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Judge orders anonymous jury for trial of self-exiled Chinese businessman, citing his past acts
NEW YORK (AP) — A self-exiled Chinese businessman is set to face an anonymous jury at his trial next month on fraud charges after a judge on Wednesday cited his past willingness to tamper with judicial proceedings as reason for concern. Guo Wengui goes to trial May 22 in Manhattan...
Ex-minor league umpire sues MLB, says he was harassed by female ump, fired for being bisexual man
NEW YORK (AP) — A fired minor league umpire sued Major League Baseball on Wednesday, claiming he was sexually harassed by a female umpire and discriminated against because he is male and bisexual. Brandon Cooper, an umpire who worked in the minor league Arizona Complex League last...
Veteran DEA agent sentenced to 4 years for leaking intelligence in Miami bribery conspiracy
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge Wednesday sentenced a longtime U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent to four years in prison for leaking DEA intelligence to defense lawyers in a $100,000 bribery scheme that prosecutors said jeopardized drug cases and the lives of confidential informants. ...
Trump could avoid trial this year on 2020 election charges. Is the hush money case a worthy proxy?
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump faces serious charges in two cases over whether he attempted to subvert the Constitution by overturning the results of a fair election and illegally remain in power. Yet it’s a New York case centered on payments to silence an adult...
MLB players' union asks court to confirm arbitration decision against Bad Bunny firm
NEW YORK (AP) — The baseball players' association asked a federal court to confirm an arbitrator's decision denying an attempt by a baseball agent at Bad Bunny’s Rimas Sports firm to block the agent's decertification by the union. In a complaint filed Monday in U.S. District...
Trump tried to 'corrupt' the 2016 election, prosecutor alleges as hush money trial gets underway
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump tried to illegally influence the 2016 presidential election by preventing damaging stories about his personal life from becoming public, a prosecutor told jurors Monday at the start of the former president's historic hush money trial. "This was a...
Key takeaways from the opening statements in Donald Trump's hush money trial
NEW YORK (AP) — Monday's opening statements in the first criminal trial of a former American president provided a clear roadmap of how prosecutors will try to make the case that Donald Trump broke the law, and how the defense plans to fight the charges on multiple fronts. Lawyers...
Without cameras to go live, the Trump trial is proving the potency of live blogs as news tools
NEW YORK (AP) — They watched from the courtroom or via closed-circuit television in an overflow room — roughly 140 reporters, most with laptops or other silenced electronic devices, serving up news at its most elemental and in rapid-fire fashion. There were utterances posted a...
Foundation to convene 3rd annual summit on anti-Asian hate, building AAPI coalitions
NEW YORK (AP) — A foundation launched in the wake of anti-Asian hate will hold a wide-ranging conference bringing together Asian American and Pacific Islander notable figures for a third year. The Asian American Foundation will hold a Heritage Month Summit next month in New York...
PEN America calls off awards ceremony amid criticism over its response to Israel-Hamas war
NEW YORK (AP) — Facing widespread unhappiness over its response to the Israel-Hamas war, the writers’ group PEN America has called off its annual awards ceremony. Dozens of nominees had dropped out of the event, which was to have taken place next week. PEN, a literary and free...