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• Kuemper stops 49 shots in Coyotes’ 4-2 win over Avalanche

  15-08-2020 23:59
  
  EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Darcy Kuemper stopped 49 shots and the Arizona Coyotes held on to beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-2 to close within 2-1 in their Stanley Cup playoff series. Arizona took the early lead on Derek Stepan’s first-period goal, then spent most of the day counterpunching against Colorado’s relentless pressure. Kuemper took made a series of difficult saves in the third period and Taylor Hall scored on an empty net to give Arizona life heading in Game 4 on Monday.
  
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• Former Browns star Chip Banks shot, in serious condition

  15-08-2020 23:55
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta police say former four-time Cleveland Browns Pro Bowl linebacker Chip Banks is in serious condition following a shooting. Atlanta police spokeswoman Marla Rooker says officers found three men with apparent gunshot wounds when responding to a shooting in Atlanta on Wednesday afternoon. One of the victims, Charles Pharms Jr., was declared dead at the scene, according to Rooker. The other two victims were alert and transported to a local hospital. Rooker says the 60-yea
  
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• Record heat continues through the weekend

  15-08-2020 23:53
  
  TUCSON - Record high temperatures will last into the middle of this upcoming week. Afternoon temperatures could reach 107-110.Rain chances are not entirely gone, but they will be minimal over the next five days even for Cochise county.
  A few week thunderstorms could develop here and there during the afternoons, but no severe weather is expected.
  High temperatures are not expecting to drop anytime soon. Next weekend looks more of the same with afternoon highs near 110.Sunday and Wednesday af
  
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• The Latest: Manhattan’s light display marking 9/ll back on

  15-08-2020 23:42
  
  NEW YORK — New York’s annual light display honoring victims of 9/11 is back on, officials announced Saturday. They say health officials will supervise this year’s tribute to ensure workers’ safety amid concerns related to the coronavirus pandemic.Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in a statement that it is especially important this year to commemorate the lives lost and heroism displayed in the Sept. 11 attacks “as New Yorkers are once again called upon to face a common enemy.&
  
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• Special Weather Statement issued August 15 at 2:29PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  15-08-2020 23:29
  
  At 229 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 11miles southwest of Parker Canyon Lake, or 20 miles east of Nogales,moving west at 10 mph.
  Half inch hail and wind gusts of 50 mph and blowing dust will bepossible with this storm.
  Locations impacted include…Lochiel.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 15 at 2:29PM MST by NWS Tucs
  
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• California could see more rolling outages amid heat wave

  15-08-2020 23:21
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Power has been restored after California ordered the first rolling outages in nearly 20 years when a statewide heat wave strained the electrical system. The California Independent System Operator, which manages the power grid, declared an emergency Friday evening and directed utilities around the state to shed their power loads. The state’s three biggest utilities turned off power to more than 410,000 homes and businesses for about an hour at a time until the eme
  
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• Cuomo: Health workers to supervise annual 9/11 light tribute

  15-08-2020 23:16
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The annual light display honoring victims of 9/11 is back on. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced plans Saturday for state health officials to supervise the event to ensure workers’ safety. The announcement came days after the National September 11 Memorial & Museum canceled the Tribute in Light over concerns the coronavirus might spread among crews creating columns of light representing the World Trade Center in the Manhattan sky. The Tunnel to Towers Foundation
  
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• Tucson Mayor Romero says there will be no more paintings or murals moving forward

  15-08-2020 23:12
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) -People took to the streets once again to make their voices heard about painting a thin blue line in front of the Tucson Police Department to show their support for the men in uniform.Tucson Mayor Regina Romero spoke today with News 4 Tucson about the line."There will be no access to painting murals on our city streets" is what Romero said about the possibility of the thin blue line.This comes just a few months after the City of Tucson paid for a Black Lives Matter mural with taxpa
  
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• Newsweek apologizes for op-ed questioning Harris eligibility

