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• High temperatures will stay over 105 through the middle of the work week.

  05-07-2020 23:25
  
  TUCSON - Dry air and a west wind have their hold on Southern Arizona. This will cause our afternoon temperatures to continue to rise in the coming days.Sunday Night: Clear and Mild. Low: 75°Monday: Sunny and Hot. High: 107°Monday Night: Mostly Clear, Mild. Low: 76°Our rain chances have just about dried up. The only spots that could see small showers developing on Monday will be along the US-Mexico border.
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• Croatia’s ruling conservatives winning parliamentary vote

  05-07-2020 23:10
  
  ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Partial official results in Croatia’s parliamentary election indicate that the ruling conservatives have a strong lead over their main center-left rivals. With over 60 percent of the vote counted Sunday, the Croatian Democratic Union won 68 seats in the country’s 151-seat parliament. That compares to 43 seats won by the main opposition left wing list led by the Social Democratic Party. In third place is the newly formed right-wing Homeland Movement party
  
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• Suspected jihadists fire on UN aid copter in Nigeria; 2 dead

  05-07-2020 23:05
  
  DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Officials say suspected Islamic extremists opened fire on a U.N. aid helicopter in northeastern Nigeria over the weekend, killing two civilians. Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari blamed the attack on militants linked to the extremist group Boko Haram, and warned Sunday evening it “would not go without severe consequences.” Security has long been a concern for aid groups operating in northeastern Nigeria, where humanitarian workers have been been kidnappe
  
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• Trump to hold outdoor campaign rally in Portsmouth, N.H.

  05-07-2020 23:00
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is set to hold an outdoor campaign rally Saturday in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The rally at Portsmouth International Airport will come three weeks after an indoor rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma. That gathering was the president’s first of the COVID-19 era, and it drew a smaller-than-expected crowd amid concerns of rising infections in the region. The president was narrowly defeated in 2016 in New Hampshire by Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. Bef
  
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• Suspected jihadists fire on UN aid helicopter; 2 dead

  05-07-2020 22:58
  
  DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Officials say suspected Islamic extremists opened fire on a U.N. aid helicopter in northeastern Nigeria over the weekend, killing two civilians. Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari blamed the attack on militants linked to the extremist group Boko Haram, and warned Sunday evening it “would not go without severe consequences.” Security has long been a concern for aid groups operating in northeastern Nigeria, where humanitarian workers have been been kidnappe
  
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• Grandfather: Stray bullet killed boy grabbing phone charger

  05-07-2020 22:56
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A grandfather says his 11-year-old grandson was grabbing a phone charger on the way to a cookout in Washington when he was struck and killed by a stray bullet. John Ayala told WUSA-TV that his 11-year-old grandson Davon McNeal was getting out of a car Saturday night to go get the charger when shots rang out. Washington D.C. Police Chief Peter Newsham told reporters that night that about five adult men shot up the area, striking an 11-year-old boy who later died at a hospi
  
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• Iran confirms damaged nuclear site was centrifuge facility

  05-07-2020 22:41
  
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran has confirmed that a damaged building at the underground Natanz nuclear site was a new centrifuge assembly center. The official IRNA news agency quoted a spokesman for Iran’s nuclear agency making the announcement on Sunday. The spokesman says work began on the centrifuge assembly center in 2013, and it was inaugurated in 2018. Iranian officials had sought to downplay Thursday’s fire, saying it struck an under-construction “shed.”  Iran
  
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• Duke, Dominion cancel contested Atlantic Coast Pipeline

  05-07-2020 22:23
  
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The developers of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline have announced they are canceling the multi-state natural gas project due to delays and “increasing cost uncertainty.” Despite a recent victory before the U.S. Supreme Court over a critical permit, Dominion Energy and Duke Energy said in a statement Sunday that “recent developments have created an unacceptable layer of uncertainty and anticipated delays” for the $8 billion project designed to cross W
  
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• Black Canyon City man surrenders to police in wife’s death

