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![The warnings point to the new risks for Republicans in running against a Democrat who would become the first woman, first Black woman and first person of South Asian decent to win the White House. The warnings point to the new risks for Republicans in running against a Democrat who would become the first woman, first Black woman and first person of South Asian decent to win the White House.](https://www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/AP24204589419288.jpg?w=132)
Republican leaders urge colleagues to steer clear of racist and sexist attacks on Harris
The warnings point to the new risks for Republicans in running against a Democrat who would become the first woman, first Black woman and first person of South Asian decent...
![John Mayall, the British blues musician whose influential band the Bluesbreakers was a training ground for Eric Clapton, Mick Fleetwood and many other superstars, has died. He was 90. John Mayall, the British blues musician whose influential band the Bluesbreakers was a training ground for Eric Clapton, Mick Fleetwood and many other superstars, has died. He was 90.](https://www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/AP24205851930793.jpg?w=132)
John Mayall, British blues pioneer, dies at 90
John Mayall, the British blues musician whose influential band the Bluesbreakers was a training ground for Eric Clapton, Mick Fleetwood and many other superstars, has died. He was 90.
![State election directors from across the country voiced serious concerns to a top U.S. Postal Service official Tuesday that the system won’t be able to handle an expected crush of mail-in ballots in the November election. State election directors from across the country voiced serious concerns to a top U.S. Postal Service official Tuesday that the system won’t be able to handle an expected crush of mail-in ballots in the November election.](https://www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Election_2024_Mail_Ballots_26865.jpg?w=117)
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State election directors fear the Postal Service can’t handle expected crush of mail-in ballots
State election directors from across the country voiced serious concerns to a top U.S. Postal Service official Tuesday that the system won’t be able to handle an expected crush of...
![Biden to speak about decision to exit race Biden to speak about decision to exit race](https://www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/AP24205643509891.jpg?w=132)
Biden to speak about decision to exit race
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will address the nation from the Oval Office on Wednesday evening on his decision to drop his 2024 Democratic reelection bid. Biden posted on X...
![Officers left post to go look for Trump rally gunman before shooting, state police boss says Officers left post to go look for Trump rally gunman before shooting, state police boss says](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Herald_BridgePhoto.jpg)
Officers left post to go look for Trump rally gunman before shooting, state police boss says
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, CLAUDIA LAUER and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN WASHINGTON (AP) — Two local law enforcement officers stationed in the complex of buildings where a gunman opened fire at former...
![The director of the Secret Service resigned Tuesday in the aftermath of the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump that unleashed an outcry about how the agency failed in its core mission to protect current and former presidents. The director of the Secret Service resigned Tuesday in the aftermath of the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump that unleashed an outcry about how the agency failed in its core mission to protect current and former presidents.](https://www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/AP24204700644171.jpg?w=132)
Secret Service director resigns
The director of the Secret Service resigned Tuesday in the aftermath of the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump that unleashed an outcry about how the agency failed in...
![BY SETH BORENSTEIN WASHINGTON (AP) — On Sunday, the Earth sizzled to the hottest day ever measured by humans, yet another heat record shattered in the past couple of years, according to the European climate service Copernicus Tuesday. Copernicus’ preliminary data shows that the global average temperature Sunday was 17.09 degrees Celsius (62.76 degrees Fahrenheit), […] BY SETH BORENSTEIN WASHINGTON (AP) — On Sunday, the Earth sizzled to the hottest day ever measured by humans, yet another heat record shattered in the past couple of years, according to the European climate service Copernicus Tuesday. Copernicus’ preliminary data shows that the global average temperature Sunday was 17.09 degrees Celsius (62.76 degrees Fahrenheit), […]](https://www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/California_Wildfires_18778_ed0c09.jpg?w=140)
European climate agency: Last Sunday was the hottest day on Earth in all recorded history
BY SETH BORENSTEIN WASHINGTON (AP) — On Sunday, the Earth sizzled to the hottest day ever measured by humans, yet another heat record shattered in the past couple of years,...
![Demonstrators stage mass protest against Netanyahu visit and US military aid to Israel Demonstrators stage mass protest against Netanyahu visit and US military aid to Israel](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Herald_BridgePhoto.jpg)
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Demonstrators stage mass protest against Netanyahu visit and US military aid to Israel
By ASHRAF KHALIL WASHINGTON (AP) — Protesters against the Gaza war staged a sit-in at a congressional office building Tuesday ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress,...
![Missouri prison ignores court order to free wrongfully convicted inmate for second time in weeks Missouri prison ignores court order to free wrongfully convicted inmate for second time in weeks](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Herald_BridgePhoto.jpg)
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Missouri prison ignores court order to free wrongfully convicted inmate for second time in weeks
By JIM SALTER ST. LOUIS (AP) — For the second time in weeks, a Missouri prison has ignored a court order to release an inmate whose murder conviction was overturned....
![By MICHAEL GOLDBERG MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — One of five people charged with attempting to bribe a Minnesota juror with a bag of $120,000 in cash in exchange for an acquittal in a fraud case pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday. Abdimajid Mohamed Nur, 23, pleaded guilty to one count of bribery of a juror, admitting […] By MICHAEL GOLDBERG MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — One of five people charged with attempting to bribe a Minnesota juror with a bag of $120,000 in cash in exchange for an acquittal in a fraud case pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday. Abdimajid Mohamed Nur, 23, pleaded guilty to one count of bribery of a juror, admitting […]](https://www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Food_Fraud_Minnesota_79987.jpg?w=132)
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Man pleads guilty to bribing a Minnesota juror with a bag of cash in COVID-19-related fraud case
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — One of five people charged with attempting to bribe a Minnesota juror with a bag of $120,000 in cash in exchange for an acquittal...