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• Top 10 players Bertens, Sabalenka lose at Volvo Car Open

  04-04-2019 23:56
  CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Defending champion Kiki Bertens and third-seeded Aryna Sabalenka, both among the top 10 players in the world, lost Thursday at the Volvo Car Open.
  Bertens, the second seed of the Netherlands who’s No. 6 in the WTA rankings, fell to 15th-seeded Maria Sakkari of Greece 7-6 (8), 6-3. Sabalenka, the world’s 10th ranked player from Belarus, was defeated by Monica Puig of Puerto Rico 6-2, 7-5 at the season’s first clay-court event.
  American Sloane Stephe
  
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• The Latest: Man pleads not guilty to killing Nipsey Hussle

  04-04-2019 23:56
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on Los Angeles prosecutors filing a murder case against the man accused of fatally shooting rapper Nipsey Hussle (all times local):
  2:50 p.m.
  The man charged with killing rapper Nipsey Hussle has pleaded not guilty.
  Eric Holder entered the plea during his first court appearance in Los Angeles Thursday. The 29-year-old has been charged with murder and two attempted murder charges over Sunday’s attack on Hussle and two other men outside the rapper’s
  
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• Arizona Legislature OKs out of state license recognition

  04-04-2019 23:56
  PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Legislature has approved a bill touted by Republican Gov. Doug Ducey to recognize professional licenses issued by other states.
  The Senate passed the proposal on an 18-11 vote Thursday, following earlier approval by the House. The measure now goes to Gov. Doug Ducey for his promised signature.
  Ducey called for the measure in his January State-of-the-State address, saying professionals moving to Arizona should not face job barriers. The Republican governor has agg
  
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• Two children dead after found with obvious signs of trauma at northwest side home

  04-04-2019 23:55
  SHOOTING SCENE: Live look at a residence near La Cholla Boulevard and Ruthrauff Road. http://bit.ly/2YPB0PHPCSD received a report of multiple people shot at the home.
  Posted by News 4 Tucson – KVOA on Thursday, April 4, 2019TUCSON – Pima County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a northwest side home after multiple people were reportedly shot at the residence.
  According to PCSD, the home is located in the 2400 block of West Kessler Place near La Cholla Boulevard and Ruthrauf
  
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• Nobel laureates warn democracy, rights eroding in Guatemala

  04-04-2019 23:55
  GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Fourty-four Nobel Prize laureates in various disciplines have signed a letter expressing concern over what they call deteriorating conditions for democracy and human rights in Guatemala.
  The letter released Thursday urges Guatemalan authorities to safeguard peace and democracy.
  Among the signatories is Guatemalan indigenous rights activist Rigoberta Menchú, who won the Peace Prize in 1992.
  Jody Williams (Peace Prize, 1997) said progress to combat corruption and
  
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• White Sox reinstate SS Anderson, send Covey to Triple-A

  04-04-2019 23:51
  CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago White Sox have reinstated shortstop Tim Anderson from the paternity list and optioned right-hander Dylan Covey to Triple-A Charlotte.
  The White Sox also reinstated right-hander Ian Hamilton from the 10-day injured list and optioned him to Charlotte on Thursday.
  Covey has allowed two runs — one earned — in two relief appearances. He was 5-14 with a 5.18 ERA in 21 starts and six relief outings last year.
  Anderson’s wife, Bria, gave birth to their
  
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• Tucson Mall Area Finally Gets Movie Theater

  04-04-2019 23:51
  For folks who live in the Casas Adobes area of town or close to the Tucson Mall, it's quite a drive to see the latest Hollywood flick. Now RoadHouse Cinemas is building their second Tucson location on Oracle Road and River Road.…
  
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• The Latest: People ICE arrested in Texas from 15 countries

  04-04-2019 23:49
  DALLAS (AP) — The Latest on immigration agents arrest of nearly 300 people at a Texas company (all times local):
  4:50 p.m.
  Immigration officials say the nearly 300 people arrested at a Texas technology repair company came to the U.S. from 15 different countries on multiple continents.
  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says it has released nearly two-thirds of the more than 280 people who did not have legal authorization to work in this country. They worked at CVE Technology Group re
  
