Scott Heins/Getty Images(NEW YORK) Harvey Weinstein is scheduled to be retried "sometime after Labor Day," a judge said Wednesday, as the disgraced film mogul appeared in a Manhattan courtroom for the first time since the New York Court of Appeals threw out his rape conviction.Court officers wheeled Weinstein s wheelchair into and out of the courtroom in Manhattan Supreme Court Wednesday afternoon. He sat before Judge Curtis Farber in a dark suit and tie and made no statements during his 20-minute appearance."It was a strong case in 2020 when the defendant was convicted and remains a strong case in 2024," Assistant District Attorney Nicole Blumberg said.Weinstein had been serving a 23-year prison sentence after a jury found him guilty in 2020 of sexually assaulting former production assistant Miriam Haley and raping aspiring actress Jessica Mann in 2013.Mann appeared in court on Wednesday, seated in the second row near Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg."
People walk in a camp for displaced people in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip by the border with Egypt on April 28, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (AFP via Getty Images)(NEW YORK) As the Israel-Hamas war approaches the seven-month mark, renewed negotiations are underway to secure the release of hostages taken by the terrorist organization, as Israeli forces continue to prepare for an apparent invasion of the southern Gaza town of Rafah.Meanwhile, President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke in a phone call over the weekend, discussing increasing the delivery of humanitarian aid into Gaza and plans for a possible military operation in Rafah, according to the White House.Here s how the news is developing:May 01, 6:49 PMHamas says it will not negotiate if Israel carries out Rafah operationOsama Hamdan, a senior Hamas official, said in a statement that cease-fire negotiations with Israel will cease if i
Thinkstock Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) Protests have broken out at colleges and universities across the country in connection with the war in Gaza.Many pro-Palestinian protesters are calling for their colleges to divest of funds from Israeli military operations, while some Jewish students on the campuses have called the protests antisemitic and said they are scared for their safety.The student protests some of which have turned into around-the-clock encampments have erupted throughout the nation following arrests and student removals at Columbia University in New York City. Students at schools including Yale University, New York University, Harvard University, University of Texas at Austin, University of Southern California and more have launched protests.Here s how the news is developing:May 01, 6:57 PM These were not peaceful protesters : Columbia official addresses 202 arrestsIn a press briefing Wednesday, Ben Chang, a Columbia University spokesperson, addressed the over 200
Clemons-Hopkins, Smart - Max/Beth DubberMax s Emmy-winning comedy Hacks returns for a third season on Thursday two years after season 2 began.The third season sees Deborah Vance, played by Jean Smart, "riding high off the success of her standup special" while her former writer, Hannah Einbinder s Ava, "pursues new opportunities back in Los Angeles," according to the streamer.The third season was delayed first because of a health issue from which Smart recovered and then Hollywood s summer of strikes.Co-star Carl Clemons-Hopkins, who plays Deborah s driven business manager Marcus, was confident the cast and crew would sync after all the stops, but tells ABC Audio he wondered if the viewers would hang on. "The concern for me came with, Will the audience still be there? Will they still ride as hard for it? "The wait for fans will be worth it, he says. The actor says the show "does an acutely brilliant job of bringing soft landings to hard conversation
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) The Federal Reserve decided to hold its benchmark interest rate steady on Wednesday, postponing highly anticipated rate cuts as elevated inflation continues to burden U.S. households.The announcement arrives days after new government data showed that the economy is cooling off.The slowdown has coincided with a months-long stretch of stubborn inflation, putting pressure on the Fed to keep interest rates high despite a risk of hindering economic activity with expensive borrowing costs."The economic outlook is uncertain, and the Committee remains highly attentive to inflation risks," the Federal Open Market Committee, the Fed s decision-making body on interest rates, said in a statement on Wednesday.Due in part to a lack of recent progress in lowering inflation, the FOMC said it does not anticipate cutting interest rates until it retains confidence that inflation is moving sustainably downward."So far the data has not given us tha