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FILE - President Joe Biden speaks at an event in Raleigh, N.C., March. 26, 2024. A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Opinion Research conducted March 21-25, finds that while Americans say they respect the Constitution's checks and balances and don't want a president to have too much power, that view shifts if the candidate of their party wins the presidency. It’s a view held by members of both parties, though it's especially common among Republicans. (AP Photo/Matt Kelley, File)

FILE - President Joe Biden speaks at an event in Raleigh, N.C., March. 26, 2024. A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Opinion Research conducted March 21-25, finds that while Americans say they respect the Constitution’s checks and balances and don’t want a president to have too much power, that view shifts if the candidate of their party wins the presidency. It’s a view held by members of both parties, though it’s especially common among Republicans. (AP Photo/Matt Kelley, File)

Americans think a president’s power should be checked, AP-NORC poll finds — unless their side wins

A poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Opinion Research finds that while Americans say they respect the Constitution’s checks and balances and don’t want a president to have too much power, that view shifts if the candidate of their party wins the presidency.
 
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Former Trump officials are among the most vocal opponents of returning him to the White House

 

No Labels won’t run a third-party campaign after trying to recruit a centrist presidential candidate

 

Biden is touring collapsed Baltimore bridge where recovery effort has political overtones

 
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump takes the stage before speaking Tuesday, April 2, 2024, at a rally in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Mike Roemer)

NY state is demanding more information on Trump’s $175 million appeal bond in civil fraud case

 
FILE - Waitress Rachel Gurcik serves customers at the Gateway Diner in Westville, Pa. on Oct. 22, 2023. On Friday, April 5, 2024, the U.S. government issues its March jobs report. (Tom Gralish/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP, File)

US employers added a surprisingly robust 303,000 jobs in March in a sign of economic strength

 
A worker cuts metal after a Russian missile attack at DTEK's power plant in Ukraine, on Monday, April 1, 2024. Russia is attacking Ukraine’s energy sector with renewed intensity and alarming accuracy, signaling to Ukrainian officials that Russia is armed with better intelligence and fresh tactics in its campaign to annihilate the country’s power generation capacity. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Russia renews big attacks on Ukrainian power grid using better intelligence and new tactics

 

Black & Decker clothing steamers under recall after burn injuries

 
  1. FILE - Rudy Giuliani speaks to reporters after Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump spoke at a primary election night party in Nashua, N.H., Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. Giuliani will be allowed to remain in his Florida condo for now after a New York bankruptcy judge declined Thursday, April 4, 2024, to rule on a motion filed by his creditors that would’ve forced him to sell the Palm Beach estate. Giuliani declared bankruptcy in December after he was ordered to pay $148 million to two former Georgia election workers for spreading lies about their role in the 2020 election. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

    Rudy Giuliani can remain in Florida condo, despite judge’s concern with his spending habits

  2. A construction worker was killed and two people were taken to the hospital after a portion of a crane dropped onto the Southeast Third Avenue bridge over the New River in downtown Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Thursday afternoon, April 4, 2024. (Carline Jean/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP)

    Total solar eclipse forecast: Will your city have clear skies Monday?

  3. Armored trucks are parked outside the GardaWorld facility in the Sylmar section of Los Angeles on Thursday, April 4, 2024. Thieves stole as much $30 million in an Easter Sunday burglary at a Los Angeles money storage facility in one of the largest cash heists in city history. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

    In Los Angeles heist that sounds like it came from a thriller novel, thieves stole $30 million in cash

  4. FILE - The Apple logo is illuminated at a store in Munich, Germany, Nov. 13, 2023. Apple is laying off more than 600 workers in California, marking the company's first big wave of post-pandemic job cuts amid a broader wave of tech industry consolidation. The iPhone maker notified 614 workers in multiple offices on March 28, 2024, that they were losing their jobs, with the layoffs becoming effective on May 27, according to reports to regional authorities. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)

    Apple lays off more than 600 workers in California in its first major round of post-pandemic cuts

  5. CNN broadcast journalist Alisyn Camerota poses at the former CBGBs nightclub, now a high-end men's clothing outlet, on March 29, 2024 in New York, to promote her memoir "Combat Love: A Story of Leaving, Longing, and Searching for Home." (AP Photo/Dave Bauder)

    Sex, drugs and the Ramones: CNN’s Camerota ties up ‘loose ends’ from high school

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Watch moment Dawn Staley learns she is AP’s Coach of the Year

