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☆ Opening statements to show the stark personal and political stakes of Trump’s first criminal trial
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-21 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

But on Monday, his diminished reality as a criminal defendant will become clear in humbling fashion during opening statements in his first criminal trial. The process, known as a Sandoval hearing, offered the ex-president a glimpse of personal and unflattering revelations that the trial could dredge up. The political case against the prosecutions was laid out by South Dakota Gov. But Noem rehearsed a political argument that Trump and his associates will be seeking to land as the trial goes ahead. But the deeply consequential political and personal stakes for the former president will become even clearer when the first trial begins for real on Monday.

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☆ Prosecutors Want to Ask Trump About Attacks on Women
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( Jonah E. Bromwich | Matthew Haag | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

If Donald J. Trump takes the stand at his criminal trial in Manhattan, prosecutors want to cross-examine him about recent lawsuits he’s lost, attacks he’s made on women and a judge’s opinion that his sworn statements in a civil case rang “hollow and untrue.”In hearing on Friday afternoon, the prosecutors from the Manhattan district attorney’s office who want to ask those questions will seek permission from Justice Juan M. Merchan, the state judge presiding over Mr. Trump’s trial on charges that he falsified business records to cover up reimbursements for a hush-money payment made to a keep a sex scandal quiet. The proceeding, known as a Sandoval hearing, is a high-stakes affair for all the parties: the prosecutors, the defense team, Mr. Trump and Justice Merchan himself. Whatever the judge decides will inform whether the former president decides to testify and, if he does, what prosecutors can ask him. Though Mr. Trump has said he would testify in his own defense, there have been plenty of signs that he is not fully committed to doing so. This week, his lawyers asked prospective jurors to assure them that they wouldn’t hold a failure to testify against Mr. Trump.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, he’s, Juan M, Trump’s, Sandoval, Justice Merchan Organizations: Justice, Mr Locations: Manhattan

☆ Trump trial set to pick final alternate jurors for hush money case
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Former U.S. President Donald Trump appears ahead of the start of jury selection at Manhattan Criminal Court on April 15, 2024 in New York City. The New York criminal hush money trial of Donald Trump is poised to get its final five alternate jurors Friday after a full 12-person panel and one alternate were seated a day earlier. Judge Juan Merchan anticipates opening arguments in the Manhattan Supreme Court trial to begin Monday. Trump has said that he would testify in the hush money trial. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee has fumed that the trial is a "scam" and a "witch hunt" aimed to damage his electoral chances against President Joe Biden.

Persons: Donald Trump, Juan Merchan, Alvin Bragg's, Trump, E, Jean Carroll, defaming, Carroll, Merchan, Sandoval, Joe Biden Organizations: U.S, Manhattan Criminal, New, Manhattan Supreme, Trump, Manhattan Locations: New York City, New York, Manhattan

☆ Trump will face a grueling cross-examination about his lying, defaming, and books-cooking if the DA gets his way
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( Laura Italiano | Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewIf former President Donald Trump keeps his promise to testify at his hush-money trial, cross-examination could get ugly. Prosecutors want to roast him on the stand for violating court orders, as the same fraud trial judge also found, in repeatedly citing Trump for gag-order violations. Related stories"We object to each," defense lawyer Emil Bove had said of all the acts prosecutors want to bring into the case. AdvertisementDuring the nearly two-hour Sandoval hearing, Bove complained of the DA's plans to the trial judge, state Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan. When defense lawyer Susan Necheles suggested that not knowing the name now might "delay the trial," the judge reacted sternly.

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New York CNN —Jury selection in Donald Trump’s hush money business fraud case began Thursday looking like the task of finding 12 jurors had run aground. Juror 11 was seated on the jury after Merchan denied Trump’s challenge to the juror for cause. Trump’s lawyers argued she should be dismissed because she said she does not like Trump’s “persona.”“I don’t like his persona,” she said. The district attorney’s office refused. Trump’s attorneys and the district attorney’s office also will get additional peremptory challenges for the alternate jurors.

