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Senators voted 30-13 Wednesday to pull a bill that would require schools to hold back third-grade students who were not reading at grade level.

(AP) — Wisconsin lawmakers passed a package of bills Tuesday designed to combat opioid abuse, which has reached epidemic proportions and causes more overdose deaths than there are traffic deaths in the state. The nine proposals approved nearly unanimously by the Senate were expected to be quickly signed by Gov. Scott Walker, who called lawmakers into a special session to take up the bills and draw attention to opioid abuse. The bills passed in the Senate would expand treatment options, increase training for doctors and school staff... Читать дальше...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A suspect has suffered non-life threatening injuries after a shooting involving police officers on Albuquerque's northeast side. The homeowner relayed a suspect description to a police dispatcher.

Santa Fe City Clerk Yolanda Vigil said Tuesday more than 19,600 votes have been cast at the polls, early voting centers and by absentee ballot. Lines of voters inside polling stations continued to cast ballots after doors were closed Tuesday at 7 p.m., delaying tabulation of final results. The special election was marked by weeks of intensive publicity campaigns that have blanketed the city with fliers and yard signs in favor and against the tax that would pay to expand early childhood education. Читать дальше...

[...] the deal could also give Fox a leg up as it prepares for the growth of internet-based streaming TV services — where an increasing number of cost-conscious Americans are watching NFL playoff games and “Empire.” Most of the country’s highest rated shows, including NFL games and awards shows, air on the Big Four, and they can be enjoyed for free in full HD in perpetuity with the one-time purchase of a digital antenna. The Big Four’s patchwork ownership makes getting them on streaming services nationwide a significant challenge ... Читать дальше...

(AP) — A home explosion that killed two people in Colorado was caused by odorless, unrefined natural gas leaking from an old pipeline, investigators said Tuesday, prompting the governor to order statewide inspections of similar lines. Gov. John Hickenlooper ordered inspections and tests of all active and abandoned gas pipelines within 1,000 feet of occupied buildings. The pipelines are called flow lines and carry gas from wells to storage tanks or other collection points. Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Director Matt Lepore... Читать дальше...

The federal lawsuit, which seeks class-action status for current and future students, claims district officials failed to identify, evaluate and provide services to students with learning disabilities, including dyslexia, so the students could keep up with their peers. Larisa Cummings, staff attorney for the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, said in a statement that while she had received several complaints from Berkeley parents about services for children with reading disorders, the problem existed in many other districts as well.

The GOP majority says the plan would fund priorities such as roads and public safety and give local governments more in revenue sharing than under Snyder's plan. Democrats say the House plan — approved 60-47 Tuesday night along mostly party lines — too often goes halfway and does not fully fund increases sought by Snyder in areas such as environmental protection and meals for seniors. The Republican governor instead has proposed a $100 boost for the lower-funded schools and a $50 increase for the higher-funded ones ... Читать дальше...

University of California President Janet Napolitano is apologizing for the way her office handled an audit that found UC administrators hid $175 million from the public while tuition increased. State lawmakers who questioned Napolitano at a hearing on Tuesday said they were deeply troubled by the auditor's finding that the UC president's office tried to interfere with the investigation. State auditor Elaine Howle told lawmakers that Napolitano's office sought to edited responses to audit questions from individual UC campuses. Читать дальше...

House Republicans worked to undo former President Barack Obama’s law overhauling the nation’s financial rules, arguing that it is undermining economic growth. United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz apologized Tuesday on Capitol Hill for an incident in which a passenger was forcibly removed from a flight and vowed to do better as he and other airline executives faced tough questions from lawmakers. President Trump’s campaign is criticizing CNN for refusing to air an advertisement touting the president’s... Читать дальше...

Plans to outfit the Caltrain system with fast, environmentally friendly electric trains came to a grinding halt three months ago when Trump administration officials withdrew funding for the rail upgrade, saying they wanted time to rethink priorities. While the money infusion is still far from certain — the budget agreement has yet to be approved, and Trump’s newly minted Federal Transit Administration has final say over transportation dollars — Caltrain officials believe the appropriation is a good sign. Читать дальше...

“Great view,” said Nic Bekaert, eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich Tuesday at the new vista point at the Yerba Buena Island end of the bike path. The bridge staff was so happy to open the path to weekday pedalers and walkers that it threw a big party and invited Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf to ride over from Oakland for free brownies. The new bike path ends at the vista point, where pedalers find a portable toilet, a drinking fountain, a few benches, a patch of plastic grass and a wall... Читать дальше...

(AP) — The U.S. Justice Department has decided not to charge two white Baton Rouge police officers in the death of a black man whose fatal shooting was captured on cellphone video, fueling protests in Louisiana's capital and beyond, The Associated Press has learned. Federal authorities opened a civil rights investigation immediately after the July 5, 2016, police shooting that killed Alton Sterling, 37, outside a convenience store where he was selling homemade CDs. The department's decision doesn't... Читать дальше...

