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• Phoenix police investigating death of pedestrian hit by car

  26-07-2020 23:24
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Police in Phoenix say a pedestrian has died after being hit by a car. They say officers found a man with serious injuries about 4:30 a.m. Sunday. He was taken to a hospital by Phoenix Fire Department paramedics and pronounced dead. His name and age haven’t been released yet. Investigators say it appears the pedestrian stepped into the roadway near a light rail platform just before he was hit. Police say the driver stayed at the scene and is cooperating with the investi
  
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• Hurricane Douglas swirling off Maui, bears down on Hawaii

  26-07-2020 23:23
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — Hurricane Douglas is swirling off the coast of Hawaii’s Maui Island as it threatens the state with high surf, powerful winds and heavy rain. In Honolulu, authorities sounded emergency sirens as rain fell and blustery winds swayed trees. Meteorologists say Douglas is slowly weakening but will come very near to the islands as it does. They warn the storm will significantly affect areas where it comes the closest. Oahu, Maui and Kauai islands are under a hurricane warnin
  
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• The Latest: Trump postpones Yankee Stadium first-pitch plan

  26-07-2020 23:19
  
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump won’t be throwing out the first pitch at Yankee Stadium next month after all.
  Trump tweeted Sunday that he won’t be able to make the trip because of his “strong focus” on the coronavirus, vaccines and the economy. Trump said in the tweet: “We will make it later in the season!”He had announced at a briefing Thursday on Major League Baseball’s opening day that he’d be at Yankee Stadium on Aug. 15 to throw out
  
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• Olivia de Havilland embodied old Hollywood, and shook it up

  26-07-2020 23:15
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — “Gone With the Wind” star Olivia de Havilland was among Hollywood’s most glamorous stars on the screen, and one of its biggest fighters for actors’ rights behind the scenes. Her publicist says the two-time Oscar winner died Sunday in Paris at age 104. Sister of actress Joan Fontaine and frequent co-star of Errol Flynn, she was among the last of the great stars from the studio age and was the last surviving lead from “Gone With the Wind.”
  
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• Southside Tucson shooting leaves one man dead

  26-07-2020 23:12
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - The Tucson Police Department are investigating a shooting that left one man dead on the Southside of Tucson on Thursday night.22-year-old Jose Luis Armando Miranda was identified as the man who was shot.
  Tucson Police recieved multiple reports of shots fired near Aviation Highway and 22nd Street. When officers arrived on the scene they located Miranda with obvious signs of gunshot trauma.Miranda was rushed to Banner Medical Center with life-threatening injuries. Miranda died from
  
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• Number of fires more than doubles in Brazil’s Pantanal

  26-07-2020 23:12
  
  BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — A Brazilian state institute says the number of fires in Brazil’s Pantanal wetlands more than doubled in the first half of 2020, compared to the same period last year. Officials say it was the largest number of fires in a six-month period in the last two decades. The sharp increase in fires comes amid domestic and international concern over Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s calls to clear land in order to drive economic development, and follows a surge
  
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• Couple wears swastika masks in Minnesota Walmart

  26-07-2020 23:10
  
  MARSHALL, Minn. (AP) — A couple in Minnesota wore red face masks emblazoned with swastikas to a Walmart in a video posted on social media. Police were called Saturday to the Walmart in Marshall, in the southwest part of the state, on a report that two shoppers were wearing the mask with the symbol used by the Nazi Party. The Star Tribune reports another shopper, who is a vicar of a southwest Minnesota parish, posted video on Facebook of the man and woman being confronted by others in the s
  
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• Trump says he won’t throw out first pitch at Yankees game

  26-07-2020 23:09
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump won’t be throwing out the first pitch at Yankee Stadium next month after all. Trump tweeted Sunday that he won’t be able to make the trip because of his “strong focus” on the coronavirus, vaccines and the economy.He had announced at a briefing Thursday on Major League Baseball’s opening day that he’d be at Yankee Stadium on Aug. 15 to throw out the first pitch.Trump has been trying to show voters that he is taking
  
