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• UN urges South Sudan warring parties to fulfill peace deal

  06-11-2019 23:52
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council is calling on South Sudan’s warring parties to publicly reaffirm their commitment to fully implement a peace deal signed over a year ago that calls for a coalition government to be formed on Nov. 12.
  The U.N.’s most powerful body expressed concern in a statement Wednesday that during its recent visit to South Sudan, its members “did not observe substantive progress on implementation of key elements of the peace agreement.&rd
  
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• AP Top 25 Podcast: Which job is better? Florida St or USC?

  06-11-2019 23:52
  The Florida State job is open and Southern California probably will be soon, too.
  On the latest AP Top 25 College Football Podcast, Paul Myerberg of USA Today joins AP’s Ralph Russo to discuss which job a coach would take if they could have either Florida State or USC? The Florida State search is already off to interesting start with rumors of Bob Stoops being targeted.
  A big week in college football also includes the first College Football Playoff rankings and a No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchup in
  
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• Airman missing in Gulf of Mexico after falling from plane

  06-11-2019 23:49
  HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. (AP) — The U.S. military and local Florida law enforcement are searching the Gulf of Mexico for an airman who fell out of a plane during a parachute training exercise.
  An Air Force news release says the special tactics airman departed a C-130 aircraft Tuesday morning during a planned static-line jump several miles south of Florida’s Hurlburt Field and made an unintentional water landing.
  Officials didn’t say whether the airman’s parachute deployed aft
  
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• Halperin’s ‘How to Beat Trump’ sells 502 copies in 1st week

  06-11-2019 23:48
  NEW YORK (AP) — Mark Halperin’s first book since his career was upended by allegations of sexual harassment is clearly no “Game Change.”
  “How to Beat Trump” sold just 502 copies in its first week. The numbers were reported Wednesday by NPD BookScan, which tracks around 85% of print sales. Published Oct. 29 by Regan Arts, “How to Beat Trump” compiles comments from such Democratic strategists as Donna Brazile, David Axelrod and James Carville. News o
  
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• Florida man arrested after groping Disney princess

  06-11-2019 23:47
  (WESH)  – An Orlando, Florida man was arrested after he allegedly groped a Disney cast member dressed as a princess last weekend at Magic Kingdom.
  According to an arrest report from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, Brian Sherman, 51, and his wife were taking photos Satruday with characters at the park when the incident happened.
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  The report said Sherman told a Disney cast member dressed as a princess how much he loved her as he put his arm around her and to
  
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• AP Source: Giants narrow manager search to 3 finalists

  06-11-2019 23:47
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The San Francisco Giants have narrowed their search for a new manager to three finalists, a person with direct knowledge of the process said.
  Former Phillies manager Gape Kapler, Astros bench coach Joe Espada and Rays bench coach Matt Quatraro are the final three vying to replace Bruce Bochy, the person said Wednesday, speaking on condition of anonymity because the candidates’ names haven’t been made public.
  Giants President of Baseball Operations Farhan Za
  
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• 2 charged after North Carolina college student abducted

  06-11-2019 23:44
  GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Police in North Carolina have arrested two men who they say abducted a university student who managed to escape her captors by sending a text message to a friend.
  News outlets report Greenville police said 27-year-old Joshua Worsley of Robersonville and 33-year-old Cornelius Langley of Greenville were both charged with first-degree kidnapping.
  According to police, the men lured the 20-year-old East Carolina University student into their car last Friday, and that Wor
  
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• Jets center Little hospitalized after being struck by puck

  06-11-2019 23:37
  WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Winnipeg Jets forward Bryan Little remained hospitalized Wednesday, a day after being struck near the ear by a puck.
  Little was skating behind the net midway through the third period in a 2-1 home loss to New Jersey when teammate Nikolaj Ehlers fired a rising slap shot from the point. The puck hit Little on his left side and he fell to the ice, putting his head in his hands as blood dripped.
  The Jets said Wednesday that Little was taken to St. Boniface Hospital an
  
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• Blocked Tennessee voter signup penalties set for 2021 trial

