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• Court: Black man’s arrest for refusing to show ID improper

  04-02-2021 23:51
  
  RICHMOND. Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court has ruled that sheriff’s deputies in Virginia violated the constitutional rights of a Black man when they arrested him for refusing to identify himself. The decision issued Thursday by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals partially overturns a lower court ruling that upheld the legitimacy of the 2017 arrest of George Wingate by two Stafford County deputies. The deputies invoked a local statute requiring people to provide identification to
  
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• US virus deaths surpass 450K; daily toll is stubbornly high

  04-02-2021 23:50
  
  Coronavirus deaths in the United States have surpassed 450,000. The number of daily deaths remains stubbornly high at more than 3,000 a day, despite falling infections and the arrival of multiple vaccines. Infectious disease specialists expect deaths to start dropping soon, after new cases hit a peak right around the beginning of the year. The new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says new COVID-19 deaths could ebb as early as next week. But there’s also the risk t
  
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• CBS’ Brown to host record 10th Super Bowl pregame show

  04-02-2021 23:43
  
  CBS’ James Brown knows what it is like to host Super Bowl pregame shows when the day transcended beyond the teams competing for a championship. Brown hosted Fox’s pregame for the 2002 Super Bowl, which occurred nearly five months after 9/11. With the coronavirus pandemic still at the forefront, Brown realizes Sunday’s “Super Bowl Today” show could offer the same opportunities, but in a different manner.The post CBS’ Brown to host record 10th Super Bowl pregame
  
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• Congressional report finds toxic metals in baby food brands

  04-02-2021 23:42
  
  A congressional investigation has found levels of arsenic, lead and other toxic metals in many popular baby foods, including organic brands. In a report released Thursday, a U.S. House Subcommittee said it requested internal data from seven companies, including Walmart and Gerber, in 2019. The data showed levels of arsenic, lead, cadmium and mercury, even though the U.S. Food and Drug Administration considers those harmful to human health. The metals can remain in the environment for decades fro
  
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• Biden halts Trump-ordered US troops cuts in Germany

  04-02-2021 23:27
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has formally stopped the planned withdrawal of U.S. troops from Germany that was ordered last year by the Trump administration but had never actually begun. Biden says the troop pullout would be halted until Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin does a review of America’s troops presence around the globe. He says Austin will ensure that “our military footprint is appropriately aligned with our foreign policy and national security priorities.&rdquo
  
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• Judge orders US officials to weigh coal mine’s climate costs

  04-02-2021 23:22
  
  BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A judge says U.S. officials downplayed climate change impacts and other environmental costs from the expansion of a massive coal mine near the Montana-Wyoming border. The judge ruled Wednesday that under former President Donald Trump, officials played up the economic benefits of the Spring Creek Mine expansion but failed to consider the society-wide impacts of climate change. Spring Creek is Montana’s largest coal mine. A representative of Navajo Transitional E
  
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• Police: Man shot assisted living worker to stop ‘thievery’

  04-02-2021 23:17
  
  DENVER (AP) — Police say a 95-year-old Colorado man accused of shooting and killing a maintenance worker at his assisted living center said he was tired of staffers stealing money from him and decided to shoot the man to stop the thefts. A court document released Thursday reported Payne told police he confronted Ricardo Medina-Rojas on Wednesday about $200 he said was missing from his wallet and shot him once in the head. The arrest affidavit said Payne also told investigators that he shou
  
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• Congress debates rebuke of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene

  04-02-2021 23:14
  
  U.S. House of RepresentativesMarjorie Taylor Greene (R), Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 14th district, Photo Date: 1/14/2021
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is debating whether to strip far-right Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of her committee assignments over past comments Greene made that were racist, embraced conspiracy theories or endorsed violence directed at Democratic officeholders. A Democratic measure removing Greene from her posts is all but certai
  
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• Missouri man faces federal charges tied to Capitol breach

  04-02-2021 23:13
  
  O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A St. Louis-area man is now the third Missourian facing federal charges in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. Paul S. Westover of Lake St. Louis made his initial court appearance Thursday on a felony count of impeding law enforcement officers. He’s also charged with three misdemeanors accusing him of entering a restricted building, disorderly conduct impeding government business, and disruptive conduct in the Capitol. A spokesman for the U.S. attorney&rsq
  
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• Gun sales hit high in January, continuing 2020 surge

  04-02-2021 23:10
  
  Gun sales hit a historic high in January as violent riots hit the U.S. Capitol and a new president took over, continuing a record-setting surge that began as the coronavirus pandemic took hold in early 2020. Gun dealers sold more than 2 million firearms in January, a 75% increase over the same month last year, according to the industry trade group the National Shooting Sports Foundation. Gun sales had already been soaring amid uncertainty over the coronavirus pandemic, a severely stalled economy
  
