Here is today’s selection of top stories from The Associated Press at this hour to begin your day. 

Today’s Headlines

The AP Interview: Biden says recession is ‘not inevitable’

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden told The Associated Press on Thursday that the American people are “really, really down” after a tumultuous two years with the coronavirus pandemic, volatility in…Read More

Palestinians say 3 killed during Israeli raid in West Bank

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli forces shot dead three Palestinians and wounded eight others early Friday during a military operation in the occupied West Bank town of Jenin, the Palestinian Health Ministry…Read More

China launches high-tech aircraft carrier in naval milestone

BEIJING (AP) — Beijing launched a new-generation aircraft carrier Friday, the first such ship to be both designed and built in China, in a milestone as it seeks to extend the range and power of its…Read More

Editor Selections

Jan. 6 takeaways: ‘Heated’ Trump, Pence’s near miss with mob

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the insurrection at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, focused at a public hearing Thursday on the pressure that then-President Donald Trump put on his…Read More

Cross Section

Amid Ukraine’s war, a farmer takes comfort from her snails

VERESNYA, Ukraine (AP) — The Ukrainian farmer was living a quiet life with the quietest of creatures: snails that she raises for export. Then, skies on the horizon turned flaming red. Russia had…Read More

San Diego Zoo welcomes first aardvark birth in years

SAN DIEGO (AP) — An aardvark cub born at the San Diego Zoo is doing well and developing quickly, according to wildlife specialists. The female cub was born May 10 and will nurse from her mother, Zola,…Read More

Say goodbye: Old subway cars float away across NY Harbor

NEW YORK (AP) — It’s the end of the line for many of the old subway cars that remain in New York City rail yards. When New York City put R-32s into service in the mid-1960s, people called the shiny…Read More

Alabama church shooting kills 2, wounds 1; suspect held

VESTAVIA HILLS, Ala. (AP) — A single gunman opened fire inside a suburban Alabama church Thursday evening, killing two people and wounding a third at a small group meeting before being taken into…Read More

Yellowstone Park gateway towns fret about tourism future

RED LODGE, Mont. (AP) — A gnawing uncertainty hung over the Yellowstone National Park gateway town of Gardiner this week following unprecedented flooding that shut down one of America’s most beloved…Read More