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• The Latest: Virus cluster found at Alaska hockey tournament

  09-10-2020 23:59
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Health officials in Alaska’s largest city on Friday recommended up to 300 people associated with a youth hockey tournament quarantine or isolate after “a cluster” of COVID-19 cases were identified.
  The Anchorage Health Department said players, coaches and fans from parts of south-central Alaska and Juneau attended the tournament, which was held Oct. 2-4.The department said it encouraged everyone who attended who does not have symptoms to quarantine for
  
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• Wichita State investigating men’s basketball coach

  09-10-2020 23:55
  
  WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Wichita State University is conducting an internal investigation into allegations that men’s basketball coach Gregg Marshall mistreated players, the school and Marshall have confirmed.Stadium, a multiplatform sports network, said the inquiry began after the university learned it was conducting an investigation in which it interviewed 36 players and former coaches.
  Former Wichita State forward Shaq Morris told Stadium he was punched twice by Marshall, the school&r
  
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• Transgender rights activist-blogger Monica Roberts, 58, dies

  09-10-2020 23:49
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Prominent transgender rights activist and blogger Monica Roberts has died in Houston at the age of 58. The Harris County medical examiner identified a body found early Tuesday in the parking lot of a west Houston apartment complex as that of Roberts. A Houston police statement said Friday that Roberts died of an unspecified “medical emergency.” Social media posts by Roberts’ friends said she’d been ill before Monday. She launched her award-winning Tra
  
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• White House ups virus aid offer, resumes talks with Pelosi

  09-10-2020 23:48
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is boosting its offer in up-and-down COVID-19 aid talks in hopes of an agreement before Election Day. President Donald Trump has taken to Twitter to declare, “Covid Relief Negotiations are moving along. Go Big!” Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke for more than 30 minutes Friday afternoon. Still, GOP Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he doesn’t see a deal coming together soon out of what he cal
  
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• Court allows NY virus restrictions ahead of Jewish holidays

  09-10-2020 23:46
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A federal judge has refused to block New York’s plan to temporarily limit the size of religious gatherings in COVID-19 hot spots. U.S. District Judge Judge Kiyo Matsumoto issued the ruling Friday after an emergency hearing in a lawsuit brought by rabbis and synagogues who said the restrictions were unconstitutional. They had sought to have enforcement delayed until at least after Jewish holy days this weekend. The rules limit indoor prayer services in certain area
  
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• Trump official says vaccine expected starting in January

  09-10-2020 23:45
  
  A Trump administration official leading the response to the coronavirus pandemic says the U.S. can expect delivery of a vaccine starting in January 2021, despite statements from the president that inoculations could begin this month. Dr. Robert Kadlec said in an email Friday that the administration “is accelerating production of safe and effective vaccines … to ensure delivery starting January 2021.” Kadlec is the Department of Health and Human Services’ assistant secret
  
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• Trump sets big events for WH, Florida, restarting campaign

  09-10-2020 23:38
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is looking to get his campaign back on track, a week after he was sidelined with the coronavirus that has killed more than 210,000 Americans. As questions linger about his health, he will hold an event at the White House on Saturday and what he calls a “BIG RALLY” in Sanford, Florida on Monday. Trump on Friday held what his campaign billed as a “radio rally” as he dialed in to the show of conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh
  
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• C-SPAN: Debate moderator didn’t post questionable tweet

  09-10-2020 23:35
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — C-SPAN says its political editor didn’t initiate a questionable Twitter exchange with Anthony Scaramucci and that hacking apparently was involved. The political editor, Steve Scully, is set to moderate the second presidential debate. In a statement, C-SPAN, said Scully did not originate the tweet in question, which was tagged to Trump critic and former staffer Anthony Scaramucci. The chairman of the Commission on Presidential Debates said on a radio interview Frida
  
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• The Latest: Hurricane Delta approaches Louisiana coast

