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• Atletico tops 4th-division club Sant Andreu in Copa del Rey

  30-10-2018 23:59
  MADRID (AP) — Atletico Madrid overcame tough conditions on a wet artificial turf to beat fourth-division club Sant Andreu 1-0 on Tuesday to open its Copa del Rey campaign.
  Portugal forward Gelson Martins scored a 33rd-minute winner for the visitors, which played without Antoine Griezmann and most of its regular starters.
  Atletico also didn’t have coach Diego Simeone on the bench as he served the first of a three-game suspension following a rant in a Copa match against Sevilla last se
  
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• Police: Truck driver charged with reckless homicide after three children were struck trying to board Indiana school bus

  30-10-2018 23:53
  ROCHESTER, Ind. (AP) — Police: Truck driver charged with reckless homicide after three children were struck trying to board Indiana school bus.
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• Mt. Lemmon Marathon traffic advisory

  30-10-2018 23:50
  TUCSON –  The Pima County Sheriff’s Department wants motorists to be aware of road closures and traffic delays for Saturday, November 3.
  Mt. Lemmon Marathon traffic advisory
  1750 runners will be participating in the Mount Lemmon Marathon and half marathon.
  The full marathon starts at 6:30 a.m. at Summerhaven.  The half marathon begins at the same time at the Cypress Picnic Area.
  Starting at 5:30 a.m. the Sheriff’s Auxiliary Volunteers will be enforcing a soft closure
  
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• Lucas Hedges comes of age, 1 film at a time

  30-10-2018 23:47
  NEW YORK (AP) — In parts large and small, 21-year-old actor Lucas Hedges has over the past two years assembled a portrait gallery of young men in strained, anxious periods of transition.
  He has been a newly parentless son, a gay teen in denial, an abusive older brother, and a drug addict in recovery. In the new film “Boy Erased,” he plays a teen sent to gay conversion therapy by his Baptist parents. Their struggles have all in some way mirrored Hedges’ own; their coming o
  
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• Agent: Realmuto won’t sign long-term deal with Marlins

  30-10-2018 23:45
  MIAMI (AP) — The agent for catcher J.T. Realmuto says his client has informed the Miami Marlins he won’t sign a long-term contract, increasing the likelihood the team will trade yet another All-Star.
  The Marlins have said they’d like a lengthy deal with Realmuto, who is eligible for free agency after the 2020 season. The team is coming off a ninth consecutive losing season and in a rebuilding phase that will probably continue for several years.
  Realmuto had a $2.9 million salar
  
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• Chinese intelligence officers charged in US aviation hacking

  30-10-2018 23:37
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal prosecutors say Chinese intelligence officers and hackers working for them have been charged with commercial espionage that included trying to steal information on commercial jet engines.
  Prosecutors say the indictments announced Tuesday include officers working for the foreign intelligence arm of China’s Ministry of State Security.
  Eight people were indicted in San Diego federal court with conspiring from 2010 to 2015 to steal sensitive turbofan engine tec
  
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• Chargers sign LB Pullard, waive K Badgley

  30-10-2018 23:35
  COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Chargers signed linebacker Hayes Pullard on Tuesday and waived kicker Michael Badgley.
  Pullard, who is in his fourth season, was with the team during the preseason before being released. He played in 13 games and made 10 starts for the Chargers last season, with 47 tackles and an interception.
  Badgley has made all three of his field-goal attempts and is 7 of 7 on extra points in two games after Caleb Sturgis was unable to kick due to a quadriceps i
  
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• Alleged sexual predator arrested after fight ensues in Sierra Vista

  30-10-2018 23:28
  Cecil John Lipps was arrested for luring a minor for sex after fighting with a Tucson man who had posed as a minor staying in a local hotel room in an apparent attempt to catch a sexual predator/ Sierra Vista Police Department
  TUCSON – A man from Sierra Vista was taken into custody after he reportedly got into a physical altercation with a man posing to be a minor.
  According to Sierra Vista Police Department, a Tucson man made arrangements to meet with 32-year-old Cecil John Lipps at a hot
  
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• Thousands of Venezuelans on Peru border as deadline nears

