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• AP source: Carter returning to Hawks for 22nd NBA season

  05-08-2019 23:57
  ATLANTA (AP) — A person familiar with the situation says Vince Carter is returning to the Atlanta Hawks for his record 22nd season in the NBA.
  The person confirmed that the 42-year-old Carter has agreed to terms with the Hawks. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the deal has not been announced.
  The agreement was first reported by ESPN.
  Carter will continue to serve as a mentor to some of the NBA’s most promising young talent, including first-ro
  
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• Nebraska’s Sasse backed by GOP leaders despite Trump stance

  05-08-2019 23:56
  LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska will surround himself with many of the state’s top Republicans on Monday for a likely announcement that he’ll seek a second term, despite angering some party activists with his repeated criticism of President Donald Trump.
  Sasse was set to appear in Omaha for a “special announcement” alongside fellow Republican office-holders, including Gov. Pete Ricketts, former GOP governors and members of Nebraska’s all-R
  
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• 5 months on, Christchurch attacker inspires others

  05-08-2019 23:56
  SYDNEY (AP) — The attack on a Texas Walmart that left 22 people dead bore all the classic hallmarks of America’s cycle of mass shootings. A lone shooter. Multiple casualties. A white male accused of the crime.
  But it also revealed a pattern of emerging white supremacy, and apparent inspiration by the New Zealand mosque attacks earlier this year.
  The El Paso massacre is the latest attack in which the gunman appears to have praised the March shootings in Christchurch. That’s the
  
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• Fugitive millionaire wanted in wife’s murder arrested

  05-08-2019 23:44
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities say a Southern California millionaire charged with strangling his wife has been captured after being on the run for the past four years.
  U.S. Marshals spokesperson Lynzey Donahue said Monday that Peter Chadwick was arrested but declined to provide details.
  The Orange County Register reports the Newport Beach real estate investor was captured Sunday.
  Chadwick was charged with his wife’s 2012 murder and released on bail. He skipped a court appearance in 2
  
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• With new contract, Brady still not looking too far ahead

  05-08-2019 23:42
  ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — Even with a new contract, Tom Brady faces some uncertainty about his future.
  At his age, that’s hard to avoid.
  “I’m ready to go this year and that’s really what matters. That’s where my focus is,” Brady said. “It’s a unique situation I’m in. I’m in my 20th year with the same team. I’m 42 years old, so pretty much uncharted territory I think for everybody. I’m going to go out there and do the be
  
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• N. Korea fires projectiles twice into sea, S. Korea says

  05-08-2019 23:40
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military says North Korea fired unidentified projectiles twice into the sea as it continues to ramp up weapons tests amid stalemated nuclear negotiations with the United States.
  The launches on Tuesday came a day after the U.S. and South Korean militaries started scaled-down joint military exercises despite warnings from the North that the drills could derail fragile nuclear diplomacy.
  South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff says the projecti
  
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• Special Weather Statement issued August 5 at 2:38PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  05-08-2019 23:38
  At 238 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms alonga line extending from 20 miles east of San Carlos to 16 miles northof Thatcher to near Clifton. Movement was south at 15 mph.
  Wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with these storms.
  Locations impacted include…Safford, Clifton, Thatcher, Solomon, Morenci, Roper Lake State Park,Safford Regional Airport, Pima, Bylas, Central, Fort Thomas, ThreeWay, Calva and Guthrie.Heavy rainfall is also occurring with these storms, and
  
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• South Korea’s military says North Korea fired unidentified projectiles twice into sea

  05-08-2019 23:25
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military says North Korea fired unidentified projectiles twice into sea.
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• UN report: North Korea cyber experts raised up to $2 billion

  05-08-2019 23:24
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A panel monitoring U.N. sanctions says North Korean cyber experts have illegally raised money for the country’s weapons of mass destruction programs “with total proceeds to date estimated at up to $2 billion.”
  The experts said in a new report to the Security Council that North Korea is using cyberspace “to launch increasingly sophisticated attacks to steal funds from financial institutions and cryptocurrency exchanges to generate income.”
  
