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• DoorDash delivers 86% gain in stock market debut

  09-12-2020 23:54
  
  DoorDash shares soared 86% as the meal delivery service made its debut Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange. The shares closed at $189.51 after the San Francisco-based company priced them at $102 each late Tuesday. The closing price valued the company, which is trading under the symbol DASH, at around $72 billion. Virus-induced lockdown orders and the closure of indoor dining have made meal delivery services indispensable for many restaurants and diners this year. That’s led to explosi
  
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• AP sources: Biden to pick Katherine Tai as top trade envoy

  09-12-2020 23:52
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden is set to nominate Katherine Tai to be the top U.S. trade envoy. That’s according to two people familiar with his plans who spoke to The Associated Press on Wednesday on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to discuss them publicly. plans. Tai is chief trade counsel for the House Ways and Means Committee and will be tapped as the U.S. Trade Representative. Tai is fluent in Mandarin and earlier oversaw China trade enf
  
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• AP sources: President-elect Biden intends to nominate House committee lawyer Katherine Tai as US Trade Representative

  09-12-2020 23:51
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — AP sources: President-elect Biden intends to nominate House committee lawyer Katherine Tai as US Trade Representative.The post AP sources: President-elect Biden intends to nominate House committee lawyer Katherine Tai as US Trade Representative appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Performers set for TV special replacing canceled Rose Parade

  09-12-2020 23:39
  
  PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — There won’t be thousands of people watching flower-laden floats roll through the streets of Pasadena on New Year’s Day, but the show will go on. Sheryl Crow leads a long list of performers and celebrity guests who will appear in a Jan. 1 television special replacing the 132nd Rose Parade, which was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Tournament of Roses says “The Rose Parade’s New Year Celebration presented by Honda” will air
  
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• 3 workers injured, 2 missing in collapse of Ohio power plant

  09-12-2020 23:39
  
  Three workers were hospitalized and two were unaccounted for after a power plant that was being demolished in Ohio collapsed Wednesday, authorities said.
  Rescuers had to dig for hours to free one of the workers from the rubble at the Killen Generating Station, Adams County Sheriff Kim Rogers said. Rogers said that worker was conscious.
  It was not clear what caused the collapse.
  “Next week, they were preparing to take that building down and those stacks. So this was some kind of preparation
  
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• Hunter Biden facing federal investigation into his taxes

  09-12-2020 23:34
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden’s son Hunter says he is facing a federal investigation into his taxes. The disclosure on Wednesday puts a renewed spotlight on the questions about his financial dealings that dogged his father’s campaign. A person familiar with the investigation says federal investigators served a round of subpoenas on Tuesday, including to Hunter Biden. The person says the tax investigation centers on his business dealings. Another person familiar wi
  
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• UK-EU trade talks to resume but “very large gaps” remain

  09-12-2020 23:33
  
  BRUSSELS (AP) — U.K.-EU negotiators will resume talks on a Brexit trade deal after a dinner summit between Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen — but Britain says “very large gaps” remain between the two sides. Johnson flew to Brussels on Wednesday in hopes that top-level political talks can put new momentum into talks that are stuck on issues including fishing rights and competition rules. Britain left the EU on Jan. 31 but
  
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• Pompeo unloads on US universities for China ties

  09-12-2020 23:32
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has unloaded on U.S. universities for allegedly caving to Chinese pressure to blunt or bar criticism of the Chinese Communist Party. In a speech on Wednesday, Pompeo took aim at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Washington for refusing to address the Trump administration’s concerns about China’s attempts to influence students and academics. Pompeo called out by name two university administrators for
  
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• Oklahoma asks court: Make J&J pay $9.3B to end opioid crisis

  09-12-2020 23:24
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma has asked the state Supreme Court to order Johnson & Johnson to pay more than $9.3 billion to cover the anticipated cost of combatting the state’s opioid crisis, arguing in its appeal that a lower court’s award wasn’t enough . Attorney General Mike Hunter made the request Monday. He says a court’s order last year that the pharmaceutical giant pay $465 million for its part in the oversupply of painkillers would be sufficient to cover
  
