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• Oregon and New Mexico order lockdowns, other states resist

  13-11-2020 23:44
  
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The governors of Oregon and New Mexico have ordered near-lockdowns in the most sweeping reaction yet to the latest wave of coronavirus infections shattering records across the U.S.. But many of their colleagues in other states show little appetite for reimposing the hard-line restrictions of last spring.  Governors in many states, such as New York, Maryland, Virginia and Minnesota, have instead taken largely incremental measures over the past few days, such as
  
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• U.S. citizenship test adds more questions, draws criticism

  13-11-2020 23:39
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Updates to the U.S. citizenship test will require applicants to answer more questions than before and could slow down the number of tests administered each day. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced the updated test now has 128 civics items to study from and will require applicants answer 20 questions instead of 10. Sarah Pierce, a policy analyst at the nonpartisan Migration Policy Institute, says the changes to the naturalization test could possibly triple the
  
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• Field of flags tries to make sense of staggering COVID-19 death toll

  13-11-2020 23:30
  
  WASHINGTON – The hardest part of Suzanne Firstenberg’s day is when she changes the numbers on the board – each number representing an American who has died as a result of COVID-19.…
  
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• 2 men testify against alleged ringleader of mosque bombing

  13-11-2020 23:29
  
  ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Two Illinois men who pleaded guilty to a 2017 bombing of a Minnesota mosque have testified against the alleged ringleader behind the attack. But the trial of Michael Hari was abruptly stopped Friday after a juror’s spouse tested positive for COVID-19. Hari faces multiple counts stemming from the attack on Dar al-Farooq Islamic Center. His co-defendants, Michael McWhorter and Joe Morris, have testified that Hari planned the attack. No one was injured, but the mo
  
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• The Latest: UConn places dormitories under quarantine

  13-11-2020 23:26
  
  HARTFORD, Connecticut – The University of Connecticut placed all dormitories under quarantine at its main campus Friday because of rising coronavirus infections, as the state reported a daily record of positive test results.
  Gov. Ned Lamont’s office reported 2,746 more people tested positive for COVID-19 compared with Thursday. It was the highest number since testing began in March and the first time that daily positive tests totaled more than 2,000 since April.
  UConn officials also
  
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• The Latest: California Gov: I shouldn’t have attended party

  13-11-2020 23:20
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he should not have attended a birthday party with a dozen people at an upscale restaurant earlier this month as the state is battling an increase in coronavirus cases.
  The San Francisco Chronicle first reported Friday that the Nov. 6 event was a 50th birthday party for Newsom friend and adviser Jason Kinney. It took place at the French Laundry in Napa County, a pricey Michelin star restaurant.
  Newsom says he followed the restaurant&rsq
  
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• S&P 500 closes at record as possible vaccine lifts markets

  13-11-2020 23:19
  
  The S&P 500 closed at a record high on Friday as optimism built among investors that a coming vaccine for coronavirus will help end the shutdowns that have devastated the economy. The benchmark index rose 1.4%. Markets also welcomed the election of Joe Biden as president and the likelihood of Republican control of the Senate, setting up a divided government that will probably mean a continuation of business-friendly policies. Small-company stocks outpaced the rest of the market this week, re
  
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• Bond greatly reduced for man linked to Whitmer kidnap plot

  13-11-2020 23:19
  
  JACKSON, Mich. (AP) — A judge has reduced bond to $150,000 for a man accused of allowing his property to be used by an anti-government group plotting to kidnap Michigan’s governor. Joseph Morrison is described as the commander of the Wolverine Watchmen. He’s been in custody in Jackson County for more than five weeks. Judge Michael Klaeren says the $10 million bond was too high. Klaeren reduced it and set conditions if Morrison is released, including a GPS tether. Authorities al
  
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• The Latest: Trump wraps up event without taking questions

