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• Brewers reliever Knebel having elbow surgery, out this year

  29-03-2019 23:55
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — Brewers reliever Corey Knebel says he will have Tommy John surgery and miss the season, a major setback for the NL Central champions.
  Knebel revealed his decision Friday before Milwaukee played St. Louis.
  The 27-year-old right-hander had been pitching with a damaged ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow since 2014, when he was pitching for the Texas Rangers. He has been sidelined since March 17, when he experienced discomfort in his elbow while pitching in a spring
  
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• Kevin Sutherland, Marco Dawson share PGA Tour Champions lead

  29-03-2019 23:54
  BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — Kevin Sutherland and Marco Dawson each shot 7-under 65 on Friday at Fallen Oak to share the first-round lead in the PGA Tour Champions’ Rapiscan Systems Classic.
  Sutherland eagled the par-5 sixth hole. He dropped into a tie for the lead with a bogey on the par-3 17th.
  Jeff Sluman, Tom Byrum, Scott Parel and Tommy Armour III were tied for third at 68.
  Fred Couples and Vijay Singhtopped the group at 69. They are preparing for the Masters.
  Bernhard Langer and John D
  
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• Bears re-sign DB Houston-Carson to 1-year contract

  29-03-2019 23:54
  The Chicago Bears have re-signed defensive back DeAndre Houston-Carson to a one-year contract.
  A sixth-round draft pick by Chicago in 2016, Houston-Carson has four defensive tackles and 18 special teams stops in 32 games. He played in 13 games last season and had his first career fumble recovery along with four tackles on defense and six on special teams.
  Chicago won the NFC North at 12-4 behind one of the NFL’s top defenses last season.
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• Canine Klepto: Shelter Dog Steals Anything He Can

  29-03-2019 23:53
  A 4-year-old lab mix named Kevin, who’s up for adoption at the Austin Animal Center, is a bit of a kleptomaniac.
  He steals just about anything within his reach — toys, food bowls, spare change, clothing, blankets, even a purse. Kevin lives in an office at the shelter because there are no available kennels, and he’s built himself a nest of stolen goods he curls up in underneath a desk.
  “Every time that I’ve been assigned to take care of the office dogs, I’ll g
  
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• Athletic comes from behind to beat Girona in Spanish league

  29-03-2019 23:37
  MADRID (AP) — Athletic Bilbao rallied with two goals early in the second half to defeat Girona 2-1 and move closer to the European spots in the Spanish league on Friday.
  Striker Cristhian Stuani put Girona ahead near the end of the first half but the visitors came back with scores from Inaki Williams in the 53rd minute and Raul Garcia in the 59th.
  The win moved Athletic to eighth place, near the Europa League positions currently held by seventh-place Valencia and sixth-place Sevilla, which
  
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• 14-year sentence for driver in attack on interracial couple

  29-03-2019 23:37
  PHOENIX (AP) — A man was sentenced to 14 years in prison for serving as a driver in a 2009 attack in Phoenix on an interracial couple in which a woman was killed.
  Aaron Schmidt had pleaded guilty to attempted murder and murder charges in the shooting that killed Kelly Ann Jaeger.
  Schmidt’s friend, neo-Nazi Travis Ricci, is serving a life sentence for his convictions in firing shotgun blasts at Jaeger and her boyfriend.
  Prosecutors say Ricci yelling racial slurs at Jaeger’s boyf
  
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• Arizona canyon reopens day after man dies in fall from edge

  29-03-2019 23:36
  GRAND CANYON WEST, Ariz. (AP) — A popular tourist destination on the western end of the Grand Canyon has reopened a day after a fatal fall.
  Eagle Point and the Grand Canyon Skywalk had closed Thursday after a Chinese man in his 50s slipped and fell while taking photographs. His body was recovered from 1,000 (305 meters) feet below the rim.
  The tourist spots are on the Hualapai (WAHL’-uh-peye) reservation, not in Grand Canyon National Park.
  The Chinese consulate in Los Angeles identif
  
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• The Latest: Doctor: Migrant child’s death preventable

