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• Young woman, 2 children found dead inside Phoenix apartment

  28-06-2020 23:59
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Police in Phoenix say a young woman and two children have been found dead inside an apartment and a man has been taken to a hospital in critical condition. They say officers responded to a check welfare about a possible stabbing at an apartment around 9 a.m. Sunday. Police say a 7-year-old boy, 9-year-old girl and a 19-year-old woman were pronounced dead at the scene and a 28-year-old man was injured. Details about how the three persons died weren’t immediately release
  
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• Another Fire Weather Warning has been issued for Monday

  28-06-2020 23:28
  
  TUCSON - After a windy Sunday in Southern Arizona, we are once again seeing a Red Flag or a Fire Weather Warning being issued for Southern Arizona. Wind gusts could exceed 40 mph.Monday: Windy, Sunny, Warm. High: 97°Monday Night: Clear, Mild. Low: 66°Tuesday: Sunny, Breezy. High: 95°The strong wind could expand the Bighorn Fire even more since we are expecting a southwest wind.
  Consistent wind speeds will be as high as 15-20 mph in Tucson and even higher
  
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• World hits coronavirus milestones amid fears worst to come

  28-06-2020 23:27
  
  ROME (AP) — The world has surpassed two sobering coronavirus milestones — 500,000 confirmed deaths, 10 million confirmed cases — and hit another high mark for daily new infections as governments that attempted reopenings continued to backtrack and warn that worse news could be yet to come. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott warned that COVID-19 “has taken a very swift and very dangerous turn in Texas over just the past few weeks.” And California Gov. Gavin Newsom rolled back re
  
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• Minneapolis police chief, mayor launching policy changes

  28-06-2020 23:19
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minneapolis police chief and mayor on Sunday began their push for sweeping policy changes with a new rule that prevents officers involved in using deadly force from reviewing body camera footage before completing an initial police report. The new standards come after a proposal by the Minneapolis City Council to dismantle the police force following the death of George Floyd, a handcuffed Black man who died after a white police officer pressed his knee on Floyd’
  
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• Reported death toll in coronavirus pandemic exceeds 500,000, Johns Hopkins University researchers say

  28-06-2020 23:11
  
  ROME (AP) — Reported death toll in coronavirus pandemic exceeds 500,000, Johns Hopkins University researchers say.The post Reported death toll in coronavirus pandemic exceeds 500,000, Johns Hopkins University researchers say appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• The Latest: Mississippi House passes flag bill; Senate next

  28-06-2020 23:09
  
  The Mississippi House has passed a bill to remove a Confederate battle emblem broadly condemned as racist from its 126-year-old state flag. The House passed a bill 91-23 with broad bipartisan support, sending it to the Senate for more debate. Republican Gov. Tate Reeves has said he will sign it. The flag’s supporters resisted efforts to change it for decades, but rapid developments in recent weeks have changed dynamics on this issue in the tradition-bound state.The post The Latest: Mississ
  
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• Exit poll: Polish presidential vote headed for runoff

  28-06-2020 23:06
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — An exit poll shows the conservative Polish president, Andrzej Duda, with the most votes in the presidential election on Sunday, but short of the 50% required for an outright win the first round. If the poll is confirmed by official results, Duda will face centrist Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski in a runoff on July 12. According to the projection by the Ipsos polling firm, Duda won 41.8% and Trzaskowski 30.4% in Sunday’s vote. The poll has a margin of error of pl
  
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• Shootings across Chicago kill 3 kids; activists seek change

  28-06-2020 22:52
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Activists and local leaders are calling for more state and federal support as shootings across Chicago over the weekend have left three children dead. One of the slain children was a 10-year-old girl who died Saturday night after a stray bullet came through an apartment window and struck her in the head. That was among at least 10 shooting fatalities over the weekend. Earlier Saturday, a 1-year-old boy was killed and his mother injured when a gunman opened fire on their vehi
  
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• Red Flag Warning issued June 28 at 1:41PM MST until June 29 at 8:00PM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ

