• President Trump to make Supreme Court pick by Saturday, before Ginsburg burial

    President Trump to make Supreme Court pick by Saturday, before Ginsburg burial
    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he expects to announce his pick for the Supreme Court on Friday or Saturday.That would be before Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is buried next week at Arlington National Cemetery and ahead of the first presidential debate. Ginsburg’s casket will be on public view Wednesday and Thursday outside the court and Friday inside the Capitol.Trump told “Fox & Friends” on Monday that he has a list of five finalists, “probably fou
  • Florida decision likely clears Pats owner of solicitation

    Florida decision likely clears Pats owner of solicitation
    FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft will likely not face trial in Florida for allegedly soliciting a prostitute. Florida prosecutors said Monday they will not appeal a court ruling throwing out video recordings allegedly showing Kraft paying for massage parlor sex acts last year. That makes it likely that misdemeanor charges against Kraft and other customers will be dropped: The recordings are the only known evidence against them. The state attorney general
  • Florida won’t appeal decision in Patriots owner’s prostitution case; charges will likely be dropped

    Florida won’t appeal decision in Patriots owner’s prostitution case; charges will likely be dropped
    FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida won’t appeal decision in Patriots owner’s prostitution case; charges will likely be dropped.The post Florida won’t appeal decision in Patriots owner’s prostitution case; charges will likely be dropped appeared first on KVOA.
  • Campus outbreak threatens San Diego’s economic recovery

    Campus outbreak threatens San Diego’s economic recovery
    SAN DIEGO (AP) — A coronavirus outbreak at a college has pushed one of California’s largest counties to the brink of more business shutdowns. It’s a dizzying and discouraging turn of events for San Diego County and its 3.3 million residents. Less than a month ago, San Diego was the only county in Southern California to advance to a second tier in the state’s four-tiered reopening template for counties. But more than 800 cases at San Diego State University changed the outl
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  • Judge extends Wisconsin absentee cutoff 6 days post election

    Judge extends Wisconsin absentee cutoff 6 days post election
    MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that absentee ballots in battleground Wisconsin can be counted up to six days after the Nov. 3 presidential election as long as they are postmarked by Election Day. Unless it’s overturned, Monday’s ruling means that the outcome of the presidential race in Wisconsin might not be known for days after polls close. Under current law, the deadline for returning an absentee ballot to have it counted is 8 p.m. on Election Day. Democrats a
  • No charges filed against trooper in Arizona shooting death

    No charges filed against trooper in Arizona shooting death
    PHOENIX (AP) — Prosecutors have declined to file criminal charges against an Arizona state trooper in the fatal shooting of a Black man during a roadside struggle nearly four months ago that inspired protests in Phoenix. Maricopa County Attorney Allister Adel said charges weren’t warranted against Trooper George Cervantes in the fatal shooting of Dion Johnson. During the struggle, Cervantes told investigators a partially handcuffed Johnson pulled part of the officer’s body into
  • Powell: Many small companies can borrow without Main Street

    Powell: Many small companies can borrow without Main Street
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says that many mid-sized U.S. businesses are now able to borrow from banks, suggesting that the need for a Fed lending program designed to serve struggling mid-size businesses has waned. In remarks prepared for delivery Tuesday to the House Financial Services Committee, Powell said there are 230 loans, accounting for a total of about $2 billion, that have been provided or are in the pipeline under the Fed’s Main Street Lending Pro
  • Closing time: UK pubs must shut early as COVID cases surge

    Closing time: UK pubs must shut early as COVID cases surge
    LONDON (AP) — British pubs will have to close early and people who fail to obey quarantines face still fines under new lockdown restrictions to curb a surging wave of new coronavirus infections. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to announce new measures on Tuesday. It comes a day after the U.K.’s chief medical officers raised the nation’s COVID-19 alert level, saying the virus is in general circulation and spreading fast. The prime minister’s office says that starting T
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  • Secrecy envelopes will cause electoral chaos, official warns

