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• AP source: Celtics hire Kara Lawson as assistant coach

  28-06-2019 23:56
  A person familiar with the situation says Kara Lawson has been hired by the Boston Celtics as an assistant coach.
  The person spoke to The Associated Press on Friday on condition of anonymity because the team hasn’t publicly announced the hire.
  ESPN was the first to report the deal.
  Lawson becomes the latest woman to serve as a coach in the NBA, joining San Antonio’s Becky Hammon, Dallas’ Jenny Boucek and Cleveland’s Lindsay Gottlieb.
  The 38-year-old Lawson had served as c
  
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• Arrest Made In Utah Student’s Murder

  28-06-2019 23:54
  The search for a missing Utah college student has come to a grim end.
  Salt Lake City Police say the remains of 23-year-old Mackenzie Lueck were discovered at the home of 31-year-old Ayoola Ajayi.
  Ajayi has been arrested on charges of aggravated murder, kidnapping, desecration of a body and obstruction of justice.
  Investigators say he burned Lueck’s body and belongings.
  “The arrested person’s neighbors informed detectives that they observed him burning something in his backyard
  
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• Live Theatre Workshop Family Season Preview

  28-06-2019 23:53
  In the theatre business, you hear a lot about doing it for the love of art or as a passion project.…
  
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• Texas girl Maleah Davis’ death ruled a homicide

  28-06-2019 23:51
  HOUSTON (AP) — Officials say a medical examiner’s office has concluded that a 4-year-old Houston girl who was missing for several weeks died from “homicidal violence,” but work remains to determine what exactly happened to her and who was responsible.
  Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo Friday asked for patience as investigators continuing working.
  Acevedo says the girl’s death was not an accident.
  Acevedo says authorities will likely provide an update on the final cha
  
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• All Bets Are On: Women's World Cup, Megan Rapinoe and NBA Free Agency

  28-06-2019 23:51
  Co-hosts Christopher Boan and Tyler Vondrak return after a week off to break down the latest in sports information. The duo cover the United States' women's soccer team and its quest to win a second straight Women's World Cup.…
  
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• Adoption offers pour in for Ga. baby found in plastic bag

  28-06-2019 23:51
  ATLANTA (AP) — Offers are pouring in from around the country to adopt a baby girl left in a plastic bag in the woods in Georgia as a newborn.
  News outlets report that hundreds of people have offered to adopt the girl, nicknamed Baby India by hospital workers.
  She was found June 6, abandoned in a wooded area in Cumming, Georgia, about 35 miles (56 kilometers) north of Atlanta.
  She’s even gotten people offering to pay for her college, the Georgia’s Division of Family and Children
  
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• West Virginia governor signs sweeping education bill

  28-06-2019 23:39
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has signed an education bill that was passed this week and will allow the state’s first charter schools.
  The bill drew heavy protests from teachers. Justice had expressed support for the measure.
  The measure allows for a staggered implementation of charter schools, limiting the state to three charters until 2023, then letting three more go up every three years afterward. It also contains a pay raise for teachers.
  Justice’s
  
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• Mexico says ‘maquila’ plants to offer migrants 40,000 jobs

  28-06-2019 23:38
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says his country’s “maquila” assembly plants are offering to give 40,000 jobs to Central American migrants.
  Tens of thousands of migrants who hoped to reach the United States are stuck in Mexico. Many have been sent back to await court dates on their U.S. asylum claims.
  And Mexico has also stepped up raids on trains, buses and motels, to stop the migrants from moving north.
  Lopez Obrador said F
  
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• Judge sanctions school system for destroying documents

  28-06-2019 23:28
  ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A federal judge has sanctioned Virginia’s largest school system for destroying or failing to preserve documents relevant to a lawsuit accusing school officials of ignoring a girl’s claim she was sexually assaulted.
  U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael Nachmanoff imposed the sanctions Friday on the Fairfax County School Board as it prepares to defend its actions in a trial scheduled for next month.
  An Oakton High School student says she was sexually assaulted on
  
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• Senate GOP leader relishes role as ‘Grim Reaper’

