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• Traffic restricted after truck stuck in downtown overpass

  25-10-2019 23:54
  TUCSON – Traffic is blocked near Sixth and Toole avenues after a truck got stuck in a nearby underpass Friday afternoon.
  According to officials, no injuries were reported in the incident. Tucson Police Department said a tow truck is en route to the scene.Lmao @whatsuptucson pic.twitter.com/9gzmGslxtu
  — doop (@dumbal3ck) October 25, 2019Stay with News 4 Tucson for the latest updates.
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• The Latest: Trump plans to arrive at Game 5 after 1st pitch

  25-10-2019 23:51
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the World Series (all times local):
  5:59 p.m.
  President Donald Trump plans to arrive at Game 5 of the World Series after the first pitch and leave before the final out.
  Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said he spoke with Trump, and the president decided it would be least disruptive to fans to do it that way.
  Trump intends to come to Nationals Park on Sunday night if the Series is still going by then. The Nationals lead Houston 2-0.
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• The Latest: Robles’ triple cuts Astros’ lead to 2-1

  25-10-2019 23:51
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Game 3 of the World Series (all times local):
  9:52 p.m.
  Victor Robles hit an RBI triple to cut the Houston Astros’ advantage over the Washington Nationals to 2-1 after four innings.
  Robles’ liner to the left field corner scored Ryan Zimmerman, who led off with a walk against Zack Greinke.
  With one out and Robles on third, Nationals manager Dave Martinez decided against pinch-hitting for starting pitcher Aníbal Sánchez, who bunted fo
  
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• The Latest: Astros cut their deficit to 2-1

  25-10-2019 23:51
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Game 3 of the World Series (all times local):
  12:10 a.m.
  José Altuve doubled twice and scored both times, Zack Greinke repeatedly worked out of trouble, and the Houston Astros showed they were not going to go quietly, beating the Nationals 4-1 to cut their deficit to 2-1 in the best-of-seven Fall Classic.
  Houston can even things in Game 4 on Saturday night at Nationals Park. Washington will start $140 million lefty Patrick Corbin, while Houston manage
  
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• Ekambi scores 2 in Villarreal’s 4-1 win against Alavés

  25-10-2019 23:50
  MADRID (AP) — Karl Toko Ekambi scored a goal in each half as Villarreal beat Alavés 4-1 to move closer to the top of the Spanish league on Friday.
  It was the fifth win in the last seven games for Villarreal, which reached third place with 17 points, one less than second-place Real Madrid and two behind leader Barcelona.
  Real Madrid and Barcelona won’t play this weekend after their “clásico” match was postponed until December because of a separatist rally pla
  
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• Hello Tucson! Hello Kitty Cafe Truck will return to Tucson Nov. 2

  25-10-2019 23:44
  TUCSON – Take out your pink bows and your kitty cat ears, Hello Kitty is coming to town.
  On Nov. 2, the world’s favorite kitten is rolling into Tucson for the return of the popular Hello Kitty Cafe Truck.View this post on InstagramThe #HelloKittyCafe Trucks will be making appearances in #Tucson & #Louisville on Saturday, 11/2! Our #WestCoastTruck will be in Restaurant Circle near Firebirds at La Encantada between 10am-8pm, and our #EastCoastTruck will near Sephora at @OxmoorCente
  
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• SC man found not guilty by reason of insanity after 4 killed

  25-10-2019 23:43
  CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina man who was denied treatment at a mental health facility the day before authorities say he killed four relatives in 2018 has been found not guilty by reason of insanity in a bench trial.
  News outlets reports the solicitors, detectives, defense team and judge all agreed on the decision Friday, saying 23-year-old Lovequawn Scott was not criminally responsible for his actions at the time of the murders in Mount Pleasant. They said he was suffering from
  
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• Man found not guilty by reason of insanity after 4 killed

  25-10-2019 23:43
  CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina man who was denied treatment at a mental health facility the day before authorities say he killed four relatives in 2018 has been found not guilty by reason of insanity in a bench trial.
  News outlets reports the solicitors, detectives, defense team and judge all agreed on the decision Friday, saying 23-year-old Lovequawn Scott was not criminally responsible for his actions at the time of the murders in Mount Pleasant. They said he was suffering from
  
