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• The Latest: Funds set for EU cross-borders patient transfers

  29-10-2020 23:56
  
  BRUSSELS — The president of the European Commission said it will make 220 million euros available to help EU member states organize the cross-borders transfer of COVID-19 patients.Speaking Thursday after a video conference of EU’s 27 leaders, Ursula von der Leyen urged European countries to better cooperate in their fight against the deadly virus, which has killed more than 210,000 people across the continent.
  Confronted to a massive surge of infections, many EU countries have reintr
  
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• Ducey Says "Storm Ahead" on COVID Cases but No New Restrictions on the Horizon

  29-10-2020 23:56
  
  Gov. Doug Ducey and Arizona Department of Health Services Director Dr. Cara Christ provided a COVID-19 update at a press conference today amid rising cases throughout the state.…
  
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• Serious injuries reported in bicycle-involved crash on Mount Lemmon Highway

  29-10-2020 23:49
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - Serious injuries were sustained in a bicycle-involved crash that occurred on Mount Lemmon Highway Thursday afternoon.According to Pima County Sheriff's Department, the incident took place near Milepost 4 of Mount Lemmon Highway.PCSD said an adult male was transported to a local hospital with serious injuries in connection to the incident.The roadway is currently blocked at this time.Motorists should expect delays when traveling in the area.Stay with News 4 Tucson as the story dev
  
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• Former Wyoming US Sen. Alan Simpson recovering after stroke

  29-10-2020 23:44
  
  CODY, Wyo. (AP) — The family of former Wyoming U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson says he is recovering after a minor stroke earlier this week. The 89-year-old Simpson had a blood clot removed from an artery, which his son Colin Simpson says most likely caused the stroke on Monday. Colin Simpson says his father is in good spirits at a Denver-area hospital and could return to his Wyoming home this weekend. The former Republican senator was initially taken to Cody Regional Hospital in northwest Wyoming.
  
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• Zeta soaks Southeast after swamping Gulf Coast; 6 dead

  29-10-2020 23:43
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — The remnants of Hurricane Zeta sped across the Southeast on Thursday, leaving a trail of damage and more than 2.6 million homes and businesses without power after pounding the Gulf Coast with winds and water. At least six deaths have been blamed on the storm. A Category 2 hurricane when it hit the southeastern Louisiana coast Wednesday, Zeta weakened to a post-tropical storm by the following afternoon with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph. Hundreds of schools canceled class
  
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• Video shows San Diego police shooting man who charged them

  29-10-2020 23:41
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Video from home surveillance and police body cameras show a San Diego police officer fatally shooting a mentally ill Mexican man wielding a metal curtain rod who charged officers. Mexican officials have strongly criticized the Oct. 19 killing and another fatal shooting a Mexican man four days later by a Border Patrol agent in San Diego. The Mexican consul general in San Diego says both men had psychological problems. In the first police killing, footage released by authori
  
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• Richerson elected PGA president, Tim Rosaforte honored

  29-10-2020 23:40
  
  PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Jim Richerson is the 42nd president of the PGA of America. Richerson was elected during the first virtual meeting in the 104-year history of the organization that serves nearly 30,000 golf professionals. Richerson is senior vice president of operations at Arizona-based Troon Golf. The PGA also gave honorary membership to Tim Rosaforte, making him the first journalist to earn that designation. Rosaforte has worked at newspapers, magazine and in television ove
  
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• The Latest: Residents test positive at Kansas nursing home

  29-10-2020 23:33
  
  MISSION, Kan. — A nursing home where every resident has tested positive for the coronavirus in a rural Kansas county with the state’s highest infection rate has been removed from the Medicare program, putting its funding at risk.A scathing report from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services cited a lack of masks as a main driver in the outbreak at the Andbe Home in Norton, Kansas. Sixty-one residents and about three dozen staff members have been infected at the home, and 12 ha
  
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• Public schools required to teach about Holocaust after AZ Board of Education approves mandatory instruction rule

