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• The Latest: Bolsonaro has 3rd test to see if still infected

  21-07-2020 23:56
  
  BRASILIA, Brazil — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro says he has had a third test to see if he is still infected with the coronavirus and that the result will be released Wednesday.
  Speaking to supporters gathered in front of the presidential residence Tuesday, Bolsonaro said, “God willing, I will test negative.”
  The president announced on July 7 that he had COVID-19, the disease that can be caused by the virus. On July 15, he said he had tested positive one more time.
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• Brewery says it never authorized Trump event, closes for day

  21-07-2020 23:52
  
  FREEPORT, Maine (AP) — Owners of a Maine brewery say they’re going to shut down for a day after feeling misled about an event in support of President Donald Trump. The Portland Press Herald reported Stars and Stripes Brewing Company in Freeport was listed in an advisory as a planned Wednesday stop for the Women for Trump tour. But the brewery’s owners said in a Facebook post on Tuesday that the gathering was an “unauthorized political event” and the company will ins
  
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• WH threatens defense bill veto over Confederate base names

  21-07-2020 23:50
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is threatening to veto a massive defense policy bill over a provision that would rename military bases such as Fort Bragg that are named after Confederate officers. The veto threat came hours before the House voted Tuesday to approve the $741 billion annual defense authorization, a sprawling, bipartisan bill that includes a 3% pay raise for U.S. troops. The White House issued a 13-page statement expressing “serious concerns” about multiple prov
  
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• The Drive-in Giveaway Rules

  21-07-2020 23:50
  
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• The Latest: Texas presses ahead with high school football

  21-07-2020 23:48
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — Texas is pressing ahead with high school football and big cities are reporting signs that an alarming surge in cases may be leveling off. But along the border with Mexico, local officials say the outlook remains bleak.
  Texas on Tuesday reported more than 9,300 confirmed new cases and 131 deaths, the state’s second deadliest day of the pandemic.
  The University Interscholastic League, which governs high school sports in Texas, released guidelines that push back the star
  
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• Appeals court allows Alabama voter ID law to go forward

  21-07-2020 23:48
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — A federal appeals court is rejecting claims that an Alabama law which requires voters to show government-issued photo identification at the polls is racially discriminatory. A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld a lower court order that dismissed a lawsuit filed by minorities challenging the law. The judges ruled there’s no proof that the law violates the Constitution or the Voting Rights Act, as opponents claim. But a dissenti
  
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• Trump says virus in US will get worse before it gets better

  21-07-2020 23:46
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump sought to paint a rosier picture of the coronavirus for the nation on Tuesday but conceded the pandemic is likely to “get worse before it gets better.” Trump commented as he revived his daily briefings with an eye to halting a campaign-season erosion of support. The early evening event at the White House came as the next stage of the federal government’s response to the pandemic was being crafted on Capitol Hill. Lawmakers and Whit
  
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• Last call: Colorado prohibits serving booze after 10 p.m.

  21-07-2020 23:42
  
  DENVER (AP) — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has ordered bars and restaurants across the state to stop serving alcohol past 10 p.m. as the number of coronavirus cases among young adults continues to increase. He says anybody who has been drunk knows that inhibitions are reduced and social distancing takes a back seat when large groups are involved. The order is expected to take effect before the weekend and last for 30 days. Last call at Colorado bars is normally 2 a.m. The governor previously
  
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• Feds give 65 acres of land for border wall infrastructure

  21-07-2020 23:39
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — The federal Bureau of Land Management says it has transferred over 65 acres of public land in Arizona and New Mexico to the Army for border wall infrastructure. The agency says it handed over 53 acres in Yuma County, Arizona, that is needed to install power and other utilities around the border wall there. Another 12.7 acres in Hidalgo County, New Mexico, were transferred so that the Army could install power and other utilities along with engineering for roads that provide a
  
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• The Latest: Trump resumes starring role in virus briefings

  21-07-2020 23:35
  
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has resumed a starring role in the White House’s coronavirus briefings on Tuesday, returning to the podium in the press briefing room in hopes that he can shore up support for his administration’s work amid flagging poll numbers.
  Trump says the administration is doing well with vaccine and therapeutic development.
  He says the country has learned so much about the disease, and “my administration will stop at nothing to save lives and shi
  
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• Golder Ranch Fire help vet celebrate 95th birthday with parade

  21-07-2020 23:35
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - Golder Ranch Fire District help a veteran celebrate his 95th birthday on Tuesday.According to officials, GRFD trucks and vehicles lined up for a birthday parade in celebration of a Navy veteran.Golder Ranch Fire did not identify the individual but did thank the veteran for their service.
  Lined up and ready to be a part of a birthday parade for a 95 year old Navy Veteran. Happy Birthday Sir, and thank you for your service to our country! #GRFDAZ #CommunityFirst pic.twitter.com/lTG
  
