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AP Headline News - May 15 2024 15:00 (EDT)
A.P. News. I'm Hannah Pinslani. Slovakia's Interior Minister says an initial investigation shows there was a clear political motivation behind the assassination attempt on the country's prime minister. Senators are pushing for $32 billion in emergency spending on A.I. after finishing a year-long review. At a news conference South Dakota Senator Mike Brown says the American people will reap benefits from investigating in artificial intelligence now. "If we invest now and we use A.I. the way that the experts in these fields tell us that it can be incorporated, the quality of life for Americans will improve. This is something that I think Americans will demand of us as we move forward, that we continue to do everything we can to incorporate A.I. appropriately." On the eve of his visit to China, Vladimir Putin says Russia prepares to negotiate over Ukraine. In an A.P. interview, Asia's society China expert Orville Shell says, "China's claim that it's neutral in the Russia-Ukraine war defies logic." You cannot straddle a thing like an invasion of another country if you're not willing to condemn it. But worse, if you're willing to hug it out with the leader of the invader, namely Russia and Putin. It's a very, I think, poor representation of any form of any pretension towards neutrality. Testifying before the House Transportation Committee, National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Hommandie says, "The electrical blackouts the dolly suffered before colliding with Baltimore's key bridge were separate from two others before leaving the port of Baltimore." Preliminary information indicates that the March 25th blackouts were mechanically distinct from those that occurred on March 26th. Two were related to routine maintenance in port. Two were unexpected tripping of circuit breakers on the accident voyage. This is A.P. News. A barge slammed into a bridge pillar in Galveston, Texas, spilling oil into surrounding waters and closing the only road to a smaller and separate island that is home to a university. China appears to be shadowing Filipino activists on their way to an outlining show. Chinese Coast Guard ships are in the vicinity of a group of Filipino activists and fishermen sailing on wooden boats towards a disputed show in the South China Sea, which Beijing has fiercely guarded from what it regards as intruders. The boats were still far from the show when at least two Chinese Coast Guard ships began shattering them at nightfall. says Imani Zong, one of the organizers, adding that the participants remained in high spurts and would not turn back to convoys expected to reach the show area on Thursday morning, organizers add, they would seek to avoid confrontations but were ready for any contingencies. I'm Charles D'Lithesmaan. I'm Haya Pinjuani, A.P. News. An official message from Medicare. "A new law is helping me save more money on prescription drug costs. Maybe you can save too. 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. 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, Pro-Plan Sport. Discover advanced nutrition made to fuel strengthened stamina and active dogs like yours at ProPlanSport.com. Summer is meant to be easy. It's meant to be savored. So don't spend your summer Friday waiting in line for ice coffee. Satisfy your ice coffee craving in your own kitchen with mispresso. Create consistently delicious ice coffee that's never watered down at the touch of a button. This summer, enjoy limited edition tastes like the beach-inspired tropical coconut flavor over ice for the perfect afternoon refresher. Be your own barista, making exceptional ice coffee at home with mispresso. meant to be iced, meant to be simple. Visit nespresso.com.