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• DOJ: Storage firm illegally sold deployed sergeant’s items

  18-08-2020 23:56
  
  BOSTON (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department has filed a lawsuit a Massachusetts storage company of illegally auctioning off the possessions of an Air Force sergeant while he was deployed. The possessions included his grandfather’s military medals and gear that belonged to a cousin who was killed in action. The lawsuit filed Tuesday says Father & Son Moving & Storage broke the law by failing to obtain a court order before selling everything in the technical sergeant’s stor
  
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• Californians saving energy, power operators eye thermostat

  18-08-2020 23:54
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California’s power grid operator praised residents and businesses for astonishing conservation efforts that kept the power on Monday night. But the independent system operator also warned the state will need a repeat to overcome another large energy gap Tuesday. California is in a days-long heatwave that has stressed the electrical system and resulted in rolling blackouts over two nights last weekend. Outages, excessive heat, wildfire and the pandemic have people
  
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• Ex-Colombia leader to resign from Senate amidst probe

  18-08-2020 23:53
  
  BOGOTA, Colommbia (AP) — Powerful former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe announced his resignation from the Senate Tuesday while being investigated by the Supreme Court for possible witness tampering in a case that has polarized the nation. Uribe posted his resignation letter on Twitter, denouncing the court’s decision to place him under house arrest while the probe advances as a violation of his rights that “eliminates any expectation of being able to return to the Sen
  
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• Man convicted in death of Michael Jordan’s dad to be paroled

  18-08-2020 23:51
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — State officials say one of the two men convicted of murdering Michael Jordan’s father in 1993 will be released from prison in three years. The N.C. Post-Release Supervision and Parole Commission announced in a three-paragraph statement on Tuesday that it has granted parole to Larry Demery, who is to be released in August 2023. During their trial, prosecutors used testimony from Demery to identify Daniel Green as the triggerman in a deadly robbery of James Jordan
  
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• The Latest: Georgia gov announces virus school spending plan

  18-08-2020 23:45
  
  ATLANTA — Georgia’s governor has announced new spending plans for federal COVID-19 aid to schools.Gov. Brian Kemp made the announcement Tuesday as the state’s newly confirmed infection numbers continue to fall but remain the highest per capita in the nation.The Republican Kemp says he will allocate more than $65 million of the $105 million he controls. Of that money, at least $17 million will subsidize daytime supervision for students whose school systems are providing all-virt
  
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• Rule allowing LNG rail shipments in US challenged in court

  18-08-2020 23:44
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A coalition of six environmental advocacy groups are asking a federal judge to block a new Trump administration rule to allow rail shipments of liquefied natural gas. The groups filed in federal court Tuesday and will argue that, among other things, the administration didn’t adequately study the new rule to ensure that the activity it is authorizing is safe. Emily Jeffers, an attorney with the Center for Biological Diversity, says that under the new rule, it&rs
  
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• Man sought in shooting at midtown Circle K

  18-08-2020 23:41
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - A man is sought after one person was seriously injured following a midtown shooting on Saturday.According to Tucson Police Department, a verbal confrontation between two individuals occurred after the individuals learned that the Circle K at 4301 E. Grant Rd. near Columbus Boulevard was closed for that evening.TPD said shots were fired as a result of the verbal altercation, resulting in one of the individuals to sustain serious non-life-threatening injuries.The person who alleged
  
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• Trump promises storm recovery aid to Iowa homeowners

  18-08-2020 23:40
  
  President Donald Trump has promised to approve $180 million in aid for damaged Iowa homes and infrastructure and additional funding for farmers who were affected by an unusually powerful storm that tore through the state last week. During a brief stop in Iowa on Tuesday, Trump attended a disaster recovery briefing at the airport in Cedar Rapids, which was hit hard by the Aug. 10 derecho that caused extensive damage to the state. On Monday, Trump signed a portion of Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds&r
  
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• AP Exclusive: Cindy McCain video on Joe Biden to air at DNC

