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• Pompeo says US ready right now to resume talks with NKorea

  23-06-2019 23:55
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the U.S. is prepared to resume talks with North Korea “at a moment’s notice” if the North signals it wants discussions about denuclearization.
  Pompeo told reporters Sunday that he hopes a letter recently sent by President Donald Trump to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will provide a good foundation to begin to continue discussions with the North to denuclearize the peninsula.
  The North’s state-run news agency on
  
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• France beats Brazil 2-1 in extra time, reaches WCup quarters

  23-06-2019 23:50
  France survived a tense extra-time knockout match against Brazil and advanced to the Women’s World Cup quarterfinals when captain Amandine Henry redirected Amel Majri’s free kick for a tiebreaking goal in the 107th minute of a 2-1 victory on Sunday night at Le Havre.
  The World Cup hosts, in the quarterfinals for the third straight time, will play the defending champion United States or Spain at Paris on Friday.
  Valérie Gauvin, whose first-half goal was disallowed in a video re
  
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• Fan taken to hospital after struck by Bellinger’s foul

  23-06-2019 23:46
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A woman at Dodger Stadium has been taken to a hospital for precautionary tests after being struck in the head by a foul ball from Los Angeles star Cody Bellinger during the first inning of a game against the Colorado Rockies.
  The young woman was sitting four rows from the field down the first base line Sunday, just beyond protective netting that extends to the end of the visiting dugout. She was hit by a sharp line drive by Bellinger, who checked on her between innings.
  
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• Baez HR, Cubs win 5-3; Alonso sets Mets mark for rookie HRs

  23-06-2019 23:38
  CHICAGO (AP) — Javier Baez hit the 100th homer of his career, a three-run drive in the eighth inning as the Chicago Cubs overcame another home run by Pete Alonso to beat the New York Mets 5-3 on Sunday.
  Alonso hit his 27th home run, breaking the Mets record for most by a rookie in an entire season set by Darryl Strawberry in 1983.
  With the Mets clinging to a one-run lead, Baez launched his 19th homer of the season with Kyle Schwarber and Anthony Rizzo on base and one out. Baez sent an 0-2
  
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• Memorial proposed for fallen journalists year after shooting

  23-06-2019 23:34
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The publisher of a Maryland newspaper where a gunman killed five people last year is pushing for a national monument to fallen journalists.
  Tribune Publishing Chairman David Dreier announced Sunday that a bipartisan group of lawmakers will introduce legislation this week to establish the “Fallen Journalists Memorial” in Washington, D.C.
  Dreier says a new foundation has been created to oversee the design and construction of the memorial and the Annenberg Fo
  
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• Steamy romance novelist Judith Krantz dies at 91

  23-06-2019 23:29
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Writer Judith Krantz, whose sexy, million-selling novels such as “Scruples” engrossed readers worldwide, has died at age 91.
  Her son Tony Krantz says his mother died Saturday at her Bel-Air home of natural causes.
  Krantz wrote for magazines like Cosmopolitan and Ladies Home Journal before discovering the talent for fiction that made her famous at age 50.
  Her first novel — “Scruples” in 1978 — became a best-seller, as did the nine that
  
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• NY man arrested in slayings of woman, 2 young boys

  23-06-2019 23:23
  NEW YORK (AP) — Police have arrested a Staten Island man in the slayings of a woman and her two young sons.
  Police say Shane Walker was arrested Sunday on murder, manslaughter, arson and criminal possession of a weapon charges. Information on his lawyer wasn’t immediately available.
  Police say 37-year-old Alla Ausheva and her two boys, 2-year-old Ivan Walker and 3-year-old Elia Walker, were found dead in the smoke-filled house in the South Beach neighborhood Saturday morning. The med
  
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• Colombia beats Paraguay at Copa America to stay perfect

  23-06-2019 23:23
  SALVADOR, Brazil (AP) — Colombia beat Paraguay 1-0 on Sunday to stay perfect at the Copa America with three wins, and also helped Argentina to advance in second.
  The only goal of the Group B match at the Arena Fonte Nova in Salvador was scored at 31 minutes by midfielder Gustavo Cuellar.
  Argentina beat Asian champion Qatar 2-0 to finish second with four points.
  Guest team Qatar ended its Copa America participation in fourth, with one point.
  Colombia will have to wait for Group C matches on
  
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• Woodruff strikes out career-high 12, Brewers beat Reds 7-5

