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• Two Queen Creek children diagnosed with rare polio-like illness

  25-10-2018 23:56
  QUEEN CREEK, Ariz. (KPNX) – More Arizona families are saying their kids are getting hit with a mystery paralyzing disease affecting a growing number of kids across the country.
  It’s a condition called acute flaccid myelitis or AFM, similar to polio, and doctors say it affects the nervous system, causing weakness to the limbs.
  Ten-year-old Lilly H. from Queen Creek was diagnosed with it in August. Her mom, Natalie H., says doctors initially did not know what was wrong when Lilly
  
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• Father of baby murdered in Chandler: I will never have any firsts with my son

  25-10-2018 23:56
  Chandler mom court appearance
  LIVE: Chandler mom accused of killing her 4-week-old son makes her initial court appearance.MORE: https://12ne.ws/2RfE7eZ
  Posted by 12 News on Thursday, October 25, 2018 
  CHANDLER – The father of the 4-week-old baby killed after an abduction was staged in Chandler Wednesday, spoke against the child’s mother in court.
  Speaking to a judge Thursday, the father said he wanted 19-year-old Jenna Folwell to serve the rest of her life in prison.
  
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• Hundreds of fish die along Florida’s Space Coast beaches

  25-10-2018 23:51
  MELBOURNE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Hundreds of fish have washed ashore along Florida’s Space Coast beaches, a week after the first signs of a toxic algae outbreak were reported.
  The dead fish, mostly mullet, were found this week from Melbourne Beach to Satellite Beach on the state’s east coast.
  Florida Today reports that public work crews used large equipment to scoop up the dead fish in the town of Indialantic.
  Despite the fish kills, water samples this week along the Space Coast sh
  
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• New charges for man accused of kidnapping Canadian woman

  25-10-2018 23:38
  PICKENS, S.C. (AP) — A man who authorities say lured a woman from Canada to South Carolina, held her captive for days and sexually assaulted her is now facing new charges.
  Forty-year-old Fred Russell Urey was initially charged with kidnapping and one count of criminal sexual conduct. Pickens County Sheriff Rick Clark said the Alberta woman had been promised modelling work and jumped through a window of Urey’s home during a May 2017 rescue.
  A spokeswoman for the 13th Judicial Circuit
  
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• Ivanka Trump discusses child care at Mississippi event

  25-10-2018 23:36
  GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — Ivanka Trump says 1 in 3 American families spend at least 20 percent of their household income on child care.
  President Donald Trump’s daughter, who’s also a White House adviser, was in Mississippi on Thursday, discussing ways to improve access to affordable, high-quality care.
  She and Patricia Greene, who heads the Labor Department’s Women’s Bureau, were among a dozen people taking part in a panel discussion at the Lynn Meadows Discovery Cent
  
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• Indigenous rights leader reported slain in northern Mexico

  25-10-2018 23:35
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — An indigenous rights activist has been slain in the Sierra Madre mountains of northern Mexico just weeks after community members complained about a mining concession granted to outside parties on their ancestral lands.
  Julian Carrillo is a leader of the Tarahumara community of Coloradas de la Virgen in Chihuahua state. The Tarahumara have fought illegal logging and other enterprises.
  Amnesty International says Carrillo was pursued and killed Wednesday evening. The group
  
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• Mohave County inmate awaiting sentencing found dead in jail

  25-10-2018 23:33
  KINGMAN, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities are investigating the death of a Mohave County jail inmate awaiting sentencing after being convicted of manslaughter and other charges in a 2015 car crash.
  Andrew Smith-Hartfield of Bullhead City was found dead in his cell early Thursday in Kingman.
  County sheriff’s officials say the 28-year-old Smith-Hartfield was housed alone and foul play isn’t suspected.
  They say Smith-Hartfield was charged in a DUI crash that left one man dead and another
  
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• Report: Maryland football not ‘toxic,’ but has problems

  25-10-2018 23:27
  COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — An external investigation of the Maryland football program under coach DJ Durkin has determined that the team “did not have a toxic culture,” but was problematic enough to where players feared speaking out.
  The 198-page report, which was obtained by The Associated Press on Thursday, was compiled by an independent commission of eight people. The commission wrote that the culture of the program was not the reason behind the death of offensive lineman Jord
  
