• The Latest: Stevie Wonder to perform at Michigan Biden rally

    The Latest: Stevie Wonder to perform at Michigan Biden rally
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the presidential campaign (all times local):
    6:40 p.m.
    Joe Biden will have a little extra help Saturday when he tries to get Michigan voters to sign, seal and deliver their ballots — from R&B icon Stevie Wonder.
    Wonder will perform at Biden’s drive-in rally in Detroit, where the Democrat is slated to appear alongside former President Barack Obama as part of a two-event day to get out the vote in Michigan. Earlier Saturday, Biden and Obama wil
  • Judge postpones Trump’s TikTok ban in suit brought by users

    Judge postpones Trump’s TikTok ban in suit brought by users
    A federal judge has postponed President Donald Trump’s threatened shutdown of the popular short-form video app TikTok, siding with a Pennsylvania comedian and two other TikTok creators who say Trump’s order hampers their free speech. U.S. District Judge Wendy Beetlestone on Friday blocked an upcoming Commerce Department action that would have effectively banned TikTok in the U.S. by cutting it off from vital technical services. The Trump administration has said TikTok is a security t
  • The Latest: Disney World to lay off 11,000 amid pandemic

    The Latest: Disney World to lay off 11,000 amid pandemic
    ORLANDO, Fla. — Walt Disney World says it plans to lay off more than 11,000 unionized workers because of the new coronavirus, bringing the total number of pandemic-related job casualties at the Florida resort to almost 18,000 positions.
    Disney World said in a letter to state and local leaders Thursday that the 11,350 union workers — mostly part-timers — will be laid off at the end of the year. Company officials previously had said that another 6,400 nonunion Disney employees in
  • 2 plead guilty in Georgia case of 2 buried children

    2 plead guilty in Georgia case of 2 buried children
    SPRINGFIELD, Ga. (AP) — Two people have pleaded guilty to murder charges in the deaths of two teenage siblings found buried behind their Georgia home nearly two years ago. Prosecutors said during a Friday court hearing in Effingham County that the stepmother of victims Mary Frances Crocker and Elwyn John Crocker Jr. and her mother’s boyfriend both pleaded guilty and agreed to testify against three other defendants. The plea deal allows the stepmother, Candice Crocker, to avoid the de
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  • Illinois authorities extradite Kyle Rittenhouse to Wisconsin

    Illinois authorities extradite Kyle Rittenhouse to Wisconsin
    WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — Illinois authorities have turned Kyle Rittenhouse over to Wisconsin authorities. Christopher Covelli, a spokesman for Illinois’ Lake County Sheriff’s Office, says deputies picked up Rittenhouse shortly after an Illinois judge approved his extradition.  Covelli says the Lake County deputies “exchanged custody” of Rittenhouse to Kenosha County deputies at the Illinois-Wisconsin border. The exchange occurred about five miles from the Illinois
  • Weinstein accuser who testified at his trial sues him

    Weinstein accuser who testified at his trial sues him
    NEW YORK (AP) — A woman who testified against disgraced and imprisoned Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has filed a lawsuit against him to seek damages for lasting injuries. Miriam Haley, also known as Mimi Haleyi, brought the lawsuit Friday in Manhattan federal court. She sought unspecified damages for sexual attacks she described from the witness stand at Weinstein’s recent trial. The trial ended with Weinstein’s conviction. He is serving a 20-year prison sentence. Haley says
  • Journalist killed in Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez

    Journalist killed in Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez
    MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Mexican television journalist has been shot to death in the border city of Ciudad Juárez, across from El Paso, Texas. Prosecutors in Chihuahua state said Friday that journalist Arturo Alba Medina was found shot to death on a street. State prosecutors pledged to investigate the killing, which occurred late Thursday. They said Alba Medina worked as a TV anchor and served as spokesman for a local college, the Instituto Tecnológico of Ciudad Juárez. At
  • Illinois authorities have turned a 17-year-old accused in Kenosha shootings over to Wisconsin authorities

    Illinois authorities have turned a 17-year-old accused in Kenosha shootings over to Wisconsin authorities
    WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — Illinois authorities have turned a 17-year-old accused in Kenosha shootings over to Wisconsin authorities.The post Illinois authorities have turned a 17-year-old accused in Kenosha shootings over to Wisconsin authorities appeared first on KVOA.
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  • US agency sets rules for cruise ships to start sailing again

