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• Rain will return early Monday morning

  01-03-2020 23:32
  
  TUCSON - A strong front is moving into Arizona late tonight that will bring us rain through most of the day on Monday.
  Tonight: Partly Cloudy and Mild. Low: 42°Tomorrow: Scattered rain and cloudy skies. High: 62°Tomorrow Night: Isolated showers possible. Low: 36° Cloudy conditions have stayed around for the day couple days, but no rain has moved in just yet.The wind will continue to be an issue for much of southern Arizona. Wind gusts during Monday morni
  
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• US urges citizens to avoid northern Italy as virus accelerates

  01-03-2020 21:55
  
  MILAN (AP) — Coronavirus infections in Italy have risen 50% in just one day.
  The U.S. government issued its strongest travel warning yet on Sunday, advising Americans against any travel to two regions in northern Italy that have been hard hit by the virus which first emerged in China in December.Authorities said the number of total people infected in Italy had risen to 1,694.
  Five more people infected with the virus have died in the country, bringing the death toll in Italy to 34 since the
  
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• Veterans get special treat from PGA at Cologuard Classic with special “Patriot’s Outpost

  01-03-2020 20:42
  
  UnmutePlayRemaining Ad TimeAd - 00:00TUCSON - The "Patriot Outpost" is a special tent at the Cologuard Classic that's dedicated to past and present service members.Free food, drinks, alcohol, shirts and other swag are just a few of the benefits.News 4 Tucson's Paul Cicala goes in-depth with vets enjoying some action from PGA greats at the Omni Tucson.News 4 Tucson Sports Director Paul Cicala reports live from Cologuard Classic on program that allows veterans to get up, close and personal to PGA
  
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• Arizona restaurateurs get backlash over support of Trump

  01-03-2020 20:19
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - The owners of a Mexican restaurant in the Tucson area are fending off social media attacks after appearing in the VIP area at President Donald Trump's Phoenix campaign rally last week.Won't be Intimidated! TRUMP 2020What happened to us in 2016 is happening now. We have the right to support the president and no one can intimidate us. Watch us standing right behind him at his Phoenix ralley here, https://youtu.be/6C0mt8sa8RwPosted by Sammy's Mexican Grill on Wednesday, Februar
  
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• Veterans get special treat from PGA at Cologuard Classic in Tucson

  01-03-2020 20:06
  
  TUCSON - The "Patriot Outpost" is a special tent at the Cologuard Classic that's dedicated to past and present service members.Free food, drinks, alcohol, shirts and other swag are just a few of the benefits.News 4 Tucson's Paul Cicala goes in-depth with vets enjoying some action from PGA greats at the Omni Tucson.News 4 Tucson Sports Director Paul Cicala reports live from Cologuard Classic on program that allows veterans to get up, close and personal to PGA athletes.The post Veterans get specia
  
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• KVOA’s Sports Anchor teams goes in-depth from Cologuard Classic

  01-03-2020 19:56
  
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  TUCSON - News 4 Tucson's David Kelly & Paul Cicala continued KVOA's in-depth coverage of the Cologuard Classic with exclusive 1-on-1 interviews of some of starts taking part in the Celebrity Challenge (including "Larry the Cable Guy", Rusty Wallac, Roger Clemens & Lee Brice).In addition, the KVOA sports team is bringing complete coverage on the PGA legends themselves at the Cologuard Classic.Country Music Singer Lee Brice plays at Tucson Omni.News 4
  
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• PCSD investigates two vehicle crash resulting in injuries

  01-03-2020 19:45
  
  TUCSON— Pima County Sheriff’s Deputies and medics with
  Northwest Fire District responded to a two vehicle crash involving injuries on
  Magee Road at Paseo Del Norte late Saturday night.Officials say Traffic unit investigators have taken over the
  investigation and the intersection will remain closed until they conclude the
  on-scene portion of the investigation. 
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• PCSD investigates fatal vehicle crash on the northwest side

