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AP Headline News - Apr 18 2024 14:00 (EDT)
AP News, I'm Jackie Quinn, House Speaker Mike Johnson's open debate on a controversial foreign aid package that would release billions of dollars in aid to Israel, Ukraine anti-1, spurred on by the Iranian attack against Israel this past weekend. Some conservatives in the House plan to vote no to force the addition of tighter border security for the U.S. This is South Carolina Congressman Ralph Norman. The only linchpin leverage we have is funding for Ukraine. I feel for Ukraine. I feel for Israel, but I feel for the American people. Today the White House announced new sanctions on Iran. The European Union is considering the same, more from our Karen Chamas. EU Foreign Policy Chief Joseph Borrell said G7 leaders have to make quick decisions to help Ukraine defend itself against Russia. Otherwise, electricity system of Ukraine will be destroyed. The EU's top diplomat urged Israel to show restraint following an Iranian air assault on its territory. They're trying to see the jury in Donald Trump's House money trial in New York, but instead they've lost two people already sworn in. This New York resident, Mark DeMuro, says the screening process has been careful. He was dismissed. If you could be impartial, if you couldn't, if you had bias and felt you couldn't be impartial to raise your hand. Mortgage rates are on the rise again up over 7% on average. Home sales are slowing down. Dickie Betts has died at the age of 80. He was the legendary guitarist and co-founder of the Almond Brothers Band. Here's our Marches Arleta. Dickie Betts and Dwayne Almond popularized the idea of double lead guitars in rock music. Betts wrote and sang lead on Ramblin Man, the Almond Brothers' only top 10 hit. He told reporters in 2005, country stations would not play Ramblin Man when it came out in 1973. This is AP News. Researchers have new information on a giant snake the size of a school bus. Researchers in India say fossils found in western Gujarat state reveal an ancient snake that stretched an estimated 36 to 50 feet. That's comparable to the biggest known snake that once lived in what's now Columbia at about 42 feet long, the newly discovered remains day to 47 million years ago. The snake could have weighed more than a ton, up to 2,200 pounds. The longest living snake today is Asia's reticulated python at 33 feet. Sagar Magani, Washington. The Biden administration's moving to allow conservation groups to lease government land for restoration. It's part of an effort to make conservation equal to other uses of public land like drilling and livestock grazing. I'm Jackie Quinn, AP News.