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ABC NewsTrump trial live updates: Michael Cohen admits to stealing from Trump Organization
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. Michael Cohen told jurors that he requested that his then-attorney Robert Costello reach out to Rudy Giuliani to get help paying for his own defense lawyers after Cohen's office and hotel room were raided by the FBI in 2018.
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Red Lobster voluntarily files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
Red Lobster has voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, according to a recent press release shared with ABC News. The largest seafood chain in the U.S., home to Cheddar Bay biscuits, Lobsterfest, Ultimate Endless Shrimp and more, filed the legal action on May 19 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida, where it the Orlando-based restaurant group is headquartered. "The Company intends to use the proceedings to drive operational improvements, simplify the business through a reduction in locations, and pursue a sale of substantially all of its assets as a going concern," Red Lobster said in part of its bankrupty filing.
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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. The Dali, a 984-foot 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 1.6-mile-long span and killed six workers. "Optimum conditions call for the transit of the DALI to commence at high tide, predicted to be Monday at 5:24 a.m.," officials said in a statement on Sunday.
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Jessica Alba is a mom of 3: What to know about her kids
Actress Jessica Alba is a mom of three who founded a company based on her experience as a mom. When Alba announced this year she is stepping down as chief creative officer of her business, The Honest Company, she described building the business as a "labor of love." "From the first concept book I pitched to my friends in Mommy and Me class, to ringing the bell at Nasdaq with my family by my side - this journey has been the ride of a lifetime, one that only existed in my wildest dreams," Alba wrote on Instagram about the business she co-founded in 2012 with the goal of making eco-friendly baby, personal care and cleaning products more widely accessible.
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What to know about Ciara and Russell Wilson's blended family
Ciara and Russell Wilson are the proud parents of a blended family. Wilson has described being a step-dad to Ciara's son Future as a "gift," and one that he was not scared to take on. In addition to raising Future together, Wilson and Ciara are also the parents of three children together, Sienna, Win and Amora, who was born in December.
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Biden faces silent protests at Morehouse commencement
President Joe Biden was met with silent protests as he delivered the commencement address at Morehouse College in Atlanta on Sunday, after some students and faculty members voiced strong opposition to his visit over the president's handling of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. In his speech before the president's address, valedictorian DeAngelo "DJ" Fletcher called for an "immediate and permanent cease-fire in Gaza." When Biden spoke, he directly addressed the issue, saying, "What’s happening in Gaza and Israel is heartbreaking."
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UK High Court allows Julian Assange to continue appealing extradition to US
The U.K.’s High Court on Monday said Julian Assange can continue appealing his extradition to the United States, putting up the latest roadblock in America's yearslong effort to prosecute the WikiLeaks founder on charges of espionage. Assange is accused by the United States of conspiring with Chelsea Manning, who, as an intelligence analyst in the U.S. Army, leaked to Assange hundreds of thousands of classified documents, including about 250,000 U.S. Department of State cables.
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Israel-Gaza live updates: ICC to seek arrest warrants for Israel’s Netanyahu, Hamas leaders
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. A prosecutor with the International Criminal Court on Monday said he would file applications for arrest warrants for Hamas and Israeli leaders, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, for "criminal responsibility" for "war crimes and crimes against humanity" in Gaza.
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Iranian vice president to become acting president until election, supreme leader says
With the news of Iranian President Raisi's death in a helicopter crash confirmed, Iran's first vice president, Mohammad Mokhber, will take over with the supreme leader's approval, based on Article 131 of the Islamic Republic's constitution. The article also clarifies that a council consisting of the head of the legislation, the head of the judiciary and the vice president must coordinate choosing a new president within 50 days. In a statement issued Monday, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei applied the article and assented Mokhber as acting president.
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Prosecutors expected to rest their case in Trump hush money trial
Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen will return to the witness stand for the final time before prosecutors rest their case against the former president in Trump's criminal hush money case Monday. Cohen last week described Trump as being deeply involved in a scheme to hide information from voters ahead of the 2016 election, but a stinging line of cross-examination may have damaged Cohen's overall credibility with the jury. Trump is on trial for allegedly falsifying business records to hide the reimbursement of a hush money payment that Cohen made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels in order to boost Trump's electoral prospects in the 2016 presidential election.
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DHS warns of threats to election posed by artificial intelligence
The threat posed by artificial intelligence programs is real and creates a serious challenge going into the 2024 election, according to a new federal assessment. The analysis, compiled by the Department of Homeland Security and obtained by ABC News, outlines how, with less than six months before Election Day, next-generation technologies meant to fuel advancement also offer opportunities for misuse that could threaten the democratic system's bedrock of elections. "As the 2024 election cycle progresses, generative AI tools likely provide both domestic and foreign threat actors with enhanced opportunities for interference by aggravating emergent events, disrupting election processes, or attacking election infrastructure," the May 17 document said.
