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• Two Arizona girls missing from uncle’s home since Sunday

  25-11-2020 23:58
  
  Navajo Police Department via 12 NewsJayda John (left) and Jaylee Spencer (right) have not been seen since Sunday. Navajo Police Department via 12 NewsKristy Marie Pinal Navajo Police Department via 12 NewsPolice are looking for a 1998 green Saturn SL1 with license plate BLE8163.
  PHOENIX (KPNX) - Police are asking for help in finding two girls who went missing from their uncle's house in Fort Defiance, Ariz. Sunday.Jayda John, 7, and Jaylee Spencer, 14, were at their uncle's house with their mot
  
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• Paper shredding drives false election claims in Georgia

  25-11-2020 23:58
  
  Routine paper shredding pickups of non-relevant election materials and tax documents in a Georgia county are being distorted on social media to raise questions around the vote. A conservative attorney who attempted to block the certification of election results in Georgia tweeted a series of photos and videos in the past week that he falsely claims shows ballots and voter fraud evidence being destroyed in Cobb County, Georgia. No documents relevant to the election results have been discarded, co
  
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• Stephen Bannon switching lawyers in border wall fund case

  25-11-2020 23:57
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A prominent Washington lawyer defending President Donald Trump’s former chief strategist against charges that he cheated donors to a southern border wall says he’s no longer the right lawyer for the job. Attorney William A. Burck sent a letter to a Manhattan federal court trial judge Wednesday. He said Burck and Stephen Bannon had amicably agreed that new lawyers would be better suited to Bannon’s defense strategy. He said Bannon is looking for new lawyers
  
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• Consumers’ lawyer seeks refunds as FirstEnergy ratings fall

  25-11-2020 23:55
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The lawyer for FirstEnergy’s 1.8 million residential electric customers in Ohio stepped in Wednesday to try to assure they get refunds should legislators or the courts halt charges the company was expecting from a now-tainted nuclear bailout bill. Ohio Consumers’ Counsel Bruce Weston made his request regarding House Bill 6 charges to the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio. His action followed the Big 3 ratings agencies downgrading FirstEnergy’s cred
  
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• AstraZeneca manufacturing error clouds vaccine study results

  25-11-2020 23:48
  
  LONDON (AP) — AstraZeneca and Oxford University acknowledged a manufacturing error that is raising questions about preliminary results of their COVID-19 vaccine. A statement Wednesday describing the error came days after the company and the university described the shots as “highly effective” and made no mention of why some participants didn’t receive as much vaccine as expected. In a surprise, the group of volunteers that got half a dose in the first of their two shots s
  
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• Maricopa County detention officer killed in auto collision

  25-11-2020 23:47
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Maricopa County sheriff’s officials say one of their detention officers has died after his car was rear-ended in Buckeye. Authorities said the collision that killed Officer Justin Folsome happened on Tuesday on State Route 85. A semitruck hit Folsome’s vehicle. The driver of the semi was hospitalized with minor injuries. Sheriff Paul Penzone said in a statement that Folsome’s death was “tragic and heartbreaking.” He also asked that people show h
  
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• Maine fishing community mourns loss of 4 fishermen at sea

  25-11-2020 23:46
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Maine’s commercial fishing community is mourning the loss of four fishermen who went missing when an 82-foot fishing vessel sank off Provincetown, Massachusetts. The Coast Guard said Tuesday it has called off the search for the crew of the Portland-based Emmy Rose that sank early Monday morning when it was en route to Gloucester, Massachusetts. Authorities say the four men aboard were all Maine fishermen. The Sustainable Harvest Sector, a group of 100 fishing vessel own
  
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• Argentina’s soccer fans weep for superhero Diego Maradona

  25-11-2020 23:40
  
  BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Argentina’s stunned soccer fans are seeking each other out to mourn the death of Diego Maradona, gathering by the hundreds in spots linked to the life of the legendary player. As news of his death from a heart attack spread Wednesday, they gathered outside the humble home where he was born and raised in the Villa Fiorito neighborhood. They went to the stadium of Argentinos Juniors, where he started as a professional footballer in 1976. They stood at the historic L
  
