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• Small Plane Without Pilot Crashes at Modesto Airport

  31-01-2019 23:56
  MODESTO, CA – A small aircraft with no pilot onboard crashed at an airport in Modesto Wednesday afternoon.
  Run-away plane crashes at Modesto, CA airport.
  The owners of the plane were working on on the aircraft when it was accidentally started and then later crashed into a parked car and a fence at Modesto Airport, NBC-affiliate KCRA reported.
  No one was injured and no one was on the plane, Modesto police told the Sacramento-based TV station.
  Footage of the scene showed the airplane su
  
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• Fundraiser for Tucson International Mariachi at Whataburger

  31-01-2019 23:55
  TUCSON – “Oh Whata Burger!” is the fundraising event happening at Whataburger on Thursday, January 31st.
  Twenty percent of the proceeds made at the St. Mary’s Rd. & Grande Ave. location will be given to the Student Advisory Council for the Tucson International Mariachi.
  The event runs 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
  There will also be a drawing for free Whataburger for a Year and a photo booth at the event.
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• The Latest: Judges says police decree important ‘1st step’

  31-01-2019 23:54
  CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on a federal judge’s approval of court-supervised reforms of the Chicago Police Department (all times local):
  4:45 p.m.
  A federal judge who approved a plan for court-supervised reforms of Chicago police calls the plan “an important step” to repair the damaged relationship between officers and members of the community.
  Judge Robert Dow approved the consent decree Thursday without ordering any notable changes in the draft. The 236-page plan, among
  
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• 65-year-old succumbs to injuries from southeast side crash

  31-01-2019 23:53
  TUCSON – A 65-year-old has died in connection to a serious-injury collision that occurred on the southeast side of Tucson Dec. 31.
  According to Tucson Police Department, 65-year-old Ben B. Escobedo was seriously injured after he was involved in a head-on collision while traveling west on Escalante Road near South Salle Polar.Authorities said a woman experienced a medical episode while traveling eastbound on Escalante. This prompted her to lose control of her vehicle, cross into the opposit
  
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• Lawyers: $6.5 million to settle false arrest claim

  31-01-2019 23:51
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Lawyers say a $6.5 million settlement has been reached with the widow of a former Ohio State football star who says police used excessive force arresting her late husband.
  Jim Stillwagon, who died last year, was captain of the school’s 1968 national championship team. He was acquitted in 2013 of criminal charges stemming from a September 2012 road rage incident in Delaware in central Ohio.
  Stillwagon’s widow, Effie, alleged in a lawsuit that Delaware polic
  
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• Fantasy author postpones book amid racism allegations

  31-01-2019 23:50
  NEW YORK (AP) — The author of a highly-anticipated fantasy trilogy is postponing the first book as she faces allegations of racism.
  Amelie Wen Zhao, whose “Blood Heir” was scheduled for in June, wrote Wednesday in an online statement that she was “so sorry” for any pain she might have caused. “Blood Heir” is set in the imagined Cyrilian Empire, and was promoted as showing a world in which “oppression is blind to skin color.” Fantasy author L.
  
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• Union, league preparing “war chests” for 2021 labor talks

  31-01-2019 23:49
  ATLANTA (AP) — Two years before the labor agreement with the NFL runs out, the players’ union is gathering a war chest it hopes it doesn’t need.
  Union leaders, however, expect a work stoppage in 2021, while not exactly inevitable, will be difficult to avoid.
  “We feel good where we are, the lines we can draw,” NFL Players Association President Eric Winston said Thursday. “We feel good about the direction we have.
  “It’s our job to prepare for wars we
  
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• Facebook says Apple its restoring a key developer tool

  31-01-2019 23:47
  NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook says Apple is restoring a key development tool that the iPhone maker disabled Wednesday.
  Late Tuesday, TechCrunch reported that Facebook paid teens and other users who agreed to download an app called Facebook Research. That app could extensively track their phone and web use. Apple said Facebook was abusing the tool , known as a developer enterprise certificate, to distribute the app in a way that allowed the social network to sidestep Apple restrictions on data c
  
