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• ICE sued over treatment of 5-year-old with head injury

  08-02-2020 23:27
  
  HOUSTON (AP) - The mother of a 5-year-old Guatemalan boy sued U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement over the medical care he has received in detention for a head injury suffered before the family was arrested.The lawsuit filed late Friday in California asks a judge to order the child to be taken to a pediatric neurologist or pediatric neurosurgeon. It also seeks to prevent ICE from trying to immediately deport the family.
  The boy fell out of a shopping cart in December, fractured his skull an
  
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• Trump schedules campaign rally in Phoenix on Feb. 19

  08-02-2020 23:04
  
  PHOENIX (AP) - President Donald Trump has scheduled a campaign rally in Arizona on Feb. 19, just under a month before the state's presidential primary election that will have only Democrats going to the polls. Trump's campaign said in an announcement late Friday that the evening rally will be held at Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix.The Arizona Republican Party is not participating in the March 17 presidential party.The campaign's announcement said Trump "has delivered on his promis
  
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• Wind and clouds will take over Sunday afternoon

  08-02-2020 23:03
  
  TUCSON - A wind shift overnight will lead to cloud cover and breezy conditions for Sunday.Tonight: Partly Cloudy and Breezy. Low 45°Tomorrow: Cloudy Building, Windy. High 73°Sunday Night: Chance of Rain, Cloudy. Low 50°Sunny conditions will greet us early Sunday before more clouds take over in the early afternoon.Rain is not expected just yet, but we could see wind gusts as high as 30 mph across southern Arizona.Overnight Sunday into Monday will bring us our first chance of rain
  
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• US official: American casualties in Afghan military mission

  08-02-2020 22:34
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - American and Afghan military personnel were fired on while conducting an operation in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province, the U.S. military said Saturday.
  Several U.S. personnel were either injured or killed, but the exact number and other details were not provided, said a U.S. official who agreed to discuss the incident only on condition of anonymity.A U.S. military spokesman, Col. Sonny Leggett, said in a statement that both Afghan and U.S. personnel were "engag
  
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• Thai Cabinet minister says 20 killed, 31 injured in mass shootings; military identifies suspect as army sergeant

  08-02-2020 18:33
  
  BANGKOK (AP) — Thai Cabinet minister says 20 killed, 31 injured in mass shootings; military identifies suspect as army sergeant.
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• The Latest: WHO to send mission to virus-hit China

  08-02-2020 17:44
  
  BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on a virus outbreak that began in China (all times local):12:15 a.m.The head of the World Health Organization says it received a response from China on Saturday on the dispatch of a WHO-led international mission to the country, where a new virus has emerged.
  Director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says the team leader will leave on Monday or Tuesday and the rest of the experts will follow. Asked whether members of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Preve
  
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• The Latest: Singapore urges calm after panic buying

  08-02-2020 16:33
  
  BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on a virus outbreak that began in China (all times local):10 p.m.Singapore’s prime minister is urging citizens to stay calm following a wave of panic buying that emptied many supermarket shelves of essential goods after the government raised the risk alert level over a new virus.
  Pictures on social media showed people flocking to buy toilet paper, canned food and instant noodles from supermarkets.
  In a video posted on social media Saturday, Prime Minister Le
  
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• The Latest: Hong Kong begins quarantining mainland arrivals

  08-02-2020 14:58
  
  BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on a virus outbreak that began in China (all times local):7 p.m.Hong Kong has quarantined 161 people who arrived from mainland China on Saturday as a new emergency measure to stem the spread of the virus begins.
  Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam said nearly 90% of those quarantined are Hong Kong citizens. She said 148 are confined at home, 11 at hotels and two at quarantine camps.
  The international financial hub has shut many border checkpoints but refused to c
  
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• Police and local media say multiple people have been shot in shooting in northeastern Thailand

  08-02-2020 13:48
  
  BANGKOK (AP) — Police and local media say multiple people have been shot in shooting in northeastern Thailand.
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• The Latest: France confirms 5 new cases of virus

