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• Community input needed for Parks & Rec future projects in Oro Valley

  15-01-2020 23:51
  
  TUCSON - The Town of Oro Valley seeks input from residents about future projects their Department of Oro Valley Parks and Recreation should tackle.As part of the Town Council's Strategic Plan for the next two fiscal years, the town plans to perform a comprehensive, community-wide needs assessment in regards to what projects it should take on in regards to its community facilities such as parks, trails and fitness clubs.To gather this information, the town has also created a website, planyourpark
  
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• Soldier who died after incident during free-fall training near Eloy identified

  15-01-2020 23:43
  
  ELOY, Ariz. — Editor's note: The above video is from a Jan. 14 newscast. A U.S. Army Special Operations Command soldier died as a result of an incident that happened during military free-fall training near Eloy on Tuesday, according to an Army spokesperson. The soldier was identified on Wednesday as 36-year-old Master Sgt. Nathan Goodman of Hope Mills, North Carolina.“Nathan was a beloved member of 3rd Special Forces Group and an exceptional leader in the Special Opera
  
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• District attorney says Houston-area student mistakenly killed his friend in high school’s ROTC room

  15-01-2020 23:11
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — District attorney says Houston-area student mistakenly killed his friend in high school’s ROTC room.
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• CBP: Five arrested, $2M worth of drugs seized in three separate incidents

  15-01-2020 22:38
  
  TUCSON - About $2 million worth of drugs were seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in three different incidents at the Arizona-Mexico border Monday.According to CBP, the first incident occurred at the Port of Lukeville. Officials say a two Phoenix residents were taken into custody after a CBP narcotics detection canine alerted the officers to 465 pounds of methamphetamine worth $767,000, 2 pounds of heroin worth $21,000, about 51 pounds of has oil worth $923,000 and three pounds
  
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• Police ID victim in northwest side shooting

  15-01-2020 22:10
  
  Authorities identified one of the victims in Sunday’s northwest side shooting.
  Pima County Sheriff’s Department says Adolph Mincy, 27, was
  found dead at an apartment complex in the 7300 block of N. Mona Lisa Road.
  PCSD says when deputies arrived, they found two men
  suffering from gunshot wounds. They were transported to the hospital. No word
  yet on their conditions.At around 4:40 a.m. on Monday, deputies found a third person, later identified as Mincy, at the apartment complex. 
  
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• Tucson woman sentenced to prison for impersonating immigration attorney, ICE agent

  15-01-2020 21:47
  
  TUCSON – A Tucson woman was sentenced Tuesday to 18 months in prison for impersonating an immigration attorney and claiming to work for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
  Officials say Elvira Contreras, 38, impersonated local immigration attorney Doralina Luna.
  According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of
  Arizona, Contreras would either say she was an ICE agent or that she was an
  immigration attorney to defraud undocumented immigrants.
  She told victims she could help
  
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• Sheriff ID deceased driver in police chase

  15-01-2020 21:29
  
  According to the Pima County Sheriff’s Department, 52-year-old Brian Hieb died at the scene of a collision on North La Cañada and West Emerine Drive after fleeing from a traffic stop Tuesday night.Around 9:46 p.m. the night of Jan. 14, sheriff’s deputies attempted to initiate a traffic stop at La Cañada Drive and West River Road.…
  
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• Man asks judge’s leave for sword battle with ex-wife, lawyer

  15-01-2020 21:10
  
  HARLAN, Iowa (AP) - A Kansas man has asked an Iowa judge to let him engage in a sword fight with his ex-wife and her attorney so that he can "rend their souls" from their bodies.David Ostrom, 40, of Paola, Kansas, said in a Jan. 3 court filing that his former wife, Bridgette Ostrom, 38, of Harlan, Iowa, and her attorney, Matthew Hudson, had "destroyed (him) legally." The Ostroms have been embroiled in disputes over custody and visitation issues and property tax payments.The judge had the power t
  
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• Claytoon of the Day: Fun With White People

  15-01-2020 20:30
  
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• Military officials: 3 in custody after live mortar round found in their vehicle at gate to Pearl Harbor base

  15-01-2020 20:15
  HONOLULU (AP) — Military officials: 3 in custody after live mortar round found in their vehicle at gate to Pearl Harbor base.
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• MLB could fight tech with more tech to stop sign stealing

