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• Arizona lawmakers unanimously approve mental health legislation

  03-03-2020 23:58
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Legislature approved a measure Tuesday aimed at preventing teenage suicides and requiring insurance companies to pay for mental health care under the same rules that apply to physical ailments.Responding to a rapid rise in teenage suicides in Arizona, the House and Senate approved the measure unanimously and Gov. Doug Ducey planned to sign it in a public ceremony the same day.The measure directs $8 million to cover mental health treatments for children and teens
  
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• Death toll climbs to 25 in Tennessee tornadoes, state’s governor says

  03-03-2020 23:41
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Death toll climbs to 25 in Tennessee tornadoes, state’s governor says.
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• Democratic Party spokeswoman: Judge has ruled all Tennessee polls must extend Super Tuesday hours in wake of tornado

  03-03-2020 23:38
  
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Democratic Party spokeswoman: Judge has ruled all Tennessee polls must extend Super Tuesday hours in wake of tornado.
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• Coronavirus fears result in hand sanitizer shortage

  03-03-2020 23:06
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Fear of the coronavirus has led people to stock up on hand sanitizer, leaving store shelves empty and online retailers with sky-high prices set by those trying to profit on the rush.But more of the clear gel is on the way.Purell, the best-selling hand sanitizer, is pumping up production. And Walmart and other stores say they are talking to suppliers to stock up bare shelves.Sales of hand sanitizers in the U.S. were up 73% in the four weeks ending Feb. 22, compared with the
  
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• Arizona 6-year-old found dead in bedroom closet, parents arrested

  03-03-2020 22:21
  
  Flagstaff PD via 12 NewsAnthony Martinez, Elizabeth Archibeque-Martinez and Ann Marie Martinez
  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The parents of a 6-year-old Arizona boy found dead in his bedroom closet from apparent malnourishment have been arrested on suspicion of murder, police said Tuesday. The child’s grandmother also was in custody on separate charges.Police said the parents told officers the boy and his 7-year-old brother had been kept locked in a closet for about a month and denied foo
  
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• Dow sinks 3% after a surprise rate cut by the Federal Reserve fails to calm fears that virus outbreak will hurt economy

  03-03-2020 22:01
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Dow sinks 3% after a surprise rate cut by the Federal Reserve fails to calm fears that virus outbreak will hurt economy.
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• Claytoon of the Day: Hard Ballin' For Biden

  03-03-2020 21:51
  
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• Arizona’s McDonald named Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year

  03-03-2020 21:17
  
  TUCSON – Aari McDonald was named Pac-12 Defensive Player of
  the Year on Tuesday.
  Cate Reese, Sam Thomas and Helena Pueyo also earned Pac-12
  postseason honors.
  Your Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Yearpic.twitter.com/f61hdcJmS9— Arizona Women's Basketball (@ArizonaWBB) March 3, 2020
   It is the first time
  since 200 that three Wildcats were named All-Pac-12.
  McDonald is the second Arizona player to be named Defensive
  Player of the Year. The first was Ify Ibekwe in 2011.
  McDonald, wh
  
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• The Latest: Washington state reports 9 deaths from virus

  03-03-2020 21:05
  
  BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on the virus outbreak (all times local):4:05 a.m.Washington state reported additional coronavirus deaths Tuesday, bringing the total to nine.All of the COVID-19 deaths in the United States so far have been in the Seattle area.On its website the state Department of Health reported nine deaths, eight in King County and one in Snohomish County.The state is now reporting 27 confirmed cases.Researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the University of
  
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• Washington state health officials report 9 total coronavirus deaths

  03-03-2020 21:01
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state health officials report 9 total coronavirus deaths.
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• Tucson nonprofit jetés into spotlight after winning $10K award

  03-03-2020 21:00
  
  Dancing in the Streets Arizona's Website
  TUCSON - Whether performing an iconic movement choreographed by George Balanchine or flossing to Katy Perry's "Swish Swish", there is no doubt that dance is a great way to get one moving.And after a local nonprofit was awarded a $10,00 grant, kids in the Old Pueblo better get ready to shake what their mother gave them.On Monday, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona named Dancing in the Streets as one the winners of the second annual Get Fit. Don't Quit! Spo
  
