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• Orionid meteor shower will light up the sky

  21-10-2019 23:58
  TUCSON (KNBC) – Be sure to look up at the night sky Monday night as the Orionid meteor shower will be most visible early Tuesday morning.
  The Orionid shower is considered one of the most known showers associated with Halley’s Comet. They get their name due to the point they appear from, which happens to come from the constellation Orion.
  On this night, the moon is set to be 44.66 percent full. The Orionids are a medium strength shower. In a normal year, the Orionids produce 10-2
  
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• Missouri agency apologizes for editing ‘Trump’ from photos

  21-10-2019 23:47
  LOUISIANA, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Department of Transportation has apologized for posting an edited photo that cropped out a boy’s “Trump 2020” shirt and appeared to blur part of his “Trump 2020” cap. KSDK-TV reports that Mitchel Lemons of Nebo, Illinois, won a raffle to push the detonator for a controlled explosion to remove an old Mississippi River bridge at Louisiana, Missouri, on Friday. The Champ Clark Bridge was recently replaced.
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• Fiorentina extends its unbeaten run to 6 matches

  21-10-2019 23:42
  BRESCIA, Italy (AP) — Fiorentina extended its unbeaten run to six matches with a 0-0 draw at Brescia in Serie A on Monday.
  It’s been quite a turnaround for the Viola after losing their opening four games.
  Fiorentina is ninth while Brescia is 15th, only one spot above the relegation zone.
  Mario Balotelli, who had missed training recently due to a slight injury, came on in the second half and nearly won it for Brescia with a header that was just wide.
  Brescia also had a goal disallowed
  
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• Affordable housing among striking Chicago teachers’ demands

  21-10-2019 23:35
  CHICAGO (AP) — Demands by striking Chicago teachers include more action to lower housing costs in the nation’s third-largest city and more resources to help homeless students.
  The demand for affordable housing citywide is a dramatic example of organized labor’s effort to expand bargaining beyond bread-and-butter issues.
  After months of negotiating, the Chicago Teachers Union’s 25,000 members began striking Thursday along with thousands of support staff.
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• Chargers place lineman Forrest Lamp on injured reserve

  21-10-2019 23:34
  COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles Chargers offensive guard Forrest Lamp will miss the rest of the season after breaking his right leg during Sunday’s game against the Tennessee Titans.
  Lamp was making his second career start at left guard when the injury occurred during the second quarter of the 23-20 loss. The third-year lineman, who was a second-round pick in 2017, has been plagued by injuries throughout his career.
  Dan Feeney moved from center to left guard and Scott Quessenbe
  
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• Grizzlies exercise options on Jaren Jackson, Grayson Allen

  21-10-2019 23:33
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Memphis Grizzlies have exercised their third-year options on contracts for Jaren Jackson Jr. and guard Grayson Allen.
  The Grizzlies announced the moves Monday.
  Jackson was the fourth overall draft pick in 2018, and he averaged 13.8 points and 4.7 rebounds in 58 games to earn NBA All-Rookie First Team honors. At 19, Jackson was the second-youngest player in the NBA last season. He turned 20 last month.
  The Grizzlies acquired Allen in a trade with Utah that sent Mik
  
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• Community Food Bank received $100,000 grant for renovation project

  21-10-2019 23:33
  TUCSON – The Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona announced that it received a $100,000 kick-off grant toward a $4.5 million dollar renovation from Family Housing Resources on Monday.
  FHR Cares is a community investment fund created by FHR.
  “The Community Food Bank is deeply grateful for the generous lead gift from FHR Cares as we move forward with the first major remodel of our main facility since we purchased the building nearly 25 years ago,” said Michael McDonald, CEO of
  
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• Detroit Pistons waive veteran Joe Johnson

  21-10-2019 23:30
  DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Pistons have waived veteran Joe Johnson.
  The Pistons announced the move Monday, setting their 15-man roster for Wednesday night’s season opener at Indiana.
  Detroit signed Johnson last month, but the Pistons maintained that he would be competing for a roster spot, and there was no guarantee of that. The seven-time All-Star did not play in the NBA at all last season and came to Detroit after being named MVP of the BIG3 3-on-3 basketball league.
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• Ronaldo not ready for retirement: ‘Age is just a number’

