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• Ex-NFL player Burfict arrested in Vegas on battery charge

  05-12-2020 23:44
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Former NFL player Vontaze Burfict was arrested Saturday in Las Vegas. Court records indicate Burfict was arrested on suspicion of misdemeanor battery. The records did not list an attorney for Burfict who could comment on his behalf. Circumstances of the 30-year-old Burfict’s arrest weren’t immediately available. Burfict was playing for the Oakland Raiders when the NFL on Sept. 30, 2019, suspended him for a helmet-to-helmet hit on Indianapolis Colts tight end Ja
  
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• Sunshine and 70’s to last through the start of the week

  05-12-2020 23:39
  
  TUCSON - Fantastic weather has taken over Southern Arizona and these conditions will persist through in the middle of the upcoming week.High pressure is parked over the central states which is pushing a lot of dry and cool air in our region.
  Temperatures will top out in the mid 70's between Sunday and Wednesday.
  Overnight lows are still expected to fall to around 40 degrees.We are tracking a small rain chance for the day on Thurdsay.No heavy rain or thunderstorms are expected, but light sho
  
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• Truck kills 2 young siblings at Florida mini golf course

  05-12-2020 23:35
  
  PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A 4-year-old boy and his 6-year-old sister have died after being hit by a truck as they played miniature golf at a Florida course. Authorities say a driver on Friday veered from the road and ended up in a miniature golf course in Panama City Beach. The vehicle struck the two young siblings who were golfing with their parents. Officials say the family was visiting from Louisville, Kentucky. Charges are pending as the crash remains under investigation. The boy
  
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• Michigan woman charged with ’03 murders of newborn twin sons

  05-12-2020 23:07
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — A Michigan woman has been charged with murder in the deaths of her newborn twin sons more than 17 years ago. Police said Saturday that 41-year-old Antoinette Briley of Holland, Michigan, has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of her sons. The boys’ bodies were discovered June 6, 2003, by a Waste Management employee who was emptying trash bins in Cook County. Police say the worker spotted the bodies in the front lift bucket. Cook County d
  
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• Arizona holds off Eastern Washington 70-67

  05-12-2020 23:03
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — James Akinjo scored 15 points, Dalen Terry had a steal and the clinching free throws with five seconds left and Arizona edged Eastern Washington 70-67. The Eagles had a chance when Tanner Groves converted a three-point play with 41 seconds left and Azuolas Tubelis only made one free throw after being fouled grabbing his own miss with 13 seconds left. The free throw put Arizona on top 68-65 Jacob Davison drove into the lane and tried a kickout pass for a tying 3-pointer
  
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• The Latest: St. Louis children’s hospitals treating adults

  05-12-2020 22:56
  
  ST. LOUIS — St. Louis children’s hospitals have started treating adult patients as area hospitals struggle to keep up with rising coronavirus cases.
  Dr. Marya Strand, chief medical officer for SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital, told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that is treating adults who don’t have COVID-19 to take some of the pressure off other hospitals. St. Louis Children’s Hospital also has opened its doors to adults.About 1,054 people were hospita
  
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• Magellan storage tank explosion injures 7 in Corpus Christi

  05-12-2020 22:40
  
  CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — Seven Magellan Midstream Partners employees were injured, four critically, when a storage tank at a Magellan plant in Corpus Christi exploded after catching fire. Magellan Operations Manager Mark Calhoun says the tank holding crude oil was being cleaned when a fire began about 10 a.m. Saturday leading to the explosion. Calhoun says it is not yet known what caused the fire. Corpus Christi deputy Fire Chief Richie Quintero says one of the critically injured was t
  
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• St Nicholas visits Czech children while adapting to virus

  05-12-2020 22:35
  
  PRAGUE (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic has made life difficult for a lot of people in the Czech Republic, and that includes Saint Nicholas. Every year on Dec. 5, Nicholas appears in costume on streets across the European country, joined by a winged angel and a masked devil rattling a metal chain. The Czech health minister insisted the traditional trio needed to follow the government’s infection-control measures just like everyone else, which meant wearing masks and practicing social
  
