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• Small plane crash in southeastern Minnesota kills pilot

  06-12-2020 23:16
  
  WINDOM, Minn. (AP) — Authorities say a small plane crashed Sunday morning, killing the pilot after taking off from a southern Minnesota airport. There were no passengers on board. The Cottonwood County Sheriff’s Department says in a release that law enforcement began searching after a report there was no radio contact with a plane scheduled to depart from the Windom Airport. Windom is located about 150 miles (241.40 kilometers)  southwest of the Twin Cities. The site of the cras
  
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• McDonald scores 30, No. 7 Arizona holds off USC 78-77

  06-12-2020 23:10
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Aari McDonald scored 30 points and Cate Reese added 25, helping No. 7 Arizona outlast Southern California 78-77. The Wildcats picked up their first marquee win of the season on Friday, beating No. 9 UCLA for their third win in the past four games against top-10 teams. Arizona found itself in another tight game against the Trojans (and fell into an 11-point hole early in the third quarter. McDonald and Reese keyed a 22-3 run that carried into the fourth quarter and Ariz
  
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• 3 years later, dog and Michigan owners reunited in Illinois

  06-12-2020 22:51
  
  WHEATON, Ill. (AP) — Three years later, a Michigan dog is back with her owners after she disappeared on a trip to suburban Chicago. Lola vanished from a fenced yard in 2017 when Debra and Steve Mejeur of Kalamazoo, Michigan, were visiting a friend. The couple returned hoping to find a dog that was specially trained to help Debra Mejeur in case of a seizure. The Mejeurs posted notices and got help from volunteers but had no luck. Authorities in DuPage County recently got a call from a coupl
  
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• Texas officer kills man suspected of hitting worker with car

  06-12-2020 22:38
  
  MESQUITE, Texas (AP) — Authorities say an off-duty police officer shot and killed a 30-year-old driver who refused to stop after striking a highway construction worker in Dallas. Police in Mesquite say officers from the East Texas cities of Jefferson and Seven Points were providing construction security in Dallas early Saturday when the construction worker was hit. The suspect refused to stop at the scene and officers requested assistance as they pursued him. Mesquite police say the suspec
  
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• Last-ditch post-Brexit trade talks resume between EU, UK

  06-12-2020 22:12
  
  BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union and British negotiators Sunday entered what is potentially the final attempt to strike a deal over future trade ties, even though “significant differences remain” on three essential points. With less than four weeks remaining before the Jan. 1 cutoff day, the negotiators might have less than 48 hours to clinch a breakthrough. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will assess late Monday if ther
  
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• AP Interview: Qatar plans ‘normal’ World Cup after vaccines

  06-12-2020 22:11
  
  Qatar is now planning for a “complete normal” World Cup in 2022 after rapid progress in producing vaccines for the coronavirus. That’s what the tournament CEO has told The Associated Press ahead of the European qualifying draw on Monday. Early in the pandemic that forced the cancelation of the European Championship and Olympics this year, Qatar was concerned about the long-term impact of COVID-19 on the first World Cup to be staged in the Middle East. But World Cup CEO Nasser A
  
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• VIRUS TODAY: Officials urge vigilance; failing grades soar

  06-12-2020 22:04
  
  Top health officials warned Americans not to let their guard down, as a COVID-19 vaccine is perhaps just days away from being available in the U.S. Health experts are hoping Joe Biden’s administration will put in place something Donald Trump’s has not — a comprehensive national testing strategy. And schools around the country are confronting “off the rails” numbers of failing grades amid the pandemic. School districts have reported the number of students failing cla
  
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• Suspect apprehended after Georgia campus goes on lockdown

  06-12-2020 21:56
  
  KENNESAW, Ga. (AP) — Kennesaw State University says normal operations can resume at its campuses Sunday, about an hour after the school outside of Atlanta told students on one of its campuses to hunker down because of an “armed intruder.” The university said via Twitter that a suspect has been apprehended and there was no longer any threat to either of its campuses. The school said earlier that a suspect was seen near the Machinist Lodge on the Marietta campus at about 2:40 p.m
  
