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• Tennessee Highway Patrol: Two killed in crash involving a school bus and utility service vehicle in eastern Tennessee

  27-10-2020 23:57
  
  DECATUR, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Highway Patrol: Two killed in crash involving a school bus and utility service vehicle in eastern Tennessee.The post Tennessee Highway Patrol: Two killed in crash involving a school bus and utility service vehicle in eastern Tennessee appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Tucson Gem and Mineral Show at TCC canceled due to COVID-19

  27-10-2020 23:53
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - Every year, people from across the globe come to Tucson to see its prized jewel - the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show at the Tucson Convention Center.However, with the COVID-19 pandemic still lingering around Pima County, officials with the Tucson Gem and Mineral Society, Inc. decided to cancel this year's show."Our Show is TGMS’s annual gift to Tucson. It is the only show by and for Tucsonans and we are extremely grateful for the support we have always received from our commun
  
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• Peru’s Machu Picchu reopening Sunday after pandemic closure

  27-10-2020 23:52
  
  MACHU PICCHU, Peru (AP) — Except workers repairing roads and signs, Peru’s majestic Incan citadel of Machu Picchu is eerily empty ahead of its reopening Sunday after seven months of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic. The long closure of Peru’s No. 1 tourist draw, which has hammered the local economy, marks the second time it has been shut down since it opened its doors to tourism in 1948. The first time was in 2010 when torrential and prolonged rains force it to close. Th
  
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• Colorado’s largest wildfire has burned more than 200 homes

  27-10-2020 23:52
  
  FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — A wildfire that has scorched more than 326 square miles since it started in mid-August, becoming the largest in Colorado history, has damaged or destroyed more than 200 homes. A spokesman for the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office says that as of Monday, the Cameron Peak Fire in northern Colorado had destroyed 426 buildings and damaged another eight. The affected buildings include 209 homes. Damage assessment crews are combing the area after snow and cold weat
  
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• Officials: School bus in Tennessee involved in fatal crash

  27-10-2020 23:50
  
  DECATUR, Tenn. (AP) — Officials say a school bus carrying children has been involved in a fatal highway crash in Tennessee. Lt. John Harmon of the Tennessee Highway Patrol told WRCB-TV that Tuesday’s crash was very serious. He did not say how many people had died. Tennessee Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn sent a statement offering condolences “for those lives that were lost” but did not give specifics. The crash occurred on a highway in Meigs County in East Tennessee
  
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• The Latest: Trump in Wisconsin as COVID cases spike

  27-10-2020 23:49
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the presidential campaign (all times local):
  6:45 p.m.
  President Donald Trump is holding a big rally in West Salem, Wisconsin, hours after state public health officials announced new highs in reported coronavirus-related deaths and hospitalizations.
  The state announced 5,262 new COVID-19 cases today and 64 more deaths, both new daily records. Wisconsin’s Democratic Gov. Tony Evers accused the White House of giving up on trying to stop the virus and rei
  
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• 2021 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show Canceled

  27-10-2020 23:43
  
  Today, the Tucson Gem & Mineral Society announced that the 2021 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show is canceled. While the overall Gem, Mineral & Fossil Showcase season that takes over Tucson from February to March is home to numerous showcases and exhibits, the Tucson Gem & Mineral Society's Gem and Mineral Show is the largest and the show that launched it all.…
  
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• The Latest: Biden says, ‘We win Georgia, we win everything’

  27-10-2020 23:38
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the presidential campaign (all times local):
  6:30 p.m.
  Joe Biden is setting the stakes for Georgia voters: “We win Georgia, we win everything,” he said Tuesday evening.
  The Democratic presidential candidate told voters gathered at a drive-in rally in Atlanta to turn out to help win the state not just for him but for Democrats running for the Senate. Georgia is voting on both of its Republican-held Senate seats next week: Sen. David Perdue is up f
  
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• Supreme Court rejects delay of Minnesota congressional vote

