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• Vigil held for girl killed in Milwaukee road rage attack

  14-07-2019 21:41
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — Mourners have held a vigil to remember a 3-year-old girl who was shot and killed in an apparent road rage attack in Milwaukee.
  The grandmother of Brooklyn Harris told supporters at Saturday night’s vigil that the girl was sweet and quiet and that, “They didn’t give that baby a chance to live.”
  Police say Brooklyn was riding in a vehicle with her mother and three siblings when she was fatally shot by another driver after a near collision on Milwaukee
  
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• S Carolina mental hospital patient died at bottom of dogpile

  14-07-2019 21:40
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A patient at a state mental hospital in South Carolina has died after being at the bottom of a dogpile of several employees — something specifically prohibited in their training.
  The State newspaper reports three of the 13 employees involved in the death of 35-year-old William Avant in January had not been through training on physically restraining patients. His death hadn’t been previously reported.
  Video of the incident showed the employees on top of Ava
  
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• Statues, education center honor Neil Armstrong at museum

  14-07-2019 21:36
  WAPAKONETA, Ohio (AP) — New statues of astronaut Neil Armstrong have been unveiled and an education center has been dedicated in his name as his Ohio hometown continues celebrating its native son’s history-making moon mission 50 years ago this month.
  The Dayton Daily News reports Republican Gov. Mike DeWine and other officials gathered at the Armstrong Air and Space Museum in Wapakoneta (wah-puh-kuh-NET’-uh) for the unveiling Sunday of a bronze life-sized statue of Armstrong as
  
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• Trump claims tour of immigrant detention centers showed they are ‘well run and clean’

  14-07-2019 21:25
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  President Donald Trump on Sunday claimed a recent tour of two immigrant detention centers “showed vividly … how well run and clean” the facilities are.
  “Friday’s tour showed vividly, to politicians and the media, how well run and clean the children’s detention centers are. Great reviews!” Trump tweeted, adding that the “adult single men areas were clean but crowded — also loaded up with a big percentage of criminals.”
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• Inside Epstein network, layer upon layer to protect the boss

  14-07-2019 21:12
  NEW YORK (AP) — Police and court records and victim accounts in the Jeffrey Epstein case describe a sex-trafficking ring designed to protect Epstein from investigators.
  The jet-setting financier is due in court Monday on a bail hearing on federal charges in New York that accuse him of overseeing an operation that recruited vulnerable teenage girls for sex. He has pleaded not guilty.
  The case against Epstein could hinge on testimony from some of his longtime employees. They’re not cha
  
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• Griezmann thanks Barcelona for ‘another chance’ to join club

  14-07-2019 21:08
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — One year after publicly rejecting an offer to join Barcelona, France forward Antoine Griezmann put on his new blue-and-burgundy shirt and thanked the Spanish champions for giving him a second opportunity.
  Griezmann signed his five-year contract with Barcelona on Sunday to complete his move from rival Spanish club Atletico Madrid.
  After inking the deal, Griezmann told club president Josep Bartomeu “thanks for giving me another chance.”
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• Poland’s Kaczynski says party will have a new leader in 2023

  14-07-2019 20:58
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The leader of the right-wing party that has governed Poland since 2015 says he plans to step down at some point to make way for a new leader in 2023.
  Law and Justice leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski is a lawmaker without a Cabinet post but is Poland’s most powerful politician.
  The 70-year-old Kaczynski said at a “family picnic” campaign event on Sunday that “four years from now, someone else will stand in my place because I am of a certain age.”
  
