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• TFD firefighter rescues two dogs trapped in home during grease fire

  26-10-2020 23:59
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - Two dogs were rescued after a grease fire broke out at their westside home this weekend.According to a post shared on Tucson Fire Department's Twitter Monday afternoon, TFD firefighters were dispatched to the 2400 block of West Calle Retana near Greasewood Road and Speedway Boulevard this weekend in reference to a grease fire.Officials say during a sweep of the home, one of the fire fighters located two small dogs in the smoke and was able to evacuate the pups from the home.The d
  
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• Lilly antibody drug fails in a COVID-19 study; others go on

  26-10-2020 23:58
  
  U.S. government officials are putting an early end to a study testing an Eli Lilly antibody drug for people hospitalized with COVID-19 because it doesn’t seem to help. Independent monitors had paused enrollment in the study two weeks ago because of a possible safety issue. But on Monday, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, which sponsors the study, said a closer look found no safety problem but a low chance that the drug would prove helpful for hospitalized patients.
  
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• Another lawyer who accused Texas AG of crimes resigns

  26-10-2020 23:49
  
  DALLAS (AP) — Another one of the top deputies who accused Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton of bribery and abuse of office is set to leave the agency. Deputy Attorney General for Civil Litigation Darren McCarty confirmed his resignation Monday but declined to comment further. He is slated to leave the attorney general’s office next week. McCarty was one of seven senior lawyers who reported their boss to law enforcement for alleged crimes tied to an investigation requested by one of t
  
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• Nevada fines airport, county over crowd size at Trump rally

  26-10-2020 23:45
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada officials are fining a northern county and an airport more than $5,500 for allowing a campaign event for President Donald Trump in September that drew thousands of people, despite a 50-person crowd limit over the pandemic. The state Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Monday that Douglas County was fined $2,950 and Minden Airport manager ABS Aviation was fined $2,600. Crowd estimates for the Sept. 12 rally in Minden varied, but officials had expected
  
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• Minnesota couple will not serve prison time in drowning death of 21-month-old son

  26-10-2020 23:43
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A judge says a Minnesota couple accused in the drowning death of their 21-month-old son after leaving three children unsupervised for nearly two hours will not have to serve prison time.
  Fifty-five-year-old Eddy Louis and 26-year-old Sabina Lewis, of Bloomington, pleaded guilty in August to second-degree manslaughter for the September 2019 death.
  Hennepin County District Court Judge William Koch on Friday sentenced the couple to six months of home monitoring, three years
  
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• Thieves take $1M worth of gloves meant for Florida hospitals

  26-10-2020 23:40
  
  CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. (AP) — Thieves have stolen over 6 million gloves meant for first responders at Florida hospitals. Medgluv, a supplier of medical gloves to the national health care industry, said it received the $1 million shipment at its office in Coral Springs on Friday night. On Sunday night, surveillance video shows thieves backing a truck up to the shipping container and hauling off the personal protective equipment badly needed in the state. It took only a few minutes. Medgluv&rsq
  
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• Minnesota couple avoids prison time in son’s drowning death

  26-10-2020 23:27
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A judge says a Minnesota couple accused in the drowning death of their 21-month-old son after leaving three children unsupervised for nearly two hours will not have to serve prison time. Fifty-five-year-old Eddy Louis and 26-year-old Sabina Lewis, of Bloomington, pleaded guilty in August to second-degree manslaughter for the September 2019 death. Hennepin County District Court Judge William Koch on Friday sentenced the couple to six months of home monitoring, three years
  
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• President Trump celebrates expected confirmation of Barrett

  26-10-2020 23:25
  
  WASHINGTON DC (AP) - President Donald Trump is celebrating the expected confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court as he campaigns in Pennsylvania during his third rally of the day.Trump asked a crowd of thousands that gathered Monday at an airport in Martinsburg: "That was a good choice, wasn’t it?”Trump says he’s glad that Barrett didn’t run for president and that he would rather be running against former Vice President Joe Biden.He says, “We were
  
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• The Latest: Trump celebrates expected Barrett confirmation

