What to know about Trump’s hush money trial: Follow the AP’s live coverage as deliberations resume. A guide to terms used in the Trump trial. Trump is the first ex-president on criminal trial. Here’s what to know about the hush money case. Trump is facing four criminal indictments, and a civil lawsuit. You can track all of the cases here. …
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Penguins take on the Metropolitan Division-leading Rangers
New York Rangers (43-19-4, first in the Metropolitan Division) vs. Pittsburgh Penguins (29-27-9, seventh in the Metropolitan Division) Pittsburgh; Saturday, 3 p.m. EDT FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK NHL LINE: Penguins -106, Rangers -125; over/under is 7.5 BOTTOM LINE: The Pittsburgh Penguins play the Metropolitan Division-leading New York Rangers. Pittsburgh has an 8-5-4 record in Metropolitan Division games and a 29-27-9 record overall. …
Read More »Lithium ion battery caused fatal fire in New York City apartment building, officials say
NEW YORK (AP) — A lithium ion battery sparked a fire that killed one person and injured 17 others at a New York City apartment building, fire officials said Saturday. Friday’s two-alarm fire began just after 2 p.m. on the third floor of a six-story building in Harlem. New York Police Department video shows firefighters being lowered by ropes from …
Read More »Natalie Spooner scores in shootout as Toronto beats New York 2-1 for 5th straight win
TORONTO (AP) — Natalie Spooner scored in the shootout and Toronto beat New York 2-1 on Friday night for its fifth straight win in the Professional Women’s Hockey League. Emma Maltais scored in regulation for Toronto, which has won six of its last seven. Kristen Campbell made 26 saves through overtime. Ella Shelton scored for New York, which snapped a …
Read More »NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. ___ Executive Order 9066 authorized Japanese detention during World War II, not gift cards for recent migrants CLAIM: President Joe Biden issued Executive …
Read More »Trump’s New York hush-money case will start March 25. It’s the first of his criminal trials
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s hush-money trial will go ahead as scheduled with jury selection starting March 25, a New York judge ruled Thursday, turning aside demands for delay from the former president’s defense lawyers, who argued it would interfere with his campaign to retake the White House. The decision means that the first of Trump’s four criminal prosecutions …
Read More »New York redistricting panel approves new congressional map with modest changes
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s bipartisan redistricting commission approved a new congressional map Thursday that makes modest changes to three competitive districts but does not substantially alter the rest of the state’s lines. The map proposal now moves to the Democrat-dominated Legislature, which can approve the plan or reject it and draw its own lines. It’s unclear exactly when …
Read More »Delay tactics and quick trips: Takeaways from two Trump case hearings in New York and Georgia
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump ‘s unprecedented tangle of overlapping trials was on full display Thursday with simultaneous court hearings in New York and Georgia. In Manhattan, a judge ruled that Trump’s hush-money case will begin on March 25, making it the first of his indictments to go to trial. So there are 39 days before he becomes the …
Read More »What’s at stake in Trump’s hush-money criminal case? Judge to rule on key issues as trial date nears
NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is expected in court Thursday for an important hearing in his New York hush-money criminal case, which now appears increasingly likely to go to trial next month. Judge Juan Manuel Merchan is set to rule on key pretrial issues and say for certain if the trial will begin as scheduled on March …
Read More »One state has a shortage of marijuana and its neighbor had too much. Here’s why
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Marijuana retailers in Connecticut say a dearth of licensed growers in the state’s fledgling legal pot industry has left them with a shortage of product to sell. The supply problem has appeared after slow retail growth in neighboring New York last year left growers there struggling with the opposite: an excess of supply. It would seem …
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