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• RIP, Newspaperman Pete Hamill: A Taste of His Work from Tom Miller's 'Revenge of the Saguaro'

  05-08-2020 23:58
  
  Pete Hamill, a journalist, novelist, essayist, editor and educator, died today at age 85.…
  
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• Fatal quarrel among Palestinians ignites protest in Ramallah

  05-08-2020 23:58
  
  RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian security officials say relatives of a top Palestinian official have rampaged through the West Bank city of Ramallah, firing into the air and at government buildings after a family member was killed in a quarrel with a Palestinian security officer. The protest erupted late Wednesday after the death of the brother of Hussein al-Sheikh, an adviser to the Palestinian president and one of the most powerful men in the West Bank. The territory has recently e
  
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• New Orleans prosecutor faces $50,000 penalty in records case

  05-08-2020 23:57
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans’ district attorney has been ordered to pay more than $50,000 in penalties for failing to produce public records related to a 2015 request. Civil District Judge Ethel Julian’s ruling was issued July 27 against District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro in a public records lawsuit filed in May 2017. The Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center accused Cannizzaro of refusing to turn over records documenting his use of subpoenas. Julian said Cannizzaro &l
  
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• New chief of embattled Colorado force wants cops to see bias

  05-08-2020 23:55
  
  DENVER (AP) — The new leader of the suburban Denver police department whose officers put Elijah McClain in a chokehold before the young Black man died last year and handcuffed Black girls over the weekend says she’s committed to rebuilding the community’s trust. Aurora Police Chief Vanessa Wilson says she will empower officers to veer away from strict training protocols and is asking them to think about whether they are acting on their biases. Wilson says the scene of the girls
  
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• Court reverses order to shut down Dakota Access pipeline

  05-08-2020 23:43
  
  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal appeals court panel has reversed an order to shut down the Dakota Access pipeline pending a full environmental review. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Wednesday sided with pipeline owner Energy Transfer to keep oil flowing while the environmental review is conducted. On July 6, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg ordered the pipeline shut down within 30 days while the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reviews the environmental imp
  
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• A look at some deadly explosions involving ammonium nitrate

  05-08-2020 23:40
  
  The investigation into an explosion in the harbor of Lebanon’s port city of Beirut is focusing on how 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate came to be stored at the facility for six years, and why nothing was done about it. The explosion Tuesday killed more than 100 people and injured thousands. Buildings were damaged for miles around the city. There have been other recent deadly explosions involving ammonium nitrate. A fire set at the West Fertilizer Co. facility in West, Texas, in 2013, caused
  
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• Rep. Marshall’s primary win in Kansas buoys GOP Senate hopes

  05-08-2020 23:36
  
  TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republicans are brimming with new-found confidence about keeping an open Senate seat in Kansas after establishment-backed Rep. Roger Marshall won the party’s nomination. They viewed Marshall on Wednesday as well-positioned to take on an unusually formidable Democrat in a tough year for the GOP. Marshall’s first tasks were refilling his campaign treasury and rebuilding Republican unity after an often-bitter primary campaign. Marshall comfortably defeated pola
  
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• EPA settles with Utah over 2015 Colorado mine spill

  05-08-2020 23:34
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The U.S. government settled a lawsuit Wednesday brought by the state of Utah over a mine waste spill caused by federal workers that sent wastewater downstream to several states from the inactive Gold King Mine in southwestern Colorado five years ago. Utah’s lawsuit was one of several legal claims filed over the incident, but no other settlements have been reached. The Environmental Protection Agency says it agreed to fund $3 million in Utah clean water projects
  
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• JTED fills new position geared to connect students with potential employers

  05-08-2020 23:32
  
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  TUCSON (KVOA) - A new position at Pima County Joint Technical Education District will soon connect students across the county with potential employers.According to officials, Cari Burson was recently hired to fill a unique, new position at the tuition-free CTE program provider - the Potoff Endowed Chair for Recruitment, Counseling and Job Placement.Through this new position, the former Director of Career and Technical Education at Catalina Foothills High S
  
