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• The Latest: ‘Jeopardy!’ champ playing World Series of Poker

  24-06-2019 23:57
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Latest on “Jeopardy!” champion and professional sports gambler James Holzhauer playing at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas (all times local):
  3:50 p.m.
  “Jeopardy!” champion and professional sports gambler James Holzhauer is playing at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.
  Tournament spokesman Seth Palansky says Holzhauer won the first hand he played in a No-Limit Hold’em event and was due to team with Poker Hall of Famer Mike Sexto
  
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• The Latest: ‘Jeopardy!’ champ loses poker world series debut

  24-06-2019 23:57
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Latest on “Jeopardy!” champion and professional sports gambler James Holzhauer playing at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas (all times local):
  8:05 p.m.
  “Jeopardy!” champion and professional sports gambler James Holzhauer played 14 hands in his debut event at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, but lost his chips without reaching the prize pool.
  Tournament spokesman Seth Palansky says Holzhauer finished in 454th place Monday among more
  
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• Treasury’s watchdog to look into Tubman bill delay

  24-06-2019 23:55
  The U.S. Treasury’s watchdog says it will look into why the redesign of the $20 bill featuring Harriet Tubman was delayed.
  The Office of the Inspector General said in a letter on Friday to Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., that it will consider the matter as part of another audit that is about to begin. The Senate minority leader had asked the inspector general’s office to investigate the circumstances surrounding the decision to delay the redesign “including any involvement by the W
  
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• The Latest: Suspect in police killing wears bandage to court

  24-06-2019 23:55
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on the killing of a Sacramento police officer (all times local):
  2:50 p.m.
  A California man charged in the killing a rookie Sacramento police officer made his first court appearance wearing a gauze pad covering what officials say was a self-inflicted injury.
  Adel Ramos was appointed a public defender during Monday’s five-minute hearing. He spoke only to acknowledge his name and did not enter a plea.
  .Jail officials said Ramos is being watched arou
  
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• Vehicles catch fire, explode at California CarMax lot

  24-06-2019 23:52
  BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A brush fire spread to and set ablaze vehicles that began exploding at a CarMax lot in south Bakersfield, according to the California Highway Patrol.
  The fire, reported at 1:30 p.m., traveled from the right hand shoulder of Highway 99 into the car lot on Colony Street, officers said. Six vehicles have burned, and the blaze was continuing to burn as of 2:30 p.m.
  CarMax has been evacuated.BREAKING NEWS: Cars on Fire at Carmax!
  BREAKING NEWS: Reports of multiple c
  
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• Special prosecutor requested in South Bend police shooting

  24-06-2019 23:46
  SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — A prosecutor in South Bend, Indiana, is requesting a special prosecutor to investigate the fatal shooting of a black man by a white police officer that has roiled the campaign of mayor and Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg (BOO’-tuh-juhj).
  St. Joseph County Prosecutor Kenneth Cotter filed a petition Monday asking a judge to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the June 16 shooting of 54-year-old Eric Logan by South Bend police Sgt. Ryan O
  
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• Brazil’s Bolsonaro says “99% chance” Rio will host Formula 1

  24-06-2019 23:42
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro says there is a “99% chance” Rio de Janeiro will host Formula One’s Brazilian Grand Prix starting in 2021 — the latest in a battle with Sao Paulo, the current host city.
  Bolsonaro made the comment Monday at a news conference alongside F1 CEO Chase Carey. Bolsonaro said plans are “already very far along,” although Carey said they are negotiating.
  The president added: “We will not lose Formula
  
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• Latest: Oregon governor: Climate talks hinge on GOP return

  24-06-2019 23:41
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Latest on a walkout by state senators in Oregon to protest climate change legislation (all times local):
  2:50 p.m.
  Oregon Gov. Kate Brown says Senate Republicans broke their promise to Democrats by walking out over major climate legislation.
  She said in an interview with The Associated Press on Monday that the Senate Republican leader must return to the building — or at least the state — if he wants to negotiate.
  Senate Republicans have fled the Capitol t
  
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• TPD wrangles nearly a dozen horses set loose on east side

