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• US to use fake social media to check people entering country

  30-08-2019 23:57
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officers can now create fictitious social media accounts to monitor information on foreigners seeking visas, green cards and citizenship.
  An updated Homeland Security Department privacy assessment from July 2019 that was posted online Friday essentially reversed a prior ban on officers creating fake profiles.
  A USCIS statement explaining the change says fake accounts and identities will make it easier for investigators to search f
  
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• Prosecutors: R. Kelly isn’t in solitary confinement

  30-08-2019 23:56
  CHICAGO (AP) — Federal prosecutors say R. Kelly has had a cellmate for some time, refuting a claim by the singer’s attorneys in which they are seeking Kelly’s release from what they described as “cruel and unusual punishment” in solitary confinement.
  In a Friday court filing, prosecutors say Kelly has had a cellmate for some time at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago where he’s being held on sexual misconduct and other charges. They also say Kelly
  
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• Two Tennessee woman arrested for allegedly stealing $200 worth of crab legs

  30-08-2019 23:54
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) – Two women are in police custody after one woman was identified in a six-person line up for allegedly stealing $200 worth of crab legs from a local grocery store on Aug. 18.
  According to an affidavit from Memphis Police Department, a witness from Super Lo Grocery identified Felecia Hollins in the lineup leading officers to Hollins and her daughter, Gabrielle Hodges, as suspects in the investigation.
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• Castellanos homers twice, Cubs cruise past Brewers 7-1

  30-08-2019 23:48
  CHICAGO (AP) — Nicholas Castellanos hit a pair of two-run homers, José Quintana took a shutout into the sixth inning, and the Chicago Cubs cruised to their fourth straight win, 7-1 over Milwaukee Brewers on Friday.
  Castellanos, who went deep off Chase Anderson in each of his first two at-bats, has 11 homers in 27 games with the Cubs since arriving in a trade at the deadline from Detroit and is batting .357 with Chicago. It was his second multi-homer game this season — both wit
  
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• Video captures truck ignore school bus sign, almost hitting girl in Georgia

  30-08-2019 23:46
  BARTOW COUNTY, Ga. (WXIA) — A 15-year-old girl enters the frame, head down, about to make her way across the street and onto her school bus.
  Hardly a second passes before the bus driver starts blowing on the horn, to the girl’s surprise. She glances up, sees a car heading for her, and quickly scuttles out of the way.
  A blue pickup truck swerves by, missing her by maybe three feet.
  Bartow County officials released the video on Thursday, dash cam footage showing the incident that occur
  
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• Sevilla held by Celta Vigo to 1-1 draw after fans’ tribute

  30-08-2019 23:45
  Sevilla took a late lead but it lasted only three minutes as its perfect start to the Spanish league ended with a 1-1 draw against Celta Vigo on Friday.
  Franco Vázquez put the hosts ahead in the 81st minute at the Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán Stadium, but Celta quickly equalized with a goal by Denis Suárez in a game Sevilla had dominated from the start.
  Sevilla opened with wins at Espanyol and promoted Granada to lead the league after the first two rounds for the firs
  
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• Wally Lamb eager to restart writing program for inmates

  30-08-2019 23:44
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Author Wally Lamb says he’s eager to get his writing program for female prisoners back up and running after Connecticut officials cleared him of wrongdoing alleged by two former inmates.
  Lamb said Friday in an email to The Associated Press that he understood state prison officials had to perform due diligence. He says inmates still in the program deny the allegations made by two former offenders.
  They had claimed they haven’t been paid for their contribut
  
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• The Latest: Native Americans say Dior ad pushes stereotypes

  30-08-2019 23:41
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on outrage over a Dior ad campaign for its Sauvage fragrance that featured a Native American dancer and symbols (all times local):
  3:20 p.m.
  Dior is facing widespread criticism for an advertising campaign that Native Americans say perpetuates stereotypes.
  Dior consulted with the Albuquerque, New Mexico-based Americans for Indian Opportunity on the campaign.
  Executive director Laura Harris says the group sought to ensure Native American artists, actors and writ
  
