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• In open letter to Dr. King, Stevie Wonder calls for equality

  18-01-2021 23:59
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Stevie Wonder, whose advocacy helped make the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday a national holiday, is urging the incoming Biden administration to form a national commission on equality. Wonder released a video message Monday in the form of an open letter to King, who was assassinated in 1968 and whose birthday was made a federal holiday late in 1983. Wonder met King when he was a teenager and later wrote the tribute song “Happy Birthday,” which urged
  
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• ‘Kill the Indian, save the man’: Stories of Indian boarding schools still echo

  18-01-2021 23:30
  
  WASHINGTON – About 180 white tombstones – each belonging to a child who died while attending the Carlisle Indian Industrial School – stand row-by-row in the dewy grass of central Pennsylvania, bearing the names of those who died while being forced to learn the white man’s way. …
  
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• Injuries sustained in three-vehicle crash west of Tucson

  18-01-2021 23:28
  
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  TUCSON (KVOA) - A three-vehicle collision that occurred Monday afternoon has caused traffic delays west of Tucson.
  According to Pima County Sheriff's Department, the crash that occurred on Sandario Road near Snyder Hill Road has blocked the roadway, prompting the traffic delays.PCSD said injuries were sustained in the crash. The severity of the injuries and the amount of individuals injured in connection to the incident have not yet been released.Details are limited at this time.Mot
  
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• January on Track to Exceed December COVID-19 Deaths, Cases; Experts Estimate 700+ Weekly Deaths

  18-01-2021 23:27
  
  Halfway through January, Pima County is already on track to exceed the total COVID-19 case and death count of December. …
  
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• Guatemala troops, police break up caravan of weary migrants

  18-01-2021 23:20
  
  VADO HONDO, Guatemala (AP) — Guatemalan police and soldiers have broken up a group of hundreds of migrants who had spent two nights stuck at a roadblock on a rural highway. Some migrants threw rocks while authorities launched tear gas and pushed the migrants with their riot shields back down the highway. On Monday, their ranks had reduced through attrition as some migrants have agreed to be bused back to the Honduran border. A smaller number have been forcefully sent back after scuffling w
  
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• Prominent anti-abortion activist Joe Scheidler dies at 93

  18-01-2021 23:15
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — The founder of the Pro-Life Action League has died at the age of 93 in his Chicago home. The organization announced that Joe Scheidler died on Monday morning. Scheidler was a prominent figure in the anti-abortion movement who routinely led protests in downtown Chicago as he carried large signs emblazoned with photographs of fetuses. He was at the center of a legal battle with the National Organization for Women. The case resulted in a U.S. Supreme Court decision that a feder
  
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• 2 more Texas men arrested in connection to Capitol attack

  18-01-2021 23:11
  
  DALLAS (AP) — The FBI has arrested two more Texas men for alleged crimes related to the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol.
  Court records show agents arrested Guy Reffitt on Friday at his home in Wylie, a city about 35 miles (56 kilometers) northeast of downtown Dallas.
  The FBI says  37-year-old Matthew Carl Mazzocco was arrested without incident in San Antonio on Sunday. Reffitt is charged with obstruction of justice and unlawful entry.
  The FBI says Mazzocco is charged with unlawful ent
  
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• Post’s Waffle Crisp cereal back in stores after 3 years

  18-01-2021 23:05
  
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  LAKEVILLE Minn. (CNN) - Get ready to binge your favorite Saturday morning cartoons in style with a big bowl of Waffle Crisp.Maple-flavored, crispy, corn cereal shaped like little waffles.It's a dream come true for 90's kids, the post cereal came out in 1996, but it was taken off shelves in 2018.Clearly Waffle Crisp fans weren't happy, some even started a petition.Yes, there was a change dot org petition to bring the cereal back.Mission accomplished.If you want a bit of a blast fro
  
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• FBI probes tip that Capitol rioter allegedly stole, tried to sell Pelosi’s laptop

