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• Deposed president evacuated from Mali for medical treatment

  05-09-2020 23:59
  
  BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — The Malian president ousted by a military coup in August has been evacuated to the United Arab Emirates for medical treatment after hospitalization in Mali. The 75-year-old Ibrahim Boubacar Keita’s health has been in question after since he was hospitalized following his detention for 10 days by the military junta now in power. Keita left Mali late Saturday with is wife, an attache, two doctors and four security agents, according to a diplomat with knowledge of th
  
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• Diplomat says Mali’s deposed president has been evacuated to Abu Dhabi for medical treatment after detention by junta

  05-09-2020 23:51
  
  BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Diplomat says Mali’s deposed president has been evacuated to Abu Dhabi for medical treatment after detention by junta.The post Diplomat says Mali’s deposed president has been evacuated to Abu Dhabi for medical treatment after detention by junta appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• NY attorney general to form grand jury after Prude death

  05-09-2020 23:19
  
  ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s attorney general has moved to form a grand jury to investigate the death of Daniel Prude. Prude was a Black man who died after being hooded and held down by Rochester police earlier this year. His death has sparked nightly protests and calls for reform. Attorney General Letitia James said Saturday that the grand jury will be part of an “exhaustive investigation.” Prude’s death after his brother called for help for his erratic behavi
  
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• NY attorney general to empanel grand jury after Prude death

  05-09-2020 23:08
  
  ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s attorney general has moved to empanel a grand jury to investigate the death of Daniel Prude, whose death at the hands of police has sparked nightly protests and calls for reform. Attorney General Letitia James says in a statement the grand jury will be part of an “exhaustive investigation.” Prude’s death after his brother called for help for his erratic behavior in March has roiled New York’s third-largest city since video of
  
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• New York AG moves to empanel grand jury in Daniel Prude’s death. Prude died after being hooded and held down by police.

  05-09-2020 23:02
  
  ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — New York AG moves to empanel grand jury in Daniel Prude’s death. Prude died after being hooded and held down by police.The post New York AG moves to empanel grand jury in Daniel Prude’s death. Prude died after being hooded and held down by police. appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Several boats sink during Texas parade for President Trump

  05-09-2020 22:59
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A spokesperson for the Travis County sheriff’s office in Texas says “several” boats sank while taking part in a parade in support of President Donald Trump. Spokesperson Kristen Dark said there are no reports of fatalities or injuries and that investigators have not determined how many boats sank during the Saturday event on the lake near Austin. Dark said there is no reason to suspect foul play in the sinking, but a cause has not been determined. The
  
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• In ruling, judge throws lifeline to diversity visa lottery

  05-09-2020 22:50
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to resume issuing diversity visas for immigrants from underrepresented countries. The order issued Friday in Washington, D.C., partially reverse a pandemic-related freeze on a wide range of immigrant and temporary visas. The U.S. issues up to 55,000 visas a year to people from countries with low representation in the U.S., many in Africa. U.S. District Court Judge Amit Mehta denied requests to take similar action on othe
  
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• Bar: Lawyer tried to get jailed client to have sex with him

  05-09-2020 22:45
  
  VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — An attorney in Virginia Beach is facing state bar accusations that he tried to get a jailed client to have a three-way sexual relationship with him and another female client. The Virginian-Pilot reported Friday that a Virginia State Bar subcommittee has certified the allegations against attorney Scott A. Lehman. He was given 21 days to respond and provide available dates for a hearing. The jailed woman told sheriff’s officers that she met Lehman on the webs
  
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• 3 fatal shootings yield no indictments for Florida officers

  05-09-2020 22:33
  
  TALLAHASSEE (AP) — A grand jury in Florida has declined to issue indictments against Tallahassee police officers involved in the shooting deaths of three people in separate incidents that helped ignite Black Lives Matter demonstrations in the state’s capital city. The Tallahassee Democrat reported that jurors concluded that the officers were justified in using lethal force in the separate shootings of Mychael Johnson, Tony McDade and Wilbon Woodard. All three were Black. A diverse gr
  
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• Israelis protest against PM as coronavirus infections spike

