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• Trump Proud Boys remark echoes Charlottesville

  30-09-2020 23:59
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is trying to walk back his refusal to outright condemn the far right Proud Boys during the presidential debate. But the inflammatory moment was far from the first time that he has failed to denounce white supremacists or has promoted racist ideas. His initial refusal to criticize the fascist group — instead telling the Proud Boys to “stand back and stand by” — drew fierce blowback Wednesday. Trump dramatically changed his app
  
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• Man charged in shooting of 2 Los Angeles County deputies

  30-09-2020 23:58
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors have charged a 36-year-old man Wednesday with a brazen ambush of two Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies earlier this month, an apparently unprovoked shooting as they sat in a squad car outside a rail station. The deputies suffered head wounds in the Sept. 12 attack and have since been released from the hospital. They are expected to have long recoveries that will include additional reconstructive surgeries. The suspect, Deonte Lee Murray, pleaded not
  
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• Lawsuit seeks emergency listing of rare Nevada wildflower

  30-09-2020 23:55
  
  RENO, Nev. (AP) — Environmentalists are suing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to try to force the emergency listing of a rare wildflower as an endangered species after much of its population was destroyed at the site of a proposed lithium mine in Nevada. The Center for Biological Diversity filed the lawsuit Tuesday in federal court in Las Vegas. The lawsuit demands the U.S. Bureau of Land Management take immediate action to protect Tiehm’s buckwheat at the only place it’s kn
  
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• 11 Democratic governors vow that all votes will be counted

  30-09-2020 23:55
  
  LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Eleven Democratic governors have issued a joint statement defending American democracy, vowing that every valid ballot will be counted in the election after President Donald Trump sowed distrust during the first presidential debate. Trump claimed without evidence Tuesday night that mail voting is ripe for fraud, and he refused to say whether he would accept the results. The governors said Wednesday that efforts to throw out ballots or refuse a peaceful transfer of pow
  
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• House approves second bill aimed at forced labor in China

  30-09-2020 23:54
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — For the second time in two weeks, the House has approved a bill aimed at cracking down on U.S. imports of goods made with the forced labor of detained ethnic minorities in China. The bill approved Wednesday would require publicly traded companies in the U.S. to disclose whether any of their goods can be traced to internment camps or factories suspected of using forced labor of Muslim Uighurs or other ethnic minorities. The bill’s passage follows approval last week o
  
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• Federal Reserve extends ban on big bank dividends, buybacks

  30-09-2020 23:54
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Reserve is extending until the end of the year its restrictions on large banks and financial services companies paying out dividends and buying back stock. The Fed made the announcement Wednesday aimed at bolstering the banks as the coronavirus pandemic has causes millions of Americans to fall behind on mortgages, credit card payments and auto loans. All banks with more than $100 billion in assets will still be able to pay dividends, but they will remain capped
  
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• Audit finds flaws with Florida’s safe schools office

  30-09-2020 23:53
  
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s Office of Safe Schools hasn’t been carrying out all of its statutory responsibilities. That’s the finding of the state’s auditor general in a report released Wednesday. The report found the office was understaffed and not fully carrying out responsibilities in a law implemented after 17 people were fatally shot at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in February 2018. The office is part of the Department of Education. The departmen
  
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• The Latest: North Dakota targeting coronavirus hotspots

  30-09-2020 23:49
  
  FARGO, N.D. — A North Dakota marketing agency is rolling out a campaign meant to help stem the tide of rising COVID-19 cases in central North Dakota as the state ranks among the worst in the nation in new cases per capita.
  Agency MABU was hired by a governor’s task force in two counties and has created messages designed to leverage North Dakotans’ strong sense of freedom. MABU president and CEO Mike Mabin says the ad campaign plays on personal choice, “letting people know
  
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• Trump set to miss required deadline for 2021 refugee quota

  30-09-2020 23:44
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — President Donald Trump appears to be ignoring a deadline to establish how many refugees will be allowed into the United States next year. Failure to meet the deadline raises uncertainty about the future of 40-year-old resettlement program that has been dwindling under the administration. The 1980 Refugee Act requires presidents to issue their determination by Oct. 1 for the next fiscal year. With only hours to go Wednesday, the Trump administration still had not scheduled
  
