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• A mask and parade: Jimmy Carter celebrates 96th birthday

  01-10-2020 23:57
  
  LBJ LibraryJimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981, Photo Date: 2014
  ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Jimmy Carter has marked his 96th birthday, the latest milestone for the longest-lived of the 44 men to hold the highest American office. Carter celebrated Thursday at his Plains, Georgia, home with his wife Rosalynn, 93. The couple sat outside as a parade of local residents drove by to honor the 39th president. Carter has largely receded from the public eye amid
  
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• Donovan’s Loyal forfeits after 2nd slur in as many weeks

  01-10-2020 23:52
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — The San Diego Loyal and Phoenix Rising players planned to pause their soccer match in the 71st minute and hold up a sign that said, “I will speak. I will act.” It never got to that point. Just before halftime Wednesday night, coach Landon Donovan’s expansion Loyal walked off the field and forfeited their USL second division match after openly gay midfielder Collin Martin allegedly was called a homophobic slur by a Phoenix player. It came a week after the
  
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• In big states, tiny counties, Trump attacking voting rules

  01-10-2020 23:46
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — President Trump’s reelection campaign and his allies in the Republican party are working the election referees. They’re peppering some of the thousands of local elections offices around the country with complaints and demands as voting begins the presidential election. In North Carolina they are urging local officials to ignore new procedures mandated by the state’s Democratic-controlled Board of Elections. In Pennsylvania they’re demanding acce
  
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• ‘Lady Ninja’ pummels assailant who attacked elderly friend

  01-10-2020 23:45
  
  FONTANA, Calif. (AP) — Her martial arts skills may not be quite what they were, but still, you don’t mess with Lady Ninja. Authorities say that’s a lesson a California man learned painfully when he began shoving around an 82-year-old neighbor at a Fontana apartment building. Sixty-seven-year-old black belt Lorenza Marrujo, who likes to call herself Lady Ninja, jumped into the fray. She had her friend’s assailant pinned to the floor and screaming in pain by the time police
  
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• Pompeo, Vatican clash over China after tensions spill out

  01-10-2020 23:32
  
  ROME (AP) — The United States and the Vatican are butting heads over China during Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s trip to Rome. The Holy See has chafed at Pompeo’s public call to take a harsher stance against Chinese restrictions on religious freedom. The State Department sought to play down the differences Thursday, but tensions were palpable during Pompeo’s two-day visit. It got off on a sour note, as far as the Vatican was concerned, after Pompeo penned an essay for a
  
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• The Latest: Tulsa extends mask mandate, lowers to age 10

  01-10-2020 23:31
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY — A mask mandate in Tulsa is being expanded and extended in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus.The amended measure lowers the age of those who must wear face coverings from 18 and up to those older than 10. It also extends through Jan. 31 the mandate for masks to be worn in public when social distancing is not possible. Previously it was to expire Nov. 30President Donald Trump held an indoor campaign rally in Tulsa on June 20 that attracted about 6,000 attendees
  
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• Lawyer: Unruly crowd warrants venue change in Floyd case

  01-10-2020 23:28
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An attorney for one of four former Minneapolis police officers charged in the death of George Floyd says defendants and lawyers were harassed and threatened by protesters after a September hearing, and that the trial should be moved to another city. Tom Plunkett is the lawyer for J. Kueng. He says holding a trial in Hennepin County wouldn’t be safe. Attorneys for all four men say pretrial publicity has made it impossible for them to receive a fair trial in Hennepin
  
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• David and Nicola Yoon launch YA imprint for people of color

  01-10-2020 23:27
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Best-selling authors David and Nicola Yoon are launching a Random House Children’s Books imprint for young adult romance novels by and about people of color. They are calling the imprint Joy Revolution and plan to release the first books in 2022. Joy Revolution continues the publishing industry’s efforts to diversify an historically white business, whether hiring Dana Canedy to run Simon & Schuster’s flagship imprint or the announcement earlier this we
  
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• Democrats press ahead on partisan COVID bill as talks drag

