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• BP responds to blasting of national monument hill for border wall construction

  12-02-2020 23:42
  
  TUCSON - Border Patrol released a statement Wednesday in regards to the recent "controlled blasting" at a protected Arizona monument in preparation for the construction of a border wall.According to officials,construction crews have been bulldozing areas of the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in order to construct a 30-foot steel wall along the border.Environmental groups argue that the construction is putting migrating animals at risk, as many saguaro cactuses have been destroyed in co
  
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• Military still struggles to handle kid-on-kid sex assaults

  12-02-2020 23:21
  
  The U.S. Department of Defense is struggling to change how it handles the abuse of military kids, including cases involving sexual assault by other children, according to a report commissioned by Congress.The military has been slow to implement reforms that lawmakers mandated more than a year ago, said the report released Wednesday by the U.S. Government Accountability Office. The Pentagon still doesn’t know the extent of child-on-child sexual assaults, in part because some officials dismi
  
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• La Cañada and River switching to leading left arrow

  12-02-2020 22:39
  
  The intersection of North La Cañada Drive and West River Road is switching to a leading left arrow beginning Thursday, Feb. 13.Pima County Signals and Lighting will perform the change for all left turn arrows beginning at 6 a.m.…
  
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• Arizona officials keep an eye out, as Defense budget again targets A-10

  12-02-2020 22:12
  
  WASHINGTON – Arizona officials said they will fight to make sure that Davis-Monthan Air Force Base does not take a hit as a result of the Pentagon’s decision to retire 44 A-10 fighter jets, a mainstay at the Tucson base.The reduction was included in the fiscal 2021 budget unveiled Monday by the Trump administration, which said it plans to retire 44 “of the oldest and least ready” A-10s as the Air Force shifts to newer-generation aircraft.The Pentagon said in a statement
  
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• Tucson man convicted of first-degree murder of wife

  12-02-2020 22:11
  
  TUCSON – A Tucson man was found guilty for first-degree murder in the death of his wife in 2016.
  Back on Nov. 21, 2016, Tucson Police Department arrested King Yates after his wife, 24-year-old Cassandra Yates was pronounced dead with obvious signs of gunshot trauma at an apartment complex at 7671 E. Tanque Verde Road the night prior. King Yates was originally charged for first-degree murder, misconduct involving weapons - prohibited possessor and second-degree murder.After a trial where Y
  
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• Tucson man convicted for first-degree murder of wife

  12-02-2020 22:11
  
  TUCSON – A Tucson man was found guilty for first-degree murder in the death of his wife in 2016.
  Back on Nov. 21, 2016, Tucson Police Department arrested King Yates after his wife, 24-year-old Cassandra Yates was pronounced dead with obvious signs of gunshot trauma at an apartment complex at 7671 E. Tanque Verde Road the night prior. King Yates was originally charged for first-degree murder, misconduct involving weapons - prohibited possessor and second-degree murder.After a trial where Ya
  
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• Suspect killed in Baltimore shooting was former state corrections official under investigation, governor says

  12-02-2020 21:50
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Suspect killed in Baltimore shooting was former state corrections official under investigation, governor says.
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• 2020 Senate race heats up after 1st McSally ad slams Kelly over impeachment

  12-02-2020 21:37
  
  By JONATHAN J. COOPER
  PHOENIX (AP) — Vulnerable Arizona Republican Sen. Martha McSally attacks her Democratic opponent, Mark Kelly, for supporting the impeachment d removal of President Donald Trump in an ad that began airing on Wednesday.McSally's first television ad of the election cycle attempts to ties Kelly to liberal members of Congress and the leaders of the Democratic impeachment efforts, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Jerry Na
  
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• 1st McSally ad for 2020 race slams Kelly over impeachment

  12-02-2020 21:37
  
  By JONATHAN J. COOPER
  PHOENIX (AP) — Vulnerable Arizona Republican Sen. Martha McSally attacks her Democratic opponent, Mark Kelly, for supporting the impeachment d removal of President Donald Trump in an ad that began airing on Wednesday.McSally's first television ad of the election cycle attempts to ties Kelly to liberal members of Congress and the leaders of the Democratic impeachment efforts, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Jerry Na
  
