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• NJ couple buys out shoes at Payless Store, donated shoes to shelter

  30-07-2019 23:58
  MERCER COUNTY, NJ (WCAU) – A New Jersey couple had a humble idea when they stumbled across a Payless store last month: buy all 247 pairs of shoes and donate them to women and children in need.
  The shoe retailer filed for bankruptcy in February this year and most stores were expected to close by the end of May.
  But Susan Cook and Patrick Riordan found a Payless store still open while shopping June 22 at the Hamilton Marketplace in Mercer County, New Jersey.
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• Green has ankle surgery, expected to miss Bengals’ opener

  30-07-2019 23:48
  CINCINNATI (AP) — A.J. Green had ankle surgery and is expected to miss the start of the Bengals’ season.
  Green hurt his left ankle during the opening practice of camp Saturday in Dayton, landing awkwardly after cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick bumped into the star receiver while breaking up a pass. Coach Zac Taylor said Green had surgery Tuesday morning. He’s hopeful that Green won’t miss “more than a couple of games.” Cincinnati opens the season at Seattle on Sept.
  
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• Police have searched dating sites in case of slain student

  30-07-2019 23:46
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities investigating the death of Utah college student Mackenzie Lueck have searched dating sites for both her and the man charged in her death.
  Court documents outlining evidence gathered against 31-year-old tech worker Ayoola Ajayi include a search of the site Seeking Arrangement, which bills itself as a way for wealthy “sugar daddies” to meet women known as “sugar babies.”
  The document shows authorities also searched Tinder, Instagram,
  
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• SKorea says NKorea has fired unidentified projectiles

  30-07-2019 23:45
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says North Korea has fired several unidentified projectiles off its east coast.
  South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff says the launches were done Wednesday from the North’s northeastern area.
  It wasn’t immediately known exactly what North Korea fired.
  The launches came after North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea last Thursday in an apparent effort to ramp up pressure on the United States ahead of a possible r
  
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• Suspect in Mississippi Walmart shooting charged with two counts of murder, identified as Martez Abram

  30-07-2019 23:38
  SOUTHAVEN, Miss. (AP) — Suspect in Mississippi Walmart shooting charged with two counts of murder, identified as Martez Abram.
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• South Korea says North Korea has fired several unidentified projectiles off its east coast

  30-07-2019 23:37
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says North Korea has fired several unidentified projectiles off its east coast.
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• The Latest: Ex-lawmaker died from multiple stab wounds

  30-07-2019 22:55
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Latest on the arraignment and plea of a woman charged in the murder of a former Arkansas lawmaker (all times local):
  4:55 p.m.
  Police documents say a woman charged in the fatal stabbing of a former Arkansas lawmaker last month was captured on video removing security cameras inside the victim’s home.
  An arrest affidavit that was released Tuesday says former state Sen. Linda Collins died of multiple stab wounds. It says Collins’ son and father found h
  
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• Seahawks 1st-round pick L.J. Collier carted off with injury

  30-07-2019 22:08
  RENTON, Wash. (AP) — Seattle Seahawks first-round pick L.J. Collier was carted off the practice field with a right leg injury.
  Collier was rushing the passer during a team session when he grabbed at his lower leg. The team didn’t offer specifics on the injury after practice Tuesday.
  Collier was attended to on the field for a brief time before limping off and eventually needing a cart to get back to the locker room. Trainers appeared to be looking at Collier’s ankle.
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• Congo officials say 2nd Ebola case confirmed in city of Goma

  30-07-2019 22:06
  KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Officials in Congo say a second Ebola case has been confirmed in Goma, the city of more than 2 million people where the first confirmed case of a current outbreak was reported earlier this month.
  A statement read out by local officials on Tuesday said the infected man was isolated earlier in the day and there appeared to be no link between his illness and the previous case in Goma.
  The officials said he arrived on July 13 from a mining area in northeastern Congo&rsqu
  
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• Peterson upsets top seed Stephens in 1st round at Citi Open

