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• Some COVID-19 mutations may dampen vaccine effectiveness

  20-01-2021 23:56
  
  Scientists are reporting troubling signs that some recent mutations of the coronavirus may modestly curb the effectiveness of two current vaccines. But they stress that the shots still protect. The new findings out this week come from the most comprehensive testing so far on mutations found in coronaviruses from the United Kingdom, Brazil and South Africa. It was led by Rockefeller University, with scientists from the National Institutes of Health. They found that antibodies made by vaccinated p
  
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• Biden repudiates white supremacy, calls for racial justice

  20-01-2021 23:45
  
  After taking the oath of office, President Joe Biden issued a rare repudiation of white supremacy and domestic terrorism seen on the rise under Donald Trump’s watch. Compared to his immediate predecessors, three of whom attended Wednesday’s inauguration, Biden is the first president to directly address the ills of white supremacy in an inaugural speech. Biden delivered his address on the very platform that an insurrectionist mob, including people espousing racist and anti-Semitic vie
  
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• The Latest: Pompeo ethos sign removed from State Dept. lobby

  20-01-2021 23:44
  
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  One of former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s signature achievements has met an abrupt end as a large placard enunciating his “professional ethos” was removed from the State Department’s main entrance.
  Workers removed the giant sign from the department’s C Street lobby on Wednesday shortly after President Joe Biden was
  
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• Florida ‘Monkey Whisperer’ charged in illegal wildlife trade

  20-01-2021 23:44
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A federal indictment says a Florida man known as “the Monkey Whisperer” has been charged with illegally transporting and selling primates. The documents unsealed Wednesday say Jimmy Wayne Hammonds has been charged with conspiracy, trafficking and submitting a false record in violation of a federal law involving the illegal trade in wildlife. A Justice Department statement says Hammonds operated a wildlife breeding business through which he tried to sell a cap
  
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• Appeals court rejects prosecutor’s appeal in McCloskey case

  20-01-2021 23:44
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri appeals court has rejected a second appeal by St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner challenging her removal as prosecutor against Mark McCloskey, who along with his wife, Patricia, pointed weapons at racial injustice protesters last year. Gardner argued the disqualification of her and her office from Mark McCloskey’s case should not have also applied to Patricia McCloskey’s case. The appeals court rejected Gardner’s challenge on Wednesday
  
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• Chief: Man who killed officer had vowed not to go to jail

  20-01-2021 23:40
  
  TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio police chief says a man who fatally shot a Toledo police officer during a two-hour standoff had been making incoherent statements and vowed he wouldn’t be taken alive. Toledo Police Chief George Kral says officers shot and killed 27-year-old Christopher Anderson on Monday seconds after he opened his front door and began firing two handguns. One of the shots hit Officer Brandon Stalker as he crouched behind a police vehicle. The 24-year-old who became an of
  
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• Wall Street hits records as hopes build for more stimulus

  20-01-2021 23:38
  
  Stocks rallied to record highs on Wall Street as traders hoped that new leadership in Washington will mean more support for the economy, which is still reeling from joblessness and business closures because of the pandemic. The S&P 500 rose 1.4% Wednesday. Joe Biden took the oath of office to become the 46th U.S. president, and has already pitched a $1.9 trillion plan to help American families and businesses. The hope is that the additional stimulus will help carry the economy until vaccinat
  
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• Biden signs executive orders on climate, virus

  20-01-2021 23:35
  
  WASHINGTON DC (AP) - President Joe Biden has signed a series of executive orders from the Oval Office hours after his inauguration.Biden wore a mask while seated behind the Resolute Desk with a stack of orders early Wednesday evening. He said there was “no time to start like today.”The first order Biden signed was related to the coronavirus pandemic. He also signed an order reentering the U.S. into the Paris climate accord.While his predecessor Donald Trump broke long-standing practi
  
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• Trump pardons ex-Arizona congressman in corruption case

