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• Russian deported after hunger strike resurfaces in Arizona

  21-12-2019 23:57
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — A Russian immigrant who was deported after staging a monthlong hunger strike this summer at an Arizona detention center resurfaced in the state a month ago when authorities said he was shot by a Border Patrol agent during a physical struggle near the border.Evgenii Glushchenko, 37, was shot in one of his legs on Nov. 14 when the agent tried to arrest him after he was spotted walking north through the desert near Lukeville.Officials say Glushchenko resisted the agent’s
  
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• 6 die in Las Vegas apartment building fire; 13 injured

  21-12-2019 23:51
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — A fire in a three-story apartment building in downtown Las Vegas where residents were apparently using their stoves for heat killed six people and forced some residents to jump from upper-floor windows to escape the heavy smoke before dawn Saturday, authorities said.Investigators reported that the fire started around a first-floor unit’s stove and that residents had told them that there was no heat in the building, which sits a few blocks from downtown Las Vegas&rsqu
  
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• Police: Arizona officer kills Qatari man who attacked him

  21-12-2019 23:45
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona state trooper shot and killed a Qatari man who was in the U.S. on a student visa after he violently attacked the officer patrolling for drunken drivers along with a member of the group Mothers Against Drunk Driving, authorities said Friday.The state trooper spotted 25-year-old Mohamed Ahmed Al-Hashemi throw a street sign onto a road in suburban Phoenix late Thursday and ordered him to pick it up, said Col. Frank Milstead, director of the Department of Public Safet
  
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• Female darts star beats a 2nd man at PDC World Championship

  21-12-2019 23:40
  
  LONDON (AP) — Female darts player Fallon Sherrock has caused another huge shock at the PDC World Championship.The 25-year-old Englishwoman has beaten another man at the sport’s flagship event, this time eliminating No. 11-ranked Mensur Suljovic with a 3-1 win in the second round on Saturday.On Tuesday, she became the first female player to beat a man at the world championship, defeating Ted Evetts 3-2.Sherrock c linched victory against Suljovic by hitting a bullseye. After being cong
  
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• PCSD investigating fatal shooting

  21-12-2019 21:20
  
  Pima County Sheriff's Dept. deputies are investigating a fatal shooting Saturday afternoon.Authorities say the shooting happened near the 5800 block of East Blackbrush around 11:40 a.m. Saturday.  PCSD officials say there are no outstanding suspects or threat to the public.We'll continue to update this story as we receive new information.
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• Tiffany & Co. bracelet dropped in Salvation Army kettle

  21-12-2019 20:26
  
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Salvation Army leaders in Maryland say a donor recently dropped thousands of dollars worth of jewelry in a red kettle.Capt. Ryan Vincent is commander of the Salvation Army in Annapolis. He tells the Capital Gazette everyone was shocked to find out the ring and two bracelets were real.
  One of the bracelets, a yellow-gold piece by Tiffany & Co., has been sold for $1,500. A gemologist will soon examine the ring and second bracelet that features diamonds and rubies to
  
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• New Zealanders hand in 50,000 guns after assault weapon ban

  21-12-2019 20:25
  
  WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand authorities said Saturday their country will be a safer place after owners handed in more than 50,000 guns during a buyback program following a ban on assault weapons. But critics say the process was flawed and many owners have illegally stashed their firearms.The government banned the most lethal types of semi-automatic weapons less than a month after a lone gunman in March killed 51 worshippers at two Christchurch mosques. The police then launched a
  
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• Detectives arrest two suspects in connection to shooting death of 17-year-old

  21-12-2019 19:01
  
  TUCSON— Tucson police have identified two suspects in the shooting death of 17-year-old David Ruggiero.
  According to Tucson Police Department, Ruggiero was found in the parking lot of 1600 N. Wilmot Rd. near Speedway Boulevard on Nov. 20 with signs of gunshot trauma.
  Despite the immediate rendering of first-aid, the
  17-year-old was pronounced dead at the sceneOn Dec. 6, investigators located and arrested 22-year-old
  Jose Manuel Aguirre in connection to the shooting.
  Detectives arrested 22-
  
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• 30-plus years of ‘Garfield’ comic strips to sell at auction

  21-12-2019 18:15
  
  DALLAS (AP) — Cartoonist
  Jim Davis is offering up more than 11,000 “Garfield” comic strips hand-drawn on
  paper in an auction that will stretch into the coming years, with at least a
  couple of strips featuring the always-hungry orange cat with a sardonic sense
  of humor available weekly.“There are just so many, and it was such a daunting task to
  figure what to do with them so that they could be out there where people enjoy
  them too,” said Davis, creator of the comic s
  
