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PROVIDENCE, R.I. — St. George’s School has agreed to a settlement over sexual-abuse allegations that would provide compensation for up to 30 former students, the elite Rhode Island boarding school announced Wednesday. The Middletown school announced the pact in a joint statement with a group representing sex-abuse victims, saying the institution will provide an undisclosed sum to settle the claims. A state police investigation concluded earlier this year with no criminal charges.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama had a message for youth from other countries watching America's rollicking presidential election: "I hope you've buckled your seatbelts." Obama took an array of questions from the participants, some focusing on the challenges their nations face.

Ballet in 2010, he wanted to take ballet beyond expectations. If he has bent the rules through high-concept collaborations with composers, painters and sculptors, he’s breaking them now with “Do Be,” Post: Audiences may recognize the components: “Pasturing,” “Family,” “Tassel,” “Double Happiness” and “The Bell, the Ball, the Bow-Tie & the Boot” have premiered individually over the past three years. [...] no one has seen them like this — sequenced in an abstract narrative, performed in an otherworldly... Читать дальше...

The five-year-long Syrian war has placed huge strain on the region’s school systems, forcing neighboring countries to depend on multibillion-dollar grants from donor nations to meet education needs. In Lebanon, more than half of the nearly 500,000 school-age Syrian refugee children receive no formal education, according to Human Rights Watch, despite reforms allowing overburdened public schools to run two shifts a day. Many Syrian refugee families have no choice but to put their children to work... Читать дальше...

Bassnectar, a popular electronic artist born in Santa Cruz and based in the Bay Area, has a complicated relationship with the city of Denver.

The sand traps will be the least of these golfers' worries.

PAIA, Hawaii (AP) — An ukulele (oo-koo-leh-leh) player at a Hawaii coffee shop sang the duet of a lifetime with reggae artist Matisyahu, all the while completely oblivious to his famous singing partner's identity. Matisyahu and his bassist Stu Brooks were getting coffee last week before heading to a Maui beach when they heard the man start strumming the singer's hit "One Day."

SYDNEY — Human rights groups accused Australia on Wednesday of deliberately ignoring the alleged abuse of asylum seekers being held at a remote Pacific island detention facility in a bid to deter future refugees from trying to reach the country by boat. A scathing joint report by Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International said detainees on the Pacific island nation of Nauru, where Australia sends asylum seekers, are routinely denied critical medical care, frequently attempt suicide and endure physical assaults by locals on the island. Читать дальше...

(AP) — Donald Trump may be unwilling to endorse House Speaker Paul Ryan, but voters in his southeast Wisconsin district are eager to embrace their congressman. Ryan's once sleepy race against little-known and underfunded challenger Paul Nehlen, an executive at a water filtration company, got a jolt when Trump refused to back Ryan. Trump's smackdown came just days after Ryan defended the Muslim American parents of an Army captain killed in Iraq, pushing back on the presidential candidate's attacks on the couple. Читать дальше...

(AP) — Vermont's state education agency is weighing a proposal that would force independent schools to accommodate students with special needs if those schools accept public tuition money. In November, the board that sets Vermont's education policy, had asked the state Agency of Education, which implements those policies, to look at the rules that apply to independent schools. Under the proposal, independent schools would have to offer services to students with disabilities in "each special education... Читать дальше...

Rep. Tim Huelskamp has been a thorn in the side of the Republican establishment since his election to Congress amid the Tea Party wave of 2010, and his clashes with former House Speaker John Boehner and other GOP leaders helped get him booted from the House Agriculture Committee. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Ending Spending Action Fund, which wants to curb federal expenditures, spent big dollars against him. After Huelskamp lost his seat on the Agriculture Committee in 2012, farm groups turned against him... Читать дальше...

Legendary Bay Area rapper E-40 and Long Beach hero Warren G have just been added to the Outside Lands Music Festival lineup for 2016.

BEIJING — A Chinese legal rights activist was sentenced to 7½ years in prison on subversion charges Wednesday, in the second in a series of cases underscoring the ruling Communist Party’s determination to rein in government critics. State broadcaster CCTV said Hu Shigen had pleaded guilty to “subversion, damaging national security and harming social stability” at the start of his hearing before the Tianjin No. 2 Intermediate People’s Court. Hu had been sentenced in 1994 to 20 years in prison on... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's running mate Mike Pence endorsed House Speaker Paul Ryan in his primary fight Wednesday, in Pence's latest break in position from the billionaire businessman. Pence also defended a military mom's right to criticize Trump's controversial comments about the Muslim parents of a slain U.S. Army veteran.

