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• Conservative toy maker selling “MAGA building blocks” for kids to “build the wall”

  13-11-2018 23:50
  TUCSON – A new toy for kids is expected to kick up some controversy this holiday season.
  Photo: Keep And Bear
  Keep And Bear, a conservative gift retailer, has launched a brand new line of toys: MAGA building blocks for kids ages 5 and up to “Build the Wall.”
  The set comes with 100 pieces, including a President Trump in a MAGA hard hat. It sells for $29.95 and is available for pre-order.
  According to the company’s website, “A mob of 10,000 Central American migrants i
  
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• CBP seizes $297K worth of meth at Port of San Luis

  13-11-2018 23:49
  TUCSON – An 18-year-old woman from San Luis, Arizona is facing criminal charges, after she tried to smuggle nearly $300,000 worth of methamphetamine through the port of entry.
  Authorities said the woman tried to come into Arizona from Mexico through the Port of San Luis last Saturday morning.
  A Customs and Border Protection canine alerted to the woman’s Ford sedan, where inside the bumpers, officers found 90 packages of meth.
  CBP said the dugs weighed nearly 90 pounds, and have a val
  
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• Sex trafficking case dropped against ex-death row inmate

  13-11-2018 23:44
  HONOLULU (AP) — Sex trafficking charges in Hawaii have been dismissed against a former death row inmate from Delaware.
  U.S. prosecutors dropped a 10-count indictment against Isaiah McCoy. A judge approved the dismissal Tuesday and McCoy walked out of court a free man. He tells The Associated Press he wants to relax and continue being an activist against wrongful convictions.
  McCoy was sentenced to death after a jury found him guilty of murder in Delaware. A judge found him not guilty at a
  
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• Supreme Court denies appeal by officers in Freddie Gray case

  13-11-2018 23:42
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court won’t hear an appeal from five police officers whose lawsuit alleged Baltimore’s top prosecutor maliciously prosecuted them in the death of a black man fatally injured while in custody.
  The court declined to take up the appeal Tuesday, ending the case in State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby’s favor. The decision lets stand a May ruling by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which reversed a lower court ruling allowing key parts
  
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• Amazon faces backlash over new headquarters

  13-11-2018 23:42
  The backlash has already begun against Amazon after the e-commerce giant announced Tuesday it will split its second headquarters between New York City and a suburb of Washington, D.C.
  Congresswoman-Elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said she has received concerned calls from residents in her Queens district, which is adjacent to where the Amazon offices will be located. She characterized the general sentiment about Amazon moving into the area as “outrage.”“Amazon is a billion-
  
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• Chargers officially place Perryman on IR, promote Johnson

  13-11-2018 23:38
  COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Chargers placed linebacker Denzel Perryman on injured reserve Tuesday with a knee injury and promoted linebacker Tre’von Johnson from the practice squad.
  Perryman injured the lateral collateral ligament in his left knee during the first quarter of Sunday’s 20-6 win over Oakland. The fourth-year linebacker started every game this season and was second on the Chargers with 51 tackles going into the Raiders game.
  Johnson had been signed to
  
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• Whitaker abandoned taxpayer-funded project in Iowa in 2016

  13-11-2018 23:32
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — While in private business, acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker walked away from a taxpayer-subsidized apartment-rehabilitation project in Iowa after years of cost overruns, delays and other problems.
  That’s according to public records on the Des Moines project, which prompted the city to terminate an affordable housing loan Whitaker’s company had been awarded. Another lender began foreclosure proceedings after he defaulted on a separate loan for nea
  
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• Biggest lure for Amazon to Virginia may be campus, not cash

  13-11-2018 23:29
  ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — The key to luring Amazon to northern Virginia may not have been hundreds of millions in cash incentives but instead plans for a nearby $1 billion graduate campus that will train hundreds of high-tech workers annually.
  Amazon announced Tuesday it is building a big chunk of its East Coast headquarters in the Crystal City section of Arlington County and expects to bring 25,000 jobs to the region.
  Part of the state’s incentive package for Amazon is an “Innova
  