  15-08-2020 22:39
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Newsweek has apologized for an op-ed that questioned Sen. Kamala Harris’ U.S. citizenship and her eligibility to be Joe Biden’s running mate, a false and racist conspiracy theory which President Donald Trump did not dismiss. The op-ed was written by a conservative attorney who sowed doubt about Harris’ eligibility based on her parents’ immigration status. But Harris is eligible for both the vice presidency and presidency under the constitutional requ
  
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• Right-wing group, counter-protesters clash in Michigan

  15-08-2020 22:26
  
  KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — A white nationalist group and counter-protesters clashed violently Saturday afternoon in western Michigan, resulting in arrests. The confrontation occurred at a planned rally in Kalamazoo by a group known as the Proud Boys. Assistant Chief Vernon Coakley of the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety said a few people were arrested, but didn’t know exactly how many. The Proud Boys scheduled a rally while counter-protesters staged their own event in the area, rep
  
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• Heat wave baking Southwest expected to continue several days

  15-08-2020 22:23
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Forecasters say an“intense and relentless” heat wave baking much of the U.S. Southwest will continue for the next several days. Phoenix on Friday tied a record for the date with a high of 117 degrees, and the National Weather Service said Friday was the eighth day in 2020 with a high of at least 115 degrees. That beat the old record of seven days in 1974. The same high pressure ridge over Arizona and Nevada was elevating temperatures in parts of California. Exces
  
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• Heat Advisory issued August 15 at 1:16PM MST until August 19 at 8:00PM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ

  15-08-2020 22:16
  
  * WHAT…Hot conditions with afternoon temperatures 94 to 109.
  * WHERE…Southeast Gila County, Mazatzal Mountains andPinal/Superstition Mountains.
  * WHEN…Until 8 PM MST Wednesday.
  * 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 lessenthe impact of the
  
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• Excessive Heat Warning issued August 15 at 1:16PM MST until August 19 at 8:00PM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ

  15-08-2020 22:16
  
  * WHAT…Dangerously hot conditions. Afternoon temperatures 108to 115.
  * WHERE…Cave Creek/New River, Fountain Hills/East Mesa andApache Junction/Gold Canyon.
  * WHEN…Until 8 PM MST Wednesday.
  * 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 standards, will occur. Actions shouldbe taken
  
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• Police: Girl killed by gunfire during birthday party in Ohio

  15-08-2020 22:05
  
  AKRON, Ohio (AP) — An 8-year-old girl was shot and killed during a backyard birthday party for a teenager at an Ohio home, authorities said. Akron police said several shots were fired shortly before midnight Friday in the Sherbondy Hill neighborhood. Police said 8-year-old was found wounded and was taken to Akron Children’s Hospital, where she later died, police said. Authorities identified her Saturday as Mikayla Pickett. The resident said he was hosting a party for his 15-year-old
  
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• Israel condemns UN Security Council’s vote on Iran embargo

  15-08-2020 21:56
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli leaders have condemned the U.N. Security Council’s decision not to renew a U.N. arms embargo on Iran, saying the decision will encourage Iranian aggression in the Middle East. The 15-member council on Friday resoundingly defeated a U.S. resolution to indefinitely extend the embargo. Only the Dominican Republican joined the U.S. in supporting the resolution. Russia and China opposed it, while the remaining 11 members abstained. In a statement Saturday, Israeli
  
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• Turkey’s daily virus infection rate at highest in 45 days

  15-08-2020 21:36
  
  ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s health minister said the number of new COVID-19 infections Saturday has hit its highest in 45 days and announced 1,256 new cases. The minister tweeted that the number of seriously ill patients, mostly with underlying medical conditions, was also on the rise with 668 people. More than 248,000 people have tested positive for the virus in Turkey and 5,955 people are confirmed to have died from the virus since March. Health experts say all official statistics wor
  
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• The Latest: Arizona nearing 4,500 deaths from coronavirus

  15-08-2020 21:31
  
  PHOENIX — Arizona reported 933 confirmed coronavirus cases and 69 deaths on Saturday.That increases the state’s totals to more than 192,000 cases and 4,492 deaths.
  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-day rolling average of daily deaths decreased from 94 to 54 in the same time period.
  The latest COVID-19-related hospitalization numbers posted by the state Department of Health Services were at levels
  
