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• Raiders sign free agents Jordan Richards, Alex Barrett

  05-04-2019 23:54
  ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) — The Oakland Raiders have signed a pair of free agents, safety Jordan Richards and defensive end Alex Barrett.
  Oakland announced the moves Friday, a day after releasing wide receiver Seth Roberts.
  Richards made a career-high 12 starts and played 15 games in all last season for the Falcons after spending 2015 to 2017 with the Patriots before being traded. He had 39 tackles, 27 solo, and three passes defensed.
  Barrett appeared in two games for Detroit in 2017 and spent
  
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• The Latest: Kudlow says Trump not hurting Fed’s independence

  05-04-2019 23:52
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump’s comments on the Federal Reserve and interest rates (all times local):
  5:50 p.m.
  A top economics adviser to President Donald Trump says the administration is not trying to damage the independence of the Federal Reserve by appointing two of Trump’s close political allies to the Fed board.
  Larry Kudlow, head of the president’s National Economic Council, says in an interview on the Fox Business Network that the administ
  
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• Kansas lawmakers pass bill to allow Farm Bureau health plan

  05-04-2019 23:51
  TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Kansas have pushed through a measure allowing the state Farm Bureau to offer health coverage that doesn’t satisfy federal Affordable Care Act mandates.
  The Kansas House approved a bill on an 84-39 vote that would exempt health coverage offered by the Farm Bureau from state insurance regulation. Supporters anticipate that the nonprofit group could offer lower-cost products to thousands of individuals.
  The Senate approved the bill Thursday on
  
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• Diamondbacks INF Lamb to miss 6 weeks with quad injury

  05-04-2019 23:51
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Diamondbacks infielder Jake Lamb is expected to be sidelined for about six weeks after straining his left quadriceps while running out a double this week.
  Lamb pulled up short at second base in the ninth inning of a 4-1 loss at San Diego on Wednesday. An MRI the next day revealed the extent of the injury.
  “I’ll start at six weeks and go from there,” Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said Friday. “It could be more. It could be less. Obviously
  
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• Tucson Woman Arrested After Two Children Found Dead (Update)

  05-04-2019 23:49
  Police arrested Dorothy Flood, 55, on two counts of first degree murder after two minors were found dead in a home on the 2400 block of West Kessler Place on 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 4.According to the Pima County Sheriff, Northwest Fire District personnel responded to a medical call near North La Cholla Boulevard and Ruthrauff Road. Upon arrival, "they discovered an unresponsive adult female inside the residence.…
  
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• Tucson Woman Arrested After Two Children Found Dead

  05-04-2019 23:49
  Police arrested Dorothy Flood, 55, on two counts of first degree murder after two minors were found dead in a home on the 2400 block of West Kessler Place 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 4.According to the Pima County Sheriff, Northwest Fire District personnel responded to a medical call near North La Cholla Boulevard and Ruthrauff Road. Upon arrival, "they discovered an unresponsive adult female inside the residence.…
  
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• The Latest: Police: Woman killed twin grandsons

  05-04-2019 23:46
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The Latest on the arrest of a woman suspected of killing her young grandsons (all times local):
  2:47 p.m.
  Police in Tucson say a 55-year-old woman fatally shot her twin grandsons Thursday before suffering of an apparent drug overdose.
  Dorothy Flood is facing two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Jaden and Jorden Webb, who were 8 years old.
  Flood, who was the boys’ sole guardian, is in custody.
  The Pima County Sheriff’s Department says it got a
  
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• Ravens agree to terms with free agent WR Seth Roberts

  05-04-2019 23:41
  OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — The Baltimore Ravens have reached agreement on a one-year contract with wide receiver Seth Roberts, who played the past four seasons with the Oakland Raiders.
  Roberts has played in 62 NFL games, including 25 starts. He has 158 catches for 1,826 yards and 13 touchdowns.
  The team announced the deal, which is pending a physical, on Friday. Roberts was released by the Raiders on Thursday.
  Roberts played in 15 games last season with Oakland, notching career highs with 4
  
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• Authorities: Deported man returned to US, hidden aboard ship

