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• Rep. Lesko faced legal, money problems during 1st marriage

  24-10-2020 23:50
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — U.S. Rep. Debbie Lesko is blaming her ex-husband for a series of financial and legal entanglements in the 1980s and ’90s. The Arizona Republic reported Saturday that Lesko’s past includes bankruptcies, lawsuits over unpaid bills and an arrest warrant. Lesko is a Republican seeking a second full term representing the West Valley. She has openly discussed what she describes as an abusive first marriage, but details of her past had not been well known. She says her
  
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• North Carolina church ordered to close due to virus outbreak

  24-10-2020 23:37
  
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina health official has ordered a large church to close its doors temporarily because of concerns it is helping to spread the coronavirus by disregarding social distancing measures. Mecklenburg County Health Director Gibbie Harris ordered the United House of Prayer for All People to close all of its buildings Saturday. She said the church has not cooperated with efforts to stem the virus’s spread, the Charlotte Observer reported. Harris said at lea
  
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• Tropical depression forms south of Cuba, set to strengthen

  24-10-2020 23:33
  
  MIAMI (AP) — A tropical depression has formed south of Cuba amid forecasts the system would become a named tropical storm later this weekend and possibly a hurricane within days. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Tropical Depression 28 emerged Saturday about 255 miles south-southeast of the western tip of Cuba. It has top sustained winds of 30 mph and is moving slowly toward the north-northwest. Forecasters said the depression is expected to gradually strengthen into a tropical storm
  
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• The Latest: Jon Bon Jovi does what he can at Biden rally

  24-10-2020 23:27
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the presidential campaign (all times local):
  5:25 p.m.
  Rock star Jon Bon Jovi gave a small concert at a drive-in rally in eastern Pennsylvania for Joe Biden on Saturday, performing three songs and praising Biden’s response to the coronavirus.
  The rocker took the stage in Dallas, Pennsylvania, wearing a black face mask that he peeled off to play acoustic versions of “Who Says You Can’t Go Home?,” “Livin’ on a Prayer”
  
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• Clouds will continue to build up before the rain moves in tomorrow night

  24-10-2020 23:24
  
  TUCSON - Saturday has been seeing a steady increase in cloud cover and breezy winds as a cold front is beginning to move south in Arizona. Rain chances are not expected initially, but late Sunday night we could see a few isolated showers around Southern Arizona.
  Our best chance to see rain from this system will be Monday mid-morning through the afternoon. After that the rain chances will start to subside before sun returns Tuesday.
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• Arizona legislator tests positive for COVID-19, quarantines

  24-10-2020 23:21
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — State Rep. Raquel Teran says she has tested positive for COVID-19, becoming the fourth Arizona legislator known to have been infected with the coronavirus.
  The first-term Democrat whose district includes parts of Glendale and Phoenix said Saturday she was quarantining at home with her husband, who also tested positive, and their young son, whose test results are pending.
  Rep. Lorenzo Sierra recently returned to Arizona from the East Coast after being hospitalized for the tre
  
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• 1 million could lose power as California winds whip up

  24-10-2020 23:21
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Northern California officials are urging residents to leave homes in the hills, secure backyard furniture and other loose items and have an evacuation plan ready ahead of powerful winds that could lead to widespread electricity outages.  Pacific Gas & Electric says safety shutoffs were expected to begin as early as Sunday morning and last into Tuesday, affecting 466,000 homes and businesses, or more than 1 million residents.  In the San Francisco Bay Area
  
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• Authorities look for 2 missing girls after 2 boys are killed

  24-10-2020 23:17
  
  LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — Authorities are looking for two girls who were abducted from a Kansas home where two boys were found dead Saturday. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation identified the missing girls as 3-year-old Aven Jackson and 7-year-old Nora Jackson. An Amber Alert said the suspect in the abduction is the girls’ father, 40-year-old Donny Jackson. Leavenworth County Emergency Management said in a Facebook post that Jackson is also a person of interest in the homicides. The L
  
