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• News 4 Tucson Cooks: No Bake (Vegan) Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies

  06-12-2019 23:47
  
  No Bake (Vegan) Chocolate Peanut Butter CookiesIndgredients:1 ½ CUPS OATS1 CUP SUGAR¼ CUP EARTH BALANCE SPREAD OR BUTTER¼ CUP RICE MILK OR REGULAR MILK1 ½ TEASPOON VANILLA½ CUP PEANUT BUTTER¼ CUP COCOA POWDERInstructions:Mix peanut butter, oats, and vanilla together. Set aside.In medium saucepan, bring remaining ingredients to a boil.Mix cooked ingredients with peanut butter mixture.Spoon combination onto a sheet pan, freeze until set. Then, enjoy!For mo
  
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• Michigan boy’s entire kindergarten class shows up for his adoption hearing

  06-12-2019 23:07
  
  It's was adoption
  day for a Michigan boy on Thursday. But it was not just him and his new family
  celebrating. The child had his entire class cheering them on.With no doubt, this is a day that 5-year-old Michael will never forget, dressed to the nines, and so excited he could hardly sit still.
  As his
  adoption was just moments from being finalized.“Really it
  is the best day for a judge to be able to confirm adoptions,” said Judge Patricia
  D. Gardner.Michael
  wanted everyone to see it, s
  
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• New UA program offers students free “Pathway to Teaching”

  06-12-2019 22:25
  
  TUCSON - It's no secret that Arizona is dealing with a major teacher shortage.
  The state also has a retention problem. Too many teachers are leaving the state in search of higher pay.That's why the Sunnyside School District is teaming up with the University of Arizona to recruit new teachers who want to stick around.The university is testing out a pilot program they call, "Pathway to Teaching."The mission is to help Tucson residents become teachers by offering free tuition and paying them a one
  
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• Armed suspect caught near PCC Desert Vista Campus

  06-12-2019 22:24
  
  TUCSON – The search is over for an armed suspect that put Pima Community College Desert Vista Campus on lockdown on Friday.
  According to a PCCAlert, a domestic violence suspect was seen headed toward the campus. The campus was then placed on lockdown.
  The alert indicated the suspect was last seen shirtless and wearing red pants.
  Desert Vista Campus is located at 5901 S. Calle Santa Cruz, near Drexel Road and Interstate 19.
  Police say
  the suspect is in custody.
  No further
  details have been
  
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• Crews rescue man stuck in chimney in central Tucson

  06-12-2019 21:44
  
  TUCSON - Tucson Fire Department rescued a man stuck in a chimney at a home in central Tucson Friday afternoon.
  According to
  Public Safety Photographer, JD Fitzgerald, crews were dispatched to a home near
  Speedway Boulevard and Campbell Avenue.
  No further
  details have been released.This is a
  developing story.  
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• Claytoon of the Day: Fun With Faux Outrage

  06-12-2019 21:00
  
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• Iraqi officials: 12 killed in Baghdad’s Khilani Square after unknown assailants fire live ammunition from cars

  06-12-2019 19:57
  
  BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials: 12 killed in Baghdad’s Khilani Square after unknown assailants fire live ammunition from cars.
  The post Iraqi officials: 12 killed in Baghdad’s Khilani Square after unknown assailants fire live ammunition from cars appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Iraqi officials say 6 protesters killed and 30 wounded in central Baghdad in attack targeting demonstrators

  06-12-2019 19:32
  
  BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials say 6 protesters killed and 30 wounded in central Baghdad in attack targeting demonstrators.
  The post Iraqi officials say 6 protesters killed and 30 wounded in central Baghdad in attack targeting demonstrators appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Armed suspect sought near PCC Desert Vista

  06-12-2019 18:47
  
  TUCSON – Tucson Police Department is looking for an armed suspect near Pima Community College Desert Vista Campus.
  According to
  a PCCAlert, the suspect was last seen shirtless and wearing red pants.
  No further
  details have been released.The post Armed suspect sought near PCC Desert Vista appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• UPS driver who died after his truck was hijacked identified as a young father

  06-12-2019 17:32
  
  The brother
  of a UPS driver killed Thursday in a shootout has identified him as Frank Ordonez.
  The
  27-year-old was shot to death after two suspects hijacked his truck.
  They had
  just robbed a South Florida jewelry store and took Ordonez hostage.
  The suspects
  led police on a long chase, which ended in a shootout that killed Ordonez, both
  suspects and a bystander.
  Ordonez was
  covering a route for a co-worker who had called out sick.
  He leaves
  behind a three-year-old and six-year-old daughter.The po
  
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• 4 dead, including shooter, in gunfire at Florida naval base

