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• NY judge urged to reject moving border wall case to Colorado

  12-11-2020 23:57
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors are urging a judge to reject a request by a Colorado man to move his trial over an alleged border wall fundraising scam from New York to his home state. The Manhattan prosecutors wrote in legal papers Thursday that moving Timothy Shea’s trial would put a costly burden on the government and the courts and inconvenience witnesses that include investors he ripped off. They matched every one of Shea’s arguments to move the trial with a reason why it shou
  
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• Craving some funnel cake? Fair Food Drive-Thru returns to Pima County Fairgrounds this weekend

  12-11-2020 23:53
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - From freshly fried funnel cakes to juice-dripping turkey legs, Tucsonans usually get their fixing for not-so-healthy but oh so yummy delectable at the Pima County Fair every spring.But ever since COVID-19 hit Arizona, the pandemic has been a large obstacle for residents to overcome to get their fair food fix.Luckily for us, Pima County Fair vendors will allow us to grab some yummy carnival confections a little early thanks to a food fair at the grounds that will be held this week
  
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• The Latest: Vaccine could be available in Mississippi soon

  12-11-2020 23:43
  
  JACKSON, Miss. — A coronavirus vaccine could be available to health care workers and first responders in Mississippi as soon as next month, the state’s top health officials said Thursday.
  State Epidemiologist Dr. Paul Byers said Mississippi has been tentatively approved to receive an initial round of 183,000 doses of the vaccine developed by Pfizer and partner BioNTech, which officials are hoping to see delivered by mid-December.Supplies are limited, so those who are the most high-ri
  
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• Republican senators push for Biden to receive intelligence

  12-11-2020 23:39
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — As President Donald Trump refuses to allow President-elect Joe Biden to receive intelligence briefings — even those he was getting during the campaign — an increasing number of Trump’s allies are calling for Biden to have access to the information. The Senate Republicans are advocating for Biden to receive the classified national security information even as they refuse to acknowledge that he has won the presidential election. The GOP pile-on supporting
  
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• COVID survivor: Double lung transplant ‘a walking miracle’

  12-11-2020 23:36
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Seven months after he was first hospitalized with COVID-19, a utility worker from Las Cruces, New Mexico, has a brand new set of lungs. Doctors at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Phoenix, where the transplant took place, are expected to release 52-year-old Arthur Sanchez on Saturday. He is the first of two double lung transplants the hospital has performed on coronavirus patients since the pandemic began. There have been reports of a handful of COVID patients nationwide who h
  
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• AP FACT CHECK: Trump tweets a tall tale of ‘deleted’ votes

  12-11-2020 23:35
  
  President Donald Trump falsely claimed on Twitter that an election technology firm “deleted” large numbers of his votes or “switched” them to count for Joe Biden — the latest in a series of baseless theories suggesting vote counting problems that the president has been promoting.
  His tweet Thursday amplified a “report” built on empty claims that originated in anonymous comments on a pro-Trump blog.
  Trump and his supporters have launched groundless attack
  
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• 3 dead, 2 missing from flooding at North Carolina campsite

  12-11-2020 23:33
  
  WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Authorities in North Carolina say three people are dead and two more are missing after floodwaters swept through a campsite about 50 miles north of Charlotte. Alexander County director of Doug Gillespie said at least 31 campers were rescued from the campsite, with three taken to the hospital. Gillespie says two of the three have been released. In addition to the deaths at the campsite, Gillespie says another person was killed on a washed-out road. The flooding wa
  
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• Trump, stewing over election loss, silent as virus surges

  12-11-2020 23:21
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has publicly disengaged from the battle against the coronavirus at a time when the disease is tearing across the United States at an alarming pace. Trump, fresh off his reelection loss to President-elect Joe Biden, remains angry that an announcement about progress on developing a COVID-19 vaccine came after Election Day. And aides say the president has shown little interest in the growing crisis even as new cases are skyrocketing and hospitals in pa
  
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• Minnesota grants key permits for Line 3 crude oil pipeline

