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• FY20 cargo volumes steady at Georgia ports despite virus

  27-07-2020 23:59
  
  SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The volume of cargo moving through Georgia’s seaports held nearly steady in the 2020 fiscal year despite four months of trade slowed by the coronavirus pandemic. The Georgia Ports Authority reported Monday that overall tonnage at the state-operated ports in Savannah and Brunswick increased by less than 1% during the fiscal year that ended June 30. The number of cargo containers moving through the Port of Savannah decreased compared to the previous year, but also
  
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• Flash Flood Warning issued July 27 at 2:59PM MST until July 27 at 6:00PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  27-07-2020 23:59
  
  The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a
  * Flash Flood Warning for…West Central Cochise County in southeastern Arizona…
  * Until 600 PM MST.
  * At 259 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producingheavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2.5 inches ofrain have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to beginshortly.
  HAZARD…Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstormsproducing flash flooding.
  SOURCE…Doppler radar.
  IMPACT…Life th
  
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• Flash Flood Warning from MON 2:59 PM MST until MON 6:00 PM MST

  27-07-2020 23:59
  
  Issued by National Weather Service – Tucson, AZ
  Cochise County
  The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a
  * Flash Flood Warning for…West Central Cochise County in southeastern Arizona…
  * Until 600 PM MST.
  * At 259 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producingheavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2.5 inches ofrain have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to beginshortly.
  HAZARD…Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstormsproduci
  
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• Cyberstalker gets 4 years in prison for ‘war’ on woman

  27-07-2020 23:55
  
  SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — A 27-year-old Maryland man has been sentenced to four years in federal prison for his year-long cyberstalking campaign against an ex-girlfriend. Ahmad Kazzelbach pleaded guilty in January to tampering with the Baltimore woman’s email and social media accounts, interfering with her job and making false police reports against her. His 18 bogus reports led to her getting wrongfully arrested twice and spending four nights in jail. During Monday’s sentencin
  
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• Prosecutors want no audio-visual coverage of cops’ trials

  27-07-2020 23:53
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutors in the cases against four former Minneapolis police officers charged in the death of George Floyd say they do not want audio or visual coverage of the trials. Derek Chauvin, Thomas Lane, J. Kueng and Tou Thao are scheduled to go on trial in March in connection with Floyd’s May 25 death. Under Minnesota court rules, a judge can allow the recording and reproduction of criminal proceedings that occur before a guilty verdict is reached, if both sides consen
  
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• Man charged with slaying family says wife killed kids, self

  27-07-2020 23:49
  
  KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — A man charged with killing his family at their Florida home near Walt Disney World has claimed that his wife is the one who killed their three children and then herself. The Orlando Sentinel reports that 44-year-old Anthony Todt made the claim in a letter written from the Osceola County Jail and dated June 19 to his father. Todt has been in jail since his January arrest. Todt claimed in the letter that he wasn’t home when his wife put their children to sleep wi
  
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• UN: Libya’s Central Bank to undergo much-anticipated audit

  27-07-2020 23:47
  
  CAIRO (AP) — The United Nations has announced that Libyan officials are allowing a much-anticipated external audit of Libya’s Central Bank to go ahead, a breakthrough that could pave the way for an end to the country’s crippling oil blockade. Libya’s oil and money are strategic assets that have driven competition between the country’s rival administrations and militias since the 2011 NATO-backed uprising that ousted and killed longtime autocrat Moammar Gadhafi. The
  
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• Democratic National Convention to require masks, distancing

  27-07-2020 23:45
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Everyone attending the Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee next month will have to wear a face mask, be tested daily for COVID-19, fill out questionnaires and maintain a physical distance from others. Organizers of the convention released details of the coronavirus safety plan Monday, three weeks before the Aug. 17 start of the four-day event. The convention has been scaled down from original plans and now will be mostly online with only a few hundred people ga
  
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• Court won’t toss case of judge charged in immigrant’s escape

