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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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New home sales ticked up in January, despite elevated mortgage rates

Lisette Morales McCabe/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- New home sales ticked up in January, despite a twin burden imposed by elevated mortgage rates and expensive housing prices, according to U.S. Census data released on Monday.Sales of new single-family homes rose 1.8% in January compared to the previous year, data showed. The survey found an estimated 661,000 homes were sold in January.On a monthly basis, sales climbed 1.5% from December.The fresh data offers a glimmer of optimism for an otherwise sluggish […]

todayFebruary 26, 2024

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Machine gun or firearm toy? Bump stock creator speaks out ahead of Supreme Court hearing on ban

A bump stocks make a gun fire by sliding the weapon against a fixed trigger finger rather than moving a trigger finger against the gun. -- ABC News(KNOXVILLE, Tenn.) -- To gun enthusiasts, Jeremiah Cottle is an American hero and entrepreneurial success story. To his critics, the decorated Air Force veteran, father of four and inventor of the bump stock accessory is a promoter of mass death."I wanted to create a way that people could go out, shoot their gun […]

todayFebruary 26, 2024

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Louisiana inmate escapes custody after pepper spraying deputy, stealing officer’s car: Sheriff

Inmate Leon Ruffin in a mugshot from the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office(HARVEY, La.) -- A convicted felon who had been in custody on a second-degree murder charge escaped on Sunday after pepper spraying his transporting deputy and stealing her car, authorities said.The inmate, Leon Ruffin, should be considered "armed and dangerous," Sheriff Joseph Lopinto of the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office in Louisiana, told the media Sunday night at a press briefing.Lopinto said he doesn't believe the man "has anything to […]

todayFebruary 26, 2024

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Arrest made after Kentucky student found dead in dorm room, police say

Campbellsville Police Department/Facebook(CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky.) -- A suspect has been arrested in connection to the death of a Kentucky student who was found dead in his dorm room over the weekend at Campbellsville University, according to police.Josiah Kilman, 18, was discovered unresponsive in his Campbellsville dorm room around 1 a.m. local time Saturday morning and was transported to Taylor Regional Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, the university said in a press release.On Saturday evening, the Green County Sheriff's Office and […]

todayFebruary 25, 2024

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