  12-11-2020 23:18
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota regulators have granted a stack of important approvals for Enbridge Energy’s planned Line 3 pipeline replacement across northern Minnesota. The decisions set the long-delayed $2.6 billion project on the road toward beginning construction soon. The approvals from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and Department of Natural Resources clear the way for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to issue the remaining federal permits, though further steps remain af
  
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• Large accident causes major delays near Oracle, Magee roads

  12-11-2020 23:13
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - A large accident that was reported Thursday afternoon is causing traffic delays in Oro Valley.According to Oro Valley Police Department, the crash took place near the intersection of Oracle and Magee roads.Police say several lanes of traffic have been shut down in connection to the crash.Details are limited at this time.Stay with News 4 Tucson for the latest updates.Working a large accident at Oracle road and Magee. Several lanes shut down. This will be a long close, avoid the in
  
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• Coronavirus deaths surpass 10,000 in hard-hit Massachusetts

  12-11-2020 23:13
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Confirmed coronavirus deaths have surpassed 10,000 in hard-hit Massachusetts. Health officials are cautioning that the actual toll is likely much higher because of fatalities not attributed to COVID-19. The state recorded its first pandemic death on March 20. The toll quickly grew amid deadly outbreaks in nursing homes and long-term care facilities, including the deaths of 76 veterans at a soldiers’ home in Holyoke. Massachusetts has the sixth-highest death toll in the
  
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• Advisory group worried about rural census, crunched timeline

  12-11-2020 23:13
  
  Members of an advisory committee to the U.S. Census Bureau say they’re concerned that rural areas will be undercounted in the 2020 census and that the statistical agency has shortened its timeline for crunching the numbers used for allocating federal funds and congressional seats by state. The Census Scientific Advisory Committee said Thursday during a virtual meeting that, given they have low Internet access, residents of rural areas are particularly at risk of being undercounted since fi
  
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• Officials say confirmed coronavirus deaths have surpassed 10,000 in hard-hit Massachusetts; actual toll likely higher

  12-11-2020 23:11
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Officials say confirmed coronavirus deaths have surpassed 10,000 in hard-hit Massachusetts; actual toll likely higher.The post Officials say confirmed coronavirus deaths have surpassed 10,000 in hard-hit Massachusetts; actual toll likely higher appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Correction: NerdWallet-Millennial Money-New Debt Rules story

  12-11-2020 23:08
  
  In a story Nov. 10 about rules covering third-party debt collectors, The Associated Press — in an article supplied by the personal finance website NerdWallet — reported erroneously that collectors can’t ask for a post-dated check for them to cash later. Collectors can ask for a post-dated check, but must warn consumers a set number of days before the check is cashed. Collectors can’t ask for a post-dated check for the purpose of threatening or instituting criminal prosecu
  
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• Arizona jury gets case of man accused of killing teen girl

  12-11-2020 23:06
  
  PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) — A central Arizona jury began deliberations Thursday afternoon in a murder trial involving a man accused in the 1997 death of his ex-girlfriend and his unborn child. Marisol Gonzalez was 17 when she was fatally shot in a Cottonwood alley in March 1997, the day she was scheduled to be induced to deliver the boy she named Andrew.  Cecilio Cruz is charged with second-degree murder and manslaughter. Prosecutors said Cruz, who was indicted in the case in 2014, could f
  
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• Pedestrian killed in collision near Romero, Ruthrauff roads

  12-11-2020 23:05
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - A woman is dead after she was reportedly involved in a collision in midtown Thursday afternoon.According to Pima County Sheriff's Department, the woman, identified as a pedestrian, was pronounced dead at the scene in connection to a crash on Romero/Ruthrauff roads near Wetmore Road.Details surrounding the incident are limited at this time.Motorists are advised to avoid the area.Stay with News 4 Tucson for the latest updates.
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• U.K. has biggest 1-day jump in confirmed coronavirus cases

  12-11-2020 23:03
  
  LONDON (AP) — The United Kingdom has posted its biggest one-day jump in laboratory-confirmed coronavirus infections, with the government reporting 33,470 new cases. The figure reported Thursday was 10,520 more than the number of positive tests reported a day earlier and pushed the total number of cases in the U.K. since the pandemic began to almost 1.3 million. More than 50,000 people have died from COVID-19 in Britain — Europe’s deadliest toll. The post U.K. has biggest 1
  
