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• Tigers use 3 HRs, Boyd’s 13 K’s to top ChiSox 11-5

  04-07-2019 23:59
  CHICAGO (AP) — Niko Goodrum lined a two-run homer in Detroit’s five-run sixth inning, Matthew Boyd struck out 13 to tie a career high and the Tigers topped the Chicago White Sox 11-5 on Thursday.
  Miguel Cabrera added a 454-foot solo shot and doubled, and Jeimer Candelario also homered. John Hicks and Nicholas Castellanos each had two RBIs as Detroit rebounded after being swept in doubleheader on Wednesday to win for just the second time in its last 13 games.
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• Castillo pitches Reds past slumping Brewers 1-0

  04-07-2019 23:59
  CINCINNATI (AP) — Luis Castillo struck out nine while pitching one-hit ball into the eighth inning, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the slumping Milwaukee Brewers 1-0 on Thursday.
  Cincinnati won for the fourth time in five games. Jesse Winker went 3 for 3 and scored the only run on Yasiel Puig’s first-inning single.
  Castillo was winless in three previous starts against Milwaukee this year, but the All-Star right-hander was terrific this time around. He was working on a no-hitter before
  
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• Lightning strikes along SC river; 1 dead, 2 injured

  04-07-2019 23:56
  GEORGETOWN, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say lightning struck a popular river gathering spot in South Carolina on Independence Day, killing one person and injuring as many as a dozen.
  News outlets report lightning hit near Lawshe Plantation in Georgetown County on Thursday afternoon. The hunting attraction and event venue is located along the Black River near the coast.
  WCSC quotes county emergency manager Sam Hodge as saying lighting struck near a sandbar and beach area. WPDE reports that Geor
  
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• Migrant children in detention facility draw themselves in cages

  04-07-2019 23:51
  EL PASO, Texas (NBC NEWS) — Migrant children should not be held in detention centers, the incoming president of the American Academy of Pediatrics said Wednesday after touring Customs and Border Protection facilities last week.
  “Children do not belong in Customs and Border Protection facilities, or in any detention facilities,” Dr. Sara Goza told NBC News. “No amount of time spent in these facilities is safe for children.” American Academy of Pediatrics/ NBC NewsAme
  
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• Police: Man throws kitten from moving vehicle on Long Island

  04-07-2019 23:50
  NEW YORK (AP) — Police say a man has been arrested on Long Island after throwing a kitten from a moving vehicle, killing the animal.
  Hector Herrera Castillo was booked Thursday with one felony count of aggravated cruelty to animals.
  Sgt. Michael Joyce of the Southampton Town Police Department said the kitten was found dead on the road near Flanders, in Suffolk County.
  Joyce said the animal belonged to the 43-year-old Castillo.
  Police received a call about 8 a.m. from a motorist who reporte
  
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• International Wildlife Museum holding school supply drive

  04-07-2019 23:30
  TUCSON— The International Wildlife Museum will be holding a school supply drive starting today until Sunday, July 7.
  All supplies donated will go toward low ranking military families.
  Visitors who donate will receive reduced admission.
  The museum encourages visitors to bring pencils, notebooks, backpacks and other school supplies.
  Each museum visitor must bring a donation in order to receive their reduced admission.
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• Surprising Peru going for 1 last Copa América upset

  04-07-2019 23:16
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Peru is going for one last upset in the Copa América.
  After a stunning run to its first final in more than four decades, Peru will try to pull off the biggest shock of the tournament in the title match against host Brazil on Sunday.
  It would cap a remarkable comeback for a team that barely survived the group stage but eventually eliminated favorite Uruguay in the quarterfinals and two-time defending champion Chile in the semifinals.
  Less than two weeks ago, Per
  
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• 50-year-old hiker rescued at Sabino Canyon

  04-07-2019 23:15
  TUCSON – A 50-year-old woman hiking Sabino Canyon was rescued Thursday, Rural Metro Fire Department says.
  According to officials, rescue crews were dispatched to the area after the woman was reportedly overcome by the heat. She transported in stable condition.
  Details are limited at this time.
  The temperature was forecasted to reach a high of 103 degrees.
  Stay with News 4 Tucson for the latest details.
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• Report: Univision might be shopping for a buyer

