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• Yankees’ Stanton out for ALCS Game 2 with quad injury

  13-10-2019 23:27
  HOUSTON (AP) — Giancarlo Stanton is not in the New York Yankees’ starting lineup against Houston Astros ace Justin Verlander for Game 2 of the AL Championship Series with a strained right quad.
  Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Sunday that Stanton was hurt running out an infield single in the second inning of Game 1 a night earlier. Stanton remained in the game and homered off Zack Greinke in a 7-0 New York victory.
  Stanton had an MRI that revealed the strain. Boone says Stanton is av
  
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• Windsurfer unhurt, but spent a night in waters off Delaware

  13-10-2019 23:26
  DEWEY BEACH, Del. (AP) — A windsurfer spent a night stranded and floating in waters off Delaware after his sail broke and no one could hear his calls for help.
  The Daily Times of Salisbury reported Sunday the man was found uninjured Friday morning after drifting for hours from Dewey Beach to Bay City, where he reached shore. The Coast Guard, police and others had searched for him.
  The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control says the man told police he could not r
  
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• Fifth victim in Chicago apartment shooting dies

  13-10-2019 23:22
  CHICAGO (AP) — A fifth person has died from wounds suffered in a shooting at an apartment building on Chicago’s Northwest Side.
  Police say a 67-year-old man went into a neighbor’s apartment Saturday evening, fatally shooting four people as they ate dinner. They say the suspect then went to a unit on the floor above and shot another woman, who died of her injuries Sunday.
  The suspected gunman has not yet been identified or charged as of Sunday afternoon. He was taken into custod
  
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• Wilson’s 3 TDs lead Seahawks’ rally past Mayfield, Browns

  13-10-2019 22:59
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Chris Carson scored on a 1-yard touchdown run with 3:30 left, Russell Wilson threw two TD passes and ran for one and the Seattle Seahawks rallied for a 32-28 win Sunday over the mistake-prone Cleveland Browns and improved to 3-0 on the road for the first time in 39 years.
  The Seahawks (5-1) gave up touchdowns on Cleveland’s first three possessions before storming back.
  Wilson connected with Jaron Brown for two scores, and Seattle’s cool quarterback scampered 16
  
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• 11 hurt after car crashes into hayride in northern Illinois

  13-10-2019 22:59
  LITTLE ROCK TOWNSHIP, Ill. (AP) — A northern Illinois woman has been ticketed for driving her car into a hayride wagon carrying 14 adult passengers, injuring 11 of them.
  The Kendall County Sheriff’s Department says a car driven by 22-year-old Kaitlin Minick of DeKalb slammed into the rear of the wagon being towed by a tractor. The accident occurred Saturday in Little Rock Township, about 50 miles (80.5 kilometers) west of Chicago.
  Authorities say she was ticketed for failure to reduc
  
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• Three dead following Southern California wildfires

  13-10-2019 22:46
  Three people are dead after wind-driven wildfires burned through 8,300 acres in Southern California, forcing thousands to evacuate their homes as firefighters sought to contain the fast-moving blazes.
  Two victims were discovered this week in the Villa Calimesa Mobile Home Park, where multiple structures burned in the Sandalwood fire centered in Calimesa, California, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said Saturday.
  Mandatory evacuation orders were issued Friday as the so-called Sadd
  
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• California to become the first state to ban the sale and manufacture of fur

  13-10-2019 22:41
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (NBC) – California will be the first state to ban the sale and manufacture of new fur products and the third to bar most animals from circus performances under a pair of bills signed Saturday by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
  The fur law bars residents from selling or making clothing, shoes or handbags with fur starting in 2023.
  California will be the first state to ban the sale and manufacture of new fur products and the third to bar most animals from circus performances under a pa
  
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• McLaurin helps Redskins earn 1st win against Dolphins, 17-16

  13-10-2019 22:36
  MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Rookie Terry McLaurin caught two touchdown passes and the Washington Redskins stopped Miami’s two-point conversion attempt with six seconds left for a 17-16 victory Sunday in a matchup between winless teams.
  Adrian Peterson more than doubled his season rushing total with 118 for Bill Callahan in his first game as interim coach. Washington intercepted Josh Rosen twice and sacked him five times before he was benched at the start of the fourth quarter with the
  