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• No. 20 USC faces Arizona after escape against Arizona State

  12-11-2020 23:00
  
  USC is hoping to have an easier time against a second straight school from Arizona in its first road game. The Trojans barely escaped with a 28-27 win over Arizona State in their opener by scoring two touchdowns in the final 2:52. The Wildcats will be playing their first game of 2020 after the opener at Utah last week was canceled due to positive coronavirus tests leaving the Utes without enough scholarship players.The post No. 20 USC faces Arizona after escape against Arizona State appeared fir
  
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• Democrat to seek full recount in tight US House race in Iowa

  12-11-2020 22:55
  
  IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A Democrat trailing by 47 votes in the nation’s tightest congressional race says her campaign will request a full recount in the southeastern Iowa district. Rita Hart’s campaign noted Thursday that her contest against Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks has been marked by two tabulation errors that, when discovered, flipped the lead between back and forth in recent days. Hart campaign manager Zach Meunier says voters “deserve to know categorically t
  
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• Disney posts 4Q loss as parks business, costs drag results

  12-11-2020 22:54
  
  Walt Disney Co. reported a fiscal fourth-quarter loss on Thursday. Its earnings were dragged down by costs from restructuring related to its streaming services and lost revenue from its California theme parks, which remain closed amid surging coronavirus cases in the U.S. But its results were not as bad as feared and shares advanced after hours. Before the pandemic, Disney’s profit soared as its wide array of media and entertainment offerings, from Marvel theatrical releases to Disney crui
  
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• Alaska’s sole member the US House tests positive for COVID

  12-11-2020 22:54
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — U.S. Rep. Don Young announced Thursday that he has tested positive for COVID-19, a day after winning his 25th term in the U.S. House. The 87-year-old representative made the announcement on Twitter. He wrote that he’s feeling strong, following proper protocols and was working from home in Alaska. He also asked for privacy. A message sent to his spokesman wasn’t immediately returned Last March, Young spoke to a group of senior citizens and downplayed the
  
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• Threat to burn Black church: North Carolina man gets 2 years

  12-11-2020 22:53
  
  NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A man has been sentenced to two years in prison for threatening to burn down a Black church in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The U.S. Department of Justice says 63-year-old John Malcolm Bareswill of Catawba, North Carolina, was sentenced Thursday. According to court documents, Bareswill called the church in June, made racially derogatory remarks, and threatened to set it ablaze. The call came days after one of the church’s leaders took part in a prayer vigil and peace
  
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• San Tan Valley woman accused of abusing partner’s young son

  12-11-2020 22:43
  
  SAN TAN VALLEY, Ariz. (AP) — Pinal County Sheriff’s officials say a San Tan Valley woman has been arrested on suspicion of child abuse involving her partner’s 8-year-old son. They say 29-year-old Claudia Genis turned herself in to county authorities Tuesday and was jailed on a $750,000 secured bond. Sheriff’s officials say the child’s mother continues to cooperate with the investigation. They say the boy had to be flown to Phoenix Children’s Hospital on Sept.
  
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• Pair of emus amuse Pima County after wandering away from home

  12-11-2020 22:38
  
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  TUCSON (KVOA) - Pima County Sheriff's Department had an emu-sing afternoon after they rescued two emus who were spotted running around Pima County Thursday.According to Pima County Sheriff's Department, the department received a report of a pair of emus wandering near the intersection of Neal and San Joaquin roads at around noon Thursday.The deputies were reportedly able to contain the emus at a nearby fenced-in property.The owner has since been contacted and th
  
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• NCAA voices concern over prop bets on college athletes

  12-11-2020 22:37
  
  ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — An NCAA official is voicing concern over sports betting on the performance of individual college athletes and suggesting that gambling regulators consider restrictions on such wagers to protect the integrity of the games. Naima Stevenson-Starks, an NCAA vice president, expressed concern about so-called proposition bets involving college athletes. They involve whether a given player will or won’t surpass a certain threshold during a game, like whether a quar
  
