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• 2nd hurricane of eastern Pacific season forms off Mexico, though it poses no threat to land

  01-07-2019 23:48
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — 2nd hurricane of eastern Pacific season forms off Mexico, though it poses no threat to land.
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• Trump says tanks will be part of July Fourth in Washington

  01-07-2019 23:39
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says military tanks will be part of Washington’s Fourth of July celebration later this week.
  Asked Monday about his plans, Trump said tanks will be stationed outside but provided no other details.
  Trump had wanted a parade of military tanks and other equipment in Washington after witnessing a similar parade in Paris in 2017. But that plan eventually was scuttled, partly because of cost.
  This year, the president is organizing an event called &l
  
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• Glitches snarl start of California’s ammo background checks

  01-07-2019 23:22
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — On the first day California has required background checks for every ammunition purchase, dealers are reporting delays and glitches with the state’s online system.
  But they said few customers have been affected Monday because most had stockpiled bullets or shotgun shells in the weeks before the law took effect.
  Voters in 2016 approved requiring criminal background checks every time someone buys ammunition. The state’s latest attempt to deter gun violen
  
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• UN chief to attend summit of Caribbean leaders this week

  01-07-2019 23:21
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is heading to Saint Lucia this week to speak at the opening of the annual summit of Caribbean leaders.
  U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Monday that Guterres will also meet with Saint Lucia Prime Minister Allen Chastanet and other leaders attending the Caribbean Community meeting during his visit Wednesday and Thursday.
  He said the U.N. chief will also talk with local residents to see how they are tackling the challenges pos
  
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• Mexico president mixes left, conservative policy in 1st year

  01-07-2019 23:17
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Andrés Manuel López Obrador is marking the anniversary of winning Mexico’s presidency, amid some strange contradictions.
  A leftist, he has been more fiscally conservative than any of his predecessors since the 1950s. He has cut the size of government so dramatically it has drawn protests. He has been more openly religious than any Mexican president in recent memory.
  He still spends most of his days on the campaign trail, holding near daily rallies in
  
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• Angels say pitcher Tyler Skaggs has died at age 27

  01-07-2019 23:14
  ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Los Angeles Angels say pitcher Tyler Skaggs has died at age 27. The team said it happened Monday in Texas but provided no other immediate details.
  Skaggs started the Angels’ game Saturday night against the Athletics. Their game against the Texas Rangers on Monday night has been postponed.
  Skaggs had been a regular in the Angels’ starting rotation since late 2016, when he returned from Tommy John surgery. He struggled with injuries repeatedly over the
  
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• Trump signs humanitarian aid package to bolster migrant care

  01-07-2019 23:12
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has signed a $4.6 billion aid package to help the federal government cope with the surge of Central American immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border.
  Many Democratic lawmakers were hoping for more. They wanted stronger protections for how migrants are treated at holding facilities and to make it easier for lawmakers to make snap visits.
  The White House had threated to veto the legislation on grounds that it would hamstring border security efforts. Demo
  
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• Browns speak with suspended RB Hunt after argument near bar

  01-07-2019 23:08
  CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Browns say they’ve spoken to suspended running back Kareem Hunt about an incident this weekend outside a downtown bar.
  The 23-year-old Hunt got into an argument with a friend late Saturday night. A video obtained by TMZ showed Hunt speaking to an officer and explaining what happened.
  Hunt was not arrested and Sgt. Jennifer Ciaccia, a Cleveland police spokeswoman, said no reports were filed.
  Browns spokesman Peter Jean-Baptiste said the club will have no
  
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• Wimbledon won’t show Women’s World Cup semifinal match

  01-07-2019 22:48
  WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — The chief executive at Wimbledon says the All England Club won’t be showing England’s Women’s World Cup semifinal on Tuesday against the United States on screens around the grounds.
  The All England Club had a similar issue last year, when the men’s team reached the semifinals at the World Cup in Russia.
  “We’re being consistent, as we have been in previous years,” Richard Lewis said. “We’ll show the tennis. Peop
  
