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• VIDEO: NC man assaults son’s opponent during wrestling match

  20-01-2020 23:25
  
  (WCNC)  A high school wrestling match in Kannapolis, North Carolina ended Saturday when a father charged a student wrestler while the match was going on. Video shows other parents rushing in to break up the incident. The woman who shot the video said the man's son was wrestling the student he charged. Kannapolis Police identified the man as Barry Lee Jones of Harrisburg. He was arrested on charges of simple assault and disorderly conduct. The student he assaulted attends
  
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• Tucson will move from the mid-70s to 50s within 24 hours, rain expected

  20-01-2020 23:24
  
  TUCSON - Despite abundant cloud cover across the area, temperatures have had no problem reaching the mid-70s for the Metro Tucson on Monday.
  A change, however, is in the air.Our next weather maker will move into the area overnight Monday and into most of the day Tuesday, bringing sharply cooler air temperatures and a chance of light rain.This system isn't as wet as others we have seen this past winter. Here is what our latest forecast tools are thinking as far as how much rain we get.
  Some light
  
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• From the mid 70s to 50s and rain within 24 hours

  20-01-2020 23:24
  
  TUCSON - Despite abundant cloud cover across the area, temperatures have had no problem reaching the mid 70s for the Metro Tucson on Monday.
  A change, however, is in the air.Our next weather maker will move into the area overnight Monday and in to most of the day Tuesday bringing sharply cooler air temperatures and a chance of light rain.This system isn't as wet as others this past winter and here is what our latest forecast tools are thinking as far as how much rain we get.
  Some light snow - on
  
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• Phoenix PD: Man fatally shoots man who threatened neighbors at knifepoint

  20-01-2020 23:13
  
  PHOENIX (AP) - Police say a 28-year-old man was fatally shot after he tried stabbing someone at a west Phoenix home.Dontae Ray McGinty was pronounced dead at the scene of Sunday afternoon's shooting.Investigators say McGinty had been threatening people with a knife and tried to stab someone.He was shot by a 25-year-old man who reported the shooting to 911 and cooperated with investigators.
  The man's identity hasn't been released.He was released from police custody without being booked into jail.
  
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• Hawaii man accused of stabbing landlord, killing 2 cops described as unhinged

  20-01-2020 22:33
  
  HONOLULU (AP) - A Hawaii handyman with a history of run-ins with police and neighbors faced eviction when he stabbed his landlord and killed two officers before the house he and two women were believed to be inside burned, authorities and neighbors said.
  Police responding Sunday to a call for help at the location found a woman stabbed in the leg and resident Jaroslav "Jerry" Hanel, began shooting, killing Officers Tiffany Enriquez, a seven-year veteran, and Kaulike Kalama, a nine-year veteran, H
  
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• Trump’s lawyers say he ‘absolutely nothing wrong’, urges Senate to reject impeachment case

  20-01-2020 22:22
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump's legal team asserted Monday that he did "absolutely nothing wrong," urging the Senate to swiftly reject an impeachment case that it called "flimsy" and a "dangerous perversion of the Constitution." The lawyers decried the impeachment process as rigged and insisted that abuse of power was not a crime.The brief from Trump's lawyers, filed before arguments expected this week in the Senate impeachment trial, offered the most detailed glimpse of the lines of
  
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• Results-Based Funding: The Haves and Have-Mores

  20-01-2020 22:16
  
  "This is an impressive crowd - the haves and the have-mores.…
  
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• Tucson honors, celebrates Martin Luther King, Jr.

  20-01-2020 21:25
  
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  TUCSON – The entire nation is honoring slain civil rights
  leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
  In Tucson, a march began early Monday morning, followed by a
  celebration at Reid Park.
  News 4 Tucson’s Denelle Confair spoke with one of the participants
  who says there’s still work to be done.
  “The search and the race towards equality and justice is one
  that will continue for all time,” said Khyra Chiles. “It's not just one race.
  
