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• Grizzlies’ De’Anthony Melton out 4-8 weeks with back injury

  26-09-2019 23:59
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Memphis Grizzlies forward De’Anthony Melton will miss one to two months with what the team has described as a stress reaction in his back.
  The Grizzlies announced Melton’s injury Thursday in a team release. Grizzlies officials said Melton should return to basketball activities in four to eight weeks.
  Melton, who is 6-foot-4, played 50 games for the Phoenix Suns last season and averaged 5 points, 3.2 assists, 2.7 rebounds and 19.7 minutes.
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• Trump administration proposes historically low refugee limit

  26-09-2019 23:56
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump administration wants to cap the number of refugees admitted into the United States to the lowest number since the resettlement program was created in 1980.
  A State Department proposal released Thursday would put a cap on the number of refugees at 18,000 for the fiscal year that starts Oct. 1.
  Last year, the administration placed the cap at a record low of 30,000. The limit has drawn protests from human rights groups as well as government officials.
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• Lawyer appeals NFL no-call ruling after abuse case citation

  26-09-2019 23:54
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The “Nola No-call” lawsuit is back on, weeks after an attorney and New Orleans Saints fan said he was dropping it.
  Antonio Le Mon (luh MAHN) sued the NFL over game officials’ failure to call an obvious penalty at a crucial point in a January playoff game against the Los Angeles Rams.
  The Louisiana Supreme Court ruled against him earlier this month, and he said he wouldn’t take it farther . Now he’s asked the court to reverse itself. His moti
  
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• Trump administration proposes refugee limit of 18,000 for next year, lowest since resettlement program created in 1980

  26-09-2019 23:52
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump administration proposes refugee limit of 18,000 for next year, lowest since resettlement program created in 1980.
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• Big matchups in high school this week: Friday Football Fever schedules

  26-09-2019 23:52
  TUCSON – Along with the scores of passionate fans here in the Old Pueblo, we at News 4 Tucson are looking forward to this week’s 6th edition of the 2019 Friday Football Fever.  News 4 Tucson’s Paul Cicala & David Kelly will bring you the most in-depth high school football show in Southern Arizona.   Here’s some of the matchups you can look forward to on Sept. 27th:
  Salpointe Catholic at Tucson High
  Glendale Apollo at Sierra vista Buena
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• The Latest: Lawyer says abduction case not tied to race

  26-09-2019 23:41
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The Latest on a West Virginia mother charged with falsely reporting that an Egyptian man tried to kidnap her daughter (all times local):
  5:30 p.m.
  The lawyer for a West Virginia woman charged with falsely reporting that an Egyptian man tried to kidnap her daughter says race had nothing to do with the incident.
  Attorney Kathryn Cisco-Sturgell issued a statement on Thursday saying 24-year-old Santana Renee Adams was genuinely fearful for her child’s safety when
  
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• Judge denies request to cut bond for suspect in killing

  26-09-2019 23:37
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A judge in Tucson has denied a request to lower the $1 million bond for a woman who has pleaded not guilty to a murder charge along with her husband.
  Susan Barksdale appeared Thursday in Pima County Superior Court seeking a modification to her conditional release before trial.
  The 59-year-old woman and her 56-year-old husband, Blane Barksdale, are facing multiple charges including first-degree murder in the April 16 death of 72-year-old Frank Bligh in Tucson.
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• All Bets Are On, Volume 32: Can Arizona Beat UCLA, Pac-12 Superlatives and College Football Picks

  26-09-2019 23:36
  All Bets Are On is back, with a special Thursday episode that previews Arizona's home clash with UCLA, with the Wildcats looking to earn their third-straight victory to move to 3-1 for the year.The dynamic duo of Christopher Boan and Tyler Vondrak then move on to their 'Pac-12 Superlatives' for the week, picking their games to watch in the Conference of Champions.The final segment of Thursday's episode handles the week in general in college football, with Boan and Vondrak picking their games of
  
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• Virginia woman praised for saving injured baby squirrel

