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• The Latest: 8 injured in dorm blast from mechanical failure

  05-07-2019 23:58
  RENO, Nev. (AP) — The Latest on an explosion at University of Nevada Reno (all times local):
  4:15 p.m.
  A fire official says eight people were treated for injuries after an explosion at a dormitory at the University of Nevada, Reno.
  Steve Leighton with the Reno Fire Department said Friday that two people were taken to a hospital and quickly released and six others were treated for injuries at the scene.
  Leighton says officials don’t know the specific cause of the explosion at Argenta
  
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• A list of African American sites getting preservation grants

  05-07-2019 23:48
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — This is a list of historic sites receiving grants from the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund, an effort by the National Trust for Historic Preservation:
  — African Meeting House and Abiel Smith School (Museum of African American History) – Boston, Massachusetts. The oldest extant black church in America was built in 1806 as a gathering place central to the abolitionist movement and early legal battles for education equity. Built in 1835, the schoo
  
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• NJ teen spared by judge for rape charge citing he came from ‘good family’

  05-07-2019 23:37
  MONMOUTH COUNTY, NJ (NBC NEWS) – When a 16-year-old New Jersey boy was accused of raping an intoxicated girl, filming the assault and sending the video to his friends, the prosecutors sought to try him as an adult.But a state Superior Court judge shot down that request in part because, the judge said, the boy “comes from a good family” and is destined “for a good college.”
  Now a state appeals court has overturned the decision and warned the judge against showing len
  
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• Key Democrat will vote against Trump’s nominee to lead FAA

  05-07-2019 23:31
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A key Senate Democrat says she’ll vote against President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Aviation Administration because of his role in a whistleblower case at Delta Air Lines.
  Maria Cantwell of Washington, the top Democrat on the Commerce Committee, said Friday she’ll oppose Stephen Dickson’s nomination.
  A spokesman for Trump says the White House has complete confidence Dickson will be confirmed. Republicans hold majorities in the Senate a
  
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• Explosion reported at University of Nevada, Reno dorm

  05-07-2019 23:04
  RENO, Nev. (AP) — Police at University of Nevada, Reno say they’re responding to a “utilities accident” following reports of an explosion at a dormitory.
  Authorities said Friday that police officers and firefighters were on scene and advised people to stay away.
  There were no immediate reports of injuries.
  Photos posted to social media showed extensive damage spanning multiple floors of a dormitory.
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• Migrant child drawings depict jail-like scenes of detention

  05-07-2019 22:58
  MCALLEN, Texas (AP) — The American Academy of Pediatrics has released photographs of drawings made by migrant children who were asked to depict their time spent in Border Patrol custody.
  The canvas drawings are stark images of jail-like settings. One shows stick figures sleeping on the ground under blankets watched by other figures with hats. Another picture has frowning stick figures behind what appears to be a chain-link fence.
  The release of the pictures comes after stark warnings from
  
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• Veteran AP newsman, author Richard Benke dies

  05-07-2019 22:54
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Veteran journalist and author Richard Benke is being remembered for his tenacity and for his dedication to accuracy during a career that spanned decades in newsrooms in California and New Mexico.
  Benke died June 18 of Parkinson’s-related dementia at an assisted care facility in Nevada, his family said. He was one day shy of his 77th birthday.
  His passion for reporting and editing was born from an early love of writing. After growing up in Southern California,
  
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• Upset with Barcelona, Atlético says it wants Griezmann back

  05-07-2019 22:47
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona’s attempt to sign Antoine Griezmann has hit a setback after Atlético Madrid accused the Catalan club of negotiating with the player without its consent before his contract was over.
  Barcelona club president Josep Maria Bartomeu confirmed Friday the club is trying to sign the France forward, but Atlético told Griezmann’s staff the player must report to the start of the team’s preseason on Sunday “in compliance with his
  
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• Officer’s police powers suspended after videotaped arrest

  05-07-2019 22:43
  GAITHERSBURG, Md. (AP) — A Maryland police department has suspended an officer’s police powers while it investigates whether he used excessive force during an arrest captured on video.
  The Montgomery County Police Department began investigating Officer Kevin Moris’ use of force after a video of Wednesday’s arrest began circulating on social media. The video appears to show the officer kneeing 19-year-old Arnaldo Pesoa’s head into the sidewalk outside a restaurant in
  
