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• Co-founder of viral ALS Ice Bucket Challenge dies at 37

  22-11-2020 23:46
  
  YONKERS, N.Y. (AP) — The ALS Association says a co-founder of the viral ice bucket challenge has died at the age of 37. The organization announced that Pat Quinn died Sunday. He helped inspire participation in the social media challenge, which has raised more than $200 million worldwide for Lou Gehrig’s disease research. Quinn was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in 2013. The organization said that in 2014, he helped popularize the ice bucket challenge, where participants
  
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• Virus News: G-20 leaders vow to make vaccines available

  22-11-2020 23:20
  
  Leaders of the world’s most powerful nations vowed to ensure affordable access to COVID-19 vaccines to people around the world as they wrapped up a Group of 20 summit. The two-day meeting, held virtually, focused on battling the coronavirus and supporting the global economy as it suffers from a pandemic that has killed at least 1.38 million people and plunged millions more into poverty. Meanwhile, crowding at U.S. airports as people travel for Thanksgiving has the nation’s top infect
  
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• The Latest: Holiday air travel kicks in despite warnings

  22-11-2020 23:14
  
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Millions of Americans bought tickets to fly somewhere for Thanksgiving before the nation’s top public health agency pleaded with them not to travel for the holiday.
  So what are they doing now? In many cases, they’re still crowding airports and boarding planes. That’s despite relatively lenient cancellation policies that major airlines have implemented since the coronavirus pandemic emerged earlier this year.
  According to the Transportation Security Admi
  
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• Many Americans flying for holiday despite CDC pleas

  22-11-2020 22:46
  
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Millions of Americans bought tickets to fly somewhere for Thanksgiving before the nation’s top public health agency pleaded with them not to travel for the holiday. So what are they doing now? In many cases, they’re still crowding airports and boarding planes. That’s despite relatively lenient cancellation policies that major airlines have implemented since the coronavirus pandemic emerged earlier this year. A day after the Centers for Disease Cont
  
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• Scientists study cause of endangered whale calf’s death

  22-11-2020 22:28
  
  CAPE LOOKOUT, N.C. (AP) — The National Park Service says scientists are trying to discover the cause of death of a whale calf belonging to “one of the rarest marine mammals” on earth after it was found stranded on a beach on North Carolina’s Outer Banks. Biologists preformed a necropsy on the North Atlantic right whale calf and took DNA samples Saturday. The National Park Service at Cape Lookout National Seashore posted news of the whale’s death on its Facebook page
  
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• Thanksgiving week weather will feel much more like Fall

  22-11-2020 22:26
  
  TUCSON - After more record breaking heat this past week, cooler weather will move in with a cold front and sunny skies will return.The cold front will move in during the day on Monday. Our high temperatures will still be in the 80's by the strong winds could make it feel a little cooler.Wind gusts could be as high as 30 mph.
  This front will be strong enough to drop our high temperatures to low the 70's by Tuesday, but will not be strong enough to produce any rain.Temperatures will remain st
  
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• Bruce Swedien, Grammy-winning engineer of ‘Thriller,’ dies

  22-11-2020 22:17
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bruce Swedien, a five-time Grammy-winning audio engineer who collaborated with Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones, has died. He was 86. His daughter says he died Nov. 16 in Gainesville, Florida, after battling an illness and complications from surgery. The New York Times reported that he tested positive for the coronavirus but was asymptomatic. Swedien had more than 65 years of music industry experience and was best known for his collaborations on Jackson’s hit album
  
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• Single vehicle rollover leads to car catching fire

  22-11-2020 21:45
  
  MARANA (KVOA) - Northwest Fire have confirmed that a car caught on fire after a single vehicle rollover at Dove Mountain and Secret Springs.
  The fire started while the single occupant was still in the vehicle. Northwest Fire crews were able to remove the occupant and have transported them to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries.Traffic restrictions are in place as crews clean up the area.
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• Trump appeals rejection of effort to block Pennsylvania vote

  22-11-2020 21:42
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — President Donald Trump is appealing a federal judge’s dismissal of his campaign’s effort to block the certification of votes in Pennsylvania. The president and other plaintiffs filed notice of appeal Sunday, a day after the judge issued a scathing order shooting down claims of widespread irregularities with mail-in ballots. U.S. District Court Judge Matthew Brann wrote in his order that Trump had asked the court to disenfranchise almost 7 million voters.
  
