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BEIRUT (AP) - THE U.S. MILITARY SAYS IT WILL ASSESS ALLEGATIONS THAT A COALITION AIRSTRIKE MAY HAVE KILLED OVER 40 PRISONERS HELD IN AN ISLAMIC STATE-RUN JAIL IN EASTERN SYRIA. CENTRAL COMMAND CONFIRMED TO THE AP ON TUESDAY THAT IT STRUCK IS FACILITIES IN THE TOWN OF AL-MAYADEEN IN THE PROVINCE OF DEIR EL-ZOUR THE DAY BEFORE. SYRIAN ACTIVISTS REPORTED AN IS JAIL WAS STRUCK IN THE AREA ON MONDAY, AND SAID AT LEAST 42 PRISONERS WERE KILLED, ALONG WITH SEVERAL IS FIGHTERS.

WASHINGTON (AP) - A PROMINENT IRANIAN LAWMAKER HAS DENOUNCED THE SUPREME COURT'S PARTIAL REINSTATEMENT OF PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S TRAVEL BAN, CLAIMING IT'S AN "OBVIOUS BREACH" OF THE 2015 NUCLEAR DEAL BETWEEN TEHRAN AND WORLD POWERS. HOSSEIN NAGHAVI HOSSEINI CLAIMS THAT UNDER THE NUCLEAR DEAL, COUNTRIES THAT SIGNED IT ARE PROHIBITED FROM IMPOSING NEW RESTRICTIONS OR SANCTIONS ON IRANIANS. BUT HE DID NOT EXPLAIN HOW THAT'S RELEVANT TO THE TRAVEL BAN, WHICH PERTAINS TO SIX MOSTLY MUSLIM COUNTRIES, INCLUDING IRAN.

WASHINGTON (AP) - SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADERS ARE SCRAMBLING TO RESCUE THEIR HEALTH CARE BILL. IT'S IN DEEPENING TROUBLE AS OPPOSITION FROM REBELLIOUS REPUBLICANS GROWS. THE DEFECTIONS CAME AS CONGRESS' NONPARTISAN BUDGET REFEREE SAID THE MEASURE WOULD LEAVE 22 MILLION MORE PEOPLE UNINSURED BY 2026 THAN PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S LAW, WHICH REPUBLICANS ARE TRYING TO REPLACE.

BRUSSELS (AP) - THE EUROPEAN UNION HAS SLAPPED A RECORD 2.42 BILLION-EURO FINE ON INTERNET GIANT GOOGLE ON TUESDAY FOR TAKING ADVANTAGE OF ITS DOMINANCE IN ONLINE SEARCHES TO DIRECT CUSTOMERS TO ITS OWN ONLINE SHOPPING BUSINESS. EUROPEAN REGULATORS GAVE THE COMPANY 90 DAYS TO STOP OR FACE FINES OF UP TO 5 PERCENT OF THE AVERAGE DAILY WORLDWIDE REVENUE OF PARENT COMPANY ALPHABET. GOOGLE IS CONSIDERING AN APPEAL.

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MOTORISTS WILL PAY MORE FOR DRIVER LICENSE AND MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION FEES STARTING JULY 1.

THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SAYS THE INCREASES ARE THE RESULT OF TWO BILLS APPROVED BY THE 2017 LEGISLATURE.

ONE INCREASES THE FEES FOR A DRIVER'S LICENSE, AND THE OTHER INCREASES THE STATE'S PORTION OF MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATIONS.

THE INCREASES WILL REPLACE A PORTION OF THE $25 MILLION IN STATE GENERAL FUNDING THAT LAWMAKERS REMOVED FROM WYDOT'S BUDGET THIS PAST SESSION.

WYDOT RECEIVED THOSE FUNDS EACH FISCAL YEAR TO MAINTAIN AND OPERATE THE STATE'S ROAD AND BRIDGES.

FOR MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATIONS, THE INCREASES DEPEND ON THE TYPE OF VEHICLE.

FOR A DRIVER’S LICENSE, THE FEE WILL INCREASE FROM $20 TO $40.

WYDOT DIRECTOR BILL PANOS SAID THIS MARKS THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1993 DRIVER LICENSES FEES HAVE INCREASED, AND THE FIRST TIME FOR AN INCREASE OF THE STATE'S PORTION OF VEHICLE REGISTRATION FEES SINCE 1975.

NATRONA COUNTY TREASURER TOM DOYLE URGES THOSE WHO HAVE LICENSE PLATES AND REGISTRATIONS EXPIRING IN JUNE TO RENEW ON OR BEFORE FRIDAY AND THEY CAN DO IT THROUGH THE COUNTY'S WEBSITE.
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BILLINGS, MONT. (AP) - A COUNTY ATTORNEY IN RURAL NORTHERN WYOMING SAYS AN OFFICER SHOT AND CRITICALLY INJURED A MAN DURING A DISTURBANCE. WASHAKIE COUNTY ATTORNEY JOHN WORRALL SAYS OFFICERS WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THE WORLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT ENTERED A HOME LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND ENCOUNTERED A MAN WITH A BASEBALL BAT. ONE OF THE OFFICERS WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS, AND THE OTHER SHOT THE MAN IN THE ABDOMEN AS HE APPROACHED.

BOZEMAN, MONT. (AP) - AUTHORITIES HAVE RELEASED THE NAME OF A MAN WHO WAS FOUND DEAD IN A LAKE JUST NORTH OF YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK. 67-YEAR-OLD JEFFREY BARR, OF BURBANK, CALIFORNIA, DROWNED AFTER HE ENTERED HEBGEN LAKE IN AN APPARENT ATTEMPT TO RETRIEVE A PONTOON BOAT THAT HAD BLOWN AWAY. SEARCHERS BEGAN LOOKING FOR THE MAN THURSDAY, AND THE BODY WAS FOUND FRIDAY ABOUT 300 FEET FROM THE SHORE NEAR HIS CAMPSITE.

CASPER, WYO. (AP) - A 17-YEAR STUDY OF MULE DEER IN SOUTHWEST WYOMING CONCLUDES THAT THE DEER HAVE NOT ADAPTED TO OIL AND GAS WELLS ON THEIR WINTER RANGE. THE STUDY ALSO DOCUMENTED A 36-PERCENT DECLINE IN DEER POPULATIONS EXPOSED TO ENERGY DEVELOPMENT. A RESEARCHER SAYS THE STUDY SHOWS THE TRADE-OFFS OF ENERGY DEVELOPMENT IN CRITICAL WILDLIFE HABITAT.

CODY, WYO. (AP) - A 19-YEAR-OLD MONTANA MAN HAS DIED AFTER FALLING 2,000 FEET WHILE BACKCOUNTRY SKIING WITH HIS SISTER IN THE BEARTOOTH MOUNTAINS IN NORTHERN WYOMING. THE PARK COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT SAYS BENJAMIN FERN TESSENEER OF BOZEMAN, MONTANA DIED IN THE ACCIDENT SATURDAY. BACKCOUNTRY SKIING IS COMMON IN THE BEARTOOTH MOUNTAINS, WHERE THERE IS STILL SNOW HIGH IN THE MOUNTAINS.

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