  18-01-2021 22:58
  
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  WASHINGTON DC (CNN) The FBI is investigating a tip that a woman charged in the Capitol breach may have stolen a laptop from Nancy Pelosi's office and tried to sell it to Russia.Riley June Williams of Pennsylvania is charged with violent entry or disorderly conduct and entering restricted spaces in the Capitol, but not theft.She is still at large.An informant, who claims to be a former romantic partner of Williams, says they have seen a video showing Williams taking a laptop or har
  
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• Tribal clashes leave dozens dead in 2 Sudanese provinces

  18-01-2021 22:55
  
  CAIRO (AP) — A Sudanese doctors’ committee says tribal clashes between Arabs and non-Arabs in West Darfur province killed around 130 people over the weekend, including women and children. Authorities In South Darfur, meanwhile, on Monday reported dozens of casualties from ethnic fighting in that province. The U.N. says the West Darfur violence displaced at least 50,000 people. The clashes grew out of a fistfight between two people Friday and continued until Sunday morning. The govern
  
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• Republicans' Election Lies Are Causing Political Violence

  18-01-2021 22:41
  
  Qui tacet consentit. The ancient legal adage expresses a deep wisdom about the nature of law and politics: silence is consent.…
  
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• The Latest: California urges halt to 300K vaccine doses

  18-01-2021 22:40
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — LOS ANGELES — California’s state epidemiologist is urging a halt to more than 300,000 coronavirus vaccine doses by Moderna because some people who received it needed medical treatment for possible severe allergic reactions.
  Dr. Erica S. Pan is recommending that vaccine providers stop using one lot of the Moderna vaccine pending completion of an investigation. She says less than 10 people who were inoculated at a single vaccination site needed medical attention.
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• Pima County's Vaccine Strain Continues; 65+ Now Eligible in Group 1B

  18-01-2021 22:19
  
  Since Pima County’s COVID-19 vaccine registration site went live Thursday morning, nearly 80,000 qualifying residents have registered. However, Pima County doesn’t have enough vaccines to administer to all registrants, said Pima County Communications Director Mark Evans.…
  
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• Demand for vaccine continues to outstrip supply in Pima County

  18-01-2021 22:19
  
  Since Pima County’s COVID-19 vaccine registration site went live Thursday morning, nearly 80,000 qualifying residents have registered. However, Pima County doesn’t have enough vaccines to administer to all registrants, said Pima County Communications Director Mark Evans.…
  
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• Census Bureau director to resign amid criticism over data

  18-01-2021 22:11
  
  U.S. Census Bureau director Steven Dillingham says he plans to resign with the change in presidential administrations. Dillingham had been facing criticism over efforts to produce citizenship data to comply with an order from President Donald Trump. Dillingham said in a statement Monday that he would resign on Wednesday, the day President-elect Joseph Biden takes office. The Census Bureau is in the middle of crunching the numbers for the 2020 census. Democratic lawmakers last week called on Dill
  
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• U.S. Census Bureau director Steven Dillingham is resigning after criticism over citizenship data.

  18-01-2021 22:08
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Census Bureau director Steven Dillingham is resigning after criticism over citizenship data.The post U.S. Census Bureau director Steven Dillingham is resigning after criticism over citizenship data. appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Sheriff: Tucson inmate hospitalized with COVID-19 dies

  18-01-2021 21:44
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona inmate who was hospitalized with COVID-19 has died. The Pima County Sheriff’s Department says the 70-year-old inmate died Monday. Deputy James T. Allerton said the sheriff’s department is not releasing the inmate’s name yet but says he had long-term preexisting medical conditions. The inmate had been in medical isolation at the county jail in Tucson since testing positive on Dec. 30. He was hospitalized Jan. 10 for more treatment and evalua
  
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• Far-right party accepts that migrants can be German citizens