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• Cyclist dies almost 4 months after being struck on I-19, Ajo Way

  05-07-2019 22:43
  TUCSON – A bicyclist died Wednesday from injuries sustained earlier this year in a hit-and-run incident on Interstate 19 and Ajo Way.
  Tucson Police Department says 70-year-old David V. Ramirez died from injuries sustained on March 12 during the incident at the intersection of W. Ajo Way and I-19 at about 6:20 a.m.
  Ramirez was transported to Banner-University Medical Center with life-threatening injuries.
  TPD says the bicyclist was riding his bicycle westbound in the curb lane of Ajo W
  
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• Why the Common Wisdom About TUSD's Declining Enrollment Is Wrong

  05-07-2019 22:34
  Two men I admire, Jim Nintzel, the editor here at the Weekly, and talk show host John C. Scott, have frustrated the hell out of me recently. Both men know more about Tucson and Arizona than I would if I lived another lifetime.…
  
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• Philly got Patti LaBelle’s name wrong on honorary street

  05-07-2019 22:22
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia honored singer Patti LaBelle with her very own street earlier this week. Unfortunately, the signs didn’t get her name right.
  The city’s Streets Department didn’t capitalize the “b” in the legendary soul singer’s last name on the signs that were put up before Tuesday’s ceremony on Broad Street. A stretch between Locust and Spruce streets was renamed “Patti LaBelle Way” in honor of the Philadelphia native.
  
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• Pennsylvania sets aside security dollars for private schools

  05-07-2019 22:17
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania is setting aside money to help private schools with security needs after requests for help, including from Jewish day schools near the Pittsburgh synagogue that was the site of a mass shooting.
  Budget-related legislation signed last week by Gov. Tom Wolf earmarks $3.2 million for intermediate units to award to private schools through the Department of Education’s safe schools grant program.
  The Jewish education advocacy organization Teach PA says t
  
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• Noah Lyles runs world-leading 19.50 in 200 at Athletissima

  05-07-2019 22:17
  LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Noah Lyles raced to a world-leading 200-meter time of 19.50 seconds at the Athletissima Diamond League meet on Friday and rose to fourth on the all-time list
  Lyles even ran into a slight headwind on a warm evening, going 0.08 seconds faster than Usain Bolt’s Lausanne track record set seven years ago.
  Only Michael Johnson among American sprinters, winning the 1996 Atlanta Olympics title in 19.32, has run the 200 faster than the 21-year-old Floridian. Lyles
  
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• Lightning re-sign F Paquette to 2-year contract

  05-07-2019 22:16
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Lightning have re-signed forward Cedric Paquette to a two-year contract with an average annual value of $1.65 million.
  The Lightning announced the move Friday.
  Paquette had 13 goals and 17 points last season. He was selected by Tampa Bay in the fourth round of the 2012 NHL draft.
  Tampa Bay also re-signed forward Carter Verhaeghe to a one-year, two-way contract. He played in 76 games with Syracuse of the AHL, picking up 34 goals and 82 points.
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• Tennessee officer cleared in shooting during domestic call

  05-07-2019 22:12
  SMYRNA, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities have cleared a Tennessee police officer of wrongdoing in the fatal shooting of a man during a domestic disturbance.
  The Smyrna Police Department said in a statement Friday that Officer Kevin Byers did not violate any department policies in the June 28 shooting death of 76-year-old William Lamb.
  Police said officers went to Lamb’s home after receiving a report that Lamb had shot at his wife. Police said Byers and another officer entered the home and By
  
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• Family escapes serious injury when plane ends up in lake

  05-07-2019 22:11
  ANDOVER, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say a small plane ran off the end of a runway at a New Jersey airport and went into a lake, but the family of four aboard managed to escape serious injury.
  The Cessna C172 plane crashed at the Aeroflex-Andover Airport Friday afternoon.
  Authorities say the plane had departed from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and was headed to Morristown, New Jersey. But it was diverted to Andover due to a temporary flight restriction imposed as President Donald Trump arrived in
  
