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• White House holds memorial service for president’s brother

  21-08-2020 23:56
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has seen 18 weddings, but on Friday it served as a place of mourning for President Donald Trump and his family with a private memorial service for the president’s younger brother, Robert. The president has described the 71-year-old Robert as not just his brother but also his “best friend.” With bagpipes playing, the president and first lady Melania Trump followed his brother’s casket to a waiting hearse. They stood at attention and
  
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• US dismisses opposition to restoring UN sanctions on Iran

  21-08-2020 23:56
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Trump administration is dismissing near universal opposition to its demand to restore all United Nations sanctions on Iran, declaring that a 30-day countdown for the “snapback” of penalties eased under the 2015 nuclear deal has begun. U.S. allies and foes have joined forces to declare the action illegal and doomed to failure. But Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and U.S. special envoy for Iran Brian Hook strongly disagree. Opponents say the U.S. lost the
  
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• 2 storms pose possible double threat to US Gulf Coast

  21-08-2020 23:56
  
  Tropical Storm Laura has formed in the eastern Caribbean and forecasters say it could pose a hurricane threat to the U.S. eastern Gulf Coast. And if that’s not enough a second system also may hit the U.S. western Gulf Coast after running across Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. The National Hurricane Center Friday forecast both to make it into the Gulf of Mexico next week in what would be a simultaneous threat to the entire region. But there’s lots of uncertainty. First, Laura has to
  
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• Appeals court won’t step in for now on Trump tax records

  21-08-2020 23:53
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court said Friday it wouldn’t step in right away to delay New York prosecutors’ effort to get President Donald Trump’s tax records. That potentially leaves the Supreme Court as his most promising option to block prosecutors’ subpoena. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied Trump’s request to immediately put Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr.’s subpoena on hold while Trump appeals to try to get it invali
  
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• Arizona Athletics reports six positive COVID-19 tests after return to campus

  21-08-2020 23:49
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - Arizona Athletics have reported that five athletes and one staffer have tested positive for COVID-19 since student-athletes have returned to campus.Contact tracing has revealed that due to contact tracing, they were able to limit the spread, as all five atheltes were able to quarantine did not infect any others according to Arizona Athletics.Arizona Athletics testing results are seperate from the campus-wide reporting of results.
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• Fire that tore through Rachel Ray’s house started in chimney

  21-08-2020 23:47
  
  LAKE LUZERNE, N.Y. (AP) — A fire that tore through celebrity chef Rachel Ray’s upstate New York home started in a fireplace chimney. The state Office of Fire Prevention and Control says the August 9 fire at the house in Lake Luzerne, N.Y., was accidental. The blaze sent flames through the roof of the home, about 60 miles (97 kilometers) north of Albany, New York. More than a dozen local fire departments worked to put out the flames. No firefighters or anyone from the household was in
  
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• Trump struggles to use power of presidency to counter Biden

  21-08-2020 23:44
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump spent the week of the Democratic National Convention forsaking what has historically been an incumbent’s greatest advantage: He’s in the job his challenger wants. Rather than focusing on his command of the job or using its power, Trump hit the campaign trail, where he flouted his own administration’s pandemic safety guidance and expressed gratitude for support from adherents to an extremist conspiracy theory, QAnon. It was a conseq
  
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• Online exchange blocked in Venezuela ahead of health bonuses

  21-08-2020 23:34
  
  MIAMI (AP) — A currency exchange website appears to have been blocked in Venezuela as the online platform prepares to launch a U.S.-backed plan to provide monetary assistance to underpaid health workers battling the coronavirus in the South American country. Opposition leader Juan Guaidó had announced Thursday that starting Monday he would begin registering the 62,000 “Health Heroes” who are to soon receive $100 monthly bonuses in digital wallets provided by Mexico City-
  
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• FBI investigating COVID-19 data breach in South Dakota