    Secrecy envelopes will cause electoral chaos, official warns
    HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Philadelphia’s top elections official is warning of electoral chaos in the presidential battleground state if lawmakers there do not remove a provision in Pennsylvania law that, under a days-old court decision, requires counties to throw out mail-in ballots returned without secrecy envelopes. Lisa Deeley, chairwoman of the three-member board overseeing Philadelphia’s elections, wrote Monday to the state Legislature’s presiding Republicans to urge th
  • UA Further Delays "Phase 2" of Campus Reentry, Cracks Down on Student Social Gatherings

    UA Further Delays "Phase 2" of Campus Reentry, Cracks Down on Student Social Gatherings
    Dozens of official actions have been taken against students who violated COVID-19 safety precautions and hosted social gatherings off-campus.The university and the Tucson Police Department administered 20 red tags, 19 citations and 24 Code of Conduct violations over the weekend for student parties, according to UA President Robert C. Robbins, who shared the numbers during a press conference this morning. Robbins and other university leaders point to this behavior as the reason COVID-19 is sprea
  • Atlantic City is leading a wave of female casino leaders

    Atlantic City is leading a wave of female casino leaders
    ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Women now run four of Atlantic City’s nine casinos in what some industry executives and observers say could be the future of the gambling industry. Caesars Entertainment hired Jacqueline Grace las week to run the Tropicana casino as its senior vice president and general manager. Melonie Johnson who took over leadership of the Borgata as its president earlier this year. The other women at the helm of Atlantic City casinos are Terry Glebocki of the Ocean Casi
  • The Latest: White House urges governors to help on vaccines

    The Latest: White House urges governors to help on vaccines
    WASHINGTON — The White House is urging U.S. governors to put politics aside and help the Trump administration promote future coronavirus vaccines as safe and effective.Vice President Mike Pence urged governors Monday to use their bully pulpits and reassure the public that vaccines will be safe to take after a rigorous vetting process by the Food and Drug Administration.“What we don’t want is people undermining confidence in the process,” Pence said in a private call with
  • Pima County prosecutors won’t charge Tucson police officers

    Pima County prosecutors won’t charge Tucson police officers
    TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The Pima County Attorney’s Office has decided not to pursue criminal charges against four Tucson police officers in connection with an in-custody death five months ago. In a 14-page letter released Monday, county prosecutors said the office’s review of the case showed “there is insufficient evidence to prove negligent or reckless homicide.” Authorities say 27-year-old Carlos Adrian Ingram-Lopez died while in handcuffs following a 911 call from h
  • The Latest: Trump says he’s vetting 5 women for court pick

    The Latest: Trump says he’s vetting 5 women for court pick
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (all times local):
    5 p.m.
    President Donald Trump says five women are being carefully vetted to become his nominee for the Supreme Court to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
    Trump spoke to reporters on the South Lawn on Monday before traveling to Ohio. Trump says he’ll make a selection decision probably on Friday or Saturday.
    Trump says he believes that senators ha
  • UArizona to hold ‘essential courses’ in person at least until Oct. 2

    UArizona to hold ‘essential courses’ in person at least until Oct. 2
    TUCSON (KVOA) - The University of Arizona will continue to hold in-person classes only for "essential courses" at least until Oct. 2, the university said Monday.
    UArizona says that about  5,000 students are attending essential courses, such as labs and performing arts courses.On Friday, 79 of the 1,299 tests conducted returned positive results, a rate of 6.1% – a drop from the 8.8% positivity rate a week earlier.
    Those tests included students living on and off campus, as well as
  • CDC changes, then retracts, its take on coronavirus spread

    CDC changes, then retracts, its take on coronavirus spread
    NEW YORK (AP) — The nation’s top public health agency has stirred confusion, by posting — and then taking down — an apparent change in its position on how easily the coronavirus can spread through the air. Officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say the respiratory virus spreads primarily through small airborne droplets. CDC officials have also acknowledged growing evidence that the virus can also be carried on smaller, aerosolized particles that sprea
  • Micosoft will buy video game maker ZeniMax for $7.5 billion

