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• Liz Weston: Squeamish about buying used items? Get over it

  24-09-2017 23:23 via krqe.com
  Bedbugs. Weird smells. The possibility of imminent breakdowns. People have all sorts of excuses for not buying used stuff.
  Those who deliberately buy used items, though, say such fears are not just overblown — they’re also expensive.
  Katy Wolk-Stanley, a Portland, Oregon, labor and delivery nurse, has a short list of things she’ll buy new, including personal care items (toothbrushes, makeup, feminine hygiene products) and certain clothing (socks, underwear, bras). Otherwise, sh
  
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• Police say man found dead in his Roswell home was murdered

  24-09-2017 23:11 via krqe.com
  ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) — Police in Roswell say they’re investigating the death of a man found dead in his family’s home and it’s a homicide case.
  They have identified the victim as 26-year-old Jared Analla.
  Members of Analla’s family say they had been away from the house they shared with him before returning home to find him dead Friday night.
  Based on the examination of the scene, police investigators say they believe Analla was murdered but they won’t
  
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• 1 dead, 7 others hurt in Tennessee church shooting

  24-09-2017 22:54
  
  A gunman has been captured after opening fire at a Tennessee church, killing 1 and wounding 7.
  
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• President’s criticisms spark more protests at NFL games

  24-09-2017 22:53 via krqe.com
  President Donald Trump’s comments about owners firing players who kneel during the national anthem sparked a mass increase in such protests around the National Football League Sunday, as more than 130 players sat, knelt or raised their fists in defiance during early games.
  A week ago, just four players didn’t stand and two raised their fists.
  Defensive star Von Miller was among the majority of Denver Broncos who took a knee in Buffalo Sunday, where Bills running back LeSean
  
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• Lobo Cancer Challenge Bike Ride raises money for cancer research

  24-09-2017 22:14 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center now has more money to fight cancer in New Mexico.
  This is thanks to the hundreds of people who went out for the first annual Lobo Cancer Challenge Bike Ride.
  Cyclists rode distances of 25 to 100 miles, all starting and ending at Dreamstyle Stadium.
  People could dedicate their ride to a family member, friend or loved one who has faced cancer.
  UNM’s Cancer Center is the only facility in the state officially designated
  
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• Chiefs CEO Clark Hunt issues statement in wake of President Trump's criticism of the NFL

  24-09-2017 22:06
  
  Trump targeted players who kneel during the national anthem
  
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• Steelers, Seahawks and Titans stay off the field for national anthem

  24-09-2017 22:00
  
  The Steelers and the Seahawks announced their players would not participate in the national anthem prior to their respective games
  
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• Floods, fires, other disasters add stress to state budgets

  24-09-2017 22:00 via krqe.com
  ATLANTA (AP) — A summer of natural catastrophes, from epic hurricanes to scorching wildfires, has exposed another peril in disaster-prone states: How to pay for the rescues, repairs and rebuilding.
  The combined tab from Hurricanes Harvey and Irma is expected to hit $200 billion or more. While the federal government is expected to pay most of that, the affected state and local governments have to start paying for recovery now and eventually could be on the hook for tens of millions of dolla
  
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• Suspected drunk driver shot in Chaves County officer-involved shooting

  24-09-2017 21:44 via krqe.com
  ROSWELL, N.M. (KRQE) – An officer-involved shooting left a suspect injured in Chaves County Sunday morning.
  Chaves County Sherrif’s Office says the Roswell Police Department was first called to investigate a possible drunk driver passed out behind the wheel near Poe and Atkinson around 7:30 a.m.
  When they arrived, the man, identified as Jose Manuel Diaz Montelongo, drove off and was pursued to a house near Old Dexter Highway and Brasher Road in the county where a standoff took p
  
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• Suspect shot 3 times in Roswell officer-involved shooting

  24-09-2017 21:44 via krqe.com
  ROSWELL, N.M. (KRQE) – New Mexico State Police are investigating a police-involved shooting that occurred in Roswell Sunday morning.
  Chaves County Sherrif’s Office says the Roswell Police Department was called to investigate a possible drunk driver passed out behind the wheel.
  When they arrived, the man drove off and was pursued to a house where a standoff took place.
  After an extended attempt by officers to get the man into custody, he fled the house and drove through fenc
  
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• Jennifer Lopez pledges $1 million to Hurricane Maria relief

  24-09-2017 21:41
  
  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and entertainer Jennifer Lopez announced relief efforts to help hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico.
  