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• The Latest: Greek police fine priest over Mass amid lockdown

  22-11-2020 21:39
  
  ATHENS, Greece — Police interrupted a Sunday Mass in a northern Greek village and fined a priest 1,500 euros ($1,780) for allowing two people to attend the service.
  They also arrested the priest’s 30-year-old son and one of the two worshippers, who they said attacked the police officers.
  The priest had been urging parishioners to attend, despite a ban, saying, “You’re either with Christ or the coronavirus.” The two attendees were from a neighboring village.
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• Spain’s foreign minister visits Senegal to discuss migration

  22-11-2020 21:38
  
  DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Spain’s foreign minister has met with Senegal’s president in the West African country’s capital to discuss the sudden increase of Senegalese migrants attempting to reach the Canary Islands by boat. Spanish Foreign Minister Arancha González Laya met with President Macky Sall in Dakar on Sunday to discuss migration and border cooperation between Spain, the European Union and Senegal. The country has become a major point of migrant departures eve
  
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• Trump appeals dismissal of bid to block vote certification

  22-11-2020 21:35
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — President Donald Trump is appealing a federal judge’s dismissal of his campaign’s effort to block the certification of votes in Pennsylvania. The president and other plaintiffs filed notice of appeal Sunday, a day after the judge issued a scathing order shooting down claims of widespread irregularities with mail-in ballots. U.S. District Court Judge Matthew Brann wrote in his order that Trump had asked the court to disenfranchise almost 7 million voters.
  
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• RV rollover on I-10 leaves one transported to local hospital

  22-11-2020 21:28
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - Northwest Fire has reported that a two-vehicle collision on I-10 eastbound by the Cortaro exit resulted in a rollover for an RV on Saturday afternoon.One person was transported to a local hospital with minor injuries. There may be traffic restrictions in the area as crews work to clear the roadway.We are working to get further details and will update this article as it comes in.The post RV rollover on I-10 leaves one transported to local hospital appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• In Wisconsin recount, Trump challenges pile up, slow tally

  22-11-2020 21:23
  
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — A large contingent of observers supporting President Donald Trump are making their presence felt in Wisconsin’s partial election recount. Trump is paying $3 million for the recount in the state’s two biggest and most liberal counties in a long shot bid to erase Democrat Joe Biden’s more than 20,000-vote victory. The atmosphere inside the convention hall where the Milwaukee County recount is taking place has turned acrimonious and chaotic at times. Electio
  
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• Rules about police wearing masks vary widely across US

  22-11-2020 21:22
  
  LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — Although authorities have been encouraging people to wear masks to slow the spread of the coronavirus, many police departments leave it up to officers to decide whether to cover their faces while interacting with the public. Some officials argue that officers have too many other things to worry about while on duty, particularly in fast-moving emergency situations. But others say officers should set an example for the public, particularly as the number of COVID-19 cases
  
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• Jury duty? No thanks say many, forcing trials to be delayed

  22-11-2020 21:14
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Court officials across the country say a low turnout of people summoned to jury duty is derailing plans to restart trials for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began. Within the past month, courts in Hartford, Connecticut, San Diego and Norfolk, Virginia, have had to delay jury selection for trials because too few people responded to jury duty summonses. Officials believe people are wary of serving on juries because COVID-19 is spiking nationwide. Jury tr
  
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• Guatemala condemns fire at Congress; 12 injured in protests

  22-11-2020 20:40
  
  GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala’s government says fires set by protesters at Congress are “terrorist acts” even as the Inter-American Human Rights Commission is condemning what it calls “excessive use of force” by police against demonstrators. The protests erupted over a new budget that slashes social spending. Protesters broke into the Congress building and set one office afire on Saturday. Police used tear gas and nightsticks to push demonstrators back, atta
  
