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• Report of ant infestation pushes VA to make changes

  17-09-2019 23:51
  ATLANTA (AP) — An official has been put on leave and others reassigned following a report of a cancer patient bitten more than 100 times by ants at a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs living center in Georgia.
  Dr. Richard Stone, the Veterans Health Administration executive in charge, said in a news release Tuesday that the VA’s Southeast regional director was placed on administrative leave.
  Laquna Ross told WSB-TV she found her father, Air Force veteran Joel Marrable, with swollen,
  
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• Arizona driver arrested after 31 immigrants found in big rig

  17-09-2019 23:51
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say an Arizona man has been arrested on suspicion of human smuggling after 31 Mexican immigrants were found in the tractor-trailer he was driving.
  U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Interstate 19 immigration checkpoint near Amado say the 40-year-old driver is a resident of Nogales, Arizona.
  His name wasn’t immediately released Tuesday.
  They say a Border Patrol dog alerted agents to the big rig for a secondary inspection and they discovered the
  
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• Airline customer-service agents report abusive customers

  17-09-2019 23:44
  DALLAS (AP) — Airline customer-service agents say they often get verbal threats from passengers, and sometimes they turn into physical confrontations.
  The agents say alcohol, airline fees and long lines can anger passengers.
  The Government Accountability Office reported Tuesday that more than half the 104 agents it surveyed reported threats or other harmful action by customers in the past year. About 10% say they were physically assaulted.
  The congressional investigative agency says compre
  
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• Adopt this pet: meet Huggles and Smoochie!

  17-09-2019 23:33
  There are two new pets looking to be adopted, meet Huggles and Smoochie!Huggles and Smoochie are siblings. They do have some medical history that would require them to be strictly indoor cats. You can meet them both 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.
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• Phillies lose Dickerson for season with broken left foot

  17-09-2019 23:31
  ATLANTA (AP) — Philadelphia outfielder Corey Dickerson will not return this season after an injury to his left foot was determined to be a fracture.
  The Phillies placed Dickerson on the 60-day injured list before Tuesday night’s game at Atlanta. He fouled a ball off the foot on Sept. 4 and had not played since Sept. 11. Initial X-rays were negative, so Tuesday’s announcement was a surprise.
  Philadelphia acquired Dickerson from Pittsburgh on July 31. He hit .304 overall with 12
  
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• Panel approves ban on sale of flavored e-cigs in New York

  17-09-2019 23:26
  NEW YORK (AP) — A state health panel has approved an emergency ban on sales of flavored e-cigarettes in New York.
  The vote Tuesday by the state Public Health and Health Planning Council means the ban goes into effect immediately.
  The ban does not cover tobacco- or menthol-flavored e-cigarettes.
  Retailers will have two weeks to remove merchandise from shelves.
  Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed the emergency ban Sunday, citing surging use among young people.
  New York becomes the first state to enac
  
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• Health officials approve emergency ban on sales of flavored e-cigarettes in New York, citing safety concerns

  17-09-2019 23:23
  NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials approve emergency ban on sales of flavored e-cigarettes in New York, citing safety concerns.
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• Sierra Vista police arrest man following shooting Monday night

  17-09-2019 23:22
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  SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. – A Sierra Vista man has been arrested after a shooting left one injured at an apartment complex Monday night.
  According to the Sierra Vista Police Department, around 10:50 p.m. calls came in of a shooting in the 500 block of Coronado Drive. When officers arrived, they found a victim with a gunshot wound in his abdomen. The male was airlifted to a Tucson medical facility and is in stable condition.
  Investigators were on scene Monday night gathe
  
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• Purdue Pharma to stay in business as bankruptcy unfolds

  17-09-2019 23:18
  WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — A judge has cleared the way for OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma to stay in business while it pursues bankruptcy protection and settlement of more than 2,600 lawsuits filed over the opioid crisis.
  Purdue lawyers secured permission Tuesday for the company to maintain business as usual. That includes paying employees and vendors, supplying pills to distributors, and keeping current on taxes and insurance.
  Purdue Pharma declared bankruptcy late Sunday. Its continued via
  
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• Napoli beats defending champion Liverpool 2-0

