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• Michigan State fires women’s rowing coach Matt Weise

  19-07-2019 23:58
  EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State has fired women’s rowing coach Matt Weise.
  Athletic department spokesman Matt Larson confirmed Friday that athletic director Bill Beekman told Weise on Tuesday that he wanted to go in a different direction with the program. Weise had spent 14 seasons as head coach and seven years as an assistant.
  Michigan State won Big Ten team titles in 2008 and 2009. The Spartans finished seventh at this year’s Big Ten rowing championships in May.
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• What to do about suspicious orders is focus in opioid case

  19-07-2019 23:57
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Two Ohio counties are asking a judge to find that drugmakers and distributors were not allowed to ship suspicious orders of controlled substances to pharmacies.
  The request from Cuyahoga and Summit counties came Friday among a flurry of filings in a case in which local governments seek to hold the drug industry accountable for a nationwide opioid crisis.
  The motions come days after a key set of data in the cases was made public. According to a Washington Post analysis
  
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• Eovaldi expected to rejoin Boston bullpen Saturday

  19-07-2019 23:45
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Nathan Eovaldi is poised to return to the Boston pitching staff as a reliever after missing three months with an elbow injury.
  The right-hander passed his final test Thursday, striking out the side in a one-inning rehab appearance with Triple-A Pawtucket. Barring any setback, Eovaldi will come off the 60-day injured list on Saturday in Baltimore.
  Signed as a free agent in December, Eovaldi made four starts for the Red Sox before being placed on the injured list on April 20
  
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• 1 killed, 4 injured when Alaska flight aborted on takeoff

  19-07-2019 23:41
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Authorities say one person was killed and four others were injured Friday morning when a floatplane’s takeoff was aborted with seven people on board.
  The incident occurred at the mouth of Tutka Bay south of Homer. The Coast Guard says there were three adults and four children aboard the plane.
  Homer Fire Chief Mark Kirko says one person is in critical condition and was flown out of town for treatment.
  The Federal Aviation Administration says the de Havilland
  
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• Diabetes may increase risk of heart failure in women

  19-07-2019 23:40
  Diabetes might increase the risk of heart failure– especially in women.
  That’s according to a new study of 12 million people conducted by researchers at The George Institute for Global Health in the U.K.
  It showed women with type one diabetes were five times more likely to develop heart failure than those without diabetes.
  The risk was only three times higher for men.
  The increased risk for heart failure among type two diabetics was 95 percent in women and 74 percent in men.
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• Verse averse: State poet laureate pick dropped after heat

  19-07-2019 23:33
  CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu is abandoning his pick for the state’s poet laureate amid growing criticism of the poet’s work and how he was chosen.
  Though he never formally nominated him, Sununu earlier this year chose Daniel Thomas Moran. Some say Moran is not qualified. The surfacing this week of a sexually suggestive poem Moran wrote about former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice only intensified criticism.
  Sununu’s spokesman said Friday the go
  
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• Besieged Puerto Rico governor goes silent amid protests

  19-07-2019 23:33
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — In the Spanish colonial fortress that serves as his official residence, Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló is under siege.
  Motorcyclists, hot-rodders, horse enthusiasts, celebrities and hundreds of thousands of ordinary Puerto Ricans are swarming to the entrance his La Fortaleza residence in Old San Juan, demanding he resign over a series of leaked online chats insulting women, political opponents and even the victims of Hurricane Maria. Rosselló h
  
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• ‘Queen of Saratoga’ Marylou Whitney dies at 93

  19-07-2019 23:28
  SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) — Philanthropist, socialite and horse-racing enthusiast Marylou Whitney, known as the “Queen of Saratoga,” has died at her Saratoga Springs estate after a long illness. She was 93.
  The New York Racing Association announced Whitney’s death on Friday at Saratoga Race Course.
  Whitney was among the most successful owners in thoroughbred racing. She opened her own stable after the death in 1992 of her husband, Cornelius Vanderbilt “Sonny&rdquo
  
