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• Country star Thomas Rhett announces 3rd daughter on the way

  23-07-2019 23:58
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country singer Thomas Rhett will have a trio of daughters as he announced on social media that his wife is pregnant with another girl.
  Rhett on Tuesday posted a photo of his other two daughters, Willa Gray and Ada James, posing with their hands on his wife Lauren Akins’ belly. He added that he was “excited to share that I will now be paying for 3 weddings.”
  Rhett, who won male artist of the year twice at the Academy of Country Music Awards, often w
  
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• Prosecutors: 3 men hacked US servers from Romania

  23-07-2019 23:57
  ATLANTA (AP) — Federal prosecutors in Georgia say three men who hacked U.S. computers from Romania have been sentenced to U.S. prison for a fraud scheme totaling more than $21 million.
  U.S. Attorney Byung J. “BJay” Pak in Atlanta says sentences range from more than four years to more than eight years for the men, who all are from Ploiesti (ploy-ESH-tee), Romania.
  A news release says they installed bulk emailing and interactive voice software that tricked people into thinking th
  
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• The Latest: Esper sworn in as new secretary of defense

  23-07-2019 23:52
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the confirmation of Mark Esper as defense secretary (all times local):
  5:50 p.m.
  Mark Esper has been sworn in as the next U.S. defense secretary, ending the longest period in Pentagon history that it has gone without a confirmed leader.
  President Donald Trump said Tuesday that “there’s no one more qualified to lead the department” than Esper. He called Esper “outstanding in every way.”
  Esper is a former secretary of the Army who
  
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• N4T School Supply Drive: Amphitheater Unified School District

  23-07-2019 23:51
  TUCSON- News 4 Tucson continued its 3rd annual News 4 Tucson School Supply Drive Tuesday at Amphitheater Unified School District’s La Cima Middle School. 
  Leslie Ferre is a teacher at the school and said that she is always looking for supplies.
  “My first year, a month in I already had a reputation of, ‘I’ll take that!’ So I never say no to anything unless it would be unsafe for the students.”
  Ferre teaches STEM classes and helps students use their mi
  
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• Flood Advisory issued July 23 at 2:49PM MST until July 23 at 4:45PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  23-07-2019 23:49
  The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a
  * Urban and Small Stream Flood Advisory for…Santa Cruz County in southeastern Arizona…
  * Until 445 PM MST.
  * At 246 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due tothunderstorms occuring across portions of Santa Cruz County. Manyof these areas saw rainfall in excess of one half inch over thelast 24 hours. This additional rainfall is expected to cause urbanand small stream flooding in the advisory area.
  * Some locations that will
  
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• Jaguars put Lee, Robinson, Armstead on PUP list before camp

  23-07-2019 23:45
  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Jacksonville Jaguars will open training camp with two offensive starters and a rookie on the physically unable to perform list.
  The Jaguars placed veteran receiver Marqise Lee, left tackle Cam Robinson and fifth-round draft pick Ryquell Armstead on the PUP list Tuesday, two days before they open camp. Lee tore several ligaments in his left knee in a preseason game last August. Robinson tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in Week 2.
  Armstead in
  
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• Malls struggle while airport stores thrive

  23-07-2019 23:44
  More retailers are focusing on winning customers at the one place where people reliably shop: airports.
  When it comes to shopping, malls are struggling but airport stores are soaring.
  More big brands are opting to invest in airports, hoping travelers will give in to impulse buys.
  Research firm NPD Group found on average travelers have nearly an hour of free time in an airport before their flight and that translates to about 30 minutes of shopping time.
  Airport shoppers are attracted to unique o
  
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• Yonder Alonso brought up to Rockies from Triple-A

  23-07-2019 23:43
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Yonder Alonso has been brought up to the Colorado Rockies from Triple-A Albuquerque.
  The 32-year-old was signed to a minor league contract on July 10, a week after he was released by the Chicago White Sox from a contract he signed with Cleveland. That deal guaranteed $9 million this season and included a $1 million buyout of a 2020 option.
  Alonso hit .419 (13 for 31) in nine games for Albuquerque with three doubles, one triple, two home runs, and 12 RBIs.
  Colorado is the
  
