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• Israeli police use water cannon to disperse anti-PM crowd

  30-01-2021 23:59
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Hundreds of Israeli protesters have once again gathered in Jerusalem to call for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s resignation. Police sprayed the crowd with a water cannon Saturday night, accusing some of the protesters of unruly behavior. Temperatures were only about 10 degrees (50 Fahrenheit) on a raw winter night. The protesters have been gathering each week near Netanyahu’s official residence in Jerusalem for over seven months. They say Netanyahu cannot
  
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• Rod Stewart lawyer: Plea deal in works in hotel altercation

  30-01-2021 23:54
  
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Lawyers for Rod Stewart and his son say they’ve worked out details for a plea deal to settle misdemeanor battery charges stemming from an altercation at a posh Florida hotel. The South Florida SunSentinel reports Stewart and his son Sean Stewart would not be going to trial for the altercation at The Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach on New Year’s Day 2020. Prosecutors had no immediate announcement, saying Saturday that plea deal negotiations are continui
  
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• Law enforcement probe threats against Newsom, his businesses

  30-01-2021 23:38
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Law enforcement officials are investigating escalating threats of death and violence against California Gov. Gavin Newsom, his family and the wineries, shops and other businesses he founded. The Sacramento Bee reports it heard a voicemail and reviewed emails containing graphic abusive language about Newsom, violent sexual threats against his wife and a reference to his children. The newspaper said one communication included a threat to burn down one of the winerie
  
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• UK readies application to join Pacific trade partnership

  30-01-2021 23:30
  
  LONDON (AP) — It may be on the other side of the world but the U.K. is to apply to join a trade partnership involving many of the economics around the Pacific Ocean. A year after it formally left the European Union, the government said Saturday that wants to join the 11-country Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership. International Trade Secretary Liz Truss will speak to officials in Japan and New Zealand on Monday to formally make the request. Negotiations ar
  
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• US pauses plan to give virus vaccine to Guantanamo prisoners

  30-01-2021 23:21
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is backing off for now on a plan to offer COVID-19 vaccinations to the 40 prisoners held at the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Pentagon chief spokesman John Kirby says in a tweet that the Defense Department will be “pausing” the plan to give the vaccination to those held at Guantanamo while it reviews measures to protect troops who work there. The U.S. military announced earlier this month that it plans to offer the vaccine to prisoners as
  
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• Creator of ‘Bernie’ mittens partners with teddy bear maker

  30-01-2021 23:03
  
  The teacher who created the recycled wool mittens that U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders wore to the presidential inauguration — engendering countless memes — is partnering with the Vermont Teddy Bear Company to create a mitten line to meet growing demand. Some of the proceeds going to Make-A-Wish Vermont. Jen Ellis says she can’t be more thrilled, because she personally can’t make 18,000 pairs of mittens. She estimates that’s how many people have contacted her so far. Merch
  
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• Husband: Escapees attacked wife at home before recapture

  30-01-2021 22:58
  
  COOLIDGE, Ariz. (AP) — A Coolidge man says his wife suffered scrapes and bruises when attacked at her home by two prison escapees before he ran up and fought one of them, prompting both to run off. Police soon caught John B. Charpiot and David T. Harmon in a nearby field. Luis Alvarez said he was working in a nearby farm field Thursday morning when one escapee entered the home and demanded cash and truck keys. He said his wife bolted outside but the the second escapee stopped her and was d
  
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• CDC requires face masks on airlines, public transportation

  30-01-2021 22:52
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — A new federal requirement for wearing face masks on airline flights and public transportation takes effect on Monday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an order that backs up one announced by President Joe Biden shortly after he took office. The CDC order says passengers on planes, trains, subways, buses, taxis and ride-shares must wear a mask over their nose and mouth. The order extends to waiting areas like airports and subway stations. The CDC is telli
  
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• The Latest: Cuba toughening virus restrictions for visitors

  30-01-2021 22:50
  
  HAVANA — Cuban authorities say they will tighten measures against the spread of COVID-19 to require tourists and other visitors to isolate at their own expense for several days until tests for the new coronavirus come out negative.
  The announcement Saturday by Dr. Francisco Durán, Cuba’s director of epidemiology, came as the country announced 910 new infections of the new virus detected Friday, as well as three additional deaths.
  Duran said that as of Feb. 6, arriving tourists
  
