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Trump loses bid to delay hush money trial pending gag order appeal
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Donald Trump on Tuesday lost his second last-ditch bid in as many days to delay his April 15 trial on criminal charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star. The former U.S....
Apr 09, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump walks outside the courtroom on the day of a court hearing on charges of falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment to a porn star before the 2016 election, in New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., February 15, 2024. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
Blinken says talks on Israel's Rafah offensive expected next week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday said he expects talks between Israeli and U.S. officials to take place next week on a potential Israeli military operation in R...
Apr 09, 2024 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken holds a joint press conference with British Foreign Secretary David Cameron at the State Department in Washington, U.S., April 9, 2024. REUTERS/Michael A. McCoy
Special counsel urges US Supreme Court to reject Trump immunity bid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The special counsel pursuing federal criminal charges against Donald Trump for his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss filed a U.S. Supreme Court brief on Monday urging t...
Apr 09, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump and Special Counsel Jack Smith are seen in a combination of file photos in Washington, U.S., in 2023. REUTERS/Tasos Katopodis, Kevin Wurm/File Photo
Hamas says Israeli proposal fails to meet Palestinian demands but is under review
CAIRO (Reuters) -Hamas said on Tuesday that an Israeli proposal on a ceasefire in their war in Gaza met none of the demands of Palestinian militant factions, but it would study the offer further and d...
Apr 09, 2024 Rescuers and medics search for dead bodies inside the damaged Al Shifa Hospital after Israeli forces withdrew from the hospital and the area around it following a two-week operation, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City April 8, 2024. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas/ File Photo
Israel purchases 40,000 tents for Rafah evacuation, Israeli media says
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Israeli defense ministry is purchasing 40,000 tents ahead of an evacuation of the southern Gaza city of Rafah, which Israel has said it plans to assault to destroy remaining ...
Apr 09, 2024 A woman sweeps next to a tent, as displaced Palestinians, who fled their houses due to Israeli strikes shelter in a tent camp, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, March 6, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem/ File photo
UPDATE: Norfolk Southern agrees to pay $600 million to settle Ohio derailment lawsuit
UPDATED: 8:55 A.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. railroad operator Norfolk Southern has agreed to pay $600 million to settle a class action lawsuit over a February 2023 East Palestine, Ohio train derailm...
Apr 09, 2024 FILE PHOTO: General view of the site of the derailment of a train carrying hazardous waste, in East Palestine, Ohio, U.S., March 2, 2023. REUTERS/Alan Freed/File Photo
UPDATE: Mother, father of Michigan school shooter sentenced to up to 15 years in prison
UPDATED 11:46 A.M. (Reuters) -The mother of a Michigan teen who shot and killed four classmates were each sentenced to 10 to 15 years in prison on Tuesday after a jury convicted them of manslaughter i...
Apr 09, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Ethan Robert Crumbley, 15, charged with first-degree murder in a high school shooting, poses in a jail booking photograph taken at the Oakland County Jail in Pontiac, Michigan, U.S. December 1, 2021, in a combination photograph with his parents Jennifer Lynn Crumbley and James Robert Crumbley who were taken into custody December 3, 2021. Oakland County Sheriff's Office/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
Crash in rural Mackinaw claims 73-year-old's life
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. A 73-year-old rural McLean County man was killed in a crash involving his motorcycle and another vehicle in rural Mackinaw Monday afternoon. Tazewell County Coroner Charles Hanle...
Apr 09, 2024
UConn knocks off Purdue to repeat as national champion
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- UConn knew no one could take away its 2023 title, but the Huskies went out and got another one just for good measure. Tristen Newton scored 20 points and dished out seven assists as...
Apr 09, 2024 Apr 8, 2024; Glendale, AZ, USA; General view as the Connecticut Huskies celebrate defeating the Purdue Boilermakers in the national championship game of the Final Four of the 2024 NCAA Tournament at State Farm Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Patrick Breen/Arizona Republic-USA TODAY Sports
Trump loses last-ditch bid to delay hush money trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York state appellate judge on Monday denied Donald Trump's bid to delay his April 15 criminal trial on charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star while the former ...
Apr 09, 2024 A combination photo shows adult film actress Stephanie Clifford, also known as Stormy Daniels speaking in New York City, and then- U.S. President Donald Trump speaking in Washington, Michigan, U.S. on April 16, 2018 and April 28, 2018 respectively. . REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (L) REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
