Headline News from The Associated Press
AP Headline News - Jul 16 2024 07:00 (EDT)
This is AP News. I'm Rita Folle. President Biden's returning to the campaign trail today in Las Vegas. Former President Trump's newly named vice presidential candidate is taking him on. Ohio Senator J.D. Vance saying the Democrats are dodging questions about President Biden's capabilities. It is not public spiritedness to call for him to step down when he's about to lose an election. They should have been doing it years ago, and it's not just Kamala Harris, it's Nancy Pelosi, the entire Democratic apparatus. J.D. Vance on Fox News Channel's Hannity at the Republican National Convention yesterday. Are we ready to nominate a vice president? The Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, presenting his state's junior U.S. Senator, J.D. Vance to the convention. A man who loves America and will represent our people with moral courage. Vance swept to national prominence with his hillbilly Elegie memoir and opposed Donald Trump in 2016, but changed his position and was rewarded with a Trump endorsement when he ran for Senate in 2022. Now he and Trump had their party's ticket announced by House Speaker Mike Johnson. I formally declare President Donald J. Trump and J.D. Vance as the Republican nominees for President and Vice President of the United States. I'm Jackie Quinn. The FBI is still working to try to figure out a motive for the attempt on former President Trump's life on Saturday night. We've been told they have access to the shooter's phone, but it has not revealed meaningful information about a motive. Donald Trump says his ear was injured in the shooting. Millions of Americans are wrestling with mother nature. Storms rolled through Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana, knocking down trees and power lines and cutting power to hundreds of thousands of people. Forecasters say a tornado hit Des Moines, Iowa, as storms rolled through. This is AP News. Start-ups in Ukraine are developing a robot army to fight Russia. Ukraine is looking for a strategic edge against Russia through technological innovation. We are living in a future. Andre Dennesenko has a drone production company. With drones, with machines, with robots. There are some 250 such defense start-ups across Ukraine, developing ecosystem of hidden workshops and labs, building a robot army in abandoned warehouses and factory basements. This type of vehicle will be the game changer and in the nearest future. Not just airborne, but on-the-ground, uncatapular tracks. Land drone will be made the main battlefield. Dennesenko says the aim is to overcome that shortage of soldiers effectively creating a new way of war. Made the dirty job without people. I'm Ben Thomas. And I'm Rita Foley, AP News. Selling a little or a lot, Shopify helps you do your thing however you cha-ching. 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