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• Ding Dong, Sarah Huckabee Sanders is Gone

  13-06-2019 23:52
  White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders has resigned from her post, effective at the end of June.…
  
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• The Latest: Charges dropped in Flint water scandal

  13-06-2019 19:56
  FLINT, Mich. (AP) — The Latest on criminal charges dropped in the Flint water scandal (all times local):
  1:55 p.m.
  Prosecutors say they’re dismissing all criminal charges against eight people in the Flint water scandal and starting the investigation over again.
  The eight people include former Michigan health director Nick Lyon. He was accused of failing to timely inform the public about an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease when Flint was using improperly treated water from the
  
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• Michigan prosecutors say they’re dropping all charges against 8 people in Flint water scandal

  13-06-2019 19:55
  FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Michigan prosecutors say they’re dropping all charges against 8 people in Flint water scandal.
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• Jury: Man held stepdaughter for 18 years, fathered 9 kids

  13-06-2019 19:52
  MUSKOGEE, Okla. (AP) — A federal jury has convicted a 64-year-old man accused of kidnapping his stepdaughter and holding her captive for 19 years in Mexico and elsewhere while fathering her nine children.
  Court records indicate jurors found Henri Michelle Piette guilty on June 6 of kidnapping and travel with intent to engage in sexual act with a juvenile. Piette faces up to life in prison on the kidnapping conviction.
  A grand jury in 2017 accused Piette of kidnapping Rosalynn Michelle McGi
  
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• Ina, Orange Grove roads to close at I-10 overnight Monday

  13-06-2019 19:51
   TUCSON – Crews are set to install an overhead message sign at the Ina Road interchange with Interstate 10 Monday night.
  Eastbound I-10 is scheduled to be closed from 10 p.m. Monday until 5 a.m. on Tuesday.
  Eastbound I-10 traffic detouring on the eastbound frontage road between Ina Road exit and the on-ramp at Orange Grove Road. Ina and Orange Grove roads will be closed at I-10 during this work.
  Westbound drivers on both Ina and Orange Grove roads will be directed to westbound I-10 an
  
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• Texas city bans abortion, says it’s a ‘sanctuary’ for unborn

  13-06-2019 19:46
  WASKOM, Texas (AP) — A small Texas city has passed a local abortion ban and declared itself a “sanctuary city for the unborn.”
  Right to Life of East Texas says the vote Tuesday by the all-male Waskom City Council means the city along the Louisiana border is “standing for life.”
  The ordinance refers to groups that provide abortion services as “criminal organizations.”
  City leaders expressed concern that Louisiana’s new, tighter abortion restrictions
  
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• Vanderbilt, SMU to play 3-game series starting in 2024

  13-06-2019 19:43
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Vanderbilt and SMU have scheduled a three-game series that starts in 2024.
  The two teams will face each other twice in Nashville and once in Dallas during a six-year stretch.
  The series starts when SMU visits Vanderbilt on Sept. 14, 2024. Vanderbilt will host SMU again on Sept. 9, 2028. Vanderbilt will play at SMU on Sept. 15, 2029.
  Vanderbilt and SMU have split their four previous meetings. Vanderbilt won in 1937 and 1991. SMU beat the Commodores in 1936 and 1990.
  
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• Mesa police: Officer shoots man who allegedly pointed gun

  13-06-2019 19:43
  MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Mesa police say an officer shot and critically wounded a man who allegedly pointed a gun at the officer during a foot pursuit.
  Cmdr. Ed Wessing says the encounter occurred after two men in a car ran after being pulled over by police during a traffic stop Wednesday night.
  According to Wessing, the wounded man was expected to survive his injuries.
  No identities were released.
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• IAAF denies promising Russia reinstatement for worlds

  13-06-2019 19:42
  MOSCOW (AP) — The IAAF has denied promising that Russia will be reinstated in time for the track and field world championships, after Russian state TV quoted the country’s top track official as saying he’d received guarantees.
  Broadcaster Match TV published what it said were remarks from Dmitry Shlyakhtin at a meeting with athletes this week, saying “we will go to Doha (for the championships) under the Russian flag. At least, those promises have been made to me.”
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• The Latest: Indicted US congressman’s wife pleads guilty

