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• Raiders sign WR De’Mornay Pierson-El

  18-07-2019 23:57
  ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) — The Oakland Raiders have signed free agent receiver De’Mornay Pierson-El.
  The Raiders waived receiver Saeed Blacknall on Thursday to make room for Pierson-El on the roster.
  Pierson-El most recently played for Salt Lake in the Alliance of American Football. Before joining the AAF, Pierson-El spent time with Washington after being signed as an undrafted free agent and also played briefly with Montreal in the CFL.
  Pierson-El played four seasons in college at Nebra
  
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• Florida man pleads guilty in teen’s murder, gets 13 years

  18-07-2019 23:51
  MIAMI (AP) — A 70-year-old Florida man has been sentenced to 13 years in prison after pleading guilty to murdering a teenage girl, dumping her body in a trash bin and burning it.
  Armando Botell of Miami struck a plea deal Thursday with the approval of Romina Fernandez’s parents. Fernandez was 17 when she was strangled in Miami in 2014. Her parents declined to make a statement to the judge.
  Homicide investigators told The Miami Herald they were disappointed with the deal. Botell&rsquo
  
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• Nneka Ogwumike scores 13 of her 22 points in 3rd, Sparks win

  18-07-2019 23:47
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nneka Ogwumike scored 13 of her 22 points in a decisive third quarter to help the Los Angeles Sparks beat the Dallas Wings 69-64 on Thursday.
  Los Angeles trailed by as many as 16 points in the first half, then outscored Dallas 24-9 in the third to take its first lead, 52-51, since 11-10. Chelsea Gray highlighted the fourth with a no-look pass in the lane to Ogwumike for a 63-59 lead.
  Chiney Ogwumike added 12 points, and Gray had 11 points, nine rebounds, four assists and
  
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• EPA defends pesticide linked to brain damage in children

  18-07-2019 23:44
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is rejecting legal challenges by environmental groups seeking a ban of a pesticide linked to brain damage in children.
  The EPA’s defense Thursday comes in response to an environmental group’s federal court fight to force the agency to ban the pesticide chlorpyrifos (klor-PEER’-ih-fahs).
  Scientists say studies show chlorpyrifos damages the brains of fetuses and children. The pesticide had been widely used nationally, bu
  
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• Adopt This Pet: Meet Lulu!

  18-07-2019 23:38
  There is another pet looking for it’s forever home, Meet Lulu!
  Lulu the dog from the Humane Society of Southern Arizona
  Lulu is a four-year-old girl who loves being with people. She is described by her friends at the Humane Society of Southern Arizona as a little clumsy and very goofy. She does well with other dogs similar in size and older kids.
  If you are interested in meeting or adopting Lulu, you can visit her at HSSA’s main campus at 635 W. Roger Rd. You can also give an adoptio
  
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• Haynesworth thanks new ‘family’ of potential kidney donors

  18-07-2019 23:36
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Former Tennessee Titans All-Pro defensive lineman Albert Haynesworth has recovered enough to receive treatment outside a hospital as his search for a new kidney continues.
  The 38-year-old Haynesworth posted an update Thursday on Instagram of his first dialysis treatment outside the hospital, thanking staff at Williamson Medical Center for draining more than 12 pounds of fluids from in and around his lungs.
  Haynesworth also thanked everyone supporting him through his
  
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• Report: Newspaper chains Gannett, GateHouse in merger talks

  18-07-2019 23:31
  NEW YORK (AP) — Two of the country’s largest newspaper companies are in “advanced talks” to combine.
  That’s according to a Wall Street Journal report that cites unidentified people familiar with the matter.
  The Journal says that Gannett Co., the owner of USA Today, and GateHouse Media, the owner of the Austin American-Statesman, Palm Beach Post and many papers in small- and mid-sized towns, are nearing a deal that would have GateHouse or its parent buy Gannett.
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• 2nd man pleads guilty to falsely labeling foreign crab

  18-07-2019 23:29
  NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — A Virginia man has pleaded guilty for his role in falsely labeling foreign crab meat as fresh Chesapeake blue crab.
  Federal prosecutors said Thursday in a statement that 42-year-old Michael P. Casey pleaded guilty to conspiring with his father, James Casey, who owned Casey’s Seafood in Newport News. The elder Casey was sentenced in January to two years in prison.
  G. Zachary Terwilliger is the U.S. Attorney for Virginia’s Eastern District. He says the cr
  