  21-10-2019 23:29
  Cristiano Ronaldo reassured Juventus supporters and his legions of fans worldwide that at 34 he’s not ready for retirement yet.
  “Age is just a number. It does not mean that at 34, 35, 36 you are at the end of your career,” Ronaldo said at a news conference ahead of Juventus’ Champions League match against Lokomotiv Moscow on Tuesday. “I can show that with my performances, how I play, the way I play, the way I still feel good, sharp, thinking about the game, more mat
  
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• Sheffield United beats Arsenal 1-0 in Premier League

  21-10-2019 23:23
  SHEFFIELD, England (AP) — Arsenal fell to a 1-0 loss at promoted Sheffield United on Monday in the Premier League, upping the pressure on coach Unai Emery after another performance void of creativity and flair.
  Lys Mousset took advantage of poor defending from a corner to tap in from close range in the 30th minute and Arsenal never came close to an equalizer despite fit-again striker Alexandre Lacazette making his return from an injury in the second half.
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• Man charged in church shooting accused of assaulting lawyer

  21-10-2019 23:21
  MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — A man charged with shooting a New Hampshire church pastor and bride during a wedding has been accused of assaulting his attorney during a jailhouse meeting.
  Thirty-seven-year-old Dale Holloway, of Manchester, was expected to be in court for a bail hearing Tuesday. But it was postponed until he gets a new lawyer.
  Capt. Gifford Hisco, chief of security at the Valley Street jail, says Holloway has been accused of assaulting his public defender Monday morning in a room
  
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• Ex-CEO and ex-prisoner Blankenship making presidential bid

  21-10-2019 23:21
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Former coal executive and ex-federal prisoner Don Blankenship says he’ll seek the Constitution Party’s presidential nomination next year.
  West Virginia Constitution Party chairman Jeffrey-Frank Jarrell says Blankenship made the announcement Saturday during the party’s national committee meeting in Pittsburgh.
  Blankenship finished third in the 2018 Republican primary for a U.S. Senate seat held by West Virginia Democrat Joe Manchin. Blankenship&rsq
  
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• Brazil sending more troops in oil spill clean-up

  21-10-2019 23:20
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s vice president says more troops will be dispatched to help contain the oil spill that has been polluting the nation’s northeastern coast.
  Hamilton Mourão said Monday that the origin of the leak remains unknown and that about 400 tons of crude have been retrieved.
  The sludge began appearing at the start of September and has now washed up on at least 200 beaches in nine Brazilian states.
  Oceanographers and environmental groups have been criti
  
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• Broadcast Engineer

  21-10-2019 23:18
  KVOA COMMUNICATIONS INC.Job OpeningBroadcast Engineer
  KVOA-TV in Tucson, Arizona is seeking a qualified Broadcast Equipment Maintenance Engineer. Candidate must have at least 5 years experience at a broadcast facility. The position will provide technical support to broadcast facilities in repair, maintenance, installation and modification of technical broadcasting equipment at a high-definition television facility.
  Candidate must have a thorough knowledge of Windows XP/NT/2000/2003 servers &
  
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• 9-year-old arraigned on murder, arson charges in deaths of 5

  21-10-2019 23:18
  EUREKA, Ill. (AP) — A 9-year-old central Illinois boy believed to have set a fire that led to the deaths of five family members has been arraigned on first-degree murder charges.
  The Journal Star in Peoria reports Woodford County Circuit Court Judge Charles Feeney on Monday read a juvenile petition citing the murder charges, along with arson counts.
  Feeney explained the juvenile counts and legal processes to the boy, who at times indicated he did not understand. The boy appeared to sob bef
  
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• Nobel laurate Jody Williams campaigns against killer robots

  21-10-2019 23:03
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Nobel peace laureate Jody Williams is helping lead a campaign for a new international treaty to ban killer weapons that can select targets and fire without decision-making by a human being.
  Williams said at a news conference Monday that these lethal autonomous weapons “are crossing a moral and ethical Rubicon and should not be allowed to exist and be used in combat or in any other way.”
  She says the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots is trying to gain support
  
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• Messi faces Ronaldo, Van Dijk but no Neymar for Ballon d’Or