  13-06-2019 19:41
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Latest on a change of plea by the wife of indicted U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter (all times local):
  10:31 a.m.
  The wife of indicted Republican U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter of California has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to misuse campaign funds, including for an Italy trip that cost more than $10,000.
  Margaret Hunter, who worked as her husband’s campaign manager, had previously pleaded not guilty to corruption charges alleging the couple used more than $250,000 in campaign f
  
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• Judge: Prosecutors drop involuntary manslaughter charges against former Michigan health chief in Flint water scandal

  13-06-2019 19:41
  FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Judge: Prosecutors drop involuntary manslaughter charges against former Michigan health chief in Flint water scandal.
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• Report: 6 men’s basketball programs to face NCAA allegations

  13-06-2019 19:40
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A key NCAA official says six schools are going to be facing allegations of Level I violations as early as next month, the next turn of the screw in the college basketball corruption scandal.
  Stan Wilcox, vice president for regulatory affairs for the NCAA, tells CBS Sports two high-profile programs will be notified in early July, the others at a later date.
  The NCAA did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Associated Press.
  In the investigation by t
  
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• Ford opens Israel tech lab in move toward driverless cars

  13-06-2019 19:38
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Ford has opened a research center in Israel, joining a legion of major automakers racing to develop new technologies for the world of driverless cars.
  Chairman William Ford met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday as part of his visit, where he called Israel “ground zero” for technologies demanded by the fast-growing field of autonomous vehicles. General Motors, BMW and others have also recently opened Tel Aviv labs.
  Netanyahu said Israel, never k
  
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• Highway marker honoring blues singer Buddy Guy goes missing

  13-06-2019 19:37
  LETTSWORTH, La. (AP) — A highway marker honoring blues singer-guitarist Buddy Guy has gone missing in Louisiana just six months after it was placed.
  Tourist Commission executive director Jeanie Andre tells news outlets Wednesday the marker was knocked down in May when a car ran off the road and hit it, and it hasn’t been seen since. Andre says anyone with information can come forward anonymously. The Advocate reports the marker was placed in December beside a Louisiana highway along
  
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• German teen guilty of killing boy who refused his advances

  13-06-2019 19:36
  BERLIN (AP) — A German teenager has been found guilty of fatally strangling another teen who allegedly refused his advances.
  German news agency dpa reported Thursday that the regional court in the western city of Siegen convicted the 15-year-old of manslaughter and sentenced him to 7 years and 6 months in juvenile detention. The court also ordered the defendant, whose name wasn’t released due to his age, to be placed in a specialist psychiatric facility.
  Prosecutors alleged that the
  
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• The Latest: Jury begins deliberating life or death for dad

  13-06-2019 19:32
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Latest on a death penalty trial for a South Carolina father (all times local):
  1:30 p.m.
  A jury in South Carolina has started deliberating whether a father gets the death penalty or life in prison for killing his five children
  Jurors started discussing their decision around 1 p.m. Thursday.
  If they don’t vote unanimously for the death penalty against Timothy Jones Jr., he will be sentenced to life in prison without parole.
  The same Lexington County jury conv
  
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• 4 Your Health: Eating red meat may cost years

  13-06-2019 19:32
  A new study claims red meat may shorten lives.
  Adding more red meat to your diet could affect how long you live.
  That’s according to a new study from Harvard University. Researchers tracked the diets of 81,000 adults over an eight year period. They found people who increased their red meat intake by just three-and-a-half a servings a week had a 10 percent higher risk of death over the next 8 years.
  However, swapping red meat for healthier animal or plant-based proteins seemed to reduce the
  
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• 3-year probation for Farruko in case of undeclared $52K

  13-06-2019 19:31
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A judge has ordered three years’ probation for Puerto Rican singer Farruko after he pleaded guilty to not declaring nearly $52,000 in cash discovered in his luggage and shoes last year when he flew in to an airport in the U.S. territory.
  The judge on Thursday also ordered the seizure of $41,000 of that money.
  Authorities detained the popular reggaeton and trap singer in March 2018 after he arrived by helicopter from the Dominican Republic. He was briefly
  