  05-07-2020 21:54
  
  COTTONWOOD, Ariz. (AP) — Yavapai County authorities say a Black Canyon City man has turned himself in to Cottonwood police after his wife was found dead. County Sheriff’s officials say 64-year-old Donald Scott as taken into custody Saturday afternoon and booked into the Camp Verde jail on suspicion of first-degree murder. They say Scott allegedly admitting that he killed his wife at their Black Canyon City home on Friday. Sheriff’s deputies went to the home and found the woman
  
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• Airstrikes hit Libya base held by Turkey-backed forces

  05-07-2020 21:34
  
  Cairo (AP) — Libyan officials in the capital of Tripoli say overnight airstrikes hit a key military base on the city’s outskirts that was recently retaken by Turkey-backed forces. A spokesman for the Tripoli-based forces said Sunday that the strikes were carried out by “foreign jets” allied with military commander Khalifa Hifter. Hifter’s forces are backed by the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Russia. The forces in Tripoli are backed by Turkey, Qatar and Italy. The
  
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• Child critically hurt after being shot in head in St. Louis

  05-07-2020 21:28
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Police say a 4-year-old child is in critical condition after being shot in the head in St. Louis. Police say the shooting happened around 10:45 p.m. Saturday in a neighborhood about 4 miles northwest of downtown St. Louis. The child was taken to a hospital in critical condition. Police say it appears the child was hit by a stray bullet while outside. Authorities have not released the child’s gender or the circumstances of the shooting. No arrests have been made.The p
  
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• Lebanon holds Baalbek concert despite virus, economic crisis

  05-07-2020 20:36
  
  BAALBEK, Lebanon (AP) — For the first time ever, Lebanon is hosting its annual music festival in the ancient northeastern city of Baalbek without an audience. Organizers have dubbed it “an act of cultural resilience” to both the global coronavirus pandemic and Lebanon’s unprecedented economic and financial crisis. The dramatic setting in a massive Roman forum has always always part of the Baalbek International Festival magic. Sunday’s concert was held at the Bacchus
  
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• Prominent Israeli journalist, Netanyahu critic, loses TV job

  05-07-2020 20:27
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — A prominent Israeli journalist known for breaking diplomatic scoops and critical coverage of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been told that he is being dismissed. Israeli media reported Sunday that Barak Ravid, Channel 13 TV’s diplomatic correspondent, was among nearly 40 people who received dismissal letters from the station. While several other big names were on the list, it was Ravid’s dismissal that raised the most eyebrows. Ravid has gained a reputat
  
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• Navajo Nation reports 71 more COVID-19 cases, 2 more deaths

  05-07-2020 20:15
  
  WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation health officials have reported 71 additional cases of COVID-19 and two more known deaths. A total of 7,804 people on the vast reservation that spans parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah have tested positive with 337 known deaths as of Saturday night. Tribal Department of Health officials say reports from all 12 health care facilities on and near the Navajo Nation indicate that 58,440 people have been tested and 5,543 have recovered from COVID-19. Th
  
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• Some K-State athletes protest over student’s Floyd tweet

  05-07-2020 20:13
  
  MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Some Kansas State athletes have been protesting over an insensitive tweet by a student about the death of George Floyd. The Wichita Eagle reports that those attending the rally in Manhattan, Kansas, on Saturday said the university administration’s promise to address racial injustice at the school did not go far enough. Student Jaden McNeil’s tweet last month led to an uproar among students, with several football players and other athletes threatening to b
  
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• Virus fear prompts Mexican town to block road from US border

  05-07-2020 20:09
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Residents of the town of Sonoyta, across from Lukeville Arizona, briefly blocked the main road leading south from the U.S. border over fears of coronavirus outbreaks. Arizona has seen a major upsurge in infections, and there were worries about intensified contagion during the July 4 weekend. The mayor of Sonoyta issued a statement “inviting U.S. tourists not to visit Mexico.” Local residents organized to block the road with their cars on the Mexican side. &nb
  
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• Israeli military says Gaza militants fire 3 rockets

  05-07-2020 20:05
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says three rockets have been fired by Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip toward southern Israel. Sunday evening’s barrage set off air-raid sirens in Israel’s south. Israel’s Channel 12 TV said two rockets landed in open areas, causing no damage or injuries. The army said it intercepted a third rocket fired later Sunday. There was no immediate Israeli reaction, though the military usually responds to rocket fire with airstrikes on
  
