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• Two Marines killed in helicopter crash near Yuma

  31-03-2019 23:36
  YUMA – Two Marines were killed on Saturday, March 30th after a helicopter crash near Yuma.
  Marine Corps Air Station said it happened around 8:45 p.m.
  Officials said the pilots were in an AH-1Z Viper helicopter conducting a routine training mission as part of the Weapons and Tactics Instructor course 2-19.
  The names of the Marines killed have not been released.
  The crash is currently under investigation.
  Our condolences go out to the families and friends of our two pilots who we lost last n
  
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• Giolito no-hit bid ends in 7th, White Sox beat Royals 6-3

  31-03-2019 23:35
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Lucas Giolito took a no-hit bid into the seventh inning in his first start of the season, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 6-3 on Sunday to avoid a three-game sweep in the season-opening series.
  Giolito (1-0) walked Whit Merrifield on four pitches to begin the game, but then retired 19 straight before Alex Gordon’s single with one out in the seventh. Gordon fouled off four consecutive pitches before lining a curveball into center field.
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• Graeme McDowell wins at Corales Puntacana Resort

  31-03-2019 23:34
  PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic (AP) — Graeme McDowell won the Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship on Sunday for his first PGA Tour title since November 2015, closing with a 3-under 69 for a one-stroke victory over Chris Stroud and Mackenzie Hughes.
  McDowell took the lead from Stroud with a 7-foot birdie putt on the par-3 17th and closed with a bogey — lagging a 30-foot par putt to inches — on the par-4 18th. Stroud bogeyed the final two holes in a 69. Hughes also c
  
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• Yelich powers Brewers to dramatic 5-4 win over Cardinals

  31-03-2019 23:32
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — Christian Yelich hit his fourth homer in the first inning and a two-run double in the ninth, leading the Milwaukee Brewers to a dramatic 5-4 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday.
  Ben Gamel led off the ninth with a pinch-hit double and advanced on Lorenzo Cain’s infield single off reliever Jordan Hicks’ glove. Yelich then hit a liner into the gap in left-center, driving in Gamel and Cain.
  Yelich tossed his helmet in the air in celebration as Cain slid face
  
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• Turner hits 2 HRs as Nationals beat Mets 6-5 for 1st win

  31-03-2019 23:19
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Trea Turner homered twice, including a game-ending solo shot in the ninth inning, and the Washington Nationals beat the New York Mets 6-5 on Sunday for their first win of the season.
  Turner earlier hit a three-run homer and also scored in the fifth to put Washington up 4-1. The Nationals let a 5-2 lead evaporate in the eighth before Turner ended it with a drive off Justin Wilson (0-1) that landed in the second row of the left-field seats.
  Sean Doolittle (1-0) got the win
  
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• Cruz hits first homer, Pineda strong as Twins beat Indians

  31-03-2019 23:17
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Nelson Cruz hit his first homer with Minnesota, Michael Pineda was stellar in his first pitching appearance since 2017 and the Twins beat the Cleveland Indians 9-3 on Sunday.
  Pineda had Tommy John surgery after his previous start in July 5, 2017 while with the New York Yankees, and this was his first time back on a big league mound. Pineda pitched four scoreless innings, striking out five with one hit and one walk.
  Cruz, Byron Buxton and Willians Astudillo each drove in
  
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• Rev. Jackson plans rally in support of Chicago prosecutor

  31-03-2019 23:13
  CHICAGO (AP) — The Rev. Jesse Jackson and other clergy are planning a rally in support of Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx, who’s faced criticism since her office dropped charges against actor Jussie Smollett .
  Jackson’s Rainbow/PUSH Coalition says the civil rights leader will join fellow clergy, elected officials, attorneys and community activists for a Monday morning rally at the Chicago Temple supporting Foxx.
  Jackson says in a statement that the criticism of Foxx
  
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• Benzema strikes late to give Madrid 3-2 win over Huesca

  31-03-2019 23:10
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Karim Benzema scored in the 89th minute to give Real Madrid a 3-2 victory over bottom side Huesca in the Spanish league on Sunday.
  Benzema curled a shot from the left side of the area into the far corner of the net to save host Madrid from an embarrassing draw in the second game since Zinedine Zidane returned to coaching the club.
  Huesca stunned Madrid three minutes in at the Santiago Bernabeu when Ezequiel Avila won the ball back from Nacho Fernandez and found Juan
  
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• Auburn tops Kentucky 77-71 in OT for first Final Four trip

  31-03-2019 23:07
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The confetti was still swirling around Auburn coach Bruce Pearl when he gazed over a team headed to the first Final Four in school history and declared, “This one was for Chuma!”
  “The next two,” Pearl added with a triumphant grin, “are for Auburn.”
  Drawing inspiration from injured forward Chuma Okeke, the No. 5 seed Tigers finished off a joyful romp through college basketball royalty by bringing down the winningest program of all.
  
