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• Family says ‘PCSD failed’ 19-year-old who was shot, killed by deputy while holding a key fob

  05-02-2021 23:59
  
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  TUCSON (KVOA) - A Tucson family said "Pima County Sheriff's Department failed" their loved one after a teen was shot and killed when he allegedly charged a deputy with a key fob last month.Back on Jan. 20, 19-year-old Bradley Alexander Lewis was reportedly shot and killed by a PCSD deputy in connection to a report of an adult male attempting to break into vehicles at the 2100 block of Morning Jewel Place near La Cholla Boulevard and Overton Road.Respondin
  
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• Biden administration to survey schools on COVID-19 impact

  05-02-2021 23:59
  
  The Biden administration says it will soon begin collecting data from thousands of U.S. schools to find out how they have been affected by the pandemic. Led by the Education Department, the effort will collect monthly data from 7,000 schools on a range of topics related to COVID-19. It’s the first federal effort to gather data on the pandemic’s impact on education. President Joe Biden called for the data in a Jan. 21 executive order on school reopening. The Trump administration decli
  
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• Administration pledges more support for minority businesses

  05-02-2021 23:59
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is promising Black business executives that it plans to make sure that the government’s economic support programs are able to reach minority-owned businesses. Vice President Kamala Harris and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen say the new administration intends to address problems in delivering aid to minority businesses in the government’s Paycheck Protection Program, which provides loans to small businesses that can be forgiven as long
  
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• A test for Trumpism: Virginia Republicans seek new playbook

  05-02-2021 23:51
  
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The national Republican Party is at war with itself, struggling to reconcile a bitter divide between former President Donald Trump’s fierce loyalists and those who want Trumpism purged from their party. The GOP need only look across the Potomac River into Virginia to see the dangers that lurk if it cannot correct course. In just nine months, Virginia voters will elect a new governor in what marks the first significant test of the Republican Party’s strength
  
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• Andrews, Evans, Mirren pay tribute to Christopher Plummer

  05-02-2021 23:50
  
  Julie Andrews, Helen Mirren and many more are paying tribute to Christopher Plummer, who died Friday at 91. Plummer’s “Sound of Music” co-star Andrews says the world has lost a consummate actor and she has lost a cherished friend. Mirren, who co-starred with Plummer in 2009’s “The Last Station,” called him “a mighty force both has man and actor.” Chris Evans, who starred with Plummer in 2019’s “Knives Out,” tweeted that he was a &
  
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• EXPLAINER: Why does NJ women’s prison have ‘ugly history’ ?

  05-02-2021 23:47
  
  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s attorney general, charging three male prison guards with misconduct this week in connection with an attack on female inmates, said a state women’s prison has an “ugly history.” Indeed it hasn’t even been a year since the U.S. government said abuse at the facility was an “open secret.” Federal prosecutors found in a report from April “culture of acceptance” of sexual abuse of inmates persisted at the pri
  
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• AP analysis: Federal executions likely a COVID superspreader

  05-02-2021 23:43
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The executions at the end of Donald Trump’s presidency, completed in short windows over a few weeks, likely acted as a superspreader event. That’s according to records reviewed by The Associated Press. It was something health experts had warned could happen when the Justice Department insisted on resuming executions during a pandemic. By the end of 2020, 70% of death row inmates were sick with COVID-19. Guards were ill. Traveling prisons staff on the execution
  
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• Amid pandemic, Venezuelans have fun picking Carnival queen

  05-02-2021 23:37
  
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — At least one corner of Caracas is feeling a splash of Carnival excitement despite the global pandemic that struck when Venezuela was already years into crisis that put a damper on life. Neighbors in a hillside barrio called Antimano stepped into the street Friday to pick their child queen for carnival festivities. They cheered, shouted and blew whistles. The title went to 11-year-old Rosario Gutierrez. She wore a bright red dress and says she didn’t expect t
  
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• Judge sets bail hearing for Kyle Rittenhouse next week

