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The Latest | Lawyers in Trump hush money case paint competing portraits of him in opening statements 04/22/2024 03:04pm • NEW YORK (AP) — In opening statements in Donald Trump's historic hush money trial, prosecutors said Monday that the former president “orchestrated a criminal scheme to corrupt” the 2016 presidential election. Defense attorneys countered, calling Trump “innocent” and saying the Manhattan di British climate protester won't be charged for sign telling jurors to vote their conscience 04/22/2024 02:30pm • LONDON (AP) — A climate protester who could have faced up to two years in prison for holding a sign outside a courthouse reminding jurors of their right to acquit defendants cannot be charged with contempt of court, a London judge ruled Monday. Trudi Warner had been arrested last March and accused Iowa lawmakers address immigration, religious freedom and taxes in 2024 session 04/22/2024 02:26pm • DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — After a marathon day that stretched into Saturday's early hours, Iowa lawmakers wrapped up a four-month legislative session that focused on reforming the way special education is managed and speeding up tax cuts. The Republican-led General Assembly also waded into issues li Supreme Court will take up the legal fight over ghost guns, firearms without serial numbers 04/22/2024 10:31am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to take up a Biden administration appeal over the regulation of difficult-to-trace ghost guns that had been struck down by lower courts. The justices by a 5-4 vote had previously intervened to keep the regulation in effect during the legal fight In race for his Senate seat, Joe Manchin endorses West Virginia Democratic Mayor Glenn Elliott 04/22/2024 10:23am • CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Outgoing U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin endorsed the mayor of Wheeling on Monday in the Democratic primary race for his seat representing deep-red West Virginia, where Manchin is the only Democrat holding statewide office. In a video released by Democrat Glenn Elliott's campaign, M The US is expected to block aid to an Israeli military unit. What is Leahy law that it would cite? 04/22/2024 09:59am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Israel expects its top ally, the United States, to announce as soon as Monday that it's blocking military aid to an Israeli army unit over gross human rights abuses in the Israeli-occupied West Bank before the war in Gaza began six months ago. The move would mark the first time Conservative Brazilians laud Elon Musk at rally in support of ex-president Bolsonaro 04/21/2024 04:43pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Conservative Brazilians heaped praise Sunday on Elon Musk at a rally in support of far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro, whose legal troubles are mounting in tandem with the billionaire entrepreneur's feud with the South American nation's Supreme Court. “Brazil Thanks Unprecedented wave of narco-violence stuns Argentina city 04/21/2024 01:14pm • ROSARIO, Argentina (AP) — The order to kill came from inside a federal prison near Argentina's capital. Unwitting authorities patched a call from drug traffickers tied to one of the country's most notorious gangs to collaborators on the outside. Hiring a 15-year-old hit man, they sealed the fate o Key players: Who's who at Donald Trump’s hush money criminal trial 04/20/2024 11:30pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s hush money criminal trial shifts to opening statements Monday, followed by the start of witness testimony. A jury of seven men and five women, plus six alternates, was picked last week. The trial centers on allegations the former president falsified his company’ Republican Wisconsin Senate candidate says he doesn't oppose elderly people voting 04/20/2024 10:31am • MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican candidate in Wisconsin's closely watched U.S. Senate race emphasized this week that he doesn't oppose elderly people voting after initially saying that “almost nobody in a nursing home" is at a point in life where they are capable of voting. Eric Hovde faces D Maryland's Trone, Alsobrooks offer contrasts in first and possibly only televised debate 04/20/2024 08:10am • The top two Maryland Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate took the stage Friday evening in their first, and possibly, only televised debate, which showcased their similarities on the issues but also their distinct personalities, backgrounds and strategy. Before the one-hour debate began at the s The drug war devastated Black and other minority communities. Is marijuana legalization helping? 04/20/2024 12:21am • ARLINGTON, Wash. (AP) — When Washington state opened some of the nation's first legal marijuana stores in 2014, Sam Ward Jr. was on electronic home detention in Spokane, where he had been indicted on federal drug charges. He would soon be off to prison to serve the lion's share of a four-year sent A man escaped Sudan's bloody civil war. His mysterious death in Missisippi has sparked suspicion 04/20/2024 12:14am • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — As a child, Dau Mabil escaped war-torn Sudan and built a new life in Mississippi. This month, fishermen found the body of the 33-year-old Mabil floating in a river, prompting calls for a federal investigation into his disappearance and death. Mabil, who lived in Jackson with The Latest | Opening statements in Trump hush money trial set for Monday after latest appeal fails 04/19/2024 06:00pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Opening statements in Donald Trump's hush money case are set to begin next week after a jury of 12 people and six alternates was seated Friday. The seating of the jury sets the stage for weeks of testimony in a case charging Trump with falsifying business records to suppress storie DC-area Proud Boys group leader sentenced to over 5 years in prison for attacking police during Capitol riot 04/19/2024 04:48pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A far-right extremist group leader was sentenced on Friday to more than five years in prison for repeatedly assaulting police officers with makeshift weapons during a mob's attack on the U.S. Capitol over three years ago. Scott Miller, who helped lead a Proud Boys chapter for