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• Lawsuit: ‘Cheer’ star Jerry Harris sexually solicited minors

  15-09-2020 23:59
  
  FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Twin boys in Texas say in a lawsuit that beginning when they were 13, “Cheer” star Jerry Harris sent them sexually explicit photos and videos of himself. USA TODAY, which first reported the allegations, said Monday that multiple sources told the newspaper that the FBI was investigating accusations that Harris solicited sexually explicit photos and sex from minors. The lawsuit filed Monday in Texas against Harris and three cheer organizations says that t
  
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• First female police chief of Arizona city has resigned

  15-09-2020 23:58
  
  TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The first female police chief in Tempe, Arizona, is stepping down next month after more than four years on the job. City officials announced Tuesday that Sylvia Moir’s resignation is effective Oct. 25.  The reason for her departure wasn’t disclosed, but Mayor Corey Woods previously announced he will convene a new Public Safety Advisory Board this fall.  He said it will include a wide representation of community members and will examine data, polici
  
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• Arizona prosecutors charge Uber backup driver with negligent homicide in first autonomous vehicle fatality

  15-09-2020 23:57
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona prosecutors charge Uber backup driver with negligent homicide in first autonomous vehicle fatality.The post Arizona prosecutors charge Uber backup driver with negligent homicide in first autonomous vehicle fatality appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Police leaders pressed Rochester to keep Prude video secret

  15-09-2020 23:55
  
  Newly released emails show Rochester police commanders urged city officials to hold off on publicly releasing body camera footage of Daniel Prude’s suffocation death because they feared violent blowback if the video came out during nationwide protests over the police killing of George Floyd. Deputy Chief Mark Simmons cited the “current climate” in the city and the nation in a June 4 email to then-Chief La’ron Singletary calling for city lawyers to deny a Prude family lawy
  
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• Town settles lawsuit over nixed Orthodox Jewish expansion

  15-09-2020 23:48
  
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — An agreement has been reached in a federal lawsuit over a New Jersey town’s denial of an Orthodox Jewish group’s plans to expand its house of worship. The U.S. attorney’s office in New Jersey sued Woodcliff Lake in 2018, alleging the town illegally blocked the group from buying additional property or expanding its existing building. The town denied the allegations and claimed the group’s plans failed to meet zoning requirements. If the agreement
  
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• Harris, home in California, gets a look at wildfire damage

  15-09-2020 23:46
  
  AUBERRY, Calif. (AP) — California Sen. Kamala Harris says partisan ideology shouldn’t govern leaders’ responses to wildfires and climate change ravaging her home state. Her Tuesday remarks came as she toured fire damage in a small foothill community hit by a wildfire sparked in the Sierra National Forest over Labor Day weekend. It was her first visit to California as the Democratic vice presidential nominee. Her trip came a day after President Donald Trump visited the state and
  
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• Winds kick up century old volcanic ash in Alaska

  15-09-2020 23:44
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — While western U.S. states were suffering from hazy red skies from wildfires, Alaska on Monday was dealing with an air quality problem born a century ago. Strong southerly winds picked up loose ash from the 1912 volcanic eruption, sending an ash cloud about 4,000 feet into the sky. There were no reports of ashfall in nearby communities near Katmai National Park, famous as the location where brown bears stand in the Brooks River and catch salmon. Pilots were warned a
  
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• Nurse claims questionable mass hysterectomies at Georgia ICE facility

  15-09-2020 23:42
  
  OCILLA, Ga. (AP) — A nurse at an immigration detention center in Georgia says authorities performed questionable hysterectomies, refused to test detainees for COVID-19 and shredded medical records.Advocacy group Project South has filed a complaint with the Homeland Security Department's internal watchdog that relies heavily on the nurse's words.Dawn Wooten calls a gynecologist who works outside the facility “the uterus collector.”
  She says she saw a sick-call nurse shred a box
  
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• Attorney: US deports woman who alleged sex assault by guards

  15-09-2020 23:41
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — An immigrant woman who accused guards of sexually assaulting her at a detention center has been deported, weeks after she was interviewed by investigators. Attorney Linda Corchado told the El Paso Times that the woman was deported to Mexico on Monday, just under a month after the woman underwent a five-hour interview. The woman has alleged guards at the El Paso Processing Center forcibly kissed her and targeted her in places where they could not be seen by security cameras.
  
