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• Barry Lopez, author who tied people to place, dies at 75

  26-12-2020 23:33
  
  EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Barry Lopez, an award-winning writer who tried to tighten the bonds between people and place by describing the landscapes he saw in 50 years of travel, has died. He was 75. His family said Lopez died in Eugene, Oregon, on Friday after a years-long struggle with prostate cancer. An author of nearly 20 books on natural history studies, along with essay and short story collections, Lopez was awarded the National Book Award in 1986 for “Arctic Dreams: Imagination and
  
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• The Latest: Canada records 1st cases of new virus variant

  26-12-2020 23:04
  
  TORONTO — Officials in Canada’s most populous province have confirmed the first two known Canadian cases of of a more contagious variant of COVID-19 that was first identified in the United Kingdom.
  The province’s associate chief medical officer says that the cases are a couple from Durham Region, just east of Toronto, with no known travel history, exposure or high-risk contacts.
  The new variant is believed to spread more easily and faster than the original version of the diseas
  
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• Big weather changes are coming this week

  26-12-2020 22:49
  
  TUCSON - A strong cold front will make it's way into Southern Arizona early in the week to bring back freezing overnight temperatures and even rain chances.
  Sunday looks fantastic once again with a high in the 70's and plenty of sunshine.The changes start Monday when the wind picks up in the morning gusting to 30 mph at times and clouds build up in the afternoon.Rain chances are back after sunset on Monday when the cold front heads in and our best chance to see rain will be after midnight u
  
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• The Latest: Slovakia begins COVID-19 vaccinations

  26-12-2020 22:39
  
  BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Just hours after the coronavirus vaccines arrived in Slovakia, authorities in the European Union country began administering their first doses on Saturday evening.
  Vladimir Krcmery, a 60-year-old top expert on infectious diseases, became the first person to receive a jab at the University Hospital in the city of Nitra, 75 kilometers (47 miles) east of the capital of Bratislava.
  “It’s a great honor for me, thank you” Krcmery said after receiving the
  
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• Sheriff: 2 women, 3 girls found dead in Arkansas home

  26-12-2020 22:25
  
  ATKINS, Ark. (AP) — Two women and three girls have been found dead in a home in northwest Arkansas. Authorities say the deaths are being investigated as suspected homicides. Pope County Sheriff Shane Jones says deputies responded to a call around 5 p.m. Friday and found the five people dead in a home in Atkins. The city is about 65 miles northwest of Little Rock. He says the dead were between 8 and 50 years old and are all believed to have been related. Jones did not provide details on how
  
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• ‘Club Kid’ killer Michael Alig dies; overdose suspected

  26-12-2020 22:16
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities say “club kid” killer Michael Alig has died of a suspected drug overdose in New York City at age 54. His death late this week came six years after his release from 17 years in prison for killing his roommate over a drug debt. Alig was part of a decadent 1990s New York party scene characterized by wild costumes and rampant drug use. He pleaded guilty to manslaughter in 1997 for killing Angel Melendez, cutting the body up and dumping the parts in the H
  
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• Unemployment benefits for millions in limbo as Trump rages

  26-12-2020 21:55
  
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Unemployment benefits for millions of Americans are set to lapse at midnight Saturday night unless President Donald Trump signs an end-of-year COVID relief and spending bill that had been considered a done deal before his objections. Trump is refusing to sign the bipartisan package. He is demanding larger COVID relief checks for Americans and complaining about “pork” spending. But Congress has already passed the package by large margins in both hous
  
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• Trump’s impact on courts likely to last long beyond his term

  26-12-2020 21:53
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Enemies and allies of President Donald Trump agree about his legacy on courts: Americans will be feeling the impact of Trump’s judicial appointments for decades to come. Trump leaves office having appointed more than 230 federal judges. That means Trump-appointed judges ruling on abortion, gun rights and other intensely debated matters into the middle of this century. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell tells The Associated Press that setting the stage for those
  
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• Cardinals fairly healthy for pivotal game vs. 49ers

