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• Tucson Favorites Nominated for James Beard Awards

  27-02-2019 18:12
  After El Güero Canelo won a James Beard award for American Classic Food last year, Tucson has two reasons to be excited for one of the highest honors in food this time around. The semifinalist nominees for the 2019 awards were announced this morning, and two Tucson restaurants/chefs made the cut.Don Guerra, the mastermind behind Tucson favorite Barrio Bread has been nominated for Outstanding Baker.…
  
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• Claytoon of the Day: Nukes And Nuts

  27-02-2019 17:57
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• Caught on video: Man opens fire in crowded restaurant

  27-02-2019 14:16
  Washington D.C Metro Police have released shocking surveillance video which shows the moment a man opened fire inside a crowded restaurant.The shooting incident happened January 27th, after a fight broke out inside an Ethiopian restaurant.In the video, a man in a hooded sweatshirt, draws a gun and starts shooting, firing four shots, as others began scrambling for cover.Moments later, the shooting victim tried to attack another man who then started beating him and threw a bar stool on him.
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• Water main break shuts down Oro Valley intersection

  27-02-2019 14:15
  The area of N. Sun Rose Drive and W. Naranja Drive is affected by a water main break. Google Maps
  ORO VALLEY, Ariz. – Crews are working to clean up an Oro Valley intersection after an early water main break on Wednesday.
  The Town of Oro Valley says water utility crews responded to the area of N. Sun Rose  Drive and W. Naranja Drive at about 3 a.m.
  No customers are out of water at this time, according to the Town of Oro Valley.
  The intersection will be closed, as crews clean and b
  
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• Water surrounds Mississippi town as rivers rise across South

  27-02-2019 14:11
  GLENDORA, Miss. (AP) — Rain-swollen rivers are spilling over their banks across the South, and a Mississippi mayor says water has surrounded his town and forced some families to leave their homes.
  Forecasters say flood warnings were in place Wednesday in parts of Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia.
  In Glendora, Mississippi, The Greenwood Commonwealth reported Wednesday that the town of 151 people is caught between the flooded Tallahatchie River to the north an
  
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• National Weather: Passengers stranded on train for 35+ hours; Interstates shut down

  27-02-2019 13:52
  An Amtrak train with nearly 200 passengers finally began moving Tuesday morning after being stranded in Oregon for more than 40 hours after Winter Storm Ryan dumped heavy snow on the Pacific Northwest.
  The train was moving very slowly, with frequent stoppages as it made its way to Eugene, Oregon.
  Coast Starlight Train 11 had been traveling from Seattle to Los Angeles with 183 passengers and crew aboard when it hit a downed tree in Oakridge, Oregon, around 6:15 p.m. PT Sunday. Continued heavy sno
  
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• Tottenham defends fans chanting an offensive term for Jews

  27-02-2019 13:40
  LONDON (AP) — Tottenham says only a total clampdown on anti-Semitism would make it reassess club standards on its fans affectionately chanting an offensive term for Jews.
  The statement follows Chelsea chairman Bruce Buck telling The Associated Press “the use of the Y-word by Spurs supporters, or by anybody, is wrong.”
  Fans of Tottenham, a north London soccer club which has traditionally drawn a large fan base from the Jewish communities, call themselves the “Yid Army.&rdq
  
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• Palestinian Authority refuses tax revenues from Israel

  27-02-2019 13:39
  RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Palestinian Authority says it will not accept tax revenues from Israel following the latter’s decision to deduct sums Palestinians pay to prisoners and people killed in fighting with Israel.
  Hussein al-Sheikh, who coordinates the Palestinian Authority’s communication with Israel, said Wednesday that the government would refuse the tax transfers this month.
  Israel announced last week that it would withhold over $138 million in revenues to penalize
  
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• Heavy delays likely after deadly crash of 2 trains into car

  27-02-2019 13:32
  WESTBURY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s Long Island Rail Road predicts “heavy delays” all day following the crash of a car and two commuter trains that claimed three lives.
  Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder says the vehicle’s driver was “trying to beat” the crossing gate when it was struck just before 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday in Westbury.
  Ryder says one of the trains, which was carrying about 200 passengers and headed for Manhattan, was going at &ldqu
  
