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• 4 Your Health: More people dying from accidental injuries

  16-07-2019 23:36
  Young adults with high blood pressure and cholesterol may be at risk for heart disease when they get older, according to a new study from Columbia University.
  Researchers looked at health data from 36,000 adults under 40.
  Those with high cholesterol were 64 percent more likely to develop heart disease regardless of their levels later in life and high blood pressure increased the risk of heart failure by up to 37 percent.
  Dramatic rise in children entering foster care system
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• Amber Alert issued for 2008 Dodge pickup truck

  16-07-2019 23:32
  TUCSON – A statewide Amber Alert has been issued by Arizona Department of Public Safety Tuesday afternoon.
  According to officials, the alert requested information about a 2008 Dodge pickup truck with the Louisiana license plate C618802.***PLEASE SHARE*** An AMBER ALERT has been issued for a 2008 Dodge pickup truck with Louisiana license plate C618802. If seen, call 911. pic.twitter.com/RV7kQg1BrI
  — Arizona DOT (@ArizonaDOT) July 16, 2019No other details about the alert have been
  
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• Special Weather Statement issued July 16 at 2:24PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  16-07-2019 23:24
  At 224 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10miles southeast of Nogales International Airport, or 14 miles east ofNogales, moving west at 5 mph.
  Nickel size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible withthis storm.
  Locations impacted include…Kino Springs and Lochiel.
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• CBP officers seize 50 pounds of meth at Port of Lukeville

  16-07-2019 23:23
  TUCSON – Federal authorities have seized nearly 50 pounds of methamphetamine, and arrested a man who was crossing into Arizona through the Port of Lukeville.
  U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers say they searched a Nissan sedan belonging to the 26-year-old Caborca, Sonora resident on Monday.
  Investigators say a CBP K-9 alerted officers to more than 40 packages of meth hidden inside the vehicle’s doors.
  CBP says the drugs are valued at $139,000.
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• Kirkpatrick: Time To Impeach Trump

  16-07-2019 22:59
  Congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick, a Democrat who represents Southern Arizona's CD2, came out today in support of an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump.Kirkpatrick had shied away from the "I" word until now (except during a campaign appearance in which she told someone that she would support impeachment) but explained that the Trump administration's stonewalling of various investigations by the Democrat-held House of Representatives had persuaded her that impeachment was the way to
  
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• XOXO: Where to Rock, Tuesday, July 16

  16-07-2019 22:11
  It's a testament to the power of social media.…
  
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• Caught on cam: boy rescued from bison enclosure

  16-07-2019 21:10
  (WOWT/NBC News) Newly released body camera footage shows a young boy’s rescue from a bison enclosure at a Nebraska wildlife park.
  It began when a 9-year-old boy, described as having “special needs,” climbed into the 40-acre area where 23 bison roam freely. Some of them weigh 2,000 lbs and can run up to 40 mph. The fear was he could get trampled.
  From the time of the 911 call to when the Cass County Sheriff’s deputy wearing a body camera spotted the boy, he had been on the
  
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• Knicks finalize contracts with Marcus Morris, Reggie Bullock

  16-07-2019 21:08
  NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Knicks have finalized contracts with Marcus Morris and Reggie Bullock, two of their offseason additions.
  The forwards join Julius Randle, Bobby Portis, Taj Gibson, Elfrid Payton and Wayne Ellington as free agents who the Knicks hope will improve what was the NBA’s worst team last season.
  Morris averaged 13.9 points and 6.1 rebounds in 75 games last season for Boston, his fifth straight season scoring more than 10 points per game.
  Bullock averaged 11.3 poi
  
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• Missouri State volleyball program under investigation

  16-07-2019 21:07
  SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Missouri State volleyball coach Melissa Stokes has been placed on paid administrative leave while the university investigates “allegations involving the program.”
  The university announced the move Tuesday but provided no details about the allegations.
  Stokes has been head coach for 23 years. Under her leadership, the Bears have gone to 10 NCAA tournaments. She did not immediately respond to an email message seeking comment.
  The Spencer Fane law firm will
  
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• Rep. Kirkpatrick speaks to House about impeachment inquiry for President Trump

  16-07-2019 21:05
  TUCSON – U.S. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick spoke on the floor of the House of Representatives Tuesday morning, calling for lawmakers to open an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.
  Kirkpatrick, who represents Congressional District 2 of Arizona, said she called for the impeachment inquiry stating that the president has “called upon his administration officials to ignore Congressional subpoenas and break the law.”In a statement, the Tucson Democrat said the president should
  
