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• Red Flag Warning issued April 19 at 1:58PM MST until April 20 at 7:00PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  19-04-2019 23:58
  The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a Red FlagWarning, which is in effect from noon to 7 PM MST Saturday. TheFire Weather Watch is no longer in effect.
  * AFFECTED AREA…The southern portions of Fire Weather Zones 151and 152 including the Catalina, Rincon, Galiuro and PinalenoMountains.
  * TIMING…Noon to 7 PM MST Saturday.
  * WINDS…Sustained 20-foot southwesterly winds of 15 to 25 mphwith gusts to 35 mph.
  * RELATIVE HUMIDITY…Minimum relative humidity values
  
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• Embiid listed as doubtful for 76ers’ Game 4 vs Nets

  19-04-2019 23:55
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Philadelphia 76ers are listing Joel Embiid as doubtful for Game 4 of their first-round series against the Brooklyn Nets.
  Embiid has been bothered by a sore left knee, but was able to play in the first two games of the series. He warmed up before Game 3 on Thursday night before it was decided that he couldn’t play.
  Embiid worked out Friday at the 76ers’ practice in New York but coach Brett Brown said he didn’t know and didn’t have a gut feeling ab
  
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• R.C. Slocum named interim Texas A&M athletic director

  19-04-2019 23:53
  COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Former Texas A&M football coach R.C. Slocum has been named the school’s interim athletic director.
  Texas A&M University President Michael K. Young announced the appointment in a statement Friday.
  The 74-year-old Slocum steps into the vacancy left by Scott Woodward, who resigned Thursday to take the LSU athletic director’s job. Slocum most recently has served as special assistant to Young.
  Slocum coached the Aggies from 1989 through the 2002
  
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• Records: Writer was near husband’s work at time of killing

  19-04-2019 23:52
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Unsealed court documents say a self-published romance writer charged with killing her chef husband in Portland was seen near her husband’s work around the time he was fatally shot there.
  The Oregonian/OregonLive reports that despite telling police she was at home June 2, surveillance video captured Nancy Crampton Brophy driving her car near Daniel Brophy’s work around the time he was shot, a probable cause affidavit shows.
  The documents were unsealed Frida
  
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• Funeral held for widow of 50s rocker Frankie Lymon

  19-04-2019 23:39
  AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Funeral services have been held for the widow of ’50s rock star Frankie Lymon.
  Family and friends said goodbye Friday to Emira Eagle Lymon Bryant, who died April 13.
  The Augusta Chronicle reports Bryant was depicted in the 1998 movie “Why Do Fools Fall in Love?”
  The movie co-starred Halle Berry, Lela Rochon and Vivica A. Fox as three women all claiming to be Lymon’s legal wife and heir to his recording royalties. Rochon played Bryant.
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• Boy, 14, missing since weekend found buried on Ohio farm

  19-04-2019 23:37
  CARROLLTON, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say the body of a 14-year-old boy reported missing Sunday has been found in a shallow grave on a northeast Ohio farm.
  The Carroll County sheriff, prosecutor and coroner didn’t provide any details at a news conference Friday afternoon about how Jonathon Minard died, or whether there were suspects in his death. Investigators found his body Friday morning at a Washington Township farm, roughly 90 miles (145 kilometers) southeast of Cleveland.
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• Inmate overdoses prompt transfers to jails throughout Arizona

  19-04-2019 23:28
  KINGMAN, Ariz. (AP) – An Arizona sheriff’s office says drug overdoses of five inmates prompted it to transfer 50 inmates to jails in other counties so a jail housing unit can be thoroughly cleaned and decontaminated.
  A Mohave County Sheriff’s Office statement said that the 50 inmates were transferred Thursday night to facilities in Coconino and La Paz counties because of indications that the substance that caused the overdoses might remain in the housing unit where the overdose
  
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• Seattle Storm coach Dan Hughes diagnosed with cancer