  20-01-2021 23:29
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — A former three-term Republican Arizona congressman who served nearly two years in prison for extortion and money laundering convictions was among the 73 people pardoned by President Donald Trump in the final hours of his presidency. Renzi served in the U.S. House from 2003 to 2009 and was convicted of conspiring to use his congressional post to make companies buy his former business associate’s land so the associate could repay a debt to Renzi. Fifteen years ago, Renzi
  
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• The Latest: Biden signs executive orders on climate, virus

  20-01-2021 23:24
  
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  President Joe Biden has signed a series of executive orders from the Oval Office hours after his inauguration.Biden wore a mask while seated behind the Resolute Desk with a stack of orders early Wednesday evening. He said there was “no time to start like today.”
  The first order Biden signed was related to the coronavirus pandemic. He als
  
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• Trump’s pardon blitz keeps ex-Google exec out of prison

  20-01-2021 23:18
  
  SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — A long-running Silicon Valley soap opera has taken an unexpected twist after outgoing President Donald Trump pardoned a former Google engineer. Anthony Levandowski had pleaded guilty to stealing self-driving car secrets from Google shortly before he joined Uber to help the ride-hailing service build its own robotic vehicles. Trump’s surprise pardon enables Levandowski to avoid serving an 18-month sentence in federal prison handed down last summer. The pardon
  
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• Biden signs 1st executive orders, targeting Trump policies on immigration, climate change, racial equity and virus

  20-01-2021 23:13
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Biden signs 1st executive orders, targeting Trump policies on immigration, climate change, racial equity and virus.The post Biden signs 1st executive orders, targeting Trump policies on immigration, climate change, racial equity and virus appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Arizona lawmakers weigh in on new presidency on Inauguration Day

  20-01-2021 23:12
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - Lawmakers across Arizona reacted to President Biden’s and Vice President Kamala Harris’ inauguration Wednesday morning, pledging to keep serving Arizona's best interests. The inauguration took place this morning in Washington D.C., in which several lawmakers attended, including Arizona Senator Mark Kelly and his wife Gabrielle Giffords, a former Congresswoman. Kelly said he felt “honored” to participate in the tradition, and offered his congratul
  
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• Arizona State promotes Pierce to sole defensive coordinator

  20-01-2021 23:09
  
  TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona State has elevated Antonio Pierce to the sole defensive coordinator after sharing the job with Marvin Lewis last season. The school says Lewis will move back to an advisory role on coach Herm Edwards’ staff. Pierce will retain the titles of associate head coach and recruiting coordinator. Pierce is a former NFL Pro Bowl linebacker who joined the Sun Devils as linebackers coach in 2017. His recruiting efforts have helped Edwards make huge inroads in bringin
  
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• Gray whale population drops by quarter off U.S. West Coast

  20-01-2021 23:08
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — Researchers say the population of gray whales off the West Coast of the United States has fallen by nearly one-quarter since 2016, resembling a similar die-off two decades ago. NOAA Fisheries reported Tuesday that surveys counted about 6,000 fewer migrating whales last winter, 21,000 as compared with 27,000 in 2016. The agency declared an “unusual mortality event” in 2019 as dozens of gray whales washed up on Pacific Ocean beaches. Scientists aren’t sure wh
  
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• ‘Defeat the lies’: Biden speaks of duty to defend the truth

  20-01-2021 23:08
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says truth and democracy are under attack in America and he’s pledging to usher the post-truth era out of U.S. politics. During Biden’s inaugural remarks, he didn’t mention former President Donald Trump by name, but Biden’s words are a clear rebuke of his predecessor. It was Trump who persuaded millions of Americans to believe in his reality, which included falsehoods about issues such as coronavirus and election fraud. Biden sa
  
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• Baltimore man convicted on false testimony wins 100K payment