  05-02-2021 23:25
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge will hold a hearing next week on whether to arrest or increase bail for Kyle Rittenhouse. The hearing comes after the 18-year-old from Illinois who’s accused of killing two people and wounding a third during a police brutality protest in Wisconsin last summer allegedly failed to update his address with the court. Rittenhouse’s attorneys say he moved into an undisclosed “safe house” after he posted $2 million bond in November to
  
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• Virginia lawmakers pass marijuana legalization bills

  05-02-2021 23:21
  
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Both chambers of the Virginia General Assembly have passed legislation that would legalize marijuana for adult recreational use, with retail sales starting several years down the road. Work on the complicated legislation has been a priority for Democrats who control state government. But despite Friday’s votes, the process is far from finished. There are substantial differences between the two bills that must be worked out before they can be sent to Gov. Ralph No
  
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• Judge rules Republican Tenney won last open US House race

  05-02-2021 23:17
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A New York judge ruled Friday that Republican Claudia Tenney defeated U.S. Rep. Anthony Brindisi by 109 votes in the nation’s last undecided congressional race. The ruling by Judge Scott DelConte could clear the way for Tenney to be sworn in as the representative for central New York’s 22nd Congressional District, barring emergency intervention by a state appeals court. DelConte’s ruling came after he spent three months reviewing ballot challenges and
  
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• Woman killed, 3 police wounded in hourslong standoff

  05-02-2021 23:14
  
  HIGH POINT, N.C. (AP) — Authorities say three North Carolina police officers were shot and wounded by a man who barricaded himself in a home with a woman and two children in an hourslong standoff. High Point Police Chief Travis Stroud says the woman was found dead after Friday’s standoff. The children were uninjured, and the officers’ injuries were not life-threatening. Stroud says the standoff ended when the man fired at assisting officers from the Greensboro Police Department
  
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• The Latest: South Carolina gov donates plasma to patients

  05-02-2021 23:12
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster and his wife have donated plasma to help patients who have COVID-19 recover more quickly from the disease.McMaster and the first lady contracted COVID-19 in December and doctors encourage people who recover from the disease to donate the blood product. The plasma is then transfused into the bodies of current hospitalized COVID-19 patients to lessen their symptoms and hopefully help them recover faster.The 73-year-old governor spent nearly
  
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• New York judge rules that Republican Claudia Tenney has defeated US Rep. Anthony Brindisi by 109 votes in last open race

  05-02-2021 23:06
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York judge rules that Republican Claudia Tenney has defeated US Rep. Anthony Brindisi by 109 votes in last open race.The post New York judge rules that Republican Claudia Tenney has defeated US Rep. Anthony Brindisi by 109 votes in last open race appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Disney World’s Super Bowl parade is nixed, but ad will air

  05-02-2021 23:05
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Disney’s Super Bowl parade has been nixed, but the filming of the “I’m Going to Disney World” commercial after the big game is still on. Officials at Walt Disney World said Friday that the theme park resort wouldn’t be hosting its annual Super Bowl parade this year because of the pandemic. But the resort still plans to film its annual ad after the game. The ad usually features the Most Valuable Player looking at the camera and saying those
  
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• Capitol breach invader of Pelosi’s office pleads not guilty

  05-02-2021 22:57
  
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas man photographed sitting at a desk in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office during last month’s riot at the U.S. Capitol has pleaded not guilty to federal charges stemming from the breach. Richard Barnett was arraigned Friday in federal court on seven counts from the Jan. 6 riot, including entering and remaining in a restricted building with a dangerous weapon, theft of government property and disorderly conduct. His next hearing in his case i
  
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• Minnesota governor deploys Guard for Chauvin trial security

  05-02-2021 22:56
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Gov Tim Walz has authorized the Minnesota National Guard to deploy in preparation for potential civil unrest during the upcoming trials of four ex-Minneapolis police officers charged in the killing of George Floyd last summer. The Democratic governor’s executive order authorizes the deployment of an unspecified number of troops in Minneapolis and St. Paul. They would serve during both the trial of ex-officer Derek Chauvin, which is scheduled to begin March 8, and t
  
