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• Russian accused of $20M credit card fraud extradited to US

  12-11-2019 23:58
  
  ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A Russian accused of running a website that helped people commit more than $20 million in credit-card fraud has been extradited to Virginia to face criminal charges.
  Twenty-nine-year-old Aleksei Burkov made an initial appearance in Alexandria Tuesday after being extradited from Israel. Russian officials objected to his extradition.
  The federal indictment says Burkov ran a website called Cardplanet that let people buy stolen credit-card numbers for anywhere from $3 to
  
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• LSU-Alabama game a big winner for CBS over the weekend

  12-11-2019 23:58
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Television viewers flocked to the showdown between LSU and Alabama over the weekend.
  The Nielsen company says the Southeastern Conference game was seen by 16.6 million people, making it the top-rated regular season college football game in eight years. More than 20 million people were watching on CBS toward the end of the game.
  The contest between Penn State and Minnesota earlier in the day was a winner for ABC.
  “The View” scored its best ratings in six months d
  
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• Lions put Strong on IR, acquire Skipper via waivers

  12-11-2019 23:55
  
  ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — The Detroit Lions have put defensive tackle Kevin Strong on injured reserve.
  The Lions also announced Tuesday that they were awarded tackle Dan Skipper via waivers from the Houston Texans.
  Skipper spent time with the Texans and New England Patriots earlier this season. He appeared in three games for the Texans this season and one for the Lions back in 2017.
  He originally entered the NFL with the Dallas Cowboys as an undrafted free agent in 2017 out of Arkansas.
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• 4 Maryland correctional officers injured in prison fight

  12-11-2019 23:54
  
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Officials in Maryland say four correctional officers have been injured trying to break up a prison fight.
  A Tuesday statement from the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services says one officer from the Western Correctional Institution in Cumberland was taken to the hospital with a stab wound to the arm and a cut on the chest. The statement says the other three officers were taken to local urgent care clinics for various injuries.
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• Middle Tennessee WR Cobb charged with rape, suspended

  12-11-2019 23:50
  
  MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) — Middle Tennessee wide receiver Zeke Cobb has been suspended from the program as he faces rape charges.
  Murfreesboro police spokesman Larry Flowers said Tuesday that Cobb has been served a sealed indictment on two counts of rape stemming from an incident in 2018. Flowers didn’t have any additional details on the case.
  Rutherford County sheriff’s spokeswoman Lisa Marchesoni said the 21-year-old is being held at Rutherford County Adult Detention Center o
  
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• Spanish king, Cuban president meet in Havana

  12-11-2019 23:49
  
  HAVANA (AP) — Spanish King Felipe VI and Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel have met at the start of the first modern state visit to Cuba by a member of the royal family that once ruled the Caribbean island.
  The king and Queen Letizia began their official activities Tuesday morning by offering a wreath at a monument to José Martí, a hero of Cuba’s 19th century fight for independence from Spain.
  After their meeting in Cuba’s Palace of the Revolution, the king
  
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• Midtown mini-golf facility experiences second fire in 24 hours

  12-11-2019 23:48
  
  TUCSON – Crews are working to contain a fire at an indoor mini-golf facility in midtown after it ignited Tuesday afternoon.
  According to TFD, the blaze broke out in the attic of Glow Zone Mini Golf, at 2619 N. Stone Rd. near Jacinto St. Despite crews currently working to put out small fires and hot spots in that area, Tucson Fire said the fire is under uncontrol.
  TFD said this fire ignited in a different room than the blaze reported at the two-story building early Tuesday morning. That fir
  
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• Disney+ users experience technical difficulties on launch day

  12-11-2019 23:39
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Disney’s brand-new streaming service Disney Plus may be a victim of its own success.
  The $7-a-month service offering an array of Disney classics and new shows suffered some technical difficulties hours after launching at 3 a.m. E.T. on Tuesday.
  The problems started a little before 7 a.m., according to downdetector.com, a website that tracks outages. It received more than 8,000 reports of difficulties, mostly with video streaming. Others reported problems logging
  
