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• Claude Bolling, popular jazz-classical musician, dead at 90

  01-01-2021 23:59
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Claude Bolling, the French pianist, composer and arranger who attained a worldwide following through his melodic blend of jazz and classical influences and stayed on the Billboard classical charts for more than a decade with his 1975 album  “Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano,” has died at age 90. The Cannes native was a professional musician by his teens and over the following decades would perform with everyone from Lionel Hampton to Yo-Yo Ma. He wrote soundt
  
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• Tucson welcomes first baby of 2021

  01-01-2021 23:57
  
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  TUCSON (KVOA) - Welcome to the world, sweet Caroline, Tucson's first baby of the new year!According to health officials, Tucson welcomed its first baby of 2021 when Northwest Medical Center delivered Caroline at 12:02 a.m.Weighing in at seven pounds and two ounces, Caroline was born to her parents, Jessica and Charles.Meet #Tucson’s NEW YEARS BABY!
  Caroline was born at Northwest Medical Center on Friday, January 1, 2021 at 12:02am!Congratulations to parents Jessic
  
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• GOP rebuffs Trump on $2K aid, defense as Congress wraps up

  01-01-2021 23:47
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has wrapped up a rare New Year’s Day session with Republicans rejecting President Donald Trump’s demand for $2,000 COVID-19 aid checks. They also overrode his veto of a sweeping defense bill. Together, it was an unusual one-two rebuke at the end of a chaotic Congress. Democrats vowed to try again to approve more COVID-19 aid when the new Congress convenes Sunday. Trump lashed out at GOP leaders, but Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says Congre
  
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• Trump vetoes Calif. fishing bill over seafood trade deficit

  01-01-2021 23:45
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has vetoed a bill that would have gradually ended the use of large-mesh drift gillnets used exclusively in federal waters off the coast of California. Trump says the bill would have increased reliance on imported seafood and worsened a multibillion-dollar seafood trade deficit. He also says the bill will not “achieve its purported conservation benefits.” The bill was sponsored by California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein and Republican
  
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• The Latest: California hits record 585 virus deaths in 1 day

  01-01-2021 23:37
  
  LOS ANGELES — California started the new year by reporting a record 585 coronavirus deaths in a single day.The state Department of Public Health said Friday there were more than than 47,000 new confirmed cases reported, bringing the total to more than 2.29 million.Hospitals in the state ended the year on “the brink of catastrophe,” a health official said as the pandemic pushed deaths and sickness to staggering levels and some medical centers scrambled to provide oxygen for the
  
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• Dry and cool air will stay dominant over the next week

  01-01-2021 23:24
  
  TUCSON - High temperatures around the Tucson area will stay in the 60's and lower 70's for the next week. Plenty of sunshine is expected even with another front headed our way.Cochise county is still expecting cooler days this week with subfreezing low temperatures. Their high temperatures will reach the 50's and 60's between tomorrow and the end of the work week.
  Rain is not in the forecast at any point for Tucson over the next two weeks, but Cochise county could see some rain and even som
  
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• News 4 Tucson’s Lupita Murillo to be featured in season premiere of HLN’s ‘Vengeance: Killer Millionaires’

  01-01-2021 23:15
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - In 1996, Tucson was hit with one of its biggest mysteries of all-time after a car bomb exploded outside of an exclusive country club, killing real estate tycoon Gary Triano.
  The death of Triano in the Catalina Foothills left an impression on the Old Pueblo. From the pipe bomb explosion to the conspiracy that followed it, News 4 Tucson's Lupita Murillo was there to cover it all.And on Sunday, Murillo will shed light on the story in the season 4 premiere of HLN's "Vengeance: Killer
  
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• California reports record 585 coronavirus deaths in single day.

