• Point guard biggest question as Suns open camp

    PHOENIX (AP) — The Phoenix Suns have made a host of roster moves for what they expect to be a vastly improved season ahead.
    “I feel like we checked most of the boxes on our to-do list this summer,” general manager Ryan McDonough said at the team’s media day Monday. “We have more shooting. We have potentially a better defensive team. And we have a lot of veteran guys to teach our young guys how to win and help them win.”
    But one glaring question remains. Just w
  • Gaston Needs A Home

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  • Rookie Detroit officer fired after Snapchat post draws ire

    DETROIT (AP) — A rookie Detroit police officer has been fired after allegedly posting a photo of himself on Snapchat in uniform with an offensive caption.
    Police Chief James Craig told reporters that the officer was terminated following a Monday hearing. He was suspended this weekend after Craig saw the post with the caption, “Another night to Rangel (sic) up these zoo animals.”
    Craig has said he got numerous calls from officers who were disgusted by the “absolutely unacc
  • Redskins LT Trent Williams has ‘minor’ procedure on knee

    ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — Washington Redskins left tackle Trent Williams had what coach Jay Gruden called “a minor” procedure on his knee and is expected to be able to play in the team’s next game.
    Gruden said Monday that Williams was scheduled for the “bursa sac cleanup” during the bye week and should return for Washington’s game at the New Orleans Saints on Oct. 8.
    The knee has been “irritating” Williams for a couple of weeks, Gruden said.
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  • Man hangs Trump re-election banner at Magic Kingdom

    Man hangs Trump re-election banner at Magic Kingdom
    “This is the Happiest Place on Earth, get that crap out of here,” one parkgoer could be heard yelling: https://bit.ly/2DqvU5N
    Posted by WESH 2 News on Monday, September 24, 2018LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (WESH 2 News) — Two men briefly flew a “Re-Elect Trump 2020” banner inside of the Magic Kingdom on Sunday.
    The banner was hung on the Main Street train station.
    A Disney cast member asked the man to take the bann
  • Man pleads not guilty to threatening Globe journalists

    BOSTON (AP) — A Los Angeles man has pleaded not guilty to making a series of phone calls threatening to kill journalists at The Boston Globe.
    Robert Chain made his first appearance in Boston’s federal court Monday.
    Chain was arrested last month in California and indicted by a federal grand jury last week. Prosecutors say Chain was upset because the Globe editorial board led a nationwide campaign condemning President Donald Trump’s attacks on the press.
    WBUR reports that Assista
  • Performers Needed for Marana Holiday Festival

    Calling all performers! The good people of Marana are in need of acts to perform at the annual Marana Holiday Festival and Christmas Tree Lighting.…
  • Relieved Boilermakers ready to go with Blough at quarterback

    David Blough waited his turn at Purdue.
    Now, he’s re-entrenched himself as the No. 1 quarterback.
    Coach Jeff Brohm says Blough will start Saturday at Nebraska regardless of whether Elijah Sindelar plays. The announcement came Monday, two days after Blough led the Boilermakers to their first win of the season.
    The post Relieved Boilermakers ready to go with Blough at quarterback appeared first on KVOA.com.
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  • Jones practicing with Texas after leukemia treatments

    AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas junior guard Andrew Jones, who is battling leukemia, is practicing with the Longhorns but is still held out of some drills as he continues to regain strength.
    Coach Shaka Smart says it’s not clear if Jones will be able to play in a game this season.
    Texas announced on Jan. 10 that Jones had been diagnosed with leukemia after complaining of constantly feeling tired, and he didn’t play the rest of last season. He underwent lengthy treatment at the Unive
  • Chargers promote Jackson from practice squad, waive Newsome

    COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Chargers have promoted running back Justin Jackson from their practice squad and waived running back Detrez Newsome.
    Jackson was a seventh-round pick in this year’s draft. He is Northwestern’s career rushing leader (5,440 yards) and just the second player in Big Ten history to rush for 1,000 yards or more in four straight seasons.
    Coach Anthony Lynn said Jackson would be used mainly on special teams, an area where the Chargers have stru
  • EEOC accuses Arizona company of racial and sexual harassment

    PHOENIX (AP) — The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a lawsuit against an Arizona industrial and commercial painting company.
    The EEOC’s suit says Riddle Painting and Coatings violated federal law when it allegedly subjected employees to a hostile work environment based on race and sex.
    It says at least one employee complained about the harassment and the Phoenix company knew or should have known of the racial and same-sex sexual harassment, but failed to take an
  • Mexico: Alleged lookout nabbed in murder of Chiapas reporter

    MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in southern Mexico say they have made an arrest in the shooting death of a journalist for the newspaper Heraldo de Chiapas.
    Homicide prosecutor Luis Alberto Sanchez says the suspect is believed to have acted as a lookout outside the home of reporter Mario Gomez.
    Sanchez said Monday that the man allegedly belonged to a local drug gang. He said authorities are searching for the gang’s leader, his right-hand man and the lieutenant’s wife on suspicion
  • Billion dollar satellite music deal

    Satellite music giant Sirius XM is getting into the music streaming business.
    It’s buying into Pandora in a deal worth about $3.5 billion. Sirius XM already owns about 15 percent of Pandora.It says the two companies will maintain their separate brands and services.
    In a statement, Sirius XM said in part, “there would be no immediate change in listener offerings.”
    Sirius XM has about 36 million subscribers and Pandora has about 70 million monthly listeners through it&rsquo
  • Appeals court reverses Tennessee coal ash cleanup order

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal appellate panel has overturned an order that the nation’s largest public utility must unearth and remove a Tennessee power plant’s coal ash.
    A 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision Monday says the Clean Water Act does not address leaks from Tennessee Valley Authority’s Gallatin plant coal ash ponds through groundwater into the Cumberland River.
    In dissent, Judge Eric Clay said the ruling lets polluters escape Clean Water Act liabilit
  • Clements pleads not guilty in deaths of 2 Tucson girls

    Tucson detectives drove to Phoenix to read 36-year-old Christopher Clements his charges of Friday afternoon in connection to the murders of Isabel Celis and Maribel Gonzales/ Tucson Police Department
    TUCSON – The man arrested in connection to the disappearance and deaths of two Tucson girls appeared in court Monday to make his plea in the trial.Christopher Clements was arraigned today for the kidnappings and murders of Isabel Celis and Maribel Gonzales..@AaliaShaheed with details
  • Messi will miss Argentina friendly vs Brazil in October

    BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Lionel Messi will miss Argentina’s friendly against Brazil on Oct. 16 in Saudi Arabia.
    Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni said on Monday that Messi will not be called for the brief tour. He will also miss the other friendly in Saudi against Iraq on Oct. 11.
    Scaloni, the interim national coach until January, said Argentina was focusing on blooding younger players.
    Messi has made no public comments about his decision to be left out of the Argentina squad, whi
  • Cardinals switch to rookie Josh Rosen at QB

    TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Rookie Josh Rosen will take over as the Arizona Cardinals’ starting quarterback this Sunday against the Seattle Seahawks.
    Rosen, the 10th overall pick in this year’s draft, replaced veteran Sam Bradford in Sunday’s 16-14 loss to the Chicago Bears with 4:31 left to play after three Arizona second-half possessions ended in turnovers.
    Rosen couldn’t rally the Cardinals to a win, as he threw an interception to end his first drive and was sacked to en
  • The Latest: Suspect pleads not guilty Arizona girls’ deaths

    TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The Latest on a man charged with killing two Arizona girls who disappeared years ago (all times local):
    2 p.m.
    A convicted sex offender has pleaded not guilty to killing two Arizona girls who went missing years ago.
    Christopher Matthew Clements entered the plea Monday afternoon during his first appearance in a Tucson courtroom following a 22-felony count indictment that includes charges of first-degree murder, kidnapping and sexual exploitation of a minor.
    Authorities
  • Presidio school celebrating “Start with Hello” week

    Presidio School is partnering with Sandy Hook Promise, a national nonprofit organization. Sandy Hook Promise is led by several family members whose loved ones were killed in the tragic mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
    Together, they’re taking part in “Start with Hello” week. It teaches students the skills of inclusion and dealing with chronic social isolation. Students from 2nd to 12th grades are participating. They’re raising awareness, educating students
  • Woman charged with leaving a Chihuahua to die in trash bin

    WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a Florida woman wrapped her small dog in a trash bag and left it to die in a trash bin behind an apartment complex.
    The Polk County Sheriff’s Office says in a statement that 41-year-old Shawkimo Anderson was arrested Friday and charged with aggravated animal cruelty.
    Deputies responded to the Winter Haven complex after two people heard the Chihuahua and pulled it from the bin. The dog’s microchip led deputies to Anderson, who initially
  • USA Diving CEO to leave after 16 months on the job

    INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — USA Diving’s chief executive officer is out after 16 months.
    The national governing body said Monday that Lee Walsi Johnson will be leaving on Oct. 5.
    He began his tenure in May 2017 after coming from USA Gymnastics, where he was vice president of marketing. His background was in strategic planning and brand building.
    Michele Mitchell, chair of USA Diving’s board of directors, thanked Johnson for his service “in an extremely challenging time of transit
  • El Chapo prosecutors seek to bar Trump’s ‘flipper’ remarks

    NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors want a judge to keep lawyers for Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman (wah-KEEN’ ehl CHAH’-poh gooz-MAHN’) from using President Donald Trump’s negative comments about government cooperators to help defend the notorious Mexican drug lord.
    A recent filing by federal prosecutors in Brooklyn only refers to Trump as a “government official.” But it cites his well-publicized comments that he might like to see what he called “f
  • President Trump, South Korean President Moon sign trade agreement in first major pact for Trump trade agenda

    NEW YORK (AP) — President Trump, South Korean President Moon sign trade agreement in first major pact for Trump trade agenda.
    The post President Trump, South Korean President Moon sign trade agreement in first major pact for Trump trade agenda appeared first on KVOA.com.
  • Colts lose Haeg for multiple weeks with ankle injury

    INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis Colts coach Frank Reich says right tackle Joe Haeg will miss a couple of weeks with an injured ankle.
    Haeg was hurt during the first half of Sunday’s loss at Philadelphia.
    He started the season opener at left tackle in place of the injured Anthony Castonzo before moving to right tackle for the last two games.
    Castonzo has missed all three games with an injured hamstring.
    Reich is not yet sure whether Castonzo, running back Marlon Mack or tight end Jac
  • Tucson Storytellers: How Tucson Became Home

    While some are born and raised in Tucson, others take a round about route to calling our desert city home.…
  • Newly released records show lead-up to parking lot shooting

    ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Florida authorities have released hundreds of new pages in the case of a white man accused of fatally shooting a black man in a parking lot dispute in July.
    According to a transcript of Michael Drejka’s interview with Pinellas County Sheriff’s detectives, Drejka said that if Markeis McGlockton had retreated, or even stayed still, he wouldn’t have used his gun. But McGlockton’s girlfriend, who witnessed the incident, said McGlockton moved
  • 3 deaths found in investigation of impaired pathologist

    FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — A Veterans Affairs hospital official says investigators have discovered 11 significant errors including three deaths in more than 30,000 cases originally seen by a fired Arkansas pathologist officials say was working while impaired.
    Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks spokeswoman Wanda Shull said Monday those 11 errors were mistakes in patient care that could or did result in “death or serious injury.”
    Previously, investigators had discovered one
  • Modric wins world player of year, ends Ronaldo-Messi duology

    LONDON (AP) — Luka Modric has broken a decade of award dominance by Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi after being crowned world footballer of the year by FIFA, while Marta won the women’s award for a sixth time.
    Modric was voted FIFA’s best player in the 2017-18 season after winning the Champions League for a fourth time in five seasons with Real Madrid and leading Croatia to its first World Cup final where it lost to France.
    Messi and Ronaldo have been the only winners of wor
  • Packers lose DL Wilkerson for season after surgery

    GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Defensive lineman Muhammad Wilkerson underwent surgery on his left ankle after the Green Bay Packers’ loss at Washington on Sunday and will be lost for the season.
    The surgery was performed in the Washington area and Packers coach Mike McCarthy said Monday that Wilkerson’s injury was “significant.”
    Wilkerson’s foot was trapped under another player while blocking, and he was carted off the field with his hands covering his facemask.
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  • Dallas Police Department fires Amber Guyger after manslaughter charges

    Officer Amber Guyger appears in a booking photo provided by the Kaufman County Sheriff’s Office, on Sept. 10, 2018. (Courtesy of: Kaufman County Sheriff’s Office / Reuters)
    The Dallas Police Department on Monday fired an officer who barged into the wrong apartment in her building and killed a man who was inside.
    The dismissal of Amber Guyger was announced by Dallas Police Chief Reneé Hall on Twitter.
    Guyger, who was hired in November 2013, was fired after an Internal Affairs i
  • Real Madrid and Croatia playmaker Luka Modric voted FIFA player of the year

