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ABC NewsTrump trial live updates: Trump fined $9K for gag order violations, could be jailed next time
Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York City, where he is facing felony charges related to a 2016 hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. Trump last April pleaded not guilty to a 34-count indictment charging him with falsifying business records in connection with a hush money payment his then-attorney Michael Cohen made to Daniels in order to boost his electoral prospects in the 2016 presidential election.
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Trump says it's up to individual states whether they want to prosecute women for abortions
Former President Donald Trump maintained in a new interview that he'd leave it up to individual states whether or not they want to monitor women's pregnancies to determine if someone gets an abortion after their state's legal ban and then prosecute them. When previously asked if doctors should be punished for performing abortions, Trump had said it was a "state's rights issue." Trump also repeatedly dodged a question from Time about whether he'd vote for an abortion referendum in Florida in November that would overturn the state's six-week abortion ban -- even as he doubled down on his previous comment that he believes that time frame is "too severe."
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Loretta Lynn's granddaughter Emmy Russell honors her on 'American Idol': Watch
Emmy Russell honored her grandmother Loretta Lynn with a moving performance on "American Idol" Monday night. The season 22 contestant sang Lynn's iconic song "Coal Miner's Daughter," a song chosen for her by judge Katy Perry, on the April 29 episode. Russell's take on the tune was a stripped-down piano version of the country classic.
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Hunter Biden threatens to sue Fox News for airing 'revenge porn'
Attorneys representing President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden are threatening to sue Fox News for violating "revenge porn" laws and publishing since-discredited bribery allegations as part of a scheme to "paint him in a false light," according to a letter obtained by ABC News. The letter, which Hunter Biden's counsel transmitted to attorneys at Fox News last week, includes a request for the conservative news outlet to "preserve all documents potentially relevant to the allegations in this letter" -- a common precursor to litigation. "We anticipate that litigation against FOX ... is imminent," the letter says.
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King Charles visits cancer center in 1st return to public duties since cancer diagnosis
King Charles III visited a cancer treatment center in London Tuesday, marking his first public royal engagement since his own cancer diagnosis was announced in February. Charles, 75, was joined by his wife, Queen Camilla, during the visit to the University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre, which was not associated with his treatment. Buckingham Palace announced on Feb. 5, that Charles had been diagnosed with cancer following treatment for benign prostate enlargement.
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'No one should be left behind': WNBA star Brittney Griner reflects on freedom from Russian prison in '20/20' special
WNBA star Brittney Griner reflected on the moment she learned the U.S. secured her freedom from Russian detention and voiced her support for bringing home other Americans wrongfully detained abroad in a special edition of “20/20” that is set to air on Wednesday night at 10 p.m. ET on ABC. “I saw that paper and I was so thrilled,” Griner told “GMA” co-anchor Robin Roberts as she reflected on a note she received, which stated she was going to be released from Russian detention after nearly ten months. “It said: ‘be ready to leave,’” Griner said, as she recalled reading the note.
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Boy, 13, dies after man with sword stabs multiple people near London tube station
A man has been arrested after driving a car into a home in east London before getting out and attacking members of the public with a sword, according to police. The incident happened at approximately 7 a.m. local time when the Metropolitan Police in London were alerted to a “serious incident” taking place in Hainault, east London, to reports of a vehicle being driven into a house in the Thurlow Gardens area and multiple people being stabbed, according to a police statement detailing the early morning incident. "It is with great sadness we can confirm following a serious incident in Hainault this morning a 13-year-old boy has died," police said in a statement on social media.
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College protests live updates: Columbia hall occupied, barricade erected
Many pro-Palestinian protesters are calling for their colleges to divest of funds from Israeli military operations, while some Jewish students on the campuses have called the protests antisemitic and said they are scared for their safety. The student protests -- some of which have turned into around-the-clock encampments -- have erupted throughout the nation following arrests and student removals at Columbia University in New York City. Students at schools including Yale University, New York University, Harvard University, University of Texas at Austin, University of Southern California and more have launched protests.
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Man injured after kicking bison in the leg while under influence of alcohol at Yellowstone
A 40-year-old man who allegedly kicked a bison in the leg while under the influence of alcohol at Yellowstone National Park, was injured by the animal and arrested, officials say. Clarence Yoder, a 40-year-old man from Idaho Falls, Idaho, approached a bison in Yellowstone National Park on the afternoon of April 21, and was injured by the animal on the West Entrance Road near the Seven Mile Bridge, located 7 miles east of the park’s West Entrance, according to a statement from the National Park Service. “They located the suspect's vehicle near the West Entrance and stopped it in the town of West Yellowstone, Montana.”
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2-year-old boy dies after bounce house carried away by wind gusts
A 2-year-old boy was killed and another child was injured when a strong gust of wind sent a bounce house they were playing in flying into the neighboring lot, according to police. “That afternoon, several children were playing in a bounce house when a strong gust of wind sent it airborne into the neighboring lot,” Pinal County Sheriff’s Office said.
