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• Stonewall Jackson removed from Richmond’s Monument Avenue

  01-07-2020 23:56
  
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A massive statue of Gen. Stonewall Jackson has been removed from Richmond, Virginia’s famed Monument Avenue. The removal Wednesday afternoon came just hours after the city’s mayor gave the order to take down Confederate monuments on municipal land. Work crews spent several hours carefully attaching a harness around the statue and using power tools to detach it from its base. Weeks ago, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam ordered the removal of the avenue’s mo
  
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• More at-home firework use is expected this 4th of July since there are no public displays

  01-07-2020 23:44
  
  TUCSON - The fourth of July holiday is this weekend and every public firework viewing has been cancelled. Fire Marshalls are expecting an uptick in calls related to home fireworks.It has been dry for a few months here in Southern Arizona and we saw with the Bighorn Fire just how quickly fire can spread.
  The fire department wants us to have fun and enjoy our fourth of July holiday, but they also want to remind you to be smart out there this weekend with your fireworks. John Walka, Battalion
  
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• Man sentenced to life in 1980 killing of Colorado intern

  01-07-2020 23:44
  
  A Florida trucker has been sentenced to life in prison for killing a college student working as a Denver radio station intern 40 years ago. The killing was solved with the help of DNA profiles shared by relatives online. James Curtis Clanton declined to speak during Wednesday’s online sentencing. He was arrested in December and pleaded guilty in February. His lawyer said Clanton is sorry for killing 21-year-old Helene Pruszynski of Hamilton, Massachusetts. Her friends and her only survivin
  
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• Mississippi retires its rebel-themed former flag to museum

  01-07-2020 23:42
  
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi has relegated its former state flag to history. A ceremony was held Wednesday, a day after Republican Gov. Tate Reeves signed a new law removing official status from the last state banner in the U.S. that included the Confederate battle emblem. Mississippi faced increasing pressure in recent weeks to change its 126-year-old flag since protests against racial injustice have focused attention on Confederate symbols. The new law requires a ceremony for the &l
  
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• Mexican soldiers seize $2.7 million in cash from US vehicle

  01-07-2020 23:39
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican soldiers have seized almost $2.7 million in cash stuffed into suitcases in the back of an SUV entering Mexico from the United States. The seizure took place at an incoming border inspection checkpoint in Tijuana, the cityacross from San Diego, California. The Defense Department said Wednesday authorities detected the cash during an X-ray inspection of the vehicle. The SUV had reportedly come from Los Angeles, though it was unclear where it was headed to in Mexico
  
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• Catholic priest suspended for comparing BLM to ‘maggots’

  01-07-2020 23:34
  
  CARMEL, Ind. (AP) — A bishop has suspended a suburban Indianapolis Catholic priest from public ministry for comparing the Black Lives Matter movement and its organizers to “maggots and parasites.” Bishop Timothy Doherty of the Diocese of Lafayette-in-Indiana took the action Wednesday against the Rev. Theodore Rothrock of St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic Church in Carmel. Rothrock wrote the comments in Sunday’s weekly bulletin. A statement posted on the diocesan website says,
  
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• Judge deals setback to key Trump policy limiting asylum

  01-07-2020 23:28
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal judge has knocked down a cornerstone border policy of the Trump administration that denies asylum to people who travel through another country to reach the Mexican border without first seeking protection in that country. Judge Timothy Kelly says authorities violated federal rule-making procedures by not seeking public feedback before putting the policy into effect in July 2019. The immediate impact of the judge’s ruling on Tuesday is diminished by a coronav
  
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• Healthy Kessel expected to give Coyotes a boost in return

  01-07-2020 23:27
  
  GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — A healthy Phil Kessel should give the Arizona Coyotes a big lift when the NHL season resumes. Kessel labored during the first part of his inaugural season in the desert while battling injuries. The 32-year-old right wing suffered a groin injury early and didn’t have the same explosiveness he had in the past, scoring 14 goals with 24 assists in 70 games. The NHL’s shutdown due to the coronavirus pandemic allowed Kessel to heal, giving the Coyotes hope of a
  
