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NEW YORK (AP) — Former Manhattan prosecutor Linda Fairstein and Netflix announced Tuesday they’ve settled the defamation lawsuit she filed four years ago over her portrayal in the streaming service’s miniseries about the five Black and Latino teenagers known as the now-exonerated Central Park Five. Fairstein had argued that the 2019 four-part series “When They

By ALI SWENSON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Republicans who view Donald Trump’s felony conviction by a Manhattan jury as politically motivated are calling on GOP prosecutors to start charging Democrats with crimes. Candidates, officeholders and members of the former president’s family are amplifying the message since Trump’s conviction on 34 charges in his

By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Top Kansas legislators have intensified efforts to woo the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs by offering to let the professional football franchise shape a plan for using state bonds to finance a new stadium in Kansas. State House Speaker Dan Hawkins and Senate President Ty

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A new Washington state parental rights law derided by critics as a “forced outing” measure will be allowed to take effect this week. A court commissioner on Tuesday declined to issue an emergency order temporarily blocking it. King County Superior Court Commissioner Mark Hillman said during a

NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia University has agreed to take additional steps to make its students feel secure on campus. It is part of a settlement reached Tuesday with a Jewish student who had sought a court order requiring the Ivy League school provide safe access to the campus. Called a “first-of-its-kind agreement to protect

By JEFF AMY and SHARON JOHNSON Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — City of Atlanta officials say workers finished repairs on a ruptured water main on Tuesday. They say water problems in the city are coming to an end after five days. Officials say they are gradually increasing pressure in the system, predicting normal water pressure

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An investigator has provided a New York jury a riveting account of an evening in Washington, D.C., in 2019 when an FBI surveillance team came across Sen. Bob Menendez and his girlfriend at a fancy Washington restaurant. Investigator Terrie Williams-Thompson told the jury on Tuesday at

SAGINAW TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Animal control officers in Michigan are struggling to capture an elusive peacock that has been on the loose for at least two days. Mlive.com reports that a student discovered the peacock on Monday as he was driving to Valley Lutheran High School in Saginaw County. The bird fled into the

By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A new agreement between Alaska’s capital city and major cruise lines seeks to cap the daily number of cruise ship passengers arriving in Juneau starting in 2026. But a critic of the cruise industry says the planned limits do not do enough to address residents’ concerns

CAMP HILL, Pa. (AP) — A young black bear took a dive from a tree Tuesday, landing in a giant tarp held aloft by a group of wildlife, public safety and rescue officials who tranquilized it after it roamed into a suburban Pennsylvania neighborhood. The bruin showed up around lunchtime in a residential area of

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer The rate Earth is warming hit an all-time high in 2023 with 92% of last year’s surprising record-shattering heat caused by humans, top scientists calculated. The group of 57 scientists from around the world used United Nations-approved methods to examine what’s behind last year’s deadly burst of heat. They

By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — An oversight commission has fired Connecticut’s top public defender after having accused her of a range of misconduct. The state Public Defender Services Commission voted unanimously on Tuesday to fire TaShun Bowden-Lewis, the first Black person to serve as the state’s chief public defender. Bowden-Lewis and

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Student editors at the Columbia Law Review say they were pressured by the journal’s board of directors to halt publication of an academic article written by a Palestinian human rights lawyer that accuses Israel of committing genocide in Gaza and upholding an apartheid regime. When the

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — An incumbent district attorney pursuing an involuntary manslaughter charge against Alec Baldwin has fended off a Democratic challenger in New Mexico’s primary election to ensure her reelection. Democrats also ousted a state senator accused of sexual harassment, as voters on Tuesday picked their partisan favorites

By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press New York lawmakers on Tuesday said they were finalizing legislation that would allow parents to block their children from getting social media posts curated by a platform’s algorithm, a move to rein in feeds that critics argue keep young users glued to their screens. Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul and Attorney

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyers are asking a New York judge to lift the gag order that barred the former president from commenting about witnesses, jurors and others tied to the criminal case that led to his conviction for falsifying records to cover up a potential sex

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The ex-husband of a “Real Housewives of New Jersey” cast member has been convicted on charges he hired a reputed mobster to assault the woman’s boyfriend in exchange for a free, lavish wedding reception. A federal jury on Tuesday found Thomas Manzo guilty of conspiracy, falsifying and concealing documents, and committing

NEW YORK (AP) — TikTok says it has taken steps to stop a cyberattack targeting high-profile accounts, including one belonging to CNN. TikTok spokesperson Jason Grosse said Tuesday the company’s security team was recently alerted to malicious actors targeting CNN’s TikTok account. He says TikTok has been working with CNN to restore access to the

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs has sold off his stake in Revolt, the media company the rapper and entrepreneur founded over a decade ago. Shares in Revolt held by Combs, who served as the company’s chair, have been fully redeemed and retired, the Los Angeles-based company said Tuesday a statement on its website.