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• Crews battle wildfires amid brutal heat wave in California

  15-08-2020 21:23
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Firefighters are struggling to contain three wildfires near Los Angeles as forecasters warn that the risk of new fires was high with temperatures expected to spike and humidity levels to drop across California. A huge forest fire that prompted evacuations north of Los Angeles flared up around noon Saturday, sending up a cloud of smoke as it headed toward thick, dry brush in the Angeles National Forest. Evacuation orders remain in effect for the western Antelope Valley be
  
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• Philly Naked Bike Ride called off because of the coronavirus

  15-08-2020 21:12
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic has slammed the brakes on this year’s Philly Naked Bike Ride. The annual event usually draws thousands of nude cyclists for a trip around Philadelphia and its tourist sites. It had been set for Aug. 29. But organizers who’d been gearing up for it said Friday the city’s COVID-19 cases made them halt their planning. They say canceling this year’s event “is the most responsible thing to do.” But they have a messa
  
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• Newsweek apologizes for op-ed questioning Harris birthright

  15-08-2020 21:08
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Newsweek has apologized for an op-ed that questioned Sen. Kamala Harris’ U.S. citizenship and her eligibility to be Joe Biden’s running mate, a false and racist conspiracy theory which President Donald Trump did not dismiss. The op-ed was written by a conservative attorney who sowed doubt about Harris’ eligibility based on her parents’ immigration status. But Harris is eligible for both the vice presidency and presidency under the constitutional requ
  
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• Belarus leader says Russia willing to help counter protests

  15-08-2020 21:02
  
  MINSK, Belarus (AP) — President Alexander Lukashenko says Russian leader Vladimir Putin has agreed to provide protest-engulfed Belarus with security assistance if the country requests it. Lukashenko made the comment on Saturday evening, several hours after a phone call with Putin and after protesters again demanded that he resign. They claim the official results of the Aug. 9 presidential election that gave the authoritarian leader a sixth term in office are fraudulent. Luksahenko did not
  
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• Surprising Suns ready to build off bubble success

  15-08-2020 21:01
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — The Phoenix Suns didn’t quite make the NBA playoffs despite winning all eight of its games in the Florida bubble. The team is disappointed to head home but is encouraged by its future. Fifth-year guard Devin Booker was terrific during the team’s Florida run, averaging more than 30 points per game. He made his first All-Star appearance in February. The Suns have an intriguing young core that includes forwards Deandre Ayton, Kelly Oubre Jr. and Mikal Bridges, along
  
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• 2 workers die from injuries in Mississippi plant explosion

  15-08-2020 20:48
  
  BYRAM, Miss. (AP) — Authorities say two workers severely injured in an explosion at a Mississippi processing plant have died. The explosion happened Monday at the DAR PRO Solutions plant at the Greater Jackson Industrial Park near Byram. Hinds County Coroner Sharon Grisham-Stewart said Friday that 51-year-old William Jackson, of Vicksburg, and 56-year-old Terrence Fortenberry died from complications of thermal burns.  Both men were in the burn unit at Merit Health Central hospital fol
  
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• Officer minimized role in Floyd’s death during questioning

  15-08-2020 20:45
  
  Newly released video shows a former Minneapolis police officer involved in George Floyd’s death telling investigators that he was focused on crowd control, minimizing his role in the actions that led to Floyd’s death. Tou Thao is one of four former officers charged in Floyd’s death. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that he described himself to investigators as a “human traffic cone.” He was holding back onlookers who became increasingly horrified at the police o
  
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• Police move in after fights break out during Georgia protest

  15-08-2020 20:43
  
  STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. (AP) — After several hours of mostly peaceful demonstrations Saturday in an Atlanta suburb that’s home to a giant Confederate memorial, large numbers of police moved in to disperse the crowds when fights broke out. Several dozen right-wing demonstrators, some waving the Confederate battle flag and many wearing military gear, gathered in downtown Stone Mountain where they faced off against a few hundred counterprotesters, many of whom wore shirts or carried signs e
  