  17-09-2019 23:15
  NAPLES, Italy (AP) — Liverpool opened its Champions League title defense with a 2-0 loss at Napoli on Tuesday — the latest chapter in what is becoming an intense rivalry between the two attack-minded clubs after also meeting in last season’s group phase.
  Dries Mertens converted a penalty eight minutes from the end of an entertaining match after a foul by Andy Robertson on Jose Callejon.
  Substitute Fernando Llorente then sealed it in stoppage time — a measure of revenge af
  
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• Indiana judge wants reinstatement after felonies dropped

  17-09-2019 23:15
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A southern Indiana judge wants to return to the bench after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor battery charge stemming from a fight outside an Indianapolis fast-food restaurant during which he and another judge were shot.
  The News and Tribune reports Clark Circuit Judge Andrew Adams requested the reinstatement Tuesday. Two felony counts that led to his suspension were dismissed under a plea agreement in which Adams received a one-year suspended sentence Sept. 9.
  When Adam
  
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• Football carries television networks until start of season

  17-09-2019 23:10
  NEW YORK (AP) — The new television season hasn’t begun yet, but the football season has, and it’s carrying the networks in the interim.
  The Nielsen company says four NFL games finished among its top 12 prime time shows last week, led by the Sunday night matchup between Philadelphia and Atlanta.
  ABC reached nearly 13 million viewers when it devoted its entire prime time schedule to the third Democratic presidential debate last Thursday.
  NBC won the network ratings race for the w
  
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• Ter Stegen saves penalty as Barcelona draws 0-0 at Dortmund

  17-09-2019 23:09
  DORTMUND, Germany (AP) — The only thing missing for Borussia Dortmund was a goal.
  The German team did everything but score as Barcelona barely held on for a 0-0 draw in their Champions League opening game on Tuesday.
  The home side hit the crossbar, missed a penalty, wasted a host of chances and even kept Lionel Messi quiet on the Argentina star’s first appearance of the season.
  Messi came on as a substitute for the last 30 minutes but was unable to spark the visitors’ strugglin
  
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• Mexico asks French auctioneers to halt sale of artifacts

  17-09-2019 23:06
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican government is asking a French auction house to halt the planned sale of a collection of about 120 pre-Hispanic artifacts, saying some are fakes and others should be returned to Mexico.
  The relics are being offered by the French auction house Millon at a sale scheduled for Wednesday in Paris.
  The auction house did not respond to a request for comment.
  Mexico’s Foreign Relations Department said 95 of the mainly stone and clay statuettes appear to be from
  
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• Win Free Environmentally Friendly Gas For a Year From Circle K

  17-09-2019 23:05
  Circle K is giving away a free year of environmentally-friendly fuel to one lucky Tucson resident and it could be you!The giveaway coincides with the introduction of the Conserve-Reduced Emissions Program new to Tucson.…
  
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• Nurses at St. Mary’s, St. Joseph’s plan Friday strike

  17-09-2019 23:03
  Registered nurses hold an informational picket outside St. Joseph’s Hospital on Tuesday, May 28, 2019.
  TUCSON – Registered nurses at St. Joseph’s and St. Mary’s hospitals plan to hold a strike on Friday.
  The strike is in an effort to push management to invest in their nursing staff.
  The National Nurses Organizing Committee says investing in nurses will improve recruitment, retention of experienced registered nurses and ensure patients receive optimal care.
  Strikes will be
  
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• Navy SEAL acquitted of murder sues his former lawyers

  17-09-2019 23:01
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — A Navy SEAL who was acquitted of murder by a military jury in July has filed a lawsuit against two defense lawyers and a nonprofit legal defense group — all of whom had parted ways before the trial.
  Edward Gallagher says in a complaint filed in federal court in Texas on Friday that Colby Vokey and Phillip Stackhouse ran up legal bills while not doing their jobs.
  He says the United American Patriots group also took advantage of him. Neither Vokey nor the group respond
  
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• Leipzig defeats Benfica 2-1 in Champions League

