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• Agency swats down prospect of mosquito flag for Mississippi

  11-08-2020 23:55
  
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi will not put a huge mosquito on its new state flag. The state Department of Archives and history says Tuesday that a design featuring the blood-sucking insect had slipped through the screening process and should not have been among the finalists posted online Monday. Mississippi recently retired the last state banner with the Confederate battle emblem widely condemned as racist. A nine-member commission will recommend a replacement that cannot include the
  
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• US revises UN resolution to extend UN arms embargo on Iran

  11-08-2020 23:51
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States has circulated a revised resolution that would extend a U.N. arms embargo on Iran indefinitely, seeking to gain more support in the 15-member Security Council where veto-wielding Russia and China have voiced strong opposition. U.S. Ambassador Kelly Craft said Tuesday the new draft “takes council views into account and simply does what everyone knows should be done — extend the arms embargo to prevent Iran from freely buying and selling co
  
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• Trini Lopez, 1960s-era singer mentored by Sinatra, dies

  11-08-2020 23:49
  
  RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — Trini Lopez, a singer and guitarist who gained fame for his versions of “Lemon Tree” and “If I Had a Hammer” in the 1960s and took his talents to Hollywood, has died. He was 83.  Filmmaker P. David Ebersole confirms that Lopez died Tuesday from complications of COVID-19. Lopez was mentored by Buddy Holly and Frank Sinatra and became an international star, performing in English and Spanish. Unlike Mexican American singers such as Ritchie
  
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• The Latest: Florida gov wants college football despite virus

  11-08-2020 23:49
  
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis wants college football to be played in Florida this fall despite the coronavirus outbreak.Speaking Tuesday at Florida State’s practice facility, DeSantis said the sport can be played safely. The players are tested weekly and are told not to socialize with outsiders.He said if the season is canceled, the players won’t have that discipline and will be more likely to catch the virus. His push came shortly after the state announced 277 more dea
  
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• The Latest: Biden says VP pick Harris is ‘ready to lead’

  11-08-2020 23:49
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden’s selection of California Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate (all times local):
  5:45 p.m.
  Former Vice President Joe Biden says he picked Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate in part because she “is ready to lead” and “understands the pain that so many people in our nation are suffering.”
  Biden says in an email to supporters that Harris can be the partner to help him deliver on hi
  
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• Tucson Sector Border Patrol agent resigns after arrested in drug trafficking investigation

  11-08-2020 23:43
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - The Tucson Sector Border Patrol agent who was arrested for allegedly trafficking about 50 pounds of narcotics Sunday resigned from his position Monday.On Monday, U.S. Attorney's Office shared that Carlos Victor Passapera Pinott was taken into custody after local law enforcement seized 21 kilograms of cocaine, one kilogram of heroin, one kilogram of fentanyl and about 350,000 pills of fentanyl from a vehicle during a traffic stop. Passapera reportedly placed the two duffel bags th
  
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• Kanye West qualifies as presidential candidate in Arkansas

  11-08-2020 23:43
  
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Rapper Kanye West has qualified to appear on Arkansas’ ballot in November as an independent presidential candidate. Secretary of State John Thurston on Tuesday told West’s representatives that the rapper had submitted at least the 1,000 valid signatures from registered voters required to appear on the ballot. West had submitted more than 1,700 signatures last week. West once backed President Donald Trump but announced last month he had broken with Trump
  
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• Colorado attorney general announces broader probe of police

  11-08-2020 23:33
  
  DENVER (AP) — The Colorado attorney general has announced a civil rights investigation into the suburban Denver police department whose officers used a chokehold on Elijah McClain before the 23-year-old Black man died last year. The probe announced Tuesday is the first under a new police reform law passed after George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis set off global protests over racial injustice and police brutality. The attorney general’s office says the investigation into whether
  
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• The Latest: Obama says Biden ‘nailed’ VP pick with Harris

