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• Sheriff's Department Suspends Secure Transport Contract After Prisoners Escape

  29-08-2019 23:53
  After two inmates escaped custody while being transported to the Pima County Adult Detention Complex, the Sheriff's Department has suspended it’s use of Kansas-based transport company Security Transport Services (STS).…
  
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• Florida high court set to clarify voting rights for felons

  29-08-2019 23:47
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Supreme Court has agreed to clarify whether the state can continue restricting voting privileges to felons who have unpaid fines and fees.
  Gov. Ron DeSantis had asked the high court for an advisory opinion amid legal challenges to a new state law implementing the restoration of voting rights for former felons.
  Voters last year overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment restoring voting rights to as many as 1.4 million felons who have completed t
  
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• In letter, US senators push Amazon to remove unsafe products

  29-08-2019 23:44
  NEW YORK (AP) — Three U.S. senators are pushing Amazon to remove unsafe products from its online store, spurred by a Wall Street Journal investigation that found that more than 4,000 products on the site were mislabeled, declared unsafe or banned by regulators.
  In a letter addressed to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, the senators repeated information reported in last week’s Journal story and asked Bezos to respond to a list of questions, including how Amazon will insure that it doesn’t
  
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• Jury deliberating in case involving major opioid ring

  29-08-2019 23:43
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A jury is deliberating in the case of a Utah man accused of running a multimillion-dollar opioid ring that shipped fake prescription drugs across the country, causing at least one fatal overdose.
  Prosecutors said during closing arguments Thursday that Aaron Shamo’s operation helped fuel the nation’s opioid epidemic by making hundreds of thousands of pills available to addicts and other users.
  They said $1 million was found in his dresser.
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• Slugging Twins set road HR record in 10-5 rout of White Sox

  29-08-2019 23:42
  CHICAGO (AP) — Jake Cave homered twice, C.J. Cron went deep and the surging Minnesota Twins set a major league record for home runs on the road in a 10-5 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Thursday.
  Cave led off the third with drive off Dylan Cease to give Minnesota 139 homers away from home, eclipsing the mark of 138 set by San Francisco in 2001. Cron, the next hitter, followed with a homer to center.
  Cave added a shot in the seventh for his second career multi-homer game, increasing t
  
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• North Carolina school pulls ‘diversity inventory’ lesson

  29-08-2019 23:41
  WAKE FOREST, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina high school has pulled a lesson which asked students to answer questions about their gender, sexuality, religion and socio-economic status.
  News outlets report an English teacher at Heritage High School in Wake Forest asked 10th-grade students on Wednesday to answer a “Diversity Inventory” worksheet which asked questions about themselves, their friends and their family. It was passed out on the second day of school.
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• The Latest: Police ID man held in Vegas sledgehammer slaying

  29-08-2019 23:32
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Latest on the arrest of a man in the sledgehammer killing of a woman calling 911 from a Las Vegas laundromat (all times local):
  2:30 p.m.
  Police say they don’t believe a woman knew the man arrested and accused of bludgeoning her to death with a sledgehammer while her 911 call from a Las Vegas laundromat went dead.
  Las Vegas police said Thursday that a dispatcher heard screaming before the line disconnected, and detectives think the killing was a random act of vio
  
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• Body of deported Iraqi national returning to US for burial

  29-08-2019 23:24
  DETROIT (AP) — The body of a 41-year-old Iraqi man who died in Baghdad after being deported from the U.S. for committing multiple crimes is being returned to the Detroit area for burial.
  Democratic U.S. Rep. Andy Levin, of Michigan, announced Thursday that Jimmy Aldaoud’s body was in transit and was expected to arrive Friday. Aldaoud, who came to the U.S. as an infant and lived in the Detroit area, was deported in June.
  Levin says Aldaoud had diabetes as well as schizophrenia and oth
  
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• Survivors demand US investigation of Mississippi abuse deals

  29-08-2019 23:16
  JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Catholic sex abuse survivors in two states have called on federal authorities to investigate the allegations of three black Mississippi men that they were molested by Franciscan friars during the mid-1990s, when they were as young as 9 years old.
  Mark Belenchia, the Mississippi leader of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, issued a statement calling for federal law enforcement agencies to “pursue any federal charges that may be possible due t
  
