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• Struggling Cubs demote Edwards, add Montgomery to IL

  06-04-2019 23:47
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — Looking to end an early season funk, the Chicago Cubs have shaken up their struggling bullpen by demoting right-hander Carl Edwards Jr. to Triple-A and placing left-hander Mike Montgomery on the 10-day injured list.
  The Cubs called up relievers Allen Webster and Kyle Ryan from Triple-A Iowa in corresponding moves announced Saturday. Chicago has dropped six straight since winning on opening day, and its bullpen entered Saturday with an 8.54 ERA.
  Edwards has an ERA of 32.40
  
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• Japan’s Sato grabs pole at Barber Motorsports Park

  06-04-2019 23:35
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Takuma Sato will start from the pole at Barber Motorsports Park and Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing grabbed the first two spots.
  Sato claimed the eighth pole of his career on Saturday, beating out teammate Graham Rahal. It was Sato’s first pole since 2017 at Pocono. That’s the year the Japanese driver won the Indianapolis 500.
  Team Penske was shut out of the Fast Six qualifying group for the first time since Long Beach in 2014.
  Penske had dominated at the
  
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• Fast-moving fire ravages building in Paris, no known victims

  06-04-2019 23:34
  PARIS (AP) — A fast-moving fire has ravaged a residential building on the northern edge of Paris.
  Firefighters spokesman Gabriel Plus says there are no known victims in the Saturday night blaze that moved through four floors of the large modern structure. Teams are searching for potential victims.
  The spokesman told BFMTV that it is too early to know the origin of the fire. He said it began on both the outside and inside of the building and raged through the third through sixth floors. He
  
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• UK’s May concedes Brexit deal won’t pass ‘in near future’

  06-04-2019 23:31
  LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Theresa May has acknowledged that the government’s strategies to get her Brexit deal approved in Parliament failed, saying there’s little prospect lawmakers will back it in “the near future.”
  May urged opposition lawmakers Saturday to help find a compromise agreement instead.
  She said voters “expect their politicians to work together when the national interest demands it.”
  After the House of Commons rejected May&rsquo
  
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• Prosecutor defends dropping charges against Jussie Smollett

  06-04-2019 23:27
  CHICAGO (AP) — Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx has defended her office’s dismissal of charges against Jussie Smollett, saying the “Empire” actor was treated no differently than thousands of other defendants whose charges were similarly dropped since she took office.
  In an appearance Saturday before the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr.’s Rainbow Push Coalition, Foxx says the office handled the charges similarly to the way it has disposed of nearly 6,000 other low l
  
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• Official: Arizona moves on student tests puts funds at risk

  06-04-2019 23:27
  PHOENIX (AP) — A U.S. Department of Education official says Arizona policy change on student testing go against federal law and put substantial education funding provided to the state at risk, but state officials aren’t expressing alarm.
  The Arizona Capitol Times reports that “upwards of $300 million” could be withheld under conflicts cited by Assistant Secretary Frank Brogan in a March 28 letter to state officials.
  The conflicts center on Arizona’s decisions to all
  
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• Mexico to purge nonworking teachers from payroll

  06-04-2019 23:22
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says his government will conduct a census to determine which teachers are working and purge the rest from the payroll.
  Speaking in the western state of Michoacan, the president gestured with a thumb Saturday to indicate that any “freeloader” found on the payroll will be tossed.
  López Obrador plans to federalize education rather than allocate school funds to states. The president said some gove
  
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• Rossi, LAFC snap DC United’s 15-game unbeaten streak

  06-04-2019 23:20
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Diego Rossi had his first career MLS hat trick to help LAFC snap D.C. United’s 15-game regular-season unbeaten streak with a 4-0 win on Saturday.
  Carlos Vela scored his MLS-leading seventh goal of the season in the 15th minute, ripping a left-footer from the top of the box to give LAFC (5-0-1) a 1-0 lead.
  Rossi, from near midfield, played a ball wide to Vela on the left side and then sprinted into the area where he slipped a left-footer inside the near post in the 2
  
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• Newman doubles in 10th, Pirates beat Reds 6-5

  06-04-2019 23:16
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Kevin Newman hit a game-ending double in the 10th inning, lifting the Pittsburgh Pirates over the Cincinnati Reds 6-5 Saturday for their third straight win.
  With one out in the 10th, Francisco Cervelli singled off Reds reliever Raisel Iglesias (0-2). Newman drove the first pitch he saw to the 410-foot left-center notch at PNC Park, and Cervelli easily beat the relay home. It was the first walkoff hit of Newman’s career.
  Francisco Liriano (1-0) struck out two in the
  
