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• Kentucky’s Cambrian Coal files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

  09-08-2019 23:58
  PIKEVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Another Kentucky coal producer has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
  The Lexington Herald-Leader reports Cambrian Coal LLC plans to auction off most of its assets next month, if it gains court approval.
  Nearly 700 people are employed by Cambrian at three major mining operations in eastern Kentucky and Virginia.
  Court documents show the company’s president Mark Campbell says the bankruptcy is mostly due to Cambrian buying assets from other coal companie
  
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• Flash Flood Watch issued August 9 at 2:52PM MST until August 11 at 5:00AM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ

  09-08-2019 23:52
  The National Weather Service in Phoenix has issued a
  * Flash Flood Watch for a portion of south central Arizona,including the following areas, Apache Junction/Gold Canyon,Dripping Springs, Fountain Hills/East Mesa, Globe/Miami,Mazatzal Mountains, Northwest Pinal County, Pinal/SuperstitionMountains, Rio Verde/Salt River, San Carlos, Sonoran DesertNational Monument, South Mountain/Ahwatukee, Southeast GilaCounty, Southeast Valley/Queen Creek, Superior, The EastValley of the Phoenix Metro Area, Ton
  
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• Serena Williams advances to Rogers Cup semifinals

  09-08-2019 23:51
  TORONTO (AP) — Serena Williams advanced to the Rogers Cup semifinals Friday night, beating soon-to-be-top-ranked Naomi Osaka of Japan 6-3, 6-4 at breezy at York University.
  Playing her first event since losing the Wimbledon final, Williams will face Czech qualifier Marie Bouzkova on Saturday. Bouzkova led fourth-seeded Simona Halep of Romania 6-4 when the Wimbledon champion retired because of a leg injury.
  The 37-year-old Williams, ranked 10th and seeded eighth, won the event in 2001, 2011
  
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• Canadian Bianca Andreescu reaches Rogers Cup semifinals

  09-08-2019 23:51
  TORONTO (AP) — Bianca Andreescu became the first Canadian Rogers Cup semifinalist since 1979, overcoming a groin injury to beat third-seeded Karolina Pliskova of Czech Republic 6-0, 2-6, 6-4 in windy conditions Friday
  The 19-year-old Andreescu, from nearby Mississauga, is returning from a right shoulder injury that sidelined her since the French Open in May. She won in Indian Wells in March for her first WTA Tour title.
  Andreescu played her fourth consecutive three-set match, giving her by
  
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• Reus, Alcácer send Dortmund through 2-0 in German Cup

  09-08-2019 23:41
  BERLIN (AP) — Borussia Dortmund overcame a stubborn challenge from third-division Uerdingen and a reunion with World Cup winner Kevin Großkreutz to win 2-0 in the first round of the German Cup on Friday.
  Marco Reus and Paco Alcácer both scored for Dortmund, which simply had too much firepower for the designated home team despite a fine performance from Uerdingen goalkeeper Lukas Königshofer in Düsseldorf.
  “It wasn’t more difficult than expected. We knew w
  
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• Lebanese businessman sentenced in US over Hezbollah support

  09-08-2019 23:41
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A Lebanese businessman accused of providing millions of dollars to the Hezbollah militant group has been sentenced to five years in prison for his role in a money laundering conspiracy aimed at evading U.S. sanctions.
  Kassim Tajideen was sentenced Thursday in federal court in Washington.
  Tajideen was arrested in Morocco and extradited to the United States in March 2017.
  He was accused of conspiring with at least five other people to conduct over $50 million in transaction
  
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• Liverpool beats Norwich 4-1 in Premier League season opener

  09-08-2019 23:35
  LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Liverpool opened its bid to end a 30-year English title drought by beating Norwich 4-1 on Friday, with four goals in the first half against the Premier League newcomers.
  Grant Hanley’s own goal was followed by Mohamed Salah, Virgil Van Dijk and Divock Origi netting for Liverpool, which was beaten to the trophy in May by Manchester City by one point but won the Champions League.
  Promoted as League Championship winners, Norwich had an uncomfortable return to t
  
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• Video of Vermont woman being hit by officer prompts changes

  09-08-2019 23:34
  ST. ALBANS, Vt. (AP) — The chief of a small Vermont police department says he’s changed the use-of-force reporting policies after an altercation in which a handcuffed woman was thrown against a wall and punched in the face by a police sergeant who was later fired.
  St. Albans Police Chief Gary Taylor said he did not become aware of the details of the March altercation until after he watched footage of it that was requested by the Vermont chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union.
  