  21-08-2020 23:34
  
  RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — The FBI is investigating a data breach that may have compromised the identity of people with the coronavirus in South Dakota. The Rapid City Journal reports that South Dakota Department of Public Safety Director Paul Niedringhaus sent a letter to people who may have been affected by the June 19 breach. The letter, dated Monday, says the state’s fusion center used Netsential.com’s services to build a secure online portal this spring to help first responde
  
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• Quarantines, closures: Confusion reigns as schools reopen

  21-08-2020 23:22
  
  For countless families across the country, the school year is opening in disarray and confusion, with coronavirus outbreaks triggering sudden closings, mass quarantines and deep anxiety among parents. Schools in at least 10 states have had students and staff test positive for the virus since they began opening for the fall term. The outbreaks have occurred in a variety of settings: marching bands, high school football teams, elementary classrooms, high schools. The stress for parents is compound
  
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• Baby panda could be on the way, mom appears to be in labor

  21-08-2020 23:22
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Paws crossed. A baby panda could be on the way. Washington’s National Zoo says panda matriarch Mei Xiang is showing signs that she could be in labor. Mei Xiang has had three previous cubs. All were eventually transported to China under an agreement with the Chinese government. Mei Xiang has been spending most of her time in a small den indoors, where she has created a nest out of branches. In an Instagram post Friday afternoon, the zoo says, “Mei Xiang has bec
  
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• 15 Minnesotans catch coronavirus at Sturgis Motorcycle Rally

  21-08-2020 23:21
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Fifteen Minnesota residents have contracted the coronavirus after being exposed during the 10-day Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota. And Minnesota health officials are warning that they expect the number to grow. One patient was hospitalized as of Friday. Kris Ehresmann at the Minnesota Department of Heath says the first Sturgis-linked case was reported Thursday, while 14 others were added Friday. The Minnesota announcement follows a warning Thursday from South Da
  
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• Ex-Dallas cop admits surfing child porn on police computers

  21-08-2020 23:09
  
  DALLAS (AP) — A former Dallas police officer has admitted surfing child porn on police computers. Federal prosecutors say 35-year-old Daniel Lee Collins pleaded guilty before a federal magistrate Friday morning to possessing child pornography. Court documents show Collins admitted accessing and occasionally sharing child pornography through his Google email, including images that portrayed sadistic or masochistic conduct by the minors. A criminal complaint says Google detected pornographic
  
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• Authorities search for latest missing soldier from Fort Hood

  21-08-2020 23:09
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Authorities are searching in Central Texas for another solider who has gone missing from Fort Hood. Base officials and the Killeen police issued alerts Thursday night on the missing soldier, Sgt. Elder Fernandes. Police says 23-year-old Fernandes was reported missing Wednesday and was last seen Monday when his staff sergeant dropped Fernandes off at his home in Killeen. Natalie Khawam, a lawyer representing the family of Vanessa Guillen, another Fort Hood solider who w
  
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• Postmaster says election mail will go through despite cuts

  21-08-2020 23:07
  
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  WASHINGTON (AP) — Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is declaring it’s his “sacred duty” to ensure election mail delivery this fall. But he also told senators on Friday that he has no plans to restore curbside mail collection boxes or high-speed sorting machines that have been removed. He said he actually didn’t know they were being removed on his watch until the recent outcry but insisted they’re not needed. President Donald
  
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• Steve Roach hosting livestream concert this weekend

  21-08-2020 23:02
  
  Tucson's resident soundscaper Steve Roach is hosting an "ultra-intimate" concert stream this Saturday on both YouTube and Facebook.…
  
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• Tax collector faces sex trafficking count with new charges

  21-08-2020 22:59
  
  SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — A Florida tax collector already facing charges of stalking a political opponent and making fake driver’s licenses for himself was charged Friday with the sex trafficking of a minor. An indictment released Friday says former Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg used his ability to gain personal information from motor vehicle records to engage in commercial sex acts and accessed personal information to engage in “sugar daddy” relationships, incl
  
