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• White House wins ruling on disclosing health care prices

  29-12-2020 23:45
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has ruled in favor of the Trump administration’s plan to require hospitals and insurers to disclose the actual prices for common tests and procedures. The White House praised the judge’s decision Tuesday to reject the American Hospital Association’s challenge to the plan. The rule mandating that hospitals disclose their privately negotiated charges with commercial health insurers is scheduled to take effect Jan. 1, 2021. The hospital asso
  
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• Vulnerable 16-year-old sought after reported missing near Picture Rocks

  29-12-2020 23:41
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - A vulnerable juvenile is sought after he was reported missing before noon on Tuesday near Picture Rocks.According to Pima County Sheriff's Department, 16-year-old Jorden Boughan was last seen at 11:44 a.m. Tuesday at his home, located at 7900 N. Sanders Rd. near Magee Road.PCSD said they believe he is currently traveling on foot.He was last seen wearing a long-sleeve, gray sweatshirt with NASA logo, blue jeans and light-colored shoes. Boughan was described to be five feet, six in
  
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• Vulnerable 16-year-old found after reported missing near Picture Rocks

  29-12-2020 23:41
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - A vulnerable juvenile has been found after he was reported missing before noon on Tuesday near Picture Rocks.According to Pima County Sheriff's Department, before he was located, 16-year-old Jorden Boughan was last seen at 11:44 a.m. Tuesday at his home, located at 7900 N. Sanders Rd. near Magee Road.PCSD said they believe he is currently traveling on foot.He was last seen wearing a long-sleeve, gray sweatshirt with NASA logo, blue jeans and light-colored shoes. Boughan was descr
  
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• Trump’s $2K checks stalled in Senate, GOP blocks vote

  29-12-2020 23:34
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s push for bigger $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks stalled out Tuesday. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blocked a swift vote proposed by Democrats. Republican senators are deeply split over new spending. The GOP leader signaled an alternative approach — linking Trump’s demand for aid with restrictions the president wants on tech companies. McConnell says the Senate will “begin a process” to address the issues. But t
  
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• More than 200,000 counterfeit surgical masks intended for healthcare workers seized by HSI, CBP

  29-12-2020 23:31
  
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  PHOENIX (KVOA) - More than 200,000 counterfeit 3M N95 surgical masks were seized by Homeland Security Investigations and U.S. Customs and Border Protection in the last 45 days.According to a release shared Tuesday, federal officers assigned to the Phoenix Sky Harbor discovered counterfeit masks in late October while examining imported commercial shipments.About 2,000 more counterfeit masks were seized in early December after HSI and the Veterans Affairs Office o
  
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• The Latest: Former lawmaker, wife die from virus hours apart

  29-12-2020 23:26
  
  MOSS BLUFF, La. — A former state lawmaker and his wife died from COVID-19 on the same day.
  The family’s obituary says Vic and Terry Bass Stelly died within hours of each other on Saturday from complications brought on by the coronavirus. A memorial ceremony will be held Thursday at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Lake Charles.Daughter Toni Stelly Hebert wrote on Facebook that after 60 years together, her parents could not be without each other.“You don’t see
  
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• Florida rapper, 2 others, accused of kidnapping couple

  29-12-2020 23:23
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A federal magistrate judge says a 26-year-old rising local rapper accused in the kidnapping of a South Florida couple in October can go free until his trial if he pays a $250,000 bond. Splash Zanotti’s legal name is Kejuan Brandon Campbell. He and two associates were arrested earlier this month. Campbell, Dionte Alexander-Wilcox and Antonio James are accused of forcing their way into a Miramar couple’s home on Oct. 11 and holding them at gunpoint fo
  
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• Perdue, Loeffler find alliance with Democrats they attack

  29-12-2020 23:21
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — President Donald Trump’s call to more than triple pandemic cash relief for individual Americans has scrambled the political calculations for Georgia’s two Republican senators in the closing week of their high-stakes runoff campaign. Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler on Tuesday belatedly declared their support for $2,000 one-time payments, but only after sidestepping the matter for days as they celebrated passage of a long-sought aid package that includes $600
  