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• A bad year for right whales: 2 more found dead off Canada

  19-07-2019 23:27
  The Canadian government says two more rare North Atlantic right whales have been found dead in the country’s waters, worsening a disastrous year for the marine mammals.
  Fisheries and Oceans Canada says the causes of the animals’ deaths aren’t yet known.
  Officials say a necropsy will take place for one of the animals Sunday in Quebec. That whale was spotted in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
  The other whale was first seen off Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, and was identified Friday.
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• 3 minor leaguers suspended for positive drug tests

  19-07-2019 23:25
  NEW YORK (AP) — Minnesota pitcher Jesus Medina, Arizona shortstop Teofilo Mendez and free agent pitcher Wandy Moya have been suspended 72 games each under baseball’s minor league drug program following positive tests for the performance-enhancing drug Stanozolol.
  Medina, a 17-year-old right-hander, was 0-2 with a 7.13 ERA in two starts and six relief appearances this year for the Dominican Summer League Twins.
  Mendez, also 17, hit .170 with one homer and seven RBIs in 25 games for th
  
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• Former West Virginia bishop disciplined by pope

  19-07-2019 23:24
  WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston in West Virginia says Pope Francis has issued disciplinary action against its former bishop.
  The diocese posted the pope’s decision on its website, saying former bishop Michael Bransfield can’t live within the diocese, can’t participate in any public celebration of the liturgy and must make amends “for some of the harm he caused.”
  A church investigation found sexual misconduct accusations
  
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• HSSA has over 150 cats waiting for their forever families

  19-07-2019 23:22
  This summer, the Humane Society of Southern Arizona (HSSA) has experienced an increase in the number of pets coming into the shelter.…
  
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• 11-week-old puppies abandoned in Phoenix dumpster find new homes

  19-07-2019 23:18
  PHOENIX (KPNX) – Three rescued 11-week-old puppies now have forever homes.
  The Arizona Humane Society said five Chihuahua-mix dogs were left for dead in a hot Phoenix dumpster earlier this week. Two did not survive, but the three females did. The pups were adopted Thursday.
  The story was especially compelling for Tina Williams, who lost her 9-year-old dog, Sweet Pea, in 2012 on the same day the dogs were rescued from the dumpster.
  “She was my spirit animal,” Williams said
  
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• Rare albino alligator dies at South Carolina Aquarium

  19-07-2019 23:17
  CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — An extremely rare albino alligator that lived at the South Carolina Aquarium has died.
  The aquarium posted on its Facebook page that the 22-year-old alligator named Alabaster had passed away Friday morning. He had lived at the aquarium in Charleston since 2009.
  South Carolina Aquarium spokeswoman Caroline Morris told The Post and Courier that Alabaster was believed to be one of about 50 albino gators in the world.
  Staff at the aquarium said they noticed Alabaster sh
  
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• Ruling keeps alive Abu-Jamal’s lawsuit over hepatitis drugs

  19-07-2019 23:12
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A federal appeals court is keeping alive a lawsuit brought by Mumia Abu-Jamal, convicted of killing a Philadelphia police officer in 1981, over his lack of access in prison to hepatitis drugs.
  The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday upheld a lower-court decision that Corrections Department employees were not immune to being sued over their decisions regarding the 65-year-old Abu-Jamal.
  Abu-Jamal says his initial denial of treatment with two anti-virial drugs
  
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• Algeria wins African Cup title, beats Mane’s Senegal 1-0

  19-07-2019 23:00
  CAIRO (AP) — Algeria has won the African Cup of Nations, beating Senegal 1-0 in the final with a deflected goal in the opening seconds by striker Baghdad Bounedjah.
  Bounedjah’s shot on Algeria’s first attack deflected off Senegal defender Salif Sane and looped over goalkeeper Alfred Gomis at Cairo International Stadium.
  The goal was timed at 79 seconds — the fastest in an African Cup final for at least 39 years — and delivered Algeria just a second African title and
  
