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By PATRICIA LUNA Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A Chilean judge on Saturday ordered a volunteer firefighter and a former forestry official detained for allegedly planning and causing a mammoth forest fire in the Valparaiso region that caused 137 deaths and made 16,000 people homeless in February. The court in Valparaiso ruled the two

By MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated Press North Carolina’s Republican candidate for governor Mark Robinson delivered a speech focused on the economy and education at the NCGOP Convention’s Old North State Dinner in Greensboro Saturday. The 55-year-old Republican and current lieutenant governor is involved in one of the most-watched 2024 gubernatorial races against his Democratic opponent and

By YESICA FISCH Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Scuffles between Israeli police and protesters erupted in Tel Aviv on Saturday after thousands gathered to demonstrate against the government and demand that it bring back the hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza. Meanwhile, a small U.S. military vessel and what appeared to be a strip

By ROD McGUIRK Associted Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A strong earthquake has struck the South Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu but there are no tsunami warnings or immediate reports of damage. The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 when it hit Sunday morning. Its epicenter was 52 miles

WASHINGTON (AP) — A top assassin for the Sinaloa drug cartel who was arrested by Mexican authorities last fall has been extradited to the U.S. to face drug, gun and witness retaliation charges, the Justice Department said Saturday. Néstor Isidro Pérez Salas, also known as “El Nini,” is a leader and commander of a group

By The Associated Press Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker has no regrets about expressing his beliefs in a recent commencement speech and he said he has received support as well as “a shocking level of hate” from others. Butker spoke Friday night at the Regina Caeli Academy Courage Under Fire Gala in Nashville, Tennessee.

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Richard M. Sherman, one half of the prolific, award-winning pair of brothers who helped form millions of childhoods by penning the instantly memorable songs for “Mary Poppins,” “The Jungle Book” and “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” — as well as the most-played tune on Earth, “It’s

By MARK BANCHEREAU Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The military junta ruling Burkina Faso has announced a five-year extension to its transition term after national consultations in the capital Ouagadougou. On Saturday, civil society representatives, the security and defense forces and lawmakers in the transitional assembly participated in a conference to discuss a path

NEW YORK (AP) — Three peregrine falcon chicks have hatched in a nest built at the top of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge in New York City. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority Bridges and Tunnels announced Friday that the chicks had hatched. The agency set up a nesting box atop a 693-foot-tall tower on the bridge that connects

COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) — A jury has awarded more than $1.1 million to an Idaho drag performer who accused a far-right blogger of defaming him when she falsely claimed that he exposed himself to a crowd, including children, in 2022. The Kootenai County District Court jury unanimously found that Summer Bushnell defamed Post Falls

By BARBARA SURK Associated Press NICE, France (AP) — The leader of a pro-independence party in New Caledonia has called on supporters to “remain mobilized” across the French Pacific archipelago against the Paris government’s efforts to impose electoral reforms. The Indigenous Kanak people fear the electoral reforms would further marginalize them. The leader of the

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Hundreds of clowns have gathered in the streets of Peru’s capital to mark Clown Day, a holiday for which they have sought for years to gain official recognition. Saturday’s colorful parade in Lima included awards for the best costumes, makeup, routine and improvisation. Marcos Chininín performs as the clown “Chalupa.” He

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Nicki Minaj’s concert in Manchester scheduled for Saturday night was postponed after police in the Netherlands discovered marijuana in her bags as she was preparing to leave the country. Promoter Live Nation said the performance will be rescheduled and tickets will be honored. “Despite Nicki’s best efforts to explore every possible

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Two-time PGA Tour winner Grayson Murray died Saturday morning at age 30, one day after he withdrew from the Charles Schwab Cup Challenge at Colonial. There were no immediate details on the circumstances of his death, only shock and grief from the PGA Tour and his management team. “I

BALTIMORE (AP) — Authorities say police officers in Baltimore have fatally shot a man who pulled a gun while they questioned him in a different shooting. Police say a detective was shot in the chest, and his protective vest likely saved his life. Police were on the city’s south side on Friday investigating a different

HIGHLAND, Calif. (AP) — Southern California authorities say a teenager has been arrested on suspicion of attempted carjacking and felony vandalism this week. Police say the 15-year-old male was among a mob of young people who swarmed a sheriff deputy’s patrol car earlier this month in Highland. Video footage shows an unruly crowd pounding on

MIAMI (AP) — Progressive civic groups have challenged how four congressional districts and seven state House districts in South Florida were drawn by the Republican-controlled Florida Legislature. They claim they were racially gerrymandered for Hispanics who are too diverse to be considered a protected minority. The groups filed a lawsuit on Thursday, claiming the districts

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A conservative University of Wisconsin regent says he won’t step down when his term ends this month. Then-Gov. Scott Walker, a Republican, appointed Robert Atwell to the Board of Regents in May 2017. His seven-year term ends this month. He sent an email to Universities of

By ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — President Joe Biden has told graduates of the U.S. Military Academy that their class is being called upon to tackle threats across the globe and preserve the country’s ideals at home “like none before.” That’s the class motto, and Biden said in his

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Schuyler Jones, a globe-trotting American adventurer who went on to run an Oxford University museum, has died. He was 94. Jones grew up around Wichita, Kansas. He worked in Paris and Africa as a photographer before studying anthropology at Edinburgh University. After graduation, he did field