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• SKorea: NKorea fires 2 unidentified projectiles into sea

  24-07-2019 23:59
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says North Korea has launched two identified projectiles into the sea off its east coast.
  The South’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the projectile launch came from an area near the eastern city of Wonsan on Thursday.
  It said the projectiles flew 430 kilometers
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• Seahawks add needed depth, sign veteran DT Earl Mitchell

  24-07-2019 23:59
  RENTON, Wash. (AP) — The Seattle Seahawks added needed depth on their defensive line by signing tackle Earl Mitchell on the eve of training camp.
  Mitchell’s signing came two days after the Seahawks learned they would be without Jarran Reed for the first six games of the season. Reed was suspended for violating the league’s personal conduct policy.
  The 32-year-old Mitchell spent the past two seasons with San Francisco, starting 28 of 30 games played. He had 33 tackles in 2017 an
  
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• Judge rejects racketeering claims against President Trump

  24-07-2019 23:57
  NEW YORK (AP) — A judge has rejected claims that President Donald Trump and his three eldest children broke federal racketeering laws when people lost money in a marketing company Trump promoted, though she let state claims proceed.
  Wednesday’s ruling by U.S. District Judge Lorna Schofield came after several individuals sued Trump, saying he falsely reassured them he had adequately researched the company, known as ACN.
  Plaintiffs’ attorney Roberta Kaplan cheered the survival of
  
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• 2 boats with invasive mussels quarantined at Lake Tahoe

  24-07-2019 23:55
  RENO, Nev. (AP) — Boat inspectors recently prevented two vessels infested with invasive mussels from launching at Lake Tahoe.
  The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency said Wednesday both boats were quarantined until they could be decontaminated.
  Chris Kilian of the Tahoe Resource Conservation District says it’s a stark reminder of why inspections are mandatory at Lake Tahoe.
  Inspectors say they found about 100 invasive mussels — many suspected to be alive — in the hull of a pow
  
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• Turkey: Belarusian diplomat shot and wounded by neighbor

  24-07-2019 23:54
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish officials say a diplomat from Belarus was shot by a neighbor who later committed suicide. The incident did not appear to be politically motivated.
  Ankara Gov. Vasip Sahin says diplomat Alexander Poganshev was taken to a hospital to undergo surgery after being attacked by a retired military officer in the Turkish capital Wednesday. He says the shooting arose from a personal dispute between the two.
  Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told reporters after visiting
  
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• Lawyer: Doctor says Maricopa mom incompetent to stand trial

  24-07-2019 23:54
  FLORENCE, Ariz. (AP) — A lawyer for a Maricopa woman accused of abusing five of her seven adopted children says her competency to stand trial is in question.
  Machelle Hobson’s attorney told a Pinal County Superior Court judge at Wednesday’s status hearing that a doctor has concluded after a psychological evaluation that she isn’t competent.
  The Casa Grande Dispatch reports a second doctor is scheduled to evaluate Hobson.
  The case is essentially on hold until the competenc
  
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• Estranged husband of missing mother wants charges dropped

  24-07-2019 23:53
  STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — The estranged husband of a missing Connecticut mother of five wants two charges against him dropped.
  Attorney Norm Pattis on Wednesday filed a motion in Stamford Superior Court arguing there is “no basis in evidence or law” to charge his client Fotis Dulos with hindering prosecution and tampering with evidence.
  The motion comes exactly two months after Jennifer Dulos disappeared after dropping her children off at school.
  The case has attracted media atten
  
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• South Korea says North Korea has fired two unidentified projectiles into the sea

  24-07-2019 23:49
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says North Korea has fired two unidentified projectiles into the sea.
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• Mexico rights agency files torture complaint against police

  24-07-2019 23:49
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s governmental Human Rights Commission has filed criminal complaints against 119 police officers, prosecution agents and other officials for allegedly torturing or abusing suspects in the case of 43 missing students from a teachers college.
  Police seized the students in the Guerrero state city of Iguala in 2014 and allegedly handed them over to a drug gang. Prosecutors say the gang then killed the students and their bodies were burned and tossed into a river
  
