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SEATTLE (AP) — Pressure intensified from all sides Wednesday just days before the Seattle City Council is scheduled to decide whether to tax big businesses to raise money to fight homelessness. So many people packed into City Hall that many were sent to an overflow room to wait their turn to speak. Councilmembers heard emotional testimony both for and against a proposal to tax employee hours to raise $75 million for homeless services. Nearly 600 large employers such as Amazon making at least $20... Читать дальше...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Daily Pick 4" game were: 6-2-7-7 (six, two, seven, seven) ¶ Maximum prize: $500

MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Daily Pick 3" game were: 2-5-3 (two, five, three) ¶ Maximum prize: $500

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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Latest on Missouri lawmakers' work on the state budget (all times local): 6:40 p.m. Missouri lawmakers have approved a budget with provisions aimed at restricting financial aid for college students who don't have a legal immigration status. The higher education spending plan approved Wednesday bans state scholarships from going to those students. It also requires public colleges and universities to charge those students the same tuition rate as international students. Читать дальше...

David Wiegand — led Chronicle entertainment, arts coverage, May 2, Main News, A12 The obituary did not specify an award David Wiegand received. He earned an O. Henry Prize for fiction in 1996, placing third for his story “Buffalo Safety.” Stephen King’s “The Man in the Black Suit” won first prize. Question the need for a chaplain, Letters to the Editor, May 8, A11 The letter misstated the leadership position of Paul Ryan. Читать дальше...

A West Coast team has not won the NCAA women’s lacrosse championship or even reached the Final Four. Kelsey Murray still likes No. 11 Stanford’s chances. “They’re as good as they’ve ever been,” she said. “If our defense plays the way they did in that Colorado game (a 15-6 victory in the Pac-12 tournament title game), I think we can shut down any team in the country.” Murray, a graduate student who had a medical redshirt in 2014 when she missed most of the season with a knee injury... Читать дальше...

The transformation of Pier 70 from a long-shuttered maritime industrial complex to a lively mixed-use waterfront community will kick off Thursday at a groundbreaking with the normal mix of political speeches and platitudes. But in this case the ceremony won’t be pure pageantry: When the elected officials leave with their gold-plated shovels, the real work will begin immediately, according to Jack Sylvan, senior vice president with developer Forest City.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Detainees freed from North Korea thank U.S. government, President Trump and American people 'for bringing us home'

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Latest on two nuclear reactors abandoned during construction in South Carolina (all times local): 6:55 p.m. Officials at South Carolina's state-owned utility say they paid nearly $9 million in performance bonuses to executives of a private utility for two nuclear reactors that were never finished. Santee Cooper spokeswoman Mollie Gore says the public utility refused to pay a final $3.2 million that SCANA Corp. billed them for in August, a month after construction on the reactors was abandoned.

SYLMAR, Calif. (AP) _ Tutor Perini Corp. (TPC) on Wednesday reported a first-quarter loss of $12.1 million, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier. On a per-share basis, the Sylmar, California-based company said it had a loss of 24 cents. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to 1 cent per share. The results missed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 23 cents per share. The construction... Читать дальше...

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Walking down a red carpet on all fours as an honor band plays Ecuador's national anthem, 61 police dogs are being officially retired after years spent sniffing out illegal drugs. The majority of the dogs — Labradors, German shepherds and Golden Retrievers on the whole — are being taken in by their former trainers. But the rest were adopted by families who opened their homes to a police inspection as part of a rigorous selection process to ensure the canines have a dignified retirement. Читать дальше...

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Thursday: 1. HOW HIGH-STAKES DIPLOMACY PLAYED OUT After months of anticipation, the release of three American detainees by North Korea is sealed only about an hour before the U.S. secretary of state is wheels-up from Pyongyang. 2. MICHAEL COHEN'S WOES DEEPEN Already under investigation for a hush payment to a porn star, Trump's longtime personal attorney is under legal and ethical scrutiny for apparently... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — It was all there on paper in black and white, down to the precise number of centrifuges: the terms of a potential "fix" that President Donald Trump had demanded for the United States to stay in the Iran nuclear deal. Dragged kicking and screaming into five months of negotiations, America's closest allies in Europe had finally agreed in principle to the toughest of Trump's demands. They conceded that some expectation could be put into place in perpetuity that Iran should never get closer than one year from building a bomb. Читать дальше...

