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• AP source: Harden headed to Nets in blockbuster 4-team deal

  13-01-2021 23:54
  
  The Brooklyn Nets have agreed to acquire three-time scoring champion James Harden from the Houston Rockets, a deal that reunites him with Kevin Durant and gives him the move that he has sought for weeks, said a person familiar with the situation. Harden is going to the Nets as part of a four-team deal that also involves Indiana and Cleveland, according to the person who spoke to The Associated Press Wednesday on condition of anonymity because the trade call with the NBA — which signs off o
  
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• Man accused of threatening six members of Congress for not supporting President Trump

  13-01-2021 23:50
  
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  AMHERST, NH (CNN) - A man in New Hampshire is facing federal charges after police say he threatened to hurt six members of Congress unless they supported president trump.The U.S. Attorney and U.S. Capitol police say 33-year-old Ryder Winegar from Amherst included his name and phone number on voicemails left at the offices of six unidentified members of Congress in December.The criminal complaint includes transcriptions of alleged death threats filled with racist, homophobic, misog
  
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• Capitol investigators try to sort real tips from noise

  13-01-2021 23:47
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Potential threats and leads are pouring in to law enforcement agencies nationwide after the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. The challenge now is figuring out what’s real and what’s just noise. Investigators are combing through a mountain of online posts, street surveillance and other intelligence. The information suggests mobs could try to storm the Capitol again and includes threats to kill some members of Congress. Security is being tightened from coast to
  
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• Census halts efforts to comply with Trump citizenship order

  13-01-2021 23:46
  
  The director of the U.S. Census Bureau is indefinitely halting efforts to compile data on who is in the country illegally after receiving blowback from civil rights groups and concerns raised by bureau statisticians about the accuracy of such figures. Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham ordered bureau workers laboring to comply with the presidential order to “stand down” and stop their data reviews.  President Donald Trump two years ago ordered the Census Bureau to use admi
  
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• Vaccine Availability Limited as Pima County Announces New Distribution Plan

  13-01-2021 23:45
  
  As Pima County prepares to provide COVID-19 vaccines to a much wider segment of the population this week with a limited number of vaccines on hand, the county health department has announced its plan to prioritize the vaccination of specific segments of the hundreds of thousands of individuals who qualify. …
  
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• The Latest: Schumer says trial likely to begin after Jan. 19

  13-01-2021 23:43
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the fallout from the attack of the U.S. Capitol by pro-Trump loyalists (all times local):
  5:40 p.m.
  Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer vows there will be an impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, even if it’s after he leaves office and Democrat Joe Biden is inaugurated.
  Schumer said Wednesday that the trial could begin immediately if Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell agreed to convene an emergency session.
  He says if not, the trial wil
  
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• Minnesota man who trained with Islamic State pleads guilty

  13-01-2021 23:33
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota man who traveled to Syria and Iraq where prosecutors say he became a soldier for the Islamic State group has pleaded guilty to a terrorism count. Abdelhamid Al-Madioum pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court of Minnesota to one count of providing and attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. According to his plea agreement, Al-Madioum admitted that he joined the Islamic State group and received military training. He admitted he
  
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• Katie Couric, Mayim Bialik to be “Jeopardy!” guest hosts

  13-01-2021 23:30
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Katie Couric will become the first woman ever to host “Jeopardy!” when she serves a guest stint in place of the late Alex Trebek. The show announced Wednesday that Couric, the journalist and former “Today” show host, will be among those guest hosting on an interim basis along with NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers, “Big Bang Theory” star Mayim Bialik and “60 Minutes” correspondent Bill Whittaker. Trebek, the face of the show fo
  
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• FAA steps up enforcement against unruly airline passengers

  13-01-2021 23:25
  
  Federal officials say they’re going to get tougher on airline passengers who disrupt flights. The move Wednesday by the Federal Aviation Administration follows several incidents involving people who refused to wear masks or conducted in-flight demonstrations of support for President Donald Trump. The FAA says it’s seeing a disturbing increase in such incidents. FAA Administrator Stephen Dickson signed an order directing that instead of warnings, unruly passengers will immediately fac
  
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• The Latest: Olympic swimmer charged in attack on Capitol

  13-01-2021 23:23
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the fallout from the attack of the U.S. Capitol by pro-Trump loyalists (all times local):
  5:20 p.m.
  Five-time Olympic swimming medalist Klete Keller has been charged with participating in a deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol after video emerged that appeared to show him among those storming the building last week.
  An FBI complaint, citing screenshots from the video, asked that a warrant be issued charging Keller with knowingly entering a restricted building wit
  
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• Olympian Keller charged with taking part in US Capitol riot