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• Jackson runs, passes Ravens past winless Bengals 23-17

  13-10-2019 22:32
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Lamar Jackson rambled, shimmied and passed his way through the winless Bengals, who were rendered powerless against the versatile and seemingly indestructible Baltimore quarterback.
  Jackson ran for a career-high 152 yards and a touchdown, threw for 236 yards and guided the Ravens past hapless Cincinnati 23-17 on Sunday.
  Alternatingly jutting left and right, up the middle and occasionally toward the sideline, Jackson carried 19 times (including three kneel-downs at the end)
  
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• Cousins, Diggs fly past Eagles in Vikings’ 38-20 win

  13-10-2019 22:30
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kirk Cousins threw to Stefon Diggs for three of his four touchdowns, racking up a season-high 333 passing yards as the Minnesota Vikings ravaged the Philadelphia Eagles secondary in a 38-20 victory Sunday.
  Diggs scored on plays in the first half that covered 51 and 62 yards, becoming the first player since Randy Moss in 2000 to post two touchdown receptions of 50-plus yards in one game for the Vikings (4-2).
  His most important catch came late in the third quarter, a doub
  
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• Watson, Hyde lead Chiefs to 31-24 victory over Chiefs

  13-10-2019 22:26
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Deshaun Watson threw for 280 yards and a touchdown while running for two more, outdueling Chiefs counterpart Patrick Mahomes in a matchup of former first-round picks and leading the Houston Texans to a 31-24 victory over Kansas City on Sunday.
  Carlos Hyde added 116 yards rushing and a touchdown against the team that traded him to Houston (4-2) before the start of the season. DeAndre Hopkins hauled in nine passes for 55 yards.
  None was bigger than his last, when the
  
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• No. 18 Baylor top tackler Johnston has season-ending injury

  13-10-2019 22:26
  WACO, Texas (AP) — No. 18 Baylor will be without leading tackler Clay Johnston for the rest of the season after the senior middle linebacker injured his knee on a play where he had an interception.
  Baylor officials didn’t elaborate Sunday, but they confirmed that Johnston had a season-ending injury.
  Johnston got hurt in the fourth quarter of Saturday’s 33-30 double-overtime win over Texas Tech, when the Bears stayed undefeated. He limped off the field and never returned after h
  
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• Florida police: No active mall shooter, 1 with gunshot wound

  13-10-2019 22:21
  BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — Police say a person with a gunshot wound has been located but there’s no active shooter at a Boca Raton mall that had been placed on a lockdown after reports of shots fired.
  Boca Raton police tweeted that the person was taken to a medical center as SWAT teams continued an exhaustive search of the upscale Town Center mall Sunday afternoon. Authorities didn’t immediately identify the wounded person or say what exactly happened. Nonetheless, they say there&
  
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• Florida police: No active mall shooter, 1 injured

  13-10-2019 22:21
  BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — Police say a person with a possible gunshot wound has been located but there’s no active shooter at a Boca Raton mall that had been placed on a lockdown after reports of shots fired.
  Boca Raton police tweeted that the person was taken to a medical center as SWAT teams continued a systematic search of the upscale Town Center mall Sunday afternoon. Authorities didn’t immediately identify the wounded person or say what exactly happened.
  Nonetheless, they sa
  
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• Queen Latifah to receive Harvard black culture award

  13-10-2019 22:17
  CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Music artist and actress Queen Latifah is among the honorees being recognized by Harvard University this year for their contributions to black history and culture.
  Harvard is set to award the W.E.B. Du Bois Medal to Queen Latifah and six other recipients on Oct. 22, according to the Cambridge, Massachusetts, school’s Hutchins Center for African and African American Research.
  Other honorees include poet and educator Elizabeth Alexander, Secretary of the Smithso
  
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• Kelly rallies to win PGA Tour Champions in Carolina

  13-10-2019 22:10
  CARY, N.C. (AP) — Jerry Kelly closed with a 7-under 65 and won the SAS Championship on Sunday, allowing him to close the gap in the Charles Schwab Cup as the PGA Tour Champions heads into its postseason.
  Kelly ran off five straight birdies on the front nine at Prestonwood Country Club to take control. Two birdies late in the final round gave him some breathing room, and he closed with a bogey for a one-shot victory over David McKenzie, who shot 63.
  Woody Austin and Doug Barron, who shared
  