  17-09-2019 22:56
  LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Timo Werner scored twice in the second half as Leipzig stunned Portuguese champion Benfica 2-1 in Group G of the Champions League on Tuesday.
  Werner opened the scoring with a low shot from inside the area in the 69th and doubled the lead from close range in the 78th after a video review reversed an offside call that had initially disallowed the goal.
  Substitute Haris Seferovic pulled Benfica closer in the 84th but the hosts were not able to get the equalizer at the
  
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• Oklahoma teen accused of threatening school shooting, wanting to shoot ‘400 people for fun’

  17-09-2019 22:54
  By Elisha Fieldstadt
  An 18-year-old Oklahoma woman was arrested Monday with an AK-47 after she allegedly threatened to shoot “400 people for fun,” including some at her former high school, officials said.
  Alexis Wilson told her coworker at a pizza restaurant Monday that she had purchased the semi-automatic AK-47, according to a report from the Pittsburg County Sheriff’s Office.
  Two coworkers reported to authorities that Wilson showed off pictures of her holding the rifle a
  
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• Israeli election kingmaker Avigdor Lieberman calls for unity government with Blue and White, Likud parties

  17-09-2019 22:53
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli election kingmaker Avigdor Lieberman calls for unity government with Blue and White, Likud parties.
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• Facebook to name first oversight panel members by year-end

  17-09-2019 22:50
  BOSTON (AP) — Facebook says it expects to name the first members of a quasi-independent oversight board by year-end. The board will rule on thorny content issues, such as when a Facebook or Instagram post constitutes hate speech.
  The panel will be able to make binding rulings on whether posts or ads violate the company’s standards.
  Critics call the oversight board a bid by Facebook to forestall regulation or even an eventual breakup. The company faces antitrust investigations by the
  
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• Tucson man sentenced to life in prison

  17-09-2019 22:29
  TUCSON –A Tucson man was sentenced to life in prison Monday for murdering a man his girlfriend was visiting.
  A jury found David Turner guilty of first-degree murder, kidnapping, burglary and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
  In 2018, police found 24-year-old Javier Quiroz dead inside a midtown apartment.
  Police say Turner followed his girlfriend to that apartment where he forced his way in and killed Quiroz.
  Turner will be eligible for parole after 25 years.
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• Lions sign QB Driskel to back up Stafford and cut Johnson

  17-09-2019 22:29
  ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — The Detroit Lions have signed quarterback Jeff Driskel to add depth behind Matthew Stafford.
  Detroit added Driskel and released quarterback Josh Johnson on Tuesday. The Lions also have rookie quarterback David Blough.
  Driskel started the final five games last season for Cincinnati when Andy Dalton was injured and he appeared in four other games in 2018. The Bengals waived Driskel off the injured reserve list with an injury settlement last week. He had a hamstring i
  
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• Lions cut Anderson, Johnson after adding Perkins, Driskel

  17-09-2019 22:29
  ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — The Detroit Lions have released running back C.J. Anderson, quickly cutting ties with a player who helped the Los Angeles Rams reach the Super Bowl.
  Detroit made the relatively surprising move Tuesday night after adding running back Paul Perkins off waivers from the New York Giants.
  Anderson ran for 43 yards on 16 carries in two games, backing up Kerryon Johnson. He has 3,497 yards rushing and 22 touchdowns in his career in Denver, Carolina, Los Angeles and Detroit
  
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• Packers pick up CB Tremon Smith off waivers

  17-09-2019 22:28
  GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The Green Bay Packers claimed cornerback Tremon Smith off waivers from the Kansas City Chiefs on Tuesday.
  The second-year player out of Central Arkansas was a sixth-round pick of the Chiefs last year. He appeared in 14 games with one start during the regular season and played in both postseason games for the Chiefs. He also returned 33 kicks for 886 yards (26.8 average), including a career-long 97-yard return at New England in Week 6.
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• Veteran television newsman Sander Vanocur dies at 91

  17-09-2019 22:27
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sander Vanocur, who for decades covered the biggest moments in U.S. politics for NBC and ABC news, has died.
  Chris Vanocur tells The Associated Press his father died Monday night in Santa Barbara, California. He was 91.
  As national political correspondent at NBC in the 1960s, Vanocur covered conventions, elections and assassinations during some of the most momentous years in American history.
  He was a questioner at the first debate between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nix
  
