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Here’s what every key witness said at Donald Trump’s hush money trial. Closing arguments are coming

NEW YORK (AP) — After 22 witnesses, including a porn actor, tabloid publisher and White House insiders, testimony is over at Donald Trump’s criminal trial in New York.

Prosecutors called 20 witnesses. The defense called just two. Trump decided not to testify on his own behalf.

The trial now shifts to closing arguments, scheduled for Tuesday.

After that, it will be up to 12 jurors to decide whether prosecutors have proved beyond a reasonable doubt that Trump falsified his company’s business records as part of a broader effort to keep stories about marital infidelity from becoming public during his 2016 presidential campaign. He has pleaded not guilty and denies any wrongdoing. ... Full Story - AP























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Marian Keyes: 'I would never have been a writer if I was still drinking'

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Marian Keyes talks about staying sober, managing depression and Irish storytelling at the Hay Festival.
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LGBTQ Indians are more accepted than ever - but politics hasn't caught up

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Despite major wins for the community, no major party is fielding any openly LGBTQ candidates in this election.
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As tornado season ramps up, more people are turning to private shelters to survive

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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When a tornado ripped through Greenfield, Iowa, last week, Fire Chief TJ Oder said his house took a direct hit but his family was saved by a private tornado shelter.
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WATCH: California teen arrested after crowd swarms deputy's vehicle

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A teenager was taken into custody after a crowd swarmed a Southern California deputy's patrol car, and newly obtained footage shows people kicking the vehicle before the deputy drove away.
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Gunman arrested after wounding 5 people in Los Angeles area home, firing at helicopter, police say

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Deadly explosion reported in Gaza refugee camp

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says 50 people were killed and scores injured.
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'We saw the flight attendant just go up in the air'

  • News source: BBC News - World
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People from a Dublin-bound plane from Doha describe scenes on board during severe turbulence.
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Meet the Peaky Blinders - Ukraine's drone squad defending Kharkiv

  • News source: BBC News - World
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High-tech drones help Ukraine's defenders - but they say they need more support from allies.
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How young congressional staffers are dealing with increasing threats

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Many younger congressional staffers and interns are the people who end up manning the phones and social media accounts when the public calls in or posts threats. Scott MacFarlane takes a look at how they handle these threats.
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Jury in "hush money" trial to begin deliberations as campaigns heat up

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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The jury in former President Trump's "hush money" trial will begin deliberations this week. Meanwhile, both Trump and President Biden are hitting the campaign trail as the election approaches. Skyler Henry reports.
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WATCH: Zoo welcomes screaming hairy armadillo pups

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The Audubon Zoo celebrated the birth of screaming hairy armadillo pups, the first to be born in North America since 2018, the zoo said.
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Some 160 villagers reported taken in deadly raid in Nigeria

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Nigerian officials say gunmen spent hours in the village and had time to drink tea before abducting people.
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130 people die at Sudan hospital amid city siege

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Hospitals and markets in El Fasher are experiencing "violent artillery shelling", a resident says.
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CBP nabs more Chinese illegal immigrants at California border

  • News source: FOX News
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Saturday nabbed 118 Chinese nationals after they illegally crossed into the San Diego sector Saturday.

CBP sources tell Fox News that the San Diego sector in Southern California has encountered more than 30,000 Chinese illegal immigrants at the border since October 1.

The number of Chinese nationals encountered at the border since Oct. 1 is a 8,600% increase over all fiscal year 2021, when only 342 Chinese nationals were nabbed across the entire southern border.

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Presidential candidate Jill Stein slams DNC for posting, deleting ‘Third Party Project Manager’ job

  • News source: FOX News
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Longshot Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein blasted the Democratic National Committee for posting, and then deleting, a job for monitoring third party candidates.

"Wow. @TheDemocrats posted – then deleted – a job for a "Third Party Project Manager" to infiltrate their competition and find ways to take us off the ballot," Stein wrote on Twitter. Friday. "Is this how they’re ‘saving democracy’?"

Fox News Digital attempted to click on the job posting on LinkedIn but it was no longer active as of Sunday.

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