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• Trump extends pandemic-related visa ban through March 31

  31-12-2020 23:58
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has extended pandemic-related bans on issuing green cards and work visas to large groups of applicants outside the United States through March 31. Federal judges limited the impact but the bans, however short-lived, significantly tightened legal immigration, a goal that had eluded Trump before the coronavirus struck. They had been set to expire Thursday. An extension is consistent with Trump’s hardline stance on immigration and passes on the d
  
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• Court: Ohio county order violated Christian schools’ rights

  31-12-2020 23:51
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — A federal appeals court has given the go-ahead for Christian schools in an Ohio county to hold in-person classes during the pandemic. The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel on Thursday granted an injunction to Christian schools in the Toledo area who say their rights to religious expression have been violated by the Lucas County-Toledo Health Department’s order closing schools until Jan. 11. Their attorneys pointed out that the order for all schools, public and
  
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• Ball State beats No. 19 San Jose State 34-13 in Arizona Bowl

  31-12-2020 23:51
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Antonio Phillips returned an early interception 53 yards for a touchdown, Drew Plitt accounted for two scores and Ball State beat short-handed No. 19 San Jose State 34-13 in the Arizona Bowl. San Jose State had to play without its two coordinators and Mountain West Conference player of the year Cade Hall due to COVID-19 and other issues. The Cardinals took advantage, quick-hitting their way down the field on offense after Phillips’ interception for a 27-0 lead in
  
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• The Latest: Kansas ranks last in reported vaccination rate

  31-12-2020 23:46
  
  TOPEKA, Kan. —- Kansas ranks last among states in its reported COVID-19 vaccination rate, according to U.S. government data, and state officials attribute it to a lag in reporting by providers of the shots.
  The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that 12,164 people had received the first of two vaccine doses in Kansas as of Wednesday, or 418 for every 100,000 of its 2.9 million residents. The CDC said Kansas had administered less than 11% of the vaccine doses it ha
  
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• Judge: 4,000 voters can’t be blocked based on address data

  31-12-2020 23:45
  
  COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) — A federal judge says more than 4,000 people in one Georgia county can’t be stopped from voting in the state’s high-stakes Senate runoffs just because they filed paperwork to change their address. U.S. District Judge Leslie Abrams Gardner ruled Wednesday that election officials in Muscogee County, which includes Columbus, must have other evidence that voters whose registrations are being challenged are ineligible to vote. Texas-based conservative group True
  
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• Chaotic Congress nears end; $2K checks, defense bill hanging

  31-12-2020 23:45
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is ending a chaotic session with a rare rebuff by Republicans of President Donald Trump. GOP senators are ignoring the outgoing president’s demand to increase the $600 COVID-19 aid checks to $2,000. They are poised to override his veto of a major defense bill. Trump ally Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina is trying to bridge the divide. He says Congress could try again to approve bigger COVID aid checks after the new session opens Sunday. Senate Majority
  
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• Arizona mom charged with abusing children over masks

  31-12-2020 23:37
  
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  PHOENIX (AP) — A 32-year-old Wickenburg mother is accused of assaulting her children and stepchildren for not wearing masks after they tested positive for COVID-19.
  Court charging documents obtained Thursday show Sarah Michelle Boone is facing three counts of child abuse, three counts of assault as well as disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. Police were called to Boone’s home Saturday night. Officers were told that Boone had hit one child in the face, kicked a second on
  
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• Nashville assessing building damage from Christmas bombing

  31-12-2020 23:34
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Officials are continuing to asses damage to dozens of buildings from the Christmas Day bombing in downtown Nashville’s historic district. Law enforcement officials gave media outlets their first opportunity Thursday to survey the bomb site. It came as officials work to finish assessments of structural damage to 41 buildings. Separately, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has asked the White House for an emergency declaration to free up money and resources to impacted bus
  
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• Both newspapers in Utah’s capital print final daily editions