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• Bridgewater stays unbeaten as Saints beat Jaguars 13-6

  13-10-2019 22:08
  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Teddy Bridgewater found Jared Cook for a 4-yard touchdown early in the fourth quarter, and the New Orleans Saints held on to beat the Jacksonville Jaguars 13-6 on Sunday and improve to 4-0 without injured starter Drew Brees.
  Coming off a 300-yard, four-touchdown performance against Tampa Bay, Bridgewater was less effective against the Jaguars (2-4). But he did enough for New Orleans’ defense, which turned Minshew Mania into Minshew Mayhem.
  Gardner Minshew wa
  
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• Thousands join protest called by Haiti’s art community

  13-10-2019 22:06
  PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Thousands of Haitians have joined a protest in the capital called by the art community to demand President Jovenel Moïse resign, increasing pressure on the embattled leader after nearly a month of marches that have shuttered schools and businesses.
  Members of one art group wore what appeared to be diapers on their heads and held empty bowls, while other protesters chanted slogans against Moïse, expressing anger over corruption, rising inflation and a
  
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• The Latest: Church shooting suspect faces additional charges

  13-10-2019 21:45
  PELHAM, N.H. (AP) — The Latest on the aftermath of a shooting at a New Hampshire church (all times local):
  5:10 p.m.
  Authorities have announced four additional charges, including attempted murder, against a man who’s accused of shooting a clergyman and a bride during a wedding in New Hampshire.
  Authorities said Sunday that 37-year-old Dale Holloway now faces attempted murder for the Saturday shooting of 75-year-old church bishop Stanley Choate, second-degree assault for the shooting
  
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• Family ends search for missing CEO after a body is found

  13-10-2019 21:43
  SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The family of a missing Utah tech executive has called off a search for her after police reported that a body was found inside a parked car in the San Francisco Bay Area.
  Police in San Jose said the body was discovered Saturday in an area where Erin Valenti’s family had been searching.
  Authorities said they were working to confirm the identity of the person and the cause of death.
  “While we were praying for a different outcome, we are so appreciative for
  
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• The Latest: Tunisia projections say professor wins election

  13-10-2019 21:14
  TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — The Latest on the Tunisia presidential election (all times local):
  8:10 p.m.
  Tunisian polling agencies are forecasting that conservative law professor Kais Saied has overwhelmingly won the North African country’s presidential election.
  Saied’s supporters exploded with joy, celebrating on the main boulevard of Tunis even though official results from Sunday’s runoff vote aren’t expected until Tuesday. It’s only Tunisia’s second democr
  
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• Projections indicate that Islamist-backed professor Kais Saied wins Tunisia’s presidential race

  13-10-2019 21:09
  TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Projections indicate that Islamist-backed professor Kais Saied wins Tunisia’s presidential race.
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• Syrian Kurdish officials say they will work with Damascus to fend off Turkish invasion, are deploying along borders

  13-10-2019 21:06
  BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian Kurdish officials say they will work with Damascus to fend off Turkish invasion, are deploying along borders.
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• Exit poll indicates Poland’s conservative ruling party Law and Justice wins most votes in general election

  13-10-2019 21:02
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Exit poll indicates Poland’s conservative ruling party Law and Justice wins most votes in general election.
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• Simone Biles breaks gymnastics worlds medals record, gets 5 golds this week

  13-10-2019 20:32
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  STUTTGART, Germany — Simone Biles‘ routine this week that no fans saw took place hours before she competed.
  Her mom, Nellie, said she made up Biles’ hair in the mornings at the world championships, her first time doing so regularly at a major competition in several years. In the last Olympic cycle, her parents were allowed little contact with her at major international meets.
  That policy changed in her comeback after 14 months aw
  
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• Average US price of gas unchanged over past 2 weeks

  13-10-2019 20:32
  CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline has remained at $2.73 a gallon over the past two weeks.
  Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey said Sunday that within the average, prices in more than half of the cities surveyed fell by several cents while prices mostly rose in cities on the West Coast.
  She says the attack on Saudi Arabia’s key oil processing facility last month had no effect on gas prices.
  The price at the pump is 24 cents l
  
