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• Miami hires Blake Baker as co-defensive coordinator

  07-01-2019 23:58
  CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Miami has finalized the hiring of Blake Baker as the school’s new defensive coordinator, while also announcing that Ephraim Banda will remain in a co-coordinator capacity on that side of the football.
  Baker comes to Miami from Louisiana Tech. He has a long history with new Miami coach Manny Diaz, who gave him his start in coaching on the staff at Texas. Baker also worked under Diaz at Louisiana Tech, and replaced him there as defensive coordinator when Diaz
  
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• Rolling in the Dough: Vondrak Goes 3-0-1 With First Week of Playoff Picks

  07-01-2019 23:55
  Editor's note: Last week, we gave Tucson Weekly sales rep Tyler Vondrak a hypothetical $100 to wager on the first week of playoff games. He won three, tied on one and didn't lose a single bet.…
  
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• Mississippi woman reportedly stabbed to death by her juvenile daughters

  07-01-2019 23:55
  PIKE COUNTY, MS (WLBT) – A Pike County woman was found unresponsive in the front yard of her home, located at 1088 Lawson Road, around 12:10 a.m. on Saturday, January 4.
  According to Pike County Coroner Jason Jones, 32-year-old Erica Hall of Magnolia was pronounced dead at Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center. Her injuries appeared to be from several stab wounds and one gunshot wound, which came from a small caliber handgun.
  Hall’s two juvenile daughters were taken into cust
  
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• Trump and Trudeau discuss detained Canadians in China

  07-01-2019 23:52
  TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office says Trudeau and U.S. President Donald Trump have agreed to continue to seek the release of two Canadians detained in China in apparent retaliation for the arrest of a top Chinese tech executive.
  Trudeau spoke to Trump on Monday and his office says he thanked Trump for strong U.S. statements “in response to the arbitrary detention of two Canadians in China.”
  The two also spoke about the U.S. extradition reques
  
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• Parkey’s missed field goal ruled a block

  07-01-2019 23:48
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Cody Parkey got an excuse he probably won’t use.
  Parkey’s missed 43-yard field goal in the final seconds that gave the Philadelphia Eagles a 16-15 upset win over the Chicago Bears in Sunday’s wild-card playoff game was officially ruled a block by the NFL. Video showed Philadelphia’s Treyvon Hester tipped the ball, which bounced off the upright and hit the crossbar.
  Parkey was booed by Bears fans as he ran off the field after kneeling down with te
  
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• Guatemala to withdraw from UN anti-corruption commission

  07-01-2019 23:46
  GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala is pulling out of a United Nations-sponsored anti-corruption commission after more than a year of tension between the government and the group, which has investigated top government officials and people close to President Jimmy Morales.
  Foreign Minister Sandra Jovel announced the decision Monday after meeting with U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. 
  There was no immediate response from the U.N. Before the announcement, spokesman Stephane Dujarric
  
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• Trump official says tax refunds will go out on time

  07-01-2019 23:45
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A Trump administration official says that tax refunds will go out on time during the partial government shutdown.
  With the shutdown in its third week there had been mounting concerns over an IRS delay in sending refunds.
  But Russell Vought, acting director of the White House budget office, says customary rules will be changed to make funding available to pay them. He told reporters Monday that refunds will go out as normal.
  The IRS might recall a large number of furloughe
  
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• Arrest in California bowling alley shooting that killed 3

  07-01-2019 23:41
  TORRANCE, Calif. (AP) — Police say they’ve made an arrest following a shooting that killed three men and injured four others during a brawl at a popular Los Angeles-area bowling alley and karaoke bar.
  Torrance police Sgt. Ronald Harris confirmed an arrest Monday but declined to release further details until a 4 p.m. PST news conference.
  Shots rang out at Gable House Bowl in the city of Torrance on Friday night. Video showed groups of people involved in a fight as the shooting broke o
  
