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• Georgia becomes 10th state to top 5,000 virus deaths

  22-08-2020 23:54
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia has become the 10th state in the nation to report that it has surpassed 5,000 deaths caused by COVID-19. The Georgia Department of Public Health says there have been at least 5,092 deaths in the state caused by the coronavirus and more than 252,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases. Data kept by The Associated Press shows the coronavirus is spreading in Georgia faster per-capita than any other state, although infection numbers have been declining in the state since their peak
  
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• Better rain chances return to Tucson on Sunday

  22-08-2020 23:52
  
  TUCSON - Rain chances will start to build up again on Sunday and last through Monday. A few strong thunderstorms are possible, but widespread severe weather remains unlikely.
  Another big thing to watch is the heat. High temperatures will reach over 105 on Monday prompting an Excessive Heat Watch to be issued for our area through Tuesday.Rain chances will stay in the forecast on Monday. They will not be high chances, but because of the heat enough instability could develop for storms.
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• 2 tropical storms heading for double blow to US Gulf Coast

  22-08-2020 23:38
  
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Two tropical storms are advancing across the Caribbean, posing potentially historic threats to the U.S. Gulf Coast. One is dumping rain on Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, while the other is pushing through the gap between Cuba and Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. The latest projection from the U.S. National Hurricane Center points to Tropical Storms Laura and Marco both approaching Louisiana at or close to hurricane force just two days apart next week. Hur
  
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• Dueling demonstrations turn violent in downtown Portland

  22-08-2020 23:28
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Dueling demonstrations in Portland by right-wing and left-wing protesters have turned violent near a county building that’s been the site of numerous recent protests. Local media reports Saturday say streets are blocked and that the two groups are throwing things at each other and getting into fights outside the Multnomah County Justice Center. The building in recent weeks has been the target of left-wing protesters who have engaged in frequent nightly clashes w
  
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• Kanye West files to appear on the ballot in Louisiana

  22-08-2020 23:21
  
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Rapper Kanye West has filed paperwork just ahead of the deadline to appear on the presidential ballot in Louisiana in November. The Advocate reports that West’s filing Friday lists himself as a candidate for “The Birthday Party” along with his running mate Michelle Tidball.
  Including West, at least 11 third-party or independent presidential candidates filed to appear on the Louisiana ballot by Friday’s deadline. West’s campaign has stru
  
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• Kanye West files to appear on ballot in Louisiana

  22-08-2020 23:21
  
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Rapper Kanye West has filed paperwork just ahead of the deadline to appear on the presidential ballot in Louisiana in November. The Advocate reports that West’s filing Friday lists himself as a candidate for “The Birthday Party” along with his running mate Michelle Tidball. Including West, at least 11 third-party or independent presidential candidates filed to appear on the Louisiana ballot by Friday’s deadline. West’s campaign has stru
  
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• Trumps floats sending the law to polls, but lacks the power

  22-08-2020 23:04
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is threatening to send law enforcement to polling places for the upcoming presidential election. And much like an idea he floated a few weeks ago about delaying the election, it’s not exactly up to him. Trump has no authority to send in local law enforcement or state attorneys general. That is up to the states, of which several expressly ban law enforcement at polls. And federal law prohibits sending “any troops or armed men” to an
  
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• Highway remains closed as crews battle Arizona wildfires

  22-08-2020 22:51
  
  GLOBE, Ariz. (AP) — A main travel route between metro Phoenix and eastern Arizona’s White Mountains remained closed Saturday as firefighters fought lightning-sparked wildfires burning brush and grass in rugged hill country. A 57-mile stretch of U.S. 60 was closed northeast of Globe on Thursday because one of the fires had crossed the highway. The Arizona Department of Transportation said Saturday it wasn’t known when the highway would reopen. Sections of State Routes 188 and 28
  
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• Instagram deletes account advertising ASU COVID-19 parties

