Headline News from The Associated Press
AP Headline News - Jun 30 2024 16:00 (EDT)
AP news for this Sunday, June 30th. I'm Jackie Quinn, hurricane barrel strengthened into a powerful category for storm dangerous for residents in the Southeast Caribbean. Get ready for what's going to be a potentially catastrophic storm. National Hurricane Center director Mike Brennan worried about those from Saint Vincent to Grenada. When you get to category for strength, you can see things like total roof damage. Roofs lifted off of homes, exterior wall collapse, trees uprooted. Hurricane barrel has maximum sustained winds of 130 miles an hour. It is not expected to affect the US mainland. Some Democratic Party leaders are said to be wringing their hands behind closed doors, wanting President Biden to step aside, but not Senator Raphael Warnock, who says Biden remains the only alternative to Donald Trump. America is better or whole lot better than Donald Trump. And we've had a primary is our job to demonstrate that. He spoke on NBC's Meet the Press. In New York State, relatives of a 13 year old boy shot and killed by a police officer in Utica are demanding a full investigation. Our Julie Walker reports police body cam video shows the moment a Utica, New York police officer shoots and kills a 13 year old. Police say they were investigating break ins Friday night with an officer yelling. He spotted a gun. It turned out to be a replica the officers put on leave. Two police officers have been wounded and a suspect killed in a shooting in Waterloo, Iowa. Police responding to the complaint of a man with a gun. Voters and friends have propelled the far right national rally in the first round of voting. This is the final day of Pride Month. Rally's promoting LGBTQ+ rights held in major U.S. and international cities. This is AP News. BET Honors coming up. I'm Haya Punjwani with an entertainment update. The BET Awards return with Oscar nominated actor to Raji P. Henson as host. Drake leads the nominations with seven followed by Nicki Minaj who boasts six. Jay Cole, Sexy Rad, SZA, and Best New Artist Grammy winner Victoria Monet each have five nods. Usher will also receive a coveted lifetime achievement the E.C. Award. Comedian and actor Martin Mull has died. Mull's daughter says her father died on Thursday after a long illness. He was 80 years old. In an AP interview from 2016, actor Martin Mull says getting his first Emmy nomination as a guest actor on VEEP felt good, but he's just as proud of his other work after his major television debut in Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, and the spin-off, Fernwood Two Night. What I get on VEEP, I'm very proud of, but I'd like to think it's probably more collective. At my age, it's more collective. It might go all the way back to Fernwood. - I'm Hey, up in 20.