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• Texas mother accused of selling son gets 6 years in prison

  07-04-2019 23:50
  CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — A Texas woman accused of selling her 7-year-old son and planning to sell her two other children to settle a drug debt has been sentenced to six years in prison.
  Esmeralda Garza of Corpus Christi was sentenced Friday after taking a plea deal. She was convicted on three counts of selling or purchasing a child. She also was convicted of money laundering and conspiracy to sell or purchase a child.
  Last June investigators discovered her son had been sold for $2,500.
  
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• Busio, Sporting KC tie FC Cincinnati 1-1

  07-04-2019 23:44
  CINCINNATI (AP) — Gianluca Busio scored for the second consecutive game to help Sporting Kansas City to a 1-1 tie with FC Cincinnati on Sunday.
  A 16-year-old homegrown, Busio made his third MLS start and has three goals in 367 career minutes.
  Kelyn Rowe played an arcing pass from near midfield to a streaking Busio near the top of the box where defender Greg Garza and goalkeeper Spencer Richey, who came off his line, got tangled up allowing Busio to roll in an empty-netter that made it 1-1
  
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• Wainwright, Cardinals avoid 3-game sweep, beat Padres 4-1

  07-04-2019 23:42
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Adam Wainwright was in vintage form Sunday, pitching six sharp innings as the St. Louis Cardinals avoided a three-game sweep by beating the San Diego Padres 4-1.
  The Padres hadn’t swept a series in St. Louis since 1980, and Wainwright (1-0) prevented it from happening this time at Busch Stadium.
  The 37-year-old Wainwright gave up one run and five hits. He struck out nine and didn’t issue a walk while throwing 100 pitches.
  The longtime star of the St. Louis rota
  
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• Scherzer gets 1st win, Nats beat wild Mets 12-9

  07-04-2019 23:36
  NEW YORK (AP) — Max Scherzer got his first win, Anthony Rendon hit a three-run homer and the Washington Nationals were helped by 12 walks in a 12-9 win over the New York Mets on Sunday.
  Scherzer (1-2) allowed four runs and eight hits in 6 1/3 innings with seven strikeouts, no walks and two hit batters, and he also singled in the game’s first run. He lost his opening two starts for the first time in his big league career, to the Mets and Philadelphia, though he did go 0-3 over his fir
  
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• Aldridge’s double-double paces Spurs to 112-90 win over Cavs

  07-04-2019 23:23
  CLEVELAND (AP) — LaMarcus Aldridge had 18 points and 13 rebounds as the San Antonio Spurs, who are in a three-team scramble to determine playoff seeding in the Western Conference, extended Cleveland’s losing streak to nine games by beating the Cavaliers 112-90 on Sunday.
  The Spurs recently clinched a postseason spot for a NBA record-tying 22nd year in a row, but they don’t yet know who they’ll play in the first round. San Antonio came into the day in eighth place, which w
  
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• Wild Puig in middle of bench-clearing fray, Pirates top Reds

  07-04-2019 23:22
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — A charged-up Yasiel Puig barreled into a bunch of Pirates during a bench-clearing fracas Sunday, and was among five ejections in Pittsburgh’s 7-5 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.
  The trouble started in the fourth inning when Chris Archer threw his first pitch behind the waist of Derek Dietrich. His previous time up, Dietrich dropped his bat and stood in the box to watch his 436-foot drive clear the fence atop the Clemente Wall and bounce into the Allegheny River.
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• School apologizes for artwork that used anti-Semitic trope

  07-04-2019 23:19
  LORTON, Va. (AP) — A high school student’s artwork that used anti-Semitic stereotypes has prompted school officials in Virginia to apologize.
  The Washington Post reported Sunday that the student goes to South County High School in Fairfax County in northern Virginia.
  An image shown at an exhibition at a community college depicts a man with a hooked nose carrying a bag of money. The caption reads: “No Jew in the world understands the importance of money.”
  Fairfax County Pu
  
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• Sánchez hits 3 homers in Yankees 15-3 victory over Oriol

  07-04-2019 22:53
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Gary Sánchez hit three of the Yankees’ seven home runs, their most on the road in more than a half-century, and New York routed the Baltimore Orioles 15-3 Sunday to complete a three-game sweep.
  Clint Frazier homered twice and had four hits, a day after hitting a go-ahead three-run drive for his first big league homer since July 28, 2017. Austin Romine and Gleyber Torres also went deep for the Yankees, who got back above .500 at 5-4.
  New York’s first 18 r
  
