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• Impeachment push builds, 2 GOP senators want Trump to resign

  10-01-2021 23:32
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is intensifying plans to impeach President Donald Trump while two Republican senators want him to resign immediately. Both developments are signs of the mounting effort to prevent Trump from ever again holding elective office in the wake of the deadly riots at the Capitol. House Democrats are expected to introduce articles of impeachment on Monday and vote as soon as Tuesday. A top Democratic congressman, Jim Clyburn, says the strategy would be to condemn the pr
  
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• The Latest: Trump orders US flags lowered to honor officers

  10-01-2021 23:29
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and impeachment (all times local):
  5:25 p.m.
  President Donald Trump is ordering the U.S. flag to be flown at half-staff as a sign of respect for two U.S. Capitol Police officers who have died since last Wednesday’s violent protests at the Capitol, as well as all members of law enforcement across the nation.
  In a proclamation Sunday, Trump says the show of respect will take place at the White House and all federal buildings throug
  
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• Capitol police were overrun, ‘left naked’ against rioters

  10-01-2021 23:26
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite ample warnings about pro-Trump demonstrations in Washington, U.S. Capitol Police did not bolster staffing on Wednesday and made no preparations for the possibility that the planned protests could escalate into massive violent riots, according to several people briefed on law enforcement’s response. The revelations shed new light on why Capitol police were so quickly overrun by rioters. The department had the same number of officers in place as on a routine d
  
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• 6 inmates use ‘homemade rope’ to escape from California jail

  10-01-2021 23:26
  
  MERCED, Calif. (AP) — Authorities in central California are searching for six inmates who used a “homemade rope” to escape from a county jail. The Merced County Sheriff’s Office says all six should be considered armed and dangerous. Staff at Merced County Downtown Jail noticed late Saturday that the six inmates were missing. Officials say a preliminary investigation has determined that the inmates were able to gain access to the roof of the facility and from there used th
  
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• Arnold Schwarzenegger compares US Capitol mob to Nazis

  10-01-2021 23:06
  
  Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is comparing the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol to the Nazis. In a video posted Sunday on social media, Schwarzenegger said the mob last week “trampled the very principles on which our country was founded.” But he said America’s Constitution will not be overthrown. The actor-turned-politician also called President Donald Trump a failed leader who “will go down in history as the worst president ever.” Schwarzenegger cal
  
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• Washington St women score at OT buzzer, beat No. 7 Arizona

  10-01-2021 23:03
  PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Charlisse Leger-Walker made a layup at the buzzer in overtime and Washington State rallied past No. 7 Arizona 71-69. Leger-Walker also made a layup with two seconds left in regulation to tie it at 60, converting after a pass from sister Krystal Leger-Walker. Washington State beat a Top 10 team for the first time since the 2016-2017 season. The Cougars have won four in a row and are 7-1.  Aari McDonald had 23 points and 11 rebounds for the Wildcats, who are 8-2.Th
  
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• Harris team says it was blindsided by VP-elect’s Vogue cover

  10-01-2021 22:43
  
  WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Vice President-elect Kamala Harris appears on the cover of Vogue magazine’s February issue, but her team says there’s a problem: the photo isn’t the shot both sides had agreed upon. Instead of appearing in the power suit she wore to the cover shoot, Harris is seen casually dressed and wearing Converse Chuck Taylor sneakers. Harris sometimes campaigned wearing them. A person familiar with the negotiations with Vogue says Harris’ team wasn&rsqu
  
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• Trump-supporting Christian leaders and their Sunday messages

  10-01-2021 22:42
  
  Support for President Donald Trump has been consistently strong among evangelicals, with some calling him the best friend Christians have had in the White House. On the first Sunday since the deadly storming of the U.S. Capitol by a mob of his supporters seeking to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, the messages from the pulpits of Christian leaders who’ve backed Trump were as disparate as the opinions the nation’s citizenry. They ranged from recitations of debunked
  
