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• Indians send down Clevinger, Plesac after virus blunder

  14-08-2020 23:57
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Indians activated pitchers Zach Plesac and Mike Clevinger from the restricted list and optioned them to the team’s alternate training site. The starters had been placed on the restricted list for violating Major League Baseball protocols related to the coronavirus pandemic. Chris Antonetti, Cleveland’s president of baseball operations, said both players drove to Detroit and met with the teammates in an “open forum.” Antonetti, manager
  
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• Venezuelan rebels sentenced to prison in failed beach attack

  14-08-2020 23:55
  
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A Venezuelan court has sentenced 15 men to prison for a failed beach attack launched alongside two former U.S. special forces members trying to overthrow President Nicolás Maduro. Venezuela’s top prosecutor said the rebel Venezuelan soldiers will spend 24 years in prison. Officials say they confessed to the early May attack that left eight dead and dozens more jailed. Two ex-Green Berets were earlier sentenced to prison for 20 years. Attorneys for the
  
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• Cardinals’ Jones has single-season sack record in sights

  14-08-2020 23:55
  
  GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona’s Chandler Jones was a great player on a mediocre defense one season ago, finishing with a career-high 19 sacks and solidifying his reputation as one of the NFL’s premier pass rushers. Now the Cardinals linebacker should have a little more help. Arizona added several new defensive pieces during the offseason. Jones hopes the added help with allow him to challenge the NFL’s single-season record of 22 1/2 sacks set by Michael Strahan. Jones ha
  
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• Arizonans who lost job due to virus won’t get full extra pay

  14-08-2020 23:50
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Gov. Doug Ducey’s office says unemployed Arizonans who were expecting to receive an additional $400 a week under an executive order President Donald Trump signed last weekend will only receive $300 extra. Friday’s announcement comes after the state decided it should not use its own funds to cover a required 25% match to the extra coronavirus-payments. Arizonans were getting $600 extra on top of the maximum $240 a week. But that extra pay expired in late July when
  
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• Mexico, Canada extend U.S. border closure to at least September

  14-08-2020 23:38
  
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  TORONTO (AP) — The Canada-U.S. border will remain closed to non-essential travel for at least another month.Friday's statement by Canada's Public Safety Minister Bill Blair came a day after Mexico announced a similar measure for its border with the United States.The land border restrictions aimed at controlling the coronavirus pandemic were first announced in March and have been renewed monthly. Many Canadians fear a
  
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• Arizonans who lost job due to virus will get extra $300/week

  14-08-2020 23:36
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Gov. Doug Ducey’s office says unemployed Arizonans who were expecting to receive an additional $400 a week under an executive order President Donald Trump signed last weekend will only receive $300 extra. Friday’s announcement comes after the state decided it should not use its own funds to cover a required 25% match to the extra coronavirus-payments. Arizonans were getting $600 extra on top of the maximum $240 a week. But that extra pay expired in late July when
  
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• Israel hits Gaza militant sites after incendiary balloons

  14-08-2020 23:35
  
  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel says it has hit several militant sites in the Gaza Strip, responding to explosive-laden incendiary balloons launched across the frontier into Israeli territory. Palestinian medics say a woman and a 3-year-old girl were slightly injured by shrapnel from airstrikes late Friday. The targeted sites belong to Hamas, the militant group that has ruled Gaza since 2007. The Israeli military says targets included “underground infrastructure and observation p
  
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• UN launches $565 million appeal for Beirut victims

  14-08-2020 23:19
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations is launching a $565 million appeal to help Lebanese people affected by the explosion at Beirut’s port with immediate humanitarian assistance and initial recovery efforts. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Friday the money will enable the U.N.’s humanitarian partners “to help people in need by targeting food security, health, shelter and protection, as well as water and sanitation hygiene support.” U.N. humanitarian offici
  
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• Tropical Storm Kyle forms as Josephine weakens in Atlantic