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• House approves $1.5T plan to fix crumbling infrastructure

  01-07-2020 23:25
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic-controlled House has approved a $1.5 trillion plan to rebuild the nation’s crumbling infrastructure, pouring hundreds of billions of dollars into projects to fix roads and bridges, upgrade transit systems, expand interstate railways and dredge harbors, ports and channels. The bill also authorizes more than $100 billion to expand internet access for rural and low-income communities and $25 billion to modernize the U.S. Postal Service. It now goes to th
  
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• Trump says he looks like Lone Ranger in a mask and likes it

  01-07-2020 23:19
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — After long resisting wearing a mask in public, President Donald Trump says he thinks it makes him look like the Lone Ranger — and he likes it. Trump told Fox Business on Wednesday that he’s “all for masks.” Trump’s comments came a day after Republican lawmakers suggested that the president should wear a mask in public to set a good example for Americans. Trump has long resisted wearing a mask in public. In early April, the Centers for Disease
  
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• UN chief tells Libya’s Hifter there is no military solution

  01-07-2020 23:16
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is telling the commander of Libya’s eastern-based forces that there can be no military solution to the conflict he launched in April 2019 against the U.N.-supported government in the capital, Tripoli. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said the commander, Khalifa Hifter, called the secretary-general Wednesday and they discussed current developments in the oil-rich country, which saw his forces retreat from Tripoli last month
  
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• McGrath raises Russia bounty issue in Kentucky Senate race

  01-07-2020 23:15
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky (AP) — Democratic Senate nominee Amy McGrath has gone on the offensive after her narrow primary win. She challenged Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to disclose what he knows about intelligence assessments suggesting Russia offered bounties for killing U.S. troops in Afghanistan. McGrath’s attack comes a day after she defeated Charles Booker in Kentucky’s primary election. In a Senate speech Wednesday, McConnell warned of Russian efforts to undermine U.S. i
  
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• Independent review of St. Louis police procedures planned

  01-07-2020 23:15
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis officials have approved an outside review of the city’s police department’s operations. The review announced Wednesday is designed to improve community policing, protect civil rights and reduce violent crime. It was announced by Mayor Lyda Krewson and two top police officials, in conjunction with the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis. Krewson said in a news release the city is acknowledging far too many Black lives are lost to violence in St. Lou
  
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• Man falls 20 feet through the floor into a hidden well

  01-07-2020 23:13
  
  GUILFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man wasn’t wishing at this well. Christopher Town was helping a friend move into a mid-19th century home in Guilford on Sunday when he fell through a floor and landed 20 feet down in a well that had been covered up by an addition years ago. He ended up completely submerged and had to climb up to keep his head above water, but suffered only minor injuries. His wife was there and called 911. Firefighters set up rigging and pulled Town out about 25 m
  
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• Peruvians fill streets as lockdown ends despite infections

  01-07-2020 23:06
  
  LIMA, Peru (AP) — Blocks-long lines have formed at food markets, bus stops and shopping centers in Peru’s capital as people leave their homes en masse to go to work or shop as a 106-day coronavirus lockdown ends in many parts of the country. For the first time in months, food vendors were out Wednesday offering breakfasts for 50 cents from street carts covered in clear plastic in Lima’s historic center. City workers cleaned statues with jets of water. Peru is still reporting 40
  
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• Michigan judge allows restart of disputed oil pipeline

  01-07-2020 23:06
  
  TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan judge is allowing Enbridge to resume pumping oil through a Midwestern pipeline. The judge ordered the shutdown of Line 5 last week at the request of state Attorney General Dana Nessel. That came after damage was found to a structure anchoring a section of the pipeline that runs through a channel linking Lakes Huron and Michigan. In an updated order Wednesday, the judge said Enbridge could reopen the pipeline to conduct a safety test and could keep the
  