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• Maximum Security forced out of Pa. Derby with colon issue

  17-09-2019 22:22
  OCEANPORT, N.J. (AP) — Maximum Security won’t run in the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby this weekend because of a colon issue.
  Trainer Jason Servis said Tuesday that the Haskell and Florida Derby winner developed the problem shortly after a workout a day earlier. The 3-year-old colt was taken to a New Jersey clinic, where the issue was diagnosed as a large colon nephrosplenic entrapment. It’s not considered career-threatening.
  Maximum Security was the 9-5 morning-line favorite f
  
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• Lawsuit: Suburban Denver police let dog attack sleeping man

  17-09-2019 22:19
  LAKEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado man says officers in suburban Denver allowed a police dog to attack him while he slept, nearly killing him and permanently damaging his vocal chords.
  The Denver Post reported Monday that 25-year-old Spencer Erickson sued Lakewood police, saying officers improperly released the dog to search an apartment for him in September 2018 when they were investigating a non-violent property crime.
  The lawsuit says the dog bit Erickson’s neck, leaving wounds nea
  
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• 4 Your Health: Dramatic increase in young adults vaping

  17-09-2019 22:19
  (NBC News)- Exercising may slow down the effects of Alzheimer’s disease in high-risk patients.
  Researchers compared the cognitive function and brain volume between two groups of older adults with memory issues.
  Those who did aerobic exercises several times a week, experienced slower degeneration in the part of the brain that deals with memory.
  That is compared to those who only did flexibility training.
  The scientists stress that more research is needed.
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• Tekashi 6ix9ine testifies for prosecution at gang trial

  17-09-2019 22:16
  NEW YORK (AP) — Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine (six-NYN’) is testifying against two reputed members of a violent New York City street gang.
  The rapper took the witness stand Tuesday as part of an agreement with federal prosecutors.
  He admitted in a guilty plea this year that he joined the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods and helped try to kill a rival gang member.
  One of the defendants, Anthony Ellison, is accused of kidnapping and robbing 6ix9ine last year after a falling-out. Ellison denies the ch
  
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• Yanks’ Stanton to be activated Wednesday or Thursday

  17-09-2019 22:10
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Yankees plan to activate Giancarlo Stanton on Wednesday or Thursday in an attempt to get the oft-injured outfielder ready for the playoffs.
  Stanton has been limited to nine games this season. The four-time All-Star strained his left biceps on March 31 in his third game, strained a shoulder and calf during his rehabilitation and returned June 18. In his sixth game back, he strained the posterior cruciate ligament in his right knee during an awkward headfirst slide into t
  
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• Media should hear Arizona executions, US appeals court rules

  17-09-2019 22:08
  PHOENIX (AP) — A federal appeals court says media should be able to hear and not just see the entire process of executing condemned inmates in Arizona.
  But the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that the media and death-row inmates are not entitled to information about the origins of execution drugs or the qualifications of executioners.
  The case challenges procedures created after the 2014 execution of Joseph Wood, which his attorney said was “horrifically botched.&rdqu
  
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• Texas truck driver pleads guilty in immigrant smuggling case

  17-09-2019 22:02
  LAREDO, Texas (AP) — Prosecutors say a trucker faces up to 10 years in federal prison after trying to smuggle more than 70 immigrants in a locked trailer through a Border Patrol checkpoint in South Texas.
  Nelson Vargas-Torres pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiracy to transport undocumented immigrants. Authorities say the 42-year-old trucker from San Antonio was arrested after a June 11 search of his tractor-trailer rig, along Interstate 35 north of Laredo, revealed 76 immigrants locked in th
  
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• School janitor lays on the ground to comfort girl who has autism

  17-09-2019 21:57
  By Rachel Paula Abrahamson, TODAY
  Every morning, students at Melba Passmore Elementary School in Alvin, Texas, file into the cafeteria for breakfast. For fourth grader Kenlee Bellew-Shaw, who has autism, it can be a bit overwhelming.
  “She really struggles with being in the cafeteria,” Kenlee’s mom, Hollie Bellew-Shaw told TODAY Parents. “There’s just so much commotion and noise.”
  Sometimes you just need to take a break! When Kenlee, a Passmore E
  
