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• Q&A: David Byrne on his festival hit ‘American Utopia’

  11-09-2020 23:56
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — In a film festival season that’s been turned largely virtual, Spike Lee’s “American Utopia,” a documentary of David Byrne’s concert musical and the opening-night film of the Toronto International Film Festival, has nevertheless supplied the giddy rush of live performance in a packed house. The film was shot during the late 2019-early 2020 run of Byrne’s acclaimed Broadway show at the Hudson Theatre. In it, Byrne deconstructs the tradition
  
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• Parking deck collapse in Atlanta leaves six workers injured

  11-09-2020 23:55
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — A section of concrete collapsed on a parking deck under construction in Atlanta, injuring five workers. Atlanta Fire Rescue officials said one worker was trapped under debris with leg injuries and had to be freed and then lowered more than nine stories to the ground using a construction crane. Five other injured workers managed to walk away from the accident. The city of Atlanta is inspecting the structure for any signs of threats to the busy interstate that flows through th
  
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• US soldier receives Medal of Honor for 2015 hostage rescue

  11-09-2020 23:53
  
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  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has bestowed the Medal of Honor on a U.S. soldier for his role in a daring 2015 mission to rescue dozens of hostages set to be executed by Islamic State militants in Iraq. Sgt. Maj.Thomas “Patrick” Payne was assigned to lead a team clearing one of two buildings known to house hostages in a nighttime operation in the northern province of Kirkuk. Payne and his team faced a barrage of gunfire, militants exploding suicide v
  
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• US remembers 9/11, with virus altering familiar tributes

  11-09-2020 23:50
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Americans have commemorated 9/11 as another national crisis, the coronavirus, reconfigured anniversary ceremonies and a presidential campaign carved a path through the memorials. In New York, victims’ relatives gathered Friday for split-screen remembrances at the World Trade Center’s Sept. 11 memorial plaza and on a nearby corner. The events were hosted by separate organizations that differed on balancing traditions with virus safety. President Donald Trump spok
  
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• The Latest: UN General Assembly adopts pandemic resolution

  11-09-2020 23:50
  
  UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. General Assembly has overwhelmingly approved a resolution on tackling the coronavirus pandemic over objections from the United States and Israel, which protested a successful last-minute Cuban amendment that strongly urges countries to oppose unilateral economic, financial or trade sanctions.
  The world body adopted the resolution Friday by a vote of 169-2. It was a strong show of unity by the U.N.’s most representative body in addressing the coronavirus, tho
  
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• Open Air Cinema and Streaming Series Continue at The Loft

  11-09-2020 23:50
  
  As announced last week, The Loft has started an Open Air Cinema series, screening films outdoors Thursday-Saturday nights. The tickets sell out fast so you will want to keep an eye on their website for film announcements and the ability to buy tickets.…
  
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• Cox, Comcast to help Amphi families pay for internet

  11-09-2020 23:47
  
  Families in the Amphitheater Public School District who can't afford internet service will soon get some help, thanks to a new program.The Amphi Foundation, in partnership with Cox and Comcast, will pay for at least six months of free internet for those who qualify. Participating households will receive internet service speeds of up to 25 Mbps download and 3 Mbps upload.…
  
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• Ex-Baltimore mayoral aide gets prison in book sales scam

  11-09-2020 23:40
  
  A former legislative aide who helped ex-Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh fraudulently sell her self-published children’s books has been sentenced to federal prison. Gary Brown Jr. apologized on Friday for his actions and expressed regret for bringing shame to his family and friends. U.S. District Judge Deborah Chasanow sentenced Brown to two years and three months. In February, Chasanow sentenced Pugh to three years in prison for her role in the scheme to profit from sales of her “Heal
  
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• Attorneys deny racial motive in Ahmaud Arbery slaying