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• In Mexico City, hopes of finding quake survivors dwindle

  24-09-2017 21:25 via krqe.com
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Five days after the deadly magnitude 7.1 earthquake, the hulking wreckage of what used to be a seven-story office building is essentially the last hope: one of just two sites left where searchers believe they may still find someone trapped alive in Mexico City.
  Among the families of the missing, there are periodic moments when spirits lift. A flurry of activity, or relatives are summoned to the search site, raising hopes that someone has been found.
  But despair deepens w
  
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• Trump travel ban expires Sunday; new restrictions expected

  24-09-2017 21:23 via krqe.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is expected to announce new restrictions on travel to the United States as his ban on visitors from six Muslim-majority countries expires Sunday, 90 days after it went into effect.
  The Department of Homeland Security has recommended the president sign off on new, more targeted restrictions on foreign nationals from countries it says refuse to share information with the U.S. or haven’t taken necessary security precautions.
  Officials haven&rsquo
  
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• Alejandro Villanueva stands outside of Steelers tunnel during National Anthem

  24-09-2017 21:23
  
  The rest of the players for the Pittsburgh Steelers remained in the locker room.
  
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• Albuquerque police issue arrest warrant for fatal stabbing suspect

  24-09-2017 21:21
  
  One man is dead after a stabbing in Northwest Albuquerque
  
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• Official: Hurricane Maria set Puerto Rico back decades

  24-09-2017 21:19 via krqe.com
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s nonvoting representative in the U.S. Congress said Sunday that Hurricane Maria’s destruction has set the island back decades, even as authorities worked to assess the extent of the damage.
  “The devastation in Puerto Rico has set us back nearly 20 to 30 years,” said Puerto Rico Resident Commissioner Jenniffer Gonzalez. “I can’t deny that the Puerto Rico of now is different from that of a week ago. The destruction
  
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• Study: 4,500 deaths a year from high Europe diesel emissions

  24-09-2017 21:16 via krqe.com
  BERLIN (AP) — Researchers say there have been more than 4,500 premature deaths annually in Europe because diesel cars emitted higher levels of pollution than claimed.
  The study comes two years after Volkswagen was caught cheating on emissions tests in the U.S. The tiny particles emitted are hazardous to human health and contribute to 425,000 estimated annual premature deaths from air pollution in the European Union, Norway and Switzerland.
  Scientists calculated the share of deaths from exc
  
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• APD searches for suspect in fatal West Side stabbing

  24-09-2017 21:15 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Police are looking for the man they say stabbed someone to death Saturday night.
  Albuquerque Police say Christopher Atencio was found stabbed to death in an apartment complex parking lot near Coors and Sequoia.
  After talking to Atencio’s girlfriend, police have issued an arrest warrant for 27-year-old Jose Perez.
  Perez is the girlfriend’s ex-boyfriend and father of her child.
  APD says Perez has been living in the apartment with his ex-girlfr
  
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• APD responds to fatal West Side stabbing

  24-09-2017 21:15 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – APD responded to a call of a man being stabbed Saturday night in northwest Albuquerque.
  Officers arrived at a West Side apartment complex and found Christopher Atencio lying on the ground in the parking lot with an apparent stab wound.
  Atencio was rushed to UNMH where he later succumbed to his injuries.
  Atencio’s girlfriend, who police said was on scene, was interviewed by detectives.
  She told them Atencio and her ex-boyfriend, Jose Perez, both ar
  
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• Several people injured, 1 dead in Tennessee church shooting

  24-09-2017 21:07
  
  Multiple shots were reportedly fired at the Burnette Chapel Church of Christ in Tennessee, injuring several people.
  