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• Temperatures will bottom out Monday before the warm up

  10-01-2021 22:37
  TUCSON - Highs in the upper 50's and lower 60's are in the forecast for Monday then a warm up is headed our way.A wind shift will cause our temperatures to stretch all the way to the upper 60's by Tuesday and even the 70's by Wednesday.Overnight lows will stay cool due to the dry air.By the end of the next work week we will see highs in the upper 70's which is significantly higher than average, but not quite record breaking.Still no chance of rain in the forecast for at least the next 10 da
  
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• EXPLAINER: Can social media companies boot Trump? Yes

  10-01-2021 22:35
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Social media companies decided this past week they had finally seen enough from President Donald Trump. Facebook and Instagram suspended Trump at least until Inauguration Day. Twitch and Snapchat also disabled Trump’s accounts. To top it all off, Twitter ended a nearly 12-year run and shuttered his account, severing an instant line of communication to his 89 million followers. Conservatives are crying foul. Many are asking whether Twitter and Facebook can legally ta
  
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• Warnock condemns Capitol rioters in post-election sermon

  10-01-2021 22:12
  
  The Rev. Raphael Warnock has given his first sermon since being declared a winner in Georgia’s U.S. Senate runoff election. In his sermon, he addressed last week’s deadly Capitol Hill riot that all but overshadowed his historic victory. While Warnock described the insurrectionist mob as “the ugly side” of the American story, he said last Wednesday’s violence was a sign of an “old world order passing away.” Before last Tuesday’s Senate contest, Geor
  
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• The Latest: Citigroup to pause federal political donations

  10-01-2021 22:06
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and impeachment (all times local):
  4 p.m.
  Citigroup is pausing all federal political donations for the first three months of the year in light of Wednesday’s deadly siege on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump.
  In a memo to employees Friday, Citi’s head of global government affairs Candi Wolff said, “We want you to be assured that we will not support candidates who do not respect the rule of law.&
  
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• Cops: Chicago shooter who killed 3 posted social media rants

  10-01-2021 22:00
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Authorities say a man posted disturbing social media videos before he killed three people and wounded four others in a series of shootings that started on Chicago’s South Side and ended with his death in a suburban police shootout. Chicago police Superintendent David Brown told reporters that investigators are trying to determine a motive for the attacks. They began Saturday afternoon with the killing of a 30-year-old University of Chicago student from China in a parki
  
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• Schwarzenegger calls President Trump ‘worst president ever’

  10-01-2021 21:51
  Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is calling President Donald Trump a failed leader who “will go down in history as the worst president ever.” In a video posted on social media on Sunday, the Republican took solace that Trump’s presidency was coming to an end and “would soon be as irrelevant as an old tweet.” He called for national unity and vowed his support for President-elect Joe Biden. Schwarzenegger, best known for his movie role as the Terminator, w
  
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• The Latest: Virus infections top 90 million confirmed cases

  10-01-2021 21:44
  
  BALTIMORE — Coronavirus infections have now surpassed 90 million confirmed cases around the world, as more countries braced for wider spread of more virulent strains of a disease that has now killed nearly 2 million worldwide.
  The number of infections worldwide has doubled in just 10 weeks, according to a tally by John Hopkins University on Sunday. COVID-19 infections had hit 45 million as recently as late October.
  As of Sunday afternoon, John Hopkins counted 90,005,787 infections around t
  
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• Warnock blasts Capitol rioters in 1st sermon since election

  10-01-2021 21:30
  
  The Rev. Raphael Warnock has given his first sermon since being declared a winner in Georgia’s U.S. Senate runoff election. In his sermon, he addressed last week’s deadly Capitol Hill riot that all but overshadowed his historic victory. While Warnock described the insurrectionist mob as “the ugly side” of the American story, he said last Wednesday’s violence was a sign of an “old world order passing away.” Before last Tuesday’s Senate contest, Geor
  
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• The Latest: Schwarzenegger says Trump ‘worst president’ ever