    Micosoft will buy video game maker ZeniMax for $7.5 billion
    REDMOND, Wash. (AP) — Microsoft is buying the company behind popular video games The Elder Scrolls, Doom and Fallout. The software giant said Monday that it is paying $7.5 billion for ZeniMax Media, the parent company of video game publisher Bethesda Softworks. Microsoft said it is buying Bethesda in part to beef up its Xbox Game Pass game subscription service, which it says has over 15 million subscribers. Bethesda games, such as Starfield, which is currently in development, will launch o
  • Judge: Postal Service must process election mail on time

    Judge: Postal Service must process election mail on time
    NEW YORK (AP) — For the second time in a week, a federal judge has ordered the U.S. Postal Service to live up to its responsibilities to process election mail in a timely fashion. Monday’s ruling by Judge Victor Marrero in Manhattan came after several individuals including candidates for public office sued. They said President Donald Trump, the Postal Service and its new boss were endangering election mail. Marrero told litigants to settle by noon Friday or he’ll impose an orde
  • Federal judge extends deadline for Wisconsin ballots

    Federal judge extends deadline for Wisconsin ballots
    MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal judge ruled Monday that absentee ballots in battleground Wisconsin can be counted up to six days after the Nov. 3 presidential election as long as they are postmarked by Election Day. The highly anticipated ruling, unless overturned, means that the outcome of the presidential race in Wisconsin likely will not be known for days after polls close. Under current law, the deadline for returning an absentee ballot in order to have it counted is 8 p.m. on Election
  • Federal judge in battleground Wisconsin extends deadline for receiving absentee ballots for 6 days beyond election

    Federal judge in battleground Wisconsin extends deadline for receiving absentee ballots for 6 days beyond election
    MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Federal judge in battleground Wisconsin extends deadline for receiving absentee ballots for 6 days beyond election.The post Federal judge in battleground Wisconsin extends deadline for receiving absentee ballots for 6 days beyond election appeared first on KVOA.
  • Police cancel vacations; prepare for Breonna Taylor decision

    Police cancel vacations; prepare for Breonna Taylor decision
    LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville, Kentucky, police are canceling vacations and requests for days off in preparation for an announcement by Attorney General Daniel Cameron on whether he plans to charge police officers in the shooting death of Breonna Taylor. Police officials said in a statement Monday that such requests were being canceled “until further notice.” Taylor was shot by police on March 13. The post Police cancel vacations; prepare for Breonna Taylor decision ap
  • Watchdog: Millions in danger of missing virus relief payouts

    Watchdog: Millions in danger of missing virus relief payouts
    WASHINGTON (AP) — A government watchdog says millions of Americans are in danger of missing coronavirus relief payments of up to $1,200 per individual because of incomplete government records. The Government Accountability Office, Congress’ auditing arm, said in a report Monday that possibly 8.7 million or more individuals who are eligible for the economic impact payments have yet to receive those payments because of inadequate IRS and Treasury Department records. That was one of a n
  • Enormous California wildfire threatens desert homes near LA

    Enormous California wildfire threatens desert homes near LA
    LOS ANGELES (AP) — An enormous wildfire that churned through mountains northeast of Los Angeles and into the Mojave Desert is continuing to threaten homes. It’s one of more than two dozen major fires burning across California. Five of top seven largest wildfires in state history are currently active. At 165 square miles, the Bobcat Fire is one of the largest ever in LA County. It’s just 15% contained. Evacuation orders and warnings are in place for thousands of residents in foo
  • Louisville, Kentucky, police canceling vacations in preparation for announcement in Breonna Taylor case

    Louisville, Kentucky, police canceling vacations in preparation for announcement in Breonna Taylor case
    LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville, Kentucky, police canceling vacations in preparation for announcement in Breonna Taylor case.The post Louisville, Kentucky, police canceling vacations in preparation for announcement in Breonna Taylor case appeared first on KVOA.
  • The Latest: Manchin against high court vote before election

    The Latest: Manchin against high court vote before election
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (all times local):
    4:20 p.m.
    West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, the only Democrat who voted to confirm Justice Brett Kavanaugh, says he’s siding with lawmakers in his own party who say the Senate shouldn’t vote on a Supreme Court nominee before the Nov. 3 election.
    Manchin says the process shouldn’t be rushed, “and it is simply irresponsible to rush the adequat
  • Wall Street falls, S&P 500 down 1.2% as global markets swoon

