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• Brazil reaches 150,000 deaths from COVID-19 milestone

  10-10-2020 23:57
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s count of COVID-19 deaths surpassed 150,000 on Saturday night, as the pandemic shows signs of slow retreat. The Brazilian Health Ministry reported that the death toll now stands at TK, which is the world’s second highest, according to the tally maintained by Johns Hopkins University. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has faced fierce criticism of his handling of the health crisis, and changed health ministers twice in the midst of the pandemic.&nb
  
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• Farm’s display supporting Biden, Harris goes up in flames

  10-10-2020 23:49
  
  DALTON, Mass. (AP) — A stack of hay bales on a western Massachusetts farm that were painted to show support for the Democratic presidential ticket went up in flames and authorities say one man has been arrested in connection with the blaze. The unusual political display at Holiday Brook Farm in Dalton featured 19 hay bales that were wrapped and painted with the words: USA and VOTE along with the names of presidential nominee Joe Biden and vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris. Dicken C
  
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• The Latest: Texas GOP protests Republican governor’s orders

  10-10-2020 23:33
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — Protesters from Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s own party have gathered outside his home to criticize his coronavirus orders as overbearing and unlawful.
  State party chairman Allen West, Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller, and some GOP lawmakers were among an estimated 200 people gathered outside the governor’s mansion to protest Abbott’s executive orders including a continued statewide mask mandate and lockdowns.
  Abbott was scheduled for a Satu
  
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• Report: Arizona COVID-19 cases fell 75% after mask mandates

  10-10-2020 23:21
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — A new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says coronavirus cases in Arizona dropped 75% following the implementation of mask mandates. The mandates were enacted after a statewide stay-at-home order was lifted, which resulted in a sharp uptick of cases. The report was authored by officials with the Arizona Department of Health Services. Arizona’s stay-at-home order expired on May 15 and two weeks later the daily average number of coronavirus cases c
  
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• Judge throws out Trump campaign’s Pennsylvania lawsuit–copy

  10-10-2020 23:07
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A federal judge in Pennsylvania is throwing out a lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump’s campaign, dismissing its challenges to the battleground state’s poll-watching law and its efforts to limit how mail-in ballots can be collected and which of them can be counted.
  Trump’s campaign said it would appeal at least one element of Saturday’s ruling by U.S. District Judge J. Nicholas Ranjan, with barely three weeks to go until Election Day in a
  
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• GOP activists continue virus backlash with Abbott protest

  10-10-2020 23:07
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Activists and leaders in the right wing of the Texas Republican Party joined a crowd of about 200 at the state governor’s mansion to protest some of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s orders intended to slow the spread of the coronavirus. State GOP party chairman Allen West and state Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller were among those Saturday calling for Abbott to fully reopen the state, which has had more than 800,000 confirmed virus cases and more than 16,00
  
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• The Latest: Remnants of hurricane spread wind, rain in South

  10-10-2020 23:05
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Latest on Delta (all times CDT):3:45 pm.
  MIAMI — The remnants of Hurricane Delta are now spreading rain and winds across parts of Mississippi, Arkansas and Alabama as the tropical depression heads inland.
  The National Weather Service said Saturday afternoon that between 3 and 6 inches (7 and 15 centimeters) of rain could fall in spots around the Southeast in coming hours, raising the risk of flash flooding and isolated minor river flooding.Places in the forecas
  
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• Texas attorney general seeks stay of mail-in ballot order

  10-10-2020 22:59
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a request for an emergency stay of a federal judge’s injunction that blocked Gov. Greg Abbott’s order dramatically reducing places where voters could drop off mail ballots during early voting in the November elections. Paxton filed the motion on Saturday with the Fifth District U.S. Court of Appeals, saying the judge lacks jurisdiction and calling the injunction that was issued Friday unlawful. Abbott’s orde
  
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• 2 small aircraft collide in France, killing 5 people

