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• Boeing says it “regrets” concerns over internal messages

  20-10-2019 23:59
  CHICAGO (AP) — Boeing says it regrets concerns raised about internal communications it recently handed over to Congress and federal regulators that are investigating two deadly crashes of the company’s 737 Max airplanes.
  The company said in a statement Sunday it’s unfortunate that messages between co-workers it turned over last week weren’t released in a manner allowing for “meaningful explanation.”
  In the messages, former senior Boeing test pilot Mark Forkner
  
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• New Orleans fire chief say demolished cranes at collapsed hotel fell exactly as expected, next object to retrieve 2 dead

  20-10-2019 23:53
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans fire chief say demolished cranes at collapsed hotel fell exactly as expected, next object to retrieve 2 dead.
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• Hearts, Bristol City start racism investigations

  20-10-2019 23:42
  LONDON (AP) — British soccer clubs Hearts and Bristol City have started investigations following allegations of racist abuse involving their fans during games over the weekend. 
  In the Scottish capital Edinburgh, Rangers striker Alfredo Morelos was alleged to have been targeted after scoring a 39th-minute equalizer in front of Hearts support during their 1-1 draw at Tynecastle on Sunday. 
  The Scottish top-tier team said they would hand out indefinite bans to anyone found guilty.
  
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• Crews probe source of smoke from ship off Georgia coast

  20-10-2019 23:07
  BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Marine salvage experts are trying to determine what caused a fire in an overturned cargo ship lying close to Georgia’s seacoast for weeks.
  Smoke could be seen coming out of the Golden Ray on Sunday. Petty Officer Michael Himes, a spokesman for a unified command team seeking to remove the vessel, said crews contained the smoke and were monitoring conditions around the vessel.
  The vessel overturned Sept. 8 near the Port of Brunswick. Rescuers drilled into the hull
  
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• Minshew, defense lead Jaguars over winless Bengals 27-17

  20-10-2019 22:53
  CINCINNATI (AP) — Gardner Minshew led a fourth-quarter touchdown drive that put Jacksonville ahead to stay Sunday, and Yannick Ngakoue returned an interception 23 yards to clinch a 27-17 victory over the winless Cincinnati Bengals.
  The Jaguars (3-4) managed only field goals by still-perfect Josh Lambo until their rookie quarterback and their depleted defense made game-turning plays at the end.
  The win capped a week in which the Jaguars traded disgruntled cornerback Jalen Ramsey to the Rams
  
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• Cousins has 4 TD passes as Vikings surge past Lions 42-30

  20-10-2019 22:51
  DETROIT (AP) — Kirk Cousins matched a career high with four touchdown passes, leading the surging Minnesota Vikings to a 42-30 win over the slumping Detroit Lions on Sunday.
  The Vikings (5-2) have won three consecutive games in part because their quarterback is making plays to complement one of the NFL’s top defenses.
  Matthew Stafford also threw four touchdown passes, all to Marvin Jones, and became the fastest to reach 40,000 yards passing in NFL history. And Jones became the first
  
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• Colts take AFC South lead with 30-23 victory over Texans

  20-10-2019 22:46
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Jacoby Brissett threw a career-high four touchdown passes Sunday and the Indianapolis Colts sealed a 30-23 victory over the Houston Texans with Darius Leonard’s late interception.
  Indy (4-2) has won three straight in the series and took over the early season lead in the AFC South.
  The loss snapped Houston’s two-game winning streak.
  Brissett was masterful most of the day. He was 26 of 39 with 326 yards, and in a game the Colts only produced 62 yards rushing,
  
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• Rodgers throws 5 TD passes, Packers gash Raiders 42-24

  20-10-2019 22:41
  GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Aaron Rodgers had his best game by far under new Packers coach Matt LaFleur, throwing for 429 yards and five touchdowns and running for another as Green Bay beat the Oakland Raiders 42-24 on Sunday.
  Rodgers completed 25 of 31 passes to eight different targets and finished with the first perfect passer rating of his career, leading LaFleur’s offense to a season high in points.
  Even with top target Davante Adams sidelined for the third straight game with turf toe
  
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• Man sprays bear repellent during California Trump protest

