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• Officials: US rescinds Trump move to enforce UN sanctions on Iran, eases travel restrictions on Iranian diplomats at UN

  18-02-2021 23:59
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Officials: US rescinds Trump move to enforce UN sanctions on Iran, eases travel restrictions on Iranian diplomats at UN.The post Officials: US rescinds Trump move to enforce UN sanctions on Iran, eases travel restrictions on Iranian diplomats at UN appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Some electricity restored in Texas, but water woes persist

  18-02-2021 23:58
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Power was restored to more homes and businesses in Texas after a deadly blast of winter this week overwhelmed the electrical grid and left millions shivering in the cold. But the crisis was far from over, with many people still in need of safe drinking water. Fewer than a half-million homes remained without electricity, although utility officials said limited rolling blackouts could still occur. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says 7 million people have been ordered to boil the
  
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• The Latest: At least 40 dead due to extreme weather in US

  18-02-2021 23:55
  
  Heavy storm in Austin, Texas, Photo Date: 2/15/2021
  The Latest on winter weather across the U.S. (all times local):
  The extreme weather was blamed for the deaths of at least 40 people as of Thursday, some while trying to keep warm during record freezing weather in America’s central and southern states.
  In the Houston area, one family died from carbon monoxide as their car idled in their garage. A 75-year-old woman and her three grandchildren were killed in a fire that authorities said mig
  
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• California governor touts vaccine tour amid recall effort

  18-02-2021 23:55
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he’s focused on getting the nation’s most populous state through the pandemic, not the mounting recall effort against him. But a recent tour of vaccination sites across the state has taken on the feel of a campaign swing. From San Diego to Fresno, Newsom has been flanked by fellow Democrats praising his efforts to combat the coronavirus and get Californians vaccinated. Newsom advisers say he’d be doing the tour t
  
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• Nestle selling North American bottled-water brands for $4.3B

  18-02-2021 23:50
  
  Global food giant Nestle is selling its North American bottled-water brands for $4.3 billion to a pair of private-equity firms that hope to reinvigorate sales. Brands including Poland Spring, Deer Park, Arrowhead and Pure Life will be sold to a subsidiary of One Rock Capital Partners in partnership with Metropoulos & Co. The deal is expected to close this spring. Swiss-based Nestle said it wants to sharpen its focus on its international premium brands, including Perrier. The new owners hope
  
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• Governor: Spending time with trans kids ‘changes your heart’

  18-02-2021 23:36
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s conservative Republican governor choked up Thursday as he spoke about the struggles faced by transgender teenagers, though he didn’t commit to vetoing a bill that would ban them from girls’ sports. Gov. Spencer Cox sought middle ground on a polarizing issue that is coming up in statehouses around the U.S., saying he wouldn’t sign the current version of the proposal but there are valid concerns among supporters who say the ban would ensur
  
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• US says it’s ready to join talks to resume Iran nuclear deal

  18-02-2021 23:32
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says it’s ready to join talks with Iran and world powers to discuss a return to the 2015 nuclear deal. The State Department say the U.S. would accept an invitation from the European Union to attend a meeting of the participants in the original agreement. Such an invitation has not yet been issued but one is expected shortly, following discussions earlier Thursday between Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his British, French and German co
  
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• Britain to push for speedier vaccines at G-7 leaders meeting

  18-02-2021 23:30
  
  LONDON (AP) — Leaders of the Group of Seven economic powers are set to hold their first meeting of 2021, with making and distributing coronavirus vaccines at the top of the agenda. Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain is chairing a virtual meeting Friday with the leaders of France, Germany, Italy, Canada, Japan and the United States. Johnson will announce a push to cut the time needed to create new vaccines to 100 days. He will also promise to give “the majority of
  
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• Democrats consider piecemeal approach to immigration reform

  18-02-2021 23:26
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Democrats in concert with the Biden administration have unveiled a broad immigration bill that would provide an eight-year pathway to citizenship for 11 million people living in the country without legal status.
  The legislation reflects the broad priorities for immigration change that Biden laid out on his first day in office.
  Those include an increase in visas, funding to process asylum applications and new technology at the southern border. But after decad
  
