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Trump trial turns to sex, bank accounts and power: Highlights from the third week of testimony

WASHINGTON (AP) — The alleged sexual encounter at the center of Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial got a graphic airing in court this past week as porn actor Stormy Daniels shared her account before a rapt jury.

Daniels’ testimony about her time with Trump was by far the most awaited moment of the trial, which now enters its fourth week of witnesses as prosecutors come close to wrapping up their historic case.


























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Local governments struggle to distribute their share of billions from opioid settlements

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Local governments across the country are receiving money from opioid settlements, but not all of them know how to use it
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Sherpa guide Kami Rita scales Mount Everest for 29th time, extending his own record again

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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One of greatest climbing guides on Mount Everest has scaled the world’s highest peak for the 29th time, again extending his record for most times to the summit
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Schools turn to artificial intelligence to spot guns as companies press lawmakers for state funds

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Schools across the U.S. are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence and video cameras to spot guns
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Away From the Confines of a Courtroom, Trump Rallies Beachside at the Jersey Shore

  • News source: Michael Gold
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After a long and often tense week in his criminal trial in Manhattan, former President Donald J. Trump on Saturday took part in a time-honored ritual enjoyed by countless New Yorkers in need of a break: He went to the shore.

Sandwiched between the boardwalk and the Atlantic Ocean, Mr. Trump stood in front of tens of thousands of people at a rally on the beach in Wildwood, N.J., where he largely repeated the same criticisms of President Biden that have characterized his stump speech in recent months.

Fresh from court, Mr. Trump insisted that his...
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North Dakota gov, former presidential candidate Doug Burgum front and center at Trump New Jersey rally

  • News source: FOX News
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North Dakota Gov. and former presidential candidate Doug Burgum was front and center at Donald Trump’s campaign rally in Wildwood, New Jersey, on Saturday, fueling speculation he remains a contender on the increasingly short list of potential running mates.

Burgum was a guest on Trump’s "Trump Force One" campaign plan. He briefly addressed the crowd before the former president took the stage.

Bergum said working with President Trump was "like having a beautiful breeze at your back."

"President Trump respects state’s rights. He cut regulation...
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Trump tells Jersey Shore crowd he's being forced to endure ‘Biden show trial' in hush money case

  • News source: Steve Peoples, Mike Catalini and Meg Kinnard
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Sandwiched between his appearances in court, Donald Trump headed on Saturday to the Jersey Shore, where he repeatedly blamed President Joe Biden for the criminal charges he’s facing as the presumptive nominees prepare to face off in the November election and called his New York hush money case “a Biden show trial.”

Blasting the Democratic president “a total moron,” Trump before a crowd of tens of thousands repeatedly characterized the cases against him as politically motivated and timed to harm his ability to campaign.

“He’s a fool. He’s not a...
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State prosecutors probing death of Black man hit by police car

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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The family of Samuel Sterling said it was in shock following the release of police body camera footage following a confrontation between him and officers.
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Recipient of first pig kidney transplant dies nearly 2 months later

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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The hospital said there was no indication the passing was due to the transplant.
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RFK Jr. reverses abortion stance again after confusion, contradictions emerge

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. once again reversed his stance on government limits for abortion access in a social media post Friday evening, prompted by criticism from within his own campaign.

During an interview with podcaster Sage Steele, a former ESPN host, Kennedy Wednesday said he opposed any government restrictions on abortions, "even if it's full term."

But after facing pressure from his campaign staff, Kennedy walked back his previous statement, taking to social media to write that "abortion should be legal up...
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Trump holds massive beachfront campaign rally for raucous New Jersey crowd: ‘We’re going to win’

  • News source: FOX News
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WILDWOOD, N.J. — Former President Trump held a raucous rally in New Jersey, where on Saturday he confidently predicted he would easily win the Garden State on Election Day in November.

"We’re going to win New Jersey," the GOP frontrunner told the crowd to exuberant cheers. U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., who briefly shared the stage with Trump, dubbed the event as the largest political rally in the state of New Jersey. A spokesperson for the City of Wildwood told the Associated Press she estimated there were between 80,000 and 100,000 people at...
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Border Patrol mobile app for migrants seeking entry into US controversial on both sides of immigration debate

  • News source: FOX News
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A government mobile app for migrants seeking asylum at the southern border has become controversial on both sides of the immigration debate.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) says on its website the CBP One app to schedule appointments at points of entry into the U.S. has "increased CBP’s capacity to process migrants more efficiently and orderly while cutting out unscrupulous smugglers who endanger and profit from vulnerable migrants."

Amnesty International, however, said in a report published this week that the mandatory use of the app...
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Eurovision 2024: Switzerland's Nemo wins contest, UK comes 18th

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Swiss singer Nemo becomes the first non-binary artist to win Eurovision with their song, The Code.
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Hope for rare mountain chicken frog thanks to London-born froglets

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Frantic efforts are being made to save the endangered mountain chicken frog, native to just two Caribbean islands.
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Virginia university students walk out of graduation event

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Dozens of VCU grads left during Gov Glenn Youngkin's speech, in part over his comments on campus protests.
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Man freed five days after South Africa building collapse

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The worker pulled to safety is one of 42 people rescued from the building which collapsed on Monday.
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