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By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Courtroom testimony from an assistant director in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin is providing new details about a final safety check on a revolver and exactly who handed the gun to the actor. Assistant director and movie safety coordinator David Halls

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press MOANDA, Congo (AP) — The central African nation of Congo is looking to expand oil and gas drilling by auctioning off 30 sites around the country. But the prospect concerns environmentalists and some of the people who live near the drilling that has so far been limited to a small

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press MOANDA, Congo (AP) — The oil drills that loom down the road from Adore Ngaka’s home remind him daily of everything he’s lost. The extraction in his village in western Congo has polluted the soil, withered his crops and forced the family to burn through savings to survive, he said.

By FARNOUSH AMIRI and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The transcript of the congressional deposition of Hunter Biden has been released. It reveals the contentious testimony that took place Wednesday as Republicans scrambled to advance an impeachment inquiry on the brink of collapse. The nearly 230 pages of back-and-forth questioning lay bare the

BABYLON, N.Y. (AP) — A girl walking to school on Long Island in New York found a severed arm on the side of the road and police searching the area discovered another arm and a disembodied leg nearby. Suffolk County Police say the girl spotted the severed left arm along a road near the popular

EL CAJON, Calif. (AP) — Police say they have taken a man into custody in connection with a shooting in Southern California that left at least three people injured. Media reports say the shooting occurred at a dental office in El Cajon, about 15 miles northeast of downtown San Diego. Police have identified the suspect

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Several New York City police chiefs are facing criticism from the state’s court system after misidentifying a judge in a controversial social media post that accused her of letting a “predator” loose on the city’s streets. The episode marked an unusually public dispute between court officials

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Tour booking agents and managers of a New Zealand island where a volcanic eruption killed 22 people in 2019 were ordered Friday to pay nearly $13 million (US$7.8 million) in fines and reparations. The holding company of the island’s owners, a boat tour operator and three companies that operated helicopter

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee police say a third person has died from injuries sustained in a shooting earlier this week that claimed four victims. Police said that a 39-year-old person died Thursday in a hospital from the shooting Sunday in which several people opened fire on each other. The person’s name and gender haven’t been

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A tourist driving in the early morning dark on the southern tip of Hawaii’s Big Island accidentally drove his rented Jeep off a cliff. But the man was able to swim to shore until firefighters pulled him up with a rope and helicopter. The Hawaii County

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A young man accused in last year’s fatal shooting of a teenager who had received his high school diploma minutes earlier in Richmond, Virginia, has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and a firearm-related charge. News outlets report that 20-year-old Amari Pollard entered the plea on Thursday during the fourth day of

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Attorneys for Donald Trump and other defendants in the Georgia election interference case hoped that lawyer Terrence Bradley would provide key testimony in support of their effort to remove Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis — and they had good reason for their optimism. Over several months,

By EVENS SANON and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Heavy gunfire has paralyzed Haiti’s capital and at least four police officers have been killed as a powerful gang leader announced he will try to capture the country’s police chief and government ministers. The move comes with the prime minister in Kenya looking

By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press Three former Arizona Department of Education employees were indicted on conspiracy and money laundering charges in what prosecutors say was a scheme to defraud more than $600,000 from an education voucher program. The program has drawn criticism for its skyrocketing costs and lax regulation by the state. Prosecutors say the

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge held veteran investigative reporter Catherine Herridge in civil contempt on Thursday for refusing to divulge her source for a series of Fox News stories about a Chinese American scientist who was investigated by the FBI but never charged. U.S. District

By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy has threatened to veto an education package overwhelmingly passed by lawmakers. He says it lacks provisions he favors, such as a pilot program to pay bonuses to attract and keep teachers. Some key lawmakers say the package was a compromise and

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday it is delaying planned rules for existing natural gas plants that emit harmful air pollutants and contribute to global warming. The agency said it is still on track to finalize rules for coal-fired power plants and new gas plants that have

By JIM SALTER and JOHN HANNA Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri’s attorney general has filed a lawsuit accusing Planned Parenthood of illegally taking minors into Kansas to obtain abortions without parental consent. The lawsuit filed Thursday in state district court by Republican Attorney General Andrew Bailey is based on a video from a

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors are requesting a July 8 trial for Donald Trump on charges that he illegally retained and concealed classified documents. The former president’s lawyers say no trial should be conducted this year but have proposed August 12 as an alternative possibility. The dueling proposals were submitted

By ROB GILLIES and CHARMAINE NORONHA Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney has died at 84. He forged close ties with two Republican U.S. presidents through a sweeping free trade agreement that was once vilified but is now celebrated. A family spokesman said Mulroney died Thursday at a Florida hospital