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• Trump rewards ally Devin Nunes with Medal of Freedom

  04-01-2021 23:58
  
  Gage Skidmore / CC BY-SA 2.0Devin Nunes, politician serving as the U.S. Representative for California's 22nd congressional district, Photo Date: February 24, 2018
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom to one of his most outspoken congressional allies, California Rep. Devin Nunes, as he looks to reward loyalists with just over two weeks left in his term. Nunes, the former chair of the House Intelligence Committee, has been an ardent backer
  
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• West Virginia governor defends his resort’s New Year’s party

  04-01-2021 23:52
  
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice brushed off criticism that the posh resort he owns did not follow coronavirus pandemic guidelines during a New Year’s Eve gala. A publicized video clip showed a tightly packed ballroom with many people not wearing masks. The Republican governor did not attend the event and has advocated strict mask-wearing during the pandemic. But video posted online of the billionaire businessman’s resort called into question whether Just
  
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• STORY REMOVED: US–Obit-Tanya Roberts

  04-01-2021 23:47
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Associated Press has withdrawn its story about the death of actor Tanya Roberts, who according to her publicist was still alive as of Monday afternoon at 1 p.m. Eastern. AP will publish a story on why her death was reported and updated information on her condition shortly.The post STORY REMOVED: US–Obit-Tanya Roberts appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• DC mayor calls in National Guard ahead of pro-Trump protests

  04-01-2021 23:43
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Bracing for possible violence, the nation’s capital has mobilized the National Guard ahead of planned protests by President Donald Trump’s supporters as Congress votes Wednesday on affirming Joe Biden’s election victory. Trump’s supporters are planning to rally in Washington on Tuesday and Wednesday, seeking to bolster Trump’s unproven claims of widespread voter fraud.  A U.S. defense official says the D.C. National Guard will be used &n
  
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• Washington, Oregon, 29 tribes sue over plan to move archives

  04-01-2021 23:38
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — Washington, Oregon and more than two dozen Native American and Alaska Native tribes are suing the federal government to stop the sale of the National Archives building in Seattle. The sale would force the relocation of millions of invaluable historical records to California and Missouri. The government is planning to sell the vast warehouse under a law aimed at unloading excess civilian property, but the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court on Monday says the building is any
  
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• Correction: Aquarium-Belugas-Research story

  04-01-2021 23:35
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — In a story January 2, 2021, about beluga whales, The Associated Press erroneously named a law cited by a lawsuit arguing against an aquarium’s proposed acquisition of whales. The law is the National Environmental Policy Act, not the National Environmental Protection Act.The post Correction: Aquarium-Belugas-Research story appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Mexico’s point-man on coronavirus seen vacationing, maskless

  04-01-2021 23:30
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican government official heading up efforts to deal with the pandemic has been spotted at a Pacific coast beach, apparently sitting at sea-side restaurant without a face mask on. Assistant Health Secretariat Hugo López-Gatell has repeatedly counselled Mexicans to stay at home and not to travel. He has also cast doubt on how whether face masks protect people from catching coronavirus. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador did not seem too worri
  
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• Suspect sought after 11 vehicles damaged by BB gun in Sierra Vista

  04-01-2021 23:26
  
  SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. (KVOA) - Information is sought in connection to a string of vehicle damage incidents that occurred in Sierra Vista starting Sunday.According to Sierra Vista Police Department, reports regarding vehicle damage as the result of a BB gun began on Sunday. Police say several vehicles had their windows shot out.SVPD said a total of 11 vehicles were damaged between Sunday and Monday. Six of those incidents occurred sometime between 8 p.m. Saturday and 6 a.m. Sunday.“The area i
  
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• Ohio governor signs gun bill eliminating duty to retreat

  04-01-2021 23:24
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has signed into law a gun rights bill eliminating an individual’s duty to retreat before using force. The measure expands the so-called “stand your ground” right from an individual’s house and car to any place a person lawfully has the right to be. The Republican governor’s decision followed months of his declaring that any new gun legislation should include his own proposals for toughening background checks and boos
  
