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• Former test administrator to plead guilty in college scam

  12-08-2020 23:59
  
  BOSTON —
  A former college entrance exam administrator has agreed to plead guilty in the college admissions bribery scheme that has ensnared wealthy parents across the U.S., federal prosecutors said Wednesday.
  Niki Williams, a former employee of the Houston Independent School District, will plead guilty to accepting bribes to help rig students’ test scores, prosecutors said.
  Williams, 46, was one of 50 people arrested last year in the scheme, in which authorities say undeserving kids
  
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• Firefighters battle bosque blaze

  12-08-2020 23:53
  
  Albuquerque Fire Rescue respond to a brushfire Wednesday afternoon near Tingley Beach. (Jim Thompson/Albuquerque Journal)A brushfire broke out in the bosque near Tingley Beach Wednesday afternoon, according to Albuquerque Fire Rescue.
  Tom Ruiz, an AFR spokesman, said the fire was about a half acre with “eight foot flame lengths.”
  He gave no other details.
  
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• Regulators OK repair of bridge damaged by train derailment

  12-08-2020 23:15
  
  PHOENIX — A state regulatory panel on Wednesday approved Union Pacific Corp.’s revised plan to rebuild part of a century-old railroad bridge that was damaged in a train derailment and resulting fire.
  The Arizona Corporation Commission approved Union Pacific’s emergency application to reconstruct the bridge damaged when at least eight freight cars derailed July 29 on a bridge over Rio Salado Parkway and Tempe Town Lake.
  Some of the derailed cars carrying lumber and other cargo c
  
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• Salarius: 2Q Earnings Snapshot

  12-08-2020 22:55
  
  HOUSTON — Salarius Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (SLRX) on Wednesday reported a loss of $1.8 million in its second quarter.
  The Houston-based company said it had a loss of 13 cents per share.
  The biotech drug developer posted revenue of $1.2 million in the period.
  In the final minutes of trading on Wednesday, the company’s shares hit $1.07. A year ago, they were trading at $5.93.
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• Ping Identity: 2Q Earnings Snapshot

  12-08-2020 22:27
  
  DENVER — Ping Identity Holding Corp. (PING) on Wednesday reported a loss of $2.9 million in its second quarter.
  On a per-share basis, the Denver-based company said it had a loss of 4 cents. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were 8 cents per share.
  The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of eight analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 2 cents per share.
  The software company posted revenue of $59 million in the period, wh
  
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• Brigham Minerals: 2Q Earnings Snapshot

  12-08-2020 22:25
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — Brigham Minerals Inc. (MNRL) on Wednesday reported a loss of $4.1 million in its second quarter.
  On a per-share basis, the Austin, Texas-based company said it had a loss of 11 cents.
  The results did not meet Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of five analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for a loss of 4 cents per share.
  The mineral and royalty interests company posted revenue of $12.6 million in the period, also missing Street forecasts. Four analys
  
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• Brickell: 2Q Earnings Snapshot

  12-08-2020 22:12
  
  BOULDER, Colo. — Brickell Biotech, Inc. (BBI) on Wednesday reported a loss of $5.1 million in its second quarter.
  The Boulder, Colorado-based company said it had a loss of 43 cents per share.
  The drug developer posted revenue of $607,000 in the period.
  In the final minutes of trading on Wednesday, the company’s shares hit 89 cents. A year ago, they were trading at $5.54.
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• Tear gas at Portland protests raises concern about pollution

  12-08-2020 22:01
  
  SALEM, Ore. — The presence of U.S. agents has diminished in Portland, Oregon, but city officials are still cleaning up tear gas residue from the streets, dirt and possibly the storm drains after the chemical was used frequently by both police and federal officers during more than two months of often-violent protests over racial injustice.
  The Portland Bureau of Environmental Services cleaned and took samples from six storm drains last week around the federal courthouse and a building with
  
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• History Colorado offers to display toppled Civil War statue

  12-08-2020 22:00
  
  DENVER — A history museum in Colorado has offered to display the Civil War statue toppled by protesters outside of the state capitol earlier this summer.
  History Colorado said it would display the statue, which depicts a Union cavalryman, along with an explanation for why it was created, KUSA-TV reported.
  Colorado Department of Personnel and Administration Executive Director Kara Veitch said it is still working with the museum and will eventually present a full proposal to state lawmakers.
  
