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Harvey Weinstein’s NYC sex crimes retrial set for after Labor Day

Scott Heins/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Harvey Weinstein is scheduled to be retried "sometime after Labor Day," a judge said Wednesday, as the disgraced film mogul appeared in a Manhattan courtroom for the first time since the New York Court of Appeals threw out his rape conviction.Court officers wheeled Weinstein's wheelchair into and out of the courtroom in Manhattan Supreme Court Wednesday afternoon. He sat before Judge Curtis Farber in a dark suit and tie and made no statements during his […]

todayMay 1, 2024

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‘Belligerent’ man ordered to pay United Airlines $20K for flight diversion: DOJ

Getty Images - STOCK(NEW YORK) -- A British man who wreaked havoc on a United Airlines flight, forcing the flight crew to divert their landing location, must pay over $20,000 to the airline, prosecutors announced.The charges stem from a March 1 flight that departed from London, when passenger Alexander Michael Dominic MacDonald, 30, "began arguing with his traveling companion and causing a disturbance," according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office."When flight attendants asked MacDonald to be quiet […]

todayMay 1, 2024

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Arizona Senate passes repeal of 1864 abortion ban, sending it to governor’s desk

Getty Images - STOCK(PHOENIX) -- The Arizona Senate on Wednesday voted to repeal a strict, Civil War-era abortion ban that was recently ruled enforceable by the state Supreme Court.Two Republican senators, T.J. Shope and Shawnna Bolick, joined the 14 Democrats in the minority and the bill passed 16-14, over vocal GOP objection.Ahead of her vote, Bolick took a broadly anti-abortion position on the floor -- explaining in detail the three difficult pregnancies she had herself, including the story of her […]

todayMay 1, 2024

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14-year-old suspect dead after active shooter reported outside Wisconsin middle school: Sources

Getty Images - STOCK(MT. HOREB, Wis.) -- A 14-year-old suspect is dead following a confrontation with police Wednesday after an active shooter was reported outside a Wisconsin middle school, sources told ABC News.The teen had approached Mount Horeb Middle School with what appeared to be a long gun, the sources said.A vehicle associated with the suspect is being searched for evidence by bomb technicians, according to sources.The Mount Horeb Area School District said police responded to help "scope out" an […]

todayMay 1, 2024

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Air Force preps new military charges against convicted Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira

STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON)-- Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira, who pleaded guilty to numerous federal crimes after leaking sensitive information online, will now face military criminal proceedings next month for alleged violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, according to an Air Force spokesperson."Following close coordination with the Department of Justice, the Air Force determined that separate and distinct charges should be preferred against A1C Jack Teixeira, for alleged misconduct related to his military duties," the spokesperson […]

todayMay 1, 2024

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Fed holds interest rates steady at highest level since 2001

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Federal Reserve decided to hold its benchmark interest rate steady on Wednesday, postponing highly anticipated rate cuts as elevated inflation continues to burden U.S. households.The announcement arrives days after new government data showed that the economy is cooling off.The slowdown has coincided with a months-long stretch of stubborn inflation, putting pressure on the Fed to keep interest rates high despite a risk of hindering economic activity with expensive borrowing costs."The economic outlook is uncertain, and […]

todayMay 1, 2024

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Officials: 55 people injured after Los Angeles Metro collides with USC bus

KABC-TV(LOS ANGELES) -- A Los Angeles Metro Rail train and a University of Southern California bus collided on Tuesday, leaving at least 55 people injured and two individuals in critical condition, officials said.The crash occurred on Watt Way and Exposition Boulevard in the Exposition Park neighborhood around noon, local time, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD).Metro officials said the incident happened when the USC shuttle bus crossed into the path of a southbound Metro E Line train.Firefighters and […]

todayMay 1, 2024

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Harvey Weinstein scheduled to appear in court after sex crimes conviction overturned

Former film producer Harvey Weinstein appears in court at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles, California, on 04 October 2022. (Etienne Laurent/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- Harvey Weinstein is scheduled to appear in court in Manhattan on Wednesday for the first time since New York's highest court overturned his sex crimes conviction.He is scheduled to appear in Manhattan Supreme Court in the first step toward a possible retrial after the New York Court of Appeals […]

todayMay 1, 2024

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Four big takeaways from Day 9 of Trump’s hush money trial

Former President Donald Trump awaits the start of proceedings at Manhattan criminal court, Apr. 30, 2024, in New York City. (Curtis Means/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- A Los Angeles-based attorney who represented both Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal explained to jurors how he brokered a pair of deals to keep their alleged affairs with Donald Trump out of print, claiming that he interpreted the "catch-and-kill" schemes as a mechanism to protect Trump from political liabilities, during Tuesday's proceedings in […]

todayMay 1, 2024

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