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View in Browser | APNews July 19, 2024 AP Afternoon Wire Advancing the Power of Facts Biden pushes party unity as he resists calls to step aside, says he’ll return to campaign next week A growing chorus of Democratic lawmakers called Friday for President Joe Biden to drop his reelection bid, even as the president insisted he’s ready to return to the campaign trail next week to counter what he called a “dark vision” laid out by Republican Donald Trump. Read More. A massive tech outage is causing worldwide disruptions. Here's what we know Much of the world faced online disarray Friday as a widespread technology outage affected companies and services across industries — grounding flights, knocking banks and hospital systems offline and media outlets off air. Read More. Russia convicts US journalist of spying in a trial widely seen as politically motivated Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was convicted Friday of espionage and sentenced to 16 years in a maximum-security prison on charges that his employer and the U.S. government have rejected as fabricated. Read More. Bangladesh imposes nationwide curfew as deadly protests over government jobs escalate 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. Read More. < Top Trending            |            APNews.com > Majority of Democrats think Kamala Harris would make a good president, AP-NORC poll shows 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. Read More. Top UN court says Israel’s presence in occupied Palestinian territories is illegal and should end The top U.N. court said Friday that Israel’s presence in the occupied Palestinian territories is “unlawful” and called on it to end and for settlement construction to stop immediately, issuing an unprecedented, sweeping condemnation of Israel’s rule over the lands it captured 57 years ago. Read More. Firefighter killed at Trump rally honored with bagpipes, gun salute and a bugle sounding taps The keen of bagpipes, a three-volley gun salute and a bugle sounding taps pierced the air of a small Pennsylvania town on Friday as hundreds gathered to honor an ex-fire chief who was shot and killed at a rally for former President Donald Trump. Read More. Ten Commandments won't go in Louisiana classrooms until at least November as lawsuit plays out Louisiana won’t take official steps to implement a law requiring the Ten Commandments be placed in all of the state’s public school classrooms until at least November as a lawsuit makes its way through the courts, according to an agreement approved by a federal judge Friday. Read More. ADVERTISEMENT Trending Now Weird Al on new music, Sabrina Carpenter, a decade of 'Mandatory Fun' and 40 years of 'Eat It' Ten years ago, “Weird Al” Yankovic made history, as he is wont to do. “Mandatory Fun,” his 14th and final studio album, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. It was not only unprecedented for Yankovic, but unprecedented for his genre as a whole: Never before had a comedy album debuted at the top spot. Read More. From a media perspective, it was a tale of two Trump speeches — and long enough for both From a media perspective, Donald Trump failed to stick the landing at the Republican convention that nominated him as its presidential candidate for a third time. Read More. < Top Trending            |            APNews.com > SUPPORT THE AP. DONATE. Manage preferences | Privacy policy | Unsubscribe   *Advertisers have no control over editorial decisions or content. If you're interested in advertising, contact us here. ADVERTISEMENT

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