    US agency sets rules for cruise ships to start sailing again
    NEW YORK (AP) — Federal health officials have new rules that will enable large cruise ships to start sailing again in U.S. waters. In mid-March, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an order suspending cruise ship operations at U.S. ports. That came after officials became convinced oceanic outbreaks could be dangerous threats for spreading the coronavirus. The no-sail order is set to expire Saturday. The CDC on Friday set guidelines to allow companies to resume passenger c
  • The Latest: Biden says protesters at rally just like Trump

    The Latest: Biden says protesters at rally just like Trump
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the presidential campaign (all times local):
    6:20 p.m.
    Democrat Joe Biden is taking on the protesters at his Minnesota rally.
    A couple of large groups of Donald Trump supporters welcomed Biden with horns and pro-Trump flags and signs when he arrived at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds for a drive-in rally Friday afternoon.
    A group close to the podium where he spoke blasted horns and shouted. Biden delivered a high-spirited speech, himself shouting to drown th
  • DC activist groups primed for Nov. 3 and whatever follows

    DC activist groups primed for Nov. 3 and whatever follows
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Activists in the nation’s capital are banding together for Election Day. They are pooling resources, running training sessions for demonstrators, forming rapid-reaction teams and setting up daylong events that are expected to draw large crowds. Groups led by Black Lives Matter and Shutdown DC plan an eight-hour event at Black Lives Matter Plaza, one block from the White House, including a giant screen showing election results, DJs and musical performances. The prepa
  • Midshipman asks judge to block his removal over tweets

    Midshipman asks judge to block his removal over tweets
    COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — A U.S. Naval Academy midshipman has asked a federal judge in Maryland to block his expulsion over messages he posted on social media. The posts include one in which he said Breonna Taylor received “justice” when police killed the Black woman during a drug raid on her Kentucky home. U.S. District Judge Ellen Hollander didn’t immediately rule Friday after presiding over a hearing on Chase Standage’s request for an order allowing him to graduat
  • 735 acres of ancestral land returned to Penobscot Nation

    735 acres of ancestral land returned to Penobscot Nation
    ORONO, Maine (AP) — The private foundation that donated land for the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument in Maine has returned 735 acres of land to the Penobscot Nation. The transfer from Elliotsville Foundation was announced Friday. The land is located between two parcels of land already owned by the Penobscots to the west of the town of Brownsville. The land includes the headwaters of the Pleasant River, an important tributary to the Penobscot River, which is sacred to the tribe.
  • Octobrrrr? Early snowfall blankets much of northeast US

    Octobrrrr? Early snowfall blankets much of northeast US
    BOSTON (AP) — A fast-moving storm has dumped several inches of snow across much of the northeastern U.S. Nearly 4 inches fell in some spots Friday, accumulating on lawns, fouling roads and inspiring social media posts with a mock “snowpocalypse” theme. The National Weather Service says Boston set an October snowfall record with 3.5 inches (8.89 centimeters), breaking the previous record of 1.1 inches (2.79 centimeters) set on Halloween in 2005. Utilities reported about 4,000 ho
  • Who is voting? Who is winning? Early vote only offers clues

    Who is voting? Who is winning? Early vote only offers clues
    Political analysts are looking for clues in this year’s record pace of early voting. The number of people who have voted in the election is already more than half of the total number of ballots cast in 2016. An Associated Press analysis show that the early voters are heavily Democratic. That means Republicans have to do very well on Election Day. More than one-quarter of those voters are new or infrequent — meaning they vote in half or fewer of the elections in which they can cast a
  • Civil rights groups settle lawsuit over utilities access

    Civil rights groups settle lawsuit over utilities access
    ATLANTA (AP) — Civil rights groups have reached a settlement with a Georgia city to end policies that they said illegally restricted access to utility services and disproportionately affected Black and Latino residents. The lawsuit filed in May 2017 against LaGrange says the city, which is the only provider of basic utilities, threatened to cut off utilities if residents didn’t pay outstanding municipal court fines. The suit said another policy denied utility services to people who c
  • Rain-fueled landslide in El Salvador kills 9; 35 missing

