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• Pressure increases on Thierry Henry as Monaco loses again

  22-01-2019 23:58
  PARIS (AP) — Thierry Henry’s first managerial stint took another turn for the worse on Tuesday as his Monaco side lost 3-1 at home to second-division Metz in the French Cup.
  This latest defeat follows a 5-1 loss at home to Strasbourg in the French league on Saturday, a result which has the 2017 French champion languishing in 19th place.
  Henry recalled Croatia goalkeeper Danijel Subasic following a long spell out of the side, and only one appearance for Monaco since reaching the World
  
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• Sacramento soccer team gets new lead investor in bid for MLS

  22-01-2019 23:42
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Billionaire Ron Burkle has become the new lead investor in the Sacramento Republic soccer team.
  Club CEO Kevin Nagle said Tuesday that Burkle’s investment will help the team in its quest to move from the second-tier United Soccer League into Major League Soccer.
  Sacramento is among the contenders for an expansion franchise in MLS, along with St. Louis, Phoenix and Detroit.
  Burkle is a co-owner of the NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins with a net worth estimated
  
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• Supreme Court allows military to implement transgender ban

  22-01-2019 23:40
  WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Trump administration to go ahead with its plan to restrict military service by transgender people while court challenges continue.
  The high court split 5-4 in allowing the plan to take effect, with the court’s five conservatives greenlighting it and its four liberal members saying they would not have.
  The Trump administration had urged the justices to take up cases about the plan directly, but the court declined for now.
  
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• Elizabeth Warren pledges help during visit to Puerto Rico

  22-01-2019 23:34
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren is visiting Puerto Rico as she considers a run for president, promising to help the island rebuild from Hurricane Maria and support laws that would offer the U.S. territory equal treatment and debt relief.
  Warren on Tuesday also condemned President Donald Trump for considering the use of disaster recovery funds to build what she called a “dumb” border wall.
  Puerto Rico is becoming a popular stop for Democratic presid
  
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• AP Source: Dallas star Liz Cambage asks to be traded

  22-01-2019 23:34
  NEW YORK (AP) — A person familiar with the request tells The Associated Press that Dallas Wings star Liz Cambage has asked to be traded.
  The 27-year-old Cambage finished second behind Breanna Stewart in WNBA MVP balloting this past year. The person spoke to the AP on Tuesday on condition of anonymity because the conversations were private.
  Cambage set the league scoring record last season when she had 53 points in a game against New York. She averaged 23 points and 9.7 rebounds last year.
  
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• Police: Missouri man fatally shot son who was choking mother

  22-01-2019 23:29
  FESTUS, Mo. (AP) — Police say 63-year-old eastern Missouri man told investigators he fatally shot his son after finding him choking his mother in their home.
  Festus Police Chief Doug Wendel says officers called to a home early Monday found the couple’s 29-year-old son dead from gunshot wounds.
  The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports the father said his son was drinking heavily. He said when he found his son choking his mother, the man hit him in the head with a revolver. Wendel says the
  
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• Judge declares Iowa fetal heartbeat law unconstitutional

  22-01-2019 23:29
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A state judge has struck down Iowa’s restrictive “fetal heartbeat” abortion law.
  Judge Michael Huppert on Tuesday found the law unconstitutional. He concluded that the Iowa Supreme Court’s earlier decisions that affirm a woman’s fundamental right to an abortion would include the new law passed last year.
  The law would ban abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected. That can happen as early as six weeks into pregnancy. It would have be
  
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• Trumpy See, Trumpy Do: School Bullying In the Age Of Trump

  22-01-2019 23:26
  Saturday, a group of high school students appeared to be taunting and harassing a Native American near the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. It looks pretty bad, but in this case, it may not be as bad as it looks at first glance.In a video taken after the Indigenous People’s March in D.C., a Native American man is seen chanting and drumming. Male high school students, some wearing MAGA hats, most of whom are Kentucky students attending the anti-abortion event March for Life, are&nb
  
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• Lawsuit filed over fatal shooting at Kentucky high school

  22-01-2019 23:24
  BENTON, Ky. (AP) — The estate of a girl killed and three other students wounded in a shooting at a Kentucky high school have filed suit against the school district and school officials, the teenage suspect and his mother and stepfather.
  The lawsuit filed Monday in Marshall County Circuit Court alleges school system employees knew or should’ve known of suspect Gabe Parker’s “dangerous propensities” and didn’t monitor or prevent his actions. It says employees fa
  
