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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A northern Arizona man has been sentenced to prison for the rest of his life on convictions including first-degree murder in the 2020 starvation death of his 6-year-old son, according to court proceedings. A Coconino County judge sentenced Anthony Martinez, 28, on Friday to life in prison on the murder conviction,

Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Four Missouri prison guards have been charged with murder, and a fifth with accessory to involuntary manslaughter, in the December death of a Black man. The charges were announced Friday. Court records say Othel Moore Jr. was pepper sprayed, had his face covered with a mask and was left in

Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The summer doldrums have set in across much of the United States, with heat advisories being issued Saturday from Texas to South Florida. In South Florida, the temperature reached the low 90s before noon on Saturday, largely because of the lack of clouds and rain. Meantime, parts of

PANAMA CITY (AP) — A judge has acquitted 28 people accused of money laundering in an international case known as the Panama Papers. Among those acquitted Friday was Jürgen Mossack. He’s the co-founder of a law firm authorities say was at the center of a conspiracy to hide money linked to illegal activities. A Panamanian

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Video released late Saturday shows an officer in upstate New York fatally shooting a 13-year-old boy who had been tackled to the ground after he ran from police and pointed a replica handgun at them. The teen was killed a little after 10 p.m. Friday in Utica after officers

Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The United Nations says workers have begun moving tons of humanitarian aid that had been piled up at a United States-built pier off Gaza’s coast and distributing it to warehouses in the besieged territory. It’s an important step as the U.S. considers whether to reconnect the pier whose functioning has

WELLFLEET, Mass. (AP) — Animal rescuers were trying to keep dozens of dolphins away from shallow waters around Cape Cod on Saturday after 125 of the creatures stranded themselves a day earlier. Teams in Massachusetts found one group of 10 Atlantic white-sided dolphins swimming in a dangerously shallow area at dawn on Saturday, and managed

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S., European and Arab mediators are pressing to keep stepped-up cross-border attacks between Israel and Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah militants from spiraling into a wider Middle East war that the world has feared for months. Iran and Israel traded threats Saturday of what Iran said would be an “obliterating” war over

SHARPSBURG, Ga. (AP) — Sheriff’s officials in Georgia say a man killed three people at a home near Atlanta before fatally shooting himself. Coweta County Sheriff’s deputies found two bodies in the driveway when they arrived at the home early Saturday morning. Another body was spotted in the doorway. Officials say deputies saw a man

Associated Press NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) — Polls have closed in the presidential election in Mauritania. Incumbent Mohamed Ould Ghazouani is widely expected to win the vote after positioning Mauritania as a strategic ally of the West in a region swept by coups and violence. Ghazouni is seeking reelection on the pledge of providing security and

Associated Press RED BANK, N.J. (AP) — President Joe Biden looked to recapture his mojo and reassured donors at a Saturday fundraiser that he is fully up to the challenge of beating Donald Trump. “I didn’t have a great night, but I’m going to be fighting harder,” Biden told attendees at the home of New

Associated Press A former lab manager at Northeastern University has been convicted of staging a hoax explosion at the Boston campus and then lying about what happened to a federal agent. Jason Duhaime, 46, from San Antonio, Texas, was convicted on three counts Friday by a federal jury. He faces up to five years in