  30-10-2018 23:20
  QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Thousands of Venezuelans fleeing that country’s crisis were stuck on the border between Peru and Ecuador on Tuesday, a day before a deadline set by Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra to grant temporary residence permits.
  Vizcarra said Monday that Peru already welcomed in almost a half million Venezuelans and his government needs to evaluate the situation to “look for a balance between solidarity and the real possibility of giving aid to them and to our com
  
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• Drew disappointed Cavaliers haven’t restructured contract

  30-10-2018 23:12
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Cavaliers assistant coach Larry Drew says he’s “very disappointed” the team has not restructured his contract.
  Drew has been asked to fill in as head coach on an interim basis after the team fired Tyronn Lue on Sunday following the team’s 0-6 start. Drew has asked for guarantees if he’s going to take over the rebuilding team, but as of Tuesday evening, the Cavaliers had not given him any.
  Before Cleveland hosted Atlanta, the 60-year-old Drew s
  
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• World Series ratings sharply down from last year

  30-10-2018 23:10
  NEW YORK (AP) — It was a great World Series for Boston, but not necessarily for Fox.
  The Red Sox’ five-game victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers averaged 14.1 million viewers. The Nielsen company says that’s down from the 2018 Fall Classic, which averaged 18.9 million viewers for the Houston Astros’ seven-game triumph over the Dodgers.
  The ratings drop likely had more to do with the length of the series than the matchup. World Series games tend to draw in more viewers as
  
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• Moose is loose from Brewers; Soria also elects free agency

  30-10-2018 23:10
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Brewers third baseman Mike Moustakas is becoming a free agent again, and so is reliever Joakim Soria.
  Moustakas declined a $15 million mutual option on Tuesday.
  He rejected a $17.4 million qualifying offer and left Kansas City after the 2017 season but was unable to find a long-term deal he liked. He returned to the Royals in mid-March for a one-year contract that included a guaranteed $6.5 million: a $5.5 million salary and $1 million option buyout. Moistakas ea
  
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• Discovery of bones near Vatican embassy revives 1983 mystery

  30-10-2018 23:07
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican says human bones were found during renovation work near its embassy to Italy, reviving speculation once again about the fate of Emanuela Orlandi, the 15-year-old daughter of a Vatican employee who disappeared in 1983.
  In the latest twist in one of the most enduring Vatican mysteries, the Vatican said Tuesday that Rome’s chief prosecutor had been called in and had tasked forensic investigators to determine the age and gender of the bones, and the date o
  
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• 3rd-tier Burton Albion into English League Cup for 1st time

  30-10-2018 23:07
  LONDON (AP) — Burton Albion, a team in 16th place in the third tier of English soccer, reached the League Cup quarterfinals for the first time in its 68-year history by beating Nottingham Forest 3-2 on Tuesday.
  The unheralded club from central England was joined in the last eight by Premier League team Bournemouth, which continued its strong start to the season with a 2-1 win over second-tier Norwich.
  The last 16 was already the furthest Burton had reached in England’s second club kn
  
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• Russia and West clash over Nov. 11 elections in east Ukraine

  30-10-2018 22:56
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia has clashed with European nations and the United States over the legality of Nov. 11 elections being held in two Moscow-backed separatist areas of eastern Ukraine.
  Russia has been feuding with Ukraine and the West since Moscow’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula in early 2014. It appeared totally isolated at Tuesday’s Security Council meeting on the elections.
  Russian Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia wanted the council to be briefed by the
  
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• Steelers QB Roethlisberger dealing with broken index finger

  30-10-2018 22:54
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is dealing with a broken index finger on his left hand.
  Coach Mike Tomlin said Tuesday that Roethlisberger sustained the injury on his non-throwing hand at some point in Pittsburgh’s 33-18 victory over Cleveland on Sunday. Tomlin does not expect the finger to be an issue for Roethlisberger when the AFC North-leading Steelers (4-2-1) travel to Baltimore (4-4) on Sunday.
  Roethlisberger completed 24 of 36 passes for 25
  
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• The Latest: Authorities confirm 3 dead in rural Georgia

  30-10-2018 22:50
  FOLKSTON, Ga. (AP) — The Latest on an investigating involving multiple deaths in southeast Georgia (all times local):
  5:50 p.m.
  Authorities say three people are dead in rural southeast Georgia.
  The Georgia Bureau of Investigation posted a brief statement on its twitter page Tuesday evening saying two females and a teenager had been confirmed dead in Charlton County. GBI spokeswoman Nelly Miles confirmed to The Associated Press that the females were adult women.
  The statement did not say ho
  
