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• Delta says 150 more flights canceled as storm effects linger

  09-04-2017 21:10
  
  NEW YORK - Delta Air Lines said it canceled another 150 flights on Sunday as it tries to get back on schedule after severe thunderstorms that disrupted flights into and out of its hub in Atlanta.Delta said Sunday afternoon that its operations are stabilizing, but there aren't enough crews available to staff its flights, in part because of federal regulations on rest for crews. Delta advised travelers to check its website and mobile app because more flights may be canceled. It's offering waivers
  
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• Family and friends pack service for Chuck Berry

  09-04-2017 19:28
  
  ST. LOUIS  - Music legend Chuck Berry was remembered by friends and fellow musicians at his funeral Sunday.People who played and worked with Berry as he built a career on hit songs such as "Johnny B. Goode" spoke emotionally about the 90-year-old who died last month.Gene Simmons of the rock band Kiss was among the crowd Sunday. He wasn't scheduled to speak but someone urged him to take the podium.Simmons said Berry had a tremendous influence on him as a musician, and he worked to break
  
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• Bill Clinton visits Bush family in Houston

  09-04-2017 19:03
  
  NEW YORK - Former President Bill Clinton has been spending some time with former President George H. W. Bush and wife Barbara in Houston.In a tweet on Sunday, Clinton said they "caught up about kids, grandkids, old times and new times. And socks."Clinton also showed a photograph of him giving pairs of socks to the 92-year-old former president, who is seen sitting in a wheelchair.Great to spend time with @GeorgeHWBush & Mrs. Bush in Houston today. We caught up about kids, grandkids, old times
  
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• Garcia wins first major title at the Masters

  09-04-2017 18:56
  
  Augusta, Ga. - Sergio Garcia has won the first major championship of his career with a dramatic, sudden-death victory over Justin Rose at the Masters.Garcia finally broke through in his 71st major as a professional, and nearly 18 years after he was runner-up to Tiger Woods in a breakthrough performance in the PGA Championship.After missing a 5-foot birdie at the 72nd hole, Garcia had to get through one extra hole to finally remove the stigma of being considered the best player never to win one o
  
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• Marksville man shot by marshals in 2015 arrested for domestic abuse

  09-04-2017 17:24
  
  MARKSVILLE - The father of a 6-year-old killed during a slow-speed chase with deputy marshals in 2015 has been arrested for domestic abuse.According to a report from KATC, Chris Few was arrested after his girlfriend reported him for a domestic dispute Saturday afternoon.Avoyelles Sheriff's deputies responded to a reported domestic dispute on LA 107 in Moncla around 5 p.m.. Deputies say a woman, identified as Few's girlfriend, said he strangled her during an altercation.According to the Sheriff's
  
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• Children hospitalized after gust sends bounce house airborne in South Carolina

  09-04-2017 16:37
  
  TAYLORS, S.C. - South Carolina authorities say a bounce house was lifted into the air by a gust of wind, sending several children to the hospital.Taylors Fire Battalion Chief Ricky Reed told The Greenville News that the accident happened 2 p.m. Saturday at a church carnival near Greenville.Springwell Church issued a statement that the inflatable amusement was part of its annual Spring Carnival.It says that five children were taken to the hospital but didn't have further information on their cond
  
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• Trump no longer allowed to use personal helicopter

  09-04-2017 16:27
  
  PALM BEACH, Fla. - President Donald Trump can only look at the personal helicopter parked on the front lawn of his Mar-a-Lago resort. As far as going for a ride in it, he's grounded.The Secret Service says standard security protocol requires the president to fly on either Air Force One, a jumbo jet, or Marine One, a helicopter. The agency says Trump was never on the helicopter.It's hard to miss: The Sikorsky S-76 carries Trump's name in bold red print on the tail and step, and his personal famil
  
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• Video shows Colorado officer throwing woman down face-first

  09-04-2017 14:02
  
  FORT COLLINS, Colo. - A video spreading on social media shows a police officer in Colorado throwing a woman face-first onto a sidewalk after a scuffle.Seems excessive #ColoradoState pic.twitter.com/rtfzgBs4Yk— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) April 8, 2017Police spokeswoman Kate Kimble tells the Coloradoan newspaper that the woman struck the officer in the university town of Fort Collins on Thursday after police detained her boyfriend. Kimble says the officer used "standard arrest con
  
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• Hopes, concerns spurred by post-hurricane development plan

  09-04-2017 13:51
  
  NEW ORLEANS - A major rebuilding effort is underway in a New Orleans neighborhood decimated by 2005's Hurricane Katrina.The New Orleans Redevelopment Authority is working to develop about 175 properties in the city's Lower 9th Ward.The neighborhood of low-to-moderate-income residents was hit hard by Katrina and has struggled to recover. More than a decade after the hurricane, it still hasn't recovered 50 percent of its population.Officials and some residents hope the houses will bring new reside
  
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• Water district sticks by policies that anger customers

  09-04-2017 13:47
  
  HATTIESBURG, Miss. - A Lamar County water district is refusing to change policies that make its customers unhappy.WDAM-TV reports Arnold Line Water Association requires customers to have account numbers to pay bills. It has agreements with the City of Hattiesburg and two other sewer providers to cut off water if sewer bills aren't paid. The Public Service Commission has ordered the utility to change those rules, but Arnold Line is appealing. Customers say Arnold Line's rules are burdensome and e
  
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• August flood survivors get month extension for hotel stays