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• National Prescription Take-Back Day scheduled for Saturday

  25-10-2018 23:24
  TUCSON – Local law enforcement agencies will provide a safe and secure place to dispose of unused and expired medications for the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) 16th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day.
  This Saturday, October 27, 2018, members of the public can drop off unused and unwanted medication to more than 85 locations across Arizona.
  Attorney General Mark Brnovich says getting rid of old prescription drugs will keep kids safer,   “A lot of teens
  
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• AP source: NFL fires down judge Cruz for poor performance

  25-10-2018 23:24
  The NFL fired down judge Hugo Cruz on Thursday for inadequate performance, a person familiar with the firing tells The Associated Press.
  Cruz is in his fourth season as an NFL official. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the league has not publicly announced the move.
  Cruz, a part of referee Carl Cheffers’ crew, was involved in a missed call in the Chargers-Browns game that led to a Los Angeles touchdown on Oct. 14. Chargers tackle Russell Okung false-started on the play an
  
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• Local Teachers Apply For $5,000 Grant

  25-10-2018 23:19
  Since the beginning of October, the CenturyLink Clarke M. Williams Foundation has invited local pre-kindergarden through 12th grade teachers to apply for a Teachers and Technology program.
  The program offers grants up to $5,000 to fund STEM projects in classrooms including subjects like science, technology, engineering and math.…
  
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• Black driver shot, paralyzed by police runs for city council

  25-10-2018 23:19
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — A black man who was paralyzed in a police-involved shooting during a traffic stop has announced he is running for Pittsburgh City Council.
  Leon Ford says in a statement Thursday that he will run for the city’s District 9 seat. Ford says the campaign will focus on creating economic opportunities for residents and making neighborhoods safe.
  Ford plans to formally launch his campaign on Nov. 11. The seat is currently held by the Rev. Ricky Burgess.
  Ford was shot in 201
  
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• The Latest: Kemp wants Georgia absentee ballot order halted

  25-10-2018 23:18
  ATLANTA (AP) — The Latest on a judge’s order governing Georgia election officials’ handling of absentee ballots (all times local):
  5:15 p.m.
  Georgia’s secretary of state is asking a federal judge to suspend her order governing election officials’ handling of absentee ballots and applications that have mismatched signatures while he appeals it.
  U.S. District Judge Leigh May on Thursday issued a final order instructing the state to stop rejecting the ballots and appli
  
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• AP source: Search of mail database in package bomb probe points investigators toward Florida

  25-10-2018 23:10
  NEW YORK (AP) — AP source: Search of mail database in package bomb probe points investigators toward Florida.
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• Michigan man returning to Wisconsin to face charges from ’75

  25-10-2018 23:03
  CHEBOYGAN, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan man accused of killing his wife 43 years ago has waived extradition and will voluntarily return to Wisconsin to face charges.
  The Cheboygan Daily Tribune reports 82-year-old Richard Gale Pierce of Cheboygan signed the waiver of extradition during a court hearing Thursday. He’s being held at Cheboygan County Jail pending his return to Wisconsin.
  Pierce’s attorney, Joe Kwiatkowski, says his client has known about the Wisconsin investigation for
  
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• Ex-trooper explains why he tased teen before fatal crash

  25-10-2018 22:58
  DETROIT (AP) — A former Michigan state trooper whose use of a Taser preceded the death of a 15-year-old Detroit boy says he “absolutely” believed the teen was armed and was “shocked” to learn there was no gun.
  Mark Bessner testified in his own defense Thursday at his second-degree murder trial. He insisted that he believed Damon (da-MAHN’) Grimes was reaching for a gun in his waist while he drove an all-terrain vehicle on a Detroit street in 2017.
  Grimes crash
  
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• Gillibrand says in debate: I’d finish out my Senate term

  25-10-2018 22:57
  NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, considered a potential Democratic candidate for the White House in 2020, said during a debate Thursday with her Republican challenger that she will serve out her six-year Senate term if she’s re-elected next month.
  Gillibrand, whose star has risen quickly since she succeeded Hillary Clinton in 2009, also fielded questions about immigration, health care and other issues during a half-hour televised debate held in WABC-TV’s studio in
  