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• The Latest: 3 dead with gunshot wounds in rural Georgia

  30-10-2018 22:50
  FOLKSTON, Ga. (AP) — The Latest on an investigating involving multiple deaths in southeast Georgia (all times local):
  8 p.m.
  Authorities say they are investigating the shooting deaths of two women and a 15-year-old boy found at a home in rural southeast Georgia as an apparent double homicide and a suicide.
  The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said in a statement Tuesday evening that all three individuals had gunshot wounds and that an autopsy would be conducted Wednesday at the agency&rsquo
  
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• Sharks activate C Joe Thornton from injured list

  30-10-2018 22:47
  SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The San Jose Sharks have activated center Joe Thornton from injured reserve.
  Thornton was placed on the injured list on Oct. 7 because of swelling in his surgically repaired right knee. Thornton missed more than three weeks but will return Tuesday night when San Jose hosts the New York Rangers.
  The 39-year-old Thornton is coming off his second straight year undergoing reconstructive knee surgery. He played the first two games for the Sharks and has one assist.
  Forwa
  
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• 49ers QB C.J. Beathard could miss game with injured wrist

  30-10-2018 22:45
  SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco 49ers quarterback C.J. Beathard has an injured right wrist that could keep him out of this week’s game against the Oakland Raiders.
  Beathard got hurt in the second quarter of a loss on Sunday at Arizona when he hit his hand on a helmet. He stayed in the game but coach Kyle Shanahan said Tuesday that Beathard is unable to practice or hold on to a ball.
  Shanahan said he doesn’t know if Beathard will be able to play Thursday night. Beathard
  
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• Mexico: Veracruz ex-police get 60 years for disappearance

  30-10-2018 22:42
  VERACRUZ, Mexico (AP) — Nine former police officers in Mexico’s Gulf coast state of Veracruz have been sentenced to 60 years in prison for forced disappearance.
  Among them is a high-ranking official formerly with the Public Security Department in the state, where many people have gone missing over the years.
  The case involves the illegal detention and disappearance of a man in June 2014 in the town of Chinameca. Prosecutors say he was also “presumably tortured.”
  The man w
  
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• Florida helicopter crash kills 2, injures 1

  30-10-2018 22:41
  SEBRING, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a helicopter has crashed into a mobile home park in Florida, killing two and injuring another.
  The Highlands County Sheriff’s Office says in a statement on Twitter that the crash occurred Tuesday afternoon.
  Authorities say two people in the helicopter were killed, and one person was injured on the ground. The injured person was taken to a hospital.
  Officials say one mobile home destroyed, and another was damaged.
  Authoritidies didn’t immedia
  
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• Malala Yousafzai to receive Harvard award for activism

  30-10-2018 22:38
  CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Nobel Prize Winner Malala Yousafzai (mah-LAH’-lah YOO’-suhf-zeye) is being honored by Harvard University for her work promoting girls’ education.
  Harvard’s Kennedy School says Yousafzai will be awarded the 2018 Gleitsman Award at a Dec. 6 ceremony.
  Yousafzai became the youngest person to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 when she was recognized for her global work supporting schooling for all children.
  As a teen in Pakistan, she survived an a
  
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• Imagery in Republican’s campaign mailer called anti-Semitic

  30-10-2018 22:37
  MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) — A state Senate candidate in Connecticut is facing criticism after sending out a campaign mailer that includes a drawing depicting his Jewish opponent with cash in his hands and a maniacal look on his face.
  Steve Ginsburg, regional director of the Anti-Defamation League of Connecticut, says the mailer from Republican Ed Charamut “suggests an age-old anti-Semitic trope.” Middletown state Rep. Matthew Lesser, the Democrat, says he finds it deeply upsetting
  
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• Adopt this pet: Mac

  30-10-2018 22:37
  TUCSON – There’s a new pet looking to be adopted.Meet Mac!He is a 2-years-old and a very sweet boy, who is looking for his forever family. Mac has done very well with other dogs and cats from his previous home. He enjoys playing with his kennel mates and basking in the sun.
  The staff at the Humane Society of Southern Arizona (HSSA) say Mac is one of their favorites.
  If you’re interested in meeting MAc, you can find him at HSSA’s MAin Campus, at 635 W. Roger Rd. You can al
  
