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• Edgerrin James, Steve Atwater, Isaac Bruce, Steve Hutchinson and Troy Polamalu elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame

  01-02-2020 23:49
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Edgerrin James, Steve Atwater, Isaac Bruce, Steve Hutchinson and Troy Polamalu elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame.
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• Yavapai County supervisors plan vote on gun rights measure

  01-02-2020 23:22
  
  PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) — The Yavapai County Board of Supervisors plans to vote Wednesday on whether to join Mohave County in declaring itself a sanctuary county that stands in support of gun rights.The Daily Courier reports that the Yavapai County board heard about four hours of pro and con testimony from dozens of people on the proposal in December and January.The board's Mohave County counterpart approved a similar resolution on Nov. 4.Under the Yavapai County measure,
  
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• 18-year-old Tiger euthanized at Reid Park Zoo

  01-02-2020 23:21
  
  TUCSON- The Reid Park Zoo announced on Saturday that Baheem, an 18-year-old Malayan Tiger died.Zoo officials say Baheem was starting to develop conditions like arthritis and chronic kidney disease over the last few years. In recent months they say he had developed a pancreatic insufficiency and had chronic inflammatory bowl disease.
  Reid Park Zoo is very sad to announce the death of Baheem, the 18-year-old Malayan tiger. Baheem’s roars, chuffs, and water-loving antics have always made him
  
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• US states join global push to ban animal-tested cosmetics

  01-02-2020 23:10
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) - A growing number of U.S. states are considering a ban on the sale or import of cosmetics that have been tested on animals, as advocates argue testing products such as lotions, shampoos and makeup on rabbits, mice and rats is cruel and outdated.The cause has gained support from consumers and many cosmetics companies, but the biggest hurdle is China, which requires that cosmetics sold in its large, lucrative market undergo testing on animals.
  California, Nevada and Illinois all sa
  
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• Arizona AG wants ballot harvesting decision placed on hold

  01-02-2020 22:55
  
  PHOENIX (AP) - Republican Attorney General Mark Brnovich has asked the Supreme Court to keep in place an Arizona law that prohibits voters from delivering other people's mail ballots to the polls.Political organizations and Native American tribes would previously collect mail-in ballots and drop them off at precincts before or on election day, but state lawmakers banned the practice in 2016, groups said.Brnovich's request comes less than a week after the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that t
  
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• Woman and two pets killed in early morning house fire

  01-02-2020 21:25
  
  A house fire in midtown Tucson early Saturday claimed the lives of one woman and two animals trapped inside.Tucson Fire Dept. says crews responded to reports of a house fire on North Belvedere Ave. around 7:40 a.m. Saturday morning.Upon arrival, bystanders told the first fire crew about a person trapped inside the burning home.The crew made entry into the home and was able to locate a female victim close to the front door.
  Fire fighters exited the home with the woman but were unable to resuscita
  
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• Early morning house fire claims one life

  01-02-2020 21:25
  
  A house fire in midtown Tucson early Saturday claims the life of a person trapped inside.Tucson Fire Dept. says crews responded to reports of a house fire on North Belvedere Ave. around 7:40 a.m. Saturday morning.Upon arrival, bystanders told the first fire crew about a person trapped inside the burning home.The crew made entry into the home and was able to locate a female victim close to the front door.
  Fire fighters exited the home with the woman but were unable to resuscitate her.Additional c
  
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• Tucson man sentenced for sending threatening letters to cops

  01-02-2020 20:43
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — An Arizona man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for sending letters threatening to kill police officers in New Mexico but he's already served that time behind bars while his case was pending.A federal judge in Albuquerque sentenced 52-year-old Brian Clayton Charles of Tucson on Friday on five counts of mailing threatening communication while granting him credit for 18 months in custody.Charles pleaded guilty on Sept. 10, and the U.S. Attorney's Office for
  
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• Apple temporarily closes stores in China amid virus outbreak

  01-02-2020 19:41
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple is temporarily closing its 42 stores in mainland China, one of its largest markets, as a new virus spreads rapidly and the death toll there rose to 259 on Saturday.
  The iPhone maker said in a statement it was closing stores, corporate offices and contact centers in China until Feb. 9 “out of an abundance of caution and based on the latest advice from leading health experts."
  China is the company's third biggest market in terms of sales behind the United St
  
