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AUGUSTA, Maine — The Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who shot a Colombian man in Maine this week is an Army veteran who has struggled with serious mental health issues since early childhood and never should have been given a badge and gun to patrol American streets, several of his close relatives told The Associated Press. David Brouillette has a history of terrifying and violent behavior, according to those relatives. They accuse him of attacking women in his life over the years, and one shared a voicemail with the AP from last winter in which he told her that he…

WASHINGTON — Long before sunrise in Texas, a shallow spot of the Guadalupe River rose above the height of a two-story house in just five hours on Thursday, sending a rush of water through a region still weary from last summer’s fatal flash floods. The dangerous flooding for a second consecutive year set off dozens of high-water rescues, washed out roads and killed at least one person, authorities said. Relentless downpours served as another frightening reminder of the flood-prone Texas Hill Country, following what experts say was fueled this time by the right mix of air and lots available moisture.…

The remains of several geese were found on a New York City sightseeing helicopter that crashed into the Hudson River last year and killed 6 people, investigators said Thursday, strong suggestions that multiple bird strikes contributed to the tragedy. Reports from the National Transportation Safety Board were not final and do not identify a definitive cause of the crash. But they describe evidence that supports bird strikes before the helicopter plummeted into the river on April 10, 2025. The Federal Aviation Administration has said that helicopters are especially vulnerable to bird strikes because they fly at low altitudes. Strikes can…

A Memphis pizza restaurant owner is standing by his decision to turn away four uniformed members of the Tennessee National Guard, a move that has ignited a boycott campaign and drawn a rebuke from a member of Congress. Miles Tamboli, owner of Tamboli’s Pasta & Pizza in the city’s Midtown neighborhood, confirmed this week that his staff declined to serve the Guardsmen on a recent Saturday night. Mr. Tamboli said the decision reflects both his opposition to the Memphis Safe Task Force, a federally led initiative combining Memphis police, state troopers, National Guard soldiers and various federal agencies, and a…

A Frisco man was sentenced this week to 20 years in federal prison for transporting a minor across state lines to a furry convention in Atlanta, where he sexually abused the child, federal prosecutors said. Joseph Ray Robertson, 37, pleaded guilty to transportation of a minor for sexual exploitation and was sentenced to 240 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard Schell on Monday, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Texas. Judge Schell also ordered lifetime supervised release. According to prosecutors, Robertson transported the child from Frisco to Atlanta in May…

MEXICO CITY — The U.S. government has designated two new Mexican cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. They are the Juárez Cartel, on the border with Texas, and Los Viagras, a criminal group from the western state of Michoacán. The Federal Register, the U.S. government’s gazette, published the designation on Thursday. They joined six other Mexican criminal organizations that the U.S. considers terrorist groups, including the Sinaloa Cartel and the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. Gangs in other Latin American countries, including Venezuela, Brazil, Ecuador and El Salvador, also have been designated as foreign terrorist organizations by the Trump administration. President Donald…

The newly drained Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool’s bottom surface has noticeably faded since it was lined with a protective coating in a color President Trump calls “American flag blue” this spring. An Associated Press reporter and photographer viewed the fenced-off Reflecting Pool on Wednesday from the top of the Washington Monument. The new liner appears grayer than when the pool was repainted and refilled with water in early June. Debris that had been visible earlier this week after the pool was drained is now largely gone, after work crews removed it. Trump’s problem-plagued effort to revamp the landmark has stretched…

BUDAPEST, Hungary — A blacksmith, a stable boy, a soldier, a slave: The faces and stories of these and other residents of an ancient Roman city in modern Hungary have been brought to life in remarkable fidelity for a new exhibition in Budapest. The display, which runs until Oct. 31, showcases highly detailed facial reconstructions from over a dozen skulls found in the ancient city of Aquincum, once a bustling Roman settlement on the empire’s Danube frontier. Visitors to the Aquincum Museum come face-to-face with hyperrealistic models of Roman-era individuals, each crafted using DNA analysis and other techniques from fields…

Nearly half of American parents say they’re worried their children rely too heavily on artificial intelligence at school and at home, according to a survey released this month. Deloitte’s annual survey found that 49% of parents worry their child relies on AI too much in and out of the classroom, while 35% said they’re concerned schools aren’t doing enough to prepare students for an AI-driven future. Twenty-eight percent of parents surveyed said their children are already using generative AI in their schoolwork. Generative AI, or GenAI, refers to a type of artificial intelligence that can create original content — including…

OMAHA, Neb. — Billionaire Warren Buffett said Wednesday that his decision to cut the Gates Foundation out of his charitable giving is more about believing his three kids are ready to handle giving away his entire fortune than it is about Bill Gates’ ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Buffett told CNBC that Gates’ association with Epstein was “distasteful,” but the 95-year-old investor suggested that Gates’ actions weren’t much different from mistakes he himself had made over the years in hiring the wrong person or in choosing friends. “No one bats a thousand in the business of choosing people,”…