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• Republicans don’t want Bucks, Brewers at early voting sites

  30-09-2020 23:44
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The chairman of the Wisconsin Republican Party is warning Milwaukee’s chief elections official that it would be illegal for any Milwaukee Bucks or Brewers players or mascots to participate in early voting events planned at their stadiums in the days leading up to the election. Wisconsin Republican Party Chairman Andrew Hitt sent the letter Tuesday to Claire Woodall-Vogg, executive director of the Milwaukee Election Commission. Milwaukee plans to allow for in-pers
  
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• Marine pilot in collision praised for keeping crew safe

  30-09-2020 23:44
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Marine Corps officials say the pilot of a fuel tanker showed impressive skills when he touched down safely in a remote area of California and prevented injuries among the seven other crew members after a mid-air collision with a fighter jet. A Marine Corps spokesman said Wednesday it’s unclear what happened to cause the F-35B to collide with the KC-130J tanker in the late afternoon Tuesday. The jet pilot ejected successfully. The jet was refueling when the collision
  
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• Tucson has set a new record for 100-degree days in a year at 100

  30-09-2020 23:43
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - Tucson has broken the record for 100-degree days in a year and has also recorded the hottest summer on record.At 2:32 p.m. Wednesday afternoon, the Tucson airport reached 100 degrees, breaking the previous record for most 100-degree days in a year set back in 1994.
  2020 hasn't been a fun year and it hasn't been a fun year for weather either.Tucson recorded the second driest Monsoon on record and we now have broken the record for the most 100-degree days in a year.Meteorologi
  
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• Feds: 2 men breached NFL, NBA players’ social media accounts

  30-09-2020 23:43
  
  A Louisiana man and a Florida man are facing federal charges in New Jersey, accused of gaining access to professional athletes’ social media accounts and selling the information or using it to extort payments. Trevontae Washington and Ronnie Magrehbi each face wire fraud conspiracy and computer fraud conspiracy counts. Washington, of Thibodeaux, Louisiana, allegedly obtained usernames and passwords for multiple NFL and NBA players and sold access to the information. Magrehbi, of Orlando, F
  
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• Little Rock chief sues officers’ union claiming conspiracy

  30-09-2020 23:41
  
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Little Rock’s police chief is suing the local police union, two assistant chiefs and several officers, accusing them of a conspiracy aimed at forcing him out of his job. The federal lawsuit filed Wednesday by Chief Keith Humphrey is the latest round in an escalating public fight within the department centered on his response to the fatal shooting of a Black motorist by a white police officer last year. Humphrey is accusing the union of orchestrating a campaig
  
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• Victims committee eyes subpoenas for Boy Scouts records

  30-09-2020 23:40
  
  DOVER, Del. (AP) — The official committee representing survivors of childhood sexual abuse in the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy is asking the judge for permission to issue subpoenas for information it claims is being withheld by the organization and its local councils. Committee attorneys say they need to review financial records, troop rosters and insurance policies in order to participate in discussions regarding a possible global resolution of the thousands of sexual abuse claims tha
  
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• School, hospital officials urge continued mask mandates

  30-09-2020 23:38
  
  Pixabay Gloves and mask, Photo Date: March 6, 2020
  LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. (AP) — Hospital officials and Arizona’s schools chief are urging local governments not to lift their mask mandates. Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman said Wednesday that schools are depending on continued efforts to control the coronavirus outbreak. An association representing large hospital chains said lifting mask mandates risks burdening the health care system. The mayor of a western Arizon
  
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• AG Barr promises more federal aid, manpower to help Oklahoma

  30-09-2020 23:28
  
  TAHLEQUAH, Okla. (AP) — U.S. Attorney William Barr is promising more manpower and federal aid to Oklahoma to help tribal governments and federal prosecutors deal with an increase in criminal cases. During a visit to the Cherokee Nation headquarters on Wednesday, Barr talked about the increased caseload stemming from a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision. He says the U.S. Department of Justice plans to fund two federal prosecutor positions in the northern and eastern U.S. districts of Oklaho
  