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• Three family members dead, one injured after two-vehicle collision on I-19

  12-02-2020 21:28
  
  NOGALES, Ariz. – Three people are dead and one is injured after a two-vehicle collision that occurred Tuesday afternoon, Arizona Department of Public Safety said.
  Nicole Diaz, 18, from Nogales, Roxanna Diaz, 30, from Dayton, Ohio, and a 17-year-old female from Nogales were pronounced deceased on scene after the collision on northbound Interstate 19 at milepost 18, at approximately 3:10 p.m. A fourth passenger was transported to the hospital.
  According to DPS, a vehicle rear-ended a vehicle
  
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• Claytoon of the Day: Shut The Tat's Trap

  12-02-2020 21:22
  
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• Organizers of major tech show in Barcelona, Spain, say they’re cancelling over worries about viral outbreak from China

  12-02-2020 20:08
  
  LONDON (AP) — Organizers of major tech show in Barcelona, Spain, say they’re cancelling over worries about viral outbreak from China.
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• Cause of death not revealed in autopsy report of remains of missing man found in trailhead

  12-02-2020 20:08
  
  TUCSON - The cause of death of the Oklahoma man found dead in the Pima Canyon Trailhead Dec. 30 was not revealed in the Pima County Office of the Medical Examiner autopsy report released Monday.Back on Dec. 30, the remains of Oklahoma resident Steven Brashear were discovered a mile into the Pima Canyon Trailhead. Officials later released that the remains were disrupted by wildlife, resulting in a delay in the identification process.After three mountain lions were lethally removed in connection t
  
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• Medical exam released of body found at Pima Canyon

  12-02-2020 19:56
  
  The Pima County Office of the Medical Examiner recently released the post-mortem examination of the remains of a 66-year-old man found in a wilderness area adjacent to Pima Canyon Trail on Dec. 30, 2019. The remains were discovered with damage from scavengers and environmental conditions.…
  
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• UN health emergencies chief: “It’s way too early” to predict the beginning of the end of China’s virus outbreak

  12-02-2020 19:40
  
  GENEVA (AP) — UN health emergencies chief: “It’s way too early” to predict the beginning of the end of China’s virus outbreak.
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• U.S. Marshals Service says two law enforcement officers are injured and a suspect is dead in a shooting in Baltimore.

  12-02-2020 19:38
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — U.S. Marshals Service says two law enforcement officers are injured and a suspect is dead in a shooting in Baltimore.
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• Italy’s Senate votes to allow prosecution of right-wing leader Matteo Salvini for keeping rescued migrants on ship

  12-02-2020 19:24
  
  ROME (AP) — Italy’s Senate votes to allow prosecution of right-wing leader Matteo Salvini for keeping rescued migrants on ship.
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• Cruise ship barred by 4 governments set to dock in Cambodia

  12-02-2020 19:11
  
  BANGKOK (AP) — The operators of a cruise ship that was barred from docking by four governments over fears of a new virus that originated in China announced Wednesday that it will finally disembark passengers in Cambodia.Thailand refused Tuesday to allow the MS Westerdam to dock at a Thai port after it had already been turned away by the Philippines, Taiwan and Japan.
  The ship was unwelcome despite assurances from operator Holland America Line that no cases of the viral disease known as COV
  
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• Mass burial held for more than 2,400 fetuses found in home of Chicago abortion doctor

  12-02-2020 19:04
  
  CHICAGO (AP) - In what's sure to be a politically charged ceremony, more than 2,400 fetuses found last year at the suburban Chicago home of one of the Midwest's most prolific abortion doctors will be buried Wednesday in Indiana, a state with some of the nation's toughest anti-abortion laws.Indiana's top law enforcement official will preside over the mass burial in South Bend. The service comes five months after relatives sorting through Dr. Ulrich Klopfer's belongings after his Sept. 3 death cam
  
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• Feds appeal judge’s decision to block Trump refugee resettlement limit

  12-02-2020 18:49
  
  COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) -The federal government is appealing a judge’s decision to block the Trump administration from enforcing an executive order that allows state and local governments to turn away refugees.A notice of appeal filed Tuesday by the Justice Department says it's asking the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to review the Jan. 15 ruling by U.S. District Judge Peter Messitte in Maryland.Messitte said in his opinion that the order signed by President Donald Trump “flies in
  
