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• School Bus Overturns on I-30 Near Loop 12 in Dallas

  17-01-2019 23:59
  DALLAS(KOB)- A school bus from Bishop Dunne Catholic School has overturned in the westbound lanes of I-30 near Loop 12 in Dallas.
  Dallas County Sheriff Deputies confirm that four students have been taken to nearby hospitals after the crash, but so far no word on their injuries.
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• Knicks’ last-second goaltend gives Wizards win in London

  17-01-2019 23:58
  LONDON (AP) — When Bradley Beal felt his legs go out beneath him, likely ending his chances of scoring the go-ahead basket for the Washington Wizards, he spotted Thomas Bryant standing alone in the lane.
  Beal dropped the ball off to Bryant, who was awarded two points after Allonzo Trier was called for goaltending on his layup attempt with 0.4 seconds remaining, and the Wizards claimed a 101-100 victory over the New York Knicks at The O2 Arena on Thursday night.
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• Dispute over rules rile California’s legal pot market

  17-01-2019 23:58
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — California has finalized hundreds of pages of rules governing the nation’s largest legal pot market, but the dense regulations are unlikely to settle long-running disputes over testing and home deliveries.
  Even if imperfect, the rules were welcomed by many in the industry who have been contending with shifting temporary regulations since the state began broad legal sales last year.
  By far the biggest dispute focused on deliveries.
  The rules will allow home marijuan
  
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• US government files appeals notice after 2020 census ruling

  17-01-2019 23:56
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Justice Department is appealing a New York judge’s ruling stopping the Trump administration from adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census.
  A government lawyer filed a one-page notice of appeal Thursday in Manhattan federal court.
  The notice was forwarded to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which also sits in Manhattan.
  Judge Jesse Furman said Tuesday that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross violated laws by acting in an “arbitrary and capricious&rdq
  
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• Seahawks sign former 1st-round QB Paxton Lynch

  17-01-2019 23:56
  RENTON, Wash. (AP) — The Seattle Seahawks are giving quarterback Paxton Lynch another chance in the NFL.
  Lynch’s signing Thursday throws the former first-round pick directly into the mix as a potential backup for Russell Wilson.
  Lynch was cut by the Denver Broncos before the start of the 2018 season. He started four games in his first two seasons for Denver after being the No. 26 overall pick in 2016 but was not signed by any teams in 2018 after being released.
  Lynch was twice beat o
  
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• Pima County, City of Tucson files lawsuit against opioid companies amid statewide epidemic

  17-01-2019 23:51
  TUCSON – The City of Tucson and Pima County has officially filed a lawsuit against more than 20 companies Thursday in connection to the on-going efforts to combat the statewide opioid epidemic.
  Back in 2017, Gov. Doug Ducey declared a statewide health emergency due to the rising number of opioid deaths in Arizona. The year prior, the FDA declared opioid abuse as a public health crisis.
  According to officials, the lawsuit has been filed against companies that manufacture or distribute&
  
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• 49ers hire Joe Woods as defensive assistant

  17-01-2019 23:51
  SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers have hired Joe Woods as their defensive backs coach and passing game coordinator.
  Woods’ addition to coach Kyle Shanahan’s staff on Thursday fills a void created when Jeff Hafley left after serving for three years as defensive backs coach to take a job at Ohio State.
  Woods spent the past four seasons with Denver, including 2017-18 as defensive coordinator. He will work with Niners defensive coordinator Robert Saleh on improving
  
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• North Carolina man accused of beating puppy with shovel

  17-01-2019 23:48
  ASHEBORO, N.C. (AP) — Authorities in North Carolina have arrested a man who they say beat a puppy to death with a shovel.
  The Randolph County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release that a citizen called to say they witnessed the incident on Jan. 9.
  After an investigation, deputies arrested 49-year-old Donald Duran Baker of Asheboro and charged him with felony cruelty to animals. There was no word on why the puppy was beaten to death.
  Baker was given a $25,000 secured bond and was sc
  
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• Barcelona reaches Copa quarters but could be disqualified