  05-04-2019 23:40
  SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a man from El Salvador who was twice deported from the U.S. tried to return by stowing away aboard a cargo ship.
  U.S. Attorney Bobby Christine of the Southern District of Georgia said in a news release Friday that 35-year-old Jaime Dagoberto Chavez-Guevara was arrested by U.S. Customs agents on a ship at the Port of Savannah. He was charged with illegal entry into the U.S.
  Prosecutors said Chavez-Guevara used a boat to reach the ship while it wa
  
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• Michigan State, Texas Tech get ready for a Final Four grind

  05-04-2019 23:36
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Hunker down, hoops fans. This one might be ugly.
  The Final Four’s second semifinal Saturday features Texas Tech, the team with the best defense in a generation, against Michigan State, the nose-in-the-dirt team whose coach used to put helmets and shoulder pads on his players for practice.
  It’s a non-glamour pairing pitting two teams that thrive on the grind. Texas Tech (30-6) has allowed more than 70 points only five times this season and not at all in the to
  
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• In-Kyung Kim back on top at ANA, 7 years after 1-foot miss

  05-04-2019 23:35
  RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) — Seven years after missing a 1-foot putt on the final hole of regulation and losing a playoff, In-Kyung Kim was back on top at the ANA Inspiration.
  Kim shot a 7-under 65 in mostly calm morning conditions Friday at Mission Hills to take a three-stroke lead halfway through the second round of the first major golf championship of the year. The 30-year-old South Korean had an 8-under 136 total.
  In 2012, Kim missed the short par putt to fall into a playoff and lost w
  
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• NYC ponders how to rebuild highway and preserve beloved view

  05-04-2019 23:34
  NEW YORK (AP) — New York faces a challenge: How does it fix a disintegrating highway while preserving the Brooklyn Heights Promenade, a park beloved for its cinematic views of Manhattan?
  Built in in the 1950s, the promenade makes up the top deck of a 1.5-mile stretch of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.
  The triple-level highway is built into a bluff, with a neighborhood of elegant townhouses on one side and a thrilling vista across the East River on the other.
  The problem is that it is falli
  
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• Ex-university aide, 2 others charged in sex indictment

  05-04-2019 23:34
  FORT VALLEY, Ga. (AP) — A former aide to a Georgia university president and two municipal officials have been indicted in an investigation of suspected prostitution.
  WMAZ-TV reports a Peach County grand jury indicted Alecia Johnson on charges of prostitution, pimping and solicitation. She’s the former executive assistant to the president of Fort Valley State University.
  Johnson’s attorney, Adrian Patrick, didn’t immediately return a phone message Friday. He previously tol
  
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• Man with flu symptoms dies in immigration custody

  05-04-2019 23:29
  FLORENCE, Ariz. (AP) — U.S. immigration officials say a Mexican man who had been showing signs of the flu died in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement this week.
  ICE says 54-year-old Abel Reyes-Clemente died two days after he was treated for flu symptoms. He was being held at the Florence Service Processing Center about 65 miles (105 kilometers) southeast of Phoenix and had been in custody since he was released from a Phoenix-area jail on Feb. 26.
  Reyes-Clemente is the fourth
  
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• The Latest: Cosby’s lawyers say his insurer OK’d settlement

  05-04-2019 23:28
  The Latest on a settlement involving defamation lawsuits against Bill Cosby (all times local):
  5:25 p.m.
  A spokesman says that Bill Cosby’s insurer authorized a settlement of defamation lawsuits against him and that the comedian did not personally sign off on them.
  Spokesman Andrew Wyatt said in an email Friday that Cosby’s insurer settled the case without the comedian’s “knowledge, permission and/or consent.”
  Records filed Friday in Massachusetts show that seven wo
  
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• Trump calls on Federal Reserve to cut interest rates

  05-04-2019 23:24
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is calling on the Federal Reserve to begin cutting interest rates, saying the economy will take off like a “rocketship” if the Fed begins loosening policy.
  Trump, speaking with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House, says that he believes the central bank “really slowed us down” with the four rate hikes it imposed last year. Trump says those were unnecessary because there is “very little, if any inflation.&rdquo
  
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• Advantage Air Mechanical Ugliest Air Conditioner Contest

  05-04-2019 23:20
  Is your air conditioner old and ugly? Upload a photo of your air conditioner and enter Advantage Air Mechanical’s Ugliest Air Conditioner Contest! If yours is chosen as the ugliest, you could win a new air conditioning system!
   
