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Emergency vehicles are shown at a mall in Davenport, Iowa after gunshots sent people running Monday, July 22, 2024.

Police arrest teen after Iowa mall shooting that left 2 people hurt

July 23, 2024, 9:28am Nation & World

Investigators arrested a teenager in connection with a shooting at an Iowa mall that left the teen and another person wounded and sent people running for safety, police said Tuesday. Read story

New Mexico village battered by wildfires in June now digging out from another round of flooding

July 23, 2024, 8:46am Nation & World

A southern New Mexico village that was ravaged by wildfires in June and then battered off-and-on by flooding across burn scars was cleaning up Monday from another round of flash flooding in which a dozen people had to be rescued and many more were displaced from their homes. Read story

The skull of Gnatalie, the 75-foot-long green dinosaur, hangs in the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles. Researchers believe Gnatalie (pronounced Natalie) is a member of a new species of sauropod, a long-necked dinosaur that lived 150 million years ago in the late Jurassic Era.

Meet Gnatalie, the green-boned dinosaur

July 23, 2024, 6:02am Life

The latest dinosaur being mounted at the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles is not only a member of a new species — it’s also the only one found on the planet whose bones are green, according to museum officials. Read story

This image provided by SpaceX shows an artistic rendering of the powerful capsule that will be used, once developed, to bring the International Space Station down through the atmosphere in January 2031. NASA and Elon Musk’s company on Wednesday, July 17, 2024, outlined the plan to burn the space station up on reentry and plunge what’s left into the ocean, ideally at the beginning of 2031 when it hits the 32-year mark.

NASA outlines plan to down International Space Station in 2031

July 23, 2024, 5:54am Life

SpaceX will use a powerful, souped-up capsule to shove the International Space Station out of orbit once time is up for the sprawling lab. NASA and Elon Musk’s company on Wednesday outlined the plan to burn the space station up on reentry and plunge what’s left into the ocean, ideally… Read story

Kamala Harris smashes fundraising record with stunning $81 million haul over 24 hours

July 22, 2024, 8:48pm Nation & World

Kamala Harris is smashing fundraising records as the Democratic Party's donors — big and small — open their wallets for the vice president in the immediate aftermath of President Joe Biden’s stunning decision to step aside. Read story

Harris has support of enough Democratic delegates to become party’s presidential nominee: AP survey

FILE - Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif. is seen on Capitol Hill, Jan. 10, 2017, in Washington. She's already broken barriers, and now Vice President Harris could soon become the first Black woman to head a major party's presidential ticket after President Joe Biden's ended his reelection bid. The 59-year-old Harris was endorsed by Biden on Sunday, July 21, after he stepped aside amid widespread concerns about the viability of his candidacy.

July 22, 2024, 6:50pm Latest News

Vice President Kamala Harris has secured the support of enough Democratic delegates to become her party’s nominee against Republican Donald Trump, according to an Associated Press survey taken in the aftermath of President Joe Biden’s decision to drop his bid for reelection. Read story

Abdul ‘Duke’ Fakir, last of the original Four Tops, dies at 88

FILE - Roquel Payton, from left, Alexander Morris, Ronnie McNeir, and Duke Fakir of the Four Tops perform at the All In Music & Arts Festival in Indianapolis on Sept. 3, 2022.

July 22, 2024, 4:19pm Nation & World

Abdul “Duke” Fakir, the last surviving original member of the beloved Motown group the Four Tops that was known for such hits as “Reach Out, I’ll Be There” and “Standing in the Shadows of Love,” has died at age 88. Read story

Bernice Johnson Reagon, whose powerful voice helped propel the Civil Rights Movement, has died

July 22, 2024, 4:13pm Nation & World

Bernice Johnson Reagon, a musician and scholar who used her rich, powerful contralto voice in the service of the American Civil Rights Movement and human rights struggles around the world, died on July 16, according to her daughter’s social media post. She was 81. Read story