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• Venezuela: captured US spy charged in alleged terrorist plot

  14-09-2020 23:59
  
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s chief prosecutor says a U.S. citizen arrested as a suspected spy has been charged with plotting a terrorist attack to sabotage oil refineries and electrical service. Tarek William Saab on Monday said Matthew John Heath had help from at least three Venezuelan conspirators. President Nicolás Maduro announced the capture days earlier, saying the suspected mercenary had been a U.S. Marine, who worked for the CIA in Iraq. The prosecutor appeare
  
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• Easing fires not as simple as climate change vs. forest work

  14-09-2020 23:59
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Deadly West Coast wildfires are dividing President Donald Trump and the states’ Democratic leaders over how to prevent blazes from becoming more frequent and destructive. But scientists say it’s not as simple as blaming either climate change or the way land is managed. The governors of California, Oregon and Washington have all said global warming is priming forests for wildfires as they become hotter and drier. But during a visit Monday to California,
  
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• EPA sides with farmers on ethanol, rejects refinery waivers

  14-09-2020 23:45
  
  Federal regulators have handed a victory to corn farmers by refusing to allow a group of petroleum refiners in 14 states to forego requirements to blend ethanol into the gasoline they make. Members of Congress from farm states have heavily lobbied President Donald Trump to reject the waiver requests for months. Those representing oil producing states supported the waivers which were originally designed to help small refineries but were also granted by EPA in recent years to larger refineries. Th
  
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• Democrats to probe whether officials meddled with CDC data

  14-09-2020 23:45
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A House subcommittee examining President Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic is launching an investigation into reports that political appointees have meddled with routine government scientific data to better align with Trump’s public statements. The Democrat-led subcommittee says it is requesting transcribed interviews with seven officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Department of Health and Human Services. 
  
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• Texas man gets federal prison for Masters golf ticket scheme

  14-09-2020 23:42
  
  AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia man has been sentenced to more than two years in federal prison after pleading guilty to a scheme that used stolen identities to obtain tickets the Masters golf tournament. Federal prosecutors say Stephen Michael Freeman of Athens and his family then sold those tickets for a profit. Freeman and three relatives from Texas were sentenced Monday by a U.S. District Court judge in Augusta, the home of the storied golf tournament. Federal prosecutors said the family
  
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• Oracle and TikTok struck a deal. What it is, none will say

  14-09-2020 23:38
  
  The short-video app TikTok has chosen Oracle as its corporate savior to avoid a U.S. ban ordered by President Donald Trump. The U.S. government will review the prospective deal. That much is known. Everything else is confusion, at least to outsiders. Will the U.S. and Chinese companies form a joint venture, or is Oracle just acquiring TikTok as a customer? Will President Trump like this arrangement? Will it avert Trump’s attempt to ban TikTok? Does it address the national-security concerns
  
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• Judge Jamie Grosshans nominated for Florida Supreme Court

  14-09-2020 23:38
  
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has nominated Judge Jamie Grosshans for the Florida Supreme Court following a dispute with the state’s highest court over a previous appointee’s eligibility. DeSantis announced the nomination Monday evening to comply with the Supreme Court’s deadline. The court ruled Friday that DeSantis exceeded his authority by appointing a constitutionally ineligible judge to the high court and told him to pick another judge for the po
  
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• Prescott Valley police defend canine use in traffic arrest

  14-09-2020 23:28
  
  PRESCOTT VALLEY, Ariz. (AP) — Police on Monday justified the use of an attack dog on a suspect who appeared on a police body cam video to be complying with officers. The Prescott Valley Police Department said Monday that the use of the canine was necessary during the May arrest of 28-year-old Alfredo Saldivar. Officers say Saldivar had been stopped after driving erratically and at high speeds. Police say he hesitated before obeying orders to stand up when the dog attacked. The video has be
  
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• Longtime San Francisco benefactor Ann Getty dies at 79

