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• The Latest: Schumer, Pelosi discuss gun bill with Trump

  08-08-2019 23:43
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on possible congressional action on gun safety legislation (all times local):
  7:25 p.m.
  The top two congressional Democrats say President Donald Trump has assured them he will review a House-passed bill that expands federal background checks for gun sales.
  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (puh-LOH’-see) and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer say they spoke separately to Trump on Thursday. Trump called the leaders individually after Pelosi sent him a letter
  
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• The Latest: Pelosi, Schumer discuss gun bill with Trump

  08-08-2019 23:43
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on possible congressional action on gun safety legislation (all times local):
  7:25 p.m.
  The top two congressional Democrats say President Donald Trump has assured them he will review a House-passed bill that expands federal background checks for gun sales.
  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer say they spoke separately to Trump on Thursday. Trump called the leaders individually after Pelosi sent him a letter asking him to order t
  
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• Border Patrol agents arrest previously deported sex offender

  08-08-2019 23:41
  TUCSON, Ariz. – A previously deported sex offender was arrested near Nogales on Saturday after he reentered the country illegally.
  Tucson Sector CBP agents patrolling near a residential subdivision of Nogales came across 26-year-old Adolfo Torres-Aguilar, and determined he was a Mexican national illegally present in the United States.
  After a criminal database check, agents discovered Torres-Aguiar had been convicted of Criminal Sexual Contact earlier this year in Bridgeton, N.J.
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• Tucson Mayoral Candidates 2019

  08-08-2019 23:32
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• Tucson Mayoral Candidates

  08-08-2019 23:32
  Ed Ackerley - IndependentThe Palo Verde High School and University of Arizona graduate is an account executive at Ackerley Advertising. The Tucson Native also teaches at UA and NAU, and held leadership roles at the American Advertising Federation. Randi Dorman - DemocratSince moving to Tucson in 2001, the Democrat candidate has served the community as a chairwoman at Downtown Tucson Partnership, president at MOCA and owner at R+R Developer. Dorman is also a proud wife and mother. Regina Romero -
  
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• UK opposition warns Johnson against Brexit ‘abuse of power’

  08-08-2019 23:31
  LONDON (AP) — Britain’s main opposition leader wants a guarantee that Prime Minister Boris Johnson won’t let the U.K. tumble out of the European Union during an election campaign.
  Johnson says Britain will leave the EU as scheduled on Oct. 31, with or without a divorce deal.
  Opposition lawmakers hope to trigger a national election by defeating Johnson’s Conservative government in a no-confidence vote when Parliament returns from its summer break in September. Allies say J
  
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• Report: Facebook offering ‘millions’ to publishers for news

  08-08-2019 23:24
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook is reportedly in talks with news publishers to offer “millions of dollars” for the rights to publish their material on its site. The move follows years of criticism over its growing monopolization of online advertising to the detriment of the struggling news industry.
  The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that Facebook representatives had told news executives that they’d pay as much as $3 million a year to license stories, headlines and o
  
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• Iraq who lived in US since he was an infant dies after being deported

  08-08-2019 23:24
  Jimmy Aldaoud/ CNN Newsource
  DETROIT (AP) — A 41-year-old Iraqi-born man who had lived in the U.S. since he was an infant but was deported in June for committing multiple crimes died in Baghdad, American Civil Liberties Union officials said Thursday.
  Ann Mullen, a spokeswoman for the ACLU of Michigan, said relatives of Jimmy Al-Daoud told the organization that he died this week. She said the ACLU doesn’t know what day he died or the exact cause, but that he had suffered from mental h
  
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• 2 workers injured in gas explosion at Buccaneers stadium

  08-08-2019 23:14
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say two workers were injured in a gas explosion at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ home stadium.
  The Tampa Bay Times reports that the workers at Raymond James Stadium were taken to a local hospital Thursday afternoon.
  Tampa police spokesman Steve Hegarty says the small explosion was caused by a gas leak. The men had been doing maintenance work on a gas line in a vending area.
  Hegarty says everything has been shut off, and there was no fire. Damage caused to t
  
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• Mets sign RHP Brach, send LHP Hart to minors

