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• Top congressional leaders announce agreement on COVID-19 relief package, government funding bill

  20-12-2020 23:55
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Top congressional leaders announce agreement on COVID-19 relief package, government funding bill.The post Top congressional leaders announce agreement on COVID-19 relief package, government funding bill appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Hospital staffs stretched thin during California virus surge

  20-12-2020 23:55
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Medical staffing is stretched increasingly thin as California hospitals scramble to find beds for patients amid an explosion of coronavirus cases that threatens to overwhelm the state’s emergency care system. An enormous crush of cases in the last six weeks has California’s death toll spiraling ever higher. Another 161 fatalities were reported Sunday. All of Southern California and the 12-county San Joaquin Valley to the north have exhausted their regular int
  
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• Fort Drum soldier found dead, investigation launched

  20-12-2020 23:37
  
  SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — An investigation has been launched after a 20-year-old soldier who went missing from Fort Drum was found dead. Brigadier Gen. Brett Funck, acting commander for Fort Drum and the 10th Mountain Division, said Sunday that the death of Hayden Harris was “a tremendous loss for his loved ones, this division and our nation.” Harris, of Guys, Tennessee, trained at Fort Benning, Georgia before he arrived at Fort Drum in July 2019. His death was confirmed in a news
  
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• The Latest: FedEx says holiday shipping won’t slow vaccine

  20-12-2020 23:20
  
  TOPEKA, Kan. — A FedEx executive says a higher-than-normal volume of Christmas-season package deliveries won’t interfere with the company’s effort to ship coronavirus vaccine doses.
  Jenny Robertson, a FedEx senior vice president, said two trucks on Sunday moved doses of a vaccine developed by Moderna and the National Institutes of Health from a factory in Olive Branch, Mississippi, to the company’s world hub in nearby Memphis, Tennessee, so that shipments could be loaded
  
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• Trump wants Supreme Court to overturn Pa. election results

  20-12-2020 22:51
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s campaign says it has filed a new petition with the Supreme Court as it continues its unprecedented efforts to overturn the results of the Nov 3. election. The petition released Sunday seeks to reverse a trio of Pennsylvania Supreme Court cases having to do with mail-in ballots. The prospect of the highest court in the land throwing out the results of an election based on unfounded charges of voter fraud is extraordinary unlikely. But it woul
  
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• Stolen car suspect shot by Sedona police officer at airport

  20-12-2020 22:36
  
  SEDONA, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say a stolen car suspect has been shot and wounded by a Sedona police officer, who was injured in the altercation. Police say two other suspects were arrested in Sunday morning’s incident. Officers responded to a report of a stolen vehicle that ended up in the parking lot of the Sedona Airport.  They say a 37-year-old suspect was taken to a hospital in stable condition. It’s unclear if any of the three suspects were armed and their names we
  
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• Chicago’s top attorney resigns in fallout over botched raid

  20-12-2020 22:35
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — The city of Chicago’s leading attorney has resigned in the fallout of a botched police raid on the home of a woman who was not allowed to put on clothes before being handcuffed. Corporation Counsel Mark Flessner announced the move in an email to employees. He did not say if he was asked to resign. Footage of the 2019 raid on Anjanette Young’s home, first reported by Chicago’s WBBM-TV, prompted an uproar. Civil rights groups, city aldermen and Black state le
  
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• The Latest: Saudi Arabia suspends international flights

  20-12-2020 22:34
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi Arabia has temporarily suspended all international passenger flights for citizens and residents over fears about the fast-spreading new variant of the coronavirus.
  The kingdom’s interior ministry says the one-week flight ban may be extended “until medical information about the nature of this virus becomes clear.”
  The country’s land and sea ports will also close for a week. The government ordered anyone who has returned from or pas
  
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• Conference champion Spartans, Cardinals meet in Arizona Bowl

  20-12-2020 22:25
  
  The Arizona Bowl on New Year’s Eve will be a showdown of conference champions San Jose State of the Mountain West and Ball State of the Mid-American. The Spartans are one of the biggest stories in college football this year after making an unbeaten run to the league title. They were forced to play three games outside California due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Cardinals won their first MAC championship since 1996, the year before the title game originated. Ball State is still looking f
  
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• Federal advisory panel votes to put people 75 and older and essential workers next in line for virus shots.