  18-08-2020 23:31
  
  WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Cindy McCain is going to bat for Joe Biden, lending her voice to a video set to air during Tuesday night’s Democratic National Convention programming focused on Biden’s close friendship with her late husband, Republican Sen. John McCain. In an advance clip from the video shared with The Associated Press, Cindy McCain talks about how then-Delaware Sen. Biden met her husband when John McCain was assigned to be a military aide for the senator on a trip over
  
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• Notre Dame cancels classes for 2 weeks after COVID-19 spike

  18-08-2020 23:25
  
  SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Notre Dame University has canceled in-person undergraduate classes for two weeks after a spike of coronavirus cases that occurred since the semester began Aug. 10. University president the Rev. John Jenkins says he decided against sending students home after consulting with health care experts. Instead, the university is imposing restrictions on student activity, including limiting access to dormitories to residents and barring students from major gathering places o
  
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• Suspect in Jam Master Jay killing pleads not guilty

  18-08-2020 23:20
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A man eyed for years as a possible suspect in the 2002 fatal shooting of hip-hop pioneer Jam Master Jay has pleaded not guilty. Ronald Washington entered his plea at his arraignment Tuesday. He remains in federal custody where he is already serving a prison sentence for robbery. Washington faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years in prison and a maximum of life in prison, or the death penalty if convicted of murder in the death of Jason “Jay” Mizell, known
  
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• Excessive Heat Warning issued August 18 at 2:19PM MST until August 19 at 8:00PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  18-08-2020 23:19
  
  * WHAT…Dangerously hot conditions. Afternoon temperatures 107to 114.
  * WHERE…Western Pima County, Tohono O’odham Nation, TucsonMetro Area, South Central Pinal County and Southeast PinalCounty.
  * WHEN…Until 8 PM MST Wednesday.
  * IMPACTS…Extreme heat will significantly increase thepotential for heat related illnesses, particularly for thoseworking or participating in outdoor activities.Keep in mind you may need to adjust your plans based on thelatest health and sa
  
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• Colleges grapple with coronavirus as students return

  18-08-2020 23:17
  
  CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — The virus that closed down the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill is making its mark on colleges and college towns around the United States. Some universities are reconsidering plans to hold in-person classes or implementing new testing regimes. Others are threatening crackdowns on students who get too close with others, in violation of social distancing rules. Some neighbors in college towns are fearful that students could spread the coronavirus outside of c
  
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• Notre Dame cancels in-person classes for 2 weeks after spike of coronavirus cases since Aug. 10 start of semester.

  18-08-2020 23:09
  
  SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Notre Dame cancels in-person classes for 2 weeks after spike of coronavirus cases since Aug. 10 start of semester.The post Notre Dame cancels in-person classes for 2 weeks after spike of coronavirus cases since Aug. 10 start of semester. appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Heat Advisory issued August 18 at 2:08PM MST until August 20 at 8:00PM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ

  18-08-2020 23:08
  
  * WHAT…Hot conditions with afternoon temperatures 94 to 108.
  * WHERE…Southeast Gila County, Mazatzal Mountains andPinal/Superstition Mountains.
  * WHEN…Until 8 PM MST Thursday.
  * IMPACTS…High Heat Risk. Overexposure can cause heat crampsand heat exhaustion to develop and, without intervention, canlead to heat stroke.A Heat Advisory means that a period of hot temperatures, even bylocal standards, will occur. Actions should be taken to lessenthe impact of the extreme hea
  
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• Excessive Heat Warning issued August 18 at 2:08PM MST until August 20 at 8:00PM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ

  18-08-2020 23:08
  
  * WHAT…Dangerously hot conditions. Afternoon temperatures 108to 118.
  * WHERE…Portions of south central and southwest Arizona andsoutheast and southern California.
  * WHEN…Until 8 PM MST /8 PM PDT/ Thursday.
  * 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. Action
  
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• Senate Republicans preparing $500B virus relief proposal