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• 2 pilots killed in Marine helicopter crash in Arizona

  31-03-2019 23:05
  YUMA, Ariz. (AP) — U.S. Marine Corps officials are investigating after two pilots died in a helicopter crash during a training mission in southwestern Arizona.
  A statement from the Marine Corps Air Station says the crash of the AH-1Z Viper occurred at about 8:45 p.m. Saturday.
  A spokesman for the station says the crash occurred on the vast Marine Corps Air Station Yuma training grounds.
  Capt. Gabriel Adibe says no additional information is immediately available.
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• US Marine Corps says two helicopter pilots were killed in a crash near Yuma, Arizona

  31-03-2019 22:59
  YUMA, Ariz. (AP) — US Marine Corps says two helicopter pilots were killed in a crash near Yuma, Arizona.
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• Castellanos lifts Tigers over Blue Jays 4-3 in 11 innings

  31-03-2019 22:57
  TORONTO (AP) — After getting blanked in back-to-back losses, the Detroit Tigers scored just enough runs Sunday to leave Canada on a winning note.
  Nicholas Castellanos had an RBI single in the 11th inning, Jeimer Candelario got five hits and the Tigers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3 despite blowing a late lead.
  “That was a huge win for us,” said shortstop Jordy Mercer, who preserved a 3-all tie with a defensive gem in the 10th inning. “I’m not talking record-wise, I&
  
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• Frankfurt grabs 4th in Bundesliga, Champions League beckons

  31-03-2019 22:49
  BERLIN (AP) — Eintracht Frankfurt could be playing in the Champions League next season.
  Luka Jovic scored again and set up another goal as Frankfurt beat relegation-threatened Stuttgart 3-0 Sunday to move fourth in the Bundesliga.
  Frankfurt, which is enjoying its best league campaign, took advantage of Borussia Moenchengladbach’s 3-1 defeat at Fortuna Duesseldorf on Saturday, to take the last qualification place for Europe’s top club competition with seven rounds remaining.
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• Pope defends decision to keep French cardinal after cover-up

  31-03-2019 22:47
  ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis has defended his decision to reject French Cardinal Philippe Barbarin’s resignation after he was convicted of covering up for a predator priest, saying the appeals process must run its course before a final decision is made.
  Francis also explained why he rejected proposals by U.S. bishops to respond to the sex abuse scandal there, saying they neglected the spiritual dimension required for a true reform.
  Francis referred to both cases during
  
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• Williams leads Pirates past Reds 5-0

  31-03-2019 22:42
  CINCINNATI (AP) — Trevor Williams pitched six effective innings and drove in two runs, helping the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the sloppy Cincinnati Reds 5-0 on Sunday.
  Williams picked up where he left off last season, when he was the only major leaguer to make 10 starts of at least six innings without allowing a run. The right-hander gave up three hits, struck out six and walked one.
  The Reds put runners on the corners with two out in the sixth, but Williams struck out Yasiel Puig to end the
  
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• Oregon reaches 1st women’s Final Four, tops Miss. St. 88-84

  31-03-2019 22:27
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Thanks to another stellar performance from Sabrina Ionescu and a lift from a home-state crowd, Oregon is heading to its first women’s Final Four.
  Ionescu had 31 points, eight assists and seven rebounds, and the second-seeded Ducks beat No. 1 seed Mississippi State 88-84 on Saturday.
  Satou Sabally had 22 points and seven rebounds for the Ducks (33-4), who head to Tampa to face the winner of Monday’s game between top overall seed Baylor and Iowa.
  At the fina
  
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• Algerian president names new government, keeps army chief

