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Harvey Weinstein's conviction overturned by top New York court |
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New York's highest court on Thursday overturned the 2020 sex crimes conviction of former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, in the case that helped trigger the #MeToo movement. |
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US Supreme Court justices in Trump case lean toward some level of immunity |
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Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled sympathy on Thursday to the argument that presidents have some immunity against criminal charges for certain actions taken in office as it heard arguments over Donald Trump's claim of immunity from prosecution for trying to undo his 2020 election loss. |
| John Kruzel, Andrew Chung | |
Hush money testimony expected to focus on payment to ex-Playboy model |
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Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial is set to resume in New York on Thursday with a former tabloid publisher testifying about efforts to help Trump's 2016 presidential bid by burying negative stories, including an alleged affair with a former Playboy model. |
| Jack Queen | |
Columbia University inspires national protest wave, swift response by authorities |
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A stalemate at Columbia University over removing a student encampment to protest Israel's war in Gaza has spawned a wave of similar demonstrations on college campuses across the U.S., but authorities have shut down many before they can take root. |
| Jonathan Allen, Brendan O'Brien | |
Israel intensifies strikes on Gaza's Rafah ahead of threatened invasion |
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Israel stepped up airstrikes on Rafah overnight, killing at least six Palestinians, medics said on Thursday, after saying it would evacuate civilians from the Gaza border city and storm it despite allies' warnings this could cause mass casualties. |
| Nidal Al-Mughrabi | |
US and allies aim to help Ukraine bolster defenses after aid gap |
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The United States hopes its new deliveries of weaponry will help Ukraine rebuild defenses and refit its forces as it recovers from a gap in U.S. assistance, but it does not expect Kyiv to launch large-scale offensive operations against Russian forces in the near term, a U.S. defense official said on Thursday. |
| Phil Stewart, Idrees Ali | |
Indigenous people protest Brazil not protecting ancestral lands |
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Several thousand Indigenous demonstrators marched chanting to drum beats on Thursday to the seat of power in Brazil's capital to protest against the government's failure to protect their ancestral lands. |
| Anthony Boadle | |
Yellen says range of options to deal with frozen Russian assets |
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Thursday the outright seizure of Russian assets is justifiable but is only one possibility, with assets instead able to serve as collateral for borrowing in the market to help Ukraine. |
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Columbia University faces federal complaint after arresting anti-war protesters |
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A pro-Palestinian U.S. group filed a federal civil rights complaint against Columbia University following last week's mass arrest of anti-war protesters after the school called police to clear demonstrator encampments, the group said on Thursday. |
| Kanishka Singh | |
Trump's three US Supreme Court appointees thrash out immunity claim |
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When the U.S. Supreme Court ultimately rules on Donald Trump's claim of presidential immunity from prosecution, a third of those deciding the matter will be justices he appointed to their lifetime posts. |
| Will Dunham | |