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• Weather-delayed vaccines impacting Arizona’s rural counties

  19-02-2021 23:58
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Rural Arizona counties forced to cancel or postpone vaccination appointments because of delayed shipments of thousands of doses will hopefully receive them next week. Health officials said Friday that extreme winter weather is behind a lag of roughly 89,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine. Smaller counties paid the price since Moderna is earmarked for them because of its less stringent storage requirements. The state will aim to adjust next week’s allotments for counties
  
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• Appeal over dictionary use denied in U.Va. lacrosse slaying

  19-02-2021 23:55
  
  FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A federal judge has rejected an appeal from a former University of Virginia lacrosse player that his 2012 murder conviction should be thrown out because of a claim the jury improperly consulted a dictionary. George Huguely is serving a 25-year sentence for the 2010 slaying of Yeardley Love, who also was a U.Va. lacrosse player. A judge in December allowed Huguely to appeal on claims the jury improperly consulted a dictionary on the definition of “malice.&rdqu
  
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• Argentine health minister resigns amid vaccine scandal

  19-02-2021 23:51
  
  BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — An Argentine government official says President Alberto Fernández has asked his health minister to resign after a well-known journalist said he had been gotten a coronavirus vaccination preferentially after requesting one from the minister. The official said Friday that the president instructed his chief of staff to request the resignation of health minister” Ginés González García, who is in charge of the government’s C
  
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• Air Force orders new review into racial, ethnic disparities

  19-02-2021 23:50
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force inspector general will conduct a second investigation into racial and ethnic disparities across the force. Service leaders say the review will include gender and additional racial categories such as Asian and American Indian. It comes two months after the IG released a report concluding that Black service members in the Air Force are far more likely to be investigated, arrested, face disciplinary actions and be discharged for misconduct. The review also refl
  
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• Aari McDonald, No. 10 Arizona earn hard-fought win over Cal

  19-02-2021 23:50
  
  BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Aari McDonald scored 28 points and No. 10 Arizona had to earn a hard-fought victory against California this time on the way to its seventh straight win, beating the winless Golden Bears 59-50. The Wildcats had beaten Cal 69-33 in Tucson on Jan. 3 _ the fewest points Arizona has ever allowed to a Pac-12 opponent _ but were beaten to the boards regularly Friday as the Bears stayed in the game with effort and energy on the little things.The post Aari McDonald, No. 10 A
  
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• The Latest: Vaccine scandal ousts Argentine health minister

  19-02-2021 23:49
  
  BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — President Alberto Fernández asked Argentina’s health minister to resign after a well-known local journalist said he had been given a coronavirus vaccination preferentially after requesting one from the minister, a government official said Friday.The president “instructed his chief of staff to request the resignation of health minister” Ginés González García, who is in charge of the government’s COVID-19 strategy,
  
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• Officials investigate suspicious package at Line 3 protests

  19-02-2021 23:40
  
  CARLTON, Minn. (AP) — Authorities are investigating after a protester allegedly threw a suspicious package at the construction site for the Enbridge Energy Line 3 replacement pipeline. A bomb squad was called to the area on Friday, but there were no immediate details. Enbridge says the company has evacuated the area and shut down its pipelines out of an abundance of caution. It was not immediately clear how many protesters were in the area, or how many people were evacuated. The Carlton Co
  
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• Warrants: Ex-deputy sexually assaulted woman while on duty

  19-02-2021 23:34
  
  GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a former police officer has been arrested after investigators say he forced a woman into her South Carolina home and sexually assaulted her while he was on duty. The Greenville County Sheriff’s Office says 34-year-old deputy Christopher Abercrombie was fired the day after the Oct. 29 attack while state agents investigated. Arrest warrants say Abercrombie was in uniform and armed with a gun when he forced the woman to take off her pants, held he
  
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• Texas 11-year-old dies from cold after sleeping in unheated mobile home