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• World Trade Center granite monoliths are in place

  06-04-2019 23:12
  NEW YORK (AP) — A 600-ton crane has delivered six granite monoliths to the World Trade Center — stone sculptures honoring those who were sickened or died from toxins while cleaning up the site of the terrorist attack.
  On Saturday, the chiseled granite pieces were in place, pointing skyward to also honor rescue, recovery and relief workers facing the 9/11 aftermath.
  The monoliths were chiseled from the Rock of Ages granite manufacturing company in Barre, Vermont, using Canadian granit
  
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• Kepler, Astudillo, Rosario go deep; Twins beat Phillies 6-2

  06-04-2019 23:04
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Max Kepler and Willians Astudillo hit consecutive homers, Eddie Rosario hit a three-run shot and the Minnesota Twins beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-2 on Saturday.
  Rhys Hoskins went deep for the Phillies, and Bryce Harper had two hits.
  Both teams are off to 5-2 starts.
  Making his second start since Tommy John surgery in 2017, Michael Pineda (1-0) allowed two runs and four hits, striking out five in five-plus innings for Minnesota.
  Jake Arrieta (1-1) gave up three runs
  
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• US edges Canada 3-2 in women’s hockey worlds in Finland

  06-04-2019 23:03
  ESPOO, Finland (AP) — Annie Pankowski scored the winning goal on a second-period power play Saturday, leading the United States to a 3-2 victory over Canada at the women’s world hockey championships.
  Hilary Knight and Kendall Coyne Schofield also scored for the Americans while goalie made Alex Rigsby made 31 saves.
  The U.S. has six points and is alone in first in Group A. Canada dropped into a tie with Finland and Russia, all with three points apiece. Switzerland is winless in two ga
  
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• Barcelona takes 11-point lead with 2-0 win v 10-man Atletico

  06-04-2019 23:02
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez scored late goals to secure a 2-0 win over 10-man Atletico Madrid on Saturday, increasing Barcelona’s lead of the Spanish league to a commanding 11 points.
  Atletico played one man down for more than an hour after Diego Costa earned a direct red card in the 28th minute, seemingly for language he used when an alleged foul went unpunished by the referee.
  Suarez finally beat goalkeeper Jan Oblak with a curling shot from outside the are
  
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• China news agency: ‘New progress’ in US trade talks

  06-04-2019 22:58
  WASHINGTON (AP) — China’s official news agency says U.S.-Chinese trade talks “achieved new progress” in Washington this week and remaining issues will be handled through “various effective means.”
  The terse statement by Xinhua on Saturday did not say where or when further discussions will happen.
  White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said in a statement Friday that “significant work remains” and the two sides would be in continuous contact.
  Xin
  
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• Maggots, mice fall into California prison dining hall

  06-04-2019 22:54
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Maggots and mice have fallen onto inmates’ dining tables at a California state prison where holes in the roof also allow rain and bird droppings to seep through and streak the walls
  California is spending a quarter-billion dollars to repair leaking roofs and clear dangerous mold as it tries to eat into more than $1 billion worth of overdue maintenance.
  But an inmate lawsuit says it’s not moving fast enough.
  Ten California prisons have had roofs replace
  
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• Buffalo promotes Whitesell to take over basketball program

  06-04-2019 22:50
  AMHERST, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo has promoted Nate Oats’ top assistant, Jim Whitesell, to take over its men’s basketball program.
  The Mid-American Conference Bulls announced the move Saturday, 10 days after Oats ended his four-year run at Buffalo to become coach at Alabama. Whitesell was associate head coach on a Buffalo team that reached the NCAA Tournament three times in four years and spent 19 weeks this season in the national rankings.
  The 59-year-old Whitesell has 34 seasons o
  
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• Mets hit 5 home runs, rally past Nationals 6-5

  06-04-2019 22:39
  NEW YORK (AP) — Rookie Pete Alonso and Robinson Cano hit back-to-back home runs to begin the eighth and Keon Broxton lined an RBI single later in the inning, lifting the New York Mets over the Washington Nationals 6-5 Saturday.
  Unlikely cleanup man J.D. Davis hit two home runs and Michael Conforto also connected as the Mets improved to 6-2.
  Anthony Rendon hit a leadoff homer and Wilmer Difo added a two-run shot in the top of the eighth, putting Washington ahead 5-3. Both drives came off re
  
