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• Crash involving TPD officer, wanted suspect closes Stella, Kolb roads

  03-02-2020 23:37
  
  TUCSON - A police cruiser-involved collision has shut down an intersection on the southeast side Monday afternoon.According to Tucson Police Department, the crash occurred on Stella Road near Kolb Road. Officials say the incident involved a wanted suspect and a TPD officer.Stella Road has been closed between Kolb Road and Clinton Avenue.
  TRAFFIC ALERT
  East Stella Rd is shutdown from South Kolb Rd to South Clinton Ave while TPD investigates a collision involving a wanted suspect and a TPD officer
  
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• Wind Advisory issued February 3 at 3:17PM MST until February 3 at 7:00PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  03-02-2020 23:17
  
  * WHAT…West to northwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts mainlyto 50 mph expected in the valleys. Expect higher speeds in themountains.* WHERE…Upper San Pedro River Valley, Eastern Cochise Countybelow 5000 feet, Chiricahua Mountains and Dragoon and Mule andHuachuca and Santa Rita Mountains.* WHEN…From 10 AM to 7 PM MST Monday.* IMPACTS…Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects.Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages mayresult.Use extra caution when
  
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• Hard Freeze Warning issued February 3 at 3:17PM MST until February 5 at 9:00AM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  03-02-2020 23:17
  
  * WHAT…For the Freeze Warning, temperatures mainly ranging from28 to 32 degrees are expected. For the Hard Freeze Warning,temperatures mainly ranging from 20 to 26 degrees are expected.* WHERE…Tohono O’odham Nation, Tucson Metro Area, SouthCentral Pinal County and Southeast Pinal County.* WHEN…For the Freeze Warning, from 2 AM to 9 AM MST Tuesday.For the Hard Freeze Warning, from 11 PM Tuesday to 9 AM MSTWednesday.* IMPACTS…Frost and freeze conditions will kill
  
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• Freeze Warning issued February 3 at 3:17PM MST until February 5 at 9:00AM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  03-02-2020 23:17
  
  * WHAT…For both Freeze Warnings, temperatures mainly rangingfrom 29 to 32 degrees are expected.* WHERE…Western Pima County.* WHEN…For the first Freeze Warning, from 2 AM to 9 AM MSTTuesday. For the second Freeze Warning, from 11 PM Tuesday to9 AM MST Wednesday.* 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 poss
  
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• Freeze Warning issued February 3 at 3:17PM MST until February 4 at 9:00AM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  03-02-2020 23:17
  
  * WHAT…For both Freeze Warnings, temperatures mainly rangingfrom 29 to 32 degrees are expected.* WHERE…Western Pima County.* WHEN…For the first Freeze Warning, from 2 AM to 9 AM MSTTuesday. For the second Freeze Warning, from 11 PM Tuesday to9 AM MST Wednesday.* 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 poss
  
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• PETA wants animatronic groundhog to be used for Groundhog Day

  03-02-2020 23:04
  
  (WJAC) People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is calling for Punxsutawney Phil to retire and be replaced with an animatronic version of the groundhog ahead of Sunday's Groundhog Day prediction.The Groundhog Club Inner Circle says it found out about PETA’s letter from the media, and that the idea of replacing Phil with artificial intelligence is outrageous.PETA says groundhogs are prey species and don't like being around humans, adding that groundhogs should live in a natural habitat i
  
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• 5-year-old Pennsylvanian badly burned during school science experiment

  03-02-2020 22:57
  
  NBC News Channel
  (WPXI)  A 5-year-old Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania girl is recovering from severe burns following a science experiment in school.According to the child's family, she was burned by boiling water.Todd Hollis, the attorney for the family, said the family found out about the child's burns through a phone call from someone at the school saying the girl had sustained "minor burns.”The teacher who oversaw the experiment has resigned.Read more: http://bit.ly/36GowwB
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• 4 Your Health: High-tempo music can help boost cardio

  03-02-2020 22:46
  
  NBC News- A controversial study made headlines last fall for suggesting people did not need to eat less processed or red meat.But a new study is saying not so fast, you may want to drop that steak knife after all.The research conducted by scientists at Northwestern University included data from nearly 30,000 adults.It shows eating two servings of red or processed meat, but not poultry or fish was linked to a slightly higher risk of heart disease and death.Researchers say fish, nuts and legumes a
  