  30-07-2019 22:05
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Top-seeded Sloane Stephens has been upset in straight sets in the first round of the Citi Open.
  Rebecca Peterson beat Stephens 6-2, 7-5 on Tuesday at the hard-court tournament that serves as a tune-up for the U.S. Open. Stephens was coming off a third-round loss at Wimbledon.
  Stephens is ranked eighth and Peterson is 70th. Stephens won the Citi Open in 2015 and reached the 2017 doubles final. Peterson, from Sweden, will face American Sachia Vickery or Italian Camila Giorg
  
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• David Phelps acquired by Cubs in deal with Blue Jays

  30-07-2019 22:02
  CHICAGO (AP) — The Cubs added bullpen depth by acquiring right-hander David Phelps from Toronto for minor league righty Thomas Hatch.
  As part of the trade announced Tuesday, the Blue Jays will send cash to Chicago to offset some of Phelps’ contract, which includes a $2.5 million base salary for this year, a $1 million club option for 2020 and numerous performance bonuses.
  The 32-year-old tore the ulnar collateral ligament in his pitching elbow on March 17, 2017, during his final pitc
  
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• Congo officials say 2nd Ebola case confirmed in major city of Goma, no link seen to earlier case

  30-07-2019 21:59
  KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo officials say 2nd Ebola case confirmed in major city of Goma, no link seen to earlier case.
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• ’80s tape, toy dino: Chinatown archaeological dig cut short

  30-07-2019 21:48
  BOSTON (AP) — An archaeological dig in Boston’s historic Chinatown has been cut short after it turned up a 1980s music cassette, a toy dinosaur and other bric-a-brac.
  The city’s Archaeology Program tweeted Tuesday that it was wrapping up its three-week excavation at a vacant lot near the neighborhood’s distinctive gateway because researchers have reached the water table, and it is unsafe to dig further. The dig had been expected to last until the fall.
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• Utility head agrees to answer power disconnection questions

  30-07-2019 21:47
  PHOENIX (AP) — The head of the Arizona’s largest electric utility has agreed to answer questions from regulators on the company’s disconnection rules.
  Arizona Public Service CEO Don Brandt says he would appear before the Arizona Corporation Commission, but he asked for time to prepare answers for the 67 questions regulators sent him.
  The questions include inquiries about the 72-year-old Sun City West woman who died last year after the utility shut off her power despite extreme
  
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• Another federal lawsuit over playoff ‘no call’ dismissed

  30-07-2019 21:45
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A judge has dismissed the last of three federal lawsuits targeting Roger Goodell and other NFL officials over officiating at January’s NFC title game between the Los Angeles Rams and the New Orleans Saints. That leaves one state court lawsuit pending over game officials’ failure to call a blatant penalty at a crucial point, helping the Rams advance to the Super Bowl.
  U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan’s ruling Tuesday rejected arguments that people who bo
  
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• Canada police shift manhunt for teen slaying suspects

  30-07-2019 21:44
  VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Canadian police say they’ve pulled out of a remote northern town after an intensive search turned up no sign of two fugitive teenagers suspected of killing three people — a college professor, a North Carolina woman and her Australian boyfriend.
  The Royal Canadian Mounted Police used dogs and drones, helicopters, boats and even a military Hercules aircraft to scour the area around York Landing, Manitoba. But they were unable to confirm a possib
  
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• Alabama sued in transgender driver’s license case

  30-07-2019 21:36
  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge is questioning Alabama’s requirement for a transgender person to undergo full gender reassignment surgery to change the sex on their driver’s license.
  U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson held a Tuesday hearing in the lawsuit filed by three transgender individuals challenging the requirement as unconstitutional.
  Thompson declined to issue an immediate order and will rule later if the case will go to trial.
  Thompson noted the violence faced
  
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• Fugitive Salvadoran ex-president given Nicaragua citizenship

  30-07-2019 21:33
  MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Nicaragua has granted citizenship to Salvadoran ex-President Mauricio Funes, who has been in the country under political asylum since 2016 and is wanted back home on allegations of illicit enrichment and embezzlement.
  The decision by President Daniel Ortega’s government takes legal effect with its publication Tuesday in the official Gazette. It also grants citizenship to Funes’ wife and two sons.
  The measure would block Funes’ possible extraditio
  
