Headline News from The Associated Press
AP Headline News - Jun 07 2024 17:00 (EDT)
AP News, I'm Ed Donakie. In France today, President Biden was at a spot that, during D-Day, soldiers climbed the cliffs during the invasion of Normandy. "They preached sisters at the Atlantic Wall, and they turned in that one effort, the tide of the war that began to save the world." The president called on Americans to defend democracy from threats at home and abroad, and without mentioning him by name, cast an implicit contrast with Donald Trump. "They're not asking us to scale these cliffs, but they're asking us to stay true to what America stands for." Trump's former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows pleaded not guilty to felony charges for an effort to overturn Trump's election loss to Joe Biden in Arizona. Hunter Biden's daughter Naomi testified at his federal gun trial in Delaware. "Attorney Abby Lowell began calling witnesses after federal prosecutors wrapped up their gun case. They say the president's son lied on a mandatory gun purchase form when he said he was not illegally using or addicted to drugs." Hunter Biden has pleaded not guilty. Lowell has said he did not believe he had a serious drug problem at the time of the gun purchase and that there was no attempt to deceive anyone. Jurors were sent home, and they'll be returning next week. I'm Hayab Njwani. An upcoming report by the UN Security Council plans to list Israel and Hamas as waging a war that violates the rights and protections of children. Meantime Central Command Vice Admiral Brad Cooper says the US military-built peer designed to carry badly-needed aid to Gaza by boat has been reconnected. "We want to seize this opportunity and get the aid to the people as quickly as possible. We anticipate that our goal will be to deliver 500,000 pounds over the beach." Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is belatedly acknowledging more travel paid for by Republican megadoner Harlan Crow. Thomas has faced criticism for failing to report luxury trips paid for by Crow and others over many years. The Dow finished down 87 points. This is AP News. An AP analysis finds thousands of so-called zombie companies are facing a reckoning as the bill comes due on years of cheap debt amid high interest rates. Here's the AP's Jennifer King. "Sombers are companies so laden from borrowing they can't or are barely able to pay even the interest on their loans. The number has jumped by a third in the past decade. The companies run famous brands like Carnival Cruise Line, JetBlue Airways, Wayfair, Peloton, and Britain's Manchester United. They include utilities, food producers, hospital and nursing home chains and real estate firms with half-empty office buildings. Sometimes the debt was used to finance stock buybacks and big paydays for top management. That's what happened at Bed Bath and Beyond and Smile Direct Club. Wall Street isn't panicking, investors have been buying stock and junk bonds. George Cipolloni with pen and mutual asset management says if rates stay at this level in the near future at some point he says the money comes due and it's game over." I'm Jennifer King. And I'm Ed Donahue, AP News. I'm Ed Donahue, AP News. And I'm Ed Donahue, AP News. I'm Ed Donahue, AP News. I'm Ed Donahue, AP News. I'm Ed Donahue, AP News. I'm Ed Donahue, AP News. I'm Ed Donahue, AP News. I'm Ed Donahue, AP News. I'm Ed Donahue, AP News. I'm Ed Donahue, AP News. I'm Ed Donahue, AP News. I'm Ed Donahue, AP News. I'm Ed Donahue, AP News. I'm Ed Donahue, AP News. I'm Ed Donahue, AP News. I'm Ed Donahue, AP News. I'm Ed Donahue, AP News. I'm Ed Donahue, AP News. I'm Ed Donahue, AP News. At the Coca-Cola Company, Curie, Dr. Pepper, and PepsiCo, our bottles might still look the same, but some of them can be remade in a whole new way. Using 100% recycled plastic, new bottles made using no new plastic except the caps and labels. You'll be seeing more of these new bottles and more places, and that's thanks to you. Because when we get more bottles back, we can use less new plastic. And how our bottles are made to be remade at madetoberemade.org. What is this place? Then these would. 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. From producer M Night Shyamalan, written for the screen and directed by Ishaan and 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. With everything you have on your plate, earning your degree online seems impossible. But at Grand Canyon University, we specialize in helping you fit a master's degree in education into your busy day. Your graduation team, led by your own GCU counselor, provides you with the personal support you need to succeed. Achieve your goals with the plan and team behind you. Find your purpose at Grand Canyon University. Visit GCU.edu. (gentle music)