   
   
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• Trump attorney says IRS cannot legally release tax returns

  05-04-2019 23:18
  WASHINGTON (AP) — An attorney representing President Donald Trump says a request for the president’s tax returns “would set a dangerous precedent” if granted and argues that the IRS cannot legally divulge the information.
  A House committee chairman has formally asked the IRS to provide six years of Trump’s personal tax returns and the returns for some of his businesses. Democrats are seeking information about Trump’s financial dealings and potential conflicts
  
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• Emory University students upset by flyers criticizing Israel

  05-04-2019 23:17
  ATLANTA (AP) — Emory University students and alumni have expressed concerns about flyers posted on campus criticizing Israel’s treatment of Palestinians.
  University President Claire Sterk issued a statement Friday that she assured those who contacted her that the Atlanta-based university would “balance the need to protect free speech and the security and dignity of all in our community.”
  Emory officials said a student group concerned with human rights in the Middle East h
  
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• Correction: Confederate Monument Protest-Riot Case story

  05-04-2019 23:11
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — In a story March 24 about a riot during a Confederate monument protest, The Associated Press, based on information from The Daily Progress of Charlottesville, reported erroneously that four men indicted in the case were members of the Rise Against Movement. The group is named the Rise Above Movement.
  A corrected version of the story is below:
  Prosecutors slam ‘free speech’ argument in riot case
  Prosecutors say two men indicted on federal riot charges
  
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• Kamano, De Preville score as Bordeaux defeats Marseille

  05-04-2019 23:09
  BORDEAUX, France (AP) — Francois Kamano scored on a penalty kick in the first half and Nicolas de Preville doubled the lead in the second as Bordeaux dealt a blow to Marseille’s hopes of qualifying for European competition with a 2-0 win at home on Friday.
  Kamano scored his 10th French league goal, and his second in the last three games, in the 27th minute after Marseille’s Nemanja Radonjic was whistled for a handball in the penalty area.
  De Preville then added an insurance goa
  
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• Salah ends goal drought, helps Liverpool back to top of EPL

  05-04-2019 22:59
  SOUTHAMPTON, England (AP) — Mohamed Salah ended a goal drought of nearly two months as Liverpool came from behind to beat Southampton 3-1 on Friday and move back to the top of the Premier League.
  The Egypt forward completed Liverpool’s comeback after it fell behind in the ninth minute when he collected the ball 10 meters inside his own half on a counterattack, advanced forward and sent a dipping shot into the bottom corner from the edge of the area in the 80th minute.
  He removed his
  
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• Woman arrested in Tucson killing of 2 kids

  05-04-2019 22:58
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities in Tucson have arrested a 55-year-old woman in connection to the killings of two children who were found dead in a home on Thursday.
  The Pima County Sheriff’s Department says 55-year-old Dorothy Flood faces two counts of first-degree murder.
  Deputies responded to a call for medical assistance at a home in the city’s west side Thursday afternoon.
  The sheriff’s department said the children were dead and had obvious signs of trauma.
  The depar
  
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• The Latest: ICE head says he’ll keep working with agency

  05-04-2019 22:58
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Ron Vitiello (all times local):
  4:55 p.m.
  The acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement says in a letter to employees that he will continue to work alongside them even if he will not become the agency’s director.
  Ron Vitiello’s nomination to lead the agency was suddenly withdrawn by the White House on Thursday. President Donald Trump says that while Vitiello was a “good man,”
  
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• Former Dallas mayor pro tem sentenced to 56 months

  05-04-2019 22:56
  DALLAS (AP) — Former Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway has been sentenced to 56 months in prison after pleading guilty in a federal corruption probe that’s shaken local government in the North Texas city.
  Caraway resigned from the Dallas City Council last August after pleading guilty to tax evasion and conspiracy to commit wire fraud for accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in kickbacks and bribes . The Dallas Morning News reports a federal judge ordered Caraway Friday to pay
  
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• Pipeline opponents ask judge to strike down Trump’s permit

  05-04-2019 22:54
  BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Opponents of the long-stalled Keystone XL oil pipeline asked a federal court Friday in a lawsuit to declare President Donald Trump acted illegally when he issued a new permit for the project in a bid to get around an earlier court ruling.
  In November, U.S. District Judge Brian Morris ruled that the Trump administration did not fully consider potential oil spills and other impacts when it approved the pipeline in 2017.
  Trump’s new permit, issued last week, is in
  