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• Hirokazu Kore-eda and Catherine Deneuve look for ‘The Truth’

  01-07-2020 23:03
  
  VENICE, Italy (AP) — Catherine Deneuve plays an icon of French cinema in “The Truth.” She even chose her own middle name for her character, but the 76-year-old actress says that she and Fabienne are nothing alike. “The Truth” is a tragicomic portrait of a star in her final act who is juggling a film, the release of her memoirs and a visit from her daughter, played by Juliette Binoche, and son-in-law played by Ethan Hawke. It comes by way of “Shoplifters”
  
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• COVID-19 in Arizona: Navajo will not ease restrictions, despite improving numbers

  01-07-2020 23:00
  
  PHOENIX – The number of new COVID-19 cases on the Navajo Nation is on a downward trend, but tribal leaders said Tuesday that does not mean they are ready to ease up on health restrictions.Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez said in a Facebook live town hall that the tribe will continue its 57-hour weekend lockdown for the next three weeks, meaning most businesses will be closed, people will be encouraged to stay home and visitors will be discouraged.…
  
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• Calif. vet honored after missing honor flight due to cancer

  01-07-2020 22:54
  
  Veterans and others came together Tuesday to honor a Vietnam veteran who didn't get to go on the honor flight trip last year because he was diagnosed with lung cancer."Last year, I was supposed to fly with him to Washington D.C.,” said James Burdick. “And then he got diagnosed with lung cancer and then all this COVID happened and we didn't have the chance to go to see the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C.”"I was looking forward to making that flight,” he said."Do they
  
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• Trump, top officials defend response to Russia bounty threat

  01-07-2020 22:48
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and his top national security officials are stepping up their defense of his response to intelligence assessments that suggested Russia had offered bounties for killing U.S. troops in Afghanistan. The president’s national security adviser said on Wednesday that he had prepared a list of retaliatory options if the intelligence had been corroborated.  President Donald Trump continued to play down the assessments and insist he wasn’t b
  
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• Two dead after collision in central Tucson

  01-07-2020 22:47
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) – Two people are dead after a motorcycle and vehicle collision that happened Tuesday in central Tucson.
  Officers were dispatched to the intersection of N. Van Buren Avenue and E. Speedway Boulevard for a report of a serious injury collision.Police say Brandon Vincent Cleveland, 40, and Abner Tovar Ortiz, 26, were pronounced deceased at the scene.Cleveland was the driver of a 2007 Suzuki GSX-R1000 motorcycle. Ortiz was the driver of a black 2010 Chrysler 300.
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• Census door knockers starting in 6 states later this month

  01-07-2020 22:45
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Homes in six states across the U.S. can expect to get knocks on their doors from census takers in two weeks. The U.S. Census Bureau said Wednesday that it will be part of a soft launch of the next phase of the largest head count in U.S. history. Starting in mid-July, homes whose residents haven’t yet answered the 2020 census around Beckley, West Virginia;  Boise, Idaho; Gardiner, Maine; Kansas City, Missouri; New Orleans; and Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, will
  
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• Trump supports new round of direct coronavirus payments

  01-07-2020 22:42
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he supports a fresh round of government payments to individuals to help them weather the coronavirus pandemic but that “it has to be done properly.” Trump also says he wants payments larger than the $1,200 the government sent to most individuals earlier this year. He did not say how much he’d like the payments to be. Trump commented in an interview Wednesday with Fox Business Network. In May, Democrats pushed a $3 trillion cor
  
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• Background checks, a metric for gun sales, hit all-time high

  01-07-2020 22:41
  
  Historic numbers of background checks to purchase or possess a firearm have been conducted in June. It’s just the latest month with record-breaking numbers since the system was created in 1998. The FBI reported Wednesday that 3.9 million checks were done last month in what’s a key barometer of gun sales. The numbers are driven by the crises that have roiled the U.S., including the coronavirus pandemic, an economic recession, protests over racial injustice and calls to reduce police f
  
