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• The Latest: House passes bipartisan budget and debt deal

  25-07-2019 23:17
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on a bipartisan budget and debt deal in Congress (all times local):
  5:12 p.m.
  A hard-won, bipartisan budget and debt compromise between President Donald Trump and Speaker Nancy Pelosi has easily passed the Democratic-controlled House.
  The bill would head off another government shutdown, permit the Treasury to borrow freely to pay the government’s bills, and lock in place recent budget gains for the Pentagon and domestic agencies.
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• The Latest: Action on election security stalls in Congress

  25-07-2019 21:30
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on U.S. election security (all times local):
  7:10 p.m.
  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is blocking election security bills in Congress, despite former special counsel Robert Mueller’s warning that Russian interference is going on right now.
  That’s according to Democrats, who are being rebuffed in attempts to advance the bills.
  The Senate Democratic leader, Chuck Schumer of New York, is pledging to keep putting forward requests to vote on legi
  
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• Register to vote in Tucson's primary by Monday

  25-07-2019 21:11
  Tucson residents have until Monday, July 29 at midnight to register to vote in the upcoming primary election.…
  
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• House passes bill expanding horse soring rules, enforcement

  25-07-2019 20:56
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — U.S. House members have passed a bill expanding horse soring regulations at Tennessee Walking Horse shows.
  Rep. Steve Cohen said Thursday the House voted 333- 96 in favor of passing the U.S. Sen. Joseph D. Tydings Memorial Prevent All Soring Tactics Act.
  Soring occurs when a horse’s legs are intentionally injured to make the animal have a higher gait. It often includes the use of caustic chemicals and chains, or objects shoved between the hoof and stacked shoes.
  
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• Beam Suntory building new craft distillery in Kentucky

  25-07-2019 20:49
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The company behind Jim Beam bourbon is pouring tens of millions of dollars into a new Kentucky distillery to boost production of craft whiskeys.
  Beam Suntory executives broke ground Thursday for the production facility at their flagship bourbon distilling operation in Clermont. It’s part of a $60 million investment that includes upgrading the “visitors’ experience” at Clermont as bourbon tourism grows.
  The company seeks to build on the momentum
  
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• Cosby accuser Janice Dickinson says deal brings some justice

  25-07-2019 20:39
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Model Janice Dickinson calls settling a defamation lawsuit against Bill Cosby a “victory” that brings a “measure of justice” but says nothing can erase her assault by the now-imprisoned comedian.
  Dickinson spoke to reporters Thursday at the office of her attorney Lisa Bloom, who said the case was settled for an “epic” amount. She says the terms of the deal keep the exact figure confidential.
  Cosby insurer American International Group I
  
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• Mongolian president to visit Trump at White House next week

  25-07-2019 20:36
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Mongolia’s president, Khaltmaa Battulga, is set to meet with President Donald Trump next week at the White House.
  The White House says Battulga’s visit on Wednesday will center on deepening cooperation between the U.S. and Mongolia, a strategically important country that shares borders with Russia and China. The leaders will discuss a range of issues, including defense and security, trade and investment, and sovereignty the rule of law.
  Battulga is a populist
  
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• Juul exec facing congressional questions over teen vaping

  25-07-2019 20:35
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A top executive for vaping giant Juul Labs is set to tell House lawmakers his company is taking unprecedented steps to keep its electronic cigarettes away from kids.
  According to his prepared remarks, Juul co-founder James Monsees will testify that the company never intended its vaping device to be adopted by underage teenagers.
  Thursday’s hearing marks the first time Juul has been called before Congress amid a surge in teen vaping. Federal law bans the sale of e-ci
  
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• The Latest: Sheriff launches criminal probe of Epstein stay

  25-07-2019 20:34
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on financier and accused child sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein (all times local):
  8:15 p.m.
  A Florida sheriff says he’s launched a criminal investigation into financier Jeffrey Epstein’s stay at his county jail.
  Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw released a statement Thursday evening confirming that his office had opened a criminal investigation Tuesday, in addition to an internal affairs investigation announced last week.
  Democratic state Sen. Lau
  