  08-08-2019 23:11
  NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Mets have signed free agent right-handed pitcher Brad Brach and optioned left-hander Donnie Hart to Triple-A Syracuse.
  Also Thursday, New York transferred outfielder Brandon Nimmo to the 60-day injured list with a neck injury.
  The 33-year-old Brach, a 2016 All-Star with Baltimore, has a career 3.32 ERA with 33 saves over nine major league seasons with the Padres, Orioles, Braves and Cubs. The 6-foot-6, 215-pound native of Freehold, New Jersey, has pitched in 31
  
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• Thiem beats Cilic at Rogers Cup, advances to quarters

  08-08-2019 23:04
  MONTREAL (AP) — Second-seeded Dominic Thiem advanced to the quarterfinals of the Rogers Cup with a 7-6 (7), 6-4 victory over Marin Cilic on Thursday.
  Thiem fired 11 aces and saved all nine break points against Cilic, while breaking the Croatian once in four opportunities.
  The fourth-ranked Thiem is coming off a victory on clay at the Generali Open in his native Austria. He has three titles in 2019. This is his first hard-court event since March.
  Thiem will next face eight-seeded Daniil Med
  
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• Defending champ Nadal advances to Rogers Cup quarterfinals

  08-08-2019 23:04
  MONTREAL (AP) — Top-seeded defending champion Rafael Nadal advanced to the Rogers Cup quarterfinals, beating Argentina’s Guido Pella 6-3, 6-4 on Thursday night.
  The 33-year-old Spanish star, a four-time Rogers Cup champion, will face seventh-seeded Fabio Fognini of Italy. Fognini beat France’s Adrian Mannarino 6-2, 7-5.
  Nadal won the event last year in Toronto. He has 82 career singles victories, winning the French Open in June for his second title of the year.
  Sixth-seeded Kar
  
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• Police: Woman found with meth in vagina claims it isn’t hers

  08-08-2019 23:03
  WEST MONROE, La. (AP) — Police in Louisiana say they found meth when they did a body cavity search on woman who claimed the drug wasn’t hers and she didn’t know how it got there.
  The Ouachita (WAH-shi-taw) Parish Sheriff’s Office says 23-year-old Ashley Rolland of Galliano was arrested July 31 on a felony theft charge and possession of a controlled dangerous substance after a man she had been staying with for about a week complained she took about $5,000 off his dresser a
  
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• Weakened but unbowed, NRA head digs in against gun control

  08-08-2019 23:02
  In the aftermath of the massacres in Texas and Ohio, the debate over gun control has returned to the National Rifle Association and its immense power to stymie any significant legislation on the issue.
  The man largely responsible for the NRA’s uncompromising stance is its decades-long CEO Wayne LaPierre, who has been the public face of the Second Amendment with his bombastic defense of guns, freedom and country following every mass shooting.
  LaPierre is engulfed in turmoil and legal issues
  
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• Florida woman says alligator ate her 100-pound dog.

  08-08-2019 23:02
  AUBURNDALE, Fla. (AP) — A woman in central Florida says an alligator ate her 100-pound (45-kilogram) dog.
  Cynthia Robinson told investigators in Auburndale, Florida that she was walking her 6-year-old dog, Tank, by a retention pond on Thursday when the gator attacked.
  Robinson told Spectrum Bay News 9 that she wanted to help her dog, but the alligator was huge and Tank didn’t stand a chance.
  A trapper with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has been sent to the par
  
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• No leads in murder of AZ Lyft driver

  08-08-2019 23:00
  (KPNX) – An Arizona woman wants to know who killed her husband of 52 years.
  Police have no leads in who fired a bullet that killed 71-year-old Harold Treadwell on July 28 around 12:30 a.m., near 32nd Street and Baseline Road in Phoenix.
  “Always there for me. I’ve been sick over the years, he has always taken care of me,” said Frances Treadwell, his wife.
  The night of the incident, the high school sweethearts talked on the phone – it was their anniversary.
  “Lo
  
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• Montana judge orders neo-Nazi website publisher to pay $14M

