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• Butler, Dudley tossed after Embiid’s foul in 76ers-Nets game

  20-04-2019 22:46
  NEW YORK (AP) — Jimmy Butler and Jared Dudley were ejected Saturday in the third quarter of Game 4 between Philadelphia and Brooklyn after a scuffle that spilled into the stands.
  Dudley reacted to Joel Embiid’s hard foul on Jarrett Allen, bumping the 76ers’ All-Star center. Butler then shoved Dudley from behind to start the pushing and shoving, with Ben Simmons and Dudley — who had exchanged words earlier — tumbling into the front row as referees rushed in to interv
  
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• Judge hurts oblique, likely to injured list; Yankees top KC

  20-04-2019 22:39
  NEW YORK (AP) — All-Star slugger Aaron Judge hurt his left oblique while taking a swing and likely was headed to the injured list as the already banged-up New York Yankees beat the Kansas City Royals 9-2 Saturday.
  Judge homered early, but hurt himself in the sixth inning while hitting a single. He was taken to a hospital for an MRI and further tests.
  Asked if Judge could possibly avoid going on the injured list, Yankees manager Aaron Boone said, “Probably not.”
  The Yankees bega
  
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• Georgia sophomore forward Nicolas Claxton enters NBA draft

  20-04-2019 22:21
  ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Nicolas Claxton, the 6-foot-11 slender forward who led Georgia in scoring, rebounding and blocks, has declared for the NBA draft.
  The sophomore announced his plans Saturday on Twitter and followed up hours later by adding, “To the people doubting me I love it.” Claxton has until May 30 to withdraw from the draft.
  Claxton was a bright spot in coach Tom Crean’s first season, averaging 13 points, 8.6 rebounds and 1.8 blocks. He shot 46% from the floor but
  
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• John Singleton of ‘Boys N the Hood’ hospitalized with stroke

  20-04-2019 22:14
  NEW YORK (AP) — “Boyz N the Hood” director John Singleton suffered a stroke last week and remains hospitalized, according to his family. Additional details, including his condition, were not immediately available.
  In a statement released Saturday, Singleton’s family announced that the 51-year-old filmmaker was in the ICU and “under great medical care.” Author Neil deGrasse Tyson and actor Omar Epps have been among those tweeting wishes Saturday for a quick rec
  
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• Burke, Monteiro help Union beat Impact 3-0

  20-04-2019 22:13
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Cory Burke and Jamiro Monteiro each scored to help the Philadelphia beat the Montreal Impact 3-0 on Saturday for the Union’s fourth win in their last five games.
  Burke stole a lazy pass near midfield and then took a few dribbles before blasting a roller from outside the area just inside the far post to give Philadelphia (4-3-1) a 1-0 lead in the 14th minute.
  Monteiro, a 25-year old on loan from FC Metz through June, converted from the spot in the 45th for his firs
  
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• Foden seizes chance with tired City to clinch Spurs win

  20-04-2019 22:12
  MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Watching Manchester City’s Champions League slugfest against Tottenham, Phil Foden sensed his side’s energy-sapping exit could present an opportunity.
  As a youngster in football’s costliest-assembled squad, the 18-year-old Foden has to be patient to get game time under Pep Guardiola.
  “He said he will give me opportunities when the lads are a bit tired,” Foden said. “So I’m just waiting for that.”
  When it came on Sat
  
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• Wake Forest’s Hoard to remain in NBA draft, leave college

  20-04-2019 22:02
  WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Wake Forest forward Jaylen Hoard says he is staying in the NBA draft and won’t return to school for his sophomore year.
  Hoard announced his decision Saturday, saying he is “excited to continue my journey at the next level.”
  Hoard averaged 13.1 points and a team-best 7.6 rebounds as a freshman for the Demon Deacons, notching seven double-doubles.
  He is the fourth Wake Forest player in three years to begin his career in pro basketball early.
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• Yankees star Aaron Judge exits early with undisclosed injury

  20-04-2019 21:50
  NEW YORK (AP) — Yankees star Aaron Judge has left a game with an undisclosed injury, exiting after gingerly making his way to first base on a single.
  There was no immediate word Saturday on his condition.
  Judge was pulled in the sixth inning after his hit against Kansas City. He had homered in the first for a team already missing a dozen players because of injuries.
  The slugger appeared to feel something on his single and labored to run it out. Trainer Steve Donahue immediately came from t
  
