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• Charges: Virginia man stalked Tulsa mayor over Trump rally

  18-07-2020 23:36
  
  TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A Virginia man has been charged with cyberstalking the mayor of Tulsa in an effort to stop a rally by President Donald Trump. Court documents unsealed Friday allege 40-year-old Adam Maxwell Donn of Norfolk sent emails and left voice mail messages to Mayor G.T. Bynum and his wife harassing, threatening and trying to intimidate Bynum into cancelling the June 20 rally by Trump in Tulsa. Donn’s attorney did not immediately return a phone call by The Associated Press o
  
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• ‘Black Lives’ mural outside Trump Tower defaced for 3rd time

  18-07-2020 23:30
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A “Black Lives Matter” street mural in front of Manhattan’s Trump Tower has been defaced with paint for the third time in a week. Two women were arrested Saturday after police say they vandalized the Fifth Avenue mural with black paint. Bystander video showed police officers surrounding one of the women as she rubbed black paint on the yellow letters. Police say one of the officers slipped on the paint and tumbled to the ground, injuring his head and arm.
  
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• One reporter, witness to two executions, haunting last words

  18-07-2020 23:28
  
  TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — The lead Justice Department and federal law enforcement writer for The Associated Press, Michael Balsamo, spent more than 32 hours inside a prison this past week — and watched two men die. Daniel Lewis Lee and Wesley Ira Purkey were among three convicted killers executed at the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Indiana. The executions were the first carried out by the federal government in 17 years. In a first-person report, Balsamo describes the e
  
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• 3 friends slain while preparing to fish at Florida lake

  18-07-2020 23:18
  
  Three friends were slain in Florida moments after getting together to do some night fishing at a lake. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said Saturday that the men were beaten and shot late Friday night at a lake near the city of Frostproof. Killed were 23-year-old Damion Tillman, 30-year-old Keven Springfield and 27-year-old Brandon Rollins. Judd described the killing as a massacre. He would not speculate about whether the assailants knew the victims, although he also suggested it wasn’t a r
  
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• Vintage dress, no Prince Andrew in Beatrice’s wedding photos

  18-07-2020 23:00
  
  LONDON (AP) — Buckingham Palace says Princess Beatrice wore a vintage Norman Hartnell dress loaned to her by Queen Elizabeth II at her wedding to Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi. The queen’s granddaughter and the property tycoon were married on Friday in the Royal Chapel of All Saints at Royal Lodge, Windsor. The 94-year-old British monarch and her 99-year-old husband Prince Philip attended, along with the parents and siblings of the bride and groom. The palace says guidelines to stop the spre
  
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• Pakistani court approves moving zoo’s elephant to Cambodia

  18-07-2020 22:59
  
  ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani court has approved a request for the relocation of an elephant to a sprawling animal sanctuary in Cambodia after animal rights launched a campaign saying the pachyderm was being mistreated at the capital’s small zoo. Saturday’s ruling by the Islamabad High Court was hailed by the World Wide Fund for Nature. The group said it “has been part of the continuous efforts to address welfare issues regarding Kaavan,” the 33-year-old elephant tha
  
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• The Latest: WHO posts 2nd daily record for new cases in row

  18-07-2020 22:53
  
  The World Health Organization is again posting a single-day record of new confirmed coronavirus cases. It announced 259,848 new cases on Saturday.The WHO on Friday posted more than 237,000 confirmed cases around the world. The back-to-back records come as many nations struggle with new waves of infections after loosening lockdown restrictions.Data compiled by Johns Hopkins University show more than 14 million cases worldwide since the start of the pandemic, with nearly 600,000 deaths.
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• Israelis protest response to economic fallout from virus

  18-07-2020 22:50
  
  TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Thousands of Israelis have protested in Tel Aviv against the government response to the economic fallout from the new coronavirus. It was the second week of demonstrations against the government response, which critics say has provided too little assistance and doesn’t offer a safety net for hundreds of thousands of self-employed workers and business owners to weather the crisis. Other protests focusing on opposition to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyah
  
