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• Federal grand jury indicts two more employees at company that owns duck boat that sank in Missouri, killing 17

  20-06-2019 23:58
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Federal grand jury indicts two more employees at company that owns duck boat that sank in Missouri, killing 17.
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• House would block Feds from interfering with state pot laws

  20-06-2019 23:54
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic-controlled House has voted to block the Justice Department from interfering with states that have legalized marijuana for recreational use.
  The bipartisan 267-165 vote represents a breakthrough for advocates of legalizing pot, who have unsuccessfully pressed the idea in the past under GOP control of the House. Although 11 states have legalized marijuana for personal use, possessing and selling the drug remains a federal offense. Lawmakers have already enact
  
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• The Latest: Girlfriend: Christensen seemed proud of killing

  20-06-2019 23:47
  CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on the trial of Brendt Christensen and his claim to have killed 13 people (all times local):
  4:45 p.m.
  The girlfriend of an ex-University of Illinois student charged with kidnapping a visiting scholar from China says he seemed proud as he told her he killed Yingying Zhang.
  Star prosecution witness Terra Bullis testified Thursday for a second day at Brendt Christensen’s trial. He told her he raped and then beat the 26-year-old to death.
  Bullis secretly record
  
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• Plot that wounded Ortiz unraveled because of many mistakes

  20-06-2019 23:41
  SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — The plot that resulted in baseball superstar David Ortiz getting shot in the back began unraveling within an hour, mostly because the hired killers made so many mistakes.
  That’s according to authorities in the Dominican Republic, who say the assailants targeted Ortiz by accident. The conspirators were apparently trying to kill a man sitting with Ortiz at an outdoor cafe. Officials say Ortiz was the victim of incompetent criminals who somehow m
  
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• Mets name 82-year-old Phil Regan interim pitching coach

  20-06-2019 23:41
  CHICAGO (AP) — The New York Mets have fired pitching coach Dave Eiland and bullpen coach Chuck Hernández and named Phil Regan interim pitching coach, Ricky Bones interim bullpen coach and Jeremy Accardo pitching strategist.
  New York announced the moves Thursday before its game against the Chicago Cubs.
  The 82-year-old Regan has been the Mets’ minor league assistant pitching coordinator since 2016 after spending 2009-15 as the pitching coach for St. Lucie of the Florida State L
  
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• House panel releases transcript of Hope Hicks interview

  20-06-2019 23:41
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Judiciary Committee has released a transcript of its interview with former top White House adviser Hope Hicks.
  Hicks on Wednesday refused to answer questions related to her time working for President Donald Trump, following orders from White House lawyers. The interview frustrated Democrats who hoped to get more information about several episodes that special counsel Robert Mueller reviewed for obstruction of justice.
  The White House declared that Hicks was &ldq
  
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• Georgia man convicted of 5 murders in 2016 shooting deaths

  20-06-2019 23:41
  MOULTRIE, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia man has been found guilty of murdering five friends in 2016 and trying to cover it up by burning down a house.
  After a four-day trial in Moultrie, Superior Court Judge James Hardy on Thursday pronounced Jeffrey Peacock guilty on 14 counts, including five counts of murder.
  News outlets report Peacock will serve five consecutive life sentences without parole for the murders. He also was convicted of five counts of possessing a gun during the commission of a fel
  
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• 2 people arrested in an animal cruelty case west of Tucson

  20-06-2019 23:41
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Pima County Sheriff’s authorities say two people have been arrested after 43 animals were found in unsanitary conditions at a mobile home west of Tucson.
  They say 43-year-old Andres Contreras and 32-year-old Joylynn Severns are facing of animal cruelty charges after 34 cats, four dogs and five turtles have been taken to the Pima Animal Care Center.
  Sheriff’s deputies responded Wednesday morning to a report of people camping in a desert area.
  They say dozens
  
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• Chile misses crucial penalty in 2-0 win over Thailand