  09-04-2017 13:45
  
  BATON ROUGE - Victims of last August's flooding who are still living in hotels and motels are getting a one-month reprieve.The Federal Emergency Management Agency says they now have to check out of their rooms by May 11.The previous checkout deadline was April 11.Nearly 250 households are currently staying in rooms paid for by the agency's Transitional Sheltering Assistance program.The hotels bill FEMA directly for the rooms. It's designed as short-term housing while people look for some place m
  
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• Hot air balloon accident in Turkey kills Frenchman; 7 hurt

  09-04-2017 13:41
  
  ISTANBUL - A hot air balloon hit a high-voltage transmission line in central Turkey and crashed Sunday near a popular tourist destination, killing a French tourist and injuring at least seven people, the transport ministry said.Turkey's Ministry of Transport said the balloon was carrying 20 passengers, including six foreigners, when it hit the electric line during its descent in Cappadocia due to adverse wind conditions."A French citizen lost his life and seven people - four of them Turkish and
  
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• US gas prices rise 9 cents over 2 weeks, to $2.43 a gallon

  09-04-2017 13:38
  
  CAMARILLO, Calif. - The average price of a gallon of regular-grade gasoline rose 9 cents nationally over the past two weeks, to $2.43.Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg said Sunday that increased oil prices and the U.S. missile strike on a Syrian air base contributed to the rise.She says that unless oil prices retreat quickly, consumers should expect gasoline prices to climb a few more cents.The national average is up 33 cents per gallon over the price a year ago.Gas in San Francisco was the highe
  
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• Stockholm police arrest 2nd suspect in attack

  09-04-2017 13:37
  
  STOCKHOLM - Swedish prosecutors have arrested a second person in connection with the truck attack case in Stockholm for suspected crimes against the nation and are holding four other people.Spokeswoman Karin Rosander told The Associated Press "a person suspected of terrorist offenses by murder has been arrested" on Sunday.In all, Jan Evenssen of the Stockholm police said authorities have questioned over 500 people in the investigation so far.The four victims killed in Friday's truck attack on sh
  
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• 'Boss Baby,' 'Beauty' outshine 'Smurfs 3' at box office

  09-04-2017 13:36
  
  LOS ANGELES - The Smurfs are feeling a little blue this weekend.Studio estimates on Sunday say the third installment in Sony's animated series, "Smurfs: The Lost Village," made its box-office debut in third place, with $14 million.Featuring the voices of Demi Lovato and Joe Manganiello, the movie reportedly cost $60 million to make.The weekend belonged to family-friendly holdovers "Boss Baby," which took first place, and "Beauty and the Beast" in second place. "Boss Baby" added $26.3 million in
  
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• Blast at church in Egypt's Alexandria kills 11

  09-04-2017 13:35
  
  CAIRO - Egypt's Health Ministry says an explosion at a church in the coastal city of Alexandria has killed 11 people, and wounded at least 35 others.It appeared to be the second attack targeting Egypt's Coptic Christians, after a bomb in a church in the Nile Delta town of Tanta killed 26 people and wounded more than 70.The ministry said the explosion went off at Saint Mark's Church in Alexandria, where Pope Tawadros II had earlier celebrated Palm Sunday.No one immediately claimed either attack,
  
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• Trump: el-Sissi will handle bombings 'properly'

  09-04-2017 13:34
  
  CAIRO - President Donald Trump is joining in the international condemnation of the church bombings in Egypt, and he says he is "so sad to hear of the terrorist attack" against the U.S. ally.Trump says in a tweet Sunday that he has "great confidence" that Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, "will handle the situation properly."The Palm Sunday attacks on Coptic Orthodox churches in the Nile Delta city of Tanta and in Alexandria took place less than a week after Trump welcomed the Egyptian le
  
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• Death toll from Egypt church bombing rises to 21

  09-04-2017 13:32
  
  CAIRO - An Egyptian official says a church bombing north of Cairo has killed 21 people and wounded another 38.Magdi Awad, the head of the provincial ambulance service, confirmed the toll from the bombing of a church in Tanta that was packed with Palm Sunday worshippers.No one immediately claimed the attack.Coptic Christians make up 10 percent of Egypt's population and have repeatedly been targeted by Islamic extremists.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Pope on Palm Sunday decries suffering from war, terrorism

  09-04-2017 13:27
  
  VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has blessed palm fronds and olive branches in St. Peter's Square at the start of Holy Week celebrations.The pontiff in his Palm Sunday homily decried suffering in the world today, citing those who "suffer from slave labor, from family tragedies, from diseases ... They suffer from wars and terrorism, from interests that are armed and ready to strike."The celebrations began with a solemn procession, with the pope and cardinals walking through the throngs gathered in St.
  
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• 6 Flags park to be built in new Saudi 'entertainment city'

  09-04-2017 13:19
  
  RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia has announced that a Six Flags theme park is expected to be built in a new entertainment city that will be the first of its kind in the kingdom.Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman says the project will also include a safari area. The kingdom's sovereign wealth fund, known as the Public Investment Fund, will be main the investor in the project.In a statement published Saturday by the Saudi Press Agency, the prince says the city will serve as an important la
  
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• Sudden disappearance of memorial bewilders community

  09-04-2017 12:21
  
  BATON ROUGE - The disappearance of a heart-shaped memorial caused a fair share of confusion and panic on Sunday.Doris Wells and Barbara Johnson wanted to remember their relatives who were killed by gun violence at the heart-shaped memorial that was placed near a local church. But they arrived at the site of the memorial to find that it had gone missing.Wells wanted to remember her 17-year old brother who was shot and killed during a fight over a girl."We want the community, the
  
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• Supreme Court says impeachment of Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley can proceed

  09-04-2017 05:56
  
  Lawyers for both sides must file briefs with the Supreme Court by Monday morning.
  
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