NEW YORK — More than six years after his conviction for doing Donald Trump’s dirty work — cementing a bitter rivalry with the man he once said he’d “take a bullet” for — Michael Cohen testified on Monday at the former president’s hush money trial.

Prosecutors called Trump’s former personal lawyer to the stand as the marathon ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County district attorney's office has taken the highly unusual step of removing the prosecutors who convicted Rebecca Grossman of double murder, outraging the parents of the two young boys she killed in a Westlake Village crosswalk.

Dist. Atty. George Gascón's office replaced prosecutors Jamie Castro, Ryan Gould...Read more

BALTIMORE — All of the vessels that were trapped in the Port of Baltimore when the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed have now left their berths.

The last ship in that group departed Monday morning, hours before a planned explosion that will cut apart a section of steel truss draped across the bow of the Dali, officials said at a news ...Read more

BOSTON — The 10th day of testimony in the Karen Read murder trial began with a rapid-fire cross-examination of Brian Albert, the owner of the home where Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe lay dead or dying on the yard in the early morning of Jan. 29, 2022.

“All that chaos on the front lawn, you never came out to assist in any way ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Three teens pleaded guilty Monday to varying charges stemming from the mass shooting at the Brooklyn Homes community last summer.

Two of the defendants, ages 15 and 16, pleaded guilty to first-degree assault and being a prohibited person in possession of a handgun, with prosecutors agreeing to a sentence of 25 years incarceration ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A much-anticipated State Department report on possible Israeli humanitarian violations in Gaza is quintessential to President Joe Biden’s presidency: It sends mixed messages about the Jewish state’s conduct of the war and further clouds the administration’s murky policy approach.

The report, which the administration agreed ...Read more

Independent Dan Osborn of Nebraska is among the first Senate candidates to draw a salary from his campaign since the Federal Election Commission made it easier for those running for office to use donor money to pay themselves.

Osborn took a leave of absence from his job as a steamfitter and plans to draw $7,100 per month from his campaign. The ...Read more

The Supreme Court on Monday turned down an appeal from California prison officials who sought immunity from lawsuits for having transferred inmates with COVID-19 to San Quentin in May 2020, setting off an outbreak that killed 26 prisoners and one guard.

The justices denied the appeals with no comment or dissent.

The transfer decision was ...Read more

A moment that many South Floridians have awaited comes next month: Workers will demolish the Parkland school building where 17 students and staff members were killed in a 2018 massacre.

Then will come the next effort: Deciding what will go in that place at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High, “where the spirit of a lot of people are,” says ...Read more

ATLANTA — Emory University held its undergraduate commencement at Gas South Arena in Gwinnett County in a ceremony Monday morning that did not include the kinds of major anti-war demonstrations that have rattled the school in recent weeks.

The 90 minute ceremony concluded shortly after 10 a.m. with blue and yellow streamers — the university...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A leader with a Kansas City program aimed at reducing violence has left the organization after being named in two domestic altercations and arrested.

Rev. Darren D. Faulkner was the program manager for KC Common Good. The 55-year-old had been involved with the organization’s KC 360 program, an anti-violence initiative ...Read more

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Srinagar, a city in the volatile region of Jammu and Kashmir, voted Monday in the fourth phase of India’s national elections, amid rising concerns about low...Read more

President Vladimir Putin’s surprise late-night shuffle of his defense and security team signals his determination to mobilize Russia’s war economy for a long and intensified conflict in Ukraine against the West.

Putin named his former economy aide and First Deputy Prime Minister Andrey Belousov, 65, to be Russia’s new defense minister. ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — As Las Vegas continues to grow, Sheriff Kevin McMahill wants to make sure the Las Vegas Valley doesn’t become a hotbed for crime like what has occurred in some other American metropolitan areas.

“Regardless of where I go, I get a lot of questions about keeping Las Vegas safe and making sure that we don’t become crime-ridden ...Read more

Sign up for the India Edition newsletter by Menaka Doshi – an insider's guide to the emerging economic powerhouse, and the billionaires and businesses behind its rise, delivered weekly.

Srinagar, a city in the volatile region of Jammu and Kashmir, voted Monday in the fourth phase of India’s national elections, amid rising concerns about low...Read more

President Vladimir Putin’s surprise late-night shuffle of his defense and security team signals his determination to mobilize Russia’s war economy for a long and intensified conflict in Ukraine against the West.

Putin named his former economy aide and First Deputy Prime Minister Andrey Belousov, 65, to be Russia’s new defense minister. ...Read more