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Robert Shannon was known as a big banger at 119 pounds, good with his gloves and handy enough with scissors that he did his teammates hair. He still cuts hair in the Seattle area, but now is known more as the answer to a trivia question about the 1984 U.S. Olympic boxing team. “The only

RALEIGH, N.C. — Charges were dismissed Thursday against a North Carolina teen caught in legal morass where he and his girlfriend were charged for taking selfies that authorities had initially identified as child pornography. The father of 18-year-old Cormega Zyon Copening confirmed to The Associated Press that the charges were dismissed Thursday in Cumberland County

EAST CHICAGO, Ind. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to remove lead-contaminated soil from a housing complex in East Chicago. The (Munster) Times reports (http://bit.ly/29wVW5n) the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry is advising parents at the West Calumet Housing Complex not to let their children play in the dirt and to

WARRI, Nigeria — Shell on Thursday announced it had lifted force majeure on the export of Nigeria’s benchmark Bonny Light crude oil, almost two months after militant attacks on a pipeline. Such attacks targeting the oil industry in the Niger Delta in recent months have caused Nigeria to lose its position as Africa’s largest oil

FOLSOM, Calif. — A feral cat nicknamed “Little Bear” has forged an unlikely friendship with an aging bear at a California zoo. The black cat with a clipped ear is rarely far from 18-year-old Sequoia, one of Folsom City Zoo Sanctuary’s largest black bears. Zookeepers tell the Sacramento Bee (http://bit.ly/29tnkkM) that Little Bear joins the

NEWARK, N.J. — United Airlines received tentative approval to offer nonstop flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Havana, Cuba, on Thursday, but the decision isn’t sitting well with everyone as a woman convicted in the murder of a New Jersey state trooper remains a fugitive there. U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez said that Cuba “remains

NEW YORK — U.S. stocks swerved between gains and losses Thursday and wound up with a muddled finish as the price of oil plunged. Investors also sold utility and phone company stocks. They have favored those companies all year, especially in the wake of Britain’s vote to leave the European Union last month. On Thursday:

NEW YORK — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily on Thursday: WhiteWave Foods Co. (WWAV) , up $8.80 to $56.23 The organic food maker agreed to be bought by French yogurt giant Danone in a deal worth about $10 billion. PepsiCo Inc. (PEP), up $1.57 to $107.49 The company’s quarterly profit surpassed Wall Street

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands — An effort to reduce mosquitoes and prevent the spread of viruses such as Zika in the Cayman Islands by releasing genetically altered mosquitoes is to start next week, officials in the British Caribbean territory said Thursday. Mosquito abatement authorities in the Cayman Islands and British biotech company Oxitec had planned

OAKLAND, Calif. — Splash: Kevin Durant’s big move to the Golden State Warriors is done. The Warriors formally announced the signing of the six-time All-Star selection on Thursday and introduced him with fanfare during a news conference at the team’s downtown Oakland practice facility, where screens read, “WELCOME KD TO DUB NATION.” Durant said his

BOSTON — IndyCar announced Thursday it has agreed to refund $925,000 to fans who bought advance tickets to the Boston Grand Prix before it was canceled. The motorsports series and Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey said the money represents less than half the nearly $2.1 million spent by about 4,000 fans. Healey said she has

PHOENIX — An Arizona man who said he supported the Islamic State group and asked a suspected militant for help making a pipe bomb was plotting to blow up a local motor vehicle office, according to a state indictment released Thursday. A grand jury charged Mahin Khan, 18, with terrorism, conspiracy to commit terrorism and

LAS VEGAS — A business group says the $17.55 million paid for a northwest Las Vegas home by Strip illusion show headliner David Copperfield set an area record. The Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors said Thursday the price eclipsed the $17.375 million paid in 2007 for a mansion at the Shadow Creek Golf Club

Ian Desmond didn’t settle on a new team until late February, his puzzling free-agent saga finally ending when he signed a one-year deal with Texas. Now Desmond looks like a bargain for the Rangers — and a big reason they’re comfortably ahead in the AL West. Desmond’s $8 million deal with the Rangers seemed almost

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A medical marijuana company operating in New Mexico and Arizona has signed on as a sponsor of one of North America’s largest powwows. Gathering of Nations organizers announced their partnership with Ultra Health this week, saying it’s similar to health and dental clinics at previous powwows. Founder Derek Mathews tells Albuquerque television

MOSCOW — A state-owned Russian television station showed a video Thursday of what it claims was a brawl between an alleged U.S. spy and a Russian security guard at an entrance to the American Embassy in Moscow. The video shown by the NTV channel follows a Washington Post column reporting that a U.S. diplomat was

CULPEPER, Va. — Prosecutors won’t pursue charges against Culpeper police officers who used stun guns on a man during a scuffle before his death. Culpeper County Commonwealth’s Attorney Paul Walther announced Thursday that his office has determined their use of force against Dominick Ray Wise to be “objectively reasonable.” Police said the 30-year-old black man

STONEHAM, Mass. — Funeral services have been held for a Massachusetts firefighter who authorities say was shot by a friend while they were drinking and playing with a handgun. David Atherton was laid to rest Thursday in the veterans section of Lindenwood Cemetery in Stoneham following a funeral Mass at St. Patrick’s Church. Police have

NEW YORK — A live, online piece of footage of a dying man brought a shocking new immediacy Thursday to the issue that gave birth to the Black Lives Matter movement. The video — posted by a Minnesota woman from inside the car where her boyfriend lay bleeding from police gunfire — was seized on

LOS ANGELES — Seven Latino gang members in Los Angeles have been charged with firebombing the homes of black families in 2014 to drive them out of a heavily Hispanic neighborhood, according to a federal court indictment made public Thursday. The men charged are members and associates of the Big Hazard street gang and hurled

SKANEATELES, N.Y. — A young girl and her father are hospitalized after a boating accident in central New York. The Onondaga (ahn-uhn-DAH’-gah) County Sheriff’s Office says an 8-year-old girl and her father were riding on an inner tube towed by a motorboat Wednesday evening on Skaneateles (skin-ee-AT’-luhs) Lake. They were thrown off when the tube

INVERNESS, Scotland — Scott Hend of Australia and Felipe Aguilar of Chile made it through blustery conditions and shot 3-under 69 to share the lead Thursday after the first round of the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open. Phil Mickelson wasn’t so fortunate. The five-time major champion, a winner the last time the Scottish Open was

EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Severe thunderstorms packing heavy rains and winds gusts of 60 miles an hour left more than 22,000 homes and businesses in southwest Indiana without power on Thursday afternoon. The Vanderburgh Emergency Management Agency reports “numerous reports of trees and wires down” around the county and in Evansville. Dispatchers received several reports of

SEALY, Texas — Investigators say a 12-year-old girl riding in the front seat of a car was killed when part of a Central Texas highway bridge collapsed after being hit by a truck. Investigators say a truck struck the U.S. 90 overpass on Texas 36 Thursday morning, raining concrete debris onto a car. Sealy police

JERUSALEM — Pieces of wreckage believed to be from the EgyptAir plane that crashed in May were found on Thursday along the coast of Israel, according to the office of Israel’s prime minister. The fragments were found in the morning hours north of Tel Aviv, along the shores of the coastal city of Netanya, said