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• Former Baylor player’s sex assault conviction overturned

  11-07-2019 23:55
  WACO, Texas (AP) — A Texas appeals court has overturned for a second time the sexual assault conviction of a former Baylor University football player whose case ignited a scandal that rocked the nation’s largest Baptist school.
  The Dallas-based 10th Court of Appeals ordered a new trial for Sam Ukwuachu. It said prosecutors improperly used phone records in cross-examination interviews that hadn’t been submitted into evidence. The court said that created a “false impression
  
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• US to play Senegal, Japan, Netherlands at U17 World Cup

  11-07-2019 23:48
  The United States was drawn to play Senegal, Japan and the Netherlands in the group stage of the Under-17 World Cup in Brazil.
  The U.S. opens Group D play Oct. 27 against Senegal at Cariacica, meets Japan three days later in Cariacica and closes the first round versus the Netherlands in Goiania.
  The other groups determined Thursday during the draw at FIFA’s office in Zurich:
  Group A: Angola, Brazil, Canada, New Zealand
  Group B: Australia. Ecuador, Hungary, Nigeria
  Group C: Chile, France, H
  
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• Trump abandons effort to put citizenship question on census, will pursue other ways to get data

  11-07-2019 23:46
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump abandons effort to put citizenship question on census, will pursue other ways to get data.
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• New Orleans fears triple threat of storm surge, river, rain

  11-07-2019 23:42
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — When it comes to water, New Orleans faces three threats: the sea, the sky and the river.
  Tropical storms and hurricanes send storm surges pushing up against the city’s outer defenses. That’s what happened in 2005 when Hurricane Katrina’s surge caused widespread levee failures and left 80% of the city under water.
  Massive rains like those expected to accompany approaching Tropical Storm Barry have to be pumped out, taxing the city’s ancient and his
  
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• New Orleans defends against water threats on 3 fronts

  11-07-2019 23:42
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — When it comes to water, New Orleans faces three threats: the sea, the sky and the river.
  Tropical storms and hurricanes send storm surges pushing up against the city’s outer defenses. That’s what happened in 2005 when Hurricane Katrina’s surge caused widespread levee failures and left 80 percent of the city under water.
  Massive rains like those expected to accompany approaching Tropical Storm Barry have to be pumped out, taxing the city’s ancient
  
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• Judge OKs phone seizures in New York City bike path attack

  11-07-2019 23:41
  NEW YORK (AP) — A judge says prosecutors can show jurors at a terrorism trial the contents of two phones found in a truck used to kill eight people on a New York City bike path.
  U.S. District Judge Vernon Broderick ruled Thursday, rejecting efforts by lawyers for Sayfullo Saipov (sy-foo-LOH’ sah-YEE’-pawf) to toss out the evidence.
  Broderick said a search warrant used to learn the contents of the phones was supported by probable cause.
  Saipov will stand trial next year in the O
  
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• Canadiens re-sign Finnish forwards Armia, Lehkonen

  11-07-2019 23:38
  MONTREAL (AP) — The Montreal Canadiens re-signed Finnish forwards Joel Armia and Artturi Lehkonen to two-year contracts Thursday.
  Armia’s contract has an average annual value of $2.6 million, while Lehkonen’s has an average of $2.4 million.
  The 26-year-old Armia set career highs for goals (13), power-play goals (two), and power-play points (six) in his first year with the Canadiens this past season. He also added 10 assists. Armia has 39 goals and 42 assists in 237 career NHL g
  
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• Witness says Oklahoma shooting victim begged for her life

  11-07-2019 23:32
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The cousin of an Oklahoma City man charged with killing four people in 2017 has testified that one victim begged for her life before being shot.
  The Oklahoman reports that Brandon Butler gave the testimony Wednesday during a hearing to determine if there is enough evidence to warrant sending 28-year-old Mario Normore to trial on the charges.
  Normore has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the deaths of 27-year-old Bashar Burks and 30-year-old Ashley Easton, wh
  
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• Trial delayed for white man accused of killing black student