  20-10-2019 22:33
  SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — Authorities in Southern California say a supporter of Donald Trump was arrested after spraying bear repellent on a small crowd protesting the president at the Santa Monica Pier.
  Santa Monica police say pro- and anti-Trump demonstrators were shouting at each other Saturday when a scuffle broke out.
  A video posted online shows a man wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat circling the crowd and then unleashing a torrent of spray from a canister. Offic
  
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• Mulvaney’s missteps draw scrutiny from Trump allies

  20-10-2019 22:31
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Mick Mulvaney is struggling with the job of defending his boss, the president.
  President Donald Trump’s acting chief of staff went on “Fox News Sunday” to speak up for Trump — and ended up raising more eyebrows.
  Explaining why Trump had tried to steer an international summit to one of the president’s own properties, Mulvaney said Trump “still considers himself to be in the hospitality business.” That did nothing to allay concerns
  
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• Bills D delivers in 31-21 victory over winless Dolphins

  20-10-2019 22:28
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Tre’Davious White forced two second-half turnovers, Micah Hyde returned an onside kick for a touchdown, and the Buffalo Bills rallied from a five-point deficit for a 31-21 victory over the winless Miami Dolphins on Sunday.
  The Bills, who began the day favored by 17 points, avoided what would have been a major upset against a patchwork Dolphins opponent in a major rebuilding mode.
  Josh Allen led fourth-quarter touchdown drives following each of the Dolphins t
  
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• NC Courage advance to NWSL final with 4-1 win over the Reign

  20-10-2019 22:26
  CARY, N.C. (AP) — Debinha scored on a free kick in extra time to snap a tie, and the North Carolina Courage went on to defeat Reign FC 4-1 in extra time on Sunday to advance to the National Women’s Soccer League championship game.
  The Courage, who won the NWSL Shield for the third straight year with a league-best 15-5-4 record, will face the winner of Sunday’s other semifinal between the Portland Thorns and the Chicago Red Stars.
  Heather O’Reilly, who is retiring at the e
  
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• Rams snap skid by beating Falcons 37-10 as Ryan hurts ankle

  20-10-2019 22:21
  ATLANTA (AP) — Jared Goff threw for two touchdowns and ran for another, and the Los Angeles Rams returned to the site of last season’s Super Bowl loss to beat the reeling Atlanta Falcons 37-10 on Sunday.
  The Rams (4-3) snapped a three-game losing streak in the debut of cornerback Jalen Ramsey.
  The Falcons (1-6) suffered their fifth straight loss and had quarterback Matt Ryan leave the game with an ankle injury. Ryan’s right leg bent awkwardly as he was sacked by Aaron Donald an
  
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• Phoenix police: Man allegedly stabs girlfriend and 2nd woman

  20-10-2019 22:20
  PHOENIX (AP) — Police in Phoenix say a man has been arrested for allegedly stabbing his girlfriend and another woman.
  They say 42-year-old Michael Brown has been booked into jail on suspicion of aggravated assault.
  Police say Brown and his girlfriend got into an argument that turned physical around 10 p.m. Saturday.
  According to police, the fight escalated and led to the first stabbing.
  When another woman tried to break up the altercation, police say she also was stabbed.
  Police say Brown&
  
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• The Latest: Hamlin wins 2nd stage at Kansas Speedway

  20-10-2019 21:47
  KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — The Latest on the NASCAR Cup Series elimination race at Kansas Speedway (all times local):
  3:30 p.m.
  Denny Hamlin further solidified his spot in the round of eight of NASCAR’s playoffs, dominating the second stage of Sunday’s Cup Series elimination race at Kansas Speedway.
  While Kyle Larson and Ryan Blaney have assured their spot in the next round, Hamlin was leading the 12 playoff drivers in the point standings coming into the race.
  Blaney was second i
  
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• 49ers beat Redskins in ugly 9-0 game to improve to 6-0

  20-10-2019 21:47
  LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — Robbie Gould made field goals from 28, 22 and 29 yards to provide the only points in an ugly 9-0 win by the San Francisco 49ers over the Washington Redskins in steady rain and driving wind Sunday to remain undefeated.
  It wasn’t pretty, but San Francisco is 6-0 for the third time in franchise history, and first since 1990. That 49ers team finished 14-2.
  Coach Kyle Shanahan’s bunch didn’t look like an unbeaten powerhouse in horrific conditions that made
  
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• The Latest: Mayor expects ruined hotel will be demolished

