New York Headlines

• Trump seems unlikely to testify. Here’s the latest.

  (by Matthew Haag for The New York Times 46 minutes ago)
  Prosecutors finished on Monday, after their final witness, Michael D. Cohen, stepped down from the stand after days of testimony. Then, things turned fractious.
  

• After Raisi’s Death, Elections Pose Tricky Test for Iran’s Rulers

  (by Erika Solomon for The New York Times an hour ago)
  Iran’s political establishment must choose between opening the race and facing moderate rivals, or limiting candidates and risking the embarrassment of low turnout.
  
  

• Haiti’s Gangs Grow Stronger as Kenyan-Led Force Prepares to Deploy

  (by Maria Abi-Habib for The New York Times an hour ago)
  Gang leaders with suspected links to the 2021 Haitian president’s assassination now control key infrastructure, and pose a major threat to the incoming Kenya-led force.
  
  
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• Iran Begins Funeral Events for President Raisi

  (by Cassandra Vinograd for The New York Times 2 hours ago)
  A procession in the city of Tabriz was the first in a string of events after Ebrahim Raisi’s death in a helicopter crash. Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has announced five days of mourning.
  
  

• NYC Museum of Natural History under fire for shuttering Native American exhibit — then abandoning it to gather dust

  (by Isabel Vincent for The New York Post 3 hours ago)
  The 57-year-old exhibit was shut in January, supposedly to speed up "repatriation" of tribal objects but Native leaders say they've heard nothing.
  
  

• CUNY Law School Cancels Its Student Commencement Speech

  (by Maia Coleman for The New York Times 6 hours ago)
  CUNY Law School is known for its diversity and activism, and lately for strongly worded pro-Palestinian commencement addresses. This year, the administration canceled its annual student speech.
  
  

• City Hall aide suspended during FBI probe of Adams campaign fundraising is cooperating with feds: sources

  (by Larry Celona, Katherine Donlevy for The New York Post 8 hours ago)
  Former Mayor Eric Adams aide Rana Abbasova is reportedly working with the FBI into his corruption probe.
  
  

• NYPD Responded Aggressively to Protests After Promises to Change

  (by Maria Cramer for The New York Times 13 hours ago)
  Violent responses to pro-Palestinian activists follow a sweeping agreement aimed at striking an equilibrium between preserving public safety and the rights of protesters.
  
  

• Inventor of New York-Dublin portal defends creation, laments that debauchery ‘reflects state of humanity’

  (by Desheania Andrews, Alex Oliveira for The New York Post 13 hours ago)
  "We see a lot of light, a lot of laughs, a lot of smiles, love, marriage, proposals. But we also see some attention seeking. Trying to gain followers, gain clicks, gain narratives -- some darkness," Benediktas Gylys told The Post.