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• Rookie CG for Rangers wraps up doubleheader sweep over A’s

  08-06-2019 23:25
  ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Adrian Sampson threw a four-hitter for his first career complete game, and the Texas Rangers wrapped up a doubleheader sweep over the Oakland Athletics with a 3-1 win Saturday night.
  Sampson (5-3) struck out seven and walked one over 109 pitches to win his fifth game in a row, accounting for all of his big league wins over 20 career appearances. The rookie’s first three wins came with the Rangers using an opener before he entered, and he has now won back-to-ba
  
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• Hernández drives in 2, Price solid, Red Sox split with Rays

  08-06-2019 22:51
  BOSTON (AP) — David Price had a milestone night and Marco Hernández completed his long journey back to the big leagues.
  Hernández hit a key two-run double in his first major league start in over two years, Price pitched six solid innings in his 300th career start and the Boston Red Sox beat the Tampa Bay Rays 5-1 to salvage a split of their day-night doubleheader Saturday.
  “That’s cool,” said Price, who began his career with the Rays in 2008. “I defini
  
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• Federal judge orders gorilla’s return to Cincinnati Zoo

  08-06-2019 21:00
  CINCINNATI (AP) — A federal judge has again ordered a California group to return a male silverback gorilla to the Ohio zoo where he was born.
  U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg ruled Friday in San Francisco that northern California’s Gorilla Foundation must transfer 37-year-old Ndume (nnn-DOO’-may) to the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden on Thursday.
  Zoo officials sought to bring Ndume home after Koko, the gorilla famed for learning sign language, died last June and left
  
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• Hillary Clinton says her youngest brother has died

  08-06-2019 20:56
  NEW YORK (AP) — Hillary Clinton’s brother has died.
  The former U.S. senator, Secretary of State, first lady and Democratic presidential candidate announced Saturday on Twitter her youngest brother, Tony Rodham, died Friday.
  Clinton remembered him as a kind and generous person who could walk into a room and “light it up with laughter.” She didn’t say how he died but said Rodham was survived by his wife, Megan, and three children.
  Rodham was born in 1954 and raised in
  
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• Cruise ships target of Venice protest after canal crash

  08-06-2019 20:53
  VENICE, Italy (AP) — Thousands of people have marched in Venice to demand that cruise ships be kept out of the Italian city’s lagoon.
  The protest Saturday was galvanized by a crash six days earlier involving a cruise ship that struck a much smaller river boat in Venice’s Giudecca Canal. The crash injured five people.
  Some marchers carried banners that read “Ships out of the lagoon.” Others took to the Venetian Lagoon itself in rowboats and other small vessels to pus
  
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• U.S. and Russia trade blame over near collision in East Asian waters

  08-06-2019 20:47
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  MOSCOW/TOKYO (Reuters) – Russia and the United States blamed each other for a near collision between their warships in East Asian waters on Friday with both countries accusing one another of dangerous and unprofessional behavior.
   
  Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said Washington would lodge a formal diplomatic protest to Russia, while a senior Russian parliamentarian said such episodes could easily escalate tensions, which he said were already balanced “on
  
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• Archbishop didn’t tell Vatican whole story on fallen bishop

  08-06-2019 20:36
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The bishop appointed by the Vatican to investigate the former leader of the Roman Catholic Church in West Virginia now has his own explaining to do.
  Archbishop William Lori oversaw a probe of alleged sexual and financial misconduct by Bishop Michael Bransfield, who has denied wrongdoing. His team’s confidential findings in February prompted Bransfield’s ouster.
  What Lori didn’t say in his final report to the Vatican in March is that he himself is
  
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• Spain downs South Africa 3-1 for 1st Women’s World Cup win

  08-06-2019 20:32
  LE HAVRE, France (AP) — Spain won a game at the Women’s World Cup for the first time, beating South Africa 3-1 on Saturday behind two penalty kicks by Jennifer Hermoso.
  Spain, ranked No. 13 in the world, finished last in its group four years ago in Canada, the country’s only other appearance in the tournament.
  Thembi Kgatlana scored in the 25th minute, dodging two defenders before putting her shot in the upper corner and out of goalkeeper Sandra Panos’ reach. South Africa
  
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• Search continues for mother of newborn found wrapped in a plastic bag in the woods