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What are the potential outcomes of Trump's hush money trial?
With former President Donald Trump's Manhattan criminal trial well underway, experts said there are several potential outcomes and disagree whether the prosecution has proven its case yet. The prosecution is expected to rest after former Trump fixer Michael Cohen's testimony concludes Monday, then it will be the defense's turn to make its case before the jury. Trump, who has denied the charges in the cases, and his defense team have not revealed whether he will testify in his own defense, but one expert said the former president may want to take the case into his own hands.
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Iran's President Raisi dead in helicopter crash, former foreign minister blames US sanctions
Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi is dead following a helicopter crash, Iranian state media said Monday morning. Raisi's administration began an emergency meeting on Monday following the news of his death. The helicopter carrying the officials crashed Sunday as it traveled through rainy and foggy conditions in the rural mountainous area near Kalibar and Warzghan in northern Iran, near the borders with Azerbaijan and Armenia.
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Quintuplets with different majors graduate from the same college
A set of quintuplets from New Jersey whose parents are Italian immigrants recently graduated from the same college together -- four years after missing their high school graduation due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Povolo quintuplets -- Michael, Victoria, Ludovico, Ashley and Marcus are the first generation from their family to go to college and received their degrees from Montclair State University on May 13. The siblings, who were born on July 4, 2002, each had a different major in college, but managed to complete their degrees at the same time, said Victoria during an interview with "Good Morning America."
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Sen. Schumer tells Democrats he'll reintroduce bipartisan border bill
Majority Leader Chuck Schumer will bring the bipartisan border deal that was negotiated early this year by a group of Senators back up on the floor this week for a standalone vote, he said in a letter to his colleagues released Sunday night. The move to hold another vote on this legislation comes as Senate Democrats try to renew their push on the Southern border ahead of the 2024 election. "We are hopeful this bipartisan proposal will bring serious-minded Republicans back to the table to advance this bipartisan solution for our border," Schumer wrote in a letter to his colleagues.
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US troops to leave Niger by mid-September: Officials
All of the remaining U.S. troops based in Niger will leave the country no later than mid-September, according to U.S. officials and a joint statement from the two countries. Both sides mutually agreed to a withdrawal deadline of September 15 after several days of meetings between May 15-19, according to a joint statement from the Pentagon and Niger's national defense department released Sunday. Fewer than a thousand troops remain in Niger.
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Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons and Yorgos Lanthimos to reunite for 'Bugonia'
Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons and Yorgos Lanthimos will work together yet again. Focus Features announced Saturday that the production company will release "Bugonia," which is set to star Stone and Plemons while Academy Award-nominated Lanthimos will direct. "The film follows two conspiracy obsessed young men who kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth," reads a description of the upcoming film included in the press release.
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Simone Biles wins Core Hydration Classic with top score ahead of 2024 Paris Olympics
On Saturday, the Olympic-winning gymnast won the Core Hydration Classic in Hartford, Connecticut, with an impressive all-around score of 59.500 during the star-studded competition featuring other Olympic champions including Suni Lee and Gabby Douglas. The event marked the first time Lee, Douglas and Biles competed at the same time.
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Meet some of the New Yorkers waiting overnight to get a seat at the Trump trial
As a light rain began to fall on lower Manhattan Saturday night, a group of people across the street from the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse zipped up their tents and clutched their sleeping bags. Unlike other hot tickets in New York – courtside seats to see the Knicks in the playoffs or behind home plate at Yankee Stadium – a seat inside the historic trial of former President Trump is free for the public, as long as they show up early enough. The line began to form at 6 a.m. Saturday morning with Tina Johnson, a Westchester resident whose past attempts to get in the courtroom failed when she arrived too late.
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Diddy apologizes after video of alleged assault surfaces: 'I hit rock bottom'
Sean "Diddy" Combs has apologized after he was allegedly seen physically assaulting his former girlfriend, Cassie Ventura, in 2016 on hotel surveillance video obtained by CNN. In the footage, which was reportedly filmed in a Los Angeles hotel on March 5, 2016, a man identified by CNN as Combs was shown chasing Ventura down a hallway, grabbing her by the back of the neck, shoving her to the ground and kicking her as she lay on the ground. In a video posted to Instagram on Sunday, Diddy acknowledged the video and apologized, saying: "It's so difficult to reflect on the darkest times in your life, but sometimes you got to do that."