  26-09-2019 23:09
  PULASKI, Va. (AP) — Police are praising a Virginia woman who says a squirrel led her down a trail and tugged at her leg to help its injured baby, earning her the nickname “squirrel whisperer.” Pulaski police said on their Facebook page that officers got a call Sept. 20 from a woman who told them a squirrel approached her on a trail, blocked her path and led her to the baby squirrel with an injured leg.
  Tia Powell told police that when she tried to walk away, the squirrel tugged
  
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• Jury acquits former prison guard of sexually abusing inmate

  26-09-2019 23:09
  SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — A former Pennsylvania prison guard has been acquitted of charges that he sexually abused two inmates.
  The (Scranton) Times-Tribune reported that jurors deliberated for an hour Thursday before clearing former Lackawanna County Prison guard Mark Johnson of institutional sexual assault and other offenses.
  One of the accusers testified that Johnson repeatedly forced her to engage in sex acts in return for items from the jail’s store. Johnson’s attorney attacked
  
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• Fox network, sports channels go dark for Dish customers

  26-09-2019 21:59
  NEW YORK (AP) — Fox’s cable sports networks and some local Fox stations have gone dark for customers of satellite TV provider Dish because of a dispute over the networks’ cost.
  Dish says the broadcast network was pulled in 17 markets, including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Houston. Fox News remains on Dish.
  Customers of the Sling streaming service are also affected.
  These types of blackouts have become increasingly common as broadcasters seek to charge cable and satellite
  
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• Tennessee governor hands-off as AG moves for more executions

  26-09-2019 21:58
  SMYRNA, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee governor is refraining from weighing in on the attorney general’s request to schedule executions for nine death-row prisoners and restore a 10th inmate’s death sentence.
  Republican Gov. Bill Lee said Thursday that it is Attorney General Herbert Slatery’s prerogative to request the execution dates and to challenge a court’s decision commuting a death sentence to life in prison.
  As a 2018 gubernatorial candidate, Lee touted his Chris
  
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• Barksdale Case: Court denies bond request for murder suspect

  26-09-2019 21:57
  TUCSON – A judge denied a bond request for the woman accused of murdering 72-year-old Frank Bligh Thursday morning.
  On May 24, Susan Barksdale and her husband Blane were taken into custody in Rochester, NY for first-degree murder after police suspected foul play in connection to an arson investigation at Bligh’s home back in April.
  Susan Barksdale / Courtesy: Navajo County Sheriff’s Office
  Susan and Blane allegedly escaped from custody when they were being extradited back
  
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• Special Weather Statement issued September 26 at 12:55PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  26-09-2019 21:55
  At 1255 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm nearAvra Valley, or near Marana, moving northeast at 40 mph.
  Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm.
  Locations impacted include…Marana, Dove Mountain and Oracle Junction.Heavy rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead tolocalized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through floodedroadways.
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• J. Lo, Shakira to perform at Super Bowl halftime show

  26-09-2019 21:48
  NEW YORK (AP) — Jennifer Lopez and Shakira are going to bring the heat to the 2020 Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show.
  NFL, Pepsi and Roc Nation announced Thursday that the superstar performers, who have released music in Spanish and English, will perform on February 2 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.
  Both Lopez and Shakira have had major success the pop and Latin charts over the years. Lopez released her debut in 1999 and topped the charts with songs like “If You Had My L
  
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• New California lab seeks cure to deadly citrus disease

  26-09-2019 21:47
  RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — California is opening a new front in the battle against a disease that has decimated citrus groves across the world and looms as a threat to the state’s orange crop.
  California citrus growers and packers and the University of California, Riverside on Thursday marked the opening of an $8 million lab to research the disease known as Huanglongbing in a secure environment.
  Until now, researchers haven’t been able to take a close look at the disease in Calif
  
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• Senate confirms Eugene Scalia as Trump’s new labor secretary

