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• 2 former fraternity brothers out of jail in hazing death

  14-08-2019 23:57
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Two former fraternity brothers are free after serving time for misdemeanor hazing in connection with the alcohol poisoning death of a Louisiana State University student in 2017.
  WAFB-TV reports that East Baton Rouge Parish sheriff’s office records show that Sean-Paul Gott and Ryan Isto were released from jail Sunday.
  Each pleaded no contest last year to misdemeanor hazing in connection with the death of 18-year-old Maxwell Gruver of Roswell, Georgia, at the Ph
  
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• Police to crack down on impaired driving through Labor Day

  14-08-2019 23:54
  WASHINGTON (AP) — About 30,000 police officers will be out on the roads around the country through the Labor Day weekend to crack down on impaired driving.
  It’s an annual effort, but this year poses potential risks to immigrants who fear getting stopped and deported.
  The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced Wednesday it will run the high-visibility enforcement campaign during what is one of the deadliest times on U.S. roads.
  Similar efforts have taken place in pre
  
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• Liverpool beats Chelsea on penalties to lift Super Cup

  14-08-2019 23:54
  ISTANBUL (AP) — Backup goalkeeper Adrian was Liverpool’s penalty shootout hero as they beat Chelsea on penalties to win the Super Cup and kick off a new European season.
  After Champions League holder Liverpool and Europa League winner Chelsea finished extra time at 2-2, Adrian made the crucial save with his leg to deny Tammy Abraham and give his team a 5-4 win on penalties in a game which finished after midnight Turkish time on Thursday.
  It was new signing Adrian’s first start
  
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• Dow drops 800 points, Wall Street suffers worst day of the year

  14-08-2019 23:54
  NEW YORK (NBC NEWS) – Wall Street took a battering on Wednesday, suffering its worst day so far this year after movements in the bond market signaled the sharpest indication yet of an approaching recession.
  The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which had already shed 400 points at the opening bell, spent the day in freefall before closing with a decline of 800 points, a drop of over 3 percent. The S&P 500 closed down 2.93 percent, and the Nasdaq posted a decline of just over 3 percent
  
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• Rural women seek rights and visibility in Brazil march

  14-08-2019 23:52
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Thousands of rural working women from Brazil and other countries are protesting in the Brazilian capital to demand better conditions in the field.
  Women workers and labor leaders gathered Wednesday in Brasilia to press demands ranging from agrarian reform to better representation in society and politics.
  Maria Lucineide Barbosa traveled from the northern Brazilian state of Para for the Margaridas march. She said women in the field should get more for their hard work.
  
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• Jake Arrieta unlikely to pitch again this season for Phils

  14-08-2019 23:51
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Phillies right-hander Jake Arrieta likely will have season-ending surgery soon because of a bone spur in his pitching elbow.
  Arrieta, who was placed on the 10-day injured list Wednesday, has been pitching through pain for several starts but his inability to go more than five innings led him to shut it down. He was scheduled for an MRI on Thursday and will determine his course of action afterward.
  “I wanted to try and make it work for as long as possible,” Ar
  
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• Docs: Robert Indiana had $13M in bank as house crumbled

  14-08-2019 23:47
  ROCKLAND, Maine (AP) — Court documents indicate pop artist Robert Indiana had $13 million in the bank even as his house sank into disrepair before his death.
  Documents filed Wednesday by Indiana’s estate allege that aide Jamie Thomas was not a selfless caregiver. It contends Thomas “improperly lined his pockets,” claimed as gifts more than 100 of Indiana’s works, and allowed Indiana to live in “squalor and filth.”
  The artist whose “LOVE” seri
  
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• Lauren Daigle gets 6 nominations from Dove Awards

  14-08-2019 23:44
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Christian recording artist Lauren Daigle, who has had major crossover success with her single, “You Say,” received six nominations Wednesday from the Gospel Music Association’s Dove Awards.
  Daigle’s nominations include artist of the year and song of the year.
  “You Say” topped both Billboard’s adult contemporary and Christian airplay charts. KING & COUNTRY, Hillsong UNITED, MercyMe and TobyMac are also vying for artist of
  
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• Hunter finds Wisconsin fugitive hiding in makeshift bunker

