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• Nebraska principal on leave after banning Christmas symbols

  07-12-2018 23:58
  OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska elementary school principal has been placed on leave after a conservative Christian group threatened legal action over her ban on Christmas and holiday symbols in her school.
  Elkhorn Public Schools quickly reversed the ban on Santa, candy canes, red and green items, and other Christmas-related symbols after Liberty Counsel accused the district of hostility toward Christians. The district says Manchester Elementary principal Jennifer Sinclair violated district
  
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• Special counsel Mueller says in new filing that Russia reached out to Trump campaign as far back as 2015

  07-12-2018 23:54
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Mueller says in new filing that Russia reached out to Trump campaign as far back as 2015.
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• 4 Your Health: Excess belly fat is bad for your heart

  07-12-2018 23:45
  TUCSON – A new study suggests having excess belly fat is bad for your health.
  According to the CDC, approximately 610-thousand people die of heart disease in the U.S. every year.
  European researchers studied data from nearly 3-thousand people. Nearly two-thirds had excess belly fat and were more likely to have heart disease and stroke.
  Many of the participants who were not taking any medication had higher blood pressure and bad cholesterol.
  Having more fat around your waist is bad for the
  
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• Golden eagle in critical care after consuming lead-filled carcass

  07-12-2018 23:42
  TUCSON – A golden eagle is currently in the care of Tucson Wildlife Center after it was found Thursday suffering from lead poisoning.
  According to authorities, the eagle reportedly ate a dead animal that had been shot with lead bullets. Officials say despite lead ammunition being banned in California, the bullets are allowed to hunt with in Arizona.
  Tucson Wildlife Center received a critically ill Golden Eagle, a victim of lead poisoning/TWC
  Tucson Wildlife Center said the eagle was f
  
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• Leganes and Getafe draw 1-1 in southern Madrid derby

  07-12-2018 23:41
  MADRID (AP) — Leganes and Getafe drew 1-1 in a Spanish league derby between southern Madrid clubs on Friday.
  Uruguayan defender Leandro Cabrera headed Getafe in front in the 39th minute and Cameroonian right back Allan Nyom equalized for the home side from inside the area in the 64th. Leganes had midfielder Ruben Perez sent off three minutes into injury time.
  The result extended Leganes’ unbeaten streak to seven matches in all competitions.
  Getafe is sixth in the standings and has no
  
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• Absentee vote changes may have invited ‘ballot harvesting’

  07-12-2018 23:37
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Changes made to absentee voting procedures five years ago in North Carolina may have emboldened workers to run the type of illegal “ballot-harvesting” operation alleged to have been used in a disputed congressional race.
  That’s according to election experts and lawmakers.
  Some observers are concerned that the changes made it possible for more people to apply for absentee ballots. Then so-called harvesters could collect unsealed ballots and manipulate
  
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• The Latest: Charlottesville hopes verdict will help healing

  07-12-2018 23:34
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The latest on the first-degree-murder conviction of a man who drove his car into a group of counterprotesters at a white nationalist rally (all times local):
  7:45 p.m.
  Charlottesville City Councilor Wes Bellamy says he hopes the guilty verdict in the trial of a man who drove his car into counterprotesters at a white nationalist rally will allow the city to move forward.
  Thirty-two-year-old paralegal Heather Heyer was killed, and dozens of people were injured on
  
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• Judge allows intentional murder charge in police shooting

  07-12-2018 23:33
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A judge will allow prosecutors to add an additional charge of intentional murder to the case of a former Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot an Australian woman last year.
  Judge Kathryn Quaintance ruled Friday that prosecutors can amend their complaint against Mohamed Noor to add a charge of second-degree intentional murder. Noor is already charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter in the July 2017 death of Justine Ruszczyk Damond.
  Authorities say Noor sh
  
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• Jerry Glanville stepping down as Tiger-Cats’ assistant

