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• Carol Burnett seeks to be guardian of teen grandson

  20-08-2020 23:52
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Carol Burnett and her husband are seeking to become the legal guardians of her teenage grandson as his mother struggles with substance abuse. The 87-year-old TV comedy legend petitioned in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday to take custody of her 52-year-old daughter Erin Hamilton’s 14-year-old son Dylan. Burnett said in a statement that they are seeking the status because of her daughter’s “addiction issues and other circumstances.” She says
  
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• Nielsen says 22.8 million watched convention’s third night

  20-08-2020 23:50
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Nielsen company says 22.8 million people watched the third night of the Democrats’ virtual convention on television. Wednesday’s production featured speeches by vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris and former President Barack Obama. The four-night event concludes Thursday with presidential nominee Joe Biden’s speech, and Republicans will nominate President Donald Trump for a second term next week. The third-night viewership numbers represent a small
  
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• CDC study suggests inmates should have been tested in mass

  20-08-2020 23:48
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A recent study by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention suggests correctional facilities that resisted mass coronavirus testing for inmates erred in their decision to only test inmates with symptoms, leading to large initial undercounts. The study released this week examined 13 prisons and jails in California, Colorado, Ohio and Texas, and three federal prisons in states that weren’t identified. A second study finds that strict rules governing the intake
  
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• Pima County Forms New Eviction Protection Partnership

  20-08-2020 23:43
  
  The Pima County Board of Supervisors on Monday approved a new partnership with the Community Investment Corporation to distribute more than $3.6 million to local residents facing evictions.
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• Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 20 at 2:41PM MST until August 20 at 3:30PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  20-08-2020 23:41
  
  The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a
  * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…Southwestern Cochise County in southeastern Arizona…East central Santa Cruz County in southeastern Arizona…
  * Until 330 PM MST.
  * At 241 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located near FortHuachuca, or 10 miles northwest of Sierra Vista, moving southeastat 15 mph.
  HAZARD…60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
  SOURCE…Radar indicated.
  IMPACT…Hail damage to vehicles is ex
  
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• Severe Thunderstorm Warning from THU 2:41 PM MST until THU 3:30 PM MST

  20-08-2020 23:41
  
  Issued by National Weather Service – Tucson, AZ
  Santa Cruz County
  The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a
  * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…Southwestern Cochise County in southeastern Arizona…East central Santa Cruz County in southeastern Arizona…
  * Until 330 PM MST.
  * At 241 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located near FortHuachuca, or 10 miles northwest of Sierra Vista, moving southeastat 15 mph.
  HAZARD…60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
  SO
  
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• Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 20 at 2:39PM MST until August 20 at 3:30PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  20-08-2020 23:39
  
  The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a
  * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…Southeastern Santa Cruz County in southeastern Arizona…
  * Until 330 PM MST.
  * At 238 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located near NogalesInternational Airport, or 11 miles northeast of Nogales, movingwest at 10 mph.
  HAZARD…60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
  SOURCE…Radar indicated.
  IMPACT…Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damageto roofs, siding, and trees
  
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• Severe Thunderstorm Warning from THU 2:39 PM MST until THU 3:30 PM MST

  20-08-2020 23:39
  
  Issued by National Weather Service – Tucson, AZ
  Santa Cruz County
  The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a
  * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…Southeastern Santa Cruz County in southeastern Arizona…
  * Until 330 PM MST.
  * At 238 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located near NogalesInternational Airport, or 11 miles northeast of Nogales, movingwest at 10 mph.
  HAZARD…60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
  SOURCE…Radar indicated.
  IMPACT…Hail damag
  
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• Bidding for Pennsylvania, Trump trolls Biden in old backyard

  20-08-2020 23:28
  
  OLD FORGE, Pa. (AP) — President Donald Trump has taken the fight for Pennsylvania to Joe Biden’s old backyard, insisting his Democratic rival would be the state’s “worst nightmare” if elected president. In a particularly in-your-face bit of campaign trolling, Trump staged a small rally just outside the former vice president’s birthplace in Scranton mere hours before Biden was to formally accept the Democratic presidential nomination. Trump insists Biden is &ld
  
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• Special Weather Statement issued August 20 at 2:20PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  20-08-2020 23:20
  
  At 220 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 11miles northwest of Morenci, or 13 miles northwest of Clifton, movingsouth at 25 mph.
  Wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm.
  Locations impacted include…Clifton, Morenci, York, Three Way and Guthrie.Heavy rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead tolocalized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through floodedroadways.
  Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.Lightning c
  
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• Venice Film Festival to require face masks during screenings

  20-08-2020 23:14
  
  ROME (AP) — The Venice Film Festival is requiring participants to wear face masks during screenings and take a coronavirus test if they are arriving from outside Europe. The first major cinema showcase of the COVID-19 era published health guidelines Thursday. According to the protocols, fans and the general public will be kept away from the red carpet during the Sept. 2-12 festival, and movie-goers will have to buy tickets and reserve seats online to ensure every other seat is left vacant.
  