Watch the moment South Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley learns she was named the AP Coach of the Year. Credit: South Carolina Athletics
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Discover

In this image provided by Corinne Martin, Mehrad Houman holds his dog, Mishka, after she was examined by veterinarian Nancy Pillsbury in Harper Woods, Mich., Friday, March 29, 2024. Mishka was discovered in suburban Detroit, eight months after disappearing in San Diego. (Corinne Martin via AP)

A California dog missing since the summer is found in Michigan

A dog missing in California since last summer turned up more than 2,000 miles away in Michigan. Police in a Detroit suburb responded to a call about a stray dog last week, picked up the terrier mix and contacted an animal welfare group.
 
Children practise fencing game, on the outskirts of Kigali, Rwanda, Tuesday, April 4, 2024. The country will commemorate on April 7, 2024 the 30th anniversary of the genocide when ethnic Hutu extremists killed neighbours, friends and family during a three-month rampage of violence aimed at ethnic Tutsis and some moderate Hutus, leaving a death toll that Rwanda puts at 1,000,050. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

New mass graves in Rwanda reveal cracks in reconciliation efforts, 30 years after the genocide

 
Conan O'Brien performs at the 8th annual Love Rocks NYC concert benefiting God's Love We Deliver at the Beacon Theatre, Thursday, March 7, 2024, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

Conan O’Brien will be a guest on ‘The Tonight Show,’ 14 years after his acrimonious exit

 
This image released by RCA Records shows "Older" by Lizzy McAlpine. (RCA via AP)

Music Review: Lizzy McAlpine tells intimate folk-pop stories on her third album, ‘Older’

 
This combo image shows Bruce Springsteen, top left; Stevie Nicks, top right; Shakira, bottom left; and Bob Dylan, bottom left. On Thursday, April 4, 2024, it was announced that American rock band Kiss had sold their catalog, brand name and IP to Swedish company Pophouse Entertainment Group in a deal estimated to be over $300 million. They're the latest to participate in an ongoing trend of blockbuster acts — including Springsteen, Nicks, Shakira and Dylan — and their rights holders inking deals to sell their back-catalogs, often for impressive sums. (AP Photo)

Hits for sale: Notable artists who have had their music catalogs sell for big money

 

TODAY IN HISTORY

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Julius Rosenberg and his wife, Ethel, arrive at Federal Courthouse for their espionage trial in New York City on March 21, 1951. The Rosenbergs, tried under the Espionage Act of 1917, are two of three defendants charged with conspiracy to spy for the Soviet Union. (AP Photo)

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are sentenced to death

On April 5, 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death following their conviction in New York on charges of conspiring to commit espionage for the Soviet Union.

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World Central Kitchen founder José Andrés blames Israel for attacking convoy
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New leadership in the U.K. makes history
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Dutch hyperloop center aims to be the future of high-speed mass transit
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Travis Kelce shares what he can learn from Taylor Swift on-stage
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Blinken calls World Central Kitchen workers killed in Gaza strike ‘heroes’
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Tori Spelling is embracing being on her own
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Liam Neeson says he was surprised by ‘Taken’ success
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‘Water’ star Tyla says she’s happy to be one of the faces leading the African music scene
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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Cleanup begins at Los Angeles ‘trash house’ where entire property is filled with garbage and junk

 
FILE - Gene Simmons, from left, Tommy Thayer, and Paul Stanley of KISS perform during the final night of the "Kiss Farewell Tour"at Madison Square Garden in New York on Dec. 2, 2023. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Kiss sells catalog, brand name and IP. Gene Simmons assures fans it is a ‘collaboration’

 
New Jersey Devils defenseman Kurtis MacDermid (23) fights New York Rangers center Matt Rempe (73) during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Wednesday, April 3, 2024, at Madison Square Garden in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

All 10 skaters brawl off opening faceoff at start of Devils-Rangers game

 
FILE - Players and staff on the Utah bench react toward the end of a second-round college basketball game against Gonzaga in the NCAA Tournament in Spokane, Wash., Monday, March 25, 2024. Police investigating racist incidents directed toward the Utah women's basketball team when they were near their Idaho hotel while in town last month for the NCAA Tournament said in a Wednesday, April 3, post on Facebook, they've found an audio recording, in which the use of a racial slur was clearly audible.(AP Photo/Young Kwak, File)

Police say use of racial slur clearly audible as they investigate racist incidents toward Utah team

 
FILE - Kansas City Chiefs fans gather outside Arrowhead Stadium before a NFL football game against the Oakland Raiders Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009 in Kansas City, Mo. Voter rejection of a stadium sales tax plan for the Kansas City Royals and Chiefs has raised questions about what happens next. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga, File)

When voters say ‘no’ to new stadiums, what do professional sports teams do next?