  11-08-2020 23:29
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden’s selection of California Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate (all times local):
  5:25 p.m.
  Former President Barack Obama is hailing his former vice president’s running mate selection, saying, “Joe Biden nailed this decision.”“By choosing Senator Kamala Harris as America’s next vice president, he’s underscored his own judgment and character,” Obama adds.Obama calls
  
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• Special Weather Statement issued August 11 at 2:25PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  11-08-2020 23:25
  
  At 224 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 12miles west of Arivaca, or 29 miles west of Tubac, moving northeast at5 mph.
  Winds in excess of 40 mph and blowing dust will be possible with thisstorm.
  Locations impacted include…Sasabe.Heavy rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead tolocalized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through floodedroadways.The post Special Weather Statement issued August 11 at 2:25PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Pac-12 cancels all sports until Jan. 1 due to COVID-19 pandemic

  11-08-2020 23:22
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The Big Ten and Pac-12 conferences won't play football this fall because of concerns about COVID-19.The decisions take two of college football’s five power conferences out of a crumbling season amid the pandemic. The Big Ten's announcement that it was postponing all fall sports and hoping to make them up in the second semester came first.An hour later, the Pac-12 called a news conference to say that all sports in its conference would be paused until Jan. 1, including b
  
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• Excessive Heat Warning issued August 11 at 2:22PM MST until August 16 at 8:00PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  11-08-2020 23:22
  
  * WHAT…Dangerously hot conditions. Afternoon temperatures fromTucson westward 108 to 114, with eastern valleys from 103 to108.
  * WHERE…Western Pima County, Tohono O’odham Nation, UpperSanta Cruz River Valley/Altar Valley, Tucson Metro Area, SouthCentral Pinal County, Southeast Pinal County and Upper GilaRiver Valley.
  * WHEN…From 10 AM Thursday to 8 PM MST Sunday.
  * IMPACTS…Extreme heat and humidity will significantlyincrease the potential for heat related illnes
  
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• Biden picks Kamala Harris as running mate, first black woman

  11-08-2020 23:18
  
  WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Joe Biden has chosen California Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate. It’s a move that fulfills the wish of Democrats clamoring to see a woman of color on a major party’s presidential ticket for the first time in history. The 55-year-old Harris was elected to the Senate in 2016 after serving as California’s attorney general. Harris competed against Biden for the Democratic presidential nomination but left the race before voting began as she strug
  
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• US contractor told Lebanese port official of chemicals risk

  11-08-2020 23:16
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — American officials say a U.S. government contractor expressed concerns about the security of volatile chemicals stored in a Beirut port facility about four years before the explosions last week that killed dozens and injured thousands. The contractor, who now is a State Department employee, expressed his concerns to a Lebanese port official, but there is no indication that he raised the matter with U.S. officials. The contractor made a brief, impromptu inspection of physi
  
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• Colorado attorney general probing Elijah McClain’s death announces broader investigation into suburban Denver police

  11-08-2020 23:16
  
  AURORA, Colo. (AP) — Colorado attorney general probing Elijah McClain’s death announces broader investigation into suburban Denver police.The post Colorado attorney general probing Elijah McClain’s death announces broader investigation into suburban Denver police appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• So Much for That UA-ASU Season Opener: Pac-12 Cancels Fall Season for All Sports, Hopes for Spring Season

  11-08-2020 23:14
  
  The Pac-12 Conference unanimously voted to postpone all sports competitions through the rest of the year, with an eye toward pushing fall sports like football to the spring. The announcement, which was unveiled during a Zoom call by Commissioner Larry Scott, came hours after the Big Ten Conference announced a similar decision.…
  
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• The Latest: Harris ‘honored’ to join Biden on Dem ticket

  11-08-2020 23:13
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden’s selection of California Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate (all times local):
  5:05 p.m.
  In her first public statement since Joe Biden named her as his vice presidential running mate, California Sen. Kamala Harris says she’s “honored” to join the Democrats’ presumptive presidential nominee on the party’s November ticket.
  Harris said on Twitter that Biden “can unify the
  
