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UPDATE: Global cyber outage grounds flights, hits banks, telecoms, media
UPDATED 6:48 A.M. (Reuters) - A software update wreaked havoc on computer systems globally on Friday, grounding flights, forcing some broadcasters off air and hitting services from banking to healthca...
Jul 19, 2024 Passengers wait at Barajas Airport, as Spanish airport operator Aena on Friday reported a computer systems "incident" at all Spanish airports which may cause flight delays, in Madrid, Spain July 19, 2024. REUTERS/Elena Rodriguez
Trump offers dramatic account of assassination attempt, accepts Republican nomination
MILWAUKEE/REHOBOTH BEACH, Delaware (Reuters) -Donald Trump described on Thursday how he narrowly survived an attempt on his life, telling a rapt audience at the Republican National Convention in his f...
Jul 18, 2024 Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump raises his fist from the stage on Day 4 of the Republican National Convention (RNC), at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., July 18, 2024. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Once defiant, Biden is now 'soul searching' about dropping out of race, source says
REHOBOTH BEACH, Delaware/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden is taking calls to step aside as the Democratic presidential candidate seriously and multiple Democratic officials think an exit is ...
Jul 18, 2024 U.S. President Joe Biden looks on at the 115th NAACP National Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., July 16, 2024. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
Lou Dobbs, former Fox Business and CNN host, dead at 78
(Reuters) - Lou Dobbs, a former Fox Business and CNN host who was a vocal supporter of Republican former President Donald Trump, has died at the age of 78, his friends and a statement posted on his so...
Jul 18, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Lou Dobbs speaks at a press conference marking his return to anchor CNN's business news program Moneyline News hour in New York in this April 10, 2001 file photo. CNN host Dobbs said on November 11, 2009 that he is leaving CNN after nearly 30 years, saying he wanted a freer platform to advocate issues affecting the United States. REUTERS/Poeter Morgan/Files/File Photo
Actor Bob Newhart, famous for deadpan humor, dies at age 94
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Bob Newhart, who fled the tedium of an accounting job to become a master of stammering, deadpan humor as a standup comedian and later as a U.S. television sitcom star, died on ...
Jul 18, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Actor Bob Newhart poses backstage with the Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series for "The Big Bang Theory" at the 65th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, California September 15, 2013. REUTERS/Jonathan Alcorn/File Photo
As Biden faces rising pressure to quit, Trump to accept nomination
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) -President Joe Biden's reelection bid faced fresh turmoil after reports that top Democratic leaders had privately pushed the 81-year-old incumbent to end his campaign, while Donald...
Jul 18, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures during a walk-through ahead of Day 3 of the Republican National Convention (RNC), at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., July 17, 2024. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo
Sangamon County Sheriff's deputy charged with first-degree murder
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - A Springfield woman's call for help ended with her death and the indictment of a Sangamon County Sheriff's deputy on first-degree murder, aggravated battery...
Jul 18, 2024 Sangamon County Complex (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
White House: Biden expecting to meet Netanyahu next week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden expects to be able to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu next week depending on his recovery from COVID-19, the White House said on Thursday...
Jul 18, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israeli war cabinet, as he visits Israel amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, October 18, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
St. Jude runners making their way back to Peoria, raising money for patients
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria's St. Jude Runners are making the trek back home. One of the 185 runners this year is Midwest Communications' Lee Hall...who is running a 37th time from Memphis to Peoria. "I lov...
Jul 18, 2024 Participants in the 43nd annual Memphis to Peoria Run travel through the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital campus on Wednesday, July 17, 2024.
(St. Jude Runs Facebook Page)
Summer auto plant shutdowns, Hurricane Beryl boost US weekly jobless claims
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits increased more than expected last week, but that did not signal a material shift in the labor market am...
Jul 18, 2024 FILE PHOTO: People wait in line to enter the Nassau County Mega Job Fair at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York October 7, 2014. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo
