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Judge denies Trump relief from $83.3 million defamation judgment

Judge denies Trump relief from $83.3 million defamation judgment

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) — The federal judge who oversaw a New York defamation trial that resulted in an $83.3 million award to a longtime magazine columnist who says Donald Trump raped her in the 1990s refused Thursday to relieve the ex-president from the verdict’s financial pinch.Judge Lewis A. Kaplan told Trump’s…

Gotti family in court for assault charges at HS basketball game

Gotti family in court for assault charges at HS basketball game

Gianna Gotti The daughter of former mob boss John Gotti Jr. was in court in a Nassau County on Wednesday, facing charges she assaulted a woman at a game at Locust Valley High School during the evening of Feb. 8. She and her mother, Kimberly Gotti, are accused of getting into a fight and ripping…

Jury convicts movie armorer of involuntary manslaughter in fatal shooting by Alec Baldwin

Jury convicts movie armorer of involuntary manslaughter in fatal shooting by Alec Baldwin

By MORGAN LEE Associated PressSANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A jury convicted a movie weapons supervisor of involuntary manslaughter on Wednesday in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by actor Alec Baldwin during a rehearsal on the set of the Western movie “Rust.”The verdict against movie armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed assigned new blame in the October…

County leader sues New York over an order to rescind his ban on transgender female athletes

County leader sues New York over an order to rescind his ban on transgender female athletes

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated PressMINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — A Republican official has asked a federal court to affirm his decision to ban girls’ and women’s sports teams with transgender athletes from using county facilities in New York City’s suburbs.Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman filed the lawsuit days after the state’s Democratic attorney general, Letitia James,…

Nikki Haley suspends her campaign and leaves Donald Trump as the last major Republican candidate

Nikki Haley suspends her campaign and leaves Donald Trump as the last major Republican candidate

By STEVE PEOPLES and MEG KINNARD Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) — Nikki Haley suspended her presidential campaign on Wednesday after being soundly defeated across the country on Super Tuesday, leaving Donald Trump as the last remaining major candidate for the 2024 Republican nomination.Haley didn’t endorse the former president in a speech in Charleston, South Carolina.…

New York will send National Guard to subways after a string of violent crimes

New York will send National Guard to subways after a string of violent crimes

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated PressNew York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced plans Wednesday to send the National Guard to the New York City subway system to help police search passengers’ bags for weapons, following a series of high-profile crimes on city trains.Hochul, a Democrat, said she will deploy 750 members of the National Guard to the…

Cuomo subpoenaed by House subcommittee

Cuomo subpoenaed by House subcommittee

The House subcommittee that is investigating the nation’s response to the coronavirus pandemic has subpoenaed former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in relation to his administration’s handling of nursing homes during the pandemic.  In a statement a spokesperson for Cuomo said the said that Congress is playing politics with Covid.