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• Hundreds of accused clergy left off church’s sex abuse lists

  28-12-2019 23:59
  
  Richard J. Poster served time for possessing child pornography, violated his probation by having contact with children, admitted masturbating in the bushes near a church school and in 2005 was put on a sex offender registry. And yet the former Catholic priest was only just this month added to a list of clergy members credibly accused of child sexual abuse — after The Associated Press asked why he was not included.Victims advocates had long criticized the Roman Catholic Church for not makin
  
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• US mass killings hit new high in 2019, most were shootings

  28-12-2019 23:54
  
  The first one occurred 19 days into the new year when a man used an ax to kill four family members including his infant daughter. Five months later, 12 people were killed in a workplace shooting in Virginia. Twenty-two more died at a Walmart in El Paso in August.A database compiled by The Associated Press, USA Today and Northeastern University shows that there were more mass killings in 2019 than any year dating back to at least the 1970s, punctuated by a chilling succession of deadly
  
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• Hard Freeze Warning issued December 28 at 3:06PM MST until December 29 at 9:00AM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  28-12-2019 23:06
  
  * WHAT…Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 28 are possible,although locations near washes and favored drainage areascould briefly drop into the middle 20s.* WHERE…Tohono O’odham Nation, Tucson Metro Area, SouthCentral Pinal County and Southeast Pinal County.* WHEN…From midnight to 9 AM MST Sunday.* IMPACTS…Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, othersensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoorplumbing.Take steps now to protect tender plants
  
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• Freeze Warning issued December 28 at 3:06PM MST until December 29 at 9:00AM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  28-12-2019 23:06
  
  * WHAT…Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 degrees areexpected.* WHERE…Western Pima County.* WHEN…From midnight to 9 AM MST Sunday.* IMPACTS…Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, othersensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoorplumbing.Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To preventfreezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they shouldbe wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that havein-ground sprink
  
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• Hard Freeze Warning issued December 28 at 2:49PM MST until December 29 at 9:00AM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ

  28-12-2019 22:49
  
  * WHAT…Temperatures in the upper 20s.* WHERE…Superior, Northwest Pinal County and West Pinal County.* WHEN…From midnight tonight to 9 AM MST Sunday.* IMPACTS…Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, othersensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoorplumbing.Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To preventfreezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they shouldbe wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that havein
  
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• Winter Weather Advisory issued December 28 at 2:48PM MST until December 28 at 6:00PM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ

  28-12-2019 22:48
  
  * WHAT…Periods of snow. Additional snow accumulations of 2 to 5inches.* WHERE…Southeast Gila County and Pinal/Superstition Mountains.* WHEN…Until 6 PM MST this evening.* IMPACTS…Plan on slippery road conditions.Slow down and use caution while traveling.The latest road conditions for the state you are calling from canbe obtained by calling 5 1 1.
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• Thai SEAL dies of blood infection a year after cave rescue of 12 boys

  28-12-2019 22:43
  
  BANGKOK — A Thai navy SEAL who was part of the dramatic rescue of 12 boys and their soccer coach from a flooded cave has died of a blood infection contracted during the risky operation, the Royal Thai Navy said.Petty Officer 1st Class Bayroot Pakbara was receiving treatment but his condition worsened after the infection spread into his blood, according to an announcement on the Thai navy SEAL’s Facebook page.He is the second navy diver who lost his life in the high-profile operation
  
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• DJ Don Imus, made and betrayed by his mouth, dead at 79

  28-12-2019 22:22
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Radio personality Don Imus, whose career was made and then undone by his acid tongue during a decades-long rise to stardom and an abrupt public plunge after a nationally broadcast racial slur, has died. He was 79.Imus died Friday morning at Baylor Scott and White Medical Center in College Station, Texas, after being hospitalized since Christmas Eve, according to a statement issued by his family. Deirdre, his wife of 25 years, and his son Wyatt, 21, were at his side, with hi
  
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• Official: Feds deny request to use border money for shelter

  28-12-2019 21:38
  
  TUCSON— The federal government has denied Pima County's request to use $200,000 of border security funding to help cover the costs of operating a humanitarian shelter for migrants, a county official said.
  County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry told the county Board of Supervisors in a memo Thursday that the denial cited a determination by federal officials that the proposed use of the money wouldn't benefit border security.The supervisors voted 3-2 in May to accept a $1.8 million Operatio
  
