Day: June 10, 2019

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Afghan batsman rejects advice, bats on after head knock June 18, 2019
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Afghanistan batsman Hashmatullah Shahidi was struck by a short ball that split his batting helmet and ignored medical advice to retire hurt in the Cricket World Cup game against England on Tuesday. He said he kept going so his mother wouldn’t be worried if she was watching the game on TV. […]
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How major US stock indexes fared Tuesday June 18, 2019
Technology companies powered stocks solidly higher on Wall Street Tuesday as traders hoped that a meeting next week between President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping of China will ease trade tensions between the two economic powers. Markets also got a boost after the head of the European Central Bank said it was ready to […]
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Canada reapproves contentious Pacific coast pipeline June 18, 2019
TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s federal government has once again approved the contentious Trans Mountain pipeline expansion that would nearly triple the flow of oil from the Alberta oil sands to the Pacific Coast. The approval Tuesday comes 10 months after the Federal Court of Appeal halted the project and ordered Canada’s National Energy Board to […]
ROB GILLIES
Missouri cites ‘failed abortions’ in clinic license dispute June 18, 2019
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s case for not renewing the license of its lone remaining abortion clinic includes a claim that three “failed abortions” there required additional surgeries and another led to life-threatening complications for the mother, according to a now-sealed court filing that Planned Parenthood alleges state officials made public in violation of […]
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High school athletes file complaint over transgender policy June 18, 2019
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Three Connecticut girls who ran high school track have filed a federal discrimination complaint, saying a statewide policy that forced them to compete against transgender athletes cost them top finishes and possibly college scholarships. The conservative Christian law firm Alliance Defending Freedom filed the complaint on behalf of the girls Monday […]
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Shark attack survivor gets message from Robert Downey Jr. June 18, 2019
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina teenager who lost a leg in a shark attack this month got a personal message Tuesday from the actor who plays “Iron Man” in Marvel’s superhero movies. Robert Downey Jr. uploaded a video addressed to 17-year-old Paige Winter on his Instagram in which he said that hers is […]
AMANDA MORRIS
Searchers recover bodies from Columbia River June 18, 2019
UMATILLA, Ore. (AP) — Search and rescue authorities have recovered the bodies of two people earlier reported missing in the Columbia river. Searchers recovered the bodies of Janice Arsenault, 44, and Trenton Williams, 20, from Idaho, Monday evening, following a multiday search, according to The East Oregonian . The pair were reported missing late Saturday […]
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Prosecutor: Man pulled from debris after house blast dies June 18, 2019
RIDGEFIELD, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say a man pulled from the rubble of a New Jersey home following an explosion has died. The Bergen County prosecutor’s office said 48-year-old Mark Schellack died early Tuesday at Saint Barnabas Medical Center. Prosecutors said Schellack was badly burned in the 11:30 a.m. Monday explosion of his home in […]
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Michel Platini, a soccer great now touched by scandal June 18, 2019
Affectionately nicknamed Le Roi, or The King, Michel Platini bestrode the soccer field with inimitable elegance as the world’s best player of the early 1980s, helping to bridge the gap between the eras of Pele and Diego Maradona. Repeatedly voted Europe’s best player, the Frenchman instantly recognizable for his unruly mop of hair and his […]
STEVE DOUGLAS
Man caught at JFK smuggling 34 finches in hair curlers June 18, 2019
NEW YORK (AP) — Federal authorities say a 39-year-old Connecticut man has been caught trying to smuggle nearly three dozen live finches through John F. Kennedy Airport in order to sell them for singing competitions. Francis Gurahoo was arrested Sunday after arriving on a flight from Georgetown, Guyana. Prosecutors say customs officials found the 34 […]
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