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• Red-hot Benzema leads Real Madrid back to Copa semifinals

  31-01-2019 23:45
  MADRID (AP) — With another great performance by Karim Benzema, Real Madrid secured a comfortable 3-1 win in its visit to Girona on Thursday to reach the Copa del Rey semifinals for the first time in five years.
  Madrid advanced 7-3 on aggregate having won the first leg 4-2 at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium last week.
  Benzema continued his scoring form by finding the net twice in the first half at Montilivi Stadium. The Frenchman has five goals in his last three matches, with one of the goals com
  
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• Julius Campbell, of ‘Remember the Titans’ team, dies at 65

  31-01-2019 23:42
  Julius Campbell Jr., a former Virginia high school football star depicted in the movie “Remember the Titans,” has died at age 65.
  The Washington Post reports Campbell died Jan. 25 of organ failure. Cathy Campbell confirmed her husband’s death to the newspaper, calling him a “kind, compassionate human being.”
  After Alexandria high schools integrated, upperclassmen attended T. C. Williams High School in 1971. The movie portrayed the Titans’ success that season a
  
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• The Latest: Records not clear on Garner officer’s training

  31-01-2019 23:39
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the police disciplinary case against a white officer accused in the 2014 chokehold death of an unarmed black man (all times local):
  5:30 p.m.
  The New York Police Department says it hasn’t been able to figure out who specifically trained a white officer accused in the 2014 chokehold death of an unarmed black man because records don’t list instructors for individual officers.
  The lack of clarity is making it harder for a watchdog agency to prepare fo
  
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• McSally flagged by feds for excessive campaign donations

  31-01-2019 23:36
  WASHINGTON (AP) – The Federal Election Commission says Arizona Sen. Martha McSally may have accepted $270,000 in campaign contributions that exceeded legal limits.
  Federal candidates can collect $2,700 from a single donor during a primary election and an additional $2,700 from the same person during the general election.
  But the FEC this week flagged dozens of contributions to McSally that appear to exceed those limits.
  A McSally spokesman says the campaign is reviewing the matter and will
  
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• The Latest: Company says debris found could be missing plane

  31-01-2019 23:16
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Latest on missing medical transport plane in Alaska (all times local):
  1 p.m.
  Officials with a medical flight company that owns a missing air ambulance in Alaska say aircraft debris found at the search site strongly indicates that it came from their plane.
  The Coast Guard says it has not been able to confirm that the aircraft wing part found Wednesday and other debris found is from the twin-engine King Air 200 plane that disappeared with three people on board T
  
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• Manslaughter charges for deaths of 3 Honolulu pedestrians

  31-01-2019 22:54
  HONOLULU (AP) — A suspected drunken driver police say plowed into a crowded Honolulu intersection and killed three people has been charged with manslaughter.
  Alins Sumang didn’t speak during a brief court appearance Thursday. He stood handcuffed and surrounded by deputy sheriffs.
  He’s being held on $1 million bail.
  Prosecutors say he recklessly caused the deaths of Casimir Pokorny of Pennsylvania, Reino Ikeda of Japan and William Lau of Honolulu. Police say speed and alcohol ap
  
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• Knicks agree to trade Porzingis to Dallas

  31-01-2019 22:41
  NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Knicks have traded Kristaps Porzingis to the Dallas Mavericks, parting with the young All-Star forward as he recovers from a torn knee ligament.
  The Knicks acquired Dennis Smith Jr., DeAndre Jordan, Wesley Matthews and two future first-round picks in the deal Thursday, while also sending guards Tim Hardaway Jr., Trey Burke and Courtney Lee to Dallas.
  The Knicks made the surprising move after saying Porzingis requested a trade earlier Thursday.
  The 7-foot-3 Porz
  
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• A Koch Education Initiative? Buyer Be Very Wary

  31-01-2019 22:40
  Will Arizona be among the [un]lucky five states to be part of the new Koch Network education initiative? The states have yet to be named, but I suspect Arizona is on the radar, given the Koch Network and Governor Ducey's mutual admiration society.…
  
