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• Ex-cop’s lawyer wants prosecutor dropped from Floyd case

  06-08-2020 23:57
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An attorney for a fired Minneapolis police officer charged in the death of George Floyd wants the local prosecutor dropped from the case. The attorney for former Officer J. Kueng filed a motion Thursday arguing that Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman has “compromised his ethics” and ability “to impartially prosecute” the case. Kueng is one of four Minneapolis officers charged in the death of Floyd, a handcuffed Black man who died after Officer
  
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• Democrats demand Postal Service reverse changes slowing mail

  06-08-2020 23:52
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic congressional leaders are calling on the U.S. Postal Service to immediately reverse operational changes that are causing delays in deliveries across the country just as big volume increases are expected for mail-in election voting. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said Thursday that changes imposed by the new, Republican postmaster general “threaten the timely delivery of mail — including medicines for seniors, p
  
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• Biden draws distinction on Black, Latino political diversity

  06-08-2020 23:51
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Democratic presidential Joe Biden has again waded into controversy over how he discusses race and ethnicity, as he compared the relative diversity of the Black and Hispanic populations in the United States. He said in an NPR interview with a Latina reporter released Thursday: “By the way, what you all know but most people don’t know, unlike the African American community, with notable exceptions, the Latino community is an incredibly diverse community with incred
  
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• Man fatally shot at Phoenix apartment complex; suspect flees

  06-08-2020 23:48
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Police are looking for a suspect after a man was fatally shot at an apartment complex in west Phoenix. They say the shooting occurred shortly before 1 p.m. Thursday and the victim was pronounced dead at the scene. The name of the man hasn’t been released yet. Police say the shooting suspect fled the scene and witnesses are being sought for information that could lead to an arrest in the case.The post Man fatally shot at Phoenix apartment complex; suspect flees appeared
  
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• AP Explains: Is a Trump White House acceptance speech legal?

  06-08-2020 23:45
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has said he may deliver his nomination acceptance speech during the Republican National Convention at the White House. That comes after restrictions caused by the coronavirus upended plans to hold the event in two battleground states. But using the Rose Garden, the Executive Mansion or even the Oval Office as the backdrop for his speech next month would mark an unprecedented use of public property for partisan political purposes. Critics allege it w
  
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• Commission rejects Trump push to add debate against Biden

  06-08-2020 23:42
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates has rejected a request from the Trump campaign to either add an additional general election debate or move up the calendar for the contests. In a letter to Trump’s private attorney Rudy Giuliani, the commission writes that it is committed to its existing schedule of three debates between Trump and his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, and that it would consider adding a fourth debate only if both sides agree to it.
  
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• Man pleads guilty to threatening to shoot Black renters

  06-08-2020 23:41
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a North Carolina man has pleaded guilty to violating the Fair Housing Act for threatening to shoot a Black family in 2014 for renting a home. A news release says 34-year-old Douglas Matthew Gurkins pleaded guilty on Thursday in federal court in the Eastern District of North Carolina. According to court documents, Gurkins drove to the family’s home, yelled racial slurs at them and told them they didn’t belong in the home. According to th
  
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• Santa Catalina Ranger District implements new rules for hikers on the Catalina Mountains

  06-08-2020 23:37
  
  TUCSON - The mountains are open. People went to get out and enjoy the outdoors. Since the Bighorn fire there are new rules in place to keep people away from hazardous areas.Many hiking trails in the Catalina mountains are still closed like Sabino Canyon, but some are breaking the rules and going hiking in this area despite the new dangers.Because of the new dangers the Coronado National Forest has released an order for anyone that wants to hike in the mountains.Dorilis Camacho is the Public Affa
  
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• Hostage-taking at French bank ends peacefully after 6 hours

  06-08-2020 23:33
  
  PARIS (AP) — An apparently armed man who took six hostages at a bank in the French port city of Le Havre on Thursday surrendered after nearly six hours. Police said the 34-year-old with a history of mental problems freed the hostages one by one, with the last leaving shortly before the hostage-taker turned himself in. It wasn’t immediately clear if the hostage-taker’s handgun was real. A special police intervention unit spent hours negotiating. The official in France’s na
  