  14-08-2019 23:43
  RINGLE, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin fugitive is in custody after a hunter discovered him hiding in a makeshift bunker in the woods. WSAW-TV reports that Thomas Nelson of Wausau noticed a bunker carved into an embankment on state land in the township of Ringle west of Wausau several months ago. He returned to the bunker on Friday to see who was inside. He entered the bunker and discovered Jeremiah Button, who disappeared in 2016 just weeks before he was to stand trial on child sexual assault an
  
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• Suicide watch for Epstein never intended to be indefinite

  14-08-2019 23:38
  NEW YORK (AP) — For all the talk from politicians and conspiracy theorists that Jeffrey Epstein should have remained on suicide watch, prison experts say such restrictions are intended for only short periods because they put too much stress on the staff and inmate alike.
  Lindsay Hayes, a nationally recognized expert on suicide prevention behind bars, says it’s “just not humane” to keep inmates under such oppressive conditions.
  The 66-year-old Epstein took his life over th
  
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• Government delays border barrier construction in Arizona

  14-08-2019 23:35
  PHOENIX (AP) — The federal government is delaying construction on parts of the border fence in Arizona because it’s still working on design plans.
  Attorneys said in a court filing late Tuesday that plans to replace waist-high barriers this month with taller fencing in a wildlife refuge, national monument and conservation area are being delayed until October.
  Authorities plan on using Defense Department funds under President Donald Trump’s emergency declaration.
  The Center for B
  
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• UAPD to host active shooter training Wednesday

  14-08-2019 23:33
  TUCSON – In light of the recent mass shootings, active shooter training scenarios have become an important exercise.
  The University of Arizona Police Department and the Critical Incident Response Team will be conducting an active shooter training exercise Wednesday.
  The drill is to test the university’s ability and readiness to address an emergency situation, according to a news release.
  Police officers, UA employees, and volunteers will act out an active shooter scenario near Old Ma
  
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• Police: Gunman shooting at police officers in Philadelphia

  14-08-2019 23:16
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities say several Philadelphia police officers have been shot in an “active and ongoing” shooting situation in the city.
  Sgt. Eric Gripp tweeted there was at least one suspect firing at police officers Wednesday afternoon.
  A police spokesman confirmed the shooting in the Nicetown section of the city.
  Temple University tweeted that it has locked down its Health Sciences Center Campus.
  Video shows a massive police presence with dozens of police cars and
  
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• Vanderbilt to begin alcohol sales at home football games

  14-08-2019 23:12
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Vanderbilt plans to conduct alcohol sales to the general public for home football games this season.
  Athletic director Malcolm Turner announced the new policy Wednesday.
  Vanderbilt will sell beer in public areas of the stadium. Wine will be available to fans in premium seating.
  Turner says alcohol sales “will provide additional resources to invest in our mission of helping student-athletes succeed on and off the field, such as through facility enhancements and
  
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• LeBron dedicates basketball court at his school in hometown

  14-08-2019 23:07
  AKRON, Ohio (AP) — LeBron James has dedicated a basketball court at the school he founded for underprivileged children in his hometown.
  Joined by his close friends and former teammates from nearby St. Vincent-St. Mary High School, James helped unveil a multicolored outdoor court at the I Promise School, which has just started its second academic year and now serves more than 300 students from grades 3-5.
  The NBA superstar is spending more than $1 million on various upgrades for the school.
  
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• New York sex abuse cases: A look at lawsuits filed Wednesday

  14-08-2019 22:55
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A look at some of the organizations named as defendants in child sexual abuse lawsuits filed in New York on Wednesday, as that state opens a one-year window allowing for the filing of civil molestation cases once blocked by the statute of limitations:
  CATHOLIC CHURCH: Each of the state’s eight dioceses were named as defendants in lawsuits filed Wednesday that alleged abuse by priests, religious brothers and church employees. One suit accused former Albany Bishop H
  
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• Devers extends hit streak to 8, Red Sox beat Indians 5-1

  14-08-2019 22:52
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Rafael Devers homered and singled, extending his robust hit streak to eight straight at-bats, and Xander Bogaerts connected twice to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 5-1 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Wednesday.
  Devers went 6 for 6 with four doubles Tuesday night in Boston’s 7-6, 10-inning win. A day later, he singled in the first inning and hit a solo home run in the third before being retired on a comebacker in the fifth.
  The MLB record for consecutive hits is 1
  