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• Sheriff removed after Parkland shooting running for old job

  01-07-2019 22:45
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida sheriff who was removed by the governor from his elected office after a school shooting that left 17 people dead is running for his old job in 2020.
  Former Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel filed paperwork Monday stating his intention to run in the August 2020 Democratic primary.
  Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended Israel in January for his department’s response to the February 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.
  Israe
  
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• Thompson says on social media he is staying with Warriors

  01-07-2019 22:40
  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — All-Star guard Klay Thompson says on social media he is staying put with the Golden State Warriors, using a clip of Leonardo DiCaprio in the movie “The Wolf of Wall Street” with the line “I’m not leavin!'”
  Thompson posted on his Instagram account Monday. He is expected to sign a five-year max contract for $190 million when the NBA free agent moratorium period ends, remaining with Golden State just as he had hoped all along.
  Last year, he
  
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• Search continues for man reported missing at Grand Canyon

  01-07-2019 22:37
  GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — The search continues for a California man who was reported missing from a river trip at the Grand Canyon.
  The national park has asked other river rafters to be on the lookout for Healdsburg resident Peter Francis Schwab, who is 66.
  Park spokeswoman Becky Latanich says Schwab had been traveling with a commercial river rafting company when he went missing Friday. He was wearing a tan hat, white long-sleeved shirt, gray cargo pants and sandals.
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• Border Patrol Chief: Sexist Facebook posts ‘inappropriate’

  01-07-2019 22:33
  CLINT, Texas (AP) — The head of the U.S. Border Patrol says sexist posts and comments mocking migrant deaths in a closed Facebook group for agents and employees are “completely inappropriate.”
  Carla Provost said in a statement Monday that any employee who violated standards will be held accountable. ProPublica published a report on the group that comprises about 9,500 current and former employees. There are about 20,000 active Border Patrol agents.
  Group members posted graphic
  
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• Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam condemns protesters who broke into legislature and vandalized building

  01-07-2019 22:27
  HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam condemns protesters who broke into legislature and vandalized building.
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• Report: Secret Border Patrol Facebook group mocked migrant deaths, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

  01-07-2019 22:26
  Screenshots reportedly from a secret Facebook group for current and former Border Patrol agents, with thousands of members, show posts that joked about the deaths of migrants and discussed throwing burritos at Latino members of Congress visiting a detention facility in Clint, Texas, on Monday.
  The three-year-old group, which has roughly 9,500 members, shared derogatory and sexist comments about lawmakers, including Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Veronica Escobar, D-Texas,&
  
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• The Latest: Prosecutor: killing shown in Navy SEAL’s words

  01-07-2019 22:25
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Latest on the court-martial of a decorated Navy SEAL charged with murder and attempted murder (all times local):
  1:25 p.m.
  A military prosecutor says a Navy SEAL committed murder, and the proof is in his own words, his own photos and the testimony of his fellow troops.
  Cmdr. Jeff Pietrzyk said Monday during closing arguments that text messages by Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher show he is guilty to fatally stabbing a wounded Islamic State prisoner on May 3, 2
  
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• Baptism by fire: Stephanie Grisham’s eventful first days

  01-07-2019 22:23
  WASHINGTON (AP) — She is President Donald Trump’s new top spokeswoman, but Stephanie Grisham barely said a word in what became her introduction to the world.
  The president’s new press secretary and top communications aide received a baptism by fire over the weekend. Grisham accompanied the president on his high-stakes trip to Asia and had to throw her body into a fracas with North Korea security officials.
  It was an early sign of how Grisham might reshape a role she didn’
  
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• ‘Are you serious?’ Police describe senator’s DWI arrest

  01-07-2019 22:18
  ESPANOLA, N.M. (AP) — Police say a New Mexico state senator expressed surprise when he was told he was being arrested on a drunken driving charge, saying to officers, “Are you serious? Jesus Christ.”
  A court official says Sen. Richard Martinez, D-Espanola, has five days to appear in court on charges of aggravated DWI and reckless driving.
  The former Rio Arriba County magistrate judge is the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
  He was arrested Friday night after a collision
  