  01-10-2020 23:18
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Top Washington negotiators remain significantly apart on a new coronavirus relief bill. Democrats controlling the House on Thursday plunged ahead with a partisan debate on their next option — a $2.2 trillion measure that’s unacceptable to the White House and Republicans. The vote came after a burst of negotiations between Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that has so far failed to generate a deal. The Trump administration offered
  
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• No ‘proud’ moment: Reaction to Trump gaffe goes from dismay to distress

  01-10-2020 23:13
  
  WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Wednesday defended his debate comments on the right-wing extremists known as the Proud Boys, but reaction from officials in Arizona ranged from dismissal to dismay.…
  
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• Conservative hoaxers face charges over false voter robocalls

  01-10-2020 23:13
  
  Two notorious conservative activists have been charged with multiple felonies in Michigan for a series of false robocalls that aimed to dissuade urban residents in Detroit and other cities from voting by mail. Jacob Wohl, 22, and Jack Burkman, 54, each were charged Thursday with four felony counts in Detroit, including intimidating voters in violation of election law, conspiracy and using a computer to commit crimes. The calls falsely warned residents in majority-Black Detroit and urban areas in
  
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• Ex-NFL star’s effort to toss sentence in rape case rejected

  01-10-2020 23:08
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Disgraced former NFL star Darren Sharper has lost his latest effort to have his 18-year federal sentence tossed out in a drug and sexual assault case involving multiple victims. A federal appellate judge in New Orleans on Thursday denied Sharper a “certificate of appealability.” The former Saints star went to the appeals court after a judge rejected the claim that he wasn’t adequately advised on the consequences of his 2015 guilty plea. The federal cons
  
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• Official: Mexican prison was controlled by Jalisco cartel

  01-10-2020 23:00
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s top security official has announced what many Mexicans had long suspected: the Jalisco drug cartel had long controlled the infamous “Puente Grande” federal prison where convicted drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman staged his first escape in 2001.  The prison had become known for such lax standards that it earned the nickname “Puerta Grande,” or “Big Door.”  Public Safety Secretary Alfonso Durazo sa
  
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• Collision causes delays on Costco Dr, Thornydale Rd

  01-10-2020 22:53
  
  MARANA, Ariz. (KVOA) - Police are reporting a collision near Costco Drive and Thornydale Road Thursday afternoon.
  Southbound lanes will be closed. Lights will be out for an extended period of time, according to Marana Police Department.Motorists are asked to find alternate routes.TRAFFIC ALERT: pic.twitter.com/uBMQGSoWgJ— Town of Marana (@townofmarana) October 1, 2020The post Collision causes delays on Costco Dr, Thornydale Rd appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Armenia says it shot down Azerbaijani drone near capital

  01-10-2020 22:44
  
  YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armenia’s military said its rockets shot down an Azerbaijani drone near the capital of Yerevan as heavy fighting persisted over the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The fighting that broke out Sunday is the biggest escalation in years in the decades-long dispute over the region, which is in Azerbaijan but controlled by local ethnic Armenian forces backed by Armenia. Two French and two Armenian journalists were injured in the fighting. An Armenian Defense
  
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• The Latest: All AZ counties now OKed for partial reopenings

  01-10-2020 22:41
  
  PHOENIX — Arizona is reporting 705 additional COVID-19 cases and 24 more deaths as health officials say all 15 counties have cleared state benchmarks for partial reopening of certain businesses.The overall statewide total of confirmed cases is now 219,212 cases, and the death toll 5,674.Arizona’s Department of Health Services says the classification of largely rural, southeastern Graham County improved to “moderate transmission stage.” That made it the final county to mee
  
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• Phoenix police: Sergeant shoots, wounds man wielding saw

  01-10-2020 22:41
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix police say a sergeant shot and wounded a man wielding a pruning saw as he moved toward the officer. The wounds of the man shot Wednesday night were described by police as serious but not life-threatening. A police statement said gthe incident began with a report of an armed man acting violently, assaulting other people and causing damage. A responding police sergeant saw the man was armed with an “edged weapon” and he ran off as the sergeant ordered him t
  