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• Pittsburgh mayor overhauls how police handle civil protests

  21-08-2020 22:56
  
  Pittsburgh’s mayor is putting new limits on dispatching police to civil protests and has halted the practice of having plainclothes officers in unmarked cars jump out and arrest people. Democratic Mayor Bill Peduto on Friday also ordered officers to stop wearing camouflage at protests. He’s planning to designate a commander to oversee police response to protests. Police handling of civil protests in Pittsburgh in recent months has drawn complaints, including over a “jump out&rd
  
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• The Latest: Pennsylvania board clears school sports to begin

  21-08-2020 22:53
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. — The governing body for Pennsylvania interscholastic sports decided Friday to move forward with the fall season, rejecting the governor’s recommendation that all youth sports be postponed until 2021 to help stop the spread of the coronavirus.
  The board of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association had delayed the start of fall sports by two weeks after Gov. Tom Wolf on Aug. 6 urged that scholastic and recreational youth sports be put off until January, cit
  
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• Smart moves: Cardinals’ RB Kenyan Drake digs into playbook

  21-08-2020 22:50
  
  GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Kenyan Drake was a revelation for the Arizona Cardinals last season, providing a versatile, productive running back after his midseason trade from the Miami Dolphins in October. The 26-year-old Drake feels this year can be even better now that he has an improved grasp of the playbook. Drake joins Chase Edmonds and they hope to provide a productive duo in the backfield. They’re in an offense that loves to pass but coach Kliff Kingsbury says a productive running
  
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• LeBron James pumps up his hometown, Goodyear Tire

  21-08-2020 22:50
  
  LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Akron’s best-known native has responded to President Donald Trump’s attack on his Ohio hometown’s iconic company, offering a shout-out of solidarity with the city, company and workers. LeBron James says Goodyear Tire has been great for his city and for the country. He calls Goodyear an “unbelievable brand.” He commented to reporters in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, where the NBA is playing during the pandemic. Trump Wednesday called
  
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• S&P 500 ticks higher to record, powered again by tech stocks

  21-08-2020 22:44
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The S&P 500 ticked higher to close at another all-time high Friday, powered by strength for technology stocks and better-than-expected reports on the U.S. economy. The index rose 0.3%, even though the majority of stocks in it weakened. It followed up on losses across Europe after more discouraging reports there indicated a slowdown in its economies. Despite its record-setting week, the market’s momentum has slowed recently after roaring back from its nearly 34% pl
  
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• 3 large corrals approved for western US wild horse roundups

  21-08-2020 22:41
  
  RENO, Nev. (AP) — The federal Bureau of Land Management has approved construction of three corrals to hold more than 8,000 wild horses captured on federal rangeland. The pens are the next step in plans announced last year by the administration of President Donald Trump to speed up the capture of 130,000 wild horses over 10 years at an estimated cost of $1 billion. The new corrals are aimed at accelerating wild horse roundups that have been slowed down for lack of space in existing pens. Th
  
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• Tucson man arrested in fatal hit-and-run motorcycle crash

  21-08-2020 22:32
  
  Tucson Police Department James Clyde LacyTUCSON (KVOA) - A Tucson man has been arrested in connection to a hit-and-run on Tucson's eastside earlier this month.
  According to Tucson Police Department, James Clyde Lacy, 25, was arrested Thursday. He was charged with manslaughter and with leaving the scene of a fatal collision.
  On Aug. 10, officials identified Aaron Knosp, 59, as the motorcyclist who was killed on Kolb Road and 19th Street.
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• Milbury apologizes for comments made during NHL playoff game

  21-08-2020 22:25
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Former coach and NBC Sports analyst Mike Milbury has apologized for comments he made during a game broadcast. He says there weren’t women in the NHL bubble to disrupt the players’ concentration. NBC Sports said it was disappointed in the comment and it has been addressed with Milbury. The comments came during Thursday night’s game between the New York Islanders and Washington Capitals.The post Milbury apologizes for comments made during NHL playoff game ap
  
