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Inside the courtroom where Trump was forced to listen to Stormy Daniels

May. 07, 2024 21:07 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump squirmed and scowled, shook his head and muttered as Stormy Daniels described the unexpected sex she says they had nearly two decades ago, saying she remembered “trying to think of anything other than what was happening.” It was a story Daniels has...

Colorado supermarket shooter was sane at the time of the attack, state experts say

May. 07, 2024 20:39 PM EDT

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — State experts have found the man charged with shooting and killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in 2021 had untreated mental illness but was legally sane at the time of the attack, lawyers said Tuesday. The results of the sanity evaluation of Ahmad Al...

Stormy Daniels describes meeting Trump during occasionally graphic testimony in hush money trial

May. 07, 2024 20:18 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — With Donald Trump sitting just feet away, Stormy Daniels testified Tuesday at the former president's hush money trial about a sexual encounter the porn actor says they had in 2006 that resulted in her being paid to keep silent during the presidential race 10 years later. ...

Here is what Stormy Daniels testified happened between her and Donald Trump

May. 07, 2024 19:59 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Porn actor Stormy Daniels took the witness stand Tuesday in the hush money case against Donald Trump, who looked on as she detailed their alleged sexual encounter and the payment she got to keep it quiet. Prosecutors allege Trump paid Daniels to keep quiet about...

Survivors of alleged abuse in Illinois youth detention facilities step forward

May. 07, 2024 19:44 PM EDT

CHICAGO (AP) — Three men who say they were sexually abused as children while incarcerated at Illinois juvenile detention centers came forward Tuesday as part of a lawsuit that chronicles decades of disturbing allegations of systemic child abuse. Calvin McDowell, 37, who alleged he...

Indiana professors sue after GOP legislators pass law regulating faculty tenure

May. 07, 2024 19:43 PM EDT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Two professors are challenging an Indiana law creating new regulations on faculty tenure at public colleges and universities in a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday. The law mirrors conservative-led efforts in other states to influence higher education viewed as...

TikTok sues US to block law that could ban the social media platform

May. 07, 2024 19:29 PM EDT

TikTok and its Chinese parent company filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging a new American law that would ban the popular video-sharing app in the U.S. unless it's sold to an approved buyer, saying it unfairly singles out the platform and is an unprecedented attack on free speech. In...

Boy Scouts of America changing name to more inclusive Scouting America after years of woes

May. 07, 2024 19:26 PM EDT

IRVING, Texas (AP) — The Boy Scouts of America announced after 114 years that it will change its name and will become Scouting America in an effort to emphasize inclusion as it works to move past the turmoil of bankruptcy and a flood of sexual abuse claims. The rebrand is another...

Judge asked to question jurors who awarded $38 million in New Hampshire youth center abuse case

May. 07, 2024 19:06 PM EDT

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Attorneys for a man who prevailed in a landmark lawsuit over abuse at New Hampshire's youth detention center asked a judge Tuesday to reconvene and question jurors, some of whom have expressed dismay that the $38 million award could be slashed by nearly 99%. A...

Harvey Weinstein is back at NYC's Rikers Island jail after hospital stay

May. 07, 2024 18:18 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — One-time movie mogul Harvey Weinstein was returned to a New York City jail in what his publicist said Tuesday was the result from a published report claiming he was getting VIP treatment during his 10-day stay at a hospital. The publicist, Juda Engelmeyer, said...