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• Michigan woman avoids jail time after allegedly hurling racist slurs, assaulting man

  12-02-2020 18:32
  
  NBC News ChannelShelly Hueckel
  (WOOD/NBC News)  A Michigan woman who used racist slurs as she assaulted a car salesman last year will not serve any jail time.Shelly Hueckel, 47, was ordered on Tuesday to serve two years of probation for assault.In April 2019, she went to Betten Baker GMC in Lowell, where employee Terrance Smith gave her a trade-in value for her car. She wasn’t happy about the dollar amount, though, and started berating him. She then used the N-word toward Smith, who
  
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• Iowa woman accused of hate crimes ruled incompetent for trial

  12-02-2020 18:23
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -A judge has ruled incompetent for trial a woman accused of hate crimes in the Des Moines area, including intentionally running over a girl she thought was Mexican.Nicole Poole is charged with assault in violation of individual rights for an incident at a convenience store and with attempted murder.Police have said she intentionally ran over two children with her sport utility vehicle. Both children survived.The judge ruled Tuesday after hearing evidence and arguments on th
  
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• What you need to know about the 2020 NHRA AZ Nationals

  12-02-2020 18:04
  
  CHANDLER, Ariz. – Tickets are now on sale for the 36th
  annual NHRA Arizona Nationals. This event marks the second stop on the 2020
  NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series tour and is sure to showcase thrilling drag
  racing action.The series rolls into Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park in
  Chandler, Ariz. February 21-23 for the NHRA Arizona Nationals and promises to
  deliver all the intense racing fans in the region have come to expect from the
  NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series.Billy Torrence (To
  
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• TRAFFIC ALERT: Crash causes delays on I-10, Congress

  12-02-2020 17:21
  
  TUCSON – A crash is causing traffic delays on Interstate 10 Wednesday
  morning.
  According to Arizona Department of Transportation, the crash is blocking the right lane at Congress Street and I-10.I-10 EB in Tucson: A crash is blocking the right lane at Congress. #phxtraffic pic.twitter.com/mE8UiEvJJD— Arizona DOT (@ArizonaDOT) February 12, 2020The post TRAFFIC ALERT: Crash causes delays on I-10, Congress appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• GOP lawmakers push maternal, infant health plans

  12-02-2020 16:38
  
  PHOENIX (AP) - A series of proposals
  from two Republican senators would boost funding for programs designed to
  increase care for new mothers and infants.The proposals announced Tuesday by Sens.
  Kate Brophy McGee and Heather Carter include providing dental care to pregnant
  women on the state's Medicaid program and adding tests for two potentially
  fatal disorders to those already included in newborn screenings.
  Other proposals would extend Medicaid coverage for some women for a year after they giv
  
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• Winter Storm totals!

  12-02-2020 15:23
  
  Southern Arizona - Below is a look at the snowfall and rainfall totals from this week's winter storm.Hannagan Meadow clocked in 9" to 10" of snow with Mount Lemmon and Mount Graham not too far behind!Nogales had one of the highest rainfall totals with just under three quarters of an inch!
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• UN rights council releases list of companies active in Israel’s West Bank settlements

  12-02-2020 14:58
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — UN rights council releases list of companies active in Israel’s West Bank settlements.
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• Deadly crash closes 29th St, Silverlake Rd intersection

  12-02-2020 13:57
  
  TUCSON – Police are investigating a fatal two-vehicle collision
  Wednesday morning.
  According to Sgt. Pete Dugan with Tucson Police Department,
  the incident happened at the intersection of 29th Street and Silverlake Road
  near Interstate 10.TRAFFIC ALERT@Tucson_Police officers & detectives are working a fatal vehicle collision (involving 2 vehicles) at the intersection of 29th/Silverlake and I-10. The intersection and northbound frontage road are closed. Please use an alternate route. pi
  
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• Staying dry the rest of the work week

