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AP Headline News - Jun 11 2024 14:00 (EDT)
AP news I'm Ed Donohue president Biden's son Hunter was found guilty of three felony gun counts today in Wilmington, Delaware. No one in this country is above the law. Everyone must be accountable for their actions even this defendant. The jury agreed with prosecutors Hunter Biden lied on a mandatory gun purchase form by saying he was not illegally using or addicted to drugs. Special counsel David Weiss says this case is not just about addiction. A disease that haunts families across the United States including Hunter Biden's family. This case was about the illegal choices defendant made while in the throes of addiction. The AP soccer McGonnie has reaction from Hunter Biden. After the verdict he hugged his lawyers, kissed his wife and held hands with First Lady Jill Biden as they left the courthouse in a written statement. Hunter Biden says he's disappointed but grateful for support from his family and friends. His lawyer says they will pursue all legal challenges available. He faces up to 25 years in prison. President Biden has said he would accept the results of the verdict and would not seek to pardon his son. Hunter Biden faces a trial in September in California and charges are failing to pay more than a million dollars in taxes and congressional Republicans have signaled they will keep going after him in their stalled impeachment effort into the president. A source tells the AP Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg is scheduled to testify before Congress July 12th a day after former President Donald Trump's sentencing in his hush money trial. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken says the UN Security Council's vote in favor of a US backed proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza has made it as clear as it possibly could be that the world supports the plan. He again called on Hamas to accept it and said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reaffirmed his commitment to the proposal. This is AP news. Volodymyr Zelensky is asking for more help for Ukraine from Europe. Starting a week of intense diplomacy that all seeks to landscape travel to the group of seven summit of Ukraine's leading Western allies in Italy and a global peace summit in Switzerland Ukraine's leader renewed his calls for more help from allies at a Ukraine recovery conference in Berlin. Zelensky says we want to give diplomacy a chance and we've gathered around a hundred countries for this Ukraine has never relied solely on the power of weapons. Zelensky added that there'll be leaders from all parts of the world at the peace summit. He hopes it'll be the first step toward the full restoration of security and the movement towards peace. I'm Charles the lead singer of the four tops Alexander Morris is suing a Detroit area hospital for restraining him and ordering a psychological exam after refusing to believe he was part of the Motown group I met Donahue 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% off their first order for more information visit upswellmarketing.com that's upswellmarketing.com Hey too basic hi there I still know what about hello handsome look is it possible to give yourself the ick yep it's possible well that's why we're changing how you start conversations on bumble you can now make the first move or not with opening moves you simply choose a question to be automatically sent to your matches then sit back and let your matches start the chat download bumble and try it for yourself because you want to hear bacon and eggs on your outdoor griddle not the scraping of rust introducing the Weber Slate rust resistant griddle stays ready not rusty with a carbon steel cooktop pre-seasoned and ready to cook on right out of the box the Weber Slate heats evenly edge to edge up to 500 degrees all you'll hear is the gasp of amazement from friends and family when you serve the food cooking with the Weber Slate rust resistant griddle just sounds delicious and tastes even better what's next at Moss Adams that question inspires us to help people and their businesses strategically define and claim their future as one of America's leading accounting consulting and wealth management firms our collaborative approach creates solutions for your unique business needs we leverage industry focus insights with the collective technical resources of our firm to elevate your performance uncover opportunity and move upward at Moss Adams