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• Powerful earthquake shakes southern Mexico, at least 4 dead

  23-06-2020 23:56
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) —  A powerful earthquake centered near the southern Mexico resort of Huatulco has killed at least four people , swayed buildings in Mexico City and sent thousands fleeing into the streets. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said one person was killed and another injured in a building collapse in Huatulco. Otherwise he said reports were of minor damage such as broken windows and collapsed walls. Oaxaca state’s governor reported a second death, an
  
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• Obama raises $7.6M for Joe Biden’s campaign

  23-06-2020 23:52
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Barack Obama has helped raise a record-breaking $7.6 million from more than 175,000 individual donors ahead of his first fundraiser for presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden. Obama said during the virtual fundraiser that “there’s nobody that I trust more to be able to heal this country and get it back on track than my dear friend Joe Biden.” The small-dollar fundraiser Tuesday kicked off what Obama’s team says will likely be a b
  
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• Judge orders GM, Fiat Chrysler CEOs to meet, settle lawsuit

  23-06-2020 23:45
  
  DETROIT (AP) — A judge has taken a remarkable step by ordering the CEOs of General Motors and Fiat Chrysler to meet and settle a lawsuit. GM is suing Fiat Chrysler, saying it got a competitive edge when union leaders were showered with cash and other perks. GM says Fiat Chrysler won labor concessions during contract talks. Fiat Chrysler wants the lawsuit dismissed. Federal Judge Paul Borman says Mary Berra of GM and Mike Manley of Fiat Chrysler must meet in person by July 1. The judge desc
  
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• Putin hails response to virus, rolls social support measures

  23-06-2020 23:44
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin is offering new social support measures and incentives for business in the run-up to a vote that could extend his rule until 2036. Speaking in Tuesday’s televised address, Putin also hailed what he described as an efficient response to the pandemic, saying that the nation’s health care system has proven its strength during the outbreak. He said that the early introduction of stronger sanitary control on the border, travel restricti
  
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• Payson man apparently drowns; body recovered from reservoir

  23-06-2020 23:41
  
  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Coconino County Sheriff’s officials say the body of a Payson man who apparently drowned in the Blue Ridge Reservoir has been recovered. They say 32-year-old Austin Smith reportedly was swimming in the reservoir Sunday evening when he went under water near the boat ramp and never resurfaced. Sheriff’s officials say a search of the immediate area was conducted using boats belonging to bystanders, but Smith wasn’t found. Darkness suspended search oper
  
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• Bagged grocery store salad sickens more than 100 in 7 states

  23-06-2020 23:41
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration has recalled bagged salad distributed to a dozen Midwestern states by Hy-Vee, Aldi and Jewel-Osco grocery stores after 122 people in seven states were sickened.  Nineteen have been hospitalized. The salad mix is contaminated with cyclospora, a parasite that can cause severe diarrhea. The salad mix is packaged as Hy-Vee Brand Garden Salads, Jewel-Osco Signature Farms Brand Garden Salads ALDI Little Salad Bar Brand Garden Salads.
  
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• Baptists and Walmart criticize rebel-themed Mississippi flag

  23-06-2020 23:37
  
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Confederate-themed Mississippi flag is drawing criticism from two big forces in the culturally conservative state. Walmart says it will no longer display the state flag because it includes the Confederate battle emblem. The Mississippi Baptist Convention is calling on lawmakers to remove the Confederate symbol from the flag because many people are “hurt and shamed” by it. The governing body for college athletics and other influential groups are calling
  
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• Prosecutor: Trump ally Roger Stone was ‘treated differently’

  23-06-2020 23:30
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal prosecutor says an ally of President Donald Trump was given special treatment by the Justice Department. The prosecutor is prepared to tell Congress Wednesday that political considerations affected the handling of the Roger Stone case. Career Justice Department prosecutor Aaron Zelinsky says he was told that a U.S. attorney was giving Stone favorable treatment because he was “afraid of the President.” Zelinsky’s accusations were made public in
  
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• No charges in NASCAR noose incident involving Black driver

