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• The Latest: Coronavirus cases spike in Idaho amid reopening

  22-06-2020 23:41
  
  BOISE, Idaho — Idaho is experiencing a sharp increase in confirmed coronavirus cases, with 544 new cases reported in a five-day span.That brings the state’s total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to more than 4,000, according to a Johns Hopkins University tally.Idaho Gov. Brad Little ordered a statewide stay-at-home order in late March, and those restrictions have been gradually lifted over the last several weeks. The state is currently in the fourth and final stage of Little&rsquo
  
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• Prosecutor Seeking Top Spot in Pima County Attorney’s Office Has Several Letters of Reprimand in his Personnel File

  22-06-2020 23:35
  
  As the top spot for the Pima County Attorney’s Office opens up this August for the first time in nearly a quarter of a century with the retirement of Pima County Attorney Barbara LaWall, candidate Mark Diebolt believes his 23-year record as a deputy county attorney speaks for itself.Diebolt, who is facing fellow Pima County Deputy County Attorney Jonathan Mosher and defense attorney Laura Conover in the Aug. 4 Democratic primary, has over 320 felony jury trials—including 50 homicide
  
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• The Latest: Hatred, threats against health workers rising

  22-06-2020 23:29
  
  LOS ANGELES — The head of the Los Angeles County Public Health Department says expressions of hatred and daily threats against herself and public health professionals across the country are worrisome and disheartening.
  Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said Monday that the death threats against her started last month during a COVID-19 Facebook Live briefing when someone casually suggested that she should be shot.
  Ferrer said she didn’t immediately see the threat but her husband,
  
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• The Latest: ‘American Idol’ winner diagnosed with COVID-19

  22-06-2020 23:12
  
  LIVINGSTON, La. — Laine Hardy, the 2019 winner of “American Idol,” says he has been diagnosed with COVID-19 but his symptoms are mild and he is recovering under home quarantine.
  “This wasn’t what I expected on the first day of summer,” the 19-year-old singer from Livingston, Louisiana, wrote on his Facebook page and on Instagram. “My doctor confirmed I have Coronavirus, but my symptoms are mild.” He ended his tweet: “Y’all stay safe &am
  
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• The Latest: Demand for tests grows in Arizona communities

  22-06-2020 22:44
  
  PHOENIX — Demand for tests has been growing especially in underserved communities of color in Arizona, which the COVID Tracking Project says has now has a 7-day average positive test rate above 20 percent.
  On Saturday, dozens of people waited for as long as 13 hours in triple-digit temperatures outside a sports complex for free drive-up COVID-19 testing in the sprawling west Phoenix community of Maryvale, a predominantly working class neighborhood of Hispanic families.Tomás Leon, se
  
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• Golden Globes set Feb. 28 for pandemic-delayed ceremony

  22-06-2020 22:42
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Golden Globes is refusing to let the pandemic get in the way of its party.
  The Hollywood Foreign Press Association says the ceremony will be held Feb. 28 in Beverly Hills, California, with previously announced hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.The Golden Globes positions itself as the freewheeling start to awards season, set in hotel ballroom that’s arranged more like an oversized dinner party with drinks.
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• Pima County and Downtown Tucson Partnership Distributing PPE

  22-06-2020 22:32
  
  A new partnership between Pima County government and the Downtown Tucson Partnership will distribute personal protective equipment to downtown businesses in the coming weeks.…
  
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• The Latest: Louisiana not easing restrictions amid uptick

  22-06-2020 22:24
  BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana won’t be further easing its restrictions on businesses because the state is seeing a troubling, recent uptick in coronavirus cases.
  Gov. John Bel Edwards announced Monday that he’ll keep in place the current limitations on restaurants, bars and retailers enacted on June 5, which were set to expire Friday. He’s extending the restrictions until July 24.
  The decision comes as Louisiana exceeded the grim mark of 3,000 deaths from the outbreak.
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• Claytoonz: TikTok Agitators

  22-06-2020 22:00
  
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• The Latest: COVID-19 hospital admissions triple in Houston

  22-06-2020 21:35
  
  HOUSTON — COVID-19 hospital admissions in Houston have tripled since Memorial Day to more than 1,400 admissions across eight hospital systems, said Dr. Marc Boom, CEO of Houston Methodist Hospital.
  “It is snowballing,” Boom said. “We will most certainly see more people die as a result of this spike.”
  In three weeks, Boom predicted, hospitals could be overwhelmed and “although we may not have a government, official shutdown, we may be in an effective shutdown.&
  
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• Athens on 4th Avenue Shuttered After Nearly Three Decades in Business

