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Ex-Trump adviser Peter Navarro asks court to let him remain free while appealing his contempt conviction

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro has asked the U.S Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to allow him to remain out of prison while he appeals his contempt of Congress conviction.The filing comes two weeks after U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta denied Navarro's request to remain free during his appeal."Dr. Navarro respectfully requests expedited briefing and disposition of this matter because he expects imminent direction to report to the Bureau of Prisons to […]

todayFebruary 26, 2024

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Police open investigation after students report AI-generated nudes to school district

Beverly Vista Middle School/Facebook(BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.) -- The Beverly Hills Police Department said it is investigating after a Southern California middle school reported last week that students were allegedly involved in creating and sharing nude images generated using artificial intelligence that featured the faces of fellow students."The Beverly Hills Unified School District notified the Beverly Hills Police Department, and a police report was taken. The investigation is ongoing," Beverly Hills Police Lt. Andrew Myers told ABC News in a statement.Beverly […]

todayFebruary 26, 2024

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Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg asks for gag order in Trump hush money case after dozens of threats

Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on Monday asked a judge to impose a limited gag order on former President Donald Trump, who is charged in New York with falsifying business records related to hush money he paid to adult film actress Stormy Daniels.In their request, prosecutors cited what they called Trump's "longstanding and perhaps singular history" of attacking people he considers to be adversaries, including those associated with his other criminal and civil cases.The […]

todayFebruary 26, 2024

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Ex-FBI informant Alexander Smirnov, accusing of lying about Bidens, remanded to custody after pleading not guilty

Jason Marz/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) -- Alexander Smirnov, the former FBI informant charged with lying to the bureau about President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden, was remanded to custody Monday, pending trial.Appearing in court Monday, Smirnov said very little except answering "yes" when asked if he understood the case against him. He entered a plea of not guilty to the counts against him.Smirnov was arrested earlier this month on charges that he concocted "fabrications" about the president and his […]

todayFebruary 26, 2024

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Bronx medical school students to receive free tuition after $1 billion donation

Google Maps Street View(NEW YORK) -- A historic, billion-dollar donation to a medical school in New York City has provided students with free tuition moving forward.Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx received a $1 billion donation from Dr. Ruth Gottesman, former professor and chair of the school's board of trustees, the institution announced in a press release Monday.The massive donation -- a "transformational gift," the school said -- is among the largest ever made to a university in […]

todayFebruary 26, 2024

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Alec Baldwin’s manslaughter trial in ‘Rust’ shooting scheduled for July

John Lamparski via Getty Images(SANTA FE, N.M.) -- The involuntary manslaughter trial for Alec Baldwin over the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of "Rust" in October 2021 has been set for July, according to New Mexico's First Judicial District Court.Jury selection is set to begin on July 9 with the trial expected to last from July 10 to 19.Baldwin was indicted by a grand jury on Jan. 19 on an involuntary manslaughter charge after prosecutors dropped […]

todayFebruary 26, 2024

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Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg asks judge to impose gag order Trump in hush money case

Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on Monday asked a judge to impose a gag order on former President Donald Trump, who is charged in New York with falsifying business records related to hush money he paid to adult film actress Stormy Daniels.Trump is already under a limited gag order in his federal election interference case in Washington, D.C., and prosecutors in Manhattan sought a similarly "narrowly tailored order restricting certain prejudicial extrajudicial statements by […]

todayFebruary 26, 2024

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Biden to make his 2nd visit to southern border on the same day as Trump

Alex Wong/Getty Images(EAGLE PASS, TEXAS) -- President Joe Biden will make his second visit to the U.S.-Mexico border on Thursday to make another push for Congress to pass a bipartisan border deal, the White House announced Monday.Former President Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, will also deliver remarks at the border on Thursday, sources familiar with his trip told ABC News. Trump will visit Eagle Pass, Texas -- a flashpoint for immigration confrontation.Biden will visit Brownsville, Texas. He last visited […]

todayFebruary 26, 2024

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Trump, co-defendants appeal ruling in $464 million civil fraud case

Kent Nishimura/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Lawyers for former President Donald Trump and his co-defendants are appealing their $464 million civil fraud case.In a filing Monday, the defendants signaled their plans to appeal the ruling to New York's Appellate Division, First Department."This appeal is taken from each and every part of the Order insofar as Defendants are aggrieved," defense lawyers Alina Habba and Clifford Robert wrote in the notice.In an informational statement filed with the Appellate Division, the defense lawyers asked […]

todayFebruary 26, 2024

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