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• Apollo 11: looking back

  16-07-2019 21:03
  (NBC News) On July 16, 1969, the fires of celestial science lifted three men from the surface of the Earth and toward the greatest exploration in human history.
  But as the name of the mission indicates, it took many steps to get Apollo 11 off the ground.
  Apollo 1 was scheduled to launch early in 1967, but a pre-flight fire swept through the capsule, killing all three astronauts on board.
  NASA continued on, testing different phases of the ultimate goal, and in 1968, Apollo 8 took a three man cre
  
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• Peru says former president Alejandro Toledo arrested in US

  16-07-2019 21:02
  LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian authorities say former President Alejandro Toledo has been arrested in the United States. He’s wanted on corruption charges in his homeland.
  The attorney general’s office in Peru said Tuesday that Toledo’s detention followed a Peruvian extradition request because of alleged corruption linked to the giant Brazilian construction company Odebrecht.
  Toledo was Peru’s president from 2001 to 2006 and has lived in California in recent years. He w
  
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• Federal judge orders R&B singer R. Kelly held in Chicago jail without bond on sex crime charges

  16-07-2019 20:55
  CHICAGO (AP) — Federal judge orders R&B singer R. Kelly held in Chicago jail without bond on sex crime charges .
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• Peru authorities say ex-president Alejandro Toledo, wanted for alleged corruption, has been arrested in United States

  16-07-2019 20:51
  LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru authorities say ex-president Alejandro Toledo, wanted for alleged corruption, has been arrested in United States.
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• When does school start? First day of classes by district

  16-07-2019 20:46
  TUCSON — Grab your notebooks, pens and backpacks – school is back in session!
  News 4 Tucson has gathered a list of school district start dates in hopes to reduce your back to school stress. Whether you are a parent, teacher or student, you should probably mark these dates down in your calendar and set your alarms.
  Monday, July 15Vail Unified School DistrictThursday, July 25Benson Unified School DistrictFriday, July 26San Miguel High SchoolWednesday, July 31Augustine Catholic High Sch
  
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• Top Senate Democrat gives backing to reparations bill

  16-07-2019 20:40
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says he supports legislation that would create a commission to study reparations for the descendants of enslaved black people in the United States.
  Speaking to reporters at the Capitol, the New York Democrat on Tuesday called racism “the poison of America” and said that more must be done to address the country’s legacy of racial inequality.
  Texas Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee has introduced a resolution that woul
  
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• The Latest: Trump administration to move land agency west

  16-07-2019 20:39
  DENVER (AP) — The Latest on the Trump administration plan to move the Bureau of Land Management headquarters from Washington to Colorado (all times local):
  12:35 p.m.
  The Trump administration has confirmed that the headquarters of the government’s largest land management agency is moving from the nation’s capital to western Colorado.
  In a letter dated Tuesday, the Interior Department told Congress it plans to move the Bureau of Land Management headquarters to Grand Junction, Co
  
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• Suspect in Detroit killings to stand trial in separate case

  16-07-2019 20:37
  DETROIT (AP) — A man who police have called a suspect in the killings of three women in Detroit will stand trial in a separate case involving the stabbing and sexual assault of a woman who escaped.
  Deangelo Martin appeared at a hearing Tuesday on charges of criminal sexual conduct and assault with intent to murder. A judge ruled there was enough evidence to send the case to circuit court where the 34-year-old Martin of Detroit will be arraigned July 23.
  Authorities have said a woman was as
  
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• Barcelona airport police: Man tried to smuggle $34K of cocaine under toupee

  16-07-2019 20:34
  TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – A Colombian man was detained in Barcelona after he reportedly tried to smuggle about $34,000 worth of cocaine under a poorly-fitted toupee, Reuters reported Tuesday.
  Police said the man caught their attention when he arrived on a flight from Bogota on June 18 and appeared nervous.
  Officers had the man remove his wig and found a package stuck to his head with about $34,000 worth of cocaine, authorities said.
  Photo: Spanish National Police/ WFLA
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• US Air Force: Rescue team helps injured Mexican fishermen

  16-07-2019 20:32
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The U.S. Air Force says rescue personnel from an Arizona base parachuted into the Pacific Ocean on July 10 to board a Mexican fishing boat and provide medical aid to two critically injured fishermen being transported to a clinic on a distant island.
  Davis-Air Force Base officials said pararescuemen from the 563rd Rescue Group stayed on the boat carrying the fisherman until it reached Socorro Island after a three-day journey.
  Socorro Island is 394 miles (635 kilometers)
  
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• Saudi business hours extended, leaving prayer rules in place

