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• Trial to begin of suspect in transgender woman’s beating

  14-10-2019 23:54
  DALLAS (AP) — A trial begins this week for a man accused of the savage beating of a Dallas transgender woman who was killed a month later in an unrelated homicide.
  Jury selection is set for Tuesday and testimony is expected to begin Wednesday in the aggravated assault trial of Edward Dominic Thomas . Police say he admitted to beating Muhlaysia Booker on April 12 outside the Royal Crest Apartments in the Oak Cliff section of Dallas.
  Police said Thomas was one of the assailants captured on v
  
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• New Mexico forecast to lead US in pecan production in 2019

  14-10-2019 23:51
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico is expected to lead the U.S. in pecan production this year as growers prepare for the upcoming harvest.
  The U.S. Agriculture Department’s statistics service says production in the Southwest state is forecast at a record high 97 million pounds (nearly 44,000 metric tons). That would mark a 6% increase over 2018.
  Production in Georgia is expected to hit about 76 million pounds (more than 34,470 metric tons), followed by Texas at 47 million pounds (21,
  
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• Olofsson sets rookie record in Sabres’ 4-0 win over Stars

  14-10-2019 23:46
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo rookie forward Victor Olofsson set an NHL record by becoming the first player to score his first seven career goals on the power play, Carter Hutton made 25 saves to earn his first shutout of the season, and the Sabres continued their hot start with a 4-0 win over the Dallas Stars on Monday.
  Sam Reinhart, Jeff Skinner and Marcus Johansson had the other goals and Jack Eichel recorded two assists for the Sabres. Olofsson also tallied an assist.
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• Not so fast: Many Nobel winners endured initial rejections

  14-10-2019 23:40
  NEW YORK (AP) — Some of the world’s most innovative ideas and creations have started out in a rejection pile.
  One of this year’s Nobel Prize winners for medicine previously saw his findings on how cells respond to changes in oxygen levels rejected for publication. The journal Nature rejected Peter J. Ratcliffe’s article in 1992, saying “your paper would be better placed in a more specialized journal, particularly given the competition for space.”
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• The Latest: PG&E says system had 100 incidents of damage

  14-10-2019 23:37
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Latest on California power shutoffs to prevent wildfires (all times local):
  8:30 p.m.
  Pacific Gas & Electric says inspections have found more than 100 places where its system was damaged by recent strong winds that prompted last week’s deliberate power cut to northern and central California.
  PG&E says the damage included downed power lines and trees that hit lines. The utility says any one of those problems could potentially have sparked a wildfire &m
  
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• The Latest: Newsom demands payments for those who lost power

  14-10-2019 23:37
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Latest on California power shutoffs to prevent wildfires (all times local):
  2:30 p.m.
  Gov. Gavin Newsom is asking Pacific Gas & Electric Co., to pay the customers who lost power last week when the state’s largest utility cut electricity to prevent wildfires.
  The Democratic governor sent a letter Monday asking PG&E chief executive Bill Johnson to provide a bill credit or rebate worth $100 for residential customers and $250 for small businesses.
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• Texas man suspected of killing girlfriend, infant daughter

  14-10-2019 23:31
  ABILENE, Texas (AP) — Authorities have arrested a 34-year-old Texas man suspected of killing his girlfriend and the couple’s infant daughter and leaving their bodies in front of a ranch.
  Cody Edmund Dixon, of Abilene, was arrested in nearby Baird on Saturday night on two preliminary counts of capital murder in the killings of his 9-month-old daughter, Aria Ellen Dixon, and 22-year-old girlfriend, Alia Rae Hutchison, who had moved down from Wisconsin to be with Dixon.
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• Chicago teachers rally, march ahead of strike deadline

  14-10-2019 23:29
  CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago teachers are calling for district leaders to meet their demands on class sizes just days before a threatened strike that would affect thousands of students in the country’s third-largest school district.
  Members of the unions representing teachers and staff cheered for leaders at a rally Monday before marching through downtown.
  Schools were closed for Columbus Day.
  Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union are at odds over pay, benefits and teachers
  
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• Seppi beats Garin at Kremlin Cup, Mannarino wins