  28-06-2019 23:26
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell calls himself the Grim Reaper — the one who holds the scythe leading to the chamber where the desires of Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s House majority go to die.
  This week, the Republican leader halted Democrats’ effort to add more migrant protections to a border funding package and stopped senators from limiting President Donald Trump’s ability to respond militarily in Iran.
  By week’s end, he was emoting over t
  
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• DeVos revokes Obama-era rule policing for-profit colleges

  28-06-2019 23:18
  The U.S. Education Department is rescinding an Obama-era rule that aimed to police ineffective for-profit colleges.
  Department officials said Friday that the 2014 gainful employment rule will be removed entirely effective July 1, 2020. The rule sought to cut federal funding for programs that consistently left graduates with high debt compared to their incomes.
  The department’s announcement says the rule focused too much on student earnings and unfairly targeted for-profit colleges.
  Rep. Bo
  
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• US judge blocks Indiana 2nd trimester abortion procedure ban

  28-06-2019 23:13
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge has blocked an Indiana law adopted this spring that aims to ban a second-trimester abortion procedure.
  Judge Sarah Evans Barker on Friday granted the preliminary injunction soon after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to revive a similar Alabama law seeking to ban dilation and evacuation abortions. The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana sued on behalf of two doctors who perform such abortions.
  The law passed by Indiana’s Republican-dominated L
  
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• 5 minor leaguers suspended for drug violations

  28-06-2019 23:12
  NEW YORK (AP) — Five prospects have been suspended for violating baseball’s minor league drug program.
  The commissioner’s office said Friday free-agent pitcher Christian Aragon and Cleveland Indians Single-A pitcher Matthew Solter received 80-game suspensions.
  Three members of the Philadelphia Phillies’ rookie-level team drew 25-game bans: pitchers Engel Estevez and Robinson Martinez and catcher Carlos Oropeza.
  Twenty-four players have been suspended this year under the m
  
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• Federal judge blocks Indiana law banning 2nd trimester abortion procedure from taking effect

  28-06-2019 23:11
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Federal judge blocks Indiana law banning 2nd trimester abortion procedure from taking effect.
  The post Federal judge blocks Indiana law banning 2nd trimester abortion procedure from taking effect appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• Rapinoe has 2 goals and US knocks France out 2-1

  28-06-2019 23:09
  PARIS (AP) — Megan Rapinoe went from controversy to triumph, scoring twice for the United States in the much-anticipated clash with host France to send the defending champions into the semifinals of the Women’s World Cup with a 2-1 victory Friday night.
  France was vying to become the first nation to simultaneously hold the men’s and women’s World Cup trophies, but the home-field advantage and the flag-waving crowd that belted out La Marseillaise didn’t faze the ever
  
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• The Latest: Ex-prosecutor guilty of conspiracy in custody

  28-06-2019 23:06
  HONOLULU (AP) — The Latest on the detention of a former Honolulu prosecutor convicted of conspiracy (all times local):
  11 a.m.
  A former Honolulu prosecutor convicted of conspiracy is in the custody of federal authorities.
  U.S. marshals led Katherine Kealoha out of a federal courtroom in Honolulu Friday after a judge ordered her detained.
  A jury on Thursday found her guilty of conspiracy in a plot to frame her uncle to silence him from revealing fraud that funded her lavish lifestyle.
  Her h
  
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• Argentina beats Venezuela, faces Brazil in Copa América semi

  28-06-2019 23:06
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Argentina has beaten Venezuela 2-0 and will face Brazil in the Copa América semifinals next Tuesday.
  Striker Lautaro Martínez scored from a back heel kick after 10 minutes, deflecting a shot by Sergio Agüero from the edge of the box.
  Midfielder Giovani Lo Celso doubled the lead in the 74th after goalkeeper Wuilker Faríñez failed to block another shot from Agüero.
  Lo Celso, who entered just a few minutes before, just pushed the bal
  
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• De Blasio says Cuba, Nicaragua have gone astray

