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• Injured AL All-Stars replaced by Lowe, Bogaerts and Berríos

  03-07-2019 23:57
  Los Angeles Angels second baseman Tommy La Stella has been replaced on the American League All-Star team, a day after fouling a 97 mph fastball off his right shin and leaving a game against the Texas Rangers.
  A first-time All-Star named as a reserve, La Stella was supposed to be replaced by Tampa Bay’s Brandon Lowe for next week’s game in Cleveland. But Lowe’s status also is questionable because of a right leg injury. Lowe also fouled a ball off his leg and left a game Tuesday
  
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• Dutch beat Swedes to set up Women’s World Cup final with US

  03-07-2019 23:50
  LYON, France (AP) — The Netherlands will play the United States for the Women’s World Cup title after Jackie Groenen sealed a 1-0 victory over Sweden in extra time on Wednesday night.
  A slick passing sequence ended in the 99th minute with Groenen driving a shot from outside the penalty area past goalkeeper Hedvig Lindahl.
  The goal that broke the deadlock in a sweltering stadium set up a meeting between the European champions and the reigning world champions.
  And it means that for the
  
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• News 4 Cooks: Fiamme Pizza

  03-07-2019 23:44
  1.75 ounces of arugula
  20 grams lemon oil dressing
  10 grams pine nuts
  10 grams shaved parmigiano reggiano
  20 grams of quartered cherry tomato
  2 grams chopped parsley
  2 grams black pepper
  Preparation Instructions (must be specific, no vague amounts i.e. “pinch or scoop”):
  Add the arugula into a mixing bowl and add the first part of ingredients in this order
  2 grams parsley
  2 grams pepper
  5 grams pine nuts
  10 grams cherry tomato
  5 grams shaved parmigiano
  20 grams lemon oil
  Mix thoroug
  
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• The Latest: Administration still exploring citizenship query

  03-07-2019 23:38
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the administration’s effort to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census (all times local):
  5:25 p.m.
  A high-ranking Justice Department official is telling a federal judge that the Trump administration has not abandoned efforts to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, even as the U.S. Census Bureau has started the process of printing the questionnaire without the controversial query.
  Assistant Attorney General Joseph Hunt says “there
  
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• Cease goes 5 innings in debut, White Sox beat Tigers 7-5

  03-07-2019 23:36
  CHICAGO (AP) — Dylan Cease threw five innings in a winning major league debut, and the Chicago White Sox beat the struggling Detroit Tigers 7-5 Wednesday in the first game of a day-night doubleheader.
  Cease showed why the White Sox have been anticipating big things since they acquired him along with outfielder Eloy Jiménez as part of the trade in July 2017 that sent pitcher José Quintana to the crosstown Cubs.
  The 23-year-old right-hander gave up three runs and four hits, str
  
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• Abreu hits 3-run HR in 12th, White Sox beat Tigers, sweep DH

  03-07-2019 23:36
  CHICAGO (AP) — Jose Abreu hit a three-run homer in the 12th inning, Yoan Moncada and Ryan Cordell each went deep twice and the Chicago White Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 9-6 on Wednesday night to complete a day-night doubleheader sweep.
  Abreu’s shot to the left-field bullpen capped a wild win for the White Sox, after Dylan Cease went five innings in his debut to lead them to a 7-5 victory in the opener.
  Chicago had runners on first and second in the 12th after Nick Ramirez (3-3) walke
  
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• US-England game averaged just over 7 million viewers on Fox

  03-07-2019 23:29
  The Americans’ 2-1 victory over England in Tuesday’s Women’s World Cup semifinal averaged nearly 8 million U.S. viewers on English- and Spanish-language television.
  The match averaged 7.025 million viewers on Fox, according to the network and Nielsen, and peaked at more than 9 million over the late stages of the match. The game was the most-watched English-language soccer telecast in the country since last year’s men’s World Cup final.
  The broadcast on Telemundo and
  
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• Deputies in teen pepper-spraying, slamming video charged

  03-07-2019 23:25
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Three Florida deputies are facing charges after appearing in a video that showed a black teen being pepper-sprayed and slammed to the ground during an arrest.
  The Broward County State Attorney’s Office announced misdemeanor battery charges Wednesday against Sgt. Gregory LaCerra and Deputy Christopher Krickovich while Deputy Ralph Mackey is charged with falsifying records. They’ve been suspended without pay.
  A sheriff’s deputy association criti
  
