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• Virginia police: Officer fatally shot man who pointed gun

  17-10-2019 23:55
  ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — Virginia authorities say an officer fatally shot a man who was pointing a gun at authorities in a parking lot.
  A statement from Virginia State Police says 28-year-old Chase Andrew Austin was killed by a Roanoke officer Wednesday.
  The statement says officers responding to a trespassing call found Austin at a Krispy Kreme shop, which previously banned him from the location. Police say Austin became “confrontational,” pulled out a pistol and pointed it at an of
  
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• Sheriff: North Carolina mother hid newborn baby in closet

  17-10-2019 23:54
  MONROE, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina sheriff’s office says it has charged a woman with first-degree murder and felony child abuse after an investigation showed she hid a newborn baby in a closet to conceal the fact that she had been pregnant.
  The Union County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release Thursday that deputies responding to a 911 call from her husband on Sunday found 27-year-old Khrystina Marie Rice of Indian Trail on a bathroom floor and bleeding.
  Investigators say
  
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• Authorities: Man accused in strangling of Alaska woman seen on digital memory card is charged with another death.

  17-10-2019 23:53
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Authorities: Man accused in strangling of Alaska woman seen on digital memory card is charged with another death.
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• Charge dismissed against officer in K-9 partner’s death

  17-10-2019 23:40
  MELBOURNE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida police officer has avoided conviction in the death of his K-9 partner. Florida Today reports that Brevard County Judge Kelly Ingram dismissed a misdemeanor animal cruelty charge against Sebastian police officer Eric Antosia on Thursday before a jury could render a verdict, ending a three-day trial.
  Ingram ruled in agreement with the defense that the state could not prove where, when or why the dog, Diesel, died while in Antosia’s care.
  Officials say A
  
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• The Latest: NYC to close Rikers Island jail complex by 2026

  17-10-2019 23:36
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on New York City’s plan to close the notorious Rikers Island jail complex (all times local):
  5:35 p.m.
  New York City lawmakers have approved a plan to close the notorious Rikers Island jail complex and replace it with four smaller jails.
  The City Council voted Thursday to build the new jails and close Rikers by 2026.
  City Council Speaker Corey Johnson called Rikers Island “a symbol of brutality and inhumanity.” He said the city must move away fr
  
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• New York City Council votes to close Rikers Island, replace massive detention center with 4 smaller jails

  17-10-2019 23:34
  NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Council votes to close Rikers Island, replace massive detention center with 4 smaller jails.
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• UN: September deadliest for civilians in Yemen but new hope

  17-10-2019 23:33
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. officials say September was the deadliest month for civilians in war-torn Yemen this year, though violence has lessened recently and there are signs of hope.
  U.N. envoy Martin Griffiths cautioned Thursday in a video briefing to the Security Council that the hopeful signs “are fragile.”
  He noted the reduction of violence in Yemen’s mainly rebel-controlled north is very recent. And he said that while there is “a tenuous calm” in the so
  
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• Person of interest in girl’s abduction freed on bond

  17-10-2019 23:28
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A person of interest in the abduction of a 3-year-old Alabama girl has been released from jail after being arrested on unrelated charges.
  Al.com reports 39-year-old Patrick Devone Stallworth bonded out of the Jefferson County Jail early Thursday. His bond was set at $500,000 on seven child pornography charges.
  Stallworth and his girlfriend, 29-year-old Derrick Irisha Brown, were arrested Sunday after police released surveillance images of the SUV believed to be invo
  
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• Country radio DJ Bob Kingsley, 80, dies at home in Texas

  17-10-2019 23:27
  WEATHERFORD, Texas (AP) — Bob Kingsley, a radio announcer who since the 1970s led country music fans counting down the weekly hits, has died in Texas.
  Rob Simbeck, a friend and producer of the “Bob Kingsley’s Country Top 40,” says Kingsley died Thursday at home in Weatherford. He was 80. Kingsley earlier this month announced he was being treated for bladder cancer.
  Kingsley, according to his bio as a 2016 National Radio Hall of Fame inductee, began his broadcast career in
  
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• Correction: Obit-Bob Kingsley story