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• Official paid $95,000 to run unemployment agency for 75 days

  12-08-2020 21:58
  
  PHOENIX — A retired state administrator was paid almost $95,000 to run the Arizona Department of Economic Security for 75 days as the agency worked to process a crush of unemployment claims.
  Tom Betlach ran the agency from March 20 through June 3 as it struggled to reprogram its computer system to handle unemployment claims from self-employed workers like Uber and Lyft drivers. It’s faced months of complaints from people who have problems getting their unemployment checks and can&rsq
  
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• Radical or moderate? Trump paints Democratic ticket as both

  12-08-2020 21:49
  
  WASHINGTON — An overzealous prosecutor trying to hide her crime-fighting past — who is also weak on crime. The most radical pick for vice president ever — but too moderate to energize progressive Democrats.
  President Donald Trump’s campaign is struggling to define California Sen. Kamala Harris, the newly announcedrunning mate for Democratic rival Joe Biden.
  And without a clear message, Trump has reverted to his usual playbook, resorting to sexist and racist attacks. He ha
  
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• UNM retakes the reins at Innovate ABQ

  12-08-2020 21:20
  
  Innovate ABQ’s attempts to renovate the old Albuquerque Baptist Church, pictured here during a tour in 2019, have stalled in recent years, prompting the University of New Mexico to reclaim ownership and management over the property. (Jim Thompson/Albuquerque Journal)
  Efforts to develop the old First Baptist Church property at the corner of Central and Broadway Downtown into a bustling hub for entrepreneurial innovation have stalled in recent years, prompting the University of New Mexico to
  
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• NM insurer’s closure prompts competitor to clarify companies’ separation

  12-08-2020 21:10
  
  The leaders of insurer True Health New Mexico have a message for the public: They’re not New Mexico Health Connections, and they’re not going out of business.
  After New Mexico Health Connections, a nonprofit healthcare organization, announced Tuesday that it would be closing at the end of 2020, True Health New Mexico started hearing about it — a lot.
  “When the news broke, competitor True Health New Mexico began receiving calls, texts and emails voicing concerns about the
  
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• Beloved bar owner ID’d as man killed by police

  12-08-2020 20:35
  
  Officers investigate after a man was fatally shot by police early Tuesday morning in a Southeast Albuquerque neighborhood. (Jim Thompson/Albuquerque Journal)
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  Countless people remember Ken Reiss.
  The 50-year-old was part-owner at Carraro’s & Joe’s Place – a divey fixture in the University area – for decades.
  Reiss could often be found tending bar, clad in jeans and heavy metal shirts, to a host of regulars as they debated &ldqu
  
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• ‘Kicked in the teeth’: Devastation mounts from Midwest storm

  12-08-2020 19:28
  
  IOWA CITY, Iowa — The impact of a wind storm that tore through the Midwest continued to grow Wednesday, as widespread power outages kept businesses closed, limited communication, spoiled food and caused long lines at gas stations.
  The rare storm known as a derecho hit Monday, devastating parts of the power grid, flattening valuable corn fields and killing at least two people. It produced winds of up to 112 mph near Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and toppled trees, snapped poles, downed power lines an
  
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• A few Arizona districts moving to start in-person learning

  12-08-2020 19:27
  
  PHOENIX — At few Arizona school districts are moving to begin in-person learning next Monday over the objections of some teachers, a decision applauded by some parents and students.
  The board of the Queen Creek Unified School District outside Phoenix voted Tuesday to resume in-person learning and the J.O. Combs Unified School District in nearby San Tan Valley voted Monday to begin offering in-person instruction.
  Both districts said they would continue to provide online learning.
  The Queen
  
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• Prosecutors charge 3 with threatening women in R. Kelly case

  12-08-2020 19:25
  
  NEW YORK — Federal prosecutors announced charges Wednesday against three men accused of threatening and intimidating women who have accused R&B singer R. Kelly of abuse, including one man suspected of setting fire to a vehicle in Florida.
  A longtime friend of the indicted singer offered to pay a victim $500,000 to keep her from cooperating in Kelly’s prosecution, authorities said, while a manager and adviser of Kelly threatened to release sexually explicit photographs of a woman
  