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• Australia’s highest court agrees to hear cardinal’s appeal

  12-11-2019 23:38
  
  CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s highest court has agreed to hear an appeal from the most senior Catholic to be found guilty of sexually abusing children.
  The High Court of Australia said Wednesday that it would weigh Cardinal George Pell’s convictions for molesting two choirboys in a Melbourne cathedral two decades ago.
  The appeal is Pell’s last chance at getting his convictions overturned and leaving prison early.
  A unanimous jury found Pope Francis’ former
  
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• Australia’s highest court agrees to hear appeal from the most senior Catholic to be convicted of child sex abuse

  12-11-2019 23:36
  
  CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s highest court agrees to hear appeal from the most senior Catholic to be convicted of child sex abuse.
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• Fifth Annual Sweat For Pets

  12-11-2019 23:34 via tucsonweekly.com
  
  Fans of exercise and man’s best friend are in luck, as the Humane Society of Southern Arizona is once again taking to the concrete jungle around Kino North Sports Complex in mid-November.
  The society is hosting its fifth annual SWEAT for Pets: Walk, Run & Roll event, with a non-competitive 5K walk/run, raising money for homeless pets in Tucson.…
  
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• The Latest: First death reported in Lebanon’s protests

  12-11-2019 23:22
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — The latest on naionwide protests in Lebanon (all times local):
  12:20 a.m.
  The newspaper of a Lebanese political party says a local official was shot dead in south Beirut during anti-government protests, marking the first death during nationwide protests that began Oct. 17.
  The newspaper Al-Anbaa of the Progressive Socialist Party of Druze leader Walid Joumblatt says the PSP official was killed Tuesday night in the southern Beirut suburb of Khaldeh.
  Media reports say the man w
  
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• Lebanese man shot dead during demonstrations in south Beirut, marking first death in 27 days of nationwide protests

  12-11-2019 23:13
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese man shot dead during demonstrations in south Beirut, marking first death in 27 days of nationwide protests.
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• SPLC: Leaked emails show Miller promoted white nationalism

  12-11-2019 23:12
  
  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Southern Poverty Law Center has published emails that it says show White House adviser Stephen Miller “promoted white nationalist literature and racist propaganda” to a conservative news site.
  The nonprofit’s Hatewatch blog published excerpts Tuesday of leaked emails Miller sent to Breitbart editors in 2015 and 2016.
  The organization says the emails were provided by a former Breitbart editor who was fired. Miller often discusses potential immig
  
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• Jets place TE Herndon, G Winters on season-ending IR

  12-11-2019 23:11
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Jets have placed tight end Chris Herndon and right guard Brian Winters on the injured reserve list, ending the season for both players. Herndon broke a rib in the Jets’ 34-27 victory over the Giants on Sunday, while Winters dislocated a shoulder.
  The Jets also announced Tuesday they signed linebacker B.J. Bello and promoted cornerback Kyron Brown from the practice squad.
  Herndon being placed on IR ends what has been a rough season for the second-year tigh
  
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• Owners of collapsed hotel plan implosion; no date given

  12-11-2019 23:09
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Owners of a New Orleans hotel that partly collapsed during construction say they’ll implode the remaining floors but didn’t say when that might happen.
  According to a news release Tuesday from 1030 Canal Development LLC, multiple engineers have said implosion is the safest way to demolish the rest of the Hard Rock Hotel.
  Parts of upper stories collapsed Oct. 12 , killing three workers.
  The company’s statement said it has hired contractors Kolb Grading L
  
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• New Orleans: Hotel implosion to occur in about 9 weeks

  12-11-2019 23:09
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Owners of a New Orleans hotel that partly collapsed during construction say they are planning to implode the remaining floors.
  City officials on Tuesday said the implosion will take place in about nine weeks. Fire Chief Tim McConnell says none of the experts can say it’s safe to destroy the Hard Rock Hotel site in any other manner.
  According to a news release from 1030 Canal Development LLC, multiple engineers have said implosion is the safest way to demolish the p
  