  24-06-2019 23:34
  TUCSON – A few Tucson Police Department officers had to saddle up Monday after they had to wrangle up nearly a dozen horses that got loose on the east side.
  According to TPD, about 10 horses were spotted wandering an area between Ridgeside Drive and Tanque Verde Loop Road near Speedway Boulevard. The responding officers were able to round up the group of horses and return them home in good health.It’s never a dull moment on Tucson’s east side. Officers responded to area of Ridg
  
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• Andreescu withdraws from Wimbledon

  24-06-2019 23:26
  LONDON (AP) — Bianca Andreescu won’t play at Wimbledon because she needs more time to recover from a shoulder injury.
  In a Twitter post Monday, Tennis Canada said “Unfortunately due to ongoing shoulder rehab and recovery, Bianca Andreescu has withdrawn from Wimbledon.”
  The 19-year-old Andreescu is Canada’s highest-ranked player at No. 25.
  Andreescu was seeded 22nd when she withdrew from the French Open ahead of her second-round match against Sofia Kenin because of t
  
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• Jurors reach penalty decision in quadruple murder trial

  24-06-2019 23:25
  SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — Jurors have reached a decision on whether to recommend a death sentence for a Southern California man convicted of killing a family of four and burying their bodies in shallow desert graves.
  The San Bernardino County District Attorney’s office says the jury’s recommendation will be read in court at 3:45 p.m. Monday.
  Charles “Chase” Merritt was convicted this month of the murders of his former business associate Joseph McStay, McStay&rsq
  
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• Justices order court records unsealed in Alabama execution

  24-06-2019 23:24
  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has ordered court filings unsealed related to a recent execution in Alabama.
  Justices granted a request from NPR and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press on Monday to make the court filings public without having portions blacked out.
  Alabama redacted court filings ahead of last month’s execution of Christopher Lee Price. Attorneys for Price had sought a stay, arguing that the state’s lethal injection method is unconstit
  
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• Pistons owner forming joint venture to redevelop Palace area

  24-06-2019 22:46
  DETROIT (AP) — Pistons owner Tom Gores and Schostak Brothers & Co. are forming a joint venture to redevelop The Palace of Auburn Hills and its surrounding land and the arena is expected to be demolished.
  The Pistons moved from The Palace and begin playing in their new downtown arena in 2017. They are preparing to move remaining team and business operations from The Palace to the new Henry Ford Detroit Pistons Performance Center in Detroit, which is scheduled to be finished this fall.
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• TPD receives additional grant to enforce bicycle, pedestrian safety

  24-06-2019 22:45
  TUCSON – Tucson Police Department was awarded an additional grant to enforce nighttime pedestrian and bicycle safety.
  The $20,000 grant will be used to fund overnight enforcement, the department said.
  According to TPD, officer deployments will start next week and will be scheduled through mid-September at various Tucson locations. The locations were chosen based on statistical information, crash data analysis and community input.
  “We want to remind the community to utilize crosswalks
  
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• Expert: Stabbing by Navy SEAL could have killed prisoner

  24-06-2019 22:44
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — A pathologist has testified at a Navy SEAL’s murder trial that a wounded Islamic State militant could have died from a stabbing described by other witnesses.
  Dr. Frank Sheridan on Monday declined to offer a cause of death because information was lacking.
  Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher is charged with fatally stabbing the young prisoner in Iraq and has pleaded not guilty.
  Two fellow SEALs say Gallagher stabbed the militant after treating his injuries from a
  
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• 85 arrested in human trafficking sting

  24-06-2019 22:28
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Authorities in Florida say they’ve arrested 85 people in a monthslong human trafficking sting. The Tampa Bay Times reports that Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister announced the arrests Monday.
  Officials say “Operation Trade Secrets” began at the outset of the year, focusing on hotels, motels, spas, massage parlors, strip clubs, adult bookstores and other activities.
  Chronister says one of the people arrested was a sex trafficker, while others f
  
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• Mouse that roared: Disney characters win local union shakeup

  24-06-2019 22:25
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The mouse that roared was heard.
  Months after workers who play Mickey Mouse and Goofy at Walt Disney World threatened to leave the Teamsters union because of what they called “horrible misrepresentation,” General President James Hoffa has appointed two associates to take over the local union in Orlando, Florida.
  A letter from Hoffa was posted Monday to the doors of the Local 385 union hall, saying he had started a process known as trusteeship.
  Local 385 rep
  