  26-09-2019 21:46
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-led Senate has confirmed lawyer Eugene Scalia, a son of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, as President Donald Trump’s new labor secretary.
  The Senate voted Thursday along party lines, 53-44, to approve the nomination.
  Scalia spent much of his career as a partner in the Washington office of the Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher firm, where he rang up a string of victories in court cases on behalf of business interests challenging labor and financi
  
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• South Carolina DB Sanders changes to dad Deion’s NFL number

  26-09-2019 21:45
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina defensive back Shilo Sanders is now wearing the same jersey number his father Deion “Prime Time” Sanders made famous in the NFL.
  School officials said Thursday that the younger Sanders, who had worn No. 12 this season, is changing to No. 21. The move comes after Gamecocks starting safety Jamyest Williams — who had been wearing “21” the past few seasons — decided to leave the team after four games. Williams will redshi
  
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• $1.1M hurricane recovery grant for Florida’s Mexico Beach

  26-09-2019 21:45
  MEXICO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has announced a $1.1 million grant to Mexico Beach, the first of $25 million in state money that is expected to be disbursed to communities still reeling from last fall’s Hurricane Michael .
  DeSantis announced the grant Thursday during a news conference in the community, which was hit hard by the hurricane when it swirled into Florida’s northern Gulf Coast last October.
  Local officials say the money will go a long way in helpi
  
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• Canadiens Hall of Famer Guy Lafleur has heart surgery

  26-09-2019 21:44
  MONTREAL (AP) — Montreal Canadiens Hall of Famer Guy Lafleur underwent quadruple bypass heart surgery on Thursday, the NHL club has confirmed.
  The Canadians say the procedure took place at the Centre hospitalier de l’Universite de Montreal (CHUM).
  “This procedure was necessary after a routine examination detected a cardiac issue,” the Canadians said in a statement. “The operation was successful, and doctors predict a full recovery after several months of convalescen
  
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• Lorenzo becomes powerful Cat 4 hurricane in central Atlantic

  26-09-2019 21:43
  MIAMI (AP) — Forecasters say Lorenzo has become one of the largest and most powerful hurricanes on record in the central tropical Atlantic.
  The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Lorenzo grew Thursday to a dangerous Category 4 storm with top sustained winds of 130 mph (215 kph). It says the hurricane could strengthen further still. Hurricane-force winds extend out up to 45 miles (75 kilometers) from the storm’s center.
  On Thursday, Lorenzo was located Thursday about 1,055 miles (1,6
  
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• The Latest: Man convicted of killing ex-wife’s Texas family

  26-09-2019 21:40
  HOUSTON (AP) — The Latest on the capital murder case against a man accused of killing a couple and four of their children in suburban Houston (all times local):
  2:35 p.m.
  A jury has convicted a man of capital murder for fatally shooting six members of his ex-wife’s family in Texas.
  Jurors on Thursday rejected Ronald Lee Haskell’s insanity defense. His attorneys said Haskell believed voices in his head were telling him to kill the Stay family, including four children, at their s
  
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• Claytoon of the Day: Ring-a-Ling Zelensky

  26-09-2019 21:40
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• Deputies kill man barricaded inside North Carolina home

  26-09-2019 21:39
  JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina sheriff’s office says deputies have shot and killed a man who they say evaded an attempted traffic stop, barricaded himself inside his home and fired at law enforcement officers.
  The Onslow County Sheriff’s Office says in a news release that an unidentified motorist suspected of drunken driving refused to stop for a Highway Patrol trooper, displayed a weapon to the trooper and then went inside his home on Wednesday.
  Investigators say t
  
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• Jury convicts man of capital murder for fatally shooting 6 members of his ex-wife’s family in Texas

  26-09-2019 21:38
  HOUSTON (AP) — Jury convicts man of capital murder for fatally shooting 6 members of his ex-wife’s family in Texas.
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• The Latest: San Francisco mayor fed up with Trump’s swipes

  26-09-2019 21:36
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Latest on the EPA cracking down on California water quality (all times local):
  12:35 p.m.
  San Francisco’s mayor has rejected a federal claim that there is a link between homelessness and water quality in the area.
  Mayor London Breed also said Thursday that she’s “sick” of President Donald Trump taking political swipes at the largely Democratic city.
  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says California is failing to prevent water pollutio
  