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• US heads to court to build Trump border wall in Texas

  21-12-2019 17:27
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Three years
  into Donald Trump’s presidency, the U.S. government is ramping up its efforts
  to seize private land in Texas to build a border wall.Trump’s signature campaign promise has consistently faced
  political, legal, and environmental obstacles in Texas, which has the largest
  section of the U.S.-Mexico border, most of it without fencing. And much of the
  land along the Rio Grande, the river that forms the border in Texas, is
  privately held and environmentally s
  
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• Rural Metro Fire responds to fire at Gadabout Salon on Grant near Wilmot

  21-12-2019 16:56
  
  TUCSON—Rural Metro Fire responded to a commercial building fire late Friday evening.Officials say around 9 p.m. they received multiple reports of smoke and flames coming from Gadabout Salon on Grant near Wilmot road. 
  Arriving crews found flames through the roof of the salon
  and were able to get the flames under control within 20 minutes.
  No injuries were reported.
  The cause of the fire is still under investigation.The post Rural Metro Fire responds to fire at Gadabout Salon on Grant
  
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• Rural Metro Fire responds to fire at Gadabout Salon

  21-12-2019 16:56
  
  TUCSON—Rural Metro Fire responded to a commercial building fire late Friday evening.Officials say around 9 p.m. they received multiple reports of smoke and flames coming from Gadabout Salon on Grant near Wilmot road. 
  Arriving crews found flames through the roof of the salon
  and were able to get the flames under control within 20 minutes.
  No injuries were reported.
  The cause of the fire is still under investigation.The post Rural Metro Fire responds to fire at Gadabout Salon appeared
  
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• 3 more die in India as death toll in clashes with police during protests against new citizenship law climbs to 17

  21-12-2019 09:48
  
  NEW DELHI (AP) — 3 more die in India as death toll in clashes with police during protests against new citizenship law climbs to 17.
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• Guitarist’s passion for music, kids intersects

  21-12-2019 06:37
  
  TUCSON - Internationally-known guitarist David Broza and his fellow musicians sing in English, Spanish, Hebrew and Arabic.
  However, it's what Broza's doing off stage that he hopes will change lives.Broza started the One Million Guitars Foundation.The project is a mission to gift children guitars and lessons in hopes of giving an outlet to younger generations who come from underprivileged homes.Broza has given out thousands of guitars to kids across the globe and in 43 states.
  Some children in Tu
  
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• Young philanthropist makes annual donation to Diamond Children’s Medical Center

  21-12-2019 06:09
  
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  TUCSON - A young boy named Garrett Tews has donated over 4,000 stuffed bears to Diamond Children's Medical Center over a span of eight years.Tews started the project Garrett's Bears in September 2013 to make sure that every pediatric room in the hospital would have a stuffed animal in time for Christmas.Tews hopes that the stuffed bears he donates comforts kids who are spending the holiday away from home.
  According to the Garrett's Bear Facebook page, Tews' mi
  
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• Local businesses team up for Tu Nidito donation drive

  21-12-2019 05:07
  
  TUCSON - Mr. An and Sam Levitz teamed up with other local businesses for a donation drive benefiting Tu Nidito Children & Family Services, hoping to raise $100,000 at Mr. An's restaurant on the northwest side on Friday.Sam Levitz of Sam Levitz Furniture wrote a check made payable to Tu Nidito for $10,000.
  Levitz said he donates to the cause every year because he enjoys doing it and because it's for the kids who need our support.
  Mr. An has been doing the drive for 30 years and he said that e
  
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• Local woman in wheelchair expresses concerns about midtown crosswalk

  21-12-2019 04:07
  
  TUCSON - A Tucson native named Jennifer Killion has been in a wheelchair for only two years and she has been noticing things around town lately that she had never thought about before.
  Killion recently wanted to use a crosswalk at Swan Road and Broadway Boulevard but the extended median forced her to exit the painted lines within the crosswalk."If you can walk, that's fine. You can step up," said Killion.
  "But for people like me in a wheelchair, I have to go out almost in traffic around it to cr
  
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• German shepherd in Phoenix is forever a puppy