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• 2 Rays have combined perfect game thru 8 innings vs Orioles

  14-07-2019 20:56
  BALTIMORE (AP) — A pair of Tampa Bay Rays pitchers has combined on a perfect game through eight innings against the Baltimore Orioles.
  Right-hander Ryne Stanek pitched the first two innings Sunday at Camden Yards. He struck out two of the six batters he faced before Ryan Yarbrough took over.
  Recalled from Triple-A Durham before the game, Yarbrough has retired 18 straight batters through the eighth inning, striking out five.
  The Rays have had only one no-hitter in franchise history, by Matt
  
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• Senegal in African Cup final after extra-time thriller

  14-07-2019 20:50
  CAIRO (AP) — Senegal is in the African Cup of Nations final after beating Tunisia 1-0 in an extra-time thriller on Sunday.
  Senegal won with an own-goal in the 100th minute when goalkeeper Mouez Hassen pushed a free kick onto the head of defender Dylan Bronn and the ball bounced back into the Tunisian goal.
  In a game of high drama, both teams missed penalties within eight minutes of each other in regulation time at the June 30 Stadium in Cairo.
  Tunisia was then given another penalty late in
  
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• Phoenix police seek hit-and-run driver in 2 fatal collisions

  14-07-2019 20:35
  PHOENIX (AP) — Police in Phoenix say a man and a teenager are dead after being struck by the same hit-and-run driver and they’re still searching for the suspect.
  They say two incidents occurred around 10:30 p.m. Saturday.
  Police say a vehicle travelling at a high rate of speed struck 17-year old Nester Lopez as he was crossing a street.
  Lopez was later pronounced dead at a hospital.
  Police say the driver then ran a red light and his car collided with a sedan.
  They say 28-year-old Edg
  
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• 2 killed, 4 hurt in suspected Oklahoma road rage attack

  14-07-2019 20:31
  DURANT, Okla. (AP) — Authorities say a driver who had been drinking deliberately forced another vehicle into oncoming traffic on an Oklahoma highway, causing a head-on collision that killed two people and injured four others.
  The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says the suspected road rage attack happened at around 5 p.m. Saturday west of Durant, which is about 120 miles (193 kilometers) southeast of Oklahoma City. Patrol spokeswoman Sarah Stewart declined to say what led to the confrontation.
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• England has won the Cricket World Cup for the first time

  14-07-2019 20:30
  LONDON (AP) — England has won the Cricket World Cup for the first time.
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• Royals trade right-hander Homer Bailey to A’s

  14-07-2019 20:25
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Royals are sending Homer Bailey to the Oakland Athletics after scratching the veteran right-hander about 45 minutes before his scheduled start Sunday against Detroit.
  In return, Kansas City is getting minor league infielder Kevin Merrell. He’s been playing at Double-A Midland and will report to the Royals’ affiliate at Northwest Arkansas.
  The 33-year-old Bailey has rebounded this season with the Royals after signing a minor league deal in
  
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• Eastern Washington football players recovering from shooting

  14-07-2019 20:14
  SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Two Eastern Washington University football players were shot in Spokane’s downtown bar district.
  Dehonta Hayes and Keith Moore were hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries after Saturday’s shooting.
  University officials say the student-athletes are expected to fully recover.
  Hayes is listed as a starter at safety on the preseason depth chart. He’s from Tacoma, Washington.
  Moore is listed as a starter at defensive tackle on the preseason depth
  
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• Novak Djokovic wins 5th Wimbledon title, beats Roger Federer in 5th-set tiebreaker

  14-07-2019 20:08
  WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Novak Djokovic wins 5th Wimbledon title, beats Roger Federer in 5th-set tiebreaker.
  The post Novak Djokovic wins 5th Wimbledon title, beats Roger Federer in 5th-set tiebreaker appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• Why are many of America’s military families going hungry?

  14-07-2019 20:07
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  SAN DIEGO — Dozens of people formed a line outside Dewey Elementary School on a recent Monday, awaiting the arrival of a Feeding San Diego truck that gives out free groceries every other week.
  The vast majority weren’t homeless or even newly unemployed. They’re the husbands and wives of U.S. military service members.
   