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• Mexico: ‘Mastermind’ of 2019 killings of US citizens nabbed

  25-11-2020 23:35
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s army and federal prosecutors say they have arrested a man the purported mastermind of the killings one year ago of three women and six children from a well-known Mexican-American family, the LeBaróns, on a rural road in the northern state of Sonora. The suspect was identified only by his first name, “Roberto.” The agencies said Wednesday that the suspect was arrested along with two other men near the town of Nuevo Casas Grandes in the no
  
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• Vulnerable 87-year-old sought after reported missing from northwest side

  25-11-2020 23:25
  
  Pima County Sheriff's DepartmentDeryk Smith
  TUCSON (KVOA) - A vulnerable 87-year-old is sought after he was reportedly missing Wednesday afternoon from the northwest side.According to Pima County Sheriff's Department, 87-year-old Deryk Smith was last seen at around 1 p.m. Wednesday near the 1900 block of West Orange Grove Road near La Cholla Boulevard traveling in a 2018 Silver BMW SUV with an Arizona license plate of CGF5448 in an unknown direction.Officials say Smith was reportedly wearing a
  
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• Trump pardons Flynn despite guilty plea in Russia probe

  25-11-2020 23:24
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has pardoned former national security adviser Michael Flynn despite Flynn’s guilty plea to lying to the FBI about his Russia contact. Trump announced the pardon on Wednesday, calling it his “Great Honor.” Flynn is the second Trump associate convicted in the Russia probe to be granted clemency by the president. Trump commuted the sentence of longtime confidant Roger Stone just days before he was to report to prison. It is part of a
  
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• Crash delays WB I-10 near Palo Verde Road

  25-11-2020 23:15
  
  Arizona Department of Transportation
  TUCSON (KVOA) - Traffic delays are reported on westbound Interstate 10 after a crash occurred on the highway near Palo Verde Road Wednesday afternoon.Arizona Department of Transportation officials say the crash is blocking the left lane of the westbound I-10 past the Palo Verde Road exit.Details surrounding the crash are limited this time.Stay with News 4 Tucson for the latest updates.I-10 WB: A crash is blocking the left lane past Palo Verde in #tucson. pic
  
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• Crash delays WB I-10 near Pablo Verde Road

  25-11-2020 23:15
  
  Arizona Department of Transportation
  TUCSON (KVOA) - Traffic delays are reported on westbound Interstate 10 after a crash occurred on the highway near Palo Verde Road Wednesday afternoon.Arizona Department of Transportation officials say the crash is blocking the left lane of the westbound I-10 past the Palo Verde Road exit.Details surrounding the crash are limited this time.Stay with News 4 Tucson for the latest updates.I-10 WB: A crash is blocking the left lane past Palo Verde in #tucson. pic
  
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• Arizona high court revives challenge over immigrant tuition

  25-11-2020 23:10
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court has revived part of a lawsuit by the state attorney general challenging in-state tuition for young immigrants brought to the country as children. The court said Wednesday that the attorney general lacked the authority to sue the Arizona Board of Regents over how it sets tuition costs. However, the panel found a trial court should not have dismissed the challenge to granting in-state tuition to students in the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Ar
  
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• Justice Department appeals, seeking to replace Trump in suit

  25-11-2020 23:06
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Justice Department says it’s appealing a judge’s refusal to let the United States replace President Donald Trump as the defendant in a defamation lawsuit by a woman who says he raped her in the 1990s. Department attorneys notified U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan of its plans Wednesday. Kaplan concluded last month that Trump’s alleged defamatory statements about columnist E. Jean Carroll didn’t constitute an official act of the presidency. Sub
  
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• Oklahoma public schools allowed to offer in-school quarantines

  25-11-2020 23:05
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma State Department of Health announced Wednesday that public schools will be allowed to offer in-school quarantines for students exposed to the virus.Schools in Mustang became the first in the state to adopt the policy, the department said.Effective from Nov. 30 through Dec. 23, the policy would allow students to quarantine in school.Interim State Epidemiologist Dr. Jared Taylor said students who tested positive for COVID-19 and students who had interactions
  