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• McEnany wears 2 hats as WH press secretary, campaign adviser

  12-11-2020 22:37
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Kayleigh McEnany is wearing two hats these days, serving as both the White House press secretary and a Trump 2020 campaign adviser. The dual roles have raised questions about the appropriateness of fulfilling both tasks while drawing a taxpayer-financed salary of $183,000 a year. Joe Lockhart, who served as White House press secretary under President Bill Clinton, tweeted that McEnany’s “behavior is both outrageous and damaging” and called for House lawm
  
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• Prosecutor reads racist messages by Ahmaud Arbery’s killer

  12-11-2020 22:35
  
  BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Prosecutors in Georgia say the man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery had previously used racial slurs in text messages and on social media. Travis McMichael and his father, Gregory McMichael, were seeking bond at a Thursday hearing in the port city of Brunswick. The white men were charged with murder after arming themselves and chasing Arbery in February when they saw him running in their neighborhood. A prosecutor asked Travis McMichael’s friend Zachary Langford o
  
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• The Latest: Chicago to impose new coronavirus restrictions

  12-11-2020 22:32
  
  CHICAGO — Chicago has issued new COVID-19 restrictions, including limiting social gatherings to 10 people, in hopes of combating the surge in cases ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday.
  Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is urging people to stay home except for essentials, like work or getting groceries, takes effect Monday.
  Lightfoot said Thursday the city must work to counteract the rapid rise of COVID-19 cases, including canceling traditional Thanksgiving plans to gather with friends and family.
  
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• Ex-Ohio State prof pleads guilty to sharing work with China

  12-11-2020 22:31
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio-based medical researcher and former professor has pleaded guilty to a charge stemming from what prosecutors called a sophisticated scheme to transfer U.S.-backed research to China. The government says Song Guo Zheng of Hilliard in suburban Columbus and his research groups secured more than $4.3 million in grants from the National Institutes of Health for projects. Investigators said Zheng was receiving overlapping funding from the National Natural Science Foun
  
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• A few cracks but no big GOP break with Trump on Biden’s win

  12-11-2020 22:27
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The most powerful Republicans in Washington are still standing firmly behind President Donald Trump and his unsupported claims of voter fraud. But new cracks are emerging among GOP leaders from Utah to Ohio to New Hampshire who believe it’s time for the administration to treat Democrat Joe Biden like the president-elect he is. Five days after Biden won the election, Trump continues to block his rival from receiving the security briefings, federal funding and other a
  
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• Southwest sees slower travel recovery as COVID-19 cases rise

  12-11-2020 22:25
  
  DALLAS (AP) — A new report from Southwest Airlines indicates that the rise in COVID-19 cases around the country is cutting into travel bookings.
  That's bad news for the airlines just before the important Thanksgiving holiday, normally a busy travel period.
  Southwest said Thursday that leisure-travel bookings improved slightly in October, but that improvement is fading for November and December flights.
  Meanwhile, JetBlue Airways will stop blocking seats on its flights starting Jan. 8. Airl
  
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• COVID-19 cases hit 1st Caribbean cruise since pandemic

  12-11-2020 22:23
  
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Officials say one of the first cruise ships to ply through Caribbean waters since the pandemic began ended its trip early after at least five passengers tested positive for COVID-19. The SeaDream is carrying 66 crew and more than 50 passengers, with the majority of passengers hailing from the U.S. according to Sue Bryant, who is aboard the ship and is a cruise editor for The Times and The Sunday Times in Britain. She told The Associated Press on Thursday that o
  
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• Eta soaks Florida, races to Atlantic off Georgia, Carolinas

  12-11-2020 22:21
  
  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Tropical Storm Eta dumped blustery rain in north Florida after an early morning landfall north of the heavily populated Tampa Bay area, and then sped out into the Atlantic off of the neighboring Georgia seacoast. Some flooding was reported, but no major damage though one death in Florida was linked to the storm. Eta slogged ashore near Cedar Key, Florida, before moving northeast across the state, according to the National Weather Service in Miami. The storm had
  
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• Toronto van attack trial gets first glimpse of defense