  28-06-2019 23:05
  NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says the Cuban and Nicaraguan revolutions have gone astray, a day after he was criticized for quoting a Cuban revolutionary slogan.
  De Blasio was asked to comment on the governments of the two Latin American countries on Friday.
  The mayor and Democratic presidential candidate later said he did not realize that the slogan “Hasta la Victoria, siempre!” was associated with the Cuban revolution.
  De Blasio said Friday that the revol
  
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• Bezuidenhout takes 4-shot lead at Valderrama Masters

  28-06-2019 23:04
  SOTOGRANDE, Spain (AP) — Christiaan Bezuidenhout of South Africa has taken a four-shot lead over Sergio Garcia and three other golfers at the Andalucía Valderrama Masters.
  Bezuidenhout carded a 3-under 68 on Friday to reach 8 under for the tournament after two rounds. He started with a 66 that included eight birdies and three bogeys.
  “I just kept it in play really nicely,” Bezuidenhout said. “That’s the key thing here, hitting fairways. I was driving it reall
  
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• Ex-executive at bankrupt private equity firm pleads guilty

  28-06-2019 23:03
  NEW YORK (AP) — A former executive at the bankrupt private equity firm Abraaj Group has pleaded guilty to criminal charges in New York.
  Mustafa Abdel-Wadood entered the plea Friday in Manhattan federal court. Wadood is an Egyptian national who has been under house arrest in New York since being granted bail in April.
  Prosecutors say he joined other executives to fraudulently boost the value of the firm’s investments by over $500 million.
  They say he coaxed the Bill & Melinda Gate
  
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• DHS predicts up to 25 percent drop in migrant apprehensions at border

  28-06-2019 23:02
  WASHINGTON — Border Patrol agents are on track to apprehend up to 25 percent fewer undocumented immigrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in June compared to May, acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan said at a press conference Friday.
  In May, more than 144,000 immigrants were stopped crossing the border, including some presenting themselves legally at points of entry, the highest monthly total in 13 years.
  The number of immigrants crossing into the Southwest Un
  
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• Rams’ Aaron Neary suspended 4 games; substance abuse cited

  28-06-2019 22:59
  NEW YORK (AP) — Los Angeles Rams offensive lineman Aaron Neary has been suspended without pay for the first four games of the season for violating the NFL’s substance abuse policy.
  The NFL said Friday he can participate in preseason practices and games.
  Neary is eligible to return to the active roster Sept. 30, a day after the Rams play the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
  The league did not elaborate on the violation. Last September, Neary was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influen
  
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• Remains found in suitcase along Georgia highway identified

  28-06-2019 22:49
  LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Police say human remains found in a suitcase along a Georgia interstate nearly three years ago were those of a missing woman.
  A Gwinnett County police news release Friday says they belonged to Jessica Ashley Manchini, who would have been 29 when the bones were discovered in July 2016 along Interstate 985 in Buford.
  Police say faded ink on a tag on the suitcase was unsuccessfully tested in 2016, but it was re-examined this month with new technology.
  A partial name
  
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• Flagstaff man wrongfully arrested in drug sting

  28-06-2019 22:48
  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A Flagstaff man says his rights were violated when police wrongfully arrested him on suspicion of selling LSD.
  Tremayne Nez spent more than a day in jail after his arrest earlier this month as part of a multi-agency drug operation.
  Police say his arrest was a case of mistaken identity and have apologized to Nez.
  A Coconino County Superior Court judge signed an order Friday dismissing a single felony count against Nez without prejudice, meaning it can be filed again.
  
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• Bell to stay with Joe Gibbs Racing for at least 1 more year

  28-06-2019 22:46
  JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — Christopher Bell plans to stay with Joe Gibbs Racing for at least one more year.
  That’s about all he knows about the situation at the moment.
  The 24-year-old Bell says he has re-signed with JGR for 2020, but he isn’t sure if he will be staying in the NASCAR Xfinity Series or moving up to the Cup Series.
  Bell is one of NASCAR’s best prospects. He won at Iowa Speedway on June 16 for his fourth Xfinity victory this season and second straight in Newton.
  Be
  
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• Bird seen feeding cigarette to chick is a wake-up call: ‘People just don’t care’

