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• Deputy shoots K-9 during attack

  29-01-2019 23:53
  LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a Florida deputy shot and killed a K-9 that attacked him while he was feeding the dog. The Ledger reports that the attack and shooting occurred Monday night.
  The Polk County Sheriff’s Office says the K-9 deputy had been feeding the dog, Recon, for about a week while the dog’s normal handler was out of town. The deputy says Recon clamped down on his hand, and the dog wouldn’t release him, forcing him to shoot the dog.
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• Valencia reaches Copa semifinal with 2 stoppage-time goals

  29-01-2019 23:51
  MADRID (AP) — Rodrigo scored twice in stoppage time to complete a hat trick and lead Valencia to a 3-1 win over Getafe on Tuesday, securing his team a spot in the Copa del Rey semifinals.
  Getafe had won the first leg 1-0 last week at home and took the lead again just 38 seconds into the match at Mestalla Stadium to increase its advantage, but Valencia rallied to advance 3-2 on aggregate.
  Rodrigo scored in the 61st minute then sealed the comeback with a goal two minutes into injury time and
  
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• Expedia and subsidiary Egencia sued in overtime case

  29-01-2019 23:49
  SEATTLE (AP) — The online travel company Expedia and one of its subsidiaries are being sued over an alleged failure to pay overtime to hundreds of customer service representatives across the country.
  The complaint was filed in U.S. District Court in Seattle on Monday by Laurie Krause, of Melbourne, Florida, who has worked for the subsidiary, Egencia LLC, since 2014.
  Her complaint says she and other customer service representatives have been misclassified as independent contractors rather t
  
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• Man City’s title hopes dented by 2-1 loss at Newcastle

  29-01-2019 23:48
  NEWCASTLE, England (AP) — Manchester City’s chances of retaining the Premier League title were hit after surrendering an early lead to lose 2-1 at relegation-threatened Newcastle on Tuesday.
  Matt Ritchie’s 80th-minute penalty completed a remarkable turnaround by Newcastle, which fell behind to a goal from Sergio Aguero inside 25 seconds. It was the quickest goal scored in the league this season.
  Salomon Rondon canceled out Aguero’s goal with a 66th-minute equalizer.
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• UN diplomats: New talks on Western Sahara expected in March

  29-01-2019 23:47
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. diplomats say a second round of U.N.-brokered talks on the conflict over Western Sahara is expected between Morocco and the Polisario Front in March, a hopeful sign following the Security Council’s call almost a year ago to speed up a solution to the 43-year dispute.
  Former German President Horst Koehler is the U.N.’s Western Sahara envoy, and diplomats say he told the council Tuesday that he is planning to hold separate talks with all parties in Febr
  
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• House Dems want Treasury records on Russian sanctions move

  29-01-2019 23:44
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Three senior House Democrats are demanding Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin turn over documents that would show how his department decided to lift financial sanctions against three companies connected to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska.
  Reps. Adam Schiff, Maxine Waters and Eliot Engel say in a letter sent Tuesday to Mnuchin that they want a broad array of material, “regardless of classification,” that may include the intelligence reporting used to justify rem
  
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• Packers bring back Getsy as QBs coach to work with Rodgers

  29-01-2019 23:43
  GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The Green Bay Packers are bringing back Luke Getsy, this time as their quarterbacks coach to work with Aaron Rodgers.
  Getsy spent four seasons on former coach Mike McCarthy’s staff before leaving to become Mississippi State’s offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach last year.
  Getsy was Green Bay’s receivers coach from 2016-17 and a quality control coach from 2014-15. He will help Rodgers adjust to new coach Matt LaFleur’s offense.
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• Man United come back late to draw 2-2 against Burnley

  29-01-2019 23:43
  MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s winning start at Manchester United came to end on Tuesday as his team needed a late comeback just to salvage a 2-2 draw against Burnley in the Premier League.
  Ashley Barnes and Chris Wood had put Burnley on course for a first win at Old Trafford since 1962 but Paul Pogba and Victor Lindelof rescued a point for the hosts, who had been frustrated for most of the game by an organized side backed up by in-form goalkeeper Tom Heaton.
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• Bears hire DeLeone as inside linebackers coach

