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• Virginia police officer fired after white nationalist probe

  18-04-2019 23:55
  CHESTERFIELD, Va. (AP) — A Virginia police officer has been fired after an investigation into his alleged membership in a white nationalist group.
  Chesterfield Police Department Chief Jeff Katz said Thursday that Officer Daniel Morley was fired because his affiliation with Identity Evropa makes it impossible for him to do his job “in a way that would contribute to the building of trust” with the community.
  Morley was a school resource officer. He did not respond to an email see
  
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• Suspect pleads not guilty in stabbing death of Oklahoma man

  18-04-2019 23:45
  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A suspect accused of fatally stabbing an Oklahoma man near Bushmaster Park in Flagstaff last month has pleaded not guilty.
  The Arizona Daily Sun reports 27-year-old Phelan Connally of Flagstaff entered his plea Monday.
  Connally reportedly called in the stabbing of Jason Kent Hart to Flagstaff police after the March 29 incident.
  Court documents show Connally got into an altercation with Hart in a wooded area east of Flagstaff.
  Authorities say the 39-year-old Hart die
  
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• Musk, SEC seek another week to reach deal in contempt case

  18-04-2019 23:34
  NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for Telsa CEO Elon Musk and the U.S. government are asking for another week to negotiate a deal to keep Musk from being found in contempt of court.
  Both sides say in a letter filed Thursday with a federal court in New York that they talked for over an hour and are still discussing an agreement.
  Lawyers for the Securities and Exchange Commission asked District Judge Alison Nathan to find Musk in contempt for violating a settlement requiring his tweets be approved by
  
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• Border Patrol captures convicted murderer

  18-04-2019 23:34
  TUCSON – U.S. Border Patrol agents say they have apprehended an undocumented immigrant who had previously been convicted of murder.
  Authorities say Nahum Rivas-Rivera, 37, was convicted on first-degree murder charges in Baltimore, Maryland in 2006.
  He served one year in prison, before being deported.
  Agents say they captured Rivas and another man near Naco on Tuesday.
  Border Patrol officials say this was Rivas’ third known attempt to re-enter the U.S. since his 2006 arrest.
   
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• Santa Anita to continue racing despite protests

  18-04-2019 23:23
  ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Santa Anita will continue racing through the end of the current meet on June 23, despite objections from animal rights activists who urged the California Horse Racing Board to shutter the historic track.
  Chairman Chuck Winner said at the racing board’s monthly meeting Thursday that he sees no reason to reallocate any of Santa Anita’s dates to another track.
  Since the Arcadia track reopened March 29, one horse died during a turf race. Overall, 23 horses ha
  
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• New Study: Eating one slice of bacon a day linked to higher risk of cancer

  18-04-2019 23:21
  CNN — Eating even a moderate amount of red or processed meat is linked with an increased risk of colorectal (bowel) cancer, according to a new study published Wednesday.
  People who ate 76 grams of red and processed meat per day — that’s in line with current guidelines and roughly the same as a quarter-pound beef burger –– had a 20% higher chance of developing colorectal cancer compared to others, who ate about 21 grams a day, the equivalent
  
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• Minister at secretive N Carolina church sentenced for fraud

  18-04-2019 23:17
  ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A minster at a secretive church in rural North Carolina has been sentenced to 34 months in prison and ordered to pay more than $466,000 in restitution for his role in an unemployment fraud scheme involving businesses owned by church leaders.
  Kent Covington is a minister at the Word of Faith Fellowship in Spindale. He was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court in Asheville on one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud.
  The development follows an investigation by
  
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• Doctor: Tennessee church shooting suspect has mental illness

  18-04-2019 23:13
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A psychiatrist has identified mental illnesses in the man accused of fatally shooting a woman and wounding seven people at a Tennessee church in 2017.
  According to The Tennessean , a defense attorney read report excerpts about 27-year-old Emanuel Kidega Samson in a Nashville court Wednesday.
  The psychiatrist diagnosed Samson with “schizoaffective disorder bipolar type” and post-traumatic stress disorder after an abusive, violent upbringing.
  He found Sams
  
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• Report release an event unsuited to instant media world

  18-04-2019 23:12
  NEW YORK (AP) — News organizations scrambled to summarize the findings of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report as cameras rolled.
  When the report finally became public Thursday, reporters raced through stacks of paper with blacked-out portions to glean highlights. Cameras peeked over shoulders to display Mueller’s words on computer screens. Anchors continually asked colleagues, “What have you found?”
  Certain highlights were emphasized, like the president’s
  
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• Adopt This Pet: Meet Joey!

