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• Police: Deputy’s gun accidentally fires in diner, injures 2

  13-09-2020 23:54
  
  CAMDEN, N.Y. (AP) — State police say an upstate New York police deputy’s gun accidentally discharged in a restaurant and injured two people. The incident occurred Saturday evening at a restaurant in Camden, about 20 miles northeast of Syracuse. State police say an off-duty Otsego County deputy’s handgun discharged while he was seated at a table. The bullet went through the bottom of his pants, ricocheted off the floor and struck a 38-year-old woman and a 10-year-old girl. The w
  
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• Officials say east Libya government resigns amid protests

  13-09-2020 23:10
  
  CAIRO (AP) — Libyan officials say the interim government of eastern Libya has resigned amid street protests that erupted across the divided country over dire living conditions. Prime Minister Abdallah al-Thani submitted the resignation of his government to Aguila Saleh, speaker of the eastern-based House of Representatives. Both the parliament and al-Thani’s government, which is not internationally recognized, are allied with military commander Khalifa Hifter, whose forces control Li
  
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• Winds a worry as death toll reaches 33 from West Coast fires

  13-09-2020 23:08
  
  BEAVERCREEK, Ore. (AP) — Warnings of strong winds that could fan the wildfires on the West Coast have added urgency to firefighters’ efforts. The alerts stretch from hard-hit southern Oregon to Northern California and last through Monday evening. One family that lost their home fears having to evacuate a second time because of the weather. Authorities say nearly all the dozens of people reported missing after a devastating blaze in southern Oregon have been accounted for, but the fir
  
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• Cubs’ Alec Mills completes no-hitter against Brewers, 16th in Chicago franchise history and second in MLB this season

  13-09-2020 23:02
  
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — Cubs’ Alec Mills completes no-hitter against Brewers, 16th in Chicago franchise history and second in MLB this season.The post Cubs’ Alec Mills completes no-hitter against Brewers, 16th in Chicago franchise history and second in MLB this season appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• 2 dead, 1 hospitalized after plane crash in Montana

  13-09-2020 22:18
  
  SEELEY LAKE, Mont. (AP) — Two people have died and one has been hospitalized after a plane crashed in Montana. The Missoula County Sheriff’s Office said the crash happened Saturday night north of Seeley Lake Airport. Authorities then located the damaged plane early Sunday morning, and found the pilot and one passenger dead. They have been identified as 67-year-old Charles E. Wolff of Green Valley, Arizona, and 59-year-old Wayne D. Cahoon of Seeley Lake, Montana. It is not clear who w
  
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• Haze is on the way out and the heat is on the way in

  13-09-2020 22:14
  
  TUCSON - The haze has prevented many UV rays from reaching surface causing out temperatures to stay below normal.A wind shift overnight tonight will move the smoke from the fires away from Southern Arizona, but our high temperatures will be near 100 to start the work week.
  High temperatures between Sunday and the end of the work week will range between 97-100 degrees.Rain chances will remain slim to none during this time with our best chance to see a quick passing shower coming overnight Su
  
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• Perfume brand says cutting Black actor from ad was misstep

  13-09-2020 22:06
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — British perfume brand Jo Malone has apologized to Black actor John Boyega of “Star Wars” fame after cutting him out of the Chinese version of a cologne commercial he helped create. Jo Malone London said in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter that the ad designed for Chinese audiences was a misstep and has been removed. The recreated ad replaced Boyega with Chinese star Liu Haoran. Jo Malone and its parent company Estée Lauder didn’t respond to ema
  
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• Latest: Oregon’s ex-fire marshal denies wrongdoing

  13-09-2020 22:00
  
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  SALEM, Ore. — Oregon’s fire marshal who resigned after being placed on leave amid a personnel investigation says was trying to help a colleague and he “didn’t do anything wrong.”
  Oregon State Police placed Fire Marshal Jim Walker on leave Friday night, and he resigned Saturday. In a news release Saturday, State Police Superintendent Travis Hampton said only that a leadership change was needed to face
  