  18-08-2020 22:55
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican senator says Senate GOP leaders are preparing a slimmed-down virus relief package of roughly $500 billion. Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt says it will include extended payments for unemployed people and for suffering smaller businesses and money for work aimed at combating the coronavirus. A GOP aide says the measure also includes $10 billion for the Postal Service. That agency has become a campaign-season battlefield over whether it will have enough resources to ha
  
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• New alternative hospital opens its doors in Tucson

  18-08-2020 22:53
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - There's a new medical center in town hoping to provide quality care to Tucson families.
  Tucson ER and Hospital recently opened its doors to help people who are in need of medical care and cannot wait at a major hospital.
  The physician-owned hospital provides emergency and pediatric care, x-ray imaging and diagnostics.
  Dr. Darren Kay is the Chief Operating Officer with Tucson ER and Hospital.
  "Because we are a physician-owned facility, we can get patients back, treat them efficien
  
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• The Latest: Pakistan approves final-phase of COVID vaccine

  18-08-2020 22:47
  
  ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s drug regulatory agency has approved final-phase testing of a Chinese-made vaccine against coronavirus in this Islamic nation where the new virus has caused 617 deaths since February.
  In Monday’s statement, the state-run National Institute of Health said the approval to carry out advanced clinical trials for potential COVID-19 was granted by Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan. It said the phase-3 clinical trials for a candidate vaccine against the new v
  
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• Investigators search for Oklahoma girls missing since 1999

  18-08-2020 22:35
  
  PICHER, Okla. (AP) — Investigators are searching a site in the former northeastern Oklahoma town of Picher for the remains of two girls who disappeared in 1999. Searchers on Tuesday began excavating a vacant lot for the remains of Lauria Bible and Ashley Freeman, who haven’t been seen since Dec. 30. 1999, after Freeman’s parents were found murdered in their burned mobile home in Welch. The location in what is today a ghost town was provided by Ronnie Busick of Wichita, Kansas,
  
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• Teens struggle to balance school, family, work amid COVID-19

  18-08-2020 22:34
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Educational disruptions forced by the coronavirus pandemic are hurting teenagers who also may need to work and help their families care for young kids. Those challenges are expected to persist as a new school year gets underway, largely with remote learning. The transition from high school to college can be rocky for many teens under normal circumstances, and it’s even harder for students navigating online schooling while juggling other responsibilities. Some ed
  
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• Man accused of eating girlfriend’s organs fit for trial

  18-08-2020 22:33
  
  JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. (AP) — A southern Indiana man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend and eating parts of her body has been found competent to stand trial for murder. The News and Tribune reports defense attorneys for 40-year-old Joseph Oberhansley and prosecutors met Tuesday for an online hearing with Clark Circuit Judge Vicki Carmichael after her court received notice that his competency had been restored during a second stay at Logansport State Hospital. Jury selection is scheduled to
  
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• Prosecutor seeks no bail for ex-CIA officer in spying case

  18-08-2020 22:32
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — Prosecutors are asking that a former CIA officer and contract linguist for the FBI be held without bail on charges of spying for China. Alexander Yuk Ching Ma had his first court hearing Tuesday, appearing by phone from the Honolulu Federal Detention Center. He was arrested last week after an undercover operation in which prosecutors say he accepted thousands of dollars in exchange for espionage activities. Prosecutors say he should be held without bail because there’
  
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• Britney Spears asks court to curb father’s power over her

  18-08-2020 22:30
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Britney Spears is asking a court to curb her father’s control over her life and career. In documents filed Tuesday, Spears asked that her father not return to the role of conservator of her person, which gave him power over her life decisions from 2008 until 2019, when he temporarily stepped aside. The issue will be discussed at a Wednesday hearing. The documents give a rare public glimpse of the wishes of the 38-year-old pop superstar. They say she has no plans to
  
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• Westridge Fire Burns 2,000 Acres In Tortolitas

