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• The Latest: Feds arrive to probe San Francisco gas blast

  07-02-2019 19:04
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Latest on a natural gas explosion in San Francisco (all times local):
  10:15 p.m.
  The National Transportation Safety Board will investigate a natural gas explosion on a San Francisco street that sent flames into the air, damaging five buildings and sending panicked residents into the streets.
  NTSB spokesman Eric Weiss says an eight-person team arrived at the scene Thursday night. Team members will be collecting evidence and trying to pin down what happened.
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• University of Arizona Wants to Ax UA Assistant Men's Basketball Coach

  07-02-2019 18:17
  University of Arizona assistant men's basketball coach Mark Phelps has been suspended by the school, with the intent of firing him, according to a statement released on Wednesday night.
  The University's statement read in part:The University of Arizona has initiated the process to terminate Assistant Men's Basketball Coach Mark Phelps' employment with the University.…
  
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• Rome airport temporarily closed by discovery of WWII bombs

  07-02-2019 17:35
  ROME (AP) — Rome’s Ciampino airport has been temporarily closed due to the discovery of World War II-era ordinance during maintenance work.
  Italy’s Defense Ministry says army experts are working on safely removing three German bombs with a total weight of 150 kilograms (330 pounds).
  Airport operator Aeroporti di Roma said the bombs were found Thursday during maintenance work on the tarmac. It said some flights to Ciampino would be diverted to Rome’s larger Fiumicino airpo
  
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• 4 the Weekend: 5K with a twist, to benefit first responders

  07-02-2019 17:33
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  Wed. – Sat. 
  Starts 9:30 a.m. daily 
  JW Marriott Starr Pass
   
  With the 65th Gem Mineral and Fossil Show in full swing, different shows are popping up around Tucson. The JCK features a lineup of events to educate people in the jewelry industry about selling strategy and digital presence. It also features 130 artisans selling gemstones from designers and suppliers. The event is perfect for people who create custom jewelry.
   
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• Turkish officials raise death toll in Istanbul building collapse to 10

  07-02-2019 17:32
  ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish officials raise death toll in Istanbul building collapse to 10.
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• The Latest: Vatican: Pope willing to help Venezuela talks

  07-02-2019 17:26
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The latest on Venezuela’s political crisis (all times local):
  12:29 p.m.
  The Vatican says Pope Francis is willing to see if Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido would agree to Vatican intervention to help relaunch talks with embattled President Nicholas Maduro to try to end the country’s political standoff.
  Vatican spokesman Alessandro Gisotti issued a statement Thursday after Francis told reporters that he would consider Maduro’s request for
  
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• Portuguese gov’t aims to force striking nurses back to work

  07-02-2019 17:23
  LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal’s Socialist government is trying to force striking public health service nurses back to work by enacting a rarely used measure.
  Health Minister Marta Temido announced Thursday that the government has decided to order a so-called civil requisition, whereby workers in essential services are required by law to report for duty in “exceptionally serious” circumstances.
  Hospitals say the strike has forced the cancellation of hundreds of schedule
  
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• Congo’s new president on first trip to African countries

  07-02-2019 17:21
  BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo (AP) — Congo’s new President Felix Tshisekedi has landed in Brazzaville, the capital of neighboring Republic of the Congo, to start his first international trip since being elected president in late January.
  Tshisekedi on Thursday was greeted by Republic of Congo’s President Denis Sassou N’Guesso and the two heads of state are holding closed-door talks.
  Republic of Congo’s Foreign Minister Jean Claude Gakosso told The Associated Press
  
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• ‘Family values’ tattoo helps identify man accused in rape

  07-02-2019 17:19
  SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Charging documents say a swastika and “family values” tattoo helped police identify a Missouri man accused of choking, raping and stabbing a woman.
  The Springfield News-Leader reports that 26-year-old James Simpson, of Springfield, is jailed on six felony charges, including first-degree rape. No attorney is listed for him in online court records. He’s being held on $250,000 bond.
  Charging documents allege Simpson attacked the woman last month after
  