  23-06-2020 23:29
  
  The noose found hanging in Bubba Wallace’s garage stall at Talladega Superspeedway had been there since at least last October. Federal authorities say no charges are planned. Wallace is the only Black driver at NASCAR’s top level. He successfully pushed the stock car series to ban the Confederate flag at its venues less than two weeks ago. The post No charges in NASCAR noose incident involving Black driver appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Top Democrat calls new Census staffers ‘starkly partisan’

  23-06-2020 23:27
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A leading House Democrat says the addition of two new staffers to top positions at the U.S. Census Bureau is an effort to politicize the federal government’s largest statistical agency. Political science professor Nathaniel Cogley was named a deputy director for policy, and Adam Korzeniewski was picked as a senior adviser to the deputy director for policy. Their appointments were announced on Tuesday. U.S. Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney is chairwoman of the Committee on
  
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• Statue at French parliament defaced amid anti-racism push

  23-06-2020 23:26
  
  PARIS (AP) — A statue in front of the French parliament building has been covered in graffiti amid a global push to take down monuments to historical figures tied to slavery or colonialism. The statue honors Jean-Baptiste Colbert, a 17th century royal minister who wrote laws governing slaves in French colonies. A group called the Anti-Negrophobia Brigade posted photos of one of its activists being led into a police van at the site Tuesday. The group resists what it calls institutionalized
  
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• Most board members resign from thriller writers association

  23-06-2020 23:26
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Eight of 10 board members and the executive director have resigned from International Thriller Writers, a professional association which has faced widespread criticism for its responses to the Black Lives Matters protests and to an author’s allegations she was harassed during a writers conference. The ITW implosion mirrors upheavals this year at the Romance Writers of America, the Poetry Foundation and the National Book Critics Circle, all of which have had predominan
  
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• Trump says ‘learn from history’ instead of removing statues

  23-06-2020 23:20
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — As America grapples with racism in its past, President Donald Trump is lining up with those who argue that efforts to remove statues of presidents and other historical figures that offend some people have gone too far. Trump says he’ll issue an executive order to protect monuments that have come under new scrutiny amid civil unrest sparked by the police killing of George Floyd. The president says the country should learn from its history and warns that it could be r
  
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• Minneapolis police chief says Floyd’s death was ‘murder’

  23-06-2020 23:08
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis’ police chief says the death of George Floyd was “murder” and that the officer who pressed his knee into Floyd’s neck had taken specific training on the dangers of positional asphyxiation. It appears to be the first time Chief Medaria Arradondo has used the word “murder” to describe the death of Floyd, a Black handcuffed man who died May 25 after Derek Chauvin pressed his knee into Floyd’s neck. Arradondo issued a sta
  
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• Fauci: Next few weeks critical to tamping down virus spikes

  23-06-2020 23:07
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The government’s top infectious disease expert says the next few weeks are critical to tamping down a disturbing coronavirus surge in the U.S. Dr. Anthony Fauci issued a plea Tuesday for people to avoid crowds and wear masks, just hours before mask-shunning President Donald Trump was set to hold a campaign rally in one hot spot, in Arizona. Despite controversy over Trump’s comments that testing is finding too many infections, Fauci told a congressional committ
  
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• Trump rally flop in Tulsa, but a hit on television

  23-06-2020 23:01
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — It’s clear where many of President Donald Trump’s supporters who didn’t show up for his campaign rally in Oklahoma last Saturday were instead. They were watching on television. Fox News Channel, which carried the rally live, had the biggest Saturday night audience in the network’s 24-year history. CNN and MSNBC only took clips of the speech but covered the event, and doubled their normal Saturday audiences. News continues to dominate viewing in the a
  
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• Authorities ID 3 family members found dead in backyard pool

  23-06-2020 23:01
  
  EAST BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — Authorities on Tuesday identified three family members who died in their backyard swimming pool.Sixty-two-year-old Bharat Patel, his 33-year old daughter-in-law Nisha Patel and her 8-year-old daughter were found unresponsive in the above-ground pool Monday afternoon by East Brunswick police responding to a 911 call from neighbors who heard screams.
  Police Lt. Frank Sutter told reporters police performed CPR when they arrived, but all three victims were pronounce
  
