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Actor Alec Baldwin attends a news conference at United Nations headquarters, on Sept. 21, 2015. A Santa Fe district attorney is prepared to announce whether to press charges in the fatal 2021 film-set shooting of a cinematographer by actor Baldwin during a rehearsal on the set of the Western movie “Rust.” Santa Fe District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies said a decision will be announced Thursday morning, Jan. 19, 2022, in a statement and on social media platforms. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

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Alec Baldwin to be charged with manslaughter in set shooting
By MORGAN LEE - Associated Press
Thu,01/19/23-9:36AM , 158 Reads
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Actor Alec Baldwin and a weapons specialist will be charged with involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on a New Mexico movie set, prosecutors announced Thursday, citing a “criminal disregard for safety.”
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Actor Alec Baldwin attends a news conference at United Nations headquarters, on Sept. 21, 2015. A Santa Fe district attorney is prepared to announce whether to press charges in the fatal 2021 film-set shooting of a cinematographer by actor Baldwin during a rehearsal on the set of the Western movie “Rust.” Santa Fe District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies said a decision will be announced Thursday morning, Jan. 19, 2022, in a statement and on social media platforms. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

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Prosecutors weigh options in fatal shooting by Alec Baldwin
By MORGAN LEE - Associated Press
Wed,01/18/23-4:57PM , 209 Reads
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A Santa Fe district attorney will announce Thursday whether charges will be brought in the fatal 2021 film-set shooting of a cinematographer by actor Alec Baldwin during a rehearsal of the Western “Rust.”
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This aerial photo shows part of the Bonanza Creek Ranch film set in Santa Fe, N.M., on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021, where cinematographer Halyna Hutchins died from a gun fired by actor Alec Baldwin. The family of a cinematographer shot and killed by Alec Baldwin on the set of the film “Rust” has agreed to settle a lawsuit against Baldwin and the movie's producers, and production will resume on the project. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

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Prosecutors take charge of probe into Baldwin shooting
By MORGAN LEE - Associated Press
Thu,10/27/22-6:34PM , 153 Reads
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A sheriff's department submitted on Thursday its investigative findings to prosecutors in the death of a cinematographer shot and killed by Alec Baldwin on a film set in New Mexico in October 2021.
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Torrance County Commission Chairman Ryan Schwebach presides over a board meeting in Estancia, N.M., Sept. 14 , 2022. After a backlash this summer over the county’s certification of its primary results, Schwebach surveyed county residents who don’t attend public meetings. But even those who keep quiet told Schwebach they weren’t sure if they could trust election results. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

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False election claims overwhelm local efforts to push back
By MORGAN LEE - Associated Press
Fri,10/21/22-12:22PM , 87 Reads
ESTANCIA, N.M. (AP) — Republican county commissioners in this swath of ranching country in New Mexico’s high desert have tried everything they can think of to persuade voters their elections are secure.
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