  “I knew we wouldn’t be wealthy, but I thought it would be a lot more manageable,” said Desiree Mieir, a mother
  
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• Catholic order releases names of members accused of abuse

  14-07-2019 20:06
  BALTIMORE (AP) — A Baltimore-based Catholic religious order that sponsors schools across the U.S. has released a list of dozens of members accused of sexually abusing children. The list released Friday by the Xaverian Brothers includes two current members “with a credible or established offense.” The group, a separate entity not part of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, says no credibly accused brothers are in active ministry.
  Eighteen men on the list are dead or former brothers wi
  
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• Sudan activists say protester killed by paramilitary forces

  14-07-2019 20:05
  CAIRO (AP) — Sudanese activists say paramilitary forces have shot dead a protester amid clashes in a southeastern province.
  The Sudan Doctors’ Committee, a medical affiliate of the Sudanese Professionals’ Association, which has spearheaded the protests, says at least seven people were wounded. It says the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces opened fire on protesters in the town of Suki in Sennar province, 360 kilometers (224 miles) southeat of Khartoum.
  A protester, Essam al-Mahd
  
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• American Airlines extends Boeing plane flight cancellations

  14-07-2019 20:03
  WASHINGTON (AP) — American Airlines says it will keep the Boeing 737 Max plane off its schedule until Nov. 3, which is two months longer than it had planned.
  In a statement Sunday, American says the action will result in the cancellation of about 115 flights per day. It says it “remains confident” that the Boeing plane will be recertified this year. But some airline executives are growing doubtful about that timetable.
  United Airlines announced Friday that it was extending its
  
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• The Latest: churches promise sanctuary from migrant sweeps

  14-07-2019 19:58
  CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on immigration enforcement sweeps (all times local):
  1:50 p.m.
  A dozen churches in the Los Angeles area have declared themselves sanctuaries for migrant families as the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown is scheduled to begin.
  Guillermo Torres, with Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice, says more churches have become involved than ever before, which he attributes to a growing sense of indignation at the administration’s actions on imm
  
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• Building collapse kills 2 in India; 12 trapped in rubble

  14-07-2019 19:54
  NEW DELHI (AP) — A three-story building collapsed after monsoon rains in a hilly area of northern India on Sunday, killing at least two people and trapping a dozen others in the rubble.
  Jai Ram Thakur, a top elected official of Himachal Pradesh state, says 23 people, including several soldiers, have been rescued in the town of Solan.
  The dead were one Indian soldier and one civilian, he told reporters.
  Thakur said most of these people were sitting in a ground floor restaurant in the buildi
  
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• Scarlett Johansson: Comments on diversity were misconstrued

  14-07-2019 19:26
  Scarlett Johansson says comments she made on the “authentic casting” debate have been taken out of context and asserts that she supports diversity in film.
  The actress came under fire in 2017 for playing an Asian character in “Ghost in the Shell” and canceled plans last year to portray a transgender man after transgender actors and advocates questioned the casting.
  In a recent interview with As If magazine, she said actors should be allowed to play any person “becau
  
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• Vietnam War veteran, 78, receives high school diploma

  14-07-2019 19:15
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  78-year-old Floyd Covey is finally a high school graduate, decades after serving in the Vietnam War.
  The Purple Heart recipient says he made his mom proud.
  TODAY’s Sheinelle Jones has your Weekend Morning Boost.
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• Lebanon lawmaker in violent standoff with ex-son-in-law

  14-07-2019 18:55
  BEIRUT (AP) — A leaked police report says a Lebanese lawmaker from the Hezbollah group and a dozen gunmen attempted to storm a police station following a family dispute involving a high-speed car chase.
  Nawaf Musawi’s daughter and her ex-husband were inside the police station Sunday south of Beirut, following the previous night’s car chase and verbal abuse from the ex-husband, all of which she filmed with her phone.
  After Musawi’s group was denied entry to the station, th
  
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• Get a call from the Social Security Administration? It could be an imposter scam

  14-07-2019 18:49
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  Con artists tell lies — it’s how they make a living.
  Calling people and pretending to be with a government agency — IRS, Social Security, ICE, DEA, or the local sheriff’s department — is a ruse that’s been lucrative for years. But these imposter scams have now hit an all-time high.
  Here are a few of the lies these government imposters are telling. In each case, the goal is to steal your money and/or personal information:We’re calling from the Soci
  
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• Guatemala to reschedule meeting between Morales and Trump

