- + A jury has been sworn in, but “we are not quite done with jury selection,” Justice...
- + Live updates: 12 jurors seated in Trump hush money trial as alternates are sought—Jury selection in Donald Trump’s hush money trial in New York is continuing Thursday. Twelve jurors and six alternates need to be seated for the trial...
- + Woman who dislikes Trump’s ‘persona’ stays on panel
- + Potential juror who called Trump a ‘racist, sexist narcissist’ is cut
- + They just selected the 12th juror and are now beginning to select alternates. The newest members...
- + Justice Juan Merchan just said the defense has used its last peremptory strike, meaning they can...
- + Manhattan D.A. seeks to press Trump on tax crimes, fraud lawsuit
- + Lawyers ask judge to remove some potential jurors
- + One potential juror said she did not like Trump’s “persona” but that she could still be...
- + Trump cranes his neck to hear potential jurors talk about him
- + Potential juror: I saw Trump buying baby clothes
- + Potential juror who loves hockey thanks Trump
- + Some potential jurors say they don’t like Trump policies, but can still be fair
- + Trump attorney tells potential jurors government witnesses are liars
- + Donald Trump is passing notes with his lawyer Todd Blanche during Trump lawyer Susan Necheles’s questioning.
- + Common sense is what is most needed in jurors, prosecutor says
- + Trump is more alert this afternoon. He actively listened during prosecutor Joshua Steinglass’s questioning of the...
- + Oklahoma officials tell trans pro wrestler not to compete in their state —The state’s sports commission went out of its way to threaten Nyla Rose, a former AEW women’s champion, if she wrestled women in the state again.
- + Prosecutor to potential jurors: Trial not a referendum on Trump presidency
- + Another prospective juror takes herself out of the pool
- + Prosecutor tells prospective jurors: Trial is not a referendum on Trump presidency
- + Video: Is it dangerous to be on a high-profile jury?
- + The jurors and concerns over identifying details circulating online
- + As Donald Trump walked out of the courtroom, he turned to the media pool in the...
- + They have gone through all of the jurors in the box and are finished with the...
- + After a string of jurors who said they could easily be impartial, one said he wasn’t...
- + Bryan Kohberger’s alibi in Idaho killings to hinge on phone location—Kohberger’s attorney said in a new court filing that an expert witness would contradict prosecutors’ allegations that cellphone data placed him near t...
- + Judge Merchan said a short time ago that they would go through the rest of the...
- + For readers keeping count: When court ended on Tuesday afternoon, seven jurors had been seated in...
- + Judge says court temperature difficult to set
- + Juror number 4 was excused and told not to come back next week, the second juror...
- + Prospective jurors say they’ve read Trump’s books, have strong feelings about him
- + New Maui fire report shows utility waited hours to respond to broken power line—Hawaiian Electric did not send a representative to check on fallen power equipment until hours after fire officials alerted the utility, the report sa...
- + Prosecutors flag late juror 4
- + Two prospective jurors are familiar with Michael Cohen
- + We are on a break now.
- + Trump deploys favorite political tool, social media, as legal cudgel
- + After a speedy start to jury selection, Day 3 begins with tumult
- + Prospective juror says she has discussed Trump case in detail
- + The difficult task of shielding juror identities
- + Nine more potential jurors said they had other reasons why they couldn’t serve (probably scheduling conflicts)....
- + From the new batch of 96 potential jurors being questioned Thursday, 48 were summarily excused because...
- + A new batch of prospective jurors has been brought into the courtroom. When the defense was...
- + Donald Trump appears to be resting his eyes while Justice Juan Merchan reads extended jury instructions.
- + Prosecutors accuse Trump of seven new gag order violations
- + Potential problems discovered with another potential juror
- + Widespread 911 outages hit several states—Emergency phone services were disrupted across South Dakota and in parts of Nebraska, Nevada and Texas, local officials said. It is not clear what cau...
- + Before questioning of more prospective jurors resumes, prosecutors are telling the judge they believe Donald...
- + Judge excuses one of the seven jurors already selected
- + Justice Juan Merchan announced at the outset that Juror No. 2, a nurse who was selected...
- + Day 3 of Donald Trump’s trial is underway. Trump aides Jason Miller and Steven Cheung are...
- + Will Trump’s lawyers ramp up juror challenges over social media posts?
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- + Donald Trump’s motorcade has arrived at the Manhattan criminal courthouse for the third day of jury...
- + Trump trial further breaks his ties with his beloved New York
- + Analysis: Trump is overstating the problem of having to be in court
- + Key takeaways from Trump trial Day 2: The 7 jurors, Trump’s demeanor
- + How jurors are being picked for Trump’s New York hush money trial
- + Maine lawmakers adopt some gun-control measures after 2023 mass killing—The state’s legislators did not vote on a “red-flag” measure to give family members and law enforcement a way to remove guns from those deemed a dange...