  19-02-2021 23:34
  
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  CONROE, Texas (NBC News) - An 11-year-old boy has died after sleeping two nights in an unheated mobile home in southeast Texas.Cristian Pavon was found in his bed by his mother Tuesday morning.The family says the temperature inside the mobile home got down to 12 degrees overnight Monday. Despite several layers of bedsheets, the cold proved to be too much for their son.The family is now waiting for autopsy results.Pavon had recently immigrated to Texas from Honduras so he could be reuni
  
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• Finchem ethics complaint against Democrats dismissed

  19-02-2021 23:34
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — The head of the Arizona House Ethics Committee is dismissing a complaint filed by Republican Rep. Mark Finchem against 28 Democrats who accused him of promoting the violent overthrow of the U.S. government. Ethics Committee Chair Becky Nutt wrote in a letter dated Friday that the panel “is not an arena for waging political contests.” Finchem filed his complaint after Nutt last week dismissed 82 complaints against him filed by lawmakers and members of the public.
  
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• US unwinds Trump policy making asylum-seekers wait in Mexico

  19-02-2021 23:29
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration is moving to restore the asylum system to how it worked for decades by releasing a group of asylum-seekers into the U.S. It ends their long waits in Mexico and marks a big step toward unraveling a key anti-immigration policy of former President Donald Trump. The 25 people who arrived Friday are the first of an estimated 25,000 asylum-seekers with active cases in the “Remain in Mexico” program who will now wait in the U.S. for their cour
  
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• Frigid weather delays shipment of 6 million vaccine doses across US

  19-02-2021 23:27
  
  PORTAGE, Mich. (AP) — President Joe Biden has toured a state-of-the art coronavirus vaccine plant.
  He was intent on showcasing progress against the virus even as extreme winter weather across the U.S. handed his vaccination campaign its first major setback, delaying shipment of about 6 million doses and causing temporary closures of inoculation sites in many communities.
  While acknowledging the weather is “slowing up the distribution right now,” Biden said at the Pfizer plant i
  
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• Democrats push to preserve abortion rights in New Mexico

  19-02-2021 23:24
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A Democrat-led Legislature in New Mexico is pushing forward to ensure future access to abortions by considering whether to repeal a dormant ban on most abortion procedures, marking a defiant counterpoint to efforts in some conservative states.
  New Mexico lawmakers began final deliberations Friday on a repeal of the 1969 statute that has gone unenforced since the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the right to an abortion.
  Left in place, the statute could go back into effect if
  
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• 6 more linked to Oath Keepers charged in Capitol attack

  19-02-2021 23:22
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Six more people linked to the far-right Oath Keepers militia group have been indicted on charges that they planned and coordinated with one another in the attack on the U.S. Capitol. The case against those tied to the the Oath Keepers is the largest conspiracy case brought by the U.S. Justice Department so far in the Jan. 6 insurrection. The six new people arrested this week are indicted alongside three others who were charged last month with plotting to ,overturn Pre
  
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• In New Mexico, Democrats push to preserve abortion rights

  19-02-2021 23:20
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A Democrat-led Legislature in New Mexico is pushing forward to ensure future access to abortions by considering whether to repeal a dormant ban on most abortion procedures, marking a defiant counterpoint to efforts in some conservative states. New Mexico lawmakers began final deliberations Friday on a repeal of the 1969 statute that has gone unenforced since the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the right to an abortion. Left in place, the statute could go back into effect if
  
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• Manchin’s opposition threatens to sink Biden budget nominee

  19-02-2021 23:16
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The nomination of Neera Tanden to lead the White House Office of Management and Budget has taken a big hit. Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia said Friday that he will oppose her confirmation. He says her past statements about lawmakers on social media would have a toxic effect on the working relationship between the budget office and members of Congress. His opposition threatens her chances of confirmation in the 50-50 Senate. During her confirmation hearing, T
  
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• Weather experts: Lack of planning caused cold catastrophe

  19-02-2021 23:04
  
  Meteorologists started warning about this week’s killer cold as much as three weeks in advance, yet catastrophe still happened. National Weather Service officials point to lengthy and accurate forecasts with clear messages. But experts in weather and disaster say it was such a strange and huge event that it simply overwhelmed everyone. And they say human frailty and infrastructure fragility got in the way. We had problems because it was bigger than what we’d experienced in the past.
  
