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• The Latest: At least 2 Oklahoma inmates die of COVID-19

  22-09-2020 23:58
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Department of Corrections on Tuesday reported that two inmates have died due to COVID-19 and seven other deaths are possibly the result of the disease, which is caused by the coronavirus.The cause of the other seven deaths are pending autopsies by the state medical examiner, according to DOC.Of the department’s nearly 25,000 inmates, 3,168 have tested positive for the virus and 1,398 cases are currently active, according to DOC Director Scott Crow, increa
  
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• AP FACT CHECK: GOP ads twist Mark Kelly’s ex-company’s deal

  22-09-2020 23:49
  
  Republicans in an Arizona U.S. Senate race are distorting the details of a development deal for a high-altitude balloon company co-founded by Mark Kelly, the Democratic candidate for the seat. Contrary to their TV and online ads, Kelly’s company didn’t get $15 million from taxpayers and give nothing back except “hot air.”
  The National Republican Senatorial Committee and incumbent Republican Sen. Martha McSally have run similar attack ads about Kelly’s involvement wi
  
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• Tuskegee airman from Arizona who flew in 3 wars dies at 95

  22-09-2020 23:47
  
  NOGALES, Ariz. (AP) — A member of the famed all-black Tuskegee Airmen who died in Arizona will be remembered this week. Martinez Funeral Chapels in Nogales confirmed a funeral for George Washington Biggs is scheduled for Thursday. Biggs died Saturday at age 95. His daughter, Rose Biggs-Dickerson, told The Arizona Republic that her father had been living in a senior-care facility in Tucson. A native of Nogales, Biggs enlisted in 1943 at age 18 with the U.S. Army Air Corps _ which later beca
  
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• Court reviewer: Ohio State broke law by withholding records

  22-09-2020 23:42
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A court reviewer says Ohio State University violated state public records law by intentionally withholding old documents from one of the men alleging decades-old sexual misconduct by a school doctor. Alumnus Steve Snyder-Hill requested records in 2018 related to his having complained about being abused by Dr. Richard Strauss in the mid-1990s. The school said it would respond as quickly as possible but withheld the records for months, until the release of a law firm in
  
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• The Latest: Colorado announces furloughs of state workers

  22-09-2020 23:34
  
  DENVER — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis announced mandatory furloughs of state workers due to pandemic-related budget cuts and warned Tuesday about a third wave of coronavirus outbreaks if the state’s upward trend continues.
  The number of days are based on an employee’s annual salary with exemptions for those necessary for the COVID-19 response, assisting Coloradans in finding jobs, and protecting public safety and roads, as well as workers earning $50,000 a year or less.
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• Wyoming cuts to impede access to corrections information

  22-09-2020 23:29
  
  CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — News reporters will need to file a public records request in order for the Wyoming Department of Corrections to answer any of their questions after the agency lays off its public information officer. The change takes effect Oct. 8 and raises questions about how the department will continue to quickly inform the public about urgent safety matters such as escaped inmates and COVID-19 at correctional institutions. Wyoming state agencies typically take several weeks to mo
  
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• ICE no longer sending migrants to doctor accused of performing hysterectomies without consent

  22-09-2020 23:24
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Immigration authorities have stopped sending detained women to a rural Georgia gynecologist accused of performing surgeries without consent.Dr. Mahendra Amin faces allegations that he administered hysterectomies and other procedures that women held at the Irwin County Detention Center didn’t seek or fully understand.A spokesman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed that Amin would no longer see patients, but declined to comment further citing ongoing g
  
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• Saudi Arabia to lift ban on Mecca pilgrimage amid virus

  22-09-2020 23:16
  
  RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia says Muslims will be allowed to perform the smaller, year-round pilgrimage starting Oct. 4 as the kingdom gradually begins lifting a suspension that had been in place on Islam’s holiest site for the past seven months due to the coronavirus. State media reported Tuesday the government plans to allow up to 6,000 visitors a day at the Grand Mosque in Mecca during this first phase. Muslims from outside Saudi Arabia could be allowed back to perform
  
