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AP Headline News - Mar 05 2024 17:00 (EST)
AP News, I'm Haya Pindjwani. Sixteen states and one U.S. territory are voting in their primary elections or caucuses today. In an AP interview, one San Francisco resident, Charlie Goss, says there's at least two issues that are very important to him. I'd like to see on a national level a focus on sort of housing and housing policy. I think securing the right to abortion and kind of combating a lot of what the Supreme Court is trying to has been doing. The Republican Party has tried to do as important in giving a voice, a progressive voice, I think to people across the country is important. Democrats and Republicans vote on who they want to run for president in other offices. Once those votes are tally, delegates are awarded. President Joe Biden and his predecessor Republican Donald Trump are looking to all but clench their party nominations. The veteran affairs secretary reversed a department memo that aimed to ban VA displays of the iconic VJ Day in Times Square photo. The AP's Adonahue reports. It shows the Navy sailor kissing a strange woman on the streets of New York at the end of World War II. A VA assistant under secretary wanted the photo removed from agency health facilities because it depicts a non-consensual act and is inconsistent with the department's sexual harassment policy. The photo was on the cover of Time magazine. On the 70th anniversary of the kiss, there was a reenactment in Times Square. Three, two, one, smooch. Secretary Dennis McDonough tweeted out a copy of the image saying, "Let me be clear, this image is not banned from VA facilities." At the White House, press secretary Corinne Jumpier said, "That particular photo will not be banned." On that day in 1945, George Mendonesa spotted Greta Friedman sputter around and planted a kiss. The two had never met. And officials say Haiti's prime minister has landed in Puerto Rico as he tries to reach Haiti to try to quell growing gang attacks. Yesterday, gangs attempted to seize the country's international airport. This is AP News. New York officials found illegally important goose intestines hidden under rattlesnakes. AP correspondent Julie Walker reports. Six people arrested in New York Tuesday on charges of illegally importing goose and duck intestines from China. In some cases, hiding them under packaged rattlesnakes or mislabeling them as pet grooming products like nail clippers on custom forms that according to federal officials. The scheme which also included illegal imports of duck blood and hawthorn fruit involved transporting the restricted items from China to California and then onto New York, where they were sold to customers, including restaurants. Federal law prohibits importing any raw poultry products from China, Julie Walker, New York. The S&P 500 dropped one percent for its second straight loss after closing last week at an all-time high. I'm Haya Panjuani, AP News. So, you've got an idea for a business. The store of your dreams. There's just one thing to figure out. Everything. That's why Shopify's all-in-one commerce platform makes it easy to sell online, in-person, and everywhere else. Sell on social media, source products with an app. To get that, first, sale feeling. It's the only solution that gives you everything you need to sell everywhere you want. So when you're ready to bring your idea to life, power it up with Shopify. Sign up for a $1 per month trial period at Shopify.com/listen.