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5 former Michigan Catholic priests charged with sex crimes
DETROIT — Michigan prosecutors announced the filing of sexual abuse charges Friday against five former Catholic priests as part of a state attorney general’s investigation into clergy abuse going back decades. Attorney General Dana Nessel said the priests served in dioceses in Detroit, Lansing and Kalamazoo, and that they’ve been...
Trump administration moves to revoke transgender health protection
The Trump administration proposed revoking Obama-era discrimination protections for transgender people in health care on Friday, a move LGBT groups fear will result in some Americans being denied needed medical treatment. The Health and Human Services Department released a proposed regulation that in effect says “gender identity” is not protected...
Ambulance called after House Judiciary Chairman Nadler appears to swoonVideo
NEW YORK — U.S. Rep. Jerrold Nadler was getting medical attention after he appeared to swoon during a news conference in New York City. The chairman of the House Judiciary committee had given remarks at an event about speed enforcement cameras in school zones when he slumped in his chair...
Korean War era tank near park turns lemon-lime yellow
BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — A Korean War era tank near the entrance to a Bluefield park turned bright lemon-lime yellow thanks to a mix up with paint colors. The Bluefield Daily Telegraph reports city officials were initially unable to explain the color change. Then the sponsor of a Bluefield State College...
Adam Levine leaving ‘The Voice’ after 16 seasons
Adam Levine is leaving NBC’s “The Voice” after 16 seasons. Carson Daly made the announcement Friday morning on the “Today” show. Daly said Gwen Stefani will return for season 17 in Levine’s chair. The Maroon 5 frontman wrote a length Instagram post Friday, saying the Emmy-winning show “went on to...
Police arrest man in hit-and-run death of girl at bus stop
CAPE CORAL, Fla. — Investigators say they’ve arrested a 19-year-old man who they say drove away after his pickup truck struck and killed an 8-year-old girl at a school bus stop in southwest Florida. Logan Tyler Heatherington was arrested Thursday, almost two months after the death of Layla Aiken. He...
Someone breaks into home, takes nothing, gives it good scrub
MARLBOROUGH, Mass. — Whoever broke into a Massachusetts man’s home last week didn’t take a thing. They did, however, leave the house spotless. Nate Roman tells The Boston Globe that when he returned to his Marlborough home from work May 15, he could tell a stranger had been there. Nothing...
Mississippi rep charged with punching wife could be removed
JACKSON, Miss. — The Mississippi House speaker said Friday that he is asking lawyers to research how to remove a lawmaker if it’s true that the man punched his own wife and does not resign voluntarily. Second-term Republican Rep. Doug McLeod of Lucedale was arrested and charged with misdemeanor domestic...
Fisherman dies as he tries to save friend who fell in Pa. creek
Authorities say a fisherman has died after he tried to help a friend who had fallen into a creek in eastern Pennsylvania. The Monroe County coroner’s office says the men were fishing in McMichael Creek in Stroudsburg when one of them lost his footing and fell into the water late...
CEOs averaged $800,000 pay raise in 2018, workers not so much
NEW YORK — Pay for CEOs at the biggest U.S. companies climbed 7% last year, widening the gap between chief executives and their workers, whose pay did not rise as quickly. Chief executives at S&P 500 companies earned a median of $12 million last year, roughly $800,000 more than the...
Federal lawsuit filed to block Alabama’s new abortion ban
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A federal lawsuit filed Friday asks a judge to block an Alabama law that outlaws almost all abortions, the most far-reaching attempt by a conservative state to seek new restrictions on the procedure. The American Civil Liberties Union and Planned Parenthood filed the lawsuit on behalf of...
Iran’s foreign minister lashes out at Trump
ISLAMABAD — Iran’s foreign minister has lashed out during a visit to Islamabad at President Donald Trump, assailing the American president for his tweet this week warning Iran not to threaten the United States again or it would face its “official end.” Mohammad Javad Zarif says, “Iran will see the...