  11-09-2020 23:24
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Attorneys for the white father and son charged with killing Ahmaud Arbery say their clients weren’t motivated by race when they armed themselves and chased after the young Black man. Gregory and Travis McMichael have been jailed on murder charges since their arrests in May, more than two months after Arbery was shot while running in their neighborhood outside Brunswick, Georgia. At a preliminary hearing in June, an investigator testified that a third man charged in the
  
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• United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona awarded grant to improve COVID-19 emergency fund

  11-09-2020 23:23
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) – On Friday, the United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona announced it received a $65,000 grant to grow and enhance its COVID-19 emergency fund.The grant from United Philanthropy Forum’s Momentum Fund will be used to provide critical infrastructure to allow the organization to continue supporting the communities hit hardest by the COVID-19 crisis. This includes all vulnerable populations such as LatinX, homeless, victims of domestic violence, immigrants, refugees,
  
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• University at Buffalo basketball player charged in stabbing

  11-09-2020 23:17
  
  NORTH TONAWANDA, N.Y. (AP) — A University at Buffalo basketball player is charged with stabbing a rival player during an off-campus pickup scrimmage. Junior Malik Zachery is accused of stabbing a Canisius College player in the leg in a church gym in North Tonawanda, New York, on Wednesday. Police say players from the two Buffalo colleges were in the game when a fight broke out and the unidentified player was stabbed. The wounded player was treated at a hospital. Officials say Zachery is be
  
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• At least 8 officers injured in student protest in Mexico

  11-09-2020 23:17
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — State police in central Mexico say eight officers have been injured by student protesters, while video circulated on social media appears to show a state police bus hitting and knocking over at least two protesters.The Michoacan state police said via Twitter Friday that the students from a local teachers' college blocked a road and then attacked police using fireworks.Video images show a chaotic scene in which detonations can be heard and clouds of smoke or gas are seen.
  
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• Hockey’s Kevin Bacon: Playoffs are 6 degrees of Rick Bowness

  11-09-2020 23:04
  
  EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Rick Bowness doesn’t have to look too far in the NHL playoff bubble to find someone he has coached. He has coached over 60 players who have participated in this postseason. He says that’s what happens when you’re an old guy who has been behind the bench a long time. The 65-year-old Dallas Stars coach is hockey’s version of Kevin Bacon in that he’s got some connection to almost everyone. Bowness has had a major impact on many of those p
  
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• At least 8 injured in Mexico teachers’ college protest

  11-09-2020 23:04
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — State police in central Mexico say eight officers have been injured by student protesters, while video circulated on social media appears to show a state police bus hitting and knocking over at least two protesters. The Michoacan state police said via Twitter Friday that the students from a local teachers’ college blocked a road and then attacked police using fireworks. Video images show a chaotic scene in which detonations can be heard and clouds of smoke or gas a
  
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• Dozens missing as firefighters battle two large Oregon fires

  11-09-2020 23:02
  
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Firefighters aided by helicopters dropping fire retardant and water are battling two large wildfires that threaten to merge near the most populated part of Oregon. Gov. Kate Brown told a news conference Friday that dozens of people are missing in Jackson County in the south and in Marion County, where a fire continues to burn east of Salem. The Oregon Convention Center in Portland was among buildings being transformed into shelters for evacuees. A change in the weather,
  
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• The Latest: Firefighters gain ground on California wildfires

  11-09-2020 22:57
  
  The Latest on wildfires in the U.S. West (all times local):
  1:55 p.m.
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Improving weather conditions in California have allowed firefighters to gain ground on wildfires that began as long as three weeks ago.
  The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection says 14,800 firefighters are on the lines of 28 major wildfires burning statewide Friday.
  Nineteen people have been killed and thousands of structures, including homes, have been destroyed.
  Winds that whipped
  
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• US judge: Saudi royals must answer questions in 9/11 lawsuit

  11-09-2020 22:54
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A judge has ruled that two members of the royal family in Saudi Arabia will have to answer questions about who planned the Sept. 11 terror attacks in what lawyers for victims call a turning point in a long-running lawsuit. U.S. Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn ordered Saudi Arabia to make the pair and other Saudi witnesses available for depositions in the suit brought by victims seeking billions of dollars in damages. The ruling was unsealed late Thursday. A lawyer for Saudi
  