  15-01-2020 20:14
  
  PHOENIX - If Major League Baseball really wants to stop its teams from electronically stealing signs, it might consider fighting technology with more technology.In a sport that's increasingly driven by
  analytics and advancements, the majority of signs between players and coaches
  are still transmitted by low-tech hand signals that have been used for decades.
  Those hand signals are easily captured by the loads of video equipment around
  MLB stadiums that are used for television, replays and all kin
  
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• House votes to send impeachment against Trump to Senate for trial

  15-01-2020 20:03
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. House voted Wednesday to send two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate and approve House prosecutors for only the third impeachment trial in American history.
  The nearly party-line vote moved Trump's impeachment from Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Democratic-run House to the Republican-majority Senate, where Trump expects acquittal, even as new evidence is raising fresh questions about his Ukraine dealings.The vote was 228-193, coming at the sta
  
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• Virginia moves to brink of becoming crucial 38th state to pass Equal Rights Amendment, but it may be too late

  15-01-2020 19:37
  
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia moves to brink of becoming crucial 38th state to pass Equal Rights Amendment, but it may be too late.
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• Rep. Kirkpatrick to receive treatment for ‘alcohol dependence’ after serious fall

  15-01-2020 19:30
  
  Gage SkidmoreU.S. Congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick speaking with supporters at an Arizona Women for Hillary happy hour event at El Portal in Phoenix, Arizona.
  TUCSON - Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick announced Monday that she will be taking aleave of absence from her congressional duties to receive treatment for alcohol dependence.According to the statement, Kirkpatrick decided to receive medical treatment after a serious fall last week. Arizona's second district congresswoman cited alcohol dependence as the
  
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• Virginia House votes to ratify ERA; Senate expected to follow later Wednesday

  15-01-2020 19:14
  
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia House votes to ratify ERA; Senate expected to follow later Wednesday.
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• Congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick Says She's Taking Leave of Office To Enter Alcohol Recovery Treatment

  15-01-2020 19:01
  
  Congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick announced today she was taking a leave of absence from the office to enter treatment for alcohol addiction.“Beginning next week, I will receive treatment that I have struggled to ask for, to treat my alcohol dependence,” said Kirkpatrick in a prepared statement.Kirkpatrick, 69, said the decision was precipitated by a serious fall that will require physical therapy.Kirkpatrick is up for reelection following her first term representing Southern Arizona&rsq
  
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• Democratic US Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick of Arizona says she’s taking time off to treat alcoholism after “serious” fall

  15-01-2020 19:00
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Democratic US Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick of Arizona says she’s taking time off to treat alcoholism after “serious” fall.
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• Private prisons might be winners if Arizona closes lockup that’s older than the state

  15-01-2020 18:59
  
  By: Brahm Resnik
  Gov. Doug Ducey wants to close the 112-year-old state prison in Florence - a prison that's older than the state itself.The unanswered question: Where would the nearly 4,000 inmates go?BACKGROUND
  The governor revealed the planned shutdown Monday during his "State of the State" speech.Florence was the successor to Arizona's territorial prison in Yuma as the state prison and the site of every execution for a century.Barrett Marson, a former prisons spokesman, described the main Fl
  
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• Tennessee sheriff’s spokesman says law enforcement is responding to an active shooter at McGhee Tyson airbase

  15-01-2020 18:35
  
  ALCOA, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee sheriff’s spokesman says law enforcement is responding to an active shooter at McGhee Tyson airbase.
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• Missing silverware? TPD hopes to reunite antique utensils with rightful owners

  15-01-2020 18:06
  
  TUCSON – Tucson Police Department is asking for the public’s
  help in locating the owners of a collection of sterling silverware.
  On a Facebook post, the department says the silverware
  appears to be stolen. The pieces are believed to be from the 19th or
  early 20th century.
  TPD says the items have several identifiable inscriptions.
  Anyone with information is urged to call Det. Caccavale at 520.539-9849.The Tucson Police Department has recently obtained a variety of sterling silverware
  
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• Bonnie Schock Named Executive Director At Fox Theatre

