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• Some Tucson businesses flood during Monsoon rain on Thursday; Pima County Flood Control Responds

  24-07-2020 23:56
  
  TUCSON - The Tucson Auto Collision Center regularly floods during monsoon. This means they can't get customers their vehicles on time and it does hurt their business.
  Jeff Glorioso has been a technician here for 25 years and said this is some of the worst flooding he has seen. "After about 10 minutes of it we knew it was going to come down so we started the pumps up but it came in so quick there was nothing we could do."
  This is not an unusual sight for Jeff. Every time heavy rain moves in
  
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• Arizona woman charged with trying to support al-Qaida

  24-07-2020 23:53
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities say an Arizona woman was arrested for giving $500 during a law enforcement sting to buy rifle scopes for al-Qaida fighters. Jill Marie Jones of Chandler was arrested at the Phoenix airport before she started what the FBI said was going to be an overseas journey aimed at assisting the terror group. Jones faces a federal charge of trying to provide support and resources to al-Qaida. Jones’ attorney, Jami Johnson, didn’t immediately return a call Friday
  
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• The Latest: Pandemic has killed 97 medical workers in Yemen

  24-07-2020 23:51
  
  CAIRO — A humanitarian group says 97 medical workers in Yemen have died of the coronavirus, the first reliable estimate to give a glimpse into the pandemic’s impact on the devastated health sector in the war-torn country.The report by MedGlobal elies on accounts from Yemeni doctors tracking the deaths of colleagues to gauge the toll of the virus. The 97 dead include infectious disease experts, medical directors, midwives and pharmacists.Even before the pandemic Yemen had just 10 doct
  
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• Pence says schools reopenings ‘best thing for our kids’

  24-07-2020 23:51
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence kept up the Trump administration’s push for reopening schools and universities, insisting Friday that it can be done safely even amid public worries about the health risks posed by the coronavirus. Pence told a small audience at Marian University in Indianapolis that having children back in classrooms was a necessary step to seeing more parents returning to jobs. The remarks came even as President Donald Trump on Thursday acknowledged tha
  
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• Rollover crash causes delays on northwest side

  24-07-2020 23:49
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - A rollover collision has prompted delays on the northwest side Friday afternoon.According to Pima County Sheriff's Department, three vehicles were involved in a crash on Orange Grove Road near Shannon Road at around 2:30 p.m. Friday. PCSD said one vehicle rolled over in connection to the incident.PCSD has not released if anyone was injured in the incident.At this time, motorists should expect delays when traveling on Orange Grove Road between Shannon and Mona Lisa.Motorists are a
  
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• Bodies still in New Orleans hotel construction wreckage

  24-07-2020 23:47
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans officials say contractors have not been able to recover either of two remaining bodies from the wreckage of a hotel that partly collapsed during construction last year. Fire Superintendent Tim McConnell says they also haven’t been able to tell him when the first body might be recovered. He says he’s been told that the biggest problem is that contractors haven’t been able to obtain a robot needed to remove debris dangling from what were being
  
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• Officials: Men’s rights lawyer killed attorney in California

  24-07-2020 23:40
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities believe a men’s rights lawyer shot and killed a fellow attorney in California in the days before he attacked a federal judge’s family in New Jersey and committed suicide. Officials announced Friday that Roy Den Hollander fatally shot Marc Angelucci on July 11 in California. He then shot and killed U.S. District Judge Esther Salas’ son and wounded her husband in New Jersey on July 19 and was found dead the next day. Den Hollander and Angelucc
  
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• Congressman says he wants answers about Iowa plant outbreak

  24-07-2020 23:38
  
  IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — U.S. Rep. Dave Loebsack says he’s “deeply concerned” about a report showing that the first known coronavirus outbreak at an Iowa meatpacking plant was far more severe than the state publicly acknowledged. Loebsack wrote a letter to Gov. Kim Reynolds requesting information about the state’s response to the outbreak at the Tyson Foods pork processing plant in Columbus Junction. The letter came two days after The Associated Press reported on docu
  
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• Correction: US-Border Wall-Land Transfer story

  24-07-2020 23:36
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — In a story July 21, 2020, about a land transfer for border wall infrastructure, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management previously made one similar land transfer. The agency has made two prior similar land transfers since last year, for a total of three. 
  