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• Long-serving Maryland House Speaker Michael Busch dead at 72

  07-04-2019 22:53
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Michael Busch, the longest-serving Maryland House speaker in the state’s history, has died. He was 72.
  Alexandra Hughes, the speaker’s chief of staff, said Busch died Sunday, surrounded by loved ones.
  Busch, a progressive Democrat, had developed pneumonia after a follow-up procedure to a 2017 liver transplant. He also had heart bypass surgery in September, after experiencing shortness of breath.
  Busch became speaker in 2003. He was known as a consensus bui
  
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• Michael Busch, the longest-serving Maryland House speaker in the state’s history, has died at 72, aide says

  07-04-2019 22:47
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Michael Busch, the longest-serving Maryland House speaker in the state’s history, has died at 72, aide says.
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• Cardinals send struggling pitcher Alex Reyes to Triple-A

  07-04-2019 22:42
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals have sent struggling pitcher Alex Reyes to Triple-A Memphis.
  The Cardinals made the move before Sunday’s game against San Diego.
  Reyes had Tommy John surgery in February 2017 and suffered a torn lat strain on May 30, 2018. The 24-year-old righty pitched just once in the majors last year, giving up three hits and two walks in four innings.
  Reyes has had trouble this year getting his control up to what he called “game speed.” He is 0
  
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• Arkansas tabs Nevada’s Eric Musselman as next coach

  07-04-2019 22:38
  Arkansas has hired Nevada’s Eric Musselman as its next men’s basketball coach.
  The 54-year-old Musselman led a dramatic turnaround in Reno, leading the Wolf Pack to three NCAA Tournament in four years after a nine-year absence. Nevada reached the Sweet 16 in 2018, but lost in the first round to Florida this year.
  The son of a former coach, Musselman has had a well-traveled career. He coached the Sacramento Kings and Golden State Warriors in the NBA, had stints in the CBA and D-League
  
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• Swanson, catcher’s interference call help Braves top Marlins

  07-04-2019 22:18
  ATLANTA (AP) — Dansby Swanson hit a game-ending single against a five-man infield and the Atlanta Braves, helped by a catcher’s interference call, beat the Miami Marlins 4-3 on Sunday.
  Miami’s Curtis Granderson tied it in the top of the ninth with a pinch-hit homer off Arodys Vizcaíno (1-0).
  Freddie Freeman led off Atlanta’s ninth win an infield single, the ball glancing off pitcher Adam Conley’s glove as he tried to snare the grounder behind his back. Ronald
  
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• Clevinger strikes out 10 as Indians top Jays 3-1 for sweep

  07-04-2019 22:14
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Mike Clevinger struck out 10 and allowed one hit over five scoreless innings, then left with upper back tightness as the Cleveland Indians beat the struggling Toronto Blue Jays 3-1 Sunday to complete a four-game sweep.
  Clevinger (1-0) hasn’t allowed a run in 12 innings over his first two starts, striking out 22. He retired his first nine hitters, walked Socrates Brito leading off the fourth, then gave up a double to Freddy Galvis. Clevinger fanned Randal Grichuk, Row
  
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• Hoskins’ 2-run homer leads Eflin, Phillies over Twins 2-1

  07-04-2019 22:02
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — For once, the Philadelphia Phillies relied on strong pitching to win a game.
  Rhys Hoskins hit a two-run homer , Zach Eflin threw seven sharp innings and the Phillies beat the Minnesota Twins 2-1 Sunday.
  “This was an important game for the direction of our team,” Phillies manager Gabe Kapler said. “We proved we didn’t need to see a lot of pitches and score a lot of runs with our potent offense.”
  Eflin (2-0) allowed a leadoff homer to Max Kep
  
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• Boston’s Pedroia could be activated for home opener

  07-04-2019 21:45
  PHOENIX (AP) — Boston second baseman Dustin Pedroia could be activated for Tuesday’s home opener against Toronto.
  Pedroia, the 2008 AL MVP, has been slowed since a slide into his surgically repaired left knee at second base by Baltimore’s Manny Machado on April 21, 2017. Pedroia had left knee surgery on Oct. 25, 2017, and was limited to three big league games in 2018, from May 26-29.
  He played on Thursday and Friday for Class A Greenville, going 3 for 5 with a double and a walk
  
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• Ross sharp, Tigers win 5th straight; KC drops 6th in row

