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• Sheriff’s deputy slain during traffic stop near Houston

  27-09-2019 23:59
  JERSEY VILLAGE, Texas (AP) — A sheriff’s deputy has been shot and killed while making a traffic stop near Houston.
  The incident happened about 12:45 p.m. Friday in a residential cul-de-sac 18 miles (29 kilometers) northwest of Houston.
  Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez says the 10-year veteran of his force was making the traffic stop when someone approached him from behind and shot him multiple times. The deputy was airlifted to Memorial Hermann Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
  
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• Police: 1 of 2 infants left in hot car dies in Alabama

  27-09-2019 23:59
  OXFORD, Ala. (AP) — Police say one of two infants left in a parked car in Alabama has died.
  Oxford Police Chief Bill Partridge released the information Friday in a tweet.
  Authorities say they don’t have information on the other child.
  News outlets report the children are 11-month-old twins. They were found around lunchtime Friday inside a vehicle parked at a car dealership.
  Afternoon temperatures were in the low 90s in the area.
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• Snoop Dogg, family mourn death of 10-day-old grandson

  27-09-2019 23:57
  LONG BEACH, Calif. (TODAY) – Snoop Dogg’s newborn grandson, Kai Love, has died at just 10 days old.
  The sad news was shared on Instagram by the rapper’s son and Kai Love’s father, Corde Broadus. The baby boy was born Sept. 15 and died Sept. 25.
  “My Son Kai brought so much love and positivity into this world. His energy will live on and these 10 days of love will always be special to us,” Broadus, 25, wrote.
  Broadus shared a video of Kai Love’s siste
  
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• Braves’ Freeman returns to lineup with rested elbow

  27-09-2019 23:47
  NEW YORK (AP) — Freddie Freeman has returned to the Atlanta Braves’ lineup after staying home this week to receive treatment on his sore right elbow.
  Freeman was set to bat third and start at first base for the NL East champions against the Mets on Friday night.
  The four-time All-Star says he could not straighten his right arm before resting this week. He did not travel with Atlanta for a two-game series at Kansas City and hasn’t played since Sunday.
  He says the rehab was effec
  
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• Byron and Bowman make it all-Hendrick front row at Charlotte

  27-09-2019 23:46
  CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — William Byron and Alex Bowman led Hendrick Motorsports to a sweep of the front row in qualifying for the first elimination race in NASCAR’s playoffs.
  Byron went 103.198 mph around the hybrid road course/oval track at Charlotte Motor Speedway that was reconfigured last season to spice up the playoff stop at one of NASCAR’s premier race tracks. It’s the fifth pole of Byron’s career and second this season at the home track for the Charlotte native.
  
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• Trump raises $13M for reelection campaign amid impeachment inquiry

  27-09-2019 23:45
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s repeated trashing of a Democratic impeachment inquiry has helped prompt a $13 million flood of campaign cash to bolster his reelection effort.
  House Speaker “Nancy (Pelosi) just called for Impeachment. WITCH HUNT!” his campaign said in one fundraising text message sent Tuesday. “I need you on my Impeachment Defense Team.”
  In the 24 hours that followed Pelosi’s Tuesday announcement, Trump and the Republ
  
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• Not guilty plea by officer accused of asking drivers for sex

  27-09-2019 23:40
  PHOENIX (AP) — A former Arizona Department of Public Safety trooper accused of illegally detaining female drivers and propositioning them for sexual acts in exchange for leniency has pleaded not guilty to 23 criminal charges, including two counts of unlawful sexual conduct.
  Tremaine Anthony Jackson, who was fired after his arrest earlier this month, made the not guilty plea on Thursday.
  Investigators say the 43-year-old officer had grabbed one woman’s hand and put it on his genitals.
  
