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AP Headline News - Apr 02 2024 06:00 (EDT)
A dual U.S. Canadian citizen is said to be among the dead after what a food charity group says was an apparent Israeli airstrike in Gaza. The world's central kitchen says the airstrike killed six of its international workers and their Palestinian driver. The AP's Charles de Ledesma on this breaking story. The food charity says it's immediately suspending operations in the region. It shows the body's several wearing protective gear with the charity's logo at a hospital in the central Gaza town of Dear Albala. The source of fire late Monday could not be independently confirmed the team had been travelling in a three-car convoy that had included two armoured vehicles. A spokesperson for the charity says despite coordinating movements with the army the convoy was hit as it was leaving the warehouse where the team had unloaded more than 100 tonnes of food aid. I'm Charles De Ledesma. Israel now expressing sincere sorrow over the deaths but it stopped short of accepting responsibility. It's promising an independent investigation. Back here at home former President Trump has posted a $175 million bond in his New York civil fraud case. Separately the judge and Donald Trump's hush money trial in New York has expanded a gag order. The AP's Lisa Dwyer. Judge Juan Bichon says his original gag order issued last Tuesday did not include members of his family but Trump's subsequent actions warrants including them. Bichon says the Trump's pattern of attacking family members of presiding jurists and attorneys assigned to his cases serves no legitimate purpose. I'm Lisa Dwyer. Now to the Baltimore Bridge collapse. The Coast Guard has opened an alternate channel mainly for vessels involved in clearing debris from the bridge. The power of all jackpots now more than a billion dollars nobody won last night. This is AP News. Now to the incident at the front gate of the FBI's Atlanta office on Monday. The AP's Jackie Quinn has this story. The FBI says a driver rammed the front gate of its Atlanta office but wasn't able to get into the complex. The FBI says it's not sure what the man was intending to do when he rammed an SUV into a retractable barrier at the front gate. He was trying to sneak in with another vehicle that had just gone through FBI special agent in charge P. Ellis on WSB TV. Several are special agents who are passing by apprehended him. His motives at this point are not known. The suspect was taken to a local area hospital where he's being evaluated authorities will be looking for evidence inside the vehicle and the driver will likely face both state and federal charges. I'm Jackie Quinn and I'm Rita Foley AP News.