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• House Democrats propose stopgap spending bill

  09-09-2019 23:56
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats controlling the House are proposing a government-wide temporary funding bill to prevent a federal shutdown at month’s end and to give the slow-moving Senate time to act on $1.4 trillion worth of spending bills that fill in the details on this summer’s bipartisan budget and debt deal.
  Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita Lowey says the temporary funding bill would likely extend until “sometime in November.”
  The GOP-held Senate is likel
  
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• US Marshals: Arizona murder suspect on 15 Most Wanted list

  09-09-2019 23:54
  PHOENIX (AP) — Federal authorities have increased the reward amount for information leading to the arrest of an Arizona murder suspect who escaped from a transport vehicle with his fugitive wife last month.
  The U.S. Marshals Service, the FBI and other agencies continue to search for 56-year-old Blane Barksdale and his 59-year-old wife Susan Barksdale.
  Authorities say the pair overpowered two guards on Aug. 26 in Utah and took control of a prison transport van that was taking them to Tucson
  
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• Governor wins early round in legal battle with lt. governor

  09-09-2019 23:53
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s lieutenant governor has lost a preliminary round in her legal fight with the state’s governor over a staffing dispute.
  A state judge on Monday denied Lt. Gov. Jenean Hampton’s request for an immediate order to reinstate her chief of staff and deputy chief of staff. Her assistants were fired by Gov. Matt Bevin’s administration without her consent.
  Hampton responded by filing a lawsuit naming Bevin as a defendant.
  The legal fight comes
  
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• Bisbee Library Named Best Small Library in America

  09-09-2019 23:51
  Bisbee's historic Copper Queen Library earned the recognition of Best Small Library in America 2019 on Sept. 6 from Library Journal, a library industry publication that's been around since 1876.…
  
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• Raiders bring back rookie receiver Keelan Doss

  09-09-2019 23:50
  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Oakland Raiders have brought back undrafted rookie receiver Keelan Doss to fill the spot on the roster created after Antonio Brown’s release.
  Doss was signed off Jacksonville’s practice squad on Monday, just hours before the Raiders played their season opener against Denver.
  Doss grew up just minutes away from the Raiders facility in Alameda and had an impressive training camp and preseason after being undrafted out of UC Davis. But he didn’t en
  
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• The Latest: Charged WV pol says he didn’t commit crime

  09-09-2019 23:47
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The Latest on battery charges against a West Virginia lawmaker (all times local):
  5:45 p.m.
  A West Virginia lawmaker says he doesn’t think he committed a crime after being charged with battery for losing his temper over racist signs at the Capitol.
  Democratic Del. Mike Caputo on Monday said he was surprised to learn that the misdemeanor charge had been brought after the incident in March. A criminal complaint was filed Friday.
  Caputo is accused of kicking a d
  
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• 4 Your Health: Measles outbreak continues to grow in U.S.

  09-09-2019 23:39
  (NBC News)- The measles outbreak in the United States continues to grow.
  As of last Thursday, the number of cases reached 1,241, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  That’s seven cases more than the previous week. Cases have been confirmed in 31 states.
  The CDC says most are among people who were not vaccinated against measles.4 Your Health: As of last Thursday, the number of measles cases reached 1,241, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. h
  
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• Lindstrom expected to miss at least 8 games with broken foot

  09-09-2019 23:33
  FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — Falcons rookie guard Chris Lindstrom, the No. 14 overall draft pick, has a broken foot and will spend the next eight weeks on injured reserve.
  Lindstrom, a former Boston College standout who quickly won the right guard job in spring, was hurt in Sunday’s season-opening loss at Minnesota. He left in the third quarter and didn’t return.
  Lindstrom will undergo surgery this week and is eligible to return to game action in Week 10 at New Orleans.
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• New updates implemented on ADOT website

  09-09-2019 23:29
  PHOENIX- The Arizona Department Of Transportation Motor Vehicle Division has implemented recent improvements to their website which they say should give more information to customers.
  These improvements will now give customers access to more information about wait times, office operating hours, service changes and many other items of importance online.
  There have also been recent updates earlier in the month involving changes to the Motor Vehicle Division Hours and location page.
  “This is
  
