NEWS OF THE DAY

_1 Voting access: Three months after a much-disputed election for Georgia governor, lawmakers have filed a bill to make the state use voting machines that have electronic ballot markers and print a paper ballot. The bill changes the state’s strict standard for verifying voter registration and clarifies when polling places can be closed or moved. Both issues flared during the race between Republican Brian Kemp and Democrat Stacey Abrams, who lost her bid to become the first black woman elected governor of any state. Abrams accused Kemp of using his previous position as the state’s chief elections officer to suppress votes; Kemp denied the claim. _2 Sanctuary reprisals: A federal judge in Los Angeles has blocked the Trump administration from favoring police departments that cooperate with immigration officials when issuing some law enforcement grants. Judge Manuel Real ruled Friday that the Department of Justice imposed unconstitutional conditions on two grant programs. The department required recipients to allow immigration authorities into jails and provide advance notice before releasing detainees in the country illegally. Los Angeles, a sanctuary city, sued after it was denied a grant that it had received for the previous 20 years. _3 Prison riot: A riot that broke out among nearly 50 inmates at a San Diego prison injured 10 prisoners, one of them seriously, authorities said. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation says the riot happened Friday in a medium-security yard at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility. The department said fights and attacks broke out at the same time. Guards used pepper spray to quell the fighting. The seriously injured inmate suffered head injuries and was taken by helicopter to a hospital.

_4 Priest abuse: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn in New York City has released the names of more than 100 priests who have been credibly accused of sexually abusing a child, joining a recent torrent of disclosures from dioceses and religious orders across the country as law enforcement officials examine the church’s response to an epidemic of abuse. The disclosure is one of the largest to come from an individual diocese. The Most Rev. Nicholas DiMarzio, the bishop of Brooklyn, follows dozens of other bishops in the U.S. in deciding to publish the names of suspected abusers after an explosive grand jury report in Pennsylvania last summer that inflamed tensions in the church by documenting seven decades of accusations. _5 Extortion charge: An Oklahoma Highway Patrol captain accused of using cell phone audio recordings to try to blackmail the commissioner of the state Department of Public Safety and further his career has been charged with extortion. Attorney Mike Johnson said Capt. Troy German “100 percent” denies the accusations, calling his client “a whistleblower who exposed corruption at the highest levels at the highway patrol.”