  08-06-2019 20:26
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  Atlanta (CNN) – Georgia authorities are searching for the mother of a newborn found wrapped in a plastic bag and abandoned in a wooded area in Cumming.
  Residents of a nearby home were unloading their car after a trip Thursday night when they heard a noise coming from a secluded, wooded strip of land. At first, they thought they were animal sounds.
  (We) grabbed ou
  
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• 2 killed when small plane crashes on Long Island

  08-06-2019 20:22
  SOUTHOLD, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a small plane has crashed in Long Island, New York, killing the man and woman on board.
  The Federal Aviation Authority says in a statement that the single-engine Beechcraft A36 plane crashed in Southold at around 9:15 a.m. Saturday.
  Southold Chief of Police Martin Flately says the two people on board were killed. Their names were not immediately released. He says a dog that was in the plane survived.
  Flately says the aircraft was flying from Long Islan
  
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• Southgate wants 1 last victory from England

  08-06-2019 20:02
  PORTO, Portugal (AP) — Coach Gareth Southgate wants one last victory so England can finish its impressive season on a high.
  After making it to the last four in the World Cup and earning some high-profile victories after that, England plays Switzerland in the third-place game of the UEFA Nations League on Sunday in Guimaraes.
  “No England international is a practice match, every time you wear this shirt, there’s an importance for you, for the country, for the supporters,” S
  
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• 9 injured when subway car derails in Boston

  08-06-2019 20:02
  BOSTON (AP) — A subway car has derailed in Boston, sending nine people to the hospital.
  Local emergency officials said none of the injuries are life-threatening.
  Officials with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority said the accident occurred at about 11 a.m. Saturday when a Green Line subway car derailed in a tunnel near Kenmore Square.
  A 10th individual was reported injured but declined treatment.
  Emergency workers said they were told by witnesses that everything went dark and th
  
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• US loses to Ecuador 2-1 in Under-19 World Cup quarterfinal

  08-06-2019 20:01
  The United States has been knocked out of the Under-20 World Cup at the quarterfinal stage for the third straight tournament, losing to Ecuador 2-1 Saturday at Gdynia, Poland.
  Jhon Espinoza scored the tiebreaking goal in the 43rd minute for Ecuador, which next plays South Korea or Senegal on Tuesday. Italy meets Ukraine in the other semifinal.
  José Cifuentes put Ecuador ahead in the 30th minute and Tim Weah tied the score in the 36th.
  The U.S. lost to Serbia on penalty kicks in the 2015 q
  
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• FBI team works to reconstruct Virginia Beach shooting

  08-06-2019 20:00
  VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — A group of 45 FBI employees is working to reconstruct the shooting at a municipal building in Virginia Beach that left 12 people dead.
  The Virginian-Pilot reports the FBI’s agents, analysts and other employees are trying to determine exactly what the shooter and four responding police officers did inside the building.
  A Virginia Beach city employee killed colleagues and a contractor May 31 before he was gunned down. Police have said one victim was shot in a
  
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• Joey Logano wins 2nd Cup Series pole of season

  08-06-2019 19:56
  BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP) — Joey Logano won his second NASCAR Cup Series pole of the season Saturday, while Aric Almirola again fell just short of the top qualifying spot.
  It’s Logano’s 22nd career pole and fourth at Michigan International Speedway. He’ll try for his second victory of the season Sunday.
  Almirola was second in qualifying. He has one pole this year but is set to start in the No. 2 spot for the fourth time.
  Kevin Harvick qualified third.
  Logano posted a lap of 38
  
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• Official tells Florida Democrats to expect recount in 2020

  08-06-2019 19:50
  LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — The voter protection director for Florida Democrats tells party activists they should assume there will be a recount during next year’s presidential election.
  Brandon Peters told Democratic activists Saturday that the Florida party will be ready with teams of volunteers trained in how to monitor county canvassing boards for recount problems.
  Peters spoke at the Florida Democrats’ summer conference in Orlando.
  Florida became famous for recounts afte
  
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• US carrier in Persian Gulf region sends clear signal to Iran