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• Woman who gave birth alone in Denver jail cell files lawsuit

  29-08-2019 23:15
  DENVER (AP) — A woman who gave birth alone in her jail cell in Denver is suing the city after jail deputies and nurses allegedly ignored her pleas for help during about five hours of labor.
  Silent surveillance video released by her lawyer shows Diana Sanchez eventually lying down on a narrow bed, crying out in pain, before she pulls off her pants and deliveries a baby boy in July 2018.
  The federal lawsuit filed Wednesday says a van was requested to take Sanchez to the hospital. But jail wo
  
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• State court sends black man’s disputed murder case back

  29-08-2019 23:14
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Supreme Court is sending the case of a man tried six times for murder back to a local court after the U.S. Supreme Court found racial bias in jury selection.
  Thursday’s ruling was a formality after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the conviction of Curtis Flowers in June. Prosecutors say Flowers killed four people in a Winona furniture store in 1996, and he was sentenced to death in 2010’s sixth trial.
  It’s unclear whether Montgomery
  
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• Arizona teen gets 12-year prison term in dad’s 2017 murder

  29-08-2019 23:12
  PHOENIX (AP) — A Tonapah teenager who pleaded guilty to helping her boyfriend kill her father in 2017 has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.
  Jocelyn Norton was sentenced Thursday after entering a plea agreement in the case earlier this month and pleading guilty to second-degree murder.
  The 17-year-old Norton was charged as an adult in the case.
  Her co-defendant — 23-year-old Daniel Stroh — is facing charges of first-degree premeditated murder and tampering with evidence.
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• Former Spain coach Luis Enrique announces death of daughter

  29-08-2019 23:09
  MADRID (AP) — Former Spain and Barcelona coach Luis Enrique says his 9-year-old daughter has died after a five-month battle against a type of bone cancer.
  Luis Enrique posted a message on Twitter on Thursday saying “our daughter Xana has passed away this afternoon.” He also thanked supporters for “all of the love received during these months and we appreciate the discretion and understanding.”
  The 49-year-old coach left his job with Spain’s national team in Ju
  
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• Man sought in connection to robbery at south side Family Dollar

  29-08-2019 23:07
  TUCSON – Tucson Police Department announced Thursday afternoon that they are asking for the public for help in identifying a man who recently robbed a store on the south side of Tucson.
  According to TPD, the man reportedly robbed the Family Dollar at 3570 S. Sixth Street north of Ajo Way.
  Details of the incident have not yet been released.Say, “cheese” Mr. robbery suspect!!!He robbed the Family Dollar at 3570 S. 6th.Call 88 crime and remain anonymous. pic.twitter.com/PSXBaKSnDk
  
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• Disney sells YES Network to Yankees-led investor group

  29-08-2019 23:07
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Walt Disney Co. is selling its stake in the YES Network to an investor group that includes Yankee Global Enterprises, Sinclair Broadcast Group and Amazon.
  The deal values YES at $3.47 billion. Disney was required to sell off Fox’s regional sports networks as part of its $71 billion deal to acquire Fox’s entertainment assets. That deal closed in March. Sinclair said it would buy 21 of the regional sports networks in May, but the 80% stake in the Yes Network w
  
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• Man killed 17 years after slaying of NBA star’s grandfather

  29-08-2019 23:05
  WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Police in North Carolina say someone killed a man who had been convicted as a teenager in the 2002 death of NBA star Chris Paul’s grandfather.
  The Winston-Salem Journal reports police say 31-year-old Dorrell Queshane Brayboy was found with stab wounds in his chest on Wednesday in a grocery store parking lot. Winston-Salem Police Lt. A.J. Santos says a search is underway for his assailant.
  Brayboy was 15 when he and four other teenagers were charged in the d
  
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• Trump reportedly moving to deport children with life-threatening illnesses

  29-08-2019 22:56
  WASHINGTON DC (NBC News) – Each year, the U.S. gets about 1,000 applications from immigrant families in the U.S. seeking permission to stay in the country and not face deportation so family members can continue lifesaving medical care that is not available in their home countries.
  But the Trump administration recently told families who were granted permission to stay for medical care that their permission to stay has been rescinded and they have 33 days to leave the country. The policy, wh
  
