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• Mickelson wins in Richmond to got 2 for 2 on senior tour

  18-10-2020 23:51
  
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Phil Mickelson became the third player and second this year to win his first two starts on the PGA Tour Champions, slamming the door on Mike Weir with a back-nine surge Sunday in the Dominion Energy Charity Classic. Mickelson closed with a 7-under 65 to finish at 17-under 199, three strokes better than second-round leader Weir, the fellow 50-year-old left-hander who had a 71. The winner in late August at Ozarks National in Missouri in his first start on the 50-and-over
  
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• Singapore man granted asylum in US faces child porn charges

  18-10-2020 23:24
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — A blogger from Singapore who was granted asylum to stay in the U.S. faces child pornography charges. Amos Yee appeared Friday in court on solicitation and possession of child porn. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that he’s being held on $1 million bail. If the 20-year-old is convicted, he could lose his asylum status. Yee fled Singapore in 2016 after his online posts mocking and criticizing the Singapore government twice landed him in jail. Prosecutors allege he exchange
  
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• Now Stream This: Pandemic Documentary Highlights this Week's Streaming Releases at The Loft

  18-10-2020 23:15
  
  The solid streaming continues at The Loft Cinema, along with their Open Air Cinema series. There are plenty of ways to get your Loft fix in these crazy times!This week's streaming highlights: TOTALLY UNDER CONTROL…
  
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• UN hopes meeting will raise $1 billion for key Sahel nations

  18-10-2020 23:06
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. humanitarian chief is hoping a major ministerial meeting Tuesday will not only raise a billion dollars for the three countries at the epicenter of a humanitarian crisis in Africa’s Sahel region but also spur leaders to address the underlying causes, including increasing conflict and insecurity, weak governance, and a lack of development. Mark Lowcock said in an Associated Press interview that the troubling situation in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger is a
  
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• Puerto Rico, unable to vote, becomes crucial to US election

  18-10-2020 22:41
  
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The campaigns of President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden are rallying people in a place where U.S. citizens cannot cast ballots but have the ear of hundreds of thousands of potential voters in the battleground state of Florida. They are targeting Puerto Rico in a way never before seen, with the U.S. territory suddenly finding itself in the crosshairs of a high-stakes race even though Puerto Ricans on the island cannot vote in presidential ele
  
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• Baby born after pregnant mom fatally shot dies 4 days later

  18-10-2020 22:36
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — A newborn boy delivered after his mother was fatally shot last week in Chicago has died. Chicago police confirmed Sunday that the baby died a day earlier. He was 4 days old. The baby was delivered after his mother, 35-year-old Stacey Jones, was shot twice in the back while standing outside her home on the city’s South Side. She was eight months pregnant. She was pronounced dead at a hospital. The baby was delivered in critical condition early Tuesday and transferred to
  
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• Longtime Minnesota sports columnist Sid Hartman dies at 100

  18-10-2020 22:35
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota sports columnist and radio personality Sid Hartman, an old-school home team booster who once ran the NBA’s Minneapolis Lakers, has died at age 100. Star Tribune sports editor Chris Carr says Hartman died Sunday while surrounded by family. Hartman’s first newspaper column was published in 1945. He kept up his age-defying pace even after his 100th birthday party on March 15 was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. Hartman continued to write t
  
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• Temperatures will continue to trend down for the next few days

  18-10-2020 22:33
  
  TUCSON - Afternoon temperatures are staying above normal for another week before highs drop into the 80's. The stationary front will not pass Tucson meaning we won't see a steep decrease in temperatures over the next few days.
  If you live in Safford, Cochise county or north of Marana your cool down over the next couple days will be much quicker than Tucson since the front moved to their south.As for Tucson, we saw the peak of this heat wave Friday.Between Sunday and next Friday our tem
  
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• The Latest: Italy tightens rules as infection numbers rise

  18-10-2020 22:23
  
  ROME — Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte has announced new measures aimed at halting the spread of coronavirus as infections continue to hit new daily highs, moving into vulnerable populations and putting fresh pressure on hospitals.
  The restrictions announced Sunday stop short of a curfew like those imposed in Paris and other major French cities. But Italian mayors can close public squares and other gathering places after 9 p.m., permitting access only to reach homes or businesses. Restauran
  