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• The Latest: L Brands hires law firm for Epstein review

  25-07-2019 20:34
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on financier and accused child sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein (all times local):
  2:30 p.m.
  The board of the company that owns Victoria’s Secret and other brands has hired an outside law firm to review any role financier Jeffrey Epstein may have played at the retail company.
  L Brands’ decision regarding the financier charged with sex trafficking was announced Thursday. Epstein has pleaded not guilty.
  The company called Epstein’s alleged crimes &l
  
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• Marines say human smuggling investigation spurs 16 arrests

  25-07-2019 20:32
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Military officials have arrested 16 Marines following an investigation into human smuggling.
  The Marine Corps said the arrests at Camp Pendleton, California, were carried out during a battalion formation Thursday morning at the base, north of San Diego. It is about 55 miles (90 kilometers) from the U.S.-Mexico border.
  The Marine Corps said in a news release that information gained after two Marines were arrested on human smuggling charges earlier this summer led to the arr
  
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• Chargers left tackle Russell Okung out due to blood clots

  25-07-2019 20:26
  COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles Chargers offensive lineman Russell Okung will miss most of training camp due to blood clots.
  The veteran left tackle revealed Thursday on Twitter that he experienced chest pains during an offseason practice at the team facility in June. Okung said he went to an urgent care and that tests revealed he suffered a pulmonary embolism.
  Okung said doctors told him that the decision to go to the urgent care likely saved his life. He said that since it was dete
  
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• High school football coach holds life skills camp

  25-07-2019 20:24
  (NBC News) A high school football coach in South Carolina is on a mission to use the team’s summer camp to help players become better both on and off the field.
  Chapman High School head football coach Mark Hodge has developed a “Player Development Camp” in which members of the football team learn not only football basics, but life skills-such as proper meal etiquette, financial literacy and even how to properly tie a necktie.
  The team still has plenty of time to perfect their o
  
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• Mexican man on Texas death row dies of cardiac arrest

  25-07-2019 20:22
  LIVINGSTON, Texas (AP) — A Mexican man convicted of killing three teens in El Paso has died of apparent cardiac arrest after more than two decades imprisoned on Texas’ death row.
  A Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman says officials found 49-year-old Ignacio Gomez unresponsive in his cell Sunday morning. He was pronounced dead at an East Texas hospital about an hour later.
  Gomez’s lawyer says he had been diagnosed with schizophrenia and found not competent to be put t
  
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• Man gets 60 years for attack on college student in Texas

  25-07-2019 20:18
  FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Prosecutors say a gunman who randomly abducted, robbed and sexually assaulted a University of Texas at Arlington student has been sentenced to 60 years in prison.
  Joel Mambe (JOH’-el MAHM’-bay) of Arlington was sentenced Thursday in Fort Worth after pleading guilty to aggravated sexual assault, robbery and kidnapping. Mambe must serve 30 years before he’s eligible for parole for the June 2018 attack.
  Arlington police say the 21-year-old Mambe told
  
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• AAA: older drivers struggle with multi-tasking behind the Wheel

  25-07-2019 20:18
  (NBC News) A new study by AAA suggests older drivers are especially vulnerable to distractions while behind the wheel.
  AAA, along with researchers at the University of Utah, completed a comprehensive study looking at the reaction times in older drivers – ages 55-75 – and younger drivers – ages 21-36 – all completing the same tasks.
  The items included texting, making phone calls, requesting entertainment and navigation with technology installed in the automobile.
  “W
  
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• Drug cost bill advances but GOP resistance spells trouble

  25-07-2019 20:14
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A prescription drug compromise that would lower costs for Medicare recipients has cleared a key hurdle in the Senate, but Republican resistance signals trouble when the legislation goes to the floor.
  The Finance Committee voted 19-9 to advance the bill Thursday, but it passed because of unanimous support from the panel’s Democratic minority, while a majority of Republicans opposed it.
  The bill would limit seniors’ out-of-pocket costs, and require drug companie
  
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• Toddler spins, scrambles on wild ride on airport bag belt

  25-07-2019 20:11
  ATLANTA (AP) — Dramatic video shows a toddler who climbed onto an airport conveyor belt scrambling over suitcases during his wild ride down the luggage chute.
  Edith Vega said her 2-year-old son Lorenzo hopped onto the belt when she briefly set him down to print boarding passes at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Monday.
  Security video later released by the airport shows some of what happened next.
  One camera recorded Lorenzo being pulled through a rubber curtain, beyond
  
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• 16 Marines at California’s Camp Pendleton arrested following human smuggling investigation, Marine Corps says.