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• The Latest: Teen in school shooting charged with escape

  12-11-2019 23:05
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Latest on the sentencing of a teen in a South Carolina school shooting (all times local):
  5:05 p.m.
  An official says a teen facing 30 years to life in prison for killing a first-grader on a South Carolina school’s playground was charged with escape last month.
  A jail investigator testified Tuesday at Jesse Osborne’s sentencing hearing that authorities found a hole in the 17-year-old’s cell wall.
  Under cross-examination, investigator Nathan Mitche
  
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• MLB checking after report 2017 Astros illegally stole signs

  12-11-2019 23:05
  
  Major League Baseball has expanded its investigation into the Houston Astros after The Athletic website reported the team stole signs during home games in 2017 by using a camera positioned in center field.
  The report Tuesday quoted pitcher Mike Fiers, who played for the Astros that season, and three other unidentified people with the club. The Astros won the World Series that year — two sources told The Athletic that Houston used the system into the playoffs while another source said it en
  
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• Rapper Eric B, jailed on 17-year-old warrant, released

  12-11-2019 23:04
  
  HACKENSACK, N.J. (AP) — Rapper and actor Eric B. has been released from a New Jersey jail after spending two weeks behind bars on a 17-year-old warrant.
  NJ.com reports that Eric B., whose real name is Eric Barrier, was released from Bergen County Jail on Tuesday where he had been held since Oct. 28.
  Barrier was jailed on a bench warrant issued back in 2002 for failure to appear in court for a sentencing. He had pleaded guilty to assault earlier that year.
  Barrier’s attorney said Barr
  
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• Doctors: Double lung transplant recipient was teen who vaped

  12-11-2019 23:04
  
  DETROIT (AP) — A double lung transplant recipient who severely damaged those internal organs by vaping has been identified as a Michigan teenager.
  Doctors at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit described to reporters Tuesday the procedure that saved the 17-year-old’s life and pleaded for the public to understand the dangers of vaping.
  The teen was admitted in early September to a Detroit-area hospital with what appeared to be pneumonia. He was eventually taken to Henry Ford Hospital and t
  
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• UN: Al-Shabab remains ‘potent threat’ in Somalia and region

  12-11-2019 23:03
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. experts say al-Shabab extremists in Somalia remain “a potent threat” to regional peace and are manufacturing home-made explosives, expanding their revenue sources and infiltrating government institutions.
  The panel of experts report to the Security Council, circulated Tuesday, says a significant escalation of U.S. airstrikes targeting al-Shabab militants and leaders has kept the group “off-balance” but has had “little effect on its a
  
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• Louisiana Supreme Court won’t revive ‘NOLA no-call’ suit

  12-11-2019 22:59
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana’s Supreme Court has refused to revive a New Orleans Saints fan’s lawsuit against the NFL over officials’ failure to call a penalty at a crucial point in a January playoff game.
  The court denied a motion to rehear the case without comment Tuesday.
  Attorney Antonio LeMon filed the lawsuit after officials failed to flag a Los Angeles Rams player for obvious pass interference and an illegal helmet-to-helmet hit. The no-call helped the Rams beat th
  
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• Watchdog report on Russia probe nears public release

  12-11-2019 22:56
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department’s watchdog is nearing the release of its report on the early stages of the FBI’s Russia investigation.
  The document is likely to revive debate about a politically charged probe that shadowed President Donald Trump’s administration from the outset.
  The inspector general’s office in recent days has invited witnesses who were interviewed for the report to review portions of a draft. They and their lawyers will be able to raise c
  
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• Battle-tested attorneys to face off in impeachment inquiry

  12-11-2019 22:53
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The public impeachment inquiry hearings will pit a Democratic attorney who built his reputation as a federal prosecutor against a GOP House Oversight investigator who helped steer some of the most notable probes of the Obama administration.
  The two attorneys are Democratic investigator Daniel Goldman and GOP chief investigative counsel Steve Castor. They will find themselves front-and-center at the televised hearings.
  The proceedings mark a critical new phase in the probe
  