  29-03-2019 23:31
  EL PASO, Texas (AP) — The Latest on the autopsy of a 7-year-old girl who died in Border Patrol custody (all times local):
  4:25 p.m.
  The former president of the American Academy of Pediatrics says the death of a 7-year-old girl in Border Patrol custody could likely have been prevented with better medical treatment.
  Dr. Colleen Kraft said an autopsy report released Friday on the death of Jakelin Caal Maquin shows the Guatemalan child contracted an infection with initially subtle symptoms bef
  
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• Im takes Dominican Republic lead in bid for Masters spot

  29-03-2019 23:22
  PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic (AP) — Likely needing to win to get a Masters spot through the world ranking, Sungjae Im rebounded from an early double bogey to take the second-round lead Friday in the PGA Tour’s Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship.
  A day before his 21st birthday, the South Korean player finished with his second straight 5-under 67 for a one-stroke lead over Jonathan Byrd (67), Aaron Baddeley (67), Paul Dunne (69) and George McNeill (65).
  At 59th this wee
  
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• 2 similar death row cases, 2 different Supreme Court rulings

  29-03-2019 23:22
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Death row inmates Patrick Murphy and Domineque Ray each turned to courts recently with a similar plea: Halt my execution if the state won’t let a spiritual adviser of my faith accompany me into the execution chamber.
  Both cases wound up at the Supreme Court. The justices overrode a lower court and allowed Ray’s execution to go forward in Alabama in February. But they gave Murphy, a Texas inmate, a temporary reprieve Thursday night.
  What the justices wrote sugg
  
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• Pima County Fair

  29-03-2019 23:18
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• Lyon closes gap to runner-up Lille in French league

  29-03-2019 23:13
  RENNES, France (AP) — Substitute Martin Terrier scored four minutes from time as Lyon won 1-0 at Rennes on Friday to narrow the gap to one point in the race for the runner-up spot in the French league.
  With runaway leader Paris Saint-Germain all but guaranteed a sixth league title in seven years, Lyon and second-place Lille are fighting for the remaining automatic place in the Champions League group stage.
  The seven-time champion dominated the first half in Brittany but lacked a cutting ed
  
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• Prosecutor: Charges not certain in 5th grader’s fight death

  29-03-2019 23:12
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A prosecutor says it’s too early to say whether there will be any criminal charges in the investigation into the death of a fifth grader during an elementary school fight in South Carolina.
  Solicitor Duffie Stone said Friday tests will need to be done on tissue and other samples taken from 10-year-old Raniya Wright’s body before any determination can be made if a crime was committed.
  Authorities say the girl got into a fight Monday at Forest Hills Elementa
  
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• Trump backtracks on call to gut $300M Great Lakes program

  29-03-2019 23:10
  TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — After trying repeatedly to gut federal funding of a wide-ranging Great Lakes cleanup, President Donald Trump has reversed course.
  The president announced during a rally Thursday in Grand Rapids, Michigan, that he is supporting $300 million this year for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.
  The program has usually gotten about that much annually since it was established during the Obama administration. But Trump’s budgets have tried to remove most or all
  
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• Police report: Former Arizona lawmaker paid boys for sex

  29-03-2019 23:09
  PHOENIX (AP) — A 1983 Baltimore police report shows that an Arizona lawmaker who resigned this week was accused of paying boys for sex.
  The report was included in investigative files released Friday by the House Ethics Committee, which was investigating the sex charges and Rep. David Stringer’s remarks on race and immigration.
  The police report says a boy told detectives Stringer approached him and a friend at a park, took them to his apartment and paid them $10 apiece for sex.
  Strin
  
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• The Latest: Killer released, victim’s family express fears

  29-03-2019 23:07
  CANTON, Ill. (AP) — The Latest on the release of Thomas Kokoraleis, who was convicted in a 1982 killing and is a reputed member of Chicago’s murderous “Ripper Crew”:
  5:05 p.m.
  Relatives of a Chicago woman killed by a reputed member of the notorious “Ripper Crew” gang say they will be looking over their shoulders for years now that he has been released from prison.
  Thomas Kokoraleis killed 21-year-old Lorry Ann Borowski in 1982 and was freed Friday after servin
  
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• Brazil’s Bolsonaro visits Israel amid speculation on embassy

  29-03-2019 23:05
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro is about to leave on an official visit to Israel, where he’s expected to decide whether he will move the Brazilian Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
  The far-right president has repeatedly promised to move the embassy to Jerusalem, despite longstanding complaints that such moves would complicate efforts to reach peace between Israel and the Palestinians.
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Bolsonaro in Rio de Jan
  
