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• Report: Petition with NLRB seeks union for NFL running backs

  12-08-2019 23:54
  A petition reportedly has been filed with the National Labor Relations Board seeking to create a separate union for NFL running backs.
  According to the website Law360, the petition was filed Thursday by the International Brotherhood of Professional Running Backs and focuses on the shorter careers for players at the position.
  “These employees have unique career structures; and the current one-size fits all unit is inappropriate,” the petition says of players’ representation by t
  
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• Police: Daughter of hot car death suspect left kids in car

  12-08-2019 23:47
  WALTERBORO, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina woman has been accused of leaving her two children alone in a car one week after her mother’s 13-year-old daughter died in a hot car.
  News outlets report 30-year-old Ashley Pangalangan was arrested Monday and charged with unlawful conduct toward a child. Walterboro police Lt. Amye Stivender says the woman left her 7-year-old and 6-month-old in her car with the engine running while she shopped at Walmart. Police say the car’s air conditio
  
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• Nebraska bidder wins Wright-built house in Kansas City

  12-08-2019 23:47
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A bidder from Nebraska has paid $920,000 for a house designed and built by iconic architect Frank Lloyd Wright in Kansas City, Missouri.
  The Kansas City Star reports that Heritage Auctions says the new owner wants to remain anonymous for now, but the bidder plans to honor the integrity of the Sondern-Adler house that sold Monday. Wright designed the home in 1939 for Clarence Sondern. He designed a later addition for the second owner, Arnold Adler.
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• Border agent facing trial for hitting migrant gets plea deal

  12-08-2019 23:45
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A Border Patrol agent accused of using his vehicle to knock over a fleeing Guatemalan migrant nearly two years ago in Arizona has reached a plea agreement.
  Matthew Bowen was scheduled to go on trial Monday in U.S. District Court in Tucson for the December 2017 incident in Nogales, Arizona.
  Court records show Bowen has pleaded guilty to deprivation of rights under color of law, a misdemeanor.
  He’s scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 15.
  Bowen’s attorney told the
  
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• Bayern begins German Cup defense with 3-1 win over Cottbus

  12-08-2019 23:43
  BERLIN (AP) — Bayern Munich began its German Cup defense on Monday with a 3-1 win at former Bundesliga side Energie Cottbus, which was relegated from Germany’s third division last season.
  It was a battling performance from the youthful home side, rewarded with Berkan Taz’s consolation from the penalty spot in injury time.
  Cottbus goalkeeper Lennart Moser was the team’s busiest player, earning the man of the match award. The 19-year-old deflected Robert Lewandowski’s
  
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• Lowry (thumb) withdraws from USA Basketball’s World Cup team

  12-08-2019 23:42
  Kyle Lowry of the NBA champion Toronto Raptors says his surgically repaired thumb has not recovered sufficiently enough to allow him to participate with USA Basketball in camp for the FIBA World Cup, and is withdrawing from consideration for the team.
  Lowry made the announcement Monday after meeting with his surgeon to gauge the recovery of his thumb, which was operated on last month. He was hoping to be on the court with the Americans this week when they resume practice in Southern California.
  
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• Raiders CB Nevin Lawson suspended 4 games for PEDs

  12-08-2019 23:37
  ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) — Oakland Raiders cornerback Nevin Lawson has been suspended four games for violating the NFL’s policy on performance-enhancing substances.
  The league announced the decision Monday, one week after Lawson revealed he had tested positive for Ostarine despite “never knowingly” taking the substance.
  Lawson signed a one-year deal with the Raiders in March after spending the past five seasons with the Detroit Lions. He was in the mix for one of the backup s
  
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• UN probing 35 North Korean cyberattacks in 17 countries

  12-08-2019 23:28
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. experts say they are investigating at least 35 instances in 17 countries of North Koreans using cyberattacks to illegally raise money for its nuclear program — and they are calling for sanctions against ships providing gasoline and diesel to the country.
  Last week, The Associated Press reported that North Korea illegally acquired “as much as two billion dollars” from its increasingly sophisticated cyber activities against financial institutions
  
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• Tenn governor: Protocol was followed before inmate’s escape