  18-01-2021 21:36
  
  BERLIN (AP) — The far-right Alternative for Germany party says it accepts that people can be German citizens “regardless of their ethno-cultural background,” The move is an about-face for a party whose leading figures have in the past questioned whether immigrants from outside Europe can be integrated. A declaration posted on the party’s website Monday states that AfD acknowledges “without reservation” that people who have only recently gained German citizensh
  
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• Canada urges Biden not to cancel oil pipeline on first day

  18-01-2021 21:33
  
  TORONTO (AP) — The premier of Canada’s oil-rich province of Alberta wants U.S. President-elect Joe Biden to give the Canadian government a chance to make the case for the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline to be built. Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he will seek legal damages if reports are true that Biden plans to scrap the pipeline on his first day as U.S. president. Biden’s plan is outlined in transition documents seen by Canadian media outlets. He has previously said he will
  
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• Italy: Conte clears hurdle to retain power, bigger one ahead

  18-01-2021 21:30
  
  ROME (AP) — Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte has won a crucial vote in Parliament’s lower house after a coalition defector’s lawmakers abstained in the balloting. But he must clear a much tougher hurdle Tuesday in the Senate to hold on to power. Lawmakers in the Chamber of Deputies voted 321 to 259 in approval of Conte’s government, after the premier sought their backing to overcome a political crisis — lamenting that it had left Italian citizens bewildered in the mid
  
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• NY gov explores buying virus vaccine directly from maker

  18-01-2021 21:29
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Frustrated by the flow of coronavirus vaccine from the federal government, Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday floated the idea of buying shots for New Yorkers directly from one of the vaccine makers, Pfizer. The idea seemed far from a sure bet, with the pharmaceutical giant saying it would need federal approval to sell to state governments. If that were to happen, the cost and amount have yet to be discussed. Regardless, Cuomo says he feels compelled to broach the idea because his
  
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• California urges stop to 300K vaccines after some fall ill

  18-01-2021 21:25
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — California’s state epidemiologist is urging a halt to more than 300,000 COVID-19 vaccinations using a Moderna version because some people who got it needed medical treatment for possible severe allergic reactions.
  Dr. Erica S. Pan is recommending that vaccine providers stop using one lot of the Moderna vaccine pending completion of an investigation.
  She says less than 10 people who got the shots at a single vaccination site needed medical attention.
  But she also sa
  
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• Zoom Records Releases Pete Ronstadt Single for Charity

  18-01-2021 21:24
  
  Tucson-based Zoom Records had released a never-before-issued single by Pete Ronstadt and The Nightbeats, more than 60 years after it was recorded, and all proceeds support Youth On Their Own charity.Pete Ronstadt (you may have heard of his sister, Linda) and The Nightbeats were a group of seniors at Catalina High School in 1959. They recorded a cover of "Sea of Love" at Audio Recorders of Arizona in Phoenix the same year with Grammy Award winning engineer Jack Miller.…
  
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• Predicted Arizona dry year could impact trees, cause fires

  18-01-2021 21:17
  
  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Experts have predicted another dry year for Arizona following 2020, when the driest year on record stressed forests across the state’s northern region. Arizona Daily Sun reported the conditions could have significant impacts on the health of trees and increase wildfire danger. The U.S. Drought Monitor reported Flagstaff experienced only 9.56 inches of precipitation in 2020. The dry conditions stress trees including Northern Arizona’s Ponderosa pine. Flag
  
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• Carl Icahn nixes charity bid to blow up ex-Trump casino

  18-01-2021 21:16
  
  ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — An auction house seeking bids to blow up a former casino once owned by President Donald Trump has canceled the effort after receiving a cease-and-desist letter from conservative billionaire Carl Icahn. But Icahn says he’ll replace the money that would have gone to a youth charity. Icahn told The Associated Press he’ll donate $175,000 to the Boys and Girls Club of Atlantic City to replace money that would have been raised by a charity auction of the ri
  
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• Pakistan PM angry over reports TV anchor knew about strike