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• Crash at River and La Cañada Drive, intersection closed

  05-12-2020 22:31
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - Pima County Sheriff Deputies are on the scene of a crash at the intersection of River Road and La Cañada Drive.The area will be closed while deputies investigate.Traffic will be delayed and drivers are asked to find alternate routes if traveling in the area.Details on the crash are still limited at this time. Stay with News 4 Tucson as more information becomes available.
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• The Latest: Trump presses Ga. gov. to overturn vote result

  05-12-2020 22:09
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times local):
  4:05 p.m.
  President Donald Trump has fruitlessly pressed Georgia’s governor to call a special legislative session aimed at overturning the presidential election results in that state.
  Trump made his request iof Gov. Brian Kemp in a phone call on Saturday, and the governor refused. That is according to a senior government official in Georgia with knowledge of the call who was not authorized to discuss the privat
  
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• Correction: Naval Academy-Historic Student story

  05-12-2020 21:51
  
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  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — In a story December 2, 2020, about the U.S. Naval Academy naming the school’s first Black female brigade commander, The Associated Press reported erroneously that women were first allowed into all of the service academies in 1976. The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy admitted women two years earlier in 1974, while the other academies admitted women in 1976. The post Correction: Naval Academy-Historic Student story appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• ‘Welcome home’: Fans finally return to Premier League

  05-12-2020 21:49
  
  LONDON (AP) — Two thousand West Ham fans made up the first crowd at an English Premier League game for the visit of Manchester United. Supporters have been shut out of soccer stadiums since March when the coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 61,000 in Britain forced unprecedented restrictions. West Ham lost 3-1 to United. Only half of the Premier League’s stadiums are allowed fans. They are mainly in London, where Chelsea also had a couple of thousand watching Saturday&rsqu
  
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• The Latest: Arizona health leaders urge masks as cases rise

  05-12-2020 21:48
  
  PHOENIX — Arizona health officials used a blunt tone Saturday as the state reported 6,799 coronavirus cases, the second-highest daily increase since the start of the pandemic.
  The Department of Health Services says on Twitter that people should wear masks “around anyone who isn’t a member of your household, even those you know and trust.”
  Similarly, the department’s director, Dr. Cara Christ, says individuals “must take precautions as if we may be infected. An
  
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• Armenia: Tens of thousands rally to demand PM’s resignation

  05-12-2020 21:43
  
  YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Tens of thousands of opposition supporters have marched across Armenia’s capital to push for the resignation of the nation’s prime minister over his handling of the conflict with Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh. In six weeks of fierce fighting that ended with a Russia-brokered peace deal on Nov. 10, the Azerbaijani army reclaimed lands that Armenian forces held for more than a quarter-century. Armenia’s opposition parties warned Prime Minister Nik
  
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• Virus cases continue climbing in US during holiday season

  05-12-2020 21:33
  
  Coronavirus infections across the U.S. continue to rise as the country moves deeper into a holiday period where eagerly anticipated gatherings of family and friends could push numbers even higher. Data compiled by Johns Hopkins University shows a new daily high of nearly 228,000 additional COVID-19 cases was reported Friday, eclipsing the previous high mark of 217,000 cases set the day before. The seven-day rolling average of COVID-19 attributable deaths in the U.S. has passed 2,000 for the firs
  
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• Fire guts historic church home to New York’s Liberty Bell

  05-12-2020 21:32
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — It is unclear whether a bell that rang to mark the birth of the United States in 1776 survived a fire that gutted the historic New York City church where it hangs. The Middle Collegiate Church in Manhattan’s East Village burned before dawn Saturday as fire spread from an adjacent building. The cause is being investigated, and four firefighters had minor injuries. The church was built in 1892 and is home to a congregation that dates to the 1620s. The Rev. Jacqueline J.
  
