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**The U.S. exit from the Paris Accord climate change agreement will have no impact on biofuels. The American Coalition for Ethanol’s Brian Jennings says President Trump's announcement won't affect renewable fuels because commitments made in the accord were based on the clean power plan and automobile fuel economy rules...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Four more females have been added to a lawsuit that accuses a Michigan doctor of sexually abusing gymnasts and other athletes during medical treatments. The lawsuit against Dr. Larry Nassar started with 18 women and girls two weeks ago. The...

KENILWORTH, N.J. (AP) — A girl who wants to play for her school's boys' basketball team has sued the Archdiocese of Newark. Sydney Phillips' father, Scott, told NJ.com that he doesn't want any money from the lawsuit. He just wants his daughter to be able to play basketball...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — NBA star Derrick Rose is set to return to the witness stand in a $21 million lawsuit that alleges he and two friends raped an incapacitated woman. Before Rose retakes the stand Tuesday, a judge will consider a mistrial request from Rose's lawyer...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — NFL Hall of Famer Jim Brown has accepted a $600,000 offer from video game maker Electronic Arts to end a lawsuit alleging the company illegally used his likeness in its NFL Madden games. A law firm representing Brown announced the deal on Tuesday...

National Crop Insurance Services reports Nearly 90 percent of Americans hold a favorable view of farmers, and 92 percent said it was important to provide them with federal funding, according to a poll released May 11. Positive marks cut across party lines, showing that a strong farm policy is a bipartisan issue...

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A lawsuit against the NFL over the number of tickets sold to the public for the 2014 Super Bowl is going forward. Josh Finkelman's lawsuit seeks class-action status and alleges the league violated New Jersey consumer protection laws when it made only about 1 percent of tickets to the game at MetLife Stadium available to the public...

LANE COUNTY, Ore. (AP) — Two former University of Oregon basketball players dismissed in 2014 as a result of rape allegations involving a freshman student are suing the university for $10 million each. The Oregonian reports the lawsuit was filed by Dominic Artis and Damyean Dotson in Lane County Circuit Court...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Jurors could soon decide whether two hotel companies should be held partially responsible for a stalker taking nude videos of sportscaster Erin Andrews and posting them online. The jury is scheduled to begin deliberating in Andrews' civil case Monday. The...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A jury could soon begin deliberating on whether two hotel companies and a convicted stalker should be forced to pay sportscaster Erin Andrews millions of dollars. Closing arguments are set to begin in Andrews' civil case on Friday. The...