  08-08-2019 23:00
  HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana judge has ordered the publisher of a neo-Nazi website to pay a real estate agent $14 million for encouraging his readers to harass her and her family.
  U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen on Thursday also ordered The Daily Stormer founder Andrew Anglin to permanently remove all posts, comments and images about Tanya Gersh, her husband and son.
  Christensen’s order adopts the findings of a magistrate judge who called Anglin’s conduct against Gersh &
  
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• Prosecutors recommend closing rape case against Neymar

  08-08-2019 22:59
  SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian prosecutors are recommending the investigation of soccer star Neymar on a rape allegation be closed, saying there is a lack of evidence.
  Sao Paulo state prosecutors Flávia Merlini and Estefânia Paulin said Thursday they agree with a police decision not to bring charges. A judge will make the final decision.
  Brazilian model Najila Trindade went to Sao Paulo police to accuse Neymar of raping her at a Paris hotel in May. No complaint was filed with Fren
  
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• Remembrance for Sam Borozan This Saturday

  08-08-2019 22:58
  The man lovingly referred to by friends and family as “Mr. NAU” will be remembered at a service at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 10, at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church, 1946 E. Lee St.Sam Borozan, who graduated from the Flagstaff campus in 1957, died on Thursday, July 25.…
  
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• Deputies find dog on meth while searching suspect’s home

  08-08-2019 22:58
  CLINTON, N.C. (AP) — Authorities say they encountered an aggressive dog on methamphetamine while searching a North Carolina property where a suspect stashed a stolen boat, chain saws and a motorcycle.
  The Sampson County Sheriff’s Office issued a statement saying the case began Tuesday when deputies stopped a suspect towing a lawn mower that was reported stolen from a police department. Authorities say they found oxycodone in Matthew Denton Pope’s vehicle.
  Investigators then sea
  
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• Records: Festival gunman had passport, bottle rockets in car

  08-08-2019 22:57
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Court documents show the gunman in the deadly California food festival shooting had a passport, a clown mask, a wilderness survival guide and bottle rockets in his car.
  Santino William Legan killed three people, including two children, at the Gilroy Garlic Festival on July 28. He then turned his rifle on himself amid a shootout with three police officers.
  Authorities say the 19-year-old’s motive isn’t known but he had been interested in conflicting violent id
  
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• Serena Williams reaches Rogers Cup quarters in Toronto

  08-08-2019 22:55
  TORONTO (AP) — Serena Williams won for the second straight night at the Rogers Cup, beating Russia’s Ekaterina Alexandrova 7-5, 6-4 on Thursday to reach the quarterfinals.
  Playing her first event since losing the Wimbledon final, Williams opened with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Elise Mertens of Belgium on Wednesday. The 37-year-old Williams has won the event three times, all in Toronto.
  Williams will face the winner of the late match between No. 2 Naomi Osaka of Japan and Polish qualifie
  
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• Pliskova advances in Toronto, could regain top ranking

  08-08-2019 22:55
  TORONTO (AP) — Third-ranked Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic advanced to the quarterfinals of the Rogers Cup on Thursday, beating Anett Kontaveit of Estonia 6-3, 7-5.
  Pliskova, who can reclaim the top spot in the rankings this week, will next face Bianca Andreescu of Canada, who beat fifth-seeded Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands 6-1, 6-7 (7), 6-4.
  The 19-year-old Andreescu improved to 5-0 against top-10 opponents this year. She had never faced Bertens before.
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• Shootings prompt other countries to warn about travel to US

  08-08-2019 22:42
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The latest mass shootings in the United States have triggered three countries to warn their citizens about the risks of traveling there.
  It’s a sharp reversal from when America took a leading role in calling out the world’s most dangerous places. Venezuela, Uruguay and Japan issued warnings following the deaths of 31 people over the weekend in Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas.
  At least one of the warnings was laced with a dose of political payback.
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• Red Sox pitcher Price on 10-day IL with cyst on left wrist