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• Recovered body ID’d as Lake Pleasant drowning victim in May

  23-07-2019 23:43
  PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities have identified the body of a man who drowned in Lake Pleasant two months ago.
  Maricopa County Sheriff’s officials say the body of 49-year-old Ronald Hylton was found July 13 southeast of Roadrunner Island by a boater at the lake located about 40 miles (64 kilometers) north of Phoenix.
  The body was taken to the county Medical Examiner’s Office and was positively identified as Hylton.
  Sheriff’s officials say at this time in the investigation, all
  
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• John Prine postpones shows due to stent surgery

  23-07-2019 23:37
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Americana singer-songwriter John Prine is postponing several shows this summer so he can have surgery to insert a stent to prevent a stroke.
  A statement on Prine’s website on Tuesday said Prine’s doctors told him he had an elevated risk of stroke and he plans to have the surgery this week. Prine, who was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in June, has previously also had surgeries for lung and neck cancer.
  The 72-year-old has postponed his next e
  
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• MMA great Anderson Silva becomes US citizen

  23-07-2019 23:36
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mixed martial arts great Anderson “Spider” Silva of Brazil has become a U.S. citizen in a naturalization ceremony in Los Angeles.
  The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services welcomed Silva and about 8,000 other people as they took their oaths of citizenship during two mass ceremonies Tuesday at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
  The 44-year-old Silva was joined by an adult son and daughter who also were naturalized.
  Silva had the longest title reign as UFC
  
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• ICE releases US citizen, 18, wrongfully detained at border

  23-07-2019 23:36
  HOUSTON (AP) — A U.S.-born 18-year-old has been released from immigration custody after wrongfully being detained for more than three weeks.
  Francisco Erwin Galicia left a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Pearsall, Texas, on Tuesday. His lawyer, Claudia Galan, confirmed he had been released, hours after The Dallas Morning News first reported about his case.
  Galan says Galicia lives in the border city of Edinburg and was traveling north with friends when they wer
  
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• Youth hiring event coming to Tucson area

  23-07-2019 23:35
  Nearly a dozen businesses have already committed to attending a Pima County youth hiring event taking place next Wednesday afternoon.From 1 to 3 p.m. on July 31 at Pima County’s Youth One-Stop Employment Center, 320 N. Commerce Park Loop, residents ages 16 to 24 are invited and asked to come dressed in their best clothes with a resume containing contact information.The hiring event is sponsored by Pima County’s Community Services, Employment and Training Department, which is the admi
  
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• Pot decriminalization, tax revenue proposed at federal level

  23-07-2019 23:32
  A new proposal to decriminalize and tax marijuana at the federal level has been introduced in Congress.
  The bill introduced Tuesday has high-profile sponsors in Sen. Kamala Harris of California and U.S. House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler of New York, both Democrats.
  The proposal would remove marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act, authorize federal taxes on state-level marijuana sales and create a process to expunge past federal pot convictions.
  The tax revenue would be used to genera
  
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• Hawaii governor asks local mayor to lead protester talks

  23-07-2019 23:31
  HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Gov. David Ige is asking Hawaii County’s mayor to lead efforts to find common ground with protesters blocking the construction of a giant telescope at the summit of the state’s tallest mountain.
  The governor last week indicated he was willing to talk to protesters, who have prevented construction vehicles and crews from reaching Mauna Kea’s summit since July 15. But Tuesday’s statement is the first public step he’s taken toward that end.
  
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• Boxing Hall to induct female boxers, shorten wait period

  23-07-2019 23:31
  CANASTOTA, N.Y. (AP) — The International Boxing Hall of Fame is making changes to its voting process, shortening the retirement time for consideration and creating two categories for female fighters.
  The categories for female boxers are Trailblazer, boxers whose last bout was no later than 1988, and Modern, those whose last contest came no earlier than 1989. Both female and male boxers must be retired for at least three years before the end of the calendar year in which voting takes place,
  
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• NowThis site makes business of tweaking Fox News

