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• ‘Barrio Books’ opens inside Hotel McCoy

  05-01-2021 23:57
  
  Hotel McCoy, Tucson’s own “art hotel,” is continuing its goal of supporting local creators with the announcement of Barrio Books — a brick and mortar bookstore now open in the hotel. Barrio Books, which opened Saturday, Jan. 2, aims to promote cultural representation for all ages with books in English and Spanish.…
  
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• Late sales rebound helps US automakers avoid 2020 disaster

  05-01-2021 23:56
  
  DETROIT (AP) — U.S. new-vehicle sales fell 14.6% last year, but a second-half rebound from a springtime plunge kindled optimism for recovery later this year. Automakers sold 14.57 million new vehicles for the year, a far cry from the five previous years with sales over 17 million. But the 2020 performance was better than most forecasters expected when the coronavirus pandemic forced auto factories and many dealerships to shut down in April and May. General Motors Chief Economist Elaine Buc
  
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• Trump administration announces $3.7 billion for Puerto Rico

  05-01-2021 23:55
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration says it will award a $3.7 billion grant to help Puerto Rico rebuild water and wastewater treatment plants, pumping stations and reservoirs damaged by Hurricane Maria more than three years ago. The administration has been slow to release $44 billion in money that was approved for Puerto Rico following the devastating hurricane. But the White House says that once the water funding is allocated, the Trump administration will have obligated more than
  
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• N. Korea’s Kim opens congress with policy failures admission

  05-01-2021 23:54
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has opened its first ruling party congress in five years with an admission of policy failures and a vow to lay out new developmental goals. The Korean Central News Agency reported Wednesday North Korea kicked off the Workers’ Party Congress in Pyongyang on Tuesday, with thousands of delegates in attendance. In his opening speech, KCNA cites Kim as saying the previous state developmental goals set in a 2016 congress “were
  
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• The Latest: Ga. Public Broadcasting denied GOP party access

  05-01-2021 23:50
  
  Georgia Public Broadcasting says its reporters have been denied access to the Georgia GOP’s election night watch party. Managers for the nonprofit television and radio network expressed their disappointment in the Georgia Republican Party’s decision Tuesday evening, calling it “disturbing and against the spirit of the First Amendment.” Georgia Public Broadcasting said in a statement: “When you deny GPB access to such a historic event, you also deny every Georgian li
  
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• North Korean leader Kim Jong Un opens its first ruling party congress in 5 years with an admission of policy failures

  05-01-2021 23:48
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un opens its first ruling party congress in 5 years with an admission of policy failures.The post North Korean leader Kim Jong Un opens its first ruling party congress in 5 years with an admission of policy failures appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Human remains found by hiker in a north-central Arizona wash

  05-01-2021 23:48
  
  RIMROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Yavapai County Sheriff’s officials say human remains have been found north of Rimrock in north-central Arizona and they are trying to determine if it’s a missing person from California. They say a hiker reported finding the remains last Friday near Dry Beaver Creek in a small wash about 2 miles northwest of the McGuireville rest area.  Sheriff’s deputies say the human remains were in an advanced state of decay at the bottom of a sandy wash in th
  
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• Bobby Shmurda to be eligible for release in February

  05-01-2021 23:42
  
  DANNEMORA, N.Y. (AP) — Brooklyn rapper Bobby Shmurda will be eligible for release from prison next month, the New York State Department of Corrections said on Monday. The New York Times reports that Shmurda, whose legal name is Ackquille Pollard, was sentenced to seven years after pleading guilty to conspiracy and weapons possession charges in connection to what prosecutors said was a leading role in the GS9 gang. Shmurda was denied parole in September, in part for disciplinary actions tak
  
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• San Francisco DA under fire after pedestrians killed

  05-01-2021 23:34
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Chesa Boudin took office as district attorney in San Francisco a year ago as part of a politically progressive wave of prosecutors committed to seeking restorative justice over mass incarceration. But now the former deputy public defender is under fire for the deaths of two pedestrians on New Year’s Eve who were run down in an intersection by a 45-year-old parolee. The San Francisco police union says a plea agreement for a robbery set Troy McAlister free on parol
  