    Rain-fueled landslide in El Salvador kills 9; 35 missing
    NEJAPA, El Salvador (AP) — At least nine people have been killed and 35 are missing after a landslide during torrential rains in El Salvador. The slide occurred Thursday night when earth from the upper part of the San Salvador volcano was set in motion, sweeping up trees and homes along a nearly 2-mile (3-kilometer) course some 12 miles (20 kilometers) north of the capital. Civil Defense Director William Hernández said Friday some 40 homes had been destroyed. He says dozens of peopl
  • The Latest: COVID-19 spreads more extensively in new study

    The Latest: COVID-19 spreads more extensively in new study
    NEW YORK CITY — The coronavirus can spread more extensively in households than previous research suggests, and kids can transmit it at about the same rate as adults do, according to a new study.
    The study shows how important it is for people who test positive to isolate themselves within a home, and for them and everyone else to wear masks when they are in common areas, researchers said.
    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the study Friday. The researchers focused on 10
  • Armenia, Azerbaijan vow to avoid targeting residential areas

    Armenia, Azerbaijan vow to avoid targeting residential areas
    YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armenia and Azerbaijan have promised after a day of talks in Geneva to avoid targeting residential areas amid the fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh. The two sides agreed that they “will not deliberately target civilian populations or non-military objects,” move to exchange remains of soldiers left on the battlefield and exchange lists of prisoners of war. The talks between foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan were sponsored by the so-called Minsk Gro
  • Minnesota Democrats ramp up push for absentee ballot turnout

    Minnesota Democrats ramp up push for absentee ballot turnout
    MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Democrats and election officials on Friday urged people with absentee ballots not yet mailed to drop them off by hand or vote in person, a day after an appellate court’s ruling raised questions about whether ballots that arrive up to seven days beyond Election Day would be counted. As legal issues get sorted out, the state Democratic party turned its operation toward alerting people to the issue, and Sen. Tina Smith was working on a new ad urging people t
  • Armenia, Azerbaijan pledge to avoid targeting residential areas amid fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh after Geneva talks

    Armenia, Azerbaijan pledge to avoid targeting residential areas amid fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh after Geneva talks
    YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armenia, Azerbaijan pledge to avoid targeting residential areas amid fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh after Geneva talks.The post Armenia, Azerbaijan pledge to avoid targeting residential areas amid fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh after Geneva talks appeared first on KVOA.
  • Report: US turning away asylum-seekers at border is flawed

    Report: US turning away asylum-seekers at border is flawed
    SAN DIEGO (AP) — A report from a government watchdog report says the head of the Department of Homeland Security contradicted her public statements in 2018 when she ordered border agents to stop asylum-seekers from stepping on U.S. soil at official crossings with Mexico. At the time, Kirstjen Nielsen said migrants were welcome to do so. The report by the Homeland Security inspector general was published Friday. It paints a picture at odds with previous official accounts of how the practice
  • Walmart returns guns and ammunition to US store displays

    Walmart returns guns and ammunition to US store displays
    NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart has reversed course, announcing it is returning ammunition and firearms to their displays in its U.S. stores. On Thursday the nation’s largest retailer said it had removed the displays due to “civil unrest” in some areas of the country. But on Friday it said the items had been restored to displays because the unrest has remained isolated. The moves come after several days of protests, widespread vandalism, and an overnight curfew in Philadelphia af
  • Judge cites Trump tweets in restricting feds at protests

    Judge cites Trump tweets in restricting feds at protests
    PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge has found that tweets by President Donald Trump helped incite improper conduct by federal officers responding to racial justice protests in Portland, Oregon. The judge on Friday directed both sides in a lawsuit to quickly determine “rules of engagement” for officers outside the downtown federal courthouse so an agreement can be in place before Election Day, when mass protests are expected. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the judge granted
  • GOP Supervisor Candidate Steve Spain Takes Campaign Dollars from "Cabal"

    GOP Supervisor Candidate Steve Spain Takes Campaign Dollars from "Cabal"
    This year, Pima County voters will decide a new District 1 Supervisor after Republican Ally Miller held the seat for eight years.…
  • Never flagged as a danger, Nice attacker traveled unimpeded

