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• Texas appeals court blocks execution of Rodney Reed amid new questions about evidence in murder case

  15-11-2019 23:57
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Texas appeals court blocks execution of Rodney Reed amid new questions about evidence in murder case.
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• December sentencing date set for ex-Trump aide Rick Gates

  15-11-2019 23:55
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge has set a sentencing date for next month for former Trump campaign official Rick Gates.
  U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson scheduled the sentencing for the morning of December 17 in Washington’s federal court.
  Gates pleaded guilty in February 2018 in special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation on charges arising from political consulting work in Ukraine.
  He has cooperated extensively with prosecutors since then. The scheduling of a senten
  
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• Tunisia beats Libya 4-1 in African Cup qualifying

  15-11-2019 23:53
  
  RADES, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia beat Libya 4-1 to start African Cup of Nations qualifying with a resounding win on Friday.
  Saif-Eddine Khaoui and Wahbi Khazri each scored twice to take Tunisia top of Group J on goals scored from Tanzania.
  Tanzania beat Equatorial Guinea 2-1 in one of the other three qualifiers on Friday.
  Morocco-Mauritania and Zimbabwe-Botswana both ended 0-0.
  Morocco dominated in Rabat under new coach Vahid Halilhodzic but didn’t get any reward.
  Zimbabwe, with oversea
  
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• Shields and Habazin rescheduled for January in Atlantic City

  15-11-2019 23:46
  
  ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Claressa Shields is scheduled to fight in January at the Ocean Casino Resort, resuming a matchup in the ring after the previous attempt was canceled because Ivana Habazin’s trainer was hit and hospitalized.
  A prosecutor filed an assault charge against Shields’ brother, Artis J. Mack, in connection with the attack on 68-year-old James Ali Bashir before their previously scheduled fight in October.
  Shields has called the incident in her hometown of Flint
  
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• Ex-ambassador’s testimony shines light on conservative media

  15-11-2019 23:36
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Former Ukranian Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch’s impeachment testimony on Friday spotlighted the role that conservative media played in her downfall.
  While she appeared before Congress, she also got a chilling reminder of how she remains a target on social media.
  Yovanovitch denied charges made against her in a series of articles by John Solomon, formerly of The Hill newspaper. Charges that she worked against President Donald Trump were spread through the conservative m
  
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• No. 12 Seton Hall placed on 3 years’ probation by NCAA

  15-11-2019 23:35
  
  SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. (AP) — The NCAA has placed the men’s basketball program at No. 12 Seton Hall on probation for three years, taken away a scholarship for the 2020-21 academic year and limited recruiting in each of the next two seasons as part of a negotiated resolution of a transfer tampering case started in 2016.
  Under terms of the agreement announced Friday, Seton Hall coach Kevin Willard was given a two-game suspension he has already served, and his former assistant and current S
  
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• Eagles sign running back Jay Ajayi

  15-11-2019 23:32
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Eagles have signed running back Jay Ajayi, bringing back a key offensive player from their Super Bowl championship team two years ago.
  Ajayi replaces Darren Sproles. The veteran was placed on injured reserve Friday because of a torn right hip flexor muscle.
  Philadelphia’s leading rusher, Jordan Howard, has a shoulder injury and is questionable when the Eagles (5-4) host New England (8-1) on Sunday. Coach Doug Pederson said Ajayi could play despite
  
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• No. 12 Seton Hall faces St. Louis

  15-11-2019 23:31
  
  No. 12 Seton Hall (2-1) vs. Saint Louis (3-0)
  Chaifetz Arena, St. Louis; Sunday, 4 p.m. EST
  BOTTOM LINE: No. 12 Seton Hall visits Saint Louis in an early season matchup. Saint Louis won over Eastern Washington 82-60 on Wednesday, while Seton Hall fell 76-73 to Michigan State on Thursday.
  SENIOR STUDS: Seton Hall’s Myles Powell, Quincy McKnight and Romaro Gill have collectively accounted for 44 percent of all Pirates points this season.MIGHTY MYLES: Powell has connected on 43.5 percent of t
  
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• Indiana St. faces Ball State

