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ABC NewsAmerican mistakenly accused of involvement in Democratic Republic of Congo coup attempt
A U.S. national has been mistakenly accused of involvement in last weekend's attempted coup in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Cole Patrick Ducey, an engineer living in Eswatini, told ABC News Monday that he was not involved, despite reports online and in the media. DRC government officials also confirmed to ABC News that Ducey was not involved in the coup attempt over the weekend.
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Trump posts social media video seemingly suggesting his victory will bring 'unified Reich'
Former President Donald Trump on Monday posted a video on his social media platform that uses a language that appears to mirror that of Nazi Germany, suggesting there will be a "Unified Reich" if he wins the 2024 election. The video then predicts an economic boom, tax cuts, border security and deportation of undocumented immigrants if Trump wins the 2024 election.
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Scarlett Johansson reacts to OpenAI using similar voice to hers as org 'pauses' Sky voice
Scarlett Johansson is speaking out after OpenAI announced on Sunday that it would be pausing the use of an emotive voice on its newest version of ChatGPT that sounded like the actress. In a statement from Johansson’s publicist to ABC Audio, the actress detailed how she was approached by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to voice the ChatGPT 4.0 system, how she declined and how she discovered that a voice on the new system sounded like her voice. Johansson said the use of a similar voice to hers on the new system shocked her and forced her to hire legal counsel.
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Nevada abortion rights group says it has enough signatures on petition for ballot measure
Nevada abortion rights supporters said Monday they have enough signatures on a petition to qualify for a ballot measure that would enshrine abortion rights in the state's constitution. Nevadans for Reproductive Freedom, the organization behind the petition, said it has collected more than 200,000 signatures from voters in all 17 counties, double the 102,362 threshold required to qualify for the November 2024 election. The amendment would give individuals "a fundamental right to abortion performed or administered by a qualified health care practitioner until fetal viability, or when needed to protect the life or health of the pregnant patient, without interference from the state or its political subdivisions."
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Special counsel in Hunter Biden case plans to call his ex-wife, brother's widow as witnesses in upcoming trial
In court papers filed ahead of a June 3 trial, special counsel David Weiss’ office suggested they would call multiple women who had relationships with Hunter Biden to testify in his felony gun case, including his ex-wife, Kathleen Buhle, and the widow of his late brother Beau Biden, Hallie Biden. The 97-page document includes the law and evidence prosecutors plan to use to prove that Hunter Biden committed three felonies when he procured a firearm in 2018 while under the influence of drugs. Hunter Biden has pleaded not guilty.
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'Are you staring me down?': Fiery moment between judge, defense witness in Trump hush money trial
In a fiery moment in court on Monday, Judge Juan Merchan reprimanded a key defense witness testifying in former President Donald Trump's hush money trial. Robert Costello -- an attorney and longtime Trump ally -- took the stand Monday afternoon to testify about a meeting he had with Michael Cohen in April 2018 after the FBI raided Cohen's home and office. As Merchan sustained a string of objections by the prosecution on procedural matters, Costello could be heard sighing loudly and uttering the words "ridiculous" or "jeez" from the witness stand.
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Israel-Gaza live updates: Biden says what's happening in Gaza 'is not genocide'
As the Israel-Hamas war crosses 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 Gazan town of Rafah. President Joe Biden said Monday that what Israel has carried out in Gaza during the war is "not genocide," while he denounced the application for arrest warrants from the International Criminal Court against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli leaders.
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5 big takeaways from Day 19 of Trump's hush money trial
Prosecutors in the first criminal trial of a former U.S. president rested their historic case after presenting more than 200 pieces of evidence and hearing from 20 witnesses, including Michael Cohen, who concluded nearly four full days on the stand on Monday. The defense called its first two witnesses -- neither of whom were Donald Trump -- and set out to undermine Cohen's credibility. Costello will return to the stand Tuesday morning.
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Austin says 'expectation' is Ukraine won't use US weapons outside its territory, despite Russian advance
The United States' top military leaders said Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin has opened "another front" in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine, home to the country's second-largest city. "Putin's forces have opened another front to seize sovereign Ukrainian territory, and the Kremlin's invaders are obliterating Ukrainian villages, killing innocent civilians and bombarding civilian infrastructure including dams and power plants," Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told reporters after a meeting of the Ukrainian Defense Contact Group, an international working group coordinating defensive assistance for Kyiv. Despite the Russian advance, the defense secretary said U.S. weapons shouldn't be used beyond Ukrainian territory.
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Trump trial: Drama sweeps courtroom as defense tries to get case tossed
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. Donald Trump, exiting the courtroom, commented on the chaotic scene this afternoon when Judge Juan Merchan cleared the courtroom so he could admonish defense witness Robert Costello.