  12-11-2020 22:15
  
  TORONTO (AP) — A Canadian court is hearing that a psychiatrist hired by defense lawyers for the man behind Toronto’s 2018 van attack found Alek Minassian had an “autistic way of thinking” that was severely distorted.  Minassian has admitted in court to planning and carrying out the April 23, 2018 attack in which he drove a van down a busy Toronto sidewalk, killing 10 people and injuring 16 others.  He has pleaded not guilty and has asked to be found not criminal
  
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• Stocks pull further below record highs as infections spread

  12-11-2020 22:07
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are ending lower on Wall Street, pulling major indexes further below the record highs they flirted with a day earlier, as coronavirus infections continue to mount. The S&P 500 lost 1% Thursday, a rare stumble in what’s been a banner month for the benchmark index. Many analysts along Wall Street are still optimistic the market can climb higher and set more records amid hope a vaccine may be coming for COVID-19. But several risks remain that could trip up mar
  
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• Police: Oklahoma man shot by officers suspect in 2 killings

  12-11-2020 22:01
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Police say a man who was shot and killed during a gun battle with police in Oklahoma City was a suspect in two homicides and the kidnapping of his 14-month-old daughter. Police said in a news release Thursday that 37-year-old Brandon Milburn was shot and killed Wednesday. Milburn is suspected of shooting and killing his girlfriend and taking their 14-month-old daughter. The child was found safe with relatives in southern Oklahoma. Milburn also is suspected of stealing
  
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• Calls for independent investigation of Black teen’s death

  12-11-2020 22:00
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Activists and the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana are calling for an independent investigation into the death of a Black 15-year-old whose body was found days after he was reported missing. Quawan Charles’ body was found Nov. 3 in Iberia Parish, where the sheriff’s office is investigating his death as a possible homicide. Civil rights attorney Ron Haley and the ACLU say authorities in two parishes have provided little information to the family. A
  
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• White separatist who spewed racial hatred dead at 82

  12-11-2020 21:59
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tom Metzger, the notorious former Ku Klux Klan leader who rose to prominence in the 1980s while promoting white separatism and stoking racial violence, has died at age 82.  The Riverside County Public Health Department said Thursday that Metzger died Nov. 4 of Parkinson’s disease. As a Klan leader in the 1970s and later as founder of the White Aryan Resistance, Metzger organized rallies and cross burnings. But he was pushed into the shadows after skinheads con
  
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• Senate likely to vote on controversial Fed pick next week

  12-11-2020 21:58
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s unorthodox choice for the Federal Reserve Board of Governors could be voted on by the Senate next week. The office of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday that Judy Shelton’s nomination is headed to the Senate floor. It’s an indication that Senate GOP leadership feels they likely have the votes to approve Shelton’s nomination. Her selection stalled in September when Sen. Jon Thune, a member of the Senate lea
  
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• The Weeknd to headline the Super Bowl LV halftime show

  12-11-2020 21:53
  
  (CNN) -- Canadian R&B singer "The Weeknd" tweeted he's got a big gig next year: the Super Bowl halftime show.He tweeted: "Performing on the iconic stage, see you February 7th, 2021."
  performing on the iconic stage. see you 02/07/21 @pepsi #pepsihalftime #SBLV pic.twitter.com/oYlQyvKRwh— The Weeknd (@theweeknd) November 12, 2020
  The three-time Grammy winner says he's humbled, honored and ecstatic to take that stage.Show organizers also confirmed the news.The Super Bowl will be held at R
  
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• Wisconsin elections head says still no evidence of fraud

  12-11-2020 21:52
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s elections chief says there remains no evidence of any wrongdoing, fraud or irregularity in the state’s presidential election, as counties work to wrap up certifying their votes and estimating how much it would cost to recount them. Elections chief Meagan Wolfe said Thursday that nothing unusual has come up during the county certification of the votes. Fifty- five of the state’s 72 counties have completed the certification and Democrat Joe
  
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• Feds announce COVID-19 vaccine agreement with drug stores

