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• Walmart joins Microsoft in bid for video app TikTok

  27-08-2020 23:52
  
  Walmart is joining Microsoft to buy the U.S. business of TikTok, the popular Chinese-owned video app that has come under fire from the Trump administration. Microsoft did not immediately respond to a request for comment Thursday. TikTok, through its fun, goofy videos, has gained hundreds of millions of users globally. But the U.S. is pushing its Chinese owner to sell the U.S. business if it wants to keep operating in the country.  Walmart said in a statement that a partnership with Microsof
  
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• Confederate statue toppled by hurricane after parish voted to keep it

  27-08-2020 23:51
  
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  LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — Hurricane Laura has toppled a Confederate monument in Louisiana just days after officials voted against moving it.The South’s Defenders Monument formerly stood in front of the Calcasieu Parish courthouse. On Thursday morning it could be seen lying on its side, with broken tree branches strewn on the grass around it.The Calcasieu Parish Police Jury voted earlier this month not to move the statue after a sometimes heated debate.Officials in New O
  
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• Excessive Heat Warning issued August 27 at 2:43PM MST until August 28 at 8:00PM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ

  27-08-2020 23:43
  
  * WHAT…Dangerously hot conditions. Afternoon temperatures 104to 112.
  * WHERE…New River Mesa, Rio Verde/Salt River, FountainHills/East Mesa, Globe/Miami, San Carlos, Dripping Springs,Superior, Tonto Basin and Apache Junction/Gold Canyon.
  * WHEN…Until 8 PM MST Friday.
  * IMPACTS…Very High Heat Risk. Increase in heat relatedillnesses, including heat cramps, heat exhaustion, and heatstroke. Heat stroke can lead to death.An Excessive Heat Warning means that a period of very
  
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• Excessive Heat Warning issued August 27 at 2:43PM MST until August 27 at 8:00PM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ

  27-08-2020 23:43
  
  * WHAT…Dangerously hot conditions. Afternoon temperatures 109to 113.
  * WHERE…West Pinal County, Sonoran Desert National Monument,Southeast Yuma County, Gila River Valley, Kofa, Central La PazCounty, Gila Bend and Tonopah Desert.
  * WHEN…Until 8 PM MST this evening.
  * IMPACTS…Very High Heat Risk. Increase in heat relatedillnesses, including heat cramps, heat exhaustion, and heatstroke. Heat stroke can lead to death.An Excessive Heat Warning means that a period of very h
  
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• North Carolina man arrested for kidnapping, vehicle theft in Sierra Vista

  27-08-2020 23:10
  
  SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. (KVOA) - A North Carolina man has been arrested in connection to kidnapping and vehicle theft in Sierra Vista.
  According to police, Joel Harnage, 43, allegedly stole a vehicle with two children inside of it from a Safeway store located at 1497 E. Fry Blvd.
  Police say the mother of the children left the vehicle running while she went inside the store to make a purchase.
  After putting out a notice to surrounding agencies, the stolen vehicle was located at the U.S. Border Patrol
  
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• Black National Convention puts spotlight on police brutality

  27-08-2020 23:02
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Black Lives Matter activists are holding their first Black National Convention. The virtual event Friday will adopt a political agenda calling for slavery reparations, universal basic income, environmental justice and legislation that entirely re-imagines criminal justice reform. The gathering follows the Democratic and Republican party conventions, which lay out starkly different visions for America. The Black National Convention will include ratification of a Black politi
  
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• Yuma police: Pursuit leads to arrest in Yuma homicide case

  27-08-2020 23:00
  
  YUMA, Ariz. (AP) — Police in Yuma say a suspect is in custody in connection with a shooting last weekend that left one man dead and another wounded. They say officers responded Saturday to a call of shots fired and found 21-year-old Luis Delgadillo with multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Police say a second man had a single gunshot wound and was taken to a Yuma hospital for treatment of serious injuries. On Wednesday night, police were involved in a vehicle pursu
  
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• North Carolina police supervisor disciplined for comment