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4 law enforcement officials killed, 4 injured in Charlotte, North Carolina, while serving warrants
Four members of law enforcement were shot and killed and four were wounded while they attempted to serve two warrants in Charlotte, North Carolina, police said Monday. Around 1:30 p.m. local time, the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force was serving active felony warrants for possession of a firearm by a felon and felony flee to elude on a male suspect at a residence on the 5000 block of Galway Drive in the city's North Tryon Division. The man, later identified by authorities as Terry Clark Hughes, Jr, 39, allegedly began firing, striking multiple officers, police said.
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4 takeaways from the 1st week of testimony in Trump’s hush money trial
Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial in New York centers on dozens of business records, testimony from witnesses who prosecutors acknowledge might have "baggage," and a maze of emails and text messages that prosecutors hope to weave into a sturdy case against the former president. "It was election fraud -- pure and simple," prosecutor Matthew Colangelo said. Over the first four days of testimony in the trial, prosecutors have begun to lay the groundwork of their case as they try to show Trump attempted to illegally influence the 2016 election and falsified business records to hide the true purpose of payments to his then-lawyer Michael Cohen in 2017.
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Israel-Gaza live updates: White House mum on details of proposed cease-fire agreement
As the Israel-Hamas war approaches the seven-month mark, renewed negotiations are underway to secure the release of hostages taken by the terrorist organization, as Israeli forces continue to prepare for an apparent invasion of the southern Gaza town of Rafah. Meanwhile, President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke in a phone call over the weekend, discussing increasing the delivery of humanitarian aid into Gaza and plans for a possible military operation in Rafah, according to the White House.
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State prosecutors won't retry 75-year-old Arizona rancher accused of fatally shooting unarmed migrant
State prosecutors said Monday they will not seek to retry 75-year-old George Alan Kelly, the Arizona rancher accused of fatally shooting an unarmed migrant on his property near the U.S.-Mexico border. “Because of the unique circumstances and challenges surrounding this case, the Santa County Attorney’s office has decided not to seek a retrial,” said Deputy County Attorney Kimberly Hunley at a status hearing. As prosecutors made their announcement, Kelly could be seen hanging his head and appeared to be overcome with emotion.
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77-year-old great-grandmother who stopped a robbery is now running for City Council
Faye Taylor could be seen charging out of her home and throwing a cane at a man who was allegedly trying to steal an elderly woman’s purse. Now Taylor, 77, who works as a longshoreman at the Port of Oakland, says she’s running for Oakland City Council, District 3, after witnessing what she says is an uptick in crime in her community. “West Oakland needs help,” Taylor said.
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Immigrant battling cancer among trio who won $1.326 billion Powerball ticket: Oregon Lottery
The winners of the $1.326 billion Powerball ticket were officially revealed by the Oregon Lottery on Monday. During a press conference at the Oregon Lottery Headquarters in Salem, Oregon, husband and wife Cheng and Duanpen Saephan and their friend Laiza Chao were announced as the winners of the massive lottery drawn earlier this month. "I'm happy for my family, they will have a good life," Saephan said during the press conference.
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2 giant pandas from China to arrive at San Diego Zoo under conservation partnership
A pair of giant pandas are set to travel from China to the San Diego Zoo this summer, marking the first time the Southern California wildlife facility will house giant pandas since 2019. On Monday, the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance announced that care team leaders recently traveled to meet the two giant pandas, Yun Chuan and Xin Bao, ahead of their journey to San Diego.
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Prince Harry to return to the UK in May: What to know about his trip
Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, is heading back to the United Kingdom for a cause close to his heart. Harry, who now lives in California, will be in London on May 8 to attend a service of Thanksgiving at St. Paul's Cathedral marking the 10th anniversary of the Invictus Games, a Paralympic-style competition for wounded service members that he founded in 2014. The visit will be the first time Harry has returned to the U.K., since February, when he flew to London to visit his father King Charles III, who had been recently diagnosed with an undisclosed type of cancer.
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Michael Cohen is cashing in on the Trump trial with TikTok livestreams -- and it could be a problem
After former President Donald Trump spent the day in a courtroom in downtown Manhattan last Tuesday, one of the star witnesses in the criminal hush money case against him went live on social media to talk about the trial as thousands listened. "Trump 2024?" said Michael Cohen, Trump's former attorney and "fixer" who is now a central figure in the criminal case. As he awaits his turn to take the witness stand, Cohen has discussed Trump, the ongoing trial, and the testimony already underway during nightly livestreams on TikTok which appear to be earning him financial benefit through viewers' donations, according to hours of his streams viewed by ABC News.
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Suzanne Morphew, mother who went missing on bike ride, died by homicide: Autopsy
Suzanne Morphew, the Colorado mom who went missing on a bike ride in May 2020, died by homicide, according to an autopsy released Monday, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation said in a statement. Barry Morphew, Suzanne's husband, was charged with her murder in 2021, but those charged were dropped in April 2022 just before a trial was supposed to begin. "The Colorado Bureau of Investigation and our law enforcement partners understand and appreciate the public interest surrounding this case," CBI Director Chris Schaefer said in a statement Monday.