  07-12-2018 23:31
  HAMILTON, Ontario (AP) — Jerry Glanville has resigned as the Hamilton Tiger-Cats’ defensive coordinator because of personal reasons.
  The Ticats announced Friday that the 77-year-old Glanville would not return for a second season with the Canadian Football League team.
  “I hate that I won’t be able to come back to Hamilton next season to finish what we started in 2018,” said Glanville, the former head coach of the NFL’s Houston Oilers and Atlanta Falcons. &ldquo
  
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• California teacher charged after forcing haircut on boy

  07-12-2018 23:29
  VISALIA, Calif. (AP) — A California prosecutor has charged a high school teacher with several child cruelty and battery counts after she forcibly cut the hair of one of her students.
  Tulare County District Attorney Tim Ward said in a news release Friday that 52-year-old Margaret Gieszinger faces up to 3 years and 6 months in jail if convicted of all six counts.
  Gieszinger was arrested Wednesday after video posted to social media showed a student at University Preparatory High School in Vis
  
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• Medical marijuana user, 78, evicted from subsidized housing

  07-12-2018 22:58
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — A 78-year-old man who uses a wheelchair and takes marijuana for back pain has been evicted from his federally subsidized apartment in upstate New York.
  John Flickner is staying at a Niagara Falls homeless shelter after being escorted from his Niagara Towers apartment Tuesday.
  A lawyer for the housing facility, which is subsidized by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, notes the eviction proceedings began before Flickner obtained a state crede
  
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• Winter Street Fair: How to get there and where to park

  07-12-2018 21:42
  Fourth Avenue is one again taken over by a jumble of white tents and confusing road closures. With so many people attending the Winter Street Fair among other downtown events this weekend, parking can be a headache.…
  
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• Weinstein’s lawyers: New evidence undermines rape charge

  07-12-2018 20:52
  NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for Harvey Weinstein say they’ve uncovered new evidence that further undermines rape allegations against him.
  The lawyers said Friday in a letter to the New York City judge overseeing Weinstein’s criminal case that a friend of the alleged victim has said the two attended a movie screening hosted by the former film mogul hours after prosecutors say the attack took place in 2013.
  The letter says the witness told investigators about the outing but that it w
  
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• Thornydale Elementary Closing After 4-1 Governing Board Decision

  07-12-2018 20:49
  The Marana Unified School District Governing Board decided to permanently close Thornydale Elementary School, located at 7651 N. Oldfather Road, in a 4-1 decision on Thursday evening.Enrollment at the K-6 school has been declining for over two decades, according to the district.…
  
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• The Latest: Trump to name Milley new Joint Chiefs chairman

  07-12-2018 20:45
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the succession of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (all times local):
  2:45 p.m.
  U.S. officials say President Donald Trump will nominate Army chief Gen. Mark Milley as his next top military adviser.
  Milley would succeed Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford to be chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
  The officials confirmed the decision Friday on condition of anonymity because it had not been announced.
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  10:20 a.m.
  President Donald Trump said he’ll be
  
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• The Latest: Family lawyer confirms viewing shooting video

  07-12-2018 20:43
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The Latest on a fatal police shooting at a shopping mall on Thanksgiving (all times local):
  1:40 p.m.
  Attorneys for relatives of a black man who was shot and killed by police who mistook him for a suspect in a shooting at an Alabama shopping mall on Thanksgiving say they’ve seen some police video documenting the gunfire.
  A lawyer for the family, Ben Crump, says state authorities allowed his team to see the video last week on condition they keep its contents co
  
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• US officials say Trump to nominate Army chief Gen. Mark Milley as next chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff

  07-12-2018 20:37
  WASHINGTON (AP) — US officials say Trump to nominate Army chief Gen. Mark Milley as next chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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• Suspect in model’s death pleads not guilty, trial in May