  29-10-2020 23:32
  
  pzk net / Wikipedia/ CC BY 3.0PHOENIX (KVOA) - Students attending public schools in Arizona will soon be required to learn about the Holocaust and other genocides after the Arizona State Board of Education approved a mandatory instruction rule Tuesday.According to officials, mirror bills, Senate Bill 1143 and House Bill 2682, made its way through the 2020 legislative session, with the goal of mandating instruction about the Holocaust and other genocides to public school students seventh through
  
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• Philadelphia police face rebuke from city, Wallace family

  29-10-2020 23:30
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia police are facing rebuke from both City Hall and the family of Walter Wallace Jr. as the city reexamines the department’s response to a year of sometimes violent civil unrest. The City Council also voted to block police from using tear gas, rubber bullets or pepper spray on peaceful protesters. The move follow days of protests, store break-ins and ATM thefts after the shooting of Wallace by police that led the mayor to lock down the city Wednesday nig
  
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• Tunisian carrying Quran fatally stabs 3 in French church

  29-10-2020 23:25
  
  NICE, France (AP) — A young Tunisian man armed with a knife and carrying a copy of the Quran attacked worshippers in a French church and killed three Thursday, prompting the government to raise its security alert to the maximum level hours before a nationwide coronavirus lockdown. The attack in Mediterranean city of Nice was the third in less than two months that French authorities have attributed to Muslim extremists, including the beheading of a teacher who had shown caricatures of the P
  
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• Tech giants report strong results, but murky outlooks

  29-10-2020 23:25
  
  Five technology giants reported strong earnings but mixed outlooks Thursday, a sign of varying fortunes as they try to rebound from an pandemic-related economic slowdown earlier this year. While all five — Amazon, Google parent Alphabet, Facebook, Apple and Twitter — exceeded analyst expectations, gloomy forecasts and other uncertainties led to share-price declines for all but Alphabet in after-market trading. The results come a day after the CEOs of Facebook, Google and Twitter test
  
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• The Latest: Trump visits Ft. Bragg troops in North Carolina

  29-10-2020 23:22
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the presidential campaign (all times local):
  6:20 p.m.
  President Donald Trump skipped a Fayetteville rally in North Carolina because of Tropical Storm Zeta, but he still went to the state to stop by a nearby U.S. Army installation at Fort Bragg for what the White House described as a “troop engagement.”
  The president was joined Thursday evening by his wife, Melania Trump. The White House press corps was kept away from the event with troops and co
  
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• Travis Roy, 45, BU player paralyzed in first game, has died

  29-10-2020 23:20
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Travis Roy, a Boston University hockey player who was paralyzed 11 seconds into his first game and went on to be a motivational speaker and advocate for the disabled, has died. He was 45. The BU athletic department confirmed his death in a statement posted on Facebook. Roy was a 20-year-old freshman making his debut for the reigning NCAA champions in the 1995-96 season opener when he crashed headfirst into the boards after checking a North Dakota opponent. The accident left h
  
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• Hundreds of shelter dogs, cats flown across the Pacific

  29-10-2020 23:20
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — Hundreds of dogs and cats from overcrowded Hawaii shelters are headed to less crowded facilities on the U.S. mainland. Organizers says the chartered flight carrying more than 600 animals is the largest pet rescue flight. The furry friends arrived in Seattle Thursday morning on a chartered Hercules C-130 plane. The rescue flight was necessary because the coronavirus pandemic has led to overcrowding in Hawaii pet shelters. Many people are no longer able to afford their pets b
  
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• Kentucky court won’t reduce jury award in Rand Paul attack

  29-10-2020 23:14
  
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Supreme Court has upheld an award of nearly $600,000 against Sen. Rand Paul’s former neighbor, who injured the lawmaker in a 2017 dispute over lawncare. Paul sued Boucher, and a jury awarded the lawmaker $200,000 for pain and suffering and $375,000 in punitive damages. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports Rene Boucher had asked the high court to review the award but the court declined in an order released Thursday. Boucher has said he attacked Paul b
  
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• One woman beheaded, two others killed after suspected terror attack in France

