Headline News from The Associated Press
AP Headline News - Jul 04 2024 08:00 (EDT)
This is AP News. I'm Rita Folley. Happy 4th. Americans are expected to shatter travel records this holiday week. Airports are already jammed, highways crowded. Hurricane barrel is traveling too, roaring toward Mexico after leaving destruction in Jamaica and the eastern Caribbean. The AP's Jennifer King. Hurricane barrel weakened overnight but remains a Category 3 storm as it rumbles by south of the Cayman Islands with winds of 120 mph. Heavy rainfall flooding, major hurricane force winds, National Hurricane Center Director Michael Brennan. Hurricane warnings are in effect for Little Cayman, Cayman Brake and Grand Cayman. And then thinking farther downstream, barrel is going to move toward the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico and then across into the Gulf of Mexico and potentially threatened northeastern Mexico and south Texas. The storm ripped off roofs in the Grenadines and jumbled fishing boats and Barbados before lashing Jamaica. I'm Jennifer King. President Biden defiantly vowed to keep running for re-election despite that rocky debate last week and pressure from even some Democrats to withdraw from the race. The president met with more than 20 Democratic governors last night at the White House. Among them, Maryland Governor Wes Moore. It was honest. It was candid. I think that, you know, we always believe that when you love someone, you tell them the truth. And I think we came in and we were honest about the feedback that we were getting. We were honest about the concerns that we were hearing from people. And we were also honest about the fact that as the president continued to tell us and show us that he was all in, that we said that we would stand with him. Because as Governor Walt said, the president has always had our backs. We're going to have his back as well. Maryland Governor Wes Moore. Israel's cabinet is convening to discuss Hamas' latest response to a phased cease-fire proposal in Gaza. Here at home, that record-breaking heat will continue in much of the West. Fierce heat also imparts of the South and the Mid-Atlantic over the next few days, says the Weather Service. This is AP News. GM is not admitting any wrongdoing, but it's paying millions in penalties. General Motors will pay nearly $146 million in penalties to the federal government because $5.9 million of its older vehicles do not comply with emissions and fuel economy standards. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says the issue involves GM pickup trucks and SUVs from the 2012 through 2018 model years. The EPA says the affected vehicles will remain on the road and cannot be repaired. But say that those GM vehicles, on average, consume at least 10% more fuel than the window sticker number says. The company, however, will not be required to reduce the miles per gallon on those stickers. GM says the problem stems from a change in testing procedures that the EPA put in place in 2016. I'm Lisa Dwyer. And I'm Rita Foley, AP News.