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• Actor says ‘Justice League’ director Whedon was ‘abusive’

  01-07-2020 22:36
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Ray Fisher says director Joss Whedon’s behavior was “abusive” on the set of the 2017 film “Justice League.” Ray Fisher played Cyborg in the DC Comics film. He tweeted Wednesday that Whedon’s treatment of the cast and crew was “unprofessional and completely unacceptable.” Whedon hasn’t responded to Fisher on social media, and emails seeking comment from him weren’t immediately returned. Whedon is known for
  
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• UA Delays Furlough Plan (Again)

  01-07-2020 22:30
  
  In response to demands from a coalition of more than 1,400 faculty, staff and students at the University of Arizona, President Dr. Robert Robbins announced via email that he would halt their planned furloughs until August.
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• Virus spike prompts big California about face on reopenings

  01-07-2020 22:26
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has ordered bars and indoor operations of restaurants to close for the next three week in most parts of the state. The Democratic governor’s order comes amid a troubling increase of California coronavirus cases and hospitalizations. The order applies to 19 counties covering 72% of the state’s population, including Los Angeles County. The order also applies to the indoor operations of movie theaters, wineries, tasting rooms,
  
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• Michigan governor closes indoor bars, allows to-go cocktails

  01-07-2020 22:25
  
  LANSING, Mich (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is closing indoor seating in bars in parts of the state, including a city with a bar that has been linked to a rising number of infections. Whitmer on Wednesday also signed a bill allowing bars and restaurants to sell cocktails-to-go in an effort to help those businesses. Bars won’t have to close down completely, according to an new executive order. And the Upper Peninsula and much of northern Michigan are not subject to the order d
  
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• California governor rolls back more openings due to virus

  01-07-2020 22:19
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has ordered a three-week closure of bars and indoor operations of restaurants and certain other businesses in Los Angeles and 18 other counties as the state deals with increasing cases of COVID-19. The governor’s order Wednesday also covers indoor operations of movie theaters, wineries, tasting rooms, family entertainment centers, zoos, museums and cardrooms. The governor says the counties encompass more than 70% of California&rs
  
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• Hot news cycle leads CNN to best ratings in 40 years

  01-07-2020 22:17
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A busy stretch of news with the coronavirus pandemic and racial demonstrations in the United States has led CNN to its best ratings in the network’s 40-year history. Fox News Channel and MSNBC have also had record-setting quarters, although its audience size did not jump as dramatically as CNN’s. That’s satisfying news to CNN’s leadership, which has been under attack by President Donald Trump and his allies for four years. CNN chief executive Jeff Zu
  
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• California officials blasted for prison coronavirus outbreak

  01-07-2020 22:17
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers harshly criticized state corrections officials for botching the handling of the pandemic by inadvertently transferring infected inmates to a virus-free prison. That triggered the state’s worst prison coronavirus outbreak. A third of the 3,500 inmates at San Quentin State Prison near San Francisco have tested positive since officials transferred dozens of inmates from a heavily impacted Southern California prison in May without properly t
  
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• S&P 500 index notches another gain on a mixed day for stocks

  01-07-2020 22:15
  
  Stocks are winding up with a mixed finish on Wall Street, even as gains for technology stocks pushed the Nasdaq to another record close. The Dow edged lower Wednesday but the S&P 500 rose 0.5%, a day after wrapping up its best quarter since 1998. That, however, came after its worst quarter since 2008 in the first three months of the year. The whiplash came as the economy screeched to a halt because of the coronavirus, then got loads of support from the Federal Reserve and Congress and hopes
  
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• Toddler wounded in latest child shooting in Chicago

  01-07-2020 22:14
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Authorities say a 3-year-old Chicago girl was shot and wounded while playing with friends in a front yard on the city’s South Side. The Chicago Tribune reports that police say the shooting Tuesday night came minutes after a 15-year-old boy was wounded a few blocks away. The girl’s mother ran outside and found her daughter on the ground after a relative heard what was believed to be fireworks. The girl was listed in serious but stable condition at a hospital. They
  
