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The judge overseeing Donald Trump's New York criminal trial delayed a key ruling Tuesday on whether the president-elect's conviction should be set aside, according to correspondence between the parties. Trump’s team wants the case dismissed, and the prosecution says it needs time to evaluate next steps now that Trump has been re-elected. The court has granted them a week's delay to provide their position. In a letter to Judge Juan Merchan , prosecutors said they agreed with Trump's request for a stay to consider how to proceed given his new status as president-elect. "The People agree that these are unprecedented circumstances and that the arguments raised by defense counsel in correspondence to the People on Friday require careful consideration to ensure that...

Former President Donald Trump has clinched a second term in the White House, and his Republican Party has won control of the Senate. But control of the House of Representatives is still up for grabs, as is the size of the incoming Senate majority. In the fight for the House, Democrats are facing an uphill climb to net the four seats needed to flip the chamber, while Republicans only need to win a handful more competitive races to hold onto the majority. With more than a dozen House races still uncalled and many looking close, Democrats would need to hang onto all of their competitive seats and flip a few Republican-held seats to get to the 218 seats needed for the majority. With votes still being counted, here's a look at the key races that remain uncalled by the NBC News Decision De...

A coalition of parents attempting to block a state law that will require the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public school classrooms by next year have won a legal battle in federal court. An order issued Tuesday by U.S. District Judge John deGravelles grants the plaintiffs' request for a preliminary injunction, which means the state can't begin its plan to promote and create rules surrounding the law as soon as Friday while the litigation plays out. DeGravelles heard arguments on Oct. 21 over the controversial legislation, which makes Louisiana the first state in the nation to require all public K-12 schools and colleges to exhibit posters of the Ten Commandments, the religious text that was revealed to Moses in the Bible and remains revered by followers of the Chr...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday dealt a setback to former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows in his defense against 2020 election interference charges in Georgia, turning away his attempt to transfer his case from state to federal court. His lawyers argued that the case should be moved because he was acting as a “federal officer” at the time and could therefore argue for immunity from prosecution. The argument failed in lower courts, with the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals concluding that because Meadows is no longer a federal official, the provision that would allow the case to be moved to federal court does not apply to him. The appeals court also found that even if he was deemed to be a federal officer, "the events giving rise to this criminal action were not...

Netflix’s cheaper, ad-supported tier has reached 70 million global monthly active users two years after it was launched . The company said Tuesday more than 50% of its new sign-ups are for ad-supported plans in countries that offer the option. Netflix said it continues “to see positive momentum and growth across all areas of the business,” adding it has seen “steady progress across all countries’ member bases.” Netflix launched the option in November 2022 as one of its responses to a slowdown in subscriber growth. Recently, subscriber growth hasn’t been an issue. Last month Netflix reported it added 5.1 million subscribers during the third quarter, beating Wall Street estimates. In total, Netflix counts 282.7 million memberships across all of its pricing tie...

A loyal dog that refused to leave his dead owner's side helped solve the case of her murder by allowing detectives to identify her body, prosecutors said. Mandy Rose Reynolds, 26, was shot before her body was “burned beyond recognition” in a field fire in Robinson, Texas. She was found by police on April 5, 2023, the McLennan County District Attorney’s Office said in a release. Her cousin, Derek Daigneault, 29, of Wichita, Kansas, was sentenced to life in prison on Nov. 7 for her murder following an investigation that spanned two states, according to the DA's office. And one of the keys to identifying Reynolds was her white-haired labradoodle, Titan. Police found Titan near her body, barking "frantically." He refused to leave the area and wouldn't allow police to capture...

The Summary Four women are suing the state of Idaho after they were denied abortions for fatal fetal abnormalities. The lawsuit seeks to clarify the medical exemptions to Idaho’s strict abortion laws. The plaintiffs will testify about their experiences in court starting on Tuesday. Four women who are suing the state of Idaho after they were denied abortions will testify starting Tuesday about their experiences traveling out of state to end nonviable pregnancies. The lawsuit at the center of the trial in Ada County District Court seeks to clarify the medical exemptions to Idaho’s strict abortion laws. The plaintiffs are the Idaho Academy of Family Physicians, two physicians and the four women testifying this week, who learned while pregnant that their fetuses were unl...

LONDON — Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the spiritual leader of the global Anglican church , resigned Tuesday after an investigation found that he failed to promptly report serial physical and sexual abuse by a volunteer at Christian summer camps. Welby said in a statement that he was stepping down "in sorrow" and "having sought the gracious permission of His Majesty The King." He had faced mounting calls to resign since the report was published last Thursday. A petition calling for his resignation created by members of the national assembly of the Church of England , the General Synod, had reached over 13,000 signatures at the time of his announcement on Tuesday. This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. Note: Thank you for...

Thirteen research monkeys were on the loose Monday after five more of the 43 that escaped from a research lab in South Carolina last week were captured unharmed, authorities said. The discoveries Monday — first there were three, then two more — mean 13 of the Rhesus macaques remain outside the Alpha Genesis Primate Research Center in the town of Yemassee. In a statement, Yemassee police cited Alpha Genesis CEO Greg Westergaard for news of the day's discoveries. "Additional primates have been successfully recovered today, all appearing to be in good health," the police department said. Over the weekend, police said, 25 of the escaped monkeys had been captured safely. A group of the monkeys had amassed along the facility's fence line, where many had bedded...

HONG KONG — Hong Kong ’s top leader on Tuesday warned President-elect Donald Trump not to interfere in the Chinese territory’s internal affairs after he said he would “100%” free the imprisoned pro-democracy activist and tycoon Jimmy Lai . Lai, 76, the founder of the now-defunct pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily , has pleaded not guilty to three charges of sedition and collusion with foreign forces in a landmark national security trial that is widely seen as a test of Hong Kong’s press freedom and judicial independence. He faces possible life imprisonment. Asked last month whether he could get Lai out of China , Trump told conservative podcast host Hugh Hewitt , “100%, I’ll get him out” and that it would be “so easy.” At a news conf...