  08-06-2019 19:45
  ABOARD THE USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (AP) — The USS Abraham Lincoln, with its contingent of Navy destroyers and cruisers and a fighting force of about 70 aircraft, is the centerpiece of the Pentagon’s response to what it calls Iranian threats to attack U.S. forces or commercial shipping in the Persian Gulf region.
  The aircraft carrier is in international waters in the Arabian Sea. And the head of Central Command says it’s his assessment that if the U.S. hadn’t recently reinforc
  
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• Judge tosses part of expelled Arizona legislator’s lawsuit

  08-06-2019 19:33
  PHOENIX (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed part of a lawsuit filed against current and state officials by a former Arizona legislator who became the first state lawmaker expelled for sexual misconduct after the #MeToo movement swept the nation.
  U.S. District Judge Dominic W. Lanza’s ruling Friday dismisses former Rep. Don Shooter’s claim that his due-process rights were violated by former House Speaker and current state Sen.J.D. Mesnard and Kirk Adams, former chief of staff t
  
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• Fire consumes 6,000 acres in Tonto National Forest in Arizona

  08-06-2019 19:31
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  (CNN) – Firefighters are still working to contain a fast-moving wildfire in the Tonto National Forest in Arizona.#MountainFire remained active through the night. A recon flight will take place later this morning to assess. Update expected after 10 am. #AZFire pic.twitter.com/X0kRnB1z1O
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• NCAA clears Division II player after agent-rule mistake

  08-06-2019 18:59
  The NCAA has cleared Glenville State’s Phil Bledsoe for his senior season after the Division II college basketball player mistakenly used a new rule permitting only Division I players to declare for the NBA draft and sign with an agent while maintaining college eligibility.
  NCAA spokeswoman Stacey Osburn tells The Associated Press on Saturday that Bledsoe has been “reinstated immediately with no conditions.”
  That came roughly a week after the West Virginia school submitted a re
  
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• Four Seasons, NYC’s famed power lunch spot, closing again

  08-06-2019 18:54
  NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s famed Four Seasons Restaurant is closing less than a year after it reopened in a new location.
  The New York Times reports that the midtown Manhattan restaurant known as the original power lunch destination will close Tuesday.
  The Four Seasons lost its home in the Seagram Building when developer Aby Rosen took over the landmark skyscraper in 2016. It reopened in August 2018 in a new location three blocks away.
  Managing partner Alex von Bidder told the Times
  
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• Saiboat collides with container ship, sinks in Germany

  08-06-2019 18:46
  BERLIN (AP) — Police in Germany say a 19th-century sailboat has collided with a container ship and sunk in the Elbe River near Hamburg. Five people were injured, one of them seriously.
  German news agency dpa reported the collision between the No 5 Elbe, a wooden schooner built in 1883, and the container ship Astrosprinter happened in the Elbe at Stade, downstream from Hamburg, on Saturday afternoon.
  The fire service and others brought the 43 people who were on the sailboat ashore. But it w
  
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• Clinton, Albright to appear at alma mater Wellesley College

  08-06-2019 18:28
  WELLESLEY, Mass. (AP) — Two former U.S. secretaries of state — Hillary Clinton and Madeleine Albright — are planning to participate in a joint visit to their alma mater, Wellesley College.
  The two, who both served in Democratic administrations, are planning to discuss their years representing the nation abroad Saturday afternoon.
  Clinton and Albright will participate in a conversation with Wellesley President Paula Johnson. The two will address other topics including human righ
  
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• U.S. ‘smart’ bombs will be built in Saudi Arabia under Trump arms deal

  08-06-2019 18:24
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  WASHINGTON — A controversial arms deal for Arab allies approved by the Trump administration will allow U.S. hi-tech bomb parts to be manufactured in Saudi Arabia, giving Riyadh unprecedented access to a sensitive weapons technology.
  The production arrangement is part of a larger $8.1 billion arms package for Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan announced two weeks ago. The Trump administration pressed ahead with the sale without congressional approval, declari
  
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• Vettel, Leclerc 1-2 in final practice at Canadian GP

  08-06-2019 18:12
  MONTREAL (AP) — Sebastian Vettel was fastest ahead of Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc in final practice for the Canadian Grand Prix ahead of qualifying later Saturday.
  Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton set the quickest time with about 10 minutes remaining in third practice, but the Mercedes driver was then beaten by Leclerc before Vettel went even quicker.
  Ferrari is looking for its first victory of the season after six races.
  Mercedes has won all of them with four victories for the fiv
  