  15-01-2020 17:51
  
  Hailing from the Sheldon Theatre of Performing Arts in Red Wing, Minnesota, Bonnie Schock was selected to lead the Fox Theatre.…
  
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• Federal judge blocks administration from enforcing order allowing state, local officials to reject resettling refugees

  15-01-2020 17:49
  GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — Federal judge blocks administration from enforcing order allowing state, local officials to reject resettling refugees.
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• Iran warns Europe of danger after diplomat says officials ‘lied’ on crash

  15-01-2020 17:42
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's president warned Wednesday that European soldiers in the Mideast "could be in danger" after three nations challenged Tehran over breaking the limits of its nuclear deal. Tehran's top diplomat meanwhile acknowledged that Iranians "were lied to" for days following the Islamic Republic's accidental shoot down of a Ukrainian jetliner that killed 176 people.President Hassan Rouhani's remarks in a televised Cabinet meeting represent the first direct threat he's made to Europ
  
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• Iran commander suggests US to blame for Ukrainian plane crash

  15-01-2020 17:42
  TEHRAN, Iran (NBC News/AP) - A top Iranian commander suggests the u-s was to blame for the downed Ukrainian passenger jet knocked out of the sky by Iran's military.According to NBC, wreckage of the jet landed outside Tehran after it was hit by at least one missile last Wednesday.Iran
  said three days later that it was unintentionally targeted by Iranian forces just
  after takeoff from Tehran.The attack killed all 176 people
  aboard.It came after Iran launched missiles against u-s military
  bases in
  
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• $2.1M gene therapy treatment could save 4-month-old’s life

  15-01-2020 17:26
  
  (WTHR/NBC News)  An Indiana infant has received a multi-million dollar gene therapy treatment that could save his life.4-month-old Anthony Schmitz has spent his entire life on a ventilator in intensive care at Riley Hospital for Children.  He suffers from Spinal Muscular Atrophy.Zolgensma is a prescription gene therapy that costs $2.1 million for the one-time dose.Indiana Medicaid first rejected the treatment for Schmitz because he was on a ventilator but gave approval on appeal."Early
  
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• The Kremlin says President Vladimir Putin has named Tax Service chief Mikhail Mishustin as Russia’s new prime minister.

  15-01-2020 17:16
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin says President Vladimir Putin has named Tax Service chief Mikhail Mishustin as Russia’s new prime minister.
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• Feds: Avenatti arrested for violating terms of bail for allegedly committing new crimes while awaiting two trials

  15-01-2020 16:39
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Feds: Avenatti arrested for violating terms of bail for allegedly committing new crimes while awaiting two trials.
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• Warren makes debate case: Democratic woman can beat Trump

  15-01-2020 15:59
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Elizabeth Warren made a forceful case for a female president and stood behind her accusation suggesting sexism by progressive rival Bernie Sanders in a Democratic debate that raised gender as a key issue in the sprint to Iowa's presidential caucuses.
  Sanders vehemently denied Warren's accusation, which threatened to split the Democratic Party's left flank -- as well as the senators' longtime liberal alliance -- at a critical moment less than three weeks before voting begi
  
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• Democrats disclose new documents ahead of impeachment trial

  15-01-2020 15:42
  
  By MARY CLARE JALONICK and ERIC TUCKERWASHINGTON (AP) - House Democrats have released documents they obtained from a close associate of President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, including a handwritten note that mentions asking Ukraine's president to investigate "the Biden case."The documents, obtained from Lev Parnas as part of the impeachment investigation, show Parnas communicating with Giuliani before the removal of Marie Yovanovitch, who was the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. A m
  
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• Delay over, House to send articles of impeachment to Senate

  15-01-2020 14:42
  
  By LISA MASCAROWASHINGTON (AP) - The House is set to vote Wednesday to send the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate for a landmark trial on whether the charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress are grounds for his removal.Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans a morning announcement to name the House managers who will prosecute the case, a month after the House voted to impeach Trump. At midday, the House will vote to send the impeachment articles to the Senate,
  
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• US wholesale prices up slight 0.1% in December as energy increase offset by food drop

  15-01-2020 14:32
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — US wholesale prices up slight 0.1% in December as energy increase offset by food drop.
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• The Tass news agency says Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has given his resignation to President Vladimir Putin.