  28-06-2019 22:41
  When Karen Mason went to St. Pete Beach in Florida last week, she had planned to spend a quiet evening protecting nesting birds on the shore, something she does two or three times a week during nesting season. But what started off as a typical visit turned into a wake-up call.
  The avid photographer from nearby Clearwater used a long zoom lens to snap a photo of a bird feeding its chick. What she saw when she uploaded the files to her computer and enlarged the image filled her with sorrow and rag
  
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• Local man offering land as reward for lost dog

  28-06-2019 22:38
  TUCSON – A local man is offering to give land as a reward in return for his dog.
  Eddie Collins says his dog, Jenny was taken from a Circle K store on Silverbell and Ina roads in late March.
  Collins is asking anyone with information about Jenny to come forward. He is offering land in Benson as a reward.
  The owner left the following flier:
  “Help me? Have you seen me? I was taken from Circle K. My dad is looking for me. If you help me get home, he will give you a one-bedroom home, work
  
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• Wie to take off rest of the year, try to get healthy

  28-06-2019 22:34
  JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Michelle Wie says she’ll take a break for the rest of the year to try to get healthy.
  Wie had surgery on her right hand in October and tried to return in February, completing one tournament. She sat out a month and returned to the LPGA Tour’s first major and to her hometown event in Hawaii, both times missing the cut. After withdrawing from the U.S. Women’s Open, the 29-year-old Wie played in the Women’s PGA Championship at Hazeltine National an
  
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• NASA: crews working 24 hours for test launch deadline

  28-06-2019 22:34
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A NASA official says some crews are working around the clock at the space agency’s rocket factory in New Orleans to meet a fall 2020 test launch deadline for a mega-rocket designed to propel astronauts toward the moon and Mars.
  Deputy Administrator James Morhard said he visited the Michoud Assembly Facility at midnight and people were working on the engine section for the 212-foot (65-meter) core of the Space Launch System.
  The other four sections have been assembl
  
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• Elton John blasts Putin for saying liberalism is ‘obsolete’

  28-06-2019 22:34
  NEW YORK (AP) — Elton John is calling out Russian President Vladimir Putin for saying that liberalism is “obsolete” and conflicts with the “overwhelming majority” in many countries. In a story published by the Financial Times newspaper , Putin says “the liberal idea has become obsolete” and conflicts with “the overwhelming majority of the population.” John says in a statement released Friday that he disagrees with Putin’s “view th
  
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• Navajo authorities find body of 1-year-old boy

  28-06-2019 22:32
  SHIPROCK, N.M. (AP) — Navajo authorities say they have found the body a 1-year-old boy in New Mexico after he was reported missing a day earlier.
  Navajo Nation police say that Kyron Kelewood’s body was found Friday.
  According to authorities, the boy was traveling with his mother, an infant and an unidentified man when their vehicle became stuck Wednesday night in the desert near Shiprock.
  The mother left the three behind and the next day made it to the home of a woman who called auth
  
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• Police ID pedestrian struck, killed near Oracle, Ft. Lowell

  28-06-2019 22:23
  TUCSON – Police identified the victim from Thursday’s fatal pedestrian collision.
  According to Tucson Police Department, Jerry Penalver, 45, was struck by a 2011 Chevrolet ¾ ton pickup truck near Oracle and Fort Lowell roads.
  Police say Penalver was crossing Oracle Road from west to east while inside the crosswalk –the traffic signal for east and westbound traffic was green.
  He was struck when the driver of the vehicle made a right turn onto northbound Oracle Road from w
  
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• Round 2 of Democratic debate is party’s most-watched ever

  28-06-2019 22:18
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — NBC says round two of the Democratic presidential debate was the party’s most-watched ever.
  Based on Nielsen figures out Friday, the event including early front-runners Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders averaged 18.1 million viewers across NBC, MSNBC and Telemundo.
  That topped the previous Democratic debate audience high of 15.5 million for an October 2015 event, which included eventual nominee Hillary Clinton.
  Neither approached the audience for the first 2016 GOP prim
  