KATHMANDU, Nepal — Nepal’s parliament on Wednesday elected a former communist rebel leader to lead a coalition government as the country’s new prime minister, a move that will probably mean the continuation of political instability in the Himalayan nation. Parliamentary speaker Onsari Gharti Magar announced that Maoist party leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal received 363 votes from lawmakers, with 210 voting against him. In the years that followed, the Maoist revolt spread to many parts of the country... Читать дальше...

Because the work of even the well-known Russian masters is done in such a spotty fashion in the U.S., there are unsuspected gems still waiting around many corners. To call Sergei Taneyev’s Piano Quintet in G Minor, which occupied the second half of Tuesday’s vibrant concert in the Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton, a gem would be putting it too strongly. Taneyev, a student and friend of Tchaikovsky, was a product of the conservatory system that burgeoned in Russia in the latter decades of the 19th century ... Читать дальше...

[...] get yourself a full-sized baked doughnut tin, stat. [...] little trick: [...] trick: I use three kinds of chocolate — melted chocolate and cocoa powder (both unsweetened) and then just a couple of tablespoons of mini-chocolate chips, which even in small quantities add a gooey-melted chocolate vibe that says "today is special." [...] I use defatted peanut flour (also called "dried peanut butter"). It has all the flavor and a fraction of the calories of peanut butter, perfect for smoothies and baked goods. Читать дальше...

Almost all the prisoners were serving time for nonviolent crimes related to cocaine, methamphetamine or other drugs, although a few were charged with firearms violations related to their drug activities. Obama's push to lessen the burden on nonviolent drug offenders reflects his long-stated view that the U.S. needs to remedy the consequences of decades of onerous sentencing requirements that put tens of thousands behind bars for far too long. Eggleston said Obama examines each clemency application... Читать дальше...

Callaway caught 35 passes for 678 yards and four touchdowns as a freshman last season. Cleveland and Wells, both freshmen, are facing felony charges for allegedly firing BB guns into a residential hall last month.

CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on details about the plan to build Barack Obama's presidential library in a lakeside park in Chicago's South Side (all times local): The chairman of the Obama Foundation says Jackson Park's "iconic location" on the Chicago lakefront and its historical significance were key to its selection for Barack Obama's presidential library. The parks preservation advocacy group Friends of the Parks said Wednesday it doesn't plan to sue over the selection of Jackson Park, as it did... Читать дальше...

NBC is making 4,500 hours of Olympics coverage available at NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Sports app, starting with preliminary soccer events on Wednesday, two days before Friday's formal start of the Olympics. The online coverage includes every single event live, as NBC continues a practice begun with the London Olympics in 2012 under new owner Comcast Corp. Much of this requires having a cable or satellite TV subscription, though as an alternative, you can sign up for Sony's PlayStation Vue service... Читать дальше...

The inventive release won him countless fans, with fellow musicians like Beck, Blur and MGMT tapping him for his production services. Combining Beach Boys-style harmonies with rapid-fire Ramones riffs and the cut-and-paste aesthetic of the Beastie Boys, the album still stands as a tribute to the power of imagination. [...] nearly two decades later, “Fantasma” is beting reissued, and the musician, whose real name is Keigo Oyamada, is performing it in its entirety on his first U.S. tour in more than eight years.

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A wildfire burning near Lake Berryessa grew to 4,000 acres Wednesday morning and was threatening homes and Pacific Gas and Electric Co. power lines after the flames ignited Tuesday and prompted an evacuation of Canyon Creek Resort and Golden Bear Estates in Winters, fire officials said. The Cold Fire, burning off Highway 128 west of Pleasants Valley Road near the Yolo-Solano county line, started shortly after 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Читать дальше...

(AP) — Fifteen human skulls and an entire human skeleton are among more than 100 items that have been reported missing from the University of Connecticut Health Center after a routine inventory. UConn officials submitted a report last month to the state auditor's office saying a private company was unable to locate the items during an independent inventory.