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• Man convicted in Singapore data leak sentenced to 2 years

  27-09-2019 23:33
  LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A man convicted of leaking Singapore’s HIV patient database as part of an alleged extortion attempt has been sentenced to two years in prison in Kentucky.
  Singapore’s health ministry accused Mikhy Farrera-Brochez of leaking a database of 14,200 people infected with HIV. FBI agents found Farrera-Brochez in Kentucky earlier this year after his mother had kicked him out of her house.
  An FBI affidavit says the 34-year-old Farrera-Brochez threatened to publish
  
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• Jockey dumped, horse clips people on track at Santa Anita

  27-09-2019 23:32
  ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — A horse dumped its jockey leaving the starting gate Friday in the $300,000 Chandelier Stakes then clipped two photographers standing near the outside rail before running loose around the track at Santa Anita.
  The incident occurred on opening day of the fall meet at the track where 31 horses died earlier this year.
  Jockey Norberto Arroyo Jr. was unseated by 2-year-old filly Leucothea. He got up and appeared unhurt.
  The filly veered to the outside rail and ran by the w
  
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• Winnipeg Jets sign Patrik Laine to 2-year deal

  27-09-2019 23:30
  WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Restricted free-agent forward Patrik Laine and the Winnipeg Jets agreed to a two-year, $13.5-million contract Friday.
  The 21-year-old Finn has 110 goals and 184 points in 237 regular-season games with the Jets. He scored 36 goals as a rookie in 2016-17, added 44 in 2017-18, but dipped a bit last season with 30.
  Laine has been practicing with SC Bern in Switzerland. The Jets open the season Oct. 4 at the New York Rangers.
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• Villarreal routs Real Betis 5-1, moves near the top in Spain

  27-09-2019 23:27
  MADRID (AP) — Villarreal routed Real Betis 5-1 on Friday for its third win in four matches, moving it near the top of the Spanish league.
  Karl Toko Ekambi scored twice and Santi Cazorla, Gerard Moreno and Samuel Chukwueze added a goal each to give Villarreal the comfortable victory at home. Emerson scored for Real Betis at the Cerámica Stadium.
  The victory moved Villarreal to fifth place with 11 points. It is three points behind leader Real Madrid, which on Saturday visits crosstown
  
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• A year after Khashoggi’s slaying, Saudi clampdown persists

  27-09-2019 23:15
  NEW YORK (AP) — At the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly, relatives of rights activists detained in Saudi Arabia and the fiancée of slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi (jah-MAHL’ khah-SHOHK’-jee) are wondering why nothing is changing, and why those responsible haven’t been punished.
  Nearly a year ago, 15 Saudi government agents killed Khashoggi in the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul. His body has not been found, no one has been convicted and questions still
  
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• The Latest: Education Department responds to ACLU letter

  27-09-2019 23:11
  The Latest on a request to the Education Department to revoke a threat to cut grant funding to a Middle East studies program (all times local):
  5:10 p.m.
  The U.S. Education Department says its review of a Middle East studies program is not “anti-Muslim or pro-any other group.”
  A letter sent Friday by the American Civil Liberties Union urged Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to revoke a threat to cut grant funding to the Duke-UNC Consortium for Middle East Studies unless it revises its
  
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• Aguero and Di Maria out of Argentina squad for friendlies

  27-09-2019 23:04
  BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Forwards Sergio Aguero and Angel Di Maria were left out of Argentina’s squad announced Friday for friendlies against Germany and Ecuador in October.
  Neither the Manchester City striker nor the Paris Saint-Germain winger have played for Argentina since the latest Copa America in Brazil.
  Argentina also will be without players from Boca Juniors and River Plate for its friendlies on Oct. 9 against the Germans in Dortmund and four days later against Ecuador
  
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• In Dorian’s wake, Bahamas appeals for climate action at UN

  27-09-2019 23:03
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — As the Bahamas strives to recover from Hurricane Dorian, Prime Minister Hubert Minnis appealed to world leaders Friday to tackle climate change — and encouraged travelers to visit to help the country rebuild.
  Telling the U.N. General Assembly the storm was “a generational tragedy” for his country, Minnis added to a growing chorus of pleas from island nations for help defending against rising seas, intensifying storms and other perils of a warming pla
  
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• Drone helps filmmaker rescue animals stranded in the Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian