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• Feathered ‘pterodactyl’ makes a stop at Canoa Ranch lake

  30-07-2019 21:33
  TUCSON – A pterodactyl in Pima County?!?!
  While it may look like a terrifying, flying dinosaur at first glance, Pima County officials confirmed that this flying creature is a lot less concerning.
  On Tuesday morning, local birders and the staff at Historic Canoa Ranch spotted a frigatebird soaring overhead the nearby lake.
  We had a rare sighting at the Canoa Ranch lake today! A juvenile Magnificent Frigatebird was seen by local birders and our staff!
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• Terrence Boyd leaves Toronto for German 3rd tier Hallescher

  30-07-2019 21:31
  TORONTO (AP) — American forward Terrence Boyd is leaving Toronto and Major League Soccer for third-tier Hallescher in Germany.
  The 28-year-old did not score and had just three starts and eight substitute appearances in six months. He spent the previous three seasons with Darmstadt in the German second tier.
  Boyd was born in Bremen, Germany, to a German mother and U.S. father. He has no goals in 14 appearances for the U.S. national team but has not played for the Americans since an exhibiti
  
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• Woman tells jury she was raped for former UW football player

  30-07-2019 21:29
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The trial of former University of Wisconsin football player Quintez Cephus has begun with a woman testifying that Cephus raped her in his apartment.
  The 21-year-old Cephus is charged with second- and third-degree sexual assault after two 18-year-old women reported to police that he had assaulted them on the same night in April 2018.
  Cephus argues the sex was consensual and arranged by one of the women. The Wisconsin State Journal reports Tuesday that when one of the wo
  
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• Feds award nearly $5M to combat rural Alaska violence

  30-07-2019 21:27
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Rural Alaska Native villages are receiving almost $5 million from the U.S. Justice Department to combat numerous public safety problems, including no law enforcement presence in some communities.
  Tuesday’s announcement comes nearly two months after Attorney General William Barr met with tribal representatives, who told him about slow response times from authorities, violence against women and abuse of alcohol and drugs, including opioids in remote communities
  
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• Ducks, stuck, loose: Police rescue 3 ducklings from grate

  30-07-2019 21:26
  NEW YORK (AP) — A mother duck and her nine babies were crossing a New York City street when three ducklings fell through a storm grate and had to be retrieved by police.
  The news site Gothamist reports that the rescue happened Sunday in the bustling Brooklyn neighborhood of Park Slope.
  Witness Lynn Harris says the mother duck was apparently spooked by a dog. That’s when three of her little ones dropped through the grate outside of NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital.
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• Judge orders release of Iraqi man, pending deportation order

  30-07-2019 21:24
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge in Minnesota has ruled that an Iraqi man who has been in immigration custody for two years must be released while his final order for removal from the U.S. is under appeal.
  Thirty-five-year-old Farass Adnan Ali has been in consecutive immigration detention since July 2017. U.S. District Judge David Doty ruled Tuesday that the lengthy detention violates Ali’s constitutional rights. Ali must be released within 30 days.
  The U.S. Department of Justice c
  
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• Swept Away: Mom Warns Of Dangers Posed By Large Inflatables

  30-07-2019 21:23
  A Michigan mother is warning others about the danger of jumbo inflatables on open waters.
  In July 2018, Courtney Kaiser-Sandler watched helplessly as her 6-year-old daughter, Sofia, drifted out a mile and a half onto Lake Michigan.
  “The water was completely still, it was just clear, so the kids got in – Sophia got in along with a couple of her friends,” recalled Courtney Kaiser-Sandler.
  She says the kids were just two or three feet from the shoreline when all of the sudden, th
  
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• Death penalty sought for woman accused of killing ex-senator

  30-07-2019 21:15
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Prosecutors say they plan to seek the death penalty against a woman charged in the killing of a former Arkansas lawmaker who was found dead outside her home last month.
  Rebecca Lynn O’Donnell has been charged with capital murder in the death of former state Sen. Linda Collins. Collins, who went by Collins-Smith in the Legislature, was found dead June 4 outside her home in Pocahontas, about 130 miles (210 kilometers) northeast of Little Rock.
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• UConn’s Thomas won’t return to football after stroke