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• State Dept. says Biden administration ready to meet with Iran, other participants in 2015 nuclear deal

  18-02-2021 23:25
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — State Dept. says Biden administration ready to meet with Iran, other participants in 2015 nuclear deal.The post State Dept. says Biden administration ready to meet with Iran, other participants in 2015 nuclear deal appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Investigation underway after shooting reported at southside apartment

  18-02-2021 23:23
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - An investigation is underway after a shooting took place at an apartment complex on the south side Thursday morning.According to Tucson Police Department, officer found a woman who was in her 30s with gunshot wounds in response to a report of a shooting at an apartment complex located on 16th Avenue north of Ajo Way.
  TPD said the woman was transported to the hospital for further treatment on non-life-threatening injuries sustained in the shooting.An adult man has been detained in
  
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• Malnourished, neglected horses up for adoption after seizure

  18-02-2021 23:09
  
  MONTVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Eight malnourished and neglected horses seized by the state last year from a Connecticut farm are now being made available for adoption. Attorney General William Tong and Department of Agriculture Commissioner Bryan Hurlburt announced Thursday the state secured permanent custody of the animals, which received extensive medical care and rehabilitation at the state’s Second Chance Large Animal Rehabilitation Program in Niantic. The eight horses from Laurel Ledge
  
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• The Latest: Algeria to start producing Russian vaccine

  18-02-2021 23:04
  
  ALGIERS, Algeria — President Abdelmadjid Tebboune says Algeria will start producing Russia’s Sputnik-V coronavirus vaccine in six or seven months.
  The announcement came Thursday in a televised address. Health Minister Abderahmane Benbouzid said earlier this week that the vaccine will be produced by state laboratory Saidal. They did not provide details about production plans.
  Algeria, a longtime Russian ally, used Sputnik to launch its vaccination campaign last month.
  But some doctors
  
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• Two sought after robbing Circle K in Sierra Vista at knifepoint

  18-02-2021 23:02
  
  Sierra Vista Police Department
  SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. (KVOA) - A man and a woman are sought in connection to an armed robbery that occurred at a convenience store in Sierra Vista Thursday morning.According to Sierra Vista Police Department, a woman and a man wielding a knife reportedly went behind the counter of the Circle K located at 97 N. Garden Ave. near Fry Boulevard at around 6:40 a.m. that day and took money from the registers.The two then fled the scene heading north of the convenience sto
  
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• Rosenthal reaches $11M deal with A’s, who add Moreland

  18-02-2021 23:02
  
  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Experienced closer Trevor Rosenthal reached agreement on an $11 million, one-year contract with the Oakland Athletics.The 30-year-old Rosenthal is another new addition to a rebuilt A’s bullpen that general manager David Forst made a priority after AL West champion Oakland lost closer Liam Hendriks in free agency to the White Sox. Rosenthal went 1-0 with a 1.90 ERA with 11 saves over 23 2/3 innings between the Royals and Padres last season. The post Rosenth
  
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• Biden rolling out plan for $4 billion global vaccine effort

  18-02-2021 23:00
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — White House officials say Joe Biden will use his first big presidential moment on the global stage at Friday’s Group of Seven meeting to announce that the U.S. will soon begin releasing $4 billion for an international effort to bolster the purchase and distribution of coronavirus vaccine for poor nations. Former President Donald Trump declined to participate in the COVAX initiative because of its ties to the World Health Organization. Trump had accused the Geneva-ba
  
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• 5-month-old infant, two adults found dead with gunshot wounds in Sierra Vista apartment

  18-02-2021 22:54
  
  SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. (KVOA) - A 5-month-old infant and two adults were found dead in a Sierra Vista apartment on Wednesday.According to Sierra Vista Police Department, officers found47-year-old Gerardo De La Torre, 30-year-old Raquel De La Santos De La Torre and the infant dead with a single gunshot wound when responding to a suspicious circumstances call before noon Wednesday at Port Royale Apartments.Details surrounding the case are limited at this time.SVPD said no suspects are currently being
  
