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• Red Cross offers Amazon gift cards to donors amid emergency blood shortage

  29-07-2019 23:58
  TUCSON – To help combat an emergency blood shortage, American Red Cross clinics across southern Arizona will be giving out $5 Amazon Gift Cards to anyone who donates blood or platelets starting Monday.
  According to officials, the Red Cross currently has less than a three-day supply of most blood types – with even less than a two-day supply for type-O blood. To help increase donations, Amazon has teamed up with Red Cross to offer $5 gift cards to Red Cross donators through Aug. 29.
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• Potvin announces retirement as TV broadcaster for Panthers

  29-07-2019 23:52
  SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Hockey Hall of Famer Denis Potvin has announced his retirement as a television broadcaster for the Florida Panthers.
  Potvin, a former captain for the New York Islanders, was part of the Panthers’ first broadcast team in 1993-94 and spent 21 seasons as their TV analyst.
  Potvin, 65, was the first overall pick of the 1973 draft and a cornerstone of the Islanders’ four Stanley Cup championship teams from 1979-80 to 1982-83. He ranks second in playoff goals amon
  
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• US Soccer says women’s team has made more than the men

  29-07-2019 23:49
  U.S. Soccer says the players on the World Cup champion women’s national team were paid more than their male counterparts from 2010 through 2018.
  According to a letter released Monday by U.S. Soccer President Carlos Cordeiro, the federation has paid out $34.1 million in salary and game bonuses to the women as opposed to $26.4 million paid to the men. Those figures do not include the benefits received only by the women, like health care.
  Players for the women’s team filed a federal law
  
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• Mets trade Jason Vargas to Phillies

  29-07-2019 23:32
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Philadelphia Phillies bolstered their beleaguered rotation.
  Left-hander Jason Vargas was acquired from the New York Mets on Monday for Double-A catcher Austin Bossart.
  The 36-year-old Vargas is 6-5 with a 4.01 ERA, winning his last three starts. He became expendable when the Mets acquired right-hander Marcus Stroman from Toronto on Sunday night for a pair of pitching prospects.
  Vargas could start Friday night against the Chicago White Sox on normal four days’ rest
  
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• Sarri to return against Parma, Conte against Lecce

  29-07-2019 23:31
  MILAN (AP) — The new coaches of Juventus and Inter Milan have relatively easy starts to their return to Serie A, but there are potentially crucial matches during the second weekend of the new Italian league season.
  The 2019-20 Serie A fixtures were announced on Monday. Juventus starts its bid for a record-extending ninth straight league title at Parma and then faces new coach Maurizio Sarri’s former club Napoli in Turin in the second round.
  Now coached by Antonio Conte, Inter kicks o
  
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• AP FACT CHECK: Harris cherry-picks health insurance stats

  29-07-2019 23:29
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• Pfizer, maker of Viagra, will combine with EpiPen maker Mylan

  29-07-2019 23:28
  Pfizer, the world’s largest drugmaker, plans to divest its off-patent drug business and combine it with generic-drug maker Mylan.
  Under the terms of the agreement, which is structured as an all-stock deal, each Mylan share would be converted into one share of the new company.
  In this July 8, 2016, file photo, a pharmacist holds a package of EpiPens epinephrine auto-injector, a Mylan product, in Sacramento, Calif.Rich Pedroncelli / AP
  Pfizer shareholders would own 57 percent of the combined
  
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• Migrant tries to keep death penalty off table in murder case

  29-07-2019 23:24
  PHOENIX (AP) — Lawyers for a Mexican immigrant charged with murder in the 2015 killing of a convenience store clerk are urging the Arizona Court of Appeals to reject an effort by prosecutors to seek the death penalty.
  Authorities previously appealed a lower-court decision that said prosecutors could no longer seek the death penalty against Apolinar Altamirano in the death of clerk Grant Ronnebeck because Altamirano is intellectually disabled.
  Prosecutors argued the judge failed to make an
  
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• Phoenix man accused of child abuse after baby left in car

  29-07-2019 23:23
  GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say a Phoenix man has been arrested for allegedly leaving his 3-year-old daughter locked in a hot car at the Glendale drive-in movie.
  Glendale police say the car had the windows rolled up and the air conditioning wasn’t turned on while 22-year-old Brian Flores went to the snack bar Saturday night.
  When police arrived at the drive-in, they say the girl had been inside the vehicle for about 15 minutes and the temperature was about 100 degrees.
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• Chiefs lose defensive back Reaser to Achilles injury

