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• Sugrue wins British Amateur to earn spot at Royal Portrush

  22-06-2019 23:52
  PORTMARNOCK, Ireland (AP) — James Sugrue of Ireland started strong and was solid at the end for a 2-up victory over Euan Walker at Portmarnock to win the British Amateur.
  Sugrue built a 5-up lead after nine holes on the Irish links north of Dublin and never trailed in the 36-hole championship match. He still had to hang on at the finish as Walker rallied to square the match with two holes to play. Sugrue won the 35th hole with a par, and Walker lost the final hole with another tee shot int
  
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• Cron’s 10th-inning single helps Twins get past Royals

  22-06-2019 23:51
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — C.J. Cron homered and singled in the go-ahead run in the 10th inning, and the Minnesota Twins beat the Kansas City Royals 5-3 on Saturday.
  Miguel Sanó and Jake Cave also homered for the Twins, who blew a 3-0 lead in the eighth before pushing ahead for good in the 10th. Eddie Rosario’s double to deep right off Wily Peralta (2-3) scored Cave for a two-run cushion.
  Trevor May (2-1) worked a scoreless ninth and Blake Parker retired the side in the 10th for
  
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• Wife: David Ortiz in good condition, out of intensive care

  22-06-2019 23:49
  BOSTON (AP) — David Ortiz’s wife says he has moved out of intensive care.
  Tiffany Ortiz said in a statement distributed by the Red Sox on Saturday that the ex-Boston slugger remains hospitalized and in good condition, almost two weeks after he was shot in the back while at a club in the Dominican Republic.
  Ortiz was flown to Boston the next day for treatment.
  Dominican prosecutors say Ortiz was attacked in a case of mistaken identity by a gunman who was hired to kill an auto shop own
  
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• Woody Guthrie’s children named Mermaid Parade king and queen

  22-06-2019 23:47
  NEW YORK (AP) — Woody Guthrie’s children, Arlo and Nora Guthrie, are king and queen of this year’s Coney Island Mermaid Parade.
  Saturday’s colorful spectacle of participants in zany aquatic costumes ushered in the New York summer for the 37th time.
  This year, the corner of Mermaid Avenue and West 35th Street in Brooklyn is being named Woody Guthrie Way.
  The songwriter famous for “This Land is Your Land” and his wife moved into a modest first-floor apartment on
  
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• Colton Herta takes Road America pole at record age of 19

  22-06-2019 23:45
  ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (AP) — Colton Herta became the youngest pole winner in IndyCar history Saturday, topping qualifying at Road America with a lap of 1 minute, 42.9920 seconds on the 4.014-mile circuit.
  At 19 years, 83 days, Herta broke the mark of 20 years, 90 days set by Graham Rahal in 2009 at St. Petersburg.
  Herta, the son of former IndyCar driver Bryan Herta, raced to his first career victory in Austin, Texas, this year. The pole also was the first for Harding-Steinbrenner Racing, the
  
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• Alonso hits record 26th HR, Mets rout Cubs 10-2

  22-06-2019 23:43
  CHICAGO (AP) — Rookie slugger Pete Alonso hit his 26th homer to set the NL record for most homers before the All-Star Game as the New York Mets routed the Chicago Cubs 10-2 on Saturday.
  Alonso broke a tie with Los Angeles’ Cody Bellinger (2017). He’s still seven short of Mark McGwire’s major league record 33 accomplished in 1987.
  Todd Frazier and Wilson Ramos also homered for the Mets, who won consecutive road games for the first time in over two months.
  Zack Wheeler (6-5
  
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• Richmond celebrates formal renaming of Arthur Ashe Boulevard

  22-06-2019 23:40
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Groundbreaking black tennis player Arthur Ashe Jr.’s hometown of Richmond, Virginia has renamed a major thoroughfare after him, after years of effort.
  The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that thousands of people attended a ceremony Saturday to celebrate the formal renaming of Arthur Ashe Boulevard.
  Ashe was the first black player selected to the U.S. Davis Cup team and the only black man to ever win the singles title at the U.S. Open, Wimbledon and the Australian
  
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• Turkey opposition seeks to repeat win in Istanbul redo vote

  22-06-2019 23:33
  ISTANBUL (AP) — The Istanbul mayoral candidates have led their final campaign rallies heading into Sunday’s repeat election.
  The city election held March 31 saw opposition candidate Ekrem Imamoglu narrowly defeat former Prime Minister Benali Yildirim, the candidate of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party.
  The governing party challenged the results and Turkey’s election commission voided the vote after Imamoglu had already taken office.
  Yildirim h
  
