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• Couple injured in El Paso mass shooting sues Walmart

  04-09-2019 23:58
  EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A Texas couple who were injured in a mass shooting at a Walmart store in El Paso last month has filed a lawsuit against the corporation alleging it did not have adequate security in place to prevent the attack that killed 22 people.
  The lawsuit submitted Friday by Guillermo and Jessica Garcia is the first filed in the aftermath of the Aug. 3 shooting that also injured about two-dozen people, including the El Paso couple.
  Guillermo Garcia has undergone several surgerie
  
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• Conservation group: Bolivia fires ravaged big cat habitat

  04-09-2019 23:58
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A conservation group says one of Latin America’s key habitats for jaguars suffered extensive devastation during fires in Bolivia.
  The South America director for the New York-based Panthera group said Wednesday that a “focal point” of burning has been around San Ignacio de Velasco, where a number of wild cat species live.
  Esteban Payán says any jaguars, pumas and other wild cats that survived would be struggling because deer and other prey died
  
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• Claytoon of the Day: A Real Tacky Cartoon

  04-09-2019 23:55
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• Facebook ads underscore Trump’s mixed messages on guns

  04-09-2019 23:52
  NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump says he wants to move quickly on gun violence legislation, but his new push comes just days after posting an ad on his official Facebook page that defended the Second Amendment and warned that Democrats are looking to seize Americans’ firearms.
  Trump is under growing pressure to deliver some form of gun control package following mass shootings in Texas and Ohio. He told reporters Wednesday in the White House that he “would like to see it h
  
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• Trump administration rolls back Obama-era lightbulb energy regulations

  04-09-2019 23:49
  The Trump administration is rolling back requirements for energy-efficient lightbulbs, eliminating an environmentally friendly policy that was put in place by the two previous presidents.
  Under one action, the Energy Department will repeal a regulation enacted under President Barack Obama, set to take effect on Jan. 1, 2020, requiring an expanded number of lightbulbs in the U.S. to be in compliance with stricter energy efficiency standards. That regulation change was spun off of a 2007 law signe
  
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• Rah! Rah! ABC wins ratings duel due to college football

  04-09-2019 23:49
  NEW YORK (AP) — The opening of college football’s season was welcome news for ABC in an otherwise quiet week for television.
  The Nielsen company says ABC won the week’s ratings competition on the strength of games that took over the network’s prime-time schedule on both Saturday and Sunday of Labor Day weekend. Auburn had a last-minute win against Oregon on Saturday, and Oklahoma dominated Houston on Sunday.
  NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” is approach
  
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• NYPD: Fewer arrests since ‘I can’t breathe’ officer’s firing

  04-09-2019 23:49
  NEW YORK (AP) — Arrests totals in New York City have plunged in the two weeks since the police department fired an officer for the 2014 chokehold death of Eric Garner, pointing to a possible slowdown amid a heated response to the firing from the officers’ union.
  Police Commissioner James O’Neill said Wednesday that felony arrests are down about 11% and misdemeanor arrests are down about 17% since Officer Daniel Pantaleo’s Aug. 19 firing, compared with the average daily to
  
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• Ex-Honduras first lady gets 58 years in corruption case

  04-09-2019 23:46
  TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — A Honduran court has sentenced former first lady Rosa Elena Bonilla to 58 years in prison for embezzling about $600,000 in government money between 2010 and 2014, when her husband Porfirio Lobo was president.
  Bonilla’s sentence for embezzlement and fraud was at the high end of the possible sentencing range.
  The case was originally brought by the Organization of American States’ anti-corruption mission.
  Investigators for the nongovernmental National
  
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• Border Patrol agents provide aid to woman having stroke

  04-09-2019 23:46
  YUMA – Border Patrol agents provided emergency medical care to a 63-year-old woman who suffered a stroke on Thursday.
  was provided emergency medical care from Yuma Sector agents after suffering a stroke Thursday afternoon.
  According to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, a man told Yuma Sector agents working the checkpoint that his mother, a passenger in the vehicle, was having a stroke.
  Agents immediately directed them to secondary inspection and requested medical services.
  Several ag
  
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• Shooting suspect at large on far south side

