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• TV viewers welcome baseball back, at least for now

  28-07-2020 23:57
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Television viewers warmly welcomed baseball back, even if they don’t know how long it will last. ESPN’s coverage of the first baseball game after the coronavirus hiatus, featuring the New York Yankees and Washington Nationals in an empty stadium, was the most-watched regular-season game in nine years. The Nielsen company says baseball ratings remained strong throughout the weekend on ESPN and Fox. It’s uncertain how long the abbreviated season will last. M
  
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• Police: Hell’s Angel sparked Minneapolis riots over Floyd

  28-07-2020 23:49
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Police say a man captured on surveillance video breaking windows at a south Minneapolis auto parts store in the days after George Floyd’s death is a Hell’s Angels member who was bent on stirring up social unrest. The man was dubbed “Umbrella Man” for his all-black get-up. His actions soon led to an arson fire that police say was the first of several that transformed peaceful protests into chaos. The Star Tribune reports a Minneapolis police arson
  
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• At least 3 still thought missing after Mexico mass abduction

  28-07-2020 23:47
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Prosecutors in western Mexico say at least three people appear to still be missing after a gang kidnapped some members of a group of visitors to the resort of Puerto Vallarta.  Jalisco state prosecutor Gerardo Octavio Solis said Tuesday that one member of the group of visitors from the neighboring state of Guanajuato escaped the attack, in which one man was killed by a gunshot. The survivor said many of the abducted men had been taken to a house in Puerto Vallarta,
  
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• Heat Advisory issued July 28 at 2:44PM MST until August 1 at 8:00PM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ

  28-07-2020 23:44
  
  * WHAT…Hot conditions with afternoon temperatures 94 to 108expected.
  * WHERE…Mazatzal Mountains and Pinal/Superstition Mountains.
  * WHEN…From 10 AM Thursday to 8 PM MST Saturday.
  * IMPACTS…High Heat Risk. Overexposure can cause heat crampsand heat exhaustion to develop and, without intervention, canlead to heat stroke.A Heat Advisory means that a period of hot temperatures, even bylocal standards, will occur. Actions should be taken to lessenthe impact of the extreme
  
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• Excessive Heat Warning issued July 28 at 2:44PM MST until August 1 at 8:00PM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ

  28-07-2020 23:44
  
  * WHAT…Dangerously hot conditions. Afternoon temperatures 104to 115 expected.
  * WHERE…Rio Verde/Salt River, Superior, Apache Junction/GoldCanyon, Tonto Basin, San Carlos, Dripping Springs andGlobe/Miami.
  * WHEN…From 10 AM Thursday to 8 PM MST Saturday.
  * IMPACTS…Very High Heat Risk. Increase in heat relatedillnesses, including heat cramps, heat exhaustion, and heatstroke. Heat stroke can lead to death.An Excessive Heat Warning means that a period of very hottemperatur
  
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• Trial begins in suit challenging education tax initiative

  28-07-2020 23:40
  
  GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — A trial has started that will help determine if a voter initiative raising taxes on the wealthy in Arizona to help boost education funding makes the November ballot. Opponents of the Invest in Education Act allege that backers illegally paid petition circulators and that the initiative summary attached to petition sheets failed to clearly state the full size and scope of the tax increase. The proposed initiative backed by many educators and the state teachers union w
  
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• Democratic Lawmakers Push Back on Dept. of Corrections’ Restrictive Media Policy

  28-07-2020 23:39
  
  Two Tucson Democratic state lawmakers joined a few of their colleagues this week to sharply criticize the Arizona Department of Corrections new media relations policy as COVID-19 spreads across Arizona and within the state’s 16 prison complexes.
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• The Latest: North Carolina limits late-night alcohol sales

  28-07-2020 23:35
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper announced on Tuesday he’s curbing alcohol sales hours at restaurants later this week as a way to discourage the spread of COVID-19 during late-night gatherings.
  Starting Friday, the eateries and other establishments offering drinks by the glass like distilleries and breweries will have to cut off sales at 11 p.m. State law usually allows sales until 2 a.m. It doesn’t apply to grocery stores that sell beer and wine.Standalone bars h
  
