National News - Harrison Daily

FILE - People stand on a rocky outcrop in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl in Tulum, Mexico, July 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File)

Is it a hurricane or a tropical storm? Here's a breakdown of extreme weather terms

Beryl regained hurricane strength over the weekend after a short downgrade to a tropical storm as it weakened over land. The difference between hurricanes and tropical storms comes down to wind … more

By The Associated Press | 7/8/24

French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal walks back to the Prime Minister residence after delivering a speech following the second round of the legislative elections, Sunday, July 7, 2024 in Paris. A coalition of the French left that quickly banded together to beat a surging far right in legislative elections won the most seats in parliament but not a majority, according to polling projections Sunday, a stunning outcome that threatens to plunge the country into political and economic turmoil. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

The Latest | French prime minister to resign after left alliance wins the most seats in election

French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal has announced he will resign after a broad left-leaning coalition took the most seats in Sunday's snap parliamentary election. The New Popular Front fell short of … more

By The Associated Press | 7/8/24

Demonstrators wave Israeli flags during a protest marking nine months since the start of the war and calling for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip by the Hamas militant group, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, July 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

The Latest | Cease-fire talks expected to resume this week as Hamas appears to soften demands

Talks on a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip are expected to resume this week, with several officials saying the devastation caused by Israel's nine-month offensive likely helped push Hamas to soften its … more

By The Associated Press | 7/8/24

FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi greet each other before their meeting in New Delhi, India on Dec. 6, 2021. Modi on Monday begins a two-day visit to Russia that is his first since Moscow sent troops into Ukraine, a conflict that has complicated the relationship between the longtime allies by pushing Russia closer to India's rival China. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)

Indian Prime Minister Modi makes first visit to ally Russia since the start of its war on Ukraine

India’s prime minister is kicking off a two-day visit to Russia, his first since Moscow launched its invasion of Ukraine — a war that has complicated the relationship between the longtime allies … more

By KRUTIKA PATHI and JIM HEINTZ | 7/8/24

FILE - A woman uses a fan as she walks with her companion on a hot day in Beijing, June 16, 2024. June 2024 was the hottest June on record, according to Europe's Copernicus climate service on Monday, July 8. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

June sizzles to 13th straight monthly heat record. String may end soon, but dangerous heat won't

The European climate service Copernicus says Earth's more than year-long streak of record-shattering hot months kept on simmering through June. It was the 13th straight month of record warmth. … more

By SETH BORENSTEIN | 7/7/24

Local city officials prepare voting kits for the legislative election in Strasbourg, eastern France, on Saturday, July 6, 2024. Voters face a decisive choice in the runoff Sunday of snap parliamentary elections that could produce the country’s first far-right government since the World War II Nazi occupation. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

The Latest | France begins pivotal runoff elections that could propel the far right to power

France is voting in pivotal runoff elections that could hand a historic victory to Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally and its inward-looking, anti-immigrant vision. Sunday’s snap elections … more

By The Associated Press | 7/7/24

Experts say Hurricane Beryl's explosive growth into an unprecedented early whopper of a storm shows the literal hot water the Atlantic and Caribbean are in right now and the kind of season they can expect.

Beryl set to strengthen on approach to Texas due to hot ocean temperatures

After hitting Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula and downgrading to a tropical storm, Beryl is expected to once again become a hurricane as it hurtles towards southern Texas by Sunday evening. Hurricane … more

By SETH BORENSTEIN | 7/6/24

FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting at the Russian Foreign Ministry in Moscow, on June 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Putin sees no need for nuclear weapons to win in Ukraine. But he's also keeping his options open

Russian President Vladimir Putin's message to NATO was simple and stark: Don’t go too far in providing military support for Ukraine, or you’ll risk a conflict that could quickly turn into a … more

By The Associated Press | 7/6/24

2 dead and 9 injured after truck strikes group celebrating July 4 in Manhattan park

New York City authorities say two people were killed and nine others injured, four critically, after a pickup truck drove into a group celebrating the Fourth of July. Police Chief Jeffrey Maddrey … more

By The Associated Press | 7/5/24

Iranian candidates Masoud Pezeshkian and Saeed Jalili held their last campaign rallies on Wednesday ahead of Friday's runoff vote to elect the country's new president. (AP video by Saeed Sarmadi and Mohsen Ganji).

