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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – Donald Trump is seeking to block porn star Stormy Daniels and his former lawyer Michael Cohen from testifying at the former U.S. president’s upcoming criminal trial on charges stemming from hush money paid to Daniels before the 2016 election. The case is the first of four indictments Trump […]

The University of Kentucky Senate Council passed a resolution Monday expressing “profound concerns” over potential changes to the university’s governance structure and asked to be included in the process. On Friday, the board of trustees approved a resolution directing UK President Eli Capilouto to “formulate recommended changes” to the university’s governing regulations, to be presented […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers reiterated Tuesday that he will veto a Republican bill that would create grants to fight pollution from so-called forever chemicals and again asked GOP lawmakers to release to environmental regulators $125 million set aside to deal with contamination. Republicans who control the Legislature’s powerful finance committee didn’t […]

LONDON – The BBC said on Feb 27 it had apologised to the family of a man who they claimed was paid for sexually-explicit pictures when he was a teenager by the broadcaster’s star news anchor. Mr Huw Edwards, 62, had been the BBC’s lead presenter in key events such as the funeral of Queen […]

BEIRUT – Lebanon’s Hezbollah will halt fire on Israel if its Palestinian ally Hamas agrees to a proposal for a truce with Israel in Gaza – unless Israeli forces keep shelling Lebanon, two sources familiar with Hezbollah’s thinking told Reuters on Tuesday. Hezbollah has been exchanging near-daily fire with Israel across Lebanon’s southern border since […]

Feb. 27—ANDERSON — Officials with the city and Anderson University are submitting a grant proposal this week that they hope will lead to $25 million in funding for a series of projects to transform the Park Place neighborhood on the western edge of campus. Last May, the university received a $250,000 planning grant from Lilly […]

The presidential campaign is shifting to Michigan, where Republicans and Democrats are holding their primaries Tuesday. Former President Donald Trump is aiming to keep his winning streak alive in the 2024 GOP nomination fight with Nikki Haley, with 16 GOP delegates up for grabs in Tuesday’s primary. The other 39 delegates will be doled out […]

PARIS – It’s the announcement Paris metro passengers dread: Traffic has been disrupted due to a traveller fainting in another train miles down the tracks. A commuter passing out on the French capital’s underground causes their train to stop to wait for rescue services, and provokes delays of up to 45 minutes along the line. […]

With the days getting longer, soon to follow are the welcoming signs of spring: the chorus of songbirds, the arrival of buds and blossoms and warm(er) weather. Until then, a few more weeks of winter remain. But it might be smooth sailing for the South Shore as the forecast calls for more milder-than-typical weather. “It’s […]

JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden signaled that a cease-fire in Gaza could be at hand, saying that Israel has agreed to pause its offensive during the upcoming Muslim holy month of Ramadan if a deal is reached to release some hostages held by Hamas. But both Israel and Hamas downplayed on Tuesday the […]