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Trump pleads the Fifth, everything you need to know about the Brittney Griner trial, and more of the week's top news
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Trump pleads the Fifth, everything you need to know about the Brittney Griner trial, and more of the week's top news

  • Aug 12, 2022
  • Aug 12, 2022 Updated Jun 16, 2023
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Donald Trump wouldn't answer questions under oath in the long-running civil investigation into his business dealings, and WNBA star Brittney Griner was convicted Thursday in Russia of drug possession. Get that and more of the week's top news here.

(11) updates to this series since Updated Jun 16, 2023

Trump says he took the Fifth Amendment in NY investigation

Trump says he took the Fifth Amendment in NY investigation

Donald Trump says he invoked the Fifth Amendment and wouldn't answer questions under oath in the N.Y. civil investigation into his business dealings.

Griner sentenced to 9 years in prison by Russian judge

Griner sentenced to 9 years in prison by Russian judge

A judge in Russia has sentenced American basketball player Brittney Griner on drug charges to nine years in prison.

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Update: Griner apologizes in closing arguments; Russian prosecutors seek 9 1/2-year sentence

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David McCullough, Pulitzer-winning historian, dies at 89

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Update: Father, son get life for hate crime in Ahmaud Arbery’s death

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Travis McMichael, the white man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery, was sentenced Monday to life in prison for committing a federal hate crime.

Roger E. Mosley, 'Magnum, P.I.' star, dies at 83 after car crash

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Photos: The scene outside Mar-a-Lago after FBI searches Trump's Florida estate

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