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• VIRUS TODAY: Virus resurges and reshapes itself around world

  05-01-2021 23:25
  
  January is beginning as a grim month as the coronavirus resurges and reshapes itself around the world. It’s filling hospitals anew and shutting down livelihoods as governments impose new lockdowns to keep people apart. Meanwhile, distribution hiccups and logistical challenges have slowed the initial vaccine rollout in many places, including California. Gov. Gavin Newsom says the pace is “not good enough.” Only about 1% of California’s 40 million residents have been vaccin
  
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• Teenage daughter, boyfriend charged in shooting death of mom

  05-01-2021 23:25
  
  GREECE, N.Y. (AP) — A teenage girl and her teenager boyfriend have been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of the girl’s mother, who was 36 years old. The Rochester Democrat & Chronicle reports the two teenagers are accused of killing Ottilia Piros at her home in Greece, New York, last week. Police announced the second-degree murder and weapons charges on Tuesday and say the teenagers, who are residents of Arizona, were visiting Piros over the holidays. They were stopped l
  
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• Arizona one of the first states to begin issuing new COVID-19 relief unemployment funds

  05-01-2021 23:11
  
  PHOENIX  (KVOA) - Gov. Doug Ducey and the Arizona Department of Economic Security (DES) announced Tuesday Arizona is one of the first states in the nation to distribute an additional $300 per week benefit to unemployed Arizonans under the recently-passed federal COVID-19 relief legislation.  “The team at the Arizona Department of Economic Security has worked tirelessly to scale up their capacity and serve a record number of Arizonans in the last year
  
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• Phoenix cop who allegedly threatened mayor won’t be charged

  05-01-2021 23:03
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday that it won’t file criminal charges against a Phoenix police officer who allegedly threatened to shoot the city’s mayor. Mayor Kate Gallego was given additional law enforcement protection after the alleged threat became public in October and the Tempe Police Department was asked to investigate. A subsequent police report said Steve Poulos reportedly made the threat while on-duty and in uniform during a
  
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• The Latest: NY officials offer competing vaccine strategies

  05-01-2021 23:00
  
  NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo are offering competing strategies for ramping up New York’s COVID-19 vaccination efforts.
  De Blasio says vaccine eligibility should be widened. Cuomo says hospitals need to do a better job of vaccinating the health care workers who are eligible now.
  Only health care workers and nursing home residents and staff members are currently being vaccinated in New York.
  De Blasio said Tuesday that it’s time to broaden e
  
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• EXPLAINER: Why Georgia won’t affect Electoral College count

  05-01-2021 22:51
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The outcomes of two Senate contests in Georgia will have no bearing on the certification of Electoral College results in Congress as Republicans allied with President Donald Trump try to undo Democrat Joe Biden’s victory. Tuesday’s election features two dueling runoff contests in Georgia, which were set in motion after none of the candidates got more than 50% of the vote on Nov. 3. Together, they will determine which party controls the Senate. But regardless o
  
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• Fauci: US could soon give 1 million vaccinations a day

  05-01-2021 22:44
  
  The nation’s top infectious disease expert says the U.S. could soon be doing a million COVID-19 vaccinations a day despite the sluggish start. But Dr. Anthony Fauci is warning the next few weeks could be dangerous as the coronavirus surges. The slow pace is frustrating health officials and a desperate public alike.  Only about a third of the first supplies shipped to states in recent weeks has been used. Fauci said vaccinations already have begun speeding up. And with the holidays ove
  
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• Pinal County Sheriff to man arrested with 450 pounds of marijuana: ‘Dude, you can’t have THAT much weed’