  20-12-2020 22:09
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Federal advisory panel votes to put people 75 and older and essential workers next in line for virus shots.The post Federal advisory panel votes to put people 75 and older and essential workers next in line for virus shots. appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Tucson Police investigate homicide on South Side

  20-12-2020 22:06
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) -- Tucson Police are investigating a fatal shooting that happened on Saturday morning on Tucson's South Side.According to police a little after 5:00 a.m. they were dispatched to the Quick Mart located to 6302 S. Park Ave to do a welfare check on an employee.After entering the business, officers say they located 47-year-old Toby Lee Uribe with obvious signs of gunshot trauma.Tucson Fire Medics also responded to the scene and pronounced Uribe dead on scene.Detectives say Uribe was wo
  
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• EXPLAINER: Are new coronavirus strains cause for concern?

  20-12-2020 22:06
  
  Researchers are concerned about reports from Britain and South Africa of new coronavirus strains that seem to spread more easily. Scientists say it’s unclear if that’s true. And for now, they don’t think the new strains cause more severe COVID-19 illness or pose any concern for vaccines. Viruses naturally evolve as they move through the population. One strain recently detected in England has a lot of changes to the spiky protein that’s targeted by current vaccines. The ad
  
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• No. 6 Arizona cruises past Utah 77-60

  20-12-2020 22:02
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Aari McDonald scored 19 points to lead no. 6 Arizona to a 77-60 victory over Utah on Sunday.  McDonald, the NCAA career scoring leader among active players, also chipped in six rebounds and six assists in a strong all-around effort that kept the Wildcats (6-0, 5-0 Pac-12) undefeated. Cate Reese and Sam Thomas added 11 points apiece.  As a team, Arizona forced Utah to commit 22 turnovers and scored 29 points off those turnovers.  Niyah Becker scored 13 p
  
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• Arizona reports 5,366 new virus cases, 34 more deaths

  20-12-2020 21:45
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Many employees in Arizona’s second-largest county may be put on furlough for the next three weeks as it tries reduce the transmission of COVID-19 within county departments. Beginning Monday, about 20% of Pima County’s 7,000 employees will be under a stay-at-home order through Jan. 10. The county that includes the Tucson metro area has reported more than 320 coronavirus cases among employees since the pandemic began with more than 60 cases occurring in the last tw
  
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• No. 12 Iowa State to face No. 25 Oregon in Fiesta Bowl

  20-12-2020 21:30
  
  GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The Fiesta Bowl could add another high-scoring game to its history with No. 12 Iowa State scheduled to face No. 25 Oregon on Jan. 2. The Cyclones dropped four spots in the College Football Playoff rankings after losing to Oklahoma in the Big 12 championship game. The Ducks won their second straight Pac-12 championship by beating Southern California. Iowa State has the nation’s leading rusher in Breece Hall, who had 1,436 yards and 19 touchdowns. Oregon quarterb
  
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• PCSD investigating shots fired

  20-12-2020 21:16
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) -- Pima County Sheriff Deputies are investigating shots fired in the area of West Irvington Place.Deputies ask that you avoid the area or find an alternate route while they continue to investigate.Stay with News 4 Tucson as we follow this story.
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• Report: gov’t spyware targets phones of Al-Jazeera reporters

  20-12-2020 21:09
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A cybersecurity watchdog says dozens of journalists at Al-Jazeera, the Qatari state-owned media company, have been targeted by advanced spyware. Citizen Lab said Sunday its previous research helped link the attempt to hack 36 journalists’ personal phones to the governments of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The group traced the malware back to the Israel-based NSO Group, which has been widely condemned for selling spyware to repressive go
  
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• Iraqi army: 8 rockets target US Embassy in Baghdad

  20-12-2020 21:05
  
  BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s military says a barrage of eight rockets has targeted the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone. Sunday’s attack sparked fears of renewed unrest as next month’s anniversary of the U.S. killing of an Iranian general draws near. The Iraqi military statement says one Iraqi security person manning a checkpoint was injured. The U.S. Embassy says there was some minor damage to the embassy compound. It says the C-RAM defense system th
  
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• Biden’s team vows action against hack as US threats persist

  20-12-2020 21:05
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The chief of staff for President-elect Joe Biden says that once Biden is in office, he’ll punish Russia for its suspected cyberespionage operation against the United States with financial sanctions and measures to hobble its ability to launch future hacks. Meanwhile, Republican Sen. Mitt Romney is criticizing President Donald Trump for having a “blind spot” when it comes to Russia. And cybersecurity experts warned of continuing threats without U.S. actio
  
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• Mexican president says army to run Maya train

  20-12-2020 21:00
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says the army will run the Maya train project and several airports, and use any profits to finance military pensions. The army is already overseeing construction on some parts of the controversial train project on the Yucatan peninsula, while private firms build the rest. But López Obrador said Sunday that “so there won’t be the temptation to privatize” the $6.8 billion project, the army
  
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• Tucson police ID young boy killed in apparent murder-suicide