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• TFD unveils new fire engine, gives Station 8 tour

  29-08-2019 22:54
  The City of Tucson hosted a community event Thursday morning to unveil one of the four new fire engines at Tucson Fire Department Station 8.
  The fire engine was recently purchased through the Tucson Delivers program.
  In May 2017, voters approved Proposition 101, a five-year, half-cent sales tax to fund better streets and a safer city. For more information about the program visit www.tucsonaz.gov/TucsonDelivers
  During the ceremony, the department also gave tours of Station 8 in advance of the re
  
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• 10 whales stranded alive on Maui beach, vets assessing them

  29-08-2019 22:52
  HONOLULU (AP) — Officials say ten small whales are stranded alive on a beach on the Hawaii island of Maui.
  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Wildlife Management and Conservation Branch Chief Jeffrey Walters said in a statement Thursday that they are believed to be melon-headed whales.
  The agency says NOAA veterinarians and University of Hawaii scientists are determining the best type of care for the whales on Sugar Beach in the community of Kihei.
  Native Hawaiian cultural pra
  
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• Profar homers, A’s hold off Royals 9-8 to take 4-game series

  29-08-2019 22:50
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jurickson Profar homered and drove in three runs, Seth Brown added two RBIs and the Oakland Athletics held off the Kansas City Royals 9-8 on Thursday to cap a four-game series victory.
  Everybody in the A’s starting lineup had a hit or drove in a run, bailing out starter Chris Bassitt after a dismal performance. Bassitt failed to survive the fifth before turning the game over to Yusmeiro Petit (4-3), who was just about the only effective pitcher all the afterno
  
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• Packers agree to trade OLB Reggie Gilbert to Titans

  29-08-2019 22:48
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Green Bay Packers have agreed to send outside linebacker Reggie Gilbert to the Tennessee Titans in exchange for a conditional 2020 draft pick.
  The move is pending a physical.
  Gilbert played all 16 games for Green Bay last season and had 15 quarterback pressures to rank second on the team. The 26-year-old former undrafted free agent from Arizona had spent the majority of his first two seasons on Green Bay’s practice squad before his breakthrough last year.
  
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• Alice Marie Johnson hawks Kim Kardashian West shapewear line

  29-08-2019 22:47
  NEW YORK (AP) — Alice Marie Johnson, who Kim Kardashian West helped get out of prison, has popped up on Instagram hawking the reality TV star’s new shapewear line.
  Johnson looks into the camera wearing a black sculpting bodysuit from SKIMS and says the shapewear makes her feel “free.” She calls Kardashian West her “war angel” who did not let anything stand between her and Johnson’s freedom.
  The Memphis grandmother was a first-time offender when she was s
  
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• 250 pigs escape; most back, some with help from hot dog buns

  29-08-2019 22:45
  ORANGE, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont farmer says most of the 250 pigs that escaped earlier this month from a fenced-in area have returned — with the help of a trail of hot dog buns.
  Walter Jeffries of Sugar Mountain Farm in Orange says the fence was damaged by vandalism on Aug. 11. He says roughly 50 adult pigs and 200 piglets escaped.
  He said Thursday that the vast majority of the pigs are back.
  The town clerk says that some pigs can still be spotted on or along a road near the farm. She sa
  
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• Texas governor says ‘mistakes’ made in immigrant rhetoric

  29-08-2019 22:40
  EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Republican Gov. Greg Abbott says “mistakes were made” when he sent a fundraising letter that called on supporters to “defend Texas” from illegal immigration.
  The letter from Abbott’s campaign was dated a day before a gunman targeting Mexicans killed 22 people at a Walmart in El Paso. But the mailer didn’t surface until last week and was condemned by the Texas Democratic Party as racist and anti-Latino.
  Abbott said Thursday he told E
  
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• Browns acquire G Teller from Bills in trade for draft picks

  29-08-2019 22:29
  CLEVELAND (AP) — The Browns have acquired offensive lineman Wyatt Teller from the Buffalo Bills.
  Cleveland sent a fifth-round and sixth-round pick in 2020 to Buffalo on Thursday for Teller and a seventh-round pick in 2021. The swap came a few hours before the Browns hosted Detroit and Buffalo played Minnesota in their final exhibition games.
  The 6-foot-4, 315-pound Teller is in his second season out of Virginia Tech. He was drafted by Buffalo in the fifth round in 2018. Teller was inactive
  