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• Exit poll: Croatia’s ruling conservatives win big in vote

  05-07-2020 20:03
  
  ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — An exit poll released after a vote ended in Croatia’s parliamentary election indicates that the ruling conservatives have a strong lead over their main center-left rivals. The exit poll Sunday published on state HRT television shows that the Croatian Democratic Union gained 61 seats in the country’s 151-seat parliament. That compares to 44 seats won by the left wing list led by the Social Democratic Party. In third place is the newly formed right-wing Hom
  
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• Correction: Election 2020-Digital story

  05-07-2020 19:55
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In a story July 4, 2020, about social media and the 2020 presidential campaign, The Associated Press erroneously reported the name of an Instagram account for a group that bakes bread and ships sourdough starters across the country in exchange for donations to Democrat Joe Biden. The account is Bake for Biden, not Bakers for Biden.The post Correction: Election 2020-Digital story appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Police: Peoria woman dead after allegedly stabbed by husband

  05-07-2020 19:30
  
  PEORIA, Ariz. (AP) — Police in Peoria say a woman has died after allegedly being stabbed by her husband in a domestic violence incident. They say officers received a 911 call around 6:15 a.m. Saturday. Police say someone in the home witnessed the man stabbing his wife and ran to a neighbor’s house for help. When officers arrived on scene, they found the 65-year-old woman with multiple stab wounds. She was taken to a hospital where she later died. A 63-year-old man at the home had sev
  
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• Bighorn fire now 75 percent contained

  05-07-2020 19:20
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - The Bighorn Fire has been burning for nearly four weeks.The wildfire has burned 118,897 acres with 75 percent containment.According to the Bighorn Fire Info page, crews will continue to monitor and mop up Thursday. They say chipping operations are happening near the east side of the fire to remove fuels.Lower temperatures and higher humidity levels are assisting firefighters throughout the weekend.Fire officials will no longer hold the 7 a.m. briefings due to decreased
  
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• Museum: ‘Dukes of Hazzard’ car with Confederate flag to stay

  05-07-2020 19:04
  
  VOLO, Ill. (AP) — A northern Illinois auto museum says it has no plans to stop displaying a Dodge Charger from the “Dukes of Hazzard” television show with the Confederate flag painted atop the vehicle. The flag is increasingly viewed as a symbol of racism. NASCAR has banned it and it’s being removed from the Mississippi state flag. But the Volo Auto Museum says the famed “General Lee” from the first season of the TV show isn’t going anywhere. Museum dire
  
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• 19.5 million youth to be without summer camp this year

  05-07-2020 19:01
  
  FAYETTE, Maine (AP) — Camp Winnebago was founded during the Spanish Flu and weathered all manner of health scares from polio to the swine flu over a century. It wasn’t about to let the coronavirus stop the fun.But things will be different this summer at this camp and others that buck the trend and welcome children. The vast majority of overnight camps are closed due to the pandemic.Campers were tested five days before arriving and will be tested again five days later. The camp instal
  
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• UK pays tribute to National Health Service on 72nd birthday

  05-07-2020 18:53
  
  LONDON (AP) — People across the U.K. joined in a round of applause to celebrate the 72nd anniversary of the formation of the free-to-use National Health Service, undoubtedly the country’s most cherished institution. The reverence with which it is held has been accentuated this year during the coronavirus pandemic. At 5 p.m., people joined in a round of applause to commemorate the efforts of all key workers and volunteers during the pandemic. Prince Charles said the NHS has been throu
  
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• Israeli military says Gaza militants fire 2 rockets

  05-07-2020 18:46
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says two rockets have been fired by Palestinians militants the Gaza Strip toward southern Israel. Sunday evening’s barrage set off air-raid sirens in southern Israel. Israel’s Channel 12 TV said the rockets landed in open areas, causing no damage or injuries. There was no immediate Israeli reaction, though the military usually responds to rocket fire with airstrikes on militant targets in Gaza. Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers have larg
  
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• Gig workers face shifting roles, competition in pandemic