  29-10-2020 23:13
  
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  PARIS (AP) — France’s anti-terrorism prosecutor says the Nice attacker, who was born in 1999, was not on the radar of intelligence agencies as a potential threat.Jean-Francois Ricard detailed the gruesome scene inside the church where a man and woman were killed by the attacker Thursday. The third victim, a 44-year-old woman who managed to flee, died at a nearby restaurant.A 60-year-old woman whose body was found at the entry of the church, suffered “a very deep
  
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• Walmart removes guns, ammunition on display at U.S. stores

  29-10-2020 23:10
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart says it has removed ammunition and firearms from displays at U.S. stores, citing “civil unrest” in some areas. The nation’s largest retailer, based in Bentonville, Arkansas, sell firearms in about half of its 4,700 stores. The discounter said the items remain available for purchase by customers. Walmart made a a similar move in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd that set off sometimes violent demonstrations against police brutality and
  
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• Tech giants report mixed results and varying outlooks

  29-10-2020 23:08
  
  Five technology giants reported mixed earnings results Thursday, a sign of varying fortunes as they try to rebound from an pandemic-related economic slowdown earlier this year. While all five — Amazon, Google parent Alphabet, Facebook, Apple and Twitter — exceeded analyst expectations, gloomy forecasts and other uncertainties led to share-price declines for all but Alphabet in after-market trading. The results come a day after the CEOs of Facebook, Google and Twitter testified before
  
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• Mike Tyson, Roy Jones promise a fight in “exhibition” return

  29-10-2020 23:04
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr. got permission from California’s athletic commission to return to the boxing ring next month because their fight would be strictly an exhibition of their once-unparalleled skills. These 50-something former champions say they’re taking this showdown far more seriously than any exhibition. Promoters of the pay-per-view spectacle announced that Los Angeles’ Staples Center will be the site of the 54-year-old Tyson’s return
  
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• Arizona Historical Society pulls support for 3 sites

  29-10-2020 23:04
  
  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Historical Society has pulled out of agreements to fund three historical sites, citing the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. The Arizona Daily Sun reports Thursday that Arizona State Parks and Trails says it will take over the expenses for Riordan Mansion Historic State Park in Flagstaff. But there’s uncertainty about the future of Historic Fort Lowell and Wells Fargo Downtown History Museum in Tucson. The historical society’s v
  
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• The Latest: Calls for voting extension in Georgia after Zeta

  29-10-2020 23:02
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A group of civil rights organizations is asking Georgia’s governor to extend early voting hours Friday after the storm disrupted voting Thursday in the battleground state. Groups including the Georgia NAACP and Fair Fight Action called on Republican Gov. Brian Kemp to use emergency powers to order voting be extended through 9 p.m. Friday in affected areas. Voting was disrupted at some sites in metro Atlanta and north Georgia after the storm caused power outages. Se
  
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• Searchers find 59 bodies in Mexico mass graves, dig for more

  29-10-2020 22:48
  
  SALVATIERRA, Mexico (AP) — Search teams continue excavating a site in the central Mexico state of Guanajuato where in the past week they have found 59 bodies in clandestine graves. Especially striking about this discovery, but also a testament to the level of fear, is that the site is in the town of Salvatierra, not a wooded area out in the countryside. The head of the official National Search Commission, Karla Quintana, said Thursday in an interview with W Radio that people had to have kn
  
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• The Latest: Location of Trump rally in Minnesota is in flux

  29-10-2020 22:45
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the presidential campaign (all times local):
  5:45 p.m.
  President Donald Trump’s campaign has moved a Friday rally from Rochester, Minnesota, to the southern town of Dodge Center to avoid a 250-person limit under the state’s coronavirus safety guidelines.
  But Rochester’s mayor said that the situation was still in flux Thursday afternoon and that it was possible that the president’s schedule could change yet again.
  The Trump campaign an
  
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• Feds wrongly tell new US citizens they missed chance to vote

  29-10-2020 22:40
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Federal immigration officials are acknowledging they erroneously told some new U.S. citizens in Massachusetts that they could not vote in next week’s election because they had missed the registration deadline. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said Thursday that officials at some recent naturalization ceremonies mistakenly told new citizens that they were ineligible to vote. State election law actually allows new citizens to register until the day before an elec
  