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• The Latest: Officials say Utah wildfire is 10% contained

  30-08-2019 23:36
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Latest on a Utah wildfire that has prompted the evacuation of hundreds of people in two Salt Lake City suburbs (all times local):
  4:35 p.m.
  Officials say a wildfire in northern Utah that destroyed three homes is 10% contained.
  U.S. Forest Service spokeswoman Kim Osborn said Friday the fire caused by a campfire is estimated to have grown to about 365 acres (148 hectares).
  Officials are looking for two people who were last seen camping on an access road in Bountiful
  
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• The Latest: Officials say campfire caused Utah wildfire

  30-08-2019 23:36
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Latest on a Utah wildfire that has prompted the evacuation of hundreds of people in two Salt Lake City suburbs (all times local):
  3:30 p.m.
  Officials say a campfire caused a wildfire that destroyed three homes, heavily damaged five more and prompted the evacuation of hundreds of people in two Salt Lake City suburbs.
  U.S. Forest Service spokeswoman Kim Osborn said Friday they are looking for two people who were last seen camping on an access road in Bountiful that
  
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• Nationals closer Doolittle to make rehab appearance

  30-08-2019 23:35
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Nationals closer Sean Doolittle is scheduled to make a rehab appearance Friday night for Class A Potomac.
  Doolittle, out since Aug. 18 with right knee tendinitis, threw a simulated game Wednesday with mixed results, saying he felt fine physically but that his execution mechanically wasn’t where he wanted it to be.
  “I need to be sharper if I’m going to help this team when I come back,” said Doolittle, who is slated to pitch an inning at Frederick.
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• Browns deal rookie QB Blough to Lions, swap ’22 draft picks

  30-08-2019 23:35
  CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Browns have traded rookie quarterback David Blough to the Detroit Lions, who got a firsthand look at him Thursday night.
  Blough completed 11 of 17 passes for 115 yards and threw two interceptions in a 20-16 win in the exhibition finale. The undrafted free agent from Purdue finished 25 of 43 for 271 yards with two touchdown passes and the two picks during the preseason.
  Cleveland and Detroit swapped seventh-round draft picks in 2022 in the deal.
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• Royals ownership agrees to sell club to KC-based group

  30-08-2019 23:32
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — David Glass and his family have agreed to sell the Royals to an ownership group led by Kansas City entrepreneur John Sherman in a deal that is expected to be worth about $1 billion.
  The Royals announced the sale in a statement Friday, just days after word began to leak that the Sherman group was closing in on an agreement. Sherman and his co-investors will become the third owners since another local businessman, Ewing Kauffman, founded the club in 1969.
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• Illinois Republican Rep. Shimkus won’t run again in 2020

  30-08-2019 23:29
  COLLINSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. John Shimkus of Illinois says he won’t run for re-election in 2020 after more than 20 years in Congress.
  Shimkus says the job has been “the honor of my lifetime.” But he says it’s also been a sacrifice for his wife and three sons, who now are adults.
  He represents the 15th District, an area that includes all or part of 33 counties stretching from the central part of Illinois to near the southern tip. Shimkus was first e
  
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• The Latest: Skaggs family says drugs ‘out of character’

  30-08-2019 23:27
  ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Latest on the coroner’s report involving the death of Los Angeles Angles pitcher Tyler Skaggs (all times local):
  4:20 p.m.
  The family of late Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs has suggested a team employee was being investigated by police in Texas over the 27-year-old pitcher’s death in an accidental overdose.
  A statement from the family thanked police in the Dallas suburb of Southlake for the investigation and said they “were shocked to
  
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• The Latest: Ausmus misses Skaggs, no matter how pitcher died

  30-08-2019 23:27
  ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Latest on the coroner’s report involving the death of Los Angeles Angles pitcher Tyler Skaggs (all times local):
  6:05 p.m. PT
  Los Angeles Angels manager Brad Ausmus says a coroner’s report that pitcher Tyler Skaggs died of an accidental drug overdose “doesn’t change” that “we lost a friend, a teammate and we still miss him.”
  A Texas coroner said in a report made public Friday that Skaggs died after choking on his vomit w
  