  27-07-2020 23:44
  
  A federal judge says the case against a Massachusetts state court judge accused of helping a man who was living in the U.S. illegally sneak out of the courthouse to evade an immigration enforcement agent can move toward trial. U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin on Monday rejected Newton District Court Judge Shelley Joseph’s bid to dismiss the obstruction of justice and conspiracy charges against her. No trial date has been set. An attorney for Joseph declined to comment. Joseph and former cou
  
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• At least 2 MLB games postponed amid Marlins’ virus outbreak

  27-07-2020 23:44
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Two major league games scheduled for Monday night have been postponed after more than a dozen Miami Marlins players and staff members tested positive for the coronavirus in an outbreak that stranded the team in Philadelphia. The Marlins’ home opener against Baltimore was called off, as was the New York Yankees’ game at Philadelphia. The Marlins’ outbreak is the talk of baseball, and Washington Nationals manager Dave Martinez choked on his words as he discusse
  
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• Two rescued near Ajo after spotted by PCSD during remains recovery call

  27-07-2020 23:43
  
  Pima County Sheriff's Department
  TUCSON (KVOA) - Two individuals were rescued after Pima County Sheriff's Department crews located the two in distress while recovering remains of the deceased near Ajo Saturday morning.According to officials, while recovering the remains of a deceased male in a remote desert area in Pima County, PCSD search and rescue deputy heard nearby voices asking for help and water at around 9 a.m. Saturday.Upon further investigation, two men were found in distress from hea
  
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• 2 teen girls killed, woman injured in crash in Dolan Springs

  27-07-2020 23:40
  
  DOLAN SPRINGS, Ariz. (AP) — Mohave County Sheriff’s officials say a man has been arrested for allegedly leaving the scene of a crash involving a quad and a truck that left two teenage girls dead and a woman seriously injured. They say 27-year-old Brock Amelia Hill of Dolan Springs allegedly was the truck driver and fled on foot after Saturday night’s collision. He later was located and booked into the county jail on three felony counts of leaving the scene of a fatal accident.
  
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• The Latest: As ICUs fill, Mississippi mulls pop-up centers

  27-07-2020 23:39
  
  JACKSON, Miss. – As intensive care units fill up at hospitals in Mississippi, state health officials are considering opening pop-up facilities to provide more beds for coronavirus patients. However, they say the quality of care at those facilities won’t be what people are used to.“If we need sort of a mash-style hundred-bed facility, where we are putting patients, we will take the necessary steps to do that,” Gov. Tate Reeves said last week. “Keep in mind, the quali
  
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• Trump lawyers renew legal assault on tax records subpoena

  27-07-2020 23:30
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s lawyers have again challenged a criminal subpoena for tax records, calling it a harassment of the president. The claim came Monday as lawyers filed a rewritten lawsuit to challenge the subpoena on grounds they believe conform with how the U.S. Supreme Court said the subpoena can be contested. The high court ruled earlier this month that a Manhattan prosecutor could subpoena tax records from Trump’s accountant over his objections. But the
  
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• Target joins Walmart in ending Thanksgiving store shopping

  27-07-2020 23:29
  
  Cropped Photo: Mike Mozart / CC BY 2.0NEW YORK (AP) — Target is joining Walmart in closing its stores on Thanksgiving Day, ending a decadelong tradition of jump-starting Black Friday sales. The move, announced Monday, comes as stores are rethinking the Black Friday in-store door busters as they try to curb the spread of the coronavirus, which has seen a resurgence in a slew of states. Target opened for the first time on Thanksgiving in 2011, joining other stores in launching Black Friday
  
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• Special Weather Statement issued July 27 at 2:27PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  27-07-2020 23:27
  
  At 227 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm nearDragoon, or 18 miles east of Benson, moving north at 5 mph.
  Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm.
  Locations impacted include…Tombstone, Dragoon, Pearce-Sunsites, Cochise and Texas Canyon.Heavy rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead tolocalized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through floodedroadways.
  
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• President Donald Trump’s lawyers renew attempt to block New York prosecutor’s subpoena of his tax records

  27-07-2020 23:24
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s lawyers renew attempt to block New York prosecutor’s subpoena of his tax records.
  