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• Guatemala announces that it is going to withdraw from UN-sponsored anti-corruption commission

  07-01-2019 23:33
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Guatemala announces that it is going to withdraw from UN-sponsored anti-corruption commission.
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• Port: Largest shipping cranes to operate in US have arrived

  07-01-2019 23:30
  NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — What are said to be the largest cranes to operate at a U.S. commercial port have arrived in Virginia.
  Monday’s delivery from China marked the latest effort to accommodate the increasingly mammoth container ships that underpin international trade.
  Shipping companies are using fewer but larger container ships to save on costs. And economists say an “arms race” is underway at ports along the Atlantic seaboard to make room for them.
  Projects include dredgi
  
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• Athletic leaves Liga relegation zone after beating Celta

  07-01-2019 23:29
  MADRID (AP) — Inaki Williams set up a goal in the first half and scored in the second to help Athletic Bilbao escape the Spanish league’s relegation zone with a 2-1 win over Celta Vigo on Monday.
  The away victory moved Athletic to 17th place, two points above the relegation zone after 18 matches. The Basque Country club had been among the bottom three since the 13th round.
  Williams fed Iker Muniain for the first goal in the 19th minute, and scored the winner on a counterattack in the
  
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• Shot in the Dark Cafe set to close Jan. 25

  07-01-2019 23:27
  TUCSON – Since opening in 2007, Shot in the Dark Cafe has been serving up visitors passing through downtown Tucson.
  After 11 years of service, the 24-hour coffee shop announced on Facebook that it will permanently close its location at 121 E. Broadway Boulevard on Jan. 25.
  “The gentrification of Congress and the surrounding downtown area has finally pushed us out of this space, following a 400 percent rent hike and multiple closures under situations beyond our control,” the com
  
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• David Wright to become New York Mets special adviser

  07-01-2019 23:10
  NEW YORK (AP) — Former New York Mets captain David Wright is becoming a special adviser to chief operating officer Jeff Wilpon and general manager Brodie Van Wagenen.
  In making the announcement Monday, the Mets said the 36-year-old third baseman will be placed on unconditional release waivers. His contract called for New York to pay him salaries of $15 million this year and $12 million in 2020, with $2.5 million annually deferred without interest.
  Sidelined with leg, back and neck injuries
  
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• Senators renew attempt to protect special counsel Mueller

  07-01-2019 23:09
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans and Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee are renewing their attempt to protect special counsel Robert Mueller’s job.
  The legislation sponsored by incoming Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham and three other members is expected to be introduced this week. The panel approved the same bill in April, but it was blocked by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who said it was unnecessary.
  There will be more pressure on senators this Co
  
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• Family urges suspect to surrender in Vegas manicurist death

  07-01-2019 23:07
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — The family of a Las Vegas woman accused of using a stolen car to run over and kill a nail salon owner after failing to pay for a manicure is urging her to surrender.
  In an interview that aired Monday on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” the mother and grandmother of 21-year-old Krystal Whipple said she has to come out of hiding.
  Mother Sharon Whipple apologized to the victim’s family and hoped they could eventually forgive her daughter.
  Krystal Whipple
  
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• Arsenal drawn against Man United in FA Cup 4th round

  07-01-2019 23:06
  LONDON (AP) — Arsenal has been drawn at home to Manchester United in the pick of the fourth-round matches in the FA Cup.
  In other all-English Premier League matchups in Monday’s draw, Crystal Palace hosts Tottenham, and Manchester City will be at home to Burnley.
  Titleholder Chelsea was given a home game against one of two lower-league teams, Sheffield Wednesday or Luton.
  Barnet, the only non-league team in the last 32, was drawn at home to second-tier Brentford.
  The fourth round wil
  
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• Ratings dip to 18.6M for Golden Globes despite NFL lead-in

