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• Diving gold and perfect marks for Chen Yuxi at age 13

  17-07-2019 23:51
  GWANGJU, South Korea (AP) — Thirteen-year-old Chinese diver Chen Yuxi won the women’s 10-meter platform final at the world swimming championships on Wednesday, and received two perfect marks for her third drive.
  Chen finished on 439 points to clinch the gold medal at her first worlds.
  “Everybody told me to relax before the final, but I still could hear my heart beat,” Chen said.
  “I was shaky in the first two dives and then I felt better and better. I thought about c
  
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• Phillies closer Héctor Neris suspended for 3 games

  17-07-2019 23:44
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia Phillies closer Héctor Neris has been suspended for three games and fined an undisclosed fine for intentionally throwing a pitch in the area of the head of David Freese of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
  Joe Torre, Chief Baseball Officer for Major League Baseball, announced the suspension and fine Wednesday, a day after the incident in the ninth inning of the Phillies’ 9-8 home victory. Neris is appealing the suspension, making him eligible to pitch W
  
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• Democratic-run House blocks maverick Democrat’s effort to impeach Trump, in show of party’s rift on issue

  17-07-2019 23:40
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic-run House blocks maverick Democrat’s effort to impeach Trump, in show of party’s rift on issue.
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• Alaska village will install new river power generator

  17-07-2019 23:35
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A tiny Alaska Native village is adopting an emerging technology to transform the power of a local river into a renewable energy source.
  The village council in Igiugig (ig-ee-UH’-gig) is the first tribal entity in the nation licensed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to harness river water that’s not connected to a dam.
  An underwater generator will be installed in coming days in the Kvichak River, part of a salmon-rich system that also provides
  
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• The Latest: Spacey case sank by accuser’s refusal to testify

  17-07-2019 23:32
  BOSTON (AP) — The Latest on the decision to drop the charge accusing Kevin Spacey of groping a young man in 2016 (all times local):
  5:30 p.m.
  Prosecutors say they were forced to drop the indecent assault and battery charge against Kevin Spacey because of the accuser’s decision to invoke his right not to testify.
  The Cape and Islands District Attorney’s Office said in an emailed statement Wednesday that prosecutors met with the accuser on Sunday, days after a hearing during whic
  
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• House committee approves bill on mining near Grand Canyon

  17-07-2019 23:21
  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A key congressional committee has endorsed a bill to make permanent a ban on the filing of new mining claims around the Grand Canyon.
  The House Natural Resources Committee approved the measure sponsored by its chairman, Democratic Rep. Raul Grijalva of Arizona, on Wednesday.
  There is no companion bill in the Senate.
  The Obama administration put about 1,562 square miles (4,045 square kilometers) outside the boundaries of Grand Canyon National Park off-limits to new h
  
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• Pentagon says 2,100 more troops going to US-Mexico border

  17-07-2019 23:20
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says an additional 2,100 troops will be sent to the U.S.-Mexican border to help with security.
  Among them are 1,100 active-duty troops who will perform a variety of missions, including aerial surveillance and logistical and administrative support. The Pentagon says the new acting defense secretary, Richard V. Spencer, approved the deployment.
  Also deploying are 1,000 members of the Texas National Guard. They will be under state control. Most will assist Custo
  
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• Mets bash way to 4th straight win, 15-4 over Twins

  17-07-2019 23:20
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Dominic Smith put the New York Mets in front with his pinch-hit, three-run homer in the seventh inning, and Home Run Derby champion Pete Alonso added a 474-foot shot halfway up the third deck in a 14-4 victory over Minnesota on Wednesday that gave the Twins their first three-game losing streak this season.
  Amed Rosario went 4 for 4 with a home run and three RBIs for the Mets, who overcame three one-run deficits, set a 2019 high for runs and matched a season best with the
  
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• Mets bash way to 4th straight win, 14-4 over Twins