  14-10-2019 23:28
  MOSCOW (AP) — Italian veteran Andreas Seppi saved two match points before beating Christian Garin 3-6, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (4) Monday to reach the second round of the Kremlin Cup.
  The 35-year-old Seppi faced the match points when trailing 6-5 in the second set against the fifth-seeded Chilean. In the decider, Seppi needed six match points to close out the win.
  Seppi will play either Roberto Carballes Baena or Ricardas Berankis in the second round.
  Seventh-seeded Adrian Mannarino beat Damir Dzumhu
  
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• Washington’s MJ Tafisi suffers stinger in win over Arizona

  14-10-2019 23:12
  SEATTLE (AP) — Washington linebacker MJ Tafisi, who was taken off the field on a stretcher during the 25th-ranked Huskies’ win over Arizona, suffered a “significant” stinger and there is no timeline yet for his return to action, coach Chris Petersen said Monday.
  Tafisi was strapped down on the stretcher after being injured in the third quarter of the Huskies’ 51-27 victory Saturday but was moving his arms and waved at the crowd as the cart drove off the field.
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• The Latest: Atwood, Evaristo joint winners of Booker Prize

  14-10-2019 23:00
  LONDON (AP) — The latest on the awarding of this year’s Booker Prize for fiction (all times local):
  9:55 p.m.
  Canadian writer Margaret Atwood and British author Bernardine Evaristo have split the Booker Prize, after the judging panel ripped up the rulebook and refused to name a single winner for the prestigious fiction trophy.
  Chairman Peter Florence said Monday that the five judges simply couldn’t choose between Atwood’s dystopian thriller “The Testaments” an
  
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• The Latest: Tropical Depression forms in eastern Atlantic

  14-10-2019 22:59
  MIAMI (AP) — The Latest on tropical weather (all times local):
  5 p.m.
  A tropical depression has formed southeast of the Cabo Verde islands, well offshore of the west coast of Africa.
  Tropical Depression Fifteen has top sustained winds of 35 mph (55 kph), forming Monday about 320 miles (515 kilometers) southeast of the Cabo Verde islands.
  The storm is moving to the northwest at 8 mph (13 kph). The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami says the storm is expected to spread heavy rains over
  
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• Volunteers, donations needed for Thanksgiving Banquet

  14-10-2019 22:54
  TUCSON – As the holidays approach, Gospel Rescue Mission Tucson is starting to prepare for their annual Thanksgiving Banquet.
  The 31st Annual Thanksgiving Banquet will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 27 at the new H.S. Lopez Family Foundation Center of Opportunity.
  Donations are now being accepted at the Center of Opportunity, 4550 S. Palo Verde Rd. or at the Women’s Recovery Center, 707 W. Miracle Mile.
  The organization is asking for donations of frozen turkeys, cans of
  
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• Pinedale man arrested, accused of fatally shooting 2 horses

  14-10-2019 22:54
  PINEDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo County Sheriff’s officials say a Pindale man has been arrested for fatally shooting two domestically owned horses.
  They say 19-year-old Ryland Haynes has been booked into jail on suspicion of disorderly conduct involving weapons, unlawful killing of livestock and criminal damage.
  Sheriff’s officials say the horses were killed around Sept. 30.
  They say it took time to gather information and interview possible suspects before there was probable cause
  
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• Margaret Atwood, Bernardine Evaristo split Booker Prize as judges break prestigious literary award’s single-winner rule

  14-10-2019 22:54
  LONDON (AP) — Margaret Atwood, Bernardine Evaristo split Booker Prize as judges break prestigious literary award’s single-winner rule.
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• Arizona 19-year-old arrested for allegedly fatally shooting 2 horses

  14-10-2019 22:54
  PINEDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo County Sheriff’s officials say a Pinedale man has been arrested for fatally shooting two domestically owned horses.
  They say 19-year-old Ryland Haynes has been booked into jail on suspicion of disorderly conduct involving weapons, unlawful killing of livestock and criminal damage.
  Sheriff’s officials say the horses were killed around Sept. 30.
  They say it took time to gather information and interview possible suspects before there was probable caus
  
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• Ronaldo nets 700th career goal in Portugal’s loss to Ukraine