  10-10-2020 22:55
  
  PARIS (AP) — An ultra-light airplane has collided with another small plane, killing five people as the two aircraft fell into gardens around a small town. The collision occurred Saturday in the skies above Loches, about 50 kilometers (30 miles) from Tours, southeast of Paris. According to Nadia Seghier, head of the prefecture of the Indre-et-Loire region, the ultra-light plane fell around a home near the town’s center without injuring people on the ground. The tourism aircraft, repor
  
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• Jets activate RB Le’Veon Bell off IR ahead of game vs. Cards

  10-10-2020 22:38
  
  FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Le’Veon Bell will be back in the backfield for the New York Jets. The star running back was activated from the injured reserve list and he will be eligible to play for the Jets on Sunday at home against the Arizona Cardinals. Bell spent the last three weeks on IR after injuring a hamstring in the season-opening loss at Buffalo. New York also announced it signed offensive lineman Jimmy Murray to the active roster and elevated quarterback Mike White and defens
  
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• 2 charged in Michigan plots served in US Marines

  10-10-2020 22:33
  
  DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. Marine Corps has confirmed that two men charged in plots against Michigan’s government spent time in the military. The Marines issued a statement saying officials are “aware of the circumstances surrounding” Daniel Harris and Joseph Morrison and will assist in any way in the investigation. Harris is one of six men charged federally with conspiring to kidnap Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. The 26-year-old Morrison is one of seven men charged with
  
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• Pope in TED talk: Earth cannot be squeezed ‘like an orange’

  10-10-2020 22:31
  
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has issued an urgent call to action to defend the planet and help the poor in his second TED talk. The pontiff, known for his affinity for social media and technology, said in a videotaped message Saturday that the coronavirus pandemic had put a focus on the social-environmental challenge facing the globe. And he laid out three paths of action: promoting education about the environment “based on scientific data and an ethical approach,” assuring
  
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• The Latest: Trump makes speech from White House balcony

  10-10-2020 22:10
  
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump spoke from a balcony in his first public appearance since returning to the White House after being treated for the coronavirus.The president addressed a large crowd on the South Lawn despite the White House refusing to declare whether he is no longer contagious and against the guidance of public health officials.
  Trump delivered an address on his support for law enforcement from the Blue Room balcony to a friendly crowd. Most in the crowd wore masks, but
  
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• Israeli protests against Netanyahu draw tens of thousands

  10-10-2020 21:36
  
  TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Tens of thousands of Israelis are demonstrating against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying he is unfit to rule while on trial for corruption charges and accusing him of mismanaging the nation’s coronavirus crisis. The protesters gathered Saturday evening in hundreds of locations as lockdown regulations permit people to be within one kilometer of their homes. The central protest in Tel Aviv city drew thousands. Police reported clashes with demonstrators.
  
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• The Latest: Rome site of 2 anti-mask protests despite surge

  10-10-2020 21:34
  
  ROME – Rome was the site of two anti-mask protests on Saturday, even as Italy undergoes a resurgence of coronavirus infections.The Health Ministry reported another 5,724 cases in the last 24 hours and 29 deaths. Most cases were asymptomatic and determined through increased testing — more than 133,000 in the period.Protesters at one of the demonstrations complained about measures they call harsh, including a new order for all Italians to wear masks outdoors or face fines of up to 1,00
  
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• Screeners nominate 25 for 5 seats on redistricting panel

  10-10-2020 21:34
  
  A screening panel has winnowed a field of 51 applicants down to 25 nominees for five seats on a state commission tasked with drawing new congressional and legislative districts for use in Arizona elections in the next decade. The Commission on Appellate Court Appointments on Friday selected 10 Democrats and 10 Republicans for legislative leaders to choose among when appointing two Independent Redistricting Commission members from each party. Those four appointees then must choose a chair from am
  
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• White House virus aid offer is panned by Pelosi, Senate GOP

  10-10-2020 21:29
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A new White House coronavirus aid has gotten bad reviews from both ends of the political spectrum. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is rejecting the most generous Trump administration plan to date as “one step forward, two steps back.” The Republicans who control the Senate are dismissing it as too expensive and a political loser for conservatives. Pelosi says she’s still hopeful that progress can be made toward a deal but it’s as clear as ever that GOP
  