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• Black scientists call out racism in the field and counter it

  13-09-2020 21:55
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Black scientists are increasingly sharing stories about discrimination they have faced while doing fieldwork. Overt harassment and subtle intimidation in the field compound the discrimination that Black scientists and scientists from other underrepresented racial and ethnic backgrounds already feel in academic settings. Those in the environmental sciences are increasingly raising issues of discrimination and marginalization in the wake of a national reckoning on race, inc
  
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• Flagstaff police officer found dead in an apparent suicide

  13-09-2020 21:54
  
  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Police in Flagstaff say an officer has died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.  They say officers conducted a welfare check Saturday and Jarrett Shughart was found dead at his home. Police say no other persons were at the home at the time officers arrived and the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office has assumed the investigation of Shughart’s death.  Shughart had been with the Flagstaff Police Department since October 2014.  Police
  
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• AP EXPLAINS: Biden’s sizable but not radical tax plans

  13-09-2020 21:28
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — President Donald Trump describes Democratic challenger Joe Biden as a “tool” of “radical socialists” who are bent on taxing every American business and household into bankruptcy. Some progressives say Biden is a corporate crony who’ll never address systemic inequalities in U.S. society. In reality, Biden has taken a relative consistent approach over five decades in politics and during his latest White House bid. The former senator and vice presi
  
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• On Western swing, Trump aims to court pivotal Latino voters

  13-09-2020 21:23
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — President Donald Trump is continuing his weekend visit to Nevada, and his focus Sunday is on making further inroads with Latinos who could prove vital in closely contested states that could determine the White House race. He’s promoting economic gains these voters made before the coronavirus pandemic. Even though Trump has made inflammatory and derogatory comments about Latinos, his reelection campaign is growing confident that he has won some support that could help
  
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• Taylor Swift returns to ACM Awards for “Folklore” premiere

  13-09-2020 21:18
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country-turned-pop star Taylor Swift is coming back to her roots with a performance at this year’s Academy of Country Music Awards.The nine-time ACM award winner will perform from the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tennessee, where the awards show will be broadcast Wednesday on CBS.Swift will perform “betty” from her new album “Folklore,” which has held the top spot on for six weeks on the Billboard 200 Albums chart. The song, which
  
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• Hamilton wins hectic Tuscan GP, demands justice for Taylor

  13-09-2020 21:16
  
  Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton kept his cool to win a crash-marred Tuscan Grand Prix for the 90th win of his incredible career to move one behind Michael Schumacher’s record. But Hamilton’s focus was elsewhere as he stood on the podium wearing a T-shirt featuring the words “Arrest the cops who killed Breonna Taylor.” The first F1 race on a Mugello track with super-fast corners usually used by MotoGP riders was incident-packed throughout. Two crashes on the first seve
  
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• Groups turn to hotels to shelter fire evacuees amid virus

  13-09-2020 21:16
  
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Relief groups facing the threat of the coronavirus are taking a different approach to sheltering people who have fled West Coast wildfires. An American Red Cross official says many evacuees are being put up in hotel rooms instead of group shelters and getting delivered food instead of lining up at buffets. Large disaster response organizations are still operating some traditional shelters in gyms and churches, where they require masks, clean and disinfect often and try t
  
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• Average US gas price edges up 2 pennies to $2.26 per gallon

  13-09-2020 21:01
  
  CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline edged up about 2 cents over the past two weeks to $2.26 per gallon. That’s 37 cents below the average pump price from a year ago. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey says Sunday that slipping crude oil prices could mean gas prices will start to fall in coming weeks. Nationwide, the highest average price for regular-grade gas is in San Francisco at $3.38 per gallon. The lowest average is in B
  
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• NCAA seeks to dismiss college athletes’ federal lawsuit

