DETROIT (AP) — US Justice Department agrees to $138.7M deal with Larry Nassar victims over the FBI’s bungling of assault allegations.

Without cameras to go live, the Trump trial is proving the potency of live blogs as news tools apnews.com/article/trump-…

An The Associated Press investigation by Dake Kang & Maria Cheng finds the Chinese gov. froze meaningful efforts to trace the origins of COVID-19 from the first weeks of the outbreak & “that pattern continues to this day” w/ foreign scientists banned & researchers restricted apnews.com/article/china-…

TODAY: Opening statements at Donald Trump’s New York criminal trial. apnews.com/article/trump-…

Key players: Who's who at Donald Trump’s hush money criminal trial (from The Associated Press) apnews.com/article/5fdc81…

BERLIN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Young brother and sister dead, 15 injured when vehicle crashes into birthday party, Michigan sheriff says.

Final The Associated Press on a hectic day in court as the final jurors were seated in Trump’s hush money case, setting up opening statements on Monday. W/ ⁦Jenn Peltz⁩ ⁦Mike Sisak 🗒️⁩ ⁦Jake Offenhartz⁩ apnews.com/article/24147c…

NEW YORK (AP) — Full jury of 12 people and 6 alternates is seated in former President Donald Trump's hush money trial in New York.

The Justice Dept. is ramping up its efforts to reduce violent crime in the U.S., launching a specialized gun intelligence center in Chicago and expanding task forces to curb carjackings. Alanna Durkin Richer spoke to Deputy AG Lisa Monaco about the new efforts. apnews.com/article/violen…

NEW YORK (AP) — Potential jurors called into courtroom for Trump's hush money case as 1st criminal trial of a former president begins.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bureau of Prisons tells AP it plans to close California women's prison where inmates were subjected to rampant sex abuse. (w/Mike Balsamo) apnews.com/article/federa…

NEWS --> WASHINGTON (AP) — Bureau of Prisons tells AP it plans to close California women's prison where inmates were subjected to rampant sex abuse.

NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump arrives at court for the start of jury selection in his historic hush money trial.

BALTIMORE (AP) — FBI opens criminal investigation into Baltimore bridge collapse, AP source says; federal agents are aboard cargo ship.

WASHINGTON (AP) — AP sources: US forces have downed some Iran-launched attack drones flying toward Israel.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtani faces federal bank fraud charges in sports betting case.

Judge in Trump's election interference case rejects 'hostages' label for jailed Jan. 6 defendants apnews.com/article/93b33b…

Judge in Trump's classified files case agrees to redact witness names, granting prosecution request (from The Associated Press) apnews.com/article/bad5cb…