  31-12-2020 23:33
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Salt Lake City’s two major newspapers have printed daily editions for more than a century, but now the presses will only be whirring once a week as they join other news organizations nationwide in shifting their focus online to stay afloat. The Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News printed their final daily newspapers Thursday as they joined others like the Tampa Bay Times and the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette that have made the same decision in response to declining p
  
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• The Latest: WHO clears coronavirus vaccine for emergency use

  31-12-2020 23:22
  
  GENEVA — The World Health Organization says it has cleared the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for emergency use, meaning poorer countries may soon get access to the shot already available in Europe and North America.
  Every country that has a drug regulatory agency will have to issue its own approval for any COVID-19 vaccine, but countries with weak systems usually rely on WHO to vet the shots.
  The global body said late Thursday that the decision to issue its first emergency use valida
  
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• Immigrant taxpayers get help from states, cheer inclusion in US bill

  31-12-2020 23:21
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Immigrant taxpayers and their families are celebrating a federal relief package that includes spouses and children who are U.S. citizens.
  Checks sent out in the spring didn't go to families if one spouse was an immigrant in the country illegally, even if the other was a U.S. citizen or legal resident.
  About 5 million Americans were left out that way. But even in the new bill, some 2.2 million U.S. citizen children won't receive a check because they live in immigrant h
  
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• Second round of Economic Impact Payments being distributed

  31-12-2020 23:13
  
  The Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Treasury Department announced the second round of Economic Impact Payments are in the process of being distributed to millions of Americans who received a first round of payments last spring. …
  
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• Wisconsin hospital worker arrested for spoiled vaccine doses

  31-12-2020 23:02
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Authorities have arrested a suburban Milwaukee pharmacist suspected of deliberately ruining hundreds of doses of coronavirus vaccine by removing it from refrigeration for two nights.The Grafton Police Department said the former Advocate Aurora Health pharmacist was arrested on suspicion of reckless endangerment, adulterating a prescription drug and criminal damage to property.The department said in a news release Thursday that he was in jail.Police did not identify th
  
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• Tucson writers’ screenplay is being adapted into a feature film

  31-12-2020 22:55
  
  Tucson Weekly columnist Brian Smith’s article about the late guitarist Doug Hopkins, co-founder of the Tempe rock band Gin Blossoms, is being turned into a feature film. Smith originally wrote the article for the Detroit Metro Times in 2007, before he and his wife Maggie turned it into a screenplay titled "Lost Horizons."…
  
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• Police investigate deliberate spoiling of 500 COVID-19 vaccine doses

  31-12-2020 22:55
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Police and federal authorities are investigating after a Wisconsin health system said an employee admitted to deliberately spoiling 500 doses of coronavirus vaccine.
  Officials with Aurora Medical Center in Grafton say a pharmacist intentionally removed the vaccine from a refrigerator on Dec. 24 and again on Dec. 25 or Dec. 26, when they were discovered outside the refrigerator.
  Nearly 60 people were inoculated from those vials on Saturday before officials realized they
  
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• Sen. Perdue quarantines for virus exposure before GA runoff

  31-12-2020 22:53
  
  SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Exposure to the coronavirus has forced Georgia Sen. David Perdue into quarantine five days before the state’s high-stakes Senate runoff elections. The Republican senator’s campaign said Perdue and his wife learned Thursday morning that they had been in close contact with a staffer who tested positive for COVID-19. The campaign’s statement says Perdue and his wife both tested negative for the virus but had gone into quarantine. Perdue and fellow GOP Se
  
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• Police in Wisconsin say they’ve arrested fired hospital employee suspected of intentionally spoiling COVID-19 vaccine.