  20-06-2019 23:40
  RENNES, France (AP) — Chile missed a penalty that would have sent it through to the round of 16 of the Women’s World Cup in a 2-0 victory over Thailand on Thursday.
  Chile, scoreless in this tournament before the Thailand match, needed to win by three goals to advance as a third-place team.
  Chile was ahead 2-0 when it was awarded a penalty in stoppage time after video review showed Thailand goalkeeper Waraporn Boonsing had committed a foul just before Maria Jose Urrutia’s was cl
  
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• DA threatens to subpoena Houston police in fatal drug raid

  20-06-2019 23:39
  HOUSTON (AP) — Prosecutors are accusing Houston police of dragging their feet in the ongoing investigation into a deadly January drug raid that killed a couple and injured five officers.
  The Harris County District Attorney’s Office in a letter Thursday threatened to issue subpoenas to Houston police in order to get department records that prosecutors say they first requested six weeks ago.
  Prosecutors are requesting records related to confidential informants.
  The records are being so
  
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• Researchers confirm 1,600 secret graves in Mexico

  20-06-2019 23:37
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Researchers in Mexico say they’ve confirmed the existence of 1,606 secret graves that contained 2,489 bodies throughout the country from 2006 to 2017.
  But the study that was released Thursday by Mexico City’s Iberoamericana University warned that they have only scratched the surface of this “building phenomenon.”
  Lead coordinator Denise González said: “Unfortunately it’s just a fraction” of the graves out there.
  Researcher
  
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• Copa America organizers say attendances higher than in 2015

  20-06-2019 23:36
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — South America’s soccer governing body CONMEBOL says the average attendance at Copa America games in Brazil is 15% higher than four years ago in Chile.
  CONMEBOL was reacting to concern over the number of empty seats at games in five host cities of the tournament.
  Organizers said Thursday the average attendance for the first eight games in Brazil was 29,500, compared to 25,000 for the first week of competition in Chile.
  The cheapest ticket to watch a match costs 1
  
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• The Latest: UN envoy: Illegal Israel settlements advancing

  20-06-2019 23:35
  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Latest on tensions between Israel and the Palestinians (all times local):
  12:30 a.m.
  The U.N. Mideast envoy says Israel has taken “no steps” to stop illegal settlement activity as demanded by the Security Council and instead is moving ahead on nearly 6,000 housing units in the West Bank and east Jerusalem since late March.
  Nikolay Mladenov told the Security Council Thursday “this constitutes the largest settlement advancement in two years.
  
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• Connecticut man charged with assisting relative’s suicide

  20-06-2019 23:34
  WESTBROOK, Conn. (AP) — State police say a Westbrook man helped a terminally ill family member die by suicide and now faces manslaughter charges.
  Authorities say 65-year-old Kevin Conners turned himself in at a state police barracks Thursday and posted $50,000 bail. He is accused of assisting the suicide in September.
  Police say the arrest was made following a lengthy investigation.
  A legislative proposal to allow medical aid in dying was introduced in Connecticut’s General Assembly
  
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• Chelsea Manning seeks relief from fines for not testifying

  20-06-2019 23:29
  ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning is seeking relief from accumulating fines of $500 a day for refusing to testify before a grand jury investigating Wikileaks.
  In a court filing Thursday in federal court in Alexandria, Manning’s lawyers say the fines are unprecedented for someone in Manning’s position and exceed her ability to pay.
  Manning has been jailed for more than a month on civil contempt charges after she told a judge she would not co
  
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• Dakota Access pipeline operator plans to double capacity

  20-06-2019 23:27
  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The operator of the Dakota Access pipeline is planning to nearly double its capacity.
  The Bismarck Tribune reports that Energy Transfer Partners plans to expand the pipeline’s capacity from more than 500,000 barrels per day to as much as 1.1 million barrels.
  ETP told North Dakota Public Service Commission in a letter Wednesday that the expansion will let the Texas-based company meet growing demand without additional pipelines or rail shipments.
  The Dakota Access
  
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• US defeats rival Sweden 2-0, finishes atop group

