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The largest Protestant denomination in the country closed its annual meeting Wednesday with a partisan speech from the vice president. The group's new leader quickly sought to distance it from Pence.

White people have called the police on black people in multiple incidents recently, despite no crimes being committed. Professor Khalil Muhammad thinks it's a problem with a complex history.

The Hollywood mogul is expected to hand himself over to police at 8 a.m. Friday in Manhattan, a source tells NPR. He's expected pay a million-dollar bail and surrender his passport.

Sophomore Donte DiVincenzo scored 31 points as the Wildcats, sporting the nation's most powerful offense, overcame a slow start to blow past the Wolverines, 79-62.

Jim Thome and Trevor Hoffman also were elected. Players suspected of using steroids, including ace pitcher Roger Clemens and home run kings Barry Bonds and Sammy Sosa, were left out for another year.

Guillaume started as a stage actor, but playing refined butler — and later lieutenant governor — Benson DuBois for nine years starting in 1977 made him a TV star and a symbol of hard-won success.

The Americans came into Tuesday night with good odds of making the 2018 tournament. But their loss to Trinidad and Tobago, combined with wins by both Panama and Honduras, will leave the U.S. at home.

The Indians beat the Detroit Tigers 5-3 Wednesday afternoon to break a tie at 20 straight wins, a streak also managed by the 2002 Oakland Athletics. Five more wins will tie the major league record.

On the same night in Florida, two police officers were fatally shot in Kissimmee, near Orlando, and two were shot in Jacksonville. Two others were shot in Pennsylvania.

For the first time since 2002, home field advantage in the World Series wasn't on the line in the exhibition, but the AL's 2-1 win was still hard-fought.