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• The Latest: Trump votes a straight GOP ticket in Florida

  24-10-2020 23:11
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the presidential campaign (all times local):
  5:10 p.m.
  President Donald Trump says he voted “straight Republican” when he voted early in Florida on Saturday.
  Trump had been asked whether he voted for Laura Loomer, the far-right Republican candidate who has been banned from social media sites because of her racist and anti-Muslim speech.
  She is facing incumbent Lois Frankel, who has been a political fixture for decades in the Palm Beach County dis
  
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• Pedestrian dead after being hit by car on San Joaquin Road

  24-10-2020 23:00
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - Pima County Sheriff's have confirmed that one man is dead after being struck by a car on San Joaquin Road late Friday night.33-year old Christopher Dering was riding a Razor scooter when he was struck by a pickup truck that was traveling Southbound towards Ajo Highway according to PCSD.
  Dering was then also struck by a second vehicle that was traveling northbound. Dering was pronounced dead at the scene.The investigation is still ongoing.The post Pedestrian dead after being hit b
  
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• Vehicle strikes 3 Notre Dame students, killing 2, in Indiana

  24-10-2020 22:44
  
  SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — A vehicle struck three University of Notre Dame students, killing two of them, early Saturday in the northern Indiana city that’s home to the university’s campus. South Bend police say the vehicle hit three pedestrians before crashing into a house just after 4 a.m. Saturday. Police said the driver was cooperating with investigators. Notre Dame president the Rev. John Jenkins identified the 19-year-old students who died as Valeria Espinel from Guayaquil,
  
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• Beyond the Needle: Probability experts assess 2020 race

  24-10-2020 22:41
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Probability estimates for the 2020 U.S. presidential election are still being made, but one fixture of the 2016 cycle won’t make a return. The New York Times won’t use its Needle graphic on Election Day. Probability experts such as 538’s Nate Silver and the Times’ Nate Cohn still place a high likelihood on Donald Trump losing the election, just as they did in 2016. Silver and others say they’re trying to do a better job at explaining why a high
  
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• Murkowski’s nod gives Barrett extra boost for Supreme Court

  24-10-2020 22:38
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Lisa Murkowski has announced that she’ll vote to confirm Amy Coney Barrett. That gives crucial support for President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee before the conservative judge faces a final vote expected Monday. The Alaska Republican had been a rare holdout on Barrett, decrying that her nomination had proceeded so close to a presidential election. Even though Barrett appeared to have support for confirmation from Senate Republicans who hold the ma
  
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• Two men arrested in connection to Friday shooting in Midtown

  24-10-2020 22:32
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - Tucson Police have confirmed that two men have been arrested in connection to a shooting in Midtown trailer park early Friday morning.
  19-year old Eric Andres Martinez was pronounced dead on the scene after officers arrived on the scene and found him with obvious signs of gunshot trauma.Martinez arrived at the trailer park with the other shooting victim in search of his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend according to Tucson Police.
  23-year old Bradley Joseph Williams, 26-year ol
  
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• Car leaves roadway, strikes 3 Notre Dame students, killing 2

  24-10-2020 22:28
  
  SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — A vehicle left a roadway in the northern Indiana city of South Bend and struck three University of Notre Dame students, killing two of them. South Bend police say the vehicle hit three pedestrians before crashing into a house just after 4 a.m. Saturday. Police said the driver was cooperating with investigators. The Rev. John Jenkins, the president of the University of Notre Dame, said in a statement that two first-year students were killed and a third student was ho
  
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• The Latest: Obama chides Trump over interview walkout

  24-10-2020 22:26
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the presidential campaign (all times local):
  4:20 p.m.
  Former President Barack Obama says that Donald Trump’s decision to abruptly end an interview earlier this week with a “60 Minutes” correspondent underscores that Trump isn’t up to being president.
  Obama, speaking at a drive-in rally in Miami on Saturday, said he was perplexed that Trump became ruffled after journalist Lesley Stahl pressed him on a series of issues and “got m
  