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• Mike DiMuro retires, Chad Whitson becomes fulltime MLB ump

  18-07-2019 23:27
  NEW YORK (AP) — Mike DiMuro, among two father-son duos to work home plate in a major league no-hitter, is retiring after two decades as an umpire.
  He is being replaced on the big league staff by Chad Whitson, the commissioner’s office said Thursday.
  The 51-year-old DiMuro made his major league debut at second base in Boston’s game at Kansas City on July 31, 1997, and became a fulltime member of the big league staff in 1999. Bothered by back problems in recent years, he has not
  
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• El Salvador judge gives new charges for El Mozote massacre

  18-07-2019 23:25
  SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — A Salvadoran judge has ruled that a group of former members of El Salvador’s military, including leaders of the armed forces, will face new charges related to the 1981 El Mozote massacre.
  A judge in San Francisco Gotera, a town northeast of the capital, told 13 of the 17 ex-military officials on trial that they will also be tried for crimes of torture, forced disappearance and forced displacement that occurred during the war.
  The massacre in which 989
  
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• Utah boy promotes ‘Ice cold beer’ at root beer stand

  18-07-2019 23:24
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah boy is earning widespread social media attention for his neighborhood soda stand thanks to a sign he holds that reads, “Ice cold beer” with “root” above the word beer in tiny print.
  Brigham City Police Lt. Tony Ferderber said Thursday that several residents in the northern Utah city called police concerned about a young boy selling alcohol in front of a church. Officers realized that it was just a clever marketing ploy and posted picture
  
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• Reds place 2 more catchers on the injured list

  18-07-2019 23:23
  CINCINNATI (AP) — The Cincinnati Reds are down to their fourth and fifth catchers after placing two more on the injured list on Thursday.
  Curt Casali went on the 10-day injured list with a right knee sprain that manager David Bell said could keep him out for as long as a month. Casali is expected to spend two weeks wearing a brace.
  Kyle Farmer was placed on the seven-day concussion list after taking two foul balls off his mask in the ninth inning of Tuesday’s game against the Cubs in
  
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• Trial of ex-Flynn business partner allowed to go forward

  18-07-2019 23:12
  ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A judge is allowing the trial of a one-time business partner of former national security adviser Michael Flynn to go forward even though he says the evidence is weak.
  Prosecutors rested their case Thursday in the trial of Bijan Kian . He is accused of failing to register as a Turkish foreign agent when he and Flynn undertook a contract to discredit Fethullah Gulen, a Turkish cleric who has drawn the ire of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
  Defense lawyers moved
  
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• The Latest: Telescope protest enters 4th day after arrests

  18-07-2019 23:12
  HONOLULU (AP) — The Latest on protests of a telescope on Hawaii mountain (all times local):
  11:10 a.m.
  A protest against construction of a Hawaii telescope has entered its fourth day as activists block a roadway to the top of a mountain considered sacred by some Native Hawaiians.
  The action Thursday comes a day after 33 people were arrested, many of them elderly.
  Activists have fought the $1.4 billion Thirty Meter Telescope in courts and on the streets for years, but the latest protest cou
  
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• Instagram expands hidden ‘like’ test to more countries

  18-07-2019 23:12
  Instagram is expanding its ‘hiding likes’ test in several more countries.
  The company says the test hopes to “focus on the photos and videos you share, and not how many likes they get.”
  The goal is to make users feel less judged.
  Currently, Instagram users can see a running tally of people who have liked a post.
  However, the trial only shows a “liked by user name and others” underneath posts, instead of the total number of likes.
  Users will still be able to s
  
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• Tucson man convicted of child sexual abuse

  18-07-2019 23:07
  TUCSON – A man awaits sentencing after being convicted of sexually assaulting a child on Tuesday.
  Christopher James Preston, 52, of Tucson and member of the Tohono O’odham Nation, was found guilty of two counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child.
  Preston is being held in custody pending sentencing. He is expected to be sentenced on Sept. 26.
  According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the evidence presented during the trial showed that in the summer of 1998, Preston sexually ab
  
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• 2 North Carolina ‘History on a stick’ signs found

