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High court asked to review men-only draft registration law 06/06/2021 09:02am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is being asked to decide whether it's sex discrimination for the government to require only men to register for the draft when they turn 18. The question of whether it's unconstitutional to require men but not women to register could be viewed as one with little Segregationist former Alabama Gov. John Patterson dies at 99 06/05/2021 05:24pm • Former Alabama Gov. John Patterson, who entered politics as a reformer after his father’s assassination but was criticized for failing to protect the Freedom Riders from angry white mobs, has died. He was 99. He died Friday, his daughter, Barbara Patterson Scholl, confirmed. She said funeral arra West Virginia gov: Bank deceived family for loan guarantee 06/04/2021 07:05pm • CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — In a new court filing, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice blamed a bankrupt U.K. bank for fraudulently inducing him into personally guaranteeing $700 million in loans that were taken out by his companies. In the amended complaint filed Friday, Justice's family and coal compani India pursues fugitive high-end jeweler arrested in Dominica 06/04/2021 05:05pm • ROSEAU, Dominica (AP) — A wealthy jeweler sought by Indian authorities for questioning in an alleged $1.8 billion fraud case in his native India remained under arrest Friday in the eastern Caribbean island of Dominica following a brief hearing. Mehul Choksi is accused of illegally entering Dominic DocuSign, MongoDB rise; Mosaic, Fifth Third fall 06/04/2021 04:18pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Broadcom Inc., up $10.20 to $475. The chipmaker gave investors an encouraging revenue forecast after reporting strong fiscal second-quarter earnings. Lululemon Athletica Inc., up $12.16 to $329.52. The athletic app Maryland man gets 6 years for $1 million in fraud schemes 06/04/2021 09:16am • BALTIMORE (AP) — A Maryland man was sentenced to more than six years for a series of fraud schemes that cost victims more than $1 million. As part of his guilty plea, he agreed to pay the money back. Robert Lee Snowden, 45, of Owings Mills was sentenced on Wednesday to 78 months in federal pris From the Beatles to Elton John: Oldest DJ's storied career 06/04/2021 01:07am • HONG KONG (AP) — Ray Cordeiro considers himself the luckiest radio DJ in the world. In a storied career spanning over 70 years in Hong Kong, Cordeiro has interviewed superstars including the Beatles and Elton John, and even received an MBE — an order of the British empire for outstanding achieve The Latest: Arizona’s state-run vaccination sites to close 06/03/2021 06:48pm • PHOENIX -- Arizona’s state-run COVID-19 vaccination sites, which were touted as a national model, will be shutting down later this month. The state Department of Health Services announced Thursday all its mass vaccination sites are gradually winding down operations and will be closed by June 28. H Ottavino helps out Brooklyn league that made him a pro 06/03/2021 06:31pm • BOSTON (AP) — When the Brooklyn-based 78 Youth Sports program was struggling, it put out a call to its most famous alum. Boston Red Sox reliever Adam Ottavino donated memorabilia and pitching lessons to raise $20,000 so far to help the organization that started him off in baseball rebuild from a p US average mortgage rates flat to higher; 30-year at 2.99% 06/03/2021 12:50pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Mortgage rates were flat to higher this week. The benchmark 30-year home loan remained below the 3% mark amid continued positive indications of the economy’s recovery from the pandemic recession. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday that the average for the 30-year rate Martin Odegaard to leave Arsenal when loan deal expires 06/03/2021 11:22am • LONDON (AP) — Martin Odegaard will leave Arsenal when his loan deal expires at the end of June, the English club said Thursday. The 22-year-old Norway midfielder spent the second half of this season on loan from Real Madrid, where he is expected to return and encounter a new coach in Carlo Ancelot Princess Diana's wedding dress goes on display in London 06/03/2021 08:59am • LONDON (AP) — The dress Princess Diana wore at her 1981 wedding to Prince Charles went on public display Thursday at the late princess's former home in London. The taffeta-ruffled white dress designed by David and Elizabeth Emanuel, with its 25 foot (8 meter) sequin-encrusted train, helped seal t Inter appoints Simone Inzaghi as coach on 2-year contract 06/03/2021 08:06am • MILAN (AP) — Inter Milan appointed Simone Inzaghi as coach on Thursday, signing him to a two-year contract. Inzaghi replaces Antonio Conte, who left Inter last month after leading the club to its first Serie A title in more than a decade. The 45-year-old Inzaghi has been coaching Lazio and led the Poverty, climate change drive Guatemala's poor to migrate 06/03/2021 08:02am • TIZAMARTE, Guatemala (AP) — Alvina Jerónimo Pérez tries to avoid going out. She doesn’t want to see neighbors. She’s even changed the chip in her cellphone since her failed journey to the United States. The 42-year-old woman is fearful her unsuccessful migration could cost her more than she Guatemalan lives upturned by failed immigration bids 06/03/2021 12:03am • TIZAMARTE, Guatemala (AP) — Alvina Jerónimo Pérez tries to avoid going out. She doesn't want to see neighbors. She's even changed the chip in her cellphone since her failed journey to the United States. The 42-year-old woman is fearful her unsuccessful migration could cost her more than she can