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• Exporting Arms Info-Guilty Plea

  15-02-2020 23:21
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - A naturalized U.S. citizen from China who worked for 10 years for a Raytheon Corp. subsidiary as an electrical engineer has pleaded guilty to a federal arms exportation charge.Wei Sun pleaded guilty Friday in U.S. District Court in Tucson, where Raytheon Missile Systems has a large defense plant that produces missiles.In a plea agreement with prosecutors, Sun acknowledged taking a Raytheon laptop to China on a 2018 personal trip and acknowledged that it contained sensitive m
  
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• More clouds will move in early next week

  15-02-2020 22:40
  
  TUCSON - The sunshine and warm air will continue through the end of the day Monday before a cold front brings us cloud cover.Tonight: Mostly Clear and Cool. Low: 41°Tomorrow: Plenty of Sunshine. High: 74°Tomorrow Night: Clouds Building. Low: 43°A cold front is developing in the Pacific Northwest and will begin moving south late Sunday.This front will not be as strong as previous fronts over the last few months.
  A few clouds will drop into the area on Monday in Tuc
  
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• US, Taliban reach Afghanistan truce agreement

  15-02-2020 22:12
  
  Defense Sec. Mark Esper speaking about Afghan negotiations at the Munich Security Conference.MUNICH (AP) - U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Saturday that a truce agreement between the United States and the Taliban that could lead to the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan is not without risk but "looks very promising."Ahead of a formal announcement of the seven-day "reduction in violence" deal, Esper said it was time to give peace a chance in Afghanistan through a political nego
  
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• US border agents to pursue migrants in ‘sanctuary’ cities

  15-02-2020 21:30
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is deploying agents from the border to “sanctuary” cities that are hindering stepped up immigration enforcement.
  Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Matthew Albence announced the use of Customs and Border Patrol agents in the interior of the country on Friday.
  The move is necessary because sanctuary cities are refusing to cooperate with ICE in the capture of immigrants, according to Albence.Albence says border agents wi
  
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• Authorities: 14-year-old arrested in fatal stabbing of Barnard College student Tessa Majors in a Manhattan park

  15-02-2020 18:15
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities: 14-year-old arrested in fatal stabbing of Barnard College student Tessa Majors in a Manhattan park.
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• French health minister announces first death of a coronavirus patient in Europe

  15-02-2020 11:43
  
  PARIS (AP) — French health minister announces first death of a coronavirus patient in Europe.
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• Things to do, This Weekend, Feb. 15 -16

  15-02-2020 09:00
  
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• The US Embassy in Japan says Americans aboard quarantined ship will be flown back to US on chartered flight Sunday

  15-02-2020 08:45
  
  TOKYO (AP) — The US Embassy in Japan says Americans aboard quarantined ship will be flown back to US on chartered flight Sunday.
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• A second child in Arizona dies from the flu

  15-02-2020 06:50
  
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  YUMA COUNTY, Ariz. - Another
  child in Arizona has died from the flu, the Arizona Department of Health
  confirmed Friday.The department said the
  child was from Yuma County.The first death was an
  infant in Maricopa County who died in December.According to the Maricopa
  County Health Department, the child was too young to be immunized.Officials say the flu is
  the most dangerous for children under two years old and recommend children six
  months and older be vaccin
  
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• Planned border wall construction worries environmental groups

  15-02-2020 06:39
  
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  TUCSON - The Pentagon announced Thursday it is planning to divert $3.8 billion of defense funding for border wall construction in Arizona, New Mexico and California.Environmentalist Myles Traphagen said this move will be a devastating blow to wildlife across the western United States."I was nauseous for about 30 minutes because I instinctively knew this was going to have a huge impact among wildlife," he said.Traphagen is the Borderlands Program Coordinator
  
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• Kobe Bryant among several finalists for Basketball Hall of Fame

  15-02-2020 06:19
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — The list of finalists for the Basketball Hall of Fame is considerably shorter than usual.The voters really didn’t need more this year.Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett — 48 All-Star nods between them — headlined the class of eight finalists announced Friday by the Hall of Fame. Each will still need to collect 18 votes from a 24-person panel before officially becoming Hall of Famers, which is certainly no more than a formality at this point.In recent
  
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• The two year construction project begins at I-10 and Ruthrauff

  15-02-2020 05:51
  
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  TUCSON - Construction continues along Interstate-10. This time, the interchange at Ruthrauff. This weekend, crews will hit the ground running for the next two years.
  It is the same concept as the Ina Road Project. The railroad crossing will be gone, so cars will not be waiting for the train. More lanes will be added. The Arizona Department of Transportation's goal is to make your commute safer and hopefully faster."During the project, we will drop I-10 down
  