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• Florida inmate charged with murder in 1986 Michigan slaying

  24-06-2019 22:20
  PAW PAW, Mich. (AP) — A Florida prison inmate has been charged with murder in the strangling of a woman in southwestern Michigan more than three decades ago.
  Prosecutors charged 49-year-old Robert James Waite last week in the killing of 59-year-old Wilda Wilkinson of Bangor during a home invasion in July 1986.
  Michigan State Police tell WOOD-TV that they matched partial DNA found on Wilkinson’s clothes to Waite. Detectives say Waite confessed to killing Wilkinson when they interviewe
  
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• 503 to 520: Portland Native Brings Meaningful Music to Tucson

  24-06-2019 22:19
  A 20-year-old Portland, Oregon native is bringing a fresh voice and vibe to the Tucson desert.…
  
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• Judge approves $24 million settlement over Rams’ PSLs

  24-06-2019 22:18
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — A federal judge has approved a settlement calling for the NFL’s Rams to pay up to $24 million to personal seat license holders in St. Louis.
  U.S. District Judge Stephen Limbaugh Jr. approved the settlement Monday.
  Several St. Louis PSL holders filed a class-action lawsuit after the team moved to Los Angeles in January 2016. Thousands of fans in St. Louis had purchased PSLs that were good for 30 seasons, which was the length of the lease at the domed stadium where the
  
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• Phoenix man arrested in death of his malnourished daughter

  24-06-2019 22:17
  PHOENIX (AP) — A Phoenix man whose 21-year-old daughter died of malnutrition and dehydration last year has been arrested in what authorities are calling a homicide case.
  Phoenix police say 46-year-old Richard Comer has been booked into jail on suspicion of second-degree murder and vulnerable adult abuse.
  They say Vanessa Comer was brought to a hospital July 7 in a severe state of malnutrition and dehydration.
  According to authorities, the woman was diagnosed with a serious medical conditio
  
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• Funeral planned for 6-year-old girl who died at US border

  24-06-2019 22:13
  PHOENIX (AP) — The parents of 6-year-old girl who died while attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border say her body will be flown to New York for a funeral.
  A civil rights group working with the family of Gurupreet Kaur says the girl’s dad has been living in New York for several years and has a pending asylum claim.
  The girl from India was traveling with her mother, a 27-year-old woman, who has since been released from immigration custody and is in New York.
  Authorities initially sa
  
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• Family: Lawyer wrong to suggest mom staged own disappearance

  24-06-2019 22:13
  NEW CANAAN, Conn. (AP) — Relatives of a Connecticut mother of five who has been missing for a month are criticizing her estranged husband’s lawyer for suggesting she staged her own disappearance in a plot similar to the book and movie “Gone Girl.”
  Jennifer Dulos vanished May 24 in New Canaan, Connecticut. Her husband, Fotis Dulos, and his girlfriend, Michelle Troconis, are charged with evidence tampering and hindering prosecution — accused of discarding evidence con
  
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• Uber driver gets 3 years for kidnapping sleeping passenger

  24-06-2019 22:08
  NEW YORK (AP) — A man who drove for Uber in New York City has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for abducting a woman who fell asleep inside his vehicle.
  A judge Monday also ordered Harbir Parmar to pay more than $3,600 in restitution for overcharging customers.
  Parmar pleaded guilty in March to charges of kidnapping and wire fraud.
  The kidnapping happened in February 2018 after the woman ordered a ride from Manhattan to her home in White Plains, New York, about an hour away.
  
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• Volunteers needed for west side trail building, restoration

  24-06-2019 22:07
  TUCSON – Pima County Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation is calling volunteers to help with trail construction and restoration at Painted Hills and Enchanted Hills trail parks.
  The Painted Hills trail system will feature four miles of new trails, and the Enchanted Hills area will offer seven miles of new trails.
  Volunteers will help build 2.5 miles of trails at the Painted Hills Trails Park and assist with ongoing restoration efforts at the Enchanted Hills Trails Park.
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• Raiders to host Rams for 2 joint practices

