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• Tennessee officials say 2 deputies injured, suspect dead

  18-09-2019 23:57
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Officials in Tennessee say two deputies have been injured and a suspect has died in a shooting in Memphis.
  The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office said in a tweet that one deputy was shot and taken to a Memphis hospital in critical condition and the second was taken to the hospital in noncritical condition. It’s not clear how he was injured. The office said the suspect died at the scene Wednesday afternoon.
  Sheriff’s Office spokesman Anthony Buckner said
  
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• Report: More people are supporting nonprofit news sites

  18-09-2019 23:56
  NEW YORK (AP) — Nonprofit news organizations are one of the few growth areas in the troubled field of journalism. A new report out Wednesday suggests that they are broadening their base of financial support to take in more individual donations.
  That’s from the Institute for Nonprofit News, which represents regional news sites, single-issue organizations and investigative units like ProPublica and the Center for Investigative Reporting. Nearly three-quarters of the institute’s 2
  
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• Pastafarian pastor leads prayer at Alaska government meeting

  18-09-2019 23:56
  SOLDOTNA, Alaska (AP) — A pastor wearing a spaghetti strainer on his head delivered the opening invocation at the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly meeting Tuesday.
  The invocation by the pastor of the Homer congregation of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster is the second non-traditional invocation before the assembly since a court ruling.
  Kenai radio station KSRM reports the pastor, Barrett Fletcher, invoked the true inebriated creator of the universe to rouse himself and use his &l
  
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• Court hearing on Britney Spears’ life, finances closed

  18-09-2019 23:48
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A hearing on the court conservatorship that controls the money and affairs of Britney Spears has been closed to the public and media.
  Judge Brenda Penny, who was scheduled to receive a review Wednesday of the conservatorship that has been in place for 11 years, ruled that because medical, mental health and child issues would be discussed, the courtroom should be sealed.
  Spears was not in court initially, but in previous hearings she has entered through back doors after t
  
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• Courthouse break-ins appear part of Iowa security contract

  18-09-2019 23:45
  The state of Iowa has released documents that appear to support the claims of two men who said they were just doing their job testing security when they were arrested on suspicion of breaking into a courthouse this month.
  The men were working for Colorado-based cybersecurity company Coalfire when they were arrested after being found on the third floor of the Dallas County Courthouse just after midnight Sept. 10.
  The state has said it hired Coalfire to test only the security of electronic access
  
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• Uptick seen in rare mosquito-borne virus in some US states

  18-09-2019 23:43
  NEW YORK (AP) — Heath officials say U.S. deaths and illnesses from a rare mosquito-borne virus are higher than usual this year.
  Eastern equine encephalitis has been diagnosed in 21 people in six states and five people have died. The infection is only being seen in certain counties within a small number of states. The U.S. each year has seven illnesses and three deaths, on average.
  It’s not clear why numbers are up this year, but for some reason cases seem to spike once every several
  
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• $6.7M damages for death from exploding garbage truck tire

  18-09-2019 23:36
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana judge says Goodyear must pay more than $6.7 million in damages in the death of a garbage truck driver killed in 2014 when a tire he was inflating exploded.
  Elwood Breaux Jr. was working for the Plaquemines (PLAK-uh-minz) Parish government when the “zipper failure” occurred. The name describes a long sidewall rip with protruding metal reinforcement.
  State District Judge Michael Clement ruled last week that Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. failed to a
  
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• Man City cruises to win over Shakhtar in Champions League

  18-09-2019 23:30
  KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) — Manchester City became the only English club to win its opening Champions League game, beating Shakhtar Donetsk 3-0 on Wednesday.
  After Chelsea and Liverpool lost and Tottenham drew, City cruised past its Ukrainian opponent. Riyad Mahrez and Ilkay Gundogan combined for the first two goals, with Mahrez scoring the opener from a rebound after Gundogan hit the post in the 24th minute.
  For the second, the roles were reversed. Mahrez cut inside to pass for Gundogan, who
  
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• A common numbing medication turned a woman’s blood blue

  18-09-2019 23:26
  NBC — A 25-year-old woman in Rhode Island gave new meaning to the phrase “feeling blue” when she developed a rare and sometimes fatal condition called methemoglobinemia that turned her blood a deep shade of navy blue.
  The woman, whose case was described Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, told doctors that she had used a topical pain reliever for a toothache.The next morning, she woke up feeling sick and went to the emergency room.
  “I’m weak and I
  