  12-08-2019 23:25
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s governor says protocol was followed by prison officials prior to the escape of a Tennessee convict suspected of killing a Department of Correction employee, but hard questions remain.
  Gov. Bill Lee told reporters Monday his administration wants to examine Correction protocols after the death of the 64-year-old department employee, Debra Johnson, and the escape of 44-year-old inmate Curtis Ray Watson.
  Watson was on mowing duties Aug. 7 when, authori
  
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• Epstein death shifts federal focus to possible conspirators

  12-08-2019 23:24
  NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors are turning their attention to possible charges against anyone who conspired with the wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein in his alleged sexual abuse of underage girls.
  Two days after Epstein’s apparent suicide in jail, U.S. Attorney General William Barr said Monday that any co-conspirators in the sex-crimes case “should not rest easy” and that Epstein’s victims deserve justice.
  Police reports and other court documents show Epstein
  
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• Excessive Heat Warning issued August 12 at 2:17PM MST until August 15 at 8:00PM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ

  12-08-2019 23:17
  The National Weather Service in Phoenix has issued an ExcessiveHeat Warning, which is in effect from 10 AM Tuesday to 8 PM MSTThursday. The Excessive Heat Watch is no longer in effect.
  * WHERE…Northwest Pinal County, West Pinal County, ApacheJunction/Gold Canyon and Sonoran Desert National Monument.
  * IMPACTS…Overexposure can cause heat cramps and heatexhaustion to develop and, without intervention, can lead toheat stroke.
  * THREAT…High HeatRisk. Afternoon temperatures 103 t
  
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• Minnesota man who held ‘death party’ for wife gets 3 years

  12-08-2019 23:16
  NEW ULM, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota man has been sentenced to three years in prison after he said he threw a “death party” for his wife and gave her methamphetamine that killed her.
  Fifty-nine-year-old Duane Johnson of Searles was sentenced Monday after pleading guilty in June to criminal neglect. Sixty-nine-year-old Debra Johnson was found dead in their home in January after her husband removed her from a nursing home.
  The Mankato Free Press reports Judge Robert Docherty approve
  
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• No one hurt, man arrested after gunfire at Chicago hospital

  12-08-2019 23:11
  CHICAGO (AP) — Authorities say a suspect is in custody after shots were fired outside a Chicago hospital and that no one was hurt.
  Police spokesman Tom Ahern says the man began shooting outside the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center on Monday afternoon and then tried to enter the lobby. Ahern says security officers apprehended the man near the hospital entrance.
  Ahern says no one was injured and authorities recovered a rifle that the man is believed to have used.
  Police took the man into custod
  
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• Alanis Morissette announces birth of son

  12-08-2019 23:09
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Morissette-Treadway house has a new addition: singer Alanis Morissette has given birth to her third child, a son.
  The Grammy winner announced the arrival of her son, Winter Mercy, on Instagram on Monday. The post included a black-and-white photo of the boy snuggled peacefully in a blanket.
  The newborn is Morissette’s third child with her husband, rapper Mario Treadway. The couple has another son, 8-year-old Ever Imrie, and a 2-year-old daughter, Onyx Solace.
  Th
  
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• Canadian police: 2 fugitives died by suicide

  12-08-2019 23:02
  TORONTO (AP) — Canadian police say they believe two fugitives suspected of killing a North Carolina woman and her Australian boyfriend as well as another man died in what appears to be suicides by gunfire.
  The Manitoba Medical Examiner has completed the autopsies and confirmed on Monday the bodies they found last week were indeed 19-year-old Kam McLeod and 18-year-old Bryer Schmegelsky. Both were found in dense bush.
  McLeod and Schmegelsky were charged with second-degree murder in the deat
  
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• Verizon sells early social-media darling Tumblr

  12-08-2019 23:01
  NEW YORK (AP) — Verizon is selling Tumblr, a darling of early social media, to the owner of blogging platform WordPress.
  Tumblr is known for its devoted fan base and has been home to angry posts from celebrities like Taylor Swift. It angered many users last year when it banned porn.
  Verizon got Tumblr through its 2017 purchase of Yahoo. Yahoo bought Tumblr for $1.1 billion in 2013, but ended up writing off much of its value . Terms of Verizon’s sale to WordPress owner Automattic were
  
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• Epstein death puts renowned pathologist back in spotlight

