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Page 16 The Skanner April 20, 2016 News Clinton on Brink of Dem Nomination WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Clinton emerged from New York’s presi- dential primary closer to clinching the Democratic nomination and becom- ing the first woman to reach that milestone. Re- publican Donald Trump strengthened his own path to the general elec- tion with a commanding victory, but has little room for error in the states ahead. The front-runners now hope to replicate their strong showings in New York in the cluster of Northeastern states next up on the primary calen- dar. Clinton was scheduled to spend Wednesday campaigning in Pennsyl- vania, while Trump had a rally planned in Mary- land, as well as Indiana. Following her win in New York, a jubilant Clinton made clear she was moving past her un- expectedly competitive primary battle with Ber- nie Sanders and setting her sights on the general election. “The race for the nom- ination is in the home stretch, and victory is in sight,” Clinton declared to cheering supporters. Three to be Charged in Flint Water Crisis LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s attorney gen- eral will announce crim- inal charges Wednesday against two state regula- tors and a Flint employ- ee, alleging wrongdo- RACHEL WOOLF/THE FLINT JOURNAL-MLIVE.COM VIA AP World News Briefs Flint native and former Michigan State Police inspector Ellis Stafford looks to Jeff Seipenko, special agent at State of Michigan Attorney General, as they sit in court with warrants on Wednesday, April 20, 2016 at the Floyd J. McCree Courts & Human Services Center in Flint, Mich. Two state regulators and a Flint employee were charged Wednesday with evidence tampering and several other felony and misdemeanor counts related to the Michigan city’s lead-tainted water crisis. ing related to the city’s lead-tainted water crisis, according to government officials familiar with the investigation. The charges — the first levied in a probe that is expected to broaden — will be filed against a pair of state Department of Environmental Quality officials and a local water treatment plant super- visor, two officials told The Associated Press late Tuesday. They spoke on the condition of anonym- ity because they were not authorized to discuss the investigation publicly. The felony and misde- meanor charges include violating Michigan’s drinking water law, offi- cial misconduct, destruc- tion of utility property and evidence tampering, according to one official. For nearly 18 months after Flint’s water source was switched while the city was under state fi- nancial management, residents drank and bathed with improp- erly treated water that coursed through aging pipes and fixtures, re- leasing toxic lead. The city has been un- der a state of emergen- cy for more than four months, and people there have been drinking bot- tled water. Ruling Threatens Key Provision of N.C. Law RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal appeals court ruling on transgender bathroom access in pub- lic schools threatens a key provision of a North Carolina law limiting protections for the LGBT community. The court decision has prompted swift condem- nation from the state’s Republican leadership. The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond sided Tuesday with a transgender teen’s ar- guments that a Virginia school board violated Ti- tle IX by forbidding him from using the boys’ re- stroom. The interpreta- tion of the federal educa- tion law directly affects North Carolina. The court’s ruling im- perils a provision in the North Carolina law — called HB2 — that re- quires transgender stu- dents in public schools and universities to use bathrooms correspond- ing to the gender on their birth certificate, said Maxine Eichner, a Uni- versity of North Carolina law professor. Judge Approves Deal Between Ferguson, DOJ ST. LOUIS (AP) — A fed- eral judge approved an agreement Tuesday be- tween Ferguson and the U.S. Justice Department that calls for sweeping changes in the Missouri city where 18-year-old Michael Brown was fatal- ly shot by a police officer. U.S. District Judge Catherine Perry issued her ruling after a public hearing of several hours in St. Louis, where near- ly three dozen people spoke, and many others had submitted written comments. The settlement calls for diversity training for po- lice; the purchase of soft- ware and the hiring of staff to analyze records on arrests, use of force and other police matters; outfitting all officers and jail workers with body cameras; the hiring of a team to monitor prog- ress; significant munic- ipal court reforms; and other changes. Mayor James Knowles III said after the hearing that the city has already implemented many re- forms, and will act swift- ly on others to “move into compliance as soon as possible.”