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• Cologuard Classic gives Tucson’s economy a boost

  27-02-2019 13:17
  TUCSON – Wednesday is day one of the Cologuard Classic golf tournament with the Jose Cuervo Pro-Am teeing off.
  Money made from the tournament, in part, supports colon cancer awareness and Tucson youth sports.COLOGUARD CLASSIC: the pro-am starts today! We’ll have details on all things @CologuardGolf on @KVOA #cologuardclassic @Cologuard (this photo is from Cologuard Classic). pic.twitter.com/sXqQttB2E4
  — Kendra Hall (@kendrahallTV) February 27, 2019It is the final boost for the
  
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• Cops: Gunman broke into home, fatally shot pizza deliveryman

  27-02-2019 13:15
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities say a pizza deliveryman was shot and killed when he made a delivery to a home under construction in Philadelphia.
  The shooting occurred around 7 p.m. Tuesday just outside the home. Authorities believe the gunman broke into the home so he could arrange for the delivery there and rob the deliveryman.
  The 30-year-old deliveryman was shot once in the chest and was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead a short time later. His name has not been release
  
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• Vodka ‘bound for North Korea’ to be destroyed or sold

  27-02-2019 13:13
  THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch customs officials who discovered thousands of bottles of vodka suspected of being smuggled to North Korea say the illicit cargo will likely be sold at auction or destroyed.
  Customs office spokesman Roul Velleman said Wednesday those are the options for the estimated 90,000 small bottles found on a Chinese freighter in the port of Rotterdam last week.
  The fate of the vodka, discovered in a container tucked away under an aircraft fuselage, may depend on wh
  
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• EU warns Italy to slash rampant public debt

  27-02-2019 13:03
  BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union says it’s concerned about Italy’s debt and is warning the government in Rome to shore up its public finances.
  European Commission Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis said Wednesday that Italy’s “public debt ratio is not expected to decline in coming years due to the weak economic outlook and government fiscal plans.”
  Dombrovskis said “reform momentum has stalled” and noted “some reversals,” particularly
  
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• UK wildfires rip through “Winnie the Pooh” forest

  27-02-2019 13:00
  LONDON (AP) — Unseasonably warm and dry weather have fueled fires in Britain, with blazes at Ashdown Forest — made famous by the “Winnie the Pooh” books — as well as West Yorkshire’s Saddleworth Moor and Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh.
  Crews extinguished two wildfires in East Sussex’s Ashdown Forest, the inspiration for the fictional Hundred Acre Wood in the classic books by A.A. Milne. Ashdown Forest Rangers were not available for comment Wednesday to
  
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• Poland open to meeting with Israel after Holocaust spat

  27-02-2019 12:58
  BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Poland’s foreign minister says his country is open to a meeting with Israel also involving other countries from central Europe, after it pulled out of a similar meeting last week.
  Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz said Wednesday after talks with his Hungarian counterpart in Budapest that there are “no obstacles” to the meeting, although “some things still have to be cleared up with the Israeli side.”
  Poland pulled out of the Feb. 19 m
  
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• Tulane looks to end streak vs Tulsa

  27-02-2019 12:47
  Tulane (4-22, 0-14) vs. Tulsa (16-12, 6-9)
  Donald Reynolds Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma; Thursday, 9 p.m. EST
  BOTTOM LINE: Tulsa looks to extend Tulane’s conference losing streak to 18 games. Tulane’s last AAC win came against the South Florida Bulls 79-68 on Feb. 24, 2018. Tulsa lost 84-73 on the road to Temple in its most recent game.
  SAVVY SENIORS: Tulsa’s DaQuan Jeffries, Sterling Taplin and Curran Scott have collectively scored 43 percent of the team’s points this season
  
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• Portland Trail Blazers stuck in elevator going to practice

