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• Former Michigan Gov. William Milliken dies at age 97

  18-10-2019 23:55
  TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s longest-serving governor, William G. Milliken, has died. He was 97.
  A family spokesman, Jack Lessenberry, says Milliken died Friday at his home in Traverse City.
  Milliken, a moderate Republican, was governor for 14 years until 1983. His style of bipartisan cooperation made him popular among voters and politicians in both major parties.
  Milliken’s priorities included civil rights, protecting the environment and helping Detroit as the city s
  
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• Cohen turns to Congress in bid to shorten prison sentence

  18-10-2019 23:55
  NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Cohen is again turning to Congress as part of a new bid to reduce his prison sentence.
  President Donald Trump’s former attorney and fixer asked the heads of three Congressional committees last month to intervene on his behalf.
  Cohen’s attorneys urged the lawmakers to ask a federal judge to reduce Cohen’s three-year sentence for campaign-finance violations.
  They also asked that Cohen be allowed to serve out his term on home confinement at his Manhat
  
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• Spokesman says William G. Milliken, Michigan’s longest-serving governor, has died at age 97

  18-10-2019 23:53
  TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Spokesman says William G. Milliken, Michigan’s longest-serving governor, has died at age 97 .
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• Diplomat said to have questioned optics of Hunter Biden job

  18-10-2019 23:53
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Deputy Assistant Secretary of State George Kent told impeachment investigators this week that he had raised concerns in 2015 about Hunter Biden, the son of then-Vice President Joe Biden, working with a Ukrainian gas company.
  Kent told lawmakers investigating President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine that he’d questioned the optics of Hunter Biden serving on the gas company’s board. At the time, American officials were trying to persuade Ukrainian of
  
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• ‘All Together’: Kellogg teams up with LGBTQ group for anti-bully campaign

  18-10-2019 23:51
  BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (WCMH) — Corn Flakes, Froot Loops, Frosted Flakes, Frosted Mini-Wheats, Raisin Bran, Rice Krispies in the same box?
  Kellogg’s has created a limited edition All Together cereal as part of an anti-bullying campaign in a partnership with the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) to celebrate Spirit Day.At Kellogg Company, we're ALL TOGETHER taking a stand against bullying, and we're proud to support #SpiritDay. Get your limited edition box of ALL T
  
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• Ecuador president proposes new finance reforms after turmoil

  18-10-2019 23:47
  QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuadorian President Lenín Moreno is proposing new economic reforms to help stabilize the nation’s finances following recent political upheaval.
  The president announced Friday that his new plan will call on those, “who have more to pay more.”
  If approved, he said high-earning businesses will have to make a new contribution that would generate $532 million over three years.
  New taxes would also be enforced on items like plastic bags.
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• Schiff, ever a prosecutor, draws GOP ire in impeachment

  18-10-2019 23:43
  WASHINGTON (AP) — There is no Archibald Cox or Ken Starr to be found in President Donald Trump’s impeachment. So it’s up to Adam Schiff.
  While those independent prosecutors investigated Presidents Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton before Congress launched impeachment proceedings, the ongoing probe of Trump’s dealings with Ukraine was started by lawmakers.
  House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff is leading the probe with two other committees at the direction of Hous
  
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• Thunberg calls for climate action in oil-rich Alberta

  18-10-2019 23:33
  EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg stayed away from any direct criticism of Alberta’s oil sands as she took her message to the oil-rich Canadian province.
  The 16-year-old told thousands of people in front of the provincial legislature in Edmonton on Friday that the future of the planet is at stake. Alberta has the world’s third largest oil reserves in the world.
  A group of oil and gas industry supporters held a counter-rally. They took part in a tr
  
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• Arizona’s unemployment rate drops again

  18-10-2019 23:29
  TUCSON – Arizona’s unemployment rate dropped again in September.
  The state Office of Economic Opportunity says the seasonally-adjusted jobless rate for September was 4.5 percent.  That’s down from 5 percent in August.  It’s also a decline from September 2018, when 4.9 percent of Arizonans were out of work.
  Economists say the state added 65,000 jobs last month, most of them in the Phoenix area.
  The construction and bioscience healthcare industries saw the mo
  
