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• Judge may void thousands more Iowa absentee ballot requests

  09-09-2020 23:58
  
  IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa judge who nullified 50,000 absentee ballot requests in Iowa’s second-largest county seems poised to void thousands more in a neighboring county at the urging of President Trump’s reelection campaign.Judge Ian Thornhill heard arguments Wednesday in Johnson County, the state’s most Democratic-leaning, in a similar lawsuit brought by Trump’s campaign and Republican Party groups. He said he would issue a ruling soon but raised several poin
  
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• Warner returns for 49ers; Samuel, Aiyuk remain sidelined

  09-09-2020 23:54
  
  SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers got one key defensive player back to practice in advance of the season opener but are still waiting to know the status of two of their key receivers. Linebacker Fred Warner has been taken off the reserve/COVID-19 list and took part in practice ahead of Sunday’s opener against the Arizona Cardinals. Receivers Deebo Samuel and Brandon Aiyuk didn’t take part in the open portion of practice and their status remains in doubt this we
  
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• AP FACT CHECK: Biden on autos, virus; Trump on drug prices

  09-09-2020 23:54
  
  DETROIT (AP) — President Donald Trump exaggerated his administration’s efforts to lower prescription drug prices while Democratic rival Joe Biden claimed too much credit for reviving the U.S. auto industry and misstated the number of military deaths from COVID-19.
  A look at some of their claims in the 2020 campaignWednesday and how they stack up with the facts:
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  BIDEN: “President Obama and I rescued the auto industry and helped Michigan’s economy come roaring back. D
  
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• Emergency fire shelters can save lives, in some conditions

  09-09-2020 23:52
  
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Fourteen firefighters in California had to use emergency fire shelters to survive a destructive blaze, raising questions about how well the shelters work. The U.S. Forest Service recently spent years trying to come up with a better device for wildland firefighters who find themselves about to be overrun by flames with no escape. But the prototypes were rejected last year after officials decided the current shelter provided the most practical amount of protection given t
  
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• Police: Man broke into Eminem’s home, wanted to ‘kill him’

  09-09-2020 23:41
  
  CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A man who broke into Eminem’s suburban Detroit home in April told the rapper that “he was there to kill him.” The courtroom testimony came from a police officer Wednesday. A judge found enough evidence to send Matthew Hughes to trial on charges of home invasion and malicious destruction of property. Hughes wasn’t armed when he was discovered in Eminem’s home in Clinton Township, Michigan. Eminem, whose real name is Marshall Mathe
  
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• $491,280 hidden in furniture seized at Miami airport

  09-09-2020 23:41
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Official says customs officers at a Florida airport found nearly a half-million dollars being smuggled out of the United States hidden inside furniture. U.S. Custom and Border Protection said in a news release that officers at Miami International Airport seized $491,280 in unreported U.S. currency last Thursday. The money had been concealed inside a chair placed in a crate containing furniture. Officials say the shipment was heading to the Dominican Republic and was selected f
  
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• No virus aid before election? Pessimism before Senate vote

  09-09-2020 23:37
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Top Republicans senators are making pessimistic predictions about securing a bipartisan coronavirus relief package before the November election. Instead, they;re signaling they’ll just try to pass legislation that would avoid a federal shutdown as lawmakers head home to campaign. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he’s “optimistic” Republicans will deliver a strong vote Thursday for the GOP’s $500 billion slimmed-down rescue package.
  
