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• The Latest: Houston officials call for return to lockdown

  12-07-2020 23:55
  
  HOUSTON, Texas — Top officials in Houston are calling for the city to lock back down as area hospitals strain to accommodate the onslaught of patients sick with the new coronavirus.Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, both Democrats, said this weekend that a stay-at-home order is needed for America’s fourth-largest city to cope with the surge of COVID-19 cases.The call comes after a week in which Texas continued to break records for confirmed COVID-19
  
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• Special Weather Statement issued July 12 at 2:48PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  12-07-2020 23:48
  
  At 247 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm nearCorona De Tucson, or 15 miles east of Sahuarita, moving north at 10mph.
  Wind gusts up to 50 mph and blowing dust will be possible with thisstorm, followed by heavy rain.
  Locations impacted include…Vail, Sahuarita and Corona De Tucson.This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radiostations and available television stations for additional informationand possible warnings from the National Weather Service.The
  
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• New French premier promises help for virus-hit French Guiana

  12-07-2020 23:42
  
  CAYENNE, French Guiana (AP) — As virus numbers soar in French Guiana, France’s new prime minister has traveled to the South American territory and promised not to ignore its suffering. French Guiana, which borders Brazil, now accounts for about a quarter of all new daily cases and new hospitalizations in France. More than a quarter of tests in French Guiana have been positive in recent weeks, according to public health agency statistics. The army is ferrying patients to other French
  
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• The Latest: Mississippi students face different campus life

  12-07-2020 23:08
  
  JACKSON, Miss. — Students in Mississippi are scheduled to return to school in August amid rising cases of COVID-19 in the state, but campus life will be a lot different than what many are used to.At Mississippi State, temperature check-in kiosks will be scattered around campus. Students who live in dorms will be required to log their temperature every 24 hours and fill out a health questionnaire. Employees and day students will be required to check temperatures at home and take a screening
  
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• 18 injured in fire aboard ship at Naval Base San Diego

  12-07-2020 22:57
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Eighteen people have suffered minor injuries in an explosion and fire Sunday on board a ship at Naval Base San Diego. The blaze called in shortly before 9 a.m. on the USS Bonhomme Richard. The cause is under investigation. Officials don’t immediately know where on the 840-foot amphibious assault vessel the fire was sparked. San Diego is the Bonhomme Richard’s home port and it was undergoing routine maintenance at the time of the fire. Officials said about 160 s
  
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• The Latest: Metal band apologizes for lack of masks at show

  12-07-2020 22:55
  
  DICKINSON, N.D. — Metal band Great White has apologized for performing at an outdoor North Dakota concert where the crowd didn’t wear masks despite the ongoing threat of the coronavirus.The band drew criticism on social media after the performance Thursday night as part of the “First on First: Dickinson Summer Nights” concert series in Dickinson, in the southwest of the state. Spin magazine posted video showing the crowd packed in and not wearing face masks.“We have
  
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• Houston leaders call for city lockdown amid virus case surge

  12-07-2020 22:51
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Top officials in Houston are calling for the city to lock back down as area hospitals strain to accommodate the onslaught of patients sick with the new coronavirus. Mayor Sylvester Turner and Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo say a stay-at-home order is needed to cope with the surge of COVID-19 cases. Both are Democrats. Hidalgo said Sunday that a stay-at-home order is needed “until the hospitalization curve comes down.” But the decision over a lockdown rests with
  
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• Excessive Heat Warning issued July 12 at 1:46PM MST until July 13 at 8:00PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  12-07-2020 22:46
  
  * WHAT…Dangerously hot conditions with high temperatures 102 to108 in the Upper San Pedro River Valley and Eastern CochiseCounty below 5000 feet, 90 to 100 across the BaboquivariMountains, 108 to 114 in Western Pima County, and 105 to 112elsewhere.
  * WHERE…Western Pima County, Upper Santa Cruz RiverValley/Altar Valley, South Central Pinal County, SoutheastPinal County, Upper San Pedro River Valley, Eastern CochiseCounty below 5000 feet and Baboquivari Mountains.
  * WHEN…Until
  