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• Arizona lefty Robbie Ray leaves game in 3rd with back spasms

  14-08-2019 22:51
  DENVER (AP) — Arizona Diamondbacks left-hander Robbie Ray left in the third inning against the Colorado Rockies with spasms in his lower back.
  Ray took the mound in the bottom of the third Wednesday before being visited by manager Torey Lovullo. After a brief meeting, Ray slowly walked toward the dugout with the team trainer. Ray struck out two, walked two and allowed one run over two innings. He threw 45 pitches.
  The 27-year-old Ray was replaced by right-hander Matt Andriese.
  Ray is 10-7
  
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• Man who felled ‘door tree’ says hatred of brother drove him

  14-08-2019 22:50
  HAMDEN, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut authorities say the man who cut down a distinctive 200-year-old tree told police that hatred of his brother drove him to do it.
  The Door Tree in Hamden, a white oak that grew in a “distinctive doorway-like arch,” was found cut into pieces with a chainsaw on July 18. The Hartford Courant reports that 63-year-old Curtis Pardee, of New Haven, faces criminal mischief and trespassing charges.
  The Regional Water Authority owns the land where the tree
  
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• Rio police find 8 bodies in clandestine grave

  14-08-2019 22:45
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian authorities have found eight bodies, some dismembered, in what appears to be a clandestine graveyard in the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro.
  Rio state prosecutors said Wednesday they believe the corpses were victims of paramilitary groups that operate in the area about 30 kilometers (18 miles) north of the city center.
  Prosecutors say they found the site after receiving an anonymous tip, which also tied the bodies to the paramilitary group New Aurora Militia. They
  
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• Biographer: Statue poem embraces migrants from ‘all places’

  14-08-2019 22:41
  A biographer of the poet who wrote the words inscribed on the Statue of Liberty challenged a Trump administration official who says the famous poem welcomed only people from Europe.
  The comment came from Ken Cuccinelli, acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
  Biographer Esther Schor says Emma Lazarus’ words were her way of urging Americans to embrace the poor and destitute “of all places and origins.” Lazarus wrote poem in 1883, a year after Congress passe
  
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• Excessive Heat Warning issued August 14 at 1:40PM MST until August 16 at 8:00PM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ

  14-08-2019 22:40
  * WHERE…Northwest Pinal County, Apache Junction/Gold Canyon,West Pinal County 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 104 to 114.Overnight lows in the lower 80s.An Excessive Heat Warning means that a period of very hottemperatures, even by local standards, will occur. Actions shouldbe taken to lessen the im
  
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• Sanchez, Yankees beat Orioles for 16th straight time, 6-5

  14-08-2019 22:38
  NEW YORK (AP) — Gary Sanchez hit a three-run homer and the New York Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles for the 16th straight time this season, winning 6-5 Wednesday in their final meeting this year.
  The Yankees went 17-2 against the O’s, their most wins versus any opponent in a season since going 17-5 over the Kansas City Athletics in 1959. New York’s winning streak is its longest against anyone in a season since a 21-game string over the St. Louis Browns in 1927.
  Sanchez hit h
  
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• Pirates’ Taillon has elbow surgery, will miss 2020 season

  14-08-2019 22:37
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Jameson Taillon will miss the 2020 season after undergoing reconstructive surgery on his right elbow for a second time.
  The team said the right-hander underwent Tommy John surgery on Tuesday in New York. The club initially hoped Taillon, who hasn’t pitched since May 1, would only need surgery on his right flexor tendon. During the operation, Dr. David Altchek determined Taillon also needed surgery to repair the ulnar collateral li
  
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• Tucson man awaits sentencing in death of 73-year-old cyclist

  14-08-2019 22:34
  TUCSON – A Tucson man was convicted for dangerous manslaughter in the death of a 73-year-old man in 2017.
  Ramon Caro / Courtesy: Pima County Attorney’s Office
  Police say Ramon Caro reportedly struck 73-year-old David Meyer while he was driving under the influence of alcohol on Jan. 21, 2017.
  Meyer was cycling to Pima Animal Care Center, where he often volunteered, at the time of the incident, officials said.
  RELATED: PACC volunteers mourn 73-year-old killed in crash
  Police said
  
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• Lawfirm surprises Sunnyside soccer and wrestlers with championship rings

