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• Sheriff: Boat electricity modified before men’s deaths

  15-07-2020 23:59
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities say a boat’s electrical system was improperly modified to link with power at a Lake Pleasant marina before two men died in the water.The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday that electrical safety features were bypassed, allowing a current to discharge in the water on Sunday. Fifty-three-year-old Timothy Miller felt an electrical current after he jumped into the water while docked at the Scorpion Bay marina. His brother immediately jumped i
  
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• North Macedonia election commission site hacked on poll day

  15-07-2020 23:59
  
  SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Officials in North Macedonia say a suspected hacking attack has caused the site of electoral commission to crash shortly after polls closed in the country’s national elections. They say partial results show both main parties in a closely race from Wednesday’s voting. State electoral commission head Oliver Derkoski says the suspected hack affected the official website designed to give fast online results. He says vote counting is proceeding normall
  
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• Yemen’s rebels: Saudi-coalition airstrike kills 10 civilians

  15-07-2020 23:54
  
  CAIRO (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels and a rights activist say an airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition has killed at least 10 civilians, including six children and two women in the mountainous northern province of Jawf. The rebels say Wednesday’s airstrike hit Masafa village, east of the provincial capital of Hazm. They say it also wounded at least three adults and four children. Activist Omar al-Nomeim of the Mwatana Organization for Human Rights in Jawf says the attack hit civi
  
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• Prominent Twitter accounts including Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Bill Gates were hacked in an apparent bitcoin scam

  15-07-2020 23:47
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Prominent Twitter accounts including Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Bill Gates were hacked in an apparent bitcoin scam.The post Prominent Twitter accounts including Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Bill Gates were hacked in an apparent bitcoin scam appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Nursing homes allow visits in NY, but few can open doors

  15-07-2020 23:47
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art will reopen five days a week starting Aug. 29 after being shuttered since March 13 to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Museum officials said Wednesday that the Met’s Fifth Avenue building will be open Thursday through Monday with safety protocols including frequent cleaning and visitors limited to 25% of the museum’s capacity. The planned reopening of the 150-year-old Met is the latest sign of New York’s cauti
  
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• UConn student waives hearing, pleads not guilty to murder

  15-07-2020 23:42
  
  TOLLAND Conn. (AP) — A 23-year-old University of Connecticut student who is accused of killing two men and committing numerous other crimes while leading authorities on a six-day search in May has pleaded not guilty  to murder and other charges. Peter Manfredonia, who is being held in lieu of a $7 million bond, waived his right to a probable cause hearing on the murder charge during a hearing in Superior Court. He is due back before a judge on October 2. He elected to have a jury tria
  
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• ‘Magic School Bus’ author Joanna Cole dies at age 75

  15-07-2020 23:32
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Author Joanna Cole, whose “Magic School Bus” books transported millions of young people on extraordinary and educational adventures, has died at age 75. Scholastic says Cole, a resident of Sioux City, Iowa, died Sunday. With the ever maddening but inspired Ms. Frizzle leading her students on journeys that explored everything from the solar system to underwater, “Magic School Bus” books have sold tens of millions of copies and were the basis for a pop
  
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• 100 young Jews volunteer for summer service with new program

  15-07-2020 23:31
  
  Amid a pandemic and anti-racism protests, a new Jewish service program modeled on AmeriCorps has placed 100 Jews aged 18-29 at various nonprofits that distribute food for the needy, provide tutoring for children, answer hotlines for Spanish speakers and provide child care for essential workers. Serve the Moment boasts some 30 organizational supporters, including the Jewish Federations of North America, Hillel International and the Combined Jewish Philanthropies and has so far raised nearly $1.8
  
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• The Latest: Virginia adopts COVID-19 worker safety rules

  15-07-2020 23:28
  
  RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia officials have passed temporary new workplace safety rules designed to protect employees from the coronavirus, becoming the first state to adopt such measures.The Virginia Safety and Health Codes Board voted Wednesday to approve rules for businesses that include social distancing requirements, notifications for employees when a co-worker has tested positive for the virus and timelines for when employees who recover from the virus can return to work.Business groups
  