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• Assistant coach Mark Adams masterminds Texas Tech’s defense

  05-04-2019 22:53
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — As a young Texas Tech assistant, Chris Beard liked to unwind from a hectic day by heading to the late-night movies. No cellphone, no interruptions, just Beard and a mostly-empty movie theater.
  On more than one occasion, he looked over and saw Mark Adams, the coach at nearby Howard Junior College, in the theater watching the same movie. The two already knew each other in basketball circles and pretty soon were going to the movies together two or three times a week.
  Both a
  
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• CPSC warns against Rock ‘n Plays for babies over 3 months

  05-04-2019 22:51
  The Consumer Product Safety Commission says infants older than 3 months, or those who can roll over, should not use Fisher-Price Rock ‘n Plays because of multiple deaths.
  The agency and Fisher-Price parent Mattel Inc. said Friday they are aware of at least 10 infant deaths in the Rock ‘n Plays since 2015 after infants rolled from their back to their stomach or side, while unrestrained. All 10 were infants 3 months or older.
  The CPSC says it previously warned consumers to use restrain
  
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• PCSD identifies twins found dead in northwest side home

  05-04-2019 22:50
  TUCSON – The grandmother of the two children found dead at a northwest side residence Thursday has been arrested for first-degree murder, court documents revealed Friday.
  According to Pima County Sheriff’s Department, deputies responded to a residence in the 2400 block of W. Kessler Place near La Cholla Boulevard and Ruthrauff Road Thursday afternoon. Officials said two elementary-aged twins were found dead in the home with obvious signs of trauma. PCSD said the two boys we
  
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• Mariners’ Gordon leaves game vs White Sox with tight groin

  05-04-2019 22:46
  CHICAGO (AP) — Seattle Mariners second baseman Dee Gordon has left the game against the Chicago White Sox because of a tight groin.
  Gordon had drawn two walks and scored a run Friday. He was replaced by Dylan Moore in the fourth inning.
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• The Latest: Road rage suspect held on $1 million bond

  05-04-2019 22:43
  PHOENIX (AP) — The Latest on an arrest in the road rage shooting death of a 10-year-old Arizona girl (all times local):
  3:30 p.m.
  A man charged with fatally shooting a 10-year-old girl in Phoenix in an act of road rage has been ordered held on $1 million bond.
  A court commissioner ordered the cash-only bond for 20-year-old Joshua Gonzalez during his initial appearance Friday afternoon.
  Gonzalez is facing charges including first-degree murder, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and evi
  
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• The Latest: Road rage arrest is little comfort to parents

  05-04-2019 22:43
  PHOENIX (AP) — The Latest on an arrest in the road-rage shooting death of a 10-year-old Arizona girl (all times local):
  1:30 p.m.
  The parents of a 10-year-old girl who died in a road-rage shooting outside their Phoenix home say they are thankful police have made an arrest.
  Taniesha and Dharquintium Brown spoke Friday in their driveway, where a gunman opened fire two days earlier, killing their daughter, Summerbell.
  They also said nothing will bring back their daughter, and Taniesha Brown s
  
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• UA College Republicans Club Host BP Union Rep on Campus

  05-04-2019 22:42
  National Border Patrol Council Vice President Art Del Cueto spoke to a group of about 20 college students and invited guests at last night's UA College Republicans Club meeting at the UA Student Union Memorial Center. Outside the Santa Cruz Room, dozens of student and community activists protested Del Cueto's visit in silence, clad in Navy blue T-shirts with the Border Patrol's logo, except the shirts read "Murder Patrol" instead.UA staff members were also outside the room monitoring t
  
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• Huskers’ Hoiberg owes millions if he leaves for college job

  05-04-2019 22:40
  LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — New Nebraska basketball coach Fred Hoiberg will be required to pay the university between $5 million and $11 million if he leaves to take a college coaching job in the first five years of his contract.
  The terms of Hoiberg’s agreement are in a memorandum of understanding released Friday. His signed contract was not available.
  Hoiberg will be paid $2.5 million in the first year of his seven-year, $25 million contract. That rises to $3 million next year and to $3.5
  