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• Trump national security adviser O’Brien has the coronavirus

  27-07-2020 23:22
  
  Shealah Craighead / White HousePresident Donald J. Trump and White House National Security Advisor Robert C. O’Brien, Photo Date: 9/18/19
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, Robert O’Brien, has tested positive for the coronavirus. He’s the highest-ranking White House official to test positive so far. The White House confirmed Monday that O’Brien has mild symptoms and “has been self-isolating and working from a secure lo
  
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• The Latest: FDA warns Americans of toxic hand sanitizers

  27-07-2020 23:22
  
  WASHINGTON — U.S. health officials are warning Americans again to avoid a growing list of imported hand sanitizers that may be contaminated with the toxic chemical methanol.
  The Food and Drug Administration said Monday there have been increasing reports of injury due to people using– sometimes ingesting—the unauthorized sanitizers, which can lead to blindness, heart problems and death.
  The active ingredient that kills germs in legitimate sanitizers is ethyl alcohol, which is co
  
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• US won’t expel migrant children detained in Texas hotel

  27-07-2020 23:19
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — The Trump administration has agreed not to expel children it detained in a Texas hotel and will instead allow them to remain in the U.S. and pursue their immigration cases. The move comes days after The Associated Press first reported on the U.S. government’s secretive practice of detaining unaccompanied children in hotels before rapidly deporting them under an emergency declaration citing the coronavirus. Government data obtained by AP showed the U.S. had detained chi
  
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• Downed powerline causes delays on far east side

  27-07-2020 23:18
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - Emergency crews have been dispatched to a downed powerline after Pima County Sheriff's Department received a report of the incident on the far east side Monday afternoon.
  DOWNED POWER LINE: Emergency crews are working a report of a downed powerline near Wentworth and Tanque Verde roads.Posted by News 4 Tucson - KVOA on Monday, July 27, 2020
  PCSD said the downed powerline is located at Wentworth Road and Tanque Verde Road. It is currently posing as a hazard for motorists trav
  
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• Special Weather Statement issued July 27 at 2:10PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  27-07-2020 23:10
  
  At 206 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of showers and afew strong thunderstorms extending from the Vail area east to westof Benson. The general movement of this area of showers andthunderstorms was northwest at 10 mph.
  A few of the stronger thunderstorms will be capable of producingwinds in excess of 40 mph, locally heavy rainfall and small hail.
  Locations impacted include…Tucson, Vail, East Sahuarita, Corona De Tucson and Rita Ranch.Heavy rainfall may lead to localized flood
  
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• Special Weather Statement issued July 27 at 2:09PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  27-07-2020 23:09
  
  At 208 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8miles west of Saddlebrooke, or 9 miles northwest of Catalina, movingnorth at 5 mph.
  Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm. Areas ofblowing dust may also accompany these thunderstorms.
  Locations impacted include…Catalina, Oro Valley, Marana, Saddlebrooke, Tortolita, OracleJunction, Biosphere 2 and Dove Mountain.Heavy rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead tolocalized flooding. Do not dri
  
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• Special Weather Statement issued July 27 at 2:01PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  27-07-2020 23:01
  
  At 200 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strongthunderstorms 13 miles southeast of Willcox, moving northwest at 10mph.
  Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with these storms whichmay lead to blowing dust along Interstate 10 near Willcox.
  Locations impacted include…Willcox and Kansas Settlement.Heavy rainfall is also occurring with these storms, and may lead tolocalized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through floodedroadways.
  
