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• ‘Assassination Nation’ wants to get under your skin

  20-09-2018 23:58
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Writer and director Sam Levinson creates a Salem witch trial for the digital age in his new film “Assassination Nation,” which opens Friday.
  Starring a cast of up and coming actresses, including Odessa Young, Suki Waterhouse, Hari Nef and singer Abra, the film imagines a sleepy suburb where a mysterious hacker starts leaking individuals’ online information.
  The town turns its vitriol against four teenage girls and has been described as what would happen
  
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• Huskers fill out schedule against Bethune-Cookman on Oct. 27

  20-09-2018 23:57
  LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska will play Bethune-Cookman on Oct. 27 to make up the game against Akron canceled because of inclement weather.
  Bethune-Cookman is a Football Championship Subdivision team that’s 1-2 after losing to Florida Atlantic last Saturday.
  Nebraska will pay Bethune-Cookman a guarantee of $800,000.
  The Cornhuskers (0-2) were supposed to open the season against Akron on Sept. 1, but the game was called off right after the opening kickoff because of severe storms in t
  
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• Tiger Woods returns to Tour Championship with share of lead

  20-09-2018 23:56
  ATLANTA (AP) — Another tournament, another share of the first-round lead for Tiger Woods.
  Woods made an eagle putt from just over 25 feet on the par-5 18th hole for a 5-under 65 and a share of the lead Thursday with Rickie Fowler in the Tour Championship.
  It wasn’t as low as the 62 he shot at Aronimink to share the 18-hole lead in the BMW Championship two weeks ago. For Woods, this one felt even better because of the dry, tougher conditions at East Lake.
  Woods has said getting to the
  
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• DeSantis not returning cash to donor who called Obama N-word

  20-09-2018 23:56
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis’ campaign for Florida governor says he will no longer accept money from a donor who used the N-word in a tweet about former President Barack Obama.
  But campaign spokesman Stephen Lawson said Thursday that money they’ve already taken from Steven Alembik’s company, SMA Communications, won’t be returned because it was already spent on the primary election.
  The Democratic affiliated group American Bridge provide
  
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• Trial set for men accused of UA alumnus killing in Greece

  20-09-2018 23:55
   
  TUCSON – The trial has been set for the men charged with killing a University of Arizona graduate in 2017.
  According to officials, 22-year-old Bakari Henderson was allegedly beaten to death by a mob at a bar on the Greek island of Zakynthos in July 2017. Henderson was taken to a hospital with severe head injuries but was pronounced dead on arrival.
  Authorities said nine suspects were arrested in the incident. Seven will be tried in court, which is set to begin Friday.
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• Bears face punchless Cardinals, look to improve to 2-1

  20-09-2018 23:49
  GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Now the 2018 Chicago Bears will find out how they handle success.
  After a close loss to Green Bay, the Bears got a nice win over Seattle. Now they face an Arizona team that’s been outscored 58-6 in the Cardinals’ first 0-2 start since 2005.
  It’s a game Chicago is supposed to win, maybe even dominate.
  “Just like last week when it was coming off a difficult loss, now the team is feeling good in the fact that we got a win,” s first-year coa
  
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• Laughing Stock: Laughing All Over

  20-09-2018 23:38
  Laughing Stock is slacking again next week, but the laughter never ends.…
  
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• Feds charge ex-police officer accused of kicking suspect

  20-09-2018 23:35
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Federal authorities say a former Ohio police officer accused of kicking a handcuffed suspect in the head has been indicted on charges related to use of excessive force.
  The U.S. Attorney’s Office for Ohio’s southern district says former Franklin Township officer Robert Wells was indicted Thursday in Columbus on deprivation of rights and obstruction counts.
  Wells was a part-time officer in the suburban Columbus township when authorities said a cellphone vid
  
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• 2 charged with thefts from New Jersey submarine museum