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• US says it recently paid cash-strapped UN $180 million

  18-10-2019 23:28
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States says it recently paid the United Nations $180 million toward its annual dues, which should help ease the U.N.’s worst cash crisis in nearly a decade.
  U.S. deputy ambassador Cherith Norman Chalet said the United States expects to make another payment of $96 million within the next few weeks.
  She told the General Assembly’s budget committee Friday that the U.S. anticipates making “further contributions in November as well.”
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• Oregon could see up to 2 feet of snow Friday night

  18-10-2019 23:28
  GOVERNMENT CAMP, Ore. (KGW) — Anywhere from 1 to 2 feet of snow could fall tonight in the Cascades, according to the National Weather Service.
  A Winter Storm Warning will be in effect from noon Friday until 6 p.m. Saturday above 5,000 feet.
  “Timberline Lodge could see more than a foot of heavy wet snow while upper elevations see 20″ of snowfall!” KGW meteorologist Rod Hill said Friday. “Cascade passes will see a mix of mostly rain to a wet snow mix,
  
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• US diplomat accused of political retribution steps down

  18-10-2019 23:27
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior State Department official accused of carrying out political retribution against career diplomats deemed not to be sufficiently supportive of President Donald Trump has announced he is stepping down.
  In a note sent to colleagues on Friday, Kevin Moley said he would retire effective November 29. Moley serves as the assistant secretary of state for International Organization Affairs.
  In an August report, the department’s inspector general documented allegation
  
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• Illegal BASE jumper calls police after cell tower mishap

  18-10-2019 23:26
  MENOMONIE, Wis. (AP) — A BASE jumper who jumped illegally from a northwestern Wisconsin cellphone tower ended up calling the police on himself after his parachute became caught on a guy wire, leaving him dangling perilously 50 feet (15 meters) from the ground.
  Police say the 20-year-old man jumped from the 300-foot (90-meter) Charter Communications tower in Menomonie on Thursday morning.
  After his rescue at around 9:30 a.m., the man was treated at Mayo Clinic Health System and arrested for
  
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• Tommy Tolles lead PGA Tour Champions playoff opener

  18-10-2019 23:24
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Tommy Tolles closed with a birdie for a 7-under 65 and the first-round lead Friday in the Dominion Energy Charity Classic, the first of three tournaments in the Charles Schwab Cup playoffs.
  The 52-year-old Tolles had seven birdies in the bogey-free round at The Country Club of Virginia. He’s winless in three seasons on the 50-and-over tour.
  Colin Montgomerie and Scott Parel shot 66, and Miguel Angel Jimenez, Retief Goosen and Rocco Mediate were at 67.
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• Wyoming man grows 1,491-pound pumpkin, breaks state record

  18-10-2019 23:21
  CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming officials say a Cheyenne man has grown a pumpkin that weighs in at 1,491 pounds (676 kilograms), a new state record.
  The Wyoming Tribune Eagle reported Thursday that Andy Corbin grew the gourd in his backyard.
  For perspective, scientists say newborn elephants weigh about 200 pounds (91 kilograms) on average.
  Corbin says the pumpkins he grows at his east Cheyenne home require a handmade tripod to move them.
  He says his pumpkins require yearlong maintenance and
  
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• The Latest: Mayor: Chief drank before falling ill in car

  18-10-2019 23:21
  CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on the incident in which Chicago’s police superintendent felt lightheaded and then fell asleep after pulling his vehicle over (all times local):
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  Chicago’s mayor says that the police superintendent told her that he had a couple of drinks with dinner the night he later pulled over his vehicle because he felt lightheaded and fell asleep.
  Mayor Lori Lightfoot tells the Chicago Sun-Times that Superintendent Eddie Johnson also told her what he told
  
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• Felon convicted after 2018 traffic stop led to his arrest

  18-10-2019 23:21
  TUCSON – Ryan Booker was convicted last Wednesday for possession of a firearm while being a prohibited possessor.
  Booker was pulled over by deputies near Magee and Pima Farms roads on Jan. 13, 2018 for speeding. PCSD said Booker was later arrested on an unrelated matter.
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  After searching Booker’s motorcycle, deputies found a 12-gauge shotgun hidden in a backpack. When asked what was in the backpack, Booker originally said it was &l
  