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• California, cities battle over marijuana home-delivery rule

  06-08-2020 23:32
  
  FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Where can you deliver legal marijuana in California? That question is at issue in a court fight between the state and some of its own cities. Beverly Hills, Santa Cruz County and 23 other local governments are asking Fresno Superior Court to invalidate a state rule that allows home marijuana deliveries statewide, even into communities that banned commercial pot sales. In a potential setback for at least some of the cities, Judge Rosemary McGuire tentatively sided with
  
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• Fed’s Main Street pandemic support program off to slow start

  06-08-2020 23:28
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve says its Main Street Lending Program designed to help small and medium-sized companies get through the pandemic has managed to make just eight loans in its first month of operations. In its first report on the program, the Fed said Thursday it had provided $76.9 million in loans since it started operations on July 6. That’s just a sliver of the up to $600 billion the central bank has said it will provide to cash-strapped companies through its Mai
  
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• Sedona sewer replacement project sends sewage into Oak Creek

  06-08-2020 23:21
  
  SEDONA, Ariz. (AP) — A sewer replacement project along State Route 179 in Sedona has sent an estimated 20,000 gallons of sewage into Oak Creek. City officials say the spill occurred Tuesday night when sewage flowed out of a manhole and into a storm drain that flowed to the creek. Sedona officials say the spill was contained within hours and disinfected. Kinney Construction Services, the contractor for the sewer project, and city officials have started water quality tests both upstream and
  
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• Grand Teton seeks goat cull help after canceled air shoot

  06-08-2020 23:16
  
  CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Grand Teton National Park is seeking volunteers to shoot nonnative mountain goats this fall after calling off a helicopter goat shoot amid criticism from Wyoming’s governor last winter. Thirty-six of the park’s 100 or so goats were killed before the effort was halted. This time, Gov. Mark Gordon supports the plan to eradicate the goats, which biologists deem a threat to native bighorn sheep because the goats can spread pneumonia. The latest effort set for
  
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• Commission rejects President Trump’s request to add debate against Biden

  06-08-2020 23:15
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates has rejected a request from the Trump campaign to either add an additional general election debate or move up the calendar for the contests.In a letter to Trump's private attorney Rudy Giuliani, the commission writes that it is ommitted to its existing schedule of three debates between Trump and his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, and that it would consider adding a fourth debate only if both sides agree to it.Giuliani
  
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• Africa surpasses 1 million confirmed cases of COVID-19

  06-08-2020 23:11
  
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Africa’s confirmed coronavirus cases have surpassed 1 million, but global health experts tell The Associated Press the true toll is likely several times higher. That reflects the gaping lack of testing for the continent's 1.3 billion people.Large numbers of undetected cases are a danger for Africa with many of the world’s weakest health systems. Some countries have only a single testing machine. Some have conducted less than 500 tests per million people.The
  
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• President Trump teases early vaccine release

  06-08-2020 23:06
  
  (NBC News)  As researchers race toward a coronavirus vaccine, President Trump says one could be ready around the time Americans head to the polls in November.Asked if that would improve his reelection chances, Mr. Trump responded "It wouldn't hurt but I'm not doing it for the election, I want it fast because I want to save a lot of lives."Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar later stressed politics will not influence vaccine timing."Every effort that we're making is about saving Am
  
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• The Latest: Oklahoma governor contracts COVID-19 from hugs

  06-08-2020 22:59
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma governor spokesperson Charlie Hannema said Thursday that Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt, the first governor in the nation to test positive for the coronavirus, was infected when he hugged two friends from Tulsa.At least one of the two men, whom Hannema did not identify, later tested positive for the virus. The meeting took place July 10 in Oklahoma City, and was not connected to Stitt’s attendance at a June 20 campaign rally for President Donald Trump in Tulsa.S
  