  18-04-2019 23:10
  The Humane Society of Southern Arizona
  There is a new pet looking to be adopted, meet Joey!
  Joey is a two year old boy looking for his forever home. He has beautiful white whiskers and loves to play. Joey also does really well with other cats and would love to meet you and your family. Although he’s having fun in the Southern Arizona Humane Society’s catio, he would be even happier to be in your home and a part of your family.
  If you are interested in Joey you can visit him at H
  
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• Redactions heavier on Russian meddling than on obstruction

  18-04-2019 23:06
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General William Barr says the special counsel report released Thursday has only “limited redactions,” but that’s only true for part of the document.
  An Associated Press analysis of the full report shows that nearly two-thirds of the section on Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election has redactions. That’s 139 pages out of 199.
  Only 24 out of 182 pages in the report’s section on President Donald Trump’s possible obstruction
  
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• Arizona is a top spot for retirees

  18-04-2019 23:01
  Arizona is one of the top states to retire according to a new survey from United Van Lines.
  The relocation company polled nearly 27,000 people who moved last year.
  The survey found New Mexico to be the top retirement destination. The poll showed more than 4 out of 10 people who moved to that state did so because of retirement.
  Florida ranked second on the list with 38-percent of people citing retirement as a reason for their move, according to United Van Lines.
  Arizona rounded out the top three.
  
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• Migrant child stopped in Yuma screened for strep throat after originally diagnosed with measles

  18-04-2019 23:00
  YUMA, Ariz. – U.S Customs and Border Protection released a correction Thursday afternoon after they shared a report stating an 8-year-old Guatemalan girl apprehended near Yuma was diagnosed to have measles.
  CBP says the child is in the custody of Yuma Sector Border Patrol, after illegally crossing the Colorado River with a group of 39 migrants, including her father.
  “The child and her father were quarantined from the other detainees, and the Yuma County Health Department was notified
  
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• Migrant child apprehended in Yuma diagnosed with measles

  18-04-2019 23:00
  YUMA, Ariz. – An 8-year-old Guatemalan girl was diagnosed to have measles on Wednesday, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
  CBP says the child is in the custody of Yuma Sector Border Patrol, after illegally crossing the Colorado River with a group of 39 migrants, including her father.
  “The child and her father were quarantined from the other detainees, and the Yuma County Health Department was notified per protocol,” CBP said in a statement.
  Officials say the deten
  
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• Kentucky signs Keion Brooks, graduate transfer Nate Sestina

  18-04-2019 22:58
  LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky has signed forward Keion Brooks to a national letter of intent after adding former Bucknell forward Nate Sestina as a graduate transfer.
  The 6-foot-7, 200-pound Brooks is the Wildcats’ first signee of the spring period that began Wednesday and runs through May 15. Considered a consensus top-40 prospect by several recruiting web sites, he averaged 20.1 points and 7.5 rebounds per game last season for La Lumiere School in La Porte, Indiana. Brooks joins a
  
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• Hopi appeals court denies challenges against tribal chairman

  18-04-2019 22:54
  KYKOTSMOVI, Ariz. (AP) — The Hopi Appellate Court has upheld the dismissal of two cases that alleged the tribal chairman was improperly seated.
  Timothy Nuvangyaoma (new-VONG’-yow-mah) has been chairman since December 2017.
  His immediate predecessor, Herman Honanie, alleged Nuvangyaoma wasn’t qualified to seek the post because he had been convicted of felony drunken driving within 10 years of declaring candidacy.
  The appeals court said this week that Honanie’s challenges w
  
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• Trial set for woman charged in students’ bus stop deaths

