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• Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 1 at 2:41PM MST until August 1 at 3:30PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  01-08-2020 23:41
  
  The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a
  * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…North central Graham County in southeastern Arizona…Northwestern Greenlee County in southeastern Arizona…
  * Until 330 PM MST.
  * At 240 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles west ofHannagan Meadow, moving south at 10 mph.
  HAZARD…60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
  SOURCE…Radar indicated.
  IMPACT…Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damageto r
  
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• Severe Thunderstorm Warning from SAT 2:41 PM MST until SAT 3:30 PM MST

  01-08-2020 23:41
  
  Issued by National Weather Service – Tucson, AZ
  Graham County
  The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a
  * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…North central Graham County in southeastern Arizona…Northwestern Greenlee County in southeastern Arizona…
  * Until 330 PM MST.
  * At 240 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles west ofHannagan Meadow, moving south at 10 mph.
  HAZARD…60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
  SOURCE…Radar indicated.
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• Flood Advisory issued August 1 at 2:34PM MST until August 1 at 5:30PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  01-08-2020 23:34
  
  The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a
  * Small Stream Flood Advisory for…Northeastern Greenlee County in southeastern Arizona…
  * Until 530 PM MST.
  * At 234 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due tothunderstorms. This will cause small stream flooding. Between 1and 1.50 inches of rain have fallen.
  Some locations that will experience flooding include…mainly rural areas of Northeastern Greenlee County namely alongthe Blue River and its tributaries near and d
  
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• Flood Advisory from SAT 2:34 PM MST until SAT 5:30 PM MST

  01-08-2020 23:34
  
  Issued by National Weather Service – Tucson, AZ
  Greenlee County
  The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a
  * Small Stream Flood Advisory for…Northeastern Greenlee County in southeastern Arizona…
  * Until 530 PM MST.
  * At 234 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due tothunderstorms. This will cause small stream flooding. Between 1and 1.50 inches of rain have fallen.
  Some locations that will experience flooding include…mainly rural areas of Northeastern Gre
  
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• Man arrested in connection with pro poker player’s death

  01-08-2020 23:17
  
  WHITE LAKE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say a 60-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the death of a professional poker player whose burned body was found in a recreational area in Michigan. White Lake Township police noted that the unidentified man who lives in Pontiac was taken into custody about 9 a.m. Friday after his vehicle was stopped near an area freeway. No charges have been filed and no other details were released. The burned body of 33-year-old Susie Zhao was
  
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• Special Weather Statement issued August 1 at 2:12PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  01-08-2020 23:12
  
  At 211 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8miles southwest of Blue, moving southwest at 15 mph.
  Dime size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with thisstorm.
  Locations impacted include…Rose Peak.Heavy rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead tolocalized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through floodedroadways.
  
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• Dumba kneels, NHL puts focus on Black Lives Matter movement

  01-08-2020 23:09
  
  Minnesota’s Matt Dumba became the first NHL player to kneel during the U.S. anthem when he did so before Oilers-Blackhawks in Edmonton. Dumba made a speech about racial injustice and Black Lives Matter before the anthems on behalf of the league and the Hockey Diversity Alliance. He and a handful of other Black hockey players formed the organization in June. Colorado’s Nazem Kadri said this week he’d like to see the league do more to call out racism to increase diversity in hock
  
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• Group of Pac-12 football players threatens to opt-out, makes list of demands

  01-08-2020 23:08
  
  ESPN - According to a recent ESPN article written by Mark Schlabach and Adam Rittenberg has revealed that a group of football players from multiple Pac-12 schools have created a group that is threatening to opt-out of the season unless a list of demands.The demands include safe play amid the pandemic, securing economic rights and fair compensation, fighting racial injustice, and long-term health insurance.The players are planning to make a statement of unity and reveal their full list of their d
  
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• Forecasters say Isaias weakens to tropical storm, expected to regain hurricane strength overnight as it nears Florida

  01-08-2020 22:56
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Forecasters say Isaias weakens to tropical storm, expected to regain hurricane strength overnight as it nears Florida.
  
