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• Trump says he has given his ‘blessing’ to a deal between Oracle, Walmart and TikTok; new company to be based in Texas

  19-09-2020 23:49
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump says he has given his ‘blessing’ to a deal between Oracle, Walmart and TikTok; new company to be based in Texas.The post Trump says he has given his ‘blessing’ to a deal between Oracle, Walmart and TikTok; new company to be based in Texas appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• GOP senators confront past comments on Supreme Court vote

  19-09-2020 23:22
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican senators face questions about their own past comments as they weigh what to do about the vacancy on the Supreme Court. President Donald Trump has urged the Republican-run Senate to consider “without delay” his upcoming nomination to fill the seat vacated by the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The move comes just six weeks before the election. In the past some key GOP senators backed not considering Supreme Court nominees in an election year. Maine Sen
  
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• Kansas Senate debate sees clashes on Supreme Court, climate

  19-09-2020 23:19
  
  TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Republican nominee for Kansas’ open Senate seat has called for quick action to replace the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Rep. Roger Marshall also dismissed his Democratic opponent’s disavowal of Green New Deal environmental proposals so often during a Saturday debate that she admonished him to “stop deceiving voters.” Marshall repeatedly attacked Democratic nominee and state Sen. Barbara Bollier for switching parties in late
  
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• Deadly party shooting adds new layer to Rochester’s grief

  19-09-2020 23:16
  
  ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — The city of Rochester, New York, is dealing with more trauma after a shooting at a backyard party killed two people and injured 14 others. Acting Police Chief Mark Simmons says a man and woman in their late teens or early 20s died in the shooting that began just after 12:30 a.m. Saturday. The others wounded have injuries not considered to be life-threatening. No arrests have been announced. The shooting comes as the city in Western New York has been rocked by the pol
  
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• The Latest: French economy minister among 13K new infections

  19-09-2020 23:10
  
  PARIS — Coronavirus infections tipped the scales again in France on Saturday with nearly 13,500 new infections in 24 hours. Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire is among them.He announced Friday in a tweet that he had tested positive with no symptoms and was working during self-isolation. The high-profile Le Maire is the fourth French minister to test positive since March.
  It was the second day in a row that new COVID-19 cases in France were above 13,000. The French health agency said Friday&rs
  
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• Slovenia celebrates likely 1-2 Tour de France victory

  19-09-2020 22:46
  
  LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Just minutes after two Slovenian riders effectively sealed their first and second places in the Tour de France, the president of Slovenia declared it a historic day for the tiny Alpine nation. In a stunning climax to cycling’s most prestigious race, Tadej Pogacar crushed his older, fellow Slovenian Primoz Roglic in the last stage before the largely ceremonial finish in Paris on Sunday. “It’s unimaginable,” Slovenian President Borut Pahor s
  
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• Maine Sen. Collins says Supreme Court vacancy should be filled ‘by the President who is elected on November 3rd’

  19-09-2020 22:29
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Maine Sen. Collins says Supreme Court vacancy should be filled ‘by the President who is elected on November 3rd.’The post Maine Sen. Collins says Supreme Court vacancy should be filled ‘by the President who is elected on November 3rd’ appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Virus measures targeted by protesters despite case spikes

  19-09-2020 22:28
  
  LONDON (AP) — Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in London’s Trafalgar Square while protesters in Tel Aviv waved signs on beaches as Israel entered a new lockdown Saturday. Shows of opposition in several countries have persisted despite a global death toll approaching 1 million and confirmed infections of the coronavirus spiking again in numerous countries. Protesters also gathered Saturday in parts of Australia and Romania.The post Virus measures targeted by protesters despite case
  
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• ‘We (Heart) You RBG’: NY celebrates Ginsburg, homegrown icon

  19-09-2020 22:14
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s life is being celebrated in her native New York City with plans for a statue, landmarks lit in blue and impromptu memorials at her childhood home in Brooklyn and the high school she attended. Ginsburg died Friday of complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer at age 87. A legal trailblazer and champion of women’s rights, she became the high court’s second female justice in 1993. Gov. Andrew Cuomo said a commi
  