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• Search to resume for mass graves of Tulsa massacre victims

  15-09-2020 23:32
  
  TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A committee overseeing the search for mass graves of victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre has agreed to search two more locations in a cemetery where a search earlier this year failed to uncover human remains. The Public Oversight Committee for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Graves Investigation agreed Monday to search the areas in the city’s Oaklawn Cemetery where an eight-day search ended in July with no discovery of remains. One area is when a then-10-year-old
  
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• Minnesota calls on Trump, Biden to follow virus guidelines

  15-09-2020 23:32
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has urged the campaigns of Donald Trump and Joe Biden to abide by the state’s guidelines for slowing the  coronavirus when they visit Minnesota on Friday. Trump may be running as the “law and order” candidate, but that hasn’t stopped him and his campaign from openly defying state emergency orders as he holds rallies in battleground states. Trump has a rally scheduled for Friday in Bemidji. Biden’s campaign has no
  
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• Suspected Arson at Putney’s Bar

  15-09-2020 23:30
  
  The storage shed of Putney’s Pitstop Sports Bar and Grill, located at 6090 N Oracle Rd, was set ablaze in a suspected arson fire in the early hours of Tuesday.Owner Fernando Gomez said his security cameras show a male wearing a black hood and COVID mask pouring gasoline on the business’ storage-shed and then placing two Duralogs under the wooden fence surrounding the bar's patio. A quick flick of the wrist ignited a match and the structure went up in flames.Gomez suspects the arson&
  
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• Arson suspected at Putney’s Bar

  15-09-2020 23:30
  
  The storage shed of Putney’s Pitstop Sports Bar and Grill, located at 6090 N Oracle Rd, was set ablaze in a suspected arson fire in the early hours of Tuesday.Owner Fernando Gomez said his security cameras show a male wearing a black hood and COVID mask pouring gasoline on the business’ storage-shed and then placing two Duralogs under the wooden fence surrounding the bar's patio. A quick flick of the wrist ignited a match and the structure went up in flames.Gomez suspects the arson&r
  
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• FBI says a person has been taken into custody after a federal officer was shot outside the US courthouse in Phoenix

  15-09-2020 23:25
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — FBI says a person has been taken into custody after a federal officer was shot outside the US courthouse in Phoenix.The post FBI says a person has been taken into custody after a federal officer was shot outside the US courthouse in Phoenix appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Michigan Catholic priest compared BLM to 9/11 attackers

  15-09-2020 23:23
  
  DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — The pastor of a Roman Catholic church in suburban Detroit is apologizing after a fellow priest likened Black Lives Matter to the people responsible for the 9/11 attacks. The Rev. Paul Graney used a weekend homily to rail against BLM, whose goal is to eradicate systemic racism and to oppose violence against Black people. Graney is a priest at Church of the Divine Child in Dearborn. Graney says BLM is “anti-family” and “evil.” The Rev. Bob McCab
  
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• Arizona National Weather Service picks up spooky oddity on radar ahead of Halloween season

  15-09-2020 23:20
  
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  TUCSON (KVOA) - With 2020 presenting plenty of oddities so far, it is only natural that the Halloween season hits Arizona with an extra dose of spookiness.On Sunday, the National Weather Service observed a strange wave of radar returns in the Phoenix the area between 6 to 7 p.m.While Arizonans may have initially thought these bleeps were just indications of the rainy weather they hoped for all monsoon, those who were courageous enough to look up at the sky saw something
  
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• Men on motorcycles accused of harassing Yellowstone bison

