Alec Baldwin is the main subject and now cooperating with the police for an investigation after accidentally shooting and killing his director of photography with a prop firearm on the set of a movie in New Mexico. The actor has contacted Hutchins' family to express his condolences, has not been charged.

A US federal judge overturned California's 32-year-old ban on assault weapons on Friday, describing it as a "failed experiment" and prompting scathing criticism from the state's governor and attorney general.