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• James Franco’s ex-students sue alleging sexual impropriety

  03-10-2019 23:44
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two actresses have sued James Franco and the acting and film school he founded, saying the actor intimidated his students into gratuitous and exploitative sexual situations.
  Sarah Tither-Kaplan and Toni Gaal, former students at Franco’s Studio 24, filed the suit Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court.
  Their lawsuit says Franco pushed his students into performing in increasingly explicit sex scenes on camera in an “orgy type setting.” The women say roles
  
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• Mother sues Chicago school for putting her 9-year-old son outside in the cold

  03-10-2019 23:39
  NBC — A 9-year-old boy in Chicago was kicked out of his school by administrators and left alone in the cold for half-an-hour following an altercation with another student, his mother said in a lawsuit filed against the Board of Education and school staff members.
  Yvonne Pinkston said she believes her son was punished for reporting that he was being bullied by a student at Fiske Elementary IB World School on the city’s South Side.
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• North Carolina mother accused of trading her toddler for a car

  03-10-2019 23:34
  NBC — A North Carolina mother is accused of trading her child for a car.
  Alice Leann Todd, 45, was charged with the unlawful sale, surrender, or purchase of a minor after investigators found she gave up her 1-year-old to a couple in exchange for their 1992 Plymouth Laser in 2018, Capt. Brad Saintsing with the Thomasville Police Department said Thursday.
  Tina Marie Chavis, 47, and Vicenio Mendoza Romero, 53, who were caring for the child face the same charges.
  Police said the
  
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• 49ers place WR Jalen Hurd, CB Jason Verrett on IR

  03-10-2019 23:33
  SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers have placed rookie receiver Jalen Hurd and cornerback Jason Verrett on injured reserve.
  The team also brought back receiver Jordan Matthews and cornerback Dontae Johnson on Thursday to replace them on the roster.
  Hurd has been dealing with a back injury since training camp and was initially expected back this week. But he hasn’t recovered as quickly as hoped and now will be shut down for at least eight more weeks.
  Verrett struggled i
  
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• Dodgers start 1 of 4 rookies in Game 1 of NLDS

  03-10-2019 23:29
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers are starting just one of their four rookies in Game 1 of the National League Division Series.
  Will Smith is catching right-handed starter Walker Buehler on Thursday night against the Washington Nationals.
  Their other rookies _ first baseman Matt Beaty and second baseman Gavin Lux _ weren’t in the lineup, while reliever Dustin May could be used out of the bullpen.
  The Dodgers batting order is: Left fielder A.J. Pollock leading off, first base
  
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• Police: Woman tried to kill kids by crashing into palm tree

  03-10-2019 23:27
  OCALA, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a Florida woman tried to kill her four children by crashing a minivan into a palm tree.
  Ocala police say 36-year-old Calicia Williams was arrested Wednesday and charged with four counts of attempted murder.
  A police report says investigators determined the vehicle was steered directly onto a median and at the tree.
  Police say Williams told them her husband caused the crash by putting a hex on her. One of the children later told police Williams told them t
  
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• Pats sign veteran kicker Nugent to replace Gostkowski

  03-10-2019 23:22
  FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The Patriots have signed veteran kicker Mike Nugent to fill the spot created after Stephen Gostkowski was placed on injured reserve.
  Nugent’s signing was announced Thursday. The 37-year-old was drafted by the Jets in 2005, spending four seasons in New York. He’s also played for Arizona, Tampa Bay, Cincinnati, Chicago, Dallas and Oakland.
  He has appeared in 164 regular-season games, converting 81 percent of his field-goal attempts (253 of 311) and 363 of
  
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• Ohio University suspends all fraternities over hazing claims

  03-10-2019 23:22
  ATHENS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio University has suspended all its fraternities following allegations of widespread hazing.
  The university said Thursday that the suspension of the 15 fraternities was immediate and indefinite. It followed allegations within the past week of hazing at seven of the fraternities.
  Jenny Hall-Jones, the university’s dean of students, says it’s troubling that seven fraternities have been or will be under investigation, and the university will not risk student
  
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• Record heat greets Cardinals-Braves NLDS opening game