  31-03-2019 22:23
  ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria’s powerful army chief retained his post in a newly-named government despite his call to have ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika declared unfit for office.
  Algerian national television announced Sunday night that Bouteflika and Prime Minister Noureddine Bedoui named a new government after weeks of mass protests and political tensions in this gas-rich North African country.
  The new government notably keeps Ahmed Gaid Salah as army chief of staff and v
  
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• The Latest: Plastic bag ban gets approved in NY state budget

  31-03-2019 22:17
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The Latest on New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Legislature agreeing to a plastic bag ban as part of the state budget agreement being voted on by lawmakers Sunday (all times local):
  4:15 p.m.
  The Democrat-controlled New York Legislature has passed legislation that will make the state the third in the nation to have a statewide ban on single-use plastic bags.
  Lawmakers passed the measure Sunday afternoon, a little more than 12 hours after Cuomo and the fellow Democratic
  
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• The Latest: NY lawmakers to OK budget with NYC toll, bag ban

  31-03-2019 22:17
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The Latest on New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Legislature agreeing to a plastic bag ban as part of the state budget agreement being voted on by lawmakers Sunday (all times local):
  11: 15 p.m.
  Lawmakers in New York state are working to pass a budget containing a statewide ban on single-use plastic bags and new tolls for motorists entering the busiest parts of Manhattan.
  Members of the Democrat-controlled Senate and Assembly began voting on budget legislation Sunday an
  
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• Marana police release name of man fatally shot by an officer

  31-03-2019 22:17
  MARANA, Ariz. (AP) — Police in Marana have released the name of a man who was fatally shot by an officer.
  They say 24-year-old Juan Padilla was killed Sunday after he stabbed a man and woman inside a house.
  Police say the woman called 911 after Padilla attacked a man inside the home.
  Padilla and the woman reportedly were guests of the homeowner.
  A responding officer found the man in the home’s front yard critically wounded with stab wounds.
  Police say the officer could hear a woman s
  
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• Marana police officer fatally shoots man after confrontation

  31-03-2019 22:17
  MARANA, Ariz. (AP) — Police in the southern Arizona city of Marana are investigating a fatal shooting involving one of their officers.
  They say a police officer shot and killed a man at a home following a confrontation Sunday.
  Police received a 911 call regarding “unknown trouble” about 8 a.m.
  It’s unclear if the man involved in the confrontation was armed and his name and age weren’t immediately released.
  The police officer wasn’t hurt.
  Authorities say a woma
  
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• Giolito’s no-hit bid ends with 1 out in 7th for White Sox

  31-03-2019 22:07
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Alex Gordon has ended a no-hit bid by Chicago White Sox right-hander Lucas Giolito with one out in the seventh inning.
  Giolito had retired 19 straight Kansas City Royals on Sunday following a four-pitch leadoff walk to Whit Merrifield. Gordon fouled off four consecutive pitches before lining a curveball into center field for a single. Gordon scored on a double by Ryan O’Hearn two batters later.
  Billy Hamilton nearly had a hit for Kansas City in the sixth innin
  
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• Alcantara pitches Marlins past Rockies 3-0

  31-03-2019 22:07
  MIAMI (AP) — Sandy Alcantara pitched eight crisp innings, Jorge Alfaro drove in two runs and the Miami Marlins beat the Colorado Rockies 3-0 on Sunday.
  Alcantara allowed four hits, struck out six and walked none in his longest outing in 15 major league appearances. The 23-year-old right-hander retired 14 straight hitters before Ryan McMahon reached on a two-out infield single in the seventh.
  Alcantara (1-0) also picked up his major league hit on a line-drive single to left in the fifth.
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• Georgiev makes 29 saves and Rangers blank Flyers 3-0

  31-03-2019 21:55
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Alexandar Georgiev made 29 saves and Ryan Strome scored for the third consecutive game and the New York Rangers beat the Philadelphia Flyers 3-0 on Sunday.
  Pavel Buchnevich, and Brady Skjei also scored for the Rangers and Brett Howden had two assists.
  Strome scored late in the first period to give the Rangers a 2-0 lead when he went top shelf on Flyers goalie Carter Hart, who had only one defenseman helping him defend an odd-man rush.
  The goal was Strome’s 17th of
  
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• Chirinos gives bullpen some rest, Rays beat Astros 3-1

