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• The Latest: Israel extends its lockdown for at least 5 days

  31-01-2021 23:57
  
  JERUSALEM — The Israeli Cabinet has voted to extend a nationwide lockdown for at least five more days as it struggles to bring a raging coronavirus outbreak under control.
  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office announced early Monday that the restrictions, which have forced nonessential businesses and most schools to remain closed for the past month, will remain in effect until at least Friday. A ban on nearly all incoming and outgoing flights will remain in effect for another we
  
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• It’s twins! Detroit Zoo announces birth of 2 polar bear cubs

  31-01-2021 23:55
  
  DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Zoo has announced that an 8-year-old polar bear named, Suka, has successfully given birth to two cubs. The unnamed twin cubs are the first polar bears to be successfully born and raised at the zoo in more the 15 years. Suka gave birth to cubs in 2018 and 2019, but they didn’t survive. Though the announcement and details of the latest births came Thursday, the cubs were born in November. The father is a 16-year-old polar bear named Nuka. One of the two cubs,
  
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• 2 arrests in attack on famed San Francisco private eye

  31-01-2021 23:00
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Police say two men have been arrested in connection with an attempted robbery that left famed San Francisco private investigator Jack Palladino on life support. The San Francisco Chronicle says Palladino himself may have inadvertently helped detectives make the arrests after photographs were recovered from a camera the suspects unsuccessfully tried to steal. Palladino, who worked on high-profile cases ranging from the Jonestown mass suicides to celebrity and political
  
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• Thousands join in Jerusalem funerals, flout pandemic rules

  31-01-2021 22:31
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Israelis have participated in a pair of funerals for two prominent rabbis in Jerusalem, flouting the country’s ban on large public gatherings amid the pandemic. Sunday’s midday funeral procession for Rabbi Meshulam Soloveitchik wended its way through the streets of Jerusalem in the latest display of ultra-Orthodox Israelis’ rejection of the country’s coronavirus restrictions. Later Sunday, thousands of mourners attended t
  
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• Videos show Rochester officers pepper-spraying 9-year-old

  31-01-2021 22:27
  
  ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Police in Rochester have released two body-camera videos of officers restraining a distraught 9-year-old girl who was handcuffed and sprayed with what police called a chemical “irritant.” The Democrat and Chronicle reported that prior to the release of the videos, Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren expressed her concern for the “child that was harmed during this incident that happened on Friday.” The girl can be heard in the videos screaming franti
  
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• Over 5,100 arrested at pro-Navalny protests across Russia

  31-01-2021 22:12
  
  MichalSiergiejevicz/ CC BY 2.0MOSCOW (AP) — Tens of thousands of people have protested across Russia to demand the release of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny in a wave of nationwide demonstrations that have rattled the Kremlin. Many chanted slogans against President Vladimir Putin. Activists say police detained more than 5,100 protesters across the country on Sunday, including over 1,600 in Moscow. The authorities mounted a massive effort to stem the tide of demonstrations after t
  
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• The Latest: California COVID cases starting to slip

  31-01-2021 21:59
  
  LOS ANGELES — California on Sunday reported another 481 coronavirus deaths, a day after the statewide death toll topped 40,000 even as the rates of new infections and hospitalizations continue to fall.
  The state said that the number of people in the hospital with COVID-19 slipped below 14,850 — a drop of more than 25% in two weeks.
  The 18,974 new confirmed cases are about one-third the mid-December peak of 54,000.
  With hospitalizations and confirmed cases falling, health officials ar
  
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• Maine company successfully launches prototype rocket

  31-01-2021 21:36
  
  BRUNSWICK, Maine (AP) — A Maine company that’s developing a rocket to propel small satellites into space passed its first major test. Brunswick-based bluShift Aerospace launched a 20-foot prototype rocket on Sunday. It hit an altitude of a little more than 4,000 feet in a run designed to test the rocket’s propulsion and control systems. bluShift held the test at the site of the former Loring Air Force Base. The company is one of dozens racing to find affordable ways to launch s
  
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• Indiana woman killed in bus crash was visiting son in Vegas