  19-04-2019 23:21
  SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Storm coach Dan Hughes has been diagnosed with an undisclosed form of cancer that was discovered after a recent emergency appendectomy.
  Hughes said in a video released by the team Friday that a treatment plan is still being finalized by doctors in Seattle but that he is expected to undergo surgery before the new season begins in late May.
  Neither Hughes nor the team specified the type cancer.
  The 64-year-old led Seattle to the WNBA title last season. Seattle went 26-
  
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• Heiress pleads guilty in NXIVM sex slave case

  19-04-2019 23:16
  NEW YORK (AP) — A wealthy heiress has pleaded guilty to charges implicating her in a sex-trafficking conspiracy case against an upstate New York self-help group.
  Clare Bronfman entered the plea on Friday in federal court in Brooklyn.
  The plea means the 40-year-old Bronfman will avoid going to trial early next month with Keith Raniere. He’s known as the spiritual leader of the group called NXIVM (NEHK’-see-uhm).
  Prosecutors say Bronfman was bankrolling Raniere’s group at a
  
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• Wealthy heiress pleads guilty to charges in sex-trafficking conspiracy case against self-help group NXIVM

  19-04-2019 23:13
  NEW YORK (AP) — Wealthy heiress pleads guilty to charges in sex-trafficking conspiracy case against self-help group NXIVM.
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• Michigan State’s Winston staying in school, Ward leaving

  19-04-2019 23:08
  EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State All-America guard Cassius Winston is returning for his senior year and Nick Ward is entering the NBA draft and plans to end his college career.
  The school announced the decisions Friday.
  Winston, the Big Ten player of the year, averaged nearly 19 points per game as a junior and broke a Big Ten single-season record with 291 assists. He led the Spartans to the Final Four after helping them win the Big Ten regular season and tournament titles.
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• Peruvian judge orders former president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski jailed for up to 3 years as corruption probe continues.

  19-04-2019 23:04
  LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian judge orders former president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski jailed for up to 3 years as corruption probe continues. .
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• Fake news? Mueller isn’t buying it

  19-04-2019 23:03
  NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump and his team love to deride unfavorable stories as “fake news.” But it’s clear from Robert Mueller’s report that the special counsel isn’t buying that.
  While there are exceptions, Mueller’s investigation repeatedly supports the news reporting that was done on the Russia probe over the last two years, and details several instances where the president and his team sought to mislead the public.
  Whether that’s eno
  
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• Donation scam warning following Notre Dame Fire

  19-04-2019 22:57
  This photo provided on Tuesday April 16, 2019 by the Paris Fire Brigade shows fire fighters working at the burning Notre Dame cathedral, Monday April 15, 2019. Experts assessed the blackened shell of Paris’ iconic Notre Dame Tuesday morning to establish next steps to save what remains after a devastating fire destroyed much of the cathedral that had survived almost 900 years of history. (Benoit Moser, BSPP via AP)
  The Arizona Attorney General’s Office issued a warning related to the
  
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• Louisiana man gets jail time for threatening President Trump

  19-04-2019 22:56
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A Louisiana man has been sentenced to three years and 10 months in federal prison for making threats against President Donald Trump.
  The U.S. attorney’s office in Baton Rouge says 63-year-old Henry Rayborn, of Baton Rouge, was sentenced Wednesday.
  A federal complaint filed in March 2018 says Rayborn made threats against the president while hospitalized in Baton Rouge. Rayborn had been taken there after police found him lying down in a public street.
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• Pedroia gets good news on latest knee injury

  19-04-2019 22:55
  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia said he got good news about the irritation in his left knee that caused his return to the 10-day injured list.
  The 35-year-old started the season on the injured list with inflammation in his left knee and was activated April 9. He left Wednesday night’s game against the New York Yankees in the second inning and was examined Thursday, when Boston put him back on the IL.
  “More kind of scared me than anything
  
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• Family: Boy thrown from Mall of America balcony recovering

  19-04-2019 22:53
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The family of a 5-year-old boy thrown off a third-floor balcony at the Mall of America last week says he’s “showing real signs of recovery” but remains in intensive care.
  The boy’s family posted the update Friday on a GoFundMe page that has raised nearly $900,000 for Landen’s medical expenses. Beyond the fundraising page, Landen’s family has asked for privacy.
  Prosecutors have charged 24-year-old Emmanuel Aranda with premeditated first
  