  07-04-2019 21:42
  DETROIT (AP) — Tyson Ross pitched seven impressive innings in his Comerica Park debut, and the Detroit Tigers extended their winning streak to five with a 3-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Sunday.
  Ross (1-1) signed with the Tigers in the offseason, and this was the last current ballpark he hadn’t pitched in. He allowed a run and five hits with a walk and eight strikeouts.
  Rookie outfielder Christin Stewart, whose grand slam lifted Detroit to a win Saturday, drove in two more
  
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• Rangers put Guzman on IL with hamstring strain, Wisdom up

  07-04-2019 21:36
  ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — The Texas Rangers have placed first baseman Ronald Guzman on the 10-day injured list with a right hamstring strain.
  Patrick Wisdom was recalled from Triple-A Nashville and was expected to split time at the position with Logan Forsythe, who will start against the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday.
  Guzman left the Rangers’ 5-1 loss to the Angels on Saturday after experiencing tightness in his right hamstring while running out a double in the third inning.
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• Bremen v Bayern, Hamburg v Leipzig in German Cup semifinals

  07-04-2019 21:35
  BERLIN (AP) — Bayern Munich will play at Werder Bremen, and Hamburger SV will host Leipzig, in the semifinals of the German Cup.
  Sunday’s draw dealt Bayern a trip to Bremen just days after they play each other in the Bundesliga in Munich on April 20.
  The teams met in the 2010 final with Bayern winning 4-0, but Bremen is unbeaten at home in the cup since 1988.
  Hamburg is the only team from outside the top flight following its relegation last season.
  Leipzig, which is backed by an ener
  
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• American Keys overpowers Wozniacki to wins Volvo Car Open

  07-04-2019 21:33
  CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — American Madison Keys overpowered normally steady Caroline Wozniacki with a 7-6 (5), 6-3 victory in the Volvo Car Open on Sunday.
  Keys, seeded eighth and ranked 18th in the world, continually hit big serves — she reached 121 mph — and overwhelming forehands to wear down the fifth-seeded Wozniacki of Denmark and win her fourth career WTA event.
  Keys trailed 6-5 in the opening set before forcing a tiebreaker by winning four straight points. She fell behind
  
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• Texas Tech fans in Lubbock spill into streets, cause damage

  07-04-2019 21:30
  LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Police say fans celebrating Texas Tech’s Final Four win near the school’s Lubbock campus caused damage that included flipping a car and setting several scooters on fire.
  Lubbock police said Sunday that they’re investigating several incidents of property damage following the win Saturday night in Minneapolis against Michigan State. The City of Lubbock said, “the crowd engaged in extremely dangerous, and disappointing behavior.”
  Police say
  
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• Dietrich’s admiration of home run leads to brawl

  07-04-2019 21:27
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Cincinnati’s Derek Dietrich admired a home run off Chris Archer in the second inning, and two innings later the Pittsburgh Pirates starter threw a 93 mph fastball behind Dietrich’s waist, setting off a brawl Sunday that led to the ejections of four players and Reds manager David Bell.
  Dietrich’s 436-foot drive to right-center gave the Reds a 2-1 lead. Dietrich dropped his bat and stood in the batter’s box and watched the ball clear the fence atop t
  
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• Cavs, Drew put off discussion on future until after season

  07-04-2019 21:12
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Cavaliers coach Larry Drew said he has not spoken with the club’s front office about his future with the team.
  Drew, who became Cleveland’s coach when Tyronn Lue was fired in October after six games, said before Sunday’s game against San Antonio that the sides decided to wait until the season ends before discussing what’s next. Cleveland hosts Charlotte in its season finale on Tuesday.
  Drew has done a commendable job for the Cavaliers, who have deal
  
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• D-Backs’ Avila goes on injured last with strained quadriceps

  07-04-2019 21:09
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona placed catcher Alex Avila on the injured list with a strained left quadriceps, an injury sustained while circling the bases on a home run.
  Avila was hurt when he homered off Boston infielder Eduardo Nunez, who was on the mound during the eighth inning of the Diamondbacks’ 15-8 victory Friday.
  “He was gearing up to get to second base, and when he saw it went over the fence he kind of geared down and felt it grab,” manager Torey Lovullo said Sunday. &
  
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• AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s bad-guy talk belies migrants’ reality

  07-04-2019 21:08
  The post AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s bad-guy talk belies migrants’ reality appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• 3 people dead and 3 firefighters hurt after truck, fire engine collide

