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• Wisconsin Supreme Court to hear Trump lawsuit appeal

  11-12-2020 23:59
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The conservative-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments over the weekend on President Donald Trump’s state lawsuit seeking to disqualify more than 221,000 ballots and overturn his loss to Democrat Joe Biden in the battleground state. The court’s decision Friday to hear arguments Saturday came hours after a lower court judge ruled against Trump and said there was nothing illegal about the election or subsequent recount in the state&r
  
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• US purchases 100M more vaccine doses from Moderna

  11-12-2020 23:48
  
  WASHINGTON DC (CNN) - The U.S. government is doubling its order of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine for a total of 200 million doses.The Department of Health and Human Services made the announcement Friday.That could be the same day the FDA grants emergency use authorization for Pfizer's vaccine.The government has denied reports it turned down the chance to buy an extra 100 million doses of that product last summer.Research shows both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are about 95 percent effective.Mode
  
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• Beautiful weekend on tap!

  11-12-2020 23:46
  
  TUCSON - More of the same tomorrow with tons of sunshine and highs in the mid to upper 60s for the warmest spots. This trend continues the rest of weekend and into next week!Temperatures will drop into 30s and low 40s tonight, so a slightly colder start for your Saturday morning! We'll have a nice rebound tomorrow afternoon with highs back in the mid to upper 60s. A system passing through the Four Corners Region will bring a slight chance for snow in the White Mountains tomorrow night
  
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• White House threatens FDA chief’s job over COVID-19 vaccine approval

  11-12-2020 23:43
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — White House chief of staff Mark Meadows has pressed Food and Drug Administration chief Stephen Hahn to grant an emergency use authorization for Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine by the end of Friday or face possible dismissal.
  The vaccine won an endorsement Thursday from an FDA panel of outside advisers, and agency signoff is the next step needed to get the shots to the public.
  Meadows spoke to Hahn by telephone Friday, according to a senior official familiar with the ca
  
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• As he rails on election, Trump largely mum on toll of virus

  11-12-2020 23:38
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has highlighted lots of big numbers this week. He’s talked up new highs for the stock market, the many House members backing his challenge to the election and the nearly 75 million people who voted for him. But the president has looked right past another set of staggering figures in the U.S. He hasn’t publicly acknowledged this week’s record numbers of coronavirus deaths, hospitalizations and new cases. As he talks and tweets about
  
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• ‘Cheer’ star Jerry Harris indicted on new child sex charges

  11-12-2020 23:34
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — “Cheer” star Jerry Harris has been indicted on new child sex and pornography counts involving four new alleged victims. The new federal counts made public on Friday come three months after the 21-year-old Harris was charged with producing child pornography. He has been held without bond in a federal detention facility ever since.  In the new complaint, prosecutors allege that he solicited sex from minors at cheerleading competitions and convinced teenage boy
  
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• California to join federal antitrust case against Google

  11-12-2020 23:33
  
  SACRAMENTO (AP) — California is seeking to join the Justice Department in its antitrust lawsuit against Google parent Alphabet Inc. The Justice Department sued Google in October, saying it has abused its dominance in online search and advertising. The case, filed in federal court in Washington, D.C., alleges that Google uses billions of dollars collected from advertisers to pay phone manufacturers to ensure Google is the default search engine on browsers. Eleven states, all with Republican
  
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• Britain to end state support for fossil fuel sector exports

  11-12-2020 23:30
  
  LONDON (AP) — Britain is ending state support for fossil fuel industry exports and shifting government assistance to low-carbon and renewable energy projects abroad. Friday’s announcement by Prime Minister Boris Johnson comes a day before he co-hosts a virtual summit with more than 70 world leaders to mark the fifth anniversary of the Paris climate accord. Britain already declared earlier this month that it plans to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by at least 68% by 2030. The UK gov
  
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• Two arrested in case where man was found dead in vehicle fully engulfed in flames

