Headline News from The Associated Press
AP Headline News - Jul 03 2024 18:00 (EDT)
TV news and bent on us. Hurricane barrel is roaring by Jamaica. It's eye while brushing the south coast. Julie Walker has more. The National Hurricane Center is Jack Bevins. Conditions including storm surge, heavy rains and high winds. Burl moves onto the Cayman Island and then. We've got track guidance models that are anywhere from the central and that protects the coast all the way down to the coast of eastern Mexico. But Bevins says it's still uncertain. Burl has killed at least six people and caused significant damage in the southeast Caribbean. I'm Julie Walker. President Biden's rejecting pressure from within the Democratic Party to drop his re-election bid. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre asked if he might withdraw. Absolutely not. And you heard I believe directly from the campaign as well. But there are signs support may be eroding on Capitol Hill. Representative Jim Clyburn, a longtime ally, says he'd support a mini primary in the run up to the Democratic National Convention next month if Biden were to leave the race. Meantime abortion measures could be on the ballot. In two more states, my campaign has details. Organizers in Arizona and Nebraska say they have turned in more than the number of required signatures to get measures on abortion rights on the November ballot. In Nebraska, there could be two competing questions. One would be like the Arizona proposal and add a right to abortion to the state constitution. The other would enshrine Nebraska's current ban on most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy. In both states, election officials have to certify the signatures before the measures can be added to the ballot. The abortion issue is set to go before voters in five other states. And in a sixth New York, there is a measure that advocates say would protect abortion access. I'm Mike Empin. And the settlement tracking group says Israel has approved the largest seizure of land in the occupied West Bank in over three decades, nearly five square miles in the Jordan Valley. This is AP News. The 4th of July travel rush is well underway. And if you're on the road, Jennifer King reports, you likely have a lot of company. AAA is forecasting a record July 4 travel period. Although with nearly 90 million people under heat alerts, it might be a good idea to watch the fireworks from a boat or on TV with a bowl of ice cream in hand. The Motor Club projects 70.9 million US travelers are heading 50 miles or more to enjoy independent state festivities this week. That's a 5% increase over last year and over 5 1/2 million more than before the pandemic. About 60.6 million are going by car with the worst traffic on Wednesday and Sunday. As for rental car demand, Hertz says Dallas, Denver, Salt Lake City, Los Angeles and San Francisco are tops this holiday week. GasBuddy.com is reporting the national average for a gallon of gas on the 4th is expected to be around $3.49. I'm Jennifer King. - Thank you, Jen. And I'm Ben Thomas, SAP News. Thank you for listening.