  17-01-2019 23:46
  MADRID (AP) — Barcelona earned a spot in the quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey on Thursday, but its continued participation in the tournament is still under threat.
  Lionel Messi and Ousmane Dembele led Barcelona to a comfortable 3-0 win over Levante at Camp Nou Stadium, helping it advance 4-2 on aggregate. However, the Catalan club could be disqualified for allegedly using a suspended player in the first leg.
  Levante said it will make a formal complaint to the Spanish soccer federation on
  
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• Hotel dishwasher forced to work Sundays awarded $21 million

  17-01-2019 23:39
  MIAMI (AP) — Jurors say a Florida hotel dishwasher should get $21.5 million after her employer failed to honor her religious beliefs by repeatedly scheduling her to work on Sundays and eventually firing her. The Sun Sentinel reports a federal jury in Miami found for 60-year-old Marie Jean Pierre on Tuesday. Her attorney says she will likely get about $500,000 because punitive damages are capped in federal court.
  The former Conrad Miami hotel worker had sued in 2017 for violations of the Ci
  
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• The Latest: Police: Worker shot man who opened fire in IHOP

  17-01-2019 23:35
  HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — The Latest on a shooting at an Alabama IHOP (all times local):
  4:30 p.m.
  Police say a fatal shooting at an Alabama IHOP began when a customer started shooting at employees and a wounded restaurant worker shot and killed the customer in self-defense.
  The Huntsville Police Department on Thursday identified the two people killed in the Wednesday night shooting as IHOP employee Roy Brown and customer Roderick Turner.Brown was 56. Turner was 25.
  In a statement, police sa
  
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• Three dead, one hurt after Kentucky shooting

  17-01-2019 23:34
  OWENSBORO, KY (WFIE) – Owensboro Police are investigating a shooting.
  It happened in the 900 block of Audubon Avenue.
  Police say two people were found dead in the home, and a man and a woman went to the hospital. One of those two victims later died at the hospital.
  Watch our live coverage here.OPD confirms there are 3 people dead and one still at the hospital. One died at the hospital
  — Katie Kapusta (@Katie14News) January 17, 2019We are told both Foust and Hager schools were put on
  
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• The Latest: 2 taken to hospitals after New Mexico avalanche

  17-01-2019 23:32
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The Latest on an avalanche at a New Mexico ski resort (all times local):
  3:25 p.m.
  A New Mexico ski resort says two people are being taken to hospitals after they were pulled from an avalanche near its highest summit.
  Chris Stagg, a spokesman for Taos Ski Valley, says no other skiers or snowboarders were believed to be buried in the snow after witnesses told authorities that they had seen two people on the slope when the snow collapsed Thursday.
  However, he says, a
  
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• Canada examining case of Saudi who fled Canada after charge

  17-01-2019 23:26
  TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s foreign minister says her government is looking into the case of a Saudi Arabian man charged with sexually assault who has gone missing.
  Nova Scotia’s prosecution service said this month that Mohammed Zuraibi Alzoabi had bail posted by the Saudi Arabian Embassy last year in the case involving allegations of sexual assault, assault and forcible confinement against a Canadian woman. A court document says his lawyer is quoted as saying that he fled Canada e
  
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• DPS: Idaho man arrested in Arizona; 3 abducted kids unharmed

  17-01-2019 23:21
  WIKIEUP, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say an Idaho man has been arrested in northwestern Arizona for allegedly trying to take his three young children away from their mother and drive them to Mexico.
  Arizona Department of Public Safety officials say 25-year-old Jose A. Hernandez Jr. of Nampa is being held on a no-bond felony warrant out of Idaho on suspicion of parental kidnapping.
  The children — ages 5, 3 and 18 months — are in custody of state child services.
  Nampa police now are
  
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• Federal workers caught in the middle apply for unemployment

  17-01-2019 23:20
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Thousands of federal employees and their families are applying for unemployment and food stamps to get by as the longest government shutdown in U.S. history drags on with no end in sight. But for some of them, it has been an exercise in confusion and frustration.
  Others, meanwhile, are hesitant to apply, knowing they will have to pay back the unemployment benefits when they finally return to work.
  The U.S. Labor Department says the number of furloughed federal emplo
  
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• Amphitheater Public Schools to host job fair

  17-01-2019 23:20
  TUCSON – Amphitheater Public Schools are inviting teachers to a job fair on Saturday, Jan. 26.
  From 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., teachers can go to the Wetmore Center, located at 701 W. Wetmore Road and speak to the district.
  To register for the event, visit amphi.com
  Amphitheater has 21 schools and serves around 14,000 students.
   