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• UK government says Brexit trade deal talks with EU to resume but “very large gaps” remain between the two sides

  09-12-2020 23:20
  
  BRUSSELS (AP) — UK government says Brexit trade deal talks with EU to resume but “very large gaps” remain between the two sides.The post UK government says Brexit trade deal talks with EU to resume but “very large gaps” remain between the two sides appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Polish deputy PM and ruling party head wins confidence vote

  09-12-2020 23:19
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s Deputy Prime Minister and ruling party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski has survived a no-confidence vote in parliament that had been brought against him by the opposition. His opponents argued that Kaczynski, who recently took the job of deputy prime minister in charge of security has failed in his task. They pointed to the use of police force, tear gas and detentions in recent anti-government protests. It also points to the continuous conflict that Poland ha
  
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• The Latest: Sacramento to have tightest virus rules

  09-12-2020 23:17
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The greater Sacramento region will be placed under California’s most restrictive coronavirus rules this week because capacity in hospital intensive care units has fallen below 15%.
  The 13-county region encompassing the state capital has an ICU capacity of 14.3% and will face a regional stay-at-home order at 11:59 p.m. Thursday, according to the state Department of Public Health website.
  Under the restrictions, restaurants must stop outdoor dining, personal care b
  
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• Congress vows to watch Army response to Fort Hood violence

  09-12-2020 23:17
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of Congress are pledging to deepen their investigations into sexual assault, harassment and other problems at Fort Hood, Texas, and explore legislation. They’re zeroing in on what officials say are glaring deficiencies in the Army criminal investigations unit at the base. “Red flags” have been ignored at the base for years. That’s according to Rep. Jackie Speier, who leads the House Armed Services subcommittee on military personnel. She say
  
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• Mother of Black man killed by Ohio deputy: ‘I want answers’

  09-12-2020 23:10
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The mother of a Black man fatally shot by an Ohio sheriff’s deputy is demanding answers about her son’s death. Tamala Payne is the mother of 23-year-old Casey Goodson Jr., who died Dec. 4 as he entered his grandmother’s house in Columbus. Payne told The Associated Press Wednesday her son didn’t do anything wrong and was returning from the dentist and had sandwiches for himself, his 5-year-old brother and his grandmother when he was killed. The
  
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• Feds: Fraudster duped investors with false claims about NASA

  09-12-2020 23:07
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The founder of a nanotechnology company has been arrested on securities fraud charges by authorities who say he accepted over $12 million from investors after lying about his dealings with NASA. James Jeremy Barbera was released on $1 million bail after appearing in Manhattan federal court. Acting U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss says he duped investors in a seemingly plausible but fictitious technology that he claimed was developed with help from NASA. New York’s FBI hea
  
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• Wichita area feels 5 low-intensity earthquakes in 2 weeks

  09-12-2020 22:54
  
  LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — Five low-intensity earthquakes have rattled part of the Wichita, Kansas, area since Thanksgiving. But an earthquake expert says residents of Kansas’ largest city shouldn’t be overly alarmed. An earthquake with an estimated 2.6 magnitude was felt Wednesday in the same area around southeast Wichita where four other quakes have been recorded in the last two weeks. The highest magnitude was 3.3 on Tuesday. No damage or injuries were reported. Rick Miller is a se
  
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• Venezuela’s Guaidó: Time to revise international sanctions

  09-12-2020 22:52
  
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó says it’s time to revise international sanctions aimed at forcing President Nicolás Maduro from power. Guaidó talked with The Associated Press on Wednesday at his Caracas home. He leads a coalition of politicians seeking to oust Maduro with international support. Guaidó says he’s ready to work with the incoming Biden administration among world leaders. He says the sanctions haven&rsqu
  