- + He forgave the man who killed his son, and helped free him from prison—“I do believe that we all, at some point, have to learn to forgive,” said Azim Khamisa. “If we had enough people forgiving, that would shift society.”
- + Despite ‘model minority’ trope, 1 in 10 Asian Americans live in poverty—To properly direct government help and resources to the people who need it most, data should be split up among the many groups that represent the over...
- + Trump deploys favorite political tool, social media, as legal cudgel—Behind the scenes, researchers working for Trump’s legal defense are scouring prospective jurors’ online lives, hunting for bias.
- + He spent 20 years trying to buy back his grandma’s ‘Passionate Pink’ Mustang—Sam McGee, 48, spent more than 20 years trying to buy his late grandmother’s 1968 “Passionate Pink” Mustang. He’s using it for suicide prevention awar...
- + Majority Latino city endures years of toxic water in health ‘crisis’—After repeated violations, the state has stepped in -- but the problems are a reminder that safe water is not available to all Americans
- + Elephant escapes circus, roams streets of Montana—“Only in Butte. A circus elephant got loose,” a bystander says in video footage of the animal stomping through the streets and heading past a casino.
- + Ohio judge temporarily blocks ban on gender-affirming care for minors—A law that would ban gender-affirming treatments for children and teenagers in that state had been set to take effect next week.
- + Atlantic City mayor and his wife accused of abusing teenage daughter—Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small Sr. and his wife, the public schools superintendent, were charged with endangering the welfare of a child.
- + NASA confirms metal object that struck Fla. home was space station junk—The object tore through the roof of the house in March, prompting speculation from the homeowner and astrophysicists he connected with online that it ...
- + Ark. governor’s office might’ve broken law in buying $19K lectern, audit finds—Arkansas lawmakers on both sides of the aisle on Tuesday questioned the staff of Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) about her office’s purchase of a $19,...
- + What we know so far about the jurors in Trump’s New York hush money trial—Jury selection is underway in the historic hush-money trial of former president Donald Trump, with the first seven jurors being seated Tuesday.
- + Seven jurors picked in Trump’s N.Y. trial as judge presses ahead—The New York Supreme Court justice overseeing former president Donald Trump’s criminal trial said opening statements could begin as soon as Monday.
- + Pro-Palestinian protests could foreshadow a summer of upheaval —Recent pro-Palestinian protests pose a challenge for President Biden and spark debate over whether some tactics could undermine public support for the...
- + Appeals court allows transgender girl to stay on West Virginia track team—The state passed a law barring students “whose biological sex determined at birth is male” from playing on girls’ sports teams.
- + Trump hush money trial adjourns till Thursday—Jury selection continues in Donald Trump’s first criminal trial. He is charged with falsifying business records connected to a payment to Stormy Danie...
- + The trial concluded for the day. Because the trial is not scheduled to take place on...
- + Excused potential juror made apparent reference to Trump’s ‘Central Park Five’ death penalty comment
- + The civil litigator from the Upper East Side who listens to “Car Talk” becomes juror no....
- + ‘We’re a dead ship’: Hundreds of cargo ships lost propulsion in U.S. waters in recent years—A Post examination found that losses of engine power, part of what the Dali experienced when it crashed into the Key Bridge in Baltimore, are not unco...
- + The trial is running later than it did Monday. According to a recent pool report, Justice...
- + Prosecutor questions final potential jurors
- + Prosecutor Susan Hoffinger then questioned the last three potential jurors of the day.
- + Six more potential jurors just finished going through their questionnaires. These jurors came from the original...
- + Mayorkas impeachment moves to Senate, where trial could end fast —House Republicans sent over articles of impeachment against DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday afternoon, kicking off what is likely to be a ...
- + As the questioning of potential jurors continued, Trump at one point looked at something on his...
- + As another six jurors started going through their questionnaires, Trump appeared to close his eyes and...
- + A doctor was excused after she said she was concerned about missing so much time away...
- + Judge brings in new slate before final questioning of first group
- + Six jurors have been seated in this case so far. For anyone trying to keep track:...
- + There has been at least some levity in the courtroom, including one potential juror who —...
- + Defense focuses on social media in selecting jurors
- + Trial moving at a brisk pace, with six jurors already seated
- + Judge disagrees that potential juror would be biased
- + The first six jurors were just officially sworn in. Judge Juan Merchan told the jurors that...
- + Three additional jurors seated, bringing total to 6
- + Trump is leaning back, and his eyes appear to be closed. His head is occasionally tilting.
- + Judge seats first three jurors in Trump trial
- + Fashion, basketball and the long game —At the WNBA draft, players Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese are expanding the ways in which women express their power, skill and ambition.