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• Milan fashion returning to runway in September – in part

  12-08-2020 19:21
  
  MILAN — Giorgio Armani, Fendi, Prada and Versace are all returning to the runway in September, according to the Milan Fashion Week calendar published Wednesday.
  After the coronavirus pushed many fashion houses to make online-only presentations in July, more than half of participating Milan fashion houses are making plans to present in-person previews for Spring-Summer 2021.
  Due to ongoing virus precautions, including social distancing and mask requirements, as well as some travel restricti
  
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• Thousands in Belarus decry president’s reelection as rigged

  12-08-2020 19:11
  
  MINSK, Belarus — Thousands of protesters rallied in Belarus’ capital and other cities for a fourth straight night Wednesday, decrying an election they say was rigged to extend the 26-year rule of the country’s authoritarian leader and the crackdown on subsequent demonstrations.
  In several parts of Minsk, groups of hundreds of people formed human chains. Motorists blared horns in support and, in some areas, slowed to a crawl to block police vehicles. On one avenue, people stood
  
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• Boston Fed chief: States’ rush to reopen slowed US recovery

  12-08-2020 18:53
  
  WASHINGTON — A top official at the Federal Reserve criticized the decisionby many states to reopen businesses this spring before getting the virus fully under control, and said those choices have hindered an economic recovery in the U.S.
  Eric Rosengren, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, said states in the South and West that allowed businesses to reopen after shutting down for a brief period did register an initial burst of economic activity. But spikes in infection rates so
  
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• 3 dead, 6 in hospital after train derails in Scotland

  12-08-2020 17:45
  
  LONDON — Three people were killed and six others injured Wednesday when a passenger train derailed in northeast Scotland after heavy rain and flooding hit the area.
  The train driver was believed to be among the dead, British Transport Police said. The Rail, Maritime and Transport union said that the train conductor was also believed killed. Formal identification has yet to take place. Six people were hospitalized, but their injuries are not considered serious.
  Images from the scene show th
  
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• Man arrested in machete attack that kills woman, injures 4

  12-08-2020 17:28
  
  BRIGHTON, Colo. — A man has been arrested for allegedly killing a 51-year-old woman and injuring her husband, two daughters and a family friend with a machete in their home near Denver on Tuesday night, police said.
  Multiple residents reported the attack but the suspect fled as officers arrived at the home, police spokesperson John Bradley said. Lonny Lynn McNair, 48, was arrested after a short car and foot chase in which police used a dog, he said. The details of McNair’s relationsh
  
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• QAnon-supporting candidate unrepentant despite GOP criticism

  12-08-2020 17:26
  
  ATLANTA — Political newcomer Marjorie Taylor Greene was mocked as a supporter of QAnon conspiracies and denounced for videos deemed racist even by fellow Republicans who withdrew endorsements and declared her unfit for Congress.
  The businesswoman from northern Georgia had a blunt message for her critics as she coasted to victory in a Republican primary runoff election that should put her on an easy path to winning an open U.S. House seat: “I will not apologize.”
  “If Repub
  
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• Media mogul Sumner Redstone dies at 97

  12-08-2020 16:04
  
  Sumner Redstone, who built a media empire from his family’s drive-in movie chain, has died. He was 97.
  ViacomCBS Inc., which he lead for decades, remembered Redstone for his “unparalleled passion to win, his endless intellectual curiosity, and his complete dedication to the company.”
  Redstone built the company through aggressive acquisitions, but many headlines with his name focused on severed ties with wives, actors and executives. In multiple interviews, he said he’d ne
  
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• 6 former EPA bosses call for agency reset after election

  12-08-2020 16:04
  
  Six former Environmental Protection Agency chiefs are calling for an agency reset after President Donald Trump’s regulation-chopping, industry-minded first term, backing a detailed plan by former EPA staffers that ranges from renouncing political influence in regulation to boosting climate-friendly electric vehicles.
  Most living former EPA heads joined in Wednesday’s appeal, with Trump’s first EPA chief, Scott Pruitt, being the notable exception. The group — William Reill
  
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• Political novices drawn to anti-Netanyahu protests in Israel