    LONDON (AP) — Real Madrid and Croatia playmaker Luka Modric voted FIFA player of the year.
    The post Real Madrid and Croatia playmaker Luka Modric voted FIFA player of the year appeared first on KVOA.com.
  • 49ers lose QB Jimmy Garoppolo to season-ending knee injury

    SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo will need season-ending surgery on his injured left knee.
    The 49ers said Monday that an MRI confirmed the team’s fears that Garoppolo tore his ACL while making a cut late in a loss at Kansas City. The injury deals a serious blow to the 49ers (1-2), who had planned their rebuild around Garoppolo.
    Now San Francisco must go through the season with C.J. Beathard at quarterback. The Niners struggled with Beathard l
  • Dolphins DT says he was trying to protect himself in fight

    DAVIE, Fla. (AP) — Miami Dolphins defensive tackle Akeem Spence says he was trying to protect himself in a fight that led to his ejection for ripping off an opponent’s helmet.
    Spence was penalized for unnecessary roughness and ejected in the second quarter of Sunday’s win over Oakland following his skirmish with guard Kelechi Osemele.
    The incident was doubly costly for Miami. The penalty negated a third-down sack and led to an Oakland field goal. And the Dolphins became short-h
  • All Army Boxing to host championships

    FORT HUACHUCA – The All Army Boxing Championships will be held Thursday, Sept. 27 and Saturday, Sept.29 at Barnes Field House.
    Doors will open at 6 p.m. and boxing will begin at 7 p.m.
    Preliminary rounds will be held Thursday and the championship will be on Saturday.
    Admission is free for the public.
    EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was written by News 4 Tucson intern, Julia McAlonan.
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  • Senate leader McConnell accuses Democrats of ‘aiding and abetting’ a ‘smear campaign’ against court nominee Kavanaugh

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate leader McConnell accuses Democrats of ‘aiding and abetting’ a ‘smear campaign’ against court nominee Kavanaugh.
    The post Senate leader McConnell accuses Democrats of ‘aiding and abetting’ a ‘smear campaign’ against court nominee Kavanaugh appeared first on KVOA.com.
  • Dogs’ Adoption Fees Cut in Half: PACC Celebrating National Dog Week

    The price to bring home a dog from Pima Animal Care Center has been reduced in honor of National Dog Week, Sept. 23-29.…
  • Coroner: LA mail carrier died of overheating on broiling day

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — The coroner’s office says a Los Angeles mail carrier found dead inside her postal truck amid scorching temperatures died primarily from overheating.
    Temperatures reached 117 degrees (47 Celsius) during the week in July that Peggy Frank died in the Woodland Hills neighborhood.
    The Orange County Register reports Monday that the 63-year-old died of hyperthermia, or abnormally high body temperature. Investigators say she had pre-existing health conditions including obe
  • Woman in videotaped beach arrest indicted on assault charges

    WILDWOOD, N.J. (AP) — A Philadelphia woman whose violent arrest at a New Jersey beach over Memorial Day weekend was captured on video has been indicted on charges of aggravated assault of a police officer.
    Emily Weinman also faces charges of resisting arrest, throwing bodily fluids and obstruction in the indictment handed up last week by a Cape May County grand jury.
    The beach confrontation began when Weinman repeatedly refused to give Wildwood officers her name when they questioned her ab
  • 7-year-old boy dies in fall from moving subway car

    PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police say a 7-year-old boy who was selling candy on a Philadelphia train with his brother fell between two moving subway cars and died.
    Authorities say the boy was with his 11-year-old brother and a 26-year-old man on the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority’s Broad Street Line subway in northern Philadelphia on Sunday.
    Police say the boy was walking between cars when he slipped and fell onto the tracks.
    SEPTA Police Chief Thomas Nestel called the d
  • Examiner not sure what ultimately caused Fargo woman’s death

    FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A medical examiner says he’s not sure whether a North Dakota woman whose baby was cut from her womb died from blood loss or strangulation.
    Dr. Victor Froloff testified Monday in the trial of William Hoehn (hayn), who is accused in the August 2017 death of Savanna Greywind. Froloff called it an unusual case with “two competitive causes of death.”
    Hoehn’s former girlfriend, Brooke Crews, pleaded guilty earlier and was sentenced to life in prison.
    Ho
  • The Latest: 2 GOP politicians allowed on W.Va. Supreme Court

    CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The Latest on challenges to the appointments of two Republican politicians to the West Virginia Supreme Court (all times local):
    2:30 p.m.
    Two Republicans politicians will serve as temporary justices on the West Virginia Supreme Court after a group of judicial stand-ins rejected challenges to their appointments to replace departed justices.
    The court on Monday turned back challenges by two lawyers to the appointments of U.S. Rep. Evan Jenkins and ex-House speaker T
  • Maroon 5 to Perform at the 2019 Super Bowl

    Maroon 5 will be performing at the 2019 Super Bowl LIII Pepsi halftime show on Feb. 3 at the new Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. Guest appearances for the performance have not been chosen, but there are speculations of potential artists. Maroon 5’s recent single “Girls Like You” features Cardi B and is currently No. 2 on The Hot 100 list on Billboard, leaving us to wonder if the Bodak Yellow superstar and new mom will be at the Super Bowl.…
  • Georgia Gov. race: Pence sets a visit as Biden postpones one

    ATLANTA (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence has rescheduled a stop in Georgia with Republican gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp that was pushed back by Hurricane Florence.
    Meanwhile former vice president Joe Biden has postponed a stop with Democratic candidate Stacey Abrams set for Sept. 27 because of scheduling conflicts.
    Pence will headline a GOP “victory dinner” for Kemp on Oct. 11 in Atlanta. It will be Pence’s second appearance of the campaign, after joining Kemp for a
  • Fill-in justices reject challenges to West Virginia Supreme Court appointments; GOP appointees will serve on court

    CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Fill-in justices reject challenges to West Virginia Supreme Court appointments; GOP appointees will serve on court.
    The post Fill-in justices reject challenges to West Virginia Supreme Court appointments; GOP appointees will serve on court appeared first on KVOA.com.
  • The Latest: More winds after Wyoming fire burns more homes

    JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — The Latest on a wildfire in western Wyoming (all times local):
    12:25 p.m.
    Firefighters expect another afternoon of gusty winds as they try to keep a wildfire from burning more homes in western Wyoming.
    Monday’s forecast calls for gusts up to 30 mph (48 kph) around Bondurant, a community of mainly vacation homes south of Jackson Hole.
    The fire swept through a subdivision of about 125 homes in the area Sunday. Local officials are still counting how many homes and o
  • The Latest: Man with garden hose defies Wyoming evacuation

    JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — The Latest on a wildfire in western Wyoming (all times local):
    3:10 p.m.
    A Wyoming man says he’s glad he defied evacuation orders so that he could defend his home from a wildfire using just a sprinkler and garden hose.
    Bill Winney says he doubts his log home with a metal roof would have survived if he had not aggressively watered the area around it for several days and then stood his ground as flames tore through the surrounding sagebrush on Sunday.
    Winney said M
  • The Latest: Scores oppose Trump mileage proposal at hearing

    FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on a California hearing on a proposal to roll back car-mileage standards (all times local):
    5:15 p.m.
    Scores of people have spoken against the Trump administration’s plan to roll back car-mileage standards at a hearing in California that ended earlier than expected.
    Officials at Monday’s event in Fresno had initially predicted it could go late into the night. But the last speaker wrapped up late in the afternoon, and the hearing was adjourned a
  • The Latest: California officials blast Trump fuel rollback

    FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on a California hearing on a proposal to roll back car-mileage standards (all times local):
    11:25 a.m.
    California officials say the Trump administration’s plan to roll back car-mileage standards is not supported by science, will damage people’s health and exacerbate climate change.
    California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and California Air Resources Board chairwoman Mary Nichols were among several state officials on the first panel to testify
  • Trump lawyers seek to toss Stormy Daniels’ lawsuit

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lawyers for President Trump are urging a judge to toss porn actress Stormy Daniels’ lawsuit over a hush-money deal after their alleged affair.
    Trump’s lawyers are expected to argue in a Los Angeles federal court Monday that the agreement and $130,000 payout was not valid and they won’t punish her for breaking it.
    Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, has sued to escape the agreement so she can speak publicly without fear of reprisal.
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  • Tennessee’s Pruitt says LB Sapp remains part of team

    KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee coach Jeremy Pruitt says linebacker Quart’e Sapp remains a part of the team after the coach and linebacker offered conflicting accounts of a sideline incident. Pruitt had said Saturday after Tennessee’s loss to Florida that he asked Sapp to leave the sideline after the linebacker refused a request to enter the game. Sapp tweeted Sunday that, “I never was asked nor did I ever refuse to go into the game.”
    Pruitt said Monday he has sin

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