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• Israel strikes Gaza in response to explosive balloons

  06-08-2020 22:57
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli army says it has attacked targets in the northern Gaza Strip after Palestinian militants launched explosive balloons into Israel. In a brief statement, the army said airstrikes struck “infrastrucure used for underground activities” by Gaza’s ruling Hamas militant group. There were no reports of injuries. Israel and Hamas have fought three wars and numerous smaller skirmishes since the Islamic militant group seized control of Gaza in 2007. In r
  
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• Investigation finds violations in controversial parole case

  06-08-2020 22:55
  
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A report from the state’s government watchdog agency says the Virginia Parole Board and its former chairperson violated state law and its own policies and procedures in granting the release of a man convicted decades ago of killing a Richmond police officer. Republican state lawmakers made the report public for the first time Thursday, a week after the agency shared a version with the press that was almost entirely redacted. The report’s findings deal with
  
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• Africa passes 1M confirmed virus cases; true number far more

  06-08-2020 22:55
  
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Africa’s confirmed coronavirus cases have surpassed 1 million, but global health experts tell The Associated Press the true toll is likely several times higher. That reflects the gaping lack of testing for the continent’s 1.3 billion people. Large numbers of undetected cases are a danger for Africa with many of the world’s weakest health systems. Some countries have only a single testing machine. Some have conducted less than 500 tests per million peop
  
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• Africa’s confirmed coronavirus cases surpass 1 million, while experts say the continent’s real toll is far higher

  06-08-2020 22:51
  
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Africa’s confirmed coronavirus cases surpass 1 million, while experts say the continent’s real toll is far higher.The post Africa’s confirmed coronavirus cases surpass 1 million, while experts say the continent’s real toll is far higher appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Mexico resort pulls controversial ‘anything goes’ tourism ad

  06-08-2020 22:50
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican coastal city of Acapulco has pulled a controversial video promotional ad touting the faded resort’s reputation as an ‘anything goes’ tourism destination. The governor of the Pacific coast state of Guerrero quickly criticized the ads, in which tourists are depicted going to parties and nightclubs without masks or social distancing. Gov. Hector Astudillo wrote late Wednesday that the ads were “out of step with the times, insensitive and
  
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• With Razor-Thin Margin, Oro Town Town Council Remains Undecided

  06-08-2020 22:49
  
  The early primary election results published on Tuesday evening showed a neck-and-neck race between the five candidates seeking three seats on the Oro Valley Town Council.…
  
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• The Latest: Illinois reports nearly 2,000 new COVID-19 cases

  06-08-2020 22:48
  
  CHICAGO — Illinois has reported nearly 2,000 new confirmed COVID-19 cases as public health officials continued warnings Thursday that there could be a reversal in the state’s progress against coronavirus if things don’t change.
  The Illinois Department of Public Health announced 1,953 confirmed cases, the highest since late May, and 21 deaths. Overall, the state has reported 188,424 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 7,594 deaths.
  Public health officials say 41,686 tests were conducte
  
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• 4 Ohio operatives plead not guilty in $60M bribery probe

  06-08-2020 22:46
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Four Ohio lobbyists and political operatives have pleaded not guilty to charges they conspired as part of what one defendant called an “unholy alliance” aimed at bailing out two aging Ohio nuclear power plants. Federal prosecutors allege ex-GOP Speaker Larry Householder and four others illegally shepherded $60 million in energy company money through a dark money group for personal and political gains. An indictment alleges the scheme was orchestrated to en
  
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• Republicans push Kanye 2020. But will it really hurt Biden?

