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• Florida Senate backs sheriff’s ouster over Parkland shooting

  23-10-2019 23:58
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Senate handed a political victory to Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday, as the chamber backed the suspension of a county sheriff who the Republican governor said bungled the response to last year’s mass shooting in Parkland that killed 17 people.
  The 25-15 vote for removal was no surprise in the Republican-dominated Senate, considering that the Rules Committee just two days earlier had sided with the governor’s decision to oust Broward County S
  
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• The Latest: Memorials, viewing held for US Rep. Cummings

  23-10-2019 23:54
  BALTIMORE (AP) — The Latest on services to honor the life of U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings (all times local):
  6 p.m.
  Fraternal organizations are honoring the late U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings in a ceremony at a historically black college in Baltimore.
  Dozens of members of the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Maryland – Free and Accepted Masons gathered in prayer Wednesday at a concert hall at Morgan State University following a 7-hour public viewing attended by constituents, friends and others.
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• The Latest: Long line of speakers praise US Rep. Cummings

  23-10-2019 23:54
  BALTIMORE (AP) — The Latest on services to honor the life of U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings (all times local):
  7:20 p.m.
  Multiple speakers are honoring the late U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings in a tribute ceremony at a university in Baltimore.
  U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin of Maryland told the hundreds of people gathered at Morgan State University on Wednesday that “America has lost the champion for social justice.”
  Cummings died Thursday of complications from longstanding health issues. Nearly 3
  
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• The Latest: Florida Senate backs ouster of Broward sheriff

  23-10-2019 23:52
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on the Florida Senate’s decision on the suspension of a county sheriff (all times local):
  5:45 p.m.
  The Florida Senate is backing Gov. Ron DeSantis in suspending a county sheriff who the Republican governor said bungled the handling of last year’s mass shooting in Parkland.
  The Senate voted 25-15 Wednesday for the removal of Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel.
  The outcome in the Republican-dominated Senate was not surprising, coming two days
  
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• The Florida Senate is backing the governor’s ouster of a county sheriff over his handling of the Parkland mass shooting

  23-10-2019 23:50
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Senate is backing the governor’s ouster of a county sheriff over his handling of the Parkland mass shooting.
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• Pats’ WR Josh Gordon placed on IR with knee, ankle injuries

  23-10-2019 23:47
  FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The Patriots have placed receiver Josh Gordon on injured reserve with knee and ankle injuries.
  The move was posted on the NFL’s transaction wire late Wednesday afternoon.
  Gordon suffered the injuries during New England’s win over the Giants in Week 6 and sat out Monday night’s win over the Jets. He did not participate when the Patriots returned to the practice field on Wednesday.
  Gordon’s absence will mean the Patriots will now be leaning ev
  
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• The Latest: Verlander first with 200 postseason strikeouts

  23-10-2019 23:44
  HOUSTON (AP) — The Latest on the World Series (all times local):
  7:55 p.m.
  Justin Verlander has become the first pitcher with 200 career strikeouts in the postseason.
  The Houston Astros starter has four strikeouts through the first two innings against the Nationals, and the game is tied at 2-2.
  After the first three Nationals in the game reached base, and two of them scored, Verlander struck out four of the next six.
  John Smoltz, the big right-hander who was working the game on the Fox tel
  
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• The Latest: Nats dominate Astros, take 2-0 World Series lead

  23-10-2019 23:44
  HOUSTON (AP) — The Latest on the World Series (all times local):
  11:10 p.m.
  Stephen Strasburg outdueled fellow ace Justin Verlander, overcoming a shaky start to give the Washington Nationals a 12-3 victory Wednesday night and a commanding 2-0 lead in the World Series.
  Kurt Suzuki hit a tiebreaking homer in what became a messy six-run seventh inning and the Nationals are headed back to Washington.
  The Nationals have won 18 of 20 overall with the last two over Cy Young favorites Gerrit Cole
  
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• The Latest: Game 1 averages 12.1 million viewers

  23-10-2019 23:44
  HOUSTON (AP) — The Latest on the World Series (all times local):
  4:40 p.m.
  The World Series opener between the Washington Nationals and Houston Astros narrowly averted setting a record low.
  Washington’s 5-4 victory Tuesday night averaged 12,194,000 fans, according to national numbers from Nielsen. That edges the 12,191,000 who tuned in for San Francisco’s 7-1 win over Kansas City in the 2014 opener.
  The numbers are down 11.4% from last year’s Game 1 between the Boston Red
  