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A former student is suing Washington State University over its handling of a 2015 racial incident. Dominique Stewart, who is black, says she was humiliated on the night of Feb. 21, 2015, while waiting for a friend in front of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity in Pullman. The lawsuit says a white member of the fraternity allegedly shouted racist and misogynistic slurs before slamming a door in Stewart's face. The Spokesman-Review says Stewart was 18 and a freshman at the time. The... Читать дальше...

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WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. (AP) _ LTC Properties Inc. (LTC) on Wednesday reported a key measure of profitability in its first quarter. The results missed Wall Street expectations. The Westlake Village, California-based real estate investment trust said it had funds from operations of $29.8 million, or 75 cents per share, in the period. The average estimate of five analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for funds from operations of 76 cents per share. Funds from operations is a closely watched measure in the REIT industry. Читать дальше...

ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) _ Aqua Metals Inc. (AQMS) on Wednesday reported a loss of $7.5 million in its first quarter. The Alameda, California-based company said it had a loss of 27 cents per share. The lead recycler posted revenue of $1.7 million in the period. In the final minutes of trading on Wednesday, the company's shares hit $3.53. A year ago, they were trading at $16.65. _____ This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Читать дальше...

Eleven months after his first big-league game, Dustin Fowler finally got his first big-league at-bat. So no more comparisons with Moonlight Graham, who famously played one inning in 1905 but never got to hit. Fowler’s at-bat wasn’t exactly how he envisioned it when he suited up on June 29 for his major-league debut with the Yankees. Fowler never made it out of the first inning, thanks to a knee injury that began a series of events that landed him in the A’s organization. Читать дальше...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Patrick Traynor, a cybersecurity expert, was in New York in February working with police to help identify a way to detect credit card skimmers on ATMs when he got a financial fraud alert: His own information had been stolen while he was in town. It wasn’t the first time. In five years he’d had his personal information stolen by credit card skimmers — devices illegally installed on ATMs and gas station pumps that “skim” consumer credit card numbers — a half-dozen times. Читать дальше...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Latest on the investigation of Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens (all times local): 5:55 p.m. A St. Louis judge has ruled that the woman involved in an affair with Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens can be referred to by her name in court. Judge Rex Burlison issued the ruling during a hearing Wednesday, a day before jury selection begins in Greitens' felony invasion of privacy case. He's accused of taking a partially nude and unauthorized photo of the woman during an affair in 2015, before he was elected. Читать дальше...

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (AP) _ ICU Medical Inc. (ICUI) on Wednesday reported first-quarter net income of $4.9 million. The San Clemente, California-based company said it had profit of 23 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs and restructuring costs, came to $2.26 per share. The medical device maker posted revenue of $372 million in the period. ICU Medical shares have increased 17 percent since the beginning of the year. In the final minutes of trading on Wednesday, shares hit $253.05... Читать дальше...

This year's event will also include local food and art vendors like Marla Bakery, Verve Coffee, Bodega Bay Oysters, SUM Sunglasses, and Revive Kombucha, among others.

This week at Golden Gate Fields Schedule: Thursday-Sunday Post time: 12:45 p.m. Feature race: $50,000-added Golden Poppy Stakes on Saturday Feature simulcast race: Grade 3, $350,000 Peter Pan Stakes on Saturday at Belmont Park Update: Turkish Tabby, Coachwhip and Dreamarcher — the 2-3-5 finishers behind Psycho Sister in an allowance prep April 13 ... Читать дальше...

LONDON — Facebook faced a wave of criticism for missing interference by Russian groups during the 2016 presidential campaign in the United States. Now it is making Ireland an early test case for new policies meant to block such meddling. With a contentious May 25 referendum on Ireland’s abortion ban approaching, Facebook said Tuesday that it would block political ads from groups based outside the country. The Menlo Park company also recently introduced a tool so users can see all the ads a group is posting on its network... Читать дальше...