  27-10-2020 23:32
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A Minnesota Republican candidate’s bid to delay voting in his congressional race to February due to the death of a third-party candidate was rejected Tuesday at the Supreme Court. Justice Neil Gorsuch, who handles emergency requests from the federal appeals court that oversees Minnesota, denied the request from Tyler Kistner. As is typical when the court acts on an emergency basis, Gorsuch did not say anything in denying the request. But he also didn’t ask Kis
  
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• Cardinals place DL Allen, LB Irving on injured reserve

  27-10-2020 23:28
  
  TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Cardinals have placed defensive end Zach Allen and linebacker Isaiah Irving on injured reserve after a marathon game against the Seahawks. The Cardinals made the moves on Tuesday, two days after a 37-34 overtime victory over Seahawks that saw both teams run more than 80 plays. Arizona was playing its second game in just six days and several players left with injuries, including Allen (ankle), Irving (neck), defensive tackle Jordan Phillips (hamstring), lineb
  
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• Philadelphia victim’s family sought ambulance, not police

  27-10-2020 23:22
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A lawyer says the family of a Black man who was killed under more than a dozen police-fired rounds in Philadelphia had called for an ambulance to get him help with a mental health crisis, not for police intervention. Lawyer Shaka Johnson also said Tuesday that 27-year-old Walter Wallace’s wife is pregnant and is scheduled to have labor induced in coming days. Johnson said Wallace’s father would make a statement later Tuesday. Chief Police Inspector Frank Van
  
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• The Latest: Indoor dining, bar service banned in Chicago

  27-10-2020 23:17
  
  SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Surging coronavirus infections in Chicago have prompted Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker to ban indoor dining and bar services in the city and limit the number of people gathering in one place.The rules taking effect Friday will force diners and bar patrons outdoors and shut down service at 11 p.m. No more than 25 people may gather at one time. Occupancy may not exceed 25% capacity.
  The governor said that “without action, this could look worse than anything we saw in t
  
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• Officials: School bus in Tennessee involved in serious crash

  27-10-2020 23:15
  
  DECATUR, Tenn. (AP) — Officials say a school bus carrying children has been involved in a serious highway crash in Tennessee. Lt. John Harmon of the Tennessee Highway Patrol told WRCB-TV that drivers were being asked to avoid the area of Tuesday’s crash, which he called very serious. News outlets reported that the crash occurred on a highway in Meigs County in East Tennessee. Director of Schools Amanda Pritchett told WTVC-TV that another bus was going to pick up any uninjured childre
  
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• World Series sets another low for television viewers

  27-10-2020 23:13
  
  ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers’ 6-2 Game 3 win over the Tampa Bay Rays was the least-watched World Series game ever, beating the record set two days earlier in Game 2. Nielsen Media Research says Friday night’s game was seen by an average of 8,156,000 viewers age 2 and higher on Fox. Game 2 was seen by an average of 8,950,000 and Game 1 by an average of 9,195,000. Tampa Bay’s win Saturday night was seen by an average of 9,332,000 and the Dodgers’ on
  
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• Scottsdale man seen using racist slur on Black man arrested

  27-10-2020 23:12
  
  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — A man seen on video directing a racist slur at a Black man in Scottsdale has been arrested and fired. The Arizona Republic reported Monday that Paul Ng was held by Scottsdale police on two counts of disorderly conduct. Andre Abram, who goes by LILAJDRE on social media, posted cellphone video of his run-in with Ng on Friday. In the video, Ng says “I’m a racist” and they need to leave because it’s a “no (N-word) zone.” Several Scot
  
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• Agreement ends dispute over threatened Mexican spotted owl

  27-10-2020 23:12
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Environmentalists have reached an agreement with federal land and wildlife managers that will clear the way for forest restoration efforts to resume in the Southwest. A federal court had issued an injunction last year that limited timber activities and restoration projects on national forest lands in New Mexico and Arizona pending the outcome of a battle over the threatened Mexican spotted owl. WildEarth Guardians says the agreement requires federal managers to mon
  
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• Authorities report a school bus carrying children has been involved in a serious crash in Tennessee.

