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President Trump on Monday authorized his top trade official to look into whether China is guilty of intellectual property theft, a move that could eventually lead to trade sanctions.
Trump called his action "a very big move" against practices that cost our nation "millions of jobs and billions and billions of dollars each and every year."
He cited not just the theft of intellectual property such as computer software, but also Beijing's requirement that U.S. companies turn over proprietary technology as a condition of entering China's markets.
"We will safeguard the copyrights, patents, trademarks, trade secrets and other intellectual property that is so vital to our security and to our prosperity," Trump said at the White House. He was flanked by U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and members of his economic team.
Monday's steps were very preliminary, and analysts say that it could be a long time, if ever, before significant trade sanctions are imposed on China.
Eventually, it could lead the administration to initiate what's called a Section 301 investigation, a sanctions mechanism that's part of the Trade Act of 1974.
Section 301 was widely used in the 1980s under the Reagan administration. More recently US presidents have complied with a requirement to obtain World Trade Organization authorization before using Section 301.
But Trump has implied he may use Section 301 without WTO authorization. Bypassing the WTO would be quicker.
"It saves time," says Matt Gold, a former deputy assistant US trade representative. A WTO case "would take a few years for us to bring it to a WTO panel, get a decision, then it will get appealed to the WTO appellate body. Then we get another decision. Then we have to go through another WTO process to get authorization for specific types of trade barriers. ... So it can take a few years to get the WTO authorization."
But Gold says using Section 301 without WTO authorization would leave the US government in conflict with its obligations under international law.
The White House move was applauded by technology groups, which have long complained about intellectual property theft. The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation issued a statement saying "for too long China has flouted the spirit, if not always the letter of its commitments under the WTO and other agreements."
Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, said launching the investigation sends a strong signal to China that it will be held accountable if it doesn't work with the United States to level the playing field. But he said the Trump administration needs to go further to address dumping of products such as steel. "We need to follow through with meaningful action and that means the president needs to get serious about trade enforcement, especially on steel," Brown said.
But there are risks to the White House approach. Caroline Freund, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, says U.S. companies that try to do business with China could get hurt in several ways. "China is likely to retaliate with tariffs on their own of U.S. goods, and then U.S. companies will be further hurt in China," she said. "It won't lead to anything positive."
In an editorial on Monday, the state-run newspaper China Daily said the investigation will "poison" relations.
But Freund also points out that for all of Trump's rhetoric about China while on the campaign trail, the White House so far has been slow to take action against unfair trade practices. Trump backed off of labeling China a currency manipulator for instance, and a long promised report on steel dumping has been delayed.
She says that's because it's one thing to talk about steel tariffs, but imposing them hurts other U.S. manufacturers, such as automakers and appliance companies.
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By some estimates, U.S. companies lose as much as $300 billion a year to China because of the theft of intellectual property. Today President Trump formally asked the U.S. trade representative to look into the problem, and NPR's Jim Zarroli reports that investigation could eventually lead to trade sanctions against China.
JIM ZARROLI, BYLINE: President Trump said intellectual property theft costs the United States millions of jobs each year. That includes the forced transfer of valuable technology from U.S. companies as a condition of access to China's markets. Trump said, for too long, wealth has been drained from our country while Washington turned a blind eye.
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PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: We will safeguard the copyrights, patents, trademarks, trade secrets and other intellectual property that is so vital to our security and to our prosperity.
ZARROLI: The steps announced by the White House today are very preliminary. U.S. trade representative Robert Lighthizer will essentially look into the issue, and depending on what he finds, the administration could initiate what's called a Section 301 investigation, a rarely used mechanism from the 1974 Trade Act. That would eventually allow the U.S. government to impose tariffs on China, and it could do so unilaterally without having to go through the World Trade Organization. Matt Gold is a former deputy assistant U.S. trade representative.
MATT GOLD: It saves time. The WTO case - it would take a few years for us to bring it to a WTO panel, get a decision. Then it will get appealed to the WTO appellate body. Then we get another decision.
ZARROLI: The president's move was applauded by technology groups who have long complained about IP theft. The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation issued a statement saying, for too long, China has flouted the spirit, if not always the letter, of its commitments under the WTO and other agreements.
Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio said launching the investigation sends a strong signal to China that it will be held accountable if it doesn't work with the U.S. to level the playing field. But he said the Trump administration needs to go further to address the dumping of products such as steel.
SHERROD BROWN: We need to follow through with meaningful action. And that means the president needs to get serious about trade enforcement, especially on steel.
ZARROLI: But there are risks to what the White House is embarking on. Trade disputes are typically arbitrated by the WTO, and acting unilaterally could backfire. Caroline Freund, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, says U.S. companies that try to do business with China could get hurt in several ways.
CAROLINE FREUND: One, China is likely to retaliate with tariffs of their own on U.S. goods, and then U.S. companies will be further hurt in China. It won't lead to anything positive.
ZARROLI: But Freund also points out that for all of Trump's rhetoric on the campaign trail, the White House has so far been slow to take action against unfair trade practices. Trump backed off of labeling China a currency manipulator, for instance, and a long-promised report on steel dumping has been delayed.
FREUND: The administration embarks on something. They think it's going to be simple. Let's just impose tariffs on steel. But then it turns out to be a lot more complicated because of the way the economy is so intertwined.
ZARROLI: It's one thing to talk about steel tariffs, for example, Freund says, but imposing them hurts other U.S. manufacturers such as automakers and appliance companies. President Trump has asked for an investigation into intellectual property theft, but any action to stop it still seems a long way off. Jim Zarroli, NPR News, New York.
