Headline News from The Associated Press
AP Headline News - Apr 04 2024 07:00 (EDT)
This is AP News. I'm Rita Folle. President Biden's got strong words for Israel. Today he and Prime Minister Netanyahu are expected to speak with each other. The AP is Sagar Magani. A U.S. official says the call will come Thursday after an Israeli airstrike that killed seven aid workers. He's outraged. He's heartbroken. White House press secretary Kareem John Pierre and national security spokesman John Kirby say while Israel has the right to defend itself against Hamas. As a modern military and a democracy, they have obligations to the innocent people of Gaza. And they have not always met those obligations. The two leaders last spoke more than two weeks ago. Sagar Magani, Washington. The number of people known dead now in that earthquake in Taiwan is up to 10. And they are still searching for the missing. In the eastern coastal city of Walyon, near the epicenter, workers used an excavator to stabilize the base of a damaged building with construction materials. Some of the damaged buildings tilt at precarious angles with their ground floors crushed. More than 1,000 people were injured in Wednesday's quake. About 700 are either still missing or stranded, including over 600 who are inside a hotel. Authorities say they are all safe. I'm Charles D'Lithesma. A cruise ship in the port of Barcelona, Spain will be able to resume its route now after Bolivian passengers with visa problems were taken off the vessel this morning. That from authorities. Here in the US, a new rule today making it harder to fire thousands of federal employees now, as Washington hopes to head off former President Trump's promises to remake the workforce along ideological lines if he's elected in November. Oklahoma will execute a man today convicted of killing two people in Oklahoma City. He says he's innocent, prosecutors say he did it in misguided acts of revenge. This is AP News. Now to a big theft on Easter Sunday in Los Angeles. Listen to this from the AP's Haya Pangewani. Steve Stole, as much as $30 million from a Los Angeles money storage facility. Police say the heist on Easter Sunday is one of the largest cash heist in Los Angeles history. The burglary occurred in the Silmar area of San Fernando Valley, where cash from businesses across the region is handled and stored. Burglars breached the unidentified building and safe where the money was stored, and the businesses operators did not discover the massive theft until they opened the vault on Monday. The Los Angeles Times reported that the total amount stolen also surpassed any armored car heist in the city. I'm Haya Pangewani. The power of all jackpot is up to $1.23 billion now. After another drawing without a big winner, the jackpot now ranks as the eighth largest in U.S. lottery history. I'm Rita Foley, AP News.