  27-02-2019 12:46
  BOSTON (AP) — The Portland Trail Blazers might want to use the stairs after the squad got stuck in an elevator.
  They were headed to practice Tuesday at Emerson College in Boston when the elevator stopped between floors. Center Enes Kanter tweeted a video in which team members looked at their phones and talked about “survival mode” as one held a candy bar. They said it was hot in the elevator.
  Center Meyers Leonard tweeted video of the tall basketball players climbing out of the
  
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• Oakland looks to sweep UIC

  27-02-2019 12:46
  Illinois-Chicago (15-14, 9-7) vs. Oakland (13-16, 9-7)
  Athletics Center Orena, Oakland, Michigan; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST
  BOTTOM LINE: Oakland goes for the season sweep over Illinois-Chicago after winning the previous matchup in Chicago. The teams last met on Jan. 26, when the Golden Grizzlies outshot Illinois-Chicago 44.1 percent to 37.7 percent and hit five more 3-pointers en route to a 13-point victory.
  SUPER SENIORS: Oakland’s Xavier Hill-Mais, Jaevin Cumberland and Brad Brechting have co
  
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• Hampton seeks revenge on Winthrop

  27-02-2019 12:46
  Winthrop (18-10, 10-5) vs. Hampton (12-15, 7-7)
  Hampton Convocation Center, Hampton, Virginia; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST
  BOTTOM LINE: Hampton seeks revenge on Winthrop after dropping the first matchup in Rock Hill. The teams last played each other on Feb. 9, when the Eagles outshot Hampton from the field 48.4 percent to 47.3 percent and hit 13 more free throws on the way to a 101-91 victory.
  PLENTY OF EXPERIENCE: Senior leadership has been on display for both teams this year. Kalin Fisher, Akim Mitch
  
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• Connecticut looks to end streak vs Wichita State

  27-02-2019 12:46
  Connecticut (13-14, 4-10) vs. Wichita State (13-13, 6-8)
  Charles Koch Arena, Wichita, Kansas; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST
  BOTTOM LINE: Wichita State looks to extend Connecticut’s conference losing streak to six games. Connecticut’s last AAC win came against the East Carolina Pirates 76-52 on Feb. 3. Wichita State lost 88-85 to Memphis on Saturday.
  TEAM LEADERS: Markis McDuffie has averaged 18.2 points and 4.8 rebounds to lead the way for the Shockers. Samajae Haynes-Jones has paired with Mc
  
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• Texas State, Troy meet in conference play

  27-02-2019 12:45
  Texas State (22-6, 11-4) vs. Troy (11-15, 4-10)
  Trojan Arena, Troy, Alabama; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST
  BOTTOM LINE: Troy hosts Texas State in a Sun Belt matchup. Both teams last played on Saturday. Texas State won 64-62 over Louisiana-Lafayette, while Troy is coming off of a 68-52 loss to South Alabama.
  LEADING THE CHARGE: Troy’s Alex Hicks has averaged 12.5 points and 8.1 rebounds while Javan Johnson has put up 10.5 points and 4.2 rebounds. For the Bobcats, Nijal Pearson has averaged 17.9 poin
  
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• Elon looks to sweep JMU

  27-02-2019 12:45
  Elon (9-20, 5-11) vs. James Madison (13-16, 6-10)
  JMU Convocation Center, Harrisonburg, Virginia; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST
  BOTTOM LINE: James Madison seeks revenge on Elon after dropping the first matchup in Elon. The teams last played each other on Dec. 30, when the Phoenix shot 49 percent from the field while limiting James Madison’s shooters to just 41.1 percent en route to a three-point victory.
  SENIOR STUDS: Elon’s Tyler Seibring, Steven Santa Ana and Sheldon Eberhardt have collecti
  
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• Russia presses case for greater control over its internet

  27-02-2019 11:31
  MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin spokesman says reports that the U.S. military carried out a cyberattack in Russia ahead of the U.S. midterm elections proves that the country needs to create its own, self-controlled segment of the internet.
  Russia’s parliament this month passed the first reading of a bill that proposes all internet traffic be routed through servers in Russia. Opponents fear the measure would lead to widespread censorship.
  Dmitry Peskov was reacting on Wednesday to a recent
  
