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AP Headline News - May 28 2024 14:00 (EDT)
AP News, I'm Ed Donoughue, rough seas damaged the US-built temporary pier in Gaza. The AP's soccer McGonney has the story. Three US officials tell the AP the pier's operations are now temporarily suspended due to the damage. That's just the latest set back after the pier became operational last week. Four of the army boats being used to ferry aid from commercial vessels to the pier became unward over the weekend and there have also been three US troop injuries. The pier has been providing an extra way to get critically needed aid in dogaza. Soccer McGonney at the White House. The Biden campaign sends them allies to New York outside the Hush Money trial of former president Donald Trump. There were two Capitol police officers who talked about the Capitol riot. Also speaking was an Academy Award winner, Robert De Niro. This is the time to stop him by voting him out once and for all. We don't want to wake up after the election saying what again? After De Niro spoke, supporters of Donald Trump appeared, including Jason Miller. President Trump did nothing wrong. This is all politics. If you don't think this politics, then why do the Democrats wheel out a retread like Robert De Niro to try to change the subject? In closing arguments in the Hush Money trial, the defense has been trying to label the prosecution's star witness, former Trump attorney and fixer Michael Cohen as a liar on the witness stand. In Florida, the judge overseeing Donald Trump's classified documents case denied a request by prosecutors to bar the former president from making public statements that could endanger law enforcement agents. Pope Francis apologized after he was quoted using a vulgar term about gay men to reaffirm the Catholic church ban on gay priests. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky received a second $1 billion promise of military aid during a tour of three European Union countries. This is AP News. A spokesman at UCLA Medical Center says Godfather producer Albert S. Ruddy has died. He was 94. Here's the AP's Margie Zaraletta. Keep your friends close, but your enemy's closer. Real-life mobsters were trying to shut down production of the Godfather until Albert S. Ruddy met with crime boss Joseph Colombo and made a few changes to the script. Ruddy won an Oscar for that movie, as well as won for producing million-dollar baby. He also produced The Longest Yard and Cannonball Run. Ruddy also co-created the TV show's Hogan's Heroes and Walker, Texas Ranger. And Margie Zaraletta. Ruddy Nash has died, she was once named the world's longest-serving flight attendant. Nearly 70 years, Nash began her flight attendant career with Eastern Airlines back in 1957. She later moved to American Airlines, and the Association of Professional Flight Attendants says she never retired. I'm Ed Donahue, AP News. It's summer at the Home Depot, and that means it's time to kick off the season of outdoor doing. Whether you're planting in ground or in containers, we have your planting season covered with savings on soil and potting mix. Give your plants the nourishment they need with the continuous food release of Miracle Grow .75 cubic foot garden soil on Special Buy for $10. And give all your container plants the foundation they need with Miracle Grow 25-core potting mix on Special Buy 2 for $16. Get summer savings happening now at the Home Depot. How doers get more done!