 
FILE - Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party, March 4, 2018, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Scott announced Tuesday, March 19, 2024 she would give $640 million to more than 360 organizations in response to an application process she launched last year. The award is more than double the amount that she initially promised in an “open call” for applications. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

What is next for billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott’s giving?

 
A view of the cruise ship MSC Armony moored in the port of Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, April 3, 2024. Authorities said Wednesday that a group of 69 Bolivians are not being allowed to disembark from a cruise ship in the Spanish northeastern port of Barcelona because they lack valid documents to enter the European Union's Schengen area. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Cruise ship carrying 1,500 passengers stuck in Spain port due to Bolivian passengers’ visa problems

 
FILE - Atlanta Braves' Hank Aaron eyes the flight of the ball after hitting his 715th career homer in a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Atlanta, Ga., Monday night, April 8, 1974. Aaron broke Babe Ruth's record of 714 career home runs. Dodgers southpaw pitcher Al Downing, catcher Joe Ferguson and umpire David Davidson look on. Just in time for the 50-year anniversary of Hank Aaron's record 715th home run, Charlie Russo is making available video he shot of the homer. (AP Photo/Harry Harris, File)

50 years later, a Braves fan shares long-private video of Hank Aaron’s 715th home run

 

GLOBAL BUSINESS NEWS

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, left, shakes hands with Wang Weizhong, deputy party secretary and governor of Guangdong prior to a meeting at the Baiyun International Conference Center (BICC) in southern China's Guangdong province, Friday, April 5, 2024. Yellen has arrived in China for five days of meetings in a country that's determined to avoid open conflict with the United States. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, Pool)

Yellen calls for level playing field for US workers and firms during China visit

The U.S. treasury secretary has called for a level playing field for American companies and workers as she opened a five-day visit to China in a major industrial and export hub.
 
FILE - Waitress Rachel Gurcik serves customers at the Gateway Diner in Westville, Pa. on Oct. 22, 2023. On Friday, April 5, 2024, the U.S. government issues its March jobs report. (Tom Gralish/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP, File)

US employers added a surprisingly robust 303,000 jobs in March in a sign of economic strength

 
Dr. Pei Wang teaches a artificial general intelligence class at Temple University in Philadelphia, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. Mainstream AI research "turned away from the original vision of artificial intelligence, which at the beginning was pretty ambitious,” said Wang. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Tech companies want to build artificial general intelligence. But who decides when AGI is attained?

 
FILE - A person looks at an electronic stock board showing Japan's stock princes at a securities firm Tuesday, April 2, 2024, in Tokyo. Asian shares mostly declined Friday, April 5, after a U.S. Federal Reserve official said the central bank might not deliver any of the interest rate cuts that Wall Street has been banking on this year, citing concerns about inflation. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

Stock market today: Wall Street points higher before the opening bell ahead of US jobs report

 
FILE - The Ford F-150 Lightning displayed at the Philadelphia Auto Show, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, in Philadelphia. With U.S. electric vehicle sales starting to slow, Ford Motor Co. says, Thursday, April 4, 2024, it will delay rolling out new electric pickup trucks and a new large electric SUV as it adds gas-electric hybrids to its model lineup. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Ford to delay production of new electric pickup and large SUV as US EV sales growth slows

 

WEEKEND PLAYLIST
This image released by Universal Pictures shows Dev Patel on the set of "Monkey Man." (Akhirwan Nurhaidir/Universal Pictures via AP)

This image released by Universal Pictures shows Dev Patel on the set of “Monkey Man.” (Akhirwan Nurhaidir/Universal Pictures via AP)

How Dev Patel got ‘Monkey Man,’ his directorial debut beset by challenges, to the finish line

Oscar-nominated actor Dev Patel is making his feature directorial and screenwriting debut with the action thriller, “Monkey Man.”
 