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• California man survives 7 day stuck in snowy mountain road

  05-02-2021 22:51
  
  DOWNIEVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A California man survived seven days in the Sierra Nevada after following his GPS navigation system down a treacherous mountain road and getting hemmed in by deep snow. The Sierra County Sheriff’s office says 29-year-old Harland Earls was rescued by a helicopter crew Sunday, hours after emergency dispatchers tracked his cellphone to a unplowed county road in the heart of Tahoe National Forest. Authorities say he was in good condition after being holed up in
  
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• Suburban Atlanta county removes Confederate monument

  05-02-2021 22:48
  
  LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A suburban Atlanta county has removed a Confederate monument from its historic courthouse square and placed it into storage. The monument was installed in 1993 in the Gwinnett County seat of Lawrenceville. It was removed Thursday night after commissioners approved the step on Tuesday. The monument was taken to an undisclosed location. It will be held there while courts decide whether the county was justified in removing it under a state law that prohibits removal
  
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• Faith groups say refugee program will take time to rebuild

  05-02-2021 22:46
  
  Faith-based organizations involved in refugee resettlement are celebrating President Joe Biden’s new executive order that intends to lift the number of refugees admitted to the U.S. to 125,000 — a massive increase compared to reduced numbers under former President Trump. But while the groups are hopeful, some admit the U.S. is unlikely to reach a higher refugee ceiling amid a pandemic that has slowed resettlement efforts around the world, and remain concerned that it will take time t
  
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• Super Bowl 55: A Viewer’s Guide to get you through Sunday

  05-02-2021 22:35
  
  Sunday’s Super Bowl between the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers marks the biggest day of sports broadcasting for networks. CBS is doing the big game for the second time in three years after agreeing to a trade with NBC, which originally had the rights. Jim Nantz and Tony Romo team up for their second Super Bowl. This will be a record 10th Super Bowl pregame host assignment for James Brown and his sixth for CBS.The post Super Bowl 55: A Viewer’s Guide to get you through Su
  
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• Aggressive coati sought after making physical contact with hikers in Sabino Canyon

  05-02-2021 22:28
  
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  TUCSON (KVOA) - A coatimundi is sought after it reportedly showed signs of aggression at Sabino Canyon Recreation Area on Thursday.According to officials with the Arizona Game and Fish Department, three hikers encountered the coati near Sabino Dam and the Cactus Picnic Area on Thursday.AZGFD said two of them made physical contact with the aggressive animal.Officials believe the coati is used to people and was likely illegally fed.The department reminds residents
  
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• Reopening debate testing Biden’s ties with teachers unions

  05-02-2021 22:22
  
  The school reopening debate is presenting an early test of President Joe Biden’s allegiance with powerful teachers unions. As teachers unions in some areas demand vaccines before returning to in-person instruction, the CDC’s director on Wednesday said teachers do not need vaccines to reopen safely. Some believed the CDC’s position would drive a wedge between Biden and teachers unions, but unions say that’s not the case. Even those taking a hard line on vaccines say shots
  
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• Joint Base Andrews breach triggers broad security review

  05-02-2021 22:21
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force has ordered a broad review of security at all its installations after an unarmed man got access to the flightline at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland and entered an aircraft used by top U.S. and military officials. The base says the man entered a C-40 aircraft on Thursday. The C-40 is primarily used to transport members of the Cabinet, Congress and military combatant commanders. Chief Pentagon spokesman John Kirby says the Air Force has already adjusted some o
  
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• 1-Pound Baby Born at Tucson Medical Center

  05-02-2021 22:20
  
  The smallest baby delivered at Tucson Medical Center in eight years was born Monday morning, weighing in at only 1 pound and measuring 11 inches long.…
  
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• US consumer credit rose a solid $9.7 billion in December

