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• Texas woman who drove to Mexico to help migrants released after detention

  25-12-2019 23:06
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas woman who drove to Mexico to deliver Christmas gifts to a sprawling refugee camp housing people waiting for U.S. court dates said Wednesday she was detained by authorities there for two days.Anamichelle Castellano said she and another volunteer for her nonprofit group were stopped Monday at a bridge crossing from Brownsville, Texas, to Matamoros, Mexico. She said authorities discovered a small box of ammunition inside the car she was driving, which she said was left
  
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• Suspected porch pirates arrested for swiping more than 100 packages

  25-12-2019 22:55
  
  DURHAM, Calif. (AP) — Northern California authorities may have helped save the holidays for dozens of people by arresting two people who allegedly swiped more than 100 packages and letters from mailboxes.Shortly before 2 a.m. Monday, a Butte County sheriff’s sergeant answered a report of a man possibly stealing mail in Durham, a tiny rural community north of Sacramento, authorities said Tuesday.The sergeant spotted a car matching the description of the suspect and tried to catch the
  
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• House fire on southwest side displaces man, 2 dogs

  25-12-2019 22:14
  
  TUCSON - A man and his two dogs were displaced after a fire burned a residence on the southwest side Christmas morning.According to officials,Drexel Heights Fire District crews were dispatched to a home at 4141 S. Avenida Don Felipe near Camino De Oeste and Ajo Way in reference to a fire.
  Authorities say the fire, which is believed to have started in a bedroom, spread throughout the attic.The resident was identified as a man in his 50s. He and his dogs were able to escape the blaze uninjured, ac
  
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• Anonymous angel donates $1.5K in gold coins to Salvation Army

  25-12-2019 20:54
  
  (WJFW/NBC News)  The Salvation Army says there's an angel living in the small town of Antigo, Wisconsin. Someone left ten gold coins in their red kettle outside a Fleet Farm store earlier last week. The gold coins are valued at more than $1,500."This is a community that is very giving, but it also has a lot of needs. This donation will end up going a long way to help some folks get their needs met this coming year," says Salvation Army Kettle Coordinator Cavan Kelly.Read more:&nbs
  
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• GOP senator ‘disturbed’ by McConnell’s remark on impeachment of Trump

  25-12-2019 20:48
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a Republican from Alaska, said she was disturbed to hear Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell say there would be “total coordination” between the White House and the Senate over the upcoming presidential impeachment trial.“And in fairness, when I heard that I was disturbed,” Murkowski told KTUU Tuesday before saying there should be distance between the White House and the Senate in how the trial is condu
  
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• Allee Willis, songwriter of ‘Friends’ theme song dies at 72

  25-12-2019 20:42
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) - Allee Willis, a songwriter whose work included the Broadway musical "The Color Purple" as well as the theme song from the TV show "Friends" and Earth, Wind & Fire's "September," has died. She was 72.The cause of death Tuesday was a cardiac event, her publicist, Ellyn Solis, told The New York Times.The Times did not specify where she died, though she had been living in Los Angeles. The Associated Press could not immediately reach Solis.Willis was inducted into the Songwrite
  
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• Hero of NC shooting earns rank of Jedi Master by Lucasfilm

  25-12-2019 20:34
  
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina college student hailed by police as a hero for preventing more injuries and deaths after a gunman opened fire in a classroom has now been immortalized as a Jedi by the production company for the Star Wars franchise.News outlets report the family of Riley Howell, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte student who is described as a huge Star Wars fan, was tipped off by Lucasfilm, in May that it planned to honor him in a forthcoming book, "Star Wars: T
  
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• Special Weather Statement issued December 25 at 11:43AM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ

  25-12-2019 19:43
  
  At 1142 AM MST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7miles southeast of Florence Junction, or 11 miles southwest ofSuperior, moving northeast at 35 mph.Pea size hail will be possible with this storm.Locations impacted include…Superior, Florence Junction, Queen Valley and Boyce ThompsonArboretum.This includes the following highways…US Highway 60 between mile markers 210 and 232.AZ Route 79 between mile markers 142 and 150.AZ Route 177 between mile markers 159 and 167. T
  
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• Trumps wish Americans ‘Merry Christmas’ from private club in Florida

  25-12-2019 19:39
  
  PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump are wishing Americans a Merry Christmas as they celebrate the holiday with their family in Florida."The president and I want to wish each and every American a very merry Christmas," the first lady said in a video message recorded at the White House and released Wednesday. "We say a special prayer for those military service members stationed far from home and we renew our hope for peace among nations and joy to the world,
  
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• PCSD: Vulnerable adult located after reported missing on northwest side