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• Amtrak rider-in-chief Biden embarks on Rust Belt train tour

  30-09-2020 23:18
  
  LATROBE, Pa. (AP) — If America had an Amtrak rider-in-chief, Joe Biden would be it. The former vice president estimates he’s logged more than 2.1 million miles riding the rails in his lifetime. On Wednesday, he added seven more hours to that total as his campaign chartered a nine-car private train to tour parts of eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania. Those are key areas to pick up votes if he wants to flip the states from red to blue in November’s election against President D
  
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• Arizona state police gets body cameras for 12% of force

  30-09-2020 23:13
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey says someone is donating 150 body-worn cameras for state police officers. That’s enough to equip about 12% of the force in the coming months. Ducey’s administration released few details about the cameras Wednesday, including which officers will get them and what company is supplying them. Ducey last year requested $5 million to buy nearly 1,300 cameras to equip every Department of Public Safety officer, along with related storage equipment
  
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• Trails in Catalinas Reopen After Bighorn Fire

  30-09-2020 23:08
  
  Pima County Parks and Rec continues to reopen outdoor areas in the wake of this summer's Bighorn Fire, which burned more than 100,000 acres in the Catalina mountains north of Tucson. The trails are open to the burn scar from the fire, so hikers should be aware that hazards still exist. The trailheads that feed into the Santa Catalina Mountains in the Coronado National Forest that are now open are:
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• Death toll rises to four in devastating wildfire in California

  30-09-2020 23:08
  
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  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A man who was hospitalized with severe burns after being evacuated from a Northern California blaze died of his injuries. Shasta County Sheriff Eric Magrini said Wednesday the man died at a hospital but gave no other information.
  Magrini said Monday three other people had died in the blaze that started Sunday in Shasta County and has spread to neighboring Tehama County.
  The circumstances of their deaths are not known. More than 1,200 people were evacu
  
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• Secretive, never profitable Palantir makes market debut

  30-09-2020 23:05
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Seventeen years after it was born with the help of CIA seed money, Palantir Technologies is finally going public. The data-mining outfit long reliant on spies and soldiers has never been profitable and is dogged by ethical objections for assisting in the Trump administration’s deportation crackdown. The company is highly reliant on government contracts and analysts say it may sink or float on its ability to capture a significant chunk of corporate business. Another pote
  
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• Census takers: We’re being told to finish early, cut corners

  30-09-2020 23:05
  
  A federal judge’s court has been flooded with messages from census takers who say they are being asked to cut corners and finish their work early. The messages come as the judge in California considers whether the Trump administration violated her order allowing the 2020 census to continue through October by setting an Oct. 5 end date. A census taker in northern California said in an email Tuesday to the court that he had been instructed to finish up by Wednesday, even though his region in
  
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• Father, son from U.S. charged with joining Islamic State

  30-09-2020 22:59
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Prosecutors say a father and son accused of traveling from the U.S. to Syria and joining the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham are facing terrorism charges in South Florida. Court records show that 53-year-old Emraan Ali and 19-year-old Jihad Ali made their initial court appearances Wednesday in Miami federal court. Both are U.S. citizens. According to criminal complaints, Emraan Ali took his family to Syria to join the Islamic State group in March 2015. Prosecutors say both E
  
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• Venezuela receives gasoline from Iran amid surge in protests

  30-09-2020 22:58
  
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Three ships loaded with gasoline from Iran have started to reach fuel-starved Venezuela amid simmering social unrest across the South American country. The second of the ships arrived in Caribbean waters on Wednesday. Meanwhile, a lack of goods and services including gasoline has sparked over 100 protests since last week in small, rural towns across the nation. Activists and residents tell The Associated Press that soldiers and police have responded with force to
  
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• Angry Rhode Island Subway customer throwing chair caught on camera