    Never flagged as a danger, Nice attacker traveled unimpeded
    TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — The 21-year-old Tunisian behind the attack that killed three in a Nice, France church had small-time run-ins with the law as a teen, but nothing that alerted Tunisian authorities to possible extremist leanings. That missing red flag meant that when he eventually was served an expulsion order from Italy, which he reached illegally by boat, he was basically free to go, traveling apparently unimpeded to France. Italy’s interior minister, Luciana Lamorgese, told The
  • Ohio utility at center of $60 million bribery case fires CEO

    Ohio utility at center of $60 million bribery case fires CEO
    TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio-based utility under investigation for its role in an alleged $60 million bribery scheme involving an Ohio political leader fired its chief executive following an internal review. FirstEnergy Corp. said its investigation found that CEO Chuck Jones and two other company officials who were fired Thursday violated company policies and its code of conduct. The company says its review was related to government investigations into the company. The firings came just hou
  • Oregon could become 1st US state to decriminalize hard drugs

    Oregon could become 1st US state to decriminalize hard drugs
    SALEM, Ore. (AP) — In what would be a first in the U.S., possession of small amounts of heroin, cocaine, LSD and other hard drugs could be decriminalized in Oregon under a ballot measure that voters are deciding on in Tuesday’s election.  Oregon’s Measure 110 is one of the most watched referendums in the state because it would drastically change how the justice system treats people with amounts of the drugs for their personal use. Instead of going to trial and facing possi
  • Correction: Police-Fatal Shooting-IDs story

    Correction: Police-Fatal Shooting-IDs story
    PHOENIX (AP) — In a story October 27, 2020, about a domestic violence incident in Phoenix, The Associated Press relying on information provided by the Phoenix Police Department erroneously reported the spelling of the last name of a victim identified by police. The victim’s name is Shannon Hursh. The post Correction: Police-Fatal Shooting-IDs story appeared first on KVOA.
  • Illinois judge OKs extradition of Rittenhouse to Wisconsin

    Illinois judge OKs extradition of Rittenhouse to Wisconsin
    WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois judge has ordered the extradition of a 17-year-old accused in the fatal shooting of two demonstrators in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
    The ruling against Kyle Rittenhouse came Friday after a hearing in Waukegan, Illinois.
    Defense lawyers sought to convince the judge to block their client’s transfer to Wisconsin to face homicide charges.
    Rittenhouse’s attorneys say he acted in self-defense when he opened fire during unrest following the shooting of a Bla
  • Northwest side house fire causes heavy traffic restrictions

    Northwest side house fire causes heavy traffic restrictions
    TUCSON (KVOA) – A northwest side house fire is causing heavy traffic restrictions Friday afternoon.Fire units are responding to a house on Camino de la Cruz and Calle Jocobo, near Ina Road.
    House fire near Camino de la Cruz and Calle Jocobo. Northwest Fire and @GRFDAZ firefighters are working to extinguish. Heavy traffic restrictions in the area. More info to come as available. pic.twitter.com/zknalLm3pj— Northwest Fire (@NorthwestFire) October 30, 2020
    No further details have been r
  • Four accused of altering virus tests to enter Brazil beach

    Four accused of altering virus tests to enter Brazil beach
    SAO PAULO (AP) — Four tourists have been arrested in Brazil for allegedly falsifying COVID-19 tests in an attempt to reach what some say is the world’s most beautiful beach. The two men and two women were arrested after landing in Fernando de Noronha, a group of islands offshore northern Brazil. The Brazilian defendants, who took a private jet to the volcanic archipelago and arrived Wednesday night, were accused of falsifying documents, using falsified documents and criminal associat
  • Georgia governor tests negative for COVID-19 after exposure

    Georgia governor tests negative for COVID-19 after exposure
    ATLANTA (AP) — A statement on Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s Twitter feed says he has tested negative for COVID-19 after having had “direct exposure” to someone who tested positive. The statement adds that the Republican governor is quarantining as a precaution. The statement says first lady Marty Kemp also tested negative. In a separate announcement Friday, U.S. Rep. Drew Ferguson said he had tested positive for the virus. Ferguson appeared with Kemp at a rally on Tuesday. It
  • Netflix raising US streaming prices amid booming growth