  27-09-2019 23:01
  BAHAMAS (NBC) – A California cinematographer is combining his daily work with his passion for animals to help rescue pets stranded in the Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian devastated the islands.
  Doug Thron, 49, who uses his drone to help relief efforts on the Abacos Islands in the northern Bahamas, has already found about 12 dogs and cats.
  California man uses drone to find missing pets in Bahamas. courtesy: NBC.
  “I was actually pretty shocked to see as many animals as I did,” Thr
  
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• There's No Difference Between Student Performance In Charters And District Schools. So Says the U.S. Department of Education

  27-09-2019 22:56
  Betsy DeVos and her Department of Education are sure charters run rings around district schools when it comes to student performance.How sure are they? Here's one of those exquisite moments of self parody, in case you missed it: A top Department of Ed official came to Tucson recently as part of his national tour of successful schools.…
  
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• Big matchups in high school tonight: Friday Football Fever schedules

  27-09-2019 22:55
  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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• PHOTOS: Hispanic Heritage Art Contest winners

  27-09-2019 22:45
  Annie AlbertsonContest WinnersJaitzeal Espinoza, grade 4, Manzo Elementary SchoolMarjorie Mendez, grade 2, Montessori SchoolhouseSophia De La Torre, grade 8, Gallego Intermediate Fine Arts Magnet SchoolAnnie Albertson, grade 11, Sunnyside High SchoolOverall- Jasmine Whitaker, grade 6, Alice Vail Middle SchoolThe students will be honored during half time at the University of Arizona vs. University of California, Los Angeles football game on Saturday, Sept. 28. News 4 Tucson’s Paul Cic
  
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• Tests show bootleg marijuana vapes tainted with hydrogen cyanide

  27-09-2019 22:44
  Fabian Castillo was suffering from crippling anxiety when his uncle handed him a marijuana vape pen one day last December.
  “It will help calm you down,” Castillo said his uncle told him.
  Over the next several months, the vape worked as advertised. Castillo, who had just graduated high school in southern California, found himself more mellow and more productive.
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says most of the patients reported using vapes containing THC, the psychoacti
  
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• Dost, Silva score as Frankfurt grabs 2-1 win at Union Berlin

  27-09-2019 22:39
  BERLIN (AP) — Bas Dost and André Silva scored for Eintracht Frankfurt to claim a hard-fought 2-1 win at promoted Union Berlin in the Bundesliga on Friday.
  The visitors withstood the home side’s early pressure and struck twice in the second half, making it clear to Union – if it wasn’t already – that it faces a long hard slog to stay up in its first season in the Bundesliga.
  Union substitute Anthony Ujah scored in the 86th minute to set up an exciting finale b
  
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• Magic Johnson’s 1992 Olympic jersey up for bid

  27-09-2019 22:35
  LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. (AP) — Magic Johnson’s game-worn jersey from the 1992 Barcelona Olympics is up for bid in an auction that ends this weekend.
  Johnson was part of the Dream Team that won gold for the U.S. in the first Olympics to allow NBA players.
  SCP Auctions says Johnson’s blue No. 15 jersey is expected to fetch at least $150,000 by the time bidding ends Saturday night. The jersey has been professionally photo-matched to confirm he wore it in the quarterfinals against Pu
  
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• 4 Your Health: Positive attitude could help increase life expectancy

  27-09-2019 22:32
  (NBC News)- Keeping a positive attitude could help you stay healthy and live longer, according to a new study from Mount Sinai Hospital in New York.
  Researchers tracked nearly 230,000 people for about 14 years.
  They found optimism was associated with a lower risk of heart attack, stroke and early death.
  Air pollution link to increased risk of infant death in children
  New research from the U.K. links air pollution to an increased risk of infant death and lung problems in children.
  Scientists stud
  
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• New CTE courses offered at Santa Rita High School

