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Anti-Trump protests were scheduled once again in San Francisco Saturday as groups of demonstrators planned to march in city streets to cap a week full of similar actions. In San Francisco, a group of protesters gathered outside Civic Center BART Station Saturday afternoon chanting and holding anti-Trump signs as they marched toward another rally scheduled for the afternoon in the Castro District. The night before in Oakland around 100 people marching through downtown were monitored by police in riot gear. Читать дальше...

First ladies' museum in Ohio adds Melania Trump photo A photo located in the lobby of the facility's education section is accompanied by a printed message welcoming the incoming first lady to her new position.

Watch David Blaine’s Weird Magic Freak Out Jimmy Fallon (Video) Magician extraordinaire leaves “The Tonight Show” host dazed and confused Just simple card tricks, magician extraordinaire David Blaine told Jimmy Fallon and The Roots on Friday’s “The Tonight Show.” Blaine began showing Fallon a few complicated card tricks that had them moving from his hands to a member of the house band’s hand, freaking everyone out in the process. The concept is, a hundred years ago, there’s a guy that converted his stomach into an aquarium... Читать дальше...

(AP) — A counselor at Haskell Indian Nations University has dropped a lawsuit against the Lawrence school. The Lawrence Journal-World reports (http://j.mp/2fNdk8T) Angelina Adams alleged in the lawsuit that she faced retaliation from Haskell administrators for advocating a rape victim's Title IX rights. Federal court records show that lawsuit has been dismissed at Adams' request.

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Maryland standout running back Lorenzo Harrison has been suspended indefinitely for violating the school's student-athlete code of conduct. Receiver DJ Turner and linebacker Antoine Brooks also have been suspended. The sanctions were announced Saturday shortly before the Terrapins faced No. 6 Ohio State. Harrison, a 5-foot-8 freshman, leads Maryland with five rushing touchdowns. He has run for 664 yards and averages 7.2 yards per attempt. Turner has two catches for 19 yards, and Brooks has four tackles in four games. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON — Only four of Donald Trump’s original inner circle of senior staff have survived all the turmoil, at Trump’s side from the earliest days when his ambitions for the White House were a constantly mocked long shot, to his historic trip to the nation’s capital on Thursday. “We lived it 24/7, and began with a 1 percent chance of winning the nomination,” Dan Scavino, the campaign’s social media strategist, said in an interview. Scavino, who first met Trump as a teenage caddie at one of... Читать дальше...

PHOENIX (AP) — A state utility regulator who earns $100,000 per year leading Arizona State University's legislative training academy has responded to concerns that the two roles could conflict. A former Arizona Corporation Commissioner says university fundraising could become a conflict for Tobin when it involves companies with business before the commission. The ASU Foundation released a statement saying, that, As a private organization, the ASU Foundation is not required to disclose donor information.

HBO actor plays coy on various fan theories about sci-fi drama “Westworld” has fans immersed in trying to solve a giant mystery, and there may be even more twists and turns to come. Rumors began to swirl about a potential renewal for a second season, and star Luke Hemsworth seemed to hint things were indeed looking good. Everyone keeps saying, ‘Yeah, today, tomorrow, yup,’ so all the signs are there, the HBO actor told TheWrap’s Stuart Brazell. Evan Rachel Wood Says 'Westworld' Finale Will Leave... Читать дальше...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Though Californians voted to continue taxing the rich to bolster public schools and fund health insurance for the poor, keeping the status quo does not mend state government's underlying fiscal frailty. While the ballot measure helps stabilize funding for education and Medi-Cal, it increases California's reliance on a small group of taxpayers whose fortunes determine the health of state spending that this year tipped $122 billion. Proposition 55 extends until 2030 income tax... Читать дальше...

(AP) — The University of Arkansas will restrict employee tuition waivers beginning in May and allow them only for undergraduate hours, unless chancellors at individual campuses agree to pay graduate tuition. Employees currently pay 10 percent of undergraduate or graduate tuition at the university where they work or 30 percent at a sister institution.

Watch ‘Real Time With Bill Maher’ Season Finale Here (Video) HBO talk show livestreams its first episode since Tuesday’s presidential election “Real Time With Bill Maher” livestreamed its season finale on Friday, the show’s first episode following the presidential election, and now you can watch the entire episode above. The outspoken host opened the episode with, “Well, we tried” — a reference to Donald Trump’s surprise victory on Tuesday night over Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton — before... Читать дальше...

