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• The Latest: 7 Tennessee victims died of blunt force injuries

  30-04-2019 23:53
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Latest on the investigation into seven people killed in rural Tennessee (all times local):
  4:50 p.m.
  The medical examiner in Nashville says the causes of death for seven people found dead in two homes in rural Tennessee included multiple blunt force injuries and some sharp force injuries.
  Dr. Feng Li said Tuesday in a phone interview that all seven people were the victims of homicide. There was no evidence of bullet wounds.
  The victims include the parents and un
  
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• Arizona DPS worker accused of stealing rifle magazines, ammo

  30-04-2019 23:52
  PHOENIX (AP) — A longtime employee of the Arizona Department of Public Safety crime lab has been accused of stealing rifle magazines, ammunition and other items.
  DPS officials say 52-year-old Todd Whittard was arrested Monday night at his Chandler home.
  It was unclear Tuesday if he has a lawyer yet.
  Whittard has been a DPS employee for 25 years and a supervisor for the past two years.
  He was assigned to oversee the latent prints and firearms unit within the DPS crime lab.
  Whittard has been
  
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• Ducey launches investigation amid prison guards, inmates plea for better jail security

  30-04-2019 23:50
  PHOENIX (AP) — The union representing Arizona prison guards joined an inmate rights group Tuesday to demand that the state immediately fix security problems that they say led to an inmate’s death and the severe beating of two guards.
  Carlos Garcia of the Arizona Correctional Peace Officers Association said at a state Capitol news conference they immediately want Gov. Doug Ducey and Corrections Department Director Charles Ryan to fix the problem. He said the department is negligent in
  
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• The Latest: Evacuations start as barrier fails at Davenport

  30-04-2019 23:41
  DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — The Latest on flooding along the Mississippi River (all times local):
  4:30 p.m.
  Officials have started evacuations of some buildings and cars after a flood barrier break along the Mississippi River sent floodwaters rushing into downtown Davenport.
  The National Weather Service sent an alert around 4 p.m. Tuesday of a flash flood emergency, urging people downtown to immediately seek higher ground. Television station KWQC report s public works officials said a temporary
  
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• Big battle brings record viewing for HBO’s ‘Game of Thrones’

  30-04-2019 23:41
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — HBO’s “Game of Thrones” has once again ridden a high body count to a record viewer count.
  The Nielsen company says Sunday’s big-battle episode, the third of the final season, drew 17.8 million viewers either live on the network at 9 p.m., streamed, on-demand or in a rerun that aired later that night.
  That made it the week’s most-watched show cable or broadcast and the most-watched episode ever of an HBO show, topping the “Thrones&rdquo
  
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• Astros prospect Matijevic banned 50 games for drug of abuse

  30-04-2019 23:36
  NEW YORK (AP) — Houston Astros third base prospect J.J. Matijevic has been suspended for 50 games under baseball’s minor league drug program following a second positive test for a drug of abuse.
  Selected by Houston with the 75th overall pick in the second round of the 2017 amateur draft, the 23-year-old was hitting .240 with two homers, seven RBIs and 29 strikeouts in 75 at-bats this year in 19 games for Double-A Corpus Christi of the Texas League.
  His suspension was announced Tuesda
  
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• Man gets life for raping, impregnating disabled teen in Florida

  30-04-2019 23:33
  BARTOW, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man has been sentenced to life in prison for raping and impregnating a 13-year-old girl whose disabilities prevent her from understanding both the attack and pregnancy.
  The Ledger reports 61-year-old Carlos Carrizales was sentenced Monday, having been convicted last month of felonies including incest. Authorities learned of the girl’s pregnancy in 2016 and subsequent DNA testing of men in the girl’s life led authorities to Carrizales. DNA tests sho
  
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• The Latest: Whale dies after beaching twice in Alaska

  30-04-2019 23:30
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Latest on a humpback whale stranding near Anchorage, Alaska (all times local):
  1:30 p.m.
  A young humpback whale that had beached twice in Alaska has been found dead.
  Anchorage television station KTUU reports the whale was found Tuesday near the south end of Turnagain Arm.
  The young whale became stranded in the arm Sunday and again Monday but appeared to free itself Monday night.
  Verena Gill of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says the whale w
  