  20-09-2018 23:30
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A man and woman from Connecticut have been charged with stealing items from a World War II-era submarine in New Jersey.
  Hackensack police allege Jon Stevens, of West Haven, and Laura Palmese, of Colchester, swam along the Hackensack River and gained access to the USS Ling in mid-August.They’re charged with stealing a lantern and a lieutenant’s shoulder lapel and are scheduled to appear in court Oct. 1.
  Reached by phone, Stevens declined comment Thursday. A m
  
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• Minimum age law for Louisiana strippers still a no-go

  20-09-2018 23:19
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court decision means authorities in Louisiana still cannot enforce a state law setting 21 as the minimum age for exotic dancers.
  Thursday’s ruling by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans was a victory for three women who were ages 18, 19 and 20 when their lawsuit challenging the law was filed last year. The three-judge appeals court panel upheld a federal district judge’s injunction blocking enforcement.
  Louisiana lawmakers passed
  
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• Mets’ Flores to miss rest of season with knee soreness

  20-09-2018 23:17
  WASHINGTON (AP) — New York Mets infielder Wilmer Flores will miss the rest of the season because of soreness in both knees.
  Manager Mickey Callaway said Flores has earl -onset arthritis in both knees and will receive injections to alleviate the pain.
  “It’s not like surgery is recommended at this time,” Callaway said. “I think rest and a couple injections is supposed to knock this out pretty good.”
  Flores hit .267 with 11 home runs and 51 RBIs. He’s start
  
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• Will American Airlines bar customers from changing a ticket?

  20-09-2018 23:16
  FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — American Airlines is threatening to prohibit customers from making changes to nonrefundable tickets if Congress makes good on a proposal to crack down on unreasonable airline fees.
  American CEO Doug Parker says his airline would be acting just like sports teams or the opera by refusing to let customers swap their ticket for a different flight or another day.
  The airline industry’s main trade group is mobilizing to defeat a proposal in Congress to limit airlin
  
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• Suge Knight pleads to manslaughter over fatal confrontation

  20-09-2018 23:12
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former rap mogul Marion “Suge” Knight has pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter and after he ran over two men, killing one, nearly four years ago.
  The Death Row Records co-founder entered the plea Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court and has agreed to serve 28 years in prison.
  Knight was charged with murder, attempted murder and hit-and-run after fleeing the scene of an altercation in January 2015 outside a Compton burger stand. Knight and a consulta
  
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• 160-foot-long Italian sandwich is quickly devoured in Maine

  20-09-2018 23:11
  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — This was a sub worth diving into.
  Eleven sandwich shops in Maine combined forces to create a 160-foot-long (49-meter-long) Italian sandwich.
  The ginormous sandwich disappeared as quickly as it was created Thursday, devoured by hungry passersby in Portland’s Monument Square.
  Organizer Jim Britt said details will be sent to Guinness World Records, which will consider creating a new category for Maine’s sandwich. This was a trial run for another effort next
  
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• Former rap mogul Marion “Suge” Knight pleads no contest to voluntary manslaughter in fatal 2015 confrontation

  20-09-2018 23:10
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former rap mogul Marion “Suge” Knight pleads no contest to voluntary manslaughter in fatal 2015 confrontation.
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• Prosecutor facing more charges related to public funds

  20-09-2018 23:09
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The chief prosecutor for South Carolina’s capital city is facing more charges related to alleged misspending of public funds.
  Attorney General Alan Wilson says 5th Circuit Solicitor Dan Johnson has been indicted on state charges of embezzlement and misconduct in office.
  Gov. Henry McMaster suspended Johnson on Wednesday following his indictment on more than two dozen federal charges including wire fraud and theft of government funds. Authorities have been invest
  
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• 1st Tennessee woman elected to full term in Congress dies

  20-09-2018 23:09
  CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — Marilyn Lloyd, the first Tennessee woman elected to a full term in Congress, has died. She was 89.
  Lloyd’s family said in a statement that the congresswoman died Wednesday.
  The Chattanooga Democrat represented Tennessee’s 3rd Congressional District for 10 terms, from 1975 until she retired in 1995. She never lost a House election.
  Lloyd was born in Fort Smith, Arkansas, in 1929. After her husband, Mort Lloyd, died in a 1974 plane crash, she replaced th
  