  27-10-2020 23:11
  
  DECATUR, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities report a school bus carrying children has been involved in a serious crash in Tennessee.The post Authorities report a school bus carrying children has been involved in a serious crash in Tennessee. appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Governor bans indoor dining in Chicago as virus cases surge

  27-10-2020 23:09
  
  SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Surging COVID-19 cases in Chicago have prompted Gov. J.B. Pritzker to ban indoor dining and bar services and limit the number of people gathering in one place. The rules announced Tuesday take effect Friday and will force diners and bar patrons outdoors and shut down service at 11 p.m. No more than 25 people may gather at one time, or in other indoor spaces. Occupancy may not exceed 25% capacity. Dr. Ngozi Ezike, the state public health director, said positive test
  
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• One dead, one arrested after southside resident confronts alleged car burglar

  27-10-2020 23:07
  
  Tucson Police DepartmentChristiaan Miguel Silva, left and David Anthony Santos-Esqueda, right
  TUCSON (KVOA) - The victim of a fatal shooting that occurred Monday evening on the south side was identified by Tucson Police Department Tuesday afternoon.According to TPD, 27-year-old Christiaan Miguel Silva was found lying in the roadway next to a Jeep near a home located in the 1700 block of E. Holladay St. at around 10:20 p.m. Monday. Officials say Silva had obvious signs of gunshot trauma when pol
  
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• Inmate grabbed, fired officer’s gun outside Phoenix hospital

  27-10-2020 23:06
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities say a Maricopa County inmate took away an officer’s gun and fired one round during a struggle outside a Phoenix hospital a week ago when she was taken out of jail for a medical appointment. No one was injured in the Oct. 20 shooting, and officers were able to take back the gun. Jovana Kelsey McCreary is accused of grabbing the officer’s handgun as she was about to be brought back to jail. Attorney Brian Thredgold, who represents McCreary, didn’t
  
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• Puerto Rico scraps pandemic safe sex campaign amid criticism

  27-10-2020 23:00
  
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s Health Department had unveiled a safe sex campaign recommending masturbation as a way to avoid becoming infected with the coronavirus but later scrapped it following heavy criticism from the U.S. territory’s conservative sector. Hours after publicizing the campaign that went viral on Twitter on Tuesday, the department erased its message in a move that some health experts denounced as coronavirus cases in Puerto Rico keep growing. The i
  
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• Backers get needed funds for North Dakota Roosevelt library

  27-10-2020 23:00
  
  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, Microsoft, a Walmart heir, and a Fargo media mogul are among the major financial backers of a proposed presidential library for Theodore Roosevelt in the state’s Badlands. The North Dakota Legislature last year approved $50 million to operate the library, but specified it must be matched by $100 million in private money to build it. The library foundation announced that it had obtained the $100 million in commitments late Tuesday,
  
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• The Latest: Trump says he’s getting husbands back to work

  27-10-2020 22:57
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the presidential campaign (all times local):
  5:55 p.m.
  President Donald Trump has a new message to suburban women as he campaigns in Michigan: “We’re getting your husbands back to work.”
  Trump, who polls show has diminishing support from suburban women, also criticized the restrictions put in place to slow the spread of COVID-19.
  Trump told the women in the crowd of thousands in Lansing: “We’re getting your husbands back to work
  
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• Daniel Menaker, award-winning author and editor, dead at 79

  27-10-2020 22:57
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Daniel Menaker, an award-winning author of fiction and nonfiction and a longtime editor at the New Yorker and Random House who worked with Alice Munro, Salman Rushdie, Colum McCann and many others, has died at age 79. His books included the memoir “My Mistake” and the comic psychological novel “The Treatment,” adapted into a 2007 movie starring Chris Eigeman and Ian Holm. He was also known for the O. Henry Award-winning title story of his collection
  
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• Raging California fires keep tens of thousands from homes

  27-10-2020 22:45
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Crews are trying to beat back two out-of-control wildfires in Southern California that have kept tens of thousands of people out of their homes. Another round of dangerous fire weather Tuesday is raising the risk for blazes across the state. Fierce winds that drove the twin fires a day earlier in Orange County are expected to pick back up — although not to the earlier extremes. Two firefighters suffered critical burns battling the flames. Southern California Edison
  
