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• The Latest: Kansas telemedicine abortion ban’s fate in doubt

  14-12-2018 23:52
  TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Latest on the legal battle over banning telemedicine abortions in Kansas (all times local):
  4:35 p.m.
  A Kansas law meant to ban telemedicine abortions has become entangled in larger court battles over abortion and the legality of the practice remains in doubt.
  A state court judge heard arguments Friday on an abortion rights group’s request to block the new law from taking effect in January.
  Since October, a Wichita clinic has given women abortion pills and had
  
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• The Latest: College: School welcomes withdrawal request

  14-12-2018 23:47
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Latest on Grinnell College in Iowa seeking to withdraw a union petition (all times local):
  4:45 p.m.
  A spokeswoman for an Iowa college says the school welcomes a student group’s request to withdraw a union petition filed with the National Labor Relations Board.
  Grinnell College spokeswoman Debra Lukehart said in a statement Friday that the school’s “concern has always been about how the expansion of the student union could affect Grinnell&rsquo
  
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• Pac-12 College Football Bowl Projections: Arizona State knocks off Fresno State, Rose Bowl upset?

  14-12-2018 23:45
  Welcome to the most wonderful part of the college football season, by which I mean the half-hearted consortium of exhibition games known as bowls.
  This year's selection of exhibitions for the so-called 'Conference of Champions,' better known as the Pac-12 leaves much to the imagination, with no teams qualifying for the College Football Playoff.…
  
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• Miami promotes defensive coaches Banda, Patke and Simpson

  14-12-2018 23:44
  CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Miami has promoted defensive assistant coaches Ephraim Banda and Jonathan Patke, and they will now share the Hurricanes’ defensive coordinator job.
  Defensive line coach Jess Simpson was also promoted, and will now have the associate head coach title under Mark Richt.
  Banda and Patke replace Manny Diaz, who left the Hurricanes this week to become head coach at Temple. Diaz will remain with the Hurricanes for their Pinstripe Bowl matchup against Wisconsin on D
  
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• California alleges utility falsified pipeline safety records

  14-12-2018 23:43
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Regulators are accusing one of California’s largest utilities of falsifying safety documents on natural gas pipelines over a five-year period.
  The California Public Utilities Commission said Friday that an investigation by its staff found Pacific Gas & Electric Co. lacked enough employees to fulfill requests to find and mark natural gas pipelines.
  Regulators say that because of the staff shortage, PG&E pressured supervisors and locators to complete the wo
  
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• Valencia forward Guedes out 2 months after abdomen surgery

  14-12-2018 23:41
  MADRID (AP) — Valencia says Portugal forward Goncalo Guedes will be sidelined for around two months after needing surgery to his abdomen.
  The Spanish club said on Friday the 22-year-old Guedes had been operated on to treat a “weakness in the abdominal wall suffered in recent weeks.”
  Guedes was one of Valencia’s best players last season, when he scored five goals after arriving on loan from Paris Saint-Germain. Valencia bought him outright before this season for a reported
  
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• Trump names Mulvaney ‘acting’ chief of staff

  14-12-2018 23:41
  Washington (CNN) – Mick Mulvaney, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, will become the acting White House chief of staff replacing John Kelly, President Donald Trump announced on Friday.
  “I look forward to working with him in this new capacity as we continue to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! John will be staying until the end of the year. He is a GREAT PATRIOT and I want to personally thank him for his service!” Trump tweeted.
  Trump appointed Mulvaney to the position
  
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• Indiana State University group to honor Jamal Khashoggi

  14-12-2018 23:41
  TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — A journalism group at Indiana State University is taking steps to honor alumnus and slain Saudi columnist Jamal Khashoggi. The Tribune-Star reports that the university’s chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists hopes to dedicate a meeting space to Khashoggi, who was also recently named Time Person of the Year .
  Graduate student Andrew Hile is the university’s SPJ president. He says the space will serve as a reminder that students should act wi
  
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• California regulators: PG&E falsified safety records for natural gas pipelines years after deadly blast

  14-12-2018 23:37
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California regulators: PG&E falsified safety records for natural gas pipelines years after deadly blast.
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• Leganes extends unbeaten run after 0-0 draw at Celta in Liga