  06-12-2019 17:14
  
  PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — A shooter opened fire in a classroom building at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola on Friday morning in an attack that left four people dead, including the assailant, and multiple people wounded. The shooting — the second at a U.S. Navy base this week — prompted a massive law enforcement response and a lockdown at the base.Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan said four people had been killed and that the two sheriff’s deputies who were the first to
  
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• Bataan Death March survivor still spreading message of the price of freedom

  06-12-2019 16:43
  
  Tucson- As we again prepare to honor those lost in the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1942 it is also a time to remember another war atrocity from World War II.Paul "PK" Kerchum lives in Benson and was 23-years-old when he and more than 60,000 American and Filipino soldiers were forced to march, many to their deaths, in what is infamously known as the Bataan Death March.For Kerchum it was just the beginning of a horrific three and a half years he would spend as a prisoner of war.On the da
  
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• US gains a robust 266,000 jobs; unemployment falls to 3.5%

  06-12-2019 16:27
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Hiring in the United States jumped last month to its highest level since January as U.S. employers shrugged off trade conflicts and a global slowdown and added 266,000 jobs.The unemployment rate dipped to 3.5% from 3.6% in October, matching a half-century low, the Labor Department reported Friday. And wages rose a solid 3.1% in November compared with a year earlier.Investors cheered the report, sending the Dow Jones industrial average up more than 270 points in early trad
  
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• Axe Throwing Competition

  06-12-2019 15:58
  
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  TUCSON - Sean and Shea had an "axe"cellent time during their axe throwing competition at Splitting Timber. Watch the battle unfold above!
  The three-day World Axe Throwing Championship starts today at Tucson Premium Outlets! Axes start flying at 6 P.M. for the qualifying rounds.
  On Saturday, starting at 9:30 A.M., a celebratory kick-off parade led by the U of A Pep Band and Spirit Squad will welcome the 60 qualifying competitors. The Championship Tournament sta
  
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• OPEC, Russia agree to cut oil production an extra 500,000 barrels a day to support prices

  06-12-2019 15:34
  
  VIENNA (AP) — OPEC, Russia agree to cut oil production an extra 500,000 barrels a day to support prices.
  The post OPEC, Russia agree to cut oil production an extra 500,000 barrels a day to support prices appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Hittin’ the Trail 4 You – Finding the right hiking boots!

  06-12-2019 15:16
  
  TUCSON - Wearing the wrong shoes can make or break your hiking
  experience so that's why I'm taking a break from Hittin’ the Trails to find the
  right hiking boots!I met with Anne Stancil, who’s the owner of Fleet Feet on Tanque Verde and she knows exactly what we should be looking for!“So the most important thing when looking for a shoe, particularly here in Southern Arizona, is that you think about the terrain and the fact that it’s very rocky. So one of the things that w
  
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• Gas explosion in apartment block in Slovakia kills at least 5; people trapped on roof as building burns.

  06-12-2019 14:46
  
  PRAGUE (AP) — Gas explosion in apartment block in Slovakia kills at least 5; people trapped on roof as building burns.
  The post Gas explosion in apartment block in Slovakia kills at least 5; people trapped on roof as building burns. appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• PCSD: 2 found dead in Catalina Foothills apartment

  06-12-2019 14:45
  
  TUCSON – Two people were found dead in their Foothills
  apartment Thursday night, according to Pima County Sheriff’s Department.
  Deputies responded to a welfare check after 9 p.m. at the Skyline Gateway Apartment Homes on East Skyline Drive near Swan Road.
  Police found two adults inside the apartment with obvious
  signs of trauma.
  At this moment, it is unclear how the two people died.
  Homicide detectives have taken over the investigation.No further details have been released.The post P
  
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• Beautiful today with more rain and snow this weekend!

  06-12-2019 13:52
  
  TUCSON - Mix of sun and clouds today with highs in the low 70s. Another opportunity for rain and high elevation snow this weekend! Today: Mix of sun and clouds with above average temperatures. High: 73°Tonight: Partly cloudy and cold. Low: 46°Tomorrow: Mostly cloudy and warmer than average with a chance for rain late (20%). High: 71°High pressure is in control today so we'll remain dry and warmer than average with highs in the low 70s.  A mix of sun and
  
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• Booker scores season-high 44 points, Suns outlast Pelicans

  06-12-2019 12:20
  
  HIGHLIGHTS: Suns 139, New Orleans 132NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Monty Williams was able to celebrate a victory in an emotional return to New Orleans.The former New Orleans coach guided the Phoenix Suns to a 139-132 overtime victory over the Pelicans on Thursday night. Devin Booker broke out of a perimeter-shooting slump, scoring 21 of his season-high 44 points in the third quarter, and Ricky Rubio powered the Phoenix Suns with four points and a critical assist in overtime.Williams and late wife In
  
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• Kessel scores twice, leads Coyotes past Flyers 3-1