  14-09-2020 23:18
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Longtime benefactor of the arts and culture in San Francisco Ann Getty died Monday. She was 79. Her husband says she died of a heart attack. A native of Wheatland, California, Ann Getty and her husband Gordon Getty, an oil heir and billionaire philanthropist, were a regular presence of San Francisco’s upper-crust society circles. Her family says Ann Getty dedicated her life to the fields of anthropology, publishing, interior design, and early childhood developmen
  
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• Florence Howe, co-founder of Feminist Press, dead at 91

  14-09-2020 23:18
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The co-founder of the Feminist Press and an architect of women’s studies programs has died. Florence Howe was 91. Howe, an activist and educator, helped revive such acclaimed and influential works as Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wall-Paper” and Rebecca Harding Davis’ “Life in the Iron Mills.” The Feminist Press would prove an invaluable resource and ally for the emerging Second Wave feminist movement, and for the emerging
  
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• The Latest: Quarantine ordered for Michigan State students

  14-09-2020 23:16
  
  LANSING, Mich. — A Michigan county has ordered a two-week quarantine for 23 fraternities and sororities and seven large rental houses near Michigan State University following a coronavirus outbreak that a local health official said was turning into a “crisis.”
  The mandatory quarantine, ordered Monday, means students or others living in the buildings cannot leave except for medical care or necessities that cannot be delivered.
  Ingham County Health Officer Linda Vail acted two da
  
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• Rochester police chief out in fallout over Prude death

  14-09-2020 23:11
  
  ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren has fired the police chief and suspended her top lawyer and communications director in the continuing upheaval over the suffocation death of Daniel Prude. Chief Le’Ron Singletary announced his retirement last week as part of a major shakeup of the city’s police leadership but said he would stay on through the end of the month. Instead, Warren said at a news conference that she had permanently relieved him while suspending Cor
  
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• Judge weighs ordering changes to Georgia’s election system

  14-09-2020 23:11
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge is considering whether to order Georgia to make changes to the way elections are run in the state with seven weeks to go before November’s general election. As a three-day hearing on the activists requests for immediate changes ended Monday, U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg did not indicate when she would rule. Questions she asked throughout the hearing and during the lawyers’ closing statements seemed to indicate that she was open to ordering at
  
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• Tennessee death row inmate claims intellectual disability

  14-09-2020 23:10
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee death row inmate is asking a federal judge to postpone his December execution, arguing that he is intellectually disabled. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that executing an intellectually disabled person violates the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment. In a court filing on Monday, attorneys for Pervis Payne argue that in Tennessee there is no procedure that will allow Payne to bring his claim of intellectual disability
  
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• Netflix’s ‘Cuties’ becomes target of politicized backlash

  14-09-2020 23:09
  
  The backlash to the French independent film “Mignonnes,” or “Cuties,” started before it had even been released because of a poster that went viral for its provocative depiction of its young female actors. But the spotlight has only intensified since the film became available on Netflix last week and it has become the target of heightened politicized outrage from members of Congress, including Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, and others online calling for subscribers to #CancelNetf
  
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• Hobby Lobby to raise its minimum wage

  14-09-2020 22:59
  
  Hobby Lobby store, Photo Date: December 2008
  OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma (KVOA) - Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., is raising its minimum full-time hourly wage to $17 starting next month.
  The pay increase will take effect on Oct. 1.In 2014, the retailer raised its full-time minimum hourly wage to $15.
  “Because this year has presented so many challenges to our employees, we are very happy that we are able to provide pay increases to thousands of our associates before the Christmas season,” said
  
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• Damage reported as ‘Paulette’ makes rare landfall in Bermuda

  14-09-2020 22:57
  
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Paulette knocked down trees and power lines across Bermuda as it made a rare landfall in the wealthy British territory and strengthened into a Category 2 storm while still over the island. Government officials said they would not know the full extent of damage until Tuesday given that it would already be dark by the time weather conditions improve on Monday. Fewer than 10 hurricanes have made landfall on the tiny island in the middle of the Atlantic s
  
