Headline News from The Associated Press
AP Headline News - Apr 04 2024 10:00 (EDT)
This is AP News, I'm Rita Falle. It's a tense situation, and today President Biden and Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu are talking about how Israel is conducting its war with Hamas. President Biden and Israel's leader will speak for the first time in two weeks as the U.S. steps up criticism of the war in Gaza. The White House says the President made his frustration clear, especially after an Israeli airstrike killed world central kitchen aid workers. National Security spokesman John Kirby says Israel has the right to defend itself against Hamas. But it matters how they do this. And Israel too often has not fulfilled obligations to protect Palestinian civilians, echoing criticism from other nations. We're concerned about the methods too. Pentagon Chief Lloyd Austin told his Israeli counterpart last night the strikes deep and U.S. concerns about Israel's planned expansion of its ground offensive, Sagar Magani, Washington. Russian forces fired drones at two apartment buildings and a power plant in Harky, Ukraine, killing four people, say local authorities. Germany's defense minister says a Russian attack on a NATO country is possible in the future. This morning, he announced a plan to make Germany's armed forces what he called "war capable." It's going to be harder now to fire some who work for the U.S. government. BAP's Jennifer King is in Washington. Washington's Office of Personnel Management has issued a new rule making it harder to fire some federal employees. Advocates hope the new regulations will head off promises by Donald Trump to try again to radically remake the federal workforce along ideological lines. More Americans apply for unemployment last week, but the number of layoffs is still low. Ford is delaying the rollout of new electric pickup trucks and a big new electric SUV. Electric vehicle sales have been slowing down. Ford says it's adding hybrids to its lineup. Gas electric vehicles. This is AP News. Some problems in Virginia, says a postal service audit. Some of the issues found at the Richmond, Virginia facility include damaged mail left unprocessed for months. The audit raises questions about the Postal Service's plans to modernize its processing network. The facility is the first of 60 planned regional processing centers that the U.S. Postal Service is launching nationwide to streamline operations and cut costs, but the audit found that work hours and overtime actually increased after the center opened. And the audit also found that problems at the Richmond Center, which opened in July, have contributed to a drop in on-time service that now finds Virginia ranked worst in the nation. I'm Lisa Dwyer. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's in China for five days of meetings. I'm Rita Foley, AP News. If this fan could talk, it would tell tall tales of tall peaks, icy summits, and a journal and fueled adventures. And with that, comes risks. 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