  05-07-2020 18:34
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic is pummeling the global economy and U.S. unemployment is reaching heights not seen since the Great Depression. That has left gig workers clamoring for jobs that often pay less while facing stiff competition from a crush of newly unemployed workers who are also trying to patch together a livelihood until the economy recovers. Upwork, a website that connects skilled freelance workers with jobs, has seen a 50% increase in signups by both workers and em
  
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• Arizona reports 3,536 more coronavirus cases, 4 more deaths

  05-07-2020 18:17
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona health officials report 3,536 additional coronavirus cases and four more known deaths. That brings the state’s documented totals to 98,089 positive cases of COVID-19 cases and 1,809 known deaths as of Sunday. On Saturday, the Arizona Department of Health Services had reported 2,695 more positive coronavirus cases and 17 additional deaths. The state’s single-day pandemic highs were 4,878 cases and 88 deaths, both reported Wednesday. The number of infection
  
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• Dominican Republic chooses leader amid rising COVID-19 cases

  05-07-2020 18:16
  
  SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — The Dominican Republic is holding presidential elections that had already been delayed by the pandemic, even as the count of new infections continues to rise. Polls indicate that a businessman with no previous experience in government is the favorite in Sunday’s vote. Luís Abinader finished second in the last election but has been leading in most recent surveys, with the governing party’s Gonzalo Castillo trailing. Former Presiden
  
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• Scottsdale police: Man arrested after fatal store shooting

  05-07-2020 17:51
  
  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Police in Scottsdale say a suspect is in custody in connection with several armed robberies and a shooting at a convenience store that killed an alleged accomplice. They say 32-year-old Bryan Christopher Lee Washington is jailed on suspicion of first-degree murder and armed robbery. Police say 38-year-old Robert Blackwater attempted to rob a convenience store around 2:40 a.m. Friday. They say 35-year-old Joseph Toki walked into the store and was fatally shot by Bla
  
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• Former officer charged in Floyd’s death posts $750K bond

  05-07-2020 17:50
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A former Minneapolis police officer charged in the death of George Floyd has been released from jail. The Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports that Tou Thao posted $750,000 bond on Saturday. All four officers on the scene of Floyd’s death have been fired and face criminal charges. Thao is scheduled to appear in court on September 11 on charges of aiding and abetting second-degree murder and aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter. The post Former officer ch
  
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• Seattle protestor hit by car dies; other in serious condition

  05-07-2020 17:46
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — One of two people hit by a man who drove his car onto a closed Seattle freeway and into a crowd protesting police brutality has died.Summer Taylor, 24, of Seattle died Saturday evening at Harborview Medical Center, spokesperson Susan Gregg said.Taylor and Diaz Love, 32, of Portland, Oregon, were hit by the car that barreled through a panicked crowd of protesters on Interstate 5 early Saturday morning, officials said.Dawit Kelete of Seattle drove the car around vehicles that
  
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• Seattle protester hit by car dies; other in serious condition

  05-07-2020 17:46
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — One of two people hit by a man who drove his car onto a closed Seattle freeway and into a crowd protesting police brutality has died.Summer Taylor, 24, of Seattle died Saturday evening at Harborview Medical Center, spokesperson Susan Gregg said.Taylor and Diaz Love, 32, of Portland, Oregon, were hit by the car that barreled through a panicked crowd of protesters on Interstate 5 early Saturday morning, officials said.Dawit Kelete of Seattle drove the car around vehicles that
  
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• Anti-racism groups in Paris call out colonizer street names

  05-07-2020 17:46
  
  PARIS (AP) — Anti-racism groups are leading a “de-colonial tour” of Paris to call attention to monuments and streets honoring historical figures tied to the slave trade or colonial-era abuses. It’s organized by a group representing low-income neighborhoods in French suburbs, Black activist and migrants’ rights groups. While statues have fallen in other countries amid the global movement for racial justice, the response in France so far has been more muted. French Pr
  
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• Charity: Rescue ship gets OK to bring 180 migrants to Sicily

