Eric Clapton, Van Morrison and Bob Weir will honor Robbie Robertson at the Forum (2024)

Trump-backed Virginia state Sen. John McGuire defeats US Rep. Bob Good in recount of 5th Congressional District primary.

Tennessee Rep. Andy Ogles held off a primary challenge from Courtney Johnston, a member of the Nashville Metro Council, who outraised the House Freedom Caucus member.

BOISE, Idaho — As Boise residents seek shelter from extreme heat this summer, tree canopies may seem like the perfect relief outdoors. But those leafy branches pose another unexpected danger that comes with the hot weather.

Amish Shah wins Democratic nomination for U.S. House in Arizona's 1st Congressional District.

BALTIMORE — Baltimore Police officers arriving at Fort Armistead Park in the early hours of March 26 pointed their flashlights into the water and tried to make sense of what they were looking at.

LOS ANGELES — A town of 5,200 just inside the California border along Route 66 now boasts a scorching new record — the hottest monthly average temperature in the country.

WASHINGTON — Republican nominee Donald Trump’s campaign said it raised $138.7 million in July — a tumultuous month in the campaign which saw Vice President Kamala Harris emerge as his Democratic rival.

Andy Ogles wins Republican nomination for U.S. House in Tennessee's 5th Congressional District.

DURHAM, N.C. — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said Thursday that former President Donald Trump is “showing us who he is” by questioning Vice President Kamala Harris’s racial identity.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — In the wake of a June U.S. Supreme Court ruling, top City of Sacramento staff have been laying the groundwork to ramp up homeless sweeps and criminal anti-camping citations.

Kamala Harris and other politicians of color have often had to code-switch, or purposely adjust their speech style and expression to optimize relatability and ensure their message had cultural resonance. To imply, as former President Donald Trump did Wednesday at a meeting of the National Association of Black Journalists, that Harris and others are inauthentic for doing so speaks to a belief that whiteness is still the default in politics and democracy. Code-switching is far from a new phenomenon. But it is still one of the most effective tools used by politicians of color to wield influence and power in venues where they have historically not had it.

Steve Cohen wins Democratic nomination for U.S. House in Tennessee's 9th Congressional District.

Proposal would bar airline fees for parents to sit beside kids

SEATTLE — Under new legislation proposed Thursday by Seattle City Attorney Ann Davison, Seattle judges could bar individuals from parts of downtown and the Chinatown International District if they're charged with any activity found to have a "nexus" with "illegal drug activity."

University of California, Santa Cruz is among a half-dozen California colleges that a new state audit found inaccurately reported violent crime on campus, leaving students misinformed about their safety.

Scott DesJarlais wins Republican nomination for U.S. House in Tennessee's 4th Congressional District.

Kevin Jenkins wins Democratic nomination for U.S. House in Tennessee's 1st Congressional District.

Gloria Johnson wins Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Tennessee primary election.

A federal judge has overturned a jury’s $4.7 billion verdict in the class-action lawsuit filed by “Sunday Ticket” subscribers against the NFL and has granted judgment to the NFL. U.S. District Judge Philip Gutierrez ruled Thursday that the testimony of two witnesses for the subscribers had flawed methodologies and should have been excluded. The jury on June 27 awarded $4.7 billion in damages to residential and commercial subscribers after it ruled the NFL violated antitrust laws in distributing out-of-market Sunday afternoon games on a premium subscription service.

Marsha Blackburn wins Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Tennessee primary election.

US government recognizes Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo González as presidential election winner.

Angels star Mike Trout needs a second surgery for a torn meniscus in his left knee. The operation will end another injury-marred campaign for the three-time MVP. Trout said Thursday in a social media post that an MRI revealed the new meniscus tear. He previously had surgery on May 3 to repair the meniscus and had been working toward a return before his rehab was shut down on Tuesday. Trout says he was “devastated” by the news. Trout batted .220 with 10 homers and 14 RBIs in 29 games this season. The 32-year-old has been limited by a series of injuries over the past five years.

A divided federal appeals court has ruled that separate, distinct minority groups cannot join together in coalitions to claim their votes are diluted in redistricting cases under the federal Voting Rights Act. Thursday's 12-6 ruling by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans overturns years of that court's own precedent and appears likely to be appealed to the Supreme Court. At issue was a redistricting case in Galveston County, Texas, where Black and Latino groups had joined to challenge district maps drawn by the county commission.

