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  • Air National Guard punishes 3 for dinosaur hand puppet video

    17 minutes ago

    (AP) NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Three members of the Tennessee Air National Guard have been punished for a viral video that showed a guardsman use a dinosaur hand puppet while reciting her re-enlistment oath. The Knoxville News Sentinel cites a Wednesday ...

  • 10 Things to Know for Friday

    18 minutes ago

    (AP) Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Friday: 1. AFTER STRIKES, US IN HOLDING PATTERN The drama of U.S. and allied missiles strikes on Syria obscures the fact that the U.S.-led ...

  • 5 indicted in alleged $80 million California recycling fraud

    28 minutes ago

    (AP) SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California has charged five people with defrauding the state's recycling program out of $80.3 million — the largest alleged fraud scheme in the program's history, officials said Thursday. The owner and four employees of Recycling Services ...

  • Mom who left kids alone to visit Germany gets probation

    35 minutes ago

    (AP) DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa mother who left her four children home alone to travel to Europe has been given two years' probation. The Des Moines Register reports Erin Macke was sentenced Thursday in Polk County District Court. ...

  • Charlie Morton dominant as Astros silence Mariners 9-2

    43 minutes ago

    (AP) SEATTLE (AP) — Charlie Morton pitched seven innings of three-hit ball, Jose Altuve hit a three-run double and the Houston Astros beat the Seattle Mariners 9-2 on Thursday. After losing the series opener, the Astros won their third straight behind ...

  • Houlihan, Lecce, McHugh promoted to senior VPs by MLB

    44 minutes ago

    (AP) NEW YORK (AP) — Patrick Houlihan, Jamie Leece and Barbara McHugh have been promoted to senior vice presidents by Major League Baseball. The 38-year-old Houlihan becomes senior vice president and deputy general counsel, and he will help oversee management's relationship ...

  • Celtics' Terry Rozier making name for himself against Bucks

    45 minutes ago

    (AP) MILWAUKEE (AP) — Two games into their first-round playoff series, Milwaukee point guard Eric Bledsoe and his Boston counterpart, Terry Rozier, still seem to be having trouble remembering each other's names. Maybe it's the sign of a festering feud with ...

  • Killing renews concerns for homeless Native Americans

    53 minutes ago

    (AP) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The morning a homeless man was shot and killed in Albuquerque, police say surveillance videos showed him running down a street before sunrise, and then gunfire flashed in the dark. Ronnie Ross, a 50-year-old from the ...

  • Trump will skip Barbara Bush funeral, sending first lady

    58 minutes ago

    (AP) WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump won't be joining his wife in attending the memorial service of former first lady Barbara Bush. Bush was the matriarch of a political dynasty that Trump often clashed with during his 2016 campaign. The ...

  • Brother of man fatally shot by Sacramento police arrested

    1 hour, 2 minutes ago

    (AP) SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Sacramento police have arrested the brother of an unarmed black man shot and killed by officers last month. Online jail records show 25-year-old Stevante Clark was arrested Thursday and accused of making threats to commit a ...

  • State trooper accused of pulling women over to ask for dates

    1 hour, 4 minutes ago

    (AP) TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey State Police trooper accused of repeatedly pulling over women to ask them out on dates has been indicted. The state attorney general's office announced Thursday that 32-year-old Eric Richardson faces charges including official ...

  • California lecturer slams college head over anti-Bush tweet

    1 hour, 8 minutes ago

    (AP) FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A Fresno State lecturer who says he was demoted to teaching online courses after posting a negative tweet about Donald Trump says the university's president is again failing to defend academic freedom, this time over a ...

  • Billy Graham remembered at Oklahoma City bombing memorial

    1 hour, 11 minutes ago

    (AP) OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A memorial service for the 23rd anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing paid special tribute to the late Rev. Billy Graham, who visited the city four days after the attack to hold a public prayer service. ...

  • Employers urged not to hold discharge status against vets

    1 hour, 19 minutes ago

    (AP) HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut agency has issued new guidance warning employers they could be subject to penalties if they discriminate against job-seeking veterans with less-than-honorable discharges from the military. The Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities says policies ...

  • Passing motorist rescues woman trapped by Montana flooding

    1 hour, 26 minutes ago

    (AP) GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — A passing motorist rescued a woman who was trapped on top of a vehicle that was nearly submerged by the frigid floodwaters that have covered roads and threatened homes and farms across northern Montana, a ...

  • Penguins, Predators look to lock up second round spots

    1 hour, 27 minutes ago

    (AP) PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mario Lemieux had one question for Sidney Crosby after the Pittsburgh star slipped past his boss as the Penguins' career playoff scoring leader during a Game 4 romp over Philadelphia. "He asked what took so long," Crosby ...

  • Lester, Heyward lead Cubs past Cardinals 8-5

    1 hour, 27 minutes ago

    (AP) CHICAGO (AP) — Jon Lester was dominant through six innings of two-hit ball in his 100th start as Cub, Jason Heyward hit a two-run homer and Chicago defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 8-5 on Thursday. Kris Bryant and Kyle Schwarber ...

  • Tiny African kingdom of Swaziland changes its name

    1 hour, 31 minutes ago

    (AP) JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Breathe easy, Switzerland: The tiny African kingdom of Swaziland is changing its name. King Mswati III announced it during celebrations of the 50th anniversary of independence and his 50th birthday. It appears to be as easy as ...

  • EPA watchdog opens latest investigation into Pruitt security

    1 hour, 34 minutes ago

    (AP) WASHINGTON (AP) — The internal watchdog at the Environmental Protection Agency has launched yet another investigation of travel and security spending involving embattled administrator Scott Pruitt. EPA Inspector General Arthur Elkins wrote in a letter that his office will review ...

  • Illinois plan: Replace armed school officers with therapists

    1 hour, 34 minutes ago

    (AP) SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Some Illinois lawmakers want to give extra money to schools that replace armed security officers with unarmed social workers and behavior therapists, an approach to safety that's far different than a national push to add police ...

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