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• 3 found dead in Arizona apartment in possible murder-suicide

  18-02-2021 22:47
  
  SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say two adults and a baby have been found dead in a Sierra Vista apartment and it could be a murder-suicide. Sierra Vista police say the bodies were discovered after officers responded to a suspicious circumstances call around noon Wednesday. They say 47-year-old Gerardo De La Torre, 30-year-old Raquel De La Santos De La Torre and a 5-month-old child were dead at the scene and each had a single gunshot wound. It wasn’t immediately clear if the m
  
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• ‘Mercenary’ donor gets 12 years in campaign finance scheme

  18-02-2021 22:43
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A once high-flying political fundraiser who prosecutors say gave illegal campaign contributions to Joe Biden, Lindsey Graham and a host of other U.S. politicians while secretly working for foreign governments has been sentenced to 12 years in prison. Imaad Zuberi appeared in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles more than a year after he pleaded guilty to charges of tax evasion, campaign finance violations and failing to register as a foreign agent. Prosecutors wanted the C
  
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• Nicaragua creates Ministry of Extraterrestrial Space Affairs

  18-02-2021 22:40
  
  MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Nicaragua has created a new National Ministry for Extraterrestrial Space Affairs, The Moon and Other Celestial Bodies, which is drawing amused reactions on social media in a nation that has been struggling since anti-government protests in 2018. The agency was approved by 76 legislators in the country’s congress, which is dominated by President Daniel Ortega’s Sandinista Party. Fifteen opposition legislators abstained. In a country that has a hard time
  
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• Algerian president dissolves parliament, frees prisoners

  18-02-2021 22:40
  
  ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria’s president announced Thursday he would reshuffle the government and dissolve parliament to pave the way for new elections. He also ordered amnesty for 32 protesters whose pro-democracy movement pushed out his predecessor two years ago. The president didn’t set a date for parliamentary elections, but encouraged young people to run for office and promised to cover their campaign costs. A new parliament and a greater voice for young people were amo
  
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• Donations pour in to rebuild Newman’s camp for sick kids

  18-02-2021 22:36
  
  Less than a week after a fire tore through Hole in the Wall Gang camp for seriously ill children in Connecticut, almost $3 million has been raised to help rebuild the facility that was founded by the late actor Paul Newman. That includes pledges of $1 million from the Newman’s Own Foundation and a promise by Travelers to match up to $1 million in other donations, which currently total $900,000. Jimmy Canton says because of COVID-19, much of the programming housed in the buildings that burn
  
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• Cruz says he went on vacation amid storm ‘to be a good dad’

  18-02-2021 22:32
  
  Ted Cruz, United States Senator from Texas, Photo Date: December 20, 2019
  DALLAS (AP) — Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has acknowledged that he traveled to Mexico for a family vacation this week as his home state struggled through a powerful winter storm. In a statement Thursday, Cruz said he was returning to Texas. He said he accompanied his family to Mexico on Wednesday after his daughters asked to go on a trip with friends. He said, “Wanting to be a good dad, I flew down with them last nigh
  
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• Charges dropped against man in Peoria child kidnapping case

  18-02-2021 22:29
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Charges have been dropped against a man accused of kidnapping his baby son in a custodial dispute that led to the death of the child’s mother. A spokeswoman for the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office says 30-year-old Eric Maes is “medically incapacitated” after a suicide attempt in jail last Saturday. Jennifer Liewer says Maes remains hospitalized in serious condition and his family requested that prosecutors dismiss the charges “so that they wou
  
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• The Latest: Deal to get 1.1B vaccines to over 190 nations

  18-02-2021 22:28
  
  GAITHERSBURG, Md. — Vaccine developer Novavax has agreed to provide 1.1 billion doses of its experimental COVID-19 vaccine for use in more than 190 low- and middle-income countries.
  The company said Thursday it has reached agreement with Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, to provide the doses to the COVAX Facility, a project led by Gavi, the World Health Organization and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations.They’re working with groups including UNICEF, the World Bank and char
  