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• Kistner’s election delay bid rejected at Supreme Court

  27-10-2020 22:43
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A Minnesota Republican candidate’s bid to delay voting in his congressional race to February due to the death of a third-party candidate was rejected Tuesday at the Supreme Court. Justice Neil Gorsuch, who handles emergency requests from the federal appeals court that oversees Minnesota, denied the request from Tyler Kistner. As is typical when the court acts on an emergency basis, Gorsuch did not say anything in denying the request. But he also didn’t ask Kis
  
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• UN urges Libyan rivals to implement cease-fire, pursue peace

  27-10-2020 22:32
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council is welcoming the permanent cease-fire agreement signed by the rival sides in Libya and calling on the parties to implement it and “show the same determination in reaching a political solution.” The U.N.’s most powerful body also welcomed Monday’s virtual meeting of the U.N.-recognized government and its eastern-based rivals in the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum and looked forward to an in-person meeting of the body th
  
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• Reid Park Zoo welcomes two ‘snow giraffes’ to Tucson

  27-10-2020 22:32
  
  Reid Park Zoo
  TUCSON (KVOA) - With snowbirds from Minnesota making their way down to Tucson for the warm weather, two giraffes decided to tag along this year.Reid Park Zoo announced Tuesday that Penelope and Sota giraffes arrived at their new home in Tucson after a long travel from Como Zoo in Saint Paul, Minn.According to zoo officials, Penelope turned 2 years old on Oct. 2 and is currently 11 feet, four inches tall. Sota turned 1 year old on Sept. 10 and is currently 10 feet, four inches tall
  
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• 2 who died after domestic violence incident in Phoenix ID’d

  27-10-2020 22:32
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Police in Phoenix have released the names of a man who was fatally shot after a domestic violence incident that left a woman dead and a teenager injured. They say 53-year-old Paul Sarver and 46-year-old Shannon Hersh died while a 13-year-old boy remains hospitalized in critical condition. Police say officers were called out to a neighborhood Sunday night  about a fight at a home. When officers arrived, they found the man outside of the house who said he had a gun. Polic
  
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• Court hears challenge to Minnesota mail-in ballots extension

  27-10-2020 22:29
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Republicans who oppose Minnesota’s seven-day extension for counting absentee ballots beyond Election Day say that unless it is blocked, thousands of people whose ballots arrive after Nov. 3 will risk having their votes disqualified. But attorneys for Democratic Secretary of State Steve Simon argue that it’s too close to Election Day to make changes. Nearly 2 million voters who requested absentee ballots have already been told their ballots would count if they
  
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• Phoenix mayor allegedly threatened; Given extra protection

  27-10-2020 22:20
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego has been provided extra protection after allegedly being threatened by a member of the city’s police department. A statement issued Tuesday afternoon by Gallego’s office said “the mayor’s office is aware of a credible threat made by a member of the Phoenix Police Department to harm the mayor. We are also aware an investigation is underway. Additional police protection has been provided to the mayor.” Gallego spokeswoma
  
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• Eager for change, Chile faces long road to new constitution

  27-10-2020 22:20
  
  SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — The fireworks and street celebrations are over in Chile, and now many months of hard work and uncertainty loom for a population impatient for change. One of Latin America’s most affluent nations, and also one haunted by social and economic inequality, plans to draft a new constitution to replace the charter introduced during military rule decades ago. The project’s launch comes during a global pandemic that sapped Chile’s economy and follows protest
  
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• Store guard stabbed 27 times for asking women to wear masks

  27-10-2020 22:18
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Two sisters accused of stabbing a West Side Chicago store security guard 27 times with a knife after he asked them to wear face masks and use hand sanitizer have been ordered held without bond. The alleged attack late Sunday by 21-year-old Jessica Hill and 18-year-old Jayla Hill left the 32-year-old victim hospitalized in critical condition. Police spokeswoman Karie James said Tuesday an argument that began after the women refused the guard’s request to wear masks beca
  
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• Ohio governor has been pleading for action on gun violence

