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A Christian activist group has made Target a boycott target after the retailer announced an inclusive transgender bathroom policy in April 2016.(Photo: Eileen Blass, USA TODAY)
[h=2]Christian group has Target in its sights for a boycott[/h]A conservative Christian activist group has gathered more than 517,000 signatures from people pledging to boycott Target over its transgender bathroom policy. Target said last week that the company welcomes "transgender team members and guests to use the restroom or fitting room facility that corresponds with their gender identity." The American Family Association didn't care for that and started a petition Wednesday that says Target's policy encourages sexual predators and puts women and girls in danger, because "a man can simply say he 'feels like a woman today' and enter the women's restroom." A company spokesperson said the retailer stands by its policy.
[h=2]Erin Andrews settles lawsuit against hotel over peephole — but we're still creeped out[/h]Former ESPN reporter and TV personality Erin Andrews settled her lawsuit against hotel companies<span style="color: Red;">*</span>that allowed her stalker to secretly record her naked through a door peephole in 2008. In March, a Nashville jury awarded Andrews a total of $55 million: Her stalker, Michael David Barrett, was responsible for $28 million, while the hotel owner and operator, West End Hotel Partners and Windsor Capital Group, were on the hook for $27 million. Both sides were due back in court Monday over the issue, but instead the settlement was announced.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>What's the final payout? We may never know. The terms are confidential.
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Andrews filed the lawsuit after a man secretly recorded her through an altered peephole in her room at Nashville Marriott at Vanderbilt University in September 2008. USA TODAY Sports
[h=2]So we were the news today. That's different.[/h]USA TODAY<span style="color: Red;">*</span>parent company<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Gannett<span style="color: Red;">*</span>hopes to woo<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Tribune Publishing,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>owner of the Los Angeles Times and<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Chicago Tribune, with<span style="color: Red;">*</span>a $815 million offer announced Monday. Gannett's<span style="color: Red;">*</span>offer price is about 5.6 times Tribune’s estimated 2016 earnings before interest, taxes and other items, and would<span style="color: Red;">*</span>assume<span style="color: Red;">*</span>$390 million of Tribune’s debt outstanding as of Dec. 31, 2015.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>The offer marks<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Gannett's second big move to expand<span style="color: Red;">*</span>since it spun off from its<span style="color: Red;">*</span>former parent in 2015. Its first move was the $280 million<span style="color: Red;">*</span>acquisition of Journal Media Group, a deal completed just weeks ago.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Gannett owns USA TODAY plus 107 local news organizations.
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USA TODAY's Roger Yu breaks down the offer on the offer on the table for Gannett to purchase Tribune Publishing Company. USA TODAY
[h=2]Ted Cruz and<span style="color: Red;">*</span>John Kasich join<span style="color: Red;">*</span>forces. But can they stop Trump?[/h]Some might call it a partnership made in spite, but whatever it is, the Ted Cruz-John Kasich alliance is<span style="color: Red;">*</span>finally happening.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>The two Republican candidates each<span style="color: Red;">*</span>agreed to cede states the other is stronger in, as part of an effort to keep front-runner Donald Trump from<span style="color: Red;">*</span>amassing enough delegates<span style="color: Red;">*</span>during primary contests to win the GOP nomination outright. NBD, Trump says. He<span style="color: Red;">*</span>dismissed the partnership as "dirty politics" and<span style="color: Red;">*</span>predicted that it<span style="color: Red;">*</span>"is going to have a huge reverse effect."
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Amtrak Primary voting in Rhode Island, Delaware, Maryland, Connecticut and Pennsylvania with important 118 Republican and 380 Democratic delegates at stake.
[h=2]We're drinking in the sweet bite of Bey's<span style="color: Red;">*</span>'Lemonade'[/h]Beyoncé's<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Lemonadedropped Saturday, and we can't stop talking about "Becky with the good hair." Queen B's searing, pointed lyrics — some that indicate husband Jay Z may have cheated — have the Beyhive<span style="color: Red;">*</span>abuzz<span style="color: Red;">*</span>with speculation. Especially<span style="color: Red;">*</span>after<span style="color: Red;">*</span>fashion designer<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Rachel Roy<span style="color: Red;">*</span>posted (and since deleted) on her Instagram account a photo with the caption, "Good hair, don't care."
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USA TODAY's Maeve McDermott on Beyonce's new release 'Lemonade'. USA TODAY
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Contributing: Associated Press
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