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• Facing federal agents, Portland protests find new momentum

  21-07-2020 23:30
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Far from tamping down on the unrest, the presence of federal agents on the streets of Portland, Oregon, has given new momentum to protests that had begun to devolve into smaller, chaotic crowds. The use of federal agents against the will of local officials has also set up the potential for a constitutional crisis — and one that could escalate as President Donald Trump says he plans to send federal agents to other cities. Demonstrations that had shrunk to fewer t
  
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• Tropical depression forms in middle of Atlantic Ocean

  21-07-2020 23:25
  
  MIAMI (AP) — A tropical depression has formed in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, though forecasters weren’t predicting a landfall location. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says the depression was centered Tuesday afternoon about 1,185 miles west-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands. At 5 p.m. EDT, it had maximum sustained winds of 35 mph and was moving west-northwest at 8 mph. Forecasters said it could reach tropical storm status during the night or sometime Wednesday. There were
  
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• Appeals court rules for Arizona governor in land trust case

  21-07-2020 23:23
  
  GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — A federal appeals court has sided with Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey in a long-running dispute over whether a 2016 ballot measure he pushed increasing withdrawals from the state land trust to fund education violated federal law. Tuesday’s 9th U.S. District Court of Appeals ruling overturned a 2018 decision by a Phoenix-based federal judge that said Ducey needed congressional approval to boost land trust withdrawals. Congress eventually approved the move. But Wake sai
  
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• The Latest: Nevada church battles 50-person cap on services

  21-07-2020 23:21
  
  RENO, Nev. — A rural church trying to persuade the U.S. Supreme Court to suspend Nevada’s 50-person cap on worship services is accusing Gov. Steve Sisolak of adding the church’s county to a list of those with elevated cases of COVID-19 as part of a “litigation tactic.”
  Calvary Chapel Dayton Valley east of Reno also argues that Sisolak should no longer be allowed to defend the attendance cap as a “temporary” emergency response.Calvary Chapel says the res
  
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• Minnesota judge lifts gag order in George Floyd case

  21-07-2020 23:13
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota judge has lifted a gag order in the case against four former officers charged in death of George Floyd, but said he would take a news media coalition’s request to make body camera footage more widely available under advisement. Judge Peter Cahill also ruled Tuesday that he would not hold Attorney General Keith Ellison in contempt of court, saying a statement Ellison made when he announced that additional attorneys would be assisting in the prosecution w
  
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• GOP splits as virus aid package could swell past $1 trillion

  21-07-2020 23:13
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The price tag for the next COVID-19 aid package could quickly swell above $1 trillion. White House negotiators fanned out Capitol Hill Tuesday to launch talks with Republicans and Democrats. At stake is funds to re-open schools, prop up small businesses, boost virus testing and keep cash flowing to Americans as the virus crisis worsens. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell promised a new round of direct payments to Americans. President Donald Trump insists on a payroll
  
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• Minnesota judge lifts gag order in case against 4 ex-officers charged in death of George Floyd

  21-07-2020 23:01
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota judge lifts gag order in case against 4 ex-officers charged in death of George Floyd.
  
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• Trump’s show of federal force sparking alarm in cities

  21-07-2020 23:00
  
  NBC News ChannelDemonstrators took to the streets in Chicago Monday night to protest President Trump's plan to send federal forces in military uniforms to crack down on violence.
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is using the Department of Homeland Security in unprecedented ways as he tries to bolster his law and order credentials by making a heavy-handed show of force in cities around the nation in the lead-up to the November elections. His plan to deploy federal agents to Chicago
  
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• Child theft leads Mexican police to gang with 23 stolen kids

  21-07-2020 23:00
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — The search for a 2 1/2 year-old boy who was led away from a market in southern Mexico three weeks ago has led police to a horrifying discovery: 23 stolen children, most between two and 15 years, who were forced to sell trinkets in the streets by their captors. Three women have been detained in the case and the kids _ including three babies aged between 3 and 20 months _ have been handed over to child welfare authorities. The discovery was announced Tuesday by the prosecu
  
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• At This Trump-Favored Charity, Financial Reporting Is Questionable and Insiders Are Cashing In

  21-07-2020 23:00
  
  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Click here to read their biggest stories as soon as they’re published.This election, one of President Donald Trump’s most influential advocates is 26-year-old Charlie Kirk, who has developed a unique bond with the first family.…
  