TEL AVIV, Israel — The Israeli military said that Mohammed Deif, the elusive leader of Hamas' military wing in the Gaza Strip and an accused mastermind of the Oct. 7 attack, was killed in an airstrike in Khan Younis on July 13.

Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency for much of the state, excluding South Florida, ahead of a disturbance that might strengthen into a tropical depression. Forecasters are warning to expect heavy rains and floods even if the storm fails to form into a depression.

ORLANDO, Fla. — SpaceX shot up three Falcon 9 rockets from three launch pads last weekend once the Federal Aviation Administration gave its grounded rocket the OK to return to flight. Now it’s set to go another round.

FORT WORTH, Texas — The Texas attorney who was arrested on charges of attempting to buy the unborn children of Tarrant County inmates led an adoption agency whose accreditation for international services was canceled in 2019.

RAMALLAH, West Bank — In response to the killing of top Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, the Palestinian militant Islamist group is calling for a "day of rage" in the West Bank on Friday.

DENVER — A defendant on trial jumped to his death from one of the upper floors inside the Lindsey-Flanigan Courthouse in downtown Denver on Thursday morning and injured two other people, officials said.

Josh Hartnett plays a dad taking his young teen daughter to a Taylor Swift-like arena concert in “Trap.” The new film from M. Night Shyamalan revealed the twist in the trailer, that Hartnett's Cooper is in fact a serial killer and the concert has been staged to trap him. Film Writer Lindsey Bahr writes in her review for The Associated Press that “'Trap' really doesn’t take itself that seriously. It is a solidly entertaining film that’s mostly silly and sometimes unnerving.” Rated PG-13 “Trap,” a Warner Bros. release, is now playing in theaters nationwide.

News that American journalist Evan Gershkovich and U.S. Marine Paul Whelan were part of a major multicountry prisoner swap involving two dozen people in seven different countries has sparked a push among Pennsylvania lawmakers for schoolteacher Marc Fogel to be included in negotiations.

WASHINGTON — David Whelan didn't believe the news at first. Not entirely.

Donald Trump’s rhetoric this week and his record on race indicate that divisive attacks on race may emerge as a core GOP argument before Election Day. Democrats and some Republicans expressed outrage this week at the former president’s derisive and false charge that Vice President Kamala Harris, who is of Jamaican and Indian heritage, only recently “turned Black” for political gain. But Trump has found tremendous success from the very first moment he stepped onto the presidential stage by stoking racial animus. He doubted whether Barack Obama, the nation’s first Black president, was born in the United States and has often criticized opponents in racist or racially demeaning terms.

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said she is in hiding and that she fears for her freedom and for her life, in an op-ed published Thursday in The Wall Street Journal.

A former corrections officer at the Walker County jail has agreed to plead guilty to a criminal charge in the death of a mentally ill man who died of hypothermia after being held naked in a concrete cell for two weeks. Federal court records show that Joshua Conner Jones has entered into a plea agreement with prosecutors regarding the treatment of two inmates at the jail. Jones agreed to plea guilty to one count of conspiracy to deprive an inmate of their rights related to the 2023 death of Tony Mitchell. He also pleaded guilty to a separate count of depriving an inmate of their rights related to the assault of another inmate.

One is sparking speculation that he’ll be the choice by forgoing a weekend of swanky fundraisers in the Hamptons. Another watched TV commentators speculate about his viability as the pick while getting in a workout. A third is sticking to praising the newly minted presidential candidate who is closing in on a decision. As Vice President Kamala Harris prepares to decide on a running mate, three Democrats thought to be on her short list — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly — did nothing Thursday to suggest they aren’t still in contention.

Kentucky’s Andy Beshear is one of six Democratic contenders to receive an invitation to interview with members of Kamala Harris’ vice presidential vetting team, according to two Democratic sources familiar with the plans.

NEW YORK — A suspected Russian spy locked up in Brooklyn is being released as part of the prisoner swap that brought Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and ex-U.S. Marine Paul Whelan home.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker was interviewed twice this week by Vice President Kamala Harris’ vetting team as she nears an announcement on a running mate for her nascent presidential campaign, according to a source familiar with the conversations.

BALTIMORE — The head of the Maryland Republican Party publicly called Thursday for Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr. to resign from office and withdraw from the race for the 2nd Congressional District, citing reporting from The Baltimore Sun.