  17-10-2019 23:27
  WEATHERFORD, Texas (AP) — In a story Oct. 17 about the death of radio announcer Bob Kingsley, The Associated Press erroneously identified Kingsley’s friend Rob Simbeck as a producer. Simbeck is a writer and interviewer for the “Bob Kingsley’s Country Top 40” radio program.
  A corrected version of the story is below:
  Country radio DJ Bob Kingsley, 80, dies at home in Texas
  Bob Kingsley, a radio announcer who since the 1970s led country music fans counting down the wee
  
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• Texas prosecutor tosses charges in 1992 teen double slaying

  17-10-2019 23:26
  WACO, Texas (AP) — A Texas man who was sentenced to life in prison for fatally shooting two teenagers in 1992 is now a free man after a district attorney dismissed the charges.
  Richard Bryan Kussmaul was convicted of capital murder in 1994 for killing 17-year-old Leslie Murphy and 14-year-old Stephen Neighbors in a mobile home near Moody, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of Dallas.
  His conviction was vacated last year due to DNA evidence.
  The Waco Tribune-Herald reports that the McLe
  
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• Goerges rallies to reach Luxembourg quarters; Mertens loses

  17-10-2019 23:20
  LUXEMBOURG (AP) — Defending champion Julia Goerges of Germany came from a set down to beat Sorana Cirstea 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 Thursday in the second round of the Luxembourg Open.
  The second-seeded Goerges double-faulted to be broken in the final game of the first set but then broke for a 4-3 lead in the second before leveling the match. In the decider, it was Cirstea’s turn to double-fault on break point to hand Goerges a 5-4 lead. The German then saved two break points in the next game be
  
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• Study: California’s big July quakes strain major fault

  17-10-2019 23:07
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Scientists say earthquakes that hammered the Southern California desert last summer involved ruptures on a web of interconnected faults and increased strain on a major nearby fault that has begun to slowly move.
  Research published Thursday in the journal Science says the earthquake sequence ended a few miles from the Garlock Fault, which runs 185 miles (300 kilometers) from the San Andreas Fault to Death Valley.
  The fault has been relatively quiet for 500 years but now h
  
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• The Latest: Tropical storm likely to form in Gulf of Mexico

  17-10-2019 23:00
  MIAMI (AP) — The Latest on tropical weather (all times local):
  5 p.m.
  Forecasters say a disturbance in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico is expected to soon become a tropical or subtropical storm that will take aim at the northern U.S. Gulf Coast in coming days.
  The U.S. National Hurricane Center says the storm system was located Thursday afternoon about 570 miles (920) kilometers southwest of the mouth of the Mississippi River. It has top sustained winds of 40 m ph (65 kph) and is moving to
  
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• The Latest: Tropical storm expected to develop in Gulf

  17-10-2019 23:00
  MIAMI (AP) — The Latest on tropical weather (all times local):
  10:55 p.m.
  A disturbance in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico is expected to become a tropical storm Friday as it moves toward the northern U.S. Gulf Coast.
  On Thursday night, the U.S. National Hurricane Center says the storm was about 445 miles (716 kilometers) southwest of the mouth of the Mississippi River. It has top sustained winds of 40 mph (65 kph) and is moving to the northeast at12 mph (19 kph). Forecasters predict the s
  
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• The Latest: Storm moving northeast across Gulf of Mexico

  17-10-2019 23:00
  MIAMI (AP) — The Latest on tropical weather (all times local):
  8 p.m.
  Forecasters say a disturbance in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico will soon become a tropical or subtropical storm that is headed for the northern U.S. Gulf Coast.
  On Thursday evening, the U.S. National Hurricane Center says the storm was about 525 miles (845 kilometers) southwest of the mouth of the Mississippi River. It has top sustained winds of 40 mph (65 kph) and is moving to the northeast at 9 mph (15 kph). The syst
  
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• Lakers exercise 4th-year contract option on Kyle Kuzma

  17-10-2019 22:56
  EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Lakers have exercised their contract option on forward Kyle Kuzma for the 2020-21 season.
  The Lakers made the move Thursday on Kuzma, who is currently out with a foot injury suffered while playing for USA Basketball during the summer.
  Kuzma was the 27th overall pick in the 2017 draft out of Utah. He has become a solid NBA scorer, putting up 18.7 points and 5.5 rebounds last season while starting 68 games for the Lakers.
  Kuzma will make over $3.56 m
  