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• US citizens arrested for allegedly smuggling$139K worth of drugs

  03-02-2020 22:31
  
  TUCSON - Two U.S. citizens were arrested over the weekend by Yuma Sector Border Patrol for their alleged involvement in two separate smuggling attempts over the weekend.According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, a 29-year-old woman from El Centro, Calif. was taken into custody after a Border Patrol canine alerted agents to 60 packages of methamphetamine and five packages of Fentanyl concealed throughout her Jeep Liberty Saturday morning.Officials say they also found heroin and drug paraphe
  
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• US citizens arrested for allegedly smuggling $139K worth of drugs

  03-02-2020 22:31
  
  TUCSON - Two U.S. citizens were arrested over the weekend by Yuma Sector Border Patrol for their alleged involvement in two separate smuggling attempts over the weekend.According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, a 29-year-old woman from El Centro, Calif. was taken into custody after a Border Patrol canine alerted agents to 60 packages of methamphetamine and five packages of Fentanyl concealed throughout her Jeep Liberty Saturday morning.Officials say they also found heroin and drug paraphe
  
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• Iranian students at Boston-area universities file complaints after deported from US

  03-02-2020 22:17
  
  BOSTON (AP) -Two Iranian students attending Boston-area universities have filed complaints with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security saying federal officials at Boston’s Logan International Airport acted illegally in denying them entry to the U.S. to start classes.Shahab Dehghani, of Northeastern University, and Reihana Emami Arandi, of Harvard University, filed separate administrative challenges in recent days.The students say federal officials detained and interrogated them for hours
  
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• $109,000 Fantasy 5 jackpot ticket sold in Tucson

  03-02-2020 21:50
  
  TUCSON – A winning $109,000 Fantasy 5 ticket was sold in
  Tucson on Saturday.According to Arizona State Lottery officials, the winning $109,000 Fantasy 5 ticket was sold at Walmart at 2550 S. Kolb Road.The lucky individual matched five out of the five numbers.
  The winning numbers for Saturday's drawing were 16, 24, 34, 37, 39.
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• Rush Limbaugh says he has advanced lung cancer, tells radio listeners he will miss shows for treatment.

  03-02-2020 21:27
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rush Limbaugh says he has advanced lung cancer, tells radio listeners he will miss shows for treatment.
  The post Rush Limbaugh says he has advanced lung cancer, tells radio listeners he will miss shows for treatment. appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Gold, silver fall

  03-02-2020 21:22
  
  The February gold contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange closed today at $1,577.20 an ounce, down $5.70.The current silver contract on the “NYMEX” closed at $17.64 an ounce, down 33 cents.
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• Hard Freeze Warning issued February 3 at 1:05PM MST until February 5 at 9:00AM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ

  03-02-2020 21:05
  
  * WHAT…For the Freeze Warning, temperatures in the upper 20sexpected. For the Hard Freeze Warning, temperatures in the mid20s expected.* WHERE…Northwest Pinal County.* WHEN…For the Freeze Warning, from midnight tonight to 9 AMMST Tuesday. For the Hard Freeze Warning, from midnightTuesday night to 9 AM MST Wednesday.* IMPACTS…Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, othersensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoorplumbing.Take steps now to protect
  
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• Freeze Warning issued February 3 at 1:05PM MST until February 5 at 9:00AM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ

  03-02-2020 21:05
  
  * WHAT…For the first Freeze Warning, temperatures around 30expected. For the second Freeze Warning, temperatures around30 expected.* WHERE…Rio Verde/Salt River, Superior, Tonto Basin and ApacheJunction/Gold Canyon.* WHEN…For the first Freeze Warning, from midnight tonight to9 AM MST Tuesday. For the second Freeze Warning, from midnightTuesday night to 9 AM MST Wednesday.* IMPACTS…Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, othersensitive vegetation and possibly damag
  
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• Freeze Warning issued February 3 at 1:05PM MST until February 4 at 9:00AM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ