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• Opinion: Trump’s ACA Attacks Would Devastate Arizona’s Communities

  18-10-2020 22:08
  
  For months now, we here in Arizona have said
  that health care is on the ballot this November—and that is even more true
  today than it was six months ago when this pandemic began.…
  
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• Baby delivered after pregnant mom fatally shot lives 4 days

  18-10-2020 22:02
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — A newborn boy delivered after his mother was fatally shot last week in Chicago has died. Chicago police confirmed Sunday that the baby died a day earlier. He was 4 days old. The baby was delivered after his mother, 35-year-old Stacey Jones, was shot twice in the back while standing outside her home on the city’s South Side. She was eight months pregnant. She was pronounced dead at a hospital. The baby was delivered in critical condition early Tuesday and transferred to
  
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• Hardliner wins Turkish Cypriot leadership election

  18-10-2020 21:52
  
  NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A hardliner who won a Turkish Cypriot leadership election says he’s ready to resume talks aimed at ending Cyprus’ 46-year ethnic division, as long as rival Greek Cypriots come to grips with Turkey’s regional might. Ersin Tatar, who favors fully aligning Turkish Cypriot policies with those of regional patron Turkey, said Sunday that any peace accord should take into account the “realities” in and around the war-divided east Mediterranean
  
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• Liam Neeson’s ‘Honest Thief’ notches No. 1 at box office

  18-10-2020 21:31
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Liam Neeson’s thriller “Honest Thief” stole the top spot at the box office in yet another quiet weekend of moviegoing. The Open Roads Films movie brought in $3.7 million in its U.S. debut. The film starring Neeson as a notorious bank robber who turns himself in but was double crossed by two FBI agents, opened in Canada last week. According to the studio, the film played well in markets including Miami, Chicago, San Diego and Atlanta. “Honest Thief
  
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• Long lines as Missouri medical marijuana dispensaries open

  18-10-2020 21:27
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri’s first licensed marijuana dispensaries opened this weekend in the St. Louis area with long lines. Two dispensaries run by N’Bliss opened Saturday in Ellisville and Manchester. Another dispensary is expected to open Monday in the Kansas City area. The openings come nearly two years after Missouri voters approved a constitutional amendment allowing medical marijuana sales. The Missouri Department of Health and Human Services expects most of the state&rs
  
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• Firefighters battling Race Track Fire near Redington Pass

  18-10-2020 21:21
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - Firefighter crews are battling a wildfire near Redington Pass.Officials say the Race Track Fire ignited Saturday and has now burned 100 acres of grass and brush.The cause of the fire is still under investigation.Stay with News 4 Tucson as more information on this wildfire becomes available.
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• Israel, Bahrain sign deal establishing formal ties

  18-10-2020 21:13
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel and Bahrain have agreed to establish formal diplomatic relations, making the small Gulf country the fourth Arab state to normalize ties with Israel. The U.S.-brokered agreement capped a one-day visit by a high-level delegation of American and Israeli officials to Bahrain. Bahrain joined the United Arab Emirates at a festive White House ceremony last month marking the “Abraham Accords,” a pair of U.S.-brokered diplomatic pacts with Israel. While the UAE&r
  
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• Former Democratic power broker James A. Johnson dies at 76

  18-10-2020 21:01
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota native James A. Johnson, a former Democratic campaign operative who was CEO of housing lender Fannie Mae in the 1990s and served as chairman of Walter Mondale’s presidential bid in 1984, has died. He was 76. Johnson’s son, Alfred, told The Washington Post and Wall Street Journal that the cause was complications from a neurological condition. He died Sunday at his home in Washington. Johnson was a native of Benson, Minnesota and the son of a prominen
  
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• Report: Spy plane monitored protest where Guard head lives