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• Florida officers find 2 horses starving, arrest owner

  19-07-2019 22:59
  EUSTIS, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a Florida man has been charged with animal cruelty after officers discovered two horses he owned were so thin their bones were exposed beneath their skin.
  WFTV reported Friday that 39-year-old Kyle Brower was arrested in Eustis, Florida.
  An arrest report said an animal control officer traveled to the home earlier this month after someone reported a very thin horse lying in a pasture. A veterinarian was called to the home and determined one of the horses
  
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• Plastic or paper? Trump campaign weighs in on straw debate

  19-07-2019 22:56
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The president and his reelection campaign are mocking efforts to replace plastic straws with paper ones and turning that disdain into a fundraising gimmick.
  The president’s 2020 campaign manager, Brad Parscale, tweeted that he was “so over paper straws. #LiberalProgress.”
  He says liberals would do the same to the economy: “Squeeze it until it doesn’t work.”
  Later, Parscale tweeted a link to the campaign’s online store, where suppo
  
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• Algeria wins African Cup of Nations by beating Senegal 1-0 with goal in opening seconds.

  19-07-2019 22:55
  CAIRO (AP) — Algeria wins African Cup of Nations by beating Senegal 1-0 with goal in opening seconds.
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• Kings hire WNBA’s Lindsey Harding as assistant coach

  19-07-2019 22:49
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Sacramento Kings have hired former WNBA player Lindsey Harding as an assistant and player development coach on Luke Walton’s staff.
  The team also hired Stacey Augmon and Rico Hines on Friday.
  Harding played nine years in the WNBA before working as a pro personnel scout and then player development coach for the Philadelphia 76ers. She becomes the latest woman to serve as a coach in the NBA, joining others like Boston’s Kara Lawson, San Antonio&rsquo
  
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• N Carolina judges keep alive lawsuit against voter ID law

  19-07-2019 22:48
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina judges are keeping alive a lawsuit that challenges the state’s new photo voter identification law as discriminating against racial minorities, but the court won’t stop IDs from being required in upcoming elections as the case grinds ahead.
  Voters last November passed a constitutional amendment requiring voter ID. A three-judge state panel ruled Friday that the six voters challenging the resulting law presented enough evidence to keep going.
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• Judge orders R. Kelly moved to New York for court hearing

  19-07-2019 22:42
  CHICAGO (AP) — A judge has ordered R&B singer R. Kelly to be transferred from Chicago to New York City for an Aug. 2 hearing on federal sex charges.
  Judge Harry Leinenweber issued the transfer order on Thursday.
  Kelly was already facing state sexual abuse charges in Illinois when he was arrested July 11 on federal indictments in Chicago and New York. He is being held in a Chicago jail without bond.
  Among other accusations, prosecutors allege that the Grammy-award winner had sex with un
  
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• Rangers agree to contract terms with new defenseman Trouba

  19-07-2019 22:40
  NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Rangers have agreed to terms with restricted free agent defenseman Jacob Trouba, who they acquired from Winnipeg in a major offseason trade.
  The deal reached Friday with Trouba, 25, is for seven years and $56 million, with an $8 million salary cap hit for the upcoming season. He is expected to anchor the team’s defense.
  A 2012 first-round draft pick by the Jets, Trouba set career highs in points (50) and assists (42) last season.
  A 6-foot-3, 202 pounds, T
  
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• CBP seizes pot, meth east of Lukeville

  19-07-2019 22:39
  TUCSON – Federal authorities say they have arrested five suspected drug smugglers, and seized several backpacks containing drugs in the desert about 30 miles east of Lukeville.
  U.S. Border Patrol agents worked with the assistance of a CBP helicopter crew from Air and Marine Operations during the operation on July 12.
  Border Patrol says the smugglers illegally entered the U.S. at about 7:00 a.m., and agents tracked the group on the ground, while AMO units searched via air.
  Authorities say t
  
