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Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors are seeking restitution for the families of 34 people killed in a scuba dive boat fire in 2019 that was the deadliest maritime disaster in recent U.S. history. A judge will determine the amount on Thursday during a hearing in federal court in Los Angeles. The proceeding comes

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As he prepares to accept the Republican nomination for the third time, Donald Trump has promised new efforts to expand his coalition — and, in particular, to win over more of the nonwhite voters who largely rejected him during the 2020 election. But an AP analysis of two consecutive polls

Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities in Western states warned of the rising risk of wildfires amid a protracted heat wave that has dried out the landscape while setting temperature records and putting lives at risk. Forecasters, meanwhile, said Thursday that some relief was due by the weekend. California’s top fire official said Wednesday

Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Alec Baldwin ‘s defense attorney questioned a crime scene technician over what he suggested were shoddy and subpar searches for the live ammunition that ended up in the actor’s revolver and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. On the second day of Baldwin’s New Mexico involuntary manslaughter trial, Judge Mary

AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation in the United States cooled in June for a third straight month, a sign that the worst price spike in four decades is steadily fading and may soon usher in interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve. In a better-than-expected report, consumer prices declined 0.1% from May to

HOUSTON (AP) — The damage left by Hurricane Beryl in Texas and requests for federal help have opened a rift between the White House and the state’s GOP leaders following the storm. President Joe Biden told the Houston Chronicle he had trouble reaching Republican Gov. Greg Abbott while waiting for the state to formally request

Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. experts say that between 3,000 and 4,000 Rwanda government forces are deployed in neighboring eastern Congo, operating alongside the M23 rebel group which has been making major advances. In a report circulated Wednesday, the experts called the estimate of Rwandan troops “conservative.” They said the Rwandans’ “systematic support

Associated Press President Joe Biden’s news conference will start an hour later than originally planned. Biden’s Thursday news conference was slated for 5:30 p.m. ET, but the White House has moved it to 6:30. The news conference is the key event in a monumental week for Biden’s campaign. The Democratic incumbent is fending off calls

Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana officials say dead pine trees are a major public safety concern. Thousands of trees in the state have been weakened by last summer’s drought and hungry beetles. Officials now fear that fragile tree limbs may come crashing down on homes, roads, power lines and businesses without warning.

AP Sports Writer DORTMUND, Germany (AP) — England is into another European Championship final after its latest dramatic, come-from-behind win that even took King Charles III on a roller coaster ride. Ollie Watkins, who came on for captain Harry Kane in a bold call by England coach Gareth Southgate, scored in the first minute of

Associated Press The Senate passed legislation Wednesday to overhaul oversight and bring greater transparency to the crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons following reporting from The Associated Press that exposed systemic corruption in the federal prison system and increased congressional scrutiny. The Federal Prison Oversight Act, which the House passed in May, now goes to President

BALTIMORE (AP) — The only person who survived falling from Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge during its catastrophic collapse says he watched in horror as his coworkers, friends and relatives plunged to their deaths. In an exclusive interview with NBC News that aired Wednesday evening, Julio Cervantes Suarez described fighting for his life after his

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Authorities say a pilot died when a single-engine firefighting aircraft crashed into a Montana reservoir while scooping up water to fight a nearby blaze. The crash was reported shortly after noon Wednesday on Hauser Reservoir on the Missouri River northeast of Helena in Lewis and Clark County. Officials said later that

MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — A man charged in the death of Dennis Day, an original cast member on Walt Disney’s “Mickey Mouse Club” television program in the 1950s, has been sentenced to just over four years in prison after entering a modified guilty plea this week. Daniel Burda, 41, pleaded no contest Monday to charges

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In their most serious rebuke against Beijing, NATO allies on Wednesday called China a “decisive enabler” of Russia’s war against Ukraine and expressed concerns over Beijing’s nuclear arsenal and its capabilities in space. The sternly worded final communiqué, approved by the 32 NATO members at their summit in Washington, makes