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• Second official accused of police-chief hiring fraud resigns

  11-09-2020 22:46
  
  BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — Bridgeport’s acting personnel director has resigned a day after he and the Connecticut city’s police chief were arrested on federal fraud charges. David Dunn is accused of rigging the process that led to the hiring of Armando Perez as police chief in 2018. Perez stepped down Thursday afternoon after the pair were arraigned in U.S. District Court. A criminal complaint says Dunn gave confidential materials to Perez, including answers to the oral portion o
  
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• UN council members urge halt to Myanmar-Arakan Army fighting

  11-09-2020 22:45
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A majority of U.N. Security Council members are calling for an immediate halt to fighting between Myanmar government forces and the Arakan Army guerrilla force. A joint statement from eight of the 15 council nations following a closed council meeting on Myanmar said the clashes in western Rakhine and Chin states are taking “a heavy toll” on local communities and risk escalating. They stressed that a halt to fighting is “even more urgent in light of t
  
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• Two more arrested in 2019 Sahuarita fatal shooting

  11-09-2020 22:45
  
  Sahuarita Police DepartmentJorge Luis Lopez Sahuarita Police DepartmentLuis Alberto Martinez Sahuarita Police DepartmentJorge Luis Lopez Sahuarita Police DepartmentManuel Robles Monreal Sahuarita Police DepartmentWilliam Anthony Lira
  SAHUARITA, Ariz. (KVOA) -Four individuals have now been taken into custody in connection to a 2019 fatal shooting in Sahuarita.On Aug. 5,Sahuarita Police Department said multiple people were transported to the hospital in connection to a shooting that occurred in t
  
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• The Latest: Some Louisiana bars to open under looser rules

  11-09-2020 22:37
  
  NEW ORLEANS — Bars in a handful of Louisiana parishes will be allowed to re-open under new, looser coronavirus restrictions announced Friday by Gov. John Bel Edwards.
  Bars in the state have been closed since July unless they have licenses to operate as restaurants. Under the guidelines announced Friday, bars in parishes where the percentage of positive COVID-19 deaths is 5% or below for four weeks can open if parish leaders give the OK, Edwards said.
  Bars that are allowed to open will be l
  
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• Tech falters again as Wall Street ends worst week in months

  11-09-2020 22:37
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street closed out its worst week since June with another day of churning trading Friday. The S&P 500 rose 0.1%, but only after a roller-coaster day where a gain of 0.9% gave way to a loss of 0.9%. It kept swinging up and down after that, the latest examples of the lightning-quick shifts in momentum to rock Wall Street recently. Through the tumultuous week, the S&P 500 lost 2.5% to clinch its its first back-to-back weekly loss in four months. The Nasdaq composit
  
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• Baltimore Police releases report on aerial surveillance test

  11-09-2020 22:37
  
  Police in Baltimore say the aerial surveillance system being tested in that city since May has provided officers with information in 81 crime cases, including 19 homicides. But the department on Friday acknowledged it does not have enough data yet to determine the effectiveness of the pilot program. The figures are included in a report that covers the first three months of the six-month pilot program and is based on provisional data. Of the cases backed up with aerial imagery, 21% have been clos
  
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• The Latest: Oregon governor: Dozens missing amid wildfires

  11-09-2020 22:36
  
  The Latest on wildfires in the U.S. West (all times local):
  1:30 p.m.
  SALEM, Ore. — Oregon Gov. Kate Brown says “dozens of people” are missing from the large wildfires that have burned across the state.Brown made the announcement at a news briefing Friday afternoon, and said the reports of missing people come from blazes in southern Oregon near Medford and the northern part of the state near the state capital of Salem.At least four wildfire deaths of have been reported in Orego
  
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• Little Rock police officer who fatally shot motorist resigns