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• Pro-gun rally by thousands in Virginia ends peacefully

  20-01-2020 20:54
  
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Thousands of gun-rights activists from around the country rallied peacefully at the Virginia Capitol on Monday, protesting plans by the state's Democratic leadership to pass gun-control legislation that have become a key flash point in the national debate over gun violence.The size of the rally and the expected participation of white supremacists and fringe militia groups raised fears that the state could see a repeat of the violence that exploded in 2017 in Charlottesville.
  
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• Claytoon of the Day: A Goon Can Dream

  20-01-2020 20:05
  
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• Hundreds of migrants ford river from Guatemala to Mexico

  20-01-2020 19:52
  
  CIUDAD HIDALGO, Mexico (AP) - Hundreds of Central American migrants began wading across the Suchiate River into southern Mexico Monday in a new test of U.S. President Donald Trump's Central America strategy to keep them away from the U.S. border.The migrants moved off the border bridge and toward the river after Mexican officials told them they would not be granted passage through the country.
  Amid shouts and even some fireworks they began wading across the shallow river.On the Mexican side, mig
  
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• Local Mariachi group performs at Carnegie Hall in NYC

  20-01-2020 18:51
  
  TUCSON – A local Mariachi group performed at Carnegie Hall
  in New York City over the weekend.
  Mariachi Sol Azteca participated in the Performing Arts
  Educators 14th Annual Invitational.
  They performed alongside Ballet Folklorico La Paloma, also from Tucson.
  Sol Azteca is a group of students and young professionals
  hoping to share their passion for music with each other and their community.The post Local Mariachi group performs at Carnegie Hall in NYC appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Washington man caught on camera living in grocery store ceiling

  20-01-2020 18:44
  
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  (KING)  Police in Auburn, Washington have released surveillance video of a suspect they believe has been living in the rafters of a grocery store for weeks, emerging only to steal from the store, then returning to a hiding place somewhere above the store.Auburn Police Commander Mike Hirman says video shows a person dressed in black, wearing a face mask, and walking the aisles of the Haggen Northwest Fresh Market, while carrying a black bag filled with thousands of dollars
  
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• Adoptable Pets: Max Needs a Home

  20-01-2020 18:13
  
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• Travel Trend: Shorter trips with less flying

  20-01-2020 16:54
  
  NBC NEWS - Many Americans will be taking some very unique vacation trips this year.  Unique not only in where they'll go or how they'll get there, but also who plans the vacation.For turning 50 this year, former TV news producer Allison
  Andrews is treating herself by traveling to 50 places she's never been.She's blogging about it at MileMarker50.com.To kick off her 50-for-50 travels, Andrews turned to the
  surprise vacation agency PackUpGo.com.They plan three-day getaways around the United S
  
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• Prince Harry breaks his silence: ‘no other option’ but to step away from Royal duties

  20-01-2020 16:42
  
  LONDON - Prince Harry took aim at the journalists who have dissected his life since the day he was born as he expressed regret for the way he has had to step down from royal duties.In a personal speech that
  referenced his late mother, Princess
  Diana, who died in a car accident in 1997 while being pursued by paparazzi, Harry said Sunday he had "no
  other option'' but to step away so that he and his wife, Meghan, could seek a
  more peaceful life."When I lost my mum 23 years
  ago, you took me under yo
  
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• Head of Chinese government expert team confirms human-to-human transmission of new coronavirus, state media says

  20-01-2020 16:31
  
  BEIJING (AP) — Head of Chinese government expert team confirms human-to-human transmission of new coronavirus, state media says.
  The post Head of Chinese government expert team confirms human-to-human transmission of new coronavirus, state media says appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Virginia’s capital braces for gun-rights rally