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• A glance at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s incendiary words

  04-02-2021 23:09
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Freshman Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia is likely to be stripped of her committee assignments by the House Democratic majority over her past remarks. Greene is new to politics and has a well-documented history of racist remarks and of embracing conspiracy theories before her 2020 election. She has also endorsed violence against leading Democratic officials. She once floated the possibility that California wildfires were set by “lasers or blue beams of light&
  
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• Artist creates natural portrait of Lewis in Atlanta park

  04-02-2021 23:08
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Freedom Park in Atlanta is doubling as the canvas for one of the city’s portraits of the late civil rights icon and congressman John Lewis. Artist and progressive activist Stan Herd created this so-named Earthwork with natural materials. He’s known for creating similar representational portraits around the world. The temporary installations only last as long as nature allows, eventually fading away. Lewis died in July at the age of 80 after battling pancreatic ca
  
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• Library association awards Carnegie medals to McBride, Giggs

  04-02-2021 23:04
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The American Library Association has announced its winners of the Carnegie medals for literary excellence. James McBride won in fiction for his novel “Deacon King Kong.” Rebecca Giggs won in nonfiction for “Fathoms: The World in the Whale.” McBride and Giggs each have strong childhood memories of libraries. McBride would visit them often because they were a “safe space” and because his family couldn’t afford to buy many books. Giggs
  
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• New Mexico State Police say officer shot, killed on highway

  04-02-2021 23:02
  
  DEMING, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s state police agency says one of its officers has been killed in a shooting along a highway. The agency announced the shooting death in a Twitter post Thursday that also said a “suspect is deceased.” Multiple agencies responded to the confrontation along Interstate 10 in southern New Mexico. A state police spokesman was not immediately available for comment. The Las Cruces Police Department closed the interstate near the shooting scene and
  
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• Fox News, Trump allies sued $2.7B over election conspiracies

  04-02-2021 22:58
  
  (CNN) - A voting technology company is suing Fox News and some allies of former President Donald Trump over election fraud claims.Smartmatic filed a $2.7 billion lawsuit Thursday.It alleges election conspiracy theories jeopardized the company's survival.The theories included that Smartmatic's technology allowed the November vote to be rigged against Trump.Trump's former personal attorney Rudy Giuliani and pro-Trump attorney Sidney Powell are named in the lawsuit along with Fox News hosts Lou Dob
  
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• Man with extensive burns dies after west Phoenix house fire

  04-02-2021 22:56
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities say a man has died after a house fire in west Phoenix. Firefighters were called out to the home just before 1 p.m. Thursday and say they found a man with extensive burns to his body. Authorities say the man died at the scene. His name and age weren’t immediately available. Phoenix police are investigating, but they say foul play isn’t suspected. They say fire investigators will work to determine what caused the blaze which didn’t extend to the c
  
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• Jeffrey Epstein fund abruptly halts payouts to victims

  04-02-2021 22:54
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A fund set up to provide money to victims of financier Jeffrey Epstein has abruptly suspended payouts, saying it has temporarily run out of funds. The announcement was made Thursday by the Epstein Victims’ Compensation Program. The fund said in a release that uncertainty about the liquidity of estate assets needed to finance the payouts made it necessary to stop payments until at least late March. The fund, though, will continue to process applications but will wait t
  
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• Trump rejects Dems’ request to testify at impeachment trial

  04-02-2021 22:49
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is rejecting a request by House Democrats to testify under oath for his Senate impeachment trial. Democrats are challenging the former president to explain why he and his lawyers have disputed key factual allegations related to their charge that he incited a violent mob to storm the Capitol. Trump adviser Jason Miller responded Thursday that “the president will not testify in an unconstitutional proceeding.” Trump’s lawyers
  
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• Guard deployment to secure DC will cost nearly $500 million

  04-02-2021 22:43
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say the cost of deploying about 26,000 National Guard troops to secure the U.S. Capitol in the wake of the deadly Jan. 6 riot is nearly $500 million. The Guard deployment brought troops in from all 50 states and four territories, as law enforcement agencies tried to lock down the Capitol for the inauguration of the President Joe Biden. Thousands of Guard members poured into the nation’s capital and were stationed across the city to block traffic and p
  
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• All those in favor say meow: Pets banned from bill hearings