  23-06-2019 23:19
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — Brandon Woodruff struck out a career-high 12, Travis Shaw homered and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Cincinnati Reds 7-5 on Sunday.
  Woodruff (9-2) cruised through the first five innings, allowed Joey Votto’s three-run homer in the sixth and struck out two to finish the seventh. Milwaukee improved to 13-1 in the right-hander’s 17 starts this season.
  Alex Claudio got two outs in the eighth and Jeremy Jeffress finished, giving up two runs in the ninth on Yasiel Pu
  
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• Altuve, Alvarez HR as Astros halt Yanks to end 7-game slide

  23-06-2019 23:17
  NEW YORK (AP) — Jose Altuve hit a leadoff homer, rookie Yordan Alvarez connected again and the Houston Astros beat the streaking New York Yankees 9-4 Sunday to end a season-high seven-game skid.
  New York had won eight straight but was stopped by ace Justin Verlander and a quartet of homers, including a grand slam from Tyler White.
  DJ LeMahieu hit a three-run drive in the fifth, giving New York a home run in a franchise-record 26 consecutive games. The major league mark is 27, set by the 20
  
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• Argentina beats Qatar to escape elimination at Copa America

  23-06-2019 23:10
  PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (AP) — Lionel Messi avoided another disappointment with the national team as Argentina defeated Qatar 2-0 Sunday to escape elimination in the group stage of the Copa America.
  Lautaro Martinez and Sergio Aguero scored a goal in each half as Argentina defeated guest team Qatar 2-0 to secure a spot in the quarterfinals of the South American competition.
  Argentina finished second in Group B behind Colombia, which did Argentina a huge favor by beating Paraguay 1-0 in the ot
  
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• Pinch-hit HR by Camargo in 10th carries Braves past Nats 4-3

  23-06-2019 22:55
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Johan Camargo delivered a two-run, pinch-hit homer in the 10th inning, and the Atlanta Braves beat the Washington Nationals 4-3 Sunday to win their fifth straight series.
  Overcoming an injury to standout rookie starting pitcher Mike Soroka, the Braves used the long ball and their bullpen to win the deciding matchup of a three-game set between NL East rivals.
  Camargo connected in the 10th off Tanner Rainey (1-2) after Ozzie Albies drew a one-out walk, and Atlanta held on f
  
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• Jerry Kelly wins hometown PGA Tour Champions event

  23-06-2019 22:43
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Jerry Kelly won his hometown PGA Tour Champions event, beating Retief Goosen with a birdie on the third hole of a playoff Sunday in the American Family Insurance Championship.
  Kelly closed with a 6-under 66 at rainy University Ridge to match Goosen and tournament host and fellow Madison player Steve Stricker at 15-under 201. Goosen also had a 66, and Stricker shot 67.
  Stricker was eliminated with a bogey on the first extra hole. He missed a short birdie putt on the par
  
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• Average US price of gas drops 11 cents per gallon to $2.73

  23-06-2019 22:35
  CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline dropped 11 cents per gallon (3.8 liters) over the past two weeks, to $2.73.
  Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey says Sunday that lower crude oil prices contributed to the drop at the pump. Oil prices rose last week, however, because of tensions between the United States and Iran, as well as following the Federal Reserve signal of a potential interest rate cut.
  The price is 22 cents lower than what
  
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• Stroman, Gurriel lead Blue Jays over Red Sox 6-1

  23-06-2019 22:31
  BOSTON (AP) — Marcus Stroman pitched six shutout innings, Lourdes Gurriel Jr. had three hits and threw out a runner at the plate, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Boston Red Sox 6-1 Sunday.
  Danny Jansen hit a two-run single and Eric Sogard a solo homer for the Blue Jays, who won the final two games of the three-game series. Rowdy Tellez added two hits and scored twice.
  The Red Sox had won eight of nine after taking the series opener Friday on Christian Vázquez’s two-run, wal
  
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• Yamamoto wins again, Marlins hand Phillies 7th straight loss

  23-06-2019 22:29
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Rookie right-hander Jordan Yamamoto won for the third time in three career starts, Garrett Cooper and Brian Anderson hit consecutive homers, and the Miami Marlins beat Philadelphia 6-4 Sunday for the Phillies’ seventh straight loss.
  JT Riddle homered, doubled and drove in two for Miami, which swept three games in Philadelphia for the first time since August 2009. The Marlins outhit the Phillies 16-4.
  Jean Segura had two RBIs for Philadelphia, which has dropped 16
  