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• Charles scores 26, Liberty beat Storm 84-83

  03-07-2019 23:20
  SEATTLE (AP) — Tina Charles had 26 points, five rebounds and four assists, Kia Nurse added 24 points and the New York Liberty beat the Seattle Storm 84-83 on Wednesday.
  Charles scored 11 straight New York points in the fourth quarter for an 84-83 lead with 57.3 seconds left. After a timeout at 25.7, Seattle passed it around the arc and Jordin Canada missed an open 3-pointer from the top of the key. Alysha Clark grabbed an offensive rebound but her putback attempt rolled off at the buzzer.
  
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• Internal probe clears Arkansas cops in dealership shooting

  03-07-2019 23:19
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas police department’s internal investigation has cleared two officers who fatally shot a man allegedly trying to steal a pickup truck from a car dealership.
  Jacksonville police Chief John Franklin said at a news conference Tuesday that Officers Logan Kulesa and Shawn Jones were justified in shooting 22-year-old Tramon Savage in June. Video shows Kulesa and Jones yelling at Savage to get out of the truck, but he drives toward open bay doors and Kules
  
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• Florida woman who took husband’s guns faces misdemeanor

  03-07-2019 23:18
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A prosecutor is charging a Florida woman with misdemeanor trespassing instead of theft and burglary for taking her estranged husband’s guns.
  State Attorney Brian Haas said Wednesday that Courtney and Joseph Irby’s messy divorce led to criminal charges for them both.
  The prosecutor is filing an aggravated battery charge against Joseph Irby for hitting his wife’s vehicle with his car at low speed.
  Haas says parts of Courtney Irby’s initial story w
  
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• The Latest: Fire officials say gas leak caused house blast

  03-07-2019 23:17
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on a fire and explosion at a house in North Carolina (all times local):
  5:05 p.m.
  Fire officials say a gas leak led to the fire and explosion that leveled a house in North Carolina, killing a woman inside.
  Fire Marshal Jonathan Leonard of the Charlotte Fire Department told a news conference Wednesday that the gas leak in the home appeared to be accidental but he couldn’t provide any additional details of what happened.
  Charlotte-Mecklenburg police id
  
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• Man charged in Appalachian Trail killing found incompetent

  03-07-2019 23:14
  ABINGDON, Va. (AP) — A Massachusetts man accused of fatally stabbing a hiker on the Appalachian Trail has been found mentally incompetent to stand trial.
  James L. Jordan was returned to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service on Wednesday after U.S. District Magistrate Judge Pamela Meade Sargent found that he is not mentally fit for trial.
  The 30-year-old Jordan, from West Yarmouth, Massachusetts, is charged with murder and assault with intent to commit murder for allegedly attacking two
  
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• Argentina: Faulty reprogramming caused 3-nation blackout

  03-07-2019 23:12
  BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s energy secretary says improper reprogramming of the electricity system following installation of a bypass on a major transmission line caused the power outage that left tens of millions of people in three nations without power.
  Gustavo Lopetegui told a congressional committee Wednesday that the Transener company that operates the lines failed to account for and reprogram an emergency system after replacing a high-voltage tower. So when a sho
  
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• The Latest: Trump defends treatment of detained migrants

  03-07-2019 23:11
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the treatment of migrants detained after crossing the southern border (all times local):
  5 p.m.
  President Donald Trump is defending the treatment of migrants at border detention facilities amid growing outrage over unsanitary and crowded conditions.
  Trump says in a series of tweets that, “Our Border Patrol people are not hospital workers, doctors or nurses” and he compliments them on their efforts.
  He claims that, “Many of these illegals al
  
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• The Latest: Booker visits Mexico to see asylum seekers

  03-07-2019 23:11
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the treatment of migrants detained after crossing the southern border (all times local):
  6:20 p.m.
  Cory Booker has crossed back over the southern border after traveling to Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, to meet with migrants attempting to seek asylum in the United States.
  Booker is the second 2020 Democratic presidential candidate to visit Juarez, after former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke made the trip Sunday, also to help draw attention to President Donald Trump&
  