  03-02-2020 21:05
  
  * WHAT…For the Freeze Warning, temperatures in the upper 20sexpected. For the Hard Freeze Warning, temperatures in the mid20s expected.* WHERE…Northwest Pinal County.* WHEN…For the Freeze Warning, from midnight tonight to 9 AMMST Tuesday. For the Hard Freeze Warning, from midnightTuesday night to 9 AM MST Wednesday.* IMPACTS…Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, othersensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoorplumbing.Take steps now to protect
  
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• Claytoon of the Day: Can't find Kansas City

  03-02-2020 20:59
  
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• A Q&A with historical novelist Nancy E. Turner about her new book 'Light Changes Everything'

  03-02-2020 20:47
  
  On January 14, Tucson author Nancy E. Turner released her newest novel, Light Changes Everything. The historical fiction based in rural Arizona focuses on a young feminist in 1907 aiming for a better future.…
  
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• Beyoncé, Jay-Z sit during national anthem at Super Bowl

  03-02-2020 20:44
  
  MIAMI (AP) - Video of Beyoncé and Jay-Z sitting while Demi Lovato sang the national anthem at the Super Bowl has surfaced online.
  TMZ posted the video Sunday of the celebrity couple sitting along with daughter Blue Ivy at Hard Rock Stadium, where the San Francisco 49ers were playing the Kansas City Chiefs.
  Jay-Z, a co-producer of the halftime show featuring Shakira and Jennifer Lopez, announced his Roc Nation company had entered a partnership with the NFL for events and social activism la
  
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• Woman who pleaded guilty to assault that resulted in lost eye of PCSD deputy gets 90 days in jail

  03-02-2020 20:08
  
  TUCSON - The woman who was convicted for partially blinding a Pima County Sheriff's Department deputy in 2016 was sentenced to 90 days in jail, according to court officials.Back in Dec. 2016,Yesenia Gonzalez was taken into custody after she teportedly kicked Sgt. Mark Bustamante in the eye with the heel of her boot when she was being placed into a patrol car for suspicious of DUI. She was originally charged aggravated assault that caused serious physical injury, aggravated assault with a deadly
  
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• Forget Disney World: Chiefs player celebrate Super Bowl by paying for all dog adoptions at KC shelter

  03-02-2020 19:37
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. - While some football players celebrate winning the Super Bowl by going to Disney World, Kansas City Chiefs Defensive lineman Derrick Nnadi wanted to do something a little bit more adorable after his team beat the San Francisco 49ers 31-20 Sunday.To help dogs at the KC Pet Project shelter in Kansas City find their forever home a little faster, Nnadi decided to sponsor all adoptable dogs under the shelter's care.According to KC Pet Project, Nnadi paid for the adoptions for all th
  
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• Air Canada Boeing 767 aircraft with 128 passengers on board makes safe emergency landing at Madrid airport

  03-02-2020 19:10
  
  MADRID (AP) — Air Canada Boeing 767 aircraft with 128 passengers on board makes safe emergency landing at Madrid airport.
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• Court in Malawi nullifies last year’s presidential election, citing “widespread” irregularities, orders new vote

  03-02-2020 18:29
  
  BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — Court in Malawi nullifies last year’s presidential election, citing “widespread” irregularities, orders new vote.
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• Israeli PM says starting process of normalization with Sudan after meeting its leader in Uganda.

  03-02-2020 17:54
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli PM says starting process of normalization with Sudan after meeting its leader in Uganda.
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• WATCH LIVE: Impeachment trial heads to historic end in frenetic week

  03-02-2020 17:10
  
  Streaming Live from KVOATRUMP IMPEACHMENT COVERAGE: The Senate impeachment trial continues. http://bit.ly/37UGXyZPosted by News 4 Tucson - KVOA on Monday, February 3, 2020
  WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's impeachment trial heads toward a historic conclusion this week.
  Senators are all-but-certain to acquit him on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, but there’s still plenty of drama to unfold before the final vote Wednesday.
  The vote is expected to cap a months-long
  
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• La Canada Dr, River reopens after bus-involved collision