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• Police: Monk found fatally wounded at North Carolina temple

  21-07-2020 22:59
  
  HIGH POINT, N.C. (AP) — Authorities in North Carolina say a Buddhist monk found suffering from a fatal wound while kneeling at an altar was likely struck by a bullet fired from outside the temple. High Point police said Tuesday they responded to the temple Saturday after another monk discovered Tam Dinh Tran in a praying position and bleeding. First responders determined Tran had a traumatic injury to his right side. Officials said detectives discovered a bullet lodged in an exterior wall
  
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• DA: Man faked death to avoid jail but typo gave him away

  21-07-2020 22:54
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A Long Island criminal defendant tried faking his death to avoid a jail sentence, but prosecutors say the phony death certificate his lawyer submitted had a glaring spelling error that made it a dead giveaway for a fraud. Robert Berger now faces up to four years in prison if convicted of the alleged scheme. That’s in addition to pending sentences for earlier guilty pleas to charges of possession of a stolen Lexus and attempted grand larceny of a truck. Prosecutors sai
  
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• Experts say virus will cause slowdown in Florida’s growth

  21-07-2020 22:50
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — State demographers say Florida is still going to be gaining residents over the next several years, but that growth will slow down because of the new coronavirus. The state Demographic Estimating Conference last week said that it was reducing its population projection for 2025  by more than 200,000 people because of the impacts of the virus. By April 1, 2025, Florida will have 22.9 million residents, up from this year’s current estimate of 21.5 million reside
  
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• Rachel Maddow and Mary Trump make formidable TV combination

  21-07-2020 22:45
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s niece Mary can not only sell books she’s also a television draw. The Nielsen company says her interview with Rachel Maddow last Thursday reached the biggest audience ever for Maddow’s show, and the largest audience for a regularly-scheduled MSNBC show. That’s not bad for July, considering it’s usually the least-watched month on television. Mary Trump also talked about her book on CNN on Friday and beat the network&rsquo
  
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• Police: Man accused of wounding son in Scottsdale shooting

  21-07-2020 22:44
  
  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Police in Scottsdale say a man is facing attempted murder charges after allegedly shooting at a vehicle with family members inside, resulting in his son being seriously wounded. Authorities say 42-year-old Jason Robert Moore was taken into custody during a traffic stop at 9:30 p.m. Monday about four hours after the shooting. A woman told police that her ex-husband was chasing her in a separate vehicle while she was driving with the couple’s teenage son and da
  
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• Trump aims to bar those in US illegally from reapportionment

  21-07-2020 22:42
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has signed a memorandum that seeks to bar people in the U.S. illegally from being counted in congressional reapportionment. His move drew immediate criticism from Democratic officials. Reapportionment is the redistribution of seats in the U.S. House of Representatives based on changes in population found in each census. Trump says he’s acting out of “respect for the law and protection of the integrity of the democratic process.” Bu
  
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• Special Weather Statement issued July 21 at 1:40PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  21-07-2020 22:40
  
  At 139 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 16miles west of Topawa, or 16 miles southwest of Sells, moving east at5 mph.
  Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm.
  Locations impacted include…Cowlic.Heavy rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead tolocalized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through floodedroadways.
  This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radiostations and available television stations for additional in
  
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• Republicans outline trimmed-back agenda for 2020 convention

  21-07-2020 22:39
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is set to be officially renominated in a shrunken Republican convention truncated to four hours in Charlotte, North Carolina, next month because of the coronavirus. The Republican National Committee outlined the agenda for the August event. Its public components were shifted last month to Jacksonville, Florida, amid a tiff with North Carolina’s Democratic governor. Trump’s plans for a packed arena in Florida have been thwarted by a resur
  
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• Prosecutors: Company, CEO tried to export chemicals to China

  21-07-2020 22:33
  
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A California company and its CEO are facing conspiracy, money laundering and other federal charges for allegedly attempting to illegally export chemicals to a Chinese company with military ties. U.S. Attorney for Rhode Island Aaron Weisman said Monday that Tao Jiang, president and CEO of Broad Tech System Inc., was involved in a scheme to ship chemicals used in microchip manufacturing from Rhode Island to a company in China in violation of federal law. He said Jiang
  
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• DA: Man faked death to avoid prison but typo gave him away

  21-07-2020 22:33
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A Long Island criminal defendant tried faking his death to avoid sentencing, but prosecutors say the phony death certificate his lawyer submitted had a glaring spelling error that made it a dead giveaway for a fraud. Robert Berger now faces up to four years in prison if convicted of the alleged scheme. That’s in addition to pending sentences for earlier guilty pleas to charges of possession of a stolen Lexus and attempted grand larceny of a truck. Prosecutors said he
  
