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AP Headline News - May 10 2024 06:00 (EDT)
This is AP News. I'm Rita Folley. President Biden's confirming that he did order the suspension of the delivery of heavy bombs to Israel as Prime Minister Netanyahu resists White House pressure to dump plans to move full bore into Rafa, the city in Gaza. The AP's Sagar Magani with what the White House is saying. Any kind of major Rafa ground operation would actually strengthen Hamas' hands at the negotiating table, not Israel's White House national security spokesman John Kirby says more civilian deaths in Rafa would only help Hamas's leader make a case against Israel. More ammunition for his twisted narrative here. It's unclear if the president's threat to withhold aid would change Israel's calculus. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will stand alone if need be. Sagar Magani, Washington. More fierce weather expected in the already hard hit southeast through today. The weather services severe thunderstorms and heavy rain. The jurors in Donald Trump's Hush Money trial have now heard a dramatic account of Stormy Daniels' alleged sexual encounter with the former president. The AP's Michael Sisak is in New York. Trump's lawyers asked Judge Juan Mershan to end the trial. They said that Stormy Daniels testimony on Tuesday and Thursday had been unfairly prejudicial to the former president. Daniels testified about what the defense contended was a power dynamic and the visceral reaction she had in the encounter she says happened at a hotel room in 2006 in Lake Tahoe, Nevada. California could soon use artificial intelligence tools to help reduce traffic jams and make roads safer under new agreements. Pope Francis is pressing his campaign to urge Italians to have children. Warning this morning that the country's demographic crisis is threatening the future. This is AP News. Now to the shooting of an airman in Florida. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement says it's investigating the May 3rd fatal shooting of a black airman in his apartment in Fort Walton Beach. The Okaloosa County Sheriff released video Thursday from the deputy's body cam. Sheriff's office open the door. Drop the gun, drop the gun, drop the gun. Civil rights attorney Ben Krupp. They thought he was a bad guy, but he was a good guy. Krupp asserts the deputy did not first tell senior Emer and Roger Forton to drop the legally own weapon before firing was at the wrong apartment and that the 23 year old had been on face time with his girlfriend. Sheriff Eric Aidan says investigations take time that there's no attempt to hide anything. I'm Norman Hall and I'm Rita Foley AP News. Imagine no more shots at midnight or 2 a.m. juice boxes. With the tandem Moby automated insulin delivery system getting a great night's sleep is no longer a dream. This impressively small insulin pump from tandem diabetes care is designed to help you wake up and range and feel ready to take on the day. It's so small and lightweight that it almost feels like you don't even have a pump with you while you're sleeping. Wake up and do what moves you. Learn how at tandemdiabetes.com. Rx only indicated for patients would take one diabetes six years and older safety info available at tandemdiabetes.com/safetyinfo. An official message from Medicare. A new law is helping me save more money on prescription drug costs. Maybe you can save two. With Medicare's extra help program my premium is zero and my out of pocket costs are low. Who should apply single people making less than $23,000 a year or married couples who make less than $31,000 a year. Even if you don't think you qualify it pays to find out go to ssa.gov/extrahelp paid for by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Home to nearly 500 golf courses, Minnesota offers some of the best golfing in the country.