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• ‘We don’t seem to learn’: Beirut explosion echoes US tragedy

  05-08-2020 23:30
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A massive explosion in the Lebanese capital is bringing back sorrowful memories for people in a rural Texas town that was partly leveled by a similar ammonium nitrate blast in 2013. Tommy Muksa is the mayor of West, Texas. he says he worries that lessons will to be disregarded when it comes to storing that dangerous chemical.  Few significant crackdowns on chemical storage and industrial safety came in the wake of the West explosion, which killed 15 people. Presid
  
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• After a Year of Investigation, the Border Patrol Has Little to Say About Agents’ Misogynistic and Racist Facebook Group

  05-08-2020 23:30
  
  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.…
  
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• Nicaragua archbishop rejects that chapel fire was accidental

  05-08-2020 23:26
  
  MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Managua’s Roman Catholic archbishop has held Mass in front of a fire-scorched chapel at the capital’s cathedral and reiterated the church’s assertion that the fire was a “savage and terrorist” act. It has rejected a report by the National Police saying Friday’s blaze was an accident. Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes held up the charred head of the Christ figure from the four centuries-old wooden crucifixion sculpture that hung inside th
  
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• Pence tours pregnancy center, fires up GOP base in Florida

  05-08-2020 23:24
  
  CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence visited the Tampa Bay area, firing up the Republican party’s conservative base by touring a pregnancy center, speaking at a church and appearing before a packed hotel ballroom crowd. Pence’s visit on Wednesday highlighted his anti-abortion and conservative Christian stance. He told about 150 people at the Hilton in Clearwater that if former Vice President Joe Biden is elected, he would “undo all the progress” that th
  
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• Minnesota man sells ’57 pickup for $75 he paid 44 years ago

  05-08-2020 23:24
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota man has sold the 1957 Chevy pickup he drove for 44 years for $75, the same price he paid decades ago. KARE-TV reports that Bob Sportal of Prinsburg handed over the key last month to the grandson of the man he brought the truck from. Sportal was in his early 20s when he brought the rusty pickup. He drove it to work every day at a local grain elevator until he retired five years ago. The truck has taken on antique value, but Sportal decided to sell it for what
  
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• Garland, Hall each score in 3rd as Coyotes beat Preds 4-1

  05-08-2020 23:24
  
  EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Conor Garland and Taylor Hall each scored in the third period and the Arizona Coyotes beat the Nashville Predators 4-1 Wednesday. Now the Coyotes can eliminate the sixth-seeded Predators in Game 4 on Friday in this best-of-five qualifying series. Christian Dvorak scored on Arizona’s first shot, and the Coyotes scored three in the third for the victory capped by Carl Soderberg’s empty-netter. The Predators thought they had a 2-1 lead 1:13 into the third
  
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• Selena Gomez takes the heat in new cooking show

  05-08-2020 23:14
  
  Selena Gomez is taking the heat in the kitchen. The singer-actress slices and dices in “Selena + Chef,” debuting Aug. 13 on the new HBO Max streaming service. The 10-episode series was shot in the kitchen of Gomez’s new Los Angeles-area house. Her grandparents and two friends, who have been quarantining with her, serve as taste testers. Professional chefs guide her through such dishes as Korean breakfast tacos, matcha chocolate chip cookies and a classic French omelette.
  
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• Federal appeals court reverses order to shut down Dakota Access pipeline pending full environmental review

  05-08-2020 23:13
  
  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Federal appeals court reverses order to shut down Dakota Access pipeline pending full environmental review.
  