  30-09-2020 22:58
  
  WJAR/CNN – Police in Pawtucket, Rhode Island are investigating two separate incidents caught on camera at a Subway restaurant.They include a robbery and a customer throwing a violent fit."I was like, you are starting problems with people now, you have to leave, you can't stay in here, you have to go now,” said the Subway employee.This worker, who didn't want to show her face on camera, says that's when the woman seen here in this video unraveled."She threw a chair then she left, the
  
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• The Latest: WHO announces nearly $1 billion to fight COVID

  30-09-2020 22:52
  
  NEW YORK — The World Health Organization announced nearly $1 billion in new pledges on Wednesday for the effort to battle the coronavirus pandemic and make sure that poor countries get treatments and vaccines against COVID-19.Sixteen major pharmaceutical companies are promising to work with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to scale up manufacturing and ensure all countries have access to affordable COVID-19 tests, therapies and vaccines. Johnson & Johnson CEO Alex Gorsky announc
  
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• Video: Hobbled Black woman begged for help in police cruiser

  30-09-2020 22:51
  
  DENVER (AP) — A suburban police agency near Denver is facing more scrutiny for officers’ treatment of Black people after a video emerged showing a woman begging to be lifted up after she fell to the floor in a police cruiser with her hands and feet cuffed behind her. In the police body camera video, the woman says she can’t breathe and at one point calls the officer “master” as she pleads with him. The Aurora police officer was fired and is fighting to win his job b
  
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• AP FACT CHECK: Trump falsely blames Biden for vet deaths

  30-09-2020 22:50
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump falsely blames Democratic rival Joe Biden for the deaths of 308,000 veterans who he said couldn’t get health care because of the Obama administration’s policies.
  Trump and his campaign cite a 2015 reportfrom the Veterans Affairs Department’s inspector general. But that’s not what the report said.
  A look at the claim from their debate Tuesday:
  TRUMP, comparing his record on fixing the Department of Veterans Affairs to when Bid
  
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• Judge approves $800M payout plan for Vegas shooting victims

  30-09-2020 22:49
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — A court has OK’d casino company MGM Resorts International and its insurers paying a total of $800 million to some 4,400 relatives and victims of the Las Vegas Strip shooting. A Nevada judge approved the deal Wednesday, a day before the third anniversary of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. The deal settles dozens of lawsuits in several states with relatives of the 58 people and many of the more than 850 injured. They were at an open-air concert when
  
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• Hospitals feel squeeze as coronavirus spikes in Midwest

  30-09-2020 22:49
  
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — The coronavirus has tightened its grip on the Midwest, with hospitals in Wisconsin and North Dakota running low on space. In Wisconsin, a hospital north of Milwaukee has exceeded capacity in its COVID-19 unit and started sending patients to other facilities. In the capital of North Dakota, an extra hospital unit has opened that can treat virus patients if needed. Meanwhile, the NFL decided to postpone a game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Tennessee Titans after th
  
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• 7 injured in drive-by shooting at Milwaukee funeral home

  30-09-2020 22:36
  
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — Seven people have been shot and wounded in an apparent drive-by shooting outside a Milwaukee funeral home. Mayor Tom Barrett says there were no fatalities Wednesday, and all of the injured were taken to local hospitals. Barrett called the shooting “an example of the insanity we’re seeing” with the number of guns on Milwaukee streets. Cedric Guy, owner of Serenity Funeral Home, said there were about 100 mourners at the funeral home at the time. They were t
  
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• Wall Street rallies to close out strong, but wild quarter

  30-09-2020 22:35
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks rallied on Wall Street Wednesday, but only after zooming up, down and back up again in a fitting end to a wild month and quarter. Prospects for additional support from Congress for the economy helped drive the day’s trading, as they have for weeks. The S&P 500 ended with a gain of 0.8%, but only after veering between a rise of 0.1% and of 1.7%. For the quarter, it rallied 8.5% to follow up on its 20% surge in the spring. Momentum slowed sharply at the end o
  
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• Getting warmer: Trump concedes human role in climate change