  20-01-2021 23:08
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore officials have approved a $100,000 settlement for a man who drew a firearms conviction based on the false testimony of a police officer later found guilty of perjury. The Baltimore Sun reports that the city’s Board of Estimates voted unanimously Wednesday to grant the settlement to Yusef Smith. Smith was convicted of firearm charges in 2018 following an arrest by former Officer Michael O’Sullivan. O’Sullivan was found to have written a false sta
  
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• Hundreds in Haiti protest to demand leader’s resignation

  20-01-2021 23:05
  
  PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Hundreds of people have marched through Haiti’s capital in another protest demanding the resignation of President Jovenel Moïse.. The crowd on Wednesday clashed with police, and one woman was shot in the arm but is expected to recover. Opposition leaders organizing the protests are pushing for Moïse to step down in early February as Haiti’s economic and social woes deepen. Moïse, meanwhile, has said his term ends in February 2022, tho
  
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• For a splintered nation, a delicate moment of continuity

  20-01-2021 23:04
  
  The inauguration of Joe Biden in the United States showed how important continuity can be in American life, even these days. The world was focusing on the bigger story — Biden becoming president of the United States, Donald Trump leaving and a swath of the American capital locked down and under guard. But underneath it all, the process of an inauguration unfolded piece by piece. At no juncture in the past 150 years has such an expected process felt more necessary — and more tenuous.
  
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• New studies clarify which genes may raise breast cancer risk

  20-01-2021 23:03
  
  Two large studies give a much sharper picture of which inherited mutations raise the risk of breast cancer for women without a family history of the disease. Doctors say the results published Wednesday by the New England Journal of Medicine can help women make better decisions about screening, preventive surgery or other steps. Although this sort of genetic testing isn’t currently recommended for the general population, its use is growing and many people get it from tests sold directly to
  
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• Suspect wanted after javelina found dead, hanging from tree on east side

  20-01-2021 23:02
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) – An investigation is underway after a javelina was found dead, hanging in a tree on the east side Sunday.According to Arizona Game and Fish Department, sometime sunday, the javelina was reportedly discovered "suspended by its hind legs with a rope tied to a tree branch southeast of Escalante Road and Cindy Lane." Officials say the javelina was found with numerous injuries, including multiple gunshot woundsInvestigators believed the illegal killing occurred sometime Jan. 13 o
  
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• The Latest: Biden orders federal agencies to halt rulemaking

  20-01-2021 22:58
  
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  President Joe Biden has directed that federal agencies halt all rulemaking until his administration has time to review proposed regulations.
  White House chief of staff Ron Klain announced the move in a memo to the heads of executive departments and agencies Wednesday afternoon, hours after Biden was sworn in as the nation’s 46th president.
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• Harris swears in 3 new Democratic senators

  20-01-2021 22:55
  
  Three new Democratic senators have been sworn in to office by Vice President Kamala Harris. That means their party now has control of the White House and Congress for the first time in a decade.
  Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff both won Senate runoff elections in Georgia earlier this month, defeating Republicans Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue. Alex Padilla was appointed by California’s governor to fill Harris’ seat.
  Wednesday was Harris’ first time presiding over the Senate.
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• Brazil receives oxygen from Venezuela for COVID-19 patients

  20-01-2021 22:54
  
  SAO PAULO (AP) — Five trucks carrying oxygen from Venezuela have arrived at Manaus, a city of 2 million people in the Brazilian rainforest where the local health system has collapsed amid a devastating second wave of COVID-19 and a severe shortage of oxygen for breathless patients. Venezuela’s consul in Manaus says the trucks delivered 132,000 liters of oxygen late Tuesday. They came from the state of Bolivar in southern Venezuela and travelled more than 1,500 kilometers (930 miles)
  
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• Proud Boy organizer arrested in Florida for riot at Capitol

