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• Man facing prison term for plot to obtain $1M in stolen TVs

  16-02-2020 23:14
  
  GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — Federal prosecutors in Maryland are recommending a prison sentence of more than five years for a man who pleaded guilty to conspiring to obtain hundreds of stolen televisions worth more than $1 million.Prosecutors explained in a court filing on Saturday why they are recommending a 65-month sentence for Saul Eady. A defense attorney is seeking a three-year prison sentence for Eady, who pleaded guilty in November 2019 to conspiring to commit mail and wire fraud.The gove
  
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• New York attorney general drops T-Mobile-Sprint challenge

  16-02-2020 22:58
  
  NEW YORK (AP) - New York's attorney general said Sunday the state will not appeal a judge's decision approving the merger of T-Mobile and Sprint.Attorney General Letitia James and California Attorney General Xavier Becerra led a coalition of 14 attorneys general who sued to stop T-Mobile's purchase of Sprint for $26.5 billion. They argued that eliminating a major wireless company would harm consumers by reducing competition and driving up prices for cellphone service.A federal judge in New York
  
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• Democrat Biden calls Obama deportations ‘big mistake’

  16-02-2020 22:40
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Presidential candidate Joe Biden says it was a “big mistake” for the Obama administration to have deported hundreds of thousands of people without criminal records.
  Biden said in a wide-ranging, sometimes contentious interview with Univision anchor Jorge Ramos that it took the Obama administration “too long” to get its immigration policy right.
  Biden was vice president during the administration's eight years.
  The interview comes as Biden campaigns
  
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• Shoplifting arrest ends search for teen accused of killings

  16-02-2020 21:40
  
  MIDLAND, Va. (AP) — A 17-year-old boy charged with fatally shooting his mother and 6-year-old brother in their Virginia home was apprehended after he tried to shoplift hair dye, clothes and a backpack from a North Carolina department store, police said Sunday.Levi Norwood was arrested Saturday after employees at a Target in Durham, North Carolina, found him in the sporting goods section and called police, said Sgt. James Hartman, a spokesman for the Fauquier County Sheriff’s Departme
  
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• Iran’s president Rouhani: Trump doesn’t want war ahead of 2020 vote

  16-02-2020 21:33
  
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says that he doesn't believe the U.S. will pursue war with his country, because it will harm President Donald Trump's 2020 reelection bid.
  Rouhani said Sunday that Trump knows that war with Iran will “ruin” his chances of winning the 2020 U.S. presidential election.
  The Iranian leader added that war would be harmful to the U.S. interests and those of its regional allies, as well as Iran.
  Tensions have been escalating steadil
  
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• Yavapai County officials: Loud boom may have been a meteor

  16-02-2020 20:35
  
  PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) — Yavapai County authorities say a meteor streaking through the atmosphere may have caused a loud boom that residents reported hearing.County sheriff’s officials say the agency started receiving calls about a loud blast, boom or explosion around 7:20 a.m. Sunday from all corners of the north-central Arizona county.Deputies were dispatched to patrol their areas for any signs or a possible source.Sheriff’s officials say the Federal Aviation Administration did
  
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• Rural Metro responds to northside house fire

  16-02-2020 18:39
  
  TUCSON— Rural Metro Fire Department responded to house fire on
  Pima Canyon Drive near Ina Road Sunday morning.
  Responding crews found a home with smoke coming from the
  front entrance at 8:45 a.m.
  Officials say all occupants and pets were evacuated safely.
  Crews found the fire was coming from the attic space of the
  home and gained control of the fire within 20 minutes.
  No injuries were reported. The cause of the fire is under investigation.The post Rural Metro responds to northside house fi
  
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• Americans in Japan to trade one quarantine for another

  16-02-2020 16:59
  
  TOKYO (AP) — A group of Americans are cutting short a 14-day quarantine on the Diamond Princess cruise ship in the port of Yokohama, near Tokyo, to be whisked back to America.
  But they will have to spend another quarantine period at a U.S. military facility to make sure they don't have the new virus that's been sweeping across Asia.
  The U.S. Embassy said Sunday that Washington is flying chartered planes to Japan to evacuate Americans because the passengers and crew members on board the Di
  
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• 3 dead after wrong-way driver causes I-10 crash near Phoenix

  16-02-2020 16:41
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities say three people have died after a wrong-way vehicle crash on Interstate 10 south of Phoenix.Arizona Department of Public Safety officials say troopers got a call of a driver traveling westbound in the eastbound lanes of the freeway around 3:30 a.m. Sunday.Shortly after, authorities say a crash was reported near Riggs Road involving the 71-year-old wrong-way driver.DPS says the man was taken to a hospital where he died.They say four people were in a vehicle hit b
  
