Headline News from The Associated Press
AP Headline News - Apr 05 2024 12:00 (EDT)
AP News, I'm Kia Pangjalani, a 4.8 magnitude earthquake, shook parts of the Northeast, including the populated city of New York City. In an AP interview, New Yorker Sean Clark says he felt the earthquake. "At first, I thought there was an explosion above me or they were doing construction or something. It felt like potentially the roof would come in on me. It was pretty weird and scary. But then I just went into the hallway and I was like, did anyone else feel that? Other people did. He is my co-worker and we were all just like a little freaked out. And so now I'm having a nice coffee outside in order to get our bearings together." Will you actually be able to see this total solar eclipse on Monday? AP correspondent Rita Foley. Maybe, maybe not. And yeah, where you are is part of it, but these storms that have been moving across the country may also be a factor. Clouds could interfere with a view. The path of the eclipse stretches from Mexico and Texas up through Maine and parts of Canada. National Weather Service meteorologist Mark Schonard says the Northeast U.S. has the best chance of clear skies, along with parts of Arkansas, Missouri and Illinois. But parts of Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York and Texas, well, they're questionable. Meteorologists say there is plenty of time for the forecast to change. No matter where you are or where the clouds are, you can see the eclipse on NASA TV starting at 1 p.m. Eastern Time Monday, and NASA will stream telescope views, too. I'm Rita Foley. In an AP interview, political analyst Martin Maven Gina says the government has fostered reconciliation between the Hutu and Tutsi communities. "All Kagame has done extremely well in terms of trying to ensure it, because it's not easy for any country around the world that has gone through what one went to, to be able to bring two warring tribes, you know, two warring tribes and communities to leave harmonious." This is AP News. Russia is renewing its strikes on Ukraine's energy system. AP correspondent Charles Diladezma reports. In a March 22 attack, Moscow unleashed more than 60 exploding drones and 90 missiles across Ukraine, the worst assault on the country's energy infrastructure since the full-scale invasion, Detek Ukraine's largest private energy company, lost 80 percent of its power generation capacity in two recent attacks. CEO Maxim Tim Schenko tells the AP Russia's attacking the way we live. "I've never seen in my life such a level of destruction or power station. Several weeks ago, I said that the front that went to resolve doesn't mean that Russia would stop attacking our civil infrastructure, because they're attacking civilians." The volume and accuracy of recent attacks has alarmed the country's defenders, who say Kremlin forces now have better intelligence and fresh tactics in their campaign.