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• Correction: Rod Stewart-Battery Charge story

  30-01-2021 22:44
  
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — In a story Jan. 29, 2021, about Rod Stewart and his son Sean facing misdemeanor battery charges, The Associated Press erroneously reported that prosecutors and defense attorneys have announced the Stewarts would not be going to trial for an altercation at a Palm Beach hotel on New Year’s Day 2020. A lawyer for the Stewarts said they have worked out details of a plea deal. Prosecutors have not announced a final agreement.The post Correction: Rod Stewart-Ba
  
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• Romania: Protesters want reprisals for fatal hospital fire

  30-01-2021 22:20
  
  BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Hundreds of people have protested outside Romania’s Health Ministry the day after a fatal fire at one of the country’s main hospitals for COVID-19 patients. The protest on Saturday was organized by a right-wing political party. Protesters called for the resignations of the president, the health minister and the emergencies chief. At least five people died in the fire that broke out Friday on the ground floor of the Matei Bals hospital in Bucharest. It
  
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• Owner of Mets and hedge fund leaves Twitter, citing threats

  30-01-2021 22:19
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The owner of the New York Mets is dropping off Twitter after his family got threats apparently related to his hedge fund’s activity. Steve Cohen is a billionaire who also owns the Point72 hedge fund. He Saturday that he enjoys chatting with Mets fans on Twitter. But he says that because of “misinformation unrelated to the Mets,” his family got personal threats. So he has deactivated his Twitter account. Hedge funds like Cohen’s have become wrapped up
  
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• Federal worker cut air traffic communications with planes

  30-01-2021 22:14
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — A former Federal Aviation Administration employee has been fined $5,000 and put on two years of probation for cutting communication between air traffic controllers and planes flying above Honolulu in early 2019. The two-minute outage affected communication with about 10 planes. Joelyn DeCosta was sentenced this week by a federal judge after she pleaded guilty to maliciously interfering with a federal communication system. Prosecutors say that in a plea deal, DeCosta is quit
  
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• Super distancing: CBS keeps season protocols for big game

  30-01-2021 22:13
  
  Jim Nantz and Tony Romo were inseparable when CBS broadcast the Super Bowl two years ago. They won’t see each other next week until they are in the broadcast booth a couple hours before kickoff. Nantz and Romo arrived on Monday of Super Bowl week two years ago in Atlanta and had a busy schedule of watching practices, meeting with players and coaches, doing interviews, production meetings and various dinners. That won’t be the case this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Keeping an
  
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• Cuba will again isolate visitors to fight COVID-19

  30-01-2021 21:48
  
  HAVANA (AP) — Cuban authorities say they’ll tighten measures against the spread of COVID-19 by requiring tourists and others who visit the island to isolate at their own expense for several days until tests for the new coronavirus come out negative. The announcement Saturday by Cuba’s director of epidemiology comes as the country is seeing a sharp rise in new cases. Officials say that as of Feb. 6, arriving tourists and Cubans who live abroad will be sent to hotels to wait for
  
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• Things to Know: Fewer Black Americans are getting vaccinated

  30-01-2021 21:44
  
  An Associated Press analysis shows that Black people in many parts of the U.S. are lagging behind whites in receiving COVID-19 vaccinations. Statistics released by 17 states and two cities tell the same story: Through Jan. 25, Black people were getting inoculated at levels below their share of the general population. Meanwhile, U.S. hospital systems are coming under fire over accusations that they are playing favorites when it comes to who gets the first crack at COVID-19 vaccines. And in other
  
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• The Latest: Boston’s Fenway Park to offer vaccinations

  30-01-2021 21:32
  
  BOSTON — Starting Monday, 500 vaccinations per day will be administered at Fenway Park. The goal is to reach as many as 1,250 eligible residents per day under Massachusetts’ vaccination plan.
  The site at the home of the Boston Red Sox is expected to stay open through the start of baseball season in early April.
  Appointments are open for those people under Phase 1 of the state’s vaccine distribution plan and those 75 and older, who will start getting shots on Monday as the rollo
  