  31-12-2020 22:53
  
  GRAFTON, Wis. (AP) — Police in Wisconsin say they’ve arrested fired hospital employee suspected of intentionally spoiling COVID-19 vaccine.The post Police in Wisconsin say they’ve arrested fired hospital employee suspected of intentionally spoiling COVID-19 vaccine. appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Victim of east side homicide identified by Tucson Police Department

  31-12-2020 22:49
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - The man who died with apparent gunshot injuries Wednesday was identified by Tucson Police Department Thursday.At around 3 p.m. Wednesday, TPD officers were dispatched to a laundromat in the 7400 block of E. 22nd St. near Prudence Road after bystanders found an adult man, later identified as 32-year-old Justin Gervon Chavis, with obvious gunshot trauma.According to TPD, medical aid was immediately rendered on Chavis and he was transported to St. Joseph's Hospital for further treat
  
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• Sen. Perdue quarantines for virus exposure ahead of GA runoff

  31-12-2020 22:38
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Exposure to the coronavirus has forced Georgia Sen. David Perdue into quarantine just five days before the state’s high-stakes Senate runoff elections.The Republican senator’s campaign said in a statement that Perdue and his wife learned Thursday morning they had been in close contact with a staffer who tested positive for COVID-19.The statement says Perdue and his wife both tested negative for the virus but had gone into quarantine in accordance with federal he
  
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• Woman succumbs to injuries sustained in three-vehicle crash on east side

  31-12-2020 22:30
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - A woman who was severely injured during Dec. 18's three-vehicle crash on the east side died Tuesday from injuries sustained.At around 7 p.m. Dec. 18, 21-year-old Alexis Nicole Romero was transported to the hospital with life-threatening injuries after she was involved in a crash near the 5800 block of East Broadway Boulevard near Craycroft Road.According to Tucson Police Department, Romero was exiting a parking lot when she was struck by a black Kia Soul that was traveling eastbo
  
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• Chief: Police didn’t show care for Andre Hill after shooting

  31-12-2020 22:30
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — New police body camera footage shows that police stood by for several minutes without offering first aid to Andre Hill after he was shot by an officer in Columbus, Ohio. Hill was a 47-year-old Black man who died after being shot Dec. 22 by a white officer. The footage shows that at one point two officers handcuffed Hill but did not offer any aid. Police Chief Thomas Quinlan says he was horrified by the lack of compassion shown in the videos. Officer Adam Coy was the o
  
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• Breakthroughs come on, off field in 2020 for women’s sports

  31-12-2020 22:08
  
  It was a milestone year for women in sports. It started with San Francisco 49ers assistant Katie Sowers becoming the first woman to coach in the Super Bowl. It ended with Becky Hammon serving as an NBA head coach when she took over for the ejected George Popovich in the San Antonio Spurs’ game on Wednesday night. Sarah Fuller became the first woman to score at the highest level of college football when she kicked two extra points for Vanderbilt. The average salary in the WNBA went over $10
  
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• Police put out new video of woman confronting Black teen

  31-12-2020 22:05
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Police have released a new video showing a woman trying to tackle a Black teenager after falsely accusing him of stealing her phone at a New York City hotel. The New York Police Department asked the public to help locate the woman for what it called an “attack” late last week. They said on Thursday she’s still being sought on possible assault charges in an incident that’s prompted accusations of racial profiling. The woman’s phone was returned
  
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• S&P 500 ends at another record high as tumultuous 2020 ends

  31-12-2020 22:04
  
  The S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average ended 2020 at more record highs Thursday, closing out one of the most tumultuous years in recent memory. The S&P 500 rose 0.6% and ended the year up 16%, or roughly 18% including dividends. 2020 saw a breathtaking nosedive in markets in the spring as the coronavirus took hold, followed by steady gains in the months to come as hopes built for an eventual return to something like normal. Several overseas markets were closed for holidays, and
  
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• The Latest: France pledges faster vaccination rollout

  31-12-2020 22:02
  
  PARIS — Under fire for a glacially slow rollout of its first coronavirus vaccine shots, France’s government is pledging to pick up the pace, offering quicker inoculation to a broader array of health care workers from next week.President Emmanuel Macron intervened in what is becoming an increasingly sharp debate about the French start of vaccinations, using his traditional New Year’s address to the nation on Thursday night to promise that he will personally ensure that the progr
  