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• Days after deal with UAE, anti-Netanyahu protests resume

  15-08-2020 20:43
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Thousands of Israelis are demonstrating outside the official residence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, resuming their calls for the embattled leader to step down despite his historic agreement to establish diplomatic ties with the United Arab Emirates. Israelis have been gathering outside Netanyahu’s residence several times a week throughout the summer, protesting his handling of the coronavirus crisis and saying he should not remain in office while on trial fo
  
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• Dallas police plan changes after examining protest response

  15-08-2020 20:39
  
  DALLAS (AP) — A report released by Dallas police on their response to protests that followed the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis outlines changes the department plans to make, including who can authorize the use of tear gas. Dallas police late Friday released the report detailing the first four nights of protests that began May 29 following the death days earlier of Floyd. His death sparked protests around the globe against racial injustice and police brutality. The report found tha
  
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• Man sues Nebraska officer who used Taser on him

  15-08-2020 20:33
  
  COZAD, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska man who was sitting in a swing in his sister’s backyard with his empty hands visible when a police officer shocked him with a Taser has filed an excessive force lawsuit over the videotaped encounter.
  Hilario Velasquez, of Lexington, and his sister, Sarah Garrett, filed the lawsuit in federal court against Cozad Police Sgt. John Peden and the city of Cozad, The Lincoln Journal-Star reports.
  The suit said the siblings were in the backyard of Garrett’
  
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• Lillard wins Bubble MVP, Williams picked as top coach

  15-08-2020 20:13
  
  LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Portland’s Damian Lillard has been unanimously selected as the top player of the NBA’s seeding games at Walt Disney World after averaging a league-best 37.6 points in the eight games. Phoenix’s Monty Williams led the Suns to a perfect 8-0 record in the bubble and was chosen as the top coach of the seeding-game schedule. Joining Lillard on the first team for games played at Disney between July 30 and Friday’s end of the seeding-game seas
  
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• Former Illinois Gov. Thompson, who fought corruption, dies

  15-08-2020 20:01
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Former Illinois Gov.  James R. Thompson has died. He was 84. Thompson’s prosecutions of public officials in a state infamous for public corruption helped catapult him to become Illinois’ longest-serving chief executive. His wife, Jayne, told the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun-Times that he died Friday night at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab in Chicago. The Tribune, citing a police report, reported Thompson had been recovering there for several weeks after
  
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• Police in Portland, Oregon, arrest 4 as protests continue

  15-08-2020 19:58
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Police in Portland, Oregon, say they made four arrests overnight as they dispersed a protest that was headed toward the offices of the police union. The Portland Police Bureau declared the demonstration of a couple hundred people an unlawful assembly Friday night, saying people were throwing fireworks, golf balls and chunks of concrete at officers. Authorities said some of the protesters carried heavy wooden shields and wore gas masks and other protective gear.The pos
  
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• US says no bailout for Lebanon, calls for change

  15-08-2020 19:47
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — A U.S. official says there can be no financial bailout for Lebanon, calling on the country’s political leaders to heed popular calls for change, real reform and an end to endemic corruption. David Hale, U.S. undersecretary of state for political affairs, also called on Saturday for a thorough and transparent investigation into the Aug. 4 blast that killed nearly 180 people and wounded thousands. He said an FBI team is arriving this weekend to take part in the probe at t
  
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• Official: Crime measure lacked signatures to get on ballot

  15-08-2020 19:32
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s top election official says supporters of an initiative measure to make criminal sentencing changes didn’t submit enough valid voter signatures to qualify the proposal for the state’s November ballot. Secretary of State Katie Hobbs said state and county reviews of petitions submitted by backers of the measure found just under 217,000 valid signatures, short of the required 237,645. The initiative, called the Second Chances, Rehabilitation and Publi
  
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• Belarus president: Russia willing to help counter protests