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• Man linked to Russian agent asks for delay in fraud case

  17-09-2019 21:57
  SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — An attorney for a South Dakota man linked to an admitted Russian covert agent is asking a judge to delay his client’s trial on accusations he bilked at least $2.3 million from dozens of people in a bogus investment scam.
  Businessman and conservative political operative Paul Erickson, of Sioux Falls, is scheduled for trial Oct. 1 on 11 counts of wire fraud and money laundering. Investigators say Erickson spent the money on personal expenses such as motels, fli
  
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• Guatemalan gets 3½ more years after crash killed Colts LB

  17-09-2019 21:56
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A Guatemalan man convicted of drunken driving in a crash that killed Indianapolis Colts linebacker Edwin Jackson and his Uber driver has been sentenced to an additional 42 months in prison for illegally re-entering the U.S. after being deported.
  Federal prosecutors announced Tuesday that 38-year-old Manuel Orrego-Zavala will serve the additional time after he completes a 16-year state sentence handed down last September for the February 2018 crash that killed Jackson an
  
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• Defenseman Carlo signs 2-year extension with Bruins

  17-09-2019 21:54
  BOSTON (AP) — Free agent defenseman Brandon Carlo has signed a two-year extension to remain with the Boston Bruins.
  The deal will pay the 22-year-old Carlo $2.85 million per season. He had not been in camp since it opened last week and was the Bruins’ last remaining unsigned free agent after Charlie McAvoy agreed to terms Sunday on a three-year contract with an average annual value of $4.9 million.
  Carlo says he kept in touch with McAvoy throughout the process and it was getting diff
  
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• Tucson 'Climate Strike' planned in El Presidio Park

  17-09-2019 21:52
  Climate Strike Arizona is hosting a rally at El Presido Park next to Tucson City Hall from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 20. The rally plans to host elected officials such as State Representative Andres Cano, State Senator Victoria Steele, and Mayoral Candidate Regina Romero to speak about environmental action."Arizona youth Climate Strike is demanding that Tucson, like cities across the globe, declares a climate emergency and not only creates, but enacts, a climate change policy
  
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• EPA set to end California’s ability to regulate fuel economy

  17-09-2019 21:51
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is poised to revoke California’s authority to set auto mileage standards, asserting that only the federal government can regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fuel economy.
  Conservative and free-market groups have been invited to attend an announcement of the rollback Wednesday afternoon at the Environmental Protection Agency headquarters in Washington.
  The move comes after the Justice Department opened an antitrust investigation into a deal
  
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• Arizona reports cases of vaping-related respiratory illness

  17-09-2019 21:46
  PHOENIX (AP) — State health officials say three cases of vaping-related respiratory illness have been identified in Arizona, all in Maricopa County.
  The Department of Health Services said Tuesday the Arizona cases are part of an outbreak that has resulted in six deaths nationwide but none so far in Arizona.
  According to the department, the people involved in all three cases in Arizona were hospitalized but have since been discharged.
  The department urges that medical providers report suspe
  
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• Braves recall catcher Murphy, place Culberson on 60-day IL

  17-09-2019 21:45
  ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Braves have recalled catcher John Ryan Murphy from Triple-A Gwinnett and placed infielder Charlie Culberson on the 60-day injured list.
  Murphy will provide depth behind Brian McCann and Tyler Flowers in the final two weeks of the regular season. The move was made before Tuesday night’s game against Philadelphia.
  The Braves acquired Murphy from Arizona on July 31 and then hit .170 in 14 games with Gwinnett. He has hit .219 in seven major league seasons with
  
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• Judge won’t return R. Kelly bond money to woman who paid it

  17-09-2019 21:36
  CHICAGO (AP) — A judge in R. Kelly’s Illinois sexual assault case has refused to give $100,000 in bail money back to a Kelly friend who paid it in February to secure the singer’s release from county jail.
  The judge says papers that Valencia Love signed clearly indicated she could lose the money.
  Love’s lawyer said in court Tuesday that she didn’t know when she paid 10% of a $1 million bond that Kelly would be charged federally and land in federal jail.
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• Rublev beats Ivashka to reach 2nd round in St. Petersburg

