Headline News from The Associated Press
AP Headline News - May 22 2024 19:00 (EDT)
AP News, I'm Ben Thomas. In Iowa, crews are methodically searching through mounds of debris to be sure no victims remain buried after a powerful tornado hit a small town southwest of Des Moines. Julie Walker has more. In Greenfield, the tornado, flattening homes, cars, trees, through tears, resident Valerie Warrior tells W-O-I-TV it's devastating. Being from a small town, you know everybody. And I know as you see everybody's out helping everybody. Governor Kim Reynolds touring the area, she already announced a disaster declaration. "It is just horrific, it's hard to describe until you can actually see at the devastation." Audio courtesy KCRG this year, the preliminary count for tornadoes 859, the highest since 2017. I'm Julie Walker. In Pennsylvania, a disgruntled employee opened fire at a linen company near Philadelphia, killing two coworkers and injuring three others. Chester Maristefan roots. "You have to anticipate that there had to be some type of mental health issue that would have an employee walk into his workplace on a day of work and take out his anger in such a violent way." That sounds from W-P-V-I-TV. The New York State Senate has passed to be able to explicitly allow evidence of prior sexual offenses in sex crime cases, a move to change the legal standard Harvey Weinstein used to overturn his rape conviction. New York City has stepped up efforts to push migrants out of its overwhelmed shelters, enforcing a new rule that limits some adult asylum seekers to a month in the system. Political news Nikki Haley says she'll be voting for Donald Trump in the general election, saying she wants the president who will stand up for U.S. allies and reduce the deficit. "Trump has not been perfect on these policies. I've made that clear many, many times. But Biden has been a catastrophe. So I will be voting for Trump." This is AP News. Conference finals tonight. The NHL gets started in New York with the Rangers host the Panthers in the NBA, the Mavericks in Minneapolis to play the Timberwolves. Kethin Koolba has last night's action in Boston. "We just talked about it in the huddle, we got a second chance, let's take advantage of it, let's not mess around and figure out a way to win this game." 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. "Hey, not too basic. Hi there, I still know. What about Hello Hanson? Ugh, is it possible to give your selfie ick? Yep, it's possible." Ugh. Well, that's why we're changing how you start conversations on Bumble. You can now make the first move or not. With opening moves, you simply choose a question to be automatically sent to your matches, then sit back and let your matches start the chat. Download Bumble and try it for yourself. 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. (upbeat music)