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• North Carolina university leaders depart amid culture war

  17-01-2019 23:18
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A conservative education analyst says the resignations of the women heading North Carolina’s public university system and its flagship university are part of the backlash of conservative Trump voters against culturally liberal academics who dominate universities.
  Jay Schalin of the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal said Thursday that the innovation and cultural liberalism of college campuses has long conflicted with traditional values. Similar skirmishe
  
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• 2 people pulled from avalanche in Taos

  17-01-2019 23:18
  TAOS, N.M. (KOB) – Two people were pulled from an avalanche in the Kachina Peak area at Taos Ski Valley.
  Taos Ski Valley reports that the avalanche occurred on the K3 chute off of Kachina Peak, the highest point at the resort.
  2 people pulled from avalanche in Taos/KOB
  Taos officials believe they were the only two people trapped. However, Taos Ski Patrol is continuing to search for any other potential victims.At 11:30AM today, an inbounds avalanche occurred on the K3 s
  
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• Man accused of throwing coffee on worker arrested

  17-01-2019 23:06
  CAMDEN, S.C. (AP) — Police have arrested the man who they say threw hot coffee on an employee at a McDonald’s in South Carolina because he was upset over the wait.
  The State quotes Camden Police as saying Thursday that Joshua Emery Noel turned himself in on a misdemeanor charge of second-degree assault and battery.
  Multiple people identified Noel as the driver who threw a cup of coffee on the 16-year-old girl last month. Police say Noel admitted doing so during an interview after he
  
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• Motorcyclist seriously injured in hit-and-run in central Tucson

  17-01-2019 23:03
  TUCSON – A motorcyclist has been seriously injured after he was involved in a hit-and-run crash at Campbell Avenue and Fort Lowell Road.
  According to Tucson Police Department, the motorcyclist sustained life-threatening injuries in the incident. The area has been shut down.Motorists are advised to avoid the area.
  Stay with News 4 Tucson for the latest updates.
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• Ortiz opens with 66 for 3-shot lead in Latin American Am

  17-01-2019 22:56
  CASA DE CAMPO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Alvaro Ortiz of Mexico had an ideal start Thursday in hopes of turning his fortunes in the Latin American Amateur Championship, opening with a 6-under 66 to build a three-shot lead after the opening round.
  Ortiz has been runner-up in the Latin American Amateur the last two years. He finished five shots behind Joaquin Niemann of Chile last year, and he lost in a three-man playoff to Toto Gana the previous year.
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• Status of Lynx star Maya Moore for ’19 WNBA season uncertain

  17-01-2019 22:51
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Lynx star Maya Moore’s availability for the upcoming season is uncertain.
  Lynx head coach and general manager Cheryl Reeve said Thursday that the team has been “in close contact” with Moore and together will decide how to handle her status for 2019.
  Reeve’s statement was issued in response to a report by Minneapolis TV station WCCO that said, without attribution, Moore was considering not playing for the Lynx this year. She was given the
  
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• North Dakota leaders unveil oil tax-sharing deal with tribe

  17-01-2019 22:49
  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Republican legislative leaders have introduced a bill that aims to end a longstanding disagreement over shared revenues on the oil-rich Fort Berthold Indian reservation.
  The bill unveiled Thursday reworks a tax-sharing agreement that favors the Three Affiliated Tribes on the reservation that accounts for about a fifth of the state’s oil production.
  The legislation is the result of nearly two years of negotiations between tribal leaders, Republican G
  
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• The Latest: AU urges Congo to suspend final election results

  17-01-2019 22:43
  KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The Latest on Congo’s disputed presidential election (all times local):
  10:45 p.m.
  An African Union statement backed by heads of state is calling on Congo’s government to suspend the announcement of final presidential election results because of “serious doubts” about the vote.
  The statement comes as Congo’s constitutional court is poised to rule as early as Friday on a challenge filed by the election’s declared runner-up. Martin F
  
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• Sierra Vista controlled burns starting next week

