Harris introduces new running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as the ‘vice president America deserves’
PHILADELPHIA (AP) â Kamala Harris is introducing Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to the nation as âthe vice president America deservesâ at a raucous rally in the critical battleground state of Pennsylvania. Harris selected Walz as her No. 2 against the Republican ticket of Donald Trump and Ohio Sen. JD Vance just hours earlier Tuesday. She says she set out to find a partner to help build a brighter future for America and has found such a leader in Walz. Walz is someone who deflects dark and foreboding rhetoric from Republicans with a lighter touch. The strategy is one the campaign has been increasingly turning to since Harris took over the Democrats’ 2024 ticket from President Joe Biden.
Takeaways from a Harris-Walz ticket now that the stage is set for a reimagined presidential race
WASHINGTON (AP) â The stage is set for an election that was unimaginable mere weeks ago when President Joe Biden was atop the Democratic ticket. Now Vice President Kamala Harris has tapped Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate to take on Republican Donald Trump and his No. 2, Ohio Sen. JD Vance. As different as they are, Walz and Vance both qualify as picks meant to reassure their partyâs loyal base voters rather than adding local heft in a critical battleground state. Walz is traveling this week with Harris to Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, Arizona and Nevada. And Vance will have an overlapping itinerary to offer counterprograming.
Tropical Storm Debby drenches Southeast with rain, high water as it drifts along the Atlantic coast
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) â Tropical Storm Debby has drenched coastal cities in Georgia and South Carolina and is not finished bringing heavy rain to the region. Debby was centered just east of Savannah on Tuesday afternoon. The system has already stirred up tornadoes and submerged streets in waist-high floodwaters. The storm was forecast to move relatively slowly across southern states, with staggering rainfall totals possible in some areas. The latest forecast says Debby could restrengthen over the Atlantic Ocean and then move inland again near Charleston, South Carolina, by Thursday. Debby made landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast early Monday as a hurricane. At least five people have died.
Hamas names Yahya Sinwar, mastermind of the Oct. 7 attacks, as its new leader in show of defiance
BEIRUT (AP) â The Palestinian militant group Hamas says it has chosen Yahya Sinwar, its top official in Gaza who masterminded the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel, as its new leader. The choice of Sinwar, a secretive figure who leads Hamasâ hardliners and is close to Iran, was a defiant step. Sinwar is at the top of Israelâs kill list as it seeks to destroy Hamas and its leadership after the Oct. 7 attack. He replaces Ismail Haniyeh, who was killed in Iran last week in a presumed Israeli strike. Unlike Haniyeh, who had lived in exile in Qatar for years, Sinwar has remained in Gaza.
Pakistani man with ties to Iran is charged in plot to carry out political assassinations on US soil
WASHINGTON (AP) â The Justice Department says a Pakistani man alleged to have ties to Iran has been charged in a plot to carry out political assassinations on U.S. soil. Prosecutors in Brooklyn announced criminal charges Tuesday against Asif Merchant, accusing him of traveling to New York to try to hire a hitman. The plot was disrupted before it could be carried out. Court documents don’t identify any of the potential targets. But the case was unsealed just weeks after U.S. officials disclosed that a threat on Donald Trumpâs life from Iran prompted additional security in the days before a Pennsylvania rally last month in which Trump was injured by a gunmanâs bullet.
A Nobel laureate will head Bangladesh’s interim government after unrest ousted Hasina, official says
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) â Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus will head Bangladeshâs interim government after former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stepped down and fled the country amid a mass uprising against her rule, led mostly by students. Wednesday’s announcement came from Joynal Abedin, the press secretary of President Mohammed Shahabuddin. Abedin says leaders of the student protests, the chiefs of the countryâs three divisions of the military, civil society members as well as some business leaders met with the president for more than five hours late on Tuesday to decide on the head of the interim administration. Yunus, who is in Paris for the Olympics, was not immediately reachable for comment but a student leader says he’s accepted the post.
Calm returns to Wall Street, and stocks bounce back after their worst drop in nearly 2 years
NEW YORK (AP) â Stocks rose on Wall Street as calm returned to the market a day after its worst drop in nearly two years. The S&P 500 rose 1% Tuesday to break a brutal three-day losing streak. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.8%, and the Nasdaq composite added 1%. Strong profit reports from Uber and other companies helped support the market. Stocks of all kinds climbed in a mirror opposite of the day before when the unraveling of some popular trades and worries about the U.S. economy wracked markets. Treasury yields climbed to claw back some of their sharp drops since April.
Hearing seeks insight into blowout on a Boeing jet that pilots said threw the flight into ‘chaos’
Boeing factory workers say they were pressured to work too fast and asked to perform jobs that they werenât qualified for, including opening and closing the door plug that later blew off an Alaska Airlines jet. Those accounts from inside the company were disclosed Tuesday, as federal investigators opened a two-day hearing into the blowout, which further tarnished Boeingâs safety reputation and left it facing new legal jeopardy. A Boeing door installer said he was never told to take any shortcuts but everyone faced pressure to keep the assembly line moving.
Fossils suggest even smaller âhobbitsâ roamed an Indonesian island 700,000 years ago
WASHINGTON (AP) â New research suggests ancestors of the âhobbitsâ were even smaller. Two decades ago, researchers discovered fossils of an early human species in an Indonesian cave that stood 3 1/2 feet tall, earning them the nickname âhobbits.â Now a new study released Tuesday suggests earlier relatives that were 2.4 inches shorter and existed 700,000 years ago. Findings were published in the journal Nature Communications. Researchers have debated how the hobbits â named Homo floresiensis â evolved to be so small and where they fall in the human evolutionary story.
Boxer Imane Khelif advances to gold-medal bout with another victory amid gender misconceptions
PARIS (AP) â Boxer Imane Khelif of Algeria has advanced to the gold-medal bout in the womenâs welterweight division with a semifinal victory at the Paris Olympics amid scrutiny over misconceptions about her gender. Khelif defeated Janjaem Suwannapheng of Thailand 5:0 in the semifinals at Roland Garros. Khelif has won three consecutive fights in Paris, and she will win either a gold or a silver medal when she completes the tournament on Friday. Khelif had already clinched Algeriaâs first medal in womenâs boxing before she stepped into the ring to rousing roars from a crowd chanting her name at Court Philippe Chatrier.
