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• Power cut to thousands as California braces for fire risk

  25-10-2020 23:50
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric started cutting power Sunday to tens of thousands of California residents and planned outages for many more to prevent the chance of sparking wildfires because of extreme fire weather. More than 1 million people could be affected by planned power outages as California braces for a return of gussy winds and bone-dry weather. As many as 361,000 customers in 36 counties could be affected by outages in northern California and another 71,000 custo
  
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• The Latest: Colorado Gov. Jared Polis self-quarantines

  25-10-2020 23:48
  
  DENVER — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is quarantining himself after learning that Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman tested positive for the coronavirus.
  Coffman’s diagnosis on Sunday came over a week after he and the governor appeared with other officials at a press conference.
  Coffman said he worked from home starting Thursday after not feeling well and his symptoms were gone by Saturday. He says he got a rapid test Sunday in hopes of being cleared to return to his office and schedule but will
  
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• Mexico seizes industrial-scale meth, fentanyl lab in capital

  25-10-2020 23:24
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Soldiers and police in Mexico have seized an industrial-scale meth and fentanyl lab that was so big it startled investigators. The lab had chemical preparation vats about two stories tall that could process 11,000 pounds (5,000 kilograms) of raw material at a time. The federal Attorney General’s Office said Sunday the mega-lab was uncovered this past week in a storefront advertising industrial cleaning products on the outskirts of Mexico City. Behind the storefront
  
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• Poles protest abortion ban in churches and on streets

  25-10-2020 23:06
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Women’s rights activists furious over a tightening of Poland’s already restrictive abortion law have staged protests outside and inside churches to mixed reviews. A video posted Sunday from one city showed young women surrounding a priest and yelling at him to “Go back to the church” and to “F—- off.” The actions followed a ruling on Thursday by Poland’s constitutional court that declared that aborting fetuses with conge
  
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• GOP slowly gaining as early vote total surpasses 2016

  25-10-2020 23:05
  
  The number of people casting an early ballot in the presidential election now surpasses those who voted early during all of 2016. That’s more than 58 million people voting with nine days to go before Election Day. Democrats have been dominating early voting, but Republicans are slowly narrowing the gap. That’s because in-person early voting has kicked off in a number of states and President Donald Trump has convinced many of his supporters they should not vote with mail ballots. One
  
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• Nine days before Election Day, votes cast in US exceed total for all early vote in 2016

  25-10-2020 22:48
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Nine days before Election Day, votes cast in US exceed total for all early vote in 2016.The post Nine days before Election Day, votes cast in US exceed total for all early vote in 2016 appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Suspected migrant smuggler dies while evading Greek police

  25-10-2020 22:40
  
  THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — A man described by Greek police as most likely a migrant trafficker has been killed while trying to avoid a police checkpoint in the north of the country. Police said the man was stopped on a country road some distance from the Greek-Turkish border, sped away at a high speed when he spotted the checkpoint and crashed into a tree. He was pronounced dead at a hospital. Another man was arrested after he also tried to evade the checkpoint and drove into a flock of s
  
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• The Latest: Pence to be in Minnesota on Monday after all

  25-10-2020 22:33
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the presidential campaign (all times local):
  5:35 p.m.
  Vice President Mike Pence will be campaigning in Minnesota after all on Monday, after a text message from the Trump-Pence campaign indicated the two would be together in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
  The vice president’s communications director, Katie Miller, states that Pence “as scheduled will be campaigning in Minnesota tomorrow.”
  Miller provided the clarification after the campaign&rsquo
  
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• A Freeze Watch has been issued for most of Southern Arizona Monday and Tuesday night

  25-10-2020 22:08
  
  TUCSON - Light rain is expected to continue through Monday night, but after the rain ends our overnight temperatures will drop into the 30's.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.
  Sub freezing temperatures as low as 28 are possible in higher elevations while the dry air at the surface could drop Tucson's low temperatures into the mid to upper 30's prompting t
  