  20-12-2020 20:53
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Police have released the name of a boy who was the victim of an apparent murder-suicide at a Tucson home. They say 10-year-old Sebastian Phillip Foye was declared dead at the scene with oblivious signs of gunshot trauma. Police say 40-year-old Phillip Emmanuel Foye apparently fatally shot the boy before turning the gun on himself. The relationship of the man and boy wasn’t immediately released by police Sunday. Officers who were sent to a home early Saturday morn
  
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• Longtime Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Abrahamson dies

  20-12-2020 20:53
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Shirley Abrahamson, the longest-serving Wisconsin Supreme Court justice in state history and the first woman to serve on the high court, has died. She was 87. Abrahamson’s son Dan told the Journal Sentinel newspaper in Milwaukee that his mom died Saturday after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Long recognized as a top legal scholar nationally and a leader among state judges, Abrahamson wrote more than 450 majority opinions and participated in more than 3,5
  
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• Correction: Virus Outbreak-Political Hypocrisy story

  20-12-2020 20:41
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — In a story December 19, 2020, about political hypocrisy, The Associated Press erroneously reported the university where Jeff Stone teaches. He is a professor at the University of Arizona, not at Arizona State University. The post Correction: Virus Outbreak-Political Hypocrisy story appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Iraqi army: Rocket barrage targets US Embassy in Baghdad

  20-12-2020 20:29
  
  BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s military says a barrage of rockets has targeted the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone. Sunday’s attack sparked fears of renewed unrest, as next month’s anniversary of the U.S. killing of an Iranian general draws near. The Iraqi military statement says a residential complex and some cars were damaged, but didn’t mention anything about casualties. Three Iraqi officials also say at least three rockets were fired. They sa
  
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• Biden to receive COVID vaccine as Trump remains on sidelines

  20-12-2020 20:29
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The leader of the Trump administration’s vaccination program says people who’ve already been infected with the coronavirus — a group that includes President Donald Trump — should be vaccinated. Trump was hospitalized with COVID-19 in October and given an experimental monoclonal antibody treatment that he credited for his swift recovery. Trump tweeted earlier this month that he was “not scheduled to take the vaccine, but look forward to doing
  
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• The Latest: US to ship 8 million vaccine doses Monday

  20-12-2020 20:17
  
  WASHINGTON — The chief science adviser for the U.S. government’s vaccine distribution effort says it will be shipping nearly 8 million doses of coronavirus vaccine Monday.
  Dr. Moncef Slaoui said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that 5.9 million doses of a vaccine made by Moderna and 2 million of a vaccine made by Pfizer will be shipped.
  At least a dozen states reported last week that they would receive a smaller second shipment of the Pfizer vaccine than they ha
  
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• More EU nations ban travel from UK, fearing virus variant

  20-12-2020 20:13
  
  BERLIN (AP) — A growing list of European Union nations are banning flights from the U.K. and others are considering similar action. The moves were made Sunday to try to block a new strain of coronavirus sweeping across southern England from establishing a strong foothold in Europe. France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Ireland and Bulgaria all announced restrictions on U.K. travel. It came hours after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that Christmas shopping and ga
  
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• US airport traffic rising despite holiday travel warnings

  20-12-2020 19:56
  
  SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — More than 1 million people have passed through U.S. airport security checkpoints in each of the past two days in a sign that public health pleas to avoid holiday travel are being ignored. It marks the first time U.S. airports have screened more than 1 million passengers since Nov. 29. That came at the end of a Thanksgiving weekend that saw far more travel around the country than had been hoped as coronavirus cases began to spike again. Now, the big fear is the pand
  
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• Mexican priest who defended migrants dies of COVID-19

  20-12-2020 19:56
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Migrant advocates and Roman Catholics mourned the death of Rev. Pedro Pantoja, a priest who helped found a migrant shelter in the northern Mexico city of Saltillo. Pantoja died of COVID-19.  Bishop emeritus Raúl Vera said it was a sign from God that Pantoja died on Dec. 18, which is the international day of migrants. Vera said in a mass Sunday “here, our Father, was saying ‘this son of mine will be an advocate before me for the migrants of the wor
  
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• Iraqi officials: 3 rockets target US Embassy in Baghdad

  20-12-2020 19:33
  
  BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials say three rockets have targeted the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone. Sunday’s attack sparked fears of renewed unrest as next month’s anniversary of the U.S.-directed killing of an Iranian general draws near. The three Iraqi officials said the U.S. Embassy’s C-RAM defense system was used to destroy rockets in mid-air in the attack. Damage was caused to property and parked cars nearby. It was not immediately clear
  