  14-12-2018 23:29
  MADRID (AP) — Modest Spanish side Leganes held on to draw at Celta Vigo 0-0 on Friday, increasing its unbeaten streak in all competitions to eight games.
  Leganes’ defense limited Celta to Maxi Gomez’s header that struck the corner of the goal-frame in the 73rd minute and a pointblank try from Brais Mendez that goalkeeper Ivan Cuellar did well to save with five minutes remaining.
  Leganes, a small club from Madrid, edged up into 16th place in the Spanish league and level on point
  
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• Cochise County to discuss new children’s literacy initiative

  14-12-2018 23:29
  Cochise County is holding a public meeting to discuss a new literacy initiative aimed at improving children’s reading skills.
  It comes after only 43-percent of 3rd grade students in Cochise County had proficient or highly proficient scores on the state’s language arts test.
  The County’s School Superintendent, Jacqui Clay, wants at least 72-percent of students to earn that score.
  Clay is considering teaming up with Footsteps2Brilliance to reach that goal. This is a mobile techn
  
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• Cardinals 1st-round draft pick suspended for drug of abuse

  14-12-2018 23:28
  NEW YORK (AP) — St. Louis Cardinals first-round draft pick Griffin Roberts has been suspended 50 games after testing positive for a drug of abuse.
  Major League Baseball announced the ban Friday.
  Roberts is a right-handed reliever who was selected 43rd overall from Wake Forest this year. He pitched for Class A Palm Beach after signing for $1,664,200 and had been expected to move quickly through the minor leagues.
  This was Roberts’ second violation for a drug of abuse, and he will not
  
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• Trump says budget director Mick Mulvaney will serve as acting chief of staff, replacing John Kelly in new year

  14-12-2018 23:22
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump says budget director Mick Mulvaney will serve as acting chief of staff, replacing John Kelly in new year.
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• The Latest: Slain US student told friend of roommate threat

  14-12-2018 23:20
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Latest on an American student who was stabbed in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam (all times local):
  4 p.m.
  An American psychology student who was fatally stabbed in her apartment in the Netherlands had texted a friend last week, saying her roommate threatened to kill three people.
  Twenty-one-year-old Sarah Papenheim was a student at Rotterdam’s Erasmus University. She was stabbed on Wednesday and a 23-year-old man has been arrested in her slaying, though his i
  
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• Saudi man who attended terrorist training pleads to fraud

  14-12-2018 23:18
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A Saudi Arabian man has pleaded guilty in an Oklahoma City federal court to fraud for failing to disclose that he attended an al-Qaida terrorist training camp in Afghanistan before entering the U.S.
  Court documents filed Friday show 35-year-old Naif Abdulaziz Alfallaj of Weatherford pleaded guilty and admitted he obtained a visa by fraud and lied to the FBI during its investigation of him. He faces up to 18 years in prison.
  As part of a plea agreement, a second count o
  
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• Their numbers growing, Latinos gain clout in new Congress

  14-12-2018 23:11
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A record 43 Latinos elected to Congress are set to take the oath of office in January. They include the youngest woman ever elected, two Latinas from Texas, the first Latino to represent Ohio and a woman born in Ecuador.
  A few are ascending to leadership roles, demonstrating the growing clout of the 57 million Latinos who live in the United States.
  New Mexico Rep. Ben Ray Lujan will move into the fourth-highest position in the Democratic leadership, becoming the highest-r
  
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• Raiders WR Martavis Bryant suspended for substance abuse

  14-12-2018 23:11
  ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) — Oakland Raiders receiver Martavis Bryant has been suspended indefinitely for violating the NFL policy on substance abuse.
  The NFL announced Friday that Bryant has violated the terms of his conditional reinstatement in April 2017 and has been placed back on the suspended list for an indefinite period of time.
  Bryant is currently on injured reserve with a knee injury. He is in the final year of his contract and eligible for free agency next year.
  The Raiders traded a t
  
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• Court says no bail as Cosby appeals sex assault conviction

