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GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi woman has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for embezzling about $266,600 from a cancer charity. Melinda Rosetti-Spence was sentenced Monday, the Sun Herald reported. Harrison County Circuit Judge Lisa Dodson also ordered her to repay about $181,000 to Pink Hearts Fund, which is based in Long Beach. Rosetti-Spence's family is paying the balance. Rosetti-Spence volunteered as treasurer of the charity. Prosecutors said she wrote 132 checks to herself, from the charity, from March 2016 to July 2016. Читать дальше...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — New President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador went to one of his most important meetings yet Tuesday by cruising through city traffic in a compact car with the windows down and no visible security detail, establishing a casual new style of leadership that has some expressing concerns for his safety in violence-wracked Mexico. In place of police outriders, a half dozen television cameramen on motorcycles buzzed around Lopez Obrador's car en route to a meeting with outgoing President... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — Rising political star Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has often talked about her working-class roots in New York City's Bronx, saying in a campaign video alongside gritty street images, "I was born in a place where your ZIP code determines your destiny." But in the days following the Democrat's stunning primary victory over 10-term incumbent Joe Crowley, she has been forced to defend that campaign narrative against conservative critics who have seized on reports that she spent much of her life growing up... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — White House says President Donald Trump spoke Tuesday to three potential Supreme Court nominees.

TX Norman OK Zone Forecast for Tuesday, July 3, 2018 _____ 880 FPUS54 KOUN 032040 ZFPOUN Zone Forecast Product National Weather Service Norman OK 340 PM CDT Tue Jul 3 2018 TXZ086-040900- Wichita- Including the cities of Sheppard AFB and Wichita Falls 340 PM CDT Tue Jul 3 2018 .TONIGHT...Partly cloudy early in the evening then clearing. Lows in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. .INDEPENDENCE DAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 100. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Читать дальше...

GUINDA, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on wildfires in the Western United States (all times local): 1:38 p.m. Utah Gov. Gary Herbert says a wildfire burning in the Utah mountains has destroyed 20-30 structures, including some homes and cabins. Herbert made the comments after meeting with firefighters and evacuees on Tuesday in the small town of Duchesne, about 115 miles southeast of Salt Lake City. The fire that started on Sunday has grown to about 47 square miles (122 square kilometers) amid hot temperatures and high winds. Читать дальше...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A trailblazing nonprofit group set up to boost coverage of local news in New Jersey just got $5 million in the state's new budget. It's part of the $37.4 billion spending plan signed by Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy. But advocates see it as an important and innovative way to use public money to encourage more local news reporting following a sharp decline in such coverage industrywide in recent years. Detractors worry the model could lead to government interference. Lawmakers say... Читать дальше...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Las Vegas investor who owes $2.2 billion to a Nevada company was arrested in Montana near Yellowstone National Park on a bench warrant from a federal bankruptcy court. The Billings Gazette reports 47-year-old Raymond Ngan was arrested in Gardiner last week and appeared in federal court in Billings on Monday. According to court documents, the bankruptcy court in Las Vegas issued the contempt of court order last month after Ngan failed to appear for three hearings. A Nevada... Читать дальше...

BOSTON (AP) — Ramps of a Massachusetts highway are shut down as a drawbridge that runs across the highway remains stuck. Massachusetts State Police say the northbound and southbound ramps of Interstate 93 in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston are closed until further notice. A drawbridge is stuck open. Police say motorists should expect heavy delays in the area and seek alternative routes. No further information is available about why the bridge is stuck. The 187-foot-long bridge was closed for repairs in late April.

DENVER (AP) — More than 100 homes in the Colorado mountains were destroyed by a growing wildfire, while hundreds of others across the parched U.S. West remained under evacuations Tuesday and the closure of recreation areas derailed holiday plans. Authorities announced late Monday that a fire near Fort Garland, about 205 miles (330 kilometers) southwest of Denver, had destroyed 104 homes in a mountain housing development started by multimillionaire publisher Malcolm Forbes in the 1970s. The damage... Читать дальше...

The global phenomenon that was “Avengers: Infinity War” was such a juggernaut at the box office, it’s poised to propel the latest “Ant-Man” movie into a sizeable midsummer hit. Disney predicts “Ant-Man and the Wasp” will gross roughly $80 million in its debut weekend — the same amount two other trackers are currently estimating. Already that’s much higher than the $57.2 million debut of the first “Ant-Man.” But studio estimates are notoriously conservative. In reality, the film has a shot at breaking... Читать дальше...

“Is death funny?” Oakland cartoonist Jason Novak posed this query, accompanying it with a grim reaper dressed in a makeshift clown costume, the first of many Sharpie sketches he playfully drew on a large pad. The question was pertinent, as Novak was at East Bay Booksellers in Oakland to promote the release of his new book, “Et Tu, Brute? Deaths of the Roman Emperors” (Norton; $16.95). In his first solo book (following a book illustrating poet Ron Padgett’s “How to Be Perfect”),... Читать дальше...

Embedded in the sleek metallic and cypress interior of Takeda Pharmaceutical’s new global headquarters in Tokyo are stylized Japanese characters for words like life, water and light. Melding futuristic design with traditional Japanese elements highlights the balancing act facing Chief Executive Officer Christophe Weber: showing he can honor the 237-year-old drugmaker’s Japanese heritage as he tries to complete the biggest deal in Takeda’s history — the $62 billion takeover of Shire.