  05-01-2021 22:42
  
  Pinal County Sheriff's OfficeJesus Carmelo Juarez
  ELOY, Ariz. (KVOA) - Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb reminded the public Tuesday that it is illegal to possess more than 1 ounce of marijuana despite the passing of Prop 207 after deputies arrested a man with more than 400 pounds of marijuana near Eloy on Monday.RELATED: Marijuana legalization rolls out next yearAccording to Pinal County Sheriff's Office, 21 bundles of marijuana were seized after a vehicle was pulled over for a speeding violation
  
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• The Latest: Biden says 2 Dem wins in Georgia mean $2K checks

  05-01-2021 22:39
  
  President-elect Joe Biden is striking a populist tone in the final hours of two pivotal Senate special elections in Georgia, saying that if Democrats win both, Congress will approve $2,000 stimulus checks for Americans that can help stabilize the pandemic-wracked economy. Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler is being challenged Tuesday by Democrat Raphael Warnock, while Republican David Perdue is facing Democrat Jon Ossoff. Biden was the first Democratic presidential candidate to carry Georgia since 1
  
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• No charges against Wisconsin officer who shot Jacob Blake

  05-01-2021 22:34
  
  TwitterKyle Rittenhouse, 17 year old arrested for murder in Kenosha, Wisconsin protest shooting, Photo Date: Aug. 2020
  KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin prosecutor has declined to file criminal charges against a white police officer who shot a Black man in the back last summer. Kenosha County District Attorney Michael Graveley said Tuesday that he had decided not to charge Officer Rusten Sheskey and other officers, saying he didn’t think he could prove Sheskey and other officers were
  
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• Hospital quickly vaccinates 850 people after freezer fails

  05-01-2021 22:32
  
  UKIAH, Calif. (AP) — A hospital in Northern California quickly vaccinated 850 people after a freezer that was holding the Moderna COVID-19 vaccines failed, prompting officials to do an emergency distribution of the vaccines before they spoiled. An outage Monday left the refrigerator at the Adventist Health Ukiah Valley Medical Center in Mendocino County without power. Cici Winiger, Adventist Health spokeswoman, told the Ukiah Daily Journal, that by the time hospital officials realized the
  
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• Judge bans Proud Boys leader from Washington after arrest

  05-01-2021 22:24
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge has banned the leader of the Proud Boys from the nation’s capital after he was accused of vandalizing a Black Lives Matter banner at a historic black church and found with high-capacity firearm magazines when he was arrested. The order bans Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, 36, from entering the District of Columbia, with very limited exceptions to meet with his attorney or appear in court. It comes a day after he was arrested arriving in Washington ahead
  
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• The Latest: Georgia precinct to extend election voting time

  05-01-2021 22:20
  
  A judge has ordered a suburban Atlanta precinct to keep its polls open 10 minutes late because of an earlier delay. Cobb County election officials say a precinct in Powder Springs was slow to get its voting machines running Tuesday morning. That prompted a judge to order the precinct at the George E. Ford Center to not close its polls until 7:10 p.m. Powder Springs is a majority-Black city located about 18 miles northwest of downtown Atlanta. Georgians are voting on two Senate runoff elections t
  
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• Schauffele recovers from COVID-19, optimistic about new year

  05-01-2021 22:20
  
  KAPALUA, Hawaii (AP) — Xander Schauffele is among 16 players at the Sentry Tournament of Champions who didn’t win a tournament last year. That’s because the winners-only field is taking players who reached the Tour Championship because the COVID-19 pandemic shut down golf for three months. Schauffele is happy to be here for other reasons. He’s always optimistic to start a new year. And he recently recovered from the coronavirus just in time to come to Maui. Also at Kapalu
  
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• Judge bans Proud Boys leader from nation’s capital after arrest on vandalism, weapons charges

  05-01-2021 22:20
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Judge bans Proud Boys leader from nation’s capital after arrest on vandalism, weapons charges.The post Judge bans Proud Boys leader from nation’s capital after arrest on vandalism, weapons charges appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Wisconsin prosecutors decline to charge white police officer who shot Black man in back, leaving him paralyzed