  31-01-2021 21:35
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — An Indiana woman was visiting her son in Nevada when she died after a tour bus rolled over in northwestern Arizona. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, 53-year-old Shelley Ann Voges posted photos of homemade pierogies on her Facebook page on Jan. 20 to document a visit to her son’s apartment in Las Vegas. Voges and her husband, Hubert, were visiting from Boonville, Indiana, and her son, Justin Morris, requested the meal while she was there. Two days later, the
  
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• Racial disparities seen in New York City vaccination rates

  31-01-2021 21:34
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is acknowledging that Black and Latino New Yorkers are receiving COVID-19 vaccines at far lower rates than white or Asian residents. Data released by the city’s health department shows that 48% of the city residents who have gotten at least one vaccine dose are white. That’s far higher than the roughly one-third the city’s population that is non-Hispanic white. Just 11% of vaccine doses administered to New York City resid
  
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• Over 5,000 arrested at pro-Navalny protests across Russia

  31-01-2021 21:28
  
  MichalSiergiejevicz/ CC BY 2.0MOSCOW (AP) — Tens of thousands of people have protested across Russia to demand the release of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny in a wave of nationwide demonstrations that have rattled the Kremlin. Many chanted slogans against President Vladimir Putin. Activists say police detained more than 5,000 protesters across the country on Sunday, including over 1,600 in Moscow. The authorities mounted a massive effort to stem the tide of demonstrations after t
  
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• Armed man threatening authorities killed at Arizona resort

  31-01-2021 21:24
  
  PARADISE VALLEY, Ariz. (AP) — Maricopa County Sheriff’s officials say a man who allegedly threatened deputies with a gun at a Paradise Valley resort has been fatally shot. They say the incident occurred about 8 a.m. Sunday at the Scottsdale Plaza Resort. Paradise Valley police say they were serving a search warrant on several people and asked for assistance from the sheriff’s SWAT team after one man refused to exit the room and peacefully surrender. They say two sheriff’s
  
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• 3 Sierra sugar pines added to list of 6 biggest in world

  31-01-2021 21:22
  
  SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — Three trees in the Sierra Nevada have been added to the list of tallest sugar pines known to exist. Michael W. Taylor has been charting some of the largest trees in the West for more than a decade. He recently documented two in Northern California nearly as tall as the length of a football field. At 267 feet, 6 inches, and 267 feet, 1.8 inches, the two trees in the Tahoe National Forest west of Lake Tahoe are the second and third tallest sugar pines ever rec
  
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• Body of double murder suspect found at Tennessee lake

  31-01-2021 21:12
  
  TIPTONVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The body of a double murder suspect was found at the same Tennessee lake where two duck hunters were fatally shot. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says the body of David Vowell was recovered Saturday in Reelfoot Lake in northwest Tennessee. The TBI says an autopsy is planned. The agency says Vowell was wanted on two counts of first-degree murder in connection with the shooting deaths of Zachery Grooms and Chance Black. The Weakley County residents were shot
  
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• The Latest: NYC acknowledges lag in Black, Latino vaccines

  31-01-2021 21:07
  
  NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is acknowledging that Black and Latino New Yorkers are receiving COVID-19 vaccines at far lower rates than white or Asian residents.
  Data released by the city’s health department shows that 48% of the city residents who have gotten at least one vaccine dose are white. That’s far higher than the roughly one-third the city’s population that is non-Hispanic white.
  Just 11% of vaccine doses administered to New York City residents
  
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• Carl Hiaasen retiring from Miami Herald after 35 years

  31-01-2021 21:06
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Writer Carl Hiaasen is retiring from the Miami Herald after composing newspaper columns for the past 35 years, the newspaper says. The Herald published a story this week saying Hiaasen would be done after his last column on March 14. The 67-year-old Hiaasen said he no longer wants the pressure of a weekly deadline. That’s not to say that Hiaasen will stop writing. He plans to continue his book projects, which have ranged from comic novels such as “Tourist Season&rd
  
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• Belarus police detain more than 160 protesters