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• Arizona fugitive for nearly 17 years found in Canada

  01-02-2020 17:13
  
  CHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona authorities say they’ve found a man involved in a fatal crash who had been on the lam for nearly 17 years.Chandler police say Adan Huerta was extradited from Canada to Arizona on Thursday.Huerta pleaded guilty to negligent homicide following the March 9, 2002 single-car crash that resulted in a 19-year-old woman’s death.Huerta had a high blood alcohol content when he crashed the car into an electrical box, which set the car ablaze.The woman in his
  
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• PCSD investigating overnight shooting on Tucson’s southside

  01-02-2020 16:45
  
  TUCSON— Pima County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a
  shooting that happened on Irvington road east of Country Club road early
  Saturday morning.
  Rural Metro Fire Department also responded to the scene.Officials say one adult male has been transported to a local
  hospital with minor injuries.
  The investigation is ongoing.Details are limited at this time. Stay with News 4 Tucson
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• Iraqi officials: Former communications minister selected as new prime minister-designate by rival political blocs

  01-02-2020 16:01
  
  BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials: Former communications minister selected as new prime minister-designate by rival political blocs.
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• Sofia Kenin of the U.S. beats Garbiñe Muguruza in Australian Open final to win her first Grand Slam title

  01-02-2020 11:48
  
  MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Sofia Kenin of the U.S. beats Garbiñe Muguruza in Australian Open final to win her first Grand Slam title.
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• Tucson man sentenced to 17 years for human smuggling, shooting at Border Patrol agents

  01-02-2020 06:42
  
  TUCSON - A 23-year-old Tucson man was sentenced by the U.S. District Judge Jennifer G. Zipps to 204 months in prison on Friday.
  Roberto Ramirez, the defendant, previously pleaded guilty back in August to one count of Transportation of Illegal Aliens for Profit Placing in Jeopardy of Life, three separate counts of Assault on a Federal Officer with a Deadly Weapon, and one count of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person.On Christmas Eve 2017, Ramirez transported two undocumented immigrants
  
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• Coronavirus may impact some local businesses

  01-02-2020 06:36
  
  TUCSON - Dataforth Corporation is a company that specializes in manufacturing electrical parts for various industries.
  Georg Haubner is the vice president of sales and marketing for Dataforth, where roughly 10 percent of the company's business is with China."Initially it was concerning but based on conversations with our distributors in China, we determined that we will not be affected shipping products to China," Haubner said. "We always plan well ahead of time so we consider our sales channel
  
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• 200 employees to be laid off at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base

  01-02-2020 06:13
  
  TUCSON - 200 DynCorp International employees are being laid off in Tucson.DynCorp is the contractor that maintains the A-10 fighters at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base.The company says the United States Air Force plans to have
  active-duty maintenance personnel continue the work of the 357th aircraft
  maintenance unit.DynCorp says it has been an honor to support this effort.John Gastright, Senior Vice President for
  Communications for DynCorp International, said
  the following statement:“Rec
  
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• Border Patrol agents discover fentanyl strapped to man’s thighs

  01-02-2020 05:59
  
  TUCSON - U.S. Border Patrol agents working the Interstate 19 near Amado, Ariz. arrested a man transporting fentanyl in bags taped to his body on Wednesday, Jan. 22.
  Tucson Sector agents encountered a 19-year-old American male during a routine immigration inspections of a passenger shuttle van, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The agents questioned the man and performed a  search, which led to the discovery of pills taped to the individual’s thighs.
  The pills were deter
  
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• NCAAW: Bruins blown out!