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• Cleanup from Hanna spurs fear amid COVID-19 surge in Texas

  27-07-2020 22:45
  
  WESLACO, Texas (AP) — As recovery and cleanup efforts get underway in South Texas in the wake of a downgraded Hanna, worried residents are confronting the prospect of undertaking the effort amid a surge in coronavirus cases that has left many fearful about their health. Gov. Greg Abbott said Monday the state was sending additional testing supplies and hospital personnel to South Texas to ensure the storm doesn’t exacerbate the spread of the virus. Hanna roared onto the Texas Gulf Coa
  
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• 2 MLB games postponed in wake of Marlins virus outbreak

  27-07-2020 22:45
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Two major league games scheduled for Monday night have been postponed after more than a dozen Miami Marlins players and staff members tested positive for the coronavirus in an outbreak that stranded the team in Philadelphia. The Marlins’ home opener against Baltimore was called off, as was the New York Yankees’ game at Philadelphia. The Marlins’ outbreak is the talk of baseball, and Washington Nationals manager Dave Martinez choked on his words as he discusse
  
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• Mnuchin, Meadows to meet Pelosi; GOP seeks jobless aid cut

  27-07-2020 22:41
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The top White House negotiators are set to meet with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at the Capitol on the next coronavirus relief package. With deadlines looming, they’re racing to prevent unemployment assistance and an eviction moratorium from expiring for millions of Americans. Republicans want to slash the $600 weekly jobless benefits boost to $200. That’s according to Republicans speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the emerging GOP plan. Treasury Sec
  
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• Arby’s is hiring in Tucson

  27-07-2020 22:41
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - Arby's is hiring in the Tucson area.
  The restaurant will be conducting interviews on Aug. 1 from noon to 4 p.m. at the following locations:County Inn & Suites, 705 N. Freeway Road (I-10 and Congress Street)Hampton Inn & Suites, 251 S. Wilmot Road
  For candidates interested in working at Arby’s locations at Valencia Road, Grant Road, Oracle Road or Cortaro Farms Road, interviews are being held on the west side at Country Inn & Suites.For candidates interested in w
  
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• New this week: Beyoncé, Alanis Morissette and Emmy noms

  27-07-2020 22:40
  
  This week’s new entertainment releases includes Beyoncé’s “Black Is King,” a “visual album” that arrives Friday on Disney+ and is a companion piece to last year’s Beyoncé-curated album “The Lion King: The Gift.” There’s also singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette’s first new album in eight years, titled “Such Pretty Forks in the Road,” and R&B powerhouse Brandy’s first album in eight years, “
  
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• Ex-UCLA coach pleads guilty to accepting $200K in bribes

  27-07-2020 22:32
  
  A former University of California, Los Angeles men’s soccer coach has pleaded guilty to accepting $200,000 in bribes to help two students get into the school as recruits. Jorge Salcedo admitted Monday to participating in the college admissions bribery scheme involving TV celebrities, other wealthy parents and elite universities across the country. Salcedo pleaded guilty to a racketeering conspiracy charge in a hearing held in front of a Boston federal court judge via videoconference becaus
  
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• Special Weather Statement issued July 27 at 1:28PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  27-07-2020 22:28
  
  At 127 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strongthunderstorms about 14 miles west of Chiricahua National Monument,or 22 miles southeast of Willcox, moving west at 10 mph.
  Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with these storms, alongwith very heavy rainfall and small hail.
  Locations impacted include…Kansas Settlement.Heavy rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead tolocalized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through floodedroadways.
  
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• Wall Street returns to rallying; gold jumps to record high

  27-07-2020 22:26
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks resumed their upward march on Wall Street Monday, while the price of gold rushed to a record high at the start of a week packed with potentially market-moving events. The S&P 500 rose 0.7% following mixed, modest moves in overseas markets. This week’s headline event may be a two-day meeting for the Federal Reserve on interest rates that begins Tuesday. It’s also a heavy week for earnings reports, and Congress is debating more aid for the economy. Nerv
  
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• 2nd presidential debate host withdraws amid virus outbreak

  27-07-2020 22:26
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The University of Notre Dame has become the second university to withdraw as the host of one of this fall’s three scheduled presidential debates amid the coronavirus pandemic. The university was set to host the inaugural face-off between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden on Sept. 29. The nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates announced Monday that the first debate will now be hosted by Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Cl
  
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• The Latest: Pence visits Florida to discuss COVID-19 vaccine