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What to stream this week: Sheila E. plays salsa, Andrew Scott gets evil and Colin Farrell detects

 

As Roe v. Wade fell, teenage girls formed a mock government in ‘Girls State’

 

Eoin Colfer continues Juniper Lane series with ‘Guardians of Cedar Wood’

 
Actor Giancarlo Esposito poses for a portrait in New York on March 26, 2024, to promote his series "Parish." (AP Photo/Gary Gerard Hamilton)

Giancarlo Esposito always had leading man credentials. ‘Parish’ just makes it official

 

  1. Movie Review: Dev Patel’s ‘Monkey Man’ is a political allegory bathed in blood

  2. Music Review: Jesse McCartney’s ‘All’s Well’ celebrates adult life after teen pop star fame

March Madness
UConn guard Nika Muhl (10) cheers after an Elite Eight college basketball game against Southern California in the women's NCAA Tournament, Monday, April 1, 2024, in Portland, Ore. UConn won 80-73. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

UConn guard Nika Muhl (10) cheers after an Elite Eight college basketball game against Southern California in the women’s NCAA Tournament, Monday, April 1, 2024, in Portland, Ore. UConn won 80-73. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

March Madness: How to watch the women’s Final Four and what to watch for in the NCAA Tournament

Women’s basketball is having itself a moment as the Final Four arrives. A year ago, 9.9 million people tuned in to see Angel Reese and LSU beat Caitlin Clark and Iowa in a national championship game aired on a national network for the first time since 1996.
 
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A look at each women’s Final Four team, through advanced stats

 

Caitlin Clark of Iowa is the AP Player of the Year in women’s hoops for the 2nd straight season

 
UConn center Donovan Clingan (32) celebrates after hitting a 3-pointer against Illinois during the second half of the Elite 8 college basketball game in the men's NCAA Tournament, Saturday, March 30, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

March Madness: How to watch and what to watch for in the NCAA Tournament’s Final Four

 

  1. Florida’s 2007 repeat came in ‘totally different environment’ than UConn is facing at Final Four

  2. A look at each men’s Final Four team, through advanced stats

AP Photography
Visitors look at the seasonal cherry blossoms at the Ueno Park Friday, April 5, 2024, in Tokyo. Crowds gathered Friday in Tokyo to enjoy Japan’s famed cherry blossoms, which are blooming later than expected in the capital because of cold weather. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Crowds picnic to see Tokyo’s cherry blossoms at full bloom

 
FILE - A girl tries to peer through the holes of her burqa as she plays with other children in the old town of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, April 7, 2013. Despite Associated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus' reputation as a war photographer, very often she found beauty and joy on assignment. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File)

10 years after her killing, Anja Niedringhaus’ photos speak for her

 
Isaac Cruz, of Mexico, hits Rolando Romero in a super lightweight title bout Saturday, March 30, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

AP Sports Week in Pictures: Vegas fight, Tour of Flanders and flying feet in Marseille

 

SPOTLIGHT
FILE - Cases of eggs from Cal-Maine Foods, Inc., await to be handed out by the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce employees at the Mississippi State Fairgrounds in Jackson, Miss., on Aug. 7, 2020. The largest producer of fresh eggs in the United States said Tuesday, April 2, 2024 that it has stopped production at a Texas plant after bird flu was found in chickens there. Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. said in a statement that approximately 1.6 million laying hens and 337,000 pullets, about 3.6% of its total flock, were destroyed after the infection, avian influenza, was found at the facility in Parmer County, Texas. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, file)

FILE - Cases of eggs from Cal-Maine Foods, Inc., await to be handed out by the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce employees at the Mississippi State Fairgrounds in Jackson, Miss., on Aug. 7, 2020. The largest producer of fresh eggs in the United States said Tuesday, April 2, 2024 that it has stopped production at a Texas plant after bird flu was found in chickens there. Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. said in a statement that approximately 1.6 million laying hens and 337,000 pullets, about 3.6% of its total flock, were destroyed after the infection, avian influenza, was found at the facility in Parmer County, Texas. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, file)

What to know about the latest bird flu outbreak in the US

There have been numerous developments this week concerning avian flu that have raised concerns among experts.
 
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The true toll of the war in Ukraine is measured in bodies. This man brings them home, one at a time

 

For years she thought her son had died of an overdose. The police video changed all that

 

A mom called 911 to get her son mental health help. He died after police responded with force

 

Total solar eclipse coming soon

FILE - This combination of photos shows the path of the sun during a total eclipse by the moon Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, near Redmond, Ore. On April 8, 2024, spectators who aren't near the path of totality or who get cloudy weather on eclipse day can still catch the total solar eclipse, with NASA, science centers and media organizations planning to stream live coverage online from different locations along the path. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Not in the path of totality? You can still watch Monday’s total solar eclipse online

Spectators who aren’t near the path of totality or who get cloudy weather on eclipse day can still catch the total solar eclipse.
 