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• Venezuela beats Bolivia 3-1 and advances in Copa America

  22-06-2019 23:07
  BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil (AP) — Venezuela beat Bolivia 3-1 to advance to the Copa America quarterfinals on Saturday.
  Darwin Machis scored in each half for Venezuela at Mineirao Stadium.
  Leonel Justiniano reduced Bolivia’s deficit in the 82nd minute, but Josef Martinez secured the victory four minutes later.
  Venezuela finished second to Brazil in Group A. Brazil beat Peru 5-0.
  Venezuela’s adversary in the quarterfinals will be the second-place team in Group B, either Paraguay, Qat
  
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• The Latest: Company linked to motorcycle crash cooperating

  22-06-2019 22:47
  LANCASTER, N.H. (AP) — The Latest on a deadly crash between a pickup truck and several motorcycles in New Hampshire (all times local):
  9:10 p.m.
  The owner of a company that employs the truck driver identified as involved in a deadly collision with motorcycles says he can’t reach the driver.
  Dartanyan Gasanov is the owner of Westfield Transport of Springfield, Massachusetts. He told The Boston Globe on Saturday that Volodoymyr Zhukovskyy “doesn’t answer the phone calls.&rd
  
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• Hall of Fame trainer banned at Santa Anita after horse death

  22-06-2019 22:35
  ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Hall of Fame trainer Jerry Hollendorfer has been banned by the ownership of Santa Anita after a fourth horse from his stable has died — and the 30th overall — at the Southern California track.
  The Stronch Group, which owns the track, says Saturday in a statement that Hollendorfer “is no longer welcome to stable, race or train his horses at any of our facilities.”
  On the recommendation of a special panel convened to review horses’ medical
  
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• Climate change protesters arrested outside New York Times

  22-06-2019 21:52
  NEW YORK (AP) — Police say 70 climate change protesters were arrested after they blocked traffic outside the New York Times building.
  The protesters from the group Extinction Rebellion hung banners on the skyscraper in midtown Manhattan on Saturday and on the outside of the Port Authority Bus Terminal across the street.
  The protesters were taken into police custody after they lay down on Eighth Avenue and blocked traffic. Charges are pending.
  A spokeswoman for Extinction Rebellion, Eve Mos
  
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• The Latest: Pelosi asked Trump to delay immigration sweep

  22-06-2019 21:50
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and immigration (all times local):
  3:50 p.m.
  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called President Donald Trump and asked him to call off planned raids to deport immigrants here illegally.
  The California Democrat called Trump on Friday night, according to a person familiar with the situation and not authorized to discuss it publicly. The person spoke on condition of anonymity. Trump announced a two-week delay with a tweet Saturday afternoon.
  Pel
  
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• Florida woman charged with giving husband’s guns to police

  22-06-2019 20:13
  LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a Florida woman who claimed her husband tried to run her down with a car is facing charges herself for taking guns from his apartment.
  Lakeland Police say 32-year-old Courtney Irby is charged with armed burglary and grand theft. An arrest affidavit says Irby knew her husband Joseph Irby had weapons, so she took them and turned them over to police.
  The affidavit says Courtney Irby admitted taking the weapons and that her husband sought to press charges.
  
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• The Latest: J.T. Miller traded to Vancouver

  22-06-2019 20:11
  VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — The Latest on the NHL draft (all times local):
  11:15 a.m.
  The Vancouver Canucks have acquired center J.T. Miller in a trade with the Tampa Bay Lightning.
  Tampa Bay received journeyman minor-league goalie Marek Mazanec and two draft picks in the deal, including a conditional 2020 first-round selection.
  Another benefit for the Lightning is they free themselves from the final four years of the five-year, $26.25 million contract Miller signed last year. Tampa
  
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• Indians designate Leonys Martin for assignment

  22-06-2019 19:51
  CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Indians have designated outfielder Leonys Martin for assignment on Saturday.
  Martin, who overcame a life-threatening bacterial infection last summer, batted .199 with nine home runs and 19 RBIs in 65 games.
  Indians president of baseball operations Chris Antonetti said the decision to part ways with Martin was difficult but he felt it was the right move for the team.
  Cleveland acquired Martin from the Detroit Tigers at the trade deadline last season, but he pl
  
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• Officials: Texas woman playing ‘chicken’ fatally strikes son

