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Stormy Daniels is back on the stand today as former President Trump's criminal hush money trial resumes. On Tuesday, the adult film star gave a lot of information about her alleged sexual encounter with Trump, which he denies. A jury is trying to decide whether Trump is guilty of falsifying business records to cover up payments made to Daniels to keep her silent about the alleged affair just prior to the 2016 election.        At least three people are dead after severe storms hit the South. Tennessee was slammed with at least four tornadoes on Wednesday, and two deaths were reported, one by a large tornado and one by a falling tree. One person was killed by damaging winds in North Carolina when a tree fell on a car near Charlotte. Tornadoes were also reported in Georgia and Alabama.       Tall security fences now surround the site where pro-Palestinian protesters camped out at DC's George Washington University for two weeks. The barriers, similar to those used to protect the U.S. Capitol after the 2021 riot, are blocking every entrance to University Yard. The Yard and surrounding streets are now completely clean, free of tents and trash left behind by protesters forced from their encampment by DC police early Wednesday.       The U.S. has hit pause on a large shipment of offensive weapons for Israel over concerns about a large-scale military operation in Rafah in southern Gaza. U.S. officials say the move is to stave off a full Israeli invasion of Rafah and to prevent civilian casualties as ceasefire negotiations continue with partners in Cairo, Egypt. Israel has threatened a major assault on Rafah to defeat thousands of Hamas fighters, but the city is also a refuge for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who fled combat in the north.        More Americans are filing for first time unemployment benefits. The Labor Department reports receiving 231-thousand initial requests in the week ending May 4th. That's more than the 214-thousand most analysts had been expecting and an increase from the previous week's 208-thousand. It's also the highest number reported since last August.        This summer's box office is expected to come up short of pre-pandemic numbers. Disney's "Planet of the Apes" is tracking for a domestic opening weekend of between 55-and-60-million. Paramount's "IF" is looking at around 40 million. Analysts believe the summer movie season will exceed three-billion-dollars in ticket sales, but just barely. Before Covid, the summer box office consistently topped more than four-billion.       

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