April 3, 2024 3:29 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors are scolding the judge presiding over ex-President Donald Trump’s classified documents case in Florida. The prosecutors are trying to warn her off potential jury instructions they say rest on a “fundamentally flawed legal premise.” The late Tuesday filing from special counsel Jack Smith’s team responded to an unusual order from U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon that asked prosecutors to file proposed jury instructions. The order asked them to respond to competing interpretations of the law that appeared to accept the Republican ex-president’s argument he’s entitled under the Presidential Records Act to keep sensitive documents he’s now charged with possessing. Trump’s lawyers are renewing their demand for the judge to dismiss the indictment.
April 3, 2024 3:23 pm
BURBANK, Calif. (AP) — Disney shareholders have rallied behind longtime CEO Robert Iger. They voted Wednesday to rebuff activist investor Nelson Peltz and his ally, former Disney chief financial officer Jay Rasulo, who had sought seats on the company’s board. The entertainment giant had recommended a slate of directors that did not include Peltz or Rasulo. The dissident shareholders had said in a preliminary proxy filing that they wanted to replace Iger at Disney and align management pay with performance. They declared a victory of sorts following the vote, noting that Disney shares have risen roughly 50% since they began pressuring the company.
April 3, 2024 2:47 pm
BENTLEYVILLE, Pa. —(WPXI)- The mayor of Bentleyville declared a state of emergency due to flooding. Several roads in the borough are unpassable and Mayor Timothy Jansante is urging drivers to not attempt to drive through them. The borough said the fire department has been working around the clock and asks for the community’s cooperation.
April 3, 2024 5:30 am
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in a quarter century has damaged buildings and left at least seven people dead. Damage was reported around the island but tsunami threats in Taiwan and Japan were later lifted. Taiwan authorities said seven people died in Hualien County near the epicenter. A five-story building in Hualien appeared heavily damaged and residents were helped out of windows. Scattered minor damage was apparent in Taipei, the capital. Landslides and debris closed highways on the east coast. Schools evacuated students to sports fields, and train service was suspended. Taiwan’s earthquake monitoring agency gave the magnitude as 7.2 while the U.S. put it at 7.4. Japan said a tsunami of about a foot was measured on one island.
April 3, 2024 5:26 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Palestinian American doctor who has volunteered in Gaza walked out of a meeting with President Joe Biden this week. The protest by Thaer Ahmad came during a conversation arranged by the White House to hear concerns from the Muslim community about the war between Israel and Hamas. Ahmad also presented Biden with a letter from an orphaned girl in Rafah, a city that Israel plans to target next. Biden hosted the meeting after Muslim American leaders declined invitations to attend an iftar, which the White House usually hosts to celebrate the holy month of Ramadan.
April 3, 2024 4:36 am
TORONTO (AP) — Comedian Joe Flaherty has died. He was a founding member of the beloved Canadian sketch series “SCTV.″ He was 82. His daughter says Flaherty died Monday following a brief illness. Flaherty, who was born in Pittsburgh, spent seven years at The Second City in Chicago before moving north of the border to help establish the theater’s Toronto outpost. He went on to star alongside John Candy and Catherine O’Hara in ”SCTV,″ about a fictional TV station known as Second City Television that was stacked with buffoons in front of and behind the cameras. (Photo: ABC)
April 3, 2024 4:35 am
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An estimated $1.09 billion Powerball jackpot that ranks as the 9th largest in U.S. lottery history is up for grabs. The Powerball jackpot has been growing for more than three months, reflecting the long odds of 1 in 292.2 million of winning the top prize. Since the last player won the jackpot on Jan. 1, there have been 39 consecutive drawings without anyone matching all six numbers and hitting it rich. The $1.09 billion prize on the line Wednesday night is for a sole winner who chooses to be paid through an annuity, with 30 annual payments. Winners almost always prefer the cash option, which for Wednesday’s drawing would be an estimated $527.3 million.
April 3, 2024 4:34 am
(AP) – The largest fresh egg producer in the U.S. says it has stopped production at a plant in the Texas Panhandle after bird flu was found in the flock. Officials later saud the same infection was found at a poultry facility in Michigan. Mississippi-based Cal-Maine Foods said Tuesday it destroyed 1.6 million laying hens and 377,000 pullets at the Texas facility on the Texas-New Mexico border. Cal-Maine says there is no known risk with eggs in the market and no eggs have been recalled. In Michigan, the state Department of Agriculture and Rural Development said the infection was found in a commercial poultry facility there.
April 3, 2024 4:28 am
(AP) – Officials say the aftermath of last year’s fiery train derailment in eastern Ohio doesn’t qualify as a public health emergency because widespread health problems and ongoing chemical exposures haven’t been documented. The Environmental Protection Agency never approved that designation after the February 2023 Norfolk Southern derailment even though the disaster forced the evacuation of half the town of East Palestine and generated many health fears. EPA’s response coordinator says the agency’s tests simply haven’t shown ongoing chemical exposure and health agencies haven’t documented widespread problems. The topic came up in emails obtained by the Government Accountability Project watchdog group through a public records request.
April 3, 2024 4:20 am
(AP) – Thousands of homes and businesses are without power as severe weather roars through several states, causing at least one death and spawning possible tornadoes. A strong weather system in northeastern Oklahoma with heavy rains produced three suspected tornadoes. The storms were blamed for the death of a 46-year-old homeless woman in Tulsa who died inside a drainage pipe. In Ohio, firefighters rescued two people who were trapped under a bridge when the waters of an Ohio river began rising. Meanwhile in Wisconsin, a spring snowstorm was expected to drop more than a foot of snow. (Photo: AP)