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• UK military seizes tanker that reported violent stowaways

  25-10-2020 22:06
  
  LONDON (AP) — The U.K. military seized control of an oil tanker that dropped anchor in the English Channel after reporting it had seven stowaways on board who had become violent. Defense Secretary Ben Wallace and Home Secretary Priti Patel authorized the action in response to a police request. Initial reports confirm the crew was safe. The incident began about 10 a.m. on the Libyan-registered tanker Nave Andromeda. Authorities imposed a three-mile exclusion zone around the vessel. A retire
  
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• Fire set in Boston ballot dropbox; FBI asked to probe fire

  25-10-2020 22:06
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts election officials say a fire was set in a Boston ballot drop box holding more than 120 ballots in what appears to have been a “deliberate attack.”
  Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin’s office said it has asked the FBI to investigate the fire that was set around 4 a.m. in a ballot drop box outside the Boston Public Library downtown.
  In a joint statement, Galvin and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh called it a “disgrace to d
  
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• New cease-fire announced in 4-week Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

  25-10-2020 22:02
  
  YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armenia and Azerbaijan have announced a third attempt to establish a cease-fire in their conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh starting from 8 a.m. (0400 GMT) on Monday. The announcement comes after two earlier Russia-brokered cease-fire agreements frayed immediately after taking forces, with both sides accusing each other of violations. The new agreement was announced Sunday night in a joint statement by the governments of the United States, Armenia and Azerbaijan. Nagorn
  
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• The Latest: Trump makes play for an electoral vote in Maine

  25-10-2020 21:54
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the presidential campaign (all times local):
  4:55 p.m.
  President Donald Trump made a brief swing to Maine’s 2nd Congressional District on Sunday to present his case for its single electoral vote.
  The president’s trek to Maine came after a campaign stop in New Hampshire. At Maine’s Treworgy Family Orchards in the town of Levant, Trump was greeted by a crush of mostly unmasked supporters and spent a few minutes autographing campaign hats and
  
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• Armenia and Azerbaijan announce a third attempt to establish a cease-fire in their conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh

  25-10-2020 21:49
  
  YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armenia and Azerbaijan announce a third attempt to establish a cease-fire in their conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh.The post Armenia and Azerbaijan announce a third attempt to establish a cease-fire in their conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Fire set in Boston ballot drop box; FBI asked to probe fire

  25-10-2020 21:47
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts election officials say a fire was set in a Boston ballot drop box holding more than 120 ballots in what appears to have been a “deliberate attack.” Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin’s office said it has asked the FBI to investigate the fire that was set around 4 a.m. in a ballot drop box outside the Boston Public Library downtown. In a joint statement, Galvin and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh called it a “disgrace to d
  
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• Turkish president dares U.S. to impose economic sanctions

  25-10-2020 21:40
  
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has challenged the United States to impose sanctions against his country. Erdogan took aim at other foreign critics while also launching a second attack on French President Emmanuel Macron. Speaking a day after he suggested Macron needed mental health treatment because of his attitude to Islam and Muslims, Erdogan said Sunday during a congress of his party, “Whatever your sanctions are, don’t be late.” He was re
  
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• Creed gets in Truck Series’ final four with victory in Texas

  25-10-2020 21:39
  
  FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Sheldon Creed qualified for the championship round of the NASCAR Truck Series by winning the two-lap shootout to end a wild finish at Texas. Creed’s series-leading fourth win put him in the championship finale at Phoenix alongside Brett Moffitt, who qualified with last week’s win at Kansas. The overtime was set up when playoff contender Ben Rhodes clipped noncontender Christian Eckes with both in the top five with two laps to go. Rhodes said he was tryi
  
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• The Latest: Israel sending some children back to school

  25-10-2020 21:38
  
  JERUSALEM — Israel has decided to begin sending children back to school.
  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office announced Sunday that his coronavirus cabinet voted in favor of reopening school for children in grades one through four on Nov. 1. The older children will be divided into “capsules,” and the children in younger grades will come on alternating days to minimize class sizes.
  Israeli schools opened for the school year on Sept. 1 but quickly moved to distance le
  