  01-01-2021 22:58
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — California reports record 585 coronavirus deaths in single day.The post California reports record 585 coronavirus deaths in single day. appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• GOP torn over President Trump’s Electoral College challenge of President-elect Biden

  01-01-2021 22:44
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s extraordinary election challenge over his defeat by President-elect Joe Biden is splitting the Republican Party. Lawmakers will convene Wednesday in a joint session of Congress to confirm the Electoral College results.
  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is urging Republicans to avoid a confrontation. But Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri vows to object to the state tallies, joining some House Republicans. On the other side, Sen. Ben Sasse of
  
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• Judge: Groups can’t challenge endangered species plans

  01-01-2021 22:40
  
  JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that an environmental group has no legal standing to challenge the specific components of endangered species recovery plans. The ruling last week came in a 2014 petition by the Center for Biological Diversity that asked federal wildlife officials to update a recovery plan for threatened grizzly bears. It also asked the agency’s plans to take into account updated information from new research. U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen ruled th
  
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• The Latest: California hospitals struggle to stay afloat

  01-01-2021 22:34
  
  LOS ANGELES — California hospitals ended the year on “the brink of catastrophe,” a health official said as the pandemic pushed deaths and sickness to staggering levels and some medical centers scrambled to provide oxygen for the critically ill.
  Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office announced Friday that California would begin collaborating with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to evaluate and upgrade outdated oxygen delivery systems at six Los Angeles area hospitals.According to a s
  
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• GOP torn over Trump’s Electoral College challenge of Biden

  01-01-2021 22:25
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s extraordinary election challenge over his defeat by President-elect Joe Biden is splitting the Republican Party. Lawmakers will convene Wednesday in a joint session of Congress to confirm the Electoral College results. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is urging Republicans to avoid a confrontation. But Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri vows to object to the state tallies, joining some House Republicans. On the other side, Sen. Ben Sasse of
  
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• Hanukkah stabbing suspect still unfit a year after NY attack

  01-01-2021 21:34
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has ordered a hearing to decide whether to civilly commit the man charged with stabbing five people with a machete at a suburban New York Hanukkah celebration in 2019. A recent psychiatric evaluation found Grafton Thomas remains unfit to stand trial after months of hospitalization at a federal facility in Missouri, where he was diagnosed with schizophrenia. U.S. District Judge Cathy Seibel ruled last week that an evidentiary hearing is needed to determine wh
  
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• High court sets hearing for Arizona ‘ballot harvesting’ law

  01-01-2021 21:28
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court says it will hear arguments in March on an Arizona law that prohibits anyone but a household member or caregiver from returning another person’s early election ballot. The Arizona Republic reported that a federal appeals court struck down Arizona’s ban on so-called “ballot harvesting” last year, ruling that it violated the Voting Rights Act and disproportionately affects minority voters. The case began after Republicans in Arizo
  
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• Appeals court vacates order delaying woman’s execution

  01-01-2021 21:14
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court has lifted a judge’s order that had blocked the execution date for the only woman on federal death row. The ruling was handed down Friday by a three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. It concluded that a lower court judge erred when he concluded the Justice Department could not execute Lisa Montgomery on Jan. 12. Last week, U.S. District Court Judge Randolph Moss ruled the Justice Department unlawfu
  
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• Loeffler, Perdue run hard-line pitch in swing state Georgia

  01-01-2021 21:07
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler are appealing to the most conservative factions of a diversifying Georgia electorate as they try to win Tuesday runoffs that will determine control of the U.S. Senate. Perdue’s and Loeffler’s unceasing embrace of President Donald Trump and their caricatures of their Democratic challengers may not seem like the right approach in a state that opted narrowly for President-elect Joe Biden in November after years of steady
  
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• Vandals damage federal buildings in Philadelphia; 7 arrested

  01-01-2021 20:55
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police say at least seven people were arrested after a group vandalized federal buildings in downtown Philadelphia on New Year’s Eve. Police said Friday that officers spotted about 50 people dressed in black around 8:30 p.m. Thursday at the historic U.S. Customs House. Windows there were smashed. A man was also seen throwing a brick through windows at a federal building and courthouse. Anti-police and anti-prison graffiti were scrawled there and a nearby sheriff&r
  
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• In a first, Congress overrides President Trump veto of defense bill