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• Correction: Virus Outbreak-French Hospitals story

  10-10-2020 21:09
  
  PARIS (AP) — In a story October 9, 2020, about French hospitals struggling with the coronavirus, The Associated Press erroneously reported the U.S. dollar conversion for the 8.3 billion euros in investment the French government promised for the hospital system. That’s the equivalent of about $10 billion, not $9.3 million.The post Correction: Virus Outbreak-French Hospitals story appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Arizona reports nearly 900 additional COVID cases, 13 deaths

  10-10-2020 20:39
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona has reported nearly 900 additional COVID-19 cases, the largest reported daily increase in several weeks.  The Department of Health Services on Saturday reported 894 additional cases and 13 additional deaths as the statewide case total increased to 224,978 and the death toll rose to 5,759. The 894 additional cases reported Saturday were the largest daily increase since Sept. 17-18. Those two days’ counts ballooned to 1,753 and 1,281, respectively, as the st
  
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• Trump makes 1st public appearance since his hospital stay

  10-10-2020 20:27
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has made his first public appearance since returning to the White House after being treated for the coronavirus.
  The White House has refused to declare that he is no longer contagious, and the gathering of hundreds of people on the South Lawn has gone ahead despite the guidance of public health officials.
  Trump delivered an address on his support for law enforcement from Blue Room balcony to a friendly crowd.
  The president wore a mask as he walked f
  
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• The Latest: Milan site of 2 anti-mask protests despite surge

  10-10-2020 20:26
  
  MILAN – Milan was the site of two anti-mask protests on Saturday, even as Italy undergoes a resurgence of coronavirus infections.The Health Ministry reported another 5,724 cases in the last 24 hours and 29 deaths.Most cases were asymptomatic and determined through increased testing — more than 133,000 in the period.Protesters at one of the demonstrations complained about measures they call harsh, including a new order for all Italians to wear masks outdoors or face fines of up to 1,0
  
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• The Latest: Forecasters: Alabama, Georgia may have tornadoes

  10-10-2020 20:24
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Latest on Tropical Storm Delta (all times CDT):1 p.m.
  MIAMI — A handful of counties in Alabama and Georgia, including those encompassing the cities of Montgomery and Atlanta, are under a tornado watch until Saturday evening.The National Weather Service said the watch was in place until 9 p.m. local time. A tornado watch means weather conditions are favorable for tornadoes. A warning means a tornado has been indicated or seen on a weather radar.
  Delta stormed as
  
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• Trump makes 1st public appearance since hospital release; White House won’t say if he’s still contagious with virus

  10-10-2020 19:59
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump makes 1st public appearance since hospital release; White House won’t say if he’s still contagious with virus.The post Trump makes 1st public appearance since hospital release; White House won’t say if he’s still contagious with virus appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Armenia, Azerbaijan say Nagorno-Karabakh truce violated

  10-10-2020 19:57
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to a Russia-brokered cease-fire in Nagorno-Karabakh starting Saturday, but immediately accused each other of derailing the deal intended to end the worst outbreak of hostilities in the separatist region in more than a quarter-century. The truce would have marked a major diplomatic coup for Russia. But minutes after it entered force, Armenia and Azerbaijan accused each other of breaching the cease-fire with new attacks. The latest outburst of figh
  
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• New Bosnian film on Srebrenica screened at place of massacre

  10-10-2020 19:53
  
  SREBRENICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Bosnian writer-director Jasmila Zbanic has presented her new film about the Srebrenica massacre to an audience packed with survivors and witnesses of the 1995 slaughter and young Bosnians still burdened by their country’s brutal past. The critically acclaimed film —  “Quo Vadis, Aida?” — is based on true events. It tells the story of a Bosnian woman, Aida, who tries to save her husband and sons while working for the U
  
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• Religious gathering limit upheld as NY hospitalizations rise