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• Handwritten Einstein letter auctioned off for nearly $40,000

  13-11-2018 23:28
  JERUSALEM (AP) — A handwritten letter written by Albert Einstein warning of the dangers of growing nationalism and anti-Semitism years before the Nazis rose to power has been sold for nearly $40,000.
  The Kedem Auction House says the previously unknown letter, brought forward by an anonymous collector, fetched $39,360 in bidding in Jerusalem on Tuesday night.
  Einstein wrote the letter to his sister after going into hiding in 1922 following the assassination of Germany’s Jewish foreign
  
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• University officials remove Confederate-themed exhibit

  13-11-2018 23:24
  STAUNTON, Va. (AP) — A private liberal arts university in Virginia says an exhibit that included depictions of Confederate statues has been removed after some students called the installation racist.
  News outlets report Mary Baldwin University administrators removed the exhibit titled “Relevant/Scrap” last week, two days after it opened. The two artists say their work was misinterpreted but agreed with its removal from the university’s Hunt Gallery.
  University spokeswoman
  
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• The new Tide box looks like boxed wine, and the internet is freaking out

  13-11-2018 23:21
  EDITOR’S NOTE: This story as written by Lindsay Lowe, TODAY
  Tide just revealed a newly designed detergent container and, yes, it looks very much like boxed wine.
  People pointed out the resemblance almost immediately after Tide announced the new Eco-Box, which uses less plastic and is more environmentally friendly to ship than regular bottles of detergent.
  But all people on social media could talk about was its striking resemblance to a box of Franzia. (Reminder: Do not drink laundry s
  
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• The Latest: Texas board restores Hillary Clinton lesson

  13-11-2018 23:11
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Latest on Texas’ Board of Education voting on history curriculums (all times local):
  6:35 p.m.
  The Texas Board of Education has voted to restore Hillary Clinton to history curriculum standards — a surprising reversal that came after Republican members said they had heard from members of the public angry she’d been edited out.
  The preliminary vote Tuesday night overturns the board’s vote in September to cut the former senator, secretary of st
  
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• Blood pressure medication recall

  13-11-2018 23:03
  The FDA has issued a voluntary recall on a widely used blood pressure medication.It’s called Losartan. Losartan is made by the pharmaceutical company Sandoz. Sandoz announce they are recalling the drug after trace amounts of a possible cancer-causing chemical was found. The recall is only for the 100 milligram/25 milligram tablets. The lot number is JB8912.
  Those taking the medication are asked to consult their doctors, before getting off the medication.
  The post Blood pressure medication
  
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• The NFL is moving Monday’s Chiefs-Rams game to Los Angeles from Mexico City because of the field at Azteca Stadium.

  13-11-2018 23:01
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The NFL is moving Monday’s Chiefs-Rams game to Los Angeles from Mexico City because of the field at Azteca Stadium.
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• Local Teachers Get Share of $1M in Donations from Sonic Drive-In

  13-11-2018 22:55
  Palo Verde High Magnet School in the Tucson Unified School District received a total donation of $1,075.23 as part of the tenth annual Fall Voting campaign through the chain restaurant SONIC Drive-In. The donation funded a variety of learning materials to local public classrooms not only in Tucson, but all over the country.…
  
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• Trump right and wrong on French wine tariffs

  13-11-2018 22:54
  PARIS (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump is partly right but far from completely correct when he says that France’s “big tariffs” make it hard for American vintners to sell their wines here: Wrong because customs duties on imported wines are applied not by France but by the European Union. Right because American tariffs are “globally” less than what Europe charges, the French customs authority says.
  Prices aside, wine made in the U.S. is apparently appreciated
  
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• Mattis send-off as US war-booty bells return to Philippines

  13-11-2018 22:54
  CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The U.S. defense secretary plans to take part in a ceremony in Wyoming marking the beginning of a process to return three disputed church bells to the Philippines.
  The Defense Department says Defense Secretary James Mattis plans to travel Wednesday to F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne. Two of the Bells of Balangiga are at the base, and the third is with the U.S. Army in South Korea.
  U.S. Army soldiers took the bells after an attack killed 48 American troops in 19
  
