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LOS ANGELES — Actress Candace Cameron Bure says “family sticks together no matter what,” in what seems a sign of support for “Fuller House” co-star Lori Loughlin, who has been charged in an alleged college admissions scandal. Bure delivered that message in her acceptance speech Saturday night at the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Award for Favorite

STURGIS, S.D. — A 9-year-old girl missing from a South Dakota residential youth home for nearly two months has a history of running away, her parents said in an interview published Sunday. Chad and Kasandra Dennard told the Rapid City Journal that their daughter, Serenity Dennard, had planned escapes by packing a suitcase and leaving

HOUSTON — Investigators say a Houston police officer has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of his librarian wife. Pearland police said in a statement that the body of 52-year-old Belinda Hernandez was located Saturday by a relative at her home in the Houston suburb. Her husband, 56-year-old Sgt. Hilario Hernandez, was arrested

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Prosecutors say two men indicted on federal riot charges in the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville are not protected by the First Amendment. The Daily Progress reports that U.S. Attorney Thomas Cullen made the argument in response to a motion to dismiss the indictment from lawyers for Benjamin Drake Daley

INDIANAPOLIS — A member of the LGBTQ community who has experience working with transitional housing and homelessness has been named the founding executive director of what’s billed as Indiana’s first home for LGBTQ youth who have nowhere safe to live. Trinity Haven is scheduled to open this summer in the Mapleton-Fall Creek neighborhood of Indianapolis.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — A man who pleaded guilty to the 1988 beating death of a pregnant mother in South Bend, Indiana, has died in jail. The St. Joseph County prosecutor’s office says 78-year-old George Kearney was found unresponsive Saturday night in the county jail’s medical unit. He was pronounced dead early Sunday. Authorities say

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — A U.S.-Canadian team has successfully relocated about half a dozen gray wolves to Isle Royale National Park in Michigan. One of two private organizations helping to fund the effort reported Sunday on its Facebook page that the relocation involved six wolves from a second Lake Superior Island in Canadian territory and

CAMARILLO, Calif. — The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline shot up 16 cents a gallon (3.8 liters) over the past two weeks, to $2.66. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey says the rise comes as supplies tighten while refineries undergo maintenance in advance of increased demand during the summer driving season. Lundberg

NEW YORK — Larry Cohen, the maverick B-movie director of cult horror films “It’s Alive” and “God Told Me To,” has died. He was 77. Cohen’s friend and spokesman, the actor Shade Rupe, said Cohen passed away Saturday in Los Angeles surrounded by loved ones. Cohen’s films were schlocky, low-budget films that developed cult followings,

ESCONDIDO, Calif. — A note referencing the recent terrorist attacks in New Zealand was found at the scene of a possible arson fire at a Southern California mosque, police said Sunday. Nobody was hurt, and members of the Islamic Center of Escondido were able to extinguish the small blaze before firefighters around 3:15 a.m., officials

NEW YORK — American Airlines is extending cancellations of flights through April 24 due to the grounding of Boeing 737 Max aircraft, as federal regulators continue to investigate two deadly crashes involving the plane model. Southwest Airlines is also continuing to make cancellations. American has 24 Boeing 737 Max aircraft in its fleet, and said

ESCONDIDO, Calif. — A Southern California company is voluntarily recalling whole avocados over possible listeria contamination. Henry Avocado, a grower and distributor based near San Diego, said Saturday that the recall covers conventional and organic avocados grown and packed in California. The company says they were sold in bulk across California, Arizona, Florida, Wisconsin, North

RABAT, Morocco — Several thousand Moroccan teachers have staged a protest in the capital Rabat, in the latest outbreak of anger at low-wage, temporary teaching contracts that do not cover health care or provide for pensions. Sunday’s march came the day after police used water cannon to disperse teachers trying to sleep outside in protest.

HOUSTON — The Latest on fire damage at a petrochemical storage facility that led to a partial closure of the Houston Ship Channel (all times local): 12:30 p.m. Officials say an emergency dike has been repaired and a damaged petrochemical tank stabilized during cleanup of leaking oil products that closed part of the Houston Ship

LAKE STATION, Ind. — Four semitrailers have been destroyed in a fire at a northwestern Indiana truck stop. The (Northwest Indiana) Times reports that the blaze was reported about 7:45 a.m. Sunday at the Flying J. Travel Center in Lake Station, southeast of Gary. The trucks were parked near to one another. No injuries have

IRVING, Texas — Police say a Dallas-area woman was mauled to death by her two pit bull terriers as she tried to feed them at a veterinary clinic where the dogs were in quarantine for a prior attack. Irving police say 33-year-old Johana Villafane of Irving was pronounced dead Saturday at a Dallas hospital. A

HOUSTON — An emergency dike has been repaired and a fire-damaged petrochemical tank stabilized during cleanup of leaking oil products that closed part of the Houston Ship Channel, the operator of the complex said Sunday. Authorities are still trying to determine what caused a March 17 fire at Intercontinental Terminals Company’s Deer Park facility, which

INDIANAPOLIS — Authorities say an Indianapolis police officer and a motorist accused of driving drunk lost consciousness and were hurt after a crash involving their vehicles. The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said in a release that both were injured early Sunday and taken to hospitals. The driver is in serious condition and the officer is

NEW YORK — Jordan Peele has done it again. Two years after the filmmaker’s “Get Out” became a box-office sensation, his frightening follow-up, “Us,” debuted with $70.3 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. The opening, well above forecasts, had few parallels. It was the largest debut for an original horror film (only

LONDON — The Latest on Britain’s debate over leaving the European Union (all times local): 9 p.m. Embattled Prime Minister Theresa May is scrambling to win over adversaries to her Brexit withdrawal plan as key Cabinet ministers denied media reports that they were plotting to oust her. May spent Sunday afternoon ensconced in a crisis

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University hopes to reduce unnecessary waste by replacing plastic straws with paper alternatives at its West Lafayette campus, which comes shortly after city officials took similar steps to cut down on plastic waste. The transition was completed earlier this month. It affects more than 30 operations on campus, including all

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — State wildlife officials say a second type of invasive Asian carp has reached the waters just downstream of Indiana’s largest reservoir. The recent find of bighead carp in Salt Creek just below Lake Monroe’s dam comes after silver carp have been found since at least 2015 in the dam’s tailwaters. Asian carp

INDIANAPOLIS — Officials say Indiana is getting about $8.1 million in federal funding to help clean up and repurpose abandoned coal mines. The funding from the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement was announced this month by Acting Interior Secretary David Bernhardt. The grants are funded in part by a fee based on coal

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis prayed on Sunday for the victims of attacks in Nigeria and Mali, and for the success of talks underway in Nicaragua aimed at solving a yearlong political crisis in the country. “Let’s pray for the numerous victims of the recent inhuman attacks in Nigeria and Mali. May the Lord welcome

MONACO — Chinese President Xi Jinping has found one country in Europe that isn’t worried about China’s growing global clout or its ambitions to dominate the future of technology: Monaco. Xi visited the tiny Mediterranean principality Sunday as part of a European tour that is clouded by mixed feelings about how to engage with China