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• Sex abuse crisis tops agenda as Southern Baptists convene

  08-06-2019 18:12
  The Southern Baptist Convention convenes its annual national meeting Tuesday, and sex abuse by clergy and staff is expected to be the big topic of conversation.
  Delegates representing the nation’s largest Protestant denomination will likely vote on establishing criteria for expelling churches that mishandle or cover up abuse allegations. They also may vote to establish a new committee which would review how member churches handle claims of abuse.
  Outside the convention center, abuse surviv
  
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• US ambassador: Israel can retain parts of West Bank

  08-06-2019 18:11
  JERUSALEM (AP) — The U.S. ambassador in Jerusalem says Israel has the right to retain parts, but not all, of the West Bank.
  David Friedman’s remarks in an interview The New York Times published Saturday comes about two months after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to begin annexing parts of the West Bank.
  It’s unclear if the ambassador was revealing a component of the long-awaited Trump administration Mideast peace plan.
  The Palestinians want statehood in the Wes
  
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• 223 Polish soccer fans arrested after clashes in Skopje

  08-06-2019 18:10
  SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — North Macedonia police say 223 Polish soccer fans were arrested in the capital of Skopje late Friday for public disturbances ahead of a 2020 European Championship qualifier between Poland and North Macedonia.
  Police said in a statement that a large group of Polish fans fought among themselves in Skopje’s main park ahead of the game.
  The fans appeared before an investigative judge in Skopje on Saturday.
  Poland won Friday’s game 1-0 and remains top
  
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• Border agent saves migrant mother, son from Texas bee attack

  08-06-2019 17:56
  BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A U.S. Border Patrol agent in Texas is credited with saving a migrant woman and her young son who were attacked and covered by thousands of bees.
  The agency said in a statement Friday that the agent was patrolling the Rio Grande in Brownsville, in southernmost Texas, when bees entered his patrol vehicle.
  The agent was looking for the origin of the bees Tuesday when he found what he thought was just a bundle of clothing covered in the insects. He then realized it w
  
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• Libyan coast guard intercepts 22 Europe-bound migrants

  08-06-2019 17:46
  BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) — Libya’s coast guard says it has intercepted some two dozen Europe-bound migrants off the country’s Mediterranean coast.
  Spokesman Ayoub Gassim said Saturday that a wooden boat carrying at least 22 African migrants, all of them men, was intercepted Friday north of the Bouri offshore oil field, around 105 kilometers (65 miles) from Tripoli.
  He says the migrants were given humanitarian and medical aid and then taken to a refugee camp in the Tajoura district
  
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• Yankees place pitcher Tanaka on paternity leave list

  08-06-2019 17:40
  CLEVELAND (AP) — The New York Yankees placed right-hander Masahiro Tanaka on the paternity leave list.
  Tanaka, who was scheduled to start against the Cleveland Indians on Sunday, returned to New York for the birth of his baby girl on Friday. He’s 3-5 with a 3.42 ERA in 13 starts.
  The Yankees recalled left-hander Nestor Cortes Jr. from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
  The moves were announced before Saturday’s game. The team didn’t immediately announce their pitching plans
  
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• Fortune cookie means big fortune for Powerball winner

  08-06-2019 17:38
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  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina man who says he based his Powerball entry on a fortune cookie he got from his granddaughter now has a fortune to celebrate.
  WRAL in Raleigh reports retired retailer Charles W. Jackson Jr. stepped forward at North Carolina Education Lottery headquarters on Tuesday to claim last weekend’s $344.6 million jackpot.
  Jackson chose the $223 million lump sum payment and said he would donate some of it to several charities and give $1 million t
  
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• Croatia back on track, beats Wales 2-1 in Euro qualifier

  08-06-2019 17:37
  World Cup finalist Croatia put its 2020 European Championship qualifying campaign back on track with a 2-1 victory over Wales on Saturday.
  James Lawrence scored an own-goal to give Croatia an early boost after diverting a cross from Ivan Perisic in the 17th minute in Osijek.
  Croatia looked to be the better side anyway as it moved on from recent inconsistent results.
  Perisic doubled the advantage early in the second half for Croatia to rebound from a 2-1 loss to Hungary in Budapest. Substitute Da
  
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• High-profile Arizona abortion foe strikes out at Legislature