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• Homeschooling Children with Learning Disabilities

  28-07-2020 23:31
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) --- About one in five children in the U.S. has learning and attention issues. For these kids, a virtual education can be a real struggle.Researchers conducted a study to better understand the online learning experiences of students with disabilities and their parents. They interviewed parents with children in third through eighth grade. In these interviews, parents reported that online education requires a significant time commitment on their part to help structu
  
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• Facts and Figures about the 72nd Emmy Awards nominations

  28-07-2020 23:30
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nominations for the 72nd Emmy Awards included stellar numbers for a limited series, truly celestial camera work, and a pair of posthumous honors. HBO’s “Watchmen” led all shows with a whopping 26 nominations, but that didn’t come close to matching the limited-series record, set by “Roots” with 37 in 1977. Astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins got unlikely cinematography nominations for footage they shot on their 1969 moon voyage,
  
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• President Trump holds his daily Coronavirus Task Force Briefing

  28-07-2020 23:25
  
  (NBC News)  More than 150,000 Americans have succumbed to COVID-19.The latest grim milestone of the coronavirus pandemic came Tuesday, as governors across the country are rolling back state reopening plans."This thing is coming back around, and its traveling from other states, and if we had gotten it under control earlier we might not be in this position right now," Maryland's Governor Larry Hogan said.Meanwhile, Congress is debating a second coronavirus relief package.The Republican plan w
  
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• Ohio House sets Thursday vote to remove disgraced speaker

  28-07-2020 23:23
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio House plans to vote Thursday to remove the disgraced speaker arrested last week in connection with a $60 million federal bribery probe, after majority Republicans agreed to proceed Tuesday in a secret vote prompted by Larry Householder’s refusal to resign. The vote came in a closed-door meeting that followed the release of a federal affidavit July 21 identifying Householder and four associates as part of an alleged pay-to-play scheme involving millions
  
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• ACLU: US agents targeted journalists despite court order

  28-07-2020 23:19
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The ACLU of Oregon says militarized U.S. agents in Portland have continued to attack journalists and legal observers with riot-control munitions, despite a federal court order for them to stop. Last week, the U.S. District Court in Portland temporarily blocked officers from targeting journalists and legal observers at the protests. In court Tuesday, the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Oregon cited numerous instances in which the agents have violated that
  
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• Excessive Heat Warning issued July 28 at 2:18PM MST until July 30 at 10:00AM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  28-07-2020 23:18
  
  * WHAT…Dangerously hot conditions. High temperatures mainly 105to 113 degrees with Friday the hottest day.
  * WHERE…Upper Santa Cruz River Valley/Altar Valley and UpperSan Pedro River Valley.
  * WHEN…From 11 AM Wednesday to 10 AM MST Thursday.
  * IMPACTS…Extreme heat and humidity will significantlyincrease the potential for heat related illnesses,particularly for those working or participating in outdooractivities.Keep in mind you may need to adjust your plans based on t
  
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• Rangers activate Martin from virus IL, Kluber to 45-day IL

  28-07-2020 23:16
  
  ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Texas Rangers left-hander Brett Martin has been activated from the injured list after missing the start of the season because of a positive COVID-19 test. Martin tested positive before the resumption of camp nearly four weeks ago. He was activated Tuesday when two-time AL Cy Young Award winner Corey Kluber was placed on the 45-day injured list. Kluber has a tear in a small muscle behind his right shoulder. He came out of his start Sunday after only one inning. Texas
  
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• Masked mourners brave heat, virus fears to honor John Lewis

  28-07-2020 23:15
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Mourners have braved coronavirus fears and brutal heat to pay their respects to the late Rep. John Lewis outside the U.S. Capitol. The crowds were thin and waiting lines nonexistent Tuesday, partially because of high temperatures. But those who came said it was important to personally honor a civil rights icon who died just as America was confronting another national reckoning over entrenched racial iniquities. President Donald Trump, who had an openly adversarial relatio
  
