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'Access Hollywood' tape won't be played at Donald Trump's hush-money criminal trial, judge rules

Mar. 18, 2024 20:13 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The infamous “Access Hollywood” video in which Donald Trump bragged about grabbing women sexually without asking permission will not be shown to jurors at the former president's hush-money criminal trial, a New York judge ruled Monday. Judge Juan M. Merchan said...

Former British tech star depicted as scam artist, visionary in trial about HP's disastrous 2011 deal

Mar. 18, 2024 17:49 PM EDT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal prosecutors on Monday painted one-time British tech star Mike Lynch as the ruthless mastermind of an $11 billion deal that defrauded Silicon Valley pioneer Hewlett Packard. But his lawyer depicted him as a visionary who was made a scapegoat for a...

A North Dakota woman is sentenced to life in prison without parole for 2022 killing of ex-boyfriend

Mar. 18, 2024 17:11 PM EDT

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — A judge sentenced a North Dakota woman to life in prison without parole after a jury convicted her last year of murder in connection with the death of her ex-boyfriend, who was the father of her child. State District Judge Gary Lee sentenced Heather Hoffman, 27,...

Movie armorer challenges conviction in fatal shooting of cinematographer by Alec Baldwin

Mar. 18, 2024 17:10 PM EDT

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A movie set armorer is challenging her conviction on an involuntary manslaughter charge in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin on the set of the Western film “Rust,” court records released Monday show. Defense attorneys for “Rust”...

Jurors convict an Afghan refugee of murder in 1 of 3 fatal shootings that shocked Albuquerque’s Muslim community in 2022

Mar. 18, 2024 13:44 PM EDT
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Jurors convict an Afghan refugee of murder in 1 of 3 fatal shootings that shocked Albuquerque’s Muslim community in 2022.

Jurors weigh fate of Afghan refugee charged with murder in a case that shocked Muslim community

Mar. 15, 2024 21:09 PM EDT

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Prosecutors on Friday wrapped up their case against an Afghan refugee on charges that he gunned down a man in 2022 in what turned out to be the first of three ambush-style killings involving members of the Muslim community in New Mexico's largest city. ...

Real estate lawsuit settlement upends decadeslong policies that helped set agent commissions

Mar. 15, 2024 18:03 PM EDT

A powerful real estate trade group has agreed to do away with policies that for decades helped set agent commissions, moving to resolve lawsuits that claim the rules have forced people to pay artificially inflated costs to sell their homes. Under the terms of the agreement announced...

Alec Baldwin seeks dismissal of grand jury indictment in fatal shooting of cinematographer

Mar. 15, 2024 00:50 AM EDT

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Defense attorneys for Alec Baldwin urged a New Mexico judge on Thursday to dismiss a grand jury indictment against the actor in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of the Western movie “Rust.” The indictment in January charged Baldwin with...

James Crumbley, who bought gun used by son to kill 4 students, guilty of manslaughter in Michigan

Mar. 14, 2024 21:53 PM EDT

PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — The father of a Michigan school shooter was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter Thursday, a second conviction against the teen’s parents who were accused of failing to secure a gun at home and doing nothing to address acute signs of his mental turmoil. ...

Prosecutors say they're open to delaying Donald Trump's March 25 hush-money trial for a month

Mar. 14, 2024 20:51 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — New York prosecutors said Thursday they are open to delaying the start of Donald Trump's hush-money criminal trial by a month “in an abundance of caution” to give the former president's lawyers time to review evidence they only recently obtained from a previous federal...