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Hope Hicks, ex-Trump adviser, recounts fear in 2016 campaign over impact of 'Access Hollywood' tape

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump's 2016 campaign was seized with worry about the potential political damage from a tape that showed Trump bragging about grabbing women sexually without their permission, longtime Trump adviser Hope Hicks testified Friday...

 

Columbia University threatens to expel student protesters who occupied administration building

NEW YORK (AP) — Dozens of protesters took over a building at Columbia University in New York early Tuesday, barricading entrances and unfurling a Palestinian flag from a window in the latest escalation of demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas w...

 

Columbia University begins suspending Israel-Hamas war protesters after ultimatum to disband camp

NEW YORK (AP) — Colleges around the U.S. implored pro-Palestinian student protesters to clear out tent encampments with rising levels of urgency Monday as police arrested more demonstrators at the University of Texas and Columbia University said it w...

 

New York appeals court rejects Donald Trump's third request to delay Monday's hush money trial

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump is now 0 for 3 in last-minute attempts to get a New York appeals court to delay his looming hush money criminal trial. An appeals court judge Wednesday swiftly rejected the latest salvo from the former president's l...

 

New York appeals judge rejects Donald Trump's request to delay his April 15 hush money trial

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York appeals court judge has rejected former President Donald Trump's request to delay his April 15 hush money criminal trial while he fights to move the case out of Manhattan. The decision came Monday, a week before jury s...

 

Trump's New York hush money case is set for trial April 15

NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump will stand trial starting April 15 on charges related to hush money payments meant to cover up claims of marital infidelity, a New York judge ruled Monday in tersely swatting aside defense claims of p...

 

Former Trump CFO Allen Weisselberg pleads guilty to perjury in deal that doesn't require cooperation

NEW YORK (AP) — Allen Weisselberg, the former chief financial officer of Donald Trump's company, pleaded guilty Monday to lying under oath during his testimony in the ex-president's New York civil fraud case. His plea deal will send him back to jail...

 

Donald Trump fraud verdict: $364 million penalty in New York civil case

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge ruled Friday against Donald Trump, imposing a $364 million penalty over what the judge ruled was a yearslong scheme to dupe banks and others with financial statements that inflated the former president's wealth. T...

 

Donald Trump testifies for less than 3 minutes in defamation trial and is rebuked by judge

NEW YORK (AP) — He testified for under three minutes. But former President Donald Trump still broke a judge's rules on what he could tell a jury about writer E. Jean Carroll's sexual assault and defamation allegations, and he left the courtroom T...

 

Jury says Donald Trump must pay an additional $83.3 million to E. Jean Carroll in defamation case

NEW YORK (AP) — A jury awarded $83.3 million in huge additional damages on Friday to longtime advice columnist E. Jean Carroll from former President Donald Trump, who she says shattered her reputation and opened her to threats by calling her a l...

 

Secret tunnel in NYC synagogue leads to brawl between police and worshippers

NEW YORK (AP) — A group of Hasidic Jewish worshippers were arrested amid a dispute over a tunnel secretly dug into the side of a historic Brooklyn synagogue, setting off a brawl between police and those who tried to defend the makeshift p...

 

Judge says Donald Trump won't give own closing argument at civil fraud trial after disputing rules

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump won't make his own closing argument after all in his New York civil business fraud trial after his lawyers objected to the judge's insistence that the former president stick to "relevant" matters. Judge Arthur Engoron r...

 

Rep. Santos faces new charges he stole donor IDs, made unauthorized charges to their credit cards

NEW YORK (AP) — A new indictment filed Tuesday charged U.S. Rep. George Santos with stealing the identities of donors to his campaign and then using their credit cards to ring up tens of thousands of dollars in unauthorized charges. Prosecutors s...

 

Trump seethes through the start of trial in New York lawsuit accusing him of lying about his wealth

NEW YORK (AP) — Aggrieved and defiant, former President Donald Trump spent a day in court Monday for the sometimes testy start of a trial in a fraud lawsuit that could cost him control of Trump Tower and other prized properties. "Disgraceful t...

 

George Santos says ex-fundraiser caught using a fake name tried a new tactic: spelling it backwards

NEW YORK (AP) — When the invitation to lunch at the Empire State Building first arrived last summer, some of George Santos' campaign staffers were wary. The sender described himself as a deep-pocketed donor, eager to max out his contribution to t...

 

Investigators pour over evidence from the home of alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer as search ends

NEW YORK (AP) — An intense police search of the Long Island home of Rex Heuermann is now complete, authorities said Tuesday as they ended a 12-day hunt for evidence that involved ripping up the yard and the discovery of basement vault containing h...

 

Long Island architect charged in 3 of the Gilgo Beach serial killings

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) — A Long Island architect was charged Friday with murder in the deaths of three of the 11 victims in a long-unsolved string of killings known as the Gilgo Beach murders after detectives pursuing a new lead say they matched DNA fr...

 

The FDA is being asked to look into Logan Paul's energy drink, which has the caffeine of 6 Coke cans

NEW YORK (AP) — An influencer-backed energy drink that has earned viral popularity among children is facing scrutiny from lawmakers and health experts over its potentially dangerous levels of caffeine. On Sunday, Sen. Charles Schumer called on the F...

 

Rep. George Santos' aunt and dad signed his bail bond to keep him out of jail while awaiting trial

NEW YORK (AP) — The two people who bailed Rep. George Santos out of federal custody have been revealed to be his father and his aunt, a detail the Republican fought to keep secret as he faces criminal charges and swirling questions about his finances... Full story

 

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