  20-01-2021 22:52
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say an organizer of the Proud Boys far-right extremist group has been arrested for taking part in the siege of the U.S. Capitol earlier this month. Thirty-seven-year-old Joseph Biggs was arrested Wednesday in central Florida. According to an arrest affidavit, Biggs was part of a crowd on Jan. 6 that overwhelmed Capitol Police officers who were manning a metal barrier on the steps of the Capitol. The mob then entered the building as lawmakers were certifying
  
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• The Latest: Harris swears in 3 new Democratic senators

  20-01-2021 22:50
  
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  Three new Democratic senators have been sworn in to office by Vice President Kamala Harris. That means their party now has control of the White House and Congress for the first time in a decade.Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff both won Senate runoff elections in Georgia earlier this month, defeating Republicans Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue. Alex Pa
  
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• Democrats take Senate command as 3 new senators are sworn in, giving party control of White House, Congress

  20-01-2021 22:49
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats take Senate command as 3 new senators are sworn in, giving party control of White House, Congress.The post Democrats take Senate command as 3 new senators are sworn in, giving party control of White House, Congress appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Wyoming GOP legislator launches long-shot run against Cheney

  20-01-2021 22:45
  
  CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A Republican state legislator who calls Wyoming U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney “out of touch” for her vote to impeach President Donald Trump says he’s running against her. State Sen. Anthony Bouchard of Cheyenne announced his campaign Wednesday. It’s the latest political fallout for Cheney for her Jan. 13 vote to impeach. The Carbon County Republican Party voted unanimously Saturday to censure Cheney. Cheney was among 10 Republicans siding with Democrats
  
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• The Latest: California reports 2nd highest daily deaths

  20-01-2021 22:36
  
  SACRAMENTO — California reported its second-highest number of COVID-19 deaths Wednesday but also a dip in hospitalizations below 20,000 for the first time since Dec. 27.
  The California Department of Public Health has reported the total of 694 new deaths is second to the record 708 reported on Jan. 8. Hospitalizations stood at 19,979.
  California officials are pinning their hopes on President Joe Biden as they struggle to obtain coronavirus vaccines to curb a coronavirus surge that has packe
  
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• Clyburn: Bush called him a ‘savior’ for boosting Biden

  20-01-2021 22:36
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn says former Republican President George W. Bush lauded him as a “savior” for helping get Joe Biden elected to the White House. Clyburn and Bush spoke during Biden’s swearing-in ceremony. On a call afterward with reporters, Clyburn said Bush told him, “if you had not nominated Joe Biden, we would not be having this transfer of power today.” He said Bush added that Biden was the only Democratic candidate he f
  
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• Kingfisher Bar and Grill back open after shutting down due to COVID-19 concerns

  20-01-2021 22:35
  
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  TUCSON (KVOA) - Kingfisher Bar and Grill will reopen Wednesday evening after it was closed throughout the holidays due to COVID-19 concerns. Owner and chefs Jeff Azersky and Jim Murphy plan to welcome their guests back for both dine-in and carryout services, as well as new menu items, starting at 4 p.m. Wednesday. Officials say Kingfisher’s will have limited seating by reservation only on both dining rooms and bar. They will be open Tuesday through Saturday
  
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• Biden signals plans to halt oil activity in Arctic refuge

  20-01-2021 22:34
  
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — President Joe Biden has signaled plans to place a temporary moratorium on oil and gas lease activities in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. This is after the Trump administration issued leases in a remote, rugged area considered sacred by the Indigenous Gwich’in. The plans and other proposed executive actions were announced on a fact sheet by the new administration on Biden’s inauguration day. A U.S. Bureau of Land Management spokesperson in
  
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• Arizona measure would expand tax funds for private schools

  20-01-2021 22:31
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona lawmakers are considering legislation to quadruple the size of a program that allows people to use tax money for private school tuition for foster children and students with disabilities. Republicans advanced the measure out of a Senate committee in a party-line vote Wednesday. They say the program creates more choices for parents who couldn’t otherwise afford private school tuition. Democrats said the state shouldn’t be further siphoning money from the s
  