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• The Latest: Rape report against slaying suspect released

  01-07-2019 22:14
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Latest on a Utah college student killed (all times local):
  2:10 p.m.
  New records detail a previous rape allegation made by a former co-worker against a man now accused of killing a Utah college student.
  The Salt Lake Tribune reports the documents released Monday reveal the co-worker said the contact with 31-year-old Ayoola A. Ajayi began consensually, but when she wanted to stop he refused and had sex with her anyway.
  The report says the woman appeared to blame he
  
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• Sheriff’s office loses accreditation after Parkland shooting

  01-07-2019 22:12
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida sheriff’s office has lost its law enforcement accreditation following criticism over its handling of fatal shootings at a high school and airport.
  The Commission for Florida Law Enforcement Accreditation voted 13-0 last week to not renew the Broward Sheriff’s Office’s accreditation. Commission members include law enforcement and other local officials from around Florida. As reasons for the decision, they cited the agency’s hand
  
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• Galvis homers twice, Biggio has 4 RBIs, Jays beat Royals

  01-07-2019 22:12
  TORONTO (AP) — Freddy Galvis hit a pair of solo home runs, rookie Cavan Biggio had four RBIs and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Kansas City Royals 11-4 on Monday.
  Randal Grichuk had four hits and four RBIs and Teoscar Hernández added a solo home run as the Blue Jays won for the 15th time in 19 regular-season home meetings with the Royals.
  Wearing red caps and jerseys in honor of Canada Day, the Blue Jays scored in each of the first four innings and finished with a season-high 18 hit
  
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• Police say man with knife was shot and killed by officers

  01-07-2019 21:57
  ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Police in a northeast Georgia college town say a man with a knife was shot and killed by officers.
  Athens-Clarke County police Chief Cleveland Spruill said officers responded Monday afternoon to calls about a man with a knife, covered in blood and acting erratically.
  Spruill said the man didn’t obey when officers ordered him to drop the knife. Spruill said two of the three officers fired at the man when he charged them.
  It happened at River Club. The private comple
  
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• FDA investigates possible link between certain dog food brands, heart disease

  01-07-2019 20:24
  CNBC – The Food and Drug Administration is investigating a potential link between certain brands of dog food, including Blue Buffalo, Merrick and Rachel Ray Nutrish, and an increased risk of heart disease in pets.
  The agency is looking into more than 500 cases of canine heart disease, identifying the brands of dog food that have been most frequently fed to pets with the disease.Consumers were first warned last year by the FDA that there is a potential link bet
  
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• Mom who tried to kill baby held in his death 12 years later

  01-07-2019 20:18
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A woman who was prosecuted in Montana for attempting to drown her 10-month-old son in 2008 has been arrested in California charged with killing the now 12-year-old boy and seriously injuring his 7-year-old brother.
  The Tulare County Sheriff’s office received a 911 call Saturday to report that 45-year-old Sherri Telnas was acting strangely and had taken her sons to a corn field across from their rural home in Porterville.
  Deputies said they found the children unre
  
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• Man charged with online threat to lynch Muslim candidate

  01-07-2019 20:17
  ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A man has been charged in North Carolina with posting an anonymous threat on social media to lynch a Muslim-American candidate for a state Senate seat in Virginia.
  Federal court records show a warrant for Joseph Cecil Vandevere’s arrest was issued after his June 20 indictment.
  The indictment identifies the victim only by the initials “Q.R.,” but Virginia state Senate candidate Qasim Rashid posted a screenshot of the threatening tweet in March 2018 a
  
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• The Latest: Judge orders ‘Bridgegate’ defendant freed

  01-07-2019 20:14
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The Latest on the case involving two former allies of ex-New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie convicted in the George Washington Bridge closure scandal (all times local):
  2:15 p.m.
  A federal judge has ordered a defendant in the so-called Bridgegate lane closure scandal freed from prison pending the case’s appeal before the U.S. Supreme Court.
  U.S. District Judge Susan Wigenton signed an order Monday for Bill Baroni’s release. He was serving an 18-month sentence.
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• Senegal, Ivory Coast through to last 16 at African Cup