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• The Latest: Sheriff regrets affair, says no crime committed

  23-10-2019 23:43
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Latest on a suspended South Carolina sheriff on trial (all times local):
  5:25 p.m.
  A South Carolina sheriff says he regrets having an affair with a 22-year-old assistant, but that he did nothing criminally wrong.
  Suspended Greenville County Sheriff Will Lewis testified Wednesday in his trial on misconduct in office charges.
  Lewis says Savanah Nabors started kissing him first before they had sex in a hotel room in 2017. Nabors testified Lewis began having sex with
  
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• Ex-Arizona sheriff doesn’t want conviction raised the future

  23-10-2019 23:39
  PHOENIX (AP) — An attorney for former Sheriff Joe Arpaio urged an appeals court Wednesday to erase the lawman’s now-pardoned criminal conviction so it can’t be raised against him in any future court cases.
  The former six-term sheriff from metro Phoenix is appealing a ruling that refused to expunge his conviction for disobeying a 2011 court order barring his traffic patrols that targeted immigrants. The 2017 ruling said pardons don’t erase convictions or the facts of cases
  
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• Renault disqualified from Japanese Grand Prix

  23-10-2019 23:38
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Formula One disqualified Renault from the Oct. 13 Japanese Grand Prix on Wednesday, knocking both of the team’s cars out of the points for that race because of an illegal driver aid.
  Daniel Ricciardo was sixth and Nico Hulkenberg 10th in Suzuka. Rival team Racing Point protested over what it believed was an illegal Renault braking system.
  Formula One officials determined the braking balance system was not a technical violation, but was an improper driver’s ai
  
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• Hinch tweaks Astros’ lineup for Game 2 against Nationals

  23-10-2019 23:36
  HOUSTON (AP) — Houston Astros manager AJ Hinch has made a couple of tweaks to his lineup for Game 2 of the World Series against the Washington Nationals.
  A night after designated hitter Yordan Alvarez had two hits and drew a walk, Hinch moved the rookie up one spot in the lineup to bat sixth on Tuesday night. Alvarez switched places with shortstop Carlos Correa, who had a single and three strikeouts in Game 1. Robinson Chirinos was in the lineup to catch Justin Verlander after Martí
  
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• Naval Academy midshipman charged with sexual assault

  23-10-2019 23:33
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A U.S. Naval Academy midshipman has been charged with breaking into the dorm rooms of female midshipmen and sexually assaulting them or attempting to while they slept.
  Documents released by the academy charge Midshipman Nixon Keago with sexual assault, attempted sexual assault, burglary and obstruction of justice.
  The charges in military court relate to four different incidents, including three last year in February, September and October, as well as May of this year.
  
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• Customs: 4 flight attendants charged with money laundering

  23-10-2019 23:30
  MIAMI (AP) — Four flight attendants have been arrested on money laundering charges at Miami International Airport after authorities say they found them carrying tens of thousands of dollars in cash.
  Customs and Border Patrols officials said they arrested four American Airlines attendants during an inspection early Monday. Police say they were carrying more than $22,000 in cash after arriving on a flight from Chile. They didn’t specify the exact amount.
  Officials say they discovering
  
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• Police: UConn player who fled crash had odor of alcohol

  23-10-2019 23:25
  STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Police say a UConn basketball player who faces several charges after fleeing from a one-vehicle crash smelled of alcohol at the time of the accident.
  Freshman guard James Bouknight faces several charges including evading responsibility and driving without a license after police say he ran from the crash scene Sept. 27.
  According to a redacted arrest warrant affidavit released Wednesday, the officer responding to the accident noted “an odor of alcohol emitting fro
  
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• Tesla’s stock soars after company posts surprising 3Q profit

  23-10-2019 23:23
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Tesla posted a surprising profit of $143 million in its latest quarter, raising hopes the electric car pioneer may finally be turning the corner after posting mostly losses during its first decade as a publicly held company.
  The positive results announced Wednesday came after Tesla lost $1.1 billion during the first half of the year. That had caused many investors to lose faith in the company even as it boosted sales of its vehicles.
  Doubts about Tesla forced its stock
  