  03-02-2020 16:33
  
  TUCSON – Authorities responded to a collision involving an Amphitheater Unified District bus and a vehicle Monday morning.
  Pima County Sheriff’s Department was dispatched to La Canada
  Drive, south River Road.
  Officials say no injuries have been reported at this time.
   La Canada Drive has reopened for normal traffic, according to PCSD.The post La Canada Dr, River reopens after bus-involved collision appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Bus, vehicle collision causes traffic delays on La Canada Dr, River

  03-02-2020 16:33
  
  TUCSON – Authorities are responding to a collision involving
  a school bus and a vehicle Monday morning.
  Pima County Sheriff’s Department was dispatched to La Canada
  Drive, south River Road.
  Officials say no injuries have been reported at this time.
   La Canada Drive is shut down north of the Rillito
  River to River Road.
  Motorists are asked to avoid the area.The post Bus, vehicle collision causes traffic delays on La Canada Dr, River appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• US construction spending dips 0.2% in December

  03-02-2020 16:07
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Spending on U.S. construction projects edged down a slight 0.2% in December, closing out a year when total construction registered its first annual decline in eight years.The Commerce Department said Monday that the decline was the first monthly drop since a 0.9% fall in June. For the year, construction spending fell 0.3%, the first setback since a 2.6% decrease in 2011.The fall-off reflects weakness in nonresidential construction, which fell 1.8%, the sharpest setback dr
  
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• Finding low cost fitness options: Technology can help keep your fitness resolutions on track

  03-02-2020 15:53
  
  (NBC News)  If you find yourself looking for an excuse to beg off a fitness class, you might want to consider how technology can keep you on track.The Flexit app offers pay-by-the-minute workouts at a network of gyms across the United States.  Some charge as little as three cents per minute.There's also ClassPass, which gives you access to 30,000 fitness studios, gyms and wellness providers.Monthly membership dues are as low as $9, with access to dozens of daily workout classes, often
  
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• California police says 1 person was killed and five were wounded when a shooter opened fire on a Greyhound bus

  03-02-2020 15:52
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — California police says 1 person was killed and five were wounded when a shooter opened fire on a Greyhound bus.
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• “Peanut Pill” offers hope to allergy sufferers

  03-02-2020 15:44
  
  (NBC News)  The Food
  and Drug Administration has approved a first-of-its-kind treatment for children
  affected by peanut allergies.The drug, Palforzia, works to blunt the immune
  system's response to accidental exposure.It works by building a tolerance over time
  using a measured dose of peanut protein powder.It's the first food allergy treatment of its
  kind to be given FDA approval, and has the potential to change the lives of
  young people diagnosed with life-threatening peanut allergies.Emil
  
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• California police: 1 dead, 5 wounded in shooting on bus

  03-02-2020 15:32
  
  LEBEC, Calif. (AP) - The California Highway Patrol says one person has been killed and five wounded in a shooting on a Greyhound bus in California.
  Sgt. Brian Pennings says a male suspect is in custody after the shooting early Monday on the Grapevine section of Interstate 5 in Kern County, north of Los Angeles.Pennings says the bus driver got the shooter off the bus and and continued on to the next exit. The bus was heading north from Los Angeles to the San Francisco Bay area.
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• California Highway Patrol: Multiple shot on Greyhound bus

  03-02-2020 15:32
  
  LEBEC, Calif. (AP) - The California Highway Patrol says multiple people have been injured in a shooting on a Greyhound bus in California.
  Fort Tejon CHP spokesman Rich Anthes couldn't tell news outlets the number of victims or their conditions after the early Monday shooting near Lebec in Kern County.
  The agency says the shooter was a passenger on the bus.The bus was heading north on Interstate 5. Further details weren't immediately released.
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• The Latest: UAE suspends flights to China outside Beijing

  03-02-2020 15:27
  
  BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on the outbreak of a new virus from China (all times local):10:15 p.m.The United Arab Emirates, home to long-haul carriers Emirates and Etihad Airways, is suspending flights to mainland China outside of Beijing.
  The country’s state-run WAM news agency made the announcement Monday.
  It said the flight suspension would begin Wednesday.
  Those flying from Beijing will be subject “to a six-to-eight hour comprehensive medical screening at the airport to ensur
  