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• 1,000 replacements for Cuban doctors in Brazil quit program

  05-04-2019 22:40
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s health ministry says more than 1,000 doctors who signed up to replace Cuban doctors who served in rural areas have quit within three months.
  The doctors who quit represent 12% of the 8,500 physician positions that opened after the end of an agreement with the Cuban government.
  The program known as More Medics was an agreement signed in 2013 between the Brazilian and Cuban governments that brought thousands of Cuban doctors to far-flung corners of rural
  
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• Mateta’s hat trick helps Mainz rout Freiburg in Bundesliga

  05-04-2019 22:37
  MAINZ, Germany (AP) — Jean-Philippe Mateta scored a hat trick as Mainz routed Freiburg 5-0 on Friday to swap spots and move into 12th place in the Bundesliga.
  Freiburg made the better start and even struck the crossbar early on, but a mistake from Alexander Schwolow got Mainz underway in the 20th minute. The Freiburg goalkeeper’s attempted pass went straight to Mainz midfielder Jean-Paul Boetius, who gratefully returned it to the unguarded net.
  Boetius set up Mateta’s first on
  
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• Virginia, Auburn match contrasting styles in Final Four

  05-04-2019 22:35
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Virginia and Auburn meet at the Final Four in the latest installment of a long-running competition in basketball: slow and steady vs. fast and furious.
  The top-seeded Cavaliers are rarely in a hurry, playing a style as deliberate and methodical as the Supreme Court. The Tigers take a frenetic approach, more like Judge Judy.
  The first national semifinal Saturday at U.S. Bank Stadium is likely to be decided by whether Auburn or Virginia dictates the pace of play.
  “We
  
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• Virginia and Auburn match contrasting styles in Final Four

  05-04-2019 22:35
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Virginia and Auburn meet at the Final Four in the latest installment of a long-running competition in basketball: Slow and steady vs. fast and furious.
  The top-seeded Cavaliers are rarely in a hurry, playing a style as deliberate and methodical as the Supreme Court. The Tigers take a frenetic approach. More like Judge Judy.
  The first national semifinal Saturday at U.S. Bank Stadium is likely to be decided by whether Auburn or Virginia dictates the pace of play.
  “We
  
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• The Latest: West Virginia mom charged after abduction tale

  05-04-2019 22:33
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The Latest on criminal charges against a West Virginia mom accused of falsely reporting that an Egyptian man tried to kidnap her daughter (all times local):
  4:20 p.m.
  A West Virginia mother whose story about foiling a brazen kidnapping attempt unraveled under questioning has been criminally charged and jailed.
  Barboursville Police Detective Greg Lucas tells The Associated Press on Friday that Santana Renee Adams has been charged with falsely reporting an emergency
  
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• The Latest: Boeing to cut production rate of 737 Max jet

  05-04-2019 22:32
  DALLAS (AP) — The Latest on Boeing’s ongoing issues with the troubled 737 Max (all times local):
  3:30 p.m.
  Boeing says it is cutting production of its grounded Max airliner this month to focus on fixing flight-control software and getting the planes back in the air.
  The company said Friday that starting in mid-April it will cut production of the 737 Max from 52 to 42 planes per month.
  The move is not that surprising. Boeing had already suspended deliveries of the Max after regulators
  
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• Park Service: Lake Mead at safe level for recreational use

  05-04-2019 22:32
  KINGMAN, Ariz. (AP) — The National Park Service has finalized its environmental assessment of Lake Mead, declaring that the man-made lake situated in Nevada and Arizona is at a safe level for recreational use.
  The Kingman Daily Miner reports the agency says it found “no significant impact,” which allows the park to maintain lake access and provide safe and diverse recreational opportunities at lake elevations above 950 feet (about 290 meters).
  Lake Mead National Recreation Area
  
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• Pele remains hospitalized in Paris with urinary infection

  05-04-2019 22:30
  PARIS (AP) — Pele remains in a Paris hospital two days after he was admitted with a urinary infection, his spokesman said.
  Pepito Fornos told The Associated Press that the three-time World Cup champion was still hospitalized despite an initial prediction he would be released Friday.
  Pele’s social media channels posted a message from the 78-year old earlier in the day thanking his fans for their support.
  “The antibiotics are working and the tests are all positive,” he wrot
  