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• Homes burned as winds push California fire into desert floor

  19-09-2020 22:11
  
  JUNIPER HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Strong winds pushed a wildfire burning for nearly two weeks in mountains northeast of Los Angeles onto the desert floor and spread it rapidly in several directions, causing it to explode in size and destroy homes. Fire officials say the winds and smoke grounded water-dropping aircraft and crews on the ground shifted from attacking the blaze to protecting homes because they were “outflanked” by the flames. Meanwhile, officials are investigating the d
  
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• Rights group: More than 300 detained at Minsk women’s march

  19-09-2020 21:50
  
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Police in the capital of Belarus have cracked down sharply on a women’s protest march demanding the authoritarian president’s resignation. They arrested more than 300 people on Saturday including an elderly woman who has become a symbol of the six weeks of protest that have roiled the country. More than 2,000 women took part in the march in Minsk. Such marches have become a regular feature of the unprecedented wave of large, persistent protests against Pres
  
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• Pandemic retools diplomacy as world leaders gather virtually

  19-09-2020 21:45
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — With COVID-19 still careening across the planet, the annual gathering of its leaders in New York will be replaced this year by a global patchwork of prerecorded speeches, another piece of upheaval in a deeply divided world turned topsy-turvy by a pandemic with no endpoint in sight.
  As U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres put it: “The COVID-19 pandemic is a crisis unlike any in our lifetimes, and so this year’s General Assembly session will be unlike any
  
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• AP source: Envelope addressed to White House contained ricin

  19-09-2020 21:43
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — AP source: Envelope addressed to White House contained ricin.The post AP source: Envelope addressed to White House contained ricin appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Carpenters wow public with medieval techniques at Notre Dame

  19-09-2020 21:42
  
  PARIS (AP) — With precision and prowess, a team of carpenters has used medieval techniques to raise up by hand a three-ton oak truss in front of Notre Dame Cathedral. It’s a replica of the wooden structures in the nave that were consumed in landmark’s devastating April 2019  fire that also toppled its spire. The demonstration marking the European Heritage Days this weekend gave hundreds of people watching the display a first-hand look at the rustic methods used 800 years a
  
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• The Latest: Arizona health officials adjust virus case count

  19-09-2020 21:41
  
  PHOENIX — Arizona health officials on Saturday reported 610 additional coronavirus cases and 16 deaths, increasing the statewide totals to 213,551 confirmed cases and 5,467 deaths.
  According to Johns Hopkins University data analyzed by The Associated Press, the seven-day rolling average of daily new cases in Arizona rose over the past two weeks, from 575 new cases on Sept. 4 to 774 on Friday.
  The increase followed the state Department of Health Service’s recent changing of its case-c
  
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• Pompeo finishes Latin America tour with focus on Venezuela

  19-09-2020 21:34
  
  BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has wrapped up a tour of four South American countries. Three of them are neighbors of Venezuela, whose socialist government is under intense U.S. pressure. He met with Colombian President Iván Duque on Saturday and the two vowed to deepen ties — including U.S. investment in the country’s struggling economy. Pompeo also praised Colombia’s tough stance against Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. Pompeo
  
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• Crowd protests charges against Denver anti-racism leaders

  19-09-2020 21:14
  
  DENVER (AP) — People are gathering at the Colorado state Capitol in Denver to protest the filing of felony charges against several protest leaders. Six protesters, including organizers of demonstrations over the death of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man in Aurora, could face years in prison over what critics say are trumped-up charges representing an attack on the Black Lives Matter movement. McClain died in 2019 when police used a stranglehold to arrest him and paramedics injected
  
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• ‘I loved her to pieces,’ retired Justice Souter says of RBG