Twice a week, The Chronicle features a home on the market that caught our eye for its architecture, history or character. More photos: www.sfgate.com/columns/walkthrough Address: 4522 Bennett Valley Road, Santa Rosa Asking price: $3.45 million Description: Set on 10 gated acres, this three-bedroom, four-bathroom estate home has dining patios on its northern and southern sides, as well as a pool and connected koi ponds. Читать дальше...

Live there, work anywhere Vermont’s plan to pay people up to $10,000 to move to the state and work remotely has attracted 1,800 inquiries, including 500 from international senders, the Burlington Free Press reported. The state’s community development agency says it still hasn’t determined how the plan, part of an effort to attract younger people to the state, will operate. Number of the day ... Читать дальше...

In the way that good ideas catch hold and take root, an event that began as a quirky innovation is quickly transmuting into a beloved civic tradition. Flower Piano, in which a dozen grand pianos are scattered around the San Francisco Botanical Garden in Golden Gate Park for anyone to play, is now hitting its fourth summer and is as healthy as ever. To walk among the instruments is to encounter everything from expert renditions of jazz standards and Beethoven sonatas... Читать дальше...

Scotland Yard is now investigating three more sexual assault allegations against Kevin Spacey, bringing the total to six against the actor and former creative director of the Old Vic Theatre. The investigations were first reported by TMZ and confirmed by Metropolitan Police to TheWrap. While the Met cannot confirm the subjects of the investigations by name per department policy, the person being investigated in these new inquiries is the same as in investigations already confirmed by previous reports to be Spacey.

No sooner has the San Francisco Opera’s summer season come to a fiery close with the end of Wagner’s “Ring” Cycle than the Merola Opera Program — the summertime component of the company’s training wing — gets under way. Later there will be fully staged productions of operas by Mozart and Stravinsky, but first we get the Schwabacher Summer Concert, in which some of the summer’s most promising performers get a chance to show their stuff in a collection of ensembles and extended scenes. Читать дальше...

Noe Valley isn’t usually a theatrical hot spot, but this weekend the neighborhood gets theater that epitomizes access when Peripatetic Players sail in with the free, outdoor, “Shiver We Timbers! A Peripatetic Pick-Yer-Own Pirate Adventure.” “Shiver We Timbers!” taps into an ageless and all-ages fascination with scoundrels of the high seas. “In our fantasies,” director Rebecca Longworth says in a statement, “pirates are misfits and adventurers who have their own codes of justice... Читать дальше...

Get a seat at one of the most exclusive reservations of the year: Julia Adam’s “QuintEssence.” A unique combination of micro-local food and contemporary ballet - two of the things the Bay Area does best — the fifth annual gathering under the stars runs Friday through Sunday, July 6-8, and July 13-15 in West Marin. Curated by former San Francisco Ballet principal dancer Adam and her husband, rancher and agricultural activist Aaron Lucich, the alfresco evening starts with dinner planned by Los Angeles chef Matt Roberts. Читать дальше...

Yvette Nicole Brown will replace Chris Hardwick in moderating two AMC panels at San Diego Comic-Con, TheWrap has confirmed. The “Talking Dead” regular will moderate panels for “The Walking Dead” and “Fear the Walking Dead” on Friday, July 20. She steps in for Hardwick, who was pulled from the fan convention last month. AMC distanced itself from Hardwick, a Comic-Con mainstay and regular host of AMC’s many after-shows, after his former girlfriend Chloe Dykstra appeared to accuse him of emotional abuse last month. Читать дальше...

You can forget about a “Lost” revival that includes Kate Austen, as, unlike seemingly the rest of Hollywood, Evangeline Lilly does not have reboot fever. “There’s a rumor every year that they are going to reboot ‘Lost,'” Lilly, who starred on the ABC series for its entire six-season run, told Entertainment Weekly in a recent interview while promoting “Ant-Man and the Wasp.” “The thing about reboots and remakes is that I don’t like them in general, period. I want people to leave ‘Star Wars’ alone! Читать дальше...

Both retro and modern, this Emeryville loft offers a window into style, design, history, and the rapid rise in real estate values in this East Bay city-- for the price of $849,500.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Latest on the overhaul of Poland's judicial system (all times local): 9:40 p.m. Anti-government protests have broken out in Warsaw and several other Polish cities in defense of the country's constitution, judicial independence and the rule of law. Thousands of people gathered Tuesday night in front of the Supreme Court building, where they shouted "Free courts!" and "Down with dictatorship!" There were also protests in Gdansk, Krakow, Lodz, Katowice and Wroclaw. The protests... Читать дальше...

STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut police say they have recovered a gun stolen 35 years ago during a bust. The Stamford Advocate reports patrol officers checked out an Audi in Stamford on Monday and arrested three men on charges related to carrying a pistol without a permit, and charges of possessing marijuana and stealing a firearm. Twenty-one-year-old David Bates, 25-year-old Philippe Renard and 21-year-old David Wilkinson, all of Stamford, have been detained. Police say all three men have denied ownership of the firearm... Читать дальше...