  10-01-2021 21:30
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and impeachment (all times local):
  3:25 p.m.
  Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is calling President Donald Trump a failed leader who “will go down in history as the worst president ever.”
  In a video posted on social media on Sunday, the Republican took solace that Trump’s presidency was coming to an end and “would soon be as irrelevant as an old tweet.”
  He called for national unity and vowed his
  
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• Lawmakers who voted against Biden get blasted back home

  10-01-2021 21:18
  
  Republican members of Congress who voted against certifying Joe Biden’s presidential victory, even after a mob broke into the Capitol, are getting blasted by critics in their home districts. Protesters, newspaper editorial boards and local-level Democrats are demanding that they resign or be ousted by their congressional colleagues. The House and Senate can remove members with a two-thirds vote or censure or reprimand with a majority. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democratic leaders
  
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• The Latest: White House flag now at half-staff for Sicknick

  10-01-2021 20:51
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and impeachment (all times local):
  2:45 p.m.
  The U.S. flag at the White House is now flying at half-staff after calls for the flag there and at other federal locations be lowered to honor U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick.
  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had already ordered flags at the Capitol lowered to half-staff in Sicknick’s honor and calls were growing for President Donald Trump to do the same at the White House.
  Sickni
  
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• US diplomats in extraordinary protest against Trump for riot

  10-01-2021 20:32
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In a highly unusual move, American diplomats have drafted two cables condemning President Donald Trump’s incitement of the deadly assault on the Capitol and calling for administration officials to support invoking the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office. Using what is known as the State Department’s “dissent channel,” the career foreign and civil service officers said they fear last Wednesday’s siege may badly damage U.S. credibility t
  
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• Parler squeezed as Trump seeks new online megaphone

  10-01-2021 19:51
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Though stripped of his Twitter megaphone, President Donald Trump does have alternative options of much smaller reach. They are led by the far right-friendly Parler, though that’s getting increasingly difficult. Parler has already had its wings clipped, however. Google and Apple have removed it from their online stores and Amazon is kicking it off its web-hosting service. Free speech experts anticipate growing pressure on all social media platforms to curb incendiary spe
  
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• 1 policeman killed, dozens injured in southern Iraq clashes

  10-01-2021 19:49
  
  BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi security officials say a policeman has been killed and dozens of people injured in clashes between security forces and anti-government protesters in southern Iraq. The clashes erupted Sunday evening in Haboubi square in the town of Nasiriyah, in violence that began over the arrest of activists in the province. Security forces used tear gas and batons in effort to disperse the protesters. Occasional gunfire could be heard. It was not immediately clear how the policeman
  
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• Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia say talks on disputed dam deadlocked

  10-01-2021 19:47
  
  CAIRO (AP) — Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia say they failed to achieve a breakthrough in the African Union-led talks to revolve their yearslong dispute over the controversial dam that Ethiopia is building on the Blue Nile. Foreign and irrigation ministers of the three nations met online for the second time in a week in efforts to find an agreed approach to resume their talks focused on the dam’s filling and operation. Egypt says the talks failed “because of differences over how to r
  
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• PCSD respond to disturbance on Southside

  10-01-2021 19:35
  
  SOUTH TUCSON (KVOA) - The Pima County Sheriff's Department has confirmed that they responded to a disturbance near the 3100 block of E. Drexel Road.Deputies reported that at least one person was found with injuries. Drexel Road will be closed from Bonney Avenue and Country Club road while deputies continue to investigate.
  We will update this article as more details come in to our newsroom.
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• Average US price of gas up 9 cents a gallon to $2.35

  10-01-2021 19:20
  
  CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline jumped 9 cents a gallon over the past three weeks to $2.35. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey says Sunday that a rise in crude oil prices spurred the increase. The price at the pump is 30 cents less than it was a year ago. The highest average price in the nation is $3.40 a gallon in the San Francisco Bay Area. The lowest average is $1.90 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The average price of diesel spi
  