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• Tombstone Ranch placed under permanent protection to help preserve animal inhabitants, desert ecosystem

  29-10-2020 22:35
  
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  TUCSON (KVOA) - About 2,000-acres of land near Tombstone has been placed under permanent protection, according to an announcement shared by the Arizona Land and Water Trust Thursday.According to the trust, Tombstone Ranch, a 2190-acre land that previously was a part of the historic 4-Bar Cowan Ranch in Whitewater Draw Valley, has been placed under protection in order to permanently conserve "native grasslands, water resources that provide critical wildlife habitat
  
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• The Latest: Prosecutor: attacker not on intelligence radar

  29-10-2020 22:34
  
  PARIS (AP) — The Latest on a knife attack in Nice, France, (all times local):
  10:25 p.m.
  France’s anti-terrorism prosecutor says the Nice attacker, who was born in 1999, was not on the radar of intelligence agencies as a potential threat.Jean-Francois Ricard detailed the gruesome scene inside the church where a man and woman were killed by the attacker Thursday. The third victim, a 44-year-old woman who managed to flee, died at a nearby restaurant.
  A 60-year-old woman whose body was
  
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• The Latest: More than 260K without power in North Carolina

  29-10-2020 22:33
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Duke Energy says more than 263,000 customers in North Carolina are without electricity after the remnants of Hurricane Zeta passed through the state. Catawba County reported there have been more than 19,000 customer outages. Mecklenburg County has just under 17,000 outages. The News & Record of Greensboro reports that four early voting sites in Guilford County had to rely on generators on Thursday after Zeta knocked out power. County election officials say voters wer
  
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• Zeta buffets Southeast after swamping Gulf Coast; 6 dead

  29-10-2020 22:27
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — The remnants of Hurricane Zeta sped across the Southeast on Thursday, leaving a trail of damage and more than 2.6 million homes and businesses without power after pounding the Gulf Coast with winds and water. At least six deaths have been blamed on the storm. A Category 2 hurricane when it hit the southeastern Louisiana coast Wednesday, Zeta weakened to a post-tropical storm by the following afternoon with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph. Hundreds of schools canceled class
  
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• The Latest: England puts 2M people under virus restrictions

  29-10-2020 22:27
  
  LONDON — Another 2 million people in England are being placed under the government’s highest level of restrictions to curb the spread of the coronavirus, as case numbers rise and measures are gradually tightened across the country.
  Civic leaders in the West Yorkshire region of northern England say it will be placed under Tier 3 restrictions — the highest of three levels — starting Monday. Under the measures most pubs and some other businesses must close and people are bar
  
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• Court won’t back gun ban outside Michigan polling places

  29-10-2020 22:19
  
  DETROIT (AP) — The Michigan appeals court has rejected an appeal from a Democratic state official who wants to ban the open carry of guns outside polling places. The court says said voter intimidation already is illegal. The order came two days after a Court of Claims judge said Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson had exceeded her authority in prohibiting the open carry of guns within 100 feet of a polling place. Judge Christopher Murray said the policy didn’t go through a formal rule-
  
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• Harris target of more misinformation than Pence, data shows

  29-10-2020 22:16
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — New data shows that Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris is at the center of Twitter misinformation far more often than the white men who campaigned for the same job. The report from media intelligence firm Zignal Labs shows that claims that challenge Harris’ eligibility to serve as president, question her Black heritage or allege she used romantic relationships have swirled online, making up more than 4% of the conversation about her on Twitter. Meanwhil
  
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• Pelosi, Trump administration trade blame over COVID-19 relief

  29-10-2020 22:14
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The major players in Washington’s COVID relief blame game are trading accusations as they mark time before an election that promises to change the landscape for talks that have dragged on for months.
  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued a scolding assessment on Thursday, blaming Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin for failing to produce answers to her demands for Democratic priorities as part of the approximately $2 trillion aid package.
  President Donald Trump again prom
  
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• French prosecutor: Nice killer of 3 got to France from Italy