  10-10-2020 19:49
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the number of New Yorkers hospitalized with coronavirus is rising as authorities focus on limiting gatherings in COVID-19 hotspots. The governor said Saturday that 826 people were hospitalized with the virus. That’s the highest number since July 15. Still, Cuomo says the numbers “remain good news,” noting public health officials traced 18% of positive tests this week to six coronavirus clusters known as the “Red Zone.” A
  
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• Miami road to be named after Trayvon Martin

  10-10-2020 19:49
  
  MIAMI (AP) — A Florida road will be named after a Black teenager whose death by a neighborhood watch volunteer in 2012 catalyzed a movement for racial justice. The Miami Herald reports Trayvon Martin’s name will be added to section of an avenue that leads to a high school he attended in Miami-Dade County. Martin was shot dead in Sanford, Florida, at 17 while on a visit with his father. The teen was unarmed and walking back from a convenience store with candy when he was shot by Georg
  
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• Michigan agency removes foxes, coyotes from unlicensed rehab

  10-10-2020 19:36
  
  Officials have removed a half-dozen red foxes, three coyotes and other animals from an unlicensed rehabilitation center in Michigan where the owner’s 2-year-old granddaughter lost an arm after reaching into a pen with two wolf-dog hybrids. State conservation officers searching the Howling Timbers facility Friday in Muskegon also found 47 dogs that are believed to have been crossbred with wolves or other wolf-dog hybrids. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources said it learned in Augus
  
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• Mideast wildfires kill 3, force thousands to flee homes

  10-10-2020 19:04
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — State media and officials says wildfires around the Middle East triggered by a heatwave hitting the region have killed three people, forced thousands of people leave their homes and detonated landmines along the Lebanon-Israel border. The areas hit by the heatwave are Syria, Lebanon, Israel and the Palestinian territories. The fires come amid an intense heatwave that is unusual for this time of the year and the only country that suffered human losses was Syria. Wildfires thro
  
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• Whitmer plot could affect fight for battleground Michigan

  10-10-2020 19:01
  
  The arrest of a group of anti-government vigilantes in a kidnapping plot against Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer presents a new twist in the 2020 political fight for the battleground state. The Democratic governor didn’t mince words about whom she blamed for the threat. She said President Donald Trump was complicit for “giving comfort to those who spread fear and hatred and division.” The speech had the expected impact. Rather than express concern for her, Trump said she had &ld
  
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• Italian teenage computer whiz beatified by Catholic Church

  10-10-2020 19:01
  
  ASSISI, Italy (AP) — A 15-year-old Italian computer whiz who died of leukemia in 2006 has moved a step closer to possible sainthood with his beatification in the town of Assisi. Carlo Acutis is the youngest contemporary person to be beatified. He follows two Portuguese shepherd children living in the early 1900s who were proclaimed Catholic saints in 2017.  Already touted as the “patron saint of the internet,” Acutis created a website to catalog miracles and took care of w
  
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• Remote schooling forces child welfare agencies to adapt–copy

  10-10-2020 18:59
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Child welfare monitoring and enforcement have been challenged by the coronavirus pandemic.
  Teachers, the backbone of the abuse and neglect reporting system, are separated from their students by remote learning.
  In New Mexico, schools, state agencies, and law enforcement officials say the lack of in-person schooling has required more attention.
  Reports of “educational neglect” can lead investigators to a household where children are unfed, unkempt, and unsc
  
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• Man in prison for murder admits to killing Minnesota guard

  10-10-2020 18:55
  
  STILLWATER, Minn. (AP) — An inmate who is already imprisoned for murder has pleaded guilty to killing a Minnesota corrections officer in 2018 and was sentenced to life in prison. Edward Muhammad Johnson, 44, pleaded guilty Friday to first-degree murder for killing officer Joseph Gomm. Under state law, a life sentence is mandatory for first-degree murder of a law enforcement officer. Johnson told the court that he checked out a hammer from a prison metal shop and used it to hit Gomm in the
  
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• Probe launched into death of director of Korean firm in Iraq