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• Falcons sign former Vikings punter Wile as Bosher’s backup

  18-09-2019 23:24
  FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — The Atlanta Falcons have a new backup plan if punter Matt Bosher hasn’t recovered from a groin injury by Sunday’s game at Indianapolis.
  Matt Wile worked on punts and kickoffs on Wednesday, one day after he was signed to the practice squad. Wile was Minnesota’s punter in 2018 , and he spent time with the Falcons in 2016. He was cut by the Vikings in the preseason.
  Bosher also normally handles kickoffs and is the holder on field goals and extra po
  
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• Lokomotiv beats Leverkusen thanks to goalkeeper’s error

  18-09-2019 23:18
  LEVERKUSEN, Germany (AP) — A blunder from Bayer Leverkusen goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky handed Lokomotiv Moscow a 2-1 win over the German side in the Champions League on Wednesday.
  With the score tied at 1-1, Hradecky sent a pass straight to Lokomotiv midfielder Dmitry Barinov, who promptly scored.
  Lokomotiv had taken the lead through Grzegorz Krychowiak in the 16th minute before Leverkusen leveled when Charles Aranguiz’s shot took a deflection off Benedikt Höwedes and was ruled an
  
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• Bayern beats Red Star 3-0 to open Champions League campaign

  18-09-2019 23:15
  MUNICH (AP) — Bayern Munich substitute Thomas Müller provided a late highlight as the German powerhouse beat Red Star Belgrade 3-0 in their Champions League opener on Wednesday.
  Müller came on for Philippe Coutinho in the 83rd minute and scored in the first minute of injury time when he ran behind the visiting defense and spun around to volley Thiago Alcantara’s lobbed free kick past goalkeeper Milan Borjan.
  It was Müller’s 106th appearance in the Champions Leagu
  
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• Tekashi 6ix9ine recounts abduction for jury at NYC trial

  18-09-2019 23:10
  NEW YORK (AP) — A jury has heard rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine (six-NYN’) describe getting abducted at gunpoint last year amid a dispute between rival factions of a violent street gang he joined.
  The account came on Wednesday during 6ix9ine’s testimony at the Manhattan trial of two alleged members of the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods. One of the defendants, Anthony “Harv” Ellison, is accused of abducting and robbing 6ix9ine.
  The 23-year-old 6ix9ine claimed that after Ellison an
  
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• Will combo pill catch on in US to prevent heart attacks?

  18-09-2019 23:06
  A cheap, daily pill that combines four drugs has been tested for the first time in the United States to see if it works as well among low-income Americans as it has in other countries.
  The results published Wednesday suggest the combo pill can lower blood pressure and bad cholesterol. Experts say the study may draw U.S. interest to a strategy that has been seen as useful only in places with limited access to medical care.
  The polypill contained three blood pressure drugs and one cholesterol drug
  
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• Teen vaping of nicotine jumped again this year, survey finds

  18-09-2019 23:06
  NEW YORK (AP) — A greater share of U.S. teens are vaping nicotine e-cigarettes.
  About 25% of high school seniors surveyed this year said they vaped nicotine in the previous month, up from about 21% the year before.
  The University of Michigan study was published online Wednesday by the New England Journal of Medicine. Researchers surveyed more than 42,000 students across the country in grades 8, 10 and 12.
  The study also found cigarette smoking declined in high school seniors, from about 8%
  
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• 3 dead, 1 hurt in buggy-motor vehicle crash in Michigan

  18-09-2019 23:05
  CHARLOTTE, Mich. (AP) — Police say three people have died in a collision between a horse-drawn buggy and a motor vehicle in Michigan.
  Dispatchers for the Eaton County Sheriff’s Office tell WOOD-TV the people in the buggy were heading home from an Amish school when the crash occurred about 3:30 p.m. Wednesday about 15 miles (24 kilometers) southwest of Lansing. A fourth person also injured in the crash was taken by ambulance to a hospital.
  Further details about the collision were not
  
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• US to end 2019 with matches against Sweden, Costa Rica

