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• An Evening with Two-Door Hatchback

  31-05-2019 23:42
  On Saturday, June 1 enjoy a night of music brought to you by Two-Door Hatchback. The group, made up of Samantha Bounkeua and brothers Marco and Dante Rosano, will be performing a selection of lullabies and original music.…
  
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• Views from Tucson, Issue 2 Captures the City with Lo-fi Nostalgia

  31-05-2019 22:30
  Smartphones may take sharp pictures, but there's nothing quite like analog film. Kikie Wilkins, local film photographer, uses his film cameras loaded with new and expired film to capture ordinary and candid moments in Tucson.…
  
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• All Bets Are On: On the WCWS, Arizona Basketball and Devonaire Doutrive's Departure

  31-05-2019 21:44
  All Bets Are On returns this week with an action-packed podcast that covers the gamut of Arizona Wildcats topics.
  The duo of Christopher Boan and Tyler Vondrak kick off their latest podcast with a breakdown of Arizona's performance in the Women's College World Series, including Thursday's 3-1 win over Washington.…
  
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• Claytoon of the Day: Freedom Gas

  31-05-2019 18:36
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• 20 Great Things to Do in Tucson This Weekend: May 31 to June 2

  31-05-2019 10:30
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• XOXO: Where to Rock This Weekend, May 31 to June 2

  31-05-2019 10:00
  Friday, May 31That's just "The Way We Ball." On Life (King LIfe Family Records, 2018) Houston rapper Lil' Flip asserts, "I Live by the Old Rules."…
  
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• Suicide bombing hits eastern Kabul; no word on casualties

  31-05-2019 06:37
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Police say a suicide bomber has struck east of the capital Kabul, the second such attack in as many days. There is no immediate word on casualties.
  Police official Jan Aga says it’s too early to identify the target of Friday’s attack that took place in Kabul’s eastern Yakatot neighborhood.
  On Thursday, six people were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside an Afghan army academy and training center, also in the east of the capital.
  
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• Groundbreaking ceremony for new JTED campus

  31-05-2019 06:35
  TUCSON – Joint Technical Education District had a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday for their new campus on the Southwest side.
  The new Bridges Innovation Learning Center will be built near Park Avenue and Interstate 10. The new school will offer programs in 3-D animation and game design, robotics and mechatronics and various healthcare programs.
  “Career and technical education is the application of the academics. It’s the hands on. It engages students. And what we also do
  
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• Migrants traverse the deadly last stretch of Darien jungle

  31-05-2019 06:13
  BAJO CHIQUITO, Panama (AP) — At first they appeared only as weary silhouettes emerging from the dense foliage on the other side of the Tuquesa River.
  Three women, one leaning on a stick for support, and two others carrying their few belongings on their heads accompanied by a 2-year-old boy. Two men, one carrying a machete, arrived soon after to ford the waters to safety in this village, the first populated place on the Panamanian side of the unforgiving Darien Gap.
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• Oklahoma tops Alabama 3-2 in WCWS, faces Oklahoma St. next

  31-05-2019 06:12
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Giselle “G” Juarez threw a complete game to help Oklahoma beat Alabama 3-2 on Thursday night in the Women’s College World Series.
  The Sooners set up a matchup against rival Oklahoma State on Friday night with a berth in the semifinals on the line. The schools have never met in the World Series. Oklahoma State beat Florida 2-1 on the strength of pitcher Samantha Show’s two homers.
  Juarez gave up just two runs on four hits and struck out nine for
  
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• Dick Tomey public memorial at McKale Center at 9 a.m.

  31-05-2019 06:10
  TUCSON –  Memorial services for legendary University of Arizona football coach Dick Tomey will begin at 9 a.m.
  The public memorial will take place at McKale Center.Here’s more on Dick Tomey’s passing:
  TUCSON – After a five-month battle with lung cancer, Univerisity of Arizona legend, Dick Tomey passed away Friday at the age of 80.
  The former Arizona head football coach was diagnosed with a type of lung cancer in January. Tomey has since been receiving treatment
  
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• Bishop blesses new Center for Opportunity before opening

  31-05-2019 06:08
  TUCSON – Tucson’s new Center for Opportunity was blessed by the Diocese of Tucson Bishop on Thursday, May 30th.
  Bishop Edward Weisenburger took a tour of the new facility before blessing it.
  The former Holiday Inn Hotel on the Southside will provide housing and services to the city’s homeless population.
  “Things that I was especially impressed with is the holistic approach,” said Bishop Edward Weisenburger. “We are taking care of those who just need to be care
  
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• Scripps National Spelling Bee ends in unprecedented 8-way championship tie after organizers run out of challenging words