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• US lawsuits claim Kuwaiti officials embezzled over $100M

  18-07-2020 22:43
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department has filed a series of lawsuits seeking to recover at least $104 million in funds allegedly embezzled by former officials in Kuwait’s Ministry of Defense. According to the complaints announced this week, three unnamed individuals who were high-level officials in Kuwait’s Ministry of Defense opened unauthorized bank accounts between 2009 and 2016 and used the accounts to facilitate the transfer of more than $100 million in Kuwaiti pu
  
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• EU leaders extend summit as they haggle over budget, virus

  18-07-2020 22:41
  
  BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders have extended their summit for an extra day as they hunted for compromises on an unprecedented 1.85 trillion euro ($2.1 trillion) EU budget and coronavirus recovery fund. It now appears like the summit will not end Saturday as expected and talks will go into Sunday. Tensions are running high as the 27 leaders debate how the huge sums should be spent and what strings should be attached. Austria’s chancellor said there was still no deal in sight b
  
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• 46 Nicaraguans stranded in Guatemala continue journey

  18-07-2020 22:34
  
  GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Nearly four dozen Nicaraguans stranded in Guatemala by pandemic travel restrictions for about four months have finally received approval from Honduras to cross its territory in a bid to return to their home country. Many Central American nations shut their borders in March to stem the spread of the new coronavirus. The group of 46 Nicaraguans started to travel home by land, but got stuck at the Guatemala-Honduras border. Nicaraguan judo athlete Sayra Laguna said Satur
  
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• No Canada: Blue Jays barred from playing games in Toronto

  18-07-2020 22:19
  
  TORONTO (AP) — The Blue Jays won’t play their home games in Toronto this year because Canada’s government doesn’t think it’s safe for players to travel back and forth from the United States amid the coronavirus pandemic. Canada has flattened the curve of virus infections, while the U.S. is one of the world’s hardest-hit countries. Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino said Saturday the federal government had denied the Blue Jays’ request to play at Rogers
  
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• Given a chance, Trump would push court pick before election

  18-07-2020 22:12
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have tried to make it clear: Given the chance, they would push through a Supreme Court nominee should a vacancy occur before Election Day. The issue has taken on new immediacy with the disclosure that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is receiving chemotherapy for a recurrence of cancer after four earlier bouts with the disease. A nomination less than four months before the Nov. 3 election would fly in the face o
  
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• The Latest: Arizona reports nearly 2,800 new daily cases

  18-07-2020 22:08
  
  PHOENIX — Arizona health officials reported a daily record of 147 deaths from the coronavirus and 2,742 new confirmed cases.
  The Department of Health Services say the additional deaths included 106 newly attributed to COVID-19 after health officials’ latest periodic reviews of death certificates. It says the additional cases didn’t include figures from a laboratory that missed the reporting cutoff. The department says the missing cases will be reported Sunday.
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• Verge to stay at Arizona State, removes name from NBA draft

  18-07-2020 22:06
  
  TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona State guard Alonzo Verge Jr. is withdrawing his name from the NBA draft and will return for his senior season. Verge had a dynamic first season in Tempe after transferring from a community college in Missouri. The Chicago player was named the Pac-12 sixth man of the year after averaging more than 14 points. His return should give the Sun Devils a huge boost after Hurley brought in one of the program’s best recruiting classesThe post Verge to stay at Arizon
  
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• Kosovo president says he doesn’t fear war crime charges

  18-07-2020 22:02
  
  PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — The president of Kosovo has told his nation that his indictment on war crimes will not hamper the country’s future and urged the local political parties to unite behind talks on normalizing ties with neighboring Serbia. President Hashim Thaci on Saturday held a television address after returning from four days of questioning by prosecutors at a special international court in The Hague, Netherlands. The alleged crimes, which Thaci denies, took place during the
  
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• Oregon officials decry federal agents after protest clashes