  15-09-2020 23:16
  
  YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — Two brothers accused of riding motorcycles off-road and harassing bison in Yellowstone National Park have pleaded not guilty. Twenty-five-year-old Dallin McAllister, of Provo, Utah, and 36-year-old Tyler McAllister, of Gilbert, Arizona, entered the pleas Monday in federal court. Each is charged with operating a motor vehicle in prohibited areas and feeding, touching, teasing, frightening or intentionally disturbing wildlife. Yellowstone officials say
  
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• The Latest: Oklahoma inmate deaths likely linked to COVID-19

  15-09-2020 23:14
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma State Department of Corrections says two more state prison inmates have died, and the deaths could be linked to COVID-19.
  The department reported late Monday that one inmate was hospitalized after testing positive for the coronavirus. The other was being treated for symptoms of COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus.The state medical examiner will determine the causes of deaths of these two men plus two more inmates who may have died from COVID-19 since the
  
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• Prosecutors: New Jersey man admits he tried to aid Hamas

  15-09-2020 23:14
  
  NEWARK. N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey man who authorities said sought to aid the Islamic militant group Hamas and threatened to “shoot everybody” at an unspecified pro-Israel demonstration has pleaded guilty to a federal charge. Jonathan Xie now faces up to 10 years in prison when he’s sentenced Jan. 27. As part of a plea deal reached with federal prosecutors in New Jersey, the 21-year-old pleaded guilty Tuesday to concealing attempts to provide material support to a designate
  
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• Apology, no firing: Official said US scientists hurt Trump

  15-09-2020 23:11
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A Trump health appointee who launched political attacks and allegedly sought to muzzle scientific information is creating new distractions for the White House in its disjointed coronavirus response. Michael Caputo, the top spokesman at Health and Human Services, says on a taxpayer-funded podcast that Democrats don’t want a coronavirus vaccine until after the election to punish President Donald Trump. Over the weekend, media reports said Caputo’s office tried t
  
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• Shooting outside US court in Phoenix wounds federal officer

  15-09-2020 23:08
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities say a drive-by shooting has wounded a federal court security officer outside the U.S. courthouse in downtown Phoenix. Police and the FBI say the officer was taken to a hospital and is expected to recover. A law enforcement official who spoke on the condition of anonymity says the officer works for the U.S. Marshals Service and was struck in their protective vest. Court security officers work under the direction of the U.S. Marshals Service but generally are emplo
  
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• Biden courts Latino voters in 1st trip to Florida as nominee

  15-09-2020 23:08
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Joe Biden has made his first trip to Florida as the Democratic presidential nominee with an urgent mission to boost support among Latinos who could decide the election in one of the nation’s fiercest battleground states.  In a roundtable with veterans in Tampa on Tuesday afternoon, Biden tore into President Donald Trump for his reported remarks referring to fallen soldiers as “suckers” and “losers.” On Tuesday night, Biden will hold a H
  
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• Mizzou journalism school faculty criticize system president

  15-09-2020 23:05
  
  COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — University of Missouri-Columbia Journalism School faculty members are criticizing the university system’s president for actions and comments that they say could discourage dissent. The Columbia Missourian reports that 15 faculty members signed a letter Monday to Mun Choi. It comes after he faced a backlash last week for blocking students on Twitter who criticized the school’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. He unblocked them the next day. He also came
  
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• Georgia’s Williams ducks debate in race for John Lewis’ seat

  15-09-2020 23:01
  
  Atlanta (AP) — State Sen. Nikema Williams has declined a debate against her long-shot Republican opponent in the race for an Atlanta congressional seat previously held by the late Rep. John Lewis. Atlanta Press Club debate organizer Lauri Strauss said Tuesday that Williams’ campaign informed organizers she won’t participate in an Oct. 12 virtual debate against Republican Angela Stanton-King. Williams’ campaign has not responded to calls, texts or an email requesting comme
  
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• No Tricks, Pre-Packaged Treats: Health Department Announces Halloween Recommendations