  03-10-2019 23:12
  ATLANTA (AP) — The hottest October day in Atlanta history created sweltering conditions for Game 1 of the National League Division Series.
  The first-pitch temperature was 94 degrees Thursday for the opener of the best-of-five series between the St. Louis Cardinals and Atlanta Braves.
  The high of 97 set an Atlanta record for the month _ 20 degrees above the normal high of 77.
  Fans were offered free cups of water at stands as they entered SunTrust Park. Even those sitting in the shade fanned
  
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• Jury ends 1st day of deliberations in case against bomber

  03-10-2019 23:11
  ELIZABETH, N.J. (AP) — Jurors in the attempted murder trial of a man already convicted of planting bombs in New York City have ended their first day of deliberations.
  The panel of eight women and four men asked for a re-showing of a surveillance video in the attempted murder trial of Ahmad Khan Rahimi .
  The video showed a running gun battle through the streets of Linden, New Jersey, in 2016 between Rahimi and police.
  Rahimi’s attorney has argued his client acted in self-defense.
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• Nunes files $77M suit, alleging Iowa farm story defamed him

  03-10-2019 23:09
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee has filed yet another lawsuit against a major media organization, claiming he was defamed in a magazine story about his family’s Iowa dairy farm.
  Rep. Devin Nunes of California is seeking $77.5 million in the lawsuit filed Monday against Esquire publisher Hearst Magazines and former reporter Ryan Lizza, now a correspondent for Politico. Nunes filed similar lawsuits against Twitter and newspaper publisher T
  
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• Pence says Trump campaign will be in Arizona “a lot” in 2020

  03-10-2019 23:08
  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence says he and President Donald Trump are “going to be in and out of Arizona a lot” during the 2020 campaign.
  Pence told reporters Thursday after an event in Scottsdale that the Trump campaign will appeal to Hispanic voters in Arizona with a focus on faith, family and opposition to abortion.=
  Arizona is emerging as a 2020 battleground state.
  Pence was in Arizona to raise money for Republican Sen. Martha McSally, who faces a tough
  
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• Philadelphia to honor late Flyers owner Snider with mural

  03-10-2019 23:07
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia Flyers founder Ed Snider will be honored with a mural in South Philadelphia.
  The Ed Snider Youth Hockey Foundation and Mural Arts Philadelphia will dedicate “Snider Hockey: Inspiring Our Youth” on Saturday at 10th and Snyder Avenue. Snider, who died in 2016 , had long said he wanted his youth hockey foundation to become his legacy. The Flyers won Stanley Cups in 1974 and 1975 under Snider. He was arguably the most influential executive in Philad
  
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• Adopt this pet: meet Meet Maggie!

  03-10-2019 22:56
  There is a new furry friend looking for their forever home, meet Maggie!Maggie is a 6-year-old-girl and she’s ready to meet her forever family. She has three legs, but that doesn’t slow her down. For more information, give an adoptions counselor a call at 520-327-6088, ext. 173. 
  The post Adopt this pet: meet Meet Maggie! appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• TUSD board member Mark Stegeman resigns after 11 years

  03-10-2019 22:52
  TUCSON – After serving the Tucson Unified School District community for about a decade, Mark Stegeman has resigned from his position on the district’s governing board.
  The longtime school board member confirmed Thursday afternoon that he has announced his resignation, Stegeman said he is expected to release a statement about the resignation later Thursday.
  Dr. Mark Stegeman/ TUSD
  Pima County school superintendent, Dustin J. Williams released a statement shortly after the news spread
  
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• In surprising move, Baffert takes jockey Smith off McKinzie

  03-10-2019 22:52
  ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Trainer Bob Baffert is replacing fellow Hall of Famer Mike Smith aboard McKinzie, the probable favorite for the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic next month.
  Smith finished second aboard odds-on favorite McKinzie in last weekend’s Awesome Again Stakes at Santa Anita. That prompted Baffert to let Smith know he was off the horse.
  Baffert and Smith have enjoyed a long and successful run together, most notably last year when Justify won the Triple Crown and ea
  
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• Trudeau’s main political rival has American citizenship

  03-10-2019 22:49
  TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s main political rival in elections this month holds dual Canadian-U.S. citizenship, but a spokesman for Conservative party leader Andrew Scheer says he recently embarked on the process of renouncing his American citizenship.
  The Conservative party has criticized previous party leaders for holding dual citizenship.
  Scheer spokesman Cory Hann said Thursday that Scheer and his sisters received U.S. passports as children but Scheer h
  