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• Morgan, Carrasco announce they’re expecting baby

  23-10-2019 23:22
  U.S. national soccer team star Alex Morgan and husband Servando Carrasco are expecting their first child.
  Morgan and Carrasco, who is a midfielder for the LA Galaxy, made the announcement Wednesday on social media.
  They posed with a sign that read: “Adding 1 more to the Fam … April 2020 Baby Girl.”
  Morgan, who was on the U.S. team that won the World Cup this summer in France, added in a Twitter post: “We are already in love and we haven’t even met her yet. Newest m
  
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• Alex Morgan, Servando Carrasco expecting baby girl in 2020

  23-10-2019 23:22
  U.S. national soccer team star Alex Morgan and husband Servando Carrasco are expecting their first child.
  Morgan and Carrasco, who is a midfielder for the LA Galaxy, made the announcement Wednesday on social media.
  They posed with a sign that read: “Adding 1 more to the Fam … April 2020 Baby Girl.”
  Morgan, who was on the U.S. team that won the World Cup this summer in France, added in a Twitter post: “We are already in love and we haven’t even met her yet. Newest m
  
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• Valencia concedes late in 1-1 draw against last-place Lille

  23-10-2019 23:19
  LILLE, France (AP) — Valencia conceded a stoppage-time equalizer in a 1-1 draw against last-place Lille on Wednesday to miss an opportunity to move into a three-way tie at the top of Group H in the Champions League.
  Denis Cheryshev put Valencia ahead in the 63rd minute after a pass by Kevin Gameiro following a fast breakaway by the Spanish club, but substitute Jonathan Ikoné equalized for the hosts with a shot from inside the area in the fifth minute of injury time.
  A win would have
  
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• Benfica beats Lyon 2-1 after goalkeeper error for 1st win

  23-10-2019 23:17
  LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portuguese champion Benfica boosted its hopes of reaching the Champions League knockout stage by beating Lyon 2-1 Wednesday thanks to a late blunder by goalkeeper Anthony Lopes.
  Lopes, who is Portuguese, tried to quickly throw the ball out of his area in the 86th minute but his pass was intercepted by Benfica’s Pizzi Fernandes near midfield, and the forward sent a shot straight into the open net.
  “We are all very disappointed because we gave it everythin
  
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• Marijuana found at North Dakota nuclear launch facility

  23-10-2019 23:15
  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The military says marijuana was found at a Minot Air Force Base nuclear missile facility in central North Dakota.
  Air Force Sgt. Benjamin Smith says the undisclosed amount marijuana was found Oct. 9 at a missile alert facility. He says the drug was discovered above ground and not near missile operators.
  Minot has one of the nation’s two B-52 bomber bases and oversees 150 Minuteman 3 nuclear missiles.
  The base has been under scrutiny since a 2007 mishap in which
  
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• Police: Gunman, victim in shooting near school tied to gangs

  23-10-2019 23:14
  SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — Police say a gun used in a shooting just outside a Northern California high school has been found and that both the wounded victim and the suspect are affiliated with street gangs.
  A Santa Rosa police statement said Wednesday that detectives determined a student drove away with the gun used in the shooting outside Ridgway High School. It was found discarded in some bushes.
  Police say the 17-year-old suspect and the 16-year-old victim were involved in a dispute tha
  
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• Inter beats Dortmund 2-0 for 1st CL win this season

  23-10-2019 23:07
  MILAN (AP) — In-form forward Lautaro Martinez scored a goal but also had a penalty saved as Inter Milan beat Borussia Dortmund 2-0 on Wednesday to record its first victory in this season’s Champions League.
  Martinez put Inter in front in the 22nd minute with his fifth goal in his past four matches for Inter.
  The Argentina international could have doubled his tally late on but his spot kick was saved by Roman Bürki.
  The penalty was won by 17-year-old Sebastiano Esposito, who had
  
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• Messi leads Barcelona to 2-1 win vs Slavia Prague

  23-10-2019 23:05
  PRAGUE (AP) — Lionel Messi scored early and set up the winning goal as Barcelona beat Slavia Prague 2-1 for its second straight win in Group F of the Champions League on Wednesday.
  Messi floated a free kick in the 57th to Luis Suárez at the far post and his shot was deflected in by Slavia forward Peter Olayinka for Barcelona’s winner.
  Earlier, Messi finished off a fast move he had started in the third minute, capitalizing on a defensive blunder to score with a left-footed low
  