  26-12-2020 21:29
  
  GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Cardinals are fairly healthy as they try make a push for their first trip to the playoffs since 2015. Running back Chase Edmonds, cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick, tight end Dan Arnold and linebacker Haason Reddick are all available after being listed as questionable on the injury report. The San Francisco 49ers will be without cornerback Richard Sherman and receiver Deebo Samuel for Saturday’s game. Arizona can clinch a playoff berth this weekend if it b
  
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• FBI at home of possible person of interest in Nashville bomb

  26-12-2020 21:27
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Two law enforcement officials told The Associated Press on Saturday that federal investigators have identified a person of interest in connection with the explosion that rocked downtown Nashville on Christmas Day. They are searching a home associated with that person in suburban Nashville. FBI Special Agent Jason Pack says investigators from multiple federal and local law enforcement agencies were at a home in Antioch, in suburban Nashville, after receiving informat
  
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• Gingerbread monolith delights San Francisco on Christmas Day

  26-12-2020 21:09
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A nearly 7-foot-tall monolith made of gingerbread mysteriously appeared on a San Francisco hilltop on Christmas Day and collapsed the next day. The three-sided tower, held together by icing and decorated with a few gumdrops, delighted the city when word spread about its existence. People trekked to the park throughout the day, even as light rain fell on the ephemeral, edible art object. By Saturday morning, it collapsed — a fitting end to what was surely an homag
  
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• Protests keep up against Israeli PM as new election looms

  26-12-2020 21:06
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Hundreds of Israelis protesters are calling on their prime minister to resign just days after the country was plunged into a new national election. The protesters have been gathering outside Netanyahu’s Jerusalem residence for months, slamming him for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. They also say he cannot lead the country while under indictment for fraud, breach of trust and accepting bribes in three separate corruption cases. Netanyahu denies wrongdoing.
  
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• Officials: Person of interest ID’d in Nashville explosion

  26-12-2020 21:03
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Two law enforcement officials have told The Associated Press that federal investigators have identified a person of interest in connection with the explosion that rocked downtown Nashville on Christmas Day and are searching a home associated with that person.The post Officials: Person of interest ID’d in Nashville explosion appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Arizona official: Show kindness to ease virus burdens

  26-12-2020 21:01
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — The state’s top education official says Arizona residents should show empathy and kindness to help ease each other’s burdens in the face of the pandemic and other troubles. Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman wrote in a commentary published Saturday by the Arizona Republican that many people in 2020 faced economic and social hardships that left them exhausted, isolated and frustrated. Hoffman suggested that people treat others as they would wish to
  
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• Officials tell the AP federal investigators have identified person of interest in Christmas Day explosion in Nashville

  26-12-2020 20:58
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Officials tell the AP federal investigators have identified person of interest in Christmas Day explosion in Nashville.The post Officials tell the AP federal investigators have identified person of interest in Christmas Day explosion in Nashville appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Movie Roundup: Wonder Woman, Hanks, Mulligan and Plaza Make for One of the Year's Biggest Movie Weeks

  26-12-2020 20:12
  
  This week at the movies, it finally happens: a blockbuster superhero movie goes straight to streaming and not because it is totally shitty. It's actually pretty good, with a few shitty elements.…
  
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• Roger Berlind, Tony-winning Broadway producer, dies at 90

  26-12-2020 20:06
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Roger Berlind, a producer of more than 100 Broadway plays and musicals, has died at age 90. The New York Times reported that he died Dec. 18 at his home in Montana. Berlind won 25 Tony awards during a four-decade career that boosted the success of actors including Glenn Close and Jeremy Irons. The Brooklyn-born Berlind worked on Wall Street before the death of his wife and three of four children in a plane crash. His work included the 2019 revival of “Oklahoma,”
  
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• VIRUS TODAY: US leads virus deaths, global count tops 80M