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• Analysis: Black Americans getting vaccinated at lower rates

  30-01-2021 21:32
  
  An Associated Press analysis shows that Black people in many parts of the U.S. are lagging behind whites in receiving COVID-19 vaccinations. Statistics released by 17 states and two cities tell the same story: Through Jan. 25, Black people were getting inoculated at levels below their share of the general population. Meanwhile, U.S. hospital systems are coming under fire over accusations that they are playing favorites when it comes to who gets the first crack at COVID-19 vaccines. And in other
  
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• Amusement park fire sends smoke billowing, damages building

  30-01-2021 21:06
  
  OCEAN CITY, N.J. (AP) — A fire at an amusement park on the New Jersey shore sent dramatic smoke billowing across the skyline and severely damaged a building. No injuries were reported in Saturday morning’s blaze at Playland’s Castaway Cove in Ocean City. An official says the fire was in the building that houses the park’s arcade, offices and two restaurants. The building was empty at the time, and no injuries were reported. Spokesperson Doug Bergen says a boardwalk didn&r
  
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• Store employee shot while chasing shoplifting suspect

  30-01-2021 20:35
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix police say a person standing outside a hardware store shot and wounded a store employee while trying to shoot a shoplifting suspect being chased by the employee. Sgt. Mercedes Fortune said the shoplifting suspect who had run from the store was gone when police arrived while the person who shot the employee remained at the scene and was cooperating with police. She said the employee was taken to a hospital for treatment of serious wound not considered life-threatening
  
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• Famous private eye Jack Palladino gravely injured in robbery

  30-01-2021 20:35
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Jack Palladino, the private investigator who worked on high-profile cases ranging from the Jonestown mass suicides to celebrity and political scandals, is on life support after suffering a head injury during an attempted robbery. Palladino’s stepson says the 70-year-old P.I. is not expected to survive the injury sustained Thursday outside his San Francisco home, where for decades Palladino and his wife Sandra Sutherland conducted investigations on behalf of the f
  
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• The Latest: South Carolina reports case of UK virus variant

  30-01-2021 20:32
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina is reporting its first known case of the Britain-based variant of the coronavirus.
  The Department of Health and Environmental Control says the agency was notified Friday that a sample from an adult in the Lowcountry “with an international travel history” had tested positive for the variant.
  On Friday, 434 cases of the U.K. variant had been reported in the U.S.This week, health officials reported the first two U.S. cases of a South African coronav
  
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• People desperate for COVID-19 guides seek local journalists

  30-01-2021 20:17
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Across the country, many people are at a loss for where to turn for help during the pandemic. So they’re reaching out to local journalists. Flummoxed by confusing websites and recommendations about how to get vaccinated, they’re calling reporters whose work they see or read to ask them questions. It’s another layer of work beyond reporting information, but journalists say they find it rewarding and often get ideas for stories. Sometimes they hear from peop
  
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• UK sees smooth vaccine supplies after EU addresses ‘mistake’

  30-01-2021 20:15
  
  LONDON (AP) — The British government says it does not expect any disruptions to its orders of coronavirus vaccines after the European Union made clear it wouldn’t trigger an emergency provision in the Brexit deal while monitoring the export of does produced in the EU. Cabinet Minister Michael Gove said the government expects the vaccines to be supplied as planned after the EU addressed the “mistake” in its proposal to tighten export rules for COVID-19 vaccines produced in
  
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• Arizona Republican Party chair rejects election audit call

  30-01-2021 19:56
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Republican Party Chairwoman Kelli Ward, who faces questions about her reelection, said the party lacks the structure to perform an audit of the election results, but said she welcomed input to improve future elections. Ward said in a radio interview with KFYI that there were “no complaints” about the results. Republican committeeman Trey Terry told KTAR-FM on Friday that no one complained because the actual vote totals weren’t released until Thursda
  
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• Huge, stubborn recycling plant fire could burn for days