  16-07-2019 20:27
  RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s Cabinet has approved a measure to allow shops to remain open for 24 hours, but the move stops short of explicitly peeling back the mandatory closure of stores during daily Muslim prayers.
  The decision, reported Tuesday by the state-run Saudi Press Agency, only says that the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs will decide the fees shops would need to pay to remain open around the clock. The move could help local businesses boost their sal
  
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• Testimony ends in penalty phase of slain Chinese woman case

  16-07-2019 20:18
  PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — Testimony has wrapped up in the penalty phase of the trial of a former University of Illinois doctoral student convicted of killing a scholar from China.
  Prosecutors called their last witnesses Tuesday to rebut presentations by Brendt Christensen’s lawyers. The (Champaign) News-Gazette reports that the federal judge in Peoria set closing arguments for Wednesday. After that, jurors will deliberate on whether the 30-year-old should be sentenced to death.
  The same ju
  
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• Creative Services Promotions Producer

  16-07-2019 20:12
  KVOA COMMUNICATIONS INC.Job OpeningCreative Services Promotions Producer
  KVOA in Tucson, Arizona is looking for an energetic individual who wants to work in the exciting Creative Services Department.
  The Creative Services team at KVOA is looking for a skilled writer/producer to create powerful concepts to market a message or tell a story. The successful candidate will be a good writer and use video to produce topical promotion spots to attract viewers to KVOA-TV programming.
  You’ll be a dr
  
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• California indictment alleges MS-13 hacked victims to death

  16-07-2019 20:12
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal indictment alleges members and associates of the MS-13 gang committed a series of murders including several in which victims were hacked to death with machetes in a Southern California forest.
  The indictment released Tuesday by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles charges 22 people linked to a subset of the gang known as the Fulton clique.
  Authorities say in one case a member of a rival gang who was believed to have defaced MS-13 graffiti was targete
  
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• Woman, 21, pleads not guilty in Vegas manicurist murder case

  16-07-2019 20:06
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — A 21-year-old Las Vegas woman pleaded not guilty and lost a bid to be freed from jail in the death of a salon worker who tried to stop her from skipping out on a $35 manicure.
  A judge on Tuesday rejected a request from Krystal Whipple’s attorney, Timothy Treffinger (TREHF’-in-jer), to set bail at $100,000 and house arrest pending trial next April in the death of 51-year-old Ngoc Q. Nguyen of Garden Grove, California.
  A prosecutor noted Whipple fled after video
  
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• South African musician Johnny Clegg dies at 66 after cancer

  16-07-2019 20:03
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Johnny Clegg, a groundbreaking South African musician, has died after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 66.
  His manager Roddy Quin told the country’s state broadcaster that the singer died peacefully at home in Johannesburg on Tuesday.
  Clegg’s multi-racial bands during white minority rule attracted an international following. He crafted hits inspired by Zulu and township harmonies, as well as folk and other influences, in defiance of racial barriers im
  
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• Minnesota man, twice denied passport, is declared US citizen

  16-07-2019 20:03
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota man and military veteran whose request for a passport was twice denied has been declared a U.S. citizen.
  Attorneys say Mark Esqueda can now get a passport.
  Esqueda sued Secretary of State Michael Pompeo in May. In a settlement reached Friday, the State Department acknowledges Esqueda is a U.S. citizen.
  Esqueda’s lawsuit says he was born in Texas in 1988 and is entitled to citizenship rights, including the right to travel freely across borders, but the S
  
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• Lawsuit claims company trying to pass off whiskey as Scotch

  16-07-2019 20:01
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A trade association is suing a Virginia distillery, claiming it is trying to pass off whiskey as Scotch.
  In a federal lawsuit filed last week, the Scotch Whisky Association alleges the Virginia Distillery Co. has engaged in “false, misleading and deceptive” labelling of whiskey sold under the brand name “Virginia-Highland Whisky.”
  The lawsuit claims the use of the term “Highland” and its spelling of “Whisky” falsely imply
  
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• Groundbreaking South African musician Johnny Clegg dies at 66 after fight with pancreatic cancer

  16-07-2019 19:59
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Groundbreaking South African musician Johnny Clegg dies at 66 after fight with pancreatic cancer.
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• ‘Sanctuary city’ effort approved for Tucson November ballot

  16-07-2019 19:58
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona officials have verified thousands of signatures to place an initiative on the ballot to make Tucson the state’s first “sanctuary city.”
  The Pima County Recorder’s office Monday has certified more than 12,400 signatures, about 3,100 more than the minimum requirement needed to qualify for the November election.
  The Pima County Republican Party says it plans to challenge the validity of the submitted signatures. The party has yet to file a
  