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• Joshua looking for new opponent for debut fight in US

  19-04-2019 22:49
  LONDON (AP) — World heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua’s debut fight in the United States won’t now be against Jarrell Miller, according to Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn, after a second alleged doping violation by the American boxer.
  Joshua, who holds the WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO belts, had been scheduled to fight Miller on June 1 at Madison Square Garden.
  Miller’s participation was initially jeopardized on Tuesday when the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA) inf
  
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• Free agency delayed, Guerrero feels ready to play in majors

  19-04-2019 22:49
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — His potential free agency already pushed back a year following a spring training injury, Toronto Blue Jays prospect Vladimir Guerrero Jr. says he feels ready for his major league debut.
  Toronto faced a decision whether to put him on the opening day roster or deny him 15 days of service by starting him in in the minor leagues, but Guerrero strained his left oblique on March 8. That ensured he would not accumulate 172 days in the major leagues this season and will not be
  
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• Border agent admits to helping smuggle large amounts of pot

  19-04-2019 22:48
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona Border Patrol agent has pleaded guilty to using his position to help smuggle thousands of pounds of marijuana.
  The Arizona Daily Star reports a plea agreement filed April 10 in U.S. District Court in Tucson says Jose Antonio Yanez faces up to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to two drug-smuggling charges and one bribery charge.
  The agreement says Yanez, who worked in Douglas and Naco, agreed to re-pay the Border Patrol his salary and other pay for th
  
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• Environmental groups want ruling on coal ash water pollution

  19-04-2019 22:47
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Two Tennessee environmental groups are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on whether the federal Clean Water Act applies to pollution from a coal ash dump.
  The groups sued to force the Tennessee Valley Authority to clean up coal ash pits at its Gallatin Fossil Plant. Court documents showed pollutants from the ash leech into the groundwater and then enter the Cumberland River. That’s a source of drinking water for Nashville.
  In September, a divided panel
  
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• The Latest: Oklahoma City bombing Survivor Tree DNA lives on

  19-04-2019 22:46
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Latest on efforts to sustain a tree symbolizing hope following the Oklahoma City bombing (all times local):
  3:30 p.m.
  Science and technology are helping Oklahoma City to sustain the DNA of a tree symbolizing hope 24 years after the deadliest act of domestic terrorism on U.S. soil.
  As part of an annual remembrance of the April 19, 1995, Oklahoma City bombing, civic leaders transplanted a young tree Friday that was cloned from a scarred American elm that lived throug
  
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• Red Flag Warning issued April 19 at 1:45PM MDT until April 20 at 9:00PM MDT by NWS El Paso TX/Santa Teresa NM

  19-04-2019 22:45
  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 tocreate critical fire weather conditions.The National Weather Service in El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa hasissued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from 2 PM to 9 PMMDT Saturday. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect.
  * WIND…West-southwest at 20 t
  
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• The Latest: Justice Dept. calls subpoena ‘unnecessary’

  19-04-2019 22:44
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on congressional reaction to special counsel Robert Mueller’s report (all times local):
  5:15 p.m.
  The Justice Department says the subpoena issued by House Democrats for the full special counsel report is unnecessary.
  Justice Department spokesperson Kerri Kupec says Attorney General William Barr released the report with “minimal redactions.”
  Kupec says the department is working with Congress to view more of the report and the subpoena issued Fr
  
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• The Latest: Democrats increase pressure for Mueller report

  19-04-2019 22:44
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on congressional reaction to special counsel Robert Mueller’s report (all times local):
  5:15 p.m.
  The Justice Department says the subpoena issued by House Democrats for the full special counsel report is unnecessary.
  Justice Department spokesperson Kerri Kupec says Attorney General William Barr released the report with “minimal redactions.”
  Kupec says the department is working with Congress to view more of the report and the subpoena issued Fr
  
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• Man charged with threatening Congress members over phone