  11-09-2020 22:34
  
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A white Little Rock police officer who fatally shot a Black motorist during a traffic stop last year has resigned. Officer Charles Starks submitted a resignation letter on Friday, accusing the city’s police chief of making his working conditions “intolerable” since a judge ordered the officer reinstated. Starks was fired over the fatal shooting of Bradley Blackshire during a traffic stop, but a judge reversed that decision in January. Starks fired
  
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• Trump lauds Medal of Honor recipient for hostage rescue

  11-09-2020 22:30
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has bestowed the Medal of Honor on a U.S. soldier for his role in a daring 2015 mission to rescue dozens of hostages set to be executed by Islamic State militants in Iraq. Sgt. Maj. Thomas “Patrick” Payne was assigned to lead a team clearing one of two buildings known to house hostages in a nighttime operation in the northern province of Kirkuk. Payne and his team faced a barrage of gunfire, militants exploding suicide vests and stifling
  
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• Oregon governor says dozens missing in wildfires burning across state

  11-09-2020 22:26
  
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• Challenger to QAnon supporter bows out of race in Georgia

  11-09-2020 22:23
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — The Democratic opponent to a QAnon-supporting candidate for a U.S. House seat in Georgia is dropping out of the race. Democrat Kevin Van Ausdal’s departure Friday clears a near-certain path to victory for Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene. Greene was already favored in the deep-red 14th Congressional District in the northwest part of the state. She is on a growing list of candidates who have expressed support for QAnon, the far-right conspiracy theory popular among som
  
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• Police: Detroit-area family target of possible hate crime

  11-09-2020 22:22
  
  WARREN, Mich. (AP) — Authorities are investigating as a possible hate crime gunshots and vandalism targeting the home of a Black suburban Detroit family who have a Black Lives Matter sign in their front window. Someone fired a gun at the window of Eddie and Candace Hall’s home late Thursday and investigating police found six shell casings outside. On Wednesday, someone painted a swastika on one of their vehicles, slashed the tires and threw a large stone through the front window. Van
  
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• Wildfire smoke brings worst air quality to Portland, Seattle

  11-09-2020 22:20
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — Smoke pollution from wildfires raging in California and across the Pacific Northwest worsened in San Francisco, Seattle and Portland, Oregon, on Friday, giving those cities and others in the the region some of the world’s worst air quality. Public health officials warned residents to keep indoors with the windows shut, to set air conditioners to run on recirculated air instead of fresh, and to use air purifiers if they had them. Meanwhile, they wrestled with whether to
  
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• Study: Kids infected at day care spread coronavirus at home

  11-09-2020 22:19
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A new report underscores that kids can bring the new coronavirus home from day care and infect relatives. The study released Friday comes from researchers in Utah and at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It focused on three outbreaks in Salt Lake City child care facilities between April and July. The study concluded 12 children caught the coronavirus at the facilities. They then spread it to at least 12 of the 46 parents or siblings that they came in contact a
  
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• Sheriff fires 4th deputy following Georgia jail death

  11-09-2020 22:15
  
  SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia sheriff has fired a fourth deputy for neglecting duties following the weekend death of a jail inmate. Chatham County Sheriff John Wilcher announced the latest firing Friday, the day after he said three other deputies had been terminated _ including one charged with falsifying jail records. The firings followed an internal investigation into the death Sunday of 34-year-old Lee Michael Creely. He was found unresponsive in a cell. Wilcher said investigators dete
  
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• Pakistan arrests journalist for sharing anti-army content

  11-09-2020 22:10
  
  KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police have arrested a journalist on charges of spreading hateful content against the country’s military on social media. The police and the journalist’s family say he was arrested at his home following a complaint from an unidentified citizen. The journalist worked for the English-language daily The Express Tribune. The complaint claimed the journalist had shared posts on Twitter and Facebook to malign the military. No other details were imme
  
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• Firefighters battle two big Oregon fires that could merge

