Trump’s day in court as criminal defendant: What to know Novel treatment shows promise against rare cancer in kids

By MICHELLE L. PRICE The

For the first time in history, a former U.S. president has appeared in court as a criminal defendant.

Donald Trump surrendered to authorities Tuesday after being indicted by a New York grand jury on charges related to hush money payments at the height of the 2016 presidential election.

Trump, a 2024 presidential candidate, pleaded not guilty to 34 felony charges in a Manhattan courtroom. He then flew home to Florida and spoke to a crowd of supporters at his was dealt a massive loss as its top defensive pairing of Akito Hirose and Jake Livingstone signed professional contracts. Hirose signed an entry-level contract with the National Hockey League’s Vancouver Canucks and made his debut with his new club last Sunday.

Livingstone signed his NHL contract with the Nashville Predators but has yet to make his debut. The CCHA Defenseman of the Year tallied 80 points in three seasons with Minnesota State.

Less than 24 hours after the exit of Hirose and Livingstone, Minnesota State was handed the biggest blow to the program in years as head coach Hastings announced he was leaving to take over the men’s program at the University of Wisconsin.

“Coach Hastings has had a transformational impact and left an indelible impact on our program,” said MSU Director of Athletics Kevin Buisman. “I am confident he will continue to do great things in Madison home.

Here’s what to know about Trump’s day in court:

HUSH MONEY PAYMENTS RELATED TO 2016 ELECTION

Prosecutors unsealed the indictment against the former president Tuesday, giving Trump, his lawyers and the world their first opportunity to see them. Trump was charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. Prosecutors said Trump conspired to undermine the 2016 presidential election by trying to suppress information that could harm his candidacy, and then concealing the and I wish Mike and his family all the best moving forward.” true nature of the hush money payments. The payments were made to two women — including a porn actor — who claimed they had sexual encounters with him years earlier, and to a doorman at Trump Tower who claimed to have a story about a child Trump fathered out of wedlock, according to the Manhattan district attorney’s office.

Minnesota State opened up a nationwide search to fill the head coaching position for its hockey team but was interested in working with associate head coach Todd Knott in filling the role. In the midst of a search for a new head coach, two more Mavericks announced their departures – Ondrej Pavel and Cade Borchardt.

With 41 career points as a junior, Pavel was able to sign his NHL entry-level deal with the Colorado Avalanche and has yet to join his new squad. Borchardt’s considerable 85 pts as a senior was all he needed to work out a deal with the East Coast Hockey League’s (ECHL) Kansas City Mavericks.

Minnesota State continued to search for a replacement for Hastings and offered Knott an “attractive offer” in the hopes of getting him to stay. But the team announced three days after Hastings stepped down that Knott had declined the offer.

Trump was only seen briefly outside the district attorney’s office, where he surrendered to authorities and was booked and fingerprinted behind closed doors. Trump’s mugshot was not taken, according to two law enforcement officials.

“Out of respect for the program, and understanding the urgency with how we need to proceed, he let me know that he was going to decline the opportunity to become our next head hockey coach,” said Buisman.

“We love this community, the fans, and Maverick hockey,” Knott said in a statement issued by the university, “and as difficult as it is to say goodbye, it’s time to start a new chapter.” The emotional interview, as described by Buisman, leads many to believe Knott will follow Hastings to Wisconsin, leaving a vacancy in the assistant coaching position as well.

On April 3, the Mavericks announced senior captain Brendan Furry inked a deal with Lehigh Valley in the AHL becoming the seventh Maverick to sign a professional contract in only a week.

Finally, just a few days ago, four additional Mavericks — Bennett Zmolek, David Silye, Simon Tassy, and Christian Fitzgerald — announced plans to enter the transfer portal.

By CARLA K. JOHNSON The

A novel treatment using supercharged immune cells appears to work against tumors in children with a rare kind of cancer, researchers reported Wednesday.

Nine of 27 children in the Italian study had no sign of cancer six weeks after the treatment, although two later relapsed and died.

The treatment — called CAR-T cell therapy — is already used to help the immune system fight leukemia and other cancers in the blood. This is the first time researchers have achieved such encouraging results in solid tumors, experts in the field said, and raises hopes that it can be used against other kinds of cancers.

It’s too soon to call it a cure for neuroblastoma, a nerve tissue cancer that often starts in infancy in the adrenal glands near the kidneys in the abdomen.

Standard treatment can be intense, involving chemotherapy, surgery and radiation, depending on the cancer’s stage and other factors. The children in the study had cancers that had come back or were particularly hard to treat.

Eleven children were alive when the three-year study ended, including some who only partially responded to treatment and got repeat doses of the modified cells.

“Those kids were all destined to die without that therapy,” said University of Pennsylvania’s Dr. Carl June.