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• Judges: President Trump’s order to exclude people in the country illegally when redrawing districts violates law.

  10-09-2020 23:55
  
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• Judges: Trump order to exclude people violates the law

  10-09-2020 23:48
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Federal judges have ruled that Presidential Trump’s order to exclude people in the county illegally when redrawing congressional districts violates the law. A panel of three federal judges in New York on Thursday granted an injunction stopping the order, saying the harm caused by it would last for a decade. The judges prohibited Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, whose agency oversees the Census Bureau, from excluding people in the country illegally when turning over fig
  
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• Latest: Over 900 square miles scorched in Washington fires

  10-09-2020 23:46
  
  The Latest on wildfires in the U.S. West (all times local):
  2:20 p.m.MALDEN, Wash. — Wildfires have scorched nearly 937 square miles (2,426 kilometers) in Washington state this week, Gov. Jay Inslee said Thursday as he toured the devastated remains of the town of Malden.
  “We’ve had this trauma all over Washington,” Inslee said, according to KHQ-TV. “But this is the place where the whole heart of the town was torn out.”
  Malden is a farm town set among wheat fie
  
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• Judges: President Trump’s order to exclude people in the county illegally when redrawing districts violates law.

  10-09-2020 23:43
  
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• Virginia Senate approves sweeping police reform legislation

  10-09-2020 23:39
  
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Virginia Senate has approved wide-ranging police reform legislation that would prohibit the use of chokeholds, restrict no-knock search warrants, and expand the grounds to decertify law enforcement officials who commit misconduct. The legislation passed Thursday along party lines, and includes many of the measures protesters around the country have called for since the May 25 police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Democrats hailed it as a landmark achieveme
  
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• Puerto Rico to reopen beaches, gyms, theaters amid pandemic

  10-09-2020 23:37
  
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s governor says she will reopen beaches, casinos, gyms and movie theaters across the U.S. territory as officials report a recent drop in COVID-19 cases and deaths that some experts worried would once again spike.The changes announced Thursday go into effect Sept. 12 until Oct. 2. Face masks and social distancing, especially at the beach, remain mandatory, and a 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew would continue.  The island of 3.2 million people has
  
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• African serval cat, named Spartacus, missing in NH town

  10-09-2020 23:36
  
  MERRIMACK, N.H. (AP) — A serval cat named Spartacus has run away from the home of its owner in Merrimack, New Hampshire, and is missing. Police say the 40-pound cat is legally owned. Owner Dean King says his family adopted the cat from a Florida zoo four years ago. It ran out their front door as his wife was trying to let their dog inside on Wednesday evening. Photos show the cat is tawny in color with dark spots and has long ears. Police are asking anyone who sees the cat to report it to
  
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• Tucson police ID man fatally shot outside apartment complex

  10-09-2020 23:35
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Police in Tucson have identified the victim in a homicide in the city’s midtown area. They say officers were dispatched to the scene Tuesday morning on a report of a shooting. Upon arrival, police found a man lying on the sidewalk near an entrance of an apartment complex. Police on Thursday identified the victim as 30-year-old Angel Bueno. They say Bueno had obvious signs of gunshot trauma and was pronounced dead at the scene. Witnesses told police there had been
  
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• Rick Perry’s Ukrainian Dream

  10-09-2020 23:30
  
  When the then-energy secretary accidentally helped lead the president into impeachment, he was simultaneously trying to help his friends cash in on a big gas deal.This story is co-published with Time and WNYC. Rick Perry came to Washington looking for a deal, and less than two months into his tenure as energy secretary, he found a hot prospect.…
  
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• Endangered baby gorilla dies less than a week after born at New Orleans zoo

  10-09-2020 23:29
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Less than a week after celebrating the birth of a critically endangered gorilla, the zoo in New Orleans is mourning its death.Audubon Zoo officials say the baby born Friday died on Wednesday. The cause is not yet known, but officials say the 13-year-old mother may not have produced enough milk.Veterinarian Robert MacLean says, "unfortunately, it is not unusual for a first-time gorilla mom to lose an offspring.” Officials say necropsy results will be available in a
  
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• Feds: Money for $300 unemployment boost to run out after 6 weeks

  10-09-2020 23:20
  
  WASHINGTON DC (AP) - The federal government says the fund providing a $300 weekly unemployment insurance boost is running out, but all eligible unemployed workers will still get their share.The Federal Emergency Management Agency says the jobless boost will end up providing benefits for just six weeks.The program was created last month by President Donald Trump to replace a more generous $600-a-week supplement that had been authorized by Congress but expired. So far, $30 billion of the $44 billi
  
