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• PAC to target Tennessee lawmaker running despite allegations

  27-09-2018 23:57
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A national campaign to prevent politicians accused of sexual misconduct from being re-elected in the November election is now targeting a Tennessee lawmaker.
  After launching the Enough is Enough Project earlier this week, supporters announced Thursday they have created a local political action committee affiliated with the national organization to oppose GOP Rep. David Byrd.
  Byrd was accused by three women in a media report March 27 of sexual misconduct as their hig
  
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• Jets OC Bates says team had headsets go out in all 3 games

  27-09-2018 23:57
  FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — New York Jets offensive coordinator Jeremy Bates says the team has experienced malfunctions with its sideline headsets in all three games this season.
  Bates says Thursday that while he’s not making excuses for on-field miscommunication in some instances, he acknowledges that the Jets have had to work around those issues at Detroit, at home against Miami and at Cleveland.
  Bates adds that he and the coaches understand that technical issues can happen, “e
  
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• Barcelona estimates record revenue of $1.1 billion

  27-09-2018 23:56
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona has estimated it will generate record revenue of 960 million euros ($1.1 billion) for the 2018-19 season.
  The Spanish champion also projected annual revenue to surpass 1 billion euros by 2021.
  Barcelona says expenditure will reach 929 million euros this season and expects to generate 11 million euros of profit.
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• Buckelew Pumpkin Festival Contest

  27-09-2018 23:53
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• Milan falters again with 1-1 draw at Empoli

  27-09-2018 23:43
  MILAN (AP) — AC Milan again dropped points from a winning position when it was held to a 1-1 draw at Empoli in Serie A on Thursday.
  Milan led for an hour following Leonardo Capezzi’s own goal but Francesco Caputo leveled from the penalty spot in the 71st minute.
  “Mistakes can happen and at the moment we’re paying a dear price for them,” Milan coach Gennaro Gattuso said. “I’m more disappointed at not closing out the match earlier, it’s becoming a pr
  
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• Ex-MSU gymnastics coach sent to trial in Nassar scandal

  27-09-2018 23:40
  LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A former Michigan State University gymnastics coach accused of lying to investigators has been ordered to stand trial in the Larry Nassar sexual assault scandal.
  A judge heard testimony Thursday and said there’s probable cause to send Kathie Klages (KLAY’-gis) to trial. The case now moves to another judge who will set a trial date.
  Klages is accused of denying that female gymnasts had ever complained of assaults by Nassar.
  Larissa Boyce testified that she
  
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• The Latest: GPS Fusion co-founder won’t talk to House panel

  27-09-2018 23:36
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on a House committee’s investigation of the Justice Department (all times local):
  5:30 p.m.
  The co-founder of an opposition research firm that hired a former British spy to investigate President Donald Trump’s potential Russia ties is declining to speak with a Republican-led congressional investigation.
  An attorney for Glenn Simpson of Fusion GPS says in a new letter that his client won’t participate because he believes the allies of the presi
  
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• The Latest: Attorney: Officer followed law in fatal shooting

  27-09-2018 23:34
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Latest on a Nashville police officer charged in the shooting death of a black man. (all times local):
  4:30 p.m.
  The attorney for a Nashville police officer who fatally shot a fleeing man says his client was following the law and his training.
  At a news conference Thursday, attorney David Raybin said he plans to vigorously defend officer Andrew Delke against the criminal homicide charge that he faces. Raybin said he wants the case to go to a jury.
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• Former state Sen. Brian Joyce found dead; was awaiting trial

  27-09-2018 23:30
  WESTPORT, Mass. (AP) — Former Massachusetts state Sen. Brian Joyce, who was awaiting trial on federal corruption charges, has been found dead in his home.
  The Bristol District Attorney’s office says Joyce was found by his wife in their Westport home on Thursday and foul play is not suspected.
  A spokesman for the district attorney said the state’s chief medical examiner will conduct an autopsy in the coming days, and the investigation is “active and ongoing.”
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• Packers’ Clay Matthews weighs in after NFL clarifies QB hits