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• Irish national convicted in police station bombing deported

  26-07-2020 23:06
  
  BOSTON (AP) — An Irish national convicted of bombing a police station in Ireland in the 1990s has been deported from Boston. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said this week that Darcy McMenamin was deported July 20 after a Boston immigration judge denied his request to remain in the country. The agency says McMenamin was a member of the Irish Republican Army who had been sentenced to eight years in prison for participating in a 1993 police station bombing in Northern Ireland. ICE s
  
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• The Latest: Florida passes New York for 2nd-most virus cases

  26-07-2020 22:56
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida surpassed New York over the weekend as the state with the second-most confirmed coronavirus cases in the U.S.
  More than 9,300 new cases were reported in the Sunshine State on Sunday, along with 78 new deaths.
  Florida’s nearly 424,000 coronavirus cases as of Sunday are surpassed only by California, which has more than 450,000. With 39.5 million residents, California has almost double Florida’s population of 21.4 million.New York, slightly less populous th
  
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• Florida overtakes NY State in coronavirus cases, adds 9,300

  26-07-2020 22:52
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Florida surpassed New York over the weekend as the state with the second-most coronavirus cases in the U.S. More than 9,300 new cases were reported in the Sunshine State on Sunday, accompanied by an additional 78 new deaths. Florida’s 423,855 coronavirus cases were surpassed only by California’s 453,659 cases. With 39.5 million residents, California has almost double the population of Florida’s 21.4 million inhabitants. California is the nation’
  
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• Oakland protesters set fire to courthouse, smash windows

  26-07-2020 22:26
  
  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A protest through the streets of downtown Oakland, California, in support of racial justice and police reform turned violent when some among the demonstrators set fire to a courthouse, vandalized a police station and shot fireworks at officers. Oakland police said about 700 demonstrators participated in what started as a peaceful march Saturday night. But some broke from the larger group and smashed windows, spray-painted graffiti and pointed lasers at officers. Seve
  
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• Dry air returns this week to Southern Arizona

  26-07-2020 22:13
  
  TUCSON - Isolated showers and thunderstorms remain in the forecast for Monday, but starting Tuesday dry and warm air will settle back into Tucson.The best rain chances over the next few days will will be in Southern and Central Cochise county. Cities like Benson, Wilcox and Douglas have the best chance for monsoon storms.
  High temperatures will slowly creep back to 103-105 for the middle of this upcoming week.Rain chances will also be less widespread starting Tuesday afternoon.A few we
  
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• Mountain rescuers heft ailing St. Bernard off English peak

  26-07-2020 22:12
  
  LONDON (AP) — St. Bernards are known for helping to rescue distressed travelers in the mountains, but on Sunday the tables were turned in northern England. Sixteen volunteers from the Wasdale mountain rescue team took turn carrying Daisy, a  121-pound (55 kilogram) St Bernard,  from England’s highest peak, Scafell Pike. The mountain rescue team spent nearly five hours rescuing Daisy, who had collapsed while descending the mountain on Friday evening. Rescue workers say she w
  
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• ProPublica posts NYPD records, bypassing judge’s blockade

  26-07-2020 21:53
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A news website has published a database containing complaint information for thousands of New York City police officers days after a federal judge paused the public release of such records. ProPublica posted the database Sunday, explaining in a note to readers that it isn’t obligated to comply with Judge Katherine Polk Failla’s temporary restraining order because it is not a party to a union lawsuit challenging the release of such records. Deputy Managing Editor
  
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• Chayka steps down as Arizona GM a week before qualifier

  26-07-2020 21:50
  
  GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona general manager John Chayka has stepped down, one week before the Coyotes open the Stanley Cup qualifiers against Nashville. The Coyotes announced former player and current assistant GM Steve Sullivan will serve as interim general manager. Chayka made a name for himself as one of the NHL’s top general managers since being promoted in 2016 and recently signed a contract extension through 2024 late last year. 
  