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• McDonald’s look to raise prices of Happy Meals

  09-12-2020 22:51
  
  CHICAGO, Ill. (KVOA) - McDonald's Happy Meals could be getting a bit less happy because they may be getting a bit more expensive.The fast-food chain is scrapping a decades-old deal with its franchisees subsidizing the price of Happy Meal toys.Starting in 2021, McDonald's will stop issuing the roughly $300 monthly contribution to its U.S. restaurants.The contribution is called the "Happy Meal rent and service fee."Those details come from an internal message from the company's U.S. leadership.The
  
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• Woman evicted from Dolan Springs home accused of burning it

  09-12-2020 22:49
  
  DOLAN SPRINGS, Ariz. (AP) — Mohave County Sheriff’s officials say a woman has been arrested for allegedly setting fire to the house from which she’d was evicted last month. They say 29-year-old Sabrina Lynn Nulsen is jailed on suspicion of arson of a structure, criminal trespassing and criminal damage. Sheriff’s deputies called out Tuesday morning to a house fire in Dolan Springs. Nobody was in the home at the time of the fire, but investigators say the incident was captu
  
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• Johns Hopkins: Census records show founder owned slaves

  09-12-2020 22:49
  
  Johns Hopkins University has announced that its founder owned slaves during the 19th century. The news comes as a revelation for the Baltimore-based school that had taken pride in the man purportedly being a staunch abolitionist. The school announced the new information Wednesday. It also comes as Hopkins researchers have been at the forefront of the global response to COVID-19. Officials say researchers uncovered the information in government census records as part of an initiative exploring th
  
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• Giants’ Jones says hamstring feels better, but mum on game

  09-12-2020 22:48
  
  EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — While saying his injured right hamstring was feeling better New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones scrambled when asked whether he would be able to play this weekend against the Arizona Cardinals. Giants coach Joe Judge said Wednesday he was optimistic Jones would be able to return after missing last weekend’s game in Seattle. The rookie coach tempered his comments, saying Jones has to show he can protect himself before he will be allowed to play. Jones
  
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• Hunter Biden faces federal investigation over ‘tax affairs’

  09-12-2020 22:44
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden’s son Hunter says his “tax affairs” are under federal investigation.
  The disclosure on Wednesday puts a renewed spotlight on the questions about his financial dealings that dogged his father’s campaign.
  In a statement released by the president-elect’s transition office, the younger Biden said he learned about the investigation on Tuesday. He did not disclose details of the matter.
  Hunter Biden has long been a target
  
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• House passes temporary government funding bill to prevent shutdown, buy more time for COVID-19 relief talks

  09-12-2020 22:44
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — House passes temporary government funding bill to prevent shutdown, buy more time for COVID-19 relief talks.The post House passes temporary government funding bill to prevent shutdown, buy more time for COVID-19 relief talks appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• First woman, next man on moon will come from these NASA 18

  09-12-2020 22:44
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA has named the 18 astronauts who will train for its Artemis moon-landing program. The first woman and next man on the moon will come from this select group. Vice President Mike Pence introduced the astronauts Wednesday at the close of his final meeting as head of the National Space Council. The announcement was made at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center, beneath one of only three remaining Saturn V moon rockets from the 1960s and 1970s Apollo program. Half
  
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• The Latest: Turkey has no plans to require vaccinations

  09-12-2020 22:41
  
  ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s health minister says his country has no plans to make vaccination against the new coronavirus mandatory but will work to convince the public about the safety of the vaccines.
  Speaking to reporters following a meeting of the country’s scientific advisory council on Wednesday, Fahrettin Koca also said people who contracted the virus in the past four to six months, children, and pregnant women would not be vaccinated.
  Turkey has ordered 50 million doses o
  
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• Macaw rescued after spotted wandering northwest neighborhood