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• Diego Maradona has surgery on right knee

  24-07-2019 23:46
  BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Diego Maradona had surgery on his right knee, the first of two procedures recommended by his doctors.
  Maradona’s attorney Matías Morla said the retired Argentine soccer great underwent the procedure on Wednesday at the Olivos private clinic in Buenos Aires.
  The 58-year-old Maradona resigned as coach of Mexico’s second-division team Dorados de Sinaloa in the middle of June.
  His doctors told him he needed knee and shoulder surgeries to keep w
  
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• Grandal, Hader lift Brewers over Reds 5-4 to avoid sweep

  24-07-2019 23:45
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — Yasmani Grandal hit a go-ahead, two-run single in the fifth inning, Ryan Braun and Keston Hiura hit home runs, and the Milwaukee Brewers held off the Cincinnati Reds 5-4 on Wednesday.
  Grandal grounded a single to left on a 3-2 fastball with two out and the bases loaded against Reds left-hander Amir Garrett. That gave the Brewers a 5-4 lead and the bullpen shut down the Reds.
  Josh Hader struck out five over two scoreless innings and Freddy Peralta pitched the ninth for his
  
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• Trump associate proved invaluable FBI source, records show

  24-07-2019 23:42
  NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has unsealed court records that confirm a former business associate of President Donald Trump cooperated extensively with the FBI on matters ranging from organized crime to Al Qaida.
  But the documents made public this week do not shed new light on Felix Sater’s relationship with Trump and their work on New York City real estate projects before he ran for president.
  The records relate to Sater’s 1998 racketeering conviction and the following decad
  
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• Madoff seeks sentence reduction for epic Ponzi scheme

  24-07-2019 23:41
  NEW YORK (AP) — Epic Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff is seeking an early release from prison.
  The Department of Justice confirmed on Wednesday that Madoff has a pending request to get his 150-year sentence reduced.
  It was unclear when the 81-year-old Madoff made the bid for President Donald Trump to commute his sentence. The lawyer who represented him in his criminal case declined comment on Wednesday.
  Madoff pleaded guilty in 2009 to orchestrating the largest Ponzi scheme in history. He swin
  
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• State fair remembers moon landing with butter astronauts

  24-07-2019 23:39
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The moon may be made of cheese, but these astronauts are made of butter.
  The Ohio State Fair is commemorating the 50th anniversary of the moon landing with life-size butter sculptures of Neil Armstrong and his fellow astronauts.
  Gov. Mike DeWine opened the 166th edition of the fair Wednesday morning with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Afterward, the Republican governor toured the fairgrounds and stopped by this year’s annual butter display.
  The display features a li
  
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• Correction: Parolees-Homicide Cases story

  24-07-2019 23:37
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — In a story July 25 about Pennsylvania parolees arrested in homicide cases, The Associated Press, relying on information from the state Department of Corrections, reported erroneously that 93 parolees had been arrested last year for murder. The Department of Corrections now says that number includes parolees also arrested last year for attempted murder in addition to murder.
  A corrected version of the story is below:
  Charges against parolees in 6 homicides spur state
  
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• Charges against parolees in 6 homicides spur state review

  24-07-2019 23:37
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Six homicides allegedly committed by five Pennsylvania parolees over the past two months, including the slayings of two children and a Pittsburgh police officer, have struck a chord in the ranks of law enforcement and the state’s prisons agency.
  Calling the crimes “horrendous,” state Secretary of Corrections John Wetzel told The Associated Press on Wednesday his agency will review the parolees’ history in prison and under parole supervision an
  
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• $5 billion fine doesn’t mark the end of Facebook’s troubles

  24-07-2019 23:00
  Facebook will pay a $5 billion fine for privacy violations and will be subject to broader oversight, but ongoing probes in Europe and the U.S. could present even bigger headaches for the company.
  The FTC fine is by far the largest the agency has levied on a technology company. The settlement also comes with restrictions and government oversight.
  Facebook for a decade had largely been trusted to regulate itself and keep its 2.4 billion users’ interests at heart. Then came Russian meddl
  