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• College basketball stuck in holding pattern during pandemic

  26-07-2020 21:39
  
  Professional sports across the country have started the process of returning to competition during the coronavirus pandemic. College basketball, like college football, is stuck in a holding pattern. Unsure of what will happen, basketball coaches are preparing as if the season will start on time in November while understanding everything could be pushed back. Players have started returning to campuses for voluntary workouts despite not knowing when and if the season will start.  
  
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• Video and 911 audio released in Indiana police dog mauling

  26-07-2020 21:10
  
  LAFAYETTE, Ind (AP) — Authorities have released additional police video footage and 911 audio in the May arrest of a Black northwestern Indiana man who was mauled by a police dog while being arrested for suspected battery. A special prosecutor and the state police are investigating allegations that three Lafayette police officers used excessive force when arresting Richard Bailey Jr., who was seriously injured. Bailey’s lawyers previously released some police video of the mauling and
  
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• Israeli drone crashes in Lebanon amid tensions with Syria

  26-07-2020 21:05
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel says one of its military drones has crashed in southern Lebanon. The Israeli military issued the statement shortly after the country’s defense minister met with army brass near the northern border Sunday. Regional tensions are running high after a series of cross-border exchanges between Israel and Syria last week, as well as the killing of a Hezbollah militant in an Israeli airstrike near the Syrian capital. Israel has since beefed up its troop presence along
  
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• Number of fires increases in Brazil’s Pantanal wetlands

  26-07-2020 20:54
  
  BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — A Brazilian state institute says the number of fires in Brazil’s Pantanal wetlands nearly doubled in the first half of 2020, compared to the same period last year. Officials say it was the largest number of fires in a six-month period in the last two decades. The sharp increase in fires comes amid domestic and international concern over Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s calls to clear land in order to drive economic development, and follows a surge in
  
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• Maui braces for impact as Hurricane Douglas nears Hawaii

  26-07-2020 20:22
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — Officials in Maui planned to sound hurricane sirens Sunday morning warning residents it was time to take shelter from Hurricane Douglas. The Category 1 hurricane was nearing Hawaii, with the first impacts expected on parts of Maui. The storm was expected to move to the state’s most populous island, Oahu, by midday and then on to Kauai by Sunday night. If Maui residents can’t shelter at home, they can take refuge at one of seven shelters set up around the county.
  
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• White House pushes narrow virus aid; Pelosi blasts GOP delay

  26-07-2020 20:06
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is assailing what she calls Republican “disarray” over a new pandemic relief package. This, as the White House suggests a narrower package might be necessary, at least for now. White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin are returning to the Capitol to put what Meadows describes as “final touches” on a $1 trillion relief bill that is expected to be brought forward Monday. Both Mnuchin and
  
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• The Latest: Pope urges support for elderly during pandemic

  26-07-2020 20:06
  
  VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis led pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the weekly Sunday blessing in a round of applause for elderly people suffering from loneliness during the pandemic.
  Francis, on the feast day for Jesus’s maternal grandparents Saints Anne and Joachim, urged the faithful to consider every elderly person his or her own grandparent.
  ‘’Don’t leave them alone,’’ he implored, urging the faithful to reach out with a phone call, vi
  
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• Witness: Driver gunned down armed protester in Texas capital

  26-07-2020 19:37
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Police say a man was fatally shot at a protest in Texas when he approached a vehicle and the driver inside opened fire. An Austin police spokesperson told reporters the shooting happened Saturday night. The man was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. A witness told the Austin American-Statesman that a driver honked and sped toward protesters before opening fire. Police say the man that approached the vehicle may have been carrying a rifle. Police say the
  
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• Police and protesters clash in violent weekend across the US

  26-07-2020 19:34
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Protests took a violent turn in several U.S. cities over the weekend, with demonstrators squaring off against federal agents outside a courthouse in Portland, Oregon, and forcing police in Seattle to retreat into a station house. Vehicles were set ablaze Saturday night or early Sunday in California and Richmond, Virginia. And a protester who was allegedly armed with a rifle was shot and killed during an anti-police violence protest in Austin, Texas, after a witness says he a
  