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• Tennessee State AD Teresa Phillips to retire in June 2020

  17-10-2019 22:49
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Teresa Phillips is retiring as Tennessee State’s athletic director, a job she’s held since April 2002.
  Phillips announced her decision Thursday in a letter to Tennessee State posted on the school’s athletic website. She says she told Tennessee State President Glenda Glover of her intentions in August, and her retirement will be effective June 30, 2020.
  Phillips, who played hoops at Vanderbilt, originally was hired as Tennessee State’s women&r
  
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• Energy Secretary Perry tells Trump he plans on resigning

  17-10-2019 22:43
  FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Energy Secretary Rick Perry has notified the president that he intends to leave his job soon.
  That’s according to an administration official who confirmed the news on condition of anonymity.
  Perry was traveling with the president to Texas Thursday when he shared the news aboard Air Force One.
  Perry is under scrutiny over the role he played in the president’s dealings with Ukraine, which are currently the subject of an impeachment inquiry.
  Perry had disp
  
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• St. George breaks hits a record 122 days without rain

  17-10-2019 22:42
  ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — St. George is experiencing a record dry spell as the city in southern Utah hits 122 days without rain.
  The Spectrum reports weather officials said St. George broke the record on Thursday. According to the National Weather Service the previous record was set at 121 days in 1929.
  County water manager Ron Thompson said the dry spell is concerning and underscores the need for St. George to improve its water supplies.
  Monsoon season has caused very dry weather in souther
  
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• Anheuser-Busch accuses MillerCoors of stealing recipes

  17-10-2019 22:34
  MILKWAUKEE, Wisconsin (AP) — Anheuser-Busch is suing MillerCoors over its confidential recipes for Bud Light and Michelob Ultra.
  In a heavily redacted court filing Thursday, Anheuser-Busch claims MillerCoors illegally obtained the recipes through one of its employees, who used to work for Anheuser-Busch.
  Anheuser-Busch says MillerCoors wanted the recipes because it was planning to retaliate for Anheuser-Bush’s Super Bowl ads, which chided MillerCoors for brewing beer using corn syrup
  
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• Diocese pays $4.4M in abuse compensation to 57 victims

  17-10-2019 22:30
  GREENSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania diocese has announced a nearly $4.4 million payout to 57 victims of sexual abuse by its clergy and seminarians.
  The Roman Catholic Diocese of Greensburg made the announcement Thursday about the payment through the out-of-court compensation program.
  The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that most dioceses in the state set up similar compensation funds in the wake of a 2018 grand jury report that detailed a seven-decade history of allegations of sexual abu
  
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• Chicago principal who watched boy’s forced ejection retires

  17-10-2019 22:30
  CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago elementary school principal who looked on as a security guard physically forced a fourth-grader out of the building on a cold day has retired.
  The Chicago Sun-Times reports that Cynthia Miller retired from her job at Fiske Elementary School on Friday. In a letter to parents, she wrote that leaving wasn’t easy but was the right thing to do.
  School surveillance video of the March 26 incident shows Miller looking on as the security guard yanked and shoved the 9-
  
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• Fashion show lets Down Syndrome models strut their stuff

  17-10-2019 22:27
  NEW YORK (AP) — One model sashayed down the runway with a leather jacket and a guitar. Another danced and strutted in a multicolored bomber coat. A toddler had a little help with her modeling turn, holding on to an adult as she wore a peach outfit with a tutu.
  Though New York’s Fashion Week wrapped more than a month ago, there was plenty of fierce fashion at the second annual “Gigi’s Playhouse Fashion Show” on Wednesday. The event allows young people with Down Syndr
  
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• Court says Georgia death row inmate should be resentenced

  17-10-2019 22:26
  ATLANTA (AP) — A federal appeals court says a Georgia man sentenced to die for killing a coworker more than 30 years ago should be resentenced.
  The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday in the case of 64-year-old Lawrence Jefferson.
  Jefferson was convicted of murder and sentenced to die for killing Edward Taulbee. According to court filings, Jefferson killed Taulbee when the pair went to Lake Allatoona to fish after work on May 1, 1985.
  The appeals court says Jefferson should b
  