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• Black activists: Portland’s focus on feds only aids message

  24-07-2020 23:34
  
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Black leaders and protesters say the new focus on opposing federal intervention in Portland, Oregon, hasn’t distracted from their anti-racist message. Instead, the surge of attention has shined a spotlight on it. Crowds that came out in droves to protest police brutality and racism after George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis had dwindled to a few dozen as the weeks went by. Since President Donald Trump deployed militarized federal agents to the progressive city
  
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• With no new law to curb drug costs, Trump tries own changes

  24-07-2020 23:33
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has been unable to land the big deal he sought with Congress to curb drug costs. But now he’s moving on his own to allow imports of cheaper prescription medicines, along with other limited steps that could still have election-year appeal. Friday at a White House ceremony, Trump signed four executive orders. In addition to importation, they are about paying lower international prices for some Medicare drugs, passing rebates directly to consumer
  
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• US eyes building nuclear power plants for moon and Mars

  24-07-2020 23:32
  
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The U.S. wants to build nuclear power plants that will work on the moon and Mars. The U.S. Department of Energy put out a request on Friday for ideas from the private sector on how to build what it calls a fission surface power system that could allow humans to live for long periods in harsh space environments. The Idaho National Laboratory, a nuclear research facility in eastern Idaho, the Energy Department and NASA will evaluate ideas for developing the reactor. The l
  
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• Chinese researcher charged with US visa fraud is in custody

  24-07-2020 23:29
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Chinese researcher accused of concealing her ties to her country’s military on a visa application she submitted to so she could work in the U.S. has been booked into a Northern California jail. Sacramento County jail records show Juan Tang was detained early Friday. The Justice Department on Thursday announced charges against Tang and three other scientists in the U.S., saying they lied about their status as members of China’s People’s Liberation Ar
  
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• DC orders two-week quarantine for travelers from hotspots

  24-07-2020 23:28
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington, D.C., is mandating that anyone arriving after non-essential travel to a coronavirus hot spot must self-quarantine for 14 days. The executive order from Mayor Muriel Bowser comes days after Bowser took the step of making face-masks mandatory outdoors in the nation’s capital.  Anyone coming or returning to Washington from one of these hot spots will be asked to stay in their home or hotel room for 14 days, allowing no visitors and only leaving for ess
  
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• MLB opener was most-viewed regular-season game in 9 years

  24-07-2020 23:23
  
  BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — The pandemic-delayed Major League Baseball opener was the sport’s most-watched regular-season game on any network in nine years. The New York Yankees’ rain-shortened 4-1 win at the Washington Nationals on Thursday night averaged 4 million viewers on ESPN, according to Nielsen fast national ratings. The game peaked at 8:30 p.m. EDT with 4.48 million viewers. No regular-season game had been viewed by that many since 4.7 million watched Boston beat the Yankee
  
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• Blue Jays to play in Buffalo minor league park amid pandemic

  24-07-2020 23:19
  
  TORONTO (AP) — The displaced Toronto Blue Jays will play in Buffalo, New York, this year amid the pandemic. The team had been looking for a major league ballpark after the Canadian government didn’t allow the club to play in Toronto, but was unsuccessful in securing a big league site. The Blue Jays say the greater part of their home schedule will be played in the home of the club’s Triple-A affiliate. The Blue Jays’ first game in Buffalo will be either on July 31 against
  
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• Protests decry Polish gov’t plan to leave anti-violence deal

  24-07-2020 23:17
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Thousands of people in Warsaw and other cities in Poland have protested plans by the conservative government to withdraw from Europe’s Istanbul Convention against domestic violence and violence against women and children. Carrying signs of the “Women’s Strike” movement Friday, they chanted “Fight against the virus not against women” as they marched through downtown Warsaw. The government has signaled it plans to leave the convention
  