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• Wozniacki tops Metric to gain clay-court final in Charleston

  06-04-2019 22:23
  CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Caroline Wozniacki advanced to the Volvo Car Open final, Petra Metric of Croatia 6-3, 6-4 on Saturday.
  Wozniacki, who won this clay-court tournament in 2011, has now beaten Matric all six times they have played. Matric was seeded 16th.
  Wozniacki, seeded fifth, will play for the title Sunday against Madison Keys or Monica Puig. The Keys-Puig semifinal was stopped because of rain with Keys ahead 4-3 in the opening set.
  Wozniacki, the 2018 Australian Open champion, rea
  
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• Wozniacki, Keys to play clay-court final in Charleston

  06-04-2019 22:23
  CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Caroline Wozniacki and Madison Keys will play for the title in Charleston after posting straight-set wins on Saturday.
  The fifth-seeded Wozniacki advanced with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over No. 16 seed Petra Martic of Croatia. The eighth-seeded Keys outlasted Monica Puig of Puerto Rico 6-4, 6-0, winning eight of the final nine games following a 70-minute rain delay at the season’s first clay-court tournament.
  Wozniacki will be making her third appearance in the Volv
  
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• Utility to try to switch coal power plant to wood

  06-04-2019 22:19
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s largest electricity utility plans to test whether a coal-fired plant can instead be fueled by wood chips from pine trees, a conversion that could keep part of the plant open and save jobs of some its workers.
  The Arizona Republic reports forest thinning that would produce the biomass for Arizona Public Service Co.’s Cholla Power Plant near Holbrook also would reduce the threat of destructive wildfires.
  One of the plant’s four units is already clos
  
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• Fatal confrontation: Mexican TV star must come back to US

  06-04-2019 22:11
  MIAMI (AP) — A Florida judge has rescinded an order allowing a Mexican soap opera star to travel outside the U.S., saying he’s likely to face a more serious charge from a fatal traffic confrontation than the third-degree battery filed recently.
  The judge set a hearing Monday to discuss the bond and travel order for Pablo Lyle, a star of the TV soap opera “Mi Adorable Maldicion.”
  After Lyle’s arrest last Monday for punching 63-year-old Juan Ricardo Hernandez during a
  
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• Stewart’s grand slam lifts Tigers over Royals 7-4

  06-04-2019 22:10
  DETROIT (AP) — Christin Stewart hit a two-out grand slam in the seventh inning, lifting the Detroit Tigers to a 7-4 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Saturday.
  The Tigers trailed 4-2 in the seventh but rallied against Kansas City’s struggling bullpen. Kevin McCarthy (0-1) allowed three hits and a hit batter. The only out on his watch came with the score 4-3, when Alex Gordon threw Josh Harrison out at the plate. Detroit eventually loaded the bases with two out, and Stewart hit a
  
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• Japan-bred colt Master Fencer could run in Kentucky Derby

  06-04-2019 22:09
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Master Fencer could become the first Japan-bred colt to run in the Kentucky Derby.
  The 3-year-old chestnut has two wins in six career starts and earnings of $234,392. Master Fencer finished fourth with 19 points on the Japan Road to the Derby on May 5. But the top three finishers weren’t nominated to the Triple Crown series and declined the invitation.
  The four-race Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby began in 2017 and is separate from the 35 races that U.S.-based
  
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• Sydney Brenner, who helped decipher genetic code, dies at 92

  06-04-2019 22:05
  LA JOLLA, Calif. (AP) — Sydney Brenner, a Nobel Prize-winning biologist who helped decipher the genetic code, has died. He was 92.
  The Salk Institute for Biological Studies said Brenner died Friday in Singapore.
  Brenner shared the Nobel Prize in medicine in 2002 for his contribution to work unraveling how genes control cell division. He and two colleagues, John Sulston and Robert Horvitz, traced a roundworm known as C. elegans to determine how cells divide and create something new.
  The fin
  
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• Antetokounmpo to miss Nets game with calf injury

  06-04-2019 22:02
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo will miss Saturday’s game against the Brooklyn Nets because of an injured left calf.
  The Bucks have clinched the best record in the NBA and the top seeding in the Eastern Conference. Coach Mike Budenholzer says Antetokounmpo experienced soreness in his calf following a 128-122 victory over Philadelphia on Thursday night.
  The Nets are battling for one of the final playoff spots in the Eastern Conference. With three games rema
  