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• Feds: Fraudster blew $30K in Vegas with virus loan money

  22-09-2020 23:14
  
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a convicted bank robber from Rhode Island fraudulently obtained $600,000 in forgivable federal business loans and spent $30,000 in Las Vegas before being caught. Michael Moller was held without bail pending trial at an appearance Tuesday in federal court. Prosecutors say the 41-year-old Middletown man in April filed for $4.7 million in loans through the Paycheck Protection Program to pay employees at businesses he said were based in Fall Rive
  
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• Something unusual is missing among Nielsen’s top programs

  22-09-2020 23:12
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Something was missing in last week’s list of the 20 most-watched television programs in prime time, something that would have once seemed inconceivable. The Nielsen company’s list includes not a single scripted series — no dramas, no comedies — on what would normally be the eve of a new fall season. Halts in series production due to the coronavirus outbreak is the chief culprit. Instead, viewers are filling their time with football and basketball gam
  
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• Bill to end mandatory jail time for assaults on police fails

  22-09-2020 23:12
  
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia lawmakers have killed legislation that called for eliminating mandatory jail time for assaulting a police officer. The bill had drawn heated opposition from Republicans who said it would send the wrong message at a time when law enforcement has come under attack during nationwide protests over police brutality and racial injustice. The bill proposed by Democratic Sen. Scott Surovell passed the Senate last month. But it was rejected Tuesday after several Democr
  
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• North Carolina board agrees to more absentee ballot changes

  22-09-2020 23:11
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina election officials have agreed that mail-in absentee ballots returned with deficient information this fall can be fixed without forcing the voter to fill out a new blank ballot. The change announced Tuesday is likely to yield an upward tick in the number of counted ballots in this presidential battleground state. The changes are contained in an agreement filed Tuesday in court with a union-affiliated group that sued over absentee ballot rules. Nearly 1 m
  
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• 2 Marines accused in drug overdose case of fellow Marine

  22-09-2020 23:10
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Two U.S. Marines have been arrested on a federal grand jury indictment alleging the lance corporals were involved in drug sales including to a fellow Marine who died of an overdose in May. Lance Cpls. Anthony Ruben Whisenant and Ryan Douglas White were arrested Tuesday at Camp Pendleton, north of San Diego. They were expected to appear later that day in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles. Neither Marine responded to an email from The Associated Press asking for comment or
  
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• Florida man sentenced for smuggling lizards from Philippines

  22-09-2020 23:09
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man has been sentenced to 90 days of home detention and 288 hours of community service for his part in a trafficking scheme in which live water monitor lizards were stuffed into socks and concealed inside electronics to be smuggled from the Philippines to the United States. Court records show 44-year-old Akbar Akram was sentenced earlier this month in Tampa federal court. He previously pleaded guilty to one count of wildlife trafficking. The Justice D
  
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• Trump, Biden fight to define campaign’s most pressing issues

  22-09-2020 23:04
  
  SWANTON, Ohio (AP) — On the campaign trail this week with Joe Biden, the generational fight to fill a suddenly vacant Supreme Court seat has become an afterthought. On the other side, President Donald Trump has found a new rallying cry. The conflicting messages from the Republican president and his Democratic challenger reflect a broader fight to define the lens through which voters view the 2020 contest. Democrats want them to view the contest as a referendum on Trump and his failure to c
  
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• The Latest: Judge declines to stay ruling on PA crowd size

  22-09-2020 22:57
  
  Pittsburgh — A federal judge on Tuesday declined to stay his own ruling that Gov. Tom Wolf’s size limits on gatherings are unconstitutional.
  U.S. District Judge William Stickman IV said the administration had failed to show “imminent and irreparable harm will occur” if the state can’t limit event crowds to 25 people inside and 250 people outside.
  State officials had asked Stickman, an appointee of President Donald Trump, to delay enforcement of his ruling while they
  
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• Migrant women to no longer see doctor accused of misconduct