  04-07-2019 23:06
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A report says Spanish-language television network Univision could be considering a sale from its private equity owners.
  Univision confirmed it is “reviewing strategic options” and has hired outside advisers after a report in The Wall Street Journal said it was looking at options, including potentially a sale.
  Univision competes with fellow Spanish-language network Telemundo in the U.S.
  Private equity firm Saban Capital Group and other firms bought Univision
  
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• Liu breaks her personal best for early lead in LPGA event

  04-07-2019 23:05
  ONEIDA, Wis. (AP) — Yu Liu of China broke her personal best on the same course with a 10-under 62 that gave her a one-shot lead among early starters Thursday in the Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic.
  Liu shot a career-low 63 a year ago in the second round of the Thornberry Creek tournament.
  On a soft Thornberry Creek at Oneida course, she led by one shot over Yealimi Noh and Jeongeun Lee. Another shot back was a group that included Anna Nordqvist and Shanshan Feng. Sung Hyun Park, in her retur
  
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• Ex-Cowboys player wanted on probation violation after arrest

  04-07-2019 22:58
  DALLAS (AP) — A former Dallas Cowboys player previously convicted in a drunken driving crash that killed a teammate is now wanted for violating his probation.
  The Dallas County Sheriff’s office says a warrant was issued for the arrest of Josh Brent after the former defensive lineman was charged with assaulting a police officer. Brent was arrested Sunday in the Dallas suburb of Coppell after police say the 31-year-old resisted an officer trying to handcuff him for public intoxication.
  
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• Woman seen licking ice cream in viral video faces up to 20 years in jail, police say

  04-07-2019 22:57
  By Linda Givetash
  A woman filmed licking a tub of ice cream and returning it to a grocery store shelf in a viral video last week is facing up to 20 years in prison, police said Thursday.
  The footage — which has been viewed more than 11 million times — shows the so-far unnamed woman opening a container, running her tongue across the ice cream then laughing as she places the violated dessert back in the freezer, in a branch of Walmart in the city of Lufkin, eastern Texas.
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• Tribe whose ancestors helped Pilgrims hosting annual powwow

  04-07-2019 22:55
  MASHPEE, Mass. (AP) — The Native American tribe whose ancestors broke bread with the Pilgrims nearly 400 years ago is hosting its annual powwow in Massachusetts.
  The Mashpee Wampanoag (WAHM’-puh-nawg) tribe’s 98th powwow began Friday and runs through Sunday at its government center on Cape Cod.
  The three-day event features traditional Indian dancing, drumming, foods and crafts. There’s also a clam bake and the crowning of the “Mashpee Wampanoag Powwow Princess&rdquo
  
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• Florida’s most famous cheerleader, Mr. Two Bits, dies at 97

  04-07-2019 22:55
  GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The University of Florida’s most famous cheerleader has died.
  The school announced George Edmondson Jr.’s death on Thursday, two days after his passing. Edmondson was better known as Mr. Two Bits while riling up crowds at Florida home games for 60 years.
  Edmondson first performed his “Two Bits” cheer in 1949. He was in the stands at Florida Field when fans booed the Gators as they took the field for the season opener against the Citadel. An
  
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• Phillies place Juan Nicasio on IL with strained groin

  04-07-2019 22:48
  ATLANTA (AP) — The Philadelphia Phillies have placed reliever Juan Nicasio on the 10-day injured list with a strained left groin.
  Manager Gabe Kapler says Nicasio’s strain is “pretty mild.” Kapler says Nicasio needed the break because the right-hander also has been feeling tightness in his quadriceps.
  Nicasio gave up three runs while recording only one out in Wednesday night’s 9-2 loss to the Atlanta Braves . He has a 5.24 ERA with one save in 32 games.
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• Jailed former governor says he bought votes for Rio Olympics

  04-07-2019 22:30
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A jailed former governor of Rio de Janeiro state has told a judge he paid about $2 million for the votes of International Olympic Committee members to award the Brazilian city the 2016 Summer Games.
  Sergio Cabral said Thursday that he paid the bribes through intermediaries to the former president of the International Association of Athletics Federations, Lamine Diack, in exchange for up to six votes in the meeting that awarded Rio the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games
  