  13-01-2021 23:21
  
  Five-time Olympic swimming medalist Klete Keller has been charged with participating in a deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol after video emerged that appeared to show him among those storming the building. An FBI complaint asked that a warrant be issued charging Keller with knowingly entering a restricted building without lawful authority and attempting to impede an official government function. The complaint cites video screenshots that appear to show Keller inside the building. Thousands of suppo
  
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• Apple, utility each give $25M to Black college learning hub

  13-01-2021 23:19
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Apple and a major utility are each giving $25 million to launch a learning center and business incubator for students of historically Black colleges and universities. The Propel Center will have a physical campus in Atlanta and online offerings. The money from Apple and Atlanta-based Southern Co., will finance a 50,000 square-foot building near four Black colleges in Atlanta that already share resources. It will offer in-person and online programming and aims to reach all of
  
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• Trump’s wall of GOP support breaks during impeachment vote

  13-01-2021 23:08
  
  The unbreakable wall of Republican support that encouraged and enabled Donald Trump’s norm-shattering presidency has cracked. A group of 10 House Republicans joined Democrats On Wednesday to impeach Trump for inciting a deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol last week. The vast majority of the GOP stood by Trump. But even some of those who opposed impeachment condemned Trump’s behavior and blamed him for sparking the insurrection. A more consequential vote awaits later this month in the Sen
  
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• Led by Cheney, 10 House Republicans back Trump impeachment

  13-01-2021 23:08
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Ten Republican House members — including the No. 3 House GOP leader — supported efforts to impeach President Donald Trump over the deadly insurrection at the Capitol. The GOP backing is in sharp contrast to the unanimous support for Trump among House Republicans when he was impeached by Democrats in December 2019. Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, the third-ranking House Republican, led the GOP opposition to Trump, saying he had betrayed his office. Nine other House Re
  
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• Judge boots Trump attorney from Carter Page defamation suit

  13-01-2021 23:06
  
  DOVER, Del. (AP) —  A conservative attorney who helped lead legal efforts to try to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in favor of President Donald Trump has been denied permission to represent former Trump campaign operative Carter Page in a defamation lawsuit in Delaware. A judge ruled this week that L. Lin Wood’s actions in election-related lawsuits in Georgia and Wisconsin “exhibited a toxic stew of mendacity, prevarication, and surprising incompetence.&rd
  
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• The Latest: 10 GOP House members voted to impeach Trump

  13-01-2021 23:02
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the fallout from the attack of the U.S. Capitol by pro-Trump loyalists (all times local):
  5 p.m.
  Ten Republican House members voted to impeach President Donald Trump over the deadly insurrection at the Capitol. The GOP votes were in sharp contrast to the unanimous support for Trump among House Republicans when he was first impeached by Democrats in 2019.
  Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, the third-ranking House Republican, said in a statement, “There has never
  
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• Sierra Vista woman arrested for embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars

  13-01-2021 23:02
  
  Sierra Vista Police DepartmentPatricia Bowman
  SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. (KVOA) - A 46-year-old woman from Sierra Vista was taken into custody on Tuesday after an 11-month investigation into the embezzlement of hundreds of thousands of dollars.According to Sierra Vista Police Department, Patricia Bowman was taken into custody after her payroll company, Daystar Payroll, LLC was placed under investigation.SVPD said through her company, Bowman reportedly "faked tax documents and provided false documents
  
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• The Latest: Las Vegas hospital declares capacity crisis

  13-01-2021 22:58
  
  LAS VEGAS — A Las Vegas hospital says it declared a capacity crisis over the weekend, citing a surge of COVID-19 patients that overfilled its intensive care unit.With nearly half its 147 beds occupied by coronavirus patients, St. Rose Dominican Hospital’s San Martin campus in southwest Las Vegas canceled elective surgeries beginning Saturday. It also pressed other units into use for non-COVID-19 patients.Hospital spokesman Gordon Absher said Wednesday that patients weren’t turn
  
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• McConnell blocks quick Trump trial, unsure how he’ll vote

  13-01-2021 22:51
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is blocking a quick Senate trial of Donald Trump. But with the House voting on Wednesday to impeach Trump for a second time, McConnell isn’t ruling out he might eventually vote to convict him. A spokesman for McConnell says McConnell informed Democrats that he would block an effort by Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer to quickly call the chamber back into emergency session to put Trump on trial. That means Trump’s Se
  
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• FBI, Justice Department leaders stay out of sight after riot

  13-01-2021 22:51
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A law enforcement press conference this week on the U.S. Capitol riot was notable for who was not there. The highest-ranking leaders of the FBI and the Justice Department were absent. In the week since loyalists of President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol, neither FBI Director Chis Wray nor acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen has fielded questions or joined lower-level officials at news conferences or on calls updating the public on the case. Representatives of both the
  