  26-10-2020 23:12
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the presidential campaign (all times local):
  6:10 p.m.
  President Donald Trump is celebrating the expected confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court as he campaigns in Pennsylvania during his third rally of the day.
  Trump asked a crowd of thousands that gathered Monday at an airport in Martinsburg: “That was a good choice, wasn’t it?”
  Trump says he’s glad that Barrett didn’t run for president and that he would r
  
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• No word on survivors after small plane crashes in Arizona

  26-10-2020 23:11
  
  CORDES LAKES, Ariz. (AP) — Federal authorities say search crews have found the wreckage of a small plane in a remote area in Yavapai County, but there’s no immediate word on survivors.County Sheriff’s officials say an Arizona Department of Public Safety helicopter located a downed non-commercial aircraft about 5 ½ miles east southeast of Cordes Lakes shortly after noon Monday.
  Federal Aviation Administration officials say the single-engine Lancair 235 had been reported m
  
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• The Latest: Birx warns North Dakota amid surge in cases

  26-10-2020 23:05
  
  The White House coronavirus response coordinator said Monday that North Dakota’s capital city had the worst COVID-19 protocols she’s seen in her travels around the country after she spent a day looking around.
  Dr. Deborah Birx, whose tour has taken her to nearly 40 states, said she found the absence of face coverings and the lack of social distancing in Bismarck “deeply unfortunate” and a danger to public health.
  North Dakota continues to rank first in the country for new
  
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• Small plane crashes in Yavapai County; No word on survivors

  26-10-2020 23:02
  
  CORDES LAKES, Ariz. (AP) — Federal authorities say search crews have found the wreckage of a small plane in a remote area in Yavapai County, but there’s no immediate word on survivors. County Sheriff’s officials say an Arizona Department of Public Safety helicopter located a downed non-commercial aircraft about 5 ½ miles east southeast of Cordes Lakes shortly after noon Monday. Federal Aviation Administration officials say the single-engine Lancair 235 had been reported
  
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• Judge refuses to block ‘No Boycott of Israel’ measure

  26-10-2020 22:58
  
  COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit in which a Muslim civil rights group sought to block the state of Maryland from enforcing its ban on contracting with businesses that boycott Israel. U.S. District Judge Catherine Blake ruled Monday that a software engineer who is named as the lawsuit’s plaintiff hasn’t shown he has suffered any “direct injury” giving him the legal standing to challenge the governor’s 2017 executive order. Repub
  
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• Trump eyes hosting election night party at his DC hotel

  26-10-2020 22:55
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has his eye on hosting an election night party at his own hotel in the nation’s capital. Over the weekend, the campaign pushed out fundraising emails in the president’s name offering donors the chance to enter a drawing “to join Team Trump at the Election Night Party in my favorite hotel.” Critics say it’s one more reminder of how the president has used his office to personally profit as foreign leaders, conservative su
  
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• Protests in Italy over new virus crackdown turn violent

  26-10-2020 22:46
  
  MILAN (AP) — Italians have turned out by the hundreds in several cities and towns to vent anger, sometimes violently, over the latest pandemic restrictions that force restaurants and cafes to close early and shutter cinemas, gyms and other leisure venues. In the northern city of Turin, demonstrators broke off from a peaceful protest Monday and hurled smoke bombs and bottles at police in the city square where the Piedmont regional government is headquartered. Police fired tear gas to clear
  
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• Small plane crashes near Cordes Lakes in Yavapai County

  26-10-2020 22:45
  
  CORDES LAKES, Ariz. (AP) — Yavapai County Sheriff’s officials say a small plane has apparently crashed near Cordes Lakes. They say an Arizona Department of Public Safety helicopter located a downed non-commercial aircraft in a remote area about 5 ½ miles east southeast of Cordes Lakes shortly after noon Monday. Authorities say it’s unclear how many people were aboard the plane or if there are any survivors. Aerial video from TV news helicopters show a single-engine plane
  
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• 70,000 in Southern California to evacuate after blaze grows

  26-10-2020 22:40
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A fast-moving wildfire has forced evacuations for 70,000 people in Southern California and seriously injured two firefighters. Powerful winds across the state have prompted power to be cut to hundreds of thousands to prevent utility equipment from sparking new blazes. The smoky fire in Orange County broke out just before 7 a.m. Monday and quickly threatened neighborhoods in Irvine, a sprawling city of about 280,000 people. California is extremely dry and fire danger is h
  