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• Negotiators report progress in coronavirus relief talks

  01-08-2020 22:46
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers participating in rare weekend talks on a huge coronavirus relief measure are reporting progress, as political pressure mounts to restore a newly expired $600-per-week supplemental unemployment benefit and send funding to help schools reopen. President Donald Trump is eager for an agreement and is willing to extend the $600 benefit, at least in the short term, but is balking at other demands of Democratic negotiators like aid the state and local governments, food
  
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• Excessive Heat Warning issued August 1 at 1:43PM MST until August 1 at 8:00PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  01-08-2020 22:43
  
  * WHAT…The cooling trend has started but today temperatures remainjust above hazardous levels with high temperatures peaking as highas 111 degrees in Pima county. The very gradual cooling trend willcontinue going forward, with afternoon temperatures remaining justbelow hazardous heat index levels although they will remain hotterthan average.
  * WHERE…Western Pima County, Tohono O’odham Nation, UpperSanta Cruz River Valley/Altar Valley, Tucson Metro Area, SouthCentral Pinal Cou
  
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• The Latest: South Africa surpasses 500,000 COVID-19 cases

  01-08-2020 22:29
  
  JOHANNESBURG — South Africa on Saturday surpassed 500,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases, representing more than 50% of all reported coronavirus infections in Africa’s 54 countries.
  Health Minister Zwelini Mkhize announced 10,107 new cases Saturday night, bringing the country’s cumulative total to 503,290, including 8,153 deaths.South Africa, with a population of about 58 million, has the fifth-highest number of cases in the world, behind the U.S., Brazil, Russia and India, all count
  
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• Thousands demonstrate as anti-Netanyahu protests gain steam

  01-08-2020 22:22
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Thousands of demonstrators have gathered outside the official residence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as weeks of protests against the Israeli leader appear to be gaining steam. Saturday’s demonstration in central Jerusalem, along with smaller gatherings in Tel Aviv and near Netanyahu’s beach house in central Israel, was one of the largest turnouts in the weeks of protests. Throughout the summer, thousands of Israelis have taken to the streets, calling
  
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• Q&A: What would a US ban on Chinese-owned app TikTok mean?

  01-08-2020 22:18
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump says he wants to take action as soon as Saturday to ban the popular Chinese-owned video app, TikTok, which has been a source of national security and censorship concerns. The threat comes as Microsoft Corp. is in advanced talks to buy the Chinese app, owned by Bytedance Ltd. That’s according to a person familiar with the discussions who spoke only on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity to the negotiations.  Microsoft has decli
  
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• South Africa hits 500,000 confirmed cases, still not at peak

  01-08-2020 22:17
  
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa on Saturday surpassed 500,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases, representing more than 50% of all reported coronavirus infections in Africa’s 54 countries. Health Minister Zwelini Mkhize announced 10,107 new cases Saturday night, bringing the country’s cumulative total to 503,290, including 8,153 deaths. South Africa, with a population of about 58 million, has the fifth-highest number of cases in the world, behind the U.S., Brazil, Russia and India, all
  
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• South Africa hits 500,000 confirmed cases, still not at peak of its coronavirus outbreak

  01-08-2020 22:11
  
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa hits 500,000 confirmed cases, still not at peak of its coronavirus outbreak.
  