  27-09-2019 22:21
  TUCSON – A local high school is now offering student career training programs.
  Students at Santa Rita High School now have the opportunity to pursue careers as dental assistants and diesel-engine mechanics.
  The school provided a tour of the new facilities on Thursday.TUSD is celebrating the new CTE Dental Assistant and Diesel Engine Repair programs at Santa Rita High School today. pic.twitter.com/ltq7rwj1AI
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• Nebraska unveils plans for $155M athletic training facility

  27-09-2019 22:18
  LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The University of Nebraska has announced plans for a new, $155 million athletic facility that will house the Husker football program.
  The project unveiled Friday is scheduled to be completed in 2022. Crews are expected to break ground next summer.
  The facility will provide the Nebraska football program with a new locker room, strength and conditioning center, athletic medicine facility, equipment room, meeting rooms, coaches’ offices and an additional outdoor pra
  
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• Naval Academy: ‘Unlikely’ rope and knot meant to be a noose

  27-09-2019 22:18
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — An investigation at the U.S. Naval Academy has found it is “unlikely” a rope and knot found over a door in a construction area was meant to be a noose, but the possibility could not be definitively ruled out.
  The academy announced Friday that the rope resembled a common construction device used to hoist items, although it was draped over a door “for no readily apparent reason.”
  The academy says the investigation didn’t discover who placed
  
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• For Ukraine help, Giuliani turned to unlikely Florida fixers

  27-09-2019 22:15
  WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Donald Trump sought to get Ukrainian authorities to investigate Joe Biden, his lawyer Rudy Giuliani turned to a pair of Soviet-born real business partners from Florida who made more than a half million dollars in donations to Republicans while facing lawsuits from disgruntled investors over unpaid debts.
  Documents show Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman used wire transfers from a company they controlled to make a $325,000 donation to a Trump-allied political action
  
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• Central Florida off list for child migrant detention center

  27-09-2019 22:10
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A U.S. congresswoman who represents central Florida says the region is no longer being considered for a permanent shelter for unaccompanied minors who have crossed the U.S.-Mexico border.
  Democratic Rep. Val Demings announced Friday that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services had told her about the decision.
  Federal officials had previously been scouting sites in central Florida, Virginia and Los Angeles for future facilities. They say the permanent sites wil
  
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• News 4 Tucson Cooks: Fuku Sushi

  27-09-2019 22:09
  Fuku Bowl
  Ingredients:
  Diced cucumber
  Half sliced avocado Green Onions
  Sesame Seeds
  Short grain white rice
  1 ounce seaweed salad
  1.5 ounce fresh yellow tail
  1.5 ounce fresh tuna
  1.5 ounce fresh salmon
  1.5 ounces cooked shrimp
  2 tbsp of ponzu sauce
  Sprinkle of Sesame seeds.
  Preparation Instructions:
  Cook white rice and set aside when finished
  Slice salmon, tuna, yellow tail and shrimp add to a mixing bowl add ponzu sauce, green onions and mix.
  Dice cucumber
  Slice ½ of avocado
  Place a half
  
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• US judge will block new Trump administration rules for the detention of immigrant children

  27-09-2019 22:07
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — US judge will block new Trump administration rules for the detention of immigrant children.
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• Justice Department backs Catholic Church in teacher firing

  27-09-2019 22:05
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department is supporting Catholic Church leaders in Indianapolis who are being sued over the firing of a teacher in a same-sex marriage.
  Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband says the First Amendment protects the free exercise of religion and gives faith-based schools the right to associate with some people and not others. The government filed a statement Friday in Marion County court.
  Joshua Payne-Elliott says the Archdiocese of Indianapolis illegal
  
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• STORY REMOVED: BC-US–Obit-Joe Wilson

  27-09-2019 22:03
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The Associated Press has corrected its story about Joe Wilson dying. The first version said his ex-wife had died. The new version will move.
  The AP
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• Joe Wilson, skeptic on Iraq War intelligence, dies at age 69