  13-09-2020 20:59
  
  EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — The NCAA is seeking to dismiss a lawsuit filed by two college athletes in federal court. The lawsuit seeks to prevent the association from limiting the amount of money athletes can make off their names, images and likenesses. It was filed by Arizona State swimmer Grant House and Oregon women’s basketball player Sedona Prince. The Oregonian reports that attorneys for the NCAA filed their motion to dismiss the suit on Friday. The legal fight comes as the NCAA is cha
  
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• Latest: Man arrested over threatening fire benefit organizer

  13-09-2020 20:58
  
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  Authorities have arrested a man accused of posting threats on social media that he would kill another man who was organizing a benefit for survivors of a Northern California fire that has killed at least 12 people.
  The Butte County Sheriff’s Office said Sunday that Songkham Sirivongsa, 40, was taken into custody Saturday after authorities were alerted to the threats by the benefit organizer. He was being held on one fel
  
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• Racial injustice themes on display in empty NFL stadiums

  13-09-2020 20:49
  
  NFL teams opening their seasons in empty stadiums knelt, locked arms or raised fists in protest for pregame ceremonies on the first full Sunday of the football season. Others stayed off the field entirely. The Miami Dolphins called playing of the “Star-Spangled Banner” and the Black anthem “Lift Every Voice and Sing” an “empty gesture.” In Atlanta, the Falcons and Seahawks wore armbands honoring civil rights leader John Lewis. Players did not move as the openi
  
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• North American box office muted; ‘Mulan’ fizzles in China

  13-09-2020 20:44
  
  Audiences in North America are not rushing back to the theater just yet and “Mulan” is also faltering in its China release as the global box office comes back online in the COVID-19 era. In the second major weekend for U.S. and Canadian movie theaters, Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet” earned only $6.7 million from 2,910 locations according to studio estimates Sunday. Warner Bros’ sci-fi thriller was viewed as the major litmus test for whether audiences were ready t
  
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• Latest: Red flag warning issued for southwest Oregon

  13-09-2020 20:37
  
  The Latest on wildfires in the U.S. West (all times local):
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  SALEM, Ore. — The National Weather Service issued a red flag warning for southwest Oregon on Sunday, citing dry weather and “strong gusty” winds.The weather service said that the wind, humidity and fire danger will “likely contribute to a significant spread of new and existing fires.”
  Gusts of wind are expected to reach up to 40 mph (64 kph).
  The warning is in effect until 9 p.m. Sunday
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• Battle on to save Brazil’s tropical wetlands from flames

  13-09-2020 20:25
  
  BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — A vast swath of a vital wetlands is burning in Brazil, sweeping across several national parks and obscuring the sun behind dense smoke. Preliminary figures from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro indicate that nearly 5,800 square miles (1.5 million hectares) have burned since the start of August. That’s an expanse comparable to the area consumed by the historic blazes now afflicting California. It’s also well beyond the previous fire season record
  
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• The Latest: Israel clamps down again to fight COVID-19 surge

  13-09-2020 20:17
  
  JERUSALEM — Israel will reinstate a strict new countrywide lockdown this week amid a stubborn surge in coronavirus cases.
  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made the announcement in a televised speech Sunday.
  Beginning Friday, the eve of the Jewish New Year, schools, restaurants, malls and hotels among other businesses will shut down and restrictions on movement will be imposed. The lockdown is expected to last at least three weeks, when measures may be eased depending on morbidity.
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• Israel to set new nationwide lockdown as virus cases surge

  13-09-2020 20:04
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel will reinstate a strict countrywide lockdown this week amid a stubborn surge in coronavirus cases. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made the announcement in a televised speech Sunday. Beginning Friday, the eve of the Jewish New Year, schools, restaurants, malls and hotels among other businesses will shut down and restrictions on movement will be imposed. The lockdown is expected to last at least three weeks, when measures may be eased depending on morbidity. Israel
  
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• Latest: Parts of Oregon face unusually hazardous air quality

  13-09-2020 20:03
  
  The Latest on wildfires in the U.S. West (all times local):
  11 a.m.SALEM, Ore. — People in central and northeast Oregon, including in Eugene, Portland and Salem, continued to face hazardous air quality Sunday.
  The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality reported Air Quality Index numbers that were off the chart.
  Air Quality Index is considered hazardous between 301 and 500. Portland’s index is currently at 426.Values above 500 — which two cities, Madras and Roseburg both rep
  
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• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces new countrywide lockdown starting Friday amid surge in virus cases.