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• Unseen J.D. Salinger photos shot for ‘Catcher’ on display

  22-01-2019 23:22
  DURHAM, N.H. (AP) — The University of New Hampshire is celebrating J.D. Salinger’s centennial year by exhibiting never-before seen photos of the famously reclusive author.
  Salinger, who was born Jan. 1, 1919, and died in 2010, spent the last nearly six decades of his life in Cornish, New Hampshire. The photos displayed Tuesday were taken by German photographer Lotte Jacobi for the book jacket of “The Catcher in the Rye,” but Salinger later requested the picture be removed
  
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• Mayor Carolyn Goodman reveals she has breast cancer

  22-01-2019 23:21
  LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman has announced that she has been diagnosed with breast cancer.
  In a press conference Tuesday morning, Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman stated that she was diagnosed with stage 2A Breast cancer. (Jeff Gillan | KSNV)
  In a press conference held at City Hall this Tuesday, Mayor Goodman stated that she was diagnosed with stage 2A breast cancer in her right breast after an annual physical.
  “The actual call to me came halfway through the City
  
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• Rockets, Bulls finalize deal sending ‘Melo to Chicago

  22-01-2019 23:20
  CHICAGO (AP) — The Rockets and Bulls finalized a trade Tuesday that sends veteran forward Carmelo Anthony from Houston to Chicago.
  The Bulls acquired the draft rights to Jon Diebler and cash considerations in exchange for the rights to Tadija Dragicevic.The Bulls have no plans to play Anthony and will look to either trade the 10-time All-Star before the Feb. 7 deadline or ultimately waive him and make him a free agent.
  Anthony averaged 13.4 points in 10 games with the Rockets. He has not p
  
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• Judge strikes down Iowa’s restrictive ‘fetal heartbeat’ abortion law, says it violates state constitution.

  22-01-2019 23:13
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Judge strikes down Iowa’s restrictive ‘fetal heartbeat’ abortion law, says it violates state constitution.
  The post Judge strikes down Iowa’s restrictive ‘fetal heartbeat’ abortion law, says it violates state constitution. appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• Ex-prison official details second career as El Chapo fixer

  22-01-2019 23:08
  NEW YORK (AP) — After escaping a Mexican prison in 2001, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman recruited a former security chief from the same lockup as a fixer for his Sinaloa cartel, a jury was told Tuesday at a U.S. trial where the kingpin and his wife made a fashion statement.
  The former official, Damaso Lopez Nunez, described how he first met Guzman when the kingpin asked for contraband in exchange for cash bribes at the prison in the state of Jalisco, Lopez testified, adding that the
  
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• Judge accepts misdemeanor plea deal in Tumpkin assault case

  22-01-2019 23:07
  BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A judge has accepted a proposed misdemeanor plea deal in the domestic violence case involving former Colorado assistant football coach Joe Tumpkin.
  Tumpkin was charged with five counts of second-degree assault and three counts of third-degree assault involving his ex-girlfriend, Pamela Fine. But prosecutors have offered him a deal in which Tumpkin would plead guilty to one count of third-degree assault, a misdemeanor.
  Fine objected to the plea deal, which doesn’
  
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• The Latest: Court mulls Phoenix’s discrimination ordinance

  22-01-2019 23:04
  PHOENIX (AP) — The Latest on the Arizona Supreme Court hearing arguments Tuesday over the constitutionality of Phoenix’s anti-discrimination ordinance (all times local):
  3:03 p.m.
  Lawyers squared off Tuesday at the Arizona Supreme Court over whether two Christian artists who make wedding invitations as part of their business can refuse service to same-sex couples for religious reasons.
  An attorney for artists Joanna Duka and Breanna Koski argued complying with Phoenix’s anti-di
  
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• Trump says he told Sanders ‘not to bother’ with briefing

  22-01-2019 23:00
  NEW YORK (AP) — President Trump says he directed White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders not to bother with the traditional briefing of reporters anymore.
  The last briefing took place on Dec. 18.
  In a tweet, the president said Tuesday that most of the press corps “will never cover us fairly.”
  The afternoon briefing has been a staple of cable news schedules the past few administrations and the sight of Sanders’ predecessor Sean Spicer at the podium was an enduri
  