  08-06-2019 17:36
  PHOENIX (AP) — A powerful social conservative group that pushes anti-abortion bills in each session of the Arizona Legislature suffered a rare defeat this year.
  A last-minute proposal from the Center for Arizona Policy to create a program designed to dissuade women from seeking to terminate their pregnancies hit a roadblock in the state Senate.
  Cathi Herrod runs the group and says the defeat shows the state Senate is no longer “pro-life” after two Republicans joined all Democra
  
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• Sudan protesters call for civil disobedience to push army

  08-06-2019 17:31
  KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Sudan’s protest leaders are calling on Sudanese to take part in acts of civil disobedience in a bid to pressure the military after the deadly break-up of thseir main sit-in.
  The Sudanese Professionals’ Association, which spearheaded protests that led the army to oust President Omar al-Bashir, says Saturday that their resistance will begin Sunday and last till the military council hands over power to civilians.
  The call comes nearly a week after security f
  
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• US-China trade war sparks worries about rare earth minerals

  08-06-2019 17:27
  PHOENIX (AP) — Rising trade tensions have sparked worries about the 17 rare minerals needed for high-tech products such as robotics, drones and electric cars.
  China recently raised tariffs to 25% on rare earth exports to the U.S. and has threatened to halt exports altogether after the Trump administration raised tariffs on Chinese products and blacklisted telecommunications giant Huawei.
  With names like europium, scandium and ytterbium, the bulk of rare earth minerals are extracted from mi
  
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• It’s the greatest: Ali’s training camp opens to the public

  08-06-2019 17:17
  DEER LAKE, Pa. (AP) — The rustic Pennsylvania training camp where Muhammad Ali prepared for some of his most famous fights has undergone an elaborate restoration.
  The camp in Deer Lake opened to the public Saturday as a shrine to his life and career.
  Ali bought the wooded property in 1972 and installed 18 buildings, including a gym, dining hall, mosque, visitors’ cabins and horse barn. It was there that Ali prepared for his epic bouts against George Foreman and Joe Frazier.
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• Gwinn scores as Germany beats China 1-0 at Women’s World Cup

  08-06-2019 17:09
  RENNES, France (AP) — Giulia Gwinn scored a second-half winner as two-time champion Germany opened its Women’s World Cup campaign by beating China 1-0 on Saturday.
  Gwinn’s powerful 66th-minute shot from the edge of the penalty area flew into the left corner. The ball fell to her after Chinese defenders failed to properly clear a corner floated in from the right.
  In an even first half at Roazhon Park, in the Brittany city of Rennes, Germany defender Carolin Simon hit the crossba
  
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• Spain: Unfinished Gaudí church gets permit after 137 years

  08-06-2019 16:49
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — An official building permit has been issued for the unfinished Barcelona church designed by architect Antoni Gaudí 137 years after construction started on La Sagrada Familia Basilica.
  Barcelona City Hall says it granted the current builders a work permit that is valid through 2026. The builders say that is enough time to finish raising the landmark Roman Catholic church’s central towers.
  Barcelona officials say the city will be paid 4.6 million euros ($
  
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• Montgomery embarks on effort to document civil rights sites

  08-06-2019 16:46
  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Researchers in Montgomery are in the midst of recording the city’s civil rights history in a new way.
  Three archaeologists and an architect are wearing yellow vests and carrying iPads. They’re snapping pictures and recording information about every structure built before 1969.
  Those actions are part of a two-week effort, when Paleowest Archaeology will visit 2,500 structures in west Montgomery neighborhoods to identify culturally significant buildings, h
  
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• Pickup hits Amish horse-drawn carriage, killing 2 kids

  08-06-2019 16:39
  ALGANSEE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say a pickup truck rear-ended an Amish horse-drawn carriage in southern Michigan, killing two children and seriously injuring two others and a woman who were in the carriage.
  The state police say the two adults and five children who were in the carriage were ejected when the truck hit it Friday night in Algansee Township, a small farming community not far from Michigan’s borders with Indiana and Ohio.
  The children who were killed were 6 and
  
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• High court could cause Va. election drama, but likely won’t