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• Crews vacuum ‘murder hornets’ out of Washington nest

  24-10-2020 22:24
  
  BLAINE, Wash. (AP) — Heavily protected crews in Washington state have worked to destroy the first nest of so-called murder hornets discovered in the United States. Workers with the state Agriculture Department had spent weeks searching, trapping and using dental floss to tie tracking devices to Asian giant hornets, which can deliver painful stings to people and spit venom but are the biggest threat to honeybees that farmers depend on to pollinate crops. Crews wearing thick protective suits
  
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• Facebook demands academics disable ad-targeting data tool

  24-10-2020 22:13
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Academics, journalists and First Amendment lawyers are rallying behind New York University researchers in a showdown with Facebook over its demand that they halt the collection of data on political ads-targeting the site. The researchers say the disputed tool is vital to understanding how Facebook has been used to as a conduit for disinformation and manipulation. The company says the special browser plug-in the researchers have distributed to thousands of volunteers across th
  
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• Israeli leader confirms consent to US arms sales to UAE

  24-10-2020 22:02
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears to have confirmed that Israel has given its consent for the United States to sell F35 fighter jets to the United Arab Emirates following a recent agreement establishing diplomatic relations between the Mideast countries. The expected sale would make the UAE the first Arab nation and just the second country in the Middle East after Israel to possess the stealth warplanes. Netanyahu has repeatedly insisted that arms deals wer
  
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• Israelis press ahead with weekly anti-Netanyahu protests

  24-10-2020 21:56
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Thousands of Israelis have demonstrated outside the official residence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, demanding the Israeli leader’s resignation. Weekly protests have been taking place for the past four months, with crowds calling on Netanyahu to resign over criminal corruption charges and his handling of the coronavirus. During a month-long lockdown, the protests were scaled back but the large Jerusalem protest resumed after restrictions were lifted last week
  
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• Alaska Sen. Murkowski to support Barrett for Supreme Court

  24-10-2020 21:37
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Lisa Murkowski has announced that she’ll vote to confirm Amy Coney Barrett. That gives crucial support for President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee before the conservative judge faces a final vote expected Monday. The Alaska Republican had been a rare holdout on Barrett, decrying that her nomination had proceeded so close to a presidential election. Even though Barrett appears to have support for confirmation from Senate Republicans who hold the maj
  
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• France reacts after Erdogan questions Macron’s mental health

  24-10-2020 21:31
  
  PARIS (AP) — France has recalled its ambassador to Turkey after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said President Emmanuel Macron needed mental health treatment and made other comments that the French government described as unacceptably rude. Erdogan questioned his French counterpart’s mental condition while criticizing  Macron’s attitude toward Islam and Muslims. His remarks at a local party congress were an apparent response to statements Macron made this month abou
  
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• The Latest: No masks: Pope, Spanish PM meet at Vatican

  24-10-2020 21:28
  
  VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis met with the Spanish prime minister at the Vatican, but neither man wore a mask during the public part of their meeting.That’s despite 13 Swiss Guards and someone staying at the same Vatican City guest house where Francis lives recently testing positive for the coronavirus.
  Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez wore a mask when he arrived in a Vatican courtyard, but everyone sat unmasked immediately before and after his closed-door talks with Francis.
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• Student pilot among crew that died in Navy crash in Alabama

  24-10-2020 21:19
  
  FOLEY, Ala. (AP) — The U.S. Navy says the two crew members who died when a Navy training plane out of Florida crashed in an Alabama residential neighborhood were an instructor pilot and a student aviator. A Navy spokesman says the two-person crew were on a routine training flight out of Naval Air Station Whiting Field in Milton, Florida. Their names were not immediately released. Photos show smoke billowing from a home and at least two vehicles in the subdivision in Foley, Alabama on the G
  
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• Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she’ll vote to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court

  24-10-2020 21:17
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she’ll vote to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court.The post Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she’ll vote to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• The Latest: Biden will work hard for Trump ‘chumps’ too