  27-09-2019 22:03
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The former ambassador who disputed U.S. intelligence on Iraq that was used to justify going to war has died. Joseph Wilson was 69.
  Wilson’s ex-wife Valerie Plame confirmed in a text message that Wilson died Friday of organ failure in Santa Fe. She called him a “patriot” with “the heart of a lion.”
  Wilson traveled to Niger to investigate allegations Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein tried to purchase uranium and later alleged that the administra
  
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• APNewsBreak: Official: Exam doesn’t find cause of boat fire

  27-09-2019 22:00
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A law enforcement official says investigators that examined the burned-out wreckage of a scuba diving boat haven’t been able to determine what ignited a fire that killed 34 people off the California coast.
  An official with knowledge of the investigation says a two-week examination of the Conception ended Friday without a conclusive cause. The person wasn’t authorized to release the information publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity.
  The official say
  
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• APNewsBreak: Official says investigators finish examining boat but find no cause for fire that killed 34 off California

  27-09-2019 21:52
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — APNewsBreak: Official says investigators finish examining boat but find no cause for fire that killed 34 off California.
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• Army vet dies after saving 3-year-old granddaughter from house explosion

  27-09-2019 21:50
  MAUD,  Okla. (KFOR) – A grandfather rescued his 3-year-old granddaughter after the home they were in exploded.
  Don Osteen was a longtime educator, Army Veteran, and Purple Heart recipient. He spent his life putting others first and would help anyone if they needed it, even a stranger.
  Brendon Osteen says his father looked forward to every minute that he could spend with his granddaughter, Paetyn.
  That`s what he was first and foremost I mean he was all about that baby and she was all
  
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• Judge 3-peats as top MLB jersey seller; Harper second

  27-09-2019 21:45
  NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge had the top-selling jersey in Major League Baseball for the third consecutive season.
  The New York Yankees slugger beat out Bryce Harper, according to results released Friday by MLB.
  Judge maintained the top spot despite missing more than a third of the season. The 2017 AL Rookie of the Year entered Friday batting .272 with 26 home runs for the AL East champions.
  Harper set a uniform sales record for any athlete in a 24-hour window after signing a $330 million,
  
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• Michigan adoption agencies can turn away LGBTQ couples, judge rules

  27-09-2019 21:39
  LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Religious-based adoption agencies that contract with the state of Michigan will be allowed to refuse to place children in LGBT homes under a preliminary injunction issued by a federal judge Thursday.
  District Judge Robert Jonker in Grand Rapids blocked Democratic state Attorney General Dana Nessel, Michigan’s first openly gay statewide officeholder, from barring the faith-based agencies from excluding LGBT couples from services.
  He said her action conflicted wit
  
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• Arizona Football: Wildcats Look For Third-Straight Win Against UCLA Bruins

  27-09-2019 21:36
  The Arizona Wildcats (2-1, 0-0) return to the gridiron at Tucson's Arizona Stadium at 7:30 p.m. local time to host the University of California Angeles Bruins on Saturday.…
  
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• Peru leader pushes vote that could let him dissolve congress

  27-09-2019 21:33
  LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian President Martin Vizarra is pushing forward a vote of confidence that could potentially allow him to dissolve the nation’s congress.
  Vizcarra announced the vote Friday, saying he was acting in protest of a rushed push by lawmakers to appoint new magistrates to Peru’s highest court.
  Opposition lawmakers are planning a vote Monday to replace six of the court’s seven magistrates in a move criticized by watchdog groups for a lack of transparency.
  Le
  
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• 2 accused of abandoning adopted girl appear in Indiana court

  27-09-2019 21:32
  LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — A couple accused of abandoning their adopted daughter in an Indiana apartment and moving to Canada have made their first court appearance.
  A Tippecanoe County judge entered not guilty pleas Friday on behalf 43-year-old Michael Barnett and 45-year-old Kristine Barnett. The Journal & Courier reports that the now-divorced couple face two counts each of neglect.
  Authorities say the couple adopted the girl in 2010 and a doctor who examined her that year estimated her
  
