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Colombia’s capital starts rationing water after reservoirs hit historically low levels

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A severe drought has pushed Colombia’s capital to start rationing tap water. Officials in Bogota moved to ration water starting this week after reservoirs hit historically low levels due to the combination of high temperatures and lack of rainfall prompted by the El Niño climate phenomenon. The rationing will affect neighborhoods

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Pakistani police search for gunmen who abducted bus passengers and killed 11 in the southwest

By ABDUL SATTAR Associated Press QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police are searching for gunmen who killed nine people after abducting them from a bus  in the country’s southwest. The abductions happened Friday in Baluchistan province, which has long been the scene of a separatist insurgency. Police say the gunmen stopped the bus, went through

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Officer who fatally shot Kawaski Trawick 5 years ago won’t be disciplined, police commissioner says

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Two New York City police officers involved in the fatal shooting of Kawaski Trawick inside his Bronx apartment five years ago will not face internal discipline. The city’s police commissioner, Edward Caban, announced his decision Friday, writing in a statement that the officers “acted within the

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Judge refuses to dismiss Hunter Biden’s gun case, rejecting claim it’s politically motivated

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge in Delaware has refused to throw out a federal gun case against Hunter Biden, rejecting the president’s son’s claim that he is being prosecuted for political purposes as well as other arguments. U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika’s ruling increases the

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Trump will be first ex-president on criminal trial. Here’s what to know about the hush money case

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump will make history as the first former president to stand trial on criminal charges when his hush money case opens with jury selection. The case, starting Monday, will force the presumptive Republican presidential nominee to juggle campaigning with sitting in a Manhattan courtroom for weeks to defend himself against

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Kentucky GOP lawmakers remove Democratic governor’s role in filling US Senate vacancies

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Kentucky on Friday removed the Democratic governor from any role filling future U.S. Senate vacancies — a move supporters said was unrelated to recent scrutiny about the health of the state’s senior senator, Republican leader Mitch McConnell. The GOP supermajority Legislature easily overrode

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Dallas doctor convicted of tampering with IV bags linked to coworker’s death and other emergencies

DALLAS (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a Dallas anesthesiologist has been convicted for injecting a nerve-blocking agent and other drugs into bags of intravenous fluid at a surgical center where he worked, which led to the death of a coworker and caused cardiac emergencies for several patients. A jury convicted 60-year-old Raynaldo Riviera Ortiz Jr.

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Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Gov. Chris Sununu, R-N.H.; Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Govs. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Mich., and Wes Moore, D-Md.; Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio. ___ CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz.; Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas; White House national security spokesman John Kirby; retired

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