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• The Latest: Harris to visit Texas as campaign nears its end

  25-10-2020 21:31
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the presidential campaign (all times local):
  4:35 p.m.
  Sen. Kamala Harris is set to campaign in Texas during the final week of the presidential campaign.
  A campaign aide says the Democratic vice presidential nominee will be in the state on Friday. Further details of the trip haven’t been released.
  Texas is one of 17 battleground states Joe Biden’s campaign is targeting. The state has voted Republican in every presidential election since 1980, but
  
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• The Latest: Unmasked house party sends students back online

  25-10-2020 21:30
  
  MARBLEHEAD, Mass. — A school district superintendent says a Massachusetts high school will shift to fully remote learning after students attended a house party where they didn’t wear masks and shared drinks.Superintendent John Buckey said in a letter to families on Sunday that action comes in response to a house party Friday with young people who were not social distancing or wearing face covering, and were sharing drinks and “generally ignoring” COVID-19 rules.
  Buckley w
  
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• UK military seizes oil tanker with stowaway troubles

  25-10-2020 21:25
  
  LONDON (AP) — The U.K. military has seized control of an oil tanker that laid anchor off in the English Channel after reporting it had seven stowaways on board who had become violent. Tobias Ellwood, chair of the House of Commons’ Defense Committee, confirmed the action in a BBC interview and said no one was hurt. The stowaways are in custody. The incident began about 10 a.m. Sunday on the Libyan-registered tanker Nave Andromeda, which had been expected to port in Southampton, Englan
  
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• AP Explains: Trump pushes questions about Joe Biden’s son

  25-10-2020 21:19
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s campaign is pushing a familiar line of attack against Democrat Joe Biden in the final days of the presidential campaign: unverified allegations about Biden’s son and his foreign business ties. But reporting in the New York Post, and the emergence of a man who says he worked with Hunter Biden, have raised more questions than answers, including about the authenticity of emails at the center of the story. The origins of renewed allegation
  
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• U.K. military seizes control of Libya-registered oil tanker in English Channel, ending standoff with ship stowaways

  25-10-2020 21:16
  
  LONDON (AP) — U.K. military seizes control of Libya-registered oil tanker in English Channel, ending standoff with ship stowaways.The post U.K. military seizes control of Libya-registered oil tanker in English Channel, ending standoff with ship stowaways appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Black contractor braves threats in removing Richmond statues

  25-10-2020 21:14
  
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Devon Henry paced in nervous anticipation, because this was a project like nothing he’d ever done. He wore the usual hard hat — and a bulletproof vest.An accomplished Black businessman, Henry took on a job the city says others were unwilling to do: lead contractor for the now-completed removal of 14 pieces of Confederate statuary that dotted Virginia’s capital city. There was angry opposition, and fear for the safety of all involved.
  But when a crane
  
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• Officer suspended for blaring ‘Trump 2020’ from NYPD vehicle

  25-10-2020 21:08
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Police Department said Sunday it has suspended an officer without pay a day after he was seen on video saying “Trump 2020” over a patrol vehicle’s loudspeaker, a violation of department rules. Commissioner Dermot Shea tweeted Sunday that the officer’s behavior was “One hundred percent unacceptable. Period.” He said officers must remain apolitical. Mayor Bill de Blasio also promised swift action, writing in a tweet that an off
  
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• The Latest: UN chief says COVID ‘greatest crisis of our age’

  25-10-2020 21:04
  
  BERLIN — The head of the United Nations said Sunday that “the Covid-19 pandemic is the greatest crisis of our age.”
  UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres opened an online session of the World Health Summit with a call for worldwide solidarity in the global crisis and demanded that developed countries support health systems in countries that are short of resources.
  The coronavirus pandemic is the overarching theme of the summit, which originally had been scheduled for Berlin. Se
  