  18-04-2019 22:53
  ROCHESTER, Ind. (AP) — A judge has set a trial date for a northern Indiana woman accused of striking and killing three children with a pickup truck as they crossed a highway to board a school bus.
  Fulton County Prosecutor Michael Marrs tells WSBT-TV the Oct. 5 trial date for Alyssa Shepherd of Rochester was set during a closed pretrial hearing.
  Shepherd has pleaded not guilty to three counts of reckless homicide, criminal recklessness and a misdemeanor count of passing a school bus when an
  
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• Grizzlies’ Anderson undergoes surgery on right shoulder

  18-04-2019 22:50
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Memphis Grizzlies forward Kyle Anderson has undergone surgery on his right shoulder.
  The Grizzlies said Thursday that the 6-foot-9 forward should be ready to return to full basketball activities in advance of training camp.
  The 25-year-old Anderson played just 43 games this season in his first year with the Grizzlies, who signed him last summer as a restricted free agent.
  Anderson made 40 starts for Memphis and averaged 8 points, 6.8 rebounds, 3 assists and 29.8 minut
  
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• Fire Weather Watch issued April 18 at 1:50PM MDT until April 20 at 9:00PM MDT by NWS El Paso TX/Santa Teresa NM

  18-04-2019 22:50
  An upper level disturbance will move across southern New Mexicoon Saturday bringing with it gusty west-southwest winds. Thesewinds will combine with very dry conditions with relativehumidities falling into the single digits to lower teens to createcritical fire weather conditions.The National Weather Service in El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa hasissued a Fire Weather Watch, which is in effect from Saturdayafternoon through Saturday evening.
  * AFFECTED AREA…Fire weather zone 110. Fire weather zone
  
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• A’s agree to new deal with slugger Khris Davis

  18-04-2019 22:46
  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Athletics slugger Khris Davis has gotten the long-term deal he wanted.
  The Athletics said Thursday they had agreed to terms with Davis on a contract the will keep him with the team through the 2021 season. The new deal covering 2020-21 adds $33.75 million, which brings him to $50.25 million over three years, a person familiar with the agreement told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because terms of the deal had not been announced.
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• Monitor: IS claims to have set up its own Africa province

  18-04-2019 22:42
  DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A group that monitors jihadist websites says the Islamic State extremist group is claiming to have established a province in central Africa.
  The SITE Intelligence Group said Thursday that it is the first time that IS has mentioned the so-called Islamic State Central African Province. Its claim came in a statement saying IS fighters killed three Congolese soldiers and wounded five others in an attack in eastern Beni near Congo’s border with Uganda.
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• ADOT launches new mobile app

  18-04-2019 22:42
  Courtesy: ADOT
  The Arizona Department of Transportation launched a new mobile app to help drivers plan ahead and save time on the road.
  The AZ 511 app allows users to save their favorite routes and destinations. Users can also access information about road work projects or alternate routes.
  The app features more than 370 cameras positioned along state highways. This will allow drivers to check the flow of traffic before hitting the road.
  ADOT said users should put the app in “drive mode&rd
  
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• Judge voids rules aimed at reforming ultra-Orthodox schools

  18-04-2019 22:40
  NEW YORK (AP) — A judge has ruled that New York state overstepped its authority when it announced new guidelines for monitoring private schools, including religious schools.
  Thursday’s ruling by a state judge in Albany nullifies guidelines intended to ensure that ultra-Orthodox Jewish yeshivas teach secular subjects like English and math.
  The state Education Department had announced the new directives in November. A pro-yeshiva group filed a lawsuit challenging the guidelines, and gr
  
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• Texas Tech’s Culver declares for NBA draft after 2 seasons

  18-04-2019 22:38
  LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Big 12 player of the year Jarrett Culver has declared for the NBA draft after helping lead his hometown Texas Tech Red Raiders to the two deepest NCAA Tournament runs in school history.
  Culver made the announcement Thursday, 10 days after the Red Raiders finished their season with an overtime loss to Virginia in the national championship game. Tech went to the NCAA Elite Eight for the first time last season when Culver was a freshman.
  This season, Culver led Texas Tec
  
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• So Many Kittens! PACC Needs Foster Families

  18-04-2019 22:38
  Spring time brings bunnies and ducklings and, you guessed it, kittens!…
  
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• Appeals court backs California laws to protect immigrants