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• Coyotes looking to build off first playoff run in 8 years

  20-08-2020 23:04
  
  GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Coyotes had their playoff bubble burst by a pair of losses to Colorado by a combined score of 14-2. The Coyotes hope to take the experience of playoff intensity and build on it for next year and beyond. Arizona reached the postseason for the first time since the 2012 Western Conference finals and opened by knocking off Nashville in four games of the Stanley Cup qualifiers. The Coyotes kept Colorado close through the first three games before the Avalanche
  
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• Ice loves Marco: Ice-T tops celebrities rooting for Andretti

  20-08-2020 23:03
  
  Marco Andretti has quite the eclectic group of celebrities rooting for him to win the Indianapolis 500.  His sister-in-law is a model and actress. Comedian Jeffrey Ross and actress Nina Dobrev are friends. He paddleboards with rapper Ludacris and comedian Kevin Hart. He gets shoutouts from Paris Hilton. His nearly decade-long bromance with Ice-T has made him the envy of the paddock. Ice-T has been tight with Andretti for close to a decade. Ice-T is rooting for Andretti to win the race. Andr
  
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• Kentucky: Elderly whites protest for slain Black woman

  20-08-2020 23:00
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — They’re not able to march in the streets, so a group of white senior citizens staged a sit-in outside the home of Kentucky’s attorney general to demand justice for Breonna Taylor. Police say one of them ended up getting arrested Thursday and six others were given citations. More than a dozen protesters gathered on the front lawn of Attorney General Daniel Cameron’s suburban Louisville home. One of the protesters, 78-year-old Dotti Lockhart, says the
  
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• California wildfires turn deadly

  20-08-2020 22:58
  
  (NBC News)  Thousands are under evacuation orders, and more are imminent as wildfires burn across California.Nearly 11,000 lightning strikes over three days started 367 known fires, so many that fire officials have them grouped them into what they call "complex" fires for the sake of keeping track.
   
  Residents who have been taking refuge in their homes during the coronavirus pandemic are now being forced to leave them behind. Many won't have anything to return to.So far at least two l
  
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• The Latest: Venice Film Festival first to open amid pandemic

  20-08-2020 22:51
  
  ROME — The Venice Film Festival is requiring participants at the first in-person cinema showcase of the COVID-19 era to wear facemasks during screenings and take a coronavirus test if they’re arriving from outside Europe.
  According to guidelines published Thursday, fans and the general public will be kept away from the red carpet during the Sept. 2-12 festival, and movie-goers will have to buy tickets and reserve seats online to ensure every other seat is left vacant. Nine gates set
  
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• George Floyd mural in Minneapolis defaced with black paint

  20-08-2020 22:50
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Someone has defaced a giant mural of George Floyd at the Minneapolis intersection where he died in May. The Star Tribune reports that someone sprayed black paint on the mural on the side of a food market. A Minneapolis police spokesman says the department hasn’t taken any reports about the vandalized mural. Other Floyd murals around the country have reportedly been defaced, including  in Rochester, Minnesota; Long Beach, California; and Portland, Oregon. Floyd
  
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• Tony Reagins named chief baseball development officer

  20-08-2020 22:43
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball has promoted Tony Reagins to chief baseball development officer. Reagins will continue to oversee the growth of youth and amateur levels of baseball and softball domestically and internationally. He’ll also supervise the streamlining of amateur scouting worldwide and the operations of the Arizona Fall League. Reagins took over in 2015 as senior vice president of the youth programs department. He will report directly to Commissioner Rob Manfred.&n
  
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• Israel launches airstrikes after 2 rockets fired from Gaza

  20-08-2020 22:43
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says two rockets fired from Gaza have landed near the security fence and that it carried out airstrikes on targets linked to Hamas. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage in Thursday’s exchange of fire. Tensions have risen in recent days as groups affiliated with Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers have launched incendiary balloons across the frontier, igniting farmland inside Israel. Hamas demands Israel ease the blockade it impo
  
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• Family members of murder victims assail Golden State Killer

  20-08-2020 22:41
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Tearful family members of people killed by Joseph DeAngelo assailed him Thursday for stealing away their loved ones as he escalated his attacks from burglaries and rapes to horrific murders that terrorized California four decades ago. Earlier this week, a judge heard testimony from dozens of rape victims who endured sadistic, hours-long assaults by DeAngelo, a former police officer whose serial crimes as the Golden State Killer began in Northern California.  
  
