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• Georgia investigating man’s possible steps to vote illegally

  03-12-2020 23:58
  
  MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — Election officials are investigating the actions of a Florida lawyer who they say tried to register to vote in a high-stakes runoff in Georgia that will decide control of the U.S. Senate. Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said in a statement Thursday that the attorney also was videotaped at a political rally encouraging Floridians to register to vote in Georgia for its Jan. 5 Senate runoff elections. The elections supervisor in Georgia’s Paulding County says
  
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• The Latest: Quebec cancels plan to allow holiday gatherings

  03-12-2020 23:54
  
  MONTZREAL — The Quebec government is cancelling its plan to allow gatherings over four days of the Christmas holidays.Premier Francois Legault announced Thursday that the province will no longer permit multi-household gatherings of up to 10 people from Dec. 24 through Dec. 27 as had been planned.Legault first announced the Christmas plan on Nov. 19, saying people could get together as long as they quarantined for a week before and a week after the holiday period. But coronavirus infections
  
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• French surgeon gets 15-year jail in massive pedophilia case

  03-12-2020 23:47
  
  LYON, France (AP) — A French retired surgeon accused of sexually abusing over 300 young children over decades – primarily his patients, in their hospital rooms — has been sentenced Thursday to 15 years in prison. The trial this week in the western city of Saintes concerned four people allegedly targeted by Joel Le Scouarnec, 70, including two of his nieces, a young female neighbor, and a child who was hospitalized at age 4 in the establishment where he practiced. Other legal co
  
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• The Latest: Biden says Fauci will be chief medical adviser

  03-12-2020 23:36
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President-elect Joe Biden (all times local):
  5:35 p.m.
  President-elect Joe Biden says he is keeping Dr. Anthony Fauci on as a chief medical adviser and a member of his COVID-19 advisory team.
  Biden made the comments Thursday during an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper. He said he spoke with Fauci earlier in the day about the need to instill confidence in any coronavirus vaccine and the fact that “you don’t have to close down the economy&rdqu
  
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• Milley urges ‘relook’ at permanent overseas basing of troops

  03-12-2020 23:34
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says the United States should reconsider its decades-old practice of stationing troops and their families on bases in countries at risk of war, like in South Korea and in the Persian Gulf. Army Gen. Mark Milley says there is “not a lot of enthusiasm” for his view that the military should be more selective in maintaining a presence abroad. He says he strongly favors an overseas U.S. presence but prefers that it be rotat
  
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• Tennessee inmate’s execution put on hold due to COVID-19

  03-12-2020 23:25
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Supreme Court has indefinitely postponed the execution of death row inmate Byron Black. In a brief order issued on Thursday, the court says that Black’s execution is stayed “because of the multiple issues caused by the continuing COVID-19 pandemic.” Black was convicted by a Nashville court in the 1988 murder of his girlfriend, Angela Clay, and her daughters, 9-year-old Latoya and 6-year-old Lakesha. Black was originally scheduled for
  
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• Drug bust yields 1,700 pounds of marijuana worth $15M

  03-12-2020 23:20
  
  WEST HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut police arrested two men and seized an estimated $15 million in marijuana after discovering a storage facility was being used illegally as a hub for pot distribution in the Northeast. West Haven police say local officers and agents with the FBI and Drug Enforcement Administration found 1,700 pounds (770 kilograms) of marijuana on Wednesday when they stopped a U-Haul truck while investigating what they called an international marijuana trafficking operati
  
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• Medical officials serving Navajo make urgent plea: Stay home

  03-12-2020 23:16
  
  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Medical professionals serving the Navajo Nation made an urgent plea to residents Thursday to stay home as coronavirus cases rise. The numbers are testing the limits of health care on the vast reservation that already is scrambling to find places to transport critically ill patients. The tribe is seeing more cases daily now than it did in the spring when it was a national hotspot. The difference now is that cases are rising in all the states that border the reservati
  
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• Arizona Game and Fish working to keep animal water supply available through drought