  19-09-2020 20:56
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The remaining eight Supreme Court justices and two former colleagues are speaking out about their colleague Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died Friday at age 87. Some, like Clarence Thomas, and Stephen Breyer, served with her for the entirety of or nearly all of her 27 years and wrote emotional statements about her death. The justices all spoke of her undying devotion to the law and her grace as a colleague. “I will dearly miss my friend,” Thomas wrote. Justice Neil
  
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• Greek flooding leaves 2 dead, 1 missing; 600 others rescued

  19-09-2020 20:43
  
  ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A storm has pounded parts of central Greece, creating flooding that killed two people, left 1 missing and forced emergency workers to rescue more than 600 people. Authorities identified the two victims as an elderly woman found dead in her flooded home in the central region of Thessaly and a 63-year-old shepherd swept away by rising flood waters. They also said a woman who is missing ignored instructions by firefighters not to drive into an area where a bridge spans a
  
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• ‘I will dearly miss my friend,’ Justice Thomas says of RBG

  19-09-2020 20:42
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The remaining eight Supreme Court Justices are speaking out about their colleague Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died Friday at age 87. Some, like Clarence Thomas, and Stephen Breyer, served with her for the entirety of or nearly all of her 27 years and wrote emotional statements about her death. The justices all spoke of her undying devotion to the law and her grace as a colleague. “I will dearly miss my friend,” Thomas wrote. Justice Neil Gorsuch had fond memories
  
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• Thai protesters’ rally pushes demands for democratic reforms

  19-09-2020 20:27
  
  BANGKOK (AP) — Thousands of demonstrators have defied police warnings and occupied a historic field in Thailand’s capital to support the demands of a student-led protest movement for new elections and reform of the monarchy. The two-day protest is taking place in an area of Bangkok historically associated with political protests, and drew a disparate crowd, including a large LGBTQ contingent with their distinctive rainbow flags. A fiery late-night speech with hard questions and harsh
  
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• Tropical Storm Beta spurs hurricane worries for Texas

  19-09-2020 20:23
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Amid an exceptionally busy Atlantic hurricane season, the Texas coast is preparing for a tropical storm that’s forecast to strengthen into a hurricane before breaching its shores in the days ahead. Both the city of Galveston and Galveston County on Saturday issued voluntary evacuation orders ahead of Tropical Storm Beta. The system is forecast to become a hurricane on Sunday and has triggered a tropical storm warning from Port Aransas, Texas, to Intracoastal City, Louisi
  
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• Libyan official: Sarraj opposes oil deal with rival Hifter

  19-09-2020 20:01
  
  Libyan officials say that the leader of the U.N.-supported government will not support a deal with his primary rival in the country’s civil war to lift a months-long blockade on its vital oil trade. An official speaking on condition of anonymity told The Associated Press on Saturday that Prime Minister Fayez Sarraj opposed the final deal struck with his arch-rival, commander Khalifa Hifter, whose east-based forces led a failed year-long siege to take the capital, Tripoli, from the U.N.-bac
  
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• NTSB: ‘limited fire safety practices’ worsened marina fire

  19-09-2020 19:52
  
  SCOTTSBORO, Ala. (AP) — Federal investigators agree with state investigators that a fire that killed eight people and did more than $500,000 damage in January at an Alabama marina started accidentally. But the National Transportation Safety Board says the fire was made worse by the marina’s “limited fire safety practices.” It says there were lots of flammable items such as lawn furniture and propane cylinders on the dock and the vessels’ decks at the Jackson County
  
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• McConnell’s legacy: Wielding majority power to reshape court

  19-09-2020 19:43
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s legacy time for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Fulfilling the Supreme Court seat left vacant by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg before the fall election will define McConnell’s tenure as Republican leader. It’s as much about confirming President Donald Trump’s nominee as securing McConnell’s goal of a conservative majority on the court for decades to come. There’s no guarantee the Kentucky Republican will succeed.
  