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• Officials: Some who went to huge Sturgis rally have COVID-19

  20-08-2020 22:34
  
  SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota health officials say a number of people who attended the 10-day Sturgis Motorcycle Rally this month, including some who came from out of state, have come down with COVID-19. State Department of Health officials on Thursday didn’t give an exact number of rallygoers who tested positive, but they said it was under 25. State epidemiologist Josh Clayton says the health department has received reports from other states that people who traveled from the
  
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• Thunberg, fellow activists press Merkel over climate action

  20-08-2020 22:28
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg met German Chancellor Angela Merkel to press demands for tougher action to curb climate change. Thunberg and youth activists from Germany and Belgium arrived at the chancellery for a 90-minute meeting Thursday. It was the first high-profile meeting the youth activists have held with a world leader since the start of the pandemic. The coronavirus outbreak has prevented the Fridays for Future movement that Thunberg inspired from holding its mass
  
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• Tech gains send indexes higher even as other stocks fall

  20-08-2020 22:26
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Major indexes managed to eke out gains on Wall Street even as most stocks fell following more discouraging data on the economy. The government reported that slightly more than 1.1 million workers applied for unemployment benefits last week. Gains for big technology stocks, which have an outsize influence on indexes because of their gigantic values, were enought to push the S&P 500 up 0.3% and the Nasdaq up 1.1%. Small-company stocks fell. Uber and Lyft bounced higher af
  
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• Report on 2018 turnpike fatality urges new focus on tunnels

  20-08-2020 22:26
  
  SLATINGTON, Pa. (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board completed its investigation into a 2018 Pennsylvania Turnpike crash that killed a truck driver when a tunnel conduit fell and smashed through the windshield and issued two safety regulations for federal highway officials. The NTSB said Thursday that it determined the final probable cause of the crash to be the failure of the conduit’s support system due to longtime corrosion, which resulted in its displacement. The NTSB
  
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• Ex-Trump aide Bannon pleads not guilty in border wall scheme

  20-08-2020 22:25
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s former chief strategist Steve Bannon pleaded not guilty to charges that he ripped off donors to an online fundraising scheme to build a southern border wall in federal court Thursday, hours after he was pulled from a yacht off the coast of Connecticut and arrested.
  Bannon becomes the latest in a long list of Trump allies to be charged with a crime.
  The charges were contained in an indictment unsealed Thursday in Manhattan federal court.
  Prosec
  
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• Heat Advisory issued August 20 at 1:22PM MST until August 20 at 8:00PM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ

  20-08-2020 22:22
  
  * WHAT…Hot conditions with afternoon temperatures 94 to 106.
  * WHERE…Southeast Gila County, Mazatzal Mountains andPinal/Superstition Mountains.
  * WHEN…Until 8 PM MST this evening.
  * 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
  
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• Excessive Heat Warning issued August 20 at 1:22PM MST until August 20 at 8:00PM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ

  20-08-2020 22:22
  
  * WHAT…Dangerously hot conditions. Afternoon temperatures 108to 111.
  * WHERE…Cave Creek/New River, Fountain Hills/East Mesa andApache Junction/Gold Canyon.
  * WHEN…Until 8 PM MST this evening.
  * 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 tak
  
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• Special Weather Statement issued August 20 at 1:16PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  20-08-2020 22:16
  
  At 115 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10miles south of Blue, or 24 miles north of Mule Creek, movingsouthwest at 10 mph.
  Dime size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible withthis storm.
  This storm will remain over mainly remote areas of northeasternGreenlee County.The post Special Weather Statement issued August 20 at 1:16PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• President Donald Trump’s former political adviser Steve Bannon pleads not guilty in border wall scheme

  20-08-2020 22:16
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s former political adviser Steve Bannon pleads not guilty in border wall scheme.The post President Donald Trump’s former political adviser Steve Bannon pleads not guilty in border wall scheme appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• The Latest: Trump says, ‘Biden is no friend of Pennsylvania’

  20-08-2020 22:12
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Democratic National Convention (all times local):
  4:10 p.m.
  President Donald Trump says “Joe Biden is no friend of Pennsylvania” as he criticizes the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee near his childhood hometown of Scranton.
  Trump isn’t laying low during the Democratic National Convention. He’s mocking Biden and blaming him for supporting trade policies that he says resulted in manufacturing job losses.
  Trump is attempti
  
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• Tech gains send indexes higher even most other stocks fall