  14-07-2019 18:40
  GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — A meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and his Guatemalan counterpart Jimmy Morales over a potential “safe third country” agreement for asylum seekers has been canceled.
  Guatemala’s office of the presidency said in a Sunday statement that the meeting would be rescheduled due to legal appeals aimed at preventing Morales from acceding to Trump’s requests.
  It said that the decision was made because the Constitutional Court has not yet ruled
  
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• Man dies after being infected with flesh-eating bacteria

  14-07-2019 18:39
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man died this week after being infected with a flesh-eating bacteria during a trip to a Florida beach.
  According to news reports, the man became ill shortly after returning from vacation in Destin Beach where he was visiting family for the 4th of July.
  Cheryl Wiygul, the man’s daughter, says the family discovered that a large sore had developed on her dad’s back once they had returned home, as well as red bumps on his arms and legs. The man die
  
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• Decorated soldier dies in combat operations in Afghanistan

  14-07-2019 18:37
  FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — U.S. military officials say a decorated Special Forces company sergeant major has died during combat operations in Afghanistan.
  A spokeswoman for the U.S. Army Special Operations Command said in a statement Sunday that 40-year-old James G. “Ryan” Sartor was killed Saturday during combat operations in Faryab Province.
  Sartor was from Teague, Texas, and was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group in Fort Carson, Colorado.
  He joined the Arm
  
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• Agencies boost efforts to stop wildland firefighter suicides

  14-07-2019 18:30
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Federal wildland firefighting authorities are increasing mental health resources following an apparent increase in firefighter suicides in recent years.
  Officials at the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise say it’s difficult to track the number of suicides because many federal agencies can’t tally fatalities outside of work hours and some families don’t want the cause released.
  But officials say there appears to be a jump in known suicides, so ef
  
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• Support for impeachment falls as 2020 heats up

  14-07-2019 18:13
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  WASHINGTON – None of the 20-plus Democrats running for president have wanted to make impeaching President Trump a central focus of their campaign. That is, until last week when billionaire businessman and impeachment advocate Tom Steyerentered the race.
  But the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll shows enthusiasm for impeachment may be waning and that could leave the Democrats’ 2020 hopefuls with a voter base that sees things differently and a complicated i
  
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• A healthy lifestyle may offset genetic risk for Alzheimer’s

  14-07-2019 18:10
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — New research suggests that a healthy lifestyle can cut the risk of developing Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia even if you have genes that raise your risk for these diseases.
  Researchers in England used the UK Biobank to study nearly 200,000 people 60 or older. People with high genetic risk and poor health habits were about three times more likely to develop dementia versus those with low genetic risk and good habits. Regardless of how much genetic risk someo
  
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• Chandler police investigate fatal shooting of woman at home

  14-07-2019 18:08
  CHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) — Police in Chandler say they are investigating the fatal shooting of a woman at a home.
  They say the shooting occurred about 5 a.m. Sunday.
  Police say they received a 911 call from a woman saying that someone in the home had been shot.
  When officers arrived, they found the victim with gunshot wounds.
  The woman was transported to a hospital where she was pronounced dead.
  Police say the alleged shooter is being questioned by detectives.
  The names of the victim and the a
  
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• Lewis Hamilton wins record 6th British GP, extends F1 lead

  14-07-2019 17:54
  SILVERSTONE, England (AP) — Formula One championship leader Lewis Hamilton won a record sixth British Grand Prix on Sunday after jumping ahead of Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas by taking advantage of the safety car being deployed.
  In front of his home fans, Hamilton made the decisive move to the front in the 20th of the 52 laps by pitting to get new tires. With the safety car still out after Antonio Giovinazzi spun off in his Alfa Romeo, Hamilton rejoined ahead of pole-sitter Bottas.
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• Impey wins Stage 9; Alaphilippe stays in Tour lead

  14-07-2019 17:50
  BRIOUDE, France (AP) — On days at the Tour de France when the top racers decide to take it easy, that’s the signal for other riders not chasing the overall title to seize the opportunity to shine.
  On Sunday, Daryl Impey was that man.
  Profiting from what amounted to a go-slow among top contenders on Stage 9, who decided to chill on the hilly trek across the Massif Central mountains, Impey made sure that he was in the breakaway group of riders who scooted away after the start in Saint-
  
