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SOUTH EUCLID, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio family has given 30 student-athletes free heart screenings in honor of their son who died from an undiagnosed heart condition after hockey practice. Cleveland.com reports the 4Alec Foundation was named after Alec Kornet and hosted screenings for athletes from Brush High School's hockey and basketball teams. Each student underwent an electrocardiogram and an echocardiogram, known as a cardiac echo. Funding for the screenings was covered by donations from Brush's student government association and mCore, a Columbus company that set up the screenings. Alec played hockey and basketball at the Lyndhurst school before his death last Feb. 14. His mother, Stephanie Kornet, says the family plans to extend screenings to all student-athletes at the school. ___ Information from: cleveland.com, http://www.cleveland.com

LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas police officer who fatally shot a man in an SUV outside the man's home six months ago has been fired for violating department policy in the shooting, a police chief said Monday. Leavenworth Police Chief Patrick Kitchens said in an email that Officer Matthew Harrington was terminated Friday for violating the department's use of deadly force policy in the shooting that killed 47-year-old Antonio Garcia Jr. Prosecutors are still reviewing the case. "It was my conclusion the use of deadly force was unreasonable," Kitchens said. Police have provided few details about what led up to the shooting, including whether Garcia was armed. It happened after Harrington responded in July to a domestic argument at Garcia's home over possession of an SUV that initially was reported as stolen, according to police. Garcia left before Harrington arrived, then returned and had an "encounter" with Harrington in the driveway, according to a news release from police. Garcia was shot while in the SUV. Harrington doesn't have a listed phone number. His attorney, Jeff Kratofil, didn't immediately return a phone message from The Associated Press. Leavenworth County prosecutor Todd Thompson said in a news release that his staff hopes to complete its review soon, noting that his office is awaiting requested information. Thompson's release noted that the criminal investigation is separate from the police inquiry. "The standard for terminating an employee based on upon professional standards is also a much lower burden than the burden used to charge and/or convict someone of a crime," the release said. "We have an ethical duty to do our best to fully vet a matter before we file charges on anyone." Gina Mays, who raised Garcia starting when he was a teen, told The Kansas City Star that Garcia "did not deserve to die" and that the family wanted to see body camera footage. "We're all hoping to see this," Mays said. "I want answers like everyone else. There is a man dead here because of neglect." Kitchens said police aren't releasing body camera footage because the investigation is ongoing and it's classified as evidence.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Supporters say a prominent Shiite cleric who lost his citizenship and remains under house arrest in Bahrain has returned to a local hospital for surgery. Sheikh Isa Qassim left his home in Diraz on Wednesday. Sheikh Maytham al-Salman of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights said Sheikh Isa will undergo a hernia surgery. Sheikh Isa was in the hospital in December as well. The cleric could be deported at any time after authorities stripped his citizenship in June 2016 over accusations that he fueled extremism and laundered money. His supporters deny the allegations. Bahrain's Sunni rulers are cracking down on all dissent on the Shiite-majority island, imprisoning or forcing politicians and activists into exile. Bahrain is home to the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and Qatar have reached a deal to resolve a years-old quarrel over alleged airline subsidies, as Qatar's government works to defuse tensions with the Trump administration. A formal announcement could come Tuesday, when Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis meet with a Qatari delegation. The agreement will see state-owned Qatar Airways agree voluntarily to open up its accounting books, the individuals said. U.S. airlines say the company receives billions of dollars in government payments that leave them at a competitive disadvantage. Qatar will also make a loose commitment that the flag carrier won't launch flights to the United States from Europe or other non-Qatari cities, creating yet more competition for the U.S. airlines. The individuals briefed on the agreement demanded anonymity because they weren't authorized to discuss it ahead of a formal announcement. Both sides of the dispute can claim the agreement as a victory — for very different reasons. The U.S. airline industry can claim the increased transparency will create a powerful disincentive to unfair subsidies, as Qatar will no longer be able to mask such payments through creative accounting. The three major U.S. carriers — Delta Airlines, American Airlines and United Airlines — have spent huge sums over the last three years pressing the Obama administration and Trump administration for tough action. They're eager to show a win. Yet for Qatar, the agreement averts the more serious step U.S. airlines wanted: re-opening the so-called open-skies treaties that could lead to less favorable conditions for Persian Gulf airlines. Qatar, denounced by President Donald Trump last year for allegedly funding terrorism, can also show it's cooperating closely and productively with U.S. regulators. That could help the tiny gas-rich kingdom draw a contrast with the United Arab Emirates, whose two airlines are also accused of improper subsidies but have yet to reach an agreement with Washington. "Everybody gets to claim victory in this," said Helane Becker, an airline analyst for Cowen and Co. Indeed, even before any announcement, American, the world's biggest airline by passenger traffic, praised the deal as a way to "thoughtfully address" Qatari subsidies. And United CEO Oscar Munoz applauded the agreement while thanking Trump's administration for "effectively representing the interests of the American aviation industry." Though on the same side of the airline dispute, Qatar and the UAE oppose each other in a bitter, unrelated standoff. Last year, the UAE, Saudi Arabia and other Gulf nations blockaded Qatar after accusing it of supporting extremism and fomenting dissent throughout the region. Qatar hopes to change that narrative by enhancing counterterrorism cooperation and allowing greater U.S. visibility into its finances and banking practices. In an eight-paragraph document laying out "understandings" between Qatar and the U.S., the Gulf nation will commit within one year to releasing audited financial statements for Qatar Airlines "in accordance with internationally-recognized accounting standards," according to a text of the agreement obtained by The Associated Press. Within two years, Qatar Airways is to disclose any transactions with other state-owned entities, such as caterers or other companies that support airline operations, closing what the U.S. airlines have claimed is a backdoor used by Gulf nations to hide illicit subsidies. A side-letter to the agreement will state that Qatar's civilian aviation authority is unaware of any plans by Qatar Airlines to start so-called "Fifth Freedoms" flights — routes from third countries to the United States. Under the scenario U.S. airlines fear, Qatar Airways could offer flights from its Doha hub to, say, Paris or London, stop to pick up more passengers, then fly on to New York. The side-letter only says there are no current plans to operate such service. That's short of a binding guarantee. There's also no commitment Qatar Airways won't expand its offering of Qatar-U.S. flights. "This appears to be the administration essentially throwing a meatless bone to the three U.S. carriers to put an end to their rants against the Gulf carriers," said John Byerly, who was the chief open skies negotiator in the Obama administration and has also consulted for Emirates Airline and UPS. The two UAE airlines — Dubai-based Emirates and Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways — aren't a party to the U.S.-Qatar agreement. Emirates Airline currently offers "Fifth Freedom" flights in which passengers can fly from New York-area airports to Milan, Italy or Athens without ever setting foot in the UAE. All three Gulf airlines have long denied receiving unfair government subsidies. A Qatari government spokesman declined to comment on the agreement. There was no immediate reaction from either Emirates or Etihad. ___ AP Airlines Writer David Koenig in Dallas and AP writer Jon Gambrell in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, contributed to this report. ___ Reach Josh Lederman on Twitter at http://twitter.com/joshledermanAP

RICHMOND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 23, 2018--Columbia Sportswear Company (Nasdaq: COLM) today announced the appointment of Snow Burns to serve as Global Vice President of Marketing for the Mountain Hardwear brand, effective April 16, 2018. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180423005270/en/ Snow Burns, Global Vice President of Marketing for Mountain Hardwear (Photo: Business Wire) In her new role, Burns will be based at Mountain Hardwear’s headquarters in Richmond, California, where she will develop and drive all aspects of the brand’s integrated marketing strategy. Bringing over 10 years of experience in Silicon Valley, Burns will engage a global community of climbers on the brand’s commitment to thoughtfully designed technical equipment, outerwear and sportswear for use by climbers and other people going to the mountains. Burns’ extensive global digital marketing experience will help Mountain Hardwear redefine how an outdoor brand communicates and connects with its audience in this new digital age. Mountain Hardwear President Joe Vernachio, to whom Burns will report, commented, “We are excited to have Snow bring her expertise to our brand and industry. We feel there is a more modern way of communicating that outdoor brands fail to tap into. We think Snow brings just the right mix of ‘Silicon Valley know-how’ with a personal passion for the outdoors.” Burns has over 10 years of experience leading marketing efforts for startups, not-for-profits and global enterprises. Prior to joining Mountain Hardwear, she led the strategy, social media and analytics teams at John McNeil Studio, crafting analytics-based brand strategies and global campaigns across a tech and e-commerce client base with a special focus on digital, social and experiential. Prior to John McNeil Studio, she was head of global social content strategy at CA Technologies. About Mountain Hardwear Founded on the principles of innovation and irreverence, our purpose is to build essential equipment for climbers and the outdoor industry that enables people to push as far, as high and as wide as their aspirations carry them. Our expedition tents have summited more of the world’s top peaks than any other brand, and every product we make is designed and built with technical precision from this foundation. At Mountain Hardwear, Everything is Equipment. Mountain Hardwear, Inc., founded in 1993 and based in Richmond, CA, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Columbia Sportswear Company and distributes its products through specialty outdoor, running, and sporting goods retailers in the United States and 58 countries worldwide. To learn more, visit www.mountainhardwear.com. About Columbia Sportswear Company Columbia Sportswear Company has assembled a portfolio of brands for active lives, making it a leader in the global active lifestyle apparel, footwear, accessories, and equipment industry. Founded in 1938 in Portland, Oregon, the company’s brands are today sold in approximately 90 countries. In addition to the Columbia® brand, Columbia Sportswear Company also owns the Mountain Hardwear®, SOREL® and prAna® brands. To learn more, please visit the company’s websites at www.columbia.com, www.mountainhardwear.com, www.sorel.com and www.prana.com. View source version on businesswire.com:https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180423005270/en/ CONTACT: Mountain Hardwear Marketing Lina Adams, 503-451-9727 ladams@mountainhardwear.com KEYWORD: UNITED STATES NORTH AMERICA CALIFORNIA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: OUTDOORS RETAIL FASHION SPECIALTY SPORTS SOURCE: Columbia Sportswear Company Copyright Business Wire 2018. PUB: 04/23/2018 12:00 PM/DISC: 04/23/2018 12:01 PM http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180423005270/en

WASHINGTON (AP) — A widely circulated report that President Donald Trump has signed an executive order calling for the deportation of immigrants who accept government welfare is false. Trump has signed executive orders focusing on immigration, including a travel-and-immigration ban that has been put on hold by a federal court in Washington state, but none focused on deporting immigrants who receive welfare. In recent weeks, drafts of possible executive orders have been leaked and one such draft did address immigrants who become a so-called "public charge" by accepting certain government benefits. The draft order was obtained by The Associated Press. The draft order did call for such immigrants to face deportation, but it hasn't been signed by the president. And even if it were to be signed, it wouldn't change much. There's already a law that says immigrants who become dependent on certain government benefits can be kicked out of the country, though it's rarely, if ever, enforced. Immigrants in the United States illegally are also barred from receiving welfare and other public benefits. __ This story is part of an ongoing Associated Press effort to fact-check claims in suspected false news stories. Find all AP Fact Checks here: http://apne.ws/2kbx8bd

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — The use of the term "alternative facts" by Kellyanne Conway, an adviser to President Donald Trump, tops a Yale Law School librarian's list of the most notable quotes of 2017. The statement Conway made when asked why Trump's then-Press Secretary Sean Spicer mischaracterized the size of inauguration crowds is one of many Trump-related quotations on the list, assembled by Fred Shapiro, an associate director at the library. "I actually had to limit the amount of Trump-related quotations on the list so as not to have the list overwhelmed by him," Shapiro said. The yearly list is an update to "The Yale Book of Quotations," which was first published in 2006. Shapiro chooses quotes that are famous or revealing of the spirit of the times, and not necessarily eloquent or admirable. ___ THE LIST 1. "Sean Spicer, our press secretary, gave alternative facts." — Kellyanne Conway, interview on NBC "Meet the Press," Jan. 22. 2. "Alternative facts are not facts, they're falsehoods." — Chuck Todd, interview of Kellyanne Conway on "Meet the Press," Jan. 22. 3. "I just fired the head of the FBI. He was crazy, a real nut job. I faced great pressure because of Russia. That's taken off." — Trump, as reported by The New York Times, explaining the firing of James Comey to visiting Russian officials, May 10. 4. "With respect to any women who have made allegations on the record, Mr. Weinstein believes that all of these relationships were consensual." — Sallie Hofmeister, spokeswoman for Harvey Weinstein, Oct. 10. 5. "Make our planet great again." — Emmanuel Macron, statement on the withdrawal of the United States from the Paris climate agreement, June 1. 6. "We can't have the inmates running the prison." — Robert McNair, owner of the Houston Texans football team, describing players protesting the national anthem, as quoted in ESPN The Magazine, Oct. 27. 7. "Yes." — Elizabeth Warren, responding to Jake Tapper's question on whether the 2016 Democratic primaries were rigged in favor of Hillary Clinton, in an interview on CNN's "The Lead," Nov. 2. 8. "And the Academy Award ... for Best Picture ... La La Land." — Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway, mistakenly reading the wrong winner for Best Picture in an envelope mix-up, Academy Awards ceremony, Feb. 27. 9. "It's a shame the White House has become an adult day care center." — Bob Corker, Republican senator from Tennessee, in a tweet, Oct. 8. 10. "There is too much money in the world." — Lawrence Luhring, art dealer, reacting to the sale of a painting possibly by Leonardo da Vinci for over $450 million, as quoted in The New York Times, Nov. 16.

Today in History Today is Thursday, June 15, the 166th day of 2017. There are 199 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 15, 1775, the Second Continental Congress voted unanimously to appoint George Washington head of the Continental Army. On this date: In 1215, England's King John put his seal to Magna Carta ("the Great Charter") at Runnymede. In 1520, Pope Leo X issued a papal bull in which he threatened to excommunicate Martin Luther if he did not recant his religious beliefs, a threat that was carried out the following January. In 1836, Arkansas became the 25th state. In 1849, James Polk, the 11th president of the United States, died in Nashville, Tennessee. In 1904, more than 1,000 people died when fire erupted aboard the steamboat General Slocum in New York's East River. In 1934, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an act making the National Guard part of the U.S. Army in the event of war or national emergency. In 1944, American forces began their successful invasion of Saipan (sy-PAN') during World War II. B-29 Superfortresses carried out their first raids on Japan. In 1955, the United States and Britain signed a cooperation agreement concerning atomic information for "mutual defence purposes." In 1967, the war film "The Dirty Dozen" was released by MGM. In 1977, Spain held its first free elections in four decades; the Union of the Democratic Center won the highest number of seats in the Congress of Deputies. In 1985, the Shiite Muslim hijackers of a TWA Boeing 727 beat and shot one of their hostages, U.S. Navy diver Robert Stethem (STEE'-them), 23, throwing him out of the plane to die on the tarmac at Beirut airport. In 1992, during a visit to an elementary school in Trenton, New Jersey, Vice President Dan Quayle, relying on a faulty flash card, erroneously instructed sixth-grader William Figueroa to write "potato" as "potatoe" on a blackboard during a spelling quiz. Ten years ago: During his ethics trial, a tearful Mike Nifong announced he would resign as district attorney of Durham County, North Carolina, after admitting that he'd made improper statements about three Duke University lacrosse players who were once charged with raping a stripper. (The players were later declared innocent by state prosecutors.) Retired "Price Is Right" host Bob Barker won his 19th Daytime Emmy. In Tulsa, Oklahoma, a crane lifted out a water-damaged 1957 Plymouth Belvedere that had been buried in an underground concrete vault half a century earlier to celebrate 50 years of statehood. Five years ago: President Barack Obama eased enforcement of immigration laws as he announced a new policy, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA. Republican Mitt Romney launched the next phase of his presidential campaign, kicking off a six-state, small-town bus tour and telling middle-class Americans that President Obama hadn't given them "a fair shot." An armored car heist at the University of Alberta in Canada left three armed guards dead; fellow guard Travis Baumgartner later pleaded guilty to murder charges and was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 40 years. Daredevil Nik Wallenda became the first person to walk a tightrope across Niagara Falls. (The feat was broadcast live by ABC-TV, which required Wallenda to wear a safety tether.) One year ago: The interim police chief in Oakland, California, Ben Fairow, was abruptly removed after six days on the job by Mayor Libby Schaaf, who said she had lost confidence in Fairow's ability to lead the department amid a widening sex scandal in which a number of officers allegedly had sex with a teenage prostitute. A public funeral was held in Detroit for hockey legend Gordie Howe, who had died five days earlier at age 88. Today's Birthdays: Rhythm-and-blues singer Ruby Nash Garnett (Ruby and the Romantics) is 83. Rock singer-actor Johnny Hallyday is 74. Funk musician Leo Nocentelli (The Meters) is 71. Actor Simon Callow is 68. Singer Russell Hitchcock (Air Supply) is 68. Rock singer Steve Walsh is 66. Comedian-actor Jim Belushi is 63. Country singer Terri Gibbs is 63. Actress Julie Hagerty is 62. Actress Polly Draper is 62. Rock musician Brad Gillis (Night Ranger) is 60. Baseball Hall of Famer Wade Boggs is 59. Actress Eileen Davidson is 58. Bluegrass musician Terry Smith is 57. Actress Helen Hunt is 54. Rock musician Scott Rockenfield (Queensryche) is 54. Actress Courteney Cox is 53. Country musician Tony Ardoin is 53. Country musician Michael Britt (Lonestar) is 51. Contemporary Christian musician Rob Mitchell is 51. Rock musician Jimmy McD is 49. Actor-rapper Ice Cube is 48. Actress Leah Remini is 47. Actor Jake Busey is 46. Bluegrass singer-musician Jamie Johnson is 45. Rock musician T-Bone Willy (Save Ferris) is 45. Actor Neil Patrick Harris is 44. Actor Greg Vaughan is 44. Actress Elizabeth Reaser is 42. Rock singer Dryden Mitchell (Alien Ant Farm) is 41. Rock musician Billy Martin (Good Charlotte) is 36. Rock musician Wayne Sermon (Imagine Dragons) is 33. Actor Denzel Whitaker is 27. Olympic gold medal gymnast Madison Kocian is 20. Actress Sterling Jerins is 13. Thought for Today: "To know is nothing at all; to imagine is everything." — Anatole France, French author (1844-1924).

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa's governor is keeping campaign donations tied to a firm that profited from a controversial lobbying blitz funded by Saudi Arabia. Gov. Kim Reynolds in November returned a $100 contribution from executive branch appointees Kim and Connie Schmett, saying she disagreed with their side work as foreign agents. The couple collected $100,000 opposing a law allowing victims of the 2001 terrorist attacks to sue Saudi Arabia. But her campaign kept several larger donations linked to the LS2Group, a Des Moines-based firm that received $76,500 from the same Saudi-funded work. LS2Group executive Chuck Larson Jr. hosted a Reynolds fundraiser last summer. He and other LS2 employees gave thousands to Reynolds, and LS2Group's political arm gave $250. Reynolds' campaign spokesman notes LS2Group is a private business while the Schmetts are state officials. Connie Schmett was fined $250 last week by an ethics board for disclosure violations.

DETROIT (AP) — Young drivers aren't alone in behaving badly on U.S. roads, a trend that could be contributing to a spike in highway deaths. Well over half of drivers in every age group have texted behind the wheel, run a red light or driven faster than the speed limit in the last 30 days, according to a new study by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. Younger drivers are the worst offenders. Eighty-eight percent of drivers ages 19 to 24 admitted to at least one of those behaviors. But even mature drivers skirted the rules more often researchers expected. For instance, 10 percent of drivers between 60 and 74 have texted or sent email from behind the wheel, while 37 percent of drivers over 75 said they'd driven through a light that had just turned red. "It was a surprise that there were relatively high rates of these behaviors among the drivers we think of as safer," said Lindsay Arnold, a research associate with the AAA Foundation. Arnold said the responses were similar to those in past years, indicating a troubling trend. In 2015, U.S. traffic deaths rose 7 percent to 35,092, the largest single-year increase in five decades. They're expected to rise again in 2016 when that data is finalized. "It points to the need to improve driver behavior if we're going to reverse this alarming trend," Arnold said. Teen driver education campaigns have had some success, foundation spokeswoman Tamra Johnson said. Now the organization is considering the best ways to reach drivers of other ages. The study found broad agreement on some issues. Eighty-seven percent of drivers said they have never driven when they thought they were close to the legal alcohol limit. Ninety-five percent said they had never driven within an hour of using marijuana. Eighty-eight percent of drivers say it's unacceptable to drive without a seat belt, and 82 percent support laws requiring motorcycle riders to wear helmets. But drivers' behavior sometimes contradicted their own instincts. More than three-quarters of drivers say it's unacceptable to text or email while driving, but 31 percent had done so in the last month and 8 percent do so often. Ninety-six percent of drivers say drowsy driving is a serious safety threat, but 29 percent had recently driven when they were so tired they had trouble keeping their eyes open. The study questioned 2,511 licensed drivers aged 16 and over. Among its findings: — The youngest drivers — those ages 16 to 18 — were less likely to engage in speeding, running red lights or texting while driving than drivers in their 20s through 50s. — Eighty-three percent of drivers — and 86.5 percent of drivers 75 or older — said they were more careful than other drivers on the road. — Just over half of drivers feel seriously threatened by drivers talking on cell phones, but 68 percent made a call while driving in the last 30 days. — Drivers ages 40-59 were the most likely to use a hands-free phone in the car. Drivers ages 16-18 and 75 or older were the most likely to hold their phones and talk while driving. — Twenty-three percent of drivers — and 36 percent of those ages 19 to 24 — think it's acceptable to drive 15 mph over the speed limit on a freeway. Forty-six percent of drivers say they have driven that fast on a freeway in the last 30 days. — Sixty percent of drivers say people who drive after using illegal drugs are a serious threat, but just 34 percent say the same about people who drive after using prescription drugs.

REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Pop singer Helgi Bjornsson, who is well-known in his native Iceland for a 1980s hit titled "I Do Like the Rain," recently appeared on national television while a deadpan reporter challenged him to defend the song's premise. The people of Reykjavik do not like the rain anymore. This summer has been so gray and wet in the capital of Iceland that meteorologists have to look as far back as 1914 to find records for a worse May and June. In other parts of Europe, especially Britain and Scandinavia, a heat wave is expected to continue well into July. The stark contrast is no coincidence. High pressure over western Europe alters the jet stream and pushes clouds and rain over the continent's northern posts, causing foul weather in this North Atlantic island nation. "It's the other side of the heat wave token," Iceland meteorologist Trausti Jonsson said. "The people of Reykjavik are paying for the sunshine in England and southern Scandinavia." During June, the month of midnight sun and camping holidays in Iceland, sunshine touched Reykjavik for a total of 70 hours. The temperature reached 13.2 degrees Celsius (56 F) on the warmest day, two degrees shy of Reykjavik's average for the month. In May, it rained every single day. Summer's delayed arrival has spurred a weather forecast obsession and constant disappointment in the world's northernmost capital city. A forecast calling for 11 hours of clear sky on Thursday brought giddy excitement, with many posting on social media how they planned to spend the sunniest day in two weeks. But then the forecast changed. The sun now is expected to give way to clouds by noon, according to the Icelandic Met Office. Some here have given up hope. One travel agent told local media that bookings for last-minute beach holidays are coming in "without any marketing on our behalf." Tanning salons are making a comeback, while ice cream vendors, house painters and the staffs of outdoor swimming pools struggle with low demand for their services. "You need about two days of sun for outdoor wood to completely dry," house painter Mar Gudmundsson lamented. "I don't think we have had that." Summer is Iceland's main tourist season and many travelers sleep in tents during their stays. The Laugardalur campsite in Reykjavik is seeing slightly fewer guests than in previous years. But manager Oddvar Arnason observed that "most people don't change their means of accommodation after arrival and simply adjust." Alex Moreno, a 17-year-old camper from Granada in Spain, said he found the brisk climate more pleasant than the boiling weather at home. "Just put on a jacket and it's fine here," he said. Things have been worse. In June 1914, when the slaying of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria plunged the globe into World War I, Europe was under a hot spell and Reykjavik, in return, got biblical rainfall. Historian Gudjon Fridriksson said Reykjavik at the time was a town of about 15,000 people with an undeveloped sewage system and mostly dirt roads. "Getting from place to place meant crossing mud and a lot of puddles," he said. As for the remainder of 2018's alleged summer, Fridriksson has an it-can-only-get-better attitude, a widespread expression of resilience and hope in this weather-beaten capital. "Besides," the prolific historical writer said, "this is the perfect weather to finish my next book."