  03-12-2020 23:13
  
  TUCSON - A drought in Arizona is not unusual, but we are in an exceptional drought now and it is having an impact on wildlife.
  Wild animals in Southern Arizona are used to water being hard to come by, but this year we have seen only 4 inches of rain leading to an exceptional drought and difficult conditions for the animals.Mark Hart is with Arizona Game and Fish and they have been working to maintain a water supply for the wild animals in the state.Hart said, "As a consequence of the drought we
  
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• The Latest: House Freedom Caucus members criticize AG Barr

  03-12-2020 23:11
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President-elect Joe Biden (all times local):
  5:10 p.m.
  Attorney General William Barr is coming under criticism from members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus who are demanding a full review of the presidential election won by Joe Biden.
  Several Freedom Caucus members aligned with President Donald Trump stood outside the Capitol on Thursday saying Barr needs to quickly explain what he is doing to investigate the vote. Barr said this week that the Depar
  
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• UN chief: Vaccine can’t undo damage from global pandemic

  03-12-2020 23:09
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. chief is warning that the social and economic impact of COVID-19 “is enormous and growing.” Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said it’s foolish to believe a vaccine can undo damage from the global pandemic that will last for years or even decades. He spoke Thursday to over 140 world leaders and government ministers at the General Assembly’s first and mainly virtual special session on COVID-19. Guterres accused some countries of going
  
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• Freeze Warning issued December 3 at 3:07PM MST until December 4 at 9:00AM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  03-12-2020 23:07
  
  * WHAT…Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 expected.
  * WHERE…South Central Pinal County and Southeast Pinal County.
  * WHEN…From 2 AM to 9 AM MST Friday.
  * IMPACTS…Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, othersensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoorplumbing.Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To preventfreezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they shouldbe wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those th
  
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• Businessman, renter missing in Alaska after landslide

  03-12-2020 23:04
  
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Authorities have identified the two people missing after a landslide the width of two football fields slammed into a southeast Alaska community. The Haines Borough mayor identified the missing as David Simmons and Jenae Larson. The mayor said Simmons’ home was among the four houses destroyed when the landslide came down Wednesday and Jenae Larson was renting an apartment above Simmons’ garage. Simmons had recently been hired as the interim executive direct
  
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• Cleveland corrects location of John Heisman landmark

  03-12-2020 22:54
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — After over 40 years, Cleveland has granted landmark status to the correct birthplace of the namesake of college football’s most prestigious player award. Cleveland.com reports that the city council and Mayor Frank Jackson have corrected a 42-year-old error that erroneously marked a residence three blocks away from the site granted landmark status as John Heisman’s birth site. An official with Cleveland’s Landmarks Commission says that questions surroundin
  
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• In some parts of New York, vote count shrouded in secrecy

  03-12-2020 22:49
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Policies favoring secrecy over transparency have meant that New Yorkers will be among the last Americans to learn the final vote tallies in the 2020 election. Results in a few races are still unknown one month after Election Day. Several locally run election boards responsible for processing a record 2 million absentee ballots didn’t release any rolling updates, only sharing data once the final votes were tallied. A state law that requires counties to wait about a
  
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• US intelligence director says China is top threat to America

  03-12-2020 22:48
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Outgoing National Intelligence Director John Ratcliffe says China poses the greatest threat to America and the rest of the free world since World War II. He said in an op-ed published by The Wall Street Journal on Thursday that intelligence shows that Beijing intends to dominate the U.S. and the rest of the planet economically, militarily and technologically. Trump administration officials have been stepping up their anti-China rhetoric for months. President Donald Trump
  
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• Plane on Minnesota interstate landed by award-winning pilot

  03-12-2020 22:48
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The pilot of a small plane that made an emergency landing on a Minnesota interstate Wednesday was identified as an award-winning member of the U.S. aerobatics flying team. The single-engine Bellanca Viking plane landed and hit a vehicle, temporarily closing part of the highway Wednesday night in the St. Paul suburb of Arden Hills, officials said. The pilot has been identified as 52-year-old Craig Gifford, a Minneapolis resident and competitive aerobatic pilot. Gifford re
  
