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AP Headline News - May 14 2024 06:00 (EDT)
This is AP News, I'm Rita Falle. The prosecution's star witness returns today in Donald Trump's Hush Money trial, the AP's Julie Walker on his testimony so far. Donald Trump's former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen telling jurors his boss had him pay Stormy Daniels $130,000 in 2016 to stay quiet about a sexual encounter, which Trump denies. In testifying, Trump told him it would be a total disaster for the campaign if the story got out and that Trump wasn't thinking about his wife Melania, but the election. Jurors were shown that payment from Cohen, who took out a loan to do it, and then Trump's repayment, which prosecutors say was labeled legal expenses to cover up the Hush Money deal. Trump challenging that after court. I have not come close to proving, fraud, or that any fraud has taken place. At Criminal Court in Manhattan, I'm Julie Walker. Surprise visit. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Kief on an unannounced diplomatic mission to reassure Ukraine that it has American support as it struggles to defend against increasingly intense Russian attacks. The two-day visit comes less than a month after Congress approved a long-delayed foreign assistance package that sets aside $60 billion in aid for Ukraine. I'm Charles Dillettesma. Russian President Putin will travel to China this week and meet with Leader Xi Jinping. Human Rights Watch says Israeli forces have carried out at least eight strikes on aid workers and their convoys since the start of the war in Gaza, killing at least 15 people, including two children. GM will start testing robo-taxis in Arizona this week with human safety drivers on board. Thunderstorms could be severe today in the southeast and the Gulf Coast, say forecasters. This is AP News. It's down now, the largest span of that collapsed bridge in Baltimore. The AP's Lisa Dwyer, on the carefully placed explosives that brought it down. Crews set off a chain of explosives. To break down the largest remaining span of the collapsed key bridge, the demolition marks a major step in freeing the grounded dolly container ship. The span landed on the ship's bow after the dolly lost power and crashed into the bridge's support columns shortly after leaving Baltimore on March 26. Since then, the ship has been stuck amid the wreckage and Baltimore's busy port has been closed to most maritime traffic. The controlled demolition will allow the dolly to be refloted and will help restore traffic through the port. I'm Lisa Dwyer. The Biden administration is announcing plans to put new tariffs on Chinese vehicles and other items. I'm Rita Folle, AP News. After countless steps and more than a few miles, her dog drives you forward one last time to make that final climb. And as the rising sun peeks out from the horizon, you know, incredible happens here because it starts here with a fuel that makes it all possible. Plan Sport Discover advanced nutrition made to fuel strength and stamina and active dogs like yours at proplan sport.com. You have to celebrate your wins. We've won the mint 400 and I celebrated that win for weeks, but then we had to focus and move on Dustin Jones, championship winning can am off road racer can am's the same. The most race wins in all types of terrain with the Maverick X3, but then they focus and move on. In electric or 240 horsepower in the first seven speed dual clutch transmission, this thing's a game changer. We celebrate those wins, but never for too long. The can am Maverick X3 and Maverick R. Visit canamoffroad.com. Summer is meant to be easy. It's meant to be savored. So don't spend your summer weekend waiting in line for ice coffee. Satisfy your ice coffee craving in your own kitchen with Mespresso. Create consistently delicious ice coffee that's never watered down at the touch of a button. These summer craft your own double espresso over ice or brew a smooth 12-ounce cold brew style coffee over ice before you even leave home. Be your own barista, making exceptional ice coffee at home with Mespresso. MENT to be ice, meant to be simple. Visit nespresso.com.