  07-12-2018 20:37
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A man accused of strangling a model in one of Philadelphia’s affluent suburbs has pleaded not guilty to murder charges.
  Jonathan Harris appeared in a Montgomery County courtroom on Friday over the August killing of Christina Carlin-Kraft.
  The Pottstown Mercury newspaper reports prosecutors won’t seek the death penalty.
  Officials have said Carlin-Kraft took a ride-hailing service to Philadelphia, met 31-year-old Harris and the two later returned to her Ardmor
  
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• Russian chemistry teacher accused of setting up a drug lab

  07-12-2018 20:37
  ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Prosecutors in St. Petersburg have charged two Russian high school teachers of producing and selling drugs, a case that Russian media have compared to the “Breaking Bad” television series.
  The prosecutors in Russia’s second-largest city have accused a chemistry teacher of setting up an underground lab to produce amphetamine.
  They said Friday the man engaged a colleague, who taught physics at school, to help find customers. They say the two so
  
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• Man yells ‘there’s no Santa’ at Florida holiday event

  07-12-2018 20:32
  CAPE CORAL, Fla. (AP) — It wasn’t the Grinch who stole Christmas. It was a man who screamed “there’s no Santa Claus” over and over during a recent holiday festival in Florida.
  A southwest Florida woman shared cellphone footage with Fort Myers television station NBC-2 of the man yelling during the Cape Coral Festival of Lights on Saturday night.
  Cape Coral police told the station that officers were at the event but couldn’t do anything because the man was exerc
  
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• Rossi replaces Rahal for Team Penske endurance races

  07-12-2018 20:28
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Alexander Rossi has replaced fellow IndyCar driver Graham Rahal at Acura Team Penske for the IMSA sports car endurance events.
  Rossi will share the No. 7 Acura ARX-05 DPi with fulltime Penske drivers Helio Castroneves and Ricky Taylor in the Rolex 24 at Daytona and 12 Hours of Sebring.
  Rahal had been the co-driver for those events last season but said on social media Friday he’s too big to properly fit in the car. Rahal is listed at 6-foot-2 and posted a post-w
  
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• Indiana man pleads guilty to 1988 killing of 8-year-old girl

  07-12-2018 20:24
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana man has pleaded guilty to the 1988 abduction, rape and killing of an 8-year-old Fort Wayne girl.
  John D. Miller, of Grabill, pleaded guilty Friday to murder and child molestation charges in long-unsolved killing of April Tinsley. Miller was arrested in July and had been scheduled to stand trial in February, but he’s now due to be sentenced Dec. 31 in Allen County Superior Court.
  A plea agreement calls for the 59-year-old Miller to serve 80 years in
  
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• Alex Morgan named US Player of the Year

  07-12-2018 20:22
  CHICAGO (AP) — Alex Morgan has been named U.S. Soccer’s Player of the Year for a second time after leading the national team with 18 goals in 19 games and helping it earn a spot in the World Cup next year in France.
  Defender Tierna Davidson, who started in her first nine national team appearances, was named Young Player of the Year, U.S. Soccer announced Friday. The 19-year-old’s season was cut short when she broke her ankle in September.
  Morgan scored seven of her goals during
  
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• US says Syrian forces likely fired tear gas on civilians

  07-12-2018 20:15
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is accusing forces backed by the Syrian government and Russia of firing tear gas at civilians and falsely claiming it was a rebel chemical weapons attack.
  The incident occurred Nov. 24 amid fighting near the government-held city of Aleppo and reportedly left dozens injured.
  A State Department spokesman says the government of President Bashar Assad (bah-SHAR’ AH’-sahd) and Russia had falsely accused opposition groups of a chlorine attack. Robert Pallad
  
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• UConn coach returns to NJ for game honoring 9/11 victims

  07-12-2018 20:12
  STORRS, Conn. (AP) — UConn basketball coach Dan Hurley was teaching high school history at St. Benedict’s in Newark, New Jersey on Sept. 11, 2001, when he looked out the window and saw smoke rising from the World Trade Center across the Hudson River in New York.
  One of Hurley’s friends would lose his brother, a New York firefighter, in the terrorist attacks that day.Hurley had just started at the prep school as a teacher and the basketball coach. He took several of St. Benedict
  
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• Foie gras off Amazon’s offerings in California in settlement

  07-12-2018 20:10
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — California prosecutors say Amazon has agreed not to sell foie gras in the state from birds that have been force-fed.
  State lawmakers banned that form of the fatty duck and goose liver delicacy nearly 15 years ago.
  Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey said Friday a state judge approved a settlement between the online retailer, her office and district attorneys in Monterey and Santa Clara counties.
  A spokeswoman for Amazon said the company was not commenting.
  