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• Sapong, Katai help Fire beat Rapids 4-1

  20-04-2019 21:41
  BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. (AP) — C.J. Sapong and Aleksandar Katai each scored to help the Chicago Fire beat the Colorado Rapids 4-1 on Saturday, extending Colorado’s losing streak to five games.
  Dax McCarty, near midfield, first-timed an arcing pass to a charging Katai, who took a couple dribbles and then fired a low cross to Sapong for a sliding empty-net finish inside the back post from point-blank range to give the Fire (2-2-3) a 2-1 lead in the 53rd minute.
  Chicago’s Nemanja Nikolic
  
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• 5-year-old Michigan boy calls 911 to ask for McDonalds

  20-04-2019 21:39
  WYOMING, Mich. (AP) — A 5-year-old Michigan boy had a craving for McDonald’s but his grandmother was sleeping so he called 911 and made a request.
  WZZM-TV in Grand Rapids reports Iziah Hall of Wyoming asked the dispatcher: “Can you bring me McDonald’s?” Dispatcher Sara Kuberski says she told him no but reached out to the police.
  Wyoming police officer Dan Patterson says the April 14 request made him laugh, so he stopped at McDonald’s on his way to check on Izi
  
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• The Latest: Visitors pay respects at Columbine memorial

  20-04-2019 21:38
  LITTLETON, Colo. (AP) — The Latest on events commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Columbine school shooting (all times local):
  1:05 p.m.
  A steady stream of people are visiting a memorial to the 13 people killed at Columbine High School 20 years ago ahead of a remembrance ceremony in suburban Denver.
  Visitors left dozens of single flowers along with cards and seed packets for columbines, the Colorado state flower, on the inner circle of the memorial Saturday.
  Sheriff’s deputies p
  
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• The Latest: 12 students,1 teacher killed honored at ceremony

  20-04-2019 21:38
  LITTLETON, Colo. (AP) — The Latest on events commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Columbine school shooting (all times local):
  6 p.m.
  A ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of the Columbine High School shooting has ended with the names of 12 students and a teacher killed being read aloud, accompanied by the release of white doves.
  More than 2,000 people attended the event in a park near the suburban Denver high school on Saturday afternoon.
  Frank DeAngelis, who was the school’s
  
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• Pope carries Easter candle up aisle of darkened basilica

  20-04-2019 21:19
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has carried a lit candle up the main aisle of a darkened St. Peter’s Basilica in a dramatic Saturday Easter vigil ritual.
  The pontiff, prelates and other faithful also clutching candles appeared as slow-moving points of light in darkness, part of a procession symbolizing Christians’ belief that Jesus triumphed over death by resurrection following crucifixion.
  At the chant in Latin for “light of Christ, the basilica’s lights were sudd
  
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• How Juventus won its 8th straight Serie A title

  20-04-2019 21:10
  MILAN (AP) — When the best team in Italy signed possibly the best player in the world, preventing it from winning yet another Serie A title was always going to be difficult.
  And so it proved as Juventus and Cristiano Ronaldo continued breaking records.
  On Saturday, Juventus clinched a record-extending eighth successive Serie A title, with five matches to spare, after it beat Fiorentina 2-1.
  That matched the previous record of five matches early set by Torino in 1947-48 and equaled by Fiore
  
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• Embiid starting Game 4 for 76ers against Nets

  20-04-2019 21:06
  NEW YORK (AP) — Joel Embiid is back in the starting lineup for the Philadelphia 76ers for Game 4 of their playoff series against the Brooklyn Nets.
  Embiid missed Game 3 with left knee soreness and was listed as doubtful to play Saturday. But he warmed up before the game and was listed among the starting lineups that were announced just a few minutes before the game.
  Embiid was bothered by knee trouble late in the regular season but played in the first two games in Philadelphia.
  The 76ers w
  
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• Collision sends Pirates’ Gonzalez, Marte to injured list

  20-04-2019 21:02
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates have placed center fielder Starling Marte on the 10-day injured list and shortstop Erik Gonzalez on the 60-day injured list a day after the two collided in the outfield in the eighth inning of a 4-1 victory over San Francisco.
  The team says Marte suffered an abdominal wall contusion and Gonzalez fractured his left clavicle when the two ran into each other while trying to chase down a fly ball by San Francisco’s Yangervis Solarte. Neither playe
  