  17-07-2019 23:20
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Dominic Smith put the New York Mets in front with his pinch-hit, three-run homer in the seventh inning, and Home Run Derby champion Pete Alonso added a 474-foot shot halfway up the third deck in a 14-4 victory over Minnesota on Wednesday that gave the Twins their first three-game losing streak this season.
  Amed Rosario went 4 for 4 with a home run and three RBIs for the Mets, who overcame three one-run deficits, set a 2019 high for runs and matched a season best with the
  
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• The Latest: Trump says he has no regrets about tweets

  17-07-2019 23:19
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the response to President Donald Trump’s racist tweets targeting four Democratic congresswomen of color (all times local):
  5:15 p.m.
  President Donald Trump says he has no regrets about his tweets that four Democratic freshmen should “go back” to their home countries — though all are citizens and three were born in the United States.
  Trump claims the political fallout has benefited him, saying, “I’m winning a lot.”
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• Flood Advisory issued July 17 at 2:16PM MST until July 17 at 4:15PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  17-07-2019 23:16
  The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a
  * Urban and Small Stream Flood Advisory for…Southwestern Cochise County in southeastern Arizona…
  * Until 415 PM MST.
  * At 215 PM MST, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicatedheavy rain due to thunderstorms. This will cause urban and smallstream flooding in the advisory area.
  * Some locations that will experience flooding include…Bisbee.
  This includes the following highways…Route 80 between mile markers 337 a
  
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• Suspect of fatal drive-by shooting in Green Valley appears in court

  17-07-2019 23:15
  TUCSON –The man arrested in connection to a fatal shooting in Green Valley was in court Wednesday.
  Mateo Zavala/ Pima County Sheriff’s Department
  Californian 21-year-old, Mateo Zavala was taken into custody after he allegedly was involved in a rolling gun battle down Interstate 19 near Esperanza Boulevard on June 29.
  The shooting resulted in the death of Marilynn Patricia Pacheco. According to police, a 29-year-old man and his 3-year-old daughter were also shot in the
  
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• Court acts against judges for remarks in sex assault cases

  17-07-2019 23:11
  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s high court has taken action against two judges over their comments in cases involving sexual assault.
  The state Supreme Court has recommended that John Russo Jr. be removed from the bench.
  Russo asked a woman during a 2016 hearing if she could have closed her legs to prevent a sexual assault.
  Russo will have a chance to offer evidence before a panel to contest his removal.
  Also Wednesday, the court terminated the temporary assignment of a judge who d
  
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• Celtic eases into Champions League’s 2nd qualifying round

  17-07-2019 23:11
  GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Celtic eased through the Champions League’s first qualifying round by beating Sarajevo 2-1 on Wednesday to complete a 5-2 aggregate win.
  The 1967 European Cup winner got goals in each half from Ryan Christie and Callum McGregor, and will next play Nomme Kalju of Estonia.
  Sutjeska of Montenegro scored deep into stoppage time to level the aggregate score at 2-2 against Slovan Bratislava and force extra time, then later won a penalty shootout 3-2. Goalkeeper Vla
  
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• Memories of watching Apollo 11: ‘You could hear a pin drop’

  17-07-2019 23:07
  NEW YORK (AP) — When Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin took their first steps on the moon in 1969, the world was watching.
  Live TV coverage made hundreds of millions witnesses to history. They huddled in front of televisions in homes and gathered in auditoriums and schoolrooms as the Apollo 11 astronauts ventured onto another world for the first time.
  Even now, 50 years later, that day is still deeply etched in memories of many. The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, NASA and
  
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• Arizona urges court not to impose more fines in inmate suit

  17-07-2019 22:58
  PHOENIX (AP) — The state of Arizona is urging a judge not to impose more contempt-of-court fines in a lawsuit over health care for prisoners.
  Lawyers representing prisoners are seeking a fine because they say the state has failed to document its noncompliance with a settlement requiring improvements to inmate care.
  The state’s attorneys argued Monday that it isn’t reasonably possible to comply with the requirement that every instance of noncompliance be reported.
  The request ma
  
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• Maiden Is a Voyage Worth Taking

  17-07-2019 22:15
  Alex Holmes delivers a solid documentary about Tracy Edwards, who started her sailing career as a cook and eventually found herself leading the first all-female crew to ever sail the Whitbread Round the World Race.…
  