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• The Latest: Utilities president blasts PG&E over outages

  18-10-2019 23:20
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Latest on a massive power shut-off last week in Northern California (all times local):
  3:15 p.m.
  California’s top utilities regulator says she’s astounded by the lack of basic preparation Pacific Gas & Electric officials took in readying for a pre-emptive power shut-off that affected more than 2 million people.
  California Public Utilities Commission President Marybel Batjer said at an emergency meeting Friday that the utility failed on so many level
  
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• The Latest: California names director for wildfire safety

  18-10-2019 23:20
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Latest on a massive power shut-off last week in Northern California (all times local):
  4:45 p.m.
  California Gov. Gavin Newsom has named the first director of a new Wildfire Safety Division.
  Newsom said Friday that Caroline Thomas Jacobs will head the new division under the state’s utility regulator. It comes as Pacific Gas & Electric faces scrutiny over its recent decision to shut off power to 700,000 customers because of wildfire threats.
  The Wildfire Sa
  
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• Mbappé returns, scores as PSG beats 9-man Nice 4-1

  18-10-2019 23:14
  NICE, France (AP) — Angel di Maria scored twice and Kylian Mbappé marked his return from injury with a goal as Paris Saint-Germain stretched its lead in the French league with a 4-1 win at nine-man Nice on Friday.
  Di Maria got the visitors off to a flying start in the first half before Mbappé sealed the win in the 83rd minute after the home side had two players sent off. Mbappé also set up Mauro Icardi for PSG’s fourth goal in injury time.
  Mbappé, who rece
  
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• Big baby: Female Masai giraffe born at Los Angeles Zoo

  18-10-2019 23:09
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A big baby has made its debut at Los Angeles Zoo.
  The zoo announced this week that a female Masai giraffe was born on Oct. 5, the fifth baby for the mother, Hasina, and the sixth for the father, Phillip.
  The new addition has joined the giraffe herd at the zoo.
  The calf stands about 6 feet, 6 inches (1.9 meters) tall and weighs 138 pounds (63 kilograms). It doesn’t have a name yet.
  When fully grown, the giraffe could stand 17 feet (5 meters) tall and weigh more than
  
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• Matt Every suspended 3 months for drug of abuse

  18-10-2019 23:05
  PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Matt Every has been suspended for three months for violating the PGA Tour’s conduct policy on drugs of abuse.
  The tour announced the suspension Friday afternoon. Every will be eligible to return Jan. 7. He will miss only three tournaments for which he would have been eligible.
  Every has two victories on the PGA Tour, winning back-to-back at Bay Hill in 2014 and 2015. He advanced to the FedEx Cup playoffs last year, but did not make it beyond the first p
  
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• Ex-officer who killed black man given 1-year prison sentence

  18-10-2019 23:01
  WOODBINE, Ga. (AP) — A former Georgia police officer who fatally shot an unarmed, fleeing black man has been sentenced to one year in prison.
  Zechariah Presley was also sentenced Friday to four years of probation. The sentence by a superior court judge comes nearly two weeks after a jury acquitted Presley of manslaughter charges but found him guilty of violating his oath of office.
  Presley, who is white, was a Kingsland police officer when he killed Tony Green in June 2018. Green fled a tr
  
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• Police: Woman made up raccoon story to cover up shooting

  18-10-2019 22:56
  DOTHAN, Ala. (AP) — Police say an Alabama woman told a story about trying to shoot a rabid raccoon to cover up a fight that left her and her boyfriend with gunshot wounds.
  News outlets report 37-year-old Catherine Fernandez was arrested on a domestic violence charge after investigators determined her tale about a wild animal wasn’t true.
  Police Lt. Doug Magill says officers were called to a home Thursday about an accidental shooting.
  Magill says the woman told police she was firing a
  
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• The Latest: Jury recommends death for ‘Boy Next Door Killer’