  09-12-2020 22:36
  
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  TUCSON (KVOA) - A colorful, unique visitor from south of the border was rescued by Pima Animal Care Center after it was found dehydrated and exhausted in the Old Pueblo Wednesday.According to PACC, the county received a request for assistance from Paradise Parrot Rescue to capture a macaw who was spotted flying around a neighborhood located near Orange Grove and Silverbell roads.Officials said after a taxing chase, Animal Protection Services caught the bird after it land
  
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• Ghana president re-elected for 2nd term in tight race

  09-12-2020 22:29
  
  ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Election officials in Ghana say President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of Ghana has been re-elected for a second term after a tightly contested election. Officials say Akufo-Addo of the governing New Patriotic Party won Monday’s election outright with 51.6% of the votes, beating former President John Dramani Mahama of the main opposition National Democratic Congress, who received 47.4%. The election commission said Wednesday that more than 13.4 million people voted
  
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• Faculty: Auditor demand on professor hurts academic freedom

  09-12-2020 22:29
  
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — University of Mississippi faculty leaders are expressing concerns about academic freedom. The state auditor demanded nearly $2,000 from a tenured professor who took part in a two-day “scholar strike” to bring attention to racism and injustice. The Faculty Senate on the Oxford campus adopted two resolutions Tuesday. One says the auditor’s actions “threaten to chill academic freedom essential for higher education.” Auditor Shad White issued
  
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• Florida puppy becomes deputy dog after caught in alligator’s mouth

  09-12-2020 22:20
  
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  LEE COUNTY, Fla. (CNN) - A puppy's brush with death after being caught in an alligator's mouth -- has given him a new job, other than being cute.Gunner is now a deputy dog with the Lee County Sheriff's Office.This video shows Richard Wilbanks wrestling with the alligator to free gunner from its strong jaws back in October.Wilbanks had been on a walk with his wife and Gunner, when the gator thought it was getting a free lunch.The County Sheriff says this Cavalier King Charles Spani
  
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• Despite critics, Baker, Cuomo honored for virus leadership

  09-12-2020 22:19
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo are being honored for their pandemic leadership. Baker, a Republican, and Cuomo, a Democrat, have led their states during the coronavirus pandemic, which hit both states particularly hard during the first wave of infections. They have been both praised and reviled for their coronavirus wins and missteps. Both governors took actions to help slow the spread of the disease, including pressing residents to wear masks
  
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• Weakness in tech companies leads stocks lower on Wall Street

  09-12-2020 22:12
  
  Stocks are closing broadly lower on Wall Street led by weakness in technology companies. The S&P 500 fell 0.8% Wednesday, easing the benchmark index below the record high it set a day earlier. Health care and communications companies also slipped. Investors have been balancing hopes for approvals and distribution of coronavirus vaccines against a near-term surge in cases and hospitalizations. Investors are still closely watching Washington, where talks are still ongoing on providing more rel
  
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• The Latest: Arizona coronavirus death toll surpasses 7,000

  09-12-2020 22:08
  
  PHOENIX — Arizona’s death toll from the coronavirus pandemic surpassed 7,000 on Wednesday and the state reported 108 deaths.
  The state registered 4,444 confirmed coronavirus cases, increasing the state’s known totals to 382,601.
  The Department of Health Services says on Twitter that “a large percentage” of the 108 deaths reported Wednesday were due to reviewing past death certificates and determining the deaths were from COVID-19. That periodic process results in a
  
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• Women’s Hall of Fame honors Aretha Franklin, Morrison, Lacks

  09-12-2020 22:06
  
  SENECA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — The National Women’s Hall of Fame plans a virtual induction ceremony Thursday for its latest honorees. They include “Queen of Soul” Aretha Franklin and Nobel laureate and “Beloved” author Toni Morrison.  Also being inducted posthumously are Henrietta Lacks, whose cells were widely used in biomedical research; Barbara Hillary, the first Black woman to travel to both the North and South Pole, and civil rights activists Barbara Rose
  
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• Hunter Biden facing federal investigation over ‘tax affairs’

