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SAO PAULO (AP) — A former chief executive officer of Brazil’s state oil company Petrobras has been sentenced to 11 years in prison as part of sprawling corruption investigation that has ensnared many of the country’s top business and political leaders. Federal Judge Sergio Moro found Aldemir Bendine guilty Wednesday of corruption and money laundering […]

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A follow-up bill to Illinois’ school funding reform law is headed to the state Senate after winning approval from members of the House. The (Springfield) State Journal-Register reports that state officials say the measure is needed to make sure money is properly distributed under the new plan. The House vote on […]

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CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a man raped a woman in her South Carolina home before kidnapping her 4-year-old daughter and driving across three Southern states. Prosecutors filed new state charges Wednesday against 37-year-old Thomas Evans Jr., including attempted murder, armed robbery, first-degree criminal sexual conduct and two counts of kidnapping. Authorities say Evans […]

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The budget for the Arkansas state treasurer’s office has stalled in the Legislature over a dispute about efforts to allow taxpayers with 529 college savings plans to withdraw funds for education expenses at public, private and religious K-12 schools. The Arkansas House on Wednesday voted 74-15 in favor of the […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A bill in its final stages could close a loophole in the law to reduce drunk-driving deaths. The bill introduced by Sen. Jim McClendon would require drunk drivers to use an ignition interlock device after their first offense. Ignition interlocks analyze drivers’ breath and prevent cars from being started if alcohol […]

ATLANTA (AP) — Facebook is investing $750 million over the next five years to build a huge data center outside of Atlanta. Gov. Nathan Deal held a news conference Wednesday afternoon to announce that the social media giant’s 9th U.S. data center will be built in Newton County, about 45 miles (72 kilometers) east of […]

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An anti-abortion bill that would require medical providers to report more patient information to the state has been approved by the Indiana Legislature. State senators gave it final approval Wednesday, voting 37-9 to send the bill to Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb, whose spokeswoman could not immediately comment. Supporters say the bill is […]

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas lawmakers have voted to continue the state’s Medicaid expansion another year after federal officials approved a plan to impose a work requirement on the program. The Arkansas House approved by a 79-15 vote Wednesday the budget for the state’s Medicaid program and the expansion, which uses federal and state […]

A sales receipt from an automotive-supply store found in the parking lot where two men were fatally shot enabled King County sheriff’s detectives to identify Merle “Chucky” Buchanan as the suspected gunman.

VERSAILLES, Ky. (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday brought his boss’s tough-on-trade theme to Kentucky bourbon country, which has prospered from surging whiskey exports and is nervous about threats of a trade war breaking out. Speaking at a rally to promote the Republican tax overhaul, Pence said that President Donald Trump’s administration is […]

NEW YORK (AP) — A group of students from the Florida high school where a gunman killed 17 people has visited the Sept. 11 museum. About 60 students who are in a band at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School toured the museum on Wednesday. The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Wind Symphony planned the visit […]

BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts man authorities dubbed the “spelling bee bandit” because the notes he passed to tellers during multiple bank robberies in the Boston area contained the same spelling error has been sentenced. Federal prosecutors say 34-year-old Jason Englen was sentenced to seven years of prison and three year of supervised release. He […]

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A man identified by police in North Carolina as the head of a violent gang has been sentenced to 35 years in prison. The Fayetteville Observer reports authorities identified 28-year-old Genesis Lee Whitted Jr. as the head of the Bloods gang, which trafficked cocaine and robbed other drug dealers at gunpoint. […]

DETROIT (AP) — A tentative agreement has been reached on a new criminal justice center north of downtown Detroit. The deal between Wayne County and Rock Ventures also includes a 2,280-bed jail, sheriff and prosecutor offices, criminal courthouse and juvenile detention facility. The project is to be completed in 2022. The county’s commission and building […]

DERBY LINE, Vt. (AP) — The U.S. Border Patrol says 11 people, including five children, were apprehended after they crossed into the United States on a sidewalk by a library that serves people from both Vermont and Quebec. In a statement, the Border Patrol says that during the early morning hours of March 3, two […]

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Voters have routed the Texas prosecutor pursuing charges against more than a hundred bikers in cases stemming from a fatal 2015 shootout involving bikers and police outside a restaurant in Waco. Local bikers heartily campaigned for Abel Reyna’s Republican opponent in Tuesday’s primary election. The result means attorney Barry Johnson […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Forty-six percent of the 96 films premiering at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival are directed by women — a record for Tribeca — including the festival’s closing night selection: Liz Garbus’ New York Times documentary “The Fourth Estate.” The annual New York festival announced the feature film lineup for its 17th […]

DALLAS (AP) — Finalists have been announced in the 2017 Texas Associated Press Broadcasters contest. The list of finalists was released Wednesday by the TAPB board of directors. The awards in actual order of finish — first and second places — will be announced on Saturday, April 21 at the Texas Associated Press Broadcasters Awards […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — White House: Mexico, Canada, others may be exempted from steel, aluminum tariffs under national security ‘carve-outs’

WASHINGTON (AP) — Maine Sen. Susan Collins is one of the co-sponsors of a bill that would require state authorities to be alerted when prohibited individuals fail a national background check. The Republican said that Maine and 36 other states aren’t automatically alerted when someone who’s prohibited from buying a gun because of a felony […]