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• FDA reports additional cases of cancer linked to breast implants

  07-02-2019 17:18
  Silicone breast implant on hands / Courtesy: Getty Images
  (CNN) – A deadly cancer linked to breast implants has been found in additional women in the United States, federal health officials said.
  At least 457 women in the United States have so far been diagnosed with anaplastic large cell lymphoma, the Food and Drug Administration said in a statement Wednesday. Of those, nine have died as a result of the rare cancer, which affects cells in the immune system and can be found aroun
  
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• Exhibit spotlights 50 years of fab fashion from FIT archives

  07-02-2019 17:18
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology has culled through its voluminous archives of clothing and accessories for a 50th anniversary retrospective, just in time for New York Fashion Week.
  The show, “Exhibitionism,” includes highlights from 33 of the museum’s more popular and influential exhibits.
  They include red riding hoods and glass slippers from “Fairy Tale Fashion,” a 2016 show that illustrated 15 well-known fairy tales, and a m
  
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• Melena Trump to anti-drug conference: ‘Recovery is possible’

  07-02-2019 17:17
  OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — Melania Trump, addressing an anti-drug conference, says “recovery is possible.”
  The first lady traveled to Maryland on Thursday to address the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America’s annual youth leadership forum. Her signature “Be Best” campaign focuses on a number of issues, including the opioid crisis.
  Mrs. Trump spoke about a former opioid and substance abuse addict who joined her for Tuesday’s State of the Union address.
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• IBM: $2B expansion in NY to focus on artificial intelligence

  07-02-2019 17:17
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — IBM is announcing plans for a $2 billion expansion in New York state focusing on artificial intelligence hardware.
  The Westchester County-based company says that as part of the investment, it will create a center for AI computer chip research and development at the SUNY Polytechnic Institute’s campus in Albany.
  To support the expansion, New York has agreed to contribute $300 million for the purchase and installation of equipment for the work. In addition, IBM and
  
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• House panel OKs subpoena for acting attorney general

  07-02-2019 17:12
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Judiciary Committee has approved a tentative subpoena for Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker to ensure he appears at a hearing Friday.
  The vote doesn’t issue a subpoena to Whitaker but allows House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler to do so if Whitaker is uncooperative. Nadler said he hopes not to have to use the subpoena, but “a series of troubling events” suggested it should be prepared. He said the committee had received repo
  
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• Road closures updates in Pima County

  07-02-2019 17:11
  Road closed warning sign/ Courtesy: Getty Images
  TUCSON – Due to weather conditions, the Pima Department of Transportation has closed several roads.
  Road updates as of 8:50 a.m. on Thursday:Limberlost @Agua Caliente Wash
  Soldiers Trail @Agua Caliente Wash
  Tanque Verde Creek @Wentworth
  Tanque Verde Loop @ Tanque VerdeFor more information on road closure updates, click HERE.
  For after hours and weekend weather-related road conditions, call the Sheriff’s Department Hotline at 520-547-75
  
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• Estonia extradites to US man suspected of heroin trafficking

  07-02-2019 17:09
  HELSINKI (AP) — Estonia has extradited to the United States a man suspected of trafficking hundreds of kilograms of heroin to the New York area and using the profits to fund the Taliban.
  The Baltic region’s main news agency BNS said Thursday that Haji Abdul Satar Abdul Manaf, who was detained in Tallinn on Oct. 9, was extradited to the U.S. on Wednesday.
  Manaf, whose citizenship is unknown, has been sanctioned by the Treasury Department for attempting to import large quantities of he
  
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• Dems turn focus to tax returns – and Trump’s loom largest

  07-02-2019 17:08
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The new Democratic-controlled House is looking at proposals to compel presidents and presidential candidates to make public years of their tax returns. But the burning question is what Democrats might do more immediately to get such files from President Donald Trump.
  That goal has been high on their list of priorities since they won control of the House, but asking for Trump’s returns is likely to set off a huge legal battle with his administration.
  The issue will c
  
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• Man fatally shot by Amsterdam police was carrying fake gun

  07-02-2019 17:06
  AMSTERDAM (AP) — Prosecutors say a man fatally shot by police near the Dutch central bank in Amsterdam was carrying a fake weapon and may have been attempting to incite officers into killing him.
  Detectives investigating Wednesday night’s shooting say the 31-year-old victim was carrying a replica weapon that “could not be differentiated” from a real gun.
  He was shot after he began walking toward police responding to reports of an armed man walking the streets.
  Prosecutors
  
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• US mortgage rates fall to 10-month low; 30-year 4.41 pct.

