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• Tucson couple indicted for defrauding elderly while serving as caregivers

  10-12-2020 23:56
  
  PixabayTUCSON (KVOA) - A Tucson couple was indicted Nov. 24 for allegedly defrauding an elderly, disabled individual while serving as the victim's caretakers.According to a three-count indictment, 33-year-old Michael Tagle Santos and 28-year-old Cherry Mae Santos reportedly enriched themselves through the financial accounts of an elderly victim they were reportedly working for.Authorities said the husband and wife duo allegedly transferred funds from the victim's accounts for "salary advances"
  
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• Biden’s transition contends with probe into son’s finances

  10-12-2020 23:52
  
  Associated Press (AP) — The revelation that federal prosecutors have launched a tax investigation into President-elect Joe Biden’s son Hunter is now looming over the incoming administration’s transition efforts. It’s reviving distracting storylines and complicating the choice of an attorney general who would have to oversee a probe into Biden’s son. President Donald Trump’s initial public response was surprisingly muted, just a pair of tweets about a Fox News
  
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• Disney plans to stream a galaxy of Star Wars, Marvel series

  10-12-2020 23:51
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Walt Disney Co. unveiled a galaxy’s worth of new streaming offerings on Thursday, including plans for 10 “Star Wars” series spinoff and 10 Marvel series that will debut on Disney+. But even as Disney emphasized its expanding streaming portfolio, the company said it remains dedicated to releasing many of its big-budget spectacles in movie theaters. In a virtual presentation for investors, Disney chief executive Bob Chapek laid out super-sized ambitions
  
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• Q&A: What’s next for Facebook in the antitrust case?

  10-12-2020 23:48
  
  Could Facebook be forced to break off WhatsApp and Instagram? That’s what the U.S. government is seeking in its long-awaited lawsuit against the social media giant. Whatever happens, experts expect a long, drawn-out battle that Facebook is prepared to fight with massive resources as if its existence were at stake. Lawmakers of both major parties are championing stronger oversight of the industry, arguing that its massive market power is out of control, crushing smaller competitors and enda
  
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• Military: Wisconsin fighter pilot died in Michigan crash

  10-12-2020 23:48
  
  STEUBEN, Mich. (AP) — Military officials say a Wisconsin-based fighter pilot died when a plane crashed in a national forest in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula during a training mission. Wisconsin Air National Guard’s 115th Fighter Wing announced the pilot’s death Thursday. The pilot’s identity will not be released until 24 hours after family members are notified. The cause of the crash wasn’t immediately known. Officials say the plane went down in Hiawatha National
  
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• US panel endorses widespread use of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine

  10-12-2020 23:46
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. government advisory panel has endorsed Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine, in a major step toward an epic vaccination campaign that could finally conquer the outbreak.The Food and Drug Administration is expected to follow the recommendation issued Thursday by its expert advisers.The group, in a 17-4 vote with one abstention, concluded that the shot appears safe and effective against the coronavirus in people 16 and older.A final FDA decision is expected within day
  
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• Military says Wisconsin-based fighter jet pilot died in Michigan crash during training mission

  10-12-2020 23:38
  
  STEUBEN, Mich. (AP) — Military says Wisconsin-based fighter jet pilot died in Michigan crash during training mission.The post Military says Wisconsin-based fighter jet pilot died in Michigan crash during training mission appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• US panel endorses Pfizer COVID-19 shot in a major step toward an epic vaccination campaign against the outbreak

  10-12-2020 23:37
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — US panel endorses Pfizer COVID-19 shot in a major step toward an epic vaccination campaign against the outbreak.The post US panel endorses Pfizer COVID-19 shot in a major step toward an epic vaccination campaign against the outbreak appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Egypt receives 1st shipment of Chinese vaccine tested in UAE