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• Baby sea lion rescued from busy California highway

  30-04-2019 23:30
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A baby sea lion wandered onto a busy highway in South San Francisco Tuesday, stopping vehicles and alarming motorists before officials whisked it away.
  SFGATE reports California Highway Patrol received the call around 8:30 a.m. Motorists had tried to shoo the sea lion to safer ground, with one man getting out of his car to herd the sea lion with a handkerchief.
  Highway patrol succeeded in getting the animal into a patrol car, where video taken by KGO-TV shows the sea l
  
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• The Latest: Trump threatens Cuba embargo over Venezuela

  30-04-2019 23:27
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the United States and Venezuela (all times local):
  5:20 p.m.
  President Donald Trump is threatening a “full and complete embargo” and sanctions on Cuba if its troops do not “immediately” cease operations in Venezuela.
  Trump’s Twitter missive to the longtime U.S. foe comes amid his swift embrace of a Venezuelan opposition effort to spark a military uprising against embattled President Nicolas Maduro.
  Cuba is among Maduro’s s
  
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• Judge tosses $50M suit against Pennsylvania higher ed system

  30-04-2019 23:15
  SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — A federal judge has tossed a former state university administrator’s $50 million lawsuit against Pennsylvania’s higher education agency, saying his claims of discrimination and defamation are too old.
  Isaac Sanders, who is black, claims he suffered a “public lynching” when East Stroudsburg University fired him more than a decade ago following an investigation into sexual misconduct claims made by several students. The students later sued Sanders
  
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• Trump threatens ‘full and complete embargo’ and sanctions on Cuba if its troops do not cease operations in Venezuela

  30-04-2019 23:13
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump threatens ‘full and complete embargo’ and sanctions on Cuba if its troops do not cease operations in Venezuela.
  The post Trump threatens ‘full and complete embargo’ and sanctions on Cuba if its troops do not cease operations in Venezuela appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• Tennessee Titans claim linebacker Riley Bullough off waivers

  30-04-2019 23:13
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Titans have claimed linebacker Riley Bullough off waivers.
  Bullough collected 13 tackles for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers last season while appearing in nine games and making three starts. The Bucs waived him Monday.
  The Bucs had added Bullough as an undrafted free agent from Michigan State in 2017. He spent most of the 2017 season on Tampa Bay’s practice squad before joining the Bucs’ active roster for their final three games.
  Bullough, who is
  
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• WNBA guard Riquna Williams charged in fight with ex-partner

  30-04-2019 23:10
  PAHOKEE, Fla. (AP) — WNBA free-agent guard Riquna Williams has been arrested after authorities say she attacked her ex-girlfriend at a Florida home.
  According to an arrest report, Williams forced her way inside and repeatedly struck Alkeria Davis in the head and pulled her hair. Two men told Palm Beach County Sheriff’s deputies they spent 10 minutes trying to break up the fight in December.
  When they finally separated the women, authorities say 28-year-old Williams grabbed a firearm
  
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• Charter for Trump energy panel expires, meetings cancelled

  30-04-2019 23:10
  BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Federal officials have cancelled future meetings of an advisory panel created by the Trump administration to make it easier to extract fossil fuels from publicly leased land and offshore sites and to ensure a fair return for taxpayers.
  Interior Department spokeswoman Molly Block said Tuesday the Royalty Policy Committee’s charter expired April 21. Upcoming meetings scheduled in Pittsburgh later this week and Salt Lake City in August were cancelled.
  Block declin
  
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• Trump welcomes NASCAR champ to White House

  30-04-2019 23:09
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump welcomed NASCAR champion Joey Logano — and his race car — to the White House.
  Trump celebrated the 2018 NASCAR Cup Series Champion Tuesday on the South Lawn, along with team owner Roger Penske. With Logano’s car parked nearby, Trump praised the driver and called it “one beautiful car.”
  Trump also congratulated Penske and the team, saying he had known Penske a long time. He described NASCAR as a thrilling sport and calle
  
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• Lawmakers seek probe in heatstroke death of football player