  12-11-2020 21:52
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials have reached an agreement with pharmacies across the U.S. to distribute free coronavirus vaccines after they are approved and become available to the public. The goal eventually is to make them readily available, like the flu shot. Thursday’s agreement with major chain drug stores, grocery market pharmacies and other chains and networks covers about 3 in 5 of pharmacies in all 50 states and U.S. territories like Puerto Rico. It looks ahead t
  
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• Repairs to bridge linking Ohio, Kentucky to take weeks

  12-11-2020 21:51
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — Kentucky’s transportation secretary says repairs to a bridge linking Ohio and Kentucky that was damaged by a fiery truck crash will take weeks. The span serving a crucial highway artery was damaged Wednesday. Inspectors went on the Brent Spence Bridge Thursday to assess damage after workers cleared debris and the bridge cooled down from the extreme heat from the crash. Kentucky Transportation Secretary Jim Gray says officials don’t yet know the extent of damag
  
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• The Latest: WH task force suggests masks for Oklahoma surge

  12-11-2020 21:39
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY — The White House Coronavirus Task Force has again recommended a statewide mask mandate for Oklahoma amid a surge of coronavirus cases and hospitalizations.Oklahoma’s seven-day rolling average of daily new cases has risen from 1,185 to 2,080, according to data from Johns Hopkins University on Thursday. The task force report, released Wednesday by the Oklahoma State Department of Health, says urgent action is needed.
  Gov. Kevin Stitt has opposed a statewide mandate. The
  
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• White Sox say they understand ‘seriousness’ La Russa case

  12-11-2020 21:26
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago White Sox are sticking with new manager Tony La Russa for now, saying they understand the “seriousness” of his latest drunk driving case and will have more to say once it plays out in court. The White Sox said Thursday in a statement they will “have more to say” once the case is resolved. La Russa blew out a tire on the grey Lexus he was driving in a collision with a curb that left the vehicle smoking when he was arrested on misdemeanor DU
  
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• The Latest: President-elect Biden talks with Pelosi, Schumer

  12-11-2020 21:25
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President-elect Joe Biden (all times local):
  3:25 p.m.
  President-elect Joe Biden has spoken with the top two Democrats in Congress — but not their Republican counterparts yet.
  Biden’s transition team announced Thursday that he spoke by phone with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer, thanking them for their congratulations and expressing “his commitment to uniting the country after a hard-fought campaign.&rd
  
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• Vatican calling: Pope congratulates Joe Biden on election

  12-11-2020 21:24
  
  According to President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team, even the pope considers the U.S. presidential race over. Biden spoke with Pope Francis on Thursday, despite President Donald Trump refusing to concede. Trump claims — without evidence — that the election was stolen through massive fraud. Biden said he hopes to work with the pontiff on issues such as climate change, poverty and immigration. News of the call came even as some U.S. Catholic bishops decline to acknowledge Bi
  
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• UCLA picked to win Pac-12 in preseason poll

  12-11-2020 21:22
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — UCLA is the preseason pick to win the Pac-12 for the first time since 2011-12. The No. 20 Bruins received nine first-place votes and 251 points from a panel of media members who cover the league. No. 18 Arizona State was second with 246 points and five first-place votes. No. 22 Oregon, which is the defending conference regular-season champion, had seven first-place votes and 241 points. Stanford finished fourth with one first-place vote and 209 points.The post UCLA pic
  
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• Mexican president presents bill to ban outsourcing of jobs

  12-11-2020 21:21
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is proposing legislation that would ban subcontracting or outsourcing of jobs by private companies, except with government authorization. The proposal outlined Thursday says personnel, staffing or temp companies can help private firms recruit, select or train workers, but cannot be listed as their employer. The bill would allow subcontract workers to provide “specialized services or carry out specialized p
  
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• As virus cases rise, Southwest sees slower travel recovery

  12-11-2020 21:15
  
  DALLAS (AP) — A new report from Southwest Airlines indicates that the rise in COVID-19 cases around the country is cutting into travel bookings. That’s bad news for the airlines just before the important Thanksgiving holiday, normally a busy travel period. Southwest said Thursday that leisure-travel bookings improved slightly in October, but that improvement is fading for November and December flights. Meanwhile, JetBlue Airways will stop blocking seats on its flights starting Jan. 8
  
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