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• Board sues Puerto Rico governor amid economic crisis

  03-07-2019 23:08
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A federal control board overseeing Puerto Rico’s finances has sued the U.S. territory’s governor, saying he refuses to submit required documents and has approved tens of millions of dollars in unbudgeted spending amid a 13-year recession.
  The board on Wednesday also accused Gov. Ricardo Rosselló of approving joint resolutions to use funds for expenditures not approved by board-certified budgets.
  It also criticized a law approved last month th
  
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• XOXO: Where to Rock Thursday, July 4

  03-07-2019 22:59
  While the fireworks on A-Mountain once again threaten to ignite invasive plant species ablaze, DJ Herm spins pool-side at Hotel McCoy. Details here.This innovative trio's repertoire fuses traditional with unconventional elements—Radiohead and Pink Floyd interpretations—into a modern jazz format.…
  
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• Truck crash snarls commute out of NYC on eve of holiday

  03-07-2019 22:53
  UNION CITY, N.J. (AP) — An overturned garbage truck blocked a major route out of New York City during the evening commute before the Fourth of July weekend.
  The orange truck lay upside down Wednesday on an embankment on the New Jersey side of the Lincoln Tunnel.
  Most New Jersey-bound vehicles are being held at the tunnel as crews work to clear the truck. Traffic is being allowed to flow into the city.
  Officials say that they are assessing the number of injuries but that one person is in cr
  
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• Prosecutor to charge Florida woman who turned in estranged husband’s guns with misdemeanor trespass instead of burglary

  03-07-2019 22:48
  BARTOW, Fla. (AP) — Prosecutor to charge Florida woman who turned in estranged husband’s guns with misdemeanor trespass instead of burglary.
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• Judge to reassess $80 million award in Monsanto cancer case

  03-07-2019 22:30
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge says he will reconsider a jury’s $80 million damage award to a cancer victim who used Monsanto’s Roundup weed-killer. The San Francisco Chronicle reports U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria said at a hearing Tuesday that he will reduce but not entirely eliminate punitive damages for what he called the company’s “reprehensible” conduct. He said the evidence at the trial showed “Monsanto not really caring whether its pro
  
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• PCSD investigate ‘suspicious’ death on Tucson’s southwest side

  03-07-2019 22:28
  TUCSON – Pima County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the “suspicious” death of a woman on Tucson’s southwest side.
  Deputies responded to a call of a “person collapsed” on Wednesday in the 4900 block of S. Cactus Wren Ave. Upon arrival, officials located a deceased female with obvious signs of trauma.
  Details are limited at this time.PCSD says they are in the early stages of the investigation.
  Anyone with information is urged to call 911.
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• PCSD to hold Badges and Backpacks event

  03-07-2019 22:25
  TUCSON –  The Pima County Sheriff’s Department will be holding a “Badges and Backpacks” back to school event next weekend.
  It’ll happen at the Tucson Convention Center on Saturday July 13, from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.
  Free backpacks will be given to children enrolled in K-12.
  There will also be a health fair where children can receive free health screenings.
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• North Korea: Trump tries to undermine peace with sanctions

  03-07-2019 22:23
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — North Korea’s U.N. Mission is accusing the Trump administration of deliberately trying to undermine peace efforts by pressuring all countries to implement U.N. sanctions.
  The mission said Wednesday that while the U.S. is talking about dialogue it is “more and more hell-bent” on hostile acts.
  It cited a joint letter from the U.S., Britain, France and Germany on June 29 to U.N. member states calling for all North Korean workers abroad to be sent home &
  
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• ‘Laugh-in’ comedic actor Arte Johnson dies at 90

  03-07-2019 22:22
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Arte Johnson, who won an Emmy for comedy sketch work on the television show “Laugh-In,” has died in Los Angeles. He was 90.
  Family representative Harlan Boll says Johnson died early Wednesday of heart failure following a three-year battle with bladder and prostate cancer. No services have been planned, but his ashes will be spread in a private ceremony.
  Johnson became known for his catchphrase “Verrry interesting” on “Rowan & Marti
  
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• Trump’s claim about DC homeless raises eyebrows