  09-12-2020 22:03
  
  WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden’s son Hunter says he has learned from federal prosecutors that his tax affairs are under investigation. The investigation by the Delaware U.S. Attorney’s office was disclosed in a statement released Wednesday by President-elect Biden’s transition office. Hunter Biden’s attorneys did not immediately return phone messages seeking comment.The post Hunter Biden facing federal investigation over ‘tax affairs’
  
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• UK Home Secretary meets with exiled Hong Kong activist

  09-12-2020 22:01
  
  LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Home Secretary has met with exiled Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Nathan Law to discuss the situation in the Chinese territory as well as new British immigration policies intended to help people wishing to leave the city amid concerns about Beijing’s tightening grip. Priti Patel was the first British Cabinet minister to meet with Law, who fled his hometown before a warrant for his arrest was issued by Beijing. She said Wednesday that Britain will &ldqu
  
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• President-elect Joe Biden’s son Hunter says he is under federal investigation for ‘tax affairs’

  09-12-2020 21:59
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden’s son Hunter says he is under federal investigation for ‘tax affairs.’The post President-elect Joe Biden’s son Hunter says he is under federal investigation for ‘tax affairs’ appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Chicago rapper G Herbo pleads not guilty to fraud scheme

  09-12-2020 21:56
  
  SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Chicago rapper G Herbo has pleaded not guilty to participating in a scheme to use stolen credit card information to pay for things like luxury vacation rentals and designer puppies. G Herbo, whose real name is Herbert Wright III, appeared before a Massachusetts federal judge via videoconference because of the coronavirus pandemic. He pleaded not guilty to charges of identity theft and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Authorities say G Herbo and the others used tex
  
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• Oregon eviction protest fueled by history of gentrification

  09-12-2020 21:52
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Protesters in Oregon’s largest city have barricaded streets in a residential neighborhood and set booby traps after Portland police made arrests in a clash over gentrification and the eviction of a Black and Indigenous family from a home. Several city blocks were closed off by blockades Wednesday which were also laced with booby traps that included homemade spike strips and piles of rocks. An eviction protest that’s simmered since September exploded  
  
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• Fauci, Kamala among famous names on mispronounced words list

  09-12-2020 21:42
  
  The names of America’s preeminent infectious disease expert and its incoming vice president have topped this year’s list of most mispronounced words. Anthony Fauci and Kamala Harris are among a number of famous names that made the list released Wednesday. The U.S. Captioning Company, which captions and subtitles real-time events on TV and in courtrooms, has been compiling the list with Babbel, a language-learning app company, since 2016. Todd Ehresmann, a senior linguist at Babbel, s
  
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• US govt, states sue Facebook for ‘predatory’ conduct

  09-12-2020 21:35
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators on Wednesday sued to force Facebook to sell off its Instagram and WhatsApp messaging services as the U.S. government and 48 states and districts accused the company of abusing its market power in social networking to crush smaller competitors. The antitrust lawsuits were announced by the Federal Trade Commission and New York Attorney General Letitia James. Facebook is the world’s biggest social network with 2.7 billion users and a company with a m
  
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• Polish deputy PM and ruling party head faces confidence vote

  09-12-2020 21:35
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s lawmakers are to vote Wednesday on a no-confidence motion brought against Deputy Prime Minister and ruling party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski. The opposition argues that Kaczynski, who recently took the job of deputy prime minister in charge of security has failed in his task. As proof, the opposition points to the use of police force and detentions in recent anti-government protests. It also points to the continuous conflict that Poland has faced with the
  
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• Biden hails historic Pentagon pick, but some Dems in a bind

  09-12-2020 21:33
  
  WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden is hailing retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin as the right man at the right time to be America’s secretary of defense, but the choice is putting some congressional Democrats in a bind. In the past, they’ve opposed naming recently retired military officers to the post, yet they don’t want to be seen as blocking the first African American to lead the Pentagon. Three years ago, Congress waived a law blocking the appointment of re
  