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• First reported US case of COVID-19 variant found in Colorado

  29-12-2020 23:17
  
  DENVER (AP) — The first reported U.S. case of the COVID-19 variant that’s been seen in the United Kingdom has been discovered in Colorado. Gov. Jared Polis and state health officials announced Tuesday that the case was found in a man in his 20s who’s in isolation and has no travel history. British scientists believe the new virus variant is more contagious than previously identified strains. Colorado health officials say the vaccines being given now are thought to be effective
  
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• First reported U.S. case of COVID-19 variant seen in Britain has been found in Colorado, governor says

  29-12-2020 23:10
  
  DENVER (AP) — First reported U.S. case of COVID-19 variant seen in Britain has been found in Colorado, governor says.The post First reported U.S. case of COVID-19 variant seen in Britain has been found in Colorado, governor says appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Feds decline charges against officers in Tamir Rice case

  29-12-2020 23:02
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department says it cannot bring federal criminal charges against two Cleveland police officers for the 2014 fatal shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, whose death became a national symbol in the Black Lives Matter movement. Tamir was playing with a pellet gun outside a recreation center in Cleveland on Nov. 22, 2014, when he was shot and killed by Officer Timothy Loehmann, who is white, seconds after Loehmann and his partner arrived at the scene. The burden of
  
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• Justice Dept. declines charges against Cleveland officers in 2014 fatal shooting of Tamir Rice, closing federal probe

  29-12-2020 23:00
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Dept. declines charges against Cleveland officers in 2014 fatal shooting of Tamir Rice, closing federal probe.The post Justice Dept. declines charges against Cleveland officers in 2014 fatal shooting of Tamir Rice, closing federal probe appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• CCSO detective injured in 2-vehicle crash in Sierra Vista

  29-12-2020 22:58
  
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  SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. (KVOA) - Two vehicles were severely damaged after a 16-year-old reportedly crashed into a Cochise County's Office detective's vehicle in Sierra Vista Monday evening.According to Cochise County Sheriff's Office, while en-route to a duty station, a detective was allegedly struckby a teenage driver near the intersection of Highway 90 and Gulio Cesare Avenue. Officials said the 16-year-old reportedly failed to yield.CCSO said the detective was tra
  
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• Argentine Senate weighs fate of abortion in pope’s homeland

  29-12-2020 22:55
  
  BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The decades-long fight by Argentine women’s groups for legal abortion is being decided by the country’s Senate in a vote that could change the outlook for the procedure on a continent where such procedures are still largely illegal. The bill would legalize elective abortion in the first 14 weeks of a pregnancy. It has already been approved by Argentina’s Chamber of Deputies and is supported by President Alberto Fernández, meaning the
  
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• Lawsuit: Fertility Doc Fathered His Patient’s Children

  29-12-2020 22:50
  
  Last December, Kristen Finlayson purchased an Ancestry DNA kit in a half-off holiday special.…
  
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• Minneapolis officials outline new police disciplinary plan

  29-12-2020 22:46
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minneapolis mayor and police chief announced changes in the city’s disciplinary processes for police officers in an effort to make it easier to hold them accountable for bad behavior. Mayor Jacob Frey and Chief Medaria Arradondo said the city attorney’s office would be more deeply involved in misconduct investigations as soon as they begin. Frey said more than 50 percent of all disciplinary cases are either reduced or overturned and arbitrators typically
  
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• The Latest: Biden criticizes pace of vaccine rollout

  29-12-2020 22:44
  
  WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden is criticizing the Trump administration for the pace of distributing COVID-19 vaccines, saying it is “falling far behind.”Biden says “it’s gonna take years, not months, to vaccinate the American people” at the current pace.He is vowing to ramp up the current speed of vaccinations five to six times to 1 million shots a day, but acknowledges it “will still take months to have the majority of Americans vacci
  
