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• Toyota to pay up to $3.4 billion to settle US truck lawsuit

  13-11-2016 23:33
  
  Toyota will pay up to $3.4 billion to settle a class action lawsuit brought by U.S. pickup truck and SUV owners whose vehicles lacked adequate rust protection.
  Court filings show that the settlement reached on October 31 covers 1.5 million vehicles, dealing a financial blow to the Japanese automaker whose trucks were subject to corrosion that could harm their structural integrity. The settlement applies to Tacoma trucks made from 2005 to 2010, Sequoias from 2005 to 2008 and Tundras from 2007 to
  
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• Donald Trump says he’ll deport 2-3 million people once in office

  13-11-2016 22:22 via ktoo.org
  Updated at 7:30 p.m. ET
  He’ll build a border wall and he’ll deport millions of people who are in the U.S. illegally, President-elect Donald Trump says, promising to keep his campaign pledges on immigration in his first prolonged interview since winning the White House.
  Saying that his administration will deport “probably 2 million” — and possibly 3 million — people who are in the country illegally, Trump told 60 Minutes’ Lesley Stahl that he wants to sec
  
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• Deputy shot, killed while investigating suspicious vehicle, suspect in custody

  13-11-2016 22:21
  
  Stanislaus County Deputy Sheriff Dennis Wallace. Courtesy Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Department
  Last updated at 12:39 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 13
  HUGHSON, California — Officials say a Stanislaus County Sheriff’s deputy was killed while responding to a call about a suspicious car and person. The suspect is now in custody, according to officials.
  David Machado. Courtesy Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Department Facebook
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• New Zealand suffers magnitude-7.8 earthquake, large aftershocks follow

  13-11-2016 21:09
  
  The epicenter of the earthquakeU.S. Geological Survey
  Last updated at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 13
  New Zealand Prime Minister John Key says at least two people were killed in a powerful earthquake that struck the country.
  The magnitude-7.8 quake struck early Monday, just after midnight, 132 miles south of Wellington, where it collapsed a ferry loading ramp, broke windows and caused items to fall from shelves. It also forced hundreds of tourists onto the streets as hotels were evacuated.
  Key did no
  
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• New Zealand suffers magnitude-7.8 earthquake

  13-11-2016 21:09
  
  The epicenter of the earthquakeU.S. Geological Survey
  New Zealand Prime Minister John Key says at least two people were killed in a powerful earthquake that struck the country.
  The magnitude-7.8 quake struck early Monday, just after midnight, 132 miles south of Wellington, where it collapsed a ferry loading ramp, broke windows and caused items to fall from shelves. It also forced hundreds of tourists onto the streets as hotels were evacuated.
  Key did not provide any further details at a news co
  
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• Emmonak man charged with attempted murder after fight with family, neighbor

  13-11-2016 20:26
  
  An Emmonak man threatened and shot at a neighbor who intervened in a domestic disturbance Saturday, according to Alaska State Troopers.
  The disturbance began at the home of 23-year-old Lucas Agathluk, who troopers said in a dispatch was repeatedly hitting a family member in the head.
  “A neighbor responded to the residence to assist and Agathluk pointed a rifle at the person and threatened them,” troopers wrote. “The citizen ran from the house and Agathluk started shooting
  
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• Anchorage police officer shot in ambush, suspect dead

  13-11-2016 10:30 via ktoo.org
  
  Anchorage police said that one of their officers had been “ambushed” and shot multiple times early Saturday morning.
  At a 10 a.m. press conference, Anchorage Police Chief Christopher Tolley said that the officer is undergoing surgery for serious but not life-threatening wounds. APD said the suspect, who has not been identified, was shot and killed by responding officers.Tolley said the officer, whose name will not be released for a “few days,” was trying to identify a the
  
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• Service members from all branches remembered, honored during Veterans Day observance

  13-11-2016 10:28 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Juneau residents remembered and paid tribute to those who’ve worn the uniform of service during an observance Friday at Centennial Hall.
  Rear Adm. Michael McAllister, commander of the U.S. Coast Guard’s 17th District, recounted several stories of service members who he said “leaned in” to demonstrate their mettle in the face of a challenge or danger.
  “This day, above all, is an opportunity to celebrate the choice one makes to serve their country,” McAllister
  
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• JPD: Man boots mom from car, swerves at police officers

  13-11-2016 10:28 via ktoo.org
  
  Juneau police say a 23-year-old man threw his mother from a vehicle on Hospital Drive around midday Saturday, and then led authorities on a chaotic and brazen pursuit across town and back.
  Facebook user Richard Koddi Moe posted this video of a speeding vehicle swerving into the median of Egan Drive toward a police officer on foot. The officer is trying to use a spike strip to pop the vehicle’s tires. The officer darts out of the way and narrowly avoids being struck.The Juneau Police D
  
