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Man who lit himself on fire is in critical condition, police say

Elise Hammond, CNN April 19, 2024

CNN -- The man who lit himself on fire outside the Manhattan courthouse where Donald Trump's criminal trial is unfolding is in critical condition, police said on Friday. New York Police...

Trump targets Alvin Bragg, the prosecutor in his criminal case, while visiting site of fatal bodega stabbing

CNN--Donald Trump is trying to turn the tables on Alvin Bragg. The former president ended the second day of his hush money trial in Manhattan by visiting a Harlem bodega where, in 2022, store...

Takeaways from Donald Trump’s contentious testimony in his civil fraud trial

CNN -- Donald Trump brought bombastic rhetoric to the witness stand Monday in the civil fraud case against him and his business, as he spent his time on the stand attacking the New York attorney general...

1 person killed, more than 40 students injured after bus headed to band camp event crashes in New York

CNN -- At least one person was killed and at least 48 students were injured when a bus headed to a band camp event rolled over on Interstate 84 in Orange County, New York, about 75 miles north of New York...

Former President Donald Trump leaves Trump Tower on May 31, 2023, in New York City. (James Devaney/GC Images/Getty Images)

New York AG’s office alleges Trump inflated his net worth by as much as $2.2 billion in 1 year

Kara Scannell, CNN August 30, 2023

(CNN) -- Donald Trump inflated his net worth by as much as $2.2 billion in one year, lawyers for the New York attorney general’s office alleged as part of their civil fraud lawsuit against...

Where the smoke from Canadian wildfires is headed next

  CNN -- Around 75 million people in the US are experiencing dangerous air conditions because of smoke from wildfires raging across Canada, and officials are urging people to limit time spent outdoors...

Prince Harry and Meghan involved in ‘near catastrophic car chase’ involving paparazzi in NY

Max Foster and John Miller, CNN May 17, 2023

CNN -- Prince Harry and his wife Meghan were involved in a “near catastrophic car chase” involving paparazzi in New York City on Tuesday night, his spokesperson says. The...

Trump to sit for deposition in high-stakes civil lawsuit threatening the fate of his business empire

Kara Scannell and Devan Cole, CNN April 13, 2023

CNN -- Donald Trump on Thursday morning arrived for a deposition as part of a high-stakes civil case brought by New York state against the former president, some of his children...

Michael Cohen, Stormy Daniels and Donald Trump
(Getty Images)

Trump won’t testify before NY grand jury investigating hush money scheme, lawyer says Kara Scannell

Kara Scannell and Abby Baggini, CNN March 13, 2023

CNN– Former President Donald Trump does not plan to testify in a New York grand jury investigation into his alleged role in a scheme to pay hush money to adult film star Stormy Daniels, Trump’s attorney...

NY prosecutors invite Trump to testify in hush money investigation; decision on charges could come soon

CNN– Manhattan prosecutors have invited former President Donald Trump to appear before the grand jury investigating his alleged role in a hush money payment scheme and cover-up, a person familiar with...

Tornadoes and severe winds strike central US as another round of rain and snow is set to pummel the West and North

CNN– As severe storms prompted at least nine tornado reports in parts of the central US, a barrage of snow, rain and harsh wind is forecast Monday in places from the West Coast to the Great Lakes, including...

Colinford Mattis in a photograph taken by U.S. authorities following his arrest in New York on May 30, 2020.
(U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York/Reuters)

Second lawyer who participated in Molotov cocktail attack during George Floyd protests sentenced to over a year in prison

January 27, 2023

CNN— A second former New York lawyer has been sentenced to one year and one day in prison for participating in a Molotov cocktail attack during a New York City protest in 2020 following the death of...