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Gov. DeWine signs measure legalizing hemp cultivation in Ohio
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has signed a bill that allows for the cultivation of industrial hemp and legalizes the manufacture and sale of CBD products derived from the plant. Ohio’s leading farm group applauded the signing of the bill Tuesday by the Republican governor. The Ohio Farm...
Man tells police he found a baby while cleaning out his mom’s freezer
ST. LOUIS — Authorities are investigating after a man said he found the body of an infant in a freezer while cleaning out his mother’s St. Louis apartment after she died. Adam Smith told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that he made the discovery when he opened a cardboard box Sunday...
Brazilian police dismiss rape claim against soccer star Neymar
SAO PAULO — Brazilian police said Tuesday they’ve decided there are no grounds to bring rape charges against soccer star Neymar. And they’re investigating whether his accuser filed a false report. “We checked all the possibilities. I did not see enough elements to indict,” Sao Paulo police investigator Juliana Lopes...
Body of 1930s gangster John Dillinger to be exhumed
INDIANAPOLIS — The body of notorious 1930s gangster John Dillinger is expected to be exhumed from an Indianapolis cemetery in September more than 85 years after he was killed by FBI agents outside a Chicago theater. The Indiana State Department of Health approved a permit July 3 sought by Dillinger’s...
South Africa says unemployment at highest level in a decade
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa says unemployment has reached its highest level in a decade at 29%. Second-quarter figures released Tuesday show the number of unemployed rose by 573,000 over the past year, with only 21,000 jobs created. It is the latest grim report for Africa’s most developed economy, which in...
2 dead, 2 wounded in shooting at Walmart in Mississippi
SOUTHAVEN, Miss. — A gunman described as a disgruntled Walmart employee fatally shot two co-workers and wounded a police officer before he was shot and arrested Tuesday morning at a Walmart store in northern Mississippi, authorities said. DeSoto County District Attorney John Champion said 39-year-old Martez Tarrell Abram shot a...
NH officer trying to rescue kitten finds a bobcat instead
STRATHAM, N.H. — A New Hampshire police officer says the kitten he was trying to pick up in a parking lot turned out to be a bobcat, which then jumped onto the roof of a Burger King. Stratham Officer Matt Callahan tells Seacoastonline.com he was on patrol Saturday and saw...
Trump claims black people love his comments about Baltimore
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is claiming a groundswell of African American support in response to his comments denigrating Rep. Elijah Cummings and his majority-black Baltimore district, despite polling showing consistently negative numbers. Speaking to reporters at he left the White House on Tuesday, Trump claimed the building had been...
Pennsylvania dad dies after saving drowning 11-year-old son
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Authorities say a Pennsylvania father died while rescuing his son who was struggling in rip currents while swimming in the ocean off Atlantic City. Emergency responders went to the beach around 9:30 a.m. Monday for a report of a child drowning. Before they arrived, the 59-year-old...
2 men arrested in West Virginia internet predator operation
GRANVILLE, W.Va. — Police in a West Virginia town say that one month after learning how to conduct undercover operations against internet predators, they have arrested two men. The Dominion Post reports 48-year-old James Lee Metz of Fairmont and 23-year-old Nolan Thomas Mowad of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, were charged Saturday with...
2nd Dem debate will be some candidates’ last chance to shine
DETROIT — Democrats gathering in Detroit for a pivotal presidential debate will have to decide, once again, how to respond to President Donald Trump while presenting their own vision for the country. Candidates are sure to use the high-profile setting on Tuesday and Wednesday to blast Trump’s recent string of...
Opponent of nation’s public lands is picked to oversee them
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has put a conservative advocate who argues for selling off the nation’s public lands in charge of the nation’s nearly 250 million public acres. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt on Monday signed an order making William Perry Pendley acting head of the Bureau of Land Management....
Experts: Event organizers should improve emergency plans
LOS ANGELES — Event organizers should review their emergency plans after the deadly shooting at a California food festival to see if they can make additional safety improvements as the peak of summer and fair season brings open-air environments that are notoriously difficult to secure, law enforcement experts said. The...