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Last year, U.S. companies that sought to bring highly skilled workers to the U.S. filed 236,000 petitions that went into a lottery for just 85,000 H1-B visas, the legal cap. The bulk of the winners: Indian computer specialists, many of them graduates of U.S. universities.\nYale-Loehr says that places like Europe and Australia have special visas to attract such talent, but that the United States doesn\'t.\n"We have to shoehorn high-tech workers into categories like the H1-B, and it\'s getting more difficult every year," he says.\nIndeed, newly introduced legislation in Congress and drafts of executive orders reportedly circulating in the Trump White House would tighten the H1-B program.\nIndian software services firms last year earned 60 percent of their $108 billion in export revenues from the U.S. Their executives will travel to Washington this month to lobby against measures that take aim at one of India\'s most successful industries.\nOne bill proposes more than doubling the minimum wage of H1-B holders, which by law is set at $60,000. Critics argue the H1-B has been misused to displace American workers, and that there has been an incentive to prefer Indian IT workers because they are cheaper.\nShailesh Chitnis, with the data mining and analysis company Compile, says that while the median salary for all H1-B holders is $71,000, most but not all Indian outsourcers pay below that. If they had to double salaries, Chitnis says, Indian IT companies would have to change their 20-year-old business model.\n"Because these organizations are not going to be bringing in people at $120,000 to fill those jobs — it would simply be too expensive," he says. "They\'ll have to look at some other alternatives."\nBut Shevendra Singh with India\'s National Association of Software Services Companies, or NASSCOM, refutes allegations that Indian companies are dislocating American workers or supplying low-paid labor. Singh says there is demand in the U.S. for Indian technical talent because of a severe shortage of qualified Americans with degrees in science, technology, engineering and math.\n"The crux of the issue is the STEM skill shortage in the U.S.," Singh says.\nIn its 2012 report, the U.S. president\'s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology found that "fewer than 40-percent of students who enter college intending to major in a STEM field complete a STEM degree." The council concluded that in the next decade, economic forecasts point to a need to produce "approximately 1 million more college graduates in STEM fields than expected under current assumptions."\nR. Chandrashekhar, president of NASSCOM, says that if the skills aren\'t available in the U.S. — and companies can\'t bring workers in — the jobs either won\'t get done or they will go out of the country and be done remotely.\n"Talent has become more important than investment or trade," he says. "And those who consciously cut themselves off from the global supply chains of talent are depriving themselves of a good thing."\nChandrashekhar notes that the intermingling of American and Indian ingenuity helped build Silicon Valley, and says protectionist impulses could weaken the United States, and what makes it unique.\n"America is No. 1," Chandrashekhar says. "What has really helped them to rise, absolutely, to the top, is that they have attracted talent from across the world. ... It would be really a pity if that was reversed without thinking it through."\nImmigration expert Yale-Loehr, co-author of a 21-volume treatise on immigration law, agrees that the United States faces a crisis in maintaining its innovative and competitive edge, and says it should be inviting more, not less, IT talent to its shores.\n"In a globalized economy, the best and the brightest want to work in the best places — and if they\'re unable work in the United States, or it takes too long or is too difficult, they\'ll find a place in Canada or Europe or India where their talents can be appreciated," he says.\nIf implemented, Yale-Loehr says the draft executive order would initiate a review of the H1-B program but likely have no direct, immediate impact.\nHowever, he says "it sends a strong signal that we no longer like foreign workers — we\'re all about only U.S. workers."\nThat, Yale-Loehr says, is eventually going to hurt the U.S.\nCopyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.\nROBERT SIEGEL, HOST:\nIn India, tech companies are worried that the Trump administration is preparing to limit visas for foreign skilled workers. A huge number of those visas called H-1Bs are held by Indians, but Congress and the White House say the program could be a threat to American jobs. From New Delhi, NPR\'s Julie McCarthy has more.\nJULIE MCCARTHY, BYLINE: In the alphabet soup of U.S. visas, the H-1B is arguably the most coveted.\nSTHEPHEN YALE-LOEHR: An H-1B visa is a kind of temporary work visa that allows professionals from other countries to work in the United States for a designated U.S. employer.\nMCCARTHY: Cornell immigration law professor Stephen Yale-Loehr says the program is in big demand. Last year, U.S. companies that sought to bring high-skilled workers to the states filed 236,000 petitions that went to a lottery that drew just 85,000 H-1B visas. The bulk of the winners - Indian computer specialists, many graduates from U.S. universities. Yale-Loehr says places like Europe and Australia have special visas to attract such talent.\nYALE-LOEHR: We don\'t, and so we have to shoehorn those high-tech workers into existing categories like the H-1B. And it\'s getting more difficult every year.\nKELLY MCEVERS, HOST:\nNewly introduced legislation in Congress and drafts of executive orders reportedly circulating in the Trump White House would tighten the H-1B program. The stakes are high for Indian IT firms. Using H-1Bs, they earn tens of billions of dollars each year outsourcing tech talent to the U.S. One bill proposes doubling the minimum wage of H-1B holders.\nCritics say there\'s an incentive to prefer Indian IT workers because they are cheap. Analyst Shailesh Chitnis says if the median salary for all H-1B holders is $71,000, several - not all - Indian outsourcers pay slightly below that. And if they had to double salaries, he says Indian IT companies would have to change their business model.\nSHAILESH CHITNES: These organizations are not going to be bringing in people at $120,000 to fill those jobs. It would simply be too expensive. They\'ll have to look at some other alternatives.\nMCCARTHY: India\'s IT executives refute allegations that Indians are displacing American workers. There is a demand in the U.S. for Indian technical talent, they argue, because of a severe shortage of Americans with degrees in science, engineering and math. The president of the group representing Indian software services companies, R. Chandrashekhar, says talent has become more important than investment or trade.\nR. CHANDRASHEKHAR: And those who consciously cut themselves off from the global supply chains of talent are depriving themselves of a good thing.\nMCCARTHY: Chandrashekhar notes that intermingling of American and Indian ingenuity helped build Silicon Valley and says protectionist impulses would weaken the U.S. and what makes it unique.\nCHANDRASHEKAR: America is number one. What has really helped them to rise absolutely to the top is that they have attracted talent from across the world, from every corner of the world. And that\'s what has made them who they are. It would be really a pity if that was reversed without thinking it through.\nMCCARTHY: Immigration expert Stephen Yale-Loehr says if implemented, the draft executive order would initiate a review of the H-1B program and likely have no direct immediate impact.\nYALE-LOEHR: But it sends a strong signal that we\'d no longer like foreign workers. We\'re all about only U.S. workers. 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This is a year Genevieve Fisher is unlikely to forget.
First, the 25-year-old country singer-songwriter saw her song, Take It On Home, break through the Top 40 country music charts after four successive songs reached the Top 50.
A month later Fisher won the country music category at the Jack Richardson London Music Awards.
Then, the Country Music Association of Ontario announced Fisher and London native Jessica Mitchell were both nominated for the association’s female artist of the year award, later won by Meghan Patrick.
And, now, Fisher’s newest single, You Me We, is her second consecutive single to break into the Top 40, up against Canadian and American country stars.
“It’s just been amazing,” said Fisher, who also found time along the way to get married to Brian Shaw.
“This year’s been crazy.
How far You Me We will climb is anyone’s guess. So far, Fisher said it’s been a “roller coaster ride” with the tune.
“Every song is different and you never know what’s going to happen,” Fisher said. “This was a tough song. I was getting worried because it wasn’t getting picked up (by radio stations) but then all of a sudden they started playing it.”
Other songs by Fisher that made the Top 50, but not beyond, include July (2012), Shut Down This Day (2013), Bad Enough (2013) and Night In Night Out (2014).
The graduate of Western University’s Don Wright Faculty of Music was identified by the TopCountry.ca website, as one of the emerging country artists to watch in 2017 and she has not disappointed.
To date, there is no plan to put out an album. Fisher is an independent artist not signed to a label.
“I want to make sure I’m putting out songs that I really want to sing,” said Fisher, who’s not opposed to signing with a label.
“So I feel like there’s more pluses to be an indie artist right now because you have the freedom to do what you want and when you want to do it.”
Fisher said her calendar for next summer’s festival season is “packed” and she hasn’t yet heard if she’ll be performing at this year’s Country Music Association of Ontario’s awards gala being held in London June 3 at Centennial Hall.
“I’m not sure, but I would love to,” said Fisher. “It’ll be an interesting year and we’ll have to wait and see what happens.”
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Question: Firm Behind 'Fearless Girl' Statue Underpaid Female, Black Execs, U.S. Says

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The State Street Corporation, a financial services company that put the "Fearless Girl" statue on Wall Street to promote the importance of women working in corporate leadership roles, will pay $5 million after an investigation found that it underpaid female and black executives.
The company denies any wrongdoing, but will pay as part of a settlement with the Department of Labor. Law360 reported on the payout earlier this week, and Bloomberg posted the text of the conciliation agreement online.
The Department of Labor investigation found "statistically significant" differences in the pay given women and men in leadership roles at the firm, as well as between the compensation of black and white employees. The differences persisted when the investigators accounted for "legitimate factors," the Department of Labor says.
A spokeswoman for the company tells NPR the investigation, which began in 2012, examined executive pay at the company's Boston headquarters in 2010 and 2011. In an official statement, the company says it "disagreed with" the findings of the investigation but "made a decision to bring this six-year-old matter to resolution and move forward."
State Street is "committed to equal pay practices," the company's statement continued.
State Street Corporation commissioned the Fearless Girl statue on Wall Street in honor of International Women's Day this year.