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• Chirinos becomes third Rays starting pitcher on IL

  05-08-2019 23:20
  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Yonny Chirinos has become the third Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher on the injured list.
  The right-hander was placed on the 10-day IL Monday with right middle finger inflammation and is expected to miss at least a month.
  AL Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell has been out since July 22 with bone chips in his left elbow that required surgery.
  Tyler Glasnow started the season 6-1 before being sidelined May 10 due to a right forearm strain.
  The Rays have not ruled ou
  
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• Tiffany Haddish gets kids to say darndest things on new show

  05-08-2019 23:18
  BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — As a comedian, Tiffany Haddish sometimes says the darndest things. Now, she’s getting kids to do it, too.
  Haddish is host and executive producer of ABC’s “Kids Say the Darndest Things,” the latest revival of Art Linkletter’s comical interactions with children.
  She likens it to a late-night talk show with kids. Haddish describes the kids who appear on the show as “really smart,” with her only needing to ask a couple of q
  
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• Former union official sentenced in federal corruption probe

  05-08-2019 23:15
  DETROIT (AP) — A former United Auto Workers vice president has been sentenced to 15 months in prison in a scheme that funneled cash from a job training center in Detroit toward personal uses.
  Norwood Jewell appeared Monday in U.S. District Court in Detroit. He is the highest ranking labor official charged and the eighth person sentenced in the ongoing investigation into illegal payoffs to UAW officials.
  The center was financed by Fiat Chrysler. Former Fiat Chrysler executive Al Iacobelli i
  
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• Indianapolis Jesuit school appeals archbishop’s decree

  05-08-2019 23:09
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A Jesuit high school that the Indianapolis Archdiocese no longer recognizes as Catholi c because it refused to fire a teacher in a same-sex marriage says it’s appealing that decision to the Vatican.
  Brebeuf Preparatory School President the Rev. Bill Verbryke sent a letter to the school community Sunday saying the head of the Jesuits’ Midwest Province has asked the Congregation for Catholic Education in Rome to overrule a decree issued by Archbishop Charles T
  
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• Experts: Mental illness not main driver of mass shootings

  05-08-2019 23:07
  Experts say President Donald Trump’s focus on “mentally ill monsters” oversimplifies the role of mental illness in public mass shootings and downplays the ease with which Americans can get firearms.
  Trump on Monday addressed weekend shootings in Texas and Ohio that killed 31 people. Trump said , “Mental illness and hatred pulls the trigger, not the gun.”
  In response, mental health experts are repeating what they’ve said after previous mass shootings: Most peop
  
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• 4 believed to be on plane in deadly crash in Alaska

  05-08-2019 22:46
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Four people are believed to have been aboard a plane that crashed in Alaska with no survivors.
  National Transportation Safety Board Alaska chief Clint Johnson says reports indicate four people were aboard the plane when Piper PA-22 crashed Sunday outside Girdwood. Johnson says NTSB investigators were heading to the crash site with Alaska State Troopers on Monday.
  Alaska State Troopers in a web posting say the crash happened near Eagle Glacier south of Anchorage. Th
  
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• The Latest: Telescope officials say Hawaii is preferred site

  05-08-2019 22:43
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The Latest on the backers of a giant telescope planned for Hawaii seeking a building permit for alternative site in Spain (all times local):
  1:15 a.m.
  The executive director of a telescope project that is being blocked from construction on Hawaii’s Big Island says the decision to seek a building permit for an alternative site in the Canary Islands is part of an ongoing process to secure a backup site.
  In a statement Monday, Thirty Meter Telescope executive dir
  
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• The Latest: Big Island mayor says telescope benefits Hawaii

  05-08-2019 22:43
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The Latest on the backers of a giant telescope planned for Hawaii seeking a building permit for alternative site in Spain (all times local):
  11:45 p.m.
  The mayor of Hawaii’s Big Island says it would be a loss for his community if a giant telescope planned for the summit of the state’s highest peak was built in Spain instead.
  Hawaii Gov. David Ige tasked Big Island Mayor Harry Kim with finding common ground among Native Hawaiian leaders, protesters and te
  
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• Mom’s ex faces new charge in death of 4-year-old Texas girl