  18-07-2020 21:44
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Militarized federal agents deployed by the president to Portland, Oregon, fired tear gas against protesters again overnight as the city’s mayor demanded that the agents be removed and as the state’s attorney general vowed to seek a restraining order against them. Federal agents, some wearing camouflage and some wearing dark Homeland Security uniforms, used tear gas at least twice to break up crowds late Friday night. Protests against systemic racism and po
  
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• Germany, France, Italy urge end to interference in Libya

  18-07-2020 21:43
  
  BERLIN (AP) — The leaders of Germany, France and Italy are calling for outsiders to “end their increasing interference” in Libya and respect a much-violated arms embargo. They said Saturday that they are ready to consider sanctions if breaches of the embargo continue. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Emmanuel Macron and Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte issued a joint statement after discussing Libya on the sidelines of a European Union summit in Brussels. It came
  
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• Six traffickers arrested for sailing migrants to Italy

  18-07-2020 21:31
  
  ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek police say they have arrested six people who were trafficking migrants from Greece to Italy by using sailboats and they are searching for five more members of the trafficking ring. One suspect was arrested Friday offshore from the island of Corfu, the Greek island closest to the Italian mainland, on a sailboat that carried 23 migrants and was headed to Italy. The ring owned at least four sailboats and moved them around different Greek marinas to avoid raising su
  
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• Woman seriously injured in New Mexico bear attack

  18-07-2020 21:26
  
  LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) — Authorities say a woman was seriously injured when she was attacked by a bear which approached her and her husband as they were comet-watching on the deck of a northern New Mexico ski area’s lodge. The state Game and Fish Department said the bear chased the woman before attacking her in the parking lot of the ski area on the outskirts of Los Alamos. The woman was hospitalized for multiple injuries, including several broken bones and a collapsed lung. The depar
  
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• Cuomo advises vigilance amid COVID-19 hospitalizations drop

  18-07-2020 21:23
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in New York state dropped to 743 and 11 more people died. The daily statewide statistics show New York with 754 newly confirmed cases, representing 1.08% of all tests. The number of people hospitalized Friday was down 22 from the previous day. New York has so far avoided a surge in new cases like those plaguing other states in the South and West. But the Democratic governor has repeatedly warned New
  
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• Police close down packed Barcelona beach amid virus spike

  18-07-2020 21:16
  
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Police in Barcelona have closed access to a large area of the city’s beaches due to the excess of sunbathers who ignored the urging of authorities to stay at home amid a resurgence of the coronavirus. Police on Saturday impeded more people for entering the beach and used loudspeakers to recommend the crowds already on the sand to disperse. Barcelona and other areas of the surrounding northeast Catalonia region have experienced the largest outbreaks in Spain in
  
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• Talks into the night as EU leaders haggle over budget, virus

  18-07-2020 21:00
  
  BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders are hunting for compromises as a summit to reach a deal on an unprecedented 1.85 trillion euro ($2.1 trillion) EU budget and coronavirus recovery fund. It now appears like the summit will not end Saturday as expected and talks into the night are expected. Tensions are running high as the 27 leaders debate how the huge sums should be spent and what strings should be attached. Austria’s chancellor said there was still no deal in sight but “t
  
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• APNewsBreak: Blue Jays not allowed to play games in Canada

  18-07-2020 20:52
  
  TORONTO (AP) — The Blue Jays have been denied approval by the Canadian government to play in Toronto amid the coronavirus pandemic. An official familiar with the matter told The Associated Press Saturday of the denial. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak ahead of the announcement. MLB needed an exemption to a requirement that anyone entering Canada for nonessential reasons must self-isolate for 14 days.The post APNewsBreak: Blue Jays not a
  
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• AP Source: Blue Jays denied Canadian government approval to play games in Toronto amid pandemic.

