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Scott Olson/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Former President Donald Trump is not immune from prosecution in his New York hush money case, in part because he failed to invoke the defense in a timely fashion, the judge in the case ruled Wednesday.Trump was "well aware" he could try to claim presidential immunity after he was indicted one year ago on charges of falsifying business records related to a hush payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels, Judge Juan Merchan ruled. "Nonetheless, defendant chose not to raise the defense of presidential immunity until well past the 45-day perio...

World Central Kitchen(NEW YORK) -- The bodies of six of the seven World Central Kitchen aid workers killed in an Israeli military missile strike this week left Gaza on Wednesday, hospital officials said, as the fallout from the deadly incident continues to grow.The bodies were taken by ambulance from the Abu Youssef Al-Najjar Hospital morgue in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, hospital officials said, beginning the long journeys home to their respective countries around the globe."On this day, as we bid farewell to martyrs of foreign nationalities -- three martyrs of the humanitarian duty...

D3sign/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Bird flu, also known as highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus, was first detected in 1996 among birds in China, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. One year later, an outbreak occurred in Hong Kong that resulted in 18 human cases, including six deaths, after the people were infected directly by birds.In late 2021, a version of the virus arrived on U.S. shores and was detected in wild birds. Since February of 2022, the virus has been causing outbreaks in commercial poultry supply -- leaving over 80 million birds affected in nearly...

Sony ClassicsTake a peek back at the trolls of old with Oscar winner Olivia Colman in the new film Wicked Little Letters.The period comedy is based on the true story of a town in 1920s England that was rocked by scandal when someone started writing vicious letters to various villagers.Colman plays Edith Swan, one of the women unnerved by the poison pen missives. She explains to ABC Audio they have an all-too-common modern-day equivalent. "Now it's trolling. Now you can be vicious anonymously online," she says.The legendary English actress's character seems to be a "pious Christi...

People watch the Annular Solar Eclipse with using safety glasses in Brownsville, Texas on Oct. 14, 2023. (Mike Gonzalez/Anadolu via Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- A fully booked hotel in Maine said it received its first request from a solar eclipse tourist five years ago. A portable toilet vendor in Indiana said it is doing 10 times more business than it usually would at this time of year. A botanical garden in Texas already sold out its eclipse viewing event, warning "walk-ups will not be accepted."A wave of travel to the 15 states in the viewing path of the total solar eclipse, set to ...