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• Michigan governor closes indoor bars, allows cocktails-to-go

  01-07-2020 22:04
  
  LANSING, Mich (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is closing indoor seating in bars in parts of the state, including a city with a bar that has been linked to a rising number of infections. Whitmer on Wednesday also signed a bill allowing bars and restaurants to sell cocktails-to-go in an effort to help those businesses. Bars won’t have to close down completely, according to an new executive order. And the Upper Peninsula and much of northern Michigan are not subject to the order d
  
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• Navajo Nation reports 17 additional COVID-19 cases, 1 death

  01-07-2020 22:01
  
  WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation health officials have reported 17 additional cases of coronavirus with one additional death. That put the number of positive COVID-19 cases on the reservation at 7,549 as of Tuesday night with the known death toll at 364. Reports from a dozen health care facilities on and near the Navajo Nation indicate some 5,218 have recovered and at least 55,626 people have been tested so far. Navajo Nation officials have extended the closure of tribal government
  
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• Has the IRS Hit Bottom?

  01-07-2020 22:00
  
  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Click here to read their biggest stories as soon as they’re published.It’s been almost 10 years since Republicans, riding the Tea Party wave, took control of the House of Representatives and started hacking at the IRS’ enforcement budget.…
  
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• Lawsuit accuses property managers of ageist Facebook ads

  01-07-2020 21:57
  
  SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — A lawsuit claims some of the nation’s leading property management companies deliberately excluded older people from seeing Facebook advertisements for dozens of apartment complexes in the Washington, D.C., area. The class action filed Wednesday by the Housing Rights Initiative is billed as the first lawsuit to accuse residential property management companies of engaging in discrimination in housing advertising. The federal suit says anyone over 50 was deemed
  
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• Trump plans huge July 4 fireworks show despite DC’s concerns

  01-07-2020 21:54
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is promising one of the largest fireworks displays in recent memory in Washington on July Fourth. It also plans to give away as many as 300,000 face masks to those who come down to the National Mall for the festivities, although they won’t be required to wear them. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt on Wednesday detailed President Donald Trump’s plans for this Saturday’s Independence Day in the nation’s capital, which he sa
  
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• Police: Oklahoma officer’s health improving after shooting

  01-07-2020 21:41
  
  TULSA, Oklahoma (AP) — Authorities say a Tulsa, Oklahoma, police officer’s health is improving after he was he was shot in the head during a traffic stop in which a fellow officer was killed. Capt. Richard Meulenberg told The Associated Press on Wednesday that Officer Aurash Zarkeshan is slightly improved and responding to doctors’ commands. Zarkeshan was wounded in the Monday morning shooting that claimed the life of Sgt. Craig Johnson. Police have arrested 32-year-old David W
  
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• Right time to ‘get stupid again’: Beavis, Butt-Head comeback

  01-07-2020 21:38
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Beavis and Butt-Head are coming back to TV in a reimagined version of the animated series about a pair of Gen X slackers. “Beavis and Butt-Head,” which debuted in 1993 on MTV, is moving to Comedy Central for its new version. The channel said it’s ordered two seasons of the series that aims to appeal to Gen X parents and their Gen Z kids. Series creator Mike Judge will write and produce the new show and again will voice both Beavis and Butt-Head. The ori
  
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• LeBron James’ group touts sports venues as mega-voting sites

  01-07-2020 21:34
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — If basketball icon LeBron James gets his way, NBA arenas and other sports venues around the country will be mega polling sites for the November general election. James and his voting rights group, formed earlier this month with other black athletes and entertainers, are joining with other professional basketball leaders and Michigan’s top elections official to push for the mega voting sites to accommodate in-person balloting amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Atlanta Hawk
  
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• Health experts slam US deal for large supply of virus drug