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• Attorney charged with plot to steal Somali government funds

  03-12-2020 22:42
  
  GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A Maryland attorney has been charged with engaging in a scheme to fraudulently obtain more than $12.5 million in Somali government assets from financial institutions and keep a portion of the money for himself. A federal grand jury on Wednesday indicted Jeremy Wyeth Schulman, 45, of Bethesda, charges including wire fraud, mail fraud, bank fraud and money laundering. The 11-count indictment says Schulman and others tried to fraudulently obtain control over hundreds of
  
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• States plan for vaccines as daily US virus deaths top 3,100

  03-12-2020 22:41
  
  States are drafting plans for who gets the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available this month, as the nation’s death toll from the pandemic surpassed 3,100 in a single day for the first time. Governors and other state officials are weighing both health and economic concerns in deciding the order in which the shots will be given because initial supplies will be limited. States face a Friday deadline to submit requests for doses of the Pfizer vaccine and specify where t
  
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• The Latest: N. Carolina’s positivity rate surpasses 10%

  03-12-2020 22:39
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina on Thursday reported its highest single-day increase in coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic, with more than 5,600 people testing positive for the coronavirus. The proportion of tests coming back positive has also risen sharply in recent days. On Sunday, the positivity rate surpassed 10% for the first time since April.
  And for the first time ever, more than 2,100 people are currently hospitalized due to COVID-19. On Wednesday, the state reported
  
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• In seismic shift, Warner Bros. to stream all 2021 films

  03-12-2020 22:37
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — In the most seismic shift by a Hollywood studio yet during the pandemic, Warner Bros. Pictures on Thursday announced that all of its 2021 film slate — including a new “Matrix” movie, “Godzilla vs. Kong” and the Lin-Manuel Miranda adaptation “In the Heights” — will stream on HBO Max at the same time they play in theaters.
  Among the myriad release plan changes wrought by the pandemic, no studio has so fully embraced streaming as
  
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• Ex-FBI lawyer who altered Russia probe email seeks probation

  03-12-2020 22:36
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for an ex-FBI lawyer who pleaded guilty to altering an email during the Donald Trump-Russia investigation say he “made a grievous mistake” but should be spared prison time and given probation instead. That’s according to a sentencing memorandum filed Thursday in Washington’s federal court. The former FBI lawyer, Kevin Clinesmith, admitted in August to having altered an email used in support of an FBI application to monitor the communication
  
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• World War II vet beats COVID-19, marks 104th birthday

  03-12-2020 22:34
  
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A World War II veteran from Alabama has recovered from COVID-19 in time to mark his 104th birthday. A relative says Major Wooten of Madison is physically drained and a little fuzzy mentally after battling the new coronavirus. But granddaughter Holly Wooten McDonald says he appears to be on the mend as he marks his birthday. McDonald said her grandfather tested positive for COVID-19 on Nov. 23 after her mother _ his daughter _ got the illness. He had to be hospitaliz
  
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• Chinese researcher pleads to lying in cancer-smuggling case

  03-12-2020 22:22
  
  BOSTON (AP) — A medical researcher authorities say tried to smuggle vials of cancer research material out of the U.S. to his native China by hiding it in a sock inside his luggage pleaded guilty to a related charge. Federal prosecutors in Boston say 31-year-old Zaosong Zheng pleaded guilty to making false statements. Under terms of a plea agreement, he will be deported. Zheng had originally been charged with smuggling. But Zheng’s attorney pointed out that his client did not plead gu
  
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• Vaccine rollout could ease crisis, but who gets it first?