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• New Trump rule ties college funding to speech, faith rights

  09-09-2020 23:34
  
  The Trump administration is moving forward with a policy that expands protections for religious groups on college campuses and threatens to cut federal education funding to colleges that violate free speech rules. The rule issued Wednesday by the Education Department cements much of what President Donald Trump outlined in a March 2019 executive order demanding wider speech protections at U.S. colleges. In taking up the issue, Trump highlighted concerns from conservatives who complained that thei
  
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• Woodward defends decision to withhold Trump’s virus comments

  09-09-2020 23:30
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Bob Woodward, facing widespread criticism for only now revealing President Donald Trump’s early concerns about the severity of the coronavirus, says he needed time to be sure that Trump’s private comments from February were accurate. In Woodward’s upcoming book on Trump, “Rage,” the president is quoted saying the virus was highly contagious and “deadly stuff” at a time he was publicly dismissing it as no worse than the flu. Woodward
  
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• Man sought after allegedly robbing three Tucson banks

  09-09-2020 23:25
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - Tucson Police Department seek aid from the public in identifying a man who reportedly robbed multiple banks in Tucson.Courtesy: Tucson Police Department
  According to TPD, the individual pictured above reportedly involved in robberies at the Chase Bank at 2001 E. Irvington Rd., the US Bank at 1940 E. Broadway Blvd. and the US bank at 2140 W. Grant Rd.Details surrounding the incidents have not yet been released.Anyone with information about the identity or whereabouts of the suspec
  
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• Florida Highway Patrol: Trooper kills suspect after chase

  09-09-2020 23:22
  
  DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Highway Patrol says a trooper fatally shot a suspect who opened fire after crashing a stolen car during a short chase. The highway patrol said Wednesday that a trooper tried to stop the driver for driving recklessly on Interstate 95 in Palm Beach County on Tuesday night, but it sped off. The highway patrol says the car crashed into another vehicle and the driver got out, firing shots at responding troopers. A trooper returned fire, killing the suspect.
  
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• Oscars diversity criteria ‘not about exclusion’ say leaders

  09-09-2020 23:17
  
  The new Oscars best picture inclusion standards became a trending topic on social media as soon as they were announced Tuesday night. Some critics said the new rules, to be implemented at the 96th Academy Awards in 2024, went too far and accused the criteria of inhibiting art and artists with quotas. Others, like Stacy L. Smith, director of the University of Southern California’s Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, said they didn’t go far enough. But the academy leadership and the heads
  
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• Ex-UNC women’s basketball coach pleads guilty in crash

  09-09-2020 23:16
  
  DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Former University of North Carolina basketball coach Sylvia Hatchell has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a traffic accident in January that killed an elderly woman. The Durham County District Attorney’s Office says Hatchell pleaded guilty on Tuesday to misdemeanor death by vehicle. She was sentenced to 30 days, which was suspended for six months of unsupervised probation. Hatchell also was ordered to complete 50 hours of community service, pay a $150 fine
  
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• Justice Dept. push into Trump case could prompt dismissal

  09-09-2020 23:12
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General William Barr on Wednesday defended the Justice Department’s move to intervene in a defamation lawsuit against President Donald Trump, even as experts were deeply skeptical of the federal government’s effort to protect the president in a seemingly private dispute.
  The Justice Department’s action is “a normal application of the law. The law is clear. It is done frequently,” Barr said at an unrelated news conference in Chicago.
  
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• Boy’s shooting raises questions about police crisis training

  09-09-2020 23:12
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An advocacy group says a police shooting that wounded a 13-year-old autistic boy in Salt Lake City reveals shortfalls in the way officers respond to a mental health crisis. It’s a part of policing that’s facing renewed scrutiny during nationwide protests over brutality by law enforcement. The boy’s mother says she called 911 because he was having a breakdown. Authorities say the officers who came weren’t specialists in crisis intervention but h
  
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• Joe Exotic formally requests pardon, maintains innocence

  09-09-2020 23:11
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A former Oklahoma zookeeper sentenced to 22 years in prison for his role in a murder-for-hire plot and violating federal wildlife laws is formally requesting a pardon. Attorneys for Joseph Maldonado-Passage, also known as “Joe Exotic,” filed his application Tuesday with the U.S. Department of Justice. In it, they say Maldonado-Passage maintains his innocence and requests a pardon “to correct the injustices he has experienced.” The 257-page appli
  
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• The Latest: Over 750 Tennessee students, staff test positive