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• Stocks tick up as Wall Street waits for aid from Washington

  01-10-2020 22:40
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks climbed on Thursday, but only after pinballing through another shaky day of trading, as Wall Street waits to see if Washington can get past its partisanship to deliver another economic rescue package. The S&P 500 ended the day 0.5% higher. But it careened from an early 1% gain to a slight loss before arriving there. The Nasdaq composite rose a healthier 1.4%, as tech stocks again propped up the market. Such big swings have become typical recently, as investo
  
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• Employee of college bribery scheme mastermind pleads guilty

  01-10-2020 22:34
  
  BOSTON (AP) — A former employee of the mastermind of the college admissions bribery scheme has pleaded guilty for her role in the scam. Mikaela Sanford, 34, of Folsom, California, pleaded guilty on Thursday before a Boston federal court judge via videoconference because of the coronavirus pandemic. Sanford was among nearly 60 people charged in the case involving wealthy parents and athletic coaches at top universities across the country. An email seeking comment was sent to her attorney af
  
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• Trump opposes changing debate rules but will still attend

  01-10-2020 22:33
  
  MORRISTOWN, N.J. (AP) — President Donald Trump opposes changing the rules for the remaining two presidential debates against Democrat Joe Biden, but his campaign says he will still attend. Tuesday’s opening debate in Cleveland quickly turned chaotic, with frequent interruptions by the candidates — particularly Trump. The Commission on Presidential Debates said Wednesday that it “intends to ensure that additional tools to maintain order are in place for the remaining debat
  
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• Self-described Proud Boy pleads not guilty to assault

  01-10-2020 22:33
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A self-described member of the Proud Boys, a far-right group, pleaded not guilty to a dozen charges Thursday in Portland, Oregon related to clashes between right- and left-wing demonstrators earlier this summer. Alan Swinney faces charges that include assault and unlawful use of a weapon after authorities said he pointed a revolver at a protester during violent skirmishes in Portland streets and fired a paintball gun and mace at people on two occasdons in August. The
  
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• Report finds New York writers, stages remain extremely white

  01-10-2020 22:27
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A new report on racial representation on New York stages has found that little has changed in regards to the over-representation of white actors, writers and directors. The annual study from the Asian American Performers Action Coalition analyzed the 18 largest nonprofit theaters as well as Broadway companies in New York City during the 2017-18 season. Over 61% of all roles on New York City stages went to white actors, a rate double the population of white people in New Yor
  
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• FBI: What you need to know about attacks on election infrastructure

  01-10-2020 22:27
  
  (KVOA) - The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have been raising awareness about attacks on election infrastructure.On Wednesday, the FBI and CISA said in a news release that Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks on election infrastructure can hinder access to voting information but will not prevent voting.They said that DDoSs are common cyber-attacks that can slow or render election-related public-facing websites inaccessibl
  
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• Election official says no Wisconsin ballots in found mail

  01-10-2020 22:26
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s top election official says there were no Wisconsin absentee ballots amid mail that was discovered in a ditch outside of Appleton last week. Meagan Wolfe, administrator for the Wisconsin Elections Commission, said Thursday that the U.S. Postal Service investigation into what was found is ongoing. But Wolfe says she had been told there were no Wisconsin ballots among the mail found. Wolfe says she did not know if ballots from another state were in the m
  
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• Mexico Supreme Court okays vote on prosecuting ex-presidents

  01-10-2020 22:25
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Supreme Court has ruled the president can go ahead with a proposed referendum on prosecuting ex-presidents, The court ruled Thursday in a 6-5 vote that the measure was constitutional, but said the wording of the question to appear on ballots might be modified. Opponents had claimed it violated the precept that any decision to prosecute should be made independently by prosecutors, not voters or politicians. President Andrés Manuel López Obrado
  