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• France says stop boycott calls; Erdogan ups Macron insults

  25-10-2020 21:02
  
  PARIS (AP) — French authorities have denounced Turkish “propaganda” against France that they said was aimed at fanning hate at home and abroad and say calls to boycott French products need to cease immediately. Meanwhile, the president of Turkey took a second swipe at French President Emmanuel Macron a day after saying that Macron needed his head examined for condoning caricatures of the prophet of Islam. Turkish President Recep Tayyip  Erdogan said Sunday that the French
  
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• New guidelines address rise in opioid use during pregnancy

  25-10-2020 20:57
  
  The American Academy of Pediatrics says pregnant women with opioid addiction should have access to medication in new guidelines released Monday aimed at improving care for women and newborns affected by drug use. Two opioids, buprenorphine and methadone, are effective treatments but pregnant women often face stigma in using them and doctors who prescribe them are scarce. The number of affected women and infants has increased in recent years but they often don’t get effective treatment. Las
  
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• British police respond to oil tanker with stowaway trouble

  25-10-2020 20:51
  
  LONDON (AP) — British police and coast guard units have responded to an incident on an oil tanker in the English Channel after the crew reported they had stowaways onboard who had become verbally abusive. The incident began about 10 a.m. on the Libyan-registered tanker Nave Andromeda and was continuing Sunday night. The coast guard scrambled two helicopters to the scene, and authorities imposed a three-mile exclusion zone around the vessel. A spokesman for the ship’s owner, Navios Ma
  
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• Average US gas price falls 3 cents to $2.22/gallon

  25-10-2020 20:46
  
  CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline fell 3 cents over the past two weeks to $2.22 per gallon. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey says Sunday prices have declined since early September and are expected to continue falling with many people underemployed and worried about the coronavirus. She says demand could remain low with fewer consumers expected to travel over the Thanksgiving holiday. The average price of diesel in the survey ta
  
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• Bodies of migrants found in fertilizer shipment in Paraguay

  25-10-2020 20:45
  
  ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) — Paraguayan officials say workers have discovered the remains of seven people in a shipment of fertilizer from Serbia. Investigators say three of the men were Moroccan and one was from Egypt. The other three had not yet been identified. Investigators say the shipment left Serbia along rivers on July 22 and the migrants apparently had hoped to get off at some point along the trip. Investigators say they might have died of starvation, lack of oxygen or perhaps some i
  
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• Pope names 13 new cardinals, including 1st Black US prelate

  25-10-2020 20:28
  
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has named Washington D.C. Archbishop Wilton Gregory as one of 13 new cardinals. Gregory will become the first Black U.S. prelate to earn the coveted red hat. In a surprise announcement to the faithful in St. Peter’s Square, Francis said Sunday that the 13 churchmen would be elevated to a cardinal’s rank on Nov. 28. They also include an Italian who is the long-time papal preacher at the Vatican, and churchmen from Rwanda, the Philippines and Chil
  
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• The Latest: Trump insists US ’rounding the turn’ on virus

  25-10-2020 20:26
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the presidential campaign (all times local):
  3:20 p.m.
  President Donald Trump is asserting that even without a vaccine, “we’re rounding the turn. It’s going to be over.”
  Trump made the dubious claim to voters at a packed campaign rally in New Hampshire.
  Data from Johns Hopkins University shows new COVID-19 cases at a high, with 83,718 reported Saturday, just shy of the 83,757 infections on Friday. Before that, the most cases reported
  
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• France reacts to boycott calls; Erdogan ups Macron insults

  25-10-2020 20:15
  
  PARIS (AP) — French authorities have denounced Turkish “propaganda” against France that they said was aimed at fanning hate at home and abroad and say calls to boycott French products need to cease immediately. Meanwhile, the president of Turkey took a second swipe at French President Emmanuel Macron a day after saying that Macron needed his head examined for condoning caricatures of the prophet of Islam. Turkish President Recep Tayyip  Erdogan said Sunday that the French
  