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• Special Weather Statement issued June 28 at 12:17PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  28-06-2019 22:17
  At 117 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm nearThree Points, or 18 miles northwest of Green Valley, moving north at10 mph.
  Wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm.
  Locations impacted include…Drexel Heights, Three Points, Pascua Pueblo Yaqui Reservation,Valencia West, Tucson Estates and Ryan AirField.Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safeshelter inside a buildi
  
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• 2B Scooter Gennett rejoins Reds after missing all season

  28-06-2019 22:15
  CINCINNATI (AP) — Scooter Gennett has rejoined the Reds after missing all season with a severe groin injury suffered during a spring training game.
  Gennett was in the lineup Friday at second base for the opening game of a series against the Cubs.
  The Reds have desperately missed Gennett, who was their most productive hitter the last two seasons. Cincinnati is last in the NL Central with one of the league’s least-productive offenses.
  Gennett had 50 homers and 189 RBIs in the last two
  
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• Rangers 3B Cabrera returns from 3-game suspension

  28-06-2019 22:09
  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Texas Rangers third baseman Asdrúbal Cabrera returned to the starting lineup Friday night against Tampa Bay after serving a three-game suspension for hitting an umpire with equipment.
  Cabrera missed a series in Detroit after Major League Baseball reduced his suspension from four games.
  Cabrera initially appealed the four-game suspension and undisclosed fine that MLB handed down a week ago after umpire crew chief Bill Miller was hit on the foot by a small
  
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• Search for missing Navajo woman nears one-month mark

  28-06-2019 22:07
  FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — A missing Navajo woman’s relatives are nearing the one-month mark in their search for the grandmother and military veteran who police say was last seen at her home in New Mexico.
  Police say 59-year-old Cecelia Finona disappeared from her home in Farmington after the evening of May 30. Her daughter said Friday the family has logged searches in Farmington and the nearby Navajo Nation.
  Finona’s boyfriend, Jerry Jay, has been accused of using her ATM card in
  
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• NYC to give up $1.3 million rather than follow abortion rule

  28-06-2019 22:07
  NEW YORK (AP) — New York City will give up $1.3 million in federal funds rather than comply with a Trump administration rule that bars federally funded clinics from making abortion referrals.
  Mayor Bill de Blasio said Friday that the city’s public hospital system will cease participating in the federal Title X program as long as the policy is in effect.
  The rule announced in February bans taxpayer-funded clinics from making abortion referrals and prohibits clinics that receive federa
  
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• Fourth of July celebration to feature flyover by Blue Angels

  28-06-2019 22:05
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Interior Department says a Fourth of July celebration featuring President Donald Trump will include a flight demonstration by the U.S. Navy Blue Angels.
  The “Salute to America” event will honor the nation’s five service branches with music, military demonstrations and a fireworks display, as well as a speech by Trump at the Lincoln Memorial.
  Participants include the Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps, U.S. Army Band, Armed Forces Chorus, U.S. Marine Corps
  
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• Special Weather Statement issued June 28 at 12:02PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  28-06-2019 22:02
  At 102 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm nearPortal, or 9 miles west of Rodeo, moving northeast at 10 mph.
  Wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm.
  Locations impacted include…Portal and Paradise.Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safeshelter inside a building or vehicle.
  This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radiostations and available tele
  
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• Lawmaker removed from committee after shooting squirrel

  28-06-2019 21:58
  CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire lawmaker who shot a squirrel in his yard and shared a graphic photo of it on Twitter has lost his seat on a legislative committee.
  Deerfield Republican Rep. Jim Spillane shared a photo of the animal’s bloody carcass on May 26. That prompted a complaint to the state Fish and Game Department, which told him he did not have the legal right to kill the squirrel outside the hunting season. Spillane told the Union Leader the squirrel was invading his ch
  
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• Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued June 28 at 11:55AM MST until June 28 at 2:00PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  28-06-2019 21:55
  The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a
  * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…Southwestern Cochise County in southeastern Arizona…
  * Until 200 PM MST.
  * At 1255 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located over SierraVista, moving north at 5 mph.
  HAZARD…60 mph wind gusts.
  SOURCE…Radar indicated.
  IMPACT…Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
  * Locations impacted include…Sierra Vista, Hereford, Whetstone, Huachuca City, Fort Huachuca,Charleston an
  
