Headline News from The Associated Press
AP Headline News - May 17 2024 10:00 (EDT)
This is AP News, I'm Rita Falle. The PGA Championship said this morning it was delaying play this morning after the number one golfer in the world, Scotty Scheffler was arrested in Louisville, Kentucky on the way to the PGA Championship. ESPN says he did not follow police orders during an investigation into an accident in which a pedestrian was killed. Police say the pedestrian was hit by a bus. Police can be heard here telling ESPN's Jeff Darlington that Scheffler is in trouble. Right now, right now he's going to jail. Okay. He's going to jail and it ain't nothing you can do about it. Period. There's nothing you can do about it. Okay. Okay. Now, do you have personal assistance? I'm a media. Scotty Scheffler has been released in his back at the PGA Championship course now. Nearly one million homes and businesses have had no power this morning from Texas to Louisiana after those fierce thunderstorms. At least four people died in the bad weather. Houston Mayor John Whitmire tells KTRKTV. We had a storm with 100 miles per hour winds, the equivalent of Hurricane Ike, considerable damage downtown. The widespread destruction brought much of Houston to a standstill. Crews have been working to restore power and clear uprooted trees and debris. Ukraine's President Zelensky has signed two new laws. One lets prisoners join the army. Another increases fines for draft dodgers by five times. Ukraine's troops have been fighting Russian advances that began late last week in the Harkiev region. Donald Trump's Hush Money trial is off today so he can go to his son Barron's high school graduation in Florida. Michael Cohen expected to return to the witness stand Monday, a prosecution star witness. This is AP News. Coral bleaching is nearing record levels around the globe. Scientists say crazy hot ocean temperatures, especially in the Atlantic, are close to making the current global coral bleaching event the worst in history. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says 62.9 percent of the world's coral reefs are badly hurting. The record is 65.7 percent, set in 2017. The current bleaching event began last year, with ocean's record hot now for 13 straight months. In the Atlantic, off the Florida coast and in the Caribbean, about 99.7 percent of the coral reefs have been hit with severe losses in Staghorn and Elkhorn species, according to NOAA's Coral Reef Watch Program. Worldwide, 62 countries are seeing damaged coral. I'm Ben Thomas. Gas is 360 a gallon as you start your weekend. That's down about four cents in a week. I'm Rita Foley, AP News. When you need to work quickly and confidently, you need Gremmerly. It's a trusted AI writing partner that helps you get work done faster, with better writing, and it works where you work. Across 500,000 apps and websites, 96 percent of users agree. Gremmerly helps them craft more impactful writing. Sign up and download for free at gremmerly.com/podcast. That's gremmerly.com/podcast. Gremmerly. Easier said.