  08-06-2019 16:39
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court could throw a wrench into Virginia politics with a decision expected this month.
  The state is readying for primaries Tuesday. But a case the justices have yet to decide could mean revisions to about two dozen state House voting districts and, in theory, a new primary within months.
  Experts say it’s almost unthinkable that the justices’ would decide the case in a way that creates so much drama.
  The state is currently operating under a plan to
  
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• Portugal police monitoring hooligans during Nations League

  08-06-2019 16:21
  PORTO, Portugal (AP) — Authorities say they are monitoring hooligans who are in Portugal for the UEFA Nations League.
  Portuguese officials say some fans known to have caused problems in soccer matches in the past are in the country but are being monitored by police and by Portuguese and English “spotters.”
  Portugal plays the Netherlands in the final of UEFA’s newest competition on Sunday in Porto, while England takes on Switzerland in the third-place game hours earlier in
  
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• Merkel party leader rejects call to end Russia sanctions

  08-06-2019 16:05
  BERLIN (AP) — The leader of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party is rejecting a state governor’s call for an end to sanctions against Russia.
  Saxony state Gov. Michael Kretschmer, a member of Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union, met President Vladimir Putin at an economic forum in Russia on Friday. Kretschmer tweeted that “for a better relationship, we need an end to the sanctions.”
  CDU leader Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer told the Bild am Sonntag newspaper on
  
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• Lost Texas hiker rescued after week in Arkansas wilderness

  08-06-2019 15:44
  MENA, Ark. (AP) — Searchers have found a Texas man who went missing last weekend while hiking alone in a remote area of Arkansas.
  Polk County Sheriff Scott Sawyer says 38-year-old Joshua McClatchy, of Fort Worth, was dehydrated but in good spirits when he was found late Friday. He was taken to a hospital for evaluation.
  Sawyer says improved weather conditions allowed searchers to use a National Guard helicopter equipped with infrared technology to search the Caney Creek Wilderness area, wh
  
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• Scientists feel chill of crackdown on fetal tissue research

  08-06-2019 15:40
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists are feeling the chill of the Trump administration’s crackdown on fetal tissue research.
  Tissue left over from abortions has long been used in lifesaving research. New restrictions are ending such work at the National Institutes of Health. University scientists worry their projects may ultimately be cut, too.
  When they seek to renew government funding or propose new research, the scientists will face an extra ethics review from not just biomedical experts
  
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• India reports problems in retrieving climbers’ bodies

  08-06-2019 15:37
  LUCKNOW, India (AP) — An Indian state official says the air retrieval of the bodies of five foreign climbers spotted on a Himalayan mountain isn’t immediately possible because helicopters are having difficulty operating due to strong turbulence.
  Magistrate Vijay Jogdande says the Indian Mountaineering Foundation could launch a ground expedition to help evacuate the bodies spotted at an altitude of 5,000 meters (16,404 feet) in Uttarakhand state.
  He was responding to a statement by th
  
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• Virginia man back in US after court questions deportation

  08-06-2019 15:31
  ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A northern Virginia man who says he fears torture at the hands of Israeli authorities is back in the U.S. after a judge’s order forced immigration authorities to reverse his deportation and bring him back from Israel before he ever got off the plane.
  Abdelhaleem Ashqar recently served 11 years in prison for refusing to testify to a grand jury investigating his relationship to the Palestinian militant group Hamas.
  According to court papers and interviews, U.S. a
  
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• The Latest: Sunken boat unlikely to be raised before Tuesday

  08-06-2019 15:28
  BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The Latest on the fatal Danube River boating accident in Hungary’s capital (all times local):
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  Hungarian rescue officials say attempts to raise a sunken tour boat from the Danube River floor following the accident that caused at least 19 deaths are unlikely to happen before Tuesday.
  A spokesman for the rescue team, Nandor Jasenszky, said Saturday that divers would continue installing harnesses under the boat during the next 48 to 72 hours to prepare it
  
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• Little hope left for missing Ohio couple in year-old case

  08-06-2019 15:18
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Family members and law enforcement officials agree there’s little hope a mild-mannered couple last seen a year ago in eastern Ohio is still alive and that it’s likely they were killed by someone.
  Sixty-five-year-old Brian Goff and his longtime girlfriend, 56-year-old Joni Davis, were last spotted by a gas station surveillance camera in Belmont County on June 10, 2018. Detectives from the Belmont and Jefferson county sheriff’s offices, the FBI and the stat
  
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