  14-08-2020 23:16
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Josephine continued to just barely hold on to its tropical storm status Friday as Tropical Storm Kyle formed in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of New England. Kyle was about 185 miles southeast of Atlantic City, New Jersey, with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said. Josephine had maximum sustained winds of 40 mph and was about 460 miles east of the northern Leeward Islands. Tropical storms have maximum sustained winds between 39
  
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• US allows killing sea lions eating at-risk Northwest salmon

  14-08-2020 23:05
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — U.S. authorities have given wildlife managers in Washington, Oregon and Idaho permission to start killing hundreds of sea lions in the Columbia River basin in hopes of helping struggling salmon and steelhead. The bulky marine mammals long ago figured out they could feast on the migrating fish where they bottleneck at dams or where they head up tributaries to spawn. The sea lions have been a long-running conundrum, pitting mammals protected under federal law against protected
  
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• The Latest: California heat wave raises coronavirus concerns

  14-08-2020 22:59
  
  LOS ANGELES — California is withering under a heat wave that has brought dangerously high temperatures, increased wildfire danger and fears of coronavirus spread as people flock to beaches and recreation areas.
  High pressure building over Western states pushed temperatures into triple digits across the state by midday Friday.
  Los Angeles opened cooling centers, but with limited capacity because of coronavirus social distancing requirements.
  Health officers were worried that people will pac
  
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• Crews battle house fire near Grant, Sahuara

  14-08-2020 22:57
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - Crews are responding to a house fire in central Tucson Friday afternoon.Tucson Fire Department units were dispatched to the 2200 block of N. Rainbow Vista Dr., near Grant Road and Sahuara Avenue.
  Motorists are asked to avoid the area.No further details have been released at this time.#TucsonFire is responding to a house fire in the 2200 block of N. Rainbow Vista Dr. Avoid the area pic.twitter.com/Oc43l5P96D— Tucson Fire Department (@TucsonFireDept) August 14, 2020The post C
  
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• The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Kyle has formed in the Atlantic off the coast of New England

  14-08-2020 22:53
  
  MIAMI (AP) — The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Kyle has formed in the Atlantic off the coast of New England.The post The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Kyle has formed in the Atlantic off the coast of New England appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Michigan Mom: Racial slur scrawled on toy shipped by Amazon

  14-08-2020 22:49
  
  (WDIV/NBC News)  A Taylor, Michigan woman says she received an Amazon package for her daughter’s birthday that came with offensive language written on it.Markia Davis is getting ready for her daughter’s first birthday, and she’s received several gifts through Amazon the last few days, with more to come. However, Davis says a package she received Thursday with a "Cry Babies" doll inside had the word “Cry” replaced with the N-word.“My heart started ra
  
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• Trump visits brother, Robert, at New York hospital

  14-08-2020 22:46
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday paid a visit to his younger brother, Robert Trump, at the New York hospital where he has been hospitalized.The president entered New York-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center in Manhattan wearing a face mask on Friday afternoon to visit  his 72-year-old brother.   The president was already scheduled to visit his property in Bedminster, New Jersey, on Friday. The White House did not immediately release details about why Rober
  
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• Burakovsky scores late, Avalanche beat Coyotes 3-2

  14-08-2020 22:44
  
  EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Andre Burakovsky scored late in the third period, Philipp Grubauer stopped 30 shots and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Arizona Coyotes 3-2 to take a 2-0 lead in their Stanley Cup playoff series. The Coyotes were far more aggressive in Game 2 after being tentative against Colorado’s offensive firepower to in the opener. The Avalanche still found ways to score early in the opening two periods on goals by Nathan MacKinnon and Tyson Jost. Burakovsky scored with
  
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• AP Top 25 will roll on in unusual college football season

  14-08-2020 22:43
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — If major college football games are being played, The Associated Press intends to rank teams. A most unusual college football season is less than a month away from kicking off. The preseason AP Top 25 presented by Regions Bank is scheduled to be released Aug. 24, marking the 85th year of its existence. The AP will also release its preseason All-America team the following day. The post AP Top 25 will roll on in unusual college football season appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• R. Kelly’s manager charged with phone threats to theater