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CNN —If Donald Trump opts to testify at his New York criminal trial, Manhattan prosecutors want to use his past legal run-ins to discredit him to the jury. Prosecutors say they’ll want to question him about what they claim is false testimony he gave on the stand at that trial last November. The judge plans to hold a proceeding called a Sandoval hearing to rule on what’s fair fodder for prosecutors if Trump takes the stand in his defense later at trial. A Sandoval hearing is a common preliminary proceeding that reviews a defendant’s criminal history and looks at how much prosecutors can ask if a defendant testifies. “If for some reason we are fortunate and get done early on Friday, we will take up Sandoval at that time,” Merchan said.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, They’ll, Jean Carroll, Hillary Clinton, Donald J, Judge Juan Merchan, Sandoval, Merchan, ” Merchan Organizations: CNN, Manhattan, Office, New, Prosecutors, Trump Foundation, Trump Locations: York, Manhattan, New York

☆ Ecuadorians wanted an action man. President Noboa has fulfilled that role — embassy raid included
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

The President of the Republic of Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, during the Spain-Ecuador business meeting at the headquarters of the CEOE, on 25 January, 2024 in Madrid, Spain. "President Noboa has given a strong message to the nation," said Carlos Galecio, a political communications consultant and coordinator of the communications program at Ecuador's Casa Grande University. "I am in favor of President Noboa's actions. "The priority is to clean, sanitize, continue with a process as important as President Noboa's to put the house in order." "The United States takes very seriously the obligation of host countries under international law to respect diplomatic missions," said Brian Nichols, assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs.

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The body of a third construction worker who died in the catastrophic collapse of the Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore was found on Friday morning, officials said. The man, identified as 38-year-old Maynor Yasir Suazo Sandoval, was discovered by divers, according to a release from local authorities. “The collapse of the Key Bridge is undoubtedly one of the most challenging tragedies we have faced as a law enforcement agency,” Col. Roland L. Butler Jr., superintendent of the Maryland state police, said in a statement announcing the recovery. “Along with our local, state and federal public safety partners, we will not give up.”Mr. Suazo Sandoval’s body was found around 10:30 a.m., officials said, just hours before President Biden visited the site of the disaster and met with victims’ families. The bodies of three more victims have yet to be recovered more than a week after the bridge collapsed into the Patapsco River.

Persons: Francis Scott Key, Yasir Suazo Sandoval, ” Col, Roland L, Butler Jr, Mr, Suazo, Biden Locations: Baltimore, Maryland, Patapsco

☆ Comic featuring Superman’s first ever appearance sells for record $6 million
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-05 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A 1938 comic featuring Superman’s first appearance sold for $6 million at auction on Thursday, becoming the most expensive comic ever, according to Heritage Auctions, which handled the sale. And despite its age, this comic was still in very good condition, with rich colors and a little wear at the top. Only two other unrestored copies exist in better condition, Heritage Auctions said, and only 100 in total are estimated to survive out of the 200,000 originally printed. The comic was in remarkably good condition for its age. Other copies have also sold for record-breaking prices, including one in 2021 that went for $3.25 million and became the most expensive ever comic at the time.

Persons: Barry Sandoval, Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, Lois Lane, ” Organizations: CNN, Heritage, Heritage Auctions, CGC Comics

☆ Latino immigrant workers died on the Baltimore bridge. More will likely rebuild it
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-04 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | Gloria Pazmino | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

More than two-thirds of Hispanic construction workers in America are foreign born. Working without a safety netFor the workers paid to rebuild the bridge, the job will be grueling — and dangerous. CNNWork-related deaths among foreign-born Hispanic or Latino workers rose to their highest level in 2021, according to the most recent Bureau of Labor Statistics data. Fourteen percent of all work-related fatalities in 2021 were foreign-born Hispanic or Latino workers, and most of them worked in construction. The agency’s reports also “consistently show” that Latino and/or immigrant workers are less likely to report employer health and safety violations.

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☆ 2,000 Motorists Stranded After Part of California’s Highway 1 Collapses
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-31 | by ( Edgar Sandoval | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

A portion of scenic Highway 1 in the Big Sur area of California collapsed Saturday stranding about 2,000 motorists, mostly tourists, overnight. Officials with the California Department of Transportation said on Sunday that a section of the southbound highway located in the Central Coast, would remain closed to the public while crews worked on the affected areas. The highway, also known as the Pacific Coast Highway, features stretches of rocky cliffs, lush mountains, panoramic beaches and coastal redwood forests. Caltrans, the agency, did not give an estimate of when it expected to fully reopen the highway. Officials did not say what led to the collapse, but torrential rain battered the area near Rocky Creek Bridge, which is about 17 miles south of Monterey.

