Headline News from The Associated Press
AP Headline News - Jul 16 2024 20:00 (EDT)
Itty hooze, I'm Ben Thompson at the Republican national convention ranks previous a former White House Chief of Staff who President Trump fired via Twitter offered delegates this observation. When Donald Trump tells you what he'll do on the campaign trail, we'll look out because he will deliver when he walks into that Oval Office. Sucker McGonney reports one of Trump's primary rivals is taking the convention stage in prime time tonight. Nikki Haley had been the last major Republican challenger standing. This is the time we need to go in a new direction with a new generational leader before ending her bid in March as Trump swept through early voting. I congratulate him and wish him well. Haley did not immediately endorse Trump, but later said she would vote for him and has since released her delegates to back him. The Trump campaign says the fact Haley showing up to speak is a signal of party unity before it in November. Both Trump and running made JD Vance are expected to appear in the convention hall each night. Sucker McGonney Washington. In Las Vegas, President Biden addressed the NAACP convention saying he's done a lot to boost the fortunes of black Americans. Disturricular black unemployment, record growth of black small businesses. Let me say this again, because Trump is lying like hell about it. Black unemployment hit a record low under Biden Harris administration. The Supreme Court's granted a stay of execution for Texas inmate 20 minutes before he was scheduled for a lethal injection. Ruben Gutierrez has long maintained DNA testing would help prove he wasn't responsible for the fatal stabbing of an 85-year-old woman during a 1998 home robbery. Better than expected, profits spurred a rally on Wall Street that out left 740 points at 1.8%. The S&P climbed 0.6% than Aztec 0.2, all three setting record highs. This is AP News. Nichols used to make stainless steel and increasingly, batteries for electric vehicles and clean electricity projects. But Charles D'Olydasma reports it's also become a threat to Indonesia's forests. "Indonesia aims to dominate the world's nickel supply, and it's succeeding. The country's gone from having two nickel smelters to 27 with 22 more planned. But where developers build these vast plants surrounding forest disappears twice as fast, according to Timet Manurong, founder of the Indonesian nonprofit Oregon." "Since the amount of outbreaks, the deforestation is higher, more than 200%. While a farmer tells the AP, "In the past, there were no landslides in my area. And now there are. The ads? We can't even hunt anymore." Whole power plants, too, have sprung up to serve the miles of new industrial parks. I'm Charles D'Olydasma. And I'm Ben Thomas, AP News.