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• Bannon partners had history of cashing in on Trump movement

  21-08-2020 22:25
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The three men charged along with former White House strategists Steve Bannon in a scheme to skim off donations to a project to build a border wall came together through a shared a devotion to Donald Trump and a rich, sometimes checkered, history of trying to make money off his political movement. One is an Iraq war veteran who ran news sites stoking right-wing rage. Another owns a company that sells Trump-themed energy drinks. And a third is an ex-columnist for Breitbart an
  
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• Feds charge former Green Beret with espionage with Russia

  21-08-2020 22:22
  
  ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Federal prosecutors have charged a former Army Green Beret living in northern Virginia with espionage with Russia dating back as far as 1996. Prosecutors said Friday that 45-year-old Peter Debbins of Gainesville periodically met Russian intelligence and was even assigned a code name by Russian intelligence agents in 1997. Authorities said the man was arrested Friday. Online court records remained sealed, so it was unclear whether Debbins has an attorney. It is the se
  
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• Judge rejects Kansas Rep. Watkins’ request to remove DA

  21-08-2020 22:17
  
  TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A state court judge has rejected a freshman Kansas congressman’s request to remove the Topeka area’s prosecutor from a criminal election fraud case against the Republican lawmaker. Shawnee County District Judge David Debenham said in a ruling this week that attorneys for Rep. Steve Watkins failed to show that District Attorney Mike Kagay had “an axe to grind” in filing three felony charges against Watkins.  Both Watkins and Kagay are Republi
  
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• Arizona reports 20% increase in deaths this year

  21-08-2020 22:14
  
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  PHOENIX — Arizona has reported a 20% increase in deaths in the first seven months of this year.Public health experts say not all have been directly linked to the coronavirus. They say possible explanations include overdoses and suicides by those struggling with isolation or unemployment during the pandemic.RELATED: Suicide rate rises in Pima County, likely related to stre
  
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• Some VOA journalists forced to leave US soon as visas expire

  21-08-2020 22:13
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — More than a dozen journalists with the U.S. government’s premier international broadcaster may soon have to leave the United States as their visas expire with no action from the agency’s new leadership. Congressional aides say some 16 Voice of America journalists will be forced to return to their native countries in the coming weeks unless the government agrees to either renew their visas or extend grace periods for them to depart. Several of them could face d
  
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• Federal prosecutors charge former Army Green Beret with espionage activity with Russia

  21-08-2020 22:12
  
  ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Federal prosecutors charge former Army Green Beret with espionage activity with Russia.The post Federal prosecutors charge former Army Green Beret with espionage activity with Russia appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Canada government appeals ruling on asylum seekers

  21-08-2020 22:02
  
  OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canadian Public Safety Minister Bill Blair saysthe government is appealing a court ruling that struck down the Safe Third Country Agreement on refugees between Canada and the United States. The Federal Court of Canada ruled last month that elements of the law underpinning the pact violate the constitutional guarantee of life, liberty and security. But it delayed implementation until mid-January. Under the agreement, Canada and the U.S. recognize each other as safe pl
  
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• LaGuardia Airport rail link gets initial approval from FAA

  21-08-2020 21:41
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A $2 billion plan to build a rail link connecting New York City with LaGuardia Airport has received initial environmental approval from federal regulators. The Federal Aviation Administration released its report Friday. The plan by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey would build an elevated track in Queens to connect the airport with a subway and train stop at CitiField, home of the New York Mets. Pending final environmental approvals, construction could begin as
  
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• U. of South Carolina considers removing Thurmond’s name

  21-08-2020 21:39
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Some of the more notable recent names in University of South Carolina athletics are asking the school to change the name of its showpiece fitness center, arguing that the late U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond shouldn’t be glorified in such a way due to the segregationist views he once held. The Presidential Commission on University History on Friday took testimony pushing to rename the Strom Thurmond Wellness and Fitness Center from standouts including Marcus Lattimore.
  