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• You can get paid $1,000 to watch 15 hours of ‘The Office’

  03-03-2020 20:37
  
  Want to get paid to binge-watch The Office?USDish.com is looking for someone who isn’t superstitious, just
  a little stitious to watch 15 hours of The Office in 9 days.
  In return, they will pay the selected candidate $1,000, a Netflix gift card, and a “dream job” kit with The Office swag.Felt cute, might delete later. pic.twitter.com/jN7FJg057d— 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚎 (@theofficenbc) March 3, 2020
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• The Latest: Washington state reports 7th death from virus

  03-03-2020 20:22
  
  BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on the virus outbreak (all times local):3:20 a.m.Washington state has reported a seventh death from coronavirus.All of the COVID-19 deaths in the United States so far have been in the Seattle area.A spokeswoman for Harborview Medical Center in Seattle said the patient died Feb. 26. She said the person had been a resident at a suburban Seattle care facility that has reported multiple virus cases and deaths. The spokeswoman said some hospital staff may have been exp
  
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• Washington state reports seventh death from coronavirus

  03-03-2020 20:16
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state reports seventh death from coronavirus.
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• Trump says he had ‘very good talk’ with Taliban leader, days after signing of Afghanistan peace deal

  03-03-2020 20:11
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump says he had ‘very good talk’ with Taliban leader, days after signing of Afghanistan peace deal.
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• The Latest: Vatican says pope suffering only from a cold

  03-03-2020 20:11
  
  BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on the virus outbreak (all times local):3 a.m.The Vatican is insisting Pope Francis is only suffering from a cold, not coronavirus.
  Francis came down with the cold last week, skipped several official audiences and on Sunday announced he would stay home from a week-long spiritual retreat outside Rome to recover.On Tuesday, Rome daily Il Messaggero reported he had tested negative for the coronavirus.Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni didn’t confirm or deny the Mes
  
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• Supreme Court allows states to prosecute immigrants who use fake IDs to get a job

  03-03-2020 19:43
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is making it easier for states to prosecute immigrants who use fake Social Security numbers to get a job.The issue for the court was whether states could pursue the immigrants in court or had to leave those choices to the federal government, which typically has authority over immigration.The court ruled 5-4 Tuesday, with conservatives in the majority, that nothing in federal immigration law prevents states from going after immigrants who use phony ident
  
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• The Latest: Homeland Security closes facility after illness

  03-03-2020 19:22
  
  BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on the virus outbreak (all times local):2:20 a.m.Acting U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf says the agency closed a facility in King County, Washington state, because an employee became ill after visiting a family member at the LifeCare Center in Kirkland.Wolf told Congress that employees of the DHS facility were told to work from home and the office will remain closed for 14 days. All employees have been directed to “self-quarantine&rd
  
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• Arizona man charged for Nazi threat plot, harassment campaign to remain in jail

  03-03-2020 19:21
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — A federal judge ruled Monday that an Arizona man will remain jailed on a charge that he and other neo-Nazis mounted a harassment campaign, mailing and posting threatening messages, at the homes of journalists and anti-hate advocates in three states.Johnny Roman Garza, 20, of Queen Creek poses a danger to the community, Magistrate Judge John Boyle said.The judge expressed skepticism about Garza’s claim to have severed his ties with the neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Divisio
  
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• Annual contest invites young shutterbugs to submit photos

  03-03-2020 18:49
  
  Sean Stubben of Tucson submitted this photo for the Adventures in Nature contest in 2019.Cassie Waldron of Tucson submitted this photo for the Adventures in Nature contest in 2019.Take your best shot for cash. The Nature Conservancy is calling young photographers.Arizona students, ages 13 – 18, are invited to submit photos showcasing our state’s natural beauty, wildlife and people to the 8th annual Adventures in Nature photo contest.
  The top 10 winners will receive up to $10,000 in
  
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• The Latest: Virus deaths in Italy soar, the most after China

  03-03-2020 18:48
  
  BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on the virus outbreak (all times local):1:35 a.m.Italian officials say the number of deaths of coronavirus patients in Italy has more than doubled in a 24-hour period to 79 overall, the most so far outside of China.According to the national Civil Protection Agency, since a briefing Monday, 45 additional deaths were reported. Officials say nearly all the deaths have occurred in elderly people or patients with serious chronic health problems such as kidney failure,
  