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• TV is over the moon with specials recounting 1969 landing

  05-07-2019 22:09
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Television is over the moon about the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission.
  NASA’s moon landing was seen live on TV in July 1969. Networks and cable channels are airing documentaries and programs to mark the anniversary. The programs include a marathon repeat of HBO’s 1998 miniseries “From the Earth to the Moon” on July 20, the date of the landing.
  The documentaries include National Geographic channel’s “Apollo: Missions to the Mo
  
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• Mexican who was living illegally in US arrested in Maine

  05-07-2019 21:29
  AUBURN, Maine (AP) — The U.S. Border Patrol says a Mexican man who’s been in the United States illegally for more than two decades was in possession of drugs when he was detained in Maine.
  Border Patrol agents working at a transportation hub on Tuesday in Auburn, Maine, discovered that the man had illegally entered the United States in Douglas, Arizona, in 1997.
  They said he lacked proper documents to be in the United States and was in possession methamphetamine, marijuana and drug p
  
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• The Latest: Trump considers executive order on census query

  05-07-2019 20:00
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the legal fight over adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census (all times local):
  6:30 p.m.
  President Donald Trump says he is “very seriously” considering an executive order to get a citizenship question on the 2020 Census.
  The Justice Department says it will continue to search for legal grounds to force the inclusion of the question.
  Trump says his administration is exploring a number of legal options, but the Justice Department has not s
  
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• Alabama officer who once arrested the Allman Brothers dies

  05-07-2019 17:33
  JACKSON, Ala. (AP) — A one-time Alabama police chief who arrested the Allman Brothers Band on drug charges nearly 50 years ago has died.
  Longtime law enforcement officer Maryln Cranford died June 26 at age 81. A funeral home obituary announcing his death doesn’t list a cause of death.
  But the obituary does note that Cranford’s “claim to fame” was arresting the Southern rock band in 1971.
  Cranford was working as police chief in the town of Jackson when he saw band me
  
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• The Latest: Helicopter crash victim identified by family

  05-07-2019 15:52
  NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — The Latest on a helicopter crash that killed seven people in the Bahamas (all times local):
  2:10 p.m.
  One of the victims of the helicopter crash that killed West Virginia coal magnate Chris Cline has been identified as Brittney Layne Searson.
  The 21-year-old Searson was a friend of Cline’s daughter, Kameron, who also died in the crash off Grand Cay Island.
  The Searson family issued a statement Saturday asking for privacy and expressing how their hearts have bee
  
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• The Latest: Cline’s daughter and her friend ‘lit up room’

  05-07-2019 15:52
  NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — The Latest on a helicopter crash that killed seven people in the Bahamas (all times local):
  5:15 p.m.
  A former teacher of two young women who died in a helicopter crash off the Bahamas described them as inseparable friends and caring and humble students.
  Steven Anderson is a social studies teacher at The Benjamin School, a prep school with campuses in south Florida. He said in a statement Friday that 22-year-old Kameron Cline and 21-year-old Britney Searson were exce
  
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• Police break up huge ‘modern day slavery’ ring in UK

  05-07-2019 14:42
  LONDON (AP) — Details about what prosecutors have called one of Britain’s largest-ever modern day slavery rings have emerged with the convictions of eight people.
  Prosecutors say more than 400 victims were forced to work for minuscule wages while their masters earned some 2 million pounds ($2.5 million) and lived a luxurious lifestyle.
  The group preyed on the homeless, former convicts and alcoholics in Poland and lured them to Britain with false promises of well-paid work. Some ended
  
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• Fourth of July: A busy day for local fire departments

  05-07-2019 14:39
  TUCSON –The Fourth of July was a busy day for local fire departments.
  Between 4 p.m. and 11 p.m. on Thursday, the Tucson Fire Department says it responded to 36 fires –23 of them were brush fires. Three of the fires were tree fires and 10 were dumpster fires.
  One person was hurt after a fire broke out in a garage of an east side home.Officials say it happened near Harrison Road and Broadway Boulevard.
  Firefighters were able to get the flames under control but one person suffered a m
  
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• The Latest: Canadian teen Auger-Aliassime loses at Wimbledon