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• The Latest: Trump was in Oval Office during impeachment vote

  13-01-2021 22:44
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the fallout from the attack of the U.S. Capitol by pro-Trump loyalists (all times local):
  4:40 p.m.
  President Donald Trump was in the Oval Office as the House of Representatives voted to impeach him.
  Trump on Wednesday became the first president to be impeached twice. The vote came days after he fomented a violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol by telling his supporters to “fight like hell” against election results that he falsely told them wer
  
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• VIRUS TODAY: Coronavirus deaths hit another daily high in US

  13-01-2021 22:41
  
  Coronavirus deaths in the U.S. have hit another one-day high at over 4,300. Johns Hopkins University reported that the nation’s overall death toll from COVID-19 had eclipsed 380,000 as of Wednesday. The death rate is fast approaching the number of Americans killed in World War II, or about 407,000. Confirmed infections have topped 22.8 million. Arizona and California have been among the hardest-hit states. The country is now in the most lethal phase of the outbreak yet, even as vaccines ar
  
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• Guy Coates, longtime AP reporter in Louisiana, dies at 80

  13-01-2021 22:39
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Guy Coates, a retired Associated Press correspondent in Louisiana, has died at the age of 80. Coates’ early career included stints at The Times of Shreveport as well as KNOE TV in Monroe and KSLA TV in Shreveport. He joined the AP in New Orleans in 1968 and moved to the news service’s bureau at the state Capitol in 1973. He retired in 2003. He was known for thorough coverage of state government and political campaigns, but also for coverage of Gulf Coast hurr
  
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• A record year for NJ sports betting; casinos, not so much

  13-01-2021 22:39
  
  ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey took nearly $1 billion worth of sports bets in December, an encouraging finish to a year in which coronavirus closures and restrictions sent overall gambling revenue down nearly 17%. Over $6 billion worth of bets were placed last year in New Jersey, which leads the national sports betting market. Figures released Wednesday show the state’s casinos and horse tracks took in over $996 million worth of such wagers in December. All told, New Jersey sa
  
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• The Latest: House impeaches Trump for a historic second time

  13-01-2021 22:36
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the fallout from the attack of the U.S. Capitol by pro-Trump loyalists (all times local):
  4:30 p.m.
  President Donald Trump has become the first American president to be impeached twice, facing a strong bipartisan rebuke from the House exactly one week after a violent mob of his supporters invaded the U.S. Capitol.The House voted 232-197 to impeach Trump, with 10 Republicans joining with Democrats to charge him with incitement of insurrection.
  The extraordina
  
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• President Donald Trump impeached by US House for incitement of insurrection at Capitol; 1st US president impeached twice

  13-01-2021 22:36
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump impeached by US House for incitement of insurrection at Capitol; 1st US president impeached twice.The post President Donald Trump impeached by US House for incitement of insurrection at Capitol; 1st US president impeached twice appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Chance of COVID-19 triage care looms over Arizona hospitals

  13-01-2021 22:35
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Currently facing the worst COVID-19 infection rate in the country, leaders of Arizona’s major hospitals say the state is teetering on the brink of having to ration life-saving care. The chief clinical officers of Arizona’s five biggest hospital systems spoke Wednesday at a joint news conference to implore the public and the state to do more. Under a triage plan, “triage officers” at each hospital would decide which patients receive treatment if there
  
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• House records enough votes to impeach Trump

  13-01-2021 22:34
  
  WASHINGTON DC (AP) - A majority of the U.S. House has voted to impeach President Donald Trump for a second time, just a week after he encouraged loyalists to “fight like hell” against election results and a mob of his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol.The House vote on an article of impeachment for incitement of insurrection was still underway Wednesday, but the Democratic-led House had secured enough votes to impeach Trump. Some Republicans joined Democrats in voting to impeach th
  
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• 2 passengers beat Greek subway official after mask order

  13-01-2021 22:27
  
  ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Two subway passengers assaulted an Athens stationmaster after he told them they should be wearing masks for the coronavirus pandemic, and Greek authorities are vowing to bring the attackers to justice. The public order ministry said the two young men behaved “like brutes” to the stationmaster, who was hospitalized with severe injuries after Wednesday’s incident. A ministry statement says that apart from  hitting the official, the two passengers
  
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• President-elect Biden gets security briefing before inauguration