  27-09-2018 23:26
  GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — An NFL statement intended to clarify to officials the emphasis on quarterback hits may have raised questions with Green Bay Packers linebacker Clay Matthews.
  NFL football operations chief Troy Vincent said Thursday that the powerful competition committee had clarified to game officials the techniques used in such hits. A lack of consistency on such calls also has been a source of contention throughout the league.
  Matthews has been called for a roughing-the-passer cal
  
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• WADA report: Kenya doping serious, not institutionalized

  27-09-2018 23:21
  Kenyan athletes are the target of nearly a quarter of out-of-competition doping tests in track and field, a statistic that underlines how much suspicion there is over the world’s most successful distance-running nation.
  Figures were revealed Thursday by the head of the Athletics Integrity Unit, which handles anti-doping for the world track and field organization, the IAAF.
  Brett Clothier said Kenyans made up 22% of the AIU’s out-of-competition testing program, and the country’s
  
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• FBI taking over investigation of Columbus, Ohio vice squad

  27-09-2018 23:19
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Police in Ohio’s capital city say an FBI task force is taking over an investigation of the department’s vice squad.
  The announcement by Columbus police Thursday follows two recent incidents focusing attention on the squad. Police say a vice detective who was stabbed in the hand by an alleged prostitute fatally shot her inside a police vehicle last month.
  Police say the officer, 30-year-veteran Andrew Mitchell, was under criminal investigation for a citizen
  
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• Top leaders at prison where 4 died demoted, took pay cuts

  27-09-2018 23:13
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina prison officials slashed the pay of two top administrators who had leadership responsibilities at a lockup where four employees were killed last year during the deadliest breakout attempt in state history.
  Prisons officials on Thursday provided The Associated Press with personnel records showing the salaries of both men were slashed by 26 percent and demoted in May for what was described as “gross inefficiency.”
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• Hung jury forces mistrial in ex-Texas cop’s assault case

  27-09-2018 23:13
  DALLAS (AP) — A hung jury has forced a mistrial in the case of a former suburban Dallas police officer charged in the shooting of an unarmed black man.
  The Dallas County jury reported itself deadlocked Thursday after 10 hours of deliberation over two days in the trial of Derick Wiley. There was no immediate decision on if or when the case will be retried.
  Mesquite police fired Wiley, who’s also black, after the November 2017 shooting that wounded Lyndo Jones, who had been sitting in
  
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• Marana Cares Mobile providing free meals

  27-09-2018 23:12
   MARANA – Marana Cares Mobile is offering free and nutritious meals to children this fall break.
  The air conditioned school bus will be parked in the community from October 8th through the 12th. The unit is handicap accessible, with Chromebooks and Wi-fi for the children.
  Marana Cares Mobile has provided 6,822 meals to date.
  October 8-12,  Monday-Friday
  11:00AM-12:00PM
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• Former Marana Broncos President Faces Eight Felony Charges

  27-09-2018 23:07
  Former Marana Broncos youth football President Steve Leslie Marshall Jr. will be arraigned on eight felony charges tomorrow afternoon.…
  
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• CONCACAF Gold Cup final at Chicago next July 7

  27-09-2018 23:02
  MIAMI (AP) — Chicago’s Soldier Field will host the CONCACAF Gold Cup final for the third time next year.
  The game will be played on July 7, CONCACAF said Thursday. That is the same day as the Women’s World Cup final in Lyon, France, making a likely television doubleheader for Fox in the United States.
  Soldier Field also was site of the Gold Cup final in 2007 and 2013.
  The expanded 16-nation tournament, the championship of North and Central America and the Caribbean, starts in m
  
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• HBO to drop live boxing after 45 year of telecasts