FILE - A partial solar eclipse is seen behind a cross on the steeple of the St. George church, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, June 21, 2020. Throughout history, solar eclipses have had profound impact on adherents of various religions around the world. They were viewed as messages from God or spiritual forces, inducing emotions ranging from dread to wonder. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Awe and dread: How religions have responded to total solar eclipses over the centuries

 
This combination of images shows Bad Bunny, from left, David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen and Taylor Swift. (AP Photo)

Solar eclipse playlist: 20 songs to rock out to on your cosmic adventure

 
FILE - Justin Coleman, of Birmingham, Ala., holds his glasses up to his eyes as he watches the solar eclipse atop a parking structure, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, in Birmingham. Safe solar eclipse glasses block out the sun’s ultraviolet rays and nearly all visible light. When worn indoors, only very bright lights should be faintly visible – not household furniture or wallpaper. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

Looking at a solar eclipse can be dangerous without eclipse glasses. Here’s what to know

 
FILE - A total solar eclipse April 8 will enter over Mexico's Pacific coast, dash up through Texas and Oklahoma, crisscross the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and New England, before exiting over eastern Canada into the Atlantic. (AP Photo, File)

What to know about next week’s total solar eclipse in the US, Mexico and Canada

 

Topics

Politics

FILE - President Joe Biden speaks at an event in Raleigh, N.C., March. 26, 2024. A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Opinion Research conducted March 21-25, finds that while Americans say they respect the Constitution's checks and balances and don't want a president to have too much power, that view shifts if the candidate of their party wins the presidency. It’s a view held by members of both parties, though it's especially common among Republicans. (AP Photo/Matt Kelley, File)

Americans think a president’s power should be checked, AP-NORC poll finds — unless their side wins

 

  1. Former Trump officials are among the most vocal opponents of returning him to the White House

  2. Biden is touring collapsed Baltimore bridge where recovery effort has political overtones

  3. Kennedy campaign blames vendor for email sympathetic to Jan. 6 insurrectionists

Entertainment

This cover image released by Alfred A. Knopf shows “Citizen: My Life After the White House” by former President Bill Clinton. (Alfred A. Knopf via AP)

Bill Clinton reflects on post-White House years in the upcoming memoir ‘Citizen’

 

  1. In the coliseum of American over-the-topness, WrestleMania stands alone

SPORTS

UConn forward Alex Karaban exits the interview room ahead of a Final Four college basketball game in the NCAA Tournament, Thursday, April 4, 2024, in Glendale, Ariz. UConn will face Alabama on Saturday. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson )

Final Four serves up the usual menu of fun stories -- and UConn looks to snuff out all of them

 

  1. Caitlin Clark and Paige Bueckers have been in each other’s orbit for years. The Final Four beckons

  2. Chiefs’ Rashee Rice was driving Lamborghini in Dallas chain-reaction crash, his attorney says

  3. Athletics announce plans to play the next 3 seasons in minor league park near Sacramento

US News

Phil Cloutier removes heavy, wet snow after an early-spring Nor'easter, Thursday, April 4, 2024, in Portland, Maine. (AP Photo/David Sharp)

Cleanup begins as spring nor’easter moves on. But hundreds of thousands still lack power

 

  1. Engineers clearing collapsed Baltimore bridge say limited-access channel to port to open in 4 weeks

  2. Federal report finds 68,000 guns were illegally trafficked through unlicensed dealers over 5 years

  3. Thomas Gumbleton, Detroit Catholic bishop who opposed war and promoted social justice, dies at 94

WORLD NEWS

People inspect the site where World Central Kitchen workers were killed in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, April 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Israel dismisses 2 officers over deadly drone strikes on aid workers in Gaza

 

  1. Blinken says Israeli offers to increase flow of aid to Gaza are welcome but may not be sufficient

  2. After six months of war, Israel’s isolation grows with no end in sight

  3. Rescue teams in Taiwan searching for family feared trapped in rockslide following earthquake

BUSINESS

FILE - Former President Donald Trump sits in the courtroom before the start of closing arguments in his civil business fraud trial at New York Supreme Court, Jan. 11, 2024, in New York. Records show over the past two years, Axos Bank and its largest individual shareholder Don Hankey, have extended more than $500 million in financing that has benefited Trump. Ethics experts say they could also grant Hankey and Axos Bank outsize sway in a future Trump administration. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, Pool, File)