  30-09-2020 22:33
  
  At the first presidential debate, President Donald Trump publicly acknowledged some human blame for climate change. But scientists said Wednesday that the president still isn’t dealing with the reality of humans’ primary role in the crisis. Trump made the concession under persistent questioning from moderator Chris Wallace on Tuesday night. But he says humans are just one of many agents. And after six climate questions from Wallace and rival Joe Biden, Trump also failed to rebut scie
  
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• Seagram’s heir sentenced to prison in branded sex slave case

  30-09-2020 22:31
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A wealthy benefactor of the disgraced leader of an upstate New York self-improvement group has been sentenced to almost seven years in prison in a federal sex slave case. Seagram’s liquor fortune heir Clare Bronfman was taken into custody to begin her 81-month sentence immediately after her appearance Wednesday in federal court in Brooklyn. Bronfman admitted in a guilty plea last year that she committed credit card fraud on behalf of Keith Raniere, leader of the group
  
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• Pelosi and Mnuchin have ‘extensive’ talks on COVID relief

  30-09-2020 22:31
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin have wrapped up an “extensive conversation” on a huge COVID-19 rescue package. The face-to-face meeting on Wednesday was a last-ditch effort to seal a tentative accord on an additional round of coronavirus relief before Election Day. Pelosi issued a statement after a 90-minute meeting in the Capitol saying the two would continue to talk. They are aiming for an agreement that would permit another
  
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• Milwaukee mayor: 7 shot, none fatally, in apparent drive-by outside funeral home.

  30-09-2020 22:27
  
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee mayor: 7 shot, none fatally, in apparent drive-by outside funeral home.The post Milwaukee mayor: 7 shot, none fatally, in apparent drive-by outside funeral home. appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Judge drops suit alleging racist efforts to oust prosecutor

  30-09-2020 22:24
  
  A federal judge has tossed out a lawsuit filed by St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner and blasted her claims that she was the victim of a coordinated and racist conspiracy aimed at forcing her from office. Gardner, the city’s elected prosecutor, claimed in the suit that “entrenched interests” were intentionally impeding her efforts to reform racist practices that have led to a loss of trust in the criminal justice system. U.S. District Judge John Ross wrote that Gardner&rsqu
  
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• Ex-UAW president pleads guilty in embezzlement scheme

  30-09-2020 22:24
  
  DETROIT (AP) — The former president of the United Auto Workers has pleaded guilty to an embezzlement scheme. Dennis Williams says he suspected that union dues were being used for golf, lodging and fancy meals but that he “deliberately looked away” and enjoyed the bounty. Williams is the latest senior leader at the UAW to plead guilty in the government’s investigation of corruption in the upper ranks of the union. The probe has resulted in the convictions of 11 people, inc
  
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• Chandler police ID shooting victim; Mum on possible suspect

  30-09-2020 22:15
  
  CHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) — Police on Wednesday released the name of a man who was fatally shot in a Chandler neighborhood, but won’t identify a possible suspect in the case. They say 50-year-old Michael Payne of Chandler died at a hospital after the Monday night shooting. Police say one person was taken into custody but hasn’t been arrested or identified publicly.  Investigating detectives still are trying to determine what led to the shooting. Police say they are working with
  
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• Mexican congress votes to fine people who block beach access

  30-09-2020 22:12
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Senate has voted to levy fines of up to $47,000 against hotels, restaurants or other property owners who restrict access to the country’s beaches. The bill approved unanimously Tuesday also requires property owners to allow public access through their lots to beaches that do not have access roads.  The bill now goes to the president for his approval. Mexicans have long been angered by private restaurants, clubs and hotels that erect barriers or
  
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• Azerbaijan, Armenia no closer to ending clashes after 4 days

  30-09-2020 22:12
  
  YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Heavy fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces over the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh has continued for a fourth straight day as statements from both sides indicating that the flare-up of a decades-old conflict that has killed dozens of people this week was no closer to an end. The president of Azerbaijan on Wednesday said Armenia’s withdrawal from Nagorno-Karabakh was the sole condition to end fighting over the separatist territory, a scenario
  
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• Stocks end a bumpy day higher, but still down for September

  30-09-2020 22:11
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks ended another bumpy day higher but still closed out September with their first monthly loss since March. Trading was volatile Wednesday as hopes grew, then faded, that talks between the White House and Congress would result in more aid for the economy. The S&P 500 rose 0.8%, but still lost 3.9% for the month. After setting a record high Sept. 2, the index has been mostly tumbling on a range of worries in its sharpest setback since it began soaring in the spring.
  