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• Over 900 students, staff in Georgia district quarantining

  11-08-2020 23:05
  
  CANTON, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia school district has quarantined more than 900 students and staff members because of possible exposure to the coronavirus since classes resumed this last week. The Cherokee County School District outside Atlanta said it would also temporarily shut down a hard-hit high school in which a widely shared photo showed dozens of maskless students posing together. The district serves more than 42,000 students. News of the quarantines came a day after Georgia Gov. Brian
  
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• U.S. judge: Cities cannot fine people for living outside

  11-08-2020 23:03
  
  GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon city has joined Boise, Idaho, in eliciting a precedent-setting court ruling that could change how cities nationwide cite and fine people living outside. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports a federal judge decided last week that Grants Pass, Oregon, violated its homeless residents’ Eighth Amendment rights by excluding them from parks without due process and citing them for sleeping outside. The ruling builds on the landmark 2018 Martin v. City of Boise
  
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• The Latest: LA mayor hails Harris pick as VP candidate

  11-08-2020 22:54
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden’s selection of California Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate (all times local):
  4:50 p.m.
  Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is praising his “dear friend” and fellow Californian Kamala Harris after Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden selected the senator as his running mate.
  Garcetti is one of Biden’s campaign co-chairs and a co-chair of the search committee that helped Biden naviga
  
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• Suit: LA officer fondled dead woman, showed video to others

  11-08-2020 22:49
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Court documents show that a Los Angeles police officer accused of fondling a dead woman has been sued by her family. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday by the family of Elizabeth Baggett. The lawsuit accuses Officer David Rojas of fondling Elizabeth Baggett’s breasts and “feeling her nipples, without limitation,” as well as showing the body camera video of it to others. Rojas, who has been on the force for four years, remains employed by the Los Angeles Poli
  
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• The Latest: Trump campaign blasts Kamala Harris as ‘phony’

  11-08-2020 22:48
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden’s selection of California Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate (all times local):
  4:40 p.m.
  President Donald Trump’s campaign is blasting Joe Biden’s vice presidential pick, calling Sen. Kamala Harris “phony.”
  In a statement, Trump adviser Katrina Pierson says Harris “will abandon her own morals, as well as try to bury her record as a prosecutor, in order to appease the anti-po
  
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• Lawsuit filed in Tennessee prison administrator’s killing

  11-08-2020 22:48
  
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The daughter of a Tennessee corrections administrator who authorities say was killed during a prison escape has sued the facility and its warden for negligence in her death. Shernaye Johnson has filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking a jury trial and $5 million in damages for the death of her mother, Debra Johnson. The prison official’s body was found in her home on the grounds of the West Tennessee State Penitentiary in rural Henning in August 2019. Curtis Ra
  
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• Prosecution rejects rookie argument by ex-cop in Floyd death

  11-08-2020 22:44
  
  Minneapolis (AP) — State prosecutors have rejected an argument by a fired Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death that he was just a rookie overridden by a senior officer at the scene. Prosecutors on Monday opposed the fired officer’s motion to be dismissed from the case. Officer Thomas Lane is charged with aiding and abetting both second-degree murder and manslaughter. The defense contends the 37-year-old Lane was only on the job four days when Floyd died af
  
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• Powerful storm leaves 2 dead, heavy crop damage in Midwest

  11-08-2020 22:40
  
  IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Hundreds of thousands across the Midwest remained without electricity after a powerful storm packing 100 mph winds battered the region. Monday’s storms caused widespread property and crop damage, and the deaths of at least two people in Indiana and Iowa. The storm known as a derecho tore from eastern Nebraska across Iowa and parts of Wisconsin and Illinois. In Iowa, three mobile coronavirus testing sites were temporarily closed after suffering storm damage. Iow
  
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• Prosecutor won’t act on low-level Portland protest arrests

