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Donald Trump became the first former president to be convicted of felony crimes Thursday as a New York jury found him guilty of falsifying business records in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through hush money payments to a porn actor who said the two had sex. Jurors convicted Trump on all 34 counts after deliberating for 9.5 hours. -
A suspect has been taken into custody on New York's Long Island in connection with a long-unsolved string of killings known as the Gilgo Beach murders. -
Donald Trump said Thursday he’s been indicted on charges of mishandling classified documents at his Florida estate, igniting a federal prosecution that is arguably the most perilous of multiple legal threats against the former president as he seeks to reclaim the White House. -
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont on Tuesday signed the most wide-ranging state gun control bill since a 2013 law passed in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting , sparking an immediate lawsuit by gun rights supporters seeking to block a ban on open carrying and other parts of the new law. -
Connecticut lawmakers voted Friday to tighten the state's marriage laws, prohibiting anyone under age 18 from being issued a marriage license under any circumstance. -
The former board chairperson of a Connecticut energy cooperative and estranged husband of a California congresswoman was sentenced Wednesday to six months in prison for using public funds to pay for lavish trips to the Kentucky Derby and a luxury golf resort. -
More than 100 people have been killed in mass killings thus far in 2023, an average of one a week. The family members and friends of those lost to the violence are haunted by the question of why these attacks are still happening. -
The transit authority that runs subways, commuter trains and buses in New York City is giving up on a system that sent automated alerts about service disruptions through Twitter. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority decided to stop using Twitter for service alerts Thursday. -
After a mild winter in the U.S., scientists are watching to see if there will be an uptick in ticks this year. More ticks this spring could mean a wider spread of Lyme disease and other infections. -
Students and administrators in one New York school district are wrestling with how to respond to the state’s newly approved ban on the use of Native American-themed logos and names.