  31-01-2021 21:06
  
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Police in Belarus have arrested more than 160 participants in demonstrations calling for the ex-Soviet nation’s authoritarian president to resign. Protests have rocked the ex-Soviet nation for the sixth straight month following the Aug. 9 presidential vote, which was widely seen as rigged to give President Alexander Lukashenko a sixth term in office. According to human rights advocates, more than 30,000 people have been detained since the protests began, and thou
  
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• ‘RBG’ directors shed light on another legal trailblazer

  31-01-2021 20:52
  
  Directors Julie Cohen and Betsy West first came across the name Pauli Murray while working on their Oscar-nominated documentary “RBG.” Murray was a pivotal figure in shaping litigation and thinking around gender and racial equality, years before the civil rights or women’s movements. Murray, who was also Black and gender fluid, organized a sit-in to protest segregated lunch counters in Washington, D.C., in 1943, 17 years before the more well-known Woolworth’s lunch counte
  
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• 2 men with gunshot wounds found dead in vehicle in Chandler

  31-01-2021 20:50
  
  CHANDER, Ariz. (AP) — Police in Chandler say two men have been found dead inside a vehicle and they both had gunshot wounds. They say officers were called to an apartment complex for a welfare check. Upon arrival, officers located the two dead men in a vehicle. Police say the names of the men are being withheld until their relatives can be notified. Investigators are collecting witness statements and looking for evidence to determine what occurred and  the cause of death.  The po
  
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• Chicago schools reopening uncertain as union talks continue

  31-01-2021 20:45
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — A plan to reopen Chicago schools remains in limbo as last-minute negotiations over COVID-19 safety measures with the teachers’ union stretched into Sunday and amplify the possibility of a strike. Roughly 62,000 students and about 10,000 teachers in K-8 were expected to start school Monday as part of the district’s gradual reopening. Mayor Lori Lightfoot insists those plans will take place. However, the Chicago Teachers Union has fought returning to classrooms in
  
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• EU: AstraZeneca to supply 9 million more vaccine doses

  31-01-2021 20:42
  
  BERLIN (AP) — The European Union says vaccine maker AstraZeneca has agreed to supply 9 million additional doses to the 27-nation bloc during the first quarter. The new target of 40 million doses by the end of March is still only half what the company had originally aimed for, triggering a spat between AstraZeneca and the EU last week. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said late Sunday that the British-Swedish pharmaceutical maker will also begin deliveries one week sooner
  
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• EU chief says vaccine maker AstraZeneca to supply 9 million more doses, begin delivery sooner after urgent talks

  31-01-2021 20:38
  
  BERLIN (AP) — EU chief says vaccine maker AstraZeneca to supply 9 million more doses, begin delivery sooner after urgent talks.The post EU chief says vaccine maker AstraZeneca to supply 9 million more doses, begin delivery sooner after urgent talks appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Russia arrests nearly 5,000 at wide protests backing Navalny

  31-01-2021 20:20
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — Tens of thousands of people are protesting across Russia to demand the release of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny in a wave of nationwide demonstrations that have rattled the Kremlin. Many chanted slogans against President Vladimir Putin. Activists say police detained nearly 5,000 protesters across the country on Sunday, including over 1,500 in Moscow. The authorities mounted a massive effort to stem the tide of demonstrations after tens of thousands rallied last week
  
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• Indiana woman killed in bus rollover was vising son in Vegas

  31-01-2021 20:15
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — An Indiana woman was visiting her son in Nevada when she died after a tour bus rolled over in northwestern Arizona. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, 53-year-old Shelley Ann Voges posted photos of homemade pierogies on her Facebook page on Jan. 20 to document a visit to her son’s apartment in Las Vegas. Voges and her husband, Hubert, were visiting from Boonville, Indiana, and her son, Justin Morris, requested the meal while she was there. Two days later, the
  
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• Young men accuse Lincoln Project co-founder of harassment

  31-01-2021 20:01
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The influential anti-Donald Trump group Lincoln Project is denouncing one of its co-founders after multiple reports that over several years he sexually harassed young men looking to break into politics. The Lincoln Project in a statement on Sunday called co-founder John Weaver, 61, “a predator, a liar, and an abuser” following reports that he repeatedly sent unsolicited and sexually charged messages online to young men, often while suggesting he could help the
  