  14-08-2019 22:28
  TUCSON –  The law firm of Schmidt, Sethi and Akmajian made a generous donation to the Sunnyside High School state championship wrestling and soccer teams, and were honored at Tuesday night’s board meeting. Here’s more from Tuesday’s sportscast: 
  The post Lawfirm surprises Sunnyside soccer and wrestlers with championship rings appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• The Latest: More than 400 sex abuse lawsuits filed across NY

  14-08-2019 22:23
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The Latest on the filing of child sex abuse lawsuits in New York (all times local):
  6 p.m.
  More than 400 sex abuse lawsuits have been filed across New York on the first day of a new one-year window for older molestation cases.
  Hundreds, if not thousands, of people had been expected to sue as the state allowed molestation lawsuits that had been blocked by the statute of limitations.
  As of 5 p.m., 427 lawsuits had been filed.
  The Roman Catholic Church, the Boy Scouts and
  
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• The Latest: Lawsuit accuses ex-Albany bishop of sex abuse

  14-08-2019 22:23
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The Latest on the filing of child sex abuse lawsuits in New York (all times local):
  4:20 p.m.
  A lawsuit is accusing the former Catholic bishop of the Albany Diocese of sexually abusing a 16-year-old boy in the 1990s.
  Former Bishop Howard Hubbard is one of the highest-profile defendants named in a flood of lawsuits filed Wednesday, when New York opened a one-year window for molestation suits that had been blocked by the statute of limitations.
  The 80-year-old Hubbard ret
  
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• Adopt this pet: Meet Sunshine!

  14-08-2019 22:23
  When a pup as adorable as Sunshine comes along, it’s impossible for a rain cloud to follow you around.
  She’s a good girl and is ready to find her new family!
  You can bring your family to meet Sunshine at HSSA’s main campus located at 635 W. Roger Rd.
  For more information, give an adoptions counselor a call at 520-327-6088, ext. 173.
  Sunshine’s identification:879881
  The post Adopt this pet: Meet Sunshine! appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• Humanitarian activist Winnie Byanyima named to head UNAIDS

  14-08-2019 22:21
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has selected humanitarian activist Winifred “Winnie” Byanyima to head the United Nations agency responsible for helping end the AIDS epidemic.
  She will replace Michel Sidibe, who left in May following allegations he mishandled sexual abuse claims at UNAIDS.
  U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric announced the appointment Wednesday of Byanyima, a Ugandan who currently heads Oxfam International, the British-based aid group.
  
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• The Latest: Southern heat wave blamed for Mississippi death

  14-08-2019 22:20
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The Latest on the heat wave affecting parts of the United States (all times local):
  3 p.m.
  A heat wave that sent temperatures soaring across the Southeast is being blamed for a death in Mississippi.
  Winston County Coroner Scott Gregory says a 74-year-old woman died of a heat-induced heart attack while mowing her lawn on Monday.
  Gregory says the heat index was about 106 degrees at the time, and the woman’s body temperature was about 105 degrees at a hospital wh
  
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• Oro Valley Kids Concert Series begins in September

  14-08-2019 22:15
   
  Courtesy: Oro Valley Arizona
  ORO VALLEY – Singing and dancing always brighten up someone’s day. The Town of Oro Valley and the Music and Dance Academy will soon host the Oro Valley Kids Concert Series.
  The concert series is meant for children and their families to have an intimate and interactive experience. Kids will be able to explore sights, sounds, and workings of instruments and dance.
  The first event will begin on Sept. 7 and other events will be held throughout the year
  
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• Red Wings get F Adam Erne from Lightning for 4th-round pick

  14-08-2019 22:13
  DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Red Wings have acquired forward Adam Erne from the Tampa Bay Lightning for a fourth-round pick in the 2020 draft.
  Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman made the move Wednesday, adding a player he drafted in the second round in 2013 while running Tampa Bay’s front office.
  The 24-year-old Erne had seven goals and 20 points in 65 games for the Lightning last season and was among team leaders with 159 hits last season. The native of New Haven, Connecticut, ha
  
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• Wyoming wind farm making same power with 80% fewer turbines

