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• 1st direct KLM flight from Amsterdam arrives in Las Vegas

  06-06-2019 23:51
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Officials in Las Vegas are marking the start of direct KLM Royal Dutch Airlines service from Amsterdam following the arrival of the first scheduled flight.
  A water arch ceremony greeted the Boeing 787-9 from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol after it landed a little before 2 p.m. Thursday at McCarran International Airport.
  The flight took 10 hours and 20 minutes.
  KLM President and CEO Pieter Elbers says Las Vegas is KLM’s 18th North Atlantic destination.
  Airport executive R
  
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• Six Arizona Wildcats Picked in 2019 MLB Draft

  06-06-2019 22:10
  Six members of the Arizona Wildcats baseball team were among the 1,217 names called during this year's MLB Draft, which wrapped up on Wednesday afternoon.
  Among those selected were junior infielders Cameron Cannon (43rd pick, Boston Red Sox) and Nick Quintana (47th pick, Detroit Tigers).…
  
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• Claytoon of the Day: Race With Jared

  06-06-2019 20:05
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• The Latest: Blues beat Bruins 2-1 for 3-2 lead in Cup Final

  06-06-2019 18:54
  BOSTON (AP) — The Latest from Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final between the Boston Bruins and St. Louis Blues (all times local):
  11:05 p.m.
  The St. Louis Blues are one win away from their first Stanley Cup championship.
  Jordan Binnington stopped 39 shots, and Ryan O’Reilly and David Perron scored for St. Louis in a 2-1 victory over Boston for a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven series.
  Game 6 is Sunday night in St. Louis.
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• Binnington, Blues beat Bruins 2-1, lead Cup final 3-2

  06-06-2019 17:58
  BOSTON (AP) — Jordan Binnington stopped 38 shots, and Ryan O’Reilly and David Perron scored for St. Louis on Thursday night to give the Blues a 2-1 victory over the Boston Bruins and a 3-2 lead in the Stanley Cup Final.
  The Blues have won two straight since a 7-2 loss at home and return to St. Louis with a chance to clinch the first NHL championship in franchise history.
  Tuukka Rask stopped 19 shots, and Jake DeBrusk scored for Boston.
  Game 6 is Sunday night.
  The Bruins were lifted b
  
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• Unprecedented scale: D-Day’s fighters, helpers, victims

  06-06-2019 15:47
  FILE – In this file photo from June 6, 1944, members of an American landing unit help their comrades ashore during the Normandy invasion. The men reached the zone code-named Utah Beach, near Sainte- Mere-Eglise, on a life raft after their landing craft was hit and sunk by German coastal defenses. (Louis Weintraub/Pool Photo via AP, File)
  The D-Day invasion that helped change the course of World War II was unprecedented in scale and audacity.
  As veterans and world leaders commemorate the 75
  
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• Markets Right Now: Stocks rise slightly, market eyes trade

  06-06-2019 15:45
  NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local):
  9:35 a.m.
  Stocks are slightly higher Thursday as the market watches for the latest developments in U.S. trade disputes with China and Mexico.
  Technology and energy companies posted early gains while banks declined.
  Tesla gained 4% on reports that the electric car maker is on pace to report a solid number of deliveries for the second quarter.
  Michaels Cos. fell 10% after reporting sales at established stores
  
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• Mexico plans border ‘unity’ rally, nabs 2 migrant activists

  06-06-2019 15:37
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president is planning to hold a “unity” rally on the border in Tijuana on Saturday to “defend the dignity of Mexico.”
  The rally will be held just two days before U.S. President Donald Trump is set to impose 5% tariffs on Mexican products unless the country prevents Central American migrants from traveling through its territory.
  President Andrés Manuel López Obrador expressed confidence Thursday that an agreement could
  
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• Man dies in shootout with Wayne State officer in Detroit

  06-06-2019 15:36
  DETROIT (AP) — Authorities say a man has died in a shootout with a Wayne State University police officer in Detroit.
  The school’s police Chief Anthony Holt says the department responded Wednesday night following a 911 call about shots being fired. The Detroit News says someone reported that the man was riding his bike and firing a gun, and he shot at police before the officer returned fire.
  WWJ-AM reports no one else was injured. The man’s name wasn’t immediately released
  
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• ‘Baby Shark’ is being turned into an animated series, doo doo doo doo doo doo

  06-06-2019 15:36
  Baby Shark / Courtesy: CNN
  (CNN) – YouTube sensation “Baby Shark” (an earworm curse to parents everywhere), is being developed into an animated series for Nickelodeon, a rep for the network told CNN.
  Nickelodeon will team up with SmartStudy, the company behind Pinkfong, the Korean entertainment brand which created the song, to develop the original series for pre-schoolers.
  The song became a breakout sensation when it launched on YouTube in November 2015. To date, it has amassed
  