  28-06-2020 22:41
  
  * AFFECTED AREA…Central Deserts.
  * TIMING…This afternoon and evening and again Monday afternoonthrough Monday evening.
  * WINDS…Southwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
  * RELATIVE HUMIDITY…As low as 12 percent.
  * IMPACTS…Fuels are very dry and fire danger is very high.These conditions combined with low relative humidity andstrong winds will lead to widespread hazardous fire weatherconditions. Any fires that develop will have the potential tospread rapidly
  
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• Red Flag Warning issued June 28 at 1:41PM MST until June 28 at 8:00PM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ

  28-06-2020 22:41
  
  * AFFECTED AREA…Central Deserts.
  * TIMING…This afternoon and evening and again Monday afternoonthrough Monday evening.
  * WINDS…Southwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
  * RELATIVE HUMIDITY…As low as 12 percent.
  * IMPACTS…Fuels are very dry and fire danger is very high.These conditions combined with low relative humidity andstrong winds will lead to widespread hazardous fire weatherconditions. Any fires that develop will have the potential tospread rapidly
  
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• Italy honors, remembers virus dead with Donizetti’s Requiem

  28-06-2020 22:39
  
  ROME (AP) — Italy has bid farewell to its coronavirus dead with a haunting Requiem concert performed at the entrance to the cemetery of Bergamo, the hardest-hit province in the onetime epicenter of the outbreak in Europe.President Sergio Mattarella was the guest of honor. He said his presence made clear that all of Italy was bowing down to honor Bergamo’s dead, “the thousands of men and women killed by a sickness that is still greatly unknown and continues to threaten the world
  
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• Mississippi close to removing rebel emblem from its flag

  28-06-2020 22:28
  
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi legislators are working to change he state flag to erase a Confederate battle emblem that’s broadly condemned as racist. The House passed a bill Sunday, sending it to the Senate for more debate. The flag’s supporters resisted efforts to change it for decades. But rapid developments in recent weeks have changed political dynamics. Protests against racial injustice have spread in the United States. And leaders from business, religion, education a
  
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• Red Flag Warning issued June 28 at 1:17PM MST until June 29 at 8:00PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  28-06-2020 22:17
  
  * AFFECTED AREA…All of southeast Arizona, including FireWeather Zone 150, Fire Weather Zone 151, Fire Weather Zone 152and Fire Weather Zone 153.
  * TIMING…Through 8 pm MST this evening, and noon to 8 pm MSTMonday.
  * WINDS…Southwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph today andsouthwest 20 to 25 mph with gusts to around 40 mph Monday.
  * RELATIVE HUMIDITY…10 to 18 percent in the valleys and 13 to22 percent in the mountains.
  * IMPACTS…Any fires that develop or are on
  
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• Red Flag Warning issued June 28 at 1:17PM MST until June 28 at 8:00PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  28-06-2020 22:17
  
  * AFFECTED AREA…All of southeast Arizona, including FireWeather Zone 150, Fire Weather Zone 151, Fire Weather Zone 152and Fire Weather Zone 153.
  * TIMING…Through 8 pm MST this evening, and noon to 8 pm MSTMonday.
  * WINDS…Southwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph today andsouthwest 20 to 25 mph with gusts to around 40 mph Monday.
  * RELATIVE HUMIDITY…10 to 18 percent in the valleys and 13 to22 percent in the mountains.
  * IMPACTS…Any fires that develop or are on
  
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• Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo declares victory in reelection bid

  28-06-2020 22:06
  
  PARIS (AP) — Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo has declared victory in her fight to win reelection in the French capital, which will allow her to oversee the 2024 Summer Olympics. Hidalgo, a Socialist Party member, beat conservative candidate Rachida Dati in France’s municipal elections, according to estimations based on partial results. She was first elected as Paris mayor in 2014. She is backed by the Europe Ecology-The Greens party, which gained strong influence nationwide in Sunday’
  
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• Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo declares victory in her fight to win reelection and oversee the 2024 Summer Olympics