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• Jets’ Bowles says Powell expected to make full recovery

  25-10-2018 22:53
  FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — New York Jets coach Todd Bowles says running back Bilal Powell is expected to make a full recovery after he has surgery to repair a bulging disk in his neck.
  Bowles clarified Thursday that Powell’s injury, suffered last Sunday during a run against Minnesota, is similar to the one from which wide receiver Quincy Enunwa returned this season.
  Initially, Bowles had said that it was “possible” Powell’s injury could threaten his playing career be
  
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• Blue Jays hire Rays bench coach Charlie Montoyo as manager

  25-10-2018 22:50
  TORONTO (AP) — The Toronto Blue Jays have hired Charlie Montoyo as their manager. He succeeds John Gibbons, who was let go after a 73-89 season.
  The team said Thursday that Montoyo has a three-year contract with a club option for 2022. He is to be introduced at a news conference Monday.
  Montoyo is a 53-year-old Puerto Rican who worked as the bench coach for the Tampa Bay Rays this season. Before that, he was the team’s third-base coach for three years.
  Blue Jays general manager Ross
  
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• Family sues over death after deputies repeatedly used Tasers

  25-10-2018 22:49
  ALBEMARLE, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina family has filed a lawsuit over the death of a black man who was shocked repeatedly during a 2016 encounter with sheriff’s deputies.
  The Charlotte Observer reports that the family of Marlon Lewis alleges in a lawsuit filed this month that two Tasers were fired 26 times in the encounter, amounting to excessive force.
  The suit seeking damages of at least $250,000 names the Stanly County sheriff, two deputies and Axon Enterprise, the company that
  
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• The Latest: Pediatric center says it’s providing counseling

  25-10-2018 22:44
  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The Latest on a viral outbreak at a pediatric center that killed seven people (all times local):
  4:45 p.m.
  The pediatric center where a severe viral outbreak left seven young people dead says it’s offering grief counseling and a round-the-clock hotline for those affected.
  Rowena Bautista, the administrator of the Wanaque Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation, said Thursday in a statement the community “feels a tremendous sense of loss.”
  She also said
  
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• Correction: Child Deaths-Viral Outbreak-The Latest story

  25-10-2018 22:44
  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — In some versions of a story Oct. 25 about a viral outbreak, The Associated Press misspelled the name of the New Jersey health commissioner. He is Dr. Shereef Elnahal, not Shereer.
  A corrected version of the story is below:
  The Latest: Pediatric center says it’s providing counseling
  The pediatric center where a severe viral outbreak left seven young people dead says it’s offering grief counseling and a round-the-clock hotline for those affected
  TRENTON, N.J.
  
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• Reporter warns Rep. Gianforte not to lie about 2017 attack

  25-10-2018 22:38
  HELENA, Mont. (AP) — An attorney for a reporter assaulted by U.S. Rep. Greg Gianforte has sent a cease-and-desist letter warning the Montana Republican not to lie about the attack as he campaigns for re-election.
  Thursday’s letter from Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs’ attorney, Geoffrey Genth, threatens to cancel an agreement not to sue Gianforte if the congressman misleads voters about the assault or their settlement.
  Gianforte spokesman Travis Hall didn’t immediately respo
  
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• Algeria: Online rights group says news site creator arrested

  25-10-2018 22:34
  ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — A French association of digital freedom and anti-censorship groups says its correspondent in Algeria has been arrested.
  Internet Without Borders said Abdou Semmar was detained Wednesday evening along with Merouane Boudiab, the associate director of an online news site Semmar founded, Algerie Part.
  Semmar started the site in 2017 to focus on political corruption and clan succession wars surrounding ailing Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. The 81-year-old presi
  
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• Las Vegas puck party: North Dakota brings game to Engelstads

  25-10-2018 22:29
  FARGO, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota is bringing a hockey game against longtime rivals Minnesota to Las Vegas, home of a family that has been the program’s biggest donor.
  The group that runs the Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks won a successful bid to host the annual U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame game on Saturday. The game benefits the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Museum.
  North Dakota decided to host Minnesota in Vegas, where former goaltender Ralph Engelstad owned the Imperial Palace casino.
  