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• Thai court sentences ex-PM to prison over lottery program

  06-06-2019 15:29
  BANGKOK (AP) — A Thai court has sentenced former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to two years in prison over his handling of a state lottery program he initiated while in office more than a decade ago.
  His conviction Thursday by a branch of Supreme Court was for malfeasance, for carrying out a policy judged to be in violation of the law or official regulations.
  Thaksin was ousted by a military coup in 2006 and has been absent from Thailand since 2008, when he fled to avoid serving a two-
  
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• Police: Shooter kills 15-year-old girl at apartment

  06-06-2019 15:25
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Police in Ohio say a person entered an apartment where several people were gathered and began shooting, killing a 15-year-old girl and injuring a 14-year-old boy.
  Columbus police say 15-year-old Shamya Saultz and the boy who was injured were among a group of family members and friends inside the apartment when the shooter entered and opened fire around 12:30 a.m. Thursday.
  Police say the unidentified suspect then fled the apartment.
  The injured teens were taken to a h
  
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• Russian band to stage Planned Parenthood benefit in Alabama

  06-06-2019 15:23
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The Russian protest band Pussy Riot is planning a concert in Alabama to benefit Planned Parenthood after the state passed the nation’s toughest anti-abortion law.
  Al.com reports that the feminist band is set to perform July 11 at a music venue in Birmingham.
  A tweet by the band says the show will benefit both Planned Parenthood and the Yellowhammer Fund, which says it provides funding for anyone seeking care at one of the state’s three abortion clinics.
  
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• Missouri River will remain high because of water from dams

  06-06-2019 15:19
  OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The amount of water being released into the lower Missouri River from upstream dams will remain at a high level for several months because of recent heavy rain and remaining snowpack.
  The Army Corps of Engineers says it expects water releases from reservoirs on the Missouri to be above average through the summer and possibly until November.
  The Corps says that for now it’s maintaining the amount of water that’s being released from Gavins Point Dam on the Nebr
  
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• UN says about 25% of Ebola cases could be going undetected

  06-06-2019 15:14
  GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization says it may be missing a quarter of all Ebola cases in eastern Congo as violent unrest complicates detection.
  That estimate by WHO emergencies chief Dr. Michael Ryan on Thursday comes after aid groups expressed concern this week that the rate of new cases has been picking up speed.
  There have been more than 2,000 confirmed and probable cases of the Ebola virus since August, with nearly 1,400 deaths.
  Ryan told journalists in Geneva that WHO believ
  
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• Fire damages north side storage facility

  06-06-2019 15:12
  TUCSON –Crews responded to a storage unit fire early Thursday morning.
  Northwest Fire District units were dispatched to the 6900 block of N. Camino Martin, near Interstate 10 and Ina Road.
  Fire officials say 32 storage units were involved, 14 of them had fire damages and 18 had smoke damage.Storage unit fire in the 6900 block of N Camino Martin. A total of 32 units (16 front & back) were involved. 14 units with fire damage and the rest with smoke damage.The cause is under investigatio
  
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• Video game addiction now classified as mental health disorder

  06-06-2019 15:09
  TUCSON – Whether it is Madden, Mario or Fortnite, it is pretty typical for kids to play some kind of video game.
  Last week, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially recognized video game addiction as a mental health disorder.
  WHO recognized gaming disorder as part of its 11th edition of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11).The World Health Organization now recognizes video game addiction as a mental health disorder. We found a center in Tucson that treats for gaming
  
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• Accident involving 20 cadets at West Point training site

  06-06-2019 15:05
  WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a carrier vehicle at West Point overturned in an accident involving at least 20 cadets at a training site.
  New York State police said troopers were assisting West Point personnel responding to the Thursday morning crash at the U.S. Military Academy.
  West Point officials confirmed there was an accident near Camp Natural Bridge, an area where cadet summer training takes place. They provided no details on the crash.
  There was no official confirmation of
  
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• Stressed out? Your dog may feel it too, study suggests

  06-06-2019 15:02
  NEW YORK (AP) — A new study suggests when dog owners go through stressful times, their pets also feel the pressure.
  Swedish researchers focused on 58 people who own border collies or Shetland sheepdogs.
  They examined hair from the dog owners and their pets, looking at levels of a hormone that’s released into the bloodstream and absorbed by hair follicles in response to stress.
  They found human and canine stress levels were in sync, and think the owners are influencing the dogs rather
  