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• 9-week-old kitten well after rescue from car’s subframe

  14-07-2019 17:43
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  FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A 9-week-old kitten survived a 30-mile (48-kilometer) trip trapped in the frame of a car.
  Auto repair shop owner Scott Bourne says the driver heard a noise coming from under his car when he left Lexington on Wednesday morning but didn’t know what it was. Later that day, the driver stopped at a Hardee’s in Frankfort and found the kitten.
  Bourne’s repair shop, Midas of Frankfort, is next door to the Hardee’s. Bourne says technicians had to
  
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• ‘Spider-Man’ does victory lap over ‘Crawl,’ ‘Stuber’

  14-07-2019 17:39
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Spider-Man: Far From Home” is celebrating another weekend at No. 1. Fresh counterprograming like the horror movie “Crawl” and the action-comedy “Stuber” barely made a dent in the web-slinger’s earnings.
  Studios on Sunday estimate that the “Spider-Man” sequel added $45.3 million, bringing its domestic total to $274.5 million.
  “Toy Story 4” landed in second place with $20.7 million in its fourth weekend in
  
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• Puerto Rico governor rejects calls to resign amid scandal

  14-07-2019 17:29
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s Gov. Ricardo Rosselló says he will not step down over a group chat scandal that has rocked his administration.
  The governor was a participant in a private chat that used profanities to describe an ex-New York City councilwoman and a federal control board overseeing the island’s finances. Two top officials have already said they would resign.
  Rosselló said at a church in the capital of San Juan on Sunday that he was humble
  
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• Trump defends border detention camps

  14-07-2019 17:28
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is defending the conditions of the border detention facilities visited by Vice President Mike Pence on Friday.
  Trump tweeted Sunday, saying the children’s rooms were “well run and clean” while the men’s facilities were “clean but crowded.”
  The president’s account flies in the face of images from the visit and accounts from journalists present during Pence’s tour of the McAllen, Texas, facility.
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• Hawaiian activists prepare for Mauna Kea telescope convoys

  14-07-2019 17:26
  MAUNA KEA, Hawaii (AP) — Scientists say the massive telescope they plan to build atop Hawaii’s highest peak will help them peer back to the time just after the Big Bang and answer fundamental questions about the universe.
  The site is a world-renowned location for astronomy. It’s also considered sacred by some Native Hawaiians, who see Mauna Kea’s summit as the realm of gods and a place of worship.
  The road to the summit will be closed Monday morning as trucks carrying con
  
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• Secret brand deodorant donates $529,000 to US women’s soccer

  14-07-2019 17:12
  NEW YORK (AP) — Procter & Gamble, a sponsor of the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team, is now supporting its members’ fight for equal pay.
  The company, which supports U.S. soccer through its Secret deodorant brand, says it will donate $529,000 — $23,000 for each of the 23 players on the U.S. team that won the World Cup earlier this month — to help close the pay gap. The sponsor took out a full-page ad printed in The New York Times on Sunday urging the U.S. Soccer
  
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• Small plane carrying parachutists crashes in Sweden, 9 dead

  14-07-2019 17:08
  HELSINKI (AP) — Swedish officials said a small plane carrying parachutists crashed in northern Sweden soon after takeoff on Sunday and all nine people on board were killed.
  The accident took place a little after 2 p.m. local time on Storsandskar island. Swedish media quoted witnesses reporting that some of the parachutists were seen trying to jump off the plane just before the crash.
  Swedish airport authority Swedavia said the crashed aircraft was a GippsAero GA8 Airvan, an Australian-made
  
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• Trump’s immigration sweeps in major cities expected to begin

  14-07-2019 16:25
  CHICAGO (AP) — The Trump administration’s nationwide crackdown on immigrants is expected to begin this weekend, targeting migrant families in cities across the country.
  The sweeps were expected to start Sunday, but New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio tweeted Saturday that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency had already taken action in New York.
  Immigrant communities have been on edge since President Donald Trump’s administration announced plans for the operation, infl
  