  27-08-2020 23:00
  
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A supervisor at a North Carolina police department has been disciplined after saying officers were about to “hammer” demonstrators protesting George Floyd’s death in June. The Charlotte Observer reports the Charlotte-Mecklenburg police sergeant was suspended for two weeks without pay after comments he made during the June 2 protest in which officers deployed tear gas, pepper balls and other chemical agents against largely peaceful demonstrators. Wit
  
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• Nanomoneo Establishes Biotech Research in Tucson

  27-08-2020 23:00
  
  The University of Arizona's Center for Innovation announced today that biotechnology company Nanomoneo has selected Tucson for its new research operation. Nanomoneo is a newly formed biotechnology instrument company associated with the fields of nanoparticles, sensors and organic molecules to allow consumers to “see things that are not normally visible with the naked eye."…
  
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• Flood Advisory from THU 2:00 PM MST until THU 5:00 PM MST

  27-08-2020 23:00
  
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  Pinal County
  The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a
  * Small Stream Flood Advisory for…Southeastern Pinal County in southeastern Arizona…
  * Until 500 PM MST.
  * At 200 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due tothunderstorms. This will cause small stream flooding. Between 1and 2 inches of rain have fallen.
  * Heavy rain has been noted Northwest of Mammoth with minor floodingexpected down the Putnam Wash including
  
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• It’s US against most of UN council on Iran sanctions

  27-08-2020 22:59
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and most of the rest of the U.N. Security Council are digging their heels in on diametrically opposed positions over the restoration of international sanctions on Iran. In increasingly intense rhetorical terms, U.S. officials insisted they had acted legitimately in triggering a so-called “snapback” mechanism that would re-impose all U.N. sanctions Iran next month. They said the re-imposition of sanctions is a done deal and nothing can sto
  
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• 1st Black woman confirmed to be justice on NJ high court

  27-08-2020 22:58
  
  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s state Senate has confirmed the nomination of the first Black woman to sit on the state’s Supreme Court. Pierre-Louis, 39, and an attorney in private practice and a former federal prosecutor, was nominated by Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy in June to succeed Justice Walter Timpone. Timpone reaches the mandatory retirement age of 70 later this year. he daughter of Haitian immigrants, Pierre-Louis was the first person to go to law school in her famil
  
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• Pelosi, Meadows talk $2.2T virus aid, but no deal in sight

  27-08-2020 22:52
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and White House chief of staff Mark Meadows have resumed talks over a stalled COVID-19 aid package. But the outlook for any swift resolution appears bleak as President Donald Trump’s team and congressional Democrats have been unable to agree on a compromise. Pelosi said she told Meadows on Thursday that the Democrats would be willing to meet halfway — at $2.2 trillion. That’s a slight reduction from her last proposal before tal
  
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• Chinese minister urges multilateralism during European tour

  27-08-2020 22:50
  
  STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) — Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has called for multilateralism to be defended, warning during a visit to Norway that those principles are being challenged by “unilateralist and bullying acts.” Wang’s visit to Norway is part of his five-nation tour of Europe this week that also includes Italy, France, Germany and the Netherlands. He said multilateralism concerns “the very survival of all countries, particularly medium- and smaller-sized coun
  
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• Michigan officials decry robocall that dissuades mail voting

  27-08-2020 22:49
  
  LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s attorney general and secretary of state say they are investigating a racist robocall that falsely warns residents in majority-Black Detroit who vote by mail that they could be subject to arrest and debt collection. In the recording the caller claims to be with “Project 1599,” which was founded by conservative activists Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman. Wohl denies their involvement. It is not known how many people were targeted with the recorde
  
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• Watchdog groups say convention appearances broke Hatch Act

  27-08-2020 22:47
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Two White House officials violated the Hatch Act by participating in events aired during this week’s Republican National Convention. That’s according to two separate ethics complaints filed by government watchdog groups. Chad Wolf, the acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, violated the law when he appeared during a taped naturalization ceremony on White House grounds with President Donald Trump, the group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethi
  