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 24, 2018--The third annual Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Make March Matter fundraising campaign raised $2 million dollars, the hospital announced Tuesday. The campaign doubled its $1 million fundraising goal thanks to partnerships with 95 businesses in Los Angeles and the Coachella Valley who rallied community participation to give in support of critical, lifesaving care for children in Los Angeles. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180424005632/en/ Actors Patrick J. Adams and Troian Bellisario supported the Make March Matter campaign by volunteering at Children's Hospital Los Angeles on March 15, 2018. (Photo: Business Wire) “Every year I am astounded by the level of compassion and generosity exhibited by the businesses and corporate partners and their followers in the community who support the Make March Matter campaign and help us fulfill our mission of creating hope and building healthier futures for our patients and their families,” says Children’s Hospital Los Angeles President and CEO Paul S. Viviano. “There was something for everyone with this year’s campaign, which featured 40 events in 31 days and a variety of fundraising activities and opportunities from shopping to dining to exercising -- all in support of CHLA,” says Dawn Wilcox, vice president of Corporate Partnerships at CHLA. Make March Matter was created by CHLA in 2016 as a way to identify a time of year devoted specifically to children’s hospitals and children’s health. The month of March was selected as it signifies the start of spring. And with the new season comes a feeling of hope, new beginnings, and life. This year Children’s National Health System in Washington, DC joined the movement by launching their own inaugural Make March Matter campaign. Numerous promotions and events highlighted this year’s campaign including shopping events and promotions at Intermix and Theory, Calleen Cordero, Trina Turk and may more; CHLA-themed fitness classes at Cycle House, Orangetheory and Body by Simone; and Drybar donated 100 percent of proceeds for blowouts at their Culver City location. Teen fashion designer Grace Rose hosted a fashion show at The Americana at Brand and donated a portion of sales from her Rosie G clothing line, and the Los Angeles Kings and the Los Angeles Galaxy hosted special CHLA-themed games at Staples Center and the StubHub Center, respectively. For the third consecutive year, Panda Express earned top campaign contributor honors by raising $390,000. “Our associates and our customers are passionate about helping Children’s Hospital Los Angeles continue to offer groundbreaking medical treatment to the precious patients they treat,” says Peggy Cherng, Panda Express co-chair and co-chief executive officer. “I’m thrilled that their efforts raised $390,000 for the Make March Matter campaign.” Celebrities who gave CHLA hands-on support throughout March include Patrick J. Adams, Victoria Arlen, Troian Bellisario, Jacey Duprie, Yael Grobglas , the KOST 103.5 Ellen K Morning Show team, Elliot Knight, Brooke Lyons, Lea Michele, Italia Ricci, Louise Roe, Becca Tobin and Patrick Schwarzenegger. “We are so grateful for the enthusiasm and commitment from the businesses and the community extended to CHLA,” Wilcox says. “Thanks to their support, we can continue to provide expert medical care to the pediatric patients we treat.” Make March Matter Make March Matter is an annual fundraising campaign that builds awareness and support for children’s health in Los Angeles. The campaign supports Children’s Hospital Los Angeles—a nonprofit pediatric academic medical center dedicated to offering more than 350 specialty programs and services to help the health of children. The goal of the campaign is to raise money in support of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles to ensure that all of its pediatric patients receive the critical lifesaving care they need. About Children's Hospital Los Angeles Founded in 1901, Children's Hospital Los Angeles is ranked the top children’s hospital in California and sixth in the nation for clinical excellence with its selection to the prestigious U.S. News & World Report Honor Roll. Clinical care is led by physicians who are faculty members of the Keck School of Medicine of USC through an affiliation dating from 1932. CHLA is home to The Saban Research Institute, one of the largest and most productive pediatric research facilities in the United States. For more information, follow us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram, and visit our child health blog ( CHLA.org/blog ) and our research blog ( ResearCHLABlog.org ). View source version on businesswire.com:https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180424005632/en/ CONTACT: Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Monica Rizzo, (323) 361-5745 mrizzo@chla.usc.edu KEYWORD: UNITED STATES NORTH AMERICA CALIFORNIA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: OTHER CONSUMER ENTERTAINMENT HEALTH CELEBRITY HOSPITALS OTHER HEALTH PHILANTHROPY CONSUMER FUND RAISING SOURCE: Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Copyright Business Wire 2018. PUB: 04/24/2018 07:00 AM/DISC: 04/24/2018 07:01 AM http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180424005632/en

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is declaring the Zhao Wei network that operates a casino in Laos to be a transnational criminal organization. The Treasury Department imposed sanctions Tuesday on four individuals and three companies across Laos, Thailand and Hong Kong, freezing any U.S. assets and prohibiting Americans from dealing with them. Treasury officials say the Kings Romans Casino is a hub for trafficking in drugs, people and wildlife. The department says the network stores and distributes heroin and methamphetamine, and smuggles endangered animals, including Asiatic black bears, pangolins, tigers, rhinos and elephants. The casino is reportedly a draw for gamblers from nearby China and sells food and other products derived from exotic animals. The sanctioned individuals include Chinese national Zhao Wei, co-owner of the three companies linked to the casino.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige talks about his job like a fan who's just lucky to be there. To hear his genuine enthusiasm about the movies, the actors, the audience and the stories almost belies the fact that he is essentially the architect of and driving force behind Hollywood's most valuable brand that has in just over 10 years netted over $14.8 billion in worldwide grosses (according to comScore) and become the envy of every studio executive in town. He's a mogul with a fanboy's verve who has helped to change the very fabric of the entertainment industry. Ten years ago, many moviegoers didn't know who Iron Man was, and those who did thought of him as a minor comic book character. On Thursday, Marvel Studios' 19th film, "Avengers: Infinity War," an epic mashup of characters once considered to be part of the "superhero B-list," from Iron Man to Star Lord, opens in theaters worldwide. It is cruising for a record-breaking debut that could surpass "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" as the biggest opening ever. The scope of the Marvel effect is somewhat difficult to pin down, especially with a force as formidable as The Walt Disney Co. behind it. (Disney acquired Marvel Entertainment for $4 billion in 2009.) It's revitalized careers (Robert Downey Jr.), minted movie stars (Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans and Chris Pratt, to name a few), and become an outpost for Oscar-winners too (like Robert Redford, Gwyneth Paltrow, Anthony Hopkins, Natalie Portman, Jeff Bridges, Michael Douglas and Cate Blanchett). And beyond that, every few months the studio seems to be breaking new ground, whether it's as small as a change in tone, like "Thor: Ragnarok," or as big as producing a downright cultural phenomenon, such as "Black Panther," now the third highest-grossing domestic film of all time. "We dream big at Marvel Studios. We have very lofty aspirations at Marvel Studios. For those dreams to be surpassed is saying something," Feige, 44, said of "Black Panther's" success. And it shows no sign of slowing down, or running out of story. They have 70 years of comic book source material to draw on, after all. "There are still things that are key elements to a lot of our characters in their comic incarnations that we haven't even done yet for characters who have had three or four movies," Feige said. "It is an amazing wealth of creative material to pull from." Feige is amused when reporters try to predict Marvel's next move, or make big conclusions based on what's just happened. Under Feige, Marvel is not looking in the rear-view mirror. When "Thor: Ragnarok" came out, he remembers reading articles declaring that, "Marvel is committing to a surrealist, silly tone" and just laughed. "I thought, 'We have 'Black Panther' coming out in three months! They don't even know what's coming,'" Feige said. "We're always thinking ahead. Just when people think they can pin us down, we go somewhere else and that's going to happen again after 'Infinity War' in the build-up to the next Avengers film. And we had meetings earlier today about 2024 and 2025." Misunderstanding Feige's vision is almost a tradition at this point, going back to Comic-Con in 2006 where he revealed his plans for the first few films —Iron Man, Ant-Man and The Incredible Hulk — and all anyone wrote about is how Marvel Studios didn't have the rights to Spider-Man (Sony does), the X-Men or the Fantastic Four (those reside at 20th Century Fox). Now, few would argue that Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Black Panther, the Guardians of the Galaxy and even Doctor Strange and Ant-Man aren't veritable A-listers on their own, and even more powerful together, making up what is perhaps Marvel's greatest innovation — the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This idea of an interconnected, ever-expanding "universe" of characters and films is something that many have since tried to copy to varying degrees of success. It seems audiences don't begrudge Marvel for creating the concept, but are somewhat more skeptical of those trying to capitalize on it. "(Marvel's) approach doesn't seem nearly as cynical as when you see another studio trying to do it with, say, Ghostbusters or DC," said Wall Street Journal reporter Ben Fritz, who delves into Marvel's history in the book "The Big Picture: The Fight for the Future of Movies." ''People are like, 'Oh I know what you're doing, you're trying to copy Marvel.' But Marvel did it first and Marvel has still done it best." "Sequel fatigue" doesn't even seem to apply to Marvel films anymore. "I think you can look at Marvel as a grand narrative experiment," said 'Infinity War' co-director Joe Russo. "Never before in films have we seen this many franchises combined over this many years into one giant mosaic. Two-hour, two-dimensional storytelling has dominated American culture for 100 years and now we're consuming content with such extreme speed that we need new forms of storytelling. I think what Marvel is doing is a new form of storytelling." "Infinity War" co-screenwriter Stephen McFeely, who also co-wrote the three Captain America films, said Feige should get the film academy's Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award for his impact on the industry. "He's clearly changed the way Hollywood works, or at least the top box office end of it," McFeely said. "It's in part because Kevin has a really good mind for story — he's ambitious — but he's not so ambitious that he's not going to do the right thing for the movie in front of his face." While navel-gazing isn't Feige's favorite activity, the 10-year anniversary of "Iron Man" hitting theaters has provided an excuse to reflect a bit. He still remembers the early days, when they had everything to prove and felt grateful for the chance to produce films on their own. While the grand plans and concurrent filmmaking have gotten more complex over the years and "the days have gotten longer," Feige said the fundamental processes for how they make films goes back to the beginning. "It was in the cutting rooms of 'Iron Man 1' that in a lot of ways the Marvel Studios process was born — of just keep trying things and keep turning things over and don't rest on your laurels and just because something is working doesn't mean it can't work better," Feige said. Audiences won't have to wait too long for another Avengers, either. The fourth Avengers film, also directed by Joe and Anthony Russo and written by McFeely and Christopher Markus is just around the corner, set for a May 2019 release. It's a continuation of the story that begins in "Infinity War," where a still-fractured Avengers face Thanos (Josh Brolin). Little is being revealed beyond that. The film premiered Monday night in Los Angeles and is said to be full of surprises. "We make movies we believe in. We make movies that we think will be entertaining to ourselves and think about ourselves as the first audience members for any movie we make. Any idea that comes up in a room: Would we be entertained by this? Would we be moved by this? Would we be surprised by this?" Feige said. "It goes back to the movies I loved growing up. I always loved sequels. I never found myself being cynical or dismissive of sequels. If they were bad, I was disappointed. But I always loved the promise of seeing the further storylines or further adventures of characters I'd grown to love. That's all we're doing." ___ Follow AP Film Writer Lindsey Bahr on Twitter: www.twitter.com/ldbahr

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Carter Hutton made 33 saves and Ivan Barbashev broke a scoreless tie in the second period to help the St. Louis Blues beat the Montreal Canadiens 3-1 on Tuesday night. St. Louis, which beat Montreal for the fifth successive time, has won five of six overall. The struggling Canadiens have lost 11 of 15. Patrik Berglund pushed the lead to 2-0 with a power-play goal early in the third. Alexander Steen added an empty-netter with 2:17 left. Charles Hudon ended Hutton's shutout bid by scoring a 6-on-4 goal with 1:07 remaining. Hutton has started the Blues' last six games and appears to have supplanted Jake Allen as their No. 1 netminder. A 32-year-old journeyman, Hutton improved to 13-4-1. He has stopped 94 of his past 96 shots and is 8-1-1 in his last 10 starts. Barbashev, who spent 21 games in the minors this season, whipped a wrist shot past goalie Carey Price from the top of the faceoff circle at 4:38 of the second. Berglund scored his seventh of the season on the rebound of a shot by Tage Thompson. The Blues had come up empty on their previous 34 power-play attempts against the Canadiens dating back to Jan. 20, 2010. Montreal is 2-4-2 in its last eight games and remains 10 points out of a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. NOTES: Montreal C Phillip Danault missed his seventh consecutive game with a concussion. ... The Blues have earned at least one point in eight of their last 10 games against Montreal. ... Canadiens D Joe Morrow returned to the lineup in place of Jordie Benn. Morrow had been a healthy scratch in the previous seven games. ... The Canadiens recorded the first nine shots of the game. UP NEXT Canadiens: Play at Carolina on Thursday. Blues: Play at Boston on Thursday. ___ More AP hockey: https://apnews.com/tag/NHLhockey

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (AP) — The Latest on a tree branch that fell on spectators, killing two, at a western Illinois fireworks display (all times local): 1:45 p.m. A western Illinois sheriff says the branch that fell on spectators during a fireworks display, killing two, measured more than 8-feet (2.5 meters) around at its base and was about 45 feet (14 meters) long. Rock Island County Sheriff Gerald Bustos said Wednesday the branch fell from an oak tree that's believed to be about 100 years old. It fell about 25 feet (8 meters) during a Tuesday night event outside the courthouse in Rock Island. Bustos said autopsies will be conducted later Wednesday on 61-year-old Daniel Mendoza Sr. of Rock Island and 72-year-old Lawrence Anderson of Moline. Six other people were treated for injuries, including a 21-year-old pregnant woman from East Moline who was near term. Bustos said the woman was taken to a local hospital where she gave birth. He says mother and baby are in good health. ___ 12:40 p.m. Authorities say two people have died after a tree branch fell on spectators during a fireworks display in western Illinois. The Rock Island County Sheriff's Office says the branch fell from a large oak tree outside the county courthouse in Rock Island around 9:40 p.m. Tuesday. Dozens were sitting near the tree watching the fireworks when the branch fell about 25 feet (8 meters) and crushed some of the spectators. Some of those who weren't hurt tried to lift the branch to free the people trapped beneath. Authorities said 61-year-old Daniel Mendoza Sr. of Rock Island was pronounced dead at the scene. Seventy-two-year-old Lawrence Anderson of Moline died at a hospital. Authorities have not provided the causes of death. Five other people were injured.

CAIRO (AP) — The sole candidate running against Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi has had two showcase campaign rallies in downtown Cairo. The first was a disaster. No one showed up except a few campaign workers. The second was a slight improvement: 30 people attended. They held banners and chanted slogans, though the chants weren't exactly resounding victory cries for their candidate, an almost unknown politician named Moussa Mustafa Moussa. They shouted: "Whether Moussa wins or el-Sissi wins, either is our president!" There's no question the general-turned-president el-Sissi will win a second four-year term. But the March 26-28 election will likely be remembered as the event that signaled Egypt's break with what pretense it had left of democratic rule, seven years after a popular uprising toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak in the name of democracy.