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• Rika Kihira of Japan leads Skate Canada after short program

  25-10-2019 23:41
  KELOWNA, British Columbia (AP) — Rika Kihira of Japan topped the Skate Canada women’s short program with 81.35 points Friday.
  Young You of South Korea was second at 78.22, followed by 15-year-old Russian Alexandra Trusova at 74.40.
  Russia’s Evgenia Medvedeva, the two-time world champion and 2018 Olympic silver medalist, failed to land a double axel cleanly and fell on her final jump to end up sixth in the 12-woman field.
  In ice dance, Americans Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donoh
  
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• Japan’s Yuzuru Hanku, Rika Kihira lead at Skate Canada

  25-10-2019 23:41
  KELOWNA, British Columbia (AP) — Two-time Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanku ran away with the men’s short program at Skate Canada on Friday night and Japanese compatriot Rika Kihira topped the women’s field.
  The 24-year-old Hanku scored 109.60 points. American Camden Pulkinen was second at 89.05, followed by Canada’s Nam Nguyen at 84.08.
  Kihira scored 81.35 points. Young You of South Korea was second at 78.22, followed by 15-year-old Russian Alexandra Trusova at 74.40. Russia
  
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• Health official: No ‘short list’ of vaping illness suspects

  25-10-2019 23:38
  Health officials are still looking at a wide range of products and chemicals that might be causing the U.S. vaping illness outbreak.
  A large majority of the more than 1,600 people who have been sickened said they vaped products containing THC, the high-inducing ingredient in marijuana.
  But officials say it’s likely something else — or perhaps a number of things — are to blame. One federal official says they “don’t have a short list” of suspect substances.
  The
  
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• Ziggy Ansah likely to play for banged up Seahawks

  25-10-2019 23:36
  RENTON, Wash. (AP) — Pass rusher Ziggy Ansah is likely to return from an ankle injury, while starting safety Bradley McDougald is among a handful of starters who will be game-time decisions for the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday.
  Getting Ansah back to face Atlanta would be a boost for Seattle’s pass rush, which has just one sack in the past three games. Ansah missed last week with an ankle injury suffered in Week 6 against Cleveland.
  Coach Pete Carroll said Friday that McDougald has resp
  
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• Cologne loses penalty decision in 3-1 defeat at Mainz

  25-10-2019 23:36
  MAINZ, Germany (AP) — Mainz beat Cologne 3-1 at home in the Bundesliga on Friday after the visitors were denied what looked a clear penalty despite VAR.
  Cologne was trailing 2-1 and chasing an equalizer when Mainz defender Moussa Niakhaté blocked Kingsley Schindler’s cross with his outstretched arm in the 63rd minute. Referee Frank Willenborg was advised to check on video replays but didn’t award a spot kick.
  Simon Terodde scored a brilliant opening goal in the 14th minu
  
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• College Loans: Contempt And Forgiveness At The U.S. Department of Education

  25-10-2019 23:22
  It's been a strange couple of days on the college loan front at Betsy DeVos's Department of Education. The department was held in contempt of court for screwing over students and parents who owe money on loans they are not required to repay. During the same week, a high ranking department official proposed student loan forgiveness on a massive scale.The Ed Department has been held in contempt of court and ordered to pay a $100,000 fine.…
  
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• Washington banning US flights to all Cuban cities but Havana

  25-10-2019 23:05
  HAVANA (AP) — Two people briefed on the matter say the Trump administration is banning U.S. flights to all Cuban cities but Havana in the latest move to roll back Obama-era easing of relations.
  The people say the Transportation Department will announce that JetBlue and American Airlines flights to Santa Clara in central Cuba and Holguin and Camaguey in the island’s east will be banned starting in December. Flights to Havana account for the great majority of U.S. flights to Cuba and w
  
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• Sassuolo beats Hellas Verona 1-0 in Serie A