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• Virus spike in Spain prompts UK, France to warn off tourists

  26-07-2020 19:30
  
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Nightclubs, bars and beaches — some of Spain’s most beloved summer venues — are facing new lockdown restrictions after turning into coronavirus hot spots. The northeast regions of Catalonia and Aragon now host three of the most worrying virus hot spots in Spain. That has promoted authorities to tighten restrictions that were relaxed only a month ago. Northeast Catalonia has shut down all nightlife and put a midnight curfew on bars. Britain and Norw
  
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• AP-NORC poll: US course at record low, Trump sinks on virus

  26-07-2020 19:29
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The November U.S. election is 100 days away and a new poll finds some perilous signs for President Donald Trump. In the survey by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, more Americans say the country is heading in the wrong direction than at any previous point in Trump’s presidency. The poll also finds that approval of Trump’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic has fallen to a new low. Only 32% of Americans approve of his approach to that
  
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• Average US gas price up a penny over 2 weeks to $2.25/gallon

  26-07-2020 19:23
  
  CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline inched up less than penny over the past two weeks to $2.25 per gallon. That’s 56 cents below the average pump price from a year ago. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey said Sunday it’s the smallest rise in prices seen since late April. She said crude oil prices have remained stable and there’s an abundant supply of U.S. gasoline to meet demand. Nationwide, the highest average pr
  
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• Some US police resist enforcing coronavirus mask mandates

  26-07-2020 18:46
  
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — As more states are enacting requirements for people to wear masks to curb a surge of coronavirus cases, they’re facing resistance from the police expected to enforce those orders. Several law enforcement agencies in Arkansas have said they won’t enforce Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s mask mandate that took effect this week. Governors in other states, including Texas, Alabama and Montana are facing similar pushback. Some police say they don&rsquo
  
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• Olivia de Havilland, Oscar-winning actress, dies at 104

  26-07-2020 18:38
  
  PARIS (AP) — Oscar winner Olivia de Havilland, best known as the kindly Melanie in “Gone With the Wind,” has died. She was 104. Publicist Lisa Goldberg said the actress died peacefully of natural causes on Sunday at her home in Paris.  The doe-eyed brunette was among the last of the great stars from the studio age and was the last surviving major performer from “Gone With the Wind.” The sister of actress Joan Fontaine, de Havilland won Oscars for “To Each
  
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• Police, protesters clash as US cities endure violent weekend

  26-07-2020 18:23
  
  Protests have taken a violent turn in several U.S. cities, with demonstrators squaring off overnight against agents outside a federal courthouse in Portland, Oregon, and forcing police in Seattle to retreat into a station house. Vehicles were set ablaze Saturday night or early Sunday in California and Richmond, Virginia. And a protester who was allegedly armed with a rifle was shot and killed during an anti-police violence protest in Austin, Texas, after a witness says he approached a car that t
  
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• Olivia de Havilland, Oscar-winning actress, dies at 104 in Paris, publicist says

  26-07-2020 18:23
  
  PARIS (AP) — Olivia de Havilland, Oscar-winning actress, dies at 104 in Paris, publicist says.
  
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• The Latest: Spain negotiates with Britain over quarantines

  26-07-2020 18:21
  
  MADRID — Spain says it is negotiating with Britain to exclude the Balearic Islands and the Canary Islands from a 14-day quarantine imposed on travelers returning to Britain from Spain.
  Foreign Minister Arancha González Laya said Sunday, hours after the British measure took effect, that “our efforts at the moment are focused on ensuring that the British authorities can exclude the Balearic Islands and the Canary Islands from their quarantine measures.”
  The emergence of cl
  
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• Arizona reports 1,973 new coronavirus cases, 19 more deaths