- + Potential juror No. 6 dismissed
- + After one potential juror left the room, New York Superior Court Justice Juan Merchan reprimanded Trump...
- + Defense notes potential juror’s social media post
- + Trump scolded by judge for speaking while juror is questioned
- + Lawyers and judge discuss prospective juror’s Facebook post
- + Trump shook his head as the lawyers conferred about the next potential juror.
- + The potential juror said he could not remember making this post but acknowledged the account was...
- + Trump leaned forward and glowered as his attorney read a tweet that allegedly came from a...
- + Judge Juan Merchan showed impatience with prosecutor Joshua Steinglass’s argument against striking the potential juror. He...
- + Justice Merchan said he doesn’t want anyone on the jury who lies, which is why he...
- + Asked about the social media posts, the potential juror said she recalled moving her car for...
- + The potential juror said she had filmed the celebration around Trump’s 2020 election loss because it...
- + Prosecutors strenuously objected to the defense argument, saying the posts showed someone filming others celebrating Trump’s...
- + Trump was scolded for audibly speaking and making comments while the prospective juror was explaining her...
- + Moving to the challenges, Trump lawyer Todd Blanche said the first of the potential jurors has...
- + Justice Merchan resumed court at 2:15 p.m. Defense attorney Todd Blanche said the defense had social...
- + Trump returned to the courtroom for the afternoon session
- + Trump’s mug shot becomes a defiant and divisive symbol
- + Trump’s hush money trial strategy: Deny, delay and denigrate
- + Justice Juan Merchan brought the potential jurors back into the courtroom at 1:04 p.m. and said...
- + Attorney Todd Blanche closed by asking the prospective jurors if there was anything else he should...
- + At 12:50 p.m., Justice Merchan excused the jury pool from the courtroom and said the lawyers...
- + Todd Blanche asked prospective jurors if they have any strong feelings about potential witnesses — including...
- + Donald Trump “stirs the pot,” another woman said. “You can’t judge him because he speaks his...
- + All but one of the prospective jurors indicated that they were aware that Trump has been...
- + One woman described herself as “woman of color” and suggested she appreciates Donald Trump’s bombastic style:...
- + Trump lawyer Todd Blanche is trying to draw out the potential jurors’ opinions of Trump. One...
- + One woman said she has heard about stories of Trump not treating women well. When defense...
- + Court proceedings resumed at 12:20 p.m. with lead defense attorney Todd Blanche speaking to the potential...
- + Prosecutor says some witnesses have baggage
- + Trump will skip sidebar conversations with the judge and attorneys
- + New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan called a 10-minute recess after the prosecution wrapped up...
- + What the judge has told lawyers about questioning potential jurors
- + Donald Trump turned to his lawyer and shook his head as prosecutor Joshua Steinglass explained the...
- + Prosecutor Joshua Steinglass told the potential jurors that they are not allowed to speculate why this...
- + Prospective jurors express concerns about campaign finance laws
- + Prosecutor Joshua Steinglass also told potential jurors this case “is not a referendum on President Trump...
- + Juror candidate read several Trump books but struggled to remember titles
- + Prosecutor tells prospective jurors ‘personal politics’ don’t matter
- + The lawyers are going to question the potential jurors now. The prosecutors will go first.
- + A public school teacher who is a potential juror said that her “catalytic converter was stolen...
- + Prospective juror says she could try, but couldn’t promise impartiality
- + Before reciting her biography, a woman from Chelsea asked New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan...
- + A charter-school teacher paused at question 34: “Do you have any strong opinions or firmly held...
- + A retired grandmother from the Upper East Side said she attended an abortion rights rally at...
- + How The Post is deciding what to publish about potential jurors
- + A self-employed IT consultant from the Lower East Side drew Donald Trump’s steady gaze as he...
- + USC cancels pro-Palestinian valedictorian’s speech, citing fears of threats—Valedictorian Asna Tabassum said the University of Southern California abandoned her amid a “campaign of racist hatred,” cancelling her speech over se...
- + A Hell’s Kitchen resident said he immigrated from Mexico in 2017 — coincidentally Donald Trump’s first...
- + According to a courthouse pool reporter, Donald Trump is monitoring the potential jurors as they come...
- + A Philadelphia native who lives in the East Village and works in cybersecurity said she worried...
- + Next up: a corporate lawyer who lives in Chelsea and is a native of Oregon. He...
- + A grandmother who said she is a native New Yorker who works for a senior living...
- + As prospective jurors go through their questionnaire answers, Donald Trump appears to be on the verge...
- + Police suspect custody battle linked to killing of two Kansas women —Oklahoma police searching for Veronica Butler and Jilian Kelley said they had found two bodies. Four people have been arrested who were members of a g...