  01-01-2021 20:44
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress has overridden President Donald Trump's veto of a defense policy bill, a first by lawmakers since he took office nearly four years ago.
  In an extraordinary New Year’s Day session, the Republican-controlled Senate easily turned aside the veto.
  Lawmakers dismissed Trump’s objections to the $740 billion bill and handed the president a stinging rebuke weeks before his term ends.
  Trump rejected the defense measure last week, saying it failed to limit socia
  
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• In a first, Congress overrides Trump veto of defense bill

  01-01-2021 20:34
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress has overridden President Donald Trump’s veto of a defense policy bill, a first by lawmakers since he took office nearly four years ago. In an extraordinary New Year’s Day session, the Republican-controlled Senate easily turned aside the veto. Lawmakers dismissed Trump’s objections to the $740 billion bill and handed the president a stinging rebuke weeks before his term ends. Trump rejected the defense measure last week, saying it failed to limit
  
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• Congress overrides Donald Trump’s veto of a defense policy bill in the first such rebuke of his presidency

  01-01-2021 20:34
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress overrides Donald Trump’s veto of a defense policy bill in the first such rebuke of his presidency.The post Congress overrides Donald Trump’s veto of a defense policy bill in the first such rebuke of his presidency appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• VIRUS TODAY: California struggles to tame COVID-19

  01-01-2021 20:05
  
  After months of serving as a role model in the fight against COVID-19, California has seen infections race out of control for weeks. It now has the worst coronavirus diagnosis rate in the U.S. Experts say a variety of factors combined to wipe out California’s past efforts. For much of the year the state tamped down on surges and kept the virus at manageable levels. But cramped housing, travel and Thanksgiving gatherings contributed to the spread. Also contributing was people’s fatigu
  
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• The Latest: Britain braces for new spike in virus cases

  01-01-2021 19:56
  
  British hospitals around the country face a perilous situation in January, medical workers warned Friday amid surging coronavirus infections blamed on a new virus variant.Authorities pressed to reactivate field hospitals previously mothballed just to handle the crush of new patients.
  Concerns are mounting about the ability of the already stretched National Health Service to cope with the anticipated increase in people seeking treatment for COVID-19 infections over the coming weeks that could be
  
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• Some Mexicans struggle to get oxygen amid COVID-19 case surge

  01-01-2021 19:53
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Some residents of Mexico City are spending the new year in lines waiting to refill oxygen canisters for relatives suffering from COVID-19.
  The city of nine million has seen a surge in coronavirus infections and the city's hospitals are 87% occupied, straining oxygen supplies.
  That has resulted in long lines and price hikes that make it hard or impossible for some to refill tanks that may last for only a few hours.
  With people afraid to go to hospitals and patients being
  
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• No. 12 Iowa State faces No. 25 Oregon in Fiesta Bowl

  01-01-2021 19:47
  
  No. 12 Iowa State will play in its first New Year’s Six bowl when it faces No. 25 Oregon in the Fiesta Bowl. The Cyclones set a school record with eight wins in Big 12 play and are in their fourth straight bowl game. The Ducks won their second straight Pac-12 championship and are playing in their second straight major bowl after winning the Rose Bowl a year ago.The post No. 12 Iowa State faces No. 25 Oregon in Fiesta Bowl appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Hard-line Iran cleric, ex-president’s supporter, dies at 85

  01-01-2021 19:38
  
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian Ayatollah Mohammad Taqi Mesbah Yazdi, a prominent hard-liner and supporter of the country’s ex-president, has died at the age of 85. The state-run IRNA news agency said he died on Friday. He had recently been in hospital for a month due to an unspecified gastrointestinal illness but was then released to continue treatment at home in the Iranian holy city of Qom, home to major Shiite seminaries. He took a turn for the worse a few days ago and was transferre
  
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• Man transported to hospital after stabbing incident on southeast side

