Headline News from The Associated Press
AP Headline News - May 24 2024 21:00 (EDT)
A.P. News and Ben Thomas, who is again as reclassified to abortion-inducing drugs as controlled and dangerous substances. Norman Hall has details. "The measure affects the drug's mythopristone and misoprostol, which are commonly used in medication abortions. Supporters of the bill said it would protect expected mothers from coerced abortions, though they cited only one example of that happening in the state of Texas. Opponents of the bill included many physicians who said the drugs have other critical reproductive health care users, knowingly possessing the drugs without a valid prescription with carrier punishment, including hefty fines and jail time. Law takes effect October 1st. A.N. Hall." Several tornadoes have been reported in Iowa and Illinois as the central U.S. gets blasted again by violent storms. Mike Fowls with the National Weather Service in Des Moines. "The last few years we've been in a drought, so we haven't had kind of the busy period here in April, May, June, we kind of quickly transitioned into hot dry conditions. But even for like an average sense, this has been more active than normal." CIA Director William Burns has been in Paris trying to revive ceasefire negotiations in the Israel Hamas War, meantime the International Court of Justice has ordered Israel to halt its military offensive in Rafa. In a New Mexico judge has rejected Alec Baldwin's request to dismiss the sole criminal charge against him in fatal movie set shooting. "The decision means the case remains on track for a July trial. Prosecutors previously dismissed an involuntary manslaughter charge against Baldwin before rebooting the case. A grand jury later indicted Baldwin on the same charge in cinematographer Helena Hutchins' death. During a rehearsal, Baldwin pointed a gun at Hutchins when the revolver went off, killing her and injuring Director Joel Sousa. Baldwin has maintained that he pulled back the gun's hammer, but not the trigger. I'm Lisa Dwyer. This is AP News. Boeing's now targeting June 1st for the launch of its starliner with, for the first time, astronauts. And best-selling novelist and military historian Caleb Carr has died at Donahue as a look at his life. "Car was the son of beat-generation writer Lucian Carr. He was born after his father was imprisoned from manslaughter. Carr's childhood was traumatizing. His best-known book, The Alienist, is about the 1890s investigation of a series of vicious murders of adolescent boys. In a 1994 AP interview, Carr said characters in the book included JP Morgan and New York's Police Commissioner at the time, Theodore Roosevelt. "It was very important to me to set the story, to set a fictional story in an actual world that did exist because my training is as a historian." Carr was also an accomplished military historian and a chronicler late in life of his devoted cat, Masha. His publisher says Carr died of cancer. He was 68. I met Donahue. And I'm Ben Thomas, CP News. "It's a struggle to eat right, that's why we've spent years developing the highest quality nutritional supplements possible. Being in shape or being healthier starts with you wanting to and then letting us help you. Does first form have the best tasting protein powders and bars on the planet? How about the most convenient daily nutritional packet to give you what you need every single day? What about the best tasting and most complete green powders in the world? We think so. We started today at firstform.com/healthy to get free shipping on most orders and a 110 percent money bank guarantee if you don't love your first form products. That's the number one STPHORM.com/healthy. 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 percent off their first order. For more information, visit upswellmarketing.com that's upswellmarketing.com. That's the sound of steak searing in its juices on your new pellet grill. You heard that right. The Weber Seerwood pellet grill can smoke low and slow at 180 degrees all the way to a high heat sear at 600. With the Weber Seerwood, you can cook on the direct flame over the full great sear zone. You'll hear the gasp of amazement from friends and family when you serve the food. Cooking with the Weber Seerwood pellet grill just sounds delicious and tastes even better. (dramatic music)