  30-01-2021 19:49
  
  PASSAIC, N.J. (AP) — Officials plan to tap a river to help put out a huge fire at a northern New Jersey recycling plant they say could burn for days. The blaze broke out around midnight at the Atlantic Coast Fibers plant in Passaic. More than two dozen fire departments responded. Mayor Hector Lora says there were at least two explosions. Water from firefighters’ hoses froze. One firefighter was treated for exhaustion and another after slipping on ice. All the plant’s employees
  
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• South Carolina GOP censures Rep. Rice for impeachment vote

  30-01-2021 19:36
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Republicans have issued a formal censure to U.S. Rep. Tom Rice to show disapproval over his vote in support of the second impeachment of former President Donald Trump. Rice was among the 10 GOP representatives who joined Democrats on Jan. 13 in voting to impeach Trump for his role in the violence a week earlier at the U.S. Capitol. A day after his vote, Rice told The Associated Press “it hurts my heart” to have gone against the president, bu
  
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• Federal conspiracy charges for 2 Proud Boys in Capitol riot

  30-01-2021 19:01
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Department of Justice says two New York men identified as members of the Proud Boys have been indicted on federal conspiracy and other charges in the Capitol riot. Friday’s announcement came as prosecutors raise the stakes in some of the slew of cases stemming from the Jan. 6 insurrection. Dominic Pezzola and William Pepe were arrested earlier in the month on federal charges including illegally entering a restricted building. The Justice Department announced Frida
  
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• Activists back French-Vietnamese woman’s Agent Orange case

  30-01-2021 18:40
  
  PARIS (AP) — Activists have gathered in Paris to support people exposed to Agent Orange during the Vietnam War, after a French court examined the case of a French-Vietnamese woman who sued 14 companies that produced and sold the powerful defoliant. An alliance of nongovernmental organizations organized Saturday’s rally days after the court heard the lawsuit brought by 78-year-old Tran To Nga. Tran is seeking damages for health problems and those of her children in French legal procee
  
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• Playing favorites? Hospital boards, donors get COVID shots

  30-01-2021 18:19
  
  Some hospitals around the U.S. are facing complaints about favoritism and line-jumping after their board members and donors received COVID-19 vaccinations or offers for the prized inoculations. In Rhode Island, Attorney General Peter Neronha opened an inquiry after reports that two hospital systems offered their board members vaccinations. A Seattle-area hospital system was rebuked by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee after it offered COVID-19 vaccination appointments to major donors. Hospitals in Kans
  
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• Arizona regulators to weigh ban on trail cameras for hunting

  30-01-2021 17:48
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona hunting regulators plan to consider banning motion-activated trail cameras for hunting. The Arizona Daily Star reports that the Game and Fish Commission is set to vote in March on a proposed rule that would not take effect before 2022. Supporters of a ban say animals can be deterred from using scarce water sources because so many people place and check on remote cameras. Opponents of a ban question whether it’d be enforceable. The proposal wouldn’t
  
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• PCSD: Road to Mt. Lemmon closed for the day

  30-01-2021 17:45
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - The Pima County Sheriff's Department has confirmed that the road to Mt. Lemmon is closed on Saturday.
  The road to Mt. Lemmon has been CLOSED at the base, due to inclement weather.Open to residents and employees only.Road conditions and the most current information can be found on the road closure hotline:
  (520) 547-7510 pic.twitter.com/YCdIWd42fP— Pima County Sheriff's Department (@PimaSheriff) January 30, 2021
  We will update you with the very latest as the information
  
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• Lawmakers push mental health days for kids amid pandemic

  30-01-2021 17:38
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — As the coronavirus pandemic takes a mental toll on young people, more states are considering expanding opportunities for students to take mental health days to try to lessen stigma and reduce youth suicide. Lawmakers in Utah and Arizona have proposed bills that would add mental or behavioral health to the list of reasons students can be absent from class. Similar laws have passed in Oregon, Maine, Colorado and Virginia in the past two years. The pandemic has increased
  
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• Dense Fog Advisory issued January 30 at 9:31AM MST until January 30 at 11:00AM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ