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• AMC, Universal agree to shrink theatrical window to 17 days

  28-07-2020 23:12
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — In a sign of how the pandemic is remaking Hollywood traditions, AMC Theatres and Universal Studios on Tuesday announced an agreement for a shortened theatrical window, with the studio’s films playing for a minimum of just 17 days in cinemas. The standard window of theatrical exclusivity typically runs about 90 days. Studios, have increasingly sought to shorten than window and deliver new movies more quickly into the home. Tuesday’s agreement repairs a rift betwe
  
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• The Latest: Kosovo adopts previous lockdown restrictions

  28-07-2020 23:11
  
  PRISTINA, Kosovo — The Kosovar government on Tuesday imposed most of the previous lockdown measures, such as banning religious ceremonies and other activities, in an effort to prevent an alarming escalation of coronavirus cases.
  The government ordered that public gatherings, including family traditional ceremonies and mass gathering of more than five people, are banned in squares or parks. Restaurants, cafes, night clubs cannot operate during 10.30 p.m. until 5 a.m. (2030-0300 GMT).
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• US officials tell AP: Russia spreading virus disinformation

  28-07-2020 23:07
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government has identified two suspected Russian military intelligence operatives who it believes are helping direct the spread of disinformation through websites that have published extensively on the coronavirus pandemic, American politics and international affairs. That’s according to U.S. government officials who spoke on condition of anonymity to The Associated Press on Tuesday. Officials disclosed for the first time the identity of two individuals who
  
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• GOP tucks $8 billion for military weaponry in virus bill

  28-07-2020 23:02
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A new $1 trillion COVID-19 response package by Senate Republicans is supposed to give the government all the weapons it needs to battle the surging coronavirus pandemic. But Republicans have more than just the “invisible enemy” in mind. They’re proposing billions for F-35 fighters, Apache helicopters and infantry carriers sought by Washington’s powerful defense lobby. The GOP measure would provide $2.2 billion for shipbuilding, boost missile defens
  
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• US government officials tell AP that Russia is using 3 English-language websites to spread coronavirus disinformation

  28-07-2020 23:01
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — US government officials tell AP that Russia is using 3 English-language websites to spread coronavirus disinformation.
  
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• Special Weather Statement issued July 28 at 1:45PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  28-07-2020 22:45
  
  At 145 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm nearArivaca, or 22 miles west of Tubac. This storm was nearly stationary.
  Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm.
  Locations impacted include…Arivaca and Arivaca Lake.
  
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• Georgia gov, Atlanta to continue mediation on mask order

  28-07-2020 22:44
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s governor has withdrawn a request for an emergency orderto block the state’s largest city from ordering people to wear masks in public or imposing other restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic while a lawsuit on the matters is pending. A spokesman for Gov. Brian Kemp announced late Monday that the Republican wanted “to continue productive, good faith negotiations” with Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and the City Council. The Republi
  
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• The Latest: 34 states must now quarantine in NY, NJ, CT

  28-07-2020 22:43
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. — Travelers from 34 states, as well as Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia, must now quarantine for 14 days when they travel to New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
  Governors of New York and New Jersey announced Tuesday that Illinois, Minnesota, Puerto Rico and D.C. are now now on the list of states that face quarantine restrictions under a joint travel advisory issued last month.The advisory includes states if their seven day rolling average of positive tests exceeds 10
  
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• Ohio GOP sets course to remove speaker accused of bribery

  28-07-2020 22:42
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican state representatives in Ohio signaled their intent Tuesday to remove the disgraced House speaker arrested last week in connection with a $60 million federal bribery probe, in a secret vote prompted by Larry Householder’s refusal to voluntarily give up the seat. The meeting follows the release of a federal affidavit July 21 identifying Householder and four associates as part of an alleged pay-to-play scheme involving millions of dollars of corporate m
  
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• Virgin Galactic shows off passenger spaceship cabin interior