  04-09-2019 23:45
  TUCSON – Pima County Sheriff’s Department is warning the public after the suspect of Wednesday afternoon’s shooting incident on the far south side was reported at large.According to PCSD, the initial shooting incident occurred int the 4000 block of West Camino Elario near South Camino De Oeste and Jeffrey Road. The suspect who was last seen heading south towards Tetakusim Road was said to be possibly armed with a rifle.PCSD said the suspect was described as a Hispanic man
  
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• APNewsBreak: Study finds huge wealth gap in European soccer

  04-09-2019 23:43
  A study commissioned by UEFA to aid in the debate over the future of the Champions League shows the financial and talent gap between the top five European leagues and the other 50 leagues on the continent is growing.
  The destabilizing effect of the power of the “Big Five” leagues — England, Spain, Germany, Italy and France — is set out across a 50-page study by accounting firm Deloitte marked “private and confidential” and obtained by The Associated Press afte
  
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• 2 Texas cities seek comfort from football after shootings

  04-09-2019 23:43
  Far more than the final score will be on the line as two grief-stricken cities shaken by mass shootings weeks apart turn to the proud Texas tradition of high school football as part of the healing process.
  Perhaps no team symbolizes the tradition more than the Permian High School Panthers, which are hosting Thursday’s game in Odessa against the Franklin High School Cougars from El Paso. The Panthers’ 1988 team was immortalized by the book “Friday Night Lights.”
  A gunman k
  
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• Lyft fails to protect passengers against sexual assault, harassment, lawsuit claims

  04-09-2019 23:40
  Ride-hailing company Lyft has failed to conduct adequate background checks for its drivers, allowing for a pattern that “induces” young, unaccompanied or intoxicated female passengers to use its service and subjects them to harassment and sexual assault, according to a complaint filed Wednesday in California.
  The lawsuit, brought by at least 14 unnamed plaintiffs and the latest to put a spotlight on predatory drivers, alleges that as early as 2015, Lyft became aware that drivers were
  
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• Grammy-winning songwriter LaShawn Daniels dies in car crash

  04-09-2019 23:36
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — LaShawn Daniels, a Grammy Award-winning songwriter who penned songs for Beyoncé, Whitney Houston and Lady Gaga has died. He was 41.
  Daniels’ wife April said in a statement that her husband died in a car accident Tuesday in South Carolina. He earned a Grammy in 2001 for his songwriting work on Destiny Child’s “Say My Name.”
  Daniels co-wrote several Grammy-nominated songs including Tamar Braxton’s “Love and War,” Toni Braxto
  
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• Bahamas woman takes in nearly 100 dogs in her home during Hurricane Dorian

  04-09-2019 23:22
  BAHAMAS (NBC NEWS)  – A woman in the Bahamas who has made it her mission to rescue and shelter dogs in her home has taken in nearly 100 strays as Hurricane Dorian lashed the Caribbean islands.
  As the storm, then a Category 5, parked itself for a two-day-long stay over the Bahamas beginning on Sunday, Chella Phillips was hunkered down with 97 dogs she had rounded up from the streets and into the safety of her Nassau home, she wrote on Facebook.
  97 dogs are
  
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• Judiciary panel subpoenas Homeland Security over pardons

  04-09-2019 23:21
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Judiciary Committee has subpoenaed the Department of Homeland Security over questions about whether officials were offered pardons by President Donald Trump.
  The committee issued the subpoenas Wednesday after the committee approved them in July. House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler says the subpoenas are part of the panel’s investigation into whether to pursue articles of impeachment against Trump.
  The questions center on acting Homeland Security Secret
  
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• Ducey appoints Montgomery to Arizona Supreme Court

  04-09-2019 23:19
  PHOENIX (AP) — Republican Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery is getting a spot on the Arizona Supreme Court.
  Gov. Doug Ducey announced Wednesday that he’s appointing the controversial prosecutor to the state’s high court over fierce opposition from civil rights advocates and criminal justice reformers.
  Montgomery is Ducey’s fifth appointment to the seven-justice court, which has wide-ranging authority to shape life in Arizona through its interpretation of state laws
  
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• Hurricane Dorian: Tips to avoid disaster relief scams