  13-09-2020 19:59
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces new countrywide lockdown starting Friday amid surge in virus cases.The post Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces new countrywide lockdown starting Friday amid surge in virus cases. appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Latest: California firefighters brace for shift in weather

  13-09-2020 19:55
  
  The Latest on wildfires in the U.S. West (all times local):
  10:55 a.m.
  LOS ANGELES — Firefighters in California are bracing for a shift in weather that could bring stronger winds Monday and stoke dozens of fires still raging across the state.Red flag warnings are already in place because of gusty winds and low humidity across Northern California, adding urgency to the battle against more than two dozen fires across the state.More than 16,750 firefighters were doing battle with fires that h
  
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• New Mexico State Police officer shot; Arizona man arrested

  13-09-2020 19:51
  
  LAGUNA, N.M. (AP) — Authorities say an Arizona man has been arrested for allegedly shooting and wounding a New Mexico State Police officer. Police say the female officer suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was treated at a hospital and released. They say 28-year-old Robert Benjamin Nelson of Scottsdale was booked into the Cibola County Detention Center on suspicion of attempted murder, aggravated battery upon peace officer, shooting from a motor vehicle and resisting, evading or obs
  
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• Sheriff: Deputy on video punching Black man in Georgia fired

  13-09-2020 19:45
  
  JONESBORO, Ga. (AP) — A sheriff’s office in Georgia says it has fired a deputy seen on video repeatedly punching a Black man during a traffic stop. The Clayton County Sheriff’s Office said Sunday the deputy was fired for using excessive force. It did not identify the deputy. It said a criminal investigation has been turned over the district attorney’s office. According to his attorney, twenty-six-year-old Roderick Walker was arrested and beaten after Clayton County sherif
  
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• Sheriff in Georgia says deputy fired for “excessive use of force” during arrest of Black man

  13-09-2020 19:39
  
  JONESBORO, Ga. (AP) — Sheriff in Georgia says deputy fired for “excessive use of force” during arrest of Black man.The post Sheriff in Georgia says deputy fired for “excessive use of force” during arrest of Black man appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• North America box office remains muted as ‘Tenet’ tops again

  13-09-2020 19:26
  
  Audiences in North America are not rushing back to the theater just yet. In the second major weekend for U.S. and Canadian movie theaters, Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet” earned only $6.7 million from 2,910 locations according to studio estimates Sunday. Although it is enough to top the charts, it also isn’t enough to jumpstart the struggling domestic exhibition industry. Warner Bros’ sci-fi thriller was viewed as the major litmus test for whether audiences were ready t
  
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• Bernie Sanders: Biden win in November is no ‘slam dunk’

  13-09-2020 19:16
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Bernie Sanders is warning that if onetime rival Joe Biden doesn’t do more to promote his policies and reach out to Latino voters, the Democratic presidential nominee is at risk of falling short to President Donald Trump this November. Sanders has made the warnings in public and private in recent days. Sanders left the primary race in the spring and has worked to shift Biden to the left on key issues. He told PBS on Friday: “Am I here to tell you absolutely, th
  
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• Central American refugees stopped by Trump, then by pandemic

  13-09-2020 18:59
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Because of the coronavirus pandemic, only about 338 of the 2,700 Central Americans approved to come to the U.S. through a small refugee program have been able to travel. President Donald Trump has shut down the program, but a judge said those already cleared could travel. After years of waiting, the refugees have faced more delays as the pandemic grounded flights, canceled interviews and closed clinics that conduct needed medical exams. Once in the U.S., they must keep reapply
  
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• Coronavirus complicates wildfire evacuations on West Coast

  13-09-2020 18:50
  
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Tens of thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes as destructive wildfires roar across the West Coast. That could lead to historic numbers of people turning to shelters in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. Experts don’t know what the impact will be on public health. The head of the National Disaster Preparedness Training Center says people are scrambling to make sure evacuations are done safely and there’s not much research on the issue.
  