  28-07-2020 22:41
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Virgin Galactic has revealed what the interior of the rocket ship will look like that that will carry passengers on suborbital flights into the space’s lower reaches. An online event Tuesday showcased cabin details designed to enhance the experience of hurtling up into space, experiencing weightlessness and seeing the Earth far below. One unusual amenity is a large mirror to let passengers see themselves floating against the backdrop of space. Virgin Galactic offic
  
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• COVID Conversations: Ilan Wurman

  28-07-2020 22:40
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - News 4 Tucson's David Kelly chats with people across the worlds of business, government and sports about how they've been effected by the Coronavirus Pandemic.In this edition D.K. chats with attorney Ilan Wurman who has filed a lawsuit to the Arizona Supreme Court on the behalf of bar owners forced to close because of an executive order by Governor Doug Ducey.Copyright 2020 News 4 Tucson. All rights reserved.
  
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• Canadian government announces public inquiry after 22 killed

  28-07-2020 22:36
  
  TORONTO (AP) — The Canadian government has announced a full public inquiry into a mass shooting in April that killed 22 people in Nova Scotia. Public Safety Minister Bill Blair said Tuesday that the government is responding to calls from families, survivors, advocates, and Nova Scotia members of Parliament for more transparency.  Thirteen of the victims were shot to death and nine died in fires set by the suspect, who was fatally shot by police a day later. The gunman wore a  pol
  
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• Stars react to nominations for the 72nd Emmy Awards

  28-07-2020 22:35
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Stars such as Kerry Washington, Christina Applegate and Rachel Brosnahan have expressed excitement after being nominated for the upcoming 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards. After earning Emmy nominations across four categories as a producer and actor, Washington says the coronavirus pandemic meant a very different nominations on Tuesday.  The 66-year-old Catherine O’Hara who was nominated for her role in “Schitt’s Creek” spoke about having such a gr
  
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• Late slump pulls Wall Street lower; gold sets another record

  28-07-2020 22:35
  
  A late slump left stocks broadly lower on Wall Street Tuesday, while cautious investors continued to push money into gold and Treasurys, leaving gold at another record high. Weak earnings from several big U.S. companies also dampened the mood. The S&P 500 gave up 0.6% after falling steadily in the last hour of trading. Weakness in technology stocks pulled the Nasdaq down 1.3%. A sizable loss in 3M pulled the Dow Jones Industrial Average lower. The maker of N95 masks reported earnings that fe
  
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• PCSD: Vulnerable missing adult

  28-07-2020 22:34
  
  Pima County Sheriff's DepartmentJerry Harris
  Deputies are looking for a vulnerable adult who went missing Tuesday afternoon.Pima County Sheriff's department says Jerry Harris, 79, was last seen in the 7100 block of N. Pomona Road, near Ina Road and Canada Dr.He was last seen at about 12:30 p.m. wearing a green shirt, gray pants, and brown slippers.
  Harris is described as five-feet-seven-inches tall, weighs about 150 pounds and has gray hair.
  He reportedly left on foot to an unknown direction.An
  
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• MLB suspends Marlins’ season through weekend amid outbreak

  28-07-2020 22:26
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Major League Baseball has temporarily suspended the Miami Marlins’ season through Sunday because of their worsening coronavirus outbreak. And the three remaining games in this week’s New York Yankees-Philadelphia Phillies series have been postponed because of virus worries. In a statement Tuesday, MLB said it wanted to allow the Marlins time to focus on providing care for their players and plan for a resumption of play early next week. The Marlins remained stranded
  
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• Barr defends aggressive federal response to protests

  28-07-2020 22:26
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General William Barr defended the aggressive federal law enforcement response to civil unrest in America as he testified for the first time before the House Judiciary Committee. He pushed back against angry, skeptical Democrats who said President Donald Trump’s administration is unconstitutionally suppressing dissent. The hearing, held Tuesday as the late civil rights icon John Lewis laid in state steps away in the Capitol rotunda, highlighted the wide elec
  
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• GOP’s jobless benefit plan could mean delays, states warn