  03-12-2020 22:20
  
  Getting a COVID-19 vaccine to the right people could change the course of the pandemic in the United States. But who are the right people? As the decision looms for President-elect Joe Biden’s incoming administration, a new analysis argues for targeting the first vaccines to the same low-income Black, Hispanic and Native American households that have disproportionately suffered from the coronavirus. But no one has committed to the idea. It would be a significant shift from the current popu
  
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• Italians told to celebrate Christmas at home to fight virus

  03-12-2020 22:17
  
  MILAN (AP) — Italy has recorded pandemic-high daily death toll, providing a grim backdrop for Premier Giuseppe Conte’s cheerless announcement of restrictions for the Christmas holidays that will make it difficult for extended families to celebrate together as is customary.  While Italy has stopped the upward contagion curve of the fall resurgence with a month of tiered restrictions, the death toll remains stubbornly high, hitting 993 on Thursday.  Health experts and policy
  
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• Prosecutors: Priest collected child porn while overseas

  03-12-2020 22:16
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a Roman Catholic priest collected thousands of child pornography images while serving overseas and then brought them with him when he returned to the United States. The Rev. William McCandless pleaded not guilty to three child porn-related counts during an initial court appearance in Philadelphia on Thursday. The 56-year-old Wilmington, Delaware resident was placed on home detention with electronic monitoring and was ordered to surrender his pass
  
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• Late stumble leaves S&P 500 just short of a record high

  03-12-2020 22:11
  
  A late stumble left the S&P 500 just short of its third record high in a row even as other indexes rose Wednesday. The benchmark index slipped less than 0.1% after being higher for much of the day. The wobbly trading came after Wall Street rocketed higher last month as hopes built for coming COVID-19 vaccines. A couple of economic reports that came in better than expected helped support stocks. One showed that growth in the U.S. services sector, including health care and retail, was stronger
  
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• California governor: Most of state nears stay-home order

  03-12-2020 22:07
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom says most of the state will likely be under a new stay-at-home order within a day or two. Newsom announced new stay-at-home rules on Thursday that will trigger when a region’s intensive care unit capacity falls below 15%. Newsom said four of the state’s five regions are likely to meet that threshold within a day or two. He said the only one likely not to meet the threshold is the San Francisco Bay Area. The new rules would
  
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• UK sets ‘ambitious’ emissions target ahead of climate summit

  03-12-2020 22:06
  
  LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to announce a new target that he says would reduce the U.K.‘s greenhouse gas emissions “faster than any major economy.” The target Johnson is announcing Friday aims  to cut the U.K.‘s emissions by at least 68% from 1990 levels by 2030 and to set the country on the path to net zero by 2050. The goal is more ambitious than the one the European Union is expected to set next week. The U.K.’s is co-host
  
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• Cheers! Or not: ‘Scandalous’ 1st Christmas card up for sale

  03-12-2020 22:00
  
  The first commercially printed Christmas card is up for sale, but it wasn’t universally greeted as a merry scene when it first appeared in 1843. The card depicts an English family toasting the recipient with red wine, including a young child sipping from an adult’s glass. It scandalized the puritanical Temperance Society, an anti-alcohol movement, at the time. It’s believed to have gone on sale in the same week in December 1843 that Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Car
  
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• LA officials stream annual ceremony honoring unknown dead

  03-12-2020 21:58
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles religious leaders have managed to conduct their annual ceremony honoring those who died with no one to claim their bodies by streaming it live on Facebook this year. A handful of pastors from various faiths gathered at a nearly deserted Los Angeles cemetery Thursday to conduct the solemn ceremony. Normally the public is invited, but the coronavirus pandemic prevented that this year. Still, the group insisted no one should be forgotten in death, and so they ho
  
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• California governor: Most of state to meet new virus rules

  03-12-2020 21:57
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom says most of the state will likely be under a new stay-at-home order within a day or two. Newsom announced new stay-at-home rules on Thursday that will trigger when a region’s intensive care unit capacity falls below 15%. Newsom said four of the state’s five regions are likely to meet that threshold within a day or two. He said the only one likely not to meet the threshold is the San Francisco Bay Area. The new rules would
  