  30-07-2019 21:13
  STORRS, Conn. (AP) — UConn coach Randy Edsall says linebacker Eli Thomas won’t return to football after suffering a stroke last season.
  The senior had been working on his rehabilitation since having a stroke last October before a weightlifting session. He had returned to the team and been named a captain in the spring, with the hopes of eventually resuming his football career.
  Edsall announced Tuesday that Thomas has not been cleared by doctors to play again and has accepted that dec
  
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• McConnell takes wait-and-see approach to intel nominee

  30-07-2019 21:02
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is joining his fellow Republicans in taking a wait-and-see approach to President Donald Trump’s nominee for national intelligence director, saying that he doesn’t know him.
  McConnell says he looks forward to meeting with Texas Rep. John Ratcliffe, the president’s choice for the job.
  Ratcliffe would replace Dan Coats, a former Indiana senator who had broad support in Congress and had repeatedly clashed with Trump.
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• American midfielder Alex Mendez signs with Dutch club Ajax

  30-07-2019 21:02
  Midfielder Alex Mendez, among the top American players at this year’s Under-20 World Cup, has transferred to the Dutch club Ajax from Germany’s Freiburg.
  Ajax said Tuesday the 18-year-old from Los Angeles had agreed to a three-year contract.
  Mendez was with the second-tier LA Galaxy II in 2017 and left last October for Freiburg but did not get into a match.
  He scored both goals last Nov. 21 to lead the U.S. over Mexico in the CONCACAF Under-20 Championship final and was selected the
  
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• Texas sheriff’s deputy charged in fatal shooting of wife

  30-07-2019 20:57
  HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas sheriff’s deputy has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of his wife at their home.
  Court records show Richard Spivey called 911 Sunday to say he accidentally shot his wife, Patricia, while “tussling” with a gun during an argument. Spivey was treated for a gunshot wound to the leg.
  Harris County jail records show the 63-year-old was being held without bond pending a court appearance Wednesday.
  Online jail records didn’t list an atto
  
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• Escaped calf killed behind Home Depot sparks outrage

  30-07-2019 20:56
  BLOOMFIELD, Conn. (AP) — The slaughter in a Home Depot parking lot of a calf that escaped a butcher shop and led employees on a chase has sparked outrage from animal lovers and elicited racist messages online.
  The calf broke out of the Saba Live Poultry shop in Connecticut on July 13 and ran behind the store across the street.
  When employees of the butchery wrestled the calf to the ground, one cut its throat.
  Dashboard camera footage from a Bloomfield Police officer shows the chase and the
  
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• The Latest: Attorney says Katy Perry hit earned $41M

  30-07-2019 20:51
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on a jury’s verdict that Katy Perry’s hit “Dark Horse” improperly copied elements of a 2009 Christian rap song (all times local):
  11:45 a.m.
  Attorneys for the creators of a Christian rap song that a jury says was improperly copied in Katy Perry’s song “Dark Horse” say the pop superstar’s 2013 hit earned roughly $41 million.
  The figure will be a key point of contention during the damages phase of a copyright infri
  
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• Woman sought who allegedly urinated on potatoes at Walmart in Pennsylvania

  30-07-2019 20:48
  WEST MIFFLIN, Penn. (AP) – Police are seeking a woman who they say urinated on potatoes at a Walmart in western Pennsylvania.
  West Mifflin police posted surveillance photos on their Twitter account. It is not known when the incident took place.
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  A Walmart representative told local news outlets an employee saw what the woman was doing.
  In a statement, Walmart told WPIX “it immediately disposed of the affected products and sanitized the area.”
  Walmart says
  
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• The Latest: Coal company says its working on resolution