  21-10-2019 22:56
  PARIS (AP) — Lionel Messi will have Cristiano Ronaldo and Virgil van Dijk as rivals for the 2019 Ballon d’Or award. But not Neymar.
  When the long list of 30 candidates was announced Monday — in the city where Neymar has played for more than two years at Paris Saint-Germain — the Brazil star’s name was missing from the nominations by a global voting panel of journalists.
  Messi and Ronaldo’s 10-year grip on the individual award organized by France Football magaz
  
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• Trump bemoans GOP for not sticking together on impeachment

  21-10-2019 22:55
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is lashing out at the House impeachment inquiry and also criticizing Republicans for not sticking together.
  Trump offered the lengthy screed during a Cabinet meeting Monday in which he repeatedly defended his phone call with the Ukrainian president that sparked the impeachment inquiry. And he called out Republicans, too, including Utah Sen. Mitt Romney, for failing to adequately defend him as the inquiry moves forward.
  Trump says while he disagrees
  
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• Baby weighing less than 1 pound at birth to leave hospital

  21-10-2019 22:55
  PHOENIX (AP) — A baby weighing less than one pound when she was born nearly five months ago is being released Monday from a Phoenix hospital.
  The girl was born 15 weeks premature, underwent a surgery to address a heart defect and now weighs seven pounds.
  She didn’t suffer brain bleeds or blindness due to prematurity.
  Her parents waited 37 days to hold their daughter for the first time.
  The girl will have to use an oxygen tank and feeding tube as she learns to breath and eat on her ow
  
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• Adopt This Pet: meet Oakley!

  21-10-2019 22:55
  There is a new pet looking for their forever home, meet Oakley!Oakley is 11-months-old. He has a lot of growing to do and would love to do it with a forever family!
  If you are interested in adopting Oakley, you can visit her at Humane Society of Southern Arizona’s Main Campus at 635 W. Roger Rd. You can also give an adoption counselor a call at 520-327-6088 ext.173.
   
   
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• Priest pleads guilty again to sexually abusing children

  21-10-2019 22:50
  WAYNESVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A former North Carolina Episcopal priest who was previously imprisoned for child sexual abuse has pleaded guilty to multiple counts of sexually abusing children in a different case.
  WLOS-TV reports 78-year-old Howard White Jr. pleaded guilty Monday to three counts of second-degree forcible rape, eight counts of second-degree forcible sex offense and seven counts of indecent liberties with a child. He was sentenced to 12 years in prison.
  White was charged last year
  
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• Truck driver indicted on 23 counts in motorcyclist deaths

  21-10-2019 22:49
  LANCASTER, N.H. (AP) — A pickup truck driver accused of causing a collision that killed seven motorcyclists in New Hampshire has been indicted on 23 charges saying he negligently caused the deaths and was under the influence of one or more drugs at the time.
  Volodymyr Zhukovskyy, of Springfield, Massachusetts, is to be arraigned by video on Nov. 5. The 23-year-old has been jailed without bail since the June 21 crash in Randolph.
  A Coos County grand jury handed up indictments Thursday on se
  
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• China gets 2nd track meet on global Diamond League circuit

  21-10-2019 22:41
  MONACO (AP) — The Diamond League track and field series is adding a second meeting in China next season, when it grows to 15 venues in total.
  The IAAF announced the schedule Monday, with China given back-to-back meetings in May. The first will be in a city yet to be decided, with the second in Shanghai.
  The season starts as usual in Doha, Qatar, although the date has been moved to April 17 from a usual early-May slot.
  Other changes include Gateshead replacing Birmingham as the second stop
  
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• The Latest: 2nd child dies after St. Louis apartment fire

  21-10-2019 22:38
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Latest on a fatal St. Louis fire (all times local):
  3:45 p.m.
  A second child has died after she and two other small children were reportedly left alone in a St. Louis apartment that caught fire.
  St. Louis police say a 5-year-old girl died Monday at a hospital. A 6-month-old boy was found dead by firefighters who responded to the blaze Sunday afternoon. A 4-year-old girl remains hospitalized in critical condition. Names of the children have not been released.
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• Michigan’s Franz Wagner out 4-6 weeks with fractured wrist

  21-10-2019 22:38
  ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Michigan freshman Franz Wagner is expected to miss four to six weeks with a fractured right wrist.
  The school said Monday a full recovery is anticipated. The 6-foot-8 Wagner is the younger brother of former Michigan standout Moe Wagner. He’s expected to be a key newcomer in the basketball team’s first season under new coach Juwan Howard.
  The Wolverines open Nov. 5 against Appalachian State. They face Creighton on Nov. 12 and Louisville on Dec. 3, and pla
  
