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WASHINGTON (AP) - PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP MAY ABANDON U.S. PLEDGES TO REDUCE CARBON EMISSIONS, BUT GLOBAL ECONOMIC REALITIES ENSURE HE IS UNLIKELY TO REVERSE THE ACCELERATING PUSH TO ADOPT CLEANER FORMS OF ENERGY. AROUND THE WORLD, COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS ARE BEING SHUTTERED AS GOVERNMENTS AND PRIVATE COMPANIES INVEST BILLIONS IN WIND TURBINES AND SOLAR FARMS.

ST.PETERSBURG, RUSSIA (AP) - PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN SAYS THAT RUSSIA'S MILITARY DEPLOYMENTS ON A GROUP OF PACIFIC ISLANDS ALSO CLAIMED BY JAPAN HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY CONCERNS ABOUT THE U.S. MILITARY BUILDUP IN THE REGION. SPEAKING AT A MEETING WITH INTERNATIONAL NEWS EDITORS, PUTIN SAID THE U.S. WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO BUILD UP ITS MISSILE SHIELD IN THE REGION EVEN IF NORTH KOREA AGREES TO CURB ITS NUCLEAR AND MISSILE PROGRAMS.

WASHINGTON (AP) - PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN SAYS THE RUSSIAN STATE HAS NEVER BEEN INVOLVED IN HACKING. SPEAKING AT A MEETING WITH SENIOR EDITORS OF LEADING INTERNATIONAL NEWS AGENCIES THURSDAY, PUTIN SAID THAT SOME INDIVIDUAL "PATRIOTIC" HACKERS COULD MOUNT SOME ATTACKS AMID THE CURRENT COLD SPELL IN RUSSIA'S RELATIONS WITH THE WEST.

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (AP) - THE CITY'S ACTING MAYOR SAYS THE MASSIVE TRUCK BOMBING IN KABUL CAUSED PROPERTY DAMAGE AS FAR AS 4 KILOMETERS (2.5 MILES) AWAY FROM THE BLAST SITE. ABDULLAH HABIBZAI SAYS CITY WORKERS REMOVED AROUND 200 LARGE TRUCKS OF GARBAGE AND DESTROYED MATERIAL AFTER WEDNESDAY'S BLAST. HABIBZAI SAYS THE TOTAL DAMAGE FROM THE BOMBING BASED ON AN INITIAL ESTIMATE IS 1 BILLION AFGHANIS ($ 1.5 MILLION) BUT THAT NUMBER COULD RISE.
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THE UNITED HEALTH FOUNDATION RANKS WYOMING AS THE 37TH HEALTHIEST STATE IN AMERICA FOR OLDER PEOPLE.

THE FOUNDATION'S 2017 SENIOR HEALTH REPORT SAYS MINNESOTA IS THE HEALTHIEST STATE FOR SENIORS, FOLLOWED BY UTAH AND HAWAII.

WYOMING, AT 37TH, HAS A LOW PERCENTAGE OF SENIOR RESIDENTS WHO ARE IN HOSPITAL INTENSIVE CARE UNITS.

OUR STATE ALSO RANKS HIGH FOR HOME-DELIVERED MEALS TO SENIORS AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT.

MISSISSIPPI IS THE LEAST-HEALTHIEST STATE FOR SENIORS, WITH OKLAHOMA AND KENTUCKY AT 48TH AND 49TH PLACES, RESPECTIVELY.

STATE RANKINGS ARE BASED ON 34 FACTORS, INCLUDING SMOKING, EXCESSIVE DRINKING LEVELS, PHYSICAL INACTIVITY AND OBESITY.

THE REPORT ALSO FACTORS THE PERCENTAGE OF OLDER PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN POVERTY.

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A MAN COULD SPEND THE REST OF HIS LIFE BEHIND BARS AFTER ADMITTING WEDNESDAY MORNING IN NATRONA COUNTY DISTRICT COURT TO FOUR FELONY CHARGES STEMMING FROM A YOUNG GIRL'S CLAIM THAT HE HAD "BASICALLY BEEN RAPING [HER] FOR A LONG TIME

38-YEAR-OLD AARON ANDREW RUSHING PLEADED GUILTY TO THREE COUNTS OF FIRST-DEGREE SEXUAL ABUSE OF A MINOR AND ONE COUNT OF POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. HE COULD NOW FACE 75-160 YEARS IN PRISON AT HIS SENTENCING HEARING, WHICH WILL BE HELD AT A LATER DATE.

IN EXCHANGE FOR HIS GUILTY PLEAS, ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY MIKE SCHAFER AGREED TO DROP THE REMAINING SIX COUNTS -- INCLUDING CHARGES OF FIRST- AND SECOND-DEGREE SEXUAL ABUSE OF A MINOR -- FILED IN A SECOND AMENDED INFORMATION.

COURT DOCUMENTS SAY A 15- OR 16-YEAR-OLD TOLD CASPER POLICE IN FEBRUARY HE HAD ACCIDENTALLY FOUND CHILD PORNOGRAPHY ON A FLASH DRIVE BELONGING TO RUSHING.

THE CHILD PORNOGRAPHY ALLEGEDLY DEPICTED THE TEENAGER'S RELATIVE, WHO WAS 12 YEARS OLD WHEN SHE SUFFERED THE ABUSE RUSHING ADMITTED TO WEDNESDAY.

IN AN INTERVIEW AT THE CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY PROJECT IN CASPER, THE VICTIM DETAILED NUMEROUS SEXUAL ASSAULTS THAT HAPPENED IN A CAMPER AND IN THE BASEMENT OF A HOME IN NATRONA COUNTY, ACCORDING TO AN AFFIDAVIT.
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A 24-YEAR-OLD CHEYENNE MAN COULD FACE 25 TO 70 YEARS IN PRISON FOR THE DEATH OF HIS GIRLFRIEND'S TWO-YEAR-OLD SON.

JOHN BARRETT MADE HIS INITIAL COURT APPEARANCE VIA VIDEO CONFERENCE WEDNESDAY MORNING.

BARRETT, WHO WAS ARRESTED ON FRIDAY AFTER POLICE SERVED A SEARCH WARRANT AT HIS HOUSE, IS ACCUSED OF BEATING AND SEXUALLY ABUSING THE BOY BETWEEN MAY 9 AND MAY 18.

"THE CHEYENNE POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS CASE ON MAY 22 WHEN CHRISTOPHER CLARK WAS BROUGHT TO THE HOSPITAL AT CRMC. HOSPITAL STAFF RECOGNIZED THAT HE HAD EXTENSIVE BRUISING ON HIS HEAD, ABDOMEN, BACK, BUTTOCKS, LEGS AND ARMS AND THAT HE HAD TWO BLACK EYES. THEY SENT HIM DOWN TO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL COLORADO WHERE HE PASSED AWAY THE NEXT DAY."

BARRETT HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF CHILD ABUSE AND FIRST-DEGREE SEXUAL ABUSE OF MINOR, BUT OFFICER KEVIN MALATESTA SAYS ADDITIONAL CHARGES COULD FOLLOW.

"WE'RE NOT RULING ANYBODY OUT WITH THIS TOO, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT HIM AS WELL AS ANYBODY ELSE THE CHILD WAS LIVING WITH OR HAD CONTACT WITH, SO THAT WOULD INCLUDE HIS MOTHER."

DUE TO THE SEVERITY OF THE CHARGES, BARRETT'S BOND HAS BEEN SET AT $50,000 CASH. HIS PRELIMINARY HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 8.

 

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