  01-02-2020 05:39
  
  By JOSE M. ROMERO
  Associated PressTUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Aari McDonald scored 27 points on 10-of-15 shooting and No. 16 Arizona beat No. 8 UCLA 92-66 on Friday night.Sam Thomas added 20 points as the Wildcats (17-3, 6-3 Pac-12) got off to a hot start, took a big lead and never allowed the Bruins back into the game.
  McDonald, a junior guard from Fresno, California, has scored in double figures in all 57 games of her college career, the longest active streak in the nation. She has 10 20-point games
  
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• Red roses placed on court-side seats for Kobe, Gianna as Lakers return to the Staples Center

  01-02-2020 04:46
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Red roses adorned the courtside seats where Kobe and Gianna Bryant sat at the last Los Angeles Lakers game they attended. On the overhead video board, photos of Bryant in action for the Lakers alternated with those of the other seven people who were killed alongside him and his 13-year-old daughter in a helicopter crash.Friday night at Staples Center was unlike any other.Later on, there would be a basketball game between the Portland Trail Blazers and Lakers, their first
  
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• Federal officials say that a man living in Arizona was a leader of Al-Qaeda

  01-02-2020 03:22
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Federal authorities say they have arrested a Phoenix-area man suspected of killing two men while acting as a leader of al-Qaida in Iraq.The Department of Justice said that 42-year-old Ali Yousif Ahmed Al-Nouri appeared before a magistrate judge on Friday for proceedings to extradite him to Iraq.The department says the government there has charged Al-Nouri with two counts of murder in connection with a killing in 2006 in Fallujah.They say that he and other members of al-Qaida
  
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• Local woman says the fountains at the TCC are dangerous

  01-02-2020 02:13
  
  TUCSON - The fountains near the Tucson Convention Center are one of many historic staples here in Tucson.They were built in the 70s but no longer work and need to be renovated.That's causing real concern for one Tucson resident who says the water-less fountain is now a big hazard.One fountain seen at the TCC is a historic Eckbo landscape.It is the last Garrett Eckbo landscape in the country."It stretches all the way from the Tucson Convention Center, to Veinte de Agosto park," said Lane Mandle,
  
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• Local man to run 12 hours to raise money for Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona

  01-02-2020 02:01
  
  TUCSON-A local runner is preparing to run for 12 straight hours Saturday all to raise money for the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona.
  What started in 2013 has now grown in the last seven years and raised more than $80,000, according to Dan Heston, who organized these running events.
  Heston is running from 5 AM to 5 PM at Tucson High Magnet School's track field hoping to hit 62 miles.According to the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona, one dollar equals four meals. Heston is hoping to
  
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• DIGGING DEEPER: Know what you’re getting at the gem showcase

  01-02-2020 01:59
  
  TUCSON – The 66th Annual Gem and Mineral Showcase is in full swing.It’s expected at least 60,000 people from all over the world will be in Tucson to buy, sell, or trade gems, jewelry, and miscellaneous items.When it comes to gems, how you do know if you are getting the real deal?
  Noor Mohamed proudly showed pictures of the world’s largest Cambolite natural stones.  Total carat weight was 84. He sold them last year at the show here in Tucson.Mohamed comes from Malaysia and
  
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• China reports 259 people have died of new virus with 11,791 confirmed cases of the outbreak

  01-02-2020 01:41
  
  BEIJING (AP) — China reports 259 people have died of new virus with 11,791 confirmed cases of the outbreak.
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• Coronavirus Precautions at the Tucson Gem Show

  01-02-2020 01:31
  
  TUCSON - Concerns of the coronavirus are growing around the country and the Gem Show is well underway here in Tucson.People from all over the world are gathering together in our city to participate in the largest gem show on Earth.
  News 4 Tucson talked to a few vendors and buyers across Tucson to see if they were alarmed about a potential case developing locally.Branch Ellison of Orgnix said, "I am not really to concerned. I am you know washing my hands and being safe, but every couple years the
  
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• Senate rejects witnesses in President Trump impeachment trial

  01-02-2020 00:01
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate rejected the idea of summoning witnesses for President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial late Friday, all but ensuring his acquittal. But senators considered pushing off final voting on his fate to next week.The vote on allowing new witnesses was defeated 51-49 on a near party-line vote.Republicans Susan Collins of Maine and Mitt Romney of Utah voted along with the Democrats for witnesses, but that was not enough.Despite the Democrats singular focus on hea
  
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• Britain leaves the European Union after 47 years, leaping into an unknown future in a historic blow to the bloc

  01-02-2020 00:00
  
  LONDON (AP) — Britain leaves the European Union after 47 years, leaping into an unknown future in a historic blow to the bloc.
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