11 years after he walked away from one of the most successful shows in Comedy Central history, Dave Chappelle is hosting “Saturday Night Live” along with the remaining members of A Tribe Called Quest. In 2004, “Chappelle’s Show” was one of the most popular shows on basic cable and a huge money maker for Comedy Central. Chappelle displayed a willingness to plunge into depths of racial satire and N-word usage that few were willing to touch. Unfortunately, one show quickly got ugly after hecklers... Читать дальше...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A New Orleans businessman who hasn't paid property taxes in 30 years on a building he owns has resigned from the Louisiana Tax Commission. Thorns' business, Jim Thorns Inc., acquired a building in the 1980's but hasn't paid a penny in property taxes.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A gunman repeatedly shot an Alaska police officer in an ambush early Saturday morning as the officer lay on the ground near his police cruiser, Anchorage police said. "The officer was pulling his patrol vehicle over and a man brandished a gun and started firing at the officer," Castro says in an email to The Associated Press. Prosecutors say Jenkins-Alexie shot Brandt as Brandt tried to take cover behind his patrol car.

The Daily News of Bowling Green reports (http://bit.ly/2fLfnZw ) that the search committee met behind closed doors with a consulting firm for three hours Friday to whittle down the number of candidates to replace Gary A. Ransdell, who became WKU's ninth president in 1997. Phillip Bale, a member of WKU's Board of Regents and chair of the presidential search committee, says he doesn't expect candidates' names to be made public unless they become finalists.

City and state leaders offered to help build a helipad as part of the incentives to lure General Electric from its longtime headquarters in Fairfield, Connecticut earlier this year. The industrial giant has hundreds of employees working in temporary office space in South Boston as it builds a permanent headquarters nearby.

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — State law enforcement officials are seeking to decertify a former Dubuque police officer convicted of sexually abusing a teenage girl. Early this year, Cross pleaded guilty to third-degree sexual abuse, a felony, after he acknowledged having sexual contact with a 14-year-old runaway who was found at his house in February 2015.

“This is an opportunity because he doesn’t really have an ideology that is beholden to either party,” the HBO host says The liberal-leaning host of HBO’s “Real Time With Bill Maher” gave a positive spin to his usually caustic viewpoint of the Donald Trump political movement, calling it “a victory for third parties in America.” On Friday’s show, the last of Season 14, Maher said president-elect Trump “should have been a third-party candidate — an oddball billionaire who doesn’t really have the ideology... Читать дальше...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Numbers Midday" game were: 7-0-8, Lucky Sum: 15 (seven, zero, eight; Lucky Sum: fifteen)

BOSTON (AP) — A teen is recovering after being shot on a bike path in Boston. State police say the unnamed 16-year-old male was shot around 5:20 p.m. Friday on a bike path behind a playground in the Mattapan neighborhood. He was sent to Boston Medical Center for treatment of a single gunshot wound and is expected to recover. Police say they haven't made any arrests yet and the investigation is ongoing.

The Virginian Pilot reports that (http://bit.ly/2erR06T ) the Franklin City Council unanimously accepted the resignations of the school board members this week amid a dispute over financial matters. The city council called on the board members to resign after it discovered that the school division did not need the $343,000 in additional funds that the council agreed to give it in the 2014-2015 fiscal year.

PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix police are trying to determine the circumstances of a shooting that left a man critically wounded. Lt. Paul Taylor says officers responding to calls about shots fired early Saturday morning found a man lying in the street with gunshot wounds. Taylor says the victim was unable to provide information and there is no information about a suspect or what led up to the shooting. No additional information is immediately available.

Some voters in Jefferson County ended up crossing party lines to cast their ballots for who they thought was the best candidate in each of the races — defying the practice of party line voting in an election that showed a deep red-blue political divide. Support for Clinton wasn't strong as residents — many who are blue-collar workers in the petrochemical industry — were concerned whether her environmental and energy proposals would ultimately have a negative impact on their jobs, said Brandon Rottinghaus... Читать дальше...

Earlier Saturday, Keller says a caravan of about 150 cars left the protest camps and arrived in Mandan, where protesters stood and blocked the intersection of state Highway 6 and Main Street. Protesters fear the pipeline could affect water supply and disturb tribal cultural sites.

CINCINNATI (AP) — A judge declared a mistrial after a jury said it was deadlocked Saturday in the case of a white former police officer charged with murder in the fatal traffic stop shooting of an unarmed black motorist. The Hamilton County prosecutor said jurors were leaning toward a lesser conviction of voluntary manslaughter and acquittal on the murder charge, but they could not reach agreement. University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing shot 43-year-old Sam DuBose in the head after... Читать дальше...