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• Ex-Tigers hurler Denny McLain selling off sports memorabilia

  01-10-2020 22:16
  
  WIXOM, Mich. (AP) — Former Detroit Tigers pitching ace and two-time Cy Young award winner Denny McLain wants to part with baseball bats, pennants, trading cards and a few thousand other pieces of sports memorabilia. They will be sold during an estate sale at McLain’s Wixom home, northwest of Detroit. The sale started Thursday and runs through the weekend. McLain tells WJBK-TV that “there’s real history here” and that his “father-in-law was Lou Boudreau, hall-o
  
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• The Latest: US: Remdesivir supply outstripping demand

  01-10-2020 22:13
  
  WASHINGTON — U.S. health officials say hospitals bought only about a third of the doses of remdesivir that they were offered over the last few months to treat COVID-19, as the government stops overseeing the drug’s distribution.
  Between July and September, 500,000 treatment courses were made available to state and local health departments but only about 161,000 were purchased.
  Dr. John Redd of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said Thursday that “we see this as a
  
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• Stocks end higher as markets wait on Washington for more aid

  01-10-2020 22:09
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Stock indexes ended higher after another day of back-and-forth trading as Wall Street waits to see if Washington can get past its partisanship to deliver more support for the economy. The S&P 500 index rose 0.5% Thursday, after briefly turning negative, as investors handicapped the chances of a deal to send more cash to Americans, restore jobless benefits for laid-off workers and deliver assistance to airlines and other industries hit particularly hard by the pandemic.
  
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• NC halts plan to resolve ballot issue with voter affidavits

  01-10-2020 22:09
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina State Board of Election has sent out a memo encouraging county elections officials to suspend a program allowing voters to sign an affidavit to make up for the lack of a witness signature on their ballots. Thousands of North Carolina voters have failed to provide witness information on the back of their return envelopes, a requirement for the ballots to be accepted. The board issued guidance last week to correct that problem by giving voters an affid
  
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• Barrett opposed ‘abortion on demand,’ raising doubts on Roe

  01-10-2020 21:59
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett signed a 2006 newspaper ad sponsored by an anti-abortion group in which she said she opposed “abortion on demand” and defended “the right to life from fertilization to the end of natural life.” The ad appears to be the most direct expression of Barrett’s opposition to abortion and is sure to intensify debate that she would vote to restrict, if not overturn, Roe v. Wade if she is confirmed to the Supreme
  
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• Bill to reform USOPC, protect athletes approved by Congress

  01-10-2020 21:57
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A bill that would give Congress the power to dissolve the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee’s board of directors and would more than double the federation’s funding for the U.S. Center for SafeSport is headed to President Donald Trump for his signature. The bill passed the House unanimously on Thursday. It was written in response to the sex abuse scandal involving Larry Nassar, the longtime team doctor for USA Gymnastics. Nassar abused more than 300 athlet
  
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• Kingsbury, Rhule renew friendly rivalry at the NFL level

  01-10-2020 21:48
  
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Matt Rhule and Kliff Kingsbury are set to match coaching strategies again — only this time at the NFL level when the Carolina Panthers host the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday. The two former high-profile college coaches met twice in the Big 12 with Kingsbury’s Texas Tech Red Raiders beating Rhule’s Baylor Bears in 2017, but Rhule gained a measure of revenge the following year with a victory that directly resulted in Kingsbury being fired with two years
  
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• Minnesota journalist attacked by Trump supporter at rally

  01-10-2020 21:44
  
  DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota photojournalist was attacked by a supporter of President Donald Trump outside the president’s rally in Duluth. The Duluth Police Department says it’s investigating and working to identify the man, who appeared to punch a phone out of the journalist’s hands. WCCO-TV photojournalist Dymanh Chhoun was filming people gathered near Duluth’s airport before Trump’s campaign visit on Wednesday when he began filming a man confronting Jo
  
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• AP: Trooper’s mic records talk of beating, choking Black man