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• Seattle officials uneasy as more US agents arrive in city

  24-07-2020 23:06
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — U.S. Custom and Border Patrol agents have been sent to Seattle to protect federal property and the city’s mayor says she has been told they won’t confront protesters like federal authorities have done in Portland, Oregon. Two law enforcement officials told The Associated Press that the agents with U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Special Response Team will be on standby in the Seattle area to help fellow federal law enforcement officials. The officials
  
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• 26 deaths in 3 US convents, as nuns confront the pandemic

  24-07-2020 23:06
  
  LIVONIA, Michigan (AP) — At a convent near Detroit, 13 nuns have died of COVID-19. The toll is seven at a center for Maryknoll sisters in New York, and six at a Wisconsin convent that serves nuns with fading memories. Each community perseveres, though strict social-distancing rules have made communal solidarity a challenge as the losses are mourned. Only small, private funeral services were permitted as the death toll mounted in April and May at the Felician Sisters convent in Livonia, Mic
  
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• Now Stream This: This Week's Streaming Offerings at The Loft, Including a Virtual Edition of the Sundance Film Festival Shorts Tour

  24-07-2020 23:00
  
  Cinephiles, rejoice. The Sundance Film Festival Shorts Tour continues with a virtual edition, and The Loft can get you access to it.…
  
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• Democrats: Trump must tell voters about election threats

  24-07-2020 22:50
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic leaders in Congress are calling on President Donald Trump’s administration to make a “concrete and specific statement” about foreign interference in the 2020 presidential election. The Democrats did not detail what exactly they want the administration to say. But the call comes as the nation’s intelligence agencies, congressional intelligence committees and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden have all warned of renewed interferen
  
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• Chinese researcher charged with fraud taken into custody

  24-07-2020 22:42
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Chinese researcher accused of concealing her ties to her country’s military on applications she submitted to work in the U.S. has been booked into a Northern California jail. Sacramento County jail records show Juan Tang was detained early Friday. The Justice Department on Thursday announced charges against Tang and three other scientists in the U.S., saying they lied about their status as members of China’s People’s Liberation Army. All are charged
  
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• US agents arrest 18 during week of chaotic Portland protests

  24-07-2020 22:40
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — U.S. agents have arrested 18 people in Portland this week as the clash with protesters opposing federal intervention in the progressive city turned chaotic for another night. U.S. Attorney Billy Williams said Friday that the charges include assaulting federal officers, arson and damaging federal property. The number of arrests doesn’t include those made early Friday, when federal agents again used tear gas against demonstrators to prevent them from crowding arou
  
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• Phoenix man accused of kidnapping 2 nieces in car, killing 1

  24-07-2020 22:39
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona state troopers say a 13-year-old Phoenix girl is dead and another was critically hurt after they were kidnapped by their uncle. The Arizona Department of Public Safety said Friday that 27-year-old Carlos Eduardo Mora has been booked on suspicion of first-degree murder, aggravated assault, kidnapping and theft of means of transportation. Authorities received a call Wednesday about an injured person off U.S. 60 near Wickenburg. Troopers found the 13-year-old as well as
  
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• The Latest: Vermont Gov. Scott requires masks in public

  24-07-2020 22:33
  
  MONTPELIER, Vt. — Vermont Gov. Phil Scott issued an order requiring people in the state to wear masks in public to reduce the spread of the coronavirus.
  Scott says outbreaks hitting the South and West may be spreading back toward the Northeast and Vermont.The Republican governor says, “We are still in very good shape, but it is time to prepare.” He notes it’s better to take precautions than having to roll back the reopening.
  All public and private businesses must display
  
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• Mexico president happy as focus shifts to predecessors