- + Judge deferring to potential jurors on whether they can be impartial
- + Of the next two prospective jurors, a man who works for a government agency described himself...
- + Judge dismisses prospective juror who says he could have conservative ‘unconscious bias’
- + Trump trial jury selection kicks off Tuesday with hiccups
- + Exactly how the judge responded to Trump’s request to attend son’s graduation
- + Jurors are back in the courtroom, and Justice Juan Merchan is addressing them. He’s refilling two...
- + Court began a few minutes late because two prospective jurors were late and one was sick....
- + Justice Juan Merchan is on the bench. Tuesday’s proceedings are starting.
- + Trump says he should be campaigning, not sitting in court
- + Donald Trump entered the courtroom at 9:30 a.m. As he walked toward the defense table, he...
- + After speaking briefly to the cameras outside court, Donald Trump is now at the defense table...
- + Wave of pro-Palestinian protests closes bridges, major roads across U.S.—Protesters stopped traffic in both directions on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco and disrupted traffic to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport...
- + A hockey puck hurtled toward her son’s head. A fan jumped to block it.—During a Cleveland Monsters hockey game, the puck flew toward Asia Davis’s 4-year-old son. Fan Andrew Podolak deflected it within about a second.
- + Trump’s N.Y. hush money trial completes its first day—The first day of Donald Trump’s first criminal trial is over. He’s charged with falsifying business records connected to a hush money payment to Storm...
- + N.Y. trial’s focus on tawdry scandal could underscore Trump’s weakness with women—Prosecutors’ way of explaining Trump’s motivation for paying hush money could underscore his enduring weakness with female voters.
- + As hush money trial begins, Trump’s sex life emerges as key theme—The opening day of Donald Trump’s criminal trial delved deep into his tabloid-fueled sex life, even before any prospective jurors were questioned.
- + Trump comes face-to-face with prospective jurors, anonymous to public—Donald Trump came face-to-face Monday with some of the New Yorkers who could decide his fate.
- + Federal criminal investigation opened into Key Bridge crash—Six construction workers died after the container ship Dali lost power and slammed into a pillar of the Francis Scott Key Bridge on March 26 in the Po...
- + Supreme Court allows Idaho to enforce ban on gender-affirming care for minors—The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for Idaho to broadly enforce a ban on gender-affirming medical care for minors, the first time the justice...
- + Post Reports: Day 1 of Trump’s first criminal trial
- + Trump complains judge won’t yet approve him to attend son’s graduation
- + Trump lawyer Todd Blanche asked Justice Juan Merchan to excuse Trump next Thursday when the U.S....
- + Trump lawyer Todd Blanche asked Judge Merchan if the former president could be excused from any...
- + Justice Merchan adjourned the court at 4:40 p.m. after hearing from 10 prospective jurors. The court...
- + The 10th prospective juror is a woman who is in married and has no children. She...
- + The ninth prospective juror is a social media marketer for a sports betting app. She watches...
- + The eighth prospective juror is a prosecutor for a local prosecutor’s office who lives on the...
- + The seventh prospective juror has lived on the Upper West Side for 23 years and has...
- + The sixth prospective juror is married and his wife is pregnant with their first child. He...
- + The fifth prospective juror is a man who said he came from Ireland and lives in...
- + Trump seems to nod off briefly as prospective jurors get instructions
- + Trump seems to nod off briefly as prospective jurors get instructions—Donald Trump closed his eyes and appeared to nod off Monday afternoon in a Manhattan courtroom. He is the first former U.S. president to face a crimin...
- + Justice Juan Merchan says he will end Monday’s court proceedings at about 4:30 p.m. and resume...
- + How jury selection will work
- + The fourth prospective juror is a Pennsylvania native who has lived in New York City for...
- + The third potential juror was excused after she answered yes to “Do you have any strong...
- + The second prospective juror is a man from midtown who has worked as a creative director...
- + The first prospective juror said she works in business development, is married to a venture capitalist...
- + Justice Juan Merchan asked the first 18 prospective jurors to take seats in the jury box...
- + Several jurors raised their hands to indicate they could not be impartial or serve for other...
- + Potential jurors were asked to raise their hands if they feel they cannot be impartial. After...
- + Justice Juan Merchan’s instructions to the jury pool lasted more than 20 minutes and included a...
- + Courtroom sketch artists are drawing today’s proceedings
- + As Justice Juan Merchan read extended instructions to the jury, Donald Trump closed his eyes and...
- + As they filed in, some prospective jurors were seated next to Trump aides Jason Miller and...
- + Justice Juan Merchan told the prospective jurors that if they reach a verdict of guilty, “it...
- + Judge welcomes prospective jurors, introduces them to Trump
- + The potential jurors are being sworn in now.
