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By CARLA BRIDI Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Then Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro ordered an aide to sell undeclared luxury jewelry received as a gift and funnel the money to him, a lawyer for the aide charged Friday. Cezar Bittencourt, who represents Bolsonaro’s former right-hand man, Lt. Col. Mauro Cid, said his client had

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — A federal judge has denied a Utah bus company’s bid to block Nevada regulation of routes that run primarily between Reno and Las Vegas but briefly cross into California. The judge in Reno sided with regulators who say their ability to ensure the safety of the

PAGE, Ariz. (AP) — The National Park Service will renew efforts to rid an area of the Colorado River in northern Arizona of invasive fish with a chemical treatment. The agency said Friday a substance lethal to fish but approved by federal environmental regulators will be disseminated starting Aug. 26. It’s the latest tactic an

DENVER (AP) — A United Airlines pilot has been charged with criminal mischief for allegedly using an ax to destroy a barrier gate at an employee parking lot at Denver’s airport. Investigators say he told them he was trying to help several drivers exit and “he just hit his breaking point.” Kenneth Henderson Jones is

By MARTÍN ADAMES ALCÁNTARA and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Dominican authorities say they are pursuing a criminal case against a plastics company based on evidence found during an investigation into an explosion this week that killed 31 people. Police and the Public Ministry issued a joint statement late Friday

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Prosecutors say a Connecticut man has been convicted of killing his roommate with a samurai-style sword after a dispute over rent. Jurors delivered their verdict Friday. They found 45-year-old Jerry David Thompson guilty of murder in the 2020 stabbing death of Victor King. The Hartford state’s attorney’s office says Thompson owed

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Fast-moving wildfires raced through Washington state on Friday, burning some homes and prompting evacuation orders for thousands of people in small rural communities. One of the largest blazes, the so-called Gray Fire near Spokane in eastern Washington, began around noon and a few hours later had surged through 4.7 square miles

PHOENIX (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service has released the name of an agent shot and killed during a routine training exercise in North Phoenix. The agency say Friday that 47-year-old special agent Patrick Bauer was fatally wounded at a firing range the day prior. Bauer was a retired master sergeant in the Arizona Air

Associated Press CAMP DAVID, Md. (AP) — President Joe Biden is keeping mum about Attorney General Merrick Garland’s decision to name a special counsel in the investigation of his son Hunter Biden. Speaking at a news conference at the conclusion of his Camp David summit with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Prosecutors say they will not seek the death penalty against a Utah mother who’s accused of killing her husband, then writing a children’s book about coping with grief. Prosecutors accuse 33-year-old Kouri Richins of poisoning 39-year-old Eric Richins by slipping five times the lethal dose of fentanyl into a cocktail.

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California appeals court on Friday revived lawsuits from two men who allege Michael Jackson sexually abused them for years when they were boys. A three-judge panel from California’s 2nd District Court of Appeal found that the lawsuits of Wade Robson and James Safechuck should

MIAMI (AP) — Lolita, an orca whale held captive for more than a half-century, died Friday at the Miami Seaquarium as caregivers prepared to move her from the theme park in the near future. The Seaquarium posted a statement from the nonprofit group Friends of Toki on social media that Lolita — also known as

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota museum is closing after almost 40 years over concerns that the chemicals in its taxidermy collection could endanger visitors and staff. The Great Plains Zoo says Thursday that it has closed the Delbridge Museum of Natural History. The zoo CEO says it wasn’t an easy decision but

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly’s husband, Dr. Nathaniel Horn, has died. The Illinois Democrat posted a statement about Horn on X, the social media platform formerly called Twitter. Horn was 68. No cause of death was given. In addition to his widow, Horn is survived by two daughters, two stepchildren and two grandchildren,

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A New York judge has blocked the state’s retail marijuana program from issuing or processing dispensary licenses. The ruling on Friday came after a group of veterans sued over rules that allowed people with drug convictions to open the first dispensaries. The decision represents perhaps a

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City drug dealer has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for providing “The Wire” actor Michael K. Williams with fentanyl-laced heroin, causing his death. Irvin Cartagena was sentenced Friday by U.S. District Judge Ronnie Abrams. In April, he pleaded guilty to a

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Canadian news outlets have been blocked on Facebook and Instagram because of a dispute with the Canadian government. That has made it difficult for people to access accurate information about fast-spreading wildfires that are closing in on Yellowknife, the capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories. Meta, the parent company of

By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A U.S. Appeals Court has struck down a critical approval for a railroad project that would have allowed oil businesses in eastern Utah to significantly expand fossil fuel production and exports. Friday’s ruling is the latest development in the fight over the proposed Uinta Basin

PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — Suburban Detroit police have fatally shot a motorist they awoke from sleep in a running car when he accelerated with an officer beside him and crashed the vehicle into a patrol car. The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office says deputies were dispatched shortly before 6 a.m. Friday to check a complaint that