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• Democrats tighten control with House rules changes

  04-01-2021 23:20
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats controlling the House have moved aggressively to tighten their hold over the chamber despite their narrow margin, ramming through a rules package that limits the potential for embarrassing votes and caters to the party’s progressive wing.  The party-line vote also extended last year’s proxy voting rules, which permit lawmakers to vote remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic. Democrats have freely used the new proxy voting regime, which has maximiz
  
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• Study: Warming already baked in will blow past climate goals

  04-01-2021 23:17
  
  A new study says the amount of global warming already baked into the air because of past carbon pollution is enough to blow past internationally agreed upon climate limits. Monday’s study takes a different look at what’s called committed warming that comes from heat-trapping gases staying in the atmosphere for more than a century. This new way of looking at it says the world’s going to warm another couple degrees from now, going past the goals of the Paris climate accord. But s
  
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• The Latest: Biden says Georgia can ‘chart the course’ for US

  04-01-2021 23:14
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest in U.S. politics (all times local):
  5:15 p.m.
  President-elect Joe Biden is highlighting the stakes of Georgia’s two Senate runoff elections, saying that the state “can chart the course, not just for the next four years but for the next generation.”
  Speaking at a drive-in rally in Atlanta on Monday, Biden noted that Georgians had voted in record numbers in November, notching him a narrow win in the state. He says, “And now we need you to
  
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• Boat with more than a dozen migrants sinks off Colombia

  04-01-2021 23:09
  
  BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Rescue workers in Colombia were searching for five migrants missing after their boat carrying 16 people sank as it tried to reach Panama. Two bodies have been found. The sinking was reported Monday by officials in Acandi, a municipality along the Gulf of Uraba. Thousands of undocumented migrants cross the gulf each year on small boats. Colombia’s said nine of the migrants were rescued and the bodies of two migrants were recovered from the wreck. Migrants trave
  
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• Vaccination drive enters new phase in US and Britain

  04-01-2021 23:07
  
  The vaccination drive against the coronavirus is entering a new phase. The first Americans inoculated against COVID-19 have begun rolling up their sleeves for their second and final dose. And Britain has introduced another vaccine even as it imposes another nationwide lockdown against the rapidly surging virus. New York State, meanwhile, has announced its first known case of the new and seemingly more contagious variant, detected in a man in his 60s in Saratoga Springs. Colorado, California and
  
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• The Latest: COVID-19 variant found in upstate New York

  04-01-2021 23:02
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. — New York has found its first known case of a new variant of COVID-19 in upstate New York.
  Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a Monday telephone call with reporters said a man in his 60s tested positive for the COVID-19 variant, which is more contagious than its previous variants. The governor said the man, who works at a jewelry store in Saratoga Springs, had COVID-19 symptoms but is “on the mend.”
  Three other people linked to the jewelry store have tested positive for COVID-1
  
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• Tennessee virus deaths top 7,000 with surge predicted

  04-01-2021 23:01
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee topped 7,000 deaths from COVID-19 over the weekend as experts warned that a new surge could follow the Christmas holidays. As of Monday, the Tennessee Department of Health was reporting 7,168 confirmed deaths from COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic. According to data compiled by The Associated Press, the state also had the third highest per capita rate of COVID-19 cases in the country last week. Meanwhile, the state Department of Labor and Workfo
  
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• Dry, cool and sunny conditions will last all week

  04-01-2021 22:53
  
  TUCSON - No big warm up, no freezing temperatures and no rain is expected over the next week just fantastic weather and sunny skies.
  Temperatures are topping out in the 70's for the next few days even outside of Tucson. These awesome conditions will last into this upcoming weekend.
  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 some snow from the next cold front that will move in around January 10th.
  Long term mod
  
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• The Latest: Biden urges voters to support Ossoff, Warnock