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• The Latest: Cruise ship passenger tests positive for virus

  03-02-2020 15:22
  
  BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on the outbreak of a new virus from China (all times local):10 p.m.A person who was a passenger on a Japanese-operated cruise ship has tested positive for a new virus after leaving the ship in Hong Kong on Jan. 25.
  The ship returned to Yokohama carrying 3,000 passengers and crew members after making port calls in Vietnam, Taiwan and Okinawa. A team of quarantine officials and medical staff boarded the ship on Monday night and began medical checks of everyone on bo
  
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• Suspected Al Qaeda leader wanted for murder arrested in Phoenix

  03-02-2020 15:15
  
  PHOENIX (AP) - A man that federal authorities say was a leader of al-Qaida in Iraq and is suspected in the killing of two in Fallujah 14 years ago ran an Arizona driving school and was known by friends and acquaintances in Phoenix as an outgoing, friendly member of the city's Iraqi community.
  The Arizona Republic reported Sunday that 42-year-old Ali Yousif Ahmed Al-Nouri had been in the U.S. for more than a decade and had recently married and had a child.
  The Department of Justice said Friday th
  
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• Hard Freeze Warning issued February 3 at 7:01AM MST until February 5 at 9:00AM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ

  03-02-2020 15:01
  
  * WHAT…For the Freeze Warning, temperatures around 30expected. For the Hard Freeze Warning, temperatures in theupper 20s expected.* WHERE…Northwest Pinal County.* WHEN…For the Freeze Warning, from midnight tonight to 9 AMMST Tuesday. For the Hard Freeze Warning, from midnightTuesday night to 9 AM MST Wednesday.* IMPACTS…Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, othersensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoorplumbing.Take steps now to protect tende
  
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• Freeze Warning issued February 3 at 7:01AM MST until February 5 at 9:00AM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ

  03-02-2020 15:01
  
  * WHAT…For the first Freeze Warning, temperatures around 30expected. For the second Freeze Warning, temperatures in theupper 20s expected.* WHERE…Rio Verde/Salt River, Superior, Tonto Basin and ApacheJunction/Gold Canyon.* WHEN…For the first Freeze Warning, from midnight tonight to9 AM MST Tuesday. For the second Freeze Warning, from midnightTuesday night to 9 AM MST Wednesday.* IMPACTS…Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, othersensitive vegetation and possibl
  
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• Freeze Warning issued February 3 at 7:01AM MST until February 4 at 9:00AM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ

  03-02-2020 15:01
  
  * WHAT…For the Freeze Warning, temperatures around 30expected. For the Hard Freeze Warning, temperatures in theupper 20s expected.* WHERE…Northwest Pinal County.* WHEN…For the Freeze Warning, from midnight tonight to 9 AMMST Tuesday. For the Hard Freeze Warning, from midnightTuesday night to 9 AM MST Wednesday.* IMPACTS…Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, othersensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoorplumbing.Take steps now to protect tende
  
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• Lopez, Shakira in joyful, exuberant halftime show

  03-02-2020 14:54
  
  NEW YORK (AP) – The first Latina artists to headline a Super
  Bowl halftime show turned in a performance of joyful, sexy exuberance.Shakira and Jennifer Lopez shared the stage and ran through
  hits like ‘Hips Don’t Lie,' ‘Jenny From the Block,’ ‘On the Floor,’ ‘Love Don’t
  Cost a Thing' and ‘Let’s Get Loud.'
  Lopez' daughter, Emme joined her mother for a verse, and
  there were guest appearances by J. Balvin and Bad Bunny.Rewatch the Su
  
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• Users want to track their Sun Van Transit rides

  03-02-2020 14:35
  
  TUCSON – Have you ever missed the bus, the streetcar or your
  Uber? If you have, you probably just caught the next one and went about your
  day, but what if that wasn't an option? What if you had to reschedule your ride
  for the next day? 
  Sun Tran operates Tucson’s public transit systems. They also
  operate Sun Van, which is a pickup service designed to help disabled people get
  where they need to be. However, once the driver arrives, the user has two
  minutes to be outside otherwise
  