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• Congressman wants probe of social justice center fire

  05-04-2019 22:26
  NEW MARKET, Tenn. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen is asking for a federal investigation of a fire that destroyed the main office at a Tennessee center that played a prominent role in the civil rights movement.
  Leaders of the Highlander Research and Education Center have said they found a “white power” symbol spray-painted near the scene of the March 29 fire. Local investigators have not said whether arson is suspected.
  In a Thursday letter to U.S. Attorney General William Barr, Co
  
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• Sinclair scores 180th Canada goal to clinch win in England

  05-04-2019 22:22
  MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Canada captain Christine Sinclair scored her 180th international goal to secure a 1-0 victory over England in a Women’s World Cup warmup on Friday.
  Sinclair scored in the 81st minute, pouncing after Nichelle Prince’s shot came off the crossbar in front of 5,682 fans at the Manchester City Academy Stadium.
  Sinclair is now only four goals from matching the record of 184 goals held by Abby Wambach of the United States.
  England climbed to third in the FIF
  
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• Fans mourn grunge rock icon Kurt Cobain 25 years after death

  05-04-2019 22:22
  SEATTLE (AP) — On the 25th anniversary of Kurt Cobain’s death, dozens of people are leaving flowers, candles and written messages at a Seattle park near the house where the music icon killed himself.
  Cobain’s band, Nirvana, rose to global fame amid the city’s grunge rock years of the early 1990s. The frontman died April 5, 1994, in his home in a wealthy neighborhood near Lake Washington.
  Fans trekked Friday to nearby Viretta Park, leaving memorials on benches. Flowers mix
  
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• Vikings CB Hill gets 4-game ban for PED policy violation

  05-04-2019 22:21
  EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Vikings cornerback Holton Hill has been suspended for the first four games of the season for violating NFL policy on performance-enhancing drugs.
  The league announced the punishment on Friday for Hill, who had a promising rookie year with extensive playing time while starters Xavier Rhodes and Trae Waynes were injured. Hill started three games. He went undrafted out of Texas because of a positive test for marijuana, according to an NFL Network report in 2018.
  
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• Firsher-Price issues warn after 10 infants die using product

  05-04-2019 22:20
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The Consumer Product Safety Commission and Fisher-Price are warning people about the company’s Rock ‘n Play due to reports of 10 deaths when infants roll over.
  According to CPSC, infants typically begin rollover behaviors at three months.
  The CPSC is aware of 10 infant deaths in the Rock ‘n Play that have occurred since 2015, after the infants rolled from their back to their stomach or side, while unrestrained.
  All 10 infants were 3 month
  
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• Prosecutor: Rapper Kodak Black accused of sexual assault

  05-04-2019 22:19
  FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) — A prosecutor says rapper Kodak Black will likely have to return to South Carolina this year to face a charge of raping a woman after a 2016 concert.
  A local prosecutor tells The State that Dieuson Octave, whose stage name is Kodak Black, is charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct. He says the rapper attacked an adult-age high school student in a hotel room after performing in Florence.
  Although Black’s touring the Southeast, 12th Circuit Solicitor Ed C
  
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• Women’s European medalist rider tests positive for steroid

  05-04-2019 22:18
  AIGLE, Switzerland (AP) — The International Cycling Union says cyclocross rider Denise Betsema tested positive for an anabolic steroid and is provisionally suspended.
  Betsema, 26, placed fourth at the women’s world championships race in February, when she was edged out of the medals by her Netherlands teammate Marianne Vos.
  The UCI says Betsema tested positive one week earlier at a World Cup event in her home country.
  Cycling’s governing body did not specify which steroid she a
  
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• Waltrip starts victory lap on 2nd NASCAR career at Bristol

  05-04-2019 22:16
  BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — Hall of Fame driver Darrell Waltrip has launched the second victory lap of his NASCAR career.
  The Fox Sports analyst kicked off his retirement tour Friday at Bristol Motor Speedway. He will call it quits from the broadcast booth in late June after 19 seasons with Fox.
  He was asked to wave the green flag at the start of Sunday’s race in Tennessee. Fox Sports will have Waltrip wired so he can also open the event with his signature “Boogity! Boogity! Boogity!
  
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