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• Rain chances return to Southern Arizona Thursday

  06-12-2020 21:49
  
  TUCSON - Arizona is seeing one of the worst droughts in a decade and some relief is finally in sight this week.A cold front strong enough to produce rain for us will move in Wednesday evening and stall over our region for about 24 hours.0.1 to a full inch of rain is possible in Southern Arizona between Wednesday night and early Friday morning. The higher amounts are much more likely in Southern Cochise county.
  No heavy rain or thunderstorms are expected. This will be a mostly light rain eve
  
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• Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani tests positive for COVID

  06-12-2020 21:41
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani  has tested positive for coronavirus. The president confirmed in a Sunday afternoon tweet that the former New York mayor had test positive for the virus. Giuliani has traveled extensively to battleground states in recent weeks in effort to help Trump subvert his election loss. Trump wished Giuliani a speedy recovery, tweeting: “Get better soon Rudy, we will carry on!!!” Giuliani made an appea
  
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• Trump tweets that his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani has tested positive for the coronavirus

  06-12-2020 21:37
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump tweets that his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani has tested positive for the coronavirus.The post Trump tweets that his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani has tested positive for the coronavirus appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Georgia school campus on lockdown amid report of intruder

  06-12-2020 21:37
  
  KENNESAW, Ga. (AP) — Kennesaw State University outside of Atlanta has reported that an “armed intruder” has been seen on campus and is urging students and others to seek shelter until further notice. The school said via Twitter that the suspect was last seen near the Machinist Lodge on the Marietta campus at about 2:40 p.m. The school is located in Marietta, Georgia, about 20 miles north of Atlanta.The post Georgia school campus on lockdown amid report of intruder appeared firs
  
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• Biden’s pick to head OMB brings experience, Twitter enemies

  06-12-2020 21:21
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Neera Tanden, currently president of the Democratic-aligned think tank Center for American Progress, has spent years fighting online against both Republican legislators and leftist critics of her longtime boss Hillary Clinton. Now as president-elect Joe Biden’s nominee to head the powerful Office of Management and Budget, Tanden will be running a confirmation gauntlet that includes many of the same senators she had previously antagonized. So far, most of Biden&rsquo
  
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• Kennesaw State University in Georgia says armed suspect is on campus and urges students to shelter in place

  06-12-2020 21:19
  
  KENNESAW, Ga. (AP) — Kennesaw State University in Georgia says armed suspect is on campus and urges students to shelter in place.The post Kennesaw State University in Georgia says armed suspect is on campus and urges students to shelter in place appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Lawmakers say COVID-19 relief bill won’t offer $1,200 checks

  06-12-2020 21:15
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — With time running out, lawmakers are closing in on a proposed COVID-19 relief bill that would provide roughly $300 in extra federal weekly unemployment benefits but not another round of $1,200 in direct payments to most Americans. That’s an issue that President-elect Joe Biden will have to wrestle over with a new Congress next year. The $908 billion aid package to be released Monday would be attached to a larger year-end spending bill that’s needed to avert a
  
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• Officials: Texas man possibly killed by mountain lion

  06-12-2020 20:35
  
  LIPAN, Texas (AP) — Authorities say a 28-year-old man found dead in a wooded area in rural Texas was killed by a wild animal, possibly a mountain lion. The Hood County Sheriff’s Office said Saturday that deputies found Christopher Allen Whiteley’s body Thursday, a day after he went missing near Lipan, about 50 miles southwest of Fort Worth. The sheriff’s office said his body was sent for an autopsy, where the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office issued the preli
  
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• The Latest: Californians face new stay-at-home order

  06-12-2020 20:16
  
  HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Many Californians were preparing Sunday for a new stay-at-home order that bars restaurant dining, shutters salons and limits retail in an effort to curb spiraling coronavirus infections and hospitalizations.
  The new rules that take effect before midnight in the vast region of Southern California, much of the San Francisco Bay Area and a large swath of the Central Valley also prohibit residents from gathering with people not in their households.
  Public health
  