  04-02-2021 22:43
  
  CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Politically active pets are out of luck in New Hampshire, where some lawmakers have been told to keep their cats and dogs out of the room when they log on for remote hearings. Rep. Anita Burroughs, a Democrat from Glen, said her cats, Yoshi and Jack, were among several pets that appeared on screen during Wednesday’s House Commerce and Consumer Affairs Committee meeting. Later, a colleague later passed along a message from the committee’s Republican chairman
  
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• US virus deaths surpass 450K after reporting more than 3,000 deaths a day

  04-02-2021 22:35
  
  WASHINGTON DC (AP) - Coronavirus deaths in the United States have surpassed 450,000.
  The number of daily deaths remains stubbornly high at more than 3,000 a day, despite falling infections and the arrival of multiple vaccines.
  Infectious disease specialists expect deaths to start dropping soon, after new cases hit a peak right around the beginning of the year.
  The new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says new COVID-19 deaths could ebb as early as next week.
  But there&rs
  
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• Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez seek climate emergency declaration

  04-02-2021 22:34
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Progressive lawmakers including Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are pushing the Biden administration to act ever more aggressively on climate change now that Democrats are in charge of Congress and the White House. A week after President Joe Biden signed signed executive orders intended to combat the worst effects of climate change, liberal lawmakers are urging him to go even further and declare a national emergency on climate change. Such a declarat
  
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• Federal authorities: Investment firm’s returns an ‘illusion’

  04-02-2021 22:30
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Three business partners in a Manhattan-based private equity firm have been charged in a high-stakes scheme to use clients’ money to cover fake returns. Federal and state authorities said on Thursday that the defendants had raised more than $1.7 billion by creating an “aura of success.” New York officials were seeking $700 in restitution for 1,400 investors. A lawyer for one of the defendants said he would plead not guilty. Messages were left with attorneys
  
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• Biden strikes tough tone on Russia in diplomatic push

  04-02-2021 22:22
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says the days of the U.S. “rolling over” to Russian President Vladimir Putin are over and he is calling for the immediate release of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. During his first visit to the State Department as president, Biden offered his strongest condemnation of Putin as large protests have broken out throughout Russia following the jailing of Navalny. Biden was also seeking to make clear to the world that he’s making
  
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• The Latest: Wisconsin Gov. Evers reissues mask mandate

  04-02-2021 22:19
  
  MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has issued a new statewide mask order an hour after the Republican-controlled Legislature voted to repeal his previous mandate.The Democrat Evers said in a video message Thursday that his priority is keeping people safe and that wearing a mask was the most basic way to do that.Republicans who voted to repeal the order said Evers was exceeding his authority by issuing new public health emergencies rather than having the Legislature approve extension
  
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• Oregon looks at ban on using tear gas against crowds

  04-02-2021 22:19
  
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Tear gas, pepper spray and other impact munitions have been deployed by police for months during protests in Portland, Oregon, enveloping neighborhoods and even a school yard. Now, an Oregon lawmaker is seeking to ban the use of the chemical agents in one of the most sweeping police measures in the country regarding crowd control. A legislative subcommittee on equitable policing heard a parade of witnesses this week describe the harm caused by the chemical agents. One wo
  
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• Desperation grows as Mexico runs out of vaccines

  04-02-2021 22:15
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Desperation is mounting as Mexico runs out of vaccines, a government registration website crashed for a third straight day and restaurant workers protested virus restrictions driving them into poverty. Mexico is scrambling to line up shipments of Russia’s Sputnik vaccine, but no new doses are expected to arrive until mid-month. And millions who tried to register for vaccines when they do arrive were met Thursday with a completely non-functional website. Even to fin
  
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• Election officials say combating lies will be big challenge

  04-02-2021 22:14
  
  Top election officials across the country are looking ahead to future elections and grappling with how they can counter a wave of lies and misinformation, after a 2020 election season dominated by conspiracy theories and false claims about voting. This week, top election officials from every state have been gathering virtually for their biannual meetings. A major topic has been how to deal with those who have lost faith in elections due to misinformation surrounding the presidential election and
  
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• PCHD addresses rumors circulating about TCC vaccinating ‘end of day’ shot seekers

  04-02-2021 22:10
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - If you're on social media, you may have heard about people getting the COVID-19 vaccine when they hang out at the Tucson Convention Center late in the day.
  The trending rumor has prompted the county's health department to address what they call "the end of the day shots" issue.On Thursday, the people lined up outside the convention center in hopes of getting the vaccine. PCHD says the line "has gotten so long today, Feb. 4, at the TCC, the county is allowing people over 70 who ar
  
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• France’s leader “very upset” by platforms’ muzzling of Trump