  05-08-2019 22:42
  HOUSTON (AP) — Prosecutors have brought a more serious charge against a Houston man in connection with the death of his ex-fiancee’s 4-year-old daughter.
  The Harris County District Attorney’s Office on Monday charged Derion Vence with causing serious bodily injury to a child in the death of Maleah Davis. The count carries a potential life sentence.
  Vence has been jailed since May on the less serious charge of tampering with evidence, which carries a maximum sentence of up to 20
  
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• Jets acquire OL Alex Lewis from Ravens for draft pick

  05-08-2019 22:39
  FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — The New York Jets have acquired offensive lineman Alex Lewis from the Baltimore Ravens for a conditional seventh-round pick in next year’s NFL draft.
  Lewis started 10 games at guard last season for the Ravens and can also play tackle.
  The 27-year-old was a fourth-round pick of Baltimore in 2016 out of Nebraska. He has dealt with several injuries during his short NFL career, including missing two games last season with a neck ailment. Lewis was sidelined the
  
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• Excessive Heat Warning issued August 5 at 1:33PM MST until August 5 at 8:00PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  05-08-2019 22:33
  * AFFECTED AREAS…areas of southeast and south central Arizonafrom Tucson westward into the lower deserts.
  * IMPACTS…Overexposure can cause heat cramps and heatexhaustion to develop and, without intervention, can lead toheat stroke.
  * TEMPERATURES…Afternoon highs from 107 to 111.
  * For a detailed view of the hazard area…visitweather.gov/Tucson and click on the Detailed Hazards IconAn Excessive Heat Warning means that a prolonged period ofextremely hot temperatures will
  
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• Mark Oct. 22 on calendar: World Series, NBA both start

  05-08-2019 22:31
  NEW YORK (AP) — The World Series is scheduled to start Oct. 22, the same night as NBA openers.
  The commissioner’s office announced Monday that Game 7 would be played Oct. 30, barring postponements. The World Series is set to end in October for the second straight year after finishing in November from 2015-17.
  The National League wild-card game will open Major League Baseball’s postseason for the second straight year and is scheduled for Oct. 1. The AL wild-card game is the foll
  
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• Complaint accuses officer who shot black man of blocking aid

  05-08-2019 22:27
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Attorneys for the family of a black man shot and killed by a former police officer in Louisiana have obtained a 2014 complaint accusing the officer of obstructing medical help for a dying victim of a shooting.
  News outlets report attorneys for relatives of Alton Sterling unveiled the complaint Monday. Former officer Blane Salamoni fatally shot Sterling outside a Baton Rouge convenience store in 2016.
  In 2014, an Emergency Management Services employee stated Salamoni
  
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• Bloody weekend in Chicago leaves 7 dead, dozens injured

  05-08-2019 22:26
  CHICAGO (AP) — A surge of weekend violence in Chicago that left seven people dead and more than 40 injured prompted the police department to dispatch dozens more officers to the street and forced one overwhelmed hospital emergency room to stop accepting patients for several hours.
  Fifteen people were shot in two incidents on the city’s West Side on Sunday — seven in a park near a playground and eight more on a nearby street in what police say may have been the result of a dispu
  
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• Police handcuff fan for protests against Brazilian president

  05-08-2019 22:22
  SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian police briefly took a fan into custody after he started chanting in protest of President Jair Bolsonaro during a soccer match.
  The Sao Paulo government confirmed Monday that Rogerio Lemes was handcuffed and taken to a police station during Sunday night’s 1-1 draw between hosts Corinthians and archrival Palmeiras.
  Lemes said he was chanting against Brazil’s right-wing leader, who is a Palmeiras fan, when police arrived. The fan was released shortly lat
  
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• The Latest: Attorney: Alleged R. Kelly victim not prostitute

  05-08-2019 22:21
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Latest on new charges filed in Minnesota against R&B singer R. Kelly (all times local):
  3:15 p.m.
  Attorney Gloria Allred says she’s representing the alleged victim in a new case in Minneapolis accusing R. Kelly of soliciting an underage girl to dance naked with him in 2001.
  Kelly is charged with two counts of prostitution, but Allred insisted her client is not a prostitute. She told a news conference in Los Angeles on Monday that she was told the prostituti
  
