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AP Headline News - Apr 09 2024 13:00 (EDT)
AP News. I'm Ed Donahue. James and Jennifer Crumley, the first parents convicted in a U.S. mass school shooting, were each sentenced to at least 10 years in prison in Michigan. They were convicted for the actions of their teenage son Ethan, who shot and killed four students at Oxford High School in 2021. Jennifer Crumley spoke in court. The Ethan I knew was a good by kid. He loved his pets, family vacations. My husband and I used to, used to say we have the perfect kid. I truly believe that. And that's where I saw him calling him. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says they have a date for an offensive into Rafa and Gaza. The U.S. is worried about civilians in Rafa. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was asked if Israel has given the U.S. a date. No, we do not have a date for any Rafa operation, at least one that's been communicated to us by the Israelis. On the contrary, what we have is an ongoing conversation with Israel about any Rafa operation. The House is back to work and back into the Republican chaos that has defined GOP control. The House will be in order. The House is two week recess is over and speaker Mike Johnson's facing fresh threats of losing the gavel again from Georgia's Marjorie Taylor Green, who is renewing warnings of a snap vote that could remove Johnson. She's warning him again, seeking Democrat support to pass legislation hard right Republicans oppose like Ukraine. But reaching across the aisle is about the only way Johnson can pass any bills with a thin majority and staunch hardline GOP resistance. Green's fresh onslaught threatens to grind the House to a halt and may very well leave Johnson unable to execute the basics of his job. Sagar Magani at the White House and appeals court judge in New York rejected Donald Trump's latest attempt to delay his hush money criminal trial while he fights a gag order jury selection begins next week. This is AP news. There are new rules from the EPA designed to protect communities from toxic airborne industrial pollution. The agency says the rules advanced president Biden's cancer moonshot initiative implementing fence line monitoring and reducing the emission of chloroprene used to make synthetic rubber last month the agency cracked down on ethylene oxide a medical sterilizer more than 200 chemical plants will be impacted in the EPA release administrator Michael Regan made particular mention of danka performance elastomer. The Japanese company took over a DuPont rubber making plant that's drawn protests as the largest source of chloroprene emissions in the US. It's in a majority black neighborhood outside New Orleans with one of the nation's highest cancer rates. The rule also targets a smog forming compounds and other toxins including benzene and vinyl chloride. Jennifer King Washington Nobel prize winning physicist Peter Higgs who proposed the existence of the Higgs Boston particle has died at the age of 94. I'm a Donahue AP news when everyone is on the same page getting things done at work is easy. No matter what you do or what industry you're in how you communicate is key. Everything you type is equally important to collaboration and Grammarly can help think of it as your AI writing partner empowering you to communicate effectively and efficiently so you can make a bigger impact in the workplace. 96% of Grammarly users say it helps them craft more impactful writing and as the gold standard of responsible AI Grammarly is your secure AI writing partner that allows your team to make their point and move faster. By understanding your writing and context Grammarly provides relevant personalized suggestions and with tone suggestions you can navigate even the most difficult work conversations. You can also save time from spending hours editing drafts to just seconds with one click. Sign up and download Grammarly for free at Grammarly.com/podcast that's g-r-a-m-m-a-r-l-y.com/podcast. Easier said, done.