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Maine man pleads guilty in 4-year-old’s self-inflicted gunshot death

Jasper Smith, 4, died after he got hold of Robert McCoy's unsecured handgun and shot himself.

The Latest: Blanche's assertion of Trump tax audit immunity remains in place

In negotiations with Republican senators whose support he needs to be confirmed as attorney general, Todd Blanche formally rescinded a $1.8 billion fund meant to compensate President Donald Trump’s political allies. But a sweeping audit immunity plan conferred on the president, his sons and the Trump Organization remains in place — given new parameters to […]

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Maine dump truck crashes into concrete culvert while passing a tractor-trailer

Alfred Gubb, 53, took a sharp corner too fast as he passed the tractor-trailer, drifted onto the soft shoulder and then overcorrected.

Authorities arrest arson suspect in connection with one of Spokane's devastating wildfires

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A man from Spokane, Washington, was arrested Monday and charged with setting one of the devastating wildfires that have destroyed hundreds of homes and other structures in and around the state’s second-largest city. The Spokane County Sheriff’s Office said Aaron F. Farinacci, 37, was arrested and booked on suspicion of first […]