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• Judge OKs $40M settlement with Duluth diocese

  21-10-2019 22:32
  DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — A federal judge has approved a $40 million settlement between the Diocese of Duluth and dozens of people who say they were abused as children by priests.
  Judge Robert Kressel signed off on the settlement Monday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court. The diocese filed for bankruptcy in 2015 and reached the settlement in May.
  The agreement also calls for the diocese to open its files on more than three dozen priests who were credibly accused of abuse and develop procedures to ensure
  
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• Falcons’ Ryan has ankle sprain, not ruled out vs Seahawks

  21-10-2019 22:32
  FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan’s decadelong streak of consecutive starts is on the line due to a sprained right ankle.
  Falcons coach Dan Quinn says Ryan ran in a pool on Monday to test the ankle and has not been ruled out of Sunday’s game against Seattle.
  The 34-year-old Ryan has not missed a start since 2009. His streak covers 154 regular-season games.
  Asked if the injury is a high ankle sprain, Quinn said: “We’ll stay with sprain. &hellip
  
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• Celtics sign F Brown to extension worth up to $115 million

  21-10-2019 22:31
  BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Celtics say they have signed forward Jaylen Brown to a contract extension.
  The four-year deal could pay him as much as $115 million, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press.
  The total includes incentives, according to the person who spoke on the condition of anonymity because terms of the deal were not announced.
  The extension was first reported by ESPN. The sides faced a 6 p.m. deadline for the agreement and beat it by several hours.
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• Seminary’s reparations for slavery: $28M scholarship fund

  21-10-2019 22:29
  PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — A seminary in New Jersey will provide scholarships and set up doctoral fellowships to repent for having benefited from slavery.
  NJ.com reported Monday that Princeton Theological Seminary will set aside $28 million to provide 30 scholarships for students who descended from slaves or underrepresented groups.
  The seminary will also designate five doctoral fellowships for the descendants of slaves and hire a full-time director for the Center for Black Church Studies, amo
  
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• Clarification: Seminary Scholarships-Slavery story

  21-10-2019 22:29
  PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — In a story Oct. 22, The Associated Press reported that Princeton Theological Seminary will set aside $28 million to provide 30 scholarships for students who descended from slaves or underrepresented groups. The story and headline should have made clear that the money is an endowment that will also fund doctoral fellowships and other initiatives.
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• Knicks exercise contract options on Ntilikina, Smith, Knox

  21-10-2019 22:28
  NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Knicks have exercised their contract options on Frank Ntilikina, Dennis Smith Jr. and Kevin Knox.
  The options picked up Monday are on the fourth year of the contracts for Ntilikina and Smith, and the third year of Knox’s deal.
  Ntilikina and Smith were taken one pick apart in the 2017 draft. The Knicks selected Ntilikina with the No. 8 pick and Smith went ninth to Dallas, which traded him to New York last season in the deal for Kristaps Porzingis.
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• The Latest: Officer’s lawyer says arrest is chilling message

  21-10-2019 22:22
  NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — The Latest on the arrest of a Connecticut officer who shot and wounded a 22-year-old woman in April (all times local):
  4:20 p.m.
  The lawyer for a Connecticut police officer who shot and wounded an unarmed woman in April says his client’s arrest is sending a distressing message to the law enforcement community.
  Attorney Gregory Cerritelli says the arrest of Hamden officer Devin Eaton on Monday puts even more pressure on police to not make any mistakes, even whe
  
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• Public can dispose prescription drugs at PCSD event

  21-10-2019 22:21
  TUCSON – Pima County Sheriff’s Department is hosting a prescription drug collection event on Saturday at several Walmart locations within the county.
  Dispose-A-Med is an event that provides the public with an opportunity to dispose of unused and/or expired prescription drugs through the Pima County Sheriff’s Department, along with the Drug Enforcement Administration and Walmart.
  The event will go from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. at these locations:Walmart- 7635 N. La Cholla Blvd.
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• Teachers union rebuffs Chicago mayor’s request to end strike