  05-02-2021 22:16
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumers increased their borrowing in December by $9.7 billion, as Americans took out loans to buy autos or finance their educations. But credit card use declined for the third-consecutive month. The Federal Reserve reported Friday that the rise in total borrowing in December was down from a gain of $13.9 billion in November. The category that includes credit cards fell by $2.95 billion in December. That category has been up only three months out of the past year as
  
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• Defense: Officer and Andre Hill interacted before shooting

  05-02-2021 22:15
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The former police officer accused of killing Andre Hill interacted “two to three” times with Hill before the shooting and became concerned he was a burglar, the officer’s attorney said Friday as he defended his client with never-before-heard details about the night of the fatal shooting. The comments on behalf of now-fired Columbus Police Officer Adam Coy came as a magistrate set an unusually high bond of $3 million for the ex-officer and Coy pleaded
  
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• Activists complain of weakened voting security standard

  05-02-2021 22:14
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Election integrity activists and computer security experts are complaining that leaders of federal agency that oversees voting technology have quietly weakened a key element of standards due for a vote next week designed to improve security. The Election Assistance Commission’s leadership says the change _ removing a ban on wireless hardware _ doesn’t mean future voting systems will be less secure because they will be prohibited from running wireless software. It
  
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• Man who crashed gate where Trudeau lives pleads guilty

  05-02-2021 22:13
  
  OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — A military reservist who crashed his truck through a gate on the grounds where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau lives while heavily armed pleaded guilty to eight charges. Corey Hurren faced 21 weapons charges and one of threatening the prime minister. However, he pleaded guilty to seven weapons charges related to possession of prohibited or restricted firearms “for a purpose contrary to the public peace″ and one charge of mischief.  Hurren drove a truck
  
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• AP sources: Alabama senator has indicated he won’t run again

  05-02-2021 22:11
  
  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Richard C. Shelby of Alabama has indicated to some confidantes that he doesn’t intend to run for reelection next year. Some Republicans are urging the chamber’s fourth most senior member to reconsider. Others are preparing to run for his seat. The information comes from allies of the senator who are not authorized to discuss the matter and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. Shelby spokeswoman Blair Taylor said Shelby has n
  
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• S&P 500 climbs again, closing out best week since November

  05-02-2021 22:06
  
  Stocks closed out a winning week with their fifth gain in a row Friday and their biggest weekly increase since November. The S&P 500 rose 0.4% and ended the week 4.6% higher. Small-company stocks rose far more than the rest of the market, a sign that investors are feeling more optimistic about the economy. Treasury yields also rose. The market has been heading higher since the beginning of the month as hopes build that Washington will come through with more support for the economy, and that
  
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• Chicago Teachers Union: City has stopped negotiating

  05-02-2021 22:06
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Teachers Union says Mayor Lori Lightfoot and school district officials have walked away from negotiations about COVID-19 safety protocols. The CTU news release Friday came hours after Lightfoot and Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice Jackson said they have made their “last, best and final offer.” The union’s statement says that offer is woefully inadequate, pointing out that it calls for in-person classes only to be paused if there are COVID-19 ou
  
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• Wallet lost in Antarctica in ’60s returned to California man

  05-02-2021 22:05
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Paul Grisham’s wallet was missing for so long at the bottom of the world he forgot all about it. Fifty-three years later, the 91-year-old San Diego man has the billfold back along with mementos of his 13-month assignment as a Navy meteorologist in Antarctica in the 1960s. The San Diego Union-Tribune says the wallet was found during the demolition of a building at Antarctica’s McMurdo Station in 2014 and ultimately made its way to Grisham last Saturday through t
  
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• Helen Mirren, Chris Evans pay tribute to Christopher Plummer

  05-02-2021 22:03
  
  Helen Mirren, Chris Evans and many more are paying tribute to Christopher Plummer, who died Friday at 91. Mirren, who co-starred with Plummer in 2009’s “The Last Station,” called him “a mighty force both has man and actor.” Evans, who starred with Plummer in 2019’s “Knives Out,” tweeted that he was a “lovely man and legendary talent.” Ridley Scott, who directed the actor in 2017’s “All the Money in the World,” said it
  
