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• Police: Dallas shootout kills suspect, wounds campus officer

  06-11-2020 23:56
  
  DALLAS (AP) — Authorities say an exchange of gunfire in downtown Dallas left a community college police officer injured and a suspect fatally wounded. Dallas police said Friday that officers with the Dallas College Police Department were investigating a suspicious vehicle about 6:30 p.m. Thursday near the school’s El Centro Campus downtown when they determined a person inside had an outstanding warrant. Police say the officers tried to arrest the person, who produced a handgun, and s
  
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• Jimmie Johnson leaves indelible mark on and off race track

  06-11-2020 23:54
  
  AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Jimmie Johnson will end his 19-year run as a seven-time NASCAR champion on Sunday in suburban Phoenix. He is ranked sixth on the all-time wins list. Johnson is also an off-track champion celebrated for his generosity. The California native is ending the NASCAR grind and next year plans to run 14 IndyCar races as a 45-year-old rookie. His reign of supremacy in NASCAR will likely never be challenged. Johnson’s success in the No. 48 Chevrolet was unprecedented wit
  
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• Court Docs: Man ‘choked to death’ after accused of vandalizing his own property

  06-11-2020 23:53
  
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  TUCSON (KVOA) - The man allegedly killed after Tuesday's altercation over the painting of his home was reportedly choked to death, according to an interim complaint acquired by News 4 Tucson Friday afternoon.At around 5 p.m. Tuesday, Tucson Police Department officers were dispatched to a home located near Golf Links Road and Calle Yucatan in reference to a fight.The officers found 63-year-old Robert M. Norwood unresponsive at the scene. Despite
  
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• Criminal justice reformer wins LA district attorney’s race

  06-11-2020 23:52
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles voters have elected a criminal justice reformer to run the nation’s largest prosecutor’s office. Former San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon unseated two-term incumbent DA Jackie Lacey on Friday in a race seen as a referendum on reforming the criminal justice system. Gascon vowed to bring sweeping changes to the office, such as jailing only dangerous criminals and holding police officers accountable for unjustified killings. Gascon’
  
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• Paul Shanley, priest at center of sex scandal, dead at 89

  06-11-2020 23:51
  
  WARE, Mass. (AP) — Authorities say a former Roman Catholic street priest who played a pivotal role in the sexual abuse scandal that rocked the Archdiocese of Boston has died. Police in the west-central Massachusetts town of Ware have confirmed Paul Shanley’s death on Friday. Shanley was a popular priest who counseled gay and troubled youths in the 1960s and 1970s. In 2005, he was convicted of raping a boy at a Newton church in the 1980s and sentenced to 12 years in prison. He was fre
  
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• Trump’s attacks on mail-in ballots rankle some military vets

  06-11-2020 23:45
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has held himself up as a champion of U.S. troops without rival. Now, with his presidency on the line, he’s casting suspicion on a tool of participatory democracy — the mail-in ballot — that has allowed U.S. military personnel to vote while serving far from home since the War of 1812. The president has shouted from Twitter to “STOP THE COUNT” and leveled unsubstantiated charges that mail-in ballots counted after election
  
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• The Latest: Kansas new çoronavirus cases ‘just skyrocketing’

  06-11-2020 23:43
  
  TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas added a record-setting 5,418 new coronavirus cases over two days as hospitals warned that staffing was being seriously strained.
  The increases in confirmed and probable cases reported Friday brought the state’s total to 97,633, a 5.9% increase from Wednesday.Data from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment shows that state averaged 1,779 new cases a day for the seven days ending Friday. The state also added 79 COVID-19 fatalities to bring the total to 1
  
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• Evangelicals stick with Trump, see upside even if he loses

  06-11-2020 23:43
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The conservative evangelical Christians who helped send Donald Trump to the White House four years ago stuck by him again in 2020. But even if Trump doesn’t get a second term, some conservative Christians see reasons to celebrate in this year’s election results. Evangelicals overwhelmingly favored Trump this fall, with about 8 in 10 backing him, according to AP VoteCast, and they took heart in their strong presence at the polls. Other close evangelical allies
  