  18-04-2019 22:36
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A federal appeals court has kept in place three California laws intended to protect immigrants.
  The court on Thursday upheld lower court rulings denying the Trump administration’s requests to block law enforcement from providing the release dates and personal information of people in jail and barring employers from allowing immigration officials on their premises unless the officials have a warrant.
  The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals also rejected U.S. Ju
  
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• A beleaguered Trump feared ‘the end of my presidency’

  18-04-2019 22:35
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Two years ago, President Donald Trump was in fear of seeing his presidency collapse. That’s according to special counsel Robert Mueller’s report released Thursday.
  Mueller recounts the day Trump learned a special counsel investigation would look into Russian meddling in the U.S. election and his campaign’s interactions with Russian figures.
  Mueller quotes those who were in the room with Trump as saying the president was in a rage. And he was feeling vuln
  
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• Castellanos, Cabrera, Tigers top Chisox 9-7, end 5-game skid

  18-04-2019 22:34
  DETROIT (AP) — Nicholas Castellanos had three hits and drove in a pair of runs as the Detroit Tigers ended a five-game losing streak with a 9-7 win over the Chicago White Sox on Thursday.
  Grayson Greiner had a career-high three hits and two RBIs for the Tigers. Miguel Cabrera, playing on his 36th birthday, also drove in a pair of runs as Detroit set season highs for runs and hits (14).
  With the score tied at 7, Greiner led off the eighth with a single and moved up when Carson Fulmer (0-1)
  
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• Rabbis: ‘Not kosher’ to patron grocery store during strike

  18-04-2019 22:31
  BOSTON (AP) — Some New England rabbis are advising their congregations not to cross picket lines to get their Passover essentials at Stop & Shop supermarkets, which have deep roots in the local Jewish community.
  One Boston rabbi said it’s “not kosher” to purchase “products of oppressed labor” as Jews mark their ancestors’ escape from slavery in Egypt.
  More than 30,000 Stop & Shop workers walked off the job April 11 over what they say is an unfair
  
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• The Latest: House sends cellphone driving ban to governor

  18-04-2019 22:29
  PHOENIX (AP) — The Latest on proposals in the Arizona Legislature to ban cellphone use while driving (all times local):
  1:25 p.m.
  A proposal banning the use of hand-held cellphones by drivers across Arizona is on the way to Republican Gov. Doug Ducey’s desk following a vote by the Arizona House.
  Thursday’s 44-16 vote on the harshest of three proposals debated by House lawmakers comes after years of inaction by the Republican-controlled legislature on the growing problem of dist
  
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• National Enquirer being sold to former newsstand mogul

  18-04-2019 22:28
  NEW YORK (AP) — The National Enquirer is being sold to the former head of the airport newsstand company Hudson News.
  Tabloid owner American Media says it is selling the supermarket weekly to James Cohen. The deal comes after a rocky year for the tabloid in which it was caught up in a federal probe of illegal campaign contributions to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign in 2016.
  The tabloid has also been accused by Amazon chief Jeff Bezos of trying to blackmail him by threatening to
  
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• Investigation of illegal painkillers targets 30 in Tennessee

  18-04-2019 22:26
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Federal authorities have charged more than 30 medical professionals in Tennessee with illegally prescribing and distributing millions of prescription painkillers, many of which contained opioids.
  U.S. Attorneys Michael Dunavant in Memphis and Don Cochran in Nashville held separate news conferences Thursday detailing the federal charges brought against doctors and nurse practitioners.
  The charges are the result of a sweeping investigation by the federal Appalachian Reg
  
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• Grichuk, Smoak, Hernandez hit HRs, Blue Jays top Twins 7-4

  18-04-2019 22:24
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Randal Grichuk, Justin Smoak and Teoscar Hernandez hit home runs and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Minnesota Twins 7-4 on Thursday.
  Eric Sogard added a three-run double for the Blue Jays, who took three of four at Target Field. Eddie Rosario homered twice for the Twins.
  Blue Jays relievers Thomas Pannone, Ryan Tepera, Tim Mayza and Joe Biagini (1-1) combined to allow one run in 3 1-3 innings. Ken Giles earned his sixth save in seven chances with a scoreless ninth.
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• The parent company of the National Enquirer says the tabloid is being sold to former Hudson News newsstand mogul