  18-07-2020 20:46
  
  TORONTO (AP) — AP Source: Blue Jays denied Canadian government approval to play games in Toronto amid pandemic.The post AP Source: Blue Jays denied Canadian government approval to play games in Toronto amid pandemic. appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• The Latest: Florida adds 10,000 new virus cases, 90 deaths

  18-07-2020 20:45
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Florida reported more than 10,000 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus and 90 additional deaths.Gov. Ron DeSantis announced 30,000 vials of remdesivir were being shipped to the state after hospitals complained of shortages. He says he worked with Vice President Mike Pence last week to expedite the shipments.
  DeSantis says the vials will be shipped directly to hospitals in the next 48 to 72 hours and should treat about 5,000 patients. He made the announcement at a
  
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• Tucson Fire Department rescues two from mobile home fire

  18-07-2020 20:29
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - Tucson Fire Department firefighters rescued two people from a mobile home fire at 3411 S. Camino Seco this morning.The initial call to the station indicated that one person was trapped. It took the 18 firefighters on scene 20 minutes to perform the rescue.Two people were sent to a local hopital with non-life-threatening injuries.The origin of the fire is still under investigation.
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• Correction: LL Bean story

  18-07-2020 20:29
  
  FREEPORT, Maine (AP) — In a story July 17, 2020, about L.L. Bean getting wholesaler partnerships, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Nordstrom is family-owned. It’s family-led. The post Correction: LL Bean story appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• ‘Black Lives Matter’ mural outside Trump Tower defaced again

  18-07-2020 20:11
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Police say a “Black Lives Matter” street mural in front of Manhattan’s Trump Tower has been vandalized with paint for the second time in a week. Surveillance video showed three people smearing blue paint on the Fifth Avenue mural while a woman littered it with flyers around 4 p.m. Friday. Police say officers found the trio near the mural a short time later with blue paint on their hands and clothing. They were arrested, charged with criminal mischief and r
  
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• Protesters hit with gas as locals demand feds leave Portland

  18-07-2020 19:49
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Militarized federal agents deployed by the president to Portland, Oregon, fired tear gas against protesters again overnight as the city’s mayor demanded that the agents be removed and as the state’s attorney general vowed to seek a restraining order against them. Federal agents, some wearing camouflage and some wearing dark Homeland Security uniforms, used tear gas at least twice to break up crowds late Friday night. Protests against systemic racism and po
  
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• As virus surges in some US states, emergency rooms swamped

  18-07-2020 19:40
  
  A fast-rising rising tide of new coronavirus cases is flooding emergency rooms in parts of the United States. Some patients have been moved into hallways, and nurses are working extra shifts to keep up with the surge. Officials say patients struggling to breathe are being placed on ventilators in emergency wards since intensive care units are full, and the near-constant care they require is overtaxing workers who also are treating more typical ER cases. In Texas, one doctor said the current situ
  
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• One man dead, two suspects on the run in midtown homicide

  18-07-2020 19:38
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - A Tucson man is dead after a shooting on the 400 block of East Benson Highway Saturday morning.
  Pima County Sheriff Deputies report that two suspects fled on foot from the scene, and are being described as middle aged Hispanic Males.
  The investigation is still ongoing. If you have any information about the case you are asked to call 8-8 CRIME. You can stay anonymous.We will provide updates as they come in to our newsroom.
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• Atlanta lowering flags indefinitely to honor Rep. John Lewis

  18-07-2020 19:30
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta is lowering flags to half-staff indefinitely to honor Rep. John Lewis, who represented the city for more than 30 years in Congress before his death. Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms made the announcement Saturday in a statement that says words can’t describe the loss of Lewis. Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank notes the city lost two civil rights icons in a single day: Lewis and the Rev. C.T. Vivian, an early adviser to Martin Luther King Jr. Lewis was an Alabama na
  
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• Chicago police, protesters clash during bid to topple statue

  18-07-2020 19:12
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Protesters trying to topple a Christopher Columbus statue in downtown Chicago’s Grant Park clashed with police who responded violently with batons after they say officers were struck by fireworks and thrown cans. The clash Friday evening unfolded after at least 1,000 people tried to swarm the statue in a failed attempt to topple it following a rally in support of Black and Indigenous people. Police say 18 officers were injured and at least 12 people were arrested durin
  