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• ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ grabs $38.5 million overseas

  20-12-2020 19:32
  
  The superhero sequel “Wonder Woman 1984” has earned an estimated $38.5 million in ticket sales from international theaters, Warner Bros. said Sunday. The film starring Gal Gadot started its rollout abroad last week, opening in 32 markets including China and playing on upwards of 30,000 screens. The studio said admissions totaled over 6 million and that the largely positive reviews bode well for its future.Most of the earnings came from Chinese theaters, where it earned an estimated $
  
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• High pressure is leading to sunshine and 70’s to start Christmas week

  20-12-2020 19:32
  
  TUCSON - Temperatures as high as the mid 70's will be possible on Monday before a cooldown midweek.High pressure is stagnant over the Southwest causing rising temperatures for everyone from San Diego to central Texas.
  This high pressure will also stop us from see any rain chances over the next week.Afternoon temperatures will stay in the 70's until Wednesday when we will see the low to mid 60's once again.
  Low temperatures overnight could still fall into the 30's while the rest of the week
  
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• France joins a growing list of countries to ban travel to the U.K. amid concerns about a new COVID-19 strain

  20-12-2020 19:22
  
  PARIS (AP) — France joins a growing list of countries to ban travel to the U.K. amid concerns about a new COVID-19 strain.The post France joins a growing list of countries to ban travel to the U.K. amid concerns about a new COVID-19 strain appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Amid freed Nigeria schoolboys’ joyful reunions, fear lingers

  20-12-2020 19:18
  
  KANKARA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s freed schoolboys have reunited with their joyful parents after being held captive for nearly a week by gunmen allied with jihadist rebels in the country’s northwest. Relieved parents hugged their sons tightly in Kankara, where more than 340 boys were abducted from the Government Science Secondary school on the night of Dec. 11. Other families met their sons in Ketare, about 25 kilometers (15 miles) away. More boys went to their homes further aw
  
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• Aide: Biden won’t talk about son Hunter with AG candidates

  20-12-2020 19:12
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden’s incoming press secretary says Biden won’t discuss the investigation of his son with any prospective candidates for attorney general. A federal investigation into the finances of Biden’s son, Hunter, will likely be a major point of contention during Senate confirmation hearings for the nominee. Some Republicans are already calling for the appointment of a special counsel to deter the role of politics in an investigation. Biden
  
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• 2nd COVID-19 vaccine authorized in US is shipped out

  20-12-2020 18:34
  
  OLIVE BRANCH, Miss. (AP) — Initial shipments of the second COVID-19 vaccine authorized in the U.S. have left a factory as the nation works to bring the coronavirus pandemic under control. The trucks left from the Moderna McKesson plant in Olive Branch, Mississippi. Employees began boxing up the shots at the factory in the Memphis area early Sunday morning. It comes just days after the Food and Drug Administration authorized an emergency rollout of the vaccine. An expert committee is consid
  
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• Birx travels, family visits highlight pandemic safety perils

  20-12-2020 18:30
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — As COVID-19 cases skyrocketed before the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, the coordinator of the White House coronavirus response warned Americans to “be vigilant” and to limit celebrations to “your immediate household.” For many Americans that guidance has been difficult to abide, including for Dr. Deborah Birx herself. The day after Thanksgiving, Birx traveled to one of her vacation properties on Fenwick Island in Delaware. She was accompanied by th
  
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• Germany says it’s banning flights from the UK starting at midnight in response to new virus variant

  20-12-2020 18:26
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Germany says it’s banning flights from the UK starting at midnight in response to new virus variant.The post Germany says it’s banning flights from the UK starting at midnight in response to new virus variant appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Man and woman killed, child hurt in multi-car Phoenix crash

  20-12-2020 18:17
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Police say a man and woman have been killed in a multi-car crash in Phoenix. They say a 4-year-old girl also was injured in the crash that occurred about 4 a.m. Sunday. Police say a vehicle collided with another car that was exiting Interstate 10. The two people killed were pronounced dead at the scene while the child riding in the same vehicle suffered non-life-threatening injuries. The names of the victims weren’t immediately released. Police say one of the drivers m
  
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• Average US price of gas up 4 cents a gallon to $2.26

  20-12-2020 17:58
  
  CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline jumped 4 cents a gallon over the past two weeks to $2.26. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey says Sunday that a rise in crude oil prices spurred the increase. The price at the pump is 35 cents less than it was a year ago.  The highest average price in the nation is $3.34 a gallon in San Francisco. The lowest average is $1.18 in Houston. The average price of diesel spiked 6 cents over the pas
  
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• The Latest: Biden nominee comments on 2021 vaccine rollout