  24-07-2020 22:27
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is enjoying the spectacle as investigations into corruption under previous administrations advance. The extradition of the former head of the state-run oil company this month has provided a near daily leak of juicy details about information that Emilio Lozoya is allegedly sharing with the Attorney General’s Office. On Friday, the president gave a 20-minute response to a question about the latest details rep
  
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• Video shows explosion after woman sets car interior on fire

  24-07-2020 22:16
  
  A suburban Detroit woman has been arraigned on charges alleging that she set fire to an acquaintance’s SUV in an act that was apparently caught on video and posted online. The video shows a woman get blown backward after setting fire to a liquid she had poured through the vehicle’s rear window. Sydney Parham, of Fraser, was formally charged Friday in a Clinton Township court on one count of third-degree arson in Wednesday’s fire outside of an apartment complex in Harrison Towns
  
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• Portland to US: Protest barriers interfere with bike lanes

  24-07-2020 22:15
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — In its ongoing clash with federal authorities over the presence of U.S. agents on its streets, Portland has a new area of contention: bike lanes. The city Bureau of Transportation says fencing and concrete barriers around the downtown federal courthouse erected by federal authorities interferes with “one of the busiest bike routes in the United States.” The Hatfield Federal Courthouse is the scene of nightly standoffs between thousands of demonstrators and
  
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• COVID-19 recovery can take a few weeks even for young adults

  24-07-2020 22:14
  
  Recovering from even mild coronavirus infections can take at least two to three weeks. That’s according to new U.S. research published Friday. It found that even among young adults, 1 in 5 had lingering symptoms. Cough, fatigue and body aches were among the most common persistent symptoms.  Most previous research on long-lasting COVID-19 symptoms has focused on sicker hospitalized adults. Few of those in the new study needed hospital treatment. The study was led by Centers for Disease
  
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• Newspaper, Kentucky teen settle lawsuit over D.C. encounter

  24-07-2020 22:07
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky teen and the Washington Post have settled a lawsuit over the newspaper’s coverage of his encounter with a Native American man. This happened at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington last year. Nicholas Sandmann’s lawyers said on social media Friday they reached an undisclosed settlement with the newspaper. The order of dismissal from U.S. District Judge William O. Bertelsman said the two parties agreed to the dismissal, with each side to paying it
  
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• Wall Street down after worldwide slide; gold at record high

  24-07-2020 22:06
  
  Stocks fell on Wall Street Friday as tensions flared again between the world’s two largest economies, jitters continued over the fallout from the coronavirus and companies turned in a mixed batch of earnings. The S&P 500 lost 0.6%. Markets fell more sharply across Asia and Europe after China ordered the closure of the U.S. consulate in the western city of Chengdu. All the uncertainty helped gold rise to a record closing high of almost $1,900 an ounce, beating the all-time high it set i
  
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• McDonald’s to require masks at all U.S. restaurant locations

  24-07-2020 22:04
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — McDonald’s says it will be requiring customers to wear face coverings when entering its U.S. restaurants as the number of new virus cases continue to surge in many states. The move, announced Friday, will go into effect on Aug. 1. McDonald’s joins a parade of companies issuing mask mandates for its customers in the last week or so. including Walmart, Target, and Kohl’s. Starbucks also recently announced that customers who visit its company-owned café
  
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• Indiana prosecutor investigating man’s mauling by police dog

  24-07-2020 22:04
  
  LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — A special prosecutor and Indiana State Police are investigating allegations that three Lafayette police officers used excessive force in a May arrest where a police dog mauled the neck of Black man suspected of battery. Madison County Deputy Prosecutor Mary Hutchison was appointed special prosecutor to investigate whether the officers committed any crimes in their arrest of Richard Bailey Jr. She’s asked state police to also probe the incident. Lafayette police
  
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• Play Ball! Diamondbacks Start Season Tucson Tonight, FC Tucson Is Back on Soccer Field Sunday

