Trump wins at trial, calls woman suing him ‘horrible human being’

Updated: 2013-05-23 18:32:01

A jury has cleared Donald Trump of any wrongdoing in a civil suit brought by an 87-year-old Evanston woman who claimed he ripped her off. After deliberating for about five hours at the end of a week-and-a-half long trial, the jury returned the verdict Thursday afternoon. Trump was not in court.

• Boy Scouts vote to allow openly gay boys; conservative groups opposed change

  Updated: 2013-05-23 18:14:34

  GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — The Boy Scouts of America threw open its ranks Thursday to gay Scouts but not gay Scout leaders — a fiercely contested compromise that some warned could fracture the organization and lead to mass defections of members and donors.

• Zach Fardon’s U.S. attorney nomination brings accolades, challenges
  Updated: 2013-05-23 19:09:49
• As school closings loom, 27,000 CPS students now enrolling in new schools
• Judge delays court fight over closing Chicago schools until July
• Rockefeller, Thune, predict Pritzker confirmation as Commerce Secretary
• ‘Beautiful day to get smoked,’ gunman allegedly said before fatal shooting
• Desperate search for missing fiance ends in tragic discovery
  Updated: 2013-05-23 19:10:06