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• Athletics claim RHP Parker Bridwell off waivers from Angels

  22-01-2019 22:57
  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Oakland Athletics have claimed right-hander Parker Bridwell off waivers from the Los Angeles Angels.
  The 27-year-old Bridwell went 1-0 with a 17.55 ERA in five games with the Angels last season. He was 1-1 with an 8.68 ERA in six starts at Triple-A Salt Lake. He missed four months over two stints with an inflamed right elbow.
  Bridwell was claimed off waivers by the Yankees in November before returning to the Angels on another claim a month later. He was then desi
  
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• Confederate flag from S. Carolina Statehouse put on display

  22-01-2019 22:53
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The last Confederate flag to fly at the South Carolina Statehouse has quietly been put on display at a museum.
  Confederate Relic Room Executive Director Allen Roberson said Tuesday that museum staff put the flag into a $1,400 protective case on Nov. 26, ending a more than three-year saga.
  The final flag was lowered from a pole in front of the Capitol on July 10, 2015. Legislators voted to bring it down less than a month after the racist killings of nine black church m
  
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• Christen Press scores and US women down Spain 1-0

  22-01-2019 22:53
  Christen Press scored in the 53rd minute and the U.S. national team rebounded from a rare loss with a 1-0 victory over Spain in Alicante on Tuesday
  The United States was coming off a 3-1 loss to France on Saturday that snapped a 28-match unbeaten streak. The Americans were 25-0-3 after a 1-0 loss to Australia in 2017.
  Press sprinted 50-plus yards down field and angled her shot into the net. Irene Paredes unsuccessfully tried to knock the ball off its trajectory. It was Press’ 47th internat
  
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• The Latest: Grier says he would never let teammates down

  22-01-2019 22:43
  MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — The Latest on the Senior Bowl (all times local):
  4:30 p.m.
  Will Grier became a star quarterback at West Virginia, but knows NFL teams also want his take on what happened at Florida.
  It’s something he’s addressing with them this week at the Senior Bowl.
  Grier received a yearlong suspension in 2015 as a redshirt freshman for violating the NCAA’s policy on performance-enhancing drugs. He wound up leaving Florida and landing with the Mountaineers.
  He says
  
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• Former Arizona Assistant Emanuel 'Book' Richardson Pleads Guilty to Bribery Charge

  22-01-2019 22:05
  Former University of Arizona assistant basketball coach Emanuel 'Book' Richardson pled guilty to a bribery charge on Tuesday, in relation to an agreement he reached earlier this month, according to USA Today:Richardson, 46, wiped tears from his eyes after telling the judge he accepted $20,000 in 2017 in exchange for a promise to steer student athletes potentially headed to the NBA to an aspiring business manager, Christian Dawkins.…
  
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• Nick Markakis stays with Braves for $6 million deal

  22-01-2019 21:59
  ATLANTA (AP) — The Braves have agreed to one-year contract to bring back All-Star outfielder Nick Markakis, a deal worth a guaranteed $6 million.
  Markakis’ deal, announced Tuesday, includes a $4 million salary this year and $6 million club option for 2020 with a $2 million buyout.
  The agreement solidifies the lineup for the defending NL East champions, whose big acquisition of the offseason was free agent third baseman Josh Donaldson.
  The 35-year-old Markakis is coming off one of the
  
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• Chelsea Clinton announces pregnancy

  22-01-2019 21:58
  NEW YORK (AP) — Chelsea Clinton has announced her family is expanding.
  The 38-year-old former first daughter tweeted Tuesday that she and her husband Marc are expecting another child in the summer.
  The couple has a daughter Charlotte born in 2014 and a son Aidan born in 2016. She did not announce the sex of the third child.
  In a reply to congratulations on Twitter, Clinton said Hillary and Bill are thrilled.
  Clinton and 41-year-old investment banker Marc Mezvinsky have been married since 2
  
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• 5 Hyundai, Kia models have high fire insurance claim rates