  22-06-2019 19:50
  HOUSTON (AP) — Authorities say a 26-year-old Houston woman who was driving an SUV toward her children in an apparent game of “chicken” struck and killed her 3-year-old son.
  Harris County prosecutors said Friday that Lexus Stagg is charged with criminally negligent homicide in the June 11 death of her son.
  They say surveillance video from an apartment complex shows Stagg getting into a Lincoln Navigator, then backing up. As her three young children began running after her, she d
  
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• Subban, Marleau trades overshadow 2nd day of NHL draft

  22-06-2019 19:48
  VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — P.K. Subban and Patrick Marleau are on the move in a pair of trades, overshadowing the start of the second day of the NHL draft.
  Subban was dealt from Nashville to New Jersey shortly before the Ottawa Senators opened the second round by selecting American center Shane Pinto. The Predators acquired defensemen Steven Santini and Jeremy Davies, the 34th pick in this year’s draft and a second-rounder next year.
  The Devils also headlined the opening roun
  
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• Germany tops Nigeria, reaches Women’s World Cup quarters

  22-06-2019 19:42
  Germany advanced to the Women’s World Cup quarterfinals for the eighth straight time, beating African champion Nigeria 3-0 Saturday at Grenoble, France.
  Germany captain Alexandra Popp, playing in her 100th international match, scored in the 20th minute. Sara Däbritz made it 2-0 in the 27th with a penalty kick and Lea Schüller got the final goal in the 82nd.
  Second-ranked Germany, which has outscored opponents 9-0, plays the winner of Monday’s match between Sweden and Canada
  
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• Activists step up trainings amid Trump deportation threats

  22-06-2019 19:41
  CHICAGO (AP) — With renewed pledges on mass deportations, immigrant rights activists have fine-tuned and ramped up one of their most basic organizing tools: The know-your-rights training.
  From Los Angeles to Atlanta, advocates and attorneys have brought civil rights workshops to schools, churches, storefronts and consulates, tailoring their efforts on what to do if U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers show up at home or on the road.
  The activists from organizations big and sma
  
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• 9 dead after twin-engine aircraft carrying skydivers crashes in Hawaii

  22-06-2019 19:35
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  Nine people are dead after a twin-engine aircraft carrying skydivers went down near a Hawaii airfield Friday night, officials said.
  The crash occurred near Dillingham Airfield, on the north shore of Oahu, the Hawaii Department of Transportation said.
  All nine people aboard the King Air twin-engine plane perished, authorities said.
  The state’s transportation agency had initially said first responders reported six deaths.
  “It’s very difficult. In my 40 years as a firefight
  
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• Winds fanning wildfire in national forest east of Phoenix

  22-06-2019 19:25
  SUPERIOR, Ariz. (AP) — Hot, dry winds are fanning a wildfire in a national forest east of Phoenix, but fire officials haven’t ordered more residents to leave an area where than the 700 homes are already evacuated.
  Fire spokesman Dick Fleishman said Saturday the fire in Tonto National Forest near Roosevelt Lake covers nearly 125 square miles (325 square kilometers), including areas charred by firefighters to starve the blaze of fuel.
  That’s up from about 100 square miles (260 sq
  
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• Argument in apartment parking lot turns fatal

  22-06-2019 19:14
  An argument in a parking lot turned fatal early Saturday morning.
  Pima County Sheriff’s Dept. says Foothills deputies responded to a shooting call around 1:30 am Saturday.
  Upon arriving at the apartment complex in the 7400 block of North Mona Lisa deputies found a man with gunshot wounds.
  The man was transported to the hospital but died from his injuries.
  Authorities say the shooting happened after an argument in the parking lot.
  The investigation is on-going but officials say there are no
  
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• Nashville sends defenseman P.K. Subban to New Jersey

  22-06-2019 19:11
  VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — The New Jersey Devils have acquired P.K. Subban from the Nashville Predators in exchange for Steven Santini, Jeremy Davies and a pair of draft picks.
  Just hours after taking American center Jack Hughes with the No. 1 pick of the NHL draft, the Devils landed a star defenseman on Saturday to potentially share the ice with their new young forward in the future.
  Subban was thought to be on the trade block because of his $9 million salary cap hit for each of t
  
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• Late Hawaii senator’s widow christens warship bearing name