  11-07-2019 23:30
  COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — A judge has granted a delay in the trial of a white man charged with murder and a hate crime in a black student’s fatal stabbing. The Washington Post reports a Prince George’s County Circuit Court judge granted the delay Thursday, 11 days before the trial of 24-year-old Sean Urbanski was scheduled to begin. Defense attorneys sought the delay, saying in a June 28 court filing that their expert in digital forensic examination needs more time to analyze ma
  
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• Cardinals place Molina on IL amid series of roster moves

  11-07-2019 23:23
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Cardinals placed catcher Yadier Molina on the injured list with a strained right thumb and activated infielder Matt Carpenter as part of a series of roster moves Thursday.
  St. Louis also brought up left-hander Chasen Shreve from Triple-A Memphis, optioned left-hander Tyler Webb and outfielder Rangel Ravelo to Memphis, and transferred pitcher Jordan Hicks to the 60-day IL update ahead of their series against Arizona beginning Friday night.
  Molina’s move to the IL
  
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• Judge: Jury to hear ammo maker trial in Vegas shooting case

  11-07-2019 23:18
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — A federal judge in Nevada says a jury will decide if an Arizona man illegally manufactured bullets sold to the gunman who staged the deadliest mass shooting in the nation’s modern history.
  U.S. District Judge James Mahan’s ruling on Wednesday puts Douglas Haig on track for trial beginning Aug. 12 in Las Vegas.
  Haig’s attorneys wanted a bench trial in Phoenix, close to Haig’s home in Mesa, Arizona.
  They argued jurors can’t fairly hear the case
  
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• ACC adds Boston, San Diego to bowl destinations for 2020-25

  11-07-2019 23:16
  The Atlantic Coast Conference has agreements with 13 bowl games from Boston to San Diego for the 2020-25 seasons.
  The ACC announced its bowl partners for the next postseason cycle Thursday and they included a few new additions. The conference will now send a team to the Holiday Bowl in San Diego and a newly created game to be played at Fenway Park in Boston and run by ESPN. The ACC did not renew agreements with the Independence Bowl in Shreveport, Louisiana, and the Quick Lane Bowl in Detroit.
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• Kansas chief concerned about police shooting investigations

  11-07-2019 23:05
  WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas police chief testified in a newly released deposition that he was so concerned about the fairness of internal department probes of police shootings in Wichita that he removed the high-ranking officers overseeing them and detectives conducting them.
  Wichita Police Chief Gordon Ramsay acknowledged investigators asked leading questions that could have prompted officers to claim the shootings were in self-defense.
  He also testified that detectives working on the i
  
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• Hurricane warning issued for parts of Louisiana coast ahead of Tropical Storm Barry’s arrival

  11-07-2019 23:04
  MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane warning issued for parts of Louisiana coast ahead of Tropical Storm Barry’s arrival.
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• Tribes gain direct access to FBI sex offender registry

  11-07-2019 22:27
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The Justice Department says dozens of tribes will gain direct access to the FBI’s National Sex Offender Registry through a tool that has been developed for them.
  Federal authorities announced Thursday that the system will allow tribes the chance to seamlessly enter data about sex offenders. The information will be included in the FBI’s registry.
  U.S. Attorney General William Barr says the change will help tribal law enforcement officials prevent sex cri
  
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• Homicide suspect who killed himself ID’d as Tempe man

  11-07-2019 21:04
  GILBERT, Ariz. (AP) — Police say a homicide suspect who fatally shot himself following an hours-long barricade situation while he was holed up in his car at a hotel was a 26-year-old Tempe man.
  Gilbert police on Thursday identified the suspect who died July 8 as Alfredo Armando Prieto Jr. and said the victim of the July 5 homicide was 55-year-old Jesus Granillo-Garcia of Gilbert.
  Sgt. Mark Marino said the case remained under investigation and that he could not provide any information regar
  
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• The Latest: Civil rights groups celebrate census decision

  11-07-2019 20:31
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and the issue of adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census (all times local):
  7:45 p.m.
  Civil rights groups say President Donald Trump’s efforts to add a citizenship question to the census have sown fear and discord in vulnerable communities, making the task of an accurate count even harder.
  The groups were worried the citizenship question would deter immigrants from participating in the census out of fear it could expose
  