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• S&P 500 closes tumultuous year at record high and with annual gain of 16%; huge tech gains drove Nasdaq up 43% in 2020

  31-12-2020 22:01
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — S&P 500 closes tumultuous year at record high and with annual gain of 16%; huge tech gains drove Nasdaq up 43% in 2020.The post S&P 500 closes tumultuous year at record high and with annual gain of 16%; huge tech gains drove Nasdaq up 43% in 2020 appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Microsoft says hackers viewed source code, didn’t change it

  31-12-2020 21:57
  
  Microsoft said Thursday in a blog post that hackers tied to a massive intrusion of dozens of U.S. government agencies and private companies snuck farther into its systems than previously thought, although the intrusion doesn’t appear to have caused any additional harm. The company said the hackers were able to view some of the code underlying Microsoft software, but weren’t able to make any changes to it. Microsoft said its defense plans assumed that hackers could see its code and th
  
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• Sen Perdue quarantines for virus exposure ahead of GA runoff

  31-12-2020 21:56
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Exposure to the coronavirus has forced Georgia Sen. David Perdue into quarantine just five days before the state’s high-stakes Senate runoff elections. The Republican senator’s campaign said in a statement that Perdue and his wife learned Thursday morning they had been in close contact with a staffer who tested positive for COVID-19. The statement says Perdue and his wife both tested negative for the virus but had gone into quarantine in accordance with federal h
  
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• 5 anchors will no longer work at NY1 after suit settlement

  31-12-2020 21:56
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Five female anchors will no longer work at a New York news channel after settling discrimination claims. The women include Roma Torre, who was NY1’s first on-air hire when it started airing in 1992. The settlement of the lawsuit filed in June 2019 in Manhattan federal court was announced in statements by the women, their lawyers and by NY1. It came a month after a judge allowed some of the lawsuit’s age and gender discrimination claims to proceed but rejected so
  
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• Under fire, France pledges speedier vaccination rollout

  31-12-2020 21:49
  
  PARIS (AP) — France’s government is pledging to pick up the pace of COVID-19 vaccinations after being criticized for a glacially slow rollout. French President Emmanuel Macron has also intervened in what is becoming an increasingly sharp debate about the slow start of the country’s vaccination program. Macron used his traditional New Year’s address to the nation on Thursday night to promise that he will personally ensure that the program does not drag its heels unnecessar
  
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• Former US Sen. Saxby Chambliss recovering from stroke

  31-12-2020 21:48
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — A spokeswoman for former U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss says he is recovering from a “minor stroke.” Lauren Claffey Tomlinson said Thursday that Chambliss, 77, was admitted to Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta and treated at the Marcus Stroke and Neuroscience Center. She says he’s “looking forward to a full recovery.” Chambliss, a Republican from Moultrie, Georgia, was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1994. He served four terms in th
  
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• Seahawks playing for big stakes in finale vs. 49ers

  31-12-2020 21:47
  
  The stakes for this season’s finale between fierce NFC West rivals Seattle and San Francisco are far more one-sided that a year ago. Instead of a prime-time showdown for a division title the Seahawks are fighting for the possibility of a first-round bye while the 49ers are playing out the string of a disappointing season.  The “home” game for the 49ers will be played in Glendale, Arizona, due to COVID-19 restrictions in Santa Clara County.The post Seahawks playing for big
  
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• Trump returns to White House early, offers year-end message

  31-12-2020 21:43
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has delivered a year-end video message after returning early from vacation, highlighting his administration’s work to rapidly develop a vaccine against COVID-19 and rebuild the economy. As the end of his presidency nears, Trump cut short his stay at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida and got back to the White House a day ahead of schedule. Upon his return, Trump released a video hailing America’s “grit, strength and tenacity.” He
  
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• The Latest: California 3rd state to surpass 25,000 deaths

