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• Mexico school owner gets 31 years for 2017 quake collapse

  14-10-2020 23:47
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — The owner and director of a private elementary school that collapsed in Mexico City during the 2017 earthquake killing 19 children and seven adults has been sentenced to 31 years in prison. Mónica García Villegas had been convicted of charges equivalent to manslaughter in September. Mexico City Attorney General Ernestina Godoy Ramos said via Twitter after the sentence handed down Wednesday that “we achieved justices for the victims!” The Enrique
  
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• White woman charged in racist NYC run-in made a second 911 call

  14-10-2020 23:43
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors say the white woman charged with filing a false police report for calling 911 during a videotaped dispute with a Black man in New York’s Central Park in May made a second, previously unreported call.
  In the second call, prosecutors say Amy Cooper falsely claimed birdwatcher Christian Cooper “tried to assault her." The case garnered worldwide attention and was put on hold for months because of the pandemic.
  Prosecutors say the case could be resolved b
  
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• Germany agrees to tighten virus rules as infections rise

  14-10-2020 23:42
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel and the governors of Germany’s 16 states have agreed to tighten mask-wearing rules and make bars close early in areas where coronavirus infection rates are high. They are trying to avoid tougher restrictions now being introduced elsewhere in Europe. Wednesday’s meeting came hours after the country reported more than 5,000 infections in one day for the first time since mid-April. Germany is still in better shape than many other European cou
  
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• Death penalty sought for man in shooting deaths of 3 friends

  14-10-2020 23:40
  
  BARTOW, Fla. (AP) — Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for a 26-year-old man charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the fatal shootings of three friends who had gathered at a central Florida lake in July for some late night fishing. The State Attorney’s Office filed its intent Tuesday to seek the death penalty for Tony “T.J.” Wiggins Jr. on Tuesday in Polk County circuit court. He’s accused of killing Brandon Rollins, Damion Tillman and Keven Spr
  
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• Georgia’s Loeffler and QAnon-supporting candidate set event

  14-10-2020 23:36
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — U.S. Sen Kelly Loeffler will be hitting the campaign trail again Thursday with fellow Georgia Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene. Greene is a congressional candidate who has peddled in racist tropes and baseless QAnon conspiracy theories. The two are scheduled to appear together in Dallas, Georgia. Loeffler is locked in multi-candidate election to keep the Senate seat that Gov. Brian Kemp appointed her to. Greene won the Republican nomination for Georgia’s 14th District
  
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• Judge orders North Carolina to revise absentee ballot rules

  14-10-2020 23:35
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal judge has ordered North Carolina elections officials to update absentee voting rules to ensure that voters prove they have had someone witness their ballot. Judge William Osteen issued a preliminary injunction Wednesday ordering state officials to rewrite a directive issued in late September that allowed voters to fix a lack of a witness signature by returning an affidavit. However, he said he wouldn’t block that kind of fix for small errors such as an
  
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• Oklahoma judge rules triple killing occurred on tribal land

  14-10-2020 23:33
  
  PURCELL, Okla. (AP) — A death row inmate in Oklahoma is likely to get a new trial in federal court after a district judge determined the victims in the case were tribal citizens and the killings happened on Indian land. McLain County District Judge Leah Edwards issued the ruling Tuesday in the case of 38-year-old Shaun Michael Bosse. Bosse was convicted and sentenced to death for the 2010 killing of Katrina Griffin and her two young children. All three victims were found inside a burning m
  
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• The Latest: Barrett says climate change ‘contentious matter’

  14-10-2020 23:32
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett (all times local):
  5:30 p.m.
  Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett says she cannot express a view on climate change because it is a “very contentious matter of public policy.”Barrett made the comment Wednesday during a line of questioning from Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris of California, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and her party’s vice presidential
  
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• A federal judge has ordered North Carolina to revise absentee ballot procedures related to missing witness signatures