  04-01-2021 22:50
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest in U.S. politics (all times local):
  4:45 p.m.
  President-elect Joe Biden is addressing a drive-in rally in a parking lot in Atlanta ahead of Georgia’s two pivotal Senate special elections.
  Biden took the stage Monday under sunny skies and mild temperatures approaching 60 degrees using a lectern featuring a blue “Vote” placard. He was in Georgia to campaign on behalf of Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock.
  Biden wore his trademark aviator s
  
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• Carlos Ghosn asks why Japanese don’t question him in Lebanon

  04-01-2021 22:49
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — Former Renault-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn says that French investigators are coming to question him in Lebanon over some legal challenges in France, asking why don’t the Japanese do the same thing. Ghosn’s comments aired Monday came two weeks after a Lebanese justice ministry official said a team of French investigators will come to Beirut in January to participate in interrogating the former auto executives. Ghosn, who is a Lebanese, Brazilian and French national,
  
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• Navajo Nation extends mandated lockdown amid COVID-19 surge

  04-01-2021 22:40
  
  WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) - The Navajo Department of Health on Monday identified 73 communities with uncontrolled spread of COVID-19 on the tribe's vast reservation that covers parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah.The Navajo Nation has renewed a mandated lockdown requiring all residents to stay home except for emergencies, shopping for essentials like food and medicine or traveling to an essential job.
  The lockdown is slated to last until Jan. 11. Late Sunday, tribal health officials reported 146
  
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• Biden largely mum on Trump’s effort to reverse election

  04-01-2021 22:40
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden is mostly steering clear of the controversy engulfing President Donald Trump’s final days in office, aiming to project the different approach to governing Americans can expect when he moves into the White House. Biden’s team offered a muted response to Trump’s efforts to overturn the election, including his attempts to pressure Georgia’s secretary of state to “find” enough votes to flip the state in his favor.
  
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• Late-season failures put pressure on Kingsbury, Cardinals

  04-01-2021 22:39
  
  GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona didn’t make the playoffs for a fifth straight year after a late-season collapse. The Cardinals finished with an 8-8 record that is a three-game improvement from 2019. The franchise raised expectations with a 6-3 start but lost five of its last seven games. There will be considerable pressure on coach Kliff Kingsbury to make the playoffs in his third season. Kyler Murray threw for nearly 4,000 yards in his second season. Several veteran players are free
  
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• Leave it to Biewer: New toy dog breed to join many US shows

  04-01-2021 22:38
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — It’s called the Biewer terrier, and it’s been busy. The American Kennel Club announced Monday that the tiny, chipper Biewer — pronounced like “beaver” — became its 197th recognized breed. That makes them eligible to compete in events including the prestigious Westminster Kennel Club show, which will be held in June this year instead of its usual February date. With its long, flowing coat, pert expression and 4-to-8-pound size, the Biewer
  
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• Police arrest Peoria man in connection with a fatal shooting

  04-01-2021 22:36
  
  PEORIA, Ariz. (AP) — Police in the Phoenix suburb of Peoria say a suspect has been arrested in connection with a fatal weekend shooting. They say 19-year-old David Sanchez of Peoria was taken into custody after officers responded to reports of an argument outside a home Sunday morning. Police say a 19-year-old man was found shot and lying on a street and he was declared dead at the scene.  His name hasn’t been released yet. Witnesses told police that the shooting appeared to inv
  
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• EXPLAINER: Vaccine dosing debates add to public confusion

  04-01-2021 22:29
  
  The first Americans vaccinated against COVID-19 are getting their second dose while Britain is postponing boosters. Exactly how to give the shots varies by country, and debates over what’s best is adding to public confusion. Britain says it’s OK to wait longer between doses than vaccine studies showed. The U.S. is sticking with three to four weeks between doses. Supplies aren’t the only challenge, as the U.S. and other countries are facing logjams in using the scarce shots that
  
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• Sheriff: 2 dead in small plane crash in northeast Arkansas