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• Vaping illnesses top 800, CDC confirms

  26-09-2019 21:35
  By Erika Edwards
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed 805 of the more than 1,000 cases of lung injury illnesses under investigation across the nation.
  That’s a jump from the 530 cases the CDC reported last week, reflecting a fast-moving and evolving epidemic that’s touched almost every state in the country. State health departments have confirmed to NBC News that more than 1,000 cases are being investigated.
  On Thursday, two deaths were confirme
  
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• G League going to 1 free throw for most fouls

  26-09-2019 21:32
  NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA says most two- and three-shot fouls in the G League this season will be settled by taking just one free throw.
  A made shot will count for the two or three points. Multiple free throws will be taken in the last 2 minutes of regulation or in overtime.
  The change is being made in part to study if game length gets shorter.
  Rule changes are often added to the G League in an effort to get real data and feedback before they are considered for implementation at the NBA leve
  
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• Playoff-bound Brewers sweep Reds 5-3, close in on Cardinals

  26-09-2019 21:31
  CINCINNATI (AP) — Orlando Arcia doubled with the bases loaded, and the Milwaukee Brewers shook off the fizz from their playoffs-clinching celebration to close on the NL Central lead Thursday, beating the Cincinnati Reds 5-3 for their seventh straight victory.
  The Brewers earned at least a wild card with a 9-2 win on Wednesday night, dousing each other with champagne and beer in the clubhouse afterward. Little more than 12 hours after the empty bottles and cans were cleaned away by clubhous
  
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• Endangered species act under fire

  26-09-2019 21:25
  (NBC News) The beloved bald eagle, grizzly bear and loggerhead sea turtle were all saved from extinction by the Endangered Species Act.
  Now, the decades old law faces a threat of its own. The Trump administration is moving to dramatically weaken the law, which protects more than 1,600 hundred species in the United States and its territories.
  The move would end blanket protections for threatened species, allow the government to consider cost when deciding whether to protect them, and could allow
  
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• Ex-Mexican prosecutor sentenced to 20 years in US drug case

  26-09-2019 21:21
  NEW YORK (AP) — A former state attorney general from Mexico was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison in a U.S. drug-trafficking case accusing him of using wiretaps and other law enforcement tools to protect the turf of a violent drug cartel.
  Edgar Veytia told a judge in federal court in Brooklyn that he made a “mistake” by taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes from the cartel while he was chief law enforcement officer in the Pacific coast state of Nayarit.
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• State rests in trial of Dallas cop who shot neighbor

  26-09-2019 21:01
  DALLAS (AP) — Prosecutors have rested their case in the murder trial of a white former Dallas police officer who fatally shot her unarmed black neighbor.
  The state finished calling witnesses in Amber Guyger’s trial Thursday afternoon during the fourth day of testimony in the high-profile case over the killing of Botham Jean last September. Guyger’s defense attorneys are expected to begin calling witnesses later in the day.
  Prosecutors have argued that Jean was no threat to Guyg
  
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• Advocates fault Facebook over misleading posts by politicos

  26-09-2019 20:54
  ATLANTA (AP) — Advocacy groups at a meeting with Facebook are criticizing the tech giant’s announcement earlier this week that it won’t remove newsworthy posts from politicians even if they’re misleading or break the site’s rules.
  Facebook and civil rights group Color of Change are hosting a meeting Thursday in Atlanta to discuss problems around discrimination, racism and political deception on the site. Facebook is conducting a civil rights audit meant to assess th
  
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• Asylum seeker released from US custody after hunger strike

  26-09-2019 20:30
  EL PASO, Texas (AP) — One of two Indian nationals who refused to eat for more than 70 days while seeking asylum in the U.S. has been released after a year in immigration detention.
  Ajay Kumar left a detention processing center near an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in El Paso on Thursday accompanied by human rights advocates.
  Kumar and fellow Indian national Gurjant Singh say they fled India facing political persecution. Both stopped eating July 8. Kumar’s lawyer said i
  