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• Tropical storm moves away from Gulf Stream, soon to weaken

  23-06-2020 23:00
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Dolly has begun moving away from warm Gulf Stream waters over the northern Atlantic and is expected to dissipate at midweek. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Dolly has maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (75 kph) after forming earlier Tuesday. But forecasters say the storm is expected to weaken during the coming day as it moves over colder waters, becoming a remnant low sometime Wednesday. As of Tuesday afternoon, Dolly was centered about 600 miles southwes
  
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• Tuesday's City Council Meeting Postponed After TPD-Related Death

  23-06-2020 22:50
  
  Mayor Regina Romero is postponing Tuesday's Mayor and Council meeting after viewing a video on a Tucson Police Department in-custody death, saying it would be "inappropriate" considering the gravity of the situation."After viewing a video yesterday of a Tucson Police Department in-custody death, I do not feel that it would be appropriate to carry on with business as usual in light of this event," Romero said. "I am anguished and deeply troubled by what I saw in the video yesterday."Mayor Romero
  
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• Police update report on Minneapolis gunfire, say none killed

  23-06-2020 22:47
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Police in Minneapolis on Tuesday said they erroneously reported that one person had died when gunfire broke out in the city’s Uptown area. Police originally reported that one person died and 11 were injured in the violence that erupted shortly after 12:30 a.m. Sunday. Spokesman John Elder said one person did die in a separate shooting in the city’s downtown area, but that person was confused with victims of the Uptown shooting when they were taken to the same
  
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• Police: Stabbings apparently random in Central Texas city

  23-06-2020 22:44
  
  GIDDINGS, Texas (AP) — Police say a man stabbed four people apparently at random in a Central Texas city, running frenetically from one attack to the next, before he was gunned down by a police officer. Giddings police Chief Haril Walpole said in a statement Tuesday that all four victims in the Monday morning stabbings are expected to survive. Walpole hasn’t provided the names of the victims or the 43-year-old man behind the attack. But the chief says the victims appear to be random.
  
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• Virus cases spike among young adults in Iowa college towns

  23-06-2020 22:43
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Within weeks of Gov. Kim Reynolds agreeing to allow bars and restaurants to open to customers, Iowa’s two major college towns are seeing spikes in coronavirus cases among young adults. The trend is raising concerns among local health officials and prompting some businesses to again close their doors. Business owners in Iowa have welcomed the governor’s move to end most restrictions that had been imposed over the spring to slow the spread of the coronavir
  
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• Mayor Romero cancels meetings in light of TPD in-custody death

  23-06-2020 22:34
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) – Tucson Mayor and Council meetings have been postponed in light of a Tucson Police Department in-custody death.According to Mayor Regina Romero, Tucson Police will hold a press conference Wednesday addressing the death.The City of Tucson says they “will not be immediately sharing the name of the victim, details of the incident, or the video per the family’s request.”“Tonight’s Mayor & Council meeting has been postponed. After viewing a video
  
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• Federal charges in NYPD firebombing case called draconian

  23-06-2020 22:34
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors are facing mounting criticism over the severity of charges brought against two Brooklyn lawyers accused of firebombing a New York City Police Department vehicle last month. Attorneys Colinford Mattis and Urooj Rahman face at least 45 years behind bars if convicted of seven counts stemming from the torching of an unoccupied NYPD vehicle that injured no one. Critics called the charges a draconian and disproportionate response based more on politics than pu
  
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• Crews encircling fire; evacuations, highway closures ended

  23-06-2020 22:34
  
  Firefighters have now encircled three-fifths of a major fire northeast of metro Phoenix with containment lines. The progress in fighting the fire has allowed authorities in Gila and Maricopa counties to lift evacuation notices issued previously for communities such as Tonto Basin and Sunflower. Meanwhile, the Arizona Department of Transportation said previously closed parts of State Routes 87,  88 and 188  have been reopened. Crews continued to battle large fires elsewhere in Arizona,
  