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• Latest: California sees 6 of top 20 largest fires in history

  10-09-2020 23:19
  
  The Latest on wildfires in the U.S. West (all times local):
  2:10 p.m.
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The staggering scale of California’s wildfires in 2020 continues to grow.
  The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection says as of Thursday wildfires have scorched nearly 4,844 square miles (12,545 square kilometers) so far this year.
  Six of the top 20 largest fires in state history have occurred this year as well.
  California is now almost entirely free of Red Flag warnings for crit
  
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• Justices reject bid by Kanye West to get on Ohio ballot

  10-09-2020 23:16
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Rapper Kanye West will remain off Ohio’s fall presidential ballot after a decision Thursday by the state’s high court. The Ohio Supreme Court ruled unanimously that Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose acted lawfully when he rejected West’s nominating petitions. Attorneys for West’s campaign in Ohio had argued it was LaRose’s duty to accept any petition for an independent candidate as long as no protest was filed against their petit
  
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• Charges, sanctions revive specter of Russian interference

  10-09-2020 23:15
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has charged a Russian national in a sweeping plot to sow distrust in the American political process, And the government is imposing sanctions against a Ukrainian lawmaker accused of interfering in the U.S. presidential election in November. And there’s also a Microsoft announcement on hacking attempts targeting both the campaigns of President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden. The actions underscore the extent to which the sam
  
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• Airlines, unions running out of time to get more federal aid

  10-09-2020 23:11
  
  Airline workers are making a last-ditch push for $25 billion in federal money to avoid furloughs for six more months. But a Senate vote on coronavirus relief Thursday could be a roadblock to the airline unions’ bid. Critics of more federal aid say airlines need to shrink because fewer people are traveling. The nation’s three biggest airlines — American, United and Delta — plan to furlough about 40,000 workers starting Oct. 1 unless they get more money from Washington. Con
  
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• The Latest: No cases linked to New Hampshire Trump rally

  10-09-2020 23:08
  
  CONCORD, N.H. — The New Hampshire state health commissioner said Thursday that there have been no cases of the coronavirus linked to President Donald Trump’s rally two weeks ago, and only one person who attended another large event – Motorcycle Week in Laconia – has since tested positive.
  About 1,400 people attended the president’s rally in an airport hangar in Londonderry Aug. 28. Many were not wearing masks, despite Gov. Chris Sununu’s order making them mand
  
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• George Washington professor who posed as Black resigns

  10-09-2020 23:01
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The George Washington University history professor who confessed to posing as a Black woman for her entire career has resigned. The university announced on Twitter that Jessica Krug, “has resigned her position, effective immediately.” Krug, who taught African American history and specialized in issues of African culture and diaspora, admitted last week in a blog post that she had presented herself as Afro-Caribbean from New York when she is in fact a white Jew
  
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• Academy Museum details plan for inaugural Miyazaki exhibit

  10-09-2020 23:00
  
  The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is finally opening its doors in Los Angeles in April with an exhibit celebrating the works of the legendary Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki. Organizers say the exhibit is envisioned as a journey through his six-decade career and will be the first of its kind in North America and will have over 300 objects on display. Some have never been shown outside of Japan. Museum director Bill Kramer says this is a fitting way of opening their doors, “signifying
  
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• Historic 4th Avenue Coalition Hosting Virtual Community Forum About Future of the Independent Biz Corridor

  10-09-2020 22:55
  
  With the summer heat gradually reducing, foot traffic would normally be increasing in the downtown and Fourth Avenue areas. But rather than preparing for the usual influx of customers, the Historic 4th Avenue Coalition is working to reimagine the future of the independent business corridor.…
  
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• Man accused of making Zoom lecture bomb threat free on bond

  10-09-2020 22:53
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — A man accused of making a bomb threat against the University of Houston during a Zoom lecture has been released on bond. Ibraheem Ahmed Al Bayati appeared Wednesday at a detention hearing in federal court in Houston where a magistrate judge set bond at $200,000. The judge also ordered Al Bayati placed on home confinement with a GPS monitor, and his use of a computer is restricted and monitored. Al Bayati’s attorney declined to comment on the case. Federal authorities a
  
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• Russian hackers targeting U.S. campaigns, Microsoft says

  10-09-2020 22:52
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Microsoft says state-backed hackers have stepped up targeting of U.S. political campaigns and related groups. It says the same Russian military intelligence outfit that hacked the Democrats in 2016 has tried to break into more than 200 organizations including political parties and consultants. Company Vice President Tom Burt says in a blog post that most of the infiltration attempts by Russian, Chinese and Iranian agents were halted by Microsoft  software and the targets
  