  15-08-2020 19:23
  
  MINSK, Belarus (AP) — President Alexander Lukashenko says Russian leader Vladimir Putin has agreed to provide protest-engulfed Belarus with security assistance if the country requests it. Lukashenko made the comment on Saturday evening, several hours after a phone call with Putin and after protesters again demanded that he resign. They claim the official results of the Aug. 9 presidential election that gave the authoritarian leader a sixth term in office are fraudulent. Luksahenko did not
  
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• ‘Do something:’ Harris’ rapid rise driven by call to action

  15-08-2020 19:21
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Some 51 years ago, Kamala Harris was part of the second class to integrate the public schools in Berkeley, California. Now she’s the first Black woman and first Asian American woman named to a major party presidential ticket. The California senator is Joe Biden’s vice presidential pick. Harris’ path toward the second-highest office in the United States has tracked the nation’s struggle for racial equality. She was raised by immigrant parent
  
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• Belarus president says Russian leader Putin has agreed to provide security to his country if Belarus asks for it

  15-08-2020 19:16
  
  MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Belarus president says Russian leader Putin has agreed to provide security to his country if Belarus asks for it.The post Belarus president says Russian leader Putin has agreed to provide security to his country if Belarus asks for it appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Officer minimized role in Floyd’s death to investigators

  15-08-2020 19:04
  
  Newly released video shows a former Minneapolis police officer involved in George Floyd’s death telling investigators that he was focused on crowd control, minimizing his role in the actions that led to Floyd’s death. Tou Thao is one of four former officers charged in Floyd’s death. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that he described himself to investigators as a “human traffic cone.” He was holding back onlookers who became increasingly horrified at the police o
  
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• Long-running Oklahoma Black rodeo rides on despite COVID-19

  15-08-2020 18:59
  
  OKMULGEE, Okla. (AP) — The oldest continuously held Black rodeo in the U.S. rode on in eastern Oklahoma despite months of uncertainty because of the coronavirus pandemic, though this year some cowboys wore face masks along with boots. The Roy LeBlanc Invitational Rodeo, first held in 1956, took place Aug. 7-8 in Okmulgee with a crowd of about 1,000 and some 200 Black cowboys with most wearing masks and socially distancing according to co-owner Kenneth LeBlanc. Steer wrestler Rodney Demery
  
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• Venezuelans brave open sea on tubes, fishing for survival

  15-08-2020 18:55
  
  LA GUAIRA, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelans desperate to feed their families amid the coronavirus pandemic are heading out to the open sea on inner tubes armed with a hook and line. It’s a risk they’re forced to take as the nationwide lockdown paralyzes an already miserable economy and eliminates their jobs in construction and restaurants. The fishermen face strong currents, sharks and the fear a fishhook could puncture their inner tube far from shore. A day’s catch could fee
  
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• The Latest: Alabama high schools cut fans at football games

  15-08-2020 18:36
  
  OPELIKA, Ala. — Alabama high schools are limiting attendance at football games this fall because of the coronavirus pandemic.
  Opelika High School says it will cap attendance at about 30% of the stadium capacity of 8,000 so fans can maintain proper social distancing. Gulf Shores says attendance at athletic events will be cut by 50%.Other schools are announcing attendance reductions or still working on plans. Some are skipping fall sports. The first football games are scheduled for this week
  
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• Gunmen kill son of legendary Mexico drug capo Amado Carrillo

  15-08-2020 18:30
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Prosecutors in northern Mexico say that gunmen have killed a son of legendary drug lord Amado Carrillo Fuentes. The father was better known by his nickname, “The Lord of The Skies,” for his habit of transporting shipments of drugs on jet planes. The elder Carrillo died in a botched plastic surgery in 1997.  Prosecutors in the northern state of Sinaloa said Friday that his son, Julio César Carrillo, was found shot to death at a house in the city of
  
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• Fear, language barriers hinder immigrant contact-tracing