  18-10-2019 22:55
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on a jury’s sentencing recommendation for a man dubbed “The Boy Next Door Killer” in California. (all times local):
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  A Los Angeles jury has recommended the death sentence for a man dubbed “The Boy Next Door Killer.”
  One victim of 43-year-old Michael Gargiulo was killed on a night in 2001 when she had plans with actor Ashton Kutcher, who testified at the trial.
  The jury reached its decision Friday after finding Gargiul
  
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• Challenge of Louisiana abortion rules survives, for now

  18-10-2019 22:48
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court has declined, for now, to grant Louisiana’s request to kill key parts of a lawsuit challenging numerous Louisiana abortion regulations.
  But Friday’s ruling from a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit of Appeals ruling also said abortion rights advocates lack standing to pursue many of their claims. It said a lower court judge’s ruling allowing the entire case to proceed was in error. And the panel reserved the right to recon
  
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• Saints rule out Alvin Kamara, Jared Cook vs. Bears

  18-10-2019 22:47
  METAIRIE, La. (AP) — The New Orleans Saints have ruled out top running back Alvin Kamara and top receiving tight end Jared Cook for Sunday’s game in Chicago.
  The Saints also have listed receiver Tre’Quan Smith as out for the fourth time in five weeks. Defensive end Trey Hendrickson, who has three sacks, will miss his third straight game with a neck injury despite practicing on a limited basis this week.
  Kamara, hobbled by ankle and knee soreness, has 649 yards from scrimmage in
  
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• Jury recommends death sentence for “Boy Next Door Killer” who attacked California women in their homes

  18-10-2019 22:46
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jury recommends death sentence for “Boy Next Door Killer” who attacked California women in their homes.
  The post Jury recommends death sentence for “Boy Next Door Killer” who attacked California women in their homes appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• Indiana woman’s trial for 3 bus stop deaths goes to jury

  18-10-2019 22:42
  ROCHESTER, Ind. (AP) — The jury has begun deliberating in the trial of a 24-year-old Indiana woman accused of killing three children by striking them with a pickup truck as they crossed a two-lane state highway to board a school bus.
  Alyssa Shepherd faces three counts of reckless homicide and other charges in the Oct. 30, 2018, crash that killed 6-year-old twins Mason and Xzavier Ingle and their 9-year-old sister, Alivia Stahl. WRTV-TV reports that closing arguments concluded Friday aftern
  
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• Indiana woman convicted of reckless homicide in 3 deaths

  18-10-2019 22:42
  ROCHESTER, Ind. (AP) — A jury has found a 24-year-old Indiana woman guilty of reckless homicide in the deaths of three children she struck with a pickup truck as they crossed a two-lane state highway to board a school bus.
  Alyssa Shepherd was accused in the Oct. 30, 2018, crash that killed 6-year-old twins Mason and Xzavier Ingle and their 9-year-old sister, Alivia Stahl. Shepherd told authorities she didn’t realize she was approaching a stopped school bus. Prosecutors say Shepherd d
  
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• AP source: Jets’ Osemele cleared to play; he wants surgery

  18-10-2019 22:42
  FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — New York Jets guard Kelechi Osemele says he needs season-ending shoulder surgery and is waiting for the team to authorize the procedure, but the team wants him on the field.
  Osemele said Friday the team doctor and an outside doctor have both recommended the surgery. But a person with direct knowledge of the situation tells The Associated Press both doctors determined it is actually a pre-existing injury and cleared Osemele to play through the injury.
  Osemele is ex
  
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• White House looks to put Trump stamp on G-7

  18-10-2019 22:40
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Get on board, world.
  That’s the message from the White House as it starts shaping plans for next year’s Group of Seven summit in Florida.
  Rolling back government regulation is in. So is energy production. Russian President Vladimir Putin could be as well. Meanwhile, climate change is most definitely out.
  Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney this week outlined the priorities the administration would like America’s strongest allies to tackle whe
  
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• Man who threatened Trump family, media figures gets 5 years

  18-10-2019 22:40
  SEATTLE (AP) — A Seattle-area man with a history of severe mental illness has been sentenced to five years in prison for making threats against President Donald Trump’s family, synagogues and media figures.
  Chase Bliss Colasurdo was sentenced Friday after pleading guilty in May. He was arrested after posting a photo showing a gun pointed at a picture of Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law. He also made online threats to kill Donald Trump Jr.
  He bought ammunition but was b
  
