Headline News from The Associated Press
AP Headline News - May 17 2024 17:00 (EDT)
8p news. I'm Jackie Quinn. On Wall Street, a new record close. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 134 points, closing at 40,003. It's the first time the index surpassed the 40,000 thresholds. The S&P 500 was also higher, but game stops. Quarterly report helped push the NASDAQ lower. For thousands in the Houston area, it could be weeks before electricity is restored. Yesterday's storm, which pulled down trees and power lines, had powerful and damaging winds. Houston Mayor John Whitmire on KTRK. We had 80, 90 and 100 miles per hour storm come through here. Some twisters. Israeli authorities say the bodies of three civilians, taken from the music festival during the October 7th Hamas attack, were recovered in Gaza. The military says they died that day, but Hamas did not reveal their fate. Workers at two Alabama Mercedes-Benz factories have voted against forming a union. The United Auto Workers was trying to get them to join. Hundreds today attending a funeral for Airman Roger Fortsen, who was fatally shot in his Florida apartment earlier this month by a deputy. Civil rights leader Reverend Jamal Bryant, as heard on WSB, says Fortsen was killed because he is black. It showed all of America that you can wear a uniform and the uniform won't protect you. President Biden today noted the 70th anniversary of school desegregation, but says the U.S. still has more to do. Possibility of a democracy worthy of our dreams starts with opening the doors of opportunity for everyone without exception. Former President Donald Trump attended his son's high school graduation and has a political fundraiser tonight in Minnesota. This is AP News. A former beetle becomes a billionaire. Paul McCartney is a billionaire beetle. The annual Sunday Times richness, says McCartney, is the first British musician to be worth over $1.27 billion. That's due to McCartney's 2023 "got back" tour, the rising value of his back catalog and Beyonce's cover of the Beatles' Blackburn. McCartney ranks 165th overall on the list. Top spot. I'm Charles D'Litesma. A New Mexico judge is planning to rule next week on a grand jury indictment against Alec Baldwin in the fatal shooting on the set of the Western Movie Rust. During today's virtual hearing, attorneys accused prosecutors of unfair maneuvering during the grand jury proceeding. I'm Jackie Quinn, AP News. [BLANK_AUDIO]