  29-07-2019 23:20
  ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs cornerback Keith Reaser, who emerged as one of the stars of the brief Alliance of American Football, hurt his Achilles tendon during practice Monday and could miss the season.
  Reaser was fourth on the depth chart behind Kendall Fuller, Bashaud Breeland and Charvarius Ward, but the cousin of late Redskins defensive back Sean Taylor was likely to make the team.
  In other injury news from the Chiefs’ first padded practice, right tackle Mitchell S
  
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• Astros’ Marisnick 2-game suspension upheld by MLB

  29-07-2019 23:14
  NEW YORK (AP) — Houston Astros outfielder Jake Marisnick’s two-game suspension for his violent home plate collision with Los Angeles Angels catcher Jonathan Lucroy on July 7 has been upheld by Major League Baseball.
  Marisnick was suspended on July 11 by Chief Baseball Officer Joe Torre but appealed the decision to John McHale Jr., a special assistant to baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred. The commissioner’s office said Monday the hearing took place July 23 and the penalty was up
  
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• New ruling limits asylum for those with persecuted family members

  29-07-2019 23:10
  PHOENIX (AP) — Immigrants who fear persecution because of their family ties will no longer be eligible for asylum under a new rule issued by U.S. Attorney General William Barr.
  Barr on Monday announced he was no longer allowing members of a family to be considered a “social group” if their lives are threatened simply because they are related to someone.
  People can seek asylum in the U.S. if they can prove a well-founded fear of persecution based on their race, religion, nationa
  
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• Tubac Fire hosts CPR certification classes throughout the fall

  29-07-2019 23:09
  TUBAC, Ariz. – From heart attacks to near-drownings, knowing how to properly perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation could mean the difference between life and death.
  To help spread the knowledge about this life-saving technique, Tubac Fire District will be holding CPR certification classes starting September.
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  At a cost of $60, class goers will be taught and be certified to perform CPR, first aid, and Automated External Defibrillator (AED) training by Tubac firefight
  
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• Harry and the Potters, Live at the Library!

  29-07-2019 23:08
  Wizards, muggles and fantastic beasts, rejoice! Harry and the Potters are returning to the Library for their 2019 Summer Tour!Saturday, August 3, 2019 from 5 to 6 p.m.Flowing Wells Library, 1730 W. Wetmore Rd.This event is free, but space is limited to the first 200 people who arrive.What would happen if Harry Potter quit the quidditch team, stole a time turner and started a punk rock band with himself from an earlier point in the time-space continuum?…
  
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• Nationals ace Max Scherzer back to injured list

  29-07-2019 22:55
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Max Scherzer is back on the 10-day injured list, unwelcome news for the Washington Nationals as they try to catch the Atlanta Braves in the NL East while pushing for a wild card berth.
  The Nationals announced Monday that Scherzer was placed on the IL with a minor rhomboid strain. It’s similar to the inflammation under his right shoulder that forced the ace right-hander to the IL for 19 days earlier this month.
  Scherzer was dominant in June and won seven consecutive
  
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• Buccaneers sign 2nd generation QB Vincent Testaverde

  29-07-2019 22:54
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have signed quarterback Vincent Testaverde, whose father, Vinny, was the No. 1 overall pick in the 1987 NFL draft and is still the club’s career passing leader.
  The younger Testaverde played his final college season at Albany, where he transferred after playing at Texas Tech as a true freshman and spending two years at his father’s alma mater, Miami.
  Vinny Testaverde won the Heisman Trophy at Miami in 1986 and spent six seasons with t
  
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• Judge blocks New Hampshire Medicaid work requirements

  29-07-2019 22:39
  CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A federal judge has blocked Medicaid work requirements in New Hampshire, ruling for a third time that the Trump administration hasn’t adequately addressed the potential loss of health coverage.
  The ruling Monday by U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg in Washington comes four months after he blocked similar work requirements in Arkansas and Kentucky.
  The judge said “we have all seen this movie before” and criticized the federal Health and Human Servi
  
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• Akira Levy joins Vanderbilt basketball as Missouri transfer