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• Woman gets life in ambush slaying of soldier husband

  29-08-2019 22:08
  ST. JOSEPH, Mich. (AP) — The wife of a U.S. Army sergeant from Michigan who was convicted of plotting to kill her husband has been sentenced to life in prison without parole.
  Twenty-two-year-old Kemia Hassel learned her punishment Thursday. A Berrien County jury found her guilty of murder last month in the death of Sgt. Tyrone Hassel III. The 23-year-old was fatally shot in an ambush on New Year’s Eve while visiting family in St. Joseph Township.
  Kemia Hassel chose not to speak at th
  
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• Police discover additional garlic festival victim

  29-08-2019 22:08
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gilroy police say they have identified an additional person who suffered a gunshot wound during a deadly shooting at a famous garlic festival last month.
  Authorities say a 58-year-old man sustained a graze wound to his head that required stitches. The man’s injuries bring the total number of people shot during the July 28 shooting to 17. An additional three people_including two children_were shot and killed when Santino William Legan opened fire. Legan killed himse
  
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• Family’s web makes it hard to track cash from opioid maker

  29-08-2019 22:06
  Cities and states suing Purdue Pharma L.P. for its role in the opioid crisis say its family owners withdrew billions in profits. But where is that money and how much should be fair game in ongoing settlement talks?
  A review by The Associated Press has found that answers are complicated by the way members of the Sackler family have shielded their wealth in a web of companies and trusts. Some are registered in offshore tax havens far from Purdue’s Connecticut headquarters.
  The web’s co
  
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• Atmospheric battle will determine where Dorian hits Florida

  29-08-2019 22:01
  Meteorologists are pretty sure Hurricane Dorian will be a major storm when it wallops Florida around Labor Day, but they don’t yet know where it will strike.
  Four days before the system is expected to come ashore, Dorian could hit practically anywhere in the state.
  What’s shaping up is an atmospheric battle between a high pressure system over Bermuda and a low pressure system chugging east. Whichever wins, Florida loses. But if the high pressure is stronger, Dorian stays farther sout
  
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• Excessive Heat Warning issued August 29 at 1:00PM MST until August 31 at 8:00PM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ

  29-08-2019 22:00
  * WHERE…Portions of south central Arizona.
  * IMPACTS…Overexposure can cause heat cramps and heatexhaustion to develop and, without intervention, can lead toheat stroke.
  * THREAT…High HeatRisk. Afternoon temperatures 103 to 112.Overnight lows in the mid 80s.An Excessive Heat Warning means that a period of very hottemperatures, even by local standards, will occur. Actions shouldbe taken to lessen the impact of the extreme heat.
  Stay indoors and seek air-conditioned buildings.
  
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• Alabama governor apologies for wearing blackface in college

  29-08-2019 22:00
  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey is apologizing after a radio interview described her wearing blackface during a college skit in the 1960s.
  Ivey issued a statement Thursday saying that she does not remember the sketch or ever wearing blackface but wanted to “offer my heartfelt apologies for the pain and embarrassment this causes.”
  Ivey issued the apology and released a 1967 recording of an Auburn University college radio interview her then-fiance Ben LaRavia gave d
  
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• Clevinger, Indians blank Tigers 2-0 for 3-game sweep

  29-08-2019 21:59
  DETROIT (AP) — Mike Clevinger struck out 10 in eight sparkling innings, and Francisco Lindor homered to lift the Cleveland Indians to a 2-0 win over the Detroit Tigers on Thursday.
  Cleveland swept the three-game series and is now 15-1 against the Tigers this year. The Indians have won 14 straight against Detroit.
  Clevinger (10-2) allowed four hits and no walks in his longest outing of the season. He was lifted after 115 pitches, and Brad Hand worked a perfect ninth for his 33rd save in 38
  
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• Inter signs Alexis Sanchez on loan from Man United