Global Forecast as of 12:00 GMT Tuesday, January 30, 2018 _____ City/Town, Country;Tuesday's Weather Condition;Tuesday's High Temp (C);Tuesday's Low Temp (C);Wednesday's Weather Condition;Wednesday's High Temp (C);Wednesday's Low Temp (C);Wednesday's Wind Direction;Wednesday's Wind Speed (KPH);Wednesday's Humidity (%);Wednesday's Chance of Precip. (%);Wednesday's UV Index Abidjan, Ivory Coast;Partly sunny;32;25;A shower in the a.m.;31;25;SW;11;79%;66%;9 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates;More sun than clouds;21;17;Partly sunny, breezy;21;16;NW;29;53%;2%;5 Aleppo, Syria;Plenty of sunshine;13;3;Partly sunny;14;3;W;7;71%;7%;3 Algiers, Algeria;Plenty of sun;16;8;More clouds than sun;17;11;SE;9;63%;4%;2 Amsterdam, Netherlands;Mainly cloudy;7;3;Cloudy, rain ending;8;3;WSW;35;87%;82%;0 Anchorage, United States;Sunny, but cold;-7;-15;Cold with sunshine;-8;-17;N;15;62%;8%;1 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan;Not as cold;5;-5;Mostly sunny, chilly;7;-3;ESE;8;31%;3%;3 Astana, Kazakhstan;Plenty of sunshine;-13;-25;Mostly cloudy;-11;-24;S;12;75%;0%;2 Asuncion, Paraguay;A shower in the a.m.;32;24;A couple of t-storms;32;24;ESE;10;72%;70%;6 Athens, Greece;Mostly sunny;18;7;Partly sunny, nice;17;8;SSW;8;65%;2%;3 Auckland, New Zealand;Turning sunny, humid;25;20;A thick cloud cover;26;21;NE;24;60%;26%;5 Baghdad, Iraq;Plenty of sun;17;3;Plenty of sun;17;4;N;7;44%;1%;4 Banda Aceh, Indonesia;Occasional rain;33;24;A downpour;31;23;E;7;75%;74%;7 Bangalore, India;Sunny and nice;29;14;Sunny and pleasant;29;13;ESE;11;37%;0%;8 Bangkok, Thailand;Partly sunny, humid;34;24;A few showers;32;23;S;8;71%;83%;5 Barcelona, Spain;Sunshine;15;6;Partly sunny;15;7;W;19;68%;5%;3 Beijing, China;Plenty of sunshine;5;-7;Plenty of sunshine;3;-8;SW;12;18%;0%;3 Belgrade, Serbia;Partly sunny, mild;13;0;Partly sunny, mild;12;1;SE;10;67%;4%;2 Berlin, Germany;Clouds and sunshine;6;2;A little rain;9;2;W;20;74%;86%;0 Bogota, Colombia;Mostly cloudy;20;7;Clouds and sun;20;7;SE;10;67%;34%;10 Brasilia, Brazil;Showers and t-storms;27;20;Cloudy, a t-storm;26;19;NW;16;71%;82%;5 Bratislava, Slovakia;Cooler;8;0;Becoming cloudy;7;2;SSE;11;80%;38%;2 Brussels, Belgium;Mostly cloudy;8;5;Cloudy, rain ending;9;2;WSW;24;72%;81%;0 Bucharest, Romania;Partly sunny, mild;12;-2;Sun and some clouds;8;-3;E;5;70%;0%;2 Budapest, Hungary;Partly sunny, mild;10;-1;Clouds and sun;8;3;S;7;69%;34%;2 Buenos Aires, Argentina;Sunny and pleasant;31;23;Partly sunny;31;23;ESE;11;57%;3%;11 Bujumbura, Burundi;Variable clouds;28;19;Mostly cloudy;32;19;WSW;6;40%;44%;9 Busan, South Korea;Mostly sunny, chilly;5;-4;Increasing clouds;6;-3;NNW;9;53%;29%;3 Cairo, Egypt;Sunny;20;9;Partly sunny;20;10;NNE;10;51%;2%;4 Cape Town, South Africa;Cooler;25;17;Mostly sunny;24;15;SE;34;53%;0%;11 Caracas, Venezuela;Partly sunny;26;19;A shower in places;27;19;ENE;6;58%;65%;7 Chennai, India;Nice with sunshine;30;19;Sunny and nice;31;18;ENE;11;58%;0%;7 Chicago, United States;Periods of sun;0;-2;Milder;7;-3;W;23;56%;19%;1 Colombo, Sri Lanka;A t-storm in spots;32;24;A t-storm or two;30;23;NE;14;80%;93%;3 Copenhagen, Denmark;Clouds and sun;5;2;Periods of rain;5;1;WSW;22;75%;86%;0 Dakar, Senegal;Mostly sunny, breezy;21;16;Breezy with some sun;21;16;N;28;69%;0%;7 Dallas, United States;Mostly sunny;16;7;Partly sunny, breezy;21;11;SSW;26;48%;0%;4 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania;Turning sunny;33;24;Sun and some clouds;32;24;NE;18;71%;22%;10 Delhi, India;Partly sunny;26;12;Hazy sunshine;24;12;W;20;56%;0%;4 Denver, United States;Mostly cloudy, mild;17;2;Partly sunny;12;-3;ENE;13;36%;48%;3 Dhaka, Bangladesh;Partly sunny, nice;24;13;Hazy sun;27;14;ENE;7;59%;2%;5 Dili, East Timor;A bit of rain;32;24;Cloudy with showers;29;24;WSW;12;78%;77%;4 Dublin, Ireland;Overcast;8;2;Spotty showers;6;2;W;38;77%;82%;1 Dushanbe, Tajikistan;Not as cold;3;-4;Not as cool;11;-2;SW;7;22%;50%;3 Gibraltar, Gibraltar;Spotty showers;16;14;Breezy with rain;16;13;SE;40;82%;88%;2 Hanoi, Vietnam;Cloudy and cool;13;8;Cloudy and cool;12;10;N;16;64%;29%;1 Harare, Zimbabwe;A shower or t-storm;25;17;Cloudy, a t-storm;26;18;E;10;69%;66%;8 Havana, Cuba;Partly sunny, cooler;21;18;Periods of sun;23;17;E;21;56%;1%;2 Helsinki, Finland;Cloudy, snow showers;-2;-7;Clouds and sun;-3;-5;SE;8;83%;71%;1 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam;A shower in the p.m.;33;23;Clouds and sunshine;32;22;SW;8;77%;37%;8 Hong Kong, China;Cloudy;14;8;A morning shower;12;7;NNE;20;81%;60%;1 Honolulu, United States;Periods of sun;28;22;Rain at times;27;22;SW;18;68%;86%;2 Hyderabad, India;Sunny and pleasant;31;14;Mostly sunny, nice;31;15;ENE;10;27%;0%;6 Islamabad, Pakistan;Decreasing clouds;21;7;Mostly cloudy;22;9;N;6;58%;30%;2 Istanbul, Turkey;Plenty of sun;13;5;Sunshine;11;4;ENE;11;78%;1%;3 Jakarta, Indonesia;A t-storm or two;31;24;Spotty showers;31;24;W;17;75%;84%;8 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia;Decreasing clouds;28;19;Sunny and pleasant;28;20;NNE;10;46%;2%;5 Johannesburg, South Africa;A shower or t-storm;24;14;A t-storm in spots;26;15;ENE;11;61%;72%;13 Kabul, Afghanistan;Mostly sunny;8;-4;A couple of showers;4;-5;NNW;10;51%;80%;1 Karachi, Pakistan;More sun than clouds;30;15;Hazy sunshine;29;16;W;10;51%;0%;5 Kathmandu, Nepal;Mostly sunny;16;5;Sun and some clouds;19;6;S;7;68%;30%;5 Khartoum, Sudan;Sunny and pleasant;29;13;Sunny and beautiful;29;14;N;22;22%;0%;7 Kiev, Ukraine;Showers of rain/snow;7;-1;Rain and snow shower;3;-2;WSW;21;56%;51%;1 Kingston, Jamaica;A p.m. shower or two;31;24;A shower;31;23;NNE;8;64%;75%;6 Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo;Partly sunny;33;23;A morning t-storm;32;23;SSW;9;69%;66%;6 Kolkata, India;Sunny and pleasant;27;12;Hazy sunshine;28;13;WNW;10;48%;0%;5 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia;A stray p.m. t-storm;33;23;A t-storm in spots;33;22;NE;5;78%;69%;10 La Paz, Bolivia;Cloudy;14;6;A t-storm in spots;14;6;ENE;10;74%;81%;6 Lagos, Nigeria;Partly sunny;33;24;Partly sunny;33;24;SW;9;73%;26%;8 Lima, Peru;Partial sunshine;25;20;Clouds and sun;24;20;S;13;74%;18%;12 Lisbon, Portugal;Partly sunny;17;8;Periods of sun;16;8;NE;13;67%;7%;3 London, United Kingdom;Partly sunny;8;5;A morning shower;8;3;WSW;27;70%;74%;2 Los Angeles, United States;Partly sunny;29;13;Mostly sunny, warm;26;12;NE;7;33%;2%;4 Luanda, Angola;Clouds and sun;30;25;Mostly cloudy;31;25;SSW;10;72%;39%;6 Madrid, Spain;Mostly sunny;14;0;Partly sunny;15;2;NE;6;56%;9%;3 Male, Maldives;A t-storm in spots;30;25;A.M. showers, cloudy;29;27;NE;23;77%;100%;4 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cold;1;-1;SSW;13;36%;15%;3 Nicosia, Cyprus;Mostly sunny;17;5;Partly sunny;17;6;S;8;69%;9%;3 Novosibirsk, Russia;Clearing;-15;-23;Mostly sunny;-16;-23;SE;10;87%;1%;1 Osaka-shi, Japan;Chilly with some sun;6;-4;Clouding up, chilly;7;0;NE;8;58%;28%;3 Oslo, Norway;Partly sunny;0;-5;Periods of snow;1;-2;SE;14;82%;88%;0 Ottawa, Canada;Mostly cloudy;-8;-17;Heavy snow;-6;-7;SSE;15;71%;92%;2 Pago Pago, American Samoa;Cloudy with a shower;30;27;Mostly cloudy;30;26;NW;18;76%;68%;6 Panama City, Panama;Partly sunny;33;24;Spotty showers;33;25;NNW;18;68%;78%;8 Paramaribo, Suriname;Sun and some clouds;31;23;A shower in spots;30;24;ENE;13;74%;57%;8 Paris, France;Spotty showers;10;8;Breezy with rain;10;3;W;25;73%;82%;0 Perth, Australia;Sunny and breezy;29;17;Sunny and pleasant;29;20;ESE;18;37%;0%;11 Phnom Penh, Cambodia;A shower or two;33;23;A shower in the p.m.;31;23;SW;7;71%;66%;7 Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea;Clearing;32;24;Brief p.m. showers;30;22;NNW;28;66%;91%;3 Port-au-prince, Haiti;Partly sunny;33;20;Mostly sunny;33;21;ENE;8;45%;28%;6 Prague, Czech Republic;Partly sunny;7;0;A little rain;9;3;SW;18;65%;85%;1 Pyongyang, North Korea;Sunny, not as cold;1;-13;Plenty of sunshine;-1;-18;W;8;38%;0%;3 Quito, Ecuador;Showers around;22;12;A t-storm in spots;22;12;NW;13;52%;66%;8 Rabat, Morocco;Partly sunny;20;8;A passing shower;15;7;S;6;78%;58%;2 Recife, Brazil;Rain, a thunderstorm;31;26;Spotty showers;31;26;E;16;67%;67%;12 Reykjavik, Iceland;Mostly cloudy;1;-3;Partly sunny;0;-5;NNE;14;56%;4%;1 Riga, Latvia;A little snow;1;-2;Mostly cloudy;1;-1;SSE;7;91%;72%;0 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;Rain, a thunderstorm;26;23;A little a.m. rain;29;22;WNW;14;64%;75%;10 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia;Decreasing clouds;17;6;Plenty of sunshine;18;7;ENE;8;25%;0%;5 Rome, Italy;Partial sunshine;15;5;A shower;13;8;S;8;73%;80%;2 Saint Petersburg, Russia;A little snow;-6;-10;Clouds and sun;-6;-13;ESE;12;76%;23%;1 San Francisco, United States;Partly sunny;17;8;Partly sunny;16;9;NW;10;78%;1%;3 San Jose, Costa Rica;Partly sunny;26;19;Clouds and sun, nice;26;19;ENE;20;63%;3%;9 San Juan, Puerto Rico;Partly sunny;28;22;Partly sunny, nice;27;22;E;16;60%;7%;6 San Salvador, El Salvador;Periods of sun;25;18;Partly sunny, nice;25;17;N;19;67%;17%;8 Sana'a, Yemen;Mostly sunny, nice;23;5;Mostly sunny, nice;22;5;ESE;8;43%;5%;8 Santiago, Chile;Sunny and pleasant;31;15;Plenty of sunshine;33;16;SW;11;34%;0%;11 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic;Partly sunny;27;21;Mostly sunny;27;20;NNE;11;71%;32%;6 Sao Paulo, Brazil;Mostly sunny;18;4;Mostly sunny;18;2;ENE;7;64%;4%;3 Seattle, United States;Spotty showers;9;4;A touch of rain;8;5;S;12;76%;80%;1 Seoul, South Korea;A bit of p.m. snow;-1;-5;Mostly cloudy;1;-8;N;9;41%;0%;1 Shanghai, China;Mostly cloudy;4;-1;Cloudy and chilly;3;-2;NNW;11;62%;5%;1 Singapore, Singapore;A t-storm in spots;33;25;A shower;32;25;N;18;76%;69%;10 Sofia, Bulgaria;Mostly sunny, mild;12;-5;Partly sunny, mild;10;-4;S;7;70%;0%;3 St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda;Mostly sunny, nice;27;22;Mostly 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WASHINGTON (AP) — The man who shot a congressman and four other people Wednesday had apparently volunteered for Bernie Sanders' 2016 presidential campaign, the Vermont senator said Wednesday before assailing violence as "unacceptable in our society." "I am sickened by this despicable act," said Sanders, an independent. Sanders, 75, unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination against Hillary Clinton. He ran a passionate, anti-establishment campaign that won support from many younger, liberal voters and gave Clinton a closer race than many expected, but he eventually backed her candidacy. The senator spoke hours after a man identified as James T. Hodgkinson of Belleville, Illinois, opened fire on Republican lawmakers, aides and others practicing baseball in suburban Alexandria, Virginia. Officers shot Hodgkinson, who later died. Sanders issued a two-paragraph statement on the shooting and read it nearly verbatim on the Senate floor. He ignored a reporter's attempt to ask him questions, walking briskly out of the Capitol after a vote. "Violence of any kind is unacceptable in our society, and I condemn this action in the strongest possible terms," Sanders said. "Real change can only come about through nonviolent action, and anything else runs against our most deeply held American values." Robert Becker, director of Sanders' Iowa campaign, said staff workers could not recall Hodgkinson. Hodgkinson was said to have been among 1,000 volunteers around Davenport, but Becker said, "Nobody has a recollection of this guy coming in."

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Jets have signed former Lions linebacker Brandon Copeland and re-signed defensive lineman Xavier Cooper. Copeland missed last season after tearing a pectoral muscle during the preseason. He had 30 tackles and one forced fumble in 32 games the previous two seasons with the Lions. The 26-year-old Copeland will be a backup on defense and be a key part of the Jets' special teams unit. He signed with Baltimore as an undrafted free agent out of Penn in 2013 and spent time later that season on Tennessee's practice squad. After signing with Orlando of the Arena Football League in 2015, Copeland impressed Detroit after participating in the NFL Veterans Combine. Cooper was not tendered as a restricted free agent, but was brought back after he had 16 tackles and one sack in eight games. His play increased when Muhammad Wilkerson was benched at the end of the season. ___ For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP_NFL

The lead character of Sebastian Lelio's film "A Fantastic Woman " is named Marina. She is a nightclub singer and a waitress. She has a boyfriend, Orlando, who is much older than her, but that matters little. They are clearly smitten with one another and in that post-honeymoon phase of the relationship where things are still passionate, but also calm and comforting. They're planning a trip together. She's moving in. Life is moving along nicely it seems. Marina is also a transgender woman, portrayed by a transgender actress, Daniela Vega. If you've heard of "A Fantastic Woman," which recently picked up a best foreign language film nomination for Chile, you've likely heard this fact. It might even be the only thing you know about it. What's astonishing about the actual experience of watching "A Fantastic Woman" is how small of "a thing" it really is, and in that way perhaps one of the truest expressions of modern transgender life that we've ever seen in a fictional film. Marina is just Marina. She has a delicate beauty, and a cool choppy Alexa Chung-like haircut and style. On stage, she's performs with a sultry confidence. Off stage, she's quieter and almost reserved, but very present, especially around Orlando (Francisco Reyes). But one night, Orlando dies suddenly and Marina's tranquility is thrown into a tailspin — not just from the death of her love, but from all the unnecessary and often ridiculous complications, some bureaucratic, some purely emotional, that emerge and seem to stem from the fact that she is transgender. At the hospital where Orlando dies, the fact that her legal name is still her birth name and not Marina becomes an issue with a cop (who an uncomfortable doctor calls when she leaves the scene after he's pronounced dead). A social worker, too, becomes obsessed with checking on Marina, which she continues to explain is just a matter of procedure and to ensure that she was not abused or a sex worker, but which feels nothing but invasive and inappropriate from Marina's perspective. Orlando's family, too, is unconscionably cruel to her — save for his brother, Gabo (Luis Gnecco), who seems to be the only person in the film empathetic to the fact that Marina is just a human who has lost a loved one. Every day is filled with the ever-present threat that someone is going to be uncomfortable with her. Marina is gracious and accommodating almost to a fault, both to the insidiously subtle kinds of judgment and the more outward violence and hatred. Orlando's ex-wife tells her in no uncertain terms that she is not welcome at the funeral or wake. His grief stricken son is disgusted by her and makes no attempt to hide. And all Marina wants to do is grieve in her own way. Lelio's film occasionally delves into some magical realism as Marina struggles to maintain her composure amid such callous inhumanity from so many people, which is a beautiful if jarring disruption in a film that's otherwise so committed to reality. It's Vega's extraordinary performance, full of grace and depth, that keeps "A Fantastic Woman" in check from becoming something either too campy or too sanctimonious. It's one that has the power to make an audience really understand and internalize why it is an act of bravery to simply live life as herself, and perhaps even change some minds in the process. "A Fantastic Woman," a Sony Pictures Classics release, is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for "language, sexual content, nudity and a disturbing assault." Running time: 104 minutes. Three stars out of four. ___ MPAA Definition of R: Restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. ___ Follow AP Film Writer Lindsey Bahr on Twitter: www.twitter.com/ldbahr

BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 23, 2018--Neal Analytics, a leading provider of Modern Data and Intelligence solutions, today announced the appointment of veteran technology executive John Frankovich to the newly created role of Chief Customer Officer as the company looks to scale operations and expand customer success programs during this time of high growth. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180423006121/en/ John Frankovich, Neal Analytics' Chief Customer Officer. (Photo: Business Wire) Frankovich has built a reputation as an industry thought leader and has built and led numerous national and international businesses and subsidiaries. John comes to Neal Analytics after spending more than 5 years as Global Vice President at Comcast NBCU where he led their global Digital Streaming Video consulting business. Previously he served as CEO of multiple advanced technology companies including Vortex Consulting Partners and the Ramp Technology Group. Before that, he was a Senior Vice President at the big 6 management consulting firm Capgemini. Frankovich holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and a Master's of Science in Software Engineering. He will report directly to Dylan Dias, CEO and Managing Partner of Neal Analytics. "The essence of Neal Analytics success is simple: We have an unwavering commitment to delivering outstanding Analytics results for our clients by leveraging our industry-leading skills in Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, and Cloud Technologies," said Dylan Dias. "We are delighted to have John join the team. His deep business experience and proven effectiveness in driving client-centered operations re-enforces our ability to scale the business while providing game-changing results to our clients." Frankovich added, "Neal Analytics’ ability to seamlessly combine their award-winning Deep Analytics Products and Services with their world class team of Data Scientists, Business Experts, and Technology leaders sets them apart in the market.” John continued “Business leaders today are seeking truly robust, integrated and value-based partners. I'm very excited to join this highly regarded team and leverage my experience to help us seize current opportunities and continue to build Neal’s loyal client base." As CCO and member of the Executive Leadership Team, Frankovich will be responsible for leading the day-to-day management of the firm’s domestic and international Professional Services Division, Customer onboarding & training, Customer Success, and the Customer Engagement Lifecycle. His overall goal is to help all customers get the highest possible value from their solutions and products. About Neal Analytics Established in 2011, Neal Analytics is a global Digital Solutions Provider that specializes in fulfilling the “promise of Digital” by transforming corporate data into valuable assets and a competitive advantage. Neal has unique reach among Fortune-50 clients and the ability to make a difference when solving the toughest business problems. With pragmatic approaches to technologies ranging from Data warehousing, Dashboards, Big Data, Cloud, IoT, Advanced Analytics, Deep Learning, AI, and beyond, Neal Analytics has the skills and experience to deliver game-changing results. Neal Analytics is the proud recipient of Microsoft's Global Partner of the Year for Business Analytics (2017). View source version on businesswire.com:https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180423006121/en/ CONTACT: Neal Analytics Kevin Wang, Marketing Manager (206) 286-9200 KevinW@nealanalytics.com KEYWORD: UNITED STATES NORTH AMERICA WASHINGTON INDUSTRY KEYWORD: TECHNOLOGY DATA MANAGEMENT NETWORKS OTHER TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONSULTING SOURCE: Neal Analytics Copyright Business Wire 2018. PUB: 04/23/2018 12:53 PM/DISC: 04/23/2018 12:53 PM http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180423006121/en

JERUSALEM (AP) — It's no secret that Israel is a deeply polarized nation, with its prime minister facing a slew of corruption allegations, the peace process at a standstill and the government moving to stifle critics. But a new survey released on Tuesday shows just how divided the country has become. Seventy-two percent of left-wing voters fear Israel's democracy is in danger, an even higher figure than the 65 percent of Arab citizens who feel that way. The annual Israeli Democracy Index interviewed 1,024 people in May and had a margin of error of 3.1 percentage points. The margin increased to 3.4 points for Jewish respondents and 7.9 points for the smaller Arab sample size. The survey found that 68 percent of all respondents felt that parliament members don't perform their duties properly.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Alex Ovechkin scored and blocked a shot in the second period and Braden Holtby made spectacular saves, lifting the Washington Capitals to a series-tying 3-2 win over the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final on Wednesday night. Lars Eller had a goal and two assists as the Capitals secured the first win in the Final in franchise history. Washington was swept by Detroit in the 1998 Final. Brooks Orpik scored Washington's third goal midway through the second period, ending a 220-game drought. James Neal gave the Golden Knights a 1-0 lead 7:58 into the game and Shea Theodore pulled them within a goal late in the second. Game 3 is Saturday night in Washington. ___ More Stanley Cup coverage: https://apnews.com/tag/StanleyCupFinals

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Stephen Curry will likely go from being the NBA's biggest bargain to signing the richest contract in the league at more than $200 million. And he looks forward to the nice payday. Yet the two-time reigning MVP and new NBA Finals MVP Kevin Durant said Wednesday they would seriously consider less money to keep the core of the champion Golden State Warriors intact. Two days after capturing the franchise's second title in three years against LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Warriors prepared to part ways for what will be a busy offseason for general manager Bob Myers and the front office. Durant hinted he would opt out of a deal that pays him the maximum he can get in order to help Golden State's chances of re-signing Andre Iguodala or Shaun Livingston. ___ More AP NBA: http://apnews.com/tag/NBAbasketball

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The winds aren't changing for Southern California's wildfires yet. The fifth largest blaze in state history was threatening thousands of homes as it churned through coastal mountains amid persistently dangerous weather conditions. Red Flag warnings for fire danger due to Santa Ana winds and a critical lack of moisture were extended instead of expiring Monday afternoon as was initially forecast. The National Weather Service tweeted, "It doesn't get much drier than this," signaling that the dangerous fire conditions just aren't going away. The wildfire has destroyed 683 homes and burned over 360 square miles of dry brush and timber.

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — An immigration judge in Detroit has set bond at $10,000 for a Polish-born Michigan doctor arrested last week by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials because of two misdemeanor convictions about 25 years ago. WWMT-TV reports Lukasz Niec was able to post bond and is expected to be released Thursday from the Calhoun County Jail. ICE officials said Niec was arrested Jan. 16 for "administrative immigration violations" and that the 43-year-old can be deported for those 1992 convictions — malicious destruction of property and receiving stolen goods. They date back to when he was in high school. Niec came to the U.S. legally as a young child. Relatives say he pleaded guilty through a state program designed to help young offenders and was told it wouldn't be used in a deportation. WOOD-TV reports Niec's next hearing is Feb. 22.

President Donald Trump's call for American unity in his first State of the Union address struck an us-versus-them tone for many minorities, raising questions as to what extent Americans are put off by a leader who continually draws criticism as bigoted and xenophobic. For many people of color, Trump's address before Congress on Tuesday night hardly reflected a shift in his ideology or his bruising style of governance. It was not lost on them that the president simply softened what he's been saying all along, particularly when it comes to immigration, and sought to add a veneer of tolerance by using the stories of people of color to illustrate his points. "After more than a year of toxic policies and attacks on marginalized communities, the time for hoping Trump might change is long over," said Color of Change Executive Director Rashad Robinson. "Behaving like an adult for one speech doesn't change those facts." In taking credit for a drop in black unemployment, Trump showcased a black welder's journey from unemployment to a meaningful career. At one point, he reiterated his disgust for NFL players' national anthem protests against systemic racism by praising a 12-year-old white boy's act of patriotism. And he conflated immigration with urban gun violence by highlighting two Long Island families who were victimized by gang members who were in the country illegally. The result was a rhetorical throwback to mean-spirited race baiting of the past, said Brookings Institute research fellow Andre Perry. "You replace 'immigrant' with 'black person,' and you're talking 1950s rhetoric," Perry said. "If you're a person of color, it wasn't a dog whistle — it was a direct attack. It wasn't that long ago that blacks and women were not full citizens, but we were members of society denied rights under the law." While some praised Trump for staying on message and striking a more presidential tone, others pointed out that his tone contradicted his actions. "President Trump can pause his Twitter habits long enough to deliver a prepared speech to a national TV audience, but isn't doing anything real to bring us together or improve the lives of everyday Americans," Democratic Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey said in a statement. Reps. John Lewis of Georgia, Maxine Waters of California and Al Green of Texas — all Democrats who have criticized Trump— decided to skip the speech entirely. "I'm part of those who decided that we would protest outside as a matter of principle to say to the president, 'We disapprove of what you're doing,'" Green said Tuesday night. Others wore black to show their displeasure, and several wore sashes or ties made of African Kente cloth, a nod to the president's reference to African nations as "shithole countries." Some wore buttons bearing the name of Recy Taylor, a black Alabama woman gang raped by white men during the Jim Crow era; she died in late December at age 97. "There was nothing to clap for, nothing to be happy about, nothing to smile about and nothing to be applauding about," said Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, a New Jersey Democrat who ordered the Recy Taylor buttons. "He takes credit for things he has no right to take credit for. He really did not speak to how racist he's been or xenophobic he's been or sexist he's been, so he really didn't speak to the things that I expected him to or would want him to have addressed." As Trump touted the low black unemployment rate, several black members of Congress sat stone-faced amid cheers from their Republican colleagues. The speech, historically a list of priorities for presidents, was also about what Trump didn't say. There was scant reference to hurricane-devastated Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, no mention of the racial violence that erupted last summer in Charlottesville, Virginia, nor of the evolving #MeToo movement against sexual harassment. The president has denied that he is a racist. However, soon after his inauguration, he signed an executive order banning people from several Muslim countries from coming to America, prompting protests nationwide. To kickoff Black History Month last February, he clumsily referenced 19th-century abolitionist Frederick Douglass as if he were still alive. He defended white supremacists after they rallied in Charlottesville, blaming "both sides" for deadly violence there. And he has repeatedly labeled immigrants as criminal and targeted so-called sanctuary cities who refuse to aid federal law enforcement. Such actions, Perry said, can't be covered by "platitudes of American togetherness that mask rabid, structural racism and really doesn't include black people, Latinos, immigrants and others." "It's outrageous that people aren't seeing the hypocrisy," Perry added. ___ Associated Press video journalist Noreen Nasir contributed to this report. Errin Haines Whack is The Associated Press' national writer on race and ethnicity. Follow her work on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/emarvelous

All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA Tampa Bay 50 34 13 3 71 176 128 Boston 48 29 11 8 66 157 119 Washington 50 30 15 5 65 155 141 Toronto 52 29 18 5 63 167 146 Pittsburgh 52 28 21 3 59 156 155 New Jersey 49 25 16 8 58 147 147 Columbus 50 27 19 4 58 133 140 Philadelphia 50 24 18 8 56 144 146 N.Y. Rangers 50 25 20 5 55 153 151 N.Y. Islanders 52 25 22 5 55 173 189 Carolina 50 23 19 8 54 139 155 Florida 48 20 22 6 46 136 159 Detroit 48 19 21 8 46 126 146 Montreal 50 20 24 6 46 130 159 Ottawa 48 15 24 9 39 125 168 Buffalo 50 14 27 9 37 115 166 WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA Vegas 49 33 12 4 70 168 130 Winnipeg 51 30 13 8 68 167 137 Nashville 48 29 12 7 65 146 125 St. Louis 52 31 18 3 65 151 131 Dallas 51 28 19 4 60 155 137 San Jose 49 26 16 7 59 145 138 Minnesota 50 27 18 5 59 147 142 Los Angeles 50 27 18 5 59 142 121 Anaheim 51 25 17 9 59 144 142 Colorado 49 27 18 4 58 160 143 Calgary 50 25 17 8 58 139 139 Chicago 50 24 19 7 55 148 137 Edmonton 49 22 24 3 47 135 157 Vancouver 50 20 24 6 46 131 162 Arizona 50 12 29 9 33 118 172 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs. Tuesday's Games Minnesota 3, Columbus 2, SO Pittsburgh 5, San Jose 2 Florida 4, N.Y. Islanders 1 Anaheim 3, Boston 1 Carolina 2, Ottawa 1 New Jersey 3, Buffalo 1 Winnipeg 3, Tampa Bay 1 St. Louis 3, Montreal 1 Chicago 2, Nashville 1 Los Angeles 3, Dallas 0 Vegas 4, Calgary 2 Vancouver 4, Colorado 3, OT Wednesday's Games Toronto 5, N.Y. Islanders 0 Washington 5, Philadelphia 3 San Jose at Detroit, 8 p.m. Thursday's Games Toronto at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. Montreal at Carolina, 7 p.m. St. Louis at Boston, 7 p.m. Florida at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Anaheim at Ottawa, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Vegas at Winnipeg, 8 p.m. Los Angeles at Nashville, 8:30 p.m. Tampa Bay at Calgary, 9 p.m. Dallas at Arizona, 9 p.m. Colorado at Edmonton, 9 p.m. Chicago at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Friday's Games Washington at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. Detroit at Carolina, 7 p.m. San Jose at Columbus, 7 p.m. Vegas at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Saturday's Games Ottawa at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. Anaheim at Montreal, 1 p.m. Detroit at Florida, 7 p.m. Pittsburgh at New Jersey, 7 p.m. St. Louis at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Columbus at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. Colorado at Winnipeg, 7 p.m. Toronto at Boston, 7 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Nashville, 8 p.m. Minnesota at Dallas, 8 p.m. Tampa Bay at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Chicago at Calgary, 10 p.m. Arizona at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

Thousands of Australians have gathered at pre-dawn services around the country to commemorate the moment when Australian and New Zealand Army Corps troops waded ashore at the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey 103 years ago in their first major battle of World War I. Because extremists have targeted annual ANZAC Day April 25 ceremonies in the past, concrete barriers were placed around the service in downtown Sydney to protect those who gathered at Martin Place against vehicle attacks. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, his French counterpart Edouard Philippe and the heir to the British throne, Prince Charles, will mark ANZAC Day in France with a service that also commemorates the 100th anniversary of Australian troops taking the town of Villers-Bretonneux from the Germans. Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton represents the Australian government at a service at ANZAC Cove at Gallipoli where the Australian and New Zealand troops landed under British command in an ill-fated attempt to take the Ottoman Empire out of the war.