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• N Carolina lawmakers wrap up initial Congress map drawings

  12-11-2019 22:52
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina legislators have wrapped up several days of map drawing while looking for replacement boundaries for the state’s 13 U.S. House districts following a recent court order.
  A joint House-Senate committee met on Tuesday as lawmakers and staff worked on mapmaking computers for four hours. The committee also met four days last week and in all generated at least 18 congressional map configurations. The panel took no votes on a favored map.
  State judges las
  
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• Separating fact from fiction in Trump’s impeachment hearings

  12-11-2019 22:49
  
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• Warriors two-way guard Damion Lee breaks bone in right hand

  12-11-2019 22:48
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yet another member of the Golden State Warriors is injured, with two-way guard Damion Lee now out because of a broken right hand.
  The injury occurred during Golden State’s 122-108 home loss to the Jazz on Monday night.
  Lee underwent an MRI exam Tuesday morning that revealed a nondisplaced fracture of the fourth metacarpal. The team said he will be reevaluated in two weeks.
  Lee joins a long list of injured players on the depleted Warriors, who are 2-9 following fi
  
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• Court rules against warrantless searches of phones, laptops

  12-11-2019 22:42
  
  BOSTON (AP) — A federal court in Boston has ruled that warrantless U.S. government searches of the phones and laptops of international travelers at airports and other U.S. ports of entry violate the Fourth Amendment.
  Tuesday’s ruling came in a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic Frontier Foundation on behalf of 11 travelers whose smartphones and laptops were searched without individualized suspicion at U.S. ports of entry.
  ACLU attorney Esha Bhandar
  
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• Federal court rules warrantless searches of international travelers’ electronics at airports are unconstitutional

  12-11-2019 22:41
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Federal court rules warrantless searches of international travelers’ electronics at airports are unconstitutional.
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• Border wall foes try to stop construction as sections built

  12-11-2019 22:40
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal appeals court has heard arguments to halt the military-funded construction of President Donald Trump’s border wall with Mexico.
  American Civil Liberties Union attorney Dror Ladin told a panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco that the administration is building it quickly since the Supreme Court denied an emergency plea in July to temporarily put construction on hold.
  The ACLU says the wall is going up in Organ Pipe National Monument
  
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• England Women score late to grab 3-2 win over Czechs

  12-11-2019 22:38
  
  CESKE BUDEJOVICE, Czech Republic (AP) — England Women ended their year with a much-needed 3-2 win in a friendly game against the Czech Republic on Tuesday.
  Lionesses head coach Phil Neville had called for a response from his players after the 2-1 defeat to Germany in front of a record-breaking crowd at Wembley, which was a fifth loss from seven matches.
  The Czech Republic, though, made the most of another slow start from England, which was playing its final match of 2019. Tereza Szewieczko
  
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• Apparent pirate attack on ship in Mexico wounds 2 Italians

  12-11-2019 22:37
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican navy says two Italian crew members were wounded in an attack by armed assailants who boarded their ship in the Gulf of Mexico.
  The pirate attack was apparently carried out by several armed men who approached the Italian-flagged ship Rema in two fishing boats.
  The Mexican navy said Tuesday that one Italian suffered a blow to the head, and the other was shot. It did not comment on their condition.
  The navy says it dispatched a fast boat to the site of the attac
  
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• NTSB: Oversight could have prevented Miami bridge collapse

  12-11-2019 22:34
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Federal transportation officials have concluded that design flaws and a lack of oversight led to the collapse of a Miami university bridge that killed six people last year.
  The National Transportation Safety Board’s final report blames design firm FIGG Bridge Engineers Inc. and the company hired to conduct an independent review for not identifying that the load on a key section of the pedestrian bridge at Florida International University was underestimated.
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• Report: ‘Days of Our Lives’ future unclear after entire cast released from contracts