- + Judge sounds skeptical that Trump’s posts on Cohen don’t violate gag
- + Justice Juan Merchan has returned to the courtroom and said there are 96 potential jurors here.
- + Author Michael Wolff, who has written three books on Donald Trump, is among those watching the...
- + Court proceedings have paused for several minutes as the jury pool makes its way to the...
- + Donald Trump’s lawyer Todd Blanche asked when he would receive the names of the 96 potential...
- + Defense given Tuesday deadline for exhibits
- + Justice Juan Merchan said he was concerned about potential jurors feeling intimidated, so if one needed...
- + Before Trump, here’s how some other countries prosecuted their ex-leaders
- + On the first morning of his trial, Donald Trump has spoken just three barely audible words...
- + Can New Yorkers judge Donald Trump impartially? We asked them.
- + Trump asserts his ‘Antommarchi rights’ in court
- + Trump left the courtroom with his lawyers and the Secret Service.
- + Judge goes over Trump’s rights and responsibilities as a defendant
- + Jurors have been excused for lunch, and the session is breaking. The break is expected to...
- + In addition to the three social media posts by Donald Trump on Wednesday and Saturday that...
- + Manhattan prosecutor Christopher Conroy asked for three $1,000 fines against Donald Trump for social media posts...
- + Trump lawyer Todd Blanche has said that the former president wants to be present for bench...
- + Justice Juan Merchan is now going through logistics for jury selection and wrapping up instructions for...
- + The danger for Trump in hush-money case: Refreshing people’s memories
- + More than 100 news organizations sought access to N.Y. courthouse
- + Judge allows some more evidence related to ‘Access Hollywood’ videotape
- + After more than an hour, still waiting on jury selection
- + In the hallway, reporters asked Donald Trump how it’s going. He waved and gave a thumbs...
- + Justice Juan Merchan has resumed his seat on the bench.
- + Donald Trump is back in the courtroom.
- + DA wants jurors to see evidence of Trump’s social media intimidation
- + The judge has ordered a 10-minute break in the proceedings.
- + Judge rules other Trump sexual misconduct allegations won’t be shared with jury
- + Trump lawyer says on CNN that New York trial judge has a conflict
- + Judge: Jury can be told about Trump’s affair, but not that wife was pregnant
- + Prosecutors can introduce evidence of National Enquirer meeting, judge rules
- + Jurors will not hear that Melania Trump was pregnant with her son Barron Trump at the...
- + Judge Merchan rejects Trump bid to make changes to jury questionnaire
- + Judge Merchan clarifies trial schedule
- + While former president Donald Trump’s trial gets underway in New York, Fox News is covering Israel...
- + Judge Merchan rejects Trump motion to remove him from the case
- + New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan is on the bench. We’re getting started now.
- + Have questions about Trump’s hush money trial? Ask our reporters.
- + Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has taken his seat in the second row of the gallery...
- + As he awaits the judge and the prospective jurors in his trial, Trump is seated between...
- + Former president Donald Trump is sitting at the defense table as all his lawyers mill around....
- + Trump addresses reporters in courthouse: ‘It’s an assault on America’
- + Trump is in the courtroom with his attorneys. He licked his lips as he looked around...
- + The prosecutors in the courtroom are Susan Hoffinger, Joshua Steinglass and Matthew Colangelo, from the office...
- + Will Donald Trump’s New York trial be televised?
- + The prosecution team just entered the courtroom. The judge is not on the bench yet.
- + The New York trial is one of many Trump legal cases that have strained the former...
- + Trump lawyers struck out on three last-minute attempts to delay last week
- + Media members attending trial include some boldface names
- + The names to know in the case
- + Dozens of reporters began trickling through security around 8 a.m. as Secret Service agents paced around...
- + N.Y. Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan is presiding over the trial
- + Who is Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who indicted Trump?
- + Trump’s criminal case comes after he lost 3 civil cases in N.Y.
- + The financial fraud charges at the heart of Trump’s New York trial
- + The porn star, the checks and the president
- + Trump leans into trials ahead of Monday start date
- + What to know about Trump’s NY trial lawyers, Todd Blanche and Susan Necheles—When Donald Trump appears for his first criminal trial on Monday, he will be flanked by two veteran New York attorneys: Todd Blanche and Susan Nechele...
- + How jurors will be picked for Trump’s New York hush money trial—In a process that could take weeks, potential jurors will respond to a questionnaire and answer follow-up questions from prosecutors and defense lawye...
- + Trump’s hush money trial strategy: Deny, delay and denigrate—Donald Trump braces to go on trial in New York on Monday, after his legal team tried everything it could think of to delay and criticize the proceedin...
- + New Yorkers weigh in on whether they could be impartial jurors in Trump trial—Jury selection is slated to start Monday in the long awaited hush money trail. We asked New Yorkers how they’d fare being on the jury. Could they be i...