  22-08-2020 22:43
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Instagram has removed an account that claimed to throw COVID parties at Arizona State University. The removal came after ASU regents sued Instagram owner Facebook and the owner of the account in U.S. District Court last Thursday on allegations that the account improperly used the school’s logos and trademarks. It is not clear who ran the account. The Arizona Republic reports ASU’s lawsuit names “John Doe aka ‘asu_covid.parties’” as the def
  
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• Protesters arrested in Charlotte as GOP delegates arrive

  22-08-2020 22:39
  
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Police say they made several arrests in Charlotte after some demonstrators skirmished with authorities late Friday, as delegates arrived for the start of the Republican National Convention. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police said Saturday that four people were arrested. One was charged with impeding traffic, disorderly conduct and resisting a public officer. Three were charged with assaulting a government official. Police say pepper spray was used to keep the crowd from in
  
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• Armed person barricaded in Tucson hotel room; ongoing S.W.A.T. situation

  22-08-2020 22:29
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - Tucson Police have confirmed that one person is armed and barricaded in a Comfort Suites Hotel on Auto Mall Drive in Tucson.S.W.A.T. is currently on scene and the situation is ongoing.
  HAPPENING NOW: Heavy S.W.A.T presence at Comfort Suites on Auto Mall Drive.Posted by News 4 Tucson - KVOA on Saturday, August 22, 2020The post Armed person barricaded in Tucson hotel room; ongoing S.W.A.T. situation appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Body recovered of Detroit firefighter who helped save girls

  22-08-2020 22:18
  
  Crews have recovered the body of a Detroit firefighter who vanished in the Detroit River while helping save some girls from drowning. Detroit Fire Sgt. Sivad Johnson’s body was pulled from the river on Saturday afternoon following a six-hour search. Dave Fornell, deputy commissioner of the Detroit Fire Department, says Johnson was off-duty and walking with his 10-year-old daughter Friday night when they heard three young girls screaming for help from the river. Johnson jumped in to help a
  
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• Protesters arrested in Charlotte, days before GOP convention

  22-08-2020 22:07
  
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Police say they made several arrests in Charlotte after some demonstrators skirmished with authorities late Friday, days before the start of the Republican National Convention. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police said Saturday that four people were arrested. One was charged with impeding traffic, disorderly conduct and resisting a public officer. Three were charged with assaulting a government official. Police say pepper spray was used to keep the crowd from interfering wit
  
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• London’s famous Tower Bridge gets stuck in an open position

  22-08-2020 21:43
  
  LONDON (AP) — London’s famous Tower Bridge, which crosses the River Thames in the heart of the British capital, somehow became stuck open, leaving traffic in chaos and onlookers amazed at the sight. The historic bascule-and-suspension bridge failed to close Saturday after opening to allow ships to pass underneath on the Thames. City of London police tweeted shortly after 5 p.m. that the bridge was closed to pedestrians and traffic and mechanics were working to fix the problem. An hou
  
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• The Latest: University of Alabama prohibits student events

  22-08-2020 21:33
  
  TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The University of Alabama has issued a temporary prohibition on student events, including off-campus parties and fraternity and sorority gatherings.The university says its issuing a 14-day moratorium on all in-person student events outside of classroom instruction. Social gatherings are prohibited both on and off campus and the common areas of dormitories and fraternity and sorority houses are closed, according to the new guidelines.The announcement came less than a week
  
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• Belarus blocks over 50 news websites but protests continue

  22-08-2020 21:33
  
  MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Authorities in Belarus have blocked an array of news media websites reporting on the country shaken by two weeks of protests against authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko. The Belarusian Association of Journalists said Saturday that more than 50 sites had been blocked, including those of U.S.-funded Radio Liberty and Belsat, a Polish-funded satellite TV channel focusing on Belarus. Protests unprecedented in Belarus for their size and duration broke out after th
  
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• Protests against Israeli PM continue with momentum

  22-08-2020 21:30
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Thousands of Israelis are protesting outside the prime minister’s official residence as summer-long demonstrations against Benjamin Netanyahu maintained their momentum. The protesters seek Netanyahu’s resignation as he is on trial for corruption charges. The government’s mishaps in handling the coronavirus crisis after relative success in its early stages has also fueled the demonstrations. Saturday’s protest comes ahead of Tuesday’s deadline
  