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• Christmas tree-lighting in Bethlehem a muted, virtual event

  05-12-2020 21:24
  
  BETHLEHEM (AP) — Only a few dozen people have attended the lighting of the Christmas tree in the biblical city of Bethlehem as coronavirus restrictions scaled back the annual event that is normally attended by thousands. A small group of residents and religious leaders participated in the tree-lighting ceremony at Manger Square near the Church of the Nativity on Saturday night. Some officials, including Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh, attended in person and addressed people p
  
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• More Netanyahu protests as Israel edges toward snap election

  05-12-2020 21:02
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Several thousand protesters have gathered outside the official residence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, demanding his resignation as the country moves toward an early election. The protesters have been gathering each week in central Jerusalem for the past six months, saying Netanyahu should step down because of his corruption trial and what they say is mismanagement of the country’s coronavirus crisis. The protests began last spring when Netanyahu and his chie
  
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• Lights go out, roads dicey as wintry storm batters Northeast

  05-12-2020 20:53
  
  WARREN, Mass. (AP) — Road conditions are deteriorating and power outages are growing as parts of the northeastern U.S. cope with the first big wintry storm of the season. Forecasters say Saturday’s nor’easter could drop a foot of snow on the most populous areas of New England and a foot and a half in higher elevations. Accidents are littering highways in Massachusetts and Connecticut. The speed limit on the Massachusetts Turnpike has been reduced to 40 miles per hour. Massachus
  
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• Feds grant $638M more for light rail extension in Phoenix

  05-12-2020 20:10
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — The U.S. Department of Transportation has granted an additional $638 million to complete a light rail extension project in Phoenix. Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema said in a press release Friday that the South Central light rail extension will help the state’s economy and create jobs. The rail extension is expected to cost a total of roughly $1 billion. The project previously received two $100 million federal grants in July 2019 and in May. The 5.5-mile extension will c
  
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• Japan capsule carrying asteroid samples lands in Australia

  05-12-2020 20:02
  
  TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s space agency said signals show a capsule released by the country’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft has landed on a targeted area in southern Australia. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said Hayabusa2 had released the small capsule on Saturday and sent it toward Earth to deliver samples from a distant asteroid that could provide clues to the origin of the solar system and life on our planet. Early Sunday, the capsule landed in a remote, sparsely populated area of
  
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• Protesters against tunnel close UK’s prehistoric Stonehenge

  05-12-2020 19:58
  
  LONDON (AP) — The prehistoric monument of Stonehenge in southern England has been closed to visitors after dozens of protesters staged a trespass against the British government’s plans for a new tunnel near the World Heritage Site. The protesters who gathered at Stonehenge on Saturday described themselves as an alliance of local residents, ecologists, activists, archaeologists and pagans. A national charity that manages Stonehenge and hundreds of historic sites then decided to close
  
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• Japan’s space agency says signals show a capsule returned from asteroid has landed in planned area in Australia.

  05-12-2020 19:49
  
  TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s space agency says signals show a capsule returned from asteroid has landed in planned area in Australia.The post Japan’s space agency says signals show a capsule returned from asteroid has landed in planned area in Australia. appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Crunch UK-EU talks on post-Brexit ties to resume Sunday

  05-12-2020 19:18
  
  LONDON (AP) — Post-Brexit trade discussions between the European Union and the U.K. will resume on Sunday following a pause in negotiations in light of their inability to bridge an array of differences. In a joint statement Saturday, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said “a further effort” should be undertaken by their respective negotiating teams to assess whether “significant differences” can be resolved.
  
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• EU Commission chief von der Leyen says Brexit trade talks to continue Sunday after pause during decisive stage.