  10-10-2020 18:51
  
  BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq has launched an investigation into the death of a high-level director of a Korean company implementing a strategic port project in Iraq’s south, after Iraqi lawmakers cast doubt over initial reports deeming the incident a suicide.  Iraqi authorities say the Interior Ministry has formed a committee to investigate the death of Park Chul-Ho the country director of South Korean Daewoo E&C, the main company implementing the construction of the Fao port project
  
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• Remote schooling forces child welfare agencies to adapt

  10-10-2020 18:27
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Child welfare monitoring and enforcement have been challenged by the coronavirus pandemic. Teachers, the backbone of the abuse and neglect reporting system, are separated from their students by remote learning. In New Mexico, schools, state agencies, and law enforcement officials say the lack of in-person schooling has required more attention. Reports of “educational neglect” can lead investigators to a household where children are unfed, unkempt, and unsc
  
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• Belarus’ authoritarian leader visits his foes in prison

  10-10-2020 18:26
  
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Belarus’ authoritarian president has visited a prison to talk to opposition activists, who have been jailed for protesting his re-election they saw as rigged. President Alexander Lukashenko spent more than four hours talking to his jailed political foes at the Minsk prison that belongs to Belarus’ State Security Committee, which still goes under its Soviet-era name, KGB. Lukashenko’s office said “the goal of the president was to hear everyone&rs
  
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• Report: Iowa’s derecho crop losses increase by more than 50%

  10-10-2020 18:18
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Crop loss estimates from a rare wind storm that slammed Iowa in August have increased by more than 50%. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Friday that the number of crop acres that Iowa farmers are unable to harvest has grown to 850,000 from estimates last month that 550,000 acres were lost because of the storm, known as a derecho. The Des Moines Register reports that the damage caused by winds of up to 140 mph was compounded in late summer with a drought that,
  
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• Pelosi dismisses latest White House coronavirus aid offer

  10-10-2020 18:14
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is dismissing the latest White House offer in COVID-19 aid talks as “one step forward, two steps back.” But the California Democrat says she’s still hopeful that progress can be made toward a deal. The White House had boosted its offer before Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Pelosi spoke on Friday afternoon. President Donald Trump is eager for an agreement before Election Day, even as his most powerful GOP ally in the Sena
  
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• Judge throws out Trump campaign’s Pennsylvania lawsuit

  10-10-2020 18:14
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A federal judge in Pennsylvania is throwing threw out a lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump’s campaign, dismissing its challenges to the battleground state’s poll-watching law and its efforts to limit how mail-in ballots can be collected and which of them can be counted. Elements of Saturday’s ruling by U.S. District Judge J. Nicholas Ranjan could be appealed by Trump’s campaign, with barely three weeks to go until Election Day in a state
  
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• 28 arrests in Wisconsin protests over police slaying of teen

  10-10-2020 18:13
  
  WAUWATOSA, Wis. (AP) — Twenty-eight people were arrested in Friday’s protest over the lack of charges against a suburban Milwaukee police officer who fatally shot a Black teen. It was the third straight night of protests after prosecutors declined to charge Officer Joseph Mensah in 17-year-old Alvin Cole’s death. About 100 people gathered outside City Hall past the 7 p.m. curfew and refused orders to disperse. Police said Saturday that two of the arrests were for felonies. Poli
  
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• Just 19, ranked 54th, Swiatek wins French Open for 1st Slam

  10-10-2020 18:03
  
  PARIS (AP) — Iga Swiatek has beaten Sofia Kenin 6-4, 6-1 in the French Open final to become the first Polish tennis player to win a Grand Slam singles championship. Swiatek is 19 years old, unseeded and ranked just 54th. She never had won a tour-level tournament until now. Kenin is a 21-year-old American who was trying to claim her second major title of 2020 after winning the Australian Open in February. She was 16-1 in Grand Slam matches until Saturday. But Kenin ran into the talented Swi
  
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• Ranch along Verde River added to Prescott National Forest