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• The Latest: Extended family joins Harris on VP procession

  20-01-2021 22:23
  
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  Vice President Kamala Harris has entered her new office building for the first time in her new role.Harris was joined Wednesday by her husband, Doug Emhoff, as she entered the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, which houses the vice president’s office and is located near the White House.The marching band of her alma mater, Howard University
  
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• Trump global broadcasting chief quits amid VOA staff revolt

  20-01-2021 22:21
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s hand-picked chief of U.S. international broadcasting has quit amid a burgeoning staff revolt and growing calls for his resignation. Michael Pack resigned just minutes after President Joe Biden was inaugurated. Pack is citing the incoming administration’s desire for new leadership at the agency that runs the Voice of America and sister networks. Pack had created a furor when he took over the Agency for Global Media last year and
  
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• BBB: Watch out for fake ticket sales

  20-01-2021 22:18
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - The Better Business Bureau (BBB) has been warning consumers about fake event tickets being sold online."Thanks to the internet, there are countless ways for consumers to find tickets and connect with online marketplaces, ticket sellers, and resellers," the BBB said in a news release. "Unfortunately, some of them are rip-offs, and it's not always clear how to tell if a ticket is fake."
  According to the BBB, more than reports of ticket scams related to sporting events, concerts and
  
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• Biden bets big on immigration reform in opening move

  20-01-2021 22:17
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — President Joe Biden’s Inauguration Day announcements on immigration are far-reaching.  A raft of executive orders undoes many of his predecessor’s hallmark initiatives, such as halting work on a border wall with Mexico and lifting a travel ban from several predominantly Muslim countries. Proposed legislation would give a path to citizenship to anyone in the United States before Jan. 1, 2021 — an estimated 11 million people — and reduce the time
  
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• Muslim group denounces racist graffiti

  20-01-2021 22:16
  
  SMITHFIELD, R.I. (AP) — A national Muslim advocacy group is denouncing racist graffiti found in Rhode Island and Virginia. The Council on American-Islamic Relations said Wednesday that graffiti was found recently on the Stillwater Scenic Trail in Smithfield, Rhode Island. The organization didn’t elaborate on the vandalism, but local news outlets said the graffiti was critical of the Black Lives Matter movement and included expletives. Meanwhile in Virginia, police recently found graf
  
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• Former CBP officer sentenced to prison for bribery

  20-01-2021 22:15
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) –According to the United States Attorney's Office District of Arizona, a former U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) officer has been sentenced to prison for bribery.In a news release, the U.S. Attorney's Office said that last week, Jose Rosalio Fuentes, a 58-year-old CBP officer in Nogales, was sentenced to 30 months in prison by a U.S. District Court Judge after he pleaded guilty to bribery of a public official. "In early 2018, Fuentes, then a CBP officer assigned to c
  
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• Biden rebukes Trump for falsehoods, pledges to be truthful

  20-01-2021 22:08
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says truth and democracy are under attack in America and he’s pledging to usher the post-truth era out of U.S. politics. During Biden’s inaugural remarks, he didn’t mention former President Donald Trump by name, but Biden’s words are a clear rebuke of his predecessor. It was Trump who persuaded millions of Americans to believe in his reality, which included falsehoods about issues such as coronavirus and election fraud. Biden sa
  
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• The Latest: Biden in White House for 1st time as president

  20-01-2021 22:00
  
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  President Joe Biden has entered the White House for the first time as chief executive after walking an abbreviated parade route, still wearing his protective mask amid sounds of “Hail to the Chief.”The 46th president and first lady Jill Biden walked through a military cordon lining the White House driveway with the flags of U.S. states,
  
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• Carondelet hiring for new emergency center on Tucson’s southeast side