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• Pence defends outbreak response, pushes against shutdowns

  21-07-2020 22:32
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence is defending the Trump administration’s guidance to states on ramping their economies back up amid the spread of the coronavirus. He says it was based on the best information at the time, and says a spike in recent cases shouldn’t mean more shutdowns. Pence was in South Carolina on Tuesday to discuss processes for reopening schools this fall. But infections in the state continue to rise. Pence says he feels sure the nation is bett
  
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• 21 state attorneys general sue over new Trump water rule

  21-07-2020 22:32
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Attorneys general in 20 states plus the District of Columbia are suing the Trump administration over new water rules. They’re alleging the new federal rules undermine their ability to protect rivers, lakes and streams within their borders. The lawsuit filed Tuesday says that a new final rule issued last week by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency alters a practice dating back more than 30 years. They say the new rule restricts state governments’ a
  
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• Baltimore police officer pleads guilty to child porn charge

  21-07-2020 22:27
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — A Baltimore police officer has pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography. U.S. Attorney Robert Hur’s office said Tuesday that 35-year-old James Robert Wissmann IV will be sentenced to at least four years in prison if a judge accepts his plea agreement with federal prosecutors. U.S. District Judge George Russell III is scheduled to sentence Wissmann on Oct. 15. Baltimore Police Department officials suspended Wissmann last July after investigators searched his hom
  
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• Satanic Temple offers scholarships to high school grads

  21-07-2020 22:26
  
  SALEM, Mass. (AP) — The Satanic Temple is launching a college scholarship for high school students. The Salem, Massachusetts-based group, which advocates for religious liberties, said Tuesday that the “Devil’s Advocate Scholarship” is open to any 2020 graduate. To apply, students must answer one of two questions. One asks applicants to describe what they’ve done to promote the organization’s tenets and mission. The other asks them to describe a teacher who &ld
  
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• Tucker Carlson battles with The New York Times over privacy

  21-07-2020 22:14
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News’ Tucker Carlson says The New York Times wants to put his family at risk, and the newspaper says Carlson is knowingly lying. The Fox host accused the newspaper on Monday of preparing a story that will reveal where he lives. While the Times won’t say what it is working on, the newspaper said it assured Carlson ahead of time that it would not tell people the location of his homes. It’s a personal subject for Carlson, whose home in Washington was atta
  
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• Biden launches wide battleground push with ads, surrogates

  21-07-2020 22:12
  
  Joe Biden’s presidential campaign is ramping up its advertising and deploying some of its high-profile surrogates as it tries to solidify a broad battleground map that his advisers see as giving the former vice president multiple paths to an Electoral College majority.  Biden’s campaign announced Tuesday a $15 million weeklong advertising campaign including television, digital, radio and print in six states: Arizona, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
  
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• Family demands charges in shooting during Floyd protests

  21-07-2020 22:08
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The family of a man fatally shot at a Minneapolis pawn shop during protests over the death of George Floyd is demanding charges in his death. Family members of Calvin Horton Jr. held a news conference Tuesday, the same day that Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman said prosecutors need to know what happened in the minutes surrounding the May 27 shooting. Horton was shot in the torso in or near Cadillac Pawn while protests over Floyd’s death began to turn violent w
  
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• Soldier guilty in West Point rollover that killed cadet

  21-07-2020 22:06
  
  FORT STEWART, Ga. (AP) — Military officials say an Army soldier found guilty of negligent homicide in a vehicle rollover that killed a West Point cadet last year was sentenced to three years of confinement and a discharge for bad conduct. Staff Sgt. Ladonies Strong was found guilty of negligent homicide and prevention of authorized seizure of property on Saturday at Fort Stewart in Georgia. Strong faced trail by court martial after a June 2019 training accident at the U.S. Military Academy
  
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• Climate activist Greta Thunberg to donate 100K euros to fight pandemic in Amazon

  21-07-2020 22:04
  
  Climate activist Greta Thunberg says she's donating 100,000 euros to a COVID-19 relief group.The gift is to SOS Amazonia Campaign, an organization on the frontlines of the pandemic in the Brazilian rainforest.The money comes from the million-euro purse Thunberg received when she won the Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity.
  I’m extremely honoured to receive the Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity. We’re in a climate emergency, and my foundation will as quickly as possible donate all the prize mon
  
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• Family of man killed by Phoenix police seeks more video