  28-06-2020 22:01
  
  PARIS (AP) — Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo declares victory in her fight to win reelection and oversee the 2024 Summer Olympics.The post Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo declares victory in her fight to win reelection and oversee the 2024 Summer Olympics appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• South Africa’s surge of virus cases expected to rise rapidly

  28-06-2020 21:44
  
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s health minister says the country’s current surge of COVID-19 cases is expected to dramatically increase in the coming weeks and press the country’s hospitals to the limit. The minister said in a statement Sunday night that more than 4,300 people have been hospitalized with the disease caused by the new coronavirus out of South Africa’s 138,000 confirmed cases. He warned this number is expected to rise in July and August, South Afri
  
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• The Latest: Louisville police: shooting suspect in custody

  28-06-2020 21:15
  
  Police in Kentucky say a suspect is in custody in the death of a man who was fatally shot amid a protest over the killing of Breonna Taylor. Interim Louisville Police Chief Robert Schroeder says the suspect is hospitalized and being interviewed by homicide investigators. The suspect’s name was not released, and no charges were immediately filed. The shooting occurred Saturday night at Jefferson Square Park in downtown Louisville. The Jefferson County coroner’s office identified the v
  
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• Missile hit near convoy of ex-Lebanon PM Hariri, report says

  28-06-2020 21:15
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — A Saudi-owned TV station is reporting that a missile exploded earlier this month near the convoy of former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri in the eastern Bekaa Valley. Al-Hadath TV on Sunday said the blast occurred some 500 meters (yards) away from Hariri’s motorcade on June 17. Hariri’s office says the report “is generally correct.” The incident occurred after the ex-prime minister met the Bekaa Valley’s top Sunni cleric. The meeting came da
  
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• New knotholes: Good MLB views, if fans know where to look

  28-06-2020 21:08
  
  BOSTON (AP) — A bar in Boston, a hotel in Toronto and the Wrigley rooftops could be the only chance for baseball fans to watch games in person this season. The sport plans to return next month to empty stadiums to avoid spreading COVID-19. But there are a few places to see inside ballparks without needing a ticket, like Bleacher Bar at Fenway Park and the apartment rooftops along Waveland and Sheffield Avenues in Chicago. The Bleacher Bar will reopen this week, and when the Red Sox return
  
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• Former Redskins assistant, “Hogs” creator Bugel dies at 80

  28-06-2020 21:05
  
  Former Washington Redskins assistant coach Joe Bugel has died. He was 80. The team announced that Bugel died on Sunday. It did not disclose a cause of death. Bugel was the architect of “The Hogs,” the dominant offensive lines that helped lead the team to three Super Bowls under Hall of Fame head coach Joe Gibbs. He was regarded as one of the best offensive line coaches in NFL history. In addition to his two stints as an assistant with Washington, he was also a head coach of the Phoen
  
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• Exit poll: Duda leads in Poland’s presidential election

  28-06-2020 21:03
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — An exit poll shows the conservative Polish president, Andrzej Duda, with the most votes in the presidential election on Sunday, but short of the 50% required for an outright win the first round. If the poll is confirmed by official results, Duda will face centrist Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski in a runoff on July 12. According to the projection by the Ipsos polling firm, Duda won 41.8% and Trzaskowski 30.4% in Sunday’s vote. The poll has a margin of error of pl
  
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• K-State players announce boycott after student’s Floyd tweet

  28-06-2020 21:02
  
  MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Kansas State football players say they will boycott all team activities until administrators create a policy that would allow a student to be expelled for “openly racist, threatening or disrespectful actions.” The move that most players announced Saturday on social media follows a tweet by a student about the death of George Floyd that prompted outrage on campus. The tweet from Jaden McNeil mocked Floyd’s death. McNeil is the founder of a conservati
  
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• Exit poll shows incumbent Andrzej Duda with most votes in Polish presidential vote, but short of first-round win

  28-06-2020 21:01
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Exit poll shows incumbent Andrzej Duda with most votes in Polish presidential vote, but short of first-round win.The post Exit poll shows incumbent Andrzej Duda with most votes in Polish presidential vote, but short of first-round win appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Louisville man fatally shot amid protest, suspect in custody