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• Wounded North Texas deputy out of hospital, shooter sought

  13-11-2018 22:50
  WEATHERFORD, Texas (AP) — A North Texas sheriff’s deputy is recovering as the search continues for a trespasser who shot him in the foot and fled a deer hunting site illegally set up on private land.
  The Parker County Sheriff’s Office says the deputy was released from a hospital Tuesday, a day after he was shot. His name hasn’t been released.
  Sheriff Larry Fowler says the deputy was shot while investigating a landowner’s report about a trespasser who had set up a de
  
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• US women end year with 1-0 win over Scotland

  13-11-2018 22:46
  Alex Morgan scored late in the first half and the U.S. national team wrapped up the year with a 1-0 victory Tuesday over Scotland in Glasgow.
  The U.S. team is undefeated this year with 19 wins and two ties. The Americans have an unbeaten streak of 28 games (25 wins, three ties) dating to a 1-0 loss to Australia in the Tournament of Nations last year. It was also the team’s 12th shutout of the year.
  “It’s been great this year being undefeated. I don’t feel like this was ou
  
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• Northern Arizona-Sacramento State game canceled

  13-11-2018 22:44
  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Northern Arizona University’s game against Sacramento State that was postponed last weekend because of poor air quality has been canceled.
  A wildfire north of the Sacramento area produced smoke that made the sky hazy at the game site last Saturday night.
  Northern Arizona said Tuesday the schools explored options to reschedule but couldn’t find a compatible date this late in the season.
  The Lumberjacks (3-6) will close their season Saturday afternoon in a
  
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• Actress Paz de la Huerta sues Harvey Weinstein, alleges rape

  13-11-2018 22:44
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actress Paz de la Huerta is suing Harvey Weinstein, saying the movie mogul raped her, harassed her and hurt her career.
  The lawsuit filed Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court alleges Weinstein raped de la Huerta twice in New York in December 2010. Police said last November they were investigating, but no charges have been filed.
  The suit alleges that in January 2011 Weinstein exposed himself to her and tried to get her to have sex in Beverly Hills.
  The suit states that
  
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• 2015 ‘Bachelor’ star pleads guilty to reduced charge

  13-11-2018 22:41
  INDEPENDENCE, Iowa (AP) — A farmer who appeared on ABC’s “The Bachelor” has pleaded guilty in a fatal crash last year near his home in northern Iowa.
  In an agreement with prosecutors announced Tuesday, 36-year-old Chris Soules pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of leaving the scene of a serious injury accident. The misdemeanor charge carries a penalty of up to two years in prison. Soules’ attorney says he could also get a deferred judgment and no jail time when he&r
  
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• Bills cut receiver Pryor in latest move during bye week

  13-11-2018 22:40
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills have released receiver Terrelle Pryor two weeks after signing the eighth-year player.
  The move was announced Tuesday during the Bills’ bye week.
  Pryor had just two catches on eight targets for 17 yards in two games. He became the odd man out after Robert Foster had 105 yards receiving in a 41-10 win over the New York Jets on Sunday, a day after the rookie was promoted off the practice squad.
  It’s the second time Pryor has been cut thi
  
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• Florida’s effort to find non-citizen voters had slim results

  13-11-2018 22:34
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Contrary to what’s claimed in a tweet by Donald Trump Jr., an effort by Florida to find non-citizens on its voter rolls did not result in the discovery of tens of thousands of illegal voters.
  In the last few days, some Republicans and conservatives have latched onto a six-year-old story that detailed efforts by the administration of Gov. Rick Scott to identify and remove ineligible voters. The president’s son even tweeted out a link Monday to the May 20
  
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• Man receives suspended sentence in daughter’s neglect death

  13-11-2018 22:33
  TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — A western Indiana man has avoided more jail time in the 2016 death of his disabled 5-year-old daughter. The Tribune-Star reports that 34-year-old Brian Moseman pleaded guilty Tuesday in Vigo County Superior Court to two counts of neglect of a dependent in the death of Adilynn Moseman.
  Moseman received 2½ years in prison for each count, but the sentences were suspended. He also received credit for time served in jail. Moseman was given probation for any remai
  
