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HOUSTON (AP) — Police fired at five suspected robbers Thursday night outside a Houston furniture store, killing two and injuring two other members of the group, which was being monitored by a tactical team investigating other robberies earlier in the day. "Officers discharged their weapons either because the suspects pointed weapons at them or they were fearful suspects were running toward other businesses, which had citizens in them," Cannon told The Associated Press. Taj Ali, the owner of Affordable Furniture where the robbery took place... Читать дальше...

CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Two bodies tested positive for Ebola in Guinea, the government said Thursday, months after the outbreak was declared over in the West African country and hours after Sierra Leone announced the end of the recent flare-up of the virus there. An emergency meeting will be held Friday with the Ministry of Health, said Dr. Sakoba Keita, the national coordinator of the fight against Ebola. The deadliest Ebola outbreak in history has killed more than 11,300 people, mostly in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea.

Ford's Chief of Staff Dan Jacobs said Thursday doctors are determining next steps, and working on building his strength to be able to resume chemotherapy. Ford gained international notoriety in 2013 when, after months of denials, he acknowledged he had smoked crack cocaine in one of his "drunken stupors," but then refused to resign.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil's political crisis deepened as a judge blocked the appointment of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as chief of staff to his successor just moments after his tumultuous swearing-in ceremony held amid heated protests. Current President Dilma Rousseff's opponents accused her of a transparent maneuver aimed at helping the once popular Silva avoid legal woes that saw him taken in for questioning in a sprawling corruption probe less than two weeks ago. Rousseff... Читать дальше...

First Period Penalties — Baddock Edm (boarding) 1:13; Kehler Edm (tripping) 9:23; Irving Edm (delay of game) 9:47; DeBrusk RD (hooking) 16:39. [...] Period Penalties — Robertson Edm (goaltender interference) 14:02; Helewka RD (unsportsmanlike conduct) 15:43; Pollock Edm (slashing) 16:49. [...] Period

EDMONTON - Colton Bobyk and Michael Spacek each had a goal and an assist and Trevor Martin made 30 saves as the Red Deer Rebels beat the Edmonton Oil Kings 4-1 in Western Hockey League action Thursday. Red Deer was 1-for-5 on the power play, while Edmonton was shut out on three opportunities with the man advantage.

Western Hockey League Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION GPWLOTLSOLGFGAPty-Seattle6943233021918089x-Everett7038245317916484Portland6934305022021473Spokane7032295421523673Tri-City7033342122924969x _ clinched playoff berth; y _ clinched division; z _ clinched conference; Note: winning team is credited with two points and a victory in the W column; a team losing in overtime or shootout receives one point which is registered in the respective OTL or SOL column. Wednesday's results Moose... Читать дальше...

The transit agency is ending a two-year experiment with late-night weekend service, citing high costs and declining ridership. The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority has promised to explore other alternatives after being ordered by federal officials to look into how the elimination of late-night service might impact minority and low-income riders.

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A judge is scheduled to hear a prosecutor's request to revoke bail for a New Hampshire prep school graduate convicted of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old classmate. Owen Labrie has been living with his mother in Tunbridge, Vermont, as he appeals his one-year jail sentence and the requirement that he register as a sex offender.

DALLAS — When the Warriors’ road trip concludes Monday in Minneapolis, Shaun Livingston will have played as many games for Golden State as he has for any other franchise during his 12-year NBA career. In between his two longest tenures, Livingston suffered one of the league’s most gruesome injuries ever — a left knee injury so severe that amputation was considered. In between his two longest tenures, Livingston has worn eight other NBA jerseys. A year after the Warriors tried Toney Douglas, Nemanja Nedovic... Читать дальше...

Police have fatally shot two suspected robbers and injured two others outside a Houston furniture store. Houston police spokesman John Cannon tells The Associated Press that five people were robbing the store Thursday evening.

The Shorenstein family won Planning Commission approvals Thursday evening to build 304-unit development on the edge of the Tenderloin, despite opposition by some residents and nonprofit leaders who argued that the project fails to provide enough affordable housing. The project calls for the demolition of a vacant two-story commercial building and a fenced-in parking lot that has long been a magnet for drug sales. The plan calls for 268 market-rate rental units and 36 below-market-rate units that... Читать дальше...

Cal basketball team tries to stay focused in a tumultuous week On the eve of what once promised to be Cal’s triumphant return to the NCAA Tournament, head coach Cuonzo Martin fielded few basketball-related questions in a tension-filled news conference Thursday. In his first public comments since a sexual harassment scandal broke Monday with the firing of men’s basketball assistant coach Yann Hufnagel, Martin declined to address questions about the campus investigation into whether he improperly... Читать дальше...