  14-10-2020 23:32
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal judge has ordered North Carolina to revise absentee ballot procedures related to missing witness signatures.The post A federal judge has ordered North Carolina to revise absentee ballot procedures related to missing witness signatures appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Grijalva: Use of Force Against Protestors at Quitobaquito Springs an "Abhorrent Attempt To Silence Their Voices"

  14-10-2020 23:24
  
  Officials from the Arizona Department of Public Safety used excessive force and tear gas against demonstrators protesting the construction of a border wall at sites considered sacred to the Tohono O’odham Nation, according to a press release from Rep. Raúl Grijalva’s office. …
  
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• “Cheer” star Jerry Harris asks for jail release until trial

  14-10-2020 23:20
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge says she’ll decide soon whether to allow allow Netflix documentary series star Jerry Harris to be released from jail and placed on home confinement while awaiting trial. At a Wednesday hearing, attorneys for the breakout star of “Cheer” told U.S. District Judge Heather McShane that a team of four third-party custodians would keep Harris under constant watch and prevent him from using any electronic device. But prosecutors say releasing Harri
  
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• The Latest: Germany tightens mask-wearing regulations

  14-10-2020 23:13
  
  BERLIN — Chancellor Angela Merkel and the governors of Germany’s 16 states have agreed to tighten mask-wearing rules and make bars close early in areas where coronavirus infection rates are high.
  Wednesday’s meeting came hours after the country reported more than 5,000 infections in one day for the first time since mid-April. While Germany is still in better shape than many other European countries, infections have accelerated rapidly in recent weeks.
  Officials recommended that
  
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• House rep seeks probe into police response to Native protest

  14-10-2020 23:05
  
  Democratic Rep. Raul Grijalva of Arizona has called for an investigation into the state Department of Public Safety’s use of tear gas on protesters who blocked traffic near a border crossing. The demonstrators protested Monday on Indigenous Peoples Day against the construction of the Trump administration’s border wall on sacred Native American land in southern Arizona. The state Department of Public Safety said its troopers gave a dispersal order telling protesters they had five minu
  
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• Police: 2 injured in south side business shooting; suspect sought

  14-10-2020 23:00
  
  Tucson Police DepartmentTUCSON (KVOA) - Police are seeking the public's help in identifying a shooting suspect.
  On Sept. 20, a man allegedly shot two people at Famous Sam's, 2048 E. Irvington Road.
  According to Tucson Police Department, the shooting happened just after midnight that day while he was exiting the business.
  Both victims were transported to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.The suspect is said to be a Black man with medium build and facial hair.
  Anyone with information re
  
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• Month after mass shooting, Rochester seeks answers, suspects

  14-10-2020 22:55
  
  ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Nearly a month after a deadly mass shooting in Rochester, New York, there have been no arrests, no rewards offered and little word from the authorities on where the investigation stands. If the police have a suspect or suspects in mind, they haven’t said so publicly. Nor have they told people who lost loved ones or were wounded themselves. The shooting at a at a crowded house party on the last weekend of summer, killed two teens and wounded 14 other people. A p
  
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• The Latest: Barrett asked about conflict over 2020 election

  14-10-2020 22:46
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett (all times local):
  4:40 p.m.
  Amy Coney Barrett has been asked if there’s a potential conflict in having three Supreme Court justices who were part of the 2000 Bush v. Gore challenge being called on to decide a disputed 2020 presidential election.
  Barrett told Democratic Sen. Mazie Hirono of Hawaii that “any questions of whether there was an appearance of impartiality &he
  
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• Man accused of 2nd-degree murder after a shooting in Phoenix

  14-10-2020 22:43
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Police say a suspect has been arrested in connection with a fatal shooting in central Phoenix. They say 33-year-old Brandon Franks has been booked into jail on suspicion of second-degree murder and misconduct involving weapons as he’s prohibited from possessing a gun. Detectives say Franks and a 30-year-old man apparently got into an argument over a financial agreement Tuesday afternoon. When officers arrived on scene, they reported finding a man with gunshot wound. He
  