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• Innocent Florida inmate released after 37 years

  27-08-2020 22:47
  
  BOWLING GREEN, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man who spent the last 37 years in prison on a rape and murder charge walked out of prison after officials discovered dramatic new evidence that proved his innocence. Fifty-six-year-old Robert Duboise was released Thursday. He was serving a life sentence after being convicted in 1983 for the murder and rape of 19-year-old Barbara Grams. Officials for the prosecutor in Tampa said during an online court hearing that much of the physical evidence in the ca
  
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• The Latest: Arkansas reports 222 COVID-19 cases in schools

  27-08-2020 22:38
  
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas is reporting at least 222 students, teachers and staff at public schools are actively infected with the coronavirus as the state’s new cases continue to rise.The state began releasing numbers from public school districts with more than five confirmed cases four days into the new academic year.Arkansas’ public schools have about 480,000 students and more than 69,000 employees.
  The Health Department has reported 722 new confirmed virus cases overall i
  
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• Virus brings closings in US state, WHO warnings in Europe

  27-08-2020 22:36
  
  The coronavirus death tolls mount around the world, but in the U.S., debates are flaring over the use of masks to guard against COVID-19. Elected officials in a Mississippi city got into a dispute after some refused to wear masks, prompting the mayor to clear out the room and enforce social distancing between board members after the meeting restarted. Iowa’s governor closed bars in several of the state’s largest counties in response to surging numbers of confirmed virus cases blamed
  
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• NBC sets November return for ‘This Is Us,’ ‘Chicago’ dramas

  27-08-2020 22:34
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — An optimistic NBC says it will bring “This Is Us” and other scripted series back in November despite the TV industry’s coronavirus-caused production shutdown that’s only beginning to ease. NBC says “This Is Us” will kick off its fifth season on Nov. 10. That will be followed by the Nov. 11 return of the “Chicago” drama franchise: “Chicago Fire,” “Chicago P.D.” and “Chicago Med.” The Maris
  
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• Excessive Heat Warning issued August 27 at 1:32PM MST until August 27 at 8:00PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  27-08-2020 22:32
  
  * WHAT…Dangerously hot conditions expected. Afternoontemperatures 106 to 111.
  * WHERE…Western Pima County, Tohono O’odham Nation, TucsonMetro Area, South Central Pinal County, Southeast Pinal Countyand the Upper Gila River Valley.
  * WHEN…Until 8 PM MST Thursday.
  * IMPACTS…Extreme heat and humidity will significantlyincrease the potential for heat related illnesses,particularly for those working or participating in outdooractivities.Keep in mind you may need to a
  
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• S&P 500 ticks up as ‘era of easy money’ looks set to last

  27-08-2020 22:31
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The S&P 500 ticked further into record territory on Thursday after the Federal Reserve made a major overhaul to its strategy, one that could keep interest rates low for longer. The benchmark index rose 0.2%, to another all-time high, but it veered through a jumbled day of trading to get there. Prices for stocks, bonds and gold all made several U-turns after Fed Chair Jerome Powell gave a highly anticipated speech. In it, he essentially said the Fed may continue efforts
  
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• Judge refuses to free ex-Green Beret accused of espionage

  27-08-2020 22:31
  
  ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A federal magistrate judge in Virginia has refused to free a former Army Green Beret who was arrested last week on a charge that he divulged U.S. military secrets to Russian intelligence agents. U.S. Magistrate Judge John Anderson agreed Thursday with federal prosecutors that 45-year-old Peter Debbins poses a risk to flee if he is released from custody before trial. Anderson said Justice Department prosecutor Thomas Traxler adequately explained why more than a year e
  
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• Biden, Harris criticize Trump response to unrest, pandemic

  27-08-2020 22:27
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are stepping up their criticism of President Donald Trump by saying he’s rooting for violence in Wisconsin and by blasting his handling of the coronavirus. Biden’s remarks on television and Harris’ in a speech come hours before Trump plans to address the final night of the Republican National Convention. The two had been largely silent for the first three days of the GOP gathering. Biden says Trump sees a “political bene
  