The Latest | Polls open in Iran runoff election to replace a president killed in a helicopter crash

Iranians are voting in a runoff election to replace the late President Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed in a May helicopter crash in the country’s northwest along with the foreign minister and several … more

By The Associated Press | 7/5/24

Eduardo Sedas and his son clean his house, which was affected by the overflowing of the Actopan River in Ursulo Galvan, Veracruz, Mexico, Monday, July 1, 2024. A tropical depression formed Sunday night near the port of Veracruz in eastern Mexico. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)

AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean

June 28-July 4, 2024 Hurricane Beryl powered through the Caribbean on its way to Mexico. Guatemala marked its army's 153rd anniversary. Campaigns opened in Venezuela with political rallies ahead … more

By The Associated Press | 7/5/24

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men attend a rally against Army recruitment in Jerusalem, June 30, 2024. Israel's Supreme Court ordered the government to begin drafting ultra-Orthodox men, a landmark ruling seeking to end a system that has allowed them to avoid enlistment into compulsory military service. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

AP Week in Pictures: Global

June 28-July 4, 2024 Some 200,000 music fans gathered at Worthy Farm in the southwest of England for the Glastonbury Festival. For the first time since the festival started in 1970, two female … more

By The Associated Press | 7/5/24

Participants compete during the Pride Week annual high heels race in the Chueca district, a popular area for the gay community in Madrid, Spain, Thursday, July 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Paul White)

AP PHOTOS: Madrid hosts high heels race to celebrate Pride Week

Participants delighted the crowds as they raced in high heels through Madrid’s Chueca neighborhood during Pride Week. In the heart of the city’s gay district, competitors in vibrant footwear … more

By The Associated Press | 7/4/24

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday attended the summit of a security grouping created by Moscow and Beijing to counter Western alliances.

Leaders of Russia, China attend summit of regional security grouping

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping are attending the summit of a security grouping created by Moscow and Beijing to counter Western alliances. Putin and Xi joined the … more

By The Associated Press | 7/4/24

FILE - President Ronald Reagan, left, and his Democratic challenger Walter Mondale, shake hands before debating in Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 22, 1984. The age question for presidential candidates is more than four decades old. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)

The questions about Biden's age and fitness are reminiscent of another campaign: Reagan's in 1984

In 1984, President Ronald Reagan answered the age question with a clever joke that reset his campaign from a stumbling debate performance to a 49-state landslide and a second term. The wobbles came … more

By LAURIE KELLMAN | 7/4/24

FILE - President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris stand on stage at the Democratic National Committee winter meeting, Feb. 3, 2023, in Philadelphia. Harris has been the White House's first line of defense after President Joe Biden's faltering performance in last week's debate with Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Here's how Harris could take over Biden's campaign cash if he drops out and she runs for president

Vice President Kamala Harris has been one of President Joe Biden’s staunchest defenders following his shaky performance in last week’s debate, but she’s also emerged as a potential option to … more

By MEG KINNARD | 7/3/24

FILE - President Donald Trump speaks during a rally protesting the Elector College certification of Joe Biden's win in the 2020 presidential race, in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021. Trump on July 2, 2024, misrepresented in a social media post what the U.S. Supreme Court's Monday ruling on presidential immunity means for his civil and criminal cases. But none of Trump's pending cases have been dismissed as a result of the ruling, nor have the verdicts already reached against him been overturned. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

FACT FOCUS: Trump wasn’t exonerated by the presidential immunity ruling, even though he says he was

Former President Donald Trump is turning to his social media platform to declare “total exoneration” after the Supreme Court ruled presidents have broad immunity when it comes to their actions … more

By MELISSA GOLDIN | 7/3/24

FILE - Flora the Komodo dragon walks around her enclosure at Chester Zoo in Chester, England, Monday Dec. 18, 2006. Flora's virginal conception, and that of another Komodo dragon earlier in the year at the London Zoo, are the first time it had been documented in Komodo dragons. (AP Photo/Dave Thompson, File)

Yes, some animals can have babies without a mate. Here's how

A snake in the U.K. has drawn attention to the ability of some female species to reproduce without a mate. The boa constrictor gave birth to 14 babies last week at a school in the city of Portsmouth … more

By The Associated Press | 7/3/24

FILE - A child wearing a mask pushes his bike during a quiet day at the East Lake Park in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province, April 2, 2020. Miniature bikes with no pedals seem to be everywhere these days, and the kids riding them are getting younger and younger. Experts recommend starting with those so-called balance bikes at a younger-than-expected age, possibly even less than a year old. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

When should a kid start riding a bike? If it's a balance bike, you might be surprised how young

Those miniature bikes with no pedals seem to be everywhere these days, and the kids riding them are getting younger and younger. So it begs the question, at what age should children learn to ride a … more

By ALBERT STUMM | 7/3/24

FILE - Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin look toward each other as they shake hands prior to their talks in Beijing, China, Thursday, May 16, 2024. Putin and Xi will meet Thursday for the second time in as many months as they attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Astana, Kazakhstan. (Sergei Bobylev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Leaders of Russia and China to meet in Central Asian summit in a show of deepening cooperation

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet Thursday for the second time in as many months as they travel to Kazakhstan for a session of an international group founded … more

By EMMA BURROWS | 7/3/24

Stellantis recalls 1.5M Ram trucks to fix software bug that can disable stability control

Mega Millions jackpot soars to an estimated $800 million

With father of suspect charged in Georgia shooting, will more parents be held responsible?

AP-Network 1:15 aed

AP PHOTOS: A ferocious blaze scars the land outside Greece’s capital