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• Congressional Dems ask Ducey to explain use of COVID-19 cash

  05-02-2021 21:57
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — All five Democratic members of Arizona’s U.S. House delegation want Republican Gov. Doug Ducey to explain how his use of nearly $400 million in federal coronavirus relief money met Congress’ intent to provide pandemic relief. Ducey used more than 20% of the $1.86 billion the state received in federal CARES Act relief cash to backfill agency budgets, allowing them to return money to the general fund. The strategy contributed to a major state budget surplus that th
  
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• South Carolina governor donates plasma for COVID-19 therapy

  05-02-2021 21:51
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster and his wife have donated plasma to help patients who have COVID-19 recover more quickly from the disease. McMaster and the first lady contracted COVID-19 in December and doctors encourage people who recover from the disease to donate the blood product. The plasma is then transfused into the bodies of current hospitalized COVID-19 patients to lessen their symptoms and hopefully help them recover faster. The 73-year-old governor spent
  
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• The Latest: NFL offers league’s 30 stadiums for vaccinations

  05-02-2021 21:47
  
  TAMPA, Fla. — The NFL is telling the federal government it will make the remaining of the league’s 30 stadiums available for COVID-19 vaccination sites.NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is making the offer to President Joe Biden in a letter obtained by The Associated Press. There are already seven NFL stadiums serving as vaccine sites. They are in Arizona, Atlanta, Baltimore, Carolina, Houston, Miami and New England. Goodell says stadiums can get prepared quickly because of previous use
  
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• Biden: I’m not cutting size of checks, they’ll be $1,400

  05-02-2021 21:47
  
  (CNN) - President Joe Biden is pressing for his $1.9 trillion COVID relief package to be passed with urgency, following the release of January’s jobs report.
  It comes as Larry Summers, a leading economist who served in the Obama Administration, warned the plan could have negative economic consequences.
  Biden is also pushing back on Republicans' counterproposal, which is less than half the amount of the White House plan.
  President Biden talks about next steps to jump-start the economyWATCH
  
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• Nickelodeon to have big presence in CBS Super Bowl coverage

  05-02-2021 21:14
  
  There might eventually be a kids-focused broadcast of the Super Bowl. It won’t be happening this year. Nickelodeon will still have a noticeable presence during Sunday’s coverage on CBS. Following the success of Nickelodeon’s presentation of an NFL playoff contest last month, CBS Sports chairman Sean McManus said there were some discussions about an encore for Sunday’s matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers before deciding to keep everything on CBS
  
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• Teen suspect in Wisconsin mall shooting waives extradition

  05-02-2021 21:02
  
  GRAND CHUTE, Wis. (AP) — Police in eastern Wisconsin say a teenager charged in a fatal shooting at a shopping mall  has waived extradition in Iowa, where he was arrested days after the slaying. Grand Chute police Capt. Colette Jaeger says law enforcement officers have left for Iowa to collect 17-year-old Dezman Ellis, who was arrested in Des Moines on Thursday. Jaeger says Ellis will be taken to the Outagamie County Jail in Appleton. Ellis is accused in the killing Sunday of 19-year-o
  
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• COVID-19 variants add more variables to playing in pandemic

  05-02-2021 21:01
  
  ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Playing sports during the pandemic has potentially become more problematic as mutated forms of the coronavirus crop up. One of those variants prompted the University of Michigan to shut down its entire athletics department for two weeks. Since November, more than 715 men’s basketball games have been postponed, rearranged or simply called off. Most schools have pressed ahead and the hope is to hold league tournaments and the NCAA’s popular March Madness t
  
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• Bronx Boosters: Yankee Stadium becomes mass vaccination site

