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The Latest | Judge finds Trump violated gag order in hush money case 9 times, fines him $9K

NEW YORK (AP) - Donald Trump's hush money trial resumes Tuesday with testimony from the third prosecution witness, Gary Farro, a banker who helped Trump's former attorney Michael Cohen open accounts. ...

Apr 30, 2024

The top UN court will rule shortly on Nicaragua's request for Germany to halt aid to Israel

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - The president of the top United Nations court opened a hearing Tuesday to deliver judges' decision on a request by Nicaragua to order a halt to German military and other ...

Apr 30, 2024

Sword-wielding man attacks passersby in London, killing a 13-year-old boy and injuring other people

LONDON (AP) - A man wielding a sword attacked members of the public and police officers in a east London suburb, killing a 13-year-old boy and injuring four others, authorities said Tuesday. A 36-year...

Apr 30, 2024

Netanyahu vows to invade Rafah 'with or without a deal' as cease-fire talks with Hamas continue

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged Tuesday to launch an incursion into the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are shelterin...

Apr 30, 2024

Protesters take over Columbia University's Hamilton Hall in escalation of anti-war demonstrations

NEW YORK (AP) - Dozens of protesters took over a building at Columbia University in New York early Tuesday, barricading the entrances and unfurling a Palestinian flag out of a window in the latest esc...

Apr 30, 2024

Chinese scientist who published first sequence of COVID virus protests after being evicted from lab

SHANGHAI (AP) - The first scientist to publish a sequence of the COVID-19 virus in China was staging a sit-in protest after authorities locked him out of his lab. Virologist Zhang Yongzhen wrote in an...

Apr 30, 2024

Backers of a ban on gender care for minors in Kansas fail to override the governor's veto

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Republican legislators in Kansas failed Monday to override the Democratic governor's veto of a proposed ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors. The vote was 82-43 in t...

Apr 29, 2024

Winner of $1.3 billion Powerball jackpot is an immigrant from Laos who has cancer

SALEM, Ore. (AP) - One of the winners of a historic $1.3 billion Powerball jackpot last month is an immigrant from Laos who has had cancer for eight years and had his latest chemotherapy treatment las...

Apr 29, 2024

Prosecutors say they will not retry an Arizona rancher accused of murder near the US-Mexico border

PHOENIX (AP) - Prosecutors said Monday they will not retry an Arizona rancher whose trial in the fatal shooting of a Mexican man on his property ended last week with a deadlocked jury. The jurors in t...

Apr 29, 2024

Zebras get loose near highway exit, gallop into Washington community before most are corralled

NORTH BEND, Wash. (AP) - It was an unusual wildlife sighting Sunday when four zebras escaped from their trailer and galloped into a Washington neighborhood. Three of the four black-and-white striped a...

Apr 29, 2024