  18-09-2019 23:03
  CHICAGO (AP) — The Women’s World Cup champion U.S. team will wrap up 2019 with matches against Sweden and Costa Rica.
  U.S. Soccer announced Wednesday that the U.S. will face Sweden in Columbus, Ohio, on Nov. 7 and Costa Rica in Jacksonville, Florida, on Nov. 10.
  The team is wrapping up its World Cup victory tour next month with matches against South Korea on Oct. 3 in Charlotte, North Carolina, and on Oct. 6 in Chicago.
  Coach Jill Ellis is stepping down following the match in Chicago
  
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• Grandmother of slain 9-year-old Chicago boy testifies

  18-09-2019 23:02
  CHICAGO (AP) — Nine-year-old Tyshawn Lee’s grandmother took the witness stand in the trial of two men charged with murder in the boy’s slaying to recount for jurors how the fourth grader told her he loved her before racing off to play basketball on the day he was shot to death.
  The Chicago Tribune reports that Bertha Lee said on Wednesday during the first full day of testimony that the last thing the boy told her on the November 2015 day when he was lured into a Chicago alley a
  
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• City of Tucson: Recycling switching to every other week starting Sept. 30

  18-09-2019 23:02
  TUCSON – The City of Tucson will change residential recycling collection form every week to every other week beginning Sept. 30.
  The day of the week for collection will not change. There will be no changes to trash collection.
  According to the city,  the market for recycling commodities has dropped significantly.
  “In Tucson, a majority of blue barrels collected each week are only one-third to half-full, causing operational inefficiencies,” the City of Tucson said.
  The City
  
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• Orsic hat trick helps Dinamo Zagreb end 11-match losing run

  18-09-2019 23:00
  ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Mislav Orsic scored a hat trick Wednesday as Dinamo Zagreb ended an 11-match losing streak in the Champions League group stage with a 4-0 win over Atalanta, which was making its competition debut.
  Orsic’s first was a low shot from the edge of the area after the half-hour mark. Eleven minutes later, he had an uncontested header. Then he completed the hat trick midway through the second half by beating the offside trap and using one touch before striking into the
  
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• Claytoon of the Day: Corey's Fairy Tales

  18-09-2019 23:00
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• Atlético gets late equalizer in 2-2 draw against Juventus

  18-09-2019 22:58
  MADRID (AP) — Héctor Herrera scored in the 90th minute as Atlético Madrid salvaged a 2-2 draw against Juventus in the Champions League on Wednesday.
  Cristiano Ronaldo was held scoreless in his return to Madrid, but Juventus was able to open a 2-0 lead with goals by Juan Cuadrado and Blaise Matuidi in the second half. The hosts rallied with Stefan Savic scoring in the 70th and Herrera getting the equalizer with a late header after a Kieran Trippier cross.
  Ronaldo, who was jeer
  
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• Di Maria scores 2 as PSG beats Madrid in Champions League

  18-09-2019 22:56
  PARIS (AP) — With two first-half goals from Angel Di Maria and a late strike by Thomas Meunier, a new-look Paris Saint-Germain missing stars Neymar and Kylian Mbappe beat Real Madrid 3-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday to go top of Group A in an impressive start to its European campaign.
  Di Maria, a Champions League winner with Madrid in 2014, was rampant against his former club.
  The Argentine’s opener poked past Thibaut Courtois’ near post in the 14th minute was his 25th
  
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• UN faces rival cease-fire resolutions in Syrian rebel area

  18-09-2019 22:54
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council is facing rival resolutions calling for a cease-fire in Syria’s last rebel stronghold in Idlib, “to avoid a further deterioration of the already catastrophic humanitarian situation.”
  Germany, Belgium and Kuwait put their text in a final form Wednesday afternoon and called for a vote Thursday. Their draft resolution calls for a cessation of hostilities in Idlib governorate at noon Damascus time Saturday.
  Soon after, Russia an
  
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• Judge, Dragon Con co-founder accused of criminal trespass

  18-09-2019 22:54
  ATLANTA (AP) — A grand jury has indicted a Georgia judge, along with a co-founder of DragonCon and two others, after prosecutors accused them of illegally accessing a courthouse computer network.
  The indictment issued Wednesday charges Gwinnett County Superior Court Judge Kathryn Schrader, Ed Kramer, Frank Karic and T.J. Ward each with three counts of computer trespass. It says they illegally accessed the Gwinnett County Justice Center computer network in February.
  Bonds of $25,000 were se
  