  15-11-2019 23:31
  
  Ball State (2-1) vs. Indiana State (0-2)
  Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis; Sunday, 4:30 p.m. EST
  BOTTOM LINE: Indiana State plays Ball State in an early season matchup. Ball State won easily 67-48 at Illinois-Chicago in its last outing. Indiana State lost 91-62 to Louisville in its most recent game.
  SENIOR STUDS: Ball State’s Tahjai Teague, Ishmael El-Amin and K.J. Walton have collectively accounted for 48 percent of all Cardinals points this season.TERRIFIC TYREKE: Tyreke Key has con
  
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• Howard plays Toledo

  15-11-2019 23:31
  
  Howard (0-4) vs. Toledo (1-1)
  Savage Arena, Toledo, Ohio; Sunday, 2 p.m. EST
  BOTTOM LINE: Toledo faces Howard in an early season matchup. Toledo won on the road against Marshall 96-70 on Sunday, while Howard fell 85-65 to Robert Morris on Friday.
  SQUAD LEADERS: Toledo’s Marreon Jackson has averaged 19.5 points, 7.5 assists and three steals while Spencer Littleson has put up 18.5 points and two steals. For the Bison, Charles Williams has averaged 18.3 points while Kyle Foster has put up 11
  
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• Fresno State squares off against Cal State-San Bernardino

  15-11-2019 23:31
  
  Cal State-San Bernardino vs. Fresno State (1-2)
  Save Mart Center, Fresno, California; Sunday, 5 p.m. EST
  BOTTOM LINE: The Fresno State Bulldogs will be taking on the Coyotes of Division II Cal State-San Bernardino. Fresno State lost 72-66 in overtime at San Diego in its most recent game.
  TEAM LEADERSHIP: Jarred Hyder has averaged 17 points and four rebounds for the Bulldogs, while Nate Grimes has recorded 12.7 points and 10 rebounds per game.JARRED HAS A JUMPER: Through three games, Fresno State
  
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• Drake battles Simpson

  15-11-2019 23:31
  
  Simpson vs. Drake (2-1)
  Knapp Center, Des Moines, Iowa; Sunday, 4 p.m. EST
  BOTTOM LINE: The Drake Bulldogs will be taking on the Storm of Division III Simpson. Drake is coming off a 76-58 win at home over Kansas City in its most recent game.
  FABULOUS FRESHMEN: Drake’s Liam Robbins, Garrett Sturtz and D.J. Wilkins have collectively accounted for 45 percent of all Bulldogs points this season.LEADING LIAM: In three appearances this season, Drake’s Liam Robbins has shot 50 percent.
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• CSUN pays visit to Richmond

  15-11-2019 23:31
  
  Cal State Northridge (0-3) vs. Richmond (2-0)
  Robins Center, Richmond, Virginia; Sunday, 4 p.m. EST
  BOTTOM LINE: Cal State Northridge faces Richmond in an early season matchup. Richmond beat Vanderbilt by one point in overtime on Thursday, while Cal State Northridge fell 94-82 to Pepperdine on Tuesday.
  SAVVY SENIORS: Richmond’s Nick Sherod, Blake Francis and Grant Golden have combined to score 52 percent of all Spiders points this season.GIFTED GOMEZ: Terrell Gomez has connected on 56 perc
  
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• Soros boosts private university’s funding for global move

  15-11-2019 23:29
  
  VIENNA (AP) — Philanthropist George Soros says the private university he founded will receive a major funding boost and link up with other progressive institutions around the world.
  Speaking Friday in Vienna, the Hungarian-American billionaire said his charitable foundation would commit 750 million euros ($830 million) to Central European University.
  The university recently moved its U.S.-accredited degree programs from the Hungarian capital of Budapest to Austria because Hungary’s g
  
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• Last survivor of the Hindenburg disaster dies at age 90

  15-11-2019 23:29
  
  LACONIA, N.H. (AP) — The last remaining survivor of Hindenburg disaster has died. Werner Gustav Doehner was 90.
  His son says a church service was held Friday for Doehner, who died on Nov. 8 at a hospital in Laconia, New Hampshire.
  Doehner was the only person left of the 62 passengers and crew who survived the May 6, 1937, fire that killed his father, sister and 34 others.
  As the 80th anniversary approached in 2017, Doehner told The Associated Press he and his parents, older brother and sis
  
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• WV library cancels drag queen event after violent threats

  15-11-2019 23:27
  
  MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia library says violent threats prompted it to cancel an event where drag queens were going to read to children.
  The Morgantown Public Library System announced it was canceling its Drag Queen Story Time event in a Facebook post Friday.
  The statement cited “multiple threats of violence against the volunteer readers” as the reason for the cancellation. A voicemail left at the library wasn’t immediately returned.
  The library’s stat
  