- + Fire chief adopts puppy from fire scene: ‘I was so sad he’d been burned’—“I knew I had to have him,” said Corey Bryant, volunteer fire chief for Greenacres Fire & Rescue in Oregon.
- + Texas county at center of border fight is overwhelmed by migrant deaths—A Texas county that is ground zero in the feud between Gov. Greg Abbott and the Biden administration over the border has been overwhelmed responding t...
- + Ex-U.S. ambassador sentenced to 15 years after decades of spying for Cuba—Victor Manuel Rocha, who served on the National Security Council and as U.S. ambassador to Bolivia, pleaded guilty to secretly acting as an agent for ...
- + They got their son a pet octopus. Weeks later, there were 50 more.—The Clifford family from Oklahoma bought Terrance, the pet octopus, for their 9-year-old son. Terrance wound up being a female — and had 50 babies.
- + Clock ticking, an Arizona abortion clinic copes with confusion and fear—Camelback Family Planning does about 4,000 abortions a year, but its future is suddenly uncertain given a looming state ban on the procedure.
- + Death Valley is alive this year. A super bloom is the latest sign.—Heavy rains spurred by climate change earlier resurrected a prehistoric lake in Death Valley. Now the area is covered by colorful blooms.
- + 1 killed, 13 hurt after driver rams truck into Tex. state agency, officials say—Authorities say the driver intentionally crashed into the Department of Public Safety office in Brenham one day after his license renewal was denied.
- + Judge Cannon skeptical of Trump co-defendants’ arguments to dismiss charges—The judge is still wrangling other key decisions in the pretrial proceedings, including setting a trial date.
- + Amid relentless school shootings, scrutiny extends beyond the shooter—It’s not just the shooters being held responsible for mass shootings. Parents, school leaders and others are facing charges and civil lawsuits like ne...
- + A baby had no home after a stay in the NICU. Her nurses adopted her. —“You never know who is out there who needs you,” said NICU nurse Drew Deras.
- + O.J. Simpson’s trial made attorneys, witnesses and a judge famous—Robert Kardashian, Kato Kaelin and Faye Resnick were among those who became famous from O.J. Simpson’s trial in the mid-1990s.
- + Gag orders are still hampering federal whistleblowers, agency warns—Federal agency nondisclosure agreements do not supersede the right of federal employees to disclose wrongdoing to Congress, investigators and the medi...
- + The horse wars of Stormy Daniels—Stormy Daniels is involved in a multimillion-dollar court battle and ensnared some of the top officials in the rarefied world of competitive English r...
- + Not guilty and not innocent, just O.J.—How do you mourn a man who rose to rarefied status and only looked back after he’d fallen down?
- + What O.J. Simpson meant to Black America—O.J. Simpson’s acquittal for the murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and a friend, Ronald Goldman, became a symbol of America’s lingering ra...
- + Iowa Supreme Court weighs whether 6-week abortion ban can take effect—For now, abortion remains legal in Iowa up to 22 weeks of pregnancy. But the case before the state’s highest court could drastically limit the procedu...
- + How will O.J. Simpson be remembered?—O.J. Simpson has died at 76. He became a a football star, but a 1995 murder trial made him infamous. Simpson was eventually acquitted of the murder of...
- + O.J. Simpson, the white Bronco and a chase that gripped the nation—Simpson held the nation’s rapt attention in 1994 when national TV networks carried live footage of the Bronco on Los Angeles freeways with him in the ...
- + The joys and challenges of interracial friendships —About US recently asked readers to share how they navigate interracial friendships and received more than 400 responses. We talked to a few of them.
- + Trump’s the likely GOP nominee. He can serve even if convicted of a crime.—In drafting the Constitution, the framers did not seriously consider that someone convicted of a felony would be a viable White House candidate, one e...
- + Alone in a bathroom: The fear and uncertainty of a post-Roe medication abortion—Women who took abortion pills in states where abortion is banned described experiencing deep anxiety and uncertainty about doing something they assume...
- + At least four hurt after gunfire erupts at Philadelphia Eid celebration—Three people were shot and one was struck by a police vehicle after feuding groups exchanged gunfire at a park where about 1,000 were celebrating the ...
- + Engine cover of Southwest Boeing plane falls off during takeoff—The plane landed safely back in Denver after the engine cowling fell and struck the wing flap, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
- + Ohio warns Democrats that Biden may miss deadline for November ballot—Ohio elections officials told Democratic officials that their nominating convention is too late for President Biden to make the Ohio general election ...
- + My dying wife hoped to inspire people with her essay. They ended up inspiring her. —Not everyone has moments of clarity when they find out they are dying. My wife did.
- + As Florida restricts treatment for trans adults, one clinic presses on—No state has gone as far as Florida in restricting gender-affirming care for trans adults. Many patients are now reeling from not being able to access...