  29-07-2019 22:37
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Akira Levy has joined the Vanderbilt women’s basketball team as a transfer from Missouri in a return to her home state.
  The 5-foot-8 guard tore a ligament in her right knee in February. Vanderbilt coach Stephanie White said Monday that Levy will spend this season getting healthy.
  She started four games for Missouri last season, averaging 15.8 minutes and shooting 48.1 percent. She originally chose Missouri over Vanderbilt and Ohio State.
  Levy is from Baxter, T
  
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• Utility: Flawed sensor wiring played key role in blackout

  29-07-2019 22:36
  NEW YORK (AP) — Electrical utility Con Edison says it’s figured out more details about why a relatively small problem escalated into a big blackout in Manhattan earlier this month.
  The utility had already explained that the July 13 outage happened after a protective system called a relay failed to isolate a faulty high-voltage cable. A relay essentially can trigger a circuit breaker to keep a problem contained.
  On Monday, Con Ed explained why the relay system didn’t work as exp
  
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• Dolphins fire 1st-year offensive line coach Pat Flaherty

  29-07-2019 22:10
  MIAMI (AP) — Miami Dolphins first-year offensive line coach Pat Flaherty has been fired and replaced by Dave DeGuglielmo, who had been an analyst for the coaching staff.
  The changes Monday came after four days of training camp drills.
  Flaherty was hired in February by new head coach Brian Flores and was entering his 20th year of coaching in the NFL. He coached the offensive line for the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2017-18.
  DeGuglielmo was the Dolphins’ offensive line coach in 2009-11 and
  
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• Meruelo completes deal to become Coyotes majority owner

  29-07-2019 21:56
  GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Alex Meruelo has completed his purchase of the controlling interest in the Arizona Coyotes.
  The team announced Monday that Meruelo completed the transaction with Andrew Barroway to become Arizona’s majority owner. Meruelo becomes the only Hispanic controlling owner of an NHL team.
  The NHL’s Board of Governors approved the sale in June.
  A 55-year-old billionaire, Meruelo founded the California-based Meruelo Group, with roots dating to 1986. Meruelo’s
  
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• Inexperience and speed cited in crash that killed 4 teens

  29-07-2019 21:54
  BURNS, N.Y. (AP) — State police say driver inexperience, distraction and speed were factors in a crash that killed four teenagers and injured a fifth.
  Trooper Mark O’Donnell tells the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle the sole survivor of Saturday’s early morning crash in western New York was the only one wearing a seatbelt.
  The crash in Burns killed 16-year-old driver Rebecca Earner, 16-year-old Ambra Eddleton, 14-year-old Justin Carpenter and 14-year-old Kyrstin Wolfanger. Six
  
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• Minnesota man sentenced for faking death for $2M insurance

  29-07-2019 21:47
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota man will serve more than three years in prison for faking his own death eight years ago in Eastern Europe to collect a $2 million life insurance policy.
  Fifty-five-year-old Igor Vorotinov, formerly of Maple Grove, was sentenced for mail fraud Monday in U.S. District Court.
  Authorities alleged Vorotinov in 2011 arranged for a corpse to be dressed in his clothes and planted his identification on the body before placing it along a road in the former Soviet repub
  
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• Gay counselor sues Indianapolis archdiocese over her firing

  29-07-2019 21:44
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A gay guidance counselor is suing the Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis, accusing it of discrimination for firing her because she’s in a same-sex marriage.
  Lynn Starkey filed her federal lawsuit Monday against the archdiocese and Roncalli High School. The Indianapolis Star reports the suit accuses the archdiocese and the Indianapolis school of retaliating against her, subjecting her to a hostile work environment and discriminating against her on the basis of he
  
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• Brewers acquire pitcher Jordan Lyles from Pirates

  29-07-2019 21:40
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jordan Lyles is heading back to the Milwaukee Brewers.
  Milwaukee acquired the 28-year-old right-hander from Pittsburgh on Monday for pitching prospect Cody Ponce.
  Lyles was 1-0 with a 3.31 ERA in 11 appearances for the Brewers late last season, helping Milwaukee win the NL Central. He agreed to a $2.05 million, one-year contract with the Pirates and earned a rotation spot, going 5-7 with a 5.36 ERA. He won five of his first six decisions with Pittsburgh but has a 9.58 ERA
  