  05-12-2020 19:04
  
  BRUSSELS (AP) — EU Commission chief von der Leyen says Brexit trade talks to continue Sunday after pause during decisive stage.The post EU Commission chief von der Leyen says Brexit trade talks to continue Sunday after pause during decisive stage. appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Fans jeer as players take a knee in English soccer match

  05-12-2020 19:03
  
  LONDON (AP) — Fans attending an English second-tier match between Millwall and Derby have jeered as players took a knee in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. Booing from the stands was clearly heard in video footage published on social media as both sets of players made the symbolic gesture after the referee blew the whistle to signal the start of the match at The Den. Players in English soccer have continued to take a knee this season to show support for the fight against discrim
  
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• VIRUS TODAY: California faces closures; jobless cutoff looms

  05-12-2020 18:49
  
  The coronavirus surge is threatening to overwhelm hospitals in California, where five San Francisco Bay Area counties have new stay-at-home orders that will take effect Sunday. The new shutdowns are a gut-wrenching move for small businesses that have struggled to survive. Jobless Americans face a bleak predicament if Congress fails to extend two unemployment programs that are set to expire the day after Christmas.  And doctors, teachers and others in high-risk groups have signed up Saturday
  
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• Russian ships move to resume Baltic pipeline construction

  05-12-2020 18:36
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian pipe-laying ship has sailed into position to resume construction of a German-Russian gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea that the United States has vehemently opposed. Ship monitoring data shows the Akademik Cherskiy vessel on Saturday reached the area off the coast of Poland where a section of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline remains uncompleted. Another Russian pipe-laying sailed off from the German port of Wismar, apparently heading to a different location where another pip
  
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• Gene-editing treatment shows promise for sickle cell disease

  05-12-2020 18:30
  
  Scientists are seeing promising early results from the first studies testing gene editing for painful, inherited blood disorders that plague millions worldwide, especially Black people. The one-time treatment involves permanently altering DNA in blood cells with a tool called CRISPR. Doctors hope it may treat and possibly cure sickle cell disease and a similar disorder. So far, 10 patients who received the treatment no longer need regular blood transfusions and are free from pain crises that pla
  
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• The Latest: National Guard helps at Idaho urgent-care clinic

  05-12-2020 18:26
  
  BOISE, Idaho — National Guard troops are directing people outside a Boise urgent-care clinic revamped into a facility for coronavirus patients.
  Health officials say Idaho’s attempt to hold the coronavirus in check is failing as infections and deaths surge. They’ve halted elective surgeries to save bed space.
  Inside Primary Health Medical Group’s clinic, physician assistant Nicole Thomas works extra 12-hour shifts. She dons protective gear to examine 36 patients a day with
  
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• Arizona sees 2nd highest COVID rise; messaging tone blunt

  05-12-2020 18:25
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona on Saturday reported nearly 6,800 additional known COVID-19 cases — the second-highest daily total since the pandemic’s start. The additional 6,799 known COVID-19 cases reported Saturday trailed only the 10,322 known cases reported Tuesday, a record high that officials said included data delayed by the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. The outbreak’s fall surge continued to elevate occupancy rates of the state’s hospitals closer to capacity. Publi
  
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• ‘Mass trespass’ closes UK heritage site of Stonehenge

  05-12-2020 18:13
  
  LONDON (AP) — The prehistoric monument of Stonehenge in southern England has been closed to visitors after protesters staged a “mass trespass” against the British government’s plans for a new tunnel near the World Heritage Site. The protesters who gathered at Stonehenge on Saturday described themselves as an alliance of local residents, ecologists, activists, archaeologists and pagans. A national charity that manages Stonehenge and hundreds of historic sites then decided
  
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• Officials say gunmen kill secular thinker in southern Yemen

  05-12-2020 18:10
  
  SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Local officials in southern Yemen say that a known university professor and secular thinker has been killed in a drive-by shooting. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the shooting. The officials said that the gunmen are believed to have been either members of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, which the U.S. considers the world’s most dangerous offshoot of the terror network, or an affiliate of the Islamic State group. Khalid al-Hameidi was a known cr
  
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• At Georgia Senate rally, Trump can help his party or himself