  24-06-2019 22:07
  ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) — The Oakland Raiders will host the Los Angeles Rams for two joint practice sessions before the teams play in their exhibition opener.
  The Raiders announced Monday that the practices will be held at their training camp facility in Napa on Aug. 7 and Aug. 8. The teams are scheduled to play a preseason game in Oakland on Aug. 10.
  Raiders coach Jon Gruden and Rams coach Sean McVay have a long relationship with McVay’s first NFL job coming on Gruden’s staff at
  
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• The Latest: Health-care provider to appeal $3M verdict

  24-06-2019 22:06
  DETROIT (AP) — The Latest on the trial of a Detroit-area doctor who was accused of malpractice in the wrong diagnosis of epilepsy in a child (all times local):
  4:05 p.m.
  A Michigan health-care provider says it will appeal after a jury awarded more than $3 million to a woman who was wrongly diagnosed with epilepsy as a child.
  Spokesman Mark Geary says Beaumont Health believes Mariah Martinez was “treated appropriately” when she was a patient at Oakwood Healthcare in suburban Det
  
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• Milan-Cortina triumph highlights Italy’s north-south divide

  24-06-2019 22:05
  LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Italy’s winning bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympics highlighted the growing gap between the north and the south of the country.
  Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo won the vote Monday to stage the Games as International Olympic Committee members voted 47-34 for the long-favored bid over Stockholm-Are from Sweden.
  It is the third time an Olympic Games will be held in the north of Italy after Turin hosted in 2006 and Cortina staged in 1956 and comes shortly
  
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• Bookmaker gives $50K from copyright suit to writing class

  24-06-2019 22:05
  ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A bookmaker that accused a rival of copying its sports betting guide almost word-for-word is getting in a sarcastic jab by donating part of a lawsuit settlement to a New Jersey college — for creative writing courses.
  William Hill settled a lawsuit in January it had brought against rival bookmaker FanDuel that alleged FanDuel had copied William Hill’s own betting guide.
  On Thursday, William Hill will donate $50,000 to Rutgers University-Newark’s
  
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• West Virginia GOP chairwoman endorses anti-LGBTQ op-ed

  24-06-2019 22:02
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The leader of West Virginia’s Republican party is applauding a state senator’s call for intolerance against members of the LGBTQ community.
  Republican state Sen. Mike Azinger wrote an opinion article Sunday titled “The Shame of LGBTQ Pride” in The Parkersburg News and Sentinel after the paper covered a gay pride picnic. State GOP chairwoman Melody Potter then wrote on Facebook that Azinger’s article was “right on.”
  Azinger
  
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• The Latest: No immediate agency comment on safety rules

  24-06-2019 22:02
  HONOLULU (AP) — The Latest on a fatal plane crash in Hawaii (all times local):
  2 p.m.
  Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor says he’s not immediately able to comment on the National Transportation Safety Board’s demand that his agency strengthen skydiving regulations.
  Gregor says he’s reviewing the NTSB’s 2008 recommendations to his agency that it strengthen skydiving regulations and studying his agency’s responses to those recommendations. He s
  
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• The Latest: Medical examiner finishes Hawaii crash autopsies

  24-06-2019 22:02
  HONOLULU (AP) — The Latest on a fatal plane crash in Hawaii (all times local):
  10:15 a.m.
  The Honolulu Medical Examiner has completed autopsies for the 11 people killed when a skydiving plane crashed and burned in Hawaii.
  City spokesman Andrew Pereira says the cause of death for each victim was multiple blunt force injuries due to the plane crash.
  There were 10 men and one woman on board the plane.
  Pereira says the medical examiner may make public the identities of some of the victims on M
  
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• The Latest: Colorado couple among those on Hawaii flight

  24-06-2019 22:02
  HONOLULU (AP) — The Latest on a fatal plane crash in Hawaii (all times local):
  3:30 p.m.
  A Colorado couple celebrating their first wedding anniversary were among those killed in the skydiving plane crash in Hawaii.
  The Honolulu Medical Examiner’s office said Monday Ashley and Bryan Weikel were among the 11 on board the plane.
  Relatives told KCNC-TV that the couple were excited to go skydiving, but Weikel’s mother, Kathy Reed-Gerk, begged him not to go.
  Bryan’s brother Ken
  
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• Star quality can’t save Sweden from 8th Olympic bid loss