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• Navajo Nation reports 44 more COVID-19 cases, no new deaths

  12-07-2020 22:15
  
  WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation officials are reporting 44 more coronavirus cases on the tribe’s sprawling reservation but no additional deaths. That pushes the total of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 8,142 with the death toll remaining at 396 as of Saturday night. Tribal officials say 63,933 people on the reservation have been tested for the coronavirus and 5,835 people had COVID-19 but recovered. The number of infections is thought to be far higher because many people have not
  
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• Joe Biden wins Democratic primary in Puerto Rico

  12-07-2020 22:13
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden has won the Democratic presidential primary in Puerto Rico. Biden faced seven other candidates on the ballot, though all the others have dropped out of the race. Biden has already locked up enough delegates to become the party’s nominee. The primary was scheduled for March but was delayed until Sunday because of the coronavirus pandemic. Residents of Puerto Rico are U.S. citizens but they cannot vote in the general election in November. However, both Democ
  
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• 11 injured in fire aboard ship at Naval Base San Diego

  12-07-2020 22:10
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Eleven people have suffered minor injuries in an explosion and fire Sunday on board a ship at Naval Base San Diego. The blaze called in shortly before 9 a.m. on the USS Bonhomme Richard. The cause is under investigation. Officials don’t immediately know where on the 840-foot amphibious assault vessel the fire was sparked. About 200 sailors and officers were on board. San Diego is the Bonhomme Richard’s home port and it was undergoing routine maintenance at the
  
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• Excessive Heat Warning issued July 12 at 1:08PM MST until July 13 at 8:00PM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ

  12-07-2020 22:08
  
  * WHAT…Dangerously hot conditions. Afternoon temperatures 107 to119.
  * WHERE…Portions of south central and southwest Arizona andsoutheast and southern California.
  * WHEN…Until 8 PM MST /8 PM PDT/ Monday.
  * IMPACTS…Very High Heat Risk. Increase in heat relatedillnesses, including heat cramps, heat exhaustion, and heatstroke. Heat stroke can lead to death.An Excessive Heat Warning means that a period of very hottemperatures, even by local standards, will occur. Actions
  
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• Protesters loot office of Mali president’s political party

  12-07-2020 22:05
  
  BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Protesters have ransacked an office belonging to President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita’s political party. The latest unrest underscores the tensions that remain in Mali even after the president met one of the protesters’ top demands by agreeing to dissolve the court that released disputed legislative election results. The looting at a neighborhood headquarters building for the party happened as people returned from burying victims who died during recent violent d
  
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• Military says 11 suffered non-life-threatening injuries in fire aboard Navy ship in San Diego

  12-07-2020 22:04
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Military says 11 suffered non-life-threatening injuries in fire aboard Navy ship in San Diego.The post Military says 11 suffered non-life-threatening injuries in fire aboard Navy ship in San Diego appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Joe Biden wins Democratic presidential primary in Puerto Rico

  12-07-2020 22:00
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden wins Democratic presidential primary in Puerto Rico.The post Joe Biden wins Democratic presidential primary in Puerto Rico appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• The Latest: Catalonia tightens lockdown after virus outbreak

  12-07-2020 21:57
  
  BARCELONA, Spain — Regional authorities in northeast Spain have tightened a health lockdown and confined over 140,000 people to only leaving their homes for work and other essential activities.
  Catalan authorities announced the confinement on Sunday, a week after they had already limited travel to and from the county of El Segria, population 210,000, because of an outbreak of the virus that causes COVID-19.
  Lleida, with 138,000 residents, is one of the municipalities in which people are co
  
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• Great White apologizes for mask-less show in North Dakota

  12-07-2020 21:25
  
  DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) — Metal band Great White has apologized for performing at a North Dakota concert where the crowd didn’t wear masks despite the ongoing threat of the coronavirus. Great White drew criticism on social media after performing outdoors Thursday night in Dickinson as part of the “First on First: Dickinson Summer Nights” concert series. Spin magazine posted video showing the crowd packed in and not wearing masks. Great White said in a statement Saturday that
  