  24-10-2020 21:05
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the presidential campaign (all times local):
  3 p.m.
  Vice President Joe Biden called Trump supporters gathered outside his drive-in rally “chumps,” but said he’d work hard for them if he win’s next month’s presidential election.
  Biden was holding a socially distanced rally at a parking lot in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, on Saturday when the Trump supporters could be heard making a ruckus from a short distance away.
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• Pima County Recorder Candidate Takes a Salary from her Campaign Funds

  24-10-2020 20:59
  
  The candidates for Pima County Recorder certainly have different approaches to the office, but one candidate recently criticized the other after third-quarter campaign finance reports were released.…
  
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• Nigeria’s police order massive mobilization after unrest

  24-10-2020 20:46
  
  LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s top police official has ordered the immediate mobilization of all officers to “reclaim the public space from criminal elements masquerading as protesters” after days of unrest and demonstrations over police abuses that left 69 people dead. The police order could further heighten tensions in Africa’s most populous country after some of its worst turmoil in years. The inspector general of police has ordered colleagues to “dominate
  
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• The Latest: Trump touts ‘incredible’ numbers as virus soars

  24-10-2020 20:45
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the presidential campaign (all times local):
  2:30 p.m.
  President Donald Trump is continuing to criticize Joe Biden for saying during their debate that the country is headed for a dark winter because of the pandemic — something health experts have been warning for months.
  “We’re rounding the turn … our numbers are incredible,” Trump told supporters in Lumberton, North Carolina, even as the country’s daily coronavirus tally
  
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• Surging coronavirus colors White House race in closing days

  24-10-2020 20:34
  
  LUMBERTON, North Carolina (AP) — President Donald Trump has mocked Democrat Joe Biden as “an inspiring guy” for raising alarm about the pandemic. Trump’s jab comes even as the president attracts sizable campaign crowds at a time when coronavirus cases are surging across the country in the closing days of the race. Biden is pressing the case that Trump doesn’t deserve a second term because of his handling of the pandemic. He said at his own smaller drive-in rally out
  
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• US legislators complain to Trump on Mexico energy policy

  24-10-2020 20:17
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has hotly rejected complaints by a group of U.S. lawmakers about government policy favoring state companies in the energy market. López Obrador said Saturday that Mexico would continue to give preference to the Pemex state oil company and the federal electrical utility because Mexico hasn’t signed any free trade agreement covering the sector. Six U.S. senators and 37 representatives wrote earlier th
  
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• Russian oil tanker suffers explosion, 3 crew members missing

  24-10-2020 20:08
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — Officials say a rescue operation is underway for three missing crew members of a Russian oil tanker that experienced an explosion in the Sea of Azov The Russian Emergencies Ministry said the explosion on the General Azi Aslanov took place Saturday as the tanker was en route from the port of Kavkaz to the city of Rostov-on-Don. Authorities say 10 members of the tanker’s 13-person crew have been rescued. The remaining three are believed to have been thrown overboard. The
  
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• Arizona averages of virus cases, deaths are on the rise

  24-10-2020 19:55
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona has seen increases over the past two weeks in rolling seven-day averages of new coronavirus cases, virus-related deaths and the rate of positive results from COVID-19 tests. Johns Hopkins University data analyzed by The Associated Press indicates the rolling average of daily new confirmed cases has risen from 617 on Oct. 9 to 914 on Friday. Meanwhile, the average of daily deaths has increased from 7.6 to 8.4, and the average positivity rate went from 6.5% to 8.9%. Th
  
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• Russian oil tanker suffers explosion, fire in Sea of Azov

  24-10-2020 19:54
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — Officials say a Russian oil tanker experienced an explosion in the Sea of Azov and an operation to rescue three of its crew members is underway. The Russian Emergencies Ministry said the explosion on the General Azi Aslanov took place Saturday as the tanker was traveling from the port of Kavkaz to the city of Rostov-on-Don. Authorities say 10 members of the tanker’s 13-person crew havebeen rescued, while the remaining three were believed to be in the water. The tanker h
  