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• Beirut: Before and after deadly blast

  05-08-2020 23:08
  
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  (CNN) – Satellite images obtained by CNN from planet labs show a massive crater at the site of Tuesday’s explosion in Beirut’s port.
  The images show nearly every nearby building has either sustained significant damage or has been destroyed by the blast.
  Massive grain silos that sit in the middle of the peninsula are still standing.
  A large, water-filled crater has replaced the ground where two port buildings stood.
  Every building to the imm
  
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• The Latest: Mayor supports music festival in North Dakota

  05-08-2020 23:04
  
  FARGO, N.D. — The mayor of the city that was once the hot spot for the coronavirus in North Dakota is supporting an annual outdoor music festival set to go on as planned this weekend.
  The 25th Fargo Blues Festival is scheduled Friday and Saturday at Newman Outdoor Field, home to the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks of the American Association baseball league. It usually draws up to 2,000 music fans.
  Fargo Mayor Tim Mahoney is a member of a task force that was assembled two months ago when North Dak
  
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• Downdraft blamed for crashes of Wyoming sightseeing balloons

  05-08-2020 23:04
  
  JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — The owner of a Wyoming sightseeing balloon company says a downdraft during a freak storm caused three hot air balloons to crash this week. Monday’s crashes injured more than a dozen people, including 11 who went to hospitals. Wyoming Balloon Company owner Andrew Breffeilh says he’s sad and regrets that clients were injured. He says the forecast for Jackson Hole where the balloons took off didn’t call for dangerous conditions. Ten people were treated f
  
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• FBI: Multiple groups involved in Ohio $60M corruption scheme

  05-08-2020 23:00
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — A lengthy FBI affidavit detailing an alleged $60 million corruption scheme led by one of Ohio’s most powerful politicians is filled with references to unnamed groups and individuals who helped aid the conspiracy. Clues in the affidavit, public records and media reports have helped identify the groups. Republican Ohio House member Larry Householder was deposed as speaker on the same day last week that he was indicted in a racketeering conspiracy along with the group h
  
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• Police: 3 teens inadvertently jump wall into Mar-a-Lago

  05-08-2020 22:58
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida police say three teenagers fleeing officers while carrying a semiautomatic gun inadvertently jumped a wall at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort. Palm Beach police say the 15-year-olds probably didn’t know where they were after scaling the wall Friday. He says they’re lucky they didn’t get shot by Secret Service agents. Neither the president nor a family member was at the club, which is closed for the summer. The three te
  
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• Police charge alleged MS-13 members with trafficking teen

  05-08-2020 22:38
  
  ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Federal prosecutors have charged 11 alleged members of the MS-13 street gang with sex trafficking and other charges after they say a 13-year-old runaway was repeatedly beaten with a baseball bat and forced into prostitution in northern Virginia. Charges were unsealed Tuesday in federal court in Alexandria. An FBI affidavit says the 13-year-old girl ran away from a group home in Fairfax  in August 2018 with a 16-year-old friend who was connected to MS-13. The 13-
  
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• The Latest: Germany sends crews to find blast survivors

  05-08-2020 22:34
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — Germany has dispatched dozens of search and rescue specialists to Lebanon to help in the race to find survivors trapped beneath rubble following Tuesday’s explosion in Beirut. About 50 staff of Germany’s THW civil protection organization flew out of Frankfurt late Wednesday with search dogs and 15 tons of equipment to locate people below collapsed buildings. Timo Eilhardt, THW’s chief of operations, says there is normally a good chance of finding survivors m
  
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• HBO’s ‘Coastal Elites’ cast tackles social satire, anxiety

  05-08-2020 22:29
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — For Bette Midler and Sarah Paulson, making HBO’s “Coastal Elites” in pandemic-forced isolation was an unsettling challenge. The cast was taped at home earlier this summer under quarantine guidelines, an experience Midler called “bizarre.” She says it reinforced how hard COVID-19 has slammed the entertainment industry. Paulson says it was a little “frightening” to have crew members in her backyard after being isolated for many mon
  
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• Wall Street keeps rallying; S&P 500 back within 2% of record

