COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Will Lester, a longtime reporter and editor for The Associated Press who played a critical role in the news organization’s 2000 election-night decision not to call the presidential race, died Wednesday. He was 71. According to his family, Lester died unexpectedly at his home in Maryland. Fellow AP employees held Lester’s good nature in equal measure …

HONOLULU (AP) — A ruling by Hawaii’s high court saying that a man can be prosecuted for carrying a gun in public without a permit cites crime-drama TV series “The Wire” and invokes the “spirit of Aloha” in an apparent rebuke of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that expanded gun rights nationwide. “The thing about the old days, they the …

March 12 update: Hur never asked Biden about timing of son’s death, contradicting president’s indignant public response, transcript shows.transcript shows. Follow AP for live coverage of Hur’s testimony. WASHINGTON (AP) — Special Counsel Robert Hur on Thursday released his long-awaited report on President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents, and it’s not great news for the president on multiple fronts. …