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• 2 Louisiana slayings likely racially motivated, police say

  17-09-2017 23:41
  
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The slayings of two black men in Baton Rouge last week were likely racially motivated, police said Sunday, and a suspect — a 23-year-old white man — was in custody. In both shootings the gunman…
  
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• UK lowers terror threat level as subway bomb probe advances

  17-09-2017 23:40
  
  LONDON (AP) — British police made progress Sunday in their frantic pursuit of suspects and evidence connected to the bomb that partially exploded on a packed London subway, leading counter-terrorism officials to lower the country's threat level because they no…
  
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• The Latest: Shooting suspect's arrests stuns relatives

  17-09-2017 23:40
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The Latest on the slayings of two black men in Baton Rouge that police believe were racially motivated (all times local):
  
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• New Hurricane Maria growing threat to Irma-slammed Caribbean

  17-09-2017 23:37
  
  SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — The islands of the eastern Caribbean prepared Sunday to face another potential disaster, with forecasters saying newly formed and likely to strengthen Hurricane Maria was headed for a hit on the Leeward Islands by…
  
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• Man guilty of killing wife in California college restroom

  17-09-2017 23:31
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — A man who admitted brutally stabbing his estranged wife in a restroom at San Diego City College turned to thank the jury after he was found guilty of murder, according to a newspaper report.
  
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• The Latest: 4 Boston college students hurt in France attack

  17-09-2017 23:18
  PARIS (AP) — The Latest on the acid attack on U.S. tourists in the French city of Marseille (all times local):
  
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• Police: Wisconsin man caused home blast to mask wife killing

  17-09-2017 23:10
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Police have arrested a Wisconsin man suspected of killing his wife and blowing up their home to try to cover up the crime.
  
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• The Latest: Protesters tell police: 'Stop killing us'

  17-09-2017 22:56
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Latest on protests over the acquittal of a white former St. Louis police officer in the killing of a black suspect (all times local):
  
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• Colorado family of 4 ID'd as victims of fatal plane crash

  17-09-2017 22:51
  GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado family of four has been identified as the victims of a fatal small airplane crash.
  
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• Florida recovers, rests, reflects in wake of Hurricane Irma

  17-09-2017 22:42
  MIAMI (AP) — Across Florida, people spent Sunday trying to get back to normal after one of the worst storms to hit the state since Hurricane Andrew.
  
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• France: Acid attack on 4 US students not seen as terror act

  17-09-2017 22:41
  PARIS (AP) — Four American college students were attacked with acid Sunday at a train station in the French city of Marseille, but French authorities so far do not think extremist views motivated the 41-year-old woman who was arrested as…
  
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• The Latest: University: Tourists hurt in France are students

  17-09-2017 22:27
  PARIS (AP) — The Latest on the acid attack on U.S. tourists in the French city of Marseille (all times local):
  
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• Update: Man dead after gunfight outside north Tulsa home

  17-09-2017 22:18
  
  The confrontation occurred about 3:15 p.m. outside a home in near the intersection of East 42nd Place North and Frankfort Avenue, Tulsa Police Sgt. Patrick Stephens said.
  
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• Shooting reported in north Tulsa

  17-09-2017 22:18
  
  The shooting was reported about 3:15 p.m. near 520 E. 42nd Pl. North, a dispatcher said.
  
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• Pakistan ex-PM's wife wins his parliament seat: unofficial

  17-09-2017 22:10
  LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani minister says the wife of ousted Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharif has won his parliament seat which fell vacant after the country's Supreme Court disqualified him for concealing assets, according to unofficial results.
  
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• 69-year-old killed in single-vehicle wreck near Miami

  17-09-2017 21:58
  Troopers are still investigating what caused the wreck.
  
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• Chelsea Manning: 'I believe I did the best I could'

  17-09-2017 21:48
  
  NANTUCKET, Mass. (AP) — Chelsea Manning told a crowd at a "creative thinkers" conference in Nantucket that she's not a traitor as her critics have claimed and she did what she thought was the right thing to do.
  