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• The Latest: Immigration sweeps won’t target storm evacuees

  11-07-2019 20:22
  The Latest on immigration raids (all times local):
  10:40 p.m.
  Officials say migrant families who are evacuating due to Tropical Storm Barry will not be targeted during a nationwide immigration enforcement operation that could happen as soon as this weekend.
  The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said in a news release Thursday night that it is focused on ensuring that people along the Gulf Coast stay safe during the storm.
  Officials say U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs
  
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• The Latest: ACLU files lawsuit ahead of anticipated raids

  11-07-2019 20:22
  The Latest on immigration raids (all times local):
  1:15 p.m.
  The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a federal lawsuit that aims to protect asylum seekers from an immigration enforcement operation expected to start this weekend.
  The lawsuit argues that those individuals weren’t allowed a fair chance to request asylum and their deportation orders aren’t valid. Most of them are from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.
  The ACLU alleges “massive bureaucratic errors” led
  
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• The Latest: House members request briefing on Epstein deal

  11-07-2019 19:58
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on developments in the sex trafficking case against Jeffrey Epstein (all times local):
  9:30 p.m.
  Members of a House Judiciary subcommittee have sent a letter to the Justice Department requesting a briefing on the non-prosecution agreement between now-jailed financier Jeffrey Epstein and the former federal prosecutor in South Florida, Labor Secretary Alex Acosta.
  In the letter addressed to Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen on Thursday, members of the Subcommit
  
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• Police: Texas man fatally shot in Arizona by brother-in-law

  11-07-2019 19:55
  CHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) — Police in Chandler say a Texas man is dead after allegedly being shot by his brother-in-law.
  They say 62-year-old Charles Vallow was found unresponsive Thursday morning with two gunshot wounds to his chest. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
  Police say Vallow was picking up his son at a home where Vallow’s estranged wife lives with their son and her daughter.
  They say Vallow and his wife got into an argument before Vallow’s brother-in-law intervened.
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• Aug. 30 sentencing set for man who killed Tempe fire captain

  11-07-2019 19:26
  PHOENIX (AP) — Jurors who convicted a man of second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of an off-duty Tempe fire captain during a 2018 altercation in Scottsdale have also found aggravating factors in the trial’s other phase.
  Maricopa County Superior Court officials say an Aug. 30 sentencing is set for 22-year-old Hezron Parks.
  He was convicted Wednesday in the killing of 34-year-old Kyle Brayer.
  Parks also was found guilty of disorderly conduct, but jurors were unable to reach a ver
  
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• The Latest: Trump approves federal declaration due to Barry

  11-07-2019 15:13
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Latest on a tropical weather system in the Gulf of Mexico (all times local):
  10:45 p.m.
  President Donald Trump has declared a federal declaration of emergency for Louisiana ahead of Tropical Storm Barry’s expected landfall late Friday or early Saturday along the state’s coast.
  The declaration late Thursday authorizes the Department of Homeland Security and Federal Emergency Management Agency, to coordinate all disaster relief efforts.
  Louisiana Gov. John
  
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• The Latest: Governor seeks federal declaration due to Barry

  11-07-2019 15:13
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Latest on a tropical weather system in the Gulf of Mexico (all times local):
  4:50 p.m.
  Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has asked the Trump administration for a federal declaration of emergency ahead of Tropical Storm Barry’s expected landfall late Friday or early Saturday along the state’s coast.
  In a letter Thursday to President Donald Trump, Edwards asks that the state receive supplementary federal resources as soon as possible should they be needed. Hi
  
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• UN rights body narrowly passes resolution on Philippines

  11-07-2019 13:49
  GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.’s top human rights body has narrowly passed a resolution that includes calls for greater scrutiny in the Philippines.
  The Human Rights Council voted 18-14 with 15 abstentions to approve the resolution on Thursday.
  The measure, presented by Iceland, cites allegations of thousands of killings since President Rodrigo Duterte launched a campaign against illegal drugs in mid-2016.
  The Philippines immediately rejected the resolution. The country’s ambassador in
  
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• Chance for storms each afternoon through the weekend!