  07-02-2019 17:02
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. long-term mortgage rates fell this week to a 10-month low, spurring on potential homebuyers for the upcoming season.
  Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac says the average rate on the benchmark 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage eased to 4.41 percent from 4.46 percent last week. Despite the declines in recent weeks, home borrowing rates are above last year’s levels. The key 30-year rate averaged 4.32 percent a year ago.
  The average rate this week for 15-year, fixed-rate loans d
  
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• Tests suggest scientists achieved 1st ‘in body’ gene editing

  07-02-2019 17:02
  Scientists think they have achieved the first gene editing inside the body, altering DNA in adults to try to treat a disease.
  Preliminary results released Thursday suggest that two men with a rare disorder now have a corrective gene at very low levels. That might not be enough to make the therapy a success; it’s too soon to know.
  But this scientific milestone fuels hope that doctoring genes may someday allow treatment of many inherited diseases.
  The studies are testing gene editing in adul
  
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• The Latest: Pelosi names House panel on climate change

  07-02-2019 17:00
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on congressional Democrats and proposals to address climate change (all times local):
  11 a.m.
  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has tapped eight Democrats to serve on a special committee to address climate change. The new panel does not include Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, who is calling for a Green New Deal to transform the U.S. economy to combat climate change.
  Pelosi said Reps. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico, Suzanne Bonamici of Oregon, Joe Neguse
  
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• Ukrainian lawmakers bar Russians from observing election

  07-02-2019 16:58
  KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s parliament has barred Russian citizens from serving as election monitors during an upcoming presidential election.
  The Supreme Rada voted to exclude Russians from international observers’ missions that will be monitoring the voting in Ukraine next month.
  The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe submitted a list of candidates for the Ukrainian monitoring missing and it included two Russians. The organization’s observers are con
  
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• Venezuelans urge Maduro to accept humanitarian aid

  07-02-2019 16:51
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A Venezuelan man whose wife has advanced breast cancer is urging President Nicolas Maduro to accept humanitarian aid.
  Luis Escobar made his plea at the border bridge connecting Colombia and Venezuela where aid is expected to arrive.
  In tears, he described how his wife was unable to get treatment in Venezuela and that by the time they were able to see a doctor in Colombia, her illness had significantly progressed.
  Escobar says that he doesn’t want other Venez
  
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• Watchdog: Revolutionary Iran jails 1.7 million in 30 years

  07-02-2019 15:11
  PARIS (AP) — Media advocacy group Reporters Without Borders says that Iranian authorities jailed, and sometimes executed, 1.7 million people around the capital Tehran alone in the first 30 years after the 1979 Islamic revolution.
  The organization on Thursday revealed its count that included regime opponents, Baha’is and other religious minorities and at least 860 journalists.
  The group said at a news conference that its information was based on a confidential file of judicial proceed
  
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• Kosovars call for justice for minor in sexual abuse case

  07-02-2019 15:06
  PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Hundreds of protesters in Kosovo have called on authorities to jail a police officer accused of sexually abusing a minor.
  Demonstrators gathered in front of police headquarters in Pristina on Thursday.
  The 16-year-old girl went to police to open an indictment against her teacher, who she accused of sexually abusing her in September 2017.
  The girl then said that the officer abused her. She became pregnant and he threatened to publicize naked photos of her. The office
  
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• New Saudi study: Millennial jihadis educated, not outcasts