  19-04-2019 22:39
  TAMARAC, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a Florida man left threatening rants about gun control, illegal immigration, homosexuals, black people and Muslims for three Democratic members of Congress.
  The U.S. Attorney’s Office says 49-year-old John Kless was arrested Friday and charged with making threatening communications.
  A federal criminal complaint says Kless called the Washington offices of Rep. Eric Swalwell of California, Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Sen. Cory Booker of New J
  
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• Paranormal investigator Lorraine Warren dies at 92

  19-04-2019 22:35
  MONROE, Conn. (AP) — Paranormal investigator and author Lorraine Warren, whose decades of ghost-hunting cases alongside her late husband were the inspiration for films such as “The Conjuring” and “The Amityville Horror,” has died. She was 92.
  Both Tony Spera, Warren’s son-in-law, and grandson Chris McKinnell posted on Facebook that Warren died Thursday night at her Connecticut home. Messages have been left for family members.
  The Warrens in 1952 founded the Ne
  
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• Man accused of plowing car into 3 officers pleads guilty

  19-04-2019 22:26
  PHOENIX (AP) — A man accused of deliberately plowing a car into three Phoenix police officers two years ago outside a convenience store in west Phoenix has pleaded guilty to 12 felony charges, including three counts of attempted murder.
  Marc Laquon Payne faces 10 to 54 years in prison for the September 2016 attack that caused a broken leg for one officer, a concussion for another officer and minor injuries to the third officer.
  He made his guilty pleas Tuesday.
  The attack came during an es
  
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• Georgia Sen. Perdue’s campaign fined $30,000 for violations

  19-04-2019 22:25
  SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The campaign of U.S. Sen. David Perdue has paid a $30,000 fine to federal regulators for violations discovered in the Georgia Republican’s fundraising reports from the 2014 election.
  The civil penalty to the Federal Election Commission was disclosed in Perdue’s latest campaign finance report filed Monday.
  FEC documents show the Perdue campaign agreed to the fine in February after an audit found more than $442,000 in prohibited or excessive campaign donation
  
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• Arizona man sentenced to prison in oil investment scheme

  19-04-2019 22:21
  TUCSON – An Arizona man is headed to prison for five years, after investigators say he defrauded 48 investors from multiple states.
  Robert Aguayo,41, was sentenced to five years in prison for stealing approximately $4.75 million in the oil investment scam.
  Investigators say Aguayo operated IGot Oil Co, LLC.
  Between January 2016 and February 2018, the company claimed to offer investment opportunities for oil wells located in Oklahoma.
  Authorities say the wells were not in production, a
  
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• Polanski asks court to restore his film academy membership

  19-04-2019 22:18
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Roman Polanski asked a judge Friday to restore his membership in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences after he was expelled for misconduct last year.
  Lawyers for the 85-year-old director filed documents Friday requesting that a court compel the academy to make him a member in good standing again.
  Nearly a year ago, the organization made the rare move of expelling Polanski and Bill Cosby. The academy then rejected Polanski’s appeal of the decision. Friday
  
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• ‘La Llorona’ movie promotion with Mexican healers draws fire

  19-04-2019 22:18
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A promotion for the new movie “The Curse of La Llorona” using traditional Mexican healers for “spiritual cleansings” before screenings is drawing strong criticism from healers and scholars.
  Critics say the movie, released Friday, is based on a Mexican folktale that has nothing to do with healers known as curanderos. They say the promotion exploits traditional healing practices used by Mexicans and Mexican Americans just to sell a film.
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• News 4 Cooks: Pima County Fair Treats

  19-04-2019 22:17
  Dominic Palmieri from RCS Carnival Midway joined Priscilla Casper and Stephanie Weaver in the News 4 Tucson kitchen to whip up some of the creative treats available at the Pima County Fair this year.
  Below are descriptions of some of the dishes:
  Flamin’ Hot Cheetos and Cheese Big Daddy Corn Dog: Pecan Smoked Sausage Corn Dog topped with cheddar cheese and crunchy Flamin’ Hot Cheetos
  Unicorn Float: Craft Soda Blue Raspberry/Coconut Soda topped with Whip cream/sprinkles and cotto
  
