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• More schools set to close for teacher rally

  12-04-2018 12:56
  The Christian, Garrard, Bullitt, Scott, Christian and Trimble county districts are closing schools Friday so teachers and other employees can rally in Frankfort as the General Assembly returns for its last two days in session.
  
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• Tropical Storm Barbara gathers force far off southern Mexico

  01-07-2019 16:56
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — A tropical storm far off Mexico’s southern coast is on the verge of growing into a hurricane, and the U.S. National Hurricane Center says it could become a big one in the coming days.
  But Tropical Storm Barbara is heading out into the Pacific and poses no threat to land.
  The storm was centered about 930 miles (1,500 kilometers) south-southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula Monday and was heading west at 16 mph (26 kph).
  The hurricane center s
  
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• Close to Chelsea move, Lampard misses training with Derby

  01-07-2019 16:50
  DERBY, England (AP) — Frank Lampard is edging closer to becoming Chelsea manager.
  Lampard’s current team, Derby, says the former England midfielder has been excused from reporting back for preseason training on Monday and Tuesday “to allow his discussions regarding a potential move to Chelsea to be concluded as soon as possible.”
  Lampard began talks last week with Chelsea, where he is the record scorer with 211 goals. He won three Premier League titles at Stamford Bridge
  
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• Rashford signs 4-year deal with Man United

  01-07-2019 16:48
  MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Marcus Rashford has signed a four-year deal at Manchester United as the Premier League team tied down one of its most gifted young players.
  The 21-year-old England striker now has a contract at United until 2023, with the option of a further year.
  Rashford, who is locally born, emerged as the first-choice striker for manager Old Gunnar Solskjaer in the closing weeks of last season and is likely to fill that role again next season with Romelu Lukaku potentially le
  
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• Lebanese authorities to investigate deadly shooting

  01-07-2019 16:47
  BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s top defense council has ordered an investigation into a deadly shooting that left two people dead and others wounded.
  The Higher Defense Council held a meeting Monday attended by the president, prime minister, Cabinet ministers and heads of Lebanon’s security and military agencies.
  The meeting came a day after a shooting in a mountain village near Beirut killed two guards of Saleh al-Gharib, the minister of state handling refugee issues.
  The shooting cam
  
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• Pope sets date for sainthood ceremony for Cardinal Newman

  01-07-2019 16:41
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — A prominent Anglican convert, John Henry Newman, who later became a Catholic cardinal and was hailed by the Vatican for improving relations between religions, will be made a saint in October.
  Pope Francis on Monday decreed that his canonization ceremony be held on Oct. 13. The Holy See didn’t say where the ceremony would be held, but it was widely expected to take place at the Vatican.
  Newman renounced an illustrious career at Oxford University to convert to Catho
  
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• Ex-Cowboys player Brent arrested on assault, other charges

  01-07-2019 16:41
  DALLAS (AP) — Former Dallas Cowboys player Josh Brent is being held on charges that include assaulting a public servant after authorities say officers found him intoxicated outside a Dallas-area fast food restaurant.
  Coppell police Sgt. Sammy Lujan says officers responded Sunday after a caller expressed concern about a man talking to himself.
  Lujan says the 31-year-old Brent was intoxicated and resisted as officers attempted to handcuff him. He was taken into custody after officers shot hi
  
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• Funeral scheduled for detective who fought for Sept. 11 fund

  01-07-2019 16:32
  NEW YORK (AP) — A funeral will be held Wednesday for a former New York City police detective who was a leader in the fight for the Sept. 11 Victims Compensation Fund. Detective Luis Alvarez appeared with former “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart last month to plead with Congress to extend the compensation fund.
  Alvarez, who died Saturday of colorectal cancer, was admitted to a hospice within days of his testimony.
  His funeral will be held at the Immaculate Conception Church in the A
  
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• Closing arguments due in Navy SEAL court-martial

  01-07-2019 16:20
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Closing arguments are set to begin in the court-martial of a decorated Navy SEAL charged with murder and other crimes in Iraq.
  The prosecution is expected to begin summing up its case against Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher on Monday in San Diego. Gallagher is accused of fatally stabbing a wounded Islamic State prisoner on May 3, 2017.
  He’s also charged with attempted murder and conduct prejudicial to good order and discipline for posing with the corpse for
  
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• Father who was shot after his twins were born has died

  01-07-2019 16:17
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A 20-year-old Kentucky father who had watched the birth of his first children before being shot last week has been pronounced dead.
  News outlets report Tyrese Garvin was taken off of life support Friday. He was shot in a drive-by shooting, walking home from the hospital where his twins were born. He died in the same hospital.
  Louisville Metro Police Lt. Emily McKinley says they arrested three teenage boys, ages 14 to 17. Their charges weren’t immediately specif
  