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• US defender Sergiño Dest makes Ajax debut

  29-07-2019 21:39
  Defender Sergiño Dest, a member of the U.S. team at this year’s Under-20 World Cup, has made his competitive debut for Ajax.
  The 18-year-old started at left back and moved to left wing later Saturday when Ajax beat PSV Eindhoven 2-0 in the Dutch Super Cup at Amsterdam.
  Dest was born in the Netherlands to a Surinamese-American father and a Dutch mother. He joined the Ajax youth academy in 2012 and most often has been used at right back.
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• Look up! Two meteor showers will light up night sky Monday, Tuesday

  29-07-2019 21:36
  RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) – Two meteor showers will overlap this week in the summer night sky.
  On Monday and Tuesday night, the Southern Delta Aquarids and the Alpha Capricornids will peak with up to 25 meteors per hour.
  AP Photo/The Wyoming Tribune Eagle, Blaine McCartney
  Experts say there may be more meteors Monday night into the early morning hours of Tuesday.
  The best time to view these meteor showers will be after midnight.
  The weather in Virginia will be fantastic for meteor shower viewin
  
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• Baltimore district has struggles but also affluence

  29-07-2019 21:35
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore residents are pushing back against President Donald Trump’s comments about their city.
  In his recent attacks on Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings, Trump called the congressman’s district a “rat and rodent infested mess” where no one would want to live.
  The remarks have rocked Maryland’s largest city, which is nearly 53% black. Residents say their home bears no resemblance to the place Trump described.
  Maryland’s 7th Congressional
  
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• Nevada jury being picked for biker club racketeering trial

  29-07-2019 21:24
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — A jury is being picked in federal court in Las Vegas for the racketeering trial of eight accused Vagos motorcycle club members in a sweeping case stemming from the killing of a rival Hells Angels leader from California at a northern Nevada casino in 2011.
  Prosecutors allege the Vagos is a broad criminal enterprise engaged for more than a decade in murder, kidnapping, extortion, witness intimidation and drug and weapons trafficking.
  The eight men standing trial represent th
  
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• Treasury projects $433 billion borrowing need this quarter

  29-07-2019 21:17
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department says it expects to borrow $433 billion in the current July-September quarter. That would be the largest quarterly borrowing total since early 2018, as the government replenishes its cash reserves following the expected resolution over raising the debt limit.
  Treasury says the $433 billion in borrowing it expects this quarter, through selling Treasury bonds and bills to the public, would be the largest quarterly total since it borrowed $488 billion
  
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• Tempe police handing out coupons to drivers who follow traffic laws

  29-07-2019 21:16
  PHOENIX (KPNX) – Tempe Police Department has launched the “Positive Ticketing Campaign”, rewarding people for following traffic laws safely.
  The department has partnered with Circle K for the campaign for the second year in a row.
  “The idea behind it is to educate citizens from the youngest to the oldest on traffic laws, bicycle laws, things like that,” Tempe Police’s Det. Greg Bacon said.
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  Bacon said officers won’t be pulling over drivers, b
  
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• Contested NYC prosecutor’s race certified, but court is next

  29-07-2019 21:12
  NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s Board of Elections has officially certified Queens Borough President Melinda Katz as the winner of the hotly contested Democratic primary for Queens district attorney.
  The board said Monday that Katz beat public defender Tiffany Cabán by 60 votes.
  But Cabán is continuing with a legal challenge to get invalidated ballots counted.
  Cabán’s campaign said it would be in court on Wednesday over more than 100 ballots excluded from t
  
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• Florida day care raided, 1 arrest in pornography probe

  29-07-2019 21:11
  MIAMI (AP) — Law enforcement officials have raided a Florida day care center and arrested one man during a child pornography investigation.
  Homeland Security Investigations spokesman Nestor Iglesias says the Monday morning raid of Little Seeds Academy in Miami was tied to a search warrant seeking evidence such as computers, cellphones and laptops. Iglesias says the identity of the man arrested won’t be released until the case is unsealed Tuesday.
  Iglesias says it’s unclear yet
  
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• Appeal in Guatemala seeks to nullify asylum deal with US