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• All Bets Are On, Volume 35: On Mitt Romney's NCAA Ultimatum, Arizona's Clash With USC and More

  18-10-2019 22:40
  The Tucson Weekly's sports podcast is back for another episode, covering the gamut of sports information.
  Segment one handles Mitt Romney's bold comments on the proposed Student Equity Act, which would allow NCAA athletes to profit off their name, image and likeness.…
  
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• Frankfurt beats Leverkusen 3-0 in Bundesliga

  18-10-2019 22:39
  BERLIN (AP) — Goncalo Paciencia scored twice as Eintracht Frankfurt defeated Bayer Leverkusen 3-0 to prevent the visitors from going top of the Bundesliga on Friday.
  The Portuguese striker got the home side off to a flying start in the fourth minute, holding off Aleksandar Dragovic’s challenge after he was played through by Danny da Costa and staying cool to beat goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky.
  Dragovic’s evening went further downhill 12 minutes later, when he conceded a clear penal
  
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• Cummings remembered as a mentor to many in Baltimore

  18-10-2019 22:39
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Many faith leaders, activists and politicians in Baltimore have one thing in common: They were mentored by Rep. Elijah Cummings.
  The congressman, who died Thursday at 68, inspired and advised others, sharing his political wisdom.
  Among those who consulted the Baltimore Democrat was Marilyn Mosby, who as the top prosecutor in the city brought charges in 2015 against six police officers in the death of Freddie Gray, a black man who suffered a neck injury in the back of a pol
  
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• McVay: Jalen Ramsey expected to play for Rams at Atlanta

  18-10-2019 22:34
  THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Rams expect cornerback Jalen Ramsey to play on Sunday in Atlanta.
  Ramsey went through a second full practice with the Rams on Friday, three days after Los Angeles acquired the former All-Pro cornerback in a trade with Jacksonville.
  Coach Sean McVay says he is optimistic Ramsey will be able to contribute when the Rams (3-3) visit the Falcons (1-5) at the site of Los Angeles’ Super Bowl loss last season.
  Ramsey missed the Jaguars’ past
  
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• Lynx leading scorer Sims suspended 2 games for DWI charge

  18-10-2019 22:30
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Lynx leading scorer Odyssey Sims has been suspended for two games to start the 2020 season, stemming from a drunken-driving charge last summer.
  The punishment was announced Friday. Sims was sentenced by a Hennepin County judge Tuesday to 10 days of house arrest. One of the two gross misdemeanor DWI charges filed against Sims in June was dismissed after she pleaded guilty to the other.
  Sims was tested for alcohol after she was pulled over on the interstate near
  
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• Raising Cane’s seeks to hire 85 employees for its newest Tucson restaurant

  18-10-2019 22:17
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  TUCSON – Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers is looking to hire 85 crewmembers for its newest Tucson restaurant.
  Its third restaurant will be located at 4225 N. Oracle Rd, across from the Tucson Mall.
  The new location is expected to be open by Dec. 3.
  Interviews will be scheduled through Nov. 13 at the Holiday Inn Express & Suites Tucson Mall, 620 E. Wetmore Rd. Starting Nov. 14, interviews will take place in the new restaurant.
  Interested cre
  
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• Report: Diocese of Lansing mishandled 1990 sexual abuse case

  18-10-2019 22:07
  LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lansing says an independent investigator determined that the diocese failed to investigate allegations that a priest had sexually assaulted a man at a boxing training camp decades ago.
  The diocese on Thursday released the findings of an independent investigation conducted by a law firm it hired to look into the matter.
  The investigators say the man sent the Rev. Pat Egan a letter in 1990 saying Egan had sexually assaulted him the previous
  
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• New Facebook oversight board results to be public, exec says

  18-10-2019 21:50
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Facebook executive says a new quasi-independent oversight board will soon be making decisions on some of the most difficult questions about what material belongs on the platform in a “very public way.”
  Company director of governance and strategic initiatives Andy Pergam said in a University of Utah speech Friday that the board will consider a small number of cases after all appeals of Facebook decisions have been exhausted.
  He says the board will make fi
  