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador's Supreme Court is putting the brakes on a constitutional change that would bar same-sex marriage. The ruling blocks lawmakers from ratifying the measure, which also would constitutionally recognize matrimony as being between a man and a woman "born that way" and prohibit same-sex couples from adopting children. The Legislative Assembly approved the measure in April 2015. For it to be ratified, it would need 56 of the 84 lawmakers in the current assembly to vote in favor. The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday there were procedural missteps as it was fast-tracked through the assembly and voted on "urgently" with just days left in the session. The court said that was improper for a constitutional change and there was no opportunity for the public to be informed and weigh in.

MADRID (AP) — Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is urging the Catalan parliament not to press ahead with the candidacy of fugitive leader Carles Puigdemont for regional president and instead to opt for a lawmaker free of legal proceedings. Speaking Tuesday on Spanish National Television hours before the parliament is scheduled to hold an investiture vote for Puigdemont, Rajoy said the parliament speaker will face legal consequences if he disobeys a Constitutional Court order saying Puigdemont can only be voted on if he is physically present and has previously obtained court permission. Puigdemont faces arrest if he returns to Spain. Rajoy said the "most sensible" thing for the parliament speaker would be to propose a "clean candidate" who is willing to obey the law and work for the return of normality in Catalonia.

JERUSALEM (AP) — Haim Gouri, a leading Israeli poet of the state's founding generation, died Wednesday, according to media reports. He was 94. President Reuven Rivlin in a statement mourned his passing as "the national poet of our time" and a "life teacher." Gouri was born in Tel Aviv and fought in the Palmach, the elite force of the pre-state militia later serving in Israel's army, reports said. He was a prolific and influential poet with songs about the birth of modern Israel that became deeply rooted in the country's ethos. He was not shy in airing his political views and was critical of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government. Five years ago he told parliament that despite "knowing almost every stone in this land" he now "has difficulty recognizing it." Gouri was the recipient of several prestigious awards for his work, including the Israel Prize, the country's top honor.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A teenage inmate who was incarcerated with adults was raped by a prisoner who infected the teenager with HIV, according to a federal lawsuit that accuses the Louisiana jail of negligence. The lawsuit, filed Monday, also accuses East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff Sid Gautreaux and two deputies of violating the teen's constitutional rights and disregarding a federal law that should have kept the teen segregated from the general population inmates. It seeks unspecified monetary damages from the sheriff, the jail's warden and another deputy. The teen was 17 years old, met the criteria for a "high risk sexual victim" under the Prison Rape Elimination Act and should have remained segregated, the suit said. Instead, it said, the teen was transferred from the juvenile wing and attacked last February by a man awaiting trial on rape and robbery charges. "This sexual predator, armed with a deadly disease, was at high risk not only of raping other inmates, but infecting them with HIV. He should have been put in isolation to protect the other inmates," the suit said. But a sheriff's office spokeswoman, Casey Rayborn Hicks, disputes that the teen should have been classified as a high-risk sexual victim and said he was placed in general population only after he turned 18. Hicks said investigators believe the rape occurred in May 2017, roughly three months after his 18th birthday. "Unfortunately, those that file lawsuits against the Sheriff's Office can make claims that have no merit and must be disputed in court," Hicks said in an email Tuesday. "In addition, when such inmates make claims in reference to their medical status, due to legal restrictions, the Sheriff's Office cannot publicly refute these claims even when they have no merit." The suit says the teen, who was awaiting trial in a burglary case, was 5-foot-10 (1.7 meters), weighed 125 pounds (56 kilograms) and is "mildly mentally handicapped" from fetal alcohol syndrome. His age, size and "mental makeup" left him at high risk of being sexually assaulted in jail, according to the suit. Hicks, however, said the jail has no record of the teen reporting or exhibiting "problems in terms of mental capacity." Medical records show the inmate weighed 150 pounds (68 kilograms) upon his arrival at the jail, 10 pounds (4.5 kilograms) heavier than the threshold for classifying an inmate as high risk under the Prison Rape Elimination Act, she added. Warden Dennis Grimes served the teen up to his assailant "like a sacrificial lamb" by authorizing his transfer from the juvenile wing to a locked two-man cell in the general population, the suit said. "The results were predictable and catastrophic," the suit said. In 2016, Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards signed a law that raised the state's adult prosecution age from 17 to 18. But the change hasn't taken effect yet because the law will be phased in over several years. The teen's attorney, Joseph Long, said the Baton Rouge jail typically keeps 17-year-old prisoners housed in the juvenile wing. He said he doesn't know why his client was transferred to general population before his 18th birthday. "Who authorized it and why?" he said. "We're going to find out." The suit said the inmate threatened to kill the teen if he reported the rape. Deputies separated them and took the teen to the infirmary only after he smuggled a note out of his cell to report the rape, it said. The teen tested positive for HIV in December, according to the suit. Jail officials allowed the teen's assailant to "roam freely in general population" even though they knew or should have known that the man was HIV positive, it said. Hicks said the jail randomly tests inmates for HIV, but only if they consent. "An inmate does not have to take an HIV test if they do not want to," she said. Hicks said 224 inmates received HIV treatment last year. "We cannot logistically segregate them nor can they be housed out of parish," she added.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A judge in Puerto Rico has found there is not enough evidence to charge a former U.S. Olympic volleyball player from Louisiana in the 2016 death of her young daughter. Police had accused Kim Willoughby of murder and child abuse in the case. It was not immediately clear if Willoughby had an attorney. Police had said in 2016 that Willoughby told them her 3-year-old daughter slipped in the shower and died after hitting her head. On Friday, police presented charges but a judge ruled there was not enough evidence to charge her. Willoughby had played in the 2008 Beijing Olympics and won a silver medal. She later played with a team in Puerto Rico.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The game will go on. The annual Congressional Baseball Game, which dates to 1909 and is a summertime tradition on Capitol Hill, will be played on Thursday despite Wednesday's shooting at the GOP squad's practice in Alexandria, Virginia. It's an annual event in which aging former Little Leaguers don their spikes and dust off their gloves in a game played for bragging rights and to benefit several charities. House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., assured lawmakers assembled at a members' briefing that the game will go on, prompting a standing ovation. Once a relatively cozy affair, played at a minor league ballpark in Maryland, the game has gone big time in recent years and has been played at Nationals Park, just a few blocks from the Capitol.

GENEVA (AP) — A boxing official described as "one of Uzbekistan's leading criminals" by United States authorities has been named interim president of the Olympic sport's governing body. The International Boxing Federation (AIBA) said its vice president Gafur Rakhimov was promoted on Saturday after the "unexpected resignation" of interim leader Franco Falcinelli. "Rakhimov has been described as having moved from extortion and car theft to becoming one of Uzbekistan's leading criminals and an important person involved in the heroin trade," the U.S. Treasury Department said last month when it announced freezing any assets he held under American jurisdiction. Still, the long-serving AIBA vice president is set to lead the Switzerland-based organization for the next nine months until a scheduled election in Moscow. AIBA was "obligated to follow the statutes" requiring the senior vice president to fill any vacancy, executive committee member Pat Fiacco told The Associated Press. He spoke by telephone from Dubai where national boxing federations held a special congress. "There is nothing negative that the executive committee can say," Fiacco said, adding that Rakhimov has "contributed positively" to AIBA. Rakhimov was linked last month to "Thieves-in-Law" by the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control, which said the group "originated in Stalinist prison camps." "The Thieves-in-Law has grown into a vast criminal organization which has spread throughout the former Soviet Union, Europe, and the United States, engaging in a variety of crimes, such as money laundering, extortion, bribery, and robbery," the federal office said. Rakhimov allegedly has supported the criminal group by "providing warning of law enforcement issues, arranging meetings, and addressing other problems." A federal document said Rakhimov is resident in Dubai, where AIBA members met on Saturday. The meeting was called to deal with fallout and financial problems from the previous presidency of C.K. Wu, a Taiwanese member of the IOC who left office last year. "We must work closely with national federations and with the International Olympic Committee to restore confidence in AIBA's financial management and in its integrity," Rakhimov said in a statement on AIBA's website. Rakhimov was key to renegotiating a $10 million loan from the troubled governing body's main creditor, Benkons, a company from Azerbaijan. "He did that on his own," Fiacco said of the new president's work. He was "not aware of any travel issues at this stage" that would prevent Rakhimov working at AIBA headquarters in the Olympic capital Lausanne. In the AIBA statement, outgoing interim president Falcinelli praised his successor. "I am confident that he will provide the leadership to restore AIBA to greatness." The IOC, which was represented in Dubai by its sports director Kit McConnell, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook says it is banning ads for financial products often associated with deceptive practices, including those involving cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin. The new policy says ads can't promote such services, which also include those involving initial coin offerings. Those offerings are a means of raising capital by selling digital currency that can then be traded. The digital coins or tokens represent an interest in a company. Facebook says examples of fraudulent ads include phrases like "use your retirement funds to buy Bitcoin!"

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 30, 2018--Avalara, Inc., a leading provider of cloud-based tax compliance automation for businesses of all sizes, today announced that tech industry veteran Danny Fields has joined the company as EVP Engineering and Chief Technology Officer. His responsibilities include shaping and leading the delivery and execution of Avalara’s technology vision, and overseeing the company’s global engineering teams. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180530005484/en/ Danny Fields, Avalara's new EVP Engineering and CTO (Photo: Business Wire) Mr. Fields brings 28 years of engineering and executive management experience to Avalara. He has led teams in locations throughout the world, building complex enterprise cloud and on-premise solutions. He comes to Avalara from MobileIron, a global leader in mobile device management and enterprise mobility services, where he served as SVP of Engineering and Chief Software Development Officer. Prior to MobileIron, Fields worked at Oracle where he was a Group Vice President responsible for building the Oracle Service Cloud, which powers thousands of customer service centers around the world and is used by hundreds of thousands of support agents. He joined Oracle as part of its $1.8B acquisition of RightNow Technologies. Fields was Vice President of Engineering, building the RightNow Service Cloud. “Danny brings a highly sought-after combination of time-tested engineering skills and leadership to Avalara,” said Scott McFarlane. “Our customers require reliability and efficiency in our products. They expect us to deliver innovation within our products to keep pace with the accelerating complexity of tax. Danny will lead our distributed technology teams to achieve and exceed our promises for customers.” About Avalara Avalara helps businesses of all sizes achieve compliance with transaction taxes, including sales and use, VAT, excise, communications, and other tax types. The company delivers comprehensive, automated, cloud-based solutions designed to be fast, accurate, and easy to use. The Avalara Compliance Cloud® platform helps customers manage complicated and burdensome tax compliance obligations imposed by state, local, and other taxing authorities throughout the world. Avalara offers more than 600 pre-built integrations into leading accounting, ERP, ecommerce and other business applications, making the integration of tax and compliance solutions easy for customers. Each year, the company processes billions of indirect tax transactions for customers and users, files more than a million tax returns, and manages millions of tax exemption certificates and other compliance documents. A privately held company, Avalara’s venture capital investors include Sageview Capital, Battery Ventures, Warburg Pincus, Technology Crossover Ventures, Arthur Ventures, and other institutional and individual investors. Headquartered in Seattle, Avalara has offices across the U.S. and overseas in the U.K., Belgium, Brazil, and India. More information at www.avalara.com View source version on businesswire.com:https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180530005484/en/ CONTACT: Hotwire for Avalara Christine Penwell, 415-820-4160 avalaraUS@hotwireglobal.com KEYWORD: UNITED STATES NORTH AMERICA WASHINGTON INDUSTRY KEYWORD: TECHNOLOGY DATA MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FINANCE SOURCE: Avalara, Inc. Copyright Business Wire 2018. PUB: 05/30/2018 11:00 AM/DISC: 05/30/2018 11:01 AM http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180530005484/en

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Donald Tusk, one of the European Union's top officials, says the road to European Union membership for Albania and Macedonia will be tough. The president of the European Council started Tuesday a weeklong tour of the Western Balkans countries, urging more work in the rule of law and the fight against organized crime and corruption. The 28 EU member states must agree unanimously for any country to become a member. Accession to the bloc has been a powerful driver of political and democratic reform in post-communist countries. Last week, the EU's executive Commission said enough progress has been made for accession talks to begin. EU and Balkans leaders will meet in Bulgaria on May 17 in a summit.

BEIJING (AP) — China's auto sales were flat in November compared with a year earlier, leaving total purchases in the world's biggest market up an anemic 1.9 percent for the first 11 months of 2017, an industry group reported Monday. Chinese drivers bought 2.6 million sedans, SUVs and minivans, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers. Total vehicle sales, including trucks and buses, edged up 0.7 percent to just under 3 million vehicles. Chinese auto sales have struggled this year after a temporary tax cut boosted 2016's growth to 15 percent. Sales contracted in April and May before growing feebly in recent months. That weakness is a setback for global automakers that look to China to drive future revenue, though some have grown faster than the market, taking share from Chinese and other rivals. In November, SUV sales rose 8.9 percent over a year earlier to 11 million, while sedan purchases shrank 4.8 percent to 12.2 million. For the first 11 months of the year, sales totaled 22.1 million. Chinese demand has weakened as economic growth slowed and Beijing and other major cities tightened restrictions on ownership to curb smog and congestion. Sales by Chinese domestic brands overall rose 5 percent to 1.2 million vehicles, according to CAAM. Their share of the market expanded by 1.6 percentage points to 45.8 percent. — General Motors Co., which competes with Volkswagen AG for the status of China's most popular automaker, said sales by the company and its Chinese manufacturing partners rose 13 percent from a year earlier to 418,225 vehicles. — Ford Motor Co. sales fell 8 percent to 117,593 vehicles. Year-to-date sales were off 6 percent at just under 1.1 million. — Nissan Motor Co., the most popular Japanese brand in China, said monthly sales rose 21.8 percent to 165,384 vehicles. Sales through November were up 12 percent at 1.3 million. — Toyota Motor Co. sales gained 9.9 percent to 109,600. Year-to-date sales grew 10.7 percent to 1.2 million. — BMW AG said November sales rose 12 percent to 55,293 vehicles. Year-to-date sales were up 14.7 percent to 542,362. ___ China Association of Automobile Manufacturers: www.caam.org.cn

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand Rugby has confirmed the third Bledisoe Cup test between the All Blacks and Wallabies will be played in Yokohama, Japan. The Oct. 27 match will be the second between New Zealand and Australia to be played in Japan after their 2009 Bledisloe Cup clash in Tokyo. NZR chief executive Steve Tew said "the 2009 match was a fantastic event this year's test at the 72,000-seat stadium in Yokohama will be at another level. The All Blacks have huge support in Japan so the Bledisloe Cup test will be important for the team as we build support ahead of Rugby World Cup 2019." New Zealand will play a test against Japan on the following weekend, Nov. 3, at Tokyo's Ajinomoto Stadium. The All Blacks will also open their 2019 World Cup schedle against South Africa in Yokohama.

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on a fatal helicopter crash in Southern California (all times local): 10:07 a.m. California authorities have released the name of all three people killed when a small helicopter crashed in a Newport Beach neighborhood. The Orange County Sheriff's Department says the dead are 60-year-old Joseph Anthony Tena of Newport Beach, 45-year-old Kimberly Lynne Watzman of Santa Monica and 56-year-old Brian R. Reichelt of Hollywood. The crash Wednesday in a neighborhood involved four people in the helicopter and a bystander. Newport Beach police spokeswoman Jennifer Manzella says all three people killed were in the helicopter. There's no information about two people who were injured. ___ 11:03 p.m. Officials say three people were killed and two more injured when a helicopter crashed into a home in a suburban Southern California neighborhood. Authorities say four people were aboard the Robinson R44 helicopter when it went down in Newport Beach on Tuesday afternoon just a few minutes after taking off from John Wayne Airport. One person who was outside on the ground was involved in the crash, though officials did not specify who died and who was injured. Neighbor Marian Michaels says she thought it was an earthquake when the helicopter slammed into the house. Another neighbor, Roger Johnson, says he heard a scream that sounded like it was from a horror movie before rushing to the scene to try to help.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Attorney: Ex-'Glee' star Mark Salling, who had been awaiting sentencing on child porn charges, dies in Los Angeles area.

BERLIN (AP) — German authorities say Spanish police have arrested a suspect in the killing of a woman in Berlin in May. Berlin prosecutors said Wednesday that the 38-year-old man was arrested a day earlier and his extradition to Germany is being sought The 30-year-old victim, Melanie Rehberger, was found dead in a park next to a railway line in the north of Berlin on May 27, two days after going missing during a work break. Prosecutors said the suspect, who had been living in Berlin but didn't have a fixed address, fled the country after the killing. The man wasn't identified by name. Prosecutors said evidence found at the crime scene was clearly matched to the arrested suspect.

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Riding a tsunami of moral conservatism and anti-gay prejudice, Indonesia's Islamic political parties appear on the cusp of a major victory: outlawing all sex outside marriage. Revisions to Indonesia's criminal code being considered by Parliament would allow prison sentences of up to five years for sex between unmarried people. Those changes would also criminalize gay sex, the bugbear of Indonesia's Islamic and secular political parties. Rights groups and legal experts fear a profound setback to human rights and privacy in Indonesia, one of the world's largest democracies, and the spread of vigilantism, already common in parts of the sprawling Muslim-majority nation of more than 250 million people. They are racing to organize opposition. An online petition launched this week has gathered more than 20,000 signatures. "Indonesia, whose constitution guarantees human rights and has ratified many human rights covenants, will be ridiculed by the world for creating a law that is potentially violating many of those rights," said Said Muhammad Isnur, head of advocacy at the Indonesian Legal Aid Institute Foundation. While the possible criminalization of sex between unmarried consenting adults has grabbed attention, the revised criminal code, which has nearly 800 articles, also contains changes that could weaken checks and balances in Indonesia's young democracy. One article potentially makes criticism of the president defamation and other articles could be used to weaken the Corruption Eradication Commission, one of Indonesia's most effective public institutions. Asrul Sani, a lawmaker from the Islamic-based United Development Party, has told reporters that a 25-member parliamentary working committee has agreed on nearly all the articles in the revised code. It and another Islamic party are seeking longer prison sentences for gay sex in circumstances that involve force, public acts or pornography and that is still being argued, he said. Statements from different committee members indicate there isn't total agreement but a majority of parties appear to have swung behind at least criminalization of gay sex. Bambang Soesatyo, the speaker of Parliament and a lawmaker from the major secular party Golkar, said same-sex relationships should be criminalized because they could "corrupt the morality of the nation." A few politicians outside the committee have raised concerns about the fundamental threat to privacy. One of the obstacles in the way of the Islamic parties is President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's power of veto. But with provincial elections due this year and a presidential race in 2019, it's unclear whether Jokowi is willing to risk political capital on protecting a hated and misunderstood minority or being seen as soft on morality issues. "The Islamic parties are really using this issue as their marketing going into the political years, this year and next year," said Bivitri Susantri, a constitutional law expert who helped establish the Indonesian Center of Law and Policy Studies. "The only thing we can do is to push the government, the president, to stop this," she said. "Because if we see how the political parties, both the secular ones and the Islamic ones discuss this, I think this draft law will be passed as it is now." Islamic parties make up four of the 10 factions in Indonesia's Parliament and due to the popular vote threshold being raised to 4 percent, are at risk of losing their seats in Parliament next year if they can't rouse their bases. They have typically commanded far less votes than secular parties, but their concerns resonate with a broad cross-section of Indonesians. Hard-line Muslim groups considered fringe a decade ago, such as the Islamic Defenders Front, have moved into the mainstream and shook Jokowi's government last year with a mass movement against the minority Christian governor of Jakarta, who was subsequently imprisoned for two years for blasphemy. Conservative groups such as the Family Love Alliance believe Indonesia is being overwhelmed by immoral behavior such as sex between unmarried young couples, and in December nearly succeeding in convincing Indonesia's Constitutional Court to outlaw gay sex and sex outside marriage. Moderate groups, meanwhile, have struggled to muster their forces. While many speak out online, that has little impact compared with the ability of Islamic groups to summon tens of thousands for mass protests. The Islamic parties' message is perhaps at its most politically potent when aimed at Indonesia's besieged LGBT minority, which for the past two years has been the target of an escalating campaign of raids, arrests, hateful rhetoric from government officials and vigilante attacks. Police in the conservative province of Aceh, which practices Shariah law, over the weekend rounded up 12 transgender people who worked in hair salons and publicly humiliated them by forcing them into men's clothing and cutting their hair. Susantri and other legal experts said enforcement would be a huge and impossible burden on police and encourage vigilante acts from self-appointed "guardians of morality," undermining an already fragile rule of law in Indonesia. She said people who practice religions not recognized by the state could also be criminalized because their marriages aren't recognized. "The president should say no to this law," Susantri said. "But looking at how Jokowi is handling issues related to Islam I think he wouldn't do that." ___ Associated Press writers Niniek Karmini and Ali Kotarumalos contributed to this report.