  14-08-2020 22:40
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — R. Kelly’s manager has been charged with making telephone threats of gunfire at a Manhattan theater to shut down a documentary about the singer’s alleged sexual abuse of women and girls. Authorities say Donnell Russell will face the charges during a remote proceeding in Manhattan federal court Friday. The 45-year-old Chicago man was charged with threatening physical harm by interstate communication, and conspiracy. It was not immediately clear who will represent
  
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• Correction: Racial Injustice-Las Cruces story

  14-08-2020 22:37
  
  In a story Aug. 13, 2020, about a New Mexico city agreeing to police reforms in a chokehold settlement, The Associated Press erroneously reported former Las Cruces officer Christopher Smelser is white. He is Hispanic.The post Correction: Racial Injustice-Las Cruces story appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Georgia House member loses post over John Lewis criticism

  14-08-2020 22:33
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — The speaker of Georgia’s House of Representative is taking a leadership post away from a state lawmaker who remarked that the late U.S. Rep John Lewis’ “only claim to fame was that he got conked on the head.” Republican lawmaker Tommy Benton made the comment in a Thursday radio interview. It came as he outlined his opposition to replacing a statue of former Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephens with a statue of Lewis in the U.S. Capitol. Bento
  
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• Stocks barely budge on Wall Street; S&P 500 just shy of high

  14-08-2020 22:30
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Major stock indexes on Wall Street ended Friday more or less where they started after a day of drifting between small gains and losses. The S&P 500 was virtually unchanged after dipping less than 1 point, while the Dow edged 0.1% higher. The market was nearly evenly split between rising and falling stocks after a report showed that sales for U.S retailers strengthened again last month, but by less than economists expected. The S&P 500 ended with its sixth weekly gai
  
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• Glendale detective fatally shoots suspect during encounter

  14-08-2020 22:30
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — The Glendale Police Department says one of its detectives fatally shot a carjacking suspect who had knocked another detective to the ground during an encounter at a Phoenix gas station. A Police Department statement says the suspect was reaching behind his back while positioned over the detective on the ground when the second detective shot the suspect. According to the statement, a gun was found near the suspect and that the encounter occurred Friday as the detectives tried
  
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• Census Bureau adds emails, phone calls to door-knocking

  14-08-2020 22:26
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — If you haven’t filled out the 2020 census form yet, you may be getting an email, call or questionnaire in the mail asking you to answer the questions. The U.S. Census Bureau said Friday it was sending out emails to homes in neighborhoods where the response rate was less than 50%. The Census Bureau said it expects to send out 20 million emails, as the agency enters the homestretch of the once-a-decade head count of every U.S. resident. The Census Bureau also said
  
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• The Latest: Florida board votes to begin high school sports

  14-08-2020 22:25
  
  GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida’s high school athletic board has voted to begin practices for football and other fall sports Aug. 24 and games less than two weeks later. The decision pushes aside the advice of medical experts who said competition shouldn’t resume for at least six weeks because of the coronavirus outbreak.
  The Florida High School Athletic Association board voted 11-5 on Friday to begin practices this month, though some counties with major outbreaks might choose to d
  
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• Report: Post Office warns 46 states about mail voting delays

  14-08-2020 22:24
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service has sent letters to 46 states, warning it cannot guarantee all ballots cast by mail for the November election will arrive in time to be counted. That’s according to a report published Friday by The Washington Post. The revelation that some voters could be disenfranchised if they try to vote by mail comes amid a campaign by President Donald Trump to sow doubts about the election. Though Trump casts his own ballot by mail, he’s railed aga
  
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• Walmart extends closing time to 10 p.m. at most of its stores

