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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 has announced its acceptance of 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 »
Floodwaters start receding around Houston area as recovery begins following rescues and evacuations
Floodwaters in the Houston area and parts of Southeast Texas are starting to recede, allowing residents to begin returning to their homes and assess damages after days of heavy rainfall 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 »
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 »
American soldier was arrested in Russia and accused of stealing from a girlfriend, US officials say
An American soldier has been arrested in Russia's port city of Vladivostok and accused of stealing from a Russian girlfriend 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 »
After AP investigation, family of missing students enrolls in school
After AP's Pulitzer Prize-finalist investigation, a family of Atlanta kids struggling to enroll in school returned to class last month More »