  17-01-2019 22:41
  SIERRA VISTA – The City of Sierra Vista Public Works Department will conduct controlled burns at the Environmental Operations Park.
  The burns will start as early as next weeks and continue for several weeks. Of course, its all based on favorable weather conditions. They’ll start on weekday mornings and it will last until noon each day.
  The burns are apart of the city’s wastewater treatment facility and will reduce mosquitoes, clear dying vegetation and aerate soil.
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• Harvey Weinstein breaks with his criminal defense lawyer

  17-01-2019 22:39
  NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein is recasting his legal team a month after losing a hard-fought bid to get his sexual assault case thrown out.
  Weinstein and high-profile defense attorney Benjamin Brafman said in a statement Thursday that they “have agreed to part ways” and that new lawyers would be introduced next week.
  The disgraced movie mogul’s trial is tentatively scheduled for May 6.
  He is charged with raping an unidentified female acquaintance in 2013 and performing
  
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• Maryland governor’s inaugural speech stirs buzz about future

  17-01-2019 22:38
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s criticism of Washington’s divisive politics during his inaugural speech has generated some buzz about whether he might seek national office, but the Republican says he’s not making any plans to end his second term early.
  Hogan was asked Thursday at a news conference on his budget proposal whether he wants to run for president. He says he plans to talk more about national politics, because he is the incoming chairman of the
  
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• Police seek volunteers to get drunk for them; many respond

  17-01-2019 22:32
  KUTZTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania police department’s request for volunteers to get drunk for law and order purposes generated a predictably enthusiastic response.
  The Kutztown Police Department sought three volunteers to drink hard liquor to the point of inebriation so officers could be trained how to administer field sobriety tests during traffic stops. A call for volunteers on Facebook accumulated hundreds of responses and over 1,000 shares in less than a day.
  The post was soon
  
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• Jurors convict man in Temple University student slaying

  17-01-2019 22:28
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A man has been convicted of murder and sentenced to life without possibility of parole in the slaying of a 22-year-old Temple University student.
  The panel convicted 30-year-old Joshua Hupperterz on Thursday of first-degree murder and possession of an instrument of crime in the death of Jenna Burleigh. He earlier pleaded guilty to evidence-tampering and abuse of a corpse.
  Prosecutors said Hupperterz killed Burleigh in his Philadelphia apartment in August 2017, moved her
  
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• Heat fine Dion Waiters for postgame expletive-laden comments

  17-01-2019 22:26
  BIRMINGHAM, Michigan (AP) — The Miami Heat have fined Dion Waiters an undisclosed amount for his expletive-laden comments about playing time earlier this week.
  Waiters made the comments to reporters from two South Florida newspapers after Miami’s lopsided loss in Milwaukee on Tuesday night. The Heat were off Wednesday and announced the fine Thursday.
  Heat coach Erik Spoelstra says, “We fined him and we addressed it as a team.”
  Waiters has played in five games this season,
  
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• Car hood hampers getaway for Texas bank robbery suspects

  17-01-2019 22:21
  DALLAS (AP) — Police in Texas have arrested a group of people suspected in a series of bank robberies after the hood on the car they were using to flee authorities popped up and covered the windshield, obscuring the road.
  Authorities say the suspects were under surveillance by law enforcement officials Thursday when they attempted to rob a bank northeast of Fort Worth.
  One woman was arrested at the bank, but three other suspects fled.
  The car was speeding from police on Interstate 30 when
  
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• Maryland hires former ECU coach Montgomery to run offense

  17-01-2019 22:19
  COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Maryland coach Michael Locksley has hired former East Carolina coach Scottie Montgomery to be his offensive coordinator and put John Papuchis in charge of special teams.
  Locksley’s initial coaching hires, announced Thursday, also include John Reagan as offensive line coach; Cory Robinson as defensive backs coach; Elijah Brooks as running backs coach; and Mike Miller as tight ends coach.
  Montgomery was fired at East Carolina in November after a three-year run.
  