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• Easy does it: MLB pitchers prepare for usual 162-game grind

  18-02-2021 22:27
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — MLB pitchers are eager to fire some fastballs and spin a few breaking balls now that a semi-normal spring training has begun in Arizona and Florida. Pitchers are getting ready for the usual 162-game grind after last year’s 60-game season that was shortened by the COVID-19 pandemic. That means making sure pitchers don’t overdo their training in the spring’s early days. Teams are also very aware of overtaxing pitchers once the season starts. Several strategie
  
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• RHP Trevor Rosenthal reaches $11M, one-year deal with A’s

  18-02-2021 22:26
  
  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Experienced closer Trevor Rosenthal reached agreement on an $11 million, one-year contract with the Oakland Athletics.The 30-year-old Rosenthal is another new addition to a rebuilt A’s bullpen that general manager David Forst made a priority after AL West champion Oakland lost closer Liam Hendriks in free agency to the White Sox. Rosenthal went 1-0 with a 1.90 ERA with 11 saves over 23 2/3 innings between the Royals and Padres last season. The post RHP Tre
  
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• Spain arrests 80 in 3 nights of riots over rapper’s jailing

  18-02-2021 22:24
  
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Protests over the imprisonment of a rapper convicted for insulting the Spanish monarchy and praising terrorist violence have morphed for the third night in a row into rioting. Pablo Hasél began this week to serve a 9-month sentence in a northeastern prison. His case has triggered a heated debate over the limits of free speech in Spain and a political storm. The ruling coalition’s junior partner has filed a petition for a “total pardon” for t
  
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• Police: Man with 2 knives confronts deputies, fatally shot

  18-02-2021 22:24
  
  MOUNT HERMON, La. (AP) — Louisiana State Police say sheriff’s deputies shot and killed a man who confronted them with two large knives at a home where domestic violence had been reported. A police news release said 28-year-old Dustin A. Crain of Mount Hermon was killed in the confrontation late Wednesday. The statement released Thursday said deputies in Washington Parish had been called to a home for a report of domestic violence. Authorities say Crain armed himself with the knives a
  
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• Former WWE wrestlers take brain damage case to Supreme Court

  18-02-2021 22:16
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Dozens of former pro wrestlers who claimed World Wrestling Entertainment failed to protect them from repeated head injuries are taking their case to the U.S. Supreme Court. A lawyer for the former wrestlers, most of them stars in the 1980s and 1990s, filed a request late Wednesday asking the Supreme Court to hear appeals of lower court rulings that dismissed their lawsuits against the WWE. Among the plaintiffs were Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka, Joseph “Ro
  
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• Officials: 8-year-old Honduran migrant drowned in Rio Grande

  18-02-2021 22:14
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities say a Honduran boy has drowned as he attempted to cross the Rio Grande dividing Mexico and the United States. The National Immigration Institute said in the statement that the 8-year-old’s parents and sister crossed the river, but were returned to Mexico by Border Patrol to identify the body. The migrants were attempting to cross the river at Piedras Negras, across the border from Eagle Pass, Texas. He was swept away by the water Wednesday, the
  
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• Florida man who flew massive Confederate flag found dead

  18-02-2021 22:14
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a man who spearheaded flying a massive Confederate flag at the corners of two busy Florida interstates has died. Officers say they found 73-year-old Marion Lambert dead on his small farm in Tampa on Wednesday. Foul play is not suspected. WFLA first reported the news. Lambert told The Associated Press during a 2017 interview that he tricked the county several years ago, when he bought a sliver of land near Interstates 4 and 75. In 2008, he unfurled a 30-by
  
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• Some power restored in Texas but water woes persist

  18-02-2021 22:12
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Power was restored to more homes and businesses in Texas after a deadly blast of winter this week overwhelmed the electrical grid and left millions shivering in the cold. But the crisis was far from over, with many people still in need of safe drinking water. Fewer than a half-million homes remained without electricity, although utility officials said limited rolling blackouts could still occur. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says 7 million people have been ordered to boil the
  
