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AP Headline News - Apr 22 2024 05:00 (EDT)
This is AP News. I'm Rita Folley. Opening statements today in Donald Trump's hush money trial in New York. Opening statements for Donald Trump's hush money criminal trial expected Monday among the prosecution witnesses. A porn star, a playboy model, a tabloid publisher, and Trump's former fixer turned foe, Michael Cohen. He went to prison after pleading guilty to campaign finance violations relating to the hush money arrangements. Cohen paid porn star Stormy Daniels $130,000 to keep quiet about what she says was a sexual encounter with Trump years earlier. The former president denies having sex with her and denies charges of falsifying business records to keep stories about his sex life secret. Trump calls the case a political witch hunt to hurt his campaign. Julie Walker, New York. As soon as Tuesday, the Senate could pass an aid package that will help Ukraine. And President Biden has said he'll sign it immediately. But the clock is ticking. Ukraine's President Zelensky on NBC's Meet the Press. This aid will strengthen Ukraine and send the criminal powerful signal that it will not be the second Afghanistan. The United States will stay with Ukraine, will protect the Ukrainians and they will protect democracy in the world. The head of Israel's military intelligence corps has just resigned over the failures surrounding Hamas's October 7th attack. Two top climate monitoring organizations say Europe is the fastest warming continent and its temperatures are rising at roughly twice the global average. Terry Anderson has died. He was an AP correspondent in 1985 when he was kidnapped in Lebanon by Hezbollah and held for nearly seven years. Terry Anderson was 76 years old. This is AP news. So what was the weekend's top movie? The AP's Martis Arleta's got the answer to that. Civil war keeps the top spot at the box office for a second weekend. I guess I'll wear it is like a pretty huge civil war going on all across America. Civil war earned another $11.1 million domestically, according to studio estimates, that makes it the number one movie draw on a slow weekend in theaters. The horror movie Abigail debuts in second, followed by Godzilla Kong, the new empire. The World War II film The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is in fourth place. The anime movie Spy Family Code White takes number five. The AP's Martis Arleta reporting groundbreaking set for today on a $12 billion high-speed passenger rail line between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area. The ceremony in Las Vegas will be attended by Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. I'm Rita Foley, AP News.