  01-03-2020 19:45
  
  TUCSON— Pima County Sheriff’s Deputies and medics with Northwest Fire District responded to a two vehicle crash killing two people on Magee Road at Paseo Del Norte late Saturday night.Officials say through their investigation, they believe a single occupant vehicle was traveling Eastbound on Magee and collided with a Westbound SUV which had three occupants inside.
  The two passengers in the SUV were declared dead on scene. The driver, an adult male, was taken to a local hospital with
  
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• PCSD investigates fatal vehicle crash on the north eastside

  01-03-2020 19:45
  
  TUCSON— Pima County Sheriff’s Deputies and medics with Northwest Fire District responded to a two vehicle crash killing two people on Magee Road at Paseo Del Norte late Saturday night.Officials say through their investigation, they believe a single occupant vehicle was traveling Eastbound on Magee and collided with a Westbound SUV which had three occupants inside.
  The two passengers in the SUV were declared dead on scene. The driver, an adult male, was taken to a local hospital with
  
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• Italy says its coronavirus infections jump 40% to 1,576 and deaths of infected people rise to 34

  01-03-2020 18:30
  
  ROME (AP) — Italy says its coronavirus infections jump 40% to 1,576 and deaths of infected people rise to 34.
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• Virus fears close down France’s famed Louvre Museum

  01-03-2020 18:15
  
  PARIS (AP) - The spreading coronavirus epidemic has shut down the Louvre Museum in Paris.
  A union representative for Louvre staffers said Sunday that workers who guard its huge trove of artworks are fearful of being contaminated by the museum's flow of visitors from around the world.
  The Louvre itself said a staff meeting about virus prevention efforts had stopped the museum from opening as scheduled Sunday morning.On Sunday afternoon, frustrated would-be visitors were still waiting to get insid
  
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• US advisory warns Americans not travel to 2 Italian regions

  01-03-2020 17:21
  
  MILAN (AP) - A new U.S. government advisory on Sunday urged Americans not to travel to two Italian regions hardest hit by a new virus, raising the level of warning for the Lombard and Veneto regions to the highest-level.The advisory cited quarantines set up in 10 Lombard towns and one in Veneto, with a combined population of 50,000 people, as well as the ''the level of community transmission of the virus.''It follows an earlier warning late Friday to avoid non-essential travel to all of Italy, w
  
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• France’s Louvre Museum forced to shut its doors after workers voice fears of becoming infected with coronavirus

  01-03-2020 14:27
  
  PARIS (AP) — France’s Louvre Museum forced to shut its doors after workers voice fears of becoming infected with coronavirus.
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• Syria says 2 of its jets shot down by Turkey in Syrian airspace amid soaring tensions, pilots ejected with parachutes.

  01-03-2020 13:18
  
  DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria says 2 of its jets shot down by Turkey in Syrian airspace amid soaring tensions, pilots ejected with parachutes.
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• Iran raises death toll from new coronavirus to 54 as number of infected cases jumps overnight to 978 people nationwide

  01-03-2020 12:07
  
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran raises death toll from new coronavirus to 54 as number of infected cases jumps overnight to 978 people nationwide.
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• Quigley takes 2-shot lead over Couples in Cologuard Classic

  01-03-2020 08:12
  
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  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Brett Quigley shot a 5-under 68 on Saturday in the Cologuard Classic to open a three-stroke lead in his bid to win for the second time in his first four PGA Tour Champions starts."You just don't know in golf," Quigley said. "You just don't know what you have day to day, week to week. I had been playing some really nice golf the last couple three months and didn't know it would come this quickly."Fred Couples was second after a 66. The 60
  
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• UCLA surges, beats Wildcats 69-64 for 7th straight win

  01-03-2020 07:04
  
  By GREG BEACHAM
  The Associated PressLOS ANGELES (AP) - Chris Smith scored 17 points, Tyger Campbell hit the tiebreaking jumper with 49 seconds left and UCLA dramatically rallied from a late deficit to take sole possession of the Pac-12 lead with its seventh consecutive victory, 69-64 over Arizona on Saturday night.Cody Riley and Jaime Jaquez Jr. scored 11 points apiece for the Bruins (19-11, 12-5 Pac-12), who didn't lead in the second half before Campbell hit his big shot while tumbling to the c
  
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• HOOPS: State Championship Saturday