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• Stanton still out, Hicks moved up to 3rd in Yanks’ order

  17-10-2019 22:25
  NEW YORK (AP) — Giancarlo Stanton remained out of the New York Yankees lineup for the third straight game and Aaron Hicks was moved up to third in the batting order for Game 4 of the AL Championship Series against the Houston Astros.
  Limited by injuries to 18 games during the regular season, Stanton homered in the series opener and missed the next two games because of a strained right quadriceps.
  Hicks was 0 for 2 with two walks in Game 3 on Tuesday, his first start since he injured his ri
  
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• Some US farmers get a reprieve at end of challenging year

  17-10-2019 22:19
  FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Many farmers in the Midwest and South whose planting this year was besieged by wet weather are getting a reprieve, though a few Northern states have seen their harvest prospects go from bad to worse.
  Minnesota and the Dakotas have seen snow and rain in recent weeks that have hampered an already difficult harvest. But much of the Corn Belt has somewhat recovered from heavy rains in the spring and summer, with experts predicting good yields from what did get planted. Still
  
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• Police: Toddler finds mom’s gun, accidentally shoots self

  17-10-2019 22:16
  MOORESVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Police in central Indiana say a toddler found his mother’s unsecured gun while she was out of the room and accidentally shot himself to death.
  The Morgan County Sheriff’s Department says the shooting occurred Wednesday morning at a home outside Mooresville, about 15 miles (24 kilometers) southwest of Indianapolis.
  The department identified the child as 2-year-old Anthony Jones of Indianapolis.
  Deputies say his mother, 26-year-old Stephanie Jones, told t
  
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• British company pleads to smuggling endangered-species goods

  17-10-2019 22:14
  ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A British company has pleaded guilty to smuggling items into the U.S. made from endangered species.
  Court documents indicate The British Shop used false shipping labels to ship the items to America, including suitcases and cigar boxes made from crocodile leather, sawfish blades and multiple pieces made from sea turtle shell.
  The company agreed to forfeit $175,000 in a plea deal announced Thursday by prosecutors in federal court in Alexandria.
  A Virginia antique deale
  
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• UEFA bans Ajax, Eintracht ticket sales for fan disorder

  17-10-2019 22:12
  NYON, Switzerland (AP) — UEFA has banned Ajax and Eintracht Frankfurt from selling tickets to fans for games in London next month as punishment for disorder.
  UEFA says its disciplinary panel punished Ajax for crowd disturbances and damage to the stadium in a 3-0 Champions League win at Valencia this month.
  That means there won’t be an away section for Ajax at its next away game, at Chelsea on Nov. 5.
  In a similar case, Eintracht is banned from selling tickets to Europa League games a
  
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• Police arrest gang that robbed players houses in Spain

  17-10-2019 22:03
  MADRID (AP) — Spanish police said Thursday they have dismantled a gang that robbed soccer players’ houses during games.
  Authorities detained four people, all Albanian citizens, and seized jewels and 10,000 euros ($11,000) in cash that were believed to belong to the players and their families.
  Spanish newspaper El Diario, which first reported the arrests, said officials also recovered a Champions League second-place medal that had been stolen from the house of Atlético Madrid m
  
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• Clint Bowyer signs extension with Stewart-Haas Racing

  17-10-2019 22:01
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Clint Bowyer has reached an agreement with Stewart-Haas Racing to return to the No. 14 Ford next season.
  Bowyer has been with SHR for three of his 15 seasons in the Cup Series. His extension announced Thursday came as the Kansas native headed to his home track on the verge of elimination from the playoffs.
  Bowyer, from Emporia, Kansas, is 11th in the 12-driver playoff field going into Sunday’s race at Kansas Speedway. The bottom four drivers in the standings wi
  
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• The commander of Kurdish-led forces in Syria tells Kurdish TV they will abide by a cease-fire agreement

  17-10-2019 22:00
  BEIRUT (AP) — The commander of Kurdish-led forces in Syria tells Kurdish TV they will abide by a cease-fire agreement .
  The post The commander of Kurdish-led forces in Syria tells Kurdish TV they will abide by a cease-fire agreement appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• The Latest: 2 plead not guilty in Giuliani-associate probe

