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AP Headline News - Jul 12 2024 08:00 (EDT)
This is AP News. I'm Rita Falle. So how do you think President Biden did last night? Lots of reaction this morning to the President's news conference during which he said he is staying in the race for the White House. The AP's Josh Boke. Biden was very clear when he said that he would drop out if Poland showed he couldn't win. He was very clear that others could vote their conscious and not necessarily for him. But he said so with a degree of certainty that they wouldn't. And that tells you right now about how he's feeling. AP Washington correspondent Sagar Magani with more on the President's performance last night. Despite growing Democrat calls for him to step aside, he insists the American people back him. And I think I'm the best qualified to win. Still, the president notes he does need to allay fears about his age and fitness. If I slow down, I can't get the job done. That's a sign that I shouldn't be doing it. Saying there is no indication of that yet. But he did make two flubs within two hours, answering the news conference's first question about Vice President Harris. I wouldn't have picked Vice President Trump to be Vice President to think she's not qualified to be president. And earlier at a NATO summit event with Ukraine's leader. Ladies and gentlemen, President Putin. Before quickly catching himself. President Linsky, Sagar Magani, Washington. The risk of wildfires in Western states's rising, say, authorities there. The unrelenting heat there has dried the land. As suspects under arrest in Texas, charged with killing a Houston area sheriff's deputy. At the time, police were conducting a manhunt after an assault at a pizzeria. We're just in from AT&T, a security breach in 2022 compromised the data of nearly all of AT&T's cellular customers, as well as some landline accounts. This is AP News. We're not the only one sweating in the brutal heat. The AP's neon Kim with the heat in Europe. A sizzling heat wave in parts of Central and Southern Europe is sending temperatures towards 104 degrees Fahrenheit or 40 degrees Celsius. In Italy, a red weather alert has been declared in seven cities, including Rome. Dennis Mix is from the United States and is on a private tour in the Italian capital, which topped 100 degrees. We just skipped one of the stops. We stayed in the van because it's too hot for us. In Serbia, people cool down from the 95-degree weather at public fountains. Doctors there have reported treating people collapsing due to the heat. Greece is also on high alert, as authorities say the country faces its highest wildfire risk in two decades. It follows a largely rainless winter and spring that have left vegetation tender dry. I'm Neon Kim. I'm Rita Foley, AP News. What's next? At Moss Adams, that question inspires us to help people and their businesses strategically define and claim their future. As one of America's leading accounting, consulting, and wealth management firms, our collaborative approach creates solutions for your unique business needs. We leverage industry-focused insights with the collective technical resources of our firm to elevate your performance. Uncover opportunity and move upward at MossAdams.com. Why wear a seatbelt? The math speaks for itself. You have a 1 in 40 chance of being in a crash this year. But wearing a seatbelt reduces your risk of serious harm by 50%. The rollover crash, more than three out of five deaths, are from those who weren't wearing theirs. Seatbelts save lives, over 370,000, in fact. Most passengers killed in crashes weren't buckled up. Nobody is above the laws of physics. Buckle up and shift into safe. A message from the Colorado Department of Transportation. Ryan Reynolds here from Midmobile. With the price of just about everything going up during inflation, we thought we'd bring our prices down. So to help us, we brought in a reverse auctioneer, which is apparently a thing. Midmobile unlimited, premium wireless. Have it to get 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, but to get 20, 20, 20, but to get 20, 20, 20, 50, 15, 15, 15, 15, just 15 bucks a month. So give it a try at midmobile.com/switch. $45 up front for three months plus taxes and fees, promoting for new customers for limited time. Unlimited more than 40 gigabytes per month. Slows, full turns at midmobile.com.