  01-01-2021 19:29
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - An adult man was transported to the hospital after he was reportedly stabbed Friday morning on the southeast side.According to Tucson Police Department, a man was found with stab wounds near the Walmart Neighbor Hood Market located at 5500 E. 22nd St. near Craycroft Road.TPD said the stab victim was reportedly alert and walked into the Walmartto ask for help.Stay with News 4 Tucson for the latest developments.
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• Turkey finds 15 people carrying new U.K. coronavirus variant

  01-01-2021 19:21
  
  ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s health minister says the country has identified 15 people who carry a highly contagious coronavirus variant after it was discovered in the United Kingdom. In a statement Friday, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said the strain was found in travelers arriving from the U.K. He said they were in quarantine, along with people they had been in contact with. He said the strain was not identified in passengers from elsewhere. Turkey suspended flights with the U.K. alo
  
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• More than 3 million people vote in Georgia runoff

  01-01-2021 19:18
  
  ATLANTA (CNN) - Voters in Georgia have cast more than three-million ballots ahead of two senate run-off elections there.The Georgia secretary of state's office says that number includes mail-in and in-person voting with more than 406,000 requested absentee ballots still outstanding.The Senate seats that are up for grabs could change control of the chamber from Republican to Democrat.If Democrat Jon Ossoff defeats Sen. David Perdue and Raphael Warnock beats Sen. Kelly Loeffler, it would split the
  
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• Delaware man in plot to kidnap governor seeks release

  01-01-2021 19:18
  
  WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — A Delaware man charged with plotting to kidnap the governor of Michigan is asking to be released from prison as he awaits court hearings. The News Journal in Delaware reports federal prosecutors say in court filings that Barry G. Croft Jr., is a “violent extremist” and that releasing him would be “unreasonable.”  After Croft was arrested in October, he appeared in Delaware District Court and consented to his case being transferred to Mic
  
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• France praises nationality bid by British leader’s dad

  01-01-2021 19:11
  
  CALAIS, France (AP) — France’s government is casting a favorable light on a reported bid by the father of Britain’s prime minister to take up French nationality. A French minister said Friday that it shows how attached Britons are to the European Union that they’re no longer part of. Reports that Stanley Johnson, the 80-year-old father of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, is seeking to keep a foot in Europe by taking up French citizenship caused a stir as his son was
  
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• US hits 20 million-mark in COVID-19 cases

  01-01-2021 19:04
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — The U.S. continued to surpass other countries in COVID-19 cases as it reached 20 million at the start of the new year, according to data kept by Johns Hopkins University.America exceeded the mark Friday, less than a week after the country reached 19 million cases. COVID-19 deaths have also increased in the country, now totaling more than 346,000.The U.S. accounts for about 4% of the world’s population, but the country has eclipsed other nations in coronavirus cases b
  
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• The Latest: US hits 20 million-mark in coronavirus cases

  01-01-2021 19:01
  
  BALTIMORE — The U.S. continued to surpass other countries in COVID-19 cases as it reached 20 million at the start of the new year, according to data kept by Johns Hopkins University.
  America exceeded the mark Friday, less than a week after the country reached 19 million cases. COVID-19 deaths have also increased in the country, now totaling more than 346,000.The U.S. accounts for about 4% of the world’s population, but the country has eclipsed other nations in coronavirus cases by mo
  
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• Egyptian officials: Roadside bombing in Sinai kills 2 police

  01-01-2021 18:59
  
  EL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) — Egyptian officials say a roadside bomb has gone off in the northern Sinai Peninsula, killing two members of the security forces and wounding five. The officials say the security forces were patrolling in the town of Bir al-Abd when their armored vehicle was hit by a remotely-detonated bomb. The wounded were transferred to a military hospital in Sinai’s coastal city of El-Arish. Friday’s bombing was the second in the past three days. Egypt has for years be
  
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• Chicago ends 2020 with 769 homicides as gun violence surges

  01-01-2021 18:56
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — The year 2020 ended in Chicago with more homicides than in all but one year in more than two decades. Police on Friday reported that there were 769 homicides compared with 495 last year. The surge in the number of homicides and shootings comes after three straight in which the totals have fallen after climbing to 784 in 2016. As in other cities, Chicago police attribute much of the increase in gun violence to the global coronavirus pandemic and civil unrest that erupted afte
  