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• No charges for workers who dragged, shoved immigrant kids

  29-03-2019 23:04
  PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities in Arizona say workers who were seen on video dragging and shoving immigrant children at a privately run shelter won’t face charges.
  The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office said Friday that there’s no reasonable likelihood of proving the workers at a Southwest Key facility near Phoenix committed a crime.
  The incidents took place in September and were investigated by the county sheriff’s office, which didn’t suggest charges be filed unt
  
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• Drugmakers object to Arkansas execution secrecy measure

  29-03-2019 22:59
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Two pharmaceutical companies are objecting to legislative efforts to expand the secrecy surrounding the source of Arkansas’ lethal injection drugs, saying the proposal would hamper their ability to ensure their products aren’t being used for executions.
  An official with Hikma Pharmaceuticals raised concerns with state House leaders in a letter this week about a proposal to prohibit the state from releasing information that could directly or indirectly i
  
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• Candidate apologizes for attending ‘Black Press Only’ event

  29-03-2019 22:51
  SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A mayoral candidate in Georgia is apologizing for attending an event that barred reporters unless they were African-American.
  Savannah city councilman Van Johnson told reporters Friday: “I know in this case I did offend. And today I apologize for my actions.”
  Johnson is among three black candidates who have announced campaigns this fall to challenge Savannah Mayor Eddie DeLoach, who is white.
  A meeting at a church Wednesday sought to unite Savannah’s
  
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• Giants have oldest team in big leagues, Padres youngest

  29-03-2019 22:48
  NEW YORK (AP) — The San Francisco Giants have the oldest average age in the major leagues at 30.63 years and the San Diego Padres have the youngest at 27.11, according to the commissioner’s office.
  Oakland is the second-oldest at 30.10, based on opening-day rosters, the commissioner’s office said Friday. Washington is next at 29.84, followed by Colorado (29.59), Texas (29.58) and World Series champion Boston (29.53).
  Among the teams with the lowest averages were the Chicago Whi
  
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• Belfodil denied hat trick by teammate as Hoffenheim wins 4-1

  29-03-2019 22:46
  SINSHEIM, Germany (AP) — Andrej Kramaric denied Hoffenheim teammate Ishak Belfodil a hat trick by tapping in the final goal in a 4-1 win over Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga on Friday.
  Belfodil rounded goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky and curled the ball toward the inside of the far post for what would have been his third goal in the 79th minute. But Kramaric rushed in and grazed the ball before it crossed the line, keeping Belfodil from his first hat trick in the league.
  Belfodil got the home
  
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• Heisman winner Joe Bellino, the ‘Winchester Rifle,’ 81, dies

  29-03-2019 22:44
  The New England Patriots say Heisman Trophy winner Joe Bellino has died.
  Bellino died on Thursday at the age of 81. Neither the team nor the Heisman Trophy Trust, which reported the death on its website, specified a cause of death.
  The Navy halfback was nicknamed the “Winchester Rifle,” after his suburban Boston hometown. In 1960 he became the first Navy player to win the Heisman. Bellino served 28 years in the Navy and Naval Reserves and reached the rank of Captain before retiring.
  
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• Angelina Jolie: Equality for women key to peaceful world

  29-03-2019 22:31
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Actress and activist Angelina Jolie is warning that the world “will remain stuck in a cycle of violence and conflicts” as long as nations put almost every other issue ahead of equality for women.
  Jolie is a goodwill ambassador for the U.N. refugee agency and told a ministerial meeting on U.N. peacekeeping Friday that there are many examples around the world of successful and inspiring women — “but women and girls are still the majority of the v
  
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• Cagliari wins 3-0 at last-place Chievo in Serie A

  29-03-2019 22:29
  ROME (AP) — Cagliari took a step toward safety with a 3-0 win at last-place Chievo Verona in Serie A on Friday.
  Fabio Pisacane, Joao Pedro and Artur Ionita scored before the break, while the closest Chievo came to a goal was Mariusz Stepinski’s header off the post.
  Chievo was reduced to 10 men when Fabio Depaoli picked up his second yellow early in the second half.
  Cagliari is 13th, nine points above the drop zone, with nine matches to play.
  Chievo, which has won only once this seaso
  