  18-10-2020 20:56
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A peaceful protest in a sleepy suburb that’s home to the head of the California National Guard was among four demonstrations monitored by National Guard spy planes. That’s according to a report by the Los Angeles Times. The four planes took to the skies over cities in June to monitor protests following the killing of George Floyd. Three watched demonstrations in Minneapolis, Phoenix and Washington, D.C. But the target of the fourth was the Sacramento,
  
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• PG&E lacked basic training before California blackouts

  18-10-2020 20:46
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — When Pacific Gas & Electric intentionally cut power to Northern California last fall, few of its emergency managers had learned the fundamentals of managing an emergency in their home state. The nation’s largest utility entered 2019 planning to “de-energize” its aging electric grid so downed power lines couldn’t spark a blaze. Yet only a handful of the hundreds of people who handled the blackouts were trained in the disaster response playboo
  
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• Over 50,000 march in Belarus against authoritarian leader

  18-10-2020 20:39
  
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Tens of thousands of people marched down the streets of Belarus’ capital on Sunday, demanding the ouster of the country’s authoritarian leader who won his sixth term in office in an election widely seen as rigged. Over 50,000 people took part in the rally in Minsk, according to the Viasna human rights center. Demonstrators carried banners mocking President Alexander Lukashenko, who has run the country for 26 years, and chanted “Go away!” Mass pr
  
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• 2nd-tier soccer game postponed in Spain after positive tests

  18-10-2020 20:16
  
  MADRID (AP) — The Spanish second-division soccer match between Alcorcón and Ponferradina has been postponed after four coronavirus cases for Alcorcón were confirmed. The Spanish league said those who tested positive — players and staff members — were asymptomatic and in isolation. The positive cases were detected on Saturday. The game was called off a few hours ahead of its scheduled start on Sunday. It was the first match postponed because of the coronavirus this
  
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• Michigan governor pushes back against Trump rally chants

  18-10-2020 20:15
  
  DETROIT (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says President Donald Trump is inciting “domestic terrorism” following “lock her up” chants at his rally in the state. Whitmer told NBC’s “Meet the Press” Sunday that it’s “incredibly disturbing” coming about a week after authorities said they thwarted alleged plots to kidnap the Democratic governor and storm the state Capitol. Fourteen people have been charged. Trump appeared at a ral
  
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• Pascua Yaqui Police searching for 2-year-old girl, kidnapped by father

  18-10-2020 20:13
  
  TUCSON (KVOA)- Pascua Yaqui Tribal Police are on the lookout for a 2-year-old child who they say was kidnapped by her biological father on Saturday night.According to police, Jose Raul Juarez-Orci took the child from her home near the 5600 block of West Valencia Road around 11 p.m. and threatened to take her to Mexico.The 2-year-old was last seen wearing a pink shirt and pink pants. No photo of the child is available at this time.Officials say Juarez-Orci has a history of violence and may be arm
  
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• Pascua Yaqui Police searching for 2-week-old girl, kidnapped by father

  18-10-2020 20:13
  
  TUCSON (KVOA)- Pascua Yaqui Tribal Police are on the lookout for a 2-week-old child who they say was kidnapped by her biological father on Saturday night.According to police, Jose Raul Juarez-Orci took the child, Michelle Guillen, from her home near the 5600 block of West Valencia Road around 11 p.m. and threatened to take her to Mexico.She was last seen wearing a pink shirt and pink pants. No photo of the child is available at this time.Officials say Juarez-Orci has a history of violence and ma
  
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• Morocco reopens some mosques, even as infections grow

  18-10-2020 20:08
  
  RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Moroccans across the country have performed their first weekly prayers in more than seven months as authorities eased some restrictions aimed at containing the virus pandemic. Morocco announced the suspension of prayers in mosques back in March to limit the spread of the coronavirus. The restrictions were lifted for 10,000 mosques across the country Friday, but another 40,000 remain closed because of growing new infections. Scores of worshipers attended the Friday pra
  
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• The Latest: Mexico states vote amid antivirus measures

