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WASHINGTON — A new government analysis of President Donald Trump’s budget plan says it wouldn’t come close to balancing the federal ledger like the White House has promised. Thursday’s Congressional Budget Office report says that Trump’s budget, if followed to the letter, would result in a $720 billion deficit at the end of 10 years

CLEVES, Ohio — Police say a fuel truck driver who apparently overdosed on drugs and was found slumped over the wheel of his running vehicle at an Ohio gas station was “sitting on a bomb.” WLWT-TV reports (http://bit.ly/2tfKTVT ) that 36-year-old Kristopher Phoenix has been charged with felony drug possession and operating a vehicle under

PEYRAGUDES, France — For his three previous victories at the Tour de France, Chris Froome took advantage of the first big mountain stage to deliver the decisive blow. On Thursday, that tried and trusted strategy never got going, and he surrendered the overall race lead to Fabio Aru. With its mountain top finish, the hugely

NAIROBI, Kenya — Suspected al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab extremists briefly took hostage a top Kenya government official in the country’s volatile southeast, leaving three people dead, officials and police sources said Thursday. It was the highest-profile kidnapping by al-Shabab in the East African nation, raising security concerns ahead of next month’s election. A top public works official,

LOS ANGELES — The Latest on the 69th annual Primetime Emmy nominations announced Thursday in Los Angeles by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (all times local): 10:10 a.m. It looked like the Emmy nominations presentation might have an Oscars moment on its hands Thursday morning. Instead, a gold envelope that arrived in Shemar

NEW YORK — Walmart is pushing convenience for the back-to-school shopping season as it tries to compete better with Amazon. The world’s largest retailer is making hundreds of school staples like notebooks and pens available through its online grocery shopping service that offers curbside pickup at the store. It’s also doubling the number of key

SHENYANG, China — The Latest on the death of imprisoned Chinese Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, who died Thursday night in the northeastern city of Shenyang following a battle with liver cancer (all times local): 2:30 a.m. China has rejected foreign criticism of Beijing’s handling of the illness from which imprisoned Chinese Nobel Peace

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — A Florida sheriff’s deputy was arrested on DUI charges when he crashed his truck into a pedestrian bridge near Disney Springs at Walt Disney World. The Florida Highway Patrol says 46-year-old Timothy Michael Craig hit a stop sign before crashing into the bridge on Tuesday night near Orlando. Troopers said

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Hundreds of police and security agents in riot gear clashed on Thursday with former employees and other activists at a recently closed PepsiCo plant in Argentina. More than 500 people lost jobs when PepsiCo closed the plant in the outskirts of Buenos Aires on June 20, citing “local challenges unique to

NEW YORK — The jury at the securities fraud trial of “Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli has heard investors accuse the quirky former biotech CEO of repeatedly giving them the runaround when they tried to pull their money out of his failing health care hedge fund. But the government witnesses have made a concession that the

HOOVER, Ala. — The Latest on SEC media days (all times local): 11:20 a.m. Mississippi coach Hugh Freeze wanted to talk about football on Thursday at SEC media days. Instead, he spent much of his time at the podium taking questions about the off-the-field issues swirling around the program. Freeze, in his sixth year at

BOSTON — A nurses’ strike at a Boston hospital has turned into a lockout. The 24-hour strike by about 1,200 nurses at Tufts Medical Center ended at 7 a.m. Thursday. About 100 nurses tried to return to work when the strike ended but were turned away by hospital security staff. The members of the Massachusetts

LARAMIE, Wyo. — Wyoming junior safety Andrew Wingard has been named to the Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List. The Nagurski Trophy recognizes the top college defensive player of the year. The winner will be announced on Dec. 4, 2017. Earlier this week, Wingard and teammate Josh Allen were named to the Chuck Bednarik Award Watch

PORTLAND, Maine — New England’s summer lobster season is off to a slow start, but consumers are paying a little bit less for the critters than they were a year ago. The annual summer boom in lobster catch has yet to arrive, lobster fishermen and distributors said. Lobster catch typically picks up in the warm

MEXICO CITY — Mexico has assigned 21 exploration and production contracts for oil and gas fields that hold potential reserves of 435 million barrels of crude equivalent. The blocks went to six investor consortiums made up mainly of Mexican companies, with some foreign partners. The bidding results announced late Wednesday were carried out under the

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The electricity supply to Gaza’s 2 million residents has dropped to unprecedented lows, with blackouts lasting for more than 24 hours, the territory’s power distribution company said Thursday, prompting fears of a humanitarian and environmental crisis. The Palestinian enclave needs at least 400 megawatts of power a day, but only

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Latest on ACC media days (all times local): 2:50 p.m. Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher was asked Thursday if he’s ready for the regular season opener against perennial power Alabama on Sept. 2 at the new Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. “I scheduled it, so I better be ready for it,” the

CINCINNATI — A lawsuit alleges a 12-year-old suburban Cincinnati boy was improperly arrested at school and prosecuted for social media comments goading purported frightening clowns to visit his area as reports of such encounters swirled around the country last fall. His parents seek unspecified damages in the federal suit against his school district, an officer

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Welcome back to Margaritaville: Singer Jimmy Buffett’s childhood home on Thursday backed off a short-lived ban on the sale of pitchers of the drink he made famous. The Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board announced an end to the pitcher prohibition a day after al.com published a column criticizing the moratorium. The irresistible

NEW YORK — DeMarcus Cousins of the New Orleans Pelicans, Kyle Lowry of the Toronto Raptors and Kristaps Porzingis of the New York Knicks will play for Team World in the NBA Africa Game. Dirk Nowitzki and Kemba Walker had already been chosen as captains for Team World. The squad includes Portland’s CJ McCollum, Detroit’s

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Wendy’s customers rarely have anything meatier to contemplate than whether to get a single, a double or perhaps try the chicken. But those at one of the fast-food chain’s Palm Beach County, Florida, restaurants briefly got to contemplate Wendy’s and its immoral acts against God. The Palm Beach Post reports

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten — A New Zealand tourist has been killed by the blast from a jetliner taking off at a seaside airport in the Dutch Caribbean territory of St. Maarten, officials said Thursday. The 57-year-old woman was knocked into a wall as she tried to cling to a fence to feel the blast on

WASHINGTON, Pa. — A Pennsylvania woman who was trapped for more than nine hours when her dilapidated apartment building partially collapsed is recovering after surgery. Matthew Angelone says his 38-year-old sister, Megan Angelone, had surgery at UPMC Presbyterian hospital in Pittsburgh after crews pulled her from the building that collapsed early Wednesday in Washington, Pennsylvania.

WASHINGTON — Long-term U.S. mortgage rates rose this week for the second straight week. The benchmark 30-year rate surpassed the significant 4 percent level for the first time since May. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday the rate on 30-year, fixed-rate mortgages increased to an average 4.03 percent from 3.96 percent last week. It stood

SEOUL, South Korea — Asian shares were marginally higher on Friday as investors awaited a raft of corporate earnings due out next week. The Federal Reserve chair’s second day of testimony to Congress generated little market-moving news. KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s Nikkei 225 added 0.2 percent to 20,144.82 and South Korea’s Kospi rose 0.3 percent to