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• Corrective: Oro Valley-Death Investigation story

  24-07-2019 22:58
  ORO VALLEY, Ariz. (AP) — In a story July 24, The Associated Press erroneously reported that a woman returned to the scene of an Oro Valley house party before dying in an accidental fall. Police say she did not return to the party and instead drove to a different location several miles away for an unknown reason.
  An updated version is below:
  Police in Oro Valley say they have confirmed the death of a woman that first appeared to be suspicious was actually the result of an accidental fall.
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• 2 dead in small plane crash in rural Georgia pecan orchard

  24-07-2019 22:33
  AMERICUS, Ga. (AP) — Authorities say two people are dead after a small plane crashed in a pecan orchard in south Georgia.
  Col. Eric Bryant of the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office told reporters the crash Wednesday morning scattered debris over an area the size of a football field. He said officials are working to identify the two people aboard the plane who died.
  Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen says the plane crashed right after it took off from nearby Jimmy
  
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• Mueller dismisses Trump’s claims of Russia probe exoneration

  24-07-2019 22:32
  Former special counsel Robert Mueller, is sworn in before he testifies before the House Judiciary Committee hearing on his report on Russian election interference, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Wednesday, July 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert Mueller on Wednesday bluntly dismissed President Donald Trump’s claims of total exoneration in the federal probe of Russia’s 2016 election interference, telling Congress he explicitly did not clear the presiden
  
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• Burn-out vehicle found amid hunt for Canada murder suspects

  24-07-2019 22:30
  TORONTO (AP) — Canadian police say the suspects in the murders of an American woman and her Australian boyfriend as well as the death of another man in northern British Columbia left a burnt-out vehicle two provinces over in Manitoba.
  Royal Canadian Mounted Police Cpl. Julie Courchaine said Wednesday a burned vehicle they were travelling in was found in the remote northern town of Gillam.
  Police had said Monday they were searching for 19-year-old Kam McLeod and 18-year-old Bryer Schmegelsk
  
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• Baby born July 11 at 7:11 p.m. at 7 pounds, 11 ounces gets college money from 7-Eleven

  24-07-2019 22:24
  By Scott Stump, TODAY
  A couple from St. Louis got a gift on 7-Eleven Day this year that was much better than a free Slurpee.
  Rachel Langford and Johntez Brown welcomed a baby girl they nicknamed “lady lucky” after J’Aime Brown was born on July 11 (7/11) at 7:11 p.m., weighing exactly 7 pounds and 11 ounces. 7-Eleven then made sure that wasn’t the only good news from the day.
  7-Eleven has given a special gift to the family of J’Aime Brown, a baby girl born
  
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• Mexican authorities find 21 bodies buried in yard of house

  24-07-2019 22:22
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Prosecutors in western Mexico say 21 bodies have been found in excavations carried out in the yard of a house near the city of Guadalajara.
  Jalisco state prosecutors say that a possible burial site at the house was detected earlier this month and that excavations over several days yielded the bodies.
  In May, authorities discovered the remains of at least 34 people at two separate properties in Jalisco state.
  Such clandestine burial sites are frequently used by drug carte
  
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• Facebook says it is under FTC antitrust probe

  24-07-2019 22:20
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook says it is under antitrust investigation by the Federal Trade Commission.
  The company said Wednesday that it was informed of the investigation in June. On Tuesday, the Department of Justice also announced a broad antitrust probe of technology companies. That announcement did not specify what companies the agency was looking into, though broad antitrust concerns have long swirled around Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google.
  The investigations are part of a broad,
  
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• Rendon’s shot lifts Nats over Rockies in doubleheader opener

  24-07-2019 22:15
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Adam Eaton and Anthony Rendon homered, and the Washington Nationals beat the Colorado Rockies 3-2 in the first game of a doubleheader Wednesday.
  Washington has won 22 of 31 home games and improved to 35-15 overall since May 24, the best record in the majors in that span. Colorado has dropped eight of nine and 15 of 18 to slide seven games under .500 for the first time since April 15.
  The matinee was a makeup of Monday’s postponement. Wednesday’s originally sch
  