  26-07-2020 18:19
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona heath officials report 1,973 new confirmed coronavirus cases and 19 additional deaths. That increases the state totals to 162,014 positive COVID-19 cases and 3,305 known deaths as of Sunday. Arizona Department of Health Services had reported 3,748 new cases and 144 coronavirus-related deaths on Saturday.  The 144 deaths were among the most reported in a single day in the state without death certificate matching. The rate of new Arizona coronavirus cases has show
  
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• Cease-fire in war-torn eastern Ukraine to begin at midnight

  26-07-2020 18:18
  
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian and rebel forces in war-torn eastern Ukraine have started preparing for a “full and comprehensive” cease-fire scheduled to begin at midnight. Rebel officials said Sunday they have instructed their troops about the cease-fire and issued a decree banning weapon use. Ukraine’s military said their forces “have begun preparations” for the cease-fire. The presidents of both countries talked about the cease-fire on Sunday. Ukraine&rsquo
  
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• Actress Spencer Grammer slashed outside Manhattan restaurant

  26-07-2020 18:18
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Actress Spencer Grammer says she was trying to calm an agitated man when he slashed her in the arm and stabbed her friend in the back Friday outside a New York City restaurant. Grammer, 36, told US Weekly that she and her friend “did what anyone else would do in the same situation” and were “attempting to prevent the altercation from escalating” when they were attacked. Grammer and her 32-year-old friend were eating at an outside table at The Black A
  
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• New COVID-19 stimulus package to be rolled out on Monday

  26-07-2020 18:07
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Saturday that Republicans were set to roll out the next COVID-19 aid package Monday and assured there was backing from the White House after he and President Donald Trump's top aide met to salvage the $1 trillion proposal that had floundered just days before.Mnuchin told reporters at the Capitol that extending an expiring unemployment benefit — but reducing it substantially — was a top priority for Trump. The se
  
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• Body of civil rights icon John Lewis crosses Selma bridge

  26-07-2020 18:05
  
  SELMA, Ala. (AP) — The late U.S. Rep. John Lewis has crossed Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge for the final time as remembrances continue for the civil rights icon. A processional with Lewis’ casket was carried Sunday across the bridge where he and other civil rights marchers were beaten 55 years ago on “Bloody Sunday,” a key event in the fight for voting rights for African Americans. Lewis will lie in repose at the Alabama Capitol on Sunday afternoon. 
  
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• Body of John Lewis crosses bridge in Alabama, site of ‘Bloody Sunday’ attack that helped lead to Voting Rights Act

  26-07-2020 17:54
  
  SELMA, Ala. (AP) — Body of John Lewis crosses bridge in Alabama, site of ‘Bloody Sunday’ attack that helped lead to Voting Rights Act.
  
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• Firefighters in Arizona adjusting to new COVID-19 guidelines

  26-07-2020 17:48
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — This year’s wildfire season has been an extra challenging one for firefighters with massive fires around Arizona, as well as changes in their routine due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  Pre-pandemic firefighters had their own way of life including in-person morning briefings, respectful handshakes and community meals.
  According to the Arizona Republic, now every meal is pre-packaged and firefighters have to eat 6 to 10 feet apart, crew members wave at each other instead of s
  
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• Coronavirus challenging for crews fighting Arizona wildfires

  26-07-2020 17:36
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — This year’s wildfire season has been an extra challenging one for firefighters with massive fires around Arizona, as well as changes in their routine due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Pre-pandemic firefighters had their own way of life including in-person morning briefings, respectful handshakes and community meals. According to the Arizona Republic, now every meal is pre-packaged and firefighters have to eat 6 to 10 feet apart, crew members wave at each other instead of s
  
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• Runoff from wildfire could damage many Pima County homes

  26-07-2020 17:29
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Pima County authorities say many homes and businesses could face flood damage in the wake of the latest large wildfire in the Tucson area. The lightning-caused Bighorn Fire started on June 5 and charred more than 187 square miles in and near the Santa Catalina Mountains before it was fully contained last Thursday. The Arizona Daily reports that close to 1,000 homes and businesses lying along a number of washes could be flooded during a 100-year storm. That’s more
  