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• 3 school teachers in Winkelman get COVID-19, one later dies

  12-07-2020 21:19
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Three school teachers in the small eastern Arizona community of Winkelman tested positive for the coronavirus last month and one of them died. Phoenix TV station ABC15 says Kimberley Byrd shared a classroom with two other teachers at Leonor Hambly K-8 last month. The three were using classroom tools to teach their summer school students online when all three got sick. Jesse says he wasn’t allowed to be at his wife’s side when she died June 26 after being hospital
  
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• Poland’s momentous presidential runoff too close to call

  12-07-2020 21:13
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — An exit poll in Poland’s presidential runoff election shows a tight race that is too close to call between the conservative incumbent, Andrzej Duda, and the liberal Warsaw mayor, Rafal Trzaskowski. The exit poll by the Ipsos institute showed Duda with 50.4% and Trzaskowski with 49.6%. But the poll has a margin of error of plus or minus two percentage points. The difference between the two is within the poll’s margin of error, meaning it’s not yet pos
  
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• Upperclass midshipmen to return to Naval Academy this month

  12-07-2020 21:09
  
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — First and second class midshipmen will begin to return to the Naval Academy in Annapolis in about a week under a staggered plan. Naval Academy spokeswoman Cmdr. Alana Garas told the Capital Gazette on Friday that the midshipmen’s return will start on or about July 20. The fall semester will feature in-person and online classes. Students will be tested for the coronavirus when they return to campus. Their movements will be restricted for 14 days, and they will un
  
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• The Latest: Virus rampant, South Africa reimposes liquor ban

  12-07-2020 21:04
  
  JOHANNESBURG — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said Sunday the country will return to a ban of the sales of alcohol immediately to reduce the volume of trauma patients so that hospitals have more beds to treat COVID-19 patients.
  Confronted by surging hospitalizations due to the coronavirus, South Africa is also reinstating a night curfew to reduce traffic accidents and has made it mandatory for all residents to wear face masks in public.
  Ramaphosa said that top health officials war
  
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• Exit poll in Polish presidential runoff shows election is too close to call

  12-07-2020 21:01
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Exit poll in Polish presidential runoff shows election is too close to call.The post Exit poll in Polish presidential runoff shows election is too close to call appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• South Africa returns to ban on alcohol sales as virus surges

  12-07-2020 20:59
  
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says the country will immediately return to a ban on the sale of alcohol to reduce the volume of trauma patients so that hospitals have more beds to treat COVID-19 patients. Confronted by surging hospitalizations due to the coronavirus, South Africa is also reinstating a night curfew to reduce traffic accidents and made it mandatory for all residents to wear face masks when in public. Ramaphosa said that top health officials warn
  
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• Mass celebrated after fire damages centuries-old church

  12-07-2020 20:56
  
  SAN GABRIEL, Calif. (AP) — Mass was celebrated Sunday on the grounds of an historic Catholic church in Southern California that was heavily damaged by fire a day earlier. The blaze early Saturday destroyed the rooftop and most of the interior of San Gabriel Mission, which was undergoing renovation to mark its upcoming 250th anniversary celebration. Archbishop Jose H. Gomez presided over Sunday’s service at a chapel near the burned sanctuary. Nobody was hurt in the fire. Gomez said in
  
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• Boy, 12, arrested after Palace player Zaha gets racist posts

  12-07-2020 20:56
  
  LONDON (AP) — A 12-year-old boy was arrested by police after Crystal Palace player Wilfried Zaha highlighted racist abuse he received ahead of Sunday’s Premier League match at Aston Villa. Zaha posted the screenshots on Twitter with the message: “Woke up to this today.” The racist messages and imagery referencing Zaha being Black were sent on Instagram from a user who referenced Villa in his name. West Midlands Police announced: “We were alerted to a series of racis
  