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• Belgian St. Nick party for elderly leads to 27 virus deaths

  01-01-2021 18:51
  
  BRUSSELS (AP) — Authorities in Belgium say a 27th elderly person has died in an outbreak at a nursing home from a super-spreading St. Nick party last month but hope the situation is finally under control. The nursing home in Mol in northern Belgium had organized a Dec. 4 visit from troupe playing a beloved saint who usually spreads mirth and presents.  The municipality said on New Year’s Eve that a 27th person had died but that the outbreak was finally stabilizing. It said it ne
  
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• Health officials: Arizona hospitals likely to implement triage care for COVID-19 patients

  01-01-2021 18:43
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona health care leaders say hospitals may soon have to make tough decisions about the treatment of COVID-19 patients amid surging cases of coronavirus infection that are crowding intensive care units.
  The state’s largest hospital chain, Phoenix-based Banner Health, suspended elective surgeries starting Friday to free up capacity for treating COVID-19 patients.
  Banner Health’s chief clinical officer says triage may soon be necessary if the volume of cases cont
  
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• Health officials: Arizona COVID-19 triage care again likely

  01-01-2021 18:33
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona health care leaders say hospitals may soon have to make tough decisions about the treatment of COVID-19 patients amid surging cases of coronavirus infection that are crowding intensive care units. The state’s largest hospital chain, Phoenix-based Banner Health, suspended elective surgeries starting Friday to free up capacity for treating COVID-19 patients. Banner Health’s chief clinical officer says triage may soon be necessary if the volume of cases cont
  
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• Mexico City ban on single-use plastics takes effect

  01-01-2021 18:18
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — A broad ban on single-use containers, forks, straws and other ubiquitous items takes effect in Mexico’s capital, one of the world’s largest cities, after more than a year of preparation. On Friday, Mexico City’s environmental secretary said via Twitter that “from today on Mexico City without single-use plastics.” The message urged people to think of always carrying reusable containers like never leaving home without their cell phones. Mexico
  
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• The Latest: Italy COVID-19 death toll now highest in Europe

  01-01-2021 18:08
  
  MILAN — Italy added another 462 virus deaths on Friday for a known pandemic death toll of 74,621, the highest in Europe.Italy’s daily death toll remains stubbornly high more than two months into restrictive measures and in the second week of a modified lockdown.The number of new positives dipped by 5% from a day earlier, to 22,211, while 15% fewer tests were administered, according to Health Ministry statistics. Italy is launching its vaccine campaign and is first targeting residents
  
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• Serbia opens pipeline for Russian gas, ignores US opposition

  01-01-2021 18:05
  
  BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Defying U.S. calls to reduce its dependency on Russian energy supplies, Serbia has officially launched a new gas link that will bring additional Russian gas to the Balkan country via Bulgaria and Turkey. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Friday attended an official ceremony to open the 400-kilometer (250-mile)  section of the Turkish Stream pipeline, saying Serbia has become “much richer” thanks to the new Russian supplies. Like the almost-compl
  
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• Truck crashes through wall, into home;1 killed, 4 injured

  01-01-2021 17:48
  
  MESA, Ariz. (AP) — A tractor-trailer rig getting off a Mesa freeway crashed through a wall and into a house, killing one person and injuring four others, authorities said. Police said the person killed was among 10 people inside the home when the crash occurred Thursday night and that the truck driver was among those injured. Police spokesman Nik Rasheta said impairment hadn’t been ruled out but that the preliminary investigation indicated the truck’s driver may have had a medi
  
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• President-elect Biden’s pick to lead Treasury made over $7M in speaking fees

  01-01-2021 17:42
  
  REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden’s choice to be treasury secretary, Janet Yellen, collected more than $7 million in speaking fees in 2019 and 2020 from major financial firms and tech giants including Citi, Goldman Sachs and Google.
  That's according to financial disclosure forms filed as part of her nomination.
  Yellen’s was one of three financial disclosures filed by Biden transition officials that were made public on Thursday by the Office of Government Eth
  
