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AP Headline News - Jul 12 2024 17:00 (EDT)
A.P. News. I'm Ed Donohue. President Biden is in a key battleground state as his campaign looks to move on from calls by Democrats to get out of the race. The A.P. Sager McGonney has the story. Michigan is part of the effort to shore up the so-called "Blue Wall" states. His campaign believes is the key path to winning in November. Before heading to Detroit, the president met virtually with the Congressional Black and Hispanic caucuses to shore up support. "President understands that there's still some anxiety on the hill." Biden campaign spokesperson Michael Tyler says this much is clear. "He will be the Democratic nominee." And the party needs to unite behind one message. "We have one singular mission moving forward and that's to beat Donald Trump." His remarks on Air Force One came after one lawmaker who met privately with the president today said he needs to drop out. Sager McGonney, Washington. Stocks finished higher. The Dow up 247 points. Mick's signals on Big Bank profits and inflation did little to Dent Wall Street's belief interest rate cuts are on the way. For many in Houston, the weekend will be spent without electricity and without air conditioning. Hurricane barrel reached land Monday as a Category 1 storm. Judge Lena Hidalgo says there are things in short supply. "Ice has been especially hard to get and folks who are going through this are aware of that. So we're looking at every option. We have requested 25 trucks from the state." Houston area hospitals have reported about twice the number of emergency room patients as they typically would. The first person has been identified from graves filled with more than 100 victims of the 1921 Tulsa massacre of the city's black community. Using DNA from descendants of his brothers, the remains of C. L. Daniel from Georgia were identified. Police believe he was in his 20s. A white mob massacred as many as 300 black people in Tulsa over a span of two days in 1921. This is AP News. Celebrities, tycoons and politicians are arriving in Mumbai, India for the wedding of the youngest son of Mukesh Ambani, Asia's richest man. The guest list includes Nick Jonas, Kim Kardashian and John Cena, who pose for photos outside the venue at Jio World Convention Center. The four-day ceremony has garnered global attention due to months of pre-wetting celebrations that feature performances by Rihanna and Justin Bieber. The father of the groom owns Reliance Industries, a massive conglomerate reporting over $100 billion in annual revenue from a wide range of interests including oil, telecoms and retail. An exhibition center on Chicago's Lakefront has launched a more than $1 million effort to prevent bird strikes. After hundreds of songbirds crashed into the building in one night last fall, the McCormick Place Lakeside Center began installing film etched with tiny dots. I'm Ed Donahue, AP News.