  05-09-2020 22:22
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Thousands of Israelis have gathered outside the prime minister’s official residence to demand Benjamin Netanyahu’s resignation because he is on trial for corruption charges. The government’s missteps in handling the coronavirus crisis after relative success in its early stages have mostly fueled the demonstrations. The gatherings have been going on for over three months. Police have clashed with protesters on several occasions and used water cannons to cl
  
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• Trump to campaign in Florida, N.C. battlegrounds on Tuesday

  05-09-2020 22:13
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump plans to campaign in the battleground states of Florida and North Carolina on Tuesday. The White House says Trump will stop in Jupiter, Florida, to remind voters there of his conservation and environmental efforts in the Everglades region. The president will also host a campaign rally in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on Tuesday night. Trump won both states by narrow margins in the 2016 presidential election. The post Trump to campaign in Flori
  
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• Lawyer of accused Kenosha shooter resigns from defense fund

  05-09-2020 22:12
  
  A lawyer representing a 17-year-old charged with shooting three people during a protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, has resigned from his position with a defense fund that has raked in more than $700,000 to defend his client and conservative causes. Attorney John Pierce is defending Kyle Rittenhouse. The teenager is facing intentional homicide charges for shooting two people to death and injuring a third during unrest after Jacob Blake, a Black man, was shot and paralyzed by police. Pierce said he re
  
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• Zoo: Oldest African elephant in North America dies at 56

  05-09-2020 22:06
  
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Memphis Zoo says the oldest African elephant in North America has died at the age of 56. Tyranza was the longtime matriarch of the elephant herd at the Memphis Zoo. She was put on hospice care and was euthanized Friday after her health dramatically declined. The zoo says Tyranza was born in the wild in 1964. She did a short stint as a circus elephant with the Ringling Brothers before retiring to the Memphis Zoo in 1977 when she was 12. The zoo says people who want
  
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• The Latest: Florida officials urge vigilance over Labor Day

  05-09-2020 21:59
  
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida officials are urging vigilance over the Labor Day holiday weekend.
  That’s despite the fewest number of new deaths — about 60 — since mid-July. Officials have been urging Floridians to wear face masks and observe social distancing throughout the three-day holiday weekend, particularly at beaches and other public places.On Saturday, the state reported nearly 3,700 news cases of coronavirus, pushing the total number of infections to nearly 644,000
  
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• Excessive Heat Warning issued September 5 at 12:58PM MST until September 7 at 8:00PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  05-09-2020 21:58
  
  * WHAT…Dangerously hot conditions for September are expectedwith near record afternoon highs between 105 and 114 degrees.Hottest temperatures will be west of Tucson.
  * WHERE…Western Pima County, Tohono O’odham Nation, TucsonMetro Area, South Central Pinal County, Southeast Pinal Countyand Upper Gila River Valley.
  * WHEN…Through 8 PM MST Monday.
  * IMPACTS…Extreme heat and humidity will significantlyincrease the potential for heat related illnesses,particularly fo
  
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• Excessive Heat Warning issued September 5 at 12:47PM MST until September 7 at 8:00PM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ

  05-09-2020 21:47
  
  * WHAT…Dangerously hot conditions. Afternoon temperatures 106to 116.
  * WHERE…Portions of south central Arizona.
  * WHEN…Until 8 PM MST Monday.
  * IMPACTS…Very High Heat Risk. Increase in heat relatedillnesses, including heat cramps, heat exhaustion, and heatstroke. Heat stroke can lead to death.An Excessive Heat Warning means that a period of very hottemperatures, even by local standards, will occur. Actions shouldbe taken to lessen the impact of the extreme heat.
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• ‘Worst Derby Ever’: A T-shirt slogan sums up 2020 woes

  05-09-2020 21:38
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — This year’s Kentucky Derby is a surreal distillation of the crises facing the county in 2020. The race is four months late because of the coronavirus pandemic. No fans are allowed, so the fabled racetrack has been mostly quiet Saturday. Multiple groups, including armed militias, are planning protests and counterprotests in the streets outside over police killings of unarmed Black Americans. The Derby is unfolding in the hometown of Breonna Taylor, an emergency
  