  31-05-2019 06:06
  OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — Scripps National Spelling Bee ends in unprecedented 8-way championship tie after organizers run out of challenging words.
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• White Sox beat Indians 10-4 for season-high 4th straight win

  31-05-2019 05:36
  CHICAGO (AP) — Yonder Alonso and José Abreu each hit a two-run homer, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Cleveland Indians 10-4 on Thursday night for their season-high fourth straight victory.
  Alonso also doubled and scored against his former team, helping Chicago move within one game of Cleveland for second place in the AL Central. Eloy Jiménez had three hits and two RBIs, and Manny Bañuelos (3-4) pitched 5 1/3 innings of three-run ball for his first win in a month.
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• 3 Ex-UCLA football players sue school over injuries

  31-05-2019 05:32
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Three former University of California, Los Angeles football players are suing the school, alleging they suffered concussions and other injuries that worsened because they were forced to play instead of receiving proper treatment.
  The Los Angeles Times says former offensive linemen John Lopez, Poasi Moala and Zach Bateman are seeking more than $15 million each in suits naming UCLA regents, former coach Jim Mora, other staff and the NCAA.
  Lopez and Moala allege that they c
  
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• Soler, Mondesi homers lead Royals past Rangers 4-2

  31-05-2019 05:31
  ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Jorge Soler and Adalberto Mondesi homered and Jakob Junis allowed two runs in six innings as the Kansas City Royals snapped a three-game losing streak with a 4-2 win over Texas Rangers on Thursday night.
  Junis (4-5) allowed four hits, including homers by Shin-Soo Choo and Nomar Mazara, and two walks for his first win since May 1. The victory follows three losses and a no-decision.
  Ian Kennedy worked a perfect ninth inning for his third save, and the first for Kansas
  
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• China factory activity falls contracts in May amid dispute

  31-05-2019 05:18
  BEIJING (AP) — China’s factory activity fell into contraction territory in May amid an ongoing trade dispute with the U.S. that has seen higher tariffs slapped on Chinese exports.
  The National Bureau of Statistics and an industry group, the China Federation of Logistics & Purchasing, said Friday that the composite purchasing managers’ index of China dropped to 49.4 in May, down from 50.1 in April.
  That suggests that manufacturing activity for the month shrank since any read
  
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• Moustakas goes deep twice, Brewers top Pirates 11-5

  31-05-2019 05:15
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike Moustakas homered twice among his four hits and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 11-5 Thursday night.
  Yasmani Grandal also homered and had four hits to help the Brewers win for the third time in four games.
  Moustakas hit a two-run shot over the right-center field wall off Joe Musgrove in the first inning to get the Brewers on the scoreboard. His solo shot to right in the third extended Milwaukee’s lead to 4-1. It was Moustakas’ 15th homer
  
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• AZGFD catch and release nuisance bear in Galiuro Mountains

  31-05-2019 05:11
  TUCSON – The Arizona Game and Fish Department recently captured and released a nuisance bear in the Galiuro Mountains.
  According to AZGFD, the bear was captured in the Santa Rita Mountains. The bear was captured because it kept foraging garbage in a residential area near Apache Springs.AZGFD advises securing all food and garbage in areas where bears are present. If you encounter a bear that does not move on, you are advised to call 623-236-7201.
   
   
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• Al-Jazeera says Sudan shuts down bureau, blocks journalists

  31-05-2019 05:10
  KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — The satellite news channel Al-Jazeera says authorities in Sudan have shut down its bureau in Khartoum and banned its reporters from working.
  Al-Jazeera made the announcement early Friday, describing the decision by Sudan’s military government as “an attack on media freedom, professional journalism, and the basic tenets of the right for people to know and understand the reality of what is happening in Sudan.”
  There was no official acknowledgement fro
  
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• Trooper shoots driver on New Orleans’ Bourbon Street

  31-05-2019 04:56
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana state trooper has shot the driver of a car on New Orleans’ tourist-filled Bourbon Street.
  Louisiana State Police spokesman Monroe Dillon tells news outlets that the driver was shot once Thursday evening.
  New Orleans Emergency Medical Services spokesman Jonathan Fourcade says the driver was hospitalized for a gunshot wound to the abdomen.
  It was not immediately clear what prompted the shooting and officials did not release the identity of the driver. The
  
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• Loyola’s Spencer and Maryland’s Taylor win lacrosse awards

  31-05-2019 04:42
  WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — Loyola of Maryland’s high-scoring attackman Pat Spencer and Maryland goalie Megan Taylor have won the Tewaaraton Award, given annually to the top male and top female player in college lacrosse.
  Spencer, a four-time All-American and the first player in Patriot League history to earn the conference’s offensive player of the year honors all four years, had career highs offensively last season with 49 goals and 65 assists for 114 points in 17 games. He finis
  