  23-07-2019 23:29
  NEW YORK (AP) — Some of the most pointed media criticism out there lets its subjects do the talking.
  The website NowThis has attracted attention with videos that illustrate inconsistences by Fox News personalities. One posted Tuesday contrasts how the network treated Michelle Obama with her successor as first lady, Melania Trump.
  Others show the differences in how Fox covered each administration’s use of executive orders and relations with North Korea.
  Fox suggests some of the videos
  
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• The Latest: Agency promises ‘fair-minded’ probe on Big Tech

  23-07-2019 23:20
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on U.S. regulation of technology companies (all times local):
  6:25 p.m.
  The Justice Department says its new review of Big Tech’s market power will delve into competition “in an objective and fair-minded manner.”
  The agency says it wants to ensure that Americans have access to free markets and that companies compete on merits. The Justice Department says it will take into account the “widespread concerns” about social media, search
  
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• Champion bodybuilder turns himself in on Utah rape charges

  23-07-2019 23:10
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A champion bodybuilder accused of raping a woman has turned himself in after an arrest warrant was issued earlier this month.
  Court records indicate Shawn Rhoden attended a court hearing Tuesday in a Salt Lake City suburb and was booked into a county jail. He remained behind bars Tuesday afternoon. His bail was lowered to $250,000, down from $750,000 in the July 11 arrest warrant.
  The 2018 winner of the Mr. Olympia bodybuilding competition in Nevada is charged with ra
  
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• US now says it ‘engaged’ 2 Iranian drones, not 1

  23-07-2019 23:06
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military says that when it destroyed an Iranian drone last week over the Strait of Hormuz, it also took aim at a second drone.
  Iran denies it lost any drones.
  U.S. Central Command says that one Iranian drone crashed into the sea after the USS Boxer took what Central Command called “defensive action” against it last Thursday. It said the Boxer also “engaged” a second Iranian drone at the same time, but could not confirm it was destroyed.
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• Pakistan PM says Taliban may soon release 2 hostages

  23-07-2019 23:05
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan says the Taliban may soon release two hostages as talks progress on a peace deal for Afghanistan.
  The prime minister is on a three-day visit to Washington.
  Khan told President Donald Trump that Pakistan will have “good news” soon about the two hostages.
  American Kevin King and Australian Timothy Weeks both taught at American University in Kabul. They were captured by the Taliban in August 2016.
  The post Pakistan PM says Talib
  
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• Mexico finds 150 migrants in trailer without food, water

  23-07-2019 23:03
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Federal police in Mexico have found 150 migrants who had been kept in the freight compartment of a truck without food or water for days.
  The migrants included 66 minors and 36 women. They were mainly from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, but included six from Ecuador.
  The Public Safety Department said Tuesday that police pulled the truck over on a highway in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz after the driver failed to keep to his lane and almost hit a police patrol ca
  
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• Justice Department opens sweeping antitrust review of major technology companies

  23-07-2019 23:03
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Department opens sweeping antitrust review of major technology companies.
  The post Justice Department opens sweeping antitrust review of major technology companies appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• Tucson woman gets 20-year prison term in fatal hit-and-run

  23-07-2019 23:02
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A Tucson woman accused of driving impaired in a fatal hit-and-run crash in 2017 has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.
  Pima County prosecutors say 32-year-old Erin Eman was sentenced Monday.
  In May, Eman pleaded guilty to the second-degree murder charge and various other offenses related to the July 2017 car crash that led to the death of 21-year-old Hannah Parkhurst.
  A jury also found Eman guilty of aggravated DUI, leaving the scene of an accident, criminal damage,
  
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• The Latest: Enbridge officials want time to review lawsuit

  23-07-2019 23:02
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Latest on a Native American tribe’s lawsuit to force Enbridge Inc. to remove sections of a pipeline that runs across a Wisconsin reservation (all times local):
  4 p.m.
  Enbridge Inc. officials aren’t saying much about a lawsuit that members of a Native American tribe in Wisconsin have filed seeking to force the Canadian company to remove sections of a pipeline that runs across their reservation.
  Enbridge spokeswoman Juli Kellner says the company has only
  
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• Phoenix Suns sign big man Diallo to multiyear deal

  23-07-2019 23:01
  PHOENIX (AP) — The Phoenix Suns have signed big man Cheick Diallo to a multiyear contract.
  Terms of the deal announced Tuesday were not disclosed.
  The 22-year-old Diallo played the past three seasons with New Orleans, averaging 6.0 points and 5.2 rebounds while shooting 62%. He played in seven playoff games during the Pelicans’ run to the 2018 Western Conference semifinals.
  Diallo was drafted by the Los Angeles Clippers out of Kansas with the 33rd overall pick of the 2016 NBA draft.
  