  12-11-2019 22:33
  
  TUCSON – The final grains of sand may be passing through the hourglass after a new report from TVLine announced that the entire cast of the “Days of Our Lives” has been released from their contract.Soap Shocker: Entire #DaysofOurLives Cast Released From Contract — Is the End Nigh? (Exclusive) https://t.co/UnIMsVcvcz via @MichaelAusiello pic.twitter.com/o79ZaLtEGt
  — TVLine.com (@TVLine) November 12, 2019According to the report, the NBC soap opera that debuted in 1965
  
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• USA Badminton in trouble for failing safe-sport policy

  12-11-2019 22:21
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee has launched the decertification of USA Badminton after the national governing body failed to complete a host of measures needed to protect athletes from sex abuse.
  A 2018 audit of USA Badminton showed it didn’t have proper policies in place for safe-sport training and background checks. A follow-up this year showed none of the fixes had been completed.
  On Tuesday, USOPC CEO Sarah Hirshland wrote a letter to Ana
  
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• Jailed SC sheriff released while awaiting results of appeal

  12-11-2019 22:18
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina sheriff who was convicted of using his power to push a personal assistant into having sex with him has been released from prison while he awaits the results of an appeal.
  News outlets report Greenville County Sheriff Will Lewis had started serving a one-year sentence for misconduct of a public officer but was released Tuesday after a judge granted his appeal bond.
  Judge G. Thomas Cooper says Lewis is neither a danger to the community nor a flight risk
  
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• Tribe to argue against expansion of Dakota Access pipeline

  12-11-2019 22:17
  
  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and other opponents are preparing to argue their case against a proposed expansion of the Dakota Access pipeline.
  Texas-based Energy Transfer wants to double the capacity of the line to as much as 1.1 million barrels daily to meet growing demand for oil shipments from North Dakota. The $3.8 billion pipeline has been moving North Dakota oil through to a shipping point in Illinois since 2017.
  A hearing is set for Wednesday in Linton, North
  
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• Most distant world ever explored gets new name: Arrokoth

  12-11-2019 22:13
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The most distant world ever explored 4 billion miles away finally has an official name: Arrokoth.
  NASA said Tuesday that means “sky” in the language of the Native American Powhatan people.
  NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flew past the snowman-shaped Arrokoth on New Year’s Day, 3 ½ years after exploring Pluto. At the time, this small icy world 1 billion miles (1.6 billion kilometers) beyond Pluto was nicknamed Ultima Thule given its
  
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• Lawsuit aims to kill stalled $2B methanol refinery project

  12-11-2019 21:54
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — A new federal lawsuit aims to kill plans for building one of the world’s biggest methanol refineries along the Columbia River in Washington state.
  Plans for the $2 billion refinery, shipping terminal and pipeline project in the small city of Kalama are already stalled after a state board required further environmental review.
  Now conservation groups including Columbia Riverkeeper are suing in U.S. District Court in Tacoma.
  They said Tuesday the U.S. Army Corps of Engin
  
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• 2 Paula Deen’s Family Kitchen restaurants close in Florida

  12-11-2019 21:53
  
  PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP) — Two Paula Deen’s Family Kitchen locations have closed in the Florida Panhandle.
  Paula Deen Ventures spokesman Jaret Keller confirmed Tuesday that licensing partner Phoenix Hospitality has decided to close its Destin and Panama City Beach restaurants.
  Keller says Paula Deen Ventures is planning to work with the landlords to consider reopening them next spring.
  Two other Paula Deen restaurants operated by Phoenix Hospitality in San Antonio and Fairview, Texas,
  
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• Democrat drops bid to challenge Sen. Tom Cotton in Arkansas

  12-11-2019 21:50
  
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Democratic candidate hoping to unseat Republican U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton in Arkansas has dropped out of the race, citing a family health concern.
  Josh Mahony announced on Twitter Tuesday that he was dropping out of the race, hours after the filing deadline for Arkansas expired. Mahony did not immediately return messages seeking comment Tuesday afternoon.
  Mahony was the only Democrat who had filed to run against Cotton.
  The announcement leaves Democrats without a c
  
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• Adopt This Pet: Meet Buttons!