  18-01-2021 21:12
  
  ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s prime minister has reacted angrily to media reports of a text exchange between an Indian TV anchor and a former media industry executive that suggests a 2019 Indian airstrike inside Pakistan was designed to boost Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s chances for re-election. Imran Khan took to Twitter Monday to respond to reports of the exchange, which took place three days before the airstrike. It indicates anchor Arnab Goswami had prior knowledge o
  
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• Uganda police surround Bobi Wine’s opposition party offices

  18-01-2021 21:00
  
  KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The party of Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine say that top officials have been denied access to their headquarters in the capital, Kampala, as they prepared to launch a legal challenge against Wine’s detention inside his house. Joel Ssenyonyi, a spokesman for the National Unity Platform party, told The Associated Press that police swooped in on their offices at dawn, diverted traffic, and stopped people from entering the offices. Wine, whose real name is Kya
  
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• Dutch government wipes out debt for parents in fraud scandal

  18-01-2021 20:06
  
  THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government says it is wiping out debts owed to the tax office and other government departments by parents caught up in a fraud scandal that caused the Cabinet to resign last week. State Secretary for Finance Alexandra van Huffelen said Monday the decision means that the thousands of parents who were wrongly accused of fraud by the tax office will get all of the 30,000 euro ( $36,300) payment promised to each of them last week. She says the parents &l
  
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• Swiss to lift freeze on millions linked to ex-Tunisia leader

  18-01-2021 20:02
  
  GENEVA (AP) — Swiss authorities are poised to lift a freeze on tens of millions of dollars’ worth of assets linked to former Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, a decade after the longtime autocrat was driven from power in an uprising that set off the so-called “Arab Spring” movement. The release that could benefit relatives of Ben Ali, who fled with his family to Saudi Arabia in 2011 and died in 2019, has drawn the fury of advocacy groups in Tunisia who say the s
  
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• National Guardsman called to Capitol pulls double-duty, continues teaching students remotely

  18-01-2021 19:51
  
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  WASHINGTON DC (CNN) - A music teacher from Virginia is among the National Guardsmen called up to protect the Capitol for Wednesday's inauguration.But because his students are learning remotely, he's still able to teach his classes from his humvee.Dr. Jake Kohut is on the front lines of protecting the United States Capitol.He's part of the National Guard, which arrived on Wednesday.“It's certainly interesting to feel like you're a part of history,” Kohut said.But this F
  
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• Heavy metal guitarist photographed at Capitol riot charged

  18-01-2021 19:50
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The FBI says a heavy metal guitarist who was photographed with the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol and is accused of spraying police officers with a pepper-based bear spray irritant has been arrested. The agency says Jon Ryan Schaffer turned himself in Sunday after he was featured on an FBI poster seeking the public’s help in identifying rioters. He’s a member of the band “Iced Earth.” He’s has been charged with several felony counts, inc
  
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• Venezuela’s Maduro sends oxygen to Brazil amid virus spike

  18-01-2021 19:33
  
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has authorized the dispatch of oxygen to Brazil to help its South American neighbor treat people sickened in another coronavirus wave. The shipment expected to reach Venezuela’s border with Brazil on Monday comes despite frosty relations between the two governments. Supplies are headed for the city of Manaus in the northern state of Amazonas. Brazil is one of roughly 50 nations that recognize opposition leader Juan
  
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• Portugal tightens lockdown as pandemic surge breaks records

  18-01-2021 19:30
  
  LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Stricter lockdown rules are being enacted in Portugal as a surging COVID-19 pandemic sets grim records and pushes hospitals to the limit of their capacity. Prime Minister António Costa says too many people took advantage of exceptions included in a lockdown that began last Friday. Authorities report 70% of normal movement over last weekend. Costa announced Monday that January sales at stores are banned, as are gatherings of any number of people in public area
  
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• Independent music venues struggle to stay afloat during pandemic