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• California governor says four of state’s five regions will meet new shutdown threshold ‘within a day or two’

  03-12-2020 21:54
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California governor says four of state’s five regions will meet new shutdown threshold ‘within a day or two.’The post California governor says four of state’s five regions will meet new shutdown threshold ‘within a day or two’ appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Rights group says Egypt has freed 3 of its arrested staffers

  03-12-2020 21:53
  
  CAIRO (AP) — The acting director of a prominent Egyptian rights group says its three staffers who were arrested last month have been freed. Hossam Baghat says the three staffers from the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, one of Egypt’s last rights groups still operating, were freed on Thursday night. The three are executive director Gasser Abdel-Razek, Karim Ennarah and Mohammed Bashir. They were arrested in November after EIPR hosted foreign diplomats to discuss the human rig
  
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• Local animal shelter preparing for potential of freezing temps

  03-12-2020 21:50
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - Pima Animal Care Center is preparing for the potential of freezing temperatures.
  Pet owners are also encouraged to bring pets inside or provide adequate shelter.“It’s easy to think that dogs are immune to cold because of their fur,” said Monica Dangler, Interim Director of Animal Services. “Some are better able to handle the cold than others, but a taking a few simple precautions can ensure an enjoyable winter experience for both pets and their people.&rdq
  
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• Optimism growing for COVID relief bill as pressure builds

  03-12-2020 21:48
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Optimism about delivering long-sought COVID-19 relief is building on Capitol Hill after additional rank-and-file lawmakers voiced support for a bipartisan, middle-of-the-road plan taking shape in the Senate. Also, top congressional leaders connected on the topic for the first time in months. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell — frequent rivals but proven dealmakers — spoke on the phone Thursday. Their conversation came the da
  
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• Explosives topple 1,000-foot stack at old power plant

  03-12-2020 21:46
  
  BRIDGEPORT, Ala. (AP) — Explosives have toppled a 1,000-foot-tall smoke stack at an old power plant in Alabama. Crews hired by the Tennessee Valley Authority set off the charges Thursday at the site of the old Widows Creek Fossil Plant on the Tennessee River. Video shows the massive structure leaning over and then crashing to the ground with a thud after an explosion at the base. The plant closed five years ago, and workers previously imploded two smaller stacks. The federal utility is cle
  
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• ‘Operation Deep Freeze’ on at The Salvation Army

  03-12-2020 21:40
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - 'Operation Deep Freeze' is on, The Salvation Army said Thursday afternoon.
  When the temperature drops to 35 degrees or 40 with precipitation, they will open its doors to anyone seeking overnight shelter.The Salvation Army Tucson Hospitality House is located at 1002 N. Main Ave.The nonprofit also seeks donations to help those in need.
  Items needed include, coats, blankets, gloves, socks, and sweaters.  Donations can be dropped off at Naughton’s Plumbing, 6062 E. Speedwa
  
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• California imposes new virus rules based on ICU capacity

  03-12-2020 21:32
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he will impose a new stay-at-home order for areas where capacity at intensive care units falls below 15%. Newsom announced the new plans on Thursday amid an unprecedented surge of new coronavirus cases in the nation’s most populous state. The new order divides the state into five regions.  Newsom said none of the regions currently meet the threshold for the new rules. When they do, the state will order them to close hai
  
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• California’s new virus health order uses ICU capacity to determine what businesses must close in specific regions

  03-12-2020 21:30
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s new virus health order uses ICU capacity to determine what businesses must close in specific regions.The post California’s new virus health order uses ICU capacity to determine what businesses must close in specific regions appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Driver indicted in crash that killed a Salt River policeman

  03-12-2020 21:29
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — A Maricopa County grand jury has indicted a driver in last year’s death of a Salt River police officer who was struck by a car. Authorities say Jerry Sanstead Jr. is accused of manslaughter in the January 2019 death of Salt River Police Officer Clayton Townsend.  The 42-year-old Sanstead has been summoned to appear in court on Dec. 17.  Townsend was conducting a traffic stop on the Loop 101 freeway when another car hit him and the vehicle he had pulled over.
  