  04-09-2019 23:16
  PHOENIX – To support those who have endured the tragic and devastating damage of Hurricane Dorian, many Arizonans have begun donating supplies to aid the disaster relief in the Bahamas.
  However, Arizona Attorney General Mark Bronovich warns donors to watch out for hurricane charity scams.
  Here are the following tips Attorney General Mark Brnovich offers:Do your research. Get the organization’s information and do your homework on that organization.
  You can find out more about a charit
  
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• SVPD arrests two on narcotic, weapons charges

  04-09-2019 23:07
  SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. – Two people were arrested on narcotic and weapons charges, according to Sierra Vista Police Department.
  Nathaniel Ranier/ Courtesy: Sierra Vista Plice Department
  The arrests of Nathaniel Ranier, 39, and Danielle Gentry, 40, come after a multi-agency investigation into local drug sales. Officials reportedly received information indicating that he was selling drugs in the Sierra Vista area.
  On Aug. 21, Ranier was arrested after a traffic stop for an ignition interlock vi
  
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• Administration switches off rule for thriftier light bulbs

  04-09-2019 23:06
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is scrapping some rules to make light bulbs more energy efficient, calling the upgrades too costly for consumers.
  President Donald Trump told reporters Wednesday that the expected saving from the more efficient bulbs “is not worth it.”
  The Energy Department’s move is a reversal in a years-long push to switch Americans to bulbs that use less electricity.
  Environmental groups and Democratic lawmakers say the administration’s
  
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• Mets bullpen bounces back, Alonso 45th HR to beat Nats 8-4

  04-09-2019 23:02
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Justin Wilson and the Mets’ bullpen held on this time, rookie Pete Alonso hit his major league-leading 45th home run and New York bounced back from a brutal loss to stop the Washington Nationals 8-4 Wednesday.
  A day after a trio of Mets relievers was tagged for seven runs in the bottom of the ninth inning in an 11-10 loss to the Nationals, three pitchers combined to close with 3 1/3 scoreless innings.
  After Wilson issued a two-out walk to Kurt Suzuki — whose t
  
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• North Carolina foster mother charged in 1-year-old’s death

  04-09-2019 22:56
  PINEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Authorities are charging a North Carolina foster mother in the death of a 1-year-old boy who was left inside a hot car in a shopping center parking lot.
  News outlets report Pineville police say warrants charge 42-year-old Dawn Aberson-Vanden Broecke with involuntary manslaughter. Police say Broecke has cooperated with investigators and is expected to turn herself in to police.
  According to police, officers responding to a 911 call last Thursday found the child unresp
  
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• NCAA denies BYU’s appeal of sanctions

  04-09-2019 22:43
  PROVO, Utah (AP) — The NCAA has upheld sanctions against BYU’s basketball program, which was forced to vacate 47 wins as a result of an improper-benefits case involving former player Nick Emery.
  BYU’s appeal of penalties announced in November was denied by the NCAA’s Infractions Appeals Committee on Wednesday.
  The NCAA said a player, later revealed by BYU to be Emery, received more than $12,000 in benefits from four boosters. It ruled the school must vacate the wins and B
  
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• Charges against ex-Rep. Aaron Schock officially dismissed

  04-09-2019 22:43
  CHICAGO (AP) — Corruption charges against former Rep. Aaron Schock have been officially dismissed six months after prosecutors’ surprise announcement they’d struck a deferred prosecution deal with the defense.
  U.S. District Judge Matthew Kennelly ordered the formal dismissal of charges against Schock on Wednesday.
  The Illinois Republican resigned from Congress in 2015 amid scrutiny of his spending, including decorating his office in the style of the “Downton Abbey”
  
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• British Prime Minister Boris Johnson fails to win sufficient parliamentary support for his call for election on Oct. 15

  04-09-2019 22:39
  LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson fails to win sufficient parliamentary support for his call for election on Oct. 15 .
  The post British Prime Minister Boris Johnson fails to win sufficient parliamentary support for his call for election on Oct. 15 appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• Feds: Fatal plane crash caused by wing snapping off

  04-09-2019 22:25
  DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Federal inspectors say metal fatigue created by frequent takeoffs and landings caused a wing to snap off a university’s training plane last year, resulting in a 2018 crash that killed the student pilot and a flight examiner.
  The National Transportation Safety Board said in a report released Wednesday that the Piper Arrow owned by Embry-Riddle University crashed April 4, 2018, after its left wing snapped off at 900 feet (274 meters). The 25-year-old pilot Za
  
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• Adopt this pet: Meet Panders!