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• Census whiplashed by changing deadlines, accuracy concerns

  14-10-2020 22:43
  
  The Supreme Court’s decision to allow the Trump administration to end the 2020 census this week put the brakes on a whiplashed census that had faced starts and stops from the pandemic, natural disasters and court rulings. The census also had faced confusion over when it was going to end and whether minorities and people in hard-to-count communities would be tallied accurately. Minority groups have historically been undercounted in the once-a-decade census that determines how many congressi
  
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• Men abused by Ohio State doctor call for NCAA investigation

  14-10-2020 22:40
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Some of the men alleging decades-old sexual abuse by an Ohio State team doctor are asking the NCAA and Big Ten conference to investigate the university and force changes to protect student-athletes in the future. In letters shared Wednesday, they contend Ohio State enabled and covered up the doctor’s abuse for years. They suggest that the school face sanctions even harsher than the $60 million Penn State was fined for the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal.
  
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• The Latest: Melania Trump says Barron no longer has COVID-19

  14-10-2020 22:39
  
  WASHINGTON — First lady Melania Trump says Barron Trump tested positive at one point for the coronavirus but has subsequently tested negative.
  The first lady says in a post on the White House website that “my fear came true” when 14-year-old Barron tested positive for the virus. She says “luckily he is a strong teenager and exhibited no symptoms.”
  President Donald Trump announced nearly two weeks ago that he and the first lady has tested positive for the virus. The
  
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• First lady: Son Barron was positive for COVID, now negative

  14-10-2020 22:39
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Melania Trump says her 14-year-old son, Barron, had tested positive for the coronavirus but has since tested negative. The White House initially said he had tested negative, after both of his parents tested positive earlier this month. The first lady said Wednesday that subsequent testing showed Barron had also come down with COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. He has since tested negative, she says, as have both she and President Donald Trump. The first lady
  
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• The Latest: Barrett won’t say if family separation is wrong

  14-10-2020 22:28
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett (all times local):
  4:25 p.m.
  Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett would not say that the Trump administration’s practice of separating children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border was wrong.
  Barrett was being questioned by Democratic Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey about the practice during her confirmation hearing Wednesday. She said she could not be drawn into a
  
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• Facing new fire threat, crews deploy to Northern California

  14-10-2020 22:21
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Fire crews from across the state are being deployed to Northern California where hot, windy conditions are renewing the threat of fire. The threat comes in the region where massive blazes have already destroyed hundreds of homes and killed 31 people this year. The National Weather Service issued a red-flag warning for extremely dangerous fire conditions from Wednesday through Friday morning. With bone-dry humidity and wind gusts possibly hitting 55 mph, Pacific Gas &am
  
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• The Latest: U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga tests positive for virus

  14-10-2020 22:16
  
  GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga said he tested positive for the coronavirus before he was scheduled to appear Wednesday at a Michigan campaign rally with Vice President Mike Pence.
  Huizenga said on Twitter that he took a rapid test and was isolating himself while awaiting results from a second test.Pence spoke for about an hour outdoors at Lacks Enterprises in Cascade Township, near Grand Rapids. Peter Meijer, a Republican running for Congress, greeted and introduced Pence.
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• Legal sports betting in Arizona still on the back burner in 2020

  14-10-2020 22:15
  
  LOS ANGELES — More than two years after the federal ban on sports betting was lifted, Arizona is one of 28 states that have not passed legislation to legalize gambling on sports in-person or online.…
  
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• First lady: Barron Trump positive for COVID, no symptoms

  14-10-2020 22:12
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Melania Trump says her 14-year-old son, Barron, has tested positive for the coronavirus but has no symptoms.
  The White House initially said he had tested negative, after both of his parents tested positive earlier this month.
  The first lady said Wednesday that subsequent testing showed Barron had also come down with COVID-19.
  By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated PressThe post First lady: Barron Trump positive for COVID, no symptoms appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Cuomo warns scofflaw schools, seeks Chainsmokers gig fine