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• DC’s plan for ‘Watchmen’ sequel ‘Rorschach’ met with unease

  15-07-2020 23:27
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — DC Comics is getting mixed reactions after announcing a new “Watchmen” spin off based the Rorschach character. Some of the online criticism focused on whether the masked vigilante should be the primary focus after DC announced the sequel “Rorschach” on Wednesday. Others have slammed the decision to bring on “Batman” writer Tom King to write the 12-issue series, which will debut in October. But King says the new comic series will take a
  
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• ADHS to deploy nearly 600 nurses to aid local hospitals with COVID-19 staffing needs

  15-07-2020 23:26
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - With hospitals across Arizona struggling to keep up with staffing demands brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, Arizona Department of Health Services announced Wednesday that it will deploy 600 nurses across the state thanks to a partnership with Vizient, Inc.Early in July, several Tucson-area hospitals shared that its medical staff is stretching itself thin as the COVID-19 pandemic pushes intensive care units near full capacity. Tucson Medical Center shared that its staff is curr
  
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• Arizona teachers want school closures as virus cases rise

  15-07-2020 23:24
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Several Arizona teachers voiced fears from their cars about returning to school in a state that continues to be ravaged by the coronavirus. Nearly 20 cars with painted messages like #Return2SchoolSafely traveled in a short procession Wednesday in central Phoenix. It was one of six “motor marches” organized by members of the Arizona #RedforEd group calling on Gov. Doug Ducey to close schools until case numbers trend downward. Currently, public schools are ordered
  
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• In the open: White House advisers tussle over virus response

  15-07-2020 23:20
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Disagreements over the White House’s handling of the coronovirus pandemic are tumbling into public view. The latest tiff started when White House trade adviser Peter Navarro penned an op-ed skewering Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious diseases expert. Navarro wrote that Fauci “has been wrong about everything I have interacted with him on.” Fauci fired back, telling The Atlantic that Navarro is “in a world by himself.” The ba
  
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• Flash Flood Warning until WED 4:00 PM MST

  15-07-2020 23:20
  
  Issued by National Weather Service – Tucson, AZ
  Cochise County
  …FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST THISAFTERNOON FOR EAST CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY…
  At 220 PM MST, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicatedthunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1and 2 inches of rain have fallen. The West Turkey Creek rain gaugehas recorded 2.2 inches of rain in the last 2 hours. Flash floodingis ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
  HAZARD&hel
  
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• Flash Flood Warning issued July 15 at 2:20PM MST until July 15 at 4:00PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  15-07-2020 23:20
  
  At 220 PM MST, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicatedthunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1and 2 inches of rain have fallen. The West Turkey Creek rain gaugehas recorded 2.2 inches of rain in the last 2 hours. Flash floodingis ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
  HAZARD…Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producingflash flooding.
  SOURCE…Doppler radar and automated gauges.
  IMPACT…Life threatening flash flooding of creeks an
  
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• North Dakota tribe sues over ruling giving minerals to state

  15-07-2020 23:19
  
  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Leaders of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation in North Dakota have sued the federal government due to an opinion that sides with the state over valuable mineral rights beneath a portion of a man-made lake on the Fort Berthold Indian reservation. The Three Affiliated Tribes’ lawsuit says the Interior Department is attempting to illegally take property ceded to the tribe before statehood.  At stake is an estimated $100 million in unpaid royalties and futu
  
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• Groups petition for southeast Alaska wolf protections

  15-07-2020 23:19
  
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Conservation groups want the federal government to provide Endangered Species Act protections to a southeast Alaska wolf population they say is under threat from factors including loss of habitat and hunting and trapping. The Center for Biological Diversity, Alaska Rainforest Defenders and Defenders of Wildlife submitted the petition Wednesday. The Interior Department did not immediately comment. The petition seeks protections for the Alexander Archipelago wolf, a gra
  
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• Tunisian prime minister resigns over conflict of interest