  09-09-2020 22:59
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee reported on Wednesday that 756 students and staff have tested positive for the coronavirus at schools across the state, with more than half the districts reporting.
  The Tennessee Department of Education said data on cases across all districts was supposed to be released Tuesday but was delayed because of technical difficulties.Officials now hope to have full reporting from all districts by Sept. 22. The cases reported Wednesday include 514 students and 242 staf
  
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• Black defendant argues masks at trial could prejudice jury

  09-09-2020 22:58
  
  BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A Black man who is going to trial on a murder charge believes jurors could be prejudiced against him if he is forced to wear a mask. The lawyer for Carine Reeves, of New York, told a Maine judge Wednesday that for his client to wear a mask would be problematic because masks are often associated with crime. The lawyer pointed to researchers who wrote that “African Americans are particularly prone to racial profiling solely due to the fact that they are wearing mas
  
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• Teacher deaths raise alarms as new school year begins

  09-09-2020 22:43
  
  O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Teachers in at least three states have died after bouts with the coronavirus since the dawn of the new school year. A teachers’ union leader worries that the return to in-person classes will have a deadly impact across the U.S. if proper precautions aren’t taken. AshLee DeMarinis was just 34 when she died Sunday. She taught social skills and special education in Potosi, Missouri. A third grade teacher died Monday in South Carolina. And two other educa
  
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• Think 2020’s disasters are wild? Experts see worse in future

  09-09-2020 22:37
  
  Wildfires are raging in California and Oregon. The Atlantic has seen a record number of tropical storms for this time of year. Phoenix keeps breaking heat records. Death Valley saw 130-degree heat and Iowa got smacked by a derecho. Climate-connected disasters seem everywhere in the crazy year 2020. But scientists Wednesday say it’ll get worse. They say in 20 years or so we’ll look back at 2020 and marvel about how the disasters weren’t so bad. What’s happening is the basi
  
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• Arizona reports 496 additional COVID cases, 30 more deaths

  09-09-2020 22:35
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona health officials have reported nearly 500 additional confirmed COVID-19 cases and 30 more deaths. As of Wednesday, Arizona has now had 206,541 confirmed cases and 5,251 deaths. Arizona was a national virus hot spot in June and July, but new cases and deaths have decreased since then. The University of Arizona is weighing limiting students’ movements in some housing because of rising COVID-19 cases. A frustrated University President Robert Robbins says some stud
  
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• Alec Baldwin and wife Hiliaria welcome fifth child together

  09-09-2020 22:35
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — It’s a party of five for Alec and Hilaria Baldwin. The couple on Wednesday announced the arrival of a baby boy, their fifth child together. Hilaria Baldwin posted on Instagram and said the boy, “is perfect and we couldn’t be happier. Stay tuned for a name.” Alec Baldwin, former star of “30 Rock” and current host of ABC’s “The Match Game,” and Hilaria Baldwin, a podcast host and fitness guru,  married in 2012. The
  
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• 2 protesters in Rochester face federal charges

  09-09-2020 22:30
  
  ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Two protesters accused of attacking police officers during a demonstration over the suffocation death of Daniel Prude face federal charges. Federal prosecutors say Adam Green and Dallas Williams-Smothers, both 20, were charged with obstructing and impeding law enforcement during a civil disorder. Prosecutors say Green struck an officer in the head Saturday night with a makeshift wooden shield after the crowd was told to disperse. Dallas Williams-Smothers is accused o
  
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• Group: Police shooting of Utah boy shows mental-crisis gaps

  09-09-2020 22:23
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An advocacy group says a police shooting that wounded a 13-year-old autistic boy in Salt Lake City reveals shortfalls in the way officers respond to a mental health crisis. It’s a part of policing that’s facing renewed scrutiny during nationwide protests over brutality by law enforcement. The boy’s mother says she called 911 because he was having a breakdown. Authorities say the officers who came weren’t specialists in crisis intervention but h
  
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• Whistleblower complaint: DHS official told to downplay Russian election threat