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• Lockdowns extended in large swath of California amid surge

  29-12-2020 22:43
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — California has extended its strict stay-at-home orders in areas where intensive care units are running out of beds. The state’s top health official said Tuesday that Southern California and the agricultural San Joaquin Valley still have what is considered no ICU capacity and that the state’s coronavirus restrictions would continue longer there. Gov. Gavin Newsom has warned residents to brace for the effect of a “surge on top of a surge” from recen
  
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• Correction: Bowling Alley Shooting story

  29-12-2020 22:34
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — In a story Dec. 28, 2020, about a shooting in Illinois that left three people dead and three injured, The Associated Press relying on the narrative in a criminal complaint erroneously reported the ages of one of the injured victims. She was 16, not 14. The caliber of one of the weapons used was also incorrect. It was a Glock .380 caliber. Not .389 caliber.The post Correction: Bowling Alley Shooting story appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Wisconsin prosecutors add curfew charge against Rittenhouse

  29-12-2020 22:33
  
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — Prosecutors have charged a 17-year-old Illinois teen accused of shooting three people during a protest in southeastern Wisconsin with violating curfew. Kyle Rittenhouse was charged in Kenosha County in August with multiple counts, including homicide, endangerment and being a minor in possession of a firearm. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that prosecutors on Monday added violating curfew the night of the shooting to the list. The offense is a civil citation punisha
  
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• Arizona tax agency head fired after defending education tax

  29-12-2020 22:28
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — The director of Arizona’s tax collection agency has been abruptly dismissed from his job after he hired outside lawyers to defend a new voter-approved tax on the wealthy that will boost education funding. Gov. Doug Ducey’s office announced a new leader for the Department of Revenue Tuesday without mentioning that Carlton Woodruff was out as director. Ducey spokesman C.J. Karamargin said he could not discuss personnel matters, but then appeared to link Woodruff&rs
  
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• Court: Parents of child who killed himself can sue educators

  29-12-2020 22:23
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — The parents of an 8-year-old student who killed himself after being bullied can move forward with a lawsuit against the Cincinnati school district. A panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court Appeals said Tuesday that Gabriel Taye’s parents had established reckless behavior that prevents school officials from receiving governmental immunity for their handling of the case. Their lawsuit charges Cincinnati schools and officials with wrongful death and other allegations. An
  
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• Phoenix police: Officers fatally shoot man simulating handgun

  29-12-2020 22:22
  
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  PHOENIX (AP) — The Phoenix Police Department says officers fatally shot a man who said he was armed and then quickly pulled his hand from behind his back while he simulated holding a gun.
  Police said the shooting occurred Monday night after officers responded to a 911 call about the caller’s ex-boyfriend being in the patio of the caller’s apartment.
  According to police, officers found the man nearby and approached him while ordering him to remove his hand from his rear
  
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• Senate GOP blocks swift vote on President Trump’s $2K checks

  29-12-2020 22:17
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has blocked Democrats’ push to immediately bring President Donald Trump’s demand for bigger $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks up for a vote.
  The GOP leader said the Senate would “begin a process” to address the issue.
  But the next steps are highly uncertain. Trump has been pushing to more than triple the $600 payments approved by Congress. The House approved the larger checks, but the issue divides Republicans.
  On
  
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• Biden criticizes pace of vaccine rollout, vows to accelerate

  29-12-2020 22:12
  
  WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden is criticizing the Trump administration for the pace of distributing COVID-19 vaccines, saying it is “falling far behind.” Biden says “it’s gonna take years, not months, to vaccinate the American people” at the current pace. He is vowing to ramp up the current speed of vaccinations five to six times to 1 million shots a day, but acknowledges it “will still take months to have the majority of Americans vac
  
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• Meghan and Harry end their eventful 2020 with first podcast