  17-10-2019 21:59
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on a hearing for businessmen accused of conspiring with associates of Rudy Giuliani to make illegal campaign contributions (all times local):
  3:55 p.m.
  Two businessmen have pleaded not guilty to conspiring with associates of Rudy Giuliani to make illegal campaign contributions.
  David Correia and Andrey Kukushkin made a federal court appearance Thursday afternoon in Manhattan.
  They are among four men charged with using straw donors to make illegal contributions to
  
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• 2 businessmen plead not guilty to conspiring with associates of Rudy Giuliani to make illegal campaign contributions

  17-10-2019 21:57
  NEW YORK (AP) — 2 businessmen plead not guilty to conspiring with associates of Rudy Giuliani to make illegal campaign contributions.
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• The Latest: Trump lawyer distances legal team from Mulvaney

  17-10-2019 21:51
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and the impeachment investigation (all times local):
  5:20 p.m.
  A lawyer for Donald Trump is trying to distance the president’s legal team from acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney.
  Mulvaney acknowledged at a White House press briefing Thursday that Trump’s decision to hold up military aid to Ukraine was linked to his demand that Kyiv investigate the Democratic National Committee and the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign.
  Later
  
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• The Latest: Mulvaney says Ukraine remarks were misconstrued

  17-10-2019 21:51
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and the impeachment investigation (all times local):
  6:20 p.m.
  Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney says his comments about the Trump administration’s decision to hold up military aid to Ukraine have been misconstrued.
  Mulvaney issued his statement after the president’s outside legal counsel tried to distance itself from Mulvaney’s earlier comments at a press briefing.
  Mulvaney now says there was “no
  
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• South Dakota man charged with manslaughter in loss of fetus

  17-10-2019 21:19
  SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota man has been charged with second-degree manslaughter after police say he negligently shot his pregnant wife, leading to the loss of their unborn child.
  The Argus Leader reports that Sheldon Pettibone of Sioux Falls told police he was cleaning his gun Sunday when it fired, shooting his wife, Melanie.
  She was rushed to a hospital and the fetus was delivered by cesarean section but was dead. An autopsy found that the bullet hit Melanie Pettibone in the
  
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• Police arrest 2nd suspect in case of isolated Dutch family

  17-10-2019 21:10
  AMSTERDAM (AP) — Dutch police have arrested a second suspect in the case of a group of people found this week living on a farm, where they had possibly been held against their will for some nine years.
  Police said Thursday they had detained a 67-year-old man who was among six people found at the farm in the rural eastern Netherlands.
  Earlier, an investigating judge ordered another suspect, a 58-year-old man who rented the farm, detained for a further 14 days on suspicion of involvement in
  
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• Kansas says backlog of untested rape kits nearly eliminated

  17-10-2019 21:05
  TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas officials say law enforcement agencies have nearly eliminated a backlog of 2,200 sexual assault kits that had gone untested after the evidence had been collected from victims
  The Kansas Bureau of Investigation said Thursday that law enforcement agencies have had 2,000 of the kits tested by forensic labs and that the remaining 200 should be tested by the end of the month.
  Officials say the additional testing allowed 373 biological profiles from the evidence to be
  
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• As Britain battles to leave the EU, others struggle to join

  17-10-2019 20:55
  BRUSSELS (AP) — As Britain battles to leave the European Union, two countries from the Balkans were struggling to be allowed in, despite warnings that turning them away would tarnish the EU’s reputation and could risk inflaming the volatile region.
  Albania and North Macedonia were expecting this week to receive a green-light to begin negotiations on joining Europe’s rich club. The European Commission, which supervises entry talks, insists that both have met all the criteria. EU
  
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• Indians C Pérez has ankle surgery, expected ready for camp

  17-10-2019 20:48
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Indians catcher Roberto Pérez had surgery to remove bone spurs in his right ankle.
  The team said Pérez underwent the arthroscopic procedure Thursday in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The 30-year-old Pérez is expected to be fully recovered by spring training in February.
  Pérez had a career-best season for the Indians, who made him their full-time starter after trading All-Star Yan Gomes to the Washington Nationals in November. Pérez batted .239 wit
  