  01-07-2019 20:14
  Sadio Mane made amends by scoring twice after missing an early penalty to see Senegal through to the knockout stage at the African Cup of Nations on Monday.
  Mane netted in the 71st minute and got it right with his second penalty of the game in the 78th as Senegal beat Kenya 3-0 to take second in Group C and make the last 16.
  Ismaila Sarr scored the first for Senegal in the 63rd, burying a volley in the top left corner as the team rated as a contender for the title took over an hour to break down
  
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• Ivory Coast advances to last 16 at African Cup

  01-07-2019 20:14
  CAIRO (AP) — Ivory Coast has qualified for the last 16 at the African Cup of Nations by beating Namibia 4-1 to clinch second place in Group D behind Morocco.
  Ivory Coast made sure of its place in the knockouts with the victory in the final round of Group D games on Monday.
  South Africa’s fate hangs in the balance after it lost to Morocco 1-0 to a 90th-minute goal by Morocco captain M’Bark Boussoufa. South Africa must wait to see if it is one of the four best third-place teams t
  
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• Trump lashes out at New York governor, attorney general

  01-07-2019 20:05
  NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump has accused New York’s Democratic governor and attorney general of going after him in a “political Witch Hunt.”
  In several tweets Monday, Trump accused Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Attorney General Letitia James of “harassing all of my New York businesses in search of anything at all they can find to make me look as bad as possible.”
  He said Cuomo “uses his Attorney General as a bludgeoning tool.”
  James is suing the
  
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• Mail delivery to Kentucky street suspended over dog attacks

  01-07-2019 19:58
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service has suspended mail delivery to a Kentucky street that has a history of dog attacks.
  Postal Service spokeswoman Susan Wright tells the Courier-Journal that dog attacks have been a problem on Louisville’s Girard Drive for a long time, and the issue is only getting worse. She says a mail carrier recently dodged three loose dogs on the street near Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport.
  Residents are being asked to pick up their mail
  
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• Family: Woman dies from flesh-eating disease in Florida

  01-07-2019 19:54
  ELLENTON, Fla. (AP) — A Pennsylvania man says his 77-year-old mother contracted flesh-eating bacteria and died nearly two weeks after she fell and scraped her leg while walking on a Florida beach.
  Wade Fleming told The Associated Press on Monday that Lynn Fleming, who retired to Florida’s Gulf Coast, stumbled and fell into the water on Coquina Beach while her family was visiting from Pittsburgh. The wound swelled up and continued to bleed, leading her to urgent care where she was pre
  
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• Montana governor, 2020 hopeful open to Keystone XL pipeline

  01-07-2019 19:51
  HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana Gov. Steve Bullock says he’s open to supporting the proposed Keystone XL pipeline “if it’s done right.”
  Bullock’s comments came Monday in response to a question during an online town hall meeting on climate change. It underscores the tension of being both governor of an energy-producing state and one of nearly two dozen Democratic presidential candidates.
  Most Democratic candidates oppose the proposed pipeline from Canada, citing i
  
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• Indians send RHP Wojciechowski to Orioles for cash

  01-07-2019 19:48
  CLEVELAND (AP) — The Indians have traded right-hander Asher Wojciechowski to the Baltimore Orioles for cash.
  The 30-year-old went 8-2 with a 3.61 ERA in 15 starts this season for Triple-A Columbus. The Orioles said Monday that he’s been assigned to Norfolk, their Triple-A affiliate.
  Wojciechowski signed a minor league contract as a free agent with Cleveland in February. He was assigned to the Clippers during spring training. Because of Cleveland’s pitching depth, it was going t
  
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• Kentucky students lose appeal in chickenpox vaccination case