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• 24 asylum seekers go on hunger strike to protest detainment

  29-03-2019 22:23
  Two dozen immigrants detained in Louisiana are on a hunger strike to protest being locked up as they seek asylum in the U.S.
  Advocates say about 150 immigrants started the strike last week. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Friday that only 24 people have continuously denied meals.
  It follows another strike in El Paso in which ICE force-fed some detainees after obtaining a court order.
  Those on strike now are held at River Correctional Center in Ferriday, about 100 miles (160 kilomet
  
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• Family names officers in fatal shooting by Park Police

  29-03-2019 22:19
  ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — The family of a northern Virginia man shot to death by U.S. Park Police in 2017 has identified the two officers in an amended wrongful-death lawsuit.
  Bijan Ghaiser was shot on Nov. 17, 2017, after a police chase on the George Washington Parkway.
  In a federal lawsuit filed in August, Ghaiser’s family described the shooting as “egregious, senseless and unlawful.” The family identified the officers as Alejandro Amaya and Lucas Vinyard in a court filing
  
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• Hot Wax | Taco Sauce - Original Hot

  29-03-2019 22:17
  Hot on the spiked heels of Taco Sauce’s debut release, Original Hot—a freewheeling retro hell ride that navigates a few of the pitfalls faced by Generation Y-ers, including dating app hookups and the manipulative psychology of gaslighting—XOXO caught up with frontwoman Gabi Montoya to pick her brain. Saucy?…
  
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• Yankees will keep Farquhar at extended spring training

  29-03-2019 22:10
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Danny Farquhar will remain at extended spring training with the New York Yankees rather than start the season with a minor league team.
  The 32-year-old right-hander collapsed in the Chicago White Sox dugout on April 20 because of a ruptured aneurysm and brain hemorrhage. He appeared in three spring training games, giving up six runs, four hits and five walks over two innings.
  Farquhar signed a minor league contract with the Yankees during the offseason.
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• Judge rejects Trump plan for road in Alaska wildlife refuge

  29-03-2019 22:10
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A federal court judge says Trump administration plans for a road through a national wildlife refuge in Alaska violates federal law.
  An order Friday by U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason halts plans for the road through Izembek (EYE-zem-beck) National Wildlife Refuge near the tip of the Alaska Peninsula.
  The refuge encompasses internationally recognized habitat for migrating waterfowl.
  The village of King Cove and Alaska state officials want the road for land
  
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• Top minor leagues to experiment with 3-batter minimum

  29-03-2019 22:08
  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Leagues at minor league baseball’s two highest levels will use the experimental rule requiring pitchers to face at least three batters or end the half-inning, unless injured.
  The National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues said Friday the rule will be used at Triple-A and Double-A.
  Major League Baseball proposed the rule to the players’ association, which refused to agree to its use in the major leagues this year. MLB intends to institute t
  
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• The Latest: USC open to modifying LA Coliseum name change

  29-03-2019 22:07
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on controversy over plans to change the name of Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (all times local):
  2 p.m.
  The University of Southern California says it’s amenable to accepting the wishes of veterans and modifying a name change for Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum as long as corporate sponsor United Airlines agrees.
  USC issued a statement Friday after United Airlines offered to withdraw from a $69 million agreement over criticism that the change would dishonor
  
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• Man reported missing months ago found dead near Show Low

  29-03-2019 21:58
  SHOW LOW, Ariz. (AP) — A man who had been reported missing in mid-November has been found dead in a heavily treed area near Show Low.
  The Navajo County Sheriff’s Office says it recovered the body of 64-year-old Robert Joseph McCain earlier this week.
  Deputy Chief Don Griffiths says McCain got into a verbal disagreement with someone he lived with in November and left to visit family in Texas. Griffiths says McCain didn’t get far, becoming disoriented after his truck got stuck ea
  
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• Barr: Redacted Mueller report will be released by ‘mid-April, if not sooner’

  29-03-2019 21:58
  President Donald Trump and Attorney General William Barr
  (Official White House Photo by Tia Dufour)
  Special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on his investigation into Russian election interference will be released publicly, with some redactions by mid-April and possibly sooner, Attorney General William Barr said in a letter Friday.
  In a letter to the heads of the Senate and House Judiciary committees, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., Barr wrote that Mueller&rsqu
  