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• Search continues for 8 missing after Marine craft sinks

  01-08-2020 22:08
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — The search continues for eight U.S. service members missing after their landing craft went down in hundreds of feet of water off the Southern California coast following a deadly accident. Seven Marines and a Navy corpsman were aboard an amphibious assault vehicle that had just completed training exercise when it began taking on water about a half-mile from San Clemente Island, off of San Diego. The 26-ton, tank-like craft quickly sank in hundreds of feet of water _ too dee
  
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• The Latest: Arizona Rep. Grijalva tests positive for virus

  01-08-2020 21:31
  
  WASHINGTON — Rep. Raul Grijalva of Arizona says he has the coronavirus.
  The Democrat says he tested positive for the coronavirus days after he sat close to another member, Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert, who announced a positive test this week.The 72-year-old Grivalva is at least the 11th member of Congress known to have tested positive for the virus.
  Gohmert, a Republican, has questioned the use of masks and often walked around the Capitol without one.Grijalva released a statement, saying in pa
  
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• Facebook bows to Brazil judge, blocks 12 accounts worldwide

  01-08-2020 21:21
  
  BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Facebook says it has obeyed a Brazilian judge’s order for a worldwide block on the accounts of 12 of President Jair Bolsonaro’s supporters who are under investigation for allegedly running a fake news network. Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes said the company had failed to  fully comply with a previous ruling ordering the accounts to be shut down because they could still be seen in Brazil. Facebook issued a statement Saturday saying it comp
  
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• Ruling renews fairness debate in Boston Marathon bomber case

  01-08-2020 21:13
  
  An appeals court ruling overturning the death sentence of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has raised familiar questions about whether he can receive fair trial in a city that remains traumatized by the 2013 attack. The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that jurors were not adequately screened for bias ahead of Tsarnaev’s 2015 trial and described media attention in the case as “unrivaled in American legal history.” Tsarnaev’s defense team may renew it
  
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• Two-week average of COVID-19 cases in Arizona shows decline

  01-08-2020 20:53
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona reported 2,992 new cases of the coronavirus and 53 more deaths Saturday. The average number of daily new cases over the past two weeks has declined by 18%. The Arizona Department of Health Services has recorded 177,002 confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began. The death toll stands at 3,747. In-patient hospitalizations and ventilators in use are on a slight downward trend. The coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough for most
  
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• Microsoft in advanced talks to buy TikTok’s US business

  01-08-2020 20:50
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Microsoft is in advanced talks to buy the US operations of TikTok, the popular Chinese owned video app that has been a source of national security and censorship concerns. A person familiar with the discussions who declined to be named because of sensitivity to the negotiations confirmed Microsoft is close to a deal. The acquisition would be a victory for both companies. It would make Microsoft a major rival in the social media arena and provide relief to TikTok and its par
  
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• Police: Tainted alcohol kills 69 people in northern India

  01-08-2020 20:42
  
  NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian police say they have arrested 25 people on suspicion of selling tainted alcohol that killed at least 69 people this week in northern Punjab state. A state government statement says six police officers and seven other government officials have been suspended from duty for failure to prevent the sale of tainted liquor as a magistrate began a probe into the deaths reported from three state districts of Tarn Taran, Amritsar and Batala. Police Officer Roshan Lal said 69
  
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• Texas city commissioner killed in gun battle with police

  01-08-2020 20:40
  
  MISSION, Texas (AP) — A city commissioner in south Texas was fatally shot in an exchange of gunfire with police at his home. Mission Police Chief Robert Dominguez said 39-year-old Sullivan City Commissioner Gabriel Salinas was found dead in his home early Friday following the shooting that occurred after officers responded to a domestic disturbance call at Salinas’ home in which his girlfriend was cut with a knife or machete and her 4-year-old son was injured. Dominguez said the chil
  
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• Anti-Netanyahu protests in Israel appear to gain steam

  01-08-2020 20:33
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Several thousand demonstrators have gathered outside the official residence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as weeks of protests against the Israeli leader show no signs of slowing. Saturday’s demonstration in central Jerusalem, along with smaller gatherings in Tel Aviv and near Netanyahu’s beach house in central Israel, was one of the largest turnouts in the weeks of protests. Throughout the summer, thousands of Israelis have taken to the streets, callin
  
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• Arizona congressman tests positive for virus; 2nd this week