  05-07-2019 13:44
  WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — The Latest at Wimbledon (all times local):
  9 p.m.
  Eighteen-year-old Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime lost in the third round at Wimbledon.
  The promising player who goes by the initials “FAA” lost to Ugo Humbert of France 6-4, 7-5, 6-3 on No. 1 Court.
  Auger-Aliassime had 11 aces but was still broken five times. The Canadian youngster only managed to break his opponent’s serve once.
  Humbert, who is 21, is playing at Wimbledon for the first time and i
  
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• Former Guard commander says Iran should seize UK oil tanker

  05-07-2019 11:32
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A former leader of Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard says the Islamic Republic should consider seizing a British oil tanker in response to authorities detaining an Iranian oil tanker off the coast Gibraltar.
  Mohsen Rezaei, who led the Guard during the 1980s “Tanker War” in the Persian Gulf, wrote Friday on Twitter: “If England does not release the Iranian oil tanker, the duty … (of Iran) is to respond and seize one English oil tanker.&rd
  
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• Olympic greats Bubka, Popov deny Rio 2016 vote-buying claims

  05-07-2019 11:24
  LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Olympic gold medalists Sergey Bubka and Alexander Popov are denying claims made in a Brazilian court they were paid to vote for Rio de Janeiro’s winning bid to host the 2016 Summer Games.
  The International Olympic Committee says its ethics commission has contacted both men about the allegation Thursday by jailed former Rio state governor Sergio Cabral.
  Cabral’s testimony echoed details of ongoing Olympic vote-buying investigations in Brazil and Fran
  
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• EU chief Juncker lashes out at leaders over top job methods

  05-07-2019 11:24
  BRUSSELS (AP) — European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker is criticizing the way European Union leaders chose his successor and others for the bloc’s top jobs for the next five years.
  Juncker said Friday that “the process was not very transparent.”
  After marathon talks, EU leaders nominated Ursula von der Leyen as his successor from November. They rejected a system whereby lead candidates in May’s EU-wide elections would get the jobs.
  Juncker was a lead cand
  
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• Australian Parliament to probe press freedom after raids

  05-07-2019 11:07
  CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A parliamentary committee has announced an inquiry into the impact of Australian law enforcement and intelligence powers on the press freedom following police raids on a media organization and a journalist’s home.
  Australian media organizations have demanded reforms after police raided Australian Broadcasting Corp. headquarters in Sydney and the Canberra home of a News Corp. reporter in search of leaked government documents.
  The Parliamentary Joint Committe
  
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• AP gets rare peek behind curtain at famed Bolshoi Ballet

  05-07-2019 11:03
  MOSCOW (AP) — The Associated Press has gained rare access to the famed Bolshoi Ballet.
  Ballet director Makhar Vaziev sets demanding standards for dancers at the renowned classical troupe. Vaziev has held the Bolshoi’s top creative job since March 2016, when he took over a company reeling from scandal and infighting that tarnished the legacy of his predecessor, Sergei Filin.
  Over four years later, Vaziev has restored a sense of calm and order to the Bolshoi.
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• Electric Jaguars to be made in UK despite Brexit uncertainty

  05-07-2019 10:59
  LONDON (AP) — Jaguar Land Rover says it will manufacture a range of electric cars in the U.K., a boost to an industry braced for turmoil ahead of Britain’s departure from the European Union.
  The all-electric version of the Jaguar XJ sedan will be made at the firm’s factory in Castle Bromwich, in central England. The plant will close for six weeks so new equipment can be installed.
  CEO Ralf Speth said Friday that the “future of future of mobility is electric,” and th
  
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• German woman sentenced to 5 years for joining Islamic State

  05-07-2019 10:45
  BERLIN (AP) — A German woman has been sentenced to five years in prison for membership in the Islamic State group.
  The regional court in the southwestern German city of Stuttgart had earlier Friday convicted the 32-year-old defendant of joining a foreign terrorist organization.
  The woman, who was identified only as Sabine Ulrike Sch. Because of German privacy rules, lived in Syria from late 2013 to August 2017.
  Prosecutors said she married an IS fighter, living with him in houses seized by
  
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• Greek election: Voters crave return to mainstream politics