  29-12-2020 22:10
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have dropped their first podcast. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle and guests from Elton John to their son Archie appear on the royal couple’s first audio release Tuesday for Spotify, a 34-minute special released Tuesday with reflections on 2020. The couple who stepped down from their royal duties in spring invited friends and people they admire to record audio diaries that were excerpted for the show. Contributors include tennis player
  
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• Biden criticizes pace of coronavirus vaccine rollout

  29-12-2020 22:08
  
  WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden is criticizing the Trump administration for the pace of distributing COVID-19 vaccines, saying it is “falling far behind.” Biden says “it’s gonna take years, not months, to vaccinate the American people” at the current pace. He is vowing to ramp up the current speed of vaccinations five to six times to 1 million shots a day, but acknowledge it “will still take months to have the majority of Americans vacc
  
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• President returns to Algeria, reports recovery from COVID-19

  29-12-2020 22:06
  
  ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria’s president says he has returned to his country after two months away and is still recovering from COVID-19. Speaking clearly in a video broadcast on national public television on Tuesday, President Abdelmadjid Tebboune said “I passed through difficult moments. I am happy to be back, thanks God.” Tebboune fell ill and then left for treatment in Germany in late October. He says he still needs “a few days” to finish recovering. Th
  
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• In a year of pain, one silver lining: fewer mass shootings

  29-12-2020 22:06
  
  If there’s one silver lining in the tumultuous year of 2020, it’s this: The number of mass shootings that happened in public was the lowest in more than a decade. Experts who research mass killings say there are two key reasons for the sharp drop-off. For one, most people avoided going out in public during the coronavirus pandemic. That meant there were fewer opportunities for slayings in workplaces or schools. For another, Americans were so focused on other tragedies that would-be g
  
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• Probe: Lax oversight let alleged cheats get Cyprus passport

  29-12-2020 21:48
  
  NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A redacted report on Cyprus’s now-defunct citizenship-for-investment program has been published and concludes that authorities should consider stripping citizenship from a dozen individuals over their alleged involvement in acts of theft and fraud,  The government released the report on Tuesday amid strong opposition criticism that it was trying to sweep the matter under the carpet. The report detailed how lax vetting procedures allowed some investors to s
  
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• 2 Arizona officers cleared of sexual assault allegations

  29-12-2020 21:48
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona investigators have cleared two officers accused of sexual assault, and prosecutors also have declined to pursue criminal charges. A 28-year-old woman had accused a Safford police officer and a detention officer at a Graham County jail of the crimes about a week before falling from a moving police vehicle last year. Authorities called it an attempt to escape. She later died. Investigators from the Arizona Department of Public Safety said an advocacy center and a medic
  
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• Mass. Legislature overrides veto, expands access to abortion

  29-12-2020 21:43
  
  BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts Senate has voted to override the Republican governor’s veto of legislation that expands access to abortion in the state, making the measure law. The Democratic-controlled Senate’s 32-8 override Tuesday came a day after the Democratic-controlled House similarly voted to override Gov. Charlie Baker’s veto 107-46. The bill, known as the Roe Act, codifies abortion rights into state law, allows abortions after 24 weeks of pregnancy in cases wher
  
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• Elderly resident rescued from westside house fire

  29-12-2020 21:36
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - One elderly resident along with a cat and a dog were rescued from a house fire on the westside Tuesday. The Tucson Fire Department responded to a home on the 2500 block of N. Ironwood Ridge Dr. at around 10:30am. Firefighters found large flames and smoke coming from the residence.
  TFD says that firefighters pulled one elderly victim from the home who was transported to a local hospital in critical condition. A cat and a dog were also found and rescued from the burning home. Offic
  
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• Colorado uranium disposal site gets extension to stay open

  29-12-2020 21:35
  
  GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — A U.S. Department of Energy uranium mill tailings disposal facility in Colorado has received an extension in the federal coronavirus relief and spending bill that could see the waste site remain open until 2031. The bill signed Sunday by President Trump extends the life of the site through 2031 or until it is full. The Department of Energy had been planning to fully shut down the facility near Grand Junction no later than 2023. To do that, it needed to stop acc
  