  15-07-2020 23:15
  
  TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia’s prime minister has resigned amid suspicions of conflict of interest because of his stake in a company that won government contracts worth 15 million euros. The revelations led to weeks of political tensions at a time when the North African country is in deep economic and social crisis worsened by the virus pandemic and ensuing lockdown. The prime minister acknowledged being a shareholder in the waste company, but claimed to have sold his shares to a th
  
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• Climate change makes freak Siberian heat 600 times likelier

  15-07-2020 23:14
  
  A new international study finds that climate change tremendously boosted the chances of this year’s freak Siberian heat wave happening. Wednesday’s study says that global warming made the heat wave at least 600 times more likely. Scientists say the prolonged heat, which included a record 100 degrees last month, was nearly impossible without man-made climate change. Researchers say this is the biggest extreme weather signal yet of global warming. Since the heat was from January to Jun
  
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• Flash Flood Warning issued July 15 at 2:05PM MST until July 15 at 5:15PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  15-07-2020 23:05
  
  The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a
  * Flash Flood Warning for…South Central Santa Cruz County in southeastern Arizona…
  * Until 515 PM MST.
  * At 205 PM MST, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicatedthunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Up to 1inch of rain has fallen. Automated gauges have recorded nearly 1inch of rain in the last hour. Flash flooding is ongoing orexpected to begin shortly.
  HAZARD…Life threatening flash flooding. Th
  
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• Flash Flood Warning from WED 2:05 PM MST until WED 5:15 PM MST

  15-07-2020 23:05
  
  Issued by National Weather Service – Tucson, AZ
  Santa Cruz County
  The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a
  * Flash Flood Warning for…South Central Santa Cruz County in southeastern Arizona…
  * Until 515 PM MST.
  * At 205 PM MST, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicatedthunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Up to 1inch of rain has fallen. Automated gauges have recorded nearly 1inch of rain in the last hour. Flash flooding is ongoing orexpe
  
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• Coronavirus data is funneled away from CDC, sparking worries

  15-07-2020 23:04
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Hospital data related to the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S. will now be collected by a private technology firm, rather than the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Trump administration says the move will speed up reporting, and the CDC director said Wednesday that he’s fine with the change. But some public health leaders fear it will further sideline the agency. Department of Health and Human Services officials recently posted a document on the agency&rs
  
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• US backs France in standoff with Turkey over warships

  15-07-2020 22:57
  
  PARIS (AP) — The White House national security adviser says the U.S. is “very sympathetic” to France in its dispute with Turkey over a naval standoff in the Mediterranean Sea. The dispute has exposed NATO’s struggle to keep order among its members, and its diminished U.S. leadership under President Donald Trump. National security adviser Robert O’Brien told reporters in Paris that Trump is available to help defuse tensions between France and Turkey. France says one
  
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• Lawyers: Trump might claim harassment in tax return quest

  15-07-2020 22:57
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s lawyers say they will consider challenging a subpoena for his tax records by criminal prosecutors on grounds that it’s a fishing expedition and a form of harassment. The statement was made to a Manhattan federal judge Wednesday in papers filed after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of a state prosecutor seeking the records. Lawyers for the president noted that the Supreme Court said they can raise arguments that the subpoenas seek t
  
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• Mental fitness claim halts 2nd federal execution — for now

  15-07-2020 22:53
  
  TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — A U.S. judge has halted the execution of a federal death row inmate whose lawyers argue suffers from dementia. Wesley Ira Purkey was scheduled to be the second inmate executed by the government after a nearly 20-year hiatus ended this week. But a judge in Washington, D.C., imposed two injunctions Wednesday. The Justice Department is appealing in both cases. Purkey’s lawyers say he can no longer grasp why he’s slated to die. Purkey, of Lansing, Kansas, w
  
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• Trump reins in major environmental law to speed big projects

  15-07-2020 22:50
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — President Donald Trump has announced he’s rolling back an influential environmental law from the Nixon-era that he says delays infrastructure projects. But the law is credited with ensuring decades of scrutiny of major projects and giving local communities a say. Trump made the announcement at a UPS facility in Atlanta. The changes deal with regulations for how and when authorities must conduct environmental reviews. The goal is to make it easier to build highways, pip
  
