In Victory for Unions, Law on Dues Is Struck Down in Wisconsin and other top stories.

• In Victory for Unions, Law on Dues Is Struck Down in Wisconsin

  

  Photo Labor unions and their supporters had rallied in the rotunda of the Wisconsin State Capitol in opposition to the measure. Credit Ben Brewer for The New York Times A Wisconsin law barring unions from requiring workers in the private sector to pay the equivalent of union dues was struck down late Friday after a judge deemed it a violation of the state’s Constitution.Democrats and union leaders in the industrial Midwest, a region where organized labor has been weaken..

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• Spring has unsprung with up to 3 inches of snow forecast through Saturday evening - Pittsburgh Post

  

  Although it officially ended March 20, the winter of 2015-16 takes its last swipe at Western Pennsylvania this weekend with a coating of snow that is expected to turn green spaces white and make the roads a little risky. The National Weather Service, which was forecasting at least an inch of snow in some places, issued a winter weather advisory throughout today for Butler, Indiana, Lawrence, Clarion and the eastern parts of Westmoreland and Fayette counties. The city, however, should be spared ..

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• Two airmen shot dead in 'workplace violence' at Texas air base

  

  SAN ANTONIO Two airmen were killed in a "a workplace violence incident" on Friday at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, military officials said, with media outlets reporting that an airman shot his commanding officer and then himself.Two weapons identified as Glocks were found at the scene, Brigadier General Robert LaBrutta, Commander, Joint Base San Antonio, told a news conference. LaBrutta said the two men were the only casualties and he declined to provide further details such a..

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• Man arrested outside Mississippi church after explosives, guns found in car

  

  Authorities in Mississippi arrested a man in the parking lot of a church Thursday after they found homemade incendiary devices and guns in his car. Jason Moncrief, 41, was charged with trespassing at the Southhaven church and remained jailed as of Friday in DeSoto County, just south of Memphis, Tennessee. Mike Knight, a spokesman for the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, said there was no indication Moncrief was targeting the 10,000-member Brown Missionary Baptist Chu..

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• Man pleads guilty in Arizona shootings that killed 1, hurt 5

  

  FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Arizona Department of Corrections shows Ryan Elliott Giroux. Giroux pleaded guilty Friday, April 8, 2016, to killing one person and wounding five others in a shooting rampage in the metro Phoenix area that led to a massive manhunt in March, 2015.(Arizona Department of Corrections via AP, File) (Associated Press) By Ryan Van Velzer | AP April 8 at 11:17 PM PHOENIX — An ex-con pleaded guilty Friday to killing one person and wounding five other..

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• The Latest: Sanders takes in Broadway smash 'Hamilton'

  

  WASHINGTON — The Latest on the 2016 presidential campaign (all times local): 9:31 p.m. Bernie Sanders is taking a break from campaigning to enjoy another political drama: “Hamilton,” the smash-hit Broadway musical about founding father Alexander Hamilton. The Democratic presidential contender and his wife, Jane, took in the show after a day of campaigning around New York City. New York holds its primary April 19. “Hamilton” is the hottest ticket on Broadway. Sanders rival Hillary Clinton has a..

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• Bill Clinton Says He Regrets Showdown With Black Lives Matter Protesters

  

  At a convention of the N.A.A.C.P. last July, Mr. Clinton even conceded that the law he championed sent low-level criminals to prison “for way too long” and “made the problem worse.”But on Thursday, when confronted with protesters over the issue, the former president refused to silently listen as a signature policy of his presidency was trampled upon.“I don’t know how you would characterize gang leaders who got 13-year-old kids hopped up on crack and sent them out on the street to murder other A..

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