Organizations: California Department of Transportation, Pacific, Caltrans Locations: California, Central, Rocky, Monterey

☆ Reopening the Port of Baltimore could take weeks as colossal wreckage cleanup gets underway, officials say
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-30 | by ( Dalia Faheid | Aditi Sangal | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —It could take weeks for the Port of Baltimore to reopen as an arduous cleanup process to clear the massive wreckage from this week’s catastrophic bridge collapse begins, leaving commuters and workers in limbo and supply chains in disarray, officials said. More than 1,000 engineers in Baltimore and across the country are studying the wreckage piece-by-piece to figure out the best plan to remove it. To help with this massive task, more heavy equipment is expected at the scene in the coming weeks. The port is the largest in the US for cars and light trucks, handling a record 850,000 vehicles last year, Moore said. “Our economy depends on the Port of Baltimore and the Port of Baltimore depends on vessel traffic,” Moore said Friday.

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☆ Crews at Site of Bridge Collapse Work on Removing First Piece of Debris
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-30 | by ( Edgar Sandoval | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Crews in Baltimore on Saturday were working on pulling the first piece of wreckage out of the water after the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, a tangible sign of progress in the daunting effort to reopen the busy waterway. Rear Adm. Shannon Gilreath of the U.S. Coast Guard said at a news conference that his crew was aiming to lift the first segment of the bridge “just north of that deep draft shipping channel.” He added, “Much like when you run a marathon, you’ve got to take the first few steps.”The bridge was a critical transportation link to one of the largest ports in the United States, and the collapse is costing the region and the country millions of dollars the longer it is out of operation. More than 8,000 workers on the docks have been directly affected, Gov. Wes Moore of Maryland said. Mr. Moore said cutting up and removing the north sections of the bridge “will eventually allow us to open up a temporary restricted channel that will help us to get more vessels in the water around the site of the collapse.”

Persons: Crews, Francis Scott Key, Shannon Gilreath, you’ve, Wes Moore, Moore Organizations: U.S . Coast Guard, Gov Locations: Baltimore, United States, Maryland

☆ Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse reverberates around the world
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-29 | by ( Ray Sanchez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +16 min

StreamTimeLive StreamTimeLive StreamTimeLiveAround the same time, numerous audible alarms were recorded on the ship’s bridge audio. The Dali container vessel after striking the Francis Scott Key Bridge. “Once you get here, I’ll go grab the workers on the Key Bridge and then stop the outer loop,” an officer said. When the Key Bridge was built decades ago, container ships were a fraction of the size and weight they are today. Miguel Luna, a native of El Salvador, was also working on the Key Bridge.

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☆ The true face of immigration
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-28 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Baltimore was sleeping when the fully laden cargo ship, adrift and without power, slammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge, bringing it down in seconds. All of those missing were immigrants, outsiders who had come to the US from Mexico and Central America for a better life. Miguel Luna, an immigrant from El Salvador, has been identified as one of the six people who was on the Francis Scott Key Bridge when it collapsed Tuesday. And when the Francis Scott Key Bridge rises again, it’s a good bet it will be immigrants who are building it. CORRECTION: This story has been updated to reflect that the missing immigrants in the Baltimore Key Bridge collapse were from Central America.

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CNN —They worked the overnight shift fixing potholes on a famed bridge that 30,000 Marylanders relied on every day. Martin SuazoMaynor Yassir Suazo Sandoval, 38, was one of the construction workers who vanished after the bridge collapse, his brother Martin Suazo told CNN. Family members in Baltimore called Martin Suazo early Tuesday morning to tell him his brother was missing, Suazo said. He was married with two children – an 18-year-old son and a 5-year-old daughter, Martin Suazo said. “The entire Baltimore region and CASA family is lamenting this tragedy,” Torres said.