  27-09-2018 22:58
  NEW YORK (AP) — HBO is getting out of the live boxing business after more than 1,000 fights over four decades of telecasts.
  The network will televise the Oct. 27 middleweight title fight between Danny Jacobs and Sergiy Derevyanchenko, then bow out from a sport of which it has long been a leading proponent.
  Showtime, HBO’s main competitor for cable boxing telecasts, plans to enhances its schedule for 2019.
  Since its first fight on Jan. 22, 1973 — a huge one in which George Forem
  
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• 7 Mali soldiers, driver killed after vehicles hit explosives

  27-09-2018 22:54
  BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali’s defense minister says seven soldiers and a driver were killed after two military vehicles hit explosive devices.
  The minister said in a statement Thursday that the vehicles hit the explosives on Wednesday between Bambaramaoude and Douentza.
  Also Thursday, the minister of security and civilian protection reported that the death toll from attacks on a nomadic community that began Tuesday night had risen from 12 to 27.
  Armed men attacked the Iboghilitane commu
  
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• TFD responds to east side home fire

  27-09-2018 22:53
  TUCSON –Tucson Fire crews responded to an east side home fire on Thursday.
  TFD says a “small workshop space on the side was on fire when crews arrived” at a home near Escalante and Pantano roads.
  No injuries were reported.
  No further details have been released.#TFD units are on scene at home near Escalante & Pantano. Small workshop space on the side was on fire when crews arrived. Fire is under control & no injuries occurred to the resident who was home (made it out saf
  
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• 2018 Tucson Humanities Festival Held Throughout the Month of October

  27-09-2018 22:53
  Starting Oct. 4, the Tucson Humanities Festival will continue throughout the whole month of October. Events will be held all over Tucson including some events at the UA.…
  
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• House approves GOP tax measures for savings, startups

  27-09-2018 22:46
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Proposals to expand the new tax law by adding incentives for savings and startup businesses have passed the House as Republicans push legislation forward ahead of the approaching midterm elections.
  The votes Thursday were 240-177 and 260-156, mostly along party lines, to approve a pair of Republican-written measures. The action was a prelude to an expected vote Friday on broader legislation to make permanent the individual tax cuts now set to expire in 2026 under the tax
  
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• Step forward? Packers’ Rodgers returns for midweek practice

  27-09-2018 22:45
  GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers’ injured left knee has apparently improved to the point where he can take part in a midweek practice.
  Rodgers was limited in practice on Thursday as Green Bay prepares to face the Buffalo Bills this weekend. It is the first time that the quarterback would take part in a midweek practice since getting hurt during the season-opening win over the Chicago Bears.
  The Packers usually practice on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sa
  
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• VA finds care improving at center accused of poor conditions

  27-09-2018 22:44
  MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — A Veterans Affairs report finds that care at its New Hampshire medical center accused last year of poor conditions is improving.
  The report Thursday found that the Manchester VA medical center received a rating of 3, which was up from 2 a year ago soon after allegations were published in the Boston Globe about subpar care.
  Whistleblowers complained about a fly-infested operating room, surgical instruments that weren’t sterilized and patients with a spine condi
  
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• House judiciary panel subpoenas memos kept by McCabe at FBI

  27-09-2018 22:44
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-led House Judiciary Committee has subpoenaed the Justice Department for memos written by former FBI acting director Andrew McCabe.
  The committee is also demanding documents related to the FBI’s application to monitor the communications of former Trump campaign aide Carter Page.
  McCabe kept memos of his interactions with President Donald Trump. He also documented some conversations with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.
  The memos have taken on ne
  
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• Critics eye race, religion in New York campaign attack ads

  27-09-2018 22:39
  NEW YORK (AP) — Several political campaigns in New York have come under criticism over campaign messaging deemed by some to have been designed to exploit voters’ racial biases or xenophobia.
  In the latest skirmish, a Democratic congressman in California assailed a New York Republican colleague over an attack ad that showed his opponent speaking Korean, over a backdrop of ominous music, a portrait of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un and captions falsely implying he was talking about se
  