  25-12-2019 18:31
  
  TUCSON - Pima County Sheriff's Department has located a missing vulnerable adult who was last seen on Tucson's northwest side Wednesday morning.Wednesday morning, PCSD received a reported that a 70-year-old Carol Greta was last seen at 8 a.m. near the 7700 block of North Hopdown Avenue on foot. Officials say she was last seen wearing light-colored leggings, an orange shirt and a green jacket or sweater.Greta was described as a five-foot, five-inch-tall woman with brown eyes and brown hair with r
  
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• PCSD: Missing vulnerable adult last seen on northwest side

  25-12-2019 18:31
  
  TUCSON - Pima County Sheriff's Department is on the lookout for a vulnerable adult who was last seen on Tucson's northwest side.According to PCSD, 70-year-old Carol Greta was last seen at 8 a.m. near the 7700 block of North Hopdown Avenue on foot.Officials say she was wearing light-colored leggings, an orange shirt and a green jacket or sweater.Greta was described as a five-foot, five-inch-tall woman with brown eyes and brown hair with red highlights. She was said to weigh 170 pounds.Anyone with
  
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• Remains of US soldier killed in Afghanistan returned to US

  25-12-2019 18:19
  
  DOVER, Del. (AP) — The remains of a 33-year-old American soldier killed in combat in Afghanistan have been returned to the United States, arriving at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware.Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Goble of Washington Township, New Jersey, was killed Monday in a roadside bombing in northern Kunduz province. The Taliban has claimed they were behind the attack.Goble was assigned to 1st Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. The Pentagon has
  
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• Isolated rain / snow showers today!

  25-12-2019 13:26
  
  TUCSON - Merry Christmas! Isolated rain for valley locations with isolated snow showers in the mountains, otherwise partly cloudy and cool! Another winter storm will impacts us late Thursday and Friday!Christmas: Isolated rain/snow showers and cool, otherwise partly cloudy (20%)! High: 59°Tonight: Clouds decrease and cold. Low: 38°Tomorrow: Beautiful day with a mix of sun and clouds. Rain likely late (60%)! High: 62°Isolated showers are possible today otherwise partly cloud
  
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• Christmas Climatology

  25-12-2019 13:00
  
  TUCSON - Merry Christmas! Below is a look at our average high/low on Christmas as well as record values!On average, our high temperature is 64° on Christmas day and the average low is 39°. Today's forecasted high is 59° and the forecasted low is 38°. As a result, we'll be slightly below average for the high and low temperature.
  Luckily, we'll be nowhere near the record values! The warmest high temperatures on Christmas was in 1933 where we hit 82°! The coldest overnight low w
  
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• Local family hoping to find owners of lost Christmas present

  25-12-2019 06:56
  
  TUCSON - Megan Finnegan is trying to make sure someone's missing gift is delivered by Christmas day after finding it at the intersection of La Cañada Drive and Magee Road."Right in the middle between the center lines right there for anybody to hit it and thankfully so far till we got there everybody was swerving around it whatever they could to not hit it," said Finnegan.Megan and her husband found an American Girl doll and all they want to do is get it back to where it belongs after goin
  
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• Winterhaven Wishing Tree tradition marks 20 years

  25-12-2019 06:46
  
  TUCSON - The home of the Wishing Tree on Christmas Avenue that participates in Winterhaven marks its 20th year carrying out its special holiday tradition.
  Bill and Kathleen Bethel's home is where people of all ages come by to place their their written wish for Christmas or the year ahead on the Wishing Tree.
  The tree started off as a visionary for their daughter's science project who wanted to find out if humans are more altruistic or more materialistic."It's the power of the people stopping tha
  
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• I-10 eastbound reopened after crash near Vail

  25-12-2019 05:49
  
  TUCSON - The eastbound lane on Interstate 10 has reopened after it was closed due to a crash near Vail, Ariz. on Tuesday night, according the Arizona Department of Transportation.-:¦:- UPDATE -:¦:- The freeway has reopened; the right lane is blocked at the scene. #aztraffic #Tucson https://t.co/8DcpG4mIbi— Arizona DOT (@ArizonaDOT) December 25, 2019
  The right lane of the freeway is blocked at the scene of the accident.
  ADOT advised that drivers would need to detour via SR 83,
  
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• AZDOT: I-10 eastbound reopened after crash near Vail

  25-12-2019 05:49
  
  TUCSON - The eastbound lane on Interstate 10 has reopened after it was closed due to a crash near Vail, Ariz. on Tuesday night, according the Arizona Department of Transportation.-:¦:- UPDATE -:¦:- The freeway has reopened; the right lane is blocked at the scene. #aztraffic #Tucson https://t.co/8DcpG4mIbi— Arizona DOT (@ArizonaDOT) December 25, 2019
  The right lane of the freeway is blocked at the scene of the accident.
  ADOT advised that drivers would need to detour via SR 83,
  
