April 4, 2023: Trump in court, Finland joins NATO, Teacher shot by 6-yr-old sues, FBI, Dutch train
April 4, 2023: Trump turns himself in, Finland joins NATO, Virginia teacher shot by 6-yr-old sues, Maryland governor aide, Netherlands train crash
1. Donald Trump, the ex-president and front-runner for the Republican nomination in 2024, will appear in court on Tuesday to be fingerprinted, photographed and formally charged in a watershed moment ahead of next year’s presidential election.
2. Finland formally joined the NATO military alliance in a historic policy shift brought on by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, drawing a threat from Moscow of “countermeasures”.
3. A Virginia teacher shot by a 6-year-old student sued school administrators for $40 million, alleging they ignored warnings from staff and pupils that the boy had a gun.
4. A fugitive and former top aide to former Maryland Governor Larry Hogan was killed in Tennessee after a confrontation with the FBI, the Washington Post reported, citing the former aide’s lawyer.
5. A Dutch passenger train rammed into a maintenance crane that stood on the railway tracks early near The Hague, killing the equipment operator and injuring dozens of passengers as the train derailed.
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