  28-06-2020 20:55
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Police in Kentucky say a suspect is in custody in the death of a man who was fatally shot amid a protest over the killing of Breonna Taylor. Interim Louisville Police Chief Robert Schroeder says the suspect is hospitalized and being interviewed by homicide investigators. The suspect’s name was not released, and no charges were immediately filed. The shooting occurred Saturday night at Jefferson Square Park in downtown Louisville. The Jefferson County coroner&rs
  
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• Britain’s top civil servant steps down from powerful role

  28-06-2020 20:36
  
  LONDON (AP) — Britain’s top civil servant and one of the most powerful people in the government announced he was stepping down. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is now prepared to shake up the inner workings of the country’s powerful bureaucracy. Mark Sedwill announced he will resign from his role as Cabinet secretary, national security adviser and head of the Civil Service in September. He said it had been a privilege to serve, but that he saw that the Johnson’s government w
  
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• Police: Arkansas trooper kills man who stabbed officer

  28-06-2020 20:35
  
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas State Police say a man suspected of stealing a taxi was fatally shot by a trooper after the man stabbed and wounded another law officer in Little Rock. State police said Sunday that 58-year-old Aloysius Keaton of Little Rock died died Saturday night at a hospital where he was taken following the shooting. State police say Keaton crashed the stolen cab while exiting off Interstate 30 and stabbed an Arkansas Highway Patrol officer who tried to arrest him. Po
  
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• The Rolling Stones threaten to sue President Trump over use of songs during campaign

  28-06-2020 20:20
  
  LONDON (AP) — The Rolling Stones are threatening President Donald Trump with legal action for using their songs at his rallies despite cease-and-desist directives.The Stones said in a statement Sunday that their legal team is working with music rights organization BMI to stop use of their material in Trump’s reelection campaign.“The BMI have notified the Trump campaign on behalf of the Stones that the unauthorized use of their songs will constitute a breach of its licensing agr
  
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• Rolling Stone threaten to sue President Trump over use of songs during campaign

  28-06-2020 20:20
  
  LONDON (AP) — The Rolling Stones are threatening President Donald Trump with legal action for using their songs at his rallies despite cease-and-desist directives.The Stones said in a statement Sunday that their legal team is working with music rights organization BMI to stop use of their material in Trump’s reelection campaign.“The BMI have notified the Trump campaign on behalf of the Stones that the unauthorized use of their songs will constitute a breach of its licensing agr
  
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• Tucson Salvage: A Thing of Hate

  28-06-2020 20:13
  
  The sun falls and the cloud turns dark against the sky, unfurling off the southern slope of the Santa Catalina Mountains. Some evil invading the northeastern part of the city.…
  
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• A Thing of Hate

  28-06-2020 20:13
  
  The sun falls and the cloud turns dark against the sky, unfurling off the southern slope of the Santa Catalina Mountains. Some evil invading the northeastern part of the city.…
  
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• Virus death toll drops to 5 in NY, once the US epicenter

  28-06-2020 20:04
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the daily death toll caused by the coronavirus fell to 5 on Saturday — the lowest number New York state has recorded in more than three months. Saturday’s total compared to 13 fatalities the day before as the number of fatalities caused by COVID-19 continues to fall. The state’s daily death tally peaked at 799 on April 8. The governor cautioned that the numbers could spike again if New Yorkers let down their guard down and fail to fo
  
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• The infamous Golden State Killer expected to plead guilty for series of murders

  28-06-2020 20:03
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Forty years after a sadistic suburban rapist terrorized California in what investigators later realized were a series of linked assaults and slayings, a 74-year-old former police officer is expected to plead guilty Monday to being the elusive Golden State Killer.The deal will spare Joseph James DeAngelo Jr. any chance of the death penalty for 13 murders and 13 kidnapping-related charges spanning six counties. In partial return, survivors of the assaults that spann
  
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• Average US gas price up 6 cents over 2 weeks to $2.22/gallon

