Headline News from The Associated Press
AP Headline News - Mar 05 2024 12:00 (EST)
AP News, I'm Ed Donohue, polls are open in 16 states in one territory. President Biden for the Democrats and former President Donald Trump for the Republicans are expected to be the big winners on Super Tuesday. In Fairfax, Virginia, John Hamilton is voting for Donald Trump. I wish you would tone his comments down on his political opponents. We want you to run the country. We want you to be effective, his great policies. But I don't want to hear the drama. Carl Evans and Arkansas voted for President Biden. You see, excited about the presidential race? I'm depressed about it. Because of the possibility that Donald Trump win. Some states are also deciding who should run for governor or senator or district attorney. Some social media sites are down. Users of Meta's Facebook, Instagram, threads and messenger platforms are experiencing login issues in what appears to be a widespread outage. Internet traffic observer down detector is reporting vast outages on several meta platforms and the outage could be global, with London-based internet monitoring firm NetBlock saying on X that four meta platforms are experiencing outages. The head of Meta's communications acknowledges the issues on X, formerly known as Twitter, and said the company is working on it. I'm Shelley Adler. Palestinian saying Israeli airstrike killed at least 17 people in the southern Gaza city of Khan Yunus as talks on a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas ended without a breakthrough. Hungary's president formally signed a bill approving Sweden's NATO bid, removing the last obstacle after 18 months of delays that frustrated the alliance as it tried to expand in response to Russia's war in Ukraine. Unanimous support among NATO members is required. Two-time tennis grand slam champion, Simone Hallop, has been cleared for an immediate return. After Sports' highest court accepted, she was not entirely at fault for a positive doping test. This is AP News. Lawmakers and committees in Alabama are debating bills to protect providers of in vitro fertilization from lawsuits. "Many IVF providers in the state stopped providing services to patients. Through the Alabama Supreme Court ruled last month that three couples whose frozen embryos were destroyed in an accident at a storage facility could pursue wrongful death lawsuits for their, quote, "extrauter in children," end quote. The rule language treats an embryo the same as a child under the wrongful death statute raised concerns about civil liabilities for clinics. Republican Tim Nelson, the sponsor of the Senate bill, says they are hoping to get the proposal approved and to Governor Kay Ivey on Wednesday. I'm Donna Warder. 94-year-old former Philippine first lady, Amelle de Marcos, the mother of the incumbent president and widow of an ousted dictator, has been hospitalized with pneumonia. I'm Ed Donahue, AP News.