  12-08-2020 16:03
  
  JERUSALEM — In a summer of protests against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the accusations of corruption and calls for him to resign could be accompanied by another familiar refrain: “I’ve never done this before.”
  The boisterous rallies have brought out a new breed of first-time protesters — young, middle-class Israelis who have little history of political activity but feel that Netanyahu’s scandal-plagued rule and his handling of the coronavirus c
  
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• Companies test antibody drugs to treat, prevent COVID-19

  12-08-2020 16:03
  
  With a coronavirus vaccine still months off, companies are rushing to test what may be the next best thing: drugs that deliver antibodies to fight the virus right away, without having to train the immune system to make them.
  Antibodies are proteins the body makes when an infection occurs; they attach to a virus and help it be eliminated. Vaccines work by tricking the body into thinking there’s an infection so it makes antibodies and remembers how to do that if the real bug turns up.
  But it
  
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• Outcry in Somalia as new bill would allow child marriage

  12-08-2020 16:02
  
  JOHANNESBURG — An outcry is rising in Somalia as parliament considers a bill that would allow child marriage once a girl’s sexual organs mature and would allow forced marriage as long as the family gives their consent.
  The bill is a dramatic reworking of years of efforts by civil society to bring forward a proposed law to give more protections to women and girls in one of the world’s most conservative countries.
  The new Sexual Intercourse Related Crimes Bill “would repres
  
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• Children in Beirut suffer from trauma after deadly blast

  12-08-2020 16:02
  
  BEIRUT — When the huge explosion ripped through Beirut last week, it shattered the glass doors near where 3-year-old Abed Itani was playing with his Lego blocks. He suffered a head injury and cuts on his tiny arms and feet, and he was taken to the emergency room, where he sat amid other bleeding people.
  In the days since then, Abed has not been the same. Like thousands of others in Lebanon, he is grappling with trauma.
  “When I got to the hospital, I found him sitting in a corner in t
  
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• Belgian beach brawl fuels virus, political, climate tension

  12-08-2020 16:02
  
  BRUSSELS — It started as a Saturday trip to Belgium’s coast, a chance to escape a heat wave and coronavirus restrictions for a while. As the tide came in, the beach got crowded. Someone complained about the music being too loud. The mood quickly turned ugly.
  Within minutes, dozens of people were battling it out on the sands. Some beach-goers threw bottles and umbrellas at police officers who intervened.
  By Sunday, a “gang of outsiders” was being blamed, and two coastal co
  
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• Women say they will fight sexism, ‘ugly’ attacks on Harris

  12-08-2020 16:01
  
  CHICAGO — In the weeks before Joe Biden named Sen. Kamala Harris his running mate, women’s groups were readying a campaign of their own: shutting down sexist coverage and disinformation about a vice presidential nominee they say is headed for months of false smears and “brutal” attacks from internet haters.
  The groups put the media on notice in recent days that they will call out bias — one campaign is dubbed “We Have Her Back” — and established a
  
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• He set out to mobilize Latino voters. Then the virus hit.

  12-08-2020 16:01
  
  GRAHAM, N.C — Like many Americans, Ricky Hurtado had different plans for his summer.
  He formally announced his first bid for public office in March and expected to spend sweltering days knocking on doors, clenching glossy campaign literature and making his case directly to voters. This was the summer he was going prove that a 31-year-old son of Salvadoran immigrants could give Latinos a say — even in North Carolina, even in part of Donald Trump’s America.
  But this is a story ab
  
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• Kamala Harris’ selection as VP resonates with Black women

  12-08-2020 16:00
  
  DETROIT — China Cochran met Kamala Harris at a campaign event in Detroit last year and was swept away by her ambition, charisma and leadership. She hoped the California senator would advance in politics.
  So when Joe Biden named Harris on Tuesday as his running mate — making her the first Black woman on a major party’s presidential ticket — Cochran wasn’t just struck by the history. It represented a full-circle moment for Black women, who for generations have fought
  
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• How Biden chose Harris: Inside his search for a running mate

  12-08-2020 16:00
  
  WASHINGTON — Gretchen Whitmer wanted out.
  The Michigan governor had caught the interest of Joe Biden and his vice presidential vetting committee, who were drawn to her prominence in a crucial battleground state and her aggressive response to the coronavirus outbreak there. But by late spring, the nation was in the midst of a reckoning over race and inequality following the death of George Floyd, a Black man who died after a white police officer pressed his knee into his neck for several mi
  