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• Firefighting crews make slow progress with California fires

  22-08-2020 21:17
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Fire crews in California are making slow progress in their battle against some of the largest wildfires in state history thanks to favorable weather overnight and help from other states. Firefighters and aircraft from 10 states are arriving in California to help weary crews fighting the blazes that have killed six people and burned hundreds of homes. Some 560 wildfires are burning throughout the state. The most damaging are three clusters of blazes in the San Francisco
  
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• 2 bodies found, 2 missing after explosion in Texas port

  22-08-2020 21:16
  
  CORPUS CHRISTI, Texasf (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard says two bodies have been found in the search for four missing people following an explosion in the Port of Corpus Christi in Texas. The bodies of two crew members of the dredging vessel Waymon L Boyd were found Saturday morning while two crew members remain missing. Authorities say the dredging vessel hit a submerged natural gas pipeline, sparking an explosion about 8 a.m. Friday that sent six people to the hospital. Port Chief Executive
  
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• Pompeo, Kushner to Mideast as US presses Arab-Israeli peace

  22-08-2020 20:58
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is sending two top officials to the Middle East this week in a bid to capitalize on momentum from the historic agreement between Israeli and the United Arab Emirates to establish diplomatic relations. Diplomats say Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and President Donald Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner plan to make separate, multiple-nation visits to the region to push Arab-Israeli rapprochement. Pompeo is expected to depart o
  
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• “Antiracist Lending Library” Offers Lessons On Racial Justice

  22-08-2020 20:27
  
  (KARE) Sisters Annie Johnson and Dana Bergner already had a substantial personal collection of books about race and works written by authors of color. After George Floyd was killed, they decided it was time to share. "We’re calling it our Antiracist Lending Library," said Johnson of the old mailbox outside her Oronoco, Minnesota home, which they converted to a community library.Johnson came up with the idea while reflecting on Floyd's death. She says friends were coming to her fa
  
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• Iran says 164 health care professionals among pandemic dead

  22-08-2020 20:23
  
  TEHRAN, iran (AP) — Iran’s health minister says at least 164 health care professionals have died while battling the coronavirus pandemic. The official IRNA news agency quoted Saeed Namaki as saying new cases have been reported that will be added to that number. The latest toll of health care worker deaths from the virus is 26 more than the 138 cases reported July 22. Iran at the time said some 12,000 health care workers had been infected. Iran is grappling with the deadliest outbreak
  
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• Trump ordered to pay $44,100 in Stormy Daniels legal fees

  22-08-2020 20:19
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California court has ordered President Donald Trump to pay $44,100 in attorney fees to porn actress Stormy Daniels. The money is to pay for her legal battle to cancel a hush money deal to stay quiet about their sexual relationship a decade ago. Monday’s order in Superior Count in Los Angeles determined Daniels won her lawsuit against Trump over the agreement signed 11 days before the 2016 presidential election. After her lawyer announced the decision, Daniels wro
  
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• ‘Ignore’ Trump, Pelosi says, as House debates postal funds

  22-08-2020 20:16
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is holding a rare Saturday session to address mail delivery disruptions. Later in the day Democrats are expected to pass legislation to reverse recent changes in postal operations and send emergency funds to help the agency before the November election. Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the Postal Service will be “election central” as millions of Americans opt for mail-in ballots during the coronavirus pandemic. Republicans are unlikely to support the bill.
  