    Netflix raising US streaming prices amid booming growth
    SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — Netflix is raising most of its U.S. prices by 8% to 13% as its video streaming service rides a wave of rising popularity spurred by government-imposed lockdowns that corralled people at home during the fight against the pandemic. The increases imposed Friday boost the cost of Netflix’s most popular U.S. streaming plan by $1 to $14 per month while a premium plan that allows more people to watch the service on different screens simultaneously will now cost $2 m
  • Trump pitches ‘back to normal’ as Biden warns of tough days

    Trump pitches ‘back to normal’ as Biden warns of tough days
    WATERFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — President Donald Trump is dangling the promise of getting the country “back to normal” in the campaign’s home stretch as he looks to overcome a devastating pandemic and economic collapse. His rosy pitch stands in sharp contrast to the message of Democrat Joe Biden, who promises to level with people about tough days ahead even if he wins Tuesday’s election. In a campaign that has been dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic that has killed
  • El Salvador landslide kills 9; 35 missing

    El Salvador landslide kills 9; 35 missing
    NEJAPA, El Salvador (AP) — At least nine people have been killed and 35 are missing after a landslide during torrential rains in El Salvador. The slide occurred Thursday night when earth from the upper part of the San Salvador volcano was set in motion, sweeping up trees and homes along a nearly 2-mile (3-kilometer) course some 12 miles (20 kilometers) north of the capital. Civil Defense Director William Hernández said Friday some 40 homes had been destroyed. He says dozens of peopl
  • Illinois judge OKs extradition of 17-year-old accused in Kenosha shootings to face homicide charges in Wisconsin

    Illinois judge OKs extradition of 17-year-old accused in Kenosha shootings to face homicide charges in Wisconsin
    WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — Illinois judge OKs extradition of 17-year-old accused in Kenosha shootings to face homicide charges in Wisconsin.The post Illinois judge OKs extradition of 17-year-old accused in Kenosha shootings to face homicide charges in Wisconsin appeared first on KVOA.
  • Ducey defends decision to toughen rules to return to virtual schooling

    Ducey defends decision to toughen rules to return to virtual schooling
    WASHINGTON – The Ducey administration defended its decision Thursday to make it harder for Arizona schools to revert to virtual education, from in-person or hybrid schooling, in the face of surging COVID-19 cases. …
  • Trump’s election night party up in air due to DC virus rules

    Trump’s election night party up in air due to DC virus rules
    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he’s uncertain he’ll hold his planned Election Night party at his Washington hotel after District of Columbia officials signaled that such a gathering could be in violation of rules limiting mass gatherings during the coronavirus pandemic. Trump told reporters that he may stay at the White House or pick another location to hold his campaign’s party, expressing frustration with the city’s coronavirus protocol. D.C. Mayor
  • GOP Arkansas candidate faces criticism over Klan costume

    GOP Arkansas candidate faces criticism over Klan costume
    LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A Republican candidate for the Arkansas Senate who dressed up like a member of the Ku Klux Klan for a Halloween event when he was in high school is facing criticism from former classmates and advocacy groups. Charles Beckham III is challenging Democratic state Sen. Bruce Maloch in Tuesday’s election. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that local and statewide urged him in a public letter Wednesday to drop out. That same day, six former peers from the Missi
  • Quake strikes Turkish coast and Greek island, killing 19

    Quake strikes Turkish coast and Greek island, killing 19
    ISTANBUL (AP) — A strong earthquake in the Aegean Sea between the Turkish coast and the Greek island of Samos killed 19 people and injured more than 700 amid collapsed buildings and flooding. Officials said 17 people were killed in Izmir, Turkey’s third-largest city, including one person who drowned. Two teenagers were killed on Samos when a wall collapsed. Officials said a small tsunami struck the Seferihisar district south of Izmir and seawater flooded streets on Samos. Seismologis
  • The Latest: U.S. COVID-19 cases surge past 9 million

    The Latest: U.S. COVID-19 cases surge past 9 million
    BALTIMORE — The U.S. now has 9 million confirmed cases of the coronavirus, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University, as infections continue to rise in nearly every state.
    It took two weeks to reach the mark from 8 million, the fastest jump of 1 million yet. It had taken more than three weeks for the total to rise from 7 million to 8 million.
    Confirmed U.S. cases are on the rise in 47 states. Deaths are up 14% over the past two weeks, averaging more than 800 every day. The vir
  • The Latest: Melania Trump heading to Wisconsin, Pennsylvania

