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• University of Arizona and the state are expanding COVID-19 antibody testing statewide

  15-05-2020 23:53
  
  TUCSON - The U of A has been working on antibody testing for a few weeks and in late April they developed an extremely accurate test. On Friday, the state government has provide funding for that testing to expand.Many doctors at the University of Arizona have been hard at work on better testing for Coronavirus.So far the tests the antibody testing has been crude and inaccurate, that changed a couple weeks ago when they developed a new test. This new one worked so well that it is being expanded.D
  
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• Running Through the Outbreak: Joggers Lose the Social Connections of Major Races, Weekly Gatherings

  15-05-2020 23:51
  
  Although Gov. Doug Ducey has allowed gyms to reopen this week, runners who enjoy the social aspect of group activities will likely have to wait longer before they see an opportunity to join an organized pack.…
  
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• US retail sales plunged a record 16% in April when COVID-19 forced shutdowns

  15-05-2020 23:48
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — U.S. retail sales tumbled by a record 16.4% from March to April as business shutdowns caused by the coronavirus kept shoppers away, threatened stores across the country and weighed down a sinking economy.The Commerce Department’s report on retail purchases showed a sector that has collapsed so quickly that sales over the past 12 months are down a crippling 21.6%.The sharpest drops from March to April were at clothiers, electronics stores, furniture stores and restaur
  
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• Navajo Nation placed under strictest weekend lockdown to date

  15-05-2020 23:31
  
  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- Residents of the Navajo Nation will be under the strictest weekend lockdown yet. Grocery stores, gas stations and other businesses will be closed starting Friday night. Essential workers also are being told to stay home until Monday around dawn.A frustrated Navajo Nation president made the announcement after a spike in deaths that he attributed to shifting traffic patterns in New Mexico. As of Thursday, the tribe reported 127 deaths and 3,632 positive cases since it first beg
  
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• The Latest: Navajo Nation under strict weekend lockdown

  15-05-2020 23:20
  
  The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.
  TOP OF THE HOUR:
  — Trump hopeful to have virus vaccine on market by end of year or shortly after
  — Vice President Mike Pence is adding five new members to the government’s coronavirus task force
  — Parts of western Pennsylvania begin to ease restri
  
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• VIDEO: NJ T-Rex boy brings joy to neighborhood

  15-05-2020 22:46
  
  This story is going to make you smile. Something we could all really use right now.An 8-year-old found a unique way to lift his neighbor’s spirits.One afternoon walk at a time, Brian Donohue introduces to a little boy who's truly, dinomite.Of all the reactions we’ve seen people have to the coronavirus lockdown this just might the best.James Hunt, is an 8-year-old from Florham Park.A few times a week, probably 20 times or so since the lockdown began, he's gone out for his daily walk w
  
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• The Latest: Portugal to move to next phase of reopening

  15-05-2020 22:36
  
  The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.
  TOP OF THE HOUR:
  — Trump hopeful to have virus vaccine on market by end of year or shortly after
  — Vice President Mike Pence is adding five new members to the government’s coronavirus task force
  — Parts of western Pennsylvania begin to ease restri
  
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• VA says it won’t stop use of unproven drug on vets for now

  15-05-2020 22:27
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing growing criticism, the Department of Veterans Affairs says it will not halt use of an unproven malaria drug on veterans with COVID-19 but that fewer of its patients were now taking it.
  In responses provided to Congress and obtained by The Associated Press, the VA insisted it never “encouraged or discouraged” its government-run hospitals to use the malaria drug on veterans for COVID-19.
  President Donald Trump had heavily touted it for months without scie
  
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• GOP State Lawmakers Seek To Overturn Pima County's Emergency Rules on Restaurants, Other Biz

  15-05-2020 22:18
  
  The Pima County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 along party lines this week to update health code regulations for restaurants and bars to reduce transmission of COVID-19, but three state lawmakers are asking the Arizona Attorney General’s Office to step in and force the county to rescind the rules.State Sen. Vince Leach and state Reps. Mark Finchem and Bret Roberts say that the county is exceeding its authority in creating the regulations and have asked Attorney General Mark Brnovich for a
  
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• Stocks manage modest gains but still end lower for the week