  18-08-2020 22:24
  
  A wildfire is burning southwest through the Tortolita Mountains parallel to Cochie Canyon Trail Road near the Dove Mountain area.…
  
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• Tension with Washington helps fuel Turkey-Venezuela alliance

  18-08-2020 22:20
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — At first glance, they seem like an odd couple. Yet Turkey, a Mediterranean power that often chafes at what it calls Western interventionism, and Venezuela on the Caribbean, rich in oil and gold but in perpetual crisis and under U.S. sanctions, have some things in common. There is an economic relationship; the murkier aspects attracted the scrutiny of the U.S. Treasury Department. There is solidarity in their anti-U.S. rhetoric, even if the United States is a key trading
  
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• Prosecutors seek prison for ex-soldier they say is Satanist

  18-08-2020 22:19
  
  BELLE PLAINE, Kan. (AP) — Prosecutors say that a former Army soldier they have described as a Satanist who hoped to overthrow the U.S. government should spend around three years in prison for providing viable instructions for building explosive devices to people who wanted to commit violence. Jarrett William Smith was a private first class stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas. The 24-year-old will be sentenced Wednesday after admitting earlier this year that he provided information about explos
  
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• Scottsdale police identify man who died in water slide pipe

  18-08-2020 22:18
  
  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say a homeless man was the person who died after getting stuck in a pipe at a Scottsdale aquatic center. Scottsdale police identified the victim Tuesday as 31-year-old Ryan Kelly. Police say an officer on patrol heard faint calls for help early Monday morning. After a search, officers determined the calls were coming from the locked Eldorado Aquatic and Fitness Center. Police say Kelly apparently climbed over the center’s fence and managed to craw
  
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• Television viewership down for unconventional convention

  18-08-2020 22:07
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Preliminary estimates show 18.7 million people watched the first night of the virtual Democratic convention on ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, MSNBC and Fox News Channel. That’s down from nearly 26 million who saw the first night of Hillary Clinton’s nominating convention four years ago. MSNBC and CNN, the two networks that aired the Democrats’ infomercial-like show in its entirety, had the biggest audiences. Television had some trouble keeping up with the Democrats&r
  
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• S&P 500 closes at a record, erasing last of pandemic losses

  18-08-2020 22:05
  
  Wall Street clawed back the last of the historic, frenzied losses unleashed by the coronavirus, as the S&P 500 closed at an all-time high Tuesday. The benchmark index notched a modest 0.2% gain to beat its previous record high set on Feb. 19, before the pandemic shut down businesses around the world and knocked economies into their worst recessions in decades. The S&P 500′s milestone caps a furious 51.5% rally that began in late March. Tremendous amounts of aid from the Federal Res
  
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• Video shows encounter that led to charge for Atlanta officer

  18-08-2020 22:04
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Police dash camera video shows a Black man killed by a white Atlanta officer in 2016 swerved around the officer’s vehicle and was not driving at him when the officer opened fire. The video was released Tuesday by attorneys for the family of 22-year-old Deravis Caine Rogers. Officer James Burns shot and killed Rogers while responding to a report of a suspicious person. Prosecutors charged Burns with murder in 2016, but the case was dropped. It was refiled two years late
  
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• S&P 500 closes at a record high, erasing the last of its steep losses after the coronavirus forced widespread shutdowns

  18-08-2020 22:00
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — S&P 500 closes at a record high, erasing the last of its steep losses after the coronavirus forced widespread shutdowns.The post S&P 500 closes at a record high, erasing the last of its steep losses after the coronavirus forced widespread shutdowns appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Cellphone Data Shows How Las Vegas Is “Gambling With Lives” Across the Country

  18-08-2020 22:00
  
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• Girl Scouts add French toast flavored cookie

  18-08-2020 21:50
  
  Girl Scouts via CNN NewsourceIf you have ever eaten an entire box of Thin Mints for dessert -- no judgment here.But the Girl Scouts may have just what you need for breakfast now, too!On Tuesday, the group announced a new cookie flavor to get our mouths watering.Introducing -- Toast-Yay.                                  It's a F
  