  09-10-2020 23:32
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Latest on Hurricane Delta (all times CDT):4 p.m.
  MIAMI — Forecasters expect Hurricane Delta to make landfall in southwest Louisiana in the next few hours.
  The National Hurricane Center in Miami says in its latest advisory Friday that Delta is about 35 miles (55 kilometers) south of Cameron, Louisiana, and is moving north-northeast at 14 mph (22 km/h). The Category 2 hurricane has maximum sustained winds of 105 mpg (165 km/h).
  The Hurricane Center expects Delta
  
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• Trump has events Saturday at White House, Monday in Florida

  09-10-2020 23:26
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is looking to get his campaign back on track, a week after he was sidelined with the coronavirus that has killed more than 210,000 Americans. As questions linger about his health, he will hold an event at the White House on Saturday and what he calls a “BIG RALLY” in Sanford, Florida on Monday. Trump on Friday held what his campaign billed as a “radio rally” as he dialed in to the show of conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh
  
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• Judge: Minnesota 2nd District election to take place Nov. 3

  09-10-2020 23:25
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge ruled that an election in Minnesota’s 2nd Congressional District will go forward in November as originally scheduled, despite the recent death of a third-party candidate. Democratic U.S. Rep. Angie Craig requested the November contest after Secretary of State Steve Simon said last month that state law required the election be postponed to February. Simon, who is also a Democrat, made the decision after Legal Marijuana Now Party candidate Adam Weeks
  
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• Missouri Supreme Court upholds ballot notarization law

  09-10-2020 23:22
  
  The Missouri Supreme Court has upheld a new state law that requires people wanting to vote remotely this year to have their ballot notarized unless they meet certain criteria. The NAACP and the League of Women Voters had urged the court to require the state to count all mail-in and absentee ballots this year without requiring notarization because of concerns about the coronavirus pandemic. The court rejected that argument Friday, saying a law passed by the Legislature this year clearly intended
  
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• Federal judge rules election in Minnesota’s 2nd District to be held in November, despite death of third-party candidate

  09-10-2020 23:18
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal judge rules election in Minnesota’s 2nd District to be held in November, despite death of third-party candidate.The post Federal judge rules election in Minnesota’s 2nd District to be held in November, despite death of third-party candidate appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Child, 3, burned in fall in Yellowstone thermal feature

  09-10-2020 23:10
  
  YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — A 3-year-old child has been severely burned after falling in a thermal feature in Yellowstone National Park. Park officials say the child ran off a trail Friday near Midway Geyser Basin on the park’s western side. The child slipped and fell into the small thermal feature. The child was flown to a burn unit at a hospital in Idaho Falls with second-degree burns to the lower body and back. Park officials say they’re investigating. The child&r
  
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• Climate change likely to keep hammering Colorado River’s biggest reservoirs

  09-10-2020 23:08
  
  The Colorado River’s largest reservoirs are expected to keep struggling over the next five years due to climate change, according to the federal agency that oversees them.…
  
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• Denver will stream a live 24-hour video of ballot processing

  09-10-2020 23:06
  
  DENVER (AP) — Strengthening efforts to counter the Trump administration’s baseless narrative that mail balloting is rife with fraud, elections officials in Denver, Seattle and a growing number of cities are giving voters live video of their ballot processing in a symbolic effort to assure voter trust in the November election. In Denver, the effort by that city’s Elections Division complements an aggressive campaign by Colorado’s Democratic Secretary of State, Jena Griswol
  
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• McConnell tries to salvage Senate majority with court vote

  09-10-2020 23:01
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell spent a year prepping his Republican colleagues for this moment confirming a Supreme Court justice. He told them it’s the most important vote they will take as senators. Now, three weeks before Election Day, he and the Senate majority need this moment more than ever. Republicans see Monday’s confirmation hearings for Amy Coney Barrett as one last chance to salvage their Senate majority. It’s an opportunity to wrest
  