  29-10-2020 22:12
  
  NICE, France (AP) — France’s anti-terrorism prosecutor says the man with a knife who killed three people in a Nice church was a Tunisian who entered France from Italy. Jean-Francois Ricard told a press conference late Thursday that the man entered Italy by reaching the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa on Sept. 20 and traveled to Paris on Oct. 9. The attacker was seriously wounded by police. The violence in Mediterranean city of Nice was the third in two months that French authoritie
  
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• Pelosi, Trump administration trade blame over virus aid

  29-10-2020 22:11
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The major players in Washington’s COVID relief blame game are trading accusations as they mark time before an election that promises to change the landscape for talks that have dragged on for months. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued a scolding assessment on Thursday, blaming Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin for failing to produce answers to her demands for Democratic priorities as part of the approximately $2 trillion aid package. President Donald Trump again prom
  
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• As virus surges, Trump rallies keep packing in thousands

  29-10-2020 22:03
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s campaign rallies are among the nation’s biggest events held in defiance of coronavirus-related crowd restrictions. The president’s rallies regularly cram supporters together — with masks optional and social distancing frowned upon. Public health experts say Trump is setting the wrong example at a time when greater precautions are urgently needed. The U.S. posted a record high number of new infections last week — nearly 500,000.
  
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• Wisconsin Supreme Court refuses to offer ballot clarity

  29-10-2020 21:59
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court has refused to go along with a request from two counties to allow them to fill in a ballot misprint so that as many as 13,500 ballots can be processed more quickly without having to duplicate them on Election Day. The four conservatives on the court on Thursday rejected the request from Outagamie and Calumet counties for an order telling them how to deal with the ballot misprint. The court’s three liberals dissented, saying the d
  
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• Tech giants report mixed results despite bright outlook

  29-10-2020 21:55
  
  Five technology giants are reporting earnings Thursday, providing the latest indication of whether they are rebounding from an economic slowdown earlier this year. The results come a day after the CEOs of Facebook, Google and Twitter  testified before the Senate Commerce Committee, rebuffing accusations of anti-conservative bias and promising to aggressively defend their platforms from being used to sow chaos in next week’s election. Apple and Google’s parent Alphabet are also r
  
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• Ex-cop-turned-lawyer admits cheating 9/11 worker of $900,000

  29-10-2020 21:45
  
  WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — A former police lieutenant-turned-lawyer has admitted cheating a fellow officer of $900,000 he was due after working at the smoldering remains of the World Trade Center site after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Gustavo Vila pleaded guilty Thursday in White Plains federal court to cheating the U.S. government by failing to pass along proceeds of the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund that were destined for John Ferreyra. Prosecutors say Vila paid his taxes and gave mon
  
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• Report: Arizona visitor spending down $10 billion through September

  29-10-2020 21:38
  
  National Park ServiceGrand Canyon, Ooh Aah Point, Photo Date: 4/12/2013
  (KVOA) – Tourist spending in Arizona is down $10 billion this year.The Arizona Office of Tourism released new data Wednesday which shows the COVID-19 pandemic is taking a big bite out of the tourism in the state.From January through September 2020, travel spending is just over $9 billion – that’s down $10 billion from the same time in 2019.The state tax revenue generated by that travel spending is also dow
  
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• The Latest: Louisiana polling places may change due to Zeta

  29-10-2020 21:35
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards says polling places are among the sites taking priority amid efforts to restore electricity to hundreds of thousands in the wake of Hurricane Zeta. The Democratic governor said Thursday that he’s consulting with Republican Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin to see whether some polling sites might have to be changed ahead of Tuesday’s election. He says officials have to make the decision quickly and make sure voters are informed. Ed
  
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• Scarlett Johansson, Colin Jost marry in private ceremony

  29-10-2020 21:34
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost have tied the knot a year after engagement. Meals on Wheels America announced Thursday on Instagram that Johansson and Jost married over the weekend in an intimate ceremony. The post said the couple’s wedding followed the COVID-19 safety precautions as “directed by the CDC.”  The actress and “Saturday Night Live” star got engaged in 2019 after dating two years. Johansson, 34, was previously married to a
  