  05-12-2020 17:59
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — President Donald Trump’s first political rally since losing his reelection bid is ostensibly to urge support for the Republican incumbents in Georgia’s two runoffs that will decide which party controls the Senate at the start of Joe Biden’s administration. But the question remains whether Trump will really try to help his party or use the Saturday night event in Valdosta to amplify his conspiratorial and debunked theories of electoral fraud. Republicans are
  
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• Hartford Courant, oldest US newspaper, to close its offices

  05-12-2020 17:44
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The Hartford Courant plans to close by the end of the year the newsroom and offices it has been operating from in Connecticut’s capital since the mid-1940s. The editor of the oldest continuously published newspaper in the United States told staffers Friday that the decision stems from real estate needs. The newspaper will continue to be published. But parent company Tribune Publishing Co. says it will consider whether it’s necessary to open a new office f
  
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• Intruders crash Paris protest of law on use of police images

  05-12-2020 17:43
  
  PARIS (AP) — Thousands of people around France have protested a proposed bill that could make it more difficult for witnesses to film police officers. Tensions quickly rose at the Paris march on Saturday as intruders set fire to several cars, broke windows and tossed objects at police. The protest-crashers formed a barricade on the march route in eastern Paris. French police have come under fire for alleged racism and gratuitous violence within their ranks, and Paris officers were hard-pre
  
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• Tens of thousands rally in Armenia demanding PMs resignation

  05-12-2020 17:20
  
  YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Tens of thousands of opposition supporters have marched across Armenia’s capital to push for the resignation of the nation’s prime minister over his handling of the conflict with Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh. In six weeks of fierce fighting that ended with a Russia-brokered peace deal on Nov. 10, the Azerbaijani army reclaimed lands that Armenian forces held for more than a quarter-century. Armenia’s opposition parties warned Prime Minister Nik
  
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• Overtaxed Idaho health facilities on brink of rationing care

  05-12-2020 17:13
  
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Soldiers triage patients in the parking lot of an urgent-care clinic in Boise, Idaho, revamped into a facility for coronavirus patients as infections and deaths surge. Health officials say Idaho’s attempt to hold the coronavirus in check is failing. In a conservative state where many are resisting pandemic restrictions, a crush of COVID-19 patients is straining intertwined health care systems. They’ve halted elective surgeries to save bed space and available
  
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• Years-old murder shook town; new arrest causes aftershocks

  05-12-2020 17:10
  
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Forty years ago, Brett Woolley’s dad was shot in the parking lot of a small-town bar in the Idaho mountains. The shooter crossed the street to the only other bar in town, ordered a drink and declared, “I just killed a man.” Then he disappeared. As days turned into years, Woolley accepted the likelihood that his father’s murderer would never be found. But that changed last fall when authorities arrested a former pro rodeo rider named Walter Mason
  
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• Arizona logs 6,799 new COVID-19 cases, 40 deaths Saturday

  05-12-2020 17:02
  
  PHOENIX (KVOA) – Another 6,799 Arizonans tested positive for the coronavirus, the Arizona Department of Health Services said Saturday.40 deaths were also added to the state's dashboard.That brings the state’s documented totals to 358,900 confirmed cases of COVID-19. The death toll is 6,925.
  Today’s #COVID19 dashboard update adds 6,799 cases and 40 deaths. Mask up around anyone who isn’t a member of your household, even those you know and trust. Physically distance at leas
  
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• Peace protesters form human chain outside German parliament

  05-12-2020 16:47
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Hundreds of peace protesters have formed a human chain outside Germany’s parliament to advocate for disarmament and an end to weapons exports. The dpa news agency reported that about 300 people formed the chain stretching from the parliament building to German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s office on Saturday. The German government is preparing to approve budget proposals for the next two years that include hefty defense spending. Germany has been criticized by the Un
  
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• Predawn fire guts old church housing New York’s Liberty Bell

  05-12-2020 16:45
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A historic Manhattan church that houses New York’s Liberty Bell has been gutted by a massive fire. The Middle Collegiate Church in the East Village burned before dawn Saturday after a fire spread from an adjacent vacant building. Video shows flames shooting from the roof and the stately front window glowing from the conflagration inside. No injuries were reported. The church was built in 1892. It is home to a congregation that dates to the settlement of the city in th
  