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• Jury deadlocks on sentencing man in wife’s 1999 killing

  09-08-2019 23:34
  HOUSTON (AP) — A jury that convicted a former Houston-area high school football coach for a second time in his pregnant wife’s 1999 killing could not decide on a sentence, so the judge has declared a mistrial for that portion of the trial.
  The judge Friday declared the mistrial for the sentencing of David Mark Temple after the Harris County jury couldn’t agree on a punishment after 19 hours of deliberation. The conviction will stand, but a new jury will have to be seated to det
  
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• Uncle of orphaned boy defends Trump’s appearance in photo

  09-08-2019 23:32
  The uncle of a 2-month-old boy whose parents were killed in the El Paso mass shooting is defending a photo that shows first lady Melania Trump holding the baby while President Donald Trump smiles and gives a thumbs-up gesture.
  The photo was released on Twitter by the first lady’s office and drew backlash from some who thought it reflected a lack of empathy and politicized the shootings.
  Tito Anchondo is the uncle of baby Paul Anchondo and told The Associated Press on Friday that Trump &ldq
  
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• Virginia transgender bathroom case: Judge favors ex-student

  09-08-2019 23:27
  NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A federal judge in Virginia has ruled that a school board’s transgender bathroom ban discriminated against former student Gavin Grimm.
  Friday’s ruling by U.S. District Judge Arenda Wright Allen in Norfolk is among several across the nation favoring transgender students who faced similar policies.
  The Gloucester County School Board’s policy required Grimm to use girls’ restrooms or private bathrooms. The judge says Grimm’s rights were violat
  
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• Twitter reposts McConnell threat video after appeal

  09-08-2019 23:27
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Twitter has reposted a video from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s campaign that showed protesters yelling threats in front of his Kentucky home.
  The social media giant temporarily locked McConnell’s campaign account Wednesday after his account shared the video. Republican leaders and President Trump’s campaign manager complained of the lockout and threatened advertising boycotts.
  Twitter said in a post Friday that “after multiple appe
  
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• Illinois GOP urges Trump not to set Blagojevich free

  09-08-2019 23:22
  CHICAGO (AP) — The Illinois Republican Party’s chairman is urging President Donald Trump not to follow through on the idea he broached this week of freeing imprisoned former Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
  Tim Schneider said in a written statement Friday that officials found guilty should serve their full sentences, especially in a state where he says “corrupt, machine-style politics is still all too common.”
  Trump, a Republican, told reporters Wednesday he believed the seven years
  
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• Family of slain Chinese scholar holds memorial

  09-08-2019 23:22
  SAVOY, Ill. (AP) — A family clinging to fading hope that the remains of a Chinese scholar brutally killed more than two years ago may someday be found gathered Friday for a memorial service that included only her photograph and their own memories of her life.
  Held just weeks after Yingying Zhang’s killer was convicted and sentenced to life in prison and just two days after the family’s attorneys held a news conference to explain why recovery of the dismembered remains believed
  
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• A federal judge in Virginia has ruled a school board’s transgender bathroom ban violated the rights of a former student

  09-08-2019 23:22
  NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A federal judge in Virginia has ruled a school board’s transgender bathroom ban violated the rights of a former student.
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• IMF contradicts Trump: China hasn’t manipulated its currency

  09-08-2019 23:18
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The International Monetary Fund sees little evidence that China’s central bank has deliberately reduced the value of the nation’s currency — a position at odds with the Trump administration’s decision this week to accuse Beijing of manipulating the yuan.
  The IMF says in its yearly review of China’s economy that the yuan has been “broadly stable” against other currencies, suggesting that there’s been little intervention by th
  
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• Oklahoma DB Norwood out for the season