  26-12-2020 19:50
  
  While the global count of COVID-19 cases tops 80 million, the U.S. continues to lead among nations. Data from Johns Hopkins University indicated the 80 million mark was topped Saturday. The U.S. has 18.8 million, and has reported more than 330,000 deaths. Elsewhere, federal officials and census advocates are concerned that the number of the nation’s homeless will be under-counted because of schedules and logistics altered because of the pandemicThe post VIRUS TODAY: US leads virus deaths,
  
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• Phoenix police: Hit-and-run vehicle located, driver sought

  26-12-2020 19:15
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix police say they’ve located a hit-and-run vehicle involved in the death of a pedestrian early Saturday. Police say they’re trying to identify and locate the driver of a 1997 Nissan pickup that struck 33-year-old Jessica Lightner at about 1 a.m. Police said the vehicle left the scene but witnesses directed police to its location several blocks away.The post Phoenix police: Hit-and-run vehicle located, driver sought appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• University: Utah star freshman running back Ty Jordan dead

  26-12-2020 19:10
  
  DALLAS (AP) — University of Utah officials say star freshman running back Ty Jordan has died. Authorities have not released details about the circumstances of the Mesquite, Texas, native’s death. The school announced Jordan’s death on Saturday, a day after he was named Pac-12’s newcomer of the year. He finished the season with 597 yards rushing, 11 catches for 126 yards and six touchdowns. Utah Head Football Coach Kyle Whittingham said in a statement that “words can
  
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• Officials accuse Florida rapper, 2 others, of home invasion

  26-12-2020 19:10
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Three Florida men are facing charges in connection with a home invasion two months ago, in which authorities said the men terrorized a couple, demanded $20,000 and sexually assaulted a woman. Two of the men appeared in federal court on Christmas Day, including an underground rap artist known as Splash Zanotti. A third man is set to appear before a judge on Monday. The South Florida SunSentinel reports that a federal affidavit accuses the three men of kidnapping
  
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• Germany, Hungary give 1st vaccine shots ahead of EU rollout

  26-12-2020 19:09
  
  FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Germany and Hungary have begun administering their first coronavirus vaccines with the European Union’s first shipments of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. The shipments of coronavirus vaccines arrived across 27 countries of the bloc late Friday and early Saturday. The EU had originally planned for its nations to administer the first shots to the most vulnerable people in a coordinated effort on Sunday. But the operator of an nursing home in Germany where the fi
  
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• Florida authorities accuse rapper, 2 others, home invasion,

  26-12-2020 18:47
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Three Florida men are facing charges in connection with a home invasion two months ago, in which authorities said the men terrorized a couple, demanded $20,000 and sexually assaulted a woman. Two of the men appeared in federal court on Christmas Day, including an underground rap artist known as Splash Zanotti. A third man is set to appear before a judge on Monday. The South Florida Sun Sentinel reports that a federal affidavit accuses the three men of kidnappin
  
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• The Latest: Number of global COVID-19 cases tops 80 million

  26-12-2020 18:33
  
  SPRINGFIELD, Illinois: The number of COVID-19 cases worldwide has topped 80 million.Data compiled by Johns Hopkins University reported the mark Saturday morning after 472,000 cases were recorded Christmas Day. The number of deaths related to the coronavirus pandemic across the globe stands at 1.75 million.The U.S. is by far the leader among nations in cases of coronavirus illness, reporting nearly 18.8 million Saturday. India follows with 10.2 million; Brazil has counted 7.45 million. There have
  
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• Park rangers cite visitors to Hawaii volcano eruption site

  26-12-2020 18:27
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — Park rangers have cited dozens of people who have gathered at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park to witness an ongoing eruption of the Kilauea volcano. The rangers say those cited had ventured into dangerous areas to take photos and videos of the volcano eruption that had created a lake of lava in the crater measuring 554 feet deep on Thursday. Jessica Ferracane, a spokeswoman for Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, says fines for violating national park rules start at $150. The fi
  
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• Mallard to go? Dig of Pompeii fast-food place reveals tastes

