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The agreement with Peele, who won the Oscar for best original screenplay in March, is sure to grab the attention of the industry and Amazon’s streaming rival, Netflix, which has been making its own deals with talent like Ryan Murphy, Shonda Rhimes and Barack and Michelle Obama.

STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — The family of a Connecticut teenager who was shot and killed say he was ambushed. Latavia Warren tells the Advocate her younger brother, 18-year-old Antonio Robinson, was on his way back from a pickup basketball game when he was killed in Stamford last month. Warren insists her younger brother stayed out […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are driving an anti-corruption message ahead of the 2018 midterm elections, accusing Republicans of allowing themselves to become beholden to giant corporate interests during the Trump presidency. The message, articulated in speeches Tuesday from two potential 2020 presidential candidates, aims to undercut President Donald Trump’s argument that he has taken steps […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) — State attorney general’s office lawyers told a judge in Las Vegas that it’s not up to courts to tell the governor to enact a flawed gun buyer screening initiative that voters approved nearly 18 months ago. A lawyer for a group suing to implement the gun background check law countered Tuesday […]

LEBANON, Ind. (AP) — Suburban Indianapolis police are holding a 16-year-old in the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old boy. Lebanon police says the boy was pronounced dead Monday at a muffler shop in the city about 20 miles northwest of Indianapolis. Police say two teens were taken into custody and a 16-year-old boy is suspected […]

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Humane Society of Louisiana says a New Orleans woman found a cat’s severed head upright on the sidewalk in her Uptown neighborhood. President Jeff Dorson says Victoria Marchante told him she found the black-and-white head during a walk Friday morning, went home briefly, and it was gone when she returned. […]

EL RODEO, Guatemala (AP) — Guatemala’s disaster agency issues evacuation order for towns near Volcano of Fire, warns of increased activity.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The budget passed by Louisiana lawmakers in the final frantic minutes of the special session will steeply reduce spending across much of state government and college campuses next month. Gov. John Bel Edwards intends to call another special session, hoping to reach a deal with lawmakers that would add more […]

MERRILLVILLE, Ind. (AP) — A federal judge has sentenced a former northwest Indiana town councilman to 15 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to bribery for his role in an influence-buying scheme for towing contracts. U.S. Attorney Thomas Kirsch II announced the sentencing of Thomas Goralczyk on Tuesday. The 51-year-old Goralczyk entered a plea […]

NEW YORK (AP) — News Corp. says it has named Matt Murray as editor-in-chief of its flagship newspaper, the Wall Street Journal and the Dow Jones Newswires. He succeeds Gerard Baker, who is staying on as the Journal’s editor-at-large, a new position. Murray most recently served as the Journal’s executive editor. The company said Tuesday […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — An independent watchdog has cleared Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke of wrongdoing when he gave a speech to a National Hockey League team owned by a campaign contributor. The Office of Special Counsel said Zinke’s June 2017 speech to the Vegas Golden Knights did not violate the Hatch Act, a federal law that […]

NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man has pleaded guilty to beating a blind man so severely that he eventually died. The Day reports 46-year-old Edgar Sanchez-Valencia, of New London, pleaded guilty Monday in New London Superior Court to first-degree manslaughter under the Alford doctrine. Sanchez-Valencia and 38-year-old Marlon Beasley both lived at an […]

DALLAS (AP) — Federal regulators in Texas say a musician defrauded investors by claiming to develop sound wave technology that would revolutionize the oil and gas industry. Instead, the lawsuit filed Monday in a Dallas federal court accuses Paul Gilman of using much of the money to fund his “lavish” spending in California and Las […]

DERIDDER, La. (AP) — A volunteer firefighter for the Longville Fire Department has been arrested on a charge of simple arson. The Louisiana Office of State Fire Marshal says 24-year-old Chance Felice of Longville was arrested Monday for allegedly setting an air mattress on fire, which subsequently spread to his home. It was unknown if […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities in Las Vegas have identified a 40-year-old man who police say was shot and killed by his girlfriend’s brother when he tried to choke his 3-week-old baby. The Clark County coroner’s office said Tuesday that Reginald Toureau died May 29 of multiple gunshot wounds. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports the […]

Canada remains committed to working with British Columbia and with Washingtonians to ensure that marine protections are strong as the Trans Mountain Project proceeds.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The steadily expanding global economy should remain resilient — at least for a couple of years — the World Bank says. The anti-poverty agency predicts global growth will decelerate slightly from a solid 3.1 percent this year to 3 percent next year and 2.9 percent in 2020. The world economy is generally […]

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia accepts peace deal with longtime rival Eritrea, opens sectors to private investment.

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s parole board has selected new leaders. A news release Tuesday from the State Board of Pardons and Paroles says board members have elected Terry E. Barnard as chairman, effective July 1. He succeeds James Mills. Barnard previously served three one-year terms as board chairman, from July 1, 2014 to June 30, […]

HONOLULU (AP) — A Hawaii County spokeswoman says lava from the erupting Kilauea volcano destroyed hundreds of homes overnight. Janet Snyder said Tuesday there’s not an exact count, but hundreds of homes were lost Monday night in Kapoho Beach Lots and Vacationland. Lava destroyed Mayor Harry Kim’s second home in Vacationland. County Managing Director Wil […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Fordham law professor Zephyr Teachout is launching her Democratic campaign for New York attorney general with a promise to crack down on potential conflicts of interest in President Donald Trump’s business empire. Teachout says that if elected she would litigate aggressively against Trump, using the vast power of the office as […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Police in Watertown are investigating potential election fraud in the 37th Assembly District. Democrat Charisse Daniels is running against Republican incumbent John Jagler. She turned in 201 signatures to state elections officials on Friday, one more than the 200 needed to get on the ballot. Republicans filed a challenge with the […]

ANDERSON, Ind. (AP) — Commissioners in a central Indiana county that ended its needle exchange last year have decided to allow a behavioral health system to restart it. The Madison County commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to approve a contract with Aspire Indiana to manage it for two years. The Herald Bulletin reports only four people […]

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas man who tried to recruit mother-child sex slaves has pleaded guilty to criminal charges. The Wichita Eagle reports Michael David Mitchell of Eskridge pleaded guilty last week to one count of enticement of a minor. Investigators say he was arrested last June at a Missouri hotel where he went […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A woman charged with child abuse for leaving her 2-month-old baby outside a Sioux Falls church overnight has been sentenced to 90 days in jail. The Argus Leader reports that 29-year-old Mary Louise Jennesse pleaded guilty to abuse or cruelty to a minor under 7 as part of a plea […]