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• The Latest: Nonprofit excited to build telescope in Hawaii

  30-10-2018 22:33
  HONOLULU (AP) — The Latest on Hawaii Supreme Court’s decision upholding a construction permit for a giant telescope (all times local):
  11:55 a.m.
  The nonprofit company that wants to build a giant telescope on a Hawaii mountain says it is excited to proceed now that the state Supreme Court has upheld the project’s construction permit.
  TMT International Observatory Board of Governors Chairman Henry Yang says in a statement they are grateful Tuesday’s ruling will allow the T
  
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• The Latest: Legal actions possible after telescope ruling

  30-10-2018 22:33
  HONOLULU (AP) — The Latest on Hawaii Supreme Court’s decision upholding a construction permit for a giant telescope (all times local):
  1:30 p.m.
  Hawaii’s attorney general says there are further legal actions possible in the long saga over whether a giant telescope can be built atop the state’s tallest mountain.
  Attorney General Russell Suzuki says there can be a motion for reconsideration filed 10 days after Tuesday’s state Supreme Court ruling that upholds the Thir
  
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• The Latest: Hawaii telescope opponent bewildered by ruling

  30-10-2018 22:33
  HONOLULU (AP) — The Latest on Hawaii Supreme Court’s decision upholding a construction permit for a giant telescope (all times local):
  11:30 a.m.
  One of the main Native Hawaiian leaders in the fight against a giant telescope says she’s bewildered by a state Supreme Court ruling upholding the project’s construction permit.
  Kealoha Pisciotta is among those who consider the mountain where the telescope is planned to be built to be sacred.
  Pisciotta says she hasn’t full
  
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• The Latest: Hawaii telescope foe: Get ready to resist

  30-10-2018 22:33
  HONOLULU (AP) — The Latest on Hawaii Supreme Court’s decision upholding a construction permit for a giant telescope (all times local):
  3:50 p.m.
  A Native Hawaiian who opposes a giant telescope planned for a mountain he and others consider sacred say opponents need to be ready to stop construction now that the state Supreme Court has upheld the project’s permit.
  Kahookahi Kanuha says they need to resist with non-violent protests. He says it’s not clear what that will look
  
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• Lawyer in civil rights struggle, Michael Trister, dies at 77

  30-10-2018 22:30
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A civil rights lawyer forced from a teaching position at the University of Mississippi in one of the last spasms of segregationist control there during the 1960s has died.
  Nancy Duff Campbell says her husband, 77-year-old Michael Trister, died Oct. 20 from pancreatic cancer in Washington, D.C.
  Trister made headlines in 1968 when state officials forced him from his Ole Miss law school position.
  Trister was a founder of North Mississippi Rural Legal Services. The federa
  
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• Google spinoff to test fully driverless cars in California

  30-10-2018 22:27
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google’s robotic car spin-off Waymo is poised to become the first to test fully driverless vehicles on California’s public roads.
  The regulatory approval clearing the cars to begin navigating the state’s highways and streets without a backup human driver behind the wheel comes nearly a decade after Waymo began as a secretive project within Google.
  Its fully autonomous cars have been giving rides to passengers in Arizona since last year. That pilot pro
  
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• Mexican national charged in $32K meth smuggling attempt

  30-10-2018 22:25
  TUCSON – A Mexican national is facing criminal charges, after authorities said he tried to smuggle eleven pounds of methamphetamine across the U.S./Mexico border.
  Investigators said the 24-year-old man from Nogales, Sonora was stopped last Saturday morning at the DeConcini crossing, when a drug-sniffing dog alerted to the rear quarter panel of the man’s Ford SUV.
  Authorities said the meth hidden inside the vehicle has a value of more than $32,000.
  The drugs were seized, and the man w
  
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• Brazil’s anti-corruption judge considers joining Bolsonaro

  30-10-2018 22:25
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Brazilian judge at the center of a sprawling investigation into kickbacks to politicians is considering joining the government of President-elect Jair Bolsonaro.
  Bolsonaro was elected Sunday and will take office Jan. 1. He said during a recent interview that he would invite Judge Sergio Moro to be his justice minister or fill a future vacancy on the supreme court.
  In a statement to The Associated Press on Tuesday, Moro said such an invitation “would be the o
  
