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Chiefs kicker Butker congratulates graduating women, but says most are more excited about motherhood

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker is getting attention for comments he made during a commencement address at Benedictine College last weekend in which he congratulated the women receiving degrees, but then said most were probably more excited to get married and have children. The three-time Super Bowl champion also

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Another politically progressive prosecutor in the San Francisco Bay Area faces recall election

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco Bay Area voters will weigh in on the recall of another progressive district attorney who ran on a platform of offender rehabilitation and police accountability, and whose critics say is undermining public safety. Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price faces a recall just two years after she was elected

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Another politically progressive prosecutor in the San Francisco Bay Area faces recall election

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco Bay Area voters will weigh in on the recall of another progressive district attorney who ran on a platform of offender rehabilitation and police accountability, and whose critics say is undermining public safety. Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price faces a recall just two years after she was elected

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Man pleads guilty in theft of Arnold Palmer green jacket, other Masters memorabilia from Augusta

By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A former warehouse assistant for the Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia pleaded guilty on Wednesday to transporting millions of dollars’ worth of stolen Masters tournament memorabilia and historic items, including one of Arnold Palmer’s iconic green jackets. Richard Globensky, of Georgia, entered the plea in federal

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Why the speech by Kansas City Chiefs kicker was embraced at Benedictine College’s commencement

By PETER SMITH and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker may have stirred controversy in some quarters for his proclamations of conservative politics and Catholicism on Saturday, but he received a standing ovation from graduates and other attendees of the May 11 commencement ceremony at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas. The

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Canadians are hopeful shifting winds may push wildfire away from the oil sands hub of Fort McMurray

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Canadian officials say favorable winds are expected to push an “out of control” wildfire away from Canada’s oil sands hub of Fort McMurray, Alberta, a day after thousands were evacuated.   Wildfire season has started early in Canada this year with several fires burning across the country’s west, forcing residents out

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