  01-07-2020 21:33
  
  LONDON (AP) — Some public health experts are criticizing the U.S. for securing a large supply of the only drug licensed so far to treat COVID-19. The U.S. government announced this week that it had an agreement with Gilead Sciences to make the bulk of their production of remdesivir available to Americans for the next three months. A senior lecturer at the University of Sussex called the U.S. agreement  “disappointing news.” Until now, the California-based Gilead had donate
  
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• Arizona Democrats Join Call for ICE to Release Families Amid COVID-19

  01-07-2020 21:30
  
  A handful of Arizona officials have joined 80 House Democrats and members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus in demanding that the Trump administration “safely and swiftly” release children and adults held in immigration detention centers due to the threat of the COVID-19 pandemic.…
  
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• Pence arrives in Arizona as state hits new virus records

  01-07-2020 21:29
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — A masked Vice President Mike Pence arrived in Arizona as the state broke its own records with skyrocketing coronavirus cases and hospitalizations. Gov. Doug Ducey, also wearing a mask, greeted Pence with an elbow bump Wednesday at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. The visit by Pence comes as Arizona hit highs in newly reported COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, emergency room visits and deaths. State health officials reported 4,878 new confirmed cases. Other alarming
  
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• Man arrested, charged with first-degree murder after northwest side collision

  01-07-2020 21:28
  
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  TUCSON (KVOA) - A man has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder in connection to a collision on Tucson's northwest side.
  On Tuesday, deputies responded to the 7800 block of West Dos Rotundo Drive near Linda Vista Boulevard and La Entrada in reference to a deceased male.
  According to Pima County Sheriff's Department, a man with obvious signs of trauma was located beside a moving van.
  The victim was identified as 39-year-old Matthew
  
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• Israeli lawmakers approve phone tracking of virus cases

  01-07-2020 21:24
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s parliament has approved a law granting the country’s internal security agency limited authority to use phone surveillance to track coronavirus cases. The move Wednesday comes as the country struggles to contain a second outbreak. The Knesset, Israel’s parliament, voted 51-38 in favor of granting the Shin Bet power to use phone surveillance  to retrace the steps of people infected with COVID-19 and identify others who came in contact with the
  
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• Montenegro backs same-sex partnership as it seeks EU entry

  01-07-2020 21:23
  
  PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — Lawmakers in the small Balkan country of Montenegro have approved same-sex partnership as part of efforts to push on with joining the European Union. They backed the change Wednesday, which gives same sex couples equal legal rights as heterosexual ones except over child adoption, by a margin of 42 votes to five. Montenegro has been a predominantly conservative and male-dominated society where LGBT people have often faced rejection and harassment. Boosting right
  
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• Audit finds more than $115K in fraud in small Missouri town

  01-07-2020 21:23
  
  O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — State auditors has found more than $115,000 in fraudulent payments and purchases were made by former leaders of a tiny Missouri town that drew widespread attention last year when two mysterious fires burned records that were sought for the audit. State Auditor Nicole Galloway said Wednesday that the examination of Parma, a southeastern Missouri town of about 700, looked at the four-year period that Tyus Byrd served as mayor. Byrd lost her reelection bid in April
  
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• Ex-Bush officials launch super PAC backing Biden over Trump

  01-07-2020 21:20
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A group of former George W. Bush administration and campaign officials have launched a new super PAC supporting Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. It’s the latest in a growing number of Republican groups to come out in support of Biden over President Donald Trump. The group, 43 Alumni for Biden, has recruited at least 200 former White House officials, campaign aides and Cabinet secretaries who worked under Bush to join the push against the Republican incum
  
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• Richmond orders removal of Confederate statues on city land

  01-07-2020 21:19
  
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Richmond, Virginia, Mayor Levar Stoney has ordered the immediate removal of all Confederate statues on city land. Stoney issued the order Wednesday. He is using emergency powers to speed up the healing process for the former capital of the Confederacy amid weeks of protests over police brutality and racial injustice. Work crews began removing a statue of Gen. Stonewall Jackson early Wednesday afternoon. Flatbed trucks and other equipment were also spotted at several ot
  
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