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• US deploys air defense systems, troops to Saudi Arabia

  26-09-2019 20:29
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says it will send one Patriot missile battery and four radar systems to Saudi Arabia, in what officials have said are the first steps to help the kingdom protect itself against Iranian attacks.
  Two more Patriot batteries and a THAAD missile defense system will be prepared to go later if needed. The deployment will involve about 200 troops.
  Military leaders have been working since last week to decide how to respond to what U.S. officials call an unprecedented
  
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• Man who kissed reporter identified, charged with harassment

  26-09-2019 20:28
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky reporter says police have identified a man who kissed her on the cheek during a live broadcast and he is facing a misdemeanor charge.
  WAVE-TV news reporter Sara Rivest tweeted on Thursday that Eric Goodman is charged with harassment with physical contact.
  Louisville police spokeswoman Alicia Smiley confirmed that Goodman was cited to court for the incident, but did not have details on the charge.
  Rivest said she felt uncomfortable and powerless when the un
  
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• LinkedIn asks users to think beyond professional networks

  26-09-2019 20:23
  DALLAS (AP) — LinkedIn wants users to step outside their professional silos to boost someone else’s career.
  The company pushed Thursday to narrow a “network gap” that disadvantages people who don’t have access to strong professional or alumni networks.
  The service says it’s not reversing its guidance that LinkedIn users accept connections only from people they know and trust. Instead, it’s nudging people to reach outside their traditional networks &mdash
  
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• Pontifical university takes up sex abuse of nuns by priests

  26-09-2019 20:16
  ROME (AP) — A Togolese nun has successfully defended a first-ever dissertation at a Vatican-sanctioned university on the sexual abuse of nuns by priests in the latest evidence of a problem confronting the Catholic Church in the #MeToo era.
  Sister Makamatine Lembo was awarded summa cum laude at her defense Thursday at the Pontifical Gregorian University, and was praised by her examiners for her courage in examining such a taboo subject.
  Lembo’s dissertation explores the relational dyn
  
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• Uber adds more services to its app in its quest for profit

  26-09-2019 20:12
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Uber will begin cramming more services into its ride-hailing app as it explores ways to generate more revenue and finally turn a profit.
  The makeover announced Thursday will include force-feeding its food delivery service, “Eats,” into the Uber app that millions of people use to summon a ride. That means Uber users who don’t already have the “Eats” app may now be asked whether they want to order some food in the ride-hailing app.
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• Big world around tiny star puts new spin on planet formation

  26-09-2019 20:03
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A giant world discovered around a tiny star is putting a new spin on how planets form.
  Astronomers reported Thursday they’ve found a Jupiter-like planet orbiting a star that’s a mere 12% the mass of our sun. There may even be another big gas planet lurking in this system 31 light-years away.
  The Spanish-led team writes in the journal Science that the newly confirmed planet did not form the usual, gradual way, where a solid core of merging particles t
  
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• Caltech gets $750M pledge for sustainability research

  26-09-2019 20:00
  PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — The California Institute of Technology says it has received a pledge of $750 million from philanthropists and entrepreneurs Stewart and Lynda Resnick to support research into environmental sustainability.
  Caltech says Thursday the commitment is the largest ever for such research, the largest in its history and the second-largest given to a U.S. academic institution.
  Resnick says in a statement that breakthrough innovations are needed “to comprehensively manage
  
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• Ambush in Mali kills 7 soldiers after vehicle hits bomb

  26-09-2019 19:50
  BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali’s army says seven soldiers are dead after their vehicles struck an explosive device and were ambushed.
  Army spokesman Col. Diarran Kone said the army on Thursday was escorting two vehicles full of fertilizer between the communities of Douentza and Sevare in central Mali when the first vehicle struck the explosives.
  No group has claimed responsibility for the attack but it resembles others carried out by al-Qaida-linked groups in central Mali.
  Targeted attacks
  
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• Base in Syria helps Russia expand presence in Mediterranean

