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BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — The University of California, Berkeley has been ordered to pay back at least $5 million in tuition and fees to hundreds of teaching assistants who complained they were hired at a part-time rate but worked close to the 10-hour-per-week minimum to qualify for benefits.

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge revoked bail Wednesday for attorney Michael Avenatti after prosecutors detailed evidence of new financial crimes he committed while he was free and facing trials in New York and California.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday falsely proclaimed his trade deal with China to be the world's largest agreement. The deal is intended to ease some U.S. economic sanctions on China while Beijing would step up purchases of American farm products and other goods.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A 20-year-old member of Holy Cross college women's crew team was killed and several of her teammates were seriously injured when their van crashed in Florida.

BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport saw more passengers than ever before in 2019 even as nearby Yellowstone National Park reported a dip in visitation.

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago again bolstered its sanctuary policies Wednesday as aldermen approved a plan requiring police to document any requests for assistance from federal immigration agents.

CHICAGO (AP) — Futures trading on the Chicago Board of Trade Wed.:

A West Point cadet briefly tried to raise money online to cover travel and lodging costs for an adult film star to be his date for a formal banquet at the storied academy.

LEBANON, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio man pleaded guilty to charges in three bank robberies in the state between 2016 and last year and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the New Mexico Lottery's "Pick 4 Day" game were:

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the New Mexico Lottery's "Pick 3 Day" game were:

HONOLULU (AP) — A person who was near a remote Hawaii site where a tour helicopter crashed and killed seven people last month told investigators that visibility was only about 20 feet (6 meters) at the time because of fog and rain, according to a preliminary accident report released Wednesday.

TIVERTON, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island community is trying to figure out who cut down about two dozen trees on a town-owned waterfront lot without permission.

Here are a few ways to make good on that “new year, new you” resolution while also benefiting the community you live in.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A coalition of unions and progressive Maryland Democrats announced a package of tax measures on Wednesday to raise money for a plan to improve education in the state.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — "Medicare for All" has played a role in nearly every stage of the Democratic presidential campaign, but there's been some quibbling over how that phrase is defined. With just weeks until the first 2020 contests, several groups are organizing grassroots efforts aimed at convincing voters they should back candidates who fully support the legislation from which the phrase is derived.

Longtime neighborhood eatery Savor closed in San Francisco's Noe Valley on Sunday.

The massive 47-bedroom mansion used as a setting for 2019's "Little Women" is up for sale. The historic residence is available for $2.5 million.

The Warriors signed shooting guard Damion Lee to a multiyear contract, the team announced Wednesday.

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors created 12 new neighborhood commercial districts on Tuesday in preparation for a ballot initiative residents will vote on in March, according to Curbed SF.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Some Tennessee parents were accused of misspending thousands of dollars in school voucher funds while using state-issued debit cards over the past school year, a review by The Associated Press has found, and state officials say they do not know what many of those purchases were for.

MIAMI (AP) — El actor mexicano Pablo Lyle, acusado de homicidio por haber golpeado mortalmente a un hombre mayor tras una confrontación vehicular en Miami, pidió el miércoles a una jueza que reconsidere liberarlo y le permita viajar a su país natal para estar con su familia y trabajar.

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