SpaceX launches 60 little satellites, 1st of thousands
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX has launched 60 little satellites, the first of thousands that founder Elon Musk plans to put in orbit for global internet coverage. The recycled Falcon rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, late Thursday. The first-stage booster landed on an ocean platform, as the tightly...
Georgia police K9 dies chasing suspect in 90-degree weather
SNELLVILLE, Ga. — A police K9 in Georgia suddenly fell ill while chasing a suspect and died. News outlets report the Gwinnett County police dog named Eli was working with his handler in Snellville on Thursday when he began to show symptoms believed to be heat-related. A police statement says...
North Korea: Talks won’t resume unless U.S. changes position
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Friday that nuclear negotiations with the United States will never resume unless the Trump administration moves away from what Pyongyang described as unilateral demands for disarmament. The statement by an unnamed North Korean foreign ministry spokesman published in state media was the country’s...
Theresa May says she’ll quit as Conservative leader June 7
LONDON — Theresa May announced Friday that she will step down as U.K. Conservative Party leader on June 7, sparking a contest to become Britain’s next prime minister. She will stay as caretaker prime minister until the new leader is chosen, a process likely to take several weeks. The new...
Same-sex couples start registering marriages in Taiwan
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Hundreds of same-sex couples in Taiwan rushed to get married Friday, the first day a landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage took effect. Taiwan became the first place in Asia to allow same-sex marriage last week in a legislative vote on a cause that the island’s LGBT...
Kawhi Leonard, Raptors get road win to take 3-2 series lead
MILWAUKEE — Kawhi Leonard scored 35 points, and the Toronto Raptors beat the Milwaukee Bucks, 105-99, on Thursday night to take a 3-2 lead in the Eastern Conference finals. Leonard showed no obvious signs of the leg soreness that bothered him the previous two games, hitting the 30-point mark for...
Free-agent DT Gerald McCoy to visit Browns
CLEVELAND — The Browns will get to show Gerald McCoy how far they’ve come. The free-agent defensive tackle, released earlier this week by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, will visit Cleveland on Friday. General manager John Dorsey said the meeting will be an opportunity for both sides to see if they...
Trump orders declassification of information related to origins of Russia probe
WASHINGTON — President Trump directed the U.S. intelligence community on Thursday to “quickly and fully cooperate” with Attorney General William Barr’s investigation of the origins of the multi-year probe of whether his 2016 campaign colluded with Russia. The move marked an escalation in Trump’s efforts to “investigate the investigators,” as...
South Carolina man charged in death of daughter he mistook for intruder
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Authorities in South Carolina have charged a man with killing his daughter, whom he mistook for a potential intruder. The Greenville County Sheriff’s Office says 43-year-old Jermaine Pressley faces charges of murder, possession of a weapon during a violent crime and three counts of felon in possession...
Theme park attendance crosses half-billion mark for 1st timeVideo
ORLANDO, Fla. — Worldwide attendance at the 10 biggest operators of amusement parks increased 4% last year and crossed the half-billion-visitors mark for the first time, according to an industry report released this week. The report by the Themed Entertainment Association and the Economics Practice at AECOM said global attendance...
Joe Gibbs comes long way from nervous beginnings in racing
CONCORD, N.C. — When Joe Gibbs decided to venture from the NFL and form a race team in 1992, he was scared. Petrified, in fact. Gibbs won three Super Bowls as coach of the Washington Redskins, but he was an outsider starting from scratch when it came to stock car...
House passes bill to help workers with retirement savings
WASHINGTON — The House overwhelmingly approved a bill Thursday to promote retirement security by making it easier for small businesses and other companies to offer retirement plans. The bipartisan bill, approved 417-3, also makes it easier for workers to transfer retirement plans when they change jobs and allows part-time workers...
Judge orders file in Jussie Smollett criminal case unsealed
CHICAGO — A judge in Chicago ordered the file in Jussie Smollett’s criminal case unsealed Thursday, saying the actor’s actions did not appear to be those of someone seeking to maintain his privacy. The order by Cook County Circuit Court Judge Steven Watkins follows requests by The Associated Press and...