  25-10-2019 23:04
  VERONA, Italy (AP) — Sassuolo beat Hellas Verona 1-0 Friday in a matchup between two teams in the bottom half of the Serie A standings.
  Filip Duricic scored shortly after the break with a blistering long-range effort.
  Sassuolo moved up to 13th place, level on points with 15th-place Verona.
  Verona hit the post twice, first by Davide Faraoni a minute before Duricic’s goal and again two minutes after Duricic’s score by Valerio Verre.
  Sassuolo’s Alfred Duncan also hit the pos
  
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• Leicester ties biggest EPL win with 9-0 rout of Southampton

  25-10-2019 23:00
  SOUTHAMPTON, England (AP) — Leicester scored five first-half goals and another four after the break to destroy 10-man Southampton 9-0 on Friday and tie the biggest win in Premier League history.
  Manchester United beat Ipswich by the same score in 1995, three years after the English top tier was rebranded.
  Brendan Rodgers’ Leicester moved second in the league as Ayoze Perez and Jamie Vardy both scored hat tricks at a wet St. Mary’s stadium.
  Ryan Bertrand became the first Premier
  
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• US bans flights to all Cuban cities but Havana in latest move by Trump to roll back Obama-era easing of relations

  25-10-2019 22:54
  HAVANA (AP) — US bans flights to all Cuban cities but Havana in latest move by Trump to roll back Obama-era easing of relations.
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• The Latest: Tropical Storm Olga forms in Gulf of Mexico

  25-10-2019 22:48
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The Latest on tropical storms (all times local):
  4:45 p.m.
  Forecasters say Tropical Storm Olga has formed in the Gulf of Mexico.
  On Friday afternoon, the National Hurricane Center said the storm is expected to soon merge with a cold front and become a post-tropical low with gale force winds.
  The storm has maximum sustained winds of 40 mph and was centered about 260 miles south of Lake Charles, Louisiana.
  No coastal tropical cyclone watches or warnings are currently
  
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• The Latest: Olga bringing heavy rains to central Gulf Coast

  25-10-2019 22:48
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The Latest on tropical weather in the South (all times local):
  10:10 p.m.
  Olga has been downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone as it continues churning toward the Gulf Coast.
  The National Hurricane Center said Friday night that the cyclone will bring heavy rain and possibly flash floods across the central Gulf Coast and parts of the Lower Mississippi Valley and western Tennessee Valley.
  Olga had maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (80 kph) and was centered about 275 mi
  
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• The Latest: ‘Dangerous’ tornado reported in Alabama

  25-10-2019 22:48
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The Latest on tropical weather in the South (all times local):
  4:55 p.m.
  A tornado has been reported on the ground in southwestern Alabama.
  The National Weather Service on Friday afternoon issued a tornado warning for Mobile County.
  The National Weather Service in Mobile tweeted that a there was a large and dangerous” tornado on the ground near Semmes, Alabama and people should seek shelter immediately. A second possible tornado was in Washington County.
  There
  
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• Trump criticizes Pompeo after diplomat’s damaging testimony

  25-10-2019 22:47
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump suggested Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made a mistake by hiring the senior diplomat who provided damaging testimony to impeachment investigators in Congress.
  The president seemed to soften the criticism Friday by adding, “Everybody makes mistakes.”
  It was rare public criticism by Trump of his secretary of state.
  Trump was speaking to reporters at the White House when he was asked about senior diplomat Bill Taylor.
  The diplomat was hire
  
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• General Motors workers approve new contract, ending 40-day strike that crippled the automaker’s U.S. production.

  25-10-2019 22:46
  ROMULUS, Mich. (AP) — General Motors workers approve new contract, ending 40-day strike that crippled the automaker’s U.S. production. .
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• Tsitsipas wins at Swiss Indoors to set up SF against Federer

  25-10-2019 22:43
  BASEL, Switzerland (AP) — With Roger Federer getting an unexpected day off Friday, his next opponent Stefanos Tsitsipas had to work hard to advance to the Swiss Indoors semifinals.
  Third-seeded Tsitsipas rallied to beat Filip Krajinovic 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 in the quarterfinals, clinching when the 46th-ranked Serbian sent a service return long.
  Tsitsipas was the main attraction Friday at Federer’s home town tournament after an all-Swiss quarterfinal became a walkover for Federer due to Stan
  
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• Tropical Storm Pablo forms in northeast Atlantic; small storm is moving southeast

