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AP Headline News - Mar 18 2024 06:00 (EDT)
This is AP News. I'm Rita Falle. Just in, Moscow says President Putin has one another six years in office in an election many call a sham. The AP has done a warter. The widow of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny cast her ballot in Russia's presidential election on Sunday. Yulia Navalnya voted at the Russian embassy in Berlin upon exiting the embassy reporters asked her if she had a message for Russian President Vladimir Putin. They could be no any negotiations and nothing with Mr Putin because he's a killer. He's a gunster. He's the person who brought my country to the war. After placing her ballot she told reporters that she had spoiled her vote by writing her late husband's name on the ballot paper. I'm Donna Water. Back in the U.S., some Americans running from the gang violence in Haiti. The AP's Charles de Ledesma with this story. State Department officials say more than 30 citizens were on the government charted fight on Sunday. It arrived at Miami International Airport after the U.S. embassy in Haiti earlier this month urged U.S. citizens to leave the nation as soon as possible because of chaos gripping the country. Haiti's main airport in Port of Prince remains closed following gang attacks. The State Department announced on Saturday that it will offer a limited chart of flights for American citizens from the less chaotic northern City of Capp, Hayecian. I'm Charles de Ledesma. The European Union's top diplomat, Josep Borrell, is accusing Israel of using starvation as a weapon of war by preventing humanitarian aid from reaching Gaza. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken says authoritarian regimes are deploying technologies to undermine democracy and human rights. He spoke at a democracy summit in South Korea. This is AP News. Feel lucky? The AP's Haya Panjuani on how big those powerball and mega millions jackpots are. The mega millions jackpot is at 875 million dollars while the powerball has reached 600 million dollars. This is the sixth time in the mega millions 22 year history that the jackpot has been this large and five out of those six times the sum has exceeded a billion dollars. Mega millions in powerball tickets cost two dollars. Mega millions are sold in 45 states, Washington DC and the Virgin Islands and powerball tickets are sold in all of those places in Puerto Rico. I'm Haya Panjuani. The big weekend movies kung fu pan before in the top spot it earned 30 million dollars. Number two was Dune Part 2 which made 29 million dollars. Arthur the King came in at number three and that made about seven and a half million dollars. I'm Rita Foley AP News.