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AP Headline News - May 23 2024 14:00 (EDT)
AP news, I'm Adonicking parts of Iowa hit by powerful tornadoes earlier this week are in line for possibly more bad weather tonight into tomorrow. Forecasters say three separate powerful tornadoes carved long paths, totaling 130 miles across Iowa Tuesday. Four people were killed in Greenfield, Iowa. FEMA Administrator Deann Chryswell is there as much as I've been watching the videos and seeing the pictures of the tornado damage. It just does not do it justice. When you're here on the ground and you can see the homes gone or you can talk to a member who lost their home and they shared their story of how they just barely escaped death. The Justice Department filed a sweeping anti-trust lawsuit against Ticketmaster and parent company Live Nation. The suit accuses them of running in a legal monopoly over live events in America, suffocating their competition and jacking up ticket prices. It is time to break it up. Attorney General Merrick Garland detailed a string of anti-competitive practices, including long term deals to keep venues from choosing rival ticket companies and threatening venues who don't use Ticketmaster. It's the latest example of the Biden administration targeting companies that accuses of engaging in monopolies. It sued Apple two months ago. Live Nation calls the allegations baseless and says competition has actually cut into Ticketmaster's profits. Sagar, Magani, Washington. The police officer who arrested golfer Scotty Scheffler, the PGA Championship in Louisville, is being disciplined for not having his body cam activated. We understand the seriousness of the failure to capture this interaction, which is why our officer has received corrective action for this policy violation. An interaction involving Scheffler allegedly resulted in the officer being dragged to the ground. The Louisiana legislature voted to make abortion pills controlled dangerous substances. This is AP News. Iran has buried its president, foreign minister and others killed in a helicopter crash. Hundreds of thousands of people crowded into Mashad about 470 miles east of Iran's capital to Iran. They gathered in Mashad by the Holy Imam Reza shrine to pay their final respects to late Iranian presidents, Ibrahim Reza. Many were dressed in black and beating their chests and heads in a sign of mourning common insciate ceremonies. It was a final sign of respects for a protege of Iran's supreme leader who was recently killed in a helicopter crash. His burial caps days of processional through much of Iran seeking to bolster the country's theocracy during a politically sensitive moment for Iran, both at home and abroad. I'm Karen Shamas. The US is expected to announce an additional $275 million in military aid for Ukraine tomorrow. I'm Ed Donahue, AP News. If you're a small business owner, upswell marketing would like to remind you that when customers choose your business, they're really choosing you. So focus on super serving your existing customers and let upswell handle the pipeline generation of new leads. Upswell specializes in building and managing custom direct response campaigns and is now offering a no obligation free assessment of your current marketing strategies. New customers also receive 15% off their first order. For more information visit upswellmarketing.com. That's upswellmarketing.com. So the quarterly projections are in the red area there and these numbers I guess should be higher. This doesn't make any sense. Wait you're not even our finance director. Who are you? Oh I'm the delivery driver. Anyone over the noodle bowl? We need a receptionist. No we need sign-in app. From managing visitors to risk reduction and office scheduling trust sign-in app for your confident workplace. Cloud secure with app convenience. Sign-in app keeps your office and business on track. Start for free at signinapp.com. 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 US Department of Health and Human Services.