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Jury Selection Begins in Trump Trial
Day one of former President Donald Trump’s so-called hush-money trial ended Monday with no jurors selected, but it featured numerous requests by both the defense and prosecutors.
The first 96 potential jurors from a pool of several hundred New York residents were sworn in just after 2 p.m. Judge Juan Merchan dismissed more than half after they indicated they could not be fair and impartial.
Judge Merchan also denied a request for Trump to attend arguments on presidential immunity at the Supreme Court next week and delayed a decision for Trump to attend his son’s high school graduation.
The former president described the trial as political persecution in comments made after the court convened.
Israeli Officials Meet to Plan Response
Israeli military officials met Monday and discussed a potential response to Iran’s unprecedented drone and missile attack.
Iran launched hundreds of drones, ballistic missiles, and cruise missiles at Israel Saturday in response to a suspected Israeli strike in Syria two weeks ago. Israeli air defenses and warplanes, in coordination with the U.S.-led coalition of partners, reportedly destroyed 99% of the drones and missiles.
At the conclusion of Monday’s meeting, Israel’s military chief Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi said the recent attack would be “met with a response.” However, Halevi did not provide details, only saying Israel is still considering several plans.
Despite describing the commitment to Israel as “ironclad,” the Biden administration urged Israeli restraint and said the U.S. wouldn’t “participate in a reprisal strike on Iran.”
FBI Investigates Baltimore Bridge Collapse
Federal authorities have opened an investigation into the cargo ship that crashed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, causing the bridge to collapse into the Patapsco River.
Officials from the Justice Department acknowledged the presence of FBI agents on the cargo ship Dali but refused to provide further information. The investigation appears to be separate from existing probes being conducted by the National Transportation Safety Board and the Maryland U.S. Attorney’s Office.
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➤President Biden met with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani Monday for planned talks, but discussions veered to Israel-Iran tensions rather than U.S.-Iraq relations. (More)
➤ House Republicans are expected to send articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate today after Senate conservatives successfully lobbied to delay the delivery of the charges. (More)
➤ Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was absent from the court Monday with no explanation. Chief Justice Roberts said Thomas would still participate through briefs and transcripts of the arguments. (More)
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➤ The 2024 Boston Marathon concluded Monday with Ethiopia’s Sisay Lemma and Hellen Obiri of Kenya winning the men’s and women’s races, respectively. Great Britain’s Eden Rainbow-Cooper and Switzerland’s Marcel Hug won the women’s and men’s wheelchair division. (More)
➤ Team Canada outlasted the U.S. 6-5 in overtime to capture the women’s world hockey championship gold medal on Sunday. It was Canada’s 13th championship. (More)
➤ Houston Rockets center Boban Marjanović intentionally missed a pair of free throws Sunday so the fans inside the Los Angeles Clippers arena would win free Chick-fil-A sandwiches. (See Video)
➤ Rob Gronkowski was invited by the Boston Red Sox to throw out the first pitch Monday, and the former NFL tight end spiked the baseball instead. (See Video)
Market Report 04/15/2024
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NASDAQ Natl. Assoc. of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations
15,891.54
–2.23%
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SPX S&P 500
5,061.33
–2.71%
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DJI Dow Jones Industrial Average
37,766.63
–2.90%
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GOLD Per Ounce
$2,399.95
+1.59%
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Wire Encore Wire Corporation
$290.64
+11.36%
➤ Big Stock Move: Encore Wire stock shot up more than 11% Monday after the cable and wire maker announced an agreement to be acquired by Prysmian for $4.2 billion. (More)
➤ Samsung replaced Apple as the top seller among smartphone manufacturers in the first quarter by claiming 20.8% of the market while Apple had 17.3%. (More)
➤ Also in Samsung news, the technology company was awarded up to $6.4 billion in grants by the Biden administration Monday to expand its chip manufacturing production in Texas. (More)
➤ Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced Monday that the EV maker will cut more than 10% of its global workforce to reduce costs and increase productivity. Tesla shares fell 3% on the news. (More)
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➤ A NASA photographer captured towers of fiery pink plasma erupting from the sun during last week’s total solar eclipse. (See Photos)
➤ California school children thought they found an unusual stick, but it turned out to be a rare, fossilized bone of a Jefferson sloth, an Ice Age animal around 11,000 – 300,000 years old. (See Video)
➤Paleontologists have discovered evidence of three new species of gigantic kangaroos, including the 374-pound Protemnodon Viator, that inhabited Australia and New Guinea about 40,000 years ago. (See Skeleton)
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➤ Norway’s Oslo-Bergen railway is a six-and-a-half hour 267-mile journey through the nation with 21 stops to allow passengers to experience Norway’s “idyllic” small towns. (See Photos)
➤ Google Flights released its top 2024 summer destinations with lists for families, couples, and solo travelers. (See List)
➤A California driver went airborne and crashed into the garage of a home after trying to make a turn on a residential street at a high rate of speed. (See Video)
➤Nike hasbeen accused of sexism after its designs for Team USA’s track and field uniforms for the 2024 Paris Games were deemed too revealing for female competitors. (See Photo)
➤ Construction workers found a time capsule of 12 items, including newspaper clippings and a handwritten note, dating back more than 100 years in the ceiling of a Grand Rapids, Michigan home. (See Video)
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“I dreamed of this moment since I was in second grade, and it’s taken a lot of hard work, a lot of ups and downs, but more than anything, just trying to soak it in.”
— Caitlin Clark on being selected No. 1 overall by the Indiana Fever in the 2024 WNBA draft Monday night.
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