  29-01-2019 23:42
  LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — The Chicago Bears have hired Mark DeLeone as inside linebackers coach.
  DeLeone spent the past six seasons on Andy Reid’s staff in Kansas City and worked with Bears coach Matt Nagy from 2013-17. DeLeone coached inside linebackers this season after serving as the Chiefs’ assistant linebackers coach (2015-17) and defensive quality control coach (2013-14).
  DeLeone worked with Pro Bowl linebackers such as Derrick Johnson, Tamba Hali and Justin Houston in Kan
  
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• Actresses welcome on-set culture changes in MeToo era

  29-01-2019 23:38
  PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Lorraine Toussaint welcomes the idea of intimacy coaches on television and film sets, even if the actress wasn’t quite sure what the job entails.
  Informed that such coaches help stage scenes involving sex that are respectful to the actors, the star of NBC’s upcoming series “The Village” says she had long been her own advocate when no one else was around.
  Toussaint joined Jennifer Carpenter of “The Enemy Within,” Retta of “Go
  
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• Reid Park Zoo Welcomes Oja the Andean Bear

  29-01-2019 23:36
  There’s a new resident at the Reid Park Zoo, and she’s come all the way from Switzerland.…
  
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• Arnautovic injured as West Ham loses 3-0 at Wolves

  29-01-2019 23:34
  WOLVERHAMPTON, England (AP) — Marko Arnautovic marked his return to West Ham’s team by getting injured and leaving Molineux on crutches after a 3-0 loss at Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Premier League on Tuesday.
  Arnautovic missed West Ham’s last two games after he was tempted to accept a lucrative offer from a Chinese club. On Friday, he said he was staying at the London club and signed a new contract.
  He was recalled by West Ham manager Manuel Pellegrini but didn’t fin
  
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• Reid Park Zoo welcomes newest Andean bear, Oja

  29-01-2019 23:33
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  TUCSON – Bear down, Tucson? More like a new bear in Tucson.
  On Tuesday, Reid Park Zoo welcomed their newest member of the family, Oja, the Andean bear.
  The soon-to-be 5-year-old bear was born at the Zurich Zoo in Switzerland, according to zoo officials. She was part of the bear breeding program over at that facility.
  From enjoying her favorite foods from peanuts to strawberries to playing with her favorite ball, Oja will be a welcomed addition to not o
  
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• Fulham rallies to 4-2 win over Brighton in Premier League

  29-01-2019 23:24
  LONDON (AP) — Aleksandar Mitrovic scored twice Tuesday as Fulham came from two goals down to beat Brighton 4-2 and boost its chances of avoiding relegation from the Premier League.
  Fulham was heading for a fifth straight loss after Glenn Murray scored twice inside the first 17 minutes at Craven Cottage.
  Calum Chambers pulled a goal back two minutes into the second half before two headers from Mitrovic put Fulham in front. Luciano Vietto added the fourth in the 79th minute.
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• Redskins promote Kevin O’Connell to offensive coordinator

  29-01-2019 23:23
  ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — The Washington Redskins have promoted Kevin O’Connell to offensive coordinator after he previously served as passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach.
  The team announced O’Connell’s promotion Tuesday along with other changes to Jay Gruden’s coaching staff. Matt Cavanaugh, who had been offensive coordinator the past two seasons, is now the Redskins’ senior offensive assistant.
  The 33-year-old O’Connell previously was an assistan
  
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• Cardiff loses 2-1 at Arsenal as Sala is honored at Emirates

  29-01-2019 23:23
  LONDON (AP) — Arsenal strikers Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette both scored in the second half to give the Gunners a 2-1 win over Cardiff in the Premier League on Tuesday, in the visitors’ first game since the plane carrying record signing Emiliano Sala disappeared last week.
  Aubameyang’s penalty gave Arsenal the lead in the 66th minute and Lacazette doubled the advantage with a well-taken solo goal in the 83rd, before Nathaniel Mendez-Laing pulled one back in
  
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• Oklahoma woman on trial in fatal shooting of police officer

