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• The Latest: Children’s mental health a concern a,od pandemic

  24-08-2020 23:55
  
  CONCORD, N.H. — Mental health officials say children are a particular concern during the coronavirus pandemic both as patients and as offspring of providers working from home.
  The pandemic has exacerbated existing workforce challenges in behavioral health, Cynthia Whitaker, interim president of Greater Nashua Mental Health, said during an online discussion organized by U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H. She and others said many providers are juggling their jobs with overseeing their children&
  
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• AZ schools, child care centers, shelters to report COVID-19 outbreaks to local health departments

  24-08-2020 23:55
  
  PHOENIX (KVOA) - State health officials issued an emergency measure Monday requiring schools, child care centers and shelters to report outbreaks of COVID-19 to their local health departments. According to the Arizona Department of Health Services, this applies to public schools, charter schools, and private schools with students from kindergarten through twelve grade. Child care establishments and shelters are also included. Those facilities already are required to report to their loc
  
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• The Latest: Mental health officials say children a concern

  24-08-2020 23:44
  
  CONCORD, N.H. — Mental health officials say children are a particular concern during the coronavirus pandemic both as patients and as offspring of providers working from home.
  The pandemic has exacerbated existing workforce challenges in behavioral health, Cynthia Whitaker, interim president of Greater Nashua Mental Health, said during an online discussion organized by U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H. She and others said many providers are juggling their jobs with overseeing their children&
  
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• Biden, Harris to get routine virus testing, a notable change

  24-08-2020 23:34
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In a notable change, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his running mate, Kamala Harris, will now be routinely tested for the coronavirus. A campaign aide said Monday that the decision to move forward with regular testing was based on recommendations by the campaign’s medical advisers. Biden had said multiple times over the past few months that he hasn’t been tested for the virus, noting he’s experienced no symptoms. Still, the former vice pre
  
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• Several arrests precede Charlotte’s pared-down share of RNC

  24-08-2020 23:33
  
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Police in Charlotte, North Carolina, arrested a person who illegally entered a secure area hours before the start of the Republican National Convention. RNC security officials said in a tweet Monday that the unidentified person entered the security perimeter near the Charlotte Convention Center. Delegates at the center on Monday formally nominated President Donald Trump for reelection. Security officials said the person didn’t enter an area where delegates were
  
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• Revved by Sturgis Rally, COVID-19 infections move fast, far

  24-08-2020 23:30
  
  SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The hundreds of thousands of bikers who attended the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally have departed western South Dakota. But public health departments in multiple states are trying to measure how much and how quickly the coronavirus spread in the bars, tattoo shops and gatherings before people traveled home to nearly every state in the country. The city of Sturgis is conducting mass testing for its roughly 7,000 residents. But health departments in at least six states are
  
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• Jerry Falwell Jr. resigns as head of Liberty University

  24-08-2020 23:29
  
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Jerry Falwell Jr. has resigned from his leadership post at evangelical Liberty University. A school official confirmed Monday’s resignation, which came amid allegations related to his wife’s sexual encounters with a much younger business partner. A formal announcement from the school was expected later Monday, according to the official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss it.The post Jerry Falwell Jr. resigns as head
  
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• Jerry Falwell Jr. resigns as leader of Liberty University, according to an official from the evangelical school

  24-08-2020 23:23
  
  RICHMOND, Virginia (AP) — Jerry Falwell Jr. resigns as leader of Liberty University, according to an official from the evangelical school.The post Jerry Falwell Jr. resigns as leader of Liberty University, according to an official from the evangelical school appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• WWII surrender ceremony in Hawaii limited to local veterans

  24-08-2020 23:21
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — A Pearl Harbor ceremony in Hawaii marking the 75th anniversary of World War II will only feature veterans living in Hawaii after organizers limited those who can attend over coronavirus concerns. The plan before Friday was to allow some 200 people, mostly World War II veterans from across the United States, to gather on the battleship USS Missouri to mark the occasion. But officials limited those who could attend due to concerns over travel. In all, about 50 people will att
  