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• As virus surges, Trump turns attention to border wall

  23-06-2020 22:34
  
  SAN LUIS, Arizona (AP) — President Donald Trump visited the U.S.-Mexico border Tuesday and tried to credit his new wall with stopping both illegal immigration and the coronavirus. But his visit played out as top public health officials in Washington were testifying about the ongoing threat posed by COVID-19, singling out Arizona as one of the states now experiencing a surge in cases. In the blazing summer heat, Trump along with top administration, Border Patrol and Arizona officials briefl
  
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• City Postpones 4th of July Fireworks on "A" Mountain

  23-06-2020 22:30
  
  In yet another move to let the good people of Tucson know Summer 2020 is officially canceled, the City of Tucson has decided to postpone this year's 4th of July "A" Mountain Fireworks celebration.…
  
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• Headmaster apologizes to Black alumnus for racism at Eton

  23-06-2020 22:25
  
  LONDON (AP) — The headmaster of the prestigious English private school Eton College has apologized to one of its first Black students for the racism he was subjected to during the 1960s. Headmaster Simon Henderson said he was “appalled” by the experience of Nigerian writer Dillibe Onyeama had during his years at Eton. Onyeama wrote a book about it during the 1970s and recently told the BBC he was bullied daily during his four years at the boys’ boarding school. Henderson
  
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• GOP wary as Trump pushes new round of stimulus checks

  23-06-2020 22:24
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s call for another election-season round of direct stimulus checks to most taxpayers is getting a lukewarm endorsement at best from his GOP allies on Capitol Hill. Still, it’s emerging as an early area of agreement between Trump and Democrats like House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on a future coronavirus rescue bill. In today’s fractured Washington, that could count as a winning coalition as lawmakers anticipate talks on the fifth, and po
  
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• Effort to give officers bonuses for training stirs anger

  23-06-2020 22:22
  
  Massachusetts’ Republican governor is pushing a plan to give bonuses up to $5,000 to officers who complete “advanced” training in such areas as de-escalation and bias-free policing. Gov. Charlie Baker’s proposal has enraged some activists who say officers shouldn’t have to be paid extra to undergo crucial training and that government leaders should instead be diverting money from police budgets into things like community-based services. Baker defended the proposal o
  
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• Georgia lawmakers pass hate crimes, more police protections

  23-06-2020 22:18
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s legislature on Tuesday passed hate crimes legislation deemed essential by state leaders, sending the measure to Gov. Brian Kemp’s desk. The price Republicans exacted for moving that legislation forward was simultaneous passage of a bill that would mandate penalties for crimes targeting police and other first responders. The action comes after Senate Republicans had added police as a protected class to the hate crimes legislation last week, but then move
  
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• More gains for tech as US stocks head for a 3rd monthly gain

  23-06-2020 22:11
  
  Technology companies were high on the leaderboard again Tuesday as Wall Street extended its recent winning streak and headed for its third monthly gain in a row. The S&P 500 added 0.4% Tuesday. Investors have been focusing on the prospects for an economic recovery as more businesses reopen after being shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic. Health care stocks and companies that rely on consumer spending were also among the big gainers, while safe-play sectors like real estate and utilitie
  
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• Brazil tests COVID shot, without deal to use it if it works

  23-06-2020 22:10
  
  SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil is testing an experimental COVID-19 vaccine, but interim Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello admits his government has yet to strike a deal to get it if it works. Other nations have already secured hundreds of millions of doses of the shot created by Oxford University. Brazil’s coronavirus response has faced criticism since March, when President Jair Bolsonaro started defying social distancing recommendations. Hours before Brazil’s health minister spoke abo
  
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• Prosecutor says Roger Stone was given special treatment

