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Legislative auditor’s report can be a catalyst for positive change.

Actor, comedian and producer Allen Covert has been in buy-and-sell mode as of late, divesting himself of a home in Tarzana and picking up one nearly twice the size in a guard-gated Calabasas community for $2.17 million.

Inclement weather is causing more changes to the high school spring sports schedule.

Ramesh Suvagiya, a 38-year-old farmer from a sleepy Gujarat village, is looking forward to Thursday when he can have his face blackened and go around his village begging - atop a donkey. In many South Asian countries, being paraded on a donkey with a blackened face and a garland of shoes is a time-honoured way to shame someone. But not here, because Borvav's men pledge to ride around on an ass with their faces blackened and beg -- if they have a son.

In India and several neighbouring countries, being paraded on a donkey with a blackened face and a shoe-garland is an exercising in shaming. However, for Ramesh Suvagiya, a 38-year old farmer in sleepy Borvav village of Junagadh district, it is a matter of celebration as he gets ready to roam the village on a donkey on the festive day of Dhuleti on Thursday.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Chinese businessman has pleaded guilty to conspiring to export sensitive military information to China after accessing the computer systems of U.S. defense contractors. U.S. Attorney Eileen Decker says cybercrime is one of the most serious national security threats and "these criminals can be held accountable no matter where they are located in the world."

WASHINGTON -- Disney and its Marvel Studios film unit won't make any more movies in Georgia if the governor signs a law allowing open discrimination against gay people, a company spokesman said Wednesday.

CHICAGO (AP) — An alleged sex abuse victim of Dennis Hastert could testify about his emotional trauma next month at the former U.S. Speaker's sentencing in his hush-money case, according to a transcript of an unannounced court hearing this week…

CHICAGO (AP) — An alleged sex abuse victim of Dennis Hastert could testify about his emotional trauma next month at the former U.S. Speaker's sentencing in his hush-money case, according to a transcript of an unannounced court hearing this week…

CHICAGO (AP) — An alleged sex abuse victim of Dennis Hastert could testify about his emotional trauma next month at the former U.S. Speaker's sentencing in his hush-money case, according to a transcript of an unannounced court hearing this week…

Goldman Sachs Group put its head of U.S. inflation trading on leave as it reviews the way certain trades were booked, according to people familiar with the matter.

North Carolina legislators decided to rein in local governments by approving a bill Wednesday that prevents cities and counties from passing their own anti-discrimination rules. The legislation, if enacted, would deal a blow to the LGBT movement after ...

Sam Groth has won just his second match of 2016, steamrolling Victor Estrella Burgos in straight sets in the opening round of the Miami Masters.

DON’T burn trades and if Gary Ablett plays ... pick him! Three past winners answer the burning SuperCoach questions ahead of Round 1.

Secretary of State Jeanne Atkins and some of her staff helped 60 incarcerated young women register to vote Wednesday at the Oak Creek Youth Correctional Facility in Albany. The facility houses juvenile females between 15 and 25.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday said his country had deported one of the Brussels suicide bombers this past summer, but the man was subsequently freed in the Netherlands because investigators couldn’t establish that he had any links to terror groups.

The Ipsos market research company reported that US Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump’s argument that immigrants take away jobs of home populations is widely supported around the world.

NEW YORK (AP) — Assault charges will be dismissed against an "Orange is the New Black" star if she stays out of trouble for six months.

NEW YORK (AP) — Assault charges will be dismissed against an "Orange is the New Black" star if she stays out of trouble for six months.

NEW YORK - Assault charges will be dismissed against an "Orange is the New Black" star if she stays out of trouble for six months.

NEW YORK (AP) — Assault charges will be dismissed against an "Orange is the New Black" star if she stays out of trouble for six months.

LPL Financial Holdings Inc. is being accused of fraudulently favoring one big shareholder over others.

St. Paul doesn’t “mollycoddle”; its long-range strategies address why kids act out. This is complicated, and results will take time.