  25-10-2019 22:41
  MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Pablo forms in northeast Atlantic; small storm is moving southeast.
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• North Dakota game warden OK after he was attacked by moose

  25-10-2019 22:41
  WILLOW CITY, N.D. (AP) — Wildlife officials say a state game warden escaped serious injuries when he was attacked by a bull moose in North Dakota.
  Game & Fish Department Chief Game Warden Robert Timian tells KFGO radio that District Game Warden Jonathan Toftland was in the Willow City area Wednesday to investigate a report of an injured or sick bull moose. As Toftland approached the animal, it stood up and charged him, knocking him to the ground. The moose was killed.
  Timian says the o
  
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• Ex-Guatemala army officer arrested on genocide charges

  25-10-2019 22:41
  GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — A former Guatemalan army operations chief has been arrested on charges of genocide for actions between 1978 and 1982 during the country’s civil war.
  The detention of César Octavio Noguera Argueta’s arrest was announced Friday by the Association for Justice and Reconciliation nearly two decades after it filed a complaint.The group represents victims of three indigenous communities where 1,128 people were killed in some 31 massacres during those years
  
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• Tropical Storm Olga forms in Gulf of Mexico; expected to soon merge with cold front, become a post-tropical low

  25-10-2019 22:39
  MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Olga forms in Gulf of Mexico; expected to soon merge with cold front, become a post-tropical low.
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• Suspended Indianapolis priest charged with sex crimes

  25-10-2019 22:39
  NOBLESVILLE, Ind. (AP) — A suspended Catholic priest in Indiana is facing charges alleging he sexually abused a child in 2016.
  The Rev. David Marcotte of Indianapolis is charged in suburban Hamilton County with child solicitation, vicarious sexual gratification and dissemination of matter harmful to minors.
  The Indianapolis Archdiocese suspended the 32-year-old Marcotte from public ministry in February after its victim assistance coordinator learned of the abuse allegations. It said that a
  
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• Kendrick out of Washington’s lineup for World Series Game 3

  25-10-2019 22:32
  WASHINGTON (AP) — NL Championship Series MVP Howie Kendrick is out of the Washington Nationals’ lineup for Game 3 of the World Series.
  Kendrick was the designated hitter in the first two games, which were played in the ballpark of the AL team, the Houston Astros.
  Washington won both for a 2-0 lead heading into Friday night’s game, the first in a World Series in the nation’s capital since 1933.
  There is no DH in games played at NL parks.
  Asdrúbal Cabrera is starting
  
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• South Dakota high court rejects death row inmate’s appeal

  25-10-2019 22:29
  SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a convicted killer who is scheduled to be executed early next month for the 1992 fatal stabbing of a young doughnut shop worker.
  The high court on Friday also rejected Charles Russell Rhines’ request to delay his execution, which is scheduled to take place the week of Nov. 3-9.
  Rhines still has a pending challenge to the use of the drug pentobarbital in his execution. A different court is scheduled to
  
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• Police shoot, kill Louisiana woman waving scissors

  25-10-2019 22:27
  BOSSIER CITY, La. (AP) — A woman who police say was waving a pair of scissors when she was shot twice by a Bossier City officer has died.
  Bossier City police spokeswoman Traci Landry says 45-year-old Shannon Rupert, of Shreveport, died Friday at LSU Ochsner Hospital.
  KTBS-TV reports the officer, who has not been identified, was not injured.
  The deadly shooting happened about 5:45 a.m. Friday when Bossier City police responded to a complaint about a disorderly person at the LaQuinta Inn, wh
  
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• Ex-St. Louis County leader’s sentence shortened by 19 months

  25-10-2019 22:26
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Former St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger apparently won’t spend as much time in prison as was originally thought. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the Bureau of Prisons’ inmate locator shows Stenger’s release date is Dec. 27, 2012. That means he would serve two years and three months. He was sentenced in August to three years and 10 months and fined $250,000.
  The Democrat pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges in May for a scheme to provid
  
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• All Bets Are On, Volume 36: On Grant Gunnell's Chance at Quarterback For Arizona, Pac-12 Superlatives and CFB picks for the Weekend