  11-12-2020 23:21
  
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  TUCSON (KVOA) - Two men were taken into custody Wednesday in connection to the case where a man was found dead in a vehicle fully engulfed in flames in January.At around 2 a.m. Jan. 25, Tucson Fire Department crews found 45-year-old Luis A. Diaz deceased after the crews extinguished a vehicle fire in the 3400 block of East 34th Street near Alvernon Way.After initially ruling the incident as a suspicious death, TPD announced on June 9 that a homicide investigation was la
  
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• Neo-Nazi website founder accused of ignoring $14M judgment

  11-12-2020 23:13
  
  A Montana real estate agent who secured a $14 million judgment against a neo-Nazi website operator for orchestrating an anti-Semitic harassment campaign against her Jewish family is seeking a court order compelling the man to disclose information about his assets and finances. Tanya Gersh’s attorneys said in a court filing Friday that The Daily Stormer founder Andrew Anglin hasn’t paid any portion of the August 2019 judgment and has ignored their requests for information about his cu
  
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• The Latest: Arkansas records state one-day record in deaths

  11-12-2020 22:57
  
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas health officials on Friday reported a one-day record of 55 deaths due to COVID-19 and 2,770 new confirmed or probable cases.“We have once again reached a grave milestone in this pandemic,” Gov. Asa Hutchinson said in a statement.“While we may have hope ahead from promising vaccine news, we cannot grow weary over the next few weeks,” he said.In a statewide address Thursday night, Hutchinson said the state is seeing a surge in cases after
  
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• Second young elephant dies from virus at New York zoo

  11-12-2020 22:57
  
  SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — A second young elephant has died at a central New York zoo despite frantic efforts by staff to combat a lethal virus. Officials at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo in Syracuse say 5-year-old Batu died early Friday morning, days after the sudden death of his younger brother, Ajay. Both elephants died from a strain of herpes that targets Asian elephants. The zoo says Batu had been in treatment since last week, receiving medications and infusions of plasma, but the viral load in
  
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• French police hold small but bold protest near Eiffel Tower

  11-12-2020 22:57
  
  PARIS (AP) — It was a small protest, but bold. About 50 police officers gathered with their vehicles Friday at a spot overlooking the Eiffel Tower and blared their sirens to protest President Emmanuel Macron saying it is “unbearable” that people of color are more likely to be stopped by law enforcement than white people. Two unions threatened to stop carrying out identity checks after Macron’s remarks a week ago in an interview with the online outlet Brut. One officer at
  
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• Biden: Cabinet picks from Obama era mean ‘bold new thinking’

  11-12-2020 22:57
  
  WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden on Friday introduced a series of key picks for his new government that drew heavily from the Obama administration. He saluted their “deep experience” while insisting he could rely on them for “bold new thinking.” Appearing with Biden at an event in Delaware were his choice for director of the White House Domestic Policy Council Susan Rice, who served as President Barack Obama’s national security adviser; and De
  
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• Republicans line up behind Trump’s attack on the election

  11-12-2020 22:52
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — More than half of House Republicans, including their top two leaders, are backing a Texas lawsuit seeking to invalidate President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in an extraordinary display of the party’s willingness to subvert the will of voters. Seventeen Republican attorneys general and 126 members of Congress have joined Texas in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to throw out millions of votes in four battleground states based on baseless claims of fraud. House Republi
  
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• President Trump’s false claims in Arizona have torn open a GOP rift

  11-12-2020 22:35
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey spent much of Donald Trump’s presidency trying not to provoke confrontation with the president or his fervent defenders.
  He almost made it through. But when state law required Ducey to certify Arizona’s presidential election results and sign off on Trump’s defeat last week, four years of loyalty wasn’t enough to protect him from the president.
  Trump tweeted, “Republicans will long remember!” Since then, the episode
  
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• Paper apologizes for endorsing congressman backing overturn

  11-12-2020 22:29
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A Florida newspaper is apologizing for endorsing the re-election of a Republican congressman who now supports a lawsuit seeking to have the Supreme Court overthrow the presidential election. An Orlando Sentinel editorial on Friday says “to its horror,” Congressman Michael Waltz is supporting a Texas lawsuit that seeks to deprive President-elect Joe Biden of his victory and give a second term to President Donald Trump. The editorial board said it had no way
  