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• Miami judge blasts Venezuela’s top airline for ‘fraud’

  06-11-2020 23:35
  
  MEDELLIN, Colombia (AP) — Two Venezuelan businessmen convicted in the U.S. as unregistered agents of the late Hugo Chavez have scored a major victory in a Miami courtroom in a bitter fight for control of the country’s largest private airline. A Florida state judge blasted Avior Airlines’ founder in a ruling this week for lying in testimony and trying to use the U.S. legal system to perpetrate “fraud.” Avior emerged as Venezuela’s top airline after  intern
  
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• The Latest: Virus infections continue rapid spread in Iowa

  06-11-2020 23:34
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa — Coronavirus infections continued a rapid spread across Iowa, pushing hospitalizations and patients in intensive care to new highs as Iowa medical centers prepared for an onslaught of patients.
  Iowa public health officials reported 3,533 new confirmed cases Friday and 14 more deaths. The seven-day rolling average of the positivity rate in Iowa has risen over the past two weeks from 27% on Oct. 22 to nearly 42% on Nov. 5, according to Johns Hopkins University researchers,
  
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• EXPLAINER: Why ballot-counting in Nevada is dragging on

  06-11-2020 23:28
  
  CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — The vote-counting in Nevada is being criticized for taking too long, but government officials say they are emphasizing accuracy over speed in a year when processing mail-in ballots under extended deadlines is simply taking more time. The Legislature passed a bill in August to send all active voters mail-in ballots, and those postmarked by Election Day can be counted if they arrive within seven days. Washoe County Registrar of Voters Deanna Spikula says the volume o
  
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• The Latest: Virus infections continue rapid spread in Oregon

  06-11-2020 23:22
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa — Coronavirus infections continued a rapid spread across Iowa, pushing hospitalizations and patients in intensive care to new highs as Iowa medical centers prepared for an onslaught of patients.
  Iowa public health officials reported 3,533 new confirmed cases Friday and 14 more deaths. The seven-day rolling average of the positivity rate in Iowa has risen over the past two weeks from 27% on Oct. 22 to nearly 42% on Nov. 5, according to Johns Hopkins University researchers,
  
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• Rapper King Von among 3 killed in Atlanta shooting

  06-11-2020 23:10
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Investigators in Georgia say Chicago rapper King Von was among three people shot and killed in an early shooting Friday outside a nightclub in Atlanta that also left three people wounded. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says King Von, whose real name is Dayvon Bennett, was with a group of men at the Monaco Hookah Lounge. When they arrived, two men approached the group in the parking lot and an argument escalated to gunfire. On- and off-duty Atlanta police responded. Six
  
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• New York AG: Sotheby’s helped rich art lover skirt taxes

  06-11-2020 23:10
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s attorney general is suing Sotheby’s, saying the prominent auction house helped an art collector dodge millions of dollars in New York sales taxes by claiming he was an art dealer for tax purposes. State Attorney Letitia James’ office filed the lawsuit Friday after reaching a $10.75 million settlement with the unnamed collector’s art holding company in 2018. The new lawsuit involves $27 million worth of art purchases. A message seeking comm
  
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• FDA panel urges rejection of experimental Alzheimer’s drug

  06-11-2020 23:10
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Government health advisers have sharply criticized an experimental Alzheimer’s drug. The panel on Friday urged the Food and Drug Administration to reject the treatment. They noted a number of flaws with study data submitted by drugmaker Biogen, which is developing the drug along with a Japanese company. The FDA is not required to follow the group’s advice, though it often does. The drug likely would be very expensive and could have a profound impact on health
  
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• Trump’s wild claims test limits of Republican loyalty