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• Postal Service halts some changes amid outcry, lawsuits

  18-08-2020 21:45
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The postmaster general says he is halting some operational changes until after the November election. Democrats contended that the changes threatened mail-in voting, and some states planned to file lawsuits. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy announced Tuesday he would “suspend” his initiatives until after the election “to avoid even the appearance of impact on election mail.” The crisis at the Postal Service has erupted as a major election year issue
  
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• Second large seizure of fentanyl at Mexico City airport

  18-08-2020 21:42
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican marines and customs authorities say they have seized 250 pounds (113.5 kilograms) of the synthetic opioid fentanyl at the Mexico City airport. It was the second such large bust at the airport this month. Authorities said Tuesday the fentanyl was found in four small cardboard drums that were part of an air freight shipment. Mexican drug cartels once favored importing fentanyl and closely related chemical precursors from Asia through Mexico’s Pacific coast se
  
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• President Trump to visit Arizona Tuesday

  18-08-2020 21:40
  
  YUMA, Ariz. (KVOA) - President Donald Trump is visiting Arizona Tuesday.
  Vice President Mike Pence made a stop in Tucson last week.
  Trump is scheduled to speak at the Yuma International Airport. Campaign officials say the topic will "Joe Biden's failures on immigration and border security."He is expected to speak at 1:15 p.m. You can watch the press conference on News 4 Tucson's Facebook page.
  The president's last visit to Arizona was in June.
  This is a developing story.The post President Trump
  
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• Dan Budnik, who photographed civil rights movement, dies

  18-08-2020 21:30
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Acclaimed photographer Dan Budnik has died in Arizona at age 87. He’s noted for documenting the civil rights movement and Native American culture. A nephew says Budnik died last Friday of natural causes at an assisted living facility in Tucson. In 1958, Budnik photographed a youth march for integrated schools in the capital and the Selma to Montgomery March in Alabama in 1965. He’s known for striking portraits of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. just moments afte
  
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• ‘Tenet’ to screen early at theaters in some U.S. cities

  18-08-2020 21:21
  
  Some U.S. moviegoers will be able to see Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet” a few days early. Warner Bros. on Tuesday said that it would be offering early access screenings starting Aug. 31 as a gesture of support to many domestic theaters that are reopening after five months of being closed because of COVID-19. The $200 million spy thriller starring John David Washington will open more widely in the U.S. on Sept. 3. “Tenet” is the first major new Hollywood movie to be rel
  
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• Belarus president remains defiant as protest strikes grow

  18-08-2020 21:20
  
  MINSK, Belarus (AP) — More workers in Belarus have joined a widening strike to push for the resignation of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko after an Aug. 9 election that the opposition says was rigged. He has rejected their demands and signed a decree honoring over 300 police officers for their service following a harsh crackdown on protesters. The honors were seen as a move intended to secure the loyalty of law enforcement agencies amid the protests, while the opposition calle
  
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• Ballot drop boxes seen as a way to bypass the post office

  18-08-2020 21:16
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — With the Trump administration openly trying to undermine mail-in voting this fall, some election officials around the country are hoping to bypass the Postal Service by installing lots of ballot drop boxes in libraries, community centers and other public places. Such boxes have been used with success for several years in states like Oregon, Washington and Colorado that rely overwhelmingly or entirely on ballots that have to be sent in. But their use is being expanded because
  
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• Knockdown of four power poles causes brief outage for more than 10,000 Southwest residents

  18-08-2020 21:12
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - More than 10,000 people were without power on the southwest side of Tucson Monday after four power poles went down on Mission Road.According to Tucson Electric Power, the outage lasted 15 minutes and resolved the TEP switching those reisdents over to another power source.TEP said there was no indication of vehicle or weather damage in the area where the power poles went down - Mission Road on Tohono O'odham land.Crews are currently working on repairing the poles.These residents s
  