  13-11-2020 23:18
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President-elect Joe Biden (all times local):
  5:15 p.m.
  President Donald Trump has wrapped up his Rose Garden news conference celebrating progress made on bringing a coronavirus vaccine to market without taking a question from reporters.
  The White House has long boasted that Trump has been perhaps the most press accessible commander-in-chief in the nation’s history. But the president has become unusually press shy as he soldiers on with a legal effort t
  
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• AP FACT CHECK: Trump wrongly takes full credit for vaccine

  13-11-2020 23:18
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday wrongly claimed full credit for Pfizer Inc.’s announcement that its COVID-19 vaccine was robustly successful, misrepresenting the extent of government support behind the company’s efforts.A look at the claim, made during his first public remarks since his defeat by President-elect Joe Biden:
  TRUMP: “As a result of Operation Warp Speed, Pfizer announced on Monday that its China virus vaccine was more than 90% effective. &h
  
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• Masked workers start presidential hand tally in Georgia

  13-11-2020 23:10
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Election officials in Georgia’s 159 counties are undertaking a hand tally of the presidential race that stems from an audit required by state law. The law requires that one race be audited by hand to check that the machines counted the ballots accurately, not because of any suspected problems with the results. Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger chose to audit the presidential race, in which Democrat Joe Biden leads Republican President Donald Trump by about 14,000 v
  
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• CDC: Wearing a mask could keep you from catching virus

  13-11-2020 23:04
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials are taking a new tack in the coronavirus fight by emphasizing recent research that finds a mask protects the person who wears it. Previously, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advised masks because of medical evidence that it stops people who are infected with coronavirus — whether they know it or not — from spreading it to others. But this week the CDC posted on its Web site a scientific brief discussing recent studies finding
  
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• The Latest: Trump suggests possibility of new administration

  13-11-2020 22:59
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President-elect Joe Biden (all times local):
  4:55 p.m.
  President Donald Trump says he refuses to have another lockdown as coronavirus cases surge across the country, but suggested one could be in the offing should he lose his legal challenges to overcome his election loss to President-elect Joe Biden.
  Trump, who spoke publicly Friday for the first time since his defeat, repeated his long-held argument that government restrictions meant to stem the virus caus
  
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• President Trump touts fast progress in race for a vaccine

  13-11-2020 22:57
  
  WASHINGTON DC (AP) - President Donald Trump is touting the fast progress in getting a vaccine available to counter the coronavirus pandemic, which has killed more than 240,000 people in the United States. No vaccine has been formally approved, but Trump said one could be available to the general public as soon as April.Trump spoke in the Rose Garden on Friday, his first comments since Election Day. He did not concede the election to President-elect Joe Biden but said his administration will neve
  
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• 2 Pac-12 football games canceled as virus problems linger

  13-11-2020 22:55
  
  The Pac-12′s football schedule has been scrambled for a second straight week. Positive COVID-19 tests have led to the cancellation of both the Arizona State-California and UCLA-Utah football games. Instead, Cal will play UCLA on Sunday morning at the Rose Bowl. Friday’s announcements from the Pac-12 capped the most tumultuous week of COVID-19 disruptions of the college football season. Fifteen games of the 59 games scheduled for Week 11 have been called off. The Sun Devils’ hom
  
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• UN chief vows to do utmost to keep Western Sahara cease-fire

  13-11-2020 22:54
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is ramping up efforts to try to get Morocco and pro-independence supporters in disputed Western Sahara to step back from a renewed flare up of fighting. And he is warning that the clashes could rupture a nearly 30-year cease-fire and have “grave consequences.” In recent days, Guterres and other U.N. officials have been working the phones and been involved in “multiple initiatives to avoid an escalation” &
  
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• Ex-tennis club chief gets 3 months in prison in college scam

  13-11-2020 22:54
  
  BOSTON (AP) — The former president of a private tennis club in Texas has been sentenced to three months in prison followed by three months in home confinement for his role in the sweeping college admissions bribery scheme. Martin Fox apologized Friday for his actions during an appearance before a Boston judge via video conference due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Houston man pleaded guilty last year to a racketeering conspiracy charge in a deal with prosecutors. Prosecutors say Fox pers
  