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• New massacres a jolt for clergy who coped with past attacks

  05-08-2019 22:18
  The back-to-back massacres in Texas and Ohio have drawn strong reactions from religious leaders who experienced mass shootings in their own houses of worship. They are trying to help their congregants persevere, and some are venting anger at the persisting violence.
  At First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, where more than two-dozen people were killed by a gunman in 2017, Pastor Frank Pomeroy urged his followers not to live in fear.
  At the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, where
  
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• New Jersey enacts 3 gun violence intervention laws

  05-08-2019 22:16
  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey has enacted three laws designed to help victims of gun violence avoid becoming hurt again by firearms or seeking out retaliation.
  Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver signed the measures Monday at the governor’s office while Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy is out of the state on vacation.
  The new laws come after weekend firearm attacks in Texas and Ohio left 31 dead, but the legislation’s sponsor says Monday’s event was set before the weekend attacks.
  One me
  
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• Excessive Heat Warning issued August 5 at 1:15PM MST until August 5 at 8:00PM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ

  05-08-2019 22:15
  * WHERE…Northwest Pinal County, West Pinal County and SonoranDesert National Monument.
  * IMPACTS…Overexposure can cause heat cramps and heatexhaustion to develop and, without intervention, can lead toheat stroke.
  * THREAT…High HeatRisk. Afternoon temperatures 106 to 116.An Excessive Heat Warning means that a period of very hottemperatures, even by local standards, will occur. Actions shouldbe taken to lessen the impact of the extreme heat.
  Stay indoors and seek air-condition
  
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• The Latest: Morocco navy rescues 424 migrants in under a day

  05-08-2019 22:13
  ROME (AP) — The Latest on mass migration to Europe (all times local):
  8:45 p.m.
  Morocco’s state-run news agency says Moroccan navy crews rescued 424 migrants in the Mediterranean Sea on Sunday night and Monday.
  The MAP news agency reported that the makeshift boats carrying the migrants were in trouble when the rescues took place, but it didn’t give details.
  MAP says the rescued migrants included 53 women and 16 minors and some of the hundreds of passengers had serious health co
  
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• Health Watch issued Monday for metro Tucson

  05-08-2019 22:11
  TUCSON – Due to elevated levels of air pollution of ground-level ozone, Pima County Department of Environmental Quality (PDEQ) has issued a “Health Watch” for Monday in the Tucson metropolitan area.
  PDEQ says people who are sensitive to air pollution may experience shortness of breath, coughing, throat irritation, wheezing, and breathing discomfort.
  Those who are sensitive to ozone may want to limit outside exertion in the afternoon, PDEQ says. Elevated levels of ozone pop
  
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• Grizzlies make Niele Ivey NBA’s 9th female assistant coach

  05-08-2019 22:10
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Memphis Grizzlies have hired former Notre Dame women’s associate head coach Niele (knee-L) Ivey among the new assistants on Taylor Jenkins’ staff.
  There are now nine women coaches in the NBA.
  The Grizzlies also announced Monday the hiring of Brad Jones, David McClure, James “Scoonie” Penn, Vitaly Potapenko and Neven Spahija.
  Jenkins says he’s thrilled to work with an experienced group of coaches with success at all levels as both play
  
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• Humane Society of Southern Arizona's Canine Good Citizen Training

  05-08-2019 22:09
  The Humane Society of Southern Arizona (HSSA) will begin offering American Kennel Club’s (AKC) Canine Good Citizen training starting Wednesday, August 14.The AKC’s Canine Good Citizen (CGC) Training Program is designed to recognize dogs that have good manners at home and in the community.…
  
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• Browns’ Kareem Hunt promises to ‘lay low’ after bar argument

  05-08-2019 22:09
  BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Suspended Browns running back Kareem Hunt has promised to “lay low” following a recent argument outside a bar that led to police questioning and raised team concerns.
  Hunt is barred by the NFL from Cleveland’s first eight games for two physical altercations while he played for the Kansas City Chiefs. In one case, he shoved and kicked a woman. The Browns signed him in March.
  Last month, Hunt argued with a friend outside a downtown bar, prompting police t
  