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• Tour of California to take riders higher, farther than ever

  31-01-2019 22:28
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The most prestigious road cycling race in the U.S. will take riders farther than ever before after the Tour of California revealed the full route for this year’s edition on Thursday.
  The seven-stage men’s race, which begins May 12 in Sacramento, will cover 773 miles and gain more than 68,000 feet in elevation. More than half the stages will cover at least 120 miles, and the sixth stage could produce the overall winner when riders reach the popular summit of M
  
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• Road closure for resurfacing near the VA

  31-01-2019 22:10
  TUCSON – The Marine Corps Trail bridge over the Julian Wash is closing for resurfacing. It will affect access to services on the northeast side of the Tucson VA Medical Center. The work starts Monday, February 4th.
  the bridge over the Julian Wash is scheduled to reopen Monday, February 18th. Veterans planning to visit the facilities should plan on delays and allow for extra time when coming in for an appointment.
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• US wages and benefits up 0.7 percent in Q4

  31-01-2019 22:07
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. workers saw their annual wages and benefits rise by 0.7 percent in the final three months of last year, a moderate gain that was down only slightly from the third quarter.
  The Labor Department says that the seasonally adjusted October-December gain was down from a 0.8 percent rise in the third quarter.
  Over the past 12 months, wages and benefits are up 2.9 percent, an improvement from a 12-month gain of 2.8 percent in the 12 months ending in September.
  Wages and sala
  
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• The Latest: St. Louis chief angered over prosecutor claims

  31-01-2019 22:06
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Latest on the case of a St. Louis officer who allegedly died while playing a Russian roulette-style game with a colleague (all times local):
  3 p.m.
  The St. Louis circuit attorney’s criticism of how police investigated a male officer’s Russian roulette-style fatal shooting of a female colleague has drawn an angry response from Police Chief John Hayden.
  Hayden, speaking at a news conference on Thursday, raised his voice and pounded his fist in responding to a
  
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• The Latest: Officer in fatal shooting was allegedly drinking

  31-01-2019 22:06
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Latest on the case of a St. Louis officer who allegedly died while playing a Russian roulette-style game with a colleague (all times local):
  5p.m.
  The St. Louis police officer charged with killing a female colleague while playing a Russian roulette-style game is accused in a police disciplinary document of drinking on duty.
  Police on Thursday provided The Associated Press with a copy of an internal police misconduct report against Officer Nathaniel Hendren and his co-w
  
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• Senate vote rebukes Trump on Syria, Afghanistan

  31-01-2019 22:06
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In a rebuke to President Donald Trump, the Senate has voted 68-23 to advance an amendment that would oppose withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria and Afghanistan.
  The amendment from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says Islamic State and al-Qaida militants still pose a serious threat to the United States and warns that “a precipitous withdrawal” of U.S. forces from Syria and Afghanistan could allow the groups to regroup and destabilize the countries.
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• Celtic signs young Americans Gutman and Perez

  31-01-2019 22:04
  American defenders Andrew Gutman and Manny Perez have signed 3½-year contracts with Celtic.
  Gutman was immediately loaned Thursday to Nashville of the second-tier United Soccer League Championship for the 2019 season. Celtic says Perez also will be loaned to a U.S. club.
  Gutman is a 22-year-old who was a senior at Indiana and won the Hermann Trophy as the top men’s college soccer player last year. He was a member of the Chicago Fire’s youth academy and trained with Rangers, Ce
  
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• Love scrimmages with Cavs during practice, close to playing

  31-01-2019 22:01
  INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) — Cavaliers All-Star forward Kevin Love took part in a contact scrimmage and could be days from playing in a game.
  Love has been out since late October after undergoing surgery on his left foot. He played in just four games before the pain became too much and he opted for surgery.
  Cavs coach Larry Drew said Love “did pretty well” during Thursday’s 5-on-5 workout.
  The Cavs host Dallas on Saturday. But Drew said it would be “pushing it” f
  
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• Shinji Kagawa leaves Dortmund again, this time for Besiktas

