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AP Headline News - May 15 2024 05:00 (EDT)
This is AP News. I'm Rita Falle. The Biden administration is sending more weapons to Israel, the AP's Ben Thomas. Congressional aides tell AP the Biden administration sending a new package of arms and ammunition to Israel, more than a billion dollars worth, including tank ammunition, tactical vehicles, and mortar rounds. It would be the first announced arms shipment to Israel since the administration put another on hold earlier this month, consisting of 3,500 bombs. That was paused to keep Israel from using them in its growing offensive in the crowded southern Gaza city of Rafa. Ben Thomas, Washington. The prosecution's star witness in Donald Trump's Hushmani trial returns to the stand on Thursday. Michael Cohen, the AP's Eric Tucker, is covering the trial in New York, where Donald Trump's lawyers have started questioning Cohen. He was able to say that each check, each reimbursement was built on a lie, that he had contributed to the filing of false documents on Trump's behalf as a way to protect Trump. He acknowledged that up front, which could take the steam out of some of the defense questioning that we get on Thursday, because he was very upfront about the crimes that he says he committed for Donald Trump. Former President Trump denies any wrongdoing in the case. After arrest in Florida, the driver of a pickup truck that crashed into a farm worker bus on Tuesday, killing eight people. The truck driver faces charges of driving under the influence manslaughter. This happened about 80 miles north of Orlando in Marion County. The Caitlin Clark era and the WNBA is officially underway, though Caitlin Clark went scoreless for nearly the first 15 minutes last night before finishing with 20 points in the Indiana fever's 92 to 71 loss to the Connecticut sun. And at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, a miniature poodle named Sage has won the top prize best in show. This is AP News. The latest now on that cargo ship that slammed into a bridge in Baltimore, the AP's Sagar McGonny with this story. Investigators say the cargo ship that caused March's Baltimore bridge collapse had a power of blackout hours before leaving port. The National Transportation Safety Board's preliminary report says the dolly had an electrical blackout about 10 hours before leaving the port of Baltimore. Shortly after departing, it lost power again and hit one of the key bridges supporting columns, leading to the bridges collapse within seconds. A full report will likely take more than a year. The FBI is also conducting a criminal probe into the circumstances before the bridges collapse, which killed six workers who were on the bridge, Sagar McGonny, Washington. The Dow rose 126 points yesterday. The Dow rose has been a very special place to be a part of the company's best-selling, strategies. In Colorado, you can legally gamble in Black Hawk, Central City, Cripple Creek, and licensed online sports betting.