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• For 9/11 families, mixed views on Trump-Taliban talks

  09-09-2019 23:25
  NEW YORK (AP) — Sept. 11 victims’ relatives are greeting the news of President Donald Trump’s now-canceled plan for secret talks with Afghanistan’s Taliban insurgents with mixed feelings.
  Some said Monday that the timing this close to the 9/11 anniversary was unfortunate but the idea of talks worthwhile as a potential path toward ending Washington’s longest war.
  It began in 2001 when the U.S. went after the Taliban for harboring al-Qaida leader and 9/11 mastermind O
  
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• City of Tucson concludes sandbag distribution this week

  09-09-2019 23:20
  TUCSON – With Tucson’s monsoon season coming to an end, the City of Tucson Transportation Department’s Operation Splash Sandbag will be concluding as well.
  Operation Splash Sandbag is a program that has been going on for the past four years now. Taking place at the Tucson Rodeo Grounds and Hi Corbett Field, people can come and pick up pre-filled sandbags, or fill there own to help combat the monsoons.
  The Tucson Rodeo Grounds distribution will end on Wednesday at 8 p.m. wh
  
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• The Latest: Gates’ office denies gift’s link to Epstein

  09-09-2019 23:14
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Latest on how universities are dealing with past donations from Jeffrey Epstein (all times local):
  4:55 p.m.
  Bill Gates’ private office is denying any association with Jeffrey Epstein following a report last week that ties the disgraced financier to a donation made by the Microsoft co-founder.
  The New Yorker reports Epstein arranged at least $7.5 million in donations to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab, including $2 million that he claim
  
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• Don't Be Too Hard On Kelli Ward. It's a GOP Family Tradition

  09-09-2019 23:11
  Arizona GOP Chair Kelli Ward made national news for her promise that Republicans will "stop gun-grabber Mark Kelly dead in his tracks."Any Arizonan with a head and a heart remembers the horrific 2011 shooting at a Gabby Giffords "Congress on your corner" event and knows Mark Kelly, who is running for Senate, is Giffords' husband. Ol' Chemtrail Kelli apparently has neither head nor heart. She certainly has no reservations about using gun violence imagery in a fundraising email 
  
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• Appeals court orders resentencing for Paul attacker

  09-09-2019 23:11
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A federal appeals court has vacated the 30-day prison sentence given to the man who tackled U.S. Sen. Rand Paul outside his Kentucky home in 2017.
  The three-judge panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday ordered a resentencing for Rene Boucher.
  Federal prosecutors appealed the sentence, saying 21 months would have been appropriate. The appeals court took no position on an appropriate sentence, saying the district court judge retains “ample discre
  
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• Tucson fire crews extinguish van fire in midtown

  09-09-2019 23:06
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  TUCSON – A blaze burning a van in midtown has been controlled after the vehicle caught fire early Monday afternoon.
  According to Tucson Fire Department, crews were dispatched to a business on West Laguna Street near Stone Avenue at around 1:35 p.m. Officials say the van fire was located close to a storage structure on the property.TFD said no injuries were reported in the fire at this time.
  Stay with News 4 Tucson for the latest updates.135pm: Crew of Engine 8 B quic
  
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• Air Force reviews hotel choices after Trump resort stay

  09-09-2019 22:59
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force is reviewing how crews on international travel choose airports and hotels after one crew recently spent a night at a Trump resort in Scotland.
  An Air Force spokesman said Monday that an initial review of the March stopover in Scotland in which the crew stayed at the Trump Turnberry golf resort adhered to all official guidance and procedures.
  Brig. Gen. Ed Thomas adds, however, that while lodging at higher-end hotels might be allowable, it might not always be
  
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• Funchess put on injured reserve following collarbone surgery

  09-09-2019 22:55
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Coach Frank Reich says receiver Devin Funchess will be placed on injured reserve after having surgery on a broken collarbone.
  Funchess was injured during Sunday’s 30-24 loss at the Los Angeles Chargers while diving to catch a pass in the end zone in the final minute of regulation. T.Y. Hilton later scored and Marlon Mack added a 2-point conversion run to send the game to overtime.
  The 6-foot-4, 225-pound Michigan product signed a one-year contract with Indy in Mar
  
