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Trump’s video deposition in rape lawsuit made public

NEW YORK (AP) — A video recording of former President Donald Trump being questioned about the rape allegations against him was made public for the first time Friday, providing a glimpse of the Republican’s emphatic, often colorful denials. Jurors got to see the video of Trump’s October 2022 deposition over the past few days at the trial over a lawsuit filed against him by advice columnist E. Jean Carroll. Written transcripts of Trump’s testimony had also previously been made public, but not the recording itself. The video was made available Friday to news organizations ...

At least 8 fake electors have immunity in Ga. election probe

ATLANTA (AP) — The prosecutor investigating possible illegal meddling in the 2020 election in Georgia has agreed to immunity deals with at least eight Republican fake electors who signed a certificate falsely stating that then-President Donald Trump had won the state. Defense attorney Kimberly Debrow revealed the existence of the immunity deals in a court filing Friday, saying her eight clients had accepted the agreements last month. The filing does not identify the people who were offered immunity deals. Last July, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ office revealed that ...

Minnesota Legislature shapes budget bills as deadline looms

ST. PAUL — The Minnesota Legislature is toiling away with only two full weeks left in a productive 2023 session. Most of the action has shifted to House-Senate conference committees that are negotiating the big budget bills of the session. Plenty of policy questions big and small are still to be decided. Gov. Tim Walz called the session on Friday “the best, most productive” one he’s been involved in, and he told reporters that his agency heads are empowered to negotiate on the details. Democrats have been using their new trifecta control of the House, Senate and the ...

Hundreds of pounds of pasta dumped

OLD BRIDGE, N.J. (AP) — Authorities in a central New Jersey town say they’re no longer noodling over the mystery of how hundreds of pounds of pasta were dumped near a stream. Old Bridge Mayor Owen Henry said Friday that the spaghetti noodles and macaroni was cleaned up last week by public works crews, shortly after officials learned about the oodles of noodles that quickly drew national attention when photos of the pasta were posted on social media. Henry says the pasta did not cause any environmental damage or health issues and he considers the matter closed. The company says one ...

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Apple TV+ profiles Michael J. Fox in ‘STILL’

Michael J. Fox’s life has entailed a lot, and as his many fans long have been aware, not all of it has been for the cameras. The five-time Primetime Emmy Award winner was at the height of his popularity as an actor when he received a diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease in 1991, and both his private and public aspects get considerable attention in “STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie,” which Apple TV+ debuts Friday, May 12. Directed by Davis Guggenheim (“An Inconvenient Truth”) — whose wife, Elisabeth Shue, worked with Fox in the “Back to the Future” franchise — the film ...