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• Average US price of gas up 4 cents a gallon to $2.22

  06-12-2020 20:05
  
  CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline rose 4 cents a gallon over the past two weeks, to $2.22. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey said Sunday that a rise in crude oil prices spurred the increase. She says demand for gasoline remains low in the United States due to the coronavirus pandemic. The price at the pump is 43 cents less than it was a year ago. The highest average price in the nation is $3.35 a gallon in the San Francisco Bay
  
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• Schools confront ‘off the rails’ numbers of failing grades

  06-12-2020 19:55
  
  The first report cards of the new school year are arriving with a lot more Fs than usual, and it’s not just parents who are getting distressed. School districts from coast to coast have reported the number of students failing classes has risen by as many as two or three times — a sign of the struggles many students are having with distance learning, particularly English language learners, those with disabilities and other disadvantaged students. Educators see a number of factors at p
  
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• Man is missing after falling from Florida dinner cruise

  06-12-2020 19:54
  
  FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard says a man went missing after falling into the water from a dinner-cruise ship in the Gulf Coast in Florida. The agency said Saturday that Joel Henderson, 37, was not wearing a lifejacket when he fell from the Capt. J.P. boat. The company J.C. Cruises says Capt J.P. is a 475-passenger paddlewheel boat that tours the scenic Caloosahatchee River in Fort Myers, Florida. The company did not immediately respond to requests for comment Sunday. Coast G
  
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• Egypt court upholds asset freeze for 3 human rights workers

  06-12-2020 19:40
  
  CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court has upheld a prosecutors’ decision to freeze the assets of three senior staff members at one of the country’s most prominent rights groups, including its executive director. The three were released from prison last week after being arrested in November and slapped with terrorism-related charges. The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights said Sunday that the court ordered a temporarily freeze of “all personal assets and property.” Egy
  
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• The Latest: Virus surge hits S. Carolina, surpassing summer

  06-12-2020 19:37
  
  COLUMBIA, South Carolina — The number of new COVID-19 cases in South Carolina is now greater than the levels the state saw when it became one of the nation’s hot spots this summer.
  More than 2,450 new COVID-19 cases have been reported in South Carolina in each of the past three days. That’s more than any day of new infections saw during the July peak of the virus in the state.
  Saturday’s 2,715 new infections were the most reported on one day since the pandemic started in
  
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• Upbeat Josh Norman finds peace in first season in Buffalo

  06-12-2020 19:19
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Cornerback Josh Norman has found peace in his ninth NFL season, and first with the Buffalo Bills. He’s put aside whatever lingering frustrations of being cast off by Washington last winter, and remained upbeat despite missing six games with a nagging hamstring injury, and another after testing positive for COVID-19. Norman isn’t certain he would’ve been so patient earlier in his career, when he was driven to overcome being a fifth-round draft pic
  
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• Health officials warn Americans not to let their guard down

  06-12-2020 18:40
  
  Top U.S. health officials are warning Americans not to let their guard down against the coronavirus just because a vaccine could be on its way in a matter of days. With an epic, coast-to-coast surge under way, authorities are urging people anew to wear masks, practice social distancing and follow other basic measures. Most of California, meanwhile, is heading back into lockdown Sunday night.The post Health officials warn Americans not to let their guard down appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• The Latest: Virginia sees 2nd day of record COVID-19 cases

  06-12-2020 18:38
  
  RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia is reporting a record number of coronavirus cases in the state for the second straight day.Virginia reported 3,880 cases on Sunday morning. That compares to Saturday’s total of 3,793.Virginia has reported a total number of 255,053 virus cases. The state’s health department reports there have been 4,200 total deaths from the virus in Virginia.The state reported a 10.6% positivity rate, up from 10% on Saturday.The Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Associat
  
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• Mother IDs man killed by deputies in northeastern Minnesota