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• Kim and Kanye: Tales of an uber celeb marriage gone wrong

  19-02-2021 22:57
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Holograms and Twitter rants, roving gospel gatherings and billion-dollar business ventures. If there’s one word that defines the lives of Kanye West and Kim Kardashian West, it’s big. As their nearly seven-year marriage comes to an end, a look back on their uber celebrity coupling is full of over-the-top tales. There were the Twitter rants and lavish parties, mega diamonds and multiple mansions. Much of their fortunes were made separately, but together they beca
  
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• Former MLB All-Star Johnny Damon arrested after DUI stop

  19-02-2021 22:54
  
  WINDERMERE, Fla. (AP) — Former All-Star baseball player Johnny Damon has been arrested in central Florida on a charge of resisting an officer after he was pulled over for suspicion of driving under the influence. Jail records show that the 47-year-old was booked into jail early Friday after an incident in a wealthy suburb of Orlando popular with professional athletes. He is charged with resisting an officer without violence. Damon was a key member of the 2004 World Series champion Boston R
  
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• Two more Missouri men charged in Capitol insurrection

  19-02-2021 22:45
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Two more Missouri residents have been charged in last month’s insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. The FBI says 31-year-old Zachary John Wilson was taken into custody without incident Friday in his hometown of Springfield on federal charges of knowingly entering or remaining in a restricted building. His arrest came on the same day that 28-year-old Nicholas Burton Reimler, of Cedar Hill, made his initial court appearance on misdemeanor federal charges of violent entry o
  
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• The Latest: J&J applies to WHO for COVID vaccine approval

  19-02-2021 22:45
  
  NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey — Johnson & Johnson has applied to the World Health Organization for an emergency approval of its COVID-19 vaccines, which should help speed up its use in countries around the world.
  J&J said Friday that its Janssen-Cilag International subsidiary has submitted to the WHO the last testing data needed on its vaccine’s efficacy and safety, completing the New Brunswick, New Jersey company’s application for an emergency use listing.
  Obtaining that l
  
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• Happ beats Cubs in arbitration; teams finish with 5-4 record

  19-02-2021 22:45
  
  MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Outfielder Ian Happ defeated the Chicago Cubs in baseball’s final salary arbitration case this year and will get a raise from $624,000 to $4.1 million. The Cubs had offered $3.25 million. Teams finished with a 5-4 advantage in cases that went to a hearing, their second straight winning record after two consecutive years in which players had an advantage. Overall, teams are 325-247 since arbitration began in 1974.  Happ hit .258 with 12 homers and 28 RBIs over
  
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• JFK’s Harvard sweater sold at auction for more than $85,000

  19-02-2021 22:40
  
  BOSTON (AP) — John F. Kennedy’s Harvard University sweater, given away to a television cameraman who mentioned that he was chilly while interviewing Jacqueline Kennedy, has sold at auction for more than $85,000. Boston-based RR Auction said the crimson wool cardigan, featuring a large black block-letter “H” and eight white mother-of-pearl buttons, was one of several mementos from U.S. presidents sold during a President’s Day auction that ended Thursday. A signed pho
  
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• Spain sees 4th night of riots as government shows strain

  19-02-2021 22:31
  
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Street protests over the imprisonment of a rapper have turned violent for a fourth straight night in Spain. Police in the northeastern region of Catalonia said some protesters pelted officers with bottles, stones, fireworks and paint on Friday. Others set fire to large street trash containers and used them to block streets. Political responses to the disturbances are straining relations inside the country’s coalition government. The pitched battles raged hours
  
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• Arizona education advocates oppose bill to expand school vouchers

  19-02-2021 22:30
  
  PHOENIX – Public education advocates and leaders of the Arizona School Boards Association’s Black Alliance and Hispanic-Native American Indian Caucus gathered at the Arizona State Capitol on Thursday to protest a proposed voucher expansion initiative that they say would further defund public schools.Senate Bill 1452, proposed by Sen. Paul Boyer, R-Glendale, would allow all children attending schools with a high percentage of low-income families or who qualify for free or reduced-pri
  