  11-08-2020 22:32
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The newly elected district attorney in Portland, Oregon, has announced a new policy that means that cases will be dismissed against dozens — and possibly several hundred — people arrested on lesser charges at the ongoing protests in Oregon’s largest city. District Attorney Mike Schmidt said Tuesday the new policy recognizes the frustration over centuries of racial inequity being expressed by protesters and also recognizes the court’s need to co
  
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• Jeffrey Epstein’s ex-girlfriend balks at prison conditions

  11-08-2020 22:31
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A British socialite says Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide last year is to blame for onerous conditions she faces in jail while awaiting trial on charges that she procured teenage girls for Epstein to abuse. Lawyers for Ghislaine Maxwell asked a judge Tuesday to relax her conditions in a Brooklyn federal lockup. They told U.S. District Judge Alison Nathan that Maxwell’s treatment stems from the death of the financier who was once her boyfriend. Lawyers said Maxwell is h
  
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• Heat Advisory issued August 11 at 1:27PM MST until August 17 at 8:00PM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ

  11-08-2020 22:27
  
  * WHAT…Hot conditions with afternoon temperatures 94 to 109expected.
  * WHERE…Mazatzal Mountains, Pinal/Superstition Mountains andSoutheast Gila County.
  * WHEN…From 10 AM Thursday to 8 PM MST Monday.
  * IMPACTS…Very High Heat Risk. Increase in heat relatedillnesses, including heat cramps, heat exhaustion, and heatstroke. Heat stroke can lead to death.A Heat Advisory means that a period of hot temperatures, even bylocal standards, will occur. Actions should be taken to l
  
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• Fox news, business cable channels to stream internationally

  11-08-2020 22:27
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Fox News and Fox Business channels are going international. A digital streaming service with the pair will launch in Mexico this month, expanding to Spain, Germany and the United Kingdom in September. Fox News Media said that the new service, named Fox News International, will be available in 20 countries by the end of this year. The service will include live streams of the Fox news and business channels and an on-demand catalog of 20-plus shows including top-rated c
  
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• Excessive Heat Warning issued August 11 at 1:27PM MST until August 17 at 8:00PM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ

  11-08-2020 22:27
  
  * WHAT…Dangerously hot conditions. Afternoon temperatures 109to 118 expected.
  * WHERE…Portions of south central and southwest Arizona andsoutheast California.
  * WHEN…From 10 AM MST /10 AM PDT/ Thursday to 8 PM MST /8 PMPDT/ Monday.
  * IMPACTS…Very High Heat Risk. Increase in heat relatedillnesses, including heat cramps, heat exhaustion, and heatstroke. Heat stroke can lead to death.An Excessive Heat Warning means that a period of very hottemperatures, even by local sta
  
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• Biden selects California Sen. Kamala Harris as running mate

  11-08-2020 22:27
  
  WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Joe Biden has chosen California Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate. It’s a move that fulfills the wish of Democrats clamoring to see a woman of color on a major party’s presidential ticket for the first time in history. The 55-year-old Harris was elected to the Senate in 2016 after serving as California’s attorney general. Harris competed against Biden for the Democratic presidential nomination but left the race before voting began as she strug
  
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• Biden selects Sen. Harris as his running mate

  11-08-2020 22:25
  
  Gage Skidmore / CC BY-SA 2.0Kamala Harris (D), junior United States Senator from California since 2017, Photo Date: 4/27/19
  Presidential candidate Joe Biden picked US Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate on Tuesday after weeks of speculation.Several candidates were vetted by Biden’s team. Reported candidates include Susan Rice, Elizabeth Warren, Gretchen Whitmer, Karen Bass, Val Demings, Tammy Duckworth, Kaisha Lance Bottoms, Tammy Baldwin and Michelle Lujan Grisham.
  I have the great
  
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• Twins acquire INF Ildemaro Vargas from Diamondbacks

  11-08-2020 22:24
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — The Minnesota Twins have acquired infielder Ildemaro Vargas from the Arizona Diamondbacks for cash considerations. The teams announced the deal on Tuesday. The 29-year-old Vargas was one of the D-backs’ primary backups last season, playing in 92 games while batting .269 with six homers and 24 RBIs. He can play all four infield positions. Vargas played in eight games this season, going 3 for 20 at the plate, before being designated for assignment on Aug. 6.The post Twin
  
