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• Special Weather Statement issued August 2 at 2:09PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  02-08-2020 23:09
  
  At 208 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9miles west of Hannagan Meadow, or 38 miles south of Springerville,moving southwest at 15 mph.
  Penny size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible withthis storm.
  This storm will remain over mainly remote areas of north centralGraham and northwestern Greenlee Counties.
  
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• Coyotes hold off Predators 4-3 in series opener

  02-08-2020 22:54
  
  EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Oliver Ekman-Larsson scored the first of Arizona’s three first-period goals, a healthy Phil Kessel had two assists and the Coyotes held on to beat the Nashville Predators 4-3 Sunday to open their Stanley Cup qualifier series.
  The Coyotes made the most of their first postseason appearance since 2012, scoring three goals in the opening period on their way to building a 4-1 lead.
  The Predators rallied behind two goals by Filip Forsberg, the second midway through
  
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• High pressure heads our way to start the work week

  02-08-2020 22:50
  
  TUCSON - High pressure will curb Southern Arizona's rain chances for the next couple days before more thunderstorms are possible midweek.
  The best rain chances for Monday will be in Southern and Central Cochise county. Cities like Benson, Wilcox and Douglas have the best chance for monsoon storms.
  Monday and Tuesday for Tucson will stay dry with a small chance for a passing shower or two during the mid afternoon.Wednesday afternoon better rain chances will return, but Thursday will be
  
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• Excessive Heat Warning issued August 2 at 1:45PM MST until August 4 at 8:00PM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ

  02-08-2020 22:45
  
  * WHAT…Dangerously hot conditions. Afternoon temperatures 108to 114.
  * WHERE…Northwest Pinal County, West Pinal County, SonoranDesert National Monument, Aguila Valley, Gila Bend and TonopahDesert.
  * WHEN…Until 8 PM MST Tuesday.
  * IMPACTS…High Heat Risk. Overexposure can cause heat crampsand heat exhaustion to develop and, without intervention, canlead to heat stroke.An Excessive Heat Warning means that a period of very hottemperatures, even by local standards, will oc
  
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• Hartley scores career-high 27, Mercury beat Liberty 96-67

  02-08-2020 22:09
  
  BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Bria Hartley scored a career-high 27 points and the Phoenix Mercury beat the New York Liberty 96-67. Diana Taurasi had 18 points and nine assists for Phoenix. New York point guard Sabrina Ionescu, the No. 1 pick in April’s draft, did not play due to an ankle injury suffered in Friday’s loss to the Atlanta Dream and is expected to miss a month. Kia Nurse led the Liberty with 16 points. New York, which is 0-4 for the second consecutive season, shot just 24.
  
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• Iran hits hawkish US expert with symbolic sanctions

  02-08-2020 22:00
  
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian state media says the country has imposed symbolic sanctions on a hawkish former expert with the White House National Security Council. Iran’s Foreign Ministry said Sunday the sanctions on Richard Goldberg were implemented because of his role in what it called “U.S. economic terrorism.” It said Goldberg will not be eligible for Iranian visas or accounts in Iranian financial institutes. Goldberg tweeted that the sanctions were a “badge of h
  
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• Hartley scores career-high 27, Mercury beat Liberty 96-66

  02-08-2020 21:49
  
  BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Bria Hartley scored a career-high 27 points and the Phoenix Mercury beat the New York Liberty 96-66. Diana Taurasi had 18 points and nine assists for Phoenix. New York point guard Sabrina Ionescu, the No. 1 pick in April’s draft, did not play due to an ankle injury suffered in Friday’s loss to the Atlanta Dream and is expected to miss a month. Kia Nurse led the Liberty with 16 points. New York, which is 0-4 for the second consecutive season, shot just 24.
  
