Giuliani Lawyer: Awarding Full Amount Would Be 'the End' of Him (Newser Morning 8)

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December 12, 2023     "When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees." —Joseph Joubert   1 Texas Supreme Court Officially Rules Against Woman in Abortion Case After a pregnant Texas woman whose fetus has a fatal condition left the state to get an abortion elsewhere, the state Supreme Court on Monday rejected her unprecedented challenge of one of the most restrictive bans in the US, the AP reports. Keep reading   2 Giuliani Lawyer: Awarding Full Amount Would Be 'the End' of Him If the plaintiffs in Rudy Giuliani's defamation case are awarded the full amount they're asking, "It will be the end of Mr. Giuliani," a lawyer for the former New York City mayor and Trump attorney said at Monday's start of the trial to determine the damages Giuliani, who's already been found liable of defamation, owes. Keep reading   From our sponsors:   At a Glance Activists demonstrate with a sign that reads "PHASE OUT FOSSIL FUELS!" at the COP28 UN Climate Summit, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)   3 Jennifer Aniston on Matthew Perry: 'He Wasn't Struggling' At the end of their interview for Variety's Emmys issue, Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon talked about Aniston's Friends co-star and longtime friend Matthew Perry. Keep reading   4 Trump Phone Data Could Be Used at Trial Former President Trump's cellphone data could be used at his federal trial on charges of election interference. Keep reading   5 Famous Dangling Chair in New Jersey Finally Falls For years, thousands of people had been keeping an eye on a chair that sat atop a New Jersey home after the structure's roof was ripped off in a 2020 storm. Keep reading   6 Hasbro Announces Mass Layoffs It's not a very merry Christmas season for one of the world's biggest toy makers: Hasbro told employees Monday that it would be laying off almost one-fifth of its workforce over the next year and a half to two years. Keep reading     7 Jury Quickly Decides Against Google in Play Store Lawsuit A federal court jury decided Monday that Google's Android app store has been protected by anticompetitive barriers that have damaged smartphone consumers and software developers, dealing a blow to a major pillar of a technology empire. Keep reading   8 Partial Building Collapse Exposes Apartments The corner of a six-story New York City residential building collapsed Monday, leaving apartments open to the elements. Keep reading   This Day in History In 2000, George W. Bush became president-elect as a divided US Supreme Court reversed a state court decision for recounts in Florida's contested election. Find out what else happened on this date here.   From the Newser Archives On this day in 2013: Doctors Find 40-Year-Old Fetus in Woman, 82   Yesterday's Most-Read Stories   From Our Sponsors Manage your subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe from Newser emails  |  Privacy Policy We'd love to hear from you. Send us a note at feedback@newser.com. Read our stories on MSN. Newser, LLC  |  1395 Brickell Avenue  |  Suite 800  |  Miami, Florida  |  33131 © 2023 Newser, LLC. All rights reserved