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• US attorney experiencing ‘tidal wave’ of cases after ruling

  11-08-2020 22:20
  
  TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Federal prosecutors from as far away as New York and Florida are helping the U.S. attorney in Tulsa deal with what he describes as a “tidal wave” of new cases. U.S. Attorney Trent Shores said Tuesday the increase in cases is a result of a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision. That decision in McGirt v. Oklahoma determined that a large swath of eastern Oklahoma remains a Muscogee (Creek) Nation Indian reservation. As a result, either the federal government or t
  
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• Big Ten, Pac-12 pull plug on fall football amid pandemic

  11-08-2020 22:19
  
  The Big Ten and Pac-12 conferences won’t play football this fall because of concerns about COVID-19. The announcement by the Big Ten comes six day after the conference that includes programs such as Ohio State, Michigan, Nebraska and Penn State released a revised league-only schedule that it hoped would help it navigate a fall season with potential coronavirus disruptions. Instead, all fall sports in the Big Ten have been called off and a spring season will be explored. And two people invo
  
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• Biden picks California Sen. Kamala Harris as his VP, making her the first Black woman on major party presidential ticket

  11-08-2020 22:17
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Biden picks California Sen. Kamala Harris as his VP, making her the first Black woman on major party presidential ticket.The post Biden picks California Sen. Kamala Harris as his VP, making her the first Black woman on major party presidential ticket appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Correction: Police Conduct-Investigation story

  11-08-2020 22:15
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a story August 10, 2020, about the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department investigating the tactics used by officers when they held three teens at gunpoint, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the three are Black. The attorney for the teens, Robert Brown, says one of the teens is white. The post Correction: Police Conduct-Investigation story appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• The Latest: Global health agency urges vaccine safety trials

  11-08-2020 22:14
  
  MIAMI — The Pan American Health Organization has expressed reservations over reports that institutions in the region were negotiating to manufacture and distribute a new COVID-19 vaccine announced by Russia that has yet to go through standard, extensive safety and efficacy trials.
  The organization’s deputy director, Jarbas Barbosa, said in an online news conference Tuesday from Washington that any vaccine should be carefully evaluated to ensure the product is safe and effective.
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• Mexico probing alleged bribes in ex-president’s campaign

  11-08-2020 22:14
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s former president and finance secretary are squarely in the sights of the country’s attorney general, who says his office is investigating the alleged use of bribes to fund a presidential campaign. Attorney General Alejandro Gertz Manero said in a video Tuesday that the former head of Mexico’s state-run oil company fingered former President Enrique Peña Nieto and his Finance Secretary Luis Videgaray for instructing him to pay campaign con
  
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• Late drop leaves S&P 500 lower, breaking a 7-day win streak

  11-08-2020 22:13
  
  A late slide in big technology companies left indexes broadly lower on Wall Street, erasing an early gain and breaking a seven-day winning streak for the S&P 500. The benchmark index, which fell 0.8% Tuesday, remains within striking distance of the all-time high it reached in February. Gains for banks and industrial companies were offset by drops in big-name tech stocks like Apple and Microsoft. Those stocks have far outpaced the rest of the market this year as investors bet they could still
  
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• Joe Biden picks California Sen. Kamala Harris as his VP running mate

  11-08-2020 22:05
  
  UPDATE: Joe Biden picks California Sen. Kamala Harris as his VP running mate. 
  I have the great honor to announce that I’ve picked @KamalaHarris — a fearless fighter for the little guy, and one of the country’s finest public servants — as my running mate.
  — Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) August 11, 2020
  This is a developing story. 
  WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Joe Biden has decided on his running mate and has started telling people close to him as he nears the mos
  
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• Biden has made decision on running mate