  06-08-2020 22:40
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Kanye West’s unlikely White House bid is getting help qualifying for presidential ballots in key states from Republicans around the country, fueling suspicions he’s being pushed to run by allies of President Donald Trump hoping to siphon support away from Joe Biden. The rapper’s paperwork to make ballots has been aided by Republicans in Colorado, Wisconsin, Ohio, Arkansas and Vermont. Because Biden has strong appeal among Black voters and is counting on
  
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• Ex-officer’s lawyers say trip didn’t break bond conditions

  06-08-2020 22:39
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Lawyers for the former Atlanta police officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks say he shouldn’t have his bond revoked for traveling to Florida. They argued in a court filing Thursday that Garret Rolfe didn’t violate the conditions of his bond because he was never ordered to stay at his home and not travel out of state. Rolfe faces 11 charges, including felony murder, in Brooks’ killing on June 12. He was granted bond June 30. Prosecutors on Tuesday asked a
  
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• Captain astonished that his ship delivered Beirut explosive

  06-08-2020 22:38
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — When Boris Prokoshev, a sea captain spending his retirement years in a southern Russia village, woke up and found an email saying a ship he once commanded had carried the ammonium nitrate that devastatingly exploded in Beirut, he was astonished. “I didn’t understand anything,” he told The Associated Press on Thursday. The 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate that blew up in Beirut’s port on Tuesday wasn’t supposed to be in Lebanon at all. It was bound
  
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• Utah protesters face charges with potential life sentence

  06-08-2020 22:36
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Some Black Lives Matter protesters in Utah could face up to life in prison if they’re convicted of splashing red paint and smashing windows during a protest, a potential punishment that stands out among demonstrators arrested around the country and one that critics say doesn’t fit the alleged crime. The felony criminal mischief charges are more serious because they carry a gang enhancement. Prosecutors said Wednesday that’s justified because the prot
  
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• Wall Street perks up as S&P 500 pulls within 1.1% of record

  06-08-2020 22:32
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks closed higher on Wall Street Thursday after a report showed the pace of layoffs across the country is slowing, though it remains incredibly high. The S&P 500 added 0.6% after spending much of the day waffling between smaller gains and losses. It rose for the fifth day in a row and is now back within 1.1% of the record high it set in February. The Dow rose 185 points as investors waited for Congress and the White House to reach a hoped-for deal on more aid for the
  
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• US aid begins flowing to Lebanon in wake of deadly explosion

  06-08-2020 22:30
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is delivering aid to Lebanon in the aftermath of the massive deadly explosion, amid longstanding concerns about how officials can ensure that the supplies get to those in need, and not the Iranian-backed Hezbollah. The first C-17 transport aircraft with 11 pallets of food, water and medical supplies from the U.S. military’s Central Command has arrived from Qatar and two more were expected in the next 24 hours.  U.S. officials say the administr
  
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• Trump, McConnell huddle; virus aid talks at risk of collapse

  06-08-2020 22:27
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Hopes are fading on Capitol Hill for reaching agreement this week on a coronavirus relief bill. President Donald Trump and the Senate’s top Republican huddled Thursday amid increasing worry that the bipartisan negotiations might collapse. The rival sides are trading public broadsides rather than potentially constructive concessions. And they’re hurtling toward a self-imposed end-of-the-week deadline for a deal. Democratic leaders accused the Republicans of mak
  
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• TVA rescinds decision to outsource technology jobs

  06-08-2020 22:25
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Valley Authority has announced it will rescind a decision to lay off its in-house technology workers. The authority had been planning on replacing those workers with contractors who rely heavily on foreign workers under the H1-B visa program for highly skilled workers. Yet President Donald Trump fired the TVA chairman, Skip Thompson, on Monday and threatened to remove other board members if they continued to hire foreign labor. By Thursday, interim TVA
  
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• Army secretary: Fort Hood has high rates of murder, assault

  06-08-2020 22:20
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — U.S. Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy says Fort Hood has one of the highest rates of murder, sexual assault and harassment in the Army. McCarthy visited the based Thursday as part of an independent review he ordered of the command climate at Fort Hood following the slaying of Spc. Vanessa Guillen. He noted her death has become catalyst for the Army in highlighting issues of sexual harassment and assault in the military. He says investigators will work to help the Army find
  
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• Florida governor pushes to reschedule UF-FSU football game

