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(AP) — A judge has removed a major hurdle to California's high-speed rail system, ruling that the $64 billion system does not violate promises made to the voters who approved it and that planning and financing can proceed. The ruling announced Tuesday came in a lawsuit filed by attorneys for Kings County and a group of landowners who claim the state's projections on ridership, construction and operating figures are not reliable. [...] Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Michael Kenny said the... Читать дальше...

(AP) — A judge has removed a major hurdle to California's high-speed rail system, ruling that the $64 billion system does not violate promises made to the voters who approved it and that planning and financing can proceed. The ruling announced Tuesday came in a lawsuit filed by attorneys for Kings County and a group of landowners who claim the state's projections on ridership, construction and operating figures are not reliable. [...] Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Michael Kenny said the... Читать дальше...

PRINCETON, New Jersey - Anna Ross scored 18 points and Michelle Nwokedi added 17 to help Penn beat Princeton 62-60 on Tuesday night for the Ivy League championship and the conference's bid to the NCAA Tournament.

The EU referendum returns to the front pages with stories focusing on the Queen and the Bank of England governor.

The slaying of Cpl. Nathan Cirillo while he stood guard at the National War Memorial in Ottawa galvanized the country, but now a Conservative MP is using his death to peddle Easter hams in a bizarre fundraising campaign.

BALTIMORE — The second trial for a police officer charged in the death of Freddie Gray is set for next month — a year after the black man’s neck was broken in a police van — and one of the officer’s colleagues will be forced to testify. The latest reshuffling of trial dates happened Tuesday when Maryland’s highest court ruled that Officer William Porter must testify against his fellow officers while he awaits retrial. The trial for Lt. Brian Rice, the highest-ranking officer charged in the Gray case... Читать дальше...

All the teams are as they enter the Pac-12 basketball tournament starting Wednesday in Las Vegas. On top of that, as the ninth seed, they take on eighth-seeded Washington in the tournament opener at 12:10 p.m. Wednesday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Stanford (15-14) gave up 94 points to Arizona on Saturday in a hail of three-point field goals, nine by longtime Cardinal nemesis Gabe York. UW has the highest scoring team in the conference, led by the No. 1 scorer in the Pac-12, guard Andrew Andrews... Читать дальше...

CLEARWATER, Florida - Darin Ruf hit a two-run homer in the first inning to help the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-2 on Tuesday.

Company put forward to operate ailing refinery lacks government authority.

Pyongyang has previously claimed it has nuclear warheads small enough to put on long-range missiles, but experts have questioned such claims.

TOKYO - Photo taken March 8, 2016, at the Canadian Embassy in Tokyo shows a Canadian girl looking at lantern...

From Brooklyn!

Because of injuries at the centre position, coach Mike Babcock doesn’t have much of a choice where one of the team’s top prospects begins his NHL career

MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ These Wisconsin lotteries were drawn Tuesday:

PALEMBANG, Indonesia - People gazed at the sky in wonder and cheered while others knelt in prayer as a total eclipse of the sun unfolded over Indonesia.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Daily Pick 4" game were:

MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Daily Pick 3" game were:

PHOENIX - An Arizona man charged with planning an attack on a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest in Texas took the witness stand Tuesday in his defense, steadfastly denying that he had knowledge that two friends were going to carry out a shooting outside the controversial event.

PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona man charged with planning an attack on a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest in Texas took the witness stand Tuesday in his defense, steadfastly denying that he had knowledge that two friends were going to carry out a shooting outside the controversial event. The 44-year-old moving company owner is accused of hosting friends at his home to discuss plans for the shooting and providing the guns used at the contest. Kareem is charged with conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State terrorist group... Читать дальше...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Skygazers from around the country caught a flight from Alaska to Hawaii on Tuesday for prime viewing of a total solar eclipse that will unfold over parts of Indonesia and the Indian and Pacific oceans.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Skygazers from around the country caught a flight from Alaska to Hawaii on Tuesday for prime viewing of a total solar eclipse that will unfold over parts of Indonesia …

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Skygazers from around the country caught a flight from Alaska to Hawaii on Tuesday for prime viewing of a total solar eclipse that will unfold over parts of Indonesia and the Indian and Pacific oceans.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Skygazers from around the country caught a flight from Alaska to Hawaii on Tuesday for prime viewing of a total solar eclipse that will unfold over parts of Indonesia and the Indian and Pacific oceans. Joe Rao, an associate astronomer at the American Museum of Natural History's Hayden Planetarium in New York, called Alaska Airlines last fall, explaining that the flight would be in the right place for the eclipse. The airline said it rescheduled the flight to depart 25 minutes later... Читать дальше...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Skygazers from around the country caught a flight from Alaska to Hawaii on Tuesday for prime viewing of a total solar eclipse that will unfold over parts of Indonesia and the Indian and Pacific oceans. Joe Rao, an associate astronomer at the American Museum of Natural History's Hayden Planetarium in New York, called Alaska Airlines last fall, explaining that the flight would be in the right place for the eclipse. The airline said it rescheduled the flight to depart 25 minutes later... Читать дальше...

Pakistan security forces on Tuesday rescued Shahbaz Taseer, who was kidnapped in 2011 eight months after his father, the governor of Punjab, was assassinated.The Pakistani military said in a statement that Taseer was found around Kuchlak, a town in western Pakistan in Balochistan province.On August 26, 2011, militants abducted him from his car on his way to his office in Lahore, senior police official Abdul Razaq Cheema said then. Authorities ...