  03-07-2019 22:15
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington, D.C., officials are pushing back against an unsubstantiated claim by President Donald Trump that he orchestrated a purge of homeless people to shield visiting foreign dignitaries from having to see them.
  It was among a series of falsehoods leveled by Trump in recent days as he has seized on the homeless epidemic. He has also claimed it’s a phenomenon that started just two years ago. And he has suggested that local and state officials have deliberately ex
  
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• Rangers agree to terms with top 2 draft picks Jung, Wendzel

  03-07-2019 22:14
  ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Texas Rangers have agreed to terms with their top two draft picks, Big 12 Conference third basemen Josh Jung and Davis Wendzel.
  Jung was the eighth overall pick out of Texas Tech in last month’s draft, while Wendzel from Baylor was taken 41st overall. Jung and Wendzel were the co-Big 12 players of the year this season.
  Texas announced the agreements Wednesday. Jung agreed at $4.4 million, well below slot value of $5,176,900. Wendzel’s agreed at $1.6
  
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• Scientists to be trapped in ice for year-long Arctic mission

  03-07-2019 22:10
  BREMERHAVEN, Germany (AP) — Scientists from 17 nations, including the United States, Russia and China, are preparing for a yearlong mission to the central Arctic to study the impact climate change is having on the planet’s frigid far north.
  Mission leader Markus Rex said Wednesday that researchers plan to anchor the German icebreaker RV Polarstern to a large floe, set up camp on the ice as the sea freezes around them and conduct experiments throughout the Arctic winter.
  Rex, an atmos
  
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• PACC holds free microchip, drive-through clinic

  03-07-2019 21:59
  TUCSON – Ahead of the Fourth of July festivities, Pima Animal Care Center will be hosting a free microchip clinic.
  The clinic will be from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesday, at 4000 N. Silverbell Rd.
  PACC says pets are often frightened by July 4 fireworks and run away.
  Last year, the shelter took in 416 pets the week after the July 4.
  PACC says that during the drive-through clinic, dogs should still be on leashes and cats should be in carriers.
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• Memphis council backs part of Graceland expansion plan

  03-07-2019 21:59
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — City Council members in Memphis, Tennessee, have approved part of a plan for a $75 million expansion project at Elvis Presley’s Graceland.
  Tuesday’s vote by council members was related to a plan to provide tax incentives for expansion of the Presley-themed tourist attraction.
  Graceland seeks government incentives to expand its hotel and build retail space, cabins, a recreational vehicle park and other additions.
  The deal doesn’t include soundstages t
  
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• Tigers’ Jones leaves game because of back spasms

  03-07-2019 21:58
  CHICAGO (AP) — Detroit Tigers center fielder JaCoby Jones has left the first game of a day-night doubleheader against the Chicago White Sox because of back spasms.
  Jones was 0 for 3 with two strikeouts before exiting in the fifth inning. Niko Goodrum moved from second base to center field. Gordon Beckham came in to play second and replaced Jones in the leadoff spot.
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• ACLU sues over law that punishes inmates with ‘civil death’

  03-07-2019 21:55
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union is challenging the constitutionality of a Rhode Island law that punishes inmates serving life in prison with “civil death.”
  The ACLU’s Rhode Island chapter filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday on behalf of two inmates.
  A spokeswoman for the state attorney general says the office can’t comment on pending litigation.
  Rhode Island is one of the few places where inmates serving life in prison are deemed dead by sta
  
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• Judge blocks Ohio abortion law, clinics to remain open

  03-07-2019 21:53
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge has temporarily blocked an Ohio law banning abortions after a fetal heartbeat can be detected, allowing clinics to continue to provide the procedure as a legal battle advances.
  Wednesday’s decision halts enforcement of the so-called heartbeat bill law that opponents argued would effectively ban the procedure as early as six weeks into pregnancy, before many women know they’re pregnant.
  Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed the Ohio law in
  
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• Judge temporarily blocks Ohio ban on abortion after 1st detectable heartbeat, predicts it will be found unconstitutional

  03-07-2019 21:51
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Judge temporarily blocks Ohio ban on abortion after 1st detectable heartbeat, predicts it will be found unconstitutional.
  The post Judge temporarily blocks Ohio ban on abortion after 1st detectable heartbeat, predicts it will be found unconstitutional appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• Judge rejects Mexican drug lord El Chapo’s new trial bid

