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• Two arrested after nearly 70 pounds of meth found during traffic stop near Marana

  23-02-2021 23:59
  
  Arizona Department of Public Safety
  TUCSON (KVOA) - Two individuals were arrested after nearly 70 pounds of methamphetamine were discovered in their vehicle during a traffic stop near Marana on Wednesday.According to Arizona Department of Public Safety, a DPS trooper pulled over a vehicle traveling westbound on Interstate 10 near Marana in reference to a traffic stop.DPS said after a DPS canine alerted the trooper, the law enforcement officer conducted a search of the vehicle. The search unveil
  
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• Texas mom seeks fire safety awareness after death of 3 kids

  23-02-2021 23:58
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston-area woman whose mother and three children were killed last week during the state’s widespread power outages says she hopes to use money from a fundraising campaign to increase awareness about fire safety. Jackie Nguyen, 41, said that amid frigid conditions she was using a fireplace to keep the family warm in their home in Sugar Land, Texas. The Houston Chronicle reports that her three kids and her mother were all killed. Nearly a week after the fire, there a
  
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• Authorities: Prison riots in Ecuador leave 62 dead

  23-02-2021 23:58
  
  QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Authorities in Ecuador say 62 people have died in riots at prisons in three cities as a result of fights between rival gangs and an escape attempt. Prisons Director Edmundo Moncayo said Tuesday some 800 police officers were helping to to regain control of the facilities. He said two groups were trying to gain “criminal leadership within the detention centers” and that the clashes were precipitated by a search for weapons carried out Monday by police office
  
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• South Carolina push to resume executions with electric chair

  23-02-2021 23:53
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina is trying to restart executions by dusting off the electric chair after going nearly 10 years without putting a condemned inmate to death. A House Committee voted 14-7 on Tuesday to make electrocution the default for an execution. The bill now goes to the House floor. A similar bill is on the Senate floor. The bills would eliminate the choice between lethal injection and the electric chair if the lethal injection drugs aren’t available. Prison off
  
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• USPS selects Oshkosh Defense to build greener mail truck

  23-02-2021 23:52
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service says it has chosen Oshkosh Defense to build its next-generation mail-delivery vehicle. It’s part of an effort to make the USPS more environmentally friendly by switching a portion of its massive fleet to electric vehicles. Wisconsin-based Oshkosh Defense will assemble 50,000 to 165,000 of the new Next Generation Delivery Vehicles at its existing U.S. manufacturing facilities. Oshkosh will get an initial $482 million in the contract, which the
  
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• Justice Department withdraws from transgender athlete case

  23-02-2021 23:52
  
  The U.S. Justice Department has removed its support for a federal lawsuit in Connecticut that seeks to reverse a state policy allowing the participation of transgender athletes in girl’s high school sports. The lawsuit was filed a year ago by several cisgender runners who argue they have been deprived of wins, state titles and athletic opportunities by being forced to compete against two transgender sprinters. The Justice Department’s move comes just days before a Friday hearing on a
  
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• Air Force provides bottled water after chemicals detected

  23-02-2021 23:44
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — The U.S. Air Force is distributing bottled water to Arizona residents and business owners near Luke Air Force Base whose drinking water showed high levels of contaminants. A statement by the base says water testing detected levels of Perfluorooctanoic Acid and Perfluorooctane Sulfonate above the Environmental Protection Agency’s lifetime health advisory for drinking water. The so-called forever chemicals impacted the water supply for about 6,000 people in 1,600 residen
  
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• ’60 Minutes,’ ‘Equalizer’ strong Sunday punch for CBS

  23-02-2021 23:43
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Queen Latifah is becoming a TV star for CBS at a time broadcast networks can use one. Her new drama, “The Equalizer,” was the most popular scripted show on television last week. Only “60 Minutes,” which preceded it on CBS’ Sunday schedule, did better among all shows. Dwayne Johnson and Kenan Thompson also had respectable showings for NBC with the debuts of their new sitcoms last week. Still, on a fairly typical February week with most programs
  
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• Top board leaders resign after deadly Texas power outages