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• The ‘Hero of Cologne’ receives his Bronze Star 75 years late

  18-09-2019 22:52
  WASHINGTON (AP) — When 96-year-old Clarence Smoyer came to Washington, he thought he was heading to the Pentagon to sign copies of a book detailing his exploits as a World War II tank gunner.
  Instead, he found a full Army color guard and ceremony awarding him a Bronze Star, 75 years after the battle that made him a hero.
  Smoyer, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, was part of a famous duel in Cologne, Germany, where his Pershing tank destroyed a German Panther tank. The battle was captured on film
  
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• Wainwright, Fowler, St. Louis top Nats 5-1; Cards-Cubs next

  18-09-2019 22:51
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Adam Wainwright put on another sharp performance while outpitching Max Scherzer, right fielder Dexter Fowler made a sensational catch and the NL Central-leading St. Louis Cardinals beat the Washington Nationals 5-1 on Wednesday.
  Wainwright (13-9) has won all four of his starts this month, allowing just one earned run in 27 innings. The 38-year-old righty limited the Nationals to an unearned run in seven innings.
  Trailing by four, the Nationals put two on with one out in th
  
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• Phoenix City Council discusses police oversight options

  18-09-2019 22:42
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona city officials have begun considering options for new civilian oversight of the Phoenix Police Department amid multiple officer-involved shooting cases.
  The Phoenix City Council held its first work-study session Tuesday to discuss possible oversight options in response to a recent increase in police shootings that have made national headlines and angered some citizens.
  Officials say Liana Perez with the National Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement p
  
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• Congresswoman: Drug deaths suspect allowed to roam free

  18-09-2019 22:40
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A black member of Congress calls it “incomprehensible” that after overdose deaths of two African American men at the home of Ed Buck, a third man nearly died there before authorities arrested the wealthy gay activist.
  The men died in 2017 and 2018. But Buck skirted charges until prosecutors announced his arrest Tuesday for an incident last week in which a man survived an overdose at Buck’s Los Angeles area home. Messages to Buck’s attorney, Seymou
  
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• Teen fatally stabbed as dozens watched, some rolling video rather than helping, police say

  18-09-2019 22:36
  By David K. Li
  A teenager near New York City was stabbed to death in an attack witnessed by dozens of onlookers — some who rolled video of the slaying rather than help stop it, police said Tuesday.
  Khaseen Morris, 16, and a friend were set upon by as many as a half-dozen people Monday in an after-school brawl in front of a pizzeria in a strip mall parking lot in Oceanside, a Long Island community about 30 miles east of Manhattan, authorities said.
  A teen boy has died and ano
  
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• HBO to follow Arizona St, Florida, Penn St, Washington St

  18-09-2019 22:36
  HBO Sports is going behind the scenes with the football programs at Arizona State, Florida, Penn State and Washington State for four episodes of its “24/7” documentary series.
  HBO announced Wednesday it will run an hour-long episode for each team, starting Oct. 2 with Florida preparing for its Sept. 28 game against Towson. The Penn State episode will debut Oct. 9 and chronicle the Nittany Lions’ preparations for Purdue on Oct. 5.
  The Arizona State episode will debut Oct. 16 and
  
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• Kukushkin defeats Dzumhur at St. Petersburg Open

  18-09-2019 22:33
  ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Mikhail Kukushkin reached the quarterfinals of the St. Petersburg Open on Tuesday, while Adrian Mannarino was eliminated in the second round.
  Kukushkin, the St. Petersburg champion in 2010, recovered from 4-2 down in the first set to win 7-6 (2), 6-2 against 2017 champion Damir Dzumhur, who saved four match points before he was finally beaten.
  The sixth-seeded Kukushkin will play either Karen Khachanov or Joao Sousa in the quarterfinals.
  The seventh-seeded Man
  
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• Cowboys waive pass rusher Taco Charlton, 2017 1st-round pick

  18-09-2019 22:29
  FRISCO, Texas (AP) — The Dallas Cowboys have waived defensive end Taco Charlton, who didn’t live up to his billing as a 2017 first-round pick but should get a second chance with another team.
  The Cowboys made the move Wednesday to clear a roster spot for defensive end Robert Quinn, who was suspended the first two games for violating the NFL’s policy on performance-enhancers. Quinn is set for his Dallas debut Sunday at home against Miami.
  Charlton’s roster spot was in jeop
  