  14-12-2018 23:11
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has rejected a request from Bill Cosby to be released on bail while he appeals his sexual assault conviction.
  The order from the court issued Friday does not elaborate on the decision.
  Cosby filed an appeal earlier this month saying that Pennsylvania trial Judge Steven O’Neill had a feud with a key pretrial witness, the former county prosecutor who declined to arrest Cosby a decade earlier. And they say his decision to let five other
  
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• Streetcar filled with toy donations for kids in need

  14-12-2018 23:07
  The Regional Transit Authority collected donations for children in need this holiday season through its third annual Fill the Streetcar event, on Friday.
  The community dropped off new, unwrapped toys at the parked streetcar on 8th street just west of 4th Ave.
  The toys will then be given to the Miracle on 31st Street Charity. The organization will pass out the toys to disadvantaged children at Casino del Sol, on Dec. 22.
  RTA officials said they hope to collect about 1,200 toys this year.
  The pos
  
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• Cow steals spotlight at student’s graduation photo shoot

  14-12-2018 23:02
  COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — University of Missouri students were stunned when a towering dairy cow appeared on campus to make a cameo in a graduation photo shoot.
  The Columbia Missourian reports that senior animal sciences major Massimo Montalbano brought the 3-year-old cow, named Amelia, to campus on Thursday to join his commencement photo shoot.
  Montalbano worked with cattle throughout his undergraduate studies with the university’s Foremost Dairy Research Center.
  Montalbano initially pre
  
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• Wolfsburg extends Nuremberg’s winless run in Bundesliga

  14-12-2018 23:01
  BERLIN (AP) — Wolfsburg won at Nuremberg 2-0 and extended the host’s winless streak in the Bundesliga to nine consecutive games on Friday.
  Nuremberg, which was promoted at the start of this season, was left in the relegation zone behind Stuttgart on goal difference.
  Striker Daniel Ginczek scored from a pass by Maximilian Arnold to put Wolfsburg in front an hour in. Substitute Josip Brekalo rounded off the victory with a second goal in stoppage time.
  Wolfsburg remained undefeated in f
  
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• Vehicle fire shuts down Silverbell Rd near Ina

  14-12-2018 23:00
  MARANA, Ariz. – A vehicle fire has closed northbound Silverbell Road near Ina Friday afternoon.
  According to Marana Police Department, Northwst Fire crews were also dispatched to the area.
  Details are limited at this time.#trafficalert Northbound Silverbell at Ina closed due to vehicle fire. Use Alternate route. @NorthwestFire pic.twitter.com/r7QSO3N2N8
  — Marana PD (@MaranaPD) December 14, 2018Stay with News 4 Tucson for the latest updates.
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• The Latest: Police say fiancé the last to see missing woman

  14-12-2018 22:57
  DENVER (AP) — The Latest on a police investigation into a Colorado woman’s disappearance (all times local):
  3:47 p.m.
  A Colorado police chief leading the search for a woman missing since Thanksgiving says her fiancé was the last person to see her “face to face.”
  Woodland Park Police Chief Miles De Young said Friday he wants Patrick Frazee to sit down with investigators to discuss the disappearance of 29-year-old Kelsey Berreth.
  De Young says authorities are now com
  
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• The Latest: Fishermen plead guilty in shark finning case

  14-12-2018 22:53
  HONOLULU (AP) — The Latest on shark fin smuggling charges (all times local):
  11:45 a.m.
  Four Indonesian fishermen who were arrested in Hawaii and charged with attempting to smuggle shark fins have pleaded guilty to a lesser charge.
  Court records show the four men pleaded guilty Friday to a misdemeanor charge that they attempted to export the fins. A judge sentenced them to time they already served in jail.
  Six others who were charged with smuggling are expected to plead guilty to the same
  
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• The Latest: 10 fishermen plead guilty in shark fin case

  14-12-2018 22:53
  HONOLULU (AP) — The Latest on shark fin smuggling charges (all times local):
  4:15 p.m.
  Ten Indonesian fishermen who were arrested in Hawaii and charged with attempting to smuggle shark fins have plead guilty to a lesser charge.
  Court records show four of them pleaded guilty Friday morning to a misdemeanor charge that they attempted to export the fins. A judge sentenced them to the five days they already spent in jail. Later in the day, the six others pleaded guilty to the same charge and r
  