  22-01-2019 21:56
  DETROIT (AP) — An insurance study shows that owners of five Hyundai and Kia cars and SUVs file fire insurance claims at a rate far higher than the average for comparable vehicles.
  The Highway Loss Data Institute analyzed claims data from insurers representing about 85 percent of the U.S. industry. It found that some Hyundai and Kia vehicles equipped with four-cylinder engines have at least double the noncrash fire claim rates than the average of comparable vehicles.
  The institute began the
  
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• The Latest: Oklahoma students demand action after video

  22-01-2019 21:49
  NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — The Latest on a two now-former University of Oklahoma students’ involvement in a video in which one of the women wore blackface and used a racial epithet (all times local):
  2:45 p.m.
  University of Oklahoma students are demanding action from campus administrators after video of a now-former student wearing blackface and using a racial epithet got attention online.
  About 1,000 students and faculty members gathered at a campus rally Tuesday during which administrato
  
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• The Latest: Ex-OU dean asks for president’s resignation

  22-01-2019 21:49
  NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — The Latest on a two now-former University of Oklahoma students’ involvement in a video in which one of the women wore blackface and used a racial epithet (all times local):
  5:15 p.m.
  A former University of Oklahoma dean is calling for the resignation of OU President Jim Gallogly after a video surfaced of a now-former student wearing blackface and using a racial epithet.
  Suzette Grillot, the former dean of OU’s College of International Studies, asked Gallogl
  
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• AP source: Rangers, Cabrera agree to $3.5M, 1-year deal

  22-01-2019 21:45
  DALLAS (AP) — A person familiar with the deal says free agent infielder Asdrubal Cabrera has agreed to a $3.5 million, one-year contract with the Texas Rangers.
  The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Tuesday because the deal is pending a successful physical for the 33-year-old Cabrera, who split last season with the New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies.
  Texas is looking for a starting third baseman. Adrian Beltre retired after last season with 3,166 hits in 2
  
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• Judge hearing testimony on 2020 census citizenship question

  22-01-2019 21:43
  GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A federal judge in Maryland is hearing testimony for a trial involving the Trump administration’s addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 census. The plan has already been blocked by a different judge.
  Former U.S. Census Bureau director John Thompson was the first plaintiffs’ witness for the bench trial that started Tuesday before U.S. District Judge George Hazel in Greenbelt, Maryland. Plaintiffs include residents of Arizona, Florida, Nevada and Te
  
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• Hall of Fame historian Joe Horrigan to retire

  22-01-2019 21:43
  CANTON, Ohio (AP) — Joe Horrigan, perhaps the most knowledgeable historian in the sport, is retiring as executive director of the Pro Football Hall of Fame on June 1.
  Horrigan has spent 42 years at the hall, and this summer will release his book on the NFL’s first 100 years: “NFL Century: The Rise of America’s Greatest Sports League.” The league begins its 100th regular season in September.
  “Joe has been an enormous asset to the Pro Football Hall of Fame for m
  
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• Chiefs fire defensive coordinator Sutton after loss to Pats

  22-01-2019 21:35
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs have fired defensive coordinator Bob Sutton after a second-half collapse in the AFC championship game, including an overtime period in which Kansas City failed to stop the New England Patriots on what turned out to be the only possession.
  The Patriots won the game 37-31 to reach their third consecutive Super Bowl.
  Chiefs coach Andy Reid announced the firing in a statement Tuesday, one day after he said he was evaluating all aspects of the team. Reid decli
  
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• Jansrud out after breaking hand in downhill training crash

  22-01-2019 21:33
  KITZBUEHEL, Austria (AP) — Norwegian skier Kjetil Jansrud is facing an injury layoff after breaking two bones in his left hand in a downhill training crash Tuesday, two weeks before the start of the world championship in Are, Sweden.
  Jansrud hurt his hand as he tried to break a fall on the icy Streif course in the first official training session for Saturday’s classic race.
  Jansrud has posted a photo on his Instagram account after coming out of surgery, saying “I’ll be ba
  
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• Reports that woman at Hacienda Healthcare is in a vegetative state are inaccurate, lawyer says

  22-01-2019 21:32
  PHOENIX (KPNX) — The woman who gave birth at Hacienda Healthcare in Phoenix is not in a vegetative state or comatose, according to her family’s lawyer.
  John Micheaels, the attorney representing the woman and her family, said she has “significant intellectual disabilities” but has “some awareness.”
  “She is able to respond to family when they are in the room in terms of making facial expressions,” Micheaels said in a statement. “She doesn&rsquo
  