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• Sudan army, protesters meet to discuss transition deal

  16-07-2019 19:47
  CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s ruling generals and the pro-democracy movement are meeting to finalize a power-sharing deal.
  Representatives from the military council and the Forces for Declaration of Freedom and Change, which represents the protesters, are discussing in the capital of Khartoum on Tuesday a declaration included in an agreement reached earlier this month.
  The deal includes a joint Sovereign Council that will rule for a little over three years while elections are organized. It al
  
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• Border-state Senate candidate wants to scrap ICE

  16-07-2019 19:44
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A candidate seeking the Democratic nomination to an open Senate seat wants to disband U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and turn its responsibilities over to the FBI and others.
  New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver said Tuesday in a statement that she wants to “abolish ICE” and accused the agency of undermining community safety and stability.
  She is competing with U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján in the 2020 election to succeed retirin
  
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• 3 dead, 4 missing in float plane crash in Canada

  16-07-2019 19:43
  ST JOHN’s, Newfoundland (AP) — At least three people died and a search is under way for four others missing after a float plane crashed into a lake in the Eastern Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
  Air Saguenay President Jean Tremblay said Tuesday the de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver was carrying four fishermen, two guides and the pilot. It left Three Rivers Lodge on Crossroads Lake, east of Schefferville, Quebec, on Monday morning headed to a remote fishing camp on Mistastin L
  
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• Court reinstates challenge to ‘habitual drunkard’ law

  16-07-2019 19:42
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court has reinstated a lawsuit challenging a Virginia law that allows police to arrest and jail people designated as “habitual drunkards” if they are caught with alcohol.
  The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that the challenge to Virginia’s so-called interdiction law can move forward.
  A divided appeals court voted 8-7 to allow the lawsuit to proceed, finding that the law is unconstitutionally vague. The ruling from the
  
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• Trump says US won’t sell fighter jets to Turkey

  16-07-2019 19:39
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says the U.S. is not going to sell F-35 fighter jets to Turkey after Ankara decided to buy a missile defense system from Russia.
  The Trump administration has repeatedly told Turkey that it will be cut off from buying F-35s if it buys the S-400 Russian air defense system because it’s incompatible with NATO defenses and could jeopardize sensitive information about F-35 technologies. Turkey is a member of NATO.
  Trump blamed the Obama administrati
  
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• EU parliament confirms Ursula von der Leyen as new European Commission president in a 383-327 vote

  16-07-2019 19:38
  BRUSSELS (AP) — EU parliament confirms Ursula von der Leyen as new European Commission president in a 383-327 vote.
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• Barneys New York evaluating restructuring options

  16-07-2019 19:35
  NEW YORK (AP) — Barneys New York may soon join the ever lengthening list of retail stores seeking protection in bankruptcy.
  The luxury clothing company, faced with high rents and a shifting consumer landscape, is evaluating options that may include a bankruptcy, according to a source close to the matter who asked to remain anonymous because the discussions are confidential. The company has nearly a dozen locations, mostly in the swankier districts in cities like Boston, Beverly Hills, Cali
  
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• Man charged with sex assault on fellow nursing home resident

  16-07-2019 19:34
  MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Police say a New Hampshire man has been charged with sexually assaulting a female stroke victim at a nursing home where both were residents.
  Milford Police Capt. Shawn Pelletier says 74-year-old Robert Champigny was arrested Monday night at a Manchester hotel for assaulting the 83-year-old woman at Crestwood Nursing Home in June.
  WMUR-TV reports the woman was staying at the home after a stroke when she was assaulted. Both were residents at the time.
  Champigny was re
  
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• The Latest: Trump rule prompts family planning exit

  16-07-2019 19:32
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Trump administration’s family planning rule (all times local):
  1:30 p.m.
  The Trump administration’s ban on taxpayer-funded family planning clinics referring women for abortions has prompted a major provider in Maine to announce it is dropping out of the program after nearly 50 years.
  Others may follow.
  “It is objectionable that the federal government is so arrogant as to dictate what our medical professionals can and cannot say to our p
  
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• Ravel Morrison back in the Premier League at Sheffield Utd

  16-07-2019 19:30
  LONDON (AP) — Ravel Morrison, the former Manchester United player once regarded as the top English soccer talent of his generation, is back in the Premier League after signing for promoted team Sheffield United.
  The 26-year-old Morrison has signed a one-year deal after impressing in a trial. He was most recently at Swedish club Ostersund, where he had a short spell this year.
  Morrison was a star of a youth team at Man United that also included Paul Pogba and Jesse Lingard, but only made th
  
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• Jeffrey Epstein accuser urges more women to speak out

