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Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Horsey is a syndicated political cartoonist.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Elaine Wynn says she told the general counsel of Las Vegas-based Wynn Resorts in 2009 that she had received information alleging her now ex-husband had “raped” an employee in 2005. Elaine Wynn’s comment came Wednesday during a court hearing in a yearslong civil case involving her, her ex-husband and the casino-operator. […]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Police officers in North Carolina’s largest city are being warned a year ahead not to plan on vacations early in 2019 because of major basketball events. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Maj. Gerald Smith told WBTV in Charlotte that the department won’t be able to give vacations during February and March. Officers received an […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An unrestored 70mm print of Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece “2001: A Space Odyssey” is coming to select U.S. theaters in May in celebration of the film’s 50th anniversary. Warner Bros. Pictures says Wednesday that the cut will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on May 12 before launching in select U.S. theaters […]

Police don’t know the motive for the fatal shooting, but say officers found the victim’s name scribbled on a piece of paper in the suspect’s pocket. i

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A federal judge has ordered fact-finding to reopen in a civil lawsuit over a former St. Louis police officer’s fatal shooting of a black man. Officer Jason Stockley, who is white, was acquitted in criminal court of killing Anthony Lamar Smith in 2011. Stockley said Smith was moving his hand […]

Analyzing some Seahawks-related news and notes as the NFL meetings come to an end.

VALLEJO, Calif. (AP) — The family of a Northern California man fatally shot by police last month has filed a federal lawsuit demanding the release of officers’ body camera footage of what led up to the gunfire. The suit filed Tuesday seeks unspecified monetary damages and names the San Francisco Bay Area city of Vallejo […]

CUMBERLAND, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky recorded its first coal mining death of the year when a 29-year-old miner was killed in a conveyor belt accident in an underground Harlan County mine. The Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet says Hubert Grubbs was working in the D11 Panther Mine in Cumberland. He was splicing a conveyor belt […]

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Connecticut woman has been found guilty of abusing disabled patients. Forty-two-year-old Linda Proietti is guilty of one felony count and two counts of misdemeanor patient abuse in a health care facility. She was employed as a certified nursing assistant by the Zambarano unit of the Eleanor Slater Hospital in Pascoag, […]

HONOLULU (AP) — A North Carolina man who prosecutors say scammed the University of Hawaii out of $200,000 by lying about his ability to secure Stevie Wonder for a fundraiser concert will be sentenced Wednesday. The sentencing comes nearly a year-and-a-half after Marc Hubbard pleaded guilty to wire fraud. His sentencing has been postponed several […]

The shortfall of fuselages arriving from Spirit AeroSystems at Boeing’s 737 plant in Renton are due to delays in receiving parts from subcontractors plus a shortage of skilled mechanics and quality issues in the factory. The problem is clouding Boeing’s planned 737 ramp up.

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — An artist who projected an image of a gigantic eye gazing over Main Street in New Hampshire’s capital city is shutting it down after two years. Artist Tom Devaney created the projection of his right eye from his studio in Concord (KAHN’-kard). A few other eyes made guest appearances. Devaney tells […]

MANTI, Utah (AP) — A Utah inmate facing a possible death sentence has agreed to a plea deal after a judge ripped into prison officials’ handling of the case. The Salt Lake Tribune reports Judge Wallace Lee said Wednesday he was “beyond angry” and called for an investigation into the Department of Corrections’ failure to […]

Copperworks Distilling Co., which makes single malt, gin and vodka, has won best craft distillery in America.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert has vetoed two bills that would have expanded the Legislature’s power but top lawmakers say they may try to override the governor’s actions. Herbert’s office announced Tuesday evening that he’d vetoed a bill that would force the legislature to release a legal opinion when they request […]

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Federal regulators have denied a request from developers of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline for more time to cut down trees along the project’s route. An official with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission wrote in a letter Wednesday that the request to continue cutting trees outside an initial window agreed to […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers could end the legislative session with debate to collect data about race and traffic stops, but it is uncertain if the measure has the votes to pass. The House of Representatives could vote Wednesday on the bill that has become a contentious issue in the closing days of the […]

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Negotiations over Kentucky’s two-year operating budget appear to be slow-going as lawmakers have not officially met to discuss the spending plan. House and Senate leaders are trying to reach a compromise on a plan to spend more than $70 billion of state and federal tax dollars over the next two years. […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Federal charges have been filed against four alleged MS-13 street gang members who authorities blame for 10 killings during the last year in and around Las Vegas. Interim U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson announced Wednesday that the four men, all from El Salvador, face kidnapping, weapon and assault with intent to commit […]

JUNCTION CITY, Kan. (AP) — A Texas man has pleaded guilty to murder and involuntary manslaughter for the 2016 crash deaths of a mother and her two children on Interstate 70 in Kansas. Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said in a written release Wednesday that 45-year-old Steven Johnson, of Houston, pleaded guilty Monday in Geary […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee senator says his bill to offer in-state tuition for Tennessee public college students whose parents brought or kept them in the country illegally has halted because House leadership won’t let it go forward. Republican Sen. Todd Gardenhire said Wednesday that the bill has become a “political hot potato,” pointing […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department’s internal watchdog will examine Republican complaints of FBI misconduct in the early stages of the investigation into Russian influence on the 2016 presidential campaign. Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz announced the investigation Wednesday. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and congressional Republicans have been urging his office to review whether the […]

RENO, Nev. (AP) — The number of schools in a western Nevada county that receive additional per-student funding will be more than tripled next year. The Reno Gazette-Journal reports an additional $2.1 million will be distributed to 19 public and charter schools in Washoe County for the next school year. The district received nearly $400,000 […]

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The State Court Administrator in Iowa has ordered an independent investigation of a retired judge who admitted that he allowed the attorney on the winning side to ghost-write opinions in at least 200 cases. Administrator Todd Nuccio issued Wednesday an administrative directive appointing a senior judge and a retired court […]