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• North Macedonia police discover 55 migrants in truck, car

  18-07-2020 19:01
  
  SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Police in North Macedonia say they have found 55 migrants in two separate incidents. One migrant was injured when the truck carrying him and 42 others hit a concrete pillar at a toll station. All migrants will be deported to Greece, where they came from. Although the land border between Greece and North Macedonia is closed due to the coronavirus epidemic, “essential” travel is still allowed. Trafficking networks remain active in the area, ferrying
  
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• Arizona virus toll spikes after review of death certificates

  18-07-2020 18:44
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona health officials on Saturday reported a daily record 147 additional deaths from the coronavirus and 2,742 additional confirmed cases but said both numbers reflected unusual circumstances. The Department of Health Services said the additional deaths included 106 newly attributed to COVID-19 after health officials’ latest periodic reviews of death certificates. Officials also say the additional cases did not include figures from a laboratory that missed the repor
  
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• AP Source: Decision looming on Blue Jays games in Toronto

  18-07-2020 18:39
  
  TORONTO (AP) — The Blue Jays will find out Saturday whether the Canadian government allows them to play regular season games amid the coronavirus pandemic. An official familiar with the matter says the federal government will make the announcement later Saturday. The official spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to speak ahead of the announcement. MLB needs an exemption to a requirement that anyone entering Canada for nonessential reasons must self-isolate for 14 day
  
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• Mass protests rock Russian Far East city, challenge Kremlin

  18-07-2020 18:38
  
  KHABAROVSK, Russia (AP) — Mass rallies have rocked the Russian Far East city of Khabarovsk again, as tens of thousands took to the streets to protest the arrest of the region’s governor on charges of involvement in multiple murders. Local media estimated the rally in the city 3,800 miles east of Moscow drew 15,000 to 50,000 people. Hundreds of people have rallied in the city center every day this week against the arrest of Sergei Furgal, reflecting widespread anger over the arrest of
  
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• Georgia Governor sues City of Atlanta over mask ordinance

  18-07-2020 18:37
  
  (NBC News) - As the coronavirus pandemic continues to grow, the battle over face masks has led to a showdown in Georgia.Governor Brian Kemp is suing the city of Atlanta for requiring masks.
   
  "He is putting politics over people," Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms says. A dozen Georgia cities are defying the governor.
   
  "We believe Governor Kemp is overstepping his authority," Savannah Mayor Van Johnson says.  "This is a fight that we're willing to take."Meanwhile, Texas has
  
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• Trump talks less about virus, states look inward for answers

  18-07-2020 18:30
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has taken an increasingly hands-off approach to the coronavirus crisis in recent days even as COVID-19 cases and deaths have surged to record highs in a significant slice of the country. Trump has focused his public comments on the virus on assurances that the worst days of the pandemic are in the rearview mirror, while turning his attention to talking about the economy and attacking Democratic rival Joe Biden. Meanwhile, governors and big city mayo
  
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• The Latest: Greece records no daily deaths, stresses masks

  18-07-2020 18:30
  
  ATHENS, Greece — Greek authorities announced 19 new cases of coronavirus and no new deaths over the past 24 hours.
  Total confirmed cases since the outbreak of the epidemic are 3,983, with 194 deaths.Despite the relatively low number of cases, authorities are concerned about increasing evidence that social distancing guidelines aren’t being followed. On Saturday, they extended mandatory wearing of masks to supermarket customers and are considering expanding the mask requirement.
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• Kansas dog makes 50-mile trek to her old home in Missouri

  18-07-2020 18:12
  
  LAWSON, Mo. (AP) — A dog named Cleo who disappeared from her home in Kansas earlier this month turned up a few days later at her old home in Missouri, about 50 miles away. Colton Michael told television station KMBC this week that the 4-year-old Labrador retriever-border collie mix showed up on his family’s front porch in Lawson, Missouri. He says she was scared at first and wouldn’t let anyone near her, but he eventually gained her trust and had her checked for a microchip. It
  