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• Former All-Star third baseman Jake Lamb DFA’d by D-backs

  10-09-2020 22:48
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Former All-Star infielder Jake Lamb has been designated for assignment by the Arizona Diamondbacks after struggling for nearly three straight seasons. The 29-year-old Lamb looked like a future star at third base just a few years ago. He hit 29 homers in 2016 and then made the NL All-Star team in 2017 while setting career-highs with 30 homers and 105 RBIs. He’s battled injuries and inconsistency since then and hit just 12 homers over the past three seasons. He didn&rsqu
  
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• Maddow beneficiary of scramble for attention by authors

  10-09-2020 22:45
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow is a beneficiary of the scramble for attention by authors trying to sell books that pick apart Donald Trump’s presidency. Her interview with former Trump attorney Michael Cohen this week reached the second-biggest audience of her program’s history. It was second only to the night this summer when Maddow welcomed presidential niece Mary Trump for her tell-all book. Authors compete for attention by trying to present revelations that wil
  
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• Eerie orange hue fades in the West but air quality worsens

  10-09-2020 22:43
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A dense smoke layer from dozens of raging wildfires darkened the skies and fouled the air along much of the West Coast Thursday and was expected to hover in the region at least through the weekend. Eerie orange and red skies across California, Oregon and Washington had mainly turned gray. Meteorologists say that’s thanks to stronger winds coming in from the Pacific Ocean that helped to disperse thick smoke filtering sunlight. But as a layer of air blocking the sm
  
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• Smithfield Foods pork plant faces OSHA fine from outbreak

  10-09-2020 22:42
  
  SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Federal regulators have cited Smithfield Foods for failing to protect employees from exposure to the coronavirus at the company’s Sioux Falls plant, an early hot spot for virus infections that hobbled American meatpacking plants. The nature and timing of the violation wasn’t immediately clear from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, but the announcement included the latest assessment of the virus’ impact in Sioux Falls. Four plant w
  
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• Police in Maryland accused of rubber stamping use of force

  10-09-2020 22:42
  
  An expert in police procedures says newly disclosed data show police officers in one of Maryland’s largest counties have disproportionately used force against Black citizens. Michael Graham is a witness for plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit that accuses Prince George’s County police officials of condoning racism and retaliating against Black and Hispanic officers. Graham said in a court filing Tuesday that county data show 86% of the police department’s 6,805 use-of-force inciden
  
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• $300 in US jobless aid running out even as more seek help

  10-09-2020 22:39
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s unemployment safety net is looking increasingly shaky, with a $300-a-week federal jobless benefit from the Trump administration running out almost as soon as it began and millions of laid-off Americans nearing an end to their state unemployment aid. Most Americans who exhaust their state’s unemployment benefits — typically after six months — can transition to a federal program that provides an additional 13 weeks of aid. Yet they still
  
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• Inspectors cite Arizona nursing homes for safety errors

  10-09-2020 22:36
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Health inspectors have cited more than one in four Arizona nursing homes for errors that could cause further spread of COVID-19. The Arizona Republic reports that inspections conducted since April observed staff who did not wear masks properly, neglected to sanitize their hands or medical equipment and failed to keep residents 6 feet apart. The inspection reports note facilities failed to follow their own policies and the shortcomings could result in the spread of infection
  
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• Maryland county: Police accused of ‘rubber stamp’ on force

  10-09-2020 22:33
  
  An expert in police procedures says newly disclosed data show police officers in one of Maryland’s largest counties have disproportionately used force against Black citizens. Michael Graham is a witness for plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit that accuses Prince George’s County police officials of condoning racism and retaliating against Black and Hispanic officers. Graham said in a court filing Tuesday that county data show 86% of the police department’s 6,805 use-of-force inciden
  
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• Trump heads to big rally amid virus, Woodward book fallout

  10-09-2020 22:32
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is heading for a rally in battleground Michigan Thursday as he tries to move past revelations that he was determined to play down the threat of the coronavirus last winter —even as he talked of the dangers in private. He’s getting new pushback concerning the virus and his rallies, too. Local leaders are worried that the rallies are growing in size and flouting public health guidelines intended to halt the spread of the virus. This week,
  
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• St. Louis Zoo says python laid 7 eggs without male help

  10-09-2020 22:29
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis Zoo officials are trying to solve the mystery of how a 62-year-old ball python laid seven eggs without being around a male python for at least two decades. An expert at the zoo says it’s unusual but not rare for ball pythons to reproduce asexually. Pythons also sometimes store sperm for delayed fertilization. The zoo say the birth is also unusual because ball pythons stop laying eggs long before they reach their 60s. The python laid the eggs in July. Three
  