  03-07-2019 21:51
  NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge has rejected a request for a new trial by the Mexican drug lord known as El Chapo.
  U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan said in a written ruling Wednesday that a “mountain range of evidence” introduced against Joaquin Guzman (hwah-KEEN’ goos-MAHN’) overcame his claims that the jury was tainted.
  Cogan said any rational average juror would have convicted El Chapo based on overwhelming evidence at a trial that ended in February. Guzman was c
  
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• AP Top 25 Podcast: What programs develop players best; Why?

  03-07-2019 21:50
  Are great college football players recruited and simply on the way to stardom no matter where they play? Or is development better in some programs than others?
  Nature or nurture?
  On the latest AP Top 25 Podcast , Barton Simmons, scouting director for 247 Sports, joins AP’s Ralph Russo to discuss player development, and what exactly that looks like at the best programs. It’s not just about coaching players up. The value of strength and conditioning coaches, infrastructure and resource
  
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• Georgia failed to subpoena image of wiped elections server

  03-07-2019 21:49
  The case of whether hackers may have tampered with elections in Georgia has taken another strange turn.
  Nearly two years ago, state lawyers in a closely watched election integrity lawsuit told a judge they intended to subpoena the FBI for a copy of data from a crucial computer server that state election officials had quietly wiped clean.
  But a new email obtained by The Associated Press says the state never did.
  The server data is central to a challenge to Georgia’s highly questioned, state
  
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• Researchers Take Major Step Towards Curing HIV

  03-07-2019 21:48
  Researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center have taken a major step towards curing HIV.
  UNMC announced Tuesday that researchers there, in cooperation a team at Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, have “come up with a way to completely eliminate HIV infection in a special mouse model.”
  For the first time, researchers say they have eliminated “replication-competent HIV-1 DNA, the virus responsible for AIDS, from the genomes of living animals,”
  
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• Just not cricket: Streaker in the sun delays World Cup game

  03-07-2019 21:44
  CHESTER-LE-STREET, England (AP) — He danced on the wicket. He did cartwheels. He escaped the clutches of not one, not two, not three but four flailing members of security.
  A streaker wearing nothing but a green hat ran onto the field during a high-stakes match at the Cricket World Cup between host England and New Zealand on Wednesday and provided around five minutes of entertainment that had a packed crowd roaring with laughter.
  Stewards and security were extremely slow to react 
  
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• Doctor: Motorcycle bomb in southern Syria city kills 3

  03-07-2019 21:43
  DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A local doctor says an explosion in southern Syria has killed at least three people and wounded at least one.
  Syrian state TV said the Wednesday night explosion was due to a booby-trapped motorcycleand occurred in the province of Sweida.
  Hassan Omar, a doctor at a local hospital in Sweida, reported at least three dead and one wounded in the explosion.
  It was not immediately clear who was behind the attack in the government-controlled area. The province is populated m
  
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• The Latest: Ohio suspect won’t fight return from Connecticut

  03-07-2019 21:40
  CINCINNATI (AP) — The Latest on the arrest of man in the slayings of four family members in Ohio (all times local):
  3:40 p.m.
  A man arrested in Connecticut in connection with the killings of four people in suburban Cincinnati has agreed not to fight extradition back to Ohio.
  Gurpreet Singh appeared Wednesday in New Haven Superior Court, where a judge ordered him detained without bail. A message seeking comment was left for a public defender who briefly represented Singh.
  It wasn’t im
  
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• More fines sought against Arizona in suit over inmate care

  03-07-2019 21:38
  PHOENIX (AP) — Attorneys challenging the quality of health care in Arizona prisons want more contempt-of-court fines against the state for failing to file monthly reports documenting its noncompliance with a settlement requiring improvements to inmate care.
  The request marks the third major attempt since October 2017 to fine the state in the lawsuit.
  Corrections Director Charles Ryan was found in contempt and the state was fined $1.4 million in June 2018 for failing to adequately improve i
  
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• The Maddow question: Should commentators moderate debates?