  30-04-2019 23:09
  NEPTUNE, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s U.S. House delegation is seeking an independent investigation into the heatstroke death of a Kansas community college football player from their state.
  The state’s 12 representatives wrote Tuesday to Garden City Community College President Ryan Ruda requesting the probe.
  Nineteen-year-old Braeden Bradforth died in August about an hour and a half after practice. Bradforth was a defensive lineman from Neptune High School who arrived in Kansas in
  
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• The Story In Pictures | Ex Hex

  30-04-2019 21:54
  Yes, It’s Real. Mary Timony’s D.C. power pop quartet Ex Hex ripped through Club Congress, this Sunday past, effortlessly proving that they are “Tough Enough.” L.A.’s psych/punk/grunge/post-future rockers Feels and local mystics Lenguas Largas opened the show. Chaos ensued.…
  
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• Lawsuit seeks release of Boy Scout sexual abuse files

  30-04-2019 20:56
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey man who says he was abused by a Boy Scouts troop leader in the 1980s is suing to force the organization to release long-secret files containing the names of volunteers who were banned or considered risks for child sexual abuse.
  Attorneys for retired police officer Richard Halvorson filed the suit late Monday.
  The troop leader was suspended in 1987. The attorneys said he also worked as a schoolteacher and may have worked for another youth scouting organizati
  
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• Los Angeles Sparks re-sign All-Star point guard Chelsea Gray

  30-04-2019 20:55
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Sparks have re-signed two-time WNBA All-Star guard Chelsea Gray.
  Gray averaged a career-high 14.9 points, 5.1 assists, 3.4 rebounds and 1.4 steals per game in 2018, earning All-Star honors for the second straight year. She is currently playing for Cukurova Mersin in the Turkish league playoffs. The Sparks begin their season on May 26.
  Gray will be entering her fourth season with the Sparks. She was drafted 11th overall by the Connecticut Sun in 2014 and w
  
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• Squirrel initially scares, then snuggles with subway riders

  30-04-2019 20:48
  BOSTON (AP) — A surprise passenger hitched a ride on a Boston commuter trolley, frightening some people at first, but warming their hearts when it willingly snuggled in a human passenger’s arms.
  Commuters say a squirrel bounded onto a Red Line trolley Monday morning at an aboveground stop, prompting some passengers to hop onto their seats.
  Passenger Rosanne Foley, the executive director of the Boston Landmarks Commission, posted a Twitter photo of the squirrel resting on another pers
  
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• Reward boosted in search for suspect in girlfriend killing

  30-04-2019 20:43
  SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — The cash reward for information in the search for the suspect in the killing of a Vermont woman has been increased.
  The U.S. Marshals Service announced Monday that it is offering up to $10,000 for information that leads to the arrest of 37-year-old Leroy Headley.
  Headley is wanted on a second-degree murder charge in the May 3, 2018, shooting death of his 33-year-old partner, Anako “Annette” Lumumba (Ah-NAH-ko Ah-NET luh-MUHM-bah) in South Burlington
  
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• Nationals 3B Anthony Rendon to IL after missing 7 of 8 games

  30-04-2019 20:42
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Nationals third baseman Anthony Rendon is finally heading to the injured list with a bruised left elbow after sitting out seven of Washington’s past eight games.
  Rendon joins two other members of the team’s starting infield on the IL: first baseman Ryan Zimmerman and shortstop Trea Turner.
  Lefty reliever Dan Jennings’ contract was selected from Double-A Harrisburg on Tuesday so he could replace Rendon on the roster before Washington’s game against
  
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• US sales OK’d for cigarette alternative that heats tobacco

  30-04-2019 20:41
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials will allow Philip Morris International to sell a cigarette alternative that heats tobacco without burning it.
  But the Food and Drug Administration has not yet decided whether to allow the device, iQOS (EYE-kose), to be advertised as less harmful than cigarettes. Without that key marketing pitch, analysts expect limited use of the penlike device.
  The device is the centerpiece of the company’s effort to shift the shrinking market of U.S. smokers
  
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• Cathie Batbie-Loucks

  30-04-2019 20:38
  Cathie Batbie-Loucks is the KVOA-TV news director. Batbie-Loucks has been with the NBC-affiliate for over 19 years, previously serving as assistant news director, content management center director, assignment manager and news producer.
  Batbie-Loucks began her broadcast career at WTWO-TV in Terre Haute, Indiana, where she worked as a camera operator and weekend director, before transitioning into the newsroom as a reporter. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Indiana University, w
  