  26-12-2020 18:17
  
  ROME (AP) — A  fast-food eatery discovered at Pompeii is now completely excavated, helping to reveal the favorite dishes of citizens of the ancient Roman city destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 A.D.  Pompeii Archaeological Park’s longtime chief, Massimo Osanna said Saturday that while some 80 such fast-food sites have been found at Pompeii, it is the first time such an eatery, known as a thermopolium since it served hot foods, has been entirely excavated. Plant and
  
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• Arizona reports 10th straight day of over 5,000 virus cases

  26-12-2020 17:59
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona has reported more than 5,000 additional known COVID-19 cases for the 10th straight day, as the surge put a pandemic-high number of virus patients in intensive care beds across the state. The state Department of Health Services reported 6,106 additional known cases and 15 more deaths, increasing the state’s totals to 493,041 cases and 8,424 deaths. The 983 COVID-19 patients in intensive care unit beds on Friday occupied 55% of all such beds. Only 9% of ICU beds
  
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• Girl Scouts rebuke Boy Scouts in escalating recruitment war

  26-12-2020 17:58
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for the Girl Scouts say that the century-old organization is now directly competing with the Boy Scouts for female recruits and that it’s not a fair fight. The lawyers filed papers Thursday in federal court in Manhattan to repel an effort by the Boy Scouts to toss out a 2-year-old trademark infringement lawsuit. Lawyers for the Boy Scouts last month asked a judge to reject claims that the organization is infringing on trademarks when it recruits girls with wor
  
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• Trump’s court appointments will leave decades-long imprint

  26-12-2020 17:54
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s deep imprint on the federal courts is a rare point of agreement about the president across the political spectrum. With a major assist from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Trump and his White House staff relentlessly, almost robotically, filled nearly every opening in the federal judiciary, undeterred by Democratic criticism. The Senate was still confirming judges more than a month after Trump lost his reelection bid to Joe Biden. Mo
  
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• Still The King: James wins AP Male Athlete of Year award

  26-12-2020 17:53
  
  LeBron James’ on-court performance this year was spectacular again. A fourth NBA title and fourth NBA Finals MVP trophy were his, as he lifted the Los Angeles Lakers back atop the basketball world. And after a year that also included brilliant off-court work, James was announced Saturday as the winner of The Associated Press’ Male Athlete of the Year award for a record-tying fourth time. Tiger Woods and Lance Armstrong are the only other men to win the AP award four times.The post St
  
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• Millions face new UK virus restrictions; border chaos eases

  26-12-2020 17:42
  
  LONDON (AP) — Tough new coronavirus restrictions have begun in the United Kingdom, with Scotland and Northern Ireland under tighter measures. Six million more people in England were also effected. The aim is to try to halt a new variant of the virus that is believed to spread more quickly. Measures that were eased for Christmas day in Wales have also been re-imposed. Britain’s Transport Secretary says that more than 15,000 truck drivers have been tested for the coronavirus, with very
  
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• Widespread outages continue in Tennessee following blast

  26-12-2020 17:14
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Sweeping communications outages are continuing to plague large swaths of Tennessee after a recreational vehicle exploded early Christmas morning in sleepy downtown Nashville. Police emergency systems across Tennessee and Kentucky, as well as Nashville’s COVID-19 community hotline, remained out of service due to an AT&T central office being affected by the blast. Police believe the blast was intentional but don’t yet know a motive or target. However,
  
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• French investigators to question Carlos Ghosn in Lebanon

  26-12-2020 17:13
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — A Lebanese official says a team of French investigators will come to Beirut next month to participate in interrogating former Renault-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn. The official on Saturday gave no specific date or details of what information the investigators would be seeking from Ghosn. The 66-year-old former auto executive is facing a number of legal challenges in France, including tax evasion and alleged money laundering, fraud and misuse of company assets while at the helm of
  
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• Hit-and-run driver strikes stroller; baby dies on Christmas