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• With primary win, Gideon reaps $3.7M more for Collins fight

  15-07-2020 22:48
  
  AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Democratic Senate candidate Sara Gideon is reaping a crowdsourced windfall of $3.7 million thanks to her primary victory. The fund was created for Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins’ eventual challenger during the Senate fight over Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation in 2018. Creators of the fund said it would be turned over only if Collins voted to confirm Kavanaugh. Collins, who ultimately voted to confirm, said at the time that crowdsourced fun
  
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• New Jersey regulators take up Eldorado plan to buy Caesars

  15-07-2020 22:40
  
  New Jersey gambling regulators are considering Nevada-based Eldorado Resorts Inc.’s plan to buy Caesars Entertainment Corp. in a sweeping $17.3 billion deal affecting four of nine casino properties in Atlantic City. Approval by the New Jersey Casino Control Commission would be the final hurdle in Eldorado’s bid to become the biggest gaming company in the world. It would control 52 properties in 16 U.S. states under the Caesars Entertainment brand, including the Caesars, Harrah’
  
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• Tucson Council Member Steve Kozachik reacts to viral photo depicting governor at pool party

  15-07-2020 22:37
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - Tucson Council Member Steve Kozachik responded to Gov. Doug Ducey's viral photo at a pool party.
  Kozachik wrote a letter to the governor on Wednesday calling on his "behavior" and asking him to "rescind the portion" of the "standing Executive Order in which local jurisdictions are prohibited from taking local action related to COVID-19."On Saturday, a Twitter user named "carter" posted a photo on the individual's account that allegedly depicted Ducey at a gathering near a pool. M
  
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• Stocks rise on vaccine hopes; S&P 500 back within 5% of high

  15-07-2020 22:36
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Markets worldwide rallied on rising hopes for a COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday, and the S&P 500 climbed back to where it was a few days after it set its record early this year. Investors see a vaccine as the best way for the economy and human life to get back to normal, and researchers said late Tuesday that one developed by the National Institutes of Health and Moderna revved up people’s immune systems in early testing, as hoped. The S&P 500 rose 0.9%. Stocks of
  
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• Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg released from hospital

  15-07-2020 22:30
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been discharged from a hospital after being treated for a possible infection. A court spokeswoman says Ginsburg is “home and doing well.” Ginsburg had gone to a hospital in Washington on Monday evening after experiencing fever and chills. She had a procedure at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore on Tuesday afternoon to clean out a bile duct stent that was placed last August when she was treated for a canc
  
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• AP FACT CHECK: Trump wholly distorts Biden on immigration

  15-07-2020 22:30
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is assailing Joe Biden for immigration proposals that Biden actually isn’t proposing. Trump’s account of what his Democratic presidential rival says he’d do with people in the country illegally is false in almost every detail.
  Trump issued his heated indictment of Biden’s immigration policies and other plans in a sprawling performance from the Rose Garden on Tuesday and carried on with the theme Wednesday.
  In addition to misr
  
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• Megan Thee Stallion says she was shot, expects to recover

  15-07-2020 22:23
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rapper Megan Thee Stallion says she was shot multiple times, but expects to fully recover. The 25-year-old said in an Instagram post Wednesday that she had gunshot wounds from a crime committed against her Sunday with the intent to harm her and feels lucky to be alive. She did not say who shot her or why, and Los Angeles police had no immediate comment. Police confirmed that rapper Tory Lanez, who was with Megan Thee Stallion in the Hollywood Hills that night, was arrest
  
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• Judge puts off Napout request for compassionate release

  15-07-2020 22:22
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge put off for two weeks deciding on a request for compassionate release from prison by the former head of South American soccer. Juan Ángel Napout is being held at the low security Federal Correctional Institution, Miami. His lawyer, Marc A. Weinstein, said the federal Bureau of Prisons reported Tuesday that COVID-19 infections increased from 20 to 79 among inmates and from six to seven among staff at FCI Miami. U.S. District Judge Pamela K. Chen in Bro
  