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• No one hurt in Canadian acrobatic jet crash at US air show

  13-10-2019 20:19
  HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) — The Royal Canadian Air Force says one of its pilots is safe after he had to eject from his plane just before an aerobatics show in the United States.
  The Canadian Forces Snowbirds said Capt. Kevin Domon-Grenier’s jet crashed into an unpopulated area Sunday near Hampton, Georgia, and no one on the ground was injured.
  The Snowbirds were set to perform at the Atlanta Air Show. Event organizers said they canceled the rest of Sunday’s show after the crash.
  The Sn
  
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• AP Top 25: LSU jumps to No. 2; Upset drops Georgia to No. 10

  13-10-2019 20:05
  NEW YORK (AP) — LSU moved up to No. 2 in The Associated Press college football poll, giving the Southeastern Conference the top two teams in the country for the 29th time.
  The Tigers jumped from No. 5, past No. 3 Clemson and No. 4 Ohio State, after beating Florida in a matchup of unbeaten teams. LSU received 12 first-place votes Sunday in the AP Top 25 presented by Regions Bank. Alabama received 30 first-place votes and is No. 1 for the third consecutive week.
  Oklahoma is No. 5 and Wiscons
  
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• POLL ALERT: LSU jumps 3 spots to No. 2 behind ‘Bama; Clemson, Ohio St, Oklahoma round out top 5; Georgia falls to No. 10

  13-10-2019 20:01
  NEW YORK (AP) — POLL ALERT: LSU jumps 3 spots to No. 2 behind ‘Bama; Clemson, Ohio St, Oklahoma round out top 5; Georgia falls to No. 10.
  The post POLL ALERT: LSU jumps 3 spots to No. 2 behind ‘Bama; Clemson, Ohio St, Oklahoma round out top 5; Georgia falls to No. 10 appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• The Latest: Rain forces playoff postponement at Talladega

  13-10-2019 19:57
  TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — The Latest on NASCAR’s race at Talladega Superspeedway (all times local):
  3:35 p.m.
  NASCAR’s playoff race at Talladega Superspeedway has been postponed a day because of rain.
  William Byron won the first stage, moments before scattered showers halted action. The race will resume Monday at 1 p.m. CDT.
  The Alabama superspeedway has a tight window with no lights to permit racing after dark.
  Chase Elliott started on the pole with three Hendrick Motorsports tea
  
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• The Latest: Byron wins stage, Menard gets out at Talladega

  13-10-2019 19:57
  TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — The Latest on NASCAR’s race at Talladega Superspeedway (all times local):
  2:00 p.m.
  William Byron has won the first stage of Sunday’s race at Talladega Superspeedway.
  Byron held off fellow playoff driver Joey Logano to earn the stage victory.
  NASCAR then brought the cars down pit road to hold them as rain began to scatter around the track.
  Paul Menard used the break between stages to give way to relief driver Matt Crafton. Menard has been bothered by disc
  
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• California to become the first state to ban fur products

  13-10-2019 19:31
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California will be the first state to ban the sale and manufacture of new fur products and the third to bar most animals from circus performances under a pair of bills signed Saturday by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
  The fur law bars residents from selling or making clothing, shoes or handbags with fur starting in 2023.
  Animal rights groups cheered the measure as a stand against inhumane practices. The proposal was vigorously opposed by the billion-dollar U.S. fur industry, and t
  
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• Armed men attack Burkina Faso mosque, kill at least 16

  13-10-2019 19:29
  OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — A local official says armed men stormed the grand mosque in Burkina Faso’s northern village of Salmossi on Friday, killing at least 16 people and wounding two others.
  Ernest Bouma Nebie, a regional official in Oudalan province near the border with Mali, said Sunday that armed men entered the mosque during evening prayers.
  No group has claimed responsibility for the attack but jihadist groups with links to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group are activ
  
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• The Latest: Hungary opposition parties win big in Budapest