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• UAPD investigating shots fired near Campbell Farms

  15-11-2019 23:24
  
  TUCSON – University of Arizona Police Department is currently investigating a wash near Campbell Boulevard and Roger Road after they received a report of a shots fired in the area Friday afternoon.
  According to UAPD, two men armed with a gun were reportedly spotted in a wash east of Campbell Farms, at 2000 E. Roger Rd.Police say the suspects were seen leaving into a nearby apartment complex. They were said to be in their 20’s. One was said to be wearing a blue shirt; the other w
  
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• 2nd victim identified in fatal Indiana mobile home fire

  15-11-2019 23:23
  
  MARTINSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Authorities have identified a second person among three people who died in a mobile home fire in central Indiana.
  Morgan County Coroner Annette Butcher on Friday identified 40-year-old Melissa White of Martinsville in addition to 39-year-old David Fouts, whose mobile home in Martinsville burned in the fire early Wednesday.
  Butcher says she expects to identify the third victim, a man, Saturday through dental records.
  Firefighters discovered three bodies inside the
  
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• In second spell at Man United, Zelem leads transformed club

  15-11-2019 23:22
  
  LONDON (AP) — Katie Zelem had to leave Manchester United to chase her dream, just to get a chance of making a career out of playing the game she loves.
  Zelem’s journey — from the return to United to becoming captain and a face of Adidas marketing — captures the rapid advances in women’s football in England.
  “Everyone is seeing it,” Zelem told The Associated Press, “and even my own friends are saying, ‘Oh I have seen you on this billboard&rsqu
  
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• 9-year-old boy catches massive blue catfish in New Mexico

  15-11-2019 23:16
  
  ELEPHANT BUTTE, N.M. (AP) — He caught a fish “this” big. No, really.
  A 9-year-old New Mexico boy landed a 42-pound (19-kilogram) blue catfish Sunday evening while fishing in the Elephant Butte Reservoir.
  Kris Flores said his son, Alex, made the big catch by himself and shattered dad’s record of reeling in a 36-pound (16-kilogram) fish.
  Flores says the fourth grader named the fish Wailord after the Pokemon character. The father says his son released the fish back into the
  
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• Man who shot, wounded school bus driver sentenced to prison

  15-11-2019 23:15
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota man who shot and wounded a school bus driver on a Minneapolis freeway during a snowstorm has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison.
  Thirty-two-year-old Kenneth Lilly, of St. Paul, pleaded guilty in August to first-degree assault for the February attack that left Thomas Benson deaf in one ear and unable to continue working as a bus driver due to nerve damage in his hand. Lilly was sentenced Friday to 86 months.
  Authorities say Benson was trying to
  
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• Anti-robocall bill likely as House, Senate reach compromise

  15-11-2019 23:12
  
  It’s looking like an anti-robocall bill will get sent to President Donald Trump this year.
  House and Senate leaders said Friday they’ve reached an agreement in principle on merging their bills.
  The final bill will require phone companies to verify phone numbers are real and to block calls for free. It will also give government agencies more ability to go after scammers.
  The House bill went further than the Senate one. Details about what’s in the final bill are still to come.
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• Planned Parenthood awarded $2.3 million for secret videos

  15-11-2019 23:09
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal jury has found that an anti-abortion activist illegally secretly recorded workers at Planned Parenthood clinics and ordered him and others to pay nearly $2.3 million in damages. 
  The San Francisco jury reached its verdict Friday after a six-week trial. It found David Daleiden and the Center for Medical Progress trespassed on private property and committed other state and federal crimes in recording the 2015 videos. 
  He and the group claimed Planned
  
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• Jury awards Planned Parenthood $1 million for secret videos

  15-11-2019 23:09
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal jury has found that an anti-abortion activist illegally secretly recorded workers at Planned Parenthood clinics and is liable for violating federal and state laws. The jury ordered him and others to pay nearly $1 million in damages.
  After a six-week civil trial, the San Francisco jury found David Daleiden trespassed on private property and committed other crimes in recording the 2015 videos. He and the Center for Medical Progress claimed Planned Parenthood il
  
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• Despite exit, Nadal enjoys relative success at ATP Finals

  15-11-2019 23:07
  
  LONDON (AP) — Rafael Nadal is leaving the ATP Finals with a big trophy, even though he failed again to secure the title at the elite tournament.
  Nadal was eliminated in the group stage of the season-ending event on Friday, but could still look back on a successful week after edging out Novak Djokovic for the year-end No. 1 ranking.
  To mark that achievement, Nadal was presented on court with a trophy by the ATP at the O2 Arena after he beat Stefanos Tsitsipas in his final round-robin match.
  