The "confident young" girl is staring down the famous Charging Bull statue — much to the chagrin of Arturo Di Modica, that statue's sculptor, who says it unacceptably alters the meaning of his work.
The statuary stand-off gained a new participant for a few hours this spring, when a small pug statue lifted its leg beside the Fearless Girl's foot.
After installing the statue, State Street said the piece of art sent a "powerful message." "[O]ur goal was to raise awareness and drive a conversation around the need to improve gender diversity in corporate leadership roles," the company wrote. It also shared advice on how to increase the representation of women on corporate boards.
The statue had a mixed reaction from the start.
In March, NPR's Rose Friedman reported that some people were charmed by it, but others — like economist Sylvia Ann Hewlett — had fundamental objections. Hewlett didn't criticize State Street itself; she called it more progressive than many of its competitors. But the statue ...
"Please don't depict American womanhood as a cute 9-year-old," Hewlett told Rose. "The choice of portraying the fierce female as someone who is immature, as someone who hasn't tangled with the world, is a little bit of a travesty."

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The judge later accepted Margraves’ explanation that he “lost control” of his emotions and said she would not punish him.\nThe chaotic scene began minutes after sisters Lauren and Madison Margraves had concluded tearful victim statements on the second day of a sentencing hearing in Eaton County, following similar presentations by scores of other women through previous court sessions.\nNassar has already been sentenced to up to 175 years in prison for his guilty plea in neighboring Ingham County to molesting young women under the guise of medical treatment. He is scheduled to receive an additional sentence on Monday for his guilty plea to related charges in Eaton County.\nAt a news conference with his family and attorney hours after the outburst, Margraves apologized for his behavior, saying he was “remorseful” and “embarrassed” for losing his composure.\n“I am no hero. My daughters are heroes, and all the victims and survivors of this terrible atrocity,” he said, adding that he became enraged when “I had to hear what was said in those (victim) statements, and I had to look over at Larry Nassar shaking his head.”\nMargraves said he had never heard the explicit details of what his daughters endured at the hands of Nassar until he listened to their accounts in court.\nA tall, burly man with thick gray hair, Margraves said his relationship with his daughters had long been “strained, distant and difficult. Now I know the main reason. The reason was Larry Nassar.”\n“Now I have to deal with the fact that I failed to protect my daughters,” he added.\nThe courtroom disturbance came after Margraves, standing alongside his daughters and wife, asked if Judge Janice Cunningham, as part of sentencing, would “grant me five minutes in a locked room” with Nassar.\nThe judge replied that was not an option and rebuked Margraves for his vulgar language in calling Nassar “a son of a bitch” in court. Margraves then asked for one minute alone instead. The judge demurred again as some in the courtroom laughed uncomfortably.\nThe father then bolted towards Nassar, seated in an orange jump suit behind a nearby table. Margraves’ daughters’ hands flew to their mouths, and one of Nassar’s lawyers moved to shield his client.\n‘WHAT IF THIS HAPPENED TO YOU?’\nRandall Margraves (L) lunges at Larry Nassar,(wearing orange) a former team USA Gymnastics doctor who pleaded guilty in November 2017 to sexual assault charges, during victim statements of his sentencing in the Eaton County Circuit Court in Charlotte, Michigan, U.S., February 2, 2018. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook\nGasps, cries and shouts filled the courtroom as Margraves was wrestled to the floor, knocking items off a desk on the way down before he was handcuffed, while Nassar was whisked to safety.\n“One minute!” Margraves demanded repeatedly, his head pinned down. As uniformed officers pulled him from the courtroom, he implored them, “What if this happened to you guys?”\nThe judge then ordered a recess.\nThe attempted attack underscored the anguish Nassar’s abuse has caused his victims’ parents, some of whom were present in the doctor’s exam room even as Nassar, unbeknownst to them, was molesting their children. Several have spoken in court about the guilt they feel for exposing their children to a sexual predator.\n“I failed my own daughter,” Lynn Erickson said tearfully in court on Friday, as her daughter Ashley, one of Nassar’s victims, wiped away tears.\nSlideshow (15 Images)\nMargraves’ daughters had also described the impact on their parents. At Nassar’s first sentencing hearing last month, his oldest daughter Morgan said her father “went out driving to look for him around East Lansing” after news of his abuse broke.\n“I‘m not exactly sure what he would have done if he saw him,” she said. “However, he felt he still had to protect us in the way fathers do for their daughters.”\nThe county sheriff said his office would decide by next week whether to seek criminal charges against Margrave for his conduct. An online fundraising page at the website GoFundMe had collected more than $18,000 for the father’s potential legal fees by early evening.\nFollowing the recess in Friday’s proceedings, the judge declined to cite Margraves for contempt of court.\n”There is no way that this court is going to issue any type of punishment, given the circumstances of this case,“ Cunningham said.”\nRelated Coverage Once reluctant, Nassar victims lead each other out of shadows\nSocial media users expressed near universal support for Margraves.\n“We all understand this father’s action,” said actor and pro-wrestler Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. “Nassar’s punishment will go far beyond sentencing. Behind bars, he’ll soon know what hell means.”\nThe case against Nassar, who is also serving a 60-year federal term for child pornography convictions, has sparked investigations into how U.S. Olympic officials, USA Gymnastics, the sport’s governing body, and Michigan State University, where Nassar also worked, failed to investigate complaints about him going back years.\nIn the latest fallout from the scandal, Valeri Liukin, the coordinator of the U.S. women’s gymnastics team, said on Friday that he was resigning.\nIn a statement cited by NBC News, Liukin said, “The present climate causes me, and more importantly my family, far too much stress, difficulty and uncertainty.”\nUSA Gymnastics said in a statement that it had accepted Liukin’s resignation.']' but very far from '['Represent the article to find a fitting news title', 'Trump call for unity among Americans in his State of the Union address last night met with alarm from minorities\nTrump call for unity among Americans in his State of the Union address last night met with alarm from minorities\nRose McGowan says it\'s time for Harvey Weinstein to drop his story about a "consensual" relationship\nRose McGowan says it\'s time for Harvey Weinstein to drop his story about a "consensual" relationship\nRose McGowan to Harvey Weinstein: There was no consent\nRose McGowan to Harvey Weinstein: There was no consent\nA law enforcement official says there\'s no indication a man identified in court documents as a "person of interest" after the Las Vegas massacre committed a federal crime or had any involvement or knowledge of the mass shooting.\nA law enforcement official says there\'s no indication a man identified in court documents as a "person of interest" after the Las Vegas massacre committed a federal crime or had any involvement or knowledge of the mass shooting.\nNearly 30 more women and girls have confronted disgraced former sports doctor Larry Nassar in a Michigan courtroom as he awaits another sentencing for sexual assaults under the guise of medical treatment\nNearly 30 more women and girls have confronted disgraced former sports doctor Larry Nassar in a Michigan courtroom as he awaits another sentencing for sexual assaults under the guise of medical treatment\nFans attending the Super Bowl in Minneapolis will have the chance to go through security screening off-site, and out of the elements\nFans attending the Super Bowl in Minneapolis will have the chance to go through security screening off-site, and out of the elements\nComedian Roy Wood Jr. on why comedians are the "white blood cells of a sickened democracy"\nComedian Roy Wood Jr. on why comedians are the "white blood cells of a sickened democracy"\nComedian Roy Wood Jr. on joking around in the era of Trump\nComedian Roy Wood Jr. on joking around in the era of Trump\nLos Angeles police say middle school shooting that critically injured a boy was accidental; 12-year-old girl booked for negligent discharge of a firearm.