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AP Headline News - May 15 2024 10:00 (EDT)
This is AP News, I'm Rita Falle. Make my day, pal. That's President Biden talking to Donald Trump on X, challenging him to two debates. Donald Trump lost two debates to me in 2020. The sense that he hadn't shown up for debate. Now he's acting like he wants to debate me again. Well, make my day, pal. I'll even do it twice. So let's pick the dates, Donald. I hear you're free on Wednesdays. Wednesday is the day Donald Trump's hush money trial is not in session. Donald Trump is responding, telling Fox News that President Biden's proposed dates are quote, fully acceptable to him. Separately, President Biden says he will not participate in the traditional debates sponsored by the nonpartisan commission on presidential debates. We don't have to tell you that prices are up. The Labor Department says consumer prices were up 0.3 percent from March to April, down slightly from the previous month. The year-over-year measure shows prices tick down to 3.4 percent. So-called core prices fell to the lowest level in three years. After three months of elevated readings, the new report may reassure the Federal Reserve that inflation could be resuming its trend down to the Fed's 2 percent target. The central bank's key interest rate is at a 23-year high. Chair Jerome Powell said yesterday, "It will stay there as long as needed to fully beat inflation," Sagar Magani, Washington. Retail sales in April were unchanged from March. Russian President Putin says the Kremlin is prepared to negotiate over the war in Ukraine. Media reports say Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Ficco was injured in a shooting and taken to a hospital, a suspect reportedly detained. Mexico's consulate says it's working to support farm workers in Florida after a highway collision killed eight Mexican citizens who were on their way to pick watermelons, a suspect is in jail. This is AP News. Protesters against the Israel-Hamas War have been taking down their tents at Harvard, the AP's Donna Warder, with the latest on this. The protesters have begun taking down their tents in Harvard Yard. After university officials agreed to discuss their questions, such as Harvard's endowment and any ties the school has to Israel. Harvard student Chloe Gamble says she considers the protests successful. The point of a protest is to draw attention and to make a scene and make a stand. Harvard alum, Rotem Spiegler, who lives on campus, says she does not support the protesters. For the Israeli and Jewish community on campus, this is like a slap in the face. I'm Donna Warder. A bipartisan group of four senators is recommending that Congress spend at least $32 billion to develop artificial intelligence and also put safeguards around it. The report just released this morning. I'm Rita Foley, AP News.