  06-08-2020 22:16
  
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is pushing to get the annual football game between Florida State and the University of Florida rescheduled. He said Thursday that keeping the famed rivalry going will be good for the state. The two schools have played each other every year since 1958. But Florida State is in the Atlantic Coast Conference and Florida is in the Southeastern Conference. The ACC and SEC are limiting teams to an in-conference schedule only. DeSantis
  
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• Once in crisis, Ecuador city now helps others battle virus

  06-08-2020 22:05
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Ecuador’s biggest city, Guayaquil, was a pandemic hellscape of makeshift morgues, hundreds dying at home, bodies left in the street. That was in March and April, when the country’s economic hub on the Pacific coast suffered as much as anywhere in the world from the new coronavirus and the disease it causes, COVID-19. Guayaquil later stabilized, sending medical teams and equipment elsewhere in Ecuador and taking in virus patients from outside the city. Guayaqu
  
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• US appeals court denies bid to resurrect Bundy standoff case

  06-08-2020 22:03
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — A U.S. appeals court refused to resurrect the criminal case against states’ rights figure Cliven Bundy and family members stemming from a 2014 armed standoff with federal agents in Nevada. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday denied prosecutors’ efforts to overturn a judge’s decision to stop a months-long trial in January 2018, declare prosecutorial misconduct and dismiss the case so it couldn’t be re-filed. The 74-year-old Bundy still
  
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• Playing electoral defense, Trump claims Biden opposes God

  06-08-2020 22:03
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — President Donald Trump is engaging in a deeply personal attack on Joe Biden, even questioning without foundation the former vice president’s faith in God. Even for a president known for his blunt criticism, the remarks signal how contentious the campaign may get over the coming months. Trump says of Biden: “He’s against God. He’s against guns. He’s against energy, our kind of energy. I don’t think he’s going to do too well in Ohio.
  
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• Krispy Kreme offering free coffee, doughnuts for teachers next week

  06-08-2020 21:59
  
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  Free donuts and coffee for all educators! Courtesy of Krispy Kreme.That's right, Krispy Kreme will be giving out free donuts and coffee to teachers from Aug. 10 to Aug. 14.
  It's for Educator Appreciation Week.Krispy Kreme says it’s their way of saying thank you, “for all that you do.”On top of that, Krispy Kreme will also give everyone who orders a dozen donuts an extra special "Straight-A" dozen on Tuesday, August
  
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• The Latest: Britain announces quarantine for some travelers

  06-08-2020 21:52
  
  LONDON — Britain has announced that travellers arriving from Andorra, Belgium and the Bahamas will have to quarantine for two weeks effective from Saturday, following an increase in confirmed coronavirus cases in all three locations.
  Officials say COVID-19 cases in Belgium have increased fourfold since mid-July, and that in Andorra new cases per week have increased five-fold over the same period. They added that the Bahamas also saw a significant increase in case rates.
  Officials now say a
  
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• Man, likely armed, holds 2 hostages at French bank, frees 4

  06-08-2020 21:48
  
  PARIS (AP) — French police say a man apparently armed with a handgun is still holding two people hostage at a bank in the port city of Le Havre after gradually freeing another four. A special police intervention unit was negotiating with the 34-year-old hostage-taker for the captives’ release late Thursday, nearly five hours after the start of the drama. A national police official said the 34-year-old hostage-taker was known to have psychological problems, but did not confirm French
  
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• Blue, four-door passenger car sought after allegedly hitting a woman, fleeing scene in midtown

  06-08-2020 21:38
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - A person spotted driving a blue, four-door passenger car is wanted by Tucson Police Department after it was reportedly involved in a hit-and-run crash on July 31.At around 6:30 p.m. July 31, a pedestrian was reportedly struck by a vehicle in the 200 block of East Grant Road. The vehicle involved reportedly slowed down before fleeing the scene east on Grant Road.The pedestrian, later identified as a woman in her 30s, was transported to a hospital with life-threatening injuries in
  
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• Macron promises help, Beirut residents vent fury at leaders