    Wall Street falls, S&P 500 down 1.2% as global markets swoon
    NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell on Wall Street Monday as markets tumbled worldwide on worries about the pandemic’s economic pain. The S&P 500 sank 1.2%, though a last-hour recovery helped it more than halve its loss from earlier in the day. European stocks slid earlier on the possibility of tougher restrictions to stem rising coronavirus counts. Bank stocks fell after a report alleged several are profiting from illicit dealings with criminal networks. Wall Street has struggled this m
  • Judge nixes witness signature requirement on SC mail ballots

    Judge nixes witness signature requirement on SC mail ballots
    COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A federal judge in South Carolina has struck down a rule requiring mail-in absentee ballots for the November election be signed by witnesses. U.S. District Judge Michelle Childs ordered the state Election Commission to immediately inform voters about the removal of the requirement. Voters in the state usually have to provide a specific reason for voting absentee, such as being 65 or older or having a physical disability. Also last week, the South Carolina legislature
  • No charges against officers in custody death of Black man

    No charges against officers in custody death of Black man
    CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A prosecutor has declined to charge five North Carolina police officers accused of not giving immediate medical attention to a Black man who died after fatally ingesting drugs right before he was taken into custody. The district attorney said in a report Monday that prosecutors could not file involuntary manslaughter charges against the officers. He said prosecutors would not be able to prove Harold Easter would have lived even if he had received immediate medical at
  • Gina Yashere memoir ‘Cack-Handed’ to be released in June

    Gina Yashere memoir ‘Cack-Handed’ to be released in June
    NEW YORK (AP) — Gina Yashere has some tough stories to share but also some inspiring ones. A memoir by the comedian, writer and producer and actor is called “Cack-Handed” and comes out June 8. Amistad made the announcement Monday. The publisher, an imprint of HarperCollins, says Yashere will trace her life from growing up as a child of Nigerian immigrants in London to enduring the racist and sexist comments of co-workers while she was an elevator operator. It will also detail t
  • California executive pleads guilty in college admission plot

    California executive pleads guilty in college admission plot
    A California businessman who is said to have steered “Full House” star Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, to the ringleader of the college admissions bribery scheme has admitted to paying $40,000 to rig his daughter’s ACT score. Mark Hauser on Monday became the 29th parent to plead guilty to participating in the scandal involving top universities across the country. The insurance and private equity executive was once head of the board at the high
  • The Latest: Schumer calls fast action on court pick ‘craven’

    The Latest: Schumer calls fast action on court pick ‘craven’
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (all times local):
    4 p.m.
    Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer says the GOP effort to replace Justice Ruth Ginsburg by the end of the year is a “craven” move that flips the Republicans’ own logic on its head.
    Schumer spoke Monday just after Majority Leader Mitch McConnell promised that the Senate would vote “this year” on Ginsburg’s replaceme
  • US execution planned of killer who said witchcraft drove him

    US execution planned of killer who said witchcraft drove him
    CHICAGO (AP) — The Trump administration this week is set to resume this year’s wave of federal executions following a 17-year hiatus. If it goes ahead as scheduled Tuesday, William Emmett LeCroy would be the sixth federal death-row inmate executed this year at the U.S. prison in Terre Haute, Indiana. Another is scheduled Thursday. LeCroy said an obsession with witchcraft led him to slay a Georgia nurse to lift a spell he believed she put on him. Lawyers asked President Donald Trump i
  • Another record low in viewership for ‘Pandemmys’

    Another record low in viewership for ‘Pandemmys’
    NEW YORK (AP) — The novelty of seeing stars getting Emmy Awards delivered to their homes wasn’t enough to keep that annual show from slipping further in popularity. The Nielsen company says the Emmys reached 6.1 million people on Sunday night, representing the third straight year it has set a record low in viewership. The Emmys were competing with NFL football and the NBA Finals on Sunday night. With the pandemic, it has also been awhile since there have been many new original shows
  • Warming shrinks Arctic Ocean ice to 2nd lowest on record