Man killed in LA skyscraper fall had no work on upper floors LOS ANGELES (AP) — An electrician who plunged to his death Thursday while working on a Los Angeles skyscraper was not supposed to be above the third floor and had removed his hardhat before falling 53 floors, construction company officials said. The man, who was in his second day on the project, fell some 800 feet from the unfinished Wilshire Grand Center around noon and either hit the back edge of a passing car or struck nearby. The... Читать дальше...

The 6-foot-3, 254-pound tight end, whom some project as high as a second-round pick, ran an unofficial 4.65 40-yard dash Thursday after running a 4.72 at the NFL combine last month. Hooper is leaving Stanford two years early only “one game away from a national championship game here, and that’s always the goal, but I accomplished everything I wanted to individually.” Hooper has watched a lot of video of Dallas tight end Jason Witten and the Chargers’ Antonio Gates, trying to pick up little things. Читать дальше...

PHOENIX (AP) — Bernie Sanders ventured to the northern reaches of Arizona on Thursday night, far away from the southern metropolises that house most of the state's voters but onto the land of a key voting bloc in Tuesday's Democratic primary — Native Americans. Dignitaries from the tribe told the crowd that Sanders was the first presidential candidate to visit their land, and the Vermont Senator took the unusual step of altering his stump speech to talk widely about Native American concerns. Sanders... Читать дальше...

The Academy of Art University could face long odds in its efforts to legalize all 33 of its properties that violate city zoning laws, city officials said Thursday. The university owns 40 properties, mostly clustered in Nob Hill and South of Market, but also bleeding into North Beach, Fisherman’s Wharf, and the Bayview district. Residential hotel rooms, many of which are owned or operated by non-profits, generally serve as housing of last resort for the poor and former homeless. Commissioner Cindy... Читать дальше...

California officials announced Thursday that recent rains have been so substantial that more water will be provided to cities and farms from the state’s massive reservoir system. Deliveries from the State Water Project are now forecast to be 45 percent of what was requested, still less than what’s supplied during most wet years but more than what’s been allocated since the first year of the drought. Officials in December had projected a mere 10 percent allocation, but they have steadily increased... Читать дальше...

U.S. officials moved Thursday to strengthen safety rules for the nation’s 300,000-mile network of natural gas transmission pipelines in a belated response to numerous fiery accidents, including the 2010 San Bruno explosion that killed eight people and injured more than 50. The Department of Transportation proposal would expand inspection and repair rules to include lines in some rural areas and recently installed lines in burgeoning gas drilling fields. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said... Читать дальше...

Tyler Dunnington, whom the Cardinals selected in the 2014 draft, told Outsports.com in a report published Wednesday that he heard derogatory comments from college coaches and later unidentified teammates in the pros. General manager John Mozeliak said in a statement Thursday that he’s “very disappointed” to learn about the 24-year-old’s experiences, adding that our hope is that every player, staff member and employee feels they are treated equally and fairly. Washington right-hander Bronson Arroyo... Читать дальше...

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DALLAS — With a showdown against the Spurs looming Saturday, there was growing sentiment that the Warriors might rest players Friday in Dallas and save their minutes for the second game of the back-to-back set in San Antonio. The Mavericks currently are positioned as the Western Conference’s eighth seed — the team that will play the No. 1 finisher in the first round. On Saturday, the Warriors play the Spurs, who are 3½ games behind Golden State for the conference’s top spot. With sixth man Andre Iguodala (left ankle)... Читать дальше...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A girl whose attorney says she's one of the victims in the sex crimes case that led to former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle being sentenced to more than 15 years in prison is suing the disgraced Indiana man and a former associate, seeking at least $300,000 in damages. Fogle, 38, was sentenced to more than 15 years in prison in November after pleading guilty to one count of distributing and receiving child pornography and one count of traveling out of state to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a child. Читать дальше...

“The Castro is one of the few neighborhoods in America you can honestly call both trend-setting and uniquely historical,” Dog Eared Books owner Kate Rosenberger wrote on Facebook. Dog Eared Books, on Valencia Street in the Mission District since 1992, said it would open its satellite store, Dog Eared Castro, at 489 Castro St., in the former home of A Different Light Bookstore, a gay-oriented store that closed in 2011. “Like our original location at 20th and Valencia,” Dog Eared Books wrote on Facebook... Читать дальше...

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the upscale grocery chain announced the plans Thursday, citing the Pullman neighborhood's skilled workforce and proximity to interstate highway routes. Chicago's City Council will be asked to consider approximately $7.4 million in tax increment financing assistance for eligible development costs, such as site preparation work.