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• Black woman’s party death gets renewed scrutiny in Georgia

  10-09-2020 22:29
  
  CUMMING, Ga. (AP) — The 2018 death of a Black woman during an adult sleepover party in northern Georgia is getting renewed attention since authorities launched a new investigation. The family of 40-year-old Tamla Horsford has long suspected foul play after she was found dead in the yard of a Forsyth County home. Sheriff’s investigators concluded she died after accidentally falling from a second-story deck. Detectives also found marijuana and a high level of alcohol in her blood. Stil
  
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• 7 killed in protests over police custody death in Colombia

  10-09-2020 22:23
  
  BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Violent clashes erupted in Colombia’s capital following the death of a man in police custody, with angry citizens setting fire to city buses, vandalizing police stations and squaring off with officers in confrontations that killed seven people. The wave of violence Thursday was in response to a video showing two officers holding down a 43-year-old man being tasered as he begged them to stop and highlights long simmering tensions over excessive use of force by
  
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• The Latest: Gov. Brown: Over 900,000 acres burned in Oregon

  10-09-2020 22:21
  
  The Latest on wildfires in the U.S. West (all times local):
  1:20 p.m.
  SALEM, Ore. — Oregon Gov. Kate Brown said more than 900,000 acres have burned across the state in the last several days – nearly double the amount of land that usually burns in a typical year.
  At a news conference Thursday, she said there have been fatalities but the exact number is not yet known. There have been at least three reported fire deaths in the state.
  The governor also said up to 40,000 people had to eva
  
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• 49ers try to move past Super Bowl loss in opener vs. Cards

  10-09-2020 22:21
  
  SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The pain from a fourth-quarter Super Bowl collapse remains acute as the San Francisco 49ers are set to start their quest for a title once again. As much as the Niners may want to avenge that loss in their first game in more than seventh months, they know they first must endure the long process of the regular season starting with the opener at home against Arizona.The post 49ers try to move past Super Bowl loss in opener vs. Cards appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• States ask judge to reverse changes at US Postal Service

  10-09-2020 22:10
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — A group of states suing over service cuts at the U.S. Postal Service is asking a federal judge to immediately undo some of them, saying the integrity of the upcoming election is at stake. In a motion filed late Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Yakima, Washington, the 14 states asked the judge to restore or replace decommissioned sorting machines at processing facilities, to treat election mail as First Class mail, and to end the so-called “leave behind” policy
  
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• Indiana court denies challenge to religious objection limits

  10-09-2020 22:10
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana court has rejected an appeal from conservative religious groups that have unsuccessfully challenged limits on the state’s religious objections law that were signed by then-Gov. Mike Pence. A state appeals court ruling issued Thursday upheld a county judge’s decision last year that the three groups failed to prove they had faced any harm. Pence signed the bill in 2015 amid a national uproar that it could be used to discriminate against gays and les
  
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• US stocks turn lower again as a wild trading week continues

  10-09-2020 22:09
  
  . (AP) — Stocks gave up an early gain and moved steadily lower all day, erasing nearly all of a rally from a day earlier and extending their losses for the week. The S&P 500 gave up 1.8% Thursday after having been up 0.8% in the early going. Technology shares once again led the way lower, and the Nasdaq fell 2%. The slide follows a wild stretch where the S&P 500 careened from its worst three-day slump since June to its best day in nearly three months. Apple, Microsoft and chipmaker
  
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• Western art collected by T. Boone Pickens offered at auction

  10-09-2020 22:07
  
  DALLAS (AP) — Works of art depicting the American West and other items collected by the late Texas oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens are expected to sell for more than $15 million at an auction. Christie’s announced Thursday that the auction will be held Oct. 28 in New York. Christie’s said the art collection spans over a century, with works ranging from from Frederic Remington’s “The Signal” from 1900 to Howard Terpning’s “Flags on the Frontier” f
  
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• Prosecutor: Man who shot cars on I-95 faces federal charge

  10-09-2020 22:07
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A prosecutor says a driver accused of shooting at random cars on a North Carolina highway over the weekend is facing a federal firearms charge. U.S. Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr., said Thursday that 33-year-old Franklin Joseph Dangerfield of Ladson, South Carolina, is charged with possessing an unregistered short-barrel shotgun. Dangerfield was arrested after a high-speed chase that began Saturday evening in southern North Carolina’s Nash County and ended across
  
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• George R.R. Martin can’t build castle library in New Mexico