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• Washington man convicted in 1987 killings of Canadian couple

  28-06-2019 21:53
  EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — A Washington state man has been found guilty in the 1987 killings of a young Canadian couple.
  Seattle TV station KOMO reports that jurors deliberated for more than two days before reaching their verdict Friday against William Earl Talbott II in the trial that hinged on 32-year-old DNA evidence and genealogical technology.
  Talbott had been arrested last year in the deaths of 18-year-old Tanya Van Cuylenborg and her boyfriend, 20-year-old Jay Cook.
  Prosecutor Justin Har
  
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• Stricker goes low again for new Senior Open 36-hole mark

  28-06-2019 21:53
  SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Steve Stricker went low again Friday at the U.S. Senior Open, shooting a bogey-free round of 6-under 64 to grab the lead after the morning portion of the second round at Notre Dame.
  Stricker, who opened with a record 8-under 62 to share the first-round lead with defending champion David Toms, went a Senior Open-record 14-under-par in two trips around rain-softened Warren Golf Course.
  Players shot 20 under-par rounds Friday morning after totaling 42 on Thursday. Toms
  
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• Some calling for independent probe of fatal Texas drug raid

  28-06-2019 21:50
  HOUSTON (AP) — The investigation into the deadly January drug raid by Houston police that killed a couple and injured five officers has some local officials and community activists asking whether the probe should be taken over by an independent third party.
  The Harris County District Attorney’s Office, which is heading the probe, says calls by officials for a third-party investigator are “totally inappropriate.”
  But some legal experts say bringing in a third party would h
  
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• School officials deny strip search accusations in lawsuit

  28-06-2019 21:47
  BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (AP) — Court documents in a federal civil rights case say an upstate New York school district and its employees categorically deny allegations that four 12-year-old girls were illegally strip searched by a school nurse.
  Lawyers for the Binghamton City School District say the four students were sent to the school nurse in January for a “basic medical evaluation” after they were found in an unauthorized area at lunch time. The court documents filed this week say
  
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• Trial date reset to 2020 in fatal Vegas Strip sidewalk crash

  28-06-2019 21:46
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Trial has been pushed back to March 2020 for a woman accused of intentionally driving into pedestrians on a Las Vegas sidewalk in December 2015, killing one person and injuring at least 34 others.
  Lakeisha Holloway has pleaded not guilty to murder and 70 other felony charges. Her trial had been set to begin next month.
  Her public defender, Joseph Abood, said Friday he sought the delay due to the complexity of the case, the number of victims and witnesses, andconcern about
  
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• Learn to Cook at the Garden Kitchen

  28-06-2019 21:44
  The Garden Kitchen in South Tucson is a "seed-to-table" community program that provides education on growing and cooking food for better health and wellness on any budget. They partner with the City of South Tucson, Pima County, and the University of Arizona to focus on food security.…
  
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• Rays’ 2-way prospect McKay to make big league debut

  28-06-2019 21:38
  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Rays have added two-way prospect Brendan McKay to the taxi squad in preparation for his major league debut in a pitching start Saturday against Texas.
  McKay, taken fourth overall in the 2017 draft, was 3-0 with a 1.08 ERA in five games with Triple-A Durham. He also was a designated hitter.
  McKay gives Tampa Bay the option of using four starting pitchers and an opener through a rotation turn. The Rays reinstated closer José Alvarado from the
  
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• Maple Leafs re-sign Kasperi Kapanen, Andreas Johnsson

  28-06-2019 21:35
  TORONTO (AP) — Toronto has extended the contracts of impending restricted free agents Kasperi Kapanen and Andreas Johnsson, shoring up a second- and third-line that helped the Maple Leafs net a triple-digit point total for consecutive seasons.
  Kapanen signed a three-year, $9.6 million extension, while Johnsson inked a four-year, $13.6 million deal.
  Toronto has re-signed two of its three restricted free agents ahead of the Monday deadline, with the exception of Mitch Marner.
  Kapanen set a c
  
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