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Defense attacks Stormy Daniels' credibility as she returns to the stand in Trump's hush money trial

May. 09, 2024 00:17 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Stormy Daniels will return to the witness stand Thursday in Donald Trump's hush money trial as the defense tries to undermine the credibility of the porn actor's salacious testimony about their alleged sexual encounter and the money she was paid to keep quiet. The...

9 of 10 wrongful death suits over Astroworld concert crowd surge have been settled, lawyer says

May. 08, 2024 19:41 PM EDT

HOUSTON (AP) — Nine of the 10 wrongful death lawsuits filed after a deadly crowd surge at the 2021 Astroworld music festival have been settled, including one that was set to go to trial this week, an attorney said Wednesday. Jury selection had been set to begin Tuesday in the...

Trial begins for ex-University of Arizona grad student accused of fatally shooting professor in 2022

May. 08, 2024 11:58 AM EDT

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A former University of Arizona graduate student accused of killing a professor on campus showed premeditation and intent in the 2022 fatal shooting, according to prosecutors. Murad Dervish’s trial began Tuesday and is expected to last two weeks in Pima County...

Judge in Trump's classified documents case cancels May trial date; no new date set

May. 07, 2024 23:51 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal judge in Florida presiding over the classified documents prosecution of former President Donald Trump has canceled the May 20 trial date, postponing it indefinitely. The order from U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon had been expected in light of...

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...

Judge denies Trump’s request for a mistrial after his lawyers said Stormy Daniels’ testimony was ‘extremely prejudicial’

May. 07, 2024 14:35 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Judge denies Trump’s request for a mistrial after his lawyers said Stormy Daniels’ testimony was ‘extremely prejudicial’.

Judge delays murder trial for Indiana man charged in 2017 slayings of 2 teenage girls

May. 07, 2024 11:39 AM EDT

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — A judge on Tuesday delayed until October the murder trial of an Indiana man charged in the killings of two teenage girls after the man's attorneys expressed concerns they would not have adequate time to present their case. Richard Allen’s trial was set to...

Attorney for Stormy Daniels says the porn actor is expected to appear as a witness in Trump's hush money trial Tuesday

May. 07, 2024 08:08 AM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Attorney for Stormy Daniels says the porn actor is expected to appear as a witness in Trump's hush money trial Tuesday.