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• Tucson man dead after altercation with neighbor

  02-08-2020 21:48
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - Tucson Police officers responded to a call about two men fighting in front of their apartment complex near Pima and Swan on Saturday.On arrival officers located an unresponsive male in front of an apartment and immediately rendered aid. 58-year old David Eugene Nickerson was pronounced dead on the scene.Witnesses assisted officers and they were able to locate the suspect who had initiated physical contact with Nickerson.
  The Tucson Police SWAT Team were able to get into the suspe
  
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• Pompeo says Trump to take broad action on Chinese software

  02-08-2020 21:14
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says President Donald Trump plans to take action on what he sees as a broad array of national security risks presented by software connected to the Chinese Communist Party. Pompeo’s remarks followed reports that Microsoft is in advanced talks to buy the U.S. operations of TikTok, which has been a source of national security and censorship concerns. Trump has said he would soon ban TikTok in the United States. Treasury Secretary Steven Mn
  
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• Islamic State gunmen, suicide bomber attack Afghan prison

  02-08-2020 21:09
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Islamic State group is claiming responsibility for a complex attack by a suicide car bomber and multiple gunmen against a prison in eastern Afghanistan. The Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman said Sunday’s attack in Nangarhar province has killed at least three people. The provincial Health Ministry spokesman says 24 others are wounded. Officials say the gunbattle between Afghan security forces and insurgents is ongoing, and casualties are likely to rise.
  
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• Navy reluctant to reinstate Greitens until Pence intervened

  02-08-2020 21:07
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Newly released documents indicate Navy officials were reluctant to reinstate former Navy SEAL and Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens in 2019 until Vice President Mike Pence’s office intervened. Greitens resigned as governor in 2018 amid a number of scandals, including campaign misconduct allegations and accusations that he took a compromising photo of a woman without her consent during a 2015 extramarital affair. Navy officials expressed reservations about Greitens r
  
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• RNC: Decision on private Trump renomination vote not final

  02-08-2020 21:04
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A spokeswoman for the Republican National Convention has said the vote to renominate President Donald Trump is set to be conducted in private later this month, without members of the news media present. However, an official with the Republican National Committee is contradicting that assessment, saying no final decision has been made. The official was not authorized to discuss the matter and spoke on condition of anonymity. The spokeswoman for the convention cited the cor
  
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• Only 1 major candidate running to succeed Tulsi Gabbard

  02-08-2020 21:04
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — Kai Kahele is the only major candidate in the race to succeed U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, virtually guaranteeing he will be sworn in as Hawaii’s newest congressman in January. The Democrat is so far ahead of everyone else that he’s spent the final four months before this week’s primary on active duty with the Hawaii National Guard. He’s been helping the Guard respond to the coronavirus pandemic instead of campaigning. Kahele got a head start when he sai
  
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• SpaceX capsule and NASA crew make 1st splashdown in 45 years

  02-08-2020 20:52
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Two NASA astronauts have returned to Earth in a dramatic, retro-style splashdown carried out by Elon Musk’s SpaceX company. The capsule carrying Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, Sunday afternoon. It is the first splashdown in 45 years for NASA astronauts and also the first time a private company has brought people back from orbit. Their return clears the way for another SpaceX crew flight a
  
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• SpaceX capsule with two NASA astronauts makes dramatic splashdown in Gulf of Mexico to end test flight

  02-08-2020 20:48
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX capsule with two NASA astronauts makes dramatic splashdown in Gulf of Mexico to end test flight.
  
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• Israel downs rocket launched by Gaza militants

  02-08-2020 20:38
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s military says it intercepted a rocket fired by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip, in a rare attack punctuating months of relative calm. No casualties were reported. Sunday’ evening’s attack was the first case of rocket fire from the Palestinian enclave in nearly a month. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the rocket. Israel and Hamas have largely maintained an informal cease-fire agreement in recent months after three wars
  
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• Tamar Braxton pays tribute to boyfriend for ‘saving my life’

  02-08-2020 20:28
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tamar Braxton is thanking her boyfriend for saving her life after her hospitalization last month. Braxton posted a lengthy message on social media late Saturday that paid tribute to David Adefeso being her “angel on earth.” She said she is grateful for Adefeso who found her “lifeless” in their home, saying it “couldn’t have been easy” for him. The R&B singer did not provide details about her hospitalization. Police have only
  
