Writer E. Jean Carroll has asked a Manhattan court to increase a $5 million judgment against former President Donald Trump for his continued harassment of Carroll, who accused Trump of sexually assaulting her in the mid-1990s. The request comes after a federal court jury found Trump liable for sexually abusing Carroll and then defaming her for calling her claims fraud. Carroll's attorney Roberta Kaplan is seeking a "very substantial punitive damages award" for Trump's remarks, and the judge has yet to rule on the request. This case could set a precedent for how public figures are held accountable for their actions.
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Scot Peterson, a former Broward County Sheriff's Deputy, is set to stand trial next week for his failure to confront the gunman responsible for the Parkland High School shooting in 2018. Peterson was assigned to the school at the time of the shooting and has been charged with seven counts of neglect of a child, three counts of culpable negligence, and one count of perjury. The trial will provide Peterson with the opportunity to explain his actions during the six-minute massacre which resulted in the death of 14 students and 3 staff members.
Two boys from New York, Alfa Barrie and Garrett Warren, were reported missing last week and found dead in different rivers around Manhattan. The NYPD is investigating their mysterious deaths, and their loved ones are desperate for answers. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS.
Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen has signed a bill that bans abortion at 12 weeks of pregnancy and restricts gender-affirming medical care for people under 19, with opponents of the bill promising to sue to try and block it. The bill is the latest in a series of restrictions on abortion and gender-affirming care that Republicans have been pushing for across the United States, and has been met with criticism from those who argue that it will cause irreparable harm to young people in the state.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned that the U.S. is likely to run out of money to pay its bills as early as June 1 if Congress does not raise or suspend the debt limit. Yellen set the June 1 deadline for the U.S. to extend the borrowing limit and warned that a first-ever default on the country's debt would have disastrous economic implications. She said that a default would have "catastrophic economic consequences that would last for decades."
Montana has become the first state to ban the popular social media app, TikTok. The ban was signed into law by Governor Greg Gianforte and has been challenged by TikTok in a U.S. District Court lawsuit, arguing that it violates the First Amendment. The company believes its legal challenge will prevail and the ban affects the hundreds of thousands of TikTok users in Montana. The lawsuit is the latest in a series of legal challenges to the app, which has been the subject of scrutiny from the U.S. government.
A 23-year-old man was hospitalized after suffering a severe arm injury in an alligator attack behind Banditos Bar in Port Charlotte, Florida. The man was transported by helicopter to a hospital in Fort Myers, where he lost his arm as a result of the attack. Authorities are currently investigating the incident, and it is unclear what provoked the attack or if the alligator will be removed from the area.
Officials from Arizona, California, and Nevada have reached an agreement to conserve 3 million acre-feet of water by 2026, the equivalent of 6 million Olympic-sized swimming pools, in order to protect the Colorado River from drought. In exchange for temporarily using less water, users in the three states will receive federal funding, though the amount is unspecified. This agreement is a positive step towards ensuring the Colorado River continues to provide power and drinking water to the seven U.S. states, parts of Mexico, and Native American tribes that rely on it.