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Amen to Danny Westneat’s “A better idea for congestion tolling.” A flat-rate toll would fall disproportionately on low-income drivers, turning downtown streets into avenues of affluence. Westneat’s proposed odd-even plan certainly would be preferable, though better still would be a more flexible rationing system based on total trips per month. And, importantly, it would also […]

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana senators have unanimously agreed to require the state’s public schools to display “In God We Trust” in their buildings. Sen. Regina Barrow’s proposal also would require the schools to teach students about the motto. The Baton Rouge Democrat said she sponsored the bill because she thinks “it’s really important […]

ST. GEORGE, S.C. (AP) — The warden and associate warden of a South Carolina prison where an inmate got an 18-hour head start on his escape are suing the state saying they were made scapegoats. Joseph McFadden was the warden and James Blackwell was the associate warden at maximum security Lieber Correctional Institute in Ridgeville […]

I agree with Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan that congestion pricing is a promising tool to reduce traffic. But this scheme could easily reinforce economic inequality if poorly designed. Public resources like roads should serve everyone, regardless of their tax bracket. But a flat congestion price could push lower-income residents off the roads while the wealthy […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The wait is over. Baseball’s All-Star Game is returning to Dodger Stadium in 2020 for the first time since 1980, thanks in large part to the upgrades made by the team’s ownership in recent years. Commissioner Rob Manfred made the announcement from a platform in center field Wednesday with Dodgers alumni […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County prosecutors say they are reviewing a sexual assault case against Kevin Spacey. District Attorney’s office spokesman Greg Risling said Wednesday that sheriff’s investigators presented the allegations to prosecutors on April 5. No additional details were provided. British media have reported that the 58-year-old actor is also under police […]

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Rhode Island attorney general’s office is arguing to the state Supreme Court Wednesday that it has no obligation to defend a state trooper who assaulted an imprisoned man. The Providence Journal reports the Attorney General Peter Kilmartin’s office wants no part in defending Trooper James Donnelly-Taylor, who admitted to assaulting […]

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian officials say eight police officers were killed when a homemade bomb exploded as they escorted a caravan of government workers belonging to a land restitution unit. Authorities attribute the attack Wednesday to the ruthless Gulf Clan that dominates drug routes near the volatile Uraba region of northern Colombia. President Juan […]

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — An auditor in the Kentucky Attorney General’s office is accused of smoking marijuana in a McDonald’s drive-thru lane. The State Journal reports that 51-year-old Elizabeth Anna Justus was arrested Tuesday and charged with two misdemeanors, following a traffic stop for allegedly failing to use a turn signal. Frankfort police Lt. Dustin […]

LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — A man has been sentenced to consecutive life terms in the stabbing deaths of two disabled Pennsylvania brothers, one of whom was stabbed with a large sword. Nineteen-year-old Juan Cristo-Munoz pleaded guilty Wednesday to two counts of first-degree murder and related charges in the February 2017 home invasion slayings in Lancaster. […]

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The largest prescription drug distributor in the U.S. is trying to shield its CEO from being deposed in West Virginia’s lawsuit over its opioid epidemic. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports lawyers for McKesson Corp. filed a motion last week saying “burdening” McKesson CEO John Hammergren with preparing and sitting for the deposition […]

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Developers of the Mountain Valley Pipeline want to extend the project from Virginia into North Carolina. A news release Wednesday announced plans for an extension of the natural gas pipeline, which begins in West Virginia, called MVP Southgate. The new segment would receive gas from the Mountain Valley Pipeline mainline in […]

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas plans to post mug shots of people who owe back child support in an effort to shame them into paying or get tips on their location. The Wichita Eagle reports the program called Child Support Evaders features a website hosted on the Kansas Department for Children and Families showing people […]

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico state government is collecting more tax dollars than it did a year ago amid an oil industry rebound and some signs of an economic expansion. Republican New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez on Wednesday said state revenues for the first eight months of the fiscal year have increased by […]

SALT LAKE CITY — The Salt Lake City mayor is asking her residents make an effort to conserve water as the city is facing a water shortage after a winter of below-average snowfall. The Deseret News reports Mayor Jackie Biskupski issued a Stage 1 advisory on Tuesday as part of the city’s five-stage water shortage […]

Bitumba is the third UW Husky to transfer since the end of the season joining backup guards Carlos Johnson and Michael Carter III.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — St. Petersburg will join 10 other Florida cities and mayors in a lawsuit against Gov. Rick Scott over the issue of being able to regulate firearms in local jurisdictions. Mayor Rick Kriseman made the announcement Wednesday. The preemption law, passed in 2011, prohibits local officials from taking up gun regulations […]

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Online data shows that more than 1,000 New Jersey government employees make more than Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy. Murphy gets paid $175,000 a year. The Asbury Park Press reports that 1,060 local, county and state employees exceeded his salary last year, and six made more than $300,000. A public records website […]

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Two Helena men pleaded not guilty Wednesday to two counts of deliberate homicide in the March 18 deaths of a Helena-area couple. The Independent Record reports District Judge James Reynolds set September trial dates for 21-year-old Kyle Alexander Hamm and 22-year-old Journey Wieneke in the deaths of David and Charla Taylor. […]

BULLHEAD CITY, Ariz. (AP) — Police in Bullhead City say they are investigating the death of a man who allegedly was shot by his father. They say officers responded to a call of domestic violence with shots fired at a home about 10 p.m. Tuesday. Upon arrival, officers learned there had been a physical altercation […]

DENVER (AP) — An oil and gas company says it has reactivated more than 1,350 wells in northern Colorado that it shut down as a precaution last year after a fatal house explosion blamed on gas from a severed pipeline. Anadarko Petroleum said Tuesday it inspected and tested pipelines connected to the wells before returning […]

ATLANTA (AP) — Federal investigators say the Georgia Department of Transportation is partially responsible for a fire that caused a section of interstate to collapse last year in Atlanta. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the National Transportation Safety Board said in a report released Wednesday that the department’s decision to store construction materials under the […]

BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts Senate has ordered an oversight hearing into the planned purchase by the University of Massachusetts of the assets of Mount Ida College, which plans to close at the end of the current semester. Senators said Wednesday they were irked they weren’t given any advance notice of the purchase of the […]

As Israel marks its annual Holocaust memorial day, those aging survivors who actively resisted and helped shape the country’s fighting spirit are quickly disappearing. “Jews always fought for their survival and national honor,” said one man who did so.

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday: Analogic Inc., down $12.70 to $83.35 The medical and security imaging equipment maker agreed to be bought for $84 a share, less than investors hoped. Fastenal Co., down $3.37 to $51.05 Most Read StoriesHart family mystery deepens as friends remember previous foster child […]