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AP Headline News - May 10 2024 12:00 (EDT)
AP News, I'm Hannah Pangewani, witness testimony in former President Donald Trump's Hushman case has resumed, and Georgia Longstreet has taken the stand. She's a paralegal at the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, who previously testified about procuring social media posts and other publicly available evidence. American consumer sentiment has hit a six-month low amid high inflation and interest rates. AP correspondent Sagar McGonney reports, "The University of Michigan's consumer sentiment index fell this month by nearly 10 points from April, but it's still about 14 percent higher than a year ago. Consumer prices have remained high this year after a sharp drop last year. Prices rose three and a half percent in March compared to a year ago. That's well above the Federal Reserve's 2 percent target. Chairman Jerome Powell said last week the Fed is likely to keep its benchmark interest rate at a 23-year high for now, rather than cutting it." "Until we have gained greater confidence that inflation is moving sustainably toward two percent." Powell said he doesn't know how long that might take. Sagar McGonney, Washington. "More than 100,000 people have fled Rafa as fighting breaks out on the city's outskirts. In a video conference from Rafa, the UN's Georgios Petropolo says civilians are fleeing the southern area of Gaza." "The recent evacuation was had from the government of Israel linked to the military operation of Rafa, is now counting 110,000-plus displaced people having to move north. Most of these are people who have had to displace five or six times." In an AP interview, Debbie McGuire of the Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center says the pelicans along the California coast aren't getting enough food and are anemic and dehydrated. "They don't have any food in them. They are starving to death. And if we don't get them into care, they will die." This is AP News. A newly released ad promoting Apple's new iPad Pro has struck quite a nerve online. The ad released by the tech giant earlier this week shows a hydraulic press crushing just about every creative instrument artists and consumers have used over the years, from a piano and a record player, to piles of paint, books, cameras, and relics of arcade games. From the destruction comes the new iPad Pro. Critics have called the ad "tone deaf" and said the ad is a telling metaphor of the industry today, particularly concerns about big tech negatively impacting creative people. In a statement shared with ad age, Apple apologized for the ad. The outlet also reported that Apple no longer plans to run the TV spot. Target confirmed today that it won't carry Pride Month merchandise at all stores this spring after the discount retailer experienced backlash in lowered sales over its collection honoring LGBTQ communities. A target spokesperson declined to disclose the number of stores where the merchandise will not be available. I'm Hayab and Joani, AP News. Welcome to the new iPad Pro. I'm Hayab and welcome to the new iPad Pro. I'm Hayab and welcome to the new iPad Pro. In addition to the new iPad Pro, I'm Hayab and welcome to the new iPad Pro. I'm Hayab and welcome to the new iPad Pro. I'm Hayab and welcome to the new iPad Pro. I'm Hayab and welcome to the new iPad Pro. I'm Hayab and welcome to the new iPad Pro.