at the Farnborough International Air Show in Farnborough, England, Monday, July 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
July 22

EPA awards $4.3 billion to fund projects in 30 states to reduce climate pollution

The Environmental Protection Agency is awarding $4.3 billion in grants to fund projects in 30 states to reduce climate pollution
July 22
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks during a news conference overlooking the Susquehanna River from a balcony at the offices of the Susquehanna River Basin Commission, Tuesday, July 9, 2024, in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Marc Levy)
July 22

Stock market today: Wall Street climbs as Big Tech recovers following worst week in months

U.S. stocks closed broadly higher, clawing back some of the losses from their worst week since April
July 22
Specialist Anthony Matesic works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, July 22, 2024. U.S. stocks are climbing Monday and clawing back some of the losses from their worst week since April. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
July 22

China moves to pep up its slowing economy, lays out roadmap for its future

China’s central bank has cut key interest rates in a surprise move aimed at injecting pep into the economy, while the ruling Communist Party released a 50-page roadmap addressing long-term challenges
July 22
A women rides her bike past a housing project under construction on the outskirts of Beijing, China, on July 17, 2024. China’s central bank has cut both its five-year loan prime rate and its one-year rate, moving to revive its ailing property sector and rev up the slowing economy. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
July 22

China's central bank cuts a key interest rate, moving to revive property sales and put more pep into its slowing economy

China's central bank cuts a key interest rate, moving to revive property sales and put more pep into its slowing economy
July 22
July 21

On a summer Sunday, Biden withdrew with a text statement. News outlets struggled for visuals

The shocking news of President Joe Biden abandoning his race for re-election led news outlets to scramble on a summer Sunday afternoon
July 21
A news crawl appears on the side of the Fox News building in New York, Sunday, July 21, 2024, in the wake of President Joe Biden dropping out of the 2024 race for the White House. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
July 21

Delta Air Lines says cancellations continue as it tries to restore operations after tech outage

Airlines, including Delta Air Lines, continued to struggle to restore operations two days after a faulty software update caused technological havoc worldwide and resulted in several carriers grounding flights
July 21
Kaycee Friend, center, of Pendleton, Ore., waits in line at the Delta Terminal after her flight was cancelled, Friday, July 19, 2024, at Logan International Airport in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
July 21

Anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson arrested in Greenland. He faces possible extradition to Japan

Greenland police say they have apprehended veteran environmental activist and anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson on an international arrest warrant issued by Japan
July 21
FILE - Paul Watson, then founder and President of the animal rights and environmental Sea Shepherd Conservation, attends a demonstration against the Costa Rican government near Germany's President residence during a visit of Costa Rica's president in Berlin, Germany, on Wednesday, May 23, 2012. Greenland police said they arrested Watson on Sunday, July 21, 2024, on an international arrest warrant issued by Japan. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, file)
July 21

Small businesses grapple with global tech outages created by CrowdStrike

Businesses from airlines to hospitals have been grappling with faulty software update that caused technological havoc worldwide on Friday
July 21
A patron walks out of a Starbucks at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Friday, July 19, 2024, in Phoenix. A global technology outage grounded flights, knocked banks offline and media outlets off air after a faulty software update disrupted companies and services around the world and highlighted their dependence on just a handful of providers (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
July 21

Nepal’s new prime minister seeks vote of confidence in parliament, secure more than two-third votes

Nepal’s newly appointed prime minister has secured overwhelming support in parliament with more than two-thirds of members voting in his favor
July 21
Nepalese Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli arrives to ask for a vote of confidence in parliament in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, July 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
July 21

Restaurant critic's departure reveals potential hazards of the job

Restaurant critics appear to have the best job in journalism, enjoying meals a few nights a week on someone else’s dime
July 21
FILE - Diners eat lunch at Max's Oyster Bar in West Hartford, Conn., on March 19, 2021. In a recent column, New York Times restaurant critic Pete Wells announced he's leaving the beat because the constant eating has led to obesity and other health problems. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)
July 21

