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AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) – A gunman killed two people Thursday at a construction site in the center of New Zealand’s largest city, Auckland, as the nation prepared to host World Cup tournament matches FIFA Women’s Authorities said the shooter had also died. What you need to know A gunman has killed two people at a construction site in the city center of Auckland, New Zealand’s largest city, as the nation prepared to host matches at the FIFA Women’s World Cup tournament. Authorities said the shooter had also died Police said several people, including at least one police officer, were…

Aaron Judge doesn’t care that his AL home run record might last just one season. Shohei Ohtani entered Wednesday with 35 home runs in the Angels’ first 96 games, putting him on pace for 59. While that’s one short of Judge’s record 62 home runs, home runs tend to come in bunches. “Records are meant to be broken,” Judge said Wednesday afternoon in the visitor’s booth at Angel Stadium. “It’s just a record. It will be exciting for the match if he goes out and gets more than 63. We will see what happens.” Judge said if Ohtani breaks his…

Nigel Farage is launching fresh allegations against Coutts, claiming the private bank closed his account because of his policy. The former Brexit Party leader posted a video on Twitter on Tuesday saying he had obtained a 40-page document after submitting a “subject access request” to Coutts to learn more about the bank’s justification for close your account Coutts, a unit of taxpayer-backed bank NatWest Group, was previously reported to have closed Farage’s accounts because he had fallen below the financial threshold, something Farage said he was unaware of. Farage said the document he obtained mentions “Brexit” 30 times; “Russia” 22…

CNN — Former President Donald Trump has quietly added a new criminal defense attorney to his legal team as he faces possible indictment in the federal investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Attorney John Lauro, who has also represented Trump attorneys Christina Bobb and Alina Habba, is joining the team and will work alongside Todd Blanche, multiple sources told CNN. Lauro will focus solely on special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into the fallout from the 2020 election and was part of the team trying to find out whether others in Trump’s orbit received target letters after Trump…

BLACKSBURG, Va. – Political pundits are weighing in on how former President Donald Trump is now at the center of another potential impeachment. NBC news reports that Trump confirmed that a grand jury in Washington DC is investigating him over the January 6 uprising. Get breaking news straight to your inbox Virginia Tech political science professor Dr. Karen Hult says the allegations have brought more media attention to the former president, who is seeking another term. “That’s what he seems to be doing, drawing the attention of the media and others away from his campaign, his ideas and his positioning,…

Two veteran IRS investigators launched harsh criticism of the Justice Department on Wednesday over its handling of the tax case against Hunter Biden, accusing the agency of shielding him from felony charges because of politics and preferential treatment. During an hours-long hearing of the House Oversight Committee, the investigators, Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler, detailed how they believed their work to investigate Mr. Biden, the president’s son, was obstructed and walked over slowly by Justice Department officials under both Trump and Biden. presidencies “There shouldn’t be a two-way system of justice based on who you are and who you’re connected…

A version of this story appears in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To receive it in your inbox, sign up for free here. CNN — Russian President Vladimir Putin appears to have declared open season on Ukraine’s consequent grain exports, targeting the port city of Odesa with new ferocity and putting food prices at risk around the world. With strikes in Odesa, Putin says he wants to reverse the damage to almost one 12-mile bridge connecting annexed Crimea to the Russian mainland. But they also coincide with Russia’s withdrawal from a one-year deal known as the Black Sea Grain Initiative to…

A federal appeals court on Wednesday struck down a 1970s-era ban on local government employees seeking political donations from each other, a decision pushed by a group of South Bay public defenders who sued the state while supporting a colleague’s candidacy for Santa Clara County District Attorney. It was a law signed by the then governor. Jerry Brown in 1976 which became Section 3205 and loosened the rules on state employees going to each other for political support, fundraising and others, but preserved restrictions on public employees working in the county and other municipal levels. Wednesday’s written decision The Ninth…