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• Bush, Impact play NYCFC to 0-0 tie

  06-04-2019 22:00
  NEW YORK (AP) — Evan Bush had four saves for his first shutout of the season to help the Montreal Impact to a 0-0 tie with New York City FC on Saturday.
  Montreal (2-2-1) played the final 20 minutes a man down after Maximiliano Urruti was shown a straight red card, after video review, in the 70th minute for a studs-up tackle on Maxime Chanot.
  NYCFC (0-1-4) has been shutout in back-to-back games and has four goals in five MLS matches this season.
  New York City controlled the action throughou
  
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• Fire damages Texas home where boxing legend Johnson lived

  06-04-2019 21:57
  GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — A Texas Gulf Coast home where boxing legend Jack Johnson once lived has been heavily damaged in a fire.
  The blaze caused a wall to collapse in the vacant home Friday in Galveston. Fire Chief Mike Wisko told The Galveston County Daily News that the building was in the process of being renovated.
  Johnson began his boxing career in Galveston, where a bronze statue of him stands in a park naming him as the Galveston Giant.
  In 1908 he became the first black heavyweight w
  
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• Algerian Parliament to make president’s resignation official

  06-04-2019 21:56
  ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Both houses of Algeria’s Parliament are meeting next week to take official note of the country not having a leader after the resignation under pressure of its president.
  A senator from former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s FLN party, Abdelouahab Benzaim, says the two houses plan to meet on Tuesday.
  If the president’s office is vacated, the Algerian Constitution calls for the head of the upper house to serve as leader for a maximum of 90 days befo
  
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• Yale transforms institute in new School for Global Affairs

  06-04-2019 21:54
  NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Yale’s Board of Trustees has approved the opening of a new professional school for the first time in 43 years.
  President Peter Salovey announced Saturday that Yale will transform its Jackson Institute for Global Affairs into the Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs.
  Salovey says the school will seek to conduct research relevant to the development and adoption of international policy with the idea of creating leaders to tackle issues such climate change, war a
  
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• Lightning ties NHL record with 62nd win, beat Bruins 6-3

  06-04-2019 21:54
  BOSTON (AP) — The Tampa Bay Lightning won their NHL record-tying 62nd game, getting a shorthanded goal by Steven Stamkos during a three-goal second period in their 6-3 victory over the Boston Bruins on Saturday in the teams’ regular-season finale.
  Nikita Kucherov, Anthony Cirelli, Erik Cernak and Braydon Coburn also scored for Tampa Bay (62-16-4), which tied the 1995-96 Detroit Red Wings for most victories during the regular season.
  Six of the wins, though, came in shootouts. The lea
  
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• UA Women’s Basketball team wins WNIT Championship over Northwestern

  06-04-2019 21:52
  TUCSON — The University of Arizona’s Women’s basketball team wins the WNIT Championships, after defeating Northwestern on Saturday.
  More than 12,000 Wildcats fans are attending today’s game in support for the team.It’s a big game day. Look at the sea of red! More than 12,000 fans are here. #WNITChampionship pic.twitter.com/a6zncQldti
  — Denelle Confair (@DenelleKVOA) April 6, 2019The Wildcats are currently leading at the half, 30 to 17.Northwestern scores
  
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• Texas man gets prison term for shooting 2 on I-10 in Arizona

  06-04-2019 21:51
  FLORENCE, Ariz. (AP) — A Texas man who apologized to the victims has been sentenced by an Arizona judge to 7½ in prison for a shooting on Interstate 10.
  A judge on Friday sentenced 37-year-old Clearchus McCreight of El Paso on aggravated assault convictions in the May 2018 incident in which two people were injured when McCreight shot a gun at their vehicle.
  The Casa Grande Dispatch reports that McCreight said in court he was sorry for hurting the victims.
  He previously told authorit
  
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• Missouri man charged with threatening Sen. Josh Hawley

  06-04-2019 21:51
  ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — An eastern Missouri man has been arrested after authorities say he threated Republican Sen. Josh Hawley in a social media message.
  The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Jeremy Cawthon appeared in federal court Friday in St. Louis for a brief hearing on a charge of transmitting a threat in interstate commerce.
  An arrest affidavit says the FBI was contacted on April 1 about the Facebook threat, in which Cawthon is accused of writing to the senator from Missouri tha
  