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• The Latest: Italy’s tally of new virus cases down to 239

  02-08-2020 20:20
  
  MILAN — The number of new confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Italy nudged lower to 239 in the last 24 hours, while all eight deaths were recorded in Lombardy, the epicenter of the country’s epidemic.That brings the total number of cases in Italy to 248,070 and deaths to 35,154, according to Health Ministry figures released Sunday.New cases were distributed in every region, with none at zero, and Emilia-Romagna, which has had several outbreaks, counting the most at 49.The number of
  
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• Tucson man who was a decorated WWII veteran dies at 99

  02-08-2020 20:14
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - Hugh Stewart was one of the last living WWII recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross, an elite group of American heroes that included the likes George H. Bush, died this week. He was 99.Hugh Stewart was a well-known attorney in Tucson since 1963, and was also one of the founders of the Pima Air Museum.Stewart flew 55 combat missions in WWII, and flew countless missions during the Korean War. After the war he became an instructor and taught the Taiwanese how to fly B-25's.Ste
  
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• Sheriff: Burger King worker shot, killed in waiting dispute

  02-08-2020 20:14
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Authorities in Florida say a Burger King worker was fatally shot after a dispute over a delay in a food order. The Orange County Sheriff’s Office identified the shooter in a news release Sunday as 37-year-old Kelvis Rodriguez Tormes. Authorities say he is charged with first-degree murder with a firearm, destruction of evidence and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The victim was identified as 22-year-old Desmond Armond Joshua Jr., who had only recentl
  
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• SpaceX capsule with NASA astronauts streaking toward Earth

  02-08-2020 20:12
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The first astronauts to ride a SpaceX capsule into orbit are streaking toward a retro-style splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico to close out a two-month test flight. It will mark the first splashdown in 45 years for NASA astronauts and the first time a private company has ferried people from orbit. The target Sunday afternoon is off the Florida Panhandle, where the waves and winds were calm unlike Florida’s storm-battered Atlantic coast. Test pilots Doug Hurl
  
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• Ethiopians celebrate progress in building dam on Nile River

  02-08-2020 19:59
  
  ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopians in the capital are celebrating progress in the construction of the country’s dam on the Nile River, which has caused regional controversy over its filling. In joyful demonstrations urged by posts on social media and apparently endorsed by the government, tens of thousands of residents flooded the streets of the capital Addis Ababa on Sunday afternoon, waving Ethiopia’s flag and holding up posters. People in cars honked their horns, others
  
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• Venezuelan coalition opposed to Maduro rejects upcoming vote

  02-08-2020 19:42
  
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A coalition of political parties in Venezuela led by U.S.-backed Juan Guaidó says it won’t participate in upcoming congressional elections called by officials loyal to President Nicolás Maduro. A group of 27 opposition parties on Sunday said they reject the December election as “fraud.” The vote will determine control of the National Assembly led by Guaidó and the only branch of Venezuela’s government that Maduro doesn&
  
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• 8 dead and at least 19 wounded in weekend Chicago shootings

  02-08-2020 19:40
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Gun violence continues to plague Chicago, with eight people dead, including a 9-year-old boy, and at least 19 others wounded so far this weekend. Police say the latest fatal shooting occurred early Sunday, when two men were killed as they sat in a vehicle parked on Chicago’s West Side. Both were shot multiple times in the head. The first reported fatal shooting of the weekend occurred Friday evening, when a 9-year-old boy who was playing outside in the Cabrini-Green ne
  
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• Bridge section damaged in Tempe train derailment demolished

  02-08-2020 19:38
  
  TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — A 150-foot portion of a century-old bridge that was damaged in a train derailment and resulting fire in Tempe was demolished Sunday morning as part of the cleanup process. Eight to 10 cars of a 102-car Union Pacific Railroad freight train traveling from Tucson to Phoenix derailed around 6 a.m. Wednesday on a railroad bridge over the man-made Tempe Town Lake. The derailed cars were carrying lumber and hazardous material and burst into flames, causing the century-old brid
  
