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Residents were allowed back into their homes and roads were reopened to motorists Saturday in Napa County after fire crews made headway overnight to contain a wildfire southwest of Lake Berryessa, officials said. Burning in a relatively remote area, the blaze came within reach of several structures and homes, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said. An unknown number of residents, including those in a nearby mobile home park, were advised to leave the vicinity Friday. A stretch of the highway was closed... Читать дальше...

PHOENIX (AP) — More than three decades after thieves made off with a valuable painting from the University of Arizona Museum of Art, officials say they have recovered the long sought piece from an antique dealer in New Mexico. Curators at the museum that was home to Willem de Kooning's "Woman-Ochre" spent years hoping to get it back after two people stole the painting the day after Thanksgiving in 1985. In 2015, the museum displayed the empty wooden frame that once held the painting along with... Читать дальше...

The school now needs permission from the U.S. Department of Education and the Higher Learning Commission, which accredits higher education institutions in 19 states including Indiana. University President Mitch Daniels has said he hopes the online option will help increase education access to those who didn't finish college.

China's ruling Communist Party controls internet traffic across the country's borders and tries to keep the public from seeing thousands of websites including Facebook. China's biggest internet service provider, China Telecom Ltd., sent a letter to corporate customers last month saying that VPNs, which create encrypted links between computers and can be used to see sites blocked by Beijing's web filters, would be permitted only to connect to a company's headquarters abroad.

BEDMINSTER, N.J. (AP) — President Donald Trump has signed an emergency spending bill that will pump more than $2 billion into a program that allows veterans to receive private medical care at government expense. The bill, which addresses a budget shortfall at the Department of Veteran Affairs that threatened medical care for thousands of veterans, provides $2.1 billion to continue funding the Veterans Choice Program, which allows veterans to seek private care. VA Secretary David Shulkin has warned that without legislative action... Читать дальше...

(AP) — Indiana University trustees have approved architectural plans for the new IU Health Bloomington Hospital and Indiana University academic health sciences building. The design calls for one unified building with 620,000 square feet dedicated to the hospital and 115,000 square feet for the academic section. Architects said the brick and limestone design was chosen to match existing IU Health and academic buildings on the Bloomington campus.

BEDMINSTER, N.J. (AP) — Trump says Americans must come together 'with love for our nation ... and true affection for each other'

BEDMINSTER, N.J. (AP) — Trump on Virginia: 'What is vital now is a swift restoration of law and order and the protection of innocent lives.'

BEDMINISTER, N.J. (AP) — Trump condemns 'this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides' in Virginia.

MISSION, Texas (AP) — Hundreds of protesters wearing white and chanting in English and Spanish marched Saturday in Texas' first major protest against a border wall, crossing the earthen Rio Grande levee where President Donald Trump's administration wants to build part of the first phase. Organizers of Saturday's protest wanted to make clear the depth of local opposition to the border wall, which as proposed would cut through a federally protected wildlife refuge and split apart several border towns. Читать дальше...

BEDMINSTER, N.J. (AP) — Even as he seeks Beijing's help on North Korea, President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order asking his trade office to consider investigating China for the alleged theft of American technology and intellectual property, an administration official said Saturday. In a phone call Friday, Trump praised Chinese President Xi Jinping for backing the recent U.N. vote to impose tougher sanctions on North Korea, and the leaders reaffirmed their commitment to a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula. Читать дальше...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — White House official Omarosa Manigault-Newman clashed with a veteran news anchor during a panel discussion on policing in black communities held at the largest gathering of black journalists in the country. The director of communications for the White House Office of Public Liaison was a late addition to the Friday afternoon panel at the National Association of Black Journalists convention in New Orleans.

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan's army says "terrorists" have targeted a military truck with a bomb killing eight soldiers and seven civilians in the southwestern city of Quetta. Baluchistan borders Iran and Afghanistan and has been the scene of a low level insurgency by Baloch separatists groups who want a greater share of the province's mineral and gas resources.

The dramatic escalation in rhetoric seemed to upend carefully crafted U.S. policy that has stressed working with regional partners to increase pressure on Maduro. "Once again, Latin Americans will be looking for Pence to reassure them, to put a lot of daylight between his more traditional, moderate Republican views and those of his meandering president," said Richard Feinberg, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution who has extensive experience in the region. Just last week, the foreign ministers... Читать дальше...

(AP) — Summer business is down in Jackson Hole — but town promoters are hoping that visitors for the solar eclipse will reverse the summer slowdown. Sales tax income returned to Teton County from the state was down 22 percent for the month of June, which comes out to more than $1 million, according to the Wyoming Department of Revenue. Part of the discrepancy may be explained by a 16 percent increase in average daily rate for a room — from $343 to $393 — collecting a larger portion of taxes despite hosting fewer people.

ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the Connecticut Lottery's "Play4 Day" game were: 8-1-0-2 (eight, one, zero, two)

ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the Connecticut Lottery's "Play3 Day" game were: 9-5-2 (nine, five, two)

ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the Connecticut Lottery's "Lucky Links Day" game were: 01-02-03-05-06-07-13-15 (one, two, three, five, six, seven, thirteen, fifteen)

Investigators determined Britton stole $257,000 in donations from a PayPal account and $58,000 from the payroll account. Authorities say she admitted spending money on clothes, extravagant vacations and home furnishings.

The Press-Citizen reports that 24-year-old Ashley Hautzenrader pleaded guilty Friday in Johnson County District Court to child endangerment and to neglect or abandonment of a depended person. In exchange, prosecutors dropped an attempted murder charge.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Fire officials say at least four people were taken to hospitals following a collision involving a shuttle bus in Hartford. Capt. Raul Ortiz tells The Hartford Courant (http://cour.at/2vOP9ku ) the bus hit another vehicle just before 9:30 a.m. Saturday. A third car was rear-ended as a result of the crash. Three people were extricated from the vehicles. The victims' conditions weren't immediately known. ___ Information from: Hartford Courant, http://www.courant.com

(AP) — A security guard has been accused of killing two co-workers at a beachside resort on Florida's Gulf Coast. The Herald Tribune reports that 29-year-old Darryl Hanna Jr. of Bradenton was charged Wednesday with armed robbery and two counts of second-degree murder for the fatal shootings Aug. 4 at Zota Beach Resort. A Longboat Key police report says another co-worker identified Hanna through surveillance footage that showed the early morning robbery.

ROME (AP) — Doctors Without Borders said Saturday it is temporarily suspending the activity of its rescue ship due to alleged threats from Libya's coast guard, which has become more aggressive in patrolling the coasts where human traffickers launch boats crowded with migrants desperate to reach Europe. The humanitarian group said the rescue coordination center operated by Italy's coast guard had informed it on Friday that the Libyan threats pose a security risk. A Spanish humanitarian group, Proactiva Open Arms... Читать дальше...

(AP) — The NAACP is suing Indiana officials, seeking to block a new state law the civil rights group alleges would discriminate against black and Latino voters in heavily populated Lake County by consolidating the county's voting precincts. The federal lawsuit filed by the Gary NAACP and the Priorities USA Foundation names Indiana's secretary of state and members of the Indiana Election Division as defendants.

Among the free events are tastings and distillery tours at Caledonia Spirits in Hardwick on Friday, tours on Saturday at Butterworks organic dairy farm in Westfield, Agape Hill Llama Farm in Hardwick and Pete's Greens in Craftsbury, which will also offer local drink tastings and food. Sunday includes an open field day at High Mowing Organic Seeds in Wolcott with workshops, food and kids activities.