  05-08-2020 22:26
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks climbed again on Wall Street, giving the S&P 500 index its fourth straight gain and pulling it within 2% of the record high it set in February. The benchmark index added 0.6% Wednesday, following up on gains in European markets and across much of Asia. Negotiators on Capitol Hill reported some progress in talks for more support for the economy, and pressure is mounting on them to act quickly. Disney surged after it became the latest company to report quarterly re
  
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• Fiat Chrysler to recall vehicles that may pollute too much

  05-08-2020 22:22
  
  DETROIT (AP) — About 1 million Fiat Chrysler vehicles with four-cylinder engines in the U.S. may spew too much pollution, and the company is working with government officials on a recall. Fiat Chrysler says in a quarterly filing with securities regulators that it found the excess pollution during tests of vehicles with 2.4-liter “Tigershark” engines. The engines date to at least 2013 and are used in several Jeep SUVs as well as some cars. FCA said in the filing with the Securit
  
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• Special prosecutor will decide charges in Missouri shooting

  05-08-2020 22:18
  
  SEDALIA, Mo. (AP) — A special prosecutor will determine if charges will be filed against a sheriff’s deputy who fatally shot a Missouri woman. Pettis County Prosecutor Phillip Sawyer said Tuesday he has asked for a special prosecutor in the June 13 death of 25-year-old Hannah Fizer in Sedalia. She was shot by a Pettis County sheriff’s deputy after a traffic stop. The deputy told investigators Fizer had a gun and threatened to shoot him but the Missouri State Highway Patrol said
  
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• FBI raids California home of YouTube star Jake Paul

  05-08-2020 22:10
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — FBI agents including a SWAT team have raided the home of YouTube star Jake Paul. FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller says agents executed a search warrant Wednesday at the Calabasas, California mansion in connection with an ongoing investigation. She said she could not reveal what the probe is about or who the target was. The city of Calabasas said it was Paul’s home that was being raided. Helicopter video from local TV news showed agents gathering guns from the home th
  
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• Pompeo: US to call UN vote on Iran arms embargo extension

  05-08-2020 22:09
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is pressing ahead with efforts to extend a United Nations arms embargo on Iran despite widespread opposition to such a move at the world body. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the United States will call for a vote in the U.N. Security Council next week on a U.S.-drafted resolution to extend the embargo that is due to expire in October. The resolution is expected to fail, as the other members of the Security Council have signaled their oppositi
  
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• Prosecutors: Texas man stole $1.6M in COVID-19 relief money

  05-08-2020 22:08
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a Houston man bilked the government out of $1.6 million in COVID-19 business relief funding and spent some of the money on a Lamborghini, jewelry and trips to strip clubs, among other things. The Houston Chronicle reports that 29-year-old Lee Price III is charged with making false statements to a financial institution, wire fraud, bank fraud and engaging in unlawful monetary transactions. Prosecutors allege that Price stole from the Paycheck Protectio
  
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• Cardinals add depth with safety Brice, receiver Patton

  05-08-2020 22:08
  
  TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Cardinals have added depth to their roster by signing safety Kentrell Brice and receiver Andre Patton. The 25-year-old Brice was recently released by the Chicago Bears. He played three seasons for the Green Bay Packers from 2016-18 and appeared in 36 games, including 14 starts, after coming into the league as an undrafted free agent from Louisiana Tech. Patton played in 13 games last season, including five starts, for the Los Angeles Chargers. The 26-year-ol
  
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• Judge unsure if virus requires changes to Wisconsin election

  05-08-2020 22:06
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal judge questioned whether it would be right to order an easing of Wisconsin’s absentee voting regulations ahead of the November presidential election. Democrats and allied groups sued ahead of the state’s April election demanding that Judge William Conley ease absentee voting requirements as the pandemic began. The U.S. Supreme Court blocked them but the groups renewed their requests for November. Conley said during a hearing Wednesday that people
  
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• US tests for COVID-19 see significant drop as death toll continues to rise

