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By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A woman who was Robert De Niro’s chief personal assistant for over a decade has cited his angry outburst at her during his testimony in a New York courtroom as an example of his mistreatment of her. Graham Chase Robinson began testifying on Thursday in Manhattan

By STEPHEN WHYNO and PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writers It took the NHL until 1979 to mandate helmets and goalie masks for new players. It wasn’t until 2013 that eye-protecting visors became mandatory — grandfathered in for veterans, of course. A handful of players still don’t wear them. Broken jaws, smashed noses and concussions haven’t

HONOLULU (AP) — Authorities in Hawaii say a wildfire that has burned forestlands in a remote mountainous area of Central Oahu has moved eastward and away from population centers as firefighters continue to battle it. The flames aren’t threatening homes or property, and no evacuations have been ordered. But they have scorched some native koa

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press IWAKI, Japan (AP) — Fishing communities in Fukushima feared devastating damage to their businesses from the tsunami-wrecked nuclear power plant’s ongoing discharge of treated radioactive wastewater into the sea. Instead, they’re seeing increased consumer support as people eat more fish, a movement in part helped by China’s ban on Japanese

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A final vote count following a general election in New Zealand three weeks ago has changed the political equation for winner Christopher Luxon, whose conservative National Party will now need broader support to govern. An election night count had given the National Party and the

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia will try to control its population of more than 100 hippopotamuses, descendants of animals illegally brought to the country by late drug kingpin Pablo Escobar in the 1980s, through surgical sterilization, the transfer of hippos to other countries and possibly euthanasia. The hippos, which spread from Escobar’s estate into nearby

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Three passengers have sued Alaska Airlines saying they suffered emotional distress after an off-duty pilot allgedly tried to shut down the engines of a flight from Washington state to San Francisco. Charging documents say the pilot was riding in the cockpit’s jump seat when tried to pull

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Northern New Mexico or bust. That seems to be the case for at least one Mexican gray wolf that is intent on wandering beyond the boundaries set for managing the rarest subspecies of gray wolf in North America. Federal and state wildlife managers confirmed Thursday

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer One of modern climate science’s pioneers is warning that the world isn’t just steadily warming, but is dangerously accelerating. But some other scientists are calling the work a bit overheated. Thursday’s work from former NASA top scientist James Hansen illustrates a recently surfaced division among climate scientists about whether

LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Public health officials say two people in Southern California people have come down with dengue fever without traveling outside the United States, where the mosquito-borne illness is rare. Authorities say a Pasadena resident was confirmed last month as the first domestically contracted case in the state. A second case in

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida dentist on trial in a murder-for-hire case involving the 2014 slaying of his ex-brother-in-law claims he was a victim of extortion by the killers. Charlie Adelson testified Thursday he wasn’t involved in the plot to kill Florida State University professor Dan Markel. Adelson’s sister

LOCKPORT, N.Y. (AP) — A county lawmaker in New York is accused of slashing the tire of a truck parked outside a local bar. Niagara County Legislator William Collins Sr. is charged in a warrant issued Monday with third-degree criminal mischief. The misdemeanor is punishable by up to a year in prison. The Republican legislator

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The electoral body in charge of regulating Guatemala’s political groups, known as the Citizen Registry, has announced the suspension of President-elect Bernardo Arévalo’s Seed Movement party. A judge had granted the party’s suspension at the request of the Attorney General’s office back in July, shortly before Arévalo was declared the second-place

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Godzilla, the nightmarish radiation spewing monster born out of nuclear weapons, has stomped through many movies, including several Hollywood remakes. Takashi Yamazaki, the director behind the latest Godzilla movie, says he is determined to bring out the essentially Japanese spirituality that characterized the 1954 original. The new

PANAMA CITY (AP) — A bill banning all new mining activities in Panama will go to a third and final vote after another extraordinary session of debate. One article was removed, however, which would have revoked a controversial mining contract. The country has been rocked by protests since the contract was inked almost two weeks

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Law enforcement officers in Montana’s largest city say a man was shot to death and a 1-year-old boy suffered fatal injuries after gunfire was sprayed into a residence. Several suspects have been identified as the investigation continues. Billings Police Chief Rich St. John says neighbors reported the occupants of a pickup

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans went after the IRS when they decided that emergency aid for Israel should be coupled with cuts elsewhere in the budget. The aid bill that passed the House on Thursday is unlikely to be approved by the Democratic-controlled Senate. But it seeks to cut $14

BOISE, Idaho. (AP) — An Oregon man who pleaded guilty in connection with LGBTQ+ hate crimes, including trying to hit people with a car in Idaho, has been sentenced to three years in prison. The U.S. Justice Department says Matthew Lehigh was sentenced Thursday to 37 months followed by three years of supervised release. Lehigh

A Minnesota appeals court has stepped in to protect voting rights recently granted to felons under a new law. A judge last month declared unconstitutional the new state law restoring voting rights for convicted felons after they complete any prison term. The Minnesota Court of Appeals on Thursday ruled that the lower court judge overstepped