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• Arizona woman sentenced in perjury, theft case

  13-11-2018 22:33
  FLAGSTAFF – A former forensic interviewer is headed to prison, after she was convicted of embezzling money from her employer.
  Carli Moncher was sentenced by a Coconino County judge to four months in prison, after she pleaded guilty to perjury and theft.
  Authorities said Moncher worked for Northern Arizona Healthcare between March 2014 and April 2017.
  Investigators said Moncher falsified time-sheets and other forms, including subpoenas, so she could be reimbursed for travel and other e
  
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• Anchored in Tradition: Turkey Cupcakes

  13-11-2018 22:33
  Name of Dish: Turkey Cupcakes
  Name of Anchor: Alyx DoteIngredients:
  CandyChocolate sprinkles
  Candy corn
  Candy eyeballs
  Red frostingOtherChocolate cupcake mix
  Chocolate frostingTurkey cupcakes are a great holiday dessert that I love (and so will everyone else)!  Follow the baking directions on your store bought chocolate cupcake mix. If you’re feeling daring- go ahead and make yours from scratch. Once the cupcakes are baked, let the cool completely! If you don’t the frostin
  
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• Pink diamond sells for more than $50M, setting world record

  13-11-2018 22:32
  GENEVA (AP) — Christie’s has sold the “Pink Legacy” diamond at auction for more than $50 million including fees, saying it’s a new world record price per carat for a pink diamond.
  Christie’s said that renowned jeweler Harry Winston was the buyer. The auction house had expected to fetch $30 million to $50 million for the nearly 19-carat, rectangular-cut stone, the largest fancy vivid pink diamond that it has ever put under the hammer. 
  It was the standout
  
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• TPD: Man shot near University of Arizona campus

  13-11-2018 22:27
  TUCSON- Tucson Police is investigating a shooting that occurred at 1 a.m. Tuesday near the University of Arizona.
  According to TPD Sgt. Pete Dugan, a man was shot in the leg at the 1900 block of East Speedway Boulevard near Campbell Avenue. The man was transported to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries, and the shooter fled the scene shortly after the incident.
  TPD said the incident started with a confrontation between the victim and the suspect. He said the incident doe
  
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• School bus-involved crash reported on northwest side

  13-11-2018 22:25
  TUCSON – A crash that involved a school bus has caused some delays on the northwest side of Tucson Tuesday afternoon.
  According to Northwest Fire District, the vehicle-bus collision occurred near Linda Vista Boulevard and Hartman Lane.A vehicle vs school bus collision occurred near Linda Vista and Hartman. The driver of the vehicle suffered non-life threatening injuries. No occupants on the school bus were injured. @PimaSheriff is investigating pic.twitter.com/l0atHpnQGK
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• Christie’s sells ‘Pink Legacy’ diamond for over $50 million, setting a record per-carat price for a pink diamond

  13-11-2018 22:25
  GENEVA (AP) — Christie’s sells ‘Pink Legacy’ diamond for over $50 million, setting a record per-carat price for a pink diamond.
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• Body found near Lake Michigan identified as missing swimmer

  13-11-2018 22:19
  HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (AP) — Officials say a person found dead along the Lake Michigan shoreline north of Chicago is a woman who disappeared while swimming with a group of people in treacherous waters last week.
  The Lake County coroner’s office said Tuesday that the body has been identified as that of 52-year-old Lena Lemesh. She was from the Chicago suburb of Elgin.
  Her body was found Saturday in Highland Park, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) north of downtown Chicago. Coroner Howard C
  
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• Attorney general says suspects could face death penalty if convicted in 2016 slayings of 8 family members in rural Ohio

  13-11-2018 22:19
  WAVERLY, Ohio (AP) — Attorney general says suspects could face death penalty if convicted in 2016 slayings of 8 family members in rural Ohio.
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• The Latest: Senate candidates in Mississippi agree to debate