  01-07-2019 19:45
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — More than two dozen Catholic school students and their parents have lost an initial appeal in challenging a Kentucky health department’s efforts to control a chickenpox outbreak.
  The students claim the health agency’s actions infringed on their religious beliefs.
  But a three-judge panel of the Kentucky Court of Appeals sided with a trial court judge who ruled in April that the Northern Kentucky Health Department acted within its authority.
  The health agenc
  
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• Pakistan arrests opposition leader on alleged drug charge

  01-07-2019 19:44
  LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s main opposition party says authorities have arrested a leading party figure, Rana Sanaullah Khan, after claiming they found drugs in one of his vehicles on a highway.
  A spokeswoman for the Muslim League party, Uzma Bukhari, said Khan was arrested Monday.
  He is the head of the league’s branch in the eastern Punjab province.
  The latest development came days after Pakistan’s major opposition parties met in the capital, Islamabad, vowing to
  
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• Wisconsin man pleads not guilty to killing couple in 1976

  01-07-2019 19:40
  MARINETTE, Wis. (AP) — An 82-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a couple at a Wisconsin park 43 years ago.
  Raymand Vannieuwenhoven (van-EE’-ven-hoh-ven) entered the pleas Monday in Marinette County Circuit Court. He’s accused of killing 25-year-old David Schuldes and 24-year-old Ellen Matheys in 1976 at McClintock Park in Silver Cliff, about 200 miles (320 kilometers) north of Milwaukee.
  For decades, the widower and father of fiv
  
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• The Latest: Power still out in downtown Phoenix offices

  01-07-2019 19:40
  PHOENIX (AP) — The Latest on an electrical vault explosion in downtown Phoenix that killed a utility worker (all times local):
  10:35 a.m.
  Numerous major highrise buildings in downtown Phoenix remain without power hours after an explosion in an underground utility vault killed one worker and injured a second.
  Maricopa County spokesman Fields Moseley said at midmorning Monday that the county’s main administration office building at 301 W. Jefferson St is without power and shut down. Al
  
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• The Latest: Officials identify APS utility worker killed

  01-07-2019 19:40
  PHOENIX (AP) — The Latest on an electrical vault explosion in downtown Phoenix that killed a utility worker (all times local):
  4:15 p.m.
  Authorities have identified a worker who died in an explosion in an underground utility vault in Phoenix that left several downtown buildings without power.
  Phoenix police said Monday that 42-year-old Ricardo Castillo died at the scene of Sunday night’s explosion.
  Castillo was one of two Arizona Public Service electricians doing maintenance work. Th
  
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• Lawsuit challenges US approvals of Keystone XL pipeline

  01-07-2019 19:39
  BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Environmentalists are asking a federal judge to cancel permits and other approvals issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada.
  Attorneys for the Northern Plains Resource Council, Sierra Club and other groups filed the latest lawsuit against the long-delayed pipeline on Monday in Montana.
  They claim the Army Corps did not examine the potential for oil spills and other environmental damages when it approved plans by pipeline
  
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• Police ID victims in fatal motorcycle crash

  01-07-2019 19:34
  TUCSON – Deputies have identified the two victims in Saturday’s fatal motorcycle collision.
  According to Pima County Sheriff’s Department, Benjamin Chavez, 41, and Lydia Carter, 53, were killed in the motorcycle and truck collision near the intersection of Roller Coaster Road and Grande Avenue at around 8 p.m. Saturday.
  Investigations into the crash resulted in the arrest of 69-year-old Thomas Waites for two counts of manslaughter, criminal damage and driving under the influenc
  
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• Vigil set to remember slain Utah college student

  01-07-2019 19:27
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Friends are set to remember a Utah college student who authorities say was killed and her charred remains found in a Salt Lake City man’s backyard.
  A vigil is planned for Monday night at the University of Utah to memorialize 23-year-old Mackenzie Lueck, who has been remembered as a bubbly, nurturing person who looked after her friends and took care of animals.
  Lueck disappeared after taking a Lyft June 17 from the airport to a park, where police say she met some
  
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• Police: Woman refuses to pay for cake she ate while shopping