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• Sally strengthens to an extremely dangerous Category 2 hurricane with 100-mph winds

  14-09-2020 22:52
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Sally strengthens to an extremely dangerous Category 2 hurricane with 100-mph winds.The post Sally strengthens to an extremely dangerous Category 2 hurricane with 100-mph winds appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Legal advocates line up on both sides of Bill Cosby’s appeal

  14-09-2020 22:33
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Legal advocates are lining up on both sides of actor Bill Cosby’s appeal as the Pennsylvania Supreme Court prepares to review his 2018 sex assault conviction. Cosby was the first celebrity to go on trial in the #MeToo era, and his appeal could resolve lingering questions about how they should be tried. One key issue for the state’s high court is how many other accusers should be allowed to testify against a defendant before their accounts verge on character
  
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• Trump spurns science on climate: ‘Don’t think science knows’

  14-09-2020 22:32
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — With the smell of California wildfires in the air, President Donald Trump on Monday ignored the scientific consensus that climate change is playing a central role. He reiterated his unfounded claim that poor forest management is to blame for the fires roaring up and down the West Coast. The fires are threatening to become another front in Trump’s reelection bid, which is already facing hurdles because of the coronavirus pandemic, joblessness and social unres
  
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• Tennessee convict pleads guilty in Holly Bobo murder case

  14-09-2020 22:29
  
  SAVANNAH, Tenn. (AP) — A convicted felon pleaded guilty Monday to taking part in the killing of Tennessee nursing student Holly Bobo more than nine years ago, but he is expected to be released soon as part of a deal with prosecutors. Hardin County Judge C. Creed McGinley sentenced Jason Autry to eight years in prison after Autry pleaded guilty to solicitation to commit murder and facilitation of especially aggravated kidnapping. Autry’s lawyer says he is getting credit for time serve
  
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• Wildfires raise fight over climate change as Trump visits

  14-09-2020 22:28
  
  BEAVERCREEK, Ore. (AP) — Leaders in the Democratic-led West Coast states and President Donald Trump have clashed over the role of climate change as wildfires race through the region. Trump visited California on Monday for a fire briefing, where he again blamed poor forest management for the flames. The governors of California, Oregon and Washington state have said the fires are a consequence of climate change. The blazes have killed at least 35 people, destroyed neighborhoods and enveloped
  
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• Nominations open for 2020 Man and Woman of the Year award

  14-09-2020 22:28
  
  Greater Tucson Leadership2019 Tucson Woman of the Year: Barbi ReuterTUCSON (KVOA) - Do you know someone who has made a difference in our community?Greater Tucson Leadership is now accepting nominations for the 2020 Man and Woman of the Year award.
  Nominations are open until Oct. 2 at 5 p.m.NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR OUR 2020 MAN AND WOMAN OF THE YEAR, FOUNDERS, AND GTL ALUMNI OF EXCELLENCE AWARDS!...Posted by Greater Tucson Leadership on Wednesday, August 12, 2020
  Nominations must be acc
  
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• Protesters gather outside Trump campaign event in Phoenix

  14-09-2020 22:27
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Demonstrators supporting and opposing Donald Trump have gathered outside a Phoenix resort where the president is scheduled to court Latino voters. A few dozen Trump supporter and a smaller number of critics were gathered Monday on opposite sides of the entrance to the Arizona Grand Resort at the foot of South Mountain Park in Ahwatukee. Arizona was long a Republican stronghold but Democrats have made inroads and it is now a top battleground. Democrat Joe Biden has said he pl
  
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• Wildfires during pandemic intensify economic pain in West

  14-09-2020 22:24
  
  The fires consuming the forests of California and Oregon and darkening the skies over San Francisco and Portland are also damaging a regional economy already singed by the coronavirus outbreak. Wildfires are destroying property, running up huge losses for property insurers and putting a strain on economic activity along the West Coast that could linger for a year or more. The credit rating agency A.M. Best estimates that insured losses from the blazes in California could top the unprecedented $1
  