  23-06-2020 22:09
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A government whistleblower says an ally of President Donald Trump was given special treatment by the Department of Justice. A federal prosecutor is prepared to tell Congress Wednesday that political considerations affected the handling of the Roger Stone case. Career Justice Department prosecutor Aaron Zelinsky says he was told that a U.S. attorney was giving Stone favorable treatment because he was “afraid of the President.” Zelinsky’s accusations were
  
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• Saints’ Jenkins: Brees’ apology “microcosm” of what’s needed

  23-06-2020 22:08
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans Saints safety Malcolm Jenkins says his criticism of Drew Brees’ opposition about kneeling during the national anthem, and Brees’ later apology, is a microcosm of what the county needs. He made the comments Tuesday in an interview with Daily Show Host Trevor Noah. Jenkins was among Drew Brees’ harshest critics when the Saints quarterback made his comments about kneeling earlier this month. He told Noah the video he posted on Instagram critici
  
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• LGBT groups criticize Trump for hosting Polish president

  23-06-2020 22:08
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump is facing criticism for hosting Poland’s president at the White House days before his visitor faces a tougher than expected fight for reelection. Trump and Polish President Andrzej Duda are scheduled to meet on Wednesday. Duda is competing for a second 5-year in Poland’s presidential election this weekend. His visit to Washington was announced last week after Trump aired plans to remove thousands of U.S. troops from Germany. Dud
  
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• Appeals court reduces J&J talc verdict but censures company

  23-06-2020 21:53
  
  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri appeals court has reduced a talcum powder verdict against Johnson & Johnson by more than half, even while ruling that the company knowingly sold a product that caused cancer. In the ruling announced Tuesday, the Eastern District Missouri Court of Appeals rejected the company’s request to throw out a St. Louis jury’s verdict that awarded 22 plaintiffs $4.7 billion. But the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the appeals court reduced th
  
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• Mexico says it is cracking down on piracy in Gulf

  23-06-2020 21:47
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican Navy says it is cracking down on piracy in the Gulf of Mexico that has included attacks on ships and oil platforms. Mexico was stung by a U.S. State Department travel advisory on June 17 about “armed criminal groups” in the Gulf. The Navy said Tuesday it has assigned 15 ships, 24 smaller patrol boats and five aircraft to police the southern Gulf, where most of the country’s offshore oil wells are located. The Navy said it had seized three sh
  
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• All-clear after package found near Wisconsin GOP office

  23-06-2020 21:47
  
  HUDSON, Wis. (AP) — Police in western Wisconsin have given the all-clear after a strip mall was evacuated and a bomb squad called in following the discovery of a package outside a local Republican Party campaign office. Officers in Hudson were sent to the scene just before 9 a.m. Police said the package, made out of a military-grade ammunition can, was identified as a potential threat and the area was cordoned off. KSTP-TV reports just after 2 p.m., authorities deemed the package “cl
  
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• Spate of shootings raises fears of a violent summer

  23-06-2020 21:42
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — A spate of shootings around the country has law enforcement worried that this summer could be a violent one. The shootings are happening in a turbulent brew of a pandemic that has left many without jobs, protests against racism and a rancorous election season. Added to this mix are many new gun purchases, judging by historic numbers of background checks. Gun-rights advocates say the times show that Americans need to be prepared to defend themselves. Gun-control advocates say
  
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• Arab League urges Libya cease-fire amid fears of wider war

  23-06-2020 21:42
  
  CAIRO (AP) — The Arab League has urged Libya’s warring parties and their foreign backers to halt fighting and restart peace talks, as regional tensions threaten a new escalation in the oil-rich country’s years-long conflict. Following an emergency meeting Tuesday requested by Egypt, Arab League foreign ministers warned against a “continuation of military action that alters existing front lines,” as a coalition of Turkish-backed forces based in the capital, Tripoli,
  
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• Segway, popular with police but not the public, hits brakes

  23-06-2020 21:38
  
  Segway says it will end production of its namesake two-wheeled personal transporter, popular with tourists and police officers but perhaps better known for its high-profile crashes. The company, founded in 1999 by inventor Dean Kamen, will retire the Segway PT on July 15. The company said 21 employees will be laid off. In 2017, Segway got into the scooter business just as it took over urban streets all over the world. Although popular with touring companies, the Segway didn’t take off with
  