  14-10-2019 22:53
  KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 700th career goal but couldn’t keep Portugal from losing 2-1 to Ukraine in qualifying for the 2020 European Championship on Monday.
  Ukraine qualified for Euro 2020 with the victory, its sixth in seven matches in Group B. Portugal remains in second place and will need to keep battling for its spot in the remaining rounds.
  “We played more with the heart than with the head, especially after 2-1,” Portugal coach Fernando Santo
  
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• Trump administration requests citizenship records despite Supreme Court ruling

  14-10-2019 22:52
  WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. Census Bureau is asking states for drivers’ license records that typically include citizenship data and has made a new request for information on recipients of government assistance after the U.S. Supreme Court blocked plans to include a citizenship question in its 2020 population count.
  The two approaches, documented by The Associated Press, alarm civil rights activists. They caution that inaccuracies in state motor vehicle records make them a poor choice
  
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• 2 women convicted in failed 2016 Notre Dame car bomb plot

  14-10-2019 22:49
  PARIS (AP) — Two women who tried to blow up a car near Notre Dame cathedral have been convicted of terrorism charges in France and sentenced to 30 and 25 years in prison.
  Both women admitted taking part in the failed attack in September 2016 but traded blame on who bore more responsibility.
  Ines Madani, now 22, pretended to be a returning Islamic State fighter who was enamored with Ornella Gilligmann.
  Gilligmann contended she was responsible for the failure of the plot, which was encourage
  
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• Venezuela boosts worker pay again amid hyperinflation

  14-10-2019 22:42
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela has dramatically hiked the minimum wage in a move that critics expect will do little to alleviate widespread suffering in the crisis-torn country.
  Socialist party lawmaker Francisco Torrealba announced Monday that the monthly package of pay and bonuses will equal roughly $15 monthly — an increase of more than 350%.
  It’s the third pay raise this year in Venezuela, a once-wealthy oil-producing nation plunged into an economic crisis with hyperin
  
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• Sabres rookie Olofsson sets NHL power-play goal record

  14-10-2019 22:38
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Sabres rookie forward Victor Olofsson has set an NHL record in becoming the first player to score each of his first seven career goals on the power play.
  Olofsson made it seven straight on a one-timer off Rasmus Dahlin’s pass from the right circle to open the scoring 6:27 into the second period against Dallas on Monday.
  Nicknamed “Goal-ofsson” by Sabres fans, the 24-year-old Swede has scored five goals in Buffalo’s first six games. His s
  
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• Utah firefighters get purple manicures aiding girl in crash

  14-10-2019 22:35
  CLEARFIELD, Utah (AP) — Two Utah firefighters responding to a car crash left the scene with purple manicures after calming a young girl upset over the collision.
  North Davis Fire District Chief Allen Hadley and Captain Kevin Lloyd checked on the crying and screaming girl while medics evaluated her mother.
  The two dads, both fathers of young girls, soothed the upset girl by allowing her to paint their nails after the car accident Saturday in the northern Utah city of Clearfield.
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• Trial date set for Christopher Clements

  14-10-2019 22:35
  TUCSON – The man accused of killing 6-year old Isabel Celis and 13-year-old Maribel Gonzales is officially going on trial.Christopher Clements’ trial date has been set for Feb. 23, 2021.
  Clements is currently being held in Maricopa County on burglary charges.
  The remains of 6-year-old Isabel Celis were found in March 2017.
  The body of Maribel Gonzales was discovered in June 2014.
  Prosecutors believe that evidence is linked to the murders of Celis and Gonzales.
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• Harold Bloom, author of ‘Anxiety of Influence,’ dies at 89

  14-10-2019 22:31
  NEW YORK (AP) — Literary critic and longtime Yale professor Harold Bloom has died.
  His wife, Jeanne, tells The Associated Press that he had been in failing health, although he was still teaching as of last week. Bloom died Monday at age 89.
  Bloom was the author of “The Anxiety of Influence,” ”The Western Canon” and other works. Bloom was known for his studies of how artists were influenced and for his criticism of modern culture and literary theory. He was a proud e
  
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• Wild blank Senators 2-0 for 1st win of the season