  06-12-2020 18:34
  
  MOUNTAIN IRON, Minn. (AP) — Authorities say two sheriff’s deputies in northeastern Minnesota shot and killed a man who fled officers investigating a shoplifting report. The Star Tribune reports that the man’s mother identified him as 19-year-old Estavon Elioff. The St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office says in a release that he fled officers in Mountain Iron around 12:30 p.m. Saturday and was discovered about an hour later in a wooded area. The release says there was a confro
  
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• German experts defuse WWII-era bomb found in Frankfurt

  06-12-2020 17:55
  
  BERLIN (AP) — German explosives experts have successfully defused and disposed of a 1,100-pound bomb in the country’s financial capital Frankfurt, which was dropped during World War II and discovered during recent construction. Some 13,000 residents were evacuated from the city’s Gallus district Sunday and trains were stopped from running through the area as Hesse state experts went to work on the bomb. The bomb was found during construction on Thursday. Even 75 years after the
  
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• Over 300 detained in Belarus during protests against leader

  06-12-2020 17:51
  
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — More than 300 people have been detained in the Belarusian capital, where crowds of people took to the streets for the 18th consecutive weekend. they demanded the ouster of the country’s authoritarian leader who won a sixth term in office in an election widely seen as rigged. Thousands of people took part in dozens of small rallies scattered all over Minsk on Sunday. “We believe! We can! We will win!” the demonstrators chanted. Mass protests have rocke
  
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• EXPLAINER: How does AP choose which lawsuits to cover?

  06-12-2020 17:51
  
  There have been about 50 election-related cases brought by the campaign of President Donald Trump and his allies. More than 30 have been rejected or dropped. Trump got one win — in a case that didn’t affect the election’s outcome. The Associated Press hasn’t written a story on every lawsuit, though in every case journalists do look at the allegations and responses, motions and evidence, as well as the responses of the judges or other jurists involved. If there is scant ev
  
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• Uruguay’s 1st socialist president, Tabaré Vázquez, dies

  06-12-2020 17:50
  
  SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Uruguay’s first socialist president,Tabaré Vásquez has died of cancer. It’s a disease the physician turned politician dedicated much of his life to fighting. Center-right President Luis Lacalle Pou says his former political opponent “faced his final battle with courage and serenity” and declared three days of mourning. Vazquez shook Uruguayan politics when he first became president in 2005, peacefully ending 170 years of two-part
  
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• Native Americans critique data, surveys following election

  06-12-2020 17:42
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — The lack of visibility of Native Americans in exit poll data on network television hit a nerve in Indian Country in the days following the election. Some Natives responded with an outcry while others turned to humor to address what many describe as a longstanding problem. Native Americans make up less than 2% of the U.S. population and often are listed as “other” or denoted with an asterisk in datasets. Even when surveyed, the results can be considered statistica
  
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• Protesters in Moldova demand early parliamentary election

  06-12-2020 17:28
  
  CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Thousands of supporters of Moldova’s newly elected pro-Western president Maia Sandu have gathered Sunday in the capital to demand the resignation of the country’s pro-Russia government and an early parliamentary election. Sunday’s protest was organized in response to a call Sandu had issued last Thursday after lawmakers loyal to her staunchly pro-Russia predecessor voted to strip her of a key power. Sandu is due to take office on Dec. 24.The post
  
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• Zanzibar’s opposition party to join coalition government

  06-12-2020 17:23
  
  ZANZIBAR, Tanzania (AP) — The main opposition party in Tanzania’s semiautonomous Zanzibar archipelago has announced it will join a coalition government with the islands’ ruling party, after a disputed poll in October in which some of its supporters were allegedly killed and its leaders arrested. The Alliance for Change and Transparency-Wazalendo has decided to enter into a government of national unity with the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi party, as required by Zanzibar’s co
  
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• Double Dragons: SpaceX launches space station supplies