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• 3 inmates, 2 staff injured in south Georgia prison unrest

  02-08-2020 19:25
  
  WAYCROSS, Ga. (AP) — Three inmates and two staff members were injured during unrest at a state prison in southeast Georgia that began Saturday night, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections. A golf cart was set on fire and windows were smashed during the melee at Ware State Prison in Waycross, Georgia. Officers had to deploy “non-lethal ammunition” to bring the scene under control, the department said in a statement Sunday. The department said there was “no maj
  
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• Cubs star Bryant sits out again with stomach ailment

  02-08-2020 19:16
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Cubs star Kris Bryant is out of the lineup for a second straight day with an illness. Bryant was tested for the coronavirus on Friday and Saturday, and the Cubs said both tests were negative. He is scheduled to be tested again on Monday. The 28-year-old Bryant is off to a tough start, batting .120 in his first six games.
  
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• Tucson Police officer assaulted during anti-police protest

  02-08-2020 19:11
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - Tucson Police Chief Chris Magnus tweeted out an update on the anti-police protest that took place last night around Broadway and Alvernon.
  One Tucson Police Officer was assaulted, vandalism of construction barracades and other safety measures, while also tagging bus stations.Chief Magnus goes on to question the intent of the protesters as they seemed to glorify the crimes that the group was committing according to his tweet.
  An aggravated assault on an officer, construction barri
  
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• Trial starts in case of mutilated, murdered transgender teen

  02-08-2020 19:04
  
  SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A trial is set to start for a man charged in the 2017 killing of a transgender teen whose eyes were gouged out and whose body was set on fire in southwest Missouri. Twenty-one-year-old Andrew Vrba is charged with first-degree murder, armed criminal action and abandonment of a corpse in the killing of 17-year-old Ally Steinfeld. Three others have pleaded guilty and are in prison for their roles in Steinfeld’s death. Vrba had been missing for weeks when her burn
  
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• Homes evacuated as Southern California wildfire grows

  02-08-2020 18:33
  
  BANNING, Calif. (AP) — Thousands of people are under evacuation orders after a wildfire in mountains east of Los Angeles exploded in size as crews battle the flames in triple-digit heat. The blaze straddling Riverside and San Bernardino counties has consumed more than 23 square miles of dry brush and timber. There’s zero containment. One home and two outbuildings have been destroyed. No injuries are reported. A huge smoke plume was visible for miles around and contributed to poor air
  
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• Arizona reports 1,465 new coronavirus cases, 18 more deaths

  02-08-2020 18:12
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona health officials on Sunday reported 1,465 new cases of the coronavirus and 18 more deaths. The Arizona Department of Health Services has recorded 178,467 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state since the pandemic began. The known death toll is 3,765. On Saturday, health officials reported 2,992 news coronavirus cases around the state and 53 additional deaths. In-patient hospitalizations, ventilators in use and intensive care unit occupancy continue to trend downward
  
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• Virus surges in India, Philippines; Australia imposes curfew

  02-08-2020 18:10
  
  NEW DELHI (AP) — India has reported nearly 55,000 new coronavirus cases and the Philippines recorded another daily high to surpass 100,000 total infections. A curfew was imposed on Australia’s second-biggest city, Melbourne, following a spike in cases. Governments worldwide have reported a total of 684,075 deaths and 17.8 million cases. The United States, India and South Africa are struggling to rein in their first wave of infections while South Korea and other countries where the di
  
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• Texas man charged in fatal stabbing of 7-year-old brother

  02-08-2020 18:08
  
  HALTOM CITY, Texas (AP) — A Texas man has been charged with capital murder charge after police say he fatally stabbed his 7-year-old brother in a Fort Worth suburb. Haltom City police say officers were called to a home around 9:45 p.m. Saturday and found Jacob Gabriel Brito with multiple stab wounds. The boy was pronounced dead at a hospital. Police Chief Cody Phillips says officers found 20-year-old Isidro Brito Bruno nearby with what appeared to be a self-inflicted stab wound. He was tak
  