  20-06-2019 23:26
  LE HAVRE, France (AP) — The defending champion U.S. national team faced its toughest test of the Women’s World Cup and remained dominant Thursday night, beating Sweden 2-0 to serve up a measure of revenge against the team that stunned the confident Americans in the last Olympics.
  Lindsey Horan scored within the first three minutes, the fastest goal of this tournament. The United States went up 2-0 on an own goal by Jonna Andersson in the 50th minute that gave the Americans a tourname
  
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• The Diamondbacks To Host “Pride Night” vs. Giants

  20-06-2019 23:22
  PHOENIX — In celebration of Pride Month, the D-backs will host Pride Night tomorrow at the D-backs vs. Giants game at Chase Field.  We’ll have more on News 4 Tucson at 6 & 10 p.m.
  “Pride Night” Diamondbacks shirts are available.
  Fans are able to purchase a Pride Pack, which includes a rainbow-themed D-backs branded shirt and a ticket to the game. Pride Pack purchasers will also be able to take part in a pregame parade around the field, led by local social me
  
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• UN food agency starts partial suspension of Yemen food aid

  20-06-2019 23:18
  CAIRO (AP) — The U.N. food agency says it has started a partial suspension of food aid in areas controlled by Yemen’s rebels.
  The World Food Program says it is suspending its operations in the capital, Sanaa, affecting 850,000 people.
  WFP said Thursday it has taken the decision as a “last resort” after negotiations with the rebels, known as Houthis, stalled on an agreement to prevent food diversion.
  Earlier this week, the WFP threatened to suspend some aid shipments to Ye
  
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• NRA sues ex-president Oliver North, saying he harmed the NRA

  20-06-2019 23:17
  NEW YORK (AP) — The National Rifle Association has sued its former president, Oliver North, for what it called “conduct harmful to the NRA.”
  The lawsuit was filed Wednesday in New York. It sought a judge’s declaration that the NRA isn’t required to pay North’s legal bills.
  North stepped down from the post in April. The lawsuit said he “departed office after a widely publicized, failed coup attempt.”
  The suit also accused top NRA official Chris Cox
  
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• Property belonging to convicted disability lawyer is sold

  20-06-2019 23:15
  PRESTONSBURG, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky businessman has purchased a large statue of Abraham Lincoln and office space belonging to a disability attorney convicted of fraud and sentenced to 27 years in prison.
  The Lexington Herald-Leader reported Thursday that Jerry Flannery purchased the statue and some 11 acres in Floyd County, including five mobile homes where Eric C. Conn operated his business. He plans to commercially develop the property.
  Flannery says he’ll donate the Lincoln statue
  
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• Man’s serial killer boast doubted in Chinese scholar case

  20-06-2019 23:04
  CHICAGO (AP) — There are reasons to doubt a boast from a man charged with killing a visiting scholar from China that he killed 12 other people.
  Brendt Christensen, a former University of Illinois doctoral student, claimed to be a serial killer in conversations recorded by his girlfriend, the prosecution’s star witness, who testified for a second day at Christensen’s federal trial Thursday.
  Before Yingying Zhang went missing in June, 2017, Christensen spent months on the interne
  
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• Brother identifies man accused of killing Sacramento officer as 45-year-old Adel Ramos, says he’s estranged from family

  20-06-2019 23:01
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Brother identifies man accused of killing Sacramento officer as 45-year-old Adel Ramos, says he’s estranged from family.
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• 250 homes east of metro Phoenix evacuated due to wildfire

  20-06-2019 22:58
  SUPERIOR, Ariz. (AP) — About 250 homes east of metro Phoenix are under evacuation orders because of a wildfire.
  The human-caused wildfire in the Tonto National Forest has grown to nearly 79 square miles (204 square kilometers). It is 41% contained.
  Firefighters are being challenged Thursday by gusty winds, low humidity, high temperatures and the terrain.
  The homes are within a 12-mile radius of Roosevelt Lake, a popular recreation. Gila County spokesman Josh Beck says the wildfire is withi
  
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• No change to pass interference rule by competition committee

