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Manhattan DA asks to delay start of Trump’s hush money trial

Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The Manhattan district attorney's office asked on Thursday for a delay to the start of the trial in the hush money case against Donald Trump, citing newly disclosed evidence from the U.S. attorney's office in Manhattan."Specifically, yesterday the USAO produced approximately 31,000 pages of additional records and represented that there will be another production of documents by next week," the district attorney's office said in a motion to the court requesting the delay."Based on […]

todayMarch 14, 2024

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Book ban efforts spike across US, new data shows: By the numbers

Diyosa Carter/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- New data released by the American Library Association highlights the growing battle libraries and schools face over book bans and other challenges.The number of books targeted by critics surged 65% from 2022 to 2023, according to the data published early Thursday. The ALA recorded 4,240 unique book titles that were targeted for removal or restriction in schools and libraries across the U.S. in 2023, topping the previous record of 2,571 unique titles in 2022.About 47% […]

todayMarch 14, 2024

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SpaceX loses Starship on reentry over Indian Ocean

CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP / Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- SpaceX lost contact with its Starship rocket on reentry over the Indian Ocean, the company said Thursday, but the third test flight was still deemed a success as it advanced further than either previous test.The unmanned spaceship blasted off successfully from the company's base in Boca Chica, Texas, at 8:25 a.m. local time.SpaceX CEO Elon Musk hailed its entry into space, writing on X, "Starship reached orbital velocity! Congratulations @SpaceX team!!"NASA […]

todayMarch 14, 2024

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Arkansas rolls back gender-neutral ID policy

dlewis33/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Arkansas residents will no longer be allowed to use gender markers on their state identifications cards – previously noted with an X, the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration (DFA) announced Tuesday.The DFA is also rescinding its existing administrative practice that allows license holders to change their gender "without any verifiable information," the announcement reads. All previously issued licenses and IDs with the “X” designation will remain valid through the existing expiration date, according to the […]

todayMarch 14, 2024

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Winter storm heading toward Denver could be city’s biggest in three years

Daniela Simona Temneanu / EyeEm/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A major storm set to bring heavy snow to the Rockies could be Denver's biggest snowstorm in three years.Nine states from California to Montana to New Mexico are on alert for the snow and wind, with winter storm watches and warnings stretching across the Rockies.A winter storm warning is in effect for the Denver metro area starting Wednesday night and lasting through early Friday. The worst of the storm will hit on […]

todayMarch 14, 2024

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Former rideshare driver arrested after launching alleged antisemitic attack on passenger

avid_creative/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A former rideshare driver has been arrested after launching an attack on a passenger because he perceived the individual to be Jewish or Israeli, according to the Office of Public Affairs at the U.S. Department of Justice.The indictment against 39-year-old rideshare driver Csaba John Csukás from Daly City, California, was announced on Wednesday regarding the alleged attack which took place on Oct. 26 last year at San Francisco International Airport in California, just 19 days after […]

todayMarch 14, 2024

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Family of Sloan Mattingly, 7-year-old girl who died after getting buried in sand, speaks out

ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Therese Mattingly's two children were playing in the sand while the family was vacationing in Florida last month when suddenly "it just became chaos and horror," the mother told ABC News' Good Morning America.Sloan Mattingly, 7, and her brother, Maddox Mattingly, 9, were both buried when the hole they were digging at the Lauderdale-by-the-Sea beach collapsed on Feb. 20, authorities said. Maddox was uninjured but Sloan died at the hospital, her family and police said.Now, her […]

todayMarch 14, 2024

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NY sergeant killed in line of duty after attack with metal necklace chain: Police

Genesee County Sheriff's Office(NEW YORK) -- Two arrests were made following the death of a sergeant who was attacked and killed after breaking up a dispute early Sunday morning at New York’s Batavia Downs Gaming & Hotel, according to the Batavia Police Department.Genesee County Sheriff's Sgt. Thomas Sanfratello was working a special assignment detail at Batavia Downs when police responded to reports of a disturbance at the bar.Sanfratello escorted Michael J. Elmore and Lyndsey Jean Wilcox out of the casino […]

todayMarch 14, 2024

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After closed-door testimony, Hunter Biden declines invitation from Comer to testify in public

J.Castro/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden, through his attorney, declined an invitation by congressional Republicans to testify in public as part of their impeachment inquiry into the president -- but suggested he would attend a hearing on foreign influence peddling if lawmakers also invited members of former President Donald Trump's family.In a letter to House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer on Wednesday, Abbe Lowell, an attorney for Hunter Biden, said his client would not appear for a […]

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