  06-12-2020 17:18
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX has launched a newer, bigger version of its Dragon cargo ship to the International Space Station. Sunday’s liftoff from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center marks the first time that Elon Musk’s company has two capsules aloft at the same time. This latest Dragon should reach the orbiting lab on Monday, joining the Dragon that delivered four astronauts last month. The 6,400-pound shipment includes Christmas treats and presents for the seven statio
  
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• 1.2M doses of China-made COVID vaccine arrive in Indonesia

  06-12-2020 16:59
  
  JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s government says 1.2 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine developed by China-based biopharmaceutical company Sinovac Biotech arrived in the country late Sunday. President Joko Widodo said in a televised address that another 1.8 million doses of the vaccine are expected to arrive in early January. The government is still waiting for millions of other doses of the Sinovac vaccine to arrive in the form of raw materials that will be further processed b
  
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• Netflix rejects calls to add disclaimer to The Crown

  06-12-2020 16:52
  
  LONDON (AP) — Netflix says it has “no plans” to add a disclaimer to “The Crown” stating that its lavish drama about Britain’s royal family is a work of fiction. Netflix said Saturday it has always presented the drama as just that. A drama. Netflix was urged last week by British Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden to add the disclaimer, in the wake of the broadcast of the drama’s fourth series. Charles Spencer, the late Princess Diana’s brother, was one
  
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• Mexican president wants to restrict US agents in Mexico

  06-12-2020 16:40
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has handed another hot potato to U.S. President-elect Joe Biden. He’s proposing to restrict U.S. agents in Mexico and remove their diplomatic immunity. The proposal submitted quietly this week would require Drug Enforcement Administration agents to hand over absolutely all information they collect to the Mexican government. It would also require any Mexican officials they contact to submit a full re
  
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• The Latest: Vaccine chief thinks shots will be long-lasting

  06-12-2020 16:35
  
  WASHINGTON — The head of the U.S. vaccine development effort said Sunday he believes the COVID-19 vaccine could have long-lasting effect once distributed.
  Dr. Moncef Slaoui told CNN’s “State of the Union” that only time will tell for certain, but that in his opinion, the vaccine’s effectiveness could last for “many, many years,” with older people and others who are more vulnerable requiring a booster every three to five years.
  He said that one of the hal
  
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• Arizona reports 5,376 new COVID-19 cases and 25 more deaths

  06-12-2020 16:35
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona health officials on Sunday reported 5,376 more COVID-19 cases and 25 additional deaths. The latest numbers push the state’s total to 364,276 cases since the pandemic began with 6,950 known deaths. On Saturday, health officials reported 40 deaths and 6,799 cases. That marked the second-highest daily case increase in Arizona since the pandemic’s start as the coronavirus’ fall surge continued to elevate occupancy rates of increasingly stressed hospital
  
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• EXPLAINER: How phones can alert you to COVID-19 exposure

  06-12-2020 16:18
  
  More than 8.1 million people in the U.S. have turned their iPhones and Android devices into pandemic contact-tracing tools, but it hasn’t been of much use when their neighbors, classmates and coworkers aren’t on the same system. Apple and Google co-created “exposure notification” technology to alert phone users if they spent time near someone who tests positive for the coronavirus, so they know to get tested, too. It’s built with tight privacy restrictions to mainta
  
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• Navajo Nation reports 225 new COVID-19 cases; ICU beds full

  06-12-2020 16:17
  
  WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation health officials have reported 225 new COVID-19 cases and two additional deaths with intensive care unit beds at healthcare facilities now at full capacity. Officials say the new numbers released Saturday night push the total of cases on the vast reservation since the pandemic began to 17,738 with 667 known deaths. They say 170,343 people have been tested for coronavirus and 9,797 have recovered. The reservation includes parts of Arizona, New Mexico
  
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• Despite promise, few in US adopting COVID-19 exposure apps

  06-12-2020 16:12
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — An Associated Press analysis finds that new smartphone technology for alerting people about possible exposure to the coronavirus has been slow to catch on. The notification system, designed by Apple and Google and praised by security experts for protecting user privacy, is only available in 18 states and territories. And adoption remains low. In Connecticut, the most successful state so far, only about 1 in 5 residents have opted into the notifications. Public health o
  
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• Will the US ever have a national COVID-19 testing strategy?