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• The Latest: Pence to campaign with Trump in Pennsylvania

  25-10-2020 20:11
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the presidential campaign (all times local):
  3:05 p.m.
  President Donald Trump’s campaign says in a text message to followers that Vice President Mike Pence will join the president when he campaigns in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on Monday.
  Trump is making a swing through the critical battleground state he narrowly won in 2016.
  Pence is planning to maintain an aggressive campaign schedule this week despite an apparent outbreak of the coronavirus among key
  
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• Utility cuts power to 26,500 Californians over wildfire risk

  25-10-2020 20:08
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric started cutting power Sunday to tens of thousands of California residents and planned outages for many more to prevent the chance of sparking wildfires due to extreme fire weather. The nation’s largest utility said outages began in the far north of the state in Shasta, Tehama, Glenn, Colusa and Lake counties and were expected to continue southward throughout Sunday and possibly into Monday. Power was initially cut to 26,500 customers. A
  
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• Pandemic election pays off for ruling British Columbia party

  25-10-2020 20:06
  
  VICTORIA, British Columbia (AP) — The leftist New Democrats won a majority government in the British Columbia election this weekend as voters rewarded Premier John Horgan with a second term after he took a gamble on calling an election during the COVID-19 pandemic. The NDP won enough seats to form a majority government in Pacific coast Canadian province after previously governing with a minority. That meant the NDP had rely on at least one opposition party to pass legislation.  The pa
  
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• Man with metal detector finds 222-year-old coin near church

  25-10-2020 20:01
  
  EMBDEN, Maine (AP) — A North Carolina man with a metal detector has found a long-hidden, 222-year-old coin under a few inches of soil outside a church in Maine. The Bangor Daily News reports that Shane Houston was on a metal-detecting trip with a friend from New Hampshire when he found the coin earlier this month. He said it was found on the grounds of a church in Embden where he had permission to use his metal detector. The copper penny, dated 1798, comes from the first decade of American
  
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• Israel to begin human trials of coronavirus vaccine

  25-10-2020 20:01
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — The state-run Israel Institute for Biological Research says says it will begin human testing on its coronavirus vaccine next week. The institute, run by Israel’s Defense Ministry, said Sunday testing on an initial group of 80 people would begin on Nov. 1. The testing is to expand to a second phase of 960 people in December. A third and final phase of 30,000 people is set for next April or May, depending on the results of the earlier phases. The institute is run by th
  
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• 2 men accused of robbing 2 Tucson banks about an hour apart

  25-10-2020 20:00
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Pima County Sheriff’s officials say two suspected bank robbers have been arrested. Sheriff’s deputies responded to two bank robberies Saturday afternoon in Tucson. After the first robbery about 1 p.m., the suspects reportedly fled the scene in a vehicle. One hour later, deputies responded to another report of a bank robbery at a different location. An undisclosed amount of money was taken and the two suspects again fled the scene in a vehicle.  Deputie
  
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• UN chief says COVID-19 is ‘the greatest crisis of our age’

  25-10-2020 19:45
  
  BERLIN — The head of the United Nations said Sunday that “the Covid-19 pandemic is the greatest crisis of our age.”
  UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres opened an online session of the World Health Summit with a call for worldwide solidarity in the global crisis and demanded that developed countries support health systems in countries that are short of resources.
  The coronavirus pandemic is the overarching theme of the summit, which originally had been scheduled for Berlin. Se
  
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• Arizona Basketball facing five Level i violations; Sean Miller charged with lack of institutional control

  25-10-2020 19:42
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - Arizona Basketball and Sean Miller are facing nine allegations of misconduct, which include five Level I violations, the highest level of violations that NCAA hands out according to The Athletic.
  Sean Miller specifically faces allegations of lack of institutional control and failure to monitor.The University of Arizona refused to release the details on Friday when they received the charges from the NCAA.Paul Kelly, a member of Arizona's outside counsel has said in a letter that t
  