  29-07-2019 21:06
  GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala’s human rights prosecutor is asking the country’s Constitutional Court to nullify an agreement President Jimmy Morales’ government signed with Washington on asylum for migrants.
  The agreement would make it harder for many migrants to request asylum in the U.S.
  Monday’s appeal by Jordán Rodas argues that the deal was signed under threats from U.S. President Donald Trump, who’d warned of possible reprisals against Guatemala
  
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• Ryanair sees flight cuts, job losses from 737 Max grounding

  29-07-2019 21:05
  European budget airline Ryanair says it’s looking at flight cuts, slower growth and job losses if deliveries of Boeing 737 Max jets keep being delayed.
  CEO Michael O’Leary says on an earnings conference call Monday that the airline was supposed to get 58 Maxes by next summer. He used an expletive to say that could drop to zero if Boeing can’t get its act together and win regulators’ approval to put the planes back in the air.
  The Max has been grounded since March and deli
  
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• Reserve RB Feaster leaves Clemson for rival South Carolina

  29-07-2019 21:01
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Running back Tavien Feaster is switching sides in the state’s biggest rivalry, leaving Clemson to join South Carolina for his final college season.
  Feaster posted a picture of himself on Instagram in a Gamecocks jersey, sitting in front a locker with his name on it.
  Feaster is a 5-foot-11, 220-pound senior who was part of Clemson’s national championship teams in 2016 and last year. Feaster rushed for 1,330 yards and 15 touchdowns in three seasons with the
  
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• Block party shootout may have been gang-related, police say

  29-07-2019 21:01
  NEW YORK (AP) — New York police say a shootout that left one man dead and 11 people wounded at a Brooklyn community festival may have been gang related.
  Chief of Detectives Dermot Shea said Monday that several victims of Saturday’s shooting had gang histories, including the man who was killed.
  Commissioner James O’Neill says police are looking at that possibility in part because gangs account for about half of the shootings in that area.
  Police say there were at least two gunme
  
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• Utah GOP Rep. Rob Bishop to retire next year as planned

  29-07-2019 20:58
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop of Utah says he will retire when his term ends next year as planned after he considered changing his mind and running for re-election.
  Bishop’s northern Utah congressional district is heavily Republican, making it an unlikely spot for Democrats to win a seat in 2020.
  The longtime congressman told the Deseret News on Monday it was a difficult decision because people were urging him to run again. But, he says he didn’t want to
  
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• 6-year-old among three killed at Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting

  29-07-2019 20:49
  GILROY, Calif. (NBC NEWS) – A six-year-old boy, a 13-year-old girl and a man in his 20s were killed during a shooting rampage at the Gilroy Garlic Festival in Northern California on Sunday, according to authorities.
  The youngest victim, Stephen Romero, had just celebrated his sixth birthday last month at Legoland in California, his father, Alberto Romero, told NBC Bay Area on Sunday evening.
  “My son had his whole life to live and he was only six. That’s
  
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• Trump takes clemency actions in several cases

  29-07-2019 20:45
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has pardoned five men convicted of crimes including theft, fraud and drug trafficking, in addition to commuting the sentences of two others.
  The president commuted the sentences of Ted Suhl, who was convicted of bribery related to Medicaid fraud, and Ronen Nahmani, a Florida man convicted of selling synthetic marijuana. The White House says he has five young children and that his wife is suffering from terminal cancer.
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• President Trump takes clemency action

  29-07-2019 20:45
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has issued full pardons to five men convicted of crimes including theft, fraud and drug trafficking, in addition to commuting the sentences of two others.
  The president commuted the sentences of Ted Suhl, who was convicted of bribery related to Medicaid fraud, and Ronen Nahmani, a Florida man convicted of selling synthetic marijuana. The White House says he has five young children and that his wife is suffering from terminal cancer.
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• Xtreme eating 2019: america’s unhealthiest meals

  29-07-2019 20:41
  Xtreme Eating 2019: America’s Unhealthiest Meals(NBC News) The 2019 Xtreme Eating Awards are out, highlighting what the Center for Science in the Public Interest describes as “nutritional nightmares.”
  “Most of our award winners had a least an entire day’s calories,” says CSPI senior nutritionist Lindsay Moyer.
  Most people wouldn’t consume four double cheeseburgers from Burger King, and a large Coke all at once, but it’s the caloric equivalent of o
  