  06-11-2020 23:01
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s wild and unsupported claims of voter fraud have emerged as a high-stakes Republican loyalty test that illustrates the tug of war likely to define the future of the GOP whether he wins or loses. There is a pervasive sense among current and former GOP officials that the president’s behavior is irresponsible if not dangerous, but a divide has emerged between those influential Republicans willing to call him out publicly and those who aren
  
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• Vail preschool closes for the rest of November after seeing two positive COVID-19 cases

  06-11-2020 22:52
  
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  TUCSON (KVOA) - A preschool in the Vail School District was closed Friday after two staff members recently tested positive for COVID-19.According to officials, the district decided to close the Vail Inclusive Preschool located on the campus of Cienega High School through the month in connection to the positive tests.At this time, 120 of the preschool students are currently working remotely, with about have the its student body participating in its individualized education program.In
  
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• The Latest: Oregon plans new restrictions as cases soar

  06-11-2020 22:51
  
  SALEM, Ore. – Following a record-breaking day of COVID-19 cases in Oregon, officials on Friday announced new restrictions that will be implemented in at least five of the state’s counties as part of a two-week pause on social activities.
  The updated safety measures, which begin Nov. 11, include halting visitations to long-term care facilities, reducing the capacity of indoor dining at restaurants to 50 people, encouraging all business to mandate work from home and urging Oregonians
  
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• Missouri poll worker kept COVID diagnosis mostly to herself

  06-11-2020 22:36
  
  O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri election judge who came to work despite testing positive for the coronavirus died in her sleep after a 15-hour shift at the polls. The woman worked Tuesday at a polling place in the St. Louis suburb of St. Charles. Officials don’t yet know if COVID-19 was the cause of death. The woman tested positive on Oct. 30 but ignored advice to isolate and worked alongside nine other election judges. More than 1,800 people voted at the precinct. St. Charles
  
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• Stocks close a blistering week, even as uncertainty lingers

  06-11-2020 22:34
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street took a breather Friday after a blistering rally that gave the market its biggest weekly gain since April and indicated investors see plenty of benefits from more gridlock in Washington. The S&P 500 inched down by less than 0.1%, leaving its blockbuster gain for the week at 7.3%. It was the first loss of the week for the index. While stocks cooled, the bond market got a shot of optimism about the economy from a report showing U.S. employers hired more workers
  
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• Advocates race to find voters to correct flawed ballots

  06-11-2020 22:34
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Advocates for both presidential candidates are racing to find every person in Georgia who submitted a flawed ballot before time runs out to fix the paperwork. The race could be decided by the narrowest of margins, and the deadline for correcting ballots is 5 p.m. Friday. Some of the problem ballots were from absentee voters with missing signatures. Some voters did not have an ID when they arrived at the polls. Others were not listed on the voter rolls and will need to explai
  
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• AP continues to project race in Arizona for Biden despite latest numbers

  06-11-2020 22:27
  
  PHOENIX (AP) - State officials say there are about 250,000 votes still to be counted in Arizona, a Western presidential battleground state, where Democrat Joe Biden has a 1.4 percentage point lead over Republican Donald Trump, an advantage of about 43,779 votes.
  The AP has called the race in Arizona for Biden. The AP said Thursday it is monitoring the vote count in the state as ballots continued to be tallied. The vast majority of the ballots still being counted are from Maricopa County, the mos
  
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• Holiday Giveaway 2020

  06-11-2020 22:19
  
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• 3rd court blocks Trump’s order on congressional seat count

  06-11-2020 22:19
  
  A panel of three judges is the third federal court to rule that President Donald Trump’s effort to exclude people in the country illegally from the numbers used for dividing up congressional seats is unlawful. The federal court in Maryland on Friday prohibited the Commerce Department, which oversees the Census Bureau, from sending to the president any figures that include the number of people in the country illegally in each state when transmitting the apportionment count. Federal courts i
  
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• Demolition starts on big ship stranded 14 months off Georgia