  29-01-2019 23:12
  SHAWNEE, Okla. (AP) — The trial is underway of a 24-year-old Oklahoma woman charged in the 2017 shooting death of a Tecumseh police officer.
  A 12-member jury in Pottawatomie County was set to begin hearing evidence Tuesday in the trial of Brooklyn Danielle Williams, who is charged with second-degree murder in the March 26, 2017, death of 22-year-old Officer Justin Terney.
  Williams was driving a car carrying 37-year-old Byron James Shepard when Terney stopped her for a traffic violation . A
  
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• Arizona lawmaker targeted with 2nd ethics complaint

  29-01-2019 23:10
  PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona lawmaker has filed a second ethics complaint against Rep. David Stringer, citing the Prescott Republican’s remarks on race and a recently published report that he was charged with sex crimes in 1983.
  Democratic Rep. Reginald Bolding filed the complaint Tuesday, a day after he asked the House to expel Stringer. Republicans blocked a vote on expulsion.
  Bolding’s ethics complaint says Stringer “has engaged in a pattern of conduct that demonstrates t
  
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• Resorts World to change design as part of Wynn settlement

  29-01-2019 23:05
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Resorts World Las Vegas will change its design as part of a settlement with Wynn Resorts over the similarities of their buildings.
  KSNV-TV reports Wynn Resorts and Genting Group, which is developing Resorts World, said in a joint statement that Resorts World would have an updated design “that will clearly differentiate the two properties.”
  Wynn Resorts filed a lawsuit in federal court in December alleging the design of Resorts World was too similar to its own d
  
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• City loses at Newcastle, Solskjaer’s winning run ends

  29-01-2019 23:04
  Manchester City’s grip on the Premier League title loosened even more after a 2-1 loss at Newcastle on Tuesday, while Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s record winning run as Manchester United manager ended at home to Burnley despite a late rally to draw.
  With second-place City losing for the fourth time this season, Liverpool can move seven points clear by beating Leicester on Wednesday as the team bids to become English champion for the first time since 1990.
  Sergio Aguero gave City the lead a
  
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• The Latest: LA school board approves new teacher contract

  29-01-2019 23:02
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on a vote by the Los Angeles school board on a new contract with teachers (all times local):
  2 p.m.
  The Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education has unanimously approved a new contract with teachers, who returned to classrooms last week after a six-day strike.
  The board’s action came Tuesday despite an oversight agency issuing a report saying the contract that includes a 6 percent pay hike may not be sustainable.
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• Bundle up, Gophers fans: Game on for Minnesota vs Illinois

  29-01-2019 22:58
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Bundle up, Gophers fans.
  The Barn will be open for business for Minnesota’s next game against Illinois despite extreme cold that has triggered scores of canceled events around the state this week.
  The university announced Tuesday that the Gophers will play the Illini as scheduled Wednesday, when the overnight temperatures are forecast to fall as low as 30 degrees below zero with a wind chill of more than 40 below zero.
  Minnesota coach Richard Pitino encouraged fans
  
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• Top Brexit official at EU Parliament says there is ‘no majority to re-open or dilute’ withdrawal agreement

  29-01-2019 22:56
  BRUSSELS (AP) — Top Brexit official at EU Parliament says there is ‘no majority to re-open or dilute’ withdrawal agreement.
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• Witness: Exec gave lap dance to doctor in drug bribes scheme

  29-01-2019 22:51
  BOSTON (AP) — A former employee of a drug company accused of bribing doctors to write prescriptions for its fentanyl spray says she watched her boss give a lap dance to a doctor the company was targeting.
  Jurors heard the testimony Tuesday on the second day of the closely watched trial against Insys Therapeutics founder John Kapoor and four other former employees of the Chandler, Arizona-based company.
  Holly Brown worked as an Insys sales representative. She told jurors that she saw her bo
  
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• Ranchers whose case sparked standoff get grazing rights back

  29-01-2019 22:51
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Two ranchers who were convicted in 2012 of intentionally setting fires on public land in Oregon have had their grazing rights restored.
  The Oregonian/OregonLive reports that former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, in one of his last actions before resigning, ordered the renewal of a 10-year grazing permit for Hammond Ranches Inc., run by Dwight Hammond Jr. and his son Steven Hammond. The decision was dated Jan. 2, but it wasn’t sent out until this week.
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• Piatek scores 2 as Milan beats Napoli to reach semifinals