  18-01-2021 19:30
  
  LOS ANGELES – Like music venues around the world, the Paramount ballroom has been forced to endure months of limited work, reduced revenue and a forced transition to the digital world – no easy task for the venerable Boyle Heights venue, which is nearly 100 years old and has a legacy of supporting underdog artists. …
  
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• Trouble at home may change Biden’s hand in Iran nuke talks

  18-01-2021 19:28
  
  Joe Biden is seeking to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal but upheaval at home may weaken the new president’s position abroad. President Donald Trump took the U.S. out of the multinational deal to limit Iran’s nuclear program. Middle East experts say Biden and his team of veteran negotiators will face doubts about how much influence the U.S. can bring to bear on any foreign crisis during political violence at home and other trouble. Biden says he also wants to address a range of Iran
  
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• Alberta leader urges Biden to hear case for Keystone XL

  18-01-2021 19:28
  
  TORONTO (AP) — The premier of Canada’s oil-rich province of Alberta wants U.S. President-elect Joe Biden to give the Canadian government a chance to make the case for the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline to be built. Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he will seek legal damages if reports are true that Biden plans to scrap the pipeline on his first day as U.S. president. Biden’s plan is outlined in transition documents seen by Canadian media outlets. He has previously said he will
  
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• King Day service calls for nonviolence amid turbulent times

  18-01-2021 19:26
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — The annual celebration of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday in his hometown in Atlanta is calling for renewed dedication to nonviolence following a turbulent year. The slain civil rights leader’s daughter, the Rev. Bernice King, said in an online church service Monday that physical violence and hateful speech are “out of control” in the aftermath of a divisive election followed by a deadly siege on the U.S. Capitol in Washington by supporters of President
  
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• COVID-19 deaths rising in 30 US states amid winter surge

  18-01-2021 19:25
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Coronavirus deaths are rising in nearly two-thirds of American states as a winter surge pushes the overall toll toward 400,000 amid warnings that a new, highly contagious variant is taking hold.
  As Americans observed a national holiday Monday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo pleaded with federal authorities to block travelers from countries where new variants are spreading.
  He cited new versions detected in Britain, South Africa and Brazil.
  A vast effort is underway to get Ameri
  
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• Woman accused of theft from Pelosi’s office during riot

  18-01-2021 19:23
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — FBI authorities are seeking a woman in connection with the riot at the U.S. Capitol after an accusation from a former romantic partner that she took a laptop from the office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The FBI said in an arrest warrant Sunday that Riley June Williams is charged with illegally entering the Capitol and disorderly conduct. FBI officials said a caller claiming to be a former romantic partner of Williams said friends showed him a video of her taking a
  
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• Twitter suspends US congresswoman from Georgia over election fraud claims

  18-01-2021 19:20
  
  WASHINGTON DC (AP) - Twitter has temporarily suspended the account of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Republican U.S. Congresswoman from Georgia who has expressed racist views and support for QAnon conspiracy theories online. Greene confirmed the ban in a statement Sunday. She condemned big tech companies for “silencing” conservative views. Greene has posted incendiary videos and comments and has also embraced QAnon, a far-right conspiracy theory.
  On Sunday, she posted tweets c
  
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• Coronavirus deaths rising in 30 US states amid winter surge

  18-01-2021 19:16
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Coronavirus deaths are rising in nearly two-thirds of American states as a winter surge pushes the overall toll toward 400,000 amid warnings that a new, highly contagious variant is taking hold. As Americans observed a national holiday Monday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo pleaded with federal authorities to block travelers from countries where new variants are spreading. He cited new versions detected in Britain, South Africa and Brazil. A vast effort is underway to get Ameri
  
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• What you need to know about Inauguration Day 2021

  18-01-2021 19:14
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden will deliver an appeal to national unity when he's sworn in Wednesday and plans immediate moves to combat the coronavirus pandemic and undo some of President Donald Trump’s most controversial policies.
  That's according to his incoming chief of staff. Biden intends a series of executive actions in his first hours after his inauguration, an opening salvo in what is shaping as a 10-day blitz of steps to reorient the country without waiting for
  