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• Media celebrates Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s life, legacy

  19-09-2020 19:42
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Across television and streaming services, the life and legacy of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is already front and center. The CNN Films documentary “RBG” will be broadcast Saturday night and again Sunday. It will be available for streaming on CNNgo platforms Sunday through Sept. 26, and is already available on Hulu and Apple TV. A new Time magazine cover will feature Ginsburg for an October double issue presenting the 2020 Time 100 list of the worl
  
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• Robert W. Gore, the inventor of Gore-Tex fabric, dead at 83

  19-09-2020 19:39
  
  NEWARK, Del. (AP) — The man whose invention of what created the breathable-yet-waterproof fabric known as Gore-Tex has died at age 83. The company that Robert W. Gore led for decades confirmed on Saturday that he died on Thursday at his home in Delaware after a prolonged illness. His 1969 discovery ultimately revolutionized outdoor wear and helped spawn uses in numerous other fields, including space travel.  The membrane within Gore-Tex fabric has billions of pores that are smaller th
  
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• The Latest: Italy records more than 1,600 new virus cases

  19-09-2020 19:34
  
  ROME — The Italian health ministry reported another 1,638 new cases of coronavirus and 24 deaths.The deaths brought Italy’s official coronavirus toll to 35,692, second highest in Europe after Britain.
  The health ministry says the new cases were based on a record 103,223 tests. While countries such as Germany have been processing more than double that number in recent days, Italy has been limited at around 100,000 tests.
  Public health officials said in their weekly monitoring report t
  
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• Ruth Bader Ginsburg was shaped by her minority faith

  19-09-2020 19:23
  
  For Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died at home surrounded by her family on Friday evening (Sept. 18) at the age of 87, the phrase from the Hebrew Bible, “Tzedek, tzedek tirdof,” summed up perfectly her calling as jurist and a Jew: “Justice, justice you shall pursue.   Ginsburg, who remained on the court despite suffering a long series of health challenges, rarely attended services, but she was passionate about Judaism’s concern for justice and was shaped in the crucible o
  
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• Pogacar crushes Roglic to seal Tour de France title

  19-09-2020 19:19
  
  LA PLANCHE DES BELLES FILLES, France (AP) — In an incredible climax to the Tour de France, Tadej Pogacar crushed fellow Slovenian Primoz Roglic in the last stage Saturday before the finish in Paris, all but guaranteeing that he’ll win the title at cycling’s greatest race.
  Set, at one day shy of 22, to become the youngest post-World War II champion, Pogacar flew on the penultimate stage, an uphill time trial, devouring the 57-second lead that had made Roglic look impregnable bef
  
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• Ginsburg’s death draws big surge of donations to Democrats

  19-09-2020 19:19
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats raised more than $31 million in the hours after Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death. The stunning sum demonstrates how the liberal icon’s passing and the contentious Supreme Court nomination fight that lies ahead are already galvanizing the party’s base. The money was raised by noon Saturday after news of her death on Friday. Word of the fundraising total comes from a donation ticker on the website of ActBlue, the party’s on
  
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• Rights group: More than 200 women detained at Minsk protest

  19-09-2020 19:18
  
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Police in the capital of Belarus have cracked down sharply on a women’s protest march demanding the authoritarian president’s resignation. They arrested more than 200 people on Saturday including an elderly woman who has become a symbol of the six weeks of protest that have roiled the country. More than 2,000 women took part in the march in Minsk. Such marches have become a regular feature of the unprecedented wave of large, persistent protests against Pres
  
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• Is 8 enough? Court vacancy could roil possible election case

  19-09-2020 18:47
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death has left the Supreme Court shorthanded during a polarizing presidential campaign. President Donald Trump has already suggested he may not accept the outcome, and the high court could be called on to step in and decide the fate of the nation. It’s the second time in four years that a justice has died during an election year, though that eight-justice court wasn’t asked to referee any election disputes in 2016. Today, bo
  
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• Official: Toilet display mocking mail-in voting is a crime