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• 12 displaced by early morning house fire in midtown

  03-02-2020 13:56
  
  TUCSON – Two adults and 10 children were displaced from
  their midtown home after a fire Monday morning.
  Tucson Fire Department units were dispatched to the 3900
  block of E. Hardy Road at about 3:52 a.m.Upon arrival, crews found a fire in a laundry room that was
  attached to the home.
   Officials say the
  residents of the home had evacuated prior to TFD arrival because a “fast-acting
  neighbor noticed the fire and alerted the family.”
  According to TFD, the residents will be sta
  
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• Spain’s government says it has closed airspace at Madrid’s international airport after drones were reported in the area.

  03-02-2020 13:44
  
  MADRID (AP) — Spain’s government says it has closed airspace at Madrid’s international airport after drones were reported in the area.
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• The Latest: Scientists say virus may have come from bats

  03-02-2020 13:02
  
  BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on the outbreak of a new virus from China (all times local):7 p.m.Chinese scientists say they have more evidence that the new virus that recently emerged in China likely originated in bats. In two papers published Monday in the journal Nature, scientists report that genome sequences from several patients in Wuhan show the virus is closely related to the viruses that cause Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, or SARS.In one study, Shi Zhen-Li and colleagues at the Wu
  
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• A cold front Monday will bring Southern Arizona it’s coldest week of the season

  03-02-2020 12:41
  
  TUCSON - Windy conditions are expected Monday along with some isolated rain chances due to a cold front.Today: Cloudy, Windy and Rainy. High 62°Tonight: Mostly Cloudy and Cold. Low 30°Tomorrow: Clouds Clearing and Cold. High 47°Southern Arizona's rain and snow chances are dropping.Overnight Monday into Tuesday will be our best chance to see any sleet or snow, but as of Monday morning it appears to be less likely.
  The cause in the change in the forecast is due to the lack of humi
  
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• The Latest: Cruise ships ban people who traveled in China

  03-02-2020 12:23
  
  BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on the outbreak of a new virus from China (all times local):6:45 p.m.A cruise ship industry group says its members will ban anyone, including guests or crew, who has traveled from or through mainland China in the previous 14 days, the maximum incubation period for a new virus that originated in China.The Cruise Lines International Association, which says it represents more than 50 cruise lines and is the world’s largest cruise industry trade association, sai
  
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• Hard Freeze Warning issued February 3 at 4:18AM MST until February 5 at 9:00AM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ

  03-02-2020 12:18
  
  * WHAT…For the Freeze Warning, temperatures around 30 expected.For the Hard Freeze Warning, temperatures in the mid to upper20s expected.* WHERE…Northwest Pinal County.* WHEN…For the Freeze Warning, from midnight tonight to 9 AMMST Tuesday. For the Hard Freeze Warning, from midnightTuesday night to 9 AM MST Wednesday.* IMPACTS…Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, othersensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoorplumbing.Take steps now to protec
  
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• Freeze Warning issued February 3 at 4:18AM MST until February 5 at 9:00AM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ

  03-02-2020 12:18
  
  * WHAT…For the first Freeze Warning, temperatures around 30expected. For the second Freeze Warning, temperatures in theupper 20s expected.* WHERE…Rio Verde/Salt River, Superior, Apache Junction/GoldCanyon and Tonto Basin.* WHEN…For the first Freeze Warning, from midnight tonight to9 AM MST Tuesday. For the second Freeze Warning, from midnightTuesday night to 9 AM MST Wednesday.* IMPACTS…Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, othersensitive vegetation and possibl
  
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• Freeze Warning issued February 3 at 4:18AM MST until February 4 at 9:00AM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ

  03-02-2020 12:18
  
  * WHAT…For the first Freeze Warning, temperatures in the lower30s expected. For the second Freeze Warning, temperaturesaround 30 expected.* WHERE…West Pinal County and Sonoran Desert National Monument.* WHEN…For the first Freeze Warning, from midnight tonight to9 AM MST Tuesday. For the second Freeze Warning, from midnightTuesday night to 9 AM MST Wednesday.* IMPACTS…Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, othersensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected
  
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