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• Federal fugitive captured after nearly 50 years on the run

  13-11-2020 22:53
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — The FBI says a man who was serving a life sentence for murder when he escaped custody while attending his grandmother’s funeral nearly 50 years ago has been captured in Michigan. Leonard Rayne Moses was 16 when he was convicted in the 1968 killing of Mary Amplo during civil unrest in Pittsburgh over the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Moses escaped custody in 1971. The FBI says he’d been living under an assumed name in Michigan. Moses was char
  
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• Trump hails progress on vaccine in first remarks since loss

  13-11-2020 22:49
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has hailed developments in the race for a vaccine for the resurgent coronavirus. He delivered his first public remarks Friday since his defeat by President-elect Joe Biden, even as he refuses to concede the election. Speaking from the Rose Garden, Trump said a vaccine would ship in “a matter of weeks” to vulnerable populations, though the Food and Drug Administration has not yet been asked to grant the necessary emergency approvals. In a
  
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• The Latest: Trump touts fast progress in race for a vaccine

  13-11-2020 22:48
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President-elect Joe Biden (all times local):
  4:45 p.m.
  President Donald Trump is touting the fast progress in getting a vaccine available to counter the coronavirus pandemic, which has killed more than 240,000 people in the United States. No vaccine has been formally approved, but Trump said one could be available to the general public as soon as April.
  Trump spoke in the Rose Garden on Friday, his first comments since Election Day. He did not concede the el
  
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• Republicans face court setbacks, Trump law firm steps down

  13-11-2020 22:45
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Republicans suffered setbacks to court challenges over the presidential election in three battleground states on Friday as a national law firm that came under fire for its work for President Trump’s campaign withdrew from a major Pennsylvania case. The legal blows began when a federal appeals court rejected an effort to block about 9,300 ballots that arrived after Election Day in Pennsylvania. The judges noted the “unprecedented challenges” facing the
  
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• Pence: President Trump committed to election legal fight

  13-11-2020 22:37
  
  WASHINGTON DC (AP) - Vice President Mike Pence is telling young Republican supporters that President Donald Trump remains committed to pursuing legal challenges in hopes of overturning his election loss to President-elect Joe Biden.Pence said in a Friday address to Young America Foundation's fall college retreat: “We’re going to fight for an outcome in this election that wins us four more years."Pence offered the conservative group a pep talk as Trump continues to refuse to concede.
  
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• EXPLAINER: Why AP called North Carolina for Trump

  13-11-2020 22:36
  
  The Associated Press declared Donald Trump the winner in North Carolina after concluding there were not enough ballots left to be counted that would allow Joe Biden to overtake his lead. Friday was the deadline for counties in North Carolina to certify their results. Following updates from most counties in the state, Trump was leading by about 73,690 votes, or 1.3 percentage points. The AP on Saturday declared Biden had won the presidency. But few individual contests, including North Carolina, r
  
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• Republican Martha McSally Concedes U.S. Senate Race To Democrat Mark Kelly

  13-11-2020 22:34
  
  In a statement today, appointed Sen. Martha McSally conceded the obvious: She's not going to win this year's U.S. Senate race.McSally congratulated her Democratic opponent Mark Kelly on winning an election that turned out to be one of the most expensive in the nation. According to the Associated Press, Kelly won 51.2% of the vote (1,714,466), beating McSally by more than 75,000 votes. "With nearly all the votes counted, I called Mark Kelly this morning to congratulate him on winning this ra
  
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• The Latest: Gov. Herbert declares state of emergency in Utah

  13-11-2020 22:25
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — Republican Gov. Gary Herbert declared a state of emergency in Utah Sunday and ordered a statewide mask mandate in an attempt to stem a record-breaking surge in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations that threaten to overwhelm hospitals. Herbert and the Utah Department of Health issued executive and public health orders requiring residents to wear face coverings in public, at work and when they are within 6 feet (2 meters) of people who don’t live in their households.
  
