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Democrats retain upstate New York congressional seat in special election
By Carolyn Thompson, The Associated Press on April 30th, 2024
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) – Democratic state Sen. Timothy Kennedy won a special election Tuesday for the New York congressional seat vacated by Democrat Brian Higgins. Kennedy defeated Republican Gary Dickson for the upstate New York seat, helped by a 2-to-1 Democratic registration advantage in the district, which includes Buffalo, Niagara Falls and several suburbs. Kennedy ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Louisiana won’t immediately get a new majority-Black House district after judges reject it
By Kevin Mcgill, The Associated Press on April 30th, 2024
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – A new congressional map giving Louisiana a second majority-Black House district was rejected Tuesday by a panel of three federal judges, fueling new uncertainty about district boundaries as the state prepares for fall congressional elections. The 2-1 ruling forbids the use of a map drawn up in January by the Legislature ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Large numbers of New York City police officers begin entering Columbia University campus
By Cedar Attanasio, Jake Offenhartz And Jonathan Mattise, The Associated Press on April 30th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Large numbers of New York City police officers began entering the Columbia University late Tuesday as dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters remained on the campus. Demonstrators had occupied Hamilton Hall hours earlier after setting up an encampment earlier in the month. Students had defiantly set up tents again after police cleared an ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!US judges have rejected a map that would have given Louisiana a new majority-Black House district
By Kevin Mcgill, The Associated Press on April 30th, 2024
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – A new congressional district map giving Louisiana a second majority-Black House district was rejected Tuesday by a panel of three federal judges, fueling new uncertainty about district boundaries as the state prepares for fall congressional elections. The 2-1 ruling forbids the use of a map drawn up in January by the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Metro train collides with bus in downtown Los Angeles, injuring more than 50, 2 seriously
By The Associated Press on April 30th, 2024
LOS ANGELES (AP) – At least 55 people were hurt, two seriously, when a Metro train and a University of Southern California transport bus collided Tuesday in downtown Los Angeles, officials said. The crash happened shortly before noon along Exposition Boulevard, near the USC campus and the Natural History Museum, according to the LA Fire ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Columbia University threatens to expel student protesters occupying an administration building
By Cedar Attanasio, Jake Offenhartz And Jonathan Mattise, The Associated Press on April 30th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Dozens of protesters took over a building at Columbia University in New York early Tuesday, barricading entrances and unfurling a Palestinian flag from a window in the latest escalation of demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war on college campuses nationwide. The school promised they would face expulsion. The occupation at Columbia – ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Columbia University threatens to expel student protesters who occupied administration building
By Cedar Attanasio, Jake Offenhartz And Jonathan Mattise, The Associated Press on April 30th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Dozens of protesters took over a building at Columbia University in New York early Tuesday, barricading entrances and unfurling a Palestinian flag from a window in the latest escalation of demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war on college campuses nationwide. The school promised they would face expulsion. The occupation at Columbia – ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Judge raises threat of jail in hush money trial as he holds Trump in contempt, fines him $9,000
By Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, Jake Offenhartz And Colleen Long, The Associated Press on April 30th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Donald Trump was held in contempt of court Tuesday and fined $9,000 for repeatedly violating a gag order that barred him from making public statements about witnesses, jurors and some others connected to his New York hush money case. And if he does it again, the judge warned, he could be ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Haiti’s transitional council names new prime minister in hopes of quelling stifling violence
By Dánica Coto, The Associated Press on April 30th, 2024
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) – Haiti’s newly installed transitional presidential council chose former Sports Minister Fritz Belizaire as the country’s prime minister Tuesday as it presses forward in its monumental task of trying to establish a stable new government amid stifling violence. Belizaire replaces Michel Patrick Boisvert, the former minister of economy and finance who was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The Latest | Judge finds Trump violated gag order in hush money case 9 times, fines him $9K
By The Associated Press on April 30th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Donald Trump’s hush money trial resumes Tuesday with testimony from the third prosecution witness, Gary Farro, a banker who helped Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen open accounts. Cohen used one to buy the silence of porn performer Stormy Daniels. She alleged a 2006 sexual encounter with Trump, which he denies. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Judge holds Trump in contempt, fines him $9,000 and raises threat of jail in hush money trial
By Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, Jake Offenhartz And Colleen Long, The Associated Press on April 30th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Donald Trump was held in contempt of court Tuesday and fined $9,000 for repeatedly violating a gag order that barred him from making public statements about witnesses, jurors and some others connected to his New York hush money case. If he does it again, the judge warned, he could be jailed. ... Read More »
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