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• 38 people cited for violations in Clinton email probe

  18-10-2019 21:08
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department has completed its internal investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s use of private email and found violations by 38 people, some of whom may face disciplinary action.
  The department determined that those 38 people were “culpable” in 91 cases of sending classified information in messages that ended up in Clinton’s personal email. The 38 are current and former State Department officials but were not i
  
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• Syria crisis tests Trump’s global religious freedom vows

  18-10-2019 21:07
  The Turkish invasion of northern Syria could put to the test President Donald Trump’s stated commitment to global freedom of worship for religious minorities.
  The fighting between the Turks and Kurds has raised fears for the safety of Syrian Christians, Yazidis and other minority faiths at the hands of the Turkish forces. At the same time, the Trump administration is proposing to drastically reduce the number of refugees admitted to the U.S.
  That worries refugee advocates and others who se
  
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• Supreme Court steps into case over consumer agency

  18-10-2019 21:04
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is stepping into a yearslong, politically charged fight over the federal consumer finance watchdog agency that was created in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis.
  The justices agreed Friday to review an appeals court decision that upheld the structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The agency has long been a target of conservative Republicans.
  The Justice Department usually defends federal law. But the Trump administration agrees with a C
  
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• Dolphins’ Reshad Jones, Daniel Kilgore out for Buffalo game

  18-10-2019 20:59
  DAVIE, Fla. (AP) — Safety Reshad Jones and center Daniel Kilgore have been ruled out of the Miami Dolphins’ game Sunday at Buffalo.
  Jones missed practice this week with a chest injury and has played in only three games this season. Kilgore hurt his knee in the final seconds of Sunday’s loss to Washington and also missed practice all week.
  Defensive end Avery Moss (ankle) was also ruled out. Cornerback Xavien Howard (knee) and receiver Jakeem Grant (hamstring) are questionable.
  
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• Opioid negotiations fail to produce deal just before trial

  18-10-2019 20:58
  Negotiations aimed at reaching a major settlement in the nation’s opioid litigation have reached an impasse.
  North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein said late Friday that local governments that are suing drug companies did not accept a deal worth $48 billion in cash, treatment drugs and services.
  Stein and three other attorneys general led the talks on behalf of the states. The attorneys general themselves and top officials with some drugmakers and distributors met Friday in federal cou
  
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• CEOs, attorneys general trying to reach opioid settlement

  18-10-2019 20:58
  Chief executives of a handful of pharmaceutical and drug distribution companies are negotiating with government attorneys to see if they can reach a settlement ahead of the first federal trial over the nation’s opioid crisis.
  Top officials at the companies that are defendants in the case were summoned to a Friday meeting in Cleveland by U.S. District Court Judge Dan Polster, who is overseeing more than 2,000 opioid-related lawsuits.
  Jurors are to hear claims from two Ohio counties, Cuyahog
  
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• ‘Final straw’: GOP ex-Ohio Gov. Kasich supports impeachment

  18-10-2019 20:54
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who ran against President Donald Trump in the 2016 Republican primary, says he supports impeaching the president.
  Kasich said on CNN that the “final straw” for him was when acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney acknowledged 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. Mulvan
  
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• Supreme Court takes up case over quick deportations

  18-10-2019 20:51
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will review a lower court ruling in favor of a man seeking asylum, a case the Trump administration says could further clog the U.S. immigration court system.
  The justices said Friday they will hear the administration’s appeal of a ruling by the federal appeals court in San Francisco that blocked the quick deportation of a man from Sri Lanka.
  The high court’s decision should come by early summer in the middle of the presidential campaign. It c
  
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• Pistons sign Tre’Shawn Thurman, waive Sword

  18-10-2019 20:51
  DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Pistons have signed forward Tre’Shawn Thurman and waived guard Craig Sword.
  The Pistons announced the moves Friday, just a day after announcing that they’d signed Sword.
  The 6-foot-7 Thurman averaged 8.2 points a game last season as a senior at Nevada. He also played three seasons at Nebraska-Omaha. Sword spent the last two seasons with the Erie Bayhawks of the NBA G League.
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