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John Oliver’s latest episode of “Last Week Tonight” gave the host ample opportunity to address those viral videos of news anchors across the country reciting a promo script warning against “false news,” as mandated by telecom giant Sinclair Broadcast Group. In case you missed it, Sinclair owns about 200 news stations across the country, including four in Pennsylvania – WOLF (FOX56) in Wilkes-Barre; WHP (CBS21) in Harrisburg; and WJAC (NBC6) in Johnstown. Lately, the owners of the conservative-leaning broadcast media group has been forcing all of its newsrooms to read the same script on air, chiding other media for perpetuating fake news.During Sunday’s episode, Oliver spent about four minutes skewering Sinclair’s blatant right-wing agenda, highlighting other “must-run” stories the company's stations have broadcast – Sinclair previously was best know for a politically and racially charged directive that each of its … [Read more...] about John Oliver takes on the Sinclair ‘false news’ promo that’s invading local newsrooms

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and immigration (all times local): 9:55 p.m. The Mexican foreign ministry says U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen has told Mexico’s top diplomat that U.S. National Guard troops being deployed to the border “will not carry arms or carry out migration or customs control activities.” Mexican Foreign Secretary Luis Videgaray is in Washington on a visit. A foreign ministry statement issued Wednesday night says Nielsen told Videgaray that the troops will only be providing support for Department of Homeland Security work. It says the deployment will be similar to ones in 2006 under President George Bush and in 2010 with President Barack Obama. Trump signed a proclamation earlier Wednesday ordering the secretary of defense to support the Department of Homeland Security in securing the southern border to stop the flow of drugs and migrants. ___ 8:30 p.m. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey says his state welcomes … [Read more...] about The Latest: Mexico says US troops on border won’t be armed

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on an earthquake that occurred in the Channel Islands region off Southern California (all times local):1:32 p.m.No significant damage has been reported after a magnitude 5.3 earthquake in the Channel Islands region off the Southern California coast, but some bricks fell from a chimney at a historic ranch on one of the islands.Channel Islands National Park spokeswoman Yvonne Menard says the bricks fell Thursday at a ranch building on Santa Cruz Island that dates to the 1860s.Menard says the 12:29 p.m. quake was felt by visitors and staff on the island, but no injuries were reported.Most of Santa Cruz, including the ranch area, is owned by The Nature Conservancy, which cooperatively manages the island with the Park Service.Veteran seismologist Lucy Jones says earthquakes of such size typically occur about once a year in Southern California.———12:44 p.m.An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.3 has struck off the coast of … [Read more...] about The Latest: Magnitude 5.3 quake hits off Southern California

HONOLULU (AP) — The Latest on a hearing held about Hawaii's mistaken missile alert (all times local):1 p.m.The head of the Hawaii state Department of Defense says the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency began implementing its plan to issue warnings about ballistic missile attacks before the entire plan was drafted.Maj. Gen. Arthur "Joe" Logan told a U.S. Senate committee hearing in Honolulu on Thursday that "'We started flying the plane before we built the whole plan."Logan told lawmakers he felt it was imperative that he do so given North Korea's repeated ballistic missile and nuclear tests and its threats toward Hawaii.U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz of Hawaii held the hearing to understand how and why Hawaii mistakenly sent cellphone and broadcast alerts in January warning of an imminent ballistic missile attack.————1 p.m.A Federal Communications Commission official says Hawaii's emergency alert system plan is more than 10 years old.Commissioner Jessica … [Read more...] about The Latest: Hawaii implemented alert plan before completing

AP-US-TRUMP-RUSSIA-PROBE-THE-LATEST The Latest: Giuliani says statement on meeting was a mistake WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani says Trump’s legal team and press secretary simply “got it wrong” when they said the president had nothing to do with drafting a statement for his son about a meeting with a Russian lawyer during the 2016 presidential election. Giuliani said during an appearance on CNN that “it was a mistake” and rejected the idea that it was a lie. He adds: “I have no idea how they got it wrong, but they got it wrong.” A January letter from Trump’s lawyers to the special counsel investigating Russian meddling says Trump “dictated a short but accurate response” about the meeting. That directly contradicted White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders. She said in August that Trump “certainly didn’t dictate” the letter. Trump lawyer Jay Sekulow said in … [Read more...] about Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment at 12:20 a.m. EDT