  10-09-2020 22:03
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — “Game of Thrones” author George R.R. Martin won’t be able to build a seven-sided, castle-style library at his compound in Santa Fe. The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that the city’s Historic Districts Review Board denied a request Tuesday to allow Martin to exceed the building height limit in the historic district where he lives. Neighbors objected to the project, saying they didn’t want a visible castle in the middle of a residential neig
  
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• The Latest: US officials to test blood thinners in patients

  10-09-2020 21:59
  
  WASHINGTON — U.S. health officials have started two new studies to test various blood thinners to try to prevent strokes, heart attacks, blood clots and other complications in COVID-19 patients.
  Doctors increasingly are finding blood clots throughout the bodies of many people who died from COVID-19 along with signs of damage they do to kidneys, lungs, blood vessels, the heart and other organs.
  National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Director Gary Gibbons says that hospitals have been givi
  
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• Black Democrat urges governor to drop Black court nominee

  10-09-2020 21:57
  
  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A Black Democratic state lawmaker who is challenging the appointment of a Black woman to the Florida Supreme Court contends Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is engaging in “racial tokenism” by choosing someone the court itself has already ruled is not eligible for the position. State Rep. Geraldine Thompson said in a news conference Thursday that DeSantis only chose Renatha Francis for the high court because she shares his conservative ideology, not beca
  
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• SC’s Graham says he orchestrated Trump-Woodward interviews

  10-09-2020 21:48
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of President Donald Trump’s top congressional allies, is denouncing an implication floated by a Fox News personality that he intended to sabotage the president by setting up a series of revelatory interviews with journalist Bob Woodward. During an interview Thursday, the South Carolina Republican confirmed to The Associated Press that he had helped orchestrate an initial meeting between Woodward and Trump that ultimately led to Woodward&
  
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• Virus bill blocked in Senate as prospects dim for new relief

  10-09-2020 21:45
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Another coronavirus rescue package has failed in the U.S. Senate. Democrats blocked a Republican bill Thursday that they said shortchanged pressing national needs. The mostly party-line vote capped weeks of wrangling over a fifth relief bill that all sides say they want but are unable to deliver. The $500 billion measure that failed Thursday was roughly half the size of legislation promoted by GOP leaders this summer. But that version was too big for most conservatives, s
  
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• Lawsuit: EPA fails to enforce Chesapeake Bay pollution caps

  10-09-2020 21:45
  
  NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A lawsuit argues that the Environmental Protection Agency has failed to ensure that Pennsylvania and New York are doing enough to reduce pollution in the Chesapeake Bay. The suit was filed Thursday by the nonprofit Chesapeake Bay Foundation and others. Attorneys general from Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia say they’ve filed a similar lawsuit. The litigation stems from an agreement among watershed states to fully implement a pollution-reduction plan
  
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• Police ID victim in Tuesday’s Midtown shooting

  10-09-2020 21:44
  
  Andrew MelendezTucson Police Department investigate shooting on at 2510 N. Winstel Blvd., near Alvernon Way and Grant Road on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020.
  TUCSON (KVOA) - Police have identified the victim in Tuesday's homicide in Midtown.
  On Tuesday morning, officers were dispatched to 2510 North Winstel Boulevard, near Alvernon Way and Grant Road, for a report of a shooting.
  Upon arrival, officers discovered a man lying on the sidewalk near the north entrance of the apartment complex on Flower Stre
  
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• Russian hackers target U.S. campaigns, parties: Microsoft

  10-09-2020 21:42
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Microsoft says state-backed hackers have stepped up targeting of U.S. political campaigns and related groups. It says the same Russian military intelligence outfit that hacked the Democrats in 2016 has tried to break into more than 200 organizations including political parties and consultants. Company Vice President Tom Burt says in a blog post that most of the infiltration attempts by Russian, Chinese and Iranian agents were halted by Microsoft  software and the targets
  
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• Money for $300 unemployment boost to run out after 6 weeks

  10-09-2020 21:36
  
  The federal government says the fund providing a $300 weekly unemployment insurance boost is running out soon, but all eligible unemployed workers will still get their share for six weeks. The Federal Emergency Management Agency says the jobless boost will end up providing benefits for just six weeks. The program was created last month by President Donald Trump to replace a more generous $600-a-week supplement that had been authorized by Congress but expired. So far, $30 billion of the $44 billi
  
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• Nebraska to end nearly all social distancing restrictions

  10-09-2020 21:32
  
  LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts is ending nearly all of his state’s social-distancing restrictions on even as the number of new coronavirus cases has trended upward over the last few months. The new rules will still limit the size of indoor gatherings but will drop all other state-imposed mandates in favor of voluntary guidelines, as other conservative states have done. State officials say they made the decision based on the availability of hospital beds and ventilat
  
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