  23-02-2021 23:38
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Four board leaders of Texas’ embattled power grid operator are resigning. The announcement Tuesday follows outrage over more than 4 million customers losing power during a deadly winter freeze last week. All of the board directors stepping down live outside of Texas, which only intensified criticism of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas. The resignations are effective Wednesday, one day before Texas lawmakers are set to begin hearings over the outages in t
  
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• More policy, less pomp as Biden-Trudeau meet virtually

  23-02-2021 23:36
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s first meeting with a foreign counterpart since taking office was high on policy and low on pomp as the coronavirus forced him to convene virtually with Canada’s Justin Trudeau. The two leaders met Tuesday with Biden in the Roosevelt Room at the White House and Trudeau in the prime minister’s office in Ottawa. In pre-pandemic times, such a meeting would have been held with fanfare. But with Biden and Trudeau stressing caution to thei
  
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• Crisis over Mexican Indigenous blockade after protester dies

  23-02-2021 23:35
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — The conflict over highway blockades by members of the Yaqui group in northern Mexico has come to a head with the death of an Indigenous man killed by a trucker at a roadblock. The Yaquis have been protesting for years over land and water being taken by outsiders. But businessmen and truckers in Sonora state complained Tuesday of abuse and violence at roadblocks. Some truckers say protesters demand money to allow them to travel a main highway that leads to the industrial
  
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• Police arrest man after Wyoming boy found dead in dumpster

  23-02-2021 23:31
  
  CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Police in Cheyenne, Wyoming, say the boyfriend of a woman whose 2-year-old son was found dead in an apartment complex dumpster has been arrested. Twenty-seven-year-old Wyatt Lamb was taken into custody after the disappearance of Athian Rivera triggered a search Friday. Twenty-five-year-old Kassy Orona has identified herself on Facebook as the toddler’s mother and Lamb as her boyfriend. Police said Tuesday they arrested Lamb on unrelated charges soon after the bo
  
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• Evacuation order put in place after wildfire begins to creep towards Cochise

  23-02-2021 23:29
  
  COCHISE, Ariz. (KVOA) - A wildfire burning in southeastern Arizona has prompted an evacuation notice for the city of Cochise Tuesday afternoon.According to officials, a wildfire ignited near the Cochise Stronghold Campground.With the blaze moving north, emergency officials have ordered residents living near and in Cochsie to immediately evacuate the area.No further details have been released about the blaze.However, the public has been advised to monitor Cochise County Sheriff's Office - Mark J.
  
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• States rush to catch up on delayed vaccines, expand access

  23-02-2021 23:27
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — States are scrambling to catch up on coronavirus vaccinations after bad weather last week led to clinic closures and shipment backlogs. But they’re also gearing up to administer even more shots as the supply increases. A limited supply of the two approved COVID-19 vaccines hampered the pace of vaccinations even before extreme weather delayed the delivery of about 6 million doses. But White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Tuesday that states can expect about 14.5 m
  
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• Judge says wife of drug kingpin ‘El Chapo’ must stay in jail

  23-02-2021 23:25
  
  Emma Coronel Aispuro, wife of drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman. Mugshot of Emma Coronel Aispuro., Photo Date: February 22, 2021
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. judge has ordered the wife of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to remain behind bars on charges she helped her husband run his multibillion-dollar criminal empire. Thirty-one-year-old Emma Coronel Aispuro appeared by video conference Tuesday for an initial court appearance in Washington, D.C. She is a dual U
  
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• The Latest: Tennessee probe finds wasted vaccines

  23-02-2021 23:19
  
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. — More than 2,400 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in Tennessee’s most populous county went to waste over the past month while local officials sat on tens of thousands of shots that they thought had already gone into arms, the state’s top health official announced Tuesday.
  The finding comes after the Department of Health launched an investigation over the weekend into a report that recent winter storms caused 1,000 doses to be tossed in Shelby County, which encompasses
  
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• Betty White, furry friends star in 50-year-old ‘Pet Set’