  15-09-2020 23:00
  
  It's hardly a surprise to learn that going door-to-door with all your neighbors and collecting candy from communal bowls is a bad idea during a pandemic.The Pima County Health Department today announced recommendations for how to safely enjoy Halloween during COVID-19. They continue to advise against large gatherings in favor of drive-thru events and maintained social distancing.…
  
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• The Latest: Harris: US fire response should be ideology-free

  15-09-2020 22:55
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the 2020 presidential campaign (all times local):
  4:55 p.m.
  Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris says ideology shouldn’t play a role in the U.S. response to wildfires and climate change.
  She didn’t mention President Donald Trump by name on Tuesday, but her remarks came a day after he visited California and again cast doubt on the science behind climate change. He has often sparred with state officials over the response to fires and
  
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• Shooting outside US court in Phoenix wounds security officer

  15-09-2020 22:53
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities say a drive-by shooting has wounded a court security officer outside the federal courthouse in downtown Phoenix. Police say the security officer was taken to a hospital and is expected to recover. A law enforcement official who spoke on the condition of anonymity says the court security officer works for the U.S. Marshals Service and was struck in their protective vest. Court security officers work under the direction of the U.S. Marshals Service but generally ar
  
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• Trump a new regular on ‘Fox & Friends’? Not so fast

  15-09-2020 22:52
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump seemed to surprise the cast of “Fox & Friends” Tuesday by saying he had agreed to be a once-a-week guest on Fox News Channel’s morning show. He said it would be just like old times; Trump did a weekly call-in segment to the show during much of the Obama administration, before he was a presidential candidate. After Trump made the remark, Fox’s Steve Doocy said he hadn’t heard that. And at the end of the 47-minute inter
  
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• Coronavirus deaths in kids echoes toll in adults, CDC says

  15-09-2020 22:50
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A detailed look at COVID-19 deaths in U.S. kids and young adults shows the toll mirrors what’s been seen in older patients. The report released Tuesday examines 121 deaths of those younger than 21, as of the end of July. Like older adults, many of them had one or more medical condition. Deaths among children were also more common among Blacks and Hispanics. The number of deaths are small though. They represent less than 1% of the total U.S. deaths reported to the Cent
  
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• Texas sheriff’s deputy charged with murder of girlfriend

  15-09-2020 22:46
  
  DENTON, Texas (AP) — Police say a North Texas sheriff’s deputy has been arrested and charged with murder and evidence tampering in the death of his girlfriend. Denton police say officers on Monday arrested Tarrant County Sheriff’s deputy Jay Allen Rotter following an investigation into the death last month of the woman with whom he lived. The Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s office identified the woman as 46-year-old Leslie Lynn Hartman. Her manner and cause of death are
  
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• Tucson Meet Yourself “re-frames” itself in unprecedented times

  15-09-2020 22:39
  
  Tucson Meet Yourself TwitterTucson Meet Yourself event. Photo posted Sept. 20, 2017
  TUCSON (KVOA) - The Old Pueblo's beloved 'Tucson Meet Yourself' event is "re-framing" itself to fit in with the times.
  Innovation and adaptation are the keywords to keep the event going this fall. Due to the COVIS-19 pandemic, Tucson Meet Yourself will look a little different this year.
  Instead of being a three-day event, the festival will run throughout the whole month of October.
  Organizers say the event will
  
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• The Latest: Aide says Biden will join Senate Democrats’ call

  15-09-2020 22:37
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the 2020 presidential campaign (all times local):
  4:35 p.m.
  Joe Biden is set to meet virtually with Senate Democrats for the first time since becoming the party’s presidential nominee.
  That’s according to a Democratic aide who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity to discuss Thursday’s private session.
  Biden represented Delaware in the Senate for 36 years before heading to the White House to serve as President Barack Obama
  
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• Trump aide apologizes for video slamming virus scientists

  15-09-2020 22:29
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A Trump health appointee who launched political attacks and allegedly sought to muzzle scientific information is creating new distractions for the White House in its disjointed coronavirus response. Michael Caputo, the top spokesman at Health and Human Services, says on a taxpayer-funded podcast that Democrats don’t want a coronavirus vaccine until after the election to punish President Donald Trump. Over the weekend, media reports said Caputo’s office tried t
  