  01-07-2019 19:23
  WICHITA FALLS, Texas (AP) — Authorities say a Texas woman ate half a cake while roaming the aisles of a Walmart store and then refused to pay full price for it, claiming she had found it half-eaten.
  Wichita Falls police Sgt. Harold McClure says the woman picked up the cake at the store’s bakery last Tuesday and ate half of it before getting to the checkout counter. He says a manager called police after the woman claimed she had found the cake that way and would not pay full price for
  
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• 4 Your Health: Comparing fruit indicates women’s health

  01-07-2019 19:22
  A new study reveals what body shape is healthier for a woman to have.
  Pear is better than apple when it comes to a women’s body shape.
  That’s according to a new study of over 2,600 postmenopausal women. It showed women who were apple-shaped, with more fat in their middle, had a greater risk of heart and blood vessel problems even if they were a normal weight.
  On the other hand, pear-shaped women, who stored more fat in their legs, had a lower risk of cardiovascular disease.
  People ge
  
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• AZGFD fines individual who allegedly hung baited hooks to catch, kill coyotes

  01-07-2019 19:20
  WILCOX, Ariz. – A person was penalized after the individual reportedly placed bait on fishing hooks for coyotes in near Wilcox in May 2018, according to Arizona Game and Fish Department.
  According to the department, AZGFD received a tip in May 2018 about the incident. Officials say the individual would hang hooks with bait in Sunizona, with the intention of catching and killing coyotes.AZGFD Tucson got an anon. tip in May 2018 about an individual placing bait for coyotes on fishing hooks i
  
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• The New York Rangers say they have agreed to terms with top free agent Artemi Panarin

  01-07-2019 19:17
  NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Rangers say they have agreed to terms with top free agent Artemi Panarin.
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• AP Source: The Florida Panthers sign goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky to a seven-year, $70 million contract.

  01-07-2019 19:09
  SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — AP Source: The Florida Panthers sign goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky to a seven-year, $70 million contract.
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• Ex-city spokeswoman rejects plea deal in open records case

  01-07-2019 19:07
  ATLANTA (AP) — A former spokeswoman for the Atlanta mayor’s office who is accused of violating Georgia’s open records law has rejected a plea deal.
  Jenna Garland, press secretary under former Mayor Kasim Reed, declined the plea offer during a Monday court appearance. She now faces a possible trial.
  Authorities say the criminal case against someone accused of violating the open records law is the first of its kind in Georgia.
  Garland is accused of advising another city spokeswom
  
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• Drowned father and daughter mourned at El Salvador cemetery

  01-07-2019 19:07
  Valeria Ramirez, 6, listens to speeches along with the rest of her family as attendees take part in a vigil for Oscar Alberto Martinez and his daughter, Valeria, in McAllen, Texas, Sunday, June 30, 2019. The young father and daughter who drowned in each other’s arms last week in an attempt to swim across the Rio Grande to the United States have been returned to El Salvador for an expected burial at a private ceremony in the capital Monday. (Joel Martinez/The Monitor via AP)
  SAN SALVADOR, E
  
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• Cody Johnson is bridging the Texas-Nashville musical gap

  01-07-2019 19:05
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country singer Cody Johnson knew there was a lot of distrust of Nashville’s commercial country music industry among his peers in Texas and Oklahoma.
  Johnson finally signed to Warner Music Nashville after turning down multiple offers and more than a decade as a successful independent artist.
  He needed Warner’s help to reach fans on country radio and for global distribution of his records. But he wanted to maintain creative control, from his music to his p
  
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• Russia’s opposition leader Navalny gets 10-day sentence

  01-07-2019 19:04
  MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been sentenced to 10 days in jail on charges of taking part in an unsanctioned rally.
  A court in Moscow on Monday found Navalny guilty of violating rules for holding a rally last month.
  The rally was part of a series of protests sparked by the arrest of a prominent investigative reporter on drug-dealing charges, which were dropped within days for lack of evidence.
  The case of journalist Ivan Golunov’s caused outrage, a
  
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