  26-12-2020 17:03
  
  NEWARK, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say a 1-year-old baby being pushed in a stroller died Christmas morning after a hit-and-run driver struck her and her grandmother. Police say Amara White was being pushed in the stroller in Newark, Ohio, on Wednesday afternoon when she and the woman were struck by a driver who immediately took off. The child was taken to a hospital and died Friday morning. Her 63-year-old grandmother remains in critical condition at Grant Medical Center. Police say a 36-year
  
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• Thailand finds new coronavirus clusters in south and east

  26-12-2020 16:59
  
  BANGKOK (AP) — Health officials in Thailand say two new clusters of coronavirus cases have been found that appear to be linked to a major outbreak discovered a week earlier among migrant workers in an industrial province near Bangkok. The new cases were found in 19 members of a motorcycling club who held a holiday gathering on Lanta island in the southern province of Krabi, and in nine people who were in a gambling den in the eastern province of Rayong. On Saturday morning, 110 new coronav
  
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• Arizona reports 6,106 new COVID-19 cases; 15 virus-related deaths

  26-12-2020 16:32
  
  PHOENIX (KVOA) – 6,106 Arizonans tested positive for the coronavirus, according to Friday's dashboard.Another 15 people lost their lives to the virus, according to the Arizona Department of Health Services. This is the seventh time in nine days the figure has been in the triple digits.So far, the state has seen 493,041 known cases and 8,424 total deaths.WHAT TO KNOW:Deaths are not recorded until the health department receives a death certificate naming COVID-19 as the cause
  
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• Hungary gives 1st vaccine shots a day before EU’s rollout

  26-12-2020 16:21
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Hungarian doctors and other workers in the health sector have begun getting vaccinated with the first shipment of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines against COVID-19 which arrived across the European Union hours earlier. The first shipments of coronavirus vaccines arrived across 27 countries of the bloc late Friday and early Saturday. The EU had originally planned for national authorities to administer the first shots to the most vulnerable people in their countries in a co
  
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• Hungary starts giving 1st coronavirus vaccine shots, a day before the EU’s larger planned vaccine rollout

  26-12-2020 16:15
  
  BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary starts giving 1st coronavirus vaccine shots, a day before the EU’s larger planned vaccine rollout.The post Hungary starts giving 1st coronavirus vaccine shots, a day before the EU’s larger planned vaccine rollout appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• The Latest: UK imposes tough new restrictions to fight virus

  26-12-2020 15:41
  
  LONDON — Tough new coronavirus restrictions have begun in the U.K. with Scotland and Northern Ireland under tighter measures to try to halt a new variant of the virus that is believed to spread more quickly.
  Measures that were relaxed for Christmas day in Wales have also been re-imposed.
  The number of people under the country’s top level of restrictions — Tier 4 — increased by 6 million on Saturday to 24 million people, around 43% of Britain’s population. No indoor
  
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• Hundreds of migrants freezing in heavy snow in Bosnia camp

  26-12-2020 15:38
  
  BIHAC, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Hundreds of migrants are stranded in a burnt-out squalid camp in Bosnia as heavy snow fell in the country and temperatures dropped during a wintry spell of bad weather. Migrants at the Lipa camp on Saturday wrapped themselves in blankets to protect against biting winds in the region of Bosnia bordering European Union member Croatia. A fire earlier this week engulfed the camp near the town of Bihac that already was harshly criticized by international officia
  
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• The Latest: Vaccines delivered across EU; 1st shots Sunday

  26-12-2020 14:56
  
  BERLIN — The first shipments of coronavirus vaccines have arrived in nations across the European Union as authorities prepared to administer the first shots to the most vulnerable people in a coordinated effort on Sunday.
  The vaccines developed by BioNTech and Pfizer arrived by truck in warehouses across the continent on Friday and early Saturday after being sent from a manufacturing center in Belgium before Christmas.
  The rollout marks a moment of hope for a region that includes some of
  
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• Virus, other problems threaten to throw off homeless census

