Good evening. Here's the latest at the end of Thursday. |
 | | Donald Trump is facing an array of criminal investigations and special counsel inquiries.Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times |
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1. Prosecutors in New York signaled to Donald Trump that he is likely to be charged with a crime. |
The prosecutors gave Trump until next week to testify before the grand jury that has been hearing evidence in the potential case — an offer that Trump will likely decline. Such offers almost always indicate that an indictment is close. |
Trump's lawyers could still meet with prosecutors in hopes of fending off charges, which center on a $130,000 payment to the porn star, Stormy Daniels, in the final days of the 2016 presidential campaign. Any charge would mark the first indictment of a former American president, an unprecedented event that could upend the 2024 presidential race, in which Trump is considered a top candidate for the Republican nomination. |
 | | President Biden said his budget proposal would "lift the burden off families in America."Doug Mills/The New York Times |
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2. President Biden proposed $6.8 trillion in spending, setting the sage for a fraught budget battle. |
Biden's plan contains some $5 trillion in tax increases on high earners and corporations over the course of a decade, mostly to offset new spending programs intended to help middle class and the poor. It would also reinstate an expanded child tax credit, costing about $400 billion. |
The president's full blueprint has no chance of passing a Republican House, but is nonetheless an important first bid in the larger fight over the nation's borrowing cap. Republican leaders were quick to denounce the budget, insisting on significant reductions in government spending before they agree to lift the debt limit. |
In other news from Washington, Mitch McConnell, the 81-year-old Senate minority leader, had a concussion from a fall last night and was being treated at a hospital. |
 | | Missile parts fell on a residential parking lot in Kyiv, causing the destruction of several cars.Laetitia Vancon for The New York Times |
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3. Russia launched its biggest aerial attack in weeks in Ukraine. |
The assault, which knocked out power in several Ukrainian cities and killed at least six people, was said to be in retaliation for an armed incursion last week by a pro-Ukrainian group in the Bryansk region of Russia. It also ended a multiweek stretch of relative calm in Kyiv, Ukraine's capital, during which several American officials visited the city. |
 | | The aftermath of a heavy snowstorm in the San Bernardino Mountains in Southern California on Monday.Mario Tama/Getty Images |
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4. California is bracing for another powerful winter storm. |
 | | The police arrested Sheldon Thomas, right, after showing a photo of a different Sheldon Thomas, left, to a witness.via Brooklyn District Attorney's Office |
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5. Prosecutors said that a man was locked up for nearly 20 years because of a photo that officials knew wasn't him. |
Police in New York arrested Sheldon Thomas in 2004 after a witness chose him from a photo lineup as a suspect in a fatal shooting. That identification withstood scrutiny through an indictment, trial and appeals over more than 18 years. The problem: It was a picture of a different Sheldon Thomas. |
In a new report, the Brooklyn district attorney's office said that detectives, prosecutors and the original trial's judge knew from the outset that the photo wasn't actually of the man they wanted to arrest, but they proceeded anyway. Today, Thomas walked free, telling the court "I've waited a long time for this day to happen." |
 | | Nairobi resident Annah Mutindi used up all her savings on doctor visits before she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2021.Malin Fezehai for The New York Times |
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6. Africa's big gains in life expectancy could soon be erased. |
Kenya and other countries in sub-Saharan Africa have been so successful in fighting H.I.V. and tuberculosis that average life spans there have increased by 10 years over the last two decades. But a new report by the World Health Organization is warning that this progress could be lost, possibly before the next decade is out. |
Of greatest concern to health officials is the dramatic rise in diabetes, hypertension and other noncommunicable diseases in the region in recent years. These now account for half of hospital bed occupancies in Kenya and more than a third of deaths. |
 | | A mother and son living in a Walmart parking lot in North Dakota in 2012.Eugene Richards |
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7. Why does poverty persist in America? |
The Pulitzer Prize-winning sociologist Matthew Desmond offers a new explanation in a Times Magazine story. His conclusion? The primary reason is that the poor in America are routinely exploited in the labor, housing and financial markets. |
"The American poor have access to cheap, mass-produced goods, as every American does," Desmond writes. "But that doesn't mean they can access what matters most." |
 | | Priscilla Presley, left, with Austin Butler and Lisa Marie Presley at the Golden Globe Awards in January.Chelsea Lauren/Shutterstock |
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8. As a film revives Elvis's legacy, the Presleys fight over his estate. |
The lauded biopic "Elvis" has rekindled interest in the Elvis brand, which today continues to take in more than $100 million a year with apparel and tickets to tour Graceland. Now, there's a family battle underway to determine who gets to profit from the attention. |
Elvis's only child, Lisa Marie, died suddenly in January, leaving his granddaughter, the actress Riley Keough, as the sole trustee of his estate. However, Priscilla Presley, Elvis's ex-wife who has long helped administer Elvis's estate, is challenging the validity of Keough's stake. |
 | | Bobbi Lin for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Rebecca Jurkevich. Prop Stylist: Christina Lane. |
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 | | The house made famous by an appearance in the movie "Home Alone."20th Century Fox |
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10. And finally, the most popular houses from movies. |
Have you ever been so amazed by the home of an on-screen character that you felt the need to seek out the real-life version? |
To find the houses that movie fans are most curious about, a new list gathered the most commonly searched-for film houses online. The most popular include the "Twilight" house, in Portland, Ore., the "Father of the Bride" house in Pasadena, Calif., and the "Hocus Pocus" house in Salem, Mass. |
Topping the list was the home where Macaulay Culkin fought off Joe Pesci and saved Christmas in "Home Alone." However, Google Street View has blocked the Winnetka, Ill. home from view for the privacy of its residents. |
Have an unforgettable night. |
| Brent Lewis compiled photos for this briefing. |
Your Evening Briefing is posted at 6 p.m. Eastern. |
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