- + Rev. Cecil ‘Chip’ Murray, voice of calm during L.A. riots, dies at 94—He presided for nearly three decades over the First African Methodist Episcopal Church in South Los Angeles, which was at the epicenter of the 1992 un...
- + Decades-long identity theft scheme sent victim to jail and mental hospital—Matthew David Keirans stole the identity of William Donald Woods after they worked together at a hot-dog stand, at least partly sending Woods to jail.
- + What to do — and not do — in an earthquake—If you’re in an earthquake, drop, cover and hold on. Don’t go outside. If you’re outdoors, go to a wide-open space.
- + NYC to pay $17.5M after police forced women to remove hijab for mug shots—Jamilla Clark and Arwa Aziz said their religious freedoms were violated when New York City police officers forced them to take off their hijab for mug...
- + Taylor Swift named a song ‘Clara Bow.’ The 1920s film star is having a moment. —A lost film featuring Bow was discovered in October at the bottom of a box of auctioned reels that sold for $20 in Omaha, and is now in a film festiva...
- + After abortion attempts, two women now bound by child —Evelyn desperately tried to terminate her pregnancy before ultimately choosing adoption. Would a long-planned reunion with her one-year-old offer the ...
- + Her failed abortion attempts helped answer another woman’s prayers—Evelyn desperately tried to terminate her pregnancy before ultimately choosing adoption. Would a long-planned reunion with her one-year-old offer the ...
- + Aftershocks rattle NYC area after earthquake sent tremors across East Coast—No injuries or fatalities had been reported by Friday evening, but the temblors shocked and confused residents up and down the East Coast.
- + N.Y. prison will let inmates go outdoors to view eclipse after lawsuit—Six inmates who sued New York’s corrections department over plans to restrict prisoners to their cells during the eclipse will be allowed to watch out...
- + Far-right politics could hurt business in North Carolina, some fear. Again. —Critics say the economic hit from a 2016 “bathroom bill” foreshadows the financial pain some MAGA candidates could unleash.
- + A package thief used a trash bag disguise. They were caught on camera.—When a Sacramento man checked his doorbell camera after his package went missing, he was surprised by a creative porch pirate.
- + Texas man is preparing to watch his 13th solar eclipse. He’s 105.—LaVerne Biser, 105, has traveled the world to take photos and witness total eclipses of the sun. He’s also made his own telescopes.
- + Judge Cannon shoots down Trump’s presidential records act claim —The ruling in Donald Trump’s classified documents trial could cool a looming standoff between special counsel Jack Smith and Judge Aileen M. Cannon.
- + Trump defends Judge Cannon in fight over classified documents trial—Known for attacking other judges, former president Donald Trump called U.S. Judge Aileen M. Cannon “highly respected” amid a dispute over presidential...
- + Truck crash hurls 77,000 ‘threatened’ salmon into wrong creek—An Oregon wildlife truck crashed as it rounded a sharp turn, hurling thousands of spring Chinook salmon intended for the Imnaha river into Lookingglas...
- + At age 11, his passion is Pearl Harbor. He’s raised nearly $100,000.—“After I finished the project, all I wanted to talk about was Pearl Harbor,” said Harrison Johnson, 11, about his school assignment.
- + Which states are restricting, or requiring, lessons on race, sex and gender—The Washington Post is tracking state laws, rules and policies that regulate instruction about topics ranging from the role of slavery in American his...
- + America has legislated itself into competing red, blue versions of education—States have passed a blizzard of education laws and policies in recent years that have reshaped how schools teach and present issues of race, sex and ...
- + Beyoncé’s ‘Blackbird’ cover ‘awakens so much,’ Little Rock Nine member says—The Little Rock Nine inspired the Beatles hit “Blackbird” in 1968. Beyoncé covered the song on her new album, “Cowboy Carter.”
- + A piece of metal tore through his roof. Was it junk from a space station?—NASA is investigating a piece of debris that struck Alejandro Otero’s Florida home in March after speculation that it came from the International Spac...
- + Kansas newspaper publisher sues over police raid, claiming retaliation—The lawsuit, which was filed Monday, accuses officials of violating First Amendment rights and causing stress that led to the death of the paper’s co-...
- + Trump special counsel fires back at Cannon order that could disrupt case—Special counsel Jack Smith said Judge Aileen M. Cannon’s instructions were based on a “fundamentally flawed legal premise” and warned that he may appe...
- + UT Austin lays off dozens who worked in DEI roles, citing new state law—A conservative state senator had warned schools days earlier to comply with the state’s anti-DEI law, as Republicans in Texas and nationwide target su...
- + Republican candidate’s wife sentenced to prison for voter fraud—Kim Taylor, who was convicted on 52 counts, was accused of filling out registrations and absentee ballots to generate votes for her husband in a GOP p...