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• Arizona Supreme Court explains education tax ruling

  26-10-2020 22:38
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court says a trial court judge misconstrued an earlier court ruling when he blocked a voter initiative over the summer that the high court later revived.
  The high court on Monday issued a written ruling explaining its reasons for reinstating the Invest in Education Act to the November ballot.
  It will appear as Proposition 208. The high court said the judge went much further than it intended in a 2018 ruling that blocked a similar initiative from appearing
  
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• Turkey: Suspected Kurdish militants dead after police chase

  26-10-2020 22:33
  
  ANKARA (AP) — Turkish officials say a suspected Kurdish militant killed himself by detonating explosives following a police chase near Turkey’s border with Syria and a second suspect was slain by security forces. The local governor says a small number of people were slightly injured but none seriously in Monday’s incident in the town of Iskenderun. He says the chase began when police tried to stop two people at a road block. The official says the suspects were affiliated with t
  
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• Trump, Biden hit battleground Pennsylvania amid pandemic

  26-10-2020 22:29
  
  ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden are zeroing in on the critical battleground of Pennsylvania. They’re demonstrating starkly different approaches to rallying voters just eight days before polls close and during the worst public health crisis in a century. Trump drew thousands of largely mask-less supporters as part of a final-week charge through nearly a dozen states ahead of the election. Biden, taking a more cautious approach in effort to d
  
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• Small plane has apparently crashed in Cordes Lakes area

  26-10-2020 22:22
  
  CORDES LAKES, Ariz. (AP) — Yavapai County Sheriff’s officials say a small plane has apparently crashed near Cordes Lakes.They say an Arizona Department of Public Safety helicopter located a downed non-commercial aircraft in a remote area about 5 ½ miles east southeast of Cordes Lakes shortly after noon Monday.Authorities say it’s unclear how many people were aboard the plane or if there are any survivors.The post Small plane has apparently crashed in Cordes Lakes area ap
  
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• More COVID Cases in Amphi, Marana Schools

  26-10-2020 22:21
  
  As local school districts allow students to return to campus in hybrid learning models, they’re reporting positive COVID-19 cases among students and staff, resulting in some students and staff members being asked to quarantine themselves if they were in contact with people who have tested positive. As of Monday, Marana Unified School District has reported five positive COVID-19 cases with 24 students and staff in quarantine since they reopened in a hybrid model Oct. 19, according to Alli
  
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• 200-pound tortoise is back home after escaping Alabama pen

  26-10-2020 22:09
  
  SARDIS CITY, Ala. (AP) — A 200-pound tortoise named Sparkplug that escaped from a pen in Alabama is back home after a few days on the lam. The 60-year-old African spurred tortoise lived in an enclosure in Etowah County but escaped on Thursday. Owner Ty Harris tells The Gadsden Times a motorist who spotted the animal along a road took it to his 200-acre property in Marshall County. Word spread on social media and farmers were able to track the movements of the big reptile as he plowed up so
  
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• Questlove’s quest: To find woman who bought him a turntable

  26-10-2020 21:57
  
  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The founder of the hip-hop group The Roots wants to find the woman who bought a turntable and records for him when he was 5. Ahmir Thompson is better known as Questlove. He posted about his quest on social media over the weekend. He wrote that he was in Portland, Maine, in 1976 when he made friends with a stranger. He said he knew talking to strangers was a no-no but says “my instincts paid off.” Now he’s hoping to find Ellie.The post Questlove&rsqu
  
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• The Latest: Biden to hold campaign event in Iowa on Friday

  26-10-2020 21:56
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the presidential campaign (all times local):
  4:50 p.m.
  Democrat Joe Biden plans to campaign in Iowa on Friday, making his first trip as the party’s presidential nominee just four days before the election to a state President Donald Trump carried easily in 2016.
  Biden aides confirmed that the former vice president was expected to hold a morning campaign event Friday in central Iowa, though it was not clear exactly where he planned to campaign.
  Biden is
  
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• Two local nurses receive ‘Nursing Excellence Award’

