Northeast
New York Court of Appeals denies Trump motion to stop criminal case sentencing
The New York Court of Appeals has denied a motion filed by President-elect Trump to stay the Jan. 10 sentencing in the New York v. Trump case.
Trump was found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records in the Manhattan case last May. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office worked to prove that Trump falsified business records to conceal a $130,000 payment to former porn star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election to quiet her claims of an alleged affair with Trump in 2006.
New York Judge Juan Merchan set Trump’s sentencing date in the case earlier this month, ahead of his inauguration as president on Jan. 20. The former and upcoming president had requested the verdict in the case be vacated based on the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity decision last year, which was denied by Merchan.
TRUMP FILES MOTION TO STAY ‘UNLAWFUL SENTENCING’ IN NEW YORK CASE
Trump filed a motion to stay the Jan. 10 sentencing with the New York State Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court.
The New York Court of Appeals denied Trump’s request Thursday morning. The status of his appeal at the U.S. Supreme Court is pending.
JUDGE DENIES TRUMP MOTION TO STOP NY CRIMINAL CASE SENTENCING
Earlier this week, New York Appeals Court Associate Justice Ellen Gesmer issued a filing saying that “after consideration of the papers submitted and the extensive oral argument, movant’s application for an interim stay is denied.”
Trump remains set to be sentenced on Friday at 9:30 a.m., pending the Supreme Court’s decision. He plans to attend virtually.
Trump has maintained his innocence in the case and repeatedly railed against it as an example of lawfare promoted by Democrats in an effort to hurt his election efforts ahead of November.
Fox News’ Emma Colton and Brooke Singman contributed to this report.
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Pennsylvania
Lingering clouds overnight, mostly sunny start for Sunday
Rhode Island
Woman fatally struck by car in Woonsocket parking lot
A woman is dead after she was hit by a car in a parking lot Saturday morning in Woonsocket, Rhode Island.
Woonsocket police tell NBC10 Boston affiliate WJAR that officers responded around 10:30 a.m. to the incident at 1919 Diamond Hill Road, the listed address for Ocean State Job Lot, and found a 74-year-old woman with critical injuries.
The victim was taken to Landmark Hospital, where she was pronounced dead, WJAR reports. Her name has not been released.
Police say the driver remained on scene, according to WJAR.
There was no immediate word if charges would be filed in the deadly crash. An investigation is ongoing.
Vermont
Bryant men’s basketball blisters reigning America East champion Vermont; here’s how
Phil Martelli, Jr.’s opening statement after Bryant’s win vs. Vermont
Phil Martelli, Jr.’s opening statement after Bryant’s 73-53 win vs. Vermont men’s basketball.
SMITHFIELD — Bryant men’s basketball’s addition to the America East three years ago didn’t alter the traditional powers.
Vermont captured the last two league titles to finish off a stretch of five crowns in six years for the Burlington program. Bryant, before joining the conference, largely had no history with its northern neighbors outside of a home-and-home series in 2013-14.
The Bryant-Vermont matchup was reintroduced in January of 2023 with Vermont winning all four meetings since they became conference foes. Bryant halted that run and redirected the league’s authority on Saturday night at the Chace Center.
Bryant (8-9, 2-0) blistered the Catamounts with an early run and thumped Vermont in the second half for a 73-53 triumph behind Connor Withers’ 19 points. The six-year guard caught fire at the end of the first half and shot 8-14 for the game. Bryant only kept that potent scoring going in the second half.
“I don’t even know my record against them,” Withers said of Vermont. “I’ve lost a lot more than I’ve won against them. And then losing in the championship, I’ve got a lot of respect for that team. They’re top of the conference every year, the team to beat every year. It does feel good.”
Withers transferred to Bryant from UMass Lowell last season. The guard lost to Vermont, 72–59, in the 2022-23 conference championship. Saturday’s win can’t erase that feeling, but his shooting can pace a conference run for Bryant this winter.
“It’s just another win and it’s just one win,” Withers said. “As good as it feels to beat them, it only counts for one win. It doesn’t count for five wins in the conference, it counts for one win. As good as it feels, it doesn’t mean too much if we don’t handle business next week and the next game that we play.”
The Bulldogs trailed, 15-5, before trading 3s with Vermont on six straight possessions. They withstood Vermont’s best punch through the first 12 minutes of the game and trailed just 24-17 on Withers’ second 3-pointer.
The shot from the wing got Withers going as he added his third trey of the contest just a few minutes later to give Bryant its first lead, 28-26, with 4:20 to play in the frame. He added another long jumper and a layup high off the glass for a personal 7-0 run.
“It’s the discipline,” Bryant coach Phil Martelli Jr. said of Vermont’s success. “I would bet there’s not a lot of games where they’ve turned it over that much (17 turnovers) and haven’t turned the opponent over. The game was played on our terms, outside of those first minutes, which is hard to do against them. They usually play it on their terms and then you get into that game trying to beat them at their game. That’s hard to do, as we’ve seen.”
Withers’ sequence started a Bryant run, 23-6, that ended only from the halftime horn. But the Bulldogs didn’t stop, and out of the break scored 20 of the first 22 points. All told, Bryant’s supremacy was a 43-8 run over 17 minutes of play.
“I was concerned about us settling,” Martelli said. “And then we came out, we got to the rim, we scored, and we’re able to get some layups and do some things. … And that goes to, we have guys that have the ability to do multiple things.
“That was key for us. I think being able to start that half and getting some layups, obviously, getting the stops along with it.”
Barry Evans and Rafael Pinzon both chipped in 13 points. Earl Timberlake added a dozen with six rebounds, four assists and four steals as Bryant shot 44.6% from the field and was 11-for-27 from beyond the arc.
“I get it, we haven’t beaten them,” Martelli said. “They are the standard. They are flat-out the standard. But it’s [only the second conference win].
“It’s good we beat Vermont because that’s who we played today. We got number two, now let’s get number three.”
Bryant vs. Vermont all-time
Nov. 16, 2013: Bryant 87, Vermont 64
Nov. 26, 2014: Vermont 73, Bryant 47
Jan. 5, 2023: Vermont 74, Bryant 64
Feb. 25, 2023: Vermont 70, Bryant 66
Jan. 27, 2024: Vermont 67, Bryant 57
Feb. 24, 2024: Vermont 65, Bryant 48
jrousseau@providencejournal.com
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