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• British police respond to tanker stopped in English Channel

  25-10-2020 19:38
  
  LONDON (AP) — British police and coast guard units have responded to an incident aboard an oil tanker in the English Channel. The ship’s owner attributed the problem to stowaways and said it was not a hijacking. The incident occurred on the Libyan-registered tanker Nave Andromeda, which had been scheduled to dock at the port of Southampton on Sunday morning. A spokesman for the ship’s owner, Navios Maritime Acquisition Corp., described the situation as a “security inciden
  
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• Louisiana district suspends more students for online weapons

  25-10-2020 19:36
  
  HARVEY, La. (AP) — A Louisiana school district that faced a backlash for suspending a student after a teacher saw a BB gun in his room during a virtual class has suspended at least three other students for weapons spotted during online learning. In the two newest cases in Jefferson Parish, The Times Picayune-New Orleans Advocate says a ninth grader at Thomas Jefferson High School for Advanced Studies in Gretna was seen picking up two butterfly knives and “flipping and twirling”
  
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• UN: 11 migrants drown off Libya; third shipwreck in week

  25-10-2020 19:31
  
  CAIRO (AP) — The U.N. migration agency says at least 11 migrants trying to reach Europe, including a pregnant woman, drowned when their boat capsized off the coast of Libya. At least 10 other migrants were rescued and returned to shore. Sunday’s disaster was the third migrant shipwreck in the Mediterranean Sea in a week. On Tuesday, at least 15 migrants drowned after their boat capsized off Libya, and five people died when their boat capsized Thursday off the coast of Lampedusa, Ital
  
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• Fear and anxiety spike in virus hot spots across US

  25-10-2020 19:17
  
  Preslie Paur breaks down in tears when she thinks of her state’s refusal to mandate face masks.
  The South Salt Lake City, Utah, woman can’t work at her special education job due to an autoimmune disease. Her husband, also a special ed teacher, recently quit because his school district would not allow him to work remotely to protect her and their 5-year-old son, who has asthma.
  “I feel forgotten,” Paur said. “We’re living in a world we no longer fit in. We did
  
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• Thousands protest as Belarus leader faces demands deadline

  25-10-2020 19:02
  
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Tens of thousands of protesters in Belarus have pressed for the resignation of the country’s authoritarian leader in what human rights activists described as the largest anti-government rally since late August. Belarusian human rights center Viasna estimated that over 200,000 people took part in a Sunday demonstration in Minsk. They carried red and white flags and marched while chanting “Go away!” and “New election!,” references to a dispu
  
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• Italy sees more than 20,000 new virus cases, many in north

  25-10-2020 18:42
  
  ROME — Italy’s one-day caseload of confirmed coronavirus infections jumped past 20,000 on Sunday, with more than a quarter of the new cases registered in Lombardy, the northern region which bore the brunt of the pandemic in the country earlier this year.
  According to Health Ministry figures, there were 21,273 new cases since the previous day, raising Italy’s total of confirmed COVID-19 infections to 525,782.
  Health Minister Roberto Speranza said the government’s latest cr
  
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• Arizona virus cases hit highest level in more than a month

  25-10-2020 18:34
  
  PHOENIX — Arizona health officials on Sunday reported 1,392 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and five additional deaths. It’s the highest reported single-day coronavirus case total in the state since Sept. 17.
  Arizona has continued to see a slow yet steady increase in the average number of COVID-19 cases reported each day as a decline that lasted through August and September reverses.
  State Department of Health Services officials said the latest numbers increase Arizona’s totals
  
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• Health experts question Pence campaigning as essential work

  25-10-2020 18:33
  
  Health policy specialists are questioning Vice President Mike Pence’s claim that federal rules on essential workers allow him to continue to campaign and not quarantine himself after exposure to multiple close staffers with COVID-19.  Campaigning is not an official duty that might fall under the guidelines meant to ensure that people like police, first responders and key transportation and food workers can still perform any jobs that can’t be done remotely, the health experts sa
  
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