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• Zoom glitches, briefly grinding US schools to a halt

  24-08-2020 23:18
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Teachers and parents got a brief glimpse of a new kind of pandemic-era nightmare Monday. That’s when Zoom — the video-conferencing service that powers everything from distance learning to business meetings to casual, socially distant get-togethers — abruptly went dead. For roughly two-and-a-half hours Monday morning, many users were unable to load the Zoom website. The timing was less than ideal, since many schools across the U.S. were just starting online
  
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• Local virus cases in Gaza raise fears of a wider outbreak

  24-08-2020 23:10
  
  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Authorities in the Gaza Strip have detected the first coronavirus cases spread through the local community, raising fears of a potentially devastating outbreak in the impoverished Palestinian territory blockaded by Israel and Egypt. Until now, all the cases reported in Gaza were linked to quarantine facilities for residents returning from abroad. The Health Ministry says four people from the same family have tested positive for the virus in central Gaza and inv
  
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• Police investigate single-vehicle collision on Tucson’s west side

  24-08-2020 23:03
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - Police are investigating a single-vehicle collision on Tucson's west side.According to Tucson Police Department,the intersection of West Speedway and North Riverview boulevards will be shut down until further notice.Life-threatening injuries are reported, according to TPD's tweet.
  Motorists are asked to avoid the area.TRAFFIC ALERT
  The intersection of West Speedway Blvd and North Riverview Blvd will be shutdown until further notice while Officers investigate a single-vehicle coll
  
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• Special Weather Statement issued August 24 at 2:02PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  24-08-2020 23:02
  
  At 201 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms alonga line extending from 12 miles northeast of Ajo to 6 miles southeastof Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. Movement was northwest at 10mph.
  Winds in excess of 40 mph and blowing dust will be possible withthese storms.
  Locations impacted include…Ajo, Gu Vo, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Why, Charco 27,Gunsight, Lukeville and Kuakatch.Heavy rainfall is also occurring with these storms, and may lead tolocalized flood
  
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• Ex Miami lawmaker hired by Venezuela elected to GOP board

  24-08-2020 23:00
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Democrats are sharpening attacks on a former congressman who was quietly elected to the Miami GOP’s executive committee despite a federal investigation into his $50 million lobbying contract with Venezuela’s socialist government. David Rivera’s election to the party standard-bearer was largely overlooked amid other primary results last week. Democrats now hope the scandal-plagued politician’s comeback attempt can undermine the Trump campaign’s eff
  
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• US signals it will deport Colombian warlord to Italy

  24-08-2020 22:59
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Attorneys for the Justice Department signaled the U.S. would deport to Italy within the next two weeks a former Colombian paramilitary warlord despite a last-minute challenge by the South American nation to seek his extradition. The announcement came in a hearing Monday in Washington, DC federal court in which Salvatore Mancuso was seeking a judge’s order to force Attorney General William Barr to immediately remove him to Italy after completing a 12-year narcotics senten
  
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• As world grapples with pandemic, schools are the epicenter

  24-08-2020 22:49
  
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Places around the world are struggling to reopen public places, trying to bring some normalcy to everyday life. But the persistent and highly contagious coronavirus appears to interrupt those efforts at every turn. Schools, in particular, are already proving to be contentious balancing acts. In one district in Mississippi, an entire fourth grade class has been quarantined just a few weeks after starting the school year. In Connecticut, one university put a halt to stu
  
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• Trump complains of roll call coverage; nets cut speech off

  24-08-2020 22:46
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Republican National Convention is off to a bumpy start with the news media. President Donald Trump, in an informal acceptance of his party’s nomination for a second term, complained about news networks not showing the full roll call of delegates voting for him. Networks juggled the roll call with coverage of the House Oversight Committee’s hearings into the U.S. Postal Service’s readiness for mail-in voting. Trump was aggressively fact-checked by CBS a
  