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• Guatemala’s highest court blocks proposed amnesty law

  19-07-2019 22:38
  GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala’s highest court has ruled against a legislative proposal to grant amnesty for human rights abuses during the country’s 1960-1996 civil war.
  The bill had failed to gain final approval in Congress, but was not completely dead.
  The Constitutional Court voted Friday to grant a provisional injunction requested by rights activists against any attempt to change the existing law.
  According to international studies, the vast majority of the rights abuses
  
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• Pocket-sized shark squirts clouds of light from pockets

  19-07-2019 22:36
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A pocket-sized pocket shark found in the Gulf of Mexico turns out to be a new species.
  And the mysterious pouches that it’s named for? Scientists say they squirt little glowing clouds into the ocean.
  Researchers from around the Gulf and in New York have named the species the American pocket shark, or Mollisquama (mah-lihs-KWAH-muh) mississippiensis (MISS-ih-SIP-ee-EHN-sis).
  This 5.6-inch (142-millimeter) newborn male fished up in 2010 resembled a (16-inch) 400-mill
  
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• Why no hush-money charges against Trump? Feds are silent

  19-07-2019 22:33
  NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors in New York are remaining tight-lipped about their reasons for not pursuing additional charges in a hush-money scandal involving President Donald Trump.
  The House Oversight Committee sent a letter Friday to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Manhattan requesting information about the decision to close the case without charging anyone besides the president’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen.
  Prosecutors haven’t commented on their reasons for clos
  
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• Photos: Chasing storms in southern Arizona

  19-07-2019 22:28
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• Top negotiator Rick Shapiro leaves baseball players’ union

  19-07-2019 22:27
  NEW YORK (AP) — Rick Shapiro left his job as a top negotiator for the Major League Baseball Players Association on Friday after 9½ years.
  He worked as a consultant on salary arbitration starting in the 1980s and joined the staff full time in 2010, a month after Michael Weiner succeeded Donald Fehr as union head.
  Shapiro’s title was senior adviser to the executive director and he was a primary figure in preparing salary arbitration cases. He was heavily involved in collective b
  
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• Lawyers: Actor is a victim, special prosecutor unneeded

  19-07-2019 22:23
  CHICAGO (AP) — Lawyers for Jussie Smollett have filed motions contending that because the “Empire” TV actor was a victim a judge should reverse his appointment of a special prosecutor.
  Cook County Circuit Judge Michael Toomin last month named a special prosecutor to investigate why State’s Attorney Kim Foxx’s office dropped all charges alleging Smollett made up the attack to promote his career.
  Smollett’s defense attorneys in motions filed Friday said the case
  
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• Claytoon of the Day: Hate Your Face

  19-07-2019 21:55
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• Man sentenced in 2002 sexual assault cold case

  19-07-2019 21:18
  TUCSON – A man connected to a 2002 sexual assault cold case was sentenced to 35 years in prison Friday.
  Troy Ringwald is accused of sexually assaulting a woman in a remote area on Tucson’s east side.
  Ringwald was sentenced to 25 years in prison for the sexual assault and 10 for kidnapping charges. This sentence is consecutive to a 25-year sentence he is serving in Oklahoma.
  In 2018, Ringwald was arrested, charged, and extradited to Tucson thanks to DNA database evidence, officials sa
  
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• 1 dead after police shooting in west Alabama town

  19-07-2019 21:18
  ALICEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — A police shooting has left one person dead in the west Alabama town of Aliceville.
  Police Chief Tommie Jones tells news outlets the shooting happened about noon Friday. He says an officer fired to stop a vehicle near the city’s downtown area.
  Authorities haven’t said who was in the vehicle or released other details. But photos shared on social media show police vehicles around a vehicle along a street that’s blocked by yellow tape.
  Aliceville is a
  
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• Telescope standoff on Hawaii mountain goes into 5th day

  19-07-2019 21:11
  HONOLULU (AP) — Hundreds of protesters trying to stop the construction of a giant telescope on land some consider sacred continue to gather at the base of Hawaii’s tallest mountain.
  Protest leader Kaho’okahi Kanuha says Friday is shaping up to be another calm day. He says protesters have been bracing for law enforcement to show up in force ever since Gov. David Ige signed an emergency proclamation Wednesday giving authorities more control over access to the Big Island mountain.
  