  19-09-2020 18:46
  
  MASON, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan resident’s apparent joke showing disdain for voting by mail is no laughing matter for one local elections official. The resident put a toilet on their lawn with a sign that says, “Place mail in ballots here.” Barb Byrum, the Democratic clerk of Ingham County, filed a complaint with police over the display, saying it could mislead people who aren’t familiar with how mail-in voting works. She did not say who lives at the home and the Lan
  
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• Romanian families protest mandatory use of masks in school

  19-09-2020 18:34
  
  BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Several hundred Romanians, including many families with young children, have protested in the Bucharest against measures to curb the spread of coronavirus, especially social distancing and the mandatory use of masks in schools. Like other countries in Europe, the number of virus cases has spiked in recent days in Romania, with a record 1,713 cases registered earlier this week and 1,333 more on Saturday. Protesters at Bucharest’s University Square chanted aga
  
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• Arizona reports additional 610 COVID cases, 16 more deaths

  19-09-2020 18:33
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona on Saturday reported 610 additional COVID-19 cases and 16 deaths, increasing the statewide totals to 213,551 cases and 5,467 deaths. According to Johns Hopkins University data analyzed by The Associated Press, the seven-day rolling average of daily new cases in Arizona rose over the past two weeks. The case average went from 575 new cases on Sept. 4 to 774 on Friday. The increase in the case average followed the Department of Health Services adoption of an updated na
  
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• Pogacar crushes Roglic to take grip on Tour de France title

  19-09-2020 18:23
  
  LA PLANCHE DES BELLES FILLES, France (AP) — In an incredible climax to the Tour de France, Tadej Pogacar crushed his fellow Slovenian, Primoz Roglic, in the last stage Saturday before the finish in Paris.
  The win all but guarantees that he’ll become the youngest post-World War II winner of cycling’s showcase race.“Unbelievable, unbelievable,” the 21-year-old Pogacar said after Roglic labored to the finish, no longer in the race lead.Pogacar not only secured the yell
  
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• Democrats face quandary on vaccine support as election nears

  19-09-2020 18:05
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump is escalating his promise for a coronavirus vaccine before Election Day. But across America, Democrats, independents and even some Republicans do not trust the Trump administration to produce a safe and effective vaccine on such an aggressive timeline. With Election Day fast approaching, it leaves Democratic officials with a delicate political challenge. Should they attack Trump’s vaccine claims too aggressively, Democrats risk further undermini
  
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• Ginsburg to be remembered with statue in her native Brooklyn

  19-09-2020 18:03
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A statue of late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will be built in her native Brooklyn. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the memorial Saturday. Ginsburg died Friday of complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer at age 87. A legal trailblazer and champion of women’s rights, she became the high court’s second female justice in 1993. Cuomo, a Democrat, said that he’ll appoint a commission to choose an artist and oversee the selection of a lo
  
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• Minneapolis to name stretch of streets after George Floyd

  19-09-2020 18:02
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A stretch of a Minneapolis street that includes the place where George Floyd was killed will soon be named in his honor.
  Although the street will still be called Chicago Avenue, the city will refer to the blocks between 37th and 39th streets as George Perry Floyd Jr. Place.
  The Star Tribune reports that the City Council approved the naming on Friday and that Mayor Jacob Frey’s office says he will likely sign off on it as well. Floyd, a Black man who was handcuffed,
  
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• Minneapolis to name stretch of street for George Floyd

  19-09-2020 17:49
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A stretch of a Minneapolis street that includes the place where George Floyd was killed will soon be named in his honor. Although the street will still be called Chicago Avenue, the city will refer to the blocks between 37th and 39th streets as George Perry Floyd Jr. Place. The Star Tribune reports that the City Council approved the naming on Friday and that Mayor Jacob Frey’s office says he will likely sign off on it as well. Floyd, a Black man who was handcuffed,
  
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• The Latest: Protest in London over virus restrictions

