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AP Headline News - May 29 2024 17:00 (EDT)
A.P. News. I'm Ed Donohuey. Day one of jury deliberations is over in the Hush Money trial of Donald Trump in New York. After hearing the jury instructions, the former president did not sound optimistic. The jury sent notes to the judge wanting to re-hear instructions as well as re-hear testimony from former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker and former Trump attorney and fixer Michael Cohen. The A.P.'s Michael Sisak is outside the courthouse. There's no sense on how long deliberations will take. In some cases, juries have come back in mere hours. In others, they've gone days or even weeks. Deliberations resume in the morning. Criminal charges against the world's top male golfer Scotty Scheffler have been dismissed. He was arrested last month in handcuffed in Louisville during the PGA Championship in connection with the direction of traffic after the death of a pedestrian. Steve Romans is Scheffler's attorney. Scotty Scheffler, you cannot find one person to say a bad word about it. When he's in a police car after being falsely arrested, he is still a perfect gentleman. The prosecutors said Scheffler's explanation that he had a misunderstanding with police directing traffic was corroborated by the evidence. Israel's military says it has seized control of the entire length of Gaza's border with Egypt without elaborating. Capturing the strategic area, signals Israel has deepened its offensive in southern Gaza. Palestinians meantime in the border city of Rafa report heavy fighting. For the first time in nearly two decades, South Carolina Supreme Court will be entirely white. The only African American on the high court, Chief Justice Don Beatty, had to leave because he has reached the mandatory retirement age, 72. Wall Street gains in the month of May keep wilting. More big losses today. The Dow finished down 411 points. This is AP news. In the same courthouse, as the Trump hush money trial, prosecutors in New York say they may seek more charges against former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein after they evaluated additional claims of sexual misconduct. The AP's Margie Zara letter has the story. Manhattan district attorney Nicole Bloomberg said during a court hearing Wednesday, more people have come forward with assault claims against Harvey Weinstein. Bloomberg said prosecutors are assessing those claims and could possibly file a new indictment. Weinstein's attorney Arthur Idala told reporters after the hearing, Weinstein is not worried. He's confident that there is there will be no more complaining witnesses. That is the appropriate term. That's the courtroom term complaining witnesses. So, you know, he did not seem to be very concerned about that. Weinstein's 2020 rape conviction was tossed out earlier this year. His retrial is tentatively set for some time after Labor Day. I'm Archie Zara-leda. And I'm Ed Donahue, AP News.