  24-06-2019 21:38
  LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Sweden sent its heir to the throne, its prime minister, and a hockey icon to help persuade International Olympic Committee voters.
  Carrying the baggage of seven failed Winter Games bids in four decades, the 100-strong delegation for Stockholm-Are thought it met all the IOC’s demands to host in 2026.
  The mayor of Stockholm even sang the chorus of an Abba song on stage.
  None of it was enough.
  The Swedish bid lost a 47-34 vote — not a rout but not at a
  
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• Gold rises, Silver falls

  24-06-2019 21:32
  The June gold contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange closed today at $1,414.30 an ounce — up $18.10.
  The current silver contract on the “NYMEX” closed at $15.36 an ounce — down 9 cents.
  The post Gold rises, Silver falls appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• Auriemma cautions UConn fans not to expect old Big East

  24-06-2019 21:27
  WEST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — UConn women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma is cautioning fans that the Big East is not the same conference it once was.
  The Huskies are expected to announce this week that they are leaving the American Athletic Conference and rejoining the Big East for basketball and other sports.
  The UConn women have never lost to an AAC opponent, going 120-0 in the regular season and six conference tournaments.
  But Auriemma, speaking to reporters at a charity golf even
  
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• Suit: Generic drug makers used code to fix price increases

  24-06-2019 21:24
  BOSTON (AP) — A lawsuit says representatives of some of the nation’s largest generic drug manufacturers used code words to collude with competitors to divvy up market share and coordinate price increases.
  The code came in emails included in the lawsuit filed last month by attorneys general from more than 40 states. The 510-page federal lawsuit filed in Connecticut was released in full Monday.
  The lawsuit says the representatives used phrases like “playing nice in the sandbox&rd
  
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• Hard Rock Hotel in Dominican Republic to remove liquor from minibars

  24-06-2019 21:23
  The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in the Dominican Republican announced it is removing liquor dispensers from all guest rooms after the deaths of Americans that have shaken the island’s tourism and raised concerns over the use of unregulated liquor.
  At least nine American tourists have died while vacationing in the Dominican Republic in the last year.
  While the causes of death are not clear in all cases, investigators are looking into bootlegged and unregulated alcohol as one of the sources
  
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• Many parents struggle to adjust after learning child is gay, study finds

  24-06-2019 21:22
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  Stacy Feintuch, a mother of two in suburban New Jersey, said she didn’t know what was wrong when her oldest daughter, Amanda, 17, began to withdraw.
  “I confronted her and said, ‘You need to talk to me,’” Feintuch said: “She said, ‘It’s not what you think. I’m fine, it’s not that.”
  “I can’t tell you, I can’t tell you.’”
  Feintuch said her mind raced: “Is she pregnant? Is
  
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• ‘Disturbing picture’: Judge says census question might have discriminatory motive

  24-06-2019 21:18
  BALTIMORE — New evidence paints a “disturbing picture” that racial discrimination may be the motive behind the Trump administration’s push to ask everyone in the country about citizenship status, a federal judge wrote in a Monday filing.
  Last week, U.S. District Judge George Hazel of Maryland ruled there’s enough evidence to warrant reopening a case focused on whether a proposed 2020 census question violates minorities’ rights. In his court filing Monday, Haze
  
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• Ajax to sign Netherlands international Quincy Promes

  24-06-2019 21:18
  THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Ajax is acquiring Netherlands international Quincy Promes from Sevilla in the Amsterdam club’s first major signing of a summer that is expected to see several stars of its surprise run to the Champions League semifinals leave for new teams.
  Ajax announced Monday that Promes, a winger who has made 38 appearances for the Netherlands, will sign a five-year contract starting July 1. Ajax agreed to pay Sevilla an initial transfer fee of 15.7 million euros ($1
  
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• Two-feet of snow piles up in Colorado on first day of summer

  24-06-2019 21:13
  DENVER (CNN NEWSOURCE) – Mountains west of Denver were already under snow on Friday, when summer officially began.
  But new snow then started coming down – with the city of steamboat springs getting another 20-inches.
  Snowfall may not be over yet, because wintry weather advisory is in effect until Sunday morning.
  Forecasters say new fall is rare this time of the year even in those mountains.
  Forecasters say parts of Montana also had new snow. But on the opposite side of the spec
  