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• Buttigieg to seek outside investigations of police shooting

  23-06-2019 22:26
  SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg (BOO’-tuh-juhj) says he agrees with community members that outside investigations should take place after a fatal police shooting in South Bend, Indiana, where he’s mayor.
  He spoke Sunday at a sometimes contentious town hall called a week after a white officer fatally shot a 54-year-old black man. Buttigieg left the campaign trail after the shooting to respond to issues of race and policing.
  Buttigieg says
  
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• Milwaukee man charged in death of 5-year-old who found gun

  23-06-2019 22:23
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — Authorities say a Milwaukee man has been charged in the death a 5-year-old boy who found a gun and killed himself.
  Court documents released Sunday by the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office show 25-year-old Michael Moore is charged with neglecting a child resulting in death. Moore faces up to 25 years in prison.
  Police say the child’s mother said she woke up to the sound of gunfire Tuesday and found her dead son in the living room.
  Moore told police he
  
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• Rebooting World Cup of Hockey to be part of NHL labor talks

  23-06-2019 22:15
  VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and union chief Don Fehr are in favor of rebooting the World Cup of Hockey tournament and holding it every four years.
  The stumbling block to laying out a long-term calendar of international competition, however, revolves around the hot-button topic of the NHL competing at the Winter Olympics after skipping out on South Korea last year.
  Fehr told The Associated Press during the NHL draft weekend in Vancouver, British Columbia
  
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• Mexican authorities send more migrants to detention center

  23-06-2019 22:15
  ARRIAGA, Mexico (AP) — Authorities in southern Mexico have sent about 100 more migrants to a detention center amid the government’s push to deter Central Americans and others from crossing the country to reach the United States.
  Civil rights activist Luis Arbey Perez Cruz in the municipality of Arriaga said the group of migrants was transported to a center near the border with Guatemala on Sunday. He says that “it was five immigration vans, returning to the border.”
  Press
  
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• Alonso hits 27th HR, passes Strawberry for Mets rookie mark

  23-06-2019 22:12
  CHICAGO (AP) — Pete Alonso has hit his 27th home run, passing Darryl Strawberry for the New York Mets rookie record in just his 77th game.
  Alonso hit a solo drive against Chicago Cubs starter Cole Hamels in the fourth inning at Wrigley Field on Sunday. The 24-year-old slugger entered the day second in the majors in home runs, trailing NL MVP Christian Yelich of the Milwaukee Brewers with 29.
  Strawberry won NL Rookie of the Year by hitting 26 homers in 122 games in 1983. He issued a stateme
  
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• Man killed, wife hurt in Tennessee stabbings; suspect sought

  23-06-2019 22:02
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Police in Tennessee are searching for a Connecticut man accused in the fatal stabbing of a Nashville man and the wounding of his wife.
  Metropolitan Nashville Police said in a news release that arrest warrants issued Saturday charge 34-year-old Peter Alexander Bohning of Kent, Connecticut, in Friday’s attack at the home of Donald and Leigh Ann Zirkle.
  The statement says Donald Zirkle died at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and his wife was seriously wounde
  
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• Houthis kill 1, wound 7 in attack on airport in Saudi Arabia

  23-06-2019 21:57
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia says one person has been killed and seven others wounded in an attack by Yemeni rebels on an airport in the kingdom’s south.
  The spokesman of the Saudi-led coalition at war in Yemen against the rebel Houthis was quoted in the state-run Saudi Press Agency as saying the airport in Abha was struck shortly after 9 p.m. local time on Sunday.
  Col. Turki al-Maliki did not say what type of weapon was used in the attack. The Saudi Press Agency r
  
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• Bradley has RBI double in debut, Indians top Tigers 8-3

  23-06-2019 21:54
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Bobby Bradley doubled and drove in a run in his first major league plate appearance and the Cleveland Indians completed a three-game sweep of the Detroit Tigers with an 8-3 victory on Sunday afternoon.
  Bradley, who leads the International League with 24 home runs, was promoted from Triple-A Columbus earlier in the day and went 1 for 3 with one run and a walk. The 23-year-old first baseman also made a running over-the-shoulder catch in foul territory, delighting the home fa
  
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• 2,000 demonstrate in Moscow against police falsifications