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• Woman shot by suburban Chicago police sues officers, city

  29-10-2020 21:33
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — A Black woman who was shot last week by police in the Chicago suburb of Waukegan is suing the officer who injured her and killed her boyfriend. Tafara Williams’ lawsuit was filed late Wednesday. She’s also suing a second officer and the city. She says there was no reason for Officer James Keating to stop and question her and Marcellis Stinnette. And she says there was no reason why Officer Dante Salinas shot at them. They contend they were unarmed and had not pro
  
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• Tech giants report higher profits – some more than others

  29-10-2020 21:32
  
  Five technology giants are reporting earnings Thursday, providing the latest indication of whether they are rebounding from an economic slowdown earlier this year. The results come a day after the CEOs of Facebook, Google and Twitter  testified before the Senate Commerce Committee, rebuffing accusations of anti-conservative bias and promising to aggressively defend their platforms from being used to sow chaos in next week’s election. Apple and Google’s parent Alphabet are also r
  
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• French prosecutor: Nice killer Tunisian, entered from Italy

  29-10-2020 21:32
  
  NICE, France (AP) — France’s anti-terrorism prosecutor says the man who killed three in a Nice church was a Tunisian who entered France from Italy. Jean-Francois Ricard told a press conference late Thursday that the man entered Italy reaching the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa on Sept. 20 and traveled to Paris on Oct. 9. The travel information came from a document on the man from the Italian Red Cross, Ricard said. The attacker was seriously wounded by police and is being treated
  
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• The Latest: Kudlow promotes economy on Trump campaign call

  29-10-2020 21:31
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the presidential campaign (all times local):
  4:30 p.m.
  White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow says that the economy is “really hitting on all cylinders” and that he expects the momentum to carry over to next year.
  Kudlow spoke to reporters Thursday in his “personal capacity” to promote the president’s economic policies on a campaign call. President Donald Trump’s campaign is trying to place a focus on the improving econ
  
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• AZGFD offers reward in killing of one or more foxes at Peppersauce Campground

  29-10-2020 21:28
  
  Arizona Game and Fish DepartmentPeppersauce Campground near Rice Peak Road Arizona Game and Fish DepartmentPeppersauce Campground near Rice Peak Road
  TUCSON (KVOA) – Wildlife officials are offering a reward in return for information leading to an arrest for the illegal killings of one or more foxes in the Santa Catalina Mountains.They say the killings happened on Oct. 16 and Oct. 17 at the Peppersauce Campground near Rice Peak Road.According to Arizona Game and Fish Department, one of the
  
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• Governor: 400 Wisconsin National Guard troops to work polls

  29-10-2020 21:20
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers says about 400 National Guard troops will be activated to plug any shortages at polls on Election Day, as coronavirus cases surge in the presidential battleground state. Meagan Wolfe, who heads the Wisconsin Elections Commission, said Thursday that she expects there will be few gaps to fill on Election Day. She says there is a shortage of about 200 poll workers out of the roughly 30,000 who will be staffing the polls on Tuesday. She says the r
  
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• The Latest: Mississippi coast hit hard by Zeta’s winds

  29-10-2020 21:19
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Mississippi officials say Hurricane Zeta hit their state’s coastline harder than any storm since 2005’s Hurricane Katrina. Gov. Tate Reeves on Thursday said he believes the state has suffered enough damage to qualify for a federal disaster declaration. Reeves says Zeta did more damage than expected because winds maintained their strength even as Zeta moved rapidly through Louisiana and Mississippi. The Republican governor spoke in front of a Bay St. Louis hou
  
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• DC releases bodycam footage from fatal crash amid protests

  29-10-2020 21:12
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Police in the nation’s capital have released body camera footage from a fatal vehicle accident during a police chase that has sparked two days of protests and clashes. Twenty-year-old Karon Hylton died in a hospital after his moped crashed into a car Friday night while he was being pursued by police. At issue in this case is an interpretation of what constitutes a “chase” and whether police were justified in pursuing Hylton. City police regulations forbi
  
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