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• South Africa’s president bans alcohol sales immediately to reduce trauma cases, free hospital beds for virus patients

  12-07-2020 20:47
  
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s president bans alcohol sales immediately to reduce trauma cases, free hospital beds for virus patients.The post South Africa’s president bans alcohol sales immediately to reduce trauma cases, free hospital beds for virus patients appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• The Latest: WHO says yet another daily record of virus cases

  12-07-2020 20:44
  
  GENEVA — The World Health Organization has reported another record in the increase in the number of confirmed coronavirus cases over a 24-hour period, at over 230,000.
  The U.N. health agency said Sunday the United States again topped the list among countries, with more than 66,000 cases recorded.
  The figures don’t necessarily account for delays in reporting of cases, and are believed to far underestimate actual case totals.
  Still, the trend line of confirmed cases continues to increa
  
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• Worker aiding federal execution prep has positive virus test

  12-07-2020 20:42
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal Bureau of Prisons said says a staff member involved in preparing for the first federal executions in nearly two decades has tested positive for coronavirus. The Justice Department says the development won’t mean an additional delay in the government’s timetable, which has already been stalled by a federal court. The department says the worker hadn’t been in the execution chamber and hadn’t come into contact with anyone on the specialize
  
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• Chatham announces plan to buy newspaper publisher McClatchy

  12-07-2020 20:28
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Hedge fund Chatham Asset Management said it plans to buy newspaper publisher McClatchy out of bankruptcy, ending 163 years of family control.The hedge fund did not put a price on the deal in an announcement Sunday. The agreement still needs the approval of a bankruptcy judge. McClatchy is one of the largest newspaper companies in the U.S.; it owns 30 papers including the Miami Herald, the Charlotte Observer and the Sacramento Bee. It filed for bankruptcy protection because
  
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• Kosovo’s Thaci strongly denies committing any war crimes

  12-07-2020 20:25
  
  TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Kosovo’s president is going to The Hague to prove to the prosecutors investigating war crimes allegedly committed amid a 1998-1999-armed conflict in Kosovo between ethnic Albanian separatists and Serbia he has broken no international law. In an interview to private television Top Channel in the Albanian capital Tirana on Sunday, Thaci, a Kosovo Liberation Army commander, denied responsibility for war crimes. Kosovo’s war that left more than 10,000 dead, m
  
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• Hedge fund Chatham plans to buy newspaper publisher McClatchy out of bankruptcy, ending 163 years of family control

  12-07-2020 20:19
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Hedge fund Chatham plans to buy newspaper publisher McClatchy out of bankruptcy, ending 163 years of family control.The post Hedge fund Chatham plans to buy newspaper publisher McClatchy out of bankruptcy, ending 163 years of family control appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• 1 injured in fire aboard ship at Naval Base San Diego

  12-07-2020 20:14
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — One person was treated for smoke inhalation after a fire broke out Sunday on board a ship at Naval Base San Diego. The blaze called in shortly before 9 a.m. on the USS Bonhomme Richard. The cause is under investigation. Officials don’t immediately know where on the 840-foot amphibious assault vessel the fire was sparked. About 200 sailors and officers were on board. San Diego is the Bonhomme Richard’s home port and it was undergoing routine maintenance at the t
  
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• 3 school teachers in Winkleman get COVID-19, one later dies

  12-07-2020 20:13
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Three school teachers in the small eastern Arizona community of Winkelman tested positive for the coronavirus last month and one of them died. Phoenix TV station ABC15 says Kimberley Byrd shared a classroom with two other teachers at Leonor Hambly K-8 last month. The three were using classroom tools to teach their summer school students online when all three got sick. Jesse says he wasn’t allowed to be at his wife’s side when she died June 26 after being hospital
  
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• Virginia speedway: Driver dies following crash during race

  12-07-2020 19:49
  
  HAMPTON, Va. (AP) — A driver died Saturday night in a crash during a race at Langley Speedway in Hampton, Virginia. Speedway officials said in a statement Sunday that driver Shawn Balluzzo died following a crash during the second of two Modified Division races. The Virginian-Pilot reports the 64-year-old Balluzzo was the winningest driver in the history of the track. He had finished second in the first of Saturday’s twin 50-lap races, which were the season openers for the Modifieds.
  