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• Pima County finding ways to save by reducing jail population

  20-04-2019 21:00
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Pima County’s efforts to reduce its jail population are paying off.
  The Arizona Daily Star reports that County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry said in a memo that as of April 11 saved over $130,000 as a result of 40 defendants being released from the jail either through referrals to residential treatment facilities or releases to enhanced case supervision for substance-abuse or mental-health issues.
  A new committee in mid-March began assessing the cust
  
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• Newcastle beats Southampton, virtually sure of EPL survival

  20-04-2019 20:55
  NEWCASTLE, England (AP) — Ayoze Perez’s hat trick all but guaranteed Premier League safety for Newcastle by securing a 3-1 victory over Southampton on Saturday.
  The Spaniard scored twice in four minutes in the first half before a Southampton fightback inspired by changes at halftime.
  One of the newcomers, Mario Lemina, pulled one back in the 59th minute before Perez netted his 11th goal of the season in the 86th.
  Newcastle is 10 points clear of Cardiff in the relegation zone after a
  
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• Louisiana spring festival to feature Poverty Point

  20-04-2019 20:50
  OAK GROVE, La. (AP) — A northeast Louisiana chamber of commerce says that starting next year, its spring festival will celebrate the Poverty Point World Heritage Site instead of sweet potatoes.
  The prehistoric Indian mound complex in West Carroll Parish was made a UNESCO world heritage site in 2014. It’s about 15 miles (25 kilometers) south of Oak Grove, where the festival is held.
  West Carroll Chamber of Commerce president Rebecca Kovac Elliott says Poverty Point has been attracting
  
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• Education officials to consider plan to get state out of jam

  20-04-2019 20:38
  PHOENIX (AP) — Education officials are expected to consider a plan to get Arizona out of a jam with the federal government by changing the state’s testing regime for high school students, at least for the next two years.
  The Arizona Daily Star reports that a proposed plan to be considered by the state Board of Education on April 29 would retain use of the AZMerit test in a revised form, rolling back a decision to allow school districts to instead use a variety of assessments. That so
  
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• Italian Soccer Champions

  20-04-2019 20:28
  Champions of the Italian soccer league:
  2019 — Juventus
  2018 — Juventus
  2017 — Juventus
  2016 — Juventus
  2015 — Juventus
  2014 — Juventus
  2013 — Juventus
  2012 — Juventus
  2011 — AC Milan
  2010 — Inter Milan
  2009 — Inter Milan
  2008 — Inter Milan
  2007 — Inter Milan
  2006 — Inter Milan (Juventus stripped of title for match-fixing)
  2005 — vacant (Juventus stripped of title for match-fixing)
  2004 — AC Milan
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• Mets ace Jacob deGrom plays catch, may not need MRI

  20-04-2019 20:26
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — New York Mets ace Jacob deGrom played catch in the Busch Stadium outfield and may not need an MRI on his elbow after all.
  DeGrom said before the game at St. Louis on Saturday that his right elbow soreness likely was a result of altering his routine during a recent bout of strep throat.
  The Mets placed deGrom on the injured list Friday retroactive to April 16 because of right elbow soreness. The club had announced that deGrom would be returning to New York for an MRI of his
  
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• Officials: Large fire scorches Peru’s capital, killing none

  20-04-2019 20:21
  LIMA, Peru (AP) — Officials in Peru say a massive fire has destroyed several buildings near the center of the capital city, but killed nobody.
  Police Chief Mario Arata said Saturday that it could take a month to clean up the warehouses and shops charred by the fire that started Friday afternoon in downtown Lima.
  The fire sent columns of smoke and glowing orange flames into the night sky. Its cause remains under investigation.
  Officials say hundreds of firefighters battled the flames to kee
  
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• Missing Ohio teen Jonathon Minard found dead on a farm

  20-04-2019 20:06
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  A 14-year-old boy who was reported missing six days ago was found dead on an Ohio farm, authorities said Friday.
  The body of Jonathon Minard was found in a shallow grave on a farm in Washington Township, Carroll County Sheriff Dale Williams said. Jonathon was reported missing Sunday after he went to a farm near New Harrisburg that he often did chores at with a 29-year-old friend.Authorities said Frid
  
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• Red Sox’s Nathan Eovaldi on injured list with elbow injury