A snow volleyball exhibition is planned for Pyeongchang to help the sport's international governing body make the case for it to be added to the Olympics. If successful, volleyball would be the first sport to be on the program at both the Winter and Summer Games . Snow volleyball is similar to the beach discipline, with two-person teams. With many of the tournaments hosted by ski resorts as a diversion for their guests, it also borrows the party atmosphere of the sandy side of the sport. But those who have played it say the cold and snow are new challenges that make it a very different sport. The exhibition on Feb. 14 at the Austria House will include Olympic medalists from the beach and indoor disciplines, as well as South Korean players. There are already 17 European countries hosting national snow volleyball championships and a tour that will culminate in an inaugural European championship in Austria in March. ___ More AP Olympic coverage: https://wintergames.ap.org

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 23, 2018--, a global procurement intelligence advisory firm, has announced the release of their ‘ .’ The insights and data in this report provide a strategic analysis of the supply markets, factors influencing purchasing decisions, procurement best practices, pricing models, supplier landscape, and an analysis of the supplier capability matrix for the . This report breaks down the data and analysis behind the procurement of propylene oxide and acts as an all-inclusive guide for making smart purchasing decisions. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180422005104/en/ Propylene Oxide Procurement Report (Graphic: Business Wire) “The propylene oxide market will witness a promising growth with the growing demand from end-user industries such as food and beverages, automobile, and construction,” says SpendEdge procurement analyst Anil Seth. “Also, the market in APAC will experience a moderate growth during the forecast period,” added Anil. Looking for more insights from this report? SpendEdge sample reports are free of charge and provide insights that focus on cost-saving aspects of procurement and optimization of category spend. Procurement analysts at SpendEdge highlight the following top three market trends that are contributing to the growth of the Global Propylene Oxide Market: Shifting of polypropylene oxide production to regions with low-cost feedstocks Rapid adoption of vertical integration by leading suppliers Increasing focus on adoption of circular economy by suppliers This report is available at USD 1000 discount for a limited time only: Shifting of polypropylene oxide production to regions with low-cost feedstocks In the recent years, there has been an increase in the availability of low-cost feedstocks, such as shale gas and coal used in the production of polypropylene. The availability of low-cost feedstocks reduces the cost of raw materials. Rapid adoption of vertical integration by leading suppliers Globally, the suppliers are increasingly focusing on adopting vertical integration strategies. This helps the buyers reduce the dependence on third-parties of raw materials, which further leads to a reduction in the lead time. Increasing focus on adoption of circular economy by suppliers In the propylene oxide market, the suppliers are investing in various initiatives to attain circular economy. The adoption of supplier economy helps the suppliers enhance their brand value. In addition, the suppliers can also reduce carbon footprints in their operations. gain detailed insights into the current market trends. Get unlimited access to all our reports. Our Insights platform provides ready-to-use procurement research reports, latest supplier news, innovation landscape, markets insights, supplier tracking, and much more at the click of a button. We also reports to meet clients’ requirements. Related Reports: About SpendEdge SpendEdge shares your passion for driving sourcing and procurement excellence. We are a preferred procurement market intelligence partner for Fortune 500 firms and other leading companies across numerous industries. Our strength lies in delivering robust, real-time procurement market intelligence that helps sourcing and procurement professionals make informed decisions. These innovative procurement solutions help enterprises transform structural capabilities, improve execution efficiency, and fast-track time to savings. View source version on businesswire.com:https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180422005104/en/ CONTACT: SpendEdge Anirban Choudhury Marketing Consultant US: +1 630 984 7340 hello@spendedge.com KEYWORD: INDUSTRY KEYWORD: MANUFACTURING CHEMICALS/PLASTICS ENGINEERING SOURCE: SpendEdge Copyright Business Wire 2018. PUB: 04/23/2018 01:31 AM/DISC: 04/23/2018 01:31 AM http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180422005104/en

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Canada's Transportation Safety Board says the capsizing of a whale-watching boat that killed five British nationals and one Australian was caused by a rogue wave higher than the boat. The board says in a report released Wednesday that 24 passengers and three crew were aboard the Leviathan II when a deckhand heard a noise and saw a large breaking wave on Oct. 25, 2015. The captain attempted to turn the 20-meter (65-feet) boat to minimize the wave's impact, but TSB investigator Clinton Rebeiro says it struck before his actions could be effective. The boat capsized about 9 miles (14 kilometers) off Tofino, a popular destination for whale watchers at the very tip of a peninsula some 200 miles (320 kilometers) northwest of Victoria, the capital of British Columbia.

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Former Kenyan Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka says home was attacked by grenade and gunshots in "assassination attempt"

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A United Airlines passenger who tried to take her emotional support peacock with her on a cross-country flight has had the bird turned away by the airline because of health and safety concerns. New York City-based photographer and performance artist Ventiko says she bought a ticket for her peacock, Dexter, so he would have his own seat on Sunday's flight from New Jersey's Newark Liberty International Airport to Los Angeles. A spokeswoman for Chicago-based United says the peacock didn't meet guidelines for several reasons, including its size and weight. Spokeswoman Andrea Hiller says the issues had been explained to the passenger three times "before they arrived at the airport." Dexter's Instagram account notes his "human friends" will be driving him cross-country.

NEW YORK (AP) — Standard and Poor's Stock Indexes for Tuesday Close Change MidCap 400 1957.46 Down 21.14 500 Stocks 2822.43 Down 31.10 100 Stocks 1251.93 Down 13.63

LONDON (AP) — Britain's information commissioner plans to seek a warrant to access servers of data mining firm Cambridge Analytica.

BERLIN (AP) — The new leader of one of Germany's governing parties says she plans to join a protest against working conditions at Amazon during a visit by company CEO Jeff Bezos to Berlin. Andrea Nahles, the chairwoman of the center-left Social Democrats, said she would take part in a demonstration Tuesday outside publisher Axel Springer's Berlin offices, where Bezos is to be presented with an award for his "visionary entrepreneurship" in online business and digitalization strategy at the Washington Post. Nahles argued that Amazon's tax practices and working conditions aren't worthy of a prize. She is seeking to boost her party's profile after a disastrous election result last year and its decision to enter the new German government as conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel's junior partner.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An aspiring actress says she was 17 when actor Steven Seagal sexually assaulted her during a supposed casting session in 2002. Faviola Dadis said at a news conference Monday that she had recently moved to the U.S. from the Netherlands when she was invited to a Beverly Hills hotel room to audition for Seagal for a film he planned to make about Genghis Khan. The 33-year-old former model says only Seagal and his bodyguard were in the room when the actor reached under her bikini top and then grabbed her genitals. Dadis said she ended the audition and immediately left. She says she feared being blacklisted if she reported Seagal, and only recently filed a police report. Los Angeles County prosecutors say they are reviewing the case. Seagal's attorney Anthony Falangetti did not immediately return a message seeking comment.

RIVERSIDE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 23, 2018--April is Water Conservation Month, making this an ideal time to for people everywhere to take steps to conserve and protect one of earth’s most vital resources. April also means the Wyland National Mayor’s Challenge for Water Conservation, the largest community-based challenge for water conservation, is in full swing. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180423005115/en/ Furthering education and awareness in water conservation, Toro continues its support of the Wyland National Mayor's Challenge for Water Conservation (Photo: The Toro Company) Held every year from April 1-30, the National Mayor’s Challenge is presented by the Wyland Foundation with sponsorship and support from The Toro Company. The 7 th annual challenge kicked off with Plano, Texas, Mayor Harry LaRosiliere challenging mayors throughout the U.S. to help spread the word about the importance of water. The challenge rewards individual residents who make pledges online at www.mywaterpledge.com to perform specific water-saving activities throughout the month. By simply pledging their commitment to easy water-saving actions, residents are eligible for a chance to win many exciting prizes – $5,000 toward home utilities payments, water-efficient home irrigation products like Toro smart irrigation controllers, and other eco-friendly products. This year residents can also nominate a local charity from a participating city to win a Toyota RAV4 Hybrid vehicle. Toro has been a partner with the Wyland Foundation since 2015, supporting outreach and activities around water conservation throughout the year. “Our partnership is a natural fit in our mission to support sustainability through the efficient use of water,” says Phil Burkart, vice president of Toro’s Irrigation & Lighting Businesses. “We recognize the limited resources and availability of water. It’s why we are dedicated to providing water-saving innovation and education to our customers worldwide.” “As a worldwide leader in irrigation technology and innovation for homes, golf courses, sports fields, municipalities and agriculture, Toro recognizes the importance of protecting water resources for future generations,” says renowned marine life artist and conservationist Wyland. “Toro’s support for Wyland Foundation and the National Mayor’s Challenge for Water Conservation further demonstrates their commitment to ensure availability for people around the world and to educate the masses on how to successfully use water without waste.” The National Mayors Challenge continues through April 30, 2018. Other sponsors include Toyota, EPA WaterSense ®, National League of Cities, Conserva Irrigation, Earth Friendly Products, makers of ECOS, and southern California broadcast partner KCAL9/KCBS2. The challenge is designed to bring together all facets of the community to follow their city’s progress throughout the month and to use that information to encourage neighbors, businesses and civic groups to spread the word. At the midway point in the annual challenge, residents across the United States have already committed to reducing their water waste by approximately 1 billion gallons. About The Toro Company The Toro Company is a leading worldwide provider of innovative solutions for the outdoor environment including turf maintenance, snow and ice management, landscape, rental and specialty construction equipment, and irrigation and outdoor lighting solutions. With sales of $2.5 billion in fiscal 2017, Toro’s global presence extends to more than 125 countries. Through constant innovation and caring relationships built on trust and integrity, Toro and its family of brands have built a legacy of excellence by helping customers care for golf courses, sports fields, public green spaces, commercial and residential properties and agricultural operations. For more information, visit www.toro.com. View source version on businesswire.com:https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180423005115/en/ CONTACT: The Toro Company Alexis Bookman alexis.bookman@toro.com KEYWORD: UNITED STATES NORTH AMERICA CALIFORNIA TEXAS INDUSTRY KEYWORD: ENERGY UTILITIES NATURAL RESOURCES AGRICULTURE OTHER NATURAL RESOURCES LANDSCAPE URBAN PLANNING ENVIRONMENT CONSTRUCTION & PROPERTY SOURCE: The Toro Company Copyright Business Wire 2018. PUB: 04/23/2018 08:30 AM/DISC: 04/23/2018 08:30 AM http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180423005115/en

PARIS (AP) — A quick look at the French Open: LOOKAHEAD TO THURSDAY Top-ranked Rafael Nadal is back on court as he resumes his bid for a record-extending 11th title at the French Open against Guido Pella in the second round. After a straight-sets win in her first Grand Slam match following maternity leave, Serena Williams faces a tougher test on center court against 17th-seeded Ash Barty of Australia in another second-round match. Serena won their previous encounter, but that was in a completely different context four years ago at the Australian Open. Two-time winner Maria Sharapova is also in action against Donna Vekic of Croatia. The Russian has never lost a second-round match in Paris. THURSDAY'S FORECAST Sunny spells with a risk of storms. High of 74 degrees (23 Celsius). WEDNESDAY'S WEATHER Sunny. High of 77 degrees (25 Celsius). WEDNESDAY'S WINNERS Seeded winners in the men's second round: No. 2 Alexander Zverev, No. 4 Grigor Dimitrov, No. 8 David Goffin, No. 10 Pablo Carreno Busta, No. 13 Roberto Bautista Agut, No. 19 Kei Nishikori, No. 20 Novak Djokovic, No. 26 Damir Dzumhur No. 30 Fernando Verdasco, No. 32 Gael Monfils. Seeded winners in the women's first round: No. 1 Simona Halep. Seeded winners in the women's second round: No. 2 Caroline Wozniacki, No. 4 Elina Svitolina, No. 8 Petra Kvitova, No. 10 Sloane Stephens, No. 13 Madison Keys, No. 14 Daria Kasatkina, No. 21 Naomi Osaka, No. 25 Anett Kontaveit, No. 26 Barbora Strycova, No. 31 Mihaela Buzarnescu. WEDNESDAY'S LOSERS Seeded losers in the men's first round: No. 17 Tomas Berdych. Seeded losers in the men's second round: No. 12 Sam Querrey. Seeded losers in the women's second round: No. 23 Carla Suarez Navarro, No. 32 Alize Cornet. STAT OF THE DAY 25 — The number of points dropped by second-seeded Caroline Wozniacki in her 6-1, 6-0 win over Georgina Garcia Perez. QUOTE OF THE DAY "She's the greatest female athlete of all time, probably, and she keeps on coming back and inspiring everyone." — Djokovic, talking about Serena Williams. ___ More AP tennis coverage: https://www.apnews.com/tag/apf-Tennis

HUDDERSFIELD, England (AP) — Liverpool bounced back from two straight losses with a 3-0 win at Huddersfield that cemented the team's place in the top four of the Premier League on Tuesday. Emre Can opened the scoring with a fiercely-struck shot on the bounce from outside the area and Roberto Firmino doubled the lead on the stroke of halftime, squeezing in a finish from an acute angle. Mohamed Salah grabbed the third from the penalty spot after Can was fouled, as Liverpool recovered from losses to Swansea in the league and West Bromwich Albion in the fourth round of the FA Cup. "It was important for us after the last two results and performances that we weren't happy with," Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson said. Can, who also won the penalty, produced an impressive performance amid continued speculation linking him with a move to Juventus, though Liverpool boss Juergen Klopp said he was not bothered by the uncertainty over the midfielder's future. "What is the problem, as long as he plays like this?" Klopp said. "As long as people behave like Emre now behaves and delivers and then, if, in the end, we have to do it, we shake hands and say goodbye. And if he stays, we say hello again." Huddersfield, which hasn't beaten Liverpool since 1959, is only a point above the relegation zone.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Walker Buehler, the Dodgers' prized pitching prospect, has been optioned to Single-A Rancho Cucamonga, although the right-hander could be back in the majors this weekend. Buehler made his first big league start on Monday night against Miami. The 23-year-old allowed four hits over five scoreless innings and struck out five, but didn't factor in the decision in the Dodgers' 2-1 win. Manager Dave Roberts said the team wanted to keep Buehler in the same time zone and nearby so it would have the option of starting him on Saturday at San Francisco. In a related move, the Dodgers selected the contract of right-hander Daniel Hudson from Triple-A Oklahoma City, bringing the big-league roster to 40. Hudson spent last season with the Pirates, making a career-high 71 appearances. He was 2-7 with a 4.38 ERA. He signed a minor league deal with the Dodgers on March 30. Hudson has yet to allow a hit in 4 2/3 innings in five relief appearances with Oklahoma City. ___ More AP baseball: https://apnews.com/tags/MLBbaseball

Major business and economic events scheduled for Thursday: WASHINGTON — Commerce Department releases personal income and spending for April, 8:30 a.m. WASHINGTON — Freddie Mac, the mortgage company, releases weekly mortgage rates, 10 a.m. WASHINGTON — National Association of Realtors releases pending home sales index for April, 10 a.m.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Medicare says it plans to require hospitals to post their standard prices online and to make electronic medical records more readily available to patients. The head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Seema Verma, said Tuesday the initiative reflects the Trump administration's effort to encourage patients to become decision makers in their care. Hospitals are required to disclose prices publicly, but the latest change would put that information online in machine-readable format that can be easily processed by computers. Likewise, many health care providers already make computerized records available to patients, but starting in 2021 Medicare would base part of a hospital's payments on how well they do. Verma also announced Medicare is starting a comprehensive review of how it will pay for costly new forms of immunotherapy.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Pentagon official tells The Associated Press that transgender people can enlist in the military beginning Jan. 1, despite President Donald Trump's opposition. The new policy reflects growing legal pressure on the issue and the difficult hurdles the federal government would have to cross to enforce Trump's demand to ban transgender individuals from the military. Two federal courts already have ruled against the ban. Potential transgender recruits will have to overcome a lengthy and strict set of physical, medical and mental conditions that make it possible, though difficult, for them to join the armed services. Maj. David Eastburn says the enlistment of transgender recruits will start Jan. 1 and go on amid the legal battles. The Department of Defense also is studying the issue.

JERUSALEM (AP) — With a cease-fired declared Wednesday, Israel and Hamas appear to have pulled back from a fourth war after a day of intense rocket fire and airstrikes. But the situation could explode at any moment. Tuesday's fighting was the heaviest since a 2014 war, with Palestinian militants firing scores of rockets and mortars into Israel, and Israel carrying out dozens of airstrikes in Gaza. Both sides appeared to have accomplished some short-term goals. But the underlying issues that helped fuel the fighting remain in place. Hamas, weakened by a decade-long blockade of Gaza, remains defiant and in distress. A confident Israel appears unrestrained by the United States or its Middle Eastern neighbors. Palestinian militants still have an arsenal of rockets and could potentially inflict damage or casualties in Israel, followed by Israeli retaliation. Here's a look at the current state of play and potential for escalation. ___ HOW DID WE GET HERE? Eleven years after seizing control of Gaza from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Hamas is in trouble. Gaza's economy has been battered by an Israeli-Egyptian blockade, imposed to prevent the group from arming. Three wars with Israel have brought widespread destruction, and the Islamic militant group has no close international allies to bail it out. Frustrated with his inability to regain control of Gaza, Abbas has stepped up economic pressure on Hamas by cutting the electricity supply and reducing the salaries to tens of thousands of former civil servants in Gaza. Running out of options and rejecting calls to disarm, Hamas has led a series of weekly mass protests along the Israeli border during the past two months to draw attention to Gaza's poor conditions and pressure Israel to ease the blockade. Israel has fired live bullets and tear gas to break up the protests and prevent a mass breach of the border fence, killing over 110 Palestinians, the vast majority unarmed. Some of the Palestinian protesters hurled fire bombs, burned tires or tried to breach the fence, undermining Hamas' claims that the protests were entirely peaceful. Israel says Hamas is responsible for the bloodshed, and accuses the group of using the demonstrations as a cover for attacks. Still, Israel has come under heavy international criticism for its use of deadly force. But the protests have not succeeded in easing the blockade. ____ HOW DID THINGS ESCALATE? Earlier this week, Israel carried out a pair of deadly strikes on military posts belonging to Hamas and the smaller Islamic Jihad militant group, contending militants planted explosives and tried to break through the border to carry out an attack. Four militants were killed. Early Tuesday, Islamic Jihad retaliated by firing a barrage of mortar fire into southern Israel near the Gaza border. Hamas later fired rockets for the first time since the 2014 war ended with an informal cease-fire. The cross-border exchange lasted throughout the night, but both sides showed restraint. Israel targeted empty Palestinian military training and weapons sites, while the militants avoided use of powerful longer-range rockets capable of striking deeper into Israel. Both were signs that neither side wants to go to war. ___ WHAT DID EACH SIDE ACCOMPLISH? The Palestinian militants, who accuse Israel of violating the terms of the 2014 cease-fire by targeting their military observation posts, believe they sent a powerful reminder that they still possess arsenals capable of disrupting the lives of hundreds of thousands of Israelis on the other side of the border. "Israel used to initiate the strikes and end them unilaterally and impose new rules," said Adnan Abu Amer, an independent analyst in Gaza. "This time the resistance took the initiative. ... The resistance came out from this round in a superior position." From Israel's perspective, the military delivered a measured, but powerful response that made Hamas realize quickly that fighting is not in its interest. Israel did not signal that it is willing to ease the blockade. ___ WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? While Israel's military and the Palestinian militant groups flexed their muscles, little was resolved. Any time Hamas or Islamic Jihad resort to firing rockets, they risk triggering a fierce Israeli response, especially if there are serious casualties on the Israeli side. Israel's "Iron Dome" rocket defense system intercepted dozens of incoming projectiles on Tuesday. But the system is not fail-safe. One mortar shell landed next to an Israeli kindergarten shortly before it opened, and four Israelis were wounded by Palestinian fire. It was not immediately clear if Islamic Jihad, a much smaller, Iran-backed militant group, acted independently Tuesday or at least had the tacit blessing of Hamas. At times, Islamic Jihad has pursued objectives that differ from those of Hamas. Israel, meanwhile, appears to have made progress in defusing long-term threats posed by Hamas. Its air defenses have largely mitigated the rocket threat, and its military has made great progress in destroying Hamas' system of attack tunnels along the border. The Trump administration has shielded Israel from critics in Europe and the human rights community who say Israel's open-fire orders are illegal because they allow deadly force even when soldiers are not in life-threatening situations. Israel has quietly forged good behind-the-scenes ties with Egypt and Gulf Arab states that have little empathy for Hamas, an offshoot of the regional Muslim Brotherhood movement. But Israel's apparent military and diplomatic advantage does not solve the underlying problem of having a volatile, impoverished territory on its doorstep. Many analysts and members of the international community believe it is only a matter of time before Gaza boils over again as long as the blockade remains in place. That could happen sooner than later. Next Tuesday, Hamas plans another mass protest along the border. ___ Associated Press writer Fares Akram in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, contributed to this report.