  22-06-2020 21:00
  
  Local Greek eatery Athens on 4th Avenue decided to call it quits last Saturday evening after serving the Old Pueblo for 27 years. The closure has left numerous Tucsonans perplexed as to where they're going to get their flaming saganaki from?…
  
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• 16-year-old girl dead after gun discharges in Phoenix home

  22-06-2020 20:59
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix police say a teenage boy is in custody after fatally shooting another teen.
  Authorities say the shooting happened Sunday night at an apartment on the city’s northwest side.
  According to officers, a 16-year-old boy was handling a firearm when it discharged.
  The girl, also 16, was wounded. She was later pronounced dead at a hospital.
  Police have not said what charges the teen could face and who owned the gun.
  The victim’s name has not been released. It was
  
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• Arizona man arrested after truck kills Montana home occupant

  22-06-2020 20:55
  
  MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — Montana authorities have arrested an Arizona man for allegedly driving while drunk and crashing a pickup truck into a home, killing a man inside.
  KECI-TV reported 20-year-old Thomas Owen Lefevre of Tucson, Arizona, was held at the Flathead County Detention Center in Kalispell on one count of felony vehicular homicide while under the influence.
  The Montana Highway Patrol says the truck driven by Lefevre failed to negotiate a curve and struck a house near Kalispell at
  
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• Saudi Arabia to hold hajj with ‘very limited numbers’ of pilgrims from inside the kingdom due to coronavirus

  22-06-2020 20:46
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia to hold hajj with ‘very limited numbers’ of pilgrims from inside the kingdom due to coronavirus.The post Saudi Arabia to hold hajj with ‘very limited numbers’ of pilgrims from inside the kingdom due to coronavirus appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Scream ‘abra cadabra’: Amazon driver follows ‘unusual’ delivery instructions

  22-06-2020 20:45
  
  A trickster teenager and a delivery woman up for some fun made for big laughs in Delaware.Lynn Staffieri ordered something on Amazon recently but didn't know her 13-year-old son Jacob put this note in the empty box asking about extra delivery instructions:"No, but knock on the door 3 times and scream abra cadabra as loud as you can and run super fast away."And she nailed it.
  The family cracked up when they saw it on their doorbell camera.Lynn posted the video on Facebook and it's been shared mo
  
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• Native American groups address mental and behavioral health as COVID-19 wears on

  22-06-2020 20:30
  
  PHOENIX – With COVID-19 taking an especially heavy toll on Native Americans, tribal leaders and mental health experts have stepped up efforts to address the emotional suffering brought on by ongoing lockdowns and so much loss.“Please stay connected with relatives and neighbors by phone or video chat and remind them that they have support,” Navajo Nation Vice President Myron Lizer said recently, imploring Navajos to take care of their mental well-being as well as their physical
  
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• Joel Schumacher, director of ‘Lost Boys,’ ‘St. Elmo’s Fire’ and 2 ‘Batman’ films, dies at 80.

  22-06-2020 20:17
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Joel Schumacher, director of ‘Lost Boys,’ ‘St. Elmo’s Fire’ and 2 ‘Batman’ films, dies at 80.The post Joel Schumacher, director of ‘Lost Boys,’ ‘St. Elmo’s Fire’ and 2 ‘Batman’ films, dies at 80. appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• 58,000-acre Bighorn Fire Down to 16% Containment

  22-06-2020 20:00
  
  The Bighorn Fire continued its spread northeast across the Catalina Mountains over the weekend, reducing its containment levels by more than half. The wildfire, which started from a lightning storm on June 5, had burned more than 58,000 acres as of Monday, June 22.…
  
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• The Latest: WHO: Virus surge due to peak in big countries

  22-06-2020 19:47
  
  GENEVA — The record levels of new daily COVID-19 cases are due to the fact that the pandemic is peaking in a number of big countries at the same time and reflect a change in the virus’ global activity, the World Health Organization said.At a media briefing on Monday, WHO’s emergencies chief Dr. Michael Ryan said that “the numbers are increasing because the epidemic is developing in a number of populous countries at the same time.”
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• Inside the Trump Administration’s Decision to Leave the World Health Organization

  22-06-2020 19:30
  
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• FBI investigating noose left in NASCAR stall of Black driver

  22-06-2020 19:21
  
  NASCAR / Chris Graythen Bubba Wallace (NASCAR car driver) wearing Black Lives Matter T-shirt, Photo Date: 6/7/2020
  The FBI is investigating the discovery of a noose found in the Talladega Superspeedway garage stall of Bubba Wallace. The governor of Alabama has condemned the act against NASCAR’s only Black full-time driver.Wallace two weeks ago successfully pushed NASCAR to ban the Confederate flag at its venues but the sanctioning body has not outlined any plans on how it will enforce the
  