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• Attack in Kabul kills 18; al-Qaida leader killed in Ghazni

  24-10-2020 19:50
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s interior ministry says a suicide attack outside an educational center in the capital, Kabul, has killed at least 18 people and wounded 57 others, including students. The explosion struck outside an education center in a heavily Shiite neighborhood of western Kabul. No group claimed immediate responsibility for the bombing. The Taliban rejected any connection with the attack. An Islamic State affiliate claimed responsibility for a similar suicid
  
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• Johnson jump-starts IndyCar move with online auto retailer

  24-10-2020 19:46
  
  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Jimmie Johnson has a new sponsor for his transition to IndyCar. The online auto retailer Carvana will fund Johnson’s car for his 13 scheduled IndyCar events next season. The seven-time NASCAR champion is retiring from full-time NASCAR competition next month. He needed to find a sponsor for his No. 48 Honda next season and Johnson and his management team courted 44 different prospects. He was able to sell himself to Arizona-based Carvana on Johnson’s
  
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• 2 staff members to Sen. Loeffler test positive for COVID

  24-10-2020 19:32
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The office of U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler says two staff members tested positive for the coronavirus, but a subsequent test of the Georgia Republican came back negative. Loeffler’s office says in a brief statement Saturday that she was tested on Friday after learning about the positive tests of two Senate staff members. The statement did not say whether the senator had close contact with the staff members or planned additional tests. An email to a spokesman was not imm
  
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• Attorneys for Black woman shot by cop: Firing `a first step’

  24-10-2020 19:14
  
  WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — Attorneys representing a Black woman who was shot and wounded inside a vehicle by a suburban Chicago police officer who also fatally shot her 19-year-old boyfriend say the officer’s firing “is a first step in police accountability.” The Waukegan police officer’s firing was announced late Friday. That officer fatally shot Marcellis Stinnette, a Black man, and the wounded 20-year-old Tafara Williams on Tuesday following what police have called a
  
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• The Latest: Biden repeats no fracking ban at Pa. rally

  24-10-2020 19:08
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the presidential campaign (all times local):
  1 p.m.
  Joe Biden is repeating that he has no plans to ban hydraulic fracturing in Pennsylvania, a critical battleground state where many jobs depend on the industry.
  Speaking at a drive-in rally on the grounds of a community college in Bristol, near Philadelphia, he said: “Let me be clear, I’m not banning fracking in Pennsylvania or anywhere else.”
  People in about 100 cars blared their horns.Stil
  
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• The Latest: Italy’s daily virus cases reach nearly 20,000

  24-10-2020 18:58
  
  ROME – Italy’s one-day coronavirus cases crept closer to 20,000 on Saturday.
  That’s despite a few thousand fewer swab tests were performed, according to the Health Ministry.
  Lombardy, where the outbreak has been most devastating, registered more than double the number of daily cases than any other region.The nation’s confirmed death toll, second highest in Europe after Britain’s, rose to 37,210, after 151 more deaths.
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• Senate GOP pushing Barrett ahead past Democrats’ blockade

  24-10-2020 18:54
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has opened a rare weekend session as Republicans race to put Amy Coney Barrett on the Supreme Court. Their goal is to cement a conservative majority before Election Day despite Democratic efforts to stall President Donald Trump’s nominee. Democrats are planning time-consuming procedural hurdles, but the party has no realistic chance of stopping Barrett’s advance in the Republican-controlled chamber. The federal appeals court judge is expected to be
  
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• Trump votes in Fla. before rallies; Biden focuses on Pa.