  13-10-2019 19:27
  BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The Latest on local elections in Hungary (all times local):
  10:35 p.m.
  The candidate backed by several opposition parties has been elected mayor of Budapest, defeating the incumbent supported by Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s Fidesz party.
  With 74% of the votes counted in Budapest, Gergely Karacsony was leading Istvan Tarlos by 50.1% to 44.8% and local media reported that Tarlos had called to congratulate his rival.
  Opposition parties were also projected to wi
  
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• The Latest: Hungary begins counting local election votes

  13-10-2019 19:27
  BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The Latest on local elections in Hungary (all times local):
  7:25 p.m.
  Officials have begun counting votes cast in Hungary’s local elections, with a more unified opposition trying to dent the prolonged power of Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s Fidesz party.
  Sunday’s election is projected to have one of the highest voter turnouts in local elections since Hungary’s 1990 return to democracy. The race for Budapest, the capital, was expected to be cl
  
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• 10-year-old dies after being ejected from festival ride

  13-10-2019 19:25
  BRIDGETON, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say a 10-year-old girl has died after plunging from an amusement park ride at a harvest festival in southern New Jersey over the weekend.
  State police say troopers were called to the Deerfield Township Harvest Festival in Cumberland County after the girl was “ejected” from a Wisdom Super Sizzler “Extreme” ride Saturday evening. Police say the girl was airlifted to Cooper University hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
  The cause
  
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• Syrian TV says government troops moving to the north to confront ongoing Turkish offensive, no further details

  13-10-2019 19:16
  BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian TV says government troops moving to the north to confront ongoing Turkish offensive, no further details.
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• McCaffrey scores 2 TDs to lead Panthers past Bucs 37-26

  13-10-2019 19:14
  LONDON (AP) — Christian McCaffrey scored two touchdowns and Carolina turned five interceptions by Jameis Winston into 17 points to give the Panthers their fourth straight victory, 37-26 over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday.
  After starting the season with two straight losses with hobbled Cam Newton at quarterback, the Panthers (4-2) have been on a roll with Kyle Allen at quarterback thanks to McCaffrey’s big plays and an opportunistic defense that had a franchise record-tying seven
  
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• Argentina routs Ecuador 6-1 without suspended Messi

  13-10-2019 19:10
  ELCHE, Spain (AP) — Argentina routed Ecuador 6-1 in a friendly game in Spain on Sunday despite the absence of suspended Lionel Messi.
  Lucas Alario, Leandro Paredes, Germán Pezzella, Nicolás Domínguez and Lucas Ocampos scored for Argentina, which also got on the board with an own-goal by Ecuadorean defender Jhon Espinoza.
  Argentina, without many of the starters who played in the recent 2-2 draw against Germany, was up 3-0 at halftime in the southeastern Spanish city of
  
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• Ukraine’s president calls for calm at nationalists’ march

  13-10-2019 19:03
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s president is urging participants in a nationalist march Monday to avoid violence, amid growing anger at his peace plan for the separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine.
  Kyiv is deploying thousands of police to watch over the march, expected to include nationalist and far-right groups protesting President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s policies.
  In a Facebook appeal Sunday, Zelenskiy told demonstrators: “Don’t give in to provocations of those who
  
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• Orville Wright bust stolen from North Carolina monument

  13-10-2019 19:02
  KILL DEVIL HILLS, N.C. (AP) — The National Park Service says a copper bust of aviation pioneer Orville Wright has been stolen from the Wright Brothers National Memorial in the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
  The Park Service and local law enforcement officials are investigating the case and are asking the public for any information.
  The agency in a statement says the monument was damaged either Saturday evening or Sunday morning. The granite base that the bust was mounted to was toppled and
  
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• Elliott, Hendrick teammates to start up front at Talladega

  13-10-2019 19:00
  TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — Chase Elliott will lead his three Hendrick Motorsports teammates to the green flag for Sunday’s playoff race at Talladega Superspeedway.
  With rain in the forecast, NASCAR altered the pre-race schedule and moved the start up about 15 minutes.
  Elliott starts on the pole and is joined on the front two rows by Hendrick title challengers Alex Bowman and William Byron, along with Jimmie Johnson.
  Stakes will be high in the middle race of the second round of NASCAR&rsq
  
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• Wiesberger wins Italian Open, tops Race to Dubai rankings

