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• Wisconsin Democrats’ ‘Princess Bride’ reading raises $4.3M

  17-09-2020 23:59
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democrats’ fundraiser centered on a star-packed live reading of “The Princess Bride” script has raised nearly $4.3 million. The state Democratic Party said Thursday that the reading raised $4.26 million from 130,005 donors. The original cast from the beloved 1987 film reunited Sunday for the reading along with guest stars Whoopi Goldberg, Eric Idle of Monty Python and Josh Gad. Viewers had to donate $1 to gain access for the stream. The part
  
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• Latest: Fire near Los Angeles prompts new evacuations

  17-09-2020 23:59
  
  The Latest on wildfires in the U.S. West (all times local):
  2:55 p.m.
  JUNIPER HILLS, Calif. — New evacuations have been ordered on one side of a wildfire in the San Gabriel Mountains northeast of Los Angeles.Angeles National Forest officials say the Bobcat Fire is 1 mile (1.61 kilometers) from the community of Juniper Hills in foothills on the north flank of the mountain range.Nearby Devils Punchbowl county park has also been ordered evacuated.The fire started Sept. 6 on the south flank of
  
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• The Latest: Trump blasts efforts to address systemic racism

  17-09-2020 23:56
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the 2020 presidential campaign (all times local):
  5:55 p.m.
  President Donald Trump is intensifying efforts to appeal to his core base of white voters by downplaying the historical legacy of slavery in the United States and blasting efforts to address systemic racism as divisive.
  The president spoke Thursday at the National Archives to commemorate the 233rd anniversary of the signing of the Constitution. His speech amounted to a defense of white culture and a
  
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• Latest: California’s Sequoia National Park closes over fire

  17-09-2020 23:50
  
  The Latest on wildfires in the U.S. West (all times local):
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  SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — California’s Sequoia National Park has been fully closed due to a nearby wildfire in the Sierra Nevada wilderness.A statement on the park website says the action implemented earlier this week came after the park headquarters and the community of Three Rivers at the park’s southern entrance were put on evacuation notice.Sequoia National Park is threatened by the Castle Fire, par
  
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• Giuliani associates face new federal fraud charges

  17-09-2020 23:49
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors have brought new wire fraud charges against two associates of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani who previously had been accused of using foreign money to make illegal campaign contributions to U.S. politicians. Prosecutors say Lev Parnas and David Correia were charged Thursday with conspiracy to commit wire fraud as part of an alleged bid to raise funds for a business called Fraud Guarantee. A superseding indictment also charged them additional ca
  
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• The Latest: Biden holding drive-in town hall in Pennsylvania

  17-09-2020 23:47
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the 2020 presidential campaign (all times local):
  5:45 p.m.
  Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is returning to Pennsylvania for a socially distanced town hall near his birthplace of Scranton.
  For the first time since winning the nomination, Biden was to face live, unscripted questions from voters. Thursday’s CNN event will have an unusual format because of the coronavirus pandemic: It’s being held as a drive-in of 35 cars parked outside PN
  
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• Biden will appear at drive-in town hall near hometown

  17-09-2020 23:39
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is returning to Pennsylvania on Thursday night for a socially distanced town hall near Scranton, where he was born. The event comes after Biden discussed campaign strategy with allies in the Senate. For the first time since winning the nomination, Biden is facing live, unscripted questions from voters. The coronavirus pandemic is responsible for the unusual format of the CNN event. It’ll be a drive-in of 35 cars parked outsi
  
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• Trump downplays legacy of slavery in appeal to white voters

  17-09-2020 23:37
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is intensifying efforts to appeal to his core base of white voters by downplaying the historical legacy of slavery in the United States and blasting efforts to address systemic racism as divisive. The president’s comments Thursday marking the 233rd anniversary of the signing of the Constitution amount to a defense of white culture and a denunciation of Democrats, the media and others who he accused of trying to indoctrinate school children and
  
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• With picnic baskets, Christian Siriano puts on backyard show