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• Creator of HBO’s ‘Euphoria’ says it tries to be ’empathic’

  01-07-2019 16:11
  NEW YORK (AP) — The HBO show “Euphoria” is personal for Sam Levinson, its creator and writer.
  He drew on his own youth and struggles with addiction for the series.
  The eight-episode show follows a group of suburban high school students as they try to construct an identity in a world saturated with social media.
  There’s plenty of ugly sex, full frontal nudity, and several disturbing and violent scenes. Other recent shows — like Netflix’s “Sex Education&rd
  
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• US construction spending falls 0.8% in May

  01-07-2019 16:07
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Spending on U.S. construction projects fell in May, the first drop in six months, as home building fell for a fifth straight month.
  The Commerce Department says spending fell 0.8% in May, the first decline since a 1.3% drop in November, to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.29 trillion. Spending In April was revised up from a flat reading to a small gain of 0.4%.
  The weakness in May was widespread with spending on single-family homes and apartments down 0.6% while no
  
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• Why wealth gap has grown despite record-long economic growth

  01-07-2019 16:06
  WASHINGTON (AP) — As it enters its 11th year, America’s economic expansion is now the longest on record — a streak that has shrunk unemployment, swelled household wealth, revived the housing market and helped fuel an explosive rise in the stock market.
  Yet even after a full decade of uninterrupted economic growth, the richest Americans now hold a greater share of the nation’s wealth than they did before the Great Recession began in 2007. And income growth has been sluggis
  
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• US construction spending falls 0.8% in May, first decline in 6 months, as housing remains weak

  01-07-2019 16:04
  WASHINGTON (AP) — US construction spending falls 0.8% in May, first decline in 6 months, as housing remains weak.
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• Lisbon punishes electric scooters left on sidewalk

  01-07-2019 16:02
  LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Authorities in Lisbon’s old town are cracking down on what locals increasingly describe as a scourge — shared electric scooters abandoned on sidewalks.
  The parish council which oversees the neighborhoods around the medieval St. George’s castle and the 18th-century downtown business district introduced fines of up to 300 euros ($340) Monday for companies whose rented scooters litter sidewalks and other public spaces in the Portuguese capital.
  The co
  
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• The Latest: Russia blames US for pushing Iran to break deal

  01-07-2019 15:55
  VIENNA (AP) — The Latest on Iran’s unraveling nuclear deal with world powers (all times local):
  5:00 p.m.
  A senior Russian diplomat says that U.S. sanctions have provoked Iran’s move to break the limit set on its uranium stockpiles.
  Iran acknowledged Monday it had exceeded the limit set on its low-enriched uranium stockpiles by a 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, its first major departure from the agreement a year after Washington unilaterally withdrew from it.
  Russia’
  
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• Mauritania’s constitutional council confirms new president

  01-07-2019 15:54
  NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) —   Mauritania’s constitutional council has confirmed Mohamed Ould Ghazouani as the country’s president-elect.
  The council announced Monday that Ould Ghazouania had been elected to a five-year term. He is to be inaugurated on August 1.
  Ould Ghazouani, 62, a retired general who served as defense minister before being picked as the chosen successor to Mauritania’s outgoing president, won the June 22 election with 52% of the vote, according t
  
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• Taggart’s task: Turning around Florida State no quick fix

  01-07-2019 15:52
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Decades of Florida State football dominance is displayed on the walls just outside of Willie Taggart’s office. Trophies and plaques commemorate All-America players and championship teams. Lots of them.
  Off to the side, in a poorly lit corner, next to two chairs and a couch that serve as a waiting area for visitors, is the 4-foot tall trophy the Seminoles received for winning the 2017 Independence Bowl. The bronze eagle, clutching an American flag in its talon
  
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• The Latest: Blue Jackets re-sign goalie Korpisalo

  01-07-2019 15:49
  The Latest on NHL free agency (all times Eastern):
  10:25 a.m.
  The Columbus Blue Jackets have re-signed goalie Joonas Korpisalo to a one-year contract.
  The 25-year-old Korpisalo was a restricted free agent who had a 10-7-3 record and 2.95 goals-against average in 27 games backing up Sergei Bobrovsky last season.
  The signing comes at a time when the Blue Jackets are in jeopardy of losing Bobrovsky once the NHL’s free-agent signing period opens.
  General manager Jarmo Kekäläinen says
  
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• UN atomic watchdog confirms Iran has exceeded low-enriched uranium stockpiles allowed in nuclear agreement.