  01-08-2020 20:02
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee says he has tested positive for coronavirus days after he sat close to another member of the panel, Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert, who also tested positive. Rep. Raul Grijalva, an Arizona Democrat, said in a statement Saturday that he tested positive but, like Gohmert, has no symptoms. He is at least the 11th member of Congress known to have tested positive for the coronavirus. It’s unclear where Grijalva caught the v
  
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• The Latest: Judges consider Louisiana bar order amid virus

  01-08-2020 19:59
  
  BATON ROUGE, La. — Two Louisiana federal judges have refused to immediately stop enforcement of Gov. John Bel Edwards’ coronavirus order prohibiting bars from letting customers drink onsite.
  U.S. District Judge Robert Summerhays in Lafayette on Friday denied the temporary restraining order requested by 11 Acadiana area bar owners who filed a lawsuit challenging Edwards’ decision limiting bars to takeout and delivery.
  U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman in New Orleans rejected a
  
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• Negotiators report progress in COVID-19 aid talks

  01-08-2020 19:46
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers participating in rare weekend talks on a huge coronavirus relief measure have reported progress, as political pressure mounts to restore a newly expired $600-per-week supplemental unemployment benefit and send funding to help schools reopen. President Donald Trump is eager for an agreement and is willing to extend the $600 benefit, at least in the short term, but is balking at other demands of Democratic negotiators like aid the state and local governments, food
  
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• Settlement reached in death of football player in Kansas

  01-08-2020 19:36
  
  GARDEN CITY, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas community college has reached a settlement with the New Jersey family of a football player who died of heatstroke after team conditioning drills in 2018. Garden City Community College announced the settlement late Friday with the family of Braeden Bradforth. Details of the settlement were not announced. Bradforth, a 19-year-old from Newton, New Jersey, died after being found unconscious after the first day of football conditioning on Aug. 1, 2018. College
  
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• Connie Culp, 1st US partial face transplant recipient, dies

  01-08-2020 19:35
  
  The recipient of the first partial face transplant in the U.S. has died almost a dozen years after the groundbreaking operation. The Cleveland Clinic said Saturday that 57-year-old Connie Culp died Wednesday at the Ohio clinic of complications from an infection unrelated to her transplant. Her surgery had been performed at the clinic in 2008. Dr. Frank Papay is chair of Cleveland Clinic’s dermatology and plastic surgery institute and was on her surgery team. He said in a statement that &ld
  
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• Congressman Raul Grijalva Tests Positive for COVID-19

  01-08-2020 19:30
  
  Congressman Raul Grijalva, who was first elected to serve Southern Arizona in Congress in 2002, announced today that he had tested positive for COVID-19.Grijalva (D-AZ03) had been in self-quarantine after Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas tested positive earlier this week.…
  
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• Another postponement rattles MLB; Brewers’ Cain opts out

  01-08-2020 19:30
  
  The coronavirus has forced baseball’s 17th postponement in 10 days, prompting at least two more players to opt out and casting doubt the league can complete the 2020 season. A Cardinals-Brewers game in Milwaukee was postponed for the second straight day after one more player and three staff members with St. Louis tested positive for the coronavirus, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press. Milwaukee then announced that Gold Glove center fielder Lorenzo Cain will not
  
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• US Marshals put Fyre Festival merchandise up for auction

  01-08-2020 19:14
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Marshals Service is putting merchandise and other “minor assets” from the Fyre Festival up for auction, more than three years after the highly publicized event notoriously fizzled out in the Bahamas. In a Thursday release, the U.S. Marshals announced 126 items from the festival will be auctioned off. Proceeds are going toward the victims of Billy McFarland, who acknowledged defrauding investors of $26 million in the 2017 Fyre Festival and over $100,000
  
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• Rep. Grijalva tests positive for COVID-19

  01-08-2020 19:13
  
  WASHINGTON - Arizona Representative Raul Grijalva has announced that he has tested positive for COVID-19.Grijalva is not showing any symptoms and is expected to make a speedy recovery.In his statement he calls for Congressman in Washington to continue to wear masks and to take the virus seriously.
  
