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Hope Hicks, who served as Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign press secretary, has taken the witness stand in his New York hush money case. Her testimony on the trial’s 11th day is the latest in a frenzied second week of witness testimony. She follows forensic analyst Douglas Daus and paralegal Georgia Longstreet in testifying. Prosecutors say Trump and his associates orchestrated a scheme to buy and bury stories that might hurt his 2016 campaign. He is accused of falsifying internal business records to hide the true nature of those payments. Читать дальше...

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Under a new law, California restaurants will be banned from charging service fees.

National home prices rose 6.4% annually in February, according to S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Index data released Tuesday.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says he doesn’t see a significant issue with Russia moving some troops onto an airbase in Niger where a small number of U.S. forces remain. Austin said late Thursday the Russians are in a separate compound and don’t have access to U.S. forces or equipment. A U.S. official says most American troops left that base in the nation’s capital, Niamey. Russian trainers arrived in Niger about three weeks ago. It was unclear then where they were housed. The West African nation... Читать дальше...

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CHICAGO (AP) — Grain futures were higher Friday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Jul. rose 25.50 cents at $6.2675 a bushel; May corn was up 3.75 cents at $4.5350 a bushel; Jul. oats gained 19.50 cents at $3.91 a bushel; while May soybeans rose 18.50 cents at $11.9750 a bushel.

Britain’s governing Conservative Party is suffering heavy losses as local election results pour in. The results coming in on Friday are cementing expectations that the Labour Party is headed for power for the first time in 14 years at a U.K. general election that will take place in coming months.. Labour won control of councils in England it hasn’t held for decades and was successful in a special by-election for Parliament. The results overall make for grim reading for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. Читать дальше...

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts: A video clip of actor Robert De Niro yelling in a crowd shows him rehearsing for a Netflix series, not confronting anti-Israel protesters in New York. Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein did not say the Jewish people have homeland in Poland, an autogenerated video caption erroneously captured her words. The New York Post did not publish a story saying Congress was considering a bill that would “criminalize... Читать дальше...

Workers have begun removing a bridge over a Connecticut highway that was damaged in a fiery crash involving a gasoline tanker truck. The demolition that began Friday morning is expected to keep both sides of Interstate 95 in Norwalk closed through the weekend and extend a traffic nightmare on the major artery linking New England and New York. Gov. Ned Lamont says the hope is to reopen the highway by Monday morning. Crews removed metal fencing on the span before a large excavator began demolishing the concrete sides of the structure. Читать дальше...

A Massachusetts woman has won $1 million twice on lottery tickets in the last 10 weeks. The state lottery says Christine Wilson, of Attleborough, won the most recent prize on Wednesday playing the “100X Cash” $10 instant ticket game. The lottery says Wilson decided to receive the winnings in a one-time payment of $650,000 before taxes, which she plans to put into savings. She claimed her first prize the same way in February. She bought her latest winning ticket at Family Food Mart in Mansfield, Massachusetts.

Wall Street analysts see a double-digit upside potential for the S&P 500’s biggest losers this year: real estate stocks.

The United Nations humanitarian aid agency says hundreds of thousands of people would be “at imminent risk of death” if Israel carries out a military assault in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. The city has become critical for humanitarian aid and is highly concentrated with displaced Palestinians. Leaders internationally have urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to be cautious about any incursion into Rafah. Overnight, seven people, including children, were killed in an Israeli airstrike on the city. Читать дальше...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Investors Title Co. (ITIC) on Friday reported net income of $4.5 million in its first quarter.

US employers scaled back their hiring in April, adding 175,000 jobs in the face of higher borrowing rates.

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan President William Ruto has postponed next week’s planned reopening of schools until further notice, as heavy rains and floods that have killed more than 200 people continue.

A U.K. High Court judge has ruled that the government acted unlawfully when it approved a plan to meet climate targets without evidence it could be delivered. It was the second time in two years that the government’s main climate action plan was found unlawful and insufficient in meeting legally-binding targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Justice Clive Sheldon sided Friday with three environmental groups that brought the case. He ruled that the government’s decision to approve its Carbon Budget... Читать дальше...

UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) — UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Arbor Realty Trust (ABR) on Friday reported first-quarter net income of $68.2 million.

NEW YORK (AP) — NEW YORK (AP) — Newmark Group Inc. (NMRK) on Friday reported a loss of $16.3 million in its first quarter.

DETROIT (AP) — DETROIT (AP) — American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc. (AXL) on Friday reported first-quarter net income of $20.5 million, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier.

ATLANTA (AP) — ATLANTA (AP) — Cumulus Media Inc. (CMLS) on Friday reported a loss of $14.2 million in its first quarter.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — PITTSBURGH (AP) — Koppers Holdings Inc. (KOP) on Friday reported net income of $13 million in its first quarter.

Rents rose in 18 of the 50 largest metropolitan areas. These are the metros where they went up the most.

The race for the White House tops the ballot Tuesday in Indiana’s presidential and state primaries. But voters will also have to settle more competitive contests for governor, Congress and the state legislature. President Joe Biden is the sole option in the Democratic primary. Former President Donald Trump is the only active candidate in the Republican primary. Biden and Trump have won almost every primary and caucus by overwhelming margins. The presumptive nominees have nonetheless faced ongoing... Читать дальше...

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