  18-07-2019 23:03
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — An agency in charge of North Carolina historical markers says two of five markers recently reported missing have been recovered.
  More than 1,600 of the markers known as “history on a stick” stand along state roads, telling the stories of people and places that shaped the past.
  North Carolina Highway Historical Markers says the two signs on Harkers Island were found thanks to the Carteret County Sheriff’s Office and rangers from the Cape Lookout Nation
  
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• US military brings back remains from World War II battle

  18-07-2019 23:02
  HONOLULU (AP) — The U.S. military has brought back the remains of more than 20 servicemen killed in one of the bloodiest battles of World War II.
  An Air Force cargo plane flew the remains from Tarawa atoll in the remote Pacific island nation of Kiribati (KEE-ree-bas) to Hawaii on Wednesday. Marines carried flag-draped caskets off the plane for a ceremony.
  The remains are among those discovered in March by History Flight, a nonprofit organization that searches for the remains of U.S. servic
  
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• Officials announce new identification of 9/11 victim remains

  18-07-2019 22:58
  NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities have identified the remains of another 9/11 victim found at the World Trade Center.
  The New York City medical examiners’ office on Thursday said the woman is the 1,644th person to be identified nearly 18 years after hijackers crashed airplanes into the trade center’s twin towers in 2001.
  The victim’s name, which is being withheld, was confirmed through DNA testing of remains recovered in 2002.
  It’s the second new identification of a World
  
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• Boeing to take a $4.9 billion charge over grounded jet

  18-07-2019 22:57
  DALLAS (AP) — Boeing says it will take a $4.9 billion charge to cover possible compensation to airlines whose Max jets remain grounded after two deadly accidents.
  Boeing said Thursday that the after-tax charge will cause a $5.6 billion reduction in revenue and pre-tax earnings for the April-through-June quarter. Boeing is scheduled to report financial results next week.
  Airlines around the world have canceled thousands of flights since March, when regulators grounded the Boeing 737 Max and
  
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• Royals hold off White Sox 6-5 to sweep 4-game series

  18-07-2019 22:52
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Cheslor Cuthbert and Jorge Soler homered in a five-run third inning and the Kansas City Royals stayed hot Thursday, completing a four-game sweep of the Chicago White Sox with a 6-5 win.
  Ian Kennedy gave up a run in the ninth, but struck out A.J. Reed looking with the tying run on second base to clinch the win and earn his 16th save in 19 opportunities.
  The four-game winning streak is Kansas City’s longest of the season and just the Royals’ second series
  
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• UNLV: Rebels assistant Cotton waiting for heart transplant

  18-07-2019 22:41
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — UNLV offensive coordinator Barney Cotton is awaiting a heart transplant and will not coach on the field this season.
  Rebels coach Tony Sanchez says in a news release issued Thursday by the school that the 62-year-old Cotton is in Omaha, Nebraska, and on a waiting list to receive a heart. Cotton is an Omaha native and former University of Nebraska assistant coach. He served as interim head coach for the Cornhuskers in 2014 after Bo Pelini was fired.
  Cotton joined Sanchez&rs
  
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• Huggies puts dads on its diaper boxes for first time

  18-07-2019 22:41
  (CNN) –  Huggies has finally caught on.
  For the first time ever, the company is featuring dads with babies in ads and packaging.
  This is quite a shift for the company that once got criticism for ads that portrayed fathers as disconnected from their kids.
  There are seven different box designs in the new premium diaper line, three with men and babies, and four with women and babies.
  The new diapers touts plant-based ingredients, leak protection and “ultimate softness.”
  
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• Syrian refugee indicted on charges he plotted to bomb church

  18-07-2019 22:32
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — A federal grand jury is accusing a Syrian refugee of plotting to bomb a Christian church in Pittsburgh to inspire Islamic State of Iraq followers.
  The jury handed up a three-count indictment Wednesday against 21-year-old Pittsburgh resident Mustafa Mousab Alowemer.
  He’s charged with attempting to provide material support and resources to the Islamic State of Iraq and two counts of distributing information about an explosive, destructive device, or weapon of mass des
  
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• The Latest: Arkansas state police ID sheriff’s deputy killed

  18-07-2019 22:30
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Latest on a sheriff’s deputy killed in a shooting in northern Arkansas (all times local):
  3:30 p.m.
  Arkansas State Police have identified a sheriff’s deputy killed in a shooting in northern Arkansas as Sergeant Mike Stephen.
  State Police spokesman Bill Sadler said Stephen responded to a domestic welfare check at a house in Leslie, about 77 miles (124 kilometers) from Little Rock, around 8:40 Thursday morning. Shortly after talking with a woman outsi
  