  06-12-2020 16:04
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Health experts are hoping Joe Biden’s administration will put in place something Donald Trump’s has not — a comprehensive national testing strategy. They say such a strategy could systematically check more people for infections and spot surges before they take off. The health experts say it would be an improvement from the current practice. Some experts say the lack of such a system is one reason for the current national explosion in cases, hospitalization
  
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• 2 dead, 3 injured after vehicle rollover in north Phoenix

  06-12-2020 16:04
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities say two people have been killed and three others injured in a rollover crash in north Phoenix. Arizona Department of Public Safety officials say troopers responded to Saturday night’s crash on Interstate 17 just south of the on-ramp from the Loop 303. Witnesses say the vehicle rolled before coming to a stop about 30 yards off the right shoulder of the freeway.  DPS officials say two people inside the vehicle were dead by the time authorities arrived. T
  
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• Egypt court upholds asset freeze of 3 rights workers

  06-12-2020 16:02
  
  CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court has upheld a prosecutors’ decision to freeze the assets of three workers at one of the country’s most prominent rights groups, including its executive director. The three were released from prison last week after being arrested in November and slapped with terrorism-related charges. The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights said Sunday that the court ordered a temporarily freeze of “all personal assets and property.” Egypt, a U.S. al
  
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• A unique recipe for healing: Bill Murray and a biblical text

  06-12-2020 15:57
  
  A group of acclaimed actors are staging an online reading of a religious text with remarkable relevance to the current moment: the Book of Job. The unique performance, taking place against the backdrop of a pandemic’s blight and wounds from an acrimonious election, is aimed at Republican-leaning Knox County, Ohio. It’s set to feature participation from locals who include people of faith, and designed to spark meaningful conversations across spiritual and political divides. Bill Murra
  
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• The Latest: Official optimistic virus vaccine will be OK’d

  06-12-2020 15:56
  
  WASHINGTON — A top medical adviser to President Donald Trump’s administration saId Sunday he’s confident that the Food and Drug Administration will approve the coronavirus vaccine from pharmaceutical company Pfizer this week.
  FDA officials will meet to review the Pfizer vaccine Thursday and it could be authorized almost immediately.
  “Based on the data I know I expect the FDA to make a positive decision, but of course, it’s their decision,” said Moncef Slaoui,
  
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• Trump tactics to overturn election could have staying power

  06-12-2020 15:48
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Even after he exits the White House, President Donald Trump’s efforts to challenge the legitimacy of the election and seeking to overturn the will of voters could have staying power. Trump’s tactics are already inspiring other candidates, and his moves have been embraced by a wide array of Republicans. Supporters include congressional candidates, state lawmakers, party chairs, conservative legal groups and appointees to previously little-known vote-certification
  
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• Venezuela vote likely to give Congress to Maduro’s party

  06-12-2020 15:18
  
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s congressional election will almost certainly give President Nicolás Maduro control over the country’s last major independent institution. But Sunday’s vote will do little to improve his image at home and abroad. Maduro already has the loyalty of the courts, the military, prosecutors and other institutions. He’s seeking to load the National Assembly with members of his United Socialist Party of Venezuela, and critics say h
  
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• The Latest: Snowstorm wreaks havoc on Austria virus testing

  06-12-2020 15:16
  
  BERLIN — Several communities in the Austrian Alps have put mass coronavirus testing on hold and others were urged to do the same after a storm dumped huge amounts of snow, sending some avalanche warnings to their highest level.
  Some parts of the province of Tyrol saw 70 centimeters (27.5 inches) of snow fall overnight Friday into Saturday, and another 110 centimeters (43 inches) were expected on Sunday, Austria’s APA news agency reported.
  In East Tyrol, 500 households were left witho
  
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