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• The Latest: Trump holding campaign rally Monday in Florida

  09-10-2020 22:53
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the 2020 presidential campaign (all times local):
  4:50 p.m.
  President Donald Trump is returning to the campaign trail and will hold his first rally since his COVID-19 diagnosis on Monday in Florida.
  Trump’s campaign says the event will take place at 7 p.m. in Sanford.
  The rally will be Trump’s first since he tested positive for the coronavirus Oct. 1 with just weeks to go before voting ends in the Nov. 3 election.
  Trump’s doctor, Sean P. Co
  
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• Campaign: Trump to hold first rally since COVID-19 diagnosis Monday in Florida

  09-10-2020 22:43
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Campaign: Trump to hold first rally since COVID-19 diagnosis Monday in Florida.The post Campaign: Trump to hold first rally since COVID-19 diagnosis Monday in Florida appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Brits accused in beheading of hostages plead not guilty

  09-10-2020 22:40
  
  ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Two British men charged with helping the Islamic State group carry out executions and ransom negotiations for Western hostages have pleaded not guilty in a federal court. Authorities say El Shafee Elsheikh and Alexanda Kotey are two of four men dubbed “the Beatles” by their hostages who took note of their British accents. They were indicted this week in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Virginia, on charges including hostage-taking resulting in death and
  
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• French hostage freed in Mali arrives home in France

  09-10-2020 22:29
  
  PARIS (AP) — A 75-year-old French aid worker held hostage for four years by Islamic extremists in Mali has arrived in France, greeted by President Emmanuel Macron. Relatives also welcomed home two Italians and a Malian politician freed with her this week. But later Friday the Swiss government said a Swiss national held captive by the same extremist group had been killed. Sophie Petronin was released with the other three hostages this week, and landed Friday at the Villacoublay military air
  
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• Cunningham won’t directly address possible other affairs

  09-10-2020 22:27
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Cal Cunningham has refused to address publicly whether other sexual affairs involving him could surface. During a virtual news conference Friday, the North Carolina Democrat wouldn’t respond directly to multiple questions about the existence of other affairs or extramarital allegations. The news conference was held days after The Associated Press reported about his intimate encounter this summer with a public relations consultant.
  
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• The Latest: Gov. Justice: Bars near WVU can open Tuesday

  09-10-2020 22:26
  
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice announced Friday that bars around West Virginia University in Morgantown can reopen next Tuesday, a month after images of maskless college students packing bars led them to be shut down.
  Police and state alcohol regulators will step up enforcement in the college town, Justice said at a coronavirus press briefing. The Republican governor abruptly ordered Monongalia County bars to close indefinitely on Sept. 2 — just two days after allowing them to
  
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• Delaware suspect in Whitmer plot was pardoned last year

  09-10-2020 22:15
  
  DOVER, Del. (AP) — The Delaware man charged in charged in federal court with conspiring to kidnap Michigan’s governor has a long criminal history and received a pardon just last year from Delaware’s governor. Barry Croft Jr. was being held Friday at a Delaware prison after being arrested by the FBI. Records show Croft spent three years in prison after a 1997 conviction for possessing a firearm during a felony. Gov. John Carney granted Croft a pardon last year for the 1997 gun c
  
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• Whitey Ford, Hall of Fame ace for mighty Yankees, died at 91

  09-10-2020 22:14
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The great New York Yankees pitcher Whitey Ford has died. The Hall of Famer died at his Long Island home on Thursday night. Ford was called the “The Chairman of the Board.” He had the best winning percentage of any pitcher in the 20th century and helped the Yankees become the game’s perennial champions. The wily left-hander started in 1950 spent 16 seasons in the majors, all with the Yankees. He was among the most dependable pitchers in baseball history. He
  
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• Stocks climb, closing out biggest weekly gain in 3 months