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• Hostage rescued, suspect in custody in north side barricade situation

  25-10-2018 22:24
  TUCSON – Tucson Police Department has rescued a hostage after a suspect barricaded himself in a business Thursday near East River Road and North First Avenue.
  Tucson Police Department are investigating a potential hostage situation on north side.
  According to officials, Tucson Police Department received a call that a man entered a business at 4570 N. First Ave. and asked an employee in a cubicle for some water. The situation escalated, causing employees to flee the building. One person was
  
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• Country bluesman, hit songwriter Tony Joe White dies

  25-10-2018 22:23
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A record label representative says Tony Joe White, the country rocker and hit songwriter behind such hits as “Polk Salad Annie” and “A Rainy Night in Georgia,” has died at age 75,
  A statement from the record label Yep Roc Music Group said White’s family confirmed the rocker died Wednesday in Nashville, Tennessee. The label did not have any details on his cause of death.
  White, originally from Louisiana, had a hit in 1969 with “Pol
  
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• The Latest: Brown warns of blindness toward nuclear threat

  25-10-2018 22:22
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on California Gov. Jerry Brown’s appointment to a group focused on nuclear threats (all times local):
  1:15 p.m.
  California Gov. Jerry Brown says the Trump administration’s plan to withdraw from a nuclear arms agreement with Russia is wrong, dangerous and stupid.
  Brown’s comments to The Associated Press came Thursday after he was announced as the new executive chairman of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists which manages the Doomsday Cloc
  
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• UN investigators check weapons seized by US Navy ship

  25-10-2018 22:21
  ABOARD THE USS JASON DUNHAM, Persian Gulf (AP) — U.N. investigators have boarded a U.S. military ship in an effort to determine if more than 2,500 assault rifles seized by the American ship off the coast of Yemen came from Iran.
  The U.S. Navy says the weapons confiscated by the guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham in late August were likely headed from Somalia to Yemen. But it’s unclear where the AK-47s were manufactured and put on the smuggling route.
  The cache is one of a hand
  
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• Trump Foundation lawsuit paused until higher court weighs in

  25-10-2018 22:20
  NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge is mothballing a lawsuit over President Donald Trump’s charitable foundation until a higher court decides whether a sitting president can be sued in state court.
  State Supreme Court Justice Saliann Scarpulla heard arguments Thursday from a Trump attorney who wants her to dismiss the lawsuit brought by New York state’s Democratic attorney general.
  The lawsuit alleged Trump and his foundation used his charity’s money to settle business dispu
  
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• Loftus-Cheek hat trick lifts Chelsea, shock defeat for Milan

  25-10-2018 22:19
  Ruben Loftus-Cheek became the first England player in 47 years to score a hat trick in European competition for Chelsea on Thursday.
  The 22-year-old midfielder, who featured when his country reached the semifinals of the World Cup in Russia in July, forgot about his frustrations at being unable to win a regular starting place at Chelsea by bagging all three goals as the London club swept to a 3-1 victory over BATE Borisov in the Europa League.
  Elsewhere, AC Milan suffered a shock 2-1 defeat agai
  
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• Betis hands Milan shock Europa defeat at San Siro

  25-10-2018 22:19
  AC Milan suffered a shock 2-1 Europa League defeat against Real Betis at the San Siro on Thursday, while Arsenal was unstoppable again as it remained perfect in the competition.
  Zurich, Salzburg and Dinamo Zagreb also picked up their third victories in as many group-stage games to move a step closer to reaching the knockout stage.
  Here’s a look at the action:
  MILAN FRUSTRATION
  Led up front by Gonzalo Higuain, seven-time European champion Milan looked hungry in the opening stages. But Betis
  
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• AP Top 25 Podcast: Hot-seat season’s here; Who’s in trouble?