  05-07-2020 17:38
  
  ROME (AP) — A humanitarian group says its rescue ship with 180 migrants stranded aboard for days has “finally” received instructions to sail to an Italian port, where its passengers can be disembarked. SOS Mediterranee in a tweet Sunday described “relief on the #Ocean Viking” when crew and passengers learned the rescued migrants are to be disembarked at Porto Empedocle, Sicily, on Monday. Earlier, the group said Italian medical staff went aboard to test for COVID-19
  
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• Arizona sees daily COVID-19 cases rise above 3,000 once again

  05-07-2020 17:24
  
  PHOENIX (KVOA) — State health officials reported 3,536 new coronavirus cases Saturday morning. Confirmed cases went up to 98,089.The data includes people who have recovered.Arizona reported 4 COVID-19-related deaths. The statewide death toll is now 1,809.Deaths are not recorded until the health department receives a death certificate naming COVID-19 as the cause of death.Last Friday, Arizona Department of Health Services reported 66,458 confirmed cases and 1,535 known deaths
  
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• Man dies after an officer-involved shooting in west Phoenix

  05-07-2020 17:20
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities say a man is dead after an officer-involved shooting in west Phoenix. Police responded to a home around 1 p.m. Saturday after a caller said a man who tried to kill him a week ago had returned with a knife and was threatening him again. Two officers arrived and reportedly saw the suspect sitting in a parked car in a driveway. Police say when the officers asked the man to get out of the car, he rolled up the window and showed a gun.  Officers demanded the man
  
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• Debates turn emotional as schools decide how and if to open

  05-07-2020 17:14
  
  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — School districts across America must make wrenching decisions over how to resume classes in settings radically altered by the coronavirus pandemic. They face issues like school buses running below capacity, virtual learning, outdoor classrooms and quarantine protocols for infected children. The plans for the upcoming school year are taking shape by the day, and vary from district to district and state to state. The debates have been highly emotional, with tempers fla
  
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• Tucson residents concerned telemedicine won’t be offered

  05-07-2020 16:58
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Many Arizona residents have raised concerns about how long insurance providers will cover video visits and telephone calls to doctors — instead of face-to-face interactions — during the pandemic. The Arizona Daily Star reported that the rate of infection in Arizona is still rising and there is no vaccine, so many have received doctors’ advice virtually, a method commonly known as telemedicine or telehealth. Some providers have announced telemedicine v
  
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• Cosby citing systemic racism as he fights assault conviction

  05-07-2020 16:54
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bill Cosby has long championed personal responsibility in the Black community. It’s a stance that’s troubled Blacks who felt the comedian was ignoring structural barriers to success. But now the imprisoned 82-year-old Cosby is calling out systemic racism as he appeals his 2018 sex assault conviction. Cosby was the first celebrity tried and convicted in the #MeToo era. Prosecutors reopened his case after The Associated Press, five years ago this Monday, obtai
  
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• 1 of 2 protesters hit by driver on Seattle freeway dies

  05-07-2020 16:38
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — One of two people hit by a man who drove his car onto a closed Seattle freeway and into a crowd protesting police brutality has died. A hospital spokeswoman said 24-year-old Summer Taylor of Seattle died Saturday evening at Harborview Medical Center. Officials say Taylor and 32-year-old Diaz Love of Portland, Oregon, were hit by the car that barreled through a panicked crowd of protesters on Interstate 5 early Saturday morning. Police say Dawit Kelete of Seattle drove the ca
  
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• Sudan protesters remain camped in Darfur, seeking security

  05-07-2020 16:19
  
  CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s state media says a government delegation has arrived in Central Darfur province for talks with hundreds of protesters camped outside a government building. The week-long protests are demanding the resignation of security officials in the province, as well as a halt to attacks by government-sanctioned armed groups. Sunday’s meeting sought to stem the latest challenge to Sudan’s transitional government. The country is on a fragile path to democracy afte
  
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• Virus, Floyd death merge in brutal blow to Black well-being

  05-07-2020 16:08
  
  The coronavirus pandemic has made it even more difficult to manage chronic diseases such as diabetes and high blood pressure, diseases that disproportionately affect Black people. Doctors offices have been closed or patients have been too worried to come in for visits or to get and fill prescriptions. Then came the killing of George Floyd, an extreme form of over-policing that has been linked with elevated stress, high blood pressure and other chronic illness. Doctors are bracing for the fallout
  