  12-08-2019 23:00
  NEW YORK (AP) — A pathologist who testified for O.J. Simpson’s defense in the “trial of the century” and helped investigate the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. is now enmeshed in another high-stakes case.
  Dr. Michael Baden is the private pathologist who observed Jeffrey Epstein’s autopsy on his lawyers’ behalf.
  Neither Baden nor the New York City medical examiner’s office has released their findings from the financi
  
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• Excessive Heat Warning issued August 12 at 1:58PM MST until August 15 at 8:00PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  12-08-2019 22:58
  The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued an ExcessiveHeat Warning, which is in effect from 10 AM Wednesday to 8 PM MSTThursday. The Excessive Heat Watch is no longer in effect.
  * IMPACTS…Increase in heat related illnesses, including heatcramps, heat exhaustion, and heat stroke. Heat stroke can leadto death.
  * AFFECTED AREAS…Tucson Metro Area, Safford and Mammoth.
  * TEMPERATURES…104 to 108 degrees.
  * For a detailed view of the hazard area…visitweather.gov/Tucs
  
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• Sheriff’s office: Man spiked wife’s rum with methamphetamine

  12-08-2019 22:53
  WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina sheriff’s office has charged a man with spiking his wife’s rum with methamphetamine after she told him she wanted a divorce.
  The New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office tells news outlets that the woman went to a local hospital after drinking the rum and going a day without sleeping. A test showed the woman had meth in her system, and deputies filed charges against 47-year-old Michael Joseph Kirkum, including assault on a female and re
  
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• DPS: 2 dead, infant injured after vehicle rollover near Three Points

  12-08-2019 22:46
  TUCSON – Arizona Department of Public Safety is investigating a fatal single-vehicle rollover collision.
  Officials say the collision was reported at 8:43 a.m., on Monday on westbound State Route 86 near Three Points.
  According to DPS, a male driver and a female passenger were ejected from a dark gray Ford Explorer. Both were pronounced deceased on scene.
  Two children were also in the vehicle at the time of the incident. An infant was ejected from the vehicle and was transported to the hosp
  
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• Freed inmate Cyntoia Brown marries recording artist J. Long

  12-08-2019 22:21
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Cyntoia Brown, an inmate who was recently released on clemency after being given a life sentence at the age of 16, has married recording artist J. Long, formerly of the band Pretty Ricky.
  Wes Yoder, a representative for Brown-Long, the name she now goes by, confirmed Monday that they had married, but declined to provide more details, only saying that more would be revealed in the fall. Brown’s book, “Free Cyntoia,” is scheduled for release Oct. 15
  
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• Adolescents who use e-cigarettes more likely to use marijuana

  12-08-2019 22:21
  Young people who use e-cigarettes have a higher risk of also using marijuana.
  That’s according to a new study from Boston’s Children’s Hospital.
  Researcher’s analyzed 21 studies involving more than 128 thousand young people ages 12 to 24.
  Those who vaped were three and a half times more likely to have also used marijuana at some point.
  That is compared to the teens who did not vape.
  The association of e-cigarette and marijuana use was higher in the younger teens.
  The pos
  
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• Newark handing out bottled water as lead levels test high

  12-08-2019 22:14
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Some Newark residents are getting bottled water after elevated lead levels were found.
  The city has given thousands of filters to residents in homes with lead service lines. But the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said recent tests showed drinking water in a few locations was still testing high for lead despite the filters.
  Water was available at four locations in the city on Monday.
  An environmental group sued the city last year, saying Newark’s water has da
  
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• Indians’ Puig drops appeal of 3-game suspension for brawl

  12-08-2019 22:13
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Indians outfielder Yasiel Puig has dropped the appeal for his three-game suspension for his involvement in a brawl when he was with Cincinnati.
  Puig will begin serving his ban Monday night when the Indians, who have climbed back into a tie for first in the AL Central, open a three-game series against Boston.
  Puig was disciplined for his involvement in the latest benches-clearing incident between the Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates on July 30. The fracas began shortly after Pui
  
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• Tennessee lawmakers mull passing strict abortion ban

  12-08-2019 22:11
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee lawmakers are considering whether to seek one of the nation’s strictest abortion bans, after being reminded by legal experts that such laws have repeatedly been struck down in court.
  At issue is a proposal to prohibit abortion once a pregnancy is detected. While a similar proposal stalled in the Republican-controlled Statehouse earlier this year, backers are renewing efforts ahead of the 2020 legislative session.
  Anti-abortion advocates say the goal
  