  22-09-2020 22:50
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Immigration authorities have stopped sending detained women to a rural Georgia gynecologist accused of performing surgeries without consent. Dr. Mahendra Amin faces allegations that he administered hysterectomies and other procedures that women held at the Irwin County Detention Center didn’t seek or fully understand. A spokesman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed that Amin would no longer see patients, but declined to comment further citing ongoing
  
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• Denver police investigate baton assault of protester

  22-09-2020 22:50
  
  DENVER (AP) — Denver police are investigating an allegation that an officer sexually assaulted a protester with a baton while taking him into custody in July. Michael Jacobs was arrested at a park near the state Capitol on July 29 during a protest over a homeless sweep. His lawyer says that after police tackled him, an officer plunged a baton into his backside several times, causing him to suffer hemorrhages. He says another officer held him by his hair and punched him in the head, giving
  
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• California accepts petition to protect western Joshua tree

  22-09-2020 22:45
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The western Joshua tree will be considered for protection under the California Endangered Species Act because of threats from climate change and habitat destruction. The state Fish and Game Commission on Tuesday voted to accept a petition that provides the yucca plants protected status for a year while the agency conducts a study. After the review, commissioners will determine whether the species should be formally protected under the law. The petition by the Cent
  
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• Recorded attack on Black runner is charged as a hate crime

  22-09-2020 22:39
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A woman accused of throwing a bottle at a Black runner in New York City and yelling a racial slur at her in an episode recorded on video has been charged with attempted assault as a hate crime and aggravated harassment. Lorena Delaguna was arraigned Tuesday in Queens criminal court on charges stemming from the Aug. 17 confrontation. District Attorney Melinda Katz says no one should have to endure “being called a vile slur” because of the their skin color. A mess
  
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• Congress seeks to block goods from China over forced labor

  22-09-2020 22:36
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan bill aimed at keeping goods out of the U.S. that are made with the forced labor of detained ethnic minorities in China passed overwhelmingly Tuesday in the House of Representatives. That’s despite some concerns about the potential economic effects. The House voted 406-3 to declare that any goods produced in the vast Xinjiang region of northwestern China are presumptively made with the forced labor of detained Uighurs and other ethnic minorities, and the
  
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• The Latest: Collins to vote no on court pick before election

  22-09-2020 22:34
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Justice Ruth Ginsburg (all times local):
  4:30 p.m.
  Maine’s Susan Collins has become the first Republican senator to say she’ll vote against any of President Donald Trump’s picks for the Supreme Court vacancy if the vote occurs before Election Day.Alaska GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski has said she’s against voting on a nominee before the election. But opposition by Collins and Murkowski wouldn
  
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• Facebook: Fake pages from China tried to disrupt US politics

  22-09-2020 22:33
  
  Facebook says it has removed a small network of fake accounts and pages that originated in China and focused on disrupting political activity in the U.S. and several other countries. The U.S.-focused activity was the most limited and gained almost no following, Facebook said. The accounts posted material both in support of and against presidential candidates Pete Buttigieg, Joe Biden and Donald Trump. Facebook also removed a second network originating in the Philippines. The people behind the ne
  
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• House Democrats hope to pass funding bill to avert shutdown

  22-09-2020 22:28
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats controlling the House are pressing ahead with a government-wide temporary funding bill that would keep federal agencies fully up and running into December. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appears likely to reverse course yet again on the issue of farm aid, okaying a provision requested by President Donald Trump and backed strongly by Capitol Hill Republicans. It would give the administration continued immediate authority to dole out Agriculture Department farm bailou
  
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• Tommy DeVito, founding member of the Four Seasons, dies

  22-09-2020 22:27
  
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Tommy DeVito, a founding member of the 1960s Four Seasons band has died from the coronavirus at the age of 92. His former bandmate Frankie Vallie wrote in a post on Facebook that DeVito had died. Actor Alfred Nittoli said in a separate post that DeVito died in Las Vegas on Monday evening. DeVito along with Valli, Bob Gaudio and Nick Massi founded the Four Seasons in 1960 and sang huge hits like, ″Can’t Take My Eyes Off You” and “Oh, What a Night.
  
