MILAN (AP) —

A stuntman steering a car with his feet while sitting on its roof lost control and struck a barrier during an exhibition in the northern Italian city of Verona on Friday, injuring nine spectators.

Video shows the driver exiting the cab, taking his place on the roof and starting to steer with his feet before the car quickly spins out of control, striking the barrier where dozens of people were standing to watch the show. Many tumbled to the ground; nine were taken to hospitals for light injuries including

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Sen. of South Carolina endorsed Friday ahead of next week’s New Hampshire primary, the latest sign the Republican party is rallying around the former president’s candidacy after his historic Iowa win.

The decision marks a major blow to Scott’s fellow South Carolinian the former U.N. ambassador who is banking on a strong showing in New Hampshire to keep her presidential hopes alive.

Scott flew with Trump from Florida to New Hampshire to deliver his effusive endorsement in

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California man was sentenced Friday to two concurrent life sentences, plus 30 years, for blowing up his ex-girlfriend’s spa business with a package bomb in 2018, killing her and seriously injuring two others.

Friday’s hearing concluded a , 64, that was fraught with missteps for investigators and prosecutors since the May 15, 2018 bombing in an Aliso Viejo spa, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of

A judge on Friday dismissed a juror of a Connecticut woman accused of helping her boyfriend cover up the murder of his estranged wife, after the panelist likened the case to the novel and movie “Gone Girl.”

Judge Kevin Randolph received an unsigned note from a juror in the trial of Michelle Troconis Friday morning, accusing another member of the panel of making the comment in the presence of other jurors.

The juror “discussed something about the case and it was all over social media,” Randolph said the note read.

OTTAWA — Federal cabinet ministers meeting in Montreal next week to prepare for the upcoming parliamentary sitting will be told that they simply cannot be too bold when it comes to solving Canada’s housing crisis or preparing for the impact of the next U.S. election.

“There’s no going too bold, there’s no action that it is too much. Absolutely, housing is in a crisis,” said Western University economics professor and housing expert Mike Moffatt, about what he plans to tell the cabinet in

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s political and military leaders on Friday moved to de-escalate tensions with Iran after this week’s deadly that killed at least 11 people and marked a between the neighbors.

The decision was apparently reached at a meeting of Pakistan’s National Security Committee, chaired by on his return home after cutting short his trip to the , Switzerland. Pakistan’s powerful army chief Gen. Asim Munir attended the meeting.

A statement after the meeting said the leadership discussed the situation following

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An attorney for an Alabama inmate set to be the nation’s first person ever put to death by nitrogen gas asked a federal appeals court Friday using the “untested methods.”

Kenneth Smith, 58, is scheduled to be executed Thursday, when a respirator-type mask will be put on his face to replace his breathing air with pure nitrogen — depriving him of the oxygen needed to stay alive. Three states — Alabama, Oklahoma and Mississippi — have authorized nitrogen hypoxia

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — African leaders on Friday criticized Israel for its military campaign in Gaza and called for an end to the fighting that continues take its toll on mostly civilians.

The African Union Commission Chairman Moussa Faki Mahamat described the war in Gaza as immoral and unacceptable. “We demand an immediate end to this unjust war against Palestinians and implementation of the two-state solution,” he said.

says more than 24,400 Palestinians have died, and the United Nations says trapped in Gaza

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The leader of the California Senate on Friday said she would run for governor in 2026, entering a campaign that is far from the minds of voters but is quickly filling with candidates in a state that requires frequent fundraising to compete in some of the nation’s most expensive media markets.

Toni Atkins, a Democrat from San Diego, made history as only the third person and the first woman to hold both of the state Legislature’s top jobs — speaker of