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• Harper, Hoskins rally Phillies past Dodgers with 4-run 7th

  18-07-2019 22:27
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bryce Harper tied the game in his Phillie Phanatic headband with an RBI single and Rhys Hoskins ripped a two-RBI single in the seventh inning to rally the Philadelphia Phillies to a 7-6 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday.
  All eyes have been on Harper this season since he signed a $330 million, 13-year free-agent contract before the season. Harper ingratiated himself with his new team on opening day when he wore Phanatic cleats . He took Phanatic fashion to
  
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• CDC: 27 states affected by dog treats with salmonella

  18-07-2019 22:27
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration are investigating a multi-state outbreak of Salmonella infections linked to contact with pig ear dog treats.
  The CDC reported Wednesday, that there are now a total of 93 people infected with the outbreak of Salmonella in 27 states.
  Twenty people have been hospitalized but no deaths have been reported.
  The FDA says Salmonella discovered in pig ear treats can infect people — either from handling the treats,
  
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• Missouri man fined for pointing laser at Brady during game

  18-07-2019 22:26
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man has been fined $500 for pointing a laser at New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady during the AFC championship with the Kansas City Chiefs in January.
  KMBC reports Dwyan Morgan pleaded guilty Wednesday to a misdemeanor, disturbing the peace. He will pay the fine with no jail time.
  Footage of the game showed a green light flashing on Brady late in the Patriots’ 37-31 overtime win on Jan. 20 at Arrowhead Stadium. Prosecutors say Brady was unaw
  
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• Iowa governor’s aide now says Tupac email not tied to ouster

  18-07-2019 22:24
  IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A spokesman for Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds now says a mass email praising rapper Tupac Shakur wasn’t the reason Reynolds ousted an agency director.
  Reynolds spokesman Pat Garrett was asked last week whether the June 14 agency-wide email from Department of Human Services Director Jerry Foxhoven was tied to the governor’s request that Foxhoven immediately resign the next work day.
  Garrett said only that a “number of factors” prompted the governor&rs
  
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• Ecuador has first same-sex marriage, following court ruling

  18-07-2019 22:21
  QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — A lesbian couple has married in Ecuador in the first same-sex wedding since a landmark ruling last month by the country’s highest court.
  Michelle Avilés and Alexandra Chávez were wed Thursday at the civil registry office in the coastal city of Guayaquil. They say they will have a party to celebrate the occasion in November.
  Avilés says she knows that some people disapprove of gay weddings, but that she and Chávez have a normal life li
  
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• Clerk fired after confrontation with Hispanic customers

  18-07-2019 22:17
  CHICAGO (AP) — A suburban Chicago gas station clerk has been fired after a video posted on social media appeared to show him telling Hispanic customers to “go back to their country.”
  The general counsel for the parent company of Bucky’s Mobil gas station in Naperville says the employee was initially suspended after the video of the Tuesday incident was posted. He was fired late Wednesday after company officials reviewed store surveillance video.
  Stephen Kalhorn of Buchana
  
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• State’s unemployment rate unchanged at 4.9 percent in June

  18-07-2019 22:13
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.9 percent in June as the labor force increased by nearly 10,400 from the previous month while the state’s economy lost 44,600 nonfarm jobs.
  The Arizona Commerce Authority said the public sector accounted for 41,800 of the jobs lost in June while the private sector lost 2,800 jobs.
  Four economic sectors added jobs while five lost jobs.
  The trade, transportation and utilities had the biggest gain with
  
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• Chris Sale snaps Fenway losing streak, beats Blue Jays 5-0

  18-07-2019 22:13
  BOSTON (AP) — Chris Sale and two relievers combined on a two-hitter, and the Boston Red Sox left-hander struck out 12 in six innings Thursday for his first regular-season win at Fenway Park in more than a year with a 5-0 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays.
  Sale (4-9) gave up both hits and walked two to earn his first victory anywhere in a month and his first at home since July 11, 2018 — a span of 14 starts. It was his 11th game this season with 10 or more strikeouts.
  Rafael Devers h
  
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• Home under construction collapses, 2 workers killed

