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No one can keep former U.S. President Donald Trump away from one woman: Laura Loomer.

As Trump embarks on his third presidential campaign, his associates and advisors have done everything they can to shield him from far-right figure Laura Loomer, a social media influencer and conspiracy theorist.

Alec Baldwin (C) leaves the courthouse with one of his lawyers Luke Nikas (L) after the first day in his trial for involuntary manslaughter in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on July 9, 2024

Alec Baldwin's long-awaited trial for involuntary manslaughter over a fatal shooting on the set of Western movie "Rust" will hear opening statements at a New Mexico courthouse on Wednesday.

Celebrated author Cormac McCarthy, an unflinching chronicler of America's bleak frontiers and grim underbelly, died on June 13 aged 89, his publisher said.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist who wrote "The Road" and "No Country for Old Men" - both of which became feature films - passed away at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Western movie "Rust" will continue filming with Alec Baldwin in the lead role, a lawyer for the production said on Jan. 23, days after prosecutors said they would charge the actor in the fatal shooting of the movie's cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

Argentina lost half of its seasonal soybean harvest in its main production area, the rich and normally humid center of the country, due to drought, the Rosario Stock Exchange has said.

American actor Alec Baldwin fired a props pistol during filming, killed camerawoman Halina Hutchins and wounded director Jell Souza, news agencies reported, citing the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office.

This happened during the filming of the western "Rust" near the city of Santa Fe. Baldwin is also the producer of the film in which he plays.

The suspect in a deadly high school shooting in Santa Fe, Texas, which has so far left at least 10 people dead has been identified as a 17-year-old of Greek extraction, according to news agencies.

Authorities have reportedly detained two people, one of which is Dimitrios Pagourtzis, believed to be a student at the school.

For fans of George R.R. Martin, winter is not coming - at least not right away.

The "Game of Thrones" author says he missed a Dec. 31, 2015 deadline to finish "The Winds of Winter," the sixth book in his popular fantasy series. That means the next HBO season based on the novel will start airing in April, before the book is published.