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• Pima County develops program to help the homeless community

  14-12-2018 22:50
  Pima County is addressing the homelessness problem in the community by developing a Permanent Supportive Housing program.
  The goal is to help people get off the streets and lower the number of homeless people in the Pima County Jail.
  The County is looking to team up with non-profit groups that are able to provide housing for about 150 people.
  The agencies would receive about $2.5 – $3 million dollars over the course of two years, according to a news release.
  Organizations interested in be
  
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• Toronto FC sends backup goalkeeper Clint Irwin to Colorado

  14-12-2018 22:48
  TORONTO (AP) — Toronto FC sent backup goalkeeper Clint Irwin to the Colorado Rapids on Friday for a second-round pick (39th overall) in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft.
  The 28-year-old DeLeon, a former finalist for MLS rookie of the year, played 180 games for D.C. United over the last seven seasons.
  Toronto had announced in November it was not exercising its contract option on the 29-year-old Irwin.
  The goalie joined Toronto from Colorado in a January 2016 trade. He lost his starting job to Alex B
  
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• Remains of sailor killed at Pearl Harbor identified

  14-12-2018 22:42
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Full military honors will be given to a Louisiana sailor whose remains have been identified more than 75 years after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
  The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said Friday that the remains of Navy Seaman 2nd Class Charles C. Gomez Jr., of Slidell, were accounted for Sept. 19.
  Gomez was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma on Dec. 7, 1941 when Japanese aircraft attacked it at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor. The attack resulted in the deaths o
  
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• Report details firefighters’ harrowing work in Paradise

  14-12-2018 22:39
  A report on firefighter injuries in a deadly Northern California wildfire details the harrowing conditions they faced and a few close calls with death.
  The report released Thursday by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said the Camp Fire overtook three firefighters working to stop the blaze Nov. 8.
  It says two inmate firefighters were burned when they tried to escape the flames and ran into barbed-wire fences. A fire captain also was burned.
  Two firefighters were injured t
  
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• ‘Adulting Day’ teaches local high school seniors how to cook, change a tire, pay bills

  14-12-2018 22:34
  SHEPHERDSVILLE, KY (WAVE) – Maybe you’ve seen the social media post asking, “what do high schoolers need to know before they enter the real world?”
  At Bullitt Central High School, the seniors had time to spend on those topics on an Adulting Day event Wednesday.
  Most days students are learning Algebra, Spanish, chemistry and other topics where they receive a grade.
  Seniors in the class of 2019, however, received one-on-ones with people from the community – teaching t
  
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• Bills RB McCoy questionable with hamstring injury

  14-12-2018 22:33
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Bills running back LeSean McCoy is questionable for Sunday’s game against the Detroit Lions.
  McCoy suffered a hamstring injury against the New York Jets last weekend. He missed practice on Wednesday before being limited the past two days.
  Running back Chris Ivory is also questionable with a shoulder injury, though Ivory was a full participant in practice all week.
  Kicker Stephen Hauschka (hip) is questionable but expected to play, according to Bills
  
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• Deacon removed from ministry after calling for investigation

  14-12-2018 22:24
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Nashville deacon who has questioned the handling of a recently published list of Tennessee priests accused of sexual abuse has been removed from ministry at his local parish.
  Deacon Ron Deal confirmed Friday he has been instructed not to minister at the Brentwood parish until his “public disagreement” with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nashville diocese is resolved. The Nov. 30 letter was sent from Deal’s church pastor, Rev. Joe McMahon.
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• Google’s Home Assistant has more accents

  14-12-2018 22:18
  Google’s home assistant is becoming more worldly.
  The voice assistant now has the capability of speaking in two different accents. Users in the U.S. can swap the standard American accent for a British, or Australian accent. They’re known as “Sydney Harbor Blue” and “British Racing Green.”
  Local accents are already available for Google Home in other countries. The additional accents also work on Android phones and Google Home speakers.
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• State lawmakers urge clemency for woman convicted as teen