  26-12-2020 14:28
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — When census takers tried to count the nation’s homeless population, they ran into many problems that could threaten the accuracy of the effort. That’s what a half dozen census takers around the U.S. tell The Associated Press. For instance, the homeless residents of stormwater tunnels below Las Vegas were left uncounted because of safety concerns. The situation could lead to an undercount in some communities and result in losses of political representation and f
  
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• Despite smooth election, GOP leaders seek vote restrictions

  26-12-2020 14:23
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Changes to the way millions of Americans voted this year contributed to record turnout, but that’s no guarantee the measures making it easier to cast ballots will stick around for future elections. Republicans in some states that voted for President-elect Joe Biden already are pushing for new restrictions on absentee voting. It’s an option many states expanded amid the coronavirus outbreak that proved hugely popular and helped ensure one of the smoothest election
  
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• Montenegro’s indebted state airline ceases operations

  26-12-2020 13:58
  
  PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — Montenegro Airlines has ceased operations after the small country’s new government refused to continue financing the indebted national carrier. The airline, which was formed 25 years ago, has apologized to its passengers for the sudden termination of all flights and thanked them for “the years of trust, travel and friendship.” The company, which operated a small fleet and flew to many European capitals, is estimated to have accumulated more th
  
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• British double agent George Blake dies in Russia at 98

  26-12-2020 13:50
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — George Blake, a former British intelligence officer who worked as a double agent for the Soviet Union, has died in Russia. He was 98. Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service announced his death on Saturday without giving any circumstances of his death. Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed condolences, hailing Blake as a “brilliant professional” and a man of “remarkable courage.” Blake has lived in Russia since his dashing escape from a Britis
  
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• Series of explosions target police in Kabul; at least 4 dead

  26-12-2020 13:41
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A series of explosions has hit the Afghan capital, killing at least four people including two police officers and wounding another four. Police and a public health official say the the deaths were caused by a sticky bomb attached to a police vehicle detonated in western Kabul. Two other police were wounded when a bomb attached to their car exploded earlier in southern Kabul. A third sticky bomb detonated in eastern Kabul but caused no casualties. There are reports
  
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• EU, UK unveil vast trade pact set to enter force on Jan 1

  26-12-2020 13:38
  
  BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union and the United Kingdom has made public the vast agreement set to govern future trade and cooperation between them from Jan. 1. The deal, if endorsed by EU countries and lawmakers on both sides of the English Channel, will set the 27-nation bloc’s ties with its former member country on a new but far more distant footing. Politicians and businesses will now dig through more than 1,240 pages of text to work out its implications. EU envoys are expected
  
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• COVID-19 vaccine shipments arrive across EU before rollout

  26-12-2020 13:04
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The first shipments of coronavirus vaccines have arrived across the European Union as authorities prepared to begin administering the first shots to the most vulnerable people in a coordinated effort on Sunday. The vaccines developed by BioNTech and Pfizer arrived by truck in warehouses across the continent on Friday and early Saturday after being sent from a manufacturing center in Belgium before Christmas. The rollout marks a moment of hope for a region that include
  
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• Fire at Egyptian hospital kills 7 coronavirus patients

  26-12-2020 12:44
  
  CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian police say that a fire at an intensive care unit at private hospital has killed at least seven COVID-19 patients. Local police said Saturday that the blaze erupted at a hospital in the Obour district outside of Cairo. A similar blaze erupted at the coronavirus ward of a private hospital in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria in June, leaving seven patients dead and one injured.  Egypt has seen a surge in the confirmed cases of the virus, forcing the government t
  
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• 3 UN peacekeepers killed in Central African Republic

  26-12-2020 12:08
  
  BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — The spokesman for the United Nations secretary-general says three peacekeepers from Burundi were killed and two others wounded in Central African Republic in attacks Friday by armed combatants. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemns the attacks in Dekoua, Kemo Prefecture and Bakouma ahead of Sunday’s presidential and legislative elections. The government blames the unrest on former President Francois Bozize, who returned from exile a year
  
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