Persons: Yassir Suazo Sandoval, Martin Suazo, Suazo, Maynor Suazo, Maynor, –, Sandoval, Miguel Luna, Francis Scott Key, Gustavo Torres, “ Miguel Luna, …, ” Torres, Tina Burnside Organizations: CNN, FBI, Honduran Embassy, Maryland, CASA Locations: Baltimore, Santa Bárbara, Honduras, Honduran, Washington, Maryland, El Salvador

On Wednesday, divers worked through dangerous conditions searching for the bodies of the six missing men. Two were recovered from a submerged vehicle, and the other four are presumed dead, officials said. Maynor Yasir Suazo Sandoval, in his 30s, of Honduras, immigrated to the United States more than 17 years ago, according to Mr. Torres, and is married with two children. All but one of the eight men worked for Brawner Builders, a contractor based in Baltimore County, the company said. The men who went missing after the collapse were all immigrants from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico, according to consular authorities and the nonprofit.

Persons: Francis Scott Key, Alejandro Hernandez Fuentes, Dorlian Ronial Castillo Cabrera, Miguel Luna, Gustavo Torres, Luna, Maynor Yasir Suazo Sandoval, Torres, Suazo’s, Carlos, ” Carlos Suazo, Kirsten Noyes Organizations: CASA, The Times, Mr, Brawner Builders Locations: Baltimore, Dundalk, Md, El Salvador, Maryland, Honduras, United States, Baltimore County, Guatemala, Mexico

☆ Abbott’s Army on the Border: Is it Working?
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-23 | by ( J. David Goodman | Edgar Sandoval | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

For many months, the small border city of Eagle Pass, Texas, has provided the backdrop for a bitter legal battle between Gov. Greg Abbott and the Biden administration over how best to handle record numbers of migrants arriving at the border. The court fights, which intensified this week, have centered on claims that the border is in crisis. But recently, the opposite has been happening along the Rio Grande as it curves its way through Eagle Pass: In an area that last year was the epicenter of unauthorized migration along the southern border, far fewer migrants have been crossing. Mr. Abbott has cited the slowdown as evidence that his aggressive attempt to push the boundaries of immigration law and his $10 billion program to harden the state’s border with Mexico — using National Guard troops, razor wire, helicopters, boats and floating buoys in the Rio Grande — has been working.

Persons: Greg Abbott, Biden, Abbott Organizations: Gov, National Guard Locations: Eagle Pass , Texas, Grande, Eagle, Mexico, Rio

☆ Andre Gordon: A Pennsylvania man is suspected of killing 3 people, including his teen sister, at 2 different homes
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-17 | by ( Dalia Faheid | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

He carried out the attacks with an “AR-15 style assault rifle,” Falls Township Police Chief Nelson Whitney said. Around 11:38 a.m., the carjacked Honda CRV was found abandoned in Trenton, according to Falls Township Police. The pair of shootings were “domestic related,” Falls Township Chairman of Board of Supervisors Jeff Dence told CNN. Family members were present at both homes in Falls Township, according to Schorn. Gordon is also believed to have “family ties” to the Trenton house, she said in a news conference.

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☆ Autopsy Shows Nex Benedict Died of Suicide
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-13 | by ( Edgar Sandoval | More About Edgar Sandoval | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Nex Benedict, a 16-year-old nonbinary student in Oklahoma who died a day after a physical altercation in a high school girls’ bathroom, died as a result of suicide, according to an autopsy report released on Wednesday. A medical examiner’s report said that the teenager had been found with a “combined toxicity” of diphenhydramine, an antihistimine commonly used for allergies, and fluoxetine, a drug often used to treat depression. Reports of the Feb. 7 altercation at Owasso High School, a day before Nex’s death at home, drew outrage from gay and transgender rights groups who cited reports from the family that Nex had been bullied at school. The cause of death had remained unclear in the weeks that followed. In a police interview conducted at the hospital in the hours following the fight, Nex reported having “blacked out” while being beaten on the bathroom floor.

Persons: Nex Benedict, Nex Organizations: Owasso High Locations: Oklahoma

☆ Uvalde Police Chief Announces Resignation
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-12 | by ( Edgar Sandoval | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The police chief in Uvalde, Texas, who was out of town during the school shooting that left 21 people dead in May 2022, announced on Tuesday that he would step down. His resignation is the latest fallout from the turmoil in law enforcement over the length of time it took for officers to confront the gunman. The chief, Daniel Rodriguez, did not give a reason for his decision to resign. His announcement comes less than a week after an investigation by the city concluded that Uvalde officers who were on the scene acted in good faith and did not violate department policy. “After deep contemplation and consideration, I believe it is time for me to embrace a new chapter in my career,” Mr. Rodriguez said Tuesday in a letter announcing his resignation.