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• More grandparents are raising children due to opioid addiction or overdose

  13-11-2016 08:59 via ktoo.org
  
  More grandparents are facing the challenge of raising their grandchildren because their own kids are addicted to opioids or have died from an overdose. (Creative Commons photo by Province of British Columbia)
  The number of grandparents who are raising their grandchildren is going up and increasingly it’s because their own kids are addicted to heroin or prescription drugs, or have died from an overdose. For some, it’s a challenge with little help available.
  In 2005, 2.5 million childr
  
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• Ketchikan School Board discusses pilot Native language class

  13-11-2016 08:56 via ktoo.org
  
  Kevin Clevenger displays his regalia as the New Path Dancers enter the Saxman Community Hall on Wednesday. (Photo by Leila Kheiry/KRBD)
  The Ketchikan School Board celebrated Native American Heritage Month during its Wednesday meeting.
  It’s become traditional for the Ketchikan School Board to hold its November meeting in the Native village of Saxman, and to use that meeting to focus on concerns specific to the Ketchikan Gateway Borough’s Alaska Native population.
  This year, the board
  
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• Anti-Trump Demonstrations Continue; Man Shoots Protester In Portland

  13-11-2016 08:54 via ktoo.org
  
  A child holds a Trump protest sign in New York City on Saturday. (Creative Commons photo by mathiaswasik)
  Friday night brought more protests against Donald Trump’s White House win, with marchers taking to the streets in cities from Miami and Atlanta to San Francisco. In Portland, Ore., police say a man was shot on a bridge by a suspect who then fled.
  Most of Friday’s demonstrations in cities that included Iowa City and Nashville were peaceful, despite disruptions to traffic. But in P
  
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• Washington voters reject carbon tax, but battle over global warming continues

  13-11-2016 08:46 via ktoo.org
  
  Washington voters reject Initiative 732, a direct tax on carbon emissions.
  (Image courtesy Washington Secretary of State)
  Washington voters gave an overwhelming thumbs down Tuesday to a citizen initiative to impose a direct tax on carbon emissions. But that doesn’t look to be the end of the story on regulating global warming pollution at the state level.
  With much of the vote now tallied in Washington state, the nation’s first voter initiative to create a carbon tax is going down 59
  
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• Chugach Optional School ‘ransacked’ overnight, school officials say

  13-11-2016 03:27
  
  A number of people came to help clean up the mess left behind Saturday after someone broke into and ransacked Chugach Optional School overnight.
  Anchorage School District spokeswoman Heidi Embley said a teacher discovered a man inside the school around 9:30 a.m. Saturday. The teacher called police and they apprehended the man outside the building.
  Further exploration of the school building revealed some of what the man had been doing inside. Embley said he came in through a window in a classroom
  
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• 4 Americans killed in blast at air base in Afghanistan

  13-11-2016 03:27
  
  The U.S. military says four Americans have been killed in an explosion at the Bagram air field in Afghanistan.
  Defense Secretary Ash Carter says two U.S. servicemen and two American contractors were killed. Another 16 U.S. service members and one Polish soldier were wounded.
  The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, which they said was carried out by a suicide bomber inside the base. The Taliban regularly fire rockets at the base north of Kabul from outside its perimeter.
  A spokesman fo
  
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• UAF researchers mapping permafrost melt impact on Alaska

  13-11-2016 02:39
  
  A map of sites of interest from the website of the University of Alaska-Fairbanks Geophysical Institute’s Permafrost Laboratory
  As average temperatures rise, two University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers are mapping permafrost’s impact on Alaska. Vladimir Romanovsky and David McGuire are members of a team working to identify worldwide regions susceptible to thermokarst.
  Romanovsky said the natural process is the result of what happens when ice-rich permafrost begins to melt.
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• Moderate quake felt in southwest Alaska

  13-11-2016 01:37
  
  ANCHORAGE — A moderate earthquake was felt by residents in southwest Alaska Saturday afternoon, but there have been no immediate reports of damage.
  The Alaska Earthquake Center says the temblor had a preliminary magnitude of 5.2 and it was located at a depth of about 7 miles. However, the U.S. Geological Survey put the preliminary magnitude at 5.5. It was recorded just before 1 p.m. AKST.
  The quake on the Alaska Peninsula was felt in Dillingham and was centered about 35 miles south of the
  
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