  12-02-2020 13:08
  
  TUCSON - Some stray showers are possible but most of us are waking up dry with some patchy fog. High temperatures rebound into the low 60s for the warmest spots with a mostly sunny sky!Today: Patchy A.M. fog then mostly sunny. High: 60°Tonight: Clear and colder. Low: 36°Tomorrow: Mostly sunny and seasonable. High: 67°Some lingering showers this morning are possible before we completely dry out by mid/late morning! Some areas of patchy fog will develop so give yourself
  
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• Chinese president promises tax cuts, aid to industries hurt by virus to reduce outbreak’s growing economic impact

  12-02-2020 12:49
  
  BEIJING (AP) — Chinese president promises tax cuts, aid to industries hurt by virus to reduce outbreak’s growing economic impact.
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• ‘He is a hero’: Off-duty trooper praised for rescuing Benson man brutally attacked by bull

  12-02-2020 12:39
  
  BENSON, Ariz — An Arizona state trooper is being hailed as a hero for rescuing a Benson man after he was brutally attacked by a bull.Trooper Brandon Jacquez was driving home last month when he heard a call of a bull attack. Despite being off duty, Jacquez was the closest trooper in the area, and he rushed to the scene.The victim wasn’t moving after being gored and trampled on, but the bull kept neighbors from helping him. Jacquez and other witnesses were able to distract the animal,
  
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• Pope avoids question of ordaining married men as priests in Amazon region, focuses on environment in new document

  12-02-2020 12:00
  
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope avoids question of ordaining married men as priests in Amazon region, focuses on environment in new document.
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• GIRLS: Arguellez scores career-high 39 in Flowing Wells win

  12-02-2020 09:33
  
  TUCSON - Milinda Arguellez was unstoppable Tuesday night for Flowing Wells in the Caballeros 64-49 victory over Flowing Wells on Senior Night.The junior guard scored a career-high 39 points. The third 30-plus point game of her career and first this season. Arguellez is the team's leading scorer 18 points per game.Flowing Wells (19-7, 9-1) are champions of the Conference 5A Sonoran Region. It's their fifth Region championship under head coach Michael Perkins who is in his 15th season at the scho
  
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• Things to Do, Wednesday, Feb. 12

  12-02-2020 09:00
  
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• Winter Weather Advisory issued February 11 at 11:54PM MST until February 12 at 12:00AM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  12-02-2020 07:54
  
  Steady snow has ended across the higher elevations, therefore theWinter Weather Advisory will be allowed to expire. Flurries orlight snow showers will be possible, but will quickly diminishovernight.
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• DIGGING DEEPER: Tracking drug overdoses to save lives

  12-02-2020 06:55
  
  PIMA COUNTY, Ariz. - Pima County has put together an Overdose Fatality Review Committee to take a close look at drug overdoses, and to provide answers to prevent deaths.The Digging Deeper team looked into the idea, and learned this team is needed now more
  than ever.Opioid addiction is a national health problem and impacts the entire community.
  It's estimated 70,000 people nationwide died of drug overdoses.Here in Pima County last year, it's estimated between 330 and 340 people died,
  and approxim
  
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• State senator proposes assault weapons bill in state legislature

  12-02-2020 06:51
  
  TUCSON - In 2006, Deborah Parker's daughter Lindsay was sitting on the front porch at a house party in Chandler, Ariz. when she was shot in the head by a man with an A-R 15.Lindsay was killed instantly.She left behind a nine-month old daughter.  Since that night, Parker has become a fierce gun violence prevention advocate."She was an innocent bystander and if we had background checks and laws for this type of weapon, it's possible she could still be here," Parker said.A new bill proposed b
  
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• TUSD decides on plan to decrease growing debt for food services

  12-02-2020 06:38
  
  TUCSON - Tucson Unified School District came to a decision Tuesday evening on how they will work to decrease the growing debt for food services offered to students throughout the district.The district's final vote was 5-0.Last year, TUSD ended the school year with
  just over $350,000 of food service debt due to students charging lunches to
  their account because they couldn't afford them.This year, that debt is even higher."So at the halfway mark of first semester, we were just under $350,000 of m
  
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• Road to Mt. Lemmon closed due to inclement weather

  12-02-2020 06:36
  
  TUCSON - The road to Mt. Lemmon has been closed at the base due to inclement weather on Tuesday evening.
  It is open to residents and employees only.
  As a reminder, road conditions and the most current information can be found on the road closure hotline: (520) 547-7510
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• Blues defenseman Jay Bouwmeester taken to hospital after cardiac episode on bench and is conscious and alert, team says