  13-01-2021 22:25
  
  WASHINGTON DC (AP) - President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team says it's taking the threat of violence across the U.S. in the runup to the inauguration “incredibly seriously.”It says Biden received a briefing Wednesday on preparations for the event from top law enforcement officials.In a statement, the Biden transition said senior officials at the FBI and the Secret Service and members of his national security team briefed the president-elect on the “threat picture, and
  
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• The Latest: House records enough votes to impeach Trump

  13-01-2021 22:23
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the fallout from the attack of the U.S. Capitol by pro-Trump loyalists (all times local):
  4:20 p.m.
  A majority of the U.S. House has voted to impeach President Donald Trump for a second time, just a week after he encouraged loyalists to “fight like hell” against election results and a mob of his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol.
  The House vote on an article of impeachment for incitement of insurrection was still underway Wednesday, but the Dem
  
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• Majority in US House has voted to impeach President Trump for incitement of insurrection; voting still underway

  13-01-2021 22:23
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Majority in US House has voted to impeach President Trump for incitement of insurrection; voting still underway.The post Majority in US House has voted to impeach President Trump for incitement of insurrection; voting still underway appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Hawley, facing fallout, blames media, D.C. ‘establishment’

  13-01-2021 22:15
  
  O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Facing waning support from longtime backers and donors in the wake of the attack at the U.S. Capitol last week, Republican Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley has defended himself in a newspaper column, accusing the media and the “Washington establishment” of deceiving Americans into calling him an “insurrectionist.” Hawley’s column appeared in the Southeast Missourian, a daily newspaper in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. It marked the first time Ha
  
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• The Latest: Newly elected Republican votes for impeachment

  13-01-2021 22:14
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the fallout from the attack of the U.S. Capitol by pro-Trump loyalists (all times local):
  4:10 p.m.
  Newly elected Michigan Rep. Peter Meijer says that “with a heavy heart” he will join some other Republicans in supporting impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump.
  Meijer announced he would vote to impeach Trump in a statement released Wednesday as the House was debating the proceedings. He said the vote “isn’t a victory f
  
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• The Latest: California to put seniors in line for vaccine

  13-01-2021 22:10
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California is immediately allowing residents 65 and older to get scarce coronavirus vaccines.Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s announcement on Wednesday puts seniors in line before emergency workers, teachers, childcare providers and food and agriculture workers even as counties complain they already don’t have enough doses to go around.Health care workers and those in nursing homes and other congregate living facilities can still be vaccinated, but state offi
  
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• McConnell is undecided on impeachment vote

  13-01-2021 22:10
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said in a note to his fellow Republican senators that he is undecided on whether President Donald Trump should be convicted if the House votes to impeach him.
  McConnell said in the letter Wednesday: “While the press has been full of speculation, I have not made a final decision on how I will vote and I intend to listen to the legal arguments when they are presented to the Senate.”
  The House is poised to vote to impea
  
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• Impeachment could become defining moment for Liz Cheney

  13-01-2021 22:10
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming had already broken with the president on everything from mask-wearing during the coronavirus pandemic to pulling back American troops in Afghanistan. Now she’s emerging as the most prominent Republican to call for President Donald Trump’s impeachment — the only member of her party’s leadership to do so. The vote could be a defining moment in Cheney’s political career. It may give cover to the small but notable numbe
  
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• Calls to reopen classrooms grow as teachers get vaccinated

  13-01-2021 21:57
  
  State leaders around the U.S. are increasingly pushing for schools to reopen this winter as teachers begin to gain access to the vaccine against the raging pandemic. Ohio’s governor is offering to give vaccinations to teachers at the start of February, provided their school systems agree to resume at least some in-person instruction by March 1. And Arizona’s governor is warning schools that he expects students back in the classroom despite objections from top education officials and
  
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• The Latest: House begins voting on 2nd Trump impeachment

  13-01-2021 21:55
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the fallout from the attack of the U.S. Capitol by pro-Trump loyalists (all times local):
  3:50 p.m.
  Voting is underway in the House on impeaching President Donald Trump over the violent siege at the U.S. Capitol last week by a mob of his supporters.
  Lawmakers are voting Wednesday on impeaching Trump on a single charge, incitement of insurrection. If it passes, Trump would be the first president to be impeached twice.
  The impeachment proceedings came one week
  
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• Texas solicitor general latest exit in embattled AG’s office

  13-01-2021 21:54
  
  DALLAS (AP) — Texas’ solicitor general who did not join embattled Attorney General Ken Paxton’s failed efforts to overturn the 2020 election results is resigning. A person with knowledge of the departure tells The Associated Press that Solicitor General Kyle Hawkins informed Paxton’s office of his plans to resign on Tuesday. It was not immediately clear why he resigned or exactly when he will leave office. His is the latest exit of a senior official in Paxton’s offi
  