  05-08-2020 22:01
  
  WASHINGTON DC (AP) - U.S. testing for the coronavirus is dropping even as infections remain high and the death toll rises by more than 1,000 a day.It's a worrisome trend that officials attribute largely to Americans getting discouraged over having to wait hours to get a test and days or weeks to find out the results.An Associated Press analysis finds that the number of tests per day slid 3.6% over the past two weeks to 750,000, with the count falling in 22 states.That includes places like Alabam
  
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• Chief: Violent Portland protests detract from message

  05-08-2020 21:55
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Clashes outside a U.S. courthouse in Portland, Oregon, have largely stopped since Democratic Gov. Kate Brown reached a deal that called for the draw down of federal agents sent by the Trump administration. But police have clashed with protesters in other locations around the city over demands to defund the Portland Police Bureau. Police declared a riot early Wednesday after protesters set fires, barricaded a street and broke into the police union headquarters. Four pe
  
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• The Latest: Ex-Colombian President tested positive for virus

  05-08-2020 21:54
  
  BOGOTA, Colombia — A spokesperson for the political party of former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe says the ex-leader has tested positive for the new coronavirus.
  A representative of the Democratic Center party on Wednesday confirmed that Uribe, who is under house arrest, had tested positive in a WhatsApp message to The Associated Press. The representative communicated with the AP on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter.
  A Colombian court on Tuesday orde
  
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• Progressives say primary wins latest sign of momentum shift

  05-08-2020 21:52
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Progressive Democrats are celebrating two primary victories in U.S. House races. And they’re saying the protests over George Floyd’s death and a renewed focus on racial and economic justice have given their candidates new momentum after some rough patches this year. Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib, a member of the “squad” of four first-term congresswomen of color, scored a convincing victory over Detroit City Council President Brenda Jones, who had critic
  
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• Negligence probed in deadly Beirut blast amid public anger

  05-08-2020 21:50
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — Investigators probing the deadly blast that ripped across Beirut are focused on possible negligence in the storage of tons of a highly explosive fertilizer in a waterfront warehouse, while the government ordered the house arrest of several port officials. International help began to arrive as Lebanon’s leaders struggled with the widespread damage and shocking aftermath of Tuesday’s blast. The Health Ministry says 135 people were killed and about 5,000 were injured
  
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• Lawyers argue about psychologist in newspaper attack case

  05-08-2020 21:47
  
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Lawyers are arguing about whether a psychologist’s observations about a man who killed five people at a Maryland newspaper should be considered in determining if he’s criminally responsible due to his mental health. A pretrial hearing was held Wednesday in Annapolis, Maryland. It relates to the second phase of the case against Jarrod Ramos. He already has pleaded guilty to killing five at the Capital Gazette newspaper in 2018. Defense attorneys contend Dr.
  
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• Bush latest Ferguson protester with political success

  05-08-2020 21:44
  
  FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Cori Bush earned a reputation as a fierce activist on the streets of Ferguson, Missouri. Come January, she’ll almost certainly be representing the St. Louis suburb in Congress, making her the most prominent of many Ferguson protesters who have turned to politics. On Tuesday, just days shy of the sixth anniversary of the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Bush pulled a stunning political upset, beating 20-year incumbent Rep. William Lacy Clay in M
  
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• House arrest of Colombia’s Uribe exposes post-peace tensions

  05-08-2020 21:39
  
  BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The rift over former Colombia President Álvaro Uribe, and the broader rift in Colombian society, flared in a country in pandemic lockdown after the ex-leader was placed under house arrest in an alleged witness tampering case. Uribe has denied any wrongdoing. The move against 68-year-old Uribe exposed the strain in a Latin American democracy divided over who should be held to account for alleged crimes tied to Colombia’s brutal history. It comes at a dif
  
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• The Latest: Florida surpasses 500,000 coronavirus cases

  05-08-2020 21:34
  
  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — State officials say Florida has surpassed 500,000 coronavirus cases. Meanwhile, testing is ramping up following a temporary shutdown of some sites because of Tropical Storm Isaias.A long line of cars waited outside Hark Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens for a coronavirus testing site to reopen after the storm.Florida reported 225 new virus deaths Wednesday, bringing its seven-day average in daily reported deaths to a high of 185, behind Texas with 197.The Florida Departm
  
