Headline News from The Associated Press
AP Headline News - Jun 11 2024 12:00 (EDT)
I'm Ed Donohue in Wilmington, Delaware. Hunter Biden has been convicted on all three felony charges of lying to buy a gun. The AP's Julie Walker has the story. Juris found Hunter Biden guilty of lying to a federally licensed gun dealer, making a false claim on the application by saying he was not a drug user and illegally having the gun for 11 days. He faces up to 25 years in prison when he is sentenced. Though first-time offenders do not get anywhere near the maximum and it's unclear whether the judge would give him time behind bars. I'm Julie Walker. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is in Tel Aviv hoping Hamas agrees to a ceasefire deal with Israel. All of the hostages, but especially our eight American families who have loved ones in Gaza, we are determined to bring them home. The proposal that President Biden put forward is the best way to do that. Blinken says the UN Security Council vote in favor of the US-backed proposal for a ceasefire and hostage release made it as clear as possibly could be that the world supports the plan. The UN Human Rights Office is citing possible war crimes by Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups in connection with that deadly raid by Israeli forces that frayed four hostages over the weekend. Pamela Smart, who was serving a life prison term in New Hampshire, for plotting with her teenage student to have her husband killed in 1990, accepted full responsibility for his death for the first time in a videotape statement released today as part of her latest sentence reduction request. Smart is now 56. She was a 22-year-old high school media coordinator when she began an affair with a 15-year-old boy who later shot and killed her husband Gregory Smart in Derry, New Hampshire. Setting his push people out of their homes near the Mississippi River at a roughly 30-percent higher rate than the US as a whole, this is AP News. Disney theme parks are rebranding a ride that had been associated with racist cliches. Here's the AP's Margies Arelletta. Step aside, Briar Rabbit, Tiana is taking over. Disney parks are updating the Splash Mountain log flume ride to become Tiana's Bayou Adventure. Splash Mountain had used elements from the 1946 movie Song of the South, which contains racist tropes about blacks and plantation life. Tiana's Bayou Adventure is based on the 2009 film The Princess and the Frog, which features Tiana as Disney's first black princess. Tiana's Bayou Adventure opens later this month at Walt Disney World in Florida, and later this year at Disneyland in California. I'm Margies Arelletta. Electronic Arts has announced San Francisco 49ers star running back Christian McCaffrey will be on the cover of EA Sports Madden NFL 25 video game that launches worldwide in August. I'm Ed Donahue, 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's 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. 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. Why wear a seatbelt? The math speaks for itself. You have a one in 40 chance of being in a crash this year, but wearing a seatbelt reduces your risk of serious harm by 50%. In a rollover crash, more than three out of five deaths are from those who weren't wearing theirs. Seatbelts save lives, over 370,000 in fact, most passengers killed in crashes weren't buckled up. Nobody is above the laws of physics, buckle up and shift in a safe. A message from the Colorado Department of Transportation.