  25-10-2019 22:19
  All Bets Are On returns for its 36th episode to discuss Arizona's football game against Stanford, the Pac-12 as a whole and the week's best games in college football.Co-hosts Christopher Boan and Tyler Vondrak begin Friday's show by handing out their picks for Saturday's contest in Palo Alto, with each giving their take on whether Khalil Tate or Grant Gunnell should start at quarterback.The duo then steered into the Conference of Champions, with the Pac-12 Superlatives segment, picking the best
  
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• The Latest: GM workers ratify contract, 40-day strike ends

  25-10-2019 22:12
  ROMULUS, Mich. (AP) — The Latest on voting on a new contract at General Motors (all times local):
  5 p.m.
  General Motors workers voted 57.2% in favor of a new contract with the company, ending a 40-day strike.
  The United Auto Workers union says Friday that the contract was approved 23,389 to 17,501.
  The vote means that workers will put down their picket signs and return to their jobs. Some will start as early as Friday night, and some production could resume on Saturday.
  Skilled trades work
  
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• Alabama court upholds death sentence for New Orleans man

  25-10-2019 22:11
  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An appeals court has upheld the capital murder conviction and death sentence of a New Orleans man condemned to die for a contract killing in west Alabama.
  The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals turned away a challenge by death row inmate Sherman Collins on Friday.
  The 43-year-old Collins was convicted in the shooting death of Detrick Bell in Sumter County in 2012. Evidence showed he was hired to kill Bell, who was shot to death at a small-town rap concert.
  Collins cl
  
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• Service organization commissions statue of Bush’s dog

  25-10-2019 22:08
  COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — A charity that trains service dogs for disabled veterans has commissioned a statue of the late George H.W. Bush’s service dog for the 41st president’s library.
  America’s VetDogs has commissioned sculptor Susan Bahary to create the bronze statue of Sully for placement in the east wing of the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum at Texas A&M University.
  VetDogs President John Miller says the statue will depict Sully sitting with
  
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• Woman set on fire inside Taco Bell; suspect arrested

  25-10-2019 22:05
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Authorities in Florida say a woman poured gasoline on another woman and set her on fire inside a Taco Bell restaurant.
  News outlets report 32-year-old Mia Williams was arrested Thursday and charged with premeditated homicide, aggravated assault on an officer and resisting arrest with violence.
  Police records say the attack occurred Wednesday night in Tallahassee. The victim was seriously injured and was still in the hospital as of Friday. It’s unclear if the
  
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• Racial bias in health care software aids whites over blacks

  25-10-2019 22:03
  A new study finds a widely used software program that helps guide care for millions of patients is flawed by unintentional racial bias.
  The software predicts costs rather than sickness. It is used by U.S. insurers and hospitals to direct higher-cost patients into health care programs designed to help them stay on medications or out of the hospital.
  Whites tend to be higher-cost patients even when they’re not as sick as blacks. The study found the software regularly suggested letting health
  
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• Armed robbery suspect sought

  25-10-2019 22:00
  Tucson Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying an armed robbery suspect.CAN YOU HELP I.D. THIS SUSPECT?
  Detectives need help identifying this armed robbery suspect. He committed multiple robberies across Tucson on the night of August 30th. He was seen driving a white VW Jetta. Thin build, 5'9, 20-25 years old. Please call 88-CRIME w/any info. pic.twitter.com/ayZsFJQQBF
  — Ofc. Frank Magos (@ofcrmagos) October 24, 2019According to police, the suspect committed
  
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• US officials predict shortages of critical hospital supplies

  25-10-2019 21:58
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Government officials are warning U.S. hospitals that they could soon face shortages of critical surgical tools and equipment because of the closing of sterilization plants.
  The Food and Drug Administration said Friday that the issue could result in years of shortages of hospital supplies such as catheters.
  The problem follows the recent closing of facilities that use a chemical that’s been increasingly restricted in some states. The chemical is used to clean an esti
  
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• Scope of judge’s ruling on marriage licenses questioned

  25-10-2019 21:58
  ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A judge recently ruled on a federal lawsuit challenging a Virginia law requiring marriage applicants to disclose their race, but the two sides disagree over what the judge’s ruling means.
  Earlier this month, federal judge Rossie D. Alston Jr. in Alexandria ruled that a Virginia law requiring marriage applicants to state their race is unconstitutional.
  Now, though, the two sides are asking him to clarify his ruling. State officials say they believe they can stil
  
