Headline News from The Associated Press
AP Headline News - Apr 05 2024 13:00 (EDT)
AP News, I'm Nia Pandwani. Parts of the Northeast Experience Day 4.7 magnitude earthquake this morning. In an AP interview, William Gek from the US Geological Services says earthquakes in the East Coast aren't common. "The East Coast don't happen commonly. There are regions where we've seen larger historic earthquakes, but we don't see a lot of seismicity on the East Coast in general." The US and Chinese militaries have started talking again about safety in the Pacific region. AP correspondent Sagar McGani reports. "The meetings this week between defense officials in Hawaii were the first in nearly two years. Beijing had abruptly canceled the dialogue over a Taiwan dispute. The talks focused on unsafe and aggressive incidents involving ships and aircraft in the region. The US sees military communications with China as critical to avoiding any accidents. It's part of a broader effort to thaw relations, which included a meeting last November between presidents Biden and Xi Jinping. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellitt is in China now. Sagar McGani, Washington. Johnson and Johnson is pumping more money into medical technology for coronary care." The healthcare giant says it's spending roughly $13 billion for $335 per share and a deal to acquire shockwave medical. The California-based company specializes in innovative intravascular lithotripsy, or IVL. That's using sound waves to dissolve calcium buildup in coronary and peripheral arteries. Along with stents, it can improve blood flow. Last year, J&J bought Massachusetts-based Abiyomad, which makes surgically implanted heart pumps as part of the company's new focus after splitting off its consumer health division known for products like Tylenol Band-Aids and Neutrogena. I'm Jennifer King. S&P 500 rose 0.5 percent, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 113 points, and the NAS.composite rose 0.8 percent. This is AP News. AP Correspondent Lymley Sanders reports a new AP poll finds Americans think a president's powers should be checked unless their side wins. "Would it be a good thing or a bad thing for the next president of the United States to take action on the country's important policy issues without waiting for Congress for the courts?" A new poll from the AP Newark Center for Public Affairs Research asks you as adults this question. We found that when a specific candidate's name was not mentioned, only about two in ten U.S. adults said it would be a good thing. Republicans were slightly more likely than Democrats to consider this a positive thing. However, Republicans and Democrats were both more likely to accept this type of unilateral presidential action when Asa Bada's scenario where their party's presidential candidate is elected in 2024. "America's employers delivered another outpouring of jobs in March, adding a sizzling 303,000 workers to their payrolls. I'm my up-and-jointy, AP News." Wilson, you sent the game-winning email at the buzzer, avoiding a 4.55 meeting on everyone's calendar. How did you do it? "I got a huge assist from Grammarly, an AI riding partner that helped me make my point. And it works everywhere I ride. Summarizing a dock, when we took one click, when everyone uses Grammarly, everything just makes sense." Go to Grammarly.com/podcast to download it for free. That's Grammarly.com/podcast. Easier said, done.