  23-06-2019 21:52
  MOSCOW (AP) — About 2,000 people rallied in Moscow to protest the falsifying of cases by Russian police and the detention of political activists.
  The demonstration on Sunday, which authorities had sanctioned to take place, was the latest in a series of protests sparked by the arrest this month of a prominent investigative reporter on drug-dealing charges.
  The charges were dropped days later after a public outcry and allegations that police planted drugs to implicate the journalist.
  Anger o
  
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• Saudi Arabia says 1 person killed, 7 wounded in attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on airport in city of Abha in south

  23-06-2019 21:47
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia says 1 person killed, 7 wounded in attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on airport in city of Abha in south.
  The post Saudi Arabia says 1 person killed, 7 wounded in attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on airport in city of Abha in south appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• Spain reports nearly 300 migrants rescued at sea in 2 days

  23-06-2019 21:41
  MADRID (AP) — Spain’s maritime rescue service says it picked up 290 migrants over the weekend while they attempted to cross the Mediterranean Sea in small boats unfit for open water.
  The rescue service said it pulled a total of 153 migrants from four boats on Saturday, and another 137 from four more boats on Sunday.
  All the rescues took place in either the Strait of Gibraltar or in waters further east.
  Spain’s Interior Ministry says 8,834 people arrived by sea between the start
  
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• Georgia: Protests held by parliament for 4th straight day

  23-06-2019 21:36
  TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Thousands of protesters have convened outside the Georgian parliament building, calling for the resignation of the interior minister and for changes in the election code.
  The demonstration on Sunday marked the fourth straight day of anti-government protests that also focus on Russian control of two Georgian separatist territories.
  The first protest was sparked by the presence of a Russian delegation in parliament. It erupted violently as demonstrators tried to storm
  
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• The Latest: William Byron leads 1st stage at Sonoma Raceway

  23-06-2019 21:34
  SONOMA, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on the NASCAR Cup Series race in Sonoma (all times local):
  12:53 p.m.
  William Byron has led every lap of the NASCAR Cup Series race through the first stage at Sonoma Raceway.
  Byron earned his first stage victory while leading the first laps of his career on a road course. He led Denny Hamlin by more than 9.3 seconds at the break, taking advantage of clean air in front of him to dominate the early going.
  Defending champion Martin Truex Jr. and Chase Elliott
  
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• The Latest: Truex holds off Busch to defend Sonoma title

  23-06-2019 21:34
  SONOMA, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on the NASCAR Cup Series race in Sonoma (all times local):
  Martin Truex Jr. has won the NASCAR Cup Series race at Sonoma Raceway for the second straight year, comfortably holding off teammate Kyle Busch for his fourth victory of the season.
  Truex won for the fourth time in the last eight points-paying races, with the late-blooming 38-year-old driver earning his 23rd career victory. Truex and Jeff Gordon are the only drivers in NASCAR history to win at Sonom
  
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• Braves send 2018 All-Star RHP Foltynewicz to minors

  23-06-2019 21:29
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Atlanta Braves have sent 2018 All-Star pitcher Mike Foltynewicz to the minor leagues following another ineffective start.
  Foltynewicz (2-5, 6.37 ERA) was optioned to Triple-A Gwinnet on Sunday after giving up eight runs in four innings to Washington less than 24 hours earlier.
  After the Braves rallied for a 13-9 win on Saturday night, Foltynewicz said, “It’s just frustrating. I have a 7.00 ERA on a first-place team.”
  By late Sunday morning, he was no
  
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• The Latest: Police: Hawaii crash victims were 9 men, 2 women

  23-06-2019 21:24
  HONOLULU (AP) — The Latest on a plane crash in Hawaii that killed 11 sky divers (all times local):
  9:25 a.m.
  Some details are starting to be released about the 11 victims who died when a plane carrying sky divers crashed near a small airport on the North Shore of Oahu.
  Police told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser that the victims were nine men and two women.
  Both women and three of the men were all in their late 20s. Police, who didn’t return messages to The Associated Press, didn’
  
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• The Latest: NTSB investigates deadly Hawaii skydiving crash

  23-06-2019 21:24
  HONOLULU (AP) — The Latest on a plane crash in Hawaii that killed 11 sky divers (all times local):
  12:15 p.m.
  The National Transportation Safety Board says it will examine repair and inspection records on the skydiving plane that crashed and killed 11 people on Oahu’s North Shore.
  The NTSB’s Jennifer Homendy told reporters at the crash site Sunday that those and other records will all become part of the investigation and final report. The same plane sustained tail damage in a C
  