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• The Latest: Egypt: Death toll at Cairo train station at 20

  27-02-2019 11:14
  CAIRO (AP) — The Latest on the deadly fire at the Egyptian capital’s main train station (all times local):
  11:55 a.m.
  Egypt has raised the casualty toll from a major fire that erupted in Cairo’s central train station, saying there are 20 dead and more than 40 injured so far.
  The country’s general prosecutor has ordered investigation. The prosecutor, Nabil Sadek, sent a team of investigators to the Ramsis train station in downtown Cairo, where the huge blaze was still unde
  
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• India says 1 of its Air Force planes was “lost” in air skirmish with Pakistan, its pilot “missing in action.”

  27-02-2019 11:13
  NEW DELHI (AP) — India says 1 of its Air Force planes was “lost” in air skirmish with Pakistan, its pilot “missing in action.”
  The post India says 1 of its Air Force planes was “lost” in air skirmish with Pakistan, its pilot “missing in action.” appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• Stock market turmoil pushes Norway’s oil fund to loss

  27-02-2019 10:57
  COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Volatility in stock markets last year pushed Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest of its kind, to report a loss of 485 billion kroner ($56.4 billion) for 2018.
  Fund manager Norges Bank Investment Management says the fund’s worst-performing investments in 2018 were in the German pharmaceuticals maker Bayer AG, Facebook Inc. and brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev. The fund’s return was a negative 6.1 percent.
  Chairman and Norwegian C
  
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• Man armed at N. Carolina school indicted on federal charges

  27-02-2019 10:51
  GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — A Virginia man found armed at a North Carolina school has been indicted on federal charges including crossing state lines with the intent to kill, injure, harass and intimidate former domestic partners.
  News outlets report 29-year-old Steve Brantley Spence was indicted Monday on federal charges related to his December arrest in Greensboro. The former East Carolina University football player is accused of assaulting his girlfriend and driving her car to a North Carol
  
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• Louisiana man accused in slayings found competent for trial

  27-02-2019 10:44
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A Louisiana man accused of killing three people and wounding another in 2017 has been found competent to stand trial.
  The Advocate reports Ryan Sharpe’s defense attorney, Tommy Damico, says his client was moved over the weekend to East Baton Rouge Parish Prison from a state mental facility.
  Doctors at the state facility in Jackson say Sharpe understands the nature of the charges against him and is able to assist his attorney. Sharpe was initially found to be i
  
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• Germany’s Bayer vows defense against Roundup cancer cases

  27-02-2019 10:43
  BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s Bayer AG, which bought Monsanto Co. last year, is underlining its determination to fight cases involving the U.S. company’s Roundup weed-killer in the face of more than 11,000 lawsuits so far.
  In August, a San Francisco jury awarded a man $289 million after determining Roundup caused his non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. A judge later slashed the award to $78 million, and Monsanto has appealed. A second case in which a man claims the weed-killer caused cance
  
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• The Latest: Nigeria opposition leader rejects poll results

  27-02-2019 10:37
  ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The Latest on Nigeria’s election results (all times local):
  10:35 a.m.
  Nigeria’s top opposition candidate is rejecting the results of what he calls a “sham election” and says he will be challenging it in court.
  The statement by Atiku Abubakar was shared by aides on Wednesday morning, a few hours after the electoral commission declared President Muhammadu Buhari the winner of Saturday’s election by nearly 4 million votes.
  Abubakar’s
  
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• The Latest: Trump tries to distance himself from Cohen

  27-02-2019 10:34
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen (all times local):
  4:30 a.m.
  President Donald Trump is lashing out at his former lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, before Cohen testifies at a public hearing.
  Trump is distancing himself from Cohen in a tweet from Hanoi, Vietnam, where he has traveled for a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
  Trump insists Cohen was just “one of many lawyers who represented me (unfortunately).&
  