\nLos Angeles police say middle school shooting that critically injured a boy was accidental; 12-year-old girl booked for negligent discharge of a firearm.\nProsecutors: Gun went off in girl\'s backpack at LA school\nProsecutors: Gun went off in girl\'s backpack at LA school\nA father of three victims of Larry Nassar has tried to attack the disgraced former sports doctor during a court hearing in Michigan.\nA father of three victims of Larry Nassar has tried to attack the disgraced former sports doctor during a court hearing in Michigan.\nThe Latest: Dad who lunged at Nassar says he\'s \'no hero\'\nThe Latest: Dad who lunged at Nassar says he\'s \'no hero\'\nActor and screenwriter Paul Rudd will be subjected to a comedic roast as he picks up his 2018 Man of the Year award from the nation\'s oldest collegiate theatrical organization at Harvard University.\nActor and screenwriter Paul Rudd will be subjected to a comedic roast as he picks up his 2018 Man of the Year award from the nation\'s oldest collegiate theatrical organization at Harvard University.\nNN California\'s water managers are carrying out their mid-winter snowpack survey as the winter\'s dry spell persists.\nNN California\'s water managers are carrying out their mid-winter snowpack survey as the winter\'s dry spell persists.\nCancer from cellphones? 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Katherine Ebert, left, gives her statement during Larry Nassar\'s sentencing at Eaton County Circuit Court in Charlotte, Mich., on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018. Nassar is seated far right. The former Michigan Sta...\n(Cory Morse /The Grand Rapids Press via AP). Erin Blayer, left, listens to Michigan Assistant Attorney General Angela Povilaitis before giving her statement during Larry Nassar\'s sentencing at Eaton County Circuit Court in Charlotte on Wednesday, Jan. ...\n(Cory Morse /The Grand Rapids Press via AP). Larry Nassar appears for his sentencing at Eaton County Circuit Court in Charlotte, Mich., on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018. The former Michigan State University sports-medicine and USA Gymnastics doctor is being...\n(AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File). FILE - In this March 3, 2012, file photo, gymnastics coach John Geddert is seen at the American Cup gymnastics meet at Madison Square Garden in New York. Gymnasts who were molested by sports doctor Larry Nassar are reser...\n(Cory Morse /The Grand Rapids Press via AP). Larry Nassar, right, swears in during his sentencing near defense attorney Matthew Newberg at Eaton County Circuit Court in Charlotte on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018. The former Michigan State University sports-...\nCHARLOTTE, Mich. (AP) - The Latest on the final sentencing hearing for disgraced former sports doctor Larry Nassar (all times local):\n5:55 p.m.\nA man who tried to attack Larry Nassar in a Michigan courtroom has publicly apologized again and insists he\'s "no hero."\nRandall Margraves told reporters Friday that he\'s remorseful and embarrassed. He says, "This cannot be a lawless society."\nMargraves lunged at the disgraced former sports doctor after listening to two daughters speak in court about how they were sexually abused. A third daughter also says she was a victim. Sheriff\'s deputies tackled Margraves.\nMargraves says he lost control when it appeared that Nassar was shaking his head during his daughters\' statements.\nMorgan Margraves says her father was hearing some details for the first time. She says he reacted "like most fathers would have done, and probably wanted to do, in a situation like this."\n___\n12:35 p.m.\nA judge says there\'s "no way" she will punish a father of three victims of Larry Nassar after the dad tried to attack the former sports doctor in a Michigan courtroom.\nRandall Margraves apologized Friday, a few hours after he charged toward Nassar during a sentencing hearing in Eaton County, Michigan.\nJudge Janice Cunningham says a punishment isn\'t appropriate based on the crimes committed by Nassar and the anguish felt by families. But she also says it\'s wrong to "combat assault with assault."\nCunningham could have given Margraves a jail sentence or fine as she considered whether to hold him in contempt of court.\nNassar must listen to scores of victims before he\'s sentenced next week for sexual assault. He\'s admitted molesting young gymnasts. He\'s already been sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison in another county.\n___\n11:50 a.m.\nA doctor who specializes in gynecology says Larry Nassar molested her at age 11 at a camp for elite gymnasts.\nBrittney Schumann says she couldn\'t be an advocate for women\'s health by staying anonymous. She told Nassar, a former sports doctor, that he\'s a "disgrace" to the medical profession.\nVictims are confronting Nassar in court in Eaton County, Michigan. Earlier Friday, a father of three of Nassar\'s accusers tried to attack Nassar. Bailiffs quickly tackled the father.\nNassar will be sentenced next week for molesting three girls at a gymnastics club, but he first must listen to dozens of victims. He\'s already been sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison in another Michigan county.\nNassar worked at Michigan State University and at USA Gymnastics, which trains Olympians.\n___\n10:50 a.m.\nA sentencing hearing has resumed for Larry Nassar after a father of three of his victims tried to attack the disgraced former sports doctor in a Michigan courtroom.\nRandall Margraves was quickly tackled by bailiffs Friday when he lunged at Nassar. Two of Margraves\' daughters are among more than 30 victims who\'ve given statements during the hearing, which began Wednesday.\nThe judge resumed the hearing after about 25 minutes. She said the pain and suffering endured by Nassar\'s victims is "unthinkable," but that families can\'t react with physical violence.\nThe hearing focuses on sexual abuse that occurred while Nassar worked with Twistars, an elite Michigan gymnastics club.\nMore than 150 girls and women confronted Nassar in a separate case focused on his time with Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics. He was sentenced to up to 175 years in prison in that case.\n___\n9:20 a.m.\nA father of three victims of Larry Nassar has tried to attack the disgraced former sports doctor during a court hearing in Michigan.\nBailiffs tackled the father Friday morning in the courtroom.\nAfter two of his daughters spoke, the father, Randall Margraves, asked the judge for "five minutes" in a locked room with Nassar. The judge said she could not do that.\nMargraves then asked for one minute, but the judge said she also couldn\'t allow it. He then rushed at Nassar.\nTwo of his daughters had given statements to the court. They said their other sister also had been molested by Nassar.\nCrying could be heard in the courtroom as Nassar was escorted out. Assistant Attorney General Angela Povilaitis told families in the courtroom to "use your words" and that violence "is not helping your children."\n___\n9:05 a.m.\nA Michigan judge says controversial comments made by an attorney for disgraced former sports doctor Larry Nassar were "unfortunate."\nJudge Janice Cunningham opened the second day of Nassar\'s final sentencing hearing on Friday by addressing comments that attorney Shannon Smith made the day before to radio station WWJ.\nSmith said she had doubts about the large number of women and girls who say they are victims.\nThe judge says Nassar didn\'t authorize the statements and has disavowed them. Cunningham says it\'s unfortunate Smith made the comments during the sentencing proceedings.\nCunningham says "what is relevant is for the court to hear each individual story and how the criminal actions of the defendant impacted each individual\'s life."\nThe hearing focuses on Nassar\'s work with Twistars, an elite Michigan gymnastics club. More than 30 victims have given statements so far. During a similar hearing that ended last week, more than 150 girls and women came forward.\n___\n11 p.m.\nDisgraced gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar is expected to hear from more victims who say he molested them when his third and final sentencing hearing resumes.\nThe proceedings that continue on Friday probably will extend into next week.\nThis time the focus is on abuse that happened at the elite Twistars gymnastics club in Michigan where Nassar offered treatments. The young athletes who confronted Nassar on Wednesday saved some of their harshest words for John Geddert, an Olympic coach who operated Twistars.\nThey said Geddert created an ultra-competitive atmosphere, was indifferent to injuries and rarely offered gymnasts any choice to see a different doctor.\nGeddert has been suspended by USA Gymnastics, the sport\'s governing body, and has announced his retirement. He transferred ownership of the gym to his wife.\nCopyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.']'.