Presidents have made racist gestures throughout U.S. history
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — When President Donald Trump drew widespread condemnation for describing a majority-black congressional district as a “rat and rodent infested mess” and for tweets targeting four Democratic congresswomen of color, it was not the first time a U.S. president attracted such attention. Throughout American history, presidents have uttered...
Sen. Rand Paul: I’d help fund ticket to send Omar to Somalia
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Republican Sen. Rand Paul says he’d help pay for a minority congresswoman to return to the country she fled as a child, saying she might better appreciate the United States upon her return. The Courier Journal reports the Kentucky senator made the comment last week to Breitbart...
Senate bows to Trump vetoes, allows Saudi arms sales
WASHINGTON — The Senate failed Monday in a bid to override a trio of vetoes issued by President Trump, allowing the administration to move forward with plans to sell billions of dollars of weapons to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Trump’s decision to sell the weapons in a...
10-run inning seals Pirates’ fate in 9th consecutive lossVideo
CINCINNATI — All nine Reds crossed the plate in a parade unseen in Cincinnati since the days of the Big Red Machine. All the down-and-out Pittsburgh Pirates could do was watch glumly. Jose Iglesias’ grand slam completed Cincinnati’s 10-run second inning and the Reds beat the Pirates, 11-6, on Monday...
Packers OC: Aaron Rodgers, Matt LaFleur a great combinationVideo
GREEN BAY, Wis. — All the talk surrounding the Packers this offseason has been about the relationship between new head coach Matt LaFleur and two-time NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers. But another very important piece to Green Bay’s offensive puzzle this season is offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett. Hackett said Monday that...
Recently retired Troy Tulowitzki: Baseball ‘wasn’t as enjoyable’ after injuries
NEW YORK — Troy Tulowitzki was frustrated his body kept letting him down. “There came a point in time this year after I strained my calf that it just wasn’t as enjoyable as it once was because I couldn’t do some of the things work-wise that I had had done...
Capital One hit with massive data breach affecting more than 100 million customers
SEATTLE — A hacker gained access to personal information from more than 100 million Capitol One credit applications, the bank said Monday as federal authorities arrested a suspect in the case. Paige A. Thompson — who also goes by the handle “erratic” — was charged with a single count of...
6-year-old Pittsburgh-area boy drowns in pool at home in Outer Banks
NAGS HEAD, N.C. — Police say a 6-year-old boy from the Pittsburgh area drowned in a swimming pool at a home in North Carolina’s Outer Banks. Nags Head police Chief Phil Webster on Tuesday morning told the Tribune-Review the boy was from the 15202 zip code, which encompasses an area...
More Tour frustration for France but future looking bright
PARIS — “Now or Never.” That was the headline running across the front page of France’s biggest-selling sports newspaper L’Equipe three weeks ago, amid nationwide hopes a homegrown rider finally could win the Tour de France. In the absence of many big names, including four-time champion Chris Froome, France’s top...
Lil Nas X sets new Billboard record for most weeks at No.1
NEW YORK — It’s one sweet day for Lil Nas X: The breakthrough rapper’s viral “Old Town Road” has broken the Billboard record set by Mariah Carey’s “One Sweet Day” for most weeks at No. 1. Lil Nas X accomplishes the feat this week as his country-trap song spends its...
California festival gunman made social media posts before killingVideo
GILROY, Calif. — The gunman in the California festival shooting appears to have posted two photos on Instagram that day, including one minutes before he opened fire. Police say Santino William Legan killed three victims and wounded 12 others Sunday at the Gilroy Garlic Festival. Legan’s since-deleted Instagram account says...
With 8 medals at worlds, swimmer Caeleb Dressel establishes own standard
GWANGJU, South Korea — Exhaustion and relief flooded Caeleb Dressel. Maybe now the comparisons with Michael Phelps can fade away. Dressel earned eight medals, including six golds, at the world swimming championships, the biggest meet outside the Olympics. Two years ago in Hungary, he tied Phelps’ record of seven golds...