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• States get tracing apps to talk to each other as virus rises

  11-12-2020 22:28
  
  RALEIGH, N.C (AP) — Virginia’s public health department says the state’s contact tracing app now interacts with several nearby states. This means users can rely on the state’s COVIDWISE app to inform them if they have come into contact with someone who has tested positive for the coronavirus in nearby states like North Carolina, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland. Nearly all states using the exposure notification technology can now inform users in other states if they&
  
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• Police promise ‘safe, peaceful’ marches after Ohio shooting

  11-12-2020 22:21
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Police in Ohio’s capital city are promising to facilitate safe and peaceful demonstrations over the shooting of a Black man by a white sheriff’s deputy. Thomas Quinlan is chief of the Columbus Division of Police. He said Friday that police officers will be present to protect protesters’ First Amendment rights. Quinlan says the division understands the issues causing people to gather and speak out. He says officers’ body cameras will be activate
  
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• Giants QB Jones practices, questionable vs. Cardinals

  11-12-2020 22:16
  
  EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones is listed as questionable for the game against the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday. Jones was a full participant in practice on Friday for the first time since his hamstring injury against the Cincinnati Bengals on Nov. 29. The 23-year-old quarterback was limited during practice on Wednesday and Thursday. The Cardinals are expected to have veteran receiver Larry Fitzgerald after he was activated from the reserve/COVID-19 lis
  
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• Mexican experts find 119 more skulls on Aztec ‘trophy rack’

  11-12-2020 22:07
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Archaeologists in Mexico City have found another section of 119 skulls that were part of the Aztec capital’s main trophy rack of sacrificed humans. The five-year dig under buildings near Mexico City’s Templo Mayor Aztec ruins has so far found a total of 603 skulls. The sacrificed skulls included some from women and at least three children. Officials said Friday the racks were a sign of the power and prestige of the pre-Hispanic city.  Racks known as &ldq
  
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• EXPLAINER: The real math behind “net zero” carbon emissions

  11-12-2020 22:07
  
  In the fight against climate change, the hot phrase now is “net zero” in carbon pollution, but what does it mean? More than 100 countries, including China and the United States, have promised that. Sometimes countries and businesses will use the phrase carbon neutrality. And there are disputes over whether net zero and carbon neutrality mean the same thing. It doesn’t quite mean no smokestacks belching carbon pollution. But it involves subtracting carbon pollution from the air,
  
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• FKA twigs sues Shia LaBeouf, alleging abusive relationship

  11-12-2020 22:04
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Singer FKA twigs has filed a lawsuit alleging that Shia LaBeouf was physically and emotionally abusive during their relationship from 2018 to 2019. The lawsuit filed Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court says the 34-year-old actor left FKA twigs in a constant state of fear with verbal abuse that led to physical abuse. FKA twigs is British singer and actress and says LaBeouf slammed her into a car and tried to strangle her. She also claims he knowingly gave her a sexually
  
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• Rapper Lil Wayne pleads guilty to federal weapons charge

  11-12-2020 21:58
  
  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Rapper Lil Wayne has pleaded guilty to a federal charge that he possessed a weapon despite being a convicted felon following a 2019 search of a private plane in the Miami area. The rapper, whose real name is Dwayne Michael Carter, entered the plea Friday during a hearing held remotely before U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams. Williams set a Jan. 28 sentencing date. The charge carries a maximum prison sentence of 10 years, but it’s likely Carter would g
  
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• The Latest: Biden’s picks point to their diverse backgrounds

  11-12-2020 21:55
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President-elect Joe Biden (all times local):
  3:55 p.m.
  Several of the latest picks announced by President-elect Joe Biden are emphasizing the diversity of the backgrounds as they prepare to join an administration Biden has promised will reflect the varied experiences of Americans.
  During an announcement of her nomination to lead Biden’s Domestic Policy Council, former Obama national security adviser Susan Rice noted that she was the great-granddaughter
  
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• ICC prosecutor ready to open investigation into Ukraine