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• Stocks sink again, continuing a dismal streak for markets; Dow Jones Industrial Average drops 500 points

  07-12-2018 20:01
  NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks sink again, continuing a dismal streak for markets; Dow Jones Industrial Average drops 500 points.
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• The Latest: Trump outlines federal resources to fight crime

  07-12-2018 19:58
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump’s address to the national conference on crime prevention, Project Safe Neighborhoods. (all times local):
  1:55 p.m.
  President Donald Trump is telling a law enforcement conference in Missouri how his administration is giving them the resources to do their jobs.
  Trump says there are more than 200 new violent crime prosecutors nationwide and cities have access to $600 million worth of surplus military equipment.
  He says funding
  
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• Judge rejects challenge to winner-take-all election system

  07-12-2018 19:57
  BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging the winner-take-all system Massachusetts uses to assign its Electoral College presidential votes.
  Chief U.S. District Judge Patti Saris said in her decision on Friday that there may be “valid policy arguments” on the practice of assigning all of a state’s Electoral College votes to the winner of a state’s popular vote, but that it does not violate the Constitution.
  The lawsuit was filed on behalf of t
  
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• The Latest: Deputy killed by friendly fire in bar shootout

  07-12-2018 19:54
  THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on the mass shooting last month at a California bar (all times local):
  10:55 a.m.
  Authorities say a sheriff’s deputy killed in a mass shooting at a Southern California bar was shot five times by a gunman who killed 11 others, but struck fatally by a bullet fired by a highway patrolman.
  Ventura County Sheriff Bill Ayub says Sgt. Ron Helus died from a bullet wound that struck vital organs shot by a California Highway Patrolman who joined him in t
  
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• The Latest: Jesuits list 153 with credible abuse claims

  07-12-2018 19:53
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Latest on the release of names of accused Jesuits by two provinces (all times local):
  1 p.m.
  Two Catholic Jesuit provinces covering nearly half the U.S. have released the names of more than 150 priests and other ministry leaders who were the subjects of “credible allegations” of sexual abuse dating back to the 1950s.
  Jesuits West, which covers 10 western states, announced Friday that its internal investigation determined there were credible abuse allegation
  
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• Flames’ Ryan Lomberg suspended for a game by NHL

  07-12-2018 19:53
  CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Calgary Flames forward Ryan Lomberg has been suspended for a game and coach Bill Peters fined $10,000 by the NHL for a confrontation at the end of a game with the Minnesota Wild.
  Lomberg went after Matt Dumba when the Wild defenseman steamrolled Flames center Mikael Backlund in the final minute of Calgary’s 2-0 victory Thursday night.
  Instigating in the final five minutes of the game resulted in Lomberg’s automatic suspension and Peters’ fine.
  The
  
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• Flames’ Giordano, Ryan Lomberg suspended; Peters fined

  07-12-2018 19:53
  CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Calgary defenseman Mark Giordano was suspended for two games by NHL on Friday night for kneeing, and Flames forward Ryan Lomberg was suspended for a game and head coach Bill Peters fined $10,000.
  Giordano, the Flames’ captain, was assessed a tripping penalty after kneeing Minnesota’s Mikko Koivu on Thursday night in the third period of the Flames’ 2-0 home victory.
  Late in the game, Lomberg went after Matt Dumba after the Wild defenseman steamrolle
  
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• Heavy rain, flooding, tornadoes forecast for Houston region