    Warming shrinks Arctic Ocean ice to 2nd lowest on record
    U.S. scientists report that ice in the Arctic Ocean melted to its second lowest level on record this summer. The National Snow and Ice Data Center’s figures released Monday show that sea ice extended only 1.4 million square miles last week when it reached its annual low mark for the summer. That may sound like a lot, but in the 1980s ice cover was always at least 1 million square miles bigger at the end of the summer. This year is second only to 2012, but it was close. Scientists say this
  • PCAO will not pursue criminal charges against officers involved in death of Carlos Adrian Ingram Lopez

    PCAO will not pursue criminal charges against officers involved in death of Carlos Adrian Ingram Lopez
    TUCSON (KVOA) - The Pima County Attorney’s Office will not pursue criminal charges against the officers involved in the death of Carlos Adrian Ingram Lopez, according to a letter addressed to Tucson Police Department Chief Chris Magnus that was released Monday morning.Back on June 23, Tucson Mayor Regina Romero shared that three TPD officers resigned from the department following an investigation into an in-custody death that occurred in April 21. After information was shared sur
  • Biggest unknown with Beta is how much rain it will bring

    Biggest unknown with Beta is how much rain it will bring
    HOUSTON (AP) — As Tropical Storm Beta nears the Texas coast, the biggest unknown is how much rainfall it could produce in areas that have already seen their share of damaging weather during a busy hurricane season. Beta’s winds have been weakening as it gets closer to making landfall along Texas’ central or upper Gulf Coast sometime Monday evening. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Beta could bring up to 15 inches of rain and up to 4 feet of storm surge in some coastal co
  • The Latest: McConnell vows Senate vote on court pick in 2020

    The Latest: McConnell vows Senate vote on court pick in 2020
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (all times local):
    3:40 p.m.
    Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says the Senate will vote “this year” to confirm President Donald Trump’s nominee to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, but he is not saying whether there will be a vote before or after Election Day.
    McConnell says there is “overwhelming precedent” for the Senate to act quickly on a
  • Airline denies mom and son, 2, after he refused to wear mask

    Airline denies mom and son, 2, after he refused to wear mask
    PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire woman was not allowed to stay on an American Airlines flight with her 2-year-old son because he would not wear a mask as the airline requires. The Portsmouth Herald reports Rachel Starr Davis of Portsmouth was traveling from Charlotte, North Carolina, when a flight attendant asked her to put a mask on her 2-year-old son. In an Instagram post, Davis wrote she tried but could not. The airline asked passengers to disembark, and Davis and her son were le
  • Cuban-American judge from Florida on Trump high court list

    Cuban-American judge from Florida on Trump high court list
    MIAMI (AP) — Barbara Lagoa is a daughter of Cuban exiles who grew up in a heavily Hispanic suburb of Miami and has had a swift rise as a lawyer and judge — and she is on President Donald Trump’s short list to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the U.S. Supreme Court. After the death Friday of 87-year-old Ginsburg, a liberal icon, Trump said he would name a woman as a replacement — possibly by Saturday. Trump said Monday he has about five people on the short list. At 52, Lagoa
  • Report: Order to shorten count wasn’t made by Census Bureau

    Report: Order to shorten count wasn’t made by Census Bureau
    ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A new report says the decision to shorten by a month the 2020 head count of every U.S. resident wasn’t made by the U.S. Census Bureau. The report by the Office of Inspector General says some agency officials suspect it was made by the White House or the Department of Commerce. The report released late last week didn’t identify who made the decision to shorten the 2020 census from the end of October to the end of September. Federal judges are hearing argumen
  • Ginsburg’s death exposes fragility of health law protection

    Ginsburg’s death exposes fragility of health law protection
    WASHINGTON (AP) — COVID-19 is the newest preexisting medical condition, and the Obama-era health law that protects Americans from insurance discrimination is more fragile following the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. A week after the presidential election, the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments on a lawsuit backed by President Donald Trump to strike down the Affordable Care Act in its entirety. With Ginsburg on the court, there seemed to be little chance the lawsuit champio
  • S&P 500 sinks more than 1.5% as markets tumble worldwide