  14-10-2020 22:11
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo says that the state is seeking $20,000 in fines against the promoters who organized a July concert by The Chainsmokers that saw widespread social distancing violations. The Democrat called the Southampton concert that was attended by more than 2,150 people “an egregious violation” of the rules. Cuomo also threatened Wednesday to take away state funding from schools in coronavirus hot spots that are ignoring orders to shut their doors. The a
  
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• First lady: Trumps’ teenage son Barron tested positive for coronavirus, had no symptoms

  14-10-2020 22:03
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady: Trumps’ teenage son Barron tested positive for coronavirus, had no symptoms.The post First lady: Trumps’ teenage son Barron tested positive for coronavirus, had no symptoms appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Top Russian diplomat skeptical about nuclear pact extension

  14-10-2020 22:01
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s top diplomat has voiced doubt that Moscow and Washington could negotiate an extension of their last arms control pact still standing even as the United States offered a more optimistic view. Speaking in an interview with several Russian news outlets, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Wednesday that Russia can’t accept the conditions put forward by the United States for the extension of the New START treaty. Lavrov’s pessimistic view contrasted wit
  
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• Arizona selected to host 2026 NCAA Women’s Final Four

  14-10-2020 21:56
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - The NCAA Woman's Final Four is coming to Arizona in 2026, according to a news release shared Wednesday morning.On Wednesday, Gov. Doug Ducey announced Phoenix has won the bid to host the NCAA national semi-finals games at Talking Stick Resort Arena in downtown Phoenix on April 3, 2026.The governor said the Phoenix Women’s Final Four Bid Committee began the bidding process nearly a year ago. After being named among fellow finalists Columbus, Portland and Tampa
  
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• Takeaways: Pardon power, silent mics on Barrett’s final day

  14-10-2020 21:52
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett is facing second day of questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee as Democrats keep the focus on health care three weeks before the Nov. 3 election. Barrett is avoiding taking positions on a variety of subjects and rulings, saying it would be inappropriate to comment on cases that may come before her as a justice. Democrats say Trump and Senate Republicans are rushing to confirm Barrett so she can be seated in time to hear a cas
  
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• Cells at San Diego Zoo lead to cloning of endangered horse

  14-10-2020 21:51
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Little Kurt looks like any other baby horse as he frolics playfully in his pen. But the 2-month-old, dun-colored colt is actually a clone. He was created by fusing cells taken from an endangered Przewalski’s horse at the San Diego Zoo in 1980. The cells were infused with an egg from a domestic horse that gave birth to Kurt two months ago. The baby boy was named for Kurt Benirschke, a founder of the San Diego Zoo’s Frozen Zoo, where thousands of cell cultures ar
  
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• National Dessert Day

  14-10-2020 21:43
  
  It may just be a random Wednesday in October but it's the day to treat yo' self!That's because it's National Dessert Day!People around the country will be indulging everything from ice cream, cookies, and cake to pies and candy.You could even start your day the dessert way with a donut, or two.Hankering for some tiramisu or crème brûlée?Maybe Reese’s are your thing.Clearly, you've got a lot of options, more now than ever before if you think about it.Over the years, dess
  
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• The Latest: France sets curfew, restores state of emergency

  14-10-2020 21:42
  
  PARIS — President Emmanuel Macron announced that 18 million French citizens in nine regions, including in Paris, will have a curfew starting Saturday through Dec. 1.He also reinstated the state of health emergency for the country, which ended three months ago. The 9 p.m. curfew is aimed at limiting the resurgent coronavirus amid second wave.
  Macron says: “Our goal is to curb the virus. We must reduce the number of cases per day to 3,000 or 4,000. Our goal is to reduce private contact
  
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• History, mistrust spurring Black early voters in Georgia