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• US WeChat users sue Trump over order banning messaging app

  22-08-2020 20:04
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Some U.S.-based users of WeChat are suing President Donald Trump in a bid to block an executive order that they say would effectively prohibit U.S. access to the popular Chinese messaging app. The complaint was filed Friday in San Francisco and asks a federal court judge to stop Trump’s order from being enforced. It claims a ban would violate U.S. users’ constitutional rights. Trump has ordered sweeping but vague bans on transactions with the Chinese owners o
  
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• Northern Arizona military site eyed for economic development

  22-08-2020 19:38
  
  BELLEMONT, Ariz. (AP) — A low-profile military base first established during World War II is being eyed as a potential site for future economic development projects in northern Arizona. The Arizona Daily Sun reports that pending legislation in Congress would allow the U.S. Army to transfer about 4.7 square miles of land at Camp Navajo to the state Department of Emergency and Military Affairs. The sprawling installation at Bellemont west of Flagstaff is is currently used by the Arizona Nati
  
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• Ketamine that’s injected during arrests draws new scrutiny

  22-08-2020 19:08
  
  DENVER (AP) — A drug called ketamine that’s injected as a sedative during arrests has drawn new scrutiny since a young Black man named Elijah McClain died in suburban Denver. Officers stopped him on the street and put him in a chokehold before paramedics injected him a year ago Monday. Paramedics use it often at the behest of police who believe suspects are out of control. Ketamine has become another flashpoint in the debate over law enforcement policies and brutality against people
  
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• Officials: Police shoot, kill man outside store in Louisiana

  22-08-2020 19:07
  
  LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — Authorities say police in Louisiana have shot and killed a man with a knife outside of a convenience store in the city of Lafayette. The killing occurred Friday at about 8 p.m. The Louisiana State Police said in a statement that officers from the Lafayette Police Department were called to a store about a disturbance involving a man with a knife. As officers tried to apprehend him, he fled. Stun guns were ineffective. The state police said the man was shot as he tried
  
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• AP EXCLUSIVE: US faces back-to-school laptop shortage

  22-08-2020 19:06
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Schools across the United States are facing shortages and long delays in getting laptops and other equipment needed for online learning. They are this year’s most crucial back-to-school accessories.. Part of the reason is high demand and disruptions of supply chains that have jammed production of laptops and Chromebooks made by Dell, HP, Lenovo and other brands. Schools say another critical reason is the Trump administration’s recent sanctions on Chinese co
  
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• West Africa envoys go to Mali to meet with junta after coup

  22-08-2020 18:57
  
  BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A high-level delegation from the West African economic bloc was in the capital of Mali to meet with the military leaders and the president who was overthrown this week. The international community has expressed alarm about the coup d’etat, which deposed Mali’s democratically elected leader who still had three years left in his term. Mali has been fighting against Islamic extremists with heavy international support for more than seven years, and jihadists hav
  
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• Statue of lauded rocker Chris Cornell vandalized in Seattle

  22-08-2020 18:52
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — A life-sized statue of Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell has been vandalized outside the Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle. Museum officials tell The Seattle Times that the statue was covered with white paint or a similar substance on Thursday. Museum officials say the damage is being assessed and that the statue will be restored. Cornell was a leader of the grunge movement with the Seattle-based Soundgarden group that won critical and commercial acclaim. Cornell killed hims
  
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• “Character Is On The Ballot” – Biden Accepts Democratic Nomination

  22-08-2020 18:50
  
  (NBC News)  Joe Biden is describing the 2020 presidential election as a fight for the "soul of America."Mr. Biden ended the Democratic National Convention Thursday with a promise to deal with racial injustice and bring the coronavirus pandemic under control. Democrats closed this year's convention with emotion, urgency and repeated attacks on President Trump, who Senator Tammy Duckworth described as "a coward in chief who won't stand up to Vladimir Putin.""If you entrust me with the Pr
  
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• The Latest: Florida has 4,300 new cases, 106 virus deaths

  22-08-2020 18:48
  
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla — Florida recorded 4,300 new cases and 106 coronavirus deaths on Saturday.
  The state is registering an average of 156 coronavirus deaths per day this month, which likely makes COVID-19 the state’s No. 1 killer during that period. Cancer and heart disease each average about 125 deaths per day, according to the Florida Department of Health.The number of new cases continues a downward trend from more than 10,000 cases per day a month ago. During the past week, the state
  
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• AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s distortion on Dems and the pledge