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• Drive-by shooting at US courthouse in Phoenix wounds 1

  15-09-2020 22:28
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities say a court security officer has been wounded in a drive-by shooting outside the federal courthouse in downtown Phoenix. Police say the security officer was taken to a hospital with injuries not believed to be life-threatening. Police also released a picture of a silver sedan spotted leaving the courthouse area just before noon Tuesday. City Councilman Sal DiCiccio says the officer was hit in his vest in front of the Sandra Day O’Connor federal building. Th
  
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• Science mag makes first endorsement in 175 years, taps Biden

  15-09-2020 22:26
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The magazine Scientific American chose Democrat Joe Biden over President Donald Trump in the first presidential endorsement in the publication’s 175-year history. The magazine’s top editor said there really wasn’t much debate over the choice. Laura Helmuth says the magazine’s editors were worried about Trumps’ commitment to science four years ago, but the reality has turned out worse than expected, particularly with the response to the coronavi
  
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• Trump ramps up ad spending in bid to counter Biden

  15-09-2020 22:25
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign is ramping up advertising spending in battleground states, a move that comes as allies of the president have grown worried that Democrat Joe Biden has outspent him in recent weeks. The Trump campaign announced the ad buy Tuesday, but declined to say specifically how much will be spent in states that include North Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Arizona and Pennsylvania. After struggling to sign
  
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• Pennsylvania: Mail ballots can’t be discarded over signature

  15-09-2020 22:23
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Officials in the presidential battleground of Pennsylvania have told counties they cannot reject a ballot solely because an election official believes a signature doesn’t match the one in the voter’s file. The guidance prompted the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania and the Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh to drop a federal lawsuit Monday. The groups had sought to ensure voters could fix ballots that are missing signatures or flagged for a mismatch.
  
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• The Latest: Missouri students expelled over virus violations

  15-09-2020 22:19
  
  COLUMBIA, Mo. — With more than 1,300 of its students infected with the coronavirus, the University of Missouri in Columbia has expelled two students and suspended three others for violating rules meant to slow the virus’ spread.
  The university said Tuesday that the sanctions were necessary because of flagrant violations of rules and regulations that require students who test positive for the COVID-19 virus to isolate themselves and comply with social distancing requirements. Names of
  
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• Biden seeks to woo Latinos in 1st trip to Florida as nominee

  15-09-2020 22:17
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — In his first trip to Florida at the Democratic presidential nominee, Joe Biden sought to build support among Latinos, who could decide the election in one of the nation’s fiercest battleground states. In a roundtable with veterans in Tampa on Tuesday afternoon, Biden tore into President Donald Trump for his reported remarks referring to fallen soldiers as “suckers” and “losers.” Later in the day, Biden will hold a Hispanic Heritage Month kic
  
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• Trump to take questions in TV ‘town hall’ as debates warm-up

  15-09-2020 22:10
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is participating in a televised “town hall” with uncommitted voters Tuesday night. It’s a warm-up of sorts two weeks before he faces Democratic nominee Joe Biden in the first presidential debate. Tuesday’s event is being hosted by ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos and is being taped at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. There will be just 21 voters in attendance to comply with state and local coronavirus re
  
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• Stocks give up part of an early gain but still end higher

  15-09-2020 22:09
  
  Stocks gave up part of their gains from earlier in the day but still closed higher on Wall Street Tuesday. Gains for big technology companies outweighed losses in banks and elsewhere in the market. The S&P 500 rose 0.5% after being up more than 1% earlier. It’s the second straight sizable gain for the benchmark index following its worst week since June. Big Tech stocks have been bouncing back this week after suddenly losing altitude earlier this month amid worries that their prices had
  
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• Trump: Israeli pacts with 2 Arab states signal ‘new’ Mideast