  07-02-2019 15:03
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A new study by a Saudi research center is challenging the notion that jihadi fighters are necessarily disenfranchised and lacking opportunity.
  The study finds instead that most millennial Saudi jihadis were relatively well-educated, not driven purely by religious ideology and showed little interest in suicide bombings.
  The 40-page study published by the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies looked at 759 Saudi recruits who joined the Islamic
  
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• New Zealand man shot in bid to meet Virginia teen indicted

  07-02-2019 15:02
  GOOCHLAND, Va. (AP) — A federal grand jury has indicted a New Zealand man who authorities say was shot while trying to break into a Virginia girl’s home.
  The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports the grand jury on Wednesday indicted 25-year-old Troy George Skinner on four counts of production of child pornography, kidnapping and attempted kidnapping.
  Authorities have said Skinner was shot and wounded by the 14-year-old girl’s mother after arriving uninvited in June and smashing a gla
  
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• Venezuela’s political fight could snarl rush to ship aid in

  07-02-2019 14:55
  CUCUTA, Colombia (AP) — For Anahis Alvarado, whose battle with kidney failure has become more desperate as Venezuela sinks deeper into crisis, the prospect of bringing in emergency medical and food supplies can’t come soon enough.
  She’s watched five fellow patients in her dialysis group die over the past few years due to inadequate care. Only a quarter of the dialysis machines where she receives treatment at a government-run clinic in Caracas still work.
  And last week she had t
  
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• Activists link Capitol Police sergeant to white nationalism

  07-02-2019 14:50
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Anti-fascist activists in Virginia have published allegations linking a Virginia Capitol Police sergeant to white nationalists. He’s since been placed on paid leave.
  Citing a Wednesday release, The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports the Virginia Division of Capitol Police is investigating whether Sgt. Robert A. Stamm violated unspecified policy.
  On Tuesday, the Antifascists of Seven Hills published links to Stamm’s social media accounts and described his tatto
  
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• Virginia looks to Black Caucus for cues in political turmoil

  07-02-2019 14:47
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Democratic politicians are now waiting on the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus to respond to the latest developments threatening to bring down the state’s top three elected officials.
  The caucus quickly condemned Gov. Ralph Northam and called on him to resign after the revelation that a photo of two men in blackface and KKK costumes was published on his 1985 yearbook page.
  But the group has been silent so far since Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax was accused of sexually
  
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• Gronk gets bonked by beer can during Super Bowl parade

  07-02-2019 14:45
  BOSTON (AP) — Gronk got bonked.
  Rob Gronkowski, the New England Patriots’ star tight end, says he got hit in the face by a can of beer thrown during Tuesday’s Super Bowl victory parade in Boston.
  Gronkowski told “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon” the can drew blood, and he showed Fallon the small cut it left near one of his eyebrows.
  He said: “I’m just chilling, then boom, pop, full beer can right to the face.”
  The same thing happened to Red Sox
  
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• 5 dead, unknown number trapped after South Africa mine blast

  07-02-2019 14:45
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — At least five people are dead and an unknown number are trapped underground after an explosion at a non-operational coal mine in South Africa.
  The Department of Mineral Resources said Thursday that five bodies had been retrieved from a shaft at the Gloria mine in Mpumalanga province, about two hours east of Johannesburg.
  Police have declared the area a crime scene.
  Survivors told a local newspaper that a group had entered the mine to steal power cables when there was a
  
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• Customers camp in freezing temps for free chicken sandwiches

  07-02-2019 14:33
  TUCSON – It is well known that Chick-fil-A “cows” want you to eat more chicken!
  But, would you camp out overnight in freezing temperatures just for the love of chicken?For those who are willing to sleep in tents outside of the Chick-fil-A restaurant at 1188W.  Irvington Road, it was worth it.The first one hundred customers in line will receive a free chicken sandwich every week for a year. 
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• Applications for US jobless aid fell to low level of 234,000