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• The Latest: US reaches daily high of nearly 228,000 cases

  05-12-2020 16:33
  
  WASHINGTON — Coronavirus infections continue to spread at record levels in the United States, reaching a new daily high of nearly 228,000 cases on Friday.
  The 227,885 cases eclipses the previous high of more than 217,000 on Thursday, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
  The seven-day rolling average of COVID-19 attributable deaths in the U.S. has passed 2,000 for the first time at 2,011. Two weeks ago, the seven-day average was 1,448. There were 2,607 deaths reported in
  
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• US ends 5 cultural programs with China in further escalation

  05-12-2020 16:18
  
  WASHNGTON (AP) — The departing Trump administration has ended five cultural-exchange programs with China that it says were being used for Chinese propaganda and had no benefit to the U.S. The terminations follow new visa restrictions announced by Washington limiting stays in the U.S. by members of China’s Communist Party. These steps signal further erosion in relations with Beijing in the final weeks of President Donald Trump’s time in office. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo say
  
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• ‘Our kids are the sacrifices’: Parents push schools to open

  05-12-2020 16:06
  
  LAKE OSWEGO, Ore. (AP) — Parents in the United States who are unhappy with distance learning are taking increasingly vocal roles in calling for more in-person instruction through grassroots organizing and legal challenges. The recent surge in coronavirus cases has brought a new round of school closings. Those have been followed by lawsuits brought by parents in states including New York, California and Pennsylvania. They argue remote learning is falling short of state standards and causing
  
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• EPA says flood control project not subject to previous veto

  05-12-2020 16:04
  
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — An official with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says the EPA does not object to a revised proposal for a massive flood-control project to pump water from parts of the Mississippi Delta. That’s significant because the agency vetoed the Yazoo Backwater Project in 2008. On Oct. 16, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers published a draft of a new environmental impact statement supporting the project — reversing the Corps’ own previous report that ha
  
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• The Latest: Moscow opens coronavirus vaccination centers

  05-12-2020 15:55
  
  MOSCOW — Thousands of doctors, teachers and others in high-risk groups have signed up Saturday for a coronavirus vaccination in Moscow.The vaccination effort comes three days after President Vladimir Putin ordered the launch of a “large-scale” immunization campaign even though a Russian-designed vaccine has yet to complete the advanced studies needed to ensure its effectiveness and safety in line with established scientific protocols.The Russian leader said Wednesday that more
  
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• EPA: Revised Yazoo pump project not subject to previous veto

  05-12-2020 15:49
  
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — An official with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says the EPA does not object to a revised proposal for a massive flood-control project to pump water from parts of the Mississippi Delta. That’s significant because the agency vetoed the Yazoo Backwater Project in 2008. On Oct. 16, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers published a draft of a new environmental impact statement supporting the project — reversing the Corps’ own previous report that ha
  
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• Northeastern US braces for wet, windy, snowy storm

  05-12-2020 15:44
  
  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The northeastern United States is bracing for a powerful, windy storm that forecasters say could bring 18 inches or more of heavy, wet snow to parts of the region. The first big storm of the season is beginning as rain and expected to turn to snow Saturday afternoon in New England. Blowing snow could result in near-blizzard conditions that make travel difficult. Power outages are possible.  The nor’easter could dump as much as a foot of snow on suburban Bo
  
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• Talks between protesting farmers and Indian gov’t fail again

  05-12-2020 15:34
  
  NEW DELHI (AP) — The Indian government and protesting farmers have been unable to break the deadlock in talks, with the farmers saying they will intensify their demonstrations against new agriculture laws. The farmer leaders on Saturday rejected the government’s offer to amend some contentious provisions of the new farm laws and stuck to the demand for total repeal. The two sides will meet for further discussions on Wednesday. Farmers have been protesting the laws for nearly two mont
  
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