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Red Lobster seeks bankruptcy protection days after closing dozens of restaurants
Red Lobster has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection days after shuttering dozens of restaurants. The seafood chain has struggled for has been struggling for some time with lease and labor costs piling up in recent years and also promotions like its iconic all-you-can-eat...
Michael Cohen faces more grilling as Trump's hush money trial enters its final stretch
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump's hush money trial is heading into the final stretch, with prosecutors' last and star witness back on the stand Monday for more grilling before the former president's lawyers get their chance to put on a case. The landmark trial will kick back off in...
The Latest | Trump's criminal trial set to enter final stretch as cross-examination of Cohen resumes
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump's hush money trial is entering its final stretch as the prosecution's star witness Michael Cohen returns to the stand on Monday. Cohen took the stand last week to lay out his version of the events that are at the heart of the case. Cohen placed Trump...
London court to decide whether WikiLeaks founder Assange is extradited to the US
LONDON (AP) — Julian Assange faced a key hearing Monday in the High Court in London that could end with him being sent to the U.S. to face espionage charges, or could provide him another chance to appeal his extradition. The WikiLeaks founder, who has spent the past five years in a...
Ireland's top diplomat concerned over slow pace of justice in peacekeeper's killing in Lebanon
BEIRUT (AP) — Ireland’s top diplomat in a visit to Lebanon on Monday expressed his concern over the slow progress in criminal proceedings against several Lebanese men charged with the killing of an Irish peacekeeper in 2022 in the tiny Mediterranean country. Micheál Martin,...
Closing arguments set in trial of University of Arizona grad student accused of killing a professor
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Closing arguments are scheduled for Monday in the trial of a former University of Arizona graduate student accused of killing a professor on campus two years ago. Murad Dervish, 48, faces seven felony charges including first degree murder in the death of Thomas...
Diddy admits beating ex-girlfriend Cassie, says he's sorry, calls his actions 'inexcusable'
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs admitted that he beat his ex-girlfriend Cassie in a hotel hallway in 2016 after CNN released video of the attack, saying in a video apology he was “truly sorry” and his actions were “inexcusable.” “I take full responsibility for...
San Diego deputy who pleaded guilty to manslaughter now faces federal charges
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A former San Diego sheriff’s deputy who already pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter for the 2020 fatal shooting of an unarmed suspect has been indicted on two federal charges that could bring a life sentence, federal prosecutors said. A federal grand jury...
Student fatally shot, suspect detained at Georgia's Kennesaw State University
ATLANTA (AP) — Officials at Georgia's Kennesaw State University say a student was killed in a weekend shooting outside a residence complex on campus, leading to a brief lockdown and the arrest of a man on a murder charge. The campus was shut down for less than an hour after the 4...
Sean 'Diddy' Combs abuse allegations: A timeline of key events
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs has apologized after newly released video showed him beating his former singing protege and girlfriend Cassie in a Los Angeles hotel in 2016. The video was aired by CNN Friday six months after the R&B singer filed a lawsuit that set off...