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• Salvation Army to host annual Christmas meal for the community

  25-12-2019 05:38
  
  TUCSON - The Salvation Army is hosting a Christmas meal for the community at the Tucson Convention Center on Wednesday.
  The event will take place at the TCC located at 260 S. Church Ave from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.More than 200 local volunteers will help to prepare and cook the traditional Christmas meal including turkeys, hams and holiday sides, according to the organization.
  The guests will be entertained by the singing and dancing group, Kids Unlimited, while they enjoy their meal.Donations are sti
  
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• Anonymous person donates a variety of handmade Christmas gifts to PACC

  25-12-2019 04:00
  
  TUCSON - Pima Animal Care Center posted a tweet of appreciation to an anonymous person who donated over 100 handmade items for the residents of the shelter on Tuesday.
  The person donated 50 handmade doggie sweaters, 50 handmade toys and 100 handmade stockings that each have a handmade toy inside them.For those who are also looking to support to PACC, you can do so by clicking here!Thank you to the anonymous person who donated 50 handmade doggie sweaters, 50 handmade toys, & 100 HANDMADE stoc
  
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• Major traffic delays on I-10, near Vail

  25-12-2019 03:36
  
  VAIL, Ariz - The eastbound lanes of Interstate 10 are closed due to a crash at milepost 284, just east of the State Route 83 junction, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation on Tuesday evening.
  UPDATE: I-10 EB remains closed at Vail due to a crash. EB traffic will need to detour via SR 83, SR 82 and SR 90 through Sonoita, Whetstone and Benson. #aztraffic pic.twitter.com/rQw2k6JG6s— Arizona DOT (@ArizonaDOT) December 25, 2019
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• Newborns in New Mexico hospital dressed as stockings

  25-12-2019 03:18
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Christmas came early for some parents at Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico on Christmas Eve on Tuesday.
  The hospital welcomed six new newborns before the Christmas holiday.
  Volunteers provided hand-made stockings and crocheted caps for the "Santa babies."
  The stockings have been a well-known tradition for 40 years at the New Mexico hospital, making baby's first Christmas memorable for all.The post Newborns in New Mexico hospital dressed as stockings appeared fi
  
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• New video shows questioning of admitted Nogales officer killer

  25-12-2019 02:59
  
  NOGALES, Ariz. - Admitted cop killer David Murillo is seen in a newly released video, detailing his violent crime spree.
  The video is dated Friday, April 27, 2018.
  It’s the same day Murillo shot and killed Nogales Police Officer Jesus Cordova.
  Murillo’s crime spree began with the carjacking of a taxi driver.
  During Murillo's questioning, he told authorities he’d recently been fired by his employer and needed money and transportation.
  The newly released records
  include a police
  
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• Adopt This Pet: Meet Jake!

  25-12-2019 01:12
  
  Jake the dog at the Humane Society of Southern ArizonaThere is a another pet looking for a forever home.Meet Jake! He is a sweet playful four-year-old boy at the Humane Society of Southern Arizona. Jake's dream family would love to play fetch with him and go on regular walks.If you are interested in adopting Jake, you can visit him at Humane Society of Southern Arizona’s Main Campus at 635 W. Roger Rd. You can also give an adoption counselor a call at 520-327-6088 ext.173.
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• Local Mexican eatery to host 2nd fundraiser after donations for woman’s kidney transplant stolen

  25-12-2019 00:18
  
  TUCSON - A brazen thief stole a bucket of money from a local Mexican restaurant. According to restaurant officials, that money was raised for one of their cooks whose wife needs a kidney transplant.Fourth months ago, the wife of Taco Giro employee Antonio Aguirre was told she was in need of a kidney transplant after doctors discovered one of her kidneys failed and the other was only working at five percent.Aguirre said despite discovering that Rosa Mora's sister was a perfect match for a kidney
  
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• Trump: North Korea planning to give him a ‘nice present’ for Christmas

  25-12-2019 00:09
  
  PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - President Donald Trump said Tuesday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may be planning to give him "a nice present" such as a "beautiful vase" for Christmas rather than a missile launch.The president was asked what he will do if North Korea does conduct a long-range missile test.
  The North has threatened to take unspecified action if sanctions are not eased by the end of the year, and speculation has centered on the possibility of a new missile test, possibly of an inte
  
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• Trump: North Korea planning ‘nice present’ for Christmas

  25-12-2019 00:09
  
  PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - President Donald Trump said Tuesday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may be planning to give him "a nice present" such as a "beautiful vase" for Christmas rather than a missile launch.The president was asked what he will do if North Korea does conduct a long-range missile test.
  The North has threatened to take unspecified action if sanctions are not eased by the end of the year, and speculation has centered on the possibility of a new missile test, possibly of an inte
  
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