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• NCAA OKs limited fan attendance at men’s, women’s tourneys

  19-02-2021 22:27
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The NCAA will allow a limited number of fans to attend all rounds of its men’s basketball tournament in Indiana and later rounds of its women’s tournament in Texas.
  The governing body said Friday it is permitting 25% capacity at men’s venues to allow for social distancing. That figure will include all participants and essential staff along with the family members of team players and coaches.
  On the women’s side, the NCAA will allow a capacity of
  
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• Biden declares ‘America is back’ in welcome words to allies

  19-02-2021 22:21
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has used his first address before a global audience to declare “America is back, the transatlantic alliance is back.” His message was warmly received by the Munich Security Conference after four years of a Trump administration that framed its foreign policy through an “America First” lens. Speaking “virtually” from the White House, Biden ticked through a daunting to-do list including salvaging the Iran nuclear and ch
  
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• Dutch senate approves coronavirus curfew legislation

  19-02-2021 22:13
  
  THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch senators have approved hastily drawn up legislation late Friday underpinning the country’s coronavirus curfew. The vote ensures that the curfew will remain in force at least until early March despite a court order on Tuesday that it be scrapped. The vote Friday night — nearly an hour after the 9 p.m. start of the curfew — was a victory for the government in its two-pronged battle to ensure that the measure remains in force amid fears th
  
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• Stocks end a wobbly day with mixed results; yields rise

  19-02-2021 22:11
  
  Stocks ended a wobbly day on Wall Street with mixed results Friday. The S&P 500 closed slightly lower to mark its first losing week in the last three. Declines for several Big Tech stocks including Facebook and Amazon helped pull the index down 0.2%, even as other indexes rose. Small-company stocks did far better than the rest of the market, as they have since the beginning of the year. Those companies would benefit the most from a pickup in the economy. In another sign that investors were a
  
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• Former baseball All-Star Johnny Damon after DUI stop

  19-02-2021 22:02
  
  WINDERMERE, Fla. (AP) — Former All-Star baseball player Johnny Damon has been arrested in central Florida on a charge of resisting an officer after he was pulled over for suspicion of driving under the influence. Jail records show that the 47-year-old was booked into jail early Friday after an incident in a wealthy suburb of Orlando popular with professional athletes. He is charged with resisting an officer without violence. Damon was a key member of the 2004 World Series champion Boston R
  
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• Warrant: Opioid addiction may have motivated clinic shooting

  19-02-2021 21:58
  
  BUFFALO, Minn. (AP) — An investigator says dependence on opioid medication was the “driving force” behind last week’s shooting at a Minnesota health clinic that left one person dead and four injured. In an application for a search warrant, Wright County Deputy Patrick Bailey says authorities found a plastic bag containing six oxycodone pills in a search of Gregory Ulrich’s hotel room. Bailey also describes a video in which Ulrich mentions taking more than 30 pills a
  
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• ‘Kimye’ is no more: Kardashian files to divorce West

  19-02-2021 21:56
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kim Kardashian West has filed for divorce from Kanye West after 6 1/2 years of marriage. Sources familiar with the filing but not authorized to speak publicly confirmed that Kardashian filed for divorce in Los Angeles Superior Court. The filing was not immediately available. The impending end of “Kimye” brings a close to one of the most famous celebrity unions of the 21st century, between a reality TV superstar and a hip hop and fashion mega-mogul. They have
  
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• Murder charge dropped against Al Sharpton’s half-brother

  19-02-2021 21:53
  
  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Rev. Al Sharpton’s half-brother has been cleared of a capital murder charge in Alabama. Court records made public Thursday show a grand jury refused to indict the Rev. Kenneth Glasgow over a 2018 fatal shooting that police said was committed by a man he was driving. Dothan police had said Glasgow drove Jamie Townes to look for his stolen car. Police say Townes shot 23-year-old Breunia Jennings, believing she was the thief. Glasgow is an Alabama activist. H
  