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• ‘A’ Mountain Fireworks postponed

  23-06-2020 21:38
  
  The City of Tucson is postponing the annual 'A' Mountain Fireworks this year.TUCSON (KVOA) - The City of Tucson is postponing the annual 'A' Mountain Fireworks this year.
  The celebration was originally scheduled for Saturday, July 4.
  The decision comes as the city tries to slow the spread of COVID-19 and crews battle the Bighorn Fire.
  “The Mayor and Council and the City Management Team have taken significant measures to protect the community and our employees throughout the ongoing COVID-1
  
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• Cyprus probes alleged groping of girls at migrant center

  23-06-2020 21:37
  
  NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus’ interior minister says he has asked police to launch a criminal probe into allegations that underage girls staying at a migrant  reception center were sexually harassed by other residents. Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said on Tuesday that he takes “very seriously” the allegations that an official from the Cyprus office of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees made during a parliamentary committee meeting. The children’
  
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• No. 1 Novak Djokovic, wife have virus after his exhibitions

  23-06-2020 21:34
  
  BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Novak Djokovic has tested positive for the coronavirus after taking part in a tennis exhibition series he organized in Serbia and Croatia. The top-ranked Serb is the fourth player to test positive for the virus after first playing in Belgrade and then again last weekend in Zadar, Croatia. His wife also tested positive. Djokovic says “the moment we arrived in Belgrade we went to be tested. My result is positive.” Djokovic has been criticized for organizin
  
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• Georgia Senate passes bipartisan hate crimes bill

  23-06-2020 21:34
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s state Senate has passed hate crimes legislation deemed essential by state leaders after lawmakers struck a deal to remove language protecting police. The bill was passed Tuesday by a vote of 47-6. It now goes back to the state House for debate of Senate changes, which include data collection and reporting requirements and the addition of sex as a protected factor. The bill would impose additional penalties for crimes motivated by a victim’s race, color,
  
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• Trump credits new border wall with stopping migrants, virus

  23-06-2020 21:31
  
  YUMA, Arizona (AP) — President Donald Trump is visiting the U.S.-Mexico border to celebrate construction of more than 200 miles of wall and remind voters of progress he’s made toward one his 2016 campaign promises. Trump credits the wall with stopping not just illegal immigration but also the coronavirus. He says the wall “stopped COVID, it stopped everything.” But his visit played out as top public health officials in Washington were testifying about the ongoing threat p
  
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• Congress stalls on policing overhaul, despite public outcry

  23-06-2020 21:29
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is hitting an impasse on policing legislation, despite public outcry for changes after the killings of Black people. Senate Democrats on Tuesday opposed a Republican proposal as inadequate. Now the standoff is forcing the parties to decide whether to negotiate a compromise or walk away from an issue that has sparked mass demonstrations over policing and racial injustice. The impasse threatens to turn the nationwide protests over the death of George Floyd and othe
  
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• ‘White Lives Matter’ banner investigated by police

  23-06-2020 21:28
  
  NBC News Channel NBC News ChannelPolice have investigated an incident in which a plane pulled a banner with the words “White Lives Matter Burnley” on it over Manchester City’s Etihad Stadium at the start of a Premier League match between the teams.
  The aircraft came into view moments after players and coaches from both clubs took a knee at kickoff in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.
  The incident is regarded as an attempt to sabotage the movement and has drawn condem
  
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• Voting largely smooth in primaries in Kentucky, New York

  23-06-2020 21:25
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Voting on Tuesday appeared to be running smoother than primaries held two weeks earlier in Georgia and Nevada. There were no long lines in Kentucky or New York like the ones seen in Milwaukee and Atlanta. On Tuesday, there’s a lot of interest in two contests in particular. One involves former Marine combat pilot Amy McGrath’s fight for the Democratic nomination to challenge Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell this November. The other involves House For
  
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