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• PSG fined 100,000 euros in discrimination case

  22-01-2019 21:30
  PARIS (AP) — The French football league’s disciplinary commission has fined Paris Saint-Germain 100,000 euros for illegally profiling ethnic origins of potential young recruits.
  PSG admitted last year that forms with illegal content were used between 2013-17, but the club argued it was not responsible for implementing the policy.
  The league also handed a 10,000-euro suspended fine to former PSG academy director Bertrand Reuzeau. Marc Westerloppe and Pierre Reynaud, who were in charge
  
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• Lawsuit filed after Arizona teacher accused of molesting 13-year-old student

  22-01-2019 21:24
  GOODYEAR, Ariz. (KPNX) – The 12 News I-Team has obtained documents on a lawsuit from the police investigation surrounding a former sixth-grade teacher and her alleged sexual abuse of one of her students, a 13-year-old boy.
  The victim’s family filed a lawsuit this month, seeking damages from the school district and Brittany Zamora’s husband.
  12 News previously learned how the victim says his teacher from Las Brisas Academy in Goodyear, Zamora, lured him into
  
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• The Latest: 4 charged with plotting attack on Muslim enclave

  22-01-2019 21:22
  ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — The Latest on the arrest of three adults and a high school student accused of plotting to attack an upstate New York Muslim community (all times local):
  3:15 p.m.
  Police say three adults and a 16-year-old student plotted to attack an upstate New York Muslim community and had access to 23 firearms and three homemade explosives at the time of their arrests.
  Greece Police Chief Patrick Phelan told reporters Tuesday the Rochester-area residents had made plans to attack I
  
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• Texas man found not guilty due to insanity in church attack

  22-01-2019 21:22
  CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — A South Texas jury has determined that a man who authorities say fatally stabbed a worshipper and wounded three others during a church service last year is not guilty by reason of insanity.
  The jury in Corpus Christi issued its judgment Tuesday against 29-year-old Marco Moreno, who prosecutors say attacked the people during a service held at a home by Kingdom Acts Ministries.
  A 61-year-old man was killed. Moreno was charged with murder and three counts of aggra
  
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• FBI agents say shutdown is hampering counterterrorism, sex trafficking probes

  22-01-2019 21:19
  Two people, man and woman, working together in office, FBI team. Courtesy: Getty Images
  The partial government shutdown is hampering FBI investigations into terror suspects, drug traffickers and child sexual predators, according to a report by a group representing the federal law enforcement officers.
  The 72-page report, titled “Voices from the Field,” features dozens of firsthand accounts from unnamed agents detailing the ways the shutdown is hindering their work
  
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• Sen. McSally to visit Nogales/Mariposa Port of Entry

  22-01-2019 21:06
  NOGALES, Ariz. –U.S. Senator Martha McSally is expected to visit the U.S/Mexico border in Nogales on Tuesday.
  McSally plans to visit Customs and Border Protection agents at the Nogales/ Mariposa Port of Entry, who have been working without pay because of the partial government shutdown.
  The meeting is scheduled for 2 p.m.
  According to Mcsally’s schedule, she will meet with members of the Greater Nogales Santa Cruz County Port Authority and local stakeholders before her meeting with
  
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• Blown-call lawsuit seeks do-over of Rams-Saints game

  22-01-2019 21:04
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — In the legal equivalent of a Hail Mary pass, two New Orleans Saints season ticket holders have asked a judge to reverse the result of the NFC championship game that sent the Los Angeles Rams to the Super Bowl — or order a do-over.
  Tuesday’s state court filing says NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell should implement a league rule governing “extraordinarily unfair acts.” Remedies include reversal of a game’s result or the rescheduling of a game &m
  
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• Judge limits access to R. Kelly’s Chicago recording studio

  22-01-2019 21:02
  CHICAGO (AP) — A judge says a Chicago warehouse that R. Kelly is renting can be used only between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. and only as a recording studio. The Chicago Sun-Times says the Cook County judge also prohibited use of the second floor Tuesday, after building inspectors found faulty stairs.
  The ruling comes a week after Chicago building inspectors found code violations at the R&B star’s recording studio on the city’s near West Side during a court-ordered inspection. Those
  
