BY HILLEL ITALIE (AP National Writer) NEW YORK (AP) — Albert S. Ruddy, a colorful, Canadian-born producer and writer who won Oscars for “The Godfather” and “Million Dollar Baby,” developed the raucous prison-sports comedy “The Longest Yard” and helped create the hit sitcom “Hogan’s Heroes,” has died at age 94. Ruddy died “peacefully” Saturday at […]
![By JANIE HAR and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ (Associated Press) SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The man convicted of attempting to hold former Speaker Nancy Pelosi hostage and attacking her husband with a hammer two years ago apologized in federal court Tuesday, but still received 30 years in prison at an unusual resentencing hearing that resulted from […]](https://www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Pelosi_Husband_Attacked_14530.jpg?w=525 "By JANIE HAR and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ (Associated Press) SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The man convicted of attempting to hold former Speaker Nancy Pelosi hostage and attacking her husband with a hammer two years ago apologized in federal court Tuesday, but still received 30 years in prison at an unusual resentencing hearing that resulted from […]")
![By COLLEEN LONG and ZEKE MILLER (Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s campaign on Tuesday showed up outside former President Donald Trump’s New York City criminal hush money trial in an effort to refocus the presidential race on the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol insurrection. It was a sharp about-face for Biden’s team, […]](https://www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Trump_Hush_Money_91368_78292c.jpg?w=525 "By COLLEEN LONG and ZEKE MILLER (Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s campaign on Tuesday showed up outside former President Donald Trump’s New York City criminal hush money trial in an effort to refocus the presidential race on the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol insurrection. It was a sharp about-face for Biden’s team, […]")
![WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday left in place lawyer Michael Avenatti’s conviction for plotting to extort up to $25 million from Nike. The justices did not comment in rejecting an appeal from Avenatti, who rose to fame representing porn actor Stormy Daniels in litigation against former President Donald Trump. The timing of […]](https://www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Supreme_Court_Michael_Avenatti_Nike_33472.jpg?w=525 "WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday left in place lawyer Michael Avenatti’s conviction for plotting to extort up to $25 million from Nike. The justices did not comment in rejecting an appeal from Avenatti, who rose to fame representing porn actor Stormy Daniels in litigation against former President Donald Trump. The timing of […]")