  17-09-2020 23:34
  
  WESTPORT, Conn. (AP) — Christian Siriano took to his Connecticut backyard Thursday for a cozy fashion show complete with picnic baskets for his small in-person crowd and masks on the faces of his models. The designer says he put on the show with a small audience in attendance to offer the fashion world a bit of an escape during the pandemic. Siriano’s spring-summer collection was inspired in part by some of the things he’s been doing in quarantine. He’s been watching movi
  
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• Arizona man faces attempted murder charge in police shooting

  17-09-2020 23:32
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — An Arizona man is facing a charge of attempted murder for allegedly shooting and wounding a New Mexico State Police officer last weekend west of Albuquerque. Police say the female officer suffered non-life-threatening injuries to her hands, face and eyes. FBI officials say 28-year-old Robert Benjamin Nelson of Scottsdale made his initial court appearance Thursday on charges of attempted murder of a federal officer and discharging a firearm during a crime of violenc
  
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• US accuses Hezbollah of storing explosive chemical in Europe

  17-09-2020 23:25
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is accusing militant group Hezbollah of storing chemicals to make explosives throughout Europe. State Department Coordinator for Counter-terrorism Nathan Sales made the accusation Thursday as he appealed to European nations to join the U.S., the U.K. and Germany in banning Hezbollah outright as a terrorist organization. Sales says the U.S. believes Hezbollah has suspected stockpiles of ammonium nitrate in Greece, Italy and Spain for potential future atta
  
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• Ex-Pence adviser says Trump bungled virus; she’s for Biden

  17-09-2020 23:21
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A former adviser to Vice President Mike Pence has joined the chorus of former Trump administration officials urging voters to deny him a second term. Olivia Troye was Pence’s former Homeland Security adviser and served as a member of the White House’s coronavirus task force. She says in a new video released Thursday by the group Republican Voters Against Trump that Trump was more concerned about his reelection chances than the virus. She also claims Trump once
  
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• Arizona’s economy posted strong gains in August

  17-09-2020 23:16
  
  Arizona added nearly 80-thousand jobs last month, bringing the state's unemployment rate down to 5.9%.That's a dramatic drop for July when the unemployment rate in Arizona was 10.7%Job gains were posted across ten private sectors. The largest increases were seen in education, health services, and trade and transportation.The United State's unemployment rate now stands at 8.4%
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• The Latest: Israel starts new lockdown, warns more may come

  17-09-2020 23:10
  
  JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is warning that authorities “may have no choice” but to enact even tighter measures as the country heads into a second lockdown following a months-long rise in coronavirus cases.
  In a televised address late Thursday, Netanyahu predicts that other countries will also be forced to impose new closures to contain the pandemic.
  Israel’s government is imposing widespread restrictions starting Friday, with many businesses clo
  
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• Judge tosses US lawsuit over fire at London’s Grenfell Tower

  17-09-2020 23:10
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A U.S. judge in Philadelphia has dismissed a lawsuit filed over the 2017 fire at London’s Grenfell Tower that killed 72 people. U.S. District Judge Michael Baylson says in Wednesday’s ruling that it would be more efficient to try the case in England. The lawsuit argued that faulty building materials made by U.S. manufacturers turned the high-rise into a “flaming coffin.” The 2017 fire started in a refrigerator and raced up the side of the 24-stor
  
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• Phoenix courthouse shooting suspect agrees to remain jailed

  17-09-2020 23:06
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A man accused of opening fire earlier this week on a security officer outside the federal courthouse in Phoenix has agreed to remain jailed on assault and weapons charges. James Lee Carr made his first court appearance Thursday since his arrest. Carr didn’t seek to be released, though he still has the option of doing so later in the case. His attorney, Dan Cooper, said Carr is having problems with hallucinations and should be examined by a psychiatrist. Authoriti
  
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• Trump: Michigan election official a ‘hater’ in ballot snafu