  26-09-2019 19:47
  TARTUS, Syria (AP) — A Russian submarine has moored at Russia’s base in Syria after a patrol mission while another one is getting ready to sail off after replenishing supplies — the rotation that underlines Moscow’s growing military foothold in the Mediterranean Sea.
  The naval base in Tartus is the only such facility Russia has outside the former Soviet Union. In 2017, Moscow struck a deal with Syrian President Bashar Assad to extend its lease on Tartus for 49 years.
  Russ
  
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• Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, wife expect third child

  26-09-2019 19:39
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Governor Ron DeSantis says he and his wife Casey DeSantis are expecting their third child.
  DeSantis announced Thursday on Twitter that their newest addition will arrive in 2020 and join 2-year-old Madison and 1-year-old Mason in the Governor’s Mansion.
  A former news anchor for Jacksonville’s TV station WJXT, Casey DeSantis said on Twitter that she was thrilled to announce her pregnancy on the day the couple was celebrating their 10-year annivers
  
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• The Latest: Ex-casino worker to seek leniency in slaying

  26-09-2019 19:37
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Latest on the guilty plea of a former Las Vegas Strip casino card dealer who killed a resort executive and wounded a co-worker (all times local):
  10:20 a.m.
  A court-appointed defense lawyer says a former Las Vegas Strip casino card dealer will seek leniency and a chance at parole when he is sentenced for killing a resort executive and wounding a co-worker at a company picnic in 2018.
  Attorney Joseph Abood said Thursday it was in Anthony Wrobel’s best interest to
  
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• Family: 5-year-old with autism accused of sexual harassment by school for hugging other students

  26-09-2019 19:34
  CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (CNN/WTVC) – A 5-year-old Tennessee boy with autism is punished for hugging.
  School officials at East Ridge Elementary say he was overstepping boundaries.
  His family said he did not know any better.
  “I was sick to my stomach because first of all don’t you understand he’s a 5-year-old,” the 5-year-old’s mother, Summery Putnam said. He’s a child.”
  Putnam said she received a call from her son’s teacher at East Ridge Elem
  
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• U.S. signs asylum deal with Honduras that could force migrants to seek relief there

  26-09-2019 19:33
  WASHINGTON (NBC) -The Trump administration signed an asylum agreement with Honduras that could force asylum-seekers to seek protection in one of the most dangerous countries in the world instead of the United States, the latest agreement with a Central American country aimed at curbing migration at the southern border.
  The U.S. signed the asylum agreement with Honduras’ foreign minister of affairs, a senior official with the Department of Homeland Security said during a news teleconference
  
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• US hits Cuba’s Raul Castro, family with travel ban

  26-09-2019 19:31
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump administration is imposing a travel ban on former Cuban President Raul Castro and his immediate family for human rights abuses.
  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says in a statement released Thursday that Castro and his four children will be hit with the ban. He says it is in response to “gross human rights abuses” in Cuba and supporting Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro in his crackdown on the opposition.
  Castro is no longer president of Cuba but remains
  
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• Czech lawmakers reject charges against outspoken president

  26-09-2019 19:29
  PRAGUE (AP) — The lower house of Czech Parliament has dismissed a request to bring charges against President Milos Zeman for allegedly violating the constitution.
  Only 58 lawmakers in the 200-seat house, far short of the 120 needed, voted Thursday to file the charges at the Constitutional Court.The lower house’s approval was necessary after Parliament’s upper house, the Senate, which is controlled by the opposition, agreed with the charges in July.
  The house is dominated by Pri
  
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• Driver’s license thefts spur ADOT to boost online safeguards

  26-09-2019 19:28
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona transportation officials are bolstering security around a state website in the wake of identity thieves stealing driver’s licenses.
  The Arizona Department of Transportation announced Thursday that it would take “aggressive” steps to stop thieves from fraudulently getting driver’s licenses.
  Before, license holders could go onto ServiceArizona.com and order a duplicate driver’s license and have it sent to any address.
  ADOT says thieves hav
  
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