  18-10-2020 19:55
  
  As the U.S. counts down toward its presidential election, voters south of the border in two Mexican states were putting on masks and slathering on hand gel to cast ballots in local elections on Sunday.
  The border state of Coahuila, just south of Texas, was choosing a new state legislature while the central state of Hidalgo was electing 84 mayors. The vote there had been set for June, but was delayed by the coronavirus pandemic.
  National Electoral Institute head Lorenzo Córdova circulated
  
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• Schalke apologizes for racist abuse of Dortmund’s Moukoko

  18-10-2020 19:54
  
  GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany (AP) — Schalke has apologized for its fans’ racist abuse of Borussia Dortmund youth player Youssoufa Moukoko during a match between the rival clubs’ under-19 sides. Schalke says on Twitter, “Derby emotions aside, we completely condemn and oppose such insults.” The club said its supporter relations departments “will take the necessary measures.” The 15-year-old Moukoko scored a hat trick in the under-19s’ 3-2 Ruhr derby win on
  
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• Evacuations remain in place for north-central Colorado fire

  18-10-2020 19:50
  
  BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Nearly 3,000 people were forced to flee from a fast-moving fire in north-central Colorado and authorities believe some buildings were lost. The CalWood fire started around noon Saturday and was pushed by strong winds. Evacuations were ordered and by Sunday morning the fire had burned nearly 14 square miles. Boulder County officials say that based on the path of the fire, they believe houses were burned northwest of Boulder. Boulder County Emergency Operations Center o
  
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• Hotshot firefighters arrive in Arizona to battle the Horse Fire

  18-10-2020 19:35
  
  CROWN KING, Ariz. (AP) — A hotshot crew with additional firefighters and support equipment arrived Sunday to battle a wildfire that’s forced evacuations in small mountain communities near Crown King.
  The U.S. Forest Service says the blaze was showing “extreme fire behavior” and had grown to 14 square miles as of Sunday morning with zero containment so far.
  Authorities say the wildfire fire began Thursday. It has been burning on juniper, chaparral, timber, and 8-foot-high
  
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• Hot shot firefighters arrive to battle an Arizona wildfire

  18-10-2020 19:35
  
  CROWN KING, Ariz. (AP) — A hot shot crew with additional firefighters and support equipment arrived Sunday to battle a wildfire that’s forced evacuations in small mountain communities near Crown King. The U.S. Forest Service says the blaze was showing “extreme fire behavior” and had grown to 14 square miles as of Sunday morning with zero containment so far. Authorities say the wildfire fire began Thursday and its cause was under investigation. It has been burning on junip
  
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• Turkish Cypriot hardliner beats leftist in leadership runoff

  18-10-2020 19:26
  
  NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A hardliner who favors even closer ties with Turkey and a tougher stance with rival Greek Cypriots in peace talks has defeated the leftist incumbent in the Turkish Cypriot leadership runoff. Turkish Cypriot broadcaster BRT said with 100% of the votes counted Sunday, Ersin Tatar secured 51.74% of the vote compared to 48.26% for Mustafa Akinci. Tatar appears to have benefited from a higher turnout in the runoff, managing to rally supporters from the approximately 200,0
  
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• Federal officials making changes to some oil-lease terms

  18-10-2020 19:23
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal oil lease sale in November will be the first in a decade to offer 10-year leases at some depths. Since 2010, leases in depths of about a half-mile to nearly a mile have run for seven years, with a three-year extension available for companies that have started a well on their lease. The Bureau of Offshore Energy Management says that after carefully studying the past 10 years’ data, it is changing back to the practice before 2010. It is offering about 78 mi
  
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• Police searching for suspect who shot, wounded 7 in Mesa

  18-10-2020 19:19
  
  MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Police in the in Mesa are asking for the public’s help in identifying a drive-by shooter who opened fire on a food truck seating area and wounded seven people including three children.
  Authorities say an unidentified person in an SUV stopped in the roadway and shot into a crowd of people eating outside food trucks in the parking lot about 9:30 p.m. Friday before speeding off.
  Three adults were wounded, including a 16-year-old and children ages 1, 6, and 9 who were
  
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• Hardliner beats leftist in Turkish Cypriot leadership poll