Question: Fed raises key rate and unveils plan to reduce bond holdings

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve has raised its key interest rate for the third time in six months, providing its latest vote of confidence in a slow-growing but durable economy. The Fed also announced plans to start gradually paring its bond holdings later this year, which could cause long-term rates to rise.
The increase in the Fed’s short-term rate by a quarter-point to a still-low range of 1 percent to 1.25 percent could lead to higher borrowing costs for consumers and businesses and slightly better returns for savers. The Fed foresees one additional rate hike this year but gave no hint of when that might occur.
The overarching message the Fed sent Wednesday was an upbeat one: It believes the U.S. economy is on firm footing as it enters its ninth year of recovery from the Great Recession, with little risk of a recession. Though the economy is growing only sluggishly and though inflation remains chronically below the Fed’s 2 percent target, it foresees improvement in both measures over time.
And the most important pillar of the economy — the job market — remains solid if slowing, with employment at a 16-year-low of 4.3 percent — even below the level the Fed associates with full employment.
The Fed’s decision to raise rates, announced in a statement after its latest policy meeting, was approved 8-1, with Neel Kashkari, head of the Fed’s Minneapolis regional bank, dissenting in favor of holding rates unchanged.
The announcement that the Fed plans to begin paring its balance sheet later this year — “provided that the economy evolves broadly as anticipated” — involves its enormous portfolio of Treasury and mortgage bonds. The Fed began buying the bonds after the Great Recession to try to depress long-term loan rates. That effort resulted in a five-fold increase in its portfolio to $4.5 trillion.
On Wednesday, the Fed said it would eventually allow a small amount of bonds to mature without being replaced — an amount that would gradually rise as markets adjusted to the process. This process could put upward pressure on long-term borrowing rates.
The Fed would start with monthly reductions in Treasury holdings of no more than $6 billion and $4 billion in mortgage bonds. Those figures would rise in increments over a year until they reached $30 billion a month in Treasurys and $20 billion in mortgage bonds.
“With the Fed stating its intentions to start reducing the size of the balance sheet this year, it is offering a clear vote of confidence for the economy,” said Curt Long, chief economist of the National Association of Federally Insured Credit Unions.
The Fed also issued updated economic forecasts that showed it foresees one additional rate increase this year to follow Wednesday’s increase and an earlier rate hike in March.
The rate forecast, based on individual projections from each member, envisions three more rate hikes in 2018 and three more in 2019. By then, the Fed’s forecast would put its key policy rate at 3 percent. That’s the level the Fed believes is a neutral rate — neither stimulating growth nor restraining it.
But the Fed’s forecasts are only predictions and are frequently revised as its assessments evolve. Some economists suggested that even though the Fed foresees one more rate hike this year, the persistently low inflation may lead it to leave rates alone until 2018. Some also note that political paralysis in Washington has raised doubts about whether Congress will increase the nation’s borrowing limit and pass a new budget. That possibility, too, could lead the Fed to wait.
Another rate hike this year is “becoming less of a sure thing as every month of data comes out,” said Michael Dolega, senior economist at TD Economics. If inflation doesn’t pick up, he said, the Fed will find that raising rates and reducing its balance sheet is “going to be a difficult maneuver.”
The Fed’s revised forecasts reduced its estimate for unemployment by year’s end to 4.3 percent from a March projection of 4.5 percent. Unemployment has already reached a 16-year low of 4.3 percent.
The Fed kept forecast for economic growth this year of 2.2 percent, up slightly from its March forecast, with growth of 2.1 percent in 2018 and 1.9 percent in 2019. Those forecasts are far below the 3 percent annual growth the Trump administration has said it can achieve through tax cuts, deregulation and tougher enforcement of trade rules to protect American jobs.
The central bank updated its inflation projections to take account of a slowdown. It forecast that prices will rise just 1.6 percent this year, down from a March forecast of 1.9 percent. The Fed still foresees prices, as measured by a gauge tied to consumer spending, rising 2 percent in 2018 and 2019, achieving its target.
President Donald Trump is expected soon to fill three vacancies on the Fed’s influential board, and those new members, depending on who they are, could alter its rate-setting policy.
Some news reports have mentioned leading candidates to fill the vacancies. They include Randal Quarles, a top Treasury official in two past Republican administrations, for the vice chairman’s job of overseeing bank regulation. Marvin Goodfriend, an economist at Carnegie Mellon University, has been mentioned for another board spot, and Robert Jones, chief executive of Old National Bancorp in Indiana, reportedly is a candidate for a board seat designated for a community banker.
The betting is that the administration will choose officials who will tilt the Fed toward a more “hawkish” stance. Hawks tend to worry that rates kept too low for too long could escalate inflation or fuel asset bubbles. By contrast, “doves” favor the direction taken under Chair Janet Yellen, favoring relatively low rates to maximize employment.
Yellen, the first woman to lead the Fed, is serving a term that will end in February. So far, Trump has sent conflicting signals about whether he plans to nominate her for a second term.
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AP Economics Writer Paul Wiseman contributed to this report.
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A rare chance to see three of folk music’s finest on stage together is at Lincoln Drill Hall next week as Mike McGoldrick, John McCusker and John Doyle team up for a special concert.
Key members of the BBC’s acclaimed transatlantic sessions, McGoldrick, McCusker and Doyle are joining forces to present the best in modern contemporary folk.
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The hugely popular Summer Festival returns for four days on July 5-8 this year with a feast of great live music on the town's main streets. Last year saw the festival back on the streets for the first time in 17 years.
The final bill for this year's spectacle will be north of €60k and the organisers are hugely thankful to Longford County Council and other main sponsors this year.
The live music will get underway at 7pm on Main Street on Thursday evening, July 5 with local favourite David Kiernan, and then one of the rising stars on the Irish country scene, Johnny Brady. The music will continue until 11pm.
Popular Irish band, Hermitage Green are the headline act on the Friday night and will be supported by FIELDS and other local acts with the festivities underway on Ballymahon Street.
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Dear Amy: I was snooping in my son's basement and discovered he is growing weed. Should I confront him? He could lose his job, house, reputation and shared custody of his daughter.
I am a nervous wreck thinking about how to approach him. My husband would have a stroke if he found out. I know I should do something, but what?
-- Sad Mom
Dear Sad: Here's what you should do: Stop snooping in your son's basement.
Unless he has a sophisticated commercial marijuana ranch down there, you should assume this is for his own use, and leave it alone.
If you absolutely cannot stand it and must confront him about this, you will have to tell him the truth about your own behavior. One natural consequence of your admission would be for him to stop trusting you.
If you are ready to make this sacrifice, you should only urge him not to expose his child to his marijuana growing and weed use. Obviously, if you found this in the basement, so could she, and this would put his daughter in an even worse position than you are in, because involving her in this sort of secret could be ruinous for their relationship, and disastrous down the line.
State laws regarding marijuana cultivation seem to be quite convoluted. If he doesn't have a license to grow and is caught (by someone other than you) the consequences could be extreme in proportion to his crime.
Dear Amy: My daughter, 9, is in Girl Scouts. She loves it. I offer a lot of my time helping out the troop. Today, they went to an ice show in which the troop paid for the tickets, so this was not an out-of-pocket expense for us.
The parents were asked to either provide a snack for their daughters, or send money for the girls to buy a snack. We opted to send a snack instead of sending money, as we struggle financially.
Once they got there, they realized that you can't bring snacks in to the facility (understandable), so one of the troop leaders purchased popcorn buckets for each girl.