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• The Latest: US task force leader says pandemic in new phase

  02-08-2020 17:59
  
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. __ White House coronavirus task force leader Dr. Deborah Birx says widespread coronavirus infections in urban and rural America mark a “new phase” for the pandemic as she doubled down on calls to wear face masks and observe social distancing measures.
  Birx, speaking on CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday morning, said “What we are seeing today is different from March and April. It is extraordinarily widespread.”
  The United States has the
  
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• Suicide car bomb, gunmen attack prison in east Afghanistan

  02-08-2020 17:51
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan officials say a suicide car bomb and multiple gunmen have attacked a prison in the country’s east. The spokesman for the governor of Nangahar province says Sunday’s attack killed at least one person and injured 20 others. He says a gunbattle between Afghan security forces and insurgents is ongoing, and casualties are likely to rise. No one immediately claimed responsibility, but both the Taliban and the local Islamic State affiliate are active i
  
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• Phoenix police: teen boy fatally shot, no motive or suspect

  02-08-2020 17:31
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Police in Phoenix say they are investigating a shooting that has left a teenager dead. They say the 16-year-old boy was shot around 7 p.m. Saturday. Police say the teen was taken to the hospital where he died from gunshot wounds. The name of the victim hasn’t been released yet. Police say they are working to identify a suspect and a motive in the fatal shooting.  
  
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• Protests in the long term: How is a lasting legacy cemented?

  02-08-2020 17:30
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — What sort of staying power does it take for a protest movement to be judged a success?
  This year, without a centralized team of senior leaders, perhaps the largest protest movement in U.S. history has been unfolding nationwide since the May 25 death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. By some calculations, more than 15 million Americans have taken part — decrying racial injustice, reinforcing the message of Black Lives Matter.
  There’s no way to k
  
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• Arizona sees massive drop in daily reported COVID-19 cases, deaths

  02-08-2020 17:23
  
  PHOENIX (KVOA) - State health officials reported 1,465 additional coronavirus cases Saturday and 18 more known deaths.That brings the state’s documented totals to 178,467 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 3,765 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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• Lawmakers fight for GOP’s soul in Arizona Senate primary

  02-08-2020 17:15
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — The biggest knock-down, drag-out primary fight among the 90 Senate and House seats up for grabs in November features two sitting Republican lawmakers in a suburban north Phoenix district battling for the soul of the GOP. Sen. Heather Carter is known as one of the more moderate GOP lawmakers. She’s defending her seat against a challenge from Rep. Nancy Barto, a social conservative who has embraced anti-abortion and religious freedom legislation. Both have represented th
  
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• Leading Democratic VP contender Bass defends stance on Cuba

  02-08-2020 17:13
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Rep. Karen Bass, a top contender to be Joe Biden’s running mate, is defending her past travel to Cuba and the sympathetic comments she made after the death of Fidel Castro in 2016. Bass says she was trying to express her condolences to the Cuban people when she referred to Castro with a title that roughly translates as commander in chief but is reviled by some Cuban exiles in Florida. Bass, who represents California in Congress, said she was unaware of th
  
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• SpaceX guiding NASA astronauts to 1st splashdown in 45 years

  02-08-2020 17:07
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The first astronauts to ride a SpaceX capsule into robit are headed toward a splashdown Sunday in the Gulf of Mexico to close out their two-month test flight. It will be the first splashdown in 45 years for NASA astronauts and the first return in the gulf. Florida’s Atlantic coast is starting to see the effects of Tropical Storm Isaias. But waves and wind are calm near Pensacola in the Florida Panhandle. Test pilots Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken departed the
  
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• Pac-12 football players urge opt-out amid COVID-19 concerns