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• Maryland court won’t reconsider denial of new ‘Serial’ trial

  19-04-2019 22:14
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Maryland’s highest court won’t reconsider its rejection of a new trial for a man whose murder conviction was chronicled in the hit podcast “Serial” and an HBO documentary series.
  The defense attorney for Adnan Syed had filed a reconsideration motion with the Maryland Court of Appeals over its decision to reject a new trial. At issue is whether Syed had a sufficient defense at trial nearly two decades ago.
  But judges on the appeals court denied that
  
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• All Bets Are On: Sean Miller Dodges FBI Trial, UA Softball's Historic Season and More

  19-04-2019 22:13
  Co-hosts Christopher Boan and Tyler Vondrak are back to discuss the Sean Miller testifying news, the Arizona softball team's resurgence and the future of college football.
  The first segment of Friday's show breaks down the day's news that Sean Miller and LSU coach Will Wade will not testify in the trial of Christian Dawkins, and the news' impact on the Arizona program.…
  
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• Embattled US Rep. Ilhan Omar tweets ‘happy Passover’

  19-04-2019 22:12
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar is wishing “happy Passover” to Jews commemorating the holiday in her home state of Minnesota and around the world.
  Omar is a Somali American and one of the first Muslims elected to Congress. She’s been criticized for remarks in recent months on Israel, Jewish influence in Washington, and 9/11 that have drawn accusations of anti-Semitism and insensitivity. She says criticizing the Israeli government is not anti-Semitic.
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• Iowa’s Megan Gustafson wins Honda award for basketball

  19-04-2019 22:02
  NEW YORK (AP) — Megan Gustafson of Iowa has won the Honda Sports Award as the top woman in college basketball.
  Gustafson led Division I women’s basketball with an average of 28 points this season. She owns Iowa records for most career points (2,804) and rebounds (1,460).
  The 6-foot-3 center from Port Wing, Wisconsin, had 33 double-doubles in her senior season, tying an NCAA record. She led the Hawkeyes to the school’s first Elite Eight in 26 years and earned AP Player of the Ye
  
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• Cardi B rejects plea deal in strip club melee case

  19-04-2019 21:43
  NEW YORK (AP) — Cardi B has rejected a plea deal in a case stemming from a New York strip club melee last fall. WNBC says the rapper did not speak to journalists before or after her three-minute court appearance on Friday.
  She is due back in court next month on misdemeanor reckless endangerment and assault charges.
  Police say Cardi B, whose real name is Belcalis Almanzar, and her entourage were at the club when she argued with a bartender.
  They say a fight broke out in which chairs, bottle
  
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• Second round at RBC Heritage resumes after 3:43 delay

  19-04-2019 19:45
  HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — The RBC Heritage has resumed after a three hour, 43-minute delay Friday because of strong winds and storms that have caused problems elsewhere in the Southeast.
  Officials halted things and cleared the course of spectators shortly before 1 p.m. as winds rattled flagsticks on greens.
  First-round leader Shane Lowry had started his second round with two birdies before the horn sounded. He was 8 under and a stroke in front of world No. 1 Dustin Johnson and Emilia
  
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• Lowry keeps hold on the top at rain-delayed RBC Heritage

  19-04-2019 19:45
  HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Shane Lowry led the RBC Heritage at 9-under par with two holes left when the rain-delayed second round was suspended Friday because of darkness.
  Trey Mullinax was a stroke back after a 68. Top-ranked Dustin Johnson and Emiliano Grillo were 7 under after 67s.
  Lowry moved in front with a two-putt birdie on the par-5 15th. There was a delay of 3 hours, 43 minutes when strong storms that caused problems elsewhere in the Southeast this week struck Harbour Town Go
  
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• NYC Ballet must rehire 2 dancers fired over nude photos