  20-01-2020 15:30
  
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Gun-rights activists - some making deliberate displays of their military-style rifles - began to descend on Virginia's capital city Monday to protest plans by the state's Democratic leadership to pass gun-control legislation.
  Several thousand activists - mostly white and male, many clothed in camouflage and waving flags with messages of support for President Donald Trump - appeared hours before the 11 a.m. rally was set to begin.
  Gov. Ralph Northam declared a temporary state
  
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• Thousands camp in Guatemala as Mexico blocks migrant path

  20-01-2020 14:32
  
  TECUN UMAN, Guatemala (AP) - The bridge spanning the Suchiate River between Mexico and Guatemala was open again for business Sunday, but few migrants crossed after a failed attempt by thousands of Central Americans to barge through the previous day.More than 2,000 migrants spent the night in Tecun Uman, on the Guatemalan side of the border, uncertain of their next steps. Many got that far by traveling in caravan for greater safety and, they hoped, success in reaching the United States.Mexico, pr
  
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• MLK Day holiday services in Tucson

  20-01-2020 13:58
  
  People will honor the legacy of civil rights leader Dr. Martin
  Luther King, Jr. on Monday.
  “I have decided to stick to love...Hate is too great a burden to bear.”Remembering the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.Posted by News 4 Tucson - KVOA on Monday, January 20, 2020
  In Tucson, the community will gather at 8 am. At the University of Arizona Tech Park, near South Kino Parkway and E. 36th Street for the annual MLK March.
  The march will end at Reid Park at East 22nd Stree
  
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• Warm and windy today with rain and snow on the way!

  20-01-2020 13:21
  
  TUCSON - Cool start this morning followed by another warm afternoon. Windy with increasing clouds today ahead of a storm system set to bring some valley rain and mountain snow, especially tomorrow!Today: Increasing clouds, warm and windy. High: 74°Tonight: Mostly cloudy with isolated showers (20%). Low: 50°Tomorrow: Scattered valley rain and mountain snow (40%). High: 64°Clouds will continue to increase today and it will be windy at times as a storm system approaches the Southwe
  
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• Things to Do, Monday, Jan. 20

  20-01-2020 09:00
  
  Mother Road Brewing at Tap & Bottle.…
  
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• Phoenix police: Man injures victim with metal letter opener

  20-01-2020 05:08
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Police in Phoenix say a suspect is in custody on suspicion of stabbing a man with a metal letter opener.They say 36-year-old Anastacio Blanco Jr. was booked into jail Saturday on one count each of attempted second-degree murder and aggravated assault.It was unclear Sunday if Blanco has a lawyer yet for his case.Police say Blanco reportedly was acting erratically near the Biltmore Fashion Park around 3 p.m. Saturday.He then jumped over a wall to a condo complex north of the m
  
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• Authorities: Two females, suspect unaccounted for after two officers killed in Hawaii.

  20-01-2020 04:20
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — Authorities: Two females, suspect unaccounted for after two officers killed in Hawaii.
  The post Authorities: Two females, suspect unaccounted for after two officers killed in Hawaii. appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• San Francisco 49ers roll past Green Bay Packers 37-20 to reach franchise’s 7th Super Bowl, will face Kansas City Chiefs

  20-01-2020 03:45
  
  SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco 49ers roll past Green Bay Packers 37-20 to reach franchise’s 7th Super Bowl, will face Kansas City Chiefs.
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• Mostert lifts 49ers to Super Bowl with 37-20 win vs Packers

  20-01-2020 03:45
  
  By JOSH DUBOWAP Pro Football WriterSANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) – Raheem Mostert rushed for 220 yards and four touchdowns to make quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo mostly a spectator, Nick Bosa harassed Aaron Rodgers from the start and the San Francisco 49ers beat the Green Bay Packers 37-20 for the NFC championship on Sunday.The 49ers (15-3) advanced to their first Super Bowl in seven years and will play the Kansas City Chiefs in two weeks in Miami for the championship.It’s been a remarkable
  
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• Victim identified in fatal I-10 crash