  20-10-2019 21:41
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Latest on demolition of cranes in New Orleans (all times local):
  6:30 p.m.
  The mayor of New Orleans mayor says she expects a partially collapsed hotel in her city will ultimately be demolished.
  Mayor LaToya Cantrell said at a news conference Sunday that officials successfully detonated and toppled two dangerous cranes that had leaned for days over the ruins of the Hard Rock Hotel, which collapsed Oct. 12 while under construction.
  She says the first mission now that t
  
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• The Latest: Hotel collapse: Explosions demolish cranes

  20-10-2019 21:41
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Latest on demolition of cranes in New Orleans (all times local):
  3:05 p.m.
  New Orleans officials set off thundering blasts intended to topple two cranes that had been looming precariously over a partially collapsed hotel, but only one crane appeared to make it to the ground.
  The explosions sent off massive clouds of dust Sunday afternoon. After the dust cleared, a large part of one crane could still be seen hanging atop the building. The end of one of the cranes, mea
  
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• The Latest: Hotel collapse: Blasted cranes fell as expected

  20-10-2019 21:41
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Latest on demolition of cranes in New Orleans (all times local):
  4:50 p.m.
  Authorities say the demolition of two cranes leaning precariously over a partially collapsed New Orleans hotel went exactly as expected and the “next objective” is to retrieve the bodies of two dead workers still in the ruined building.
  Mayor LaToya Cantrell told a news conference after Sunday afternoon’s controlled explosions of the cranes that “we know that we are saf
  
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• New Orleans officials set off series of explosions designed to topple cranes at hotel collapse site

  20-10-2019 21:39
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans officials set off series of explosions designed to topple cranes at hotel collapse site.
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• Canucks get off to fast start, hold on to beat Rangers 3-2

  20-10-2019 21:35
  NEW YORK (AP) — Brock Boeser and Jay Beagle scored late in Vancouver’s three-goal first period and the Canucks held on to beat the New York Rangers 3-2 on Sunday.
  Bo Horvat also scored and Elias Pettersson had two assists for Vancouver, which bounced back from a 1-0 loss at New Jersey on Saturday to win for the fifth time in six games. Jacob Markstrom stopped 38 shots to win his third straight start after losing his first two.
  Jesper Fast had a goal and an assist, and Artemi Panarin
  
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• Researchers find second warship from WWII Battle of Midway

  20-10-2019 21:34
  MIDWAY ATOLL, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (AP) — A group of deep-sea researchers looking for sunken World War II ships have found a second Japanese aircraft carrier that went down in the Pacific during the historic Battle of Midway.
  Vulcan Inc. director of undersea operations Rob Kraft says an initial review of sonar data captured Sunday shows what could be either the Japanese carrier Akagi or the Soryu resting deep in the Pacific.
  The find comes on the heels of the discovery of another
  
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• Research vessel locates second Japanese warship that sank in the Pacific during World War II Battle of Midway

  20-10-2019 21:31
  MIDWAY ATOLL, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (AP) — Research vessel locates second Japanese warship that sank in the Pacific during World War II Battle of Midway.
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• Italian ex-premier Renzi seeks to create new center-right

  20-10-2019 21:23
  MILAN (AP) — Former Italian Premier Matteo Renzi is appealing to disillusioned members of ex-Premier Silvio Berlusconi’s party to join forces.
  Renzi made his appeal Sunday, a day after Berlusconi and his much-weakened Forza Italia party appeared marginalized at a right-wing rally led by Matteo Salvini of the populist League.
  While Berlusconi’s party is losing popularity, a post-fascist party, the Brothers of Italy, is pulling the conservative movement further to the right.
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• 11-month-old baby shot three times in Philadelphia is in critical condition

  20-10-2019 21:22
  A baby was hospitalized and in critical condition Sunday after being shot three times in North Philadelphia.
  The 11-month-old’s stepmother was driving with the child in the car on Saturday evening when shots rang out, according to NBC Philadelphia. She tried to flee the area as the shooting happened and drove for about 10 minutes before stopping.When she pulled over she saw the baby had been shot multiple times and that there were five bullet holes in her vehicle, NBC Philadelphi
  
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• Real Sociedad ends winless run, moves near top in Spain