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• Official: Campus nooses prompted by approach of Halloween

  27-09-2018 22:36
  MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — A university official says a student suspended for tying two nooses on an Alabama campus and leaving them hanging in a tree did so because it’s getting close to Halloween.
  A vice president for the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Michael Mitchell, says the student admitted making the nooses, which were fashioned from ropes that were already hanging from a limb. The ropes had apparently been used to suspend a sign earlier.
  Mitchell said Thursday the student t
  
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• Alabama corruption case: Ex-lawmaker sentenced to 33 months

  27-09-2018 22:32
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge has handed a 33-month prison sentence to a former state lawmaker who acknowledged taking bribes to help fight environmental cleanup efforts in Alabama’s biggest city.
  Local news outlets report a federal judge sentenced former Alabama state Rep. Oliver Robinson on Thursday. Robinson previously pleaded guilty to bribery and tax evasion.
  The sentence is what federal prosecutors requested. They had urged leniency for Robinson, saying he was remorse
  
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• Ronaldo’s Valladolid picks up 1st win of season

  27-09-2018 22:24
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Valladolid came from behind to beat 10-man Levante 2-1 on Thursday, its first win since former Brazil great Ronaldo’s club takeover.
  Promoted Valladolid hadn’t won in the first five games of the Spanish top-flight season, despite only conceding five goals.
  Ronaldo, a two-time World Cup winner and a former Real Madrid and Barcelona striker, bought a 51 percent stake in the club earlier this month.
  Sergio Postigo scored on the rebound after his header was
  
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• SEC files complaint against Tesla CEO Elon Musk alleging he made false statements about taking the company private

  27-09-2018 22:20
  DETROIT (AP) — SEC files complaint against Tesla CEO Elon Musk alleging he made false statements about taking the company private.
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• Pirlo and other former players get coaching badges

  27-09-2018 22:12
  FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — Andrea Pirlo is one step closer on the road to football management.
  The 39-year-old Pirlo was among several ex-players who obtained their UEFA A coaching badges on Thursday after completing a course at the Italian football federation’s training complex in Coverciano.
  Former Italy forward Alberto Gilardino, who lifted the World Cup alongside Pirlo in 2006, also completed the FIGC Settore Tecnico course with other ex-Serie A footballers, including Gabriel Batistu
  
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• Argentina peso slides after record loan with IMF

  27-09-2018 22:10
  BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The Argentine peso has slipped a day after the government reached a new loan agreement with the International Monetary Fund.
  The increased $57. 1 billion loan announced by the IMF on Wednesday seeks to ease concerns of international investors over Argentina’s ability to meet its debts amid the country’s economic troubles.
  Argentina has been hit by a sharp depreciation of the peso amid double-digit inflation, with the currency losing more than half
  
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• Russell out for rest of regular season during MLB inquiry

  27-09-2018 22:04
  CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Cubs shortstop Addison Russell will miss the rest of the regular season while Major League Baseball investigates domestic violence allegations from his ex-wife.
  MLB and the players’ association have agreed to extend his administrative leave by four days through Sunday. Russell was first placed on administrative leave Sept. 21.
  Melisa Reidy has alleged years of physical and emotional abuse, which he has denied.
  Russell can challenge the leave before an arbitrato
  
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• Often spoiling for a spat, Mourinho targets Pogba at United

  27-09-2018 21:53
  LONDON (AP) — Whenever Jose Mourinho runs into trouble, there’s always a scapegoat.
  In the early years of his managerial career, referees, rival coaches and — of course — the media were the target of Mourinho’s ire.
  Then, the Portuguese coach grew more suspicious of perceived foes and relished conflict within his clubs.
  The relationship with key players broke down at Real Madrid before he left in 2013. Strained relations led to his second spell in charge at Chelsea
  
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• Putin touts Russian investments during Azerbaijan visit