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• Racing board seeks DQ of Justify in Santa Anita Derby

  27-08-2020 22:23
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The California Horse Racing Board has voted to proceed with a complaint seeking the disqualification of Justify from his victory in the 2018 Santa Anita Derby based on laboratory findings that show his post-race sample tested positive for scopolamine. The racing board won’t file a complaint against Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert because of what it called “substantial evidence” that the scopolamine resulted from environmental contamination from jimson
  
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• Justice Dept: North Korean hackers stole virtual currency

  27-08-2020 22:19
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A Justice Department civil forfeiture complaint accuses North Korean hackers of stealing millions of dollars from virtual currency accounts and of laundering the stolen funds in hopes of making the crime untraceable. The complaint was filed in Washington’s federal court. It comes months after Justice Department officials accused hackers from North Korea of stealing nearly $250 million worth of virtual currency, and charged two Chinese hackers with laundering more th
  
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• Muscular Murray, Cardinals ready to show big improvement

  27-08-2020 22:15
  
  GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Kyler Murray has added some muscle as he enters his second NFL season. The 23-year-old QB hopes that hard work in the weight room and learning the playbook will lead to more success for the Cardinals. Arizona finished with a 5-10-1 record last season but expects improvement after several key additions. The Cardinals added several new defensive pieces, including linebackers Devon Kennard and De’Vondre Campbell, along with defensive lineman Jordan Phillips. They
  
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• Boy Scouts complain of misleading ads to solicit victims

  27-08-2020 22:14
  
  DOVER, Del. (AP) —  Attorneys for the Boy Scouts of America are asking a Delaware bankruptcy judge to protect survivors of child sexual abuse from being misled by advertisements from law firms about their ability to file claims in the organization’s bankruptcy case. The judge in May established a Nov. 16 claims deadline and approved a process for notifying potential victims that includes a nationwide paid media campaign scheduled to begin Monday. But Boy Scouts of America attorn
  
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• Trump: NBA has become like ‘a political organization’

  27-08-2020 22:10
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says the NBA has become like “a political organization” as he criticized the league the day after player protests over police brutality led to the postponement of three scheduled playoff games. Trump made the comments after senior aides said the protests weren’t constructive and were hypocritical considering the league’s relative silence about human rights violations in China, where U.S. pro basketball has a large audience. T
  
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• Trump, in convention speech, to decry Biden, radical forces

  27-08-2020 22:09
  
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  WASHINGTON (AP) — With a confluence of crisis looming outside the White House gates, President Donald Trump is about to stand on the South Lawn to accept his party’s nomination for president. He is presenting himself as the last barrier protecting an American way of life that’s under siege from radical forces. Facing a fraught national moment, Trump is expected to paint an optimistic vision of America’s future as he concludes the Repu
  
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• What virus? At GOP’s convention, pandemic is largely ignored

  27-08-2020 22:02
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — With President Donald Trump fighting for reelection, GOP organizers designed a Republican National Convention this week that aims to put the pandemic behind. No matter that the virus is still spreading and killing thousands of people every week. Convention speakers have barely mentioned it or spoken about it in the past tense. And they have repeatedly flouted public health recommendations. Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday shook hands with and fist-bumped audience me
  
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• New York Reopens to Arizona and Four Other States

  27-08-2020 22:00
  
  Start spreading the news, I'm leaving today...New York is allowing residents from five states—including Arizona— to visit the Tri-State region without needing to quarantine for 14 days after arriving.
  Alaska, Deleware, Montana and Maryland were also taken off New York's COVID-19 travel advisory by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo last Tuesday.…
  
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• A 2nd day of NBA playoff games halted over racial injustice

  27-08-2020 22:00
  
  LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — An unprecedented walkout over racial injustice has postponed a second day of the NBA playoffs. Players have committed to remain and finish the season, though the schedule of games was wiped out or a second straight day. That left basketball courts in the bubble as empty as the tennis courts at the home of the U.S. Open. Whether playoffs or practices, many in sports just weren’t ready yet to play ball. They are still too emotional after the shooting of Ja
  