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• The Latest: Oklahoma schools may offer in-school quarantine

  25-11-2020 23:01
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma State Department of Health announced Wednesday that public schools will be allowed to offer in-school quarantines for students exposed to the virus.Schools in Mustang became the first in the state to adopt the policy, the department said.Effective from Nov. 30 through Dec. 23, the policy would allow students to quarantine in school.
  Interim State Epidemiologist Dr. Jared Taylor said students who tested positive for COVID-19 and studen
  
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• STORY REMOVED: US–Mortgage Rates

  25-11-2020 22:58
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Please disregard US–Mortgage Rates, published on November 25, 2020, and datelined in WASHINGTON. It contains material from the previous week. A correct story under the same slug will be refiled.The post STORY REMOVED: US–Mortgage Rates appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Germany extends partial shutdown to curb virus spread

  25-11-2020 22:47
  
  BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the country’s 16 state governors have agreed to extend a partial shutdown well into December in an effort to further reduce the rate of coronavirus infections ahead of the Christmas period. Germany embarked on a so-called “wave-breaker” shutdown on Nov. 2, initially slated to last four weeks. Merkel said Wednesday the measures will now be extended until at least Dec. 20, with a goal of pushing the regional number of new ca
  
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• President Trump pardons former national security adviser Michael Flynn

  25-11-2020 22:44
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has pardoned former national security adviser Michael Flynn, taking direct aim in the final days of his administration at a Russia investigation that he has long insisted was motivated by political bias.
  Trump announced the pardon on Wednesday, calling it his “Great Honor.”
  Flynn is the second Trump associate convicted in the Russia probe to be granted clemency by the president.
  Trump commuted the sentence of longtime confidant Roger Sto
  
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• President Trump refuses to accept Biden’s win as transition proceeds

  25-11-2020 22:41
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is baselessly claiming anew that he won the 2020 election — even though he did not — and uttered one falsehood after another as he called into an event held by Pennsylvania Republicans to investigate unproven allegations of voter fraud.
  Trump is claiming that “This was an election that we won easily. We won it by a lot.”
  Trump, in fact, lost to President-Elect Joe Biden by a substantial margin.
  The event comes after Pennsylva
  
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• Trump refuses to accept Biden’s win as transition proceeds

  25-11-2020 22:31
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is baselessly claiming anew that he won the 2020 election — even though he did not — and uttered one falsehood after another as he called into an event held by Pennsylvania Republicans to investigate unproven allegations of voter fraud. Trump is claiming that “This was an election that we won easily. We won it by a lot.” Trump, in fact, lost to President-Elect Joe Biden by a substantial margin. The event comes after Pennsylva
  
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• Hospitals can care for Medicare patients at home in pandemic

  25-11-2020 22:30
  
  Hospitals will be allowed to care for Medicare patients in their own homes during the pandemic under a new program to help hospitals deal with the latest surge. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said Wednesday the program will let hospitals quickly start such programs, which offer constant electronic monitoring and other technology. They have been used for patients with private insurance in a limited way, then the pandemic dramatically boosted their use. Hospitals now can do the sam
  
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• Trump pardons Flynn, taking direct aim at Russia probe

  25-11-2020 22:21
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has pardoned former national security adviser Michael Flynn, taking direct aim in the final days of his administration at a Russia investigation that he has long insisted was motivated by political bias.Trump announced the pardon on Wednesday, calling it his “Great Honor.”
  Flynn is the second Trump associate convicted in the Russia probe to be granted clemency by the president.Trump commuted the sentence of longtime confidant Roger Ston
  
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• Vatican: Pope prays for Maradona, fondly recalls meeting him

  25-11-2020 22:17
  
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican says Pope Francis has remembered Diego Maradona in his prayers after learning of the soccer legend’s death. Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said that the pope, after being informed of the death, “thinks back fondly to the times they met in these years and remembers him in prayer.” He said that Francis had also prayed for Maradona in recent days when he learned about his health problems. Vatican News, the Holy See’s media arm, referred
  