  04-01-2021 22:17
  
  HARRISBURG, Ark. (AP) — Authorities say two people have died after a small plane crashed in northeast Arkansas. The crash happened Monday morning in a rural area of Poinsett County. Sheriff Kevin Molder tells Jonesboro TV station KAIT that two people died in the crash. Officials say the twin-engine plane was headed to Conway Regional Airport from Jonesboro. The cause of the crash is not yet known.The post Sheriff: 2 dead in small plane crash in northeast Arkansas appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Kentucky detectives in Breonna Taylor case face termination

  04-01-2021 22:09
  
  Taylor Family PhotoBreonna Taylor - 26 yr old EMT shot by police, Photo Date: Undated
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Two Kentucky police detectives involved in the raid that left Breonna Taylor dead, including the one who shot her, were scheduled Monday to meet with superiors over their pending terminations. Detectives Myles Cosgrove and Joshua Jaynes received notice last week that they will be dismissed. Attorneys for Jaynes say he met with the police chief on Monday. Taylor, a Black woman, was
  
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• The Latest: Chicago schools to resume in-person on Jan. 11

  04-01-2021 22:01
  
  CHICAGO — Some Chicago Public Schools teachers expected to report to the classroom ahead of preschool students’ anticipated return next week have stayed home over coronavirus concerns.
  The nation’s third-largest district plans to bring students back in phases. Starting next week, preschool and some special education students can return or continue remote learning. Students in K-8 have the option starting Feb. 1. A date for high school students hasn’t been set.
  The Chicago
  
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• Central African Republic president Touadera reelected

  04-01-2021 21:55
  
  BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadera has won a second term in office, according to provisional results from the country’s electoral commission. The National Election Authority said Monday that Touadera was reelected in the first round of the presidential vote on Dec. 27 with 53.9% of the votes. Authorities said that Touadera won an absolute majority. Anicet-Georges Dologuele came in second with 21.1% of the vote, and Mar
  
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• Virus fears halt Arizona county’s annual homeless count

  04-01-2021 21:34
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Agencies helping the homeless in Arizona’s largest county say the annual count of people living on the streets has been cancelled this year because of concerns about the coronavirus pandemic. The Maricopa Regional Continuum of Care includes shelters and other services for homeless people. It says the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development allowed it to opt out of the January 2021 count. The Maricopa Association of Governments last week announced it cancelled
  
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• GA election officials reject Trump call to ‘find’ more votes

  04-01-2021 21:33
  
  The White House / Shealah CraigheadDonald Trump, United States President, Photo Date: September 28, 2020
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump pressured Georgia’s Republican secretary of state to “find” enough votes to overturn Joe Biden’s win in the state’s presidential election. In the call to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, which was recorded, Trump repeatedly cites disproven claims of fraud and raises the prospect of a “criminal offense&rd
  
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• Google workers form new labor union, a tech industry rarity

  04-01-2021 21:28
  
  A group of Google engineers announced Monday they have formed a union, creating a rare foothold for the labor movement in the tech industry. About 225 employees at Google and its parent company Alphabet are the first dues-paying members of the Alphabet Workers Union. They represent a fraction of Alphabet’s workforce, far short of the threshold needed to get formal recognition as a collective bargaining group in the U.S. But its members say they want more of a voice not just on wages, benef
  
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• UK prime minister orders new virus lockdown for England

  04-01-2021 21:22
  
  LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a new national lockdown for England until at least mid-February to combat a fast-spreading new version of the coronavirus. Johnson said people must stay at home again, as they were ordered to do so in the first wave of the pandemic in March, this time because the new virus variant was spreading in a “frustrating and alarming” way. He said Monday that hospitals are under more pressure from COVID than at any time si
  
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• Biden committee to join National Day of Service