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• ASU president alleges some bars violating COVID-19 protocols

  13-09-2020 18:45
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona State University President Michael Crow alleges several restaurant-bars near the school’s Tempe campus have violated the safety protocols businesses must abide by to operate amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. The Arizona Republic reported Sunday that Crow sent a letter to Arizona Department of Health Services Director Dr. Cara Christ and the head of the state Department of Liquor Licenses and Control about the alleged violations by some Mill Avenue eating and drinki
  
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• Desperately fleeing the burning hills in Northern California

  13-09-2020 18:35
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A fast-moving fire in Northern California quickly overwhelmed tiny mountain communities in the Sierra Nevada foothills. Misty Spires hooked a fire hose to a hydrant in a desperate attempt to defend her house and her boyfriend’s businesses. She and others later fled to a muddy sandbar to flee the flames. The fire surprised firefighters by how quickly it spread. Firefighters rushed to rescue more than 100 people on Tuesday and Wednesday. But they couldn’
  
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• Florida city repeals 13-year ban on saggy pants

  13-09-2020 18:34
  
  OPA-LOCKA, Fla. (AP) — After 13 years, a South Florida city has overturned a ban on “saggy pants” — bottoms that reveal the wearer’s underwear. The Opa-locka City Commission voted Wednesday on a 4-1 vote to repeal both the original 2007 legislation and a 2013 ordinance that said women, not just men, could receive civil citations for wearing pants that exposed their undergarments. Some commissioners said they felt the ordinance disproportionately affected young, Afri
  
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• Death toll from wildfires reaches 33 on the West Coast–copy

  13-09-2020 18:33
  
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The death toll from the wildfires raging on the West Coast stands at least 33, with authorities saying nearly all of the dozens of people reported missing after a devastating blaze in southern Oregon have been accounted for.
  The flames have destroyed neighborhoods, leaving a barren, gray landscape in their wake, driven tens of thousands of people from their homes and cast a shroud of smoke over the region.
  The crisis has come amid the coronavirus outbreak, the economic d
  
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• Authorities seek 6 seen near fire at historic SC structure

  13-09-2020 18:30
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Authorities are looking for six people captured on surveillance video around the time an early morning fire devastated an iconic building in South Carolina’s capital city. The Columbia Police Department released the images on Saturday of the people and a red pickup truck captured near a fire at the Dr. James Woods Babcock Building, part of a shuttered former mental health asylum that was slated to be converted into a luxury housing development. Officials say mor
  
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• Belarus protests enter 6th week, still demand leader resign

  13-09-2020 18:26
  
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — More than 100,000 demonstrators calling for the authoritarian president’s resignation marched in the Belarusian capital as the daily protests that have gripped the nation entered their sixth week. Many in Sunday’s crowd, which the human rights group Viasna estimated as numbering more than 150,000, carried placards critical of Russia. That reflected concerns about President Alexander Lukashenko’s planned meeting Monday with Russian President Vladimir P
  
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• Navajo Nation reports 15 new COVID-19 cases, but no deaths

  13-09-2020 18:25
  
  WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation health officials have reported 15 new confirmed cases of coronavirus, but no deaths for the third time in six days. The latest numbers increase the total number of people infected to 9,969 with the known death toll remaining at 530 as of Saturday night. Tribal health officials reported one new coronavirus case Monday and no additional deaths for the first time since March. They also reported no deaths on Wednesday. They said 99,153 people have been t
  
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• Whistleblower’s claims on Russian interference fit pattern

  13-09-2020 18:01
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A whistleblower’s allegation that he was pressured to suppress intelligence about Russian election interference is one in a series of similar accounts from former Trump administration officials. The issue underscores lingering sensitivity within the White House about the Kremlin’s role in 2016 and raises questions about the willingness to acknowledge the seriousness of the threat this year. There’s no question the administration has taken actions to coun
  
