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An Israeli firefighter investigates the scene of a deadly explosion in Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, July 19, 2024.

Netanyahu vows retaliation against Hezbollah after weekend strike as U.S. warns against escalation

An Israeli firefighter investigates the scene of a deadly explosion in Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, July 19, 2024.

July 29, 2024, 9:06am Latest News

MAJDAL SHAMS, Golan Heights (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday vowed heavy retaliation against Hezbollah amid furious diplomatic efforts to prevent a spiral into regional war following a weekend rocket strike that killed 12 children in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights. Read story

FILE - Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk addresses the European Jewish Association&rsquo;s conference in Krakow, Poland, Jan. 22, 2024. A manipulated video that mimics the voice of Vice President Kamala Harris to impersonate her is raising concerns about the power of artificial intelligence to mislead just three months away from November&rsquo;s elections. The video gained attention after Musk shared it on his social media platform X on Friday, July 26, without noting it was originally released as parody.

A manipulated video shared by Musk mimics Harris’ voice, raising concerns about AI in politics

FILE - Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk addresses the European Jewish Association&rsquo;s conference in Krakow, Poland, Jan. 22, 2024. A manipulated video that mimics the voice of Vice President Kamala Harris to impersonate her is raising concerns about the power of artificial intelligence to mislead just three months away from November&rsquo;s elections. The video gained attention after Musk shared it on his social media platform X on Friday, July 26, without noting it was originally released as parody.

July 29, 2024, 9:04am Business

A manipulated video that mimics the voice of Vice President Kamala Harris saying things she did not say is raising concerns about the power of artificial intelligence to mislead with Election Day about three months away. Read story

Former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic performs at the Belltown Yacht Club in Seattle on July 11, 2024. Novoselic chairs the startup Cascade Party, which aims to provide a centrist alternative.

Nirvana’s Krist Novoselić launches centrist Cascade Party

Former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic performs at the Belltown Yacht Club in Seattle on July 11, 2024. Novoselic chairs the startup Cascade Party, which aims to provide a centrist alternative.

July 29, 2024, 6:02am Entertainment

A few hours before showtime, Krist Novoselić folds his long frame into a plush couch in Belltown Yacht Club’s dark green room. The sweltering, mid-July club date was just another rock show for the Nirvana bassist. Novoselić and an assembled-on-the-fly band were playing an unusual “political convention.” Read story

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump points at supporters at a campaign rally in Charlotte, N.C., Wednesday, July 24, 2024.

Trump risks losing voters he needs with loaded attacks on Harris

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump points at supporters at a campaign rally in Charlotte, N.C., Wednesday, July 24, 2024.

July 29, 2024, 6:00am Politics

Donald Trump’s campaign is frantically revamping its strategy, scrapping moot plans to characterize ex-opponent Joe Biden as feeble and testing new attack lines on Kamala Harris, who is two decades younger than the Republican nominee. Read story

FILE - Supports hold up signs in support of Vice President Kamala Harris at an event, July 23, 2024, in West Allis, Wis. Voters, especially those who lean left, are expressing a renewed interest in the campaign and eager to see Harris take on the Democratic Party mantle in place of President Joe Biden. Harris&rsquo; campaign is trying to capitalize on a jolt of fundraising, volunteer interest and media attention after Democrats spent three weeks following Biden&rsquo;s debate debacle wondering whether the octogenarian president would stand down or continue his campaign despite dwindling support.

Joe Biden is out and Kamala Harris is in. Disenchanted voters are taking a new look at their choices

FILE - Supports hold up signs in support of Vice President Kamala Harris at an event, July 23, 2024, in West Allis, Wis. Voters, especially those who lean left, are expressing a renewed interest in the campaign and eager to see Harris take on the Democratic Party mantle in place of President Joe Biden. Harris&rsquo; campaign is trying to capitalize on a jolt of fundraising, volunteer interest and media attention after Democrats spent three weeks following Biden&rsquo;s debate debacle wondering whether the octogenarian president would stand down or continue his campaign despite dwindling support.

July 28, 2024, 5:32pm Latest News

Carolyn Valone was not going to cast a presidential vote in November. Read story

FILE - Second gentleman Doug Emhoff speaks during a Jewish American Heritage Month event, May 20, 2024, at the White House in Washington. The nation&#039;s first second gentleman, Emhoff could become its first first gentlemen after November. Emhoff is used to traveling the country championing his wife, Vice President Kamala Harris and the Biden administration&#039;s accomplishments in his current job. But now that Harris is the presumptive Democratic nominee, those efforts have been thrust into the political spotlight like never before.

Doug Emhoff would become the country’s first first gentleman if Kamala Harris wins the presidency

FILE - Second gentleman Doug Emhoff speaks during a Jewish American Heritage Month event, May 20, 2024, at the White House in Washington. The nation&#039;s first second gentleman, Emhoff could become its first first gentlemen after November. Emhoff is used to traveling the country championing his wife, Vice President Kamala Harris and the Biden administration&#039;s accomplishments in his current job. But now that Harris is the presumptive Democratic nominee, those efforts have been thrust into the political spotlight like never before.

July 28, 2024, 12:42pm Latest News

When President Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race and propelled Vice President Kamala Harris into a political vortex, her husband was far from the first to find out. Read story

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump and Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, greet each other at a campaign rally, Saturday, July 27, 2024, in St. Cloud, Minn.

Trump and Vance team up to campaign in Minnesota, a state that hasn’t backed the GOP in 52 years

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump and Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, greet each other at a campaign rally, Saturday, July 27, 2024, in St. Cloud, Minn.

July 28, 2024, 12:41pm Latest News

As the presidential campaign enters a critical final 100 day stretch, Republican nominee Donald Trump and his running mate, JD Vance, rallied supporters on Saturday in a state that hasn’t backed a GOP candidate for the White House since 1972. Read story

Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks at a campaign event in Pittsfield, Mass., Saturday, July 27, 2024.

Harris raised $200 million in first week of White House campaign and signed up 170,000 volunteers

Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks at a campaign event in Pittsfield, Mass., Saturday, July 27, 2024.

July 28, 2024, 12:40pm Latest News

Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign has raised $200 million since she emerged as the likely Democratic presidential nominee last week, an eyepopping haul in her race against the Republican nominee, former President Donald Trump. Read story