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• Italian-American businessman Commisso new Fiorentina owner

  06-06-2019 14:55
  MILAN (AP) — Italian-American businessman Rocco Commisso has completed his takeover of Serie A club Fiorentina.
  No financial details were disclosed but the deal is reportedly worth about 160 million euros ($181 million).
  Commisso, who tried to buy AC Milan last year, also owns the New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League.
  He says he has “always been a fan of Italian football and there are no words to describe how incredibly honored I am to have the opportunity to help writ
  
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• Thursday Forecast

  06-06-2019 14:49
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• Social media photos led investigators to hit-and-run suspect

  06-06-2019 14:46
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a Florida man posted photos of his damaged vehicle on social media, telling friends he’d hit a deer. But the Florida Highway Patrol says 37-year-old Dwayne Drayton struck and killed 70-year-old Robert Henschel as he stood beside his disabled vehicle on Feb. 23. He was arrested Wednesday.
  An arrest report says a witness told troopers a maroon Mustang drove away from the crash scene.
  Anonymous callers contacted troopers after seeing Drayton’s
  
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• Gunmen kill 2 Pakistani troops deployed for Eid in southwest

  06-06-2019 14:44
  QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s military says suspected militants have opened fire on a paramilitary vehicle patrolling in the town of Hernai in southwestern Baluchistan province, killing two troops before fleeing.
  In a statement, it said Thursday’s attack targeted troops deployed for security duty during the three-day Islamic holiday of Eid al-Fitr, which began across Pakistan on Wednesday. It said a search has been launched to track the assailants.
  No one claimed responsib
  
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• US productivity grew at solid 3.4% rate in first quarter

  06-06-2019 14:37
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. productivity grew at a strong 3.4% rate in the January-March quarter, the best showing in more than four years. It is an encouraging sign that productivity may finally be improving after a long stretch of weakness.
  The first quarter gain was more than double the 1.3% increase in the fourth quarter, although it was slightly lower than an initial estimate of 3.6% made a month ago. Labor costs fell during the first quarter, declining by 1.6% following a 0.4% drop in the
  
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• US trade deficit shrinks to $50.8 billion in April

  06-06-2019 14:35
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. trade deficit shrank in April, but the politically sensitive deficit with China moved higher.
  The Commerce Department says the gap between the goods and services the U.S. buys and what it sells abroad fell 2.1% to $50.8 billion in April from March. Exports fell 2.2% to $206.8 billion. Imports dropped 2.2% to $257.6 billion.
  The deficit in the trade of goods with China rose 29.7% to $26.9 billion.
  President Donald Trump has sought to reduce America’s persist
  
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• US productivity grew at solid 3.4% rate in first quarter, best showing in 4 years

  06-06-2019 14:33
  WASHINGTON (AP) — US productivity grew at solid 3.4% rate in first quarter, best showing in 4 years.
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• Japan PM to visit Iran in effort to mediate tension with US

  06-06-2019 14:33
  TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s government spokesman says Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit Iran in an effort to reduce tensions between Tehran and Washington.
  Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Thursday that Abe’s trip will be the first by a Japanese leader to Iran in 41 years. He declined to specify the dates of the trip or other details.
  Kyodo News and other local media said Abe will visit Tehran on June 12-14 and meet with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Presiden
  
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• US trade deficit shrinks to $50.8 billion in April, but gap with China rises

  06-06-2019 14:32
  WASHINGTON (AP) — US trade deficit shrinks to $50.8 billion in April, but gap with China rises.
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• Finland’s new female-powered government sworn in

  06-06-2019 14:32
  HELSINKI (AP) — Finland’s new center-left coalition government has been sworn, with the country’s first Social Democratic prime minister in 16 years assuming office along with a Cabinet where women are in the majority.
  The 19-member Cabinet of Prime Minister Antti Rinne was approved Thursday in the 200-seat Eduskunta legislature, after which President Sauli Niinisto appointed it.
  Eleven of the Cabinet members are female, reflecting Nordic gender equality in the nation’s p
  
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• ‘Waffle House hero’ honored with joyride in Blue Angels jet

  06-06-2019 14:23
  SMYRNA, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man who wrestled a gun away from a Waffle House shooter has been honored with a joyride in a Blue Angels jet.
  The Daily News Journal reports James Shaw Jr. enjoyed a stomach-churning flight over Smyrna Wednesday in a U.S. Navy F/A-18 Hornet.
  Blue Angels pilot Lt. Cary Rickoff says he showed Shaw some aerobatics, as well as high-speed and dynamic maneuvers. The G-forces can be intense, and he says Shaw actually lost consciousness for a moment, but Shaw says
  