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Haiti’s Port-au-Prince airport reopens for first time since country hit with gang violence
Haiti’s Port-au-Prince airport has been reopened after being closed for nearly three months after unprecedented gang violence forced it to close, effectively sealing the capital city off from the rest of the world. It was from the roofs of these homes that gang members were able to shoot into the airport during early March attacks, at one point even hitting planes parked on the runway.
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Black astronauts say 90-year-old Ed Dwight's 1st trip to space was 'justice'
Hours after his historic first trip to space, 90-year-old Ed Dwight sat among three retired Black NASA astronauts who thanked him for forging a path for them to go into orbit and called his voyage aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard NS-25 spacecraft "justice." More than six decades after President John F. Kennedy tapped him to be the nation's first Black astronaut candidate to the elite Aerospace Research Pilot School -- the Air Force program from which NASA astronauts were chosen -- Dwight finally accomplished on Sunday what he was denied all those years ago. When he returned to Earth as the oldest person ever to travel to space, he was greeted and applauded by retired NASA astronauts and Space Shuttle veterans Leland Melvin, Charles Bolden and Bernard Harris who told him their achievements were only made possible by standing on his shoulders.
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Baby in viral video wants to stay at a Four Seasons hotel
A viral video with over 27 million views on TikTok shows that you're never too young to know what you want, and to want a luxurious lifestyle. "If the @Four Seasons Hotels is looking for a baby ambassador my niece got you," TikTok user Stefanie O'Brien captioned the now-viral video. The Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts is a luxury hotel chain, which had TikTok users both applauding the baby and wondering how she acquired a taste for luxury at such a young age.
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Ship that destroyed Baltimore bridge is moved from crash site for 1st time
The cargo ship that struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore nearly two months ago was moved from the crash site for the first time on Monday morning, clearing the way for ships to resume travel through the Port of Baltimore. The Dali, a 984-foot-long and 158-foot-wide container ship, had been partially blocking the entrance to one of America's busiest ports since the March 26 collision that triggered a catastrophic collapse of the bridge and killed six workers. Five tugboats and other support vessels towed the Dali for 2.5 miles Monday morning.
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With RFK Jr. seeking spot on debate stage, a look at the last independent candidate to make it
In October 1992, businessman and independent presidential candidate Ross Perot stood at a podium to the left of Bill Clinton and George H. W. Bush at the third presidential debate of the general election cycle. An independent candidate for president has not made it on the debate stage since. Three decades after Perot participated in all three general election debates en route to winning nearly 20 million votes, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. hopes to join President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump in next month's CNN debate.
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Expert provides insight into suspected cause of helicopter crash that killed Iran's president
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, and other officials died in a helicopter crash Sunday near Iran's northern border with Azerbaijan, Iranian state media said Monday morning. The helicopter was part of a convoy of three helicopters returning from an event inaugurating a joint dam project when it crashed in heavy fog in a remote area on Sunday. Raisi's death comes during heightened international tensions and increased speculation over who will eventually replace Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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Kylie Kelce delivers final undergraduate commencement speech at alma mater
Kylie Kelce delivered the final undergraduate commencement speech at Cabrini University, her alma mater. Cabrini University in Radnor, Pennsylvania, announced in June 2023 that it would close on June 30, 2024. The Class of 2024 is the Catholic university's final graduating class in its 67-year history.
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Prosecutors in Trump's hush money trial rest their case after 20 witnesses, over 200 exhibits
After calling 20 witnesses and showing jurors over 200 pieces of evidence, prosecutors in Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial have rested their case against the former president. Across four weeks of testimony, prosecutors have laid out their case against Trump by telling a story of sex, schemes and lies related to the 2016 election. The Manhattan district attorney's case against the former president begins in 2006, when adult film actress Stormy Daniels alleges she had sex with Trump at a golf tournament in California, which Trump denies.
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New study focuses on what happens if you stay on weight loss drug Wegovy for years
Amid the growing popularity of drugs used for weight loss like Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound, one question has remained for users, what happens if they were to stay on the drug for years? Now, a new study released earlier this month by Novo Nordisk, the maker of both Ozempic and Wegovy, is shedding light on what the long-term results look like for people on the weight loss medications. "This is the longest study we've conducted so far of semaglutide for weight loss," Martin Holst Lange, Novo Nordisk's head of development, told Reuters.
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Star golfer Scottie Scheffler's arraignment postponed after arrest during PGA Championship
No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler's arraignment has been postponed nearly two weeks following his arrest on charges alleging he ignored police traffic signals and assaulted a police officer while in Louisville, Kentucky, for the PGA Championship. The athlete was driving near the Valhalla Golf Club Friday morning when he allegedly drove past a police roadblock and injured an officer with his vehicle, according to the police report. Scheffler, 27, was initially scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday morning on charges of second-degree assault of a police officer -- a felony -- as well as third-degree criminal mischief, reckless driving and disregarding traffic signals from an officer directing traffic, according to police.