Headline News from The Associated Press
AP Headline News - Jun 06 2024 08:00 (EDT)
This is AP News. I'm Rita Folle. It was 80 years ago that US, British and Canadian troops stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, D-Day in World War II, the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany. Surviving veterans are in France this morning, remembering. And Ken Hay is remembering too. He's a British veteran who speaks to school children about the war. You can't tell them the horrible things you've seen. But you've got to leave them with the thing that there must be another way to ask them more to resolve difficulties. And so I think I hope we're playing a part in doing that. President Biden is there this morning in France. Palestinian health officials say an Israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced families in central Gaza killed dozens of people. The Israelis say Hamas was using the school. Here at home, lots of Americans have been seeing some ferocious weather. The AP's Donna Warder. The tornado struck without warning Wednesday afternoon in suburban Detroit. The twister tore through several neighborhoods in Livonia, Michigan, bringing a tree down onto a house where a woman and her two-year-old were sleeping. The child was killed. A two-week-old sibling who was in a crib in a separate room was not injured. In Mount Camry County, Maryland, WJLA spoke with neighbors who say a storm in their community was scary. Tornado warnings were issued Wednesday night for Maryland and several other states, including Ohio, New Jersey and Delaware. I'm Donna Warder. Nepal is seeing a boom in sales of electric vehicles. It estimates that that's reduced oil import costs by $22 million a year. Access to electricity in Nepal has soared in the past three decades as hydroelectric projects were completed. Here in the U.S., gas prices keep falling, gas is $3.48 a gallon this morning. This is AP News. Now to those plans for big tolls on drivers in Manhattan, the AP's Julie Walker. New York's governor puts the brakes on congestion pricing for now. In a Wednesday video message, Governor Kathy Hochl, who controls the MTA, says the plan to charge motorists. Big tolls to enter the core of Manhattan comes at too high a price for working New Yorkers. Implementing the planned congestion pricing system risks too many unintended consequences. The program was going to charge $15 to enter Manhattan anywhere below 60th Street. It was set to start at the end of the month. We need to make sure our solutions work for everyone, especially those who are struggling to make ends meet. Hochl says funding was already set aside for the MTA's capital plan and they are exploring other sources. Julie Walker, New York. The Dow added 96 points yesterday. I'm Rita Foley, AP News. What is this place? In these woods, we are prey. The watchers allow us to live, because we follow their rules. You can't see them, but they see everything. No one sees one. It's their lives. From producer M. Night Shyamalan, written for the screen and directed by Ishana Night Shyamalan. Let them see you. What are they doing? Applause for you, Mina. The watchers, now playing, rated PG-13, may be inappropriate for children under 13. 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. 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, RX-only, indicated for patients with type 1 diabetes, six years and older, safety info available at TandemDiabetes.com/safetyinfo. That's the sound of something falling three stories. Now imagine if that were you. Well, if you get in a crash, it could be hitting the windshield at just 30 miles per hour, it feels like the equivalent of falling three stories. Seafelt save lives. That's why you should always wear one. You reduce your risk of serious harm by 50%. Nobody is above the laws of physics. Click it or tick it. Shift into save. A message from the Colorado Department of Transportation.