  17-09-2020 23:04
  
  LANSING, Mich. (AP) — President Donald Trump is calling Michigan’s top election official a “Democrat Trump Hater” after the state mistakenly created overseas absentee ballots that didn’t list Vice President Mike Pence. The ballots instead paired Trump, a Republican, with Jeremy “Spike” Cohen of the Libertarian Party. The Michigan secretary of state office acknowledged that as many as 400 ballots downloaded by local election clerks may have been erroneous
  
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• Arizona unemployment drops

  17-09-2020 23:04
  
  Arizona's economy posted strong gains in August, adding nearly 80,000 jobs.The state's unemployment rate dropped to 5.9% down from 10.7% in July. It's lower than the national rate of 8.4%.Gains were posted across ten private sectors. Industries which added the most jobs include education, health services, trade and transportation.The federal government's unemployment payment of $300 ran out last week. Arizona's weekly unemployment payments of $240 are among the lowest in the nation.
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• Gay marriages rise 5 years after Supreme Court ruling

  17-09-2020 23:00
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Five years after the U.S. Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriages around the U.S., more than a half million households are made up of married same-sex couples. Figures released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau show that since 2014, the year before the U.S. Supreme Court legalized same sex marriages, the number of married same-sex households has increased by almost 70%, rising to 568,110 couples in 2019. Of the 980,000 same-sex couple households reported in 2019, 5
  
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• Deputies investigate south side shooting Thursday

  17-09-2020 22:59
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - Deputies responded to a shooting Thursday morning on the south side.
  According to Pima County Sheriff's Department, the shooting happened in the 3500 block of East Alvord Road, near Palo Verde Road.
  A man with obvious signs of trauma was transported to the hospital.
  The identity of the victim has not yet been released.
  Details are limited at this time.
  Anyone with information regarding this shooting is asked to call 911 or 88-CRIME.The post Deputies investigate south side shootin
  
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• County Health Department Now Offering Second Round Pop-Up Testing with Emphasis Around UA

  17-09-2020 22:58
  
  Today, the Pima County Health Department announced a partnership with the State and FEMA to offer "pop-up" testing at multiple locations around Tucson.…
  
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• County Health Department Now Offering Second Round of Pop-Up Testing with Emphasis Around UA

  17-09-2020 22:58
  
  Today, the Pima County Health Department announced a partnership with the State and FEMA to offer "pop-up" testing at multiple locations around Tucson.…
  
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• Lawyers: Trump son won’t testify in NY probe before election

  17-09-2020 22:56
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s son is willing to comply with a subpoena to testify in a New York investigation into the family’s businesses, but only after the November election. Trump lawyers argued in a Thursday court filing that Eric Trump’s “extreme travel schedule” related to his father’s re-election campaign prevented earlier testifying in Attorney General Letitia James’ civil probe. They said they also want “to avoid the
  
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• Jupiter, enticing moon Europa star in new Hubble photo

  17-09-2020 22:54
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Jupiter and its moon Europa shine in a new photo by the Hubble Space Telescope. Hubble snapped the picture last month when Jupiter was 406 million miles away. The Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore released it Thursday. Europa, which is smaller than our own moon, appears as a pale dot alongside its giant gas planet. A bright white splotch in Jupiter’s northern latitudes indicates a new storm barreling around the planet at 350 mph. Jupiter&rsquo
  
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• Arizona drought report

  17-09-2020 22:54
  
  All of Arizona is experiencing some drought. The Drought Monitor report released Thursday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows more than half of the state is experiencing extreme drought.Dry weather and record setting heat this summer has intensified drought conditions in the state.According to the report , USDA topsoil moisture was rated at least 60% very short to short in every Western State except Arizona. Dry weather has also dominated the west coast, especially California, where
  
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• Photos fuel concerns over in-custody death of La. Black man

  17-09-2020 22:50
  
  Graphic photos that surfaced online this week appear to show deep bruises on the face of a Black man who died following a police chase in Louisiana last year. Those photos and others showing only minor damage to the man’s car are raising new questions about whether Ronald Greene’s injuries were caused by the crash that ended the chase or an ensuing struggle with state troopers. Police have so far refused to release body camera footage or detailed records of the May 2019 incident, whi
  