  19-04-2019 19:31
  NEW YORK (AP) — An arbitrator has ordered the New York City Ballet to reinstate two male dancers who were fired for sharing nude photos of women and sexually explicit texts.
  The arbitrator ruled Friday that the company should not have fired Amar Ramasar and Zachary Catazaro in September.
  They were named in a lawsuit by a former student at the company’s affiliated school.
  Alexandra Waterbury said City Ballet tolerated a “fraternity-like atmosphere” where male dancers under
  
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• Rialto Hotel Deal Dead

  19-04-2019 19:17
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• The Latest: Lawyer: Shackled children want normal adulthoods

  19-04-2019 18:53
  RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on the sentencing of a California couple who starved and abused a dozen of their children for years (all times local):
  2 p.m.
  The attorney for the adult children who were tortured and abused by their California parents for years says they’re trying to live their lives as normally as possible and each is grappling with how much they’re willing to forgive.
  Attorney Jack Osborn says David and Louise Turpin’s children want to be normal adul
  
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• UA’s Sean Miller will not testify in corruption case, judge rules

  19-04-2019 18:38
  TUCSON – A judge has ruled that University of Arizona men’s basketball head coach, Sean Miller will not testify in the bribery trial next week, according to a Forbes reporter.Judge Ramos rules that Sean Miller and Will Wade won’t have to testify in next week’s bribery trial. He granted the government’s motion to preclude them from testifying https://t.co/wIjRp24KYH
  — Adam Zagoria (@AdamZagoria) April 19, 2019Back in 2017, Miller’s then, assistant coach,&
  
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• St. John’s hires Mike Anderson as basketball coach

  19-04-2019 18:35
  NEW YORK (AP) — Mike Anderson is getting another chance at St. John’s.
  Anderson was hired as Red Storm coach on Friday after he was fired by Arkansas last month. He also had head coaching stints at Missouri and UAB before leading the Razorbacks to five postseason appearances and a 169-102 record in eight seasons.
  The 59-year-old Anderson takes over for former St. John’s star Chris Mullin, who resigned on April 10, citing a “recent personal loss.” His older brother,
  
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• Administration cuts space for detaining migrant families

  19-04-2019 18:35
  HOUSTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration regularly complains about having to catch and release migrants.
  But at the same time, the administration has stopped using one of three family detention centers to hold parents and children. It also left almost 2,000 beds unused at the other two.
  Officials say they do not have the resources to transport migrants to the centers. Immigrant advocates accuse the administration of closing off family detention to further the perception
  
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• The Latest: Family disputes official account of girl’s death

  19-04-2019 18:33
  WALTERBORO, S.C. (AP) — The Latest on the death of a 5th grader who died after a fight at her South Carolina school (all times local):
  12:30 p.m.
  The family of a 10-year-old South Carolina girl is disputing authorities’ account that the 5th grader died from natural causes after a brief “slap fight.”
  Margie Pizarro is an attorney for the family of Raniya Wright, who died two days after the classroom fight March 25. Pizarro told reporters Friday a private investigator hired
  
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• POLL: Do you think the governor should sign the law that will ban the use of hand-held devices while driving in Arizona?

  19-04-2019 18:31
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• Falcons give second chance to Hageman following 2017 release

  19-04-2019 18:31
  FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — The Atlanta Falcons have signed Ra’Shede Hageman, giving a second chance to the defensive tackle the team released in 2017 after he was charged with domestic violence.
  The 28-year-old Hageman, a second-round pick from Minnesota in 2014, started a combined 16 games in 2015 and 2016. He has been out of the league since his release by the Falcons following an incident with his girlfriend in 2016.
  General manager Thomas Dimitroff said in a statement released by
  
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• Police: Man returns home, finds naked stranger on couch

  19-04-2019 18:27
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Police say a Tennessee man returned home to find a naked stranger sitting on his couch drinking juice.
  WKRN-TV cites a Nashville police report that says the resident summoned officers Wednesday and told them he called out to the stranger, who responded by screaming and dropping the juice.
  When officers asked the man to exit the home, they say he did so but was wearing only a T-shirt.
  The resident reported the man had consumed ice cream from the home in addition to t
  
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