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• Police: 3 dead, 1 wounded in shooting at Kentucky home

  17-01-2019 22:18
  OWENSBORO, Ky. (AP) — Police in Kentucky say three people have been killed and another person wounded in a shooting at a residence in Owensboro.
  Owensboro police spokesman Andrew Boggess says authorities have not yet identified a suspect. The shooting occurred Thursday morning in the western Kentucky city. Boggess says police believe the shooting to be an “isolated incident.”
  Boggess says the victims were all adults but he says authorities don’t yet know if they were rela
  
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• The Latest: Chinese envoy warns Canada over Huawei case

  17-01-2019 22:17
  BEIJING (AP) — The latest on the fight between China and Canada over the arrest of a Chinese technology executive (all times local):
  5:15 a.m.
  China’s ambassador to Canada says the arrest by Canadian authorities of a Huawei Technologies executive was an act of “backstabbing” by a friend and he warns of repercussions if Canada bars the company from its new 5G network for security reasons.
  In a rare interview with Canadian journalists Thursday, Chinese Ambassador Lu Shaye a
  
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• Historical Black Colleges & Cultural Tour Benefit Breakfast

  17-01-2019 22:17
  The TUSD Historical Black College and University Cultural Tour has supported students path to college for more than 10 years.
  The tour gives TUSD students from different backgrounds the opportunity to learn about HBCU’s, visit college campuses, meet higher education leaders and apply to college.
  A benefit breakfast will be held January 18th, at Armory Park, 222. S. 5th Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85701. It’s happening from 7:30 am to 8:30 am. Over 200 people are expected to be there, so arriv
  
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• Olympic medalist snowboarder from Canada has lymphoma

  17-01-2019 22:13
  MONTREAL (AP) — Olympic medalist snowboarder Max Parrot of Canada has been diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma.
  Canada Snowboard said Thursday the cancer was diagnosed Dec. 21 after a biopsy 10 days earlier. The 24-year-old from Quebec will miss the rest of the 2018-19 season.
  Parrot won a slopestyle silver medal at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Games and is a five-time X Games champion.
  Parrot said he underwent his first of 12 chemotherapy sessions last week. The cancer attacks part of the immu
  
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• Georgia Southern agrees to raises for Lunsford, assistants

  17-01-2019 22:11
  STATESBORO, Ga. (AP) — Georgia Southern coach Chad Lunsford has reached an agreement on a contract extension through 2023.
  The agreement is pending approval from the Board of Regents, according to the school.
  Lunsford led Georgia Southern to the biggest turnaround in FBS, from two wins in 2017 to a 10-3 finish in 2018, including a Camellia Bowl win over Eastern Michigan.
  Georgia Southern said Lunsford, 10 assistant coaches and some staff members will receive raises and restructured incenti
  
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• Official: 2 pulled from avalanche, search ongoing for others

  17-01-2019 22:09
  TAOS, N.M. (AP) — Officials say two people have been pulled from an avalanche near the highest peak of a New Mexico ski resort, and a search is underway for others who may be buried beneath the snow.
  Bobby Lucero, the director for emergency management in Taos County, said an avalanche was reported at Taos Ski Valley on Thursday.
  He says two people were located in the snow, and the extent of their injuries is not known.
  He says it is believed there may be others buried in the snow, and Taos
  
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• Canelo Alvarez to fight Danny Jacobs on May 4

  17-01-2019 22:06
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Canelo Alvarez will return to the ring and to the middleweight division on May 4 to fight Danny Jacobs.
  Alvarez will defend his WBC and WBA titles against IBF champion Jacobs in a matchup of two of the sport’s top performers. No venue has been announced for the bout on the eve of Cinco de Mayo.
  Mexico’s Alvarez (50-1-2, 35 knockouts) became a three-division world champion by knocking out Rocky Fielding in three rounds to take the WBA super middleweight crown
  
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• News anchor Guy Atchley named Tucson Rodeo Parade grand marshal

  17-01-2019 22:02
  TUCSON – News anchor Guy Atchley has been named as the grand marshal for this year’s Tucson Rodeo Parade.
  Atchley served as news anchor at KGUN 9 for nearly 30 years before he retired. He has become well-known through the state for his new stories, travel series and general service towards the community.
  The announcement was made 1:30 p.m. Thursday.
  LIVE: The Tucson Rodeo Parade Committee announces the 2019 Grand Marshal Guy Atchley
  Posted by News 4 Tucson – KVOA on Thursday, J
  
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• Key Democrat wants answers from EPA on Minnesota mine plan

