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AP Headline News - May 18 2024 16:00 (EDT)
8 p-news for this Saturday, May 18. I'm Jackie Quinn. The misery continues in the Houston area, where the death toll from Thursday's storms has increased to seven. Powerful winds caused widespread devastation. Our Julie Walker reports. National Weather Service Meteorologist Haley Adams says winds topped 100 miles per hour. Trailers were rolled, metal debris was thrown in 1,000 yards to the southeast, and there were multiple fallen trees. Officials say one of those trees killed a woman, neighbor Angel Mata, tells KTRKTV she was just trying to move her car. When the tree fell, she died on impact. Officials say at least seven people were killed. I'm Julie Walker. In Israel, Benny Gantz, a popular centrist member, on Israel's three-member war cabinet, is threatening he's going to step down, unless the government develops a new plan for the war in Gaza. What a rally in Tel Aviv. Hostage families are demanding the release of their loved ones, and now there's word a fourth person missing from the October 7 attack has been found dead. But there is no closure until all 128 remaining hostages are free. Yemen's Houthi rebels hit an oil tanker in the Red Sea with a ballistic missile, damaging the Greek-owned vessel. Arrests at the University of Pennsylvania, where six students were among a group of pro-Palestinian protesters, who were trying to occupy a school building. President Biden greeting supporters in Georgia before a campaign rally in Atlanta, his GOP rival Donald Trump, addresses an NRA convention in Dallas. That's a perfect move to barbecue room. The top barbecue chefs will be crowned in Memphis on the final day of the championship cook-off. This is AP News. Religion in Cuba I'm Walter Ratliff with The Religion Minute, bells toll from a Catholic Church, Buddhist chant mantras, and Santa Maria adherits dance and play drums. This is the religious landscape of Cuba today. In 1959, the Castro-led revolution installed an atheist, communist government that sought to replace the Catholic Church as the guiding force in the lives of Cubans. About 65 years later, religion seems to be everywhere in Cuba. A majority of the country's 11 million people are baptized Catholic, and other religious communities have a vibrant presence here. But religious diversity often runs within individuals themselves. Maximilio Trujillo, a philosophy professor at Havana University, says it's not uncommon that someone would meet a Santa Maria High Priest in the morning, attend a Pentecostal temple in the afternoon, and a Catholic mass in the evening without seeing a spiritual conflict. I'm Walter Ratliff. And I'm Jackie Quinn, AP News. Home to more than 10,000 lakes and rivers and streams, Minnesota offers some of the best freshwater fishing in the country. Discover what else makes Minnesota the star of the north at ExploreMinnesota.com. Hey ladies, as women, we put our hearts into everything. Today is High Blood Pressure Education Month, and it's time to focus on our heart health. Release the pressure once to help black women look at self-care as an act of self-preservation during High Blood Pressure Education Month. Let's help get to our goal of 100,000 black women putting their hearts first and learn more about their heart health. Visit iHeartRadio.com/rtp for a chance to receive a $1,000 gift card to take care of yourself and prioritize your heart health. That's iHeartRadio.com/rtp. For 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. Proplan Sport. Discover advanced nutrition made to fuel strength and stamina and active dogs like yours at proplan sport.com. Come.