  14-10-2020 21:42
  
  SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Black people are going to the polls by the thousands and waiting in lines for hours to vote early in Georgia. Some don’t think lines will get better as Election Day nears, and others don’t trust mail-in balloting. But many say the time is worth it in a year when issues including prejudice, racial justice and voter suppression are at the forefront. Khani Morgan of Savannah says her great-grandmother who was born a slave talked about the importance of voting,
  
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• UA Researcher Developing FLOWER Device to Detect Cancer, COVID-19

  14-10-2020 21:30
  
  A researcher at the University of Arizona has received a $1.82 million grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences to advance the capabilities of a device that can detect single molecules, such as biomarkers for cancer, Alzheimer's disease and COVID-19. Biomedical engineering professor Judith Su operates the Little Sensor Lab at UA, the core of which is a technology called the "frequency locked optical whispering evanescent resonator," or FLOWER.…
  
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• Herbert Kretzmer, lyricist of Les Miserables, dead at 95

  14-10-2020 21:28
  
  LONDON (AP) — Herbert Kretzmer, the journalist and lyricist best known for his English-language adaptation of the musical Les Miserables, has died. He was 95. His family confirmed Wednesday that Kretzmer died after a long illness with Parkinson’s disease at the London home he shared with his second wife, Sybil Sever. Tributes poured in from giants of the London stage, including theatrical producer Cameron Mackintosh, singer Elaine Page and lyricist Tim Rice. Kretzmer also penned &ldq
  
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• Vision 2020: Will mailed-in ballots be delivered on time?

  14-10-2020 21:24
  
  Can you trust the U.S. Postal Service to deliver your ballot on time? If you plan on voting by mail, election officials say it’s best to do it as early as possible so your ballot gets to its destination well before Election Day on Nov. 3. Postal officials have repeatedly said the agency has more than enough capacity to handle the surge of ballots. But on-time delivery rates vary widely depending on location. On top of that, each state has different rules on whether it accepts mail ballots
  
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• Jury finds Nebraska woman guilty of dismembering Tinder date

  14-10-2020 21:24
  
  LEXINGTON, Neb. (AP) — A woman has been found guilty in the killing of a woman who disappeared after a Tinder date and whose dismembered remains were found in trash bags in rural Nebraska. The Omaha World-Herald reports that jurors on Wednesday found 26-year-old Bailey Boswell guilty of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder and improper disposal of human remains in the 2017 killing of 24-year-old Sydney Loofe of Lincoln. Boswell’s defense attorney argued her boyfriend forc
  
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• The Latest: Michigan congressman tests positive before rally

  14-10-2020 21:23
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the 2020 presidential race (all times local):3:20 p.m.
  A Michigan congressman says he tested positive for the coronavirus before he was scheduled to appear at a campaign rally in the state with Vice President Mike Pence.
  Republican Rep. Bill Huizenga said on Twitter on Wednesday that he took a rapid test and was isolating while awaiting results from a second test to confirm the results.
  Pence spoke for about an hour outdoors at Lacks Enterprises in Cascade T
  
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• Tax on wealthy to fund Arizona schools spurs election fight

  14-10-2020 21:23
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Public schools in Arizona that have weathered a decade of funding cuts with only partial restoration could see a big infusion of cash if a ballot measure backed by teachers and advocacy groups passes in November. But opponents in the business community say Proposition 208 will hurt the economy and only bring partial relief. The Invest in Education Act would impose a 3.5% tax surcharge on income above $250,000 for an individual or above $500,000 for couples. Proponents say it
  
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• US appeals panel tosses 3 Pilot Flying J convictions

  14-10-2020 21:21
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A U.S. appellate panel has tossed convictions for the former president of Pilot Flying J and two of his former employees related to a rebate scheme where trucking companies were cheated out of millions of dollars. A split three-judge panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that jurors shouldn’t have been played recordings of racist language by former president Mark Hazelwood. Hazelwood was convicted in 2018 of conspiracy, wire fraud and
  
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• Anti-Semitic banner pinned to Ukrainian president’s office