  18-07-2019 22:08
  SUNSET, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a South Carolina home under construction has collapsed during a thunderstorm, killing two construction workers.
  Pickens County Emergency Management Deputy Director Pierce Womack said two other workers were hurt in the collapse around 2 p.m. Thursday on the home on Lake Keowee near Sunset.
  Womack says a storm with lightning and high winds was moving through during the collapse. He said emergency crews had to cut down fallen trees and avoid downed power li
  
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• Heat prompts NYRA to cancel racing Saturday at Saratoga

  18-07-2019 22:08
  SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) — The New York Racing Association has canceled Saturday’s card of racing at Saratoga Race Course due to excessive heat forecast for eastern New York.
  The National Weather Service is predicting a heat index as high as 110 degrees. Training will be permitted Saturday on both the main track and Oklahoma training track in the normally cooler temperatures in the morning.
  The last time an entire racing card was canceled at Saratoga because of extreme heat was Au
  
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• Braves recall Wright, bring Inciarte off injured list

  18-07-2019 22:07
  ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Braves have recalled right-hander Kyle Wright from Triple-A Gwinnett to start Thursday night’s game against the Washington Nationals.
  The Braves also reinstated outfielder Ender Inciarte from the 10-day injured list. Inciarte has been out since May 15 with a lumbar strain. He is starting in center field against Washington, with Ronald Acuña Jr. moving to left field.
  The team optioned right-handers Bryse Wilson and Huascar Ynoa to Gwinnett.
  Wright had
  
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• 20 years in prison for Florida man who posted bomb guides

  18-07-2019 22:01
  MIAMI (AP) — A Florida man has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for posting bomb-making instructions on websites frequented by extremist groups such as the Islamic State.
  A Miami federal judge imposed the maximum sentence Thursday on 34-year-old Tayyab Tahir Ismail, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Pakistan. The FBI says Ismail posted bomb instructions last year on five occasions and that they were accurate.
  Ismail’s lawyers had sought a lenient sentence, arguing he suffer
  
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• Anderson’s hit in 9th lifts Marlins past Padres 4-3

  18-07-2019 21:58
  MIAMI (AP) — Brian Anderson doubled home the winning run with one out in the ninth inning, and the Miami Marlins earned their first walkoff victory of the year by beating the San Diego Padres 4-3 on Thursday.
  The score was 3-all when Garrett Cooper singled in the ninth against Trey Wingenter (1-3). Pinch runner Yadiel Rivera stole second and scored without a play on Anderson’s hit into the left field corner.
  The Marlins were 1 for 13 with runners in scoring position before Anderson c
  
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• New Hampshire sets tough drinking water standards for PFAS

  18-07-2019 21:56
  CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire legislative committee has voted to approve some of the nation’s toughest drinking water standards for a class of toxic chemicals that have caused widespread contamination and sparked health concerns.
  The committee on Thursday approved three measures allowing standards for compounds known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, collectively called PFAS, to go into effect.
  New Hampshire is proposing a maximum of 12 parts per trillion for one of the
  
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• 2 horses killed at Del Mar in collision during training

  18-07-2019 21:54
  DEL MAR, Calif. (AP) — Two horses have been killed in a collision at Del Mar during training on the second day of its 2019 season.
  The track says the accident occurred Thursday morning when the horse Charge A Bunch threw rider Geovanni Franco, turned sharply and collided with Carson Valley.
  Carson Valley’s rider, jockey Assael Espinoza, was taken to a hospital for evaluation but Franco was not injured.
  Carson Valley’s trainer, Bob Baffert, says it was a freak accident beyond an
  
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• Stevens’ body to lie in repose at Supreme Court on Monday

  18-07-2019 21:53
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says the body of former Justice John Paul Stevens will lie in repose at the court on Monday.
  Stevens died on Tuesday at age 99. He served nearly 35 years as a justice before retiring in 2010.
  Members of the public can pay their respects from 10:30 a.m. to 8 p.m., following a private ceremony in the court’s Great Hall.
  Stevens will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery in a private service the next day. He will be the 13th justice buried at Arlin
  
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• Iran FM Zarif hopeful tensions with US can be resolved

