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By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A former Connecticut state representative has been sentenced to 27 months in prison for stealing more than $1.2 million from the city of West Haven. Michael DiMassa used a chunk of the money to fuel his gambling addiction. He apologized Wednesday in federal court in Hartford.

By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s Glenn Youngkin is joining the list of Republican governors sending soldiers or other state law enforcement officers to the U.S. border with Mexico. Youngkin announced Wednesday that he’s responding to a request from Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. Youngkin’s executive order directs the deployment of 100

By JEFF AMY and KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Police have arrested three key organizers supporting people protesting Atlanta’s proposed police and fire training center, which opponents call “Cop City.” The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says its agents and Atlanta police on Wednesday arrested three officers of the group that runs the Atlanta

By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press Authorities say a missing emergency room doctor from Missouri whose body was found in northwestern Arkansas died from an apparent gunshot wound. But they are still investigating what happened in the week since Dr. John Forsyth was last seen. A kayaker found the 49-year-old’s body on Tuesday afternoon in a

By CORA LEWIS, ADRIANA MORGA and COLLIN BINKLEY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An estimated 43 million borrowers who could have seen their student loan balances decreased or erased will now resume their original payments in the fall, following the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down the Biden administration’s debt forgiveness plan. Student loan

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer A federal judge is ruling that families of passengers who died in the second crash of a Boeing 737 Max can seek damages for the pain and terror suffered by their relatives before the plane crashed in Ethiopia. The ruling posted Tuesday night is a setback for Boeing, which

NEW CUMBERLAND, W.Va. (AP) — A 16-year-old West Virginia boy has been sentenced to consecutive 40-year prison terms in the fatal shootings of his mother and sister. News outlets report a judge sentenced Connor Crowe to the maximum terms Tuesday, rejecting defense arguments for a lesser sentence. Crowe was 13 in 2020 when he killed

By STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — Iran has resolved two outstanding inquiries of the International Atomic Energy Agency. That’s according to a report seen Wednesday by The Associated Press. The confidential quarterly report by the Vienna-based IAEA said inspectors no longer had questions on uranium particles found to be enriched to 83.7% at

MOSCOW (AP) — A Moscow court has set a new date for a hearing paving the way for another trial of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny that could keep him in prison for decades. The Moscow City Court had initially scheduled a preliminary hearing on Wednesday to discuss technical issues related to the trial

By JUSTIN SPIKE, RAF CASERT and JIM HEINTZ Associated Press CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Final preparations for a major summit of European leaders are being made in Moldova, a sign of the Eastern European country’s ambitions to draw closer to the West. The nation of 2.6 million is putting its best foot forward for the

NEW YORK (AP) — Al Pacino, 83, and 29-year-old Noor Alfallah are expecting a baby, the actor’s representative confirmed Wednesday. Pacino’s publicist, Stan Rosenfield, verified the news first published by TMZ, but said there would be no statement at this time. The baby would be Pacino’s fourth child. He has a 33-year-old daughter, Julie Marie,

NEW YORK (AP) — CBS News says it is hiring veteran journalist Lisa Ling as a Los Angeles-based reporter starting later this summer. Ling spent the past eight years producing and reporting the immersive documentary series ‘This is Life’ for CNN before it ended in a cost-cutting move. She’s also hosted ‘National Geographic Ultimate Explorer,’