  04-09-2019 22:25
  There is a new pet looking to be adopted, meet Panders!Panders is a 3-month-old girl. She is talkative, curious, and loves play time.You can meet Panders at the Humane Society of Southern Arizona’s main campus located at 635 W. Roger Rd. For more information, give an adoptions counselor a call at 520-327-6088, ext. 173.
  Panders’ ID number: 880808
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• AP Top 25 Podcast: Where do FSU and Tennessee go from here?

  04-09-2019 22:19
  The first weekend of the college football season featured an epic collapse by Florida State and an embarrassing loss by Tennessee.
  With two second-year coaches still trying to win over fan bases with high standards for their favorite programs, how will the Seminoles and Volunteers bounce back? Is there such a thing is patience any more in college football.
  On the latest AP Top 25 College Football Podcast , Dan Wolken from USA Today joins AP’s Ralph Russo to talk about where Florida State&r
  
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• Important: Download the new “News 4 Tucson – KVOA” news app now

  04-09-2019 22:15
  This version of the KVOA News 4 news app for Apple devices is being phased out and will no longer deliver the news, sports and weather coverage you expect. We encourage you now to delete this app and download the new and and improved News 4 Tucson – KVOA news app today.
  Download the News 4 Tucson iOS app hereKVOA is your home for news, sports, weather, traffic and videos for Tucson and Southern Arizona. Home of the News 4 Investigators, NBC-affiliated KVOA brings you breaking news, weather
  
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• News 4 Tucson Cooks: Sol bowl Thai chicken wings

  04-09-2019 22:13
  Ingredients:
  1 Lb Brined Chicken Wings
  1-2 ea. Thai Chiles
  1 C White Vinegar
  1 C Sugar
  1 C Water
  1 clove Garlic
  ½ ea. Mango, Diced
  1 T. Cilantro
  1 T. Toasted and Crushed Nuts(peanuts, cashews or almonds)
  Preparation:
  1. Pat the chicken wings dry and season with salt and pepper. Lightly oil and grill 5-6 minutes on each side until tender.
  2. Meanwhile puree the chiles, water, vinegar, sugar and garlic together. Bring to a simmer.
  3. Once the chicken wings are cooked through toss in the sw
  
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• Man charged in connection with the death of rapper Mac Miller

  04-09-2019 22:13
  FILE – In this July 13, 2013, file photo, rapper Mac Miller performs on his Space Migration Tour in Philadelphia. A man has been charged with selling counterfeit opioid pills to Mac Miller two days before the rapper died of an overdose. An autopsy found that the 26-year-old Miller died in his Los Angeles home on Sept. 7 from a combination of fentanyl, cocaine and alcohol. (Photo by Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP, File)
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man has been charged with selling counterfeit opio
  
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• Shuttered shelter for migrant kids to reopen in Phoenix

  04-09-2019 22:06
  PHOENIX (AP) — A national provider of shelters for immigrant children will be allowed to reopen one of two Arizona facilities it was forced to shutter last year because of issues with employee background checks.
  The Arizona Department of Health Services said Wednesday it approved an application by Southwest Key to reopen a Phoenix facility that can house 420 children. The shelters are for kids who traveled to the U.S. alone or were separated from a relative.
  The department approved the app
  
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• LA Kings’ Adrian Kempe gets 3-year, $6 million contract

  04-09-2019 22:06
  EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — Forward Adrian Kempe has agreed to a three-year, $6 million deal to stay with the Los Angeles Kings.
  The Kings announced the deal Wednesday with Kempe, a restricted free agent who turns 23 next week.
  Kempe had 12 goals and 16 assists in 81 games last season for the Kings, the NHL’s second lowest-scoring team with just 199 goals.
  The Swedish two-way center scored 37 points during the 2017-18 season, his first full NHL campaign. The Kings expect Kempe to incre
  