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• Mihajlovic steers Bologna to emotional win

  30-08-2019 23:24
  BOLOGNA, Italy (AP) — Coach Sinisa Mihajlovic was again on the Bologna bench to steer his team to an emotional 1-0 win at home to Spal in the Italian league on Friday.
  Mihajlovic surprised fans by showing up for their Serie A opener last Sunday in his first public appearance following a month of chemotherapy after being diagnosed with leukemia.
  The coach was again on the touchlines for his team’s first home match and he waved and patted his chest in thanks as he was given a rousing r
  
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• Glass family agrees to sell Major League Baseball’s Kansas City Royals

  30-08-2019 23:23
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Glass family agrees to sell Major League Baseball’s Kansas City Royals.
  The post Glass family agrees to sell Major League Baseball’s Kansas City Royals appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• Center-guard Evan Boehm traded by Colts to Dolphins

  30-08-2019 23:21
  MIAMI (AP) — Center-guard Evan Boehm has been traded by the Colts to the Dolphins for a conditional 2020 draft pick.
  Miami also traded a 2020 seventh-round draft pick to the Vikings for guard Danny Isidora, who made three starts in two seasons with Minnesota. Isidora was a three-year starter at the University of Miami.
  Boehm, a fourth-year pro, has 13 career NFL starts. He was a fourth-round pick by the Cardinals in 2016.
  Two rookie guards, Michael Deiter and undrafted Shaq Calhoun, ended
  
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• Leipzig overcomes more protests to beat Gladbach 3-1

  30-08-2019 23:15
  BERLIN (AP) — Leipzig shrugged off more protests against its very existence to beat Borussia Mönchengladbach 3-1 and keep its perfect start to the Bundesliga season intact on Friday.
  Timo Werner scored a hat trick for Leipzig which claimed its third league win from three games under new coach Julian Nagelsmann.
  Silent Union Berlin fans had maintained an “atmosphere boycott” for the opening 15 minutes in Leipzig’s first away game of the season. In contrast Friday, Lei
  
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• Lawsuit by Muslim engineer settled days before Kansas trial

  30-08-2019 23:10
  WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A court notice shows the federal lawsuit filed by a Muslim aerospace engineer has been settled days before the trial over allegations of discrimination stemming from a party at a Kansas lake.
  The filing Friday in U.S. District Court does not detail settlement terms between Munir Zanial and the Spirit Boeing Employees Association. The trial that had been scheduled for Tuesday is cancelled.
  The Malaysian national of Indian ancestry rented a pavilion at the group’s
  
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• Police: Father fights man accused of peeping on girl, 2

  30-08-2019 23:08
  FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Police say the father of a 2-year-old girl who confronted and fought with a man accused of peeping on the child at the family’s North Carolina home will not be charged.
  News outlets report Fayetteville police say the father saw Steven Michael Dunning looking through the window of his daughter’s bedroom Tuesday night. WTVD-TV reports the man’s wife says her husband chased the suspect into their backyard and confronted him. The father wasn’t
  
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• Sierra Vista motorists advised to be on alert for card skimmers after recent incident

  30-08-2019 23:07
  SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. – Motorists in Sierra Vista are advised to proceed with caution when filling up their vehicle after Sierra Vista Police Department received reports of potential indications of installation of credit card skimmer devices at a local gas station Friday.
  According to SVPD, a pump at the Valero gas station at 3999 E. Fry Blvd. was reportedly found to be tampered with on Friday. While no skimmer devices were found at the pump, police say two security seals were broken and wir
  
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• AP FACT CHECK: Trump distorts GM’s state of play

  30-08-2019 23:02
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• Pellegrini gets 1st Italy call, Kean and Zaniolo dropped

  30-08-2019 22:55
  ROME (AP) — Italy coach Roberto Mancini has included Cagliari defender Luca Pellegrini in his 26-man squad for upcoming European Championship qualifiers against Armenia and Finland.
  It is a first call-up for the 20-year-old Pellegrini, who was signed by Juventus from Roma in the offseason, although he was immediately loaned back to Cagliari where he spent the second half of last season on loan.
  Mario Balotelli has again been left out while Moise Kean and Nicolo Zaniolo have been demoted to
  
