Headline News from The Associated Press
AP Headline News - Apr 18 2024 13:00 (EDT)
AP News, I'm Jackie Quinn. Slow progress in ceding a jury for Donald Trump's hush money trial, now that a second juror picked has been dismissed. Our Shelley Adler has details. A previously ceded juror was excused after backtracking on whether she felt she could be impartial and fair. A second sworn-in juror felt to address the accuracy of some of his previous answers to questions. Others have also asked Judge Juan Mershan to sanction Trump over seven more social media posts. They say violate a gag order that bars Trump from attacking witnesses. I'm Shelley Adler. A fiery crash just outside of Chicago, on Illinois's Interstate 90 today, police say a car plowed into a toll plaza, engulfing the vehicle and the building in flames. The motorists died at the scene. Downtown Columbus, Ohio getting back to normal. Police were evacuating residents early today after a truck carrying lithium batteries caught on fire. In Congress, the House is debating new aid for Israel and Ukraine. While White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby says the U.S. has imposed new sanctions against Iran. "Over the last three years, we've done 600 sanctions across a wide range of entities and individuals and organizations and businesses across Iran. These are specifically targeted at their drone capability." Unenforcement agencies in Nebraska, Nevada, South Dakota and Texas are investigating what knocked out their 911 service last night. Emergency calling appears to be back online in most cases. Dickie Betz has died. He was the legendary guitarist with the original Almond Brothers band. Betz was 80 years old. This is AP News. In Canada, nine suspects have been rounded up in a huge gold bar heist. 6,600 gold bars weighing over 400 kilograms were stolen from Pearson International Airport here in Mississauga and Peel Region. It had a value of over 20 million dollars. That was Nishandoorayapa, Peel's Regional Police Chief, speaking at a news conference filmed by CTV. The gold bars were ordered from a refinery in Zurich and were picked up by a truck driver. The driver came to the airline's cargo warehouse with a fraudulent bill for seafood. Police said the gold was melted down and used to purchase illegal firearms. I'm Karen Chamass. Thousands of ordinary people who helped clean up the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. In 2010, say they got sick, a court settlement was supposed to help compensate them. 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.