  25-07-2019 20:11
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — 16 Marines at California’s Camp Pendleton arrested following human smuggling investigation, Marine Corps says.
  The post 16 Marines at California’s Camp Pendleton arrested following human smuggling investigation, Marine Corps says. appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• US defender Geoff Cameron signs with Queens Park Rangers

  25-07-2019 20:03
  American defender Geoff Cameron is moving to Queens Park Rangers from Stoke after spending last season on loan to QPR.
  The London club announced Thursday it had signed the 34-year-old from Attleboro, Massachusetts.
  Cameron had one goal in 19 league matches for the Hoops last season. He played for Houston from 2008-12 before signing with Stoke.
  He made 55 appearances for the U.S., starting against Ghana, Portugal and Belgium during the 2014 World Cup.
  Cameron has not played for the Americans sinc
  
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• 4 Your Health: Extra body weight may impact brain

  25-07-2019 20:03
  Maintaining a normal weight may not be enough to avoid obesity-related illness.
  A new study reveals a large waist size can also increase the risk of early death.
  Researchers from the University of Iowa tracked over 150,000 postmenopausal women for 20 years.
  Women who had a normal BMI, but high waist size were 31 percent more likely to die than those with low belly fat.
  The two leading causes of death were cardiovascular disease and obesity-related cancer.
  Extra body weight may impact brain
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• The Latest: Synagogue attack search warrants to be unsealed

  25-07-2019 19:58
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Latest on media outlets seeking the unsealing of search warrants in the deadly shooting at a synagogue in suburban San Diego (all times local):
  10:30 a.m.
  A judge in San Diego has ruled in favor of media outlets and ordered the unsealing of 17 search warrants containing details about a deadly synagogue shooting in a San Diego suburb.
  Superior Court Presiding Judge Peter Deddeh said Thursday that he will review the documents with prosecutors and redact the names of witn
  
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• Zverev beats Delbonis to reach Hamburg quarterfinals

  25-07-2019 19:49
  HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — Second-seeded Alexander Zverev pleased his home crowd by beating Federico Delbonis on Thursday to reach the quarterfinals of the Hamburg European Open.
  Zverev rallied from 3-0 down in the second set to defeat the Argentine 6-4, 7-6 (2).
  Delbonis had hoped to take it to a third set after breaking to love when Zverev was serving for the match but the German went on to win the tiebreaker.
  Zverev is playing at his home ATP 500 tournament for the first time since 2016, w
  
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• Furman hires Villanova’s Jason Donnelly as athletic director

  25-07-2019 19:43
  GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Furman has picked Villanova athletic administrator Jason Donnelly to become its athletic director.
  Furman President Elizabeth Davis announced Donnelly’s hiring Thursday. Donnelly will start at Furman on Aug. 12. He succeeds Mike Buddie, who left in May to become Army’s athletic director.
  Donnelly has been at Villanova since 2005, starting as assistant men’s basketball coach and director of basketball operations. The past four years he served as sen
  
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• Feds: More people could be charged in R. Kelly case

  25-07-2019 19:40
  CHICAGO (AP) — A prosecutor has told a federal judge in Chicago that more charges and more defendants could be added to the case against R&B singer R. Kelly that alleges child pornography and other crimes.
  Angel Krull said Thursday that a more far-ranging indictment could replace the initial indictment charging Kelly and two associates. She didn’t elaborate.
  Kelly faces charges in Chicago accusing him of producing and receiving child pornography and coercing minors to engage in s
  
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• US citizen says he lost 26 pounds in border detention

  25-07-2019 19:39
  Francisco Galicia, right, kisses his mother Sanjuana Galicia at the McAllen, Texas, Central Station, Wednesday, July 24, 2019. Galicia, 18, who was born in the U.S. was released Tuesday, July 23, from federal immigration custody after wrongfully being detained for more than three weeks. (Delcia Lopez/The Monitor via AP)
  DALLAS (AP) — An 18-year-old American citizen says he lost 26 pounds because he wasn’t given enough food during the more than three weeks he was wrongfully held by U.
  