  31-12-2020 21:25
  
  LOS ANGELES — California has surpassed 25,000 deaths from coronavirus, the third state to reach the number.New York has nearly 38,000 deaths and Texas has more than 27,000, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.
  A surge has swamped hospitals with COVID-19 patients in Southern California and the agricultural San Joaquin Valley. Hospitals are housing patients in hallways, conference rooms, a cafeteria and gift shops. Makeshift hospitals are being set up in tents, arenas and school
  
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• Census: Early analysis shows falsifying data was rare

  31-12-2020 21:24
  
  The U.S. Census Bureau says less than a half percent of census takers interviewing households for the 2020 head count may have falsified their work, suggesting it was few and far between. The bureau released the figure Thursday in response to criticism that a shortened schedule was jeopardizing the data used for divvying up congressional seats among the states. The Census Bureau issued its statement after a report from their watchdog agency Wednesday that expressed concerns over lapses in qualit
  
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• Coronavirus puts Honduras’ coffee harvest in jeopardy

  31-12-2020 21:19
  
  TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Coffee producers say the coronavirus pandemic is threatening Honduras’ coffee harvest by keeping Hondurans who would normally travel for the work at home and preventing foreign harvesters from entering the country. The risk to one of Honduras’ most important crops is just one of the many devastating economic impacts of the pandemic. Coffee grower Fredy Pastrana said that many workers who typically come from the cities for the harvest have not travel
  
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• S&P 500, Dow reach for records as a tumultuous 2020 ends

  31-12-2020 21:18
  
  Stocks are reaching for more record highs on Wall Street Thursday as one of the most tumultuous years in recent memory draws to a close. The S&P 500 was up 0.3% in afternoon trading, on track for a gain of 15.9% for the year, or nearly 18% including dividends. 2020 saw a breathtaking nosedive in markets in the spring as the coronavirus took hold, followed by steady gains in the months to come as hopes built for an eventual return to something like normal. Several overseas markets were closed
  
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• Court: NC domestic violence order rule harms LGBT people

  31-12-2020 20:56
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina appeals court says domestic violence protection orders issued by judges must be granted to someone trying to stay apart from a same-sex dating partner, just like in opposite-sex relationships. A divided Court of Appeals on Thursday declared as unconstitutional current law expressly limiting such restraining orders upon dating couples to those of the opposite sex. The ruling stemmed from a Wake County case in 2018 involving two women. A local judge said
  
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• Authorities say woman killed her mother, children, self

  31-12-2020 20:48
  
  ATKINS, Ark. (AP) — Authorities say a 31-year-old woman fatally shot her mother and three children then turned the gun on herself at their home in western Arkansas on Christmas Day. Pope County Sheriff’s Sgt. Rodney McNeese told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette that investigators believe Jaquita Chase killed 61-year-old Patricia Patrick; 12-year-old Abigail Heflin; 10-year-old Levenah Countryman; and 7-year-old Danielle Collins. Their bodies were found by a family member on Friday after
  
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• Dick Thornburgh, ex-governor and US attorney general, dies

  31-12-2020 20:28
  
  Former federal attorney general and Pennsylvania Gov. Dick Thornburgh has died at age 88. Thornburgh died Thursday morning at a retirement community facility outside Pittsburgh, his son David said. The cause is not yet known. Thornburgh built a reputation as a crime-busting federal prosecutor in Pittsburgh and won praise for his cool handling as governor of the Three Mile Island partial nuclear meltdown in 1979.The post Dick Thornburgh, ex-governor and US attorney general, dies appeared first on
  
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• 2 Wisconsin siblings killed in wrong-way crash in Florida

  31-12-2020 20:12
  
  DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Authorities released the names of Wisconsin siblings killed when a suspected carjacker fleeing from police drove the wrong way on Interstate 95 in central Florida and collided head-on with their vehicle. The crash happened Tuesday night. The Omro School District in Wisconsin identified the victims as 21-year-old Domynick Milis and 18-year-old Danycka Milis. A letter from the district listed both siblings as graduates of the district. Two younger relatives in the
  