  30-07-2019 20:45
  HARLAN, Ky. (AP) — The Latest on a Kentucky protest by former employees of a bankrupt coal operator (all times local):
  2:45 p.m.
  A bankrupt coal operator is telling employees that it’s working to resolve bankruptcy issues “as quickly as possible.”
  The Lexington Herald-Leader reports Blackjewel LLC said in a statement to employees Tuesday that it knows miners are eager for a resolution and “we are doing everything possible to bring as many employees as possible back
  
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• The Latest: Police don’t believe 2 slain women were targets

  30-07-2019 20:44
  CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on two mothers who were shot and killed on a Chicago corner where they worked as anti-violence activists (all times local):
  1:45 p.m.
  Chicago police say they believe a man who was shot in the elbow was the intended target in the drive-by shooting that killed two mothers who were on the same street corner trying to stop gun violence.
  Department spokesman Anthony Guglielmi says the man is affiliated with a gang and had recently been released from prison. The man was
  
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• Cyprus criticizes Orthodox bishop for insulting gays

  30-07-2019 20:41
  NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — An official says the Cyprus government is “greatly troubled and dismayed” by an Orthodox Christian bishop’s comments on homosexuality, which he said were needlessly stirring up social tensions on the Mediterranean island nation.
  Government spokesman Prodromos Prodromou said Tuesday that Morphou Bishop Neophytos’ remarks clash with Cyprus’ laws protecting the rights of all its citizens. The bishop claimed that homosexuality is transferred
  
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• Venezuela leadership negotiations to resume this week

  30-07-2019 20:37
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A diplomat who represents Venezuela’s opposition leader in Washington says talks on ending the political impasse in the South American country will resume again this week.
  Carlos Vecchio, who represents opposition leader Juan Guaidó, did not give a day or location for the talks with representatives of embattled President Nicolas Maduro. Vecchio said in a speech Tuesday in Washington that he is hopeful that talks will resolve the crisis by year’s end.
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• AP Source: Ellis steps down as women’s national team coach

  30-07-2019 20:36
  A person with knowledge of the situation says U.S. national team coach Jill Ellis is stepping down after leading the team to back-to-back Women’s World Cup titles.
  The person spoke on the condition of anonymity Tuesday because the resignation has not been officially announced. Ellis has been coach of the team since 2014, leading it to World Cup titles in 2015 and earlier this month. Ellis’ resignation was first reported by The Equalizer, a women’s soccer website.
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• Saints add ex-Redskins, Tulane rusher Kelley

  30-07-2019 20:29
  METAIRIE, La. (AP) — The New Orleans Saints are giving former Redskins running back Robert Kelley a chance to get back in the NFL after two injury-plagued seasons.
  Kelley, who also played for Tulane, is a New Orleans native who has been living in his hometown. He practiced with the Saints for the first time on Tuesday and says it took him a little more than 15 minutes to reach Saints headquarters after the club called him about signing a contract.
  Kelley broke into the league with Washingt
  
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• Ex-Teamster leader pleads guilty in Chicago extortion case

  30-07-2019 20:29
  CHICAGO (AP) — A 59-year-old who was one of Chicago’s most powerful labor leaders has pleaded guilty to receiving over $500,000 in illegal payments and benefits, including the use of a yacht.
  Former Teamsters Union official, John Coli Sr., changed his plea to guilty Tuesday in a federal case focused on how he squeezed one Chicago company for cash. He agreed to cooperate for a lower prison term of around 20 months.
  The plea deal describes Coli threatening in 2016 to bring a picket lin
  
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• AP Source: US women’s national team coach Jill Ellis is stepping down less than a month after winning the World Cup

  30-07-2019 20:29
  CHICAGO (AP) — AP Source: US women’s national team coach Jill Ellis is stepping down less than a month after winning the World Cup.
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• County approves settling suit over Houston area bail system

  30-07-2019 20:26
  HOUSTON (AP) — Officials have approved a settlement in a federal lawsuit over the bail system in Texas’ most populous county which ensures that most people accused of misdemeanor offenses don’t languish in jail.
  The bail system in Harris County, where Houston is located, had been deemed unconstitutional by a federal judge following a 2016 lawsuit alleging poor misdemeanor defendants remained jailed because of their poverty.
  Harris County commissioners Tuesday approved the settl
  