  11-07-2019 13:40
  TUCSON – Another hot day on tap with some isolated storms possible. While most stay dry, some of these storms could produce gusty wind and blowing dust. Today: Hot with some isolated storms. Gusty wind and blowing dust possible (20%). High: 107°
  Tonight: Mostly cloudy and warm. Low: 80°
  Tomorrow: Isolated storms could produce gusty wind and blowing dust (20%). High: 106°The Monsoon pattern we’ve been waiting for is taking shape! We have
  
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• French trial accusing Orange of moral harassment to wrap

  11-07-2019 13:27
  PARIS (AP) — A trial in which French mobile phone company Orange, its former CEO Didier Lombard and others have been accused of moral harassment linked to a spate of suicides between 2006 and 2009, is ending Thursday.
  The company, formerly France Telecom, has been accused of using methods to “destabilize” workers to get rid of 22,000 staff, after it was largely privatized. One method mentioned involved transferring people to a new workplace location.
  Subsequently, there were 19
  
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• Germany charges 3 in home invasion of US Army employee

  11-07-2019 13:26
  BERLIN (AP) — German authorities have charged three men with an attempted home invasion of a U.S. Army employee’s residence that was foiled by the American.
  Zweibruecken prosecutors said Thursday that the three men, whose names weren’t released, were part of a group of four who attempted to force their way into the Landstuhl home in February.
  They say the 41-year-old American fought off three robbers and forced them back outside, but a fourth pushed past him, ran upstairs to wh
  
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• NC hotel carbon monoxide levels not high at time of deaths

  11-07-2019 13:24
  ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Tests have found that carbon monoxide levels weren’t elevated at a North Carolina hotel shortly after two guests were found dead last month.
  The Asheville Citizen-Times reports three tests by the city’s fire department found no elevated carbon monoxide levels in the Best Western room where 28-year-old Jacob Galloway and 39-year-old James Landreth were staying.
  The North Carolina men were visiting the area for a rugby tournament and had celebrated their vi
  
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• AP Explains: Mideast tensions threaten key global oil route

  11-07-2019 13:21
  The brief standoff between British and Iranian naval vessels in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday looks to renew concerns about the vulnerability of world energy supplies to tensions in the Persian Gulf region.
  The British navy says it thwarted an attempt by the Iranians to impede the passage of a British oil tanker, a day after Iran warned of repercussions after its own supertanker was seized by authorities in Gibraltar for allegedly trying to breach European sanctions on oil shipments to Syria.
  
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• 1 dead after sailboat capsizes along Chicago shoreline

  11-07-2019 13:20
  CHICAGO (AP) — Authorities say one person died and two were rescued after a sailboat capsized in Lake Michigan near the Chicago shoreline.
  Chicago police say in a statement that the boat overturned about 2 a.m. Thursday. A 28-year-old woman was pronounced dead after being taken to a hospital. Police say a man and woman from the boat were rescued and were in good condition. Names weren’t immediately released.
  The boat capsized in an area along North Lake Shore Drive near Lincoln Park
  
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• Minnesota trooper charged with sexually assaulting girl

  11-07-2019 13:17
  HASTINGS, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota state trooper is charged with repeatedly sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl.
  The Dakota County Attorney’s Office has charged 36-year-old Shawn Barta with first- and second-degree criminal sexual conduct involving the girl who authorities say is “cognitively delayed.”
  The State Patrol has placed Barta on leave pending the outcome of the case and an internal investigation. The Star Tribune reports Barta has denied the allegations. A cr
  
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• Trump to hold news conference on census citizenship question

  11-07-2019 13:16
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he’ll hold a news conference Thursday to talk about the 2020 census and his push to include a question on citizenship.
  A Supreme Court ruling barred the question for now. But Trump has said he may issue an executive order or memorandum to try to force the issue.
  An executive order would not, by itself, override court rulings blocking the question. But such a move could give administration lawyers a new basis to try to convince federal cou
  
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• Overnight explosion levels North Carolina KFC restaurant