  14-08-2020 22:23
  
  Walmart is extending its store hours from 8:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. at a majority of its stores starting Monday.
  On Friday, the retailer announced that more of 4,700 locations will be changing their hours.Walmart will also be hosting a senior shopping hour every Tuesday for customers age 60 and older who may be more vulnerable. This will start one hour before the store opens. Check the store finder on their site or app for local store’s hours, including pharmacy and vision center
  
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• Marge Simpson uses her voice to call out Trump adviser

  14-08-2020 22:14
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Marge Simpson has advice for a lawyer with the Trump campaign: Do not name call. In a clip posted by Fox’s animated series “The Simpsons,” matriarch Marge chides the lawyer for comparing her voice to that of Kamala Harris. The U.S. senator from California is Joe Biden’s pick for his running mate on the Democratic ticket. Marge says in the clip that she feels “disrespected” if Trump adviser Jenna Ellis’ tweet wasn’t intended
  
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• Stocks end mixed on Wall Street after latest run at record

  14-08-2020 22:12
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — After a day of drifting between small gains and losses, major stock indexes ended more or less where they started on Friday, but still notched gains for the week. The S&P 500 ended down less than 1 point, even though more stocks rose than fell within the benchmark index. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended slightly higher. Stocks wavered after a report showed sales for U.S retailers strengthened again last month, but by less than economists expected. The S&P 500
  
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• Georgia trooper charged with murder in traffic stop shooting

  14-08-2020 22:11
  
  SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Authorities say a Georgia state trooper has been fired and charged with murder a week after he fatally shot a 60-year-old man who attempted to flee a traffic stop. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said in a statement Friday that 27-year-old Jacob Gordon Thompson was charged with felony murder and aggravated assault. The GBI said Thompson was led on a brief chase Aug. 7 in rural Screven County when a man refused to pull over for a traffic stop. The agency’s sta
  
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• Iowa governor defends storm response as residents struggle

  14-08-2020 22:04
  
  CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds is pushing back against criticism that she has been slow to respond to a wind storm that devastated the state. She’s promising help for tens of thousands of residents entering their fifth day without electricity. Reynolds says that 100 members of the Iowa National Guard arrived in hard-hit Cedar Rapids on Friday to help clear tree debris that’s blocking downed power lines. She says she has commitments from the state’s large
  
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• Male stripper gets 16 years in prison for threats to witness

  14-08-2020 22:03
  
  TEXARKANA, Texas (AP) — A former male stripper has been sentenced to more than 16 years in prison  on charges related to having a shank in jail and threatening to have a white supremacist gang kill a witness. Collin Garrett Hayden was sentenced Thursday by a federal judge in Texas.  A federal jury acquitted Hayden of gun and drug charges in March but found him guilty of tampering with a witness. The 28-year-old pleaded guilty at the start of his trial to possessing contraband whi
  
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• Trump dodges question on QAnon conspiracy theory

  14-08-2020 22:00
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is dodging the question of whether he supports QAnon, a convoluted, right-wing, pro-Trump conspiracy theory. A reporter asked the president about the theory at a White House briefing Friday after Trump tweeted his congratulations to a QAnon-supporting Republican candidate. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who won her House primary runoff in Georgia this week, has called the theory “something worth listening to and paying attention to.” Trump prai
  
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• Marana man arrested in sexual assault case after fleeing country

  14-08-2020 21:57
  
  MARANA (KVOA) - A man in connection to a sexual assault case is now in custody after fleeing the country, Marana Police Department said Friday afternoon.
  The suspect, identified as Rogelio Othon, was arrested Thursday night. He faces charges of sexual assault and sexual conduct with a minor.
  According to MPD, officers responded to a call regarding sexual assault in Marana on July 18.
  After an investigation, detectives identified Othon as the suspect and obtained a warrant for his arrest for sexu
  
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• Rights group demands Arizona schools not ask citizenship

