Wednesday, 17 May 2017

LA Chargers sign 4th-round draft pick Rayshawn Jenkins

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Los Angeles Chargers have signed safety Rayshawn Jenkins, their fourth-round draft pick.

Jenkins agreed to a four-year deal Wednesday. The Chargers also signed undrafted free-agent punter Toby Baker.

Jenkins is the sixth draft pick to sign with the Chargers, and their highest-drafted defensive player. The ...
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Reality TV star won't help pick next Honolulu police chief

HONOLULU (AP) - The wife of a bounty hunter reality TV star won't have a role in helping select the next chief of the Honolulu Police Department.

That's because the police commission is scrapping plans for a citizen panel that would have helped evaluate candidates vying to replace Louis Kealoha, ...
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Chelsea Manning to participate in documentary about her

CANNES, France (AP) - Chelsea Manning, the transgender soldier convicted of giving classified government materials to WikiLeaks, will participate in a documentary about her.

Pulse Films announced the film at the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday, shortly before Manning was to be released from Fort Leavenworth in Kansas. The film, ...
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Remodeled Aguero finally gets Guardiola's seal of approval

MANCHESTER, England (AP) - For a player who has excelled for years as a penalty-box poacher, Sergio Aguero found himself doing some unusual things in Manchester City's final home game of the season.

When he wasn't dropping deep to link up play with flicks and one-twos, he was drifting out ...
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Union Station's advertisement screen played porn videos

WASHINGTON (AP) - Union Station property managers are looking into the possibility that a screen was hacked after pornographic videos streamed on a digital advertisement board.

Beverley Swaim-Staley, president and CEO of the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation, says a board near the Metro train entrance played pornographic videos Monday. The ...
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After missile tests, NKorea's Asian Cup qualifier postponed

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - North Korea's match against Malaysia in 2019 Asian Cup qualifying has been postponed a second time amid new missile tests by the host nation.

The Asian Football Confederation says the June 8 game, itself postponed from March 28, could be played on Oct. 5.

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Hispanic Society of America wins top Spanish award

MADRID (AP) - The Hispanic Society of America museum and library has won Spain's Princess of Asturias award for international cooperation for promoting Hispanic and Latin culture.

The New York-based society was founded in 1904 as a free, public museum and reference library to promote the art and culture of ...
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