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• NYC sues American Airlines over worker sick leave

  25-07-2019 19:39
  NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s worker protection department says American Airlines is violating the city’s sick leave law by retaliating against workers who use sick days or not letting them use the sick leave they’ve accrued.
  The Department of Consumer and Worker Protection announced Thursday it had sued the airline with the Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings.
  The violations alleged in the lawsuit include filing disciplinary points against ground crew workers
  
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• Owner of closed funeral home ordered to pay restitution

  25-07-2019 19:36
  FLINT, Mich. (AP) — The owner of a now-closed funeral home in Michigan has been ordered to pay at least $75,000 in restitution for failing to put prepaid funeral contract funds into escrow.
  Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel says 58-year-old O’Neil Swanson II of West Bloomfield pleaded no contest to two felonies. A no-contest plea isn’t an admission of guilt but is treated as such at sentencing.
  The Swanson Funeral Home in Flint was closed in 2017 after maggots were found in
  
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• Thieves steal $5K in equipment from firefighting truck

  25-07-2019 19:32
  KINGMAN, Ariz. (AP) — Police say more than $5,000 in firefighting equipment was stolen from a U.S. Forest Service truck stationed in Arizona to respond to wildfires.
  The Kingman Daily Miner reported Wednesday that someone broke into the Ford F-550 fire response vehicle while it was parked at a Kingman hotel on July 20.
  Police say several locked compartments were forced open.
  The items stolen include two chain saws and four bags of assorted firefighting equipment.
  Police ask for people with
  
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• Senate panel advances bill to punish Saudi Arabia

  25-07-2019 19:32
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate panel has advanced legislation that would suspend arms transfers to Saudi Arabia and impose sanctions on members of the royal family.
  The bill was introduced by the top Democrat on the panel, Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey. It was sent to the full Senate over the objections of Sen. Jim Risch, the Republican chairman. Risch warned the measure would likely be vetoed by President Donald Trump if it passed Congress.
  Anger has grown in Congress about the Trump admini
  
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• Incoming Louisville basketball star out 4-6 months

  25-07-2019 19:32
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville freshman guard David Johnson will be out four to six months because of an injury to his left shoulder.
  The university says Thursday that Johnson was hurt during practice Monday and will need surgery.
  Coach Chris Mack calls it “tough news” but he expects the 6-foot-5 player to return in time to “impact our team this season.”
  Johnson was a four-year starter at Trinity High School in Louisville. During his senior year, he averaged 16.1
  
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• House Dems back subpoenas for Ivanka, Jared private emails

  25-07-2019 19:30
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Oversight Committee has voted along party lines to authorize subpoenas for personal emails and texts used by White House officials, including Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner.
  Rep. Elijah Cummings of Maryland, the panel’s chairman, said the committee has obtained “direct evidence” that the president’s daughter, Kushner and other top aides were using personal accounts for official business in violation of federal law and White Ho
  
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• Toddler injured after going for 5-minute ride on airport luggage belt

  25-07-2019 19:29
  ATLANTA (NBC NEWS) – Surveillance cameras caught a toddler’s journey through the baggage system of an airport after he managed to sneak past a ticket counter and climb on a conveyor belt on Monday.
  The small boy walked away from his mother at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport while she attempted to print out her boarding pass at a kiosk, according to an Atlanta police report. The mother told police she looked away from her son “for one second” and he d
  
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• Claytoon of the Day: Mueller Hearing

  25-07-2019 19:29
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• Eagle with golf clubs? Altered seal at Trump speech