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• Tucson songwriter showcase at MSA Annex this weekend

  18-02-2021 22:05
  
  Folk musician David Huckfelt has gathered several notable names from the Tucson music scene to celebrate the release of his new album “Room Enough, Time Enough.” On Saturday, Feb. 20, at 6 p.m., Huckfelt will be joined for a “songwriter circle” by XIXA frontman Gabriel Sullivan, blues singer Billy Sedlmayr and Giant Sand founder Howe Gelb — all of whom perform on Huckfelt’s new album.
  “I think about records geographically, and what a special jewel Tucson
  
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• FDU going against the norm by adding sports, not axing them

  18-02-2021 22:03
  
  TEANECK, N.J. (AP) — Brad Hurlbut is the athletic director at Fairleigh Dickinson, a small Division I school in New Jersey a short ride from New York City. He announced last month that men’s volleyball will be added in 2021-22 and women’s lacrosse would follow the next year. The additions will give the school 21 sports. This is happening even as many universities cut sports programs as part of the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. Hurlbut and others say adding cer
  
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• Correction: Virus Outbreak-Adding Sports story

  18-02-2021 22:00
  
  TEANECK, N.J. (AP) — In a story February 17, 2021, about colleges adding sports teams, The Associated Press erroneously reported the most recent addition at New Jersey Institute of Technology. It was men’s lacrosse, not women’s lacrosse.The post Correction: Virus Outbreak-Adding Sports story appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Women sentenced for stealing from prepaid college accounts

  18-02-2021 21:58
  
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A woman who once worked for the Florida Prepaid College Program has been sentenced to two years and nine months in prison for stealing about $42,000 from parents who had been paying into the system. Court records show Jamilla Ciar Hall was sentenced Tuesday in Tallahassee federal court. She pleaded guilty in September to multiple charges. Hall was working for a company in 2018 that was contracted by the Florida Prepaid College Program to provide administrative serv
  
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• NASA rover lands on Mars to look for signs of ancient life

  18-02-2021 21:57
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA rover has landed on Mars in an epic quest to bring back rocks that could answer whether life ever existed on the red planet. The space agency says the six-wheeled Perseverance hurtled through the thin, orange atmosphere and settled onto the surface Thursday in the mission’s riskiest maneuver yet. Mars has long been a deathtrap for incoming spacecraft. Perseverance will collect geological samples that will be brought back to Earth in about a decade
  
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• NASA says a rover has landed on Mars to mine for evidence of whether life once existed there

  18-02-2021 21:56
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA says a rover has landed on Mars to mine for evidence of whether life once existed there.The post NASA says a rover has landed on Mars to mine for evidence of whether life once existed there appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Divides in parent opinion complicate school reopening push

  18-02-2021 21:51
  
  President Joe Biden is pushing for K-8 schools to fully reopen in his first 100 days. But many parents are in no hurry to send their children back to school. The reticence of large numbers of parents complicates reopening plans for districts that also are weighing other factors including resistance of teachers unions. As president of the grassroots National Parents Union, Keri Rodrigues pressed the Biden Administration to embrace the reopening plan for the academic and emotional well-being of st
  
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• Solicitor finds no fault with Baltimore prosecutor’s travel

  18-02-2021 21:45
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore’s solicitor says Baltimore’s state’s attorney is not at fault for taking trips to conferences around the world without approval. The Baltimore Sun reports that Solicitor Jim Shea issued his opinion Thursday after researching State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby’s travels. Shea says rules for travel by elected officials are ambiguous and inconsistently applied. He concluded that Baltimore’s administrative manual does not expressly req
  
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• Women sentenced for stealing for prepaid college accounts

  18-02-2021 21:42
  
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A woman who once worked for the Florida Prepaid College Program has been sentenced to two years and nine months in prison for stealing about $42,000 from parents who had been paying into the system. Court records show Jamilla Ciar Hall was sentenced Tuesday in Tallahassee federal court. She pleaded guilty in September to multiple charges. Hall was working for a company in 2018 that was contracted by the Florida Prepaid College Program to provide administrative serv
  