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• Flu ruled out as cause of death for Texas couple in Fiji

  06-06-2019 14:19
  FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Health officials in Fiji say they don’t yet have an answer on why a Texas couple died while vacationing on the island but that influenza has been ruled out as a potential cause.
  Fiji’s Ministry of Health and Medical Services said Wednesday the investigation is ongoing into the deaths of 37-year-old David Paul and 35-year-old Michelle Paul, but that officials don’t believe the public is at risk. The couple died within two days of each other after f
  
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• Tucson family escapes house fire

  06-06-2019 14:16
  TUCSON – Residents of a north side home were displaced Thursday morning after a garage fire.
  Northwest Fire District officials were dispatched to the 7200 block of W. Deserama Dr.
  Fire officials say two adults, a dog, and a turtle were able to evacuate the home with no injuries.
  The cause of the fire remains under investigation.Early morning garage fire in the 7200 block of W Deserama Dr. Crews contained the fire to the garage. Two adults, a dog, & a turtle escaped the home w/ no injur
  
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• The Latest: Putin denies meddling in US elections

  06-06-2019 14:15
  ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — The Latest on comments Thursday by Russian President Vladimir Putin (all times local):
  4:25 p.m.
  Russian President Vladimir Putin says Moscow didn’t meddle in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, and never will.
  Speaking Thursday at a meeting with international news agency chiefs, Putin said “we didn’t meddle, we aren’t meddling and we will not meddle in any elections.”
  Putin and other Russian officials have staunchly denied any i
  
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• Cyprus: US sees regional partnership important to security

  06-06-2019 14:15
  NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus’ government spokesman says a partnership between Greece, Cyprus and Israel in which the U.S. is participating is seen by Washington as contributing to security and stability in the eastern Mediterranean.
  The three countries have forged an energy-based partnership that has steadily grown following the discovery of gas deposits in the east Mediterrenean.
  Spokesman Prodromos Prodromou says the U.S. expects Turkey to refrain from illegal actions in waters wh
  
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• EU hails quality of swimming water as the mercury rises

  06-06-2019 14:13
  BRUSSELS (AP) — With weather temperatures starting to climb, the European Commission says that 85 percent of Europe’s bathing sites have excellent water quality.
  The commission said Thursday that the islands of Cyprus and Malta, as well as Greece and Austria, have the highest numbers of clean swimming spots.
  The commission says a report it compiled with the European Environmental Agency found that more than 95 percent of the 21,381 swimming places in the 28 EU countries plus Albania
  
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• Search underway for Texas man who went missing on hike

  06-06-2019 14:07
  MENA, Ark. (AP) — Family and friends have joined the search for a Texas man who went missing last weekend while on a hike in a remote area of Arkansas.
  Family members say 38-year-old Joshua McClatchy of Fort Worth texted his mother Saturday afternoon to say he was lost on his hike and to send help. McClatchy had been hiking on the Buckeye Trail in the Caney Creek Wilderness area, about 105 miles (170 kilometers) southwest of Little Rock.
  Polk County Sheriff Scott Sawyer says McClatchy&rsqu
  
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• S. Carolina sheriff ordered to pay $200K for wrongful arrest

  06-06-2019 14:05
  LEXINGTON, S.C. (AP) — The sheriff’s department of Lexington County, South Carolina, has been ordered to pay $200,000 to a woman wrongfully arrested and charged with shoplifting from an area Walmart.
  The State reports a jury ruled that former Deputy Darren Wiseman violated Sabrina Jackson’s civil rights in 2014 when he charged her with a crime she didn’t commit. Jackson sued over the arrest in 2016. Wiseman resigned this year.
  Her lawsuit says a Walmart manager told autho
  
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• Putin: No intention to deploy Russian troops in Venezuela

  06-06-2019 14:05
  ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — President Vladimir Putin has told reporters that Moscow has no intention to deploy its troops or set up military bases in Venezuela.
  He added that Russian experts have been in Venezuela to service Russian-made weapons bought by Caracas.
  Putin, who was meeting Thursday with the head of international news agencies, was responding to a question about a tweet by U.S. President Donald Trump earlier this week that said Moscow had informed Washington it had pulled ou
  
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• Poll: Some younger workers not happy with graying workforce

  06-06-2019 14:00
  CHICAGO (AP) — A rising share of older Americans is forgoing the concept of a traditional retirement at the age of 65, a trend that some younger workers aren’t particularly thrilled to see.
  A poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds workers under 50 were significantly more likely to view America’s aging workforce as a negative development compared with their older counterparts. About 4 in 10 respondents ages 18 to 49 say they consider the trend
  