When Trump needs cash, a California bank and one of its top shareholders have come to the rescue

 

  1. Stock market today: Asian shares mostly decline after Wall Street drop on rate cut concerns

  2. Should you itemize or take a standard deduction on your tax return? Here’s what to know

  3. UK airports get more time to put in new scanners that will allow more liquids and packed laptops

SCIENCE

FILE - A Brazil Environmental Agency helicopter flies over an illegal mining camp during an operation to try to contain it in Yanomami Indigenous territory, Roraima state, Brazil, Feb. 11, 2023. The Yanomami are suffering from severe contamination of mercury coming from widespread illegal gold mining, according to a report released on Thursday, April 4, 2024, by Brazil’s top public health institute. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros, File)

Mercury exposure widespread among Yanomami tribe in Amazon, report finds

 

  1. An orca calf stranded in a Canadian lagoon will be airlifted out to reunite with pod, rescuers say

  2. Why is Taiwan so exposed to earthquakes and so well prepared to withstand them?

  3. One Tech Tip: How to use apps to track and photograph the total solar eclipse

LIFESTYLE

This photo provided by Black Tomato shows an Icelandic glacier on a hiking trek. Black Tomato, the avant-garde travel company offers a trip they call Get Lost. You fill out an extensive questionnaire on what you're expecting from your escape, but you'll have no idea where you're going till they get you there. Environment options are Polar, Desert, Coastal, Jungle or Mountain. (Black Tomato via AP)

Shhh, I’m on vacation. Travelers are on a quest for the quiet

 

  1. Bringing dental care to kids in schools is helping take care of teeth neglected in the pandemic

  2. National Teacher of the Year helps diverse students and their families thrive in rural Tennessee

J&J to pump another $13B into its MedTech business with Shockwave deal

Johnson & Johnson is pumping more money into heart care with a roughly $13 billion deal for Shockwave Medical, which specializes in technology that helps open clogged arteries.
 

Turkey arrests two more people suspected of spying for Israel

Turkish authorities have arrested two people suspected of providing information to the Israeli spy agency in the latest in a series of such arrests in Turkey.
 

Tuchel demands a reaction from Bayern in Bundesliga ahead of Champions League clash with Arsenal

Bayern Munich coach Thomas Tuchel has challenged his “hugely annoyed” squad to bounce back from last week’s “Klassiker” loss to Borussia Dortmund.
 

Scandals blight Denmark’s buildup of its armed forces as it eyes possible threats from Russia

A series of scandals has blighted Denmark’s Armed Forces at a time when the country, a NATO member, is building up its defenses, chiefly as a response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
 

Japan’s Kishida, ahead of US trip, seeks stronger military ties with Washington and other partners

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says he wants to strengthen military and weapons development cooperation with the United States as well as with other countries such as the Philippines, as he prepares for a visit to the U.S. next week to meet with President Joe Biden.
 

Senior doctors in England agree pay deal with UK government that will end year-long dispute

Senior doctors in England have accepted a pay offer from the British government that ends a yearlong dispute.
 

German investigators seize fake US bills with a face value of over $103 million

German investigators say they have seized counterfeit U.S. dollar bills with a face value of over $103 million, which apparently came from Turkey and were being stored ahead of transport to the United States.
 

Norway wants a ‘historic increase’ in defense spending of $56 billion over the next 12 years

The Norwegian center-left governnment wants “a historic increase” in defense spending with 600 billion kroner ($56 billion) over the next 12 years.
 

Russian officials again try to link the Moscow concert attack with Ukraine despite Kyiv’s denials

Russian authorities have again tried to link the deadly attack on a Moscow concert hall to Ukraine, saying one of the detained suspects had photos on his phone depicting troops in camouflage uniforms with the Ukrainian flag.
 

A senior UK lawmaker fell victim to a sexting scam. His colleagues are being urged to go to police

British lawmakers who may have been targeted in a sexting scam were urged Friday to go to police, after a senior Conservative admitted disclosing the personal phone numbers of some colleagues to an unknown individual who held “compromising” material on him.
 

Survivors of Taiwan’s historic quake recall harrowing moments of tremors, being trapped under rocks

Taiwan residents endured harrowing experiences when the ground shook with the strongest earthquake to hit the island in 25 years.
 