  20-04-2019 20:02
  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Boston Red Sox right-hander Nathan Eovaldi has gone on the 10-day injured list because of an elbow injury.
  The team said Saturday the pitcher has a loose body in his right elbow. He has had two Tommy John operations and also had surgery last year to remove loose bodies in the elbow.
  Eovaldi is 0-0 with a 6.00 ERA in four starts. He allowed one unearned run over six innings in his last start Wednesday night against the New York Yankees.
  Boston recalled left-hande
  
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• Canes’ Svechnikov hopes to play in Game 6 after concussion

  20-04-2019 19:59
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Carolina Hurricanes rookie Andrei Svechnikov hopes to play in Game 6 against the Washington Capitals on Monday after suffering a concussion in a fight with Alex Ovechkin a week earlier.
  Svechnikov took part in his first full team practice on Saturday during the Hurricanes’ morning skate before Game 5 of their first-round series. The 19-year-old Russian winger wore a yellow non-contact jersey and would need to clear the NHL’s concussion protocol before he retur
  
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• Anti-govt protests resume against Serbia’s populist leader

  20-04-2019 19:58
  BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Several thousand people have turned up at an anti-government protest in Belgrade a day after Serbia’s populist President Aleksandar Vucic held a mass rally in an apparent bid to counter months of street demonstrations against him.
  Protesters marched through downtown Belgrade on Saturday demanding more democracy and media freedom in Serbia. Such marches have been held every Saturday since last December.
  A former extreme nationalist who now says he wants Serbia
  
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• Juventus wins record-extending 8th straight Serie A title

  20-04-2019 19:54
  TURIN, Italy (AP) — Juventus wins record-extending 8th straight Serie A title.
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• Marseille wins 3-1 at Guingamp to keep pressure on Lyon

  20-04-2019 19:51
  PARIS (AP) — Fourth-place Marseille kept alive its chances of finishing third in the French league with a 3-1 win at struggling Guingamp on Saturday.
  Marseille was without Mario Balotelli in attack but went ahead in the fourth minute through midfielder Luiz Gustavo. Winger Lucas Ocampos doubled the lead shortly before the break. Yeni Ngbakoto pulled one back for 19th-place Guingamp in the 56th before forward Valere Germain’s injury-time goal made it 3-1.
  Second place earns automatic
  
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• New bout of heavy fighting in Yemen kills dozens

  20-04-2019 19:50
  SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemeni officials say heavy fighting in Yemen’s southern Dhale province between pro-government forces and Shiite rebels has killed more than 85 people.
  The officials say the Houthi rebels recaptured the district of Damt and the surrounding area from forces allied with the internationally recognized government after more than a week of fighting. They say dozens have been wounded.
  Yemen has been embroiled in a civil war pitting the Iran-backed Houthis against the gov
  
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• Oklahoma woman accused of starving kids, feeding them feces

  20-04-2019 19:47
  JAY, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma mother has been charged with child neglect, accused of starving her children and feeding them dog feces.
  The Tulsa World reports that 34-year-old Mary Elizabeth Moore was charged in Delaware County court this month.
  The children, aged 5 and 3, are severely malnourished and have been placed on a special diet with nasal feeding tubes. They are in state custody.
  An affidavit says the older child told Department of Human Services workers that she ate dog feces. Th
  
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• France and Romania level at 1-1 in Fed Cup semifinal

  20-04-2019 19:45
  ROUEN, France (AP) — Caroline Garcia beat Mihaela Buzarnescu 6-3, 6-3 to draw France level at 1-1 with Romania after the opening singles matches of their Fed Cup semifinal on Saturday.
  French Open champion Simona Halep had put Romania ahead with a commanding 6-3, 6-1 win against Kristina Mladenovic on indoor clay at the Kindarena in Rouen, northwest France.
  Mladenovic, whose ranking position has plummeted from 10th to 66th in the space of two years, conceded 17 break-point chances on her s
  
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• Eaglet welcomed as new addition at Dollywood

  20-04-2019 19:37
  PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (AP) — Dolly Parton’s Dollywood has welcomed a fluffy addition to the amusement park — an eaglet.
  Media outlets report the eaglet hatched Wednesday.
  The eaglet is part of the park’s Eagle Mountain Sanctuary, a 30,000-square-foot aviary.
  The park has a live cam labeled “Grant & Glenda” featuring the eaglet.
  Grant and Glenda are one of two eagle couples at the park who nest together.
  Dollywood’s website says the birds at the park ar
  
