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Episodes behind Italy’s Oscar-nominated migrant epic ‘Io Capitano’ proved too graphic for final cut

By TRISHA THOMAS Associated Press CASTEL VOLTURNO, Italy (AP) — A migrant’s epic journey over African deserts, through illegal prisons and across the Mediterranean Sea in a smugglers’ boat informed Italian director Matteo Garrone’s Oscar-nominated film “Io Capitano.” But some episodes that the Ivorian migrant witnessed on his three-year odyssey were too strong to make

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Fani Willis to return to the witness stand as she fights an effort to derail Trump’s election case

By KATE BRUMBACK and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Allegations of misconduct have taken center stage in Donald Trump’s 2020 Georgia election case, thrusting top prosecutors’ private lives into the spotlight and forcing them to answer deeply personal questions in court as they try to defend against efforts to derail the high-stakes

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Tribes in Washington are battling a devastating opioid crisis. Will a multimillion-dollar bill help?

By HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports Native Americans and Alaska Natives in Washington state die of opioid overdoses at five times the state average. The state Senate unanimously approved a bill this week that would provide nearly $8 million in funding annually to combat

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National Archives working to clean up red powder dumped on Constitution display by protesters

By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservationists at the National Archives are still working to clean up the building’s rotunda area after a pair of apparent environmental protesters on Wednesday dumped reddish powder on the display case housing the original U.S. Constitution. National Archives administrators granted The Associated Press exclusive access to the

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Mexico will likely elect a woman as its next president, but money to govern is already being spent

By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico is almost certain to elect its first female president in June — both leading candidates are women — but it’s almost equally as certain that she won’t have much room to act independently of outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. The populist president has continued

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Trump wants to fire thousands of government workers. Liberals are preparing to fight back if he wins

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has plans to radically reshape the federal government if he returns to the White House, from promising to deport millions of immigrants in the U.S. illegally to abolishing government agencies and firing tens of thousands of workers and replacing them with loyalists. Liberal

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