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• California is third state to pass 25,000 coronavirus deaths

  31-12-2020 20:09
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — California has surpassed 25,000 deaths from coronavirus. The state became the third in the U.S. to reach the number, behind New York and Texas. The grim milestone comes as the state experiences a surge that has swamped hospitals with COVID-19 patients in Southern California and the agricultural San Joaquin Valley. Hospitals are housing patients in hallways, conference rooms, a cafeteria and gift shops. Makeshift hospitals are being set up in tents, arenas and schools.&nb
  
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• California records 25,000 deaths from the coronavirus, becoming third state to hit grim milestone

  31-12-2020 20:04
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — California records 25,000 deaths from the coronavirus, becoming third state to hit grim milestone.The post California records 25,000 deaths from the coronavirus, becoming third state to hit grim milestone appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• The Latest: NYC mayor aims for 1M vaccinated in January

  31-12-2020 19:59
  
  NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio has set an ambitious goal of vaccinating 1 million residents with the coronavirus vaccine in January.The mayor noted Thursday that meeting the target would require outside cooperation and the city dramatically increasing access to the vaccine. Health Commissioner Dr. Dave Chokshi says officials want to double citywide access points to at least 250 sites. Those would include hospitals, community health centers and urgent care clinics.The city al
  
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• Police didn’t help Andre Hill for 5 minutes after shooting

  31-12-2020 19:59
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — New police bodycam footage shows that multiple Ohio police officers stood by for several minutes without offering any first aid to Andre Hill after he was shot by a Columbus officer. Hill, a 47-year-old Black man, later died after being shot on Dec. 22 by a white officer. The footage shows that at one point two officers handcuffed Hill, but did not offer any aid. Police Chief Thomas Quinlan says he was horrified by the lack of compassion shown in the body cam videos.
  
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• County orders property owner to return water service to his tenants

  31-12-2020 19:59
  
  The Pima County Department of Environmental Quality hand-delivered an abatement order to a northwest-side apartment complex owner for causing a public health nuisance to the complex’s tenants by shutting off the water supply. …
  
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• Rare GOP rebuff of Trump in last days of chaotic Congress

  31-12-2020 19:52
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is ending a chaotic session like few others. It started with the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history, was riven by impeachment and a pandemic, and now closes with a rare rebuff by Republicans of President Donald Trump. GOP senators are ignoring the outgoing president’s demand to increase the $600 COVID-19 aid checks to $2,000. They are poised to override his veto of a major defense bill. Trump ally Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina is tr
  
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• New Kansas lawmaker under court order denied committee seats

  31-12-2020 19:51
  
  TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The top Democrat in the Kansas House is refusing to give an incoming lawmaker any committee assignments over issues that include an anti-stalking court order filed against him after he won his seat. House Minority Leader Tom Sawyer’s action this week is a sign that he and fellow Democrats plan to try to oust Rep.-elect Aaron Coleman of Kansas City, Kansas, once the Republican-controlled Legislature convenes Jan. 11. The 20-year-old Coleman narrowly ousted a vetera
  
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• Ontario finance minister resigns after tropical vacation

  31-12-2020 19:48
  
  TORONTO (AP) — The finance minister for Canada’s most populous province has resigned after going on a Caribbean vacation during the pandemic and seemingly trying to hide the fact by sending social media posts showing him in a sweater before a fireplace. Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Thursday he had accepted Rod Phillips’s resignation as minister hours after Phillips returned home from a more than two-week stay on the island of St. Barts. He’d gone on vacation despite gov
  
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• Wickenburg woman charged with abusing children over masks

  31-12-2020 19:46
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — A 32-year-old Wickenburg mother is accused of assaulting her children and stepchildren for not wearing masks after they tested positive for COVID-19. Court charging documents obtained Thursday show Sarah Michelle Boone is facing three counts of child abuse, three counts of assault as well as disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. Police were called to Boone’s home Saturday night. Officers were told that Boone had hit one child in the face, kicked a second one while h
  
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