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• Cars line up for miles for Tyler Perry Atlanta food giveaway

  22-11-2020 20:38
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Thousands of people have jammed roads for miles in Atlanta to try to get boxes of food and gift cards donated by entertainer Tyler Perry. Tyler Perry Studios said they had enough boxes of canned vegetables and $25 gift cards for 5,000 families to drive through and pick up Sunday. The studio says it was out of food by 10 a.m. The line started forming Saturday and at one point stretched for 5 miles south of downtown Atlanta. Volunteers in protective equipment were handing out
  
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• Loeffler has negative COVID-19 test 2 days after positive

  22-11-2020 20:31
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler’s latest coronavirus test has come back negative. But the Georgia senator’s campaign said Sunday she will continue to quarantine at least until she gets another negative result. The Georgia Republican took a rapid COVID-19 test Friday evening that came back positive, a day after she campaigned with Vice President Mike Pence and U.S. Sen. David Perdue. Loeffler’s campaign says a test Saturday came back inconclusive and Sunday’s
  
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• Palestinians may limit Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem

  22-11-2020 20:25
  
  RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Palestinian Health Ministry has recommended strict limits on Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem this year due to the coronavirus outbreak. Celebrations in the biblical town revered by Christians as Jesus’ birthplace are usually attended by thousands of people from around the world. But this year, the ministry has recommended the Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Manger Square be limited to 50 people, with the lights of the tree and area restaurants c
  
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• G-20 summit ends with support for COVID-19 vaccines for all

  22-11-2020 20:22
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Leaders of the world’s most powerful nations have wrapped up the Group of 20 summit, vowing to spare no effort to protect lives and expressing their determination to ensure affordable access to COVID-19 vaccines for all people. The two-day summit of heads of state was held virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic. The G-20 final statement issued Sunday said the group will spare no effort to ensure “affordable and equitable access for all peop
  
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• Inequality ‘baked into’ virus testing access as cases surge

  22-11-2020 20:17
  
  The lines for free COVID-19 tests stretch for blocks and hours in cities where people feel the dual strain of the coronavirus surge and holiday plans. But $150 or more can buy a spot at the front of the queue. Some are turning to of one of an increasing number of pop-up clinics that promise visitors instant results — at a cost. Dr. Mark Shrime, who said his work gave him the flexibility to wait six hours in line for a test in New York, said he knows not everyone can do the same. Shrime sai
  
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• More than 300 detained by police in Belarus protests

  22-11-2020 19:59
  
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Belarusian human rights group Viasna says more than 300 people have been arrested and many of them beaten by police during protests calling for the country’s authoritarian president to resign. The demonstrations that attracted thousands were the 16th consecutive Sunday of large protests against President Alexander Lukashenko. There have been near-daily protests since early August, but those on Sundays have been the largest. Protests have gripped Belarus since
  
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• The Latest: Chile opens border, airport after 8-month close

  22-11-2020 19:31
  
  SANTIAGO, Chile — Chile says it will open its main border crossing and principal airport to foreign visitors on Monday after an eight-month pandemic shutdown.
  Arrivals will have to present evidence of a recent negative test for the new coronavirus as well as health insurance. They’ll also have to report their whereabouts and health status for a two-week watch period. Those coming from high-risk countries will have to quarantine for 14 days.
  President Sebastián Piñera on
  
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• Ethiopia warns civilians of ‘no mercy’ in Tigray offensive

  22-11-2020 19:25
  
  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia’s military is warning civilians in the besieged Tigray regional capital that there will be “no mercy” if they don’t “save themselves” ahead of a final offensive to flush out defiant regional leaders _ a threat that Human Rights Watch on Sunday said could violate international law. An army spokesman says that “from now on, the fighting will be a tank battle” and asserts that the army is marching on the Tigray cap
  
