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Manhattan prosecutors fight to keep Donald Trump’s historic criminal case in state court

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:23:30 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Ten months before Donald Trump is scheduled to stand trial in his historic New York City criminal case, Manhattan prosecutors are in a tug of war with the former president’s legal team over precisely where he will be tried.Trump’s lawyers are angling to have the hush-money case moved to federal court while the Manhattan district attorney’s office, in court papers Tuesday, says it should remain in the state court where it originated.Trump, a Republican, has denied wrongdoing and pleaded not guilty in state court last month to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records and is slated to go on trial in state court starting on March 25, 2024, in the heat of next year’s presidential primaries.Ultimately, it’ll be Alvin Hellerstein, a federal judge in Manhattan, who decides whether to seize control of the Trump case or keep it in state court — likely after Manhattan prosecutors and Trump’s lawyers duke it out at a hearing on the issue scheduled for Ju...

The House on the River in Fort Lauderdale brings you back in time to old Florida

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:23:30 GMT

In Fort Lauderdale, everything old is new again. Well, not everything. A historic landmark has been reinvented as a go-to restaurant. Don’t worry, all its legendary vibes remain intact.Fort Lauderdale foodies meet The House on the River.Steven Dapuzzo: “It’s spectacular it was built solid over 125 years ago it has character, charm, history and an unbelievable location on the river.”That river is the new river and that structure was once the river house.Keeping the charm of this old house alive gives you a taste of the past and the present.Steven Dapuzzo: “Fort Lauderdale and a lot of Florida cities don’t have a long lengthy history, so to have something that brings you back in time to the old Florida charm is exactly quintessential to what Fort Lauderdale is when you want to visit.” When it comes to a dining location inside or outside the house, you can pick your spot.Steven Dapuzzo: “But what’s really cool is the variety we have...

60s bob makes its return as women prepare for summer in South Florida

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:23:30 GMT

SoFlo summer weather can be brutally hot and humid it makes you just want to cut off all your hair.Good thing the 60s bob is back.Even celebrities are getting in on the hairy or should we say less hairy action.Hair today, gone tomorrow. Zendaya, Hailey Bieber and Ciara all have a fresh look for the summer.Jonathan Feldner/salon owner: “We’ve seen 60s bob is coming back. The look from Ciara, to get that look, all she really needs to do is part her hair to one side. Kind of like set it so she has that volume.”For celebrity stylist, Jonathan at Jonathan Cole Salon in Miami, this short do is classically cool.Plus, the style is fashionably fun.Jonathan Feldner: “You can always do it asymmetrical where it goes a little bit longer in the front and goes high in the back. Or you can do it when it’s heavier on one side because you want to part on that side.”Just like the sophisticated look of “Emily in Paris” star, Lily Collins on the Met Gala ...

Meet multiple Spider-people in multiverse adventure ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:23:30 GMT

With the sheer number of spiders in this next film, you’d think it was some creepy horror movie. But, “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-verse” is nothing like that.We love Miles, the friendly superhero from Brooklyn.Spidey is mighty ready for a fighty.After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, played by Hailee Steinfeld, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man Miles Morales, played by Shameik Moore, is catapulted across the multiverse in “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” where he encounters a team of spider-people charged with protecting its very existence. Shameik Moore/Miles Morales: “It’s not hard to see what your version of wearing the mask is when you really pay attention.”Hailee Steinfeld/Gwen Stacy: “You yourself are traveling across dimensions and you feel that you are a part of the pages of this comic book. It is an absolute experience, and with that, there is so much heart, so much emotion.However, when the...

North Korea says its attempt to launch 1st spy satellite ends in failure

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:23:30 GMT

By HYUNG-JIN KIM (Associated Press)SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said its attempt to put the country’s first spy satellite into orbit failed Wednesday, an apparent embarrassment to leader Kim Jong Un over his push to boost his military capability in the protracted security tensions with the United States and South Korea.The statement published in state media said the rocket carrying the satellite crashed into waters off the Korean Peninsula’s western coast after it lost thrust following the separation of its first and second stages. It said scientists were examining the cause of the failure.The rocket was launched about 6:30 a.m. from the northwestern Tongchang-ri area, where North Korea’s main space launch center is located, the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement. South Korea’s military said the rocket had “an abnormal flight” before it fell in the waters. It also said it bolstered its military readiness in close...