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• Liberty tells staff to refrain from interacting with Falwell

  05-09-2020 21:35
  
  LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) — Staff members at Liberty University have been instructed to refrain from interacting with the school’s ousted president Jerry Falwell Jr. The News & Advance reported Friday the university’s general counsel, David Corry, wrote in an email to staff Thursday that Falwell had made “uncomfortable” calls to some employees after resigning last week. Corry told employees they cannot give Falwell information about the school or do any favors for him
  
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• Arizona State drops SAT, ACT requirement for 2021 admission

  05-09-2020 21:23
  
  TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona State University has announced that incoming freshmen for the 2021-2022 school year will no longer be required to submit standardized testing scores from the SAT or ACT for admission into the school. KTVK-TV reported that the university made the announcement to help limit the spread of COVID-19 and avoid students being gathered in one room for hours to take a required test during the pandemic. The university will continue to have other requirements to apply incl
  
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• No indictments against Florida police over deadly force

  05-09-2020 21:12
  
  TALLAHASSEE (AP) — A Leon County grand jury declined to issue indictments against Tallahassee Police officers involved in the shooting deaths of three people in separate incidents that helped ignite Black Lives Matter demonstrations in Florida’s capital city. Jurors concluded that the police officers were justified in using lethal force in the separate shootings of Mychael Johnson, Tony McDade and Wilbon Woodard, the Tallahassee Democrat reported. All three are Black. Activists calle
  
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• Union Berlin hosts 4,500 soccer fans amid pandemic

  05-09-2020 20:53
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Union Berlin has welcomed 4,500 fans to its 2-0 win over Nuremberg. It is the biggest attendance so far for a soccer team in Germany during the coronavirus pandemic. The Bundesliga was suspended in March. No supporters had been allowed when the league resumed and completed its season after a two-month break. Union fans were only permitted to attend Saturday’s game under stringent conditions. Tickets were for club members only. The supporters had to show ID and their clu
  
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• Body of slain detective gets hero’s escort to funeral home

  05-09-2020 20:49
  
  CLEVELAND, Ohio (AP) — Two fire truck ladders stretched a large American flag over a hearse that threaded the Cleveland streets carrying the body of a police detective killed in the line of duty to a funeral home. WKYC-TV reported that first responders stood at attention as the procession for 53-year-old detective James Skernivitz passed. Two juveniles and an adult are being questioned after Skernivitz and a man described as a police informant were shot and killed during an undercover drug
  
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• Migrants are moved from overcrowded Italian island facility

  05-09-2020 20:08
  
  LAMPEDUSA ISLAND, Italy (AP) — Hundreds of migrants have been transferred to a ferry from a tiny Italian island to relieve severe overcrowding during the coronavirus pandemic at a residence for asylum-seekers. After their transfer on Saturday, they must spend 14 days in precautionary quarantine on the ferry. The vessel was chartered by the Italian government, after Lampedusa’s mayor and Sicily’s governor complained about the risk of spreading COVID-19. In Lampedusa’s migr
  
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• Arizona reports 836 additional COVID cases, 36 more deaths

  05-09-2020 19:59
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Department of Health Services on Saturday reported 836 additional confirmed COVID-19 cases with 36 additional deaths, increasing the statewide totals to 205,516 cases and 5,207 deaths. Arizona’s seven-day rolling averages for daily new cases and daily deaths reported through Friday continued to decrease through the past two weeks. That’s according to Johns Hopkins University data analyzed by The Associated Press. Arizona was a national hot spot in Jun
  
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• The Latest: Madison fraternities, sororities in quarantine

  05-09-2020 19:55
  
  MILWAUKEE — Nine fraternities and sororities are under quarantine at the University of Wisconsin-Madison after 38 students tested positive for the coronavirus.The orders from UW-Madison and Dane County health officials affect 420 Greek life students, who have been instructed to quarantine for two weeks, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.UW-Madison is requiring coronavirus tests for students who live in the 38 Greek life houses. The university didn’t say if the cases were linked
  
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• Trump Repeats Call For Supports To Vote Twice, Which Is Illegal