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• Car crashes into health club’s indoor pool, injures swimmer

  09-09-2019 22:51
  CENTERVILLE, Ohio (AP) — Police say a car smashed through the window of a health club in Ohio and landed in its swimming pool, injuring one person who was in the water.
  Authorities in the Dayton suburb of Centerville say the person in the pool and the driver were taken to a hospital Monday, but police say their injuries are not serious.
  Investigators are not sure yet what caused the crash.
  A member of the LA Fitness club tells the Dayton Daily News that he came out the fitness center and s
  
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• Man arrested after concealed gun discharges in Arizona store

  09-09-2019 22:24
  BUCKEYE, Ariz. (AP) — Police in Buckeye say a man has been arrested after a handgun concealed in his pants pocket discharged in a store.
  No injuries were reported in the Sunday evening incident.
  Police say 18-year-old Maurice Eugene Weaver Jr. is jailed on suspicion of disorderly conduct involving weapons, endangerment, discharging a firearm in city limits, carrying a concealed weapon and criminal damage.
  Officers were dispatched to the Walmart after someone reported a gun was fired inside
  
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• European space agency records Amazon air pollution

  09-09-2019 22:24
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — New satellite images show an increase in air pollution in the Brazilian Amazon while fires burned in the region last month.
  The European Space Agency on Monday published maps that show more carbon monoxide and other pollutants in August than in the previous month, when there were fewer fires.
  The agency says fires are releasing carbon dioxide once stored in the Amazon forests back into the atmosphere, potentially having an impact on the global climate.
  Burning continu
  
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• Criminal probe underway in fiery California boat disaster

  09-09-2019 22:22
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S. authorities are conducting a criminal investigation into the fiery dive boat disaster that killed 34 people off the coast of California.
  Two federal officials with knowledge of the probe told The Associated Press on Monday the FBI, Coast Guard and U.S. attorney in Los Angeles are overseeing the investigation.
  The two people were not authorized to speak publicly and commented on condition of anonymity.
  Investigators have been gathering evidence, including interviewin
  
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• Waititi’s ‘Jojo Rabbit’ finds a mixed response in Toronto

  09-09-2019 22:19
  TORONTO (AP) — Taika Waititi’s comedy “Jojo Rabbit,” set in Nazi Germany and starring himself as Adolf Hitler, is one the most divisive movies at the Toronto International Film Festival.
  Following its premiere Sunday night, “Jojo Rabbit” was hailed as a masterpiece, an eccentric opus and a worthy heir to Charlie Chaplin’s “The Dictator” by some. Others deemed it a badly misjudged misfire that awkwardly melds humor with atrocity no better than
  
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• AP sources: Authorities now conducting criminal probe into fiery dive boat disaster that killed 34 off California coast

  09-09-2019 22:15
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — AP sources: Authorities now conducting criminal probe into fiery dive boat disaster that killed 34 off California coast.
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• Florida-bound evacuees from Bahamas asked to get off ferry

  09-09-2019 22:13
  MIAMI (AP) — Officials say more than 100 Bahamians who hoped to evacuate to Florida after Hurricane Dorian but didn’t have visas were kicked off a ferry because operators failed to coordinate the mission with authorities.
  U.S. Customs and Border Protection says in a statement Monday that the agency requested that the company coordinate with U.S. and Bahamian governments before departing Freeport but it failed to do so. Footage from WSVN-TV shows a ship traveling to Fort Lauderdale on
  
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• No. 9 Florida to play without WR Toney, maybe CB Henderson

  09-09-2019 22:12
  GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — No. 9 Florida likely will be without two of its best players to open Southeastern Conference play Saturday.
  Coach Dan Mullen said Monday that elusive receiver Kadarius Toney will miss “a couple of weeks” because of a left shoulder injury and speedy cornerback CJ Henderson is doubtful to play at Kentucky because of a sprained left ankle. Mullen added that he won’t put Henderson on the field “unless he’s 100% healthy.”
  The two star
  
