(ben) Franklin Turnpike? Not So Fast; It's Named For His Illegitimate Son

By Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, Jake Offenhartz and Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump will return to a New York courtroom Tuesday as a judge works to find a panel of jurors who will decide whether the former president is guilty of criminal charges alleging he falsified business records to cover up a sex scandal during the 2016 campaign. The first day of Trump’s history-making trial in Manhattan ended with no one yet chosen to be on the panel of 12 jurors and six alternates.

General Daily Insight for April 16, 2024 The head might challenge the heart today. We can blame one aspect for this: the emotional Moon in proud Leo opposing intellectual Mercury in detached Aquarius. While our minds might be telling us to let go, to stay calm and stoic in the face of an intense situation, our hearts are likely bursting with dramatic emotional responses.

An accounting firm hired to vet Truth Social's financials quit after less than a year because it no longer wanted to be linked to Trump: FT

MIAMI — Jung Hoo Lee had two hits, including a tying single in the seventh inning, and the San Francisco Giants overcame an early three-run deficit to beat the NL-worst Miami Marlins 4-3 on Monday night. The Marlins fell to 3-14, and their frustration boiled over in the bottom of the eighth when plate umpire Laz Díaz ejected manager Skip Schumaker. First, Schumaker emerged from the dugout and had a heated exchange with Díaz but wasn’t tossed.

The horrific saga of a South Florida woman carjacked at gunpoint in Winter Springs last week and later found dead took a bizarre turn Monday when Seminole authorities linked the case to the recent arrest of an Orange County deputy and the brutal death of a tow truck driver, who was shot at least 100 times. Seminole County Sheriff Dennis Lemma said Monday that investigators are still searching for the people involved in the April 11 carjacking of Katherine Guerrero De Aguasvivas, 31, of Homestead.

Large Section of Baltimore's Key Bridge Removed From Water