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‘Rust’ armorer convicted of involuntary manslaughter in fatal shooting by Alec Baldwin on movie set

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A jury convicted a movie weapons supervisor of involuntary manslaughter Wednesday in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by actor Alec Baldwin during a rehearsal on the set of the Western movie “Rust.” The verdict against movie armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed assigned new blame in the

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Progressive Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón advances to runoff

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — One of the country’s most progressive prosecutors, George Gascón, has advanced to a runoff in his reelection bid for Los Angeles County’s district attorney, surviving a primary race that pit him against 11 challengers. Gascón will compete in November against the second highest vote-getter from Tuesday’s

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Republican Garvey will target independents, soft Democrats, in bid against Schiff for Senate seat

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Republican former baseball star Steve Garvey calls himself a “conservative moderate” who shouldn’t be buttonholed into conventional political labels, a self-styled description that provides a window into how he hopes to win over independents and soft Democratic voters in his longshot Senate campaign against

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Cherundolo fined $10,000 by Major League Soccer for saying match should not have been played in snow

NEW YORK (AP) — Los Angeles FC coach Steve Cherundolo was fined $10,000 by Major League Soccer on Wednesday for complaining that last weekend’s game against Salt Lake was played amid snow and lightning. The league said Cherundolo’s comments after Saturday’s 3-0 loss in Utah were in violation of the league’s public criticism policy. MLS

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Ex-Google engineer charged with stealing AI trade secrets while working with Chinese companies

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A former software engineer at Google has been charged with stealing artificial intelligence trade secrets from the company while secretly working with two companies based in China, the Justice Department said Wednesday. Linwei Ding, a Chinese national, was arrested in Newark, California, on four counts of federal

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