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Jaden Schwartz, Vladimir Tarasenko have Blues close to Cup Final

ST. LOUIS — Jaden Schwartz is on a scoring run that has the St. Louis Blues dreaming big. Schwartz’s hat trick in Game 5 on Sunday helped give the Blues a 3-2 series lead against the San Jose Sharks in the Western Conference finals and set the single-season franchise record...
Prosecutor: West Virginia woman admits threatening to kill TrumpVideo

WHEELING, W.Va. — A West Virginia woman has acknowledged that she threatened to kill President Trump. A prosecutor said Monday that 25-year-old Taryn Corrinne Henthorn of Middlebourne pleaded guilty in federal court in Wheeling. Authorities say Henthorn made the threat on Facebook and elsewhere in January. Henthorn faces up to...
Blue Apron latest to suffer in tough meal kit market

Meal kit companies face an ultimatum: Adapt or die. The business is still in its infancy, with the biggest players — Blue Apron and HelloFresh — less than a decade old. But they’re facing serious challenges from restaurant and grocery delivery services, smaller niche players and even home chefs. The...
Ex-Oregon football star recounts disarming student with gun

PORTLAND, Ore. — Former University of Oregon football star Keanon Lowe said he had just entered a classroom at the Portland high school where he works as a coach and security guard when a student armed with a black shotgun appeared in the doorway. Lowe had just seconds Friday to...
Feds: Betsy DeVos used personal emails for work in ‘limited’ cases

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has sometimes used her personal email accounts for government business and has not always properly saved the messages, according to an internal investigation released Monday. The agency’s Office of Inspector General, which was investigating at the request of House Democrats, said it searched the department’s email...
Prosecutor: Suspect aimed to kill at least 10 white Nashville churchgoers

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A prosecutor said Monday that a black man charged with fatally shooting a woman and wounding seven people at a Nashville church aimed to kill at least 10 white churchgoers and cited a 2015 massacre at a black church in South Carolina. Nashville Deputy District Attorney Amy...
Pennsylvania’s April jobs report sets more records

HARRISBURG— Pennsylvania’s April jobs report broke more new ground, as the unemployment rate hit a record low and payrolls hit a record high for a third straight month. The state Department of Labor and Industry said Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate dropped by one-tenth of a percentage point to 3.8%. The state...
Governor: Abortion ban shows Alabama values ‘sanctity of life’

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama’s governor said Monday the new abortion ban she recently signed into law reflects the high value residents place on the “sanctity of life,” adding she doesn’t expect any fallout from the controversial measure on tourism or business recruitment. Gov. Kay Ivey last week approved the most...
16-year-old is 5th migrant child to die while detained by U.S. Border Patrol

HOUSTON — The U.S. government says a 16-year-old Guatemalan died Monday at a Border Patrol station in South Texas, the fifth death of a migrant child apprehended by border agents since December. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a statement that Border Patrol apprehended the teenager in South Texas’...
Feds certify Pennsylvania’s Real ID system meets standards

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s Real ID identification system is now in compliance with federal regulations, more than a year before the IDs will be needed for commercial airline passengers and those entering secured federal facilities. The state Transportation Department said Monday it received the notification from the U.S. Department of Homeland...
Texas transgender woman seen in videotaped attack found dead

DALLAS — A 23-year-old transgender woman whose beating in front of a crowd was captured on video has been found dead on a Dallas street, police said. Muhlaysia Booker was found face-down early Saturday after officers were called following reports of shots being fired. She was pronounced dead at the...
Police: Man urinated on memorial to boy who died of cancer

HAMILTON, N.J. — A video showing a man urinating on a park memorial marker that honors a 9-year-old boy who died of brain cancer has led to charges against him and another man accused of making the recording. Hamilton police say a friend of Christian Clopp’s family saw the video...
2-time Indy 500 winner Al Unser Jr. charged with driving while intoxicated

AVON, Ind. — Retired two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Al Unser Jr. was arrested early Monday in central Indiana and charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated. Unser, 57, was stopped in Avon, just west of Indianapolis, the Indianapolis Star reported from police records. He was jailed about 3:20 a.m. in...
Climber scales Eiffel Tower, prompting closure, evacuation

PARIS — The Eiffel Tower, the iconic signature of the Parisian skyline, was evacuated Monday afternoon after a climber scaled its heights. Tourists first noticed the spectacle as they waited in line to ride the elevators up to the viewing decks. They posted to social media impromptu video they recorded...
Seeing a twisting road ahead, Ford cuts 7,000 white-collar jobsVideo

DETROIT — Ford is cutting about 7,000 white-collar jobs, which would make up 10% of its global workforce. The company has said it was undertaking a major restructuring, and on Monday said that it will have trimmed thousands of jobs by August. The company said that the plan will save...
22-year-old runner collapses at Cleveland Marathon, dies

CLEVELAND — A 22-year-old woman running in the Cleveland Marathon has collapsed and died. University Hospitals spokesman George Stamatis says Taylor Ceepo collapsed at Sunday’s race and was dead on arrival at the hospital. He couldn’t provide further information because of patient privacy. The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office says...

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