2024 presidential candidates: Who’s running, who’s out and who to watch

The 2024 presidential campaign is heating up by the week, as more candidates jump in and others bow out.

Four Republicans so far have launched their campaigns for the party’s nomination, while President Biden officially launched his reelection bid with a video released on April 25, exactly four years after he entered the race in 2020.

Dying patients protest looming telehealth crackdown

At age 93, struggling with the effects of a stroke, heart failure and recurrent cancer, Teri Sheridan was ready to end her life using New Jersey’s law that allows medically assisted suicide — but she was bedbound, too sick to travel.

Probe ordered after Florida shooter fires at delivery driver

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida prosecutor ordered an investigation Sunday in a confrontation in which a homeowner fired shots into a couple’s car when they mistakenly turned onto his property while making a late-night grocery delivery. Police closed the case without consulting the state attorney’s office. No one was injured by the gunfire […]

Ron DeSantis, facing challenges at home, will test presidential ambitions overseas

MIAMI— After a trying week for his national political ambitions, Gov. Ron DeSantis is headed abroad this week for a series of visits to allied nations — an opportunity for the Florida Republican to step onto the international stage for the first time as a likely presidential contender. The official purpose behind DeSantis’ globetrotting is […]

American Airlines flight makes emergency landing in Ohio after plane engine catches fire

An American Airlines flight headed to Phoenix on Sunday morning was rerouted back to its departure airport in Columbus, Ohio, after the plane engine reportedly caught fire, officials said.  The incident happened because a bird struck the engine, officials said.  No one was injured, and the plane landed safely at John Glenn Columbus International Airport […]

Mike Pence says he wants abortion pill mifepristone “off the market”

Washington — Former Vice President Mike Pence, who is expected to seek the GOP presidential nomination, said he would like to see a widely used abortion pill taken off shelves to “protect the unborn” and said he has “deep concerns” about the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the drug mifepristone more than 20 years ago. […]

DeSantis seeks federal aid for Fort Lauderdale flood victims

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Saturday that he will ask the Biden administration to declare Broward County a disaster area due to flooding earlier this month after record rainfall. If granted, the declaration would make Broward residents who incurred damage to their homes and other property eligible for a wide […]