  06-11-2020 22:14
  
  SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A towering crane using a heavy anchor chain like a saw has begun cutting apart a cargo ship that capsized off the Georgia coast nearly 14 months ago. Demolition of the South Korean ship Golden Ray started Friday off St. Simons Island after months of planning and setbacks. The multiagency command tasked with removing the vessel plans to carve it into eight giant chunks, each to be carried away on a barge. The removal is expected to take roughly two months. The salvage t
  
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• Wall Street closes out its biggest weekly gain since April

  06-11-2020 22:13
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street paused Friday after a furious four-day rally gave the market its biggest weekly gain since April. Investors are anticipating that the election this week will result in more partisan gridlock in Washington, keeping business-friendly policies in place. The S&P 500 fell one point but held on to a blockbuster weekly gain of 7.3%. The election has yet to produce a winner in the presidential race, although Democrat Joe Biden has edged closer to victory. Control of
  
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• Wind Advisory issued November 6 at 2:03PM MST until November 7 at 6:00PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  06-11-2020 22:03
  
  * WHAT…Southwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts 40 to 50 mph.
  * WHERE…All of southeast Arizona except for western Pima County.
  * WHEN…From noon to 6 PM MST Saturday.
  * IMPACTS…Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Treelimbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.Patchy blowing dust expected.Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a highprofile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.The post Wind Advisory issued November 6 at 2:03PM M
  
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• Bannon lawyer quits fraud case after inflamatory remarks

  06-11-2020 21:51
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A lawyer for President Donald Trump’s former chief strategist, Steve Bannon, has quit defending him in a federal fraud case after Bannnon’s inflammatory comments about Dr. Anthony Fauci and FBI Director Christopher Wray. In a letter dated Friday, defense attorney William Burck told a federal court judge in New York City that he was withdrawing from the case. He did not give a reason why. Reached by email, Burck declined to discuss the decision. Bannon faces char
  
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• Community Food Bank asks for further community support after Winterhaven canceled due to COVID-19

  06-11-2020 21:42
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - The Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona released a statement Friday afternoon after the news broke Thursday that this year's Winterhaven Festival of Lights has been canceled.Since 1949, community members and Tucson visitors alike have walked through the neighborhood on Fort Lowell Road between Country Club Road and Tucson Boulevard during December to check out the unique and bright holiday displays. In that 70-year period, the annual tradition raised thousands of dollars each
  
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• The Latest: WVa Gov. Justice, staff tested for coronavirus

  06-11-2020 21:40
  
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice and his staff are being tested for the coronavirus after a staffer in the capitol building tested positive on Friday.
  Justice says he was tested minutes before a noon press conference where he announced a record high of new cases. The state reported 540 confirmed coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours.The employee who tested positive on Friday morning works for the attorney general, according to Curtis Johnson, a spokesman for Attorney Gen
  
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• Poland’s police block meeting points on 16th day of protests

  06-11-2020 21:37
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s police are trying to prevent anti-government protesters from gathering anew on the 16th straight day of daily nationwide demonstrations that were triggered by a court ruling that further tightened one of Europe’s strictest abortion laws. Nationwide protests by predominantly young people who are demanding greater rights for women and the right-wing government to step down have been joined by owners of businesses that the government ordered shut in
  
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• Hiring held last month but signs of caution as virus worsens

  06-11-2020 21:34
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Defying fears of another slowdown, U.S. businesses kept hiring at a solid pace in October yet there are signs they remain cautious about the economy’s future as the pandemic worsens. The Labor Department said Friday that employers added 638,000 jobs and the unemployment rate tumbled a full percentage point to 6.9%, extending what has been a faster recovery than many economists expected in the spring. But the pace of hiring isn’t robust enough to rapidly soak u
  
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• Trump supporters enter third day of protests outside Maricopa County tabulation center

  06-11-2020 21:30
  
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  PHOENIX (KPNX) — For the third straight day, supporters of President Donald Trump are gathered in Phoenix outside of the Maricopa County tabulation center. The people protesting are demanding that all ballots be counted in Arizona.Democrat Joe Biden leads in Arizona over Republican President Donald Trump. As of 9 a.m. Friday, Biden leads Trump by 43,779 votes. It's a margin that has tightened in recent days, while Trump's lead has disappeared in other states
  