  07-04-2019 21:08
  PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities say three people are dead and three firefighters have been seriously injured after a collision involving a pickup truck and a fire engine in west Phoenix.
  Phoenix police say one of the victims of Sunday morning’s accident was a baby that was about 6 months old.
  They say one adult in the truck was pronounced dead at the scene and a second adult and the child both were taken to hospitals and pronounced dead.
  Police didn’t release the names of the adult
  
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• Kings begin coaching search after letting go of Desjardins

  07-04-2019 21:06
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Willie Desjardins is not a candidate to become the Los Angeles Kings next head coach. The team released a statement on Sunday thanking Desjardins for serving as the interim head coach for most of the season.
  The Kings were 27-34-8 under Desjardins, who was hired on Nov. 4 as the interim coach after John Stevens was fired 13 games into the season.
  Los Angeles — which is missing the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the third time in five seasons — finished last in the
  
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• Japan’s Takuma Sato wins at Indy Grand Prix of Alabama

  07-04-2019 21:04
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Takuma Sato of Japan has won the Indy Grand Prix of Alabama for his fourth career IndyCar victory.
  Sato, the 2017 Indianapolis 500 winner, became the fifth driver to win after starting on the pole at Barber Motorsports Park on Sunday and was in control most of the way. Scott Dixon earned his sixth runner-up finish in the race’s 10-year history.
  Sato had a late issue when he went into the grass and lost about a second off his lead at the road course. He quickly
  
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• Japan’s Sato starts on pole at Barber Motorsports Park

  07-04-2019 21:04
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Takuma Sato starts on the pole at Barber Motorsports Park seeking his fourth IndyCar win.
  The 2017 Indianapolis 500 winner and Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing teammate Graham Rahal qualified 1-2 heading into Sunday’s Indy Grand Prix of Alabama. It’s the first time the team has had two drivers start up front since 2005 at Chicagoland.
  Sato, who is from Japan, won at Portland in 2018, his first year with the team.
  Team Penske will have some work to do to ke
  
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• Gladbach’s Champions League hopes take another blow

  07-04-2019 20:49
  BERLIN (AP) — Borussia Moenchengladbach’s hopes of Champions League football took another blow at the end of a turbulent week in a 1-1 draw at home to Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga on Sunday.
  Florian Neuhaus put the home side ahead from a narrow angle early in the second half, only for Davy Klaassen to reward Bremen’s period of pressure with the equalizer in the 79th minute.
  Gladbach, which recently dropped out of the top four for the first time since September, needed a win
  
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• Siakam scores 23 as Raptors beat Heat 117-109 in OT

  07-04-2019 20:47
  TORONTO (AP) — Pascal Siakam had 23 points and 10 rebounds, Kawhi Leonard scored 22 points and the Toronto Raptors beat Miami 117-109 in overtime on Sunday, further denting the Heat’s fading playoff hopes.
  Norman Powell matched his season high with 23 points, Danny Green scored seven of his 21 points in overtime and OG Anunoby had 12 as Toronto won its fourth straight over the Heat.
  Dwyane Wade scored 21 points and James Johnson had 18 for the Heat, who have lost a season-high four s
  
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• Court OKs dismantling accessibility system on Venice bridge

  07-04-2019 20:47
  ROME (AP) — An Italian court has authorized the city of Venice to dismantle egg-shaped cars and tracks that were designed to make a Grand Canal bridge accessible to people with disabilities and hardly been used.
  The mobility system was added to the Ponte della Constituzione (Constitution Bridge) at a cost of about 2 million euros (about $2.3 million) and hasn’t worked well since it started running in 2013.
  Visitors complained it was slow and the cars were unbearably hot during the su
  
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• Inter forward Icardi gets mixed reception on San Siro return

  07-04-2019 20:46
  MILAN (AP) — Mauro Icardi had a mixed reception on Sunday in his first appearance on the field at San Siro since early February.
  The former Inter Milan captain could not prevent his team from being held 0-0 by Atalanta in Serie A.
  Icardi had made his first appearance for Inter in nearly two months in a 4-0 win at Genoa midweek, ending a nearly two-month long standoff after being stripped of the captaincy over protracted contract negotiations.
  But it was his first appearance in front of his
  
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• UK soap includes black family for 1st time in 60 years