  09-08-2019 23:17
  NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma defensive back Tre Norwood is out for the season with an undisclosed injury.
  Coach Lincoln Riley made the announcement Friday.
  Norwood started all 14 games last season and was the projected starter at nickel back this season. Riley said the junior will be missed because of his experience and versatility, including his play on special teams.
  Last season, Norwood tied for fifth on the team with 58 tackles last season. He had an interception in the final minute o
  
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• Iowa transfer WR Martin in limbo as season approaches

  09-08-2019 23:13
  IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa fans spent years hoping to see native son Oliver Martin catching passes for the Hawkeyes.
  They’ll get their wish — but no seems to know if Martin’s playing career at Iowa will start in three weeks or 13 months.
  Martin, a former Iowa City West High star who spurned the Hawkeyes for Michigan in 2017, abruptly announced that he was coming home in June. Martin has since applied for a waiver that would allow him to play this fall, but there has yet
  
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• Law governing adoptions of Native American children upheld

  09-08-2019 23:09
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld the constitutionality of a 1978 law giving preference to Native American families in foster care and adoption proceedings involving American Indian children.
  Friday’s decision by a panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal upholds the Indian Child Welfare Act and reverses a Texas-based federal judge. It comes in a case involving non-Indian families in multiple states who adopted or sought to adopt Native American children.
  Opp
  
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• Flood Advisory issued August 9 at 2:09PM MST until August 9 at 5:15PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  09-08-2019 23:09
  The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a
  * Small Stream Flood Advisory for…East central Cochise County in southeastern Arizona…
  * Until 515 PM MST.
  * At 209 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due tothunderstorms. This will cause small stream flooding in theadvisory area. Up to one inch of rain has already fallen.
  * Some locations that will experience flooding include…Rucker Canyon.Turn around, don’t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most floodde
  
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• Flash Flood Watch issued August 9 at 2:09PM MST until August 11 at 5:00AM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  09-08-2019 23:09
  The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a
  * Flash Flood Watch for a portion of Southeast Arizona,including the following areas, Baboquivari Mountains, Catalinaand Rincon Mountains, Chiricahua Mountains, Dragoon and Muleand Huachuca and Santa Rita Mountains, Eastern Cochise Countybelow 5000 feet, Galiuro and Pinaleno Mountains, South CentralPinal County, Southeast Pinal County, Tohono O’odham Nation,Tucson Metro Area, Upper Gila River Valley, Upper San PedroRiver Valley, Upper San
  
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• 4 Your Health: Exercise may halt physical signs of Alzheimer’s disease

  09-08-2019 23:08
  Exercise may be able to halt the physical signs of Alzheimer’s disease.
  Researchers from the University of Wisconsin studied over 300 people who had a family history of Alzheimer’s.
  Overall, there was a decrease in cognitive abilities and an increase in the biomarkers associated with Alzheimer’s in the older participants.
  But, the development of the biomarkers was weaker in those who exercised five days a week for at least 30 minutes.
  Being a “glass half full” kind
  
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• Study: optimistic people sleep better at night

  09-08-2019 23:06
  Being a “glass half full” kind of person may help you sleep better at night.
  Researchers from the University of Illinois studied the sleeping habits of more than 35 hundred people.
  They were also asked to fill out a survey in order to measure their level of optimism.
  Those who were more optimistic were more likely to get between six and nine hours of sleep a night.
  They were also less sleepy during the day and had fewer symptoms of insomnia than those with a negative attitude.
  The s
  
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• Drug charge dropped; driver said white spots were bird poop

  09-08-2019 23:05
  SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A drug charge has been dropped against a Georgia Southern quarterback after a white substance he identified as bird poop on his car’s hood tested negative for cocaine.
  A Saluda County Sheriff’s Office police report said deputies pulled Shai Werts over for speeding July 31 and noticed two white spots on his car they thought were cocaine. The report says Werts told them it was bird poop he had tried to wash off. The deputies then did a field test that came ba
  
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• Target in Florida FBI corruption probe removed from office