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• Two UN peacekeepers killed in Central African Republic

  18-01-2021 19:14
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Two U.N. peacekeepers were killed in an attack in the Central African Republic, the United Nations says. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said on Monday that the peacekeepers came under fire on the Bangasso-Gambo axis. Dujarric said nine U.N. peacekeepers have been killed “in hostile incidents” in the last seven days in Central African Republic and Mali. The mineral-rich Central African Republic has faced deadly inter-religious and inter-communal fighting
  
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• Biden, Harris take break from inaugural prep to mark MLK day

  18-01-2021 19:08
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Two days out from the inauguration, President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris are joining Martin Luther King Jr. Day service projects. Their work comes as a militarized and jittery Washington prepares for a swearing-in that will play out under extraordinary security. Biden and his wife Jill joined an assembly line in a Philadelphia parking lot filling food boxes for people in need. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris was also scheduled to take part
  
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• Trump baby protest blimp enters Museum of London collection

  18-01-2021 19:07
  
  LONDON (AP) — The Trump Baby Blimp will live on long after its namesake has left the White House. The Museum of London said Monday that it had added the giant balloon, which depicts Donald Trump as a screaming orange baby, to its collection as an illustration of the protests that greeted the U.S. president when he visited the city in 2018. The blimp will become part of the museum’s protest collection, which includes artifacts from the women’s suffrage movement, peace activists
  
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• Freezing temps bring Europe traffic chaos, smog, avalanche

  18-01-2021 19:01
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Extreme cold and snow have hit much of Europe, with freezing temperatures cracking railroad tracks in Poland and snow blanketing most of the Turkish city of Istanbul. Temperatures dropped to minus 28 degrees Celsius (minus 18 Fahrenheit) in some areas of Poland overnight, the coldest night in 11 years. Many trains were delayed Monday after rail tracks at two Warsaw railway stations cracked. Warsaw authorities also urged people to stay indoors, as smog spiked after mor
  
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• Woman ruled dead in 2017 fights to be declared alive

  18-01-2021 18:38
  
  PARIS (AP) — Jeanne Pouchain has a problem. The Frenchwoman is officially dead according to a court ruling but has been trying for three years to prove that she is alive. The 58-year-old Pouchain says she lives in constant fear, not daring to leave her house in Saint Joseph, in the Loire region. Authorities seized her car over an unpaid debt she contests _ which is at the center of her troubles. She fears the family furniture will be next. In a last bid to revive Pouchain, her lawyer is tr
  
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• DEA announces expansion of Operation Crystal Shield

  18-01-2021 18:30
  
  WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVOA) – The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has announced the expansion of Operation Crystal Shield, an enforcement effort created to target methamphetamine transportation hubs throughout the United States.
  According to the DEA, the expansion includes the designation of two additional methamphetamine “transportation hubs” in 2021."Through this effort, DEA is attacking the entire supply chain, locating and seizing meth shipments before they are broke
  
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• Biden’s test: Engineering economic boom in a partisan divide

  18-01-2021 18:30
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — When Joe Biden entered the White House as vice president in 2009, the economy was cratering. He returns to the White House a dozen years later as president, with the economy battered and shaken by a pandemic. But this time is different, and it could potentially reset the nation’s politics if Biden and Democrats can count on a level of growth not seen in a generation. Hanging over any effort to boost the economy, though, is an enduring partisan divide that contributed
  
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• Vatican drops Italian extradition bid in test of fair trial

  18-01-2021 18:28
  
  ROME (AP) — The Vatican has abruptly abandoned its extradition request for an Italian woman wanted on embezzlement-related charges. At the hearing in a Milan court, the Vatican said it no longer was seeking to detain Cecilia Marogna, thereby removing any reason to proceed with an evaluation of her extradition. A statement from the Vatican tribunal said its decision would allow her to participate freely in an “imminent” trial in the city state. However, the Vatican’s
  
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