  11-12-2020 21:51
  
  THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor says that a preliminary probe found “a reasonable basis at this time to believe” that crimes against humanity and war crimes have been committed in Ukraine since late 2013 meriting a full-scale investigation. The six-year preliminary probe looked at allegations of crimes starting with the brutal crackdown on pro-European Union protests in 2013-14 through the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014 an
  
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• Prescott police arrest suspect in deputy home shooting

  11-12-2020 21:45
  
  PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities in Arizona have arrested a man in connection to a shooting at the home of a Yavapai County sheriff’s deputy where the bullets almost hit a sleeping child. The Prescott Valley Police Department made the arrest on Tuesday. Police said only that the person arrested was male but did not provide his name or age, and department Jerry Ferguson told the AP in an email on Friday that he could not provide any additional information, including whether the pers
  
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• White House threatens FDA chief’s job over vaccine approval

  11-12-2020 21:44
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — White House chief of staff Mark Meadows has pressed Food and Drug Administration chief Stephen Hahn to grant an emergency use authorization for Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine by the end of Friday or face possible dismissal. The vaccine won an endorsement Thursday from an FDA panel of outside advisers, and agency signoff is the next step needed to get the shots to the public. Meadows spoke to Hahn by telephone Friday, according to a senior official familiar with the ca
  
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• The Latest: Biden introduces his picks for agriculture, HUD

  11-12-2020 21:36
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President-elect Joe Biden (all times local):
  3:30 p.m.
  President-elect Joe Biden is championing his selection of Tom Vilsack to serve as U.S. agriculture secretary and Ohio Rep. Marcia Fudge to be the country’s housing chief, arguing each is the best choice for those positions despite suggestions from some key supporters that Fudge should have been tapped for the agriculture position.
  Biden appeared to acknowledge that Friday by saying the congresswoma
  
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• Police: Delaware officer shot, Pennsylvania fugitive killed

  11-12-2020 21:31
  
  REHOBOTH, Del. (AP) — Authorities say a Delaware police officer was wounded and an attempted murder suspect from Pennsylvania shot and killed in an exchange of gunfire at a motel in Delaware. The wounded officer is a member of the Milford Police Department who is assigned to a fugitive task force. He was reported in critical condition Friday.  Authorities said task force members were trying to capture a man from Reading, Pennsylvania,  who was wanted for attempted criminal  
  
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• California governor taps new senior staff amid tough stretch

  11-12-2020 21:26
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom is adding seasoned political operatives to his inner circle as he enters the second half of his term amid a difficult stretch of the pandemic and as he tries to overcome recent political stumbles. He named Dee Dee Myers on Friday as head of the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development. She’s a former Warner Bros. executive and White House press secretary. Her addition comes amid a new wave of coronavirus lockd
  
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• Jim Click’s ‘Millions for Tucson’ raffle raises more than $1M for local charities despite 2020 challenges

  11-12-2020 21:22
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - Despite the challenges presented this year, the annual Jim Click "Millions for Tucson" Raffle raised $1,010,950 for nearly 300 local charities, according to an announcement released Friday.On Feb. 21, the annual raffle kicked off at the Reid Park Zoo Plaza and Event Garden. giving local non-profit charities the opportunity to sell raffle tickets for several fabulous prizes, including the coveted 2020 Ford F-150 Platinum. With participating charities keeping 100 percent of th
  
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• Wisconsin Air National Guard unit grounds jets after crash

  11-12-2020 21:18
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin Air National Guard unit has grounded its pilots while the fatal crash of an F-16 fighter jet is being investigated. The crash happened Tuesday night during a training exercise over Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. On Friday, the Madison-based 115th Fighter Wing identified the pilot who died as Air Force Capt. Durwood “Hawk” Jones. The 37-year-old from Albuquerque, New Mexico, joined the Air National Guard in 2011. He was a decorated combat vete
  
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• White House threatens Hahn’s job over vaccine approval