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• Florida school shooting defense wants prosecutors removed

  04-09-2019 22:02
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Defense attorneys in Florida’s high school massacre case want a judge to remove the current prosecutors because they won’t reconsider seeking the death penalty for the defendant.
  Attorneys for 20-year-old Nikolas Cruz say in a court motion that Broward State Attorney Michael Satz has informed them he will consider no evidence, known as mitigation, that would argue against capital punishment.
  The motion says Satz has also compared Cruz to serial kill
  
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• Trump says plan to stop some ammunition sales up to Walmart

  04-09-2019 22:00
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says Walmart’s decision to discontinue the sale of certain gun ammunition is “up to Walmart.”
  Walmart has announced it would stop selling handgun ammunition and short-barrel rifle ammunition used in military-style weapons.
  Trump says Walmart is “very smart” and recently announced strong financial results that reflect the strength of the U.S. economy.
  Trump says “they feel that what they did is the right thing, and
  
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• Local nonprofit that distributes medical supplies calls for volunteers, donations

  04-09-2019 21:55
  TUCSON – A local organization is asking for the community’s help to keep providing medical equipment to low-income people.
  Southwest Medical Aid is dedicated to providing durable medical equipment and medical supplies free of charge to those in need. Currently, 25 retired nurses and other volunteers serve at the new warehouse located at 720 E. 46th St.
  The Tucson-based nonprofit was founded in 2005 but merged under the PMHDC Board of Directors in May.
  PSMA primarily serves southern A
  
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• Police: Man arrested for breaking into Yuma home, attempting to molest two 10-year-olds

  04-09-2019 21:50
  YUMA, Ariz. – A man was taken into custody after he allegedly broke into a home in Yuma and attempted to molest two 10-year-old children early Monday morning.
  According to Yuma Police Department, police received a report about a man breaking into a home in the 200 block of West George Street through a bedroom window at around 2:20 a.m. Monday, Police said the man fled the residence after he attempted to molest the two juveniles.
  Chase Marshal Black/Yuma County Detention Center
  After furthe
  
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• Jaguars QB Nick Foles starts season on injury report

  04-09-2019 21:49
  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Nick Foles will start the season on the injury report.
  The team listed Foles on its initial report Wednesday with an abdominal oblique injury — he had some soreness following training camp — but said he’s expected to play in the season opener against Kansas City. The Jaguars host the Chiefs on Sunday.
  Coach Doug Marrone sat Foles and most of his other starters for the majority of the preseason, taking a “sma
  
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• State attorneys seek answers on immigrant medical care cases

  04-09-2019 21:45
  BOSTON (AP) — More than a dozen state attorneys general are seeking answers from federal immigration officials about their decision to stop considering requests from immigrants seeking to remain the country for medical treatment and other hardships.
  The letter sent Wednesday to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement asks, among other questions, how immigrants with severe medical conditions can request deportation deferrals going forward.
  The
  
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• Firing of doctor sets off fight over assisted suicide law

  04-09-2019 21:43
  DENVER (AP) — The firing of a Colorado doctor who wanted to prescribe life-ending drugs to a man suffering from incurable cancer has touched off a legal battle testing the state’s medically assisted suicide law.
  Centura Health, a Christian-affiliated health system in Colorado and Kansas, fired Dr. Barbara Morris last week after she and her patient, 64-year-old Neil Mahoney, tried to get a state court to weigh in on whether the organization could stop her from helping Mahoney.
  Centura
  
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• APNewsBreak: Broncos, Empower ink 21-year naming rights deal

  04-09-2019 21:36
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — The Denver Broncos have partnered with Empower Retirement on a 21-year deal to name their stadium “Empower Field at Mile High.”
  The Metropolitan Football Stadium District will meet later this week to sign off on the agreement that runs through 2039 and ends a three-year span without a title sponsor for the stadium that opened in 2001.
  Ed Murphy, president and CEO of Colorado-based Empower Retirement, the nation’s second-largest retirement plan prov
  
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• De Blasio: I make October debate stage or I may drop out