  25-07-2019 19:26
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says it didn’t know that an altered presidential seal featuring a two-headed eagle clutching golf clubs would be displayed at a speech by President Donald Trump this week.
  Spokesman Judd Deere says officials “never saw the seal” before it was projected on a screen behind Trump as he was introduced at Turning Point USA’s teen summit on Tuesday. The real seal has a bald eagle clutching arrows in one set of talons and an olive branch i
  
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• South African lawmakers vote to speed up land reform

  25-07-2019 19:24
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African lawmakers have voted to speed up land reform by establishing a committee that will propose constitutional changes to allow for land expropriation without compensation.
  The ruling African National Congress has been under pressure to address the lingering inequities of the racist system of apartheid that ended 25 years ago. President Cyril Ramaphosa has sought to assure investors that land reform will unfold “in an orderly manner” and won’t
  
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• Ryder Cup returning to Ireland, Adare Manor to host in 2026

  25-07-2019 19:24
  VIRGINIA WATER, England (AP) — The 2026 Ryder Cup will be played in Ireland, taking golf’s greatest team event to the home country of British Open champion Shane Lowry.
  European organizers say they picked Adare Manor in County Limerick to host the biennial three-day match against the United States.
  The decision by Ryder Cup Europe caps a stellar week for Irish golf and its fans after Lowry’s euphoric win at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland.
  Ireland hosted one previous Ryder C
  
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• Visa issues knock Russia’s Kuznetsova out of Citi Open

  25-07-2019 19:19
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Defending champion Svetlana Kuznetsova has pulled out of the Citi Open because of visa issues.
  The 34-year-old Russian announced the problem on Twitter on Thursday and apologized to fans for not being able to make it to the U.S. Open tuneup.
  Kuznetsova won the U.S. Open in 2004 and French Open in 2009. The 2018 Citi Open is one of her 16 career WTA titles.
  Kuznetsova tweeted that she “never had issues like this in my life” and eventually hopes to get a visa an
  
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• Frog population explodes in region of Vermont

  25-07-2019 19:15
  SALISBURY, Vt. (AP) — Several Vermont communities are seeing an abundance of a particular frog this summer.
  University of Vermont herpetology lecturer James Andrews estimates that the population of the northern leopard frog has leaped a hundredfold in a region near the Otter Creek in Addison County primarily because of the wet spring.
  He estimates that 400,000 young frogs were killed by cars in Salisbury. Some of the dried up carnage is still visible on the road.
  Andrews says the northern
  
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• Mountain lioness, cubs spotted drinking from residential fountain near Sabino Canyon

  25-07-2019 19:13
  TUCSON – With summer in full swing, residents all across southern Arizona are finding ways to beat the heat.
  While pools and movie theaters seem to be the “hot spot” for Tucson’s two-legged residents, a few large four-legged inhabitants preferred to spend the day by a fountain.
  On Thursday, Arizona Game and Fish Department announced on Facebook that three mountain lions were spotted drinking overflow from an artesian well in a backyard of a home south of Sabino Canyon. Of
  
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• Wizards’ Miles to have left foot surgery for stress fracture

  25-07-2019 19:07
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Wizards forward C.J. Miles will undergo surgery for a stress fracture in his left foot.
  The team says the operation is set for Thursday in New York and he is expected to be re-evaluated in six weeks.
  Washington acquired Miles from the Memphis Grizzlies this summer for center Dwight Howard. New general manager Tommy Sheppard says the Wizards’ medical team has done a “fantastic job of proactively diagnosing C.J.’s condition and establishing a treatment pro
  
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• Boxer Hugo Santillán dies five days after fight

  25-07-2019 19:05
  BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A 23-year-old boxer from Argentina has died five days after collapsing after his fight.
  The World Boxing Council says Hugo Santillán died from head injuries after the WBC Latino Silver lightweight bout against Uruguayan Eduardo Abreu on Saturday in San Nicolás, a city 150 miles (240 kilometers) north of Buenos Aires.
  Santillán passed out when the result was about to be announced and underwent surgery after the fight but never regained con
  
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• Suspect sought in Valero armed robbery