  11-12-2020 21:12
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — White House chief of staff Mark Meadows has pressed Food and Drug Administration chief Stephen Hahn to grant an emergency use authorization for Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine by the end of Friday or face possible dismissal. The vaccine won an endorsement Thursday from an FDA panel of outside advisers, and agency signoff is the next step needed to get the shots to the public. Meadows spoke to Hahn by telephone on Friday, according to a senior official familiar with the
  
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• The Latest: Biden urges public to have confidence in vaccine

  11-12-2020 21:09
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President-elect Joe Biden (all times local):
  3:05 p.m.
  President-elect Joe Biden says the American public should have confidence in a coronavirus vaccine that may soon begin to become available.
  Biden said during remarks Friday in Wilmington that combatting the pandemic is “serious business” that requires “presidential leadership.”
  On Thursday, a U.S. government advisory panel endorsed widespread use of Pfizer’s coronavirus vacc
  
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• EXPLAINER: Baseless claims fill Trump-backed election case

  11-12-2020 21:01
  
  The latest lawsuit seeking to subvert President Donald Trump’s loss makes a barrage of claims that don’t hold up under basic scrutiny, no matter how relentlessly Trump promotes the case and pushes lawmakers to support it. The complaint before the U.S. Supreme Court is unlike other election-related litigation because it has been filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and directly attacks four other states that President-elect Joe Biden won: Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wis
  
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• Groups blast Trump logging plan aimed at reducing wildfires

  11-12-2020 20:58
  
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Conservation groups are blasting a Trump administration decision officials say will reduce wildfires by streamlining environmental reviews of timber salvage projects. WildEarth Guardians, Western Watersheds Project and seven other groups say the rules approved Thursday fast-track projects to benefit logging, grazing and mining while eliminating public comments. The new rules also speed the cutting down of pinyon-juniper woodlands in the U.S. West. The Trump administrati
  
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• 94-year-old WWII vet returns home after beating COVID-19

  11-12-2020 20:56
  
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  LOS ANGELES (CNN) - A 94-year-old veteran who survived World War II has also beaten the deadly coronavirus after 11 days in the ICU.The Navy veteran refused to go on a ventilator and toughed it out with just oxygen, medicine and prayer.Ironically, he's from of all places, Corona, Calif.Cuddled up together on the couch Thursday night, Norman and Shirley McArthur feel blessed just to be together at home."For three days, I didn't quite know where I was," Norman said.Norman is talking
  
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• White House presses Hahn to approve vaccine by end of day

  11-12-2020 20:47
  
  WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — White House chief of staff Mark Meadows has pressed Food and Drug Administration chief Stephen Hahn to grant an emergency use authorization for Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine by the end of the day. The vaccine won approval Thursday from an FDA panel of outside advisers, and signoff from the FDA is the next step needed to get the shots to the public. Meadows spoke to Hahn by telephone on Friday, according to a senior official familiar with the call but not author
  
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• Texas man whose sentence was commuted by Obama arrested

  11-12-2020 20:44
  
  SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Department of Justice officials say a San Antonio man released from prison after his sentence was commuted by former President Barack Obama has again been indicted on federal drug trafficking charges. Federal officials announced Thursday that 41-year-old Hilario Nieto is among eight people indicted on charges of conspiracy to possess and distribute methamphetamine and heroin in the San Antonio area. Federal officials said Nieto was sentenced in 2004 to more than 20 years
  
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• The Latest: Gov. Cuomo bans NYC indoor dining as cases climb

  11-12-2020 20:41
  
  NEW YORK — Indoor dining restrictions will be reinstated in New York City on Monday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced. Only takeout orders and outdoor dining will be allowed.
  The government’s top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, spoke with Cuomo by livestream this week, noting he expects hospitalizations to keep increasing until mid-January.
  Cuomo’s order came despite opposition from the restaurant industry, which warned of holiday season layoffs as the federal governme
  
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• Senate sends President Trump defense bill he has vowed to veto

  11-12-2020 20:41
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has approved a wide-ranging defense policy bill, sending it to President Donald Trump, despite his threat to veto it because the bill does not clamp down on big tech companies he claims were biased during the election.
  The final vote was 84-13, mirroring a similarly overwhelming margin in the House that, if maintained in both chambers, would be enough to override a potential veto.
  The Senate vote had been expected Thursday but was delayed after Republican Sen.
  
