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Trump sanctuary city idea could help migrants stay in U.S.
PHOENIX — An idea floated by President Donald Trump to send immigrants from the border to “sanctuary cities” to exact revenge on Democratic foes could end up doing the migrants a favor by placing them in locations that make it easier to put down roots and stay in the country....
Large, flightless bird attacks and kills its fallen owner
ALACHUA, Fla. — A large, flightless bird native to Australia and New Guinea attacked and killed its owner when the man fell on his farm in Florida, authorities said Saturday. The Alachua County Fire Rescue Department told the Gainesville Sun that a cassowary killed the man Friday on the property...
Study: Fox News is obsessed with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
NEW YORK — Freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s name is on the lips of nearly everyone at Fox News. A study found that the New York City Democrat was mentioned 3,181 times on Fox News Channel and its sister Fox Business Network during the six-week period of Feb. 25 to April...
Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp back up after massive outage
Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp were temporarily down early Sunday. All three social media platforms, including Facebook Messenger, were affected by the outage. Downdetector.com, a site that monitors site outages, shows Facebook had been down since 6:30 a.m. EST in much of the world, with thousands of reported outages concentrated in...
Martin Truex Jr. holds off Bowyer, Logano to win at Richmond
RICHMOND, Va. — Martin Truex Jr. held off Clint Bowyer in a long duel and then Joey Logano for four laps to win the NASCAR Cup Series race Saturday night at Richmond Raceway. Truex gave Joe Gibbs Racing its sixth victory in nine races this season and won for the...
Molinari leads Woods, Finau by 2 heading into final round of Masters
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Francesco Molinari blocked out the buzz from Tiger Woods charging up the leaderboard Saturday at the Masters and produced solid golf that looks spectacular only on the scorecard. Molinari played bogey-free for the second straight round at Augusta National and took advantage of the rain-softened course for...
Orioles’ Chris Davis ends 0-for-54 streak with big game
BOSTON — Chris Davis definitely kept the souvenir ball from this most elusive hit. Davis ended his record slump at 0 for 54 and drew applause from rival fans at Fenway Park, lining a single and two doubles while driving in four runs as the Baltimore Orioles beat the Boston...
Bullpen blows it again as Pirates lose to Nationals
WASHINGTON — Howie Kendrick quickly is making up for lost time. Limited to only five games last season because of a torn Achilles and slowed this spring by a hamstring injury, the 35-year-old Kendrick is off to a fast start for the Washington Nationals. He is 6 for 10, including...
Tommy Stevens prepared to step in as Penn State’s starting QB
STATE COLLEGE — Tommy Stevens knows all about waiting his turn, so the fact that Penn State’s prospective starting quarterback couldn’t do much during spring practice was nothing new. That doesn’t make it any less frustrating for the dual-threat signal-caller who sat out most of spring ball, recovering from December...
The Masters drawing that helped free a man from prison
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Valentino Dixon’s introduction to golf came when the warden dropped by his 6-by-10 cell at Attica Correctional Facility in New York with a photo of the iconic 12th hole at Augusta National and a simple request. Could Dixon draw the hole with his colored pencils? The warden...
Bering Sea changes startle scientists, worry residents
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Yupik Eskimo village of Kotlik on Alaska’s northwest coast relies on a cold, hard blanket of sea ice to protect homes from vicious winter Bering Sea storms. Frigid north winds blow down from the Arctic Ocean, freeze saltwater and push sea ice south. The ice normally...
Democrats defend Omar after Trump retweets video against her
WASHINGTON — Top Democrats on Saturday rushed to defend Rep. Ilhan Omar after President Donald Trump retweeted video that was edited to suggest she was being dismissive of the significance of the worst terrorist assault on U.S. soil. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi scolded Trump for using the “painful images of...
Group asks government to probe Nissan automatic emergency braking
DETROIT — A U.S. auto safety group wants the government to investigate automatic emergency braking on some Nissan Rogue SUVs, alleging that the safety feature makes the vehicles brake even when there’s no emergency. The nonprofit Center for Auto Safety filed a petition with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration...