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• Arizona state land sold for $245M to homebuilding company

  06-11-2020 21:29
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona State Land Department sold vacant land just east of Maricopa County at auction for $245.5 million. Texas-based home construction company D.R. Horton purchased the 270-square-mile parcel — larger than many cities in the state. The opening bid was set at a $68 million evaluation. The Arizona Republic reports that proceeds from the sale Wednesday are designated to benefit public schools. Patrick Brown, D.R. Horton’s vice president of land acquisition, sa
  
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• Arizona-Utah canceled, Pac-12 down to 4 games to open season

  06-11-2020 21:23
  
  The season opener scheduled for Saturday between Utah and Arizona in Salt Lake City was canceled following a request from the Utes due to what the Pac-12 said were a number of COVID-19 cases among Utah players. The cancellation is the second in two days for the Pac-12, which is just preparing to kick off a seven-game football season after watching while other conferences began playing in recent weeks. The game between Washington and California was also canceled.The post Arizona-Utah canceled, Pa
  
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• Man shot by police in Wisconsin reaches plea in assault case

  06-11-2020 21:19
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Black man paralyzed in a Wisconsin police shooting has reached a plea deal to settle a sexual assault case pending against him. Prosecutors in Kenosha charged 29-year-old Jacob Blake in July with sexual assaulting a woman and breaking into her home. Police were trying to arrest him on Aug. 23 when a white officer shot him in the back seven times, paralyzing him from the waist down. The shooting sparked several nights of protests that turned violent. Online court reco
  
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• EXPLAINER: Most service members abroad rely on mail ballots

  06-11-2020 21:13
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — As counting continues to determine the next U.S. president, attention is turning to the role that military and overseas absentee ballots will play in the final result. The country has a long history of helping ensure that active duty military personnel can vote regardless of where they are stationed. President Donald Trump on Thursday tweeted “Stop The Count!” as results showed him well ahead in various battleground states before mail-in ballots had been had f
  
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• EXPLAINER: Why AP hasn’t called the tight race in Nevada

  06-11-2020 21:09
  
  A tight vote margin and large number of ballots that have yet to be counted is making the Nevada race between President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden too early to call. With more than 1.2 million ballots counted, Biden held a 20,137 vote lead Friday afternoon. That’s roughly a 1.6 percentage point edge over Trump. But even after about 85% of the estimated vote had been tallied, tens of thousands of votes remained to be counted statewide, which could eat into Biden’
  
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• This Weekend's Movie Roundup: New films at Roudhouse Cinemas, The Loft Cinema and Harkins

  06-11-2020 21:00
  
  Want to catch a movie after a long (really, really long) week? Tucson, you have many options both in and out of your home.…
  
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• Arizona’s season opener against Utah canceled due to COVID-19 case surge

  06-11-2020 21:00
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - Arizona football fans will have to wait a little bit longer to see this year's Wildcats take the field after the Pac-12 Conference announced Friday that Saturday game against Utah has been canceled.The University of Arizona was originally scheduled to play its season opener against Utah at 1:30 p.m. Saturday. But after the Utes team recently saw a COVID-19 surge in its player, the conference decided to cancel the game entirely. "This decision was made under the Pac-12's football
  
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• US sanctions Hezbollah-allied Lebanese Christian politician

  06-11-2020 20:57
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — The U.S. Treasury says it has imposed sanctions on Lebanon’s former foreign minister and a leading Christian political ally of the militant Hezbollah group. Lawmaker Gebran Bassil leads the biggest bloc in parliament and is a son-in-law of President Michel Aoun. The sanctions are part of the Trump administration’s maximum pressure campaign against Iran and its allies in the region. The United States has been sanctioning Hezbollah officials for years, and recently
  