  07-04-2019 20:45
  LONDON (AP) — The long-running British TV soap “Coronation Street” is welcoming its first black family in its 59-year history.
  The soap opera is set to introduce the Baileys, a family with two sons. It will explore themes of racism and homophobia in sport, with a story line featuring one of the sons, a soccer player, coming out as gay.
  The show has charted the goings-on in the fictional northern England community of Weatherfield since 1960. It has cast individual black characte
  
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• Whale rescued from stranding 8 years ago dies at SeaWorld

  07-04-2019 20:42
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A pilot whale that was rescued and found a home at a SeaWorld park after being part of a mass stranding in the Florida Keys eight years ago has died.
  Officials at SeaWorld Orlando posted on its blog that the whale known as Fredi died Saturday.
  A spokeswoman said in an email Sunday that Fredi had shown signs of appetite loss and was undergoing an aggressive anti-microbial treatment.
  Fredi was part of a mass stranding of 23 pilot whales in 2011 near Cudjoe Key, Florida.
  
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• D’Arnaud activated by Mets following Tommy John surgery

  07-04-2019 20:41
  NEW YORK (AP) — Catcher Travis d’Arnaud has been activated by the New York Mets, nearly one year after he had Tommy John surgery to repair a partially torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow.
  D’Arnaud was reinstated from the 10-day injured list before Sunday’s game against Washington, and the Mets optioned catcher Tomas Nido to Triple-A Syracuse.
  “It feels good. It was a long road,” said d’Arnaud, who did not start in the series finale. “
  
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• The Latest: Kyle Busch wins at Bristol for 8th time

  07-04-2019 20:34
  BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — The Latest on the Cup race at Bristol Motor Speedway (all times local):
  5:05 p.m.
  Kyle Busch led a 1-2 finish with his older brother at Sunday’s Cup race at Bristol Motor Speedway to grab his third win of the season.
  Busch used late strategy under caution and didn’t pit to earn the lead. His Toyota lined up ahead of Kurt Busch for the final restart and the Joe Gibbs Racing driver took off for his eighth career victory at Bristol.
  He has won three times thi
  
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• The Latest: Early accident aids Harvick during penalty

  07-04-2019 20:34
  BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — The Latest on the Cup race at Bristol Motor Speedway (all times local):
  2:20 p.m.
  Kevin Harvick caught a break when an accident caused a caution as he was serving an early penalty at Bristol Motor Speedway.
  Harvick’s car failed inspection three times before Sunday’s race, and one of the punishments was that he had to drive down pit road at the start. It was almost certainly going to put him several laps down, but the accident on the second lap bought him t
  
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• Police: 23 arrests made after Michigan State Final Four loss

  07-04-2019 20:29
  EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Firefighters responded to 10 small furniture fires and 23 people were arrested near Michigan State’s campus after the Spartans lost 61-51 to Texas Tech in the Final Four. The Lansing State Journal reports that a crowd near the school’s East Lansing campus grew to about 1,500 people on Saturday night. Two signs and a police vehicle were damaged before the crowd was dispersed.
  Twenty-two of the arrests were for misdemeanors and one was for a felony, tho
  
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• Investigators seek cause of fatal fire truck-pickup wreck

  07-04-2019 20:24
  PHOENIX (AP) — Investigators are working to determine the cause of a crash between a fire truck and pickup that killed a young couple and their infant son.
  The crash happened at a Phoenix intersection on Sunday morning.
  Police say the pickup driver, 20-year-old Kenneth Collins, was pronounced dead at the scene. His 3-month old son, also named Kenneth, and the baby’s mother, 19-year-old Dariana Serrano, were both pronounced dead at a hospital.
  They say the fire truck was responding to
  
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• 3 dead, 3 hurt after truck, fire engine collide in Phoenix

  07-04-2019 20:24
  PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities say three people are dead and three firefighters seriously injured after a pickup truck and a fire engine collided at a west Phoenix intersection.
  Phoenix police say one of the victims of Sunday morning’s crash was a baby that was about 6 months old.
  They say a man in the truck was pronounced dead at the scene and a woman and the child both were both pronounced dead at a hospital.
  It wasn’t immediately clear if the man, woman and child were all relate
  
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• 3 dead, 3 firefighters hurt after truck, fire engine collide

