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The Latest | Hope Hicks takes the witness stand in Trump’s hush money trial
By The Associated Press on May 3rd, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Hope Hicks, who served as Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign press secretary and went on to hold various roles in his White House, took the witness stand in his New York hush money case on Friday. Her testimony on the trial’s 11th day was the latest in a frenzied second week of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hope Hicks, a former close Trump adviser, takes the witness stand in his hush money trial
By Michael R. Sisak, Jake Offenhartz, Philip Marcelo And Alanna Durkin Richer, The Associated Press on May 3rd, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Hope Hicks, a former longtime adviser to Donald Trump, took the witness stand Friday in his criminal trial, where prosecutors are expected to question her about her knowledge of hush money payments made during the 2016 presidential campaign. Hicks, who served as White House communications director, is the first close Trump ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!China sends a probe to get samples from the less-explored far side of the moon
By Christopher Bodeen, The Associated Press on May 3rd, 2024
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) – China on Friday launched a lunar probe to land on the far side of the moon and return with samples that could provide insights into differences between the less-explored region and the better-known near side. It is the latest advance in China’s increasingly sophisticated space exploration program, which is now competing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!More than 2,100 people have been arrested during pro-Palestinian protests on US college campuses
By Julie Watson, Christopher L. Keller, Carolyn Thompson And Stefanie Dazio, The Associated Press on May 2nd, 2024
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Police have arrested more than 2,100 people during pro-Palestinian protests at college campuses across the United States in recent weeks, sometimes using riot gear, tactical vehicles and flash-bang devices to clear tent encampments and occupied buildings. One officer accidentally discharged his gun inside a Columbia University administration building while clearing out ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police officer fired gun while clearing protesters from Columbia building, prosecutors say
By Ryan Pearson, Julie Watson And Christopher L. Keller, The Associated Press on May 2nd, 2024
LOS ANGELES (AP) – A police officer who was involved in clearing protesters from a Columbia University administration building earlier this week fired his gun inside the hall, a spokesman for District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office confirmed Thursday. No one was injured, according to spokesman Doug Cohen, who said there were other officers but no ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Captain sentenced to 4 years for criminal negligence in fiery deaths of 34 aboard scuba boat
By Stefanie Dazio And Amy Taxin, The Associated Press on May 2nd, 2024
LOS ANGELES (AP) – A federal judge on Thursday sentenced a scuba dive boat captain to four years in custody and three years supervised release for criminal negligence after 34 people died in a fire aboard the vessel. The Sept. 2, 2019, blaze was the deadliest maritime disaster in recent U.S. history, and prompted changes ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!I-95 in Connecticut will close for days after fiery crash damages bridge, governor says
By Susan Haigh And Pat Eaton-robb, The Associated Press on May 2nd, 2024
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – The major traffic artery linking New England with New York will be closed in Connecticut for days after a tanker fire damaged a bridge over Interstate 95, Gov. Ned Lamont said Thursday. The tanker truck filled with gasoline burst into flames in a three-vehicle crash Thursday on I-95 in southwest Connecticut, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!At least 2,000 people arrested in pro-Palestinian protests on US campuses, AP tally shows
By Ryan Pearson, Ethan Swope, Jake Offenhartz And Joseph B. Frederick, The Associated Press on May 2nd, 2024
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Police have arrested more than 2,000 people during pro-Palestinian protests at college campuses across the United States in recent weeks, according to an Associated Press tally Thursday. Demonstrations – and arrests – have occurred in almost every corner of the nation. But in the last 24 hours, they’ve drawn the most ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Arizona’s Democratic governor signs a bill to repeal 1864 ban on most abortions
By Anita Snow And Morgan Lee, The Associated Press on May 2nd, 2024
PHOENIX (AP) – Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has relegated a Civil War-era ban on most abortions to the past by signing a repeal bill Thursday. Hobbs says the repeal, signed Thursday, is just the beginning of a fight to protect reproductive health care in Arizona. But the repeal may not take effect until 90 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Judge declares mistrial after jury deadlocks in lawsuit filed by former Abu Ghraib prisoners
By Matthew Barakat, The Associated Press on May 2nd, 2024
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) – A judge declared a mistrial Thursday after a jury said it was deadlocked and could not reach a verdict in the trial of a military contractor accused of contributing to the abuse of detainees at the Abu Ghraib Prison in Iraq two decades ago. The mistrial came in the jury’s eighth ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!At least 2,000 people arrested at pro-Palestinian protests on US campuses, AP tally shows
By Ryan Pearson, Ethan Swope, Jake Offenhartz And Joseph B. Frederick, The Associated Press on May 2nd, 2024
LOS ANGELES (AP) – At least 200 people were arrested at UCLA Thursday, bringing the nationwide total of arrests to more than 2,000 at dozens of college campuses since police cleared an encampment at Columbia University in mid-April, according to a tally by The Associated Press. Demonstrations – and arrests – have occurred in almost ... Read More »
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