  22-08-2020 18:33
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is accusing the Democrats of taking God out of the Pledge of Allegiance at their national convention. An AP Fact Check finds that he distorts what happened. On the convention’s first night, Joe Biden’s grandchildren recited the pledge, complete with the words “under God.” That was followed by “The Star Spangled Banner.” The convention’s three other nights opened with the traditional pledge and its reference
  
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• Police in Portland arrest 9 in clash near precinct station

  22-08-2020 18:20
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Officials say protesters and police in Portland clashed before dawn after about 200 people marched to a police precinct station in yet another night of violence for Oregon’s largest city. Portland police say in a statement Saturday that demonstrators hurled bottles and rocks at officers and pointed lasers at them. Several officers suffered minor injuries and police cars were damaged. One protester was given medical treatment at the scene after beinig shot with w
  
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• Belarus blocks over 50 news websites amid large protests

  22-08-2020 18:20
  
  MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Authorities in Belarus have blocked an array of news media websites reporting on the country shaken by two weeks of protests against authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko. The Belarusian Association of Journalists said Saturday that more than 50 sites had been blocked, including those of U.S.-funded Radio Liberty and Belsat, a Polish-funded satellite TV channel focusing on Belarus. Protests unprecedented in Belarus for their size and duration broke out after th
  
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• Canada’s conservatives vote wholly by mail for a new leader

  22-08-2020 18:19
  
  VANCOUVER, Canada (AP) — Canada’s opposition Conservative Party is holding an entirely mail-in ballot election for a new leader to carry it into the next general election. Results are to be announced on Sunday. The frontrunners appeared to be former Cabinet minister Peter MacKay and veteran MP Erin O’Toole. The four hold similar policy positions. Most of the ballots cast in the last such election in 2017 were by mail. But all will be this year because of COVID-19 restrictions.T
  
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• Arizona reports 996 additional COVID cases, 68 more deaths

  22-08-2020 18:05
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Department of Health Services on Saturday reported 996 additional confirmed COVID-19 cases with 68 additional deaths, raising the state’s totals to 197,895 cases and 4,756 deaths as reports of infections and deaths continued to slow. COVID-19-related hospitalization metrics posted on the department’s pandemic dashboard continued to trend downward and were at levels last seen in late May and early June before Arizona became a national hot spot. New cas
  
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• How does coronavirus spread at a concert? Germans do a test

  22-08-2020 17:59
  BERLIN (AP) — German researchers studying the spread of the coronavirus packed a Lepizig arena with volunteers on Saturday, collecting data in a “real life” simulation of a pop concert with strict health and safety controls. About 1,500 people took part in the experiment run by the University Hospital in Halle. Researchers equipped each volunteer with contact tracers to record their routes and the path of the aerosols they emitted.  Fluorescent disinfectants were used to h
  
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• President Trump attends brother Robert’s funeral on Friday

  22-08-2020 17:58
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Sometimes politics gives way to the personal at the White House. It has seen 18 weddings and at least 10 people are known to have died there, including two presidents and three first ladies.It served Friday as a place of mourning for President Donald Trump and his family, with a private memorial service for the president's younger brother, Robert, who died last week at 71. The president has described Robert as “not just my brother. He was my best friend."With bagpip
  
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• Spruced-up White House Rose Garden set for first lady speech

  22-08-2020 17:53
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The renovations to the White House Rose Garden have been finished in time for its moment in the campaign spotlight. First lady Melania Trump will deliver her Republican National Convention speech Tuesday night from the garden, famous for its close proximity to the Oval Office. The three weeks of work on the garden, which was done in the spirit of its original 1962 design, were showcased to reporters on Saturday.The post Spruced-up White House Rose Garden set for first lad
  
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• Ivory Coast’s president is formally nominated for a 3rd term

  22-08-2020 17:53
  
  ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara was formally nominated on Saturday by the ruling party to stand for a third term in October elections despite charges by the opposition that the run is unconstitutional. Ouattara has been in power since March 2010 and earlier this year promised not to run again. However, the ruling party nominated him as its candidate after its previous nominee, Prime Minister Amadou Coulibaly, died in July from a heart attack. Ouattara sa
  