  20-01-2021 21:55
  
  Carondelet Health NetworkCarondelet St. Raphael freestanding emergency center on Tucson's southeast side.TUCSON (KVOA) - Carondelet Medical Group is gearing up to open a new freestanding emergency center on Tucson's southeast this springThe Carondelet St. Raphael Emergency center will open near the northeast corner of Interstate 10 and Wilmot. The new ER will also serve the Rita Ranch and Vail communities. The medical center is looking to fill multiple full-time positions.
  The ER plans to
  
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• Trump’s pardon largesse a boon for well-connected fraudsters

  20-01-2021 21:53
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s final batch of more than 140 pardons and sentence commutations benefited an ignominious list of defendants whose swindles, frauds and public corruption made them unlikely candidates for executive clemency. Among them: a former congressman who pocketed millions of dollars in bribes from defense contractors; a Republican fundraiser who paid handsome sums to illicitly lobby a presidential administration; an influential voice in conservative circles accus
  
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• Biden enters White House as president after military escort, short walk along Pennsylvania Avenue to the mansion

  20-01-2021 21:53
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Biden enters White House as president after military escort, short walk along Pennsylvania Avenue to the mansion.The post Biden enters White House as president after military escort, short walk along Pennsylvania Avenue to the mansion appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Man charged with pinning officer during US Capitol attack

  20-01-2021 21:42
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Authorities say a Connecticut man seen in a widely viewed video pinning an officer with a riot shield during the attack on the U.S. Capitol has been charged with assaulting police officers. Federal authorities said Wednesday that 23-year-old Patrick McCaughey III, of Ridgefield, was arrested Tuesday in South Salem, New York. He was appearing in a federal court in New York City later Wednesday. It was not immediately clear if he has a lawyer would could respond to the
  
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• The Latest: Spain resists calls to impose earlier curfews

  20-01-2021 21:38
  
  MADRID — Spain’s government is resisting calls by regional health authorities to let them impose earlier curfews amid a sharp rise in coronavirus cases.
  Spain’s hospitals are filling up again after a third rise in infections since the start of the pandemic. Another 464 people were reported dead on Wednesday, increasing the confirmed death toll to 54,637.Some regions want the government to allow a change of the curfew to 8 p.m., instead of the current 10 p.m. allowed under a sta
  
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• The Latest: Graham hopes Trump stays Republican Party leader

  20-01-2021 21:38
  
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  Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina says he hopes Donald Trump will continue to be the leader of the Republican Party after his election defeat and second impeachment.
  The Republican senator said Wednesday during an interview on Fox News that “if you’re wanting to erase Donald Trump from the party, you’re going to get erased.&rdq
  
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• States report vaccine shortages and cancel appointments

  20-01-2021 21:36
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The push to inoculate Americans against the coronavirus is hitting a roadblock: A number of states are reporting they are running out of vaccine. Tens of thousands of people who managed to get appointments for a first dose are seeing them canceled. About half of the 31 million doses distributed have been administered so far. Only about 2 million people have received the two doses needed for maximum protection against the virus, according to the Centers for Disease Control a
  
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• The Latest: Clinton says Biden swearing-in lifted her heart

  20-01-2021 21:30
  
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  Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton says it really lifted her heart to see Joe Biden sworn in as president on the same platform that supporters of President Donald Trump climbed when they attacked the Capitol two weeks ago.
  Clinton and her husband, the former President Bill Clinton, attended Wednesday’s inauguration of Biden
  
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• More testing urged in Arizona as new COVID-19 cases persist

  20-01-2021 21:30
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Public health experts are warning that more people in Arizona need to get tested as the state remains the worst nationwide for the rate of new COVID-19 cases. Dr. Joshua LaBaer, director of the Biodesign Institute research center at Arizona State University, said Wednesday that only about 15,000 virus tests are being administered daily. He says the state should be conducting 80,000 to100,000 tests a day. State health officials on Wednesday reported 4,845 additional COVID-19
  
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