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• English soccer teams condemn racist abuse of players

  06-04-2019 21:41
  LONDON (AP) — Two English second-tier clubs have condemned racist abuse of players following Saturday’s games.
  Brentford said it “utterly condemns discrimination” after a season-ticket holder was arrested following an allegation of abuse by Derby midfielder Duane Holmes.
  The incident happened late in the League Championship match after Holmes was substituted in the 74th minute. The game at Griffin Park in west London ended 3-3.
  Derby manager Frank Lampard says “Duan
  
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• Pregnant mother cited after toddler urinates in public

  06-04-2019 21:32
  AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — A pregnant mother is facing disorderly conduct charges in Georgia for allowing her 3-year-old son to relieve himself in public.
  Brooke Johns’ toddler son alerted his mother he needed to use the restroom Wednesday. The two barely made it to a gas station before she realized he wasn’t going to make it inside.
  Brooke was unable to carry the boy due to being just weeks from giving birth. She says she did what she thought was the next best thing, covering him as
  
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• The Latest: Late AP writer to be honored before Final Four

  06-04-2019 21:23
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Latest on the Final Four (all times local):
  2:20 p.m.
  The NCAA will honor late AP Basketball Writer Jim O’Connell at the Final Four in Minneapolis by leaving a courtside seat open for him this weekend. O’Connell covered 39 consecutive Final Fours from 1979-2017 for AP and was one of the most knowledgeable and well-known people covering college basketball. He died in July at 64 after fighting a series of ailments in recent years.
  O’Connell, known as
  
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• NCAA Latest: Get ready for a defensive-minded title game

  06-04-2019 21:23
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Latest on the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament (all times local):
  10:25 p.m.
  The college basketball season will end Monday night with two defensive-minded teams battling to become a first-time champion.
  Texas Tech entered the national semifinals by allowing just 84 points per 100 possessions, a defensive efficiency score on KenPom that ranks as the best the advanced-stats site has tracked dating to 2002.
  Virginia arrived ranked fifth nationally by surrendering 88.7
  
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• NCAA Latest: Auburn dances past Virginia into title game

  06-04-2019 21:23
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Latest on the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament (all times local):
  7:10 p.m.
  Kyle Guy made three free throws after a questionable foul call with 0.6 seconds left, and Virginia survived a frantic rally by Auburn for a 63-62 victory in the national semifinals.
  The Tigers had used a 14-0 run in the closing minutes to turn what had been a 10-point deficit into a 61-57 lead with 19.3 seconds left. Guy answered with a 3-pointer to give Virginia a chance, and the Tigers&rsq
  
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• Missing boy’s grandmother hopes hoax will generate new leads

  06-04-2019 21:22
  WOOSTER, Ohio (AP) — The grandmother of an Illinois boy missing since 2011 hopes publicity surrounding a hoax perpetrated by a man claiming to be her grandson will generate new leads in the case.
  The Wooster Daily Record reports 71-year-old Linda Pitzen said she had mixed emotions when she learned Wednesday that Timmothy Pitzen might have been found. She said that while it gave her hope, it was “frightening” to wonder whether Timmothy, who went missing when he was 6, would reme
  
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• Boil-water advisory lifted after water main repairs, tests

  06-04-2019 21:14
  PARKER, Ariz. (AP) — An advisory recommending that residents of the Colorado River Indian Tribes reservation in western Arizona boil water before using it has been lifted following testing after repairs to a broken water main.
  A spokesman for the tribe, Mike Scerbo (SIR’-bo) said Saturday that test results processed Friday night determined that the water is safe for drinking and cooking.
  Today’s News-Herald in Lake Havasu City reported that two area hospitals had to cancel surg
  
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• The Latest: Trump boasts of Israel support to Jewish group

  06-04-2019 21:12
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump’s appearance before the Republican Jewish Coalition (all times local):
  8:30 p.m.
  Republicans are hoping to narrow the gap in 2020 with Jewish voters, who have traditionally backed Democrats by a large margin. President Donald Trump is leading the charge. He warned members of the Republican Jewish Coalition Saturday in Las Vegas that a Democratic victory in 2020 could “leave Israel out there.” Trump highlighted his pro-
  
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• The Latest: Graham suggests US-Israel defense pact