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• Senegal doesn’t miss Mane as it starts African Cup with win

  23-06-2019 21:21
  CAIRO (AP) — Senegal reinforced its status as one of the favorites to win the African Cup of Nations by starting its campaign in Egypt with a 2-0 win over Tanzania.
  Senegal didn’t miss forward Sadio Mane, who was suspended for Sunday’s game, in a strong display at Al Salam Stadium in Cairo.
  Krepin Diatta powered in a shot from outside the penalty area to make it 2-0 midway through the second half but Senegal would have won the Group C game by much more if it had been sharper in
  
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• Delle Donne scores 21, Mystics defeat Dream 89-73

  23-06-2019 21:11
  ATLANTA (AP) — Elena Delle Donne scored eight of her 21 points in a game-changing 14-0 run to start the second half and the Washington Mystics rolled to an 89-73 win over the Atlanta Dream on Sunday.
  Kristi Toliver and reserve Tianna Hawkins added 17 points apiece for the Mystics (7-3), who won their third-straight on a four-game road trip. Delle Donne also had 10 rebounds. Toliver hit three 3s, pushing her career total to 581 which is ninth best in league history.
  Tiffany Hayes led the Dr
  
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• New Hampshire authorities identify 7 people killed in deadly motorcycle accident

  23-06-2019 21:10
  CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire authorities identify 7 people killed in deadly motorcycle accident.
  The post New Hampshire authorities identify 7 people killed in deadly motorcycle accident appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• Trainer banned at Santa Anita Park after 30th horse dies

  23-06-2019 21:09
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  A Hall of Fame trainer was banned from Santa Anita Park near Los Angeles after the fourth horse from his stable died, marking the 30th death of a race horse at the famed track since December, state officials said Saturday.
  The horse American Currency was injured while exercising Saturday morning and then euthanized, the California Horse Racing Board said. It was the fourth horse death connected to trainer Jerry Hollendorfer this season, the board said.
  Santa Anita’s Canadian owner,
  
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• Wildfire near Superior now has grown to 150 square miles

  23-06-2019 20:57
  SUPERIOR, Ariz. (AP) — A human-caused wildfire burning for more than two weeks in a national forest east of metro Phoenix now has grown to 150 square miles (388 square kilometers).
  Fire officials say the blaze grew overnight by nearly 22 square miles (56 square kilometers) from Saturday into Sunday.
  That’s after about a 25 square mile (64 square kilometer) increase from Friday night into Saturday.
  A fire spokeswoman says containment has slipped from 34% to 24% because of the acreage
  
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• New concerns after e-cigarette explosion breaks 17-year-old’s jaw

  23-06-2019 20:54
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  A 17-year-old was using an e-cigarette when it suddenly blew up in his face.
  The force of the blow was so powerful that it broke his jaw bone.
  The explosion could be linked to lithium batteries overheating inside the vape device.
  The post New concerns after e-cigarette explosion breaks 17-year-old’s jaw appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• Rossi wins IndyCar race at Road America

  23-06-2019 20:45
  ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (AP) — Alexander Rossi took the lead in the first turn of the first lap, and then drove away from the rest of the field to win Sunday’s IndyCar race at Road America.
  Rossi led 54 of 55 laps, only relinquishing the lead when he made pit stops, and finished more than 28 seconds ahead of Will Power. Josef Newgarden finished third, followed by Graham Rahal and Scott Dixon.
  It was the second win of the season and seventh career victory for Rossi, who also won at Long Be
  
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• Red Sox INF Holt leaves with left hamstring tightness

  23-06-2019 20:45
  BOSTON (AP) — Red Sox infielder Brock Holt has left Sunday’s game against Toronto in the fourth inning with left hamstring tightness.
  Holt singled with one out in the second, advanced on Christian Vázquez’s single and was cut down at the plate by left fielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr.’s throw trying to score on Jackie Bradley Jr.’s single.
  Holt was replaced by Eduardo Núñez in the top of the fourth.
  Holt has been Boston’s hottest hitter since re
  
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• Oregon Republican lawmakers continue climate bill boycott