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• Ethiopia civilians warns of ‘no mercy’ in Tigray offensive

  22-11-2020 19:17
  
  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia’s military is warning civilians in the besieged Tigray regional capital that there will be “no mercy” if they don’t “save themselves” ahead of a final offensive to flush out defiant regional leaders _ a threat that Human Rights Watch on Sunday said could violate international law. An army spokesman says that “from now on, the fighting will be a tank battle” and asserts that the army is marching on the Tigray cap
  
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• Phoenix police ID young woman fatally shot at illegal party

  22-11-2020 19:14
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Police in Phoenix have identified an 18-year-old woman who was fatally shot at an illegal party in an empty warehouse. They say Lalaina Baldison was one of five people shot early Saturday. The shooter remains at large and authorities are talking to possible witnesses. Police say the four surviving victims remain hospitalized in stable condition. The victims ranged in age from 17 to their late 20s, but their names and ages haven’t been released. Police say the group did
  
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• The Latest: Fauci warns about Thanksgiving airport crowding

  22-11-2020 18:48
  
  WASHINGTON — The United States’ top infectious diseases expert says he’s worried that crowding at U.S. airports from Thanksgiving travel could lead to a perilous situation as COVID-19 cases surge.
  Dr. Anthony Fauci told CBS’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday that the “people at airports” despite federal guidance to avoid travel “are going to get us into even more trouble than we’re in right now.”
  He noted that new COVID-19 cases from Th
  
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• Turkey’s COVID-19 numbers at record levels for second day

  22-11-2020 18:27
  
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey has reported a record number of people diagnosed with COVID-19 for the second day running. Authorities on Sunday documented 6,017 new symptomatic patients, according to the health ministry. The number of new daily cases are now running at higher levels than the outbreak’s previous peak in April. Evening lockdowns were introduced over the weekend for the first time since June. The ministry said a total of 446,882 patients with symptoms had been identified
  
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• The Latest: COVID cases soar to record levels in Turkey

  22-11-2020 18:26
  
  ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey saw a record number of people diagnosed with COVID-19 for the second day running on Sunday as 6,017 new symptomatic patients were documented, the health ministry said.
  The number of new daily cases has surpassed the outbreak’s previous peak in April.
  Evening lockdowns were introduced over the weekend for the first time since June, with businesses such as restaurants and bars ordered to close.
  The ministry said 446,882 patients with symptoms have been identifie
  
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• Biden’s 1st Cabinet picks expected Tuesday amid roadblocks

  22-11-2020 18:25
  
  WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden’s first Cabinet picks are coming Tuesday and planning is underway for a pandemic-modified inauguration in January as his team moves forward despite roadblocks from the Trump administration. Biden’s incoming chief of staff, Ron Klain, is offering no details about which department heads Biden would first announce. The Associated Press has reported that Biden could name his nominee for secretary of state or treasury secretary this
  
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• Sheriff: Florida rapper made music, then fatally shot 2 men

  22-11-2020 18:17
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a Florida rapper spent an evening recording music in a makeshift studio and then fatally shot two men who were with him. Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister said in a news release that 23-year-old Billy Bennett Adams III was arrested Saturday on two counts of premeditated first degree murder with a firearm and one count of armed burglary of a structure. Adams, who records under the name Ace NH, was jailed in Tampa without bail Sunday. It wasn&rsqu
  
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• Netanyahu rival launches probe, testing partnership

  22-11-2020 18:15
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s defense minister has appointed a committee to investigate the government’s controversial purchase of German submarines several years ago — a step that further strains his already poor relationship with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The $2 billion purchase of the submarines and warships made by Thyssenkrupp is the focus of a sweeping corruption scandal in which seven businessmen, including confidants of Netanyahu, have been named as suspects.
  
