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The Times reports (http://bit.ly/1PHe4LC) the Caddo Parish School Board unanimously voted to create a virtual high school at a special session Tuesday. According to board documents, the public high school would open this upcoming school year with an enrollment ranging from 50 to 70 students and will eventually allow students from other neighboring parishes to attend.

(AP) — A three-month search for the next superintendent for the Ascension Parish school district ended when the board voted 7-4 to reject all three finalists, just minutes after they had been named following an executive session. After the one-hour closed-door meeting Tuesday night, The Advocate reports (http://bit.ly/1VM7mFn) board member Troy Gautreau made a motion to bring in the three finalists — Rita Hernandez, Katrise Perera and Stacy Scott for interviews.

Philly.com (http://bit.ly/1tgOa86 ) reports a Common Pleas jury voted 11-1 in favor of the verdict, which determined the boy died when a doctor wrongly administered too much calcium. Calcium is used to help hearts beat more strongly, but the jury agreed the doctor administered too much of it, causing the boy's heart to stop.

(AP) — The person suspected of spending the night inside a Massachusetts pharmacy before making off in the morning with candy bars, energy drinks and razor blades has been identified as a 15-year-old runaway. Police say the person spotted on surveillance video entered the Stoughton CVS at about 11:30 p.m. Sunday, stayed inside overnight, then left at about 7 a.m. Monday without being noticed by employees.

(AP) — Former St. Mary Parish Sheriff David Naquin will serve as New Iberia's liaison to the Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office in a six-month effort to ensure the law enforcement agency is upholding its contract to provide comprehensive police services for the city. The sheriff's office has provided law enforcement for the city since 2004, when city officials dissolved their police department because of budget constraints.

MEDORA, N.D. (AP) — Billings County leaders have once again delayed making a decision on whether to bless an $850 million oil refinery on a 700-acre site only about 3 miles from Theodore Roosevelt National Park in western North Dakota. On Tuesday, the group decided to wait until its July 6 meeting, to allow for a public meeting with refinery developers and state regulators.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Eritrea's "systematic, widespread" human rights abuses should be referred to the International Criminal Court as crimes against humanity that include enslavement and torture, a United Nations commission of inquiry said Wednesday. "The crimes of enslavement, imprisonment, enforced disappearance, torture, persecution, rape, murder and other inhumane acts have been committed as part of a widespread, systematic campaign against the civilian population since 1991," commission chair Mike Smith told reporters in Geneva. Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — Powered by a solid triumph in California, Hillary Clinton declared victory in her yearlong battle for the heart of the Democratic Party, seizing her place in history and setting out on the difficult task of fusing a fractured party to confront Donald Trump. With each win she further solidified Sen. Bernie Sanders' defeat and dashed his already slim chances of using the last night of state contests to refuel his flagging bid. The victories allowed Clinton to celebrate her long-sought "milestone" ... Читать дальше...

(AP) — The number of homes sold in metro Baton Rouge rose by 0.2 percent in April as a plunge in activity in Livingston Parish wiped out sales gains in East Baton Rouge and Ascension parishes. According to figures released Tuesday by the Greater Baton Rouge Association of Realtors' Multiple Listing Service, The Advocate reports (http://bit.ly/1svSuzE) there were 825 homes sold in the nine-parish metro area.

The video game publisher is organizing a second edition of the fan-focused convention to celebrate the popular military shooter franchise. Activision will also bring "Call of Duty" to life with such real-world activities as a paintball battle modeled after the Nuketown map from "Black Ops III."

City officials, business leaders and community groups that provide services to the homeless have been dealing with the problem of aggressive panhandlers who congregate on downtown streets in Saratoga, home to a famous thoroughbred racetrack and other popular tourist attractions.

(AP) — State police say a 20-year-old man died and his 47-year-old father was seriously injured when the motorcycles they were riding crashed on a winding stretch of road in East Haddam. Police say the Meriden men were riding in Devil's Hopyard State Park at about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday when Stephen Palermo lost control of his bike, went off the road and onto the right shoulder, and struck a large tree stump.

The 82-year-old Evansville natives both focused their efforts on volunteering with Deaconess Auxiliary and hospice facilities shortly after retiring from their respective positions at the hospital. Kempf spent more than 24 years as chief cashier for the hospital, and Leach worked for 32 years as a respiratory therapist before finishing her career as the director of clinical education for the respiratory therapy program through Deaconess and the University of Southern Indiana. The Auxiliary, which started in 1960... Читать дальше...

SINGAPORE (AP) — Government employees in Singapore will soon lose their internet access at work to make official information systems more secure, authorities said Wednesday. The government's Infocomm Development Authority said it has begun disconnecting internet access from the work stations of some government employees, and will expand the removal to all public workers by next June.

WASHINGTON (AP) — With a splash of history and a dose of reassurance, Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump claimed their parties' presidential nominations and are turning their political guns on each other. [...] for Bernie Sanders, Tuesday's contests offered the chance to cap a remarkable and resilient campaign to level the American playing field — one that vexed the Clinton armada for a solid year. The ferocious 17-way battle for the GOP nomination ended quietly Tuesday with the... Читать дальше...

When including superdelegates, or party officials who can back any candidate, Clinton's lead is much bigger — 2,755 to Sanders' 1,852. Clinton crossed that threshold Monday to become the presumptive nominee.

University President Lou Anna K. Simon says the center "reflects Michigan State's commitment to the people of Detroit and drive to bring our pioneering work in food systems into the urban environment." The university says the effort draws on experience from the school's 13 rural AgBioResearch field stations and MSU Extension work statewide.

Sometimes the story comes through the find. On a recent flea market visit, I found a brochure about Yosemite National Park, with beautiful images. Although undated, you can tell that it was published in the 1920's. I also found three photos that were dated December 24, 1914, and someone's personal photo album from a trip to Yosemite in the 1940's.

In a pilot project, drivers of heavy transport vehicles are being given 1,000 free interactive mobile gadgets which warn them of nearby reindeer and allow them to register their own sightings with a tap on the screen.

Dump truck driver owes over $15k in tolls, fees FORT LEE, N.J. (AP) — Police say a dump truck driver has been arrested in northern New Jersey after a computer check of her license plate revealed she had nearly $16,000 in unpaid tolls and fees.

CHARLES CITY, Iowa (AP) — A former school board candidate in northern Iowa has been given up to 10 years in prison for sexually abusing a teenage boy. In April he was convicted of sexual abuse.

It's one thing to stand in front of a sold out concert crowd and rock faces off, and it's an entirely different, maybe even scarier thing to present a doctoral dissertation in front of established academics, in hopes of being awarded a PhD.

Personal Capital tracked 50 NBA players' spending from December to March and although it's a small sample size the results give us a taste of the extravagance of pro athletes.

WINSLOW TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Police say a Winslow Township Middle School student brought a pellet gun and a steak knife to class. The school was locked down Tuesday afternoon and officers identified the student. They say the 13-year-old did not threaten anyone and at no time were other students in danger. The juvenile is charged with possession of a weapon.

The school says the Office of the President is funding the pilot program to determine the effect of free and convenient parking on students' ability to participate in university events, programs and services. University President M. Roy Wilson says in a statement that parking can be a challenge for first-time college students, especially those at urban schools.