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AP Headline News - May 16 2024 17:00 (EDT)
AP News, I'm Jackie Quinn. There was a record set on Wall Street, but it wasn't sustained. The Dow Jones Industrial Average topped a 40,000 level today. But it ended trading with a 38-point loss. The S&P 500 NASDAQ also closed lower. Our Seth Soutel reports. Momentum Kools, following a rally to record highs the day before. All three indexes set all-time highs on Wednesday. Today's unemployment report showed a slight drop from the week prior. Donald Trump's Hush Money Childs wrapped up for the week, allowing the former president to attend his son's graduation tomorrow. The AP's Julie Walker, a defense attorney's grilling Trump's fixer Michael Cohen. The defense attempting to paint an unflattering picture of a man who should not be believed. Trump pled not guilty to charges of falsifying business records to cover up Hush Money payments. A showdown on Capitol Hill where the House Judiciary Committee is moving forward with charging Attorney General Merrick Garland with Contemptive Congress. Garland refused to release the recordings of President Biden being questioned by a special counsel over his mishandling of classified documents. Committee Chairman Jim Jordan. The recordings are necessary. The transcripts alone are not sufficient evidence of the state of the president's memory. The government's made the move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug. President Biden issued a statement. It's an important move toward reversing long-standing inequities. Today's announcement builds on the work we've already done to part in a record number of federal offenses for simple possession of marijuana. The DEA will take public comment. One person was killed after a fiery crash involving a tanker truck. On Colorado's Interstate 70 outside Denver, the highway was closed for part of the day. As Israel contemplates the military move in Rafa, the U.S. military announces its completed work on a pier that will offload relief supplies. This is AP News. An NFL kicker is raising eyebrows for comments he made during a recent commencement address. The comments made by Kansas City Chief's kicker Harrison Butker came during last weekend's graduation ceremony at Benedictine College. Butker congratulated the women receiving degrees and said most of them were probably more excited about getting married and having children. Butker said some Catholic leaders were pushing dangerous gender ideologies onto the youth of America. He also assailed Pride Month and President Biden's stance on abortion. The Chiefs declined to comment. I'm Mike Empin. Netflix and the NFL are announcing a deal for the streaming service to carry games Christmas Day for the next three years. Netflix says this December, it will stream defending champs Kansas City at Pittsburgh, followed by Baltimore at Houston. I'm Jackie Quinn, AP 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. You 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. Summer is meant to be easy, it's meant to be savored, so don't spend your summer afternoon break waiting in line for ice coffee. Satisfy your ice coffee craving and your own kitchen with Nespresso. Consistently delicious ice coffee that's never watered down at the touch of a button. The summer craft your own double espresso over ice or brew a smooth 12-ounce cold brew style coffee over ice to cool even the hottest days. Be your own barista, making exceptional ice coffee at home with Nespresso. Meant to be ice, meant to be simple, visit Nespresso.com. Because you want to hear bacon and eggs on your outdoor griddle, not the scraping of rust. Introducing the Weber Slate Rust-Resistant Griddle. Stays ready, not rusty. With a carbon steel cooktop, pre-seasoned and ready to cook on right out of the box. The Weber Slate heats evenly edge to edge up to 500 degrees. All you'll hear is the gasp of amazement from friends and family when you serve the food. Cooking with the Weber Slate Rust-Resistant Griddle just sounds delicious and tastes even better.