  30-01-2021 17:31
  
  * WHAT…Visibility to one quarter mile in locally dense fog.
  * WHERE…Tonopah Desert, Buckeye/Avondale, Northwest PinalCounty, West Pinal County and Sonoran Desert National Monument.
  * WHEN…Until 11 AM MST this morning.
  * IMPACTS…Hazardous driving conditions due to low visibility.If driving, slow down, use your headlights, and leave plenty ofdistance ahead of you.The post Dense Fog Advisory issued January 30 at 9:31AM MST until January 30 at 11:00AM MST by NWS Phoenix A
  
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• It’s Navy’s badger statue, but Wisconsin has grown attached

  30-01-2021 17:30
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Navy wants Wisconsin officials to return an iconic badger statue that has stood outside the governor’s Capitol office for more than 30 years. The statue was first affixed to the USS Wisconsin prior to World War I. It’s sat outside the governor’s office since 1989 and has become a high point of Capitol tours, with thousands rubbing its nose for good luck. State officials said Navy officials contacted them in March 2020 and asked for the statue&rsqu
  
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• Estrin, Copeland, Cray among Blues Music Awards nominees

  30-01-2021 17:30
  
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The bands Rick Estrin & the Nightcats and Sugar Ray & the Bluetones have each received five nominations for the annual Blues Music Awards. Based in Memphis, Tennessee, The Blues Foundation said the awards will be held online on June 6. The awards honor blues music recordings, performances and songwriting. Rick Estrin & the Nightcats and Sugar Ray & the Bluetones are nominated in the band of the year category, along with Anthony Geraci’s Boston Bl
  
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• The Latest: California surpasses 40,000 coronavirus deaths

  30-01-2021 17:29
  
  LOS ANGELES — California surpassed 40,000 coronavirus deaths as the state’s steepest surge of cases begins to taper.The tally by Johns Hopkins University shows the state passed the milestone Saturday with 40,240 deaths. The deaths are surging at a record pace after recent declines in cases and hospitalizations. It took six months for California to record its first 10,000 deaths, then four months to double to 20,000.In just five weeks, the state reached 30,000 and needed only 20 days
  
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• Fire erupts at Brazil stadium that hosted World Cup games

  30-01-2021 17:26
  
  BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — A fire at a Brazilian stadium that hosted World Cup games in 2014 has caused damage and has left some people suffering from smoke inhalation. The fire department says the blaze at Castelão Arena in the northeastern city of Fortaleza apparently was sparked by a short circuit in the broadcast area though agency spokesman Col. Oscar Neto says the cause will be investigated. Television images showed flames and a column of black smoke rising above the stadium. It
  
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• New book sees a ‘New Possible’ emerging from 2020’s tumult

  30-01-2021 17:24
  
  SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — The past year offered a torrent of trauma: a lethal pandemic spiraling out of control; thousands of shuttered businesses; violent protests over racial injustice; raging wildfires under smirched skies; and a harrowing coup attempt in a hallowed hall of democracy. But perhaps these tumultuous times will turn out to be a blessing in disguise. That’s the main point of “The New Possible,” a book of 28 thought-provoking essays exploring how society can
  
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• Arizona reports 5,119 additional COVID-19 cases, 76 deaths

  30-01-2021 17:17
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona on Saturday reported 5,119 additional known COVID-19 cases and 76 deaths. The latest figures reported by the Department of Health Services increased the state’s pandemic totals to 753,379 cases and 13,098 deaths. With the pandemic slowing nationwide, COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths continue to drop in Arizona though it remains the state with the worst diagnosis rate. On Friday, the state announced that a more contagious strain of COVID-19 was confir
  
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• Navy seeks return of popular Wisconsin badger statue

  30-01-2021 17:12
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Navy wants Wisconsin officials to return an iconic badger statue that has stood outside the governor’s Capitol office for more than 30 years. The statue was first affixed to the USS Wisconsin prior to World War I. It’s sat outside the governor’s office since 1989 and has become a high point of Capitol tours, with thousands rubbing its nose for good luck. State officials said Navy officials contacted them in March 2020 and asked for the statue&rsqu
  
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• As California virus cases fall, more people than ever dying

  30-01-2021 17:07
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — California has reported 40,000 coronavirus deaths as the state’s steepest surge of cases begins to taper. Data reported by Johns Hopkins University shows the state passed the milestone Saturday. The grim number comes amid a sharp recent decline in cases and hospitalizations but while deaths surge at a record pace. It took six months for California to record its first 10,000 deaths, then four months to double to 20,000. In just five more weeks the state reached 30,0
  