  29-08-2019 21:54
  MILAN (AP) — Forward Alexis Sanchez has joined Inter Milan on loan after underperforming at Manchester United.
  Inter and United both confirmed the season-long deal Thursday.
  While financial details were not announced, the teams are expected to both pay a share of Sanchez’s hefty salary — the highest on United’s squad. The Gazzetta dello Sport reports that Inter will pay Sanchez 5 million euros ($5.5 million) per season with United covering the remaining 7 million euros.
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• Orioles to add netting in Camden Yards within foul poles

  29-08-2019 21:48
  BALTIMORE (AP) — The Baltimore Orioles are extending the protective netting at Camden Yards in an effort to protect fans from foul balls hit into the seats.
  The netting will extend down each foul line to near each foul pole and is expected to be in place for Baltimore’s next home game on Sept. 5 against Texas.
  In a statement Thursday, the Orioles deemed the extended and raised protective netting to be “the best and safest option” for fans seated in the lower deck of the s
  
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• Wally Lamb’s writing program for female prisoners reinstated

  29-08-2019 21:43
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Author Wally Lamb’s writing program for female prisoners has been reinstated after Connecticut officials found no substance to allegations that Lamb didn’t pay participants for their work.
  Department of Correction officials announced Thursday that an investigation found no evidence Lamb “ever conducted himself less than professionally with any of the inmates” in the program at the women’s prison in Niantic.
  Lamb is the author of “I
  
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• New challenge heard to Trump’s emergency for border wall

  29-08-2019 21:40
  EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Legal groups are mounting another challenge to President Donald Trump’s use of Pentagon funding for a border wall one month after the Supreme Court ruled in Trump’s favor.
  A judge heard arguments Thursday in El Paso, Texas, over a lawsuit filed by the local county government and an immigrant advocacy group, the Border Network for Human Rights.
  U.S. District Judge David Briones didn’t immediately rule on a request for a preliminary injunction.
  Kristy
  
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• Patriots get OL Cunningham from Cardinals for 6th-round pick

  29-08-2019 21:35
  TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Cardinals have traded offensive lineman Korey Cunningham to the New England Patriots for a sixth-round pick in next year’s draft.
  The Cardinals announced the trade on Thursday. The move is pending a physical for Cunningham.
  The 6-foot-6, 311-pound Cunningham started six games at left tackle for the Cardinals last season. The 24-year-old was selected in the seventh round of the 2018 draft out of Cincinnati.
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• Uganda says a traveling Congolese girl has Ebola

  29-08-2019 21:33
  KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan health authorities say a 9-year-old Congolese girl has tested positive for Ebola within Uganda after traveling from Congo.
  The health ministry said in a statement Thursday that the child, who is now in isolation at a hospital in the Ugandan border district of Kasese, traveled from Congo with her mother on Wednesday.
  The girl, who was showing symptoms such as a high fever, was identified and screened for Ebola at an official border crossing.
  An outbreak of the
  
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• Rules changes could come to NCAA if California bill passes

  29-08-2019 21:33
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The NCAA is closely watching legislation in California that could dramatically change college sports in the nation’s most populous state.
  The proposal would allow athletes to earn money through endorsements and sponsorships of their names, likenesses and images. It would bar schools, conferences and associations like the NCAA from enforcing policies that prohibit such payments. The NCAA would also not be able to declare a school or athlete ineligible for taking th
  
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• Twins break homers on road record, get 2 in 3rd for 140

  29-08-2019 21:30
  CHICAGO (AP) — The Minnesota Twins broke a major league record for most home runs on the road, getting back-to-back homers in the third inning for 140.
  Jake Cave led off the third with a solo shot off Chicago White Sox right-hander Dylan Cease to give AL Central leaders the record. That surpassed the 138 set by the San Francisco Giants in 2001.
  C.J. Cron followed with a drive to center to give Minnesota 140 longballs on the road.
  The Twins have a major league leading 260 home runs overall
  
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• GVFD responds to major gas line break in Sahuarita

  29-08-2019 21:22
  SAHUARITA, Ariz. – A gas line has been repaired after a major leak was reported in Sahuarita Thursday morning.
  According to Green Valley Fire District, crews were dispatched to the intersection of North Quai View Loop and Dome Court at around 9 a.m. after a construction backhoe reportedly struck a four-inch gas line while doing work on a roadway that morning.While no evacuations were needed in the incident, GVFD said some residents were told to take refuge in their homes.
  GVFD said crews
  
