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• Mets hit team-mark 6 HRs, rout D-Backs 11-1 for 4-game sweep

  12-09-2019 23:57
  NEW YORK (AP) — Juan Lagares hit a grand slam and a two-run shot as the New York Mets set a team record with six home runs in a home game, routing the Arizona Diamondbacks 11-1 Thursday for a four-game sweep.
  Michael Conforto hit his 30th homer, Todd Frazier connected for the third time in the series and Robinson Canó and Tomas Nido also went deep. The Mets outscored Arizona 26-4 this week.
  Boosted by Marcus Stroman’s longest start since being acquired, the Mets won for the ni
  
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• Dozier’s homer sends Royals past Giolito, White Sox, 6-3

  12-09-2019 23:54
  CHICAGO (AP) — Hunter Dozier hit a tie-breaking, three-run home run in the sixth, Jorge Soler had his third homer in two days and the Kansas City Royals beat the Chicago White Sox 6-3 on Thursday.
  Whit Merrifield walked and Soler singled off Chicago starter Lucas Giolito in the decisive inning for Kansas City, which won for the eighth time in the last 11 games. Then Dozier drove a 1-2 pitch into the left-field bleachers for a 5-2 lead. He doubled two innings later.
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• Claytoon of the Day: Bahama Trauma

  12-09-2019 23:46
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• New York City looks to repeal ‘gay conversion therapy’ ban

  12-09-2019 23:45
  NEW YORK (AP) — The New York City Council is looking to repeal a law banning so-called gay conversion therapy over concerns a pending lawsuit could lead to a decision unfavorable to the LGBTQ community if the case were to make it to the Supreme Court.
  Council Speaker Corey Johnson on Thursday proposed repealing the ban of the medically discredited practice. The council had passed the ban in November 2017, and it took effect last year.
  The proposal to repeal it now goes to a committee heari
  
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• NJ financier adviser praised at NCAA scandal sentencing

  12-09-2019 23:37
  NEW YORK (AP) — A New Jersey financial adviser was praised for his cooperation and a judge spared him from prison after he admitted his role in a college basketball scandal.
  Munish Sood was fined $25,000 Thursday but was not sentenced to prison or forced to be supervised by probation authorities.
  U.S. District Judge Kimba M. Wood said she’ll rule on restitution at a later point.
  A prosecutor praised Sood for testifying at two trials that resulted in the convictions of several men cha
  
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• County Recorder F. Ann Rodriguez Is Calling It Quits

  12-09-2019 23:34
  County Recorder F. Ann Rodriguez, a Democrat who has served in the office since first winning office in 1992, announced today that she will not seek reelection in 2020."All events in life have a beginning and an end and this is also true with my journey as your Pima County recorder," Rodriguez said in a statement. "I have decided to announce my tenure as your Pima County recorder will end at the end of my current term as I will not seek reelection in 2020."The recorder is in charge of maintainin
  
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• UN votes to ease arms embargo on Central African Republic

  12-09-2019 23:29
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has voted unanimously to ease the arms embargo on the Central African Republic’s government following its signing of a peace agreement with 14 armed groups in February and its progress in reforming its security sector.
  The resolution approved Thursday acknowledges “the urgent need for the CAR authorities to train and equip their defense and security forces to be able to respond proportionately to threats to the security of all cit
  
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• Check your tires: Snake slithers into wheel well of AZGFD vehicle

  12-09-2019 23:29
  TUCSON – An Arizona Game and Fish Department crew member made a sssssss-tartling discovery after the team member found a rattling friend taking refuge in a wheel well of their vehicle in the Galiuro Mountains.
  In a Facebook post shared on AZGFD’s Facebook page Thursday afternoon, the team member reportedly found a black-tailed rattlesnake in the tire frame after doing a Chircahua leopard frog survey in the Galiuro Mountains. Officials say the crew member was able to safely extract th
  
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• US agency commits $688 million to 4 projects in Argentina

