Headline News from The Associated Press
AP Headline News - Jul 05 2024 15:00 (EDT)
AP News, I'm Ed Donaugue, Hurricane Ferroles weakened over Mexico and is headed to Texas. Emergency Management Director Nim Kidd says along the coast, be ready. We would ask the people take the time to make sure that their vehicles are fueled, make sure that they have food and water, and that they've taken care of their pets, check on their family members, and take the time now to prepare so that whenever this thing is making landfall, you're already where you need to be. This is the same area that got soaked by Tropical Storm Alberto a few weeks ago. The government says 206,000 jobs were added last month, not as much compared to May, but P&C Financial Economist Gus Foché says this is what the Federal Reserve wants to see. We did see a bit slower wage growth, which is the Fed is trying to do to bring down inflation, and so the unemployment rate picked up a little bit to 4.1%, which is still very low, but a little bit higher than it had been recently. The Fed is expected to cut interest rates at least once before the end of the year. Police in Huntington Beach, California, say a suspect is in custody after two people were shot and killed in a crowded area near downtown on the 4th of July. The Kansas Supreme Court rejected two anti-abortion laws. They regulated abortion providers more strictly than other health care professionals. The ruling suggests other abortion restrictions could fall in Kansas. Donald Trump is distancing himself from Project 2025, a massive proposed overhaul of the federal government, drafted by longtime allies and former officials in his administration. The head of the think tank responsible for it suggested there would be a second American revolution. Trump said he knew nothing about Project 2025. Massachusetts Congressman Seth Moulton is now the third Democrat in Congress to publicly say President Biden should step aside. The Vatican excommunicated its former ambassador to Washington after finding him guilty of his schism. Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano is a conservative and had become one of the Pope's most ardent critics. This is AP news. Two people were hospitalized following shark attacks at South Padre Island in Texas. Two others encountered the sharp but were not seriously hurt. I started swimming towards them and then he jumped up out of the water saying, "Shark, shark, shark." Rainer Cardenius tells KRGV his son-in-law was the first victim. I adrenaline kicked in. I went right after him. Ryan McDaniel of New Brunswick says he saw the response to the first attack. He saw someone running towards this guy and I went out there too and this guy was getting pulled out of the water with a big shark bite. Sharks are plentiful along the Texas coast. The South Padre Island fire chief Jim Pig says it's unusual to have a shark attack there. The last time I saw anything like this was about eight years ago. Game Warden Captain Chris Dowdy says officials believe a single shark about six feet long was responsible and then it has moved out to deeper water. They all look like where he's just trying to find, or it's trying to find something to eat. He takes a bite. He doesn't like it and he moves on. I'm Jennifer King. I'm Ed Donahue, AP News.