  01-10-2020 21:44
  
  In graphic, matter-of-fact chatter picked up on his body-camera mic, a Louisiana State trooper implicated in the death of a Black man can be heard talking of beating and choking him before “all of a sudden he just went limp.” The 27-second audio clip obtained by The Associated Press is the most direct evidence to emerge yet in the death last year of Ronald Greene, which troopers initially blamed on injuries from a car crash. The case has now become the subject of a federal civil righ
  
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• How Dry We Are: Monsoon 2020 Second Worst in the Record Books

  01-10-2020 21:40
  
  You're not wrong if you felt this year's monsoon was lacking, but the National Weather Service recently announced exactly how dry monsoon 2020 was. The average monsoon brings Tucson just over 6 inches of rain from June 15 through September.…
  
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• Texas governor restricts mail-in ballot drop-off locations

  01-10-2020 21:37
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Gov. Greg Abbott says the number of locations where Texas voters can drop off their mail-in ballots has been reduced to ensure poll security. There will be no more than one drop-off location per county under Abbott’s proclamation Thursday. Poll watchers may observe in-person ballot deliveries at each location. Harris County, which includes Houston, had 12 drop-off locations for the county’s more than 2 million registered voters as of September. Travis Count
  
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• PCSD: 13-year-old dies after being hit by pickup truck on south side

  01-10-2020 21:34
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - A 13-year-old girl died after being hit by a vehicle Tuesday morning on Tucson's south side.
  Deputies say Angelica Herrera was struck by a pickup truck on Valencia and Swan roads at 4:30 a.m.
  According to Pima County Sheriff's Department, the preliminary investigation revealed that the teenager was crossing southbound on the west side of the intersection when she was hit by the vehicle.
  The 13-year-old was transported to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, where she late
  
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• Arizona counties clear marks for partial business reopenings

  01-10-2020 21:34
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona reported 705 additional COVID-19 cases and 24 more deaths as health officials said Thursday all 15 counties have cleared state benchmarks for partial reopening of certain businesses during the coronavirus outbreak. Arizona’s statewide total increased to 219,212 cases and the death toll rose to 5,674. The Department of Health Services said the classification of largely rural Graham County in southeastern Arizona improved to “moderate transmission stage.&rd
  
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• Pfizer CEO pushes back against Trump claim on vaccine timing

  01-10-2020 21:32
  
  The head of Pfizer, one of the drugmakers racing to develop a coronavirus vaccine, told employees he was disappointed that its work was politicized during this week’s presidential debate and tried to reassure U.S. staff that the company won’t bend to pressure to move more quickly. Chief Executive Officer Albert Bourla told the employees Thursday that the company is “moving at the speed of science,” rather than under any political timing, according to a staff letter obtain
  
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• Documentary tries to prove existence of dead Lincoln photo

  01-10-2020 21:20
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The haunting image of a gaunt-faced man with a familiar beard in death has been seen by very few people and sits in a safe deposit box in Illinois, its ownership in dispute. Some are convinced the man is none other than Abraham Lincoln, America’s beloved 16th president, captured shortly after he died in 1865 from an assassin’s bullet to the head. It’s a story that is hard to believe, and a noted Lincoln expert doesn’t believe it. But the Discovery ne
  
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• Trump cancels Wisconsin rally amid surge in COVID-19 cases

  01-10-2020 21:17
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — President Donald Trump canceled a planned appearance in western Wisconsin amid calls from the city’s mayor and the state’s governor, both Democrats, that he not hold a rally amid a surge in coronavirus cases. A spokeswoman for La Crosse Mayor Tim Kabat said Thursday they had received word that Air Force One was no longer coming to the city, “so we are assuming the Trump Campaign has changed its plan and is not coming to La Crosse.” La Crosse&rsq
  
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• Airline furloughs begin as federal pandemic relief expires