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• Trump team making false argument about his 2016 transition

  22-11-2020 18:13
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump and his allies are harking back to his presidential transition four years ago to make a false argument that his own presidency was denied a fair chance by Barack Obama’s team for a clean launch. That claim comes as the Trump administration has yet to formally acknowledge Joe Biden’s election victory, slowing Biden’s transition at a time when the nation is facing economic and health crises. The comparisons between the Obama to Trump transitio
  
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• The Latest: Another Sudan official has virus as cases rise

  22-11-2020 17:48
  
  CAIRO — A Sudanese minister on Sunday tested positive for the coronavirus, the prime minister’s office said, the latest in a string of senior officials to be infected as the country shows an increase of confirmed cases of COVID-19.
  Omar Bashir Manis, minister of cabinet affairs, was in good health after testing positive for the virus, the prime minister office said in a statement.
  Over the past month, acting ministers of finance and health, the central bank governor and two associate
  
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• Trump slams global climate agreement Biden intends to rejoin

  22-11-2020 17:40
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is railing against the Paris climate accord and telling world leaders at a virtual summit that the agreement was designed to cripple the U.S. economy, not save the planet. Trump spoke in a video statement from the White House to the Group of 20 summit hosted by Saudi Arabia. His comments came during a discussion among the world’s largest economies on safeguarding the Earth. As president, Trump has worked to undo most of President Barack Obama&
  
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• Man arrested in deadly attack at Nebraska Sonic restaurant

  22-11-2020 17:34
  
  BELLEVUE, Neb. (AP) — Authorities have arrested a 23-year-old man in the fatal shooting of two people and wounding of two others at a Nebraska fast food restaurant. Roberto Carlos Silva, of Omaha, was booked into jail early Sunday on suspicion of first-degree homicide and arson charges in the attack Saturday night at a Sonic Drive-in in the Omaha suburb of Bellevue. Police say they first received a call about a possible bomb in a moving truck parked outside of the restaurant, and officers
  
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• More than 140 detained by police in Belarus protests

  22-11-2020 17:24
  
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Belarusian human rights group Viasna says more than 140 people have been arrested and many of them beaten by police during protests calling for the country’s authoritarian president to resign. The demonstrations that attracted thousands were the 16th consecutive Sunday of large protests against President Alexander Lukashenko. There have been near-daily protests since early August, but those on Sundays have been the largest. Protests have gripped Belarus since
  
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• UK Treasury chief shows no sign of turning off spending taps

  22-11-2020 17:18
  
  LONDON (AP) — The U.K’s treasury chief batted away speculation Sunday that he is about to turn off the spending that has buoyed the economy during the COVID-19 pandemic, saying now is not the time to worry about the government’s record peacetime borrowing. Rishi Sunak used appearances on Britain’s Sunday morning political talk shows to announce plans to give the National Health Service an extra 3 billion pounds ($4 billion) and pledge that support for businesses and worke
  
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• Syria’s Assad names new FM to replace late diplomat

  22-11-2020 17:18
  
  DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s President Bashar Assad has named a new foreign minister. Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad was appointed Sunday to replace a longtime diplomat who passed away last week after holding the post for more than a decade. Like his predecessor, Mekdad is a career diplomat who’s been a close confidant of Assad and a harsh critic of the opposition during Syria’s nearly 10-year conflict. The war has killed nearly half a million people and displace
  
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• Tucson zoo prepares to start next phase of expansion

  22-11-2020 17:01
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Tucson’s Reid Park Zoo is taking the next steps in an ambitious decade-long, $80 million expansion plan. The Arizona Daily Star reports the zoo is adding more acres this spring to accommodate a bigger tiger habitat, an aviary and other improvements. The incoming new animal dwellers will include red pandas, fishing cats, sloth bears and a Komodo dragon. This phase of the project has been branded the “Pathways to Asia” expansion. The entire years-long r
  
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• Business owners upbeat about vaccine, wary as virus spreads

  22-11-2020 17:00
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Promising news about a coronavirus vaccine has business owners feeling more upbeat despite cases the virus’s continuing spread in many parts of the U.S. Owners hope consumers and businesses will be more relaxed about spending now that drug companies Pfizer and Moderna have vaccines that data show were highly effective in testing. Some owners are holding off on staff cuts, while others are more likely to renew office leases even as employees still work from home. But o
  