  05-02-2021 21:00
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Yankee Stadium is open as a COVID-19 vaccination site and is drawing lines of people from surrounding neighborhoods in the Bronx. The megasite is being restricted to Bronx residents as a way to boost vaccination rates in the New York City borough that has the highest percentage of positive coronavirus test results. The Yankees’ home opened for appointments for qualified residents early Friday under damp skies. The site run jointly by the city and state will be able to
  
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• Biden heading to Delaware as CDC recommends avoiding travel

  05-02-2021 20:59
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is heading home to Delaware on Friday to spend the weekend with his wife and family, his first out-of-town trip since taking office. The visit comes even as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that Americans forgo travel because of the coronavirus pandemic. But White House officials note that the trip by Biden, who will be making his first flight on Air Force One as president, is far less risky than the sort of commercial travel t
  
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• Sierra Vista family asks for help after welcoming one-pound baby to the world

  05-02-2021 20:57
  
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  TUCSON (KVOA) - Tucson Medical Center welcomed its smallest baby its has delivered in over eight years Monday morning.According to officials, Henry Augustus Truhill, a micro-preemie, was born at 8:44 a.m. Monday, weighing in at one pound and 11 inches long.His mother, Nicole Truhill reportedly was diagnosed with pre-eclampsia and had placental abruption earlier that Monday at anyon Vista Medical Center in Sierra Vista. Due to their lives being at risk, Truhill was airlifted to TMC
  
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• Nonprofit in alleged $60M bribery scheme to plead guilty

  05-02-2021 20:56
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — A plea agreement for the nonprofit used to funnel payments for an alleged Ohio bribery scheme has been filed in federal court in Cincinnati. The agreement filed Friday shows that Generation Now Inc. has agreed to plead guilty to a racketeering count, allow the seizure of nearly $1.5 million from two bank accounts and accept a sentence of five years’ probation. Authorities say former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and four others also indicted on racketeering ch
  
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• NFL writes to Biden offering all stadiums as vaccine sites

  05-02-2021 20:54
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The NFL is telling the federal government it will make the remaining of the league’s 30 stadiums available as COVID-19 vaccination sites. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is making the offer to President Joe Biden in a letter obtained by The Associated Press. There are already seven NFL stadiums serving as vaccine sites. They are in Arizona, Atlanta, Baltimore, Carolina, Houston, Miami and New England. Goodell says stadiums should be able to get prepared quickly beca
  
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• What of ‘Individual-1′? Feds’ Trump campaign case is ‘dead’

  05-02-2021 20:41
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors have shown no signs of reopening the campaign finance investigation that sent Donald Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen to prison even now that Trump has left the White House. That’s according to several attorneys and law enforcement officials involved in the case. Federal prosecutors in New York had identified Trump as being involved in directing payments to Karen McDougal and porn actress Stormy Daniels to silence them about extramarital affairs
  
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• Arson suspected in massive fire at Texas courthouse

  05-02-2021 20:37
  
  MASON, Texas (AP) — An official says a suspect has been taken into custody following a massive fire that destroyed all but the rock outer walls of an 111-year-old Texas courthouse. The fire at the Mason County Courthouse in Mason started Thursday night. No one was in the building. Judge Jerry Bearden said the flames could be seen from miles away. He says, “Right now, it’s just a shell. It just breaks your heart to look at it.” He told The Associated Press on Friday that f
  
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• A meager gain in US jobs last month highlights virus’ damage

  05-02-2021 20:36
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers barely added jobs last month, underscoring the viral pandemic’s ongoing grip on the economy and likely adding momentum to the Biden administration’s push for a bold rescue aid package. The increase of just 49,000 positions in January made scarcely any dent in the nearly 10 million jobs that remain lost since the virus intensified nearly a year ago. The tepid increase followed a decline of 227,000 jobs in December, the first loss since
  
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• 2021 Cologuard Classic returns without spectators

  05-02-2021 20:31
  
  The 2021 Cologuard Classic is back at Omni Tucson National Resort last week of February, however, there will be no audience during the tournament’s scheduled events due to COVID-19 restrictions. …
  
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