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• Parrots at British zoomoved after swearing at visitors

  30-09-2020 22:11
  
  Lincolnshire Wildlife Park via CNN Newsource
  Some foul-mouthed parrots at a British zoo are in big trouble, for swearing at people!Five African-grey parrots were donated, from separate owners, to the Lincolnshire Wildlife Park within the same week.The birds quarantined together… But staff said the parrots were soon swearing and cussing at each other. And then also at visitors, who started cussing back!The zoo removed the parrots from public view so children wouldn't hear all the profanit
  
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• Parrots at British zoo moved after swearing at visitors

  30-09-2020 22:11
  
  Lincolnshire Wildlife Park via CNN Newsource
  Some foul-mouthed parrots at a British zoo are in big trouble, for swearing at people!Five African-grey parrots were donated, from separate owners, to the Lincolnshire Wildlife Park within the same week.The birds quarantined together… But staff said the parrots were soon swearing and cussing at each other. And then also at visitors, who started cussing back!The zoo removed the parrots from public view so children wouldn't hear all the profanit
  
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• Alabama governor apologizes to ’63 church bombing survivor

  30-09-2020 22:08
  
  Alabama’s governor is apologizing to a survivor of a racist 1963 church bombing that killed four Black girls. Gov. Kay Ivey’s office released a letter Wednesday saying that Sarah Collins Rudolph and other victims of the blast suffered what she called an “egregious injustice” that caused “untold pain and suffering.” For that, Ivey offered a “heartfelt apology.” Ivey’s letter comes in response to a request from Rudolph seeking an apology and re
  
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• Sierra Vista man in custody after a fatal drive-by shooting

  30-09-2020 21:58
  
  SIERRA, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say a man considered a “person of interest” in a fatal drive-by shooting in Sierra Vista has turned himself in to police. They say 20-year-old Rick Martin of Sierra Vista was taken into custody without incident Tuesday and booked into the Cochise County Jail on suspicion of first-degree murder, aggravated assault, attempted murder, endangerment and misconduct with a weapon. It was unclear Wednesday if Martin has a lawyer yet who can speak on his
  
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• Clock running out before some airlines begin furloughs

  30-09-2020 21:53
  
  With the clock ticking, airline employees and executives are making a last-ditch appeal to Washington for more federal aid that would avert thousands of layoffs that otherwise will start on Thursday. U.S. passenger airlines and their labor unions are lobbying for another $25 billion in taxpayer money to pay workers for six more months, though next March. But their request is tied up in stalled negotiations over a larger pandemic-relief measure. Airline industry officials admit prospects look ble
  
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• Breonna Taylor grand jury recordings to be released Friday

  30-09-2020 21:52
  
  Taylor Family PhotoBreonna Taylor - 26 yr old EMT shot by police, Photo Date: Undated
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky judge has delayed until Friday the release of secret grand jury proceedings in Breonna Taylor’s killing by police. Audio recordings of the proceedings were originally supposed to be made public Wednesday. State Attorney General Daniel Cameron’s office asked a Louisville court for a week’s delay, so it could redact the names of witnesses and personal inf
  
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• Pima County: Record number of voters want ballot by mail

  30-09-2020 21:45
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - A record number of voters want to vote by mail, Pima County Recorder's Office said Wednesday afternoon.
  On Wednesday, Oct. 8, the office will mail General Election ballots to 472,717 Pima County voters.
  The number includes 447,774 voters on the Permanent Early Voter List (PEVL) and 24,943 voters who have requested a ballot by mail for the 2020 General Election.There are 614,473 registered voters in Pima County -- 12,000 new voters registered in the last two weeks.
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