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Judges have stalled President Donald Trump’s plans to deploy the National Guard in Chicago and in Portland, Oregon, but troops are now patrolling in Memphis, Tennessee, with the blessing of the state’s governor. The troops, dressed in Guard fatigues and protective vests, with guns in their holsters, patrolled at a Bass Pro Shops store and … Read more

The winning numbers in Friday evening’s drawing of the “Mega Millions” game were: 03-18-23-32-56, Mega Ball: 8, Megaplier: ATLANTA (AP) — The winning numbers in Friday evening’s drawing of the “Mega Millions” game were: 03-18-23-32-56, Mega Ball: 8 (three, eightteen, twenty-three, thirty-two, fifty-six, Mega Ball: eight Estimated jackpot: $575 million For more lottery results, go … Read more

DORAL, Fla. — DORAL, Fla. (AP) — Venezuelans in “Little Venezuela” — the largest home for the country’s natives in the United States — are welcoming the news that opposition leader Maria Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize with bittersweetness as deportation threats loom. The Trump administration has ended Temporary Protected Status and humanitarian … Read more

McEWEN, Tenn. — McEWEN, Tenn. (AP) — Officials were investigating a blast that leveled an explosives plant in rural Tennessee, as families of the 18 people missing and feared dead waited anxiously Saturday for answers. The explosion Friday morning at Accurate Energetic Systems, which supplies and researches explosives for the military, scattered debris over at … Read more

NEW ORLEANS — NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A New Orleans family cleaning up their overgrown backyard made an extremely unusual find: Under the weeds was a mysterious marble tablet with Latin characters that included the phrase “spirits of the dead.” “The fact that it was in Latin that really just gave us pause, right?” said … Read more

NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — It was January 2004 and Donald Trump and Letitia James, a fellow New Yorker who would become his nemesis, were embarking on new ventures that would launch their political careers. Trump’s show “The Apprentice,” which introduced him to a new generation of Americans, premiered on NBC. James was … Read more

NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — Two jurors who voted in June to convict Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault said they regret the decision and only did so because others on the panel bullied them, the former movie mogul’s lawyers said in a newly public court filing. Weinstein’s lawyers are seeking to overturn his … Read more

WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — A food aid program that supports millions of low-income mothers and their young children received a $300 million infusion from the Trump administration this week, alleviating some anxiety that it would run out of money during the government shutdown. The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children helps … Read more

COLUMBIA, S.C. — COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina inmate who spent 42 years on death row has died of natural causes at a prison hospital, according to the state Department of Corrections. Fred Singleton, 81, was sentenced to die in 1983 for raping and strangling a woman in Newberry County and stealing her … Read more

GREENSBORO, N.C. — GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina state legislator accused this week of sex-related crimes involving a 15-year-old appeared in court remotely from a hospital bed while still in custody Friday, and a judge set his bond at just over $1 million. Democratic state Rep. Cecil Brockman of High Point, who was … Read more