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• Nigeria’s top opposition candidate rejects result of “sham election,” says will challenge it in court

  27-02-2019 10:31
  ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s top opposition candidate rejects result of “sham election,” says will challenge it in court .
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• Business chief says delaying Brexit is an option for sanity

  27-02-2019 10:27
  LONDON (AP) — The head of one of Britain’s biggest business organizations says Prime Minister Theresa May’s decision to allow lawmakers to delay the country’s exit from the European Union provides an “option on sanity.”
  May on Tuesday said Parliament will get the chance to delay Britain’s scheduled March 29 departure if lawmakers fail to approve the divorce agreement with the bloc.
  Confederation of British Industry head Carolyn Fairbairn told the BBC on
  
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• Rights groups say Turkey must end harassment of activists

  27-02-2019 10:21
  ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish and international human rights organizations have called on Turkey to end what they term an “orchestrated campaign of intimidation and judicial harassment of civil society,” after prosecutors moved to indict 16 prominent activists.
  Turkish state media have reported that prosecutors are seeking life prison terms without parole against philanthropist businessman Osman Kavala and 15 other people they accuse of “attempting to overthrow the government&r
  
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• Visiting Venice will cost a few extra euros for day-trippers

  27-02-2019 10:09
  MILAN (AP) — Visiting the Italian city of Venice will cost a few extra euros a day for anyone not overnighting.
  Venice’s city council late Tuesday approved a visitors tax on day-trippers, aimed at paying for essential services that are more costly to perform in the lagoon city, such as trash collection and the cleaning of public areas.
  Day-trippers will be charged a daily tax of 3 euros ($3.40) for the rest of 2019, doubling next year. Variations for low- and high-traffic days will g
  
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• Attackers kidnap, kill 2 policemen in southern Thailand

  27-02-2019 10:02
  HAT YAI, Thailand (AP) — Police in southern Thailand say two of their officers were abducted and later found dead in a ditch, with the pickup truck of one of the officers stolen and set on fire.
  They say they are investigating whether the Tuesday night killings in Narathiwat province involved a personal dispute or the region’s Muslim separatist insurgency, which has claimed about 7,000 lives since 2004.
  Police said Wednesday that four heavily armed attackers clad in black and camoufl
  
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• Police official says helicopter with 6 on board is missing in Nepal’s mountainous region

  27-02-2019 09:56
  KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Police official says helicopter with 6 on board is missing in Nepal’s mountainous region.
  The post Police official says helicopter with 6 on board is missing in Nepal’s mountainous region appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• Egyptian official says 10 killed, 22 injured in a fire at the main train station in Cairo; death toll expected to rise

  27-02-2019 09:55
  CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian official says 10 killed, 22 injured in a fire at the main train station in Cairo; death toll expected to rise.
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• Sweden arrests person suspected of spying for Russia

  27-02-2019 09:49
  COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Swedish domestic security agency says a person has been arrested on suspicion of having been recruited by Russia to carry out “illegal intelligence activities against Sweden.”
  Daniel Stenling, head of SAPO’s counter espionage unit, says the person “works in the Swedish high-tech industry” and has information that the agency knows is of interest to foreign intelligence services.
  Stenling said in a statement Wednesday that SAPO has
  
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• Pakistan’s Civil Aviation Authority says it shut its airspace to all commercial flights as tensions with India escalate

  27-02-2019 09:44
  ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s Civil Aviation Authority says it shut its airspace to all commercial flights as tensions with India escalate.
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• Five Great Things to Do in Tucson Today: Wednesday Feb. 27

  27-02-2019 09:30
  Revel’s Northern Italian Wine Dinner. Revel Wine Bar is taking you on a taste tour of the old country, from Piedmont and Liguria to the Veneto and Friuli.…
  
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• Pakistan says it captured 2 Indian pilots from plane downed on its side of Kashmir: 1 is in hospital, other in custody

  27-02-2019 09:02
  ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan says it captured 2 Indian pilots from plane downed on its side of Kashmir: 1 is in hospital, other in custody.
  The post Pakistan says it captured 2 Indian pilots from plane downed on its side of Kashmir: 1 is in hospital, other in custody appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• XOXO: Where to Rock Wednesday Feb. 27

  27-02-2019 09:00
  Performing a solo set of traditional, American primitive and experimental folk, singer-songwriter Chelsey Trejo will be joined by trapsman Adan Martinez Kee and bassist Grant Beyschau for a set of ’60s and ’70s country and folk covers at Exo Roast Co. Details here.
  