  26-10-2020 21:44
  
  Northwest Medical Center & Oro Valley HospitalTraci Reid (left) Cathy Flores, (right) received the 2020 Nursing Excellence Award.
  TUCSON (KVOA) – Two local nurses are being recognized for their critical role in treating patients throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.Traci Reid from Northwest Medical Center, and Cathy Flores from Oro Valley Hospital were chosen for their compassion and service.
  “Northwest Medical Center and Oro Valley Hospital are fortunate to have many outstanding nu
  
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• Sudan’s leader: Israel deal ‘incentive’ to end pariah status

  26-10-2020 21:37
  
  CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s leader says the decision to normalize ties with Israel was an incentive for President Donald Trump’s administration to end Sudan’s international pariah status. Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, head of the ruling sovereign council, told state television Monday that without the deal Sudan would have had to wait until deep into next year to be removed from the U.S.’s list of state sponsors of terrorism. Trump’s administration has tied the de-listing
  
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• The Latest: Pence meets supporters in northern Minnesota

  26-10-2020 21:35
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the presidential campaign (all times local):
  4:35 p.m.
  Vice President Mike Pence has met a few hundred supporters on an airport tarmac for a campaign rally in northern Minnesota’s Iron range.
  Most in the crowd on Monday were not wearing masks or social distancing as the vice president gave his remarks in the freezing weather.
  The vice president made the campaign stop in Minnesota after refusing to quarantine following exposure to staffers who tested po
  
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• Longtime federal appeals court Judge Juan Torruella dies

  26-10-2020 21:33
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Judge Juan Torruella, who served nearly four decades on the Boston-based federal appeals court, has died at the age of 87. Circuit executive for the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Susan Goldberg, said Torruella passed away Monday morning. She said she could not provide the cause of death. Torruella was appointed to the 1st Circuit in 1984 by President Ronald Reagan, becoming the first Puerto Rican to serve on a U.S. federal appeals court. Torruella was part of a three-jud
  
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• Detroit Schools released from 11 years of state oversight

  26-10-2020 21:31
  
  DETROIT (AP) — A commission has released the 47,000-student Detroit Public Schools from more than a decade of state financial oversight, restoring full control of the district’s finances to the city’s elected school board. The Detroit Financial Review Commission on Monday approved waivers handing control back to the district. The last time the district was fully in charge was in 2009 before a series of state-appointed emergency managers were installed with the directive to fix
  
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• Albania repatriating 5 family members of fighters in Syria

  26-10-2020 21:30
  
  TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanian prime minister says that four children and a woman, all related to Albanian nationals who joined Islamist extremist groups fighting in Syria and Iraq, are being repatriated from a Syrian camp. Edi Rama told The Associated Press in a telephone interview from Beirut, Lebanon, that the return of the five was arranged after 12-month negotiations, and that his government also hoped to secure the repatriation of other Albanian nationals stuck in Syria in similar c
  
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• Turkey: Suspected Kurdish militant dead after police chase

  26-10-2020 21:21
  
  ANKARA (AP) — A suspected Kurdish militant has detonated an explosive device following a police chase near Turkey’s border with Syria, killing himself, officials and media reports said. A second suspect was “neutralized” according to Turkey’s interior minister, and no other injuries were reported. The incident occurred Monday in the town of Iskenderun, in Hatay province, after police tried to stop two people at a road block, according to the local governor. Gov. Rah
  
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• The Latest: Biden adding Iowa, Wisconsin to travel itinerary

  26-10-2020 21:20
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the presidential campaign (all times local):
  4:20 p.m.
  Democrat Joe Biden says he’s adding Iowa and Wisconsin to his travel itinerary for the final week before Election Day, but insists he’s not overconfident about his prospects of unseating President Donald Trump.
  Biden made the comments Monday in Chester, Pennsylvania, where he sought to boost get-out-the-vote efforts.Biden’s last-minute travel mixes states that had razor-thin margins fou
  
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• Stocks have their worst day in a month as virus cases surge