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• A former Oklahoma Christian University recruiter defending his actions after lining up students by skin color

  03-03-2020 18:31
  
  (KFOR)  A former Oklahoma Christian University recruiter is sharing his side of the story after lining students up by their skin color and hair texture. Students and parents are still outraged, and the university made a personal visit to Harding Charter Prep in Oklahoma City Monday to apologize.  "It destroyed my reputation but my character won't change,” Cedric Sunray said.Sunray is defending his presentation saying he’s done the exact same exercise 87 times just this
  
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• Bond set for man accused of stabbing 3-year-old daughter, pregnant mother

  03-03-2020 18:25
  
  WBAY via CNN Newsource
  APPLETON, Wis. (WLUK-TV) — Prosecutors say a man stabbed his pregnant ex-girlfriend and killed her 3-year-old daughter in Wisconsin to unburden himself from his anger.Twenty-five-year-old Demetrius Williams appeared in Outagamie County Circuit Court on Monday on charges of first-degree intentional homicide and attempted first-degree intentional homicide.A criminal complaint says Williams was upset the woman didn't want to be together anymore so he stabbed her a
  
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• State police say three people died when a small plane crashed on I-55 in central Illinois

  03-03-2020 18:23
  
  LINCOLN, Ill. (AP) — State police say three people died when a small plane crashed on I-55 in central Illinois.
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• Preventing Coronavirus in your community

  03-03-2020 18:14
  
  TUCSON - There are simple steps you can take to prevent the coronavirus in your community.Across the country store shelves are being emptied out as
  Americans stock up on supplies.Homeland Security recommends having a two week supply of
  food on hand should the virus continue to spread.“The items that are likely to disappear from the shelves,
  number one is going to be bottled water, canned foods of all kinds, frozen
  foods that have a short list of ingredients,” said Phil Lempert, Groce
  
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• Arizona confirms 2nd ‘presumptive positive’ case of COVID-19

  03-03-2020 18:12
  
   PHOENIX – State health officials confirmed Tuesday a "presumptive positive" case of COVID-19 in Maricopa County, bringing the case count to two.
  Arizona Department of Health Services says a man in his 20s is not hospitalized and is recovering at home.
  “This individual is a known contact of a presumed positive
  case outside of Arizona who had traveled to an area with community spread of
  COVID-19,” said ADHS on a news release.
  ADHS State Public Health Lab began testing for C
  
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• At least 22 killed after tornadoes rip through Tennessee

  03-03-2020 18:11
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tornadoes ripped across Tennessee overnight, shredding at least 40 buildings in the Nashville area and 100 more east of the city as it killed at least 22 people.One twister damaged damaged a 10-mile stretch of Nashville early Tuesday, leaving blown-down walls and roofs, snapped power lines, huge broken trees, and city streets in gridlock.Another wiped out much of a subdivision in Putnam County, where the sheriff says more survivors could be trapped in the rubble of
  
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• At least 19 killed after tornadoes rip through Tennessee

  03-03-2020 18:11
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tornadoes ripped across Tennessee overnight, shredding at least 40 buildings and killing at least 19 people.One of the twisters caused severe damage across downtown Nashville on Tuesday, leaving blown-down walls and roofs, snapped power lines, huge broken trees, and city streets in gridlock.President Donald Trump said he'd visit the area Friday. Schools, courts, transit lines, and the state Capitol are closed.Some polling stations were moved and others opened late
  
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• The Latest: WHO chief demands end to hoarding masks, gloves

  03-03-2020 18:05
  
  BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on the virus outbreak (all times local):1 a.m. Wednesday
  WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus wants the world to stop hoarding masks, gloves and other protective equipment.The head of the U.N. health agency says Tuesday that he’s concerned that the new coronavirus is disrupting worldwide supplies of protective equipment, including masks, that are vitally needed to protect the health workers fighting the COVID-19 epidemic.He says “we are conc
  