  28-07-2020 22:25
  
  State officials across the U.S. say that Senate Republicans’ proposed slashing of a federally funded boost in unemployment benefits could delay payments for weeks or even months. Democrats are pushing back, arguing that cutting the extra payments to $200 from $600 is bad policy — and that it’s hard to implement. It took some states a month earlier this year to program aging computer systems to handle the initial increase. Under the GOP plan, there would be a second and maybe mo
  
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• Baseball season teeters, while states resist mask rules

  28-07-2020 22:21
  
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The baseball season descended deeper into crisis Tuesday, while states such as Mississippi and South Carolina looked for ways to add hospital beds. Yet even as COVID-19 cases have spiked, governors in some of the hardest-hit areas have resisted calls to require wear masks. The virus has been spreading north of the Sun Belt in recent days, creating alarm among public health officials who fear states are not doing enough.
  
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• Burns outlines 8 projects; PBS launches documentary service

  28-07-2020 22:19
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — PBS’ busy documentarian, Ken Burns, says he has eight new projects in the works, including deep-dive looks at Benjamin Franklin, Muhammad Ali, Leonard da Vinci and Ernest Hemingway. PBS announced a new online home for all the work of Burns and other documentarians, a subscription streaming service that will start next month. Besides Burns’ library, the service will also have work from “NOVA” and “Frontline.” With an eye toward the nation&
  
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• Ohio GOP lawmakers agree to oust speaker accused of bribery

  28-07-2020 22:18
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican state representatives in Ohio agreed Tuesday to remove the disgraced House speaker arrested last week in connection with a $60 million federal bribery probe after a secret vote prompted by Larry Householder’s refusal to voluntarily give up the seat. The meeting follows the release of a federal affidavit July 21 identifying Householder and four associates as part of an alleged pay-to-play scheme involving millions of dollars of corporate money secretly
  
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• Judge lifts ban on NYCLU releasing police discipline records

  28-07-2020 22:18
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Reversing her initial ruling, a federal judge cleared the way Tuesday for a civil rights organization to provide the public with disciplinary records it obtained from New York City’s police watchdog agency. Judge Katherine Polk Failla said the new ruling pertaining to the state’s chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union will take effect Wednesday afternoon, giving public safety unions challenging the release of such records 24 hours to appeal. Failla had ha
  
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• Biden vows to fight racial inequalities with economic agenda

  28-07-2020 22:14
  
  WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is promising that his economic agenda will combat long-standing racial inequalities in U.S. society as he seeks to draw another sharp contrast with President Donald Trump. Biden said Tuesday that Trump is exacerbating social discord across the country, including by sending federal authorities into major cities under the pretense of addressing crime. Biden also contends that Trump has little interest in addressing the racis
  
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• Late slump leaves stocks lower; gold holds at record high

  28-07-2020 22:08
  
  A late slump left stocks broadly lower on Wall Street Tuesday, while cautious investors continued to push money into gold and Treasurys, leaving gold at another record high. Weak earnings from several big U.S. companies also dampened the mood. The S&P 500 gave up 0.6% after falling steadily in the last hour of trading. Weakness in technology stocks pulled the Nasdaq down 1.3%. A sizable loss in 3M pulled the Dow Jones Industrial Average lower. The maker of n95 masks reported earnings that fe
  
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• Shark that killed New York woman off Maine was great white

  28-07-2020 22:06
  
  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Authorities in Maine say the shark that killed a woman in a rare attack off the state’s coast was a great white, the shark that served as the inspiration for the movie Jaws. Officials say the shark bite killed 63-year-old Julie Dimperio Holowach, of New York City. The shark fatally bit Holowach off Bailey Island on Monday while she was swimming. Scientists were able to later identify the shark as a great white using a tooth fragment. Great whites aren’t c
  
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• The Latest: Chile eases lockdown orders despite criticism