  17-01-2019 22:00
  ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — An influential Democratic congresswoman wants to know why the Environmental Protection Agency opted against filing formal comments with state regulators when they considered whether to issue a key permit for the PolyMet copper-nickel mine in Minnesota.
  Minnesota Rep. Betty McCollum, a critic of the project who chairs a House subcommittee that oversees the EPA, says it’s “remarkable” that the EPA did not formally weigh in before the Minnesota Polluti
  
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• AP Explains: Trump says wall will stop drugs, facts differ

  17-01-2019 22:00
  PHOENIX (AP) — In his demands that Congress set aside $5.7 billion for a border wall, President Donald Trump insists a physical barrier would stop heroin entering the U.S. from Mexico.
  But U.S. statistics, analysts and testimony at the trial of drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman in New York show that most hard drugs entering the U.S. from Mexico come through land ports of entry staffed by agents, not open sections of the border.
  The Drug Enforcement Administration’s 2
  
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• Henderson tied for lead in LPGA Tour opener

  17-01-2019 21:56
  LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Brooke Henderson of Canada birdied five of her last eight holes Thursday for a 6-under 65, giving her a share of the lead with Eun-Hee Ji in the season-opening Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions on the LPGA Tour.
  The 26-player field is for LPGA winners from each of the last two seasons.
  Ariya Jutanugarn, the world’s No. 1 player who captured every major award last year, opened with a 67.
  While the Canadian finished strong, Ji was steady in a bogey-f
  
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• Opioid crisis brings unwanted attention to wealthy family

  17-01-2019 21:43
  BOSTON (AP) — The nation’s deadly opioid crisis is bringing new and unwanted attention to the wealthy Sackler family and complicating its philanthropic legacy.
  The Sacklers own Purdue Pharma, the Connecticut-based maker of the powerful painkiller OxyContin, and the family name is on the walls at some of the world’s great museums and universities, including the Smithsonian, the Guggenheim and Harvard.
  Members of the family have been accused in a lawsuit brought by the state of M
  
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• UCLA releases signee Grant Sherfield from letter of intent

  17-01-2019 21:42
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Grant Sherfield, a guard who signed with UCLA last fall, has requested and received a release from his letter of intent.
  The move comes two weeks after Steve Alford was fired as coach of the Bruins, who are being overseen on an interim basis by Murry Bartow while a permanent replacement is sought. Sherfield was part of a three-player recruiting class announced during the early signing period in November.
  Sherfield, a 6-foot-3, 185-pounder senior at Sunrise Christian Acad
  
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• The Latest: Giuliani: Trump didn’t know about poll-rigging

  17-01-2019 21:42
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on Michael Cohen’s work with a tech firm to rig two online polls for Trump (all times local):
  3:20 p.m.
  Rudolph Giuliani says President Donald Trump “had no knowledge” of any effort to manipulate polling data on his behalf.
  Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen acknowledged on Twitter Thursday that he paid a technology company to rig Trump’s standing in two online polls before the presidential campaign.
  The Wall Street Journal reported Cohen h
  
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• Wild trade Niederreiter to Hurricanes for Rask

  17-01-2019 21:41
  ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Wild have acquired center Victor Rask from the Carolina Hurricanes for left wing Nino Niederreiter, in a swap of underperforming but still-young players on long-term contracts.
  The 25-year-old Rask, a native of Sweden, has one goal and five assists in 26 games this season for the Hurricanes. He’s in the third season of a six-year, $24 million contract.
  The 26-year-old Niederreiter, a native of Switzerland, has nine goals and 14 assists in 46 games
  
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• Arizona Basketball: Payton Pritchard and the Oregon Ducks Head to Tucson

  17-01-2019 21:39
  The injury-riddled Oregon Ducks flock south to Tucson tonight in a Pac-12 battle with the Arizona Wildcats.
  The Ducks (10-6, 1-2) enter tonight's game without leading scorer Bol Bol and sophomore forward Kenny Wooten, with both missing the rest of the season to injury.…
  
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• Barcelona faces complaint for using suspended player in Copa

  17-01-2019 21:38
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona is in danger of being thrown out of the Copa del Rey for allegedly using a suspended player against Levante in the tournament’s round of 16.
  Levante president Quico Catalan tells Spanish media the club will make a formal complaint against Barcelona, accusing it of illegally using youth player Juan “Chumi” Brandariz in the first leg last week. Levante, which won the match 2-1 at home, says Chumi should have been serving a suspension.
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