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• Army vet charged after Michigan bridge scaled for photos

  19-02-2021 21:49
  
  ST. IGNACE, Mich. (AP) — An Army veteran already jailed in Ohio after the roof of a Cincinnati skyscraper was accessed has been accused of scaling the Mackinac Bridge in Michigan to take photos. Issac Wright of Cincinnati was arraigned Thursday via video in Cheboygan District Court on a charge of felony trespass upon a key transportation facility. Photos taken on the bridge’s south tower were posted in November on social media. Wright was being held in Ohio after being extradited the
  
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• Kim Kardashian West has filed to divorce Kanye West after 6 1/2 years of marriage

  19-02-2021 21:45
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kim Kardashian West has filed to divorce Kanye West after 6 1/2 years of marriage.The post Kim Kardashian West has filed to divorce Kanye West after 6 1/2 years of marriage appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• More charges against Chinese scientist in visa fraud case

  19-02-2021 21:44
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a Chinese researcher visiting Stanford University who was charged with visa fraud after she allegedly hid her military background is facing new charges. The U.S. Attorney’s Office says Thursday a federal grand jury charged 39-year-old Chen Song with obstruction of justice, destruction of documents and making false statements to a government agency. Song was one of four Chinese scientists living in the U.S. and doing research at universitie
  
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• Mars landing team ‘awestruck’ by photo of descending rover

  19-02-2021 21:42
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA has released the first close-up picture that captures a rover descending to the dusty red surface. The space agency revealed the photo Friday, less than 24 hours after the Perseverance rover successfully landed near an ancient river delta to search for signs of life. NASA equipped the spacecraft with a record 25 cameras, many of which were turned on during Thursday’s descent. Perseverance can be seen just 6 1/2 feet off the ground, being lowered by ca
  
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• Police eye Marilyn Manson in domestic violence investigation

  19-02-2021 21:41
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Detectives say they are investigating allegations of domestic violence against rocker Marilyn Manson involving incidents that occurred about a decade ago in West Hollywood. Los Angeles County sheriff’s Lt. John Adams says Friday that the Special Victims Bureau opened the investigation after a woman approached authorities to report the allegations. Word of the investigation came less than three weeks after actor Evan Rachel Wood publicly accused Manson, her ex-fianc
  
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• Local officials discuss vaccine rollout, COVID-19 testing during special meeting

  19-02-2021 21:39
  
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  TUCSON (KVOA) - City and county leaders held a special meeting Friday morning to discuss issues surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic.During the meeting, they focused on vaccine rollout, COVID-19 testing, mask usage, the curfew and business restrictions.
  On Thursday, Pima County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry recommended for the county to suspend all its COVID-19 testing sites after Arizona reimbursed $1 million of its $40 million spent for testing.On Frid
  
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• 9 more convictions tossed in infamous Chicago police scandal

  19-02-2021 21:29
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — A judge has thrown out nine more felony drug convictions who were framed by a disgraced former Chicago police sergeant who spent years arresting people he planted drugs on dozens of others. Friday’s ruling by a judge included the conviction of Lloyd Newman, who a decade before his 2006 arrest at a public housing project by then-Sgt. Ronald Watts was involved in award winning documentaries about life in the projects. The latest ruling by the judge brings to well over 10
  
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• Red beard returns: Turner glad to be back with Dodgers

  19-02-2021 21:19
  
  Justin Turner’s extended flirtation with free agency ended where it began, with the third baseman returning to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Turner says he had doubts at times whether he would be back with his hometown team. He became a free agent after the Dodgers won the World Series last fall, when his $64 million, four-year deal expired. Turner says he enjoyed being courted by other teams, but his main goal was to sign with a contender that is in position to win multiple championships. 
  