  06-04-2019 21:12
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump’s appearance before the Republican Jewish Coalition (all times local):
  3:30 p.m.
  South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham says he wants the United States to enter into a mutual defense agreement with Israel to tell the world that “an attack against Israel would be considered an attack against the United States.”
  Graham said at the annual meeting of the Republican Jewish Coalition in Las Vegas Saturday that it’s time fo
  
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• The Latest: Former RNC chairman Steve Wynn sees Trump off

  06-04-2019 21:12
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump’s appearance before the Republican Jewish Coalition (all times local):
  2 p.m.
  Former Republican National Committee chairman and casino mogul Steve Wynn met with President Donald Trump at the Las Vegas airport following the president’s speech to the Republican Jewish Coalition on Saturday.
  Wynn last year resigned his roles at the RNC and the casino company he built after sexual misconduct allegations emerged against him.
  Neva
  
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• Netanyahu vows to annex West Bank settlements if re-elected

  06-04-2019 21:04
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he will begin annexing part of the Israeli-occupied West Bank if he is re-elected to a fourth straight term. Such a move would be a sharp departure from long-standing Israeli government policy.
  Netanyahu made the pledge in a television interview Saturday, three days before Israel’s election, in a bid to shore up his right-wing base. His comments were carried by Israeli websites.
  Netanyahu mentioned the recent U.S. recogn
  
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• Florida man arrested for burglary minutes after leaving jail

  06-04-2019 21:01
  PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man was re-arrested within minutes after he was released from jail for burglarizing cars in the jail’s parking lot.
  The St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office says 37-year-old Casey Lewis bonded out of jail Thursday, only to be caught by deputies burglarizing several cars outside the jail.
  Lewis was booked inside the jail on burglary charges and then released a second time that day on bond.
  Treasure Coast Newspapers reports Lewis originally was
  
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• Kupcho wins at Augusta National with charge on back 9

  06-04-2019 21:00
  AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — NCAA champion Jennifer Kupcho became the first woman to win at Augusta National with a charge on the back nine so often seen at the home of the Masters.
  Trailing by two with six holes to play, Kupcho boldly went for the green on the par-5 13th that set up eagle. That carried her to a sensational closing stretch and a four-shot victory over close friend Maria Fassi in the Augusta National Women’s Amateur.
  Kupcho, a senior at Wake Forest, closed with a 5-under 67, p
  
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• Kean scores to leave Juventus within 1 win of Serie A title

  06-04-2019 20:56
  MILAN (AP) — Teenager Moise Kean has left Juventus within one win of retaining its Serie A title.
  Kean, who was the victim of racist abuse during the week, came off the bench to score what was to prove the winner on Saturday as Juventus came from behind to beat AC Milan 2-1.
  It was the Italy forward’s fifth goal in as many matches for club and country and has seen him stake a claim for a place in the starting lineup for the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinal game at Ajax
  
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• Quadruple-chasing Man City in FA Cup final with Brighton win

  06-04-2019 20:42
  LONDON (AP) — Gabriel Jesus sent quadruple-chasing Manchester City into the FA Cup final by sealing a 1-0 victory over Brighton on Saturday.
  Returning to the scene of City’s League Cup triumph in February, the forward met Kevin De Bruyne’s cross with a diving header in the fourth minute of the Wembley Stadium semifinal.
  City was fortunate to finish the game with 11 men after Kyle Walker pushed his head toward Brighton forward Alireza Jahanbakhsh in the 32nd minute. Walker was o
  
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• German Márquez, Rockies agree to $43M, five-year contract

  06-04-2019 20:29
  DENVER (AP) — Hard-throwing righty German Márquez and the Colorado Rockies have agreed to a $43 million, five-year contract.
  Colorado unilaterally renewed Márquez last month for a one-year deal paying $565,000 — $10,000 above the minimum — while in the major leagues and $275,000 while in the minors.
  His new contract calls for a $1.5 million signing bonus, payable within 30 days of the deal’s approval by the commissioner’s office, and salaries of $1 mil
  
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• Detroit’s Moore leaves game with sprained knee

  06-04-2019 20:13
  DETROIT (AP) — Matt Moore left Detroit’s game against Kansas City on Saturday with a sprained right knee after pitching the first three innings.
  Moore retired the first eight hitters he faced, striking out the side in the second, but with two out in the third, he went to the ground to field Billy Hamilton’s bunt to the right of the mound. Hamilton ended up with an infield single, and Moore threw wildly to first for an error, allowing the batter to reach second.
  Moore retired Wh
  
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