  04-01-2021 21:15
  
  Adam Schultz / Biden for President / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0President-elect Joe Biden, Photo Date: 10/28/2020
  President-elect Joe Biden’s inaugural committee will be joining the National Day of Service on Martin Luther King Jr. Day and is encouraging Americans to do the same.The committee said Monday in a statement that it will “partner with service leaders, community members, and local, state, and national organizations across the country to organize events that unite Americans around serv
  
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• UK prime minister orders new national coronavirus lockdown

  04-01-2021 21:03
  
  LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a new national lockdown for England until at least mid-February to combat a fast-spreading new version of the coronavirus. Johnson said Monday the country is at “a critical moment,” with cases rising rapidly in every part of the country. Under the new rules, which are set to come into effect as soon as possible, primary and secondary schools and colleges will be closed for face to face learning except for the chil
  
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• Alberta leader reverses course, punishes for pandemic travel

  04-01-2021 21:03
  
  TORONTO (AP) — Alberta’s premier has reversed course and is now punishing members of his government for vacationing outside Canada despite government guidelines urging people to avoid nonessential travel during the pandemic.   Premier Jason Kenney says he asked his chief of staff to resign and accepted the resignation of his Municipal Affairs minister. Several other members of his United Conservative party have also been demoted for traveling outside Canada. Kenney said last wee
  
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• UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson orders new national lockdown as Britain faces ‘critical moment’ in coronavirus pandemic

  04-01-2021 21:02
  
  LONDON (AP) — UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson orders new national lockdown as Britain faces ‘critical moment’ in coronavirus pandemic.The post UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson orders new national lockdown as Britain faces ‘critical moment’ in coronavirus pandemic appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Boat with more than 20 migrants sinks off Colombia’s coast

  04-01-2021 20:56
  
  BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Rescue workers in Colombia are trying to locate more than 20 migrants whose boat sank as it tried to reach Panama. News of the sinking was first reported by officials in Acandi, a municipality along the Gulf of Uraba, an inlet of the Caribbean sea that is lined by dense jungle. Thousands of undocumented migrants cross the gulf each year on small boats. Migrants traveling through the Uraba region are mostly trying to make it to the United States. Many come from Cuba
  
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• Attorneys want sanctions against DOJ over 2020 census data

  04-01-2021 20:49
  
  Attorneys for a coalition of municipalities and advocacy groups say they plan to seek court sanctions against Trump administration attorneys for refusing to turn over data and documents about the quality of the 2020 census as part of a lawsuit over the count of every U.S. resident. Attorneys for the coalition said Monday in a court filing that the Department of Justice has produced data reports for only half of the requests they have made. They say that when Trump administration attorneys did pr
  
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• Prosecutor: Wisconsin pharmacist thought vaccine was unsafe

  04-01-2021 20:45
  
  PORT WASHINGTON, Wis. (AP) — A prosecutor says a Wisconsin pharmacist told police he tried to ruin hundreds of doses of coronavirus vaccine because he felt the medicine wasn’t safe. Police in Grafton, about 20 miles north of Milwaukee, arrested the Advocate Aurora Health pharmacist last week following an investigation into the 57 spoiled vials of the Moderna vaccine. Officials say the vials contained enough doses to inoculate more than 500 people.  Ozaukee County District Attorn
  
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• Statehouses could prove to be hothouses for virus infection

  04-01-2021 20:44
  
  HELENA, Mont. (AP) — As lawmakers around the U.S. convene this winter to deal with the COVID-19 crisis, statehouses themselves could prove to be hothouses for infection. Many legislatures will start the year meeting remotely, but some Republican-controlled statehouses, from Montana to Pennsylvania, plan to hold at least part of their sessions in person, without requiring masks. Public health officials say that move endangers the safety of other lawmakers, staffers, lobbyists, the public an
  
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• Federal judge rejects lawsuit seeking to overturn Trump loss

  04-01-2021 20:42
  
  MADISON, Wis, (AP) — A federal judge has rejected a lawsuit filed by two Republican Wisconsin lawmakers, voting rights groups and others seeking to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in Wisconsin and four other swing states. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg rejected the lawsuit Monday. He says it “rests on a fundamental and obvious misreading of the Constitution.” The case was brought against Vice President Mike Pence, Congress and the Electoral College. In addit
  