  12-09-2019 23:25
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The board of the U.S. Government’s development finance institution has approved four projects worth $688 million in Argentina.
  The Overseas Private Investment Corporation voted Wednesday to provide $300 million to a natural gas project in the Vaca Muerta field in Neuquén province in western Argentina. The board also approved $150 million to develop independent oil and gas transportation and processing infrastructure.
  The two other projects are in the renewabl
  
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• Cuban man deported despite traffic-blocking protest

  12-09-2019 23:25
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Cuban man whose pending deportation sparked a traffic-stopping protest this week in New Orleans has been sent back to his homeland.
  The Immigration and Customs Enforcement service said Yoel Alonso Leal was returned Thursday.
  Leal had sought asylum in the U.S., claiming he had been beaten by Cuban authorities for disagreeing with the government and faced more mistreatment if returned. His attorneys also said he was too ill to be deported.
  A federal appeals court this we
  
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• More injury woes for Yankees in doubleheader sweep of Tigers

  12-09-2019 23:21
  DETROIT (AP) — All-Star catcher Gary Sánchez became the Yankees’ latest injury concern when he left the second game of Thursday’s doubleheader with left groin tightness as New York beat Detroit 6-4 to complete a sweep.
  Sánchez exited in the fourth, an inning after he was thrown out in his first stolen base try this year. He has been on the injured list three times in the past two seasons because of groin strains.
  Yankees slugger Edwin Encarnación left the f
  
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• Encarnación hurt again as Yanks beat Tigers 10-4 in opener

  12-09-2019 23:21
  DETROIT (AP) — Edwin Encarnación homered for the fourth time in eight games since returning from the injured list, then left in the fifth inning with a strained left oblique muscle as the New York Yankees beat the Detroit Tigers 10-4 Thursday in a doubleheader opener.
  Encarnación, New York’s designated hitter, had a two-run homer in the third, walked in the fifth and was pinch hit for by Mike Ford in the seventh. Encarnación missed 30 games with a broken right wr
  
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• Bullied boy who wore homemade University of Tennessee shirt gets four-year scholarship

  12-09-2019 23:16
  KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Florida fourth-grader who was bullied over his homemade University of Tennessee shirt has been offered a four-year scholarship to the school.
  School officials said Thursday the boy’s scholarship would cover tuition and fees beginning in the fall of 2028 if he chooses to attend the University of Tennessee and meets admission requirements.
  The boy’s teacher shared his story on Facebook and said the child’s excitement for his school’s college
  
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• WWII veteran celebrates 110th birthday in New Orleans

  12-09-2019 23:00
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A man considered to be the nation’s oldest living World War II veteran was serenaded and showered with kisses during a celebration of his 110th birthday at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans.
  Lawrence Brooks was born Sept. 12, 1909, and served in the predominantly African American 91st Engineer Battalion stationed in New Guinea and then the Philippines. He was a servant to three white officers and his daily routine included cleaning their sheets and un
  
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• Under US pressure Mexico shifts immigration policy

  12-09-2019 23:00
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s immigration policy has moved from one promising to help migrants to another characterized by militarized enforcement under the growing influence of the country’s foreign secretary and pressure from the U.S. government.
  President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has faced pointed criticism from the left about the change in direction.
  But Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard made clear this week after a meeting at the White House that Mexico plans
  
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• Shohei Ohtani to have surgery on kneecap, miss rest of year

  12-09-2019 23:00
  ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani will miss the rest of the Los Angeles Angels’ season to have surgery on his left kneecap.
  The Angels announced the decision Thursday. Los Angeles (67-80) has been eliminated from playoff contention with 15 games left.
  Ohtani will need eight to 12 weeks to recover from surgery on a bipartite patella, or a two-part kneecap, according to the Angels. The team didn’t specify the reason for addressing the condition now.
  Ohtani finishes his second
  
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• 3 horses die in first 2 days at Belmont Park fall meet

  12-09-2019 22:57
  NEW YORK (AP) — Three horses have died during the first two days of Belmont Park’s fall season, mirroring the start and end of the summer meet at Saratoga Race Course.
  According to the New York State Gaming Commission’s equine database, two horses died last Friday, opening day. Royal Inheritance collapsed and died while training, and Passporttovictory was euthanized after being removed from a race. Both were trained by Jeremiah Englehart.
  Mo Moxie was put down Saturday by a vet
  