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• Portland protest peaceful after federal presence reduced

  01-08-2020 18:47
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — More than a thousand people showed up in downtown Portland early Saturday to peacefully protest, about three days after the announcement that the presence of U.S. agents there would be reduced.  In a news release early Saturday, the Portland Police Bureau described the crowd as subdued and said there was no police interaction with protesters. The change in tone outside a federal courthouse that’s become ground zero in clashes between demonstrators and feder
  
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• Mosquitoes at Lake Havasu test positive for West Nile virus

  01-08-2020 18:34
  
  LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. (AP) — Health officials are asking visitors to avoid a beach on the east side of Lake Havasu after mosquitoes gathered there tested positive for the West Nile virus. Mohave County routinely collects and tests mosquitoes that have the potential for carrying the virus. Officials say mosquitoes around Body Beach, a half-mile stretch of shoreline, recently tested positive. They’re asking visitors to stay away from the area, or wear insect repellent to reduce the r
  
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• Zimbabwean author freed after night in jail for protest

  01-08-2020 18:33
  
  HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — An internationally known Zimbabwean author and several other people have been released on bail on Saturday, after spending a night in police cells for protesting against the government. The activists included author Tsitsi Dangarembga and Fadzayi Mahere, the spokeswoman of the main opposition MDC Alliance party. Dangarembga is the author of the bestselling novel, “Nervous Conditions,” and has recently published a sequel, “This Mournable Body,&rdquo
  
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• Chicago homicides and shootings rise sharply in 2020

  01-08-2020 18:33
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Homicides and shootings have surged in Chicago during the first seven months of the year. Police released statistics Saturday showing that from Jan. 1 through the end of July, there were 440 homicides in Chicago and 2,240 people shot, including many of those who were killed. There were 290 homicides and 1,480 shootings in the first seven months of 2019. Police say overall crime in Chicago, including violent crimes, burglaries and thefts, was down 9% compared to the same peri
  
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• The Latest: Florida reaches 7,000 deaths from coronavirus

  01-08-2020 18:23
  
  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Florida health officials have reported 179 new deaths from the coronavirus, bringing the state’s total to more than 7,000.The latest numbers came Saturday as Hurricane Isaias threatened Florida’s eastern coast, but no evacuations were immediately announced. The National Hurricane Center’s latest prediction had the storm scraping past Florida but not making landfall.Hospitalizations for the coronavirus have been declining for the past week and a half
  
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• Italian island runs out of room to quarantine new migrants

  01-08-2020 18:19
  
  ROME (AP) — About 250 more Tunisian migrants in small boats have reached a tiny Italian island that has run out of room to quarantine them. The Sicilian newspaper Giornale di Sicilia quoted Lampedusa’s mayor as saying Saturday the island can’t wait until the government sends a ferry so the migrants can be isolated aboard for 14 days as required by Italy’s anti-coronavirus measures. The mayor said the island’s migrant holding center was built for a maximum capacity o
  
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• SEC contenders must navigate 10 games versus league foes

  01-08-2020 17:52
  
  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Southeastern Conference has long touted itself as the nation’s toughest football league from top to the bottom. That begs the question: How hard will it be to win the SEC this season? The league announced Thursday that its 14 teams will each play 10 games against fellow SEC opponents because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Gone are not only some marquee out-of-conference contests but also the FCS and lower-level games that fill the schedule with often easy wins.
  
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• Germany: 2 men from Guinea hurt in racist assault

  01-08-2020 17:48
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Police say two men from Guinea were hurt, one of them seriously, in what appears to have been a racist assault in an eastern German city. Twelve suspected perpetrators were detained. Police in Erfurt said Saturday three Guineans were assaulted by a group of 10 to 12 Germans shortly after 3 a.m. near a meeting point for the far-right scene in a housing estate. They described it as a “xenophobic assault.” Two of the Guinean men were hurt, one seriously, and police s
  
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• AP source: Cards-Brewers off; 4 more St. Louis positives

  01-08-2020 17:48
  
  A person familiar with the situation tells The Associated Press that the St. Louis Cardinals-Milwaukee Brewers game Saturday has been postponed. One more player and three staff members for the Cardinals have tested positive for the coronavirus. Two Cardinals players were flagged for positive tests on Friday, leading to the postponement of the series opener in Milwaukee. The teams had hoped to resume play Saturday and make up Friday’s game as part of a doubleheader Sunday.
  