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• CDC: Salmonella outbreak linked to dog treats

  04-07-2019 22:14
  Federal health officials are warning about a salmonella outbreak that has been linked to popular dog treats.
  According to the Centers for Disease Control, 45 people in 13 states have become ill after coming in contact with pig ear dog treats.
  Pile of pig ears for dogs./ Getty Images
  No deaths have been reported, but a dozen people have been hospitalized.
  Officials say a common supplier has not yet been identified.
  Experts say to make sure you wash your hands right after you handle pet food or t
  
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• Russia’s whale release plan called success despite criticism

  04-07-2019 22:04
  MOSCOW (AP) — Russian officials say a plan to put nearly 100 illegally captured whales back in open water has been successful so far, but environmentalists claim it was poorly planned.
  The first group was released into the Sea of Okhotsk last week. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Gordeyev told President Vladimir Putin the whales have since fully readapted to a natural habitat.
  Greenpeace Russia coordinator Oganes Targulyan said Thursday he thinks the marine mammals should have spent s
  
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• The Latest: Police cite protesters blocking July 4th parade

  04-07-2019 22:03
  PHOENIX (AP) — The Latest on border crisis (all times local):
  1 p.m.
  Several dozen members of a group protesting treatment of migrants and asylum seekers have been cited after briefly interrupting a Fourth of July parade in Philadelphia.
  Police say about 300 people had marched to the Independence Mall area Thursday, within sight of Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell, after demonstrating outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency headquarters.
  Police said some members o
  
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• The Latest: Police cite after blocking July 4th parade

  04-07-2019 22:03
  PHOENIX (AP) — The Latest on border crisis (all times local):
  1 p.m.
  Several dozen members of a group protesting treatment of migrants and asylum seekers have been cited after briefly interrupting a Fourth of July parade in Philadelphia.
  Police say about 300 people had marched to the Independence Mall area Thursday, within sight of Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell, after demonstrating outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency headquarters.
  Police said some members o
  
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• Sweet! Florida man wins July 4 key lime pie-eating contest

  04-07-2019 21:58
  KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — A Key West man has won the Mile-High Key Lime Pie Eatin’ Contest on the subtropical island where the pie originated.
  David Johnson plunged face-first into a 9-inch (23-centimeter) pie smothered with whipped cream during Thursday’s challenge. The rules forbid contestants from using their hands.
  He consumed it in 58.2 seconds, besting 24 rivals in the kickoff of the annual Key Lime Festival.
  Key lime pie was designated Florida’s official pie in 2006 by
  
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• NWSL reaches television deal with ESPN for 14 games

  04-07-2019 21:53
  CHICAGO (AP) — The National Women’s Soccer League has a television contract for the second half of its season to replace the partnership with A+E Networks that was cut short a year early by the broadcaster in February.
  ESPN announced Thursday that it will televise 14 matches. Eight games will be televised on ESPN News and six on ESPN2, including both semifinals and the championship on Oct. 27.
  The first game will be July 14 between Portland and Orlando on ESPN News.
  Fox televised six
  
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• White Sox 2B Sanchez leaves game with Tigers

  04-07-2019 21:51
  CHICAGO (AP) — White Sox second baseman Yolmer Sánchez has left their game against the Detroit Tigers with a lacerated right hand.
  It looked as if Sánchez was stepped on by Tigers first baseman Niko Goodrum when he went back to the bag after a leadoff single in the third.
  Sánchez remained down for a minute before walking off the field with manager Rick Renteria and a trainer.
  He was replaced by Daniel Palka, who remained in Thursday’s game to play first base. Jos
  
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• Cockroaches becoming resistant to insecticides, scientists discover

  04-07-2019 21:19
  CNN NEWSOUCE – Scientists at Purdue University discovered German cockroaches are becoming resistant to insecticides.
  Even more horrifying is they can become cross-resistant to chemicals they haven’t even been exposed to!
  Then guess what they do?
  They pass those immunities onto their offspring, creating new generations of evolved super-roaches.
  Researchers worry this will someday make it difficult — or impossible — to control the bugs with chemicals alone.
  They say the be
  