  21-07-2020 22:03
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — The family of a man shot and killed by Phoenix police while sitting in a parked car is accusing the department of selectively releasing body camera videos. A day after police released footage showing the moments before the July 4 shooting of 28-year-old James “Jay” Garcia, his mother said Tuesday she wanted to see every video from every officer’s camera. The released video appears to show a police officer yelling multiple times that he’ll shoot if Gar
  
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• Arizonans recall John Lewis, heap tributes on late civil rights leader

  21-07-2020 22:00
  
  Arizona lawmakers and advocates were unsparing Monday in their praise of the late Rep. John Lewis, using words like hero, giant and legend for the man one described as “living, breathing history.”The Georgia Democrat, who played a leading role in the civil rights movement from the 1960s until now, died Friday of pancreatic cancer, according to a statement from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who said Lewis was “revered and beloved” in Congress.Tributes poured in from across t
  
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• Heavily armed US agents on city streets: Can Trump do that?

  21-07-2020 21:55
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has deployed agents with tactical gear to confront protesters in downtown Portland, Oregon. That has sparked debate over the use of federal power as local and state officials, and many in the community, condemn their tactics and demand they leave. Far from backing down, the administration plans to send agents to Chicago to respond to gun violence. And President Donald Trump says federal agents could be deployed elsewhere as he makes law and order
  
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• Ex-student pleads to swatting conspiracy with neo-Nazi

  21-07-2020 21:52
  
  ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A former Old Dominion University student who targeted his school with a fake bomb threat so he could skip class has pleaded guilty to a swatting conspiracy that ended up encompassing a neo-Nazi leader. Nineteen-year-old John William Kirby Kelley pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court in Alexandria. A former leader of a neo-Nazi group called Atomwaffen Division pleaded guilty to his own role in the scheme last week. Kelley suggested his own university as a target for
  
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• Next virus aid package could easily swell past $1 trillion

  21-07-2020 21:51
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The price tag for the next COVID-19 aid package could quickly swell above $1 trillion. White House negotiators fanned out Capitol Hill Tuesday to launch talks with Republicans and Democrats. At stake is funds to re-open schools, prop up small businesses, boost virus testing and keep cash flowing to Americans as the virus crisis worsens. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell promised a new round of direct payments to Americans, similar to the $1,200 checks sent in spring.
  
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• Lee descendant urges official removal of Confederate statues

  21-07-2020 21:50
  
  Democratic lawmakers and others are urging official removal of Confederate monuments at the center of a politically fraught national debate. The calls came at a House subcommittee hearing Tuesday on legislative proposals addressing Confederate monuments on federal public lands. A descendant of Confederate military leader Robert E. Lee was among those urging the removal of statues of his ancestor and other supporters of slavery. The Rev. Robert W. Lee IV cited his family member’s lasting be
  
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• EPA finds plastic trash contaminates 2 remote Hawaii beaches

  21-07-2020 21:48
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is designating the waters of two remote beaches in Hawaii as being contaminated by trash. The move will force the state to address the persistent problem of plastic deposited on its coastlines by swirling Pacific Ocean currents. The decision will require authorities to establish a daily limit for the trash at the two locations, one of which is so notorious for collecting debris that some call it “Plastic Beach” or “
  
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• Amber Heard says Depp tried to throw her sister down stairs

  21-07-2020 21:38
  
  LONDON (AP) — Amber Heard dismissed accusations Tuesday that she fabricated allegations of domestic violence against her ex-husband Johnny Depp, testifying during his libel case against a British tabloid. She also recounted the first time she says she struck him after years of abuse and that she only did so to defend her sister from being thrown down the stairs. Taking to the witness box for a second day at the High Court in London, the actress faced a barrage of questions over alleged inc
  
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• TUSD to host town hall meetings to address reopening of schools

  21-07-2020 21:37
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - Tucson Unified School District is ready to talk about the reopening of school.
  The district will be having three town hall meetings to talk to parents, students and staff.
  Each town hall will be livestreamed on the TUSD's Facebook page.
  Here's the schedule:July 23: Families (English speakers) from 6 to 7 p.m. July 27: TUSD employees from 4 to 5 p.m. July 27: Families (Spanish speakers) from 6 to 7 p.m.
  
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• COVID-19 outbreak reported at Texas federal medical prison

  21-07-2020 21:31
  
  FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The federal Bureau of Prisons says more than 500 women have tested positive for the coronavirus at a Texas medical prison. It’s one of the largest confirmed outbreaks at a federal prison. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports that the number of confirmed cases at the Federal Medical Center-Carswell jumped to 509 on Monday, just one day after the Bureau of Prisons reported that 200 women had tested positive. Only the federal prison in Seagoville had more infect
  
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