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• LA police closer to determining cause of stadium attack

  04-04-2019 23:49
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police say believe they know what caused a Dodger Stadium parking lot altercation that left a baseball fan with a fractured skull, but they are not saying more until they find two people believed to have been involved.
  Capt. Billy Hayes said Thursday the injured man is recovering consciousness, but investigators have not been able to interview him because his family has retained a lawyer.
  Hayes said a witness description of the young man and woman thought to
  
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• Lawyer objects to physical restraints on homicide suspect

  04-04-2019 23:46
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Milwaukee man charged with killing the mother of his child and suspected of killing their 2-year-old child appeared at a court hearing restrained in a wheelchair, shackled and wearing a shock device.
  Thirty-five-year-old Dariaz Higgins is accused of fatally shooting 24-year-old Sierra Robinson and wounding another woman on March 11. The body of Higgins’ daughter, Noelani Robinson, was found in a ditch in Minnesota four days after Higgins was arrested on March 13. A
  
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• Seahawks sign pass rushers Nate Orchard and Cassius Marsh

  04-04-2019 23:37
  RENTON, Wash. (AP) — The Seattle Seahawks have added depth to their pass rush by signing free agents Cassius Marsh and Nate Orchard.
  Marsh is returning to the team that gave him his start in the NFL. He was originally a fourth-round pick by the Seahawks in 2014 and played his first three seasons in Seattle. He split the 2017 season between New England and San Francisco and played last season with the 49ers. Marsh had a career-high 38 tackles and 5 ½ sacks last season with the 49ers.
  
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• Daytrotter closes Iowa recording studio, moves to Atlanta

  04-04-2019 23:28
  DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Daytrotter has closed its venue space and recording studio in Iowa and is relocating to Atlanta.
  The Quad-City Times reports that the Davenport studio closed March 30.
  Matt Lundberg, a senior vice president of Daytrotter’s majority owner Wolfgang’s Vault, said Wednesday that the lease expired at the end of March and the company was no longer making a profit hosting live shows there.
  Lundberg says Daytrotter is moving to Atlanta to be closer to its partner
  
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• Lexi Thompson tied for early lead at ANA Inspiration

  04-04-2019 23:26
  RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) — Lexi Thompson birdied the final two holes Thursday for a 3-under 69 and a share of ANA Inspiration lead halfway through the opening round of the first major championship of the year.
  The 2014 champion was tied with Jin Young Ko and Hyo Joo Kim after the morning wave at Mission Hills, the tree-lined course made more difficult this year with thick rough, tighter fairways and some lengthened holes.
  Top-ranked Sung Hyun Park, Nelly Korda, Inbee Park, Brooke Henders
  
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• Ally McDonald takes ANA Inspiration lead with late birdie

  04-04-2019 23:26
  RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) — Ally McDonald made a 5-foot birdie putt on the final stroke of the first round Thursday to take the ANA Inspiration lead.
  McDonald shot a 4-under 68 at Mission Hills, playing in the last group of the day off the first tee on the tree-lined course made more difficult with thick rough, tighter fairways and some lengthened holes.
  Only 28 of the 112 players broke par in the first major championship of the year, with McDonald and the other afternoon starters facing
  
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• The Latest: Kansas lawmakers pass governor’s school aid plan

  04-04-2019 22:51
  TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Latest on the public school funding debate in Kansas (all times local):
  6:20 p.m.
  Kansas legislators have approved Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s plan for increasing public school funding in hopes of satisfying a court mandate.
  The vote Thursday in the GOP-controlled House was 76-47. The Senate approved the measure on a 31-8 vote to send it to Kelly. She is expected to sign it.
  The bill ties Kelly’s proposal to increase spending on public schools by rough
  
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• Cirque du Soleil's Corteo Dazzles Crowd on Opening Night

  04-04-2019 22:43
  Usually when a collective gasp takes over the crowd at the Tucson Arena, a hockey stick is smashing into the glass or a player is sent to the penalty box. Last night the oohs and aahs came instead because of high-flying acrobats, agile jugglers and magic floating bicycles.…
  
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• Worker at Texas chemical plant damaged by fire files lawsuit