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• Families of Honduras boat victims await bodies back onshore

  04-07-2019 21:07
  TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Family members of 27 people killed when a fishing boat sank off Honduras are waiting back at port for their bodies to be returned to shore.
  Armed forces spokesman José Domingo Meza says the cadavers are still on the high seas and some have begun decomposing.
  President Juan Orlando Hernández said Thursday via Twitter that authorities are coordinating rescue operations and aiding victims and relatives.
  The 70-ton Capt. Waly sank Wednesday in bad wea
  
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• French Michael Jackson fans sue ‘Leaving Neverland’ accusers

  04-07-2019 21:03
  PARIS (AP) — Three Michael Jackson fan clubs in France are suing two men who accused the singer of sexual abuse in the HBO documentary “Leaving Neverland.”
  The lawsuit accuses Wade Robson and James Safechuck of unfairly blackening the reputation of the King of Pop, who died 10 years ago.
  A lawyer for the fan clubs, Emmanuel Ludot, said he is seeking conviction under a French law against the public denunciation of a dead person.
  The fan clubs are asking for one euro each in symb
  
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• Tucson woman chomps down 26 hot dogs to earn 2nd place in Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest

  04-07-2019 20:54
  NEW YORK (WNBC) –  Tucson resident Michelle Lesco, who wolfed down 26 hot dogs in Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest, earning her second place in the women’s competition.
  Reigning women’s champion Miki Sudo had already won the women’s competition by chomping down 31 hot dogs. She said she felt “wonderful” as she walked off the stage.
  The 33-year-old fell short of her total last year of 37 frankfurters but earned her sixth consecutive title.
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• Report: Phoenix woman beat teen children with a hammer

  04-07-2019 20:49
  PHOENIX (AP) — A Phoenix woman is facing child abuse charges after her son and daughter told school officials she beat them with a hammer.
  The Arizona Republic reports Asha Mohamed was arrested Monday following an investigation that began last month follow tales from the children about beatings while their hands and feet were bound together with rope.
  Court documents show that a 14-year-old girl and 13-year-old boy had told a school official that 35-year-old Mohamed physically abused them
  
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• Rendon homers, red-hot Nationals complete sweep of Marlins

  04-07-2019 20:39
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Anthony Rendon hit his 20th homer and knocked in the go-ahead run to help the Washington Nationals finish off a three-game sweep of the last-place Miami Marlins with a 5-2 victory Thursday.
  Washington has won eight of nine and 13 of 16 to climb to a season-best four games over .500.
  Rendon was selected for the NL All-Star team for the first time in his seventh season, but is considering pulling out of festivities next week in Cleveland to nurse some bumps and bruises. At
  
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• Holocaust survivor Eva Kor passes away at age 85

  04-07-2019 20:33
  TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Holocaust survivor Eva Kor, who championed forgiveness even for those who carried out the Holocaust atrocities, died Thursday during an overseas trip for a museum she founded in Indiana, museum officials said.
  Kor was in Krakow, Poland, for an annual educational trip, according to the CANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center in Terre Haute. She was 85.Kor was a Jewish native of Romania who was sent in 1944 to the Auschwitz concentration camp, where most of her
  
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• Officials: Crews responding to at least 24 medical and fire incidents after earthquake near Ridgecrest, California

  04-07-2019 20:24
  RIDGECREST, Calif. (AP) — Officials: Crews responding to at least 24 medical and fire incidents after earthquake near Ridgecrest, California.
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• Decree puts new North Macedonia name on army uniforms

  04-07-2019 20:12
  SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — North Macedonia’s president says he has signed a decree renaming the army to correspond with the new name the country took in February to end a decades-long dispute with neighboring Greece.
  President Stevo Pendarovski said Thursday the decree specifies that army uniforms will now bear the name “Army of the Republic of North Macedonia.”
  Pendarovski serves as supreme commander of the armed forces as part of the largely ceremonial presidency he
  
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• Tigers place Jones on IL, recall Reyes