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• Albania helps families in flooded areas with food, water

  10-01-2021 19:18
  
  TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanian authorities say that military troops have been supplying food and water to families in the northwest isolated from the recent flooding following heavy rainfall in the last week. A Defense Ministry statement on Sunday reported at least 36 families evacuated in Lezha and Durres districts and about 20 more homes considered “uninhabitable.” Authorities reported 7,450 hectares (18,400 acres) of land flooded in Shkoder, Lezha and Durres, some bridges i
  
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• Vaccine rollout confirms public health officials’ warnings–copy

  10-01-2021 19:08
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Public health officials complained for months about not having enough support or money to get COVID-19 vaccines quickly into arms. Now the slower-than-expected start to the largest vaccination effort in U.S. history is proving them right.
  State and local public health departments across the U.S. cite a variety of obstacles, most notably a lack of leadership from the federal government.
  Many officials worry that they are losing precious time at the height of the pand
  
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• The Latest: Blunt urges Trump to be ‘careful’ in final days

  10-01-2021 19:08
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and impeachment (all times local):
  1:05 p.m.
  Sen. Roy Blunt says he doesn’t see a need for congressional Republicans to hold President Donald Trump accountable for his role in promoting last week’s Capitol riot but warned him to “be very careful” in his last 10 days in office.
  The Missouri Republican called Trump’s decisions and actions leading up to last Wednesday’s riot “clearly reckless.&rdq
  
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• Vaccine rollout confirms public health officials’ warnings

  10-01-2021 18:55
  
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Public health officials complained for months about not having enough support or money to get COVID-19 vaccines quickly into arms. Now the slower-than-expected start to the largest vaccination effort in U.S. history is proving them right. State and local public health departments across the U.S. cite a variety of obstacles, most notably a lack of leadership from the federal government. Many officials worry that they are losing precious time at the height of the pand
  
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• GOP senators urge Trump to resign; impeachment gains support

  10-01-2021 18:54
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Republican senators now say President Donald Trump should resign in the wake of deadly riots at the Capitol, as support for the House drive to impeach him a second time is gaining momentum. Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey on Sunday joined Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski in calling for Trump to resign after a violent mob of his supporters broke into the Capitol on Wednesday. Toomey says Trump should “resign and go away as soon as possible.” House leaders appear det
  
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• VIRUS TODAY: Lag in vaccinations underscores lack of support

  10-01-2021 18:48
  
  The slower-than-expected start to the largest vaccination effort in U.S. history is confirming the warnings of public health officials. They have complained for months that they do not have enough support or money to get COVID-19 vaccines quickly into arms. State and local public health departments across the U.S. cite a variety of obstacles, most notably a lack of leadership from the federal government. Meanwhile, religious leaders at the forefront of the anti-abortion movement are telling foll
  
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• Algeria leader back to Germany for COVID-19-linked treatment

  10-01-2021 18:17
  
  ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Officials say Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has returned to Germany, where he spent two months for treatment of a COVID-19 infection, this time to treat a related foot problem. A statement from the presidency Sunday said the complication from the coronavirus infection was initially to be treated during his stay, cut short by pressing presidential issues at home. Tebboune, 75, disappeared from the radar of his North African nation after leaving for treatmen
  
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• Vaccine rollout confirms public health officials’ complaints

  10-01-2021 18:11
  
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Public health officials have complained for months about not having enough support or money to get COVID-19 vaccines quickly into arms. Now the slower-than-expected start to the largest vaccination effort in U.S. history is proving them right. State and local public health departments across the U.S. cite a variety of obstacles, most notably a lack of leadership from the federal government. Many officials worry that they are losing precious time at the height of the
  
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• Possible virus exposure for lawmakers sheltering during riot

