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Today...Sunny, with a high near 61. Breezy, with a north northwest wind 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Mostly clear at night, with a low around 35. North northwest wind 5 to 15 mph. Wednesday...Sunny, with a high near 69. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon. Mostly clear at night, with a low around 46. South southeast wind around 5 mph. Thursday...Mostly sunny, with a high near 75. South wind 5 to 10 mph. A 20 percent chance of showers at night. Partly cloudy, with a low around 52. East southeast wind around 10 mph. Friday...A 20 percent ...

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Gwyneth Paltrow won’t recoup attorney fees in ski crash suit SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Gwyneth Paltrow will not recoup the attorneys’ fees she paid to successfully defend herself against a lawsuit from a 76-year-old retired optometrist who claimed she was at fault for crashing into him at a posh Utah ski resort in 2016. In a ruling published on Saturday, a Utah judge said attorneys for Paltrow and Terry Sanderson had agreed to drop the matter of Paltrow’s attorneys’ fees. District Court Judge Kent Holmberg’s final judgement did not detail why the matter of attorneys’ fees ...

US to lift most federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates next week

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration will end most of the last remaining federal COVID-19 vaccine requirements next week when the national public health emergency for the coronavirus ends, the White House said Monday. Vaccine requirements for federal workers and federal contractors, as well as foreign air travelers to the U.S., will end May 11. The government is also beginning the process of lifting shot requirements for Head Start educators, healthcare workers, and noncitizens at U.S. land borders. The requirements are among the last vestiges of some of the more coercive ...

International

Erdogan says Turkish forces killed IS chief in Syria ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The leader of the Islamic State group was killed in an operation by Turkish intelligence teams in northern Syria, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced. Turkey’s state media said the IS leader blew himself up to avoid capture. Recep Tayyip Erdogan told TRT Turk television in an interview late Sunday that the IS leader known as Abu Hussein al- Qurayshi died on Saturday, following a lengthy pursuit by the Turkish intelligence agency, MIT. Paraguay’s long-ruling Colorado Party has easy election ...

National

Florida man guilty in 2017 serial killings of 4 people (AP) —A Florida man pleaded guilty Monday to randomly shooting four people in a 2017 killing rampage that set a Tampa neighborhood on edge for weeks. Howell Donaldson III entered the guilty pleas to four counts of first-degree murder and was sentenced to four consecutive life sentences without parole, according to court records. The surprise plea deal means that Donaldson will avoid the death penalty, prosecutors said. Donaldson, 30, admitted to the shooting deaths between Oct. 9 and Nov. 14, 2017, of Benjamin Mitchell, Monica ...

Biden, top lawmakers to discuss debt limit at WH May 9

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden sought Monday to ease a debt limit standoff by inviting the four Congressional leaders to the White House on May 9 — signaling the growing fears of a default as the federal government might be unable to pay its bills as soon as June 1. Administration and congressional officials confirmed the individual calls to lawmakers and the meeting date, insisting on anonymity to discuss the plans. Sen. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said he spoke with Biden and expects to speak with him again, though he did not say whether he will attend the meeting. ...