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• Vandals deface monolith at Utah’s Capitol Reef National Park

  13-06-2019 19:27
  CAPITOL REEF NATIONAL PARK, Utah (AP) — Officials say vandals have etched an image of an eye onto a sandstone rock formation at Utah’s Capitol Reef National Park.
  Park visitors reported the graffiti on the Temple of the Moon monolith in the remote Cathedral Valley on June 6.
  Park officials say the etching is more than 2 feet (0.6 meters) wide and about 1 ½ feet (0.4 meters) tall.
  Officials are determining if the graffiti can be removed or hidden.
  Defacing national park structu
  
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• PCC, TuSimple launch first autonomous driving certificate

  13-06-2019 19:26
  TUCSON – Pima Community College and TuSimple, a self-driving truck company, announced Thursday the launch of the first autonomous driving certificate for truck drivers.
  The Autonomous Vehicle Driver and Operations Specialist program will prepare individuals for jobs such as training the autonomous system as test drivers, operating the vehicle in situations where autonomous driving is not suitable and to remotely monitor the system from a command center.PCC says the certifica
  
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• Wings re-sign AP Player of the Year Megan Gustafson

  13-06-2019 19:22
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Dallas Wings have re-signed AP Player of the Year Megan Gustafson.
  She was drafted 17th by the Wings, but was one of the final cuts from the roster before the season started.
  With injuries depleting Dallas’ roster, the Wings were able to sign the former Iowa star.She landed in Dallas on Thursday and will be in uniform for the game against Indiana.
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• Video shows judge barking at officer during traffic stop

  13-06-2019 19:22
  LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — A judge was allowed to go on his way after aggressively challenging a police officer during a traffic stop and ordering him to “check the registration on this plate soon, mister.”
  Police dashcam video obtained by the LNP newspaper in Pennsylvania shows the April traffic stop of Lancaster County President Judge Dennis Reinaker.
  East Lampeter Township Police Chief Stephen Zerbe tells LNP that Reinaker had been tailgating an unmarked police car.
  The video sho
  
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• The Latest: Diplomats meet in Sweden to discuss Venezuela

  13-06-2019 19:22
  BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The latest on the political turmoil in Venezuela (all times local):
  12:15 p.m.
  Officials say that Sweden is hosting talks between major powers with interests in Venezuela amid stalled mediation efforts in neighboring Norway.
  A European diplomat said that representatives of the United Nations, the Vatican, Cuba and the European Union are among the parties attending the talks. He identified the E.U. representative as Enrique Iglesias.
  He also said that Washington was
  
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• India-New Zealand 3rd match abandoned at Cricket World Cup

  13-06-2019 16:20
  NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) — India and New Zealand came to Nottingham unbeaten and will leave unbeaten after their Cricket World Cup group match was abandoned on Thursday because of persistent showers.
  Organizers finally gave up while it was raining at 3 p.m., 4 1/2 hours after the scheduled start at Trent Bridge.
  India and New Zealand, the only unbeaten teams, split the competition points. Tournament leader New Zealand has 7 after four games, and India has 5 after three.
  India is next sched
  
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• Phoenix airport eyes improvement, expansion in 20-year plan

  13-06-2019 16:11
  PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport is looking ahead two decades with a plan that calls for expanding and improving facilities to match projected cargo and passenger growth.
  The Phoenix City Council on Tuesday approved the airport’s 20-year plan, sending it to the Federal Aviation Administration for review.
  Airport officials expect more than 70 million passengers by 2039. It recorded nearly 45 million passengers last year.
  The airport aims to free up space by movi
  
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• US Open starts with a symbolic tee shot by Sam Saunders

  13-06-2019 16:01
  PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Sam Saunders has hit the first shot of the 119th U.S. Open. His goal is to hit the last one in four days.
  The U.S. Open returns to Pebble Beach for the sixth time, and the golf course has never looked more pure with dry weather in the forecast. Dry does not mean a blue sky over the Pacific. A marine layer seeped through the cypress trees for a chilly start.
  Saunders is the grandson of Arnold Palmer, who was part of an ownership group that bought Pebble Beach som
  