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• Laser Stranger Things at the Flandrau Planetarium

  17-07-2019 22:07
  If you've been watching the third season of Stranger Things, you should know that the Flandrau Planetarium is doing a laser Stranger Things show. Like in Freaks and Geeks when Lindsay and her friends go to a Pink Floyd themed laser show in the episode "The Garage Door."…
  
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• The Latest: Illinois jury goes home without sentence verdict

  17-07-2019 21:09
  PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — The Latest on the sentencing in the slaying of a visiting Chinese scholar (all times local):
  5:55 p.m.
  Jurors have gone home after a first day of deliberations without a decision on whether a former University of Illinois doctoral student should be put to death for slaying a young scholar from China.
  The jury withdrew to deliberate Wednesday afternoon after closing arguments in the death-penalty stage of the case against Brendt Christensen. The same jurors convicted him
  
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• The Latest: Hawaii protests spur order over mountain access

  17-07-2019 20:21
  HONOLULU (AP) — The Latest on protests of a telescope on Hawaii mountain (all times local):
  4:20 p.m.
  Hawaii Gov. David Ige has signed an emergency proclamation he says will allow officials to close more areas of a mountain where thousands have gathered to protest the construction of a giant telescope on land some Native Hawaiians consider sacred.
  Ige says the proclamation signed Wednesday gives law enforcement more authority to control Mauna Kea land and close roads.
  Officials want to all
  
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• The Latest: Construction gear nears Hawaii telescope protest

  17-07-2019 20:21
  HONOLULU (AP) — The Latest on protests of a telescope on Hawaii mountain (all times local):
  12:20 p.m.
  Police in riot gear are lined up on a road in Hawaii where an estimated 2,000 people are gathered to protest construction of a telescope on a mountain that some Native Hawaiians consider sacred.
  Hawaii County Managing Director Wil Okabe says officials on Wednesday closed a highway leading to the protest site so a convoy of construction equipment can be brought up Mauna Kea.
  Protesters are
  
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• The Latest: 33 Hawaii telescope protesters arrested

  17-07-2019 20:21
  HONOLULU (AP) — The Latest on protests of a telescope on Hawaii mountain (all times local):
  3:40 p.m.
  Officials say 33 people were arrested for blocking the road to the summit of Hawaii’s tallest peak during ongoing protests against construction of a giant telescope.
  State spokesman Dan Dennison says all 33 where given citations and released Wednesday.
  Protest leaders say those arrested were kupuna, or elders, who were prepared and willing to be taken into custody.
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• MOCA Monster Drawing Rally Benefit

  17-07-2019 18:55
  The Museum of Contemporary Art is hosting a monster drawing rally Friday, July 26 from 6-9 p.m. 50 local artists will gather to live draw their own monster. So what is a monster?…
  
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• XOXO: Where to Rock Wednesday, July 17

  17-07-2019 18:34
  Come see the motley crew that oversee this zydeco-tinged, accordion-fueled Tex-Mexican bacchanal on occasion splinter-o . The Carnivaleros Trio are at Public Brewhouse tonight starting at 7 p.m. Details here. Travel “Past the Guards of the Mausoleum” with Los Angeles, alt-rock/ synth-poppers Part Time while they share their “Visions of the Future" at Club Congress tonight.…
  
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• The Latest: Muschamp says this is his best Gamecocks team

  17-07-2019 18:22
  HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — The Latest on SEC media days (all times local):
  4:30 p.m.
  Will Muschamp believes this will be his best South Carolina team.
  If so, the Gamecocks might be able to reverse a trend of futility against ranked teams. Muschamp is 1-10 against Top 25 opponents with the Gamecocks over the past three seasons.
  Quarterback Jake Bentley, a 32-game starter, said Wednesday at SEC media days they have “got to find a way to win those games.” They’ll get some chances w
  
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• House where Manson followers murdered 2 is on the market