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• Marshal says fugitives had 8-hour head start on authorities

  29-08-2019 21:21
  PHOENIX (AP) — The U.S. marshal for Arizona says a fugitive couple suspected of murder escaped by tying up two security guards near the Utah state line.
  In an interview Thursday with Phoenix radio station KTAR-FM, David Gonzales shared more details about how 56-year-old Blane Barksdale and 59-year-old Susan Barksdale escaped on Monday.
  Authorities say the couple was being extradited from upstate New York to Arizona to face murder charges in the killing of a Tucson man.
  Authorities say the
  
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• Villagers say they’re tired of living dangerously in Kashmir

  29-08-2019 21:04
  CHAKOTHI, Pakistan (AP) — Villagers in Chakothi in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir say they are frustrated with living in constant fear of fighting along the heavily militarized frontier in the disputed region.
  Their situation has been exacerbated since India’s government imposed a security lockdown and communications blackout in the Indian-controlled sector.
  The Indian government on Aug. 5 downgraded the region’s autonomy, raising tensions with Pakistan and touching off anger in t
  
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• Laughing Stock: Funny how food goes with comedy.

  29-08-2019 21:01
  Oh, that Tennessee Tramp!National touring comedian Janet Williams has brightened some of my favorite holiday weekends at Laff’s Comedy Caffe. Last year her set tickled me so that I bought an extra LeCave’s donut the next morning.Like me, Williams is up there in years.…
  
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• The Latest: Colombia leader seeks arrest of rearmed rebels

  29-08-2019 20:57
  BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The Latest on the decision of former rebel leaders to return to arms in Colombia (all times local):
  1:50 p.m.
  Colombia’s President Iván Duque is accusing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro of providing safe haven to a cadre of demobilized rebel leaders who have just announced they are rearming.
  Duque also says he’s offering a nearly $1 million reward for the arrest of the insurgents, who include the former chief negotiator of a 2016 deal b
  
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• Colombia’s president accuses Venezula’s Maduro of sheltering rebels, calls for arrest of rearmed insurgents

  29-08-2019 20:46
  BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s president accuses Venezula’s Maduro of sheltering rebels, calls for arrest of rearmed insurgents.
  The post Colombia’s president accuses Venezula’s Maduro of sheltering rebels, calls for arrest of rearmed insurgents appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• Concerns arise over Hawaii prosecutor son’s job

  29-08-2019 20:42
  HONOLULU (AP) — The top prosecutor on the Hawaiian island where protesters were arrested for blocking construction of a giant telescope says it’s not a conflict of interest that his son works for a partner of the embattled project.
  Hawaii County Prosecuting Attorney Mitch Roth’s son works at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Those who work at that research facility are employed by the California Institute of Technology, a Thirty Meter Telescope partner.
  Roth says he didn’t r
  
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• New Mexico official: Retake state land leased to Epstein

  29-08-2019 20:36
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s attorney general is recommending officials retake state trust land that had been leased to financier Jeffrey Epstein’s ranch south of Santa Fe.
  Attorney General Hector Balderas outlined his recommendations Thursday in a letter to State Public Lands Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard.
  A small portion of Epstein’s roughly 10,000-acre ranch includes state trust land that the attorney general says was meant for cattle grazing.
  Balderas
  
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• Michigan opposes do-it-yourself kit for sex assault victims

  29-08-2019 20:30
  LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s attorney general is objecting to a product pitched as a do-it-yourself kit for sexual assault victims.
  The MeToo Kit website says the product empowers people to collect evidence “in a setting and timing of their choice.” A price isn’t listed. Attorney General Dana Nessel’s office says kits are free in Michigan when assault victims seek medical help within five days.
  The state says it’s critical that evidence collection ad
  
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• Federal appeals court upholds assault weapons ban in Chicago

  29-08-2019 20:30
  CHICAGO (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld an assault weapons ban in Chicago and the rest of Cook County, Illinois.
  The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that guns rights advocates provided no compelling reason why the court should overturn its 2015 ruling upholding a similar ban in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park.
  In that ruling, the court said Highland Park didn’t run afoul of the Second Amendment right to bear arms because residents could still obtain oth
  
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