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Judge: US agency illegally paid for Colorado predator hunt

By JAMES ANDERSON - Associated Press
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A federal judge has found that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service illegally helped pay for a Colorado program to kill dozens of mountain lions and black bears in an experiment to determine if the predators were partly responsible for declining mule deer populations. U.S. District Court Chief Judge Marcia Krieger in Denver found that Fish and Wildlife failed to do a required analysis of the program’s environmental effects, possibly so it could fast-track federal funding for most of the $4 million program. Tuesday’s decision stops that funding for state-authorized kills of mountain lions and black bears in southern Colorado’s Upper Arkansas River Valley. A second Colorado Parks and Wildlife program in northwestern Colorado’s Piceance Basin has been completed.  

Juzang sends No. 11 seed UCLA past Michigan to Final Four

By DAVE SKRETTA - AP Basketball Writer
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Johnny Juzang poured in 28 points while playing most of the second half on an injured ankle, and UCLA survived a series of misses by top-seeded Michigan in the closing seconds to hold on for a 51-49 victory that made the Bruins the fifth No. 11 seed ever to reach the Final Four. The game ended when Michigan forward Franz Wagner missed an open look from the 3-point line at the buzzer, the last in a series of misses that would have allowed the Wolverines to escape. 

Over 4,000 migrants, many kids, crowded into Texas facility

By ELLIOT SPAGAT and NOMAAN MERCHANT - Associated Press
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The Biden administration for the first time has allowed journalists inside its main border detention facility for migrant children. A tour Tuesday revealed a severely overcrowded tent structure where more than 4,000 migrants were crammed into a space intended for 250 and the youngest ones are kept in a large playpen with mats on the floor for sleeping. With thousands of children and families arriving at the U.S. in recent weeks and packing facilities, President Joe Biden has been under pressure to bring more transparency to the process. More than 4,100 people were being housed on the property Tuesday in Donna, Texas. Most were unaccompanied children.

The Latest: Wyoming governor sticks with ending mask mandate

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CASPER, Wyo. — Wyoming’s governor is rejecting a call by President Joe Biden for states to reimpose mask orders in response to the coronavirus pandemic. A spokesman said Tuesday that Gov. Mark Gordon has no plans to reimpose Wyoming’s statewide mandate, which he lifted March 16. It had been in effect since December. Several other governors have recently ended mask…