Headline News from The Associated Press
AP Headline News - May 30 2024 12:00 (EDT)
AP News, I'm Ed Donnehy, deliberations have resumed in New York, in former President Donald Trump's hush money trial. "Here we go again, five weeks I've been here again, I like to answer all of your questions and very easy questions to answer but I'm gagging so I can't talk as much as I would like to." This is day two of deliberations, the jury re-heard portions of crucial testimony from two key witnesses, former National Enquirer publisher David Pekker and Trump's former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen. They also asked to rehear jury instructions. The Supreme Court is siding with the National Rifle Association in a case over free speech rights. The AP's soccer McGonney has the story. The justices have unanimously cleared the way for an NRA suit against a former New York state official over claims she violated its free speech rights. A lower court had thrown out the suit that accused the state's ex-financial services chief of pressuring banks and insurance companies to blacklist the NRA after the Parkland floor in a school shooting six years ago. The official argued she did speak out about the risks of doing business with gun groups but did not exert any improper pressure. Sagar McGonney, Washington. French President Emmanuel Macron's office says President Biden will make his first state visit to France next week after attending D-Day 80th anniversary commemorations in Normandy. Macron and his wife went on a state visit to the US in 2022. Slovenia's government endorsed a motion to recognize a Palestinian state and asked the parliament to do the same. Alabama is set to execute a man tonight who was convicted of bludgeoning an elderly couple to death 20 years ago to steal prescription drugs and money from their home. It will be Alabama's first execution after the state conducted the nation's first execution using nitrogen gas back in January. The lethal injection remains the state's main execution method. This is AP News. Star Trek's George Takei created a children's picture book based on his own experiences at a US internment camp for Japanese Americans during World War II. Here's the AP's Margie Zaraletta. George Takei's book My Lost Freedom is aimed at six to nine-year-olds to educate them about the incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans in the 1940s. Mr. Takei was about that age when he lived in three camps, the first at the Santa Anita Racetrack in a stable. My mother hated it, and we did too. I mean, the stench of a fisherman manure was overwhelming. He says many Japanese American families did not talk about it because they felt shame when he feels the shame belongs to the government. Takei says one of the reasons he created the book was because as a teen, he could find no information in libraries about what happened. I'm Margie Zaraletta. Amazon is getting FAA approval that allows it to expand drone deliveries for online orders. I'm Ed Donahue, AP News. American Giant makes great clothing, sweatshirts, jeans, and more right here in the US. Visit american-giant.com and get 20% off your first order with Code Staple 20. That's 20% off your first order at american-giant.com, Code Staple 20.