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• At least 100 NFL players kneel for national anthem

  24-09-2017 21:04
  
  "Our players have exercised their rights as United States citizens in order to spark conversation and action to address social injustice."
  
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• The Latest: Police say gunman kills 1, injures 7 at church

  24-09-2017 20:35 via krqe.com
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Latest on shooting at church in Nashville (all times local):
  1 p.m.
  Authorities in Tennessee say one person is dead and seven people sustained injuries after a gunman opened fire at a church in Nashville.
  Metro Nashville Police Department says the gunman was wounded and was taken to a hospital. No details were available about his condition.
  The police department said on Twitter that six of the injured were shot and one was pistol-whipped.
  The alleged shooting oc
  
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• Officials: 1 dead, 7 victims hurt in church shooting

  24-09-2017 20:32 via krqe.com
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A masked gunman entered a church in Tennessee on Sunday and opened fire, killing at least one person and injuring seven others before apparently shooting himself, an official said.
  Don Aaron, spokesman for the Metro Nashville Police Department, said the gunman arrived at the parking lot in a blue vehicle as services were ending at the Burnette Chapel Church of Christ in the neighborhood of Antioch.
  Aaron said the suspect – wearing a half mask – fatally s
  
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• Official says at 8 wounded in Tennessee church shooting

  24-09-2017 20:32 via krqe.com
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities in Tennessee say eight people were injured in a shooting at a church in the Nashville area.
  Nashville fire department spokesman Joseph Pleasant tells the Tennessean newspaper that the wounded were being transported to Vanderbilt Medical Center. The nature of the injuries weren’t immediately known.
  A dispatcher quoted by the newspaper said that the scene was still “active” at the Burnette Chapel Church of Christ as of 11:40 a.m. Sunday.
  
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• Study prompts call to examine flu vaccine and miscarriage

  24-09-2017 20:18 via krqe.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — A puzzling study of U.S. pregnancies found that women who had miscarriages between 2010 and 2012 were more likely to have had back-to-back annual flu shots that included protection against swine flu.
  Vaccine experts think the results may reflect the older age and other miscarriage risks for the women, and not the flu shots. Health officials say there is no reason to change the government recommendation that all pregnant women be vaccinated against the flu. They say the flu
  
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• PHOTOS: NFL players kneel to protest Trump's remarks

  24-09-2017 20:13
  
  More than 100 players sat or knelt during the national anthem to protest Trump's comments on Sunday.
  
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• Tomlin: Steelers will not participate in National Anthem on field Sunday afternoon

  24-09-2017 19:12
  
  The Pittsburgh Steelers will not be participating in the National Anthem Sunday afternoon on the field before the game against the Chicago Bears.
  
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• Fierce storms haven’t slowed growth along US coastlines

  24-09-2017 19:05 via krqe.com
  Rising sea levels and fierce storms have failed to stop relentless population growth along U.S. coasts in recent years, a new Associated Press analysis shows. The latest punishing hurricanes scored bull’s-eyes on two of the country’s fastest growing regions: coastal Texas around Houston and resort areas of southwest Florida.
  Nothing seems to curb America’s appetite for life near the sea, especially in the warmer climates of the South. Coastal development destroys natural barrie
  
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• Moscow unveils monument to Kalashnikov, designer of AK-47

  24-09-2017 18:29 via krqe.com
  MOSCOW (AP) — The new statue of Mikhail Kalashnikov cradling his signature AK-47 assault rifle unveiled Tuesday in Moscow commemorates one of Russia’s most renowned and reviled inventions. By some estimates, the AK-47 and its versions account for about one-fifth of the world’s firearms, the rugged and reliable weapon of choice for many armies, terror groups and drug gangs.
  A look at Kalashnikov and his gun:
  THE MAKINGS OF A DESIGNER
  Kalashnikov was born into a Siberian peasant
  
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• NFL players kneel for national anthem in London

  24-09-2017 18:12
  
  The two sides in the nation's most popular professional sports league united on Saturday in a manner unseen in years.
  