  26-10-2020 21:08
  
  The stock market had its worst day in a month as virus cases surge and help for the economy from Washington remains nowhere in sight. The S&P 500 fell 1.9% Monday, deepening its losses from last week. Stocks of companies that need the virus to abate and the economy to return to normal had some of the biggest losses. Cruise lines and airlines fell sharply. Energy stocks also dropped in tandem with crude oil prices. In another sign of caution, Treasury yields pulled back after touching their h
  
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• Moon holds more water in more places than ever thought

  26-10-2020 21:05
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Scientists say the moon’s shadowed, frigid nooks and crannies may hold frozen water in more places and in larger quantities than previously suspected. And for the first time, scientists have confirmed the presence of water on the moon’s sunlit surface. That’s good news for astronauts at future lunar bases who could tap into these resources for drinking and making rocket fuel. In a pair of studies published Monday, scientists say more than 15,40
  
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• Lt. Col. Vindman writing memoir, ‘Here, Right Matters’

  26-10-2020 21:00
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Lt. Col. Alexander S. Vindman has a book deal. The national security aide offered key testimony during the impeachment hearings of President Donald Trump and later accused the president of running a campaign of bullying and retaliation. Harper announced Monday that Vindman’s book will be titled “Here, Right Matters: An American Story.” It comes out in the spring. The publisher says the memoir spans from Vindman’s family’s emigration from the So
  
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• The Latest: Coronavirus death toll in Spain crosses 35,000

  26-10-2020 20:56
  
  Spain has reported 52,188 new coronavirus cases and 279 new confirmed deaths since Friday.
  Monday’s data brought the total people infected since the start of the pandemic to nearly 1.1 million and the death toll to 35,031, although experts agree that the real figures could be much higher due to missed cases.
  The top virus expert, Fernando Simón said that the “evolution (of new infections) is fast” and likely to continue this way over the next few weeks.
  Four of Spain&rsq
  
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• Actress Sophia Bush visits Tucson for Biden/Harris campaign

  26-10-2020 20:44
  
  Actress Sophia Bush visited The University of Arizona for a Biden/Harris campaign on Monday, Oct. 26, 2020.TUCSON (KVOA) – Actress and activist Sophia Bush made a stop in Tucson Monday morning. Her visit kicked off the final week to encourage Arizonans to vote early.Bush joined the Biden for President campaign at The University of Arizona, where she spoke with early and first-time voters."I grew up in Southern California and the Southwest is home for me. The good fortune of spending some
  
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• Palestinians push for international conference, US is open

  26-10-2020 20:39
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Palestinian foreign minister says an international peace conference is the only way to generate momentum to bring Israelis and Palestinians to negotiate a peace agreement. The U.S. ambassador says the Trump administration has “no objection” to meeting international partners. Riad Malki, the top Palestinian diplomat, strongly backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ call for an international conference early next year, telling the U.N. Security
  
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• Ex-Verde Valley Homeless Coalition exec accused of stealing

  26-10-2020 20:29
  
  COTTONWOOD, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say the former executive director of the Verde Valley Homeless Coalition has been arrested for allegedly embezzling thousands of dollars from the organization. Cottonwood police say 48-year-old Matthew Ryan Martin was taken into custody late last week after more than a month of investigating discrepancies in the coalition’s financial statements. Police say an investigation found that Martin allegedly embezzled around $14,000 between July and Augus
  
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• Zeta becomes a hurricane as it nears Yucatan, heading for US

  26-10-2020 20:24
  
  CANCUN, Mexico (AP) — Zeta strengthened to a hurricane as it heads toward Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula resorts and then likely move on for a landfall on the central U.S. Gulf Coast at midweek. Zeta is the earliest ever 27th named storm of the Atlantic season. On Monday afternoon, it was centered about 105 miles southeast of Cozumel island. It had maximum sustained winds of 80 mph. The storm is expected to move over the Yucatan Peninsula late Monday. It will then head into the Gulf of M
  
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• Turkey: Suspect detonates explosives following police chase

  26-10-2020 20:24
  
  ANKARA (AP) — An unidentified militant has detonated an explosive device following a police chase near Turkey’s border with Syria, killing himself, officials and media reports said. There were no other casualties. The incident occurred Monday in the town of Iskenderun, in Hatay province after police tried to stop two people at a road block, according to the local governor. Gov. Rahmi Dogan said on Twitter that an explosion took place as “one out of two terrorists” was &ld
  
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• Counting the vote: Will we know who won on election night?

