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AP Headline News - Jul 10 2024 13:00 (EDT)
AP News, I'm Ed Donoghue, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is stopping short of saying President Biden should continue his re-election campaign. The AP Sagar McGonny has the story. Pelosi is seen as one of the few Democrats who could influence the president's thinking, but tells MSNBC it's his call. "It's up to the president to decide." The president insists he will not bow out. And asked if she wants him to stay in the race, Pelosi did not offer an endorsement. "I want him to do whatever he decides to do." And now he's not only facing opposition on Capitol Hill, but also Hollywood. "It was there and you let it go and you think to yourself, what if I had stopped?" Actor George Clooney is urging him to drop out. In a New York Times op-ed, Clooney notes he hosted a fundraiser for the president three weeks ago. He says the Joe Biden he was with then was not the Joe Biden of years past and instead was the same man we all witnessed at the debate. Sagar McGonny, Washington. At Alec Baldwin's involuntary manslaughter trial in New Mexico, the prosecution said in opening statements, Baldwin played make-believe with a real gun and violated the cardinal rules of firearm safety. Cinematographer Helena Hutchins was shot and killed in 2021. Alex Sparrow is Baldwin's attorney. "On this movie set, there were people responsible for ensuring the safety of the set and the firearm. Those people failed in their duties. But Alec Baldwin committed no crime." The Israeli military has ordered the evacuation of Gaza City. It's happening as talks continue to work out a long, elusive ceasefire deal with Gaza's Hamas militant group in exchange for the release of dozens of Israeli hostages it is holding. Las Vegas is eyeing a record of five consecutive days over 115 degrees. More than 1.7 million homes and businesses are still without power in Texas because of Hurricane barrel. That's down from a peak of more than 2.7 million Monday. This is AP news. Many political ads on social media are legitimate, but because of weak enforcement, some are not. Click here, the ads say. Take a survey. Get a free gift. Give us your credit card number for shipping and get scammed. Professor Jennifer Stromer-Galley led research for the election graph project at Syracuse University. Their dive into sites and found ads that promised free political merchandise but didn't mention an $80 charge that would later appear. Right meaning ads were more likely to target men, progressive ads were more likely to target women. Researchers also found deep fake celebrity endorsements and false claims about political topics. Stromer's research examined more than 2,200 groups on Facebook or Instagram that ran ads between September and May. The ads were seen more than 1 billion times. I'm Jennifer King. An investigation has started in China into food safety and cooking oils after a report from local media revealed tankers carrying soybean oil from a major state-owned company were also used to carry a form of coal. I'm Ed Donahue, AP News. An official message from Medicare. A new law is helping me save more money on prescription drug costs. You may be able to save too. With Medicare's extra help program, my premium is zero and my out-of-pocket costs are low. Who should apply? Single people making less than $23,000 a year or a married couple who make less than $31,000 a year. Even if you don't think you qualify, it pays to find out. Go to ssa.gov/extrahelp paid for by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. After countless steps and more than a few miles, your dog drives you forward one last time to make that final climb. And as the rising sun peeks out from the horizon, you know incredible happens here because it starts here with a fuel that makes it all possible. Proplan Sport. Discover advanced nutrition made to fuel strength and stamina and active dogs like yours at proplan sport.com. So the quarterly projections are in the red area there and these numbers, I guess, should be higher. This doesn't make any sense. Wait, you're not even our finance director. Who are you? Oh, I'm the delivery driver. Anyone over the noodle bowl? We need a receptionist. No, we need sign-in app. From managing visitors to risk reduction and office scheduling, trust sign-in app for your confident workplace. Cloud secure with app convenience. Sign-in app keeps your office and business on track. Start for free at signinapp.com.