  22-06-2019 19:11
  BATH, Maine (AP) — The christening of a warship bearing the name of the late Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii had a tropical flare at Maine’s Bath Iron Works.
  There were flowery leis around the necks of dignitaries and a giant one on the warship, which is under construction. Irene Hirano Inouye, who broke a bottle of Champagne on the ship’s bow, said it was important to bring Hawaiian culture to Saturday’s event.
  Her late husband, the ship’s namesake, was a Medal of Hon
  
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• Nashville Predators trade defenseman P.K. Subban to New Jersey Devils

  22-06-2019 19:03
  VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Nashville Predators trade defenseman P.K. Subban to New Jersey Devils.
  The post Nashville Predators trade defenseman P.K. Subban to New Jersey Devils appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• Scamp the Tramp wins World’s Ugliest Dog Contest

  22-06-2019 18:59
  Scamp the Tramp, held by Darlene Wright, after winning 2019 World’s Ugliest Dog Contest. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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  Scamp the Tramp will never win a beauty contest. But he’s won an ugly one.
  The bug-eyed, dreadlocked pooch took top honors Friday night at the 31st annual World’s Ugliest Dog Contest.
  Owner Yvonne Morones of Santa Rosa, California, won an appearance with Scamp on the “Today” show, $1,500 in cash, another $1,500 to donate to an animal shelter —
  
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• Underdogs have big day at African Cup

  22-06-2019 18:55
  Underdogs had a big day at the African Cup of Nations in Egypt as Uganda won on its return to the tournament after 41 years and Madagascar held Guinea to a draw on its debut on Saturday.
  Burundi, another African Cup first-timer, pushed mighty Nigeria all the way.
  Uganda beat two-time champion Congo 2-0 in Cairo to start the second day of action. Both goals came through headers from set-pieces, with Patrick Kaddu scoring from a corner in the 14th minute and Emmanuel Okwi heading in a free kick ea
  
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• Early surprise at African Cup as Uganda beats Congo 2-0

  22-06-2019 18:55
  CAIRO (AP) — Uganda threw up the first surprise of the African Cup of Nations by beating former champion Congo 2-0 on Saturday.
  Both of Uganda’s goals came through headers from set-pieces. Patrick Kaddu scored from a corner in the 14th minute and Emmanuel Okwi headed in a free kick early in the second half.
  Uganda is playing at the African Cup for the first time in 41 years and joined host Egypt at the top of Group A.
  Congo won the title in 1968 and 1974 and finished third two tourna
  
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• AP sources: UConn in talks to move back into Big East

  22-06-2019 18:47
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A University of Connecticut official says the school is working to return to the Big East for basketball and other sports.
  The official confirmed there have been talks with the Big East, but said they were not aware any invitation had been extended.
  The official spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release the information.
  UConn is changing presidents and is not expected to finalize any move until Thomas Katsoule
  
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• Here’s how others can join Chile, Colombia in Copa quarters

  22-06-2019 18:38
  BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil (AP) — Only defending champion Chile and Colombia have qualified for the Copa America knockout stage after two rounds of group matches.
  The third and last round starts on Saturday.
  The top two in each group and the two best third-place finishers advance to the quarterfinals.
  Here is the situation before the round begins:
  GROUP A
  Brazil and Peru have four points each, but the host leads on tiebreakers. They face off in Sao Paulo, with the winner to advance in first po
  
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• Brazil and Venezuela join Chile, Colombia in Copa quarters

  22-06-2019 18:38
  BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil (AP) — Defending champion Chile and Colombia were joined by Brazil and Venezuela in the Copa America knockout stage on Saturday.
  Peru finished Group A in third place and will wait for other results before celebrating a spot in the quarterfinals.
  The third and last round of group matches started on Saturday.
  The top two in each group and the two best third-place finishers advance to the quarterfinals.
  Here is the situation after Saturday’s matches:
  GROUP A
  Brazi
  
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• Toronto Maple Leafs trade Patrick Marleau to Hurricanes

  22-06-2019 18:37
  VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — The Toronto Maple Leafs have freed up valuable salary-cap space by trading veteran forward Patrick Marleau to the Carolina Hurricanes.
  The Hurricanes acquired a conditional first-round pick and a seventh-round selection in next year’s draft.
  The trade was announced shortly before the start of the second round of the NHL draft in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Saturday.
  The Maple Leafs acquired a 2020 draft pick from Carolina in a deal that saves To
  
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• Man convicted in Charlottesville attack asks for “mercy”