  18-04-2019 22:23
  NEW YORK (AP) — The parent company of the National Enquirer says the tabloid is being sold to former Hudson News newsstand mogul.
  The post The parent company of the National Enquirer says the tabloid is being sold to former Hudson News newsstand mogul appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• Medical examiner: Clark Gable’s grandson died of overdose

  18-04-2019 22:22
  DALLAS (AP) — A medical examiner says the grandson of actor Clark Gable died of an accidental drug overdose.
  The Dallas County Medical Examiner’s office says an autopsy found Clark James Gable III was killed by a combination of the opioids fentanyl and oxycodone, and the sedative alprazolam. It ruled his death an accident.
  Gable died in February. The 30-year-old lived in Dallas and hosted the reality TV show “Cheaters,” which featured confrontations with people suspected
  
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• Drive for 3 burned African American churches tops $1.8M goal

  18-04-2019 22:19
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A crowdfunding drive to help rebuild three African American churches gutted by arson fires in Louisiana has surpassed its original $1.8 million goal.
  A spokeswoman for GoFundMe says in a Thursday email that people in all 50 states and around the world have made more than 35,000 donations. Donations totaled more than $1.97 million as of Thursday afternoon.
  The money is to be distributed equally among the three century-old St. Landry Parish churches: St. Mary Baptist Churc
  
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• Was Trump trying to silence Cohen? Mueller wasn’t sure

  18-04-2019 22:10
  NEW YORK (AP) — Special counsel Robert Mueller says some evidence suggests President Donald Trump may have tried to discourage his former fixer from cooperating with federal authorities.
  The redacted Mueller report released Thursday says Trump personally called Michael Cohen days after the FBI raided Cohen’s home and office in New York.
  The president told Cohen to “stay strong” and “hang in there” in the face of an intensifying federal investigation.
  Trump cha
  
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• Facebook says more Instagram passwords exposed than thought

  18-04-2019 22:10
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Millions more Instagram users were affected by a password security lapse than parent company Facebook acknowledged nearly four weeks ago.
  The social media giant said in late March that it had inadvertently stored passwords in plain text, making it possible for its thousands of employees to search them. It said the passwords were stored on internal company servers, where no outsiders could access them.
  Facebook said in a blog post Thursday that it now estimates that &ld
  
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• Some Whitecaps fan walk out in solidarity against ex-coach

  18-04-2019 22:06
  VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Hundreds of Vancouver Whitecaps fans walked out during a game to protest the handling of decade-old abuse and harassment allegations against a former coach.
  Two fan groups organized the action during the game with Los Angeles FC on Wednesday night over what they say is the “silence and lack of accountability” by team executives.
  More than a dozen women who played for the Whitecaps and Canada’s Under-20 talent pool in 2007-08 recently iss
  
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• Corbin earns 1st win with Nationals, beats Giants 4-2

  18-04-2019 22:05
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Patrick Corbin took a one-hitter into the eighth inning to earn his first win with Washington, Wilmer Difo homered and the Nationals beat the punchless San Francisco Giants 4-2 Thursday.
  Signed to a $140 million, six-year contract in December after pitching for six seasons in Arizona, Corbin started three games without a decision with his new team before throwing a gem in the deciding matchup of a three-game series.
  Corbin (1-0) struck out nine, walked one and a hit a bat
  
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• Authorities: Deadly Illinois trailer fire intentionally set

  18-04-2019 22:02
  GOODFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say a mobile home fire that killed three children and two adults in central Illinois was intentionally set.
  Woodford County Coroner Tim Ruestman said Thursday that the deaths will be ruled homicides and a juvenile is being questioned.
  He previously ruled that the five died from smoke inhalation in the April 6 fire at the Timberline Mobile Home Park in the village of Goodfield, near Peoria.
  Woodford County State’s Attorney Greg Minger says he is awai
  
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• Ajax rebuffs Champions League elite on and off the field

  18-04-2019 21:58
  GENEVA (AP) — By taking down two of the biggest names in soccer, Ajax thumbed its nose to the money behind them.
  The Dutch team’s astonishing run to the Champions League semifinals, outplaying both Real Madrid and Juventus in their home stadiums, has transformed Ajax from just another once-great club to the hero of the have-less.
  “We want to have these surprises every year,” said Lars-Christer Olsson, the chairman of the European Leagues group, which fears a widening weal
  
