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By Morgan Lee | Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. — Actor Alec Baldwin has pleaded not guilty to an involuntary manslaughter charge in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer during a rehearsal on a Western movie set in New Mexico. Court documents filed Wednesday show Baldwin entered the plea in state district court in Santa Fe, waiving an arraignment that had been scheduled to take place remotely by video conference the next day. Baldwin, the lead actor and a co-producer on the Western movie “Rust,” was pointing a gun at…

A cyberattack has impacted Fulton County, Georgia, where former President Donald Trump is currently being prosecuted on charges of attempting to overturn the 2020 U.S. presidential election.On Monday, we learned that Fulton had been struck by an incapacitating cyberattack and CNN now reports that the government is still knee-capped by the attack. The District Attorney’s office prosecuting Trump’s case is currently unable to access critical systems, like the internet, phones, or the court system website. Additionally, a…

A Citibank branch in the central business district of Singapore on Feb. 12, 2018.Ore Huiying | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesNew York Attorney General Letitia James on Tuesday sued Citibank for allegedly failing to protect and reimburse victims of electronic fraud.The suit claims that Citi does not have strong protections in place to prevent unauthorized account takeovers, misleads victims of fraud and illegally denies reimbursements, according to a release. The attorney general's office said the alleged failure on Citi's part…

Photo: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP (Getty Images)A single man is responsible for leaking the tax information belonging to Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and others. Trump’s tax information was leaked to the New York Times and became the basis for a big story, while Bezos and Musk had their financial information handed over to ProPublica, which similarly reported on the documents. Is Threads a Threat to Twitter? | Future TechThe “Deep Throat” behind the leaks is Charles Littlejohn, 38, who formerly worked as a contractor…

The United States Department of Justice has failed to convince a group of US lawmakers that state and local police agencies aren't awarded federal grants to buy AI-based “policing” tools known to be inaccurate, if not prone to exacerbating biases long observed in US police forces.Seven members of Congress wrote in a letter to the DOJ, first obtained by WIRED, that the information they pried loose from the agency had only served to inflame their concerns about the DOJ’s police grant program. Nothing in its responses so…

Vince McMahon attends a press conference to announce that WWE Wrestlemania 29 will be held at MetLife Stadium in 2013 at MetLife Stadium on February 16, 2012 in East Rutherford, New Jersey.Michael N. Todaro | Getty ImagesVince McMahon, executive chairman of the board of TKO Group Holdings and founder of wrestling giant WWE, has resigned his positions at both companies, according to a WWE memo obtained by CNBC and confirmed by the company."Vince McMahon has tendered his resignation from his positions as TKO Executive…

A former motocross champion and army veteran, Jack (Oliver Jackson-Cohen), returns to his home in the industrial north-east of England to care for his younger brother, who has learning disabilities, following the death of their mother. To earn a quick buck, he agrees to a risky North Sea pickup of a mysterious parcel for a former friend turned rave maniac, crime kingpin Silas (Joe Blakemore, off-the-charts bonkers and not in a good way), but finds himself double-crossed. What’s more, his brother has gone missing and his…

David Kenner, a lawyer who unsuccessfully defended convicted Fugees rapper Prakazrel “Pras” Michel, pleaded guilty on Friday to misdemeanor criminal contempt and was sentenced to one year of probation after admitting he leaked confidential material to reporters in 2023. Federal prosecutors said Kenner was representing Michel in the federal conspiracy case over the rapper’s role in a multimillion-dollar government influence campaign that involved both the Obama and Trump administrations. After Kenner had been…

The "Young Love & Saturday Nights" country singer was arrested Monday night after an incident at a bar in Nashville Country artist Chris Young has been cleared of all charges following an alleged confrontation with an agent for the Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission, leading to his arrest on Monday night. A statement was issued by the Nashville District Attorney Glenn Fun on Friday: “Regarding the Chris Young incident — After a review of all the evidence in this case, the Office of the…

The demise of Oakland’s only In-N-Out restaurant due to increasing crime could be the last straw for community members — and possibly a blessing in disguise for local leaders who’ve been pleading for help. This week, In-N-Out announced that the burger joint near Hegenberger Road, a main route to and from the Oakland International Airport, would close its doors in March. “Despite taking repeated steps to create safer conditions, our customers and associates are regularly victimized by car break-ins, property damage,…