  06-11-2019 23:36
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s new restrictions for registering voters aren’t scheduled to face trial until February 2021, likely keeping the penalties blocked through the 2020 elections.
  U.S. District Judge Aleta Trauger scheduled the trial for two challenges of the law that fines groups with paid workers for submitting too many incomplete registration forms , considered a first among states.
  It also criminalizes intentional infractions of other new rules with misdemeanor
  
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• Jim Click’s 2019 “Millions for Tucson” raffle aims to help local charities

  06-11-2019 23:34
  TUCSON – The Annual Jim Click “Millions for Tucson” raffle kicked off on Wednesday, Feb 13.
  Local non-profit charities are given the opportunity to sell raffle tickets, free of charge, and those charities keep 100 percent of the proceeds.
  “We’ve been successful because of Tucson”, said Jim Click. “So, if a business takes out of the community, it should give back and so we’ve always tried to be generous to our community.”
  This year’s ra
  
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• Air Force-New Mexico game postponed after player’s death

  06-11-2019 23:33
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The football game between Air Force and New Mexico scheduled for this weekend was postponed following the death of a Lobos defensive lineman.
  Air Force will travel to New Mexico on Nov. 23 instead, the Mountain West said Wednesday.
  New Mexico announced the death of 21-year-old Nahje Flowers on Tuesday. The university didn’t provide a cause or other circumstances. Flowers was from Los Angeles, where he played football at Dorsey High School. He had been at New
  
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• Vikings claim ex-starting safety Sendejo off waivers

  06-11-2019 23:31
  EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings have claimed safety Andrew Sendejo off waivers from Philadelphia, bringing back a longtime piece of their secondary.
  The move was made Wednesday, the day after Sendejo was released by the Eagles, for whom he played in all nine games this season. He had an interception against the Vikings on Oct. 13.
  Sendejo spent eight seasons with the Vikings, first cracking the starting lineup in 2013 and accumulating 59 starts. The hard-hitting, oft-penalized 32
  
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• Delaware squares off against Oakland

  06-11-2019 23:30
  Oakland (1-0) vs. Delaware (1-0)
  Silver Spurs Arena, Kissimmee, Florida; Friday, 5 p.m. EST
  BOTTOM LINE: Oakland and Delaware both look to put winning streaks together .
  DID YOU KNOW: Oakland went 3-9 against non-conference schools last season. In those 12 games, the Golden Grizzlies gave up 83.4 points per game while scoring 76.1 per outing. Delaware went 6-5 in non-conference play, averaging 73.5 points and giving up 74.3 per game in the process.
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• Prosecutors: Cop charged in shooting had disciplinary flaws

  06-11-2019 23:26
  FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Prosecutors say a former Texas police officer charged in the fatal shooting of a black man during a traffic stop last year had a disciplinary record with his department that showed “bad character.”
  Bau Tran was fired from the Arlington Police Department after the Sept. 1, 2018, shooting of 24-year-old O’Shae Terry and was indicted for criminally negligent homicide.
  Last week, Tarrant County prosecutors filed a document in state district court in F
  
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• USC expects to use another pass-heavy plan at Arizona State

  06-11-2019 23:17
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Clay Helton brought the Air Raid offense to Southern California this season, he stressed that it could be executed in such a way to maintain balance between run and pass.
  However, injuries at running back and playing from behind have forced the Trojans to lean heavily on the pass in their past two games, throwing the ball 66 percent of the time against Colorado and 73 percent against Oregon.
  While it might not be the approach Helton would prefer, he seems to accept
  
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• NCAA denies Clemson waiver request for Fordham transfer

  06-11-2019 23:13
  CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — The NCAA denied Clemson’s request to have Fordham transfer guard Nick Honor player for the Tigers this season.
  The decision means that Honor can practice at Clemson this season and will have three years of eligibility remaining when he returns next year.
  Honor is 5-foot-10 guard from Orlando, Florida who led Fordham at 15.3 points a game last season and made the Atlantic 10’s all-rookie team. Honor joined the Tigers this spring and played with them as they
  
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• Leverkusen beats Atlético to stay alive in Champions League