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• Florida tops 500K virus cases as testing resumes after storm

  05-08-2020 21:26
  
  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — State officials say Florida has surpassed 500,000 coronavirus cases as testing ramps up following a temporary shutdown of some sites because of Tropical Storm Isaias. A long line of cars waited outside Hark Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens on Wednesday morning for a coronavirus testing site to reopen after the storm. Florida reported 225 new virus deaths Wednesday, bringing its seven-day average in daily reported deaths to a high of 185, behind Texas with 197. The
  
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• Porn, rap interrupt Zoom hearing of Twitter hacking suspect

  05-08-2020 21:20
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — An online bond hearing for a Florida teen accused of hacking prominent Twitter accounts was interrupted by rap music and pornographic videos from users who apparently disguised their names. The interruptions during the Wednesday morning hearing included one by a user who shared a screen and took over the meeting with a porn video. That forced Hillsborough County Judge Christopher C. Nash to temporarily halt the hearing for 17-year-old Graham Ivan Clark. Nash reopened the
  
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• GOP senators support more money for airlines to pay workers

  05-08-2020 21:13
  
  A campaign by airlines and their unions for federal money to keep paying airline workers is getting a boost. On Wednesday, 16 Republican senators endorsed a proposal to give airlines billions so they can avoid layoffs through next March. Airlines including United and American have warned tens of thousands of workers that they could lose their jobs in October, when federal money for airline payrolls runs out. A majority in the House supports a union proposal to give aviation companies $32 billion
  
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• Missouri Secretary of State Ashcroft defends school comments

  05-08-2020 21:11
  
  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft says comments he made that fathers would risk dying to send their children back to school are being misconstrued. During an interview Monday with a Christian radio station in Branson, the Republican said he didn’t know a father who wouldn’t risk his life to be sure his children are getting a good education. His Democratic challenger in November’s election, Yinka Faleti, called Ashcroft’s statements
  
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• 517 Arizona inmates positive amid slowing coronavirus spread

  05-08-2020 21:10
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona corrections officials say 517 inmates at the state prison in Tucson have tested positive for the coronavirus even as the overall spread in the state seems to be turning a corner. Arizona health authorities on Wednesday reported 1,698 newly confirmed coronavirus cases and 87 additional deaths. Almost half the inmates in the Tucson prison’s Whetstone unit tested positive for the virus Tuesday amid a push to test all 39,000 state prisoners. A spokesman for Maricop
  
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• Probe: Police commented on explicit photo in extortion case

  05-08-2020 21:00
  
  SALT LAKE TRIBUNE (AP) — An investigation found Wednesday that a group of University of Utah police officers made inappropriate comments about explicit photos of a student who had submitted the pictures as evidence in an extortion case shortly before her shooting death. The findings came after the Salt Lake Tribune unearthed allegations that an officer had shown off the images of track athlete Lauren McCluskey before her 2018 slaying. Her death at the hands of a man she had briefly dated h
  
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• Judge: Doctrine shielding police from lawsuits violates people’s constitutional rights

  05-08-2020 20:59
  
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge in Mississippi is calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn qualified immunity.The legal principle protects law enforcement officers from being sued for some actions. U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves wrote that it has shielded officers who violate people’s constitutional rights.Reeves started his Tuesday ruling with a recitation of harm done by police to African Americans, including the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Rayshard Bro
  
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• Trump’s Ukraine envoy pick says he’ll flag election meddling

  05-08-2020 20:55
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s nominee to be U.S. ambassador to Ukraine says that if he’s confirmed, he won’t meet Americans with overtly partisan political agendas, Retired Army Gen. Keith Dayton says he’ll report any attempt to interfere in November’s election. He tells senators he’d look into any requests for meetings and wouldn’t accept any if he believed they were intended to influence the election or other domestic political issue
  
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