  20-10-2019 21:18
  MADRID (AP) — Real Sociedad came from behind to defeat Real Betis 3-1 on Sunday, ending a three-game winless streak and moving closer to the top of the Spanish league.
  Real Sociedad reached fourth place with the victory, moving within three points of leader Barcelona after nine matches. The win ended a run that included a draw and two consecutive league losses.
  Loren Morón put Real Betis ahead in the 12th minute at the Reale Arena, but the hosts equalized with an own-goal by Javi Ga
  
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• Real Sociedad and Sevilla win, move near top in Spain

  20-10-2019 21:18
  MADRID (AP) — Home wins for Sevilla and Real Sociedad on Sunday left a group of six teams separated by only three points at the top of the Spanish league.
  Sevilla scored late to beat Levante 1-0, and Real Sociedad came from behind in a 3-1 win over Real Betis.
  Sevilla, Real Sociedad and Atlético Madrid all have 16 points, one point behind Granada and two points behind second-place Real Madrid.
  Barcelona took the league lead with 19 points after a 3-0 win over Eibar on Saturday, when
  
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• North Macedonia leaders agree on April 12 election date

  20-10-2019 21:18
  SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — North Macedonia’s political leaders agreed Sunday that an early election will be held next year, following the European Union’s decision not to begin membership talks.
  Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said late Sunday after a meeting with President Stevo Pendarovski that the leaders of the main political parties had decided that the “most suitable” date for the vote is April 12, eight months before parliament’s four-year term is due to
  
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• Ex-Baltimore mayor D’Alesandro, Pelosi’s brother, dies at 90

  20-10-2019 21:16
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Thomas D’Alesandro III, a former Baltimore mayor and the brother of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, has died. He was 90.
  A spokesman for Pelosi said D’Alesandro died Sunday morning at his north Baltimore home after complications from a stroke.
  Pelosi says in a statement that she and her family are devastated. She called her brother “the finest public servant I have ever known.”
  D’Alesandro served as Baltimore City Council president and then as may
  
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• Wagner’s Schalke misses top spot in Bundesliga again

  20-10-2019 20:59
  BERLIN (AP) — David Wagner’s Schalke missed out on first place in the Bundesliga for the second time on Sunday after losing 2-0 at his former team Hoffenheim.
  Substitute Ihlas Bebou scored one goal and created the other to end Schalke’s seven-game unbeaten run away from home.
  Schalke missed out on top place after being held to a 1-1 draw by Cologne in the previous round. This time, it failed to take advantage after Borussia Mönchengladbach, Wolfsburg, Bayern Munich, Leipzi
  
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• Racist chants aimed at Sampdoria midfielder Vieira

  20-10-2019 20:47
  ROME (AP) — Sampdoria midfielder Ronaldo Vieira has been subjected to racist chants by Roma fans during a Serie A soccer match.
  Referee Fabio Maresca heard the chants near the end of the first half of the game at Sampdoria’s Luigi Ferraris stadium on Sunday and let Vieira know about it.
  The referee and Vieira walked off the field together at the interval but no announcement was made inside the stadium.
  It’s the latest in a string of racist incidents in the Italian league this s
  
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• AP Sources: China in line to host 2021 Club World Cup

  20-10-2019 20:23
  China is in line to be selected as host of the first expanded 24-team Club World Cup in 2021.
  People with knowledge of the situation tell The Associated Press that China is the only host for the tournament that is due to be considered by the FIFA Council for ratification at a meeting on Thursday in Shanghai.
  They spoke on condition of anonymity because the details remain confidential ahead of the meeting.
  The selection of the host is featured in the agenda, which was seen by the AP.
  The final tw
  
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• Companies propose building 3 solar farms in Ohio

  20-10-2019 20:22
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Two companies have proposed solar farm projects in Ohio.
  The Columbus Dispatch reports the three projects proposed for central Ohio west of Columbus would all be about 180 to 200 megawatts, with each taking up more than 1,000 acres (404.694 hectares) of farmland.
  Savion, a Kansas-based company, has proposed a project near Irwin in Madison County called Madison Field Solar Project and another called Atlanta Farms Solar Project near Atlanta in Ohio’s Pickaway Coun
  
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• Saban: Alabama QB Tagovailoa has procedure for ankle injury