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• The Latest: Many Peruvians ignore new virus lockdown orders

  31-01-2021 19:58
  
  LIMA, Peru — Peru began what was supposed to be a severe lockdown Sunday to combat surging COVID-19, but the order was widely ignored in the nation’s capital.
  President Francisco Sagasti went on television urging Peruvians “to make an extra effort to contain the growing wave of infections and deaths.” His government told people in the capital and nine other regions to limit trips outside the home to 60 minutes and it closed churches, gymnasiums, museums, libraries and oth
  
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• VIRUS TODAY: GOP offers alternative COVID-19 relief plan

  31-01-2021 19:50
  
  A group of 10 Senate Republicans have sent a letter to President Joe Biden calling for him to meet with them to negotiate over his proposed $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package. Meanwhile, frustration is growing at long-term care facilities over the pace of COVID-19 vaccination efforts. Home operators and residents’ relatives across the country have grown more irritated as states open vaccine eligibility to other populations before work is complete at long-term care homes. In other vir
  
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• GOP Rep Kinzinger starts PAC to resist party’s Trump embrace

  31-01-2021 19:36
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Adam Kinzinger was one of the 10 Republicans who voted to impeach Donald Trump. Now, the Illinois congressman is launching a political action committee to push back against a House GOP leadership team and party that he says have become too closely aligned to the former president. Kinzinger announced the “Country 1st” PAC in a six-minute video released Sunday. The PAC will challenge the current direction of a GOP that Kinzinger says has become a “Tru
  
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• Arizona adds 5,025 new COVID-19 cases; 22 new virus-related deaths

  31-01-2021 19:35
  
  PHOENIX (KVOA) – Another 5,025 Arizonans tested positive for the coronavirus, the Arizona Department of Health Services said Sunday.The state also reported 22 COVID-19 related deaths.So far, Arizona has seen 758,404 known cases of the virus and 13,120 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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• Poland protesters take weekend off for fundraiser

  31-01-2021 19:24
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — From soccer star Robert Lewandowski to opposition politicians, Polish citizens have donated at least 71 million zlotys ($19 million) to a charity’s fundraiser for health causes that has been criticized by the conservative government for its liberal agenda. Anti-government protesters angry about a near-total abortion ban suspended their marches for the weekend to show solidarity and ensure that they didn’t steal the spotlight from the event. The annual Grea
  
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• Captain Tom hospitalized for virus he raised money to fight

  31-01-2021 19:24
  
  LONDON (AP) — Captain Tom Moore, the 100-year-old World War II veteran who captivated the British public in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic with his fundraising efforts, has been hospitalized with COVID-19. His daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore said in a statement posted on Twitter on Sunday that her father has been admitted to Bedford Hospital because he needed “additional help” with his breathing. She said that over the past few weeks her father had been treated for pne
  
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• Russia arrests over 4,700 at wide protests backing Navalny

  31-01-2021 19:01
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — Tens of thousands of people are protesting across Russia to demand the release of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny in a wave of nationwide demonstrations that have rattled the Kremlin. Many chanted slogans against President Vladimir Putin. Activists say police detained more than 4,700 protesters across the country on Sunday, including nearly 1,500 in Moscow. The authorities mounted a massive effort to stem the tide of demonstrations after tens of thousands rallied last
  
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• The Latest: South African virus variant detected in Greece

  31-01-2021 19:00
  
  ATHENS, Greece — Greek authorities have confirmed the first detection of the South African variant of the new coronavirus in the country, prompting top health officials to fly to the area where it was found for meetings on Sunday.
  The minister leading the government response to the pandemic and the head of the country’s public health body met with doctors and the local bishop in the northern city of Thessaloniki. The variant is believed to be more contagious than the original type an
  
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• Beach poles behind Florida hotel block driving in Daytona