  14-08-2019 22:12
  CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Bigger, more efficient equipment will allow a western U.S. electric utility to redevelop an aging Wyoming wind farm with far fewer turbines while generating the same amount of power.
  Portland, Oregon-based PacifiCorp plans to replace 68 wind turbines at the Foote Creek I wind farm with 13 turbines over the next year.
  The wind farm will continue to generate about 41 megawatts, or enough to power nearly 20,000 homes.
  PacifiCorp spokesman Spencer Hall says the turbine ch
  
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• Mets place McNeil on IL with hamstring injury, recall Tejada

  14-08-2019 22:11
  ATLANTA (AP) — The New York Mets have placed All-Star Jeff McNeil on the 10-day injured list and have recalled infielder Rubén Tejada from Triple-A Syracuse.
  The Mets say McNeil suffered a low grade left hamstring strain when trying to beat out an infield grounder in the ninth inning of Tuesday night’s 5-3 loss to the Atlanta Braves.
  McNeil is hitting .332 with 15 homers and 55 RBIs. This is his second IL stint with a left hamstring injury this season. He missed about two week
  
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• Andrus gets 4 hits, Rangers beat Jays 7-3 to avoid sweep

  14-08-2019 22:06
  TORONTO (AP) — Kolby Allard pitched 5 2/3 innings to win for the first time with Texas, Elvis Andrus had four hits and two RBIs and the Rangers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-3 Wednesday to avoid a three-game sweep.
  Nomara Mazara and Danny Santana hit solo home runs as the Rangers wrapped up a three-city trip by scoring more than five runs for the first time in that stretch of road games. The Rangers went 3-6 against Cleveland, Milwaukee, and Toronto, winning once against each opponent.
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• Stocks fall sharply as bond market flashes recession warning for first time since 2007; Dow industrials sink 800 points

  14-08-2019 22:03
  NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fall sharply as bond market flashes recession warning for first time since 2007; Dow industrials sink 800 points.
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• Ton of cocaine found at French port hidden with palm hearts

  14-08-2019 21:58
  PARIS (AP) — A French government official says customs agents found more than a ton of cocaine hidden in a shipment of palm hearts at the Normandy port of Le Havre.
  Public Accounts Minister Gerald Darmanin said in a statement on Wednesday that the seizure was the biggest in France so far this year. He said the intercepted drugs had an estimated street value of more than 74 million euros ($82.4 million).
  Darmanin says the cocaine was found wrapped in 15 burlap bundles inside a container of
  
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• Man dies after competing in California taco-eating contest

  14-08-2019 21:55
  FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a man died shortly after competing in a taco-eating contest at a minor league baseball game
  Fresno Sheriff spokesman Tony Botti says 41-year-old Dana Hutchings, of Fresno, died Tuesday night shortly after arriving at a hospital.
  Botti says an autopsy on Hutchings will be done to determine a cause of death. It was not immediately known how many tacos the man had eaten, or whether he had won the contest.
  Fresno Grizzlies spokesman Derek Franks did not im
  
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• Burgum, backers want Roosevelt library in national park

  14-08-2019 21:54
  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The proposed presidential library for Theodore Roosevelt may have to be built within the boundaries of the former president’s namesake national park in North Dakota’s badlands.
  Former Gov. Ed Schafer says there are only a few options for the library’s location. Schafer, who heads a foundation overseeing developing in the area, says the city already is cramped and nearby state land is in a flood plain.
  Gov. Doug Burgum and others support putting the f
  
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• Ronaldo lawyers want lawsuit to go to private arbitration

  14-08-2019 21:49
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo’s lawyers are trying to push a lawsuit by a Nevada woman who alleges the soccer star raped her out of U.S. court and into private arbitration.
  Court documents filed in Las Vegas ask a judge to declare a confidentiality agreement and $375,000 hush-money settlement stemming from the 2009 encounter are still in effect with plaintiff Kathryn Mayorga.
  Mayorga’s lawyers didn’t immediately respond Wednesday to messages.
  Ronaldo’s attorney
  
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• Steve King questions if humanity would exist without ‘rape or incest’

  14-08-2019 21:47
  FILE – In this Jan. 26, 2019 file photo, Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, speaks during a town hall meeting, in Primghar, Iowa. King says the criticism he has faced from fellow members of Congress over his offensive remarks gives him “better insight” into what Jesus Christ experienced when he was persecuted for his beliefs. King was attending a town hall meeting Tuesday, April 23 in his home district in northeast Iowa when someone attending voiced concern about Christianity being perse
  