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• Chicago alderman to change plea in federal bribery case

  20-09-2018 23:02
  CHICAGO (AP) — A prominent Chicago alderman who pleaded not guilty to bribery and wire fraud two years ago is changing his plea.
  A judge posted a brief order Thursday in Chicago federal court setting Willie B. Cochran’s change-of-plea hearing for Nov. 28. It provides no details, including whether a plea agreement is in place or which charges the 65-year-old Democrat might plead guilty to.
  Prosecutors allege that he stole money from a charitable fund, spending some of it at casinos. T
  
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• Oasis Air Conditioning & Heating

  20-09-2018 22:51
  Sponsored Content*Oasis Air Conditioning & Heating Oasis Air Conditioning & Heating, a Trane Comfort Specialist dealer, has been taking care of HVAC systems across the local area for over 35 years. “It’s your home- Make it your Oasis! 
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• Denny’s hits the road to help disaster victims

  20-09-2018 22:50
  Denny’s is taking their food show on the road.
  The restaurant just unveiled a mobile kitchen, that is currently on its way to help the victims and communities impacted by Hurricane Florence.
  It’s a fully functional diner on wheels. It will travel anywhere in the U.S. during an emergency situation. They’ll be serving pancakes, bacon and coffee to people.
  Denny’s Mobile Kitchen will work closely with local officials, disaster relief organizations, and other local Denny&rsq
  
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• The Latest: Second arrest made in shooting near LA school

  20-09-2018 22:47
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on a shooting near a Los Angeles school (all times local):
  4:45 p.m.
  Police say a second suspect has been arrested and a gun has been recovered near the scene of a Los Angeles shooting that wounded a high school student and a school employee.
  Officials say the victims — a teenage boy and a woman — were shot Thursday at a Jack in the Box restaurant across the street from a charter school.
  Both have extremity wounds and are hospitalized in stable con
  
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• The Latest: 1 arrest in LA shooting near school

  20-09-2018 22:47
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on a shooting near a Los Angeles school (all times local):
  1:30 p.m.
  Police have arrested one man and are searching for a second male suspect in a shooting that wounded two people across the street from a Los Angeles charter school.
  Officer Ray Brown says CHAMPS Charter High remains locked down more than an hour after gunfire erupted at a nearby Jack in the Box restaurant Thursday. Officers with guns drawn searched the area in a business district of the Van Nu
  
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• Padres scouting vice president Don Welke dies at 75

  20-09-2018 22:47
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego Padres vice president of scouting Don Welke has died. He was 75.
  The team says he died Wednesday night in San Diego surrounded by family. No cause was given.
  Welke worked in baseball for more than 50 years. He joined the Padres in 2014, following general manager A.J. Preller from the Texas Rangers to San Diego. Welke also worked the Phillies, Dodgers, Orioles, Blue Jays, Royals and Reds.
  Welke was instrumental in the Rangers reaching consecutive World Series. He
  
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• Number of organ, tissue donors rise in AZ

  20-09-2018 22:47
  PHOENIX – There has been a nearly 20 percent increase in the number of organ and tissues donors in Arizona.
  According to the Arizona Department of Transportation, the number of donors in the state has increased because customers are now able to register as donors when renewing a vehicle registration on the ServiceArizona.com website.
  ADOT added that option to their online service on Oct. 31, 2017.
  For more information, visit azdot.gov or  DonateLifeAZ.org
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• Top 20 Global Concert Tours from Pollstar

  20-09-2018 22:42
  The Top 20 Global Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows Worldwide.The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers. Week of September 19, 2018:
  TOP 20 GLOBAL CONCERT TOURS
  1. Ed Sheeran; $11,384,458; $92.30.
  2. Taylor Swift; $10,863,710; $127.13.
  3. The Rolling Stones; $8,968,275; $155.26.
  4. Jay-Z / Beyoncé; $6,453,138; $112.29.
  5. Celine Dion; $4,808,263
  