  05-01-2021 22:17
  
  KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin prosecutors decline to charge white police officer who shot Black man in back, leaving him paralyzed.The post Wisconsin prosecutors decline to charge white police officer who shot Black man in back, leaving him paralyzed appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Appeals court upholds hold on Arkansas abortion laws

  05-01-2021 22:14
  
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal appeals court has kept on hold two Arkansas abortion restrictions. One bans abortions 18 weeks into a woman’s pregnancy. The other bans the procedure from being performed because the fetus has Down syndrome. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld a judge’s 2019 ruling temporarily blocking Arkansas from enforcing the laws. A judge in 2019 said the two measures unconstitutionally restrict abortion before the point of viability.
  
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• Fight over close race mars first day for Pennsylvania Senate

  05-01-2021 22:11
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania lawmakers are starting their new two-year legislative term with a bitter dispute in the Senate that prevented the seating of a Democratic member. Both chambers swore in their newly elected members on Tuesday. Republicans hold large majorities in both chambers. Democrats in the Senate began protesting and in some cases shouting after the Republican majority refused to seat Sen. Jim Brewster of Allegheny County. His election was certified by the state but
  
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• Hank Aaron, civil rights leaders get vaccinated in Georgia

  05-01-2021 21:56
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Baseball Hall of Famer Hank Aaron, former U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young and other civil rights leaders have gotten vaccinated against COVID-19. They rolled up their sleeves on Tuesday at the Morehouse School of Medicine, where they hope to send a message to Black Americans in particular that the shots are safe. The medical school was founded by former Health and Human Services Secretary Louis Sullivan, who also got his coronavirus shot Tuesday. An outsize percentage of polled
  
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• Grammy Awards shift to March due to pandemic conditions

  05-01-2021 21:50
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The 2021 Grammy Awards will no longer take place this month in Los Angeles and will broadcast in March due to a recent surge in coronavirus cases and deaths. The Recording Academy told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the annual show would shift from its original Jan. 31 broadcast to a later date in March. The Grammys will be held in Los Angeles at the Staples Center. Los Angeles County, the epicenter of the crisis in California, has surpassed 10,000 COVID-19 deaths and
  
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• Sierra Vista community centers closed due to limited staffing

  05-01-2021 21:49
  
  SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. (KVOA) - Two community centers in Sierra Vista are now closed due to limited staffing, according to city officials.
  Several staff members at Oscar Yrun Community Center and Ethel H. Berger Center are in self-quarantine, following COVID-19 protocols, Sierra Vista officials say.
  The facilities will likely remain closed through the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday weekend.
  The visitor center at OYCC is offering curbside pickup of visitor literature.
  Community members who need
  
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• Kosovo approves sending army troops on peacekeeping missions

  05-01-2021 21:49
  
  PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Lawmakers in Kosovo have given approval for sending the country’s security forces to take part in international peacekeeping missions. The 120-seat parliament voted unanimously Tuesday with 92 present lawmakers in favor of the move. Following a request from the U.S. Central Command, it will put Kosovo’s troops under the command of the National Guard of Iowa during peacekeeping assignments. No specifics on the location of any missions or the number of the
  
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• Colombia brings back lockdowns as coronavirus cases rise

  05-01-2021 21:44
  
  BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — As the holiday season winds down, Colombia is experiencing a sharp rise in coronavirus infections that has prompted several cities to impose curfews and stay at home measures that had not been implemented for months. In the capital city of Bogota, the local government locked down three districts that have a population of about 2.5 million people, ordering everything except for supermarkets and pharmacies in that part of the city to close. In Medellin, Colombia&rsquo
  
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• US: Hack of federal agencies ‘likely Russian in origin’

  05-01-2021 21:43
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government is blaming Russia for a devastating hack of federal agencies and says the operation appeared to be an “intelligence gathering” effort. The assessment was disclosed in a rare public statement from the FBI and other investigative agencies. Though Russia was widely believed to be responsible, President Donald Trump last month falsely suggested China could be to blame.The post US: Hack of federal agencies ‘likely Russian in origin’
  