  10-12-2020 23:36
  
  CAIRO (AP) — Egypt has received its first shipment of a Chinese coronavirus vaccine, which was tested in the United Arab Emirates and is said  to bes 86% effective. The shipment by Chinese state-owned pharmaceutical giant Sinopharm landed at Cairo’s international airport from the UAE on Thursday. A health ministry statement says the government will first vaccinate health care workers, particularly those who deal with COVID-19 cases. Egypt is the Arab world’s most populous
  
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• Home of civil rights icon Evers named as a national monument

  10-12-2020 23:30
  
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The historic home of slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers is now a national monument. The U.S. interior secretary and members of Mississippi’s congressional delegation made the announcement Thursday. The designation for the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home was required by a law President Donald Trump signed last year. Tougaloo College conveyed ownership of the home to the National Park Service in June. The Jackson home is currently closed to the public, but offici
  
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• Judge dismisses St. Louis prosecutor from McCloskey case

  10-12-2020 23:28
  
  O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A judge on Thursday disqualified the St. Louis prosecutor from the case involving Mark McCloskey, who along with his wife pointed guns at racial injustice protesters marching on the private street near their home in June. Circuit Judge Thomas Clark II dismissed Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner, citing two campaign fundraising emails around the time she filed felony gun charges against the couple in July. Clark said the emails created the appearance of a political mot
  
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• Georgia House speaker moves against election official

  10-12-2020 23:25
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s state House speaker is proposing to take selection of the state’s chief election official from voters and put it in the hands of legislators. Republican House Speaker David Ralston said Thursday that he will back a state constitutional amendment to change how Georgia’s secretary of state is chosen. A deputy to Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger calls the move a “power grab.” It comes amid continuing Republican attacks on
  
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• 5 bicyclists killed, 3 injured in crash on Nevada highway

  10-12-2020 23:23
  
  BOULDER CITY, Nev. (AP) — The Nevada Highway Patrol says five bicyclists have been killed and three others injured in a crash involving a box truck on U.S. Highway 95 north of Searchlight. Officials say the truck driver remained on the scene and commercial units were called to inspect the vehicle’s brakes, tires and overall function following the 9:40 a.m. crash Thursday. Nevada Department of Transportation spokesman Tony Illia says the truck allegedly hit a vehicle that was followin
  
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• St. Martin reports fatal shark attack, 1st in recent history

  10-12-2020 23:22
  
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A fatal shark attack has been reported in the French Caribbean territory of St. Martin, shocking many in the eastern Caribbean region where such attacks are rare. Government spokesman Alain Rioual confirmed the attack to The Associated Press but declined further comment ahead of a press conference late Thursday. He said it’s the first time in the territory’s recent history that such an attack occurs. The attack occurred in Orient Bay, a popular beac
  
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• SEC on ABC: ESPN to be exclusive TV home, starting 2024

  10-12-2020 23:22
  
  The Southeastern Conference’s signature mid-afternoon Saturday game will move from CBS to ABC starting in 2024. It is part of a new 10-year contract with ESPN and the powerhouse football league. The deal makes ESPN the exclusive media rights holder of SEC football and men’s basketball. It ends the SEC’s relationship with CBS after three decades. CBS has been airing the league’s Saturday afternoon centerpiece game and football championship since 1996. The SEC championship
  
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• Powell trying to resurrect bid to undo Biden’s Arizona win

  10-12-2020 23:17
  
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  PHOENIX (AP) — Conservative lawyer Sidney Powell is appealing the dismissal of her lawsuit seeking to decertify election results that gave Democrat President-elect Joe Biden a victory in Arizona. Powell said in a filing she was taking her case to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which later scheduled the first brief in the appeal to be due two months after inauguration date. Alexander Kolodin, an att
  
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• Watchdog clears Pompeo’s wife of travel ethics charges

  10-12-2020 23:13
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — An independent probe into the travel of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s wife has concluded that the trips with her husband on official business did not violate federal ethics rules. But it also determined that the State Department did not secure proper written approval or documentation for six of Susan Pompeo’s eight trips covered by the investigation. In addition, the department’s acting inspector general, Matthew Klimow, angrily rebutted accusations b
  
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• Large Oregon gentrification protest stretches into 3rd day