  31-01-2021 19:00
  
  DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Driving on the seaside sand, a long-lived tradition in Daytona Beach, is now threatened along one short stretch where poles are blocking any vehicles. The Hard Rock Hotel erected the poles along a 410-foot (124-meter) section of beach to prevent driving there. Volusia County Council chair Jeff Brower has made beach driving a priority since his election in November. Brower told the Daytona Beach News-Journal that the poles are treated with harsh chemicals that cou
  
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• Major storm heads to Northeast after blanketing Midwest

  31-01-2021 18:59
  
  After days of frigid temperatures, the Northeast is bracing for a whopper of a storm that could dump well over a foot of snow in many areas, create blizzard-like conditions. The storm system has already blanketed parts of the Midwest, as well as Washington, D.C. Chicago got almost 7 inches of snow by Sunday morning, leading to the cancellation of a couple hundred flights at the city’s two airports. In Wisconsin, snow depths in some areas had reached more than 15 inches. Snow is expected to
  
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• Moscow protest spreads wide after police block original plan

  31-01-2021 18:53
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — The Moscow police plan to stifle an opposition protest by clamping down on the center of the city has backfired. Not only did the massive demonstration demanding freedom for jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny take place Sunday, but it was spread throughout a wide swath of the city. By making a long trek through Moscow’s icy streets, the protesters got a chance to spread their message across much of central Moscow, attracting considerable attention along the way wit
  
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• Super Bowl week helps ‘shine a light’ on human trafficking

  31-01-2021 18:43
  
  High-profile events that draw out-of-town visitors are natural targets for human traffickers. The Super Bowl is no exception. There is plenty of work going on this week in the Tampa Bay area to try to stop trafficking. The NFL has designated one of its community grants for Super Bowl hosts to the Hillsborough County Commission on Human Trafficking. Between 25 million and 40 million people worldwide are estimated to be victims of trafficking. Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins is among NF
  
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• Major storm on its way to Northeast after blanketing Midwest

  31-01-2021 18:41
  
  After days of frigid temperatures, the Northeast is bracing for a whopper of a storm that could dump well over a foot of snow in many areas, create blizzard-like conditions. The storm system has already blanketed parts of the Midwest. Chicago got almost 7 inches of snow by Sunday morning, leading to the cancellation of a couple hundred flights at the city’s two airports. In Wisconsin, snow depths in some areas had reached more than 15 inches. Three to 5 inches of snow arrived in central Oh
  
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• Captain Tom hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19

  31-01-2021 18:40
  
  LONDON (AP) — Captain Tom Moore, the 100-year-old World War II veteran who captivated the British public in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic with his fundraising efforts, has been admitted to hospital with COVID-19. His daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore said in a statement posted on Twitter on Sunday that her father has been admitted to Bedford Hospital because he needed “additional help” with his breathing. She said that over the past few weeks her father had been treated
  
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• 13 killed in car bombs, shooting in northern Syria

  31-01-2021 18:22
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — One Syrian has been killed and four injured after Kurdish security forces opened fire at pro-government demonstrators in a shared northeastern city. The state news agency SANA said Sunday the Kurdish forces opened fire at demonstrators protesting a seige on their neighborhood in Hassakeh city. The Kurds, Syria’s largest ethnic minority, have carved out a semi-autonomous enclave in Syria’s north since the start of the civil war in 2011. Separately, two car bombs we
  
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• Russia arrests over 4,500 at wide protests backing Navalny

  31-01-2021 18:08
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — Tens of thousands of people are protesting across Russia to demand the release of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny in a wave of nationwide demonstrations that have rattled the Kremlin. Many chanted slogans against President Vladimir Putin. Activists say police detained more than 4,500 protesters across the country on Sunday, including 1,450 in Moscow. The authorities mounted a massive effort to stem the tide of demonstrations after tens of thousands rallied last weeken
  
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• Switzerland intervenes over detained reporter in Belarus

  31-01-2021 18:07
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Switzerland’s foreign minister says that a reporter for the country’s public broadcaster who was detained by police in Belarus has been freed. Luzia Tschirky, a correspondent for Swiss broadcaster SRF, said she was detained by masked men as she was heading to meet an acquaintance for coffee in the Belaruisan capital Minsk. Hours later, Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis said Sunday that the reporter had been freed and was in the Swiss embassy. SRF condemned the
  
