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New York appeals court rejects Donald Trump’s third request to delay Monday's hush money trial
Donald Trump is now 0 for 3 in last-minute attempts to get a New York appeals court to delay his looming hush money criminal trial. An appeals court judge...
3 sons and three grandchildren of top Hamas leader are killed in Israeli airstrike in Gaza
Three sons and three grandchildren of Hamas ' top political leader were killed Wednesday by an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, and the leader accused...
Trump says Arizona's abortion ban goes too far and defends the overturning of Roe v. Wade
Donald Trump said Wednesday that an Arizona law that criminalizes nearly all abortions goes too far and the former president called on Arizona lawmakers to...
Track and field becomes first sport to pay prize money at Olympics. Paris gold medalists get $50,000
Track and field is set to become the first sport to introduce prize money at the Olympics, with World Athletics saying Wednesday it would pay $50,000 to gold...
Former Trump executive Allen Weisselberg sentenced to 5 months in jail for lying in civil fraud case
Allen Weisselberg, a retired executive in Donald Trump’s real estate empire, was sentenced on Wednesday to five months in jail for lying under oath during...
Switzerland will host a Ukraine peace conference in June and hopes Russia can join one day
Switzerland's government said Wednesday it will host a high-level international conference in June to help chart a path toward peace in Ukraine after more...
US inflation up again in March in latest sign that price pressures remain elevated
Consumer price increases remained high last month, boosted by gas, rents, and car insurance, the government said Wednesday in a report that will likely give...
Fire in large Hong Kong residential building kills at least 5 people and injures 34
A fire in a large, mostly residential building in Hong Kong on Wednesday morning killed at least five people and left another 34 injured. The blaze in the New...
Arizona can enforce an 1864 law criminalizing nearly all abortions, court says
The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the state can enforce its long-dormant law criminalizing all abortions except when a mother’s life is at...
Michigan school shooter's parents sentenced to at least 10 years in prison
A judge sentenced the parents of a Michigan school shooter to at least 10 years in prison Tuesday for failing to take steps that could have prevented a...
Peter Higgs, who proposed existence of Higgs boson particle, has died at 94, university says
Nobel prize-winning physicist Peter Higgs, who proposed the existence of the so-called “God particle” that helped explain how matter formed after...
South African court rules former leader Jacob Zuma can contest election
South Africa’s Electoral Court on Tuesday ruled that former President Jacob Zuma can run for office as a lawmaker in the upcoming election, overturning an...
Olympic rings for the Paris Games will be displayed on the Eiffel Tower
The Olympic rings will be displayed on the Eiffel Tower, organizers said in a statement on Tuesday, as the French capital prepares to mark 100 days until the...
Swiss women score a landmark climate win in a court decision that could ripple across Europe
Europe’s highest human rights court ruled Tuesday that its member nations must protect their citizens from the consequences of climate change in a...
New York appeals judge rejects Donald Trump’s request to delay his April 15 hush money trial
A New York appeals court judge has rejected former President Donald Trump’s request to delay his April 15 hush money criminal trial while he fights to...
Trump declines to endorse a national abortion ban and says it should be left to the states
Former President Donald Trump said he believes abortion should be left to the states in a video released Monday morning outlining his position after months of...
Drone attack on Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant significantly increases accident risk, IAEA head says
Officials at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant said that the site was attacked Sunday by Ukrainian military drones, including a strike on...
Oregon Powerball player wins a $1.3 billion jackpot, ending more than 3 months without a grand prize
A Powerball player in Oregon won a jackpot worth more than $1.3 billion on Sunday, ending a winless streak that had stretched more than three months. The single...
Russia declares flood-hit Orenburg region a federal emergency with other regions under threat
Russia’s government declared the situation in flood-hit areas in the Orenburg region a federal emergency on Sunday, with preparations for possible...
Soyuz capsule carrying 3 crew from the International Space Station lands safely in Kazakhstan
A Russian space capsule with two women and one man safely landed in a steppe in Kazakhstan on Saturday after their missions aboard the International Space...