  25-07-2019 19:03
  TUCSON – Tucson Police Department Robbery Unit is asking for the public’s help in identifying an armed robbery suspect.
  Police say the suspect entered a Valero convenience store on Tucson’s southeast side and demanded money from an employee at gunpoint.
  Anyone with information is asked to call 88-CRIME. You can remain anonymous.ARMED ROBBERY: This suspect entered Valero in Tucson’s south/east side, pulled out a firearm, pointed it at the employee and demanded money from t
  
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• ‘Vicious’ rooster attacks pedestrians in small Arkansas city

  25-07-2019 18:58
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Leaders of a small Arkansas city are planning to draft an ordinance next month addressing a problematic rooster that has been attacking pedestrians.
  Jasper Mayor Jan Larson says the “vicious” rooster scratches and chases people. She says a woman fell while fleeing the rooster, which also went after a small boy.
  Police Chief Michael Henderson says no one has been injured by the rooster, but his department has received complaints.
  Larson notes that chicke
  
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• NBA, Pistons settle lawsuit over G League player’s death

  25-07-2019 18:58
  KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — The NBA and the Detroit Pistons have settled a lawsuit with the family of a G League player who died after collapsing during a game last year.
  Zeke Upshaw played for the Grand Rapids Drive, a G League affiliate of the Pistons. He died two days after he was stricken.
  A lawsuit filed by Upshaw’s estate said lifesaving measures weren’t attempted in a timely manner. Robert Hilliard, a lawyer for Upshaw’s mother, informed a judge Wednesday that a deal h
  
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• Sotomayor pays tribute at mentor Robert Morgenthau’s funeral

  25-07-2019 18:49
  NEW YORK (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has paid tribute to her early mentor, former Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau, at his funeral.
  About 1,000 mourners attended Morgenthau’s funeral Thursday at Temple Emanu-El, the Manhattan synagogue where he was a trustee for more than 50 years.
  Sotomayor said she had been in tears since learning of Morgenthau’s death on Sunday at age 99.
  Morgenthau gave Sotomayor her first job out of law school when he hired he
  
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• The Latest: White House to seek 1 national mileage standard

  25-07-2019 18:44
  DETROIT (AP) — The Latest on California reaching a deal with four automakers over fuel mileage standards (all times local):
  2:45 p.m.
  A White House spokesman says the Trump administration will move forward with a single national standard for automotive fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions.
  Spokesman Judd Deere says the federal government, and not a single state, should set the standard.
  The statement comes after four automakers announced a deal with California on increases in gas mile
  
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• Police: 3 teen girls charged in beating of 15-year-old girl

  25-07-2019 18:19
  CHICAGO (AP) — Three teenage girls have been charged in Chicago in the beating of a 15-year-old special needs girl that was recorded on cellphone video and shared online.
  Police said during a news conference Thursday that two of the girls are charged with aggravated battery and one is charged with mob action. The girls are 13, 14 and 15.
  The video shows people beating the girl as she screams. The girl waives her arms as she tries to fend off her attackers, then falls to the ground, crying,
  
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• Raptors sign Cameron Payne to strengthen backcourt

  25-07-2019 17:42
  TORONTO (AP) — The Toronto Raptors have signed Cameron Payne, a guard who played last season with Chicago and Cleveland.
  The NBA champions on Thursday did not disclose financial terms for the free agent. They are looking to bolster a backcourt led by Kyle Lowry and Fred VanVleet.
  The 6-foot-3 Payne averaged 6.3 points, 2.7 assists and 17.8 minutes in 40 games last season. For his career, he has averaged 6.0 points and 2.5 assists in 153 games.
  Payne was drafted 14th by Oklahoma City in 201
  
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• Police: Bystander shoots robbers at 7-Eleven, 1 dies

  25-07-2019 17:36
  VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Police in Virginia say a bystander shot two males as they robbed a convenience store and one of them has died.
  Virginia Beach police said in a statement that the shooting occurred early Thursday at a 7-Eleven.
  They said they believe three people tried to rob the store before two were shot by a bystander. The third person was taken into custody a short distance from the store.
  Police said the man’s gun is legal.
  7-Eleven customer Barrie Engel told The Virgin
  
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