  15-05-2020 22:08
  
  Stocks managed to close modestly higher on Wall Street Friday after a day of wobbling between gains and losses. The S&P 500 rose 0.4%. The index still wound up with its biggest weekly drop since late March. The market’s enthusiasm was checked by yet more grim data showing how badly the coronavirus pandemic is crippling the economy. Retail sales sank a record 16.4% in April and industrial production plunged a record 11.2%. At the same time, investors are cautiously optimistic that the f
  
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• The Federal Reserve says parts of the financial system came under severe strain in March, sees further threats possible

  15-05-2020 22:07
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve says parts of the financial system came under severe strain in March, sees further threats possible.The post The Federal Reserve says parts of the financial system came under severe strain in March, sees further threats possible appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• The Latest: Pence adds five new members to virus task force

  15-05-2020 21:46
  
  The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.
  TOP OF THE HOUR:
  — Trump hopeful to have virus vaccine on market by end of year or shortly after
  — New York to open some beaches by Memorial Day weekend
  — Parts of western Pennsylvania begin to ease restrictions
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• Delivery driver held against his will because of color of skin

  15-05-2020 21:38
  
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  (KFOR)  An Oklahoma City appliance and furniture delivery driver says he was detained while doing his job simply because of the color of his skin.Travis Miller, the delivery driver and father of two, was stopped and held against his will during the last stop of the day in the gated community of Ashford Hills in Northeast Oklahoma City, Monday afternoon.He streamed the frightening encounter on Facebook.“I gotta make it home to my family,” Travis Miller said duri
  
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• Stock indexes mostly flat on Wall Street after a bumpy start

  15-05-2020 21:25
  
  Stock indexes were mostly flat Friday afternoon after a wobbly day of trading on Wall Street as optimism over the gradual reopening of businesses shuttered due to the coronavirus is kept in check by more data showing how the pandemic is crippling the economy.The government reported that U.S. retail sales sank a record 16% in April, the second steep decline in a row as store closures kept shoppers away. The Federal Reserve also reported that industrial production plunged a record 11.2% last month
  
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• AP Analysis: 80 percent of states fall short of COVID-19 recommended testing level

  15-05-2020 21:07
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — As businesses reopen in more of the U.S., more than 4 out of 5 states still fall short of the COVID-19 testing levels that public health experts say are necessary to safely ease lockdowns.That’s according to an Associated Press analysis. Rapid, widespread testing is considered essential to tracking and containing the coronavirus.But an AP analysis of metrics developed by Harvard’s Global Health Institute indicates that 41 states fail to test widely enough to d
  
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• A Trump Official Tried to Fast-Track Funding for His Friend’s Unproven COVID-19 “Treatment,” Whistleblower Says

  15-05-2020 21:00
  
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• Some Arizona casinos reopened Friday as Stay-At-Home order expires

  15-05-2020 20:58
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Several Arizona casinos were partially reopening Friday with new sanitizing protocols and social distancing measures. The opening comes about two months after slot machines were shut down and gaming rooms were closed to help slow the spread of the coronavirus.Harrah’s Ak-Chin Hotel and Casino in Maricopa and Fort McDowell Casino near Fountain Hills were opening parts of their operations Friday morning as Republican Gov. Doug Ducey’s stay-at-home order expires.The
  
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• PCSD honors its law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty with annual service

  15-05-2020 20:43
  
  TUCSON - Every year, Pima County Sheriff's Department honors its law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty.After 33 years of holding an annual service for these law enforcement officers, the COVID-19 pandemic presented a unique obstacle for the community to remember those who have fallen while protecting the county.This year due to the pandemic, PCSD held a ceremony with limited attendance. The department broadcasted the service on Facebook to honor the 14 officers who have died.Thos
  
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• The Latest: Some Canada schools to reopen part time June 1

  15-05-2020 20:40
  
  The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.
  TOP OF THE HOUR:
  — Trump hopeful to have virus vaccine on market by end of year or shortly after
  — New York to open some beaches by Memorial Day weekend
  — Parts of western Pennsylvania begin to ease restrictions
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• Diocese of Tucson working to reopen churches

  15-05-2020 20:22
  
  TUCSON - The Diocese of Tucson is working to reopen parishes for public worship.
  In March, Rev. Edward Weisenburger made the decision to suspend all parish-based gatherings because of COVID-19.
  Beginning the weekend of May 23, Bishop Edward Weisenburger is allowing pastors to provide Holy Communion. However, there will be no public masses at this time. Pastors will distribute Holy Communion outdoors.
  For more details, check your local parish's website or Facebook page.
  The Sunday mass oblig
  