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• Pence asks judge to dismiss suit aiming to overturn election

  01-01-2021 17:35
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has asked a federal judge to dismiss a last-gasp lawsuit led by a House Republican that seeks to give Vice President Mike Pence the power to overturn the results of the presidential election won by Joe Biden when Congress formally counts the Electoral College votes next week.
  Pence, as president of the Senate, will oversee the Wednesday session and declare the winner of the White House race. The Electoral College this month cemented Biden’s 30
  
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• Police officer injured in collision with wrong-way vehicle

  01-01-2021 17:31
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — The Phoenix Police Department says an officer and the wrong-way driver of a pickup truck both suffered serious injuries in a collision early Friday morning. Sgt. Mercedes Fortune said the collision occurred just after another driver reported a wrong-way vehicle on East Cactus Road and that the officer in a westbound patrol SUV could not react in time to get out of the way of the pickup. Fortune said investigators preliminarily suspected that impairment and speed were factors
  
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• EXPLAINER: As Georgia awaits, GOP still has Senate control

  01-01-2021 17:29
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — The consequences of Georgia’s twin Senate runoffs are well known: They’ll determine which party controls the Senate. But the circumstances of Georgia’s seats and the timing of the Jan. 5 runoffs make things a bit messier. One of two Georgia races is a regular election for a six-year term. The other is a special election for an unexpired term. The timing of the runoffs, coming two days after the new Congress convenes and 15 days before President-elect Joe Bi
  
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• Delay sought in ex-officers’ trial over George Floyd’s death

  01-01-2021 17:25
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutors in the case against the four Minneapolis police officers charged in the death of George Floyd requested that the trial delayed by three months. Prosecutors cited the COVID-19 pandemic and the amount of time needed before enough people are vaccinated and health risks are sufficiently diminished. The trial has been scheduled for March 8 for the now-fired police officers charged in the death of Floyd on May 25 while he was forcibly detained on a south Minneapoli
  
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• Some Mexicans struggle to get oxygen amid virus case surge

  01-01-2021 17:23
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Some residents of Mexico City spent New Year’s Eve in lines that snaked down a street and around a corner, waiting to refill oxygen canisters for relatives suffering from COVID-19. The city of nine million has seen a surge in coronavirus infections and the city’s hospitals are 87% occupied, straining oxygen supplies. That has resulted in long lines and price hikes that make it hard or impossible for some to refill tanks that may last for only a few hours. Wit
  
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• Arizona starts 2021 with over 10K virus cases, 151 deaths

  01-01-2021 17:04
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona began 2021 by reporting over 10,000 additional known COVID-19 cases as the state’s death toll from the pandemic passed 9,000 and the surge kept hospitals nearly full. The additional 10,060 additional cases with 51 deaths reported Friday increased the state’s totals since the pandemic started to over 530,000 cases and 9,015 deaths. With COVID-19 patients occupying 61% of intensive care beds statewide and hospitals reporting only 7% of all inpatient beds no
  
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• Gunmen kill prominent journalist in western Afghanistan

  01-01-2021 16:53
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan official says unidentified gunmen have shot and killed a journalist and human rights activist in western Afghanistan. The journalist was the fifth reporter to be killed in the war-ravaged country in the past two months. A provincial spokesman says the journalist, Bismillah Adil Aimaq, was on the road near the provincial capital of Ghor, returning home to the city after visiting his family in a village nearby, when gunmen opened fire at the vehicle on Fri
  
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• Arizona reports over 10,000 new COVID-19 cases

  01-01-2021 16:40
  
  PHOENIX (KVOA) – 10,060 Arizonans tested positive for the coronavirus, according to Friday's dashboard. Another 151 people lost their lives to the virus, according to the Arizona Department of Health Services. So far, the state has seen 530,267 known cases and 9,015 total deaths. WHAT TO KNOW: Deaths are not recorded until the health department receives a death certificate naming COVID-19 as the cause of death. The data includes people who
  
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