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• Police: Death of 19-year-old woman ruled accidental

  24-07-2019 22:11
  ORO VALLEY, Ariz. – The death of a 19-year-old woman was ruled accidental and the result of a fall, authorities confirmed Wednesday.
  According to Oro Valley’s investigation, Caitlin Flanagan attended a part on Sunday, July 21 and left in her vehicle at approximately 2 a.m. She reportedly forgot her phone with a friend at the party.
  Police say Flanagan is observed on video arriving alone at a closed business at 8950 N. Oracle Rd on Sunday at about 2:45 a.m. She attempted to enter the
  
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• The Latest: California gets time on bids to reorganize PG&E

  24-07-2019 22:10
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Latest on Pacific Gas & Electric’s bankruptcy (all times local):
  1:10 p.m.
  A federal judge has granted a two-week period for California officials to develop a way to evaluate competing bids to restructure Pacific Gas & Electric and pull it out of bankruptcy.
  Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration and state regulators requested the time Wednesday to work with PG&E Corp. and two groups of investors who want to take over the troubled utility.
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• Facebook says it’s under antitrust investigation by U.S. Federal Trade Commission

  24-07-2019 22:09
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook says it’s under antitrust investigation by U.S. Federal Trade Commission.
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• Ex-law enforcement official sentenced for helping son flee

  24-07-2019 22:07
  FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A former California Highway Patrol assistant chief and his estranged wife were sentenced to probation for helping their son flee the country during his rape trial in 2012.
  The Fresno Bee reports Wednesday that a retired judge sentenced Kyle and Gail Scarber on Friday to six months of probation and community service. They must pay $10,000 in restitution.
  The Scarbers agreed in June 2018 to plead no contest to a felony charge of conspiring to commit a crime. Police say
  
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• Crowds cheer ponies swimming to Chincoteague, Virginia

  24-07-2019 21:54
  CHINCOTEAGUE, Va. (AP) — Crowds cheered as dozens of ponies swam across a channel on Virginia’s Eastern Shore during the annual Chincoteague Pony Swim.
  News outlets reported that the ponies traversed the Assateague Channel on Wednesday morning. People watched from the shore as the ponies swam. Sometimes only their heads were visible above the water.
  The ponies traveled from Assateague Island to Chincoteague Island during “slack tide,” when there’s little current.
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• Rays beat Red Sox 3-2 as Boston files protest over lineup

  24-07-2019 21:52
  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Charlie Morton struck out 11 over seven innings and the Tampa Bay Rays avoided a three-game sweep by beating David Price and Boston 3-2 in a game that the Red Sox protested on Wednesday.
  Confusion reigned in the top of the eighth when a series of defensive changes involving reliever Adam Kolarek prompted Boston manager Alex Cora to protest the game due to the placement of subs into the Rays lineup after the designated hitter was removed.
  Kolarek replaced Morton
  
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• Pennsylvania high court declines to review Sandusky decision

  24-07-2019 21:45
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Jerry Sandusky isn’t getting a fresh chance to argue in state court he should get a new trial, seven years after the former Penn State assistant football coach was convicted of molesting 10 boys.
  Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court on Wednesday turned down the 75-year-old’s request it review a Superior Court decision earlier this year that rejected most of Sandusky’s arguments.
  His lawyer says he’s very disappointed and Sandusky may seek help f
  
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• Cubs option Russell, scratch Lester, bring Contreras off IL

  24-07-2019 21:43
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Chicago Cubs have optioned shortstop Addison Russell to Triple-A Iowa about two months after he completed a suspension for violating Major League Baseball’s domestic violence policy.
  Russell was sent down to make room for catcher Willson Contreras, who was activated from the 10-day injured list. Chicago also scratched left-hander Jon Lester from his scheduled start Wednesday against San Francisco because of illness. Right-hander Tyler Chatwood was set to star
  
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• Border Patrol chief says she told of being in Facebook group