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• India-Pakistan fighting in Kashmir kills 3, wounds 2

  18-07-2020 17:59
  
  SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Indian and Pakistani officials say firing between soldiers from both sides along the highly militarized frontier in the disputed region of Kashmir has left three members of an Indian family dead and two Pakistani civilians wounded. An Indian official says a 50-year-old woman, her husband and their teenage son were hit by a shell in their home Friday night in southern Poonch district in Indian-administered Kashmir. Pakistan’s foreign ministry says two Pakistani
  
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• Twitter’s recent hack puts social media account security into question

  18-07-2020 17:56
  
  (NBC News) - The massive cyberattack targeting some of Twitter's most prominent users earlier this week has put a new focus on social media security.The attack took control of the accounts of President Obama, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk as part of a scam asking other users to send cryptocurrency bitcoin to them, promising it would be doubled in return.The investigation into the attack is still ongoing, but the network tweeted that hackers gained access to Twitter's internal system through a "social en
  
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• Time Out magazine founder Tony Elliott dies of cancer at 73

  18-07-2020 17:51
  
  LONDON (AP) — Tony Elliott, who founded the Time Out city guide publishing brand, has died at 73. Time Out Group’s chief executive Julio Bruno said Elliott had been suffering from lung cancer and died on Thursday. Elliott founded Time Out as an entertainment and listings magazine for London during a university summer vacation in 1968. It went weekly in 1971 and became essential reading for fans of food, music, theater, movies and art. Time Out New York was launched in 1995, followed
  
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• Michigan teen jailed for failing to do her homework

  18-07-2020 17:51
  
  (WDIV/NBC News) - Protesters gathered in Beverly Hills, Michigan Thursday to show their support for a teenage girl jailed after failing to complete her homework.A judge decided the teen, named Grace, violated her probation by not completing online schoolwork and sent her to juvenile detention.“I know if Grace was a 15-year-old White girl she would not be sitting in juvenile detention right now,” said Sheri Crawley.Crawley is a mother with teenage daughters. She said her heart sank wh
  
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• How the pandemic is impacting fish prices around the globe

  18-07-2020 17:46
  
  (NBC News) - The COVID-19 pandemic has forced Americans to think about what they touch, breathe and eat."People are starting to finally connect the dots to realize that, that if you really want to live a healthy, vibrant life, you know, your diet is critical," says Sean Wittenberg, cofounder of the Safe Catch seafood company.  Wittenberg says that's also good for his business and with many restaurants closed shoppers are giving a classic product a fresh look."For us, and shelf stable seafoo
  
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• UN chief: World ‘at the breaking point’ due to inequalities

  18-07-2020 17:45
  
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The U.N. secretary-general has made a sweeping call to end the global inequalities that sparked this year’s massive anti-racism protests and have been further exposed by the coronavirus pandemic. Antonio Guterres, who in delivered the Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture, says that “COVID-19 has been likened to an x-ray, revealing fractures in the fragile skeleton of the societies we have built.” The speech took aim at racism as well as the vast inequality of
  
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• Trump’s trouble in suburbs key to suddenly competitive Ohio

  18-07-2020 17:45
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — President Donald Trump is facing an unexpectedly competitive landscape in Ohio because he’s lost ground in metropolitan and suburban areas. That’s threatening the overwhelming advantages he has in rural areas that delivered the bellwether state to him in 2016. While Trump remains popular outside Ohio’s major and midsize cities, the Trump campaign’s budgeting of $18 million in television advertising is an ominous sign of the state of the race in Ohi
  
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• Coronavirus patients swamp emergency rooms in some US states

  18-07-2020 17:42
  
  A fast-rising rising tide of new coronavirus cases is flooding emergency rooms in parts of the United States. Some patients have been moved into hallways, and nurses are working extra shifts to keep up with the surge. Officials say patients struggling to breathe are being placed on ventilators in emergency wards since intensive care units are full, and the near-constant care they require is overtaxing workers who also are treating more typical ER cases. In Arizona, more than 2,000 people went to
  
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