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• Federal utility fined $900K for nuclear violations, coverup

  13-11-2020 22:24
  
  Federal regulators have fined the nation’s largest public utility more than $900,000 for violating procedures during the startup of a Tennessee nuclear reactor and subsequently misleading investigators. Two managers and a plant operator who worked at the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Watts Barr Nuclear Plant in Spring City were also issued violations by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. In a Nov. 6 notice, regulators noted a “substantial safety culture issue” at the time
  
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• Review of federal utility’s CEO pay to continue into 2021

  13-11-2020 22:14
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The review of a federal utility’s CEO compensation following President Donald Trump’s criticisms of the pay scale will continue into 2021. Tennessee Valley Authority chairman John Ryder said at a virtual board meeting Friday that the independent consultant’s findings should be ready for a February board meeting. That would follow President-elect Joe Biden’s Jan. 20 inauguration. TVA announced the review in August, after Trump earlier that mon
  
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• Report: 5 investigations of Wisconsin officer who shot Blake

  13-11-2020 22:11
  
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — Newly released records show a white Kenosha, Wisconsin, police officer who shot a Black man in the back had been the subject of five internal investigations during his seven-year career. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Friday that Rusten Sheskey was reprimanded three times for crashing his squad car on three separate occasions, and his actions in two domestic violence arrests came under scrutiny but didn’t violate policy. Sheskey shot Jacob Blake in the back
  
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• UN-led Libya talks set December 2021 date for elections

  13-11-2020 22:10
  
  GAMMARTH, Tunisia (AP) — The top U.N. official for Libya says that representatives from the country’s warring sides have agreed to hold nationwide elections in December next year. The announcement on Friday comes amid Tunisia-hosted talks aimed at setting a roadmap out of the country’s yearslong civil war. The gathering this week is the latest effort to end the chaos that engulfed the North African country after the 2011 overthrow and killing of dictator Moammar Gadhafi. Previo
  
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• S&P 500 closes at a record high, ending another banner week

  13-11-2020 22:08
  
  The S&P 500 is closing at a record high for the first time since September, posting its second weekly gain in a row. The index rose 1.4% Friday, bringing its for November to 9.6%. Hopeful news this week on progress toward a coronavirus vaccine prompted investors to plow money into stocks, especially those of smaller companies, which stand to benefit greatly as the economy recovers. Those gains came at the expense of winners of the stay-at-home economy like Netflix and Amazon that investors h
  
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• President-elect Biden offers statement on COVID-19 as cases continue to surge

  13-11-2020 22:08
  
  (WREX) — The President-elect has weighed in on COVID-19 as cases continue to surge across the country.Here’s the statement from President-elect Biden:Today, I met with the co-chairs of the transition COVID-19 Advisory Board, Dr. Vivek Murthy, Dr. David Kessler, and Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith. 
  They briefed me on the accelerating public health crisis. The facts they presented were alarming. Our country is experiencing surges in reported infections, hospitalizations, and fatalities
  
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• The Latest: Pence: Trump committed to election legal fight

  13-11-2020 22:07
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President-elect Joe Biden (all times local):
  4:05 p.m.
  Vice President Mike Pence is telling young Republican supporters that President Donald Trump remains committed to pursuing legal challenges in hopes of overturning his election loss to President-elect Joe Biden.Pence said in a Friday address to Young America Foundation’s fall college retreat: “We’re going to fight for an outcome in this election that wins us four more years.”
  Penc
  
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• Progressives pledge to keep pressure on Biden in White House

  13-11-2020 22:03
  
  WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Progressives are pressuring President-elect Joe Biden to embrace their policy solutions to major issues. That comes after the election left many Democrats feeling they came up short — failing to take outright control of the Senate and losing House seats. The Progressive Change Campaign Committee and about 40 activist groups from the party’s most liberal wing released a list of 500 people they would like to see Biden tap as he builds out his Cabinet and g
  