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• Supervisors reject proposed tobacco ordinance

  18-09-2019 22:22
  TUCSON – The Pima County Board of Supervisors voted against moving forward with passing an initiative to raise the tobacco buying age from 18 to 21 on Tuesday.
  The proposal, known as “Tabacco 21,” is still alive in the city.
  The Tucson City Council voted to move forward with raising the smoking age within city limits. The proposal includes e-cigarettes.
  “Follow some other ordinances in the country and the state Flagstaff has an ordinance. Denver has an ordinance,”
  
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• Florida man charged with racially threatening black activist

  18-09-2019 22:19
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A Florida man has been arrested on charges he cyberstalked and made racist threats against a black activist in Virginia and tried to interfere with his plans to run for a seat on Charlottesville’s city council.
  The Justice Department says 31-year-old Daniel McMahon, of Brandon, Florida, was arrested Wednesday on charges that include bias-motivated interference with a candidate for elective office.
  Court records don’t name the activist McMahon is accu
  
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• Adopt this pet: meet Wampa!

  18-09-2019 22:11
  There is a new pet looking to be adopted, meet Wampa!Wampa is a 1-year-old-boy.  You can meet Wampa 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.
  Wampa’s ID: 876823
  The post Adopt this pet: meet Wampa! appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• Patrol releases names of man, boy found dead in Missouri

  18-09-2019 22:09
  HERMANN, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri State Highway Patrol has released the names of a 4-year-old boy and a 37-year-old man whose bodies were found this week in rural eastern Missouri.
  The patrol said Wednesday that the child was Bentlee J. Turner and the adult was Monty Jason Barton. Both lived in the small town of Belle, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) southwest of St. Louis.
  Autopsies are scheduled for Thursday to determine the cause of death. The patrol says the investigation continues.
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• Weather radar proposal to improve forecasts in Four Corners

  18-09-2019 22:07
  DURANGO, Colo. (AP) — A national weather agency has announced plans to lower its radar system elevation to better track weather in the Four Corners region including southwest Colorado.
  The Durango Herald reports that the National Weather Service has proposed adjusting its Grand Junction radar to track areas that were originally blind spots.
  Department officials say major radar hubs in New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado track data at an elevation higher than where storms usually occur resulti
  
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• Lynx boss Cheryl Reeve chosen WNBA Executive of the Year

  18-09-2019 21:59
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Lynx general manager and coach Cheryl Reeve has been chosen WNBA basketball executive of the year after steering the team to a ninth straight appearance in the playoffs despite losing several longtime stars.
  The award announced Wednesday was based on voting by one executive per team. Reeve, who finished her second year as general manager, won coach of the year in 2011 and 2016.
  Boosted by rookie of the year award winner Napheesa Collier, the sixth pick in the d
  
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• Woman sues Epstein estate, saying she was abused at age 14

  18-09-2019 21:58
  NEW YORK (AP) — A woman whose claims of sexual abuse against financier Jeffrey Epstein were outlined in a federal indictment has sued his estate, describing abuse from age 14 to 17.
  The lawsuit was filed Wednesday in Manhattan federal court on behalf of a woman only identified as “Jane Doe.” The lawsuit said she is “Minor Victim-1” in federal sex trafficking charges that led to Epstein’s July 6 arrest.
  Epstein killed himself in jail in August while awaiting tr
  
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• Trump says he’d give Iranian leaders visas to attend UN

  18-09-2019 21:56
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says if it were up to him, he’d give the Iranian president and foreign minister U.S. visas to attend next week’s United Nations General Assembly.
  Iran’s state-run news agency says the president and foreign minister of Iran might not attend the general assembly in New York because the U.S. had not yet issued them visas.
  As host country of the U.N., the U.S. is required to issue the visas. The State Department, which issues visas, do
  
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• Judge temporarily blocks provisions of ‘riot boosting’ law

  18-09-2019 21:51
  RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A federal judge has temporarily blocked enforcement of parts of new South Dakota laws that aim to prevent disruptive demonstrations against the Keystone XL pipeline.
  A lawsuit spearheaded by the American Civil Liberties Union against Gov. Kristi Noem and others alleges that the legislation chills protected speech.U.S. District Judge Lawrence Piersol on Wednesday issued a preliminary injunction halting several provisions of the law.
  The legislation passed in March al
  