  08-08-2019 22:39
  BOSTON (AP) — Boston Red Sox left-hander David Price was placed on the 10-day injured list Thursday after an MRI revealed a cyst on his left wrist.
  The team announced Thursday that the 33-year-old Price was treated with a shot of cortisone in the wrist. Price is 7-5 record with a 4.36 ERA over 21 starts this season.
  He most recently pitched Sunday against the New York Yankees after being reinstated from paternity leave.
  Right-hander Hector Velázquez was recalled from Triple-A Pawtuc
  
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• Wayne Newton sued over monkey bite to girl visiting his home

  08-08-2019 22:30
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Wayne Newton is being sued by a Nevada woman who claims the crooner’s pet monkey bit and injured her daughter at his mansion in October 2017.
  The lawsuit seeking at least $15,000 and filed by Jocelyne Urena says her daughter Genevieve was attacked by the monkey during a tour of Newton’s former estate home, Casa de Shenandoah.
  The girl’s age and nature of her injuries were not detailed in the civil negligence complaint filed Wednesday in Las Vegas.
  Jocelyn
  
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• Dallas DE Quinn suspended 2 games over performance enhancers

  08-08-2019 22:27
  OXNARD, Calif. (AP) — Dallas Cowboys defensive end Robert Quinn has been suspended for the first two games of the regular season for violating the NFL’s ban on performance enhancers.
  Quinn was acquired in a trade with Miami in the offseason. The league said Thursday the ninth-year player is eligible to practice and play in preseason games, but he is out until the regular season after breaking his left hand in practice at training camp.
  The 29-year-old Quinn will be eligible to return
  
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• Galaxy’s Edge creating 1,700 fulltime jobs at Disney World

  08-08-2019 22:26
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge is creating 1,700 fulltime jobs at Walt Disney World.
  Disney officials said Thursday that an additional 5,500 short-term jobs were created in construction, trade and artisan positions.
  The 14-acre land at Disney World opens at the end of the month. The land cost $1 billion and is the largest single-themed land created at a Disney park.
  An identical park opened earlier this summer at Disneyland in California.
  Disney World employs more than
  
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• Ex-Vol Niehaus says injuries led to end of football career

  08-08-2019 22:13
  KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Former Tennessee offensive lineman Nathan Niehaus says injuries caused him to decide this week to end his football career.
  Niehaus (pronounced KNEE-house) tweeted Thursday that “due to sustained injuries and the overlapping wear on my body, I have decided to retire from the game that has taken me places that I never could have imagined.”
  Tennessee coach Jeremy Pruitt announced Wednesday that Niehaus had decided to leave the team. Pruitt didn’t spec
  
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• Police: Suspect in California stabbings is identified as 33-year-old Zachary Castaneda, a documented gang member

  08-08-2019 22:08
  GARDEN GROVE, Calif. (AP) — Police: Suspect in California stabbings is identified as 33-year-old Zachary Castaneda, a documented gang member.
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• Russia says its bombers escorted by US jets over Bering Sea

  08-08-2019 22:07
  MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian military says two of its nuclear-capable strategic bombers have flown a patrol mission over the Bering Sea, where they were escorted by U.S. fighter jets.
  The Defense Ministry said two Tu-95 bombers flew Thursday over international waters during a 10-hour mission that was part of the Ocean Shield exercise. It said U.S. F-22 and F-18 fighters escorted the Russian bombers at certain parts of their flight.
  Russia has significantly increased the number and scope of it
  
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• Dad of man allegedly killed by immigrant seeks House seat

  08-08-2019 22:05
  PHOENIX (AP) — The father of an Arizona man allegedly killed by an immigrant living in the country illegally is launching a longshot bid to unseat Democratic Congressman Raul Grijalva.
  Steve Ronnebeck announced his candidacy this week with a focus on immigration. The heavily Democratic district includes parts of Tucson, Yuma and Phoenix’s Southwest Valley.
  Ronnebeck’s 21-year-old son, Grant Ronnebeck, was shot and killed in 2015 at the Mesa convenience store where he worked. Pr
  
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• Iraqi national dies 2 months after being deported from US

  08-08-2019 22:03
  DETROIT (AP) — A 41-year-old Iraqi-born man who had lived in the U.S. since he was an infant but was deported in June for committing multiple crimes has died in Baghdad.
  American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan officials say relatives of Jimmy Al-Daoud told the organization that he died this week. The ACLU officials say they don’t know what day he died or the exact cause, but they say he had mental health issues and diabetes.
  Al-Daoud, who lived in the Detroit area, was among hundr
  