  06-11-2019 23:13
  LEVERKUSEN, Germany (AP) — Bayer Leverkusen kept alive its slim hopes of reaching the Champions League knockout stage with a 2-1 win over Atlético Madrid on Wednesday.
  An own goal from Thomas in the first half and Kevin Volland’s strike in the second gave Leverkusen its first points in the group and stopped Atlético from booking its place among the last 16.
  Leverkusen struggled to see out the game after Nadiem Amiri was sent off in the 84th minute. Alvaro Morata pulled
  
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• Lawsuit challenges absentee ballot rejections in Georgia

  06-11-2019 23:11
  ATLANTA (AP) — The Democratic Party is suing over Georgia’s handling of absentee ballots a year after some ballots were rejected for minor reasons such as signatures not exactly matching those on file with the state.
  The federal lawsuit filed Wednesday says that absentee voters aren’t uniformly notified of problems or given enough time to correct them.
  It asks that a judge require state elections officials to notify voters of missing signatures within one day of receiving a bal
  
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• Alabama SGA warns students against “disruptive behavior”

  06-11-2019 23:11
  TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama’s Student Government Association is warning students they could lose their block seating for the rest of the season if they “engage in disruptive behavior” during the LSU game.
  Jason Rothfarb, the SGA’s vice president of student affairs, sent out a letter citing the increased security at Saturday’s game between the second-ranked Crimson Tide and No. 1 LSU. President Donald Trump is expected to attend the game, and Alabama is war
  
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• US: Saudis recruited Twitter workers to spy on users

  06-11-2019 23:07
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — U.S. prosecutors say the Saudi government recruited two Twitter employees to get personal account information of their critics.
  The complaint unsealed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in San Francisco detailed a coordinated effort by Saudi officials to recruit employees at the social media giant to look up the private data of thousands of Twitter accounts.
  The accounts included those of a popular journalist with more than 1 million followers and other prominent governm
  
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• Police say small portion of London theatre ceiling collapses

  06-11-2019 23:07
  LONDON (AP) — Police in London say several people were injured when a small portion of a theater’s ceiling collapsed during a performance in London’s West End.
  Emergency services were called to Piccadilly Theatre on Wednesday night after part of the ceiling crashed down into the auditorium during a performance of Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman.” The play stars American actor Wendell Pierce.
  London’s Metropolitan Police say that “a few”
  
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• Candidate who wanted city as white ‘as possible’ gets 4%

  06-11-2019 23:06
  MARYSVILLE, Mich. (AP) — A city council candidate in Michigan who dropped out after saying she wanted to keep her community white “as much as possible” still received 4% of the vote.
  Jean Cramer ended her candidacy in Marysville in August, but it was too late to remove her name from the ballot. Cramer finished last among five candidates with 180 votes.
  Cramer couldn’t be reached for comment Wednesday. Her phone line was busy.
  Marysville’s new mayor, Wayne Pyden, say
  
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• Rams WR Cooks ruled out with concussion, seeing specialist

  06-11-2019 23:04
  THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles Rams receiver Brandin Cooks won’t play in Sunday’s game against Pittsburgh while he seeks further medical help for his second concussion in a month.
  Cooks was ruled out by Rams coach Sean McVay on Wednesday.
  Cooks was hurt Oct. 27 during the Rams’ win over Cincinnati in London, and he has not cleared the NFL’s concussion protocol. He flew to Pittsburgh on Wednesday for the second time since his injury to meet with specialists
  
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• US veteran ‘feeling whole’ year after penis transplant

  06-11-2019 23:03
  More than a year after performing the world’s most extensive penis transplant, doctors say their patient has recovered and reports “feeling whole” again.
  The U.S. veteran lost both legs and his genitals from a blast in Afghanistan. Last year, Johns Hopkins University surgeons rebuilt the man’s pelvic region, transplanting a penis, scrotum and part of the abdominal wall from a deceased donor.
  Doctors described the procedure in a letter in Thursday’s New England Journ
  
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• US prosecutors: Saudis recruited Twitter employees to get personal account information of critics

  06-11-2019 23:03
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — US prosecutors: Saudis recruited Twitter employees to get personal account information of critics.
  The post US prosecutors: Saudis recruited Twitter employees to get personal account information of critics appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• Son scores 2 as Tottenham beats Red Star in Champions League

