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ABC NewsTrump trial live updates: Testimony suggests Trump signed Cohen's repayment checks in White House
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. Following the mid-morning break, former Trump Organization controller Jeffrey McConney's testimony resumed and jurors were shown a spreadsheet called -- a query voucher -- that documents the 12 $35,000 payments made to Michael Cohen in 2017.
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Abducted 10-month-old girl has been found, officials say
A 10-month-old girl who was abducted in Clovis, New Mexico, was found Monday, according to the FBI Albuquerque Division. A suspect is also in custody, officials said. An Amber Alert for the baby, Eleia Maria Torres, was issued on Friday.
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'Miracle': Pastor credits divine intervention after man pulls gun on him during sermon
A Pennsylvania church pastor said it's a "miracle" he's alive after an assailant drew a gun on him and pulled the trigger as he was giving a sermon Sunday about the "enemies of God." The Rev. Glenn Germany of the Jesus' Dwelling Place Church in the Pittsburgh suburb of North Braddock told "Good Morning America" that the suspect, who police said lived in a home near the church where officers found a man dead from a gunshot wound, was a stranger to his congregation. The incident was captured on a livestream video of Germany's sermon and showed a church deacon, Clarence McCallister, tackling the assailant from behind when the suspect's silver handgun jammed.
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Israel-Gaza live updates: Warnings issued to 100,000 as Israel weighs Rafah invasion
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. President Joe Biden spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, a source confirmed to ABC News. Biden was expected to again reiterate his position on Rafah, urging restraint when it comes to an invasion of the enclave holding more than 1 million Gaza refugees, as he did when they last spoke on April 28.
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Conviction could cost Trump key votes, polls show, but until then his trial doesn't seem to change minds
Donald Trump is standing trial in New York on felony charges connected with hush money paid to allegedly conceal claims of an affair from voters before the 2016 presidential election. It's a historic event -- at a time when Americans are also weighing who to vote for in the former president's upcoming rematch with Joe Biden. Trump denies all wrongdoing and has pleaded not guilty.
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9-year-old speaks out after helping to save parents amid tornado
"I was really, really scared," Branson, 9, recounted to ABC News of being caught in the severe weather on April 27 with his parents Wayne and Lindy Baker in the town of Dickson. The Baker family had been racing to safety and driving to their friend's storm cellar. "We could pretty much see this tornado within about a mile and two miles away from us," Wayne Baker told ABC News.
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For the jury in Trump's hush money trial, evidence of a criminal conspiracy comes in bits and pieces
When jurors heard opening statements in Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial two weeks ago, prosecutors presented a coherent timeline of events to argue that the former president had committed crimes to hide damaging information from voters before and after the 2016 election. Over the last two weeks, the evidence of Trump's alleged criminal conduct has arrived in bits and pieces. Jurors have so far heard from nine witnesses and seen over 120 exhibits.
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Ex-Fulton County prosecutor Nathan Wade says 'day of reckoning' coming in Trump case
Nathan Wade, the former Fulton County, Georgia, special prosecutor who was forced to resign from the election interference case against Donald Trump after a judge's order over his relationship with District Attorney Fani Willis, told ABC News in an interview that he believes there will be a "day of reckoning" in the case despite it being sidelined for months over scandal. "I have to believe in the case," Wade said in an exclusive sit-down interview with ABC's Linsey Davis. "And I believe that, you know, there's going to be that day of reckoning where a Fulton County jury there in Fulton County, Georgia, would have to make that decision."
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5-year-old boy killed in Texas flood, 224 people rescued: 'We're not out of the woods yet'
More than 20 million people remain under a flood watch in Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas on Sunday. A 5-year-old boy was found dead in Johnson County, Texas, on Sunday amid severe flooding, according to officials. Emergency management officials said they got a call for a vehicle stuck in swift-moving water at 1:53 a.m. local time on Sunday morning.
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Ex-Fulton County prosecutor Nathan Wade speaks out: 'Workplace romances are as American as apple pie ... it happened to the two of us'
Nathan Wade, the former Fulton County special prosecutor involved in the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump, spoke out for the first time Sunday since resigning from the case after a public disqualification battle over his relationship with District Attorney Fani Willis. Wade, who resigned from the case last month following a judge's ruling, conceded he had certain regrets about the relationship but defended the integrity of the case against Trump and others moving forward. "Workplace romances are as American as apple pie," Wade told ABC News' Linsey Davis in an exclusive sit-down interview.
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14-year-old girl killed, 5 other teens hurt in Buffalo shooting: Police
A 14-year-old girl was killed and five other teenagers were injured when a shooting erupted Saturday night outside a house party in Buffalo, New York, several blocks from the supermarket where a 2022 mass shooting occurred, according to police. The shooting unfolded just after 11 p.m. in Buffalo's East Side neighborhood where "several hundred" teenagers were gathered for a party, police said. No arrests were announced as of Sunday afternoon.