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• In contrast to US, UN backs testing people without symptoms

  27-08-2020 21:57
  
  GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization says countries should actively test people to find coronavirus cases even if they don’t show symptoms. The comments Thursday came after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention switched its guidance to say asymptomatic contacts of cases don’t need to be tested. The WHO’s Maria Van Kerkhove said testing may need to be expanded when officials investigate COVID-19 clusters to look for people who may be “on the more
  
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• Biden, Harris step up Trump attacks before convention speech

  27-08-2020 21:53
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are stepping up their criticism of President Donald Trump by saying he’s rooting for violence in Wisconsin and by blasting his handling of the coronavirus. Biden’s remarks on television and Harris’ in a speech come hours before Trump plans to address the final night of the Republican National Convention. The two had been largely silent for the first three days of the GOP gathering. Biden says Trump sees a “political bene
  
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• Laura carves destructive path through Louisiana; 4 dead

  27-08-2020 21:52
  
  LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — Laura has weakened to a tropical storm after blasting the Louisiana coast with high winds and heavy rain for hours. The system that came ashore as a Category 4 hurricane is being blamed for at least four deaths and widespread damage around Lake Charles, an industrial and casino city of 80,000 people. It is the most powerful storm to hit the U.S. this year. Laura. Forecasters predicted an unsurvivable storm surge. More than 580,000 people were ordered to evacuate,
  
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• Consultant to review utility CEO pay after Trump criticism

  27-08-2020 21:51
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Valley Authority has hired a new independent consultant to provide a fresh look into its executive compensation after President Donald Trump earlier this month blasted the CEO as being “ridiculously overpaid.”  At a virtual meeting, the board announced that hiring the new consultant would be one of multiple steps taken after Trump put the agency in his crosshairs. Results of the review are expected before TVA’s November board mee
  
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• Greece launches rescue for new migrant boat near Rhodes

  27-08-2020 21:39
  
  ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s coast guard has launched a new search and rescue operation following a distress call from a vessel with 50 migrants on board that was in trouble south of the island of Rhodes. There was no immediate details yet on that operation on Thursday. The coast guard was already involved in another search operation in the eastern Aegean Sea, two days after the partial sinking of a yacht carrying nearly 100 migrants in which a father and a child went missing. A to
  
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• Authorities investigate incident in Why, Arizona

  27-08-2020 21:36
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - Several law enforcement agencies are investigating an incident that happened Thursday morning in Why, Ariz.
  According to Roy D. Villareal, the Chief Patrol Agent of the U.S. Border Patrol Tucson Sector, a Border Patrol agent responded to assist officers with the Tohono O'odham Police Department as they were attempting to apprehend a subject.Villareal said injuries in connection to the incident have been reported.
  The suspect was placed into custody after he attempted to flee the
  
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• The Latest: Alabama Gov. Ivey extends statewide mask order

  27-08-2020 21:32
  
  MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey is extending a statewide mask order that’s credited with reducing coronavirus cases in the state.The Republican governor says the mask order, which was set to expire next week, will be extended until Oct. 2. Ivey will keep in place other health orders, such as reducing occupancy in stores and limiting table seating in restaurants.“Folks, I understand you don’t want to wear the mask. I don’t either,” Ivey said at the Ala
  
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• Investigation: County failed to process ballot applications

  27-08-2020 21:31
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — An investigation found that election officials in the Georgia’s most populous county failed to process some absentee ballot applications for the June primary. The state election board on Thursday referred the matter to the state attorney general. After delaying the primary elections because of the coronavirus pandemic, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger encouraged Georgia voters to vote by absentee ballot and sent an absentee ballot application to every active voter
  
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• UN official: COVID cases likely far higher than Syria says

  27-08-2020 21:29
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A senior U.N. humanitarian official says reports of Syrian health care facilities filling up and increasing death notices and burials appear to indicate that actual cases of COVID-19 “far exceed official figures” confirmed by the government. Syria has so far reported more than 2,500 coronavirus infections, including 100 deaths. The U.N. official told the Security Council on Thursday that “rising patient numbers are adding pressure to the fragile heal
  