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• The Latest: Texas still sees record snowfall days into storm

  18-02-2021 21:38
  
  Heavy storm in Austin, Texas, Photo Date: 2/15/2021
  The Latest on winter weather across the U.S. (all times local):
  DEL RIO, Texas —- As some parts of Texas began to slowly warm up from this week’s winter weather, other areas dealt with another round of snowfall on Thursday.
  Del Rio, located along the U.S.-Mexico border in the southwestern part of the state, had received nearly 10 inches (25.4 cm) of snow on Thursday, surpassing the city’s record for snowfall in one day, accor
  
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• South Dakota’s AG charged with 3 misdemeanors in fatal crash

  18-02-2021 21:21
  
  PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota’s attorney general has been charged with three misdemeanors including careless driving after he struck and killed a man with his car. Jason Ravnsborg was charged Thursday. Ravnsborg initially told authorities he thought he had struck a deer while driving home from a Republican fundraiser on Sept. 12. Ravnsborg has said he didn’t know he struck a man until he returned to the scene and found the body the next day. The man’s relatives have qu
  
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• GOP-controlled Legislature advancing anti-abortion measures

  18-02-2021 21:04
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Republicans in the Arizona Legislature have advanced a pair of bills backed by anti-abortion groups. One approved by a Senate committee Thursday would make the procedure illegal if the mother sought it because of a fetal disability. A second approved by the House on a preliminary voice vote would send $3 million to a program designed to persuade young women not to seek an abortion. The moves come as a more-conservative GOP-controlled Legislature embraces anti-abortion legisl
  
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• The Latest: Drug companies start pregnancy vaccine study

  18-02-2021 21:02
  
  NEW YORK — Drugmaker Pfizer and German partner BioNTech have begun a nine-country study of their COVID-19 vaccine in pregnant women.
  The companies said Thursday that the first volunteers have received shots in the study, which is to enroll about 4,000 healthy pregnant women aged 18 and older. Some will receive the two-dose vaccine and others dummy shots, three weeks apart and between 24 weeks and 34 weeks into their pregnancies.
  The volunteers will be followed for seven months to 10 months
  
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• South Dakota’s attorney general charged in fatal crash

  18-02-2021 21:00
  
  PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota’s attorney general has been charged with three misdemeanors including careless driving after he struck and killed a man with his car. Jason Ravnsborg was charged Thursday. Ravnsborg initially told authorities he thought he had struck a deer while driving home from a Republican fundraiser on Sept. 12. Ravnsborg has said he didn’t know he struck a man until he returned to the scene and found the body the next day. The man’s relatives have qu
  
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• Investor Icahn signals interest in buying FirstEnergy stock

  18-02-2021 20:58
  
  AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has signaled an interest in making a large purchase of shares from one of the nation’s largest electric utilities, which is under investigation for its role in a bribery scheme. Akron-based FirstEnergy Corp. announced Thursday the company received a letter Tuesday citing Icahn Capital LP’s interest in purchasing as many as $920 million voting shares depending on market conditions. The announcement came during an earnings call w
  
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• Texas power outages below 500,000 but water woes persists

  18-02-2021 20:52
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Power was restored to more homes and businesses in Texas after a deadly blast of winter this week overwhelmed the electrical grid and left millions shivering in the cold. But the crisis was far from over, with many people still in need of safe drinking water. Fewer than a half-million homes remained without electricity, although utility officials said limited rolling blackouts could still occur. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says 7 million people have been ordered to boil the
  
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• Barred from travel by husband, Iran ski coach works remotely

  18-02-2021 20:50
  
  CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Iran’s ski coach tells The Associated Press that her husband blocked her from traveling to the world championships in Italy because she wouldn’t consent to a divorce. Samira Zargari says that he is “always laughing (at) my job and my team.” Husbands can stop their wives from traveling outside of the country under Iranian law. Zargari coached remotely during Thursday’s giant slalom race. She says she called her racers three
  
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