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• UA mascot rapping & “busting a mic” at Wildcat soccer game

  25-10-2019 21:57
  TUCSON – The U of A’s Wilbur the Wildcat is like any other mascot – He’s not allowed to talk.  So how is it that Wilbur the Wildcat was able to bust out a rap & rhyme at a recent U of A game, and then “drop the mic” after his performance? -Watch this video from our sportscast and you’ll see how:The post UA mascot rapping & “busting a mic” at Wildcat soccer game appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• The Latest: Judge: Cross country team can’t compete in meet

  25-10-2019 21:57
  SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Latest on the Chicago teachers’ strike interruption of fall high school sports (all times local):
  6:15 p.m.
  A Cook County judge has ruled that high school cross-country runners idled by a Chicago teachers’ strike won’t be able to participate in a state-qualifying meet Saturday.
  Judge Eve M. Reilly issued her order late Friday, a day after athletes from Jones College Prep filed a lawsuit. It sought to lift an Illinois High School Association pr
  
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• The Latest: IHSA allows teams in playoffs if strike ends

  25-10-2019 21:57
  SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Latest on the Chicago teachers’ strike interruption of fall high school sports (all times local):
  2:56 p.m.
  Highly-ranked Simeon Career Academy will be able to play in the state football playoffs if a strike by Chicago school teachers ends by mid-next week.
  The Illinois High School Association agreed to waive a rule for Simeon and two other Chicago high schools requiring them to have played eight games this season. One Simeon opponent called off a schedul
  
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• Freeze Warning issued October 25 at 12:49PM MST until October 26 at 9:00AM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  25-10-2019 21:49
  * WHAT…Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 29 to 31 expected.Localized colder temperatures in the mid 20s near washes andother low spots.
  * WHERE…Upper San Pedro River Valley, Sulphur Springs Valleyand Eastern Cochise County.
  * WHEN…From 2 AM to 9 AM MST Saturday.
  * IMPACTS…Freezing conditions can kill sensitive vegetationand possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To preventfreezing and possible bursting of
  
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• SPD awarded over $38K in grant funds to help traffic safety

  25-10-2019 21:45
  Sahuarita Police Department has been awarded over $38,000 in grant funds to help with traffic safety and DUI enforcement in the year 2020.
  Funding for the increased enforcement was awarded by several grants from the Arizona Governor’s Office of Highway Safety.
  According to the Sahuarita Police Department, the funding will allow the department to focus on prevention, detection apprehension and prosecution of potentially impaired drivers.
  Funds will also go towards school zone and selective
  
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• Judge: Justice must give House Mueller grand jury evidence

  25-10-2019 21:42
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge has ordered the Justice Department to give House Democrats secret grand jury testimony from special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation.
  Chief U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell made the directive in a brief order on Friday.
  Democrats had requested that the department provide the material, which was redacted from Mueller’s report, as part of their ongoing impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump.
  Justice Department lawyers argued at a
  
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• Arizona man arrested, suspected of stealing grave markers

  25-10-2019 21:40
  LITCHFIELD PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona authorities have arrested a man suspected of stealing more than 1,700 brass grave markers from a Litchfield Park cemetery and selling them for profit.
  Court docket shows 31-year-old Catlin James Hessler faces 10 felony counts of trafficking in stolen property, but authorities suspect him in more thefts.
  The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office deputies believe Hessler stole 1,770 markers used to mark the graves, but 1,670 remain missing.
  Deputies say
  
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• Chiefs rule league MVP Mahomes out for game vs Packers

  25-10-2019 21:39
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs have ruled quarterback Patrick Mahomes out for Sunday night’s showdown against the Green Bay Packers because of his dislocated right kneecap.
  Mahomes, who hurt his knee last Thursday night in Denver, was a limited participant in practice all week. The Chiefs decided to give the reigning league MVP at least one game off as he recovers from an injury that can sometimes sideline a player for several months.
  Chiefs coach Andy Reid said after
  
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