The biggest of stories came to the small city of Butler. Here's how its newspaper met the moment

Butler Eagle reporter Irina Bucur had a relatively straightforward assignment when a Trump rally came to town
July 21
Donna Sybert, Managing Editor of the Butler Eagle newspaper, looks over the newsroom, Wednesday, July 17, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
July 21

Heat-related Texas deaths climb after Beryl left millions without power for days or longer

The number of heat-related deaths in Texas is rising among residents who lost power during Hurricane Beryl
July 21
Janet Jarrett in the bedroom of her sister, Pamela Jarrett, who passed away after suffering heat related distress due to the power outage caused by hurricane Beryl, Friday, July 19, 2024, in Spring, Texas. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)
July 21

With GOP convention over, Milwaukee weighs the benefits of hosting political rivals

Deep-blue Milwaukee’s downtown turned red as thousands of Republican National Convention delegates and other party stalwarts gathered to formally rally behind Donald Trump as their candidate for president in the pivotal swing state
July 21
Milwaukee resident Jill McCurdy, who identifies as a Democrat, said restaurant owners she knows have not seen the boost in business she hoped the Republican National Convention would bring the city, Thursday, July 18, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Mark Vancleave)
July 20

Malicious actors trying to exploit global tech outage for their own gain

As the world continues to recover from massive business and travel disruptions caused by a faulty software update from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, malicious actors are trying to exploit the situation for their own gain
July 20
American Airlines planes wait at gates at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Friday, July 19, 2024, in Phoenix. An overnight outage was blamed on a software update that cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike sent to Microsoft computers of its corporate customers including many airlines. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
July 20

Meet some of the world's cleanest pigs, raised to grow kidneys and hearts for humans

Some of the world's cleanest pigs are being raised in the Virginia mountains to supply kidneys and hearts for animal-to-human organ transplants
July 20
Seen through a microscope, DNA is removed from a pig egg cell near Blacksburg, Va., on May 30, 2024, before a genetically modified cell is inserted. (AP Photo/Shelby Lum)
July 20

What to know about the Kids Online Safety Act and its chances of passing

The last time Congress passed a law to protect children on the internet was in 1998 — before Facebook, before the iPhone and long before today’s oldest teenagers were born
July 20
FILE - Students work on a laptop computer at Stonewall Elementary in Lexington, Ky., Feb. 6, 2023. A bill aiming to protect kids from the harms of social media, gaming sites and other online platforms appears to have enough bipartisan support to pass, though whether it actually will remains uncertain. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)
July 20

Disneyland workers authorize potential strike ahead of ongoing contract negotiations

Thousands of workers at Disney’s theme park and resort properties in California have voted to authorize a potential strike, as contract negotiations drag on
July 20
July 20

How a faulty CrowdStrike update crashed computers around the world

Airlines, banks, hospitals and other risk-averse organizations around the world chose cybersecurity company CrowdStrike to protect their computer systems from hackers and data breaches
July 20
A patron walks out of a Starbucks at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Friday, July 19, 2024, in Phoenix. A global technology outage grounded flights, knocked banks offline and media outlets off air after a faulty software update disrupted companies and services around the world and highlighted their dependence on just a handful of providers (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
July 20

Tech outage latest | Airlines and others rush to get back on track after global tech disruption

Transport providers, businesses and governments are rushing to get all their systems back online after long disruptions following a widespread technology outage
July 20
A technician removes software from an information display near United Airlines gates at the Chicago O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Friday, July 19, 2024, after software issues delayed and canceled flights globally. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
July 20

UN approves more transparent procedures for people and entities to get off its sanctions lists

The United Nations Security Council has unanimously approved more transparent procedures for the hundreds of individuals, companies and other entities who are subject to U.N. sanctions and want to get off the blacklists
July 20
July 20

Outside the RNC, small Milwaukee businesses and their regulars tried to salvage a sluggish week