  04-02-2021 22:10
  
  PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron says he was “very upset” by the way social networks muzzled Donald Trump at the tail end of his U.S. presidency. Speaking in a recorded video chat with scholars, Macron cited Trump’s example in arguing for more government regulation of social media platforms. The comments, which Macron made in English, were released Thursday by the Atlantic Council think tank. The French leader said platforms “suddenly cut the mic”
  
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• Wisconsin governor issues new mask mandate after GOP repeal

  04-02-2021 21:55
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has issued a new statewide mask order an hour after the Republican-controlled Legislature voted to repeal his previous mandate. The Democrat Evers said in a video message Thursday that his priority is keeping people safe and that wearing a mask was the most basic way to do that. Republicans who voted to repeal the order said Evers was exceeding his authority by issuing new public health emergencies rather than having the Legislature approve ex
  
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• Wisconsin governor issues new mask order after Assembly vote

  04-02-2021 21:42
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has issued a new statewide mask order an hour after the Republican-controlled Legislature voted to repeal his previous mandate. The Democrat Evers said in a video message Thursday that his priority is keeping people safe and that wearing a mask was the most basic way to do that. Republicans who voted to repeal the order said Evers was exceeding his authority by issuing new public health emergencies rather than having the Legislature approve ex
  
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• Biden officials considering action on student debt relief

  04-02-2021 21:41
  
  The Biden administration is reviewing whether it can take steps to provide student debt relief through executive action, even as it continues to call on Congress to pass legislation to help borrowers and their families. A tweet by White House press secretary Jen Psaki appears to go further than her comments at a briefing earlier Thursday when she said President Joe Biden was looking to Congress to act next on student loan relief. Biden has said he’d support up to $10,000 in student loan fo
  
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• Tucson Convention Center to Add 75+ Population to Eligible Vaccine Recipients

  04-02-2021 21:40
  
  While vaccinations at the Tucson Convention Center were previously targeted toward protective service workers and educators, the Pima County Health Department is expanding vaccines at TCC to the 75+ population. …
  
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• The Latest: Wisconsin repeals statewide mask mandate

  04-02-2021 21:40
  
  MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin’s Republican-controlled Legislature has repealed the statewide mask mandate of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers.Health experts have warned against repealing the mandate, saying masks are among the most effective ways to slow the spread of the coronavirus. The Assembly vote Thursday came a week after the Senate also voted to end the mask mandate.However, the repeal doesn’t affect mask mandates imposed by local governments.
  Wisconsin is one of only 10 states w
  
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• 75+ Can Now Get Vaccinated at Tucson Convention Center

  04-02-2021 21:40
  
  While vaccinations at the Tucson Convention Center were previously targeted toward protective service workers and educators, the Pima County Health Department is expanding vaccines at TCC to the 75+ population. …
  
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• Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers issues new mask mandate less than an hour after GOP-controlled Legislature repeals prior order

  04-02-2021 21:38
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers issues new mask mandate less than an hour after GOP-controlled Legislature repeals prior order.The post Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers issues new mask mandate less than an hour after GOP-controlled Legislature repeals prior order appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Minnesota Republicans counter Chauvin trial security plan

  04-02-2021 21:35
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Senate Republicans have offered a counterproposal to Democratic Gov. Tim Walz’s request for security funding for next month’s murder trial for the former police officer charged with killing George Floyd. Instead of a $35 million fund, the Republican proposal would target Minneapolis by diverting local government aid from cities that fail to pay for mutual aid assistance. Republicans pushed back on the governor’s proposal, calling it a bailout
  
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• Greene regrets ‘words of the past’ without explicit apology

  04-02-2021 21:35
  
  U.S. House of RepresentativesMarjorie Taylor Greene (R), Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 14th district, Photo Date: 1/14/2021
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Embattled Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says she regrets some of her “words of the past.” But she’s not explicitly apologizing for racist and violent rhetoric. Greene is facing a House vote to strip her of committee assignments. The Georgia Republican asserted in a House speech Thursday that she was &ldqu
  
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• 3 male guards accused in violent attack at NJ women’s prison

  04-02-2021 21:31
  
  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s attorney general said Thursday that three prison guards are charged with misconduct stemming from a violent attack on at least six inmates at the state’s lone women’s prison. He says one women was punched 28 times and pepper-sprayed. Attorney General Gurbir Grewal said prosecutors found that the guards tried to cover up the attack at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women by filing false reports. He said the January attack involve
  
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• Senate panel OKs ban on abortions for genetic problems

  04-02-2021 21:26
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — A proposal that would make it a felony in Arizona for a doctor to perform an abortion because the fetus has a genetic abnormality such as Down Syndrome has been approved by a Republican-dominated state Senate panel. The measure also adds a slew of other anti-abortion provisions. Republican Sen. Nancy Barto of Phoenix says her proposal protects the most vulnerable and also restores dignity to aborted fetuses by requiring that they be buried or cremated. Democrats call the pro
  