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• Biden, Harris to make unusual campaign debut in virus era

  12-08-2020 15:59
  
  WILMINGTON, Del. — Joe Biden is making his first appearance with newly chosen running mate Kamala Harris on Wednesday, betting that the California senator’s historic profile and confrontational style against President Donald Trump will boost Democrats’ efforts to oust the Republican president amid cascading national crises.
  The former primary rivals will appear at a high school in Biden’s Delaware hometown to discuss their shared vision for how to defeat Trump and then le
  
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• What’s keeping Washington from a virus deal, explained

  12-08-2020 15:55
  
  WASHINGTON — Hopes that talks on a huge COVID-19 relief deal would generate an agreement soon are fizzling, with both the Trump administration negotiating team and top congressional Democrats adopting hard lines and testy attitudes.
  Now that President Donald Trump has issued a series of executive edicts and the national political conventions are set to begin, consuming the attention of both Trump and top Democrats, the talks seem to be on an indefinite pause. The urgency has evaporated now
  
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• Colorado governor extends eviction notice order to 30 days

  12-08-2020 15:53
  
  DENVER — Democratic Gov. Jared Polis has extended an executive order requiring property owners in Colorado to give tenants a 30-day notice before pursuing evictions as individuals struggle to make payments during the pandemic.
  Previously, property owners would only give a 10-days notice.
  Polis announced the extension Monday, hours before it was set to expire, The Denver Post reported. It is now set to expire in a month.
  The order extension is intended to give residents additional time as m
  
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• Convicted killer pleads guilty to Minnesota husband murder

  12-08-2020 15:52
  
  KASSON, Minn. — A Minnesota woman who earlier pleaded guilty to killing a woman in Florida was sentenced to life in prison without parole after pleading guilty Tuesday to killing her husband before going on the run.
  Lois Riess, 58, of Blooming Prairie, was sentenced after pleading guilty to first-degree murder in the March 2018 fatal shooting of her husband, David Riess, at their southern Minnesota home, KAAL-TV reported.
  Lois Riess was returned to Minnesota last month after pleading guilt
  
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• BSA victims committee targets Tennessee property transfers

  12-08-2020 15:52
  
  DOVER, Del. — The official committee representing sexual abuse survivors in the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy is asking a judge to void real estate transfers by a local Boy Scouts council in Tennessee, saying they violated court restrictions on sales or transfers of BSA assets.
  The committee’s court filing late last week came almost a month after it sent a cease-and-desist letter to the Middle Tennessee Council, but got no direct response.
  “Instead, the BSA, acting on behalf
  
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• Texas passes 500K cases; infection rate soars to new high

  12-08-2020 15:51
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — Texas surpassed 500,000 confirmed coronavirus cases Tuesday as Republican Gov. Greg Abbott suggested family and neighborhood gatherings are behind a sharp rise in the rate of positive tests, which has climbed to record levels just as schools are beginning to reopen across the state.
  He also continued to say more testing in Texas is likely after dropping off in recent weeks, a trend seen across the U.S. even as deaths mount. Texas has reported more than 1,400 new deaths over
  
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• Denver transit board rejects resolution to replace security

  12-08-2020 15:51
  
  DENVER — The Denver-metro transit system voted against a resolution to replace security with social workers on Tuesday.
  The resolution lost in a 14-1 vote in the Regional Transportation District’s publicly elected board of directors.
  RTD operates throughout most counties in Denver, Aurora and Boulder. Currently, their security team works alongside contracted security and police officers from other major Colorado cities like Denver, Aurora and Arvada. The resolution, introduced by boa
  
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• Judge orders changes to explanation of education tax measure

  12-08-2020 15:50
  
  GLENDALE, Ariz. — A judge has ordered changes to the description of a proposed tax increase on the wealthy designed to fund education that will be sent to voters if the initiative makes the November ballot.
  The order came after another judge blocked the Invest in Education Act from the ballot on July 31 because of what he said was a misleading 100-word summary seen by more than 400,000 people who signed qualifying petitions. That ruling is being appealed to the state Supreme Court.
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• Science and politics tied up in global race for a vaccine