  07-12-2018 19:52
  HOUSTON (AP) — Houston authorities have activated their emergency operations center and the National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch as a storm system could bring up to 10 inches (25 centimeters) of rain in some areas.
  The weather service says flooding is likely for a broad region extending down to the Gulf Coast, with the heaviest rainfall occurring late Friday night into early Saturday.
  Most areas will receive upward of 5 inches (13 centimeters) of rain and the coastal reg
  
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• President says fuel theft costs Mexico up to $3.5B yearly

  07-12-2018 19:50
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador says the country loses $2.5 to $3.5 billion annually to fuel thieves who drill illegal taps into government pipelines.
  Lopez Obrador said Friday that “there still isn’t an exact figure” on the losses. The state-owned Petroleos Mexicanos company hasn’t given out new figures on pipeline taps since September. The last report indicated that 11,240 taps were found in the first nine months of 2018, or about
  
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• Nats GM says Corbin signing ‘independent’ of Harper pursuit

  07-12-2018 19:48
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Patrick Corbin put on his No. 46 Washington Nationals jersey as rotation-mates Max Scherzer and Stephen Strasburg looked on from the front row at the news conference to introduce the lefty starter with the $140 million, six-year contract.
  The Nationals announced the addition of free-agent Corbin on Friday, the latest in a flurry of offseason moves by general manager Mike Rizzo.
  One of the team’s other recent acquisitions, catcher Yan Gomes, and long-time first basem
  
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• Group plans $230M stadium to keep MLS team in Columbus

  07-12-2018 19:42
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Cleveland Browns owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam are part of a group planning to build a $230 million stadium for the Columbus Crew as part of a bid to keep the Major League Soccer team in the city.
  The Haslams and Columbus-area investors announced in October they are trying to buy the Crew after it appeared the team was headed to Austin, Texas, after this season.
  The group on Thursday released plans to build a 20,000-seat stadium in downtown Columbus.
  The overall proposa
  
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• California sheriff: Deputy responding to mass shooting at bar was killed by bullet fired by highway patrolman

  07-12-2018 19:41
  THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — California sheriff: Deputy responding to mass shooting at bar was killed by bullet fired by highway patrolman  .
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• A Jena 6 defendant finds purpose back in the courtroom

  07-12-2018 19:40
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Not too many lawyers really know what their clients behind bars are going through but Theo Shaw does.
  In 2006 he was one of six black students arrested in the small Louisiana town of Jena in the beating of a white high school student.
  The six were initially charged with attempted murder but five eventually plead no-contest to a misdemeanor simple battery charge.
  Unable to post bond, Shaw spent about seven months in jail. He’s always maintained his innocence.
  He&rsq
  
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• Dolly Parton builds on film successes with ‘Dumplin”song

  07-12-2018 19:39
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dolly Parton says she never expected to have a film career, but her song for the Netflix release “Dumplin'” is already attracting awards season attention.
  Parton on Thursday was nominated for a best original song Golden Globe for “The Girl in the Movies,” which she co-wrote with Linda Perry.
  The singer-songwriter has indeed had a successful film career, including co-starring in “9 to 5” and “Steel Magnolias.”
  Parton says sh
  
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• All About the Brandons: Arizona Uses Second Half Surge to Beat Utah Valley, 80-69

  07-12-2018 19:36
  The course of Arizona's home contest with Utah Valley turned on the right hand of sophomore guard Brandon Randolph.…
  
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• Court rules for officer who shot deaf boy with stun gun

  07-12-2018 19:33
  WEST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A federal appeals court says a Connecticut police officer who shot a 12-year-old deaf boy with a stun gun acted reasonably and is immune from being sued by the boy’s parents.
  The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York ruled Friday in favor of now-retired West Hartford officer Paul Gionfriddo and overturned a lower court, which denied Gionfriddo’s request to dismiss claims in the parents’ lawsuit.
  Authorities say Gionfriddo shot the boy w
  
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• Dolphins’ Howard ruled out against Patriots because of knee