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• US sanctions companies linked to businessman close to Putin

  15-07-2020 22:21
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has sanctioned companies connected to a Russian businessman who is close to Russian President Vladimir Putin and suspected of helping finance the covert social media campaign aimed at American voters ahead of the 2016 presidential election. The actions announced Wednesday take aim at front companies that officials say Yevgeny Prigozhin has relied on to process millions of dollars and to evade sanctions in Sudan, where the Trump administration says
  
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• Dolce&Gabbana preserve the live fashion show during pandemic

  15-07-2020 22:20
  
  MILAN (AP) — An operatic pop trio belted out song from the center of a medical university plaza Wednesday while Dolce&Gabbana’s showed its latest men’s collection in tones of summer blues and geometric prints.  There would have been little remarkable in such a scene just five months ago. But the coronavirus pandemic has largely put the kibosh on live fashion shows, forcing most fashion houses to go digital to launch their new summer collections for next year in both Mi
  
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• The Latest: Louisiana AG says mask mandate likely illegal

  15-07-2020 22:18
  
  BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry has issued a legal opinion saying the governor’s statewide mask mandate and bar restrictions to combat the coronavirus outbreak appear to violate Louisiana’s constitution.
  The Republican attorney general issued the assessment Wednesday while quarantining after a positive coronavirus test. His legal assessment doesn’t carry the force of law.
  Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards’ order requires most people to wear
  
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• Mask dispute leads to stabbing, deadly shooting in Michigan

  15-07-2020 22:08
  
  WARNING: The video includes images and audio some viewers may find upsetting or disturbing.(WOOD/NBC News)  Michigan police say an argument over face masks lead to a stabbing and deadly officer-involved shooting Tuesday.Michigan State Police say one man wearing a mask, and another man who wasn't, got into an argument at a store near Lansing. After the man without the mask, 43-year-old Sean Ruis, was denied service as per store policy, he stabbed the man wearing a mask and drove away.A
  
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• Flash Flood Warning issued July 15 at 12:58PM MST until July 15 at 4:00PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  15-07-2020 21:58
  
  The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a
  * Flash Flood Warning for…East Central Cochise County in southeastern Arizona…
  * Until 400 PM MST.
  * At 1258 PM MST, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicatedthunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area.Automated gauges have recorded 2 inches of rain in the last hour.Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
  HAZARD…Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstormsproducing flash flooding.
  SOU
  
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• Flash Flood Warning from WED 12:58 PM MST until WED 4:00 PM MST

  15-07-2020 21:58
  
  Issued by National Weather Service – Tucson, AZ
  Cochise County
  The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a
  * Flash Flood Warning for…East Central Cochise County in southeastern Arizona…
  * Until 400 PM MST.
  * At 1258 PM MST, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicatedthunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area.Automated gauges have recorded 2 inches of rain in the last hour.Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
  HAZARD…Life t
  
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• Turkey marks fourth anniversary of failed 2016 coup attempt

  15-07-2020 21:56
  
  ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey has marked the fourth anniversary of an attempted 2016 military coup Wednesday with ceremonies and memorial events for the people who died in the failed effort to overthrow the government. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was accompanied by civilians who fought against the coup as he laid a wreath and prayed at a memorial in Ankara. Factions within Turkey’s military used tanks, warplanes and helicopters to try to overthrow Erdogan’s government on Ju
  
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• 23 AGs sue DeVos over student loan forgiveness policy

  15-07-2020 21:56
  
  Democratic attorneys general in more than 20 states sued Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Wednesday seeking to repeal her overhaul of a student loan forgiveness program after President Donald Trump saved it through a veto.Led by California and Massachusetts, a coalition of 22 states and the District of Columbia are challenging DeVos’ policy in a federal suit filed in San Francisco. They say DeVos violated federal rules by issuing her policy without justification, and they say her rules f
  
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• Person bitten by bobcat kitten at Tucson treatment center