  07-01-2019 22:59
  NEW YORK (AP) — Preliminary figures from Nielsen show that Sunday night’s Golden Globes were watched by 18.6 million viewers, a slight drop from the 19.1 million that tuned in last year.
  The NBC broadcast dipped despite an enviable lead-in from the nail-biter NFL Wild Card game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Chicago Bears. This year’s nominees also featured a number of hit films, including “Black Panther” and “A Star Is Born.” The night’s
  
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• Steelers fire running backs coach James Saxon

  07-01-2019 22:57
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers have parted ways with running backs coach James Saxon.
  Coach Mike Tomlin announced Monday that the team opted not to renew Saxon’s contract for the 2019 season. Saxon spent five years with the Steelers after coming over from the Minnesota Vikings.
  Pittsburgh’s running backs thrived under Saxon. Le’Veon Bell reached the Pro Bowl three times in his four seasons with Saxon. When Bell opted to sit out the 2018 season after declining t
  
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• Judge orders Iraqi man released after long detention

  07-01-2019 22:57
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge in Minnesota has ordered an Iraqi man released from immigration custody until there’s a final order to remove him from the U.S.
  District Judge David Doty ordered Monday that 35-year-old Farass Adnan Ali be released within 30 days. Ali has been in custody on immigration charges for 18 months.
  Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials allege that when completing immigration forms, Ali concealed his service in the Saddam Hussein regime’s elit
  
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• DA: Officers justified in killing Wisconsin workplace gunman

  07-01-2019 22:55
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin prosecutor won’t charge four officers who fatally shot a man who opened fired on four co-workers at a software company last year.
  Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne said Monday the two sheriff’s deputies and two Middleton police officers who shot 43-year-old Anthony Tong on Sept. 19 were justified.
  Tong, a WTS Paradigm employee, opened fire in the company’s Middleton headquarters and wounded four of his co-workers, three seriously
  
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• Employment outlook appears to be strong in several Arizona cities

  07-01-2019 22:48
  TUCSON – Good news for many Arizonans looking for a new job in the new year.
  The outlook is strong for several cities in this state. Especially for College graduates.
  According to the National Association of Colleges and Employers, employers plan to hire 16.6% more members from the Class of 2019 than from the previous graduating class.
  WalletHub.com compared more than 180 U.S. cities across 30 key indicators of job-market strength.
  And three cities in Arizona are in the top 15. With Scotts
  
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• Apparent suicide of Nevada death-row inmate spurs questions

  07-01-2019 22:48
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — The apparent suicide of a Nevada death-row inmate who had tried several times to kill himself after his execution was postponed is sparking second-guessing about his treatment and the death penalty itself.
  A prison spokeswoman said Monday that 48-year-old Scott Raymond Dozier (DOH’-sher) wasn’t on suicide watch when he was found dead Saturday in his cell at Ely (EE’-lee) State Prison. He was housed alone.
  White Pine County Sheriff-Coroner Scott Henriod (H
  
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• Makeshift Liverpool team loses to Wolves 2-1 in FA Cup

  07-01-2019 22:46
  WOLVERHAMPTON, England (AP) — A makeshift Liverpool team containing three teenagers making their senior debuts was beaten by Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 in the third round of the FA Cup, with a 30-meter strike by Ruben Neves sealing the win on Monday.
  Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp showed where the competition ranked on the current English Premier League leaders’ list of priorities by leaving star forwards Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino on the bench until the 70th minute, and the
  
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• Presidents, commissioners put brakes on CFP expansion talk

  07-01-2019 22:41
  SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The College Football Playoff is not close to expanding.
  After a month of chatter about possible changes to the four-team playoff, the conference commissioners and university presidents who constitute the playoff brain trust met Monday at the Fairmont Hotel in downtown San Jose and quelled the speculation.
  Mississippi State University President Mark Keenum said in a statement it was “way too soon” to know if expansion of the format to include more partici
  
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• AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s mythical terrorist tide from Mexico

  07-01-2019 22:35
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• AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s myth of a terrorist tide from Mexico