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• Judge declines to put Georgia absentee ballot order on hold

  30-10-2018 22:12
  ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge won’t suspend her order governing Georgia election officials’ handling of absentee ballots and applications with mismatched signatures while the secretary of state appeals it.
  U.S. District Judge Leigh May last week ordered the state to stop rejecting the ballots and applications because of a signature mismatch without first giving voters a chance to fix the problem.
  She provided a procedure to resolve alleged signature discrepancies that she said
  
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• Giants backup QB Lauletta arrested for disobeying police

  30-10-2018 22:10
  EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — New York Giants rookie backup quarterback Kyle Lauletta has been arrested on motor vehicle and related disorderly persons offenses while driving near a road construction site to practice.
  Weehawken police said the 22-year-old Lauletta was stopped Tuesday morning for failing to obey a police officer’s order to continue driving straight in his 2017 Jaguar.
  The report says Lauletta almost hit the officer while making an illegal turn. He was stopped by a seco
  
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• Hawaii Supreme Court upholds permit for giant telescope

  30-10-2018 22:09
  HONOLULU (AP) — The Hawaii Supreme Court has ruled that the state land board was correct in approving a construction permit to build a giant telescope on a mountain Hawaiians consider sacred.
  The ruling issued Tuesday is a victory for the Thirty Meter Telescope planned for Mauna Kea on the Big Island.
  Telescope opponents appealed after a hearings officer recommended granting the permit and the land board approved it. Opponents complained about various due process issues, including that the
  
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• Ohio State coach Meyer dealing with ‘aggressive’ headaches

  30-10-2018 22:06
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State coach Urban Meyer re-iterated lingering health issues have been causing him occasional severe headaches this season, but says he intends to remain with the Buckeyes “as long as I can.”
  Meyer spoke with a small group of reportersTuesday to try to clear up questions about his future at Ohio State and why he has seemingly looked uncomfortable on the sideline this season.
  Meyer addressed the issue and speculation about his future Monday, too. The he
  
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• Hawaii Supreme Court upholds permit allowing giant telescope to be built on mountain

  30-10-2018 22:04
  HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Supreme Court upholds permit allowing giant telescope to be built on mountain.
  The post Hawaii Supreme Court upholds permit allowing giant telescope to be built on mountain appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• Sierra Vista police: 2 men are killed in rollover crash

  30-10-2018 22:00
  SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say two men are dead after a rollover crash in Sierra Vista.
  Sierra Vista police and a medical services crew responded after a resident reported hearing a loud crash at about 12:15 a.m. Tuesday.
  When first responders arrived on scene, they discovered a luxury sports car had crashed in a field.
  Police say 26-year-old Gabriel Joseph Jerez of Hereford and 19-year-old Richard Andres Bustamonte of Sierra Vista both were ejected from the vehicle and died at
  
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• Two men die in Sierra Vista rollover

  30-10-2018 21:50
  SIERRA VISTA – Two men died in a crash on Charleston Road early Tuesday morning.
  A black Mercedes sedan rolled over in a field near Giulio Cesare Avenue and East Charleston Road around 12:15 a.m. Investigators believe the vehicle was moving at a “high rate of speed.”
  The driver, 26-year-old Hereford resident Gabriel Joseph Jerez, and the passenger, 19-year-old Sierra Vista resident Richard Andres Bustamonte, were both ejected from the vehicle and killed.
  Anyone with infor
  
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• Authorities investigating ‘multiple deaths’ in rural Georgia

  30-10-2018 21:50
  FOLKSTON, Ga. (AP) — Authorities say they are investigating multiple deaths in a rural area of southeast Georgia.
  Georgia Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Nelly Miles said in an email Tuesday that agents had been dispatched to Charlton County, where “there are multiple deaths confirmed.” She gave no other details, but says further information will be provided once next of kin are notified.
  Dispatcher Tina Myers at the Charlton County Sherriff’s Office says investigator
  
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• Bills QB Anderson has concussion; Peterman next option