  29-01-2019 22:50
  MILAN (AP) — Krzysztof Piatek was given a standing ovation when he went off the field on Tuesday after scoring two goals on his full AC Milan debut to send his new side into the Italian Cup semifinals.
  Piatek, who joined Milan from Genoa last week for a reported 35 million euros, scored both goals inside 27 minutes to help Milan beat Napoli 2-0.
  The Poland forward had come off the bench against Napoli in the league this past weekend for the final 19 minutes of a 0-0 draw.
  He was given his
  
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• Arizona Softball Ranked Seventh in Preseason Polls

  29-01-2019 22:48
  The University of Arizona softball team's 2019 season is looking up, after getting ranked seventh in the nation in the NCAA's preseason poll. The Wildcats, who are coming off a 43-16 season in 2018, are one of five Pac-12 teams to make the list.…
  
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• Bill Clinton pledges help for Caribbean after ’17 hurricanes

  29-01-2019 22:44
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Former U.S. President Bill Clinton has announced dozens of projects aimed at helping Puerto Rico and other Caribbean islands recover from a deadly 2017 hurricane season as part of a two-day conference in the U.S. territory organized by his foundation.
  Tuesday’s announcement comes as the region struggles to rebuild more than a year since hurricanes Irma and Maria caused billions of dollars in damage in Puerto Rico, Dominica, the U.S. Virgin Islands and oth
  
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• Reliever Mejia agrees to minor league contract with Red Sox

  29-01-2019 22:43
  BOSTON (AP) — Relief pitcher Jenrry Mejia, allowed back into baseball after a lifetime ban caused by three positive drug tests, has agreed to a minor league contract with the Boston Red Sox.
  If added to the 40-man roster, the 29-year-old Dominican right-hander would receive a one-year contract at a rate of $625,000 while in the major leagues and $90,400 while in the minors.
  Mejia will report to Boston’s minor league spring training camp. He’s been out of the majors since July 2
  
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• Woman caught going 115 mph in snow, Illinois State Police say

  29-01-2019 22:42
  CHAMPAIGN, ILL – A woman was pulled over by Illinois police while doing 115 mph in a 35 mph zone during snowy conditions over the weekend, state police said.
  The speed limit on the road was 35 mph, police said
  The woman, who police did not identify, was apparently pulled over by a District 10 trooper Sunday evening near Market Street and Wilbur Avenue in Champaign, according to state police. Authorities wrote on the ticket that snow and slush covered the ground at the time.
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• Apple opens new chapter as iPhone sales fall and stock sinks

  29-01-2019 22:40
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple hoped to offset slowing demand for iPhones by raising the prices of its most important product, but that strategy seems to have backfired after sales drooped during the holiday shopping season.
  Now, CEO Tim Cook is grappling with his toughest challenge since replacing co-founder Steve Jobs 7 ½ years ago. Even as he tries to boost iPhone sales, Cook also must prove that Apple can still thrive even if demand doesn’t rebound.
  Cook’s began tackling
  
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• Hospital ordered to pay nearly $43M to family of dead woman

  29-01-2019 22:37
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas hospital has been ordered to pay nearly $43 million to the family of a woman who died while in the hospital’s care.
  The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports jurors ruled in favor of plaintiffs Dwayne Murray and his 7-year-old daughter, Brooklynn, and ordered Centennial Hills Hospital to pay more than $10.5 million in compensatory damages and $32.4 million in punitive damages.
  The jury ruled the hospital and its staff breached standards of care by administerin
  
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• The Latest: Police to continue making pot possession arrests

  29-01-2019 22:31
  BALTIMORE (AP) — The Latest on decision by Baltimore’s top prosecutor to cease prosecution of any marijuana possession cases (all times local):
  4 p.m.
  Baltimore’s acting police leader says officers will continue making arrests for pot possession, hours after the city’s top prosecutor says her office will no longer prosecute such cases.
  Acting Police Commissioner Gary Tuggle said Tuesday that Baltimore’s officers will keep making arrests for illegal marijuana possess
  
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• Judge finds Honduras lawmaker guilty in defamation case

  29-01-2019 22:31
  TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — A judge in Honduras has found an opposition lawmaker guilty of defaming and slandering a powerful local banker.
  Maria Luisa Borjas of the Libre party was sued by Ficohsa bank president Camilo Atala in 2017 after she publicly read a list of suspected “intellectual authors” contained in a government investigative report on killings. Atala’s was one of 16 names.
  The lawsuit said Borjas’ comments caused “irreparable damage” to At
  