Activists: Cop’s shooting of white woman treated differently
MINNEAPOLIS — When an unarmed white woman who called 911 to report a crime was fatally shot by a black, Somali American police officer in Minneapolis, the racial dynamic seen in many police shooting cases in the U.S. was flipped on its head, and a different narrative emerged. Justine Ruszczyk...
‘Les Miserables’ heads to TV — no singing along pleaseVideo
NEW YORK — David Oyelowo kept his distance from the rest of the actors while filming the upcoming six-part retelling of “Les Miserables.” It wasn’t personal. Dominic West would often invite his fellow actors out for a bite or just to hang out but Oyelowo would repeatedly decline. West wondered...
Moran’s pinch homer in 10th gives Pirates win over Nationals
WASHINGTON — Colin Moran had a pinch-hit, three-run homer in the 10th inning, and the Pittsburgh Pirates scored five runs off Washington’s struggling bullpen in a 6-3 victory over the Nationals on Friday night. Moran’s homer to right center off Justin Miller was his second as a pinch hitter in...
Montana pair get life for killing 2 found partly dissolved
MISSOULA, Mont. — A Montana judge sentenced a man and a woman Friday to life in prison after they pleaded guilty to stabbing two people to death, including a teenager, and trying to dissolve their bodies in tubs filled with chemicals. District Judge James Wheelis gave both Augustus Standingrock and...
Sanders promises to win back Midwest states Trump captured
MADISON, Wis. — U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders returned to the friendly terrain of Wisconsin on Friday, promising to build a coalition that will defeat President Donald Trump as he kicked off a swing through pivotal states that are part of the Democratic “blue wall” strategy for 2020. Sanders, speaking to...
Teen accused of killing his mom escapes California jail
LOS ANGELES — Dozens of federal and local law enforcement personnel were searching Friday for a 15-year-old boy who was in the middle of a murder trial in his mother’s stabbing death when he escaped a Southern California jail. Ike Souzer escaped the Orange County Juvenile Hall, somehow got onto...
Nipsey Hussle’s family gathers for private funeral in LA
LOS ANGELES — Nipsey Hussle’s family and friends gathered Friday for a private funeral on a day when the slain rapper was also honored by his hometown of Los Angeles. Hussle was buried at Forest Lawn-Hollywood Hills in an afternoon service. The sprawling cemetery in northern Los Angeles between Griffith...
Tiger Woods 1 shot back on star-studded Masters leaderboard
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Tiger Woods made the largest logjam in Masters history look even bigger by making Augusta National sound as loud as ever. Even on a Friday in the rain. Golf’s best worked their way to the top of the leaderboard at a Masters pregnant with possibilities. The first...
Denny Hamlin hoping for hometown advantage at Richmond
RICHMOND, Va. — Denny Hamlin would love to think he has an advantage when it comes to racing at Richmond Raceway. The Joe Gibbs Racing star has won three times on the 0.75-mile, D-shaped oval and has been coming to the track for much of his life, even long before...
Growing number of states move to shield lottery winners
PHOENIX — A growing number of states are moving to allow the winners of big lottery jackpots to stay anonymous as privacy concerns are increasingly trumping lottery groups’ wishes to publicize winners to boost sales and show that the games are fair. Arizona could be the next state to join...
Girl not amused by ‘SNL’ joke about her disabled pet chicken
UNDERHILL, Vt. — A Vermont girl isn’t happy that her disabled pet chicken was joked about on “Saturday Night Live.” The chicken, named Granite Heart, is learning to walk with a custom wheelchair. On a recent ‘SNL’ episode, the television show’s “Weekend Update” co-host said she should “just eat the...
Get a sneak peek at ‘The Rise of Skywalker’Video
“No one is ever really gone,” says the voice of Luke Skywalker in the first teaser trailer for “Star Wars: Episode IX,” which audiences finally learned will be called “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” Friday at a fan event in Chicago. The closely guarded film from director J.J. Abrams...