  31-03-2019 21:51
  ST PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Yonny Chirinos covered splendidly for Tampa Bay’s taxed bullpen, Austin Meadows hit his second homer and the Rays took three of four games from the Houston Astros with a 3-1 victory Sunday.
  The Rays had planned to use an opener for the first time this season, but manager Kevin Cash instead turned to the 25-year-old Chirinos rather than push his fatigued relievers. Chirinos pitched seven innings, allowing one run, two hits and no walks while striking out six
  
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• The Latest: Wealthy Russian dies in plane crash in Germany

  31-03-2019 21:44
  FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The Latest on a small plane crash in central Germany (all times local):
  9:40 p.m.
  Russian airline operator S7 Group says that co-owner Natalia Fileva, one of Russia’s richest women, has died in the crash of a small plane in Germany. 
  The airline’s press service said in an email Sunday that Fileva, 55, was aboard a single-engine, six-seat Epic-LT aircraft that crashed in a field on approach to the small airport at the town of Egelsbach in southwest
  
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• Accuser still wants Virginia lieutenant governor to resign

  31-03-2019 21:39
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The first of two women to accuse Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax of sexual assault says she still wants him to resign.
  CBS News released excerpts Sunday of its interview with Vanessa Tyson, who says Fairfax forced her to perform oral sex in 2004. The full interview will air Monday.
  Fairfax says the encounter was consensual.
  In the excerpts, Tyson reiterates her call for Fairfax’s resignation and says she’s willing to testify about her experience at a publi
  
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• The Latest: Newman, Bowman to back of Cup field at Texas

  31-03-2019 21:10
  FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The Latest on the NASCAR Cup race at Texas Motor Speedway (all times local):
  2 p.m.
  Ryan Newman and Alex Bowman will be going to the back of the 39-car field to start the NASCAR Cup race at Texas.
  Newman failed pre-race tech inspection twice, leading to the ejection of his car chief Todd Brewer. Newman had qualified to start 18th in his No. 6 Ford, on the same row with his Roush Fenway Racing teammate Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
  Bowman, who had qualified 24th, had to go to
  
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• The Latest: Hamlin wins at Texas despite 2 penalties

  31-03-2019 21:10
  FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The Latest on the NASCAR Cup race at Texas Motor Speedway (all times local):
  5:35 p.m.
  Denny Hamlin overcame two penalties on pit road and won the NASCAR Cup race at Texas, where Kyle Busch missed out on the chance for a tripleheader weekend sweep and polesitter Jimmie Johnson’s career-worst winless streak stretched to 66 races.
  Hamlin led the final 12 laps, and 45 of the 334 overall at the 1 1/2-mile track Sunday, also won the Daytona 500 in his No. 11 Joe G
  
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• Meteor lights up the night sky over northern Florida

  31-03-2019 21:07
  (CNN) – People across northern Florida were baffled shortly before midnight Saturday by a greenish-blue fireball that seemed to plummet from the sky.
  Caught some strange light falling from the sky up by Youngstown tonight!
  Posted by Eric Shultz on Saturday, March 30, 2019“Caught some strange light falling from the sky up by Youngstown tonight!,” posted Eric Shultz, who captured the phenomenon on his doorbell camera at his home in the state’s panhandle.
  “Dude, did y
  
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• Police say 2 created fake children profiles online for gain

  31-03-2019 21:06
  SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Police in North Macedonia say they have charged two people with creating fake online profiles of children with special needs and rare diseases and soliciting donations for their treatment abroad.
  The two people charged with computer fraud were identified only by their initials as M.S., 53, and A.S, 49, in a police statement released Sunday. Local media reported they are brother and sister.
  Police say the two suspects raised more than 3.5 million denars (about
  
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• Nationwide blackouts become the norm in Venezuela

  31-03-2019 21:03
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Another day, another blackout.
  Power went out across Venezuela on Sunday, just as it did on Saturday, and the day before that.
  Later Sunday afternoon, some electricity was returning, although jittery Venezuelans don’t so much celebrate when the lights come on as wonder when the next outages will flick them off.
  Netblocks, a group monitoring internet censorship, says network data showed just 15 percent of Venezuela was online after the latest power cuts struc
  
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• Yelich equals MLB record start with homers in 4 straight