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• Banned tennis player’s brother suspended for integrity probe

  30-07-2019 20:24
  LONDON (AP) — An Egyptian tennis player whose brother was banned from the sport for life for match-fixing has been suspended from tennis for alleged integrity violations.
  The Tennis Integrity Unit announced Tuesday that 21-year-old Youssef Hossam has been provisionally suspended while its investigation continues. Hossam may not compete in or attend any event sanctioned by the sport’s governing bodies.
  Last year, Youssef’s brother Karim Hossam was found guilty of 16 corruption c
  
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• Hawk recovering after tree it was perched on was struck by lightning

  30-07-2019 20:23
  TUCSON – A hawk is on the road to recovery after a palm tree it was perched on was struck by lightning Monday evening.
  According to officials, a palm tree located at an apartment complex near Prince Road and Campbell Avenue caught on fire after it was struck by lightning at around 9 p.m. Monday. While fire crews were extinguishing the blaze, a winged predator fell out of the tree.
  Authorities say the fire crews placed the bird inside the cage, where the feathered animal was transported to
  
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• Sheriff: Woman was stuffed in suitcase, tossed from vehicle

  30-07-2019 20:21
  NOEL, Mo. (AP) — Investigators believe a dead woman was stuffed into a suitcase and thrown from a moving vehicle, landing near a road in rural southwest Missouri.
  McDonald County Sheriff Michael Hall says a bicyclist discovered the woman’s decomposing remains Monday along a state highway between the towns of Noel and Ginger Blue, about 80 miles (130 kilometers) southwest of Springfield.
  Hall said Tuesday that investigators believe the suitcase was apparently tossed from a vehicle and
  
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• Trial date set for expelled student facing more rape charges

  30-07-2019 20:06
  HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — A trial date has been set for new sexual assault charges against a man who was allowed to remain enrolled at Marshall University despite a rape accusation.
  A West Virginia court clerk on Tuesday said Joseph Chase Hardin will face trial starting Sept. 3 on charges that he raped two women last year.
  The 22-year-old man has maintained his innocence.
  Hardin was convicted of battery in the earlier case, where a former Marshall student said he raped her in a dorm room in
  
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• Prosecutors dismiss cases tied to Iowa officer who resigned

  30-07-2019 20:04
  IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Prosecutors are dismissing several criminal charges and traffic tickets against people arrested by an Iowa police officer who is no longer considered credible.
  Cedar County Attorney Jeffrey Renander said Tuesday his office is dismissing cases tied to officer Robert Smith “in the interest of justice.”
  He says his office has concluded it is unlikely to obtain a conviction in criminal cases where Smith is the primary or only state witness.
  Court records show
  
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• The Latest: Wisconsin sheriff draws parallel with Closs case

  30-07-2019 19:57
  CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (AP) — The Latest on the slayings of four people in weekend attacks at two homes in Wisconsin (all times local):
  12:55 p.m.
  Authorities in Wisconsin say a man suspected of killing four people may have been imitating the abduction last year of teenager Jayme Closs.
  Sheriff Jim Kowalczyk said Tuesday that investigators may never know exactly what led to the Sunday attacks. He says Ritchie German Jr. killed three of his family members and later killed a 24-year-old woman
  
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• Sheriff: Wisconsin man suspected of killing four in weekend attacks may have been imitating the Jayme Closs abduction

  30-07-2019 19:55
  CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (AP) — Sheriff: Wisconsin man suspected of killing four in weekend attacks may have been imitating the Jayme Closs abduction.
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• AP Source: Minnesota Wild fire GM Paul Fenton after 1 season

  30-07-2019 19:55
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A person with direct knowledge of the decision tells The Associated Press the Minnesota Wild have fired general manager Paul Fenton after just one season.
  The person spoke to The AP on condition of anonymity Tuesday because the team had yet to make the formal announcement. The Athletic first reported the news.
  Fenton’s lone year on the job included the end of the team’s six-year streak of making the playoffs and a disassembly of the team’s core of forwa
  
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