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• Biden’s 1st Cabinet picks expected Tuesday amid road blocks

  22-11-2020 16:55
  
  WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden’s first Cabinet picks are coming Tuesday and planning is underway for a pandemic-modified inauguration in January as his team moves forward despite road blocks from the Trump administration. Biden’s incoming chief of staff, Ron Klain, is offering no details about which department heads Biden would first announce. The Associated Press has reported that Biden could name his nominee for secretary of state or treasury secretary this
  
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• Arizona reports 4,331 new COVID-19 cases and 7 more deaths

  22-11-2020 16:50
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Health officials in Arizona reported 4,331 new COVID-19 cases Sunday with seven additional deaths. That pushed the state’s totals to 299,665 cases and 6,464 deaths since the pandemic started. It’s the third time in the last four days that Arizona has reported more than 4,000 new coronavirus cases _ with 4,123 on Thursday, 4,471 on Friday and 3,638 on Saturday. Previously, the state last topped 4,000 new cases in July during a summer surge that made the state a na
  
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• Putin holding off on US presidential congratulations–copy

  22-11-2020 16:47
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin says Russia is willing to work with whomever is declared the next president of the United States, but that he will not offer congratulations until the winner is formally decided or a candidate concedes.
  Putin’s remarks broadcast Sunday on state television reiterate earlier Kremlin comments on why Putin had not congratulated Joe Biden after major news organizations called him president-elect, as did many other world leaders.
  Putin said “we
  
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• Lobster biz hopes for stability after tumultuous Trump era

  22-11-2020 16:39
  
  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — President Donald Trump positioned himself as a friend of New England’s lobstermen, but members of the industry said they are looking forward to the possibility of stability under President-elect Joe Biden. Trump’s trade war with China led to a rocky few years for the industry, which is based mostly in Maine. Trump, who campaigned hard in Maine and won an electoral vote in the state, touted economic aid and environmental reforms intended to benefit the bus
  
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• Putin holding off on US presidential congratulations

  22-11-2020 16:33
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin says Russia is willing to work with whomever is declared the next president of the United States, but that he will not offer congratulations until the winner is formally decided or a candidate concedes. Putin’s remarks broadcast Sunday on state television reiterate earlier Kremlin comments on why Putin had not congratulated Joe Biden after major news organizations called him president-elect, as did many other world leaders. Putin said “we
  
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• Arizona woman arrested in California in a custodial dispute

  22-11-2020 16:25
  
  PRESCOTT VALLEY, Ariz. (AP) — Police in Prescott Valley say a woman has been arrested in California in a custodial interference case. They say 36-year-old Erica Chantle Lunsford of Prescott Valley was being held on suspicion of kidnapping and unlawful use of a means of transportation.  She remains in custody in California pending extradition to Arizona.  Police say they were notified of a possible kidnapping involving a child around 1 p.m. Saturday.  They say the victim repo
  
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• Michigan leader: Trump didn’t ask for election interference

  22-11-2020 16:21
  
  LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan House Speaker Lee Chatfield says President Donald Trump didn’t ask the state’s Republican lawmakers to “break the law” or “interfere” with the election during a meeting at the White House. Chatfield was among several GOP legislators who met with Trump on Friday, amid Trump’s longshot efforts to block Biden’s win. Chatfield’s comments to Fox News about the highly unusual meeting came a day before canvassers
  
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• Arizona adds 4,331 new COVID-19 cases; 7 new deaths

  22-11-2020 16:20
  
  PHOENIX (KVOA) – Another 4,331 Arizonans tested positive for the coronavirus, the Arizona Department of Health Services reported on Sunday.ADHS reported that seven more people lost their lives to the virus, according to the state's dashboard.That brings the state’s documented totals to 299,665 confirmed cases of COVID-19. The death toll is 6,464.WHAT TO KNOW:Deaths are not recorded until the health department receives a death certificate naming COVID-19 as the cause of death.The
  
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