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• Gold falls, Silver falls

  27-09-2019 21:27
  NEW YORK (AP) — The September gold contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange closed today at $1,499.10 an ounce — down $8.80.
  The current silver contract on the “NYMEX” closed at $17.55 an ounce — down 26 cents.
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• Palestinian man killed during Gaza-Israel border protest

  27-09-2019 21:24
  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Gaza’s health ministry says a Palestinian man has been killed by Israeli gunfire during protests along the Gaza-Israel frontier.
  The ministry said in a statement that Saher Othman, 20, was hit in the chest Friday and died at a hospital.
  It added that 32 demonstrators were wounded by live fire at several sections of the perimeter fence.
  Gaza’s Hamas rulers launched the marches last year to highlight worsening living conditions under a years-long Isra
  
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• US ambassador pressed Ukraine corruption fight before ouster

  27-09-2019 21:23
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Months before the call that set off an impeachment inquiry, many in the diplomatic community were alarmed by the Trump administration’s abrupt removal of a career diplomat from her post as ambassador to Ukraine.
  The ambassador’s ouster, and the campaign against her that preceded it, are now emerging as a key sequence of events behind a whistleblower’s complaint alleging that the president pressured a foreign country to investigate his political rival.
  In
  
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• ACLU argues pregnant women wrongly returned to Mexico

  27-09-2019 21:23
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Civil rights groups are seeking an investigation by Homeland Security’s watchdog into the practice of sending pregnant women back over the U.S.-Mexico border to wait out their asylum claims.
  The complaint filed Friday with the Homeland Security’s inspector general details more than a dozen women who have been returned to Mexico. Some were more than eight months pregnant at the time.
  More than 45,000 migrants have been returned to Mexico since January. Lawsuits
  
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• Florida grandmother picks up 3-year-old found on porch in NY

  27-09-2019 21:20
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A 3-year-old Florida boy found sleeping on a porch in Buffalo, New York, will go home with his grandmother while authorities try to determine whether his parents died in a burning car.
  A judge on Friday granted custody to Zenaida Colon, who traveled from the Orlando area after recognizing her grandson in news reports.
  The boy was found alone the morning of Sept. 16. His parents’ burned rental car was discovered nearby the same day. The remains of two people were
  
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• Brescia handed suspended punishment over fans’ racial abuse

  27-09-2019 21:20
  ROME (AP) — Italian club Brescia has been given a suspended sentence of a partial stadium closure after its fans shouted racial abuse at Juventus midfielder Miralem Pjanic this week.
  Brescia fans reportedly chanted “zingaro” — or “gypsy” — at Pjanic, a Bosnia international who is white.
  The Italian football federation on Friday said Brescia was given a suspended sentence of having to close part of its stadium for one game. The punishment is suspended for
  
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• At UN, Africa balances highlighting its progress and poverty

  27-09-2019 21:20
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — At the U.N. building in New York, “United Nations” means the trappings of protocol, the gravitas of diplomatic relations, the grandiose speeches.
  But in the field, to many, the “United Nations” means water wells and mosquito nets and vaccination drives.
  This week, African leaders brought the field to the headquarters as they told stories of illiteracy and malnutrition, about people living with HIV and without electricity.
  The dance the African
  
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• Florida, Utah schedule home-and-home series for 2022-23

  27-09-2019 21:17
  GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida and Utah have agreed to play a home-and-home series beginning in 2022.
  The schools announced the contract Friday. The Utes will make the trip to Gainesville to start the series, and Florida will travel to Utah the following year.
  It’s the latest step in Florida’s quest to improve its non-conference schedules.
  The Gators are playing two teams from the Football Championship Subdivision this fall, and their 2020 schedule includes visits from Easter
  
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• Florida gives hoops coach Mike White raise, 2-year extension

  27-09-2019 21:15
  GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida has given basketball coach Mike White a raise and a two-year contract extension that places him under contract through the 2024-25 season.
  White will earn $3.212 million annually for the final three years of the deal, which the university released Friday in response to a public records request. White signed the extension in May.
  He will make $2.812 million this season, up $126,242 from his previous contract. The new deal includes $7.279 million in added com
  
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