All Stories from October 17, 2019 (Change date)
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Plan to close notorious Rikers jail complex by 2026 approvedOct 17, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - New York City lawmakers voted Thursday to close the notorious Rikers Island jail complex, which has become synonymous with violence and neglect, and repl...
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Former Nazi SS guard, 93, goes on trial in HamburgOct 17, 2019 7:00 am - HAMBURG, Germany (AP) - From his post as a teenage SS private in a watchtower in Nazi Germany's Stutthof concentration camp, Bruno Dey could hear the screams of Jews dyi...
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School's out: Chicago teachers strike, 1st day deal unlikelyOct 17, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Striking teachers marched in picket lines outside hundreds of Chicago schools on Thursday after their union and city officials failed to reach a contract ...
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Swiss fine commodities firm Gunvor over bribes in AfricaOct 17, 2019 7:00 am - GENEVA (AP) - Swiss authorities have ordered commodities trading company Gunvor to pay nearly 94 million Swiss francs (dollars) in compensation and fines after being con...
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NBA--Women Influence-ListOct 17, 2019 7:00 am - A list of women serving as majority team owners, assistant coaches, referees and team broadcasters during the 2019-20 season: MAJORITY OWNERS Gail Miller, Utah Jazz Jean...
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Today in HistoryOct 17, 2019 7:00 am - Today in History Today is Thursday, Oct. 17, the 290th day of 2019. There are 75 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 17, 1979, Mother Teresa of ...
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Boris Johnson gets EU Brexit deal; next hurdle is ParliamentOct 17, 2019 7:00 am - BRUSSELS (AP) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's career of disdain for the European Union was a thing of the past on Thursday as he and the bloc's leaders celebrat...
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Top-seeded Svitolina loses opening match at Kremlin CupOct 17, 2019 7:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - Top-seeded Elina Svitolina lost her opening match at the Kremlin Cup on Thursday after having been a break up in the deciding set. Veronika Kudermetova bea...
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Ed Beck, part of Kentucky's 1958 NCAA title team, dies at 83Oct 17, 2019 7:00 am - LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Ed Beck, a fierce rebounder for Kentucky's 1958 NCAA championship team nicknamed the "Fiddlin' Five," has died. He was 83. The school said Beck die...
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Alicia Alonso, the grande dame of Cuban ballet, has diedOct 17, 2019 7:00 am - HAVANA (AP) - Alicia Alonso, the revered ballerina and choreographer whose nearly 75-year career made her an icon of artistic loyalty to Cuba's socialist system, died Th...