  05-07-2019 10:43
  ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek voters appear set to defy a surge of support populist parties across Europe in a general election Sunday, with the pro-EU center-right opposition firmly in the lead.
  Left-wing Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras called the snap poll after being trounced in May’s European parliamentary elections by Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ conservative New Democracy. Opinion polls have suggested the 51-year-old Mitsotakis has held onto his strong lead.
  Mitsotakis is a strong su
  
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• Tokyo Olympics offer ‘second-chance’ lottery for Japan fans

  05-07-2019 10:36
  TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo Olympic organizers are putting “a few hundred-thousand” tickets into a lottery next month for Japan residents who were shut out when results of the first lottery were announced in June.
  The new “second-chance” lottery is being organized on short notice because of unprecedented demand in Japan. Demand is believed to be at least 10 times over supply — probably more. It means few in Japan who want tickets can get them.
  Organizing committee spok
  
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• German authorities say they’re winning ‘war’ on wildfire

  05-07-2019 10:36
  BERLIN (AP) — German officials say they are close to extinguishing a large wildfire at a former military exercise area in northern Germany.
  Stefan Sternberg, who heads the district administration, said Friday that firefighters are winning the “war” against the blaze.
  The fire in Luebtheen, about 170 kilometers (105 miles) northwest of Berlin, has been burning for days. It is the biggest in the history of Mecklenburg Western Pomerania state, which along with much of Europe has e
  
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• Outrage in Russia as abused teen sisters charged with murder

  05-07-2019 10:27
  MOSCOW (AP) — The case of three teenage sisters who were charged in Russia with premeditated murder of their father who abused them for years has provoked outrage in Russia.
  The case has shone a light on the controversial way the Russian justice system handles domestic violence and sexual abuse cases.
  More than 200,000 people have signed an online petition urging the prosecutors to drop the murder charges, which could land the sisters in prison for up to 20 years.
  Supporters of the sisters
  
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• 37 Cambodians deported in US move decried as 2nd punishment

  05-07-2019 10:25
  PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Thirty-seven people who migrated to the United States decades ago have been forcibly deported to Cambodia after committing felonies.
  The deportees, who arrived at Phnom Penh’s airport on Thursday, were the latest returned to Cambodia under a 2002 agreement. Cambodia has had rocky relations with the U.S. and informally suspended the program in 2017, but it resumed last year. More than 500 other Cambodians have already been repatriated.
  U.S. law allows the r
  
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• Algerians protest, celebrate independence day amid tensions

  05-07-2019 10:12
  ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algerians are taking to the streets to demand new democratic leadership and celebrate their country’s hard-fought independence from colonial France.
  Resurgent anger at authorities is expected to bring larger-than-usual crowds to Friday’s protest, the 20th straight week of demonstrations in a revolt that helped drive out longtime President Abdelaziz Bouteflika in April.
  Protesters are now upset about arrests last week of several activists brandishing Berb
  
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• 10 years after deadly riots, China’s Xinjiang under lockdown

  05-07-2019 10:00
  ISTANBUL (AP) — A decade after deadly riots tore through northwestern China where Muslim Uighurs (WEE’-guhrs) live, the region of Xinjiang (SHIN’-ji-aang) is blanketed in police surveillance and checkpoints.
  The violence that saw Uighurs attack Chinese Han civilians set in motion the harsh security measures, including placing about 1 million Uighurs, Kazakhs and other Muslims in heavily guarded internment camps.
  The Uighurs’ sense of persecution and disenfranchisement cam
  
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• Sudan’s protesters claim victory for their ‘revolution’

  05-07-2019 09:20
  KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Leaders of Sudan’s pro-democracy movement, which drove longtime dictator Omar al-Bashir from power in April, have welcomed a power-sharing agreement with the ruling military council as a victory for their “revolution.”
  The Sudanese Professionals’ Association, which has spearheaded protests calling for civilian rule, released a statement Friday saying that both parties had agreed to form a joint sovereign council to lead the country’s tra
  
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• India plans infrastructure investment to lift economy

  05-07-2019 09:10
  NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has proposed to invest heavily in infrastructure, digital economy and job creation to lift a slugging economy that’s burdened with a 45-year-high unemployment rate of 6.1 percent.Unveiling the budget after a major victory in national elections, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday set a target of a $5 trillion economy by 2025 from the present $2.7 trillion.
  She told Parliament that in terms of purchasing
  