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• Woman found dead in Bullhead City Police holding cell

  22-06-2020 19:15
  
  BULLHEAD CITY, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say a Bullhead City woman has died at the local police station and the cause appears to be suicide.Police spokeswoman Emily Fromelt said Sunday that 34-year-old Amber Dawne Fagundes was awaiting being booked on charges when she was found unresponsive in a holding cell.
  Fromelt says officers found something around her neck but didn’t give further details.
  Paramedics responded and administered CPR but she was pronounced dead at the scene.
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• The Latest: Florida virus infection total passes 100,000

  22-06-2020 18:58
  
  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Florida health officials say more than than 100,000 people in the state have been diagnosed with coronavirus.Florida reached the milestone Monday morning, as public health officials reissued advisories urging social distancing and mask-wearing, and as some businesses reevaluate their decisions to reopen. More than 3,100 people in Florida have died.Over the weekend, Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered the Health Department to reissue advisories urging Floridians to consider wea
  
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• Museum to remove Roosevelt statue decried as white supremacy

  22-06-2020 18:48
  
  NBC News ChannelStatue of Theodore Roosevelt, flanked by a Native American man and African American man.
  NEW YORK (AP) — The American Museum of Natural History is removing a statue of Theodore Roosevelt on horseback with a Native American man and an African man on his sides after objections that it symbolizes colonial expansion and racial discrimination. Mayor Bill de Blasio said Sunday the city supports removal of the statue because it depicts Black and Indigenous people as subjugated an
  
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• Trump rally highlights vulnerabilities heading into election

  22-06-2020 18:40
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — This Trump rally didn't go as planned. President Donald Trump’s return to the campaign trail was designed to show strength and enthusiasm but instead highlighted growing vulnerabilities.The Saturday night rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, also crystallized a divisive reelection message that largely ignores broad swaths of voters who could play a decisive role on Election Day.
  The lower-than-expected turnout at the comeback rally left Trump fuming.
  The city fire marshal's offi
  
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• The Latest: French Guiana battles spiraling infection rates

  22-06-2020 18:25
  
  PARIS — France is battling a surge of COVID-19 cases in French Guiana, its South American territory that shares a border with badly hit Brazil.The so-called “R” number, which indicates how many people will be contaminated on average by an infected person, has climbed quickly to 1.8, said Clara de Bort, who heads the territory’s regional health authority. That suggests each infected person is passing the virus on to nearly two other people.Speaking Monday on France-Info ra
  
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• PCSD: Woman located

  22-06-2020 18:10
  
  Rosa Maria Alonso-Montes, 62, has been located.
  TUCSON (KVOA) - Pima County Sheriff's Department is searching for a missing vulnerable adult Monday morning.
  Deputies say Rosa Maria Alonso-Montes, 62, was last seen in the 1700 block of West Gentle Brook Trail, near River and Roller Coaster roads, at 6:30 a.m.
  She was last seen wearing a black shirt, blue jeans and tennis shoes.
  Alonso-Montes is described as a five-feet-five-inches tall woman with brown hair and eyes.She weighs about 130 pounds.
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• PCSD: Vulnerable woman is missing

  22-06-2020 18:10
  
  Pima County Sheriff's Department is searching for a missing vulnerable woman Monday morning.
  Deputies say  Rosa Maria Alonso-Montes, 62, was last seen in the 1700 block of West Gentle Brook Trail at 6:30 a.m.
  She was last seen wearing a black shirt, blue jeans and tennis shoes.
  Alonso-Montes is described as a five-feet-five-inches tall woman with brown hair and eyes.Sheweighs about 130 pounds.
  Anyone with information is urged to call 911.
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• Your Southern AZ COVID-19 AM Update for Monday, June 22: Hospital Numbers Climb; COVID-19 Confirmed Cases Top 54K; You Need To Wear a Mask in Pima County

  22-06-2020 18:07
  
  The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Arizona jumped over 54,000 as of Monday, June 22, after the state reported 2,196 new cases this morning, according to the Arizona Department of Health Services.…
  
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• Green Waste Fire contained

  22-06-2020 18:05
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - The Green Waste Fire is now contained, according to Northwest Fire District.
  Crews responded to the fire near Ina Road and Interstate 10 on Sunday.
  Even though the fire is contained, smoke will remain as the fire smolders from heavy green fuel for the next couple of days, Northwest Fire says.
  There is no threat to the community or nearby property.
  Fire officials say that individuals with respiratory issues should take precaution.
  UPDATE:Green Waste Fire near Ina/1-10 is contained
  