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• Khashoggi doc, too explosive for streaming, debuts on-demand

  05-01-2021 21:43
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Bryan Fogel’s Jamal Khashoggi documentary, “The Dissident,” was one of the most anticipated of last year’s Sundance Film Festival. Fogel’s previous film, “Icarus,” about Russian doping in the Olympics, won the Academy Award for best documentary. The audience at Sundance included Hillary Clinton, Alec Baldwin and Netflix chief executive Reed Hastings. Yet, potentially fearing the Saudi response, top media companies stayed away, raisi
  
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• US government blames Russia for hack of agencies; says it appears to be an ‘intelligence gathering’ effort

  05-01-2021 21:38
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — US government blames Russia for hack of agencies; says it appears to be an ‘intelligence gathering’ effort.The post US government blames Russia for hack of agencies; says it appears to be an ‘intelligence gathering’ effort appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Grammy Awards, slated for late January in Los Angeles, postponed to March due to coronavirus surge

  05-01-2021 21:35
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Grammy Awards, slated for late January in Los Angeles, postponed to March due to coronavirus surge.The post Grammy Awards, slated for late January in Los Angeles, postponed to March due to coronavirus surge appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• The Latest: Georgia election going well, despite Trump tweet

  05-01-2021 21:33
  
  Georgia election officials say voting is going smoothly across the state, despite claims from President Donald Trump that some machines are not working in Republican areas. Trump tweeted Tuesday afternoon: “Reports are coming out of the 12th Congressional District of Georgia that Dominion Machines are not working in certain Republican Strongholds for over an hour.” Gabriel Sterling, Georgia’s voting system implementation manager, responded to Trump’s tweet by saying that
  
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• Puerto Rico to reopen beaches, relax coronavirus curfew

  05-01-2021 21:32
  
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s new governor says he will reopen beaches, marinas and pools, eliminate a Sunday lockdown and shorten a curfew that has been in place since the pandemic began to control the number of COVID-19 cases. Gov. Pedro Pierluisi stressed on Tuesday that alcohol will be banned at beaches and other places, and that social distancing is required between people who are not family members, with no large groups allowed to gather. Meanwhile, the new curfew
  
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• Balancing act: Olympic athletes try to ramp up training, avoid injury after COVID-19 delay

  05-01-2021 21:30
  
  PHOENIX – Arizona State swim coach Bob Bowman has faced many challenges throughout a nearly 35-year-long coaching career, a portion of it guiding Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian. …
  
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• Top French political expert accused of incestuous sex abuse

  05-01-2021 21:29
  
  PARIS (AP) — The prosecutor for Paris has opened an investigation into accusations of incestuous sexual abuse involving a prominent French political expert, Olivier Duhamel. Paris prosecutor Remy Heitz on Tuesday announced the investigation into alleged “rapes and sexual abuses by a person exercising authority” over a child. A book written by Duhamel’s stepdaughter accused him of abusing her twin brother during the late 1980s, when the siblings were 13-years-old. Excerpts
  
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• Utah man pleads guilty in Yellowstone dig seeking treasure

  05-01-2021 21:23
  
  CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A Utah man has pleaded guilty after authorities said he was caught digging in a Yellowstone National Park cemetery in search of hidden treasure. Federal prosecutors say 52-year-old Rodrick Dow Craythorn of Syracuse, Utah, entered the plea Monday. Craythorn could face up to 12 years in prison and $270,000 in fines when sentenced. An attorney for Craythorn didn’t immediately return a phone message Tuesday seeking comment. Craythorn was seeking a treasure chest hid
  
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• Eric Jerome Dickey, bestselling novelist, dead at 59

  05-01-2021 21:22
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Bestselling novelist Eric Jerome Dickey has died at age 59. Dickey blended crime, romance and eroticism in “Sister, Sister,” “Waking With Enemies” and dozens of other stories about contemporary Black life. He was an aspiring actor and stand-up comic who began writing fiction in his mid-30s. He shaped a witty, conversational and sometimes graphic prose style that brought him a wide readership through such novels as “Sister, Sister” and &ld
  