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• The Latest: Surgeon general urges face coverings

  12-07-2020 19:44
  
  WASHINGTON — Surgeon General Jerome Adams said Sunday the Trump administration is “trying to correct” its guidance from earlier in the coronavirus epidemic that wearing face coverings was not necessary.
  With virus cases surging and many states and cities now issuing orders to wear masks in public, Adams said he and other administration officials were wrong back in March. But he insists they were going with the scientific knowledge at the time, which suggested that people with C
  
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• As US grapples with virus, Florida hits record case increase

  12-07-2020 19:37
  
  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — With the United States grappling with the worst coronavirus outbreak in the world, Florida hit a grim milestone Sunday, shattering the national record for a state’s largest single-day increase in positive coronavirus cases. Meanwhile, countries in Eastern Europe are facing rising waves of coronavirus infections, leading to riots in Serbia, mandatory face masks in Croatia and travel bans or quarantines imposed by Hungary. The new restrictions come as the Wo
  
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• Arizona will use experimental drug to help COVID-19 patients

  12-07-2020 19:35
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Gov. Doug Ducey says Arizona will be getting 361 cases of the experimental antiviral drug Remdesivir, which appears to help patients with COVID-19 recover faster. The drug received emergency approval in May by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The shipment comes from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as Arizona deals with a surging number of coronavirus cases. Health officials reported 2,537 more confirmed coronavirus cases and 86 additional deaths Sunday
  
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• Maryland governor says GOP needs ‘bigger tent’ after Trump

  12-07-2020 19:26
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican governor who’s rumored to be eyeing a run for the White House in 2024 says the GOP needs to be a “bigger tent party” after President Donald Trump leaves office. Maryland’s Larry Hogan has been known to break with Trump, and Hogan is also raising questions now about Trump’s commutation of political ally Roger Stone’s prison sentence. Hogan tells NBC’s “Meet the Press” that he doesn’t “know what
  
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• Turnout high for Poland’s momentous presidential runoff

  12-07-2020 19:20
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Election officials say turnout is high for Poland’s tight presidential runoff between the conservative incumbent, Andrzej Duda, backed by the ruling party, and liberal, pro-Europe Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski of the main opposition party. Latest polls show the race between the two 48-year-olds may be decided by a very small margin. If Duda is reelected, he and the ruling right-wing party would maintain control of Poland’s politics at least until the next
  
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• Kentucky’s former Democratic Party chief to be sentenced

  12-07-2020 19:12
  
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Federal prosecutors are seeking prison time for Kentucky’s former Democratic Party chief when he is sentenced this week, but attorneys for Jerry Lundergan are seeking probation. The Lexington Herald-Leader reported Lundergan and a codefendant are set to be sentenced July 16 in federal court in Frankfort. Lundergan was convicted last year of orchestrating a scheme to funnel illegal contributions to his daughter’s failed 2014 U.S. Senate campaign against Rep
  
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• Mali’s president dissolves court as demanded by protesters

  12-07-2020 19:11
  
  BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has formally dissolved the country’s constitutional court, meeting a key demand of protesters who have taken to the streets in recent days. The court had issued legislative elections results now being disputed by several dozen candidates. Keita also said he was willing to redo the vote in areas that had been contested, saying the stability of the country was most important. Several people have died and dozens have been wound
  
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• Pakistan says 4 troops, 4 militants killed in shootout in NW

  12-07-2020 19:10
  
  ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s military says four soldiers have been killed by militants during a shootout in the rugged northwestern region of North Waziristan, which borders Afghanistan. The military says four militants were also killed. It said the exchange of fire took place after army personnel had surrounded the militant hideout early Sunday. The statement did not identify the militants, but Pakistan’s military has been battling members of the Pakistani Taliban group for yea
  