  15-09-2020 22:07
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Israel on Tuesday signed historic diplomatic pacts with two Gulf Arab states at a White House ceremony that President Donald Trump hopes will mark the “dawn of a new Middle East” and cast him as a peacemaker at the height of his reelection campaign. Hundreds of people massed on the sun-washed South Lawn to witness the signing of agreements between Israel and the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. The agreements formalize the normalization of the Jewish state&rs
  
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• Tempe’s first female police chief has resigned after 4 years

  15-09-2020 22:00
  
  TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Tempe’s first female police chief is stepping down next month after more than four years on the job. City officials announced Tuesday that Sylvia Moir resignation is effective Oct. 25. The reason for her departure wasn’t disclosed. City Manager Andrew Ching says he intends to appoint an interim police chief soon. Moir was Tempe’s first police chief hired from outside the department in nearly 50 years when she got the job in March 2016. Tempe Mayor Core
  
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• Security officer wounded in drive-by shooting outside federal courthouse in Phoenix, expected to survive

  15-09-2020 21:55
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Security officer wounded in drive-by shooting outside federal courthouse in Phoenix, expected to survive.The post Security officer wounded in drive-by shooting outside federal courthouse in Phoenix, expected to survive appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Famed jewel thief, surf champ ‘Murf the Surf’ dies at 83

  15-09-2020 21:54
  
  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Jack “Murf the Surf” Murphy, who was behind one of the biggest jewel heists in U.S. history, gained membership in a surfing hall of fame and served time for murder, has died in Florida. He was 83. Murphy’s death earlier this week was confirmed by John Hughes, director of the Florida Surf Museum in Cocoa Beach, Florida. Murphy is best known for a daring heist in 1964 at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, where he and other thiev
  
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• City to pay $12M to Breonna Taylor’s family, reform police

  15-09-2020 21:51
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer says the city has agreed to a settlement with the family of Breonna Taylor that includes a $12 million payment and police reforms after the Black woman was fatally shot by police who burst into her home at night. Taylor’s death sparked months of protests in Louisville and calls nationwide for the officers to be criminally charged. The state’s attorney general is investigating police actions in the March 13 fatal shooting. Th
  
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• Drive-by shooting at federal courthouse in Phoenix wounds 1

  15-09-2020 21:48
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities say a security officer has been wounded in a drive-by shooting outside the federal courthouse in downtown Phoenix. Police say the security officer was taken to a hospital with injuries not believed to be life-threatening. Police also released a vehicle spotted leaving the area of the courthouse just before noon Tuesday. City Councilman Sal DiCiccio says in a statement that “multiple shots were fired at the officer who was struck in the vest.” He says
  
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• Foreman: No problems loading cars onto ship that overturned

  15-09-2020 21:44
  
  BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — A foreman who oversees dock workers at a Georgia seaport says he saw no problems as hundreds of cars and trucks were loaded onto the cargo ship Golden Ray shortly before it overturned a year ago. Steve Farley testified Tuesday at a U.S. Coast Guard hearing to investigate what caused the large vessel to capsize after it departed the Port of Brunswick on Sept. 8, 2019. Farley said stevedores working under him loaded 360 vehicles onto the ship, which was carrying more th
  
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• Some JPMorgan traders catch COVID as bank reopens offices

  15-09-2020 21:43
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A number of JPMorgan Chase traders have been sent home after employees tested positive for COVID-19, less than a week into the bank’s push to start bringing its workers back into the office. A bank spokesman said Tuesday that JPMorgan Chase has been managing individual positive cases over the last few months. JPMorgan has been starting to insist its traders and senior management return to their physical offices, setting a required start date of Sept. 21. President Don
  
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• Experts worry as US virus restrictions are eased or violated

  15-09-2020 21:42
  
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — State and local officials around the U.S. are rolling back social-distancing rules again after an abortive effort over the summer, allowing bars, restaurants and gyms to open. Fans are gathering mask-free at football games. President Donald Trump is holding crowded indoor rallies. While some Americans may see such things as a welcome step closer to normal, public health experts warn the U.S. is setting itself up for failure — again. Mark Rupp, professor and ch
  
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