  06-11-2019 23:02
  BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Three days after leaving the field in tears over his role in an opponent’s injury, Son Heung-min scored twice as Tottenham beat Red Star Belgrade 4-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday.
  After hitting the crossbar in the buildup to Tottenham’s first goal, Son put the result beyond doubt with two goals in the space of four second-half minutes, sealing Tottenham’s second straight Champions League win since losing 7-2 to Bayern Munich last month.
  Son
  
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• Amazon’s spending in Seattle Council races doesn’t deliver

  06-11-2019 23:00
  SEATTLE (AP) — Amazon poured $1.5 million an effort to overhaul Seattle’s City Council this year. It didn’t deliver.
  Though many votes remain to be counted, early returns suggest the online retail giant and other business interests will have fewer obvious allies on the nine-member Council than at any time in recent memory.
  In Amazon’s liberal hometown, that could mean officials who are more willing to tax companies to address the city’s homelessness crisis and trans
  
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• Madrid routs Galatasaray with 3 goals in opening 15 minutes

  06-11-2019 22:57
  MADRID (AP) — It took less than 15 minutes for Real Madrid to erase fears of another Champions League setback at home.
  With three goals in the first 14 minutes, Madrid cruised to a 6-0 win over Galatasaray on Wednesday, moving closer to the knockout stages and ending the Turkish team’s chances of advancing in the European competition.
  Brazilian teenager Rodrygo twice in the opening seven minutes — the quickest double in Champions League history — and Sergio Ramos added th
  
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• Amazon is expanding one-day delivery option

  06-11-2019 22:54
  TUCSON – Amazon Prime free one-day delivery is expanding to millions of new products.
  The online retail giant is expanding its one-day delivery option to prime members to an additional 10-million products.
  The offer includes popular holiday gifts such as toys, games, and electronics.
  Amazon has also expanded its prime free same-day delivery, bringing the convenience of doorstep delivery within hours to millions more members since last year.
  The post Amazon is expanding one-day delivery opt
  
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• Giuliani says he’s represented by trio of lawyers

  06-11-2019 22:48
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, says he’s being represented by three lawyers as federal prosecutors in New York look into his business dealings.
  Giuliani’s interactions with Ukrainian officials, including efforts to seek the removal of the U.S. ambassador, have been entangled in the ongoing impeachment inquiry.
  He tweeted Wednesday “that the evidence, when revealed fully, will show that this present farce is as much a frame
  
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• ICC knows where 3 Libyan fugitives are and urges arrests

  06-11-2019 22:40
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor is calling for the immediate arrest of longtime Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi’s son and two others accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity, saying their whereabouts are known.
  Fatou Bensouda told the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday that the court is also continuing to investigate other alleged perpetrators of grave international crimes and is assessing “the viability of bringing cases befor
  
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• Student offers teacher his birthday cash, cites her pay rate

  06-11-2019 22:35
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida third-grader gave his teacher an unexpected surprise: $15 and a note saying he didn’t think teachers are paid enough.
  Shortly before Halloween, Mary Hall Chambers opened a folder in her classroom at Gorrie Elementary School in Tampa. Inside was a note from 9-year-old Parker Williams, along with cash in a zip-top baggie.
  “I don’t think that teachers get paid enough for what they do so will you except this gift?” he wrote in black ink. He
  
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• Report: Baltimore officer’s mysterious death was suicide

  06-11-2019 22:35
  BALTIMORE (AP) — The 2017 death of a Baltimore police detective who had been due to testify about corrupt officers has been ruled a suicide.
  Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison told The Baltimore Sun on Wednesday nothing in the report by the Maryland State Police suggests the death of Det. Sean Suiter should be re-investigated.
  Suiter was found shot in the head on November 2017, a day before he was to testify to a grand jury investigating corrupt colleagues. Authorities at the t
  
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• Mesa police: 5-year-old boy calls 911 to order a kid’s meal