  27-07-2020 22:25
  
  MIAMI — Vice President Mike Pence visited Florida on Monday to hold a round table with University of Miami researchers to speak about the final-stage testing of the experimental COVID-19 vaccine.Pence said the government would not rush the process to approve a vaccine. FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn said the timeline for the vaccine trials had been compressed, and the agency was conducting real-time review of the data.
  “We want to ensure we move at a safe and effective pace. I want to
  
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• Gold’s luster grows as investors hedge in uncertain times

  27-07-2020 22:24
  
  Wall Street is in the throes of a gold rush, as investors drive the price of the precious metal to new heights. The price of gold has climbed nearly 27% this year, more than double the return of the largest U.S. bond funds and towering over the roughly 1% return of big U.S. stocks. The biggest reason for the surge is fear surrounding the pandemic. No one knows how many people the new virus will ultimately kill _ or how much of the world’s economy it will destroy. That sways investors towar
  
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• Flood Advisory issued July 27 at 1:23PM MST until July 27 at 4:30PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  27-07-2020 22:23
  
  The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a
  * Flood Advisory for…Eastern Pima County in southeastern Arizona…
  * Until 430 PM MST.
  * At 123 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due tothunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to beginshortly in the advisory area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain havefallen.
  Some locations that will experience flooding include…Tucson, Tanque Verde, Saguaro National Park East, Sabino CanyonRecreation Area, Catalina Foothil
  
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• Flood Advisory from MON 1:23 PM MST until MON 4:30 PM MST

  27-07-2020 22:23
  
  Issued by National Weather Service – Tucson, AZ
  Pima County
  The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a
  * Flood Advisory for…Eastern Pima County in southeastern Arizona…
  * Until 430 PM MST.
  * At 123 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due tothunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to beginshortly in the advisory area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain havefallen.
  Some locations that will experience flooding include…Tucson, Tanque Verde, Saguaro
  
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• Ohio Red Lobster employee finds rare blue lobster

  27-07-2020 22:20
  
  CNN Newsource
  At a place called Red Lobster, finding a blue lobster in your tank is sure to make you do a double-take.And that's exactly what happened when an employee in Ohio saw this guy.His name is Clawde, after the restaurant's mascot.He's a rare blue American lobster.Only about 1 in every 2 million look like this, all because of a genetic anomaly.So, instead making the trip from tank to table, Clawde is living it up in a special new tank at the Akron Zoo.
  
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• Navajo Nation reports 54 new virus cases, 5 deaths

  27-07-2020 22:11
  
  WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Hundreds of people who had been on paid leave from their jobs with the Navajo Nation’s gambling enterprise won’t be paid after Monday. The Navajo Nation Gaming Enterprise had kept 1,180 people on the payroll since March when its casinos in New Mexico and Arizona shut down because of the coronavirus. The enterprise says it no longer can afford to support the full payroll. The enterprise’s interim chief executive says 900 employees will be among th
  
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• Pelosi, others hail John Lewis as ‘conscience’ of Congress

  27-07-2020 22:07
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders are praising the late Rep. John Lewis as a moral force for the nation in a Capitol Rotunda ceremony rich with symbolism and punctuated by the booming, recorded voice of the late civil rights icon. In a solemn display of bipartisan unity Monday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called Lewis “the conscience of the Congress,” while Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell praised the longtime Georgia congressman as a model of courage. Lewis was born
  
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• Sen. Rand Paul’s attacker receives longer prison sentence

  27-07-2020 22:03
  
  BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) — Sen. Rand Paul’s former neighbor has been resentenced to an extra seven months behind bars and six months in home detention for tackling the Kentucky lawmaker over lawn care. Rene Boucher originally was given a 30-day sentence after pleading guilty to assaulting a member of Congress. Federal prosecutors argued the sentence was too lenient, describing the 2017 attack outside Paul’s home in Bowling Green, Kentucky, as “vicious and unprovoked.&rdquo
  
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• Trump seeks political shot in the arm in vaccine push