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• Arrest warrant issued for neo-Nazi podcaster in lawsuit

  14-09-2020 22:20
  
  A federal judge has issued an arrest warrant for a neo-Nazi podcaster who promoted and attended a white nationalist rally in Virginia that erupted in violence three years ago. U.S. District Judge Norman Moon said Monday that Texas resident Robert “Azzmador” Ray has been in “total disregard” of court orders in a lawsuit against him and other far-right extremists and groups associated with the August 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. Jud
  
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• The Latest: Trump said ‘nothing more’ could be done on virus

  14-09-2020 22:17
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. presidential campaign (all times local):
  4:15 p.m.
  President Donald Trump told journalist Bob Woodward that “nothing more could have been done” in his response to the coronavirus.
  Trump spoke to Woodward in August after he learned the journalist had completed his latest book, “Rage,” to get a better idea of how he would be portrayed. That’s according to CNN, which obtained excerpts of the 10-minute conversation.
  Woodwar
  
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• Board delays final decision on gun ban at Michigan Capitol

  14-09-2020 22:16
  
  LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A board that oversees Michigan’s Capitol building has put off making a final decision about whether to ban guns there. The Michigan State Capitol Commission on Monday voted against two motions to ban all long guns and the open carrying of any gun at the Capitol. Commissioners say they want to meet with lawmakers to discuss funding for enforcement making a final decision. Their vote came more than four months after armed protesters opposed to the governor’s
  
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• Ex-Arizona charter school principal sentenced in fraud case

  14-09-2020 22:14
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — The former principal of a Goodyear charter school has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison and ordered to pay more than $2.5 million in restitution in a fraud case. State prosecutors say Harold Cadiz was sentenced for his role in enrolling fake students to obtain funding from the Arizona Department of Education, the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.  Cadiz worked at the now-closed Bradley Academy of Excellence, a K-8 charter s
  
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• Wall Street posts solid gains after surge in corporate deals

  14-09-2020 22:04
  
  Wall Street ended solidly higher Monday following a burst of big corporate deals. The S&P 500 rose 1.3%, erasing much of its loss from last week. Technology companies led the gains once again. Nvidia jumped after announcing plans to buy fellow chipmaker Arm Holdings, and Oracle climbed after the business software maker beat out Microsoft to become the tech partner of TikTok, the popular video-sharing app based in China. Immunomedics nearly doubled after the cancer drug specialist agreed to b
  
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• Police shoot, kill knife-wielding man, setting off protests

  14-09-2020 22:03
  
  LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — A police officer in Pennsylvania fatally shot a man with a knife during a domestic disturbance call, leading to street protests and vandalism. Police in Lancaster posted the officer’s body camera video on social media. It showed 27-year-old Ricardo Munoz chasing the officer with a knife. Hundreds of people protested outside the police station in the diverse city at the heart of Pennsylvania Amish country. His sister says Munoz was mentally ill. He was also facin
  
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• Officials: 500,000 counterfeit N95 masks seized in Chicago

  14-09-2020 22:02
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Federal officials say about 500,000 counterfeit N95 respirator masks have been seized in Chicago by Customs and Border Protection officers. The agency says the shipment of masks from China were seized Sept. 10 at O’Hare International Airport. Officials say the shipment was headed to a company in Manalapan, New Jersey. The masks are used to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Thirty of the masks were sent to a testing facility where it was determined that 10% of t
  
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• Court: Trump can end temporary legal status for 4 countries

  14-09-2020 22:02
  
  PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — A divided U.S. appeals court has ruled that the Trump administration can end humanitarian protections that have allowed hundreds of thousands of people from El Salvador, Nicaragua, Haiti and Sudan to remain in the United States. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday lifted a preliminary injunction that had blocked the government from ending Temporary Protected Status for people from those four countries. Since 1990, the policy has granted temporary legal s
  
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• Facebook to buy REI’s new headquarters near Seattle