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• OHP Find Corpse In DUI Suspect's SUV, Near Chandler

  17-09-2017 21:43
  
  Oklahoma Highway Patrol arrest a suspect on DUI charges and later discover a corpse in the back of the vehicle.  Stay wit News9.com or your News 9 app for more information. 
  
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• Mars research crew emerges after 8 months of isolation

  17-09-2017 21:29
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — Six NASA-backed research subjects who have been living in a Mars-like habitat on a remote Hawaii volcano since January have emerged from isolation.
  
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• 8 dead, dozens injured as fierce storm hits western Romania

  17-09-2017 21:27
  
  BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A violent storm in Romania that produced winds of up to 100 kilometers (60 miles) an hour left at least eight people dead and dozens more injured Sunday, authorities said.
  
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• France: Acid attack on 4 US tourists not seen as terror act

  17-09-2017 21:17
  PARIS (AP) — Four young American tourists were attacked with acid Sunday at a train station in the French city of Marseille, but French authorities so far do not think extremist views motivated the 41-year-old woman who was arrested as…
  
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• Trump, in new dig, mocks North Korea leader as 'Rocket Man'

  17-09-2017 21:15
  
  SOMERSET, N.J. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday mocked the leader of nuclear-armed North Korea as "Rocket Man" while White House advisers said the isolated nation would face destruction unless it shelves its weapons programs and bellicose threats.
  
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• New storm Maria a growing threat to Irma-slammed Caribbean

  17-09-2017 21:14
  
  SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — The hurricane-battered islands of the Caribbean prepared on Sunday to face yet another potential disaster, with forecasters saying that Tropical Storm Maria is likely to hit the Leeward Islands as a strengthening hurricane by…
  
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• Veteran Albuquerque TV reporter killed in helicopter crash

  17-09-2017 21:08
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A longtime reporter-videographer at an Albuquerque TV station has died after the news helicopter he was piloting crashed in central New Mexico, authorities said Sunday.
  
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• St. Louis area readies for third day of demonstrations

  17-09-2017 20:58
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Suburban St. Louis shop owners on Sunday swept up broken glass and boarded up storefront windows that were shattered overnight when a day of peaceful protests turned violent, as the city and its surrounding communities prepared…
  
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• Chelsea Manning to address 'creative thinker' conference

  17-09-2017 20:47
  
  NANTUCKET, Mass. (AP) — Chelsea Manning is addressing a conference in Nantucket, her second public appearance since being released from a military prison in May.
  
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• Prime minister attends gay pride march in a first for Serbia

  17-09-2017 20:30
  
  BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia's first openly gay prime minister joined several hundred activists Sunday at a gay pride march that was held amid tight security in the conservative Balkan country.
  
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• The Latest: Thousands told to evacuate as Fla. river floods

  17-09-2017 20:26
  
  MIAMI (AP) — The Latest on Hurricane Irma in Florida (all times local):
  
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• The Latest: Slayings of 2 black men done in similar way

  17-09-2017 20:06
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The Latest on the slayings of two black men in Baton Rouge that police believe were racially motivated (all times local):
  
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• The Latest: French officials don't suspect terror in attack

  17-09-2017 19:59
  PARIS (AP) — The Latest on the acid attack on U.S. tourists in the French city of Marseille (all times local):
  
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• The Latest: Authorities outline charges against protesters

  17-09-2017 19:53
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Latest on protests over the acquittal of a white former St. Louis police officer in the killing of a black suspect (all times local):
  
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• South Tulsa street project slated to begin Monday

  17-09-2017 19:51
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• Friends, family of man killed by cop: Why wasn't he helped?

  17-09-2017 19:47
  
  STOW, Ohio (AP) — Peggy Barney could barely recognize the man in the back seat of her car, and she was terrified. After a five-day methamphetamine binge, William Porubsky was hallucinating, screaming and bleeding out of both ears.
  
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• Tillerson Says Military Option Will Be "Only One Left" If Diplomacy Fails On N. Korea

  17-09-2017 19:29
  
  U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Sunday that "our military option will be the only one left" if diplomatic efforts fail when it comes to North Korea. 
  