  21-10-2019 22:18
  CHICAGO (AP) — Mayor Lori Lightfoot wants the Chicago Teachers Union to call off its strike before there’s agreement on a new contract, but the union isn’t having any of it.
  In a letter to CTU President Jesse Sharkey, Lightfoot says the two sides have made progress but that since it is unclear that an agreement can be reached Monday, she encouraged the teachers to return to work while negotiations continue.
  The union’s president, Jesse Sharkey, says that while he’s
  
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• Suspect sought in Tucson restaurant shooting

  21-10-2019 22:12
  TUCSON – Pima County Sheriff’s Department deputies are still searching for a suspect in connection to a shooting at a Japanese restaurant north of Tucson.
  Authorities responded to reports of a shooting at Mr. An’s, near Oracle and Rusadill roads at approximately 8 p.m.
  Police say one person suffered from minor injuries during the incident.
  Deputies are now searching for a suspect described as a White male wearing a black shirt and black shorts.
  Officials said the suspect opene
  
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• Italy women’s team awarded for ’emancipating’ female game

  21-10-2019 22:03
  ROME (AP) — The Italy women’s national soccer team was awarded the Foreign Press Association’s Invictus award Monday for promoting and “emancipating” the female game in the country with its run to the World Cup quarterfinals.
  Head coach Milena Bertolini and forward Barbara Bonansea were given the award during a ceremony at the Rome-based association.
  With soccer dominated by men in Italy and few opportunities for girls, Bertolini recounted how she had to dress up as
  
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• The Latest: Zimmerman recalls first time he saw Jose Altuve

  21-10-2019 21:56
  HOUSTON (AP) — The Latest on the World Series (all times local):
  5:55 p.m.
  Ryan Zimmerman, the longtime “face of the franchise” for the Washington Nationals, remembers the first time he saw the 5-foot-6 player who has grown into that role with the Houston Astros.
  Jose Altuve made his big league debut with the Astros on July 20, 2011, in a home game against the Nationals, who they will host in Game 1 of the World Series on Tuesday night.
  “He was in the hotel, and I remembe
  
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• The Latest: Scherzer will start World Series opener for Nats

  21-10-2019 21:56
  HOUSTON (AP) — The Latest on the World Series (all times local):
  4:38 p.m.
  Max Scherzer will start the World Series opener for the Washington Nationals against the Houston Astros’ Gerrit Cole on Tuesday night.
  Stephen Strasburg will start Game 2 on Wednesday for Washington against Justin Verlander. Nationals manager Dave Martinez says he has not decided how he will order Patrick Corbin and Aníbal Sánchez for Games 3 and 4.Asked whether Corbin could pitch in relief in th
  
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• The Latest: Astros’ Pressly expects to be able to pitch

  21-10-2019 21:56
  HOUSTON (AP) — The Latest on the World Series (all times local):
  3:05 p.m.
  Astros reliever Ryan Pressly says he expects to be able to pitch in the World Series.
  Pressly threw only one pitch in the clinching Game 6 of the ALCS on Saturday night, getting Didi Gregorius of the Yankees on a soft grounder. But the reliever had to leave the game after aggravating his surgically repaired right knee — he had the procedure in August and missed time.
  “Not going into too much detail about
  
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• University of Arizona ranks No. 21 in AP Top 25 preseason poll

  21-10-2019 21:50
  TUCSON (AP) – There isn’t much Michigan State has yet to accomplish under Hall of Fame coach Tom Izzo, from Big Ten titles and Final Four trips to winning a national championship.
  The Spartans can now add another milestone to the list: They are No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball preseason poll for the first time in program history.
  The Spartans were the overwhelming choice with their veteran returnees led by star Cassius Winston. T
  
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• Raiders trade CB Gareon Conley to Texans

  21-10-2019 21:50
  ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) — The Oakland Raiders have traded 2017 first-round cornerback Gareon Conley to the Houston Texans for a 2020 third-round pick.
  Coach Jon Gruden announced the deal Monday, calling it a difficult decision. The Athletic first reported the trade.
  Conley is the third former first-round pick traded away by Oakland in the past 14 months. The Raiders sent 2014 first-rounder Khalil Mack to Chicago for a package that included two first-round picks and 2015 first-rounder Amari Co
  
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• AP Source: Raiders trade CB Gareon Conley to Texans