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• Report: FTC will say Facebook misled users about privacy

  23-07-2019 22:55
  The Washington Post is reporting that the Federal Trade Commission will allege that Facebook misled users about its privacy practices as part of an expected settlement.
  The federal business watchdog will reportedly find that Facebook deceived users about how it handled phone numbers it asked for as part of a security feature and provided insufficient information about how to turn off a facial recognition tool for photos.
  Advertisers were reportedly able to target users who provided their phone n
  
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• Judge orders improvements at county jail in Georgia

  23-07-2019 22:49
  ATLANTA (AP) — A U.S. judge has ordered officials in a metro Atlanta county to improve conditions at a local jail where women with mental health problems say they are subject to prolonged solitary confinement.
  Judge William Ray issued a preliminary injunction Tuesday requiring Fulton County Sheriff Theodore Jackson to permit women at South Fulton jail to have one hour of recreation time and two hours of free time each day.
  The judge also told Jackson and other officials to come up with a p
  
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• Chiefs expecting Hill in camp; Jones’ status still uncertain

  23-07-2019 22:49
  ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs expect wide receiver Tyreek Hill to report to training camp with the rest of the veterans this week, though whether star defensive tackle Chris Jones joins him remains to be seen.
  Chiefs coach Andy Reid said Tuesday the organization has been in touch with Jones’ representatives, but he’s unsure where things stand in their contract discussions. Jones is entering the final year of his rookie deal and is seeking a lucrative, long-term
  
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• FDA warns top marijuana company for making CBD health claims

  23-07-2019 22:39
  U.S. regulators have issued a warning to a leading marijuana company for making unproven health claims about CBD.
  The Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday it has warned Curaleaf Inc., of Wakefield, Massachusetts, for illegally selling unapproved drugs. The agency says Curaleaf’s claims could lead people to delay medical care for serious conditions like cancer.
  Curaleaf operates in 12 states. The company says it will work with the FDA to resolve the issues.
  CBD is a compound found
  
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• ‘Anonymous’ data might not be so anonymous, study shows

  23-07-2019 22:37
  We’ve all done it: When signing up for an account online, we’ve clicked “I agree” to have our data sold to third parties. It will be anonymized, we’re assured, and only a small percentage of data will be made available to others.
  But how secure can we be that our personal data can’t be traced back to us? That’s the central question that a team of researchers at Université catholique de Louvain in Belgium and Imperial College London sought to answe
  
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• ICE arrests 35 in operation targeting 2,000 migrants with deportation orders

  23-07-2019 22:31
  Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested 35 people as part of an operation targeting families with deportation orders, officials said Tuesday, a number far lower than the 2,000 targeted in the highly publicized raids touted by President Donald Trump.
  Of those 35 arrested, 18 were members of families with court-ordered removal orders targeted by the operation and 17 were collateral arrests of people found during enforcement actions, ICE Acting Director Matthew Albence said during a news telec
  
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• N Carolina, feds end look into voting-machine ownership

  23-07-2019 22:30
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Federal authorities found nothing troubling about voting-machine makers largely owned by private equity firms that don’t disclose their investors, so North Carolina elections officials are certifying which can do business in the state.
  The State Board of Elections said Tuesday it could decide this weekend which of three companies meets its criteria.
  After the state board’s demand , all three private companies disclosed their executives and equity funds as c
  
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• Bertens drops only 1 game in Palermo opener

  23-07-2019 22:19
  PALERMO, Sicily (AP) — Top-seeded Kiki Bertens rolled to a 6-0, 6-1 win over Ekaterine Gorgodze in the opening round of the Palermo Ladies Open on Tuesday.
  Italian wild card Sara Errani, a two-time champion and two-time runner-up in Palermo, was beaten by Hungarian qualifier Fanny Stollar 6-1, 3-6, 6-4.
  Also, Jasmine Paolini eliminated sixth-seeded Laura Siegemund; eighth-seeded Jil Teichmann defeated Daria Gavrilova 7-6 (3), 7-5; and Irina-Camelia Begu beat Croatian qualifier Tereza Mrdez
  
