- Associated Press
Cohen's credibility, campaigning at court and other takeaways from Trump trial's closing arguments
Donald Trump’s lawyers and Manhattan prosecutors made their final pitches Tuesday to jurors who will decide whether the Republican will be the first former U.S. president convicted of a crime, squaring off over the strength of the evidence and credibility of the prosecution’s star witness as his hush money trial drew toward a close. After listening to more than four weeks of testimony, the panel of New Yorkers sat attentively through closing arguments that stretched from morning until dinner time. The jury could begin deliberating as early as Wednesday to decide if Trump is guilty of falsifying business records to cover up hush money payments during the 2016 presidential campaign to a porn actor who claimed she had sex with him.
- CBC
Seal hunt advocate claims vindication, as Senate committee urges help for industry
When Aaju Peter led a group to The Hague, Netherlands, in 2007 to protest European legislation banning sealskin products, she knew she was in for a long fight, after decades of anti-sealing campaigns.Seeing a federal Senate committee publish a report last week recognizing the harms done by the ban gave the Inuk activist and subject of the documentary Angry Inuk a sense of vindication. "What we were saying 17 years ago is finally being listened to," Peter said. The 80-page report from the Senate
- The Tribune-Star, Terre Haute, Ind.
Police say unsupervised children set fire with fireworks
May 28—A fire caused by fireworks being shot off by unsupervised children resulted in a house fire Monday evening the 200 block of Kent Avenue, the Terre Haute Police Department said. Shortly after 7:20 p.m., THPD officers and members of the Terre Haute Fire Department responded to a report of a fire caused by fireworks at the residence. Upon arrival, officers discovered that several children ...