  04-04-2019 22:22
  HOUSTON (AP) — A worker injured in a fire this week at a Houston-area chemical plant is suing the company that owns the plant and is seeking more than $1 million in damages.
  The lawsuit filed Wednesday is believed to be the first submitted on behalf of a worker injured in Tuesday’s fire at the KMCO LLC chemical plant in Crosby.
  Randy Villaloboz says in the suit he suffered severe injuries and mental anguish, and claims KMCO failed to properly train employees or maintain a safe work e
  
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• Lawmakers bring back bills protecting state cannabis rules

  04-04-2019 22:13
  DENVER (AP) — A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers has reintroduced legislation that would ensure states have the right to enact their own marijuana policies.
  The Marijuana Business Daily reports the matching bills brought back to the House and Senate on Thursday would create an exemption in the Controlled Substances Act to protect states’ ability to determine their own best approaches to cannabis without fear of federal reprisal.
  Republican Cory Gardner and Democrat Elizabeth Warren
  
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• Texas ICE raid the latest in series of enforcement actions

  04-04-2019 22:12
  DALLAS (AP) — A raid by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement that federal authorities are touting as the largest in a decade was the latest in a series of similar enforcement actions under the Trump administration over the last two years.
  About 200 law enforcement officials descended Wednesday on CVE Technology Group in Allen, a city about 15 miles (24 kilometers) northeast of Dallas.
  Approximately 280 people who work for the technology repair company were taken away in buses. Each wil
  
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• Dazed and confused: States push for legal clarity on CBD

  04-04-2019 22:11
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — There’s legal uncertainty surrounding CBD oil-infused drinks, food and dietary supplements.
  State and local authorities have been forcing some retailers to pull the products. They say they’re following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s guidance.
  The FDA has approved a pharmaceutical version to treat two rare seizure disorders. It says CBD can’t be added to food or dietary supplements because officials haven’t determined if it’s
  
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• Turnbull solid, and Tigers beat Royals 5-4 in home opener

  04-04-2019 22:09
  DETROIT (AP) — Spencer Turnbull struck out 10 in six innings, and the Detroit Tigers drew four straight walks to start the bottom of the seventh, taking the lead for good in their 5-4 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Thursday.
  Josh Harrison stole two bases and scored three times for the Tigers in their home opener. It was tied at 3 in the seventh when Kansas City reliever Kyle Zimmer (0-1) walked Harrison, Nicholas Castellanos and Miguel Cabrera in succession. Kevin McCarthy then cam
  
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• Boogity! Boogity! Boogity! Waltrip set to retire

  04-04-2019 22:07
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Darrell Waltrip says he will retire at the end of the Fox Sports portion of the NASCAR schedule following the June 23 race at Sonoma Raceway in California.
  It will likely be the last time Waltrip will utter his “Boogity! Boogity! Boogity! Let’s go racing, boys!” call to open a race.
  Waltrip began his Fox Sports career with the 2001 Daytona 500. The Hall of Fame driver from Kentucky is now 72 and says he is looking forward to spending more time at ho
  
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• New Hampshire House passes pot legalization bill

  04-04-2019 22:02
  CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire’s House lawmakers have passed a bill to legalize recreational marijuana, though support has dropped since an earlier preliminary vote.
  The final House vote Thursday to send the bill to the Senate was 200-163, compared to the 209-147 vote in February to send the bill to the House Ways and Means Committee. Even if it passes the Senate by a wide margin, support in the House falls short of the two-thirds majority that would be needed to override Republi
  
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• North Carolina headlines 2020 Maui Invitational field

  04-04-2019 21:54
  LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — North Carolina is returning to headline another strong Maui Invitational field in 2020.
  The Tar Heels will be joined at the Lahaina Civic Center by Alabama, Davidson, Indiana, Providence, Stanford, Texas and UNLV.
  North Carolina won the Maui title in 2016 before going on to win the national championship. Providence won the inaugural Maui Invitational in 1984.
  The field has combined for 13 national championships and 39 Final Four berths.
  Host Chaminade will not be in
  
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• High March temperatures shortened Alaska’s winter weather