  07-01-2019 22:35
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• 6 killed in head-on crash on U.S. 89 north of Cameron

  07-01-2019 22:34
  CAMERON, Ariz. (KPNX) – Six people were killed in a two-car crash on U.S. 89 north of Cameron Saturday evening, according to the Arizona Department of Public Safety.
  Two people in a Kia passenger car were killed and four in a Hyundai also died in the crash about five miles north of Cameron at 5:11 p.m. The Navajo Times reports that two men from Kayenta were in the Kia, which crossed the center line and hit the Hyundai head-on.
  The report also says that the four people in the
  
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• Former Oklahoma WR Miller transferring to Illinois

  07-01-2019 22:33
  CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Former Oklahoma receiver A.D. Miller will play for Illinois next season.
  Illinois coach Lovie Smith made the announcement in a news release Monday . Miller is a graduate transfer who will be immediately eligible for one season.
  Miller is joining the school he verbally committed to out of high school in the Dallas area in 2014. He eventually decommitted and had 21 receptions for 236 yards and four touchdowns in three seasons for the Sooners.
  “As his situation ch
  
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• Judge asked to reinstate embattled Florida election head

  07-01-2019 22:32
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Attorneys for a former Florida election official are trying to convince a federal judge that she was unfairly “targeted” by outgoing Gov. Rick Scott.
  Brenda Snipes was in a federal court Monday asking U.S. District Judge Mark Walker to reinstate her as elections supervisor for Broward County.
  Walker did not rule during the nearly two-hour hearing, but he did raise questions about whether Snipes was given a chance to defend herself against allegations ma
  
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• The Latest: Attorney decries comparison to Nazi defense

  07-01-2019 22:31
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Latest on the case of police officer charged in a fatal Tennessee shooting (all times local):
  3:20 p.m.
  The attorney for a white police officer in the fatal shooting of a black man says Nashville’s district attorney “functionally declared war” on the city’s police when he claimed the defense is relying on the same arguments as those used to defend Nazis at the Nuremberg trials.
  Attorney David Raybin on Monday said District Attorney Glenn
  
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• Northwest Healthcare Planning Eastside Hospital

  07-01-2019 22:31
  Northwest Healthcare recently announced the development of a 70-bed hospital near Houghton Road and Old Spanish Trail as part of its “No Boundaries” strategy to increase access points to quality healthcare services for Tucson and surrounding communities.
  While the company recently announced its intentions, the plan is contingent upon approval of the primary jobs incentive by the Tucson’s City Council and closing on the land purchase.The eastside hospital follows an announcement
  
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• 11-year-old Khloe the dolphin dies from parasite at Scottsdale’s Dolphinaris

  07-01-2019 22:27
  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (KPNX) – A third dolphin has died at Dolphinaris Arizona since the facility opened in October 2016 just outside Scottsdale.Dolphinaris announced in a release that Khloe, an 11-year-old dolphin, died last night due to a parasite called Sarcocystis, adding that she suffered from the illness prior to her 2016 arrival at Dolphinaris Arizona.
  11-year-old Khloe the dolphin dies at Dolphinaris near Scottsdale/ KPNX“This infection usually causes severe central nervous syste
  
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• State employee sues New Jersey, man she accuses of assault

  07-01-2019 22:26
  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey employee who says Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy’s staff botched the response to her allegations that a campaign staffer sexually assaulted her is suing the alleged attacker and the state.
  Katie Brennan sued Monday in Mercer County Superior Court.
  The case goes back to October when Brennan, who is chief of staff of the state’s housing finance agency, came forward.
  She says Albert Alvarez sexually assaulted her in 2017 when they both were working t
  
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• State lawmakers again trying to remove Trump name from park