  14-10-2020 21:21
  
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — About 5,000 ultra-right activists have marched across the Ukrainian capital to denounce a cease-fire in the conflict with Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine. They left an anti-Semitic banner pinned Wednesday to the doors of the presidential office. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has sought to intensify efforts to end the fighting with Russia-backed separatists in the east, championing a cease-fire that has largely held for more than 2 1/2 months desp
  
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• Former interim Navajo president and New Mexico lawmaker dies

  14-10-2020 21:19
  
  SHIPROCK, N.M. (AP) — Thomas Atcitty, a former interim Navajo Nation president and longtime New Mexico state representative, has died. The tribe says Atcitty died Sunday of natural causes. He was 86. Funeral services are scheduled Wednesday in Shiprock, New Mexico, where Atcitty lived most of his life. He is being remembered for his leadership and compassion for Navajos. Atcitty served as the tribe’s vice president from 1995 to 1998. He was elevated to the top post after then-Navajo
  
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• Vandals sought after 8 saguaros were cut down in Saguaro National Park

  14-10-2020 21:16
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - Eight saguaros were cut down along the west district's Scenic Trail earlier this month.
  Saguaro National Park officials say they need the public's help regarding the vandalism incident.CACTUS VANDALS: @SaguaroNPS received a report that 8 saguaros were cut down along the west district's Scenic Trail earlier this month... they think the damage occurred on or around 10/3
  Know anything about this?888-653-0009https://t.co/[email protected] pic.twitter.com/IGWzwBFyGg— Fra
  
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• Earth breaks September heat record, may reach warmest year

  14-10-2020 21:10
  
  US Scientists calculate that Earth hit its warmest September on record last month. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Wednesday said there’s nearly a two-to-one chance that 2020 will end up as the hottest year on record. NOAA said September 2020 edged past 2016 to break the heat record. Records go back 141 years. It has been record warm in California, Oregon, Europe, much of Asia and the Southern Hemisphere. Scientists say this is due to a lot of man-made global warming wi
  
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• Israeli protesters call for new investigation of Netanyahu

  14-10-2020 21:07
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Hundreds of Israelis have protested outside Israel’s Supreme Court, calling for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to be investigated in a scandal surrounding a $2 billion submarine deal with Germany. Several Israeli businessmen, including confidants of Netanyahu and a former commander of the navy, are suspects in a graft scandal connected to the purchase of warships and submarines from German conglomerate ThyssenKrupp. Netanyahu himself has not been named as a suspec
  
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• The Latest: Audio difficulties force pauses in court hearing

  14-10-2020 21:06
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett (all times local):
  3:05 p.m.
  The confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett paused for about 40 minutes because of audio difficulties.The sound in the hearing room cut out a little before 2 p.m. Wednesday, after around five hours of questioning. The senators are completing 20-minute rounds of questioning and might do a final round of 10 minutes each. Wednesday
  
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• ‘West Wing’ reunites cast with a mission: get out the vote

  14-10-2020 20:56
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The creator of “The West Wing” says he was glad to stage an episode of the series for a TV special. But Aaron Sorkin says he’s more interested in the result: encouraging fans of his White House drama to vote. The theater version of the season-three episode is part of a HBO Max special out Thursday. The program will highlight the nonpartisan group When We All Vote, with appearances by former first lady Michelle Obama, former President Bill Clinton and ce
  
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• Fierce winds fan Rockies wildfires, new evacuations ordered

  14-10-2020 20:55
  
  CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Strong winds are fanning two Rocky Mountain wildfires and have prompted new evacuation orders as one of them nears communities outside Rocky Mountain National Park. Forecasters expect dry air and strong wind to persist into the weekend at the 210-square-mile Cameron Peak Fire west of Fort Collins, Colorado, and at the 275-square-mile Mullen Fire southwest of Laramie, Wyoming. The latest evacuations in the path of the Cameron Peak Fire affect mostly recreational commun
  
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