Giuliani resigns from his law firm
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudolph W. Giuliani, abruptly resigned from his law firm, which then promptly undercut his recent statements defending the president.
Mr. Giuliani had taken a leave of absence last month from the firm, Greenberg Traurig, to represent Mr. Trump. But the firm, one of the nation’s largest, said in a statement on Thursday that he no longer worked there.
Firm partners had chafed over Mr. Giuliani’s comments about payments that another of Mr. Trump’s lawyers, Michael Cohen, made to secure the silence of a pornographic film actress who said she had an affair with Mr. Trump. The president has denied her allegations.
“We cannot speak for Mr. Giuliani with respect to what was intended by his remarks,” said a firm spokeswoman. “Speaking for ourselves, we would not condone payments of the nature alleged to have been made or otherwise without the knowledge and direction of a client.”
Spotify takes stand
Spotify, the music industry’s leading streaming service, said that it would stop promoting or recommending music by artists whose content or conduct it deemed to be offensive, hoping to quell a furor over the singer R. Kelly.
The company, which was valued at $26.5 billion after an initial public offering last month, introduced its new policy regarding “hate content and hateful conduct” by citing two artists — R. Kelly, the multiplatinum R&B singer, and XXXTentacion, the troubled young rapper — who Spotify said had been removed from all official playlists and recommendation features on the service.
Around the nation ...
ATLANTA — Fatal falls are on the rise in the United States, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 2016, a total of 29,668 Americans ages 65 and older died as a result of a fall. In other words, falls ended the lives of 61.6 out of every 100,000 senior citizens that year.
CHICAGO — A man has been charged in an astonishing scheme that temporarily changed the address for the global headquarters of shipping giant United Parcel Service to his tiny garden apartment in Chicago, resulting in thousands of pieces of mail meant for UPS executives and other employees being delivered to his doorstep. Dushaun HendersonSpruce, 24, is charged with theft of mail and fraud.
WASHINGTON — The Federal Election Commission ruled that a candidate can use campaign funds to pay for child care. Liuba Grechen Shirley, who is running in New York’s 2nd District and has young children, had requested an advisory opinion last month.
LOS ANGELES — California’s electorate stands at 18.8 million voters — larger than the combined voter rolls from 2016 of almost two dozen U.S. states, according to a report. At the same time, the percentage of registered Republicans in the state fell to a new low, with the number now almost equal in size to the voters unaffiliated with any political party.
BALTIMORE — Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz — a Democratic candidate for governor and a fixture in state and local politics for nearly a quarter-century — died Thursday morning of a cardiac arrest, officials said.
NEW YORK — An American Airlines plane with 156 passengers made an emergency landing Thursday morning at John F. Kennedy International Airport just 23 minutes after leaving LaGuardia Airport because crew reported an issue with one of two engines, an airline spokesman said.