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• Demoralized health workers struggle as virus numbers surge

  11-12-2020 20:41
  
  Demoralized doctors and nurses across the U.S. are struggling to cope with record COVID-19 cases, prompting some governors to take new steps to contain the virus. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday banned indoor dining in New York City indefinitely, starting on Monday. He cited hospitalization rates that are continuing to climb. Hospitals around the country have been overrun with patients, and many health care workers are concerned about a lack of staff to treat surging numbers of patients.The
  
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• AP source: White House chief of staff presses FDA chief to approve Pfizer coronavirus vaccine by end of day Friday

  11-12-2020 20:40
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — AP source: White House chief of staff presses FDA chief to approve Pfizer coronavirus vaccine by end of day Friday.The post AP source: White House chief of staff presses FDA chief to approve Pfizer coronavirus vaccine by end of day Friday appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Four-vehicle crash restricts Speedway Boulevard near UArizona

  11-12-2020 20:25
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - A four-vehicle crash has prompted traffic restrictions at Speedway Boulevard near the University of Arizona Friday afternoon.According to officials, the crash has shutdown eastbound Speedway Boulevard at Cherry Avenue.Tucson Police Department and University of Arizona Police Department are currently investigating the scene.Afour vehicle crash on Speedway has shut down eastbound Speedway at Cherry St. Avoid the area. pic.twitter.com/Xt6BGfxIse— AndrewKVOA (@AndrewKVOA) Decem
  
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• Alarm as Ethiopia returns refugees who fled Tigray fighting

  11-12-2020 20:12
  
  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia says it is returning thousands of refugees who ran from camps in its Tigray region as war swept through. The U.N. is alarmed and says Ethiopia has put the refugees on buses back to the border area with Eritrea. That’s the country they originally fled. The news comes as the United States says it believes Eritrean troops are active in Ethiopia and calls it a “grave development.” A State Department spokesperson says that “we urge that any
  
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• Ward takes bid to undo Biden win in Arizona to Supreme Court

  11-12-2020 20:10
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona GOP chief Kelli Ward has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear an appeal in her bid to overturn Democratic President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the state. Ward is challenging the so-called safe harbor deadline for completing election litigation six days before the upcoming Electoral College vote and asking for more ballots to be inspected. Ward petitioned the nation’s highest court after the Arizona Supreme Court rejected her appeal and concluded Ward di
  
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• Venezuelan official: Authorities thwart oil refinery attack

  11-12-2020 20:10
  
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan officials say they’ve thwarted an attack on a key refinery as the nation with vast oil reserves struggles to meet its domestic gasoline demands. Minister of Petroleum Tareck El Aissami said Friday that authorities arrested two Venezuelans and confiscated explosives. The alleged plot targeted the El Palito refinery on Venezuela’s northern Caribbean coast. Officials showed images on state TV of explosives and other material as proof. El Aissam
  
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• VIRUS TODAY: Health experts warn against holiday gatherings

  11-12-2020 20:07
  
  Health officials are warning people not to gather with people outside their household over the upcoming holidays amid surging coronavirus infections. Rising numbers led Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday to end indoor dining indefinitely in New York City. As of Monday, only takeout orders and outdoor dining will be allowed in one of the world’s great cuisine capitals. Deaths in the U.S. have climbed to almost 2,260 per day on average, about equal to the peak seen in mid-April.The post VIRUS TODAY
  
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• Congress averts shutdown, buys time for more COVID-19 talks

  11-12-2020 20:02
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress has shipped a temporary government-wide funding bill to President Donald Trump, averting a government shutdown at midnight. The funding extension gives negotiators time to continue working toward agreement on new COVID-19 relief aid. The extension sets a new shutdown deadline of midnight next Friday. It passed the Senate by a unanimous voice vote Friday. The House passed the bill on Wednesday and Trump is expected to sign it before midnight. COVID-19 relief talks
  
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