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Supreme Court blocks order requiring Trump administration to reinstate thousands of federal workers

By Mark Sherman

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked an order for the Trump administration to return to work thousands of federal employees who were let go in mass firings aimed at dramatically downsizing the federal government.

The justices acted in the administration’s emergency appeal of a ruling by a federal judge in California ordering that 16,000 probationary employees be reinstated while a lawsuit plays out because their firings didn’t follow federal law.

The effect of the high court’s order will keep employees in six federal agencies on paid administrative leave for now. Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson said they would have kept the judge’s order in place.

A second lawsuit, filed in Maryland, also resulted in an order blocking the firings at those same six agencies, plus roughly a dozen more. But that order only applies in the 19 states and the District of Columbia that sued the administration.

Resilient Florida relies on defense and playmakers to overcome frustration in NCAA title game

By Jim Vertuno

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Dribbles bounced off hips, no-look passes went to no one and Florida’s best player couldn’t make a basket.

And when the Gators’ bench was assessed a technical foul early in the second half, a frustrating night appeared tobe hitting its low point.

But then the resilient Gators got going as they fought back from a 12-point deficit in the second half to beat Houston 65-63 in the NCAA title game for the school’s third national championship.

At least 27 dead and 160 injured in a roof collapse at a nightclub in the Dominican Republic

By Martin Adames Alcantara and Danica Coto

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — At least 27 people died and 160 others were injured in the Dominican capital early Tuesday when the roof collapsed at an iconic nightclub where politicians, athletes and others were attending a merengue concert, authorities said.

Crews were searching for potential survivors in the rubble at the one-story Jet Set nightclub in Santo Domingo, said Juan Manuel Méndez, director of the Center of Emergency Operations.

“We presume that many of them are still alive, and that is why the authorities here will not give up until not a single person remains under that rubble,” he said.

Nelsy Cruz, the governor of the northwestern province of Montecristi, was among the victims. Meanwhile, the injured include former Major League baseball pitcher Octavio Dotel, legislator Bray Vargas and merengue singer Rubby Pérez, who was performing when the roof collapsed onto patrons, officials said.