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• Edgar Wright explores ‘glam rock anomaly’ Sparks in doc

  30-01-2021 17:06
  
  Ever heard of the band Sparks? If you haven’t, you’re not alone. If you have, it’s not unlikely that they’re one of your favorite bands. The pop rock duo formed by brothers Ron and Russell Mael has in their five-decade run gained a cult following of some seriously creative people, from Beck and Weird Al Yankovic to Mike Myers and Amy Sherman-Palladino. And they are the subject of “The Sparks Brothers,” a new documentary from filmmaker Edgar Wright that explore
  
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• Biden environmental challenge: Filling vacant scientist jobs

  30-01-2021 16:57
  
  Federal data shows ranks of scientists who carry out environmental research, enforcement and other jobs fell sharply in some agencies under former President Donald Trump. Government scientists say many veteran staffers retired, quit or moved to other agencies amid pressure from an administration they regarded as hostile to science and beholden to industry. That poses a challenge for President Joe Biden, who must rebuild a demoralized work force to meet promises to protect the environment, tackle
  
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• Algeria starts COVID-19 vaccination drive with Russian shots

  30-01-2021 16:53
  
  ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria has launched its coronavirus vaccination campaign in the city where the country’s first COVID-19 case was confirmed in March. The North African nation is using Russia’s Sputnik-V vaccine, and a 65-year-old retiree received the first shot Saturday at a hospital in Blida. Health authorities were on hand for the event. Vaccines will get administered in all regions of the country starting Sunday with health care workers, elderly adults and other vuln
  
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• Arizona adds 5,119 new COVID-19 cases; 76 new virus-related deaths

  30-01-2021 16:50
  
  PHOENIX (KVOA) – Another 5,119 Arizonans tested positive for the coronavirus, the Arizona Department of Health Services said Friday.The state also reported 76 COVID-19 related deaths.So far, Arizona has seen 753,379 known cases of the virus and 13,098 total deaths.RELATED: When can I register for a COVID-19 vaccine?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 pe
  
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• Crews battle flames, cold, wind in huge recycling plant fire

  30-01-2021 16:32
  
  PASSAIC, N.J. (AP) — A massive fire engulfed a northern New Jersey recycling plant overnight and is raging into Saturday morning as firefighters battle flames, frigid cold and wind. Officials say the blaze broke out around midnight at the Atlantic Coast Fibers plant in Passaic and sent flames shooting into the dark as 20 fire departments converged to fight it. Mayor Hector Lora says there were at least two explosions. One involved a truck with gas tanks on it. Lora says firefighters plan t
  
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• Collision of truck and bus kills 12 in central Russia

  30-01-2021 16:24
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — Twelve people have been killed and 11 others injured after a tractor-trailer and a minibus in central Russia. The Russian Interior Ministry said Saturday in a statement that the collision took place Friday in the Samara region, about 730 kilometers (450 miles) southeast of Moscow. Preliminary information indicated the tractor-trailer skidded and veered into the oncoming lane. Russia’s Investigative Committee says it has opened a criminal probe. The condition of the truc
  
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• The Latest: AP: Racial disparity in US vaccination drive

  30-01-2021 16:11
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. — A racial gap has opened up in the nation’s COVID-19 vaccination drive, with Black Americans in many places lagging behind whites in receiving shots.That’s according to an Associated Press analysis. An early look at the 17 states and two cities that have released racial breakdowns finds Black people are getting inoculated at levels below their share of the general population.In North Carolina, Black people make up 22% of the population and 26% of the health care
  
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• In Iowa, a GOP stalwart becomes a casualty in party war

  30-01-2021 16:08
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Years of anti-abortion rights advocacy and devout party organizing didn’t shield the Republican Party chair of one Iowa county from retribution after saying President Donald Trump should be impeached for his role in the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol. Dave Millage was forced to step down as GOP chair in Iowa’s Scott County, a victim of the political fallout as Republicans debate whether Trump should be defended or punished. His story suggests that the f
  
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