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• Judge removes South Dakota sheriff from ‘riot boosting’ suit

  18-09-2019 21:51
  RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A federal judge says a South Dakota sheriff should be removed from a lawsuit challenging new state laws that aim to prevent disruptive demonstrations against the Keystone XL pipeline.
  The suit spearheaded by the American Civil Liberties Union contends Pennington County Sheriff Kevin Thom would be enforcing laws that amount to an unconstitutional infringement on free speech. U.S. District Judge Lawrence Piersol said in an order filed Wednesday that Thom is not making
  
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• UConn men’s coach Hurley back at work after spinal surgery

  18-09-2019 21:50
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — UConn men’s basketball coach Dan Hurley is back at work full time, less than two weeks after having surgery for a degenerative spinal condition that required replacing two disks in his neck with artificial ones.
  On Wednesday, Hurley described the fear he felt when doctors told him in August that he needed surgery and that any hard fall or bump could have left him paralyzed.
  Hurley, who had the surgery on Sept. 6, says he feels good, but still has some restricti
  
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• Analysts: Weapons in Saudi attack similar to Iranian ones

  18-09-2019 21:48
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Analysts say a cruise missile and drone fragments recovered from an attack on Saudi Arabia’s oil industry bear similarities to Iranian-manufactured weapons.
  But the analysts told The Associated Press on Wednesday that more information is needed to make a definitive link.
  Particularly striking was the cruise missile, which they said resembled a Quds-1 missile seen in Yemen. However, it would not have the range to reach the Saudi sites if fired there.
  
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• Women occupy most same-sex households, except in cities

  18-09-2019 21:47
  Female couples make up more than half of all same-sex households in the United States, but male couples dominate in cities with large gay populations.
  The U.S. Census Bureau reported Wednesday that the U.S. had almost 1 million same sex households in 2017, with female couples making up almost 52 percent of those households. The findings emerged in the bureau’s American Community Survey.
  Male couples dominated in cities with the largest gay populations, but the rate varied depending on the
  
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• USA Bobsled pilot Elana Meyers Taylor expecting baby

  18-09-2019 21:47
  U.S. bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor is pregnant and still plans to compete in the 2022 Beijing Olympics.
  Meyers Taylor and her husband, fellow U.S. bobsledder Nic Taylor, announced Wednesday they are expecting their first child in March.
  Meyers Taylor is a three-time Olympic medalist, winning the silver medal as a driver at both the 2014 Sochi Games and the 2018 Pyeongchang Games. She also was a brakeman in the sled piloted by Erin Pac that won bronze at the 2010 Vancouver Games.
  Meyers Taylor h
  
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• Girl found dead in 2016 in Texas may be from Arizona

  18-09-2019 21:43
  MADISONVILLE, Texas (AP) — The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children says a girl whose remains were found three years ago in a suitcase along a Texas pasture was likely from Southeast Arizona or Mexico.
  The group on Wednesday cited pollen analysis in efforts to identify remains discovered Sept. 17, 2016, by a man mowing grass near Madisonville, 85 miles (136.79 kilometers) northwest of Houston.
  Genealogy research indicates the girl had Native American lineage. The suitcase c
  
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• AP Top 25 Podcast: Crunching early season numbers

  18-09-2019 21:43
  Early in the season it can be difficult to know what to make of teams and results. Who is ranked too high? Who is underrated? On the latest AP Top 25 College Football Podcast, Bill Connelly of ESPN joins AP’s Ralph Russo to sort through the small-sample size haze with some advanced analytics. Connolly’s SP+ rankings measure the underlying strength of teams, not just wins and losses. So far, the numbers look a lot like the AP Top 25 presented by Regions Bank.
  Connelly explains why we
  
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• US, Latin America allies to weigh sanctions on Venezuela

  18-09-2019 21:41
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Colombia’s ambassador to the U.S. says 18 countries of the Americas will meet Monday to consider multilateral sanctions against Venezuela.
  Francisco Santos says Colombia expects to get the required 13 votes during the meeting in New York. His government accuses Venezuela of harboring terrorists.
  The 70-year-old Rio Treaty says a threat to any member is a threat to all.
  Sanctions can include loss of diplomatic recognition, an economic boycott or even military action.
  
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