  02-08-2020 17:01
  
  A group of Pac-12 football players say they won’t practice or play until their concerns about playing during the COVID-19 pandemic and other racial and economic issues in college sports are addressed. The players posted a statement on The Players’ Tribune website and on social media and sent out a press release. It says hundreds of players throughout the Pac-12 are concerned about the risks of COVID-19 and that the conference and NCAA lack transparency, uniformity and adequate enforc
  
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• Marines halt search for 8 missing troops, all presumed dead

  02-08-2020 16:54
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Marine Corps says eight troops aboard a landing craft that sank off the Southern California coast during a training exercise are presumed dead.  The Marines announced Sunday they had called off the search that started late Thursday afternoon when the amphibious assault vehicle sank with seven Marines and one sailor aboard. Eight other Marines were rescued, but one later died and two are in critical condition. The 26-ton, tank-like craft sank in hundreds of feet of
  
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• Marines halt search, say all 8 troops in a landing craft that sank off Southern California coast are presumed dead

  02-08-2020 16:50
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Marines halt search, say all 8 troops in a landing craft that sank off Southern California coast are presumed dead.
  
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• Orphaned toddler grows up in shadow of massacre, coronavirus

  02-08-2020 16:40
  
  An infant boy who survived a shooting last year that left his parents and 21 others dead now likes to thumb through picture books and dance to a Batman jingle with his grandmother. His uncle says the toddler, Paul Anchondo, probably won’t learn for years what happened to his parents in an event that many El Paso residents still struggle to comprehend. Tito Anchondo says the attack at a Walmart a year ago opened his eyes to violent racial tensions in the U.S. that he had not noticed in El P
  
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• Iran’s stock market hits record high amid battered economy

  02-08-2020 16:37
  
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The Tehran Stock Exchange in Iran has closed at a record high. It crossed beyond 2 million points for the first time Sunday. That’s even as U.S. sanctions, unemployment, inflation and low oil prices batter the Iranian economy. The exchange has seen sharp increases this year, even as Iran struggled with one of the first serious coronavirus outbreaks outside China. But these rapid gains increasingly have analysts and experts worried about a growing stock market bubb
  
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• A weakened Tropical Storm Isaias lashes virus-hit Florida

  02-08-2020 16:35
  
  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s east coast is getting heavy rain from Tropical Storm Isaias, and officials are watching it warily because it threatens to snarl efforts to contain the coronavirus in areas where cases are surging. Isaias weakened from a hurricane to a tropical storm Saturday but was still expected to bring heavy rain and flooding in Florida. Gov. Ron DeSantis warned Floridians to take the storm seriously. Authorities closed beaches, parks and virus testing sites,
  
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• El Paso marks Walmart shooting anniversary amid pandemic

  02-08-2020 16:21
  
  El Paso is marking the anniversary of a shooting at a crowded Walmart by remembering the 23 people killed. Authorities have said the gunman traveled from his home near Dallas to target Latinos in the Texas border city on Aug. 3, 2019. Events to mark the anniversary of the shooting in the largely Hispanic city have taken on a new look amid the global pandemic: parks lit with lanterns that people can walk or drive through; private tours for victims’ families at a museum exhibit of items pres
  
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• Omar, seeking 2nd term, is targeted for her celebrity

  02-08-2020 16:09
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar’s bid for a second term is getting a well-funded test from an opponent trying to turn her celebrity against her. Antone Melton-Meaux, an attorney and mediator who has never held political office, raised nearly $4 million to take on Omar in Minnesota’s Aug. 11 primary. Melton-Meaux is telling voters that he’ll pay more attention to them than to being famous. That’s a dig at Omar, one of the four freshmen progressives
  
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• Annual Sturgis rally expecting 250K, stirring virus concerns

  02-08-2020 15:48
  
  SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota, which has seen an uptick in coronavirus infections in recent weeks, is bracing to host hundreds of thousands of bikers for the 80th edition of the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. More than 250,000 people are expected to attend the Aug. 7 to Aug. 16 rally in western South Dakota, which could make it the biggest event anywhere since the coronavirus pandemic started. The event will offer businesses that depend on the rally a chance to make up losses after the
  
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