  26-10-2020 20:21
  
  How will various ballots be counted, and what results will be known on election night? Millions of Americans have already voted but each state has different rules on when it can start counting those ballots. In some of the most critical battleground states, laws prevent the early processing of ballots. So on Nov. 3, officials will be tasked with running an in-person election while also working through the unprecedented number of mail-in votes. This dynamic is likely to delay election results. Am
  
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• Zeta has become a hurricane on its track for Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula

  26-10-2020 20:18
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Zeta has become a hurricane on its track for Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula.The post Zeta has become a hurricane on its track for Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Arizona to receive more than 2 million COVID-19 tests from US Department of Health

  26-10-2020 20:18
  
  PHOENIX (KVOA) - To help Arizona combat the on-going COVID-19 pandemic, the Trump Administration is sending out more than 2 million Abbott BinaxNOW COVID-19 point of care antigen tests to the Grand Canyon State.On Monday, the statewide total of COVID-19 cases in Arizona rose  to 201,661 with 374 new cases reported on Sunday. To help increase testing in the area, the White House announced Monday that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will provide Arizona with 2,190,000 antigen
  
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• Hard Freeze Warning issued October 26 at 11:50AM MST until October 28 at 8:00AM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  26-10-2020 20:05
  
  * WHAT…For the first Hard Freeze Warning, sub-freezingtemperatures as low as 22 expected. For the second Hard FreezeWarning, sub-freezing temperatures as low as 20 expected.
  * WHERE…Upper Santa Cruz River Valley/Altar Valley, Upper SanPedro River Valley, Eastern Cochise County below 5000 feet andUpper Gila River Valley.
  * WHEN…For the first Hard Freeze Warning, from midnighttonight to 8 AM MST Tuesday. For the second Hard FreezeWarning, from 9 PM Tuesday to 8 AM MST Wednesda
  
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• Hard Freeze Warning issued October 26 at 11:50AM MST until October 27 at 8:00AM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  26-10-2020 20:05
  
  * WHAT…For the Hard Freeze Warning, sub-freezing temperatures aslow as 28 is expected in the Oracle area. For the FreezeWarning, sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 expected.
  * WHERE…The hard freeze warning is only in effect for the areaaround Oracle. The freeze warnings affect larger areas ofSoutheast Pinal County.
  * WHEN…For the Hard Freeze Warning, from midnight tonight to 8AM MST Tuesday. For the Freeze Warning, from 9 PM Tuesday to 8AM MST Wednesday.
  * IMPACTS&hellip
  
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• Freeze Warning issued October 26 at 11:50AM MST until October 28 at 8:00AM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  26-10-2020 20:05
  
  * WHAT…For sub-freezing temperatures as low as 31 expected.
  * WHERE…Tucson Metro Area, in the normally colder low lyinglocations away from the downtown area.
  * WHEN…For the first Freeze Warning, from midnight tonight to8 AM MST Tuesday. For the second Freeze Warning, from 9 PMTuesday to 8 AM MST Wednesday.
  * IMPACTS…Frost and freeze conditions may kill sensitivevegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
  * ADDITIONAL DETAILS…The forecast for th
  
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• Freeze Warning issued October 26 at 11:50AM MST until October 27 at 8:00AM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  26-10-2020 20:05
  
  * WHAT…Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 expected.
  * WHERE…Tohono O’odham Nation and South Central Pinal County.
  * WHEN…From midnight tonight to 8 AM MST Tuesday.
  * IMPACTS…Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, othersensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoorplumbing.
  * ADDITIONAL DETAILS…The coldest temperatures will likely occursouth of Sells.Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To preventfreezing and possi
  
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• US no longer leads world on refugee protections under President Trump

  26-10-2020 20:00
  
  WASHINGTON DC (AP) - Refugees from places like the Congo and Iraq have seen their protections in the U.S. fade over the last four years as the Trump administration chips away at policies once designed to protect some of the world’s most vulnerable people.
  Ahead of an election that will determine who could influence the outcome of their cases, those given humanitarian protections still struggle to resettle in America, bring their families or remain in the country.
  President Donald Trump has
  
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