  07-12-2018 19:29
  DAVIE, Fla. (AP) — NFL interception leader Xavien Howard has been ruled out of the Miami Dolphins’ game Sunday against New England because of a left knee injury.
  Coach Adam Gase said Friday that Howard might be able to return for next week’s game at Minnesota.
  Howard was hurt when tackled following an interception in Sunday’s win over Buffalo. He missed only one play but sat out practice this week .
  The Dolphins have declined to say whether the third-year cornerback had s
  
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• Tougher sanctions for violence against referees in Italy

  07-12-2018 19:28
  ROME (AP) — The Italian football federation has introduced stronger sanctions in a bid to combat violence against referees, including a minimum two-year ban.
  The announcement on Friday came after a spate of incidents occurred in the lower divisions in Italy.
  The minimum ban has been raised to one year for violence without need for medical assistance and a minimum of two years for cases that require medical intervention.
  FIGC President Gabriele Gravina says: “We have kept out promises
  
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• Judge: Colorado sheriff cannot hold people for immigration

  07-12-2018 19:25
  DENVER (AP) — A Colorado judge is barring a sheriff’s department from continuing to jail people suspected of being in the country illegally on behalf of federal authorities, saying that the practice violates their constitutional rights.
  District Court Judge Eric Bentley ruled late Thursday that El Paso County Sheriff Bill Elder has no authority to hold people once they have posted bond, completed a sentence or otherwise resolved their state case.
  The Colorado American Civil Liberties
  
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• Meng Whanzou’s rise through the ranks at Huawei

  07-12-2018 19:20
  NEW YORK (AP) — Before her dramatic arrest in Canada, few in the U.S. had heard of Meng Wanzhou.
  Meng is chief financial officer and deputy chairwoman of the board of Chinese telecom company Huawei. The 46-year-old woman now faces extradition to the U.S., reportedly on charges of trying to evade U.S. sanctions on Iran.
  Meng is the daughter of Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei, a former Chinese military engineer. She’s likely his heir apparent. While personal details are scant, Huawei says
  
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• Top real estate executive gets prison in NY corruption trial

  07-12-2018 19:17
  NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has sentenced a real estate executive to three years in prison for his role in schemes to bribe a former top aide to New York’s governor and to steer projects to his company.
  Steven Aiello was sentenced Friday.
  He was convicted of conspiracy and wire fraud after an investigation that also led to the conviction of a former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The Democrat was not charged and he has denied knowledge of bribes paid to a man he has likened to a
  
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• Proposed cut for herring harvest could affect lobster catch

  07-12-2018 19:15
  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Fishermen who seek one of the most important bait fish on the East Coast are likely to see a dramatic reduction in the amount they are allowed to harvest next year.
  Commercial fisheries for herring are a major industry in the Atlantic states, where the little fish is important as lobster bait and also eaten by people. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says it wants to cut the annual catch limit from nearly 110 million pounds (49.9 million kilograms)
  
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• 4 Your Health: Black women at higher risk for certain cancers

  07-12-2018 19:12
  An increasing number of women are being diagnosed with uterine cancer.
  New data from the Centers For Disease control shows uterine cancer rates rose more than a half percent a year between 1999 and 2015. Deaths from the disease also increased by about 1 percent a year during that same period.
  Black women had twice the risk of being diagnosed with uterine cancer that is harder to treat and were more likely to die.
  Breast cancer more deadly to black women
  Black women have higher risk of dying from
  
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• Police: Woman, baby fall in storm drain when grate gives way

  07-12-2018 19:08
  CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Police in Tennessee say a woman and her baby fell 20 feet (6 meters) into a storm drain and were underground for more than 30 minutes.
  Clarksville police tell news outlets the two were rescued Thursday night. Police spokesman Jim Knoll says the woman was walking through a parking lot carrying her baby when the storm grate she went across collapsed.
  Police say a passerby heard the baby crying, but couldn’t see them and called 911.
  A helicopter took the woman
  
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