  27-09-2018 21:51
  BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has visited Azerbaijan and hailed the increasingly close economic ties between the two ex-Soviet neighbors.
  Putin said during Thursday’s visit to Baku that Russian companies have created 700 joint ventures in Azerbaijan and their investments in the oil-rich Caspian nation have exceeded $1.5 billion.
  Addressing a business forum with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Putin noted that Russia’s top oil company, Rosneft, is
  
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• MLB strikeouts set record for 11th straight year

  27-09-2018 21:50
  NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball has set a strikeouts record for the 11th consecutive year — and with four days to spare.
  There were 40,196 strikeouts through Wednesday, topping last year’s 40,104 — the first season strikeouts reach 40,000. There were 32,189 in 2007, the last season without a record, and 30,801 in 2003.
  This will be the first season in major league history with more strikeouts than hits. There were 40,098 hits through Wednesday.
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• Multibillion-dollar Atlanta transit expansion proposed

  27-09-2018 21:48
  ATLANTA (AP) — The agency that runs Atlanta’s public transportation system has put forward a $2.7 billion expansion proposal.
  It envisions building light rail along a popular urban trail known as the Atlanta Beltline and a light rail link with Emory University, among other projects.
  The proposal from the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, or MARTA, is set to be voted on by its board of directors Oct. 4. The initiative is called “More MARTA.”
  The agency says in
  
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• Suit challenges drilling on public land in Colorado, Utah

  27-09-2018 21:47
  DENVER (AP) — Environmental groups have asked a judge to overturn the sale of drilling rights on public land in Colorado and Utah, saying the Trump administration didn’t consider the potential threat to public health and the environment.
  A lawsuit filed Thursday in Denver federal court seeks to reverse oil and gas leases on 184 square miles (476 square kilometers) of land.
  The suit alleges the U.S. Bureau of Land Management sold the leases without properly reviewing how much air poll
  
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• Sabathia ejected for hitting batter, misses $500K bonus mark

  27-09-2018 21:32
  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — New York Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia was ejected for hitting Jesus Sucre on a leg in retaliation for Tampa Bay reliever Andrew Kittredge throwing an inside pitch at Austin Romine, possibly costing the left-hander a $500,000 bonus based on innings.
  With New York ahead 7-0 Thursday, Sabathia hit Jake Bauers around a hand with two outs in the fifth.
  Kittredge threw his initial pitch in the sixth high and tight to Romine, and plate umpire Vic Carapazza issued a warn
  
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• Barcelona aims to redesign emblem for next season

  27-09-2018 21:29
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona says it plans to redesign the club’s emblem for the start of next season.
  The most significant change would be the removal of the letters “FCB,” standing for Futbol Club Barcelona, which have been at the center of the design for more than 100 years.
  The current emblem was introduced in 2002.
  The updated version must be approved in a membership vote on Oct. 20. It would be the 11th design of the emblem in the 119-year history of the Spanis
  
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• Kavanaugh tells Senate panel he ‘will not be intimidated’ into withdrawing nomination to the Supreme Court

  27-09-2018 21:20
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Kavanaugh tells Senate panel he ‘will not be intimidated’ into withdrawing nomination to the Supreme Court.
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• 3rd deal to sell shuttered Atlantic City casino fails

  27-09-2018 21:20
  ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Like a bad check, the former Atlantic Club casino in Atlantic City keeps getting returned.
  A deal to sell the shuttered casino has fallen through for the third time in as many years.
  The latest involved a bid by Stockton University to buy the casino property as part of its new Atlantic City campus.
  But Stockton wanted the parking garage and the land; the casino and hotel buildings would have been razed.
  TJM Properties of St. Petersburg, Florida, pronounced the de
  
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• Drama, visual aids as Netanyahu makes nuclear claims on Iran