  14-12-2018 22:16
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Several Democratic Tennessee lawmakers are urging Republican Gov. Bill Haslam to grant clemency to a woman convicted of murdering a man when she was a 16-year-old prostitute.
  Newly elected Nashville Sen. Brenda Gilmore led a group Friday calling for 30-year-old Cyntoia Brown’s freedom.
  Kim Kardashian West, Rihanna and other celebrities have supported Brown as she fights her life sentence for killing a man who had picked her up for sex. Her lawyers say she was
  
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• North Carolina governor vetoes latest voter ID legislation

  14-12-2018 22:12
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s governor has vetoed legislation implementing a voter photo identification mandate added to the state’s constitution in a recent referendum.
  Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper has repeatedly opposed voter ID legislation and put his veto stamp to the latest bill Friday. An override is likely because Republicans in the GOP-dominated General Assembly have been united in supporting the legislation finalized last week.
  The bill fills in details to carry
  
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• The Latest: Dems rip Snyder for gutting wage, benefit laws

  14-12-2018 22:03
  LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Latest on Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder’s signing of minimum wage and paid sick leave laws (all times local):
  4 p.m.
  Democrats are blasting Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder for signing Republican-backed laws to significantly scale back citizen-initiated measures to raise the minimum wage and require paid sick leave for workers.
  Rep. Christine Greig on Friday accused the governor of choosing to “rob” people of strong paychecks and good benefits. She calls hi
  
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• Wall Street ends week on a sour note as S&P 500 falls to lowest close since April; it’s now down 3 percent for the year

  14-12-2018 22:02
  NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street ends week on a sour note as S&P 500 falls to lowest close since April; it’s now down 3 percent for the year.
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• N4T Cooks: Arizona Beef Tartare

  14-12-2018 21:58
  Name of Restaurant: PY Steakhouse, Casino Del Sol
  Name of Dish: Arizona Beef TartareIngredients:6 oz Arizona Raised Filet Mignon, hand minced
  ¼ lemon juiced and zested
  2 T extra virgin olive oil
  1 T pickled mustard seeds or whole grain mustard
  1 T shallot, minced and rinsed in cold water
  1 t chives, minced
  Salt and pepper, as needed
  2 egg yolks
  Extra virgin olive oil, to cover
  4 T classic aioli
  Radishes, thinly sliced
  Herbs, as desired
  4-6 Lavash crackers
  Crunchy salt and freshly ground p
  
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• Free shipping day!

  14-12-2018 21:55
  Today is free shipping day!The Christmas rush in on as busy shoppers try to get their packages delivered on time. Many major retailers are participating.
  It’s one of the last chances for retailers to guarantee arrival to your doorstep by Christmas Eve. The day was created more than a decade ago, when some retailers collaborated to offer free shipping. Amazon has actually extended it’s free standard shipping offer until December, 18th.
  There’s no minimum purchase required.
  The p
  
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• Trump former staff chief on track to join Navy Reserve

  14-12-2018 21:47
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says President Donald Trump’s former chief of staff is on track to join the Navy Reserve, buoyed by a recommendation from Defense Secretary Jim Mattis.
  Reince Priebus, 46, served as chief of staff for about six months, beginning at the start of Trump’s administration in January 2017. He also was chairman of the Republican National Committee from 2011 to 2017.
  Pentagon spokeswoman Dana White says it is customary for Reserve applicants to request re
  
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• Physical therapy replacing opioid use

  14-12-2018 21:46
   New research suggests physical therapy may lower the risk of opioid use.
  Researchers from Stanford University studied insurance claims from nearly 89,000 patients, between 2007 and 2015. Those who underwent physical therapy shortly after being diagnosed with pain in the shoulders, neck, low back or knees were less likely to use opioids in the following months. For those who ended up taking opioids they ended up using less.
  Researchers say the study shows physical therapy may be an importan
  
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• Democrat files subpoena for Kentucky House Speaker

