Headline News from The Associated Press
AP Headline News - Jul 11 2024 07:00 (EDT)
This is AP News, I'm Rita Folle. More than 142 million Americans have been under heat alerts in the past day. In western states, dozens of locations have been tying heat records or even shattering them. It's going to feel like it's 97 degrees in Houston today because of the humidity. A lot of people still have no electricity after hurricane barrel rolled into Texas days ago. The AP has done a water. This is going to be a multiple day recovery. At a news conference Wednesday, Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick warned residents that it could take some time to restore electricity to everyone following Hurricane Barrel. But residents, especially in Houston, are wondering why the utility center point energy wasn't better prepared for the category one hurricane. The lieutenant governor says he's spoken to the utility several times. We are urging them to work as quickly as they can to restore the power in the safest, but in the quickest way they can. No power has left people sweltering in the heat. Center point said late Wednesday it had restored electricity to more than 1 million of its 2.26 million customers. I'm Donna Water. President Biden is going to hold a press conference later today. A lot of people will be watching as he tries to tamp down the panic in the Democratic Party about his re-election chances. Last night, Vermont Senator Peter Welch called on President Biden to withdraw from the race, becoming the first Democrat in the Senate to do so. But Vermont resident Beth Wade says just because you're old doesn't mean you're not capable. There will be 77 myself. I feel my age. Everything's a little creaky. I don't move like I did. He doesn't either, but that doesn't mean we're not with it and we're not capable. An American Airlines plane blew a tire yesterday as a taxi down a runway in Tampa. Nobody hurt. Passengers took another plane. This is AP News. China is warning NATO not to create chaos in Asia. The AP's Charles D'Ladezma. China's accused NATO of seeking security at the expense of others, until the Alliance not to bring the same chaos to Asia. The statement from a foreign ministry spokesperson comes a day after NATO labeled China a decisive enabler of Russia's war against Ukraine. Lin Jan said at a daily briefing, NATO agitating about China's responsibility on the Ukraine issue is unreasonable and has sinister motives. Adding the bloc's so-called security comes at the cost of security of other countries. China has backed Russia's contention that NATO's expansion poses a threat to Russia. I'm Charles D'Ladezma. The IRS has collected a billion dollars in back taxes from high wealth tax cheats. That's what it says this morning. I'm Rita Foley, AP News. Selling a little or a lot. Shopify helps you do your thing. However, you cha-ching. Shopify is the global commerce platform that helps you sell at every stage of your business. 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