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• Takata air bags claim another life after Arizona crash

  29-03-2019 21:56
  DETROIT (AP) — Another person has died from shrapnel hurled by a faulty Takata air bag inflator.
  Honda says the death happened in Buckeye, Arizona, on June 8, 2018. The company says it was only told of the death recently.
  The unidentified driver is the 24th person to be killed by the air bags worldwide. More than 200 people have been hurt.
  Takata used ammonium nitrate to create a small explosion to inflate the bags. But it can deteriorate due to high temperatures and humidity and explode t
  
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• Snapshot of extinction: Fossils show day of killer asteroid

  29-03-2019 21:56
  WASHINGTON (AP) — New research captures a fossilized snapshot of the day nearly 66 million years ago when an asteroid smacked Earth, fire rained from the sky and the ground shook far worse than any modern earthquake.
  It was the day that nearly all life on Earth went extinct, including the dinosaurs.
  The researchers say they found evidence of the Mexico asteroid impact in North Dakota. They found fish with hot glass in their gills from flaming debris that showered back down on Earth. Univer
  
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• NCAA Latest: With Washington, Kentucky opens lead on Houston

  29-03-2019 21:54
  The Latest on the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament (all times Eastern):
  10:50 p.m.
  Kentucky has opened a 30-20 lead on Houston late in the first half of the Midwest Region semifinals.
  The Wildcats, who have run off 7 straight points, have been fueled Friday night by the return of forward PJ Washington.
  Washington, out since the SEC Tournament with a left foot sprain, entered the game at the first media timeout to a standing ovation from fans behind the Kentucky bench. He’s made all three of
  
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• NCAA Latest: UNC’s Little in shootaround after being sick

  29-03-2019 21:54
  The Latest on the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament (all times Eastern):
  5:20 p.m.
  North Carolina freshman Nassir Little took part in Friday afternoon’s shootaround at Sprint Center and could play when the top-seeded Tar Heels face No. 5 seed Auburn in the Sweet 16.
  Little had flulike symptoms this week, missing practice Wednesday in Chapel Hill and Thursday when the team arrived in Kansas City. Tar Heels coach Roy Williams said he could barely lift a fork when the team had lunch Thursday an
  
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• NCAA Latest: Kentucky holds off Houston reach regional final

  29-03-2019 21:54
  The Latest on the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament (all times Eastern):
  12:20 a.m.
  Tyler Herro and No. 2 seed Kentucky are advancing to the Elite Eight.
  Herro poured in 19 points, including the go-ahead 3 with 25.8 seconds left and two clinching free throws to help the Wildcats beat third-seeded Houston 62-58 in the Midwest Region.
  The Wildcats will take on Auburn on Sunday. The Tigers beat region top seed North Carolina earlier in the night.
  P.J. Washington returned from an injury to score 16 po
  
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• NCAA Latest: Henry has Michigan State up on LSU at halftime

  29-03-2019 21:54
  The Latest on the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament (all times Eastern):
  8:10 p.m.
  With Michigan State freshman Aaron Henry doing his best Draymond Green impersonation, the No. 2 seed Spartans are dominating No. 3 LSU in their East Region semifinal.
  The Spartans lead 40-28 at halftime after leading by as many as 17. The 6-foot-6 Henry’s led the way with a do-everything performance of 13 points, seven rebounds and four assists so far that are all game-highs.
  A 3-pointer just before the end of
  
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• UCLA’s Kris Wilkes hires agent, declares for NBA draft

  29-03-2019 21:52
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kris Wilkes won’t be around to play under UCLA’s new basketball coach.
  The sophomore forward from Indianapolis has hired an agent and declared for the NBA draft.
  Wilkes led the Bruins in scoring this season, averaging 17.4 points and 4.8 rebounds. He was named to the All-Pac-12 second team.
  The Bruins finished 17-16 after coach Steve Alford was fired at the end of December and Murry Bartow served as interim for the rest of the season. UCLA didn’t make t
  
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• Maryland National Guard first in US with all-female command