  15-07-2020 21:55
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - A Tucson treatment center worker was treated for rabies after being bit by a bobcat kitten last week.
  According to Arizona Game and Fish Department, the worker attempted to move two kittens from the grounds of the center.
  AZGFD Tucson took the kittens to SW Wildlife in Scottsdale.
  They will be released once they are older, AZGFD says.
  Wildlife officials remind people to "leave baby wildlife alone".Bobcat kittens, one of which bit a worker attempting to move them last week on the
  
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• Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 15 at 12:39PM MST until July 15 at 1:30PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  15-07-2020 21:39
  
  The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a
  * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…East central Pima County in southeastern Arizona…Northeastern Santa Cruz County in southeastern Arizona…
  * Until 130 PM MST.
  * At 1238 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles north ofSonoita, or 21 miles east of Sahuarita, moving northwest at 10 mph.
  HAZARD…60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
  SOURCE…Radar indicated.
  IMPACT…Hail damage to vehicles is expec
  
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• Severe Thunderstorm Warning from WED 12:39 PM MST until WED 1:30 PM MST

  15-07-2020 21:39
  
  Issued by National Weather Service – Tucson, AZ
  Santa Cruz County
  The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a
  * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…East central Pima County in southeastern Arizona…Northeastern Santa Cruz County in southeastern Arizona…
  * Until 130 PM MST.
  * At 1238 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles north ofSonoita, or 21 miles east of Sahuarita, moving northwest at 10 mph.
  HAZARD…60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
  SOURC
  
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• As Israel’s economy sags, Netanyahu offers aid to families

  15-07-2020 21:35
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced a plan to distribute hundreds of dollars in grants to every Israeli in order to stimulate the country’s sagging economy. The move Wednesday comes days after thousands of people took to the streets to protest his handling of the coronavirus crisis. In a nationally televised news conference, Netanyahu lashed out at violent tactics used by some protesters and said his decision was not connected to the unrest. Inste
  
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• Man injured while torching police car outside Supreme Court

  15-07-2020 21:30
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A young man set a police car on fire outside the Supreme Court Wednesday, suffering serious burns in the process. Supreme Court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg says an individual appeared to pour a flammable liquid on a white four-door sedan belonging to the Supreme Court Police, parked on Maryland Avenue next to the court building, and then set the vehicle ablaze. An adjacent vehicle was also damaged. The man, who has not been identified, suffered serious burns and was taken to
  
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• Flood Advisory issued July 15 at 12:29PM MST until July 15 at 2:30PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  15-07-2020 21:29
  
  The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a
  * Small Stream Flood Advisory for…East Central Cochise County in southeastern Arizona…
  * Until 230 PM MST.
  * At 1229 PM MST, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicatedheavy rain due to thunderstorms. This will cause small streamflooding. 1.5 inches of rain has fallen at the West Turkey Creekgauge.
  Some locations that will experience flooding include…mainly rural areas of East Central Cochise County
  Additional rainfal
  
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• Flood Advisory from WED 12:29 PM MST until WED 2:30 PM MST

  15-07-2020 21:29
  
  Issued by National Weather Service – Tucson, AZ
  Cochise County
  The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a
  * Small Stream Flood Advisory for…East Central Cochise County in southeastern Arizona…
  * Until 230 PM MST.
  * At 1229 PM MST, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicatedheavy rain due to thunderstorms. This will cause small streamflooding. 1.5 inches of rain has fallen at the West Turkey Creekgauge.
  Some locations that will experience flooding include&hellip
  
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• 7 traditional wooden ships burn in factory in southern Iran

  15-07-2020 21:25
  
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s semi-official ISNA news agency is reporting that seven traditional wooden dhow vessels have caught fire in a factory in the southern Iranian port city of Bushehr, There were no reports of casualties and the Wednesday fire was contained. Authorities were investigating the cause of the blaze, but paint thinner and wood paint are highly flammable and failure to follow safeguards can result in fire. Dhows are traditional sailing vessels usually built for fishin
  
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