Headline News from The Associated Press
AP Headline News - Jul 03 2024 08:00 (EDT)
This is AP News. I'm Rita Falle. Millions of Americans are traveling for the fourth, but so is Mother Nature, the AP's Jennifer King. AAA is forecasting a record July 4th 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 U.S. travelers are heading 50 miles or more to enjoy Independence Day festivities this week. That's a five percent increase over last year and over five and a half 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 fourth is expected to be around $3.49. I'm Jennifer King. And as for that heat that Jennifer mentioned, well the temperature may hit 113 degrees in Las Vegas today, 101 in Oklahoma City. Hurricane Beryl has been moving toward Jamaica as islanders scrambled to make preparations after the powerful Category 4 storm earlier killed at least six people and caused significant damage in the Southeast Caribbean. President Biden's fighting back after a shaky debate performance has some donors and some on Capitol Hill worried about his re-election chances. The White House is announcing a series of public events in the next few days. White House Press Secretary Corinne Jean-Pierre. We want to turn the page on this. And we want to turn the page for the American people as well because we know that they need to see him out there. He's going to continue to be out there. He has been. And we understand how important that is. The White House Press Secretary Corinne Jean-Pierre. A house in Lafayette Wisconsin exploded yesterday injuring a man was found trapped in the rubble in the basement. No word yet, it will cause the explosion. This is AP News. We've got information now about a new Alzheimer's drug. The AP said Donahue has this story. The Food and Drug Administration approved a second Alzheimer's drug. It's made by Eli Lilly and is called Cassonla and is for a mild or early cases of dementia caused by Alzheimer's. Cassonla is only the second drug that's been convincingly shown to delay cognitive decline in patients. Last year, a similar drug from Japanese drug maker Azai was approved. Doctors who treat Alzheimer's say approval is an important step after decades of failed experimental treatments. Patients and their families will have to weigh the benefits against the downsides, including regular IV infusions and potentially dangerous side effects like brain swelling. Patients remain about which patients should get the drugs and how long they might benefit. Ed Donahue, Washington. The Dow gained 162 points yesterday. The S&P rose 33. I'm Rita Foley, AP News. Hi everyone. This is James Harkin and Anna Tshinsky from No She Singers Fish and we have a new podcast. It's called Quite A Good Sport. Whether or not you love or hate sports or you're somewhere in between, we will be speaking to athletes who are going for gold in Paris this year. We will be speaking to each other. We are not going for gold in Paris, but we will be competing with each other at some of these sports, giving it a go ourselves. If you want to know what a rigor jigger is, if you want to know what the size of a room means to your table tennis game, or if you want to know which of us is best at climbing walls, find out by listening to quite a good sport. Available wherever you get your podcasts. [MUSIC PLAYING] [BLANK_AUDIO]