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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Donald Trump's campaign manager may be off the hook. Prosecutors in Florida plan to hold a news conference this afternoon -- amid reports that Corey Lewandowski won't be prosecuted over a videotaped altercation with a female reporter. Police had charged him with simple battery, a misdemeanor, last month.
NEW YORK (AP) — Bernie Sanders is disavowing remarks made by a campaign surrogate who said voters shouldn't keep electing what the speaker called "corporate Democratic whores" during a large New York City rally. Sanders said on Twitter today that the comment by Dr. Paul Song "was inappropriate and insensitive." He writes that "there's no room for language like that in our political discourse." Song is a California health care activist who was among several speakers who spoke before Sanders addressed a rally last night in Washington Square Park.
HOUSTON (AP) — A deputy constable in Houston is expected to recover after undergoing several hours of surgery for bullet wounds. Authorities say the constable was shot four times while talking to another constable after a traffic stop. Authorities are questioning a man who showed up at a nearby fire station after the shooting. He matched the description of the suspect. Police say they're not currently looking for anyone else.
NEW YORK (AP) —Stocks are mostly lower in early trading as investors look over the latest batch of earnings reports. Delta Air Lines gained 3 percent after its results came in ahead of expectations. The government reported this morning that the number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits plunged last week, matching a March figure that was the lowest level since 1973. And consumer prices rose a modest 0.1 percent in March as a drop in grocery prices offset higher energy costs.
TORONTO (AP) — Canada's new assisted suicide law will only apply to Canadians and permanent residents, meaning Americans won't be able to travel to Canada to die. A senior government official told The Associated Press visitors will be excluded under the new law to be announced today, precluding the prospect of suicide tourism. The official said to take advantage of the law the person would have to be eligible for health services in Canada. The law also excludes the mentally ill and does not permit advance requests to end one's life in the future.
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