  25-10-2018 22:17
  The back half of the college football season means playoff races and coaching changes.
  On the latest AP Top 25 College Football Podcast , Dan Wolken of USA Today joins AP’s Ralph Russo to discuss which coaches could be in trouble and why the potential is there for a slow silly season. Finances might determine who gets fired over the next month in an half as much as record.
  The College Football Playoff race has clear contenders the week before the first selection committee rankings, but it
  
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• Pipe bomb scare raises new questions about mail safety

  25-10-2018 22:16
  NEW YORK (AP) — The wave of pipe bombs addressed to prominent Democrats has raised fresh questions about the ability of the U.S. Postal Service and private delivery companies to intercept explosives and other dangerous items.
  Biohazard detection, X-rays and other technologies have had some notable successes in recent years, but officials warn that the sheer volume of mail makes it impossible to catch everything.
  David Chipman, a retired agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms a
  
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• Toronto Blue Jays hire Charlie Montoyo as manager

  25-10-2018 22:11
  TORONTO (AP) — Toronto Blue Jays hire Charlie Montoyo as manager.
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• Flight from Georgia diverted to Romania due to bomb threat

  25-10-2018 22:09
  BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romanian authorities say a Wizz Air flight from Georgia to Poland was forced to make an emergency landing in Bucharest because of a bomb threat.
  The Airbus A320 traveling from Kutaisi in Georgia to Warsaw, the Polish capital, landed safely after it was diverted to Romania on Thursday afternoon.
  Henri Coanda International Airport spokesman Valentin Iordache said that after the 173 passengers got off, the plane was taken to an isolated spot on the runway where autho
  
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• Childish Gambino cancels Voodoo Fest show due to foot injury

  25-10-2018 22:09
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Childish Gambino has canceled his Saturday appearance at the 2018 Voodoo Music + Arts Experience in New Orleans because of a foot injury he suffered last month.
  News outlets report Gambino’s 9:45 p.m. slot has been filled by rapper Travis Scott.
  Gambino, whose real name is Donald Glover, injured his foot during a concert in Dallas.
  The festival is being held at City Park from Friday through Sunday. Festival director Don Kelly says Glover’s last-minute cancell
  
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• Capitals F Tom Wilson’s 20-game suspension upheld by Bettman

  25-10-2018 22:04
  NEW YORK (AP) — Washington Capitals forward Tom Wilson’s 20-game suspension for an illegal check to an opponent’s head in a preseason game has been upheld by NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman.
  Bettman’s decision was announced Thursday, a week after a hearing that lasted nearly 7½ hours.
  Bettman ruled that the initial ruling by the Department of Player Safety on Oct. 3 “was supported by clear and convincing evidence.”
  Wilson’s fourth ban in less than 1
  
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• Cavs’ Love to miss against Pistons with sore left foot

  25-10-2018 22:03
  DETROIT (AP) — Cavaliers All-Star Kevin Love will miss Thursday night’s game against the Pistons with a sore left foot, another blow to a winless Cleveland team.
  Love missed three preseason games with an unspecified injury in the same foot. He was favoring his foot following Wednesday’s home loss to Brooklyn, and after traveling with the team to Detroit, the Cavs ruled him out several hours before tip-off.
  It’s not yet known if he will be able to play Saturday night again
  
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• US postal official says investigators looking for other package bombs have found nothing in the last 8 hours

  25-10-2018 22:00
  NEW YORK (AP) — US postal official says investigators looking for other package bombs have found nothing in the last 8 hours.
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• The Latest: Typhoon kills 1 in Northern Mariana Islands

  25-10-2018 21:56
  HONOLULU (AP) — The Latest on the aftermath of Super Typhoon Yutu in the Northern Mariana Islands (all times local):
  9:55 a.m.
  The governor’s office says a super typhoon has killed one person when it slammed into the U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
  A post on the office’s Facebook page says a 44-year-old woman died while taking shelter in an abandoned building that collapsed during the strongest storm to hit any part of the U.S. this year.
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• The Latest: Official: Islands won’t recover for months

  25-10-2018 21:56
  HONOLULU (AP) — The Latest on the aftermath of Super Typhoon Yutu in the Northern Mariana Islands (all times local):
  1:10 p.m.
  The Northern Marina Islands’ delegate to Congress says the southern part of Saipan has been devastated by a super typhoon and the U.S. territory’s most populated island won’t recover for many months.
  Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan says Friday local time that he has never seen destruction so bad.
  Sablan told the AP a day earlier that the entire isl
  
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• The Latest: Military plane bringing food, water to Marianas

