New York Headlines

• Lefty criminal defense groups hit back at Albany’s effort to close loophole that let Weinstein off the hook

  (by Vaughn Golden for The New York Post an hour ago)
  Powerful Democrats have put forward to a bill to change New York's rules of evidence, hoping to contain any damage done by Harvey Weinstein's conviction being overturned.
  
  

• Michael Cohen, Key to Trump Trial, Tells Jurors of Seedy Hush-Money Plot

  (by Ben Protess, Jonah E. Bromwich and Maggie Haberman for The New York Times an hour ago)
  Donald J. Trump’s former bulldog told jurors about his work: threatening enemies, cleaning up problems and burying embarrassing stories.
  
  

• Times Square tourist mom, 36, stabbed by maniac was leading school trip to NYC: ‘Don’t feel safe there’

  (by Alex Oliveira for The New York Post an hour ago)
  Amber Lohr kept her cool and thought first to protect her students, despite blood soaking her thick sweatshirt, her husband said.
  
  
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• Michael Cohen claims Trump told him to pay off Stormy Daniels in key testimony that hinges on ex-con’s credibility: ‘Just do it’

  (by Ben Kochman, Kyle Schnitzer for The New York Post 2 hours ago)
  "He said, 'Absolutely. Do it. Take care of it.’' Cohen, recalled Trump telling him after learning that Daniels was shopping her story around about an alleged tryst.
  
  

• Michael Cohen Begins Testimony in Trump’s Hush-Money Trial: 5 Takeaways

  (by Jesse McKinley and Kate Christobek for The New York Times 2 hours ago)
  In hotly anticipated testimony, Donald J. Trump’s former fixer discussed how he buried stories his boss didn’t want anyone to read.
  
  

• Michael Cohen Begins Testimony in Trump’s Hush-Money Trial: 5 Takeaways

  (by Jesse McKinley and Kate Christobek for The New York Times 2 hours ago)
  In hotly anticipated testimony, Donald J. Trump’s former fixer discussed how he buried stories his boss didn’t want anyone to read.
  
  

• Black Man Charged With Threatening to Kill White People in Mass Shooting

  (by Ed Shanahan for The New York Times 2 hours ago)
  Joshua Cobb wrote in a message posted on a social media site that he wanted to “cause mayhem on the white community,” federal prosecutors said.
  
  

• No Jurors Seated on First Day of Menendez Corruption Trial

  (by Tracey Tully and Maia Coleman for The New York Times 4 hours ago)
  Senator Robert Menendez is charged with accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and gold bars in exchange for political favors at home and abroad.
  
  

• Cohen Says Trump’s Hush-Money Decisions Were Driven by Worries About Women Voters

  (by Michael Wilson for The New York Times 5 hours ago)
  “Guys may think it’s cool, but this is going to be a disaster for the campaign,” Mr. Trump said, according to testimony.