  20-10-2019 20:14
  TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa has had a procedure for a high ankle sprain and will miss Saturday’s game against Arkansas.
  Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban says Tagovailoa had what’s known as a “tightrope” procedure on his right ankle Sunday. He says it’s the same injury the 2018 Heisman Trophy runner-up suffered in the Southeastern Conference championship game last season, just to the other ankle.
  Saban predicted “a full and spe
  
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• AP Top 25: Ohio State jumps Clemson to 3rd; Wisconsin falls

  20-10-2019 20:02
  Ohio State edged past Clemson to No. 3 in The Associated Press college football poll and Wisconsin dropped to 13th after being upset ahead of its showdown with the Buckeyes.
  Alabama remained No. 1 on Sunday in the AP Top 25 presented by Regions Bank, receiving 24 first-place votes. No. 2 LSU held its place and received 16 first-place votes. The Buckeyes had 13 first-place votes and No. 4 Clemson, the preseason No. 1 team and defending national champion, received nine.
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• POLL ALERT: Ohio State jumps Clemson to No. 3 behind Alabama, LSU in Top 25; all five SEC teams in poll are in top 10

  20-10-2019 20:01
  NEW YORK (AP) — POLL ALERT: Ohio State jumps Clemson to No. 3 behind Alabama, LSU in Top 25; all five SEC teams in poll are in top 10.
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• New details on mission to capture El Chapo’s son that ended in deadly shootout

  20-10-2019 19:49
  The plan quickly spiraled out of control, with Mexican authorities forced to retreat amid a fierce firefight.
  The country’s foreign minister defended the decision to pull back, saying the death toll could have been much higher.
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• Liverpool drops first points in 1-1 draw at Man United

  20-10-2019 19:41
  MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Adam Lallana scored his first goal in more than two years to rescue a 1-1 draw for Liverpool at Manchester United on Sunday, preserving the Premier League leader’s unbeaten start.
  Although Liverpool dropped points for the first time since last season in March, Jürgen Klopp’s side still went six points clear after nine games.
  It’s 17 consecutive wins and out in the league for Liverpool but the bigger mission is winning the English title for
  
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• Drama to unfold as NASCAR elimination race begins at Kansas

  20-10-2019 19:37
  KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Daniel Hemric is on the pole alongside David Ragan on Sunday, but all the action figures to happen behind them when the elimination race for NASCAR’s playoffs begins at Kansas Speedway.
  Ryan Blaney starts third and Kyle Larson is fifth, though both of them already have secured a spot in the round of eight by virtue of their wins at Talladega and Dover.
  Denny Hamlin, Martin Truex Jr. and Kyle Busch appear to be in good shape on points, and Kevin Harvick has a
  
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• South Sudan’s opposition leader warns of return to civil war

  20-10-2019 19:35
  JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan’s opposition leader Riek Machar is warning that the country could return to civil war if a coalition government is formed by a Nov. 12 deadline and he is seeking another months-long delay.
  Machar made an impassioned plea to a visiting United Nations Security Council delegation that met with him and President Salva Kiir to urge speedier progress in pulling the country out of a five-year civil war.
  The U.S. ambassador to the U.N., Kelly Craft, said
  
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• The Latest: Titans use late stand to edge Chargers 23-20

  20-10-2019 19:22
  The Latest on Week 7 in the NFL (all times EDT):
  7:20 p.m.
  Ryan Tannehill’s debut as the new starting quarterback for the Tennessee Titans was a success.
  Tannehill threw for 312 yards with two touchdowns and an interception in a 23-20 win over the Los Angeles Chargers. Derrick Henry also ran for a touchdown for the Titans, who improved to 3-4.
  Tennessee needed a late goal line stand, however, to pick up a rare victory over the Chargers. Twice Los Angeles appeared to score the go-ahead touc
  
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• The Latest: Dolphins enjoying rare lead in Buffalo

  20-10-2019 19:22
  The Latest on Week 7 in the NFL (all times EDT):
  2:10 p.m.
  It only took seven weeks, but the Miami Dolphins have a lead in the second quarter.
  Miami is out of a 14-9 lead in Buffalo after former Bills quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick hit Devante Parker for a 12-yard touchdown pass. The score marked the deepest in the season the Dolphins have held the lead in any game. Miami has actually gone ahead twice against Buffalo, double the number of times they’ve had the lead all year. Kalen Ballage sc
  