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• Bullied boy’s homemade University of Tennessee T-shirt design becomes official apparel

  09-09-2019 22:05
  (CNN) – The University of Tennessee has turned a child’s homemade t-shirt into official apparel.
  And so many people want their own — the website’s server crashed Sunday and was still experiencing problems Monday morning.
  It’s an exact replica of a Florida boy’s hand-sketched design that was reportedly laughed at by some of his classmates.
  In a Facebook post, his teacher explained the child wanted to represent the Tennessee volunteers during the school’s
  
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• The Latest: Iran: US nuclear modernization violates treaty

  09-09-2019 22:03
  BERLIN (AP) — The Latest on the 2015 Iran nuclear deal (all times local):
  10 p.m.
  Iran’s U.N. ambassador is accusing the United States of violating the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty by modernizing its nuclear weapons instead of moving toward disarmament.
  Ambassador Majid Takht Ravanchi cited progress in achieving a universal ban on nuclear explosions and the broader objective of nuclear disarmament but said “unfortunately, currently, there are two alarming races: new nuclear
  
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• The Latest: Suspicious vehicle in Baltimore held stolen fuel

  09-09-2019 21:56
  BALTIMORE (AP) — The Latest on the suspicious vehicle and evacuations in downtown Baltimore (all times local):
  4:45 p.m.
  Police in Baltimore say a suspicious vehicle that prompted evacuations and calls to the bomb squad held no bomb, but instead contained stolen diesel fuel.
  Baltimore Police Colonel Richard Worley told reporters Monday that the passenger van’s owner had no intent to put others in danger. He said the van was rigged to steal the liquid and held some of it in two large
  
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• The Latest: No bomb with suspicious vehicle in Baltimore

  09-09-2019 21:56
  BALTIMORE (AP) — The Latest on the suspicious vehicle and evacuations in downtown Baltimore (all times local):
  3:55 p.m.
  Baltimore’s mayor says police have not detected a bomb after investigating a suspicious vehicle in a downtown parking garage and evacuating nearby buildings.
  Mayor Bernard “Jack” Young said in a statement Monday afternoon that the area remains blocked off following the evacuations. He said precautionary sweeps will continue through the area for the next
  
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• Documents appear to show Sarah Palin’s husband wants divorce

  09-09-2019 21:43
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Court documents appear to show that the husband of former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin is seeking a divorce.
  The papers, which provide only initials, were filed Friday by T.M.P. against S.L.P. Todd Palin’s middle name is Mitchell and Sarah Palin’s middle name is Louise.
  The documents say the couple married Aug. 29, 1988 — the same as the Palins. Birthdates for the two also correspond.
  The documents say
  
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• Poor People’s Campaign to register voters on 20-state tour

  09-09-2019 21:38
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Poor People’s Campaign will begin touring more than 20 states later this month to help residents of disenfranchised communities register to vote.
  The co-chair of the campaign said Monday at a news conference in Washington, D.C., that the tour begins Sept. 16 in El Paso, Texas, and will culminate on June 20 with an assembly in Washington.
  Campaign director the Rev. William Barber says the tour is called MORE: Mobilizing, Organizing, Registering, Educating. It
  
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• Indiana judge pleads guilty in fight that led to shooting

  09-09-2019 21:37
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana judge has pleaded guilty to a battery charge stemming from a fight outside an Indianapolis fast-food restaurant in which he and another judge were shot and wounded.
  Marion County court records show felony charges against Clark County Circuit Judge Andrew Adams were dismissed but that he pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor battery charge.
  Adams won’t spend any additional time in jail as he was given a one-year suspended sentence.
  A grand jury indicted Adam
  
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• The Latest: Italian premier wins first confidence vote

  09-09-2019 21:32
  ROME (AP) — The Latest on Italian government politics (all times local):
  9:30 p.m.
  Premier Giuseppe Conte has won a crucial confidence vote in Parliament’s lower house on his new coalition government.
  The 343-263 vote confirmed a comfortable margin in the Chamber of Deputies for the four-day old government.
  But Conte’s margin in Tuesday’s vote inthe Senate is expected to be much closer.
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  Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte has made pro-Europe, pro-growth promises whi
  