  07-02-2019 14:33
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits dropped sharply last week, a sign that layoffs are rare and the job market is strong.
  The Labor Department says weekly applications for jobless aid fell 19,000 to 234,000, a low level that indicates businesses are holding onto their employees. Applications are a proxy for layoffs. The four-week average, a less volatile figure, rose to 224,750.
  Businesses are hiring at a healthy pace that has surprised economists, who e
  
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• Applications for unemployment benefits fell last week to a low level of 234,000

  07-02-2019 14:32
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Applications for unemployment benefits fell last week to a low level of 234,000.
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• Top Russian diplomat meets Taliban, encourages US withdrawal

  07-02-2019 14:29
  MOSCOW (AP) — A top Russian diplomat has met with Taliban representatives and expressed Moscow’s support for the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
  The meeting came after two days of talks between prominent Afghan figures and Taliban representatives in Moscow. A senior Taliban official said Wednesday that the United States has promised to withdraw half of its troops from Afghanistan by the end of April, but the U.S. military did not confirm it.
  Zamir Kabulovm, the Russian presidential
  
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• France recalls ambassador to Italy after yellow vest meeting

  07-02-2019 14:28
  PARIS (AP) — France is recalling its ambassador to Italy amid mounting tensions after Italy’s deputy prime minister met with French yellow vest protesters and a string of critical Italian comments toward French President Emmanuel Macron’s government.
  French Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Agnes von der Muhll said in a statement Thursday that the ambassador is being brought back for “consultations,” and urged Italy to return to friendly relations worthy of “o
  
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• Police collect evidence after Milwaukee officer fatally shot

  07-02-2019 14:16
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — Police are collecting evidence at a Milwaukee home where a police officer was fatally shot while serving a warrant.
  Officers have cordoned off part of the residential neighborhood where 35-year-old Officer Matthew Rittner was killed Wednesday.
  The 17-year police veteran was shot as members of Milwaukee’s Tactical Enforcement Unit served a search warrant on someone suspected of illegally selling firearms and drugs. Investigators say a 26-year-old suspect fired several
  
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• Ozzy Osbourne hospitalized because of flu complications

  07-02-2019 14:15
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ozzy Osbourne is in a hospital for some complications from the flu.
  The 70-year-old rocker’s wife, Sharon Osbourne, wrote on Twitter Wednesday that doctors believe “this is the best way to get him on a quicker road to recovery.”
  It was announced last week that the United Kingdom and European leg of Ozzy Osbourne’s No More Tours2 tour was postponed because of doctors’ orders. He thanked all for wishing him a speedy recovery.
  He had to cancel
  
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• School counselor caseload extremely high in Arizona

  07-02-2019 14:13
  TUCSON – School counselors are vital in each school district, but the student caseload is increasing.
  Arizona has the highest student to counselor ratio in the country. That average is around 900 students to one counselor.
  School counselors do more than just guide students to college. They are trained to provide emotional support.
  News 4 Tucson spoke with a Tucson Unified School District (TUSD) counselor who says it is hard to do that with such a high caseload.
  The American School Counsel
  
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• DA: Nurse charged in fatal drug-swap override safeguard

  07-02-2019 14:13
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A spokesman for the district attorney’s office in Davidson County, Tennessee, is explaining why prosecutors have file criminal charges against a former hospital nurse accused of mistakenly killing a patient. He says it’s because she overrode the safeguards on a medicine dispensing cabinet.
  The Tennessean reports that spokesman Steve Hayslip said Wednesday that former nurse Radonda Leanne Vaught is charged with reckless homicide because she allegedly over
  
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• Council looks at the jailing of uncooperative crime victims

  07-02-2019 14:08
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — City Council members in New Orleans are set to discuss a resolution calling for an end to the jailing of sexual assault or domestic violence victims who resist testifying against their suspected assailants.
  An independent New Orleans watchdog group, Court Watch NOLA, condemned the practice of “material witness” arrests in a report released in 2017. A representative of the organization is expected to testify at Thursday’s council meeting.
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• I-40 closed in northeastern Arizona due to icy conditions