  12-11-2019 21:47
  
  There is another furry friend looking for their forever home.
  Buttons from the Humane Society of Southern Arizona
  Meet Buttons! He is a sweet two-year-old boy who is very curious. Buttons likes to watch everyone around him. In his previous home he did well with both cats and dogs.
  If you are interested in adopting Buttons, you can visit him 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.
  Buttons
  
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• Report: Loud fight with detective preceded chief’s death

  12-11-2019 21:38
  
  PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — A maintenance man checking out a noise complaint at a Florida beachfront hotel walked into the room where investigators say a small-town Oklahoma police detective killed his boss.
  An arrest report says 49-year-old Michael Patrick Nealey was sitting on top of 44-year-old Police Chief Lucky Miller when the maintenance man entered room 527 at the Pensacola Beach Hilton on Sunday night.
  Miller was later pronounced dead and Nealey is charged with second-degree homicide.
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• UArizona launches stewards program to help protect Tumamoc

  12-11-2019 21:30
  
  TUCSON – With the mission of protecting Tumamoc Hill, the University of Arizona is launching a new program and asking for the communities’ help.Tumamoc Stewards, or Guardianes de Tumamoc, will help “maintain the integrity of the iconic site,” the university said in a news release.According to UArizona, more than 1,000 people visit the hill every day.“Tumamoc Hill is a community gathering spot,” said Ben Wilder, director of the Desert Laboratory on Tumamoc
  
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• Husband of homicide victim objects to boy’s plea agreement

  12-11-2019 21:29
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — The husband of a woman killed during a 2017 eastern Arizona burglary objects to a proposed plea agreement for the defendant, a boy now 16 years -old.
  Ernest Collins Jr. said the agreement pending in court would allow the youth, who was 14 years old when Terrilynne Collins was killed, to plead guilty to manslaughter and aggravated assault.
  Collins told The Associated Press he agreed during a settlement conference to a version of the proposed agreement under which the boy woul
  
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• Woman who spoke at Epstein’s bail hearing sues his estate

  12-11-2019 21:26
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A woman who spoke out against Jeffrey Epstein at a July bail hearing is among three women who are suing his estate.
  Annie Farmer filed a lawsuit Tuesday in Manhattan federal court. The lawsuit said Epstein touched her inappropriately after climbing into bed with her when she was 16. It said the attack occurred after Epstein flew her to his ranch in New Mexico in 1996.
  Her sister, Maria Farmer, and an Ohio woman, Teresa Helm, also sued the estate Tuesday. All three lawsuits
  
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• Trump says US on the hunt for Islamic State’s new leader

  12-11-2019 21:26
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says America has its eye on the new leader of the Islamic State following the death of the group’s leader in a military raid last month.
  Trump didn’t mention the name of the leader who replaced Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. But he said in a speech Tuesday to the Economic Club of New York that the U.S. knows his location. Al-Baghdadi killed himself with a suicide vest as U.S. commandos closed in on him during a raid on a compound in northern Syri
  
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• Colorado’s live mascot Ralphie V to retire

  12-11-2019 21:24
  
  BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Colorado’s live buffalo mascot Ralphie V will retire after 12 seasons of roaming the field.
  The university said Tuesday that Ralphie, who turned 13 in October, hasn’t been showing the same consistency as she has in prior seasons. She wasn’t consistently responding to her handler’s cues, which is why she didn’t run before the game and at halftime against Southern California and Stanford.
  Ralphie V will make her final appearance on Nov. 23
  
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• Probe: Contact between Trump adviser and gerrymandering guru

  12-11-2019 21:21
  
  House Democrats investigating the origins of a proposed citizenship question for the 2020 Census say they have found previously undisclosed communications between a Trump administration adviser and a redistricting guru who favored excluding noncitizens from population counts to help Republicans.
  The ongoing investigation is being pursued by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, which on Tuesday released a memo outlining the probe’s progress.
  The House memo says Trump administration
  
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