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• US safety agency gathering info on Tesla parking lot feature

  03-10-2019 22:48
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government’s highway safety agency is gathering information on reports of malfunctions with a Tesla feature that lets drivers summon their cars in parking lots.
  The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it’s aware of reports about “Smart Summon” and is in contact with Tesla. The agency stopped short of saying it had opened a formal investigation.
  Last week Tesla sent out an over-the-internet software update that allows some o
  
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• Phoenix police ID man who fatally shot self after standoff

  03-10-2019 22:48
  PHOENIX (AP) — Police have identified a man who barricaded himself inside a north Phoenix apartment before he fatally shot two dogs and then killed himself.
  They say the Sept. 28 incident began as a domestic dispute between 31-year-old Daniel Allen Sudberry and his 30-year-old former girlfriend.
  Police say the woman was assaulted, but she was able to get out of the apartment.
  As responding officers arrived, four of them were fired upon by the suspect.
  There were no reported injuries.
  After
  
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• Taylor opens with 63 in Las Vegas with Mickelson 2 behind

  03-10-2019 22:46
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nick Taylor of Canada birdied his final hole to cap off an 8-under 63 and the early lead Thursday in the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open.
  Phil Mickelson, who missed the cut last week in his season debut, had a 65 for his lowest round since late February.
  Taylor drove the 314-yard 15th hole at the TPC Summerlin within 5 feet for eagle. He made birdie on all three of the par 5s and wound up leading by two shots over Mickelson, Brian Gay and Sam Ryder among the early sta
  
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• Police: Power tool used to vandalize ‘America’s Stonehenge’

  03-10-2019 22:46
  SALEM, N.H. (AP) — Police in New Hampshire say it appears someone used a power tool to vandalize a stone at group of rock configurations called America’s Stonehenge.
  The vandalism was reported to the Salem police Sunday by the property’s owners. The stone was knocked over.
  Police also said an 18-inch (45.7-centimeter) wooden cross was suspended between two trees, and several photos and hand-drawn images were attached to it. Police haven’t identified anyone in the photos.
  
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• Logo a go-go: Gardy bat tantrum on Yankees’ T-shirts

  03-10-2019 22:34
  NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge showed up at his news conference wearing a T-shirt with a Major League Baseball logo.
  Just not the logo that’s been familiar for the past half-century.
  On closer inspection, the silhouetted batter in white between fields of blue and red was not in a hitting position as designed by Jerry Dior of Sandgren & Murtha in the 1960s, but rather was holding the lumber vertically _ and smashing it into the top of the logo , creating a red spark.
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• Elderly couple dead in Sun City West after a murder-suicide

  03-10-2019 21:26
  SUN CITY WEST, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say an elderly couple is dead after an apparent murder-suicide at a rehab center in Sun City West.
  Maricopa County Sheriff’s officials say homicide detectives believe a man entered the facility Thursday morning and fatally shot his wife before turning the gun on himself.
  Sheriff’s officials didn’t immediately release the names and ages of the couple.
  They say deputies were called to the Sunwest Choice Rehab Care facility about 7:30
  
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• The Latest: Army investigating after training jump injuries

  03-10-2019 21:21
  HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — The Latest on an Army training parachute accident (all times local):
  5 p.m.
  The Army is investigating a night parachute training accident that injured 32 soldiers, four of them seriously enough to need hospitalization.
  Col. Christopher Landers is commander of the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division. He says injuries during training jumps are fairly common. But he says the scale of this accident is fairly rare, with 87 soldiers blown into trees.
  He says
  
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• Check your tickets! $50K Powerball ticket sold in Tucson

  03-10-2019 21:13
  TUCSON – A lucky Tucsonan may be sitting pretty after Arizona Lottery officials announced that a winning $50,000 Powerball ticket from Wednesday’s drawing was purchased at a convenience store in the Old Pueblo.
  According to Arizona Lottery, the winning ticket was purchased at Speedway Convenience Store at 6890 N. Sandario Road near Picture Rocks Road.at
  Authorities say the Powerball player matched four of the five numbers and the Powerball number.
  Wednesday’s winning numbers we
  
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• Accused ringleader faces more charges in good Samaritan ruse