  14-10-2019 22:28
  OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Alex Stalock stopped all 26 shots he faced and the Minnesota Wild picked up their first win of the season with a 2-0 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Monday.
  Victor Rask and Zach Parise scored third-period goals for the Wild (1-4-0).
  Stalock, in his first start of the season, earned his sixth career shutout.
  Craig Anderson stopped 33 shots for the Senators (1-4-0), who wrapped up a four-game homestand with a 1-3-0 record.
  After two scoreless periods, the Wild open
  
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• Harold Bloom, author of ‘The Anxiety of Influence,’ dies at 89

  14-10-2019 22:28
  NEW YORK (AP) — Harold Bloom, author of ‘The Anxiety of Influence,’ dies at 89.
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• Giant pumpkin weighing nearly 1 ton sets California record

  14-10-2019 22:19
  HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California pumpkin hobbyist has won first place at the 46th annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh Off, setting a record for the largest in California.
  Leonardo Urena of Napa won $15,000 Monday when his pumpkin logged 2,175 pounds (986 kilograms).
  Weigh-off spokesman Timothy Beeman says Urena’s pumpkin is the second largest in the contest’s history. A pumpkin from Washington state weighed nearly 2,400 pounds (1,088 kilograms) and
  
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• Giant pumpkin weighing 2,175 pounds sets California record

  14-10-2019 22:19
  HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California pumpkin hobbyist has won first place at the 46th annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh Off, setting a record for the largest in California.
  Leonardo Urena of Napa won $15,000 Monday when his pumpkin logged 2,175 pounds (986 kilograms).
  Weigh-off spokesman Timothy Beeman says Urena’s pumpkin is the second largest in the contest’s history. A pumpkin from Washington state weighed nearly 2,400 pounds (1,088 kilograms) and
  
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• Exposure risk to rabies is greater during bat season

  14-10-2019 22:14
  BISBEE, Ariz – Cochise Health & Social Services advised Arizona residents to stay cautious of rabies exposure during bat season, according to a statement they released on Monday.
  To help reduce exposure to rabies, Cochise Health & Social Services suggests following basic steps, such as keeping doors and windows without adequate screens closed, especially at night, according to the statement.
  Rabies exposure can also be avoided by leaving bats, and other potentially rabid wild
  
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• Phoenix police: suspect arrested in fatal stabbing of a man

  14-10-2019 22:12
  PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities say a suspect is in custody after a fatal stabbing in west Phoenix.
  Police say the incident occurred around 11:15 a.m. Monday near 51st Avenue and Bell Road.
  Authorities say the incident may have been a result of a dispute between roommates.
  Police will only say right now that the man was stabbed by a known suspect.
  The victim was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
  His name and age haven’t been released yet.
  Police also haven’t identif
  
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• 2 people taken to Phoenix hospital after a reported stabbing

  14-10-2019 22:12
  PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities say two people have been transported to a hospital after a reported stabbing in west Phoenix.
  Police say the incident occurred around 11:15 a.m. Monday near 51st Avenue and Bell Road, close to the Glendale city line.
  Authorities say the incident may have been a result of a dispute between roommates.
  The names of the two people weren’t immediately released and authorities didn’t disclose the severity of their injuries.
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• Memorial services for BP Agent Robert Hotten held Sunday

  14-10-2019 22:11
  TUCSON – Memorial services were held Sunday for the border patrol agent who died on the line of duty earlier this month.
  Family, friends, and colleagues honored Border Patrol Agent Robert Hotten with a celebration of life at the Empire High School auditorium.
  Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan and Senator Martha McSally also attended.
  Hotten died Sunday, Oct. 6, while he was attempting to locate a group of migrants on Mount Washington, south of Patagonia.
  Reportedly, other
  
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• Islanders stun Blues with 3-2 overtime win

  14-10-2019 22:09
  UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Devon Toews scored at 1:13 of overtime to complete a stunning late-game comeback by the New York Islanders as they downed the St. Louis Blues 3-2 on Monday.
  The Blues seemed to have the game well in hand in the closing minutes before Brock Nelson put the home team on the board with his third goal of the season at 14:29 of the third. Mathew Barzal then tied the game at 19:33 off a scramble in front with Islanders netminder Thomas Greiss pulled for an extra attacker.
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• Trump says he soon will impose package of sanctions, including higher steel tariffs, on Turkey for incursion into Syria