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Mayor Eric Adams defends NYPD response to campus protests
New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Sunday defended the police crackdown on campus protests there, which have become the epicenter of demonstrations around the country against the Israel-Hamas war. "We want to ensure we protect democracy and the right to protest," Adams told ABC News "This Week" co-anchor Jonathan Karl, "but we have an obligation that when those protests reach the point of violence ... we have to ensure that we use a minimum amount of force to terminate what is perceived to be a threat not only by our intelligence, but also the school and college officials." Adams said that the large-scale police intervention seen so far in the city, most notably at Columbia University, resulted from communication between the police and school officials.
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Tom Cotton attacks campus protests, argues police should have gone in 'on the very first day'
Arkansas Republican Sen. Tom Cotton on Sunday pushed for an even stronger police response to pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses across the country as both arrests and controversy grow around the demonstrations against Israel's military campaign in its war with Hamas in Gaza. Speaking to ABC News "This Week" co-anchor Jonathan Karl, Cotton said school leaders, whom he sought to paint as biased by politics, should have sent in law enforcement "the very first day they set up their tents."
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6 months out, a tight presidential race with battle between issues and attributes: POLL
Locked in a tight race for the presidency, Donald Trump prevails in trust to handle most issues in a new ABC News/Ipsos poll, yet President Joe Biden scores competitively on key personal attributes -- leaving wide open the question of who'll prevail come Election Day, now six months away. Excluding people who say they wouldn't vote, Trump has 46% support, Biden 44%, in this national survey of more than 2,200 adults. This finds the race at 42% for Trump and 40% for Biden, with 12% for Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 2% for Cornel West and 1% for Jill Stein.
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US Army sergeant arrested in alleged murder-for-hire plot against 4 people, including 2 minors: Police
A United States Army sergeant and his brother have been charged in a failed murder-for-hire scheme that targeted four individuals, including two juveniles, according to officials. Servicemember Jeremiah Peikert, 30, was arrested on Thursday by Connecticut State Police, accused of conspiring with his brother, Joshua Peikert, 32, who was incarcerated at the Corrigan Correctional Center in Uncasville at the time of the alleged scheme, according to court documents. The two brothers have been charged with conspiracy to commit murder and conspiracy to commit risk of injury to minors, according to court documents.
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Wynonna Judd performs National Anthem at 150th Kentucky Derby for 'full circle moment'
As the Kentucky Derby kicked off for its 150th running at Churchill Downs in Louisville on Saturday, Wynonna Judd took to the track for an emotionally charged rendition of the national anthem. Judd's performance added a poignant layer to this year's event, as it coincides with the second anniversary of her mother, Naomi Judd's passing. For Wynonna, a Kentucky native, who has long been deeply connected to horse racing, this performance proved to be a tribute to her roots.
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Valerie Bertinelli's honest revelation on raising son Wolfgang: 'I made a lot of mistakes'
Valerie Bertinelli took to Instagram on May 3 with a candid Instagram post. The veteran actress and TV personality opened up about the difficulty she faced watching the "Behind the Music" episode featuring her son, rock musician Wolfgang Van Halen. Known for her iconic roles on television and her marriage to rock icon Eddie Van Halen, Bertinelli pulled back the curtain on the challenges of motherhood in the public eye.
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Missing zebra captured after 6 days on the run in Washington state
A missing zebra that was on the run for nearly a week after escaping a trailer in Washington state was corralled this weekend, officials announced Saturday. The female mare, named Shug, was one of four zebras that escaped from a trailer near North Bend, Washington -- approximately 30 miles east of Seattle -- on April 28, according to a press release from Regional Animal Services of King County. The group of zebras was being transported from Winlock, Washington, to Anaconda, Montana, when the animals got loose while the owner had reportedly stopped to fix a problem with the trailer, the organization said, noting the other three zebras were recaptured within hours of the escape.
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Dannielynn, Larry Birkhead continue Kentucky Derby tradition with a look courtesy of Janet Jackson
Amid the buzz of Kentucky's Derby season, Larry Birkhead and daughter, Dannielynn Birkhead, made a stylish entrance into the pre-Derby scene. The father-daughter duo stepped out on May 3 to take in the Derby weekend festivities. Larry gave fans a peek into their outing on Instagram, sharing snapshots of their night at the Barnstable-Brown Gala.
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How electronic warfare is affecting civilians and aviation
About 36,000 feet in the air en route from Doha, Qatar, to Madrid, Víctor Alegre, a commercial pilot, heard his GPS alert him that he was 1,800 feet from the ground. This interruption is an example of GPS spoofing, a technology that has started to be used more commonly in modern warfare. GPS spoofing occurs when the GPS signal is intercepted by a third party and incorrect information is relayed back to the device.