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• Churches jump into action with threat of immigration sweeps

  14-07-2019 16:25
  CHICAGO (AP) — Religious leaders nationwide are using the pulpit to quell concerns in immigrant communities and take action as the threat of an immigration crackdown looms.
  While federal immigration officials were mum on details, they were expected to start a coordinated action Sunday targeting thousands of people with final deportation orders in 10 major cities, including Chicago, Los Angeles and Miami.
  The Rev. John Celichowski of St Clare de Montefalco Parish in Chicago used his homily
  
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• The Latest: Hong Kong police fight with protesters

  14-07-2019 16:19
  HONG KONG (AP) — The Latest on protests in Hong Kong (all times local):
  10:20 p.m.
  Police in Hong Kong have fought with protesters as they broke up a demonstration by thousands of people demanding the resignation of the Chinese territory’s chief executive and an investigation into complains of police violence.
  The protest that began at about 3 p.m. Sunday in the northern district of Sha Tin was peaceful throughout most of the day. But some scuffles broke out after nightfall, when pol
  
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• Italy: Salvini adviser sought lobbyist’s Putin dinner invite

  14-07-2019 16:17
  ROME (AP) — The Italian premier’s office says a lobbyist with past links to Deputy Premier Matteo Salvini was invited to a dinner honoring Russian President Vladimir Putin at the request of Salvini’s international strategy adviser.
  Premier Giuseppe Conte’s office issued a statement about the invitation on Sunday as scandal swirled around Salvini’s far-right, pro-Moscow party, the League.
  Salvini associate Gianluca Savoini is under investigation in Italy for allegedl
  
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• CBS News takes some chances with new anchor, Norah O’Donnell

  14-07-2019 16:01
  NEW YORK (AP) — CBS News is making changes with its evening newscast, and the first happens on Monday when Norah O’Donnell takes over as anchor.
  The second comes in the fall, when the network pulls up stakes from its New York headquarters and moves into a new studio in Washington.
  The move comes partly to be close to decision-makers. It also plays into O’Donnell’s wheelhouse — the former “CBS This Morning” host covered the White House for both CBS and NB
  
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• Netanyahu condemns his minister’s remarks on gays

  14-07-2019 15:58
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s prime minister is condemning remarks by his education minister in favor of “conversion therapy,” a controversial psychotherapy technique that seeks to turn gays into heterosexuals.
  Benjamin Netanyahu wrote on Twitter that Rafi Peretz’s statements are unacceptable and “do not represent my government’s position.”
  In a televised interview over the weekend, Peretz said he supports conversation therapy and has performed it. Hea
  
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• Advantage England as NZ limited to 241-8 in World Cup final

  14-07-2019 15:52
  LONDON (AP) — England will chase 242 to win the Cricket World Cup for the first time after Liam Plunkett’s 3-40 helped to limit New Zealand to another middling total in the final at Lord’s on Sunday.
  Every specialist New Zealand batsman got into double figures but only opener Henry Nicholls (55) reached a half-century in the face of a disciplined bowling effort from the tournament host.
  Plunkett, one of the understated members of the England team, took center stage by removing
  
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• Trump tells liberal Dem women they should leave the US

  14-07-2019 15:49
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is wading provocatively into a rift between a group of liberal Democratic congresswomen and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
  In tweets Sunday, Trump portrays the lawmakers as foreign-born troublemakers who, he says, should go back to their home countries. He tweets: “You can’t leave fast enough.” In fact, the lawmakers in question are Americans and all but one were born in the U.S.
  Trump assails what he calls “‘Progressive&r
  
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• 19 hurt by falling tree branch at Azerbaijan UNESCO site

  14-07-2019 15:35
  BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — Azerbaijan’s emergency service says 19 tourists visiting one of UNESCO’s newest World Heritage sites have been injured after strong winds knocked down a massive branch from a nearly 500-year-old Oriental Plane tree.
  It says the accident took place Sunday at the Khan’s Palace in the historic city of Sheki, located on the ancient Silk Road that passes through the Caucasus Mountains.
  The agency says a branch measuring about 50 centimeters (nearly 20 i
  
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