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• Oxlade-Chamberlain scores twice as Liverpool beats Genk 4-1

  23-10-2019 23:00
  GENK, Belgium (AP) — Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain made the most of a rare start to score twice as Liverpool beat Genk 4-1 Genk on Wednesday, a result which ended the Reds’ four-game losing streak away from home in the group phase of the Champions League.
  Jürgen Klopp’s players lost all three away games in last season’s group stage, and the title holders were beaten at Napoli to start their new campaign.
  With six points from three matches, Liverpool remained in second plac
  
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• Execution stay for man convicted of killing 14-year-old girl

  23-10-2019 22:59
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge has granted a temporary stay of execution to a man convicted in Florida of stabbing and drowning a 14-year-old girl.
  U.S. District Judge William Jung ordered the stay Wednesday until Dec. 30, giving new attorneys for 73-year-old James Dailey more time to research and present their case. The execution had been set for Nov. 7 at Florida State Prison.
  Records show Dailey was convicted of the 1985 murder of Shelly Boggio. Authorities say Dailey and two other
  
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• Saints QB Brees says playing against Cardinals is ‘the plan’

  23-10-2019 22:55
  METAIRIE, La. (AP) — Drew Brees says he plans to play Sunday against Arizona unless his form in practice this week does not meet his expectations.
  Brees, who spoke after practice on Wednesday, says he is comfortable throwing an NFL ball now that he is more than five weeks out of surgery on his right thumb. But Brees says he needs to see how accurate and effective he is throwing during competitive team drills this week before he knows for certain that his return is best for the team.
  Brees
  
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• 2nd mistrial called in Minnesota traffic crash killing case

  23-10-2019 22:41
  ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) — A judge has declared a mistrial in the case of a Minnesota man accused of fatally shooting a 17-year-old boy after a traffic accident.
  Judge Joseph Chase declared the mistrial Wednesday in the case against Alexander Weiss of Rochester, Minnesota, after jurors said they were deadlocked.
  Weiss was being retried on second-degree murder charges in the killing of Muhammed Rahim on Jan. 14, 2018. Weiss claimed he shot Rahim in self-defense after Rahim confronted him follo
  
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• Trump campaign snubs GOP’s Amodei after impeachment remarks

  23-10-2019 22:36
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Mark Amodei appears to have lost a spot helming President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign in Nevada after comments he made last month about the impeachment inquiry.
  Trump’s Republican reelection campaign announced its Nevada Trump Victory leadership team on Twitter on Tuesday, and Amodei wasn’t listed.
  Last month, Amodei was asked about the impeachment inquiry and said, “Let’s put it through the process and see what hap
  
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• Border wall construction advances in South Texas

  23-10-2019 22:32
  HOUSTON (AP) — Work crews in South Texas are laying steel along the U.S.-Mexico border in preparation for the installation of new segments of border wall.
  The U.S. Border Patrol said workers were installing steel rebar at a site south of Donna, a small city in South Texas’ Rio Grande Valley.
  The rebar will reinforce concrete panels that will in turn be topped with 18-foot (5.5-meter) steel bollards. Crews will also clear vegetation 150 feet (45 meters) in front of the wall.
  Environme
  
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• Tucson City Court to become ACAP court

  23-10-2019 22:26
  TUCSON – Tucson City Court will transition to Arizona Court Automation Project Court (ACAP) of the Arizona Supreme Court during the weekend of Nov. 1-3.
  The City says that the transition is to “better protect privacy and provide exceptional service.”
  The court will be closed on Nov. 1 and online services will not be available from Nov. 1-3. The computers will be shut down during the process.
  According to a news release, there is potential for limited service on Nov. 4 as t
  
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• Shutdown of nuke plant has a surprising stinging consequence

  23-10-2019 22:19
  STAFFORD TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — The shutdown of one of the nation’s oldest nuclear power plants last year is having a surprising, stinging consequence for a New Jersey bay considered to be one of the nation’s most fragile.
  Tiny jellyfish that had been sucked into the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant and killed by heated water are now thriving and multiplying.
  The environmental group Save Barnegat Bay held a conference Wednesday where scientists noted the increase of stinging sea
  