  01-07-2019 15:43
  VIENNA (AP) — UN atomic watchdog confirms Iran has exceeded low-enriched uranium stockpiles allowed in nuclear agreement.
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• Protesters in Hong Kong take over legislative chamber, spray paint slogans on wall and over the territory’s emblem

  01-07-2019 15:43
  HONG KONG (AP) — Protesters in Hong Kong take over legislative chamber, spray paint slogans on wall and over the territory’s emblem.
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• Former Super Bowl MVP Mark Rypien facing assault charge

  01-07-2019 15:42
  SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Former Super Bowl hero Mark Rypien has been arrested in Washington state on suspicion of domestic violence.
  The Spokesman-Review cites Spokane police saying Rypien was facing a charge of fourth-degree assault.
  Rypien, 56, was processed at the Spokane County Jail at around 6:30 p.m. Sunday and was awaiting a court appearance Monday. It was not immediately known if he has an attorney.
  Rypien announced last year he believes he has Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, caused
  
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• Markets Right Now: Stocks rally on US-China trade truce

  01-07-2019 15:40
  NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local):
  9:35 a.m.
  Stocks are rallying early Monday after the U.S. and China agreed to resume trade talks.
  The U.S. agreed to hold off on imposing new tariffs on $300 billion in Chinese goods, although existing tariffs on $250 billion of imports remain in place.
  Technology and consumer-focused companies led the gains. Investors also sold safe-haven investments such as gold, which fell 1.2%, and bonds. The yield on th
  
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• Feds call Mississippi jail unsafe just before brawls hurt 6

  01-07-2019 15:27
  RAYMOND, Miss. (AP) — A U.S. Department of Justice report called a Mississippi jail unsafe and violent only hours before brawling inmates sent six more people to a hospital.
  The Clarion Ledger says jail monitor Elizabeth Simpson’s report Thursday blamed staff shortages for a series of assaults, escapes and riots at the Hinds County Detention Center in Raymond.
  Hours later, rival gangs in the jail attacked each other with pipes and homemade knives in in a fight over contraband.
  The re
  
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• ‘Bridgegate’ defendant wants to be freed during appeal

  01-07-2019 15:21
  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A former aide to former Gov. Chris Christie wants to be released from prison following a major development in the George Washington Bridge lane-closing case.
  Bill Baroni’s lawyer filed a motion Monday seeking to have him released on bail. The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear an appeal in the fall.
  The case involved Baroni, who was deputy executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and Christie’s former deputy chief of staff,
  
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• AP source: Pelicans acquiring Derrick Favors from Jazz

  01-07-2019 15:19
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A person familiar with the situation says the New Orleans Pelicans have acquired veteran center Derrick Favors from the Utah Jazz in exchange for a pair of second-round draft choices.
  The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Monday because the deal has not been announced.
  The Jazz dealt away 6-foot-10 Favors shortly after agreeing to contract terms with free agent center Bojan Bogdanovic, who played for Indiana last season.
  Favors, who’ll
  
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• Ljubisa Tumbakovic named new Serbia coach

  01-07-2019 15:14
  BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s soccer federation has named former Montenegro coach Ljubisa Tumbakovic as the new national team coach.
  Tumbakovic succeeds Mladen Krstajic who was fired after a humiliating 5-0 loss against Ukraine in a European Championship qualifier last month.
  The 66-year-old Tumbakovic was sacked by Montenegro last month after he boycotted the European Championship qualifier against Kosovo for what Serbian media said were “patriotic” reasons.
  Tumbakovi
  
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• Maple Leafs, Senators kick off free agency day with trade

  01-07-2019 15:12
  NHL free agency day began with two rivals helping each other out of a jam by way of a trade.
  The Toronto Maple Leafs acquired defenseman Cody Ceci, a 2020 third-round pick and minor leaguers Ben Harpur and Aaron Luchuk from the Ottawa Senators for defenseman Nikita Zaitsev, forward Connor Brown and minor leaguer Michael Carcone. The teams announced the trade early Monday, roughly 3½ hours before the start of free agency.
  The deal represents a much-needed change of scenery for Ceci, Zaitse
  
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• Columnist Leonard Pitts says hoax 911 call made against him

  01-07-2019 15:08
  BOWIE, Md. (AP) — Maryland authorities are investigating an apparent “swatting” incident in which a caller made a hoax report that Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Leonard G. Pitts Jr., may have committed a crime at his home. Pitts Jr. told The Miami Herald he was awoken Sunday morning by Bowie Police who said they’d received a 911 call someone was “being murdered” in the home.
  Pitts says he was told to exit the house and was ordered to his knees and handcuffe
  
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• Hong Kong protesters have swarmed into legislature building after nightfall; police back off, avoiding confrontation

  01-07-2019 15:06
  HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong protesters have swarmed into legislature building after nightfall; police back off, avoiding confrontation.
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