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• Ex-Marine arrested in North Korea embassy attack in Madrid

  20-04-2019 19:33
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A man suspected of involvement in a mysterious dissident group’s February raid on North Korea’s Embassy in Madrid has been arrested in Los Angeles by U.S. authorities.
  A person familiar with the matter tells the Associated Press that former U.S. Marine Christopher Ahn was arrested and charged Friday.
  The specific charges against Ahn were not immediately clear.
  The person said that separately federal agents raided the apartment of Adrian Hong, a leader of the F
  
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• Atletico scores late in 1-0 win over Eibar in Spanish league

  20-04-2019 19:33
  MADRID (AP) — Atletico Madrid moved within six points of Spanish league leader Barcelona with a 1-0 win at Eibar on Saturday.
  Thomas Lemar scored the 85th-minute winner for Atletico, ahead of Barcelona’s game against Real Sociedad later Saturday.
  The victory left Atletico seven points clear of third-place Real Madrid, which hosts Athletic Bilbao on Sunday.
  Diego Simeone’s team is looking to finish runner-up for the second straight season. Before winning the league in 2014, Atle
  
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• Cubs’ Lester could be close to return after simulated game

  20-04-2019 19:29
  CHICAGO (AP) — Cubs ace Jon Lester could be close to rejoining Chicago’s rotation after pitching a simulated game.
  Lester threw 45 pitches Saturday. Manager Joe Maddon says he looked “very good,” and the Cubs will see how he feels Sunday before determining the next step. Maddon did not rule out a return for a three-game series against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Wrigley Field that starts Tuesday.
  Lester strained his left hamstring running the bases April 8 against Pittsbur
  
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• Key point for Brighton in fight for Premier League survival

  20-04-2019 19:24
  WOLVERHAMPTON, England (AP) — Brighton frustrated Wolverhampton Wanderers in a 0-0 draw at Molineux on Saturday, gaining a key point in its fight with Cardiff to avoid relegation from the Premier League.
  Wolves, who had spent the week training in Marbella, couldn’t break through against the Seagulls.
  A hard-earned draw ended Brighton’s run of five straight defeats in all competitions and moved the southern side three points ahead of Cardiff, which hosts title-chasing Liverpool
  
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• Small plane crashes in southern Bulgaria, 2 killed

  20-04-2019 19:21
  SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Authorities in Bulgaria say a small private plane has crashed in a field in a southern region, killing the pilot and the lone passenger on board.
  Plovdiv police chief Atanas Ilkov said the two-seat Zodiac aircraft was on a demonstration tour when one of its wings separated in flight and it fell to the ground near a stadium in the village of Orizare.The accident occurred at 10:20 a.m. Saturday as a sports event was taking place at the stadium.
  The cause of the crash i
  
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• North Korea slams Bolton’s call for sign of denuclearization as ‘dim-sighted,’ ‘nonsense’

  20-04-2019 19:18
  SEOUL — North Korea has criticized National Security Adviser John Bolton’s “nonsense” call for Pyongyang to show that it’s serious about giving up its nuclear weapons, the second time it has criticized a leading U.S. official in less than a week.
  President Donald Trump has said he is open to a third summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, but Bolton said on Wednesday there first needed to be “a real indication from North Korea that they&rs
  
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• Actress Anjelica Huston supports banning fur sales in NYC

  20-04-2019 18:58
  NEW YORK (AP) — Actress Anjelica Huston is supporting efforts to outlaw fur sales in the fashion mecca of New York.
  Huston says in an opinion piece in the Daily News that she used to think fur was a symbol of “glamour and affluence” but now she’s ashamed of having supported the fur trade years ago.
  She is backing bills introduced in the New York City Council and in New York’s state Legislature to ban the sale of fur.
  Huston says many consumers are unaware of fur&rsq
  
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• Deulofeu double gives Watford 2-1 win at Huddersfield

  20-04-2019 18:47
  HUDDERSFIELD, England (AP) — Gerard Deulofeu’s double gave Watford a 2-1 win at already relegated Huddersfield in the Premier League on Saturday.
  Watford’s sixth win on the road this season kept the seventh-place team on course for its highest Premier League finish.
  But Huddersfield, which became only the second club after Derby in 2008 to be relegated from the Premier League in March, lost its 14th league game at home this season to match Sunderland’s mark set in the 200
  