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• 5 high schoolers selected as National Student Poets

  13-06-2019 16:01
  NEW YORK (AP) — Five 10th and 11th graders have been named National Student Poets and will serve as regional literary ambassadors through readings, workshops and other programs.
  The winners, each of whom receive $5,000, include Christian Butterfield of Bowling Green, Kentucky; Julie Dawkins of Edmond, Oklahoma; and Taylor Fang of Logan, Utah. Other recipients announced Thursday were Salma Mohammad of Fishers, Indiana, and Alondra Uribe of New York City.
  The initiative was created in 2011 a
  
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• The newcomers behind ‘The Last Black Man in San Francisco’

  13-06-2019 16:00
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The names Jimmie Fails and Joe Talbot probably don’t sound familiar now, but that will soon change when audiences see their film “The Last Black Man in San Francisco.” It opens nationwide Friday and is already one of the most acclaimed of the year.
  Fails based the story, and the title character who shares his name, on his own experience losing his family’s home in a rapidly gentrifying San Francisco. Talbot, a fellow San Franciscan and Fails&rsquo
  
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• Report: Cereal contaminated by weed killer

  13-06-2019 15:51
  An environmental advocacy group says several popular breakfast foods have Round-Up in them.
  Cheerios and Nature Valley products are among the foods in the environmental working group’s report cited as containing trace amounts of glyphosate.
  Some experts believe the controversial herbicide causes cancer.
  Last month, a California jury awarded Monsanto to pay a couple more than two billion dollars for their cancers after long-term exposure to the product.
  General Mills, which makes Cheerios,
  
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• Virginia Lt. Gov. lawyers ask for sex assault investigation

  13-06-2019 15:46
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Lawyers for Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax have sent letters to prosecutors in three states asking them to open a criminal investigation into sexual assault allegations against him.
  In copies of the letter obtained Wednesday by news outlets, Fairfax’s lawyers asked district attorney’s offices in Virginia, Massachusetts and North Carolina to investigate “public and serious criminal” allegations made against Fairfax. He has denied the allegation
  
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• Jessica Biel not against vaccinations, just against bill

  13-06-2019 15:46
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actress Jessica Biel says she’s not opposed to vaccinations, but she does not support a bill in California that would limit medical exemptions.
  The 37-year-old has drawn criticism after appearing this week in Sacramento with vaccination skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to voice concerns about the measure.
  Biel posted on Instagram Thursday morning that she supports children getting vaccinated and she also supports families having the “right to make educated medic
  
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• Markets Right Now: Stocks up as oil jumps on tanker attack

  13-06-2019 15:43
  NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local):
  9:35 a.m.
  Stocks are rising early Thursday as a jump in the price of oil boosts energy companies.
  U.S. oil rose 3.3% after two oil tankers near the strategic Strait of Hormuz were damaged in suspected attacks. Brent crude, the international benchmark, gained 3.6%. Oil prices had been falling on signs demand is declining.
  Exxon and Chevron each rose over 1%. Operators of oil drilling rigs also posted gains. H
  
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• Hong Kong protesters wary of Chinese surveillance technology

  13-06-2019 15:34
  HONG KONG (AP) — Young Hong Kong residents protesting a proposed extradition law that would allow suspects to be sent to China for trial are seeking to safeguard their identities from potential retaliation by authorities employing mass data collection and sophisticated facial recognition technology.
  Agnes, a second-year college student who declined to give her surname, said she donned a face mask as soon as she left a subway train in the downtown Admiralty district to join Wednesday’
  
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• Floor coating replaced at Chicago skyscraper attraction

  13-06-2019 15:33
  CHICAGO (AP) — A popular attraction at Chicago’s tallest building was closed temporarily after minor cracking was found in the protective coating of its glass floor.
  The cracks were in the coating of glass enclosures at Willis Tower that are known collectively as The Ledge. Visitors can walk into the four glass bays that are some 1,350 feet (411 meters) high and extend just over 4 feet (1.2 meters) beyond the building.
  A Willis Tower official says the coating acts as a screen protect
  
