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Here’s the latest for Monday, April 22: Opening statements in Trump hush money trial; Supreme Court considers law targeting homeless; Protests on college campuses; Somber Passover in Israel.
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HuffPostFox Reporter Corrects Trump To His Face Over Evidence-Free 'Biden Trial' Claim
The Wisconsin political reporter challenged the former president, who has repeatedly made the false claim about his hush money trial.
- HuffPost
Judge Calls Out Trump For Making False Claims About Gag Order
Trump may be trying to wriggle his way out of testifying, which he'd previously pledged to do.
- Sky News
Wife of doctor who 'drove car off cliff' with family inside begs for attempted murder charges to be dropped
The wife of a California doctor accused of deliberately driving a car off a cliff with his family inside has begged prosecutors to drop the charges against him, according to US media reports. Dharmesh Patel, 42, has pleaded not guilty to three counts of attempted murder. Patel, a radiologist, was driving his white 2021 Tesla Model Y along the Pacific Coast Highway south of San Francisco, when it plunged several hundred feet off the cliff at Devil's Slide.
- Global News
Fresh details emerge about deadly, wrong-way collision on Ontario's Highway 401
New details are emerging about the victims of Monday night’s deadly collision on Highway 401 after a wrong-way police pursuit. As Catherine McDonald reports, Global News has also obtained new video of the police pursuit through the streets of Durham Region.
- The Hill
Greene fires back after Fox News columnist calls her an ‘idiot’
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) took a shot at Fox News after a columnist for the outlet called her “an idiot” who is trying to “wreck the GOP.” “Fox News called me an idiot. That was literally their headline. They called me an idiot,” Greene said during an appearance on Steve Bannon’s podcast this week.…
- HuffPost
Hope Hicks Breaks Down In Tears During Trump Hush Money Trial
The former Donald Trump spokesperson testified in Trump's criminal trial Friday.
- Miami Herald
Men charged with rape of Broward woman get probation. The victim wanted her day in court
The men posted their encounter with the woman on OnlyFans.
- BBC
Henry Cuellar: US congressman and wife charged with taking $600,000 in bribes
It is alleged the couple accepted money from an Azerbaijani government-run oil firm and a Mexican bank.
- The Canadian Press
Three Indian nationals charged with killing B.C. Sikh activist, Hardeep Singh Nijjar
SURREY, B.C. — Three Indian nationals have been charged with the murder of B.C. Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, in a killing last year that threw Ottawa's relationship with New Delhi into disarray. Police say they are investigating if the Indian government was involved, an allegation raised by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the House of Commons last year. Integrated Homicide Investigation Team Supt. Mandeep Mooker said in a Surrey, B.C., news conference on Friday that the three men had bee
- The Independent
Elon Musk hosted an ‘anti-Biden’ dinner party. Here’s who attended
Elite dinner co-hosted by entrepreneur David Sacks at his home in the Hollywood Hills
- CBC
Police make arrests in killing of B.C. Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar
Canadian police have arrested members of an alleged hit squad investigators say they believe was tasked by the government of India with killing prominent Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey, B.C., last June, CBC News has learned.
- CBC
She survived a knife attack by her ex-partner. He's been sentenced, but her fears remain
WARNING: This story contains details of abuse and may affect those who have experienced intimate partner violence or know someone who has.The first time Sabrina L'Heureux's ex-partner came at her with a knife was in March 2020.When he attacked her with a different blade a year and a half later, she managed to escape, bruised and bleeding, but with her child.She then spent the next 12 months fearing for their lives while he remained at large.On Wednesday, 47-year-old Paul John MacDonald of Kingst
- People
10-Year-Old Okla. Boy Who Discovered Family Dead in Candy Murder-Suicide Woke Up to Fire Alarm: Docs
The sole survivor of the murder-suicide slept through the killings, but says he heard the fire alarm go off in the middle of the night, per court records
- HuffPost
Newsmax Host: It's Illegal To Forbid People From Calling Trump 'President Trump' At Trial
A court exchange set off Newsmax's Greg Kelly, who ranted about "hideous bias."
- CNN
Leading Gaza surgeon Adnan Al-Bursh dies in Israeli prison
A prominent surgeon in Gaza has died in an Israeli prison after being held for more than four months, according to Palestinian prisoners’ groups, which decried his death as part of a “systematic targeting” of health care workers.
- CNN
Fact check: Trump makes false courthouse claims about bail and his campaign schedule
Continuing his barrage of courthouse deception, former President Donald Trump made more false claims about his Manhattan trial on Friday.
- The Hill
Democrats alarmed over conservative judges in Trump court cases
Democratic lawmakers are sounding the alarm over what they see as conservative justices and judges tipping the scales in favor of former President Trump in two federal cases. The two cases accuse the former president of attempting to subvert the 2020 election and obstructing justice related to his handling of classified documents. Some Democratic senators…
- CBC
York police arrest 1, seeking 2nd suspect after cop hit by car
York police have charged one man and are looking for another, after an officer was hit by a driver during an auto-theft investigation.Around 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, officers found two allegedly stolen vehicles near Overlea Boulevard and Thorncliffe Park Drive in Toronto, according to a news release issued by York Regional Police Friday. Along with the force's canine unit, the officers tried to arrest the suspects, catching one after a short foot chase, police said. Another suspect got into a vehicle
- USA TODAY Opinion
If Marjorie Taylor Greene is the future of the Republican Party, I don't want it
I have to believe that Republicans are better than this. Why do these kinds of politicians have so much power with conservatives?
- Miami Herald
Woman spent 25 years stealing $1 million meant for dead aunt, feds say. She’s indicted
If convicted, the 77-year-old New Jersey resident could face up to 20 years in prison, feds say.