  22-06-2019 18:33
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A man convicted in a deadly car attack on a crowd of counterprotesters at a white nationalist rally in Virginia is asking a federal court for mercy and a punishment shorter than a life sentence.
  Attorneys for James Alex Fields Jr. said in a sentencing memo Friday that he does not deserve to spend the rest of his life in prison because of his young age, traumatic childhood and mental illness.
  Fields, 22, has previously pleaded guilty to 29 federal charges stemming from
  
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• Pregnant woman, 2-year-old son dead in Tennessee after driver deliberately mows them down, police say

  22-06-2019 18:24
  A Tennessee driver killed a pregnant woman and her 2-year-old son and injured two other people when he intentionally mowed them down Monday, according to police.
  William David Phillips, 33, first hit pedestrian Tillman Gunter, 61, before driving less than a mile and running over Sierra Wilson Cahoon, 30, and her son Nolan Cahoon, 2, according to a statement from the Jefferson City Police Department.
  Officers arrived to find the mother, who was pregnant, and her son dead at the scene and Phillips
  
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• Reporter once jailed for refusing to disclose source dies

  22-06-2019 18:15
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Jim Taricani (teh-ruh-KAH’-nee), an award-winning TV reporter who exposed corruption and served a federal sentence for refusing to disclose a source, has died. He was 69.
  His friend, Dyana Koelsch (kelsh), says in a statement that Taricani died at home on Friday. She didn’t list the cause.
  Taricani, a Connecticut native, covered Rhode Island for 40 years, 32 of them at WJAR-TV.
  He was convicted in 2004 of criminal contempt for refusing to reveal the sour
  
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• Spain reports 100 migrants rescued at sea in 1 day

  22-06-2019 18:12
  MADRID (AP) — Spain’s maritime rescue service says over 100 migrants have been rescued from three boats attempting to reach Europe from northern Africa.
  The maritime rescue service said one of the boats discovered Saturday carried eight people in the Strait of Gibraltar. Two larger boats, one with 58 people on board and another with 42, were located in waters east of the Strait.
  The Spanish Interior Ministry says 8,834 people arrived by sea without authorization between the start of
  
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• Brazilian striker Thalles dies in motorcycle crash near Rio

  22-06-2019 18:08
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Former Vasco da Gama striker Thalles Lima de Conceicaão Penha is one of two people who died from a motorcycle crash outside Rio de Janeiro. Thalles was 24.
  The club and Rio de Janeiro’s fire department said the incident happened early Saturday morning when Thalles’ motorcycle collided with another motorcycle. The bike ran over three more people, one of whom died.
  Thalles scored 36 goals in 157 matches for Vasco.
  He played last year for Japanese seco
  
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• White House unveils $50 billion Palestinian economic plan

  22-06-2019 17:59
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has unveiled the economic portion of its much-anticipated “deal of the century” peace plan for Israel and the Palestinians. It calls for $50 billion in investment and infrastructure projects in the West Bank, Gaza and surrounding countries.
  The proposal was released ahead of a two-day conference to build support for the proposal next week in Bahrain. That meeting will take place amid heavy skepticism about the viability of the plan and outright
  
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• Multiple shootings in Baltimore leave 2 killed, 6 injured

  22-06-2019 17:51
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore Police say two people are dead and six others are injured after several overnight shootings around the city.
  Police said an unidentified man early Saturday approached a crowd standing in East Baltimore and began shooting. A 19-year-old man was shot in the stomach and later died at a local hospital. Four others were also shot.
  Police said that event was one of four overnight shootings that saw eight people shot and left two dead.
  One man was killed after being sho
  
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• Video shows man attacking TSA agents at Phoenix airport security checkpoint

  22-06-2019 17:22
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  Newly released surveillance shows the moment a 19-year-old man bum-rushes a security checkpoint and attacks Transportation Security Administration agents at a Phoenix airport earlier in the week.
  Tyrese Roshawn Garner was arrested Tuesday on charges of felony trespassing, resisting arrest, and five counts of misdemeanor assault after he allegedly injured several agents in Terminal 4 at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.
  “This unprovoked and brazen physical attack against our
  
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• Federer faces Goffin in his 13th Halle Open final

  22-06-2019 17:05
  HALLE, Germany (AP) — Roger Federer will play David Goffin in the final as he bids for a record-extending 10th Halle Open title on Sunday.
  Federer defeated the 43rd-ranked Pierre-Hugues Herbert of France 6-3, 6-3 and Goffin brought an end to Matteo Berrettini’s eight-match winning streak with a 7-6 (4), 6-3 win in the semifinals on Saturday.
  Federer had one of his easier matches on his way to his 13th final in Halle, converting three of eight break opportunities without facing any hi
  