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• Sinema says she’s focused on avoiding topics of disagreement

  23-07-2019 22:18
  PHOENIX (AP) — Sen. Kyrsten Sinema says in her first Senate floor speech that she won’t focus on areas where people disagree.
  The Arizona Democrat said Tuesday that “spending energy on the latest tweet, the latest insult and petty politics simply doesn’t move the needle for everyday people.”
  Sinema took office in January after becoming the first Democrat in three decades to win a U.S. Senate seat in Arizona.
  She has largely avoided discussing President Donald Trump
  
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• Vikings CB Holton Hill gets another 4-game suspension

  23-07-2019 22:10
  EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Vikings cornerback Holton Hill has been suspended for an additional four games, this time for violation the NFL’s policy and program on substances of abuse.
  Hill will be out of action for the first half of the season, having previously received a four-game ban the league handed him in April for violation of the policy on performance-enhancing drugs. The NFL announced this punishment on Tuesday, three days before the full squad takes the field for the fir
  
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• UPS adds pickup spots at retailers, seeks to fly more drones

  23-07-2019 22:06
  NEW YORK (AP) — UPS is responding to the growth in online shopping and pressures for speedy delivery by seeking to expand its drone deliveries and adding thousands of new spots where customers can pick up packages.
  The Atlanta-based package delivery giant says it is adding 12,000 new package pickup locations inside CVS, The Michaels Co. and Advance Auto Parts stores. The new locations will bring to 21,000 the number of pickup points UPS has in the U.S. and to 40,000 globally.
  It also annou
  
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• Man pleads guilty to vandalizing Cape Hatteras Lighthouse

  23-07-2019 22:01
  CAPE HATTERAS, N.C. (AP) — The National Park Service says a North Carolina man has pleaded guilty to vandalizing the more than century-old Cape Hatteras Lighthouse by carving initials into its bronze door with a pocketknife.
  A park service news release Tuesday said 39-year-old Jamie Lester Underwood of Winston-Salem etched the letters “SEF” into the door while visiting the landmark last year on North Carolina’s Outer Banks. A park official says the initials represented on
  
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• Another son says he should guide Aretha Franklin estate

  23-07-2019 22:01
  PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — Aretha Franklin’s sons disagree about who should manage what could be a multimillion-dollar estate.
  Attorneys for Theodore White II last week told a Michigan judge in a court filing that White should be named co-executor, or personal representative, along with Franklin’s niece, Sabrina Owens.
  Owens has had that role since the singer’s death last year, when a will couldn’t be found. The subsequent discovery of handwritten wills has left control
  
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• Guilty plea in fraud case; megachurch pastor awaits trial

  23-07-2019 21:59
  SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A Louisiana investment adviser has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in a $3.5 million case that also involves a minister who was once spiritual adviser to former President George W. Bush.
  The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Shreveport says 55-year-old Gregory Alan Smith pleaded guilty Tuesday and is scheduled for sentencing Dec. 11.
  That’s nine days after the scheduled start of trial for Kirbyjon Caldwell, who officiated at the 2008 wedding of
  
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• Police: Man intending to visit Taylor Swift’s home arrested

  23-07-2019 21:57
  WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) — Police in Rhode Island have arrested an Iowa man they say intended to visit singer Taylor Swift’s beachfront mansion in the state and was carrying a backpack containing a baseball bat and items commonly used in burglaries.
  Westerly Chief Shawn Lacey tells The Sun of Westerly that 32-year-old David Page Liddle, of Des Moines, Iowa, was arrested Friday after residents reported a suspicious man at a boat yard near Swift’s home.
  Lacey says Liddle told officers
  
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• Senate passes bill ensuring 9/11 victims fund will never run out of money

  23-07-2019 21:55
  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks at a news conference on behalf of 9/11 victims and families, Friday, July 12, 2019, at the Capitol in Washington. The House is expected to approve a bill Friday ensuring that a victims’ compensation fund for the Sept. 11 attacks never runs out of money. Entertainer and activist Jon Stewart, listens at left. (AP Photo/Matthew Daly)
  By Dareh Gregorian and Frank Thorp V
  The Senate passed a bill Tuesday to ensure a fund to compensate victims of the Sept.
  