  20-06-2019 22:57
  NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL competition committee has decided against making any changes to the new rule for reviewing pass interference, the league announced Thursday.
  That means the rule stands as approved by NFL owners in March.
  Owners decided in May to let the competition committee consult with coaches and decide whether to refine the rule further. During the rule’s one-year trial this season, coaches still can challenge until the two-minute warning of each half or overtime. Then a r
  
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• Andrus helps Rangers, Minor to victory 4-2 over Indians

  20-06-2019 22:57
  ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Elvis Andrus homered and had an RBI triple to back another impressive home start by Mike Minor as the Texas Rangers earned a series split with a 4-2 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Thursday.
  Minor (7-4) limited the Indians to three hits and one run over eight innings after they had scored 10 runs each of the last two nights. The lefty struck out four and walked three while throwing 70 of 110 pitches for strikes.
  Danny Santana went deep in the Rangers’ ei
  
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• Sen. McSally to visit Center of Opportunity

  20-06-2019 22:55
  Old hotel to become one-stop-shop for homeless and low income.
  TUCSON –Sen. Martha McSally plans to tour H.S. Lopez Family Foundation of Center of Opportunity, a new local homeless shelter, on Friday.
  According to a news release, McSally’s visits is to learn more about the shelter’s serving the homeless in the community.
  Center of Opportunity opened this month. The old Holiday Inn hotel on 4550 S. Palo Verde Road was transformed into a shelter for homeless and low-income famili
  
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• Suit seeking to reinstate North Dakota women’s hockey tossed

  20-06-2019 22:54
  FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A judge has thrown out a discrimination lawsuit by 11 former University of North Dakota women’s hockey players seeking to have the program reinstated.
  The complaint filed last summer alleges the university violated Title IX laws that prohibit women from being treated differently because of gender. School administrators cited budget woes when the program was dropped in the spring of 2017.
  U.S. District Judge Daniel Hovland said the players did not prove a “sub
  
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• Former Kennedy, Kavanaugh clerk tapped for federal judgeship

  20-06-2019 22:51
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A 37-year-old conservative Kentucky law professor who previously served as a clerk for a U.S. Supreme Court justice has been nominated to become a federal judge.
  The White House announced Wednesday that President Donald Trump had tapped Justin Walker for the role.
  Walker clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy. He also clerked for Justice Brett Kavanaugh during Kavanaugh’s time on the U.S. Court of Appeals.
  Walker is an assistant professor of law
  
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• Giant telescope will be built on sacred Native Hawaiian peak

  20-06-2019 22:50
  HONOLULU (AP) — After years of protests and legal battles, Hawaii officials have announced that a massive telescope which will allow scientists to peer into the most distant reaches of our early universe will be built on a volcano that some consider sacred.
  Gov. David Ige said Thursday that the state has issued a “notice to proceed” for the Thirty Meter Telescope project.
  In October, a state Supreme Court’s 4-1 ruling upheld the project’s permits for the $1.4 billio
  
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• Iran accuses US of “very dangerous and provocative act” and urges international community to demand US end unlawful acts

  20-06-2019 22:47
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Iran accuses US of “very dangerous and provocative act” and urges international community to demand US end unlawful acts.
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• Stars put on tribute for late Karl Lagerfeld in Paris

  20-06-2019 22:39
  PARIS (AP) — VIP friends of the Chanel’s late designer Karl Lagerfeld have staged a final tribute to his iconic life in Paris.
  Portraits of Lagerfeld, who died in February, lined the walls of the Grand Palais Thursday as models Claudia Schiffer and Gigi Hadid joined former French First Lady Carla Bruni and over 1,000 other mourners at a 90-minute memorial.
  It featured live theatrical performances from Tilda Swinton and Helen Mirren as well as music by Pharrell Williams. Filmed interv
  
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• California official says she offered fuel economy compromise