  08-02-2020 11:50
  
  BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on a virus outbreak that began in China (all times local):5 p.m.France has confirmed five additional cases of the new virus spreading from China, including one child.The announcement Saturday by Health Minister Agnes Buzyn brings the total number of people confirmed with the virus in France to 11.The new cases were identified in the Alpine resort town of Contamines-Montjoie near Mont Blanc. Buzyn said they appear linked to a British person who stayed there in late
  
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• The Latest: American dies of virus in China

  08-02-2020 11:10
  
  BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on a virus outbreak that began in China (all times local):1:30 p.m.The U.S. Embassy in Beijing says a 60-year-old American citizen diagnosed with the new virus died in Wuhan, apparently the first American fatality of the outbreak.The embassy said in a brief statement Saturday that the American was confirmed to have been infected by the coronavirus and died at a hospital in Wuhan, the center of the outbreak. It said it would have no further comment out of respect f
  
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• Razor wire still attached to Nogales border fence

  08-02-2020 07:30
  
  NOGALES, ARIZ. - It's been one year since U.S. troops installed razor wire along the border fence in Nogales.The move outraged city leaders and city council passed a resolution asking the Trump administration to take it down in February 2019.The razor wire is still up today and that disappoints the city's mayor Arturo Garino.I'm going to be honest with you, I'm not concerned about the wall," Garino said. "It's the razor wire. It's on our side. It's down to the ground. It's right next to resident
  
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• Teens with special needs get ‘A Night to Shine’

  08-02-2020 06:44
  
  TUCSON - It was a night to remember.A group of special needs teens went to prom on Friday evening.
  From a red carpet entrance, to gowns and tuxedos, to limo rides and horse drawn carriages, Tim Tebow's "Night To Shine" allows special needs teens to all be prom kings and queens.Volunteers from the Tucson Fire Department, Tempe Police Department, Tucson Police Department, and Pima County Sheriff's Department were the teens' escorts.
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• Rillito Race Track begins its 77th season this weekend

  08-02-2020 06:21
  
  TUCSON - The Rillito Race Track is gearing up for its 77th season.Quarter-horse and
  thoroughbred racing action will return to the historic track this weekend.
  The 2020 winter meet runs
  every weekend until March 22.
  Purses have doubled since
  last season and more money means more quality horses running over the next few
  months.Also, the Budweiser Clydesdales will be performing at the track later this month.The post Rillito Race Track beginsits 77th season this weekend appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Baboquivari girls b-ball team hoping for another run to state title game

  08-02-2020 06:06
  
  TUCSON - The Baboquivari girls basketball team is hoping to make it to the state championship game for the second season in a row.The team from Sells, AZ opened up the post season with a win over Valley Union.The post Baboquivari girls b-ball team hoping for another run to state title game appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Gem show attraction raising money to help local kids attend camp next season

  08-02-2020 06:03
  
  TUCSON - The gem shows
  around Tucson are filled with great items and venues, however, there is one
  that is a slightly bigger attraction than the rest.
  One gem show stand is hosting a photo booth inside of a larger-than-life gem for a $10 donation that will go to a good cause.
  All the proceeds will go towards kids who can’t afford to go to camp at the Therapeutic Ranch for Animals and Kids, or TRAK, this spring.
  According to Scott Tilley, the executive director of TRAK, they’re lookin
  
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• UA softball season opens with win over Kansas

  08-02-2020 06:00
  
  TEMPE - The 5th ranked Arizona softball squad opened up the 2020 season with an 11-1 "mercy rule" victory over Kansas at a tournament on the campus of fellow Pac-12 school ASU.The post UA softball season opens with win over Kansas appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• F-35s from Davis-Monthan have ‘significant noise impact,’ study finds

  08-02-2020 05:59
  
  TUCSON - A newly released study from the US Air Force says flying F-35 fighter jets out of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base is just too loud for residents.The study says about 1,500 people living near the base would experience increased average noise levels of 65 decibels or more, which the Air Force deems "unsuitable for living."Right now there are no F-35s in Tucson, but DMAFB was once considered to house them and could be considered in the future.Davis-Monthan Air Force Base is inviting the publi
  