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• Mendy, Williams carry Robert Morris over Howard 85-65

  15-11-2019 23:06
  
  TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Yannis Mendy and Josh Williams scored 14 points apiece as Robert Morris routed Howard 85-65 on Friday in the Men Against Breast Cancer (MABC) Invitational.
  Mendy made his first six shots from the floor and finished 7 of 8 for a career high in points. Dante Treacy added 13 points for the Colonials, while DJ Russell and Charles Bain each had 10.
  Robert Morris used a 20-6 spurt in the first half to build a 32-18 lead.
  Charles Williams had 26 points on 10-of-17 shooting for
  
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• Prince Andrew again denies having sex with Epstein victim

  15-11-2019 23:02
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Britain’s Prince Andrew says he doesn’t remember a woman who has accused him of sexually exploiting her in encounters arranged by Jeffrey Epstein.
  Andrew tells the BBC in an interview scheduled to be broadcast Saturday that he has “no recollection” of meeting Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who says Epstein paid her $15,000 after she had sex with Andrew in 2001 when she was 17.
  Andrew has made similar denials for years but has come under new pressure follo
  
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• Italy beats Bosnia 3-0 for record 10th straight win

  15-11-2019 22:59
  
  ZENICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Italy set a national record for consecutive wins after beating Bosnia-Herzegovina 3-0 in a European Championship qualifier on Friday.
  Italy’s 10th successive victory eclipsed the Azzurri’s record of nine in 1938-39 under Vittorio Pozzo.
  Francesco Acerbi and Lorenzo Insigne scored in the first half in Zenica and Andrea Belotti added a delightful third after the break.
  Italy, which had already qualified for Euro 2020 as Group J winner, extended i
  
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• Man ordered to stay away from Ayesha Curry after TV comment

  15-11-2019 22:58
  
  TORONTO (AP) — A Toronto Raptors fan who made a vulgar comment on live television about Ayesha Curry, the wife of Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry, has been ordered to stay away from her and the reporter to whom he made the comment.
  Tristan Warkentin agreed Friday to a common-law bond that orders him not to associate with Ayesha Curry or CP24 reporter Kelly Linehan. As a result, prosecutors dropped a mischief charge against him.
  Warkentin made the lewd remark when he was interviewe
  
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• Hit-and-run suspect arrested for fatal crash that left woman trapped under vehicle

  15-11-2019 22:58
  
  TUCSON – The driver involved in Wednesday’s fatal hit-and-run that left a person trapped under a vehicle has been arrested, Tucson Police Department announced Friday.
  According to TPD, officers were dispatched to the 5900 block of East 22nd Street near Wilmot Road after they received a report about a hit-and-run collision involving four vehicles. TPD said a woman, later identified as 60-year-old Beverly Jones, was trapped under a vehicle after her truck was rear-ended and pushed over
  
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• Florida gov appeals judge’s ruling on felon voting rights

  15-11-2019 22:57
  
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s Republican governor has filed an appeal in a bid to lift a federal judge’s order allowing some felons to regain voting rights despite failing to settle unpaid fines and other legal debts.
  The move by Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday was the latest legal maneuver over access to Florida’s ballot box, a contentious point in a state that has had myriad controversies over nationally important elections decided by razor-thin margins.
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• Nordic delight as Finland, Sweden advance to Euro 2020

  15-11-2019 22:54
  
  After more than 80 years of trying, Finland has finally made it to a major soccer tournament.
  Its neighbor, Sweden, will be at next year’s European Championship, too.
  It was a great night for the Nordic nations on Friday as they took the number of teams to seal places in the first ever Europe-wide championship to 12. The celebrations were most wild in Finland, which ended a run of 32 failed qualifying campaigns for either the World Cup or European Championship stretching back to 1938.
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• South Carolina AD: Muschamp football coach ‘going forward’