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• Bobby Petrino apologizes to Arkansas fans over 2012 firing

  09-09-2019 21:29
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Former coach Bobby Petrino is apologizing to fans and players in Arkansas seven years after he was fired for misleading officials about his extramarital affair with an athletic department employee that was exposed after the two were involved in a motorcycle crash.
  Petrino returned to Arkansas on Monday for the first time since 2012, addressing a packed room for a Little Rock Touchdown Club luncheon. Petrino told the audience he was nervous about the speaking engage
  
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• Ravens CB Smith to miss ‘multiple weeks’ with knee injury

  09-09-2019 21:26
  OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Ravens cornerback Jimmy Smith will miss several weeks after spraining his knee in Sunday’s game against Miami.
  Coach John Harbaugh said Monday that Smith has a Grade 2 sprain of the right knee. The injury occurred in the first quarter of Baltimore’s 59-10 victory over the Dolphins.
  Harbaugh said Smith will miss “multiple weeks.” But he noted that the injury is “not a season-ender by any stretch.”
  The 31-year-old Smith has battled
  
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• Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte wins first of two mandatory confidence votes in Parliament on new coalition government

  09-09-2019 21:26
  ROME (AP) — Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte wins first of two mandatory confidence votes in Parliament on new coalition government.
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• The Latest: Trump says NC election no predictor for 2020

  09-09-2019 21:22
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump’s rally in North Carolina (all times local):
  3:15 p.m.
  President Donald Trump says he doesn’t think a special election Tuesday in North Carolina is a bellwether for his performance in the state next year.
  Speaking to reporters before leaving the White House to campaign for Dan Bishop, the Republican in that race, Trump is tamping down expectations for the vote to fill a vacant House seat representing the once-reliably GOP d
  
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• The Latest: Trump gets storm briefing from NC governor

  09-09-2019 21:22
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump’s rally in North Carolina (all times local):
  5:30 p.m.
  President Donald Trump is getting briefed on the storm damage that Hurricane Dorian caused in North Carolina after bad weather Monday forced officials to scrap a helicopter tour the president planned to take with the state’s governor so that he could get a firsthand look.
  Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, says there were three deaths in the state connected to the storm and 3
  
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• The Latest: Trump calls NC vote 1st step to removing Pelosi

  09-09-2019 21:22
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump’s rally in North Carolina (all times local):
  8:30 p.m.
  President Donald Trump is urging North Carolina voters to “take the first steps” toward removing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and “winning the back the House in 2020.”
  Trump is in Fayetteville campaigning on behalf of Republican Dan Bishop in a closely watched special election that takes place Tuesday. Bishop is running against Democrat Dan McCready for
  
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• UN agency lays backpacks for every child killed in conflict

  09-09-2019 21:18
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. children’s agency has laid 3,758 school backpacks in rows reminiscent of a graveyard on the lawn of U.N. headquarters in New York — one for each child who died in a conflict zone last year.
  UNICEF said it wants the installation, which ends Thursday, to dramatize the grave scale of child deaths in conflict and to spur world leaders meeting at the U.N. in late September to provide greater protection for children.
  “UNICEF backpacks have always
  
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• Schools chief hired after cheating scandal won’t be rehired

  09-09-2019 21:16
  ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta’s school board won’t renew the contract of the superintendent who was hired in the aftermath of a cheating scandal that involved multiple educators.
  The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports board Chairman Jason Esteves announced Monday that the board told Superintendent Meria Carstarphen in July but delayed the public announcement to avoid disrupting the start of school. Esteves says he hopes she’ll remain until her contract ends June 30.
  Carstarphe
  
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• Cochlear implant study offers new hope

  09-09-2019 21:16
  (WRAL) People with one-sided hearing loss now have the opportunity to hear out of both ears.
  Four years ago veterinarian Dr. Emily Byers experienced pain that felt like a migraine headache. There was no definite diagnosis, but it was followed by total hearing loss in her right ear.
  “People think that, “Oh, if you’ve got one ear, you’re still OK. But you’re not,” said Byers.
  According to Byers, the experience affected her quality of life.
  “When you go ou
  