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• Judge sentences man who mailed pipe bombs to prominent Democrats and CNN to 20 years in prison

  05-08-2019 21:54
  NEW YORK (AP) — Judge sentences man who mailed pipe bombs to prominent Democrats and CNN to 20 years in prison.
  The post Judge sentences man who mailed pipe bombs to prominent Democrats and CNN to 20 years in prison appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• Human waste spilled on Ina Rd, I-10 overpass

  05-08-2019 21:52
  TUCSON – Several agencies are responding to human waste on the roadway Monday afternoon.
  Marana Police Department officers were dispatched to the Ina Road and Interstate 10 overpass for reports of “tar” on the roadway.
  “It turned out to be human waste,” wrote Sgt. Chriswell Scott on Twitter.
  Motorists are asked to use alternative routes.
  Details are limited at this time.Traffic Alert: @MaranaPD officers were dispatched to the Ina Rd I-10 overpass reference “ta
  
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• Browns coach Kitchens dismisses criticism by ex-assistant

  05-08-2019 21:50
  BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Browns coach Freddie Kitchens has dismissed criticism by former offensive line coach Bob Wylie.
  Wylie was popular with players and fans. He told CBS Sports Radio over the weekend that Kitchens received too much credit for Cleveland’s second-half turnaround last season.
  Wylie added that defensive coordinator Gregg Williams was a better candidate for the coaching job than Kitchens. Kitchens was hired based on a strong relationship with quarterback Baker Mayfield. Wyl
  
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• Neil deGrasse Tyson apologizes for weekend tweet about death

  05-08-2019 21:44
  Neil deGrasse Tyson has learned after a tweet that pointing out truths is not always helpful.
  The astrophysicist and author apologized Monday for a Sunday tweet in which he noted more people died in less attention-getting ways in the same two-day period as a pair of mass shootings.
  He concluded his tweet with: “Often our emotions respond more to spectacle than to data.” The tweet trended on Twitter and prompted outrage of being tone-deaf in nature.
  Tyson said on Facebook that he &ldq
  
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• Obama: Americans must not let racist views become normalized

  05-08-2019 21:36
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In his first public statement since mass shootings in Texas and Ohio, former President Barack Obama says Americans must “soundly reject language coming out of the mouths of any of our leaders that feeds a climate of fear and hatred or normalizes racist sentiments.”
  Obama released a statement Monday on Twitter that did not mention President Donald Trump directly but reminded Americans that “we are not helpless” in the face of the nation’s high
  
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• Feds: ‘El Chapo’ aide asked Chicago gang to go after witness

  05-08-2019 21:34
  CHICAGO (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a close friend of Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s family offered $25,000 to members of Chicago’s Four Corner Hustlers street gang to “split” open the head of a witness to stop him from testifying.
  Prosecutors began calling witnesses at the Monday sentencing of Jesus Raul Beltran Leon in Chicago in a bid to prove that claim. The 35-year-old Leon pleaded guilty this year to trafficking drugs for Guzman,
  
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• ABC executive withholding judgment on the ‘The Rookie’

  05-08-2019 21:29
  BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — The head of ABC Entertainment says she’s withholding judgment on the fate of “The Rookie” pending an investigation into misconduct claims made by co-star Afton Williamson.
  The actress posted online Sunday that she’s quitting the ABC crime drama because of sexual harassment and racial discrimination she experienced during the show’s first season.
  ABC Entertainment President Karey Burke told a TV critics meeting Monday that she learn
  
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• R. Kelly faces 2 new charges in Minnesota in 2001 allegation

  05-08-2019 21:28
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota authorities are charging singer R. Kelly with two counts of prostitution and solicitation involving a girl under 18 for an alleged incident in 2001.
  Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman says Robert Kelly is charged in an incident involving a girl he met at a concert. Freeman says the girl was trying to get an autograph from Kelly, and he gave her the autograph and a phone number.
  The prosecutor says when the girl called the number she was invited to Kelly&rsqu
  
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• 1 dead, 2 injured after 2-vehicle crash