  24-07-2019 21:43
  PHOENIX (AP) — The head of the U.S. Border Patrol said she joined a Facebook group whose members mocked migrants and lawmakers to read what her personnel thought about her.
  Chief Carla Provost said during a congressional subcommittee hearing in Washington on Wednesday that she immediately reported to an oversight division of U.S. Customs and Border Protection once she realized she was a member.
  Provost initially released a statement condemning the posts without noting she was a member.
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• Police say car in fatal crash was not partially self-driving

  24-07-2019 21:34
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco police say preliminary information shows a rented Tesla that was speeding when it ran a red light and struck a couple, killing a man and critically injuring his wife, was not on semi-autonomous Autopilot mode.
  Officer Adam Lobsinger said Wednesday detectives removed a data storage device from the Tesla that will be analyzed to help determine the actions that led up to the collision.
  He says investigators are also working with Tesla to obtain further evide
  
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• Deal reached for land swap for road through wildlife refuge

  24-07-2019 21:34
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Community and tribal leaders in a remote Alaska village say they’ve signed a new land exchange agreement with the Interior Department that could lead to construction of a road through a national wildlife refuge.
  The communities of King Cove and Cold Bay near the tip of the Alaska Peninsula for decades have sought a land connection through Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, an internationally recognized habitat for migrating waterfowl.
  Foul weather makes flying
  
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• Mexico to open shelter for migrants returned from US

  24-07-2019 21:23
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican officials say they are set to open a huge shelter in the border city of Tijuana to hold thousands of migrants being returned to await hearings on their U.S. asylum requests.
  Mexico has accepted over 20,000 Central Americans under the plan known as “migrant protection protocol” or “Remain in Mexico.”
  But Mexico has struggled with how to house them as they wait, in many cases for months, to attend U.S. hearings.
  The federal liaison for Baja
  
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• Rockies’ Gray exits after 4 innings with calf injury

  24-07-2019 21:20
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Colorado Rockies pitcher Jon Gray has been pulled from a game after four innings with a left calf injury.
  The right-hander started the opener of a doubleheader Wednesday against the Washington Nationals. He walked five and allowed a run before leaving to be evaluated.
  Gray allowed a bases-loaded walk to Gerardo Parra in the fourth. He also allowed two hits and struck out four in his shortest start of the season. He threw 76 pitches.
  Gray is 9-7 with a 4.05 ERA in 22 games
  
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• Report: Women hold almost 52% of top Connecticut state jobs

  24-07-2019 21:19
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A new analysis shows Connecticut outpaces other states and the federal government when it comes to employing women in the highest levels of state government.
  While the report released Wednesday by the Governor’s Council on Women and Girls found women hold nearly 52% of executive branch jobs considered “officials and administrators,” it also says the state has more work to do addressing “representation problems.”
  The analysis also shows m
  
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• Arizona regents settle $2M lawsuit over gender pay gap

  24-07-2019 21:12
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Three former college deans have settled their $2 million lawsuit against the Arizona Board of Regents alleging gender discrimination.
  Both parties announced in a joint statement Wednesday that the matter was “mutually resolved” for an undisclosed amount.
  Former University of Arizona Honors College Dean Patricia MacCorquodale filed the lawsuit in January 2018 against the board, which operates the university. MacCorquodale said she was replaced in 2016 by a m
  
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• Toliver scores 32, Mystics beat Lynx before All-Star break

  24-07-2019 21:10
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kristi Toliver scored 20 of her season-high 32 points in the first half, Elena Delle Donne reached 3,500 career points and the Washington Mystics beat the Minnesota Lynx 79-71 on Wednesday.
  Toliver scored 14 points in the first quarter by making her first six shots and topped her previous season high of 19 in the first half to help Washington build a 44-32 lead. Delle Donne became the second-fastest player in league history to reach the career mark behind Diana Taurasi.
  