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• Former Border Patrol agent sentenced to 6 years in prison for drug, bribery charges

  15-02-2020 05:39
  
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  TUCSON - Jose Antonio Yanez, 50, of Pirtleville, Ariz. was sentenced to 72 months in prison by U.S. District Judge James A. Soto on Thursday.Yanez had previously pleaded guilty to Possession with Intent to Distribute Marijuana, Receiving a Bribe, and Importation of a Schedule IV Controlled Substance, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Arizona.
  Yanez was ordered to pay $340,434, in restitution to United States Border Patrol, for salary he re
  
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• Border Patrol arrest individuals of human smuggling case on Tucson’s west side

  15-02-2020 05:10
  
  TUCSON - U.S. Border Patrol agents working near Tucson's far west side arrested five undocumented immigrants and a U.S. citizen Thursday morning, according to a press release from U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Friday.
  Tucson Sector agents discovered four Guatemalans and one Mexican national hiding in a Nissan Altima during an immigration stop around 8 a.m.Four of the five male individuals were in the trunk while the fifth was lying on the floor of the vehicles back seat.
  Agents then seiz
  
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• Valentine’s Day babies wear red hats at local hospitals for Heart Month

  15-02-2020 02:22
  
  TUCSON - Two local hospitals in Southern Arizona observed Valentine's Day and National Heart Month Friday morning.Carondelet St. Joseph's and Holy Cross Hospital participated in this month's events by taking photos of newborns in red knit hats and a love note from mom and dad.Photo Courtesy of Carondelet Health Network
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• Corrections officers alerted to unresponsive inmate at Pima County Adult Detention Complex

  15-02-2020 02:06
  
  PIMA COUNTY - Corrections officers at the Pima County Adult Detention Complex were alerted to an unresponsive inmate in a cell on Monday morning.
  At approximately 7 a.m., officers entered the cell of the inmate, who has been identified as 50-year-old Todd Ash, and immediately began administering emergency life saving measure while they waited for Tucson Fire Department personnel to arrive.
  TFD was able to resuscitate Ash and transport him to a nearby hospital.Ash stabilized upon arrival to the h
  
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• Mark Kelly criticizes Trump’s plan to divert military funds to border wall

  15-02-2020 01:39
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — The Trump administration's plan to divert money from defense projects to build a wall along the Mexico border could hurt Arizona's military industry to pay for the barrier that isn't necessary, Democratic Senate candidate Mark Kelly said Friday.Kelly said the Pentagon's plan could hurt the F-35 fighter program at Luke Air Force Base, where pilots are trained to fly the Air Force's newest and most technologically sophisticated fighter, and the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma
  
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• New Mexico governor urges support in enforcing red-flag gun initiative bill

  15-02-2020 01:31
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said she hopes to see strong leadership in the law enforcement community to implement a red-flag gun initiative approved this week by the state's Democrat-led Legislature.The second-year Democratic governor told news reporters she plans to sign the bill as soon as possible.The law allows police and sheriffs deputies to petition a court for the surrender of household firearms from people who appear to pose a danger to themselves
  
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• Shirtless, barefoot man steals snow plow in Michigan

  15-02-2020 01:24
  
  (WDIV) A shirtless, barefoot man stole a running snow plow in Michigan Monday.Dash camera footage shows 18-year-old Mario Nikprelaj jumping into the snow plow that was parked near an apartment complex in Shelby Township.Police say Nikprelaj had gotten into a fight with his girlfriend and was kicked out of her car when things turned violent.Little did he know his getaway truck had a dash camera and a GPS tracker.The owner of the truck called police and Nikprelaj was eventually pull
  
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• Mainland China announces major drop in new virus cases to 2,641, total deaths rise by 143 to 1,523

  15-02-2020 01:15
  
  BEIJING (AP) — Mainland China announces major drop in new virus cases to 2,641, total deaths rise by 143 to 1,523.
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• President Trump ignores Barr’s plea to back off tweeting

  15-02-2020 01:06
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is ignoring his attorney general's public request to stop tweeting about the Justice Department.Trump says he has the legal right to ask the agency to intervene in a criminal case, but he's so far “chosen not to.”Trump's Friday morning tweet came just hours after Attorney General William Barr told ABC News that the president's tweets were making it “impossible” to do his job, especially following the department's bungled han
  
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• NHRA Arizona Nationals Giveaway Rules

  15-02-2020 00:15
  
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  CHANCES OF WINNING.  Void where
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