  04-09-2019 21:24
  NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says he will likely end his long-shot presidential campaign if he doesn’t qualify for the October Democratic debates.
  De Blasio said Wednesday that if he doesn’t make the October debate stage it will be “tough to conceive” of continuing with his campaign.
  De Blasio qualified for the first two rounds of Democratic presidential debates but did not make the cut for the Sept. 12 debate in Houston. In order to qualify fo
  
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• Dorian creeps up coast; near-record storm surge feared

  04-09-2019 21:23
  CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Forecasters are warning of near-record water levels and millions are under evacuation orders as Hurricane Dorian creeps up the Southeastern coast of the United States.
  Dorian appears likely to get dangerously near Charleston, which is particularly vulnerable since it is located on a peninsula.
  A flood chart by the National Weather Service projects a combined high tide and storm surge around Charleston Harbor of 10.3 feet (3.1 meters). The record is 12.5 feet (4 mete
  
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• Feds: Man sold rapper Mac Miller drugs before overdose death

  04-09-2019 21:22
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man has been charged with selling counterfeit opioid pills to Mac Miller two days before the rapper died of an overdose.
  The Drug Enforcement Agency says in a statement that 23-year-old Cameron James Pettit of Los Angeles was arrested Wednesday and is expected to appear in court later in the day.
  A DEA affidavit alleges that Miller asked Pettit for oxycodone and other drugs, but on Sept. 5 Pettit gave Miller counterfeit oxycodone pills laced with the powerful opioid fe
  
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• Prominent DC lawyer acquitted in foreign lobbying case

  04-09-2019 21:20
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A prominent Washington, D.C., attorney who served in the Obama White House has been found not guilty of lying to the Justice Department about work he did for the government of Ukraine.
  The jury in the trial of Greg Craig deliberated for about four hours before reaching its verdict.
  Prosecutors said Craig gave Justice Department lawyers false information about his work in order to avoid having to register with the government as a foreign agent. Craig testified that he neve
  
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• Man charged with selling Mac Miller counterfeit opioids 2 days before the rapper’s overdose death

  04-09-2019 21:16
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Man charged with selling Mac Miller counterfeit opioids 2 days before the rapper’s overdose death .
  The post Man charged with selling Mac Miller counterfeit opioids 2 days before the rapper’s overdose death appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• Prominent DC attorney Greg Craig found not guilty of deceiving the Justice Department about his work for Ukraine

  04-09-2019 21:10
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Prominent DC attorney Greg Craig found not guilty of deceiving the Justice Department about his work for Ukraine.
  The post Prominent DC attorney Greg Craig found not guilty of deceiving the Justice Department about his work for Ukraine appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• Dutch woman who helped Jews during WWII dies in Michigan

  04-09-2019 21:05
  GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A western Michigan woman who authored a book chronicling her efforts that helped save hundreds of Jews in the Netherlands during the Nazi occupation of World War II has died.
  Seymour Christian Reformed Church says Diet (DEET) Eman died Tuesday in Grand Rapids. She was 99.
  A Celebration of Life service is scheduled at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Grand Rapids church.
  Eman was born in the Netherlands and was part of an underground resistance following Nazi Germany’s
  
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• Fed survey says growth is steady despite Trump’s trade wars

  04-09-2019 21:02
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve says the U.S. economy is still growing steadily and most businesses are optimistic, even in the face of President Trump’s trade wars.
  In The Fed’s latest report on economic conditions nationwide, hiring increased modestly in most industries, though manufacturing employment declined in some areas. The survey covers mid-July to late-August.
  The report, known as the beige book, consists of anecdotal accounts from business executives in the Fed
  
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• Ex-contract chief pleads guilty in Atlanta corruption case

  04-09-2019 21:02
  ATLANTA (AP) — A former high-ranking Atlanta official has pleaded guilty to wire fraud and filing false tax returns.
  Larry Scott, who resigned last week as the city’s contract compliance officer, entered the pleas in federal court Wednesday.
  Charges filed Tuesday show Scott didn’t disclose $221,000 he received over six years from Cornerstone U.S. Management Group on city disclosure forms, and didn’t pay income taxes on the money.
  State records show Scott incorporated Corn
  
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