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• UK’s Johnson urges ‘spirit of togetherness’ to combat virus

  22-09-2020 22:24
  
  LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has appealed for a “spirit of togetherness” through the winter as he unveiled a series of new restrictions on everyday life to get on top of a dramatic spike in new coronavirus cases. Warning that the new restrictions could last for six months, Johnson said Tuesday that pubs, restaurants and other entertainment venues in England will have to close at 10 p.m. In a speech with deliberate echoes of World War II  communal spir
  
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• Frenemies: Romney, GOP reunite on plan for Ginsburg seat

  22-09-2020 22:22
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Mitt Romney is having a homecoming moment. The Utah Republican and 2012 GOP presidential nominee incensed President Donald Trump and Republicans with his impeachment vote. But on Tuesday he cleared the way for his party to replace Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died Friday at age 87. Romney’s announcement overcame Democratic objections that it’s too close to the Nov. 3 election. Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have launche
  
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• Close call with storm renews debate over Houston barrier

  22-09-2020 22:13
  
  GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — When it was spared a blow from Hurricane Laura last month, Houston breathed a sigh of relief. Now the close call has renewed a debate about whether the nation’s fourth-largest city should help build a massive and expensive barrier to protect against storm surge. Because it barely rises above sea level, Houston has long worried about a worst-case weather scenario — a direct hit from a powerful storm that sends a wall of water barreling into the region&rsq
  
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• Wall Street steadies itself, halting 4-day losing streak

  22-09-2020 22:08
  
  Stocks rebounded on Wall Street Tuesday, recovering some of their losses after tumbling on a raft of worries about the pandemic and governments’ response to it. The S&P 500 gained 1.1%, halting its first four-day losing streak since the market was selling off in February. Trading was erratic, though, and indexes swung from small gains to losses through the morning. The head of the Federal Reserve is pressing Congress for more aid to support the economy’s recovery amid concerns ab
  
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• With 95% homes hit, feds say no need for census extension

  22-09-2020 22:07
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Government attorneys say with the number of U.S. households counted topping 95%, there is no reason for a judge to order the U.S. Census Bureau to extend by a month the head count of every U.S. resident. The attorneys said Tuesday in court papers that a temporary restraining order issued by a federal judge is making the Census Bureau’s job more difficult to finish the 2020 census. The court papers were filed ahead ahead of a virtual court hearing in San Jose, Cal
  
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• In UN speech, Duterte defends drug war but tempers tone

  22-09-2020 22:02
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte defended his drug crackdown, dismissed criticism from human rights advocates and underscored his country’s claims in the South China Sea as the sometimes aggressive critic of the United Nations addressed its annual gathering of world leaders for the first time Tuesday.
  But with the coronavirus taking a human and economic toll on the Philippines, the often brash Duterte also struck a somewhat conciliatory tone about the organ
  
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• 1 man dead, another seriously hurt in Tucson wall collapse

  22-09-2020 21:59
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say one man is dead and another seriously injured after a wall collapsed at an office building on Tucson’s southwest side. Tucson Fire Department officials say crews were called out about 10 a.m. Tuesday. They say one victim was declared dead at the scene and the other was taken to a hospital with serious injuries. The names and ages of the two men weren’t immediately released. It was unclear what the victims were doing at the time of the wall c
  
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• US prosecutors tout drug busts in California, Wisconsin

  22-09-2020 21:47
  
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — A federal prosecutor in Milwaukee says police have broken up a drug-trafficking operation that was moving marijuana, heroin and cocaine from California to Wisconsin. U.S. Attorney Matthew Krueger said during a news conference Tuesday that 26 people have been charged and 21 of them were arrested Tuesday. Search warrants were executed in both California and Milwaukee. Authorities seized 33 guns, $170,000, as well as drugs. U.S. Attorney General William Barr appeared at the n
  
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• Woodward says CNN reporter urged him to release Trump tapes