  09-09-2020 22:21
  
  An official with the Department of Homeland Security filed a whistleblower complaint claiming he was told to downplay Russian efforts to meddle in the 2020 election, according to the complaint.
  The report filed by the DHS Inspector General’s office states retaliatory actions were taken against senior official Brian Murphy. It states Murphy was previously the Principal Deputy Under Secretary in the Office of Intelligence and Analysis and held the position from March of 2018 to July 31, 202
  
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• Trick-or-treating banned in Los Angeles this Halloween due to COVID-19

  09-09-2020 22:18
  
  Trick-or-treating won't be allowed in Los Angeles this Halloween.Officials banned it this year due to the risk of coronavirus.The L.A. County Department of Public Health said in a news release that it would be very difficult to maintain social distancing on porches and at front doors.The guidance also bans so-called "trunk or treating" events from cars, and gatherings or parties with non-household members.Carnivals, festivals, live entertainment, and haunted house attractions are also prohibited
  
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• Massive smoke clouds, thick air darken Western US skies

  09-09-2020 22:18
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — People from San Francisco to Seattle woke up Wednesday to a massive clouds of smoke hanging in the air, darkening the skies in some areas to an eerie orange glow. In the San Francisco Bay Area, street lights were still illuminated at noon. The region’s air quality district issued a record 23rd consecutive so-called Spare The Air alert requiring residents to cut pollution as smoke from an unprecedented numbers of fires in the West filled  the air. Weather exp
  
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• Mall owners close to buying JC Penney out of bankruptcy

  09-09-2020 22:16
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Mall owners Simon Property Group and Brookfield Property Partners are close to a deal to buy department store chain J.C. Penney out of bankruptcy and keep the chain running. Penney’s lawyer Josh Sussberg announced the tentative pact, which will save roughly 70,000 jobs, during a brief hearing in bankruptcy court Wednesday. Sussberg noted that a letter of intent including details of the pact will be filed with the bankruptcy court in the next day. The 118-year-old depa
  
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• Trump releases list of 20 new possible Supreme Court picks

  09-09-2020 22:13
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has announced he is adding 20 names to the list of Supreme Court candidates that he’s pledged to choose from if he has future vacancies to fill, as he hopes. The release is aimed at replicating a strategy Trump employed during his 2016 campaign, when he released a similar list of could-be judges in a bid to win over conservative and evangelical voters who had doubts about his conservative bona fides. The high court is currently divided 5-4 bet
  
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• State watchdog seeks probe of utility tied to bribery scheme

  09-09-2020 22:06
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Ohio’s consumer watchdog wants a regulatory agency to investigate whether the state’s largest electric utility used customer money to fund an alleged $60 million bribery scheme involving one of Ohio’s most powerful politicians. The Ohio Consumers’ Counsel late Tuesday asked the Public Utility Commission of Ohio to seek an independent investigation to determine whether FirstEnergy Corp. violated any state laws or regulations. Federal officials say Fi
  
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• Humane Society Needs Wet Cat Food

  09-09-2020 22:06
  
  The Humane Society of Southern Arizona is in desperate need of wet cat food and is issuing a clarion call to the public for donations as pandemic pets continue to trickle into the shelter.
  Canned, wet cat food donations can be dropped off at the HSSA's main campus, located at 635 W. Roger Rd from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m Monday through Saturday or noon to 4 p.m. on Sunday.You can also help out the HSSA from the comfort of your home by donating through the shelter's Amazon Wishlist.…
  
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• The Latest: South Carolina teacher dies after getting virus

  09-09-2020 21:57
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. — School district officials in South Carolina said Wednesday that a third grade teacher who was last in her classroom less than two weeks ago has died from COVID-19.
  Richland School District 2 spokeswoman Libby Roof said in a news release that 28-year-old Demetria “Demi” Bannister was diagnosed with the virus on Friday and died Monday.
  Officials say Bannister was a third grade teacher starting her fifth year of teaching at Windsor Elementary School in Columbia.
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• Evers has ‘no regrets’ about response to Kenosha shooting