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• Chargers LT Russell Okung to make season debut Sunday

  23-10-2019 22:19
  COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — Left tackle Russell Okung will make his season debut for the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday at Chicago.
  Coach Anthony Lynn announced the decision Wednesday on Okung, who has been out all season recovering from a pulmonary embolism caused by blood clots.
  Okung returned to practice last week with the Chargers (2-5), who have lost three straight with a struggling rushing game. Lynn held Okung out of Los Angeles’ loss at Tennessee last Sunday, and the Chargers s
  
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• Adopt This Pet: Meet Robby!

  23-10-2019 22:19
  There is a new pet looking for their forever home, meet Robby!Robby is all about snuggles and scratches. If you’re looking for a lap cat, or a pet who wants to snuggle and hang out all the time, come meet Robby!
  If you are interested in adopting Robby, 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.
   
  The post Adopt This Pet: Meet Robby! appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• Osemele having shoulder surgery; Jets yet to approve it

  23-10-2019 22:18
  FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — New York Jets guard Kelechi Osemele says he is having surgery on his injured right shoulder Friday despite the team not yet approving the procedure.
  Osemele says Wednesday he received a third medical opinion earlier this week, and it was recommended he have the surgery on what he says is a torn labrum that has detached from the bone.
  Osemele said last Friday the team doctor and an independent doctor in California both recommended the surgery, but a person with dir
  
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• Board moves to suspend Arizona official in smuggling case

  23-10-2019 22:16
  PHOENIX (AP) — The governing board in Arizona’s most populous county is taking steps to suspend an elected official accused of running a human smuggling scheme.
  The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Wednesday to notify Assessor Paul Petersen that it plans to consider suspending him for up to 120 days. The board is required to give Petersen five days’ notice. It can’t remove him from office and he’s refused to resign.
  Board members say Petersen c
  
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• Rose McGowan sues alleging intimidation by Weinstein, others

  23-10-2019 22:14
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actress Rose McGowan has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that Harvey Weinstein and two of his former attorneys engaged in racketeering to silence her and shut down her career before she accused him of rape.
  The suit filed in Los Angeles on Wednesday names as defendants Weinstein, attorneys David Boies and Lisa Bloom, and others.
  McGowan’s attorneys say in a statement that the defendants used unlawful tactics in “a sprawling smear campaign to defraud, malign,
  
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• Senate kills Democratic attempt to overturn Trump tax rules

  23-10-2019 22:10
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has rejected a Democratic attempt to give relief to people hit hardest by new limits on how much of their state and local tax bill they can deduct from federal taxes.
  The regulations were a key part of the GOP’s 2017 tax code overhaul, limiting the deduction permitted for state and local taxes to $10,000. They kept states with higher income and property taxes like New York and California from evading the lower deduction.
  The Democratic plan would have ove
  
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• Oklahoma judge blocks new abortion law from taking effect

  23-10-2019 22:10
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma judge is blocking a new law that would allow doctors who perform medication abortions to face felony charges for not informing women about the possibility of reversing the process.
  Oklahoma County District Judge Don Andrews issued a temporary injunction that prevents the law from taking effect Nov. 1. The injunction will remain in place while the case is fully litigated before the judge.
  The measure approved by the Republican-led Legislature and signed into
  
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• Mom’s murder case raises questions about what doctors knew

  23-10-2019 21:56
  DENVER (AP) — The case of a Colorado mother accused of killing the daughter she presented as a dying girl with a host of diseases and a bucket list of wishes is raising questions about whether a hospital did enough to protect her.
  Kelly Turner has been charged with murder two years after she insisted doctors send her 7-year-old daughter to hospice care.
  Psychiatrists say Turner’s behavior seems consistent with a rare psychological condition in which parents seek attention from the il
  
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• ‘Once Upon a Time’ to be reissued with new scenes

  23-10-2019 21:45
  NEW YORK (AP) — Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” is heading back into theaters with 10 minutes of added scenes.
  Sony Pictures said Wednesday that the longer “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” will play in more than 1,000 theaters in the U.S. and Canada beginning Friday. The new running time will push Tarantino’s 1969 Los Angeles fable to nearly three hours.
  “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” has been on
  