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• Freeze Warning issued December 3 at 1:21PM MST until December 4 at 8:00AM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ

  03-12-2020 21:21
  
  * WHAT…Temperatures in the lower 30s expected.
  * WHERE…Northwest Pinal County and West Pinal County.
  * WHEN…From midnight tonight to 8 AM MST Friday.
  * IMPACTS…Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, othersensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoorplumbing.Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To preventfreezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they shouldbe wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have
  
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• Q&A: Britain’s OK of COVID-19 vaccine sparks speedy debate

  03-12-2020 21:17
  
  LONDON (AP) — Britain’s announcement that it has become the first Western country to authorize the use of a COVID-19 vaccine has sparked debate about whether officials emphasized speed over safety. The U.K.’s Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency gave temporary authorization for people to receive a vaccine produced by U.S. drugmaker Pfizer and German company BioNTech. The agency made the decision under rules allowing regulators to sign off on medicines more quickl
  
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• Holiday movies, music specials arrive to light a bleak year

  03-12-2020 21:15
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bring on the sentimental holiday rom-coms, the chorus of Christmas music specials and the nostalgia of last century’s animated charmers. We’ll take any and all feel-good moments in a year of scarcity. The new holiday specials out this month from pop stars include “My Gift: A Christmas Special From Carrie Underwood” on HBO Max, “Mariah Carey’s Magical Christmas Special” on Apple TV+ and “A Holly Dolly Christmas” on CBS
  
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• Govt accuses Facebook of discriminating against US workers

  03-12-2020 21:14
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is accusing Facebook in a lawsuit of discriminating against U.S. workers in favor of foreigners with special visas to fill more than 2,600 high-paying jobs. The Justice Department announced the suit Thursday, alleging that the tech giant refused to recruit, consider or hire qualified and available U.S. workers for the positions that it reserved for temporary visa holders. Facebook sponsored the visa holders for “green cards” authorizin
  
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• Sahuarita Unified School District high schools to transition to remote learning

  03-12-2020 21:12
  
  Sahuarita Unified School District will transition all in-person hybrid high school students to remote learning starting Friday, the district announced Thursday afternoon.
  Remote learning will continue throughout the remainder of the semester.
  "This decision was made based on multiple indicators, including the number of positive on-campus cases and quarantined individuals for both high schools, along with the absenteeism rate and staffing levels. Additionally, the final exam week, December 14-17,
  
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• No fans to be allowed at Rose Bowl for CFP semifinal game

  03-12-2020 21:09
  
  PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — No spectators will be allowed at the Rose Bowl for the College Football Playoff semifinal on Jan. 1 because of state, county and city of Pasadena COVID-19 restrictions. The Tournament of Roses says it requested special permission to allow for a limited number of spectators or a select number of guests of players and coaches at the 90,888-seat stadium but was denied. Los Angeles County is under a stay-home order that took effect this week and runs through mid-Decembe
  
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• OPEC, Russia to nudge up oil output after hit from pandemic

  03-12-2020 21:07
  
  FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — OPEC and a group of allied countries including Russia have agreed to increase their oil production by 500,000 barrels per day from January. Alexander Novak, deputy prime minister of Russia, announced the decision on Thursday after long talks as oil producing countries weighed the outlook for energy demand amid the pandemic. Oil producing countries face a difficult situation. The pandemic has sapped demand for fuel across the economy, which induced them to cut back
  
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• Suit: Tennessee makes it too hard to restore voting rights

  03-12-2020 21:00
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal lawsuit alleges that Tennessee’s path for restoring a felon’s right to vote has not only silenced Black voters but also contains constitutional and federal law violations. Voter rights advocates submitted the class action complaint Thursday. They argue the state’s current process is “unequal, inaccessible, opaque, and error-ridden,” while stressing that it has resulted in a “disparate impact” on Black Tennesseans.
  
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