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• New Mexico Cesar Chavez, Dennis Chavez holiday clears House

  27-02-2019 08:52
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A proposed state holiday in honor of the late U.S. Sen. Dennis Chavez of New Mexico and the late farmworker union leader Cesar Chavez of California has passed the New Mexico House.
  A bill designating the first Friday of every April as “Dennis Chavez and Cesar Chavez Day” cleared the House of Representatives on Monday and now heads to the state Senate.
  The New Mexico-born Dennis Chavez served in the U.S. Senate from 1935 to 1962 and earned a reputation as a
  
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• Court: Queen Creek must disclose records provided by utility

  27-02-2019 08:50
  PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona appellate court has ruled that a nondisclosure agreement between the town of Queen Creek and a utility is void because the town must obey the state’s public records law and disclose documents provided by the utility.
  Johnson Utilities LLC contended that its documents sought by Arizona Corporation Commission member Andy Tobin contain confidential business matters, but the Court of Appeals ruling Tuesday says the documents are public records related to governm
  
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• Ex-federal prison guard in Phoenix sentenced for inmate sex

  27-02-2019 08:47
  PHOENIX (AP) — A former federal prison guard in Phoenix has been sentenced to six months of home confinement after being convicted of having a sexual relationship with an inmate.
  Prosecutors say 51-year-old Darrell McCoy also was sentenced Monday to five years’ probation.
  A federal jury last November found McCoy guilty of two counts of abusive sexual contact with a ward.
  Authorities say McCoy was a 17-year employee at the federal Bureau of Prisons Federal Correctional Institution and
  
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• 3 men indicted after nearly $1.8M drug bust in Gila Bend

  27-02-2019 08:38
  PHOENIX (AP) — A Phoenix man and two men from Mexico have been indicted after a nearly $1.8 million drug bust in Gila Bend last month.
  Officials with the Arizona Attorney General’s Office say the three are charged with conspiracy, illegally conducting an enterprise, transportation of a dangerous drug (methamphetamine), transportation of marijuana for sale and two counts of theft of means of transportation.
  The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office and Arizona Department of Public Sa
  
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• Arizona man gets 6 years for child sex trafficking

  27-02-2019 08:35
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich says a 62-year-old man has been sentenced to six years in state prison for child sex trafficking.
  The attorney general’s office said Tuesday that Jay Edward Miller, of the southeastern Phoenix suburb of San Tan Valley, will also have to register as a sex offender.
  The prosecution in Pima County Superior Court springs from online chats Miller had beginning in August 2016 with an undercover Tucson police detective who pretended to b
  
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• Woman who tried to drown her baby in Lake Mead sentenced

  27-02-2019 08:33
  PHOENIX (AP) — A Bullhead City woman has been sentenced to nearly three years for trying to drown her infant daughter in Lake Mead.
  The U.S. Attorney’s Office for Arizona says 33-year-old Justine Renee Kirklen received a 30-month sentence in federal court Monday.
  She will also be under supervised release for three years.
  The sentence comes after Kirklen pleaded guilty to child abuse.
  Kirklen admitted trying to submerge her 5-week old daughter in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area
  
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• Cohen says Trump knew about WikiLeaks email dump

  27-02-2019 08:16
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer is planning to tell a House committee that Trump knew ahead of time that WikiLeaks had emails damaging to Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.
  In prepared testimony obtained by The Associated Press, Michael Cohen says that Trump implicitly told him to lie about a Moscow real estate project.
  And the former Trump fixer brands his old boss a “racist,” a “conman” and a “cheat.”
  
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