Headline News from The Associated Press
AP Headline News - Jul 08 2024 12:00 (EDT)
A.P. News. I'm Ed Donahue. President Biden wrote to congressional Democrats and was on MSNBC today. The message is the same. He is staying in the race. The president called for an end to the Democratic Party drama. He pointed out the party has one job to defeat Donald Trump at the signing of the Gateway Program Project in New York to expand rail service along the Northeast Corridor. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said, "President Biden gets a tremendous, tremendous amount of credit for pushing that priority and so many others." The president made that project an infrastructure priority. Schumer has kept a lower profile throughout the ordeal, but will convene Democratic senators tomorrow for their weekly lunch when senators are certain to air many views. Beryl has weakened to a tropical storm. Mark Herman is a constable at a Harris County precinct near Houston. We've got widespread power outages. We've had two fatalities so far where we've had trees actually fall on houses and kill residents inside the home. Beryl has already cut a deadly path through parts of Mexico and the Caribbean before turning toward Texas. More than a thousand flights have been canceled at Houston's two airports according to flight aware. Officials in Ukraine say a major Russian missile attack killed at least 31 people and injured 154 others across the country. One missile struck a large children's hospital in the capital, Kyiv. Several officials in the Middle East and the U.S. believe the level of devastation in the Gaza Strip caused by the nine-month Israeli offensive likely has helped push Hamas to soften its ceasefire demands. Hamas over the weekend appear to drop its longstanding demand. Israel promised to end the war as part of any ceasefire deal. The TSA says more than 3 million people passed through airport security yesterday. The first time that number of passengers has been screened in a single day. This is AP News. Some aspiring doctors are getting a budget break. Most medical students at Johns Hopkins University will no longer pay tuition thanks to a $1 billion gift from Bloomberg Philanthropies. Starting in the fall, the gift will cover full tuition for medical students from families earning less than $300,000. Living expenses and fees will be covered for students from families who earn up to $175,000. Bloomberg Philanthropies founder Michael Bloomberg says the gift will allow students to serve more families and communities who need them the most. And although this may sound stunning, Johns Hopkins will be only the latest medical school to offer free tuition to most or all of its medical students after gifts from benefactors. I'm Rita Folle. Ukrainian tennis player Alina Svetelina wiped away tears after her victory at Wimbledon following news of a Russian missile attack back home. 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.