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• Cologuard Classic just 2 weeks away; PGA player’s goal to bring cancer awareness

  08-02-2020 05:56
  
  TUCSON - With the Cologuard Classic PGA TOUR Champions event less than three weeks away, the field continues to take shape with some of the biggest names in golf already committing to play in the tournament, including 2019 tournament champion Mark O’Meara, 2019 Charles Schwab Cup winner Scott McCarron, Cologuard ambassador Jerry Kelly, 40-time PGA TOUR Champions winner Bernhard Langer, as well as the talented and charismatic Miguel Angel Jiménez. The Cologuard Classic will be played
  
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• PCC hosting free dental care event for kids not covered by insurance

  08-02-2020 04:59
  
  TUCSON - Pima Community College will provide free dental care to over 125 uninsured children next Saturday, Feb. 15, at the Pima West campus.The event will take place from from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.Uninsured children from ages 0 to 18 from throughout Tucson will receive fillings, extractions, and even “baby teeth” root canals at this event,according to the Arizona Dental Foundation.
  The "Give Kids a Smile"
  event was created by the American Dental Association to cut down on
  
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• Tucson Sector agents arrest Guatemalan child sex offender near Sasabe

  08-02-2020 04:15
  
  SASABE, Ariz. - Tucson Sector agents for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection arrested a child sex offender from Guatemala on Thursday.Alexander Morales-Domingo, 22, was trying to re-enter the country just six weeks after being removed from the U.S.According to CBP:
  Records checks revealed Morales-Domingo was convicted of lewd or lascivious behavior/lewd or lascivious battery – sexual act with a person 12-15 years of age in Collier County, Florida, December 6, 2019. He was sentenced to f
  
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• TPD investigating homicide in midtown, victim dies from injuries caused by gunfire

  08-02-2020 03:36
  
  TUCSON - Tucson Police Department detectives are investigating a homicide in the 1700 block of S. Craycroft Road on Friday evening.At about 4 p.m., TPD officers responded to an apartment complex near Craycroft Road and 29th Street for a report of a shooting, according to Sgt. Pete Dugan of TPD.
  A resident told officers that a guy came to his house and said he had been shot so the resident then called 911.The adult male victim was taken to the hospital where he then died from injuries, Dugan said
  
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• Windshield device will soon be put on vehicles until parking tickets are paid

  08-02-2020 02:54
  
  TUCSON - If you have unpaid parking tickets while in downtown Tucson, you might want to pay those off soon.
  If those outstanding tickets are not paid by March 16, Park Tucson will be putting devices on the vehicles who belong to repeat offenders.Park Tucson said the windshield device is the modern version of the boot. If tickets are not paid, the device will be put on your windshield."It is three or more but all three would have to have aged pretty well through the process. All of them would hav
  
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• Trump Campaign to host rally in Phoenix this month

  08-02-2020 02:11
  
  PHOENIX, Ariz. - According to President Trump's campaign website, donaldjtrump.org, a re-election campaign rally is scheduled to take place at the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix on Wednesday, Feb. 19.The event is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. Doors open at 3 p.m. for general admission.The website says that ticket buyers "may only register up to two tickets per mobile number per event" and that all tickets are subject to first come first serve basis.
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• Rare Real Estate: Cave House and Silos up for sale

  08-02-2020 02:00
  
  TUCSON - Southern Arizona is no stranger to its share of beautiful homes, but we also have some bizarre real estate up for sale.“If you look up here on the hill side the actual cave
  house is underneath this section of the mountain and you'd never know it, its
  hidden in plain sight,” said Robert Maloney with Tierra Antigua Realty.Hidden inside the Mule Mountains just outside Bisbee
  you’ll find a one-of-a-kind home known as the “Cave House.”More than 20 years ago, the
  