All the other girls brought money and were able to purchase their own drinks to go with the popcorn.
My daughter did not have any money with her, so her troop leader bought her a drink with a souvenir cup. My daughter thinks it cost around $15. I emailed the troop leaders and asked how much the souvenir/drink was and offered to reimburse them for it.
I felt like this was the right thing to do. However, my husband disagrees. He feels as though I shouldn't have offered, since we basically followed their initial instructions.
I know this is a small problem but every time someone purchases something on my kids' behalf without us asking, I feel obligated to at least offer to reimburse them when I have the funds. I know they can answer, "No -- don't worry about it." Am I wrong for offering to reimburse the troop leader? Or is my husband right?
-- Confused Girl Scout Mom
Dear Confused: You did the right thing. These troop leaders volunteer their time to help supervise the girls, and in addition to spending their time, they willingly spend money on all sorts of little (and large) things along the way. It was kind of this troop leader to purchase this treat for your daughter. You can assume that she did so very happily and does not expect to be reimbursed, since this was an unanticipated expense.
Of course you should acknowledge this and (if you're able) offer to reimburse her. You can expect her to turn down your offer, but your gesture is a nice way of acknowledging her kindness without making specific assumptions. She was being nice, and now you will be nice in return. That is the social contract your husband doesn't seem to understand.
Dear Amy: The man signing his letter "No Prior Precedent" described his wife's adult biological daughter, who she had surrendered for adoption at birth, entering their lives as an adult and wanting her biological mother to readopt her.
It is quite obvious that this person wants money. Once she is legally their child, she stands to inherit their money.
-- Seeing the Obvious
Dear Obvious: State laws differ, but generally children do not have an automatic right to inherit. And the prospect of inheritance does not always motivate people seeking a relationship with their parents.

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Question: Josh Duhamel talks Fergie divorce and co-parenting

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The holidays are a time when families come together, relax and embrace tradition — and Josh Duhamel is looking forward to some downtime.
After all, it's been a busy year for the actor, whose recent film projects include "The Buddy Games," "Unsolved" and "Love, Simon." Duhamel is also dad to a 4-year-old son, Axl.
“I’m spending Christmas Eve with my boy, and we decorate the tree together,” Duhamel told TODAY. “Then I am going on a weeklong vacation to someplace very tropical. I need a vacation badly."
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But this year is bittersweet. Though he’s looking forward to decorating the tree and hanging Christmas cards with his young son, the holidays will be different after he announced his split from wife Fergie in September.
“It's hard because we have a lot of traditions that we did, like decorating the tree together, but it’s the first time we have to do it separately,” he said. “I miss the night of decorating the Christmas tree and all of that stuff. But it is what it is.”
Though the famous couple will have to celebrate separately, Duhamel said that the two still have “a good relationship.” “She is great," he said. “She is a great mom.”
Getty Images Axl Jack Duhamel, Josh Duhamel and Fergie attend Pandora Summer Crush at LA Live on Aug. 13, 2016.
For now, the 45-year-old's focus is on his son and giving him a normal life as much as possible. “Part of me is OK with him being exposed to certain things and part of me knows that we have to protect him from certain things,” said the actor. “He didn’t choose to be in the life where there are paparazzi, but also that’s the life he is a part of. So, I am not going to completely shelter him from it him because he has to adapt. I’m also not going to push him in the front of the cameras.”
Duhamel added that he's open to his son getting into the entertainment industry if he makes that choice later, but for now, the "Transformers" star wants him to be a kid.
“It's about him just being a boy, playing with his friends, and giving him every opportunity to develop as best as he can as a normal kid,” he said.
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Part of that sense of normalcy comes from Duhamel’s upbringing in North Dakota and exposing Axl to that world as much as possible. “One of my favorite things to do is take him home to North Dakota,” said Duhamel, who is the face of North Dakota Tourism. “My sister and her kids ride horses and are true rancher/farmers. Those kids grow up differently than we do here in LA. Not to say that one is better than the other, but I want him to have the experiences that those kids get.”
To escape city life, even more, Duhamel said he got a cabin in Minnesota and takes his son there as much as possible. “We just got plumbing last year,” he said. “So, I will take him there to give him a real understanding and appreciation of nature and the outdoors and a little bit simpler life.”
The actor added, “It’s good to expose him to as much as possible because they can adapt to anything as long as they feel safe. I let him experience stuff and give him room to run and explore. Then he always comes back, of course."

Despite bemoaning her increasingly distant relationships with her children, Caitlyn Jenner has decided to pass on the wedding of son Brody Jenner to blogger Kaitlynn Carter.
Caitlyn Jenner was invited to the ceremonies in Bali this week, but a representative told Page Six that she couldn’t fit it in her schedule because of prior work commitments.
Brody, 34, a reality TV star, is Caitlyn’s youngest son with second wife Linda Thompson.
Caitlyn, 68, recently opened up about her strained relationship with Brody and her other five children, as well as with her four step-children with third wife Kris Jenner. Caitlyn said that she spends much of her time alone at her Malibu home, with her dog Bertha as her only company.
“I spend a lot of time by myself here in the house,” she said. “I have a lot of children, but sometimes just because of circumstances, maintaining a close relationship with your kids is very tough. They all have lives. They’ve all moved on.”
But she also seemed open to making things better with her children.
“We’re just human beings; we’re going to be here for a very short time,” Caitlyn added. “We come and we go and at the end, when it’s all said and done, hopefully your family is going to be there.”
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In addition to Brody, Caitlyn, formerly Bruce Jenner, also fathered a son Burt, 39, and daughter Cassandra, 37, with first wife Chrystie Crownover; son Brandon, 36, with Thompson; and daughters Kendall, 22, and Kylie, 20, with Kris Jenner. She also played a prominent role as step-father to Kris Jenner’s daughters Kourtney Kardashian, 39, Kim Kardashian West, 37, Kourtney Kardashian, 33, and son Rob Kardashian, 31.
Jenner remains in contact with Kendall and Kylie, but is estranged from Kris Jenner and the Kardashians. Caitlyn’s memoir, “The Secrets of My Life,” caused a rift between herself and the famous reality TV family.
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“These two exuding only good vibes as they prepare for their #JennerIsland wedding with a spiritual cleanse at an ancient Hindu temple,” Thompson captioned one post.
“#JennerIsland celebration continues embracing Balinese culture with @brodyjenner & @kaitlynn #love&marriage,” she wrote in another.


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More Richland County residents are doing what might have been unthinkable before 2012: getting aboard the Midlands' bus system. That's thanks to several years' worth of cash from a sales tax approved by voters in 2012.
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Question: Lewis, Moss, Owens, Urlacher highlight 8-person Hall class

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MINNEAPOLIS — Ray Lewis and Brian Urlacher terrorized opposing offences from the middle of the field. Randy Moss and Terrell Owens did the same to defences on the outside.
The two hard-hitting linebackers and two big-play receivers highlighted an eight-person class voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday. Safety Brian Dawkins also received at least 80 per cent support from the 47 Hall of Fame voters, along with contributor Bobby Beathard and senior nominees Jerry Kramer and Robert Brazile.
But the biggest stars of the class are the two linebackers that made it on their first tries, and the pair of lightning-rod receiver who sometimes caused as many problems for their own teams as for the opposition. Moss also made it on his first try, while Owens needed to wait for his third year on the ballot to get enough support.
“I’ve been going a long time. And now I can finally rest,” Lewis said. “I want to go fishing with a cigar now and just sit back. I don’t want to work out every day now.”