  05-08-2019 21:24
  ORO VALLEY, Ariz. – A person is dead, and two people are injured after a two-vehicle crash Monday afternoon, according to Oro Valley Police Department.
  The incident happened near the intersection of Tangerine Road and Innovation Park Drive.
  Police say one patient was transported to the hospital in critical condition. The third patient refused to be transported to the hospital.
  Details are limited at this time.
  Stay with News 4 Tucson for the latest updates.
  The post 1 dead, 2 injured afte
  
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• Minnesota prosecutors charge R&B singer R. Kelly with 2 felony counts in alleged 2001 incident involving girl under 18

  05-08-2019 21:23
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota prosecutors charge R&B singer R. Kelly with 2 felony counts in alleged 2001 incident involving girl under 18.
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• As death count rises in 2 US shootings, a familiar aftermath

  05-08-2019 21:11
  People attend a vigil for victims of Saturday’s mass shooting at a shopping complex Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019, in El Paso, Texas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
  Families are planning funerals, politicians are pointing fingers and the death toll is rising as the U.S. reels from twin mass shootings.
  Thirty-one people have now died after the weekend rampages in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio.
  President Donald Trump addressed the violence in a White House speech.
  In a 10-minute address, he condemned raci
  
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• Dropped wreaths mark 70th anniversary of tragic Montana fire

  05-08-2019 21:04
  HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Officials are marking the 70th anniversary of a tragic blaze north of Helena that killed 13 firefighters and prompted the U.S. Forest Service to rethink its fire training, safety and research.
  The plane that transported most of those firefighters to the Mann Gulch fire was scheduled to fly over the site again Monday and drop 13 wreaths to honor those who died on Aug. 5, 1949.
  That day, 15 smokejumpers parachuted into the gulch to fight a small lightning-caused fire. Th
  
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• ABC to tackle ‘Little Mermaid’ with live production

  05-08-2019 20:59
  NEW YORK (AP) — Before Disney films its live-action remake of “The Little Mermaid,” ABC will take a crack at it with a live production starring “Moana” actress Auli’i Cravalho as Ariel.
  The production, to air on Nov. 5, will also star Queen Latifah as Ursula and Shaggy as Sebastian.
  The music will be from the original cartoon film as well as the Tony Award-winning Broadway show.
  The cartoon is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year.
  Disney plans to remake
  
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• Giant telescope consortium to seek Spain building permit

  05-08-2019 20:54
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The director of a Spanish research center says an international consortium that planned to build a giant telescope on Hawaii’s tallest peak has decided to seek a permit for an alternative site in the Canary Islands.
  Canary Islands Astrophysics Institute Director Rafael Rebolo told The Associated Press on Monday that he received a letter from the head of the Thirty Meter Telescope project saying the board decided “to proceed with the request to seek a bui
  
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• Democrat Scholten says he’ll run again for seat held by King

  05-08-2019 20:53
  SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Democrat J.D. Scholten says he will make another run for an Iowa congressional seat held for 17 years by conservative Republican Rep. Steve King.
  Scholten announced Monday he would again seek the Democratic nomination in the 4th Congressional District, made up of 39 counties covering much of northwest and central Iowa.
  Since winning the seat in 2002, King has been re-elected eight times, usually by margins of 20 to more than 30 percentage points until last November,
  
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• Newspaper chain GateHouse buying Gannett, USA Today owner

  05-08-2019 20:46
  NEW YORK (AP) — Two of the country’s largest newspaper companies have agreed to combine in the latest media deal driven by the industry’s struggles with a decline of printed editions.
  GateHouse Media, a chain backed by an investment firm, is buying USA Today owner Gannett Co. for $12.06 a share in cash and stock, or about $1.4 billion. The combined company would have more than 260 daily papers in the U.S. along with more than 300 weeklies.
  The companies said Monday that the dea
  
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• Investment firm-backed newspaper chain GateHouse Media buying USA Today owner Gannett in latest media deal

  05-08-2019 20:44
  NEW YORK (AP) — Investment firm-backed newspaper chain GateHouse Media buying USA Today owner Gannett in latest media deal.
  The post Investment firm-backed newspaper chain GateHouse Media buying USA Today owner Gannett in latest media deal appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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