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• Road to Mt. Lemmon open

  03-03-2020 16:55
  
  Mt. Lemmon on Tuesday,March 3, 2020. / Pima County Sheriff's Department
  TUCSON – The road to Mount Lemmon will remain open, Pima
  County Sheriff’s Department said Tuesday morning.Officials say Mount Lemmon received approximately two inches of snow Monday night and Tuesday morning.
  Motorists are asked to "slow down and drive carefully."RELATED: Valley rain and mountain snow at times today!For more information about road conditions, call the road closure hotline at 520.547.7510.If you
  
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• Tennessee emergency management agency spokeswoman raises tornado death toll to 19

  03-03-2020 16:33
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee emergency management agency spokeswoman raises tornado death toll to 19.
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• LA County sheriff says 8 deputies took Bryant crash photos

  03-03-2020 16:23
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva says eight deputies allegedly took or shared graphic photos of the Kobe Bryant helicopter crash scene, but he ordered them deleted.
  Villanueva tells NBC News, KCBS-TV and KABC-TV that the existence of the photos was offensive when families of those killed are still grieving.
  However, it's unclear when or how the deputies will be disciplined. Bryant, his daughter and seven others died on Jan. 26 when their helicopter flew into a
  
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• US Federal Reserve cuts benchmark interest rate by half-point, most since 2008, to offset coronavirus impact

  03-03-2020 16:00
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — US Federal Reserve cuts benchmark interest rate by half-point, most since 2008, to offset coronavirus impact.
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• The Latest: France takes control over all protective masks

  03-03-2020 15:54
  
  BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on the virus outbreak (all times local):10:50 p.m.France’s president says the government is requisitioning all current and future stocks of protective masks.In a tweet, President Emmanuel Macron said the masks would be distributed to health workers and people in France who have been sickened by the coronavirus outbreak spreading through the country.The government on Tuesday reported a total of 204 cases, up 13 from the previous day, and a total of four death
  
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• Arizona man charged in Nazi threat plot to remain jailed

  03-03-2020 15:53
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — A federal judge ruled Monday that an Arizona man will remain jailed on a charge that he and other neo-Nazis mounted a harassment campaign, mailing and posting threatening messages, at the homes of journalists and anti-hate advocates in three states.Johnny Roman Garza, 20, of Queen Creek poses a danger to the community, Magistrate Judge John Boyle said.The judge expressed skepticism about Garza’s claim to have severed his ties with the neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division
  
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• French president says the government is requisitioning all current and future stocks of protective masks

  03-03-2020 15:49
  
  PARIS (AP) — French president says the government is requisitioning all current and future stocks of protective masks.
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• 2 men arrested in connection with Pinal County homicide

  03-03-2020 15:41
  
  CASA GRANDE, Ariz. (AP) — Pinal County Sheriff’s officials say two men have been arrested as suspects in a homicide case.They say Robin Franklin, 37, and John Radcliff, 36, both have been booked into the county jail on suspicion of first-degree murder.It was unclear Monday if either man has a lawyer yet.Sheriff’s officials say Troy Beebe, 42, of Casa Grande was found dead in the Santa Cruz Wash near Maricopa-Casa Grande Highway on Feb. 27.They say it appears a vehicular assault
  
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• The Latest: Spanish health workers isolated after 5 infected

  03-03-2020 15:25
  
  BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on the virus outbreak (all times local):10:30 p.m.About 100 health workers are under isolation in northern Spain and at least 120 others are being closely watched by authorities after at least five doctors and nurses were infected with the new virus in hospitals.The Basque region health minister, Nekane Murga, says authorities in the northern region are also speeding up procedures to hire new doctors to make it up for possible shortages of health professionals in
  
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• Numerous weapons found after UPS worker threatened shooting

  03-03-2020 15:12
  
  This undated photo provided by the Sunnyvale Police Department shows Thomas Andrews. Andrews a UPS worker is suspected of planning a mass shooting at the company's facility in Silicon Valley has been arrested after leading officers on a pursuit and a search of his home uncovered numerous firearm and ammunition (Sunnyvale Police Department via AP)
  SUNNYVALE, Calif. (AP) — Police say a UPS worker suspected of threatening a mass shooting at the company's facility in Silicon Valley has been a
  
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• The Latest: France threatens to control prices of face masks