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• 2 finalists in UK leadership race make pitch to Tory members

  22-06-2019 16:56
  LONDON (AP) — The two finalists in the race to lead Britain’s governing Conservative Party — and to become the country’s new prime minister — are making their first formal pitches to party members.
  Former British foreign secretary and ex-London mayor Boris Johnson, the runaway favorite, and Jeremy Hunt, the current foreign secretary, faced off Saturday at a Conservative conference in central England’s city Birmingham.
  Johnson opened his address with a focus on
  
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• Barty to play Goerges for Birmingham title and No. 1 spot

  22-06-2019 16:47
  BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — French Open champion Ashleigh Barty will play Julia Goerges for the Birmingham Classic title on Sunday, and clinch the world No. 1 spot if she wins.
  Barty extended her winning streak to 11 games and secured her third final of the season with a 6-4, 6-4 win over two-time runner-up Barbora Strycova on Saturday.
  Goerges defeated Croatia’s Petra Martic 6-4, 6-3 in the other semifinal.
  Second-ranked Barty needs to win the grass-court tournament to overtake Naomi
  
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• Georgia expects tourism will recover from Russian flight ban

  22-06-2019 16:46
  TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Travel experts say a ban on Russian airlines taking citizens to Georgia will cause visitor traffic to drop significantly at first but they expect Georgia’s tourism industry to recover quickly.
  Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday ordered a ban on Russian flights to Georgia starting July 8 after a Russian delegation’s appearance in the Georgian parliament sparked large protests.
  The move echoed bans Russia imposed in 2006 on flights and imports of G
  
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• Gazebo where Ohio officer killed Tamir Rice moves to Chicago

  22-06-2019 16:35
  CLEVELAND (AP) — The gazebo where black 12-year-old Tamir Rice was fatally shot by a white policeman in Cleveland is being rebuilt in Chicago as a temporary memorial and meeting spot.
  Crews dismantled the gazebo in 2016, nearly two years after Tamir’s death. Cleveland.com reports the reconstructed version will be unveiled Sunday in Chicago outside an arts gallery and community space called Stony Island Arts Bank.
  Tamir’s mother, Samaria Rice, initially wanted the gazebo destroy
  
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• South Carolina forum pushes abortion into 2020 spotlight

  22-06-2019 16:34
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Nearly every Democratic presidential candidate is addressing a Planned Parenthood Action Fund forum. It’s the campaign season’s first such event focused on abortion, an issue already roiling the packed filed of White House hopefuls.
  Saturday’s event is happening on the sidelines of the South Carolina Democratic Convention, a pivotal gathering of the party faithful in the South’s first primary state.
  As Republican-controlled legislatures have ap
  
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• ‘Michael Jackson drug’ still prompts curiosity from patients

  22-06-2019 16:30
  It remains the most widely used anesthetic in U.S. hospitals, but many patients still remember propofol as the drug that killed Michael Jackson.
  Most are no longer afraid of it, doctors say, though many still ask if they will get “the Michael Jackson drug” before an operation. And most of them will.
  Jackson died 10 years ago at his Los Angeles home after receiving a lethal dose of the drug intended for use only during surgery and other medical procedures — not for insomnia.
  As
  
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• Smith takes 1-shot lead in Munich, Kaymer drops off

  22-06-2019 16:10
  MUNICH (AP) — Jordan Smith carded a bogey-free 6-under 66 Saturday to take a one-shot lead into the final round of the BMW International Open.
  Smith is chasing his second European Tour win and a second in Germany after winning the 2017 European Open. The Englishman is at 13-under 203 after three rounds, one shot ahead of compatriot Matthew Fitzpatrick and Austrian Matthias Schwab, who both shot 65.
  Defending champion Matt Wallace of England and Christiaan Bezuidenhout of South Africa were
  
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• Small fire still burning at site of oil refinery explosions

  22-06-2019 16:07
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Officials say a very small fire continues to burn at a Philadelphia refinery following explosions and a pre-dawn blaze that shook homes and caused some minor injuries.
  Philadelphia Energy Solutions said Saturday that workers are trying to isolate the remaining line, but access is limited “due to the damage and instability of the remaining structure.”
  A company spokeswoman said officials haven’t decided whether to let fire burn itself out “but tha
  
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