  27-09-2018 21:10
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held the U.N. General Assembly in suspense Thursday — and flashed boldly printed props — as he accused Iran of hiding a clandestine nuclear warehouse in a rug-cleaning plant.
  He built up to it with theatrical aplomb. “What I’m about to ay has not been shared publicly before.”
  Pause.
  “I’m disclosing for the first time that Iran has another secret facility in Tehran, a secret atomic ware
  
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• Man dies in accident at Missouri restaurant drive-thru

  27-09-2018 21:00
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri man has died after an accident that happened as he reached for his food at a drive-thru window. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports 20-year-old Charles Wood Jr. died Wednesday night at a Jack in the Box restaurant in St. Louis. Wood was from Velda City, Missouri, a St. Louis suburb.
  Police say Wood pulled up to the drive-thru window at an angle. He apparently opened his door and leaned out to try and reach his food. The car was in reverse and suddenly accelerate
  
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• California man arrested in 17-year-old homicide in Arizona

  27-09-2018 21:00
  PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities say a California man has been arrested for the 17-year-old murder of an El Mirage man.
  Arizona Department of Public Safety officials announced the arrest Thursday of Frank Gallas Mendoza of Fresno.
  Investigators say police went to check on Richard Cacero Lucero at his home in December 2001 and found him dead.
  His death was ruled a homicide.
  DPS director Col. Frank Milstead says advances in DNA testing and other technology in the state crime lab allowed investigat
  
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• Pro and anti-Kavanaugh protesters demonstrate in Phoenix

  27-09-2018 20:49
  PHOENIX (AP) — A small group of supporters and opponents of embattled Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh are protesting in front of Sen. Jeff Flake’s office.
  About a dozen people held pro-Donald Trump and American nominees on a sidewalk in Phoenix on Thursday, accusing Flake of assisting in a political effort to smear Kavanaugh.
  Flake is seen as one of a few Republican senators who are wavering on their support of Kavanaugh, who is accused of a high school age sexual assault.
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• Hurricanes to bring back Whalers uniforms for 2 games

  27-09-2018 20:44
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Hurricanes will look like the old Hartford Whalers for a pair of games against an old New England rival.
  The Hurricanes unveiled green throwback Whalers uniforms Thursday on Twitter and said they will wear them when they play host to Boston on Dec. 23 and when they visit the Bruins on March 5.
  The franchise played 18 NHL seasons in Hartford before moving to North Carolina in 1997. New owner Tom Dundon has embraced the Whalers history eschewed by his predec
  
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• 11-month-old American boy dies in Indian airport after Qatar Airways flight

  27-09-2018 20:35
  An 11-month-old American boy died after getting off a flight from Qatar to India Wednesday morning, according to the airline.
  he baby’s family alerted airport staff that Arnav Varma was ill when the Qatar Airways plane from Doha landed in Hyderabad, the airline said in a statement. The flight lasted about three and a half hours, according to flight records.11-month-old American boy dies in Indian airport after Qatar Airways flight. Courtesy: NBC
  Varma arrived at Apollo Medical Center in Hy
  
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• This daily gratitude routine can train your brain to be happier

  27-09-2018 20:30
  Gratitude is a skill. Here’s how to practice it at every time of day, whether you’re at the gym, eating dinner or getting into bed at night.
  Life is hectic and often we feel we must carve out time to reflect and feel gratitude. We do yoga, do a little meditation, splurge on retreats and book expensive spa treatments. These can all be wonderful ways to practice self-care, but if we want to sustain and grow happiness in our daily lives, we should incorporate gratitude in
  
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• Guatemala Congress bars Swedish metal band, faces criticism

  27-09-2018 20:09
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Guatemalan lawmakers are facing criticism after they moved to block a Swedish dark metal band from entering the country, calling it “satanic.”
  The congressional decree banning anyone involved with the group known as Marduk was approved Wednesday by an 87 to 13 vote.
  Independent lawmaker Oliverio Rodas said the band’s music is offensive to “the morality of the Christian people of Guatemala.”
  But opposition lawmaker Eva Monte Bac argued that t
  
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