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AP Headline News - Jul 09 2024 07:00 (EDT)
This is AP News, I'm Rita Falle. President Biden hosts the NATO Summit, which begins today in Washington. Things got a little tense at the White House yesterday as the press secretary tried to answer questions about President's health and medical history after his poor debate performance. At Monday's briefing, spokesman Corinne Jean-Pierre faced repeated questions about whether the president had more than the cold and jet lag he blamed for the debate showing, as part of his extensive yearly physical exams. The president has seen a neurologist three times. Jean-Pierre stressed there were no other visits with the neurologist, and that the most recent in February showed no signs of any neurological disorder, Sagar Megani Washington. The cleanup is beginning now after Hurricane Beryl slammed into the Houston area, the AP's Donna Warder. Electricity is starting to return to the homes and businesses that lost power during Hurricane Beryl on Monday. Beryl weakened to a tropical depression from a hurricane later Monday, but not before killing several people in Texas, and at least one person in Louisiana. I'm Donna Warder. Mother Nature is also baking much of the nation. More than 146 million people around this country were under heat alerts on Monday. It's going to be over 100 degrees in Salt Lake City, Utah, starting tomorrow for much of the rest of the week. Alec Baldwin's involuntary manslaughter trial begins today in New Mexico. He's charged in the shooting of a cinematographer during a rehearsal for the film Rust, today's jury selection in the trial in Santa Fe. Russia is denying that its missiles hit a children's hospital in key, Ukraine. It says it doesn't attack civilian targets. This is AP News. A new poll looks at opinions on abortion access, the AP's Jennifer King. Four Americans support access to legal abortion now, then before the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade. That's according to the latest survey by the Associated Press, North Center for Public Affairs Research. Six out of ten Americans think a person should be able to obtain a legal abortion in their state for any reason. That's up from five out of ten three years ago. About half of those who supported abortion access also said it should be banned after 24 weeks. Three in ten think an abortion should be illegal in all or most cases. When it comes to a federal abortion ban, a large majority, eight in ten, are opposed. That drops to six in ten if the ban were to start at 15 weeks, and eight out of ten believe abortion should be legal in extreme circumstances such as rape, incest, fetal anomaly, or the life of the mother. Jennifer King, Washington. The Dow fell 31 points yesterday. The S&P rose five points. I'm Rita Foley, AP News. An official message from Medicare. A new law is helping me save more money on prescription drug costs. Maybe you can 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 married couples 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. 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 Moss Adams dot com. Why wear a seatbelt? The math speaks for itself. You have a one-in-forty chance of being in a crash this year, but wearing a seatbelt reduces your risk of serious harm by 50%. In a 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.