  28-06-2020 19:57
  
  CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline increased by 6 cents over the past two weeks, to $2.22 per gallon. That’s 51 cents below the average pump price from a year ago. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey said Sunday that demand for gasoline remains weak even as states reopen for business amid the coronavirus pandemic. She said prices at the pump may slow soon. The highest average price in the nation for regular-grade gas is $3.15
  
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• Arizona reports highest daily virus cases with 3,858

  28-06-2020 19:53
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona health officials reported 3,858 more confirmed coronavirus cases on Sunday, the most reported in a single day in the state so far. It was also the seventh time in the last 10 days that daily cases surpassed the 3,000 mark. The Arizona Department of Health Services also reported nine additional deaths. That pushes Arizona’s documented COVID-19 totals to nearly 74,000 cases and 1,588 known deaths. Some Arizona hospitals have begun activating surge plans to increa
  
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• Golder Ranch, Peppersauce Canyon and Campo Bonito all downgraded to READY

  28-06-2020 19:37
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - Pima County Sheriff's announced updates to the ongoing evacuation orders around Southern Arizona on Sunday morning.The newest updates are as follows: Portions of East Golder Ranch, Peppersauce Canyon to Highjinks Road, and Campo Bonito have all been downgraded to the READY stage of evacuations.Deputies have given the green light to people who have self-evacuated in those areas to return home.The Bighorn Fire has burned more than 104,690 acres. Currently, the fire is 45 percent c
  
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• Police in Scotland name suspect in Glasgow stabbings

  28-06-2020 19:25
  
  LONDON (AP) — Police in Scotland have named the suspect in a stabbing frenzy last week at a hotel for asylum-seekers.  Badreddin Abadlla Adam, 28, from Sudan, was shot dead by police in the attack that took place Friday in Glasgow. Six other people, including a police officer, were injured. Authorities are not treating the incident as terrorism. In a statement issued Saturday, Constable David Whyte, 42, described the situation he encountered at the Park Inn Hotel on Friday as “e
  
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• Coroner: Louisville man fatally shot amid protest

  28-06-2020 19:17
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Police in Kentucky have identified a man who was fatally shot amid a protest over the killing of Breonna Taylor. The Jefferson County coroner’s office says 27-year-old Tyler Charles Gerth of Louisville died of a gunshot wound Saturday night. Reports of shots fired at Jefferson Square Park in downtown Louisville came in around 9 p.m.. A second shooting victim was found across the street. That person was hospitalized with injuries that were not life-threatening.
  
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• President Trump tweets then deletes video of supporter chanting “white power”

  28-06-2020 19:14
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday tweeted approvingly of a video showing one of his supporters chanting “white power,” a racist slogan associated with white supremacists. He later deleted the tweet and the White House said the president had not heard “the one statement” on the video.The video appeared to have been taken at The Villages, a Florida retirement community, and showed dueling demonstrations between Trump supporters and opponents.“Th
  
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• Pakistan army says Indian spy drone shot down in Kashmir

  28-06-2020 19:06
  
  MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s military says it shot down a small Indian spy drone that flew hundreds of meters into the Pakistani-administered side of Kashmir. It’s the ninth such downing of an Indian drone this year. There was no immediate comment from India. Pakistan often claims the downing of such drones in Kashmir, the disputed Himalayan region divided between India and Pakistan and claimed by both in its entirety. It also comes two weeks after India and China c
  
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• Louisville calm after man was shot and killed amid protest

  28-06-2020 19:01
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Several dozen people have gathered at a park in downtown Louisville where a man had been shot and killed amid a protest over the killing of Breonna Taylor. A few Louisville police officers arrived Sunday to hand out flyers that said overnight camping and cooking at the site is banned, but protesters will be allowed to continue gathering during the day. Police removed tents from the site and told protesters they could pick them up at a separate location. Louisville po
  
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• The Latest: VP Mike Pence says BLM wants radical left agenda

  28-06-2020 18:51
  
  Vice President Mike Pence says he doesn’t want to say “Black Lives Matter” because he doesn’t agree with what he believes is the political message behind it. Pence told CBS on Sunday that he stands against racism and that George Floyd’s death was inexcusable, but that “all lives matter.” He said he is opposed to the Black Lives Matter movement because he believes it is pressing for a radical left agenda. He also says African American leaders have made cl
  