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• California sues charity that sends food, clothes to troops

  24-07-2019 21:09
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — California’s attorney general has filed a lawsuit alleging misdeeds by Move America Forward, a nonprofit that sends packages of food, clothes or other items to troops.
  Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced Wednesday that the organization has used images taken from other charities without permission, and on at least one occasion used the name and story of an injured veteran without permission.
  The Sacramento-based charity is also accused of falsely claiming a pa
  
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• Brian McKnight still around, making fans swoon

  24-07-2019 21:07
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — R&B crooner Brian McKnight’s spotlight is still shining — even if some fans have to look a little harder to find him.
  McKnight says he’s all over social media, including Instagram, and his music is still charting. And, he says he’s still booking 150 shows every year.
  The 17-time Grammy nominated artist discussed his latest project, “Bedtime Story,” while on a July tour stop in New Orleans. The album was released in June.
  McKnight,
  
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• More than 170 firefighters battle large wildfire in Greece

  24-07-2019 21:06
  ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say more than 170 firefighters are battling to contain a large wildfire north of Athens that forced the preemptive evacuation of a small monastery but isn’t threatening homes.
  The fire service says the blaze broke out Wednesday and swept through forest and farmland, fanned by strong winds, near the village of Asopia, about 70 kilometers (45 miles) from the capital. Its cause is being investigated.
  Firefighters were assisted by 15 water-dropping
  
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• Czech senators say president violated country’s constitution

  24-07-2019 21:02
  PRAGUE (AP) — The upper house of the Czech Parliament has voted to bring charges against President Milos Zeman for allegedly violating the constitution.
  The Senate, which is controlled by the opposition, voted 48-20 Wednesday to file the charges at the Constitutional Court. Zeman denies wrongdoing.
  But a three-fifths majority in Parliament’s lower house would also have to approve the Senate’s request for the court to deal with the case. That’s unlikely to happen because t
  
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• Old Phoenix school becomes shelter for asylum seekers

  24-07-2019 20:55
  PHOENIX (AP) — An international refugee organization and local non-profit groups have converted an old elementary school in south Phoenix into a shelter to sleep up to 277 people seeking asylum in the U.S.
  Beth Strano of the International Rescue Committee of Arizona said Wednesday the Welcome Center will be able to sleep some 80 adults and children on new cots in the auditorium starting next week and 277 by summer’s end.
  Shelter organizers say they aim to ease the stress of church an
  
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• Mueller raises alarm on continued Russian election interference, tells Congress: ‘They’re doing it as we sit here’

  24-07-2019 20:50
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Mueller raises alarm on continued Russian election interference, tells Congress: ‘They’re doing it as we sit here’
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• Blues hire Marc Savard as an assistant coach

  24-07-2019 20:48
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Stanley Cup champion St. Louis Blues hired Marc Savard as an assistant coach Wednesday.
  The 42-year-old Savard spent 13 years playing in the NHL, splitting time among the Rangers, Flames, Thrashers and Bruins. The two-time All-Star was part of Boston’s 2011 Stanley Cup title team.
  Since his retirement, Savard has been part of broadcasts for Hockey Night in Canada and on Maple Leafs pre- and postgame shows. He also has been coaching a junior hockey club in Ontario
  
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• Arrest report: Fatal crash suspect says God told him to die

  24-07-2019 20:44
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — An 18-year-old Louisiana man told authorities God instructed him to end his life, so he crashed his truck into another vehicle at about 90 mph (145 kph), killing a driver.
  Jack Jordan was arrested for second-degree murder, reckless operation of a vehicle and simple escape in the fiery crash Monday that killed 51-year-old Stephanie Payne.
  The Advocate reports one of its employees witnessed the crash and said Payne’s car was engulfed in flames and pushed for yar
  
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• Cardinals sign linebacker Longacre to 1-year contract

  24-07-2019 20:42
  TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Cardinals have signed linebacker Matt Longacre to a one-year contract.
  Terms of the deal announced Wednesday were not disclosed.
  The 27-year-old Longacre spent the past four seasons with the Los Angeles Rams, appearing in 38 games, including eight starts. He had 57 tackles, 6.5 sacks, a fumble recovery and a forced fumble.
  Longacre had a career-high 5.5 sacks in 2017 and started a career-high seven games last season for the NFC champions. He played three pos
  
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