  11-08-2020 22:05
  
  WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Joe Biden has decided on his running mate and has started telling people close to him as he nears the most consequential announcement of his political career. There’s no name made public yet, but Democrats close to the campaign say an announcement is imminent, and could come as early as Tuesday. The campaign has already been preparing, even as Biden himself spent some of the past week privately interviewing contenders in advance of his final decision. Aides to
  
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• Lack of body cameras fuels suspicion in Chicago shooting

  11-08-2020 22:03
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Police Department is facing new questions about accountability after acknowledging that officers who shot a black man were not wearing body cameras. The shooting Sunday on the South Side prompted hundreds of vandals to descend on the downtown shopping area, where they smashed store windows and made off with merchandise. Police spokesman Howard Ludwig says citywide teams, including the one that shot 20-year-old Latrell Allen, do not yet have the cameras because th
  
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• AP Source: Pac-12 Conference cancels fall football season, postpones all sports until Jan. 1 because of COVID-19

  11-08-2020 22:03
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — AP Source: Pac-12 Conference cancels fall football season, postpones all sports until Jan. 1 because of COVID-19.The post AP Source: Pac-12 Conference cancels fall football season, postpones all sports until Jan. 1 because of COVID-19 appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Pence brings Trump’s “law and order” push to Arizona

  11-08-2020 22:02
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence has brought the Trump campaign’s tough-on-crime re-election message to Arizona. The Republican told a group of law enforcement officers at a Tuesday campaign rally in Tucson that Democrats will undermine law and order if they win the November elections. He then  headed Mesa to launch the campaign’s outreach efforts to members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Trump and Democrat Joe Biden have both focused hea
  
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• Elite public schools in Virginia, elsewhere seek diversity

  11-08-2020 22:00
  
  FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Officials in several states are considering major changes to the way the nation’s top-rated public high schools admit students. In Virginia, a task force is weighing changes at its 19 Governor’s Schools, particularly Thomas Jefferson High School in the Washington, D.C., suburbs. At the elite Stuyvesant magnet high school in New York City, diversity proponents want to change a system whose sole determinant of admission is a standardized test. For decades
  
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• Ruling keeps NCAA from limiting some athlete compensation

  11-08-2020 21:58
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A court decision the NCAA says will hurt college sports by allowing student-athletes to be paid “vast sums” of money will go into effect. That’s after the Supreme Court declined Tuesday to intervene at this point. Justice Elena Kagan denied the NCAA’s request to put a lower court ruling on hold at least temporarily while the NCAA asks the Supreme Court to take up the case. In May, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld a lower-court
  
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• Facebook: Pandemic hurt enforcement on suicide, child nudity

  11-08-2020 21:45
  
  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The COVID-19 pandemic impacted Facebook’s ability to remove harmful and forbidden material from its platforms, the company said Tuesday. Sending its content moderators home in the early months of the pandemic led to the removal of less material related to suicide, self-injury, child nudity and sexual exploitation. During that time, Facebook relied more on technology, rather than humans, to find posts, photos and other content that violates its rules. The compan
  
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• Man killed, 2 others injured in shooting on southwest side

  11-08-2020 21:44
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - One person has died and two others were injured during a shooting that occurred on the southwest side Monday evening.According to Tucson Police Department, its officers were dispatched to the 1600 block of Ajo Way near Freedom Drive in reference to a shooting.When the officers arrived at the scene, the discovered that three men were shot in connection to the incident, and all three were transported to the hospital.One of the individuals shot in the incident succumbed to his injur
  
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• US stocks give up an early gain and waver in late trading

  11-08-2020 21:40
  
  Stocks gave up an early gain and were wavering in late trading on Wall Street, though the S&P 500 remained within striking distance of the all-time high it reached back in February. The benchmark index slipped 0.4% late Tuesday, after being up 0.6% earlier. It’s on track to break a seven-day winning streak. Gains for banks, industrial and energy companies were offset by drops in big-name tech stocks like Apple and Microsoft. Those stocks have far outpaced the rest of the market this ye
  
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