  15-11-2019 22:52
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina athletic director Ray Tanner says Will Muschamp will be the Gamecocks’ football coach “going forward.”
  Tanner said in a statement Friday that he and new university President Robert Caslen “are fully supportive” of Muschamp’s leadership and development of players on and off the field.
  Muschamp’s future has come under question because South Carolina is 4-6 this season. It’s a disappointing record for a team
  
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• The Latest: Plaintiffs to fight new N Carolina Congress map

  15-11-2019 22:51
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on the North Carolina General Assembly redrawing the state’s congressional map (all times local):
  4:50 p.m.
  The plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s congressional district map will fight a replacement map approved by the Republican-controlled General Assembly.
  A spokesman for a Democratic group bankrolling the September lawsuit said Friday voters would immediately go to court to try to block the newest boundaries for the 2020 elec
  
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• Cazorla nets first for Spain in 4 years in 7-0 rout of Malta

  15-11-2019 22:48
  
  CÁDIZ, Spain (AP) — Santi Cazorla scored his first goal in four years for Spain to help crush Malta 7-0 in a European Championship qualifier on Friday.
  Cazorla returned to Spain in May in a surprising call-up. The 34-year-old former Arsenal playmaker hadn’t played for his country since 2015 due to a string of serious injuries that threatened his career.
  But Cazorla has played well since his return to the field with Spanish club Villarreal and is becoming an important piece of
  
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• Allen scores 16 to lift Idaho over VMI 68-67

  15-11-2019 22:48
  
  JONESBORO, Ark. (AP) — Trevon Allen registered 16 points and eight rebounds as Idaho narrowly beat VMI 68-67 on Friday in the Red Wolves Classic.
  BJ Simmons gave Idaho a four-point lead with 53 seconds left, but Jake Stephens answered with a 3-pointer to get VMI within 68-67. With two seconds left, Allen blocked Myles Lewis’ shot, and the Keydets’ last-second attempt was short.
  Simmons had 11 points for Idaho (2-2). Scott Blakney added 10 points and Marquell Fraser grabbed seve
  
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• Report: Hurricane Dorian inflicted $3.4B losses on Bahamas

  15-11-2019 22:46
  
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A new report says Hurricane Dorian inflicted losses of about $3.4 billion on the Bahamas, an amount equal to one-quarter of the Caribbean archipelago’s GDP.
  In a report released Friday, the Inter-American Development Bank also says there were 67 confirmed deaths and that 282 people were still missing as of late October. Those figures have been previously reported.
  The development bank report says nearly 29,500 people lost homes or jobs, or were temporaril
  
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• Judge says MASN should pay Nats based on MLB panel decision

  15-11-2019 22:44
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A judge has ordered lawyers for the Nationals and Baltimore Orioles to submit a proposed judgment of what the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network should pay Washington for television rights from 2012-16 based on the decision issued in April by an arbitration panel of three baseball executives.
  New York Supreme Court Justice Joel M. Cohen wrote in a decision issued Thursday that MASN should pay the Nationals the $296.8 million recommended by the panel, minus rights fees MASN already
  
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• Correction: Orioles-Nationals-TV Dispute story

  15-11-2019 22:44
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — In a story Nov. 15 about a legal dispute between the Baltimore Orioles and the Washington Nationals, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the judge denied a motion by the Nationals to reargue the case that led to his Aug. 22 decision to confirm an award recommended by an arbitration panel. It was the Orioles who filed the motion.
  A corrected version of the story is below:
  Judge says MASN should pay Nats based on MLB panel decision
  A judge has ordered lawyers for t
  
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• DA: No charges against Alabama officers in fatal shooting

  15-11-2019 22:33
  
  HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — A prosecutor says he won’t pursue charges against police officers who shot and killed a man in Alabama.
  Madison County District Attorney Rob Broussard told a news conference Friday that Madison police were justified in fatally shooting 39-year-old Dana Fletcher last month.
  Fletcher’s wife has maintained he wasn’t armed when police confronted him outside a gymnasium where he was inside a van with the woman and their daughter.
  But Broussard released
  
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• Report: Helicopter had fuel issue on day of crash

  15-11-2019 22:22
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — U.S. crash investigators say a rented helicopter that crashed near Las Vegas, killing two men, was found to have sediment in its fuel tanks just hours before the flight.
  A preliminary National Transportation Safety Administration report released Tuesday says a flight instructor canceled his plan to use the helicopter due to the fuel problem.
  The report says the instructor later told officials at the helicopter rental office that maintenance had been done and the aircraft w
  