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• UK police arrest another 9 people at asylum seekers’ camp

  31-01-2021 17:56
  
  LONDON (AP) — Police in southeast England said that they have made a further nine arrests at a former army barracks, which has been used to house hundreds of asylum-seekers and where a suspected arson attack took place. Kent Police said in a statement Sunday that 14 people have now been arrested following a “disturbance” on Friday at the site in the coastal town of Folkestone, which saw windows smashed and a building set alight. Five men previously arrested in connection with t
  
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• End of pandemic can’t come soon enough for 2 Arizona towns

  31-01-2021 17:35
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Some Arizona educators are hoping the arrival of vaccinations against COVID-19 marks the beginning of the end for the pandemic. That scenario can’t come soon enough for the residents of Hayden and Winkelman. The small neighboring eastern Arizona towns have been pummeled by the coronavirus. The school district’s enrollment is now around 300 students, down from 520 a few decades ago. The Arizona Republic reports that the towns’ residents have lost their neigh
  
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• Qatar pledges $360 million in aid to Hamas-ruled Gaza

  31-01-2021 17:29
  
  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Qatari government says it will provide $360 million in assistance for the Gaza Strip during the coming year. Sunday’s announcement continues a program that has helped reduce fighting between Israel and the territory’s militant Hamas rulers. Qatar, an energy-rich Gulf country, has been providing payments to Gaza each month since 2018. The payments have paid for much-needed electricity, helped Hamas cover the salaries of its civil servants and pro
  
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• Somalia’s al-Shabab rebels attack hotel in the capital city

  31-01-2021 17:24
  
  MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalia’s police say a hotel in the capital has been hit by an explosion and an attack by gunmen. Police spokesman Sadiq Adan Ali said a vehicle loaded with explosives crashed into the entrance gate of the Afrik hotel, near Mogadishu’s strategic K-4 junction. Somalia’s police say a number of armed gunmen then quickly invaded the hotel, opening fire on staff and patrons inside. Government forces responded to the attack and gunfire could be heard c
  
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• Russia arrests over 4,000 at wide protests backing Navalny

  31-01-2021 17:05
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — Tens of thousands of people are protesting across Russia to demand the release of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny in a wave of nationwide demonstrations that have rattled the Kremlin. Many chanted slogans against President Vladimir Putin. Activists say police detained more than 4,000 protesters across the country on Sunday, including over 1,000 in Moscow. The authorities mounted a massive effort to stem the tide of demonstrations after tens of thousands rallied last w
  
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• From ho-hum to whopper: Major storm on its way to Northeast

  31-01-2021 16:55
  
  After days of frigid temperatures but little else weather-wise, the Northeast is bracing for a whopper of a storm that could dump well over a foot of snow in many areas, create blizzard-like conditions and cause travel problems for the next few days. Three to 5 inches of snow arrived in central Ohio by early Sunday, making for some slippery roads. A few more inches were in the forecast for Sunday, but by the afternoon, snow was expected to reach Pennsylvania. The National Weather says heavy snow
  
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• Arizona reports 5,025 new COVID-19 cases and 22 more deaths

  31-01-2021 16:48
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona health officials on Sunday reported 5,025 additional COVID-19 cases and 22 more deaths. The latest figures from the state Department of Health Services increased the state’s pandemic totals to 758,404 cases and 13,120 known deaths. The number of infections is thought to be far higher than reported because many people have not been tested. Studies suggest people can be infected with the virus without feeling sick. Saturday’s update from the U.S. Centers fo
  
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• Search is on for new leaders in journalism’s upper echelons

  31-01-2021 16:41
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A changing of the guard is afoot for journalism’s leaders. The announced retirement of editor Marty Baron at The Washington Post and ABC News President James Goldston’s exit add to the vacancy list for top newsroom jobs. The Los Angeles Times and Reuters are also looking for new leaders, CNN’s chief is considering his future and The New York Times is likely to have a new editor within the next two years. The changeover will test the industry’s commit
  
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