  09-08-2019 22:55
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A suspended city commissioner who once ran the Florida Democratic Party has been removed from office.
  Gov. Ron DeSantis issued an executive order Friday removing Scott Maddox from his Tallahassee commission seat. Maddox pleaded guilty earlier this week to wire fraud, mail fraud and conspiracy to commit tax fraud.
  Maddox and his longtime associate, Paige Carter-Smith, admitted in federal court that they accepted $30,000 from Uber in exchange for his influence on the
  
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• Soldier slain in Afghanistan returned home to Chicago

  09-08-2019 22:52
  CHICAGO (AP) — The body of a 24-year-old U.S. soldier slain last month in Afghanistan has been returned to his hometown of Chicago.
  Spc. Michael Isaiah Nance’s remains were flown Friday to Midway Airport before being taken to a South Side funeral home.
  Nance and 20-year-old Pfc. Brandon Jay Kreischer of Stryker, Ohio, died July 29 of wounds sustained in a combat-related incident in Tarin Kowt, in southern Afghanistan. U.S. officials have said two paratroopers were killed when an Afgh
  
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• Building with country music legacy partially demolished

  09-08-2019 22:47
  ATLANTA (AP) — A court order has stopped demolition after it had already began on a downtown Atlanta building where the first country hit song is believed to have been recorded.
  Part of the building was knocked down Thursday before crews learned a Fulton County judge issued a temporary restraining order.
  News outlets report the ruling by Judge Shawn Ellen LaGrua will halt further demolition until a hearing Aug. 29.
  A developer plans to build a 21-story Margaritaville-themed hotel and resta
  
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• Rapper Mystikal falls during Florida concert

  09-08-2019 22:39
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A video shows the rapper Mystikal falling off the stage 30 seconds into his first performance during a concert in Florida, cutting the show short.
  Michael “Mystikal” Tyler, a rapper and actor from New Orleans, was about to perform his first set at the Ritz Ybor, in Tampa, on Thursday night when he slipped and fell.
  Xanny Ramirez shot the video when Mystikal came on at 1 a.m. and fell offstage into the crowd.
  He says that Mystikal tried performing for another
  
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• The Latest: California rampage suspect pleads not guilty

  09-08-2019 22:15
  GARDEN GROVE, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on a deadly stabbing rampage in Southern California (all times local):
  3:35 p.m.
  The suspect in a deadly stabbing rampage in Southern California has pleaded not guilty to four counts of murder and other charges.
  An Orange County district attorney’s spokeswoman said Friday that Zachary Castaneda was arraigned in his jail cell instead of court. She could not immediately say why.
  Prosecutors say Castaneda, a gang member, is charged with four counts
  
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• Orioles’ Davis clears air with manager after dugout clash

  09-08-2019 22:14
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Orioles first baseman Chris Davis said he reached a “breaking point” when he charged at manager Brandon Hyde in the dugout on Wednesday night, and expressed his regret during a lengthy conversation with Hyde on Friday.
  The flare-up occurred in the fifth inning of Baltimore’s 14-2 loss to the New York Yankees. Hyde walked over to Davis and said something that the first baseman clearly didn’t like, and Davis attempted to charge at the manager before b
  
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• Georgia’s new voting machines certified by the state

  09-08-2019 21:06
  ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s secretary of state has certified the new touchscreen voting machines the state is purchasing, saying they meet state law and are secure for use.
  Republican Brad Raffensperger’s office also formally awarded the contract to Denver-based Dominion Voting Systems after none of the losing vendors challenged Dominion’s winning bid.
  The developments were revealed Friday in court documents filed by attorneys for the state.
  Raffensperger last month announce
  
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• Judge sanctions white nationalists in Charlottesville case

  09-08-2019 21:05
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A federal judge has sanctioned white nationalists for their “unacceptable” behavior in a lawsuit against them in connection with a deadly rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, nearly two years ago.
  The judge on Friday ordered Elliot Kline, Matthew Heimbach, and the organization Vanguard America to pay “reasonable attorney’s fees” over their “refusal” to participate in the discovery process. He suggested “more drastic
  
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• Joshua-Ruiz rematch set for Dec. 7 in Saudi Arabia