  14-08-2020 21:56
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — A national Latino rights group has warned two Arizona school districts that their practice of asking about citizenship and Social Security numbers on enrollment forms violates a Supreme Court decision that ensures children have access to public education regardless of immigration status. The Mexican American Legal Defense Fund said it sent the letters by certified mail and email Friday morning, demanding that Coolidge Unified School District in Pinal County east of Phoenix a
  
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• More than 700 fans expected to attend pared-down Elvis vigil

  14-08-2020 21:54
  
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — More than 700 fans of rock ‘n’ roll icon Elvis Presley have reserved spots to attend a pared-down candlelight vigil marking the anniversary of his death in Memphis, Tennessee. Every year, Presley devotees carry candles as they walk past his grave at the house where he died on Aug. 16, 1977. This year, Graceland has limited the number of people who will be allowed to attend the vigil in person to 720 because of the coronavirus pandemic. Graceland marketing,
  
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• Colombian fast food chain bets on automated restaurants

  14-08-2020 21:49
  
  BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A Colombian fast food chain is planning to turn its branches into automated restaurants at a moment when the coronavirus pandemic has slammed the food service industry worldwide. The MUY outlet in downtown Bogota has colorful touch screens on which customers order their food. Another screen tells people when their order is ready and directs them to small cubicles where they can pick up their hot meals. Machines take payments in cash or credit cards. A similar sort o
  
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• Prosecutor pushes to maintain discretion on dropping charges

  14-08-2020 21:44
  
  FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A northern Virginia prosecutor who says county judges are infringing on her discretion to dismiss charges is asking the state Supreme Court to intervene on her behalf. Arlington County Commonwealth’s Attorney Parisa Dehghani-Tafti filed a petition Friday asking the court for a relief from a policy imposed by the county’s four Circuit Court judges. In March, two months after Dehghani-Tafti took office, the judges required prosecutors to file a written br
  
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• Study hints, can’t prove, survivor plasma fights COVID-19

  14-08-2020 21:38
  
  Mayo Clinic researchers are reporting a strong hint that blood plasma from COVID-19 survivors helps other patients recover. But it’s not proof, and some experts worry if, amid clamor for the treatment, they’ll ever get a clear answer. The new report tracked what happened to 35,000 people given convalescent plasma in hospitals around the country. There were fewer deaths among those treated early after diagnosis, and among those given large amounts of virus-fighting antibodies. But oth
  
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• Extradition hearing to send Weinstein to Los Angeles delayed

  14-08-2020 21:36
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Harvey Weinstein has made a brief appearance in a New York state courtroom via video conference from prison, where he is serving a 23-year sentence for sexual assaulting two women. The hearing in Buffalo on Friday was supposed to be about the former Hollywood producer’s proposed extradition to Los Angeles, where he faces similar sexual assault charges. But Weinstein’s lawyers and Los Angeles prosecutors agreed to postpone the hearing to December because of
  
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• Chicago officials pledge swift response to theft, vandalism

  14-08-2020 21:35
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago officials under pressure to reassure residents after hundreds of people vandalized and stole from downtown businesses downtown say they will respond forcefully to any similar attempts during the weekend. Mayor Lori Lightfoot outlined the strategy on Friday, including a Chicago Police team that will monitor social media around the clock for efforts to organize looting or other crime. The city also plans to use large trucks and concrete barriers if needed to limit acce
  
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• UN voting on indefinite extension of arms embargo on Iran

  14-08-2020 21:30
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council is completing email voting on a U.S.-sponsored resolution to indefinitely extend the arms embargo on Iran which is set to expire in October. Russia and China, which have veto power in the council, strongly oppose an extension. The United States called for the vote on Thursday evening and the results will be announced on Friday evening. The Trump administration has said repeatedly it will not allow the arms embargo provision in the Security Co
  
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• At Sturgis, Trump supporters look to turn bikers into voters

  14-08-2020 21:30
  
  STURGIS, S.D. (AP) — While the pandemic has bottled up most in-person get-out-the-vote efforts across the country ahead of the presidential election, a group called Bikers for Trump is defying public health recommendations in an effort to get people voting. The group has taken advantage of recent motorcycle rallies, which have been some of the largest mass gatherings in the country, to make direct appeals to register to vote. The group has gained a significant online following for its show
  