  04-04-2019 21:46
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Climatologists in Alaska say unusually high temperatures set records in March and likely are a reflection of the upward warming climate trend.
  March is normally reliable for dog mushing and cross-country skiing. However, Anchorage, Alaska’s largest city, didn’t record a flake of measureable snow and temperatures in Fairbanks reached the 50s Fahrenheit (10s Celsius).
  State climatologist Martin Stuefer says it’s as if Alaska didn’t have a Marc
  
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• Tucson Water’s payment systems return after outage

  04-04-2019 21:43
  TUCSON – Tucson Water’s phone and online payment systems are working properly, the company announced Thursday afternoon.
  Their systems were down due to a power outage Tuesday night.
  “No one’s water has been turned off since customers did not have the opportunity to make any necessary payments,” Tucson Water wrote on Twitter.Due to an outage Tuesday night (4/2), Tucson Water’s utility billing & online payment systems went offline. The problem is now fixed.
  
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• Oklahoma drops some claims against opioid manufacturers

  04-04-2019 21:41
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A week after reaching a $270 million settlement with the maker of OxyContin, Oklahoma’s attorney general has dismissed some claims against other drugmakers in a lawsuit alleging they helped create the nation’s deadly opioid crisis.
  A motion filed by Attorney General Mike Hunter’s office Thursday dismisses claims of fraud and deceit, unjust enrichment and violations of the state’s Medicaid laws against several drugmakers. A statement from Hunter&
  
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• Norfolk to challenge law barring moving Confederate monument

  04-04-2019 21:40
  NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Officials plan to challenge a Virginia law they say keeps Norfolk from moving a Confederate monument.
  The Virginian-Pilot reports that Norfolk’s city attorney said he’ll move forward with a petition challenging the state law in coming weeks. Meanwhile, a lawsuit filed by two activists seeking to force the city to remove the 80-foot (25-meter) monument was delayed Thursday.
  The suit filed by Roy Perry-Bey and Ronald Green asks the court to make the city follo
  
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• Harrison tops new season of Professional Fighters League

  04-04-2019 21:35
  NEW YORK (AP) — Two-time Olympic judo gold medalist Kayla Harrison and former Strikeforce and Invicta FC champion Sarah Kaufman headline the upcoming season of the Professional Fighters League.
  The new season of the MMA promotion is organized around a regular-season format to decide its champion. It begins May 9 at Nassau Coliseum on Long Island.
  This season will consist of six divisions with the champion in each earning $1 million. The regular season stretches through August with the play
  
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• Barr defends handling of Mueller’s Russia report

  04-04-2019 21:35
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General William Barr is defending his handling of special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation report, saying the document contained sensitive grand jury material that prevented it from being immediately released to the public. 
  Barr’s statement Thursday came as he confronts concerns that his four-page letter summarizing Mueller’s conclusions unduly sanitized the full report in President Donald Trump’s favor, including on the
  
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• Target raises its minimum hourly wage to $13 from $12

  04-04-2019 21:30
  NEW YORK (AP) — Target is raising the minimum hourly wage for its workers for the third time in less than two years.
  The discounter said Thursday it plans to raise the hourly starting wage to $13 from $12 in June.
  The Minneapolis-based retailer announced in 2017 a plan to raise its starting hourly wages for workers to $15 by the end of 2020 and raised its starting hourly wage to $11. In March 2018, it boosted hourly wages to $12 after seeing a bigger and better pool of candidates.
  With une
  
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• Massachusetts OKs funds to offset Planned Parenthood losses

  04-04-2019 21:30
  BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts has become the first state to approve money to offset the potential loss of federal funding to women’s reproductive health organizations since the Trump administration adopted a new rule meant to ban federally funded family planning clinics from making abortion referrals.
  The Massachusetts law sets aside $8 million in state dollars to close any gaps in federal Title X funding for health clinics that could lose funding by the proposed change — adopted
  
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• Sheriff fired in Florida shooting appeals judge’s ruling

  04-04-2019 21:29
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A sheriff is appealing a judge’s ruling to dismiss a lawsuit alleging Florida’s governor improperly suspended him for failing to prevent the Parkland school shooting.
  On Thursday, a judge ruled that Gov. Ron DeSantis’ executive order removing Scott Israel as Broward County sheriff was consistent with the Florida Constitution.
  DeSantis has said Israel displayed poor leadership and failed to keep children safe during the shooting at Marjory Ston
  