  27-10-2020 22:17
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is using his weekly briefings on Ohio’s fight against the coronavirus to continue his so-far unsuccessful crusade against gun violence. The governor usually interrupts his remarks on pandemic stats and safety measures to plead with fellow Republican lawmakers to act on his legislation addressing gun violence in the state, although he didn’t this Tuesday. DeWine proposed the bill after last year’s mass shooting in Dayton. A key e
  
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• The Latest: Pence campaigns in S. Carolina to boost Graham

  27-10-2020 22:16
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the presidential campaign (all times local):
  5:15 p.m.
  Vice President Mike Pence made a campaign stop in South Carolina with a week until Election Day, in part to help boost Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham.
  Alongside Graham, Pence spoke to hundreds of supporters packed into an airplane hangar Tuesday in Greenville, in the state’s conservative northwestern corner.
  Graham is facing a tight reelection battle against Democrat Jaime Harrison in a reliably co
  
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• Europe to send modules, astronauts to NASA moon station

  27-10-2020 22:16
  
  BERLIN (AP) — The European Space Agency says it has agreed to provide several modules for NASA’s planned outpost around the moon. In return, ESA will get a chance to send European astronauts to the lunar orbiter, known as Artemis Gateway. ESA said Tuesday that the modules include the main habitat for astronauts visiting the Gateway and a facility that provides communications and refueling capability along with a window for the crew to observe the moon. The agency said it will receive
  
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• Judge stops Election Day gun ban near Michigan polling sites

  27-10-2020 22:15
  
  DETROIT (AP) — A judge has blocked a sudden ban on the open display of guns near Michigan polling places on Election Day. Judge Christopher Murray acted Tuesday, just a few hours after hearing a challenge from gun-rights groups. They said Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, a Democrat, had exceeded her authority in banning people from openly carrying guns within 100 feet of polling places. Critics argued that Benson failed to go through a formal rule-making process as required under state l
  
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• Poland’s leader wants churches defended, condemns protests

  27-10-2020 22:13
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s powerful ruling party leader has called on his supporters to come out and defend the predominantly Catholic nation’s churches from protesters angry over a court ruling restricting abortions. The call Tuesday by conservative ruling party head Jaroslaw Kaczynski potentially set the stage for clashes that would deepen the divide in the nation. The main opposition leader blasted him for inciting hatred and civil war. The country’s top court on T
  
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• NXIVM guru gets 120 years in prison in sex-slaves case

  27-10-2020 22:10
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Keith Raniere, a self-improvement guru whose organization, NXIVM, attracted millionaires and actresses among its adherents, was sentenced Tuesday to 120 years after convictions that he turned some followers into sex slaves branded with his initials. The court proceeding in Brooklyn culminates several years of revelations about the organization, which charged people thousands of dollars for self improvement courses. Those people included Hollywood celebrities and others will
  
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• The Latest: Bloomberg adds $15M more to Biden in Ohio, Texas

  27-10-2020 22:05
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the presidential campaign (all times local):
  5:05 p.m.
  Billionaire Mike Bloomberg is pouring $15 million more of his personal wealth into advertising for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in Ohio and Texas.The former New York City mayor already committed to spending $100 million to help Biden win the battleground state of Florida. But his political organization conducted new polling over the weekend, and Bloomberg authorized spending more in the two
  
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• Biden vows his unity can ‘save country’; Trump hits Midwest

  27-10-2020 22:03
  
  WARM SPRINGS, Ga. (AP) — Joe Biden has traveled to the hot springs town where Franklin Delano Roosevelt coped with polio to declare the U.S. is not too politically diseased to overcome its health and economic crises,. He pledged during a campaign stop on Tuesday to be a unifying force who can “restore our soul and save this country.” With one week to go before election polls close, President Donald Trump focused on the Democrats’ “blue wall” states that he fli
  
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• NXIVM sex-cult head Raniere gets 120 years in prison