  18-10-2020 19:18
  
  NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A hardliner who favors even closer ties with Turkey and a tougher stance with rival Greek Cypriots in peace talks has defeated the leftist incumbent in the Turkish Cypriot leadership runoff. Turkish Cypriot broadcaster BRT said with 100% of the votes counted Sunday, Ersin Tatar secured 51.74% of the vote compared to 48.26% for Mustafa Akinci. Tatar appears to have benefited from a higher turnout in the runoff, managing to rally supporters from the approximately 200,0
  
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• Report: Damage from August wind storm in Midwest at $7.5B

  18-10-2020 19:15
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A new report says damage estimates from a rare wind storm that slammed Iowa and some other parts of the Midwest in August are growing. The total is now $7.5 billion. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the Aug. 10 storm is currently the second-costliest U.S. disaster so far in 2020, although cost estimates for the widespread wildfires along the West Coast aren’t yet available. The August storm hit Iowa hard but also caused damage in Illino
  
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• Texas showcase: Cards’ Kingsbury, Murray return home for MNF

  18-10-2020 19:07
  
  TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona Cardinals coach Kliff Kingsbury and quarterback Kyler Murray are returning to their home state for “Monday Night Football.” The Cardinals travel to face the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium. Kingsbury is from north of San Antonio and was a star high school football player before playing and coaching at Texas Tech. Murray was a phenom in the suburbs of Dallas and won three state championships. They’ll go against a Dallas team that also has hom
  
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• Turkish Cypriot leftist incumbent concedes defeat in runoff to hardliner who favors stronger ties with Turkey

  18-10-2020 19:02
  
  NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Turkish Cypriot leftist incumbent concedes defeat in runoff to hardliner who favors stronger ties with Turkey.The post Turkish Cypriot leftist incumbent concedes defeat in runoff to hardliner who favors stronger ties with Turkey appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Landslide in northern Pakistan buries bus, 16 killed

  18-10-2020 18:56
  
  ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani police say a landslide in the country’s north has buried a minibus under tons of mud and rock, killing 16 people on board. Rescue workers dug for hours in hopes of finding survivors, but called off the search late Sunday after recovering 16 bodies. They include the driver and four soldiers who were traveling to their posts. The bus was pushed into a deep ditch and buried along a mountainous road while traveling to the scenic town of Skardu. The town is loca
  
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• The Latest: Azar urges Americans to keep masking up

  18-10-2020 18:52
  
  WASHINGTON — Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar is urging Americans to stick with safeguards against COVID-19 such as mask-wearing even as President Donald Trump continues to shun the practice and infections spike higher in several parts of the U.S.
  Azar told NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday that many people may be feeling “mitigation fatigue” from a seven-month-old pandemic, but there is “much promise in the weeks and months ahead” with
  
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• Chief: Indiana police recruit fired for ties to neo-Nazis

  18-10-2020 18:50
  
  LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — A police recruit in northwestern Indiana has been fired after a department investigation found he was involved in a neo-Nazi online chat forum in 2016. The Lafayette Police Department says it launched an investigation into Joseph Zacharek after being notified on Twitter of possible participation in a chat forum called Iron March. According to a news release Saturday, the department’s internal affairs division concluded the information was “accurate and cr
  
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• Most US clergy avoid hellfire threats over abortion politics

  18-10-2020 18:42
  
  Some priests and pastors are making waves during this election year by telling their flocks that voting for Democrats who support abortion rights is an evil potentially deserving of eternal damnation. Their fierce, openly partisan rhetoric is attention-grabbing. But it remains the exception in America’s diverse religious landscape, even in this divisive campaign. Most members of the clergy, including those who oppose abortion, still steer clear of overt endorsements or denunciations of pol
  
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• Hardliner leads leftist in Turkish Cypriot leadership poll

  18-10-2020 18:37
  
  NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Unofficial results in a Turkish Cypriot leadership runoff show a hardliner who favors even closer ties to Ankara to be leading by a narrow margin a leftist incumbent who pledges a course less bound by Turkey’s dictates. The stakes have soared as a battle over energy rights in the eastern Mediterranean has intensified in the last year. Incumbent Mustafa Akinci is a champion of Turkish Cypriots who oppose Turkey’s complete domination of their affairs. He al
  