    S&P 500 sinks more than 1.5% as markets tumble worldwide
    NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are falling on Wall Street Monday, joining a global tumble for markets as the S&P 500 sinks more than 1.5%. Losses in Asia accelerated in Europe on the possibility of tougher restrictions to stem rising coronavirus counts. In the U.S., both stocks and Treasury yields weakened, while prices sank for oil and many other commodities a healthy economy would demand. Bank stocks fell after a report alleged several are profiting from illicit dealings with criminal networ
  • McConnell says Senate will vote ‘this year’ on Supreme Court nomination, gives no additional timing

    McConnell says Senate will vote ‘this year’ on Supreme Court nomination, gives no additional timing
    WASHINGTON (AP) — McConnell says Senate will vote ‘this year’ on Supreme Court nomination, gives no additional timing.The post McConnell says Senate will vote ‘this year’ on Supreme Court nomination, gives no additional timing appeared first on KVOA.
  • Black and brown people at a crossroads as COVID-19 vaccine trials seek participants

    Black and brown people at a crossroads as COVID-19 vaccine trials seek participants
  • NYC police officer charged with spying on Tibetan immigrants

    NYC police officer charged with spying on Tibetan immigrants
    NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City police officer has been charged with spying on Tibetan immigrants in the United States as an “intelligence asset” for the Chinese government. A criminal complaint filed Monday in Brooklyn federal court accuses Baimadajie Angwang of working as an agent for the People’s Republic of China. It says he was secretly supervised by handlers from the Chinese consulate in New York. The 33-year-old Angwang was to appear in court later Monday. The name
  • Florida governor seeks new penalties for violent protesters

    Florida governor seeks new penalties for violent protesters
    TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s Republican governor says the state is going to get tough on people who turn violent during protests. Gov. Ron DeSantis announced a legislative package on Monday that calls for felony-level penalties on anyone who damages property, causes injury or destroys public property. There would a mandatory minimum six month in jail for anyone who hits a police officer during a protest. The proposed package would strip municipalities of state money if they def
  • The Latest: Turkey’s president says UN failed amid pandemic

    The Latest: Turkey’s president says UN failed amid pandemic
    ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s president, who has long called for a reform of the United Nations, said the world body has failed in its response to the coronavirus pandemic.
    In a televised address following a Cabinet meeting, Recep Tayyip Erdogan claimed the UN was late in “accepting the existence” of the pandemic and had failed to “make its presence felt” for nations requiring help to fight infections.
    “The UN, which has fallen flat concerning crises from Sy
  • Virtual UN meeting saps NYC of yearly hubbub, cash infusion

    Virtual UN meeting saps NYC of yearly hubbub, cash infusion
    NEW YORK (AP) — In a normal September, leaders of nations big and small would converge on New York this week. But this year, the usual lineup of presidents, premiers, monarchs and other dignitaries won’t be sweeping into the city for the U.N. General Assembly’s annual top-level meeting and the conferences and hobnobbing that surround it. The assembly has moved online because of the coronavirus. The change is compounding the pandemic’s blows to the city’s economy and
  • Feds threaten to slash funds to NYC, Seattle and Portland over protests

    Feds threaten to slash funds to NYC, Seattle and Portland over protests
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department identified New York City, Portland, Oregon, and Seattle as three cities that could have federal funding slashed under a memorandum by President Donald Trump that sought to identify localities that permit “anarchy, violence and destruction in American cities.”The designation drew immediate criticism from local elected officials. It comes as Trump has cast cities run by Democratic mayors as under siege by violence and lawlessness.That's de
  • US delegation visits Kosovo to invest in infrastructure

    US delegation visits Kosovo to invest in infrastructure
    PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — A high-level delegation from the United States has visited Kosovo to discuss on how to move ahead with projects signed earlier at a White House meeting between Kosovo and Serbia to normalize their economic ties. Officials from the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), USAID, EXIM Bank, Departments of Energy and Commerce met with Kosovar Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti to sign an agreement how to accelerate investment in Kosovo. DFC head Adam Boehler

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