  04-07-2019 20:04
  CHICAGO (AP) — The Detroit Tigers have placed outfielder JaCoby Jones on the 10-day injured list with a lower back strain and recalled outfielder Victor Reyes from Triple-A Toledo.
  The Tigers also returned Tyler Alexander to Toledo after the left-hander made his major league debut as the 26th man in the second game of a doubleheader in Chicago on Wednesday.
  Jones left the first game of the twinbill in the fifth inning with back spasms.Manager Ron Gardenhire said an MRI showed no structural
  
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• The Latest: Mayor: At least 5 fires reported in town

  04-07-2019 20:04
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on a quake felt in Southern California and Nevada (all times local):
  12:35 p.m.
  Ridgecrest, California, Mayor Peggy Breeden says firefighters are working to put out five fires in the area following an earthquake but that she didn’t know if any injuries have been reported.
  Breeden tells CNN utility workers are assessing broken gas lines and turning off gas where necessary.
  Breeden says the local senior center was holding a Fourth of July event when the qu
  
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• The Latest: Expert: California quake strongest in 20 years

  04-07-2019 20:04
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on a quake felt in Southern California and Nevada (all times local):
  12:05 p.m.
  Veteran seismologist Lucy Jones says the earthquake Thursday was the strongest to hit Southern California in 20 years.
  She says the previous large quake was a 7.1 on that struck in the area on October 16, 1999.
  Jones told reporters at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California, that the 6.4 quake centered in the Mojave Desert near the town of Ridgecrest was prec
  
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• The Latest: Earthquake agency head calls event wakeup call

  04-07-2019 20:04
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on a quake felt in Southern California and Nevada (all times local):
  6:45 p.m.
  The head of California’s Earthquake Authority says the quake that hit the state on Thursday is “an important reminder that all of California is earthquake country.”
  Glenn Pomeroy says in a statement that the magnitude 6.4 earthquake that hit Southern California shows why people in the state must be prepared for such events.
  Pomeroy says: “It’s important
  
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• The Latest: California’s ShakeAlert worked, no ‘glitches’

  04-07-2019 20:04
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on a quake felt in Southern California and Nevada (all times local):
  3:05 p.m.
  A seismologist says the earthquake that struck California on Thursday was detected by the state’s new ShakeAlert system and it provided 48 seconds of warning to the seismology lab well before the shaking arrived at Caltech in the Los Angeles suburb of Pasadena.
  USGS seismologist Robert Graves says the alert system did not trigger a public warning through an app recently made a
  
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• Best way to fight climate change? Plant a trillion trees

  04-07-2019 20:01
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A study says the best way to fight global warming is to plant a trillion trees — maybe more.
  Swiss scientists calculate that there’s enough space to plant trees to cover 3.5 million square miles. That’s roughly the size of the United States
  The study says those new trees could suck up about as much carbon pollution as humans have spewed in the past 25 years.
  Study author Thomas Crowther says this is the cheapest and best climate change solution. But tree
  
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• Southern California hit by 6.6 earthquake

  04-07-2019 19:54
  SEARLES VALLEY, Calif (AP) – An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 shoot Southern California Thursday morning. People as far away as Phoenix and Las Vegas reported feeling it.
  It reportedly happened near Searles Valley, Calif., northeast of Los Angeles.
  The National Weather Service in Portland tweeted that there was no danger of a tsunami.
  This is a breaking news story. Keep checking back for updates.
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• 6.6 magnitude quake rattles Southern California

  04-07-2019 19:51
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A large earthquake has rattled a large swath of Southern California. There are no immediate reports of damage.
  The quake measured with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 struck Wednesday morning near the town of Ridgecrest, California, about 150 miles (240 kilometers) northeast of Los Angeles.
  People from the desert to the Pacific coast in Southern California reported feeling it.
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• Earthquake rattles Los Angeles and much of Southern California. No immediate reports of damage or injuries.

