Stunning conjunction of Venus, crescent moon will be visible Saturday

TOP STORIES:

• Sea lions rehabbed by SeaWorld San Diego released at beach on Camp Pendleton
• New York doctor indicted for prescribing abortion pill in Louisiana
• Democrats elect Ken Martin, the party leader in Minnesota, as national chair
• US military conducts airstrikes against Islamic State operatives in Somalia
• Trump says he ordered air strikes on ISIS leaders in Somalia
• Ken Martin wins race to become chair of the Democratic National Committee
• A$AP Rocky’s lawyer challenges his accuser’s account as Rihanna watched from the audience
• Hamas frees 3 hostages and Israel begins releasing Palestinian prisoners
• Venezuela frees 6 Americans after meeting between President Maduro and Trump’s envoy
• Pediatric patient among 6 people on small plane that crashed near Philadelphia mall
• Claudine’s Garden to honor Rosie the Riveter at Chico Veterans Memorial Park