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• AP source: Cavs interview J.B. Bickertstaff for coaching job

  30-04-2019 20:37
  CLEVELAND (AP) — A person familiar with the Cleveland Cavaliers’ coaching search tells The Associated Press the team is interviewing former Memphis coach J.B. Bickerstaff.
  Bickerstaff is meeting with Cleveland officials Tuesday, according to the person who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the Cavaliers aren’t revealing their plans. Bickerstaff is the third known candidate to meet with the Cavaliers, along with Dallas assistant Jamahl Mosley and Miami assistant
  
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• UN welcomes momentum on Western Sahara, but parties at odds

  30-04-2019 20:35
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has approved a resolution welcoming “the new momentum” in efforts to end the decades-old dispute over the mineral-rich Western Sahara, but Morocco and the pro-independence Polisario Front remain at odds over its future.
  South Africa and Russia abstained in Tuesday’s 13-0 vote, calling the resolution unbalanced.
  Last year, the Security Council called for accelerated efforts to reach a solution to the more-than-four-decade sta
  
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• Barr to face Mueller report questions at Senate hearing

  30-04-2019 20:34
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General William Barr will face lawmakers’ questions Wednesday for the first time since releasing special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia report.
  He’ll be defending his actions before Democrats who accuse him of spinning the investigation’s findings in President Donald Trump’s favor.
  Barr’s appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to highlight the partisan schism around Mueller’s report and the Justice
  
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• Riverside areas prepare for record Mississippi River crest

  30-04-2019 20:33
  OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Communities in several states along the Mississippi River are watching the skies this week as rainfall will likely determine whether the river reaches record crests and how much it will push up floodwaters.
  The National Weather Service has issued flood warnings for areas directly next to the river in 10 states, from Minnesota and Wisconsin south to Louisiana and Mississippi.
  In Iowa, some cities on the river’s banks — including Davenport and Muscatine —
  
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• APNewsBreak: Bomb plot suspect was kicked out of the Army

  30-04-2019 20:32
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A U.S. official says an Army veteran accused of plotting terrorist attacks in Southern California was discharged from the military for a serious offense.
  The official told The Associated Press on Tuesday that Mark Domingo was demoted for violating the Uniform Code of Military Justice and did not complete his enlistment contract.
  Military records show Domingo served about 16 months, including a four-month stint in Afghanistan.
  The official was not authorized to speak publ
  
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• Colts add Spencer Ware to running back stable

  30-04-2019 20:28
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indianapolis Colts have signed veteran running back Spencer Ware.
  He’s the third veteran free agent Indy has signed this offseason. At 5-foot-10, 229 pounds, Ware gives the Colts’ backfield a bigger back than the others currently on the roster.
  Seattle drafted Ware in the sixth round in 2013 draft out of LSU. He played one season in Seattle before leaving in 2015 for Kansas City, where he spent the last three seasons.
  Ware has 340 carries, 1,580 yards ru
  
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• Doping fight: WADA gathers 2,500 samples from Russian lab

  30-04-2019 20:26
  The World Anti-Doping Agency says it has gathered more than 2,500 samples from the Russian laboratory that can be used to potentially corroborate doping positives uncovered by an investigation into a massive government-directed program designed to win Olympic medals.
  Obtaining the samples, along with data still being analyzed by WADA scientists, was a key goal for the agency as it tries to proceed with hundreds of cases from earlier in the decade.
  WADA announced Tuesday that it had retrieved 2,5
  
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• Without warrants, U.S. border agents search devices for wide range of crimes, lawyers claim

  30-04-2019 20:13
  U.S. border agents are searching the laptops and smartphones of U.S. citizens for evidence of a wide range of crimes without first acquiring warrants, according to allegations made in two new court filings submitted Tuesday that are part of a lawsuit against such electronic searches.
  Lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union said new documents and depositions from Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement show that agents are searching the electronic de
  
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• More classes canceled ahead of South Carolina teacher rally

  30-04-2019 20:07
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — More school districts in South Carolina are canceling classes ahead of a Wednesday teacher rally that’s expected to pull thousands of educators out of school.
  Richland School District 1 and Sumter County schools said Tuesday they will keep students home. Both districts said too many teachers asked for the day off to be able to safely watch children.
  Richland 1 includes downtown Columbia and has about 24,000 students. Sumter County schools have about 16,500 stude
  