  13-11-2018 22:18
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Latest on a U.S. Senate special election runoff in Mississippi (all times local):
  5:15 p.m.
  The two candidates in a special U.S. Senate race in Mississippi have agreed to their only debate of the campaign season.
  Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation spokesman Jon Kalahar says representatives for Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith and Democratic challenger Mike Espy agreed Tuesday to terms and conditions.
  The one-hour debate is set for the evening of Nov. 20 in Jackson
  
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• The Latest: Democrats focusing on Mississippi US Senate race

  13-11-2018 22:18
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Latest on a U.S. Senate special election runoff in Mississippi (all times local):
  3:10 p.m.
  National Democrats are focusing on Mississippi’s U.S. Senate runoff, a year after winning a longshot contest in another Deep South state dominated by Republicans.
  Democrat Doug Jones defeated Roy Moore in Alabama after Moore was beset by accusations of sexual misconduct.
  In Mississippi, Democrat Mike Espy is challenging Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith. She faces shar
  
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• Man charged with fraud after driving off pier, killing sons

  13-11-2018 22:12
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S. prosecutors have charged an Egyptian father with fraudulently collecting insurance payouts after driving his family off a Los Angeles pier and killing his two severely autistic sons.
  Prosecutors said Tuesday that Ali Elmezayen (EL-mah-ZION) had purchased $6 million in insurance policies to cover his family in the event of an accidental death two years before the 2015 deaths.
  They say Elmezayen intentionally drove off a wharf with his partner and two children inside
  
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• D-III Earlham suspends football after 53 straight losses

  13-11-2018 22:12
  RICHMOND, Ind. (AP) — Earlham College has suspended its football program after a fifth consecutive winless season and a Division III record 53 straight losses.
  The Quakers finished the season with a 70-6 loss to Rose-Hulman last Saturday. On Tuesday, interim President Avis Stewart announced the college will suspend the program for the 2019 season. A committee of alumni, faculty, athletes and current and former Division III coaches and athletic directors will review the viability of the sch
  
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• Georgia Tech’s James Banks eligible after Texas transfer

  13-11-2018 22:11
  ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Tech forward James Banks, a transfer from Texas, has been granted immediate eligibility from the NCAA.
  The 6-foot-8 Banks played two seasons at Texas, averaging 1.7 points and 2.3 rebounds. He will have two years of eligibility with the Yellow Jackets without having to sit out a season.
  Banks, a native of Decatur, Georgia, played in 32 games as a freshman and 14 games as a sophomore at Texas. He attended La Lumiere School in La Porte, Indiana, as a high school senior
  
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• The Latest: Ginsburg, 85, back to work at Supreme Court

  13-11-2018 22:07
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (all times local):
  3:55 p.m.
  Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is back in the building.
  The 85-year-old Ginsburg is working in her office at the Supreme Court for the first time since she fell Wednesday evening and fractured three ribs. That’s according to a court employee who is familiar with the situation.
  Ginsburg spent a night in the hospital and recuperated at home over the three-day Veterans Day weekend. She was not on the b
  
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• Pilots says Boeing didn’t disclose jet’s new control feature

  13-11-2018 22:00
  Pilots who fly Boeing’s 737 MAX in the U.S. say the airline manufacturer didn’t tell them about features of a new flight-control system that reportedly are part of the investigation into last month’s deadly crash in Indonesia.
  The pilots say they were not trained in new features of an anti-stall system in the plane that differ from previous models of the 737.
  The automated system is designed to help pilots avoid raising the plane’s nose too high, which can cause the aircr
  
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• Hurricane Florence breaks 28 streamflow records in Carolinas

  13-11-2018 21:55
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal report shows Hurricane Florence broke records in a key flooding measure at more than two-dozen stream gauges in the Carolinas.
  The U.S. Geological Survey released a report Tuesday on streamflow, which measures how much water passes a fixed point at a river or stream. Records were broken at 18 gauges in North Carolina and 10 in South Carolina.
  All had more than a decade of data, some more than 70 years. The Waccamaw River in Freeland, North Carolina, peaked at
  
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• Melania Trump publicly calls for White House aide’s firing