  09-10-2020 22:10
  
  Stocks rose again on Wall Street Friday, closing out their biggest weekly gain since July, as talks continue their start-and-stop drive on Capitol Hill to deliver more aid to the ailing economy. The S&P 500 rose 0.9% following a weekslong run of mostly shaky trading. Traders have been worried about the inability of Congress to support the economy as it reels from damage caused by coronavirus shutdowns. They’ve been clamoring for more aid since the expiration of extra benefits for laid-
  
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• 2 years after Michael, Florida Panhandle recovery goes on

  09-10-2020 22:08
  
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Two years after Hurricane Michael came ashore in the Florida Panhandle, recovery is continuing. On Friday, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced that more money would be coming to the region, including $10 million to help repair a community hospital in one of the hardest-hit counties and $5.2 million to help children and their families. Some of that money is being allotted for mental health services in schools, which the governor said is even more needed because of the psych
  
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• Trump plans to hold in-person event on Saturday

  09-10-2020 22:07
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — On Saturday, President Donald Trump is planning to hold his first in-person event since testing positive for the coronavirus.
  Two weeks after the Rose Garden event that is now considered a “superspreader,” Trump is planning to convene another large crowd outside the White House for an event on “law and order.” That’s despite the ongoing White House COVID-19 outbreak.
  An official says Trump will address the group from a White House balcony. T
  
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• Small explosion at bakery in Lebanese capital kills 4 people

  09-10-2020 22:06
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese Red Cross says a diesel tank has exploded inside a building in Beirut, killing four people and wounding several others. It wasn’t immediately clear what triggered the blast in a western Beirut neighborhood on Friday night. The state-run National News Agency says the blaze erupted inside a bakery in the building’s basement. The explosion came two months after a massive blast at Beirut’s port killed nearly 200 people, injured 6,500 and caused dama
  
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• Switzerland says Swiss hostage in Mali has been killed

  09-10-2020 22:04
  
  GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland’s Foreign Ministry says a Swiss woman who was held hostage in Mali has been killed by an Islamist group. The ministry said in a statement that it was informed Friday by the French authorities that the hostage, whose name wasn’t released, had been “killed by kidnappers of the Islamist terrorist organization Jama’at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslim about a month ago.”The post Switzerland says Swiss hostage in Mali has been killed appeared first
  
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• FBI: ‘Boogaloo’ movement member arrested on gun charge

  09-10-2020 22:00
  
  COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — A Maryland man described by the FBI as a member of the anti-government “boogaloo” movement has been arrested on a gun charge. Frank William Robertson Perry was scheduled to make his initial appearance in federal court on Friday. The 39-year-old Dundalk resident was arrested Wednesday on a criminal complaint charging him with illegal possession of a firearm. The FBI describes Perry as a member of the boogaloo movement, a loose network of anti-government,
  
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• Switzerland’s foreign ministry says Swiss hostage held in Mali has been killed by Islamist group

  09-10-2020 21:59
  
  GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland’s foreign ministry says Swiss hostage held in Mali has been killed by Islamist group.The post Switzerland’s foreign ministry says Swiss hostage held in Mali has been killed by Islamist group appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• With just a few hours to go, SC Senate debate format changes

  09-10-2020 21:57
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Hours before a scheduled debate between U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham and Democratic challenger Jaime Harrison, event organizers changed the format to back-to-back, one-on-one interviews following a day of campaign clashes over COVID-19 that stirred doubts of whether the matchup would go on at all. WSPA-TV says Graham and Harrison “will each take part in individual interviews” Friday with a moderator and panelists. Harrison threatened to tank the debate over co
  
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• The Latest: Trump plans to hold in-person event on Saturday

  09-10-2020 21:52
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the 2020 presidential campaign (all times local):
  3:50 p.m.
  On Saturday, President Donald Trump is planning to hold his first in-person event since testing positive for the coronavirus.
  Two weeks after the Rose Garden event that is now considered a “superspreader,” Trump is planning to convene another large crowd outside the White House for an event on “law and order.” That’s despite the ongoing White House COVID-19 outbreak.
  An
  