  31-01-2019 21:57
  DORTMUND, Germany (AP) — Borussia Dortmund’s Japan international Shinji Kagawa has turned down Bundesliga rival Hannover and instead joined Turkish side Besiktas on loan.
  Dortmund says Kagawa requested the move. The 29-year-old midfielder had only made two league appearances this season and did not feature prominently in coach Lucien Favre’s plans.
  Dortmund sporting director Michael Zorc says “Shinji is not only an outstanding football player, but also a great friend of t
  
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• Study: Many small kids are using too much toothpaste

  31-01-2019 21:53
  NEW YORK (AP) — A new study suggests too many young kids are using too much toothpaste, increasing their risk of streaky or splotchy teeth when they get older.
  About 40 percent of kids ages 3 to 6 used a brush that was full or half-full of toothpaste. Experts recommend no more than a pea-sized amount.
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention findings were based on a survey of parents of more than 5,000 kids ages 3 to 15.
  Fluoride prevents cavities. Health officials recommend that all
  
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• Kentucky attorney general warns abortion bill is unlawful

  31-01-2019 21:52
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s Democratic attorney general says a bill moving through the Republican-controlled legislature to outlaw abortions after the detection of a fetal heartbeat is unconstitutional.
  Attorney General Andy Beshear, who is running for governor, sent a letter to legislative leaders saying the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled at least eight times that Congress and the states cannot ban abortion before viability. He said that occurs around 24 weeks, adding doctors can
  
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• New Hampshire girl, a QB, gets 2 tickets to Super Bowl

  31-01-2019 21:48
  FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — A seventh-grade girl from New Hampshire who was bullied for playing quarterback on a youth football team is going to the Super Bowl courtesy of the New England Patriots.
  Dejah Rondeau, of Exeter, who wears No. 11 in honor of her favorite player, Julian Edelman, was invited to Foxborough recently to meet Edelman and team owner Robert Kraft after the team learned of her experience.
  In a video posted on the team’s website, Edelman played catch with her and surpr
  
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• Facebook removes 783 fake pages, accounts tied to Iran

  31-01-2019 21:44
  NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook says it has removed 783 Iran-linked pages, accounts and groups from its service for what it calls “coordinated inauthentic behavior.” That’s the social network’s term for fake accounts run with the intent of disrupting politics and elections.
  Facebook has disclosing such purges more regularly in recent months, including ones linked to groups in Myanmar , Bangladesh and Russia .
  The accounts on Facebook and Instagram typically misrepresented
  
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• US nuclear administration to review Nevada assault complaint

  31-01-2019 21:40
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — The U.S. government’s nuclear security administration says it will review the handling of a sexual harassment and assault complaint that a security guard at the Nevada National Security Site made against colleagues.
  National Nuclear Security Administration spokesman Darwin Morgan in a statement Thursday says the guard’s allegations detailed in a Jan. 25 New York Times article “are unacceptable and clearly not in keeping with NNSA’s high standards of
  
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• Federal court blocks San Francisco warning on soda ads

  31-01-2019 21:36
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court has blocked a San Francisco law requiring health warnings on advertisements for soda and other sugary drinks in a victory for beverage and retail groups that sued to block the ordinance.
  The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals says in a unanimous ruling Thursday that the law violates constitutionally protected commercial speech.
  The judges granted a preliminary injunction that prevents the law from taking effect and kicked the case back to a lower
  
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• Suspect in killing of Lyft driver booked into a Phoenix jail

  31-01-2019 21:35
  PHOENIX (AP) — A man suspected of fatally stabbing his pregnant driver, killing the woman and her unborn child before stealing her vehicle, has been booked into a Phoenix jail.
  TV video showed 20-year-old Fabian Durazo arriving at the Maricopa County jail Thursday morning.
  Durazo had been held at a La Paz County jail since last Sunday on suspicion of two counts of first-degree murder and one count each of kidnapping and armed robbery.
  He was arrested near Quartzsite, nearly 150 miles away
  
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• Natural gas prices slump despite US winter weather blast

  31-01-2019 21:34
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — While the polar vortex is driving up demand for natural gas, it isn’t doing the same for the price.
  The massive weather system is blanketing much of the Midwest and Northeast in a deep freeze, and demand for natural gas is spiking as homeowners crank up the heat to stay warm.
  Yet natural gas prices have fallen this week and are in the throes of a two-month skid. The price closed at $2.81 per 1,000 cubic feet Thursday, down 42 percent from a recent high in November.
  
