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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Authorities say actor Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun on a movie set and killed the cinematographer. The director of the Western being filmed was wounded. Authorities are investigating. Santa Fe County Sheriff’s officials said cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and director Joel Souza were shot Thursday on the set of “Rust”…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says the U.S. has donated its 200 millionth COVID-19 shot to help vaccinate the rest of the world. The Biden administration is aiming to lead a global vaccination campaign even as it rolls out boosters for domestic use. The donated doses include more than 120 million in surplus from…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is heading to his hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania, to emphasize the middle class values of his now-scaled back $2 trillion domestic spending package. His proposal is for an unprecedented federal investment to expand social services for millions of middle-income Americans and tackle climate change. Included are child tax credits,…

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Nikolas Cruz is set to plead guilty to 17 counts of first-degree murder in the 2018 massacre at a Florida high school. Cruz is scheduled to enter the pleas on Wednesday for the shootings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in the city of Parkland. The 23-year-old former Stoneman Douglas…

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Republicans have approved redrawn U.S. House maps that favor incumbents and could decrease political representation for growing minority communities in the nation’s largest red state. The Republican-controlled Legislature approved the maps late Monday night, and they will now be sent to Gov. Greg Abbott who is expected to sign them…