  19-09-2020 17:38
  
  LONDON — Police in London have clashed with protesters at a rally organized by opponents of restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus.Scuffles broke out Saturday as police moved in to disperse hundreds of demonstrators who gathered in central London’s Trafalgar Square. Some of the protesters formed blockades to stop officers from making arrests, and traffic was brought to a halt in the busy area.The rally included dozens of people holding banners and placards and ch
  
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• Police, protesters clash as London eyes tighter virus rules

  19-09-2020 17:30
  
  LONDON (AP) — Police in London have clashed with protesters at a rally against coronavirus restrictions. The protests came hours after the British capital’s mayor warned that it was “increasingly likely” that London would soon need to introduce tighter rules to curb a sharp rise in new infections. Scuffles broke out Saturday as police moved in to disperse hundreds of demonstrators gathered in central London’s Trafalgar Square. The “Resist and Act for Freedom&r
  
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• Arizona sees drop in reported COVID-19 cases

  19-09-2020 17:23
  
  PHOENIX (KVOA) - 610 Arizonans tested positive for the coronavirus Saturday, according to the state's dashboard.ADHS also reported 16 more lives lost to the virus.Hundreds of the new cases are from antigen tests from several months ago, according to the Arizona Department of Health Services.Arizona now reports 213,551 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 5,451 known deaths.Deaths are not recorded until the health department receives a death certificate naming COVID-19 as the cause of death.
  
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• Tax protester in 2007 standoff requests time served sentence

  19-09-2020 17:11
  
  CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire man up for resentencing this month over a months-long armed standoff with U.S. marshals in 2007 to protest a tax evasion conviction says he should be sentenced to the 13 years he has already served. Seventy-eight-year-old Edward Brown was sentenced to 37 years in prison after the standoff at his home in Plainfield, New Hampshire. His wife, Elaine Brown, received a 35-year sentence, but a judge decided in January she could be released after serving over
  
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• Cities creating racial ‘healing’ committees to confront past

  19-09-2020 17:00
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A growing number of cities across the U.S. are creating committees and task force panels aimed at racial healing. From Albuquerque, New Mexico, to Clemson, South Carolina, towns and municipalities recently have formed committees to discuss the future of debated monuments or address systemic racism in police departments. The mostly volunteer committees seek to have honest discussions about their cities’ past around race and propose solutions. In Albuquerque, f
  
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• Police clash with anti-lockdown protesters in London

  19-09-2020 16:52
  
  LONDON (AP) — Police in London have clashed with protesters at a rally organized by opponents of restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus. Scuffles broke out Saturday as police moved in to disperse hundreds of demonstrators who gathered in central London’s Trafalgar Square. Some of the protesters formed blockades to stop officers from making arrests, and traffic was brought to a halt in the busy area. The “Resist and Act for Freedom” rally saw dozens of
  
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• Trump to Senate: Vote ‘without delay’ on his high court pick

  19-09-2020 16:32
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is urging the Republican-run Senate to consider “without delay” his upcoming nomination to fill the Supreme Court seat vacated by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg just six weeks before the election. Trump is making his view known in a tweet Saturday, the day after Ginsburg died. He says, “We were put in this position of power and importance to make decisions for the people who so proudly elected us.” He says the &ldqu
  
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• Coronavirus-wary Bavarians kick off toned-down Oktoberfest

  19-09-2020 16:31
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Oktoberfest celebrations got underway in Munich with the traditional tapping of a keg and the cry of “O’zapft is!” _ “It’s tapped!” _ but this year’s festival is very non-traditional and highly regulated due to coronavirus concerns. The official Oktoberfest is cancelled, with no huge tents full of people or hundreds of stands selling food. Instead, 50 of the German city’s beer halls and other establishments are hosting their own
  
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• Trump says Republicans have ‘obligation’ to move forward with selection of new Supreme Court justice ‘without delay’

  19-09-2020 16:19
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump says Republicans have ‘obligation’ to move forward with selection of new Supreme Court justice ‘without delay.’The post Trump says Republicans have ‘obligation’ to move forward with selection of new Supreme Court justice ‘without delay’ appeared first on KVOA.
  
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