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• Grand jury sought in Indiana police shooting of Black man

  21-08-2020 21:32
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A special prosecutor appointed to oversee the investigation into a Black man’s fatal shooting by a Black Indianapolis police officer has requested that a grand jury be impaneled to handle the final stage of that investigation. Madison County Deputy Prosecutor Rosemary Khoury said Friday during a briefing that the grand jury process was the “final task” of the investigation into the May 6 shooting death of 21-year-old Dreasjon Reed. A grand jury could d
  
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• Navy Secretary visits New England sub building sites

  21-08-2020 21:31
  
  NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (AP) — U.S. Navy Secretary Kenneth Braithwaite and members of Congress have visited submarine construction operations in Rhode Island and Connecticut. Braithwaite visited General Dynamics Electric Boat’s facilities in North Kingstown and Groton on Friday to observe progress on submarines being built there. Up to ten Virginia-class submarines are being built at the sites for roughly $22 billion. The Navy is also paying the defense company $10 billion to build the
  
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• Weinstein seeks to pursue arbitration over firing

  21-08-2020 21:29
  
  DOVER, Del. (AP) — Disgraced Hollywood film mogul Harvey Weinstein is asking a bankruptcy judge in Delaware to allow him to pursue arbitration in New York over what he claims is his wrongful termination from the company he co-founded. An attorney for Weinstein cited “newly discovered information and facts” in asking the judge presiding over The Weinstein Co. bankruptcy for permission to pursue the arbitration case. The Weinstein Co. sought bankruptcy protection in 2018 amid a s
  
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• Thousands in Mali’s capital welcome president’s downfall

  21-08-2020 21:28
  
  BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Thousands of people marched in the streets of Mali’s capital to celebrate the ouster of the former president, who was overthrown by a military coup earlier this week. The people that gathered Friday in Bamako’s central Independence Square are mainly supporters of Mali’s opposition coalition who had demonstrated since June for Ibrahim Boubacar Keita to step down from power. The coalition, known as M5-RFP, wasn’t behind Tuesday’s coup d&rsquo
  
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• Loughlin, Giannulli get prison time in college bribery plot

  21-08-2020 21:15
  
  Inside Edition / YouTubeLori Loughlin (right) and husband, Mossimo Giannulli (left), to be sentenced in college admissions scandal, Photo Date: 5/21/2020
  BOSTON (AP) — “Full House” star Lori Loughlin will be sentenced to two months in prison after a judge accepted her plea deal with prosecutors for paying $500,000 in bribes to cheat the college admissions process. Her husband, fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli, was sentenced earlier Friday to five months behind bars for his ro
  
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• The Latest: Arizona reports 20% increase in deaths this year

  21-08-2020 21:14
  
  PHOENIX — Arizona has reported a 20% increase in deaths in the first seven months of this year.Public health experts say not all have been directly linked to the coronavirus. They say possible explanations include overdoses and suicides by those struggling with isolation or unemployment during the pandemic.Other possibilities are patients succumbing to chronic diseases after postponing hospital visits because of fears about contracting the virus there. Or deaths from Arizona’s regula
  
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• US buildings closed in Portland after car-bomb threat made

  21-08-2020 21:13
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A number of federal buildings in Portland have been closed and the FBI is investigating after a car bomb threat was made. The FBI said in a statement Friday that investigators are working to determine whether the threat is credible. Two law enforcement officials spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to discuss the investigation publicly. They said the threat was received Thursday and warned of the intention to us
  
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• Libyan commander: Head-of-state status grants legal immunity

  21-08-2020 21:07
  
  FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A Libyan military commander who previously lived for decades in Virginia says he deserves immunity from a pair of civil lawsuits accusing him of atrocities because he is Libya’s head of state. Family members who say their loved ones were killed or tortured by Khalifa Hifter’s forces have filed two separate lawsuits against him in federal court in Alexandria. Hifter leads the self-styled Libyan National Army, a faction in a civil war that’s raged i
  
