Headline News from The Associated Press
AP Headline News - Jul 11 2024 06:00 (EDT)
This is AP News, I'm Rita Falle. Now the first Democrat in the Senate is calling on President Biden to drop out of the race for the White House, Vermont Senator Peter Welch, and there's a lot of talk about what another Democrat is saying. Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the AP's Sagar Magani. On MSNBCC, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said it's up to the president to decide if he should stay in the race, rather than her saying he should stay in. "We're all encouraging him to make that decision, because time is running short." The president insists he will not step aside. "What's going on this week is really a family matter." Just weeks after hosting a glitzy Biden campaign fundraiser, actor George Clooney says it's time to end the campaign. He writes in a New York Times op-ed, "The Joe Biden he saw last month was not the Biden of 2020, but rather the same man we all witnessed at the debate, Sagar Magani, Washington." A lot of people in the Houston area still don't have power days after Hurricane Barrel slammed the area. Pressures mounting on Houston's power utility, Center Point Energy, to explain this. Senator Ted Cruz. "Center Point has committed to having 11,500 linemen coming in from all across Texas, and from other adjoining states to be out there right now repairing the work. And I know there are a lot of people that are facing the heat, facing difficulties, feeding their families, and we need to make sure that moves as expeditiously as possible." Authorities in western states are warning of the rising risk of wildfires in the fierce heat. A California fire official says we're not just in a fire season, we're in a fire year. A person of interest in custody after three people were shot dead last night in Alameda, California. No word yet on a motive. This is AP News. Alec Baldwin's trial resumes today. The first witnesses have testified in the trial for actor Alec Baldwin, who is charged in the death of a cinematographer on a movie set outside Santa Fe, New Mexico in 2021. The first two witnesses called in Alec Baldwin's involuntary manslaughter trial were officers who worked for the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office, who were the first on the scene. The lapel camera from Nicholas Lofler showed cinematographer Helena Hutchins looking unconscious after she had been shot from a gun Baldwin was pointing during a scene set up. Footage from Tim Benavidez's lapel camera showed him securing the gun and dealing with the film's armorer, Hannah Gutierrez Reed, who is upset. The trial is expected to last nine days. I'm Archie Zaraletta. The tax preparation company Intuit is laying off about 10% of its workforce. That's about 1,800 employees. It's announcing an AI-focused reorganization plan. It says some workers didn't meet expectations. I'm Rita Foley, AP News. 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