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• Judge dismisses suspended Florida sheriff’s lawsuit

  04-04-2019 21:29
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Florida sheriff who Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended and accused of failing to prevent the Parkland school shooting.
  A Broward County circuit judge dismissed the suit Thursday, ruling DeSantis’ executive order removing Scott Israel from his position as Broward County sheriff was consistent with the Florida Constitution.
  DeSantis suspended Israel in January, saying it was for neglect of duty and incompetence.
  Israel
  
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• UA Student Media Displaced From Long-Time Newsroom

  04-04-2019 21:24
  The University of Arizona's Park Student Union, located at 615 N. Park Avenue, will undergo extensive renovations as part of its transition to a facility called the UA Global Center.It is envisioned to be the one-stop shop for services provided by UA Global, a department that serves international students and faculty who are entering or leaving. Currently, UA Global's operations are spread out across campus, making it difficult to navigate.The new center will house International Stude
  
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• Judge: Black activist can’t represent neo-Nazi group in case

  04-04-2019 21:24
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A black activist who says he took control over one of the nation’s largest neo-Nazi groups has been barred from participating on the group’s behalf in a federal lawsuit over the violence that erupted at a white nationalist rally in Virginia.
  U.S. Magistrate Judge Joel Hoppe said in an order Thursday that James Hart Stern cannot represent the National Socialist Movement because he is not an attorney and also hasn’t hired one. Instead, the magist
  
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• Detroit settles with family of girl killed in police raid

  04-04-2019 21:23
  DETROIT (AP) — The city of Detroit has reached an $8.25 million settlement with the family of a 7-year-old girl accidentally killed by a police officer during a 2010 raid.
  City attorney Lawrence Garcia announced the settlement with the family of Aiyana Stanley-Jones on Thursday, four days before a trial was to begin.
  The girl was shot in the head while she slept on a couch. Joseph Weekley was the first officer through the door of her home during a chaotic search for a murder suspect. Weekl
  
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• West Virginia man gets life in baby’s death, sex abuse

  04-04-2019 21:21
  RIPLEY, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia man has been sentenced to life in prison without the chance for parole for sexually abusing and killing his girlfriend’s 10-month-old baby.
  News outlets report a Jackson County Circuit Court judge sentenced 33-year-old Benjamin Taylor of Cottageville to life for first-degree murder, 40 years for death of a child by child abuse, and at least 10 years for sexual abuse by a guardian or custodian. The first two sentences are to run consecutively.
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• The Latest: Police: Suspect in shootings has teenage hostage

  04-04-2019 21:20
  ATLANTA (AP) — The Latest on the shootings of two Georgia police officers (all times local):
  3:15 p.m.
  Police say a gunman suspected of shooting two Georgia police officers is holed up in a house with a teenager who is considered a hostage.
  Henry County police Capt. Joey Smith said at a Thursday afternoon news conference that negotiators have been speaking with the gunman to try and get him to release the 16-year-old.
  Authorities say both officers were in serious condition at an Atlanta ho
  
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• Mississippi’s Kermit Davis has 4-year deal worth $12 million

  04-04-2019 21:17
  OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi basketball coach Kermit Davis will earn an average base salary of $3 million over the next four years according to the terms of his new contract.
  The school originally announced the contract for Davis last month, but full terms were not released until Thursday. The 59-year-old led the Rebels to a 20-13 record and the first round of the NCAA Tournament in his first season in Oxford.
  Davis will earn $2.85 million next year and his salary will increase to $2.9
  
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• Ex-Croatia PM jailed after court ups his corruption sentence

  04-04-2019 21:16
  ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — A top Croatian court has increased to six years the corruption sentence against former Prime Minister Ivo Sanader and ordered his immediate imprisonment.
  Sanader was transferred to a Zagreb prison on Thursday evening after the court upheld prosecutors’ appeal of the 2017 sentence of four and one-half years in prison for corruption in a 2009 property sale in Zagreb.
  Sanader served as prime minister from 2003 to 2009. He is the highest-ranking official tried for
  