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• Parker gets 1st win as Fulham manager at Bournemouth

  20-04-2019 18:42
  BOURNEMOUTH, England (AP) — Already relegated Fulham won its first away match of the Premier League season by overcoming Bournemouth 1-0 on Saturday.
  Aleksandar Mitrovic scored a penalty eight minutes into the second half after being brought down by Jack Simpson, ending a goal drought stretching back to January.
  It handed Scott Parker a first victory as caretaker Fulham manager after starting with five successive losses leading the 19th-placed team.
  But it meant Eddie Howe lost his 500th m
  
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• Containment line around 80% of fire at lake near Prescott

  20-04-2019 18:40
  PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) — Prescott National Forest officials say crews have established a containment line around 80% of a 16-acre wildfire at Lynx Lake, a popular recreation site on the outskirts of Prescott.
  A statement released Saturday by forest officials said crews would work to improve the line, extinguish any hot spots and start mopping up.
  The fire was reported Thursday east of the boat ramp on the lake’s south shore.
  The statement said the fire was human caused and under invest
  
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• Zookeeper hospitalized after tiger attack at Topeka Zoo

  20-04-2019 18:39
  TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — City officials say a tiger mauled a zookeeper at the Topeka Zoo in northeastern Kansas.
  The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the incident happened around 9:30 a.m. Saturday, when a Sumatran tiger named Sanjiv attacked the worker in a secured, indoor space.
  Topeka Zoo director Brendan Wiley says the zookeeper was awake and alert when she was taken by ambulance to a hospital. Wiley said he did not know the extent of her injuries. The zookeeper’s name has not been
  
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• Dog survived 135 miles at sea

  20-04-2019 18:37
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  A dog is “in good spirits” after surviving being stranded 135 miles out to sea in the Gulf of Thailand.
  Source: CNN
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• Arkansas faces new court fight over sedative for executions

  20-04-2019 18:26
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal lawsuit filed by death row inmates is renewing a court fight over a sedative Arkansas uses for lethal injections, two years after the state raced to put eight convicted killers to death before a batch of the drug expired.
  The federal trial that begins Tuesday could impact Arkansas’ efforts to restart executions, which had been on hold due to a lack of lethal injection drugs. It’ll also be the latest in a series of legal battles over midazolam,
  
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• Activist: Sudan protest leaders meet with military rulers

  20-04-2019 18:26
  KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — A Sudanese activist says leaders of the protest movement are holding talks with the military council.
  Ahmed Rabie, a leader at the Sudanese Professionals Association which is behind the protests, tells The Associated Press that Saturday’s meeting is the third that they have with the new rulers since the military ousted President Omar al-Bashir earlier this month.
  Rabie says they want to speed up the transition of power to a civilian government that would rule f
  
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• Oregon county pays $100K over Blue Lives Matter flag

  20-04-2019 18:24
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon county has agreed to pay $100,000 to a black employee who sued after a co-worker pinned up a Blue Lives Matter flag in the office.
  The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Saturday that Karimah Guion-Pledgure alleged in her January lawsuit against Multnomah County that the flag demeans the Black Lives Matter movement.
  She alleges that when she raised the issue at work, her colleagues harassed her for her views, causing her extreme stress and health issues.
  Guion-Ple
  
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• Oregon county pays $100K for ‘Blue Lives Matter’ flag

  20-04-2019 18:24
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon county has agreed to pay $100,000 to a black employee who sued after a co-worker pinned up a “Blue Lives Matter” flag.
  The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Saturday that Karimah Guion-Pedgure alleged in her January lawsuit that the flag demeans the “Black Live Matter” movement.
  She alleges that when she raised the issue at work, her colleagues harassed her for her views, causing her extreme stress and health issues.
  Guion-Pedgure’s
  
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• Texas cancer center ousts 3 over Chinese data theft concerns

  20-04-2019 18:23
  HOUSTON (AP) — A prominent cancer center in Houston says it has ousted three scientists whom federal authorities suggested are involved in Chinese efforts to steal American research.
  Peter Pisters, the president of MD Anderson Cancer Center, told the Houston Chronicle that the National Institutes of Health could withhold funding if the center didn’t act. MD Anderson received $148 million in NIH grants last year.
  The three scientists haven’t been identified. The newspaper report
  
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