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• Report: Avenatti met R. Kelly prosecutor Foxx at O’Hare

  18-04-2019 21:55
  CHICAGO (AP) — Phone texts suggest chief Chicago prosecutor Kim Foxx worked closely with attorney Michael Avenatti before bringing sexual abuse charges against singer R. Kelly, including by meeting Avenatti during a layover at O’Hare International Airport. The Chicago Tribune reported Thursday on the Feb. 9 meeting based on text messages obtained through an open records request. They show Foxx even arranged an office at O’Hare where they could talk privately. Avenatti thanked F
  
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• Walker’s 2-run HR helps Diamondbacks sweep Braves, 4-1

  18-04-2019 21:48
  ATLANTA (AP) — Christian Walker continued his remarkable late-innings production with a two-run homer in the seventh, Luke Weaver got Arizona off to a good start and the Diamondbacks beat the Atlanta Braves 4-1 on Thursday to complete a three-game sweep.
  Walker, who struck out in his first three at-bats against Braves starter Mike Soroka, lined the opposite-field homer to right-center off Chad Sobotka following a single by Adam Jones. It was Walker’s sixth homer — all in the se
  
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• Lady Vols sign guard who committed before coaching change

  18-04-2019 21:43
  KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Australian guard Jessie Rennie has become the first player to sign with Tennessee since Kellie Harper took over as coach of the Lady Vols.
  Tennessee announced the signing of Rennie on Thursday.
  Rennie, a 5-foot-6 guard from Kangaroo Flat in Victoria, Australia, verbally committed to Tennessee last month when Holly Warlick was still coaching the Lady Vols. She stuck to that verbal commitment and signed with Tennessee after Warlick was fired and Harper was hired.
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• North Dakota, Dakota Access developer settle land dispute

  18-04-2019 21:35
  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The state of North Dakota and the developer of the Dakota Access oil pipeline have settled a lawsuit over the company’s ownership of ranchland.
  North Dakota law bans corporations from the farming industry. But Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners bought ranchland in September 2016 to protect construction workers from protesters. Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem (STEHN’-juhm) eventually sued .
  The settlement awaiting a state judge’s approval involves
  
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• Putin envoy in Caracas rejects US revival of Monroe Doctrine

  18-04-2019 21:31
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s reliance on Russia is growing amid the country’s unfolding crisis, and Vladimir Putin’s point man in Caracas is pushing back against the U.S. revival of a doctrine used for generations to justify military interventions in the region.
  Russian Ambassador Vladimir Zaemskiy is rejecting an assertion this week by U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton that the 1823 Monroe Doctrine is “alive and well.”
  The policy, originally
  
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• Citing safety, college cancels Polish conservative’s speech

  18-04-2019 21:31
  MIDDLEBURY, Vt. (AP) — Middlebury College has canceled a lecture by a conservative Polish speaker out of safety concerns two years after the school was the site of a rowdy protest.
  Middlebury made the announcement Wednesday, hours before member of the European Parliament and philosopher Ryszard Legutko was to appear. The Vermont college cited an assessment of the school’s ability to respond to potential security and safety risks around both the lecture and the protest students had pl
  
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• US awards $350M in research funds to fight opioid epidemic

  18-04-2019 21:26
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials are giving $350 million to researchers in four states hit hardest by the deadly opioid epidemic.
  The study announced Thursday aims to cut overdose deaths by 40% over three years in local communities grappling with misuse of the addictive drugs. Researchers will study evidence-based techniques for fighting addiction and overdose, such as medication-based treatments like methadone and criminal justice reforms.
  The grants from the National Institutes of
  
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• Improv class helps cancer patients heal

  18-04-2019 21:25
  (NBC News) An interesting new way of helping cancer patients has nothing to do with medication.
  Comedian Shelly Gossman, who has writing credits at “Saturday Night Live” and the NBC sitcom “A.P. Bio,” is teaching an improv class for cancer survivors at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. She’s also been through cancer twice.
  “You don’t lose your sense of humanity and wonder and laughter when you’re sick,” said Gossman.
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