  14-10-2019 22:02
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump says he soon will impose package of sanctions, including higher steel tariffs, on Turkey for incursion into Syria.
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• Yankees plan to go all relievers in ALCS Game 4 vs. Astros

  14-10-2019 21:58
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Yankees plan to use their bullpen against Houston from the start in Game 4 of the AL Championship Series.
  With the best-of-seven series tied 1-1, Luis Severino starts Game 3 on Tuesday against Gerrit Cole. Masahiro Tanaka started the opener and James Paxton was on the mound for Game 2. Manager Aaron Boone plans to use pitchers who have been in the bullpen in the postseason during the fourth game on Wednesday night.
  “J.A. Happ could very much be in the mix, as well
  
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• Teen gets 23 years in adult prison for killing mom at age 13

  14-10-2019 21:57
  GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina teen who was 13 when he stabbed and killed his mother has been sentenced to 23 years in an adult prison.
  Miguel Cano’s sentence was handed down Monday after he took a plea deal to a lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter last week. A judge ruled earlier Cano could be tried as an adult on a murder charge. He is 17 now.
  Prosecutor Walt Wilkins says Cano needed a significant sentence because be planned the brutal attack.
  Authorities say 44-year-
  
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• Pastrnak scores 4 goals to carry Bruins past Ducks 4-2

  14-10-2019 21:57
  BOSTON (AP) — David Pastrnak scored a career-high four goals for his fifth career hat trick Monday, leading the Boston Bruins to a 4-2 victory over the Anaheim Ducks.
  Jaroslav Halak stopped 30 shots and Brad Marchand added two assists for the Bruins, the Stanley Cup runner-up off to a 5-1 start.
  Rickard Rakell and Adam Henrique scored for the Ducks, and John Gibson made 19 saves. Anaheim has lost two of three after winning its first three games this season.
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• England’s Euro qualifier in Bulgaria marred by racist abuse

  14-10-2019 21:51
  SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — England’s Football Association called on UEFA to take “very stringent” action after the country’s European Championship qualifier against Bulgaria was stopped twice in the first half because of racist chants and Nazi salutes from the home supporters.
  England’s 6-0 win was halted in the 28th minute and again in the 43rd, but the English players opted against leaving the pitch and the game was quickly resumed after both breaks.
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• Panthers rally from 3 goals down, beat Devils 6-4

  14-10-2019 21:47
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Another strong third period provided a satisfying conclusion to a three-game road trip for coach Joel Quenneville and the Florida Panthers.
  They earned points in the first two stops against the Sabres and Islanders, needing third-period rallies to force overtime before losing in a shootout.
  On Monday, they came from behind again in the third period with Mackenzie Weegar scoring the tying goal and setting up Noel Acciari for the go-ahead tally as the Panthers rallied fro
  
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• The Latest: 2nd crane in danger of collapse

  14-10-2019 21:28
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Latest on the collapse of a hotel under construction in New Orleans (all times local):
  4:45 p.m.
  The second of two cranes towering over the site where a New Orleans hotel construction project partially collapsed two days ago is now considered in danger of toppling.
  One of the cranes had been considered in danger of collapse since Saturday’s disaster. But New Orleans Fire Chief Tim McConnell said Monday that inspections reveal the second crane is also unstable.
  
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• The Latest: 1 victim in hotel collapse identified

  14-10-2019 21:28
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Latest on the collapse of a hotel under construction in New Orleans (all times local):
  2:30 p.m.
  The coroner’s office in New Orleans has identified one of two workers known to have died when a hotel under construction partially collapsed.
  He was 49-year-old Anthony Floyd Magrette. His body was removed from the wreckage Sunday and his identity was confirmed by the coroner Monday. New Orleans news outlets report his wife and family had kept a vigil at the site in
  
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• SNL cast member gives viewers false information about STDs

  14-10-2019 21:28
  NEW YORK (nbcnews) – Even though “Saturday Night Live” cast member Pete Davidson joked that he may look like he has a few sexually transmitted diseases, he’s no STD expert.
  On the show’s “Weekend Update” this past Saturday, Davidson delivered a monologue based on a real-life report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that showed rising rates of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis in the U.S.
  “I don’t see the
  