  24-07-2020 22:00
  
  Professional spring sports are back after COVID-19 delayed or canceled numerous leagues' seasons.
  Major League Baseball and professional soccer are trying to salvage what’s left of their seasons with a shortened number of league games, coronavirus checks before matchups and playing in empty areas.The Arizona Diamondbacks kick off their season opener against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park in San Diego this evening, kicking off a three-game series this weekend.…
  
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• White House, GOP at odds over jobless aid in virus bill

  24-07-2020 21:58
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Negotiations over the next COVID-19 rescue bill are in flux. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell sent senators home for the weekend, promising a Republican proposal would be ready on Monday. Outraged Democrats warned that time is wasting on GOP infighting as the virus worsens. One sticking point for Republicans trying to develop their plan with the White House is how to trim back a $600 unemployment benefit boost. Republicans say it’s too generous and creates a d
  
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• French refinery leaks toxic chemical into marine life area

  24-07-2020 21:57
  
  PARIS (AP) — A four-mile area of coastal waters in the French Mediterranean is off-limits to recreational boats, swimmers and divers after a chemical spill from a petrochemical plant in southern France. The company that runs the Lavera refinery near Marseille said a leak spilled 200 gallons or more of iron chloride into the sea early Thursday. Contact with iron chloride can harm eyes and mucous membranes, and ingesting it can be fatal. Authorities at the scene said they observed fish that
  
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• Rising virus cases spark concern in Florida nursing homes

  24-07-2020 21:53
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Florida’s nursing homes have been on lockdown since mid-March, with the state banning family visits and barring the return of infected residents unless the homes have separate COVID-19 wings. Florida also set up isolation centers statewide for infected residents, and required nursing home staff to be tested every two weeks. But the current explosion of infections statewide is proving that these facilities aren’t completely shielded, and deaths are going up. In the
  
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• Mine developer sees review as positive for Alaska project

  24-07-2020 21:53
  
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The developer of a proposed copper and gold mine near the headwaters of a major U.S. salmon fishery in southwest Alaska is expressing confidence it’s on track to win key federal approvals. But critics say the environmental review process for the Pebble Mine has been rushed. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has released a review that says that under normal operations, the alternatives it looked at “would not be expected to have a measurable effect on fish n
  
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• President Trump signs executive order to curb drug costs

  24-07-2020 21:46
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has been unable to land the big deal with Congress to curb drug costs.But now he's moving on his own to allow imports of cheaper prescription medicines, along with other limited steps that could still have some election-year appeal. At a White House ceremony, Trump is signing four executive orders.In addition to importation, they are about paying lower international prices for some Medicare drugs, passing rebates directly to consumers, and making di
  
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• Seahawks QB Russell Wilson, wife Ciara welcome baby boy

  24-07-2020 21:38
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson and his pop star wife Ciara are now parents to a baby boy. The couple announced Friday the birth of their son named Win Harrison Wilson on Instagram. They both shared from their accounts that their son was born Thursday and weighed just over 8 pounds. Ciara posted video footage from the hospital of her holding her baby while in bed shortly after his birth. The singer sang “Happy Birthday” to him while sporting a bla
  
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• With no deal to curb drug costs, Trump tries his own changes

  24-07-2020 21:30
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has been unable to land the big deal with Congress to curb drug costs. But now he’s moving on his own to allow imports of cheaper prescription medicines, along with other limited steps that could still have some election-year appeal. At a White House ceremony, Trump is signing four executive orders. In addition to importation, they are about paying lower international prices for some Medicare drugs, passing rebates directly to consumers, and m
  
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• Ducey, Hoffman pledge flexibility, but say school doors will open Aug. 17

  24-07-2020 21:30
  
  PHOENIX – Arizona schools must open their doors to at least some of their students on Aug. 17, state officials said Thursday, but districts will have the flexibility to offer alternative schooling to students who want to stay home.The announcement by Gov. Doug Ducey and State Schools Superintendent Kathy Hoffman follows weeks of uncertainty for school officials around the state, many of whom called the Aug. 17 reopening – already delayed two weeks – unrealistic and unsafe.&ldq
  