  03-07-2019 21:37
  NEW YORK (AP) — During her turn as moderator in last week’s Democratic primary debates, Rachel Maddow briefly scuffled with Bernie Sanders and, with Pete Buttigieg, induced the campaign rarity of a politician admitting to a failure.
  But she didn’t put to rest the issue of whether NBC News was wise to include the host of MSNBC’s most popular opinion show as a questioner.
  Some journalists have said this violates a traditional — if frayed — distinction between ne
  
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• NFL: Cowboys’ Elliott won’t be suspended over Vegas incident

  03-07-2019 21:36
  NEW YORK (AP) — Ezekiel Elliott won’t be suspended over an incident in Las Vegas that police said involved an altercation between the star running back of the Dallas Cowboys and a security guard.
  The NFL said Wednesday that Commissioner Roger Goodell determined Elliott didn’t violate the league’s personal conduct policy. The two-time rushing champion was suspended for six games in 2017 over domestic violence allegations.
  Goodell met with Elliott on Tuesday “to reinf
  
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• Appeals court orders unsealing of records in sex-tinged case

  03-07-2019 21:33
  NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court has ordered the unsealing of nearly 2,000 pages of records related to a civil case that may contain lurid claims about the sexual history of a wealthy hedge fund manager whose friends included Donald Trump before he became president, former President Bill Clinton and Great Britain’s Prince Andrew.
  The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling Wednesday came in a since-settled defamation case.
  The records were not immediately released. How
  
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• Louisiana-Lafayette coach Tony Robichaux dies at 57

  03-07-2019 21:32
  LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — Louisiana-Lafayette baseball coach Tony Robichaux, who earned nearly 1,200 career wins and led the Ragin’ Cajuns to a 2000 College World Series appearance, has died. He was 57.
  Louisiana-Lafayette athletic department spokesman Patrick Crawford said family members notified school officials that Robichaux died Wednesday at Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans. Robichaux had been in the hospital after suffering a heart attack on June 23.
  Robichaux posted a 1,177-7
  
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• Judge denies sentencing delay in Chinese scholar case

  03-07-2019 21:32
  CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — A judge has denied a request to delay sentencing for a former University of Illinois student convicted in the kidnapping and murder of a visiting Chinese scholar. The (Champaign) News-Gazette reports U.S. District Judge James Shadid issued the ruling Wednesday.
  Jurors last week convicted Brendt Christensen in the 2017 killing of 26-year-old Yingying Zhang. His sentencing begins Monday. Jurors will decide if he’ll receive life in prison or the death penalty.
  Chr
  
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• Holy Cross hires Marquette assistant Nelson as head coach

  03-07-2019 21:32
  WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Holy Cross has named Marquette assistant Brett Nelson its next head coach, replacing the retired Bill Carmody.
  Athletic director Marcus Blossom announced the hire Wednesday, less than a month after Carmody retired. The 38-year-old Nelson spent the last five seasons at Marquette, including two as associate head coach.
  He helped guide the Golden Eagles to NCAA Tournament appearances in 2016-17 and 2018-19, a second-place finish in the Big East this past season and the
  
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• AP source: Hawks land Parsons from Memphis for Hill, Plumlee

  03-07-2019 21:31
  ATLANTA (AP) — A person with knowledge of the situation says the Atlanta Hawks have acquired veteran forward Chandler Parsons in a trade which sent Miles Plumlee and Solomon Hill to Memphis.
  The person spoke with The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Wednesday because the trade can’t be finalized before Saturday.
  The 30-year-old Parsons averaged 7.5 points and 2.8 rebounds in 25 games, including three starts, for Memphis last season.
  The Hawks acquired Hill from New Orleans
  
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• Rays put 1B Ji-Man Choi on IL with ankle injury

  03-07-2019 21:29
  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Rays have put first baseman Ji-Man Choi on the 10-day injured list with a strained left ankle and recalled infielder Mike Brosseau from Triple-A Durham.
  Choi is hitting .266 with nine homers and 33 RBIs in 70 games. He has just eight hits in his last 46 at-bats.
  Tampa Bay dealt reliever Casey Sadler to the Los Angeles Dodgers for minor league right-hander Nathan Witt, who was assigned to Class A Bowling Green. Sadler had been designated for assignm
  
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