  10-12-2020 23:12
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A gentrification protest in Oregon’s largest city that has blockaded several city blocks in Portland has stretched into a third day. Demonstrators on Thursday were dressed in black and wearing ski masks as they stood watch over a house from which a family was evicted in September. Their makeshift barriers went up Tuesday after officers arrested about a dozen people in a clash over the eviction of the Black and Indigenous family from the home. The demonstration c
  
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• The Latest: Pennsylvania sets new restrictions to stem virus

  10-12-2020 23:06
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania is halting school sports and other extracurricular activities, ordering gyms, theaters and casinos to close and banning indoor dining at restaurants in response to the worsening pandemic.
  A day after telling Pennsylvanians of his own COVID-19 diagnosis, Gov. Tom Wolf announced the widely expected clampdown Thursday. He said it aims to slow the accelerating spread of the coronavirus and prevent hospitals from becoming overrun.“We all hoped it would not c
  
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• 31st annual Fort Lowell Shootout canceled due to COVID-19

  10-12-2020 23:02
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - For many families in Tucson, January is packed with shin guards, orange slices and soccer balls thanks to the annual Fort Lowell Shootout.But after 30 years of play, organizers announced Thursday that Southern Arizona's largest youth soccer tournament has been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Originally scheduled to be held on Jan. 15-17, the annual shootout typically gathers hundreds of girls and boys across the western United States and Mexico to face-off against one anoth
  
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• Stephen Lang weaves tale of bonding amid Gettysburg horrors

  10-12-2020 22:44
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — For a guy who has made a career out of playing villains, Stephen Lang certainly has a knack for turning a dark period in American history into a children’s book with a message. The actor who played the evil Col. Miles Quaritch in “Avatar” has written a Civil War tale with an uplifting message: enemies can come together. Lang’s story, “The Wheatfield,” tells the story of a wounded Union soldier saved by a man fighting for the Confederacy d
  
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• Tempe officer placed on 2-week unpaid suspension after holding detained Black man at gunpoint

  10-12-2020 22:43
  
  TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — A Tempe police officer is serving a two-week unpaid suspension and will work a desk job for at least the next year for holding a Black hotel employee at gunpoint while searching for an armed suspect described as white.
  Tempe officials said an investigation of the Aug. 29 incident at the hotel where Trevonyae Cumpian worked and was detained by Officer Ronald Kerzaya determined that Kerzaya violated city policies.
  The City Council on Wednesday approved a $300,000 settleme
  
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• Disputed Western Sahara is in spotlight after US decision

  10-12-2020 22:39
  
  The disputed territory of Western Sahara was central to a deal announced by President Donald Trump on Thursday establishing diplomatic ties between Morocco and Israel. Here is some background on the region.  The post Disputed Western Sahara is in spotlight after US decision appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Probe: CDC official says she was ordered to delete email

  10-12-2020 22:38
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior manager with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has told congressional investigators she was ordered to delete an email suggesting attempted political interference by the Trump administration in coronavirus reports to the public. Democratic Rep. James Clyburn released a partial transcript on Thursday and said the testimony of Dr. Charlotte Kent raises “serious concern about what may be deliberate efforts by the Trump administration to conceal an
  
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• The Latest: Ontario province to begin vaccinations next week

  10-12-2020 22:31
  
  TORONTO — Canada’s most populous province will begin administering COVID-19 vaccinations at hospitals in Toronto and Ottawa on Tuesday.Ontario Premier Doug Ford says a small number of doses are expected to arrive in the province in the coming days.Canada’s health regulator approved the vaccine by U.S. drugmaker Pfizer and Germany’s BioNTech vaccine on Wednesday.Ford says health care workers in long-term care homes and other high-risk settings will be the first to receive
  
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• Exposure feared after New Hampshire speaker dies of COVID-19