  09-09-2020 21:57
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers says he has “no regrets” about how the state responded to protests that broke out in Kenosha following the police shooting of Jacob Blake. Blake is Black. He was shot seven times in the back by a white Kenosha police officer on Aug. 23. That sparked three nights of protests and unrest that culminated with the shootings of three demonstrators by an armed civilian. Evers called out the Wisconsin National Guard early the morning of Au
  
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• ‘Unprecedented’ Pacific Northwest fires burn 100s of homes

  09-09-2020 21:55
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Firefighters in the Pacific Northwest are scrambling to keep up with multiple catastrophic fires in the region that have forced people to flee their homes and trapped firefighters and civilians. Oregon’s governor said Wednesday that hundreds of homes have been destroyed and one fire leveled an entire Washington state farming town. Pacific Northwest firefighters have been stunned by the intensity and speed of the blazes in areas that almost never experience such
  
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• Trump raises $210 million, robust but well short of Biden

  09-09-2020 21:47
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump and Republicans jointly raised $210 million in August, a robust sum but one that was still dwarfed by the record $364.5 million raised by Democrats and their nominee, Joe Biden. Trump’s campaign released his figure Wednesday, several days later than usual and nearly a week after the Biden campaign unveiled its total, the highest for any one month during a presidential campaign. The president’s reelection team argues that it brought in more
  
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• Oregon governor says ‘hundreds of homes’ destroyed by wildfires, warns of overwhelming devastation

  09-09-2020 21:42
  
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• Barbie releases new ‘Día de Muertos’ doll

  09-09-2020 21:31
  
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  EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (CNN) - A second barbie doll is now honoring the day of the dead.The doll is part of a collection inspired by "Día de Muertos," a Mexican holiday honoring the lives of those who have passed away.The annual, multi-day observance runs Oct 31 through Nov. 2 this year.This doll is actually the second edition of the "Día de Muertos" barbie.Mattel released the first one last fall.Like the first limited edition collectible, this second one pays tribute to
  
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• Online Class Teaches the Fine Art of Entertaining Guests Featuring Whiskey Del Bac

  09-09-2020 21:30
  
  You don't have to be a dowager socialite to entertain guests like a pro. You just quality provisions and a certain culinary skill set.Flying Aprons is moving their in-person cooking classes online via Zoom starting Thursday, Sept. 9 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. This week's class, Shaken Not Stirred-Single Malt Whiskey Tucson Style & Savory Bites—featuring Tucson's own Whiskey Del Bac—pairs Phoenix mixologist Jax Donahue with beloved Tucson chef Devon Sanner to produce three delect
  
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• UN: COVID-19 could fuel more conflict, poverty, starvation

  09-09-2020 21:28
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Top U.N. officials are warning that the COVID-19 pandemic has aggravated discrimination and other human rights violations that can fuel conflict _ and they say its indirect consequences are dwarfing the impact of the virus itself in the world’s most fragile countries. U.N. political chief Rosemary DiCarlo and U.N. humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock painted a grim picture to the Security Council Wednesday of the impact of the pandemic that has blanketed the globe, w
  
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• Steve Nash eager to get started on new career as Nets coach

  09-09-2020 21:27
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Steve Nash was a leader, a guy who loved to get the best out of his teammates on the court and build relationships off it. Those qualities helped him become a Hall of Fame player. Now he thinks they can make him a successful coach. Nash was introduced Wednesday by the Brooklyn Nets, who picked him to guide Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and the rest of a team with high expectations despite him having no coaching experience. Nash was hired by former teammate Sean Marks, who reme
  
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• Trump releasing new Supreme Court nominee list

  09-09-2020 21:24
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump  will announce an updated list of Supreme Court candidates that he’s pledged to choose among if he has future vacancies to fill, as he hopes. The release is aimed at replicating a strategy Trump employed during his 2016 campaign, when he released a similar list of could-be judges in a bid to win over conservative and evangelical voters who had doubts about his conservative bona fides. The high court is currently divided 5-4 between conser
  