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• Vaping-related illnesses still rising, though at slower pace

  17-10-2019 20:46
  NEW YORK (AP) — Vaping-related illnesses in the U.S. are still rising, though at a slightly slower pace.
  Health officials of Thursday said there have been nearly 1,500 cases and at least 33 deaths in the mysterious outbreak.
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been updating the case counts each week. The latest jump — 180 cases since last week — was the smallest increase since mid-September.
  The outbreak appears to have started in March. Symptoms of the illness i
  
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• Tavares will miss at least 2 weeks with broken finger

  17-10-2019 20:40
  TORONTO (AP) — Toronto Maple Leafs captain John Tavares will be out at least two weeks with a broken finger.
  The Leafs center suffered the injury late in Wednesday night’s loss against the Washington Capitals.
  Tavares, 29, has three goals and four assists in eight games this season.
  Tavares had 47 goals and 41 assists for 88 points in his first season with the Leafs last year.
  Tavares was selected as the captain of the Leafs at this year’s season opener. He signed a seven-year,
  
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• 3 companies fined for role in fatal Seattle crane collapse

  17-10-2019 20:40
  TUKWILA, Wash. (AP) — Authorities have fined three companies involved in a crane collapse that killed four people in Seattle last April more than $100,000 combined.
  Washington state’s Department of Labor and Industries released the results of its investigation Thursday. It found, as experts have suspected, that the crane toppled because workers who were disassembling it prematurely removed pins securing the sections of the crane’s mast.
  Sections of the crane landed on the new G
  
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• Arkansas track plans to end greyhound racing by end of 2022

  17-10-2019 20:33
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An east Arkansas track has agreed to phase out greyhound racing over the next three years, citing a decline in dog racing nationally and fears that the state’s voters would approve ending the practice.
  The Arkansas Racing Commission on Thursday approved a request by Southland Racing to end greyhound racing at the West Memphis track by Dec. 31, 2022. Southland said it had reached an agreement with the Arkansas Greyhound Association to end the track’s liv
  
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• Fort Worth police shooting shatters community trust

  17-10-2019 20:29
  FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The killing of a black woman in her home by a white Fort Worth officer has shattered the trust police have been trying to build with communities of color.
  The Texas city has long had complaints of unjustified shootings and racially unequal policing.
  Experts warn that Atatiana Jefferson’s death could set off a vicious circle: The mistrust leads community members to stop reporting crimes and cooperating with officers. That, in turn, makes the police less effect
  
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• The Latest: Dems slam West Virginia governor for subsidy

  17-10-2019 20:25
  LEWISBURG, W.Va. (AP) — The Latest on The family of the billionaire governor of West Virginia getting a $125,000 taxpayer subsidy (all times local):
  2:15 p.m.
  The West Virginia Democratic Party is slamming the state’s billionaire governor after The Associated Press reported that one of his family businesses took in a $125,000 federal subsidy meant to help farmers through the U.S. trade war with China.
  Party Chairwoman Belinda Biafore issued a news release Thursday saying “many
  
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• The Latest: Billionaire gov says he wasn’t aware of subsidy

  17-10-2019 20:25
  LEWISBURG, W.Va. (AP) — The Latest on The family of the billionaire governor of West Virginia getting a $125,000 taxpayer subsidy (all times local):
  5:00 p.m.
  The billionaire governor of West Virginia says he didn’t know one of his family businesses took in a $125,000 federal subsidy meant to help farmers through the U.S. trade war with China.
  Gov. Jim Justice told reporters on Thursday that he wasn’t aware Justice Farms of North Carolina received the payment. He also said many
  
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• Trump’s use of military money for wall survives Senate test

  17-10-2019 20:24
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s use of military money to pay for the U.S.-Mexico border wall has survived a Senate effort to overturn the move.
  Senate legislation would have reversed Trump’s move to take money from military base projects. Trump vetoed the legislation, and senators on Thursday failed to override that veto. The vote was 53-36, short of the two-thirds needed.
  In February, Trump declared the situation along the border to be a national emergency. And he a
  
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