  01-03-2020 06:49
  
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  PHOENIX - Four Tucson teams went to Phoenix for State Championship Saturday, two are coming back with gold basketballs.No. 2 Salpointe Catholic shutout No. 1 Peoria in overtime to win 54-48 in the Conference 4A Boys State Championship game at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum.Senior Evan Nelson savors cutting down the nets for Salpointe Catholic's first boys basketball state championshipThe win earned the Lancers (30-1) their first state championship. Salpointe
  
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• Coronavirus rumors spread on app cripple LA’s Koreatown

  01-03-2020 05:46
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) - In a Koreatown restaurant known for its beef bone broth soup, the lunchtime crowd Friday was half its normal size. The reason was a virulent rumor about a customer with coronavirus.Han Bat Shul Lung Tang was one of five restaurants that lost business after being named in posts on a Korean messaging app that warned a Korean Air flight attendant with the virus had dined there during a layover in Los Angeles more than a week ago.
  "It's fake news," owner John Kim said, and he had
  
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• Sierra Vista mother and son arrested in connection to fraudulent scheme

  01-03-2020 04:27
  
  SIERRA VISTA,Ariz - Cochise County Sheriff's Office Financial Crimes and Major Crimes detectives arrested two suspects on Thursday in connection to a fraudulent scheme involving stolen checks.52-year-old Gloria Burton, a former Lawley employee and her son 31-year-old Charles Burton were both arrested and booked into the Cochise County Jail. Both were charged with theft,fraud,forgery and conspiracy.Detectives were investigating the theft of company checks stolen from Lawley Automotive group that
  
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• Billionaire Tom Steyer ends 2020 Democratic presidential bid

  01-03-2020 03:55
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Billionaire activist Tom Steyer, who poured millions of dollars into his Democratic presidential campaign, is ending his bid after a third-place finish in the South Carolina primary.Steyer announced Saturday night in Columbia that he was dropping out of the White House race. After spending nearly $24 million on television advertising in the state, he finished behind former Vice President Joe Biden and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders on Saturday. It was Steyer's best showing in
  
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• Billionaire activist Tom Steyer ending Democratic presidential campaign after pouring millions of dollars into his bid

  01-03-2020 03:19
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Billionaire activist Tom Steyer ending Democratic presidential campaign after pouring millions of dollars into his bid.
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• Biden wins South Carolina, hopes for Super Tuesday momentum

  01-03-2020 02:40
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) - Joe Biden needed a win in the South Carolina primary, and he earned a commanding one.
  The victory revives his flagging campaign for the Democratic nomination, and gives him new energy headed into next week's Super Tuesday.
  One of his principal rivals will be Sen. Bernie Sanders, who finished second and is better positioned than Biden for the next series of primaries.For others in the race, there will likely be discussions about whether their campaigns should continue, particula
  
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• 12th annual polar plunge raises over $30,000

  01-03-2020 02:33
  
  TUCSON - Today was the 12th annual Polar Plunge to benefit Special Olympics Arizona at Highland Vista Pool.
  Their goal was to raise $25,000 this year and they beat that by more than $6,000 before their costume contest and polar plunge.Participants were dressed in their costumes with awards being handed out for best-dressed."I will say...people are pretty creative! Today... 'Vote for Pedro Napolean Dynamite' (was) number one," said Tiffani Jaseph, School & Outreach Coordinator.After the award
  
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• Temperatures will begin to cool off due to a cold front

  01-03-2020 02:23
  
  TUCSON - A cold front is approaching Southern Arizona that will bring us more cloud cover and cooler temperatures Sunday and rain chances by Monday morning.
  Tonight: Mostly Cloudy and Mild. Low: 48°Tomorrow: Partly Sunny and breezy. High: 71°Tomorrow Night: Isolated showers possible. Low: 42°The cloud cover that moved in on Saturday afternoon will continue to hang around until the front head south by early Tuesday.
  The wind will continue to be an issue f
  
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• Joe Biden wins South Carolina Democratic presidential primary, his first victory of the 2020 campaign

  01-03-2020 01:00
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden wins South Carolina Democratic presidential primary, his first victory of the 2020 campaign.
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