Moss and Owens each played for five teams in their careers as they often wore out their welcome with their inability to get along with teammates and coaches at times.
But at their best, there were few players ever able to strike fear in defences as much as Moss and Owens, who were both all-decade selections for the 2000s.
“The door knocked and I started getting excited,” Moss said of Hall of Fame President David Baker alerting him he has been elected. “All the emotions caught the best of me because it’s been a long journey and it ends in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Tears of joy.”
Moss burst on the scene as a rookie in Minnesota in 1998 when he caught a league-leading 17 TD catches and helped lead the Vikings to the NFC title game. His combination of speed and athleticism made him the game’s most dangerous big-play threat and led to the phrase “You got Mossed” for embarrassed defensive backs.
He led the NFL in TD catches five times, including his record 23 for New England in 2007, and earned four All-Pro selections. He finished his career with 982 catches for 15,292 yards and ranks second all-time with 156 TD receptions.
Owens, who didn’t attend the announcement, entered the league as a third-round pick by San Francisco in 1996 but developed into a star known for some memorable playoff appearances, including his winning 25-yard TD catch to beat Green Bay in 1999; his 177 yards in a comeback win against the Giants in 2003; and his nine catches for 122 yards in the 2004 Super Bowl against New England just seven weeks after breaking his leg.
Owens ranks second to Jerry Rice with 15,934 yards receiving and is third on the all-time touchdowns receiving list with 153.
Lewis is widely considered one of the greatest middle linebackers, winning two AP Defensive Player of the Year awards and earning eight All-Pro selections. He anchored a dominant defence for the 2000 Baltimore Ravens in a season that ended with him winning Super Bowl MVP, then retired as a champion after Baltimore closed his last season with a title win over San Francisco in February 2013.
“Growing up as a child, I know what that looked like, Mike Singletary, Dick Butkus,” Lewis said. “Who dreams of being in that category, sitting with those guys?”
Lewis joined tackle Jonathan Ogden as the only Ravens voted into the Hall of Fame as both of the team’s first-round picks in its initial season of 1996 received the high honour.
Lewis’ career was also marked by legal problems off the field. He pleaded guilty to a misdemeanour charge of obstruction of justice after initially being charged with murder in connection with two killings following a Super Bowl party in Atlanta in January 2000. Lewis was also fined $250,000 by the NFL.
Urlacher wasn’t far behind Lewis with his play on the field and is the latest in a line of great Chicago middle linebackers to make the Hall, joining Butkus, Singletary and Bill George. He was the Defensive Player of the Year of 2005 and joined Lewis on the 2000s all-decade team.
Dawkins spent most of his 16-year career in Philadelphia, earning five first-team All-Pro selections for his versatility that included 37 career interceptions and 26 career sacks. He became the first player in NFL history with a sack, interception, fumble recovery and touchdown catch in the same game against Houston in 2002.
Kramer got passed over 10 times previously as a finalist before finally getting enough votes as a senior to become the 14th member of the Vince Lombardi Packers to make the Hall. Kramer helped anchor the Green Bay line for 11 seasons, winning six NFL titles and making the block that cleared the way for Bart Starr’s TD sneak in the “Ice Bowl” for the 1967 NFL championship.
Brazile was a finalist for the first time after a 10-year career for the Houston Oilers that included five straight All-Pro selections.
Beathard, also not on hand Saturday, helped build four Super Bowl champions in Miami and Washington and made seven trips to the title game during more than three decades as a personnel executive with a sharp eye for talent.
Five offensive linemen were among the 15 finalists, with tackle Joe Jacoby getting eliminated in voting that reduced the candidates to 10, and tackle Tony Boselli, guards Alan Faneca and Steve Hutchinson, and centre Kevin Mawae getting cut in the next round of voting.
Cornerback Ty Law also made it to the final 10 in his second time on the ballot. Defensive backs John Lynch and Everson Walls, receiver Isaac Bruce and running back Edgerrin James were the other candidates eliminated in the first cuts.
“I’m glad I didn’t have to vote for this class,” Urlacher said. “It’s a great class.”
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TACOMA, Wash. - An employee who was fired from a Washington State Walmart for allegedly trying to steal a safe returned to the store days later to try to retrieve what he had left in the safe - his drugs, according to the Pierce County Sheriff's Department.
"On Sunday morning the fired employee called the Walmart store and said that he was coming in to pick up a safe that he 'forgot' at the store," the sheriff's department said in a report on its Facebook page. "Thinking this was suspicious, loss prevention employees opened the safe that the man had previously attempted to steal from the store ... and inside they discovered a yellow container that held a stash of heroin and Xanax."
Police said that when the fired employee arrived at the Walmart, customer service asked him what was inside it and he told them there was a yellow container that had his "medication" inside; employees called 911.
"When deputies arrived the man started crying; he told the deputies the safe was his, and the yellow container and narcotics were his. He went on to say that he paid $350 for them," the sheriff's department said.
The 24-year-old was booked into the Pierce County Jail for unlawful possession of a controlled substance.

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GENEVA (Reuters) - Conflict between Myanmar’s army and guerrillas of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) in northern Myanmar has escalated since Jan. 19, including in Sumprabum, Waingmaw and Tanai townships, a U.N. humanitarian report said on Friday.
“The United Nations and its humanitarian partners are concerned about the safety of civilians in these areas,” it said.
“The Tanai area has seen heavy fighting since 25 January 2018. There have been reports of a number of civilians killed or injured.”
The KIA is one of Myanmar’s most powerful militias and has clashed regularly with the Myanmar military since 2011, when a 17-year-old ceasefire broke down.
It is part of the predominantly ethnic Chinese Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) which clashed with Myanmar’s military in 2015, in fighting that spilled over the Chinese border and displaced tens of thousands.
The U.N. report said aid agencies were reporting about 1,800 people, mainly labourers, had been evacuated from the Tanai area as a result of the latest fighting, but other civilians were still in the areas of conflict and unable to leave.
U.N. staff had not been granted access to the area and could not independently verify the information, it said.
In Sumprabum township more than 700 people were sheltering in the forest after being displaced on Jan. 22. They included villagers and about 500 people from an internal displacement camp who fled after mortar bombs landed near the camp.
Tanai and Sumprabum are located on the two major roads running north from Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin state, the northernmost part of Myanmar, between China and India.
On three occasions since mid-Decmber, most recently on Jan. 27, mortar bombs also landed close to a displacement camp in Waingmaw township, just cross the Irrawaddy river from Myitkyina, the report said.
Myanmar is already under international scrutiny for its handling of the Rohingya crisis on the Bangladesh border.
The U.N. human rights investigator for Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, was barred in December from visiting the Rohingya areas and also Kachin and Shan states.
She told Reuters at the time that the civilian government had no authority in Kachin state, since anything connected to security issues was controlled by military commanders.
She called on the international community to put more pressure on military commanders, and on China, to ensure that human rights were respected in the conflict.

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In this Oct. 5, 2017, video released by Arakan Rohingya National Organization, villagers are seen preparing to cross a river towards the Maungdaw township in the Rakhine state that borders Bangladesh. More Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in Myanmar are streaming toward the border, despite government assurances that it is stopping the exodus of refugees to Bangladesh. Arakan Rohingya National Organization via the AP)


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(CNN) The European Commission has issued "final warnings" to Germany, France, Spain, Italy and Britain for failing to address repeated breaches of air pollution limits for nitrogen dioxide, it said Wednesday.
Nitrogen dioxide pollution, much of it caused by road traffic, represents a serious health risk.
In a statement, the Commission said EU rules set clear pollution limits and obliged member countries to protect citizens from harmful air pollutants.
