
Robert Durst's lawyers say he has bladder cancer and ask to postpone trial indefinitely
CNN
The legal team for Robert Durst, the subject of the HBO crime documentary "The Jinx," filed an emergency motion Thursday asking for his murder trial to not resume next week, citing a "myriad of life-threatening health issues" including bladder cancer that is not being treated.
"We are very concerned about his health," Durst's attorney Dick DeGuerin told CNN. "He's really gone down in the last year. He's been in and out of clinics and hospitals frequently." Durst, heir to a New York real estate empire, was present at his most recent court hearing on March 17.
Janet Mills and her allies are counting on a gender gap to narrow Platner’s wide lead ahead of the June 9 primary to decide who will face incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins. They are betting that the unfiltered style that has brought Platner widespread attention as someone who could help Democrats reach young men will backfire with women.

As a shrinking number of Transportation Security Administration agents work to keep hourslong security lines moving despite not being paid, President Donald Trump stepped into the fray Saturday, announcing he will send Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to airports by Monday if Congress doesn’t agree to a plan to end the partial government shutdown.