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• Husband: Louisiana sports reporter, daughter-in-law of an LSU college football coach, is one of 5 dead in plane crash

  28-12-2019 20:39
  
  Husband: Louisiana sports reporter, daughter-in-law of an LSU college football coach, is one of 5 dead in plane crash.
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• Hawaii tour helicopter crash kills 6; 1 missing

  28-12-2019 19:50
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — The search for the final person missing after a Hawaii tour helicopter crash killed six is expected to resume Saturday depending on weather, officials said.
  There are no indications that anybody survived the crash, authorities said Friday night after the remains of six of the people on board were found. Authorities have not named those on board and said families are being notified.
  The helicopter was set to tour the rugged and remote Kauai’s Na Pali Coast, which is on
  
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• Tennis great Serena Williams voted AP Female Athlete of the Decade

  28-12-2019 19:00
  
  Tennis great Serena Williams voted AP Female Athlete of the Decade.
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• Egyptian authorities say 22 people killed when minibus collides with truck on highway in Port Said in the north.

  28-12-2019 19:00
  
  Egyptian authorities say 22 people killed when minibus collides with truck on highway in Port Said in the north.
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• Report: Small plane crashes in Louisiana, five dead

  28-12-2019 18:54
  
  LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — Five people are dead after a small plane crashed near a post office in southern Louisiana on Saturday, authorities said.Lafayette Fire Chief Robert Benoit told KLFY-TV that the aircraft was an eight-passenger plane. He said there was one survivor in addition to the five fatalities. Three people on the ground were transported to the hospital. The report said a nearby Walmart store was evacuated as a precaution.Acadian Ambulance said via Twitter that it respon
  
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• Report: Fire official says 5 dead in small plane crash in Louisiana

  28-12-2019 18:03
  
  Report: Fire official says 5 dead in small plane crash inLouisiana.
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• Winter Weather Advisory issued December 28 at 9:48AM MST until December 28 at 6:00PM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ

  28-12-2019 17:48
  
  * WHAT…Periods of snow. Additional snow accumulations of 3 to 6inches.* WHERE…Southeast Gila County and Pinal/Superstition Mountains.* WHEN…Until 6 PM MST this evening.* IMPACTS…Plan on slippery road conditions.Slow down and use caution while traveling.The latest road conditions for the state you are calling from canbe obtained by calling 5 1 1.
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• Hard Freeze Warning issued December 28 at 9:46AM MST until December 29 at 9:00AM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ

  28-12-2019 17:46
  
  * WHAT…Temperatures in the upper 20s.* WHERE…Superior, Northwest Pinal County and West Pinal County.* WHEN…From midnight tonight to 9 AM MST Sunday.* IMPACTS…Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, othersensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoorplumbing.Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To preventfreezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they shouldbe wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that havein
  
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• Hard Freeze Warning issued December 28 at 7:57AM MST until December 29 at 9:00AM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ

  28-12-2019 15:57
  
  * WHAT…Temperatures in the upper 20s.* WHERE…Superior, Northwest Pinal County and West Pinal County.* WHEN…From midnight tonight to 9 AM MST Sunday.* IMPACTS…Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, othersensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoorplumbing.Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To preventfreezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they shouldbe wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that havein
  
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• Hard Freeze Warning issued December 28 at 3:45AM MST until December 29 at 9:00AM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ

  28-12-2019 11:45
  
  * WHAT…Temperatures in the upper 20s expected.* WHERE…Superior, Northwest Pinal County and West Pinal County.* WHEN…From midnight tonight to 9 AM MST Sunday.* IMPACTS…Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, othersensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoorplumbing.Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To preventfreezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they shouldbe wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those th
  
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• Winter Weather Advisory issued December 28 at 3:22AM MST until December 28 at 6:00PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  28-12-2019 11:22
  