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• The Latest: Biden heading to Erie, Pennsylvania, on Saturday

  09-10-2020 21:39
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the 2020 presidential campaign (all times local):
  3:40 p.m.
  Joe Biden is heading back to Pennsylvania on Saturday, continuing his focus on his native state that President Donald Trump won narrowly in 2016.
  Biden’s campaign announced Friday that he will travel to Erie, which is in one of the most populous counties nationally that flipped to Republican Donald Trump in 2016.
  Trump won the county by about 1.5 percentage points. Democratic President Barack
  
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• Arizona receives more than $1.6 Million in grants to track sex offenders

  09-10-2020 21:39
  
  PHOENIX (KVOA) – Thursday, U.S. Attorney Michael Bailey announced awards of more than $1.6 million in Department of Justice grants to develop and improve systems to register and track sex offenders in Arizona.
  The grants will help Arizonans register and track sex offenders and enable them to meet the requirements of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA).
  “Citizens are better protected from sexual violence when jurisdictions follow SORNA’s standards,”
  
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• Plot puts focus on governors’ safety amid threats, protests

  09-10-2020 21:31
  
  The alleged plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor has put a focus on the security of top state officials, who have been the subject of threats and protests across the country this year. In several states, protesters have been armed. Some officials say President Donald Trump needs to turn down his rhetoric against officials, including Michigan’s Gretchen Whitmer. Vermont’s Republican governor Phil Scott says: “We are reaching a boiling point in this country.” State offi
  
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• Mexio National Guard seizes 180 gallons of liquid meth

  09-10-2020 21:29
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's National Guard says it has seized 180 gallons (684 liters) of liquid methamphetamines at a package delivery warehouse in the northern state of Sonora.
  The Guard said the meth was found in 720 plastic bottles marked as garden fertilizer, packed into 60 cardboard boxes. The meth was estimated to be worth around $8.5 million.
  The boxes had been shipped from Culiacan, the capital of Sinaloa state, home to the drug cartel of the same name, and was destined for the no
  
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• Felon who made ‘ghost guns’ sentenced to 5 years in prison

  09-10-2020 21:29
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — A Washington state man who amassed an arsenal of homemade “ghost guns” despite being on federal supervision for an earlier firearms conviction has been sentenced to nearly six years in prison. Agents found dozens of guns without serial numbers at the home of Nathan Brasfield, of Edmonds, when they searched it in February. Such weapons are called “ghost guns” because of the difficulty of tracing them. Brasfield told U.S. District Judge Richard Jones in
  
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• Trump Administration: US can expect COVID-19 vaccine in January

  09-10-2020 21:26
  
  WASHINGTON DC (AP) - A Trump administration official leading the response to the coronavirus pandemic says the U.S. can expect delivery of a vaccine starting in January 2021, despite statements from the president that inoculations could begin this month.
  Dr. Robert Kadlec said in an email Friday that the administration “is accelerating production of safe and effective vaccines ... to ensure delivery starting January 2021.”
  Kadlec is the Department of Health and Human Services’
  
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• On radio, TV, Trump sets out to get campaign back on track

  09-10-2020 21:24
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is setting out to get his campaign back on track, a week after he was sidelined with the coronavirus that has killed more than 210,000 Americans. As questions linger about his health, Trump began speaking directly to voters on Friday, less than four weeks from Election Day, and he eyed a return to travel as soon as Monday.  Trump on Friday held what his campaign billed as a “radio rally” as he dialed in to the show of conservative r
  
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• Smoke from nearby fires blowing into midtown, west side

  09-10-2020 21:23
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - Seeing smoke in the air?According to officials with Pima County Department of Environmental Quality, people on Tucson's west side and midtown may notice smoke in the air.PCDEQ said the visible smoke is being blown in from two fires south of the Old Pueblo.The department said residents who smell smoke are most likely breathing it in.People who are sensitive to smoke or may have respiratory issues are advised to stay vigilant and possibly avoid spending time in the outdoors.For mor
  