  25-10-2018 21:56
  HONOLULU (AP) — The Latest on the aftermath of Super Typhoon Yutu in the Northern Mariana Islands (all times local):
  5:30 p.m.
  U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency spokesman David Gervino says a military plane is bringing food, water, tarps and other supplies to help the Northern Mariana Islands cope with the aftermath of a massive typhoon.
  Gervino says FEMA already had significant water and food supplies in place before the Super Typhoon Yutu hit.
  It stored than 220,000 liters of wate
  
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• Bulls’ Portis out 4-6 weeks with sprained MCL in right knee

  25-10-2018 21:54
  CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Bulls forward Bobby Portis will miss four to six weeks because of a moderately sprained medial collateral ligament in his right knee.
  The Bulls announced Thursday he is out until at least late November.
  Portis — averaging 10.5 points in his fourth season — joined a lengthy list of injured Chicago players in the fourth quarter of Wednesday’s win over Charlotte.
  Point guard Kris Dunn suffered a similar injury to his left knee in a loss at Dallas on Mo
  
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• Goodwill workers in NJ find original 1774 ‘rebel’ newspaper

  25-10-2018 21:27
  BELLMAWR, N.J. (AP) — A quick eye by Goodwill workers in southern New Jersey turned up framed pages from an original 1774 Philadelphia newspaper with an iconic “Unite or Die” snake design on the masthead.
  The frayed Dec. 28, 1774, edition of the “Pennsylvania Journal and the Weekly Advertiser” boasts three items signed by John Hancock, then president of the Provincial Congress, who pleads for the Colonies to fight back “enemies” trying to divide them.
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• Goodwill workers find original 1774 US ‘rebel’ newspaper

  25-10-2018 21:27
  BELLMAWR, N.J. (AP) — A quick eye by Goodwill workers in New Jersey has turned up an original 1774 Philadelphia newspaper with the iconic “Unite or Die” snake design on the masthead.
  The frayed Dec. 28, 1774, edition of the Pennsylvania Journal and the Weekly Advertiser boasts three items signed by John Hancock, who pleads for the Colonies to fight back “enemies” who would divide them.
  Rewards are offered for a lost horse or runaway apprentice, while one man pledges
  
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• The Latest: Some railings at Yosemite cliff where 2 fell

  25-10-2018 21:26
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Latest on 2 falling to death from overlook in Yosemite National Park (all times local):
  12:25 p.m.
  A Yosemite National Park official says a visitor reported Wednesday that two people had fallen to their deaths from a popular overlook.
  Spokesman Scott Gediman says the park is still investigating when the man and woman fell and from what spot at Taft Point, which is at an elevation of 7,500 feet (2,285 meters).
  He says railings only exist at some parts of the overloo
  
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• ‘The Facebook Dilemma’ — an exclusive look at Frontline’s upcoming documentary

  25-10-2018 21:25
  From dorm room to global domination, Facebook has emerged in recent years as one of the world’s largest and most profitable companies based on its ability to target advertising to its users.
  The tech giant is now at the center of a growing debate about the extent to which companies should be able to take advantage of the flood of data available on users. Facebook is also being forced to confront broader questions about the company’s quest to connect the world through its social netwo
  
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• UNCG, Wofford’s Magee are top SoCon preseason selections

  25-10-2018 21:17
  SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — Defending champion UNC Greensboro is the favorite again win the men’s basketball title and Wofford guard Fletcher Magee has been selected as the preseason player of the year.
  The Spartans were the top pick in separate voting by the league coaches and media. The results were announced Thursday.
  The top five teams in the preseason order of finish were the same in both polls. Following UNCG, it was Wofford, East Tennessee State, Furman and Mercer.
  Magee, who led
  
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• NOT REAL NEWS: Brian Stelter not pictured with pipe bomb

  25-10-2018 21:08
  A photo of CNN chief media correspondent Brian Stelter and his wife, Jamie, sitting in their apartment next to a table with a pipe bomb package similar to those sent to high-profile targets in recent days is false.
  Stelter told The Associated Press on Thursday that the photo circulating on social media was doctored to include the package. The original photo appeared as part of a feature about the couple’s Manhattan apartment by 6sqft , a New York architecture news site, that ran on Jan. 16
  
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