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• Ex-FBI No. 2 official Andrew McCabe sues over his firing

  08-08-2019 22:01
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, a frequent target of President Donald Trump’s ire, has sued the FBI and the Justice Department over his firing.
  The lawsuit is the second this week from an ex-FBI official challenging the circumstances of his termination.
  McCabe was fired after a Justice Department inspector general report found that he had misstated his involvement in a news media disclosure regarding an FBI investigation. The watchdog office referred the m
  
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• Sheriff: Teen’s racist videos show SC needs hate crime law

  08-08-2019 22:00
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina sheriff says he couldn’t charge a teen who made racist videos shooting at a box he said represented black people until the 16-year-old threatened to shoot up his Catholic school.
  Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said Thursday the case shows why South Carolina needs a hate crimes law. South Carolina is one of only four states in the country without a bias law.
  Lott says his deputies were told by prosecutors no state crime was committed after Car
  
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• Wednesday’s multi-vehicle crash near Silverlake, I-10 turns fatal

  08-08-2019 21:59
  TUCSON – Wednesday’s crash near Silverlake Road and Interstate 10 has turned fatal, Tucson Police Department announced Thursday afternoon.
  According to officials, Tucson Police Department responded to a collision that involved multiple vehicles Wednesday afternoon. Police said two people were injured in the crash.
  TPD said one of the people injured in the incident was transported to a hospital with life-threatening injuries. The other person who was injured in the crash had non-life-
  
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• FBI, Facebook could clash over privacy vs. monitoring

  08-08-2019 21:57
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The FBI is looking for outside contractors to monitor social media for potential threats, setting up a possible conflict with Facebook and other companies over privacy.
  Last month, the FBI said it is soliciting proposals for a social media “early alerting tool” in order to identify possible threats while making sure that privacy and civil liberties considerations are taken into account. Such a tool would likely violate Facebook’s ban against using its
  
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• Police: Kansas City man used ax to kill 2 men

  08-08-2019 21:44
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas City, Missouri, man is charged in the deaths of two men, and police say he used an ax as the weapon.
  Citing charging documents, The Kansas City Star reports 22-year-old Mario Markworth was charged Thursday with two counts of second-degree murder. Markworth is jailed on $250,000 bond and doesn’t have a listed attorney.
  The bodies of 56-year-old Michael McLin and 52-year-old Kevin Waters were found just before 6 a.m. Tuesday in a parking lot behind the
  
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• Judge: Anti-Kushner bias not cause of Jersey City dispute

  08-08-2019 21:38
  JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that alleges Jersey City breached agreements with a group of real estate companies because of animosity toward President Donald Trump’s son-in-law.
  Before he was named senior adviser to the president, Jared Kushner was CEO of Kushner Properties, a major investor in the companies pursuing the $900 million project.
  The companies claimed the city issued a notice of default last year out of political retribution. They cited
  
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• Millennials are Killing the Baby Industry By Having Pets

  08-08-2019 21:37
  A survey by Innovet Pet finds that 20% of Arizona couples are picking their four-legged companions over children.…
  
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• Indians ace Kluber pitches 3 innings in rehab start

  08-08-2019 21:35
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Cleveland Indians ace Corey Kluber pitched three innings in a minor league rehab start on Thursday, the most significant outing since a line drive broke his right forearm three months ago.
  Kluber, who was hit May 1 in Miami, allowed two home runs and threw 41 pitches for Triple-A Columbus in a game against Pawtucket. He struck out two, walked one and retired the final five batters he faced.
  The two-time Cy Young winner remains hopeful he can return to Cleveland’
  
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• Suspect in NBA player’s death gets 16 years on gun charge

  08-08-2019 21:30
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man charged with killing former NBA player Lorenzen Wright has been sentenced to 16 years in prison on a separate gun charge.
  Judge Lee Coffee sentenced Billy Turner during a hearing Thursday in Memphis.
  Turner pleaded guilty in June to possessing a weapon as a convicted felon. Prosecutors say Turner had two guns when he was charged in December 2017 with Wright’s killing.
  The retired NBA player’s body was found riddled with bullet wounds in a s
  