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• Trump to speak at DC rally as Congress meets on election

  05-01-2021 21:20
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will personally address a gathering of his supporters in Washington Wednesday as he seeks to rally populist support for his last-ditch efforts to overturn his loss to President-elect Joe Biden. The White House confirmed Tuesday that Trump will speak at a rally on the Ellipse just south of the White House. The protests coincide with Wednesday’s congressional vote expected to certify the Electoral College results, which Trump continues to disput
  
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• The Latest: Arizona reports record coronavirus deaths

  05-01-2021 21:06
  
  PHOENIX, Ariz. — Arizona reported a record 253 coronavirus deaths on Tuesday, along with hospitalization highs and the fastest rate of new infections.The previous one-day record of 172 occurred July 30, according to the Department of Health Services.
  A record 4,789 COVID-19 patients occupied hospital beds on Monday, an increase of more than 200 from Sunday, according to the state’s coronavirus data. On Monday, there was a record 1,096 COVID-19 patients in intensive care beds.
  The sta
  
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• Gas tank explosion in Kosovo injures 44, damages shops

  05-01-2021 21:06
  
  PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — An explosion involving a liquefied gas tank has injured 44 people in southern Kosovo. Police and health authorities said the explosion occurred Tuesday at a restaurant in the city of Ferizaj. Police said the blast involved a 10-liter gas tank and damaged the building, a nearby shop and parked vehicles. Local residents removed injured individuals from the building with help from firefighters and army troops. A doctor says eight of the injured were hospitalized in gra
  
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• Police: Protesters outside Sen. Hawley’s home were peaceful

  05-01-2021 20:57
  
  Protesters who gathered outside the Virginia home of Republican Sen. Josh Hawley Monday evening were peaceful and they left when police explained they were violating local picketing laws, police said Tuesday. The Missouri senator on Twitter accused the protesters of vandalism and threatening his family. Officers were called to the Vienna home after someone reported that there were “people protesting in front of the house.” Master Police Officer Juan Vazquez, a spokesman for the Town
  
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• Egypt’s leader meets US treasury chief ahead of Sudan visit

  05-01-2021 20:57
  
  CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s president has met with U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin in Cairo, ahead of Mnuchin’s first visit to Sudan since the end of Khartoum’s pariah status. The office of President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi said in a statement Tuesday the president and Mnuchin discussed mutual and regional issues, including the latest developments in talks with Sudan and Ethiopia over a disputed dam that Ethiopia is building over the Blue Nile River. The three Nile V
  
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• UArizona: Essential classes only courses to start in person for spring semester

  05-01-2021 20:49
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - After finishing the fall semester online, the University of Arizona will start the spring semester by offering essential in-person classes, according to Tuesday's announcement from UArizona President  Robert C. Robbins.Back in October, the university decided to cancel all in-person classes after Thanksgiving break in response to the projected holiday surge of COVID-19. As virus cases followed the projections, hitting record-high numbers in the state, UArizona students finish
  
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• UArizona: Essential classes only courses to be held in person for start of spring semester

  05-01-2021 20:49
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - After finishing the fall semester online, the University of Arizona will start the spring semester by offering essential in-person classes, according to Tuesday's announcement from UArizona President  Robert C. Robbins.Back in October, the university decided to cancel all in-person classes after Thanksgiving break in response to the projected holiday surge of COVID-19. As virus cases followed the projections, hitting record-high numbers in the state, UArizona students finish
  
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• New nuclear plant could rise at site of former one in NJ

  05-01-2021 20:47
  
  LACEY, N.J. (AP) — The company that’s in the process of mothballing one of the nation’s oldest nuclear power plants says it is interested in building a new next-generation nuclear reactor at the same site in New Jersey. Holtec International last month received $116 million from the U.S. Department of Energy to complete research and development work on a modern nuclear reactor that could be built at the site of the former Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station in the Forked Riv
  
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