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• Ethiopia: 55,000 people displaced amid ethnic clashes.

  17-09-2017 19:15
  ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — More than 55,000 ethnic Oromos have been displaced from Ethiopia's Somali region after a week of clashes with Somalis in which dozens were killed, the regional government of Ethiopia's restive Oromia region said on Sunday.
  
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• Christie to spend $200M on new substance abuse initiatives

  17-09-2017 18:59
  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie plans to spend $200 million on new initiatives that he hopes will significantly improve the way the state approaches substance abuse treatment and prevention.
  
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• Warm waters off West Coast has lingering effects for salmon

  17-09-2017 18:55
  SEATTLE (AP) — The mass of warm water known as "the blob" that heated up the North Pacific Ocean has dissipated, but scientists are still seeing the lingering effects of those unusually warm sea surface temperatures on Pacific Northwest salmon…
  
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• Calif. Democrat Feinstein noncommittal on 2018 Senate run

  17-09-2017 18:46
  WASHINGTON (AP) — California Democrat Dianne Feinstein isn't publicly committing to seeking a fifth Senate term in 2018.
  
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• Cincinnati Zoo welcomes new gorilla a year after Harambe

  17-09-2017 18:38
  CINCINNATI (AP) — A new gorilla is making himself at home at the Cincinnati Zoo.
  
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• The Latest: Miami-Dade, Broward schools to open Monday

  17-09-2017 18:30
  
  MIAMI (AP) — The Latest on Hurricane Irma in Florida (all times local):
  
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• Investigation reveals little about why woman was stabbed after leaving south Tulsa party

  17-09-2017 18:20
  Officers found blood and a knife at a location near the party, but don't know what prompted the stabbing.
  
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• Request denied: States try to block access to public records

  17-09-2017 18:17
  
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — In February, Arkansas lawmakers marked the 50-year anniversary of the Freedom of Information Act with a resolution calling it "a shining example of open government" that had ensured access to vital public records for generations.
  
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• Irma evacuation nightmare: Next time some may not leave

  17-09-2017 17:54
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — After a painful flight across several states to escape unpredictable Hurricane Irma, Suzanne Pallot says it's unlikely she would evacuate South Florida again — an attitude echoed by other evacuees that experts say could put…
  
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• Trump hypes mock video of golf ball seen striking Clinton

  17-09-2017 17:45
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has retweeted a mock video that shows him striking a golf ball that — in the next frame — seemingly hits Hillary Clinton in the back and knocks her down as she boards a…
  
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• Top US diplomat says closing Embassy in Cuba 'under review'

  17-09-2017 17:44
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump administration is considering closing down the recently reopened U.S. Embassy in Havana following a string of unexplained incidents harming the health of American diplomats in Cuba, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Sunday.
  
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• Official: 4 US tourists attacked with acid in France

  17-09-2017 17:35
  PARIS (AP) — Four young American women were attacked with acid Sunday in the French city of Marseille by a woman who has been arrested, the Marseille prosecutor's office said.
  
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• Israeli police arrest 8 in ultra-Orthodox military protest

  17-09-2017 17:34
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police say they have arrested eight people during a protest by ultra-Orthodox Jews in Jerusalem.
  
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• Crash kills veteran reporter-pilot of Albuquerque TV station

  17-09-2017 17:33
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A longtime reporter at an Albuquerque TV station has died after the news helicopter he was piloting crashed in central New Mexico, authorities said Sunday.
  
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• Dubai port operator DP World to pull out of Indonesia

  17-09-2017 17:32
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — One of the world's largest port operators, DP World, says it will not be renewing its contract in Indonesia after failing to agree on renewal terms with the government.
  
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• Trump advisers warn North Korea to give up weapons programs

  17-09-2017 17:15
  
  SOMERSET, N.J. (AP) — Top advisers to President Donald Trump on Sunday warned North Korea to give up its missile and nuclear weapons programs and to quit making threats against the U.S. and its allies or face destruction.
  
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