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• S&P 500 index closes at a record high for first time since September as optimism builds about a coronavirus vaccine

  13-11-2020 22:02
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — S&P 500 index closes at a record high for first time since September as optimism builds about a coronavirus vaccine.The post S&P 500 index closes at a record high for first time since September as optimism builds about a coronavirus vaccine appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Tropical Storm Iota forms, could follow Eta’s deadly path

  13-11-2020 21:58
  
  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Tropical Storm Iota formed Friday in the Caribbean and is expected to strengthen into a hurricane as it approaches Central America. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Iota could bring dangerous wind, storm surge and rainfall to Nicaragua and Honduras by Sunday night. It could wreak havoc in a region where people are still grappling with more than 120 deaths and many more missing in the aftermath of Hurricane Eta. Iota is the 30th named storm of this yea
  
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• Tropical Storm Iota forms in the Caribbean and is expected to become a hurricane as it approaches Central America

  13-11-2020 21:51
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Iota forms in the Caribbean and is expected to become a hurricane as it approaches Central America.The post Tropical Storm Iota forms in the Caribbean and is expected to become a hurricane as it approaches Central America appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• The Latest: Trump wins N. Carolina, hits 232 electoral votes

  13-11-2020 21:50
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President-elect Joe Biden (all times local):
  3:50 p.m.
  President Donald Trump has won North Carolina and its 15 electoral votes, staving off a hard-fought challenge by Democratic nominee Joe Biden and holding the battleground state for Republicans.
  Trump’s victory in North Carolina brings him to 232 electoral votes. Biden, who was declared the winner of the election on Nov. 7, has 290 electoral votes and defeated Trump by flipping Pennsylvania, Michiga
  
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• Police: Nude man arrested after driving into grocery store

  13-11-2020 21:50
  
  COLUMBIA FALLS, Mont. (AP) — Police say a man who crashed his car into a Montana grocery store and fled the scene was later arrested after running nude through a nearby retirement home. The suspect was taken to a local hospital for non-injury medical issues on Thursday and is expected to be booked after he is medically cleared. Columbia Falls Police Chief Clint Peters says his department will identify the suspect when he is booked into jail. Peters says he expects the man will face numerou
  
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• Donald Trump wins North Carolina

  13-11-2020 21:49
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump wins North Carolina.The post Donald Trump wins North Carolina appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Two Pac-12 football games canceled as COVID-19 problems linger

  13-11-2020 21:46
  
  PHOENIX (AP) - The Pac-12′s football schedule has been scrambled for a second straight week.
  Positive COVID-19 tests have led to the cancellation of both the Arizona State-California and UCLA-Utah football games.
  The Sun Devils’ home opener was nixed because of several positive COVID-19 tests among the team’s players and coaching staff, including head coach Herm Edwards.
  Utah also determined it didn’t have the minimum number of scholarship players available for its game a
  
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• Iowa justices toss murder conviction over jury instructions

  13-11-2020 21:44
  
  The Iowa Supreme Court has tossed out a murder conviction and ordered a new trial for a man accused of the gruesome 2017 stabbing death of his girlfriend. The state’s high court in a split decision Friday ordered a new trial for 30-year-old Gregory Michael Davis. The court found his trial attorney’s failure to object to confusing jury instructions cost Davis a fair trial. Davis was convicted in 2018 of first-degree murder and other counts in the September 2017 death of 29-year-old Ca
  
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• Two Pac-12 football games canceled as virus problems linger

  13-11-2020 21:43
  
  The Pac-12′s football schedule has been scrambled for a second straight week. Positive COVID-19 tests have led to the cancellation of both the Arizona State-California and UCLA-Utah football games. The Sun Devils’ home opener was nixed because of several positive COVID-19 tests among the team’s players and coaching staff, including head coach Herm Edwards. Utah also determined it didn’t have the minimum number of scholarship players available for its game against UCLA. Th
  