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• UA imposes one-year postseason ban on Arizona men’s basketball team

  29-12-2020 21:31
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - The University of Arizona has announced it has self-imposed a one-year postseason ban on the men's basketball team.
  The University says this is a "proactive measure in its ongoing NCAA enforcement process."University of Arizona Statement: “The University of Arizona is self-imposing a one-year postseason ban on the UA Men’s Basketball program as a proactive measure in its ongoing NCAA enforcement process.  The decision is an acknowledgement that the NCAA’s
  
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• Arizona men’s basketball self-imposes 1-year postseason ban

  29-12-2020 21:21
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona men’s basketball program has self-imposed a one-year postseason ban related to its long-running NCAA rules infractions case. Arizona was accused of nine counts of misconduct, including five Level I violations, in a Notice of Allegations sent by the NCAA in October. The violations include a lack of institutional control and failure to monitor by the university, and lack of head coach control by basketball coach Sean Miller. Arizona is off to a 7-1 star
  
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• Russian military says 3 of its troops wounded in Syria

  29-12-2020 21:20
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian military says three of its troops were wounded during an attack by militants in northwestern Syria. The chief of the Russian military’s Reconciliation Center in Syria said that militants fired an anti-tank missile at a Russian armored personnel carrier on Tuesday and wounded three military police officers. The chief said the attack happened while the Russian troops were on patrol near Trumba in Idlib province and Turkish troops were pulling out of the area.
  
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• The Latest: France plans to extend curfews to other regions

  29-12-2020 21:17
  
  PARIS — The French Health Minister says authorities are planning to extend the country’s night curfew in regions where the coronavirus is circulating more, in eastern France near the border with Germany, Switzerland and Italy.
  Health Minister Olivier Veran says the extended curfew from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. will start on Jan. 2 “where it’s needed,” he says. Veran ruled out any national or local lockdown in the coming days.
  In other regions, the curfew in place since mid-
  
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• PHX FBI: Need Your Help Finding Alleged Sexual Assault, Homicide Suspect

  29-12-2020 21:16
  
  PHOENIX (KVOA) - On Tuesday, local law enforcement officials asked the public for help to find a suspect in a cold case.The Phoenix Police Department, Peoria Police Department, and FBI asked the public to help find potential victims and additional information about an alleged sexual offender and homicide suspect.According to the FBI, the suspect, 53-year-old Lance David Ray was recently arrested in connection with three separate incidents in 2000. In the Peoria incident, it is alleged that
  
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• Russian investigators open new fraud probe involving Navalny

  29-12-2020 21:12
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities are ramping up the pressure on top Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny and leveling new fraud accusations against him. Russia’s main investigative agency said Tuesday that it has opened a criminal case against Navalny on charges of large-scale fraud related to his alleged mishandling of some $5 million in private donations to his Anti-Corruption Foundation and other organizations. Navalny is in Germany convalescing from an August poisoning with a Soviet-er
  
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• Officials: Truck plunges off bridge into Chesapeake Bay

  29-12-2020 21:06
  
  VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Authorities say a box truck plunged off the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel with a driver inside. Officials say the crash happened around 8:20 a.m. Tuesday on the east side of the bridge’s northbound lanes. Virginia Beach Fire Department Battalion Chief Richard Trent says emergency response crews were searching for the driver after finding the vehicle floating in the water. Coast Guard Petty Officer First Class Tara Molle says witnesses saw a man leave the tru
  
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• Woman given 22 years for inciting 2018 mob killing of 2 men

  29-12-2020 21:02
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — A woman in central Mexico has been sentenced to 22 years in prison for inciting the 2018 mob killing of two men. Convictions for such mob crimes are rare in Mexico, but in this case prosecutors in central Puebla state had evidence. The woman, identified under Mexican law only by her first name of Agustina, apparently collected money to hire a vehicle with a loudspeaker to go around the village of Acatlan and urge people to come and help kill the men. The two were beaten
  