  15-01-2020 14:32
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — The Tass news agency says Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has given his resignation to President Vladimir Putin.
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• Rain and snow returns tomorrow!

  15-01-2020 13:03
  
  TUCSON - Another warm afternoon with a mix of sun and clouds! Temperatures drop tomorrow and Friday as a weather system brings cooler air, valley rain and high elevation snow!Today: Warm with a mix of sun and clouds. High: 74°Tonight: Mostly cloudy with a slight chance for rain (10%). Low: 50°Tomorrow: Isolated to scattered showers (50%). High: 67°Temperatures continue to warm by a degree or two more this afternoon with highs in the low to mid 70s and then a weath
  
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• Iran’s state-run media say British ambassador to Iran leaves the country after being arrested and briefly detained

  15-01-2020 10:29
  
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s state-run media say British ambassador to Iran leaves the country after being arrested and briefly detained.
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• Driver dies after crash while fleeing traffic stop

  15-01-2020 10:07
  
  A chase that broke out after a car fled from a traffic stop ended with a crash that killed the driver on the Northwest side on Tuesday night.At around 9:46 p.m., Foothills deputies attempted to pull the car over for a traffic stop at La Canada Drive and River Road, according to the Pima County Sheriff's Department. The driver did not stop and fled northbound on La Canada Drive.The driver continued north on La Canada before sideswiping a car at the intersection of La Canada and Emerine Drive, nea
  
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• Things to Do, Wednesday, Jan. 15

  15-01-2020 09:00
  
  Wine Dinner at Romano’s Macaroni Grill. Romano’s is toasting the new year by reimagining some of their most beloved dishes in a four-course meal, each dish paired with an international wine. Courses include toasted cheese ravioli or formaggio garlic bruschetta, paired with Chloe Rose; roasted rosemary potato soup or arugula caprese salad paired with Benziger Chardonnay; short rib ravioli cacciatore or wild mushroom chicken fettuccine alfredo paired with Trapiche Malbec; and somehow e
  
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• Iran’s president says European soldiers in Mideast ‘may be in danger’ after 3 nations challenge Tehran over nuclear deal

  15-01-2020 08:56
  
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s president says European soldiers in Mideast ‘may be in danger’ after 3 nations challenge Tehran over nuclear deal.
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• Iranian foreign minister says protests erupted because people were ‘lied to’ about the cause of a commercial plane crash

  15-01-2020 08:19
  
  NEW DELHI (AP) — Iranian foreign minister says protests erupted because people were ‘lied to’ about the cause of a commercial plane crash.
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• Iran’s foreign minister speaking in India says U.S. arrogance has fueled ‘mayhem’ in the Middle East

  15-01-2020 08:15
  
  NEW DELHI (AP) — Iran’s foreign minister speaking in India says U.S. arrogance has fueled ‘mayhem’ in the Middle East.
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• Arizona state senator pulls controversial bill

  15-01-2020 06:52
  
  TUCSON - State Senate Education Chair Sylvia Allen now says she won't advance Senate Bill 1082.A piece of legislation that would not allow Arizona's public
  schools to teach sex education until seventh grade.  First reports also said Allen wanted to strip the word
  'homosexuality' from any sex-ed discussion in the classroom.But Tuesday the senator says that's not true.“We want to stand up for our children, what we think is right for
  our children, instead it becomes about Sylvia Allen is
  
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• $30,000 donated to local veterans

  15-01-2020 06:48
  
  TUCSON - Veterans and active military groups in Southern Arizona received a major donation from a local organization on Tuesday, January 14.The Assenmacher Family donated $20,000 to Empower Tucson.Empower Tucson raised an additional $10,000 through The Tucson Beefsteak Dinner.All that money will be donated to local organizations that help veterans.Over the past four years, Empower Tucson has raised about $700,000 for local charities.
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• Details for DUI arrest of former Justice of the Peace released

  15-01-2020 06:35
  
  ORO VALLEY, Ariz. - Former Justice of the Peace Lisa Royal was arrested for a DUI the morning of Jan. 1.Royal, who is currently the Pima County Court Administrator, was pulled over just after 1 a.m. on New Year's Day for having a headlight out.
  When the arresting officer asked for her drivers license, Royal initially handed him her credit card.Royal was pulled over near the intersection of La Cañada Drive and Orange Grove Road.According to the report, Royal admitted to drinking two beers
  