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• NFL suspends Bills’ Tyrel Dodson 6 games for domestic abuse

  12-09-2019 22:31
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The NFL has suspended Buffalo Bills rookie linebacker Tyrel Dodson for six games as a result of an alleged altercation with his girlfriend at her home in Scottsdale, Arizona.
  Dodson was suspended for violating the league’s personal conduct policy Thursday, a day after the player reached an agreement with prosecutors to defer a domestic violence charge of disorderly conduct-disruptive behavior-fighting.
  Dodson has agreed to enter a diversion program and must
  
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• NFL suspends Bills rookie linebacker Dodson for 6 games

  12-09-2019 22:31
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The NFL has suspended Buffalo Bills rookie linebacker Tyrel Dodson for six games as a result of an alleged altercation with his girlfriend at her home in Scottsdale, Arizona.
  Dodson was suspended for violating the league’s personal conduct policy Thursday, a day after the player reached an agreement with prosecutors to defer a domestic violence charge of disorderly conduct-disruptive behavior-fighting.
  Dodson has agreed to enter a diversion program and must
  
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• The Latest: US begins tough new policy on asylum seekers

  12-09-2019 22:19
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on U.S. denial of asylum claims from Central Americans (all times local):
  8:50 p.m.
  The Trump administration has begun enforcing radical new restrictions on who qualifies for asylum as tens of thousands of migrants wait on the Mexican border, seeking refuge.
  The new U.S. policy would effectively deny asylum to nearly all migrants arriving at the southern border who aren’t from Mexico. It would disallow anyone who passes through another country without fir
  
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• Laughing Stock: Plenty Good Comedy!

  12-09-2019 21:36
  Comedy returns to Black RockFollowing a summer hiatus, The Black Rock Brewery Comedy Showcase returns with host Mo Urban at 7:30 p.m., Friday, Sept. 13. Headlined by Josiah Osego (What Really Happened), the lineup includes Autumn Horvat (Comedians Who Aren’t Men), Tim Maggard, Mariah Dickson, Joel Martin (Good Enough Comedy) and Alice Valpey. Tucsoncomedy.com PresentsWe hope that by now you have bookmarked tucsoncomedy.com as your source for dozens of live comedy shows in Tucson every mont
  
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• R. Kelly a no-show in court on Minnesota solicitation charge

  12-09-2019 21:25
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Singer R. Kelly was a no-show for an initial court appearance in a Minnesota case in which he is accused of offering a 17-year-old girl $200 to take off her clothes and dance in 2001.
  Kelly, who is jailed in Chicago on sexual abuse and other counts, was charged in Minnesota in August with soliciting the girl after meeting her before a concert in Minneapolis.
  Kelly, whose full name is Robert Sylvester Kelly, faces previously filed federal and state charges in New York and
  
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• The Latest: Federal jury convicts candidate’s father

  12-09-2019 21:14
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Latest on the trial of Jerry Lundergan, father of Alison Lundergan Grimes (all times local):
  3 p.m.
  A federal jury in Kentucky has convicted the father of Kentucky’s secretary of state of funneling illegal corporate contributions to his daughter’s failed 2014 challenge of Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell.
  The jury convicted Democratic stalwart Jerry Lundergan and co-defendant Dale Emmons of all counts after about two hours of deliberation Thursday. The
  
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• St. Louis area 3-year-old kills himself with gun in bedroom

  12-09-2019 21:04
  JENNINGS, Mo. (AP) — Another shooting has claimed the life of a child in the St. Louis area, but police say they believe the child found the gun in a bedroom and shot himself.
  Police say a 3-year-old boy was home with his mother and father when he found an unsecured firearm in a bedroom of their apartment and accidentally discharged it, hitting himself. A statement from police says that the incident is being investigated as an accident.
  Police spokeswoman Tracy Panus says his mother contac
  
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• Shooting death of child investigated in St. Louis County