  05-09-2020 19:50
  
  (NBC News) President Trump has once again called for Americans to vote twice, which is illegal. Mr. Trump made the comments during a campaign stop in Latrobe, Pennsylvania."Sign it and send it in and then you have to follow it. And if, on election day or early voting, that is not tabulated and counted, you go vote,"  Mr. Trump said. "You have to make sure your vote counts."After similar comments earlier in the week, the White House claimed Mr. Trump only wants to make sure that mail-in
  
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• Mother, 3 kids dead after Philadelphia fire; cause probed

  05-09-2020 19:50
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A woman and her three children were found dead after a house fire in Philadelphia, authorities said. Crews were called to the blaze at the row home in the Kensington neighborhood shortly before 8 a.m. Saturday and reported heavy flames and smoke. Police said a 35-year-old woman was found downstairs and her three children ages 9, 11 and 17 were found upstairs. All were pronounced dead at the scene by a medic unit just after 8 a.m. Saturday. The cause of the fire is under
  
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• Seven Rochester Officers Suspended In Daniel Prude Death

  05-09-2020 19:37
  
  (NBC News)  Seven Rochester, New York police officers have been suspended with pay while authorities investigate their role in the death of 41-year-old Daniel Prude.Prude died in March after he was restrained by the police while experiencing an apparent mental breakdown.The incident went largely unnoticed at the time, but video released by Prude's family this week raised questions about what led to his death.The video shows a naked Prude being handcuffed, and later a hood being placed over
  
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• Austrian man spends 2.5 hours in box filled with ice cubes

  05-09-2020 19:31
  
  MELK, Austria (AP) — An Austrian man has beat his own record for the longest full body contact with ice cubes. Josef Koeberl managed to stay 2 hours, 30 minutes and 57 seconds inside a custom-made glass box filled up to his shoulders with ice cubes on Saturday. More than 200 kilograms (440 pounds) of ice cubes were needed to fill up the box, after Koeberl stepped inside wearing nothing but a swim suit. Koeberl said, “I’m fighting the pain by visualizing and drawing on positive
  
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• Facebook blocks ailing man’s planned end-of-life broadcasts

  05-09-2020 19:20
  
  LE PECQ, France (AP) — Facebook says it has blocked live broadcasts from a chronically ill bed-ridden man who appealed to French President Emmanuel Macron for a medically-assisted death. Alain Cocq had planned to show what he expects will be a painful end to his life after he announced on Friday that he was stopping all food and drink. Prostrate on his bed, he posted video of himself after taking what he said would be his last liquid meal. In a letter this week, Macron said that French law
  
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• Anti-immigrant protesters scuffle with police in UK’s Dover

  05-09-2020 19:14
  
  LONDON (AP) — Far-right protesters have clashed with police in the English port of Dover, where thousands of migrants have arrived in recent months after crossing the Channel in small boats. Dozens of anti-immigrant demonstrators, some wearing Union Jack face masks, blocked a main road Saturday singing “Rule, Britannia!” as they marched in the middle of the road. Some scuffled with police near the entrance to the town’s harbor. Police said nine people were arrested. Anti-
  
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• El Chapo’s lawyers appeal his US drug conspiracy conviction

  05-09-2020 18:45
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The notorious Mexican drug lord known as El Chapo wants his U.S. conspiracy conviction thrown out. An appeal filed Friday argues that a judge made rulings allowing faulty evidence at Joaquin Guzman’s trial. It also cites reports that some jurors sought out news accounts about sex abuse allegations against him that were barred from the trial. Guzman was sentenced last year to life behind bars in for a massive drug conspiracy that spread murder and mayhem for more than
  
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• Influencer culture skewered in Gia Coppola film at Venice

  05-09-2020 18:37
  
  VENICE (AP) — Coronavirus lockdowns have kept most U.S. filmmakers and actors away from the Venice Film Festival. But Gia Coppola and Maya Hawke have brought a bit of today’s America to the Lido with “Mainstream,” a skewering look at YouTube and influencer culture. The two descendants of Hollywood royalty (Coppola is a grandchild of Francis Ford and Hawke is the first-born of Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke) said they have been tested repeatedly for the virus since arriving,
  
