Headline News from The Associated Press
AP Headline News - Jun 17 2024 06:00 (EDT)
This is AP News. I'm Rita Folle. Oh, the heat. Millions of Americans in the nation's midsection are going to sweat today, says the National Weather Service's William Churchill. We could have some triple digits. For the most part, it'll be in the 90s, though, mid to upper 90s. Though some locations are going to be near 100. Residents of the southwest have been warned to take precautions, as the heat travels eased. The northeast expected to be pretty hot by tomorrow. And in California, crews are attacking multiple wildfires in California amid high temperatures and strong winds. The post fire burning near Interstate 5 in Gorman on the main north-south route between Los Angeles and Bakersfield led to evacuations from the Hungry Valley State vehicular recreation area, where at least two structures were burned. Kenichi has get with the LA County Fire Department, says strong gusts are hampering efforts by aircraft crews. When it's windy, it just sprays the water everywhere else or that we don't need it. Officials warned residents of Castaic near Pyramid Lake. They should prepare to leave if the fire pushes further south. As of last night, that fire was nearly 23 square miles and about 2% contained according to Cal Fire. The Hasparia fire is nearly 2 square miles, up to 20% contained. Bernie in the Sandburg-Indio Mountains south of Victorville. I'm Jennifer King. Now to trouble in the air. A passenger plane has landed safely at a New Zealand airport. So a fire shut down one of its engines. The nation's fire service says the Virgin Australia Boeing 737-800 jet, bound for Melbourne, Australia, landed in Invercargill. After the fire forced a diversion, Virgin Australia said in an email statement that the incident may have been caused by a possible bird strike. I'm Charles D'Lithasma. We're just in this morning that Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has dissolved the influential war cabinet that was tasked with steering the war in Gaza. That's just in this morning. This is AP News. To the Tony Awards now, the Outsiders and Stereophonic won the two biggest awards at the Tony Awards in New York on Sunday. The Outsiders and adaptation of the Essie Hinton novel won the Tony Award for Best Musical. Hinton was in the audience as the cast and crew accepted. Stereophonic, about a 1970s band making an album won Best Play. Acting awards went to Malia Joy Moon for Hell's Kitchen, Sarah Paulson for Appropriate, Jeremy Strong for An Enemy of the People, and Jonathan Groff and Daniel Radcliffe for Merrily We Roll Along. I'm Archie Zareleta. And the movies Inside Out 2 was #1. It pulled in $155 million, followed by Bad Boys Ride or Die with $33 million, and Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes was third. Just over $5 million. I'm Rita Foley, AP News. From fires, wind and hail to woodpeckers and other pests, Colorado's nature puts our homes through it. Rely on 5280 exteriors to restore your home sighting. Made primarily of cement, 5280 exteriors, quality James Hardy's sighting is flame resistant and repels insects and woodpeckers. Right now, 5280 exteriors will provide all-new gutters for free when you buy whole house sighting. Get your free estimate today at 5280 exteriors.com. 5280 exteriors, the altitude of quality. Two vests on SUV Familiar, no sotros vemos un sistemar a poyo para más de nueva cintos el centa spesia de vidas el bestre. Partico on the tinnest and keep Colorado wild pass, the vintino evelo de reles, con el reistre de tu auto a yudas a pinencial programa ces cesucativos ela con cedrasión de la vidas el bestre, ento el estado. Ob tengas to keep Colorado wild pass, con el broxima de reistre de su vehicleo. It's mas con passe, es la mejora me ga de la nato la lisa. Our kids have said to us since we've moved to Minnesota, we are far more active than we've ever been anywhere else we've ever lived. Moving to Minnesota, opened up a lot of doors for us. Just this overall sense of community, the values that you know Minnesotans have. It's a real accepting, loving community, especially with two young kids. See what makes Minnesota the star of the north. New residents share why they love calling at home at explore minnesota.com/live. Hey, welcome to immigrantly media, where we celebrate diverse voices. I am Zadia Khan, the founder, and at immigrantly, every podcast is meticulously crafted to ensure that our collective voices matter, our opinions count, and our existence is acknowledged and celebrated. From bantally, a Gen Z-focused podcast for pop culture enthusiasts, to nationly, your fun insightful guide to election 2024 and stories behind diverse communities, an invisible hate, it ethical true crime podcast. And of course, we can forget, immigrantly, our flagship, where every story matters and that's not it. We are launching Sportly in July, which will be at the intersection of history and sports. Subscribe to Immigrantly Media on your favorite platform, wherever you listen to podcasts. (upbeat music) (upbeat music)