Persons: Daniel Rodriguez, Rodriguez, Mariano Pargas Jr, Pargas, ” Mr Locations: Uvalde , Texas, Arizona

☆ Actually, Ariana Madix is a pretty great Roxie Hart in 'Chicago'
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-07 | by ( Jordan Parker Erb | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Madix plays Roxie Hart, a woman facing trial for the murder of her lover. After the year she's had, Madix's role as the woman scorned is a delightful piece of stunt casting. Madix, the 38-year-old "Vanderpump Rules" star and "Dancing with the Stars" contestant, made her Broadway debut in January as the murderous Roxie Hart in "Chicago." In much the same way as Hart, Madix has had her own ascent to fame — which makes her performance in "Chicago" a delightful, over-the-top example of revenge success. Madix recently extended her limited run as Roxie Hart in "Chicago" and will now be performing the role through April 7.

Persons: Ariana Madix, Madix, Roxie Hart, she's, —, Hart, Velma Kelly, Faye Wright, Wright, I've, Bruce Glikas, Tom Sandoval, Raquel, Rachel, Leviss, Sandoval Organizations: Service, Broadway, Bravo, Amra Locations: Chicago

☆ Rachel Leviss sues ‘Vanderpump Rules’ costars Tom Sandoval, Ariana Madix for revenge porn and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Former “Vanderpump Rules” cast member Rachel Leviss filed a lawsuit against two of the reality show’s stars, Tom Sandoval and Ariana Madix, over matters stemming from a 2023 scandal. Filed Thursday with the Los Angeles County Superior Court and obtained by CNN, the complaint alleges revenge porn, invasion of privacy, eavesdropping and intentional infliction of emotional distress, and names Sandoval and Madix as the defendants. The affair came to light last March after Madix discovered an intimate video of Leviss on Sandoval’s phone. Leviss left “Vanderpump Rules” after Season 10. Leviss is seeking unspecified compensatory and punitive damages, and requests the defendants destroy and delete the alleged videos.

Persons: Rachel Leviss, Tom Sandoval, Ariana Madix, Sandoval, Madix, Leviss, ” Leviss, ” Bryan Freedman, Mark Geragos, Rachel, ” Organizations: CNN, Los Angeles, Superior Court, Bravo, Leviss, Evolution Media Locations: Leviss, Madix, Los Angeles

☆ Missing American couple: Search for continues after alleged yacht hijacking in Grenada, but a violent scene suggests the worst, family says
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-26 | by ( Polo Sandoval | Elizabeth Wolfe | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Police in the Caribbean are investigating the disappearance of an American couple after escaped inmates in Grenada allegedly hijacked their yacht. The Virginia couple, identified by their sailing club as Kathy Brandel and Ralph Hendry, were living out a long-held dream of cruising the Caribbean in their sailing yacht, Simplicity. “The boat itself was ransacked and everything was strewn about in the entire cabin, so clearly there was an altercation of some type that took place on the boat,” Buro told CNN Sunday. The person also contacted the coast guard, who notified St. Vincent police, the association said. Grenada police said the escapees were recaptured the same day by the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force.

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☆ After Nonbinary Student’s Death, Schools Chief Defends Strict Gender Policies
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( J. David Goodman | Edgar Sandoval | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In his three years as state superintendent for Oklahoma’s public schools, Ryan Walters, a former high school history teacher, has transformed himself into one of the most strident culture warriors in a state known for sharp-edged conservative politics. Following the death earlier this month of a 16-year-old nonbinary student a day after an altercation in a high school girls’ bathroom, gay and transgender advocates accused Mr. Walters of having fomented an atmosphere of dangerous intolerance within public schools. In his first interview reacting to the death of the student, Nex Benedict, Mr. Walters told The New York Times that the death was a tragedy, but that it did not change his views on how questions of gender should be handled in schools. That’s how God created us,” Mr. Walters said, saying he did not believe that nonbinary or transgender people exist. He said that Oklahoma schools would not allow students to use preferred names or pronouns that differ from their birth sex.

Persons: Ryan Walters, Mr, Walters, Nex Benedict, “ There’s, ” Mr Organizations: The New York Times Locations: Oklahoma

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