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• The Latest: Judge blocks Florida order to reopen classrooms

  24-08-2020 22:38
  
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A Florida judge temporarily blocked Gov. Ron DeSantis and top education officials from forcing public schools to reopen brick-and-mortar classrooms amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, ruling that the state’s order “arbitrarily disregards safety.”
  In his ruling, Leon County Judge Charles Dodson said the mandate to reopen schools usurped local control from school districts in deciding for themselves whether it was safe for students, teachers and staff
  
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• Special Weather Statement issued August 24 at 1:37PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  24-08-2020 22:37
  
  At 136 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms 11miles northwest of Sells, moving west at 10 mph.
  Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with storms.
  Locations impacted include…Pisinemo, Covered Wells, San Simon, No:ligk, Cababi, San Luis – SellsDistrict, Santa Cruz, Mountain Village, Rincon, Kupk and San SimonWest.Heavy rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead tolocalized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through floodedroadways.
  Frequent cloud
  
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• Judge’s ruling could slow down reopening of Florida schools

  24-08-2020 22:26
  
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida judge temporarily blocked Gov. Ron DeSantis and top education officials from forcing public schools to reopen brick-and-mortar classrooms amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, ruling that the state’s order “arbitrarily disregards safety.” In his ruling, a Leon County judge said the mandate to reopen schools usurped local control from school districts in deciding for themselves whether it was safe for students, teachers and staffers to r
  
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• Special Weather Statement issued August 24 at 1:21PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  24-08-2020 22:21
  
  At 121 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms alonga line extending from 7 miles east of Ajo to 6 miles north of OrganPipe Cactus National Monument. Movement was west at 10 mph.
  Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with these storms.
  Locations impacted include…Ajo, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Why, Gunsight and Kuakatch.Heavy rainfall is also occurring with these storms, and may lead tolocalized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through floodedroadways.
  Fr
  
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• Authorities detect community spread of virus in Gaza

  24-08-2020 22:13
  
  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Hamas-run Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip has announced the first cases of coronavirus spread through the community, raising fears of an outbreak in the impoverished territory blockaded by Israel and Egypt. Until Monday, all the cases reported in Gaza were linked to quarantine facilities for residents returning from abroad. The Health Ministry said it detected four cases from within the territory. The Islamic militant Hamas movement has ruled Gaza since s
  
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• Mexico lucha libre wrestlers struggle to survive amid virus

  24-08-2020 22:10
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Few of Mexico’s cultural traditions have been hit as hard by the coronavirus pandemic as “lucha libre” wrestling.  The death toll among wrestlers has risen dramatically this year and wrestling halls are closed. So some wrestlers are trying to take the sport online, with matches on pay-per-view. Other “luchadores’” have taken to street vending to make a living. But three enterprising brothers in Mexico City’s Xochimilco borou
  
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• Man jailed without bond in death of Arkansas jogger

  24-08-2020 22:08
  
  NEWPORT, Ark. (AP) — An man is in jail without bond in the death and disappearance of a 25-year-old woman who was last seen out jogging in rural northeast Arkansas. At a court appearance Monday, 28-year-old Quake Lewellyn was jailed on suspicion of capital murder, kidnapping and rape in the death of Sydney Sutherland. The woman’s body was discovered on Friday near Newport, about 80 miles northeast of Little Rock. Jonesboro TV station KAIT reports that Lewellyn’s next court appe
  
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• Gaza’s Hamas rulers announce first cases of community spread of coronavirus, raising fears in blockaded territory

  24-08-2020 22:05
  
  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Gaza’s Hamas rulers announce first cases of community spread of coronavirus, raising fears in blockaded territory.The post Gaza’s Hamas rulers announce first cases of community spread of coronavirus, raising fears in blockaded territory appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• The Latest: U.S college town announces bar closures

