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Harvard president gets to keep her job amid congressional hearing backlash: Board
Dr. Claudine Gay, president of Harvard University, testifies before the House Education and Workforce Committee at the Rayburn House Office Building on Dec. 05, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Embattled [Read More…]
Giuliani defamation trial live updates: Election worker seeking ‘justice’ after false election claims
Bryan R. Smith/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is on trial in Washington, D.C., this week for defaming Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Wandrea “Shaye” Moss [Read More…]
Giuliani defamation trial live updates: Judge blasts Giuliani for ‘additional defamatory’ remarks
Bryan R. Smith/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is on trial in Washington, D.C., this week for defaming Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Wandrea “Shaye” Moss [Read More…]
Trump fraud trial live updates: Trump’s defense expected to rest its case today
ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York in a $250 million civil lawsuit that could alter the personal fortune and real estate empire that helped propel Trump [Read More…]
Harvard president gets university board’s backing amid congressional hearing backlash
Dr. Claudine Gay, president of Harvard University, testifies before the House Education and Workforce Committee at the Rayburn House Office Building on Dec. 05, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Embattled [Read More…]
Three things to know about Trump’s defense in his New York civil fraud trial
Former U.S. President Donald Trump sits at the defense table with his attorneys Christopher Kise (L) and Alina Habba (R) in New York State Supreme Court on Dec. 7, 2023 in New York City. (Eduardo [Read More…]
AT&T Stadium employee allegedly took money to illegally let fans in to see Cowboys-Eagles NFL game: Police
Jeffrey Grigsby / EyeEm/Getty Images (ARLINGTON, Texas) — A stadium employee who was working at AT&T Stadium during the Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles game has been arrested for illegally letting people into the stadium [Read More…]
No victims found under rubble of partial building collapse in Bronx: NY Fire Department
Perry Gerenday/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — After hours of searching the rubble of a partial building collapse in the Bronx, the New York Fire Department said no victims were found. Two people sustained minor injuries [Read More…]
Alleged Maine mass shooter’s brain being studied for CTE linked to military service
Westend61/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The brain of the alleged Maine mass shooter is being studied to determine whether his reported mental health problems could be linked to brain damage sustained during his military service, [Read More…]
Ten teens accused in DC carjacking rings, claiming it was like “Grand Theft Auto,” officials say
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Ten teens were charged on Monday in a string of carjackings in Washington, D.C., authorities said, amid what law enforcement calls a sharp rise in the crime in the nation’s [Read More…]
Special counsel asks Supreme Court to rule on Trump’s immunity in Jan. 6 case
joe daniel price/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Special counsel Jack Smith’s team has asked the Supreme Court to step in and decide the issue of presidential immunity regarding former President Donald Trump’s federal election interference charges. [Read More…]
Geminid meteor shower expected to light up US skies this week
Jiang Feibo/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — With mostly clear to partly cloudy skies expected over much of the United States, this year’s Geminid meteor shower is forecast to offer one of [Read More…]
Texas woman who sued for abortion now leaving state for care
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Texas woman who filed a lawsuit last week asking for an emergency abortion is now leaving the state to get care, according to the Center for Reproductive Rights. [Read More…]
Giuliani defamation trial live updates: Ex-mayor faces Freeman, Moss for first time
Bryan R. Smith/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is on trial in Washington, D.C., this week for defaming Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Wandrea “Shaye” Moss [Read More…]
Giuliani defamation trial live updates: Jury selection to begin Monday morning
Bryan R. Smith/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is on trial in Washington, D.C., this week for defaming Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Wandrea “Shaye” Moss [Read More…]
Georgia election workers’ defamation suit against Giuliani goes to trial
Bryan R. Smith/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Ruby Freeman and Wandrea “Shaye” Moss described living in a perpetual state of fear after Rudy Giuliani targeted the two Georgia election workers with conspiracy-fueled lies in [Read More…]
With his empire at stake, Trump has spent $2.5 million on expert testimony in his fraud trial
TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump, fighting to maintain the real estate empire that helped propel him to the White House, spent at least $2.5 million on expert [Read More…]
‘Devastating’: At least six dead, 36 injured when tornadoes tear through Tennessee
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Six people died and at least 36 others were injured Saturday after severe tornadoes touched down in parts of Tennessee, officials said. Three people died and 23 were injured following [Read More…]
Beverly Hills Police arrest man for alleged hate crime, assault with a deadly weapon
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Police in Beverly Hills said they arrested a man who allegedly made antisemitic remarks as he assaulted an older man with a belt on Saturday. Jarris Jay Silagi, 44, [Read More…]
As new details emerge, husband of mother killed in Texas rampage says she died a ‘hero’
KVUE As newly filed court documents reveal horrific details in a multi-city Texas shooting rampage that left six people dead last week and a former U.S. Army officer under arrest on capital murder charges, a [Read More…]