  06-12-2019 12:05
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Phil Kessel has overcome a slow start and is headed in the right direction for the Arizona Coyotes.Kessel scored two goals to lead the Coyotes to a 3-1 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday night.Darcy Kuemper made 28 saves and Conor Garland also scored for the Coyotes, who improved to 10-3-3 on the road.Kessel scored on the power play 2:25 into the game, putting Arizona up 1-0. Clayton Keller passed to Kessel in front and the veteran forward scored through g
  
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• 6-story building collapses in Kenya’s capital, with people feared trapped in the rubble

  06-12-2019 09:56
  
  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — 6-story building collapses in Kenya’s capital, with people feared trapped in the rubble.
  The post 6-story building collapses in Kenya’s capital, with people feared trapped in the rubble appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• XOXO: Where to rock, Friday

  06-12-2019 09:00
  
  Kim Wilson is perhaps best known for his 30-year tenure as the leader of the Fabulous Thunderbirds. Not one to rest on his laurels, this acclaimed blues singer/harmonicist's hard-driving chops have appeared on albums by Bonnie Raitt, Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler, James Cotton and others, surely earning him a place in music history.…
  
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• Ex-Navajo housing CEO: Nude photos part of revenge plot

  06-12-2019 06:52
  
  WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Former Navajo Housing Authority CEO says he deleted nude photos of him and his wife on a company cell phone, but his predecessor restored them out of anger.Craig Dougall told the Gallup Independentthis week he made a mistake in using the company phone to share intimate correspondence with his wife of 20 years. But Dougall said he didn’t deliberately return the phone with the photos to be seen by the staff.Dougall alleged that former CEO Roberta Roberts, whom
  
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• Dogs N’ Denim: Fashion show for dogs held at UArizona

  06-12-2019 06:50
  
  TUCSON - A canine fashion show called "Dogs N' Denim" was held at the University of Arizona campus on Thursday evening.
  The event was a collaboration with the Humane Society of Southern Arizona.
  The outfits being presented by the dogs were designed by UArizona students studying fashion.
  It was required that denim be the material used for the fashion creations.
  An additional challenge for the students was making each outfit represent a different decade.The post Dogs N’ Denim: Fashion show f
  
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• GOP state lawmaker proposes bill to limit forms of ID at polls

  06-12-2019 06:27
  
  TUCSON - As we head into a presidential election year, Rep. Kelly Townsend, a Republican from Mesa, Ariz. is proposing a bill that would strip voters of the right to use bank statements, utility bills and other non-photo IDs at the polls.
  Morgan Dick is the Deputy Director of the Arizona Advocacy Network which works to protect and expand voting rights.
  "We see this as a chilling effect on voters who would otherwise be eligible to go to vote and I think taking away forms of IDs discourages people
  
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• Young family is grateful after mother survives heart failure

  06-12-2019 06:16
  
  TUCSON - At 23 years old, Brianna Choltko had to learn to walk and talk again while suffering from the memory loss of her own son after being in a coma for nine days."It absolutely was life or death both physically and mentally because truthfully while her body may have survived, if we didn't get enough blood to her, her mind may have gone and brain death is the equivalent of death," said Chintan Patel, an interventional cardiologist.Dr. Patel and his team had to perform an external femoral bypa
  
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• DIGGING DEEPER: Police investigating if texting while driving caused deadly crash

  06-12-2019 05:58
  
  TUCSON - Two people died in a recent crash in Oro Valley, Ariz. and investigators are trying to figure out if the driver who caused the crash was texting.The Digging Deeper Team uncovered a seven-page court document that asked a judge to have Verizon Wireless turn over the records of the driver who Oro Valley Police said caused the collision. The incident happened on Nov. 13 on Shannon Road between Lambert Lane and Naranja Drive.Investigators said two people in an Acura lost their
  
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• Indian police official says four men accused of raping and killing woman in high-profile case have been killed by police

  06-12-2019 05:47
  
  NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian police official says four men accused of raping and killing woman in high-profile case have been killed by police.
  The post Indian police official says four men accused of raping and killing woman in high-profile case have been killed by police appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Planned Parenthood ads to target conservative lawmakers

  06-12-2019 05:12
  
  TUCSON - Planned Parenthood is spending more than a $1 million on advertisements that will target three conservative lawmakers.Television, radio, digital and direct-mail ads will appear in North Carolina, Colorado and Arizona.Those states are the home states of the targeted senators.The advertisements in Arizona are going after Senator Martha McSally.The message on the advertisements will say "Let the Trump-Pence Administration force Planned Parenthood out of Title 10."That message is a referenc
  
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• UArizona ROTC to honor civilians killed during Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