VALDOSTA, Ga. (AP) — Authorities say a silo used to store pecan shells has exploded in south Georgia, shattering windows at businesses blocks away. No injuries have been reported. Workers said nearby buildings shook just before 1 p.m. Wednesday when the silo exploded outside the offices of South Georgia Pecan in Valdosta, a city of 56,000 people near the Georgia-Florida state line. The Valdosta Daily Times reported windows shattered in a clothing shop, jewelry store and other businesses in the city's downtown. Twisted metal littered a parking lot. The cause of the blast wasn't immediately determined. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has reported more than 500 silo explosions in the U.S. since 1976. Dust collecting in agricultural silos can be highly combustible and may ignite like gunpowder if triggered by a spark. ___ Information from: The Valdosta Daily Times, http://valdostadailytimes.com/

CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James scored 24 points, Jae Crowder made a go-ahead 3-pointer with 1:21 left and the Cleveland Cavaliers began a long stretch without injured All-Star Kevin Love by holding off the Miami Heat 91-89 on Wednesday night. The Cavs rebounded from a troubling loss at Detroit — Cleveland gave up 125 points to the undermanned Pistons — and prevented the Heat from overtaking them for third place in the Eastern Conference standings. Cleveland played its first game since Love broke his left hand against the Pistons. The five-time All-Star is consulting with surgeons in New York, and it's possible he'll undergo an operation as early as Thursday. Love, who could miss two months, already has screws in the hand from a previous procedure after he broke it in 2009 with Minnesota. Goran Dragic scored 18 and Josh Richardson 15 to lead the Heat, who went just 3 of 28 on 3-pointers. CELTICS 103, KNICKS 73 BOSTON (AP) — Terry Rozier filled in nicely for Kyrie Irving, logging his first career triple-double in his first NBA start and leading Boston over New York. Rozier had 17 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists to become the second player in NBA history with a triple-double in his first start, joining Tony Wroten for Philadelphia on Nov. 13, 2013, according to Elias Sports Bureau. Irving was sidelined by a bruised right quadriceps after he got hurt during Monday's win in Denver. Marcus Morris scored 21 points for the Celtics, and Jayson Tatum had 15. Al Horford and Jaylen Brown scored 14 apiece. Morris left late in the third quarter with a bruised left hip. Enes Kanter had 17 points and 17 rebounds for the Knicks, and Kristaps Porzingis scored 16. NETS 116, 76ERS 108 NEW YORK (AP) — Spencer Dinwiddie scored 27 points, D'Angelo Russell added 22 in his best performance since returning from knee surgery, and Brooklyn snapped a four-game skid with a victory over Philadelphia. Rookie center Jarrett Allen, making his first start at home, had 16 points and 12 rebounds for the Nets, who took charge of a close game with an 11-0 run early in the fourth quarter. Dinwiddie had six points during the spurt and a pair of recent 76ers contributed the other five in the first meeting since a trade between the teams last month. Joel Embiid had 29 points and 14 rebounds for the 76ers (24-24), who dropped their third straight. Ben Simmons scored 24 and J.J. Redick had 20 in his return from a seven-game absence with a leg injury. MAGIC 127, LAKERS 105 ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Marreese Speights scored 21 points in his second start of the season, Evan Fournier added 19 and Orlando ran away from Los Angeles in the third quarter. Winning for only the fourth time in 24 games, the Magic made a franchise-record nine 3s in a 43-point third period, their highest-scoring quarter of the season. They shot 18 for 32 (56 percent) from behind the arc in the game. With 15 points and six assists, Elfrid Payton was one of seven players to score in double figures for the Magic (15-35). Julius Randle and Jordan Clarkson scored 20 each for the Lakers, who never led after the first quarter. PACERS 105, GRIZZLIES 101 INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Myles Turner had 15 points and 11 rebounds in his return to the starting lineup, and Indiana beat Memphis for its third straight win. Turner gave the Pacers a 102-101 lead by hitting two free throws with 34 seconds left. With two seconds remaining, Wayne Selden missed a floater in the lane that would have given the Grizzlies the lead. Indiana came up with the rebound and sealed it at the foul line with less than a second left. All five Pacers starters scored in double digits. Bojan Bogdanovic and Darren Collison each had 21 points, Victor Oladipo added 13 and Thaddeus Young had 10. Marc Gasol had 23 points and nine rebounds for Memphis. Selden led the Grizzlies with 24 points but was ejected with 0.7 seconds remaining after arguing he was fouled on his missed shot. HORNETS 123, HAWKS 110 ATLANTA (AP) — Kemba Walker hit a career-high nine 3s and scored 38 points, leading Charlotte to a dominant win over Atlanta. The Hornets never trailed while building double-digit leads in each half. Dwight Howard had 20 points and 12 rebounds in his return to Atlanta after spending one season with his hometown Hawks. It was Howard's second double-double in less than a week against the Hawks. He had 18 points and 15 rebounds in Charlotte's 121-110 victory Friday. Nicolas Batum had 10 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists for Charlotte. ___ For more NBA coverage: https://apnews.com/tag/NBAbasketball

PARIS (AP) — Pressure is mounting on a member of French President Emmanuel Macron's government accused of rape. Budget Minister Gerald Darmanin strongly denies wrongdoing, and other government members have rallied around him. Darmanin is the highest-ranking French official accused of sexual misconduct since the Hollywood scandals that broke last year. Nearly 3,000 people signed an online petition launched by a feminist group urging the prime minister to fire Darmanin. It argues that ministers facing corruption investigations have lost their jobs in the past, and asks whether being accused of a sexual crime "is less serious." Prime Minister Edouard Philippe's office said Monday that he continues to have confidence in Darmanin. A preliminary investigation is underway into an accusation that Darmanin raped her when she sought legal help in 2009.

BENI, Congo (AP) — The United Nations Deputy Special Representative for Congo says military offenses will be launched against rebels who killed at least 15 Tanzanian U.N. peacekeepers last week in eastern Congo. In a memorial ceremony Monday David Gressly said those who staged the assault, which wounded 50 others, will pay for their actions. The Dec. 7 attack about 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Beni was the deadliest single attack on a U.N. peacekeeping mission in nearly 25 years. At least five Congolese soldiers also were killed in the attack. The peacekeeping base has been repeatedly attacked by rebels from the Allied Democratic Forces group. Tanzania's ambassador in Congo Paul Ignace Mella called on the U.N. to protect its peacekeeping soldiers. The U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo is the largest in the world.

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is appearing before a Supreme Court-appointed team investigating allegations against his family's offshore companies and money laundering. Authorities have made strict security arrangements at a building where Sharif will appear before noon Thursday. His two sons have already testified and denied the allegations against their family's financial affairs. Sharif, who says he never misused his authority to enrich himself, has been under pressure to resign since reports based on documents leaked from a Panama-based law firm indicated his sons owned offshore companies. The Supreme Court, after hearing petitions for months against Sharif and his family, has ruled there was not enough evidence to remove him from office but ordered an investigation team to look further into the allegations.

SYDNEY (AP) — Coach Gregor Townsend has made eight changes to Scotland's starting lineup to face Australia in Saturday's rugby test. Scotland will field an entirely new front row and back three to the team that started in last weekend's 34-13 victory over Italy in Singapore. Australia, which beat Fiji 37-14 at Melbourne last Saturday, was expected to announce its team later Thursday. ____ Scotland: Greig Tonks, Lee Jones, Alex Dunbar, Duncan Taylor, Rory Hughes, Finn Russell, Ali Price; Hamish Watson, John Barclay, Jonny Gray, Ben Toolis, Zander Fagerson, Fraser Brown, Gordon Reid. Reserves: Ross Ford, Allan Dell, Willem Nel, Tim Swinson, Josh Strauss, Henry Pyrgos , Ruaridh Jackson, Matt Scott.

AMERICAN LEAGUE Toronto 000 002 002—4 6 1 Boston 001 012 02x—6 11 1 Gaviglio, Oh (7), Tepera (8) and Maile; Rodriguez, Barnes (7), B.Johnson (9), Kimbrel (9) and C.Vazquez. W_Rodriguez 6-1. L_Gaviglio 2-1. Sv_Kimbrel (18). HRs_Toronto, Hernandez (8). Boston, Nunez (4), Martinez (18). ___ Chicago 000 000 001—1 5 2 Cleveland 205 200 00x—9 13 0 Lopez, Volstad (3), Avilan (4), Rondon (5), Fry (6), N.Jones (7), Soria (8) and Narvaez; Kluber, Beliveau (7), Marshall (8), B.Taylor (9) and Gomes. W_Kluber 8-2. L_Lopez 1-4. HRs_Chicago, Sanchez (3). Cleveland, Ramirez (17), Encarnacion (13). ___ Houston 000 020 001—3 7 0 New York 100 022 00x—5 8 1 Keuchel, McHugh (6) and Stassi; L.Severino, Dav.Robertson (8), A.Chapman (9) and Au.Romine. W_L.Severino 8-1. L_Keuchel 3-7. Sv_A.Chapman (12). HRs_Houston, Stassi (5). ___ Los Angeles 001 000 000—1 7 0 Detroit 100 005 00x—6 9 0 Ohtani, Bedrosian (6), J.Johnson (6), Morris (8) and Maldonado; Fiers, Jimenez (8), Greene (9) and Greiner. W_Coleman 2-0. L_Bedrosian 1-1. ___ Minnesota 001 124 000— 8 11 0 Kansas City 270 000 11x—11 16 0 Romero, Slegers (2), Pressly (8) and B.Wilson; Keller, Oaks (4), B.Smith (5), Flynn (6), McCarthy (7), Hill (8), K.Herrera (9) and S.Perez. W_McCarthy 4-2. L_Romero 2-2. Sv_K.Herrera (12). HRs_Minnesota, Dozier (8), Adrianza (1). Kansas City, Moustakas (12), Soler (8), Dozier (1). ___ Tampa Bay 013 000 020—6 10 0 Oakland 000 000 000—0 1 4 Eovaldi, Font (7), Nuno (9) and Sucre; Manaea, Ramirez (6), Coulombe (8), Hatcher (9) and Lucroy. W_Eovaldi 1-0. L_Manaea 5-6. HRs_Tampa Bay, Refsnyder (2), Field (5). ___ Texas 000 201 400—7 11 0 Seattle 001 301 001—6 13 0 Moore, Barnette (6), Leclerc (7), Claudio (8), Kela (9) and Chirinos; Paxton, Altavilla (6), Cook (7), Rzepczynski (7), Nicasio (7), Bradford (9) and Zunino. W_Barnette 1-0. L_Rzepczynski 0-1. Sv_Kela (12). ___ INTERLEAGUE Washington 001 000 100—2 7 0 Baltimore 000 000 000—0 4 0 Scherzer, Doolittle (9) and P.Severino; Hess, M.Castro (7), Hart (8), Wright Jr. (9) and Sisco. W_Scherzer 9-1. L_Hess 2-2. Sv_Doolittle (13). HRs_Washington, Harper (18). ___ NATIONAL LEAGUE St. Louis 000 000 200—2 8 1 Milwaukee 000 010 20x—3 10 1 A.Reyes, Gant (5), Lyons (7), Tuivailala (7) and Kelly; Guerra, Jeffress (7), Hader (8), Knebel (9) and Kratz, Pina. W_Jeffress 5-0. L_Tuivailala 1-1. Sv_Knebel (5). HRs_St. Louis, Bader (5). Milwaukee, Yelich (7). ___ Cincinnati 000 402 001—7 12 0 Arizona 301 000 000—4 13 1 Romano, W.Peralta (6), Hughes (7), Garrett (7), R.Iglesias (8) and Barnhart; Corbin, Salas (7), Chafin (8), McFarland (9) and Murphy. W_Romano 3-6. L_Corbin 5-2. Sv_R.Iglesias (9). HRs_Cincinnati, Schebler (6), Duvall (10). Arizona, Goldschmidt (7), Murphy (7). ___ Chicago 100 000 000—1 9 1 Pittsburgh 110 000 00x—2 9 0 Hendricks, R.Rosario (6), Mazzoni (7), J.Wilson (7) and Contreras; Musgrove, Crick (8), F.Vazquez (9) and Cervelli. W_Musgrove 2-0. L_Hendricks 4-4. Sv_F.Vazquez (10). HRs_Pittsburgh, Harrison (2). ___ New York 000 100 111—4 9 1 Atlanta 000 000 100—1 5 0 Vargas, T.Peterson (6), Familia (8), Gsellman (9) and Plawecki; Teheran, Carle (8), S.Freeman (8), Socolovich (9) and Suzuki. W_Vargas 2-3. L_Teheran 4-3. Sv_Gsellman (2). HRs_Atlanta, Camargo (4). ___ San Francisco 020 220 010—7 11 0 Colorado 310 000 000—4 11 0 Holland, Moronta (6), Watson (7), S.Dyson (8), Strickland (9) and Posey; Gray, Musgrave (4), Oberg (6), McGee (8), Rusin (9) and Wolters. W_Holland 3-6. L_Musgrave 0-1. Sv_Strickland (11). HRs_Colorado, Arenado (11). ___ Miami 000 200 000—2 4 1 San Diego 000 100 002—3 6 0 Urena, Steckenrider (7), Barraclough (8), Ziegler (9) and Realmuto; Richard, Strahm (8) and Lopez. W_Strahm 1-2. L_Ziegler 0-5. HRs_Miami, Castro (3). San Diego, Reyes (4). ___ Philadelphia 000 000 101—2 8 1 Los Angeles 103 120 01x—8 13 0 Eflin, Arano (5), Hutchison (7) and Alfaro; Stripling, Garcia (8), Venditte (9) and Grandal. W_Stripling 3-1. L_Eflin 1-2. HRs_Philadelphia, Williams (6). Los Angeles, Muncy (7), Kemp (7).

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say 3 people have died and 2 people are injured after a helicopter crashed into a Southern California home.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A space launch has been scrubbed from a remote launch site in New Zealand after an engine glitch caused engineers to abort the flight. The command to abort Tuesday came two seconds after the engine of the Rocket Lab Electron rocket fired on its launch pad at Mahia Peninsula on North Island's east coast. There was no immediate explanation for the launch attempt being called off, although mission control said the problem had been reported as the engine built toward liftoff. In a tweet, Rocket Lab said the launch of the rocket nicknamed "'Still Testing' (was) scrubbed for the day while team reviews data. Updates on a new attempt to follow." The 23-meter (75-foot) rocket had three satellites on board for Tuesday's launch, each about the size of a shoebox.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is following up on his State of the Union address by hosting a tax discussion with American workers. White House spokeswoman Lindsay Walters say Trump will discuss the new tax cuts during an Oval Office meeting on Wednesday afternoon with workers at companies such as Jergens and Aflac. The companies are in Colorado, Georgia, Iowa, Missouri and Ohio. Walters says more than 275 companies have announced worker bonuses, expanded benefits or new jobs as a result of the tax overhaul that Trump signed into law before Christmas. The law significantly cut taxes for corporations while providing more modest tax breaks for middle-class families. Trump cited the tax cuts in Tuesday night's speech.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi governor signs nation's most restrictive abortion law, which bans most abortions after 15 weeks.

PARIS (AP) — Several U.S.-based climate scientists are about to win multi-year, all-expenses-paid grants to relocate to France. The "Make Our Planet Great Again" grants are an effort by French President Emmanuel Macron to counter U.S. President Donald Trump on the climate change front. Macron announced a competition for the grants hours after Trump declared he would withdraw the U.S. from the global accord reached in Paris in 2015 to reduce climate-damaging emissions. Macron is unveiling the winners Monday evening ahead of a climate summit Tuesday aimed at giving new impetus to the Paris accord and finding new funding to help governments and businesses meet its goals. More than 50 world leaders are expected in Paris for the "One Planet Summit," co-hosted by the U.N. and the World Bank. Trump was not invited.

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — The Latest on the scheduled execution of Texas inmate William Rayford (all times local): 9:40 a.m. A federal judge says she doesn't have the authority to rule on an appeal that could halt a Texas execution, and she's asking an appeals court to step in. William Rayford is scheduled to be executed Tuesday evening for killing his ex-girlfriend in Dallas in 1999. His attorneys filed an appeal raising several issues, including that courts improperly denied his lawyers money to hire a forensic medical examiner to determine whether the woman was dead before her body was moved to a drainage ditch. They say that's a key distinction in a capital murder case. In a ruling late Monday, U.S. District Judge Jane Boyle sent the case to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. But she said that if the appeals court sends the case back to her, she'll deny Rayford's request. Another appeal is pending before the U.S. Supreme Court. ____ 11:49 p.m. A Texas death row inmate is asking the federal courts to keep him from being executed for the 1999 slaying of his ex-girlfriend while he already was on parole for killing his estranged wife. William Rayford would be the nation's second inmate executed this year, both in Texas. The 64-year-old Rayford is facing lethal injection Tuesday evening for beating, stabbing and strangling 44-year-old Carol Lynn Thomas Hall. Her body was found about 300 feet (91 meters) inside a drainage pipe behind her home in South Dallas' Oak Cliff area. Hall's 11-year-old son also was stabbed in the attack but survived to testify against Rayford. Rayford was convicted of murder in 1986 for fatally stabbing his estranged wife and received 23 years in prison. He was paroled after eight years.

A Texas building connected to the Mexican-American Civil Rights movement has been designated as a National Treasure as part of an effort to restore historic buildings damaged by last year's hurricanes. The National Trust for Historic Preservation announced the unique designation on Tuesday for the LULAC Council 60 Clubhouse in Houston. Beginning in the 1950s, the clubhouse served as a meeting place for Mexican-American civil rights leaders who plotted key school desegregation cases and efforts to fight discrimination. Tuesday's designation comes with a grant to restore three sites damaged by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria. Other areas receiving a portion of the $450,000 grant are Dr. James M. Jackson's Office and Surgery in Miami, Florida, and various structures within the Paraíso Las Lunas nature preserve in Caguas, Puerto Rico.

PHOENIX (AP) — The Latest on the Southern Baptist Convention meeting (all times local): ____ 3:10 p.m. The Southern Baptist Convention formally condemned the political movement known as the "alt-right" during a national meeting in Phoenix. The denomination initially refused to take up a resolution repudiating the movement that emerged dramatically during the U.S. presidential election and mixes racism, nationalism and populism. Pressure built on Southern Baptists to make some statement against the movement. They did so Wednesday after emotional appeals from attendees. The resolution decries every form of racism, including what the denomination called "alt-right white supremacy" as antithetical to the Gospel. The Southern Baptist Convention was formed in the 19th century in defense of slaveholders. It has been working to overcome its history.

NEW YORK (AP) — Starting this fall, works in translation will get a spotlight at the National Book Awards. The National Book Foundation announced Wednesday that it has started a category for best translated literature, awarding a work of fiction or nonfiction translated into English and released in the U.S. The new prize should provide a boost for authors from overseas who have struggled to catch on in the U.S. The National Book Awards for decades had four competitive categories: fiction, nonfiction, young people's literature and poetry. The foundation also gives out two honorary prizes at the annual November ceremony.

TAIPEI (Taiwan News)—The Taiwan Tourist Shuttle has offered a 50 percent discount on bus fares across all of its 41 routes to passengers using electronic tickets from July 1 to September 30, the Taiwan Tourist Shuttle said in a news release on July 29. Take the longest-haul Kenting Express Line for example. The original fare is NT$352 per person, during this summer, the fare is reduced to NT$176 by using electronic tickets. If you have four people going together, you will be able to save a total of NT$704. In addition, the Tourism Bureau makes arrangements with shops at the destination to provide discounts and goodies. So don’t forget to ask the driver for a bus receipt, which may be used to get a discount or goodies. "The Taiwan Tourist Shuttle is the best way to travel around Taiwan on a limited budget for unlimited fun. It’s environmentally friendly and provides value for your money. Why not take advantage of this special program to have a fun summer vacation!" Taiwan Tourist Shuttle said. "This service has become popular among independent travelers and backpackers." The Directorate General of Highways said in a press conference today (July 4) that the number of passengers who used Taiwan Tourist Shuttle service in 2016 was 3.71 million, and the number rose to 4.3 million in 2017, adding that the numbers of Taiwan Tourist Shuttle routes also rose from 31 last year to 41 this year. The DGH said the shuttle service covers and links the transportation hubs, such as railway stations and Taiwan High Speed Rail stations, and main tourist attractions. For more information about the Taiwan Tourist Shuttle, please visit its website. (video from the Taiwan Tourist Shuttle website)

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel is condemning an Irish bill that would outlaw the import of goods from West Bank settlements and plans to summon the Irish ambassador over the legislation. If passed, Ireland would become the first European country to ban settlement products, though several countries already label them. The European Union in 2015 approved guidelines to label settlement products. It said the move was meant to differentiate between Israel, a close trade partner, and the settlements, which it considers illegal. Although the Irish bill makes a similar distinction, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said it aims to harm his country and would bolster an international movement advocating boycotts against Israel. The bill, debated in Ireland's senate Tuesday, must pass several hurdles to become law. The Irish Foreign Ministry had no immediate comment.

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 23, 2018--Global procurement intelligence advisory firm, , has announced the release of their ‘ . ’ The insights and data in this report provide a strategic analysis of the supply markets, factors influencing purchasing decisions, procurement best practices, pricing models, supplier landscape, and an analysis of the supplier capability matrix for the . This report breaks down the data and analysis behind the procurement of pesticides and acts as an all-inclusive guide for making smart purchasing decisions. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180423006225/en/ Pesticides Procurement Report (Graphic: Business Wire) “APAC and South America are the key regions, which is expected to register a promising growth in demand for pesticides,” says SpendEdge procurement analyst Tridib Bora. “Also, the rising population and economic development are the factors, which will lead to an increase in the food production,” added Tridib. Looking for more insights from this report? SpendEdge sample reports are free of charge and provide insights that focus on cost-saving aspects of procurement and optimization of category spend. Procurement analysts at SpendEdge highlight the following top three market trends that are contributing to the growth of the Global Pesticides Market: M&A among leading players as strategic initiatives Adoption of GM technology in insect-resistant crop strains Development of formulated herbicide technology for weed control systems This report is available at USD 1000 discount for a limited time only: M&A among leading players as strategic initiatives The pesticides market is witnessing an increase in the number of M&A. The presence of limited vendors in the market helps the buyers to exercise greater vigilance and quality control over the manufacturing process. Adoption of GM technology in insect-resistant crop strains Globally, the suppliers in the pesticides market are shifting to GM technology to eliminate diseases in crops. The crops which are genetically engineered for insect resistance can help the buyers reduce the production costs. Development of formulated herbicide technology for weed control systems The pesticides market is witnessing the introduction of new herbicides for managing weeds in corn and soybeans. The introduction of new formulations will help the buyers utilize various herbicide formulations based on the crop. to gain detailed insights into the current market trends. Get unlimited access to all our reports. Our Insights platform provides ready-to-use procurement research reports, latest supplier news, innovation landscape, markets insights, supplier tracking, and much more at the click of a button. We also reports to meet clients’ requirements. Related Reports: About SpendEdge SpendEdge shares your passion for driving sourcing and procurement excellence. We are a preferred procurement market intelligence partner for Fortune 500 firms and other leading companies across numerous industries. Our strength lies in delivering robust, real-time procurement market intelligence that helps sourcing and procurement professionals make informed decisions. These innovative procurement solutions help enterprises transform structural capabilities, improve execution efficiency, and fast-track time to savings. View source version on businesswire.com:https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180423006225/en/ CONTACT: SpendEdge Anirban Choudhury Marketing Consultant US: +1 630 984 7340 hello@spendedge.com KEYWORD: INDUSTRY KEYWORD: MANUFACTURING CHEMICALS/PLASTICS NATURAL RESOURCES AGRICULTURE SOURCE: SpendEdge Copyright Business Wire 2018. PUB: 04/23/2018 03:15 PM/DISC: 04/23/2018 03:15 PM http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180423006225/en

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Fire officials say up to 10 infants have been relocated safely away from smoke in a southwest Ohio hospital. Dayton District Fire Chief James Rose tells the Dayton Daily News that Miami Valley Hospital staffers moved the babies from the Berry Women's Center before firefighters arrived in response to the smoke. He says the smoke came from an overheated motor and that crews were able to clear the smoke with ventilation. Rose said early Monday that most of the smoke was contained from spreading. He says there were no injuries.

NEW YORK (AP) — A family-owned movie theater in New York City known as a destination for independent and foreign films has screened its last films. On Sunday, Lincoln Plaza Cinemas closed down after 37 years in operation. The theater's landlord plans to renovate the space and replace it with a new theater complex. The six-screen, underground theater opened in 1981 and was a location for patrons to view art house and foreign films that often did not see wide theatrical release. Last week, Sunshine Cinema on Houston Street — another independent theater — closed to make way for a new office building.