  17-09-2019 21:28
  ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Andrei Rublev had to come from a set down to beat qualifier Ilya Ivashka 4-6, 6-0, 6-4 Tuesday in the first round of the St. Petersburg Open.
  Ivashka was a break up at 4-3 in the third set before Rublev won the next three games to seal the match. Rublev is coming off a run to the last 16 at the U.S. Open and next plays Ricardas Berankis in the second round.
  In one of his last matches before retiring at the end of the season, veteran Janko Tipsarevic retired hu
  
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• Convicts in ‘Bridgegate’ asking Supreme Court to toss case

  17-09-2019 21:27
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Onetime allies of former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie are making their case to the U.S. Supreme Court on why their convictions in the so-called Bridgegate case should be thrown out.
  In a brief being filed Tuesday, Bill Baroni’s attorneys cite the overturned conviction of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell to argue prosecutors overreached when they charged him and Bridget Kelly with causing traffic jams near the George Washington Bridge in 2013 for political payb
  
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• The Latest: Trump says he’ll do something about homelessness

  17-09-2019 21:22
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump’s visit to California (all times local):
  12:20 p.m.
  President Donald Trump says the people of San Francisco and Los Angeles are fed up with homelessness and his administration will be “doing something” about it.
  The president spoke about the problem Tuesday aboard Air Force One as he began a visit to California.
  Trump mentioned the creation of a task force but offered no specifics about what might be done.
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• Nogales truck driver charged with human smuggling

  17-09-2019 21:22
  TUCSON – A Nogales man is facing human smuggling charges, after U.S. Border Patrol agents found a group of Mexican nationals hidden in his semi.
  According to Customs and Border Protection, the driver was stopped at the Interstate 19 immigration checkpoint near Amado last Wednesday night, when a Border Patrol canine alerted to the vehicle.
  Authorities say they found 31 undocumented migrants ages 15 to 40-years-old inside the cargo trailer.
  Investigators say the 40-year-old driver, a U.S. ci
  
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• McConnell says Congress in ‘holding pattern’ on gun control

  17-09-2019 21:20
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says Congress remains “in a holding pattern” on gun control as lawmakers await proposals from the White House.
  President Donald Trump has said he would veto a House-passed bill to expand background checks for gun purchases. But McConnell said he is hopeful that, after a spate of mass shootings, there are other gun-related proposals that Congress can approve and Trump can support.
  The Kentucky Republican told reporters Tue
  
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• Teen donates special barbies to amputees

  17-09-2019 21:18
  (WNYT) – A New York teen and her mother are collecting Barbie dolls with prosthetic legs.
  They plan to donate the dolls to Shriner’s Hospital for Children in Springfield this fall.
  Chloe and Cindy Newman got excited about Barbie Fashionista #121 about a year ago when Mattel first announced they would be making a doll with a prosthetic leg.
  Chloe, 18, has had a prosthetic leg since her parents adopted her from Kazakhstan when she was a year old.
  Chloe recently reached out to toy-make
  
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• Judge refuses to free extremists who attacked protesters

  17-09-2019 21:14
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A federal judge has refused to free members of a white supremacist group on bond while they appeal their convictions and prison sentences for attacking protesters at a white nationalist rally in Virginia.
  U.S. District Judge Norman Moon on Tuesday ruled that Rise Above Movement members Benjamin Daley, Michael Miselis and Thomas Gillen haven’t adequately shown that releasing them wouldn’t pose a danger to others.
  All three men pleaded guilty to riot c
  
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• Michigan State OL Jarvis expected to miss 6-7 weeks

  17-09-2019 21:10
  EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State offensive lineman Kevin Jarvis is expected to miss 6-7 weeks with an undisclosed injury.
  Coach Mark Dantonio didn’t disclose the specifics of the injury. He said Jarvis isn’t lost for the season, but he has been removed from the depth chart after starting the first three games this season at left tackle. Senior Tyler Higby is now listed as the starting left tackle for Saturday’s game at Northwestern.
  The Spartans have also been wi
  
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