  07-01-2019 22:20
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Lawmakers in the Democrat-controlled New York Legislature are making another attempt to have President Donald Trump’s name removed from a defunct state park.
  Sen. Brad Hoylman, of Manhattan, and Assemblywoman Nily Rozic, of Queens, have introduced legislation that would allow the state parks commissioner to give Donald J. Trump State Park a different name.
  In 2006, Trump donated undeveloped land straddling the Putnam-Westchester county border north of New York Cit
  
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• Correction: Trump Name-State Park story

  07-01-2019 22:20
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — In a story Jan. 7 about renewed efforts in the New York Legislature to remove President Donald Trump’s name from a state park, The Associated Press erroneously reported the park’s status. Donald J. Trump State Park is officially open, not closed.
  A corrected version of the story is below:
  State lawmakers again trying to remove Trump name from park
  Lawmakers in the Democrat-controlled New York Legislature are making another attempt to have Republican Presiden
  
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• Amazon emerges as most valuable US firm amid market turmoil

  07-01-2019 22:17
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Amazon has eclipsed Microsoft as the most valuable publicly traded company in the U.S. as a see-sawing stock market continues to reshuffle corporate America’s pecking order.
  The shift occurred Monday after Amazon’s shares rose 3 percent to close at $1,629.51 and lifted the e-commerce leader’s market value to $797 billion. Meanwhile, Microsoft’s stock edged up by less than 1 percent to finish at $102.06, leaving the computer software maker’
  
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• Nursing home where 12 died after storm has license revoked

  07-01-2019 22:16
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida has revoked the license of a nursing home where 12 elderly patients died in the heat after it lost power during a 2017 hurricane.
  The Agency for Health Care Administration issued its order Friday, saying an administrative law judge correctly concluded the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills “created an unsafe environment” in September 2017 after Hurricane Irma knocked out its air conditioning.
  Patients began dying three days after the storm
  
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• The Latest: Man charged in California camper’s killing

  07-01-2019 22:15
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on a parolee charged with killing a camper and shooting at 10 others (all times local):
  1:15 p.m.
  The arraignment of a parolee charged with killing a man camping with his daughters at a Southern California state park in June and shooting at 10 people over the past two years has been postponed.
  Prosecutors said Monday that arraignment for Anthony Rauda was continued until Jan. 22 in Los Angeles County Superior Court.
  The 42-year-old Rauda is charged with murder
  
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• The Latest: Trial underway for man accused of killing 4

  07-01-2019 22:14
  SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on the trial of a California man charged with killing a family of four (all times local):
  1:15 p.m.
  Opening statements are underway in the trial of a Southern California man accused of beating a family of four to death with a sledgehammer and burying them in the desert.
  Prosecutors made opening statements Monday in the trial of 61-year-old Charles “Chase” Merritt in San Bernardino.
  Defense attorneys also made statements to defend Merritt
  
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• The Latest: Prosecutors say man killed family out of greed

  07-01-2019 22:14
  SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on the trial of a California man charged with killing a family of four (all times local):
  2:30 p.m.
  Prosecutors say a California man killed his business partner, his partner’s wife and their two young sons out of greed.
  The Sun reports Monday that San Bernardino County prosecutor Sean Daugherty told jurors that Charles “Chase” Merritt wrote checks for more than $21,000 on his partner’s QuickBooks account after the family was
  
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• The Latest: ID of family’s killer contested in murder trial

  07-01-2019 22:14
  SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on the trial of a California man charged with killing a family of four (all times local):
  8:15 p.m.
  Prosecutors say greed, debt and a gambling problem led a man to kill his business partner and his family, then bury them in the Southern California desert. But the defense says they have the wrong man.
  Opening arguments were held Monday in the trial of Charles Merritt, who is accused of using a sledgehammer to bludgeon Joseph McStay, his wife, Summer
  
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• Police officer rescues stranded kitten