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• Torres (13 homers vs Os) lifts Yanks to doubleheader sweep

  12-08-2019 22:06
  NEW YORK (AP) — Gleyber Torres hit three more home runs, including a pair of three-run drives in the night game that gave him 13 of New York’s record 59 long balls against Baltimore this season, and the Yankees completed a doubleheader sweep with an 11-8 win on Monday night that stretched their winning streak versus the Orioles to 14 games.
  Gio Urshela had six hits in the twinbill, including a 461-foot homer as the Yankees won the opener 8-5, and raised his average to .332 with 18 ho
  
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• Top court seeks to strip 3 Venezuela lawmakers of protection

  12-08-2019 22:06
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s supreme court has asked that three opposition lawmakers be stripped of immunity for alleged treason amid rising political tension in the crisis-stricken nation.
  The Supreme Tribunal of Justice sent its request Monday to the National Constituent Assembly. It brings to 18 the number of opposition politicians accused this year of treason and instigating rebellion.
  Monday’s request came a day after opposition leader Juan Guaidó warned th
  
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• Gregorius, Yanks thump Orioles 8-5 in doubleheader opener

  12-08-2019 22:06
  NEW YORK (AP) — Didi Gregorius, Gleyber Torres, Gio Urshela and Cameron Maybin kept up a record home run barrage against Baltimore, powering the New York Yankees to an 8-5 victory in a day-night doubleheader opener Monday that extended their winning streak against the Orioles to 13.
  New York has 56 home runs against the Orioles this year, eight more than the previous big league record for long balls against a team in a season. The AL East-leading Yankees are 14-2 against Baltimore with thr
  
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• 4 opposition lawmakers stripped of immunity in Venezuela

  12-08-2019 22:06
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Legislators loyal to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Monday stripped immunity from four opposition lawmakers accused of treason amid a struggle for control of the crisis-stricken nation.
  The move brings to 18 the number of opposition politicians Maduro’s government has threatened with criminal prosecution so far this year.
  Socialist party boss Diosdado Cabello oversaw the unanimous vote as head of the National Constituent Assembly, the legislat
  
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• Charges pending against 12 Marines in migrant smuggling case

  12-08-2019 21:59
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Marine Corps officials say charges are pending against 12 Marines at a California base accused of being involved in smuggling, including driving migrants through a heavily secured US border zone near San Diego once they enter the country illegally.
  The Marine Corps said Monday that six other Marines and one sailor detained last month have been released and returned to their command at Camp Pendleton, north of San Diego. All serve in the same unit.
  Those being held include
  
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• Police: Kentucky man rapes 8-year-old after cracking her head with shovel

  12-08-2019 21:22
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Police say a Kentucky man hit an 8-year-old girl in the head with a shovel, fracturing her skull, and then raped and robbed her.
  News outlets report 29-year-old Cane L. Madden was arrested Saturday on charges of first-degree rape, assault and robbery.Cane L. Madden/ Louisville Metro Police Department via WSMV
  A Louisville police arrest citation says officers responded Friday afternoon to a report of a beaten girl robbed of her iPad. It says the girl was found to a ha
  
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• The Latest: UW says it’s still reviewing Cephus petition

  12-08-2019 21:21
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Latest on University of Wisconsin football player Quintez Cephus (all times local):
  2:20 p.m.
  The University of Wisconsin-Madison says no decision has been made about whether to readmit a football player who had been expelled after being charged with sexual assault.
  Badgers wide receiver Quintez Cephus applied for reinstatement last week after a jury found him not guilty of two sexual assault charges. His attorney Stephen Meyer said Monday that the university is se
  
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• The Latest: Lawyer to UW: Reject stereotype, enroll Cephus

  12-08-2019 21:21
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Latest on University of Wisconsin football player Quintez Cephus (all times local):
  5:15 p.m.
  An attorney for former University of Wisconsin-Madison receiver Quintez Cephus is asking the university to reject the idea that black men are sexually aggressive and let Cephus return to school after a jury acquitted him of sexual assault.
  Cephus applied for reinstatement last week after the jury found him not guilty of two sexual assault charges. University officials say
  