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• Business owners arrested for fraud schemes in Yuma

  29-01-2019 22:31
  YUMA, Ariz. –  A Yuma couple is under arrest and facing charges of fraud schemes in the Foothills area.
  Deputies with the Yuma County Sherrif’s Office arrested Yvette Reckards and Michael Reckards on Sunday.
  They were  booked for Theft, Theft from a vulnerable adult, Fraudulent schemes, Conspiracy, and Theft-Obtain by Misrepresent, according to YCSO
  YCSO said deputies have met with a number of reporting parties that have stated that they had made arrange
  
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• No reputation remake for Suh in Los Angeles

  29-01-2019 22:30
  ATLANTA (AP) — Ndamukong Suh says he has not gone about trying to remake his reputation in his first and perhaps only season with the Los Angeles Rams.
  The mammoth defensive tackle and three-time All-Pro was notorious for racking up fines and suspensions that cost him over $400,000 in his first five seasons, all with the Detroit Lions.
  “I’m not sure if anything’s changed,” the ninth-year veteran said. “I’m still aggressive. I still like to get after the
  
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• Mar-a-Lago chef says harassment complaint cost him his job

  29-01-2019 22:28
  A pastry chef is suing President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, saying he was laid off in retaliation for trying to stop managers from sexually harassing women in the kitchen.
  Former executive pastry chef Graham Randall alleges he was laid off from the club in Palm Beach about six months after he complained that two top managers were sending lewd texts and engaging in other offensive behavior toward two women pastry chefs. The lawsuit seeks more than $15,000 in lost wages and d
  
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• NCAA looks to decrease chances of marathon OT football games

  29-01-2019 22:27
  The NCAA football rules committee later this month will consider changing the overtime format. The goal is to make it less likely for games to go beyond two extra possessions for each team.
  Among the more radical ideas set to be discussed is going to a 2-point-conversion shootout after teams have played two full OT possessions.
  The current format, implemented in 1996, gives each team possession at the opponent’s 25-yard line, and repeats the process until one team has outscored the other.
  
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• Authorities examine cellphone of alleged Wisconsin kidnapper

  29-01-2019 22:24
  BARRON, Wis. (AP) — Authorities in Wisconsin have examined call logs, photos and videos stored on the cellphone of the man accused of kidnapping a 13-year-old girl and killing her parents.
  Search warrant documents filed Tuesday in Barron County Circuit Court show authorities recently searched the phone of 21-year-old Jake Patterson. The nature of the photos and videos was not released.
  Patterson is accused of killing James and Denise Closs on Oct. 15 and kidnapping their daughter, Jayme Cl
  
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• France backs Cyprus’ search for gas amid Turkey opposition

  29-01-2019 22:23
  NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — France’s president says his country fully backs Cyprus’ sovereign right to search for gas off the island nation’s coast amid continued opposition by neighboring Turkey.
  Speaking at the end of a southern European summit Tuesday, Emmanuel Macron said that France is “very concerned” about what’s happening in waters around the island and that he conveyed that to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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• The Latest: 3 killed in medical helicopter crash identified

  29-01-2019 22:21
  CINCINNATI (AP) — The Latest on the fatal crash of a medical helicopter in Ohio (all times local):
  4:20 p.m.
  Ohio authorities have released the identities of the three crew members killed in the crash of a medical helicopter in the southeastern part of the state.
  All three crew members were from Ohio. They are 34-year-old pilot Jennifer Topper of Sunbury and two flight nurses: 48-year-old Bradley Haynes of London and 33-year-old Rachel Cunningham of Galloway.
  The Ohio State Highway Patrol
  
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• UNESCO celebrates 150 years of chemistry’s periodic table

  29-01-2019 22:17
  PARIS (AP) — The periodic table of chemical elements is having its 150th birthday, and the U.N. scientific agency is holding a year of events to celebrate.
  Anyone who has studied chemistry will recognize the table, which organizes all chemical elements by the number of protons in a given atom and other properties. Russian scientist Dmitry Mendeleev published the first such table in 1969.
  The U.N. Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization kicked off the “International Year of th
  