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• Stanford sports cuts could mean big loss for US Olympic team

  22-08-2020 17:52
  
  If all the athletes from Stanford had been their own country, they would have tied for 11th place in the medal standings at the 2016 Olympics. It’s an eye-opening statistic that has been made more jarring because of the recent decision by Stanford to remove nine Olympic sports from its varsity program. Two former Stanford athletes are spearheading a protest against the decision that will harm the U.S. Olympic team, which relies extensively on college sports to feed its pipeline. Of the 558
  
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• ‘The whole world celebrates’ on-camera birth of panda cub

  22-08-2020 17:51
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Officials at the National Zoo are jacking up their internet capabilities as a new giant panda cub is sparking fresh rounds of pandemic-fueled panda-mania. The zoo’s ever-popular Panda Cam traffic has spiked by 1,200 percent since venerable matriarch Mei Xiang’s pregnancy was announced this week. When she actually gave birth Thursday evening, zoo officials said they had a hard time getting into their own livestream. The zoo says Mei Xiang, an experienced mom, &
  
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• Deadly California Wildfires Continue To Spread

  22-08-2020 17:32
  
  (NBC News) Firefighting crews are losing ground against hundreds of wildfires now burning across California.
   
  "Honestly our resources are stretched very far," CAL Fire Unit Chief Shana Jones said Thursday. 
   
  Prisoner crews which normally work the front lines are unavailable.  They're the same low-risk prisoners who got coronavirus pandemic furloughs to ease overcrowding. In the path of the flames, the only option is to get out of the way.
   
  "The fire was loud, it
  
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• House debates postal changes, funds in rare Saturday session

  22-08-2020 17:30
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has convened for a rare Saturday session to address mail delivery disruptions. Democrats are poised to pass legislation to reverse recent changes in postal operations and send emergency funds to help the agency before the November election. Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the Postal Service will be “election central” as millions of Americans opt for mail-in ballots during the coronavirus pandemic. Republicans are unlikely to support the bill. They say the
  
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• Arizona sees slight uptick in COVID-19 cases, deaths on Saturday

  22-08-2020 17:18
  
  PHOENIX (KVOA) - State health officials reported 996 additional coronavirus cases Saturday and 68 more deaths.That brings the state’s documented totals to 197,895 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 4,756 known deaths.Deaths are not recorded until the health department receives a death certificate naming COVID-19 as the cause of death.The data includes people who have recovered.According to the state's data dashboard, 1,383,616 people have been tested for the virus. Of thos
  
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• Arizona sees slight uptick in COVID-19 cases, deaths

  22-08-2020 17:18
  
  PHOENIX (KVOA) - State health officials reported 996 additional coronavirus cases Saturday and 68 more deaths.That brings the state’s documented totals to 197,895 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 4,756 known deaths.Deaths are not recorded until the health department receives a death certificate naming COVID-19 as the cause of death.The data includes people who have recovered.According to the state's data dashboard, 1,383,616 people have been tested for the virus. Of thos
  
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• AP FACT CHECK: : Trump’s distortion on Dems and the pledge

  22-08-2020 17:14
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is accusing the Democrats of taking God out of the Pledge of Allegiance at their national convention. An AP Fact Check finds that he distorts what happened. On the convention’s first night, Joe Biden’s grandchildren recited the pledge, complete with the words “under God.” That was followed by “The Star Spangled Banner.” The convention’s three other nights opened with the traditional pledge and its reference
  
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• Embattled Postmaster General Promises Ballots Will Be Delivered

  22-08-2020 17:08
  
  (NBC News) Testifying before a Senate committee online Friday, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy faced tough questions from Senate Democrats demanding to know whether he's delaying mail delivery for political reasons ahead of the election."As we head into election season I want to assure american people we are committed to delivering ballots securely and on time," DeJoy testified.DeJoy has been under scrutiny and forced to hold off cost-cutting measures after the Post Office was caught on camera re
  
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