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• Stocks mostly fall, even as tech gains push Nasdaq to record

  25-11-2020 22:12
  
  Stocks closed mostly lower on Wall Street Wednesday, even as gains for technology companies pushed the Nasdaq to its first record high close since September. The S&P 500 slipped 0.2%, but it’s still holding on to a gain of 11% for the month. Industrial, energy and health care stocks accounted for much of the selling. The Dow Jones Industrial Average eased below 30,000, a day after passing that milestone for the first time. Treasury yields were mixed and energy prices closed broadly hig
  
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• President Donald Trump says he has pardoned his former national security adviser Michael Flynn

  25-11-2020 22:11
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he has pardoned his former national security adviser Michael Flynn.The post President Donald Trump says he has pardoned his former national security adviser Michael Flynn appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Rationales shift as Nevada considers future of vote by-mail

  25-11-2020 22:10
  
  CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada’s decision to send all active voters mail-in ballots ahead of the November election put the swing state at the center of the nationwide debate over voting procedures. Though the decision has been a flashpoint in 2020, its effects ended up being different from the expectations of proponents and detractors when the policy was under consideration in late July and early August. Both parties say they’re prepared to address election procedures when the
  
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• Feuding no more, Pelé mourns friend, legend Diego Maradona

  25-11-2020 22:09
  
  Pele says “the world has lost a legend” with Diego Maradona dying at the age of 60. The soccer stars feuded for years in public over which of them could be considered the greatest player of all time. Being born 20 years apart meant the duo never settled their rivalry on the pitch. The 80-year-old Pele says: “I hope we will play football together in the sky.” The sadness across Argentina was articulated by one of the few players who comes close to matching Maradona’s
  
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• Germany extends partial shutdown well into December

  25-11-2020 22:06
  
  BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the country’s 16 state governors have agreed to extend a partial shutdown well into December in an effort to further reduce the rate of coronavirus infections ahead of the Christmas period. Germany embarked on a so-called “wave-breaker” shutdown on Nov. 2, initially slated to last four weeks. Merkel said Wednesday the measures will now be extended until Dec. 20, with a goal of pushing the regional number of new cases per w
  
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• Train gunman tells French court his target only US soldiers

  25-11-2020 21:59
  
  PARIS (AP) — The gunman charged over a foiled 2015 train attack has told a French court that he had targeted only American soldiers, after refusing instructions from an Islamic State ringleader to kill members of the European Commission he was falsely told were in the train car. Ayoub El Khazzani, who had been armed with an arsenal of weapons including a Kalashnikov, said Wednesday the planned attack on the train from Amsterdam to Paris was an act of vengeance for bombings of civilians in
  
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• The Latest: Utah doctors warn against Thanksgiving meetings

  25-11-2020 21:55
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — SALT LAKE CITY — Physicians in Utah are warning that Thanksgiving could become a major super spreader event for COVID-19 transmission if people don’t follow public health guidelines.An increased number of hospitalizations across the state has prompted doctors and public health officials to advise against attending Thanksgiving gatherings with people outside their immediate households.On Wednesday, an infectious disease specialist said COVID-19 cases could
  
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• Judge reduces prison sentence for former Alabama speaker

  25-11-2020 21:55
  
  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A judge has reduced the time that former Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard must spend in prison. Circuit Judge Jacob Walker on Wednesday reduced Hubbard’s sentence from four years to 28 months. Defense lawyers had asked for his sentence to be reduced after some counts were overturned on appeal earlier this year. The state attorney general opposed that request. The once-powerful Republican was sentenced to four years in prison after his 2016 conviction on ethi
  
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• The Latest: Biden urges Americans to forgo big Thanksgiving

  25-11-2020 21:54
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President-elect Joe Biden (all times local):
  3:30 p.m.
  A big Biden family Thanksgiving is off the table for President-elect Joe Biden because of the pandemic.
  In remarks billed as a Thanksgiving address to the nation, the Democrat urged Americans to “hang on” and not “surrender to the fatigue” after months of coping with the virus.
  He noted that public health officials have asked Americans to give up many of the traditions that make T
  