  23-02-2021 23:16
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — On a TV show Betty White hosted 50 years ago, the perpetual charmer flirts with James Brolin, teases Della Reese and trades quips with Carol Burnett. But White appears most delighted in the company of the real stars of “Betty White’s Pet Set,” among them elephants, lions and snakes. And dogs, lots of dogs. White and her husband, the late Allen Ludden, produced the 39-episode series that aired in 1971. It’s out Tuesday on DVD and streaming and digi
  
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• Ex-Wisconsin receiver Cephus sues school over 2018 expulsion

  23-02-2021 23:10
  
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — Former Wisconsin wide receiver Quintez Cephus is suing the university over a sexual assault investigation that resulted in his temporary expulsion in 2018. Cephus seeks unspecified damages in his federal lawsuit filed Tuesday. He accuses the school of breach of contract and of violating his due process rights. Cephus was suspended from the Badgers football team in August 2018 and was expelled from the University of Wisconsin for violating its nonacademic misconduct code as
  
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• Capitol defenders cite missed intelligence for deadly breach

  23-02-2021 22:58
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Officials who were in charge of Capitol security at the time of last month’s riot have testified that missed intelligence was to blame for the failure to anticipate the violent mob. The invaders stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, interrupting certification of Democrat Joe Biden’s election victory over Republican Donald Trump. Then-president Trump had urged them to protest the certification at a rally minutes earlier. The former chief of the U.S. Capitol Police tol
  
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• Toy stuffed with fentanyl found, accidentally purchased at Arizona thrift stop

  23-02-2021 22:55
  
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  (KPNX/NBC News) An Arizona Valley family made a shocking and potentially deadly discovery after a trip to a local thrift shop left them with a sack full of fentanyl.The drugs were found inside of a "Glo Worm" doll purchased for the family's young daughter.  The girl's parents discovered the pills while cleaning the toy shortly after they brought it home.They immediately called Phoenix police.Special Agent Cheri Oz with the Drug Enforcement Administration said, while this i
  
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• Arizona homeowners digging in backyard find bag full of guns

  23-02-2021 22:52
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Police say some homeowners in southwest Phoenix who were digging a hole for a tree in their backyard have found a duffel bag full of rusted rifles and handguns.
  They say the homeowners were digging in the corner of their fenced backyard Sunday when their shovels hit something in the dirt. After finding the bag, they called police and handed over the weapons.
  Police said Tuesday that they are investigating to see if the guns were used in any crimes. They say there’s no
  
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• The Latest: Kansas businesses not to repay COVID loans

  23-02-2021 22:51
  
  WICHITA, Kan. — Hospitality businesses who got loans through an emergency relief fund in Kansas at the beginning of the pandemic will no longer have to repay the money, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly said Tuesday.
  Funding provided through the Hospitality Industry Relief Emergency Fund has been converted from bridge loans to grants, the governor said. The program was originally envisioned as a working capital loan program. Businesses that have made repayments will be reimbursed.
  The fund was estab
  
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• Things to Know: Vaccine producers promise big jump in doses

  23-02-2021 22:49
  
  Executives from the major COVID-19 vaccine producers have said to expect a big jump in the delivery of doses over the coming month. Pfizer and Moderna executives told a congressional committee on Tuesday that they expect to complete delivery of 300 million doses each by summertime. Johnson & Johnson says it is aiming to provide an additional 100 million doses. That would be more than enough to vaccinate every American adult. President Joe Biden has promised that anyone in the U.S. who wants
  
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• Mars rover’s giant parachute carried secret message

  23-02-2021 22:49
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The huge parachute used by NASA’s Perseverance rover to land on Mars contained a secret message. Systems engineer Ian Clark used a binary code to spell out “Dare Mighty Things” in the orange and white strips of the 70-foot parachute. He also included the GPS coordinates for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. Clark said Tuesday only about six people knew about the encoded message before Thursday’s landing. Clark says th
  
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• Vilsack confirmed for 2nd stint as US agriculture secretary