  21-10-2019 21:50
  ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) — The Oakland Raiders have traded 2017 first-round cornerback Gareon Conley to the Houston Texans for a 2020 first-round pick.
  A person familiar with the deal confirmed the trade Monday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal hasn’t been announced yet. The Athletic first reported the trade.
  Conley is the third former first-round pick traded away by Oakland in the past 14 months. The Raiders sent 2014 first-rounder Khalil Mack to Chicago for a
  
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• 2014 US Open runner-up Nishikori to have right elbow surgery

  21-10-2019 21:50
  Kei Nishikori, the 2014 U.S. Open runner-up, will have season-ending surgery on his right elbow.
  Nishikori’s manager, Olivier van Lindonk, says in an email Monday that the Japanese star will have a “small procedure removing two small bone spurs” in the elbow.
  The procedure is scheduled for Tuesday. That means Nishikori will miss the Paris Masters indoor hard-court tournament next week and the Davis Cup Finals that begin in Madrid on Nov. 18.
  Van Lindonk said the goal is for Nis
  
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• Colorado mom charged with murder in death of young daughter

  21-10-2019 21:40
  DENVER (AP) — A Colorado mother has been indicted on a murder charge in the death of her 7-year-old daughter, whose death had been attributed to terminal diseases after she fulfilled a bucket list of dreams.
  The indictment Thursday charged 41-year-old Kelly Renee Turner, also known as Kelly Gant, with 13 criminal counts that included child abuse, theft and charitable fraud.
  It says Turner caused Olivia Gant’s 2017 death, not the multiple illnesses that prompted publicized ride-alongs
  
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• Sen Martha McSally has a book coming out next May

  21-10-2019 21:34
  NEW YORK (AP) — Sen. Martha McSally, the Arizona Republican appointed to the seat once held by John McCain, has a book deal.
  William Morrow announced Monday that McSally’s “Dare to Fly” is coming out next May. Like McCain, who died in 2018, the 53-year-old McSally has a military background. She was the first female fighter pilot to fly in combat and was deployed multiple times in the Middle East and Afghanistan before retiring in 2010. In a statement Monday, McSally said
  
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• Frost says Huskers’ Maurice Washington not with team for now

  21-10-2019 21:31
  LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska running back Maurice Washington is not with the team and won’t play in the Cornhuskers’ home game against Indiana on Saturday.
  Coach Scott Frost announced Washington’s status Monday, stopping short of calling it a suspension. Frost said he didn’t see Washington being part of the team’s plans in the “immediate future.”
  Washington has been held out of the first halves of two games for disciplinary reasons. Frost didn&rsq
  
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• AP-NORC poll: Americans agree on many aspects of US identity

  21-10-2019 21:28
  PHOENIX (AP) — A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows majorities of Americans agree diversity is a strength and values such as constitutional rights, a fair judicial system and the American Dream are key to the nation’s identity.
  But the survey shows Americans are closely split over whether it’s best for immigrants to embrace a single U.S. culture, revealing a striking division on some aspects of national identity by partisanship and
  
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• Arizona suspends Medicaid work requirement

  21-10-2019 21:27
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona has quietly suspended plans to require that about 120,000 people work, volunteer or go to school to receive Medicaid benefits.
  The state Medicaid program posted a notice on its website saying the requirements are being delayed “as court cases in other states play out.” They were due to take effect in January.
  A federal judge in March blocked work requirements in Arkansas and Kentucky, ruling they undermined the program’s mission of providing health
  
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• Inmate convicted of murder in deadly prison breakout attempt

  21-10-2019 21:21
  MANTEO, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina inmate could get the death penalty after a jury found him guilty of murdering four prison workers during a failed escape attempt two years ago.
  News outlets reported Monday that jurors spent less than an hour before convicting Mikel Brady in the state’s deadliest attempted prison breakout. Brady is the first of four inmates tried on charges of stabbing and bludgeoning to death two prison guards, a maintenance worker and a sewing plant manager in O
  
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• Climate change making stronger El Ninos, study finds

  21-10-2019 21:19
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A new study finds climate change is making stronger El Ninos, which change weather worldwide and heat up an already warming planet.
  Scientists looked at 33 El Ninos since 1901. This natural weather phenomenon is the warming of equatorial Pacific that triggers weather extremes across the globe.
  Since the 1970s, scientists have found El Ninos are forming farther to the west in warmer waters.
  Researchers led by the University of Hawaii say this leads to some stronger El Nino
  
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