It's a feat that has been beyond some of rugby's greatest teams. The exhilarating Welsh side of the 1970s couldn't do it. Neither could the Philippe Sella-inspired French in their golden age of the mid-to-late 1980s. Clive Woodward's England came close at the start of the 21st century but again fell short. On 20 occasions, a country has won back-to-back titles in the northern hemisphere's top international championship — its name has ranged from the Home Nations, the Five Nations and, currently, the Six Nations — but none have managed three in a row outright. Heading into the 120th edition, England's class of 2018 is the latest team aiming to reach that elusive milestone. "We want a 'three-peat,'" England coach Eddie Jones says. The English have already made history in Jones' two years in charge, winning 18 straight tests to break the national record and match a world-record streak set by New Zealand. Throw in two straight Six Nations titles and a rise to No. 2 in the world ranking, no wonder the Rugby Football Union recently tied Jones down to an extra two years, keeping the Australian at the helm until 2021. The hard work might just be starting for Jones, though. After the honeymoon period, he says England has entered Phase 2 of his tenure. All roads point to Japan for the 2019 Rugby World Cup and Jones wants to be sure England has the necessary strength in depth to sustain a genuine challenge for the trophy. The next seven weeks might answer that. This edition of the Six Nations could just as well be dubbed "Survival of the Fittest," given the injury problems that are wreaking havoc across European rugby. England says it has 18 players out of contention for various injuries. Wales has fewer players sidelined but they'll arguably have bigger names missing, including Liam Williams, Sam Warburton, Dan Biggar, Rhys Webb, and Taulupe Faletau. Morgan Parra and Brice Dulin have just joined France's lengthy injury list. Ireland coach Joe Schmidt has said he has "13 guys that were selectable who may or may not get back during the championship." Putting aside the longer-term questions about player welfare in this brutal age of rugby, the short-term effect is potentially a more competitive Six Nations. Ireland won consecutive titles before Jones arrived on the scene, and looks to be the biggest danger to England, on the back of a November series in which Schmidt's side beat South Africa — by a record 38-3 — and Argentina in a clean sweep. It was the Irish who ended England's hopes of consecutive Grand Slams with a 13-9 win in Dublin in March. Scotland's 53-24 win over Australia in November, dovetailed with a narrow loss to New Zealand a week earlier, suggested a team that has developed its attack in recent years could be even more of a threat under new coach Gregor Townsend. France is also under a recent hire in Jacques Brunel, and has 10 players in its squad under the age of 23, making Les Tricolores as hard to predict as ever. Its injury crisis, as well as away matches against England and Ireland in the first three rounds, will likely see Wales fall short. Italy, in its second season under Conor O'Shea, is once again the wooden-spoon favorite. So don't discount England's chance of making more history under Jones. Such is his diligence that England's coaching team said last week that it is using a tactic utilized by the U.S. military in the Cold War to help prepare the side for unlikely eventualities in the Six Nations. "We're militarily red-teaming our own side to see what weaknesses we have shown and where we think we can improve," defense coach Paul Gustard said about the twice-a-week meetings on 'what if' scenarios. The spark for this was Italy's no-ruck tactic that bamboozled England in a match at Twickenham last year. The English came through that difficulty and won — as has often been the case under Jones. Expect, like last year, England vs. Ireland to be the title decider in the final weekend. ___ Steve Douglas is at www.twitter.com/sdouglas80

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts' top court will examine a case sparked by the misconduct of a former chemist who authorities say was high almost every day she worked at a state drug lab for eight years. Prosecutors already have agreed to dismiss about 8,000 convictions tainted by Sonja Farak, who pleaded guilty in 2014 to stealing drugs from the lab. The Supreme Judicial Court will now decide whether prosecutors have to dismiss additional cases tied to Farak. The court also will consider whether all cases that passed through the drug lab during Farak's employment should be re-examined, even if she didn't work on them. Farak's case is separate from another Massachusetts drug lab scandal that resulted in the dismissal of some 21,000 convictions last year.

DOWNERS GROVE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 30, 2018--DeVryWORKS, the workforce solutions group within DeVry University, honored State Auto Insurance with its 2018 TEACH Partner Award. The award recognizes employer partners who exemplify the university’s TEACH values (teamwork, energy, accountability, community and heart) by supporting their employees with professional development opportunities. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180530006017/en/ (Left to right) State Auto Insurance TEACH Partner winner Katlynn Henry, DeVryWORKS Strategic Account Manager Patrick Wentworth, State Auto TEACH Partner winner Brian Ahearn and DeVryWORKS Vice President Joe Mozden (Photo: Business Wire) Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, State Auto was founded in 1921 and is now a nearly $2 billion company selling personal and business insurance products in 33 states. Energy and accountability have a unique focus at State Auto. Its coaching programs have replaced the annual performance appraisals and its training sessions are designed to instill confidence, integrity, professionalism and a personal power base centered on honesty, fairness and openness. “At State Auto, we believe in bringing together all parts of the organization, breaking out of silos, and giving all associates a voice,” said Mike LaRocco, State Auto president and CEO. “We’re striving to become a truly transformative organization. To do that, we have to change the way we communicate with one another, and that begins with coaching in a culture where everyone is treated as professionals, with respect and trust.” DeVry’s TEACH values: “At DeVry, our TEACH values define us. We serve each other and our students with passion, respect and care,” said Joe Mozden, vice president of DeVryWORKS. “Helping employees prepare for their future through professional development opportunities is an act of care. Giving support to employees to help fulfill a passion or dream is a value that benefits everyone involved. It takes significant work and dedication, which is why we want to recognize our employer partners who are aligned with our TEACH values.” About DeVryWORKS DeVryWORKS consults with today’s leading companies to build custom talent solutions capable of solving real business challenges. This comprehensive service offers strategic guidance and support to help companies execute around talent acquisition, talent development and skills-gap training. DeVry University has decades of experience working in close collaboration with leading companies to ensure students acquire in-demand skills needed in the employees of tomorrow. DeVryWORKS builds on that heritage with tailored partnerships including custom curriculum to target specific education and training needs, on-site class offerings, and qualified candidates emerging from DeVry University with the qualifications sought by growing companies. To learn more about DeVryWORKS strategic solutions to talent business challenges, go to www.DeVryWORKS.com. View source version on businesswire.com:https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180530006017/en/ CONTACT: DeVry University Anne Unger 630-353-7009 aunger@devry.edu KEYWORD: UNITED STATES NORTH AMERICA ILLINOIS OHIO INDUSTRY KEYWORD: EDUCATION UNIVERSITY CONTINUING OTHER EDUCATION AUTOMOTIVE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES HUMAN RESOURCES TRAINING GENERAL AUTOMOTIVE SOURCE: DeVryWORKS Copyright Business Wire 2018. PUB: 05/30/2018 12:00 PM/DISC: 05/30/2018 12:01 PM http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180530006017/en

___ Amazon, Buffett and JPMorgan join forces on health care Three of corporate America's heaviest hitters — Amazon, Warren Buffett and JPMorgan Chase — have sent a shudder through the health care industry by announcing plans to create a company that would provide their employees with high-quality, affordable coverage. The details are still hazy, but Amazon has a reputation for transforming nearly everything it touches. Insurance company stocks slumped on the news. ___ Child experts: Just say 'no' to Facebook's kids app BOSTON (AP) — Some child development experts say a Facebook messaging app designed for kids is not the best thing for kids. A group including psychiatrists, pediatricians and educators has sent a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, arguing that children under 13 aren't ready to have social media accounts, navigate the complexities of online relationships or protect their own privacy. The messaging app for kids was launched in December. ___ Pfizer, riding tax changes, puts up huge 4Q profit Pfizer's fourth-quarter profit soared to $12.27 billion thanks to a huge tax benefit related to the U.S. tax system overhaul. The biggest U.S. drugmaker on Tuesday reported an $11.34 billion benefit, mainly from recalculating deferred tax liabilities. Pfizer also said it will take a charge of approximately $15 billion, payable to the Treasury over eight years, to cover taxes on profits held overseas that it plans to bring back to the U.S. ___ Putin: Russia list is a hostile move driven by Trump foes MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin says a new list including Russian officials and tycoons under a U.S. sanctions law is a hostile and "stupid" move spearheaded by President Donald Trump's political foes. He says Russia will refrain from retaliation for now. Putin's reluctance to criticize Trump shows he still hopes for normalizing ties with Washington. At the same time, the U.S. move could help the Russian leader in his re-election bid in March. ___ Trump to call for unity in address after divisive year WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is seeking to rally a deeply divided nation in Tuesday's State of the Union address. Aides say he'll speak with optimism about the growing economy and call for new immigration, trade and infrastructure policies. White House officials say Trump will also appeal for bipartisanship, though it's unclear if his rhetoric will be matched by any real overtures to Democrats. ___ Budget talks bogged down by immigration, deficit concerns WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional efforts to forge a bipartisan budget deal are moving at a snail's pace just a week after a three-day government shutdown. There are growing worries that the whole effort could languish over Democratic demands to protect "Dreamer" immigrants and resistance among GOP conservatives worried that leaders are on a path to busting the budget. The deadlock is deflating hopes that lawmakers will reach a breakthrough before another shutdown deadline next week ___ US home prices post 6.2 percent increase WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. home prices rose a sharply in November, lifted by a shortage of homes on the market. Standard & Poor's said Tuesday that its S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller national home price index increased 6.2 percent in November from a year earlier after climbing 6.1 percent in October. ___ NEW YORK (AP) — Cheap eats, $1 sodas and crispy chicken tenders helped boost a key sales figure at McDonald's. The world's largest hamburger chain said Tuesday that U.S. sales rose 4.5 percent at established locations during the fourth quarter, thanks to its two-for-$5 deal called McPick 2, its new buttermilk crispy tenders and its expanding delivery service. The Oak Brook, Illinois-based company also reported better-than expected earnings and revenue for the quarter. ___ US stocks drop for a second day in a row, led by health care NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are down sharply in late-afternoon trading, placing the market on course for its worst day since August and its first two-day losing streak in more than a month. Health care and technology stocks account for much of the decline. Banks, industrial companies and energy stocks are also racking up hefty losses. Bond prices are headed lower, sending yields to their highest level in nearly four years. ___ The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 31.10 points, or 1.1 percent, to 2,822.43. The Dow Jones industrial average had its biggest decline since May, losing 362.59 points, or 1.4 percent, to 26,076.89. The Nasdaq slumped 64.02 points, or 0.9 percent, to 7,402.48. The Russell 2000 index of smaller-company stocks gave up 15.29 points, or 1 percent, to 1,582.82. Benchmark U.S. crude slid $1.06, or 1.6 percent, to settle at $64.50 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude, used to price international oils, dropped 44 cents, or 0.6 percent, to close at $69.02 a barrel in London. Wholesale gasoline fell 4 cents to $1.90 a gallon. Heating oil gave up 3 cents to $2.07 a gallon. Natural gas rose 3 cents, or 0.9 percent, to $3.20 per 1,000 cubic feet.

Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for May 21-27. Listings include the week's ranking and viewership. 1. "NCIS," CBS, 12.07 million. 2. "Roseanne," ABC, 10.58 million. 3. NBA Conference Finals: Houston at Golden State, Game 6, TNT, 9.47 million. 4. NBA Conference Finals: Golden State at Houston, Game 5, TNT, 9.32 million. 5. "The Voice" (Tuesday), NBC, 8.78 million. 6. "Dancing With the Stars: Athletes," ABC, 8.77 million. 7. "American Idol" (Monday), ABC, 8.68 million. 8. "The Voice" (Monday), NBC, 8.67 million. 9. NBA Conference Finals: Houston at Golden State, Game 4, TNT, 8.37 million. 10. NBA Conference Finals: Boston at Cleveland, Game 6, ESPN, 8.27 million. 11. NBA Conference Finals: Boston at Cleveland, Game 4, ESPN, 7.94 million. 12. NBA Conference Finals: Cleveland at Boston, Game 5, ESPN, 7.51 million. 13. "Survivor," CBS, 7.33 million. 14. "The Middle," ABC, 7.09 million. 15. "The Big Bang Theory," CBS, 6.72 million. 16. "NCIS" (Tuesday, 9 p.m.), CBS, 6.62 million. 17. "60 Minutes," CBS, 6.32 million. 18. "The Big Bang Theory" (Monday, 8 p.m.), CBS, 6.29 million. 19. "Young Sheldon," CBS, 6.2 million. 20. "Law & Order: SVU," NBC, 6.12 million. ___ ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Co.; CBS is a division of CBS Corp.; Fox is owned by 21st Century Fox; NBC is owned by NBC Universal.

BALUKHALI REFUGEE CAMP, Bangladesh (AP) — The Associated Press confirms more than 5 mass graves in Myanmar through videos, interviews with dozens of survivors .

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — The leaders of Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan met in Addis Ababa Monday to discuss contentious issues related to the dam that Ethiopia is building on the Nile River. Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi and Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir met on the sidelines of the African Union summit. The meeting comes after the Ethiopian and Egyptian leaders met less than two weeks ago in Cairo. "The leaders have instructed their foreign ministers and other relevant ministries to deliberate on outstanding issues and report to the head of states within one month," said the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry, adding the three leaders have agreed to meet again in a year. The leaders agreed to create a three-nation infrastructure fund to encourage cooperation. Egypt fears the $4.8 billion dam could reduce its share of the Nile River waters while Ethiopia asserts it needs the dam for its development. Ethiopia is seeking to assure Cairo the dam on the border with Sudan will not significantly harm it. It appears the main issue is how quickly the reservoir behind the dam will be filled and if the filling will cause Egypt to get less Nile water. The dam is designed to generate 6,400 megawatts, which is expected to more than double Ethiopia's current production of 4,000 megawatts, is now 63 percent completed and this East African nation hopes to become an energy hub in Africa upon its completion. While Ethiopia has said the dam is a "matter of life or death" for its people, Egypt has said water is a "matter of life or death" for its people.

All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Tampa Bay 29 21 6 2 44 110 74 Toronto 31 20 10 1 41 106 88 Boston 27 14 9 4 32 78 75 Montreal 31 13 14 4 30 85 99 Detroit 29 11 13 5 27 80 97 Florida 29 11 14 4 26 88 104 Ottawa 28 9 12 7 25 77 98 Buffalo 30 7 17 6 20 64 102 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Columbus 30 19 10 1 39 86 73 N.Y. Islanders 30 17 10 3 37 108 100 Washington 31 18 12 1 37 95 91 New Jersey 29 16 9 4 36 89 91 N.Y. Rangers 30 16 11 3 35 99 89 Pittsburgh 32 16 13 3 35 94 104 Carolina 28 11 10 7 29 78 88 Philadelphia 29 11 11 7 29 83 86 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA St. Louis 31 21 8 2 44 104 78 Nashville 29 18 7 4 40 95 84 Winnipeg 30 17 8 5 39 102 86 Dallas 31 17 13 1 35 91 90 Minnesota 29 15 11 3 33 87 87 Chicago 30 14 11 5 33 90 82 Colorado 29 14 13 2 30 92 95 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Los Angeles 31 20 8 3 43 97 68 Vegas 29 19 9 1 39 103 91 San Jose 29 16 10 3 35 79 69 Calgary 30 16 12 2 34 88 94 Vancouver 30 14 12 4 32 81 85 Anaheim 30 12 11 7 31 80 89 Edmonton 30 12 16 2 26 86 99 Arizona 33 7 21 5 19 75 114 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs. Sunday's Games Chicago 3, Arizona 1 St. Louis 3, Buffalo 2, OT Toronto 1, Edmonton 0 Minnesota 4, San Jose 3, OT Monday's Games Colorado 2, Pittsburgh 1 Dallas 2, N.Y. Rangers 1, SO N.Y. Islanders 3, Washington 1 Florida at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Vancouver at Winnipeg, 8 p.m. Carolina at Anaheim, 10 p.m. Tuesday's Games Edmonton at Columbus, 7 p.m. Ottawa at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Toronto at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Colorado at Washington, 7 p.m. Los Angeles at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Calgary at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Tampa Bay at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Florida at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Carolina at Vegas, 10 p.m. Wednesday's Games Dallas at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Ottawa, 7 p.m. Boston at Detroit, 8 p.m. Nashville at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Thursday's Games Buffalo at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Washington at Boston, 7 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Columbus, 7 p.m. New Jersey at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. Chicago at Winnipeg, 8 p.m. Anaheim at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Toronto at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Florida at Colorado, 9 p.m. Tampa Bay at Arizona, 9 p.m. Nashville at Edmonton, 9 p.m. San Jose at Calgary, 9 p.m. Pittsburgh at Vegas, 10 p.m.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 30, 2018--Trump Hotels, the luxury hotel brand known for its exceptionally designed hotels in iconic destinations, has kicked off the summer travel season with splash-worthy offers and intuitive amenities that will entice guests to extend their holidays in the sun. From Chicago, to Las Vegas, Miami, Washington, D.C., Virginia or Waikiki, jet setting travelers can look forward to an elevated selection of summer getaways from the award-winning properties to make this summer truly unforgettable. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180530006141/en/ Trump National Doral Miami (Photo: Business Wire) For a limited time, travelers can plan the perfect summer weekend getaways with all Trump Hotels destinations with the “ Summer Break ” offer and receive 20% off when staying for three or more consecutive nights including a Sunday night. The offer is available when booking now through September 3, 2018 for stays between May 25 and September 3, 2018. Other local property offers include: Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago The Spa at Trump takes guests on a garden to spa journey with treatments inspired by the fresh flowers and herbs from The Terrace garden. Guests are invited to celebrate the warm temperatures and summer spirit with a relaxing menu inspired by The Terrace’s budding fruits, vegetables and herbs, and enjoy iconic views of Chicago’s skyline. The Spa at Trump’s new series of services include Mint Tea Manicure/Pedicure, Scents from the Garden Massage, Terrace Citrus Breeze Package and a Fresh Balancing Lemongrass Scrub. A treatment at the spa in Downtown Chicago is the perfect way to relax during a summer getaway, and hotel guests can save up to 20% on a guest room by staying for three nights or more. Trump International Hotel Las Vegas Las Vegas may be in the middle of a desert, but watering holes abound during the summer months. Trump International Hotel Las Vegas encourages guests to bring the Spa with them to the cabana this summer with massage therapist available poolside. Poolside treatments include Custom Cabana Full Body Massage ($185 for 60 minutes; $210 for 90 minutes), Poolside Bliss Hand and Foot Massage ($85 for 25 minutes; $170 for 50 minutes), and the Sittin’ Pretty Chair Massage ($30 for 10 minutes; $60 for 20 minutes). The pool will also have a DJ performing on the weekends starting Memorial Day Weekend through the summer. Movie Night at the pool will begin the first week after Memorial Day, where guests can go night swimming and watch family friendly movies. This summer, Trump Las Vegas offers up to 25% off of each stay when booking through the link provided: https://www.trumphotels.com/las-vegas/offer/vegas-retreat. Trump International Hotel Waikiki Hawaii is a beautiful tropical vacation hotspot unlike any other in the world, with its stunning sandy beaches, impeccable weather, vibrant culture, delicious food and incredible wildlife thrive year-round. This summer, visitors have a unique opportunity to experience the perfect tropical getaway on Oahu with Trump International Hotel Waikiki. Trump International Hotel Waikiki has a special Limited Time Suite Offer for the hotel’s luxuriously appointed residential-style two- and three-bedroom suites, for a minimum stay of three nights. This offer is eligible for guests who book before June 30, 2018 for a stay from August 29 – December 19, 2018. For more information visit www.trumphotels.com/waikiki. Trump National Doral Miami A tropical oasis surrounded by four championship golf courses located just minutes from Miami’s world-renowned beaches, Trump National Doral Miami is the perfect summer weekend getaway destination. On Father’s Day, dads will receive 50% off all online bookings on the Gold and Silver golf courses with promo code “ DAD ”. Then, to refresh and rejuvenate after a day on the green, dads can enjoy a variety of Father’s Day Specials at The Trump Spa. Valid through June 30, these dad-doting offerings include The Nineteenth Hole Package, The Dapper Dad Massage, The Black Tie Facial and The Well-Groomed Gent. Those purchasing a spa treatment for Dad can also receive an additional complimentary upgrade for their own appointment. Rounding out the summer season, the resort’s Fourth of July Pool Party and the Labor Day Weekend Rock ‘n’ Roll Pool Party will feature complimentary poolside games, giant floats and a patriotic BBQ, exclusive to club members and resort guests. Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C. Celebrate the 4th of July all month long at The Spa by Ivanka Trump™ with the 'Red, White, and Bliss' massage treatment. This patriotic-themed treatment includes a hot stone massage with RED Flower product line, all on WHITE luxurious spa linen, leaving guests in complete BLISS. Spa guests can bask in Washington, D.C.'s only Himalayan Salt Chamber post-treatment and experience the same relaxation benefits of spending time in the salty sea air. Available this July at The Spa by Ivanka Trump™ priced at $165 for 50 minutes. Albemarle Estate at Trump Winery (Virginia) With award-winning wines, unparalleled views, and unique events, Trump Winery is a must visit for summer travel. Sprawling across nearly 1,300 acres in the heart of the Monticello Wine Trail, guests will be blown away by the stunning panoramas, rolling Blue Ridge views, 227 acres of vines, and large lakes. The winery invites guests to join for an event lineup that is certain to delight and engage. From June 3-24, guests of the Estate can enjoy the rare opportunity to tour the beautiful gardens at Albemarle Estate, which were originally designed by world famous landscape architects from around the world. The tours are led by the winery’s Garden and Grounds Manager, and tickets are $55 per person. From July 8-22, guests can enjoy a wine tasting series highlighting the winery’s unique variety of wines. Tickets are $55 per person or $200 for the 4 day series pass. About TRUMP HOTEL GROUP™ Trump® Hotel Group is the world-renowned hotel brand and management company home to Trump Hotels™, SCION™ Hotels and Resorts and American IDEA™ Hotels. Having started as a luxury hotel brand with a mission of providing extraordinary customer experiences in iconic destinations, the Hotel Group recently announced the expansion of its portfolio into the upscale and midscale segments. Trump Hotels is a luxury brand with a mission of providing extraordinary customer experiences. 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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia's government announced a strategy Monday to create high-tech jobs and become one of the top 10 defense-industry-exporting countries within a decade through arms sales to liked-minded nations while also keeping those weapons from rogue regimes. Australia will create a 3.8 billion Australian dollar ($3.1 billion) fund to lend to exporters that banks are reluctant to finance, a central defense export office and expand the roles of defense attaches in Australian embassies around the world. Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull said that with AU$200 billion budgeted to increase Australian defense capabilities in the next decade, Australia should rank higher than 20th among arms-exporting countries. The planned Australian military build-up was the largest in its peace-time history, he said. "Given the size of our defense budget, we should be a lot higher up the scale than that. So the goal is to get into the top 10," Turnbull told reporters. Defense Industry Minister Christopher Pyne said Australia would focus on growing sales to its biggest markets including the United States, Britain, Canada and New Zealand, which already import Australian-made equipment including the Bushmaster armored vehicle and the Nulka missile decoy. The five nations belong to an intelligence-sharing network known as the Five Eyes. "We want to support the United States, the U.K., New Zealand, Canada, our European friends and allies, Japan, South Korea, et cetera, in what is a building up of the global military capability of countries like ourself who support the rules-based international order," Pyne said. "The defense export strategy is not designed to get into markets where we don't want to be. It's designed to maximize the markets where we perhaps haven't been making the most of our opportunities," he added. Turnbull said the strategy was about creating hi-tech Australian jobs and not a response to any national threat, such as increasing tensions and the Chinese military build-up in the South China Sea over competing territorial claims. "Apart from North Korea, there is no country in the region that shows any hostile intent toward Australia," Turnbull said. "We don't see threats from our neighbors in the region, but, nonetheless, every country must always plan ahead and you need to build the capabilities to defend yourself, not just today, but in 10 years or 20 years hence. " The push to increase Australian defense manufacturing jobs came after General Motors Co. in October became the last automaker to quit building Australian cars. Most of the new Australian defense spending is on submarines and frigates that will be largely built in Australia. Australian law prohibits military exports that are inconsistent with Australia's international obligations or national interests. Prospective exports are assessed in areas including impacts on human rights, regional security and Australian foreign policy. "We've got strict controls and those controls make sure we only supply defense assets in the future to like-minded countries that have a strong human rights record and have protections in place." Trade Minister Steve Ciobo told Nine Network television. Amnesty International said it been urging Australia to publicly report on arms transfers to Saudi Arabia and its allies in the war in Yemen. "While there is reluctance on the government's part to exercise transparency in its arms exports trade, it is unthinkable that it would even contemplate expanding it," the London-based rights group coordinator Diana Sayed said in a statement. Peter Jennings, executive director of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, a government-established independent think tank, said the top-10 target was achievable and would create an industry base to support the Australian military.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's State of the Union offer of a "down-the-middle compromise" on immigration did nothing to move Republicans and Democrats closer to a deal, as Democrats accused the president of lacing his speech with racially charged remarks and Republicans dug in on their demands. The reaction to Trump's high-profile overture suggested both parties were settling into a protracted tug-of-war. The standoff left serious doubt whether the two parties could reach an election-year pact to protect hundreds of thousands of young immigrants from deportation, sharpen border security and take other steps to curb immigration. The two parties had not even settled on a deadline for an agreement — a bad sign in an institution that rarely acts unless under pressure. "If the deadline is Feb. 8, we're not going to make it," No. 2 House Democratic leader Steny Hoyer of Maryland said Wednesday, noting a looming deadline for approving government funding to avoid another shutdown. "It's going to take work for us to build a consensus," Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., the House GOP vote counter, said in an interview Tuesday. Scalise noted that Republicans took "weeks and weeks" to craft tax legislation last year. Earlier this month, Senate Democrats looking to pressure Republicans to reach an immigration deal forced a three-day federal shutdown. While many Democrats have little appetite to repeat that strategy, party leaders have yet to indicate if they'll let future budget legislation move forward without an immigration accord. The tone of the immigration debate, already testy, seemed to worsen after Trump asserted Tuesday night that "open borders have allowed drugs and gangs to pour into our most vulnerable communities" and let millions of immigrants "compete for jobs and wages against the poorest Americans." House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Wednesday that Trump used "insulting words of ignorance and prejudice." Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham, D-N.M., who leads the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, said the remarks were "meant to enflame tensions about immigrants" and would stir up Trump's conservative base but damage talks. Republicans said Democrats are not making serious offers as they bargain over Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, the Obama-era program that's shielded immigrants in the U.S. illegally who were brought here as children. Trump said last year he was ending the program, claiming executive overreach by President Barack Obama, but gave Congress until March 5 to enshrine it into law. "If Democrats don't figure out a way to negotiate, then the DACA program will end and that's not an outcome I think anybody would like," said Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, the second-ranking Senate GOP leader. "But they will be responsible for it." Even that March 5 date was in doubt, according to Hoyer, who's been meeting with other leaders. He said Republicans suggested Trump could extend that deadline, though a congressional GOP aide said he was unaware of that option. The urgency of the March 5 deadline was also blunted by a federal judge's decision to temporarily block the end of the DACA program. As a result, U.S. immigration authorities resumed accepting requests to renew DACA permits, which give recipients permission to live and work in the country. Trump has proposed a 10- to 12-year track to citizenship for around 1.8 million younger immigrants protected by DACA or eligible for its guarantees. That's enraged GOP conservatives. "The heartburn is the amnesty component," said Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., leader of the hard-right House Freedom Caucus, referring to Trump's offer of citizenship. Meadows said that plan needs "a few adjustments that may be major" before it could pass the House. Trump also wants $25 billion for border security, including his prized wall, despite campaign promises that Mexico would fund it. He would end a lottery used to encourage immigration from diverse countries and redistribute some of those visas to applicants with high-skilled jobs. He would also limit relatives that immigrants could sponsor for legal U.S. status to spouses and underage children. He calls that "chain migration," a term immigration advocates find nearly as offensive as the idea of barring them from helping parents, siblings and other relatives. "We will not reach agreement as long as he wants to attack the very underpinning of legal immigration. My sister is not a distant relative," said Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., a hard-line advocate for immigration. GOP lawmakers were also wary of changes Trump would make, such as potential curbs on visas that allow temporary agriculture or seasonal workers into the U.S. "I favor legal immigration, I want to eliminate illegal immigration," said Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D. He said Trump's proposal was "a good first step." The conservative-leaning Cato Institute has called Trump's proposals "draconian restrictions on legal immigrants" that would exclude nearly 500,000 legal immigrants annually, cutting their numbers by nearly 50 percent. Without a deal, Democrats risked a backlash from liberal voters furious about any failure to protect the young immigrants known as "Dreamers." Republicans were wary of letting deportations begin in a year in which they'll be defending Senate seats in Nevada and Arizona, swing states with high Hispanic populations. ___ Associated Press writer Andrew Taylor contributed to this report.