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• Voting begins in US House on impeaching President Donald Trump over riot at Capitol

  13-01-2021 21:53
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Voting begins in US House on impeaching President Donald Trump over riot at Capitol.The post Voting begins in US House on impeaching President Donald Trump over riot at Capitol appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Rep. Pressley: Husband positive for COVID-19 after lockdown

  13-01-2021 21:52
  
  BOSTON (AP) — U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley says her husband has tested positive for COVID-19 following last week’s lockdown at the Capitol. The Massachusetts Democrat said in statement Wednesday that Conan Harris received a positive test Tuesday evening. Pressley said she received a negative test result. Harris had accompanied Pressley to her swearing-in ceremony last week and was with her in the Capitol complex throughout the January 6 attack, Pressley said. Harris has shown mild sympt
  
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• AP Exclusive: MLB suspends political donations after DC riot

  13-01-2021 21:48
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball is suspending all political contributions in the wake of last week’s invasion of the U.S. Capitol by a mob loyal to President Donald Trump. Following the insurrection last week by Trump supporters while Congress attempted to certify the results of the presidential election, many companies have said they will avoid making donations to members of the House and Senate who voted to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s victory over Trump. Others
  
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• Barbara O’Malley, Martin O’Malley’s mother, dies at 93

  13-01-2021 21:44
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Barbara A. O’Malley, the mother of former presidential candidate and Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley and a longtime staffer for former Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski, has died. She was 93. The Baltimore Sun reports she died last Wednesday at a nursing home in Timonium, Maryland. Martin O’Malley says her death was from complications of old age. Barbara O’Malley was born and raised in Fort Wayne, Indiana. She was active in politics before she married in 1954.
  
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• ‘It was so frenetic:’ HBO Max follows Wolfgang Puck Catering

  13-01-2021 21:39
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Cooking a meal for a big group is always stressful. So just imagine cooking for over 1,000 guests. Now make those guests white-hot celebrities like Brad Pitt. That’s what usually faces chef Wolfgang Puck’s catering business, tasked with preparing hundreds of plates of miso-glazed salmon or slow-braised short ribs at buzzy events. Usually cameras are trained on the celebrities at such shindigs. But the new HBO Max series “The Event” captures the cooks
  
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• SAG Awards moves air date to avoid conflict with Grammys

  13-01-2021 21:38
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Screen Actors Guild Awards will not share the same air date as the Grammys after all. The SAG Awards announced Wednesday that the 27th annual ceremony has been moved to April 4. Both awards events were originally scheduled to air on March 14, but SAG shifted its date to avoid a conflict with the Grammys. The SAG Awards for April 4 will air on TNT and TBS at 9 p.m. eastern time. The Grammys had switched from Jan. 31 to March 14 because of the recent surge in coronavir
  
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• Illinois replaces longest-serving legislative leader in US

  13-01-2021 21:38
  
  SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois House has elected its first Black speaker to replace the longest-serving legislative leader in modern U.S. history. Rep. Emanuel “Chris” Welch will take over the gavel from Michael Madigan, who has led the chamber 36 of the last 38 years but was facing a bribery investigation. Madigan issued a statement conceding that “it is time for new leadership in the House” after a morning Democratic caucus cast a majority of its votes for
  
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• Grijalva: "I Will Vote to Impeach Trump for a Second Time Because Calls of ‘Unity’ Will Not Stop the Treacherous Situations Trump Continues to Encourage"

  13-01-2021 21:35
  
  Congressman Raul Grijalva has announced he'll vote in favor of impeaching President …
  
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• UCLA promotes Jerry Neuheisel to wide receivers coach

  13-01-2021 21:32
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — UCLA has promoted Jerry Neuheisel to wide receivers coach. Neuheisel played for the Bruins from 2012 to 2015 and has been a graduate assistant with the program during Chip Kelly’s three years as head coach. Neuheisel has worked primarily with the receivers and quarterbacks during his three seasons back in Westwood. He is the son of former UCLA quarterback and coach Rick Neuheisel.The post UCLA promotes Jerry Neuheisel to wide receivers coach appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Ex-premier yanks ministers from Italy’s coalition government

  13-01-2021 21:28
  
  ROME (AP) — A former leader of Italy has yanked his party’s ministers from Premier Giuseppe Conte’s government and triggered a political crisis in the middle of a pandemic. Former Premier Matteo Renzi had been chafing for weeks at what he saw as Conte’s heavy hand in deciding how some 200 billion euros ($243 billion) in European Union funding would be used to help pull Italy out of years of economic stagnation. He announced Wednesday that the farm and family ministers and
  
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