“We were devastated to hear of this tragedy within the A’s family,” A’s vice president of baseball operations Billy Beane said. Thomas, an infielder, was at extended spring training in Arizona. Last year, he hit .258 with 18 RBIs in 37 games for the A’s rookie-level affiliate in the Arizona League. Former A’s prospect Mike Nolan died on Oct. 8, 2015, three weeks after being shot in New York; Triple-A pitcher Sean Murphy died of an undetected heart ailment on April 25, 2016, and minor-league video... Читать дальше...

Gregory Prokopowicz, the 38-year-old East Bay man accused of fatally shooting his wife in Walnut Creek last week, was charged with first-degree murder Tuesday, officials said. The charge carries an enhancement for personal and intentional discharge of a firearm, according to the Contra Costa County district attorney’s office. The victim, 47-year-old Roselyn Policarpio, was shot multiple times on the 1900 block of First Avenue in Walnut Creek on Thursday, according to police.

On Monday, the city agreed to sell the NFL team a 60-acre plot of land for its new stadium for $77.5 million — more than $22 million less than the $100 million price tag a public board overseeing the project had expected the land to go for. The Associated Press first reported the land purchase, saying the deed became effective Monday. The Raiders have reportedly taken more than 40,000 refundable $100 deposits for personal seat licenses since the NFL approved the team’s move last month.

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Voters in New Mexico's capital city flowed through polling places in droves Tuesday to cast their decision on whether to add a tax on sugary sodas and other sweetened beverages that would follow the examples of several cities across the country. Backers of the tax crowded into a union hall Tuesday to make last-minute calls to vote, as tax opponents knocked on doors and stood at busy intersections calling for a "no" vote. At a polling station near downtown, eager voters moved quickly through a line of more than 50 people... Читать дальше...

(AP) — A federal agency targeted by President Donald Trump for budget cuts next year has only about half the money needed to build a new Yellowstone River dam and a bypass channel meant to save an endangered fish, but it plans to begin construction anyway. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers inked a $36 million contract in 2015 with Ames Construction of Burnsville, Minnesota, to build the concrete dam and a channel in Montana for about 125 wild pallid sturgeon to swim to their spawning grounds that are now blocked by an existing rock dam. Читать дальше...

Citing a pattern of “bad-faith harassment, retaliation and fraud” against rent-controlled tenants, a San Francisco Superior Court Judge has ordered a landlord to pay the city nearly $2.4 million in penalties for violations of state housing law. In a tentative ruling, Judge Angela Bradstreet said landlord Anne Kihagi and her associates had “purposefully destroyed their tenants’ quiet enjoyment and any sense of sanctuary through their long, continued and unrelenting campaign of harassment, reductions in services... Читать дальше...

Lowell pitcher headed to Pacific The road to a college baseball scholarship is paved — in no particular order — with connections, genetics, good fortune and a lot of sweat. When you play in the Academic Athletic Association, the need for all of those ingredients is amplified. Lowell alums Craig Colen (Cal Poly) and Elijah Saunders (Grambling State) and Galileo graduate Kyle Nelson (UC Santa Barbara). “It’s really exciting to be a part of that group that actually gets to move on and keep playing,” Solomon said. Читать дальше...

Rami Malek of “Mr. Robot” fame stars as the title character, a mountain man on the run from authorities. Two couples (Richard Gere and Laura Linney, and Steve Coogan and Rebecca Hall) share serious family issues at an upscale restaurant. Chris Pratt’s hero and company are back (albeit Groot is now a baby tree) to save the universe. Laura Poitras of “Citizenfour” fame directs this documentary about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Summer Wars: A 2009 Japanese animated sci-fi film is now being released in the United States.

Heavy hitters like “The Leftovers” mastermind Damon Lindelof and “House of Cards” creator Beau Willimon sat in Aeron chairs in an freeway-side office within the Sherman Oaks Galleria, facing down the producers who pay them. On Twitter, strike-watchers tried to guess what was going on inside the offices of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers as its representatives faced off with those of the Writers Guild of America. They vented their nervousness with animated GIFs of fictional... Читать дальше...

Reality TV veteran also had “empty and partially consumed open alcoholic beverages” in and around his vehicle, county attorney says In a filing on Tuesday, Buchanan County, Iowa, attorney Shawn M. Harden said that Soules bought alcohol at a convenience store prior to the crash that claimed the life of Kenneth Mosher, ABC News reports. [...] Harden painted a very different picture of the situation in his response to Soules’ motion to dismiss, stating that the Soules “did attempt to obfuscate the... Читать дальше...

Colorado's chief oil and gas regulator says the state doesn't have a complete record of all gas lines in the state like the one blamed for a fatal home explosion. Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Director Matt Lepore said Tuesday operators are required to tell regulators the planned route of the pipelines that carry gas from a well to storage tanks or other collection points. Gov. John Hickenlooper on Tuesday ordered inspections of all active and unused natural gas pipelines near occupied buildings. Читать дальше...

The man spearheading a proposal to wipe out all world records achieved in track and field before 2005 says it will mark the start of a “new, clean, credible era” for a sport tainted by doping scandals. World-record holders such as former marathon runner Paula Radcliffe and ex-triple jumper Jonathan Edwards have reacted with dismay following European Athletics’ decision to rewrite European record lists. The Americans announced a six-member selection committee that will choose players, mostly from the NBA Development League... Читать дальше...