  30-10-2018 21:49
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Derek Anderson has been diagnosed with a concussion, leaving open the possibility of the Buffalo Bills starting Nathan Peterman against the Chicago Bears this weekend.
  Coach Sean McDermott wouldn’t rule out Anderson being cleared to play this week in revealing the nature of his injury on Tuesday.
  Anderson was hurt when he was sacked in the final minutes of a 25-6 loss to the New England Patriots. Anderson was making his second start since rookie Josh Allen s
  
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• Rodgers-Cromartie retires from Raiders, NFL

  30-10-2018 21:48
  ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) — Oakland Raiders cornerback Dominque Rodgers-Cromartie abruptly retired Tuesday, two days after not playing a single snap on defense for the second time this season.
  The two-time Pro Bowl defensive back made the announcement on social media , not long after notifying team officials of his decision to call it quits after seven games with the Raiders.
  “Just a shocker to see him gone because he was a great teammate and a great player for us,” cornerback Rasha
  
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• CNN goes after Trump in wake of explosive devices

  30-10-2018 21:47
  NEW YORK (AP) — CNN’s management has taken an aggressive stance against attacks from President Donald Trump after the network was sent explosive devices from a man who allegedly targeted Trump’s perceived enemies.
  Two of the network’s former presidents, Jonathan Klein and Rick Kaplan, both applauded the approach in interviews with The Associated Press on Tuesday.
  The White House, however, hasn’t backed down on its criticisms of CNN. And one of its biggest media supp
  
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• Key events in the life of James ‘Whitey’ Bulger

  30-10-2018 21:43
  Key events in the life of James “Whitey” Bulger, the mob boss who was killed Tuesday in a federal prison in West Virginia:
  — Sept. 3, 1929: James Bulger is born the second of six children to Irish immigrant parents in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood. His platinum hair earns him the nickname “Whitey.”
  — 1956: Bulger is sentenced to federal prison for bank robbery and is transferred to Alcatraz after being suspected of plotting an escape.
  — 1960: Bu
  
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• Man convicted for aggravated DUI wanted after skipping trial

  30-10-2018 21:42
  TUCSON – An arrest warrant has been issued for Christopher Peil after he failed to show up for his trial in October.
  Back on April 1, Peil was stopped by police after he reportedly was seen driving southbound in the northbound lanes of Oracle Road. Police determined Peil had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.275.
  He was convicted for aggravated DUI by a jury earlier this month. He was also charged for committing the incident while on parole.
  Anyone with information is advised to call 88-C
  
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• American missionary killed amid fighting in Cameroon

  30-10-2018 21:41
  YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — The director of a hospital in northwestern Cameroon says an American missionary from Indiana has died after being caught in the crossfire of bullets not intended for him.
  Kingue Thomson Njie, director of the Bamenda regional hospital, said Charles Trumann Wesco was shot in the head when he was in his car early Tuesday. Njie says Wesco died after all attempts were made to save his life.
  He told The Associated Press that Wesco’s wife and children were still in
  
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• Detectives hope prints ID suspect in GOP office shooting

  30-10-2018 21:36
  SOUTH DAYTONA, Fla. (AP) — Bullets that were fired into the windows of a county Republican Party office in Florida have been sent to a lab for testing.
  Capt. Mark Cheatham of the South Daytona Police Department said Tuesday detectives hope there are latent fingerprints on the bullets that can help them figure out who shot into the office of the Republican Executive Committee of Volusia County.
  No one was inside when the shooting took place sometime late Sunday or early Monday. But it repre
  
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• Twins decline options on DH/1B Morrison, RHP Santana

  30-10-2018 21:34
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Twins have declined 2019 options on contracts with starting pitcher Ervin Santana and designated hitter/first baseman Logan Morrison.
  Santana’s contract is for $14 million and Morrison’s for $8 million. In announcing the expected decision Tuesday, the team will pay each player a $1 million buyout to make him a free agent.
  Morrison batted .186 with 15 home runs in 95 games in his only season with Minnesota before needing surgery on his left hip.
  
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• Prison union official says the death of Boston gangster James ‘Whitey’ Bulger is being investigated as a homicide

  30-10-2018 21:32
  BRUCETON MILLS, W. Va. (AP) — Prison union official says the death of Boston gangster James ‘Whitey’ Bulger is being investigated as a homicide.
  The post Prison union official says the death of Boston gangster James ‘Whitey’ Bulger is being investigated as a homicide appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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