  22-09-2020 21:44
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — ‘Rage’ author Bob Woodward said CNN reporter Jamie Gangel helped convince him to release audio tapes of his interviews with President Donald Trump. Woodward said those interviews, with Trump telling him that he played down dangers of the coronavirus epidemic in order not to create a panic, gave ‘Rage’ a bigger initial impact than words on a page would have alone. A reporter like Gangel encouraging a news source toward a decision that amplified the im
  
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• GOP senators fall behind President Trump to quickly fill court seat

  22-09-2020 21:44
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans are swiftly falling in line behind President Donald Trump’s push to fill the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat on the Supreme Court.One of the possible holdouts, GOP Sen. Mitt Romney, said Tuesday he supports holding a vote. Trump is set to announce his nominee Saturday. Appeals court judge Amy Coney Barrett is considered the favorite. Conservatives are pushing for a vote before Election Day, Nov. 3.Democrats say it's too close to the
  
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• The Latest: British PM unveils rules as virus cases spike

  22-09-2020 21:43
  
  LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson appealed to a “spirit of togetherness” as he unveiled a series of new restrictions on everyday life to get on top of a dramatic spike in new coronavirus cases.
  Warning that the new restrictions could last for six months through the winter and into the spring, Johnson said pubs, restaurants and other entertainment venues in England will have to close at 10 p.m.
  In a speech with deliberate echoes of wartime communal spirit, Johnson sa
  
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• 2 antiquities dealers charged with defrauding buyers

  22-09-2020 21:42
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Two dealers of ancient art have been indicted on charges including fraud and identity theft. The U.S. attorney’s office New York’s Southern District says Erdal Dere and Faisal Khan used the identities of deceased collectors to create fake ownership histories for antiquities they sold through Dere’s New York company, Fortuna Fine Arts Ltd. The 50-year-old New York resident Dere is charged with conspiracy, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Khan, a Ne
  
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• Widow of Kobe Bryant sues LA sheriff over helicopter crash photos

  22-09-2020 21:41
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Vanessa Bryant, the widow of basketball star Kobe Bryant, has filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles County sheriff claiming deputies shared unauthorized photos of the crash that killed her husband, their 13-year-old daughter and seven others.After the Jan. 26 crash, reports surfaced that graphic photos of the victims were being shared.Sheriff Alex Villanueva told news media that eight deputies took or shared graphic photos of the scene and he ordered the images deleted
  
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• Kentucky city prepares for Breonna Taylor announcement

  22-09-2020 21:41
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Police in Louisville, Kentucky, are restricting access to downtown in preparation for the state attorney general’s announcement about whether he’ll charge officers in Breonna Taylor’s shooting death. Taylor’s shooting has been followed by months of protests in the city. The Louisville Metro Police Department said Tuesday that authorities were placing barricades around Jefferson Square Park, where many of the demonstrations have been held, and
  
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• Court papers: Woman wrote ‘give up’ in letter containing ricin to President Trump

  22-09-2020 21:36
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A woman accused of mailing a package containing ricin to the White House included a threatening letter in which she told President Donald Trump to “give up and remove your application for this election."That's according to court papers filed Tuesday.Pascale Ferrier was arrested Sunday at the New York-Canada border and is due to make her first court appearance Tuesday afternoon in federal court in Buffalo, New York The envelope containing the toxic substance and the
  
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• Few resources, old-growth forest allowed for fire’s growth

  22-09-2020 21:24
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A lack of firefighting resources in the hours after it was sparked allowed a fast-moving wildfire to make an unprecedented run through Southern California mountains. The Bobcat Fire eventually found fuel in old-growth trees to become one of Los Angeles County’s largest fires ever. The blaze has burned for more than two weeks and is still threatening more than 1,000 homes after scorching its way through brush and timber down into the Mojave Desert. At least 29 homes
  
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• Police restrict access to downtown ahead of decision in Breonna Taylor case