  12-09-2019 21:04
  JENNINGS, Mo. (AP) — Another shooting has claimed the life of a child in the St. Louis area, but police haven’t determined if the shooting was accidental or intentional.
  A boy described by St. Louis County police as 3 or 4 years old was shot Thursday at an apartment building near the town of Jennings. A relative driving the child to the hospital saw a county police car and waved down an officer. The officer gave medical attention and then escorted the family to the hospital.
  The chil
  
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• Some Thoughts On The TUSD Family Life Curriculum Conflict

  12-09-2019 21:02
  I've been out of town recently, so I haven't been personally involved in any of the board meetings or other events connected with the proposed Family Life Curriculum. With that in mind, here are some thoughts and discussion topics, from a bit of a distance.1.…
  
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• US wants $100,000-plus from immigrant who sued over forgery

  12-09-2019 20:59
  SEATTLE (AP) — U.S. officials want a Mexican immigrant and his lawyers to pay legal fees after he lost his effort to hold the government responsible for a federal immigration lawyer forging a document to try to get him deported.
  Ignacio Lanuza sued in 2014, helping prompt a criminal investigation that sent the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement lawyer to jail.
  His lawsuit also established legal precedent concerning constitutional rights during immigration proceedings and resulted in
  
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• US judge denies bail to ex-Peru president in corruption case

  12-09-2019 20:56
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A U.S. judge in San Francisco has denied bail to former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo, who’s wanted in a corruption scandal in his home country.
  The extradition hearing Thursday ended with an emotional outburst by Toledo’s wife, who started shouting at prosecutors and had to be dragged from the courtroom.
  Toledo’s attorney, Graham Archer, argued that the former president is deteriorating mentally and physically because he has been kept in solita
  
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• 2 charged say they were hired to break into Iowa courthouse

  12-09-2019 20:53
  ADEL, Iowa (AP) — Court officials in central Iowa say they’re behind the hiring of two men who were arrested after breaking into the Dallas County Courthouse.
  The Des Moines Register reports 29-year-old Justin Wynn of Naples, Florida, and 43-year-old Gary Demercurio of Seattle were found in the courthouse early Wednesday after an alarm was tripped. Both face burglary charges and are being held on $50,000 bond apiece.
  The men told deputies they worked for the cybersecurity firm Coalfi
  
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• Report says carbon emissions from airlines are growing fast

  12-09-2019 20:52
  A new report says U.S. airlines are increasing their emissions of climate-changing gases much faster than they are boosting fuel efficiency.
  The International Council on Clean Transportation said Thursday that carbon dioxide emissions and fuel burning rose 7% from 2016 to 2018, overshadowing a 3% gain in fuel efficiency.
  The report’s authors say airlines could reduce emissions and fuel consumption more than 25% by buying newer planes and filling them with more passengers.
  Airlines have bee
  
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• Mazzola to succeed Davis as Lyric Opera music director

  12-09-2019 20:47
  Andrew Davis will retire as music director of the Lyric Opera of Chicago after the 2020-21 season and be succeeded by Enrique Mazzola.
  Mazzola is starting his second season as principal guest conductor at Deutsche Oper Berlin. The 51-year-old was artistic and music director of the Paris-based Orchestre National d’Ile-de-France from 2012-13 through last season.
  He made his Lyric Opera debut leading Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor” in 2016-17 and returns as music director
  
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• Arkansas college finds no evidence of bias over dreadlocks

  12-09-2019 20:43
  FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) — The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith says an investigation found no evidence that a head coach discriminated against a black basketball player because of his dreadlocks.
  Tyler Williams said last month he was dismissed from the team by Coach Jim Boone over his hair. Boone’s attorney last week denied the allegations.
  Chancellor Terisa Riley said Wednesday that the university’s internal investigation did not find “substantial” evidence suppo
  
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• Rabid bats found along river in Grand Canyon National Park

  12-09-2019 20:41
  GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Grand Canyon National Park officials say two dead bats found along the Colorado River inside the park tested positive for rabies.
  A statement released Thursday by park officials said the bats were deceased when collected last month and that the bats didn’t come into contact with visitors or park staff.
  Rabies can be fatal but is preventable if medical treatment is given after exposure to a rabid animal and before the development of symptoms.
  H
  
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• Third family comes forward in probe of VA hospital deaths

