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In this Tuesday, July 16, 2019 photo, Jeff Benach, co-owner of Lexington Homes poses for a portrait inside his office in Chicago. Lexington Homes, which has townhouse and single-family developments in the Chicago area, has been building smaller projects than in the past, Benach says. (AP Photo/Amr Alfiky)

As housing market wavers, brokers strategize to get buyers

By JOYCE M. ROSENBERG - Associated Press

In this May 13, 2019, file photo, New York City police officer Daniel Pantaleo leaves his house in Staten Island, N.Y. Time is running out for federal prosecutors to take action in the 2014 death of Eric Garner, the unarmed black man heard on video crying &quot;I can't breathe&quot; after Pantaleo put him in an apparent chokehold. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, File)

The Latest: Officer in chokehold death case is ‘gratified’

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Employees at Rivers Casino and Resort prepare for the opening of its sports betting lounge in Schenectady, N.Y., Tuesday, July 16, 2019. New York joined the growing list of states allowing wagering on sports after the upstate casino cut the ribbon on a new betting lounge Tuesday and took its first bet — $20 on the Seattle Mariners. (AP Photo/David Klepper)

Legal sports betting begins in upstate New York

By DAVID KLEPPER - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 18, 2019, file photo, Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., speaks during the fourth annual Citywide Iftar Dinner in Austin, Texas. In tweets Sunday, President Donald Trump portrays the lawmakers as foreign-born troublemakers who should go back to their home countries. In fact, the lawmakers, except one, were born in the U.S. He didn’t identify the women but was referring to Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley and Rashida Tlaib. (Nick Wagner/Austin American-Statesman via AP, File)

The Latest: Democrats plan vote on resolution against Trump

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FILE - In this Oct. 3, 2014 file photo, a gambler slides a $100 bill into an electronic baccarat game at the Resorts World Casino at the Aqueduct racetrack, in the Queens borough of New York. Former New York Gov. David Paterson is joining Las Vegas Sands to lead the casino and resort developer's push to build a casino in New York City. Up to three casino licenses are available, though a state law bans casinos in the city until 2023. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)

Ex-governor to lead push Sands’ push for casino in NYC

By DAVID KLEPPER - Associated Press

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Brandon Clark posted Bianca Devins killing photos online, police say

By Ryan Tarinelli - Associated Press

After teen is slain, photos of her corpse circulate online

By RYAN TARINELLI - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 18, 2019, file photo, Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., speaks during the fourth annual Citywide Iftar Dinner in Austin, Texas. In tweets Sunday, President Donald Trump portrays the lawmakers as foreign-born troublemakers who should go back to their home countries. In fact, the lawmakers, except one, were born in the U.S. He didn’t identify the women but was referring to Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley and Rashida Tlaib. (Nick Wagner/Austin American-Statesman via AP, File)

Trump digs in on racist tweets: ‘Many people agree with me’

By ZEKE MILLER, JILL COLVIN and and JONATHAN LEMIRE - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks during an event on the environment in the East Room of the White House, Monday, July 8, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

AP FACT CHECK: Trump wrong about Dems, census, citizenship

By HOPE YEN and CALVIN WOODWARD - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 28, 2018, file photo, Brooklyn Nets' Caris LeVert (22) defends against Golden State Warriors' Kevin Durant during the first half of an NBA basketball game in New York. Durant and Kyrie Irving gave the Nets two big victories in one night. In the first hours of free agency, the team added two of the best players available to a young roster that made the playoffs, giving them hope of not only contention for an NBA title, but to be the biggest basketball team in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

Old Nets think Durant, Irving can succeed where they didn’t

By BRIAN MAHONEY - Associated Press

In this combination of file photos Carli Lloyd smiles prior to the women's soccer World Cup France 2019 draw, in Boulogne-Billancourt, outside Paris, on Dec. 8, 2018 and Jennifer Lopez attends the CFDA Fashion Awards at the Brooklyn Museum on June 3, 2019, in New York. Lloyd of the U.S. women's national soccer team celebrated her recent World Cup victory with a lap dance from J. Lo. Lopez pulled Lloyd from the audience to the stage at Madison Square Garden in New York on Friday, July 12, 2019, working her sensual moves on the soccer star. (AP Photo)

Carli Lloyd gets lap dance from Jennifer Lopez

By Mesfin Fekadu - Associated Press

Thousands of people, including immigrants and their supporters, rally against President Trump's immigration policies as they march from Daley Plaza to the Chicago field office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Saturday, July 13, 2019, in Chicago. (Abel Uribe/Chicago Tribune via AP)

Churches jump into action with threat of immigration sweeps

By SOPHIA TAREEN - Associated Press

Traffic lights hang without power in Times Square during a power outage, Saturday, July 13, 2019, in New York. Authorities were scrambling to restore electricity to Manhattan following a power outage that knocked out Times Square's towering electronic screens and darkened marquees in the theater district and left businesses without electricity, elevators stuck and subway cars stalled. (AP Photo/Michael Owens)

NYC blackout cause under investigation after chaotic night

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Leave the US, Trump tells liberal congresswomen of color

By JONATHAN LEMIRE and CALVIN WOODWARD - Associated Press

New York Yankees starting pitcher Masahiro Tanaka applauds his third baseman after a play during the sixth inning in a baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays, Sunday, July 14, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Tanaka helps Yankees earn 4-2 victory over Blue Jays

By ADRY TORRES - Associated Press

New York Mets' Michael Conforto celebrates in the dugout after a two-run home run during the third inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins, Saturday, July 13, 2019, in Miami. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Cano’s two-run homer in the 8th lifts Mets past Marlins, 4-2

By CHRISTOPHER STOCK - Associated Press

More to come: FTC fine doesn’t spell closure for Facebook

By Barbara Ortutay - Associated Press

Friday Sports in Brief

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Screens in Times Square are black during a widespread power outage, Saturday, July 13, 2019, in New York. Authorities say a transformer fire caused a power outage in Manhattan and left businesses without electricity, elevators stuck and subway cars stalled. (AP Photo/Michael Owens)

The Latest: NYC power fully restored

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In this June 6, 2019 file photo, musician R. Kelly departs the Leighton Criminal Court building after pleading not guilty to 11 additional sex-related charges in Chicago. A U.S. Attorney’s office spokesman says Kelly was arrested Thursday night, July 11 on federal sex-crime charges in Chicago. (AP Photo/Amr Alfiky, File) **FILE**

Feds bring new sex-crime charges against singer R. Kelly

By SARA BURNETT and CARYN ROUSSEAU - Associated Press