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• The Latest: Biden urges Americans to forego big Thanksgiving

  25-11-2020 21:50
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President-elect Joe Biden (all times local):
  3:30 p.m.
  A big Biden family Thanksgiving is off the table for President-elect Joe Biden because of the pandemic.
  In remarks billed as a Thanksgiving address to the nation, the Democrat urged Americans to “hang on” and not “surrender to the fatigue” after months of coping with the virus.
  He noted that public health officials have asked Americans to give up many of the traditions that make T
  
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• Doctors Without Borders ends COVID care in Venezuela clinic

  25-11-2020 21:46
  
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The humanitarian aid group Doctors Without Borders is pulling out of a hospital in a Venezuelan slum that had been one of the nation’s best-equipped to treat COVID-19 patients. The organization says 40 foreign medical professionals have been unable to get permits to work in Venezuela. With their aid, Perez de Leon II Hospital was operating a top-notch clinic in one of the capital’s poorest neighborhoods. While they will leave some supplies behind, it&r
  
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• Mexico moves to stem unauthorized sharing of sexual images

  25-11-2020 21:42
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Activist Olimpia Coral went through an inferno in 2013, when an ex-boyfriend posted sexual images that made the rounds in her conservative town in Mexico. Things got so bad she had to hide in the trunk of a car when she wanted to go anywhere. Seven years later, she has a proposed federal law named after her. The lower house of congress has approved hefty prison time for the filming or distribution of sexually explicit images without a person’s consent or through de
  
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• UK judge refuses Depp permission to appeal libel ruling

  25-11-2020 21:38
  
  LONDON (AP) — A judge has refused Johnny Depp permission to appeal against a British court’s ruling that he assaulted ex-wife Amber Heard. Earlier this month a High Court judge rejected Depp’s claim that The Sun newspaper had  committed libel when it called him a “wife-beater.” Judge Andrew Nicol said the article was “substantially true.” Depp is seeking to overturn the judgment. But Nicol denied permission, saying “I do not consider that the
  
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• Delta won’t furlough pilots; job cuts possible at Southwest

  25-11-2020 21:38
  
  DALLAS (AP) — Pilots at Delta Air Lines have accepted concessions on pay in exchange for protection against furloughs through next year. The pilots voted to accept the agreement as Delta deals with a sharp downturn in travel caused by the pandemic. The airline had threatened to furlough more than 1,700 pilots this weekend if an agreement wasn’t reached. The pilots’ union said Wednesday that 74% of workers who voted on the deal agreed to ratify it. The deal doesn’t cut pil
  
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• Report: Deputies fired 34 rounds in killing of Black man

  25-11-2020 21:32
  
  VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — A newspaper says deputies fired a total of 34 rounds at a 21-year-old Black man who died after being struck four times following an attempted drug arrest in Washington state. Citing an investigative report. The Columbian reported Wednesday that three Clark County deputies said they believed Kevin Peterson Jr. posed a lethal threat to law enforcement officers when he aimed a firearm at them while “multiple gunshots were going off around them.” It said the
  
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• The Latest: Trump still falsely insists he won the election

  25-11-2020 21:22
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President-elect Joe Biden (all times local):
  3:10 p.m.
  President Donald Trump uttered one falsehood after another as he baselessly claimed that he won the 2020 election instead of President-elect Joe Biden as he called into an event organized by Pennsylvania Republicans in Gettysburg.
  Trump’s election lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, attended the event to continue his quixotic and dangerous quest to try to overturn the results of the democratic election.
  Trump h
  
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• COVID-19 outbreak reported at Pima County Jail

  25-11-2020 21:20
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - Twenty-three inmates at Pima County Jail tested positive for COVID-19, officials confirmed Wednesday.According to Pima County Sheriff's Department, the inmates are now in quarantine.
  Officials say this is the first COVID-19 outbreak at the jail.Details are limited at this time.
  This is a developing story. Stay with News 4 Tucson as we obtain more information.The post COVID-19 outbreak reported at Pima County Jail appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Vegas man found slain in Arizona; 2 other Vegas men arrested