  24-08-2020 22:01
  
  TUSCALOOSA, Alabama — The mayor of Tuscaloosa announced Monday that the city is closing bars for the next two weeks after University of Alabama officials described an “unacceptable” rise in COVID-19 cases that could derail plans to continue the semester on campus.
  Mayor Walt Maddox announced the closures along with the end of bar service at restaurants during a news conference with campus officials, who requested the action. Maddox said an unchecked spread of the virus threaten
  
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• Ex-teacher accused of sexually abusing prep school student

  24-08-2020 22:00
  
  EXETER, N.H. (AP) — A former math teacher at a prestigious New Hampshire prep school has been arrested after he was accused of sexually assaulting a student numerous times over several years. Fifty-eight-year-old Szczesny Kaminski was arrested Monday on three counts of pattern aggravated felonious sexual assault and three counts of misdemeanor sexual assault. Authorities say Kaminski assaulted the unidentified Phillips Exeter Academy student between 2013 and 2015. Kaminski is being held on
  
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• Consultant charged in covert lobbying of Trump officials

  24-08-2020 21:56
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A businesswoman and consultant has been charged in a covert effort to lobby the Trump administration to drop an investigation into funds pilfered from a Malaysian wealth fund, and to arrange for the return of a Chinese dissident living in the United States. Federal prosecutors say Nickie Lum Davis failed to disclose to the federal government that the lobbying effort was done on behalf of a fugitive Malaysian financier who has been charged in the U.S. with conspiring to la
  
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• West African envoys suspend talks with Mali’s military junta

  24-08-2020 21:55
  
  BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — West African mediators have suspended talks for now with Mali’s military junta Monday after failing to reach an agreement. Still unresolved are who will lead the volatile country during a transitional period after a coup last week and how long that process will take. Mali’s democratically elected president announced his resignation in a midnight broadcast last week. The military junta detained him but insist Keita’s decision was not made under duress.
  
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• Daughters of murdered Captain David Dorn upset widow will speak at RNC

  24-08-2020 21:48
  
  (KSDK/NBC News)  On June 2, retired police captain David Dorn was shot and killed by suspected looters while responding to an alarm at a St. Louis, Missouri pawn shop.Captain Dorn retired from the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department in 2007 after 38 years of service. He became Chief of Police for the Moline Acres Police Department in 2008.Now, his widow and daughters are split on how his life is being honored.Dorn's daughters are making passionate pleas. They believe Ann Dorn, their f
  
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• The Latest: Trump says without evidence that virus is fading

  24-08-2020 21:39
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on this week’s Republican National Convention (all times local):
  3:30 p.m.
  President Donald Trump says without evidence that the coronavirus is fading, a claim that he has been making for months.In the toss-up state of North Carolina, Trump spoke on a tarmac in Fletcher to several hundred cheering supporters — the majority not wearing masks — after he addressed delegates at the Republican National Convention in Charlotte.Trump says the nation
  
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• Case cites senator’s words before protesters marred monument

  24-08-2020 21:39
  
  NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A probable cause summary filed by police against Virginia state Sen. Louise Lucas claims she told police they couldn’t arrest protesters for spray painting a Confederate monument. The document says Lucas told officers, “you can’t stop them … they got a right, go ahead!” The document filed last week in the city of Portsmouth offers a window into the case against the senator, who police say conspired with others do damage the 19th Century me
  
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• Ex Miami lawmaker hired by Venezuela voted to GOP committee

  24-08-2020 21:19
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Democrats are sharpening attacks on a former congressman who was quietly elected to the Miami GOP’s executive committee despite a federal investigation into his $50 million lobbying contract with Venezuela’s socialist government. David Rivera’s election to party standard-bearer in Florida’s biggest city was largely overlooked amid other primary results. Democrats now hope the scandal-plagued politician’s comeback attempt can undermine the Trump ca
  
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• Greece plans Mediterranean navy exercises; Turkey objects