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• Northern part of Catalina State Park returned to READY stage of evacuations

  28-06-2020 18:45
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - Pima County Sheriff's announced Sunday morning that the northern part of Catalina State Park bounded by Hawser Street on the north, Lago Del Oro Parkway on the west, and the forest service boundary on the east, and the area around Ventana Canyon Estates has returned to the READY stage of evacuations.
  Deputies have given the green light to people who have self-evacuated in those areas to return home.
  The Bighorn Fire has burned more than 104,690 acres. Currently, the fir
  
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• Arizona reports 3,858 coronavirus cases, highest daily total

  28-06-2020 18:41
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona health officials have reported 3,858 more positive coronavirus cases, the most reported in a single day in the state so far. The Arizona Department of Health Services also reported 9 additional deaths. That pushes Arizona’s documented COVID-19 totals to 73,908 cases and 1,588 known deaths as of Sunday. The 3,858 cases topped Saturday’s tally of 3,591 and was the seventh time in the last 10 days that daily cases surpassed the 3,000 mark. Some Arizona hospi
  
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• Prep school responds to sex assault account in Vanity Fair

  28-06-2020 18:37
  
  CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire boarding school has responded to a former student’s account of sexual assault in the 1990s that appeared in Vanity Fair this week. The magazine published an excerpt Thursday from Lacy Crawford’s forthcoming memoir, “Notes on a Silencing,” detailing her alleged assault by two other students. Archibald Cox Jr., board chairman at St. Paul’s School in Concord, and Kathleen Giles, the elite school’s rector, said in a state
  
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• John Wayne Airport facing possible name change after actors racist past

  28-06-2020 18:29
  
  SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — In the latest move to change place names in light of U.S. racial history, leaders of Orange County’s Democratic Party are pushing to drop film legend John Wayne’s name, statue and other likenesses from the county’s airport because of his racist and bigoted comments.The Los Angeles Times reported that earlier this week, officials passed an emergency resolution condemning Wayne’s “racist and bigoted statements” made in a 1971 inter
  
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• Russian nickel producer admits pollution in Arctic tundra

  28-06-2020 18:23
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian metallurgical company says it improperly pumped wastewater into the Arctic tundra and that it has suspended the responsible employees. Sunday’s statement from Nornickel is the second time in a month the company has been connected to pollution in the ecologically delicate region. In May, about 21,000 tons of diesel fuel leaked after a reservoir at a Nornickel-operated power plant collapsed. Some of the fuel entered a lake that feeds into an arm of the Arctic Se
  
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• Gunman at Walmart distribution center was former employee

  28-06-2020 18:15
  
  RED BLUFF, Calif (AP) — A man who drove into a Walmart distribution center in Northern California and went on a shooting rampage that left him and another man dead, and four others wounded, was fired from his job at the center last year. Authorities say Louis Wesley Lane was let go from the distribution center near Red Bluff in February 2019 after failing to show up for work. On Saturday, authorities say he circled the parking lot four times before crashing into the distribution center and
  
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• President Trump denies briefing on reported Russian bounties on U.S. troops

  28-06-2020 18:04
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday denied that he had been briefed on reported U.S. intelligence that a Russian military intelligence unit secretly offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants for killing American troops in Afghanistan, and he appeared to minimize the allegations against Moscow.American intelligence officials concluded months ago that Russian officials offered rewards for successful attacks on American service-members last year, at a time when the U.S. and
  
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• Bighorn Fire now burned over 100,000 acres

  28-06-2020 17:50
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - The Bighorn Fire has burned more than 104,690 acres. Currently, the fire is 45 percent contained.Sunday is expected to be the 2nd Red Flag Day of the event as winds will pick up past 20 miles per hour out of the Southwest. That’s expected to create some challenges for hotshot crews as they try to limit fire spread east towards Redington. The Redington area went into GO evacuation mode on Saturday. We saw rain above the fire zones for the first time
  
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