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• OAS-backed commission to tackle corruption in El Salvador

  30-08-2019 22:42
  SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The Organization of American States has announced the creation of a commission that will investigate corruption in El Salvador.
  OAS Secretary-General Luis Almagro said Friday from Washington that he and Salvadoran officials agreed to install the International Commission against Impunity in the Central American nation beginning next week.
  The commission is known as Cicies for its initials in Spanish.
  Salvadoran Vice President Félix Ulloa tweeted: &ldq
  
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• Mihailovic to train with US before Olympic soccer qualifying

  30-08-2019 22:36
  CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Fire midfielder Djordje Mihailovic is among 24 players invited to the U.S. under-23 training camp leading to Olympic qualifying. Mihailovic played for the U.S. senior team at this year’s CONCACAF Gold Cup.
  The U.S. is preparing for a Sept. 9 exhibition against Japan at Chula Vista, California. The American men failed to qualify for the past two Olympics. Qualifying for the 2020 Tokyo Games will take place from March 20 to April 1 at Guadalajara, Mexico.
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• Feds: 19-year-old plotted NYC knife attack in name of ISIS

  30-08-2019 22:36
  NEW YORK (AP) — A 19-year-old New York City man has been arrested on allegations he told an undercover agent he wanted to commit a knife or bomb attack on behalf of the Islamic State group.
  Awais Chudhary was arraigned Friday and order jailed without bail on federal charges of attempting to provide material support to the terrorist organization.
  A message seeking comment was left with a public defender appointed to Chudhary, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Pakistan.
  Authorities say Chud
  
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• Excessive Heat Warning issued August 30 at 1:32PM MST until August 31 at 8:00PM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ

  30-08-2019 22:32
  * WHERE…Portions of south central Arizona.
  * IMPACTS…Increase in heat related illnesses, including heatcramps, heat exhaustion, and heat stroke. Heat stroke can leadto death.
  * THREAT…Very High HeatRisk. Afternoon temperatures 103 to112. 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
  
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• Dior stokes outrage with new ad for fragrance called Sauvage

  30-08-2019 22:32
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A new ad for a Dior men’s fragrance called Sauvage has sparked outrage for its use of Native American culture and symbols.
  The French luxury goods company posted a trailer Friday of a Native American dancer and promised more details about the fragrance on Monday. Another post, on Instagram, noted the campaign was developed along with Native American consultants. But the ad continued to receive heavy criticism for being insensitive and having an offensive name.
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• All Bets Are On, Volume 29: On Arizona's loss to Hawaii, college football week one and more

  30-08-2019 22:30
  Co-hosts Christopher Boan and Tyler Vondrak are back to break down the first full week of the college football.
  Boan spends the first segment recounting his college years at Colorado State, which hosts Colorado tonight.…
  
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• Ravens release WR Michael Floyd, OLB Shane Ray and 9 others

  30-08-2019 22:29
  OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Wide receiver Michael Floyd and outside linebacker Shane Ray are among 11 players released by the Baltimore Ravens.
  Floyd signed with the Ravens in May after playing for four teams since being drafted in the first round by Arizona in 2012.
  The 29-year-old Floyd had only 10 catches in each of the past two seasons and couldn’t break into the rotation with Baltimore.
  Ray also signed as a free agent in May after playing four seasons with Denver. The Ravens hoped
  
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• Raiders sign C Rodney Hudson to 3-year extension

  30-08-2019 22:22
  ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) — Rodney Hudson once again is the NFL’s highest-paid center after signing a three-year contract extension Friday worth nearly $34 million.
  Hudson will get just over $24 million in guaranteed money in his $33.75 million extension.
  One of the NFL’s best at his position, Hudson signed a five-year, $45 million deal to leave Kansas City for division-rival Oakland in 2015. He’s started 61 games for the Raiders and rarely has allowed a sack.
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• NHL informs union it won’t terminate labor deal