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• The Latest: Cowboys’ Maher kicks another from at least 62

  20-10-2019 19:22
  The Latest on Week 7 in the NFL (all times EDT):
  10:15 p.m.
  Brett Maher of the Dallas Cowboys has added to his record as the only kicker in NFL history with multiple field goals of at least 62 yards.
  Maher nailed a 63-yarder on the final play of the first half to give the Cowboys a 27-7 lead over the Philadelphia Eagles in a battle for the NFC East lead.
  The third from at least 62 yards for Maher came a week after Maher made one from 62 against the New York Jets. The 62-yarder made him the only
  
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• The Latest: 49ers perfect, Bengals, Dolphins still winless

  20-10-2019 19:22
  The Latest on Week 7 in the NFL (all times EDT):
  4:30 p.m.
  The San Francisco 49ers are still perfect. So are the Miami Dolphins and Cincinnati Bengals, sort of.
  San Francisco improved to 6-0 with a 9-0 victory in the rain against the Washington Redskins. The 49ers are off to their best start since 1990, when they won their first 10 games as the two-time defending Super Bowl champions.
  Miami and Cincinnati, meanwhile, remain winless. Miami fell to 0-6 when Buffalo pulled away late for a 31-21 vic
  
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• Police, paramedics rushing to shooting report hurt in crash

  20-10-2019 19:05
  CHICAGO (AP) — Police officers and paramedics rushing to a reported shooting at a party in a Chicago neighborhood have been injured after their vehicles collided.
  The police cruiser and ambulance crashed Saturday night. The collision tipped the ambulance onto its side.
  Two officers and two paramedics were taken to a hospital. Their injuries weren’t believed to be life-threatening.
  The shooting occurred about 10 p.m. on the city’s west side. A 16-year-old boy died after being sh
  
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• Mogherini rues ‘historic mistake’ over EU membership talks

  20-10-2019 19:01
  BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini says the bloc’s leaders have made “a historic mistake” when they failed to agree on launching membership negotiations with Albania and North Macedonia earlier this week.
  Mogherini said Sunday in her blog that she regretted that European leaders couldn’t find an agreement despite “the extraordinary progress achieved by both countries and against the European Commission’s advice.”
  
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• 3 soldiers killed, 3 injured in Georgia during training accident

  20-10-2019 19:00
  Three soldiers were killed and three more were hospitalized on Sunday morning after a training accident at Fort Stewart-Hunter Army Airfield in Georgia.
  The soldiers, members of the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, were killed when the Bradley Fighting Vehicle they were riding in was involved in an accident, a press release from the U.S. Army stated. It did not specify the details of the accident.
  Of the six soldiers involved in the accident, three were pronounced dead on-site and three others
  
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• Andy Murray wins 1st ATP final since hip surgery

  20-10-2019 18:49
  ANTWERP, Belgium (AP) — Andy Murray has won his first ATP tour final since having hip surgery in January for an injury that left him contemplating retirement at one point.
  Murray rallied to beat fellow three-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 in the European Open final on Sunday.
  It was Murray’s first ATP tour final since March 2017.
  The 34-year-old Wawrinka was looking for his first ATP title since the 2017 Geneva Open.
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• Rain pushes PGA Tour Champions’ final round to Monday

  20-10-2019 18:34
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Heavy rain forecast to last throughout the day forced the postponement of the third round of the PGA Tour Champions event on Sunday.
  The Dominion Energy Charity Classic, the first of three tournaments in the tour’s Champions’ Charles Schwab Cup playoffs, will resume on the Country Club of Virginia’s James River Course at 8 a.m. Monday.
  Scott Parel and Tommy Tolles share the lead at 12 under par, with Colin Montgomerie one shot back.
  Parel won twice la
  
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• Jennifer Lawrence marries art dealer Cooke Maroney

  20-10-2019 18:29
  NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence got married over the weekend in Rhode Island during a ceremony and reception studded with Hollywood stars.
  The “Hunger Games” star tied the knot with New York art dealer Cooke Maroney on Saturday at a Newport, Rhode Island, mansion.
  Lawrence’s publicist confirmed to The Associated Press that the wedding took place, but did not provide additional details.
  People.com reports that Emma Stone, Kris Jenner and Amy Schumer wer
  
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