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• The Latest: Trump urges House GOP to pass budget fast

  22-10-2017 23:45
  
  STERLING, Va. (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump. (all times local):
  
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• Trial to begin against Philip Morris in smoker's death

  22-10-2017 23:33
  BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A trial is set to begin in a lawsuit against Philip Morris in connection with the lung cancer death of a Connecticut woman who smoked the company's Marlboro cigarettes.
  
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• The Latest: Official: EF1 tornado hit near damaged casino

  22-10-2017 23:32
  NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — The Latest on severe storms that caused damage in several Oklahoma counties (all times local):
  
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• Utilities delay effort to map wildfire risk from power lines

  22-10-2017 23:24
  SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A report says California utilities have helped delay efforts for nearly a decade to map where power lines pose the greatest wildfire risk.
  
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• Child's body found near missing 3-year-old Texas girl's home

  22-10-2017 23:15
  
  RICHARDSON, Texas (AP) — Police in a Dallas suburb say they've found the body of a small child not far from the home of a 3-year-old girl who's been missing since earlier this month.
  
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• Tulsa Man Exposes Himself To QT Employee

  22-10-2017 23:13
  
  A Quiktrip employee came to work around 8 Sunday Morning to find a man facing her with his pants and underwear around his ankles.  
  
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• Trump voting commission criticized for lack of transparency

  22-10-2017 23:05
  
  President Donald Trump's advisory commission on election integrity has integrity questions of its own — with some of its own members raising concerns about its openness.
  
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• Hundreds of Gallons Of Fuel Leaked In Jenks Tanker Truck Rollover

  22-10-2017 23:01
  
  Crews have responded to a tanker truck rollover in Jenks that has leaked nearly 8,500 gallons of fuel.  
  
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• Hundreds of gallons of fuel spilled after tanker truck overturns in Jenks

  22-10-2017 22:53
  Crews are cleaning up hundreds of gallons of fuel that spilled after a tanker truck overturned on an Creek Turnpike on-ramp in Jenks, officials said.
  
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• Nearly 8,500 Gallons Of Fuel Leaked In Jenks Tanker Truck Rollover

  22-10-2017 22:30
  
  Crews have responded to a tanker truck rollover in Jenks that has leaked nearly 8,500 gallons of fuel.  
  
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• Czech office says election result web sites were hacked

  22-10-2017 22:18
  
  PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Statistics Office says the web sites it used to publish results from a parliamentary election were hacked.
  
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• FBI couldn't access nearly 7K devices because of encryption

  22-10-2017 22:09
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The FBI hasn't been able to retrieve data from more than half of the mobile devices it tried to access in less than a year, FBI Director Christopher Wray said Sunday, turning up the heat on a…
  
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• Malta: Newspapers, citizens take up slain reporter's message

  22-10-2017 22:06
  
  VALLETTA, Malta (AP) — Several thousand Maltese citizens rallied Sunday to honor an investigative journalist killed by a car bomb, but the prime minister and opposition leader who were chief targets of Daphne Caruana Galizia's reporting stayed away from the…
  
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• Cub Scout kicked out after asking lawmaker about gun control

  22-10-2017 22:02
  
  DENVER (AP) — A Cub Scout was kicked out of his den after he questioned a Colorado state lawmaker about her position on gun control and previous comments she made about African-Americans' health and eating fried chicken.
  
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• Correction: Manatees On The Move story

  22-10-2017 22:00
  
  In a story Oct. 21 about a manatee program at Ohio zoos, The Associated Press erroneously reported the name of one of the zoos. The correct name is the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, not the Cincinnati Zoo & Biological…
  
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• Slovenia's president wins most votes, but faces runoff

  22-10-2017 21:43
  
  LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Slovenia's President Borut Pahor, a former model and veteran politician known for his use of social media, won the most votes in a presidential election Sunday, but will face a runoff against an ambitious challenger.
  
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• Fidelity has staff meeting on sex harassment after 2 leave

  22-10-2017 21:43
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The manager of Fidelity Investments' stock-picking unit held an emergency meeting last week to reiterate the firm's policies against sexual harassment and inappropriate behavior, a person familiar with the matter said.
  