  03-10-2019 21:11
  CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — A man accused of scamming GoFundMe donors out of more than $400,000 with a fake feel-good story about a homeless veteran faces federal charges.
  Mark D’Amico is accused of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering. He was expected to appear in court Thursday.
  D’Amico already faces fraud and money laundering charges in New Jersey. He’s pleaded not guilty.
  Prosecutors say D’Amico, his then-girlfriend Katelyn McClure and homeless veteran J
  
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• Battle for Trump’s tax returns pits feds against state

  03-10-2019 21:07
  NEW YORK (AP) — Manhattan’s top prosecutor is pushing back against the Justice Department in a legal battle over President Donald Trump’s tax returns.
  Trump and District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. have been fighting over the legality of a subpoena issued for the president’s returns as part of an investigation of hush money payments to two women during the 2016 presidential campaign.
  Lawyers for Vance said in a court filing Thursday that it was “audacious” for
  
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• Man arrested in Mexico for 2007 rape of Detroit girl, 10

  03-10-2019 21:04
  DETROIT (AP) — A man who had been on a federal “most wanted” list for nearly a decade has been arrested in Mexico for the 2007 kidnapping and rape of a 10-year-old Detroit girl.
  The U.S. Marshals Service says Thursday that 41-year-old Corey Gaston was arrested Tuesday near Guadalajara and is being held in Chicago awaiting extradition to Michigan.
  The girl was taken through a bedroom window at her home and sexually assaulted in a nearby alley.
  Authorities say Gaston was on bond
  
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• Wizards backup center Mahinmi joins growing list of injured

  03-10-2019 21:02
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Wizards backup center Ian Mahinmi will miss the start of the regular season because of a strained right Achilles tendon, joining the team’s long list of injured players.
  The Wizards said Thursday that Mahinmi “will be treated conservatively” and will be re-evaluated in six weeks.
  Washington is currently holding training camp. Its first regular-season game is Oct. 23 at Dallas.
  Wizards point guard John Wall is expected to miss most, if not all,
  
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• Studio behind ‘Sesame Street’ is making an Elmo talk show

  03-10-2019 21:01
  NEW YORK (AP) — Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel… and Elmo?
  Sesame Workshop is developing a talk show starring the squeaky-voiced puppet, called “The Not Too Late Show with Elmo,” where he will interview celebrity guests. Production begins next month, but it’s not clear when the program will air.
  It was announced Thursday as part of a deal between HBO Max and the children’s television producer. The centerpiece of the deal is five new seasons of &ld
  
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• Florida woman who bit camel to escape denies throwing treats

  03-10-2019 20:58
  GROSS TETE, La. (AP) — The Florida woman who bit a 600-pound (272-kilogram) camel to escape from beneath it denies that she and her husband threw treats for their dog into the camel’s enclosure at a Louisiana truck stop.
  Gloria Lancaster told The Advocate on Wednesday that she broke bones and had to have her lungs drained of blood after Caspar the camel knocked her over and sat on her at the Grosse Tete petting zoo.
  Lancaster admits she crawled into the pen to retrieve her dog but di
  
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• Doping test lab in Athens suspended due to underfunding

  03-10-2019 20:58
  MONTREAL (AP) — The World Anti-Doping Agency says it has suspended the laboratory in Athens from testing blood and urine samples for up to six months.
  WADA says it acted due to the “lack of institutional support and investment for the laboratory” in the Greek capital.
  During the suspension, samples typically tested in Athens must be transported to other WADA-accredited laboratories. The nearest ones are in Ankara, Turkey; Bucharest, Romania; and Rome.
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• Sheriff: No charges for man who mistakenly killed son-in-law

  03-10-2019 20:56
  GULF BREEZE, Fla. (AP) — Investigators say a Florida man won’t face charges after accidentally shooting and killing his son-in-law who had jumped out of the bushes during a surprise birthday visit.
  Santa Rosa Sheriff Bob Johnson said during a news conference that the shooting happened late Tuesday at the home of 61-year-old Richard Dennis.
  Johnson says 37-year-old Christopher Bergan was married to Dennis’ daughter and they had flown in from Norway to surprise him for his birthd
  
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• The search is over: Dog turns up a year after gas explosions

  03-10-2019 20:54
  NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. (AP) — A dog that disappeared after the chaos of the natural gas explosions and fires in Massachusetts a year ago is back in the arms of its owner.
  Altagracia Baldera tells The Eagle-Tribune that when the explosions shook the Merrimack Valley in September 2018, she evacuated her North Andover apartment and went to her sister’s house in Lawrence.
  On her second day there, her 14-year-old Pekingese-Shih Tzu mix named Virgo bolted out the door. She informed animal co
  