The Republican National Convention didn't deliver an overwhelming victory to some small businesses in downtown Milwaukee
July 20
Outside of Downtown Market and Avenue Liquor on Thursday, July 18, 2024, in Milwaukee, Wis. This week's Republican National Convention didn't deliver an overwhelming victory to some small businesses in downtown Milwaukee. There had been earlier promises of an economic boost, but some bars, convenience stores and restaurants along the edge of the secure zone sat largely empty all week. (AP Photo/Patrick Orsagos)
July 19

American Airlines has a contract deal with flight attendants, and President Biden is happy about it

American Airlines and the union representing its flight attendants have a deal on a new contract
July 19
FILE - American Airlines planes wait at gates at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Friday, July 19, 2024, in Phoenix. American Airlines and the union representing its flight attendants said they have reached agreement on a new contract Friday. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
July 19

Pig transplant research yields a surprise: Bacon safe for some people allergic to red meat

Some people develop a weird allergy to red meat after being bitten by a lone star tick yet find they can still eat pork from a surprising source - certain pigs originally bred for human organ transplants
July 19
David Ayares, president and chief scientific officer of Revivicor, holds a package of frozen meat during an interview at the company’s offices in Blacksburg, Va., on May 30, 2024. His company genetically modified pigs, known as GalSafe pigs, so they no longer carry a sugar responsible for alpha-gal syndrome, an allergy to red meat. (AP Photo/Shelby Lum)
July 19

Two deaths linked to listeria food poisoning from meat sliced at deli counters

At least two people have died and more than two dozen were hospitalized in an outbreak of listeria food poisoning linked to meat sliced at grocery store deli counters
July 19
FILE - This 2002 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a Listeria monocytogenes bacterium, responsible for the food borne illness listeriosis. (Elizabeth White/CDC via AP, File)
July 19

How major US stock indexes fared Friday, 7/19/2024

U.S. stocks closed lower, extending a slump that left Wall Street with its worst week since April
July 19
July 19

CrowdStrike stock price plummets amid worldwide IT outage

Shares were down 11% at the close of trading on Friday.
July 19
Long queues of passengers form at the check-in counters at Ninoy Aquino International Airport, amid a global IT disruption caused by a Microsoft outage and a Crowdstrike IT problem, on July 19, 2024 in Manila, Philippines.
July 19

Trump uses false claim about Chinese auto plants in Mexico to call for UAW president to be fired

Donald Trump made a pitch for votes from autoworkers in key swing states during his acceptance speech for the Republican presidential nomination
July 19
File - United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain, left, listens as President Joe Biden speaks to striking UAW members outside a General Motors facility on Sept. 26, 2023, in Van Buren Township, Mich. Donald Trump made a pitch for votes from key swing state autoworkers during his speech at the Republican National Convention, using false claims to call on them to fire Fain. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
July 19

California judge halts hearing in fight between state agricultural giant and farmworkers' union

A California judge has temporarily blocked a hearing from taking place in a dispute between one of the state’s most influential agricultural companies and the country’s biggest farmworkers’ union
July 19
July 19

Nigeria fines Meta $220 million for violating data protection and consumer rights laws

Nigeria's government has fined Meta $220 million after its investigations found “multiple and repeated” violations of the country’s data protection and consumer rights laws on Facebook and WhatsApp
July 19
July 19

Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities

Benchmark U.S. crude oil for August delivery fell $2.69 to $80.13 per barrel Friday
July 19
July 19

Maryland announces civil lawsuit in case involving demands of sex for rent

Maryland’s attorney general has filed a civil lawsuit against an Eastern Shore landlord and his company, alleging a pattern of gender-based housing discrimination and sexual harassment that involved demands for sex in exchange for rent
July 19
FILE - Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown speaks at a news conference on April 6, 2023, in Baltimore. Brown filed a civil lawsuit on Friday, July 19, 2024, against an Eastern Shore landlord and his company, alleging a pattern of gender-based housing discrimination involving sexual harassment and demands to exchange sex for rent. (Kim Hairston/The Baltimore Sun via AP, File)