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• Uber driver rallies community to care for 89-year-old vet

  13-06-2019 15:28
  STOCKBRIDGE, Ga. (AP) — An Uber driver has rallied her community in Georgia to care for an 89-year-old veteran she met on the job.
  News outlets report Lauren Mulvihill took Ronald Dembner home from the hospital this month and learned that he has no surviving immediate family. She walked him inside his house and found it in serious disrepair. She asked if anyone checks up on him, and he said no.
  Then she took action: She started cleaning and fixing his home herself, and then posted a plea o
  
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• Man wants new sentence in teen’s rape, murder, dismemberment

  13-06-2019 15:28
  DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A man sentenced to death for raping, strangling and dismembering his girlfriend’s 14-year-old daughter has asked a judge to instead give him a life term.
  Jacob Sullivan pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and other offenses for killing Grace Packer in 2016 as part of a rape-murder fantasy he shared with the teen’s mother. Jurors decided in March he should get the death penalty.
  The jury deliberated over parts of three days before making its decision. Ju
  
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• The Latest: Panel subpoenas ex-Trump aides Flynn, Gates

  13-06-2019 15:11
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and investigations into Russia election meddling (all times local):
  9 a.m.
  The House Intelligence Committee has subpoenaed former White House national security adviser Michael Flynn and former Trump campaign aide Rick Gates as part of its investigation into Russian efforts to interfere with the 2016 election.
  Committee Chairman Adam Schiff says in a statement Thursday the committee is examining “deep counterintelligence concerns&
  
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• Iran official says coal mine collapse kills 2, injures 1

  13-06-2019 15:10
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency is reporting that a mine collapse has killed two miners and injured another in the central province of Semnan.
  The Thursday report quotes Damghan Gov. Aliasghar Majd as saying: “After one of the Alborz-e Sharghi coal mine’s tunnels collapsed before noon today, two people died.”
  He said the injured miner is in good condition. Majd did not mention the reason for the collapse.
  Majd said 95 miners work in the coal mi
  
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• Poland: Ex-aide found guilty in crash that killed president

  13-06-2019 15:09
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A court in Poland has found a former government official guilty of negligence in the 2010 airplane flight to Russia that ended in a crash that killed President Lech Kaczynski and 95 others.
  The court in Warsaw court ruled that Tomasz Arabski, an aide to Poland’s prime minister at the time, exposed the late president to danger by allowing a hazardous flight to a rudimentary Russian airport.
  Arabski was handed a 10-month suspended prison sentence that is subject t
  
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• Prince Royce to headline MLS All-Star concert

  13-06-2019 15:00
  NEW YORK (AP) — Latin singer Prince Royce says he’s looking forward to headlining the 2019 Major League Soccer All-Star Concert because he loves singing live. But another motive? To gain some new fans.
  The Dominican singer will perform at the free July 27 event in Orlando at Wall Street Plaza.
  Royce says: “I think for me it’s a great way to continue to gain a bigger audience. It’s a whole different type of crowd.”
  The concert will kick off five days of soccer
  
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• Thursday Forecast: Hot and breezy

  13-06-2019 14:54
  TUCSON – Today is looking breezy and dry, with the high at 107 degrees in Tucson. A Excessive Heat Warning is in effect throughout tomorrow.
  No need to worry about the above average temperatures for long because looking ahead, a cooldown is on the way. This is due to a low pressure system moving in from California.
  With those cooler temperatures comes winds on average at about 10-20 miles per hour, gusting up to 25 miles per hour at times. With these dry conditions and breezy winds, a Red
  
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• Algeria jails second ex-prime minister in corruption sweep

  13-06-2019 14:54
  ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Former Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal has been jailed in an anti-corruption sweep — the second former head of government in two days to be sent to prison while his case is investigated.
  A statement on Thursday by the prosecutor’s office said that Sellal is being investigated for “corruption and dilapidation of public funds” among other things. He served as prime minister from 2014-2017.
  His incarceration came a day after former Pri
  