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• Police largely silent as outrage builds over Blake shooting

  27-08-2020 21:28
  
   Days after the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, law enforcement authorities have left a host of questions unanswered — an approach that has not only fueled anger and speculation but runs counter to what an increasing number of American police forces are doing. Many departments are promptly releasing accounts and video of police shootings, in part to fend off rumors and unrest. In the Kenosha case, Investigators haven’t explained why police drew guns on Blak
  
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• Arizona governor in Washington for Trump’s convention speech

  27-08-2020 21:23
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey is flying to Washington, D.C., at the invitation of President Donald Trump to watch the president’s Republican nomination acceptance speech at the White House. The governor’s office announced that Ducey and his wife, Angela, will attend Thursday night’s White House event that culminates the Republican National Convention. Ducey has increasingly embraced the president, praising him for helping Arizona’s fight against the coronav
  
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• The Latest: 4 deaths in Louisiana tied to Hurricane Laura

  27-08-2020 21:22
  
  The Latest on Hurricane Laura:
  LAKE CHARLES, La. — Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards said state officials now know of four deaths tied to Hurricane Laura.
  The deaths were all caused by trees falling on residences, Edwards said. None were on the coast, having happened in Vernon, Jackson and Acadia parishes. One death in Jackson in north Louisiana demonstrated the power of the storm, which made landfall as a Category 4 storm early Thursday, and traveled farther inland.
  Edwards said the cur
  
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• Canada expects huge jump in mail ballots in a pandemic vote

  27-08-2020 21:21
  
  OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — The nonpartisan agency responsible for conducting federal elections in Canada says there could be a huge increase in Canadians using mail-in ballots if an election is held during the COVID-19 pandemic. Elections Canada says it commissioned public opinion research that shows about 22% of voters would prefer to cast their ballots by mail during the pandemic, while 58% would prefer to vote in-person at advance or election-day polling stations. In last fall’s feder
  
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• Fox’s Tucker Carlson takes heat for Kenosha commentary

  27-08-2020 21:18
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News host Tucker Carlson is taking heat for commentary that suggested no one should be surprised by the killing of two demonstrators during social unrest in Wisconsin. Carlson said leaders in Kenosha, Wisconsin, had failed to keep control of their streets following the weekend police shooting of a Black man. Some critics interpreted Carlson’s words as support for vigilante justice. But Carlson’s bosses don’t appear to have a problem with him; he’
  
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• Asian students decry elimination of 5 sports at Dartmouth

  27-08-2020 21:16
  
  A group of Dartmouth College student-athletes sent a letter to the school’s Board of Trustees alleging that the elimination of five sports is discriminatory against Asian athletes. The school in July announced that it was getting rid of men’s and women’s swimming and diving, men’s and women’s golf, and men’s lightweight rowing. The school said the cuts would help address a projected $150 million financial deficit due to the coronavirus and give them more flexi
  
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• The Latest: Trump may reveal new virus test purchases at RNC

  27-08-2020 21:10
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Republican National Convention (all times local):
  3:10 p.m.
  President Donald Trump is set to reveal that the federal government is purchasing 150 million new COVID-19 test kits, with the announcement potentially featuring in his speech to the Republican National Convention.
  A White House official says Trump on Thursday is to announce the purchase of a newly approved $5 rapid test for the coronavirus produced by Abbott Laboratories. The test received emer
  
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• Chlorine plant fire has residents sheltering after hurricane

  27-08-2020 21:06
  
  LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — A fire with billowing smoke has residents around a chlorine plant sheltering in place after Hurricane Laura raked Louisiana’s industrial Lake Charles area. Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality spokesman Greg Langley says there’s no indication of a chlorine leak so far, however. Firefighters are working the fire at the BioLab plant. The flames were detected after daylight following a night of fierce winds from the hurricane. Authorities also clo
  
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