Headline News from The Associated Press
AP Headline News - May 29 2024 05:00 (EDT)
This is AP News. I'm Rita Folley. Today the jury is expected to begin deliberations in Donald Trump's Hush Money trial. The AP's Julie Walker is covering the trial in New York. The judge presiding over Donald Trump's Hush Money case will give jurors instructions today on the charges against the former president and how to weigh them. Closing arguments were yesterday, with the defense taking more than two and a half hours, telling jurors the star witness is a liar and Trump did nothing wrong. And prosecutors taking more than four and a half hours telling jurors the former president engaged in a conspiracy and cover up. The jury will weigh 34 felony charges against Trump stemming from what the prosecution says were falsified business records to cover Hush Money payments to possibly sway the election. At Manhattan Criminal Court, I'm Julie Walker. More deadly storms in Texas, the AP's Norman Hall. Another round of strong storms with damaging winds and baseball-sized hail has pummeled Texas, leaving one person dead and about one million businesses in homes without power. Early season heat is adding to the misery. Around Houston, more than 300,000 customers lost power. The area is still recovering from Hurricane Force winds earlier this month. I-Norman Hall. Two people were missing and seven others injured in Youngstown, Ohio after a natural gas explosion blew off the front of a downtown building, say, authorities. This was yesterday afternoon. Tragedy overseas, a speeding passenger bus crashed off a highway and fell into a ravine in Pakistan this morning, killing at least 28 people, say officials. Police say the driver just suddenly lost control. They've been struggling with fierce heat in India. The temperatures hit 122 degrees Fahrenheit in some places. Here at home, gas prices are going down. Gas is $357 a gallon on average this morning. This is AP News. The number of executions worldwide is up to the highest number since 2015. A new report by Amnesty International says that it recorded a total of 1,153 executions in 2023, a 30 percent increase from 2022. Amnesty says the figure does not include thousands of death sentences believed to have been carried out in China, where data is not available due to state secrecy. The group says the spike in recorded executions was primarily driven by Iran, where authorities executed at least 853 people last year compared to 576 in 2022. Amnesty says China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, and the US were the 5 countries with the highest number of executions in 2023. I'm Lisa Dwyer. And I'm Rita Foley, 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 percent off their first order. For more information, visit upswellmarketing.com. That's upswellmarketing.com. Meet Tandem Moby, the impressively small and powerful automated insulin delivery system from Tandem Diabetes Care. The Tandem Moby insulin pump is about the size of an earbuds case, which means it offers wearability like never before. Wear it on body with an adhesive sleeve, clip it to your clothing, or simply slip it into the coin pocket of your pants. Discover a pump designed to fit your lifestyle and do what moves you with Tandem Moby. Learn more at TandemDiabetes.com. Adhesive sleeves sold separately are ex-only, indicated for patients with type 1 diabetes six years and older safety info available at TandemDiabetes.com/safetyinfo. A shot. Home to nearly 500 golf courses, Minnesota offers some of the best golfing in the country. They say it. Thanks. This house makes Minnesota the star of the north at exploreminnesota.com. Here in America, work is in trouble. We've offshored our manufacturing, sent away good jobs, and lost so much ability to make things. American Giant is a company that's pushing back against this tide. They make high-quality clothing, sweatshirts, jeans, dresses, jackets, and so much more right here in the USA. Visit american-giant.com and get 20% off your first order when you use code Staple20 at checkout. That's 20% off your first order at american-giant.com promo code Staple20.