  28-07-2020 22:02
  
  SANTIAGO, Chile — Chile’s government has eased lockdown orders on more than 1 million people in the greater Santiago region, despite criticism from some health experts.
  Tuesday’s order means residents in seven of the metropolitan region’s 32 districts can leave home without seeking permission from Monday through Friday, open small businesses and go to work — so long as their workplace is in an area where the restrictions have been eased.
  Large businesses, restaurant
  
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• Resignation calls grow after NAACP head’s anti-Semitic post

  28-07-2020 22:02
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pennsylvania’s governor and attorney general joined the growing number of calls Tuesday for Philadelphia’s NAACP president to resign after he posted an anti-Semitic meme to social media last week. Rodney Muhammad said in a statement that he removed the post when he was told the images had previously been distributed by white supremacists. Philadelphia’s Jewish leaders expressed outrage over the post and called for Muhammad’s resignation throughou
  
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• Police agencies pulling out of Democratic convention

  28-07-2020 22:02
  
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — More than 100 police police agencies are withdrawing from agreements to send personnel to help bolster security at the Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee next month. Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso Morales tells WTMJ-TV that the police agancies are concerned with a new order barring the police use of tear gas and pepper spray at demonstrations. The convention is slated to run Aug. 17 through Aug. 20. The convention has been scaled down to a mostly virtual event bec
  
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• Kansas agency balks at releasing records for slain child

  28-07-2020 21:59
  
  BELLE PLAINE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ child welfare agency balked at releasing its records about a 3-year-old girl whose battered body was found this month, despite a 2018 law that aimed to make such documents more transparent. That law says Kansas Department for Children and Families’ documents are public records in the event child abuse or neglect results in a child fatality or near fatality. However, the agency has declined to release to The Associated Press records pertaining t
  
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• Barr says unrest not linked to Floyd, defends feds’ response

  28-07-2020 21:50
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General William Barr is defending the aggressive federal law enforcement response to civil unrest in America, saying “violent rioters and anarchists have hijacked legitimate protests” sparked by George Floyd’s death at the hands of police. Barr told members of the House Judiciary Committee at a much-anticipated election year hearing Tuesday the violence taking place in Portland, Oregon, and other cities is disconnected from Floyd’s killing
  
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• Iran missiles target fake carrier as US bases go on alert

  28-07-2020 21:45
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard has launched missiles targeting a mock aircraft carrier in the strategic Strait of Hormuz. The drill Tuesday included such a barrage of fire the U.S. military temporarily put two regional bases in the Mideast on alert amid tensions between the two countries. The drill — and the American response to it — underlines the lingering threat of military conflict between Iran and the U.S. after a series of
  
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• McConnell: No room for new FBI building in virus aid bill

  28-07-2020 21:40
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate’s top Republican says he opposes a push by President Donald Trump to include in a new coronavirus aid package nearly $1.8 billion to rebuild the FBI headquarters in downtown Washington. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters he opposes inclusion of the FBI money and all other measures not related to the government’s response to the virus. McConnell’s comments came after Democrats accused Trump of self-dealing on the FBI building
  
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• California Indian tribe gets back Big Sur ancestral lands

  28-07-2020 21:40
  
  BIG SUR, Calif. (AP) — A Native American tribe has reclaimed a small part of ancestral lands on California’s Big Sur coast that were lost to Spanish colonial settlement nearly 250 years ago. The Mercury News reports the Esselen Tribe of Monterey County closed escrow on 1,199 acres about 5 miles inland from the ocean that was part of a $4.5 million deal involving the state and the Western Rivers Conservancy. It marks the first restoration of any lands to the tribe, which lost 90% of i
  
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• Barr, Park Police distance Trump from clearing of protesters

  28-07-2020 21:39
  
  The head of U.S. Park Police is denying that his officers violently turned on protesters near the White House to clear the area for a photo event by President Donald Trump. But in testimony Tuesday before the House Natural Resources Committee, Gregory T. Monahan was unable to identify any immediate threat from the crowd that justified the use of force. Democrats are investigating the offensive on protesters at Lafayette Square on June 1 and examining whether Park Police acted to allow Trump to s
  
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