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• Rags to riches: MLB to open NYC retail store at new offices

  14-10-2019 21:21
  NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball’s new office will have a rags-to-riches component.
  The commissioner’s office said Monday it will open its first permanent retail location in the U.S., the MLB Flagship Store, next summer.
  MLB is moving its offices in January to the west side of midtown Manhattan, near Rockefeller Center, in the tower above the retail store. The sport has been in its current offices, near Grand Central Terminal, since 1999. The new location will also house M
  
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• The Latest: Bowyer wins Stage 2 at ‘Dega after late crash

  14-10-2019 21:20
  TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — The Latest on NASCAR’s playoff race at Talladega Superspeedway (all times local):
  2:15 p.m.
  NASCAR championship contender Alex Bowman triggered a multi-car accident when he tried to block Joey Logano in the closing laps of the second stage at Talladega Superspeedway.
  Logano was charging hard for the lead and Bowman tried to block him, but was instead turned and triggered the first accident of the race. Among those collected in the action were title contenders C
  
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• The Latest: Blaney beats Newman in photo finish at Talladega

  14-10-2019 21:20
  TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — The Latest on NASCAR’s playoff race at Talladega Superspeedway (all times local):
  4 p.m.
  Ryan Blaney beat Ryan Newman in a photo finish Monday at Talladega Superspeedway to earn a spot in the third round of NASCAR’s playoffs.
  Blaney’s first win of the season advanced him to the round of eight along with Kyle Larson. The field will be trimmed from 12 to eight next weekend at Kansas, and Blaney came to Talladega needing a big rally to remain in title
  
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• Robles returns to Nationals’ lineup for Game 3 vs. Cardinals

  14-10-2019 21:19
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Victor Robles is back in the Nationals’ lineup for Game 3 of the NL Championship Series after missing the past five games with a hamstring injury.
  Robles is set to start in center field and bat eighth Monday night with Washington looking to take a commanding 3-0 series lead over the St. Louis Cardinals. Michael A. Taylor, who hit a solo home run in Game 2 Saturday at St. Louis, had been in that spot.
  Manager Dave Roberts said Sunday that Robles would run and work ou
  
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• Mega Adoption Event This Weekend

  14-10-2019 21:15
  Calling all animal lovers, three local agencies are teaming up to host a “mega adoption event” this week.Pima Animal Care Center, the Humane Society of Southern Arizona and Hermitage No-Kill Cat Shelter and Sanctuary, have come together to form "Tucson Shelters United.”Individual locations of all three shelters, PACC at 4000 N. Silverbell Road, HSSA at 635 W. Roger Road and Hermitage at 5278 E. 21st St., will offer 50 percent off adoption fees for all pets for months and older
  
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• French court refuses to surrender US art dealer to Poland

  14-10-2019 21:06
  PARIS (AP) — A lawyer for a New York art dealer says his client is back in the United States after a French court ruled against surrendering him to Poland.
  Jean-Jacques Neuer said Monday that the Court of Appeals in Paris ruled against Poland’s request for the return of Alexander Khochinskiy.
  Khochinskiy was arrested in February at Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport based on a European Union-wide warrant from Poland.
  Neur called the appeals court’s decision “extremely rare&r
  
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• Suit challenges speech rules at Mississippi abortion clinic

  14-10-2019 21:04
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Abortion opponents in Mississippi have filed a lawsuit challenging a local ordinance that will restrict noise levels and require protesters to remain a certain distance from the entrance of health care facilities.
  The lawsuit says the Jackson ordinance unconstitutionally limits free-speech rights as people try to persuade women not to end pregnancies.
  Owners of nearby businesses have complained about commotion outside Mississippi’s only abortion clinic. Some pro
  
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• Judge asks whether prison health care deal should be tossed

  14-10-2019 20:55
  PHOENIX (AP) — A judge who has criticized Arizona’s noncompliance with a settlement requiring better health care for prisoners has ordered lawyers in the case to say whether they want to throw out the deal and bring the case to trial.
  The order Friday by Judge Roslyn Silver offers the state the option of making a good-faith reaffirmation of its promise to comply with the settlement, drawing up a replacement agreement, or throwing out the 2014 deal and heading to trial.
  The order came
  
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