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• Sweden shrugs and sighs as Italy wins fight for 2026 Games

  24-06-2019 21:11
  STOCKHOLM (AP) — Jubilation for the winners from Italy. A shrug of indifference by the losers from Sweden.
  Stockholm-Are’s failed bid for the Winter Olympics in 2026 provided insight into the psyche of the Swedish population when it comes to getting behind ventures like a major sporting competition.
  Even the opportunity for a winter sports giant to host a Winter Games for the first time in its history couldn’t stir up enough emotions in a country sometimes known for its reserve
  
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• The Latest: Missouri abortion clinic license fight continues

  24-06-2019 21:10
  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Latest on a dispute between the Missouri state health department and a St. Louis clinic over the clinic’s license to perform abortions (all times local):
  2:10 p.m.
  A St. Louis Planned Parenthood clinic is taking a battle over its abortion license to a state panel.
  Reproductive Health Services of Planned Parenthood’s Dr. Colleen McNicholas in a Monday statement said the St. Louis clinic will continue its fight through the Administrative Hearing Com
  
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• NBA fines Knicks $50,000 over feud with New York Daily News

  24-06-2019 21:05
  NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA has fined the New York Knicks $50,000 for violating media rules by not allowing the New York Daily News to cover one of the team’s news conferences.
  The Knicks held a news conference on Friday to introduce their new draft picks, sending out an advisory announcing the details to some media that cover the team but not to the Daily News. The Knicks have feuded with the tabloid for years over what the team feels is negative coverage, and Friday was not the first t
  
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• Blurred lines: Trump’s UN choice and her coal magnate spouse

  24-06-2019 21:03
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A year and a half ago, an email went out from senior EPA officials to Kelly Craft, the U.S. ambassador to Canada, following up questions she’d had about a funding matter. But the email the EPA got back wasn’t from the ambassador but her husband. That was coal magnate Joseph Craft, a wealthy GOP donor who had been taking part in a press by the coal industry for regulatory relief from the EPA.
  The blurring of roles — and email accounts — since she be
  
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• Oklahoma judge signs state’s $85M settlement with drugmaker

  24-06-2019 21:01
  NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — A judge in Oklahoma has signed off on the state’s $85 million settlement with Israeli-based Teva Pharmaceuticals following a squabble between the attorney general and the Legislature and governor over how the deal was structured.
  Cleveland County District Judge Thad Balkman said Monday he signed the agreement calling for the funds to be used to help abate the state’s opioid crisis.
  Gov. Kevin Stitt and legislative leaders had sought to intervene in the case
  
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• 81-year-old deemed mentally fit for trial on robbery charge

  24-06-2019 21:01
  PHOENIX (AP) — A judge has ruled an 81-year-old man who has spent most of his adult life behind bars for stealing from banks is mentally fit to stand trial on a charge that he robbed a credit union in Tucson.
  Robert Krebs claimed he has had symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease.
  But a psychologist had found Krebs didn’t have a mental illness or cognitive impairment and instead was malingering to avoid prosecution for the 2018 robbery in Tucson.
  Krebs served more than 30 years for a 1
  
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• The Latest: Woman regrets livestreaming as officer killed

  24-06-2019 20:58
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Latest on the fatal shooting of a Missouri police officer (all times local):
  1:50 p.m.
  A store clerk who livestreamed the aftermath of a confrontation in which a Missouri police officer was killed says she regrets doing it.
  Officer Michael Langsdorf of the North County Police Cooperative was killed Sunday afternoon in the St. Louis suburb of Wellston after responding to a call about someone trying to pass a bad check at a small market. Authorities on Monday announced t
  
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• Lawyers for Huawei CFO ask Canadian justice minister to help

  24-06-2019 20:57
  TORONTO (AP) — Lawyers for a top Huawei executive are calling on Canada’s justice minister to intervene and stop a U.S. extradition request.
  Lawyers for Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou asked Justice Minister David Lametti for help Monday and issued a release that says her extradition is “palpably” political. They claim that Meng isn’t charged with a crime in Canada.
  Canada arrested Meng at the request of the U.S. on Dec. 1 at Vancouver’s airport. She is w
  
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