  12-08-2020 15:49
  
  WASHINGTON — No, Russia is not having a Sputnik moment.
  The announcement Tuesday by Russian President Vladimir Putin that his country was the first to approve a coronavirus vaccine did not provoke the awe and wonder of the Soviet Union’s launch of the first satellite into orbit in 1957. Instead it was met by doubts about the science and safety.
  But it also underscored how, like the space race, the competition to have the first vaccine is about international rivalries as well as scien
  
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• Mesa police officer critically injured in car crash on US 60

  12-08-2020 15:49
  
  MESA, Ariz. — A Mesa police officer was critically injured in a car crash Tuesday on the U.S. 60, authorities said.
  Arizona Department of Public Safety officials said the policeman saw a ladder blocking a lane around 11 a.m. Tuesday and stopped his patrol car and activated his emergency lights so other drivers wouldn’t hit his vehicle.
  But before the officer could get out, DPS officials said a woman driving an SUV collided with the patrol car from behind.
  Authorities said it’s
  
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• Memorial set in Houston for slain Texas soldier

  12-08-2020 15:49
  
  HOUSTON — A memorial for a slain Texas soldier has been scheduled more than three months after she was killed by a fellow soldier at Fort Hood, an attorney for the family announced Tuesday.
  The service is set for Friday at the same field on which Vanessa Guillen once played soccer as a high school athlete, Guillen family attorney Natalie Khawam said in a news release. The Catholic service will run from noon to 8 p.m. at Cesar E. Chavez High School in Houston.
  It will be open to the public
  
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• Woman gets prison term for stealing insurance company checks

  12-08-2020 15:48
  
  PHOENIX — A 57-year-old Mesa woman faces six years in prison after pleading guilty to felony charges in the theft of over 1,000 checks from insurance companies issued for doctors who employed her.
  Sharon Ashcroft was sentenced last week in Maricopa County Superior Court after pleading guilty last October to theft and attempted fraud charges.
  Ashcroft worked as a part-time medical biller for two Tempe ophthalmologists between 2011 and 2017.
  According to the Arizona Attorney General’s
  
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• Man wanted in Washington on felony warrant found in Arizona

  12-08-2020 15:48
  
  PRESCOTT VALLEY, Ariz. — A man wanted in the state of Washington on a felony warrant has been arrested in north-central Arizona, according to authorities.
  Prescott Valley police said they received an anonymous call Tuesday about a wanted person.
  Police patrol personnel verified there was a valid warrant out of Washington for 36-year-old Asael Paul Coronado.
  Coronado was found at his Prescott Valley home and taken into custody before being transferred to the Yavapai County jail in Verde Val
  
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• Interest in homeschooling has ‘exploded’ amid pandemic

  12-08-2020 15:48
  
  MISSION, Kan. — As parents nationwide prepare to help their children with more distance learning, a small but quickly growing number are deciding to take matters entirely into their own hands and begin homeschooling.
  Some are worried their districts are unable to offer a strong virtual learning program. For others who may have been considering homeschooling, concerns for their family’s health amid the coronavirus and the on-again, off-again planning for in-person instruction are lead
  
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• Retired teacher keeps learning with genealogy, photos

  12-08-2020 14:30
  
  Someone once famously said, “A picture’s worth a thousand words.”
  That same person might say Edgar Short’s photos are worth twice that.
  Edgar and Cecelia Short
  His Facebook page says Short’s a “genealogy researcher and conception artist,” but a lot of former Rio Rancho High School and The ASK Academy colleagues will remember him as a favored teacher.
  A former RRHS colleague of his, Patricia Di Vasto, recalled: “Edgar Short was the teacher who loved
  
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• State lawmaker resigns, will run for county sheriff

  12-08-2020 08:05
  
  New Mexico state Rep. Patricio Ruiloba has resigned from his Albuquerque-area seat and will run for Bernalillo County sheriff, the Democrat said Tuesday.
  He told The Associated Press he submitted his resignation letter to the New Mexico secretary of state and will begin organizing his campaign in the most populous county in the state.The 53-year-old retired Albuquerque police officer said he has been urged to run for sheriff by residents concerned about rising crime, and conflicts between law en
  
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