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• PCSD looks for person of interest in May 20 armed robbery

  31-05-2019 04:39
  TUCSON – Pima County Sheriff’s Department needs your help in identifying a person of interest that may have information about a recent bank robbery.
  On May 20, at the National Bank of Arizona near River Road and La Cholla Boulevard. A man showed the teller a gun and demanded large bills that he stuffed into a large manila envelope. Detectives said he told the teller as he showed the gun, “You know what this is, give me the money.” He left and was seen getting into a white
  
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• Tiananmen veterans look back on movement’s mistakes, passion

  31-05-2019 04:37
  BEIJING (AP) — One of the most outspoken student leaders during the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests is now more circumspect but remains just as harsh a critic of China’s Communist regime.
  Wu’er Kaixi (WOO’-err KAI’-shee) says, “Sometimes remembrance is one of the most humble forms of resistance.” He spoke in an interview in Taiwan, where he now lives with his wife and children and is the honorary chairman of Reporters Without Borders.
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• Meadows drives in 4, streaking Rays pound Twins 14-3

  31-05-2019 04:25
  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Hot-hitting Austin Meadows drove in four runs to back the pitching of Charlie Morton, who remained unbeaten for the Tampa Bay Rays with a 14-3 victory over the major league-best Minnesota Twins on Thursday night.
  Meadows delivered the big blow in a six-run third inning against starter Martin Perez (7-2), a three-run double down the right field line. The young outfielder also singled home a run in the fourth, when the Rays scored five more times to make it 11-0.
  
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• Univision says it recovered contentious Maduro interview

  31-05-2019 04:01
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The Univision television network says it has recovered the video of a contentious interview with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro that was confiscated after he cut it short, angered by critical questions from journalist Jorge Ramos.
  Ramos said Thursday that the recovery of the video was “a real triumph against censorship” and that it was returned by “confidential sources” who cannot be named out of concern for their safety.
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• Prisoner of War and Tucson native, now laid to rest

  31-05-2019 03:40
  MARANA, Ariz. – Sergeant Cread Shuey was laid to rest at the Arizona Veterans Memorial Cemetery. Thursday, flags flew at half staff, taps were played and the community gathered to honor a soldier who was unknown for decades.
  Sgt. Shuey fought in World War II and died in a prison of war camp in the Philippines. In 2016, Sgt. Shuey’s remains were exhumed from the Philippines where he had been buried for decades as an unknown. His remains were then sent for identification.
  The soldier
  
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• Show hits 2 HRs, throws complete game for Oklahoma State

  31-05-2019 03:29
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Samantha Show hit two homers and pitched a complete game to help Oklahoma State beat Florida 2-1 in the Women’s College World Series on Thursday.
  Show’s teammates didn’t register a single hit, and it didn’t matter as the 13th-seeded Cowgirls (45-15) claimed their first World Series win since 1998.
  Show, the game’s second batter, took Kelly Barnhill’s pitch over the fence in right center to put Oklahoma State up 1-0.
  Florida (49-17) a
  
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• Northern California inmate killed; 2 prisoners suspected

  31-05-2019 03:25
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say an inmate has been killed at a Northern California state prison and two other prisoners are suspects in his death.
  Officials say the 63-year-old man was stabbed with a homemade weapon in an exercise yard Thursday at California State Prison, Sacramento.
  Guards saw two inmates fighting with him and used pepper spray and a blast grenade to stop the violence.
  The dead inmate was serving life without chance of parole at the maximum-security prison east
  
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• The Latest: Mexican leader warns against ‘coercive measures’

  31-05-2019 03:24
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump’s announcement on new tariffs for Mexican imports in response to heavy flow of migrants (all times local):
  11:15 p.m.
  Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says his foreign relations secretary will lead a delegation to seek a peaceful and negotiated solution to U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to impose stiff tariffs on goods from Mexico if the country doesn’t do more to slow irregular migrat
  
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• Man sought for pawning stolen jewelry

  31-05-2019 02:53
  TUCSON – Tucson Police Department is on the lookout for a jewelry thief.
  TPD posted on Twitter Thursday that they are asking the public’s help in identifying a man who pawned thousands of dollars worth of jewelry.
  He is described between 5 feet 9 inches and 6 feet and weighs between 160-180 pounds.BURGLARY SUSPECT DARES TUCSON TO IDENTIFY HIM
  Detectives are asking for help in ID'ing this suspect who pawned thousands of dollars worth of stolen jewelry. He was also kind enough to provi
  