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• Tucson Singer Debuts with Quiet Self-Reflection on ‘Antares’

  09-12-2020 21:30
  
  Jessica Tanner wrote and developed the nine songs on her debut album over multiple years – but with their soft melancholy, it’s fitting for them to release during this period of extended isolation. Tanner, who goes as Asphalt Astronaut on her solo folk release Antares, drew inspiration from heartbreak, astronomy and Fourth Avenue.Originally from Tucson, Tanner moved to Phoenix when she was young, but returned here to attend the University of Arizona.…
  
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• Veteran Palestinian official Hanan Ashrawi resigns

  09-12-2020 21:29
  
  RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Hanan Ashrawi, a senior official in the Palestine Liberation Organization, has announced her resignation, saying the Palestinian political system needs “renewal and reinvigoration.” Ashrawi, a member of the PLO’s decision-making executive committee said she had informed President Mahmoud Abbas last month of her intention to step down at the end of the year. But after word of her resignation leaked out, she said on Wednesday was stepping down imm
  
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• Jury convicts Illinois man in Minnesota mosque bombing

  09-12-2020 21:28
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A jury has convicted the leader of an Illinois anti-government militia group of civil rights and hate crime charges in the 2017 bombing of a Minnesota mosque. The jury in Minneapolis deliberated less than a day before finding 49-year-old Michael Hari guilty on five counts that include damaging property due to its religious character and forcibly obstructing the free exercise of religious beliefs. Prosecutors cited Hari’s hate for Muslims for the motivation behind t
  
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• Two charged in shooting death of 22-year-old

  09-12-2020 21:27
  
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  TUCSON (KVOA) - Police have charged two people in connection with the death of a Tucson man following a shooting on the Southside back in July.
  On July 26, police identified Jose Luis Armando Miranda, 22, as the man who was shot in the 1200 block of E. 24th Street, near Park Avenue and 22nd Street.
  Miranda died at the hospital from injuries he sustained during the shooting, police say.
  On Monday, homicide detectives with Tucson Pol
  
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• Jury convicts Illinois man of masterminding 2017 Minnesota mosque bombing on all 5 counts

  09-12-2020 21:25
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jury convicts Illinois man of masterminding 2017 Minnesota mosque bombing on all 5 counts.The post Jury convicts Illinois man of masterminding 2017 Minnesota mosque bombing on all 5 counts appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• EU drug regulator hacked, data on COVID-19 vaccine accessed

  09-12-2020 21:24
  
  BERLIN (AP) — German company BioNTech and U.S. pharmaceutical company Pfizer say data on their coronavirus vaccine were “unlawfully accessed” during a cyberattack on the servers of the European Medicines Agency. The Amsterdam-based agency is considering requests for conditional marketing authorization for several coronavirus vaccines to be used in the 27-nation European Union. The EMA said Wednesday that it had been the target of a cyberattack but declined to provide more detai
  
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• Al Michaels voted Frick winner for baseball’s Hall of Fame.

  09-12-2020 21:13
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Former ABC baseball commentator Al Michaels has been voted the Ford C. Frick Award for broadcast excellence by baseball’s Hall of Fame. Michaels, 76, will be honored during the Hall of Fame induction weekend in July. Michaels became lead broadcaster on ABC’s “Monday Night Baseball” telecasts in 1983. He was in the booth when an earthquake struck at San Francisco’s Candlestick Park in 1989.The post Al Michaels voted Frick winner for baseball&rsq
  
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• UK probes whether COVID-19 vaccine caused allergic reactions

  09-12-2020 21:11
  
  LONDON (AP) — Britain’s medical regulator says people with a history of serious allergic reactions shouldn’t receive the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech as investigators look into whether two reactions on the first day of the country’s vaccination program were linked to the shot. The medical director for the National Health Service in England said the advice was issued on a “precautionary basis” and that the people who had reactions had recovered. Th
  
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