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• Cruise ship rescues 24 people from boat off Florida coast

  18-10-2020 18:29
  
  MIAMI, Fla. (AP) — A Carnival Cruise Line ship has rescued two dozen people from a sinking boat 37 miles off the Florida coast.
  The cruise line said Saturday that the passengers were taken on board the Carnival Sensation when the smaller boat started taking on water.
  It was not immediately clear why the smaller boat came under distress.
  Passengers were given life jackets, food, water, and blankets.
  Two of the rescued people were children.
  The passengers were later transferred to the U.S. C
  
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• The Latest: Coronavirus cases hitting new levels in Italy

  18-10-2020 18:14
  
  MILAN — The number of confirmed positive cases of coronavirus in Italy continued to rise to new records on Sunday, hitting 11,705 in the last 24 hours.
  Many more tests are being carried out than during the March-April peak, when only the very ill were tested, but doctors have warned that the virus again is infecting more vulnerable patients and hospitals are increasingly under stress.
  A total of 750 patients were being treated in intensive care Sunday, up 45 from a day earlier, while more
  
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• November Gulf oil lease sale changing length at some depths

  18-10-2020 18:12
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal oil lease sale in November will be the first in a decade to offer 10-year leases at some depths. Since 2010, leases in depths of about a half-mile to nearly a mile have run for seven years, with a three-year extension available for companies that have started a well on their lease. The Bureau of Offshore Energy Management says that after carefully studying the past 10 years’ data, it is changing back to the practice before 2010. It is offering about 78 mi
  
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• Arizona reports 742 new COVID-19 cases, 3 additional deaths

  18-10-2020 18:11
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona health officials on Sunday reported 742 new confirmed coronavirus cases with three additional deaths. Officials with the Arizona Department of Health Sciences say there have now been 231,149 COVID-19 cases _ with nearly 150,000 coming in Maricopa County _ and 5,827 deaths statewide since the pandemic began. They say Arizona is seeing a slow increase in the average number of coronavirus cases since a decline that lasted through August and September appears to be endin
  
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• Policy vs. personality: Undecideds torn as election nears

  18-10-2020 18:10
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Four years ago, undecided voters’ late decisions to support Donald Trump helped push him to victory. While there are fewer on-the-fence voters this time around, a small but potentially significant group of people say they remain truly undecided less than three weeks before the Nov. 3 election. Some are still wrestling with what they see as a choice between two lousy candidates. Many of them are turned off by Trump’s personality and by Democrat Joe Biden’
  
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• Trump, Biden are campaigning across country from each other

  18-10-2020 17:53
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — President Donald Trump is beginning his day with a rare visit to church as he and Democratic rival Joe Biden campaign across the country from one another in key states with the Nov. 3 election close at hand. Trump is attending services at the nondenominational International Church of Las Vegas. Later, he’ll raise money in Newport Beach, California, and hold an evening rally in Carson City, Nevada. Biden’s schedule puts him in North Carolina for a voter mobiliza
  
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• Plan to retrieve Titanic radio spurs debate on human remains

  18-10-2020 17:40
  
  NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A company’s plan to retrieve the Titanic’s radio has sparked a debate over whether the famous shipwreck still holds human remains. Lawyers for the U.S. government have raised the question during their ongoing court battle to block the planned expedition. They cite archaeologists who say remains could still be there. The lawyers say RMS Titanic Inc. fails to consider that in its dive plan. But the company says human remains likely would’ve been noticed
  
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• Arizona reports 742 new COVID-19 cases Sunday, 3 deaths

  18-10-2020 17:28
  
  PHOENIX (KVOA) - Another 742 Arizonans have tested positive for the coronavirus, according to the state's dashboard on Sunday.Three new deaths were also reported on the dashboard.Arizona now reports 231,149 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 5,827 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.ADHS says 1,939,212 individuals have been tested for the virus i
  
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