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• ‘Hot weather means hot pavement’: Washington dog had pads of paws burned off during hike

  19-07-2019 21:10
  TODAY – A pet owner in Washington learned a scary lesson about animal safety during hot summer months.
  The unnamed owner was walking his dog, a golden retriever named Olaf, on an 85-degree day earlier this month. While the air temperature wasn’t very high, the hiking trail was searing — in fact, the ground was so hot that it burned Olaf’s paws down to the muscle.
  “(The owner) looked back and saw bloody paw prints,” said Jeannette Dutton, the practice mana
  
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• Agency says mining near Okefenokee poses ‘substantial risks’

  19-07-2019 21:09
  SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The federal agency that manages the vast wildlife refuge in the Okefenokee Swamp says a private company’s plan to mine minerals near the swamp edge could pose “substantial risks” to the environment.
  The written comments from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service were provided Friday to The Associated Press. The document was written in February after Alabama-based Twin Pines Minerals LCC submitted its proposal for mining titanium dioxide less than 4 miles
  
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• Russo brothers field questions from Avengers at Comic-Con

  19-07-2019 21:06
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — “Avengers: Endgame” directors Joe and Anthony Russo are doing a victory lap at San Diego Comic-Con Friday.
  The brothers reflected on their blockbuster being so close to matching “Avatar’s” all-time box office record and even fielded questions from some unlikely fans.
  “Avengers” stars Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo and Paul Rudd grilled their directors via video message on everything from who is the sm
  
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• Teen rapper Tay-K convicted of murder in Texas home invasion

  19-07-2019 21:01
  FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A Texas jury has convicted a teenage rapper of murder in the 2016 shooting death of a man during a home invasion.
  The Tarrant County jury on Friday found 19-year-old Taymor McIntyre of Arlington guilty for his role in the death of 21-year-old Ethan Walker at Walker’s home in Mansfield, southeast of Fort Worth.
  The man who shot Walker was sentenced last year to life in prison. Prosecutors have said McIntyre was charged with murder because he recruited the trig
  
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• Venezuelan teen blinded by police fire still wants to study

  19-07-2019 21:00
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A Venezuelan teenager who lost his eyesight when he was hit by police buckshot during a protest says he wants to continue studying.
  Wearing reflective sunglasses, 16-year-old Rufo Chacón also spoke briefly Friday about difficult living conditions in his home state of Táchira, where he was injured during a demonstration over a lack of cooking gas early this month.
  Chacón and his mother, Adriana Parada, talked with journalists in Caracas after t
  
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• Yankees manager Aaron Boone suspended a game for umpire rant

  19-07-2019 20:59
  NEW YORK (AP) — Yankees manager Aaron Boone has been suspended for one game for his rant that followed his ejection in a doubleheader opener against Tampa Bay.
  MLB executive Joe Torre also said Friday that Boone has been fined.
  Boone was ejected in the second inning Thursday for arguing from the dugout with rookie umpire Brennan Miller, who had called a third strike on Brett Gardner. Torre said Boone made contract with Miller during his profane rant, which was captured by television microp
  
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• US judge denies bail for ex-Peruvian president Toledo

  19-07-2019 20:55
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A United States judge has denied bail for former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo after prosecutors argued he was a flight risk and pointed out officials found a suitcase with $40,000 in cash during his arrest.
  Magistrate Judge Thomas S. Hixson on Friday ordered Toledo held pending an extradition hearing on July 26.
  Toledo’s attorney said the cash was his wife’s money and it was being used to pay for their expenses.
  U.S. Marshals detained Toledo at his N
  