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• Alabama, Wisconsin set for home-and-home in 2024, 2025

  29-07-2019 20:39
  TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama and Wisconsin will meet in 2024 and 2025 in a home-and-home series.
  The schools announced Monday the teams will play in Madison, Wisconsin, on Sept. 14, 2024. They’ll meet in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, on Sept. 13, 2025.
  Wisconsin and Alabama have split their only two meetings. The Crimson Tide won 35-17 in the 2015 opener in Arlington, Texas. That was the first time they had played each other since 1928, when the Badgers won 15-0 in Madison.
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• Quinn: Anthem protests ‘might come up’ with Cowboys’ Jones

  29-07-2019 20:25
  OXNARD, Calif. (AP) — Dallas Cowboys defensive end Robert Quinn says the issue of protesting during the national anthem “might come up” before the season with owner Jerry Jones, who in the past has taken a hard stance against such displays by his players.
  Quinn, who raised his fist during “The Star-Spangled Banner” in recent seasons with the Rams and the Miami Dolphins, joined the Cowboys in an offseason trade.
  Since Colin Kaepernick sparked the debate in 2016, play
  
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• Two-vehicle crash closes Limberlost, First Ave intersection

  29-07-2019 20:24
  TUCSON – A two-vehicle crash closed an intersection in central Tucson Monday morning.
  According to Tucson Police Department, the incident occurred near Limberlost Drive and First Avenue. Police say non-life-threatening injuries were reported in the crash.TRAFFIC ALERT
  The intersection of Limberlost Drive and 1st Avenue is shutdown due to a two vehicle collision. Please avoid the area until the roadway is cleared. Injuries from the collision are non life threatening. pic.twitter.com/oML4ZP
  
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• Bobcat attacks 4-year-old girl, 4 others in Arizona forest

  29-07-2019 20:10
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Wildlife officials are searching for a bobcat after it bit five people, including a 4-year-old girl, at a southern Arizona campground.
  The Arizona Game and Fish Department said on its Twitter account Monday that the bobcat remains at large in the Mount Graham area.
  The attack happened Sunday evening at Shannon Campground.
  Authorities say all five victims were treated at area hospitals and have been released.
  The agency is advising visitors to try and avoid the Shannon
  
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• Saints waive receiver Meredith, add lineman Omameh

  29-07-2019 20:08
  METAIRIE, La. (AP) — Saints coach Sean Payton says the club has released veteran wide receiver Cameron Meredith.
  As recently as 2016, Meredith led the Chicago Bears in receiving, with 66 catches for 888 yards. But he missed all of 2017 because of a major knee injury.
  The Saints signed the 6-foot-3 receiver as a restricted free agent before last season to a two-year, $9.5 million contract.
  But the 26-year-old Meredith played in only six games — catching nine passes for 114 yards and o
  
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• WWE wrestler Jerry Lawler files suit over son’s death

  29-07-2019 20:02
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Fame wrestler Jerry “The King” Lawler has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a Tennessee county where his son suffered a fatal injury while incarcerated.
  News outlets report the law firm of Rosenblum and Reisman said in a statement on Monday that Lawler is seeking compensatory and punitive damages “for the numerous failures of the county and its employees” that resulted in the death of former WWE star B
  
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• 9 hurt after roof collapses at Houston construction site

  29-07-2019 20:02
  HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Fire Department says nine workers were taken to hospitals after they were injured when part of the roof of a building under construction collapsed.
  Firefighters responded to the roof collapse Monday morning at a hotel under construction north of downtown Houston.
  Video from local TV stations showed firefighters using a ladder from a truck to bring down some injured workers on stretchers.
  The injuries to workers who were taken to hospitals included cuts and broken
  
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• Wyoming Police Issue Weed Warning to Coloradans

  29-07-2019 19:55
  As people drive north from Colorado and cross over into Wyoming, many only notice the big welcome sign and tourists taking pictures. What law enforcement wants you to know is that the laws are far different.
  “Wyoming does not have legal marijuana for any amount. Please keep your marijuana in Colorado,” said Captain Linda Gesell with the Laramie County Sheriff’s Office. “We do know from our fellow law enforcement in Colorado that they do see a lot of Wyoming plates in Col
  
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