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin says the Trump administration's list of businessmen or officials is a 'hostile step'

NEW YORK (AP) — Gun deaths have fallen in California over a 16-year period ending in 2015, driven largely by a decline in gang violence and black homicides a recent and rare scientific study of firearm violence has found. Researchers at the University of California, Davis published their findings in the May issue of the journal Annals of Epidemiology after reviewing 50,921 firearm deaths recorded in California between 2000 and 2015. The University provided the study results on Monday. The report found 24,922 firearm homicides during that period and 23,682 suicides by gun. Researchers say the number of firearm homicides dropped from 4.19 per 100,000 people in 2000 to a low of 3.13 per 100,000 in 2014 before ticking up slightly in 2015. Researcher Veronica Pear attributed the decline in gun homicides to a reduction of gang violence, particularly in Los Angeles County. The study also showed a big drop in the number of black men being killed by guns. Pear said the number of gun homicides of black men dropped 32 percent from the peak in 2005 at 47 per 100,000 people to 31 per 100,000 in 2015. The homicide rate for Hispanic men was 6.7 per 100,000 in 2015, a 38 percent decline from its peak of 10.8 per 100,000 in 2005. The homicide rate of White and Asian men held steady throughout the period at roughly the same level of roughly 3 homicides per 100,000 annualy. Pear said she hopes the new research will be used by others studying the cause and effects of gun violence. "We also hope it can serve as a template for researchers in other states to create similar profiles," she said. For the last 30 years, the federal government has largely abandoned gun-violence studies after the National Rifle Association prevailed on Congress to significantly restrict funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevent to do the research. The NRA said it does not oppose gun research but is against research that it calls biased, flimsy or aimed at advocacy. A few private foundations and California have recently stepped up funding of gun violence studies. California became the first state to publicly support the research when lawmakers voted to fund U.C. Davis' Violence Prevention Research Program with $5 million over five years. The Kaiser Permanente health care consortium announced earlier this month it would spend $2 million to study gun violence among its 12 million members.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Brewers activated catcher Manny Pina from the disabled list and put him into the starting lineup for Tuesday night's series opener against the Kansas City Royals. They cleared roster space by optioning catcher Jacob Nottingham to Triple-A Colorado Springs. Pina, who spent his first two big league seasons with the Royals, was hitting .219 with a homer and three RBIs when he went on the DL retroactive to April 13 with a strained left calf. In other news, shortstop Orlando Arcia got the day off because of stomach pain, though his ailing ankle was fine. Left-hander Boone Logan also threw a simulated game without any trouble from his left triceps strain, and is expected to join Double-A Biloxi on a rehab assignment. ___ More AP baseball: https://apnews.com/tag/MLBbaseball

Global Forecast as of 12:00 GMT Tuesday, January 30, 2018 _____ City/Town, Country;Tuesday's Weather Condition;Tuesday's High Temp (F);Tuesday's Low Temp (F);Wednesday's Weather Condition;Wednesday's High Temp (F);Wednesday's Low Temp (F);Wednesday's Wind Direction;Wednesday's Wind Speed (MPH);Wednesday's Humidity (%);Wednesday's Chance of Precip. (%);Wednesday's UV Index Abidjan, Ivory Coast;Partly sunny;90;77;A shower in the a.m.;88;77;SW;7;79%;66%;9 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates;More sun than clouds;70;62;Partly sunny, breezy;70;61;NW;18;53%;2%;5 Aleppo, Syria;Plenty of sunshine;55;37;Partly sunny;57;37;W;4;71%;7%;3 Algiers, Algeria;Plenty of sun;61;47;More clouds than sun;63;52;SE;5;63%;4%;2 Amsterdam, Netherlands;Mainly cloudy;45;38;Cloudy, rain ending;47;37;WSW;22;87%;82%;0 Anchorage, United States;Sunny, but cold;20;6;Cold with sunshine;17;2;N;9;62%;8%;1 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan;Not as cold;41;24;Mostly sunny, chilly;44;27;ESE;5;31%;3%;3 Astana, Kazakhstan;Plenty of sunshine;8;-13;Mostly cloudy;12;-11;S;7;75%;0%;2 Asuncion, Paraguay;A shower in the a.m.;90;75;A couple of t-storms;90;75;ESE;6;72%;70%;6 Athens, Greece;Mostly sunny;64;45;Partly sunny, nice;63;46;SSW;5;65%;2%;3 Auckland, New Zealand;Turning sunny, humid;78;68;A thick cloud cover;79;70;NE;15;60%;26%;5 Baghdad, Iraq;Plenty of sun;62;37;Plenty of sun;63;39;N;4;44%;1%;4 Banda Aceh, Indonesia;Occasional rain;92;75;A downpour;87;73;E;4;75%;74%;7 Bangalore, India;Sunny and nice;85;57;Sunny and pleasant;84;55;ESE;7;37%;0%;8 Bangkok, Thailand;Partly sunny, humid;93;76;A few showers;89;73;S;5;71%;83%;5 Barcelona, Spain;Sunshine;59;43;Partly sunny;58;44;W;12;68%;5%;3 Beijing, China;Plenty of sunshine;41;19;Plenty of sunshine;37;18;SW;7;18%;0%;3 Belgrade, Serbia;Partly sunny, mild;55;33;Partly sunny, mild;54;33;SE;6;67%;4%;2 Berlin, Germany;Clouds and sunshine;43;35;A little rain;49;35;W;13;74%;86%;0 Bogota, Colombia;Mostly cloudy;68;45;Clouds and sun;68;44;SE;6;67%;34%;10 Brasilia, Brazil;Showers and t-storms;81;68;Cloudy, a t-storm;79;67;NW;10;71%;82%;5 Bratislava, Slovakia;Cooler;47;31;Becoming cloudy;45;36;SSE;7;80%;38%;2 Brussels, Belgium;Mostly cloudy;46;41;Cloudy, rain ending;49;35;WSW;15;72%;81%;0 Bucharest, Romania;Partly sunny, mild;53;28;Sun and some clouds;47;27;E;3;70%;0%;2 Budapest, Hungary;Partly sunny, mild;50;30;Clouds and sun;47;38;S;5;69%;34%;2 Buenos Aires, Argentina;Sunny and pleasant;87;74;Partly sunny;87;73;ESE;7;57%;3%;11 Bujumbura, Burundi;Variable clouds;82;66;Mostly cloudy;89;66;WSW;4;40%;44%;9 Busan, South Korea;Mostly sunny, chilly;42;25;Increasing clouds;42;27;NNW;6;53%;29%;3 Cairo, Egypt;Sunny;68;49;Partly sunny;68;50;NNE;6;51%;2%;4 Cape Town, South Africa;Cooler;76;62;Mostly sunny;75;59;SE;21;53%;0%;11 Caracas, Venezuela;Partly sunny;79;65;A shower in places;80;66;ENE;4;58%;65%;7 Chennai, India;Nice with sunshine;86;67;Sunny and nice;87;65;ENE;7;58%;0%;7 Chicago, United States;Periods of sun;32;29;Milder;44;26;W;14;56%;19%;1 Colombo, Sri Lanka;A t-storm in spots;90;75;A t-storm or two;87;74;NE;8;80%;93%;3 Copenhagen, Denmark;Clouds and sun;41;35;Periods of rain;40;35;WSW;13;75%;86%;0 Dakar, Senegal;Mostly sunny, breezy;70;62;Breezy with some sun;70;61;N;18;69%;0%;7 Dallas, United States;Mostly sunny;62;44;Partly sunny, breezy;69;53;SSW;16;48%;0%;4 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania;Turning sunny;91;75;Sun and some clouds;89;76;NE;11;71%;22%;10 Delhi, India;Partly sunny;79;54;Hazy sunshine;75;53;W;12;56%;0%;4 Denver, United States;Mostly cloudy, mild;63;35;Partly sunny;53;26;ENE;8;36%;48%;3 Dhaka, Bangladesh;Partly sunny, nice;75;55;Hazy sun;80;58;ENE;4;59%;2%;5 Dili, East Timor;A bit of rain;89;76;Cloudy with showers;83;76;WSW;8;78%;77%;4 Dublin, Ireland;Overcast;47;35;Spotty showers;42;35;W;24;77%;82%;1 Dushanbe, Tajikistan;Not as cold;38;24;Not as cool;52;28;SW;5;22%;50%;3 Gibraltar, Gibraltar;Spotty showers;60;57;Breezy with rain;60;55;SE;25;82%;88%;2 Hanoi, Vietnam;Cloudy and cool;55;46;Cloudy and cool;54;50;N;10;64%;29%;1 Harare, Zimbabwe;A shower or t-storm;77;62;Cloudy, a t-storm;79;64;E;6;69%;66%;8 Havana, Cuba;Partly sunny, cooler;70;64;Periods of sun;74;63;E;13;56%;1%;2 Helsinki, Finland;Cloudy, snow showers;28;19;Clouds and sun;26;24;SE;5;83%;71%;1 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam;A shower in the p.m.;91;73;Clouds and sunshine;90;72;SW;5;77%;37%;8 Hong Kong, China;Cloudy;58;47;A morning shower;53;45;NNE;12;81%;60%;1 Honolulu, United States;Periods of sun;83;71;Rain at times;80;71;SW;11;68%;86%;2 Hyderabad, India;Sunny and pleasant;88;58;Mostly sunny, nice;88;59;ENE;6;27%;0%;6 Islamabad, Pakistan;Decreasing clouds;70;45;Mostly cloudy;71;48;N;4;58%;30%;2 Istanbul, Turkey;Plenty of sun;56;41;Sunshine;53;39;ENE;7;78%;1%;3 Jakarta, Indonesia;A t-storm or two;88;75;Spotty showers;88;75;W;11;75%;84%;8 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia;Decreasing clouds;82;66;Sunny and pleasant;83;68;NNE;6;46%;2%;5 Johannesburg, South Africa;A shower or t-storm;75;58;A t-storm in spots;78;60;ENE;7;61%;72%;13 Kabul, Afghanistan;Mostly sunny;47;24;A couple of showers;40;23;NNW;6;51%;80%;1 Karachi, Pakistan;More sun than clouds;86;59;Hazy sunshine;83;60;W;6;51%;0%;5 Kathmandu, Nepal;Mostly sunny;61;41;Sun and some clouds;66;43;S;5;68%;30%;5 Khartoum, Sudan;Sunny and pleasant;84;55;Sunny and beautiful;84;57;N;13;22%;0%;7 Kiev, Ukraine;Showers of rain/snow;44;31;Rain and snow 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spots;86;77;A.M. showers, cloudy;85;81;NE;14;77%;100%;4 Manaus, Brazil;A t-storm in spots;88;76;Cloudy, a t-storm;87;73;ENE;7;77%;85%;6 Manila, Philippines;Partly sunny;87;74;A shower in places;88;74;E;5;67%;55%;3 Melbourne, Australia;A little rain;68;56;A shower in the a.m.;65;51;SSE;14;56%;55%;3 Mexico City, Mexico;Partly sunny;61;40;Partly sunny, nice;70;45;SSE;4;38%;11%;5 Miami, United States;Not as warm;71;61;Partly sunny;71;65;ENE;13;52%;31%;3 Minsk, Belarus;Snow, rain mixing in;37;27;Mostly cloudy;32;27;S;9;68%;74%;1 Mogadishu, Somalia;Mostly sunny;85;75;Clouds and sun;85;75;ENE;14;61%;26%;9 Montevideo, Uruguay;Sunny and pleasant;86;68;Partly sunny, nice;84;66;ENE;7;61%;2%;11 Montreal, Canada;Mostly cloudy;17;7;Afternoon snow;22;21;S;3;64%;92%;2 Moscow, Russia;Snow showers;34;27;A little a.m. snow;31;11;NW;10;76%;64%;0 Mumbai, India;Partly sunny;95;64;Hazy sunshine;91;63;NNE;5;41%;0%;6 Nairobi, Kenya;Turning cloudy;85;58;A t-storm in spots;84;58;NE;12;42%;42%;12 New York, United States;A bit of p.m. snow;39;23;Mostly sunny, cold;34;30;SSW;8;36%;15%;3 Nicosia, Cyprus;Mostly sunny;63;41;Partly sunny;63;42;S;5;69%;9%;3 Novosibirsk, Russia;Clearing;5;-9;Mostly sunny;2;-10;SE;6;87%;1%;1 Osaka-shi, Japan;Chilly with some sun;43;25;Clouding up, chilly;44;31;NE;5;58%;28%;3 Oslo, Norway;Partly sunny;31;24;Periods of snow;34;28;SE;8;82%;88%;0 Ottawa, Canada;Mostly cloudy;17;2;Heavy snow;21;20;SSE;10;71%;92%;2 Pago Pago, American Samoa;Cloudy with a shower;85;80;Mostly cloudy;85;79;NW;11;76%;68%;6 Panama City, Panama;Partly sunny;91;76;Spotty showers;91;76;NNW;11;68%;78%;8 Paramaribo, Suriname;Sun and some clouds;87;74;A shower in spots;87;75;ENE;8;74%;57%;8 Paris, France;Spotty showers;50;46;Breezy with rain;50;37;W;15;73%;82%;0 Perth, Australia;Sunny and breezy;84;63;Sunny and pleasant;85;67;ESE;11;37%;0%;11 Phnom Penh, Cambodia;A shower or two;91;74;A shower in the p.m.;88;73;SW;5;71%;66%;7 Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea;Clearing;90;76;Brief p.m. showers;87;71;NNW;18;66%;91%;3 Port-au-prince, Haiti;Partly sunny;91;68;Mostly sunny;91;69;ENE;5;45%;28%;6 Prague, Czech Republic;Partly sunny;45;31;A little rain;48;38;SW;11;65%;85%;1 Pyongyang, North Korea;Sunny, not as cold;35;9;Plenty of sunshine;30;0;W;5;38%;0%;3 Quito, Ecuador;Showers around;72;53;A t-storm in spots;72;54;NW;8;52%;66%;8 Rabat, Morocco;Partly sunny;68;46;A passing shower;60;45;S;4;78%;58%;2 Recife, Brazil;Rain, a thunderstorm;88;79;Spotty showers;88;79;E;10;67%;67%;12 Reykjavik, Iceland;Mostly cloudy;35;27;Partly sunny;32;23;NNE;9;56%;4%;1 Riga, Latvia;A little snow;34;28;Mostly cloudy;34;30;SSE;4;91%;72%;0 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;Rain, a thunderstorm;80;73;A little a.m. rain;83;72;WNW;8;64%;75%;10 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia;Decreasing clouds;62;43;Plenty of sunshine;65;45;ENE;5;25%;0%;5 Rome, Italy;Partial sunshine;58;41;A shower;56;47;S;5;73%;80%;2 Saint Petersburg, Russia;A little snow;22;14;Clouds and sun;21;8;ESE;7;76%;23%;1 San Francisco, United States;Partly sunny;62;47;Partly sunny;61;48;NW;6;78%;1%;3 San Jose, Costa Rica;Partly sunny;79;66;Clouds and sun, nice;78;67;ENE;13;63%;3%;9 San Juan, Puerto Rico;Partly sunny;82;72;Partly sunny, nice;81;72;E;10;60%;7%;6 San Salvador, El Salvador;Periods of sun;78;65;Partly sunny, nice;77;63;N;12;67%;17%;8 Sana'a, Yemen;Mostly sunny, nice;73;41;Mostly sunny, nice;72;40;ESE;5;43%;5%;8 Santiago, Chile;Sunny and pleasant;88;59;Plenty of sunshine;92;61;SW;7;34%;0%;11 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic;Partly sunny;81;70;Mostly sunny;81;69;NNE;7;71%;32%;6 Sao Paulo, Brazil;Mostly sunny;65;38;Mostly sunny;64;36;ENE;4;64%;4%;3 Seattle, United States;Spotty showers;48;40;A touch of rain;46;42;S;7;76%;80%;1 Seoul, South Korea;A bit of p.m. snow;30;23;Mostly cloudy;34;18;N;6;41%;0%;1 Shanghai, China;Mostly cloudy;39;30;Cloudy and chilly;37;28;NNW;7;62%;5%;1 Singapore, Singapore;A t-storm in spots;92;77;A shower;90;76;N;11;76%;69%;10 Sofia, Bulgaria;Mostly sunny, mild;53;23;Partly sunny, mild;49;25;S;4;70%;0%;3 St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda;Mostly sunny, nice;80;72;Mostly sunny;80;70;NE;8;57%;25%;6 Stockholm, Sweden;Clouds and sun;32;25;Snow and rain;38;34;SE;10;91%;90%;0 Sydney, Australia;Mostly sunny, nice;84;65;Cooler;70;64;S;20;68%;81%;6 Taipei City, Taiwan;Rain and drizzle;58;55;Rain and drizzle;62;53;NNE;11;79%;92%;1 Tallinn, Estonia;A little snow;32;27;Clouds and sun;31;27;SE;6;54%;71%;1 Tashkent, Uzbekistan;Mostly sunny, cold;34;20;Not as cold;43;25;SE;4;47%;8%;3 Tbilisi, Georgia;Decreasing clouds;49;28;A p.m. shower or two;45;32;NW;7;73%;83%;3 Tehran, Iran;Turning cloudy, cold;38;25;Sunny, but chilly;42;28;NNE;7;28%;0%;4 Tel Aviv, Israel;Partly sunny;64;47;Sunshine;64;47;NE;5;67%;2%;4 Tirana, Albania;Partly sunny;60;36;Partly sunny;58;38;SE;3;60%;9%;3 Tokyo, Japan;Mainly cloudy;44;28;Mostly sunny, chilly;46;33;N;6;57%;27%;3 Toronto, Canada;Mostly sunny;22;15;Cloudy, not as cold;35;32;SW;18;67%;59%;1 Tripoli, Libya;Mostly sunny;65;48;Plenty of 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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A forest protection ranger, a military police officer and a conservation worker have been killed in an ambush in northeastern Cambodia where illegal logging and smuggling are rife. Keo Sopheak, a senior environmental official in Mondulkiri province, said the three-person team was attacked late Tuesday afternoon after patrolling in the Keo Siema wildlife conservation sanctuary. The dead civilian was a Cambodian employee of the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society. Keo Sopheak said the conservation team had confiscated chainsaws and motorcycles from some Vietnamese logging illegally. But the official said the team was returning from their patrol when they were attacked and killed by Cambodian security forces, who are known to collaborate with illegal loggers who smuggle the wood to neighboring Vietnam. Further circumstances of their deaths were not immediately clear.