If Germany, France, Spain, Italy and Britain fail to respond satisfactorily to the warning within two months, the Commission could take the matter to the Court of Justice of the European Union.
"While it is up to the Member State authorities to choose the appropriate measures to address exceeding NO2 limits, much more effort is necessary at local, regional and national levels to meet the obligations of EU rules and safeguard public health," the Commission said.
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Poland’s European Union future is looking increasingly uncertain as the conflict between Warsaw and Brussels continues to escalate with Witold Waszczykoski’s latest attack on the bloc. The Polish foreign minister accused Mr Juncker and co of waging a “policy of harassment” and “discriminating against Poland”. Mr Juncker and Donald Tusk have mounted a political offensive against the government of Poland, targeting its internal judicial reforms and environmental policies.
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This is only a substitute to deprive Poland of our position and to weaken our negotiating position Witold Waszczykoski
The tussle is just one example of the EU attempting to stifle growing euroscepticism by any means necessary. The latest attack from Brussels came as the bloc’s leaders said Poland’s proposed new retirement law which from October 1 will allow women to retire and 60 and men at 65. The EU said statutory retirement ages for men and women is “gender discrimination”.
Mr Waszczykoski said the “harassment” was financially motivated because of the “large economy” enjoyed by Poland, insisting some European Union countries cannot deal with Warsaw’s strong position. He claimed france wants to limit access to its markets because Paris feels threatened by Polish builders, transport companies and tradespeople, which have been accused of undercutting local workers. The EU had threatened to impose financial sanctions and suspend the Poland’s voting rights as it seeks to punish Warsaw. But Mr Waszczykowski laughed off the suggests about the country’s share of the budget being frozen, declaring they could not remove them because they are a right.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP)  The death of a transgender woman while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has prompted advocates to demand that LGBTQ migrant detainees be freed until their cases are heard.
The outcry came even as President Donald Trump and others increasingly criticize the practice known as "catch and release" in which migrants are freed while subject to deportation.
Federal officials are awaiting the results of an autopsy to determine what caused the death of the 33-year-old Honduran migrant Friday at an Albuquerque hospital. The woman was admitted after showing symptoms of pneumonia, dehydration and complications associated with HIV.
Activists identified the migrant as Roxana Hernandez and said she was part of a highly publicized caravan of Central American asylum seekers who traveled through Mexico to the U.S. border at San Diego last month. The effort drew the attention of Trump, who tweeted that they shouldn't be allowed to enter the U.S.
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Authorities listed the woman's name as Jeffry Hernandez when she was taken into custody in San Diego. She was later transferred to El Paso, Texas, and then to a detention center in New Mexico where she was housed in the transgender unit.
She was the sixth detainee to die in ICE custody since October 2017.
Nineteen members of Congress on Wednesday sent a letter to Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen, expressing concerns about how LBGTQ migrants are housed and whether they are protected from abuse.
"These individuals, particularly transgender women, are extremely vulnerable to abuse, including sexual assault, while in custody," said the letter signed by U.S. Rep. Kathleen M. Rice, a Democrat from New York, and 18 other U.S. lawmakers.
The letter asked the federal agency to use its discretion to release migrants considered at high risk for abuse so they are safe throughout their immigration proceedings.
The California-based Transgender Law Center and other groups also issued statements demanding that transgender people not be detained by immigration authorities while their cases are being reviewed.
"Immigration and Customs Enforcement clearly cannot detain transgender women safely, and therefore should not detain transgender women at all," said Aaron C. Morris, executive director of New York-based Immigration Equality, a national LGBTQ migrant rights group.
Anandrea Molina, president of Organización Latina de Trans en Texas, said: "The community, now more than ever, needs to organize to protect our most vulnerable, in particular transgender immigrant women who are surrounded by violence on a daily basis."
Organizers from Pueblo Sin Fronteras said Hernandez presented herself to U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the San Ysidro port of entry in California on May 9 and asked for asylum. The group questioned whether she received adequate medical care while in federal custody.
She was turned over on May 13 to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which oversees immigration detention centers. Both agencies are part of the Department of Homeland Security.
ICE says all detainees get medical, dental and mental health screening within 12 hours of arriving at a detention facility. Detainees also have access to 24-hour emergency care.
Immigration authorities have said Hernandez was admitted May 17 to Cibola General Hospital in Grants, New Mexico. She was transferred later that day to the Albuquerque hospital, where she remained in the intensive care unit until she was pronounced dead. Hospital staff said the preliminary cause of death was cardiac arrest.
Immigration authorities say that between 2005 and 2009, Hernandez twice illegally entered the U.S. and was allowed to voluntarily return to Mexico because she claimed Mexican nationality. Central America migrants often claim to be Mexicans so they won't be transported back to their country of origin.
In 2014, Hernandez illegally re-entered the U.S. a third time and was arrested and removed. Authorities say.
Authorities also said she was convicted of theft in 2006 and of prostitution and other charges in 2009. Both cases were in Texas.
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Snow reported from Phoenix. AP writer Elliot Spagat in San Diego also contributed to this report.

A group of immigration detainees staged a brief hunger strike this week as they sought reduced bail and improved conditions at the Adelanto Detention Facility in San Bernardino County.
Eight detainees began refusing food Monday morning, immigration officials said. Two had resumed eating by Tuesday, and on Wednesday, the remaining six ate lunch and drank a nutritional beverage, said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman Virginia Kice.
The group of asylum seekers from Central America said that bail for detainees had been set “impossibly high” and that they have faced “humiliation and discrimination,” bad food and incompetent medical staff.
Tristan Call, a spokesman for Sureñxs En Acción, a Nashville-based activist organization that has been working with the detainees, said he has not heard from them and could not confirm that the strike had ended.
Several women also had indicated they would join the hunger strikers, but they have not refused meals, Kice said.
The privately run Adelanto facility has long faced scrutiny from immigrant advocates over alleged neglect, lack of adequate medical care and other issues. It faced increased attention this year following the deaths of three detainees.
Detainee Isaac Lopez Castillo said in a statement that the hunger strikers hoped to bring outside attention to conditions at Adelanto. The facility is operated by the Geo Group, a private contractor that owns and runs dozens of private prisons and detention centers across the country.
“We are from El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala,” Lopez Castillo said in the statement released through Sureñxs En Acción. “Adelanto is one of the prisons which exists for those who are seeking political asylum, and in reality our records are clean, none of us have prior criminal records. The bail is set impossibly high, and it’s a humiliating joke because we are poor, we don’t have that kind of money.”
The detainees issued demands that included reduced bail, political asylum, new uniforms, more time for religious services and clean water at all hours of the day.
They came to the United States as part of a caravan fleeing violence in Central America, Call said.
In late 2015, 26 asylum seekers wanting to be released from custody while their cases were processed launched a hunger strike at Adelanto that lasted nearly two weeks.
Earlier that year, more than two dozen members of Congress wrote a letter to the U.S. Justice Department and ICE officials expressing concerns about reports of medical neglect at Adelanto.
Three Adelanto detainees have died since March.
Osmar Epifanio Gonzalez-Gadba, 32, of Nicaragua, died at a local hospital six days after he was found hanging in his cell on March 22.
In April, Sergio Alonso Lopez, 55, of Mexico, died several days after he was taken to the hospital after vomiting blood. Immigration officials said he had a history of serious medical issues. The preliminary cause of death was internal bleeding, officials said.
Vicente Caceres-Maradiaga, 46, a Honduran national, died in late May in an ambulance on the way to the hospital. The preliminary cause of death was listed as acute coronary syndrome, immigration officials said in a statement.
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