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MERRILLVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Two Indiana bakeries share a love for four-sided doughnuts but one of them believes there is room for only one square doughnut-maker.

ATLANTA (AP) — Prosecutors say a man accused of pouring boiled water on two gay men inside a suburban Atlanta apartment has been indicted.Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard announced the indictment of 48-year-old Martin Blackwell on Friday. Authorities say Blackwell told investigators he was disgusted with Anthony Gooden's relationship with Marquez Tolbert and poured "a little hot water on them" last month. Blackwell is the boyfriend of Gooden's mother.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is set to preside over a solemn vigil service to usher in the hope-filled Easter celebrations after a dark week in Europe.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The six astronauts at the International Space Station got an early Easter treat this weekend with the arrival of a supply ship full of fresh food and experiments.

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government forces have seized three neighborhoods inside Palmyra, a town with famed Roman-era ruins that fell to the Islamic State group last May, state media reported Saturday.

Read the obituaries. Mr. Owen M. Anderson, Savannah, GAMs. Catherine Arnett, Sylvania, GADeacon Moses Knight Baker, Savannah, GAJeane Barse Bankhead, Garden City, GAMr. Rick Campbell, Beaufort, SCDonald H. Cooper, Garden City/Pooler, GAKedeem HaShaun Davis, Savannah, GA

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bernie Sanders pushed for a trifecta of wins in Saturday's Democratic presidential caucuses in Hawaii, Alaska and Washington state, hoping to stoke a spring comeback against the commanding front-runner, Hillary Clinton.

Savannah-Chatham police including a SWAT team and hostage negotiator are on scene at a location on Catherine Circle, according to spokesperson Eunicia Baker, searching for an alleged kidnapping suspect.The situation began as a domestic kidnapping involving one adult male and one adult female whose identities have not been revealed by police. The female was able to get away and is safe, according to police. Police are currently searching for the male suspect in the area of Catherine Circle.

SEATTLE — Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders’ brand of democratic socialism may take some explaining in some parts of the United States, but not in Seattle.