  12-09-2019 20:35
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A third family has come forward in an investigation of multiple suspicious patient deaths at a Veterans Affairs hospital in West Virginia.
  Attorney Tony O’Dell says Thursday he’s representing the family of Navy veteran John Hallman after the 87-year-old died at the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center in Clarksburg last year.
  Federal prosecutors are probing the deaths of up to 11 patients at the facility. Attorneys representing the families of men who die
  
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• Callum Shinkwin shoots 66 to lead KLM Open after 1st round

  12-09-2019 20:29
  AMSTERDAM (AP) — Unheralded Callum Shinkwin shot five birdies and an eagle Thursday on his way to a 6-under 66 and a one-shot lead after the first round of the 100th edition of the KLM Open.
  The 26-year-old British golfer is ranked No. 446 and hasn’t made the cut in his last three tournaments since the British Open as he struggled with illness and a back injury. But he started with a birdie on the second hole and an eagle on the third, before making his lone bogey on No. 5. He finish
  
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• UN chief: The world can’t live with major Gulf confrontation

  12-09-2019 20:26
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says “the world cannot live with a major confrontation in the Gulf.”
  Guterres was referring Thursday to the escalating crisis between the U.S. and Iran in the wake of the collapsing nuclear deal with world powers.
  The U.N. chief told reporters “it is absolutely essential to avoid any escalation of the situation.”
  Guterres said he has “no particular insight” into the possibility of a meeting be
  
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• The Latest: NTSB says crew asleep during fatal boat fire

  12-09-2019 20:21
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on a fatal boat fire that killed 34 people off the coast of Southern California (all times local):
  11:20 a.m.
  The National Transportation Safety Board says all six crewmembers were asleep when a fire broke out in a scuba diving boat off the coast of California, killing 34 people.
  The NTSB released a two-page preliminary report Thursday. Authorities have said they were investigating if there was a night watchman on duty at the time.
  The report comes a day after
  
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• The Latest: Family of boat fire victim upset by NTSB report

  12-09-2019 20:21
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on a fatal boat fire that killed 34 people off the coast of Southern California (all times local):
  4:15 p.m.
  The family of a Southern California man among the 34 killed in a pre-dawn boat fire says they’re greatly disturbed that no one from the crew was keeping watch.
  The National Transportation Safety Board issued a report Thursday that said all six of the Conception’s crewmembers were asleep — a violation of the Coast Guard’s rules.
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• The Latest: All 34 victims of California boat fire ID’d

  12-09-2019 20:21
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on a fatal boat fire that killed 34 people off the coast of Southern California (all times local):
  6:15 p.m.
  Authorities say they have now identified all 34 victims of a boat fire off the Southern California coast.
  The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office added the last seven names on Thursday. They include a Connecticut couple and several people from Silicon Valley.
  DNA testing helped identify them.
  The scuba diving boat Conception burned and sank off
  
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• Drake basketball player charged after off-campus shooting

  12-09-2019 20:21
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Drake men’s basketball player has been charged with an off-campus shooting that he says was accidental.
  Des Moines police say Tremell Murphy was charged Thursday with discharging a firearm inside city limits and making false reports to law enforcement. Court records don’t list the name of an attorney who could comment for him.
  A university spokesman says Murphy has been removed from basketball activities. Murphy was a starting forward for the Bulldogs
  
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• Baby brought to Arizona fire station under safe haven law

  12-09-2019 20:16
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The Tucson Fire Department has accepted and cared for a newborn baby surrendered under the state’s safe haven law.
  Officials say the newborn baby was surrendered Monday to the fire department and is approximately 12 hours old.
  The Arizona Safe Haven law enacted in 2001 says a person can drop off a baby born no more than 72 hours before to a safe haven provider.
  Providers include on-duty firefighters, fire stations, on-duty EMT and paramedics and health care insti
  
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• Study finds the universe might be 2 billion years younger

  12-09-2019 20:13
  WASHINGTON (AP) — New calculations suggest the universe could be a couple billion years younger than scientists now estimate.
  The generally accepted age of the universe is 13.7 billion years, but the new research calculates it could be around 11.4 billion years.
  In recent years scientists have reopened an astronomical debate that had been seemingly settled about the age of the universe, which they estimate by trying to measure how fast the universe is expanding.
  A few recent calculations h
  