  10-01-2021 18:11
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — House lawmakers may have been exposed to someone testing positive for COVID-19 while they sheltered at an undisclosed location during the Capitol siege on Wednesday. Lawmakers were taken to that location as a violent mob loyal to President Donald Trump ransacked the Capitol. The Capitol’s attending physician notified all lawmakers Sunday of the potential virus exposure. Dr. Brian Moynihan urged them to be tested. The infected individual wasn’t named. Some lawm
  
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• South Korean diplomat in Iran over seized ship, frozen funds

  10-01-2021 18:07
  
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran says a South Korean diplomatic delegation has arrived in the country to negotiate the release of a vessel amid an escalating financial dispute between the countries. The tanker seizure came as Iranian officials have been pressing South Korea to release some $7 billion in assets tied up in the country’s banks due to American sanctions. Iran maintains the tanker and its 20-member crew were stopped in the mouth of the Persian Gulf because of the vessel’s e
  
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• The Latest: Jeffries calls Trump ‘clear and present danger’

  10-01-2021 17:58
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and impeachment (all times local):
  11:55 a.m.
  Democratic Rep. Hakeem Jeffries says President Donald Trump is out of control and should be immediately removed from office as a “clear and present danger to the health and safety of the American people.”
  Jeffries, who chairs the House Democratic Caucus, says that as a coequal branch of government, it’s Congress’ job to keep Trump in check — whether by impeachm
  
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• Once-jailed nationalist wins Kyrgyzstan presidency

  10-01-2021 17:54
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — A nationalist politician who was released from prison amid protests that overthrew Kyrgyzstan’s president last year has been elected as his replacement, according to preliminary results from the national elections commission. . Voters in Sunday’s election that gave Sadyr Zhaparov a landslide 79% victory with nearly all precincts counted also approved a referendum to change the constitution to give the presidency more power.  The post Once-jailed nationalist w
  
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• Africa exceeds 3 million COVID-19 cases, 30% in South Africa

  10-01-2021 17:52
  
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the continent passed the milestone of 3 million confirmed cases COVID-19, including more than 72,000 deaths. South Africa accounts for more than 30% of the continent’s total with more than 1.2 million reported cases, including 32,824 deaths. The high proportion of cases in South Africa, could be because the country carries out more tests than many other African countries. South Africa is battling a resurge
  
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• The Latest: Africa tops 3 million confirmed virus cases

  10-01-2021 17:30
  
  JOHANNESBURG — Africa passed the milestone of 3 million confirmed cases COVID-19 Sunday, including more than 72,000 deaths, according to the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.South Africa accounts for more than 30% of the continent’s total with more than 1.2 million reported cases, including 32,824 deaths. The high proportion of cases in South Africa could be because the country carries out more tests than many other African countries.
  South Africa is battling a resur
  
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• Impaired driver crashes into Phoenix police cruiser; 2 hurt

  10-01-2021 17:28
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Two Phoenix police officers have been injured after a car crashed into their cruiser early Sunday morning. Police say the officers were working a separate deadly crash in the area around 5 a.m.  The two officers were sitting in their cruiser when a driver went through barricades and hit the police vehicle, which had its lights activated. Police say the 21-year-old driver of the car involved was arrested for allegedly driving impaired. The name of that person wasn’
  
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• Protesters detained for criticizing Kazakhstan’s vote

  10-01-2021 17:20
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — Dozens of people protesting Kazakhstan’s opposition-free election were detained in the country’s capital and in its principal city, but were released after several hours.  Five parties are competing Sunday for seats in the lower house of parliament, but all are loyal to the government. The country’s only registered opposition party declined to field candidates. More than 30 demonstrators were detained in the principal city of Almaty, according to the ne
  
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• Oil companies lock in drilling, challenging Biden on climate

  10-01-2021 17:04
  
  BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — In the closing months of the Trump administration, energy companies stockpiled enough drilling permits for western public lands to keep pumping oil for years. That stands to undercut President-elect Joe Biden’s plans to block new drilling on public lands to address climate change. An Associated Press analysis of government data shows the permit stockpiling has centered on oil-rich federal lands in New Mexico and Wyoming and accelerated in September and October
  