  20-08-2020 22:11
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Major indexes managed to eke out gains on Wall Street even as most stocks fell following more discouraging data on the economy. The government reported that slightly more than 1.1 million workers applied for unemployment benefits last week. Gains for big technology stocks, which have an outsize influence on indexes because of their gigantic values, were enought to push the S&P 500 up 0.3% and the Nasdaq up 1.1%. Small-company stocks fell. Uber and Lyft bounced higher af
  
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• California firefighters `taxed to the limit’ seeking help

  20-08-2020 22:09
  
  SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — More than two dozen major fires are scorching California and taxing the state’s firefighting capacity. They were sparked by an unprecedented lightning siege that dropped nearly 11,000 strikes over several days. The fires have destroyed 175 structures, including homes, and are threatening 50,000 more. In all, 33 civilians and firefighters have been injured. Most of the activity is in Northern California, where fires have chewed through nearly 500 square miles
  
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• 1 in 5 nursing homes short on PPE and staff in virus rebound

  20-08-2020 22:05
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — One in five U.S. nursing homes faced severe shortages of protective gear like N95 masks this summer, according to a new study that found facilities also struggled with a lack of staff as COVID-19 cases rebounded. The analysis of federal data published Thursday by Health Affairs also determined there was no improvement from May to July in shortages of personal protective equipment — or PPE — as well as staffing. The Trump administration says the needs of nursin
  
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• US allies Britain, France, Germany reject Trump administration’s demand to restore UN sanctions on Iran

  20-08-2020 22:03
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — US allies Britain, France, Germany reject Trump administration’s demand to restore UN sanctions on Iran.The post US allies Britain, France, Germany reject Trump administration’s demand to restore UN sanctions on Iran appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Digital Democrats: Delegates miss camaraderie, but stay focused on goal

  20-08-2020 22:00
  
  WASHINGTON – First-time Democratic National Convention delegate Cynthia Engstrom may not have the perspective of nine-time delegate Cynthia Ford, but the newcomer and the old hand agree on one thing.Something gets lost in the convention experience when it is held online, as this year’s convention has been, the Arizona delegates said.“We’re missing the camaraderie and just the energy that exudes during a convention, and missing out on meeting other delegates as well as op
  
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• Crews “taxed to the limit” California firefighters seek help

  20-08-2020 21:59
  
  SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — More than two dozen major fires are scorching California and taxing the state’s firefighting capacity. They were sparked by an unprecedented lightning siege that dropped nearly 11,000 strikes over several days. The fires have destroyed 175 structures, including homes, and are threatening 50,000 more. In all, 33 civilians and firefighters have been injured. Most of the activity is in Northern California, where fires have chewed through nearly 500 square miles
  
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• Governor's Office, Local First Arizona Foundation To Provide Grants to Gyms, Theaters and Other Biz Closed by Exec Order

  20-08-2020 21:54
  
  Beginning today, Gov. Doug Ducey's administration and the Local First Arizona Foundation will accept applications for a new grant program that aims to provide $10 million in financial assistance to small businesses across the state.…
  
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• Survey: Toll-road traffic still lagging pre-pandemic levels

  20-08-2020 21:51
  
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Traffic on some major U.S. toll roads has rebounded from lows reached during the height of the coronavirus pandemic but is still down as much as 35% or more in some states. That’s according to a survey of several states by an association of owners and operators of toll facilities. The International Bridge, Tunnel & Turnpike Association found that traffic volume dropped by more than 60% in many places. Some states have recovered to 15% to 25% below 2019 levels,
  
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• Embattled postal leader is Trump donor with deep GOP ties

  20-08-2020 21:51
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Louis DeJoy, the embattled leader of the U.S. Postal Service, is the first postmaster general in nearly two decades who is not a career postal employee. That doesn’t mean he’s unfamiliar with the agency. A Republican megadonor with significant financial stakes in companies that do business and compete with the post office, DeJoy’s short tenure as postmaster general has been marred by controversial policies that have slowed mail deliveries across the coun
  
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• Phoenix police: body recovered from canal was a missing man

  20-08-2020 21:50
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Police in Phoenix say a body found in a city canal is that of a 20-year-old man who was reported missing last weekend. They say Efren Ricardo was last seen walking to work Sunday morning. When he didn’t show up, he was reported missing by family members. Police say officers responded about 6:30 a.m. Wednesday to a report of a person floating in a  Phoenix canal. A police dive team recovered the body, which was later identified as Ricardo. Police say there were no
  
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• Israel says 2 rockets fired from Gaza Strip; no casualties