India’s opposition makes its election case, calling Modi an autocrat and promising aid to the poor

India’s main opposition party vowed to boost social spending and reverse what it views as a slide into autocracy as it laid out its campaign promises on Friday, two weeks before the start of a weeks-long, multi-phase general election.
 

A pro-Western career diplomat faces an ally of the populist premier in Slovakia’s presidential vote

A pro-Western career diplomat and a close ally of Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico are facing each other in a presidential runoff to determine who will be the country’s next head of state.
 

Airplane passenger fined in Sydney for urinating in a cup

A passenger has been fined for urinating in a cup during a delay in deplaning after landing at Sydney Airport.
 

Muslim athletes push boundaries to keep on training despite fasting during Ramadan

Most people are getting ready for bed when the MMA sessions start at Diesel Gym in East London’s docklands area.
 

Women’s basketball growth helped by star players, more media coverage, rules changes

Women’s basketball has grown in popularity over the past few years thanks in no small part to the sensational play of Caitlin Clark.
 

Alabama’s Aaron Estrada finishes 5-year, 4-school odyssey with Final Four trip, NIL money

Alabama guard Aaron Estrada is ending his five-year, four-school college basketball odyssey with a trip to the Final Four.
 

Menace to society: Criminal gangs in Europe are infiltrating the legal world, Europol says

Criminal networks in the European Union are penetrating legal businesses across the 27-nation bloc and rely heavily on corruption to develop their activities.
 

Iran vows to ‘punish Zionist regime’ over deadly strike on Iranian consulate attributed to Israel

The commander of Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard has warned that “our brave men will punish the Zionist regime.”
 

UN human rights body calls for halt to weapons shipments to Israel as concerns about Gaza war mount

The U.N.’s top human rights body called on countries to stop selling or shipping weapons to Israel in a resolution passed Friday that aims to help prevent rights violations against Palestinians amid Israel’s blistering military campaign in Gaza.
 

Taufa Funaki’s two tries help Blues to 50-3 win over Force in Super Rugby Pacific

Rookie scrumhalf Taufa Funaki scored two tries and had a hand in two others as the Auckland-based Blues over-ran the last-place Western Force 50-3 at the start of round seven in Super Rugby Pacific.
 

Indonesian Cabinet ministers deny claims by losing presidential candidates of misused government aid

Four Indonesian Cabinet members have testified that no rules were violated in the distribution of government aid during the recent election campaign, despite claims by the two losing presidential candidates that it was used for the benefit of the election winner.
 

Ukraine claims it destroyed Russian warplanes in one of its biggest drone attacks of the war

Ukrainian officials are claiming they used a barrage of drones to destroy at least six Russian military aircraft and badly damage eight others at an airfield in Russia’s bordering Rostov region.
 

Verstappen hopes to use Japan’s high-speed Suzuka circuit to reassert his dominance in Formula 1

Japan’s Suzuka circuit looks like the perfect place for Max Verstappen to resume his dominance of Formula 1 after he went out on the fourth lap with a brake fire in Australia in the last race.
 

UConn Huskies take on the Alabama Crimson Tide in Final 4

The No. 1 UConn Huskies take on the No. 19 Alabama Crimson Tide in the NCAA Tournament Final Four. The teams meet Saturday for the first time this season.
 

Purdue Boilermakers play the NC State Wolfpack in Final 4

The No. 3 Purdue Boilermakers and NC State Wolfpack square off in the NCAA Tournament Final Four. The teams play Saturday for the first time this season.
 

Kosovo will conduct a nationwide census that includes surveying the ethnic Serb minority

Kosovo’s government has begun its first nationwide census since 2011 which will include surveying the ethnic Serb minority in the north.
 

The Latest | With outrage over strike mounting, Israel punishes officers and vows to let more aid in

Amid widespread outrage over a strike that killed seven aid workers delivering food in the Gaza Strip, Israel punished five military officers and said it would take steps to increase the flow of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, including the reopening of a key border crossing into northern Gaza
 

Japanese drivers try to break through in Formula 1 but face linguistic and geographical barriers

About two dozen Japanese drivers have raced in Formula 1 over almost 50 years, and success has been limited.
 

AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa

March 29 – April 4, 2024

Faithful hold candles during a Via Crucis torchlight procession in Rome. Storks nest in cliffs above the Atlantic Ocean in Portugal.