  13-10-2019 18:58
  ROME (AP) — Bernd Wiesberger moved atop the Race to Dubai rankings by winning the Italian Open on Sunday for his second Rolex Series victory of the year.
  Wiesberger carded a bogey-free 6-under 65 at Olgiata Golf Club for a one-stroke victory over Matthew Fitzpatrick after beginning the day three strokes behind the Englishman.
  Fitzpatrick had chances to get into a playoff but missed both an eagle putt on the 17th hole that lipped around the cup and a birdie effort on No. 18.
  It was Wiesberg
  
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• Russia routs Cyprus 5-0 to join Belgium at Euro 2020

  13-10-2019 18:38
  NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Russia routed Cyprus 5-0 on Sunday to join group winner Belgium in qualifying for the 2020 European Championship.
  Valencia forward Denis Cheryshev scored twice and set up two more for the Russians – who only needed a draw to be sure of qualification – to take their tally to 21 points after seven wins from eight games in Group I.
  With two games remaining, Russia has 11 points more than third-place Cyprus and 12 more than fourth-place Scotland, which thrash
  
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• Poland, Russia qualify for Euro 2020; Croatia must wait

  13-10-2019 18:38
  Poland and Russia qualified for the 2020 European Championship on Sunday, while Gareth Bale’s goal forced Croatia to wait after a 1-1 draw with Wales. Germany beat Estonia 3-0 despite playing with 10 men from the 14th minute.
  Robert Lewandowski set up both goals for Poland as Chicago Fire midfielder Przemyslaw Frankowski and fellow substitute Arkadiusz Milik scored late in a hard-fought 2-0 win over North Macedonia.
  Poland is assured of finishing in the top two of Group G, where second-pla
  
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• Split GOP tries to unite in Louisiana governor’s race runoff

  13-10-2019 18:27
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Republican leaders working to oust the Deep South’s only Democratic governor are trying to put their intraparty backbiting behind them ahead of Louisiana’s November runoff.
  The GOP hierarchy, both nationally and locally, is seeking to unify support behind businessman Eddie Rispone against Democratic incumbent John Bel Edwards in the Nov. 16 election.
  They’re hoping supporters of third-place finisher, Republican Ralph Abraham, will shift their backi
  
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• U.S. troops to withdraw from northern Syria, Defense Sec. Esper says

  13-10-2019 18:18
  U.S. troops were preparing to withdraw from northern Syria Sunday as Turkish forces continued their advance.
  Hundreds of Islamic State group supporters escaped from a displacement camp in the area and there were reports of alleged atrocities amid growing international alarm.
  The situation on the ground was deteriorating rapidly, a U.S. official with direct knowledge told NBC News.
  U.S. forces were at risk of being isolated and there was increased risk of confrontation between Turkish force
  
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• Voters weary of more investigations as impeachment ramps up

  13-10-2019 18:15
  FISHERS, Ind. (AP) — Polling finds that support for the House’s impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump has grown since Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the start of the investigation last month following a whistleblower complaint.
  But what those numbers don’t show is the sense of fatigue among some Americans. It’s a factor that could be significant as Democrats leading the inquiry debate how to proceed with an election year approaching.
  It’s a feeling shared by
  
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• ‘Joker’ tops box office again, beats ‘Addams Family’

  13-10-2019 18:15
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Joker” kept winning at the box office.
  The R-rated comic book villain origin story had a phenomenal second weekend box office, topping the charts once more over newcomers like the animated “The Addams Family” and the Will Smith action pic “Gemini Man.”
  Studios on Sunday estimate that “Joker” added $55 million from North American theaters, down only 43% from its record-breaking debut.
  “The Addams Family” exceede
  
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• Glendale police respond to illegal party; Man fatally shot

  13-10-2019 18:06
  GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Police in Glendale say a man has been fatally shot after officers responded to an illegal party in an industrial district in the city.
  They say officers received reports about multiple shots fired around 2:45 a.m. Sunday.
  Police say first officer who arrived at the scene saw about 200 people fleeing the area in around 100 cars.
  They officer also reported seeing multiple people shooting at the crowd.
  Police say the unidentified officer fired at one of the shooters and
  
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