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• The Latest: Biden committee to join National Day of Service

  04-01-2021 20:41
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Georgia Senate runoffs and President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration (all times local):
  2:30 p.m.
  President-elect Joe Biden’s inaugural committee will be joining the National Day of Service on Martin Luther King Jr. Day and is encouraging Americans to do the same.
  The committee said Monday in a statement that it will “partner with service leaders, community members, and local, state, and national organizations across the country to organ
  
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• Prosecutor: Wisconsin pharmacist intended to destroy coronavirus vaccine doses because he believed they were not safe

  04-01-2021 20:41
  
  GRAFTON, Wis. (AP) — Prosecutor: Wisconsin pharmacist intended to destroy coronavirus vaccine doses because he believed they were not safe.The post Prosecutor: Wisconsin pharmacist intended to destroy coronavirus vaccine doses because he believed they were not safe appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Students in Turkey protest rector tapped to head university

  04-01-2021 20:19
  
  ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish police have clashed with hundreds of students protesting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s appointment of a figure with ties to his ruling party as rector to one of Turkey’s most prestigious universities. The students marched to Bogazici University’s campus on Monday to denounce the appointment of Melih Bulu, a member of the ruling Justice and Development Party who once stood as a candidate in parliamentary elections. The students regard the appoint
  
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• In farewell, DeVos urges Congress to reject Biden’s policies

  04-01-2021 20:08
  
  In a farewell letter to Congress, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos urged lawmakers to reject policies supported by President-elect Joe Biden, and to protect Trump administration policies that Biden has promised to eliminate. Monday’s letter does not explicitly acknowledge President Donald Trump’s election defeat nor does it refer to Biden by name. Instead, it gives lawmakers “some encouragement and closing thoughts” as DeVos prepares to exit the Education Department. DeVos
  
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• The Latest: Cyprus officials identify COVID-19 variant

  04-01-2021 20:07
  
  NICOSIA, Cyprus — Cyprus’ Health Ministry says that a new variant of COVID-19 has been detected among confirmed coronavirus infections on the island nation.The ministry said on Monday the country’s Institute of Neurology and Genetics identified the variant VOC 202012/01 in one of 24 samples collected from individuals who had contracted COVID-19 in the last week of December.The ministry said due to the small number of samples, it’s unclear how widespread the variant is wit
  
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• France charges an alleged organizer of giant New Year’s rave

  04-01-2021 20:05
  
  PARIS (AP) — A French prosecutor says an alleged organizer of an illegal New Year’s Eve rave that at least 2,500 people attended for more than a day in western France was charged with endangering lives amid a coronavirus curfew and other restrictions. The prosecutor said Monday that the 22-year-old man also faced property damage and drug charges among other offenses, and was placed in custody. Authorities said the suspect acknowledged participating in the organization of the event. R
  
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• Amazon’s Bezos tops list of richest charitable gifts in 2020

  04-01-2021 20:00
  
  SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — The world’s richest person made the single largest charitable contribution in 2020, according to The Chronicle of Philanthropy’s annual list of top donations, a $10 billion gift that is intended to help fight climate change. Amazon’s founder and CEO, Jeff Bezos, whose “real-time” worth Forbes magazine estimates at roughly $188 billion, used his contribution to launch his Bezos Earth Fund. The fund has paid out $790 million so far, acc
  
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• Lebanon to start lockdown amid post-holiday infections surge

  04-01-2021 19:58
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon will begin a 25-day nationwide lockdown Thursday to battle a surge in coronavirus infections during the holiday season that has challenged the country’s already battered health care sector. The health and interior ministers announced the new lockdown Monday following hours of government meetings to discuss measures to combat the increase in infections. A daily curfew will take effect Thursday and last until Feb. 1 from 6 p.m. until 5 a.m. the ministers said. The
  
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