  17-07-2019 16:35
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — One of the Los Angeles houses where followers of Charles Manson committed notorious murders in 1969 is for sale.
  The home in the hilly Los Feliz district is where Leno and Rosemary LaBianca were slain the night after actress Sharon Tate and four others were murdered by Manson followers in Benedict Canyon.
  Redfin listing agent Robert Giambalvo tells the Los Angeles Times the two-bedroom home is priced at $1.98 million.
  The house falls outside a requirement to inform buyer
  
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• The Latest: Protesters mark anniversary of Garner’s death

  17-07-2019 16:20
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. Justice Department’s decision not to prosecute the officer involved in Eric Garner’s death. (all times local):
  5:30 p.m.
  Several hundred people marched in lower Manhattan to mark the five year anniversary of Eric Garner’s death.
  The marchers on Wednesday chanted and held signs saying “I Can’t Breathe,” a reference to Garner’s dying words, as they marched past federal courthouses.
  On Tuesday, the government ann
  
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• The Latest: El Chapo speaks in court ahead of sentencing

  17-07-2019 16:17
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the sentencing of the Mexican drug lord known as El Chapo. (all times local):
  9:55 a.m.
  The Mexican drug lord known as El Chapo says he was denied a fair trial.
  Joaquin Guzman told a federal judge Wednesday that his case was “stained” by juror misconduct.
  He said the judge denied him a fair trial on drug trafficking charges “when the whole world was watching.”
  He also complained about the conditions of his confinement in New York.
  Guzm
  
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• Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman sentenced to life in US prison

  17-07-2019 16:12
  NEW YORK (AP) — Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman sentenced to life in US prison.
  The post Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman sentenced to life in US prison appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• Lobster vs. kebab: French food fight after minister scandal

  17-07-2019 16:08
  PARIS (AP) — France’s government spokeswoman says the resignation of the country’s ecology minister over reports of lavish dinners at taxpayers’ expense comes at a time when most people “more likely eat kebabs” than lobster.
  Sibeth Ndiaye’s comments came as a new ecology minister took office Wednesday, replacing Francois de Rugy, who stepped down after a series of reports about his spending habits, which included lavish dinners with giant lobsters and co
  
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• Israeli education minister apologizes for remarks on gays

  17-07-2019 16:03
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s education minister has apologized for controversial remarks about homosexual “conversion therapy” and intermarriage among Diaspora Jews that drew widespread criticism in Israel and the U.S.
  Rafi Peretz, leader of a small religious nationalist party, wrote in a letter to the head of the Jewish Agency on Tuesday that his likening of marriage between Diaspora Jews and non-Jews to a “second Holocaust” was “misplaced.”
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• Sanders set to mount vigorous defense of ‘Medicare for All’

  17-07-2019 16:00
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders plans to offer a robust defense of “Medicare for All” after a week in which former Vice President Joe Biden has battered his proposal as too risky.
  Sanders will deliver a speech in Washington on Wednesday confronting critics of his Medicare for All plan as the fight over how to best provide health care for Americans has become an animating focus of the race for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.
  Sanders’ campaign say
  
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• Indian court convicts 1 for 2008 death of teen British girl

  17-07-2019 15:59
  NEW DELHI (AP) — An Indian appeals court has overturned the acquittal of one of two suspects in the rape and murder of a teenage British girl whose body was found on a beach in the western resort city of Goa in 2008.
  The High Court in Goa on Wednesday convicted Samson D’Souza in the attack of 15-year-old Scarlett Keeling. But prosecutors say the court upheld the acquittal of another suspect accused of leaving Keeling to die on the beach after drugging and sexually abusing her.
  The ca
  
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• Italy, FBI crack down on Mafia clan with Gambino ties

  17-07-2019 15:56
  ROME (AP) — Italian police and FBI agents have cracked down on a Palermo-area Mafia clan with ties to the U.S.-based Gambino crime family.
  Police said that around 200 officers including FBI agents fanned out in Sicily and in the New York area Wednesday, arresting 18 suspects in Italy and one in the United States.
  Palermo Police Chief Renato Cortese told reporters that members of the Sicilian Passo di Rigano crime clan had settled in the U.S. in the 1980s after surviving a turf war with the
  
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• Legislation would force disclosures about terror watchlist