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• The Latest: Governor thought ex-aide would stop harassment

  29-01-2019 22:17
  HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The Latest on sexual harassment allegations against a former New York City mayoral aide (all times local):
  2:15 p.m.
  Montana Gov. Steve Bullock’s spokeswoman says the governor thought a former senior staffer of his wouldn’t harass any more women after being fired from the Democratic Governors Association.
  Bullock spokeswoman Ronja Abel said Tuesday that it’s clear that Kevin O’Brien’s 2015 firing from the DGA hadn’t been enough since
  
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• Man sentenced in death of wife who fell from moving pickup

  29-01-2019 22:12
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A Louisiana man has been sentenced to 2 and 1/2 years in prison in the 2016 death of his wife, who was thrown to the ground while clinging to a pickup truck he was driving.
  The Advocate reports 42-year-old Kalvin Hawkins was sentenced Tuesday after pleading guilty in October to conspiracy to commit negligent homicide.
  The Baton Rouge man and his wife, Shadelle Hawkins, were arguing when she climbed into the driver’s seat. He pulled her out and began driving aw
  
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• Investigators: Arpaio aide violated truthfulness policy

  29-01-2019 22:03
  PHOENIX (AP) — Investigators concluded former Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s top aide violated his agency’s truthfulness policy when claiming he didn’t know about a judge’s order that Arpaio had famously disobeyed until two years after it was issued.
  Investigators say Jerry Sheridan made a knowing misrepresentation when he claimed that he didn’t learn of the December 2011 preliminary injunction barring Arpaio’s immigration patrols until March 2014.
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• Reps. Gallego and Kirkpatrick Talk Health Care

  29-01-2019 21:49
  Ruben Gallego (CD-7) and Ann Kirkpatrick (CD-2), two Democratic representatives in U.S. Congress joined Alicia Held, an Arizona healthcare advocate, to talk about the state of health coverage in Arizona. They discussed what citizens can expect in the future during a press call hosted by Protect Our Care Arizona.Rep. Gallego said more than 20 million Americans have healthcare because of the Affordable Care Act, while Republicans have “waged a war” against it.…
  
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• Report: Powerful Illinois speaker Madigan recorded in probe

  29-01-2019 21:30
  CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago newspaper is reporting that a federal affidavit says the FBI secretly recorded Illinois’ powerful House speaker in 2014 discussing a hotel development project and the possibility of its Chinese developer becoming a client of the speaker’s private law firm.
  Tuesday’s Chicago Sun-Times’ report on Michael Madigan suggests a federal investigation may cast a much wider net than first thought after it led to an attempted extortion charge this mont
  
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• More staff on leave as hospital reviews deaths, drug doses

  29-01-2019 21:17
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio hospital has put more three more employees, including managers, on leave amid allegations that an intensive-care doctor ordered potentially fatal doses of pain medication for dozens of patients.
  Mount Carmel Health System says 23 staff members are on leave pending further investigation that’s centered on Mount Carmel West hospital in Columbus.
  It earlier announced six pharmacists and 14 nurses were on leave. The doctor, William Husel (HYOO’-suhl),
  
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• Wild give backup goalie Stalock 3-year contract extension

  29-01-2019 21:16
  ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Wild and backup goalie Alex Stalock have agreed to terms on a three-year, $2.355 million contract extension.
  The deal, announced Tuesday, carries an annual average value of $785,000 against the salary cap over the 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 seasons. The 31-year-old Stalock is in his third season with the Wild, with a 2.92 goals-against average and .894 save percentage over 14 appearances. He has made 10 starts in relief of All-Star Devan Dubnyk.
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• Lane closures on Interstate 10 Wednesday night

  29-01-2019 21:16
  Drivers can expect lane closures on Interstate 10 near Ina Rd. starting on Wednesday.
  The Arizona Department of Transportation said I-10 will be reduced to one lane in each direction between Cortaro and Ina Roads. Work starts Wednesday, Jan. 30 at 10 pm and is expected to wrap up around 2 am on Thursday.
  Repaving work will also begin on a portion of Ina Rd., on Wednesday. The road will be closed between Camino de Oeste and Camino de las Capas between 8 pm on Wednesday and 5 am on Thursday.
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