  30-08-2019 22:21
  The NHL has informed the NHL Players’ Association it won’t use its option to terminate the existing labor deal next year.
  The league announced its decision Friday, two days before its deadline to notify the union whether it would reopen collective bargaining talks. The union has until Sept. 15 to decide on whether to terminate the agreement as of September 2020, two years before the existing deal expires.
  If the players opt to reopen the CBA, it would set the clock ticking toward a p
  
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• Mississippi to start selling beer at home games on Oct. 19

  30-08-2019 22:17
  OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi will wait until the second half of the season to join the list of Southeastern Conference schools selling beer at home football games.
  School officials announced Friday that beer sales at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium will begin Oct. 19 against Texas A&M. Beer also will be sold at The Pavilion at Ole Miss during the 2019-20 men’s and women’s basketball seasons. SEC chancellors and school presidents voted in May to give league members the option o
  
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• Twitter CEO Dorsey’s account sent racist tweets after hack

  30-08-2019 22:16
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s account has gotten hacked, and whoever broke in sent racist and vulgar tweets to his 4.2 million followers.
  Some of the tweets were up for about 30 minutes before Twitter took them down.
  The tweets included messages such as “Hitler is innocent” and, using a vulgarity, asked “bald skeleton head,” referring to Dorsey, to unsuspend certain accounts.
  Twitter says it’s investigating. The company suspended account
  
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• Group backs Nebraska softball players who criticized coach

  30-08-2019 22:10
  LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A nonprofit group that advocates for athletes is expressing concern about the reinstatement of Nebraska’s softball coach, who had been placed on administrative leave after complaints from players.
  The College Athlete Advocacy Initiative on Friday issued a statement supporting players who complained to administrators about the behavior of head coach Rhonda Revelle and others in the program. The organization says players, whose names haven’t been released, co
  
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• Experts on watch for more explosions on Stromboli volcano

  30-08-2019 22:04
  ROME (AP) — Scientists are keeping close watch for more spectacular explosions of lava and ash from Stromboli volcano, which appears to be in its most active phase in around 100 years.
  Volcanologists at Italy’s national geophysics institute said flaming lava continued flowing on Friday down an uninhabited slope of the tiny island and into the Mediterranean Sea north of Sicily. Experts say the last time the volcano was so lively was in the first decades of the 20th century.
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• Coroner: Angels pitcher Skaggs died of accidental overdose

  30-08-2019 21:59
  ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — A medical examiner in Texas has ruled that Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs died from an accidental overdose of drugs and alcohol.
  The Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office said in a report released Friday that Skaggs had the powerful painkillers fentanyl and oxycodone in his system along with alcohol.
  The 27-year-old Skaggs was found dead in his hotel room in the Dallas area July 1 before the start of what was supposed to be a four-game series again
  
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• Coroner: Los Angeles Angels pitcher Skaggs died of accidental overdose

  30-08-2019 21:58
  ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Coroner: Los Angeles Angels pitcher Skaggs died of accidental overdose.
  The post Coroner: Los Angeles Angels pitcher Skaggs died of accidental overdose appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• Saudi Arabia creates new ministry of industry and resources

  30-08-2019 21:48
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi King Salman has issued a number of royal decrees, including creating a new ministry for natural resources separate from the energy ministry that oversees the kingdom’s vast oil resources.
  The Ministry of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources was renamed the Ministry of Energy.
  A newly created Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources will be headed by Bandar Al-Khorayef, a top executive at Al-Khorayef Group, a Saudi conglomerate that started
  
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• Lawyers: Iowa public defender’s side police job a conflict

  30-08-2019 21:44
  IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A supervisor with Iowa’s state Public Defender’s Office has a part-time side job as a local police officer, creating a potential conflict of interest.
  Michael Adams is supervisor of the special defense unit, which is appointed to defend low-income defendants in complex criminal cases statewide. But since 2008, he has also served as a part-time reserve police officer in the city of Colfax.
  Adams’ unit is routinely appointed to defend clients in Jaspe
  
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• California deputies rescue wailing bear trapped in dumpster