Attorney suspected of Charlestown serial rapes 15 years ago arrested in New Jersey

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:23:30 GMT

A New Jersey-based attorney was arrested and charged as being the perpetrator of a series of sexual assaults along the Terminal Street area of Charlestown 15 years ago — and he was found using the same technology that finally identified the Lady of the Dunes last year.Authorities are now asking the public in several states where he has lived to come forward if they can connect him to any other such crimes. Those states include Wisconsin, California, New Jersey and New York.Matthew J. Nilo, 35, was arrested at his home in Weehawken, NJ., at around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday and charged with three counts of aggravated rape, two counts of kidnapping, one count of assault — attempted rape, and one count of indecent assault and battery.Nilo’s photograph was not provided by authorities.The Boston Police Department; agents and analysts in the FBI’s Boston and Newark, N.J., field offices; and the Hudson County, N.J., Sheriff’s Office were involved in the arrest, according to Boston Polic...

Mets Notebook: Buck Showalter dealing with ‘challenge’ of providing playtime at crowded third base

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:23:30 GMT

Third base is getting a little crowded.The Mets are currently carrying three third basemen, and while two of the three have roles that don’t always require them to man the hot corner, it’s still a curious predicament that begs some questions about playing time.Brett Bay, Mark Vientos and Eduardo Escobar are all sharing some time at third base. Baty handles the position on most days because the Mets see him as their third baseman of the future. Vientos doesn’t really have a position right now other than a part-time designated hitter, but he did play one game at third over the weekend in Denver against the Colorado Rockies.It was Escobar who was at third base and batting ninth Tuesday when the Mets opened a three-game series against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citi Field. The Mets have been using Baty, one of the club’s top prospects, against left-handers more often, but with Ranger Suarez on the mound, the Mets turned to Escobar, who is 3-for-5 with a double,...

‘A very big wow:’ BPS valedictorians celebrate triumphant graduation after turbulent four years

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:23:30 GMT

The first class of BPS graduates is coming out of four years fully colored by the pandemic and, reading through an impressive roster of valedictorians, doing so with distinction.The 33 BPS high school valedictorians, students, educators and city officials detailed at a Fenway Park luncheon Tuesday, are going off to a range of colleges all over, prestigious scholarships and full rides, carefully plotted plans, and big ambitions.“You’re exceptional for what you have overcome to get here,” said Superintendent Mary Skipper to the room full of valedictorians and their families, recollecting that the students began high school as the pandemic began. “Nothing great happens without challenge.”Beyond the waves of disease, remote learning and isolation, the students recollected, they’ve overcome so much more.“My high school experience was — I’ll say confusing,” said McKinley Preparatory High valedictorian Kevin Works. “Up until...

Students stage walkout over Carlsbad school district's refusal to fly Pride flag

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:23:30 GMT

CARLSBAD, Calif. -- Dozens of students at Carlsbad High School staged a walkout Tuesday morning in protest over Carlsbad Unified School District's refusal to fly the Pride flag at its headquarters during Pride month.“I felt that it was an attack to LGBTQ+ students in Carlsbad, and all-around the district, for them to try to push back voting to raise the flag, and they made excuse after excuse saying, 'oh, well, we have to consult with legal team,'" one student told FOX 5.The vote, they say, was announced last-minute and without district-wide input. It comes after controversy erupted last week in the district when a video surfaced of Carlsbad High School Assistant Principal Ethan Williams speaking to members of his church about the district's Strategic Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging plan.  Carlsbad High assistant principal shares opposition to district ‘diversity, equity, inclusion’ efforts “It shouldn't be as big of a deal as it is for someone who i...

DeSantis kicks off presidential campaign in Iowa, calling for ‘revival of American greatness’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:23:30 GMT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Calling for “a revival of American greatness,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday kicked off a multistate campaign blitz designed to strengthen his position as former President Donald Trump’s chief Republican rival.In a fiery speech during his first campaign event for the 2024 GOP nomination, he called American decline avoidable and offered himself as its alternative. “Our country is going in the wrong direction. We can see it and we can feel it,” DeSantis told about 500 people in a evangelical Christian church auditorium in suburban Des Moines plastered with red, white and blue signs proclaiming a “Great American Comeback.” Hundreds more watched from an overflow room. DeSantis, who announced his candidacy last week, unveiled a line of attack aimed chiefly at Democratic President Joe Biden. “Our great American comeback starts by sending Joe Biden back to his basement in Delaware,” he said, one of a number of lines that sparked loud cheers ...