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• The Latest: Biden’s message to Senate Democrats: I’m ready

  17-09-2020 22:43
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the 2020 presidential campaign (all times local):
  4:40 p.m.
  Joe Biden has joined Senate Democrats for a conference call lunch and told them he is taking nothing for granted in the race for the White House and the down-ballot effort to wrest the Senate’s majority control from Republicans.
  The Democratic presidential nominee fielded questions Thursday afternoon about his strategy win back the chamber and defeat President Donald Trump.
  Michigan Sen. Gary
  
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• Mexico skirts U.S. criticism of anti-drug enforcement

  17-09-2020 22:33
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador says his government will respond “softly, softly”and with “love and peace” to the finding by the U.S. administration that Mexico needs to do more to stop drug trafficking. López Obrador said Thursday that he does not agree with all the findings in the U.S. annual report, which listed Mexico among “major drug transit or major illicit drug producing countries.” The Trump adminis
  
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• St. Joseph’s Hospital earns Level I Trauma Center designation from the AZDHS

  17-09-2020 22:28
  
  TUCSON - The Arizona Department of Health Services will grant Level I Trauma Center status to Carondelet St. Joseph’s Hospital effective September 20th.
  St. Joesph's hospital will officially become the second level 1 trauma center in Tucson along with Banner UMC and only the 13th hospital in the state to receive this status.
  Dr. Ali-Osman is the Trauma Medical Director and he has been working on making sure his unit is ready for this.Dr. Ali-Osman said, "The State of Arizona has granted us
  
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• `Fired up’ Biden discusses strategy with Senate Democrats

  17-09-2020 22:24
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A Democratic senator says Joe Biden was “fired up” as the party’s presidential nominee joined Democratic lawmakers for an online lunch. The virtual event was a homecoming of sorts for the former Delaware senator. Biden told allies he’s taking nothing for granted in the race for the White House and the down-ballot effort to wrest the Senate’s majority control from Republicans. The private visit comes with the COVID-19 crisis and economic distr
  
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• Emmys, live and virtual: ‘What could possibly go wrong?’

  17-09-2020 22:24
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — This weekend’s Emmy Awards have bragging rights: they’re the first big Hollywood ceremony to attempt a live — but socially distanced — broadcast amid the pandemic. Jimmy Kimmel will hold court at downtown LA’s Staples Center for Sunday’s broadcast on ABC. Among the celebrities set to take part are Morgan Freeman, Lin-Manuel Miranda, D-Nice, Patrick Stewart and Oprah Winfrey. The HBO limited series “Watchmen” is the leading
  
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• First lady promotes Trump’s approach to opioid crisis in NH

  17-09-2020 22:23
  
  CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — First lady Melania Trump has used her first solo public trip outside Washington since before the start of the coronavirus pandemic to showcase a piece of her “Be Best” youth well-being initiative in a state her husband is hoping to win in November. The appearance came Thursday during the stretch run of this year’s presidential election, in which President Donald Trump is looking to pick up swing states like New Hampshire to win reelection. Trump lost
  
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• Week 1 darlings Washington, Arizona meet in intriguing game

  17-09-2020 22:22
  
  GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona and Washington both enter Sunday’s game with momentum, which has been elusive over the past few years for the struggling franchises. The Cardinals beat San Francisco 49ers 24-20 in Week 1. The 49ers made it to the Super Bowl last season. Washington scored 27 unanswered points in a win over division rival Philadelphia. The key matchup appears to be Arizona’s productive offense and Washington’s stellar pass rush. Arizona was balanced in Week 1
  
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• Study: Ending census early will cost Florida, Montana seats