  10-10-2020 17:57
  
  PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) — An 84-acre ranch along the Upper Verde River is being added to the Prescott National Forest to help protect the river’s natural state and eventually enhance public access. A spokeswoman for The Trust for Public Land says the conservation nonprofit bought the Rio Verde Ranch for just under $1.7 million and sold it for that amount to the federal government. The ranch includes six-tenths of a mile of the Verde, one of Arizona’s few free flowing rivers. Much
  
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• Judge orders ex-Colombian president freed from house arrest

  10-10-2020 17:25
  
  BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s powerful ex-President Álvaro Uribe has been ordered freed from house arrest while he is investigated for possible witness tampering. A judge ordered Uribe’s release Saturday in a case that has divided the South American nation and exposed lingering tensions over Colombia’s peace accord for ending a half-century conflict with leftist guerrillas. The country’s Supreme Court ordered Uribe detained in August during the investiga
  
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• Arizona adds 894 COVID-19 reported cases; 13 new deaths

  10-10-2020 17:20
  
  PHOENIX (KVOA) - Another 894 Arizonans tested positive for the coronavirus, according to the state's dashboard on Saturday.13 deaths were recorded according to Arizona Department of Health Services.Arizona now reports 224,978 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 5,759 known deaths.Deaths are not recorded until the health department receives a death certificate naming COVID-19 as the cause of death.The data includes people who have recovered.1,856,872 individuals have been tested for t
  
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• Families seek new investigations into old police killings

  10-10-2020 17:17
  
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The protests against racial injustice since George Floyd was killed during a police encounter in Minnesota have encouraged families around the country to urge authorities to reinvestigate other police killings. Activists dismayed by a Kentucky grand jury’s decision not to charge any officers in Breonna Taylor’s death also want prosecutors to take a second look at cases in which officers were cleared of wrongdoing. Some people with law enforcement experience
  
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• The Latest: Former Hurricane Delta weakens to a depression

  10-10-2020 17:10
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Latest on Hurricane Delta (all times CDT):10 a.m.MIAMI — A hurricane that swept ashore in Louisiana less than 24 hours ago has weakened to a tropical depression and is bringing heavy rain to western Mississippi.The National Hurricane center says maximum sustained winds of what was once Hurricane Delta were clocked at 35 mph (55 kph) at around 10 a.m. local time Saturday.Delta was centered about 65 miles (105 kilometers) north-northwest of Jackson, Mississippi,
  
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• Men accused in plot on Michigan governor attended protests

  10-10-2020 17:01
  
  LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Among the protesters who rallied at the Michigan Capitol against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s coronavirus lockdown this past spring were armed men now accused in plots to kidnap her, storm the Capitol and start a “civil war.” The development has sparked scrutiny of the rallies as potential recruitment events. The demonstrations were organized by conservative groups opposed to the Democratic governor’s orders. They also drew members of paramilitary g
  
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• Colombian judge orders that powerful ex-President Álvaro Uribe be released from house arrest

  10-10-2020 17:00
  
  BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian judge orders that powerful ex-President Álvaro Uribe be released from house arrest.The post Colombian judge orders that powerful ex-President Álvaro Uribe be released from house arrest appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Opposition parties win big in Czech Senate election

  10-10-2020 16:55
  
  PRAGUE (AP) — The opposition parties in the Czech Republic have cemented their dominant position in Parliament’s upper house after winning big in an election for a third of the seats in the Senate. The ruling center-left coalition government have suffered a setback. With nearly all the votes counted Saturday, the opposition mostly center-right parties won 26 of the 27 seats up for grabs in the 81-seat Senate in the two-round election. The senior ruling party _ the centrist ANO (YES)
  
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• Mayor Romero to host town hall with Bernie Sanders, Raul Grijalva

  10-10-2020 16:47
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - According to Bernie Sanders' twitter account, Tucson Mayor Regina Romero and Representative Raul Grijalva will be taking part in a town hall Saturday called "Fighting for Justice in Arizona" with the former Presidential candidate.Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez will also be apart of the speaking group.
  I am excited to announce that I will be hosting a town hall this Saturday, "Fighting for Justice in Arizona," along with @standwithraul, @TucsonRomero, @NNPrezNez and more. Tu
  
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