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• Phoenix police: Officers shoot man simulating handgun

  29-12-2020 20:58
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — The Phoenix Police Department says officers fatally shot a man who said he was armed and then quickly pulled his hand from behind his back while he simulated holding a gun. Police said the shooting occurred Monday night after officers responded to a 911 call about the caller’s ex-boyfriend being in the patio of the caller’s apartment. According to police, officers found the man nearby and approached him while ordering him to remove his hand from his rear waistban
  
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• 6.3 earthquake kills 7 in Croatia, leaves others missing

  29-12-2020 20:53
  
  PETRINJA, Croatia (AP) — A strong earthquake in central Croatia has destroyed buildings in a town southeast of the capital and caused at least seven deaths. The European Mediterranean Seismological Center says the magnitude 6.3 earthquake hit southeast of Zagreb just before 12:20 p.m. local time Tuesday. A magnitude 5.2 quake struck the same region of Croatia on Monday. Officials said a 12-year-old girl died in Petrinja, a town of some 25,000 people. Croatia’s state broadcaster repor
  
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• US Park Service says New Mexico tasing case is under review

  29-12-2020 20:44
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The National Park Service says it’s investigating an incident in which a visitor was tased by a ranger at Petroglyph National Monument in New Mexico. Darrell House was stopped by the ranger for walking off trail in a closed area. Video taken by House shows the ranger asking for his identification and House declining. He insisted he hadn’t done anything wrong. In his post, House says the use of force was uncalled for. House identified himself as Navajo a
  
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• Senate GOP blocks swift vote on Trump’s $2K checks

  29-12-2020 20:41
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has blocked Democrats’ push to immediately bring President Donald Trump’s demand for bigger $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks up for a vote. The GOP leader said the Senate would “begin a process” to address the issue. But the next steps are highly uncertain. Trump has been pushing to more than triple the $600 payments approved by Congress. The House approved the larger checks, but the issue divides Republicans. On
  
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• Tel Aviv mayor announces run for parliament with new party

  29-12-2020 20:36
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Tel Aviv’s mayor has announced that he’s forming a new faction in the upcoming Israeli parliamentary elections as the once-formidable Blue and White party began disintegrating ahead of the March vote. Ron Huldai, 76, is the long-time mayor of the country’s secular metropolis and a popular figure among the country’s left-leaning voters. He said Tuesday he “can no longer stand on the side” and will vie to be Israel’s next prime minis
  
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• Major rail safety technology installed before deadline

  29-12-2020 20:11
  
  OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Federal regulators say the railroad industry has installed an automatic braking system on nearly 58,000 miles of track where it is required ahead of a yearend deadline. Federal Railroad Administration chief Ronald Batory said Tuesday that railroads worked together over the past 12 years to develop and install the long-awaited technology known as positive train control. The roughly $15 billion braking system is aimed at reducing human error by automatically stopping train
  
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• Regulators: key rail safety technology done before deadline

  29-12-2020 20:00
  
  OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Federal regulators say the railroad industry has installed an automatic braking system on nearly 58,000 miles of track where it is required ahead of a yearend deadline. Federal Railroad Administration chief Ronald Batory said Tuesday that railroads worked together over the past 12 years to develop and install the long-awaited technology known as positive train control. The roughly $15 billion braking system is aimed at reducing human error by automatically stopping train
  
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• Russian monk charged with inciting suicidal acts in sermons

  29-12-2020 19:58
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — Russian riot police have arrested a rebel monk who castigated the Kremlin and the Russian Orthodox Church leadership and denied the existence of the coronavirus. Police clashed with the ultra-conservative priest’s supporters at the monastery in the Ural Mountains where they detained 65-year-old Father Sergiy. The monk was flown to Moscow. and charged with inciting suicidal action through sermons in which he urged believers to “die for Russia.” He denies the
  
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