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• 2 Canadians kidnapped in West African nation of Ghana

  06-06-2019 13:58
  ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Authorities in Ghana say two Canadians on an exchange program have been abducted.
  Police and local media say the two were attending Kumasi Technical University in the West African country’s second-largest city.
  Guillaume Berube, spokesman for Global Affairs Canada, told The Associated Press on Thursday that Canadian officials are providing assistance to the victims’ families.
  Berube says no other information is being released so as not to “compromise o
  
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• Lawsuit: Drugmaker improperly used charity to pay kickbacks

  06-06-2019 13:54
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a pharmaceutical firm improperly used a charity to pay kickbacks that subsidized Medicare patients’ copayment obligations, allowing the firm to keep raising prices for the drug.
  The suit filed Wednesday claims the scheme was designed to enable Mallinckrodt to raise the price of Acthar from $50 to $32,000. The drug is used to treat acute exacerbations in multiple sclerosis, lupus and rheumatoid arthritis.
  Mallinckrodt could face fines of nea
  
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• Putin: Russia has no intention to deploy troops or set up military bases in Venezuela

  06-06-2019 13:52
  MOSCOW (AP) — Putin: Russia has no intention to deploy troops or set up military bases in Venezuela .
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• AP Source: FIFA vice president Ahmad detained in Paris

  06-06-2019 13:52
  PARIS (AP) — A person familiar with the situation says FIFA vice president Ahmad has been detained in Paris, a day before the start of the Women’s World Cup.
  The person says the African Football Confederation president was detained for questioning on Thursday morning in the French capital. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the situation publicly.
  African news outlet Jeune Afrique first reported that Ahmad had been detained as part
  
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• The Latest: European Central Bank concerned by tariffs

  06-06-2019 13:51
  VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — The Latest on the European Central Bank’s monetary policy meeting (all times local):
  4:10 p.m.
  European Central Bank President Mario Draghi says the bank extended its promise of record low interest rates because of headwinds facing the economy such as rising trade protectionism.
  Draghi said uncertainty about trade “has extended beyond what we believed in March,” when the bank extended its promise to hold rates until the end of the year. On Thursd
  
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• European Central Bank extends date of earliest interest rate increase to mid-2020 instead of end of year

  06-06-2019 13:48
  VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — European Central Bank extends date of earliest interest rate increase to mid-2020 instead of end of year.
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• African Union’s Peace and Security Council suspends Sudan’s participation in AU activities over country’s deadly unrest

  06-06-2019 13:42
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — African Union’s Peace and Security Council suspends Sudan’s participation in AU activities over country’s deadly unrest.
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• The Latest: Cruise ship captain also part of April collision

  06-06-2019 13:25
  BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The Latest on the fatal Danube River boating accident in Hungary’s capital (all times local):
  15:30
  Hungarian prosecutors say that the Ukrainian captain whose river cruise ship was in a deadly collision in Budapest with a Danube sightseeing boat, was also involved in a collision in the Netherlands on April 1.
  The Budapest Chief Prosecution Office also said Thursday that the captain erased data from his mobile phone after the May 29 accident in Budapest, but c
  
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• Shakira appears before Spanish judge in tax fraud case

  06-06-2019 12:37
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Shakira’s public relations firm says the Colombian pop musician has denied any wrongdoing when she testified before a judge as part of an investigation into her alleged tax evasion in Spain.
  Prosecutors charged the singer in December for not paying 14.5 million euros ($16.4 million) in taxes in Spain between 2012 and 2014, when she lived mostly in the country despite having an official residence in Panama.
  Her public relations firm said In a statement released
  
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• The Latest: Women’s semifinals moved to neighboring courts

  06-06-2019 12:22
  PARIS (AP) — The Latest on the French Open (all times local):
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  The women’s French Open semifinal matches will be held Friday on Courts Suzanne Lenglen and Simonne Mathieu — the second- and third-largest courts at Roland Garros.
  Organizers say they moved the matches to those courts in order to “give as many fans as possible the opportunity to attend” after rain washed out all of Wednesday’s play.
  For 20 euros ($22.50) fans can watch unseeded American
  
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• The Latest: Last 2 women’s quarterfinals under way in Paris

  06-06-2019 12:22
  PARIS (AP) — The Latest on the French Open (all times local):
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  A day after the full schedule was washed out by rain, the last two women’s quarterfinals at the French Open are under way at Roland Garros.
  Defending champion Simona Halep is facing 17-year-old Amanda Anisimova, and No. 8 seed Ash Barty is taking on No. 14 Madison Keys.
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  After an entire day’s play was washed out, organizers at the French Open are optimistic that the four remaining quarterfin
  
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