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• Over 54,500 COVID-19 cases reported in Arizona; death toll 1,342

  22-06-2020 17:35
  
  PHOENIX (KVOA) — State health officials reported 2,196 new cases Monday morning. Confirmed cases went up to 54, 586.
  Arizona also reported an additional 3 COVID-19-related deaths. The statewide death toll is now 1,342.Deaths are not recorded until the health department receives a death certificate naming COVID-19 as the cause of death.The data includes people who have recovered.Arizona Department of Health Services reported 2,592 new cases Sunday morning.
  Last Monday, the state report
  
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• Chief Investigative Reporter

  22-06-2020 17:17
  
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• Local gallery creates ‘Sending you a Hug’ project to thank first responders, health care workers

  22-06-2020 16:58
  
  Diana Madaras 'Sending You a Hug' banner outside of Tucson Medical Center.TUCSON (KVOA) - A local gallery is using art as a symbol of hope for Arizonans.
  Madaras Gallery and other local businesses partnered to create a project called Sending You a Hug.
  The gallery created banners, posters and postcards to thank first responders and health care professionals.
  As part of the project, artwork will be supplied to health care facilities, including Tucson Medical Center and MHC.
  Tucson artist Diana M
  
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• Georgia mayor offers resignation after controversial Facebook posts

  22-06-2020 16:42
  
  (WSAV/NBC News)  The mayor of Bloomingdale, Georgia says he plans to resign Friday at the request of the entire city council.Earlier this week, Mayor Ben Rozier shared a controversial post on Facebook that many have said promotes racial stereotypes.“I reposted it without thinking about the times we’re living in right now with so much unrest,” the mayor Rozier said.“I just didn’t think and it’s cost me a job that I really love,” he added. “I lo
  
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• WHO chief warns world leaders not to ‘politicize’ pandemic

  22-06-2020 16:36
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization is warning that the coronavirus pandemic “is still accelerating” around the globe.
  Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO’s director-general, noted Monday that 1 million cases of the virus had been reported in just the last eight days alone.
  It took the world three months to see its first 1 million infections.
  Ghebreyesus also warned against the “politicization” of the pandemic, likely r
  
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• Crews continue to battle blaze in Santa Catalina Mountains; 16% contained

  22-06-2020 16:09
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) –  Crews continue to battle the fire spreading through the Santa Catalina Mountains Monday morning.
  The Bighorn Fire has burned 58,553 acres. The fire is 16 percent contained with 959 people working around the clock to extinguish the flames.
  Here’s the latest #BighornFire facts and figures that we learned at this morning’s press briefing:
  -58,553 acres burned
  -16% contained
  -959 personnel working to put out fire
  -Fire continuing to move to east side of M
  
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• US existing home sales plunge 9.7% in May, third straight decline, as pandemic shakes housing market

  22-06-2020 16:01
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — US existing home sales plunge 9.7% in May, third straight decline, as pandemic shakes housing market.The post US existing home sales plunge 9.7% in May, third straight decline, as pandemic shakes housing market appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• The Latest: Germany works to tame meatpacking outbreak

  22-06-2020 15:10
  
  BERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman said “everything needs to be done” to contain an outbreak of the coronavirus linked to a large slaughterhouse where over 1,300 people have tested positive for COVID-19.
  Steffen Seibert said 20 workers at the Toennies meat plant in the western Guetersloh region have been hospitalized and several are in intensive care.
  “We very much hope that all those who have fallen ill survive,” Seibert told reporters in Be
  
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• Monday’s Forecast: Temperatures will continue to rise over the next week

  22-06-2020 14:55
  
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  TUCSON - Calmer winds and high pressure are going to send our high temperatures to 110 by the end of the work week.Monday: Hot and Sunny. High: 105°Monday Night: Clear and Warm. Low: 71°The winds have begun to die down and we will no longer see those strong wind gusts that have been impacting the Bighorn Fire.There is no chance of rain anywhere in Southern Arizona over the next week to help out the firefighters battling the Bighor
  
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• The Latest: New cases linked to tennis tournament in Croatia

  22-06-2020 13:58
  
  ZAGREB, Croatia — Croatian authorities have banned visits to nursing homes and hospitals in the Croatian coastal town of Zadar following an outbreak of the new coronavirus at an exhibition tennis tournament there.
  Tennis players Grigor Dmitrov from Bulgaria, Borna Coric from Croatia and two more people have tested positive after participating in the Adria Tour event organized by top-ranked Novak Djokovic of Serbia.
  Authorities said Monday that dozens more tests are underway in Zadar, while
  