  16-07-2019 19:30
  NEW YORK (AP) — One of Jeffrey Epstein’s accusers is urging other women to speak out against the wealthy financier as authorities prosecute him on sex charges.
  Courtney Wild told reporters Tuesday that Epstein “will never stop sexually abusing children until he is in jail.”
  Wild’s remarks came a day after she urged a federal judge to deny Epstein bail.
  Wild said Epstein started sexually abusing her when she was 14 in Palm Beach, Florida.
  An email was sent to Epstein
  
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• Portugal suspends visas to Iranians ‘for security reasons’

  16-07-2019 19:27
  LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal’s foreign minister says his country has temporarily stopped granting visas to Iranians “for security reasons.”
  Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva told a Portuguese parliament committee about the decision on Tuesday but declined to elaborate on the rationale for it. He said he would provide details privately to lawmakers on the committee.
  Portugal has long had diplomatic relations with Iran, though trade and ties are minor compared with
  
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• Company wants to mine at edge of protected Okefenokee Swamp

  16-07-2019 19:24
  SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A company is seeking permits to mine minerals near the edge of the Okefenokee Swamp, a vast and unspoiled wilderness that’s home to the largest national wildlife refuge in the eastern U.S.
  The Army Corps of Engineers issued a public notice Friday that Twin Pines Minerals LLC of Birmingham, Alabama, wants to mine titanium dioxide less than 4 miles (6.4 kilometers) from the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge near the Georgia-Florida state line.
  The proposal comes
  
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• Phoenix could reach hottest temperature of the year

  16-07-2019 19:22
  PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix is bracing for what could be the city’s hottest day so far this year.
  Forecasters are predicting that the temperature on Tuesday could hit a scorching high of 115 degrees.
  The National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat warning to take effect until Wednesday night.
  Residents are urged to take several precautions.
  They include drinking water even when you’re not thirsty, cutting down on time in the sun and avoiding outdoor activity in the afterno
  
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• Fossil found in 1980s in Texas declared new genus, species

  16-07-2019 18:15
  BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, Texas (AP) — Experts say fossil remains discovered in the 1980s at the Big Bend National Park in southwest Texas have been identified as a new genus and species of duckbilled dinosaur.
  The Journal of Systematic Paleontology announced the classification of the Aquilarhinus palimentus last week. It was named for its aquiline nose and shovel-shaped jaw.
  Texas Tech University Professor Tom Lehman discovered the fossils. The bones were weathered and stuck together. Resea
  
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• Legal sports betting begins in upstate New York

  16-07-2019 17:52
  SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (AP) — New York sports fans may now bet for the Yankees — or the Mets — closer to home after the state joined the growing list of states allowing sports wagers.
  Schenectady’s Rivers Casino and Resort opened its betting lounge to the public Tuesday, the first of what is likely to be several casinos that expect to begin taking bets before the fall football season.
  New York’s entry into sports wagering comes after a ruling last year by the U.S. Suprem
  
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• Cryptocurrencies, digital tax top the agenda for G-7 meeting

  16-07-2019 17:52
  PARIS (AP) — Finance officials from the Group of Seven rich democracies will weigh risks from new digital currencies and debate how to tax tech companies like Google and Amazon when they meet this week in the Paris suburb of Chantilly.
  Those two issues, raised by the impact of the digitalization on the world economy, are at the top of the agenda for the gathering Wednesday and Thursday, hosted by French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire and including U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.
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• “Game of Thrones” slashes its way to historic 32 Emmy Award nominations, including best drama series

  16-07-2019 17:45
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Game of Thrones” slashes its way to historic 32 Emmy Award nominations, including best drama series.
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• Police say trucker speeding in Indiana crash that killed 3

  16-07-2019 17:44
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Police say a semitrailer’s computer data says it was going above the speed limit when it slammed into a line of vehicles on an Indianapolis highway, killing a woman and her 18-month-old twin daughters.
  State police say Interstate 465 traffic was slowed for a construction zone when the crash happened Sunday. A preliminary probable cause affidavit filed in Marion County Court says the semitrailer was going 65 mph (105 kph) in a 45 mph (72 kph) zone.
  Police say the s
  
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• The Latest: Pelosi says Dems take offense for ‘our sisters’

  16-07-2019 17:43
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump’s racist tweets about four Democratic lawmakers of color (all times local):
  11:35 a.m.
  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says Democrats are offended by what President Donald Trump he has said “about our sisters.”
  That’s what the California Democrat has told colleagues at a closed-door meeting. Their gathering came hours before a planned House vote condemning Trump’s “racist” tweets saying four congres
  
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