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• Patriots’ Gronkowski limited in practice with ankle issue

  20-09-2018 22:39
  FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Tight end Rob Gronkowski is dealing with an ankle issue as the Patriots prepare for their Week 3 matchup with the Lions.
  Gronkowski was a limited participant in practice Thursday after participating in Wednesday’s workout. He has started both games for New England this season. He has nine catches for 138 yards and touchdown.
  Defensive end Trey Flowers and safety Patrick Chung both missed practice for the second straight day as they continue to go through the
  
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• 8 people, including 4 in US illegally, die in Arizona crash

  20-09-2018 22:38
  FLORENCE, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say eight people, including four immigrants in the U.S. illegally, were killed in a head-on collision on an Arizona highway.
  The Arizona Department of Public Safety says the crash occurred late Wednesday when a vehicle struck an SUV carrying nine people on State Route 79 near Florence, about 60 miles southeast of Phoenix.
  Investigators don’t know the cause of the crash.
  Officials say the SUV’s driver and front-seat passenger were U.S. citizens
  
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• APNewsBreak: FanDuel to pay out disputed $82K football bet

  20-09-2018 22:32
  ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Online sports betting company FanDuel will pay a New Jersey man the full $82,000 he was promised when the company’s system mistakenly generated 750-1 odds on the final moments of Sunday’s Denver Broncos-Oakland Raiders game.
  FanDuel will also pay several other customers who got erroneously inflated odds during an 18-second stretch in which the company’s computers malfunctioned. It could immediately say how much the total payout will be.
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• Adopt this pet: Kelly

  20-09-2018 22:30
  There’s a new pet looking to be adopted.
  Meet Kelly!
  She is a very mellow girl with really unique ears. Handlers say she is very sweet and would be a great addition for a family.
  If you’re interested in meeting Kelly, You can find her at the Humane Society of Southern Arizona’s (HSSA) Main Campus at 635 W. Roger Rd. You can also give an adoption counselor a call at 520-327-6088
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• Jaguars’ Fournette feels ‘way better’ than he did last week

  20-09-2018 22:24
  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Jacksonville Jaguars running back Leonard Fournette practiced in a limited capacity for the second straight day Thursday and feels “a lot better, like way better” than he did a week ago.
  Fournette strained his right hamstring in the season opener at the New York Giants and sat out last week’s victory against New England.
  The Jaguars (2-0) host AFC South rival Tennessee (1-1) on Sunday.
  Fournette says his playing status is “up to the coaches
  
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• The Latest: Judge puts limit on accusers at Cosby sentencing

  20-09-2018 22:20
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Latest on Bill Cosby’s sentencing for sexual assault (all times local):
  4 p.m.
  The judge set to sentence actor Bill Cosby on sex assault charges is limiting the number of other accusers who can testify next week.
  The 81-year-old Cosby’s potential sentence ranges from the 30-year maximum term to probation. State guidelines suggest a one- to four-year sentence.
  Prosecutors want some of Cosby’s 60 other accusers to testify Monday to show that a patter
  
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• Sheriff faults investigation into ’89 Minnesota abduction

  20-09-2018 22:20
  ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota sheriff says opportunities were missed early on to catch the man who kidnapped and killed 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling in 1989.
  Stearns County Sheriff Don Gudmundson said Thursday that the investigation “went off the rails” decades before the suspect was finally caught.
  Danny Heinrich confessed to killing Jacob and led investigators to his remains in 2016. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison for child pornography.
  The sheriff revealed that
  
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• Canadiens’ Domi suspended for preseason for punching Ekblad

  20-09-2018 22:19
  NEW YORK (AP) — Montreal Canadiens forward Max Domi has been suspended for the remainder of the NHL preseason after punching Florida defenseman Aaron Ekblad during an exhibition game.
  The NHL’s Department of Player Safety made the announcement Thursday following an afternoon hearing with Domi.
  The punch came at the start of the third period of Wednesday’s preseason game. Domi began tugging on Ekblad’s shirt, asking him to fight. With the Panthers star showing no interest
  