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• Medal of Honor recipient for saving lives in Afghanistan dies at age 41

  15-05-2020 20:19
  
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  WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Former Army Staff Sgt. Ronald Shurer II, who received the Medal of Honor in 2018 for braving heavy gunfire to save lives in Afghanistan, has died at age 41.Miranda Shurer said her husband, who was diagnosed with cancer three years ago, died Thursday in a Washington, D.C. hospital.Shurer was a senior medical sergeant in the special forces in April 2008, when his team encountered heavy fire from enemy milit
  
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• The Latest: Parts of Pennsylvania ease some restrictions

  15-05-2020 20:14
  
  The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.
  TOP OF THE HOUR:
  — Trump hopeful to have virus vaccine on market by end of year or shortly after
  — New York to open some beaches by Memorial Day weekend
  — Parts of western Pennsylvania begin to ease restrictions
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• Tucson on Forbes '10 Cities Best Positioned To Recover From Coronavirus'

  15-05-2020 20:00
  
  On Tuesday, May 12, Forbes published a list detailing the 10 US cities best poised to economically recover from coronavirus – as well as the 10 worst.
  While the list was not ranked, Tucson landed among those best positioned to recover, which share traits like being college towns, tech hubs, and having fast growth pre-coronavirus.…
  
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• $3T coronavirus relief bill expected to pass in House following Democrat push

  15-05-2020 19:55
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are pushing Congress’ biggest coronavirus relief bill yet toward expected House passage. The measure is a $3 trillion measure they say the country badly needs. Most Republicans oppose it say it's simply a bloated election-year Democratic wish list.The measure cleared an early procedural hurdle 207-199 on Friday with 14 Democrats voting in opposition, an unusually high number of “no” votes but small enough to suggest that leadership had things u
  
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• The Latest: England to test all care home residents by June

  15-05-2020 19:48
  
  The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.
  TOP OF THE HOUR:
  — Trump hopeful to have virus vaccine on market by end of year or shortly after
  — New York to open some beaches by Memorial Day weekend
  — FDA investigates virus test used at White House for false negatives.
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• More dire economic news keeps Wall Street indexes in check

  15-05-2020 19:31
  
  Stock indexes turned mixed in afternoon trading on Wall Street Friday as investors weighed another batch of data showing how the business shutdowns aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus pandemic are ravaging the economy.
  The government reported that U.S. retail sales sank a record 16% in April, the second steep decline in a row as store closures kept shoppers away. The Federal Reserve also reported that industrial production plunged a record 11.2% last month. Overseas, Germany’s e
  
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• The Latest: Trump hopeful to have vaccine by end of year

  15-05-2020 19:30
  
  The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.
  TOP OF THE HOUR:
  — Trump hopeful to have virus vaccine on market by end of year or shortly after
  — New York to open some beaches by Memorial Day weekend
  — FDA investigates virus test used at White House for false negatives.
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• The Trump Administration Says a New Bailout Program Will Help 35 Million Americans. It Probably Won’t.

  15-05-2020 19:00
  
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• The Latest: New York to open beaches for Memorial Day

  15-05-2020 18:58
  
  The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.
  TOP OF THE HOUR:
  — New York to open some beaches by Memorial Day weekend
  — FDA investigates virus test used at White House for false negatives.
  — Ireland to ease lockdown restrictions Monday
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  NEW YORK — After two months of strict limits on busi
  
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• Fast-Med Urgent Care Opens Two Testing Centers in Tucson

  15-05-2020 18:30
  
  Fast-Med Urgent Care has announced that the healthcare centers have two locations open for COVID-19 testing in Tucson.The locations are 2510 E. Broadway Blvd. and 1895 W. Valencia Road, suite 101.Both of these locations will now be able to test you if you suspect you have COVID-19. They do ask that you follow CDC guidelines regarding social distancing and cleanliness, which you can find on their website, which also includes a COVID-19 Self Assessment, to see if you may have the symptoms bef
  
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• The Latest: Ireland to start easing lockdown restrictions

  15-05-2020 18:23
  
  The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.
  TOP OF THE HOUR:
  — FEMA pushes back on reports it confiscated PPEs.— FDA investigates virus test used at White House for false negatives.
  — Ireland to ease lockdown restrictions Monday
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• Arizona’s coronavirus cases pass 13,000