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• Mexico seizes 180 gallons (684 liters) of liquid meth

  09-10-2020 21:16
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s National Guard says it has seized 180 gallons (684 liters) of liquid methamphetamines at a package delivery warehouse in the northern state of Sonora. The Guard said the meth was found in 720 plastic bottles marked as garden fertilizer, packed into 60 cardboard boxes. The meth was estimated to be worth around $8.5 million. The boxes had been shipped from Culiacan, the capital of Sinaloa state, home to the drug cartel of the same name, and was destined for
  
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• Why won’t White House say when Trump last tested negative?

  09-10-2020 21:13
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — It is a basic, crucial question and one the White House refuses to answer: When was President Donald Trump’s last negative test for the coronavirus before he tested positive last week? The answer to that question would reveal vital details about the course of the president’s illness as well as when he may have been contagious and whom else he may have exposed. The White House refusal to answer makes it hard not to wonder what they’re hiding, given the ot
  
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• UK jury: Police restraint of Black man contributed to death

  09-10-2020 21:13
  
  LONDON (AP) — A coroner’s jury has found that London police officers’ decision to handcuff a mentally ill Black man even as he told them “I can’t breathe” was inappropriate and contributed to his death after an incident in 2018. Police told the inquest that they found Kevin Clarke, 35, lying on the ground at the edge of a school playing field and decided to handcuff him when he became “fidgety” and began displaying signs of “acute behavioral
  
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• Court upholds sentences for juveniles beyond life expectancy

  09-10-2020 21:12
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Friday that it’s not unconstitutional for a juvenile criminal defendant convicted of multiple crimes to be sentenced to what amounts to an aggregate prison sentence beyond life expectancy. The justices’ unanimous decision upholds sentences for three inmates convicted in separate cases in Mohave and Pima counties. U.S. Supreme Court rulings restrict sentencing of juvenile defendants, including prohibiting the death sentence and mand
  
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• US sees ‘malign influence’ in China-backed school program

  09-10-2020 21:05
  
  The Trump administration is encouraging U.S. schools and colleges to rethink their ties to the Confucius Institute, a program that brings Chinese language classes to America but that officials say also invites a “malign influence” from China. In letters to universities and state education officials, the administration says the program gives China a foothold on U.S. soil and poses a threat to free speech. More than 60 U.S. universities host Confucius Institute programs through partner
  
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• Michigan governor: `Domestic terrorists’ targeted her

  09-10-2020 21:01
  
  LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says governors from both major political parties have reached out to her to share stories of extremism in their states. Whitmer says she was targeted by “domestic terrorists” in a kidnapping plot that was foiled by federal agents. Whitmer says extremism isn’t unique to Michigan. The governor says Republicans and Democrats need to “take it on.” Authorities announced Thursday that they had stopped a scheme to
  
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• Official says vaccine expected in January, countering Trump

  09-10-2020 20:55
  
  A Trump administration official leading the response to the coronavirus pandemic says the U.S. can expect delivery of a vaccine starting in January 2021, despite statements from the president that inoculations could begin this month. Dr. Robert Kadlec said in an email Friday that the administration “is accelerating production of safe and effective vaccines … to ensure delivery starting January 2021.” Kadlec is the Department of Health and Human Services’ assistant secret
  
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• State takes over Houston’s Harvey home repair program

  09-10-2020 20:49
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston program that has been criticized for its slow pace in repairing homes damaged by Hurricane Harvey has been taken over by the state. Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner has called the state takeover a “power grab” while the Texas General Land Office, which will now run the program, says its actions are justified as the city’s lack of progress in repairing homes is unacceptable. Housing advocates say they’re worried the ongoing discord between the
  
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