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• President-elect Biden hasn’t spoken to McConnell

  13-11-2020 21:36
  
  WASHINGTON DC (AP) - President-elect Joe Biden has yet to speak with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, one of the top Republicans who hasn’t urged President Donald Trump to concede last week’s election.On a conference call with reporters Friday, Biden transition spokesperson Jen Psaki said Biden had spoken to some congressional Republicans but not to McConnell, despite the two knowing each other for years.She says McConnell and Biden “have a long-standing relationship. Wh
  
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• Explosion kills 2 steam pipe workers at veterans hospital

  13-11-2020 21:29
  
  WEST HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Two workers have been killed in an explosion while repairing a steam pipe in a maintenance building at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Connecticut. The director of the VA Connecticut Healthcare System said Friday that the men were in the basement and had just finished routine maintenance on a leaky pipe. Director Al Montoya Jr. says the explosion occurred as the pipe was being refilled with steam. Montoy says one victim was a contractor and the other was a VA employ
  
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• McSally officially concedes race for Arizona Senate seat

  13-11-2020 21:23
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - After weeks of waiting for ballots to be counted, Sen. Martha McSally officially conceded to opponent Mark Kelly in the Arizona Senate race on Friday.On Jan. 1, McSally was appointed to serve as an Arizona senator after Sen. Jon Kyl resigned from theposition left vacant following the death of the late senator, John McCain. The U.S. Air Force combat veteran announced in March that she would run for re-election in 2020.After a gritty race, Kelly took the lead early Tuesday resultin
  
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• White supremacist sentenced to 2 years in bomb plot case

  13-11-2020 21:19
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — A white supremacist who told an undercover FBI agent about his plans to firebomb a synagogue or attack a Las Vegas bar catering to LGBTQ customers has been sentenced to two years in prison. Conor Climo apologized before U.S. District Judge James Mahan sentenced him Friday to prison followed by six months of home confinement with electronic monitoring. The 24-year-old pleaded guilty to a firearm charge in February. He acknowledged that he discussed attacking a synagogue or
  
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• The Latest: WVa Gov. Justice orders masks inside businesses

  13-11-2020 21:19
  
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice ordered the wearing of masks at all times in businesses and other indoor spaces starting at midnight.
  The Republican governor say businesses will need to post signs notifying entrants of the mask requirement under his executive order. Justice urged businesses that encounter patrons not wearing a mask to call the police.
  “It’s just silly to be in a public building with strangers walking around without a mask on,” Justice s
  
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• Film Academy Museum reaches $388M initial fundraising goal

  13-11-2020 21:19
  
  It took either years and 13,000 donors including the likes of Barbra Streisand and Steven Spielberg, but the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures has reached and exceeded its pre-fundraising goal. Academy Museum director and president Bill Kramer said Friday that the new museum has raised $388 million. A donation from the LAIKA, the film company behind “Coraline,” helped push the campaign over the finish line.  Located in Los Angeles at the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax
  
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• Breakthrough for women: Miami Marlins hire Kim Ng as GM

  13-11-2020 21:19
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Kim Ng, who started her Major League Baseball career as an intern, has become the majors’ highest-ranking woman and Asian American in baseball operations. She was hired Friday as general manager of the Miami Marlins. The team says Ng is believed to be the first female GM in a major professional sport in North America. She has 21 years of big league experience in the front offices of the White Sox, Yankees and Dodgers. Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores is among those to a
  
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• Woman whose dad died from COVID blasts governor for travel

  13-11-2020 21:18
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — A woman whose father died from COVID-19 is criticizing Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey for leaving the state with his wife to celebrate the couple’s wedding anniversary amid the coronavirus outbreak. Kristin Urquiza previously voiced criticism of President Donald Trump for his handling of the pandemic, and she said Friday that Ducey had failed the state and abandoned his duties. She posted her criticism from a cemetery where her father is buried. Ducey Chief of Staff Daniel Sc
  
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