  24-08-2020 21:15
  
  ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece says its navy and air force will conduct exercises in the eastern Mediterranean near a contested area where Turkey is prospecting for oil and gas. That announcement Monday has drawn an angry response from Turkey. The three-day, live-fire exercises will start Tuesday southeast of the Greek island of Crete. Germany, meanwhile, is stepping up diplomatic efforts to try to prevent the regional tensions from escalating further. Turkey has a research ship escorted by
  
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• Postal Service cuts already being felt in Arizona, raise election fears

  24-08-2020 21:00
  
  WASHINGTON – Spoiled medication and missing rent checks are just some of the problems that Arizonans have seen as a result of recent postal system changes, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema said during a grilling Friday of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy.“Over the past week, my office has heard from over 18,000 Arizonans about the importance of the Postal Service,” but many also said that the service is getting worse, the Arizona Democrat said during the Senate Homeland Security and Governme
  
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• Wife of ex-California congressman sentenced for corruption

  24-08-2020 20:58
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — The wife of former California Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter has been sentenced in to eight months of home confinement in a corruption case that ended her husband’s career. Government prosecutors noted in U.S. court Monday that Margaret Hunter cooperated with the prosecution. Her confinement was ordered to begin immediately. She pleaded guilty last year to a single corruption count involving the couple’s misuse of more than $150,000 in campaign funds for trips,
  
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• National Guard called out after police shoot Black man

  24-08-2020 20:58
  
  KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s governor has summoned the National Guard to head off another round of violent protests after the police shooting of a Black man under murky circumstances turned Kenosha into the nation’s latest flashpoint city in a summer of racial unrest. Democratic Gov. Tony Evers says 125 members of the National Guard will be in Kenosha on Monday night with responsibility for “guarding infrastructure and making sure our firefighters and others involved
  
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• Flake backs Biden, makes conservative case against Trump

  24-08-2020 20:57
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Former Arizona Republican Sen. Jeff Flake is backing Democrat Joe Biden for president. Flake on Monday tried to make a case to conservatives to deny Donald Trump a second term on the opening day of the GOP convention. He decried a culture of name-calling, tribalism and conspiracy theories. He says: “Character matters. Decency matters. Civility never goes out of style.” Flake says Biden would restore decency, steady leadership and a healthy democracy. He was among
  
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• Virus closures send Atlantic City casinos to $112M Q2 loss

  24-08-2020 20:54
  
  ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The coronavirus outbreak sent Atlantic City’s casinos plunging to a $112 million second quarter gross operating loss as the gambling houses remained closed for the entire three-month period. That compares with an operating profit of nearly $160 million in the second quarter of last year. According to figures released Monday by state gambling regulators, the Golden Nugget was the only one of the nine casinos that reported an operating profit for the quarter.
  
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• Flash flood in Utah causes evacuations, power outages

  24-08-2020 20:53
  
  ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — The St. George area along the border between Utah and Arizona was inundated with flash floods after a torrential downpour. A large thunderstorm rained down more than an inch of water Sunday throughout the area. St. George Police Officer Tiffany Atkin told residents to stay inside and away from the flooded streets. The Spectrum reports homes throughout the region experienced flooding and some student housing around Dixie State University had to be evacuated. Official
  
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• Wisconsin governor: 125 National Guard members will be in Kenosha by Monday evening after police shooting sparks unrest

  24-08-2020 20:52
  
  KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin governor: 125 National Guard members will be in Kenosha by Monday evening after police shooting sparks unrest.The post Wisconsin governor: 125 National Guard members will be in Kenosha by Monday evening after police shooting sparks unrest appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• The Latest: 13,000 to attend Miami Dolphins’ home opener