  30-08-2019 21:34
  KINGS BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Deputies helped a wailing bear cub reunite with its family after it got stuck inside a trash container outside a motel near Lake Tahoe.
  The cub can be heard crying from inside the metal dumpster in video recorded by Placer County Sheriff’s deputies on Tuesday.
  While their mother keeps watch, the bear’s sibling climbs on her back to the top of the container but fails to open the heavy lid.
  Then the deputies come to the rescue.
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• Arkansas police probe 911 dispatcher after caller drowns

  30-08-2019 21:34
  FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) — Authorities in Arkansas are investigating after a now-former 911 dispatcher scolded a frantic newspaper delivery woman for driving into floodwaters before she drowned.
  Fort Smith interim Police Chief Danny Baker said Thursday that Donna Reneau (ruh-NOH’) was working her final shift Aug. 24 when Debra Stevens died. Reneau had given her notice two weeks earlier.
  Police spokesman Aric Mitchell said Friday that Reneau dispatched emergency personnel to find Stevens
  
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• Tom O’Halloran draws primary challenge from former lawmaker

  30-08-2019 21:31
  PHOENIX (AP) — A former Arizona lawmaker says she’ll challenger U.S. Rep. Tom O’Halloran in the Democratic Primary.
  Barbara McGuire announced her plans on Friday and noted that O’Halloran is a former Republican.
  Arizona’s sprawling 1st Congressional District includes northern and eastern parts of the state, as well as much of Pinal County south of Phoenix. Republicans and Democrats are closely matched in the district, which the GOP is targeting as a potential pickup
  
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• Tom O’Halleran draws primary challenge from former lawmaker

  30-08-2019 21:31
  PHOENIX (AP) — A former Arizona lawmaker says she’ll challenge U.S. Rep. Tom O’Halleran in the Democratic Primary.
  Barbara McGuire announced her plans on Friday and noted that O’Halleran is a former Republican.
  Arizona’s sprawling 1st Congressional District includes northern and eastern parts of the state, as well as much of Pinal County south of Phoenix. Republicans and Democrats are closely matched in the district, which the GOP is targeting as a potential pickup
  
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• Wally Backman, former Met, accused of pushing woman

  30-08-2019 21:28
  RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) — Former New York Mets second baseman Wally Backman has been arrested in connection with alleged domestic violence on Long Island.
  The 59-year-old minor league manager was accused Friday of pushing a woman against a wall, twisting her hand and taking her phone so she couldn’t call 911.
  Backman pleaded not guilty to harassment and criminal mischief charges. He was ordered to stay away from the woman and is due back in court Sept. 17.
  His team, the Long Island Duck
  
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• EPA forces VW to correct gas mileage on 98,000 vehicles

  30-08-2019 21:25
  DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is making Volkswagen Group correct fuel economy labels for about 98,000 gasoline-powered vehicles.
  The revisions of about one mile per gallon (0.4 kilometer per liter) cover VWs as well as affiliated brands Audi, Porsche and Bentley. All are from the 2013 through 2017 model years.
  The EPA says it investigated the gas vehicles after finding that VW cheated on diesel emissions in 2015.
  The agency and the California Air Resources Board f
  
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• Candidate uses racially offensive term on radio show

  30-08-2019 21:17
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A longshot candidate for Louisiana governor is facing backlash for using a racist epithet on talk radio.
  Gary Landrieu, a white independent, was on WGSO radio in New Orleans this week. The Advocate reports he was talking about names used against him when he was a child. One was a racially offensive term used against people who support African-Americans.
  A Gary Landrieu spokeswoman said he was just bluntly explaining his childhood experiences as a nephew of former Mayor M
  
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• Minnesota man charged with crashing van into bus shelter

  30-08-2019 21:05
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A prosecutor has filed charges against an 83-year-old man who crashed his van into a Minneapolis bus shelter and injured five people.
  George Reeves Jensen of Champlin is charged with criminal vehicular operation in a July incident that angered black activists who questioned whether the crash was intentional. Jensen is white and the injured men are black.
  Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman says evidence didn’t support more serious charges.
  Witnesses told investig
  
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