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• PCSD: Vehicle collision at northwest intersection, traffic delayed

  15-01-2020 06:16
  
  TUCSON - The Pima County Sheriff's Department is currently on scene at a vehicle collision at the intersection of La Cañada Drive and Magee Road on Tuesday night.
  PCSD says traffic will will be delayed as the entire intersection will be shut down while deputies investigate the collision. 
  Motorists are asked to find alternate routes if traveling in the area.Details limited at this time. Stay with News 4 to find out more information on this story.The post PCSD: Vehicle collision
  
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• DIGGING DEEPER: Families mourn victims of Oro Valley crash

  15-01-2020 05:57
  
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  ORO VALLEY, Ariz. - A horrific crash took the lives of two young people on Nov. 13, 2019.It happened at Shannon Road and Saguaro Divide.
  The Digging Deeper Team uncovered documents that indicated the driver who caused the traffic collision may have been texting.For the first time since that crash, News 4 Tucson was able to speak to the families of Caitlyn Festerling and Paul Garcia.Purple and yellow were Caitlyn’s favorite color. So, her family had brace
  
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• DNA links Wisconsin “John Doe” to ancestors from Sonora, Mexico

  15-01-2020 05:49
  
  KENOSHA COUNTY, Wis. - DNA information is suggesting an unidentified man found in Wisconsin in 1993 may have had ties to an American Indian Tribe in South Carolina and relatives in Sonora.Officials in Wisconsin said he may be of Native American descent.They say his DNA also matched people of Hispanic descent, some of whom have ancestors from Sonora, Mexico.If you have any information that can lead investigators to identifying "John Doe", you're asked to call the Pleasant Prairie Police Departme
  
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• DNA links Wisconsin ‘John Doe’ to ancestors from Mexico

  15-01-2020 05:49
  
  Unmute__("Play", "storymate") 00:00KENOSHA COUNTY, Wis. - DNA information is suggesting an unidentified man found in Wisconsin in 1993 may have had ties to an American Indian Tribe in South Carolina and relatives in Sonora.Officials in Wisconsin said he may be of Native American descent.They say his DNA also matched people of Hispanic descent, some of whom have ancestors from Sonora, Mexico.If you have any information that can lead investigators to identifying "John Doe", you're asked to call th
  
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• Major takeaways from Democratic presidential debate, final forum before the Iowa caucuses

  15-01-2020 05:44
  
  DES MOINES (AP) — Some key takeaways from Tuesday’s Democratic presidential debate in Des Moines, the final forum before the Iowa caucuses:CIVILITY AND SUBSTANTIVE OVER FIGHTING AND FRICTIONAfter the United States’ killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, Democrats were bracing for fights over foreign policy. Instead, a whole lot of substance broke out.There was a brief skirmish between Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who opposed the Iraq War, and former vice president Joe Biden,
  
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• U.S. Army soldier dies during routine military training event near Eloy

  15-01-2020 04:56
  
  ELOY, Ariz. - A U.S. Army Special Operations Command Soldier diedduring a routine military free-fall training event near Eloy, Ariz. on Tuesday.There is no additional information at this time, according to Lt. COL. Loren Bymer, U.S Army Special Operations Command spokesman.Stay with News 4 to find out more information on this story.The post U.S. Army soldier dies during routine military training event near Eloy appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Tucson Roadrunners get set for border rivalry in San Diego

  15-01-2020 04:30
  
  TUCSON - The Tucson Roadrunners are practicing Tuesday through Thursday this week at Tucson Arena before departing for California.The Roadrunners take on the San Diego Gulls on Friday.
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• Fatal shooting at Texas high school involving student, suspect arrested

  15-01-2020 04:29
  
  BELLAIRE, Texas (AP) — A student was shot to death Tuesday at a Texas high school, and a suspect was arrested hours later, officials said.Grenita Latham, interim superintendent of the Houston Independent School District, confirmed the shooting victim at Bellaire High School had died. She gave no other information and took no questions.A suspect was arrested Tuesday night, according to a school district statement issued about 3 1/2 hours after the shooting. It provided no other details abou
  
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