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• Judge rules man imprisoned decades for 2 murders is innocent

  14-08-2019 21:47
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — A judge has ruled that a Missouri man imprisoned more than 20 years for a double murder is innocent and should either be released or retried.
  Ricky Kidd was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder in the February 1996 deaths of George Bryant and Oscar Bridges in Kansas City. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole.
  Court records show Kidd told authorities he was with his girlfriend at the time of the killings. Eyewitnesses who testified against him later r
  
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• Kokkinakis in US Open via wild card; Bellis out with injury

  14-08-2019 21:40
  WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — Thanasi Kokkinakis will play at the U.S. Open after being granted a wild card by Tennis Australia.
  The 23-year-old Australian was the junior runner-up at Flushing Meadows in 2013.
  His professional career has been sidetracked by a series of injuries and he is currently ranked 212th.
  The U.S. Tennis Association and Tennis Australia have a reciprocal agreement whereby each federation gets to award wild-card entries to the other’s Grand Slam tournament.
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• Year after 2 new casinos, Atlantic City revenue up nearly 8%

  14-08-2019 21:39
  ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A year after two new casinos opened in Atlantic City, the seaside resort’s gambling and sports betting revenue is up nearly 8%, and its top casino had its best month ever.
  Figures released Wednesday by state regulators show the casinos took in $323 million, an increase of 7.8% from July 2018.
  That’s when the city’s two newest casinos, Hard Rock and Ocean, were in their first full month of operation.
  Internet gambling brought in more than $39 mil
  
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• Giants WR Tate: Doctor told him fertility drug not banned

  14-08-2019 21:39
  EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — New York Giants wide receiver Golden Tate III is considering taking legal action against the doctor who prescribed a fertility drug that led to his four-game suspension at the start of the season.
  The suspension will cost Tate $1.2 million in salary. He did not identify the doctor.
  Tate said he never hesitated to take a prescribed fertility drug, which he identified as clomifene, because the doctor told him he had given it to other NFL players and it was not ba
  
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• Prosecutors lose bid to seek death penalty against immigrant

  14-08-2019 21:35
  PHOENIX (AP) — Prosecutors have lost another bid to seek the death penalty against a Mexican immigrant charged with murder in the 2015 shooting death of a convenience store clerk in metro Phoenix.
  The Arizona Court of Appeals last week denied a request by prosecutors to reinstate their effort to seek the death penalty against Apolinar Altamirano in the killing of 21-year-old clerk Grant Ronnebeck.
  Prosecutors had appealed a decision by a lower-court judge in early July that said prosecutor
  
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• Jay-Z defends NFL deal with Roc Nation, talks Kaepernick

  14-08-2019 21:34
  NEW YORK (AP) — A day after Jay-Z announced that his Roc Nation company was partnering with the NFL, the rap icon explained that he still supports protesting, kneeling and NFL player Colin Kaepernick, but he’s also interested in working with the league to make substantial changes.
  The Grammy winner and entrepreneur fielded questions Wednesday at his company’s New York City headquarters alongside NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. When directly asked if he would kneel or stand, Jay
  
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• Giants put Sandoval on IL with inflamed right elbow

  14-08-2019 21:33
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The San Francisco Giants have placed infielder Pablo Sandoval on the 10-day injured list with right elbow inflammation.
  Manager Bruce Bochy says the injury has bothered Sandoval to varying degrees for several years, but it flared up Sunday when the 33-year-old switch-hitter was batting right-handed.
  Bochy says Sandoval recently underwent an MRI, but the severity of his injury isn’t known. He had a cortisone shot on Sunday.
  “He is in pain,” Bochy said.
  
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• 2019 Tapas for Teachers event is underway

  14-08-2019 21:33
  Students hold “We Love Our Teachers” sign. Courtesy: Catalina Foothills School District Foundation
  TUCSON – Catalina Foothills School District Foundation is set to host the 2019 Tapas for Teachers.
  The event will be from 6 to 9 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 11 at St. Philip’s Plaza.
  There will be live music by 80s cover band Gigi and the Glow, food, and a silent auction.
  Tickets are $40. This is an adult-only event.
  Visit CFSDfoundation.org to purchase tickets.
  The post 2019 Tapa
  
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