  09-08-2019 21:04
  LONDON (AP) — Anthony Joshua’s promoters say his world heavyweight title rematch against Andy Ruiz Jr. will take place in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia, on Dec. 7.
  The British fighter will be trying to win back the IBF, WBA and WBO belts he lost to Ruiz at New York’s Madison Square Garden on June 1.
  Ruiz, an American, had insisted that the rematch take place back in the U.S. or at a neutral venue. Diriyah is a town on the outskirts of Riyadh, the Saudi Arabian capital.
  Their rematch wi
  
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• EPA won’t approve warning labels for weed killing chemical

  09-08-2019 20:59
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Trump administration has instructed companies not to warn customers about products that contain glyphosate, a move aimed at California as it fights one of the world’s largest agriculture companies about the potentially cancer-causing chemical.
  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it will no longer approve labels warning glyphosate is known to cause cancer. The chemical is marketed as a weed killer by Monsanto under the brand Roundup.
  California
  
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• Painful calf will continue to keep Luck on Colts’ sideline

  09-08-2019 20:56
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck is expected to miss three more practices with a strained left calf.
  He hasn’t been on the field since July 28. He also missed the team’s offseason workouts because of the injury.
  Coach Frank Reich says although Luck is progressing, he still has pain in the calf and the Colts don’t want to risk aggravating the injury by putting Luck back on the field too soon. Luck has been doing individual work and running the
  
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• Duke WR Bobo out indefinitely with broken collarbone

  09-08-2019 20:55
  DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Duke receiver Jake Bobo is out indefinitely with a broken clavicle.
  Team spokesman Art Chase said Bobo had surgery Friday, a day after he broke his right collarbone during practice.
  Bobo had 10 catches for 167 yards and a touchdown last season, and was a projected starter for a Duke team that lost its top four receivers from last season.
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• POLL: Do you support Walmart’s decision to pull its violent video game displays while continuing to sell firearms?

  09-08-2019 20:48
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• Chaos of Dayton shooting echoes in 911 calls, radio traffic

  09-08-2019 20:47
  DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Emergency calls and radio traffic from the mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio, last weekend provide a window into a chaotic scene as strangers sought help for the wounded and emergency responders tried to sort out whether there was a second shooter.
  A caller in a tavern reported a masked man outside, firing what “looked like a rifle” in a popular nightlife area. Another living nearby said she awoke to the sound of about 30 gunshots. Yet another pleaded for an amb
  
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• Walmart pulls violent video games displays after El Paso shooting, keeps selling guns

  09-08-2019 20:45
  EL PASO (NBC NEWS/AP) –  Walmart is pulling violent video game displays from its stores in the wake of last weekend’s deadly shooting at one of its El Paso stores that killed at 22 people — but has also confirmed it still has no plans to stop selling firearms or ammunition.
  The electronics section of Walmart stores have traditionally featured video game displays that feature sometimes-violent games. Walmart said that the company has provided guidance for its
  
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• The Latest: Mississippi plant sets job fair after raid

  09-08-2019 20:42
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Latest on immigration raids in Mississippi (all times local):
  5:35 p.m.
  One of the Mississippi chicken processing plants caught in an immigration raid plans a job fair Monday.
  Illinois-based Koch (cook) Foods says it will be recruiting new workers for its Morton plant at a state job center in nearby Forest.
  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says it arrested about 243 workers in Morton on Wednesday, one of a series of raids at seven plants in six towns. More
  
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• The Latest: Documents suggest employment problems at plants

  09-08-2019 20:42
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Latest on immigration raids in Mississippi (all times local):
  1:40 p.m.
  Federal officials say evidence from electronic monitoring bracelets shows that people who already had been arrested for immigration violations and weren’t allowed to work in the United States were working at all seven chicken processing plants that were raided Wednesday in Mississippi.
  Documents unsealed Thursday in federal court also suggest allege six of seven the plants were “wi
  
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• Andy Murray to make singles return at Cincinnati next week

  09-08-2019 20:36
  MASON, Ohio (AP) — Andy Murray says he has accepted a wild-card invitation to make his return to singles competition at the Western & Southern Open next week.
  Murray announced the news on his Facebook page Friday.
  The three-time major champion and former No. 1 hasn’t played a singles match on tour since the Australian Open in January. At the time, he made it sound as if he would be retiring because of a painful hip that already has been surgically repaired.
  But Murray had a secon
  