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• UN urges cease-fire to tackle virus ahead of Myanmar vote

  06-11-2020 20:53
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. chief is appealing for a cease-fire across Myanmar to tackle surging COVID-19 cases ahead of Sunday’s elections. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is concerned at intensifying clashes including in Rakhine State where hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims can’t vote because the government has denied them citizenship, his spokesman said. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said the secretary-general believes peaceful and credible elections can hel
  
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• Notre Dame panel expresses disappointment in school leader

  06-11-2020 20:51
  
  SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — The University of Notre Dame’s Faculty Senate is formally expressing disappointment in the school president’s failure to wear a face mask at a White House event days before he tested positive for the coronavirus. The university’s Faculty Senate was originally expected to vote Thursday on a no confidence resolution for the Rev. John Jenkins’ failure to wear a mask and social distance at a Sept. 26 Rose Garden ceremony for Amy Coney Barrett. Bu
  
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• Pa. judge rejects GOP case on provisional votes

  06-11-2020 20:46
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A statewide appellate court judge in Pennsylvania has dismissed a request from Republicans to stop the state or counties from counting provisional ballots that were cast by voters whose mail-in ballots were disqualified by a technicality.
  Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf’s state elections bureau last month gave guidance to counties that a voter could use a provisional ballot if they “did not successfully vote” with the mail-in or absentee ballot they were issue
  
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• Napier refuses to concede Pima County Sheriff race with 25,000 votes left to be counted

  06-11-2020 20:35
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - With the race for Pima County sheriff too close to call as of Friday morning, Sheriff Mark Napier released a statement on Friday.In a 2016 election rematch, early results showed the incumbent's opponent, former sheriff Chris Nanos take an early lead in the race for Pima County's top cop. The most recent numbers show Nanos continues to lead the election, with 240,499 votes compared to Napier's 234,218.But with Democratic candidate only leading by about 1 percentage point, Napier s
  
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• EXPLAINER: What would a recount in Georgia look like?

  06-11-2020 20:29
  
  They’re still counting votes across Georgia, and it’s really close. While Democrat Joe Biden has surpassed President Donald Trump, his lead is very narrow.  Under Georgia law a candidate can request a recount if the margin is within 0.5 percentage points, which is the case here. Kate Brumback, an AP reporter in Atlanta, says state officials are saying a recount is very likely, in which case ballots would be rescanned on high-speed scanners at each county’s central election
  
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• STORY REMOVED: US–ISIS Propaganda-Arrest

  06-11-2020 20:23
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Please disregard US–ISIS Propaganda-Arrest, published on November 6, 2020, and datelined in PORTLAND, Ore. It duplicates a story The Associated Press published on November 5, 2020.The post STORY REMOVED: US–ISIS Propaganda-Arrest appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Trump faces tough road in getting Supreme Court to intervene

  06-11-2020 20:22
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing the potential for narrow losses in multiple battlegrounds, President Donald Trump might have a tough time persuading the Supreme Court to take up his call to intervene and prevent Joe Biden from becoming president. Trump could need the court’s help in two or more states. That’s an unlikely scenario that is far different from what took place in 2000, the only time the court has effectively settled a presidential election. Twenty years ago, the entire fig
  
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• Hot races, new battleground status make Phoenix tops for political ads

  06-11-2020 20:20
  
  PHOENIX – A slew of high-profile races and Arizona’s new status as a battleground state made Phoenix the top market in the country for television political advertising during this election season, according to a recent report.…
  
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• Puerto Rico to provide free virus testing at toll booths

  06-11-2020 20:19
  
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s Health Department says it will provide free rapid testing at toll booths across the island in a bid to slow down COVID-19 infections. Officials said they aim to target people who could be asymptomatic and don’t know they are infected. The U.S. territory of 3.2 million people has reported more than 36,900 confirmed cases, more than 33,600 probable ones and more than 860 deaths. The announcement was made Friday.The post Puerto Rico to pr
  
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