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• Muti conducts Syria musicians in memorial concert amid ruins

  05-07-2020 16:03
  
  RAVENNA, Italy (AP) — Nine musicians from the Syrian diaspora in Europe are playing in the 24th friendship concert conducted by Riccardo Muti, this year at the Paestum archaeological site in southern Italy. But the coronavirus pandemic blocked others from arriving directly from Syria. The concert Sunday by the Luigi Cherubini Youth Orchestra founded by Muti, part of the Ravenna Festival summer series, is dedicated to Syrian archaeologist Khaled al-Asaad and Kurdish-Syrian politician Hevree
  
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• Death toll rises to 6 in Turkey fireworks factory explosion

  05-07-2020 15:54
  
  ISTANBUL (AP) — The death toll from a massive explosion in a fireworks factory in Turkey has increased to six. The governor of Sakarya in northwest Turkey announced two new deaths and said rescue teams were still searching for one more person after Friday’s explosion. The cause of the blast at the factory, which is away from residential areas, was under investigation. A manager and two supervisors were detained Saturday. The governor said Sunday that six people were still hospitalize
  
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• ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’ hymn ignites hope across nation

  05-07-2020 15:51
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Lift Every Voice and Sing” was created more than a century ago. But the hymn dubbed as the Black national anthem has resurrected a beacon of hope during recent nationwide protests. Countless rallies were held across the United States in recent weeks with arm-locked protesters reciting the song’s lyrics while marching against police brutality of unarmed Black people. Some marches were peaceful, while others turned violent. But one common thread at the p
  
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• Algeria buries fighters whose skulls were in Paris museum

  05-07-2020 15:35
  
  ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria at last buried the remains of 24 fighters decapitated for resisting French colonial forces in the 19th century. The ceremony Sunday came on Algeria’s 58th anniversary of independence. The fighters’ skulls were taken to Paris as war trophies and held in a museum for decades until their repatriation to Algeria on Friday, amid a growing global reckoning with the legacy of colonialism. Algeria’s president said he’s hoping for an apology f
  
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• Iran mandates masks as public shrugs off resurgent virus

  05-07-2020 15:18
  
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran has instituted mandatory mask-wearing as fears mount over newly spiking reported deaths from the coronavirus, even as its public increasingly shrugs off the danger. The order began Sunday. But public opinion polling and a walk through any of the streets of Tehran shows the widespread apathy felt over the pandemic. Iran in February was among the first countries struck after China. Whether rooted in fatigue, dismissal or fatalism, that indifference has scared Iranian
  
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• 7-year-old girl among 5 killed in July 4 Chicago shootings

  05-07-2020 15:10
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police say a 7-year-old girl at a family party and a 14-year-old boy were among five people shot and killed in the city during Fourth of July celebrations. Police spokesman Tom Ahern says four males opened fire on a large gathering in the street in Englewood just before midnight Saturday, killing the teenage boy and three other males. Police say the 7-year-old girl was fatally shot in the head while standing on the sidewalk at her grandmother’s house in the Aus
  
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• Facebook groups pivot to attacks on Black Lives Matter

  05-07-2020 14:57
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — A loose network of Facebook groups that took root across the country in April to organize protests over coronavirus stay-at-home orders have now pivoted to new targets. Their latest focus: Black Lives Matter and the nationwide protests against racial injustice.  An Associated Press review of the most recent posts in 40 of these Facebook groups, many launched by conservative or pro-gun activists, found the conversations shifted last month to attacking the nationwide prot
  
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• Ethiopian police patrol Oromia area and capital after unrest

  05-07-2020 14:46
  
  ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopian police were patrolling the country’s troubled Oromia region and the capital, Addis Ababa following a week of unrest in which 166 people were killed and more than 2,000 arrested, after a popular singer was shot dead. The internet was cut last week to try to dampen the protests and made it difficult for rights monitors to track the scores of killings. The unrest erupted after singer Hachalu Hundessa was killed. He had been a prominent voice in ant
  
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