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• Charlottesville marks 2 years since deadly rally

  12-08-2019 21:16
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Charlottesville residents are marking the second anniversary of a deadly white nationalist rally with a series of peaceful community events.
  About 20 people gathered Monday afternoon for a moment of silence at the site where an avowed white nationalist plowed a car into a crowd of people, killing 32-year-old Heather Heyer and injuring dozens more. Flowers and signs decorated a memorial to Heyer.
  The Aug. 12, 2017, rally drew a mix of violent far-right extremists
  
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• NCAA amends agent rules to no longer require college degree

  12-08-2019 21:15
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The NCAA has backtracked on its new agent certification standards and will no longer require a bachelor’s degree for those who will be permitted to represent a student-athlete.
  The degree requirement drew criticism last week when the certification standards were first revealed, including a social media blast by NBA star LeBron James. It was quickly dubbed the “Rich Paul Rule” in reference to James’ agent, who does not have a college degree.
  The N
  
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• Police shoot Kansas man while serving search warrant

  12-08-2019 21:11
  CHETOPA, Kan. (AP) — Kanas authorities say police serving a search warrant fatally shot a man they encountered inside a Chetopa home in Labette County.
  The Kansas Bureau of Investigation said in news release that the Chetopa Police Department was serving a search warrant at about 12:15 a.m. Monday after receiving a tip of possible drug activity.
  The agency says three officers entered after announcing their presence. The KBI says one officer fired three shots after encountering an armed man
  
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• Blast at Iraq weapons depot injures 13, cause unclear

  12-08-2019 21:10
  BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s interior ministry says a large explosion at an ammunition depot southwest of the capital, Baghdad, has injured 13 people, most lightly.
  Maj. Gen. Saad Maan, a ministry spokesman, said it was not immediately clear what caused the blast at the al-Saqr military base.
  The explosion was heard throughout the city and smoke billowed in the air Monday evening.
  The base houses a weapons depot for the Iraqi federal police and the mainly Shiite militias known as the Popula
  
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• Three dogs killed after exposed to toxic algae in North Carolina

  12-08-2019 21:01
  WILMINGTON N.C. (CNN) – Two dog owners in North Carolina are devastated — after their three dogs died within hours of exposure to blue-green algae.
  Melissa Martin and Denise Mintz took the dogs to a pond in Wilmington to play and swim Thursday night.When they were back home, one of the westies started acting strangely, so they took her to an emergency animal hospital.
  The other dogs started seizing and showing signs of liver failure.
  All three died just after midnight Friday.
  The own
  
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• 40,000 census workers start verifying addresses next week

  12-08-2019 20:59
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Starting next week, 40,000 U.S. Census Bureau workers will fan out across the U.S. to verify and update residents’ addresses.
  The verification of addresses is the most labor-intensive component of the bureau’s preparation this year for the 2020 count, which starts next spring. The workers are known as “listers.” They’ll cover about a third of the nation’s physical area.
  In years past, listers walked every block of every street in the
  
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• NBA 2019-20: Some tip-offs earlier, back-to-backs down again

  12-08-2019 20:52
  The NBA schedule is a little bit easier on players.
  Fans might be catching a break — and some more sleep — as well.
  The league announced its 2019-20 schedule on Monday, featuring another dip in back-to-back games for teams and a major change in the number of nationally televised games starting at 10:30 p.m. on the East coast. Golden State and the Los Angeles Lakers will start several games a half-hour earlier than usual, while broadcasters ESPN and Turner are going to earlier start t
  
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• Motion filed after plea agreement reportedly reached in case against Nogales BP agent

  12-08-2019 20:43
  TUCSON – A plea agreement appears to have been reached Thursday in the case of Matthew Bowen, the Border Patrol agent accused of depriving a migrant of his rights under the color of law and falsifying records after he reportedly struck the fleeing migrant with his patrol vehicle in 2017.
  On Dec. 3, 2017 in Nogales, Bowen allegedly intentionally struck a Guatemalan man with a truck after he attempted to flee from the Border Patrol agent, according to officials. Court documents say the migra
  
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• General orders ethics review of US special operations forces