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• Flood Advisory issued July 24 at 12:27PM MST until July 24 at 3:30PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  24-07-2020 21:27
  
  The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a
  * Small Stream Flood Advisory for…Central Graham County in southeastern Arizona…
  * Until 330 PM MST.
  * At 1227 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due tothunderstorms. This will cause small stream flooding. Between 1and 2 inches of rain have fallen.
  * Heavy rain has occurred in the headwaters of Coyote, Watson andPeck washes east of the town of Pima.Flows are expected to movedown those canyons toward the Gila river.
  Some lo
  
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• Flood Advisory from FRI 12:27 PM MST until FRI 3:30 PM MST

  24-07-2020 21:27
  
  Issued by National Weather Service – Tucson, AZ
  Graham County
  The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a
  * Small Stream Flood Advisory for…Central Graham County in southeastern Arizona…
  * Until 330 PM MST.
  * At 1227 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due tothunderstorms. This will cause small stream flooding. Between 1and 2 inches of rain have fallen.
  * Heavy rain has occurred in the headwaters of Coyote, Watson andPeck washes east of the town of Pima.Flows a
  
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• Dutch city bans 10-year-old from playing recorder after repeatedly playing 2 songs

  24-07-2020 21:22
  
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  ENKHUIZEN, Netherlands (NBC News) - A 10-year-old boy was banned from playing the recorder on the streets of a Dutch city.Regilio from Enkhuizen loves playing his recorder.He loves it so much he takes to the street every day and plays for several hours. Passers-by often give him some change to show their appreciation.However, local residents and shopkeepers do not appreciate Regilio's daily sessions.The problem is that he knows how to play only two songs and he plays them over
  
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• Wall Street down after worldwide slide; gold rises again

  24-07-2020 21:21
  
  Stocks are moving broadly lower on Wall Street Friday amid increased tensions between the world’s two largest economies and a mixed batch of company earnings reports. The S&P 500 was 0.6% lower in the afternoon. It had been down 1% shortly after trading began. Stocks sank more sharply across Asia and Europe after China ordered the closure of the U.S. consulate in the western city of Chengdu. All the uncertainty helped gold rise again and briefly top $1,900 per ounce. Treasury yields we
  
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• Trump, GOP ally vow Confederate base names won’t change

  24-07-2020 21:21
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and a top Senate Republican are pushing Congress to preserve the names of military bases that honor Confederate generals, even though the House and Senate have overwhelmingly approved bills that rename the bases. Trump said in a tweet Friday that he had spoken to Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe, the Republican chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, “who has informed me that he WILL NOT be changing the names of our great Military Bases and F
  
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• The Latest: Arizona reports nearly 3,400 new daily cases

  24-07-2020 21:21
  
  PHOENIX — Arizona health officials are reporting 89 new deaths from the coronavirus and nearly 3,400 new cases.
  The state Health Services Department says the new deaths bring the statewide tally to 3,142.The state reported 3,349 new cases Friday, putting total confirmed cases at 156,301.Hospitalizations for the virus have dropped significantly in the past two weeks, with 2,844 people being treated as of Thursday. That’s down from the July 13 peak of 3,517 people.
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• More military bases increase health protections due to virus

  24-07-2020 21:17
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military has increased health protection requirements in at least 21 bases in recent weeks, particularly across Texas and Florida, as the COVID-19 rate continues to spike among service members, more than doubling in the last month. The escalating numbers mirror the increase in coronavirus cases in the general public across the country, where more than 4 million people have contracted the virus, and more than 144,000 have died. The military, however, still has a d
  
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• Clarification: Election 2020-US House-Montana story

  24-07-2020 21:08
  
  HELENA, Mont. (AP) — In a story published July 20, 2020, The Associated Press reported that Democratic candidate for Montana’s U.S. House seat Kathleen Williams said there has been a lack of leadership on a federal testing policy for COVID-19. The story should have made clear that Williams’ criticism was directed specifically at current U.S. House Rep. Greg Gianforte.
  
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