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• Rally seeks answers on St. Louis police shootings

  20-09-2018 22:17
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Supporters of a St. Louis man killed in a SWAT raid at his home 15 months ago are demanding answers about the internal police investigation of his death.
  The police department’s Force Investigation Unit launched an investigation shortly after the death of 21-year-old Isaiah Hammett on June 7, 2017, but has not disclosed its findings.
  Supporters rallied Thursday at police headquarters on what would have been Hammett’s 23rd birthday. They questioned why a SWAT te
  
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• UN chief urges pardon for 2 journalists jailed in Myanmar

  20-09-2018 22:14
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says he hopes Myanmar’s government will pardon “as quickly as possible” two Reuters journalists jailed on charges of possessing state secrets in connection with their reporting about massacres of Rohingya Muslims.
  Guterres said Thursday that “it is not acceptable to have the journalists of Reuters being in jail for what they were doing.”
  Journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were given a seven-year pr
  
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• Trump boosting offensive capabilities in cyber strategy

  20-09-2018 22:05
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is warning foreign adversaries that the U.S. is preparing to step up its offensive cyber capabilities as part of a new government-wide strategy.
  President Donald Trump on Tuesday is signing a National Cyber Strategy that furthers his lifting of Obama-era constraints on offensive actions.
  National Security Adviser John Bolton says, “We’re going to do a lot of things offensively,” adding, “Our adversaries need to know that.”
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• Will what happened at Georgetown Prep stay there?

  20-09-2018 22:04
  NORTH BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — The sexual assault allegation against U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has shined an unexpected spotlight on the federal appeals judge’s high school environment.
  The elite all-male Georgetown Preparatory School in North Bethesda, Maryland, is part of a close-knit network of single-sex private schools in the country’s wealthiest state.
  Multiple accounts from 1980s-era classmates depict an alcohol-soaked party culture. At raucous house parties
  
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• The Latest: University says it has anti-bias policies

  20-09-2018 21:59
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The Latest on calls for changes at Colorado State University after two Native American teens were pulled from a tour last spring (all times local):
  6 p.m.
  Colorado State University says policies are being developed to make the school more welcoming to Native American students after campus police pulled two Mohawk brothers from an admissions tour last spring.
  University spokesman Mike Hooker’s statement Thursday came in response to an American Civil Liberties
  
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• Quincy Jones at 85: ‘I’m too old to be full of it’

  20-09-2018 21:50
  TORONTO (AP) — Quincy Jones says reports that the Eagles “Greatest Hits” passing Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” as the most selling album of all time are “bull.”
  The legendary producer of “Thriller” in an interview says his album with Jackson has sold 150 million copies worldwide. Global sales figures are difficult to verify, though estimates suggest “Thriller” remains the best-selling album globally.
  Last month, the Recording
  
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• Arizona licenses for nonprofit housing migrant kids at risk

  20-09-2018 21:48
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona officials are moving to revoke the licenses for a nonprofit that houses immigrant children in part because it missed a deadline to show that all its employees passed background checks.
  The Arizona Department of Health said in a scathing letter Wednesday that Texas-based Southwest Key demonstrated an “astonishingly flippant attitude” toward the state’s concerns about delayed background checks for workers at its eight Arizona shelters.
  A state investi
  
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• Dakota Access pipeline developer defends racketeering claims

  20-09-2018 21:46
  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The developer of the Dakota Access oil pipeline says environmental group Greenpeace should be held legally accountable for violating federal racketeering laws.
  Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners sued Greenpeace and two other groups for up to $1 billion last year. The company alleges the groups worked to undermine the $3.8 billion pipeline that’s now shipping oil from North Dakota to Illinois.
  A federal judge has dismissed the other two groups from the case. Gr
  
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• Willian leads Chelsea to victory in Europa League