  04-07-2019 19:50
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Earthquake rattles Los Angeles and much of Southern California. No immediate reports of damage or injuries. .
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• Dutch star Arjen Robben announces retirement from soccer

  04-07-2019 19:38
  AMSTERDAM (AP) — Former Bayern Munich and Netherlands forward Arjen Robben has announced his retirement from soccer.
  The 35-year-old Robben, who was thought to be looking for a new club after playing his last game for Bayern in May, says in a statement, “I have decided to put an end to my career as a professional football player. It is without a doubt the most difficult decision I have had to make in my career.”
  Robben, who joined Bayern in 2009 from Real Madrid, played 309 com
  
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• France moves to make companies block hate speech online

  04-07-2019 19:37
  PARIS (AP) — French lawmakers have approved a measure that is intended to force search engines and social networks to take hate speech off the internet.
  The measure adopted Thursday by the lower house of the French parliament would require social networks to remove hate speech within 24 hours of a confirmed violation. Search engines would have to stop referencing the content as well.
  The provision, part of a bill on internet regulation, targets videos or messages inciting or glorifying ter
  
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• Decision on extinguishing Jim Beam fire a ‘day or two’ away

  04-07-2019 19:32
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The fire that destroyed a massive Jim Beam warehouse filled with aging bourbon in Kentucky continued to burn on Thursday as officials said the decision on whether to extinguish is still a day or two away.
  Woodford County Emergency Management Director Drew Chandler says the only thing left burning is ethanol fumes. Officials believe letting the fumes burn will have less environmental impact than spraying the fire with water, which could wash the bourbon into a nearby c
  
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• Village on Greece’s Evia island evacuated for wildfire

  04-07-2019 19:13
  ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities have mobilized more than 100 firefighters and evacuated a village after a wildfire broke out on the island of Evia north of Athens.
  The fire department said the village of Makrochori was evacuated as a precaution Thursday while the fire spread, burning woodland and agricultural areas.
  Five firefighting airplanes and two helicopters were deployed to help more than 80 firefighters battling the blaze on the ground. About 20 more firefighters, including
  
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• Thousands of McCain shirts given out by vets at DC July 4 celebration

  04-07-2019 18:52
  WASHINGTON (WRC) – Volunteers plan to hand out 5,000 free T-shirts emblazoned with “USS John McCain” ahead of President Donald Trump’s “Salute to America” celebrations on the National Mall.
  VoteVets, a left-leaning group founded by veterans, teamed with Rags of Honor to create the shirts that feature the Navy destroyer and its nickname, “Big Bad John.”
  NBC Washington
  “Whether it was Sen. McCain, his father, his grandfather or his sons, the Mc
  
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• UN: 5,287 killings in Venezuela security operations in 2018

  04-07-2019 18:42
  GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. human rights chief says in a new report that Venezuela’s government registered nearly 5,300 killings during security operations last year, saying the deaths stemmed from “resistance to authority.”
  Another 1,569 such killings were recorded in the first four to five months of 2019.
  The office of Michelle Bachelet decried a “shockingly high” number of extrajudicial killings during the operations.
  Bachelet’s report focusing on the last
  
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• Category 3 Hurricane Barbara loses strength over Pacific

  04-07-2019 18:40
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Barbara continues to lose punch as it moves through the open Pacific far from land.
  The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Barbara has been downgraded from a Category 4 storm to a Category 3, with maximum sustained winds of 115 mph (185 kph).
  Its center was located about 1,390 miles (2,240 kilometers) west-southwest of the southern tip of Baja California on Thursday.
  Barbara was forecast to weaken further and become a tropical storm on Friday and a post-tropic
  
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• Mower strikes, kills man sleeping on side of Oregon highway

  04-07-2019 18:34
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say a man who was sleeping in the grass on the side of an Oregon highway died after he was hit by a mower.
  The Statesman Journal reports a state Department of Transportation employee was mowing along the shoulder of state Highway 42 near the rural community of Tenmile on Tuesday morning. Tenmile is about 90 miles (145 kilometers) south of Eugene.
  Oregon State Police say the mower struck 49-year-old Keith Ericson.
  Emergency personnel tried to give first aid to
  
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• Arizona utility admits 2 more deaths after power shutoffs

  04-07-2019 18:32
  PHOENIX (AP) — The state’s largest electric utility is telling its regulators that two more customers died after their power was disconnected for not paying their bills.
  Arizona Public Service told the state Corporation Commission Wednesday that it settled lawsuits stemming from deaths last July and in 2011.
  APS reviewed its records after questions from commissioners regarding the September death of a 72-year-old Sun City West woman. The commission last month barred all disconnection
  
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