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• Biden tours Pfizer vaccine plant as weather delays 6M shots

  19-02-2021 21:17
  
  PORTAGE, Mich. (AP) — President Joe Biden toured a state-of-the-art coronavirus vaccine plant Friday as extreme winter weather across broad swaths of the U.S. handed his vaccination campaign its first major setback, delaying shipment of about 6 million doses. The disruptions caused by frigid temperatures, snow and ice left the White House and states scrambling to make up lost ground as three days’ worth of vaccine shipments were temporarily delayed. At the Michigan plant, Biden walke
  
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• Eritrea disputes AP story detailing massacre in Tigray

  19-02-2021 21:08
  
  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Eritrea’s government is rejecting as “outrageous lies” a story by The Associated Press in which witnesses describe a massacre of several hundred people carried out by Eritrean soldiers in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. The information minister criticized Thursday’s story on the massacre in Ethiopia’s holy city of Axum in a series of Twitter posts. Neighboring Ethiopia has repeatedly denied the presence of Eritrean soldiers in Tigray. The
  
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• Southern cities hit hard by storms face new crisis: No water

  19-02-2021 21:06
  
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  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Cities slammed by winter storms that left millions without power for days have traded one crisis for another. Busted water pipes ruptured by record-low temperatures have created a shortage of clean drinking water across the South, shut down the Memphis airport on Friday and left hospitals scrambling to maintain sanitary conditiuons. Many people finally have electricity back after this week’
  
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• The Latest: Popular Serbian singer dies of coronavirus

  19-02-2021 20:57
  
  BELGRADE, Serbia — Djordje Balasevic, a Serbian singer who remained widely popular throughout the former Yugoslavia after the wars of the 1990s, has died after contracting the new coronavirus, state television reported Friday. He was 67.
  Balasevic was admitted to a hospital in the northern Serbian city of Novi Sad three days ago suffering from pneumonia that appeared to be a complication of COVID-19. State broadcaster RTS said he died at the hospital on Friday.Balasevic launched his career
  
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• UN envoy meets east-based Libya commander in push for unity

  19-02-2021 20:53
  
  CAIRO (AP) — The U.N. special envoy to Libya has met with the country’s east-based military commander as part of efforts to unite rival factions in the war-torn North African nation. The two during their meeting on Friday agreed on the importance for all Libyan parties to commit to and facilitate national elections due in December. The vote was laid out in the U.N.-backed political roadmap for Libya. Libya’s influential east-based military commander, Khalifa Hifter, has been a
  
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• South Carolina abortion law suspended 1 day after passage

  19-02-2021 20:51
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s new law banning most abortions has been suspended by a federal judge on its second day in effect. Friday’s suspension will last until the judge can hold a more substantial hearing March 9 on whether the law should not be enforced until Planned Parenthood’s legal challenge is finished. Gov. Henry McMaster signed the law Thursday. South Carolina’s new ban is similar to abortion restriction laws that a dozen states have previously
  
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• Lawyers for Arizona inmates seek hearing in health care suit

  19-02-2021 20:47
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Attorneys representing inmates in a settlement over health care in Arizona’s prisons have asked a federal judge to hold a hearing soon to discuss her threats to impose contempt-of-court fines against the state for not complying with the deal. The lawyers said Judge Roslyn Silver hasn’t held a status conference in the lawsuit since December 2018. However, another judge assigned to mediate disputes in the case held a teleconference nearly six months ago to talk abo
  
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• Guns in capitol buildings divide states after armed protests

  19-02-2021 20:47
  
  HELENA, Mont. (AP) — States are going in opposite directions on whether to allow guns in legislative buildings even after insurrectionists breached the U.S. Capitol and protesters forced their way into statehouses nationwide over the past year. On Thursday, Montana began allowing concealed firearms in the state Capitol for those with permits. Utah passed a law this month allowing people to carry concealed weapons into its Capitol building without a permit. But states like Michigan have res
  
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• Back in Paris pact, US faces tougher climate steps ahead

  19-02-2021 20:47
  
  The United States has returned to the Paris climate accord. President Joe Biden told a virtual gathering of European leaders Friday that the world “can no longer delay or do the bare minimum to address climate change.” Global leaders applauded the United States’ formal return to the mostly voluntary 2015 agreement. They say they expect the U.S. to show leadership in the fight against warming by setting strong targets for carbon pollution cuts by 2030. Trump said soon after he t
  
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