- + New video shows deputies fatally shoot teen who was kidnapped by father—Video shows what happened to a purported 15-year-old kidnapping victim when California deputies shot and killed her in 2022.
- + Squatters have become a right-wing talking point. What to know about the rare practice.—Republican legislators are introducing and passing state laws to curb squatting, but experts say there’s no data to support fears of a surge.
- + What time is it on the moon? White House tells NASA to decide.—The White House has instructed NASA to standardize time on the moon by 2026, to be known as Coordinated Lunar Time (LTC), as the U.S. continues its pr...
- + Bald eagle lands in D.C. decades after his dad helped revive the species —Clark, a 21-year-old bald eagle, is the offspring of Ronald Reagan’s eaglet.
- + Largest U.S. egg producer detects bird flu at Texas plant—Cal-Maine Foods culled 1.6 million hens after some tested positive for avian influenza. The U.S. has seen an uptick of cases in livestock such as dair...
- + Condoms, campaign ads: The fight for Florida voters after abortion rulings begins—The Florida Supreme Court abortion rulings are expected to energize Democrats and turn what was a once-lackluster race into a fierce duel.
- + Texas woman charged with murder after having abortion sues county, DA—Lizelle Gonzalez’s life was “forever changed” by the April 2022 murder charge, which Starr County District Attorney Gocha Ramirez in Texas dropped aft...
- + Humanity in the time after a war—What can, “I’m sorry,” do? It’s a moral marker that just might help a person find a way back to their full humanity after the bloodshed.
- + Who is Alvin Bragg, the DA prosecuting Trump’s N.Y. hush money trial? —Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg charged Donald Trump with falsifying business records in connection with a hush-money payment to Stormy Daniel...
- + Okla. Supreme Court considers nation’s first religious charter school—The Oklahoma Supreme Court heard arguments over a proposed Catholic charter school, in a case testing the constitutional bounds of taxpayer funding fo...
- + Inmates in New York are suing to be allowed to see the solar eclipse—The six plaintiffs, who are Christian, Muslim, Santerian and atheist, want to be allowed to see the celestial event, arguing it has religious signific...
- + ‘No help here’: Florida abortion ruling leaves women with few options—The law allowed to go into effect by Florida’s Supreme Court will affect more women seeking abortions in the first trimester than any other ban to dat...
- + What’s keeping New York’s ‘eclipse czar’ up at night —Jessica DeCerce has served as New York’s “eclipse czar” since 2022. Her task: Maximize tourism while avoiding disaster.
- + Okla. Supreme Court to weigh nation’s first religious charter school—The Oklahoma Supreme Court is set to hear arguments over a proposed Catholic charter school, in a case testing the constitutional bounds of taxpayer f...
- + Uvalde mayor abruptly resigns, citing health issues—Cody Smith, the mayor of Uvalde, Tex., who was elected after the 2022 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School, resigned abruptly on Monday, citing hea...
- + White House Easter Egg Roll hosts record attendees —The White House grounds were filled with about 40,000 people and brightly colored eggs, continuing a tradition that started in 1878.
- + Florida Supreme Court allows one of nation’s strictest abortion bans to take effect—Florida’s Supreme Court ruled that the state’s constitution does not protect abortion rights.
- + Alex Murdaugh sentenced to 40 years for financial crimes—Alex Murdaugh is already serving two life sentences for killing his wife and son on their South Carolina estate, but he’s still in court over his fina...
- + Chunk of California’s scenic Highway 1 falls off cliff, forcing evacuations—A landslide that occurred during a heavy storm over Easter weekend caused chunks of Highway 1 around Big Sur to collapse into the ocean, authorities s...
- + As colleges receive FAFSA records, some ask: ‘How do we trust this data?’—Colleges and universities are reporting more errors in FAFSA applicant data coming from the Education Department, adding to the rocky rollout of new f...
- + Baltimore mayor weathers racist attacks after bridge collapse—Brandon Scott has been called “Baltimore’s DEI mayor” and attacked for his facial hair and for not wearing a suit as he deals with the Key Bridge coll...
- + Punxsutawney Phil has two kids growing up in his 138-year-old shadow—Punxsutawney Phil and his wife Phyliss have newborns. The 138-year-old is a first-time father. He drinks an elixir of life. She can’t. It’s a whole th...
- + Harvard removes human skin from the binding of 19th-century book —For 90 years, a book about the soul after death was bound in human skin. Now, Harvard has removed the binding and apologized for its handling of the b...
- + Tennessee overrides Memphis police rules prompted by Tyre Nichols’s killing—Taking aim at a Memphis ordinance banning certain minor traffic stops, the Republican-led legislature restricted cities’ ability to enact policing pol...
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