  24-08-2020 20:50
  
  The Miami Dolphins will allow up to 13,000 socially distancing fans to attend their home opener against the Buffalo Bills on Sept. 20, a decision that divided political leaders and upset the visiting coach.
  The same plan will be followed for the University of Miami’s home opener against UAB at the Dolphins’ stadium on Sept. 10.
  Crowd size will be about 20% of the stadium’s 65,326-seat capacity, with the limitation imposed because of the coronavirus pandemic. Groups of spectator
  
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• Police in Belarus detain opposition activists amid protests

  24-08-2020 20:42
  
  MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Police in Belarus have detained several opposition activists who helped spearhead a wave of protests demanding the resignation of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko. Activists say they also have detained a handful of demonstrators in Minsk and other cities as well as the leader of striking workers at a major factory. Several other council members, including Svetlana Alexievich, who won the 2015 Nobel Prize in literature, have been summoned for questioning in
  
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• Oates, Groff among contributors to book on Thoreau legacy

  24-08-2020 20:42
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Joyce Carol Oates, Douglas Brinkley and Lauren Groff are among more than 20 writers contributing essays for a book on the legacy of Henry David Thoreau. Princeton University Press announced Monday that “Now Comes Good Sailing: On Henry David Thoreau and the Meaning of Life” will come out in 2021. The book’s title comes from words the celebrated nature writer and social commentator reportedly spoke as he neared his death, in 1862. Others writing about Thore
  
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• Court finds parts of anti-riot law violate free speech

  24-08-2020 20:40
  
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld the convictions of two members of a white supremacist group who admitted they punched and kicked counterdemonstrators during the 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville. But the court on Monday found that part of an anti-riot law “treads too far upon constitutionally protected speech.” A three-judge panel of the Richmond-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a challenge to the constitutionali
  
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• Israeli rivals agree to stick together, prevent new election

  24-08-2020 20:28
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his chief coalition partner say they have both accepted a proposal to delay a fateful budget vote, averting the collapse of their fractious alliance and preventing a fourth election in less than two years. The twin announcements by Netanyahu and the alternate prime minister, Benny Gantz, cleared the way for parliament to proceed with a proposal to delay the budget vote until December. The vote would leave what has been a troubl
  
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• Republicans nominate Trump; he questions election integrity

  24-08-2020 20:26
  
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Republican Party has formally nominated President Donald Trump for another term. Monday’s state-by-state voting was one of the first acts of a GOP convention that has been dramatically scaled down to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Trump made an unscheduled stop and immediately renewed his vigorous questioning of the election’s integrity, He said he’s done such a great job as president that the only way he can lose “is if this is a
  
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• New this week: Surfing dolphins and ‘Love Island’ return

  24-08-2020 20:24
  
  This week’s new entertainment releases include a new album by Katy Perry and the British black comedy film “Get Duked!” The TV series “Love Island” is back but, bowing to pandemic concerns, the competition series moved from Fiji to a Las Vegas hotel. The producers say that stringent health and safety rules are in place. Dolphins surf and iguanas outrace snakes on “Planet Earth: A Celebration,” which promises eight of the “most extraordinary”
  
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• Person arrested for entering secure area at RNC in Charlotte

  24-08-2020 20:21
  
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Police in Charlotte, North Carolina, arrested a person who illegally entered a secure area hours before the start of the Republican National Convention. RNC security officials said in a tweet Monday that the unidentified person entered the security perimeter near the Charlotte Convention Center. Delegates at the center on Monday formally nominated President Donald Trump for reelection. Security officials said the person didn’t enter an area where delegates were
  
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• Corps: Alaska mine would have adverse impacts on salmon site

  24-08-2020 20:21
  
  ANCHORAGE, ALASKA (AP) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says a  proposed gold and copper mine at the headwaters of the world’s largest sockeye salmon fishery in Alaska would cause “unavoidable adverse impacts,” The corps is asking the backers of Pebble Mine to come up with a mitigation plan within 90 days for nearly 3,000 acres of land and nearly 200 miles of streams it says could be affected if the controversial mine moves forward. The mine backers say the letter
  
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