  * WHAT…Scattered rain and snow showers will continue. Total snowaccumulations up to 3 inches in some locations. Winds gusting ashigh as 25 mph.* WHERE…Portions of southeast Arizona, including the cities ofOracle, Sierra Vista, Sonoita and Interstate 10 at TexasCanyon. This does not include the city of Tucson.* WHEN…Until 6 PM MST this evening.* IMPACTS…Plan on slippery road conditions. The hazardousconditions could impact the evening commute.Slow down and use caution
  
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• Hard Freeze Warning issued December 28 at 3:21AM MST until December 29 at 9:00AM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  28-12-2019 11:21
  
  * WHAT…Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 28 are possible,although locations near washes and favored drainage areas couldbriefly drop into the middle 20s.* WHERE…Tohono O’odham Nation, Tucson Metro Area, SouthCentral Pinal County and Southeast Pinal County.* WHEN…From midnight to 9 AM MST Sunday.* IMPACTS…Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, othersensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoorplumbing.Take steps now to protect tender plants
  
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• Freeze Warning issued December 28 at 3:21AM MST until December 29 at 9:00AM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  28-12-2019 11:21
  
  * WHAT…Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 degrees areexpected.* WHERE…Western Pima County.* WHEN…From midnight to 9 AM MST Sunday.* IMPACTS…Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, othersensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoorplumbing.Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To preventfreezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they shouldbe wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that havein-ground sprink
  
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• Hard Freeze Warning issued December 28 at 2:43AM MST until December 29 at 9:00AM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ

  28-12-2019 10:43
  
  * WHAT…Temperatures in the upper 20s expected.* WHERE…Superior, Northwest Pinal County and West Pinal County.* WHEN…From midnight tonight to 9 AM MST Sunday.* IMPACTS…Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, othersensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoorplumbing.Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To preventfreezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they shouldbe wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those th
  
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• Winter Weather Advisory issued December 28 at 2:39AM MST until December 28 at 6:00PM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ

  28-12-2019 10:39
  
  * WHAT…Periods of snow. Additional snow accumulations of 4 to6 inches.* WHERE…Southeast Gila County and Pinal/Superstition Mountains.* WHEN…Until 6 PM MST this evening.* IMPACTS…Plan on slippery road conditions.Slow down and use caution while traveling.The latest road conditions for the state you are calling from canbe obtained by calling 5 1 1.
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• Ambulance service director says death toll at least 61 after truck bombing in Somalia’s capital, with more than 50 hurt

  28-12-2019 09:46
  
  Ambulance service director says death toll at least 61 after truck bombing in Somalia’s capital, with more than 50 hurt.
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• Somalia government spokesman says death toll in a car bombing in Mogadishu is now at least 30 and likely will rise again

  28-12-2019 08:51
  
  Somalia government spokesman says death toll in a car bombing in Mogadishu is now at least 30 and likely will rise again.
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• GIRLS: Sahuaro setting the pace

  28-12-2019 08:34
  
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  TUCSON - MaxPreps says there is only one high school girls' basketball team in Arizona that is better than Sahuaro, but Conference 6A Surprise Valley Vista is not unbeaten like the Cougars.Sahuaro had a great opening day at the Flowing Wells Holiday Shootout commencing play with a 93-18 victory over Yuma Kofa and closing with a 69-48 win over Rincon-University.The Cougars (12-0) will face Georgtown (TX) in the tournament's marquee game on Saturday at 1:30.Sahu
  
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• Police officer says car bomb has exploded at busy checkpoint in Somalia’s capital, killing at least 5 people

  28-12-2019 07:10
  
  Police officer says car bomb has exploded at busy checkpoint in Somalia’s capital, killing at least 5 people.
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• Hawaii tour helicopter crash kills 6, leaves 1 missing

  28-12-2019 07:06
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — The search for the final person missing after a Hawaii tour helicopter crash killed six is expected to resume Saturday depending on weather, officials said.
  There are no indications that anybody survived the crash, authorities said Friday night after the remains of six of the people on board were found. Authorities have not named those on board and said families are being notified.
  The helicopter was set to tour the rugged and remote Kauai’s Na Pali Coast, which is on
  
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• Oracle businesses seeing more visitors as snow falls

  28-12-2019 05:21
  
  ORACLE, Ariz. - Snow in Oracle was a welcomed sight, not just for the residents but for Tucsonans who can't make it up to Mount Lemmon due to the road closure.Stacy Raneri and her husband, Dave, had been prepping and cooking since 4 a.m. on Friday, December 27."This is our rueben," said Raneri. "We do a homemade sauerkraut and a 10-day brined beef brisket to make corned beef."The couple owns and operates The Oracle Patio Cafe.They specialize in dishes made from scratch.
  During the winter, they t
  
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• Authorities say remains of six people have been found after Hawaii tour helicopter crash, no indication of survivors.