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• Dog that disappeared after gas explosions back with owner

  03-10-2019 20:54
  NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. (AP) — A dog that disappeared after the chaos of the natural gas explosions and fires in Massachusetts a year ago is back in the arms of its owner.
  Altagracia Baldera tells The Eagle-Tribune that when the explosions shook the Merrimack Valley in September 2018 she evacuated her North Andover apartment and went to her sister’s house in Lawrence.
  On her second day there, her 14-year-old Pekingese-Shih Tzu mix named Virgo bolted out the door. She informed animal con
  
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• 2 men convicted at trial on Tekashi 6ix9ine testimony

  03-10-2019 20:51
  NEW YORK (AP) — Two men have been convicted in a federal case featuring the testimony of rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine (teh-KAH’-shee siks-NYN’).
  The verdict Thursday came at a Manhattan trial where he was a star government witness against fellow members of a violent faction of the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods.
  The rapper, whose legal name is Daniel Hernandez, testified that he joined the gang to give him street credibility in exchange for a cut of his music industry earnings. He describe
  
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• Sedona chapel almost fully restored after vandal attack

  03-10-2019 20:44
  SEDONA, Ariz. (AP) — It will be a few more weeks until repairs at the Chapel of the Holy Cross in Sedona are completed after a man vandalized the iconic landmark.
  Church facility director Betty McGinnis said Thursday that it will take two to five weeks to receive and install a new window.
  Authorities say 41-year-old Timothy Larson entered the church Sept. 25, hitting objects with a crowbar and spray painting the word “evil.”
  According to Coconino County Jail records, Larson rem
  
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• Cardinals starting Edman over Carpenter in NLDS Game 1

  03-10-2019 20:44
  ATLANTA (AP) — St. Louis manager Mike Shildt says he considered more than offense when choosing rookie third baseman Tommy Edman over veteran Matt Carpenter in Game 1 of the NL Division Series against Atlanta on Thursday.
  Kolten Wong returns for the Cardinals at second base after missing two weeks with a hamstring injury. Wong’s return pushed Edman from second base to third base.
  Carpenter hit only .226 this season but his .267 average in September was his best of any month. Shildt s
  
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• Kin of limo crash victims call for stricter regulations

  03-10-2019 20:40
  AMSTERDAM, N.Y. (AP) — Relatives of some of the 20 people killed in a limousine crash are calling for stricter safety regulations as the anniversary approaches.
  They joined Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer and congressional representatives Thursday in Amsterdam, New York.
  That’s near where the stretch limo sped through an intersection and slammed into an embankment on Oct. 6, 2018.
  The driver, 17 passengers on a birthday outing and two pedestrians were killed.
  The families are seeking p
  
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• Defense Department to better secure service members’ site

  03-10-2019 20:35
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The Department of Defense has agreed to better protect personal information stored in a database used by banks and others to confirm a service member’s military status.
  The changes are part of a settlement finalized Thursday in federal court in Buffalo, New York.
  The Vietnam Veterans of America sued in 2017 after one of its members was targeted by scammers who accessed details about him through the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act site. The database is meant to le
  
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• Harvey Weinstein loses his bid to move trial out of New York

  03-10-2019 20:34
  NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein has lost a longshot bid to move his sexual assault trial out of New York City.
  A state appellate panel rejected the request Thursday. It dismissed the movie mogul’s concerns that he wouldn’t get a fair trial in the world’s media capital.
  The five-judge panel issued the decision after reading submissions from Weinstein’s lawyers and prosecutors. The panel didn’t give a reason for the decision.
  Weinstein is due to stand trial in
  
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• The Latest: Trump asks China to investigate Biden and son

  03-10-2019 20:30
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and the impeachment inquiry (all times local):
  6:15 p.m.
  President Donald Trump is calling on China to probe former Vice President Joe Biden.
  The president is already ensnarled in an impeachment investigation over his request for Ukraine to investigate Biden and his son Hunter.
  Trump and Vice President Mike Pence say Americans have a right to know about the wrongdoing the president alleges. There is no evidence of any wrongdoing by the
  