  31-03-2019 20:56
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — Christian Yelich of the Milwaukee Brewers extended his season-opening home run streak to four games, tying the major league record for homers in consecutive games to start a season.
  Yelich also became the first player to win the MVP award and then homer in his first four games of the next season. He hit 36 home runs in 2018.
  Yelich connected in the first inning Sunday off the St. Louis Cardinals’ Michael Wacha, sending a 1-0 fastball into the second deck at Miller Pa
  
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• Federer wins 101st title, beating Isner in Miami Open final

  31-03-2019 20:53
  MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Roger Federer became tennis’ first repeat champion of 2019 when he won his 101st career title Sunday by beating defending champion John Isner in the Miami Open final, 6-1, 6-4.
  Federer neutralized Isner’s big serve and won 32 of 35 points on his own serve. The 6-foot-10 Isner scrambled so desperately to stay in rallies that he hurt his left foot and limped badly through the final few points.
  Federer was the Dubai champion on March 2, and was runner-up
  
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• ‘Adulting’ class at Kentucky high school teaches crucial life skills

  31-03-2019 20:45
  An “adulting” seminar for seniors at a Kentucky high school has been such a success that people can’t stop talking about it.
  “The parents didn’t know anything about it until it started blowing up on the internet and being on everyone’s social media,” Christy Hardin, director of the Bullitt Central High School Family Resource and Youth Services Center, told TODAY Parents. “(The response) has been overwhelmingly positive.”
  Hardin based the
  
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• Atlanta police officer fatally shoots man during chase

  31-03-2019 20:44
  ATLANTA (AP) — Authorities say a police officer fatally shot a man who showed a gun while being chased in woods in Atlanta.
  Atlanta Police told news outlets the officer was flagged down by someone who heard gunshots around a strip club about 1 a.m. Sunday near Interstate 85 in southwest Atlanta.
  Police say the officer found the man, who ran into the woods. Authorities say the officer fired his weapon after he saw a gun in the man’s hands.
  The identities of the man killed and the offi
  
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• In an uncertain era, expressing certainty is a potent weapon

  31-03-2019 20:30
  In the course of a single week, there has been all of this:
  “I have been truthful and consistent on every level since day one,” actor Jussie Smollett told the world after prosecutors dropped 16 felony counts that accused him of making a false police report about being the target of a racist, anti-gay attack.
  “I am highly confident,” high-profile lawyer Michael Avenatti said after being accused of trying to extort money from Nike, “that I will be fully exonerated and
  
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• Kisner, Kuchar make it an All-American final at Match Play

  31-03-2019 20:26
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Kevin Kisner outlasted British Open champion Francesco Molinari and reached the Dell Technologies Match Play final.
  It’s the second straight year for Kisner to reach the championship match at Austin Country Club, and the second straight year for an All-American final. Matt Kuchar won his semifinal match Sunday morning against Lucas Bjerregaard.
  Kisner is the first player to lose in the opening round of group play and reach the final.
  He won on the 18th hole after
  
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• Kevin Kisner gets it right at Match Play

  31-03-2019 20:26
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Kevin Kisner made it to the Dell Technologies Match Play final for the second straight year, and this time he got it right.
  A week that began with a loss ended with the biggest victory of Kisner’s career when he beat Matt Kuchar in the championship match Sunday, 3 and 2, at Austin Country Club.
  He becomes the first player to win Match Play after losing in the final the previous year. Kisner lost in 12 holes last year to Bubba Watson. At the end of a long, tiring
  
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• 3 die in Germany plane crash, 2 more in police car crash

  31-03-2019 20:16
  FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — German police say a pilot and two passengers are believed to have died in the crash of a small airplane near Frankfurt and two more people died in a collision with a police vehicle responding to the scene.
  Police said the six-seater airplane took off in France and was on its way to the central German town of Egelsbach when it crashed and burned in a field Sunday afternoon near Erzhausen, 10 kilometers (6 miles) south of Frankfurt.
  Police said they believed three p
  
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• Samuelson leads UConn to 12th straight Final Four

  31-03-2019 20:13
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Katie Lou Samuelson scored 29 points and second-seeded UConn held off No. 1 Louisville 80-73 on Sunday in the Albany Regional Final, extending the Huskies’ record Final Four run to 12 consecutive years.
  The Huskies (35-2) have won six national championships and had a 111-game winning streak during their remarkable Final Four run. They will be looking to try and reach the title game for the first time in three years after they have lost on last-second shots in the
  