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• 2nd GOP senator now urges Trump to resign over Capitol riot

  10-01-2021 16:54
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Republican senators now say President Donald Trump should resign as support for the drive to impeach him a second time is gaining momentum in his final days in office after the deadly riot at the Capitol by a violent mob of Trump supporters. Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania on Sunday joined Sen. Lisa Murkowski in calling for Trump to “resign and go away as soon as possible.” Murkowski, who has long voiced her exasperation with Trump’s conduct in offic
  
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• Afghan officials: Bomb kills 3 in Kabul amid peace talks

  10-01-2021 16:44
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A roadside bomb has exploded in Afghanistan’s capital, killing at least three people in a vehicle in the latest attack to take place during peace talks with the Taliban. Tariq Arian, spokesman for the interior minister, said a spokesman for the ministry’s security force one of the three people killed in the bombing. He said one other person was wounded. No one immediately claimed responsibility. The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for mu
  
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• French minister insists troops didn’t bomb Mali wedding fete

  10-01-2021 16:38
  
  PARIS (AP) — France’s defense minister has insisted that its fighter jets didn’t strike civilians at a wedding party in central Mali a week ago, only jihadis who were their targets. Some reports said that a helicopter bombed people celebrating a wedding in the village of Bounti, but Parly said Sunday that no helicopters were engaged in the Jan. 3 strike that “eliminated several dozen jihadis.” She said in an interview on broadcaster France Inter that “there wa
  
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• Arizona reports 11,021 new COVID-19 cases, 105 more deaths

  10-01-2021 16:35
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona remains a national COVID-19 hot spot with health officials on Sunday reporting more than 11,000 new cases for the third consecutive day plus 105 more deaths. That pushed the state’s grim figures to 618,546 cases and 10,141 known deaths since the pandemic began. Arizona Department of Health Services officials reported 11,021 new COVID-19 cases Sunday. There were 11,650 cases and 197 more deaths reported Friday with 11,094 additional cases and 98 deaths Saturday.
  
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• Arizona records 11,201 new COVID-19 cases; 105 new deaths

  10-01-2021 16:35
  
  PHOENIX (KVOA) – 11,201 new Arizonans tested positive for the coronavirus, the Arizona Department of Health Services reported Sunday.The state also reported 105 new COVID-19 related deaths.So far, Arizona has seen 618,546 known cases of the virus and 10,141 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 have recovered.According to the 
  
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• 2nd GOP senators now urge Trump to resign over Capitol riot

  10-01-2021 16:34
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Republican senators now say President Donald Trump should resign as support for the drive to impeach him a second time is gaining momentum in his final days in office after the deadly riot at the Capitol by a violent mob of Trump supporters. Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania on Sunday joined Sen. Lisa Murkowski in calling for Trump to “resign and go away as soon as possible.” Murkowski, who has long voiced her exasperation with Trump’s conduct in offic
  
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• 6 rangers killed in latest attack at Congo’s Virunga park

  10-01-2021 16:27
  
  KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Officials say gunmen have killed at least six rangers in Virunga National Park, the latest attack on the area home to some of the world’s last mountain gorillas. Olivier Mukisya, spokesman for the Congolese Institute for the Conservation of Nature, said the violence took place Sunday in Nyamitwitwi, located in the Rutshuru area of the park. A number of armed groups in eastern Congo vie for control of natural resources in and around the park, though it was not i
  
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• Oaths questioned as Trump’s backers fight against loss

  10-01-2021 16:20
  
  Elected officials swear to uphold the Constitution before they take office. But what happens when they’re accused of doing the opposite? As some Republicans continued to back President Donald Trump’s doomed effort to overturn the election, critics accused them of violating their oaths of office and instead pledging allegiance to Trump. The claim has emerged repeatedly as Republican elected officials across the country endorsed Trump’s baseless and desperate campaign to stay in
  
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