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• Drops open door for Oklahoma win

  16-02-2020 09:43
  
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  TUCSON, Ariz. -- No. 4 Arizona went 1-1 in Saturday's split doubleheader, defeating Bryant, 3-1, before falling to second-ranked Oklahoma in 10 innings, 6-4.The Wildcats (8-1) will finish up the Hillenbrand Invitational vs. Long Beach State on Sunday at 12:30 p.m. MST.#2 Oklahoma 6, #4 Arizona 4 (10 innings)The game occurred in front of a sold out crowd of 3,006 fans at Hillenbrand Stadium, the fourth highest figure in school history, and the first time UA h
  
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• BOYS: Independence ends Cholla’s dream season

  16-02-2020 09:09
  
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  TUCSON - What may have been one of, if not the best seasons in the history of the Cholla Boys Soccer program came to a crashing halt Saturday in the first round of the Conference 5A state tournament.The sixth-seed Chargers were beaten on their home field by Glendale Independence 4-1.Cholla (12-3-1) was making just their second post-season appearance in the last 14 years and it ended like the one in 2011, with a first round loss.The Chargers weren't the only
  
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• Back-to-back by The Bay

  16-02-2020 07:11
  
  STANFORD, Calif. (AP) - Freshman Zeke Nnaji scored 21 points and grabbed 11 rebounds and Arizona beat Stanford 69-60 on Saturday night.Josh Green added 15 points for the Wildcats (18-7, 8-4 Pac-12), who have won five of six to move into a three-way tie for first place in the conference standings. Dylan Smith had 11 points.Bryce Wills scored a career-high 25 for the Cardinal (16-9, 5-7), who have lost four straight and seven of eight.Oscar da Silva, who sat out Thursday's game with a head injury
  
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• Woman arrested on suspicion of trying to steal baby

  16-02-2020 05:01
  
  TACOMA, Wash. (AP) - A Washington woman and her teenage daughter are suspected of drugging a new mother after posing as photographers in an elaborate plot to kidnap the mother's newborn baby.
  Detectives for the Pierce County Sheriff's Department arrested a 38-year-old woman and her 16-year-old daughter who they say both went to the mother's home after advertising free baby photos. Police say they gave a cupcake to the victim, who felt drowsy after eating it and ordered the two to leave.
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• Second Utah resident on cruise ship infected with virus

  16-02-2020 04:54
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A second person from Utah quarantined on a cruise ship docked in Yokohama, Japan, has tested positive for a deadly virus that originated in China, her husband said."Jerri has been tested positive for coronavirus and has been taken off the ship to a hospital," Mark Jorgensen said in a Facebook Live video.The video was recorded on Saturday in Japan, KSL-TVreported.Jerri Jorgensen took a swab test with her husband, who is considered medically vulnerable because he had two kidn
  
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• Family honors late daughter by helping others

  16-02-2020 02:57
  
  TUCSON - Rosaura Hernandez' life was cut short after her ex-boyfriend killed her in his apartment.Now over a year and a half later, her family continues to honor her legacy with 'Justice for Rosaura.'Her parents, April and Joe Barbosa, created this organization to help those in domestic violence situations after their daughter was tragically lost in one."It takes more strength to walk away than what it does to commit violence and the only way we can make a change is to be the change," said April
  
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• Nogales Police name suspect in Valentine’s Day homicide

  16-02-2020 02:48
  
  NOGALES,Ariz -The Nogales Police Department is investigating a homicide that occurred on February 14th. Officials say the incident happened in a neighborhood off Grand Avenue.The victim has been identified as Hansel Alemana. Police have arrested and charged 31-year-old Daniel Navarro with a homicide and aggravated assault.Details are limited at this time. Stay with News 4 Tucson for updates
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• For third day, mainland China reports fall in new virus cases to 2,009; total deaths rise by 142 to 1,665

  16-02-2020 01:51
  
  BEIJING (AP) — For third day, mainland China reports fall in new virus cases to 2,009; total deaths rise by 142 to 1,665.
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• Woman accused of damaging Jehovah’s Witnesses worship place

  16-02-2020 01:21
  
  GLEN BURNIE, Md. (AP) — Police have arrested a woman suspected of throwing a Molotov cocktail into a place of worship for Jehovah’s Witnesses in Maryland, according to court records.Heather Meisel, 43, was charged Friday after she told investigators that she damaged the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Glen Burnie to “send a message,” the Capital Gazette reported, citing charging records.Meisel, a Baltimore County resident, was arrested on charges including at
  
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