  12-02-2020 06:35
  
  ANAHEIM, Calif (AP) — Blues defenseman Jay Bouwmeester taken to hospital after cardiac episode on bench and is conscious and alert, team says.
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• Bernie Sanders wins New Hampshire Democratic primary, narrowly edging Pete Buttigieg

  12-02-2020 05:42
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Bernie Sanders wins New Hampshire Democratic primary, narrowly edging Pete Buttigieg.
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• Siba the standard poodle has won best in show at the Westminster Kennel Club.

  12-02-2020 05:04
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Siba the standard poodle has won best in show at the Westminster Kennel Club.
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• Tucson man pleads guilty for death of girlfriend’s infant child

  12-02-2020 05:01
  
  TUCSON - A Tucson man has pleaded guilty in the death of his girlfriend’s child.21-year-old Nicholes Liggens entered a plea deal on Monday and is scheduled to be sentenced on April 6 over a second-degree murder charge and two counts of child abuse.Authorities said the child Liggens was supposed to be watching was found unresponsive in December 2018.Investigators said the baby suffered significant head trauma and died days later at a Tucson hospital.Officials said 19-year-old Nicholes Ligge
  
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• Rain and snowfall ending followed by morning fog and sun

  12-02-2020 04:58
  
  TUCSON - As of 9 P.M. Tuesday night, most of southeastern Arizona is rapidly turning dry.
  As expected anywhere from 0.25" to 1.00" of rain fell across metro Tucson.
  Snowfall was modest atop Mt. Lemmon, with close to 8" of fresh powder at the summit.
  Here's a look at how much precipitation fell over the past 48 hours.Two-day rainfall totals across metro Tucson. Big winner Corona de Tucson with over 1". #AZwx #KVOAwx pic.twitter.com/tu4tdXmXZd— Matt Brode (@mattbrode) February 12, 2020
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• King Yates trial continues with closing arguments expected Wednesday

  12-02-2020 03:23
  
  TUCSON - What was supposed to be a four day trial has now been extended through Wednesday.
  King Yates is on trial for first degree murder and is representing himself in Pima County Superior Court.King Yates called up four witnesses within the Tucson Police Department on Tuesday. One by one, they took the stand. Two police officers, one detective and an officer with the K-9 unit.
  The prosecution called up their last witness on Tuesday, a DNA expert.
  The expert told the court she found King Yates&
  
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• Mainland China reports 97 new deaths and a further fall in new cases of the COVID-19 virus

  12-02-2020 03:18
  
  BEIJING (AP) — Mainland China reports 97 new deaths and a further fall in new cases of the COVID-19 virus.
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• Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet ends 2020 Democratic presidential bid after pinning campaign’s hopes on New Hampshire

  12-02-2020 02:31
  
  MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet ends 2020 Democratic presidential bid after pinning campaign’s hopes on New Hampshire.
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• Democratic candidate Andrew Yang ends presidential bid

  12-02-2020 02:20
  
  MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Polls closed across New Hampshire Tuesday night as fiery progressive Bernie Sanders fought for Democratic front-runner status in the first-in-the-nation primary. The party hoped for results that would bring some clarity to a presidential nomination fight that has so far been marred by dysfunction and doubt.As Sanders predicted victory, former Mayor Pete Buttigieg hoped to seize the backing of his party’s establishment with a strong finish. Joe Biden wanted to
  
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• 2 dolphins found dead with bullet wounds along Florida’s Gulf coast

  12-02-2020 01:49
  
  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Two dolphins have been found with gruesome and life-ending injuries along Florida’s Gulf coast in recent weeks, and federal authorities are offering a reward of up to $20,000 to help solve the case.According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, one dolphin was discovered dead in waters off Naples in southwest Florida late last week. Officials said the animal had received bullet, o
  
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• Japan’s health ministry says 39 new cases of virus confirmed on cruise ship that is quarantined at Japanese port

  12-02-2020 01:46
  
  TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s health ministry says 39 new cases of virus confirmed on cruise ship that is quarantined at Japanese port.
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