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• S&P 500 ticks up as record-busting, wishy-washy week closes

  21-08-2020 21:03
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — More gains for tech stocks are propping up an otherwise wobbly Wall Street on Friday, as a record-breaking but wishy-washy week of trading comes to a close. The S&P 500 was up 0.3% in afternoon trading, even though most stocks in the index were weaker, after a couple reports on the U.S. economy showed more strength than economists expected. It followed up on losses across Europe after more discouraging reports there indicated a slowdown in its economy. Friday’s mo
  
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• Belarus leader blames US for chaos, vows to end protests

  21-08-2020 21:02
  
  MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Authorities in Belarus have detained a factory strike organizer and threatened protesters with criminal charges in the latest response to massive post-election protests challenging the country’s authoritarian president. President Alexander Lukashenko accused the United States of fomenting the unrest and vowed Friday to ensure a quick end to the protests demanding his resignation after 26 years. The U.S. has urged Belarus officials ’ authorities to engage i
  
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• Now Stream This: Sally Hawkins, Psychedelia and Failed Hostage Rescues at The Loft

  21-08-2020 21:00
  
  Military history examined in both documentary and narrative style, an eccentric performance from Sally Hawkins, and some psychedelic animation highlight five new films streaming this week at The Loft Cinema.As we move closer to theaters opening back up, The Loft continues to offer you the opportunity to view the films that would normally grace their big screens in the comfort of your home. To stream this week's new films, along with the many films currently on the roster, click here for Loft Str
  
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• Prosecutors accuse Reccless Tigers gang members of murder

  21-08-2020 20:59
  
  FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Members of a northern Virginia street gang that has run a sophisticated bi-coastal drug operation for several years are now charged with murder in the death of a man who testified against a gang member. Federal prosecutors in Alexandria obtained a new indictment Thursday against seven members of the Reccless Tigers street gang, which formed a decade ago in northern Virginia. Three of the seven are charged with murdering Brandon White. Prosecutors say White was a dr
  
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• Judge accepts Loughlin’s plea deal in college bribery scheme

  21-08-2020 20:48
  
  BOSTON (AP) — “Full House” star Lori Loughlin will be sentenced to two months in prison after a judge accepted her plea deal with prosecutors for paying $500,000 in bribes to cheat the college admissions process. Her husband, fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli, was sentenced earlier Friday to five months behind bars for his role in the college admissions bribery scheme. They pleaded guilty in May to paying half a million dollars to get their two daughters into the University of
  
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• Energy resources tested as Western states see soaring demand

  21-08-2020 20:44
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Standing amid an array of solar panels, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham told a national audience this week that she’s proud of instituting aggressive renewable energy mandates in her state. She also touted the move toward solar, wind and battery storage in a tweet the next day. It comes as New Mexico’s largest electric provider is asking people to cut back on air conditioning to reduce strain on the grid as temperatures rise. The reason? The util
  
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• “Full House” star Lori Loughlin to get 2 months in prison for college admissions scam after judge accepts plea deal

  21-08-2020 20:42
  
  BOSTON (AP) — “Full House” star Lori Loughlin to get 2 months in prison for college admissions scam after judge accepts plea deal.The post “Full House” star Lori Loughlin to get 2 months in prison for college admissions scam after judge accepts plea deal appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• EU agrees to cut taxes on US lobsters in modest trade pact

  21-08-2020 20:22
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and the European Union have announced a modest agreement to cut tariffs on less than $300 million worth of annual trade between them. The EU will drop import taxes on U.S. lobsters for the next five years and will work to make the move permanent. The United States agreed to cut in half tariffs on EU imports worth about $160 million a year, including some prepared meals, crystal glassware and cigarette lighters. U.S. lobster imports to the EU came to $111
  
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