  12-08-2019 20:39
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of U.S. Special Operations Command is launching an ethics review of his commando forces because of recent incidents of bad behavior and criminal allegations against troops.
  Army Gen. Richard Clarke says he is ordering an overall assessment of the culture and ethics within the special operations force, including how they are recruited and trained.
  Clarke’s announcement comes in the wake of several high-profile cases of alleged misconduct by Navy SEALs. Late
  
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• The Latest: Trial opens for Utah man in major opioid ring

  12-08-2019 20:36
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Latest on the trial of a Utah man accused of running an opioid ring (all times local):
  12:30 p.m.
  Lawyers for a man accused of running a multi-million-dollar opioid ring out of his suburban Salt Lake City basement say he was involved in drugs but wasn’t capable of running such a major operation.
  Defense attorney Greg Skordas said Monday that 29-year-old Aaron Shamo has a learning disability and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder that make him incapable
  
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• Carolina signs GM Don Waddell to 3-year extension

  12-08-2019 20:36
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Hurricanes have signed team president and general manager Don Waddell to a three-year contract extension.
  Owner Tom Dundon announced the signing Monday. Terms were not disclosed.
  The 60-year-old Waddell had been mentioned as a candidate for the Minnesota Wild’s GM vacancy. He has been with the organization since 2014, and the Hurricanes made their first playoff appearance in a decade during his first season as the team’s full-time GM.
  Dundon sa
  
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• Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs’ mental health questioned

  12-08-2019 20:28
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Imprisoned polygamist leader Warren Jeffs has allegedly suffered a mental breakdown and isn’t fit to give a deposition in a sex abuse case against him.
  The claim was made in a court filing last month by lawyers representing a community trust that once belonged to a polygamous sect run by Jeffs on the Utah-Arizona border. The trust and Jeffs are being sued by a woman who says she was sexually abused by Jeffs when she was a child.
  The woman’s attorneys say t
  
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• FBI seek sex abuse suspect awaiting trial in New Mexico

  12-08-2019 20:26
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Federal authorities are searching for a defendant in a sexual abuse case who went missing from a halfway house in Albuquerque.
  FBI officials said Monday that Jan Jay Moolenijzer was under strict pre-trial release conditions when he left the halfway house without permission on Aug. 5.
  The 68-year-old’s last known location was Tucson, Arizona.
  Moolenijzer was arrested nearly a year ago in Albuquerque. He was indicted in March on four counts of aggravated sexual
  
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• Liverpool’s Alisson out for a “few weeks” with calf injury

  12-08-2019 20:16
  LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp says he expects goalkeeper Alisson’s calf injury to keep him on the sidelines for “the next few weeks,” starting with Wednesday’s Super Cup game against Chelsea.
  Alisson went off in the first half of Liverpool’s 4-1 win over Norwich on Friday, leaving new signing Adrian as the club’s only fit senior goalkeeper.
  Klopp says on the club website that “Ali was not a lot injured in his career
  
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• US budget deficit grows 27% through July

  12-08-2019 20:01
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government’s budget deficit rose by $183 billion to $867 billion during the first 10 months of this budget year as spending grew more than twice as fast as tax collections.
  The Treasury Department say the deficit for the current fiscal year through July is up 27% from the same period a year earlier. Spending rose 8% to $3.73 trillion, and tax revenue rose 3% to $2.86 trillion.
  President Donald Trump’s $1.5 trillion tax cut and new spending agreed to l
  
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• New head of Arizona child welfare agency was only candidate

  12-08-2019 19:43
  PHOENIX (AP) — When it came to choosing who would lead the Arizona Department of Child Safety, Gov. Doug Ducey had only one candidate in mind.
  The Arizona Republic reporte d Monday that records show Mike Faust, deputy director of support services at the agency, was the only person interviewed for the job.
  The Governor’s Office only released Faust’s resume when the newspaper put in a request for background on all the finalists.
  Faust will take over in September for Greg McKay, w
  
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• Cephus attorney says UW doesn’t want football player back

  12-08-2019 19:42
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The attorney for former Wisconsin football player Quintez Cephus says university officials are sending a “clear message” they don’t want the former Badgers wide receiver back despite his acquittal in a sexual assault case.
  Attorney Stephen Meyer said Monday that discussions have collapsed. University spokeswoman Meredith McGlone said Monday she couldn’t comment due to privacy rules.
  Cephus filed a petition for readmission last week, just days af
  
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