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Judge sets March trial date in Donald Trump’s New York hush-money case
By Michael R. Sisak, The Associated Press on February 15th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Donald Trump’s hush-money trial will go ahead as scheduled with jury selection starting on March 25, a judge ruled Thursday, turning aside requests for a delay from the former president’s defense lawyers. In leaving the trial date intact, Judge Juan Manuel Merchan took advantage of a delay in a separate prosecution ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trump arrives for court hearing on hush money criminal case
By Michael R. Sisak, The Associated Press on February 15th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Donald Trump arrived at a New York court on Thursday for a hearing that could decide whether the former president’s first criminal trial begins in just 39 days. The hearing to determine whether Trump’s March 25 hush-money trial date holds will be held in the same Manhattan courtroom where he pleaded ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!6 people are killed, 18 injured by a missile strike in the Russian city of Belgorod, officials say
By Illia Novikov And Emma Burrows, The Associated Press on February 15th, 2024
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – A missile strike on the Russian city of Belgorod near the Ukraine border on Thursday killed six people, including a child, and injured 18 others, a Russian official said. It was the latest in exchanges of long-range missile and rocket fire in Russia’s war on Ukraine. Hours earlier, Russia fired two ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!5 people are killed, 18 injured by a missile strike in the Russian city of Belgorod, officials say
By Illia Novikov, The Associated Press on February 15th, 2024
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Five people have died, including a child, and 18 people have been injured in a missile strike on the Russian city of Belgorod, regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said Thursday. Five of the injured are children, he said on Telegram. The governor of the Kursk region, Roman Starovoit, said a shopping center ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Israeli forces storm main hospital in southern Gaza after prolonged standoff and partial evacuation
By Wafaa Shurafa And Bassem Mroue, The Associated Press on February 15th, 2024
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) – Israeli forces stormed the main hospital in southern Gaza on Thursday, hours after Israeli fire killed a patient and wounded six others inside the complex. The Israeli army said it was a limited operation seeking the remains of hostages taken by Hamas. The raid came a day after the army ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Israeli forces storm main hospital in southern Gaza after prolonged standoff, local officials say
By Wafaa Shurafa And Bassem Mroue, The Associated Press on February 15th, 2024
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) – Israeli forces stormed the main hospital in southern Gaza on Thursday, hours after Israeli fire killed a patient and wounded six others inside the complex, the Gaza Health Ministry said. The raid came a day after the army sought to evacuate thousands of displaced people who had taken shelter at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Israeli troops storm main hospital in southern Gaza Strip after ordering its evacuation
By Wafaa Shurafa And Bassem Mroue, The Associated Press on February 15th, 2024
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) – The Gaza Health Ministry says Israeli forces were storming the main hospital on Thursday in the southern part of the territory after a prolonged standoff. Nasser Hospital in the city of Khan Younis has been largely cut off by fighting for weeks. On Wednesday, thousands of displaced Palestinians who had ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!France and Ukraine to sign a security agreement in Paris in the presence of President Zelenskyy
By The Associated Press on February 15th, 2024
PARIS (AP) – French President Emmanuel will sign a bilateral security agreement with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday in Paris, the French presidency said in a statement. It did not release specific details about the agreement, to be signed at the Elysee presidential palace. This will be the third visit by Zelenskyy to Paris ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!House Intelligence Committee chair delivers cryptic warning of a serious national security threat
By Matthew Lee, Kevin Freking And Ellen Knickmeyer, The Associated Press on February 14th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Republican head of the House Intelligence Committee urged the Biden administration on Wednesday to declassify information about what he called a serious national security threat. A senior congressional aide speaking to The Associated Press pointed to concerns about Russian anti-satellite weapons. Canada has been briefed on the matter, a federal source ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Special counsel asks Supreme Court to let Trump’s 2020 election case proceed to trial without delay
By Eric Tucker, Alanna Durkin Richer And Mark Sherman, The Associated Press on February 14th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – Special counsel Jack Smith urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to let former President Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case proceed to trial without further delay. Prosecutors were responding to a Trump team request from earlier in the week asking for a continued pause in the case as the court considers ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Caught at border with pythons in his pants, New York City man fined and sentenced to probation
By The Associated Press on February 14th, 2024
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) – A New York City man who admitted to smuggling three Burmese pythons in his pants through a U.S.-Canadian border crossing was sentenced Wednesday to a year of probation and fined $5,000, federal prosecutors said. Calvin Bautista, 38, crossed into northern New York with the hidden snakes on a bus from Montreal ... Read More »
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