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• F1 star Hamilton raises right fist in fight against racism

  12-07-2020 19:04
  
  SPIELBERG, Austria (AP) — Standing on the podium to celebrate his latest win, Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton raised a clenched right fist. He then delivered a message to his fellow drivers not to slow down in the fight against racism. It’s 52 years since American sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos introduced that powerfully defiant gesture to a worldwide TV audience. On Sunday Hamilton and the other 19 F1 drivers again wore black T-shirts with “End Racism”
  
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• The Latest: French fans allowed back into stadium for soccer

  12-07-2020 18:59
  
  LE HAVRE, France — For the first time since the coronavirus shut down sports and chased away spectators, Neymar and Kylian Mbappe were starring in Sunday’s return of fans to elite European soccer.
  “Now it’s for real … we’re back,” Mbappe tweeted before the kick-off of Paris Saint-Germain against Le Havre, an exhibition match that was the first encounter in front of fans to feature one of Europe’s elite clubs since the outbreak erupted.
  Only 5,000
  
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• Average US gas price up 2 cents over 2 weeks to $2.24/gallon

  12-07-2020 18:58
  
  CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline increased by 2 cents over the past two weeks, to $2.24 per gallon.  That’s 59 cents below the average pump price from a year ago. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey says the increase comes as crude oil prices rise. The highest average price in the nation for regular-grade gas is $3.20 per gallon in the San Francisco Bay Area. The lowest average is $1.79 in Houston. The average price of
  
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• UPDATE: Bighorn Fire now 92 percent contained

  12-07-2020 18:57
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) – The Bighorn Fire has burned 119, 250 acres, but now is 92% contained according to latest reports.An online community meeting is scheduled for 8 p.m., on Thursday. WATCH HERE.On Wednesday, crews completed chipping operations in Catalina State Park. Officials say firefighters working in Summerhaven continued to repair and rehabilitate firelines.In addition, crews continued efforts to remove unneeded water handling equipment and backhaul over one-mile of firehose from the
  
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• Navarro Ranch Fire sparks storm flurry in Tucson

  12-07-2020 18:52
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - A fire started by Navarro Ranch just west of Tucson last night. The Three Points Fire District has multipe fire engines fighting the blaze right now according to their Facebook page.Aircrafts are also being used to fight the fire, and a no fly zone around the fire is currently in effect.No structures are in any threat of being damaged at this time, and crews are in place to make sure the fire does not spread to those areas.Investigators and the Arizona Department of Forestry are
  
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• Navarro Ranch Fire sparks on the southwest side

  12-07-2020 18:52
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - A fire spared near Navarro Ranch just west of Tucson last night. The Three Points Fire District has multiple fire engines fighting the blaze right now according to their Facebook page.Aircraft are also being used to fight the fire, and a no fly zone around the fire is currently in effect.No structures are in any threat of being damaged at this time, and crews are in place to make sure the fire does not spread to those areas.Investigators and the Arizona Department of Forestry are
  
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• The Latest: DeVos downplays risks of return to schools

  12-07-2020 18:39
  
  WASHINGTON — Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is downplaying the risk of sending kids back to school despite surging coronavirus cases in many parts of the U.S.
  Speaking in Sunday TV interviews, DeVos stressed that kids attending school in the fall should be the rule, not the exception.
  She asserted that “there’s nothing in the data that suggests that kids being in school is in any way dangerous.”
  But she was contradicted by public health experts who said the virus can sti
  
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• France kicks off fans’ return to elite European soccer

  12-07-2020 18:39
  
  LE HAVRE, France (AP) — For the first time since the coronavirus shut down sports and chased away spectators, Neymar, Kylian Mbappe and other soccer stars are going to play again in front of fans. An exhibition match Sunday evening will be the first encounter in front of spectators to feature one of Europe’s elite clubs since the outbreak erupted. The match features Paris Saint-Germain’s star-studded squad and French League 2 team Le Havre. Only 5,000 people will be allowed ins
  
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