  20-12-2020 17:52
  
  WASHINGTON — President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee for U.S. surgeon general says it’s more realistic to think it may be mid-summer or early fall before coronavirus vaccines are available to the general population in the United States, rather than late spring.
  Speaking on Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Vivek Murthy said Biden’s team is working toward having coronavirus vaccines available to lower-risk individuals by late spring but doing so requires &ldq
  
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• Agreement likely Sunday on nearly $1 trillion virus aid bill

  20-12-2020 17:43
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers are nearing agreement on a COVID-19 relief package costing nearly $1 trillion. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said he’s hopeful a deal can be finished Sunday after a compromise was reached on emergency powers at the Federal Reserve. It may take all of Sunday to finalize and draft the legislation, which is guaranteed to be the largest spending measure yet. It will combine COVID-19 relief with a $1.4 trillion spending bill and other legislation on taxe
  
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• Arizona migrant border deaths on track for record amid heat

  20-12-2020 17:41
  
  DOUGLAS, Ariz. (AP) — After a record hot and dry summer, more deaths among border-crossers have been documented in Arizona’s desert and mountains. It’s a reminder that the most remote paths to enter the U.S. from Mexico can be the deadliest. There were 214 confirmed or suspected migrants whose deaths at the Arizona border were documented from January to November. That’s according to the nonprofit Humane Borders that works with the Pima County Medical Examiner’s Offi
  
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• Mostly virus-free Kauai hit by pandemic after travel resumes

  20-12-2020 17:38
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — The small, tight-knit community of about 72,000 people on Hawaii’s rural island of Kauai spent the first seven months of the pandemic mostly sheltered from the viral storm. Then in October, statewide travel restrictions eased and the virus came pouring in. The island had only 61 known cases of coronavirus from March through September but went from zero cases in October to at least 84 new infections in just seven weeks. Health officials traced most cases to returning r
  
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• About 100 anti-govt protesters detained in Belarus capital

  20-12-2020 17:31
  
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Around 100 people have been detained in the Belarusian capital during the anti-government protests that were prompted by the reelection of the country’s authoritarian leader and continued for over four months. Demonstrators carrying red-and-white flags, the symbol of the protest, marched down residential areas of Minsk on Sunday. They demanded the resignation of President Alexander Lukashenko and protesting his government’s violent crackdown on activists an
  
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• Germany say it’s planning to restrict travel to and from Britain because of the new virus variant

  20-12-2020 17:01
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Germany say it’s planning to restrict travel to and from Britain because of the new virus variant.The post Germany say it’s planning to restrict travel to and from Britain because of the new virus variant appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Nigeria’s freed schoolboys reunite with parents after ordeal

  20-12-2020 16:53
  
  KANKARA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s freed schoolboys have reunited with their joyful parents after being held captive for nearly a week by gunmen allied with jihadist rebels in the country’s northwest. Relieved parents hugged their sons tightly in Kankara, where more than 340 boys were abducted from the Government Science Secondary school on the night of Dec. 11. Other families met their sons in Ketare, about 25 kilometers (15 miles) away. More boys went to their homes further aw
  
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• Initial shipments of 2nd COVID-19 vaccine authorized in US roll out as nation works to bring pandemic under control

  20-12-2020 16:30
  
  OLIVE BRANCH, Miss. (AP) — Initial shipments of 2nd COVID-19 vaccine authorized in US roll out as nation works to bring pandemic under control.The post Initial shipments of 2nd COVID-19 vaccine authorized in US roll out as nation works to bring pandemic under control appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• 2nd COVID-19 vaccine authorized in US ships out

  20-12-2020 16:30
  
  OLIVE BRANCH, Miss. (AP) — Initial shipments of the second COVID-19 vaccine authorized in the U.S. have left a factory as the nation works to bring the coronavirus pandemic under control. The trucks left Sunday from the Moderna McKesson plant in Olive Branch, Mississippi. Employees began boxing up the shots at the factory in the Memphis area early Sunday morning. It comes just days after the Food and Drug Administration authorized an emergency rollout of the vaccine. An expert committee la
  
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• Arizona reports 5,366 new COVID-19 cases; 34 virus-related deaths

  20-12-2020 16:26
  
  PHOENIX (KVOA) –  More than 5,366 Arizonans tested positive for the coronavirus, according to Friday's dashboard.The Arizona Department of Health Services also reported 34 more deaths. That boosts the state’s totals to 453,597 cases and 7,971 deaths.ADHS did not say whether the high death number was due to death certificate matching.WHAT TO KNOW:Deaths are not recorded until the health department receives a death certificate naming COVID-19 as the cause of de
  
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