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• U.S. appeals court blocks San Francisco law requiring health warnings on advertisements for soda.

  31-01-2019 21:33
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — U.S. appeals court blocks San Francisco law requiring health warnings on advertisements for soda. .
  The post U.S. appeals court blocks San Francisco law requiring health warnings on advertisements for soda. appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• Judge approves Chicago’s court-monitored police reforms

  31-01-2019 21:32
  CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge has approved a far-reaching plan for court-supervised reforms of the Chicago Police Department, nearly two years after a U.S. Justice Department report found a history of civil rights violations by officers.
  Judge Robert Dow’s decision Thursday to approve the consent decree is a culmination of a process that started with the release of video in 2015 showing white police officer Jason Van Dyke shooting black teenager Laquan McDonald 16 times. It led to t
  
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• ‘Homeland’ final season pushed back to fall Showtime debut

  31-01-2019 21:31
  PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — “Homeland” fans will have to wait longer than expected for the start of the last season.
  Showtime said that the drama’s planned return in June has been pushed back to fall.
  The complexity of production is the reason for the season-eight delay, Showtime entertainment president Gary Levine said Wednesday.
  Claire Danes stars in “Homeland,” which has taken her bipolar, now former CIA agent Carrie through dangerous conflicts that sometimes m
  
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• Baltimore prosecutor files petition to erase pot convictions

  31-01-2019 21:31
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore’s top prosecutor has filed a rarely used legal petition intended to vacate 3,778 convictions for possession of marijuana.
  In an unusual “Maryland v Maryland” filing in state court, State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby says the legal effort is necessary to “right an extraordinary wrong.” The petition, if granted, would acknowledge an error of fact in the cases and wipe out the pot possession convictions.
  Mosby says in the Tuesday fili
  
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• Chicago police say ‘Empire’ actor Jussie Smollett refuses to hand over cellphone to them

  31-01-2019 21:29
  Actor and singer Jussie Smollett attends the “Empire” FYC Event in Los Angeles on May 20, 2016.Richard Shotwell / AP file
  CHICAGO — “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett has refused to turn over his cellphone to detectives, who are investigating the alleged attack that sent him to the hospital earlier this week, Chicago police said Thursday.
  The actor declined to share telephone records that could show he was speaking with his manager just as the alleged assault happened e
  
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• Conservatives head to Texas to try to build their own wall

  31-01-2019 21:28
  HOUSTON (AP) — An effort that started as an online fundraiser to provide President Donald Trump with donations for his border wall has morphed into a foundation. And its members are vowing to build a wall themselves.
  The campaign is called “We The People Will Build the Wall.” It has surpassed $20 million since being created in December by Air Force veteran and triple amputee Brian Kolfage.
  The online campaign has received almost 350,000 donations even as wall opponents deride t
  
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• Gas driller seeking to have man thrown in jail for contempt

  31-01-2019 21:26
  A gas driller is escalating its campaign against a Pennsylvania homeowner who’s long accused the company of polluting his water, demanding that he be thrown in jail over his failure to submit to questioning as part of the company’s $5 million lawsuit against him.
  Houston-based Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. sued Dimock resident Ray Kemble and his former lawyers in 2017, claiming they tried to extort the company through a federal lawsuit. Cabot also says Kemble violated a 2012 settlement a
  
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• The Latest: Alleged birth tourism operators due in court

  31-01-2019 21:23
  SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on the federal charges related to Chinese birth tourism schemes (all times local):
  12:13 p.m.
  Three people charged with running schemes to bring Chinese women to the United States to give birth to babies who automatically hold American citizenship are due in court.
  Dongyuan Li, Jing Dong and Michael Wei Yueh Liu are scheduled to appear in federal court in Santa Ana on Thursday.
  Messages were left for Li and Dong’s attorneys. No attorney was immedia
  