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• The Latest: Pelosi says Democrats to sue over Trump’s wall

  04-04-2019 21:13
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and immigration (all times local):
  3:05 p.m.
  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says Democrats will sue to prevent what they say is President Donald Trump’s “stealing” of billions of dollars from federal programs and diverting it to building barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border.
  The legal challenge has been expected ever since Trump declared a border emergency so he could shift more money to constructing the wall he’s
  
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• ACLU and top Kentucky lawyer differ on tackling abortion law

  04-04-2019 21:10
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — An abortion-rights group is disagreeing with Kentucky’s Democratic attorney general over the validity of a state law that could determine if the state’s only abortion clinic stays open.
  The disagreement stems from a legal brief filed by Attorney General Andy Beshear supporting EMW Women’s Surgical Center in Louisville.
  Beshear urged a federal appeals court to strike down a regulation on “transfer agreements” between an abortion clinic and
  
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• Motel 6 agrees to pay $12 million to settle lawsuit

  04-04-2019 21:04
  SEATTLE (AP) — The national chain Motel 6 has agreed to pay $12 million to settle a lawsuit filed by Washington state claiming names of hotel guests were provided to immigration officials for two years.
  State Attorney General Bob Ferguson said Thursday the company also signed an agreement to stop the practice and to provide training to employees to protect guest privacy.
  Ferguson filed the lawsuit in King County Superior Court last year after people staying at seven Motel 6 locations faced
  
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• Fleetwood Mac to replace Stones at New Orleans Jazz Fest

  04-04-2019 21:01
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Fleetwood Mac is stepping in to replace the Rolling Stones during the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.
  Festival organizers announced Thursday that Fleetwood Mac will close the main stage on May 2.
  The Stones were slated to headline the festival that day as part of a special celebration to mark the festival’s 50th anniversary. But the group announced March 30 that they would be postponing their latest tour so singer Mick Jagger could receive medical treatme
  
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• POLL: President Donald Trump threatens Mexico with tariffs if the country does not do more to stop migrants from entering the U.S. Do you agree with his action?

  04-04-2019 20:54
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• Reports: Trump considering picking Herman Cain for Fed board

  04-04-2019 20:49
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is considering nominating Herman Cain, a political ally and former presidential candidate, for a seat on the Federal Reserve board, according to news reports.
  The White House declined to comment, but Axios and the Wall Street Journal reported that Cain is being considered. The president has already said he plans to nominate another conservative ally, Stephen Moore, for a separate vacancy on the board. Moore’s nomination has encountered critici
  
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• Dismissal of charge against sheriff in inmate death upheld

  04-04-2019 20:47
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma county sheriff will not face a manslaughter charge in the death of an inmate who was left in a restraint chair for more than two days.
  The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals on Thursday rejected special prosecutor Chris Boring’s request to reinstate the charge against Garfield County Sheriff Jerry Niles, who is on paid leave.
  The ruling upholds two previous rulings that there is insufficient evidence that Niles is criminally responsible for the June 2
  
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• Woman, 3 children injured in wrong-way crash near Maricopa

  04-04-2019 20:35
  MARICOPA, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say a woman and three children were injured after their SUV was hit by a wrong-way driver south of Phoenix.
  The Arizona Department of Public Safety says a pickup truck was driving north in the southbound lanes of State Route 347 when it hit the SUV head-on near Maricopa on Wednesday night.
  Authorities say everyone was able to get out before both vehicles were engulfed in flames.
  The 32-year-old woman and three children, ages 9, 12 and 15, were taken to a
  
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• Anna Burns, Tommy Orange up for Rathbones Folio Prize

  04-04-2019 20:31
  LONDON (AP) — Booker Prize winner Anna Burns and National Book Critics Circle laureate Tommy Orange are among finalists for Britain’s Rathbones Folio Prize for literature.
  Burns’ Northern Ireland novel “Milkman” and Orange’s Native American saga “There There” are among eight books shortlisted for the 30,000 pound ($39,000) prize.
  The list also includes deaf British poet Raymond Antrobus’ “The Perseverance;” Ashleigh Young’s
  
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