  27-07-2020 22:00
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic put his political fate in grave jeopardy. Now he’s hoping to get credit for his administration’s aggressive push for a vaccine –- and crossing his fingers one gets approved before Election Day.  Trump and Vice President Mike Pence are both visiting vaccine development sites on Monday to mark the beginning of the largest vaccine research trial yet. They’re highlighting the admi
  
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• COVID-19 testing increases, demand and result times inconsistent

  27-07-2020 22:00
  
  PHOENIX – As COVID-19 cases continue to rise in the state, testing sites have experienced inconsistencies in the number of Arizonans seeking tests and in the time it takes to get results.Some testing sites, such as one in west Phoenix and another in south Phoenix, have appointments available and wait times as short as 30 minutes, KJZZ reported.…
  
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• Lawmaker criticized for honoring Confederate, KKK figure

  27-07-2020 21:59
  
  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama lawmaker is facing criticism over a social media post marking the birthday of a Confederate general who became an early leader in the Ku Klux Klan. Republican Rep. Will Dismukes said he had a great time speaking at an annual celebration for Nathan Bedford Forrest. The post appeared on Facebook on Sunday, the same day that the state was honoring the late John Lewis, an Alabama native who served for decades in Congress and had a long record fighting for civ
  
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• Garmin acknowledges cyberattack, doesn’t mention ransomware

  27-07-2020 21:53
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Garmin has acknowledged being victimized by a cyberattack that encrypted some of its systems, knocking its fitness tracking and pilot navigation services offline last week. It said systems would be fully restored in the next few days. The company did not specify that ransomware was to blame. But a person familiar with the incident response told The Associated Press that attackers had turned over decryption keys that would allow Garmin to unlock the data scrambled in the attac
  
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• Sophie Turner, Joe Jonas greet first child

  27-07-2020 21:44
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas have had their first child. The 24-year-old “Game of Thrones” star Turner and the 30-year-old singer Jonas announced the birth Monday. In a joint statement released by his label Republic Records, the two said only that they are “delighted to announce the birth of their baby.” They gave no further details on the child. Turner, who played Sansa Stark on “Game of Thrones” for eight seasons, and Jonas, who came
  
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• UN refugee agency to install housing units in Mexico

  27-07-2020 21:41
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.N. refugee agency says it is setting up 48 temporary pre-fab housing units for refugees and asylum seekers in Mexico. Thousands of asylum seekers have had to stay in Mexico while they await hearings on U.S. asylum claims.  The U.N. says it is also donating some of the steel-frame, plastic-roofed structures to be used near clinics or hospitals to house patients or medical services. Migrants have been caught between the twin dilemmas of the coronavirus pandemic
  
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• Santa Cruz county mourns passing of former constable, Nogales chief

  27-07-2020 21:19
  
  Nogales Police DepartmentAugustin Huerta Sr.
  NOGALES, Ariz. (KVOA) - The Nogales community is mourning the loss of one of their former police chiefs who recently passed away.On Monday, Nogales Police Department took to social media Monday morning to announce the passing of Augustin Huerta Sr.In that message, NPD shared its condolences to the family and friends of the the former police chief.
  NPD sends its thoughts and prayers to the family and friends of former Chief Augustin Huerta. pic.twitte
  
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• Google to keep most of its employees at home until July 2021

  27-07-2020 21:14
  
  SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — Google has decided that most of its 200,000 employees and contractors should work from home through next June. It’s a sobering assessment of the pandemic’s potential staying power from the company that provides the answers for the world’s most trusted internet search engine. The remote-work order issued Monday by Google CEO Sundar Pichai also affects other companies owned by Google’s corporate parent, Alphabet Inc. It marks a six-month exten
  
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• Report: 2,866 COVID claims, 48 deaths among federal workers

  27-07-2020 21:04
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A report from the Labor Department’s inspector general says nearly 3,000 federal workers have filed compensation claims for contracting COVID-19 on the job. And that number is expected to double by early next month. Through mid-June, families of 48 federal workers also had filed death claims. The report only reflects the number of federal workers or their families who filed claims by June 16 — not the number who have contracted the coronavirus or died from it.
  
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