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FILE - Harvey Weinstein arrives at a Manhattan courthouse as jury deliberations continue in his rape trial in New York, on Feb. 24, 2020. Weinstein will appear in a New York City court on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, according to the Manhattan district attorney's office.

National

Harvey Weinstein hospitalized after his return to New York from upstate prison

12:41am April 28, 2024

by The Associated Press

Harvey Weinstein's lawyer said that the onetime movie mogul has been hospitalized for tests after his return to New York City following an appeals court ruling nullifying his 2020 rape conviction.

People flutter a Palestinian flag in Lisbon during a Dec. 8, 2023, demonstration in support of the Palestinian people and demanding a cease-fire in Gaza.

A student club is suing its school, saying its pro-Palestinian views were censored

8:31am April 27, 2024

by Jaclyn Diaz

Members of the Washington, D.C., school Arab students club say their rights were violated "because the school does not want their viewpoint ... to be heard."

A recap of Trump's trial in NYC, and why a delay in the Jan. 6 case is likely

8:23am April 27, 2024

Former president Donald Trump's trial in New York city proceeds as the Supreme Court appears poised to give him more delay in the federal case over Jan. 6th.

Employers are required to make accommodations for pregnant women and new moms like time off for doctor's appointments.

What abortion politics has to do with new rights for pregnant workers

7:00am April 27, 2024

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

A new regulation to protect the rights of pregnant workers is the subject of an anti-abortion lawsuit because it includes abortion as a pregnancy "related medical condition."

Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador said he would "hate to think" hospital administrators are publicizing the number of emergency flights out of state "just to make a political statement."

Idaho's biggest hospital says emergency flights for pregnant patients up sharply

6:08pm April 26, 2024

by Julie Luchetta/Boise State Public Radio

Idaho's biggest hospital system says the number of people needing flights out of Idaho for emergency abortions is up sharply since the state's abortion ban took effect.

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The U.S. hasn't stopped aid for Israeli troops accused of human rights violations

5:01pm April 26, 2024

by Michele Kelemen

The State Department has found that some Israeli units were responsible for gross violations of human rights, but so far has stopped short of restricting U.S. aid to them.

Joanna Smith was sentenced today for defacing the case of Edgar Degas' Little Dancer sculpture in 2023.

Arts

Climate activist who defaced Edgar Degas sculpture exhibit sentenced

4:27pm April 26, 2024

by Chloe Veltman

A federal judge sentenced Joanna Smith to 60 days in prison for smearing paint on the case surrounding Edgar Degas' Little Dancer, Aged Fourteen at the National Gallery of Art.

Former President Trump talks to reporters after his hush-money trial in New York adjourned for the day Thursday.

Politics & Government

Former tabloid publisher details actions on behalf of Trump ahead of 2016 election

3:53pm April 26, 2024

by Andrea Bernstein

David Pecker, the former publisher of the National Enquirer, told prosecutors he killed stories that potentially could have hurt Donald Trump during his run for the White House in 2016.

Carolina reviews the strawberry pints picked by farmworkers in a Sanchez Farm field in Plant City, Fla., on Feb. 28.

A year later, Florida businesses say the state's immigration law dealt a huge blow

2:43pm April 26, 2024

by Jasmine Garsd

Florida passed in 2023 one of the strictest immigration laws in the country, and now businesses struggle to find workers in several sectors of the economy

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The conservative justices of the U.S. Supreme Court

Politics & Government

Trump's immunity arguments and the experiences of the justices who might support it

12:57pm April 26, 2024

by Nina Totenberg

Five of the six conservatives spent much of their lives in the Beltway, working in the White House and Justice Department, seeing their administrations as targets of unfair harassment by Democrats.

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