  28-12-2019 03:10
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — Authorities say remains of six people have been found after Hawaii tour helicopter crash, no indication of survivors.
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• Police say shooting inside suburban Denver mall kills 1 person, they’re looking for at least one suspect

  28-12-2019 02:34
  
  AURORA, Colo. (AP) — Police say shooting inside suburban Denver mall kills 1 person, they’re looking for at least one suspect.
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• Son: Jocelyn Burdick, first North Dakota woman to serve in US Senate, dies at age 97

  28-12-2019 01:47
  
  FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Son: Jocelyn Burdick, first North Dakota woman to serve in US Senate, dies at age 97.
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• Panel backs suspension of assessor in Arizona adoption case

  28-12-2019 01:47
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — The discovery of thousands of files related to an Arizona elected official's adoption business on a government laptop cemented a panel's decision Friday to uphold his suspension and push for his removal.Members of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors spoke with disgust at times about County Assessor Paul Petersen during a meeting in Phoenix.Content recovered on the laptop and noted in a report to the board included text messages of pregnant women being threatened when th
  
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• Oracle becomes Winter Wonderland thanks to Friday weather

  28-12-2019 01:23
  
  ORACLE, Ariz. – Residents in the town of Oracle woke up to a winter wonderland on Friday.Oracle is a 45-minute drive from Tucson and on Friday, it was a snow day mixed in with a little bit of rain.
  News 4 Tucson viewers in Oracle say they woke up to an inch of snow on Friday morning.Posted by Lupita Murillo on Friday, December 27, 2019
  Daniell Maestas said it was a
  stay inside kind of day.  News 4 Tucson caught up with her as she was
  renting movies for her children.Maestas said s
  
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• Tech Tips: Keeping New Year’s Goals

  28-12-2019 01:21
  
  TUCSON- The New Year is almost here.For most people, they make a new year's resolution, but keeping that goal can be challenging. News 4 Tucson's tech contributor Quincey Hobbs takes a closer look at some new technology to help you stick to those resolutions.The post Tech Tips: Keeping New Year’s Goals appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Wreckage found of Hawaii tour helicopter carrying 7

  28-12-2019 01:16
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — The wreckage of a helicopter carrying seven people to one of the most rugged and remote coastlines in Hawaii was found Friday in a mountainous area on the island of Kauai, authorities said.Officials said in a news release that they’re sending additional resources and searching for possible survivors of the crash.Searchers began looking for the helicopter carrying a pilot and six passengers after it was reported overdue from a tour of Kauai’s Na Pali Coast on Thu
  
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• Radio legend Don Imus dies at age 79

  28-12-2019 00:15
  
  COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) - Disc jockey Don Imus, whose career was made and then undone by his acid tongue during a decades-long rise to radio stardom and an abrupt public plunge after a nationally broadcast racial slur, has died . He was 79.Imus died Friday morning at Baylor Scott and White Medical Center in College Station, Texas, after being hospitalized since Christmas Eve, according to a statement issued by his family. Deirdre, his wife of 25 years, and his son Wyatt, 21, were at his side
  
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• Navy SEALs describe Edward Gallagher as ‘evil’ in leaked videos

  28-12-2019 00:07
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Navy SEALs described their platoon leader, retired Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher, as “evil,” “toxic” and “perfectly OK with killing anybody that was moving,” in video footage of interviews obtained by The New York Times.Gallagher’s war crimes case earlier this year gained national attention after President Donald Trump intervened on his behalf despite strong objections from Pentagon leaders who said the president&r
  
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• Family says disc jockey Don Imus, whose career was made and then undone by his acid tongue, has died at age 79

  28-12-2019 00:07
  
  COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Family says disc jockey Don Imus, whose career was made and then undone by his acid tongue, has died at age 79.
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