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• Forecast: Mild temps through most of week before strong cold front arrives Friday

  22-10-2017 21:36
  
  Mild weather is forecast through most of the week until a strong cold front moves through the area late Thursday, dropping lows to near freezing by Friday morning, forecasters said.
  
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• The Latest: Turnout figures render Italy region's vote valid

  22-10-2017 21:24
  
  MILAN (AP) — The Latest on autonomy referendums in Italy's two richest regions, Lombardy and Veneto (all times local):
  
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• France: 8 charged in probe of alleged far-right terror plot

  22-10-2017 21:00
  PARIS (AP) — Eight people suspected of belonging to a French far-right extremist group have been given preliminary terror charges for allegedly plotting attacks against mosques, politicians and migrants.
  
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• Tillerson seeks Arab help in US effort to isolate Iran

  22-10-2017 20:54
  
  DOHA, Qatar (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson took the Trump administration's case for isolating and containing Iran in the Middle East and beyond to two Gulf Arab nations on Sunday, pushing for Saudi Arabia and Iraq to…
  
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• Gunman arrested after taking hostages at UK bowling alley

  22-10-2017 20:53
  
  LONDON (AP) — A gunman who reportedly held two employees at a bowling alley hostage was arrested Sunday night after armed police moved in. He was treated at the scene and taken to a hospital for treatment.
  
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• The Latest: Hostage situation at English shopping mall ends

  22-10-2017 20:47
  LONDON (AP) — The Latest on police activity at a central England shopping center: (all times local):
  
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• Trial to begin for ex-Arizona officer charged with murder

  22-10-2017 20:37
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Officers responding to a call that someone was pointing a rifle out a window at an Arizona hotel rushed to the guest's room and ordered a man inside to exit, lay face-down in the hallway and refrain…
  
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• 38 accuse writer/director James Toback of sexual harassment

  22-10-2017 20:37
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Writer and director James Toback, who got an Oscar nomination for writing "Bugsy," has been accused of sexual harassment by 38 women in a report published Sunday in The Los Angeles Times.
  
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• Malta politicians miss rally honoring reporter

  22-10-2017 20:32
  
  VALLETTA, Malta (AP) — Several thousand Maltese citizens rallied Sunday to honor an investigative journalist killed by a car bomb, but the prime minister and opposition leader who were chief targets of Daphne Caruana Galizia's reporting stayed away from the…
  
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• Jerusalem to move ahead with dozens of new settler homes

  22-10-2017 20:24
  JERUSALEM (AP) — The city of Jerusalem says it plans to move ahead with the construction of dozens of new settler homes in a predominantly Arab area of east Jerusalem.
  
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• Bribery trial for jail guard union's ex-boss set to begin

  22-10-2017 20:24
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The man who became a political powerbroker in New York City while representing guards in the city's 10,000-inmate jail system faces a bribery trial Monday that could send him to prison.
  
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• Creek Co. Sheriff’s Office Catch Man Who Ran Away From Courthouse

  22-10-2017 20:13
  
  Creek County Sheriff's Office found a man after they say he walked out of a courtroom while in custody on Friday, Oct. 13. 
  
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• Family donates boxed linked to Lincoln to historical society

  22-10-2017 20:12
  ROCHESTER, Ill. (AP) — A simple wooden box reportedly made from a tree stump on which Abraham Lincoln delivered one of his first political speeches has been donated to a historical society in a central Illinois village.
  
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• The Latest: Casino: No time to alert guests before tornado

  22-10-2017 20:11
  NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — The Latest on severe storms that caused damage in several Oklahoma counties late Saturday (all times local):
  
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• 1 rescued from river, but man who jumped in to help missing

  22-10-2017 20:07
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say a man who jumped into a river because he said he was depressed has been rescued, but a person who jumped in to try to save him is still missing.
  
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• Ohio State sued over refusal to let white nationalist speak

  22-10-2017 19:56
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An associate and organizer of campus tours for white nationalist Richard Spencer is suing Ohio State University after school officials refused to rent campus space for Spencer to speak.
  
