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As Apple tries to fend off government demands for access to iPhone content, the company is leaning on free speech arguments as a key part of its defense in a California courtroom.

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — An Orange County defense attorney suffered a bloodied face and fractured nose after a brawl with a district attorney's investigator in a courthouse hallway, his lawyer said.

PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Republican presidential candidates Marco Rubio and John Kasich suggested Saturday they may not support Donald Trump if he becomes the GOP nominee, as violence at the front-runner's rallies deepened the party's chaotic chasm.

BEIRUT (AP) — After five years of bloodshed — after a quarter of a million deaths, and the flight of millions of refugees — Syria has arrived at a critical juncture: A diplomatic framework is in place to end the carnage, a two-week-old partial cease-fire is holding, and peace talks are set to resume in

COVINGTON, La. (AP) — Residents in Louisiana and Mississippi are taking stock of damage Saturday after a massive deluge of rain submerged roads and cars, washed out bridges and forced residents to flee homes.

Read the obituaries. Nicholas C. Alexander, Tybee Island, GAJacqueline Donovan, Savannah/Newbury, NHShirlean Goodwin, Guyton, GAAlma D. Guzman, Savannah, GARonald Hatten, Eden, GARobert David Hess, Fork, SCEverge James. Jr., Detroit, MIRoger McDonald Kennedy, Savannah, GA

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Members of a City Council committee working to find a replacement for Savannah’s top administrator have decided they will meet with a Florida firm they hope can help with a nationwide search.
Alderman Van Johnson, who heads the committee to find a successor for outgoing City Manager Stephanie Cutter, said Daytona-based Colin Baenzinger & Associates was the standout of four professional search services companies vetted by former top local administrators and Savannah’s Purchasing Department.

The stars will descend on Tybee Island in a few weeks for filming of the big budget movie “Baywatch,” but not all islanders have gotten caught up in the Hollywood glitz and glamour.
Some city officials and business owners are taking issue with a recent change to the scope of the project, which expands the amount of public space that will be needed for the movie during one of the island’s busiest times of the year.