  06-08-2020 21:37
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — Residents of Beirut have vented their fury at Lebanon’s leaders during a visit by French President Emmanuel Macron, blaming them for the deadly explosion that ravaged the capital. They crowded around France’s president, shouting, “Revolution!” Macron promised to press the politicians for reform. Later on Thursday, a Lebanese military judge leading the investigation into this week’s explosion said 16 employees of Beirut’s port, the site of t
  
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• Trump, McConnell huddle with virus talks at risk of collapse

  06-08-2020 21:34
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Hopes are fading on Capitol Hill for reaching agreement this week on a coronavirus relief bill. President Donald Trump and the Senate’s top Republican huddled Thursday amid increasing worry that the bipartisan negotiations might collapse. The rival sides are trading public broadsides rather than potentially constructive concessions. And they’re hurtling toward a self-imposed end-of-the-week deadline for a deal. Democratic leaders accused the Republicans of mak
  
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• Heavy law enforcement presence reported at Palominas clinic

  06-08-2020 21:33
  
  PALOMINAS, Ariz. (KVOA) - Cochise County officials say there is an "ongoing law enforcement situation" in the parking lot of a clinic in Palominas.
  They say appointments at Copper Queen Medical Associates Clinic, 10524 E. Highway 92, are proceeding as usual. However, they do ask motorists who do not need to be there to avoid the area.
  People with appointments are asked to use the parking lot on the east side of the building.
  Cochise County says there are "a number of first responders on scene."N
  
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• $2M cash-only bond for airman charged with murder in Arizona

  06-08-2020 21:31
  
  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Bail has been set at $2 million cash-only for a U.S. Air Force airman charged in the killing of a Sunday school teacher who was living in northwestern New Mexico. Mark Gooch became eligible for bond after the deadline passed for prosecutors to seek the death penalty in the case. He faces life in prison if convicted of first-degree murder in the death of 27-year-old Sasha Krause. She disappeared from a Mennonite community outside Farmington earlier this year. Her bod
  
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• Not just Price is right: Canadiens have Penguins on brink

  06-08-2020 21:29
  
  The goaltending of Carey Price isn’t the only reason the Pittsburgh Penguins are on the brink of elimination. The Montreal Canadiens have gone toe to toe with the NHL’s best team that didn’t get a bye in the playoffs. They’ve held star Russian center Evgeni Malkin to one secondary assist through three games and not just relied on Price in net. The Edmonton Oilers, Florida Panthers and Nashville Predators are also on the verge of being eliminated, with varying degrees of g
  
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• Iowa court dismisses suit over coverage for sex reassignment

  06-08-2020 21:18
  
  An Iowa appeals court has dismissed a lawsuit challenging a law passed last year that does not require Medicaid to pay for sex reassignment surgeries for transgender residents. The Iowa Court of Appeals posted its ruling Wednesday. It agreed with a lower court finding that the legal challenge was speculative because the two transgender residents who sued hadn’t yet been denied Medicaid coverage for surgeries. The lawsuit claimed the law violated the inalienable rights to liberty, safety an
  
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• Man accused of firing shots at pursuing police officers

  06-08-2020 21:17
  
  PEORIA, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say a 37-year-old man sought on domstic violence and other charges was arrested after allegedly shooting at pursuing officers before and during a chase on local streets and three metro Phoenix freeways on Wednesay. Peoria police said Bryan Lamb first shot at officers trying to arrest him at a shopping center near Interstate 17 and then again after the ensuing pursuit headed first onto I-17 and then Interstate 10 and Loop 202. Police said Lamb was jailed aft
  
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• Lebanese judge: 16 port staffers arrested over Beirut blast

  06-08-2020 21:11
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s state-run news agency says 16 employees at Beirut’s port have been detained over this weeks explosion that killed more than 100 people and wounded thousands. The National News Agency quoted the government commissioner to the military court judge as saying on Thursday that 18 people have been questioned so far. All of them are port and customs officials, as well as individuals in charge of maintenance at the hangar where 2,750 tons of explosive materials
  
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