  07-01-2019 22:14
  Kansas City, MO – A Missouri police officer stepped in the save the life of a soon-to-be family member.
  Officer Jason Smith rescued a kitten stuck on a barrier in the middle of a busy street last month.
  The rescue was captured on the officer’s body camera.
  Officer Smith then took the kitten to be checked out by a veterinarian.
  Once the animal was given the all clear, she joined the Smith family and was named Bella.
  The post Police officer rescues stranded kitten appeared first on KV
  
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• Arizona man accused of pointing gun at an 8-year-old in road-rage incident

  07-01-2019 22:14
  GOODYEAR, Ariz. (KPNX) – Jeanna Merrill is still a little shaken by a road rage incident she thought was going to be much worse.
  “I was just praying to God, ‘please don’t let him shoot us,'” Merrill said.
  Driving her sister and 8-year-old niece home late this week, Merrill says the driver of a car became very angry while behind her on Estrella Parkway in Goodyear.
  “He was absolutely irate, he was honking his horn and screaming at us, I didn’t know w
  
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• Amazon supplants Microsoft as the most valuable publicly traded company in the U.S.

  07-01-2019 22:10
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Amazon supplants Microsoft as the most valuable publicly traded company in the U.S. .
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• Former Arizona senator returns to Washington lobbying firm

  07-01-2019 22:09
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl has returned to the lobbying firm where he worked before being tapped to fill the seat that had been held by the late John McCain.
  In a statement released Monday, Covington & Burling said Kyl has rejoined its public policy practice, where he’ll focus “on matters of policy and strategy for the firm’s clients.”
  Kyl, however, is subject to a two-year cooling off period during which he cannot lobby Congress.
  Kyl, a Repub
  
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• Students return to classes at Indiana school shooting site

  07-01-2019 21:58
  RICHMOND, Ind. (AP) — Students have returned for classes to an Indiana school for the first time since a teenager fatally shot himself after exchanging gunfire with police on campus last month.
  About 50 parents, residents, law enforcement officers and administrators at Dennis Intermediate School in Richmond greeted and waved as students in grades 5-8 arrived Monday morning for the first day of classes there since the 14-year-old boy died Dec. 13.
  Superintendent Todd Terrill tells the Palla
  
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• Judge allows tribes to challenge Corps’ Dakota Access study

  07-01-2019 21:53
  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge is allowing four Native American tribes to challenge the recent conclusion of federal officials that a Dakota Access oil pipeline spill wouldn’t unfairly affect them.
  The Standing Rock, Cheyenne River, Yankton and Oglala Sioux sued in July 2016 and continue fighting even though the $3.8 billion pipeline began moving North Dakota oil to Illinois in June 2017.
  Judge James Boasberg that month ordered the Army Corps of Engineers to further study the
  
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• Sparks hire Danita Johnson from Clippers as team president

  07-01-2019 21:50
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Sparks have hired Danita Johnson as president and chief operation officer in her second stint with the WNBA team.
  She previously worked as the team’s senior vice president. Johnson most recently was director of business operations for the Los Angeles Clippers, overseeing their G League affiliate.
  Johnson replaces Christine Simmons, who became chief operating officer of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences last month.
  The team said Monday
  
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• The Latest: US delegation takes aim at Trump over wall

  07-01-2019 21:47
  ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (AP) — The Latest on two Guatemalan children who died while in U.S. government custody (all times local):
  1:30 p.m.
  Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus are taking aim at President Donald Trump’s insistence that a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border will help alleviate the immigration crisis at the southern border and bolster security.
  Caucus Chairman U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro of Texas argued during a visit to southern New Mexico on Monday that the administratio
  
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• Potbellied pig found beheaded, bound near Philadelphia park

  07-01-2019 21:42
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A potbellied pig was found bound and beheaded in a Philadelphia park and animal welfare officials are seeking the public’s help.
  A dog crate with the pig’s remains was found Monday morning near Pennypack Park in northwest Philadelphia.
  The Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals says they were called to the scene by Philadelphia police.
  THE SPCA’s director of humane law enforcement said someone “simply wanted to do something
  
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