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• Uganda, Tanzania agree to build long heated oil pipeline

  13-09-2020 18:00
  
  KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The leaders of Uganda and Tanzania have signed an agreement for the construction of what they say will be the world’s longest heated oil pipeline, linking Uganda’s planned oil fields in the country’s west to the Indian Ocean port of Tanga. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and President John Magufuli of Tanzania signed the “host and implementation agreement” Sunday in the remote Tanzanian town of Chato. Ugandan authorities said construct
  
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• Driver stabbed in German town, police probe motive

  13-09-2020 17:58
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Police say an assailant has stabbed the driver of a car in western Germany and investigators aren’t ruling out an Islamic extremist motive. Shortly after midnight, the unidentified assailant opened the door of a car that was driving slowly through Stolberg, near Aachen and close to the Belgian border. Police said on Twitter that he stabbed the driver, who sustained wounds to the arm and later underwent an operation. Police said the injuries weren’t life-threatenin
  
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• Death toll from wildfires reaches 33 on the West Coast

  13-09-2020 17:58
  
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The death toll from the wildfires raging on the West Coast stands at least 33, with authorities saying nearly all of the dozens of people reported missing after a devastating blaze in southern Oregon have been accounted for. The flames have destroyed neighborhoods, leaving a barren, gray landscape in their wake, driven tens of thousands of people from their homes and cast a shroud of smoke over the region. The crisis has come amid the coronavirus outbreak, the economic d
  
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• Arizona reports 384 more COVID-19 cases, 7 additional deaths

  13-09-2020 17:53
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona health officials report 384 more confirmed coronavirus cases and seven additional deaths amid continued slowing in the coronavirus outbreak in the state. The additional cases increased the statewide total to 208,512 and the known death toll to 5,322 as of Sunday. COVID-19-related hospitalization metrics reported by the Arizona Department of Health Services continued to drop, a trend that began in July after the state became a national hot spot in June. Johns Hopkins
  
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• Austria’s leader: 2nd wave of virus has begun, use caution

  13-09-2020 17:47
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Austria’s leader says his country is seeing the start of a “second wave” of coronavirus infections. He appealed to his compatriots on Sunday to comply with newly reinforced rules to keep down new cases and suggested that companies keep employees working from home if possible. Austria had a relatively successful first phase of the pandemic but has joined other European countries in seeing a rise in infections in recent weeks. That included 869 new infections
  
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• Latest: Most missing now accounted for in Oregon blaze

  13-09-2020 17:32
  
  The Latest on wildfires in the U.S. West (all times local):
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  MEDFORD, Ore. — Authorities say almost all of the people listed as missing from a deadly wildfire in southern Oregon have been accounted for.
  Late Saturday, the Jackson County Sheriff’s office said that four people had died in the Almeda Fire that burned in the Ashland area.Authorities earlier this week said as many as 50 people could be missing from the blaze, but now say the number of people unaccounted for is do
  
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• The Latest: COVID cases rising again in Britain

  13-09-2020 17:30
  
  LONDON — The U.K., which has suffered Europe’s deadliest coronavirus outbreak, has recorded more than 3,000 new cases of COVID-19 for the third day running for the first time since May.
  The Department for Health and Social Services reported a further 3,330 cases on Sunday, taking the three-day tally above 10,000.
  Though a ramp up in testing accounts for some of the increase, it’s clear that the U.K. has seen the virus spread in recent weeks. Daily cases are more than double tho
  
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• VRBO bans 1-night rentals in Arizona, cites large gatherings

  13-09-2020 17:25
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — The VRBO vacation rental site say it is implementing a months-long ban on one-night rentals in Arizona in response to concerns over large gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Arizona Republic reports that the single-night rental ban will run through January and was disclosed in a letter Tuesday to Gov. Doug Ducey. The letter said the site’s parent company, Expedia Group, plans to develop long-term steps to help eliminate large gatherings through changes in the
  
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