  25-11-2020 21:12
  
  MEADVIEW, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say a Las Vegas man has been found slain in a remote desert area of northwestern Arizona, leading to the arrests of two other Las Vegas men. The Mohave County Sheriff’s Office said 45-year-old Jeffrey Earl Bushaw was found dead with an apparent gunshot wound to the head outside Meadview on Sunday. he Sheriff’s Office said the investigation led to the arrest of 46-year-old Christopher Albert Eash on suspicion of premeditated first-degree murder
  
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• Americans risk traveling over Thanksgiving despite warnings

  25-11-2020 21:12
  
  Millions of Americans are taking to the skies and the highways ahead of Thanksgiving at the risk of pouring gasoline on the coronavirus fire. They are disregarding increasingly dire warnings that they stay home and limit their holiday gatherings to members of their own household. Those who are flying are witnessing a distinctly 2020 landscape at the nation’s airports: plexiglass barriers in front of the ID stations, rapid virus testing sites inside terminals and paperwork asking them to qu
  
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• Tucson Parks and Recreation makes operational adjustment due to COVID-19

  25-11-2020 21:06
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - Tucson Parks and Recreation is making operational adjustments due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  The City of Tucson said Wednesday that all ramadas will be closed through the end of December. All ramada reservations from Nov. 25 toDec. 31 will be canceled. Customers will be contacted about their options for a credit or refund.  At this time, the City will not be scheduling fields for any new games or tournaments.
  The City will all
  
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• Black Lives Matter flag becomes issue in Florida community

  25-11-2020 20:54
  
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — As demonstrations against police brutality roiled the country earlier this year, Antoine Mickle began noticing the flags going up in his Florida neighborhood declaring “Blue Lives Matter. For months, those flags hung from his neighbors’ homes. Then he put up his own flag that proclaimed “Black Lives Matter.” Shortly after, his homeowners association asked him to take it down. He has refused and this week sued in federal court asserting that
  
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• Prosecutor offers to cut Burrell’s prison term by 15 years

  25-11-2020 20:51
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota prosecutor has offered to reduce the sentence of a Black man who is serving life in prison in the fatal shooting of an 11-year-old girl. Myon Burrell was 16 when he was accused of killing Tyesha Edwards, who was hit by a stray bullet in 2002, while doing homework in her Minneapolis home. Burrell was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 30 years for Tyesha’s death. He received another 15 years for an at
  
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• As economy struggles, Fed weighs boosting bond purchases

  25-11-2020 20:42
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — At their meeting earlier this month, Federal Reserve officials discussed possible future adjustments to the central bank’s monthly bond purchases to boost the economy. The Fed’s minutes of the Nov. 4-5 meeting released on Wednesday revealed that while officials believed that no changes were needed to the bond purchase program they recognized that circumstances could shift, warranting adjustments. The Fed since June has been buying $120 billion in bonds each mo
  
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• US mortgage rates stay at record low 2.72% for 30 years

  25-11-2020 20:41
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. long-term mortgage rates remained at record lows this week as the coronavirus pandemic continues to threaten the economy. Mortgage finance giant Freddie Mac reported Wednesday that the average rate on the 30-year fixed-rate home loan was unchanged this week from a record low 2.72%. A year ago, the benchmark rate was 3.68%. The rate on 15-year fixed-rate loans stayed at 2.28%. It was 3.15% a year ago. Interest rates have fallen this year as the virus batters the econo
  
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• Deputies ID victim in fatal collision in Ajo

  25-11-2020 20:41
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - Deputies have identified the victim in Wednesday's fatal collision in Ajo, Ariz.Dwight Romero, 23, was pronounced dead at the scene after a single-vehicle collision on Rasmussen Road near Ajo Well Road at about 2:30 a.m.Pima County Sheriff's Department says a juvenile passenger was transported to a Phoenix area hospital. The juvenile sustained minor injuries.
  PCSD say the two occupants were traveling at a high rate of speed, causing the driver to lose control of the vehicle.
  The
  
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