  03-03-2020 15:08
  
  BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on the virus outbreak (all times local):10 p.m.A French official is threatening to issue a decree controlling prices of face masks and disinfectant gels used to protect against the virus outbreak if an investigation shows they are being sold at unfairly high prices.
  Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire also urged the public on Tuesday to avoid “precautionary shopping” in supermarkets. Some store shelves, notably in the Oise region north of Paris — the
  
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• UN nuclear watchdog says Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile has nearly tripled in last 3 months

  03-03-2020 14:58
  
  VIENNA (AP) — UN nuclear watchdog says Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile has nearly tripled in last 3 months.
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• UN nuclear watchdog has “a number of questions” about possible undeclared nuclear activities at 3 sites in Iran

  03-03-2020 14:46
  
  VIENNA (AP) — UN nuclear watchdog has “a number of questions” about possible undeclared nuclear activities at 3 sites in Iran.
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• What to watch as 14 states vote in Super Tuesday primaries

  03-03-2020 14:13
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - The Democratic presidential candidates are racing toward the biggest day on the primary calendar, when 14 states vote on Super Tuesday. It's the day when the primary moves from retail to wholesale. Instead of one state voting at a time, candidates have to focus on contests in every region of the country with all types of voters.
  While Super Tuesday won't necessarily determine who wins the nomination, it has historically been difficult for a candidate who performs poorly
  
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• Crews battle mobile home fire on Tucson’s south side

  03-03-2020 13:52
  
  TUCSON – Crews put out a fire at a mobile home early Tuesday morning on Tucson’s south side.
  Tucson Fire Department says units were dispatched to 3600 S. 12th Avenue near Ajo Highway.
  Officials say crews were able to put out the fire in 23 minutes.
  No injuries were reported.
  No word yet on the cause of the fire.Tucson Fire south side units respond to an early morning fire in a modular structure near 12th & Ajo.Fire was extinguished quickly with no injuries. pic.twitter.com/DMEb13
  
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• G-7 nations pledge to use all appropriate tools to deal with virus outbreak, but offer no specifics

  03-03-2020 13:45
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — G-7 nations pledge to use all appropriate tools to deal with virus outbreak, but offer no specifics.
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• Disaster: Deadly tornadoes shred 40 buildings in Nashville

  03-03-2020 13:42
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — At least two tornadoes shred buildings across the city of Nashville and central Tennessee early Tuesday, killing at least 7 people.
  The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency confirmed the preliminary death toll as first-responders search the wreckage for injured people. About 40 buildings collapsed around Nashville, including a concert venue that had just held an event for presidential candidate Bernie Sanders ahead of Super Tuesday voting.
  Nashville Mayor John Coop
  
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• The Latest: Italian region using strap-on breathing masks

  03-03-2020 13:22
  
  BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on the virus outbreak (all times local):8 p.m.Italy’s Lombardy region, the center of the European virus outbreak, is getting around its limited capacity to put patients in isolated intensive care units by using strap-on masks that provide continuous breathing assistance.
  Lombardy’s top health official, Giulio Gallera, says the masks, called CPAPs, which stand for continuous positive airway pressure, can be used in any hospital ward outfitted for respir
  
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• Valley rain and mountain snow at times today!

  03-03-2020 13:21
  
  TUCSON - Valley rain and mountain snow at times today with the highest totals south of Tucson near the International Border. Biggest impacts will be wet roads, ponding and low visibility at times. Today: Scattered showers otherwise partly cloudy (50%). High: 60°Tonight: Cold and partly cloudy. Low: 41°Tomorrow: Sunny and seasonable. High: 71°For valley locations, totals will range from 0.10" to 0.25" with up to 0.50" near the International Border. Snow l
  
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• Tennessee Emergency Management Agency confirms 7 dead from tornadoes that shred more than 40 buildings

  03-03-2020 13:18
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Emergency Management Agency confirms 7 dead from tornadoes that shred more than 40 buildings.
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• Nashville mayor, area sheriffs confirm unspecified number of deaths after tornadoes shred buildings across Tennessee

  03-03-2020 13:10
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville mayor, area sheriffs confirm unspecified number of deaths after tornadoes shred buildings across Tennessee.
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