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• Man wanted in Arizona fatal shooting is arrested in Colorado

  31-05-2019 02:51
  GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Police in the Phoenix suburb of Glendale say a man wanted in connection with a fatal shooting last month has been arrested in Colorado.
  They say 52-year-old Karriem Seymour was taken into custody May 16 in Colorado Springs.
  He’s been extradited to Phoenix and jailed on suspicion of first-degree murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
  It was unclear Thursday if Seymour has a lawyer yet.
  Glendale police obtained a felony warrant for Seymour’s ar
  
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• Arts and Entertainment: Great movies to see this weekend

  31-05-2019 02:40
  Get ready to grab some popcorn and your favorite drink because there are some new movies coming out this weekend you won’t want to miss.
  News 4 Tucson’s Herb Stratford gives us a run down on which ones we should go see in the video below. 
   
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• Alabama executes man convicted of killing pastor; man was nearly put to death last month before warrant expired

  31-05-2019 02:38
  ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — Alabama executes man convicted of killing pastor; man was nearly put to death last month before warrant expired.
  The post Alabama executes man convicted of killing pastor; man was nearly put to death last month before warrant expired appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• Father of the Year Honoree talks challenges to raising five kids

  31-05-2019 02:35
  TUCSON- One of the seven fathers being recognized by the Father’s Day Council Tucson is Stuart Mellan. 
  Mellan is the President and CEO of the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona. With his wife and five kids he shared what fatherhood was like early on.
  “Wife and I were widowed when we were young and we married when the kids were five to 11,” he said. “Five kids if you could picture that scene… it was quite a chaotic and fun and challenging you know early mar
  
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• Federal court revives lawsuit over lead ammunition, condors

  31-05-2019 02:27
  WILLIAMS, Ariz. (AP) — A federal appeals court has revived a lawsuit challenging the use of lead ammunition in a northern Arizona forest.
  The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling Thursday allows environmental groups to argue for banning the ammunition in the Kaibab National Forest.
  Lead poisoning is the leading cause of death for endangered California condors that feed on animal carcasses.
  The environmental groups say the Kaibab forest is not doing enough to regulate spent ammunition.
  
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• Military judge frees Navy SEAL from custody in advance of murder trial in death of Islamic State prisoner

  31-05-2019 02:26
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Military judge frees Navy SEAL from custody in advance of murder trial in death of Islamic State prisoner.
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• Father of the Year Honoree shares advice for juggling work and being a father

  31-05-2019 02:20
  TUCSON- One of the seven fathers nominated by the Tucson Father’s Day Council is Ali Farhang. 
  Farhang is the managing partner of Farhang and Medcoff Attorneys, co-owner of the Tucson Sugar Skulls, founder of the Arizona Bowl and assistant varsity high school football coach.
  With all those titles, he is a husband and father to two kids. Farhang shared the most important thing he can do as a father.
  “Being there and giving my kids the tools to navigate the road ahead,” he
  
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• In-depth coverage as UA wins at College World Series: Preps for No. 2 UCLA

  31-05-2019 02:10
  OKLAHOMA CITY – After Coach Mike Candrea and the Arizona softball team beat No. 3 Washington for the first time in over two years, the Cats are now gearing up for No. 2 UCLA..In-depth coverage of Arizona's win over Washington in the first game of the Women's College World Series.Highlights as well compliments of ESPN: pic.twitter.com/6fDqoNb8xj
  — Paul Cicala (@PaulCicala) May 30, 2019One day after she was named the best catcher in the country, Dejah Mulipola let it be known
  
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• Haney suspended from SiriusXM show for women’s golf comment

  31-05-2019 01:58
  NEW YORK (AP) — Swing coach Hank Haney has been suspended from the SiriusXM PGA Tour Radio channel because of saying on his show that a Korean would probably win the U.S. Women’s Open and that he couldn’t name six players on the LPGA Tour.
  He then said he would go with “Lee” and if he didn’t have to mention a first name, “I’d get a bunch of them right.”
  Haney, who coached Tiger Woods for six of his majors from 2004 to 2010, apologized on Twit
  
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• Chicago mayor demands resignation of indicted alderman

  31-05-2019 01:45
  CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is calling on a longtime Chicago alderman to resign after a federal indictment accused him of racketeering, bribery and attempted extortion.
  Edward M. Burke is a 50-year veteran of the City Council, making him one of the most powerful in its history. However Lightfoot, who was elected on a reform platform, says the indictment shows Burke used his position in government to enrich himself.
  Among the charges in the Thursday’s indictment is the
  
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