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• Voter bares arms, and more, after anti-Trump shirt is nixed

  09-09-2020 21:23
  
  EXETER, N.H. (AP) — A voter bared her arms, and more, after she was told she couldn’t wear an anti-Trump shirt at a polling place and responded by whipping it off and doing her civic duty topless. The woman wore a “McCain Hero, Trump Zero” T-shirt at the polling place in Exeter, New Hampshire, on Tuesday’s primary election. Seacoastonline.com reports that moderator Paul Scafidi told her she couldn’t wear a shirt featuring a political candidate. He says the wom
  
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• Trump still visiting Nevada despite virus limits on rallies

  09-09-2020 21:22
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — President Donald Trump is planning to travel to Nevada this weekend, though large airport rallies initially set for Las Vegas and Reno appear to have been scuttled after local officials warned they would violate Nevada’s coronavirus-related ban on gatherings of more than 50 people.
  Adam Laxalt, the co-chair of Trump’s campaign in Nevada, said in a Twitter post Wednesday that both events to be held at airport hangars Saturday in Reno and Sunday in Las Vegas had
  
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• Official claims pressure to alter Homeland Security intel

  09-09-2020 21:20
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — An official at the Department of Homeland Security says he was pressured by agency leaders to make his intelligence reports reflect the priorities of the Trump administration. Brian Murphy also says in a whistle-blower complaint that he was demoted from his position as the Office of Intelligence and Analysis in retaliation for refusing to alter his reports on such matters as Russian interference in the election and the extent of the threat posed by white supremacists. A c
  
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• Charleston sues Big Oil for climate change adaptation costs

  09-09-2020 21:18
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s Charleston on Wednesday became the first city in the U.S. South to sue major oil companies in an effort to hold them accountable for the costs of climate change. Officials announced they were targeting 24 companies including BP, Chevron and Exxon Mobil for damages associated with global warming and the effects of climate change. Officials say the companies lied to the public by concealing the threats fossil fuels pose to the planet. Charleston j
  
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• Homeland Security official says he was pressured to suppress details in reports that Trump would find objectionable

  09-09-2020 21:17
  
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• The Latest: NYC restaurants can resume indoor dining at 25%

  09-09-2020 21:16
  
  NEW YORK — Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced New York City restaurants can resume indoor dining on Sept. 30 at 25% capacity with temperature checks for customers and other restrictions.
  All customers will have temperature checks at the door and one member of each party must provide information for contact tracing, if necessary.
  Customers can’t sit at bars, but can have drinks for table service, and restaurants must close at midnight. Tables must e 6 feet apart and customers must wear masks
  
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• This July and August Were Tucson's Hottest Ever

  09-09-2020 21:15
  
  As if 2020 wasn't already tough enough, data reported by the National Weather Service reveals that this August was the hottest month ever recorded in Tucson, beating the previous record held by … this July. Both months combined to make this summer Tucson's hottest in all 125 years of weather records.…
  
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• ‘Unprecedented’ Pacific Northwest fires near Portland

  09-09-2020 21:10
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Firefighters in the Pacific Northwest are scrambling to keep up with multiple catastrophic fires in the region that have forced people to flee their homes and trapped firefighters and civilians. One of the fires leveled an entire Washington state farming town. The scenes were evocative of the drama playing out in California, but in the Pacific Northwest firefighters are stunned by the intensity and speed of the blazes in areas that almost never experience such fire ac
  
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• Mandela’s lawyer, anti-apartheid activist George Bizos dies

  09-09-2020 21:08
  
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Anti-apartheid crusader and Nelson Mandela’s personal lawyer George Bizos has died at 92, his family says. He died of natural causes at home Bizos, who came to South Africa as a 13-year-old fleeing the Nazi occupation of Greece, played a key role in the legal fight to end apartheid, the racist system used to oppress South Africa’s Black majority for decades. Bizos represented Mandela from his treason trial in 1964 until the former South African president&rsq
  
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