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• Ethiopian lawmakers call region’s vote unconstitutional

  05-09-2020 18:27
  
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Ethiopia’s upper house of parliament has called elections planned next week in the northern Tigray region unconstitutional, amid a confrontation between the federal government and regional officials who warn that any intervention amounts to a “declaration of war.” Regional officials in Tigray have opposed the year-long postponement of Ethiopia’s general election, once planned for August, and the continuation of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s m
  
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• 4 dead after Philadelphia house fire; cause investigated

  05-09-2020 18:27
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities say four people were found dead after a row home fire in Philadelphia. Fire Commissioner Adam Thiel said fire crews were called to the blaze in the  Kensington neighborhood shortly before 8 a.m. Saturday and found heavy flames and smoke in the first and second floors. Thiel says 60 firefighters, medics and support personnel pushed hoses into the building and found several victims. Another fire official confirmed that four people were found dead. The med
  
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• During pandemic, Brazilian horror park reopens as drive-thru

  05-09-2020 18:14
  
  SAO PAULO (AP) — A large Ferris wheel with red lights illuminates a gloomy path at a horror theme amusement park in Brazil. A line of cars carrying spectators moves slowly as actors dressed up as werewolves and witches approach the vehicles. People in dozens of cars gathered on Friday at the Hopi Hari amusement park in the city of Vinhedo, in the state of Sao Paulo. The horror theme park, closed because of the pandemic, reopened with a change aimed at preventing the spread of the new coron
  
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• ‘Be 4 You Go, See Elmo’: Chicago tombstone maker endures

  05-09-2020 18:12
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — The slogan, “Be 4 You Go, See Elmo,” was coined by the original Elmo’s Tombstone Service owner, Robert Williams, when the Chicago business started more than 50 years ago. It graces the awning of the small shop now owned by Hosea Knox. The bottom line of the awning says, “Tombstones made while you wait,” which just might be the final hook that gets your business. Knox and his wife, Bobbie, bought the business from Williams in 1987. She died of ca
  
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• Unions threaten work stoppages amid calls for racial justice

  05-09-2020 18:08
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Ahead of Labor Day, unions representing millions across several working-class sectors are threatening to authorize work stoppages in support of the Black Lives Matter movement amid calls for concrete measures that address racial injustice. In a public statement, labor leaders who represent teachers, auto workers, truck drivers and clerical staff, among others, signaled a willingness to escalate protest tactics to force local and federal lawmakers to take action on policing
  
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• Albania arrests woman wanted in Italy for terror conviction

  05-09-2020 18:08
  
  TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanian police have reported the arrest of a woman wanted in nearby Italy for trying to recruit people to join the Islamic State terror group. Anti-terror police on Saturday said Lubjana Gjecaj, 43, was arrested to be extradited to Italy where a court in Milan, Italy has sentenced her to three years of jail as part of terror groups. The local media reported that Gjecaj, a mother of three children, used to marry other people and sent them to Syria to join the Islamic
  
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• FBI Raids Pennsylvania Nursing Homes

  05-09-2020 17:57
  
  (WPXI/NBC News) Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation executed search warrants at Pennsylvania nursing homes Thursday.The Department of Justice confirmed agents from the FBI, the office of inspector general for Health and Human Services, IRS-Criminal Investigation and state attorney general’s office were at Brighton Rehabilitaiton and Wellness Center in Beaver and at Mt. Lebanon Rehabilitation and Wellness Center.Both are owned by the same company.They are looking into allegation
  
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• Charlie Hebdo, market attacks turned widow into fugitive

  05-09-2020 17:50
  
  PARIS (AP) — The fugitive widow of a French Islamic State attacker calls home once a year to catch up. That’s according to testimony from her sisters in the trial of 14 people accused of helping in the January 2015 attacks against the Charlie Hebdo newspaper and a kosher supermarket in Paris. Seventeen people and all three attackers died. Hayat Boumeddiene, whose husband stormed the market, is being tried in absentia along with two men who organized her escape to Syria. The other 11
  
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• Chicago man carries on South Side tombstone making tradition