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• Spain: Taking control of Catalonia means big power transfer

  22-10-2017 19:41
  
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy left the nation breathless when he announced the steps he wants to take to crush the separatist movement in the prosperous Catalonia region.
  
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• Riverwind Casino hit by possible twister during Beach Boys concert

  22-10-2017 19:30
  Severe storms spawned as many as four tornadoes in southwestern Oklahoma.
  
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• The Latest: Charity hails decision to revoke Mugabe honor

  22-10-2017 19:21
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The Latest on Zimbabwe's president and the World Health Organization (all times local):
  
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• Hillary Clinton to campaign for NJ Democrat in governor race

  22-10-2017 19:16
  
  HARRISON, N.J. (AP) — Hillary Clinton is set to campaign for New Jersey Democratic gubernatorial candidate Phil Murphy days after former President Barack Obama campaigned for him.
  
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• Police officer fatally shot at domestic dispute call

  22-10-2017 19:13
  GIRARD, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio police officer has been fatally shot while responding to a reported domestic disturbance in the northeastern part of the state.
  
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• Sen. Lankford On Niger Ambush: Congress Needs “To Get The Full, Accurate Story And Get It Right”

  22-10-2017 19:10
  
  On Sunday, "Face the Nation" sat down with Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, to discuss the ambush, what questions he's asking about the attack, and much more.
  
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• Authorities: Man killed after driving mower into path of SUV

  22-10-2017 18:27
  VERMILION, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say an 87-year-old Ohio man has been killed after driving into the path of an SUV while cutting grass on a riding lawn mower.
  
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• Georgia town to honor graves of more than 1,100 blacks

  22-10-2017 18:26
  
  Discriminated against in life, they were forgotten by their community in death, buried in unmarked graves in the back of the Alta Vista Cemetery in Gainesville, Georgia.
  
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• How wounds suffered in search for Bergdahl changed 3 lives

  22-10-2017 18:23
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — One soldier who searched for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl uses a wheelchair now, unable to speak because of a head wound. Another still can't fully use his right hand. Still another searcher saw a leg wound…
  
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• US-backed forces take Syria's largest oil field from IS

  22-10-2017 18:21
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — U.S.-backed fighters captured Syria's largest oil field from the Islamic State group Sunday, marking a major advance against the extremists in an area coveted by pro-government forces.
  
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• Jason Aldean Releases "I Won't Back Down" For Charity

  22-10-2017 18:18
  
  Jason Aldean's moving rendition of "I Won't Back Down" on "Saturday Night Live" will soon be raising money to help victims of the Las Vegas shooting. 
  
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• Vegas rebranding shows difficulty of messaging after tragedy

  22-10-2017 18:14
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — As volunteers streamed in to donate blood, doctors tended to the wounded and investigators scoured the scene of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, Las Vegas tourism officials moved quickly to protect their valuable…
  
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• Police warn public away from central England shopping center

  22-10-2017 18:14
  LONDON (AP) — Police in central England warned the public to stay away from a shopping center where British media reports said a man with a shotgun has taken hostages at a bowling alley Sunday.
  
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• Dramatic sentencing hearing expected in Bergdahl case

  22-10-2017 18:13
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The fate of Bowe Bergdahl — the Army sergeant who pleaded guilty to endangering his comrades by leaving his post in 2009 in Afghanistan — now rests in the hands of a judge.
  
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• Jordan's king endorses Palestinian reconciliation deal

  22-10-2017 18:03
  
  AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordan's king has endorsed a fledgling Palestinian reconciliation agreement that is meant to end a decade-old political and ideological split between rivals Hamas and Fatah.
  
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• Palestinian festival drops film over director's Israel trips

  22-10-2017 18:01
  RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — A Palestinian film festival says it has canceled the screening of a movie by a Lebanese-French director following pressure from activists because he shot a previous film in Israel.
  
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• Kenya's leader urges peace ahead of vote as tensions rise

  22-10-2017 17:55
  
  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — President Uhuru Kenyatta urged Kenyans to remain peaceful ahead of Thursday's fresh presidential election, while a witness said police shot and wounded at least one person amid a rise in ethnic tensions in the capital, Nairobi.
  
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