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• UA’s Lee finds his voice

  22-06-2020 10:34
  
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  TUCSON (KVOA) - Ira Lee is making his voice heard. He’s speaking his thoughts and he’s singing his feelings. Lee, a rising senior forward for Arizona Basketball has been the most outspoken UA athlete during the emergence of the current movement against systemic racism in America. Lee said he attended a protest in Hollywood, California after the death of George Floyd. What he saw there and has seen across the country inspired h
  
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• The Latest: Seattle police: Person wounded in 2nd shooting

  22-06-2020 10:32
  
  SEATTLE (AP) —TOP OF THE HOUR:
  — Seattle police say person wounded in 2nd shooting in less than 48 hours
  — NYC officer suspended without pay for ‘apparent chokehold.’
  — No arrests in shooting in Seattle protest zone that killed 1.
  — Spanish missionary statue in Los Angeles toppled by demonstrators.
  — George Washington memorial vandalized in Baltimore.
  SEATTLE — Police in Seattle say one person has been wounded in the second shooting in Seattl
  
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• The Latest: Fears S Korea losing control over 2nd virus wave

  22-06-2020 09:07
  
  SEOUL, South Korea — The mayor of South Korea’s capital fears the country is losing control over a virus resurgence and said Seoul will reimpose stronger social distancing measures if the daily jump in infections doesn’t come below an average of 30 over the next three days.
  “If Seoul gets penetrated (by the virus), the entire Republic of Korea gets penetrated,” Park Won-soon said Monday in a televised briefing, referring to South Korea by its formal name.
  He also la
  
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• Incident Fire management team directs Bighorn fire efforts

  22-06-2020 07:51
  
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  TUCSON - As the Bighorn fire has grown, the resources being used on it have increased dramatically, leading to the incident fire management team taking over operations.Each fire is assessed by the initial first responders, from there it's determined whether or not they have the ability to effectively fight the fire.Originally, the Bighorn fire was classified as a type-3 fire but luckily moved to type-1, which brought in the incident management team that deal
  
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• The Latest: India’s infections soaring in rural areas

  22-06-2020 07:42
  
  NEW DELHI — India’s coronavirus caseload has risen to 425,282 as infections soar in rural areas to which migrant workers fleeing major cities have returned in recent weeks.
  India’s health ministry on Monday reported 14,821 new cases and about 300 new deaths, bring the toll of fatalities up to more than 13,000. The coastal state of Goa reported its first COVID-19 death.
  India is the fourth most-affected country globally after the United States, Brazil and Russia.
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• AP FACT CHECK: Trump tries to pin low turnout on protesters

  22-06-2020 06:45
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump falsely said at his rally Saturday night that Democratic rival Joe Biden apologized for opposing his restrictions on travel from China early in the coronavirus pandemic. Scrambling to explain an unusually thin rally crowd, his campaign wrongly pinned blame on blockades by protesters for driving the masses away.
  Trump spoke in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in an arena with thousands of empty seats, a striking disconnect from the million people he had said wanted
  
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• Trump to mark completion of border wall’s 200th mile

  22-06-2020 06:11
  
  YUMA, Ariz. (AP) - President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit Yuma on Tuesday to mark the completion of the 200th mile of the border wall system between the U.S. and Mexico.White House officials told the Yuma Sun that the president will receive a briefing on the border wall construction, then participate in a roundtable discussion with local community and elected leaders on border security.After the roundtable, Trump will tour the border wall and thank U.S. Border Patrol and law enforcement fo
  
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• The Latest: New Zealand reports 2 new coronavirus cases

  22-06-2020 05:47
  
  WELLINGTON, New Zealand —- New Zealand has reported two new cases of the coronavirus as a trickle of infected people continue to arrive at the border.The country of 5 million people now has nine active cases after having none at all earlier this month.Health officials said Monday that all those cases involve people who have recently arrived and are in quarantine, and there’s no evidence of community transmission.Still, many remain anxious community transmission could return, especial
  
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• Wear a Face Mask in Pima County

  22-06-2020 04:58
  
  The Pima County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 Friday to mandate that face coverings be worn in public under certain circumstances, effective immediately.…
  
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• NASCAR says a noose was found in Black driver Bubba Wallace’s garage stall at Talladega Superspeedway

  22-06-2020 04:58
  
  TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — NASCAR says a noose was found in Black driver Bubba Wallace’s garage stall at Talladega Superspeedway.The post NASCAR says a noose was found in Black driver Bubba Wallace’s garage stall at Talladega Superspeedway appeared first on KVOA.
  
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