  20-06-2019 22:35
  WASHINGTON (AP) — California’s top air pollution regulator says the state has proposed compromises to end a deadlock with the Trump administration on fuel economy and auto emissions standards but the administration wasn’t willing to negotiate.
  California Air Resources Board Chairwoman Mary Nichols told a U.S. House committee Thursday that her agency had met with the administration more than a dozen times and has been open to adjustments.
  The administration has proposed freezing
  
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• Kim takes early lead ahead of the wind and rain at Hazeltine

  20-06-2019 22:34
  CHASKA, Minn. (AP) — Hyo Joo Kim handled a long, tough Hazeltine with only one bogey for a 3-under 69 and a one-shot lead among the early starters at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship.
  Michelle Wie struggled to handle the pain. Icing her right wrist throughout the round, Wie shot 84 and then started crying when she wondered aloud how much time she had left.
  Kim birdied three of the par 5s — most of them were unreachable in two shots — and dropped her only shot at the par-
  
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• Green putts her way to the lead at Women’s PGA

  20-06-2019 22:34
  CHASKA, Minn. (AP) — Hannah Green of Australia couldn’t miss on the greens and holed a bunker shot late in her round at Hazeltine National for a 4-under 68 and a one-shot lead in the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship.
  Green started with a 15-foot par putt, made a birdie putt from 20 feet on the next hole and kept right on rolling through rain, wind and sunshine.
  She hit only nine greens. She took only 23 putts, none of them from tap-in range.
  And she didn’t even have rain pan
  
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• A Multi-Factored Look At TUSD's Enrollment Decline

  20-06-2019 22:32
  Tucson Unified School District has been losing students steadily since 2000. Lots of students.…
  
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• Raising Cane’s to open third Tucson restaurant

  20-06-2019 22:24
  TUCSON – Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers is set to open is the third restaurant in Tucson.
  The Louisiana-based company will open its new location in late October at 4225 Oracle Road.
  Raising Cane’s plans to hire 75 crewmembers.
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  “We are excited to commence construction on our third Tucson location and look forward to giving Caniacs in the area another Raising Cane’s where they can get their chicken finger fix,” said Regional Leader
  
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• Golden Spike: De Grasse wins 200, Miller-Uibo fastest 300

  20-06-2019 22:23
  OSTRAVA, Czech Republic (AP) — Canadian Andre De Grasse won the men’s 200-meter race at the Golden Spike meet on Thursday, holding off a challenge from American sprinter Christian Coleman.
  De Grasse used a strong finish to win in 19.91 seconds on a wet track following heavy rain. Coleman timed 19.97 in his first 200 of the season.
  Olympic 400-meter champion Shaunae Miller-Uibo won the rarely contested women’s 300 meters in a world’s best time of 34.41 seconds. The Bahamia
  
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• EU leaders fail to agree on 2050 climate goal

  20-06-2019 22:13
  BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders have failed to agree unanimously on a decision to make the bloc’s economy carbon neutral by 2050.
  Ahead of a U.N. meeting on climate change in the fall, the proposal was relegated to a footnote in the final statement of Thursday’s meeting of EU leaders in Brussels. That means it is not legally binding.
  According to several officials who spoke anonymously as they were not authorized to speak publicly, more than 20 countries including Britai
  
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• Prosecutors want 17 convictions tossed after officers fired

  20-06-2019 22:07
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Florida prosecutors say they’ll seek to overturn the convictions of 17 people whose cases hung on the testimony of three recently fired police officers. The Tamp Bay Times reports that Hillsborough State Attorney Andrew Warren announced Wednesday that his office found 17 cases where Tampa police officers Mark Landry, John Laratta and Algenis Maceo were essential witnesses, but there was no evidence to confirm their testimony.
  Last month, Tampa police Chief Brian Du
  
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• Bears sign sixth-round pick CB Duke Shelley to 4-year deal

  20-06-2019 22:04
  LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — The Chicago Bears have signed sixth-round draft pick Duke Shelley to a four-year contract.
  The cornerback from Kansas State recorded 165 tackles and eight interceptions over four seasons for the Wildcats. He started the first seven games last year before suffering a season-ending toe injury.
  With the move announced Thursday, the Bears have all five draft picks under contract. Running back David Montgomery (third round), receiver Riley Ridley (fourth round), running
  