  23-06-2019 20:41
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Senate was again unable to conduct business because of a Republican boycott of the Legislature over major climate change legislation.
  The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Senate President Peter Courtney announced a lack of quorum Sunday.
  Republicans fled the Capitol last week to deny the majority Democrats a quorum for the climate bill, intended to reduce fossil fuel emissions.
  Unlike last week, Courtney didn’t ask the sergeant-at-arms to search the building
  
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• Bernal lifts injury-hit Team INEOS with Tour de Suisse title

  23-06-2019 20:38
  ULRICHEN, Switzerland (AP) — In a rough month for Team INEOS, Egan Bernal lifted the British squad with overall victory Sunday in the nine-day Tour de Suisse.
  Bernal came to Switzerland to support team leader Geraint Thomas, the 2018 Tour de France champion, who crashed out in a nasty fall on Tuesday.
  Thomas’ accident followed teammate and four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome suffering season-ending injuries in a training crash in France.
  Bernal is still slated to start the T
  
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• Georgia agency raising Jekyll Island parking fees by $2

  23-06-2019 20:30
  JEKYLL ISLAND, Ga. (AP) — The agency that manages Jekyll Island on the Georgia coast is raising parking fees at the state park by $2.
  That means beginning July 1 it will cost $8 to drive a vehicle onto the island state park. The Jekyll Island Authority’s governing board approved the fee increase during its meeting Tuesday.
  The parking fee has been $6 for the past seven years.
  Authority Executive Director Jones Hooks told The Brunswick News the additional fees will help pay for expand
  
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• Tuskegee Airman who flew 142 WWII combat missions dies at 99

  23-06-2019 20:24
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  LONG BEACH, Calif. — World War II pilot Robert Friend, one of the last original members of the famed all-black Tuskegee Airmen, has died at the age of 99.
  Friend’s daughter, Karen Friend Crumlich, told The Desert Sun her father died Friday at a Southern California hospital.
  Born in South Carolina on 1920’s leap day, Friend flew 142 combat missions in World War II as part of the elite group of fighter pilots trained at Alabama’s Tuskegee Institute. The program was c
  
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• Exhibit will show rare copy of Declaration of Independence

  23-06-2019 20:12
  NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A Yale University library will display a rare copy of the Declaration of Independence and hold a public reading to mark the 243rd anniversary of the nation’s founding.
  The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library says the document is one of only 26 known copies of the first printing of the Declaration of Independence.
  Those copies are known as the Dunlap Broadside, named after John Dunlap, who printed about 200 copies in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. They w
  
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• Daimler issues profit warning over diesel issues

  23-06-2019 20:10
  FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Automaker Daimler says profits for the second quarter will be hit by troubles with diesel vehicles from its Mercedes-Benz brand and has downgraded its earnings forecast for the full year.
  The company said Sunday in a news release that it would be hit by “a high three-digit million” charge related to ongoing government proceedings and measures related to diesel vehicles.
  It said full-year operating earnings would be “in the magnitude” of las
  
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• England beats Cameroon 3-0 to advance in World Cup

  23-06-2019 20:09
  VALENCIENNES, France (AP) — Steph Houghton scored on a rare free kick to set England on its way to a 3-0 victory over Cameroon on Sunday, clinching a place in the Women’s World Cup quarterfinals after a game punctuated by the anger of the African team over VAR decisions.
  At times during the incident-filled game in northeast France, the Cameroon players looked like they might refuse to resume playing as they protested against decisions while referee Quin Liang struggled to maintain co
  
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• Dave Bartholomew, co-wrote ‘Ain’t That a Shame,” dies at 100

  23-06-2019 19:59
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Dave Bartholomew, a giant of New Orleans music and a rock n’ roll pioneer who with Fats Domino co-wrote and produced such classics as “Ain’t That a Shame,” ”I’m Walkin,'” and “Let the Four Winds Blow,” has died. He was 100 years old.
  Bartholomew, a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, died Sunday at a hospital in a New Orleans suburb.
  His eldest son, Dave Bartholomew Jr., confirmed th
  
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• U.S. military increases cyber hacking to keep foreign adversaries on their toes

  23-06-2019 19:45
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  WASHINGTON — With little public scrutiny, the U.S. military has dramatically stepped up its secret hacking of foreign computer networks in a new effort to keep China, Russia, Iran and other adversaries on their heels, current and former U.S. officials tell NBC News.
  Empowered with new legal authority from both Congress and President Donald Trump, the military’s elite cyber force has conducted more operations in the first two years of the Trump administration than it
  
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