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• Man charged in Wright’s killing gets 16 years on gun charge

  08-08-2019 21:30
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man charged with killing former NBA player Lorenzen Wright has been sentenced to 16 years in prison on a separate gun charge.
  Judge Lee Coffee sentenced Billy Turner during a hearing Thursday in Memphis.
  Turner pleaded guilty in June to possessing a weapon as a convicted felon. Prosecutors say Turner had two guns in his possession when he was charged in December 2017 with Wright’s killing.
  The retired NBA player’s body was found riddled with bu
  
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• Appeals court panel hears high-stakes Kentucky abortion case

  08-08-2019 21:18
  Federal appeals judges have heard arguments in a high-stakes case that could determine whether Kentucky’s last abortion clinic remains open.
  A three-member panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati reviewed a Kentucky law Thursday. It requires abortion clinics to have agreements with a hospital and an ambulance service in case of emergencies.
  Gov. Matt Bevin’s administration cited the law in a licensing fight putting the Louisville clinic at risk of closing. A fede
  
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• Border numbers dip below 100k for 1st time in months

  08-08-2019 21:14
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection says the number of migrants encountered by government authorities at the border with Mexico has dropped below 100,000 for the first time in five months.
  That comes amid increased collaboration with Mexico to crack down on the flow of migrants north.
  In July, there were 82,049 people encountered, down 21% from June when there were 104,344 people and down 43% from May.
  The number of families and minors crossing the border alone dropped by
  
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• Lawmakers pushed for domestic terrorism law after attacks

  08-08-2019 21:11
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Seven days, three mass shootings, 34 dead.
  The FBI has labeled two of those attacks, at a Texas Walmart and California food festival, as domestic terrorism. It’s defined as acts meant to intimidate or coerce a civilian population and affect government policy.
  Even if there’s a domestic terrorism investigation, no such law exists in the federal criminal code. That means in cases of politically motivated shootings, the Justice Department must rely on other laws
  
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• Death penalty sought for Tennessee man accused of killing 8

  08-08-2019 21:09
  GALLATIN, Tenn. (AP) — The state says it will seek the death penalty in its case against a Tennessee man charged with killing eight people.
  Sumner County District Ray Whitley confirmed a grand jury returned a 12-count indictment Thursday against 25-year-old Michael Cummins. Whitley filed a notice to seek the death penalty.
  Cummins is charged with killing his parents, uncle and a 12-year-old girl in rural Westmoreland in April. Six bodies were found at one home, and two more elsewhere. Affi
  
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• The Latest: Woman tends to Ohio mass shooting memorial

  08-08-2019 20:41
  DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — The Latest on the mass shooting Aug. 4 in Dayton, Ohio (all times local):
  4:15 p.m.
  An Ohio woman has taken it upon herself to tend to a memorial for the victims of the Dayton mass shooting that left nine people dead.
  Annette Gibson Strong started placing candles at a makeshift memorial the day of the shooting on Sunday.
  Strong says she’s continued to care for the memorial near Ned Peppers Bar in Dayton’s Oregon District. It is outside the area where Dayton
  
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• XOXO: Where to Rock, Thursday, Aug. 8

  08-08-2019 20:18
  Harnessing power directly from the red rock mountains and vortexes of Sedona where he resides—or so we are asked to believe—decker. (psychedelic/desert folk) channels electromagnetic Earth energy at Club Congress.…
  
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• Nadal, Federer joining Djokovic on ATP leadership board

  08-08-2019 20:17
  LONDON (AP) — Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are joining Novak Djokovic on the ATP Player Council, bringing the Big Three together to reshape a board that has been roiled by conflict.
  The governing body of men’s tennis announced Thursday that Federer and Nadal were elected along with doubles specialist Jurgen Melzer. They’ll fill spots vacated after Robin Haase, Jamie Murray and Sergiy Stakhovsky resigned from the board before Wimbledon.
  Djokovic addressed his frustration with
  
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