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• University of Arizona study finds new info about our phones

  01-08-2020 17:35
  
  (KPNX/NBC News)  A recent University of Arizona study found our phones can carry 10 times more bacteria than most toilet seats.At the same time, a lot of us are seeing ads for UV sanitizers that claim they can disinfect household items within minutes.One put to the test by NBC affiliate KPNX claims to kill 99% of bacteria. It uses UV lamps to damage DNA in bacteria and viruses, and claims to disinfect anything you can fit inside it - phones, keys or even your face mask.Read more: 
  
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• Health officials link US salmonella outbreak to red onions

  01-08-2020 17:34
  
  Federal officials say an outbreak of salmonella infecting nearly 400 people in more than 30 states has been linked to red onions and identified a California company as the likely source. The Food and Drug Administration says Thomson International Inc. of Bakersfield, California, notified the agency that it will be recalling all varieties of onions that could have come in contact with potentially contaminated red onions, because of the risk of cross-contamination. Thomson couldn’t immediate
  
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• Americans are loading up on doomsday supplies as pandemic drones on

  01-08-2020 17:31
  
  (NBC News) Once the obsession of serious survivalists, disaster preparedness is now more commonplace.
   
  With the onset of a global pandemic came a "Doom Boom" - surging sales for the survival industry.
   
  "There's definitely the people who are prepping by having a couple of emergency items and then the people who are going all out and spending a lot of money," says CNET's Claire Reilly.
   
  On the higher end, you can buy your own bunker or even a tsunami escape pod.More common purcha
  
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• Arizona adds 2,992 COVID-19 cases; 53 reported deaths

  01-08-2020 17:21
  
  PHOENIX (KVOA) - State health officials reported 2,992 additional coronavirus cases Saturday and 53 more known deaths.That brings the state’s documented totals to 177,002 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 3,747 known deaths.On Thursday, the Arizona Department of Health Services reported a record of 172 deaths. They said that 78 of 172 deaths are from "the death certificate matching process".Deaths are not recorded until the health department receives a death certificate naming COVI
  
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• Mexico No. 3 in virus deaths; storm could hinder US response

  01-08-2020 17:19
  
  Mexico now has the third most COVID-19 deaths in the world, behind Brazil and the United States. A hurricane bearing down on the American East Coast on Saturday is threatening to complicate efforts to contain the virus. Hurricane Isaias’ imminent arrival forced the closure of some outdoor testing sites even as Florida reached a new daily high in deaths, and other states in the path of the storm prepared emergency shelters that comply with social-distancing measures. Meanwhile, Mexican heal
  
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• No Relief: Congress deadlocked on pandemic payments

  01-08-2020 17:14
  
  (NBC News)  With expanded unemployment benefits expiring, tens of millions of Americans out of work and COVID-19 cases still on the rise, Congress remains deadlocked on a new relief plan.Republicans want to drop supplemental unemployment payments to $200 dollars, cutting them by two-thirds.The White House has offered a one week extension.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has rejected the idea, saying it's not enough."What is a one week extension good for? A one week extension is good if you have a
  
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• Astronauts face final leg of SpaceX test flight: coming home

  01-08-2020 17:14
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A pair of NASA astronauts face the final and most important part of their SpaceX test flight: returning to Earth with a rare splashdown. Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken took part Saturday in a farewell ceremony at the International Space Station, hours ahead of their planned departure on a SpaceX Dragon capsule. NASA says despite approaching Hurricane Isaias, the weather looks favorable for a Sunday afternoon splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico near Panama City, Florid
  
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