Headline News from The Associated Press
AP Headline News - Apr 25 2024 10:00 (EDT)
This is AP News. I'm Rita Falle. Donald Trump's hush money trial is proceeding in New York, though he had asked the judge if he could skip today's session, so he could be at the Supreme Court, which this morning is weighing whether he could be prosecuted over his efforts to reverse his 2020 election loss to Joe Biden. This morning, former President Trump said this in New York about not being able to go to the Supreme Court. Well, we have a big case today. This judge isn't allowing me to go. We have a big case today in the Supreme Court of presidential immunity. A president has to have immunity. If you don't have immunity, you just have a ceremonial president. This morning, New York's highest court overturned ex-movie mogul Harvey Weinstein's 2020 rape conviction. He's been doing 23 years in prison, but he'll stay behind bars because he was convicted in Los Angeles in another rape. Hamas is telling the AP it's willing to agree to a truce in the war with Israel, but it's got a condition. The AP's Karen Shamaz. A top Hamas political official has told the Associated Press that they would lay down their weapons. If a two-state solution is put in place, Hamas official Heliel El-Haya said in an interview that the Islamic militant group would agree to a five-year truce with Israel if an independent Palestinian state is established along pre-1967 borders. If that happens, he said, the group's military wing would dissolve and Hamas would convert into a political party. The comments come amid a stalemate in months of ceasefire talks, but it's unlikely Israel, which has vowed to crush Hamas, would consider such a scenario. Israel's current leadership is adamantly opposed to the creation of a Palestinian state. Protests and arrests as college students here in the U.S. continue pushing back against Israel's war with Hamas. More than 100 people arrested at Emerson College in Boston. Almost that number arrested at the University of Southern California. This is AP News. Now to world hunger. The UN's global report on food crises says nearly 282 million people in 59 countries and territories experienced acute hunger in 2023. At Maximo Torreiro, chief economist of the UN's Food Agriculture Organization, says that Gaza, in the middle of a war between Israel and Hamas, was the territory with the largest number of people facing famine. As expected, the mayor driver, this time, is conflict and security, which has the primary driver in 20 countries and territories. The 282 million figure is an increase of 24 million more people than in 2022. And Torreiro says that some 705,000 people in five countries are at the highest level of hunger. That's quadruple the number of people since the UN Global Report began in 2016. I'm Donna Warder. And I'm Rita Foley, AP News. When everyone's on the same page, getting things done at work is easy. Make a bigger impact at work with Grammarly. Grammarly is your secure AI writing partner that allows your team to make their point and move faster. You can even save time by going from spending hours editing drafts to just seconds. Join the 96% of Grammarly users that say it helps them craft more impactful writing. Sign up and download Grammarly for free at Grammarly.com/podcast. That's Grammarly.com/podcast. Easier said, done. American giant makes great clothing, sweatshirts, jeans, and more, right here in the U.S. Visit american-giant.com and get 20% off your first order with Code Staple 20. That's 20% off your first order at american-giant.com, Code Staple 20.