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• 3-year-old boy accidentally shoots uncle from backseat

  24-09-2017 17:56
  
  "It appears at some point, that three-year-old child got loose from his car seat, got a hold of the weapon and fired it."
  
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• Walmart wants to take home delivery service one step further

  24-09-2017 17:45
  
  The superstore chain wants to put your groceries away, even if you're not home.
  
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• Common Core used widely, despite continuing debate

  24-09-2017 17:03 via krqe.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Most of the states that first endorsed the Common Core academic standards are still using them in some form, despite continued debate over whether they are improving student performance in reading and math.
  Of the states that opted in after the standards were introduced in 2010 — 45 plus the District of Columbia — only eight have moved to repeal the standards, largely due to political pressure from those who saw Common Core as infringing on local control, acco
  
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• Woman bitten by venomous copperhead snake at restaurant

  24-09-2017 16:50
  
  "Initially, it felt like I was stung by a bee or a hornet or something," said victim Rachel Myrick.
  
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• Good Samaritans, volunteers from Miami Dolphins help woman recover from Hurricane Irma

  24-09-2017 16:42
  
  "My husband and I are big Dolphins' fans, and this is a total coincidence that they're here to clean up for us."
  
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• Merkel wins 4th term but nationalists surge in German vote

  24-09-2017 16:37 via krqe.com
  BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative bloc won a lackluster victory in Germany’s national election Sunday while the anti-migrant, nationalist Alternative for Germany party managed a triumphant entry into parliament, projections showed.
  Merkel’s main center-left rivals, the Social Democrats, were set for their worst result since World War II. The party, led by Merkel’s challenger Martin Schulz, vowed immediately to leave her coalition government and g
  
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• Merkel wins 4th term as nationalists enter German parliament

  24-09-2017 16:37 via krqe.com
  BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel won a fourth term Sunday, but now faces the tricky prospect of forming a coalition with two disparate new partners after voters weakened her conservatives and a nationalist, anti-migrant party surged into parliament.
  Merkel’s center-left challenger, Martin Schulz, conceded his Social Democrats had suffered a “crushing election defeat,” with projections showing the party’s worst performance in post-World War II Germany.
  H
  
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• Merkel bids for fourth term as Germans head to the polls

  24-09-2017 16:37 via krqe.com
  BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel cast her vote Sunday in Berlin, confident of a fourth term in office with her conservative bloc enjoying a wide lead in the final polls, while the nationalist, anti-migrant Alternative for Germany party seemed poised to win seats in parliament for the first time.
  Merkel campaigned on her record as chancellor for 12 years, emphasizing the country’s record-low unemployment, strong economic growth, balanced budget and growing international importan
  
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• The Latest: Health care groups oppose GOP bill

  24-09-2017 16:28 via krqe.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Republican push on health care (all times local):
  9:35 p.m.
  The nation’s doctors, hospitals and health insurance plans are unified in their opposition to the latest Republican bill to dismantle Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act.
  In a joint statement on Saturday, major groups such as the American Medical Association, the American Hospital Association, America’s Health Insurance Plans and the BlueCross BlueShield Association called on th
  
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• Miss Turkey dethroned over ‘unacceptable’ tweet on coup

  24-09-2017 16:27 via krqe.com
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Organizers have stripped Miss Turkey 2017 of her crown over a social media posting that was deemed insulting to the memory of the 250 people killed while opposing last year’s failed military coup.
  Miss Turkey organizers said the 18-year-old Itir Esen was dethroned on Friday, a day after she won the contest and the right to represent Turkey at the Miss World contest in China. The organizers said in an emailed statement that her title was revoked because of a twee
  
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• Recall Rundown: Everything pulled from shelves September 17-23

  24-09-2017 16:24
  
  Did you miss any of these recalls last week?
  