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• Canadian swimmer Brent Hayden attempts comeback at 36

  23-10-2019 21:37
  VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Canadian swimmer Brent Hayden is coming out of retirement after seven years with a goal of competing at the 2020 Olympics.
  The 36-year-old Hayden said Wednesday he left because he “hated the sport” but now realizes he has a chance to “fall in love with the sport again.”
  Hayden retired after earning a bronze in the 100-meter freestyle at the 2012 London Games. At the time, he was dealing with back problems and personal issues.
  He is
  
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• Falcons’ Matt Ryan misses practice, hopeful he will play

  23-10-2019 21:28
  FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — Atlanta Falcons coach Dan Quinn says quarterback Matt Ryan is hopeful he’ll return from a sprained ankle to play against Seattle.
  As expected, Ryan did not practice Wednesday. He also may sit out Thursday’s practice. Quinn says the team “will have a better sense” of the quarterback’s status for Sunday’s game on Friday.
  The 34-year-old Ryan limped off the field in last week’s 37-10 loss to the Los Angeles Rams. He was hurt
  
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• Upcoming exhibit highlights Twain’s overseas adventures

  23-10-2019 21:24
  NEW YORK (AP) — Mark Twain’s adventures overseas, and the irreverent book which helped make him famous, will be featured in an upcoming exhibit at the New-York Historical Society.
  “Mark Twain and the Holy Land” opens Friday and runs through Feb. 2.The exhibit follows Twain’s so-called “Great Pleasure Excursion” to Europe and the Holy Land in 1867 and the book it inspired, “The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrims’ Progress,” published
  
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• The Latest: Top spy critical of efforts to catch bin Laden

  23-10-2019 21:24
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on a new exhibit on the hunt for Osama bin Laden (all times local):
  3:20 p.m.
  The former CIA chief for Pakistan says the United States “just didn’t do enough” to capture Osama bin Laden before he escaped from Afghanistan and masterminded the Sept. 11 attacks.
  Mark Kelton spoke at a news conference Wednesday about his role in an exhibit called “Revealed: The Hunt for Bin Laden.” It opens in November at the national Sept. 11 memorial.
  
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• Avs’ Rantanen listed as week to week with lower-body injury

  23-10-2019 21:24
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — The Colorado Avalanche say forward Mikko Rantanen is week to week with a lower-body injury.
  The 2019 All-Star caught an edge in the ice and awkwardly twisted his left skate during the second period of Monday night’s loss in St. Louis. He didn’t return.
  Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said Wednesday after practice that he’s optimistic Rantanen won’t be a “four-to-six week injury. We’re hoping he’s going to be back significantly
  
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• Condemned man maintains innocence, won’t ask for clemency

  23-10-2019 21:20
  ATLANTA (AP) — Lawyers for a Georgia man scheduled to be executed next week say he has decided not to file for clemency.
  Ray Jefferson Cromartie is to be put to death Oct. 30. He was convicted of murder and sentenced to die for the April 1994 slaying of Thomasville convenience store clerk Richard Slysz.
  Shawn Nolan, an attorney for Cromartie, said in an emailed statement Wednesday that filing a clemency petition would require Cromartie to ask for a sentence of life in prison without the po
  
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• NJ man pleads guilty to smuggling box turtles from Oklahoma

  23-10-2019 21:13
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a New Jersey man has pleaded guilty to smuggling more than 1,000 box turtles that were illegally collected in Oklahoma.
  Court records show 26-year-old William T. Gangemi of Freehold, New Jersey, was accused of violating a federal law against the sale or purchase of illegally collected wildlife with a market value over $350.
  Gangemi was allegedly part of a syndicate of wildlife smugglers involved in the purchase and transportation of three-toed a
  
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• Minnesota mayor target of racist threats in trash dispute

  23-10-2019 21:09
  ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The black mayor of St. Paul, Minnesota, has received racist threats amid a long-simmering dispute over how the city should collect its trash.
  Police in Minnesota’s capital are investigating threatening and racist messages to Mayor Melvin Carter in the run-up to a citywide vote on organized trash collection.
  A St. Paul police spokesman says an anonymous caller using racial slurs left a voicemail at Carter’s office on Monday. The caller warned that if taxes
  
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