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• The S&P 500 index is closing at a record high, erasing its losses from May

  20-06-2019 22:02
  NEW YORK (AP) — The S&P 500 index is closing at a record high, erasing its losses from May.
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• Messi says it would be ‘crazy’ to see Argentina out of Copa

  20-06-2019 22:01
  BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil (AP) — With Argentina on the brink of another embarrassing elimination, Lionel Messi knows his team needs to improve. And quickly.
  Argentina must beat guest Qatar on Sunday to have any realistic chance of avoiding its worst Copa America performance since 1983, the last time it was eliminated in the group stage of the South American competition.
  “It would be crazy not to advance when three teams are practically guaranteed in the next round,” Messi said aft
  
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• Phoenix facility where woman was raped losing Medicaid funds

  20-06-2019 21:56
  PHOENIX (AP) — U.S. officials have told the long-term care facility where an incapacitated woman was raped and gave birth last year that it will lose Medicaid funding.
  The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services told Hacienda HealthCare this week that its participation in the program will end July 3. It says in a letter that Hacienda corrected some practices but remains out of compliance in other areas.
  The facility has 60 days to appeal. Hacienda said Thursday that it’ll work to
  
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• Phoenix facility where woman was raped losing Medicaid

  20-06-2019 21:56
  PHOENIX (AP) — Federal officials have told the long-term care facility where an incapacitated woman was raped and gave birth last year that it will lose Medicaid funding.
  The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services told Hacienda Healthcare this week its participation in the program will end July 3. It says in a letter that Hacienda corrected some practices but remains out of compliance in other areas.
  Hacienda has 60 days to appeal.
  Hacienda said Thursday it will work to ensure patient
  
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• USOC changes name to US Olympic & Paralympic Committee

  20-06-2019 21:54
  CHICAGO (AP) — The U.S. Olympic Committee is changing its name to include the Paralympic movement.
  The organization will be known as the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee under a change approved Thursday by the board of directors. The name will be seen immediately on social media platforms and soon in signs at the U.S. training center in Colorado Springs, Colorado, along with other properties.
  CEO Sarah Hirshland says the decision reflects a “continuation of our long-standing c
  
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• Animals Recovered from South Side Trailer

  20-06-2019 21:49
  Dozens of animals are under the supervision of the Pima Animal Care Center after sheriff’s deputies discovered animal hoarders.…
  
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• Veterinarian: Bulldog swallows 19 baby pacifiers

  20-06-2019 21:25
  BOSTON (AP) — A Boston veterinary hospital got quite a surprise recently when a family brought in their bulldog after he stopped eating.
  The Angell Animal Medical Center found 19 baby pacifiers in the dog’s stomach.
  It started in April when the Wellesley family noticed that their 3-year-old dog, Mortimer, started getting nauseous before meals. His owner, Emily Shanahan, brought Mortimer to the vet, who prescribed medicine to take care of the issue.
  But it didn’t help and Mortim
  
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• The Latest: Sen. Jones: Moore candidacy ‘not good’ for state

  20-06-2019 21:21
  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Latest on Roy Moore’s decision on whether to run for U.S. Senate in Alabama (all times local):
  5 p.m.
  Democratic Sen. Doug Jones says Roy Moore’s decision to run for the seat again in 2020 “is not good for the state of Alabama.”
  Jones told The Associated Press after Moore’s announcement Thursday that the Republican primary in Alabama “just got more divisive and extreme.”
  He says the GOP primary will boil down to “e
  
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• Nationals to extend protective netting at All-Star break

  20-06-2019 21:15
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington Nationals will extend their protective netting during the All-Star break after recent injuries in baseball increased the focus on fan safety.
  Nationals managing principal owner Mark Lerner announced the changes in a letter to fans on Thursday. Lerner says the club will replace the current protection with more transparent netting and extend it to just short of the foul poles in the left and right field corners.
  Lerner referenced a 4-year-old girl was struck
  
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