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By BILL BARROW, JEFF AMY, JILL COLVIN and MEG KINNARD Associated Press GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump blasted his historic federal indictment as “ridiculous” and “baseless” Saturday during his first public appearance since the charges were unsealed, painting the 37 felony counts as an attack on his supporters as he tried to

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Police in San Francisco say nine people are expected to survive after being wounded in a mass shooting. The shooting happened just after 9 p.m. on Friday in the city’s Mission District. The San Francisco Police Department tweeted that it appeared to be “targeted and isolated.” Mayor London Breed said Saturday

By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer ISTANBUL (AP) — Manchester City won the Champions League title for the first time by beating Inter Milan 1-0 in Istanbul’s Ataturk Olimpiyat Stadium on Saturday. Rodri struck in the 68th minute to see the Premier League champions and FA Cup winners complete a treble of trophies this season.

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian news media is reporting that an American musician who has lived in Russia for more than a decade has been arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking. The reports said Michael Travis Leake is suspected of selling mephedrone. A Moscow court ordered him to be held for two months in pre-trial detention,

DALLAS (AP) — Brittney Griner and her Phoenix Mercury teammates were confronted by a “provocateur” at a Dallas airport on Saturday. The WNBA said in a statement it was looking into the team’s run-in with a “social media figure” whose “actions were inappropriate and unfortunate.” “The safety of Brittney Griner and all WNBA players is

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Republicans delegates in North Carolina voted Saturday at their annual convention to censure Thom Tillis, the state’s senior U.S. senator, for supporting policies they said violate key tenets of the GOP platform. As Sen. Tillis has gained influence in Congress for his willingness to

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Theodore “Ted” Kaczynski, the Harvard-educated mathematician who retreated to a dingy shack in the Montana wilderness and ran a 17-year bombing campaign that killed three people and injured 23 others, died Saturday. He was 81. Branded the “Unabomber” by the FBI, Kaczynski died at

By BILL BARROW, JEFF AMY, JILL COLVIN and MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Saturday blasted his historic federal indictment as “ridiculous” and “baseless,” saying in his first public appearance since the charges were unsealed that the 37 felony counts were an attack on his supporters as he

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — The biggest Pride parade in New England returned to Boston on Saturday after a three-year hiatus, with a fresh focus on social justice and inclusion rather than corporate backing. Marchers cheered, danced and held signs representing various causes during the two-hour event, while people along the sidelines

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Authorities say heavy rains swept through Pakistan’s northwest, causing several houses to collapse and leaving at least 25 people dead and 145 injured. Rains and hail hit the Bannu, Lakki Marwat and Karak districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, on Saturday. A senior rescue officer says the storm uprooted trees and knocked

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israelis are protesting for the 23rd week against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government to overhaul the judiciary system. The mass demonstrations started in January shortly after the government, made up of ultranationalist and ultra-Orthodox religious parties, was sown in. Gaining quick momentum, protest organizers say they will

DUQUESNE Officials say a Roman Catholic Mass to be held in western Pennsylvania this weekend in solidarity with LGBTQ Catholics has been canceled at the request of the diocese after protesting emails and calls, some of them threatening. The Mass scheduled Sunday at Duquesne University was organized by Pittsburgh-based Catholics for Change in Our Church

By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Movie director James Cameron says he feels he “walked into an ambush” this week during a visit to Argentina in which he believes there was an attempt to use his image as an environmentalist to give a positive spin to lithium mining operations despite Indigenous

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Theodore “Ted” Kaczynski, the Harvard-educated mathematician who retreated to a dingy shack in the Montana wilderness and ran a 17-year bombing campaign that killed three people and injured 23 others, died Saturday. He was 81. Branded the “Unabomber” by the FBI, Kaczynski died at

By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press New Haven, Connecticut, has agreed to a $45 million settlement with Randy Cox, who was paralyzed while being transported handcuffed and without a seat belt in the back of a police van following his arrest last year, the city’s mayor and attorneys said Saturday. The agreement was reached Friday evening

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Authorities say heavy rains swept through Pakistan’s northwest, causing several houses to collapse and leaving at least 20 people dead and 80 injured. Rains and hail hit the Bannu, Lakki Marwat and Karak districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, on Saturday. A senior rescue officer says the storm uprooted trees and knocked

By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Theodore “Ted” Kaczynski, known as the “Unabomber,” has died in federal prison, a spokesperson for the Bureau of Prisons told The Associated Press on Saturday. Kaczynski was found dead around 8 a.m. at a federal prison in North Carolina. A cause of death was not immediately known.

By BILL BARROW, JEFF AMY, JILL COLVIN and MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Saturday is set to make his first public appearances since his federal indictment, speaking to friendly Republican audiences in Georgia and North Carolina as he tries to rally supporters to his defense. Trump, who