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• PCSD visits adults with disabilities who are afraid of law enforcement

  13-06-2019 14:52
  TUCSON – Southern Arizona Family Services (SAFS) has a program for adults with disabilities. There have been incidents where police have been called for behavioral issues, so many of the adults are afraid of law enforcement.
  Pima County Sheriff’s Department (PCSD) deputies made a visit to ease their fears.
  Before the deputies walked in, several of the adults were nervous and scared.
  “A lot of the times when we do have to call the cops, it is on one of the members that has behav
  
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• New Saudi club to open with Ne-Yo, but alcohol still a no-no

  13-06-2019 14:51
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A popular Mideast nightclub is opening a branch in Saudi Arabia in the latest sign of how far the kingdom has loosened restrictions on entertainment in recent years. But in line with the country’s Islamic laws it will not be serving alcohol.
  Addmind Hospitality communications manager Serge Trad told The Associated Press that the club, White Saudi Arabia, will be open for one month, starting with a performance Thursday by American R&B artist Ne-Y
  
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• Prison sentence affirmed in malnourished Indiana boy’s death

  13-06-2019 14:46
  TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — The Indiana Court of Appeals has affirmed an eight-year prison term for a man who pleaded guilty to neglect in the death of a malnourished 9-year-old boy with cerebral palsy. The Tribune-Star reports the decision filed Wednesday notes “mitigating factors” for 59-year-old Hubert Kraemer “are far outweighed by the horrendous fact that Kraemer starved his disabled child to death.” Kraemer was sentenced in December and argued the sentence was to
  
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• Greek unemployment, highest in EU, dips in early 2019

  13-06-2019 14:44
  ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek national statistics show that unemployment, long the highest in the European Union, fell in the first quarter when compared to last year, but still afflicts around one in five Greeks.
  The country’s statistical authority said Thursday that the unemployment rate was 19.2% in the January-March period, compared to 21.2% a year earlier.
  On a quarterly basis it was higher, but the tourism-reliant Greek job market fluctuates depending on the time of the year and
  
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• Bilic back in management at English club West Brom

  13-06-2019 14:44
  WEST BROMWICH, England (AP) — Former Croatia coach Slaven Bilic is back in club management at second-tier team West Bromwich Albion in England.
  Bilic has been out of work since being fired by Saudi club Al-Ittihad in February, only five months into the job. Prior to that, he spent 2½ years at West Ham in the Premier League before being fired in November 2017.
  West Brom lost in the League Championship playoffs last month and is preparing for a second season in the second tier.
  Bilic
  
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• Israeli court upholds Orthodox church land sales to settlers

  13-06-2019 14:42
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Supreme Court has ruled against the Greek Orthodox Church in a long-running legal battle over the sale of three properties in predominantly Palestinian parts of Jerusalem’s Old City to a Jewish settler group.
  The ruling handed down on Monday was part of a protracted dispute over the 2004 sale of Old City properties, including two Palestinian-run hotels, to Ateret Cohanim, an Israeli organization that aims to increase the Jewish presence in Palestinian
  
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• School: Videos of unwanted sexual contact aren’t harassment

  13-06-2019 14:32
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Lawyers for metro-Nashville’s public schools say it’s not sexual harassment when students share secretly recorded videos of unwanted sexual encounters and then bully the victims.
  The Tennessean is reporting on lawsuits by parents of four girls who say they were pressured into sexual contact and then taunted when students shared the videos.
  U.S. District Judge Aleta Trauger denied the district’s dismissal request last month, finding “ample evi
  
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• Turkey won’t bow to US ‘ultimatums’ on Russia missile system

  13-06-2019 14:14
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s foreign minister says his country won’t bow to “ultimatums” after the United States warned Turkey it was excluding it from the F-35 fighter jet program overs its deal with Russia to purchase its S-400 missile defense system.
  U.S. Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said in a letter to his Turkish counterpart last week that the training of Turkish pilots will end July 31 and that Turkey would not be allowed to take final possessio
  
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