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• Officials say more than 20 killed, hundreds injured by rainstorm in southern Nepal

  31-03-2019 20:01
  KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Officials say more than 20 killed, hundreds injured by rainstorm in southern Nepal.
  The post Officials say more than 20 killed, hundreds injured by rainstorm in southern Nepal appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• Liverpool back on top after Tottenham self-destructs at end

  31-03-2019 19:55
  LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Liverpool returned to the top of the Premier League as a 90th-minute own-goal from Toby Alderweireld gave Juergen Klopp’s team all three points at Anfield on Sunday in a 2-1 win over third-placed Tottenham.
  Hugo Lloris couldn’t hold a header from Liverpool winger Mohamed Salah, instead sending the ball onto Alderweireld, who then diverted it back past his goalkeeper.
  The Reds are two points clear of Manchester City, having played a game more.
  Liverpool
  
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• Forest fire burns thousands of acres in New Jersey Pinelands

  31-03-2019 19:52
  CHATSWORTH, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say fire whipped by high winds has spread over thousands of acres of state land in New Jersey’s Pine Barrens, a forested area of coastal plain that stretches more than 1 million acres.
  State environmental protection department officials say the blaze was reported Saturday afternoon in Penn State Forest in Woodland Township.
  Department spokesman Larry Hajna (HAY-nah) said Sunday afternoon the blaze had grown to 10,000 acres (40 sq. kilometers) with
  
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• Turkish president’s ruling party leading local polls, but looks set to lose capital Ankara after 25-year rule

  31-03-2019 19:36
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish president’s ruling party leading local polls, but looks set to lose capital Ankara after 25-year rule.
  The post Turkish president’s ruling party leading local polls, but looks set to lose capital Ankara after 25-year rule appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• Officer involved shooting in Marana leaves one dead, two critical

  31-03-2019 19:31
  Marana Police Dept. is working an officer involved shooting that left a suspect dead and two others critical.
  We’re told police arrived shortly after 8:00 a.m. to a residence in the 7400 block of W. Crimson Ridge Drive.
  When the officer arrived there was an altercation with the suspect and the officer discharged his weapon.
  Marana P.D. says there was a man and woman in the home who were both injured.
  The officer is unharmed but the two inside the home were transported to the hospital in cr
  
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• Fox’s Pirro back on-air after remarks on Muslim politician

  31-03-2019 19:25
  NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News host Jeanine Pirro is back on the air after a two-week absence following her comments questioning a Muslim congresswoman’s loyalties.
  “Justice with Judge Jeanine” returned Saturday. The former judge and prosecutor thanked her viewers but didn’t directly discuss her apparent suspension.
  Pirro asked on-air March 9 whether Rep. Ilhan Omar’s traditional Muslim head covering indicated the Minnesota Democrat followed Islamic religious law th
  
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• Johnson starting on Cup pole in Texas, Busch goes for sweep

  31-03-2019 19:24
  FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Jimmie Johnson is starting on the NASCAR Cup pole at Texas, where Kyle Busch is going for a tripleheader weekend sweep.
  Busch has two career NASCAR tripleheader sweeps, at Bristol in 2010 and 2017. He missed out on the chance for another in Las Vegas four weeks ago when he finished third in the Cup race after winning Xfinity and Trucks Series races at his home track.
  This is the third time Busch, who starts 16th on Sunday, goes into a Cup race at Texas after winnin
  
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• Exit poll shows comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy leading in Ukraine’s presidential election but far short of a majority

  31-03-2019 19:04
  KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Exit poll shows comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy leading in Ukraine’s presidential election but far short of a majority.
  The post Exit poll shows comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy leading in Ukraine’s presidential election but far short of a majority appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• Hamilton wins Bahrain GP after latest Ferrari failure

  31-03-2019 19:03
  SAKHIR, Bahrain (AP) — Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton profited from Ferrari’s latest failure and won a dramatic Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday.
  The race looked likely to finish a Ferrari 1-2 for Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel. But Vettel cracked under the pressure of Hamilton’s attack with less than 20 laps left and span out of contention.
  In a dramatic twist, race leader Leclerc’s engine started losing power with less than 10 laps left, allowing Hamilton t
  
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