This is AP News Minute.

Possible bribery and kickback at the General Services Administration, the agency’s independent inspector general told congressional hearing that he is leading multiple investigations. Meanwhile, a central figure in the GSA spending scandal asserted his fifth Amendment right to remain silent before the committee.

Experts say about 75 tornadoes touched down in four plain states over the weekend. Most were in Kansas, the rest touching down in Oklahoma, Iowa and Nebraska. One of the tornadoes has blamed for six deaths in Oklahoma.

The Norwegian man on trial for killing 77 people on a single day in July shed tears in court today, but not for his victims. The right-wing nationalist defended the killing as an act of self-defense in a self-professed civil war against Islam in Norway.

A remembrance ceremony honored the victims of the sinking of the Titanic in Nova Scotia over the weekend. The memorial service marked the 100th anniversary of the ship’s sinking. At the cemetery where more than 100 gravestones of Titanic victims can still be seen.

Niya Hawkins, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.

点击进入参与AP一分钟时事>>>

声明：音视频均来自互联网链接，仅供学习使用。本网站自身不存储、控制、修改被链接的内容。"沪江英语"高度重视知识产权保护。当如发现本网站发布的信息包含有侵犯其著作权的链接内容时，请联系我们，我们将依法采取措施移除相关内容或屏蔽相关链接。