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• Mississippi flag could have Choctaw-inspired diamond shape

  14-08-2020 21:25
  
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The new Mississippi flag could include a magnolia or stars or representations of rivers. Or it could reflect the state’s Native American heritage with a diamond shape that is important to the Choctaw community. A commission met Friday and selected the final nine design proposals. That will be reduced to the final five on Tuesday. One commissioner is Cyrus Ben, the chief of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. He says the diamond shape frequently appears in b
  
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• The Latest: Arizona reports decline in virus cases, deaths

  14-08-2020 21:23
  
  PHOENIX — Arizona health officials on Friday reported 928 coronavirus cases and 40 more deaths.
  That increased the state’s totals to 191,721 confirmed cases and 4,423 deaths.
  Coronavirus-related hospitalizations in Arizona peaked about a month ago. The latest hospitalization metrics posted by the Department of Health Services are trending down to mid-June levels.
  The seven-day rolling average of daily new cases decreased from 2,550 to 1,021 per day from July 30 to Aug. 13. The seven-
  
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• EU urges Turkey to ‘deescalate’ energy dispute with Greece

  14-08-2020 21:23
  
  ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The European Union’s foreign policy chief has expressed “full solidarity” with Greece and Cyprus and urged a “immediate deescalation” by Turkey after EU foreign ministers discussed military tensions in the eastern Mediterranean over drilling rights. For five days, the Greek and Turkish navies have been in a game of brinkmanship in waters between Crete, Cyprus and Turkey. The face-off followed Ankara’s deployment of a research vessel
  
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• City, state investigate sex abuse claims at care facility

  14-08-2020 21:10
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia has stopped sending local children to facilities operated by a nonprofit health organization where at least 41 intellectually disabled children have reported sexual assaults over the past quarter-century. Several City Council members have also demanded that officials remove all 62 local children from campuses of Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health facilities and cancel all contracts with the firm. And Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf has directed officials to inv
  
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• Mitt Romney slams politicians attacking mail-in voting

  14-08-2020 21:04
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Sen. Mitt Romney says politicians attacking the vote by mail system are threatening global democracy. He stopped short of criticizing President Donald Trump, who has been openly against an expected surge of mail-in ballots. Romney said Friday that the United States must stand as an example to more fragile democratic nations to show that elections can be held in a free and fair manner. He urged the federal government to make every effort to ensure that people are able
  
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• Major US postal workers union endorses Biden for president

  14-08-2020 21:04
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A major union representing U.S. postal workers endorsed Democrat Joe Biden, a move that comes after President Donald Trump acknowledged he was starving the postal service of money in order to make it more difficult to vote by mail in November’s election. The National Association of Letter Carriers, which represents 300,000 current and retired workers, said Thursday that Trump’s longstanding hostility to the mail-delivering agency has heightened during the pand
  
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• Mourners gather in Houston to remember slain soldier

  14-08-2020 20:59
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Mourners have gathered in Houston for a slain Texas soldier whose story has renewed a push for changes in the way the military handles sexual abuse and harassment. Vannessa Guillen’s family scheduled the memorial for noon to 8 p.m. Friday at Cesar E. Chavez High School. The Catholic service is open to the public and is being streamed online. Guillen disappeared from Fort Hood on April 22. Investigators said she was bludgeoned to death on base by a fellow soldier, who l
  
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• Texas doctors warn of police use of ‘less lethal’ munitions

  14-08-2020 20:54
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A group of doctors in Austin, Texas, is warning police not to use so-called “less lethal” munitions for crowd control after they treated people who were severely hurt during protests in May. In a letter published Friday in the New England Journal of Medicine, 12 doctors from the Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas say Austin police who fired bean bag rounds caused injuries including bleeding on the brain and a skull fracture. Austin’s
  
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