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AP Headline News - Jul 08 2024 13:00 (EDT)
"AP News, I'm Ed Donohue. President Biden is resisting calls from some Democrats to drop his re-election bid. The AP soccer McGonnie has the story." It's a drama that's torn the party apart since the president's dismal debate showing. But he is standing firm, telling congressional Democrats in a letter he will not bow out, and it's time to end the infighting. Later, in a phone interview with MSNBC, "I am not going anywhere." The president insisted average Democrats want him to stay in the race. "I'm getting so frustrated by the leaks. Now I'm not talking about you guys, but about the leaks in the party, who they know so much more." And if his critics are serious. "Run against me. Go ahead. Announce the president. Challenge me at the convention." Sagar McGonnie, Washington. "Beryl is now a tropical storm as it moves over land in Texas. Streets around Houston are flooded. At least 2 million homes and businesses are without power." Captain SUNY HUGETTA, with the Rosenberg, Texas Police Department, says they've been busy. "We've had three total high-water rescues. I can't give you an exact number because all of our systems are down at the moment. You have limited internet, so it's hard to go in and verify that. But three that I can recall overnight during the storm. We've had a lot of flooded roads and some trees down." The storms have already washed out neighborhoods in Houston. A shooting at a block party in Detroit left two people dead. Mayor Mike Duggan has had enough. "We're not going to have neighbors becoming hostages in their own homes this summer. And that is what's happening. When somebody looks up and sees cars pouring in the neighborhood, locking their street, not being able to sleep in the noise and just waiting when the gunfire is going to erupt." A court in Russia convicted a playwright and a theater director on charges of terrorism. And sentenced them to prison terms. This is AP News. Ukraine says a major Russian attack killed at least 31 people. "One missile struck a large children's hospital in the Ukrainian capital, Keith, and emergency crews searched the rubble for casualties. Keith Mehr, Vitalik Khushko visits the site of a destroyed residential building in the capital. He says 17 flats were damaged and that rescuers are in their working and are hearing the voices and peeping under the rubble. The daylight attacks, including King Zal hypersonic missiles, one of the most advanced Russian weapons the Ukrainian Air Force says. The head of Ukraine's presidential office, Andrey Yermak, said the attack occurred at a time when many people were on the city's streets. I'm Charles D'Ladesma." Slovakia's populist Prime Minister Robert Fiko took his first trip outside the capital since resuming his duties after an assassination attempt he visited a farm outside the capital. I'm Ed Donahue, 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.