  18-07-2019 21:53
  NEW YORK (AP) — Iran’s foreign minister says he believes the Islamic Republic and the United States were only “a few minutes away from a war” after Iran shot down an American spy drone last month. But the diplomat says he remains hopeful that escalating tensions might somehow be resolved.
  In a wide-ranging discussion with U.S.-based media on the sidelines of a visit to the United Nations, Mohammad Javad Zarif also said that Iran could reverse recent moves to surpass urani
  
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• Southwest Ranger involved in motorcycle crash near Oracle, Glenn

  18-07-2019 21:50
  TUCSON – An Southwest Ranger officer was involved in a crash near Oracle and Glenn roads Tuesday afternoon.
  According to Tucson Police Department, minor injuries were sustained in the crash. Police say the other driver involved in the incident stayed at the scene.
  TPD said this crash involved a motorcycle.
  Accident near Glenn Street and Oracle Road / Google Maps
  No roads were closed in connection to the incident.
  Stay with News 4 Tucson for the latest updates.
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• Illinois man convicted of killing scholar from China to serve life sentence after jurors can’t agree on death penalty

  18-07-2019 21:47
  PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — Illinois man convicted of killing scholar from China to serve life sentence after jurors can’t agree on death penalty.
  The post Illinois man convicted of killing scholar from China to serve life sentence after jurors can’t agree on death penalty appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• UEFA takes Mechelen out of Europa League for match-fixing

  18-07-2019 21:42
  NYON, Switzerland (AP) — UEFA has removed Mechelen from the Europa League group stage after reviewing its investigation of alleged match-fixing in Belgium last year.
  UEFA says its appeals body overturned a decision from Monday to admit the Belgian cup winner.
  The new decision follows a sports court in Belgium upholding an earlier disciplinary verdict of the national soccer federation that Mechelen fixed a top-tier league game on the last day of the 2017-18 season.
  The court’s ruling
  
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• Netflix subscriber drop hints of streaming-service fatigue

  18-07-2019 21:37
  NEW YORK (AP) — A drop in U.S. subscribers to Netflix following a price increase raises the question of how much people are willing to pay for streaming services. Especially as a host of new ones, from Disney, NBCUniversal, and others heads their way.
  Netflix said Wednesday that it lost 126,000 U.S. subscribers in the second quarter, when it boosted the price of its most popular subscription plan from $11 to $13. But analysts say a weak quarter from the sector’s dominant player isn&r
  
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• Tom Cruise surprises Comic-Con with ‘Top Gun’ sequel trailer

  18-07-2019 21:36
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Tom Cruise has made an unexpected flyby at San Diego Comic-Con to debut the first trailer for “Top Gun: Maverick.”
  The audience in the 8,000 seat room went wild for Cruise Thursday afternoon. He closed out what had been billed only as a panel for “Terminator: Dark Fate.”
  Cruise says all the flying in the trailer is real and that “Top Gun: Maverick” is a love letter to aviation. They worked with the Navy for the film, which is currently i
  
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• Suspected Islamic State member brought to US for prosecution

  18-07-2019 21:36
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration says it has brought home for prosecution a U.S. national suspected of fighting alongside the Islamic State group in Syria.
  The Pentagon said in a statement Thursday that the individual had previously been held by Syrian Democratic Forces as a suspected member of IS.
  The identity of the person was not immediately disclosed, and it wasn’t immediately clear where in the U.S. the individual had been brought.
  U.S. officials have been encouraging
  
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• It’s an orangutan! Endangered species born at Audubon Zoo

  18-07-2019 21:29
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Audubon Zoo has announced the birth of a critically endangered Sumatran orangutan.
  The mother is longtime resident Feliz. The father is Jambi , a male brought from Germany last fall.
  The species has been drastically reduced by hunting and habitat destruction.
  Zoo spokeswoman Lauren Messina Conrad says veterinarians don’t yet know the baby’s sex. Zookeepers are keeping a close eye on mother and baby because the first 72 hours are when orangutans learn to n
  
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• The Latest: Man who killing scholar pleased his life spared

  18-07-2019 21:25
  PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — The Latest on the sentencing deliberations in scholar’s slaying (all times local):
  3:25 p.m.
  A man convicted of slaying a visiting Chinese scholar dropped his head when he heard that his own life would be spared, smiled and looked to see his mother say that she loved him.
  Brendt Christensen’s will serve a sentence of life in prison because a federal jury said Thursday it could not unanimously agree he should receive the death penalty in the 2017 abduction, r
  
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