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• Mueller probe witness now faces child sex trafficking charge

  19-07-2019 20:45
  ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A businessman who served as a key witness in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation now faces a charge of child sex trafficking in addition to transporting child pornography.
  An indictment made public Friday in federal court in Alexandria charges 60-year-old George Nader with transporting a 14-year-old boy from Europe to Washington, D.C., in February 2000 and engaging in sex acts with him.
  That charge comes on top of child pornography charges that had b
  
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• Universal to release 2 new films in its ‘Halloween’ saga

  19-07-2019 20:44
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Universal says it will release two new “Halloween” films, including one with the ominous title “Halloween Ends.”
  The studio said Friday that the first of the films, “Halloween Kills,” will be released in 2020 and the second film will come in 2021. A teaser video includes the voice of Jamie Lee Curtis, who starred in the original 1978 film and last year’s blockbuster sequel, “Halloween.” The video states the saga of Cu
  
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• Firefighters clearing along forest road ahead of wildire

  19-07-2019 20:42
  PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) — Fire crews Friday cleared brush along a forest road in front of a wildfire and also worked along its edges while trying to keep it away from homes.
  The fire started Sunday by lightning about 16 miles (26 kilometers) south of Prescott by Friday grew to 11.4 square miles (29.5 square kilometers) while burning trees, brush and grass.
  Fire managers said crews used chain saws, bulldozers and other equipment worked ahead and east of the fire as they cleared along Forest Ro
  
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• Crews battle Arizona fire, clear brush on forest road

  19-07-2019 20:42
  PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) — Fire crews have been working to keep a fire from homes as they clear brush along a forest road.
  Lightning sparked the fire Sunday about 16 miles (26 kilometers) south of Prescott. It had grown Friday to 11.4 square miles (29.5 square kilometers) while burning trees, brush and grass.
  Fire managers say crews used chain saws, bulldozers and other equipment to work ahead of and east of the fire as they worked to clear Forest Road 52, also known as Senator Highway. Other
  
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• Operator of oil tanker says it’s unable to contact ship approached by helicopters and vessels in Strait of Hormuz.

  19-07-2019 20:31
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Operator of oil tanker says it’s unable to contact ship approached by helicopters and vessels in Strait of Hormuz.
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• Back to school spending expected to hit record heights

  19-07-2019 20:27
  (NBC News) The average household spending for back to school is hitting record heights, with a big chunk of that going towards tech.
  According to the National Retail Federation, consumers are going to spend about $1,673 on back-to-school items this year, which is about a three percent increase from 2018.
  When you break it down, that’s almost $700 on average for K-12 and nearly $1,000 for back to college.
  But forget the pencils and notebooks, electronics will be the big-budget buster this
  
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• Suspect shot in south side officer-involved shooting identified

  19-07-2019 20:19
  TUCSON – Tucson Police Department has identified the person shot in Wednesday’s officer-involved shooting.
  According to TPD, a vehicle was pulled over in the parking lot of a McDonald’s located at 5225 S. Palo Verde Rd. near Benson Highway in reference to a civil traffic infraction. When the responding officers approached the vehicle on foot, the driver, later identified by police as 37-year-old Vincent Linarez, quickly fled the scene, prompting a police pursuit.
  Police say Lin
  
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• 2 workers die after being trapped in grain silo

  19-07-2019 20:12
  TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A shipping business in Ohio says two workers died after they were trapped in a silo filled with grain.
  The workers became trapped Friday morning inside the silo operated by The Andersons in Toledo.
  A Toledo fire department spokesman says rescue crews spent nearly two hours trying to reach the men. He says at one point they were able to make contact with one of the workers.
  Rescue crews had brought in special equipment to try to stop the grain from collapsing on the men.
  
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• Iran’s Revolutionary Guard says it has seized British oil tanker in Strait of Hormuz

  19-07-2019 20:08
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s Revolutionary Guard says it has seized British oil tanker in Strait of Hormuz .
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