  11-09-2020 22:08
  
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Firefighters aided by helicopters dropping fire retardant and water are battling two large wildfires that threaten to merge near the most populated part of Oregon, including the suburbs of Portland. The Oregon Office of Emergency Management says the number of people ordered to evacuate statewide because of fires rose to an estimated 500,000 — more than 10% of the state’s 4.2 million people. The Oregon Convention Center in Portland was among buildings being tr
  
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• Stocks end another day of sharp swings with meager gains

  11-09-2020 22:07
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks ended with meager gains on Wall Street Friday following another rocky day of sharp swings. The S&P 500 climbed 0.1% but still ended with its second weekly loss in a row. Momentum has been lightning-quick to shift on Wall Street recently. The Nasdaq composite, which includes many of the superstar tech stocks that have been the focus of the market’s recent selling, lost 0.6% after flip-flopping earlier between gains and losses. It had swung at least 1.3% in e
  
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• Prosecutor looking into the origins of Russia probe resigns

  11-09-2020 21:54
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal prosecutor who was helping lead the investigation into the origins of the Trump-Russia probe has resigned from the Justice Department. Nora Dannehy was a top prosecutor on a team led by U.S. Attorney John Durham of Connecticut, who was appointed last year to lead an investigation into how the FBI and other federal agencies set out to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and whether the Trump campaign had coordinated with the Kremlin
  
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• Greece seeks shelter for thousands after refugee camp fire

  11-09-2020 21:52
  
  MYTILENE, Greece (AP) — Authorities are striving to find shelter for thousands of refugees and migrants on the Greek island of Lesbos after fires destroyed the squalid and overcrowded Moria camp that for years symbolized Europe’s biggest migration policy failings. Soldiers set up new tents on a site near Moria’s blackened remnants. The structures were flown in by military helicopters to forestall protests by Lesbos’ permanent residents angry at their island’s protra
  
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• ‘Finally over’: DNA brings arrest in teen’s 1984 rape, death

  11-09-2020 21:50
  
  ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Police say a suspect in a 1984 rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl in Rochester was arrested in Florida after a DNA search. Fifty-six-year-old Timothy Williams faces second-degree murder charges in the death of Wendy Jerome. He was arrested at his home in Melbourne, Florida, on Wednesday and authorities are taking him to New York. Police say familial DNA information provided a list of names as investigative leads. Wendy Jerome left a friend’s house the evenin
  
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• Defected casino exec must return phone with high-roller info

  11-09-2020 21:43
  
  ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A federal judge has ordered a New Jersey casino executive who left Atlantic City’s top casino to work for a competitor to return a cell phone laden with valuable information on his previous employer’s highest rollers and best customers. Judge Gloria Navarro issued a temporary restraining order Thursday preventing two executives who left the Borgata casino this summer to work for the Ocean Casino Resort from contacting any past, current or prospective
  
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• Comforting families, warning foes: Biden, Trump mark 9/11

  11-09-2020 21:39
  
  SHANKSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — One spent time quietly consoling families. The other proclaimed America’s might. President Donald Trump and his Democratic rival, Joe Biden marked the 19th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks at memorials Friday, where their differences in style couldn’t have been more sharply on display. Trump vowed in a speech at the Shanksville, Pennsylvania, site where hijacked Flight 93 crashed in a field, that America will “always fight back.” Biden lai
  
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• Combat vet killed by Texas deputy buried in Alabama on 9/11

  11-09-2020 21:33
  
  MONTEVALLO, Ala. (AP) — An Army veteran who served in Afghanistan and was shot to death by police in Texas is being buried in his home state of Alabama on the anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks. Relatives of Damian Daniels gathered at Alabama National Cemetery on Friday to honor the 30-year-old man. Daniels was in the throes of mental problems when he was shot to death at his home in San Antonio last month by a sheriff’s deputy. Brother Brendan Daniels says he called authorities
  
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• Egypt journalist arrested over coverage of detainee’s death

