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Harvey Weinstein won't be sent back to California while he awaits New York rape retrial 05/09/2024 03:11pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein will remain locked up in New York as a court works out whether he should stay in a city jail while awaiting retrial or be sent to California to serve his prison sentence for rape there. The fallen movie mogul, who showed up for the hearing in a wheelchair and weari Xavier University cancels UN ambassador’s commencement speech after student outcry 05/09/2024 03:06pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Xavier University of Louisiana has reversed course and canceled Saturday's planned commencement address by U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield after news of her appearance sparked outrage among some students. University President Reynold Verret announce Trump attorney and Stormy Daniels trade barbs during questions about alleged 2006 sexual encounter 05/09/2024 03:04pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump's defense attorney on Thursday accused Stormy Daniels of slowly altering the details of an alleged 2006 sexual encounter with Trump, trying to persuade jurors that a key prosecution witness in the former president's hush money trial cannot be believed. “The details o Fight over foreign money in politics stymies deal to assure President Joe Biden is on Ohio's ballot 05/09/2024 02:59pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The question of whether Democratic President Joe Biden will appear on Ohio's fall ballot has become entangled in a partisan legislative fight to keep foreign money out of state ballot campaigns, a year after cash tied to a Swiss billionaire boosted a successful effort to ensh Netanyahu on US threat to withhold arms: Israel will fight with its 'fingernails' if needed 05/09/2024 02:55pm • JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that a U.S. threat to withhold some arms would not prevent Israel from continuing its offensive in Gaza, indicating it might proceed with an invasion of the packed city of Rafah against the wishes of its closest ally. President Joe B As pro-Palestinian encampments spread to European campuses, UK government seeks to head off unrest 05/09/2024 02:50pm • CAMBRIDGE, England (AP) — About three dozen pro-Palestinian protesters crawled out of their tents Thursday morning at Cambridge University, grabbed coffee and tea and sat in a circle for the daily briefing. Drink water, display the Palestinian colors, don’t talk to reporters, their leader said a Court rejects Hunter Biden's appeal in gun case, setting stage for trial to begin next month 05/09/2024 02:34pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Hunter Biden's federal gun case should move forward, an appeals court ruled Thursday, setting the stage for the trial to begin next month in Delaware. Lawyers for the president's son had asked the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn a ruling rejecting his bid to dismis Democratic ex-White House aide Maggie Goodlander is running for Congress in New Hampshire 05/09/2024 02:22pm • CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Democrat Maggie Goodlander, a former senior White House aide with deep political connections, announced on Thursday that she's running for Congress in her home state of New Hampshire. Goodlander, who is married to President Joe Biden’s national security adviser, Jake Sulliva The Latest | Aid ship sails for floating pier off Gaza, as more Palestinians flee Rafah 05/09/2024 02:19pm • The first ship carrying humanitarian aid for Gaza was on its way Thursday to a floating platform built by the U.S. military. The plan is for cargo to be transferred at the pier to smaller U.S. boats that will deliver it to shore. The Rafah border crossing with Egypt, a main entry point for aid, has 'Big Bear' on the prowl. Braves' Marcell Ozuna heading for another big year 05/09/2024 02:18pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Marcell Ozuna shrugged off the chants of “MVP! MVP! MVP!” The Atlanta Braves slugger knows, better than most, how fleeting the good times can be. “You have to be at the same level," Ozuna said, “so you don't get comfortable.” Only a year ago, his career was hanging by a th Vols announce addition of Igor Milicic Jr. from Charlotte. Croatian was among the top big men in AAC 05/09/2024 02:10pm • Igor Milicic Jr., one of the top big men in the American Athletic Conference at Charlotte last season, will play his final year at Tennessee. Volunteers coach Rick Barnes announced on Thursday the addition of Milicic, who becomes the third transfer to join the team for 2024-25. The 6-foot-10, 225-po US says Rafah offensive would jeopardize cease-fire talks as Biden threatens to halt more Israel aid 05/09/2024 01:50pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States warned on Thursday that Israel will be dealing a strategic victory to Hamas if it carries out plans for an all-out assault on Rafah, the militants' last major stronghold in Gaza. The warning was backed by a new threat from President Joe Biden: He says he will pa NCAA removes cap on official recruiting visits in basketball to deal with unlimited transfers 05/09/2024 01:34pm • The NCAA has approved a waiver that will allow men's and women's basketball programs to pay for unlimited official recruiting visits to help teams deal with roster depletion caused by transfers, according to a memo obtained Thursday by The Associated Press. The Athletic first reported the approval o Paralympian loses medals and equipment in Brazilian floods but is improvising to qualify for Paris 05/09/2024 01:25pm • PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (AP) — Vanderson Chaves has faced many challenges in more than a decade as a Paralympic fencer, but none as fearsome as the massive floods in Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state. The waters washed away his equipment, dozens of medals, his passport — and might have even thwart US-Best-Sellers-Books-PW 05/09/2024 01:22pm • HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “Funny Story” by Emily Henry (Berkley) 2. “The Women” by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s) 3. “Only the Brave” by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) 4. “A Calamity of Souls” by David Baldacci (Grand Central) 5. “Fourth Wing” by Rebecca Yarros (Red Tower) 6. “Iron Fla