  10-12-2020 22:31
  
  The COVID-19 death of the speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives has raised fears that other members of one of the world’s largest legislatures might have been exposed at their swearing-in last week. A medical examiner announced the cause of death Thursday of 71-year-old Dick Hinch. The swearing-in was held outdoors, and Hinch was photographed at the event wearing a mask. But more than a quarter of House members skipped the ceremony. They had learned the day before that seve
  
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• In Georgia, Pence calls Senate GOP’s ‘last line of defense’

  10-12-2020 22:21
  
  AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence has told voters in Georgia that returning their incumbents to Washington will helps secure a GOP Senate. Pence also said on Wednesday’s visit to Augusta, Georgia, that support of the two Republicans would help preserve what he called the success of President Donald Trump’s administration.  No candidates received a majority of votes in November, triggering the two Jan. 5 runoffs. The races have put Georgia squarely in the nation
  
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• Pima County clarifies Wednesday’s Public Health Advisory on ‘hospital at capacity’

  10-12-2020 22:19
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - In a series of tweets, Pima County clarified Wednesday's Public Health Advisory.
  On Wednesday, the county said "COVID-19 transmission is HIGH and hospitals are at capacity. Stay home if you can, especially if you're sick, and wear a mask when out in public."You may have received a text message or a phone call from the county asking you to do your part to prevent the spread of the virus.On Thursday, they said:"We should have given more thought to the fact that saying “at cap
  
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• ADEQ announces actions to protect the City of Tucson’s drinking water supply

  10-12-2020 22:17
  
  PHOENIX (KVOA) - The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality announced Thursday that it has begun field work to address the Perfluorinated Alkyl Substances (PFAS) threat to the City of Tucson’s drinking water supply.
  It said work is well underway and continues moving ahead. ADEQ said it has dedicated $3.3 million from its limited Water Quality Assurance Revolving Fund to stop PFAS from impacting key Tucson drinking water sources. ADEQ’s Central Tucson PFAS Project is fo
  
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• Falwell drops defamation lawsuit against Liberty University

  10-12-2020 22:15
  
  LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) — Jerry Falwell Jr. has dropped a defamation lawsuit against his former employer, Liberty University. The News & Advance of Lynchburg reported Thursday that a judge granted a motion this week to nonsuit the case, which leaves open the possibility of Falwell refiling a similar one later. Falwell told the newspaper in a statement that he’s taking a “time out” from his litigation but will keep all options on the table for “an appropriate resolut
  
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• 5 bicyclists killed, 4 injured in crash on Nevada highway

  10-12-2020 22:15
  
  BOLDER CITY, Nev. (AP) — The Nevada Highway Patrol says at least five bicyclists have been killed and four others injured in a crash involving a box truck on U.S. Highway 95 north of Searchlight. Officials say the truck driver remained on the scene and commercial units were called to inspect the vehicle’s brakes, tires and overall function following the 9:40 a.m. crash Thursday. Nevada Department of Transportation spokesman Tony Illia says the truck allegedly hit a vehicle that was f
  
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• Kelli O’Hara, Richard Thomas join Tabernacle Choir Christmas

  10-12-2020 22:13
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Broadway’s Kelli O’Hara and Richard Thomas of “The Waltons” are the guest artists for “Christmas with The Tabernacle Choir.” The annual event was taped in December 2019 free of coronavirus restrictions or virtual tricks. The concert takes place at a 21,000-seat auditorium with the 360-member choir and a 110-musician orchestra. It’s standard practice to record the elaborate Christmas event and air it the following year. “Chr
  
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• Stock indexes end mixed as damage to the economy piles up

  10-12-2020 22:12
  
  Stocks wobbled to a mixed finish on Wall Street Thursday following more evidence that the pandemic is tightening its grip on the economy. Meanwhile, efforts in Congress to supply more financial support to people and businesses remain stuck. The S&P 500 slipped 0.1%. Treasury yields fell following a worse-than-expected report on unemployment claims. It’s the latest reminder that the pandemic is doing more damage to the economy in the near term, even if prospects are rising that a COVID-
  
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• The Latest: Pence talks vaccines in SC as virus cases rise