  11-09-2020 21:32
  
  CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian news outlet says one of its reporters, who reported on a young man’s death in police custody, has been detained on charges of reporting fake news. The arrest of the journalist comes after the arrest of several other local reporters in recent weeks, despite fears of the spread of coronavirus in Egyptian prisons. The government has squeezed space for traditional media and stamped out nearly all dissent as part of a wide-ranging crackdown. The content of state-o
  
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• Democratic opponent to QAnon supporter drops out of race

  11-09-2020 21:28
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — The Democratic opponent to a QAnon-supporting candidate for a U.S. House seat in Georgia is dropping out of the race. Democrat Kevin Van Ausdal bowed out of the race on Friday. His campaign manager Vinny Olsziewski told The Associated Press that Van Ausdal was exiting the race for “personal and family reasons.” Greene is part of a growing list of candidates who have expressed support for QAnon, the far-right U.S. conspiracy theory popular among some supporters of
  
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• NY Fashion Week 2020: Pared down, and virtually all virtual

  11-09-2020 21:27
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — New York Fashion Week, the semi-annual showcase of American fashion, gets under way Sunday evening in a vastly changed landscape. Designers, like so many, are suffering economically and uncertain when, if ever, things will return to normal. This year the display is virtually all virtual: Just a few designers are showing live, with heavy restrictions, and the rest are offering “digital activations.” There will be no celebs packing front rows, no stiletto-heeled c
  
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• Citations for 9 people who demonstrated near McCloskey home

  11-09-2020 21:26
  
  O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Nine protesters have been issued trespassing summonses for marching onto a private St. Louis street in June, a demonstration that prompted a couple to emerge from their home with guns to confront the demonstrators. Mark and Patricia McCloskey were both charged in July with unlawful use of a weapon in a polarizing case that landed them a spot at the Republican National Convention last month. Police spokeswoman Evita Caldwell confirms that nine protesters have been
  
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• Opponent drops out of US House race in Georgia, leaving QAnon-supporting candidate virtually unchallenged

  11-09-2020 21:23
  
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• Courts weigh in on mail-in voting in Texas

  11-09-2020 21:23
  
  AUSTIN, Texas. (AP) — A state judge has ruled that the most populous county in Texas can move forward with plans to send all registered voters a mail-in ballot application for the November general election. Meanwhile, a federal appeals court dealt a blow to vote-by-mail advocates in Texas. A push by the state’s Democrats and some voters to allow mail balloting during the coronavirus pandemic had been upheld by a federal district judge. But a divided three-judge panel of the 5th U.S.
  
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• WATCH: Survivor of shooting in Kenosha speaks out for first time

  11-09-2020 21:19
  
  KENOSHA (WKOW) — The only man to survive after a gunman shot three people during a night of unrest last month in Kenosha says he re-lives his brush with death everyday.
  “That’s all I think about,” Gaige Grosskreutz, 22, told CNN in an exclusive interview Tuesday. “I play it back in my head, I think about it all the time.”
  Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, is accused of shooting and injuring Grosskreutz and killing two others during the unrest that followed the shooting b
  
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• Stocks swing as Wall Street’s tumultuous week comes to close

  11-09-2020 20:58
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks keep swinging between gains and losses on Wall Street Friday, as a tumultuous week of abrupt stops and starts comes to a close. The S&P 500 was down 0.1% in afternoon trading, after a roller-coaster day where it careened from a gain of 0.9% to an equivalent loss. Momentum has been lightning-quick to shift on Wall Street recently. The Nasdaq composite, which includes many of the superstar tech stocks that have been the focus of the market’s recent selling, w
  
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• Farmers hold out at Mexican dam as tensions build

  11-09-2020 20:57
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hundreds of farmers continued to hold a remote dam in northern Mexico Friday as President Andrés Manuel López Obrador tried to explain to the country why water must be released to the United States. Concern was building that if the farmers refuse to budge the National Guard would be sent in again and there could be violence. Overnight, power to the La Boquilla dam site in Chihuahua was cut and there were reports that cell phone service there had also droppe
  
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