  06-12-2019 05:00
  
  TUCSON - The University of Arizona's ROTC will commemorate the attack on Pearl Harbor on Saturday morning at the UArizona campus.The event will start at 8 a.m. and will take place at the U.S.S. Arizona Mall located outside of the student union.
  Come out and support Navy ROTC’s memorial 5k and the revealing of the Coast Guard Shield!Posted by University of Arizona Army ROTC on Wednesday, December 4, 2019The post UArizona ROTC to honor civilians killed during Japanese attack on Pearl Ha
  
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• Migrant shelters respond to recent City Council vote

  06-12-2019 04:35
  
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  TUCSON - After the Tucson City Council’s stamp of approval that is in favor of allowing migrants to stay in Arizona, migrant shelters are busy and feeling hopeful.
  The Casa Alitas program serves
  migrant families who have left their home countries to escape violence and
  poverty.
  It's a safe, short-term place for
  these families to go to and to reunite with family members in the U.S.The program sees around 1,000 families a month. 
  "With the vote, it's
  
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• TPD identifies motorcyclist involved in fatal collision on westside

  06-12-2019 03:51
  
  TUCSON - The Tucson Police Department identified a motorcyclist that was killed after a serious-injury collision at the intersection of N. Flowing Wells Rd. and W. Kleindale on Wednesday morning.The motorcyclist was identified as 20-year-old Victor A. Navarro Ruiz , according to TPD.Tucson Fire medics rendered aid to Ruiz upon arrival and then transported him to Banner University Medical Center with life-threatening injuries.Ruiz died shortly after hospital arrival.Next of kin has been notified.
  
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• Brewers will face increased taxes on Jan. 1

  06-12-2019 03:15
  
  TUCSON -The cost of your favorite beer could jump a little higher on Jan. 1, 2020.
  In less than 30 days, 120 breweries in Arizona will be impacted by a tax increase.Since 2017, the tax rate has been $3.50 per barrel, but will increase to $7 per barrel - double the cost.
  To put this in perspective, this increased price point would cost Dragoon Brewing Company an additional $40,000 per year. Dragoon Brewing Company said this could force some brewers to close their doors, and prevent othe
  
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• SUSD student brought gun to high school

  06-12-2019 02:23
  
  TUCSON - Sunnyside Unified School District received a tip from a district parent that an 18-year-old senior might be bringing a handgun to Sunnyside High School on Wednesday morning.As a result of the tip, SUSD officials were able to track down a student and bring him to the school office where they confiscated a firearm, according SUSD PIO Marisela Felx.
  Felix said that district then contacted parents about the incident and informed them that the situation was under control and handled before c
  
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• Rare Siberian Tiger cubs seen playing from hidden camera in Russia wildlife park

  06-12-2019 02:06
  
  PRIMORSKY KRAI, Russia -A hidden camera at Land of the Leopard National Park in Russia showed three Siberian Tiger Cubs playing as they waited for their mother who was hunting.
  The three cubs are four months old which is the most playful age and when hunting skills begin to develop.The post Rare Siberian Tiger cubs seen playing from hidden camera in Russia wildlife park appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Water main break on eastside

  06-12-2019 01:21
  
  TUCSON - Tucson Water crews were on their way to take care of a water main break near Golf Links Road and Wilmot Road on Thursday afternoon.
  Tucson Water responded to the scene after a Twitter user posted about the issue.
  Details are limited at this time.
  Stay with News 4 to keep updated on this story.The post Water main break on eastside appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• 4 Your Health: Study shows more people being injured from using cell phones

  06-12-2019 01:17
  
  NBC News- The Trump Administration has formalized work requirements for recipients of food stamps.
  Hundreds of thousands of people will lose access to the supplemental nutrition assistance program or SNAP.The rule change takes effect April first.
  It willaffect people between the ages of 18 and 49 who are childless and not disabled.
  This group is currently required to work at least 20 hours a week for more than three months over a 36-month period to qualify for food stamps.States have been able t
  
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• UArizona Women’s Basketball player selected for award watch list

  06-12-2019 00:43
  
  TUCSON - The U.S. Basketball Writers Association has selected 35 outstanding players for its 2019-2020 Ann Meyers Drysdale Award Watch List.
  Junior Aari McDonald, a guard for the lady Wildcats, was included in the list of the 35.The association's board of directors chose the players to be included on the list as candidates for the National Player of the Year."Through the first eight games of the season, McDonald averages 21 points, 4.8 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 2.4 steals per game while shooting
  
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• Armed man forcefully entered family residence, took items to be sentenced

  06-12-2019 00:19
  
  PIMA COUNTY, Ariz. - Michael Nunez was convicted on Nov. 27 for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and will now be given a sentencing date on Monday.In addition to being convicted for four counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, Nunez was also convicted oftwo counts of aggravated assault of a minor, six counts of kidnapping, five counts of armed robbery, and five counts of aggravated robbery,according to the Pima County Sheriff's Office via Facebook.Nunez, along with an accomplic
  
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