  01-10-2020 21:16
  
  Thousands of airline employees are getting furloughed while the companies wait to see if they will get more money from taxpayers. On Thursday, the White House included $20 billion for airlines in a $1.6 trillion COVID-19 relief proposal. That’s closer to House Democrats’ $2.2 trillion plan, but an agreement is still up in the air. Airlines and their unions are lobbying for more federal money to keep workers on the job through next March. Airlines are losing billions because air trave
  
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• Carnival cancels most 2020 US cruises as CDC extends ban

  01-10-2020 21:08
  
  Carnival Cruise Line is canceling most U.S. sailings through the end of this year. It’s the latest sign that the cruise industry’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic could still be many months away. The company says it’s canceling sailings from all ports except its home ports of Miami and Port Canaveral, Florida, but it stressed that it still might not sail from those ports in November and December. Carnival’s announcement came the day after the U.S. Centers for Disea
  
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• The Latest: Pa Republican state legislator tests positive

  01-10-2020 21:04
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Republican state lawmaker’s positive test for the coronavirus on Thursday prompted legislative leaders to cancel the Pennsylvania House’s voting session.Human resources workers were deployed to trace Rep. Paul Schemel’s personal contacts to see if others should be quarantined.He was most recently in the Capitol on Tuesday, and it’s unclear if he wore a mask while in the building’s public spaces. A significant number of House Republicans don
  
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• Third-party candidate backs Graham in tightening SC race

  01-10-2020 21:02
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina is getting campaign support from a third-party candidate who potentially brings with him a narrow margin of conservative backers who could propel Graham over his Democratic challenger in a tightening race. Graham’s campaign told The Associated Press on Thursday that Bill Bledsoe was dropping out to endorse him. Bledsoe had been running as the Constitution Party candidate seeking to block Graham from a fourth term. The S
  
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• Supreme Court nominee Barrett opposed ‘abortion on demand’

  01-10-2020 20:57
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett signed a 2006 newspaper ad sponsored by an anti-abortion group in which she said she opposed “abortion on demand” and defended “the right to life from fertilization to the end of natural life.” The ad appears to be the most direct expression of Barrett’s opposition to abortion and is sure to intensify debate that she would vote to restrict, if not overturn, abortion rights if she is confirmed to the Sup
  
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• Nobel peace laureate calls for urgent justice in Congo

  01-10-2020 20:57
  
  DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Congolese Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Denis Mukwege says mass atrocities, including widespread sexual violence, continue to go unpunished in his country and an international criminal tribunal is urgently needed to prosecute those crimes. Crimes against humanity, war crimes and even crimes of genocide continue to be committed with impunity in Congo, despite a damning report issued 10 years ago, Mukwege told The Associated Press in an interview via the internet from th
  
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• Laptop, USB drives stolen from Philly election-staging site

  01-10-2020 20:57
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Computer thumb drives used to program Philadelphia voting machines were stolen from a city warehouse along with the laptop of an employee from the machines’ manufacturer. City officials say they are confident the incident won’t compromise election integrity. The laptop was said not to hold any election-related data and officials did not say how many thumb drives were stolen or exactly what data they contained. Mayor Jim Kenney says police are investigating a
  
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• Facebook, Twitter flounder in QAnon crackdown

  01-10-2020 20:56
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Facebook and Twitter promised to stop encouraging the growth of the baseless conspiracy theory QAnon, which fashions President Donald Trump as a secret warrior against a supposed child-trafficking ring run by celebrities and government officials. But the social media companies haven’t succeeded at even that limited goal, a review by The Associated Press found. Both are still “suggesting” QAnon material to users, a powerful way of introducing QAnon to new pe
  
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• Boeing picks South Carolina over Seattle for 787 production

  01-10-2020 20:54
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — Boeing says it will build all of its larger 787 jetliners in South Carolina and shut down an assembly line in the Seattle area next year. Boeing said Thursday it was making the move to preserve cash while demand for new planes is down because of the pandemic. The company isn’t saying whether jobs will be eliminated. The 787 is a twin-aisle plane used mostly for international routes. Boeing started building the plane in Everett, Washington, in 2007, and opened another p
  
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