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• Bengals sign WR Tyler Boyd to 4-year contract extension

  23-07-2019 21:53
  CINCINNATI (AP) — Receiver Tyler Boyd signed a four-year contract extension on Tuesday, coming off his breakthrough season with the Cincinnati Bengals.
  Boyd was a second-round pick out of Pittsburgh in 2016 and was entering the final year on his contract. The extension runs through the 2023 season.
  He had a breakout season in 2018, when A.J. Green was sidelined by a toe injury. Boyd led the team with 76 catches and 1,028 yards receiving, both career highs. He also tied for the team lead wi
  
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• Trial date reset for ammo maker trial in Vegas shooting case

  23-07-2019 21:52
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Trial is being postponed for an Arizona man accused of illegally manufacturing bullets sold to the gunman who staged the Las Vegas Strip shooting in 2017.
  U.S. District Judge James Mahan reset Douglas Haig’s trial for Dec. 9 after both sides sought more time to prepare.
  Trial had been scheduled Aug. 12 in Las Vegas, although Haig’s lawyers have asked to move the proceedings to Reno or pick a jury from throughout the state.
  They argue that jurors can’t fai
  
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• Senate approves bill to extend 9/11 victims fund

  23-07-2019 21:51
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has given final legislative approval to a bill ensuring that a victims’ compensation fund related to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks never runs out of money.
  The 97-2 vote sends the bill to President Donald Trump, who is expected to sign it.
  The vote came after Democratic senators agreed to allow votes on amendments sponsored by two Republican senators who had been blocking the widely popular bill. The Senate easily defeated the amendments proposed by GOP Sen
  
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• Senate approves bill ensuring Sept. 11 victims’ fund never runs out of money, sends measure to Trump

  23-07-2019 21:47
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate approves bill ensuring Sept. 11 victims’ fund never runs out of money, sends measure to Trump.
  The post Senate approves bill ensuring Sept. 11 victims’ fund never runs out of money, sends measure to Trump appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• Bengals owner Mike Brown opposes 18-game schedule proposal

  23-07-2019 21:47
  CINCINNATI (AP) — Bengals owner Mike Brown opposes an 18-game regular season in the NFL that would include players sitting out a couple of weeks.
  Brown said Tuesday that he likes the current 16-game format. He doubts that the regular season will expand because of the players’ objections.
  One proposal would eliminate two preseason games while extending the regular season by two. Teams would rest players for two regular season games so that nobody would play in more than 16. Brown call
  
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• Redskins release LB Mason Foster on eve of camp

  23-07-2019 21:43
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Washington Redskins have released inside linebacker Mason Foster on the eve of training camp.
  Agent Blake Baratz confirmed the surprise move Tuesday on Twitter . Baratz blasted the Redskins for having “zero good faith” and tweeted that Foster couldn’t get a straight answer about why he was cut.
  A team spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the tweets.
  Foster was Washington’s starting middle linebacker last seaso
  
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• The Latest: DePaul disappointed by NCAA punishment

  23-07-2019 21:38
  CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on the NCAA punishment of DePaul over a men’s basketball recruiting violation (all times local):
  2:25 p.m.
  DePaul has issued a statement saying the university is disappointed by the NCAA’s punishment over a men’s basketball recruiting violation.
  Coach Dave Leitao has been suspended for the first three games of the regular season and the Big East program is on three years of probation.
  The school says it self-reported the issue and called it an &l
  
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• BYU guard Nick Emery announces retirement from basketball

  23-07-2019 21:38
  PROVO, Utah (AP) — BYU guard Nick Emery said Tuesday he is retiring from basketball following a college career that began with high expectations but that ended with him at the center of an NCAA investigation.
  Emery used social media to announce he is stepping away with a year of eligibility still remaining.
  The school confirmed the retirement.
  Emery made a splash right away at BYU, averaging a career-best 16.3 points per game during his first season and setting a BYU freshman record with 9
  
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