  06-11-2019 22:30
  MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Police in a Phoenix suburb got a strange 911 call recently. A 5-year-old boy didn’t have an emergency; he just wanted to order a Happy Meal from McDonald’s.
  A Mesa police officer delivered the food in person to the child, along with some advice about the proper time to use 911.
  Randy Skabelund spoke to the dispatcher in a follow-up call to say there wasn’t an emergency and his son Charlie must have had his cellphone.
  Officer Randolph “Scott”
  
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• Dolphins CB Cordrea Tankersley to miss entire season

  06-11-2019 22:29
  DAVIE, Fla. (AP) — Miami Dolphins cornerback Cordrea Tankersley’s comeback from a 2018 ACL injury will wait until next season.
  The Dolphins decided not to add Tankersley to the 53-man roster by Wednesday’s deadline, ending his season before it began.
  Tankersley missed the second half of last season because of his knee injury, and he went on the physically unable to perform list in July. He has been practicing in recent weeks but isn’t fully recovered.
  Tankersley was a thi
  
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• Turkey’s Erdogan to meet Trump in Washington next week

  06-11-2019 22:20
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s office says Turkey’s leader will travel to Washington next week for talks with U.S. President Donald Trump.
  Erdogan’s planned trip to Washington had been put into doubt following votes in the U.S. House of Representatives aiming to sanction Turkey and to recognize the mass killings of Armenians a century ago as genocide.
  The votes angered Turkey. But Erdogan’s office said in a statement that the two lead
  
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• Strike plans unclear, Little Rock teachers hold ‘walk-ins’

  06-11-2019 22:10
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Little Rock teachers are staging demonstrations over Arkansas stripping their collective bargaining power and the state’s ongoing control of the district. But they’re offering few clues on whether they’ll strike for the first time in decades.
  Teachers, parents and students held “walk-ins” around the 23,000-student district Wednesday, walking into school buildings together before classes started to show their support for the union. They
  
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• Maricopa man convicted of 2016 murder still isn’t sentenced

  06-11-2019 22:00
  FLORENCE, Ariz. (AP) — A Maricopa man convicted of a 2016 murder is awaiting sentencing.
  The Casa Grande Dispatch reports 19-year-old Arthur Magana’s sentencing is affected by the fact he was 16 at the time of the fatal shooting.
  According to a 2016 Supreme Court ruling, life without the possibility of parole can no longer be mandatory for defendants who were juveniles at the time of the crime.
  On Monday, a Pinal County Superior Court judge continued Magana’s sentencing until s
  
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• Claytoon of the Day: Cross Hairs For The Whistleblower

  06-11-2019 21:59
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• Trump attorneys file notice of porn actress settlement

  06-11-2019 21:52
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Attorneys for President Donald Trump have notified the court overseeing a settlement between Ohio’s capital city and porn actress Stormy Daniels of money owed to him by Daniels.
  A federal judge last year said Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, must pay Trump nearly $293,000 for his attorneys’ fees and another $1,000 in sanctions after her defamation suit against him was dismissed.
  Earlier this year, the city of Columbus reached a $450,000 sett
  
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• Parade of Lights to kick off holiday season Nov. 30

  06-11-2019 21:50
  TUCSON – The 25th Annual Parade of Lights will soon brighten up Downtown Tucson.
  On Nov. 30, the event will kick off five weeks of holiday festivities.
  Festivities in Jacome Plaza include:Live entertainment from 4:30 to 9 p.m.
  The Tree Lighting Ceremony at 5:30 p.m.
  The Parade of Lights at 6:30 p.m.Parade of Lights / ©2018 Scott Griessel Creatista
  Downtown will be decorated with thousands of lights, and free streetcar rides will be available all day.
  As a sponsor, Mister Car Wash will
  
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• Cowboys defensive lineman Ross arrested on drug, gun charges

  06-11-2019 21:47
  FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Police in the Dallas suburb of Frisco say Cowboys defensive lineman Daniel Ross has been arrested on charges of possession of marijuana and unlawful carrying of a weapon.
  Frisco police Sgt. Evan Mattei said Ross was arrested Wednesday morning. He didn’t provide further details. The department didn’t respond immediately to a public information request.
  The 26-year-old Ross is on injured reserve with a shoulder injury. He played in 13 games in a backup role l
  