  11-07-2019 13:12
  EDEN, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina police say nobody was inside a KFC restaurant when it was destroyed in an overnight explosion.
  Police responded to the blast in Eden, North Carolina, around 1 a.m. Thursday. Eden Police photos show the collapsed building with debris scattered on the road and throughout the parking lot. Just the KFC sign was left untouched.
  Investigators say they believe nobody was inside at the time. Police haven’t said what may have caused the explosion. WCNC reports
  
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• UK far-right activist gets 9 months in prison for contempt

  11-07-2019 13:10
  LONDON (AP) — A British judge has sentenced far-right activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon to a total of nine months in prison for contempt of court.
  He received six months for filming defendants in a criminal trial and broadcasting the footage on social media and three months for an earlier contempt finding.
  Judge Victoria Sharp said in the Old Bailey courthouse that the prison term was necessary to “properly reflect the gravity of the conduct.”
  Yaxley-Lennon, who uses the pseudonym
  
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• Iran’s Guard says it killed 5 gunmen who entered from Iraq

  11-07-2019 13:09
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard says it has killed five gunmen who crossed into a mostly Kurdish region from neighboring Iraq.
  The Guard says in a statement published on its website that one of its members was killed in the shootout Wednesday in the western Kermanshah province. It says Iranian forces seized weapons, explosives and communications equipment.
  On Tuesday, Kurdish militants killed three Guard members in northern Iran. Iranian forces occasionall
  
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• France adopts pioneering tax on tech giants after US threat

  11-07-2019 13:08
  PARIS (AP) — France has adopted a pioneering tax on internet giants like Google, Amazon and Facebook despite threats from the U.S.
  Just ahead of the vote Thursday, French economy minister Bruno Le Maire said allies needed to settle differences “without using threats.”
  The French Senate estimated that the tax could bring in 400 million euros ($450 million) this year and 650 million next.
  Late Wednesday, the Trump administration announced an investigation into the tax under the p
  
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• Mobile phone link now working on both sides of split Cyprus

  11-07-2019 13:04
  NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The United Nations has lauded the news that mobile phone coverage has been extended to both sides of the divide on the east Mediterranean island nation of Cyprus.
  That means Turkish Cypriots living in the breakaway north and Greek Cypriots living in the internationally recognized south can use their mobile devices on either side for the first time.
  The first call was made around noon Thursday between Cyprus’ Greek Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades and Mustaf
  
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• Top Swedish court tests new consensual sex law, condemns man

  11-07-2019 13:00
  COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden’s top court has reversed a lower court’s ruling and found a man guilty of rape for having sex without explicit consent.
  The Supreme Court said Thursday that an unnamed man was sentenced to eight months in prison for sexual intercourse with an unidentified woman he had met via social media.
  The woman, it said, had been “passive and gave no clear expression that she wanted to participate in the sexual acts.”
  The court said the ruling
  
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• Missing girl’s family lawyer: no bones in Vatican tombs

  11-07-2019 12:57
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — A lawyer for the family of a Vatican City teenager who vanished in 1983 says that no remains have been found in tombs opened near St. Peter’s Basilica.
  Laura Sgro told reporters Wednesday, shortly after the pair of graves in the Vatican’s Teutonic Cemetery were opened at Emanuela Orlandi’s family’s request, that “the tombs are empty. We’re all amazed.”
  Sgro had received an anonymous letter suggesting that the girl’s remain
  
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• New memorial would honor slain journalists

  11-07-2019 12:56
  Three U.S. senators want a new memorial in Washington, D.C., to honor journalists killed in the line of duty.
  Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine is joining Democratic Sen. Ben Cardin of Maryland and fellow Republican Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio on legislation that would establish the memorial. The senators say it would be a privately funded memorial constructed on federal lands in the nation’s capital.
  Collins says the memorial would be a place to remember journalists, photographers and b
  
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• Maryland sues provider of services to disabled students

  11-07-2019 12:54
  BALTIMORE (AP) — The state of Maryland is accusing the operator of group homes for developmentally disabled students of failing to give children their medication hundreds of times.
  State Attorney General Brian Frosh’s lawsuit also says Delaware-based AdvoServ Inc. often did not provide adequate supervision.
  Frosh’s office filed the suit on Wednesday against the company, which also does business under the name Bellwether Behavioral Health. It had a contract until 2016 to educate
  