  14-09-2020 22:00
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — Facebook says it will buy REI’s new and never-used surburban Seattle campus for nearly $368 million. The Seattle Times reports the move further consolidates Facebook’s domain in an upscale district east of Interstate 405 in Bellevue. Before the acquisition of the 400,000-square-foot (37,161-square-meter) REI offices, Facebook was already moving to occupy nearly 850,000 square feet (78,968 square meters) in that district. The company, which opened its first Puget
  
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• Florida high court again orders governor to pick new justice

  14-09-2020 21:49
  
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Supreme Court is ordering Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to comply with its order to pick a new Supreme Court justice. Last Friday the court ruled that DeSantis exceeded his autority by appointing a constitutionally ineligible judge to the high court and ordered him to make a new pick by noon Monday. The court issued a second order Monday afternoon after DeSantis apparently failed to comply and told him to respond by 5 p.m. that day. DeSantis pick
  
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• Parents arrested after death of a 22-month-old girl in Yuma

  14-09-2020 21:44
  
  YUMA, Ariz. (AP) — Police in Yuma say the parents of a child have been arrested after the toddler died. They say 39-year-old James Givens and 28-year-old Jamie McBride are jailed on suspicion of first-degree murder. Police say they were called to assist the Yuma Fire Department around 4:45 p.m. Sunday after a report of a nearly 2-year-old girl having difficulty breathing. Authorities say the child was rushed to a Yuma hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Police said the case is under i
  
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• Albanians want children returned from refugee camps in Syria

  14-09-2020 21:44
  
  TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanian family members are protesting, demanding that the government bring back 52 children who have been stuck in Syria because their parents were extremists. Scores of people gathered Monday near the main government building in Tirana, the capital. Some carried placards calling for help, including one that read “Forgotten in Syria, turn our kids back home” — words they also chanted. Years ago a few hundred Albanians joined Islamic terror groups i
  
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• No Halloween, Christmas Peeps this year due to COVID-19 related production halt

  14-09-2020 21:43
  
  (CNN) - Peeps have been paused.The popular candy Peeps won't be in Halloween baskets or Christmas stockings this year due to a coronavirus-related temporary production halt.It gives us one more trick and one less treat here in the back half of what has been a crazy 2020.Just-born-quality confections, the company that makes Peeps, says it suspended production of its candy brands in April to protect its employees' health.As a result, the company says the holiday-themed marshmallow treats won't be
  
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• Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade will not have street spectators this year

  14-09-2020 21:37
  
  NEW YORK (CNN) - Expect some of your holiday traditions to be different this year.The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade definitely won't be the same.New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio announced Monday that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, spectators will not be able to watch the 94th annual parade from the streets.Mayor De Blasio said it will be televised and online.He promised a reimagined version of the iconic holiday event.De Blasio didn't give details but said he will be reviewing the specifics wi
  
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• Texas officer charged with assault in fatal 2019 shooting

  14-09-2020 21:32
  
  Prosecutors say a Texas police officer has been charged with assault for fatally shooting a woman after a struggle over the officer’s stun gun last year. A Harris County grand jury indicted Baytown Officer Juan Delacruz Monday for shooting Pamela Turner in the parking lot of an apartment complex where they both lived in May 2019. Delacruz was charged with aggravated assault by a public servant, a felony that could lead to a sentence of five years to life in prison. Prosecutors said he&rsqu
  
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• Greece: 3 migrants dead, 53 saved after boat sinks off Crete

  14-09-2020 21:31
  
  ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say they three people have died and 53 have been rescued from the sea after a vessel carrying migrants sank off the southern island of Crete. The sinking prompted a large air and sea rescue operation. Efforts continued into Monday evening to locate other people who might be in the water. The coast guard said it was unclear whether anybody was missing, as the survivors were not in a position to give accurate numbers of how many had been on board. A Gr
  
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• The Latest: Trump challenged on climate denial in California