  17-07-2019 15:54
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan Omar has submitted legislation that would force President Donald Trump’s administration to disclose details about how it shares the FBI’s watchlist of more than 1 million known or suspected terrorists with foreign countries.
  The legislation from Omar comes in a proposed amendment to the Intelligence Authorization Act. It would require a report within 180 days detailing which foreign countries get access to the database
  
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• Martial penalty completes Man United’s 4-0 win over Leeds

  17-07-2019 15:51
  PERTH, Australia (AP) — Anthony Martial’s 69th-minute penalty completed the scoring in Manchester United’s 4-0 win over Leeds on Wednesday for its second consecutive victory on a preseason tour.
  United led 2-0 at halftime on goals from 17-year-old Mason Greenwood in the seventh minute and England striker Marcus Rashford, who was named man of the match, in the 27th. Paul Pogba’s pass split the Leeds defense and Aaron Wan-Bissaka’s first-time cross was prodded home by
  
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• Turkey acquits 3 rights activists of terror-related charges

  17-07-2019 15:45
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A court in Istanbul has acquitted the Turkey representative for Reporters Without Borders and two other human rights activists of charges of engaging in terrorist propaganda.
  The media advocacy group said Erol Onderoglu of Reporters Without Borders; Sebnem Korur Fincanci, head of the Human Rights Foundation; and writer Ahmet Nesin were acquitted Wednesday. They were charged three years ago for taking part in a campaign to show solidarity with a pro-Kurdish newspaper,
  
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• Teen says she was ‘so scared’ when shark bit her on the foot

  17-07-2019 15:45
  SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — A 16-year-old who was bitten by a shark while boogie boarding on Florida’s Atlantic Coast says she was “so scared” but tried to stay calm.
  Jackie Jozaitis tells the Herald-Tribune she and her friend got up early on Friday to ride the waves on Amelia Island. They were in thigh-deep water when she felt sharp pain on her left foot.
  She says the shark let go almost immediately and she ran to shore where her friend, who is trained in first aid, and a yoga
  
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• Ken Ehrlich returns as executive producer of Grammy Awards

  17-07-2019 15:25
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ken Ehrlich is returning as executive producer of the 62nd annual Grammy Awards for the last time, capping his 40th anniversary with what’s called “music’s biggest night.”
  The Recording Academy announced Wednesday that Ben Winston will become the executive producer for the 63rd telecast in 2021.
  The academy says Ehrlich is known for his unexpected pairings of artists during the program such as Eminem and Elton John, Prince and Beyonce, and Bruce S
  
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• Church, civic officials to discuss temporary housing for asylum seekers

  17-07-2019 15:25
  TUCSON – Catholic Community Services leaders and officials plan to discuss temporary housing for asylum seekers in Pima County Wednesday afternoon.
  The press conference is scheduled at 1:45 p.m., at the Diocese of Tucson Conference and Educational Center, 192 S. Stone Ave. #2.
  According to the church, Catholic Bishop Edward Wisenburger and Peg Harmon asked county and city officials to meet and discuss the proposed use of a Pima County Juvenile facility to temporarily house asylum seekers.
  
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• Cuba says nationwide blackouts to end by Saturday

  17-07-2019 15:22
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Cuba’s energy minister says breakdowns in the country’s power plants have caused a string of blackouts across the country this week, and he promises the problem will be solved by Saturday.
  Minster of Energy and Mining Raúl García Barreiro told state media Tuesday night that a series of blackouts in cities and towns throughout Cuba was due to mechanical problems in three power plants as two others were down for maintenance.
  The statemen
  
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• Toxicologist: Pledge who chugged liquor ‘dead man walking’

  17-07-2019 15:21
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A toxicologist has testified that a fraternity pledge was a “dead man walking” after chugging liquor during a hazing event.
  The Advocate reports that Dr. Patricia Williams told the court Tuesday there was no way Max Gruver’s 19-year-old body could have survived that level of intoxication. Gruver had a blood-alcohol level of more than six times the legal driving limit when he died in 2017 after a Phi Delta Theta event called “Bible study.&rdqu
  
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• ACLU asks judge to block Trump asylum rule as case is heard