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• Some Trump supporters grumble in battleground Michigan

  24-09-2017 16:22 via krqe.com
  MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. (AP) — Republicans in Michigan, where Donald Trump triumphantly stamped the election last year, are giving the president mixed reviews nine months into his term in light of the all-but-dead effort to undo the Obama-era health care law.
  While Trump still remains popular with the Michigan GOP’s base, a number of state party loyalists attending a weekend conference expressed disappointment in the president’s administration and his demeanor.
  Some who criticiz
  
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• Alexa, what do you see? Amazon said to be working on glasses

  24-09-2017 16:22 via krqe.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is attempting to develop glasses that pair with Alexa and would allow users to access the voice-activated assistant outside the home, according to a newspaper report.
  The Financial Times, citing anonymous sources, says the glasses could be released before the end of the year.
  Amazon.com Inc., based in Seattle, did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday.
  Wearable technology, glasses specifically, is already in limited use. Snapchat sells $130 glass
  
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• Weiner faces sentencing in latest chapter of sexting drama

  24-09-2017 16:21 via krqe.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — It seemed as if Anthony Weiner had hit rock bottom when he resigned from Congress in 2011.
  “Bye-bye, pervert!” one heckler shouted as the Democrat quit amid revelations that he had sent graphic pictures of himself to women on social media. Time has shown his self-destructive drama had only just begun.
  Weiner, 53, is set to be sentenced Monday for sending obscene material to a 15-year-old girl in a case that may have also have played a role in costing Hillary Cli
  
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• Sen. Collins likely against GOP health bill in latest blow

  24-09-2017 16:21 via krqe.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Susan Collins all but closed the door Sunday to supporting the last-ditch Republican health care bill, leaving her party’s drive to uproot President Barack Obama’s health care law dangling by an increasingly slender thread.
  Already two GOP senators, Rand Paul of Kentucky and John McCain of Arizona, have said they would vote against the legislation. All Democrats oppose the measure, so “no” votes from three of the 52 GOP senators would kill the
  
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• Opposition from GOP senators grows, jeopardizes health bill

  24-09-2017 16:21 via krqe.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican opposition to the last-ditch GOP health care bill swelled to near-fatal numbers Sunday as Sen. Susan Collins all but closed the door on supporting the teetering effort to scrap the Obama health care law and Sen. Ted Cruz said that “right now” he doesn’t back it.
  White House legislative liaison Marc Short and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., one of the measure’s sponsors, said Republicans would press ahead anyway with a vote this week. But th
  
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• Demi Lovato to help war-scarred children in Iraq

  24-09-2017 16:20 via krqe.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Demi Lovato was named a Global Citizen ambassador at the organization’s annual music festival Saturday, championing the mental health of thousands of children displaced within Iraq and other vulnerable communities.
  The singer and Global Citizen will fund the expansion of a Save the Children pilot program, Healing and Education through the Arts, to violence-scarred young people living in Iraq’s Kirkuk and Salah al Din areas.
  “Ending the stigma around mental
  
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• Trump tweet, NFL response escalate drama of Sunday games

  24-09-2017 16:19 via krqe.com
  The owners of the Baltimore Ravens, the Super Bowl champion New England Patriots and other teams on Sunday joined a chorus of NFL executives criticizing President Donald Trump’s suggestion that they fire players who kneel for the national anthem.
  The statements, including those from Patriots owner Robert Kraft and Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti, contrasted a morning tweet from Trump and further escalated the political drama of the league’s game day, which was expected to be one of the
  
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• Woman fights for right to paint her business pink

  24-09-2017 16:02
  
  "It's positive. It's beautiful, I think it's a beautiful color - people know me as 'pink girl.' That's just who I am, that's my business - everything I own is pink."
  
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• About two dozen players kneel for national anthem in London

  24-09-2017 16:02 via krqe.com
  LONDON (AP) — About two dozen players, including Baltimore Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs and Jacksonville Jaguars running back Leonard Fournette, took a knee during the playing of the national anthem before the start of the teams’ game at Wembley Stadium on Sunday.
  Other players on one knee during the performance included Ravens linebacker C.J. Mosley, wide receiver Mike Wallace and safety Lardarius Webb as well as Jaguars linebacker Dante Fowler, defensive tackle Calais Campbell,
  
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