  15-08-2020 18:25
  
  Only a handful of contact tracers working to slow COVID-19 in 125 communities near Chicago speak Spanish, despite significant Hispanic populations. Churches and advocacy groups in the Houston area are trying to convince immigrants to cooperate when health officials call. And in California, immigrants are being trained as contact tracers to ease mistrust. The crucial job of reaching people who test positive for the coronavirus and those they’ve come in contact with is proving especially dif
  
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• Arizona reports 933 additional COVID cases, 69 more deaths

  15-08-2020 18:18
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona on Satuday reported 933 additional confirmed COVID-19 cases with 69 more deaths, increasing the state’s totals to 192,654 cases and 4,492 deaths. The latest COVID-19-related hospitalization metrics posted Saturday by the state Department of Health Services were at levels last seen in early June. According to Johns Hopkins University data analyzed by The Associated Press, seven-day rolling averages of daily new cases in Arizona and of daily deaths in the state s
  
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• Heeding mom, Tennessee lawmaker helped women gain the vote

  15-08-2020 18:07
  
  One hundred years ago this month, women throughout the United States were guaranteed the right to vote with ratification of the 19th Amendment — secured by a 24-year-old Tennessee legislator’s decisive vote, cast at the bidding of his mother. Harry T. Burn’s surprise move set the stage for decades of slow but steady advances for American women in electoral politics. Two years ago, a record number of women were elected to Congress. On Tuesday, Democratic former Vice President Jo
  
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• Ex-cop told Floyd investigation he was ‘human traffic cone’

  15-08-2020 18:01
  
  Newly released video shows a former Minneapolis police officer involved in George Floyd’s death telling investigators that he was focused on crowd control, minimizing his role in the actions that led to Floyd’s death. Tou Thao is one of four former officers charged in Floyd’s death. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that he described himself to investigators as a “human traffic cone.” He was holding back onlookers who became increasingly horrified at the police o
  
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• New push on training officers how to stop abuse in own ranks

  15-08-2020 17:53
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis has led to new interest in training officers how to stop fellow officers from using excessive force and committing other misconduct. Despite “duty to intervene” policies on the books for years in Minneapolis and elsewhere, law enforcement officials and experts say there’s been little or no effort to teach officers how they should stop, or try to stop, abuse in their own ranks. New Orleans has what ma
  
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• How to Avoid Burnout from Working at Home

  15-08-2020 17:49
  
  (NBC News) Months of working from home is starting to wear on some workers."It takes a lot more effort than the natural going around, talking to someone over coffee or having a meeting in a conference room," says Amer Numan.Numan is a New York City-based practice lead for a data and analytics company Slalom, and feels the line between home and work has become blurred."The work day is no longer a nine to five," he says.While a large number of workers across the country are grateful for the flexib
  
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• More protests in Belarus but leader rejects demand to resign

  15-08-2020 17:43
  
  MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Thousands of demonstrators have rallied at the spot in Belarus’ capital where a protester died in clashes with police, calling for authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko to resign. The 65-year-old leader, however, rejected suggestions that foreign mediators help resolve the country’s political crisis. The Saturday turnout was the seventh consecutive day of large protests against the results of the Aug. 9 election in which election officials said Luka
  
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• Q&A: What’s happening at the US Postal Service, and why?

  15-08-2020 17:36
  
  The U.S. Postal Service is warning states that it can’t guarantee all ballots cast by mail for the November election will arrive in time to be counted, even if ballots are mailed by state deadlines. That’s raising the possibility that millions of voters could be disenfranchised. It’s the latest chaotic and confusing development involving an agency that now finds itself in the middle of a high-stakes election year debate over who gets to vote in America, and how. Those questions
  
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• Texas testing drops as schools reopen, prepare for football

  15-08-2020 17:32
  
  SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Texas leaders who grappled with coronavirus testing shortages for much of the pandemic are now facing the opposite problem: not enough takers. The number of coronavirus tests being done each day in Texas has dropped by the thousands in August, mirroring nationwide trends. The drop comes even as deaths are continuing to climb and just as students are returning to class and football teams charge ahead with plans to play. The trend worries health experts who fear that state
  
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