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• ‘Fifty Shades’ publisher Anne Messitte is leaving company

  06-11-2019 21:45
  NEW YORK (AP) — The publisher who helped make E L James’ “Fifty Shades of Grey” a phenomenon is leaving the company.
  Anne Messitte, longtime head of the Vintage and Anchor paperback imprints, will depart next month. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group announced the news Wednesday. No reason was provided for her departure.
  Vintage and Anchor are two of the premier paperback lines, with authors ranging from Margaret Atwood to Robert Caro.
  Mess
  
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• Trump spotlights confirmation of 150-plus federal judges

  06-11-2019 21:44
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is celebrating his administration’s success in getting more than 150 federal judicial nominees confirmed by the Senate.
  The White House says 112 nominees have been confirmed to district courts and 43 to appeals courts, in additional to two justices on the Supreme Court.
  The Senate is close to confirming the 44th appeals court judge. It’s a benchmark that means he’ll have filled one-quarter of such judgeships in under three years in
  
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• Suspects sought in Tucson Family Dollar theft incident

  06-11-2019 21:42
  TUCSON – Tucson Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying two theft suspects.
  Police say the suspects stole from a Family Dollar store located at 16 W. Grant Road on Oct. 28.
  Reportedly, the men fled in a stolen white Chevrolet Malibu, which was located on Oct. 29 on the east side.
  Anyone with information is asked to call 88-CRIME.WEST SIDE DETECTIVES SEEKING INFORMATIONOn Oct. 28th, around 3:30 PM, these 2 suspects stole from Family Dollar (16 W. Grant). They
  
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• UConn to play exhibition against US national team on Jan. 27

  06-11-2019 21:40
  STORRS, Conn. (AP) — The UConn women’s basketball team has announced it will play an exhibition in January against the U.S. women’s national team.
  Coach Geno Auriemma says it’s a great opportunity to play against some of the best in the world. The U.S. team is playing various exhibitions against college teams ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
  The game on Jan. 27 will be held at the XL Center in Hartford. Auriemma was the U.S. national coach when the teams won gold at the
  
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• The Latest: Mexico official says suspect not tied to attack

  06-11-2019 21:40
  Austin Cloes, a Utah relative of the Americans killed in Mexico, looks at a photo of the children in a hospital who survived the attack, during an interview Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019, in Herriman, Utah. Drug cartel gunmen ambushed three SUVs along a dirt road, slaughtering at least six children and three women all of them U.S. citizens living in northern Mexico in a grisly attack that left one vehicle a burned-out, bullet-riddled hulk, authorities said Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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• Mercer begins season against Columbia International

  06-11-2019 21:30
  Columbia International vs. Mercer (0-0)
  Hawkins Arena, Macon, Georgia; Friday, 1 p.m. EST
  BOTTOM LINE: The Mercer Bears are set to battle the Rams of Columbia International.
  DID YOU KNOW: Mercer went 3-7 overall when playing against out-of-conference competition last year. The Bears scored 70.3 points per contest in those 10 games.
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• Man points gun at Southern California college, no shots

  06-11-2019 21:29
  SAN JACINTO, Calif. (AP) — A man pointed a gun, but did not fire it, at a cafeteria table full of students Wednesday morning at a Southern California community college, authorities said.
  There are no reported injuries at the Mount San Jacinto College southeast of Los Angeles, said Riverside County Sheriff’s Deputy Robyn Flores. The sheriff’s office did not consider it an active shooter incident.
  Deputies were called hortly before 10 a.m. and had not found the gunman as of 12:30
  
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• Gunman at California school arrested trying to flee country

  06-11-2019 21:29
  SAN JACINTO, Calif. (AP) — The man who allegedly pointed a gun Wednesday at a cafeteria table full of students but did not open fire at a Southern California community college was arrested at the airport as he tried to flee the country, authorities said.
  Police arrested Greg Abejon, 25, at Los Angeles International Airport after he checked in for a flight, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office said on Twitter.
  No injuries were reported at Mount San Jacinto College southeast of Los An
  
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