  29-03-2019 21:44
  BALTIMORE (AP) — For the first time, a state’s National Guard command staff is entirely female. The Maryland National Guard’s four top leaders are all women, and three are African American.
  The Washington Post also reports that all four officers are mothers. The Maryland Guard has been in the unprecedented territory since fall.
  Maj. Gen. Linda L. Singh has been the highest-ranking commander of the state’s military since 2015. She’s the first African American and fir
  
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• Fire burns archives at history-making social justice center

  29-03-2019 21:43
  NEW MARKET, Tenn. (AP) — A fire at a Tennessee social justice center that trained the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. has destroyed a building and decades of archives. Nobody was injured.
  News outlets report officials are investigating what started the fire Friday morning at the Highlander Education and Research Center.
  The center has trained labor organizers and civil-rights leaders including King and Rosa Parks. Founded in 1932 as the Highlander Folk School in Monteagle, it’s been in N
  
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• USMC move to integrate boot camp more ends; future unclear

  29-03-2019 21:37
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Marine Corps’ brief experiment integrating female recruits into an all-male unit for their initial training at boot camp has come to an end.
  And officials at Parris Island, S.C., aren’t sure it will happen again.
  The Corps has long refused to fully integrate its recruit training. This year for the first time, a platoon of female recruits was part of a company that included five all-male platoons. They lived in the same complex, but on different floors.
  Nor
  
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• Racing resumes at Santa Anita after 3 ½-week shutdown

  29-03-2019 21:36
  ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Racing is underway at Santa Anita for the first time since it was stopped nearly a month ago following the deaths of 22 horses.
  Discrete Stevie B, the 8-5 favorite, won the first race on the main dirt track Friday under jockey Tiago Pereira.
  The race was the first at the Arcadia, California, track since March 3. The main dirt surface was inspected and renovated during the nearly monthlong shutdown that followed the deaths of 22 horses since the winter meet began on D
  
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• Agency, hospital dropped from suit on catheterizing toddler

  29-03-2019 21:33
  SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A federal judge has dropped the South Dakota Department of Social Services and Avera St. Mary’s Hospital in Pierre from a lawsuit alleging they deprived a 3-year-old boy and his mother of their rights after the boy was catheterized for a drug test.
  The boy’s mother sued the department and its officials along with the Pierre hospital and two of its employees. The suit says the boy developed a staph infection following the procedure, which was ordered aft
  
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• All Bets Are On: Breaking Down the Sweet 16, Arizona Women's Basketball and the Sugar Skulls

  29-03-2019 21:31
  Co-hosts Christopher Boan and Tyler Vondrak return for an action-packed show that covers the gamut of topics.
  Both break down the night's action in the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, before delving into Thursday's Women's National Invitational Tournament win for Adia Barnes and the Arizona Wildcats.…
  
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• Autopsy: Migrant child who died in US custody had infection

  29-03-2019 21:26
  EL PASO, Texas (AP) — An autopsy has found that a 7-year-old girl from Guatemala died of a bacterial infection while detained by the U.S. Border Patrol.
  The El Paso County Medical Examiner’s office released a report Friday of its findings in the death of 7-year-old Jakelin Caal Maquin. Jakelin died Dec. 8, just over a day after she was apprehended by Border Patrol agents with her father.
  The medical examiner says it found traces of streptococcus bacteria in Jakelin’s lungs, adr
  
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• Autopsy finds a 7-year-old girl from Guatemala who was detained by the U.S. Border Patrol died of a bacterial infection

  29-03-2019 21:25
  EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Autopsy finds a 7-year-old girl from Guatemala who was detained by the U.S. Border Patrol died of a bacterial infection.
  The post Autopsy finds a 7-year-old girl from Guatemala who was detained by the U.S. Border Patrol died of a bacterial infection appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• The Latest: Lawyer questions Harry Reid’s truthfulness

  29-03-2019 21:23
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Latest on former U.S. Sen. Harry Reid’s lawsuit against the maker of an exercise band (all times local):
  1:25 p.m.
  An attorney for an exercise band maker challenged former U.S. Sen. Harry Reid about his truthfulness after he testified that an eye injury he blames on the company led him not to run for re-election in 2016.
  TheraBand attorney Laurin Quiat on Friday showed Reid saying in a 2015 video announcement that his decision had “absolutely nothing to do
  
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