  13-11-2018 21:47
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In an extraordinary move, Melania Trump is publicly calling for the dismissal of a top White House National Security Council official.
  After reports circulated Tuesday that the president had decided to remove Mira Ricardel from the NSC, the first lady’s spokeswoman issued a statement saying: “It is the position of the Office of the First Lady that she no longer deserves the honor of serving in this White House.”
  Ricardel is national security adviser John
  
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• Minnesota car track owner dies in Florida swim accident

  13-11-2018 21:46
  BRAINERD, Minn. (AP) — The owner of Brainerd International Raceway in Minnesota has died in a swimming accident off the Florida coast. Jed Copham was 46.
  The raceway said Copham had been swimming from his parents’ boat on Sunday near Fort Myers when he went missing. According to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, authorities recovered his body near a boat ramp Monday morning.
  His death remains under investigation, but the sheriff’s office says there “appears to be no
  
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• 4 dead, 1 wounded in apparent murder-suicide in New Mexico

  13-11-2018 21:30
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The FBI says four people are dead and a woman wounded after an apparent murder-suicide on the Navajo Nation in northwestern New Mexico.
  They say one of the dead is the suspected shooter.
  A spokesman for the FBI in Albuquerque says the incident occurred inside a residence Tuesday morning in the community of Tsayatoh (say-yah-TOH’), which is near the New Mexico-Arizona border.
  Authorities say it appears the shooting was an act of domestic violence.
  Autopsies ar
  
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• Beijing Guitar Duo To Perform at Crowder Hall

  13-11-2018 21:27
  UA Presents welcomes Meng Su and Yameng Wang of Beijing Guitar Duo to perform in Tucson.
  Their debut CD Maracaípe received a Latin-GRAMMY nomination.…
  
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• Spanish-language reporter faces deportation from US

  13-11-2018 21:22
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Spanish-language reporter who faces deportation after his arrest while covering an immigration protest in Tennessee says he was unjustly detained and faces danger if sent back to El Salvador.
  Manuel Duran spoke publicly about his case Tuesday for the first time since his arrest at an April rally protesting immigration policies just ahead of the 50th anniversary of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination in downtown Memphis.
  Duran’s law
  
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• Pistons say Kennard to continue rehab for 2 more weeks

  13-11-2018 21:18
  DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Pistons say injured guard Luke Kennard will continue his rehab for two more weeks while working his way back toward basketball activity.
  The Pistons updated Kennard’s status Tuesday. He injured his right shoulder in an Oct. 25 game against Cleveland.
  Bernard Condevaux, the team’s medical director, said Kennard was recently re-examined by team doctors, and the medical staff is pleased with how the shoulder has responded to treatment.
  The Pistons took K
  
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• Red Sox pitcher Steven Wright has surgery on left knee

  13-11-2018 21:02
  BOSTON (AP) — Boston Red Sox knuckleballer Steven Wright has had arthroscopic surgery on his left knee for an injury that kept him out of the World Series.
  The team says Dr. Riley Williams operated Monday at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. Williams also performed a debridement to remove damaged tissue.
  Wright was removed from the Division Series roster following the opener against the New York Yankees, a day after reinjuring his left knee during a workout.
  An All-Star in 2016
  
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• EPA seeks new truck pollution rules; says air won’t suffer

  13-11-2018 21:00
  DETROIT (AP) — The Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to rewrite rules that limit pollution from heavy trucks but that the EPA says slow the economy.
  Acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler argues that new technology can help improve air quality, noting that the regulation of harmful nitrogen oxide emissions hasn’t been revamped since 2000.
  EPA officials were to announce the plans Tuesday but offered few details and said they were just beginning
  
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• Here’s how you can help those affected by the California wildfires

  13-11-2018 20:59
  (CNN) – Three major wildfires are burning at both ends of California — the Camp, Woolsey and Hill fires.
  Northern California’s Camp Fire is now the most destructive and deadliest fire in the state’s history.
  Forty-four people are dead statewide, and more than 300,000 people have been forced from their homes.
  Below are other ways you can assist:
  Transportation
  Lyft is offering free rides to people in the affected areas. Dial 211
  
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