Headline News from The Associated Press
AP Headline News - Apr 05 2024 16:00 (EDT)
AP News, I'm Kapp and Johnny, President Joe Biden's spoken Baltimore today to address the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. "The damage is devastating and our hearts are still breaking. Eight, eight construction workers run to the water when the bridge fell. Six lost their lives, most are immigrants, but all were Marylanders. Hardworking, strong and selfless." Parts of New England are digging out from this year's nor-easter that left nearly two feet of snow in some locations. AP's Jackie Quinn reports. Roads are still slushy and well-smane, a southern coastal town that was spared the worst, while York County got up to 20 inches of accumulation, further south in Bono, Hampshire. Some use snow blowers, but Rosemary Couch was shoveling her driveway. "The hard part about it is very heavy snow, I'm using a cold shovel because it takes a smaller load, and yet in a few days this will be gone." Nearly 700,000 people lost electricity. Central Maine powers John Breed says they are making progress repairing damaged lines. "70-80 foot trees that came down onto power lines." A house fire death is reported in Derry, New Hampshire. A woman was killed by a falling tree in West Chester County, New York. And the storms also brought flooding to West Virginia, where a man has died trapped in his vehicle in Wood County. I'm Jackie Quinn. Speaking with reporters, President Biden says he spoke with New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy about the 4.7 magnitude earthquake that hit parts of the Northeast this morning. "I spoke to the governor, he thinks everything is under control, he's got to be concerned about it. The governor reserves him, so things are alright." America's employers added a sizzling 303,000 workers to their payrolls in March, and bolstered hopes that the economy can vanquish inflation without succumbing to a recession in the face of high interest rates. This is AP News. Will you actually be able to see the 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. And 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. An estimated 44 million people live within the path of totality.