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• Pesticide criticized in bee deaths could also kill birds

  12-09-2019 20:13
  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Scientists studying a widely used pesticide say even small doses of the chemical can have crippling health effects on migrating birds, and it might be contributing to declines in their overall populations.
  The researchers with the University of Saskatchewan will publish their research about the insect-killer imidacloprid in the journal Science on Friday. The insecticide is among a class called neonicotinoids that has been widely studied for its health impacts on bees
  
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• The Trump Administration takes aim at vaping and E-cigarettes

  12-09-2019 20:12
  The Trump Administration has now gotten involved after a surge of deaths and illnesses connected to vaping and e-cigarettes.
  The Trump Administration is now weighing in on the dangers of E-cigarettes and vaping.
  Many critics say the companies that manufacture and sell the products are targeting young people and are now putting an entire generation at risk. The administration has now revealed plans to eliminate flavored E-cigarettes from the market, until the companies that make them, apply for a
  
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• USOPC working on plan to improve life for Olympic athletes

  12-09-2019 20:07
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Leaders of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee are teasing a five-year strategic plan designed to improve life for athletes and address the shortcomings exposed by the way the federation handled the Larry Nassar sex-abuse scandal.
  CEO Sarah Hirshland and chairwoman Susanne Lyons addressed the USOPC Assembly on Thursday. They acknowledged that the task of fixing the federation is still a work in progress.
  Hirshland is previewing the five-year plan with s
  
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• Explosion on a road in southeast Turkey kills 4, wounds 13

  12-09-2019 20:06
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish officials say Kurdish rebels have detonated an improvised explosive device on a road in southeast Turkey, killing four people and wounding 13 others.
  The local governor’s office said the explosion Thursday on a road near the town of Kulp hit a vehicle carrying villagers who were returning home after gathering wood. The private DHA news agency said the explosion caused the driver to lose control and the vehicle veered into a ditch.
  The Kurdistan Workers&r
  
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• US budget deficit for 11 months up $169 billion over 2018

  12-09-2019 20:05
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government’s budget deficit increased by $169 billion to $1.07 trillion in the first 11 months of this budget year as spending grew faster than tax collections.
  The Treasury Department reports that the deficit for August totaled $200 billion, compared to $214 billion in August 2018.
  Budget experts project a surplus for September, which would push the total 2019 deficit down slightly below the $1 trillion mark. The Congressional Budget Office is forecasting
  
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• Trump visiting Baltimore for first time since disparaging it

  12-09-2019 20:05
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday makes his first visit to Baltimore since describing it nearly two months ago as a “disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess” where “no human being would want to live.”
  Trump won’t be inspecting conditions in the city, though. Instead, he’ll be speaking to congressional Republicans attending an annual retreat in a hotel on the city’s waterfront.
  Hundreds of protesters are expected to gather nearby
  
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• FIFA bans jailed soccer official Napout for life for bribery

  12-09-2019 20:02
  ZURICH (AP) — FIFA has banned former soccer official Juan Ángel Napout for life, almost 21 months after he was convicted on racketeering and corruption charges in a Brooklyn court.
  FIFA says its ethics committee judges found Napout guilty of bribery between 2012 and 2015, and fined him 1 million Swiss francs ($1.01 million). It is unclear how FIFA can enforce payment.
  Napout was a FIFA vice president, and leader of South American soccer body CONMEBOL, when he was arrested in Zurich
  
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• Small plane crashes into vehicle on Maryland’s Route 50

  12-09-2019 20:00
  BOWIE, Md. (AP) — Fire officials in Maryland say a small plane has crashed into a vehicle on a highway next to an airport, injuring four people.
  The Prince George’s Fire Department says it happened Thursday morning on Route 50 near Freeway Airport in Bowie, Maryland.
  Police say it’s believed the pilot was trying to land at the airport.
  The post Small plane crashes into vehicle on Maryland’s Route 50 appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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