  15-05-2020 18:13
  
  PHOENIX - Health officials report an additional 27 COVID-19-related deaths. The statewide death toll 651 as of Friday,
  Confirmed cases climbed to 13,169, with 495 new cases.
  Arizona Department of Health Services says 186,904 people have been tested for the coronavirus. About 6.2 percent tested positive.The data also includes people who have recovered from the virus. Maricopa County reported 10 of the 27 new deaths. Pima County reports 3 deaths.Navajo County reports 5 deaths, Apache 4 and Co
  
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• The Latest: FEMA pushes back on reports it diverted PPE

  15-05-2020 18:10
  
  The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.
  TOP OF THE HOUR:
  — FEMA pushes back on reports it confiscated PPEs.— FDA investigates virus test used at White House for false negatives.
  — Russian doctors say woman contracted virus twice.
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• Your Southern AZ COVID-19 AM Roundup for Friday, May 15: Last Day of State's Stay-at-Home Order; Mayor Romero Says Gov. Ducey Is Moving Too Fast To Reopen State; AZ's Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 Top 13K; Death Toll Rises To 651

  15-05-2020 18:06
  
  The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Arizona topped 13,000 as of Friday, May 15, according to the morning report from the Arizona Department of Health Services.…
  
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• Friday is National Chocolate Chip Day!

  15-05-2020 17:35
  
  Kimberly Vardeman / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0Baking chocolate chip cookies, Photo Date: May 2010
  It's a day to celebrate a topping that makes every dessert better, the chocolate chip.Friday is National Chocolate Chip Day!We can thank Ruth Graves Wakefield of Whitman, Massachusetts for creating the chocolate chip.In 1937, while working at the Toll House Inn, Wakefield added cut-up chunks of a semi-sweet Nestle chocolate bar to cookies.She then "sold" the recipe to Nestle in exchange for a li
  
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• Claytoonz: Sniveling Corona Cowards

  15-05-2020 17:32
  
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• The Latest: Tyson Foods closes 2 poultry plants for cleaning

  15-05-2020 17:19
  
  The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.
  TOP OF THE HOUR:
  — FDA investigating virus test used at White House for false negatives.
  — Russian doctors say woman contracted virus twice.
  — Europe is relaxing coronavirus restrictions, but cases flare in Mexico.
  — Macron says mistakes were made
  
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• Biden says he would not pardon Trump or block investigations

  15-05-2020 17:11
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Democratic candidate Joe Biden says that if he wins the presidency he will not use his power to pardon Donald Trump or stop any investigations of Trump and his associates. Biden told MSNBC on Thursday the president is not entitled "to direct a prosecution or decide to drop a case.”
  Biden also says voters who believe the former Senate staffer who has accused him of sexually assaulting her in the early 1990s probably shouldn’t cast their ballot for him in November.
  
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• Couple in Prescott Valley accused of child abuse, drug use

  15-05-2020 17:03
  
  PRESCOTT VALLEY, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say a Prescott Valley man has been arrested and accused of selling heroin and having his 3-year-old daughter in the vehicle with him during the transactions.
  Yavapai County Sheriff’s officials say 27-year-old Justin Horton is jailed on suspicion of child abuse, endangerment and numerous drug charges. They say 29-year-old Amanda Horton is facing less serious charges.
  Authorities served a search warrant last week at Justin Horton’s apartm
  
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• Age and pandemic: Time lost, plans canceled, dreams deferred

  15-05-2020 16:53
  
  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Elizabeth Hubbard was booked for a cruise that followed the path of Lewis and Clark’s expedition in the Pacific Northwest. Joel Demski was set to watch and cheer his grandson graduating from the Naval Academy. James Kelly planned a trip to Scotland, to scatter his father’s ashes in the Clyde River near Glasgow.
  They are all older than 60. And like millions of others, they now face the painful realization that their plans, their hopes, their bucket-li
  
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• VIRUS DIARY: Navigating a flu-like illness in the corona age

  15-05-2020 15:57
  
  TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — For those of us from a region where outbursts of violence are an occupational hazard, coping with coronavirus seemed simple enough: Stay at home and you’ll be fine.
  For the most part it has been. Other than taking the dog out for walks, I’ve been homebound, working remotely and waiting for the plague to pass.
  On April 6, I finally headed out to report on Israeli volunteers aiding those on the pandemic’s front lines. Then I started to develop a sore
  