  20-08-2020 21:49
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says two rockets fired from Gaza have landed near the security fence. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage in Thursday’s attack. Tensions have risen in recent days as groups affiliated with Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers have launched incendiary balloons across the frontier, igniting farmland inside Israel. Hamas demands Israel ease the blockade it imposed when the Islamic militant group seized power from rival Palestinian
  
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• Virtual Emmys: Less walking, talking, but beware the Wi-Fi

  20-08-2020 21:41
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a typical Hollywood awards show, it’s the orchestra’s task to nudge off winners whose acceptance speeches wander into overtime. In a virtual ceremony, the internet could give them the accidental boot. A balky online connection is among the challenges and pitfalls that may face next month’s prime-time Emmy Awards. The ceremony has been forced into socially distanced safety by the coronavirus pandemic. Plans have yet to be announced for the Sept. 20 ce
  
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• Appeals court gives reprieve to Uber, Lyft in California

  20-08-2020 21:35
  
  BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — An appeals court has allowed ride-hailing giants Uber and Lyft to continue treating their drivers as independent contractors in California while an appeal works its way through the court. Both companies had threatened to shut down if a ruling went into effect Friday morning that would have forced them to treat all their drivers as employees, a change they said would be impossible to accomplish overnight. At issue is a decision that could re-shape the so-called gig e
  
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• Navajo Nation reports 14 new coronavirus cases and no deaths

  20-08-2020 21:30
  
  WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation health officials have reported 14 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 but no additional deaths. That brings the total number of people infected to 9,500 with the known death toll still at 484 as of Wednesday. Navajo Department of Health officials say 90,064 people have been tested for the coronavirus and 6,989 have recovered.  The Navajo Nation lifted its stay-at-home order last Sunday, but is encouraging residents to leave their homes only for emer
  
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• Pelosi endorses Kennedy over Markey in US Senate primary

  20-08-2020 21:26
  
  BOSTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has endorsed fellow Democratic House member Joe Kennedy III in his bid to unseat U.S. Sen. Edward Markey in the Democratic primary. Pelosi said Thursday that when Democrats were working to take back control of the House from Republicans during the 2018 elections, Kennedy stumped for candidates across the country to help guarantee the win. Pelosi said in a release that Kennedy represents the party’s future. Kennedy called Pelosi “a force
  
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• Latinos pressure California governor on US Senate appointee

  20-08-2020 21:26
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The fight over who would fill a potential vacancy in one of California’s U.S. Senate seats had gone public, with a Hispanic group openly pressuring Gov. Gavin Newsom to make the pick a Latino. The seat is now held by Sen. Kamala Harris, Joe Biden’s choice for vice president. If the two Democrats win in November, her seat would become vacant, with Newsom holding the power to name a successor. The Latino Community Foundation sent a letter to Newsom urging him t
  
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• Ducey, other state officials provide COVID-19 update Thursday

  20-08-2020 21:25
  
  PHOENIX (KVOA) - Arizona Governor Doug Ducey and other state officials will provide a COVID-19 update Thursday afternoon.
  Maj Gen McGuire and Dr. Christ are also attending the public briefing in Phoenix at 12:30 p.m.
  You can watch the conference on News 4 Tucson's Facebook page.Other headlines:State health officials reported 723 additional coronavirus cases Thursday and 50 more deaths. That brings the state’s documented totals to 196,280 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 4,684 known deaths.L
  
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• California court gives reprieve to Uber, Lyft in California

  20-08-2020 21:20
  
  BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — An appeals court has allowed ride-hailing giants Uber and Lyft to continue treating their drivers as independent contractors while an appeal works its way through the court. Both companies had threatened to shut down if a ruling went into effect Friday morning that would have forced them to treat all their drivers as employees, a change they said would be impossible to accomplish overnight. At issue is a decision that could re-shape the so-called gig economy as driv
  
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• Montana governor presses to remove Trump’s public lands boss

  20-08-2020 21:15
  
  BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana Gov. Steve Bullock is asking a federal court to take swift action to remove the Trump administration’s chief steward of public lands. Thursday’s request from the Democratic governor comes as former industry attorney William Perry Pendley continues to hang onto his post atop the U.S. Bureau of Land Management post despite the White House saying his nomination would be withdrawn. The Associated Press reported earlier this week that Pendley remains i
  
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• France sticks to school openings despite jump in infections

  20-08-2020 21:14
  
  PARIS (AP) — France’s president insisted that the country will send millions of students back to school starting Sept. 1 despite seeing the biggest weekly spike in confirmed coronavirus cases since the height of its outbreak in the spring. French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel also pledged Thursday that European countries would work more closely in in the coming weeks to coordinate virus protection measures and vaccine supplies. The continent saw a wave
  
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