    The Latest: Melania Trump heading to Wisconsin, Pennsylvania
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the presidential campaign (all times local):
    4:15 p.m.
    Melania Trump plans to make solo campaign appearances for the president on Saturday in the battlegrounds of Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.
    The first lady will head to West Bend, Wisconsin, in the southeastern part of the state, followed by a stop in the northeastern Pennsylvania town of Wapwallopen.
    President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden are campaigning hard to win both states, where Trump scored nar
  • Poland: Tens of thousands hold new protest over abortion ban

    Poland: Tens of thousands hold new protest over abortion ban
    WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Tens of thousands of protesters marched through Warsaw to the house of Poland’s ruling party leader in what women’s rights activists planned to be the largest in nine days of nationwide protests against a near-total ban on abortions in Poland. Clashes with far-right groups were reported. The massive demonstrations in Warsaw and elsewhere Friday violate pandemic restrictions which ban gatherings of over five people, and disregarded government appeals for pe
  • Tech losses drive Wall Street down again, ending grim week

    Tech losses drive Wall Street down again, ending grim week
    Sharp drops in Apple, Facebook and other big technology companies ended a miserable week on Wall Street on another sour note. The S&P 500 gave back 1.2%, sealing back-to-back weekly losses and the second straight losing month for the benchmark index since March. Surging coronavirus cases in the U.S. and Europe have spooked investors into dumping risker assets. Washington’s failure to deliver badly needed aid to the recession-struck economy and uncertainty about the presidential electio
  • The Latest: San Francisco will not reopen extra activities

    The Latest: San Francisco will not reopen extra activities
    SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco will temporarily halt the reopening of additional activities and businesses planned for next week because of an increase in coronavirus case rates and hospitalizations, the city’s mayor and health director said Friday.
    That includes expanding capacity for indoor dining at restaurants, and at places of worship and museums among other businesses, as cases increase not just in San Francisco but also in California and nationally, said Mayor London Breed and
  • The Latest: Retailers board up, secure stores for election

    The Latest: Retailers board up, secure stores for election
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the presidential campaign (all times local):
    4 p.m.
    Retailers including Nordstrom, Tiffany and Saks Fifth Avenue say they’re planning to board up windows or add extra security personnel in some locations ahead of the presidential election.
    Retailers are trying to protect themselves against any civil unrest in a year that has seen widespread protests over social justice. More than 600 locations, particularly in Chicago, New York and Washington, D.C., ha
  • Social issues a priority for cardinal-to-be Wilton Gregory

    Social issues a priority for cardinal-to-be Wilton Gregory
    In four weeks, the Catholic archbishop of Washington, D.C. — Wilton Gregory — is scheduled to become the first first Black cardinal from the United States. In an interview with The Associated Press, he made clear that an array of social issues will be high on his agenda. He hopes the U.S. bishops conference can broaden its concept of “pro-life” so other pressing issues can be considered top priorities along with opposition to abortion. Gregory also endorsed proposals to i
  • Partial lockdown imposed in Belgium, EU’s worst-hit country

    Partial lockdown imposed in Belgium, EU’s worst-hit country
    BUIZINGEN, Belgium (AP) — Belgium has imposed a partial lockdown in a new bid to gain control of the pandemic that has hit the country worse than any other in the European Union. As COVID-19 infections continued their record rise on Friday, the government moved to restrict travel and shopping. Family contact will also be reduced to an absolute minimum of one outside the closest cluster for the next 6 weeks. Remote work will be mandatory. Hospitals and experts have long complained that Belg
  • Confirmed U.S. coronavirus cases surge past 9 million as infections are on the rise in 47 states

    Confirmed U.S. coronavirus cases surge past 9 million as infections are on the rise in 47 states
    NEW YORK (AP) — Confirmed U.S. coronavirus cases surge past 9 million as infections are on the rise in 47 states.The post Confirmed U.S. coronavirus cases surge past 9 million as infections are on the rise in 47 states appeared first on KVOA.

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