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• Ole Miss LB Sanogo likely out 10 weeks with ankle injury

  09-09-2019 21:14
  OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi linebacker MoMo Sanogo is expected to miss about 2 ½ months after injuring an ankle Saturday in a 31-17 victory over Arkansas.
  Ole Miss coach Matt Luke says Sanogo will undergo surgery Tuesday and is likely out for “roughly 10 weeks.”
  Sanogo, a junior from Plano, Texas, recorded four tackles in the Rebels’ first two games. He made 112 tackles last season to tie for fifth place among all Southeastern Conference players.
  Ole Miss (1-1
  
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• Ohio boy had school lunch taken away on birthday due to lunch debt

  09-09-2019 21:12
  AKRON, Ohio (CNN) – The family of an Ohio grade-schooler says he was humiliated by staff who took away his birthday lunch in front of his friends because of a lunch-debt policy.
  “The lunch lady didn’t say anything, took away my cheesy breadsticks and sauce, put them over there, and took out bread, cheese on bread out of the fridge and put it on my lunch tray,” Jefferson Sharpnack said.
  Jefferson Sharpnack came home Friday, Aug. 30 with a note stating his account was in t
  
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• Brew-U: college offers lessons in beer

  09-09-2019 21:12
  (KUSA) Colorado State University has a new classroom that’s unlike any other.
  In the middle of campus deep inside one of the strangest-looking classrooms you’ll ever see, CSU students are learning to make the next beer you’ll be drinking at your tailgate.
  “Our program is unique in that it’s not just brewing. It’s fermentation science and technology,” says Jeff Biegert, the New Belgium Brewing Colorado State University Fermentation Science and Technology
  
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• Two trapped crew members are successfully rescued from overturned cargo ship off Georgia’s coast

  09-09-2019 21:09
  JEKYLL ISLAND, Ga. (AP) — Two trapped crew members are successfully rescued from overturned cargo ship off Georgia’s coast.
  The post Two trapped crew members are successfully rescued from overturned cargo ship off Georgia’s coast appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• Croatia held by Azerbaijan in European qualifying

  09-09-2019 21:08
  World Cup finalist Croatia was held by outsider Azerbaijan to 1-1 on Monday, denting its chances of reaching next year’s European Championship.
  Croatia won an early penalty for handball, converted by captain Luka Modric, but Azerbaijan wing back Tamkin Khalilzade cut in from the left in the 72nd minute and beat Dejan Lovren before shooting past goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic.
  For Azerbaijan, one of next year’s European Championship hosts, it was the first point of the qualifying campai
  
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• US consumer borrowing posts biggest gain since late 2017

  09-09-2019 21:07
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumer borrowing surged in July at its fastest pace since late 2017, driven by a big jump credit card use.
  The Federal Reserve says overall consumer borrowing increased by $23.3 billion in July after a $13.8 billion advance in June. It was the biggest monthly gain since a $29.9 billion jump in November 2017.
  The large July gain was led by a sizable increase in borrowing in the category covering credit cards, which rose by $10 billion in July after having fallen by $186
  
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• Canada soldiers helping to remove fallen trees after Dorian

  09-09-2019 21:00
  HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — Canadian soldiers armed with chain saws have fanned out across Halifax and the surrounding communities to help clean up the tangled mess of fallen trees and power lines left behind by post-tropical cyclone Dorian.
  Their high-profile deployment is part of a wider effort to deal with power outages that have left much of Atlantic Canada in the dark for two days.
  Utility companies in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island have been working to restore po
  
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• WV pol charged after anger over racist signs turns physical

  09-09-2019 20:58
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Authorities say a West Virginia lawmaker has been charged for kicking a door into a statehouse staffer and elbowing a legislator because he was mad about racist signs at the Capitol.
  A criminal complaint filed Friday in Charleston charges Democratic Del. Mike Caputo with misdemeanor battery for the incident in March.
  Caputo has admitted to kicking the door because he was upset about a display on “WV GOP Day” that falsely linked U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar with
  
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