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• Northwest Fire: Accident at Ina Rd and N. Meredith Blvd, expect heavy delays

  08-02-2020 01:47
  
  TUCSON - Northwest Fire reported that there was a traffic accident at Ina Road and Meredith Boulevard on Friday evening.Traffic accident at Ina and Meredith. No injuries. Expect heavy delays pic.twitter.com/wrc8BV9n9Z— Northwest Fire (@NorthwestFire) February 8, 2020
  There were no reported injuries.NWF advises that drivers should expect heavy delays in the area.
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• China virus death toll rises to 722, new cases increase by 3,399 to 31,774, reversing previous days’ declines

  08-02-2020 01:28
  
  BEIJING (AP) — China virus death toll rises to 722, new cases increase by 3,399 to 31,774, reversing previous days’ declines.
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• Sun Tran to implement new service changes starting Feb. 16

  08-02-2020 00:53
  
  TUCSON - Be prepared Sun Tran riders, February is bringing in some changes several frequented routes.Starting Feb. 16, Sun Tran will implement several service changes to its routes in Tucson.The route changes are listed below.Sun Tran 
  Routes 3, 8, 11 and 61 will have weekday schedule adjustments.Route 7 will adjust the Saturday schedule. Route 9 will change routing at its east end to the Udall Station stop. Buses will travel south on Kolb Rd. to Sabino Canyon Rd., and then travel north to
  
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• 40 displaced after fire burns high-rise in Tempe

  08-02-2020 00:41
  
  TEMPE, Ariz. (KPNX) — More than three dozen people have been displaced after a fire broke out at a high-rise apartment building in Tempe on Friday morning.  When crews arrived, smoke was coming from the 8th floor, according to the Tempe Fire Department. Fire and medical units from Tempe, Phoenix and Mesa responded to the fire call at the University Towers on Mill Avenue and University Drive around 11 a.m.Firefighters say they found food burning on the stove in one unit. The build
  
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• First responders build 5-year-old from Buckeye new playset

  08-02-2020 00:34
  
  BUCKEYE, Ariz. (KPNX) — Buckeye first responders answer all kinds of calls, but the one they answered Thursday morning made a little girl’s dream come true.The men and women of the Buckeye police and fire departments built a new playset for 5-year-old Andrea Ortega, who is battling rhabdomyosarcoma, a form of pediatric cancer.“It opens up their heart and makes them feel happy. This will show this little girl that she has the community support, police support and SWAT support,&r
  
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• VIDEO: Man arrested after crashing into Mesa gas station, abandoning puppies in burning car

  08-02-2020 00:26
  
  MESA, Ariz. (KPNX) — Two puppies were saved after a driver crashed his car into a gas pump in Mesa late last Wednesday, causing it to catch on fire, fire officials said.Video released Thursday shows the moment the driver crashed his pickup truck into a gas pump at the QT at Country Club Drive and McKellips Road.The driver tries to back the car away from the pump as a fire grows. Then he gives up and runs away when the flames get bigger, leaving two Shar Pei puppies trapped inside the car.T
  
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• Aide who testified against President Trump escorted out of White House

  08-02-2020 00:14
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) -The decorated soldier and national security aide who played a central role in the Democrats' impeachment case against President Donald Trump was escorted out of the White House complex on Friday.David Pressman, an attorney for Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, accused Trump of exacting revenge and said Vindman was asked to leave for “telling the truth.”A spokesman for the National Security Council, the foreign policy arm of the White House where Vindman worked, says it doe
  
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• Pima County on the lookout for missing vulnerable adult last seen on east side

  08-02-2020 00:09
  
  TUCSON - Pima County Public Fiduciary's Office is on the lookout for a vulnerable adult who was reported missing from his care home Thursday evening.According to officials, Jay Fleming was last seen at around 5:30 p.m. Thursday at his home located near Craycroft Road between 26th and 29th streets.The fiduciary's office said they have contacted area hospitals, crisis response centers, the county jail and places he regularly frequents, but he has not yet been located.Fleming was described as a 57-
  
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