  14-09-2020 21:26
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. presidential campaign (all times local):
  3:25 p.m.
  California Gov. Gavin Newsom says his state can do a better job of forest management, but he tells President Donald Trump that it is “self-evident that climate change is real and that is exacerbating this.”
  Trump and Newsom are participating in a briefing Monday on the deadly fires that have forced thousands of residents out of their homes along the West Coast. Trump has repeatedly disco
  
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• The Latest: South Carolina lieutenant gov contracts COVID-19

  14-09-2020 21:16
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. — Officials in South Carolina say Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette was diagnosed with COVID-19 on Friday, but is recovering in isolation with her family at home.
  Brian Symmes, the spokesman for Gov. Henry McMaster, said Monday that Evette had a sore throat and headache and was tested for the virus. She has stayed at her family’s home near Greenville since noting the symptoms on Thursday.
  Evette’s positive test prompted McMaster and his wife to get COVID-19 tests, which bot
  
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• Biden assembles legal team ahead of divisive 2020 election

  14-09-2020 21:12
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is assembling a team of top lawyers in anticipation of court challenges to the election process that could ultimately determine who wins the race for the White House. The legal war room will work to ensure that elections are properly administered and votes correctly counted. It will also combat voter suppression at the polls, identify foreign interference and misinformation, and educate voters on the methods available for casting
  
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• Poland criticized in EU Parliament over courts, LGBT rights

  14-09-2020 21:04
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s conservative government has come under criticism in the European Parliament, where some lawmakers called for it to lose European Union funding over its rule of law record and discrimination against LGBT people. The parliament was discussing a new report on fundamental rights in Poland. One Spanish lawmaker said Poland appears to be moving away from European fundamental values, and called the situation “extremely concerning.” The report will
  
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• Deputy won’t be charged in Missouri woman’s shooting death

  14-09-2020 21:04
  
  LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — A sheriff’s deputy who shot and killed a Missouri woman after a traffic stop will not be charged in her death. A special prosecutor who investigated the June 13 shooting of Hannah Fizer of Sedalia said Monday the Pettis County Deputy had reasonable belief that he was in danger. But prosecutor Stephen Sokoloff also wrote it appeared it might have been possible for the deputy to avoid the shooting but under Missouri law that does not warrant criminal charges. The de
  
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• In "Last-Ditch Effort," UA and Pima County Health Department Recommend Two-Week Quarantine for Students in High-Transmissibility Area

  14-09-2020 21:01
  
  University of Arizona President Dr. Robert Robbins and Pima County Public Health Director Dr. Theresa Cullen today announced they are recommending a 14-day quarantine for students living on and off campus within a geographical boundary they have identified as showing high transmission of the novel coronavirus. Robbins said this is a “last ditch” effort to get students to follow public health directives before they have to take more drastic measures. Robbins gave off a frustrated tone
  
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• Federal charges filed against 2 on eve of Trump visit

  14-09-2020 21:00
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Federal prosecutors have announced charges in two Philadelphia gun cases, saying local prosecution of the men was too lenient. U.S. Attorney William McSwain announced federal charges Monday against the two men at a news conference outside federal court in Philadelphia and outlined a list of 10 other cases he said District Attorney Larry Krasner had mishandled with lenient prosecutions or “sweetheart” plea deals. The charges and the news conference came on th
  
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• South Carolina’s lieutenant governor contracts COVID-19

  14-09-2020 20:57
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s lieutenat governor has been diagnosed with COVID-19. Officials say Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette had a sore throat and headache Thursday and was tested for the virus, receiving the positive result a day later.  She has stayed at her family’s home near Greenville since noting the symptoms and is feeling better now. Officials say two of Evette’s staff members and some of her security detail are also isolating as a precaution but have not
  
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• Officials say South Carolina Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette has been diagnosed with COVID-19 and is in isolation at home

  14-09-2020 20:56
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Officials say South Carolina Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette has been diagnosed with COVID-19 and is in isolation at home.The post Officials say South Carolina Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette has been diagnosed with COVID-19 and is in isolation at home appeared first on KVOA.
  
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