Headlines for July 19, 2024

Trump Accepts GOP Nomination with Longest-Ever Convention Speech, 2nd Dem. Senator Calls on Biden to Step Down Amid Reports He May Be on Verge of Ending Campaign, Israel Bombs Another U.N. School; Families Grieve Loved Ones as Bodies Exhumed from Al-Amal Hospital, Israel’s “Weaponization of Water” Leading to Death, Disease as Polio Virus Is Detected in Gaza, Houthis Claim Responsibility for Strike in Tel Aviv That Kills One, Death Toll Climbs to 28 in Bangladesh Student Protests as Crackdown Intensifies, Microsoft Outage Grounds Planes, Causes Global Chaos, U.K. Court Hands 4- and 5-Year Prison Sentences to Climate Activists for Planning Nonviolent Protest, Court Blocks Student Debt Relief Plan as Biden Admin Cancels Another 1.2B in Federal Loans, DOJ Sues U.S.’s Largest Contractor Housing Immigrant Children over Systemic Sexual Abuse, Lou Dobbs, Racist and Xenophobic Fox News Star, Dies, WSJ Reporter Evan Gershkovich Convicted of Espionage, Sentenced to 16 Years in Prison, Israeli Settlers Ramp Up Attacks in Occupied West Bank; U.K. Resumes UNRWA Funding, Long-standing Rwandan President Paul Kagame Wins Reelection with Over 99% of Vote, Indigenous Leaders in Peru Declare State of Emergency After Murder of Mariano Isacama Feliciano, Amnesty Says Peruvian President Dina Boluarte Criminally Responsible for Deaths of Protesters, Uber and Lyft Drivers Take to NYC Streets to Call for End to “Lockout” Policies