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Top CNS stories for today including word that the FBI’s raid of embattled Trump attorney Michael Cohen might have scooped up files involving women who say New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman “sexually victimized” them; AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson tells employees in a companywide memo that “AT&T hiring Michael Cohen as a political consultant was a big mistake”; the Kansas Supreme Court comes down hard in favor of allowing immediate press and public review of new court records; California Governor Jerry Brown urges lawmakers not to be lulled by better-than-expected tax collections, preaching fiscal prudence; a trial accusing Eli Manning and the New York Giants of a years-long memorabilia scam kicks off Monday; Garry Kasparov, the former World Chess Champion, says people must discard their “mythological” fear that artificially intelligent killer robots to advance scientific discovery, and more.

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**National **

FILE - In this March 21, 2016, file photo, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman speaks at a new conference in New York. Schneiderman resigned from office after several women accused him of violently slapping and choking them. They say the abuse happened during romantic encounters, and that they were also verbally abused and threatened. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

1.) The FBI’s raid of embattled Trump attorney Michael Cohen might have scooped up files involving women who say New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman “sexually victimized” them, an attorney said Friday.

2.) An attorney for Paul Manafort asked a federal judge Friday to keep several documents under seal while he considered whether to toss criminal charges against the former Trump campaign chairman.

FILE - In this March 22, 2018 file photo, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson leaves the federal courthouse in Washington. Stephenson says the company made a “big mistake” in hiring President Donald Trump’s attorney Michael Cohen as a political consultant. In an internal memo to employees, obtained by The Associated Press, Friday, May 11, Stephenson called the hiring a "serious misjudgment,'" and said that the company's chief lobbyist in Washington is leaving. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

In this April 10, 2008 file photo, a North Atlantic right whale breaks the ocean surface off Provincetown, Mass., in Cape Cod Bay. Marine conservation groups say the endangered North Atlantic right whale is having such a bad year for accidental deaths that all the mortality could challenge the species' ability to recover in the future. There are thought to be no more than 500 of the giant animals left. Biologists say there have been 12 known deaths of the whales since April, meaning about 2 percent of the population had died in just a few months. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, File)

**Regional **

5.) In the midst of a national conflict between news groups and a few powerful state court officials, the Kansas Supreme Court on Thursday came down hard in favor of allowing immediate press and public review of new court records.

Gov. Jerry Brown gestures toward a chart showing the increase in K-14 school funding, while discussing his revised 2018-19 state budget at a Capitol news conference Friday, May 11, 2018, in Sacramento, Calif. Brown proposed a $137.6 billion general fund budget, up nearly $6 billion from his earlier proposal in January. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

6.) Boasting the world’s fifth largest economy and coffers flush with better-than-expected tax collections, California’s Democratic governor and one-time Jesuit seminarian is once again preaching fiscal prudence.

New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning speaks to reporters during NFL football training camp, Wednesday, April 25, 2018, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

7.) A trial accusing Eli Manning and the New York Giants of a years-long memorabilia scam kicks off Monday with jury selection.

FILE - In this Oct. 9, 2017, file photo, flames from a wildfire leap into the air in Napa, Calif. For many residents in the path of one of California's deadliest blazes, talk is of wind direction, evacuations and goodbyes. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

8.) California Governor Jerry Brown vowed to step up efforts to make forests more resilient to drought and wildfire by allocating more dollars toward thinning projects and prescribed burns.

FILE - In this Jan. 19, 2018, file photo, Darryl DeSousa takes questions at City Hall after replacing Kevin Davis as police commissioner, in Baltimore. DeSousa has been charged with three misdemeanor counts of failure to file taxes. The U.S. Attorney's office alleged Thursday, May 10, 2018 that DeSousa "willfully failed to file a federal return for tax years 2013, 2014, and 2015, despite having been a salaried employee of the Baltimore Police Department in each of those years." (Kim Hairston/The Baltimore Sun via AP, File)

9.) Baltimore’s police commissioner was criminally charged this week with failing to file federal tax returns for 2013 through 2015.

FILE - In this March 31, 2016, a Lyft ride-hailing service logo is displayed on a vehicle at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle. A federal appeals court has reinstated a challenge to Seattle's first-in-the-nation law allowing drivers of ride-hailing companies such as Uber and Lyft to unionize. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

**Science **

11.) Garry Kasparov, the former World Chess Champion dethroned in 1997 by an intelligent chess-playing computer, said Thursday that people must discard their “mythological” fear that artificially intelligent killer robots will annihilate humanity, and collaborate with AI to advance scientific discovery.

**International **

Mehmet Atilla, right, testifies on Dec. 15, 2017, during his trial on corruption charges in New York. The Turkish banker accused of helping Iran evade U.S. sanctions has been convicted by a jury in New York after a trial that sowed distrust between the two nations. Atilla was convicted of five counts, including conspiracy. He was acquitted of one money-laundering charge. (Elizabeth Williams via AP, File)

12.) As Hakan Atilla learns what sentence he must serve for helping Iran launder billions of dollars, Istanbul’s fragile markets will watch closely Wednesday for cues about the fate of the Turkish banker’s former employer.

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