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• Affidavit: Inmate assaulted, strangled prison worker

  09-08-2019 20:36
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities say a Tennessee prisoner out on work release sexually assaulted and strangled a female corrections worker. He’s still at large.
  An affidavit filed by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation states that 44-year-old Curtis Ray Watson was discovered missing about 11 a.m. Wednesday, several hours after he was seen near the house at West Tennessee State Penitentiary where 64-year-old employee Debra Johnson lived.
  Watson had been released temporarily for m
  
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• Browns’ Callaway suspended 4 games by NFL for drug violation

  09-08-2019 20:34
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Browns wide receiver Antonio Callaway has been suspended four games by the NFL for violating the league’s substance-abuse policy.
  Callaway, who was drafted by Cleveland in the fourth round in 2018 despite a troubled stay at Florida, will sit out the season’s first four regular-season games for the unspecified violation. The 22-year-old started Thursday night’s exhibition opener against Washington because the Browns rested star receivers Odell Beckham Jr.
  
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• The Latest: Most victims identified in crash that killed 5

  09-08-2019 20:32
  SCOTTSBURG, Ind. (AP) — The Latest on a crash that killed five young people and injured two others in rural southern Indiana (all times local):
  2:30 p.m.
  Police have identified most of the five young people killed after the SUV they were all riding in crashed and overturned multiple times in rural southern Indiana.
  Killed were 18-year-old Christopher Paul Dry of Indianapolis, 22-year-old Wandella Marie Brown of Austin, 20-year-old Elizabeth Michelle Wagner of Lexington, and 18-year-old Jer
  
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• Police: El Paso shooting suspect said he targeted Mexicans

  09-08-2019 20:28
  EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Authorities say the 21-year-old man accused of carrying out the deadly mass shooting at an El Paso Walmart confessed after surrendering and said he had been targeting Mexicans.
  El Paso Detective Adrian Garcia said in an arrest warrant affidavit that Patrick Crusius emerged with his hands up from a vehicle stopped at an intersection shortly after last Saturday’s attack and told officers, “I’m the shooter.”
  He says Crusius later waived his Mirand
  
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• Emu keeps DPS emu-sed after escaping from home in Maricopa

  09-08-2019 20:28
  TUCSON – While it may sound like a bit of “ostrich” – get it? – Arizona Department of Public Safety spent a portion of their Tuesday rescuing an 80-pound bird off the highway.
  According to DPS, an emu escaped from its home in Maricopa on Tuesday. Officials say with help from a few bystanders, a DPS trooper was able to safely contain the feathered giant.Chasing an 80lb bird off the highway… not your average Tuesday! This emu made a break for it in Maricopa on
  
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• AP Source: Kaepernick ready to compete to play

  09-08-2019 20:27
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Colin Kaepernick wants to play in the NFL, even if he has to compete to get on the field.
  A person close to Kaepernick tells The Associated Press on Friday: “Colin has always been prepared to compete at the highest level and is in the best shape of his life.”
  Kaepernick released a video earlier this week saying: “5 a.m. 5 days a week. For 3 years. Still Ready.”
  The Philadelphia Eagles lost backup Nate Sudfeld to a broken left wrist suffered Thurs
  
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• Shooter’s ex-girlfriend: The dilemma of when to intervene

  09-08-2019 20:26
  DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — A former girlfriend of the man who killed nine people in Ohio says there were a few times he did something that made her wonder if she should reach out to authorities.
  But Adelia Johnson says Connor Betts’ one-time drunken rambling about wanting to hurt people and his thoughts of suicide didn’t seem like red flags. She says that and his interest in serial killers seemed normal for a fellow psychology student who told her he was struggling with mental illness
  
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• Pelosi leads delegation on migration issues to El Salvador

  09-08-2019 20:26
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has arrived in El Salvador at the head of a congressional delegation meant to explore the causes of immigration and solutions.
  The delegation is scheduled to meet Friday with activists and government and community leaders describe programs aimed at preventing violence and developing local economies.
  An estimated 2.5 million Salvadorans already live in the United States.
  The group has already visited Guatemala and plans to head to Honduras,
  
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