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• Arizona sees dip in COVID-19 cases; deaths

  26-07-2020 17:28
  
  PHOENIX (KVOA) - Arizona health officials reported 1,973 additional coronavirus cases Sunday and 19 more known deaths.That brings the state’s documented totals to 162,014 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 3,305 known deaths.Deaths are not recorded until the health department receives a death certificate naming COVID-19 as the cause of death.The data includes people who have recovered.According to the state's data dashboard, 1,087,547 people have been tested for the virus. Of t
  
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• Efforts underway in Alaska to remove statues of colonialists

  26-07-2020 17:26
  
  As many in the Lower 48 call for statues of Confederate leaders to be removed amid a national reckoning on race, some Alaska residents are conducting a similar movement demanding statues tied to colonization be eliminated or relocated. In Sitka, the city’s Assembly voted this month to remove from public view a statue of colonialist Russian who murdered and enslaved Alaska Native people in the 19th century. Elsewhere in Alaska and across the globe, there have been calls for the removal of s
  
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• Man who found Forrest Fenn treasure located it in Wyoming

  26-07-2020 17:22
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Famed art and antiquities collector Forrest Fenn says the man who found his hidden treasure last month located it in Wyoming. The 89-year-old Fenn filled a bronze chest with gold, jewels and other valuables worth an estimated $2 million and hid it a decade ago somewhere in the Rocky Mountain wilderness. A man who wants to remain anonymous found the chest and Fenn promised the finder he wouldn’t reveal who found it or where. According to the Santa Fe New Mexican,
  
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• Crush of boat buyers seek recreation, safety during pandemic

  26-07-2020 17:18
  
  YARMOUTH, Maine (AP) — Large numbers of people seeking to escape the coronavirus are finding solace on the open water. And that’s good news for the boat industry. Matt Gruhn of the Marine Retailers Association of America says a recent survey showed more than 70% of boat dealers were either completely out of boats or had low inventory. The trend stands to reason: People are looking for something to do, and a safe place to go, at a time when the coronavirus pandemic raised safety conce
  
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• Oakland protesters set fire to courthouse and vandalize

  26-07-2020 17:14
  
  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A protest through the streets of downtown Oakland, California, in support of racial justice and police reform turned violent when “agitators” among the demonstrators set fire to a courthouse, vandalized a police station and shot fireworks at officers. Oakland police said about 700 demonstrators participated in what started as a peaceful march Saturday night. But some broke from the larger group and smashed windows, spray-painted graffiti and pointed laser
  
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• Car hits pedestrians in Berlin; 6 injured

  26-07-2020 17:11
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Authorities say six people were injured in the German capital early Sunday after a driver apparently lost control of his car and drove into pedestrians. The incident occurred shortly after 7 a.m. in Berlin’s Hardenbergplatz, outside the Zoological Garden train station when a 24-year-old driving a Mercedes SUV went off the road, police said. Two people suffered life-threatening injuries and are in intensive care, police said, while a third person also had serious injurie
  
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• Navajo Nation reports 69 new COVID-19 cases, but no deaths

  26-07-2020 17:10
  
  WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation health officials report 69 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 but no additional deaths. The total number of people infected on the reservation now stands at 8,837 with 434 known deaths as of Saturday night. tribal health officials say 76,902 people have undergone testing and 6,525 have recovered from the virus.  The latest weekend lockdown that includes the closure of businesses began after sunset Friday and will end early Monday morning. The tribe
  
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• Hurricane Douglas nears Hawaii, bringing high winds and rain

  26-07-2020 17:06
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — Hurricane Douglas is drawing closer to Hawaii’s most populated island. Impacts from Douglas are expected in the nation’s only island state later Sunday. Oahu, the island that’s home to Honolulu, is under a hurricane warning as are Maui and  Kauai. A hurricane watch has been canceled for the Big Island. The National Weather Service says the hurricane is about 235 miles east of Honolulu. The storm is forecast to bring high winds, storm surges and rainfa
  
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