  10-12-2020 22:08
  
  GREENVILLE, S.C. — Vice President Mike Pence has traveled to South Carolina to talk about coronavirus vaccines, as cases are rising in the state.
  Pence participated in a roundtable discussion with Gov. Henry McMaster and local leaders about two vaccines, both likely to receive FDA approval for use in the next week.
  Pence says the government’s virus task force has “cut no corners in the development of this vaccine. We have cut red tape.”State health officials plan to give
  
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• Radiation spike detected at Finnish nuke plant; no leak

  10-12-2020 22:03
  
  HELSINKI (AP) — The Finnish nuclear safety watchdog says a radiation spike has been detected inside one of the Nordic country’s nuclear plants, leading to an automatic shutdown of a reactor, but there was no radioactivity leak and no one was injured. The Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority in Finland, known as STUK, said it was informed early Thursday afternoon of elevated radiation levels at the reactor of the Olkiluoto-2 nuclear plant in western Finland. It said “a severe
  
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• Ex-cop charged with making false 911 call about Black youths

  10-12-2020 21:54
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A white former police officer has been charged with falsely reporting a gunfight with a group of Black youths at his lakeside camp in the Adirondacks. The Essex County District Attorney’s Office says Sean McKown was arraigned last week on four misdemeanor charges including falsely reporting an incident and illegally discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a dwelling. McKown was allowed to retire from the Cohoes police force after the incident in June that followe
  
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• Albania: New protest over police shooting, minister resigns

  10-12-2020 21:52
  
  TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Demonstrators have clashed with police for a second day in the Albanian capital, Tirana, during a protest over this week’s fatal police shooting of a man during curfew hours. In a televised address broadcast just as the protest started, Prime Minister Edi Rama apologized to the dead 25-year-old’s parents, and the country’s interior minister resigned over the incident. Nevertheless, several hundred people went ahead with the protest — ignoring
  
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• Probe: CDC official says she was ordered to delete emails

  10-12-2020 21:32
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior manager with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has told congressional investigators she was ordered to delete an email suggesting attempted political interference by the Trump administration in coronavirus reports to the public. Democratic Rep. James Clyburn released a partial transcript on Thursday and said the testimony of Dr. Charlotte Kent raises “serious concern about what may be deliberate efforts by the Trump administration to conceal an
  
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• City disciplines officer who detained Black man at gunpoint

  10-12-2020 21:29
  
  TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — A Tempe police officer is serving a two-week unpaid suspension and will work a desk job for at least the next year for holding a Black hotel employee at gunpoint while searching for an armed suspect described as white. Tempe officials said an investigation of the Aug. 29 incident at the hotel where Trevonyae Cumpian worked and was detained by Officer Ronald Kerzaya determined that Kerzaya violated city policies. The City Council on Wednesday approved a $300,000 settleme
  
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• McConnell signals no GOP support for emerging COVID-19 deal

  10-12-2020 21:19
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is hitting the brakes on an emerging COVID-19 aid package for now. The Republican leader conveyed to negotiators that GOP senators won’t support a slimmed-down liability shield for companies from virus-related lawsuits in exchange for adding $160 billion for cash-strapped states and cities that Democrats want. That’s according to a senior Democrat who spoke about the private negotiations on condition of anonymity. The har
  
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• Israel, Morocco to normalize ties; US shifts W Sahara policy

  10-12-2020 21:18
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Israel and Morocco have agreed to normalize relations as President Donald Trump, in his final weeks in office, has announced the fourth Arab-Israeli agreement in four months. In a related major policy shift, the United States will recognize Morocco’s claim over the long-disputed Western Sahara as part of the deal. The Morocco-Israel agreement adds to Trump’s Mideast legacy just as Joe Biden prepares to assume the presidency in January with an eye toward revamp
  
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• State Dept: Pompeo’s wife cleared of travel ethics charges

  10-12-2020 21:06
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department says a report by its independent watchdog has concluded that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s wife did not violate federal regulations or ethics rules by traveling with her husband while he was on official business. In a statement that took aim at congressional Democrats and some media outlets, the department said Thursday that a review of Susan Pompeo’s travel had uncovered no wrongdoing, The department cited a report by the Office of the
  