  23-02-2021 22:44
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has voted to confirm Tom Vilsack as President Joe Biden’s agriculture secretary. The former Iowa governor spent eight years leading the same department for former President Barack Obama. He was confirmed on a 92-7 vote Tuesday. In his testimony, the 70-year-old Vilsack endorsed boosting climate-friendly agricultural industries such as the creation of biofuels, saying, “Agriculture is one of our first and best ways to get some wins in this climate ar
  
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• ‘We lied’: NY prosecutors face heat in botched sanction case

  23-02-2021 22:41
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Federal prosecutors in New York acknowledged telling a “flat lie” to a criminal defendant’s legal team while trying to downplay their mishandling of evidence in the trial of a businessman accused of violating U.S. sanctions on Iran. The embarrassing revelations about what many consider the U.S.’ top criminal investigating office were contained in a dozens of private text messages, transcripts, and correspondence unsealed Monday at the request of The Ass
  
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• No charges against officers involved in Daniel Prude’s death

  23-02-2021 22:41
  
  A grand jury voted not to charge officers shown on body camera video holding Daniel Prude down naked and handcuffed on a city street last winter until he stopped breathing. New York Attorney General Letitia James announced the decision Tuesday. The 41-year-old Black man’s death last March sparked nightly protests in Rochester, New York, after the video was released nearly six months later. The video shows Prude handcuffed and naked with a spit hood over his head as an officer pushes his fa
  
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• Florida man indicted, accused of trying to join terror group

  23-02-2021 22:38
  
  GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a former Florida resident accused of traveling to Turkey and attempting to join the Islamic State group has been indicted on a terrorism charge. Court records show that a federal grand jury in Gainesville formally charged 33-year-old Mohamed Fathy Suliman on Tuesday with attempting to provide material support for a designated foreign terrorist organization. If convicted, he faces up to 20 years in prison. According to the criminal complaint, Suliman
  
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• Chief: No discipline while state eyes death of Black man

  23-02-2021 22:32
  
  DENVER (AP) — Following the release of a highly critical report about the arrest and death of Elijah McClain in Colorado, Aurora’s police chief said she could not discipline anyone involved while the state is still conducting a criminal investigation into what happened. Chief Vanessa Wilson said Tuesday she did not want to do anything that might influence a grand jury that state Attorney General Phil Weiser has convened as part of his investigation.  The report was released Mond
  
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• No criminal charges against Rochester, NY, officers who restrained Daniel Prude, a Black man, until he stopped breathing

  23-02-2021 22:31
  
  ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — No criminal charges against Rochester, NY, officers who restrained Daniel Prude, a Black man, until he stopped breathing.The post No criminal charges against Rochester, NY, officers who restrained Daniel Prude, a Black man, until he stopped breathing appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• 8 Cubans rescued after makeshift boat capsizes near Florida

  23-02-2021 22:30
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Officials in Florida say six men and two pregnant women from Cuba have been rescued and are now recovering after their makeshift boat capsized near the Florida coast following 16 days at sea. A helicopter located the vessel and coordinated with law enforcement to send first responders. Images shared on Facebook by a sheriff’s office showed a boat made of styrofoam and metal rods taking on a large wave and overturning Sunday. The capsize follows a series of U.S. interdict
  
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• Phoenix homeowners digging in backyard find bag full of guns

  23-02-2021 22:29
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Police say some homeowners in southwest Phoenix who were digging a hole for a tree in their backyard have found a duffel bag full of rusted rifles and handguns. They say the homeowners were digging in the corner of their fenced backyard Sunday when their shovels hit something in the dirt. After finding the bag, they called police and handed over the weapons. Police said Tuesday that they are investigating to see if the guns were used in any crimes. They say there’s no
  
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• One dead in shooting near Stone Avenue, Fort Lowell

  23-02-2021 22:29
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - One person has died in connection to a shooting that occurred on in midtown Tuesday afternoon.According to Tucson Police Department, officers were dispatched to 123 W. Delano St. near Stone Avenue and Fort Lowell Road at around 12:30 p.m. in reference to a shooting.TPD said an adult male was pronounced dead at the scene.Police said there is currently no threat to the public and all parties involved have been identified to the responding officers.Stay with News 4 Tucson for the la
  