  21-12-2019 03:30
  
  ANTHEM, Ariz. (KPNX) - You may have seen him on Instagram. He’s racked up more than 100,000 followers, and it’s no secret why.Ranger the German shepherd is forever a puppy – and he’s also a Valley native.His miniature size came as a surprise to his owners.“He still acts like a German Shepherd,” Darcy said.When Shelby and Darcy Mayo’s dad said he wanted a German shepherd, this isn’t quite what they were expecting.“He was actually the last one
  
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• Trump attacks ‘Christian Today’ after editorial calls for removal from office

  21-12-2019 01:55
  
  (NBC News)  An influential evangelical magazine founded by the Reverend Billy Graham has entered the impeachment debate.The editor of "Christianity Today" wrote the president should be removed from office."It's like we're blinking or winking or looking the other way when our president is doing things that are not merely unconstitutional, but blatantly immoral," editor-in-chief Mark Galli says. The president responded to the magazine in a tweet, writing "Christianity Today" is "a far le
  
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• Anchored in Tradition: Barbecue Pork

  21-12-2019 01:48
  
  Unmute__("Play", "storymate") 00:00News 4 Tucson's David Kelly makes Barbecue Pork.
  Ingredients:
  • Boston Butt or Pork Roast• Garlic Salt and Pepper• 1 bottle of Original Open Pit •
  1 bottle of KC Masterpiece
  Directions: Heavily season roast. Bake in shallow dish for 2-2:30 hours at 300 degrees. When done slice and mix with sauces. Cook for an additional 20-30 minutesThe post Anchored in Tradition: Barbecue Pork appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Graphic dashcam video capturing trooper-involved shooting released

  21-12-2019 01:47
  
  DISCLAIMER: This story and video contains graphic content that may not be suitable for all audiences. Viewer discretion is advised.TEMPE, Ariz. - An Arizona State Trooper was injured and one person was left dead in a trooper-involved shooting that occurred Thursday evening in Tempe.According to Arizona Department of Public Safety, a man, later identified as 25-year-old Mohamed Ahmed E. A. Al-Hashemi was approached by a DPS trooper after he allegedly knocked down a street sign into a roadway near
  
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• Adopt This Pet: Meet Snowball!

  21-12-2019 01:23
  
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  TUCSON- There is a new pet looking to be adopted.
  Snowball from the Humane Society of Southern ArizonaMeet Snowball! He is a mellow one-year-old bunny who loves treats and to be held. Snowball would make a great addition to a calm quite home where he could get plenty of love and attention.
  If you're interested in adopting Snowball, you can fall in love with him at the Humane Society of Southern Arizona’s Main Campus at 635 W. Roger Rd. You can also give
  
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• Junior Johnson, the North Carolina moonshine runner who went on to a NASCAR Hall of Fame racing career, has died at 88

  21-12-2019 00:51
  
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Junior Johnson, the North Carolina moonshine runner who went on to a NASCAR Hall of Fame racing career, has died at 88.
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• Former Yuma police officer arrested for sexual conduct with a minor while assigned as SRO

  21-12-2019 00:40
  
  Yuma Police Department via 12 NewsBobby Garcia
  YUMA, Ariz. (KPNX) - The Yuma Police Department confirmed one of its former officers was arrested Thursday for alleged sexual conduct with a minor while he was assigned as a neighborhood school resource officer. Yuma PD said an investigation began into Officer Bobby Garcia in May after a complaint was reported to police. The complaint stated the sexual misconduct took place between 2017 and 2018. Garcia was working as a neighborhood schoo
  
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• Missing mother of 3-week-old found dead in Texas

  21-12-2019 00:20
  
  (NBC News)  A body found in the trunk of a car outside of a Houston, Texas home is believed to be missing Austin mother Heidi Broussard.Authorities said Friday they were waiting on an autopsy before confirming the identity.A baby, believed to be Broussard's 3-week-old daughter, was found alive inside the home.While police in Austin won’t publicly name the suspect yet, jail records show a woman identified as Magen Fieramusca jailed on two counts of kidnapping and one count of tampering
  
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• Tucson Roadrunners Whiskey & Wings Ticket Giveaway

  21-12-2019 00:13
  
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• Nogales PD: Santa calls 911 for holiday emergency

  21-12-2019 00:12
  
  Nogales Police Department
  TUCSON - Nogales Police Department responded to a holiday emergency Friday afternoon after they received a report from Santa Claus that his stash of candy canes was running low.According to Nogales Police Department, Kris Kringle "dialed 911", requesting "back up at Karims Park." NPD said Old Saint Nick needed more candy canes to give to the good boys and girls that visited him at the Nogales park.Luckily for the top elf, NPD was able to team up with Walmart and come t
  
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