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• Japanese collector returns ancient artifacts to Cambodia

  05-07-2019 09:03
  PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Millennium-old Cambodian artifacts displayed in a Japanese collector’s home for two decades have been returned to the Southeast Asian country’s National Museum.
  The 85 artifacts are mostly small bronze items and include statues of Buddha and the Hindu god Shiva, plus jars, ceramics and jewelry. Cambodia’s Culture Ministry says some items were older than the Angkor era, which began about 800 A.D. Others date from the Angkor era or just after it
  
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• Ship with 54 migrants being barred from docking in Italy

  05-07-2019 08:57
  MILAN (AP) — An Italian humanitarian group is refusing to bring 54 migrants rescued at sea to Malta because of the distance and psychological conditions of those on board one of its ships, which is being barred from docking in Italy.
  Mediterranea Saving Humans tweeted Friday that its ship was off Lampedusa, just outside Italian territorial waters, and that it has been banned from entering Italian jurisdiction by ministerial decree. The migrants were rescued from a rubber dinghy Thursday of
  
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• At Tehran symphony, music lovers seek escape from reality

  05-07-2019 08:53
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Aficionados of Western classical music have carved out a niche for themselves in Iran, where cultural expression remains tightly controlled by strict rules imposed after the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
  Perhaps surprisingly, musicians in their 20s and 30s are performing for overwhelmingly young audiences. For devotees, an evening at Tehran’s symphony offers a brief respite from heightened tensions with the U.S. and punishing economic sanctions.
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• Coco Gauff headlines play on Centre Court at Wimbledon

  05-07-2019 08:48
  WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Coco Gauff will be the headline act on Centre Court at Wimbledon.
  Not bad for a 15-year-old in her first Grand Slam tournament.
  The American will play the last match of the day at the All England Club’s biggest stadium when she faces Polona Hercog of Slovenia, another unseeded player.
  Gauff has quickly become a star at the grass-court major championship. She beat five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams in the first round and 2017 semifinalist Magdalena R
  
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• Revolution weather lightning delays, beat Rapids 2-1

  05-07-2019 08:32
  COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (AP) — Teal Bunbury scored his 50th MLS goal and the New England Revolution beat the Colorado Rapids 2-1 in a match that included three weather delays Thursday night.
  The game was delayed for an hour before kickoff due to lightning in the area and had two more lightning delays lasting a total of more than two hours during the first half. The match ended 15 minutes after midnight, more than five hours after it was scheduled to start.
  Bunbury opened the scoring in the ei
  
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• Tucson family loves living at base of “A” Mountain, has perfect view of fireworks

  05-07-2019 08:22
  TUCSON — When Christopher Mogan and his wife, Megan, bought a home at the base of “A” Mountain a decade ago, 4th of July Fireworks were not top of mind. But, ever since, it’s become a family tradition.
  “We are very blessed,” Mogan said. “This is the highlight of our year. We have a big party, everyone crashes our house, people come from all around and lay in our pool and watch the fireworks. We lucked out really hard buying this property. We had no idea
  
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• Greece wildfires: 4 more villages evacuated on Evia island

  05-07-2019 08:19
  ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say two new brush fires have broken out, forcing the evacuation of four villages overnight on the island of Evia.
  The new blazes have come several hours after a major blaze led to the mobilization of more than 100 firefighters and the evacuation of another village.
  The fire department said Friday the two new fires broke out simultaneously shortly before midnight Thursday. Firefighters managed to limit the spread of the initial blaze, but it continued
  
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• TPD: Deceased body found in vehicle near central Tucson

  05-07-2019 07:24
  TUCSON- The Tucson Police Department is investigating after a deceased body was found in a vehicle with obvious signs of gunshot trauma this afternoon.
  According to TPD, officers were called to 22nd Street and 11th Avenue where they found the deceased male.
  Detectives are working to identify the male and no suspects have been named at this time. Officials believe the male and vehicle were abandoned.
  Details are limited at this time. Stay with News 4 Tucson for the latest updates.
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