  14-12-2018 21:46
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Democrat whose one-vote victory for a Kentucky House seat is being challenged by his Republican rival has filed a subpoena for the incoming GOP House speaker.
  The Kentucky State Board of Elections certified Democrat Jim Glenn’s victory over Republican DJ Johnson in House District 13. But Johnson has asked the Republican-controlled House of Representatives to conduct a recount.
  Glenn’s attorney Anna Whites filed a subpoena Friday with the House Clerk, see
  
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• 3 police, 1 marine killed in violent Mexico clashes

  14-12-2018 21:45
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s federal police say three members of its force have been killed in an attack in the western state of Michoacan.
  Police said late Thursday that they mourned the deaths, but did not provide further details.
  Local media reported that they died on the side of a highway next to their bullet-ridden patrol cars.
  Mexico’s navy said in a statement that one marine was also killed and three were wounded in a separate confrontation Thursday in the northern border
  
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• Special counsel probe cost surpasses $25M since May 2017

  14-12-2018 21:44
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Russia investigation has cost more than $25 million since the special counsel’s May 2017 appointment.
  That’s according to the latest report from the Justice Department detailing the spending of special counsel Robert Mueller’s team and support staff. Mueller is investigating Russian election interference and any coordination with associates of President Donald Trump.
  From April through September, the special counsel’s office directly accounted
  
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• Vandals decapitate snowman, then come back to apologize

  14-12-2018 21:42
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — Vandals decapitated a snowman outside a Milwaukee home, and perhaps the holiday spirit motivated them to make amends.
  Tony Harper’s 4-foot lighted snowman cutout was up for just two days when he heard a commotion Dec. 1. He tells WISN-TV he looked out to spot a woman walking away with the top of his snowman, which she’d ripped in half.
  Police say the vandals were a husband, wife and another woman, all in their mid-30s. They beheaded the snowman after drinking a
  
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• Alaska groups sue EPA to enforce clean air law in Fairbanks

  14-12-2018 21:37
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Three Alaska groups are suing the Environmental Protection Agency for a fourth time, claiming the agency has not enforced federal clean air law around Alaska’s second largest city.
  The lawsuit filed Friday in Seattle by the Earthjustice group says Fairbanks winter air continues to be the worst in the country for particulate. It is the particles and droplets in smoke.
  The lawsuit says the state of Alaska has failed to submit a serious plan to address Fairbanks
  
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• Apple strikes deal to produce new ‘Peanuts’ content

  14-12-2018 21:36
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the “Peanuts” crew will have a new home on Apple’s streaming service.
  Apple has struck a deal with DHX Media to produce new “Peanuts” content. The global children’s content and brands company will develop and produce original programs for Apple including new series, specials and shorts based on the beloved characters.
  “Peanuts” was created by Charles M. Schulz in 1950.
  DHX will produce original sho
  
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• Steelers RB Conner questionable against Patriots

  14-12-2018 21:23
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers are hoping running back James Conner’s sprained left ankle will be ready in time to play on Sunday against New England.
  The AFC North leaders listed Conner as questionable to face the Patriots in a pivotal game for the Steelers (7-5-1). They’ve dropped three straight and lead Baltimore by just a half-game for the top spot in the division. Conner sat out last week’s loss to Oakland after injuring the ankle in the fourth quarter aga
  
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• Greek protest against Macedonia deal ends in violence

  14-12-2018 21:22
  THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Police in northern Greece have used tear gas and water cannon to disperse anti-government protesters opposed to a proposed agreement with neighbor Macedonia that would end a decades-long name dispute.
  The protesters challenged a heavily patrolled police cordon late Friday in the northern city of Thessaloniki where left-wing Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras spoke to supporters in a televised address.
  Under the proposed deal, Greece’s neighbor will change its n
  
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• Boca Juniors not renewing contract of coach Barros Schelotto

  14-12-2018 21:19
  BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Boca Juniors will not renew its contract with coach Guillermo Barros Schelotto after losing to fierce rival River Plate in the Copa Libertadores final.
  Boca lost the second leg 3-1 in extra time last Sunday in Madrid, and 5-3 on aggregate. It was the first Copa final between the Buenos Aires rivals.
  “The best thing for Boca is to start the year making a change — search for a new coaching staff and start all over from scratch,” Boca Juniors P
  
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