  27-10-2020 21:58
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Keith Raniere, a self-improvement guru whose organization, NXIVM, attracted millionaires and actresses among its adherents, was sentenced Tuesday to 120 years after convictions that he turned some followers into sex slaves branded with his initials. The court proceeding in Brooklyn culminates several years of revelations about the organization, which charged people thousands of dollars for self improvement courses. Those people included Hollywood celebrities and others will
  
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• Melania Trump slams Biden, Dems in first solo campaign stop

  27-10-2020 21:57
  
  ATGLEN, Pa. (AP) — Melania Trump is slamming Joe Biden, Democrats and the media as she campaigns for her husband in Pennsylvania. In her first solo appearance of the campaign, Mrs. Trump says Democrats focused on a “sham impeachment” instead of the coronavirus. She denounced what she called Biden’s “socialist agenda” and criticized media coverage of “idle gossip and palace intrigue.” Melania Trump defended President Donald Trump’s record on C
  
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• Justice Thomas’ wife boosts unsupported claims against Biden

  27-10-2020 21:49
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is using her Facebook page to amplify unsubstantiated claims of corruption by Joe Biden. Ginni Thomas is a longtime conservative activist who asked her more than 10,000 followers Monday to consider sharing a link focused on alleged corruption by Biden and his son, Hunter, as well as claims that social media companies are censoring reports about the Bidens. Other spouses of justices also have their own professional identiti
  
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• Arizona education board makes Holocaust learning requirement

  27-10-2020 21:49
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona State Board of Education has voted to make learning about the Holocaust and other genocides a requirement for middle and high school students across the state, mirroring proposed legislation that failed. KJZZ-FM reported that the board has added these subjects to the minimum course of study and competency goals and graduation requirements for Arizona students. Previously, these subjects were part of the board’s History and Social Science standards. The Hous
  
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• Cloud growth helps Microsoft beat Wall Street expectations

  27-10-2020 21:45
  
  REDMOND, Wash. (AP) — Microsoft reported quarterly earnings Tuesday that beat Wall Street expectations, as it continued to weather the coronavirus pandemic amid increased demand for its flagship software software and services. The company reported fiscal first-quarter profit of $13.9 billion, or $1.82 per share, beating Wall Street expectations. The software giant has benefited from an COVID-19-fueled trend of working and learning from home that boosted demand for its cloud computing servi
  
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• Governor bans indoor dining in Chicago amid virus surge

  27-10-2020 21:41
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Surging COVID-19 cases in Chicago have prompted Gov. J.B. Pritzker to ban indoor dining and bar services and limit the number of people gathering in one place. The rules announced Tuesday take effect Friday and will force diners and bar patrons outdoors and shut down service at 11 p.m. No more than 25 people may gather at one time, or in other indoor spaces. Occupancy may not exceed 25% capacity. Dr. Ngozi Ezike, the state public health director, said positive test results a
  
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• Armenia, Azerbaijan keep fighting despite cease-fire deal

  27-10-2020 21:34
  
  YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh is raging, unimpeded by a U.S.-brokered cease-fire, while Armenia and Azerbaijan are trading blame for the deal’s quick unraveling. The cease-fire was agreed upon Sunday after talks facilitated by the United States and came after two attempts by Russia to broker a lasting truce in the flare-up of a decades-old conflict. All three cease-fire agreements were immediately challenged by reports of violations from both sides. Nagorno-K
  
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• NXIVM head Keith Raniere sentenced to 120 years in prison

  27-10-2020 21:29
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Keith Raniere, a self-improvement guru whose organization, NXIVM, attracted millionaires and actresses among its adherents, was sentenced Tuesday to 120 years after convictions that he turned some followers into sex slaves branded with his initials. The court proceeding in Brooklyn culminates several years of revelations about the organization, which charged people thousands of dollars for self improvement courses. Those people included Hollywood celebrities and others will
  
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• Illinois Gov. Pritzker bans indoor dining in Chicago after latest surge of COVID-19 cases

  27-10-2020 21:29
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Gov. Pritzker bans indoor dining in Chicago after latest surge of COVID-19 cases.The post Illinois Gov. Pritzker bans indoor dining in Chicago after latest surge of COVID-19 cases appeared first on KVOA.
  
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