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AP Headline News - Apr 04 2024 08:00 (EDT)
This is AP News. I'm Rita Falle. Maybe you're one of the millions of Americans wrestling with mother nature this morning. Much of the East Coast has been getting heavy rain, heavy snow and sleet in parts of New England and upstate New York. And several states are still cleaning up from tornadoes or suspected tornadoes. Oklahoma, Kentucky, Georgia, among them. Liberty Chef Jose Andres cried as he remembered those killed in Gaza by Israeli airstrikes. While working for the charity he founded, Israel calls the airstrikes a grave mistake. The AP's Charles D'Aledesma. In an interview with Keshet 12 News, world central kitchen founder Jose Andres blames Israel for attacking his charity's vehicle. The airstrikes on our convoy, I don't think were an unfortunate mistake. It was really a direct attack. Andres is deeply emotional, remembering his close colleague, Zomie Franklin. Some of the people that died were my friend. And I started with that. Zomie is the nicest angel you will ever be. Is there a woman that has been in so many places around the world? Feeling people. Andres adds, everybody understands that food is a universal right. Food is not a weapon of war. A desperate search for the missing is continuing after that earthquake in Taiwan. Ten people are known dead. Washington's trying to head off any effort by Donald Trump to redo the federal workforce if he wins the White House in November. The AP's Jennifer King 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. No big powerball winner last night, the jackpot's $1.2 billion now. This is AP News. A Postal Service audit finds some problems in Virginia. 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. Gas is up to about 3.57 a gallon this morning, up about 3 cents in a week. I'm Rita Folay, AP News.