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• Parents of Hong Kong protester who died urge others to live

  11-07-2019 12:52
  HONG KONG (AP) — The parents of a Hong Kong man who plunged to his death after putting up banners against divisive extradition bills have urged young people to stay alive to continue their struggle.
  They hailed “every brave citizen” in a message read at a public memorial for Marco Leung on Thursday. The 35-year-old man died on June 14.
  Young people have been at the forefront of huge rallies against bills that have plunged Hong Kong into chaos. Activists have vowed to keep up th
  
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• Hamas says Israeli troops shoot dead militant in Gaza

  11-07-2019 12:52
  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Gaza’s Hamas rulers say Israeli troops have shot and killed a militant in the northern Gaza Strip.
  Hamas’ armed wing says Thursday that the military “deliberately” fired at one of its members, 28-year-old Mahmoud al-Adham, in the town of Beit Hanoun. It vowed to retaliate.
  The Israeli military says it noticed two “armed suspects” near the Israel-Gaza perimeter fence and responded with warning shots.
  Gaza’s Health Minist
  
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• Germany’s Merkel sits for anthems after shaking episodes

  11-07-2019 12:43
  BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the visiting Danish prime minister have sat through their countries’ national anthems at a ceremony in Berlin, a day after the latest of three incidents in which Merkel’s body shook as she stood at a similar event.
  Merkel showed no signs of ill-health as she sat alongside new Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen outside the chancellery in Berlin on Thursday — an unusual arrangement at a military honors ceremony.
  On Wednesday,
  
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• Fearless dog chases bear from neighbor’s yard

  11-07-2019 12:38
  WEST MILFORD, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey man is promising to give his neighbor’s dog a steak for chasing a black bear from his backyard.
  Mark Stinziano tells WABC-TV his home security camera captured what happened Tuesday night when the bruin decided to snack on the bird feeder behind his West Milford home.
  The video shows the bear pulling down the bird feeder when the neighbor’s dog, Riley, races into the yard. Riley slammed into the startled bear, which scrambled to escape.
  Ril
  
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• Koscielny refuses to travel with Arsenal on US tour

  11-07-2019 12:37
  LONDON (AP) — Arsenal says captain Laurent Koscielny has refused to travel with the team for its preseason tour to the United States.
  The English Premier League club released a statement saying it was “very disappointed by Laurent’s actions, which are against our clear instructions.”
  Arsenal says it was working to resolve the matter.
  Koscielny joined Arsenal in 2010 and is out of contract at the end of the coming season.
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• After Trump request, Lockheed keeps helicopter plant open

  11-07-2019 12:34
  COATSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Lockheed Martin has decided to keep its Sikorsky helicopter plant in Pennsylvania open following a request from President Donald Trump.
  Wednesday night’s announcement comes little more than a month after the company told the Coatesville facility’s 465 employees the plant would close by the end of the year. The company planned to relocate production work and hoped to move many of the affected employees.
  In a statement, Lockheed Martin chairman and CEO Mari
  
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• Man at center of French soul-searching on life support dies

  11-07-2019 12:29
  PARIS (AP) — A man who was in a vegetative state for 11 years who was at the center of a bitter dispute that divided his family and French courts, and provoked national soul-searching over how to deal with terminally ill patients, has died.
  Vincent Lambert, 42, died on Thursday, nine days after doctors stopped providing artificial feeding and hydration, ending years of flip-flopping over whether to keep him alive.
  Ending treatment came four days after France’s highest court quashed a
  
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• China blasts 22-nation letter criticizing Xinjiang policies

  11-07-2019 12:23
  BEIJING (AP) — China has attacked a statement by 22 Western countries at the United Nations urging it to cease holding member of its Muslim population in detention centers.
  It calls the measures necessary for national security and accused the countries of trampling on China’s sovereignty.
  Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told reporters at a daily briefing Thursday that the letter “disregarded the facts, slandered and attacked China with unwarranted accusations, flagrantly
  
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