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• Former Kings executive pleads guilty to defrauding team

  22-01-2019 20:57
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A former top Sacramento Kings executive has pleaded guilty to siphoning $13.4 million from the team to buy Southern California beachfront properties, according to court records.
  The records show former chief revenue officer Jeffrey David pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal charges of wire fraud and identity theft.He faces a maximum of 10 years in prison when he is sentenced April 15.
  David was charged last year with forging the team president’s signature to di
  
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• US prosecutors: Bribes used to hide Russian kickback scheme

  22-01-2019 20:56
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Prosecutors say a businessman accused of a $150 million kickback scheme involving Russian military contracts bribed authorities there to drop an investigation into the fraud.
  The arguments helped convince a North Carolina federal judge on Tuesday to order that Leonid Teyf remain incarcerated pending trial on charges he laundered millions of dollars through U.S. banks and plotted to kill a man suspected of having an affair with his wife. Teyf’s lawyers deny the ch
  
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• Police: School bus driver gets 34 kids away from fiery crash

  22-01-2019 20:49
  DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say the driver of a school bus that caught fire after being rear-ended at a South Carolina rail crossing safely evacuated all 34 children aboard.
  The Palmetto Rural Fire Department says in a Facebook post that no one was seriously hurt in the crash Tuesday morning in Darlington County.
  State Highway Patrol spokesman Cpl. Sonny Collins says the bus was stopped at the train crossing when a car struck it from behind and caught fire, spreading flames to the
  
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• Washington state electors challenge fine for anti-Trump bid

  22-01-2019 20:48
  SEATTLE (AP) — Three Democratic presidential electors from Washington state who joined a longshot effort to deny Donald Trump the presidency in 2016 are challenging the $1,000 fines they received for breaking their pledge to support their party’s nominee.
  The three agreed to support Hillary Clinton in the Electoral College after Clinton won the popular vote in Washington.
  Instead, they joined some other electors from around the country in casting votes for Republican Colin Powell. Th
  
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• NFL investigating laser pointed at Brady in AFC title game

  22-01-2019 20:46
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — NFL security is investigating whether a fan attempted to shine a laser into the face of Patriots quarterback Tom Brady during their AFC championship game victory over the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday night.
  Local television stations posted footage Tuesday that showed a green light flashing on Brady late in the Patriots’ 37-31 overtime victory. At least two instances occurred on their go-ahead drive in the fourth quarter, including a crucial 25-yard pass to tig
  
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• Greece removes ancient sites, museums, from development list

  22-01-2019 20:40
  ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s government has removed hundreds of archaeological museums, ancient sites and castles inadvertently put on a provisional list of properties up for private development under the country’s bailout terms.
  The culture ministry said Tuesday that following careful cross-checks, 2,330 properties were taken off the portfolio of state-owned real estate scheduled for development over the next 99 years.
  Among them was the 4,000-year-old palace of Knossos on C
  
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• AP sources: NFL to consider expanding replay reviews

  22-01-2019 20:40
  NEW YORK (AP) — Two people with direct knowledge of the NFL’s plans tell The Associated Press that the league’s competition committee will consider expanding replay reviews to include certain penalties, including pass interference.
  The people, who spoke Tuesday on condition of anonymity because the NFL has not publicly announced such plans, stressed that the committee looks into the parameters of replay yearly. It has considered inclusion of what are considered judgment calls b
  
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• Former Wilmington Trust official sentenced for conspiracy

  22-01-2019 20:39
  WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — A former bank executive who cooperated with authorities in an investigation that led to the fraud convictions of four top executives for Wilmington Trust, the only financial institution to be criminally charged in connection with the federal bank bailout program, has been sentenced to almost two years in prison.
  Fifty-one-year-old Joseph Terranova was sentenced to 21 months behind bars Tuesday, more than five years after he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit ban
  
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• US: Upcoming Mideast conference not aimed at demonizing Iran

  22-01-2019 20:32
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States said Tuesday an international conference next month to promote peace and stability in the Middle East is not aimed at demonizing Iran, which has denounced the gathering as America’s anti-Iran “circus.”
  U.S. deputy ambassador Jonathan Cohen told the Security Council that the conference in Warsaw on Feb. 13-14 sponsored by the United States and Poland is also not aimed at discussing the merits of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal known as th
  
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