NEW YORK/PALM BEACH, Florida --- A plane carrying former US President Donald Trump took off from a Florida airport bound for New York City on Monday as he prepared to face charges stemming from an investigation into hush money paid to a porn star before the 2016 election. With New York taking security precautions and the mayor insisting any would-be rabble-rousers behave, Trump was due to surrender at the Manhattan District Attorney's Office on Tuesday and will likely be fingerprinted prior to appearing before a judge for an arraignment where he will plead not guilty. Trump, a Republican seeking to regain the presidency in 2024, is the first former US president to face criminal...Keep on reading: Trump plane takes off in Florida, heads to New York for court surrender