  17-09-2020 22:22
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Ending the 2020 census at the end of September instead of the end of October, could cost Florida and Montana congressional seats. A new report released Thursday also said it could result in Texas, Florida, Arizona, Georgia, and North Carolina losing $500 million annually in federal funding for healthcare for its neediest residents. Scenarios modeled by statisticians Jonathan Auerbach and Steve Pierson showed that if the once-a-decade head count of every U.S. resident e
  
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• Michelob Ultra will pay someone $50,000 to explore national parks

  17-09-2020 22:21
  
  incidencematrix / CC BY 2.0Mountain wildflowers in Yellowstone National Park, Photo Date: July 21, 2014
  Beer-maker Anheuser-Busch is looking for a CEO for one of its brands –with a particular job description.It's the gig of Chief Exploration Officer for Michelob Ultra Pure Gold.The brand touts an office with a great view, lots of travel and beer to go with it.On its website, it details the ideal person will have a "deep appreciation for nature" to find and take the best photos at national
  
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• AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s big distortions on mail-in voting

  17-09-2020 22:18
  
  President Donald Trump on Thursday continued his monthslong campaign against mail-in voting this Novemberby tweeting critically about the practice, building on complaints he has made all week. The president has recently been trying to distinguish between states that automatically send mail ballots to all registered voters and those that make voters request a mail ballot, but even there he’s badly distorted the practice.
  A look at his statements and the facts:
  TRUMP: “The big Unsolici
  
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• Gulf between Trump and doctors on mask wearing gets wider

  17-09-2020 22:14
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The gulf between President Donald Trump and public health experts over wearing face masks keeps getting wider. Trump has gone back and forth on face masks in the roughly six months since the coronavirus took root in the U.S., muddying the message from doctors and health officials who say masks are crucial to slowing the spread of the virus. White House officials insist Trump has always supported mask wearing. But the president’s own words and actions tell a very dif
  
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• Cardinals, Washington meet after big Week 1 victories

  17-09-2020 22:14
  
  The Cardinals and Washington meet at State Farm Stadium after impressive wins over division rivals in Week 1. Arizona has a productive connection between young quarterback Kyler Murray and receiver DeAndre Hopkins. Hopkins caught a career-high 14 passes in the 24-20 win over San Francisco. Washington scored 27 unanswered points in its win over the Philadelphia Eagles. This game marks the first NFL matchup between Murray and Washington quarterback Dwayne Haskins Jr. Both were taken in the first r
  
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• Justice Dept.: Sedition charge may apply to protest violence

  17-09-2020 22:13
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Department officials are encouraging prosecutors to consider bringing rarely used sedition charges for some cases against demonstrators. A memo Thursday says the statute could “potentially apply to some of the violent acts that have occurred.” Attorney General William Barr is pushing his U.S. attorneys to bring federal charges whenever they can, keeping a grip on cases even if a defendant could be tried instead in state court. That’s according to
  
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• Whitmer: Mask order applies to Big Ten, but may be changed

  17-09-2020 22:12
  
  LANSING, Mich (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s office says her requirement that athletes wear masks applies to Big Ten football in Michigan, but a face shield will suffice for players and the administration is open to potentially changing the order. Whitmer’s office said Thursday it will talk to the conference about the mandate, which took effect last week and covers organized sports in which athletes can’t keep distance “except for occasional and fleeting moments.&rd
  
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• Justice Dept. memo: Sedition statute ‘could potentially apply to some of the violent acts that have occurred’ in unrest

  17-09-2020 22:09
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Dept. memo: Sedition statute ‘could potentially apply to some of the violent acts that have occurred’ in unrest.The post Justice Dept. memo: Sedition statute ‘could potentially apply to some of the violent acts that have occurred’ in unrest appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• US judge blocks Postal Service changes that slowed mail

  17-09-2020 22:01
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — A U.S. judge on Thursday blocked controversial Postal Service changes that have slowed mail nationwide. The judge called them “a politically motivated attack on the efficiency of the Postal Service” before the November election. Judge Stanley Bastian in Yakima, Washington, said he was issuing a nationwide preliminary injunction as sought by 14 states that sued the Trump administration and the U.S. Postal Service. The states challenged the Postal Service’s s
  