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• Owner of Mexico’s Chivas soccer team dies at 64

  15-11-2019 22:22
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Jorge Vergara, the longtime owner of Mexico’s Chivas soccer team, has died at age 64.
  Vergara’s son Amaury Vergara said his father had died of a heart attack in New York City on Friday.
  The son wrote on his Twitter account that Vergara “died in the company of our family.”
  Chivas is formally known as the Guadalajara Sporting Club and is based in that western Mexico city.
  The team is one of the oldest, best-known and most winning in Mexico.
  The team
  
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• 3 convicted in East Village explosion that killed 2 men

  15-11-2019 22:22
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Three people were convicted of manslaughter in the 2015 East Village building explosion that killed two men.
  They also were found guilty Friday in Manhattan state Supreme Court of assault charges for injuries to 13 people in the massive blast that leveled two buildings.
  Prosecutors say the deadly explosion was triggered by a gas line that was installed illegally.
  The two men who died were a guest and a busboy in a Japanese restaurant housed in the building on Second Avenue
  
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• The Latest: Police involved in shooting were off-duty

  15-11-2019 22:17
  
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on a fatal shooting near a cluster of bars and restaurants in Charlotte (all times local):
  4:15 p.m.
  Police say two officers involved in a fatal shooting in North Carolina’s biggest city were working off-duty in uniform when they responded to a fight in an area known for its bars.
  The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department issued a news release saying the fight between at least two people began around 2:15 a.m. Friday at the Epicentre bar and restau
  
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• Border wall fundraiser claims new construction in Texas

  15-11-2019 22:17
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Claims that a private group has started building its own border wall in South Texas are being questioned by some longtime residents worried that the construction could cause flooding and violate treaty obligations between the U.S. and Mexico.
  We Build the Wall leaders did not say how their project would comply with international treaty obligations at the Rio Grande. The river separates the U.S. and Mexico.
  They also did not address concerns that heavy construction next to th
  
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• S Carolina TV reporter: Frat members yelled sexist remarks

  15-11-2019 22:12
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The University of South Carolina is investigating members of a fraternity who a television reporter says made sexist and offensive remarks to her while she was working.
  WACH-TV says their reporter Brittany Breeding was covering Lambda Chi Alpha’s four-year suspension Monday when some fraternity members yelled out derogatory remarks at her.
  University spokesman Jeff Stensland says a staff member witnessed the harassment and reported it.
  Fraternity spokesman Tad L
  
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• Arizona utility to install large battery for solar plant

  15-11-2019 22:08
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — A utility cooperative in the Phoenix area has announced plans to boost its solar power battery storage as part of a pledge to add 1,000 megawatts to its supply by 2025.
  Salt River Project announced plans to add a new 250-megawatt project called Sonoran Energy Center with storage near Buckeye by June 2023.
  A megawatt could supply power for about 250 homes at once.
  The Arizona Republic reported that utilities are adding batteries to the power grid so that they can charge with
  
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• Perdue defends, celebrates USDA agency moves to Missouri

  15-11-2019 22:02
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue says he has “absolutely zero regrets” over the decision to move two research agencies’ headquarters from Washington, D.C., to Kansas City.
  Perdue joined government leaders from Kansas and Missouri Friday to tour the new headquarters for the Economic Research Service and National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Critics say the move will harm agriculture research and make the findings less accessible to fede
  
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• Fed finds resilient financial system despite high debt

  15-11-2019 22:02
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve says corporate debt remains at historically high levels but overall the U.S. financial system is resilient, a view in sharp contrast to the problems that led to the 2008 financial crisis.
  In its twice-yearly “Financial Stability Report,” the Fed says that the situation has changed little since its previous report in May. At that time, it highlighted concerns about companies’ large amount of outstanding debt — known as leveraged
  
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• No. 24 Michigan women beat Kent State 88-53 in Akron Classic

  15-11-2019 21:58
  
  AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Akienreh Johnson scored a career-high 21 points, Naz Hillmon had 14 points and nine rebounds, and No. 24 Michigan beat Kent State 88-53 on Friday in the Akron Classic.
  Johnson, a Toledo native, scored 13 of her points in the third quarter when Michigan tallied 31 points to build a 23-point lead. Hillmon, who attended Gilmour Academy in nearby Cleveland and had her No. 00 jersey retired last December, was 7 of 9 from the field.
  Michigan (3-0) plays host Akron on Saturday
  
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