  07-02-2019 14:03
  HOLBROOK, Ariz. (AP) — A 68-mile (109-kilometer) stretch of Interstate 40 in northeastern Arizona is closed because of icy conditions and multiple slide-offs and crashes.
  The Arizona Department of Transportation says the closure Thursday morning is between near Holbrook and the Arizona-New Mexico border.
  The department says workers are working to remove ice from the highway and that there’s no estimate on when it will reopen.
  Arizona Department of Public Safety spokesman Kameron Lee
  
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• Amsterdam: Kilometers of canal walls need urgent repairs

  07-02-2019 14:02
  AMSTERDAM (AP) — Amsterdam’s city hall says that kilometers (miles) of walls along its world famous canals are crumbling and in urgent need of repair following years of neglect.
  A report published Thursday says that repairing infrastructure such as canal walls and bridges is “a complex, large and urgent” task.
  Amsterdam Municipality, which is responsible for maintaining some 1,600 bridges, 600 kilometers (373 miles) of canal walls and five traffic tunnels, says the report
  
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• UK-built Mars rover named after scientist Rosalind Franklin

  07-02-2019 13:46
  LONDON (AP) — The British-built Mars rover that is scheduled to be launched in 2020 has been named after scientist Rosalind Franklin.
  The ExoMars mission is designed to search for evidence of life on Mars.
  The name was revealed Thursday by astronaut Tim Peake and science minister Chris Skidmore after more than 36,000 people submitted ideas, which were narrowed down by a panel of experts.
  Franklin was an English scientist best known for groundbreaking work on the molecular structure of DNA.
  
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• The Latest: UK economy would be boosted by clarity on Brexit

  07-02-2019 13:42
  LONDON (AP) — The Latest on the Bank of England’s monetary policy decision and news conference (all times local):
  1:05 p.m.
  Bank of England Governor Mark Carney says an easing in Brexit uncertainty could give the British economy a big boost.
  At a news conference after the bank kept its main interest rate on hold at 0.75 percent, Carney said the British economy could grow by around 0.5 percentage point more over the coming three years if the uncertainties are resolved sooner than anti
  
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• Philippine official: Abu Sayyaf harboring suicide bomber

  07-02-2019 13:38
  MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine official says an Abu Sayyaf militant leader accused of plotting a recent suicide attack in a Roman Catholic cathedral in the south may be harboring a foreign would-be suicide bomber in his jungle base.
  Interior Secretary Eduardo Ano said Thursday that Abu Sayyaf commander Hatib Hajan Sawadjaan, who allegedly plotted the Jan. 27 attack at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral that killed 23 people on Jolo island, was also behind a suicide attack last yea
  
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• Germany: No choice but to reject terrorist extradition to US

  07-02-2019 13:31
  BERLIN (AP) — A German court says it had no option but to reject an American request for the extradition of a Turkish man wanted in the United States on terrorism charges.
  Frankfurt state court spokeswoman Gundula Fehns-Boeer told The Associated Press Thursday that Adem Yilmaz had already been convicted in Germany of membership in a terrorist organization, and extraditing him to face terrorism charges in the U.S. would constitute double jeopardy.
  Yilmaz finished serving his sentence, stemm
  
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• Top European Parliament lawmaker slams Greece over Venezuela

  07-02-2019 13:12
  ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A top European Parliament lawmaker has slammed Greece’s stance on Venezuela’s political crisis, saying Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is “blocking initiatives on a European level” that would support those “fighting for a democratic Venezuela.”
  Manfred Weber, who heads the European Parliament’s biggest group, said it was “a tragedy to see how the Greek government is now behaving on (a) European level,” and accused it
  
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• Norwegian Air plane evacuated after receiving threat

  07-02-2019 13:05
  COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norwegian Air says one of its planes bound for Nice, southern France was forced to return to Stockholm soon after taking off for security reasons after the airline received a bomb threat.
  Swedish police said 169 passengers were evacuated. They said that no explosives were immediately found but officers would continue checking the plane.
  Daniel Lindblad of the Swedish Maritime Administration, which oversees air traffic, says the plane landed safely at 11.14 a.m. T
  
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