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• Mercury star Griner opens up about getting counseling

  04-02-2021 21:21
  
  Brittney Griner needed a mental break. The Phoenix Mercury’s star center said at the first day of USA Basketball camp that she left the WNBA bubble last summer because of mental health reasons. Griner said people should be open to talking about mental health issues. She sought counseling once she left the bubble. Griner is in South Carolina this week along with nearly 20 other players at a USA Basketball training camp.The post Mercury star Griner opens up about getting counseling appeared
  
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• Mexico vows to press ahead to favor state-owned utility

  04-02-2021 21:17
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico has vowed to press ahead with attempts to limit private power generation after the Supreme Court ruled against President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s attempt to block permits for renewable power plants. The interior secretary said Thursday that the court ruling applied only to a 2020 executive order, and the administration would wage a new court battle over another bill the president sent to Congress this month. The bill would give priority to
  
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• US missionary gets 15 years for sex abuse at Kenya orphanage

  04-02-2021 21:14
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Christian missionary from Pennsylvania was sentenced to more than 15 years in federal prison Thursday for sexually abusing girls at a Kenyan orphanage he led. Federal authorities say 61-year-old Gregory Dow of Lancaster ran the Dow Family Children’s Home for nearly a decade before fleeing in 2017.  They say some of the funding for the orphanage came from U.S. churches and faith-based groups. The FBI says Dow abused girls as young as 11. Acting U.S. Attorney
  
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• Lavrov to Blinken: Respect Russia’s legal system

  04-02-2021 21:02
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — In his first conversation with new Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Russia’s top diplomat has slapped down U.S. criticism of opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s jailing and of the massive arrests of protesters seeking his release. A Foreign Ministry statement Thursday said Sergey Lavrov “gave detailed explanations about the need to respect (Russia’s) legislation and judicial system.” Russia has called US criticism over Navalny interference in it
  
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• Tucson's Romero, 5 other Arizona mayors join plea for $1.9 trillion COVID-19 bill with city aid

  04-02-2021 21:00
  
  WASHINGTON – Six Arizona mayors were among hundreds who urged Congress to pass a $1.9 trillion pandemic-relief bill that includes $350 billion in aid for state and local governments who say they are on the front lines of the crisis. …
  
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• Anti-vaccine rabbi dismissed by Jewish organization

  04-02-2021 20:55
  
  BOSTON (AP) — A prominent Jewish organization is cutting ties with a Massachusetts rabbi for his vocal opposition to the coronavirus vaccine and other public health efforts to rein in the pandemic. Central Massachusetts Chabad, the regional organization overseeing local Jewish community centers, says it dismissed Rabbi Michoel Green, who runs Chabad of Westborough, on Jan. 27. Rabbi Mendel Fogelman, director of the Central Massachusetts Chabad, said Green’s commentary during the pand
  
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• Uphill battle to convict cop who shot Andre Hill, data shows

  04-02-2021 20:52
  
  COLUMBUS, OHio (AP) — Data shows that prosecutors will face an uphill battle in winning a murder conviction against the Ohio officer who shot and killed Andre Hill. Columbus Police Officer Adam Coy was indicted Wednesday by a Franklin County grand jury following an investigation by the Ohio Attorney General’s office. Coy, who is white, shot Hill, a Black man, on Dec. 22 as he walked out of a garage holding a cell phone. Historical data compiled by criminologist Philip Stinson shows t
  
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• Sudan appoints key rebel leaders to interim government

  04-02-2021 20:51
  
  CAIRO (AP) — Sudan has appointed three representatives of armed rebel groups to top posts in the country’s interim government, as part of a peace deal signed last year. Sudan is transitioning to democratic rule after a mass uprising forced the military to remove longtime dictator Omar al-Bashir in 2019 and trying to quell years of conflict in its rebel regions. The peace deal, signed in October in Juba in neighboring South Sudan, after months of negotiations, granted self-rule for so
  
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• Judge approves divorce for ex-cop charged in Floyd’s death

  04-02-2021 20:50
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota judge has approved a divorce settlement between the former Minneapolis police officer who placed his knee on George Floyd’s neck and his wife. The divorce of Derek Chauvin and Kellie Chauvin was finalized Tuesday and redacted documents were made public Thursday. The approval comes months after Washington County District Judge Juanita Freeman rejected a prior agreement that transferred most of the couple’s assets to Kellie Chauvin. The judge wrote
  
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