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• Pima Animal Care Center Giving Away Pet Supplies This Saturday

  23-02-2021 22:26
  
  This Saturday, Feb. 27, the Pima Animal Care Center is hosting a pet supply distribution event at Mission Manor Elementary School (600 W. Santa Rosa St.) from 1 to 5 p.m. (or until supplies run out.)Items available will include collars, food, leashes, bowls, treats, toys, pet stairs and cat litter.…
  
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• Board leaders of Texas’ grid operator resign after outages

  23-02-2021 22:22
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Four board leaders of Texas’ embattled power grid operator are resigning. The announcement Tuesday follows outrage over more than 4 million customers losing power during a deadly winter freeze last week. All of the board directors stepping down live outside of Texas, which only intensified criticism of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas. The resignations are effective Wednesday, one day before Texas lawmakers are set to begin hearings over the outages in t
  
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• Senate confirms Linda Thomas-Greenfield as UN ambassador

  23-02-2021 22:18
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s choice for United Nations ambassador, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, has been confirmed by the Senate. Her confirmation on Tuesday reflected the Biden administration’s determination to reengage with the world body and former President Donald Trump’s diplomacy that often left the U.S. isolated internationally. Senators voted 78-20 to confirm Thomas-Greenfield to the post, which will be a Cabinet-level position. Some Republicans said they f
  
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• For Senate rules arbiter, minimum wage is latest minefield

  23-02-2021 22:18
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Elizabeth MacDonough has guided the Senate through two impeachment trials. She’s vexed Democrats and Republicans alike with parliamentary opinions and helped rescue Electoral College certificates from a pro-Trump mob ransacking the Capitol. Now, the Senate’s first-ever woman parliamentarian is about to show anew why she’s one of Washington’s most potent, respected yet obscure figures. Any day, she’s expected to reveal if she thinks a federal
  
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• Late gains reverse most of an early slide on stock market

  23-02-2021 22:15
  
  A late burst of buying erased much of an early slide on Wall Street Tuesday. The S&P 500 managed a gain of 0.1%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq lost 0.5%, having clawed back most of an early drop of as much as 3.9%. Facebook, Disney, Netflix and other communications stocks helped drive the comeback. Early drops in Big Tech companies like Apple, Amazon and Microsoft moderated as the day went on. Tesla, which joined the S&P 500 at the end of last year, ended down 2.2% after being down as much as 13
  
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• Board leaders of Texas’ power grid operator resign after outrage over 4 million customers losing electricity in freeze

  23-02-2021 22:12
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Board leaders of Texas’ power grid operator resign after outrage over 4 million customers losing electricity in freeze.The post Board leaders of Texas’ power grid operator resign after outrage over 4 million customers losing electricity in freeze appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• San Marino finally gets vaccines, but goes with Sputnik V

  23-02-2021 22:10
  
  ROME (AP) — The Republic of San Marino finally can start its coronavirus vaccination campaign after resorting to “Plan B” and buying Sputnik V jabs from Russia. A pink and yellow truck escorted by police cars brought the first 7,500 Sputnik vaccines to San Marino on Tuesday. The city-state surrounded by Italy  bought Sputnik V shots at the last minute after an agreement to have Italy send a proportion of the vaccines it received through the European Union’s vaccine p
  
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• Legislature mulls raising Arizona’s low unemployment pay

  23-02-2021 22:07
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s super-low $240 maximum weekly unemployment benefit would increase to $320 by mid-summer and employers would experience a small increase in premiums under a new proposal backed by Republican Senate President Karen Fann. The proposal passed a Senate committee in a 9-1 vote Tuesday. But it differs from a plan backed by all House Democrats and some House Republicans. Rep. David Cook questioned how Fann can justify an additional $20 per week over his plan without
  
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• Takeaways from Congress’ first hearing on Capitol riot

  23-02-2021 22:04
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Security officials testifying before the Senate at Congress’ first hearing on the Capitol riot are casting blame and pointing fingers. But they also acknowledged Tuesday that they were woefully unprepared for the violent white nationalists and extremists plotting the siege. Senators drilled down on the stunning security failure that day as rioters loyal to former President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol, sending lawmakers certifying President Joe Biden’s ele
  