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• Border Patrol disinvited from San Jose college’s job fair, immigration rally still planned

  30-04-2019 20:06
  The U.S. Border Patrol was disinvited from a job fair at a local college in San Jose, California, after a group of activists protested its planned presence and planned a rally at the fair.
  San Jose City College’s partner in putting on the job fair, Work2Future, asked the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, which encompasses the Border Patrol, not to attend at the request of the school administration, a spokesman for the college, Ryan Brown, told NBC News on Tuesday.For many at the diverse
  
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• West Virginia hospitals sue opioid companies; want damages

  30-04-2019 20:01
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Hospitals in the state with the nation’s highest opioid overdose rate have banded together to sue some of the country’s largest opioid companies.
  The lawsuit was filed by nearly 30 West Virginia hospitals and 10 affiliates in Kentucky. It claims the companies flooded Appalachia with powerful painkillers and forced medical centers to deal with the financial repercussions.
  The group’s lawyer says this is the first time a large group of hospitals in
  
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• The Latest: Prosecutor says 36 victims had no notice of fire

  30-04-2019 20:00
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Latest on the trial of two men for 36 people at a warehouse fire (all times local):
  10:55 a.m.:
  A prosecutor opened the trial for two men facing charges after a deadly fire killed 36 people in an illegally converted Northern California warehouse by reading the name of each victim.
  The opening by prosecutor Casey Bates left many victims’ relatives in tears Tuesday morning. It came at the start of what is known as “the Ghost Ship trial.”
  Forty-nine-
  
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• Judge: Charlottesville Confederate statues are protected

  30-04-2019 20:00
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A Virginia judge has ruled that Charlottesville’s Confederate statues are war monuments protected by state law.
  Judge Richard Moore’s ruling came in a lawsuit filed against Charlottesville City Council members who voted in 2017 to remove a statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee.
  Moore cited how statues of Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson depict the men in military uniforms and on horses associated with them during the Civil War. Virginia law make
  
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• 4 Your Health: Sniffing out the mortality

  30-04-2019 20:00
  A sniff test may be able to indicate how long an older adult will live.
  Senior citizens may soon get a smell test when they visit the doctor.
  That’s because older adults with a poor sense of smell have an increased risk of early death. A new Michigan State University study looked at about 2,000 seniors who were asked to identify 12 common odors. People with a poor sense of smell, who were otherwise healthy, were almost 50 percent more likely to die within 10 years than those with a keen se
  
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• North Dakota, Washington state at odds over oil train rules

  30-04-2019 19:53
  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota officials are pressuring Washington’s governor to veto legislation requiring oil shipped by rail to have more of its volatile gases removed.
  The bill awaiting Gov. Jay Inslee’s signature requires a lower vapor pressure limit for crude shipped by rail than either North Dakota requirements or industry standards.
  Proponents say it will boost safety. North Dakota officials worry it could hamper the nation’s No. 2 oil producer.
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• N4T Lifesaver: Barriers critical to prevent drownings

  30-04-2019 19:53
  TUCSON – With temperatures creeping up into the upper 90s, pool season is here.
  For the past ten years the News 4 Tucson Lifesaver has been stressing those ABCs of water safety.
  The ‘B’ stands for barriers – the last line of defense when it comes to keeping kids safe around water.
  “Children don’t really have a good concept of safety and risk; therefore they really can’t make those good decisions about how to keep themselves safe. So t
  
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• Police: Man took 4-year-old, bound her, locked her in trunk

  30-04-2019 19:52
  WAYNESBORO, Pa. (AP) — Police say a 20-year-old Pennsylvania man entered a home’s unlocked front door, snatched a 4-year-old girl from her bed and bound and locked her in a wooden trunk at his grandparents’ house.
  Pennsylvania State Police say the child was reported missing at 3:30 a.m. Thursday and was found later that morning in Waynesboro, about 165 miles (265 kilometers) west of Philadelphia, near the Maryland line.
  According to an affidavit, state police found a wooden tru
  
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• N4T Lifesaver: Free CPR classes offered this Lifesaver season