  07-04-2019 20:24
  PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities say three people are dead and three firefighters have been seriously injured after a collision involving a pickup truck and a fire engine in west Phoenix.
  Phoenix police say one of the victims of Sunday morning’s accident was a baby that was about 6 months old.
  They say one adult in the truck was pronounced dead at the scene and a second adult and the child both were taken to hospitals and pronounced dead.
  Police didn’t release the names of the adults
  
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• Last migrants end protest, evacuate makeshift camp in Greece

  07-04-2019 20:15
  DIAVATA, Greece (AP) — The last 60 holdouts from among nearly 1,000 migrants who fought with Greek police for three days have left their makeshift camp in northern Greece.
  The migrants clashed with police because they believed false reports on social media that restrictions on travel to central and northern Europe had been lifted.
  Police detained a few of the 60 who had no valid papers. The rest left either for migrant camps or apartments across Greece. None of the residents of a nearby of
  
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• NCAA Latest: Texas Tech preaches calm to fanbase in Lubbock

  07-04-2019 20:12
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Latest on the championship game of the NCAA Tournament between Virginia and Texas Tech (all times local):
  3:10 p.m.
  Texas Tech guard Matt Mooney is encouraging all those fans back in Lubbock to take whatever happens in the national title game against Virginia on Monday night in stride.
  That’s after riots ensued after a semifinal win over Michigan State.
  “Don’t burn down Lubbock before we get back,” Mooney said, suppressing a smile before headi
  
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• NCAA Latest: ACC clinches most wins for this tournament

  07-04-2019 20:12
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Latest on the championship game of the NCAA Tournament between Virginia and Texas Tech (all times local):
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  No matter what happens in the title game between Virginia and Texas Tech, the ACC already will walk away from this NCAA Tournament with significant bragging rights.
  The conference is 14-6 through 66 games in the tournament, the most wins of any of the 32 conferences in March Madness. Virginia winning the title would give the ACC at least two more wins than
  
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• Deulofeu double stuns Wolves, puts Watford in FA Cup final

  07-04-2019 20:05
  LONDON (AP) — Substitute Gerard Deulofeu sent Watford into the FA Cup final for the first time in 35 years, scoring twice as Wolverhampton’s two-goal lead was wiped out in a 3-2 victory for the Hornets on Sunday.
  It was capitulation by Wolves, who were cruising toward a return trip to Wembley Stadium for the May 18 final against Manchester City after Matt Doherty netted in the first half and Raul Jimenez scored in the 62nd minute.
  Watford hadn’t even had a shot on target until
  
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• The Latest: ‘The Inheritance’ named best new play in London

  07-04-2019 20:03
  LONDON (AP) — The Latest on the Olivier Awards honoring London stage productions (all times local):
  6:40 p.m.
  “The Inheritance” has been named best new play at British theater’s Olivier Awards.
  Matthew Lopez’s epic drama took the first trophy at a Sunday evening ceremony for the annual prizes, Britain’s equivalent of the Tonys.
  The American playwright said he was “overwhelmed and overjoyed” to win the London stage award for his seven-hour play abou
  
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• The Latest: Musical about town post-9/11 wins London award

  07-04-2019 20:03
  LONDON (AP) — The Latest on the Olivier Awards honoring London stage productions (all times local):
  9:10 p.m.
  “Come From Away” has been named best new musical at Britain’s Olivier stage awards.
  The show about a small Newfoundland town that sheltered thousands of stranded airline passengers after the 9/11 attacks has won a total of four trophies at Britain’s equivalent of Broadway’s Tony Awards.
  It also won for choreography, sound and outstanding achievement in
  
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• R. Kelly gives 28-second performance at Illinois club

  07-04-2019 20:01
  SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — R. Kelly gave a 28-second performance and spent about half an hour more hobnobbing with fans who paid $50 to $100 to see him at a club in the Illinois capital of Springfield.
  The R&B singer posted a video on his Instagram page hours before the early Sunday performance at the Dirty South Lounge. In the video, Kelly calls on the media to take it easy on him, saying he needs to perform in order to make money amid the sexual abuse case he faces. TV stations WICS an
  
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• Netflix teases upcoming Beyonce special ‘Homecoming’

  07-04-2019 19:57
  NEW YORK (AP) — It took just one word for Netflix to send Beyonce fans into a full-on freak out.
  The streaming giant on Sunday posted on its social media channels a yellow image with the word “Homecoming” across it. The only other information was a date: April 17.
  That’s when Netflix is expected to premiere a Beyonce special that may feature her performances at last year’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Though Netflix declined to share any more informatio
  
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