  20-09-2018 21:43
  Chelsea maintained its perfect start to the campaign when Brazil forward Willian scored in a 1-0 Europa League victory at PAOK Thessaloniki on Thursday.
  Sitting atop the Premier League with five wins from five games, the London club rested Eden Hazard for its opening game in Europe this season after the Belgium playmaker claimed a hat trick in a 4-1 win against Cardiff on Saturday.
  Two Chelsea supporters were injured in an attack by suspected local fans shortly before dawn. Police said the two E
  
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• Europa League wins for Chelsea, Milan, Arsenal, Sevilla

  20-09-2018 21:43
  Chelsea maintained its perfect start to the season when Brazil forward Willian scored in a 1-0 Europa League victory at PAOK Thessaloniki on Thursday.
  Two goals from Ever Banega and Wissam Ben Yedder led Sevilla, the most successful team in Europa League history, to a 5-1 thrashing of Standard Liege while Eintracht Frankfurt opened its campaign by upsetting Marseille 2-1.
  Arsenal, with former Sevilla coach Unai Emery now in charge, defeated Ukraine’s Vorskla 4-2 thanks to a double from Pie
  
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• Melania Trump announces restoration of Blue Room furniture

  20-09-2018 21:34
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House Blue Room is getting a new old look.
  Melania Trump has announced the restoration of a collection of furniture made for the White House by Frenchman Pierre-Antoine Bellange. The first lady says a team of curators has spent more than a decade restoring the furniture. The Committee for the Preservation of the White House approved the restoration project.
  President James Monroe bought the Bellange suite in 1817. Almost all of it had been auctioned off in 1859.
  
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• Washington calls for the release of scientist in Turkey

  20-09-2018 21:31
  ISTANBUL (AP) — The United States has called for the immediate release of a NASA scientist who was arrested in southern Turkey for alleged links to Fethullah Gulen, the U.S.-based Islamic cleric the Turkish government blames for a failed 2016 coup attempt.
  The U.S. State Department said in a written statement Thursday that it will continue to follow the case against Serkan Golge, insisting it “lacks credible evidence,” but welcomed a decision to reduce his sentence.
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• Odell Beckham Jr. upset with losing and frequent PED tests

  20-09-2018 21:28
  EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Odell Beckham Jr. is sick of losing and frustrated with seemingly being asked to take tests every other week by the NFL for performance-enhancers.
  Beckham tweeted about the tests Thursday before the Giants (0-2) practiced for Sunday’s game in Houston against the Texans (0-2).
  “It’s actually funny how I ‘randomly’ get tested every other week,” Beckham wrote. “Dear @NFL please stop sending these people, ur takin away from
  
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• The Latest: Dozens dead after ferry sinks on Lake Victoria

  20-09-2018 21:23
  KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The Latest on capsized ferry in Tanzania (all times local):
  10:25 p.m.
  A regional official in Tanzania says 44 people are confirmed dead after a ferry sank on Lake Victoria. 
  John Mongella, the commissioner of Mwanza, says 37 people have been rescued after Thursday’s capsizing. 
  He cannot say how many people were on board until the search and rescue operation is over.
  Rescue efforts have been suspended until daybreak Friday.
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• Anti-abuse activists pan US Catholic bishops’ new proposals

  20-09-2018 21:21
  NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers and advocates for victims of clergy sex-abuse are assailing as inadequate some new steps announced by U.S. Catholic bishops to curtail the abuse scandals that have deeply shaken the church this year.
  The initiatives, announced Wednesday, include developing a code of conduct for bishops regarding sexual abuse and harassment, and establishing a confidential hotline — to be run by a third party — to receive complaints of sexual misconduct by bishops, and re
  
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• Tanzania regional official says at least 44 dead after ferry capsizes on Lake Victoria

  20-09-2018 21:18
  KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Tanzania regional official says at least 44 dead after ferry capsizes on Lake Victoria.
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• Sheriff says female suspect in deadly Maryland shooting is dead; says she shot herself in the head

  20-09-2018 21:18
  ABDERDEEN, Md. (AP) — Sheriff says female suspect in deadly Maryland shooting is dead; says she shot herself in the head.
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