  17-07-2019 15:16
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Civil liberties groups are asking a federal judge for a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration’s effort to effectively end asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border.
  The American Civil Liberties Union and others filed the request Wednesday, seeking a Thursday hearing in San Francisco. The groups sued Tuesday and want the judge to block the policy while the case is heard.
  The Trump administration rules went into effect Tuesday and prevent most migrants
  
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• West Ham sets club transfer record to sign Haller

  17-07-2019 15:08
  LONDON (AP) — West Ham has set a club transfer record to sign French striker Sebastien Haller from Eintracht Frankfurt.
  British media are reporting the 25-year-old Haller cost 45 million pounds ($55 million), which eclipses the 35 million pounds (then $42 million) spent on Felipe Anderson last offseason.
  Haller says “it proves that the club (has) really wanted me for a long time. I felt this desire to sign me and I’m really happy to sign.”
  Haller, a former France Under-21
  
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• Libyans say they extradited Manchester bomber’s brother

  17-07-2019 15:06
  CAIRO (AP) — A Libyan militia says it has extradited the brother of the Manchester Arena suicide bomber to face charges in the United Kingdom.
  Ahmed Bin Salem, a spokesman for the Tripoli-based Special Deterrence Force, says they extradited Hashem Abedi on Wednesday following a court order. The militia is allied with a U.N.-backed government in the capital.
  British authorities have sought Abedi’s extradition for nearly two years, saying he was involved in the attack.
  Hashem Abedi is
  
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• Eric Garner’s mother speaks out on anniversary of his death

  17-07-2019 15:01
  NEW YORK (AP) — Eric Garner’s mother is urging the New York City police commissioner to fire the officer involved in her son’s chokehold death.
  Gwen Carr spoke to CBS on Wednesday, the five-year anniversary of her loss.
  On Tuesday, federal prosecutors announced they would not bring civil rights charges in the case.
  Carr said she would receive some closure if Officer Daniel Pantaleo (pan-tuh-LAY’-oh) were fired.
  Pantaleo’s lawyer, Stuart London, says the officer used
  
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• African Cup final much more than Mane vs. Mahrez

  17-07-2019 14:55
  CAIRO (AP) — Djamel Belmadi sank to his knees, eyes closed and arms aloft after Riyad Mahrez’s goal with seconds remaining put Algeria in the African Cup of Nations final for the first time in 29 years.
  About two hours earlier, Senegal’s Aliou Cisse celebrated a place in Africa’s biggest game and a chance at a first title for his country in the same way.
  It was striking how two coaches who are good friends, who played against each other in their early days, and who were b
  
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• Monsoon storms return this afternoon!

  17-07-2019 14:51
  TUCSON – Higher chance for storms this afternoon and evening! The favorable spots will to the south and east, however, we could see isolated to scattered storms in Tucson and to the north as well. Also, not as hot today with highs in the low 100s. Today: Clouds increase with isolated to scattered storms (30%). High: 103°
  Tonight: Thunderstorms die down after sunset, mostly cloudy overnight. Low: 78°
  Tomorrow: Isolated storms possible (20%). High: 101&d
  
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• 5 new lawsuits filed in fatal school explosion

  17-07-2019 14:41
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Five new lawsuits have been filed more than two years after a natural gas explosion caused part of a Minneapolis school to collapse, killing two people and injuring nine others.
  The lawsuits say CenterPoint Energy and Master Mechanical knew their work at Minnehaha Academy was “hazardous and abnormally dangerous” but “failed to inspect and close shut-off valves” upstream from a gas meter.
  The plaintiffs include the school’s president, who say
  
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• Attack in restaurant in northern Iraq kills Turkish diplomat

  17-07-2019 14:39
  IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — Turkey’s state-run news agency says a Turkish diplomat working at Ankara’s consulate in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil was killed during a shooting attack inside a restaurant there.
  Anadolu Agency says the shooting took place on Wednesday but did not provide further details. Local Iraqi Kurdish news outlet Rudaw said the restaurant is located on the airport road in Irbil.
  It was not immediately known if there were other casualties. Earlier, Turkish media re
  
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