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• Two Arizona troopers fired upon; 1 of 2 suspects in custody

  17-09-2020 22:01
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Department of Public Safety officials say one suspect has been arrested and another is being sought after two troopers were fired upon while sitting in an unmarked vehicle. DPS officials say the suspect in custody is a teenager, but additional details weren’t immediately available Thursday. They say a silver car pulled up to the unmarked vehicle around 9 a.m. and the driver honked the horn and a passenger allegedly fired several shots at the troopers. DPS says
  
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• Serena Gabriel heals with ambience on 'Inanna's Dream'

  17-09-2020 22:00
  
  A new collaboration between two Tucson musicians serves as a welcome reprieve from the lingering summer. Inanna’s Dream by Tucsonan Serena Gabriel was composed as an “ambient sonic odyssey,” drifting between the worlds of new age, drone and electronic music.…
  
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• Bankruptcy possible for Dave & Buster’s

  17-09-2020 21:56
  
  Mike Mozart / Flickr / CC BY 2.0Dave & Buster'sFORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA21) - A major chain of entertainment centers is teetering near bankruptcy.On Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal warned that bankruptcy for Dave & Buster's was likely unless the Dallas-based firm secured a new deal with its lenders.It said the company would implement 1,300 layoffs as a cost-cutting measure.Like other restaurants, bars and entertainment complexes, Dave & Buster's has been hit hard by restrictions and
  
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• Macmillan CEO forced out over ‘direction’ of company

  17-09-2020 21:54
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Macmillan’s longtime CEO, John Sargent, will be leaving at the end of the year, forced out by what parent company Holtzbrinck Publishing Group is calling “a disagreement regarding the direction of Macmillan.” Macmillan spokesperson Erin Coffey told The Associated Press on Thursday that Sargent’s departure was the decision of Stefan von Holtzbrinck, CEO of the Holtzbrinck group, which declined to specify the disagreement. Sargent, who joined Macmillan
  
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• Chiefs fan at season opener tests positive for virus

  17-09-2020 21:51
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Health officials are telling 10 fans who attended last week’s Kansas City Chiefs game to quarantine after one fan tested positive for COVID-19. Kansas City health officials announced Thursday that a fan who watched the game from a group’s box tested positive the next day. The group was seated in the lower level of the stadium. The Chiefs said in a statement the organization worked Kansas City health officials to find the fans who were possibly exposed. C
  
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• The Latest: Moscow mayor: Work from home as virus cases rise

  17-09-2020 21:47
  
  MOSCOW — Moscow’s mayor is urging employers to support employees working from home as coronavirus cases continue to rise.The Russian capital on Thursday recorded 730 new cases, an increase of about 15% from early September. Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on state television the rise is apparently due to increased testing and the percentage of positives remains stable at about 1.5%.He recommends “all heads of enterprises, regardless of the form of organization, if it is possible, an
  
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• Peru high court rejects request to halt impeachment hearing

  17-09-2020 21:47
  
  LIMA, Peru (AP) — A high Peruvian court rejected a request by President Martín Vizcarra Thursday to halt impeachment proceedings being pushed by opposition lawmakers who contend he tried to cover up ties with a controversial ally. The Constitutional Tribunal shot down Vizcarra’s demand in a 5-2 vote but also agreed to advance his request for clarification on what is “moral incapacity,” the accusation detractors are using to try and thwart him from office. Tribunal
  
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• The Latest: Trump seeks enthusiasm bump with Wisconsin rally

  17-09-2020 21:46
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the 2020 presidential campaign (all times local):
  3:45 p.m.
  President Donald Trump is aiming to boost enthusiasm among rural Wisconsin voters, looking to repeat his path to victory four years ago.Making his fifth visit to the pivotal battleground state this year, Trump views success in the state’s less-populated counties as critical to another term.
  He is set to hold a rally Thursday evening in Mosinee, in central Wisconsin, an area of the state that s
  
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