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• Accused Texas school shooter to remain at state hospital

  23-02-2021 22:01
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — An attorney for a student accused of fatally shooting 10 people at a Texas high school in 2018 says he will remain at a state mental health hospital for up to another 12 months as doctors say he remains incompetent to stand trial. Dimitrios Pagourtzis has been receiving mental health treatment at the North Texas State Hospital in Vernon since early December 2019. Nick Poehl, one of Pagourtzis’ attorneys, said Tuesday the hospital recently sent a report indicating the 2
  
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• Southern Baptists oust 2 churches over LGBTQ inclusion

  23-02-2021 21:55
  
  The Southern Baptist Convention has ousted two churches over policies deemed to be too inclusive of LGBTQ people and two more for employing pastors convicted of sex offenses. The actions came at an executive committee meeting marked by warnings that the country’s largest Protestant denomination was hurting itself with internal divisions. The churches expelled for LGBTQ inclusion were St. Matthews Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky, and Towne View Baptist Church, in Kennesaw, Georgia. S
  
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• Stocks rise, reversing tech-driven slide; bond yields climb

  23-02-2021 21:53
  
  A late-afternoon burst of buying sent stocks higher on Wall Street Tuesday, reversing most of a sell-off led by technology companies. The S&P 500 index was up 0.4% as of 3:38 p.m. Eastern after being down more than 1.8% earlier. The technology-heavy Nasdaq was down 0.2% after being down 3.9% earlier. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which is less exposed to tech stocks, rose 0.4%. Facebook, Disney, Netflix and other communication sector stocks helped drive the market’s comeback from a
  
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• Diplomatic doses: Israel shares vaccines with allied nations

  23-02-2021 21:51
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — After jumping out to a quick start in its vaccination campaign, Israel says it is sharing a small surplus of its coronavirus vaccines with several friendly countries. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to share the vaccines with his diplomatic partners comes at a time when Israel has come under international criticism for not providing significant quantities to the Palestinians. Netanyahu’s move is the latest illustration of how coronavirus vaccines h
  
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• Proposed US legislation would target Honduras president

  23-02-2021 21:44
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Newly proposed U.S. legislation targets Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández as allegations of ties to drug trafficking grow. As the administration of President Joe Biden seeks to return the issues of corruption and human rights to relations with Honduras and other Central American countries, a group of Democratic senators says the U.S. government’s relationship with Honduras must change. On Tuesday, Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon introduced a bill that wo
  
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• N Carolina elections head: Delay ’21 city races, ’22 primary

  23-02-2021 21:43
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s top elections administrator says the Census delay will make it impossible for some local governments to carry out their elections on time. Karen Brinson Bell wants state lawmakers to sign off on her recommendation that all municipal elections be delayed until 2022. She is also calling on leaders to delay the scheduled March 2022 primary in order to generate new legislative and congressional maps. The Republican-controlled General Assembly decides
  
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• French actor Depardieu charged with rape in revived case

  23-02-2021 21:43
  
  PARIS (AP) — The Paris prosecutor’s office says French actor Gerard Depardieu was charged in December with rape and sexual assault after authorities revived a 2018 investigation that had initially been dropped. The office told The Associated Press on Tuesday that Depardieu was not detained when he was handed the preliminary charges. The prosecutor’s office confirmed the charges after the case was leaked to French media. The charges relate to allegations made by an actress in he
  
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• 1 dead, 2 injured following alleged altercation on Tucson’s south side

  23-02-2021 21:39
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - A man died and two others were injured Sunday following an altercation that led to a shooting on Tucson's south side.
  Police say officers located three men with obvious signs of trauma in the 5900 block of S. Park Ave., just after 7:15 p.m.
  Edsel Cecena-Marquez, 21, was pronounced dead the scene.
  The two other victims were transported to the hospital. One of the men suffered life-threatening injuries and the other serious injuries, police say.
  On Tuesday, Tucson Police Department
  
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