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• The Latest: Pence backs Trump on calls for Biden inquiries

  03-10-2019 20:30
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and the impeachment inquiry (all times local):
  2:20 p.m.
  Vice President Mike Pence is defending President Donald Trump’s call that foreign governments investigate one of Trump’s leading Democratic rivals.
  And Pence is echoing Trump’s private and public urging of Ukraine’s president to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and Biden’s family. Earlier Thursday, Trump said China should investigate Biden
  
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• WNBA to look into Sparks GM’s comments after Game 2 loss

  03-10-2019 20:29
  NEW YORK (AP) — The WNBA is looking into an obscenity-laced speech that included racial epithets made by Los Angeles general manager Penny Toler in the locker room after the Sparks lost Game 2 of the WNBA semifinals in Connecticut.
  WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert said on ESPN on Thursday “we understand the heat of the moment and that the Sparks lost in the semifinals, but we don’t condone that kind of language and will be reviewing it over the next few days.”
  A story on
  
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• Johannessen shoots 63 to take 1st-round lead at Spanish Open

  03-10-2019 20:26
  MADRID (AP) — Kristian Krogh Johannessen of Norway shot a career-best 8-under 63 to match the course record and take a two-shot lead after the first round of the Spanish Open on Thursday.
  Johannessen birdied four of his last six holes at the Club de Campo Villa de Madrid for the lowest opening round in the event’s history. The only bogey for the Norwegian came on the par-4 16th hole, right after he made an eagle on the par-4 15th.
  “It was a good round,” Johannessen said.
  
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• Berríos starts for Twins vs Yanks in Division Series opener

  03-10-2019 20:26
  NEW YORK (AP) — José Berríos will start the AL Division Series opener for the Minnesota Twins against the New York Yankees.
  Berríos was 14-8 with a 3.68 ERA and 195 strikeouts in 200 1/3 innings.
  James Paxton (15-6, 3.82) will start Friday night’s game for the Yankees.
  Twins manager Rocco Baldelli did not announce a Game 2 starter. Right-hander Jake Odorizzi (15-7, 3.51) is the most likely candidate.
  Masahiro Tanaka (11-9, 4.45) starts Game 2 for the Yankees on S
  
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• The Latest: Woman gets 10 years in prison in son’s death

  03-10-2019 20:23
  PHOENIX (AP) — The Latest on the sentencing of an Arizona woman who pleaded to manslaughter in the shooting death of her 9-year-old son (all times local):
  11:22 a.m.
  A Phoenix woman who says her 2-year-old son fatally shot her 9-year-old son with a handgun that she left on a bed was sentenced to 10 years in prison for her role in the 2017 killing.
  The sentence given Thursday to Wendy Lavarnia in the death of her son, Landen, marked the most lenient punishment available under the terms of h
  
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• Ukraine’s president defends election in rebel-held east

  03-10-2019 20:22
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s president has defended agreeing to hold a local election in the country’s rebel-held east and vowed the vote will be free and fair.
  Ukraine, Russia and mediators Germany and France signed an accord on Tuesday with Russia-backed separatists. A five-year conflict between the separatists and Ukrainian troops in eastern Ukraine has killed more than 13,000 people.
  Some in Ukraine saw the agreement as a capitulation to Russia. Hundreds of people rallied
  
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• Missouri police seek tips in skinned-alive beagle case

  03-10-2019 20:20
  NEOSHO, Mo. (AP) — An $8,000 reward is being offered for information in the case of a pet beagle that was skinned alive in southwest Missouri.
  Neosho police Lt. Jason Baird says the dog’s entire backside was removed from its neck to its tail and down to the top of its legs. He says a subdivision resident reported seeing the injured animal emerge from a wooded area Sept. 23. Baird says the beagle was in obvious pain when officers caught it, and the decision was made to put it down.
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• Eagles center Jason Kelce, wife welcome new daughter Wyatt

  03-10-2019 20:17
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce (KEHL’-see) is tackling a new role: fatherhood.
  Kelce and his wife, Kylie, welcomed their new daughter, Wyatt Elizabeth, this week.
  Kelce and the team posted a photo of mother and baby Thursday.
  The baby is holding up two fingers, and Kelce quipped in a social media caption that she “chunked up the deuces on her way out.”
  Fans were quick to congratulate the family, ask if she can play cornerback and modify the pic
  
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