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• Museum says displaying Confederate statue part of healing

  18-08-2020 21:11
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston museum dedicated to conserving African American culture says its decision to display a more than 100-year-old Confederate statue is about providing Black Americans with a way to confront slavery’s painful legacy and include their lived experiences in the conversation. The towering bronze statue, called “Spirit of The Confederacy,” was removed from a downtown Houston park in June. The statue arrived at the Houston Museum of African American Culture
  
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• Israeli court: Damascus Bibles to stay in National Library

  18-08-2020 21:11
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — A quarter century after Israeli spies, a Canadian activist, and a Syrian rabbi helped smuggle them out of Damascus, an Israeli court decided that a collection of rare medieval Jewish manuscripts will remain under the National Library’s custodianship for their preservation. The decision ends a protracted legal battle over the ownership of the Damascus Crowns, nine illuminated Bibles written on parchment from the 13th to 15th centuries that had belonged to the Syrian c
  
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• Islamic scholar ordered released while appeal is pursued

  18-08-2020 21:11
  
  FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A judge has ordered that an Islamic scholar serving a life sentence for soliciting treason after the Sept. 11 attacks be released from custody while he pursues his appeal. The order Tuesday grants release to Ali Al-Timimi in part because of concerns he is susceptible to the coronavirus and in part because of a recent Supreme Court case that could invalidate several counts on which he was convicted back in 2005. Al-Timimi has been imprisoned for the last 15 years, m
  
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• Florida felon voting law questioned by US appellate court

  18-08-2020 21:09
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A federal appeals court will soon decide whether Florida can require felons to fully pay their fines before they’re allowed to vote. The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments Tuesday on Florida’s Amendment 4, a 2018 ballot initiative that lifted a lifelong ban on voting for more than 1 million felons living in the state once they complete their sentences. The felons argue that a sentence was complete when their incarceration and probation we
  
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• The Latest: Trump’s payroll tax plan means big repayment

  18-08-2020 21:08
  
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s payroll tax deferral would provide workers with a modest bump in take-home pay the rest of this year, but they’d face a big tax bill next year when repaying the money.
  That’s according to an analysis Tuesday by a coalition of major business groups calling the policy “unfair” to workers and “unworkable” for employers.
  A worker making $75,000 a year would get nearly $179 more every two weeks for the rest of this
  
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• S&P 500 crests at highest-ever level as stocks drift higher

  18-08-2020 20:59
  
  Stock indexes are drifting mostly higher on Wall Street Tuesday, placing the S&P 500 once again on track to eclipse its record closing high after falling short of doing so in recent days. The benchmark index was up 0.3% in afternoon trading, above its all-time closing high, which was set in February. It’s the fourth time in the last week that’s happened, and each past time, the index faded back below that record level during the afternoon. This is the first day, though, that the
  
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• South Dakota tallies 460,000 vehicles during Sturgis rally

  18-08-2020 20:55
  
  SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — This year’s Sturgis Motorcycle Rally drew over 460,000 vehicles during the 10-day event, according to a count released by South Dakota transportation officials. The count is a decrease of nearly 8% from last year, but showed that many were undeterred by the coronavirus pandemic. Sturgis officials said they expected fewer people to show up this year, estimating they would see between 250,000 and 300,000 people. Most people didn’t take significant precaut
  
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• Trump angling for votes with immigration talk, nod to women

  18-08-2020 20:51
  
  Hinda Mandell / Twitter Hundreds of people gather to place their 'I Voted' Stickers on Susan B. Anthony's grave stone, Photo Date: 11/8/2016
  CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — President Donald Trump is grappling for votes and the spotlight as Democrats hold their national convention. The president is visiting Arizona and Iowa  on Tuesday after promising a pardon for suffragist leader Susan B. Anthony, who died in 1906 In Arizona, one of the top 2020 battleground states, Trump aimed to press h
  
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