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• The Latest: US tops 3,000 daily deaths, more than 9/11

  10-12-2020 21:05
  
  MISSION, Kan. — As FDA officials discuss approval of a COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday, the U.S. set records for deaths and hospitalizations.The U.S. recorded 3,124 confirmed deaths on Wednesday, the highest one-day total yet, according to Johns Hopkins University. That’s more than the toll of 2,977 killed on Sept. 11, 2001.
  More than 106,000 Americans are hospitalized.
  Up until last week, the peak was 2,603 deaths on April 15, when New York City was the epicenter of the nation’s
  
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• Feds detail work to address crisis of missing Native people

  10-12-2020 20:59
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has hired 11 specialized coordinators to help develop national standards to address the crisis of missing and slain Native American women as concerns mount over the level of violence they face. The Trump administration has released a report outlining the work of a task force created under an executive order. The group, which has met with tribal leaders, helped set the groundwork for the standards that will apply to new and unsolved cases of missing
  
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• Ex-Marine to remain jailed in probe of paramilitary group

  10-12-2020 20:48
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A former U.S. Marine will remain in custody after being charged with plotting to illegally make and sell guns. Jordan Duncan faces up to five years behind bars. A federal magistrate judge on Thursday refused to release Duncan from custody after hearing a prosecutor describe him as a potentially violent man whose parents didn’t know about his white supremacist and anti-Semitic ideology. Duncan was stationed at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. He moved to Boise, Ida
  
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• Northern lights a ‘big miss,’ US space forecaster says

  10-12-2020 20:46
  
  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — An initially promising U.S. forecast for the northern lights has gone bust. The head of operations at the U.S. government’s space weather prediction center says stargazers in the continental 48 states have essentially zero chance of seeing the northern lights this week. That’s despite an initially promising forecast. Forecasters had thought they would be viewable as far south as Illinois this week. The northern lights are also known as aurora borealis. Th
  
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• Israel, Morocco to restore ties; US shifts on Western Sahara

  10-12-2020 20:42
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Israel and Morocco have agreed to restore diplomatic relations as President Donald Trump, in his final weeks in office, has announced the fourth Arab-Israeli agreement in four months. In a major policy shift, the United States will recognize Morocco’s claim over the long-disputed Western Sahara as part of the deal. The agreement adds to Trump’s Mideast legacy just as Joe Biden prepares to assume the presidency in January with an eye toward revamping America&rs
  
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• San Diego to fight ruling letting strip clubs stay open

  10-12-2020 20:38
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — While California’s new stay-at-home order has barred restaurant dining, shuttered salons and kept church services outside, two strip clubs in San Diego are still welcoming patrons nightly, protected by a court order. San Diego County officials on Wednesday voted 3-2 to appeal the judge’s ruling that has allowed Pacer Showgirls International and Cheetahs Gentleman’s Club to stay open after the establishments sued the county and state over being ordered to
  
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• Ex-solider to remain jailed in probe of paramilitary group

  10-12-2020 20:34
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A former U.S. Marine will remain in custody after being charged with plotting to illegally make and sell guns. Jordan Duncan faces up to five years behind bars. A federal magistrate judge on Thursday refused to release Duncan from custody after hearing a prosecutor describe him as a potentially violent man whose parents didn’t know about his white supremacist and anti-Semitic ideology. Duncan was stationed at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. He moved to Boise, Ida
  
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• NAACP branch whose leader was harassed elects new president

  10-12-2020 20:31
  
  RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont NAACP branch has chosen a new president after the current leader decided to step down after saying she and her family had been racially harassed. Mia Schultz, of Bennington, will become president Jan. 1 of the civil rights organization’s Rutland-area chapter. It is New England’s second-largest chapter. She succeeds Tabitha Moore. Moore had said in September that she and young relatives had experienced months of harassment. The Rutland Herald report
  
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