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• The Latest: Super Bowl next heads back to Miami

  31-01-2019 21:22
  ATLANTA (AP) — The Latest on Super Bowl 53 (all times EST):
  4 p.m.
  As chairman of the Miami Super Bowl Host Committee, Rodney Barreto is eager to show the NFL what it has been missing.
  Next year the game will be played in Miami for the first time since 2010, and Barreto predicts visitors are “going to be blown away.” He led a Miami group attending this week’s game in Atlanta to brainstorm and promote the Super Bowl’s return to South Florida.
  Miami has hosted 10 Supe
  
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• The Latest: Pats’ Brown joins wife for birth of their child

  31-01-2019 21:22
  ATLANTA (AP) — The Latest on Super Bowl 53 (all times EST):
  6 p.m.
  New England Patriots left tackle Trent Brown was excused from the team’s final media session before the Super Bowl to be with his wife, who had a baby.
  A team spokesperson confirmed to The Associated Press that Brown’s wife was in town in the Atlanta area, and the offensive lineman would play in the game Sunday against the Los Angeles Rams.
  The 6-foot-8, 380-pound Brown was acquired by New England last April fro
  
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• Judge rejects possible ‘do-over’ of Rams-Saints playoff game

  31-01-2019 21:19
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge is refusing to order the NFL to implement a rule that could have led to a do-over of the NFC championship game between the New Orleans Saints and the Los Angeles Rams.
  U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan on Thursday rejected arguments by two Saints season ticket holders who filed suit against the league and Commissioner Roger Goodell. At issue was game officials’ failure to call interference or roughness penalties against a Rams player at a key point i
  
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• Federal judge approves Chicago police-reform plan with court oversight

  31-01-2019 21:19
  CHICAGO (AP) — Federal judge approves Chicago police-reform plan with court oversight.
  The post Federal judge approves Chicago police-reform plan with court oversight appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• Judge refuses to order NFL to implement rule that could have led to do-over of championship game between Saints and Rams

  31-01-2019 21:17
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Judge refuses to order NFL to implement rule that could have led to do-over of championship game between Saints and Rams.
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• Sen. Kyrsten Sinema Co-Sponsors Violence Prevention Legislation

  31-01-2019 21:16
  This week U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema, along with Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida) and Sen. Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina) introduced the Threat Assessment, Prevention, and Safety Act of 2019 (S. 265).…
  
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• Country Music Hall of Fame guitarist Harold Bradley dies

  31-01-2019 21:16
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country Music Hall of Fame guitarist Harold Bradley, who played on hundreds of hit country records and along with his brother, famed producer Owen Bradley, helped craft “The Nashville Sound,” has died. He was 93.
  His daughter Beverly Bradley said he died Thursday morning.
  Bradley switched from banjo to guitar at the urging of his brother, and after a stint in the Navy, he became an in-demand session musician, playing in what was called the “A Team&
  
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• Airbnb criticizes Hawaii attempt to subpoena host records

  31-01-2019 21:15
  HONOLULU (AP) — Airbnb is criticizing Hawaii’s attempt to subpoena 10 years’ worth of invoices, receipts and other records from the home-sharing platform’s island hosts.
  It calls the move unprecedented and a “massive intrusion” that violates state and federal law.
  The company says in a court filing Wednesday that Hawaii has failed to show why it should be allowed to “invade the privacy rights of Airbnb and its users on this massive scale.”
  Hawaii a
  
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• Judge awards $300M to family of journalist killed in Syria

  31-01-2019 21:09
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Seven years after correspondent Marie Colvin was killed while covering the Syrian revolution, a Washington court has found the Syrian government liable and awarded more than $300 million in damages.
  U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson unsealed her verdict late Wednesday night. Berman concluded the Syrian military had worked to locate and then deliberately target the makeshift media center in the city of Homs where Colvin and other journalists were working.
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