  22-09-2020 21:21
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Police in Louisville, Kentucky, are restricting access to downtown in preparation for the state attorney general’s announcement about whether he'll charge officers in Breonna Taylor’s shooting death.
  Taylor’s shooting has been followed by months of protests in the city. The Louisville Metro Police Department said Tuesday that authorities were placing barricades around Jefferson Square Park, where many of the demonstrations have been held, and the pe
  
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• Kansas City police ID 1-year-old killed in triple shooting

  22-09-2020 21:20
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City police have identified a child killed in a triple shooting there as a 1-year-old boy, making him the city’s youngest homicide victim this year. Police say Tyron Payton was in the back seat of a car with three other adults when someone opened fire on their vehicle Monday afternoon. The child’s death is the 148th homicide this year in Kansas City. At this time last year, 114 homicides had been recorded. Federal agents have been sent to Kansas C
  
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• Italian prosecutor: ‘Ndrangheta is top crime group in West

  22-09-2020 21:18
  
  ROME (AP) — Italy’s top anti-mafia prosecutor says the country’s ’Ndrangheta mob is “the most important criminal organization in the Western world,” as preliminary hearings in the biggest ever trial against the group have resumed. The hearings at the bunker room of the Rebibbia prison, which are expected to last until the end of October, are preliminary procedures against 452 suspects from the Calabrian-based ’Ndrangheta. The suspects face charges such a
  
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• San Diego County avoids more business closures due to virus

  22-09-2020 21:17
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego County has been spared having to close businesses under California’s revised system for reopening the economy. An outbreak at San Diego State University has caused a surge of cases in the county. But the latest weekly figures released by the state on Tuesday showed the county still was able to keep its case levels just below a level that would have required business closures.  San Diego State has nearly 850 confirmed cases, enough to drive up  rat
  
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• Kosovo veterans say they’ve been sent war crime files, again

  22-09-2020 21:10
  
  PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo war veterans for the third time have received from an unknown person war crime files from a special international court in The Hague, Netherlands, probing alleged crimes during and after the Balkan nation’s 1998-1999 war. But a court spokesman warned that the veterans appeared to be trying to undermine the proper administration of justice. The war veterans association leader Hysni Gucati said an unidentified man delivered the files to their office in Ko
  
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• Parents tackle man accused of spying on girl in bathroom

  22-09-2020 21:07
  
  DUNCAN, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a group of parents tackled and restrained a registered sex offender accused of spying on a 15-year-old girl in the bathroom of a South Carolina restaurant. Duncan police say 53-year-old Douglas Lane has been charged with voyeurism, as well as possession of marijuana and paraphernalia. Court records show that Lane has several past convictions for similar behavior in both North and South Carolina dating back more than 20 years. News outlets report that the
  
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• Putin offers UN staff new Russian virus vaccine for free

  22-09-2020 21:04
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin is offering an unusual gift to mark the U.N.'s 75th anniversary. He offered to give U.N. staff the new Russian coronavirus vaccine for free.Only results from small early studies on the vaccine have been published, raising concerns among some experts that the Russian vaccine isn't ready yet for widespread use.By contrast other vaccines that have also shown promise in early tests are now being studied more widely in tens of thousands of people i
  
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• India says some progress made in military talks with China

  22-09-2020 20:59
  
  SRINAGAR, India (AP) — The Indian military says senior Indian and Chinese military commanders have agreed to stop a further buildup of troops along their fast-militarizing disputed border in the mountainous Ladakh region where the two Asian giants are locked in a monthslong and bitter standoff. India’s defense ministry says the two sides also agreed to “avoid misunderstandings and misjudgments” along the contested border. The standoff in the cold desert of Ladakh began in
  
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• China, top global emitter, aims to go carbon-neutral by 2060

  22-09-2020 20:50
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping says his country will aim to stop adding to the global warming problem by 2060.
  Xi’s announcement during a speech Tuesday to the U.N. General Assembly is a significant step for the world’s biggest emitter of greenhouse gases.
  Calling for a “green revolution,” Xi said the coronavirus pandemic had shown the need to preserve the environment.
  “Humankind can no longer afford to ignore the repeated warnings of natur
  
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