  30-04-2019 19:49
  TUCSON – For the past decade, the News 4 Tucson Lifesaver has been committed to keeping kids safe in and around the water.
  Drowning only takes a few seconds, and it’s also 100% preventable.
  Knowing how to respond to a water incident involving a child can mean the difference between life and death.
  “As a paramedic in the community for just over 35 years, people ask me, I want to save a life. My response is – take a CPR class,” Bill Spurbeck, founder and CEO of C
  
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• N4T Lifesaver: Year-round ABCs of drowning prevention

  30-04-2019 19:47
  TUCSON – With temperatures creeping into the upper 90’s, it’s definitely getting close to pool season, but learning the ABC’s of water safety are critical 365 days a year.
  “Our hope obviously is that we don’t see one water incident for the rest of the year. That would be awesome,” said Tracy Koslowski, with Drexel Heights Fire District.
  As temperatures begin to heat up, kids will be looking to cool down, but the ABC’s of water safety aren’t j
  
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• The Latest: Facebook takes another stab at virtual reality

  30-04-2019 19:45
  SAN JOSE, California (AP) — The Latest on Mark Zuckerberg’s keynote speech at Facebook’s annual developers conference (all times local):
  11:30 a.m.
  Facebook will launch its latest attempt to widen the appeal of artificial worlds on May 21 with this release of its Oculus Quest headset.
  The company unveiled its plans for the Oculus Quest last fall without disclosing when the $399 headset would be available. Facebook has been trying to get more people hooked on virtual reality sin
  
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• Top White House adviser says Trump still backing Moore

  30-04-2019 19:39
  WASHINGTON (AP) — White House adviser Kellyanne Conway says the president is still backing conservative commentator Stephen Moore for a spot on the Federal Reserve board, and she adds she’s not concerned about some of his controversial comments on women.
  Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Conway said, “I’m a strong successful woman who’s worked with Stephen Moore for decades. I know how he feels about women, how he treats women in the workplace.”
  Conway’s
  
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• Hummingbird returns every year to see Georgia man who nursed him back to health

  30-04-2019 19:39
  GROVETOWN, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) — A Grovetown man nursed a hummingbird back to health four years ago. That hummingbird migrates south every year, but around Masters time, he always finds his way back.
  It’s a story that proves friends come in all shapes and sizes.
  If you’re looking to cross someone, Mike Cardenaz is not the guy. But, this muscle car driving, tattooed, former SWAT officer has a softer side.
  Right now, he’s helping an injured chipmunk get back on his feet.
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• Man convicted in fatal shooting of Mesa High School teacher

  30-04-2019 19:33
  PHOENIX (AP) — Jurors have convicted a man of first-degree murder in the 2017 shooting death of a Mesa High School math teacher who had been his friend and roommate.
  Maricopa County Superior Court officials say 29-year-old Caleb Bartels faces a June 10 sentencing after a jury on Monday convicted him of first-degree murder, aggravated assault and burglary and acquitted him of criminal damage.
  Bartels was accused of killing 26-year-old Ryne Zahner as Zahner sat in his Tempe backyard on Jan.
  
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• Sundance Film Festival co-founder pleads guilty to sex abuse

  30-04-2019 19:32
  AMERICAN FORK, Utah (AP) — A Utah filmmaker who co-founded the Sundance Film Festival and produced an Oscar-winning movie in the mid-1980s has pleaded guilty to sexual abuse of a child.
  Sterling Van Wagenen entered the plea Tuesday during a court hearing in American Fork, Utah, south of Salt Lake City. Van Wagenen’s attorney Steven Shapiro said that his client wanted to “acknowledge wrongful conduct.”
  Prosecutors charged Van Wagenen earlier this month on accusations that
  
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• Few heed latest call for caravan amid fear after police raid

  30-04-2019 19:31
  SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (AP) — Calls for a new migrant caravan have gone largely unheeded as only a relatively small group has departed from Honduras, a week after a raid by Mexican police resulted in hundreds of detentions and the dissolution of a previous caravan.
  Conversation in online chat groups used to organize the caravans been notably marked by anxiety since that raid and amid other policies in Mexico that seem designed to discourage movements of migrants en masse.
  Fewer than 300
  
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