  05-09-2020 17:42
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — The slogan, “Be 4 You Go, See Elmo” was coined by the original Elmo’s Tombstone Service owner, Robert Williams, when the Chicago business started more than 50 years ago. It graces the awning of the small shop now owned by Hosea Knox. The bottom line of the awning says, “Tombstones made while you wait,” which just might be the final hook that gets your business. Knox and his wife, Bobbie, bought the business from Williams in 1987. She died of can
  
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• Fire chief: ‘It appears’ 4 are dead after Philadelphia fire

  05-09-2020 17:26
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities say after a row home fire in Philadelphia that it appears four people are dead. Fire Commissioner Adam Thiel said fire crews were called to the blaze in the  Kensington neighborhood shortly before 8 a.m. Saturday and found heavy flames and smoke in the first and second floors. Thiel says 60 firefighters, medics and support personnel pushed hoses into the building and found several victims. He says “it does appear … we have four fatalities.&
  
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• Arizona records 836 new COVID-19 cases; 36 new deaths

  05-09-2020 17:22
  
  PHOENIX (KVOA) - State health officials reported 836 additional coronavirus cases Saturday and 36 more virus-related deaths.That brings the state’s documented totals to 205,516 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 5,207 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, 1,522,472 people have been tested for the
  
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• Refugee families face unique struggles with online school

  05-09-2020 17:05
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Staying connected during the coronavirus pandemic has been trying for parents and students at a Phoenix school for refugees who speak more than a dozen languages. A teaching assistant got creative by creating group chats on a messaging app in Swahili and some of the other six languages he knows. The struggles connecting with refugee families from 18 countries during the pandemic come amid a larger challenge for Valencia Newcomer School. The student body shrank after the Trum
  
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• Thousands of women in Belarus protest against Lukashenko

  05-09-2020 17:03
  
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Thousands of women marched through the capital of Belarus, calling for the resignation of the country’s authoritarian president. University students also demonstrated Saturday against the detention of classmates during the wave of protests that have gripped Belarus for four weeks. For the first time in the demonstrations, supporters of LGBT rights appeared with rainbow flags in the women’s march in Minsk. It’s an indication that opponents of President
  
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• The Latest: Berlusconi in stable condition with coronavirus

  05-09-2020 17:03
  
  ROME — The personal doctor of Silvio Berlusconi has expressed “cautious but reasonable optimism” for the former Italian leader’s recovery from the coronavirus.The 83-year-old Berlusconi is hospitalized in Milan after testing positive this week.Dr. Alberto Zangrillo said in a written statement Saturday that Berlusconi’s clinical condition remains stable.Zangrillo said Friday, several hours after Berlusconi was admitted to San Raffaele hospital, that his patient has a
  
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• Voting in person Nov. 3? Expect drive-thrus, sports arenas

  05-09-2020 17:02
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Voting will look a little different this November. States are turning to stadiums, drive-thrus and possibly even movie theaters as safe options for in-person polling places amid the coronavirus pandemic and fears about mail-in ballots failing to arrive in time to count. The primary season brought voters to an outdoor wedding-style tent in Vermont and the state fairgrounds in Kentucky. The general election is expected to include polling places at NBA arenas nationwide
  
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• 27 arrested as Portland protests reach 100 consecutive days

  05-09-2020 16:58
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Police in Portland, Oregon, issued a statement Saturday morning, saying some officers reported that rocks, a full beverage can and water bottles had been thrown at them, prompting police to declare a Friday night protest an unlawful assembly. Officers arrested 27 people. The city this weekend reaches 100 straight nights of protests marked by vandalism and violence. The demonstrations started in late May after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Last wee
  
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• Thousands of women in in Belarus protest against Lukashenko

  05-09-2020 16:53
  
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Thousands of women marched through the capital of Belarus, calling for the resignation of the country’s authoritarian president. University students also demonstrated Saturday against the detention of classmates during the wave of protests that have gripped Belarus for four weeks. For the first time in the demonstrations, supporters of LGBT rights appeared with rainbow flags in the women’s march in Minsk. It’s an indication that opponents of President
  
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