  24-10-2020 18:47
  
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump says he voted Saturday “for a guy named Trump” and called it an “honor” to cast his own ballot in his adopted home state of Florida. He then jetted off to campaign in three battleground states, where large crowds awaited even as coronavirus cases are surging to records in the country. Democrat Joe Biden is pressing the case that Trump doesn’t deserve a second term because of his handling of the pandemic. Bide
  
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• Belarus: Protesters keep up push for president’s resignation

  24-10-2020 18:45
  
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Several hundred women have marched across the capital of Belarus in heavy rain to demand the resignation of the country’s authoritarian president, continuing more than 2 1/2 months of protests against his challenged reelection to a sixth term. The demonstrations were triggered by official election results giving President Alexander Lukashenko 80% of the vote in an August election the opposition insists was rigged. Lukashenko has accused the United States and its
  
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• The Latest: Biden doesn’t want events to be `superspreaders’

  24-10-2020 18:20
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the presidential campaign (all times local):
  12:15 p.m.Joe Biden tells supporters in Pennsylvania that he misses up-close campaigning, but doesn’t want his events to “superspreaders.” That’s a barb seemingly aimed at President Donald Trump, who’s set to hold a trio of big rallies later Saturday at a time of rising coronavirus cases.
  At a drive-by rally in the Philadelphia suburb of Bristol, Biden said: “I don’t like
  
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• Opposition activist leaves embassy haven to flee Venezuela

  24-10-2020 18:15
  
  MEDELLIN, Colombia (AP) — Prominent opposition activist Leopoldo Lopez has abandoned Spain’s embassy in Caracas and is leaving Venezuela, according to two people familiar with the situation.The people spoke on the condition of anonymity so as not to interfere with Lopez’s plans.Lopez has been holed up in the Spanish ambassador’s residence since a failed military uprising he led in April 2019 against the government of socialist President Nicolás Maduro.The post Oppo
  
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• Big suicide bombing in Kabul kills 18 at education center

  24-10-2020 18:12
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s interior ministry says a suicide attack outside an educational center in the capital, Kabul, has killed at least 18 people and wounded 57 others, including schoolchildren. The explosion struck outside an education center in a heavily Shiite neighborhood of western Kabul. The interior ministry spokesman Tariq Arian says that the attacker was trying to enter the center when he was stopped by security guards. No group claimed immediate responsibil
  
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• Prominent opposition activist Leopoldo Lopez has abandoned Spain’s embassy in Caracas and is leaving Venezuela: sources

  24-10-2020 18:11
  
  MEDELLIN, Colomba (AP) — Prominent opposition activist Leopoldo Lopez has abandoned Spain’s embassy in Caracas and is leaving Venezuela: sources.The post Prominent opposition activist Leopoldo Lopez has abandoned Spain’s embassy in Caracas and is leaving Venezuela: sources appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Thai protesters’ deadline passes, but PM says he won’t quit

  24-10-2020 18:05
  
  BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s government and the country’s pro-democracy movement appear no closer to resolving their differences, as the protesters’ deadline for Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha to step down came and went with no new action from either side, and no backing down. After Saturday’s 10 p.m. deadline passed, protesters called another rally for central Bangkok on Sunday, at a major intersection in the capital’s main shopping district where they have ga
  
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• Jerry Jeff Walker, Texas singer and songwriter, dies at 78

  24-10-2020 17:55
  
  Texas country singer and songwriter Jerry Jeff Walker, who wrote the pop song “Mr. Bojangles,” has died at age 78. Family spokesman John T. Davis says Walker died Friday of cancer after battling throat cancer and other health issues for several years. Walker emerged from New York’s Greenwich Village folk scene in the 1960s and was a founding member of the band Circus Maximus. He moved to Texas in the 1970s and in 1972 scored a hit with his version of the Guy Clark song “L
  
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• Teens behind latest art damage on Berlin’s Museum Island

  24-10-2020 17:41
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Police say several teenagers sprayed graffiti on a famous piece of art outside one of Berlin’s most famous museums and that the vandalism was unrelated to the damaging of more than 60 other art works on the city’s Museum Island this month. Berlin police said a huge granite bowl in front of the Altes Museum was defaced Friday night by some teenagers and adults in Germany’s capital. Dozens of other exhibits at the Museum Island complex were smeared with an oil
  
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