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• The Latest: Russian doctors say woman contracted virus twice

  15-05-2020 15:48
  
  The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.
  TOP OF THE HOUR:
  — FDA investigating virus test used at White House for false negatives.
  — Russian doctors say woman contracted virus twice.
  — Europe is relaxing coronavirus restrictions, but cases flare in Mexico.
  — Macron says mistakes were made
  
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• Stocks open lower on Wall Street, extending losses for week

  15-05-2020 15:44
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are off to a weak start on Wall Street, extending the market’s losses for the week, as more evidence comes in of the crippling damage being done to the economy by coronavirus shutdowns. The S&P 500 fell 0.8% in the first few minutes of trading Friday. Before trading opened the government reported that retail sales sank by a record 16.4% from March to April as business lockdowns kept shoppers away. The Federal Reserve also reported that industrial production
  
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• USGS reports magnitude-6.4 earthquake in western Nevada

  15-05-2020 15:17
  
  USGSM 6.5 - 56km W of Tonopah, Nevada
  TONOPAH, Nev. (AP) — The U.S. Geological Service is reporting that a magnitude-6.4 earthquake struck in remote western Nevada early Friday.
  The temblor was reported at 4:03 a.m. about 35 miles outside Tonopah, just east of the Sierra Nevada range.
  The quake's depth was estimated to be 4.7 miles deep.
  At least six sizable aftershocks were recorded shortly thereafter, including two with estimated magnitudes of 5.4. People from Salt Lake City, Utah, to C
  
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• N4T Investigators: Questionable conduct

  15-05-2020 14:59
  
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  TUCSON - It was shocking video that went viral of a Border Patrol officer running down a resident on the Tohono O'odham Nation and not stopping to find out if there were injuries.The video has been seen worldwide. It sparked outrage from many, including tribal leaders.It happened nearly two years ago.  During that time the FBI, Office of Inspector General, and the Tohono O'odham Police investigated the incident.News 4 Tucson Investigators learned there
  
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• Unpublished COVID-19 report shows Phoenix as potential hotspot just as state prepares to reopen

  15-05-2020 14:41
  
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  TUCSON - An unreleased report from the White House COVID-19 Task Force obtained by NBC News shows Phoenix as a city with a potential spike in coronavirus cases.Governor Doug Ducey is opening the state back up Saturday, but one Southern Arizona doctor argues its too soon.“When Doug Ducey forces the state to open prematurely, I will see more people in the hospital,” hospitalist Dr. Matt Heinz said.Heinz is an emergency room doctor in Tucson. He was
  
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• Virus sent US retail sales plummeting 16% in April as business shutdowns froze economy and kept shoppers away

  15-05-2020 14:31
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Virus sent US retail sales plummeting 16% in April as business shutdowns froze economy and kept shoppers away.The post Virus sent US retail sales plummeting 16% in April as business shutdowns froze economy and kept shoppers away appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• The Latest: FDA investigating test with false negatives

  15-05-2020 14:28
  
  The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.
  TOP OF THE HOUR:
  — FDA investigating test with false negatives.
  — Europe is relaxing coronavirus restrictions, but cases flare in Mexico.
  — Macron says mistakes were made in reforms of healthcare system.
  — Britain says 27% of deaths in care homes
  
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• Another beautiful day with tons of sunshine!

  15-05-2020 14:01
  
  TUCSON - Tons of sunshine today with highs in the 80s and low 90s! Temperatures continue to warm each day and by Monday, we could hit the triple digits! It doesn’t last too long thanks to a system passing by to the north early next week.
  Today: Sunny and warm. High: 92° Tonight: Clear and comfortable. Low: 61° Tomorrow: Tons of sunshine and getting warmer. High: 95°
  We'll continue to catch a break from the triple digits through Saturday but highs on Sunday are getting awfully c
  
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• Global shares waver amid mixed economic data in Asia, Europe

  15-05-2020 13:37
  
  TOKYO (AP) — Global shares wavered between gains and losses Friday as investors weighed an improvement in data about China’s economy against new figures showing Germany has fallen into recession.
  Factory output rose in April as China’s virus-battered economy reopened but job losses depressed consumer spending, a key driver of growth, challenging the ruling Communist Party’s push to revive normal activity.
  Investment in factories and other fixed assets also improved as bus
  
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