  20-01-2020 03:36
  
  MARANA-The victim in Saturday's crash on I-10 has been identified as 74-year-old Lawrence Sofaly of Hondo, Texas. Officials say the three vehicle crash happened on westbound I-10 at milepost 230 Saturday morning.
  Two others were taken to local hospitals in Tucson. No word yet on their conditions.The crash is still under investigation. Officials believe impairment may have been a factor.
  The crash forced officials to close the westbound lanes on I-10 at both milepost 230 and 236 leaving motorists
  
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• WOMEN: No. 21 Wildcats rally to beat Washington 66-58

  20-01-2020 02:31
  
  SEATTLE (AP) - Aari McDonald scored 25 points with nine rebounds and No. 21 Arizona bounced back from an early 19-point deficit to beat Washington 66-58 on Sunday.Arizona (15-3, 4-3 Pac-12) took a three-point lead into the final quarter and stretched it to 10 after a 7-0 run that McDonald capped with two free throws with 28 seconds remaining.The Wildcats never led in the first half when the Huskies' Amber Melgoza scored 18 of her 24 points with Washington leading 27-9 after one quarter and 38-29
  
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• China reports sharp rise in coronavirus cases including two in Beijing and one in Shenzhen

  20-01-2020 02:23
  
  BEIJING (AP) — China reports sharp rise in coronavirus cases including two in Beijing and one in Shenzhen.
  The post China reports sharp rise in coronavirus cases including two in Beijing and one in Shenzhen appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Z Mansion serves homeless community in Tucson

  20-01-2020 01:38
  
  TUCSON - Z Mansion is known as a popular wedding venue here in Tucson, but it's what they host outside of weddings that might surprise you.
  Z Mansion has served over 400,000 meals over the last 20 years, but that's not including wedding guests.These meals serve a different purpose and it's all been done without charging a single dollar.Z Mansion serves the homeless throughout the week but on Sundays they provide a meal as well as lunch to go, but it's much more than a soup kitchen."It's like a f
  
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• Z Mansion serves community

  20-01-2020 01:38
  
  TUCSON - Z Mansion is known as a popular wedding venue here in Tucson, but it's what they host outside of weddings that might surprise you.
  Z Mansion has served over 400,000 meals over the last 20 years, but that's not including wedding guests.These meals serve a different purpose and it's all been done without charging a single dollar.Z Mansion serves the homeless throughout the week but on Sundays they provide a meal as well as lunch to go, but it's much more than a soup kitchen."It's like a f
  
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• Security probe targets Trump’s Russia adviser

  20-01-2020 00:50
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) - A White House adviser on Europe and Russia issues has been placed on administrative leave pending a security-related investigation, two people with knowledge of his exit said Sunday.Andrew Peek was escorted off the White House compound on Friday, according to one of those familiar with his departure.
  In response to questions, the National Security Council, the foreign policy unit at the White House, said in a statement that "we do not discuss personnel matters."Peek, former dep
  
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• Mahomes’ feet, arms, lift Chiefs to Super Bowl over Titans

  20-01-2020 00:10
  
  By BARRY WILNERAP Pro Football WriterKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Patrick Mahomes tip-toed down the sideline for a game-turning touchdown, added three TD passes, and the Kansas City Chiefs made their first Super Bowl in a half-century by beating the Tennessee Titans 35-24 Sunday for the AFC championship.In two weeks in Miami, they will play the winner of the NFC title game between Green Bay and San Francisco.Mahomes did his usual superb job passing, but it was his 27-yard tap dance down the lef
  
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• Kansas City Chiefs advance to their first Super Bowl in 50 years, beating Tennessee Titans 35-24 in AFC title game

  20-01-2020 00:10
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs advance to their first Super Bowl in 50 years, beating Tennessee Titans 35-24 in AFC title game.
  The post Kansas City Chiefs advance to their first Super Bowl in 50 years, beating Tennessee Titans 35-24 in AFC title game appeared first on KVOA.
  
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