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Trump fined $1,000 for gag order violation in hush money case as ex-employee recounts reimbursements
The judge presiding over Donald Trump’s hush money trial has fined him $1,000 and warned of jail time for future gag order violations More »
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Hamas accepts Gaza cease-fire; Israel says it will continue talks but presses on with Rafah attacks
Hamas says it's accepted an Egyptian-Qatari cease-fire proposal, but Israel says the deal did not meet its core demands and has pushed ahead with an assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah More »
Pro-Palestinian protesters break through barricades to retake MIT encampment
Pro-Palestinian protesters blocked by police from accessing an encampment at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology broke through fencing to retake the area, as Columbia University canceled its university-wide commencement ceremony following weeks of demonstrations More »
Tornadoes spotted in Oklahoma as hail pelts Kansas. Forecasts warn more is to come
Tornadoes touched down Monday evening in rural Oklahoma as large hail pelted parts of Kansas More »
Pulitzer Prizes in journalism awarded to The New York Times, The Washington Post, AP and others
The New York Times and The Washington Post were awarded three Pulitzer Prizes apiece for work in 2023 that dealt with everything from the war in Gaza to gun violence, and The Associated Press won in the feature photography category for coverage of global migration to the U.S. The prestigious Pulitzer for public service was awarded Monday to ProPublica for reporting on the Supreme Court that revealed how billionaires wooed justices with gifts and travel More »
How a beach trip in Mexico's Baja California turned deadly for surfers from Australia and the US
Two Australians and an American were doing what they loved on the stunning, largely isolated stretch of Baja California’s Pacific coast More »
Boeing calls off its first astronaut launch because of valve issue on rocket
Boeing has called off its first astronaut launch because of a balky rocket valve More »
A gene long thought to just raise the risk for Alzheimer's may cause some cases
For the first time, researchers have identified a genetic form of late-in-life Alzheimer's disease More »
Donald Trump calls Joe Biden weak on antisemitism, ignoring his own rhetoric
Donald Trump is accusing Joe Biden of offering a weak response to antisemitism, wielding the clashes on colleges campuses over the war in Gaza as a campaign issue More »
Met Gala in full bloom with Zendaya, Jennifer Lopez, Mindy Kaling among the standout stars
Attention all you fashionistas: It's Met Gala time More »
