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• Facebook says it will pay $1B over 3 years to news industry

  24-02-2021 23:58
  
  Facebook, following in Google’s footsteps, says it plans to invest $1 billion to support the news industry over the next three years. The social networking giant, which has been tussling with Australia over a law that would make social platforms pay news organizations, said it has invested $600 million since 2018 for news. Google said in October that it would pay publishers $1 billion over the next three years. News companies want Google and Facebook to pay for the news are on their platfo
  
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• 15-acre wildfire burning near Fort Huachuca

  24-02-2021 23:57
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - Emergency crews are working a fire that ignited near Fort Huachuca Wednesday afternoon.According to a post shared by Cochise County Fire & Incident's Twitter page, the blaze is currently burning 15-acres of land in the Black Tail Canyon near Canel and Hemp roads.
  1430:#FtHuachuca:There is a fire in BlackTailCnyn on CaneloRd., near W. Hemp Rd.Our fire department is currently on scene working on the fire. There is the possibility of smoke in the area as well as emergency respon
  
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• LA sheriff calls Tiger Woods crash ‘purely an accident’

  24-02-2021 23:50
  
  Tiger Woods injured in serious car accident near Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, Photo Date: 2/23/2021
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles County sheriff says the rollover that seriously injured Tiger Woods was “purely an accident” on a downhill section of road known for crashes. Sheriff Alex Villanueva said Wednesday that deputies didn’t see any evidence that the golf star was impaired by drugs or alcohol after Tuesday’s rollover. He says investigators may seek search war
  
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• David Foster and Katharine McPhee welcome a baby boy

  24-02-2021 23:49
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Katharine McPhee and David Foster may want to channel their musical talents into lullabies. McPhee’s publicist confirms Wednesday that the couple, who wed in 2019, have welcomed a baby boy. McPhee and Foster were friendly for years after meeting in 2006 when Foster was a mentor on season five of “American Idol,” where McPhee was the runner-up. This is the first child for McPhee, 36, and the first son for Foster, who is 71. He has five grown daughters from
  
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• Biden orders a review of US supply chains for vital goods

  24-02-2021 23:48
  
  Joe Biden, President of the United States, Photo Date: January 28, 2021
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has signed an executive order that is intended to boost manufacturing jobs by strengthening U.S. supply chains for advanced batteries, pharmaceuticals, critical minerals and semiconductors. The United States has become increasingly reliant on imports of these goods. The Biden administration sees that as a potential national security and economic risk and hopes to address it with t
  
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• Arizona man who wore horns in riot seeks release from jail

  24-02-2021 23:47
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona man who stormed the Capitol seven weeks ago while sporting face paint, no shirt and a furry hat with horns has asked to be released from jail. An attorney for Jacob Chansley disputed his client was dangerous because he carried a spear into the riot and argued a note his client penned to then-Vice President Mike Pence wasn’t threatening. Attorney Al Watkins said Chansley, who twice quit eating while in jail until authorities provided him organic food, is suff
  
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• Badly timed pre-pandemic tattoo pushes Kentucky woman to go viral

  24-02-2021 23:46
  
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  GEORGETOWN, Ky. (CNN) - The timing couldn't possibly be worse for a tattoo that a Kentucky woman got at the beginning of the pandemic.The reason, the message she inked has a whole new meaning now that the virus is everywhere.Leah Holland just wanted to get a tattoo inspired by some kind words from a friend."We were just talking about things we admire about each other and he said, 'you courageously and radically refuse to wear a mask,' like meaning that I'm undeniably myself," Holl
  
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• The Latest: Alaska governor positive for coronavirus

  24-02-2021 23:45
  
  JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy has tested positive for COVID-19 and has mild symptoms, his office announced Wednesday.
  Dunleavy, a 59-year-old Republican, is currently at home in the Wasilla area, north of Anchorage.
  On Sunday, Dunleavy was identified as a close contact of someone who tested positive for COVID-19. He felt well and tested negative but went into quarantine to reduce possible exposure to others.
  Dunleavy felt well until Tuesday night, the statement said. A second
  
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• ’60 Minutes’ will have streaming spinoff on Paramount+

  24-02-2021 23:33
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — CBS News says it is launching a streaming version of ‘60 Minutes’ on the new Paramount+ service, starting next week. The new ‘60 Minutes+’ program repurposes a team of correspondents and producers that was put together last year for the ill-fated Quibi streaming platform. They produced nearly two dozen episodes of ‘60 in 6’ designed for mobile devices. The new streaming show will have longer stories than those on TV, the opposite of the Q
  
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• Man charged with child rape volunteered with senior college

  24-02-2021 23:21
  
  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A retired drama teacher accused of sexually assaulting boys in Massachusetts and New York was allowed to teach in a senior-citizen program affiliated with the University of Southern Maine’s Lewiston Auburn campus. USM staff and faculty members are subject to criminal background checks but they’re not required for volunteers like 75-year-old Reynold “Rey” Buono. The senior college’s board severed connections with him upon learning of the
  
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• Blackouts bring up ‘a four-letter word’ in Texas: regulation

  24-02-2021 23:21
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Leaders of Texas’ embattled power grid are set to face sharp questioning from lawmakers for the first time since last week’s outages than 4 customers without electricity. The hearings Thursday in the Texas Capitol comes as lawmakers are calling for more regulation in America’s energy capital. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott wants to force power plants to winterize after nearly half of the state’s generation capacity was knocked offline by subfreezin
  
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• Jill Biden says health inequities have lasted ‘far too long’

  24-02-2021 23:17
  
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — First lady Jill Biden says health disparities have hurt communities of color for “far too long.” During a visit to a cancer research center in Virginia on Wednesday, she said “it’s about time” the country got serious about ending health inequities. Jill Biden’s visit to Virginia Commonwealth University’s Massey Cancer Center in Richmond was her first public trip outside Washington since her husband’s inauguration last mon
  
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• Good or great? D-backs confident Marte can be the latter

  24-02-2021 23:04
  
  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The Diamondbacks know they’ve got a very good player in Ketel Marte. But for Arizona to bounce back from a disappointing 2020 season, the Diamondbacks likely need him to be great. Marte has already proven he can be one of the game’s elite players. He was an NL All-Star and finished fourth in the NL Most Valuable Player voting after batting .329 with 32 homers in 2019. He also plays above-average defense at second and in center field. But Marte regressed
  
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• Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine works well in big ‘real world’ test

  24-02-2021 23:03
  
  A large real-world test of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine confirms that it’s very effective at preventing serious illness or death, even after one dose. The results come from a mass vaccination campaign in Israel. They give strong reassurance that the benefits seen in smaller tests persisted when the vaccine was used in a general population. The vaccine was 92% effective at preventing severe disease after two shots and 62% after one. Its estimated effectiveness for preventing death was 72
  
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• Good Samaritan finds wallet, delivers it to owner’s home

  24-02-2021 23:03
  
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  YULEE, Fla. (CNN) - A Florida teacher says a good Samaritan went the extra mile after finding her lost wallet.Debra Crosby's doorbell camera recorded this man at the door of her Yulee home Saturday.In the video, the stranger tells her that he found her lost wallet.He then leaves it in a safe place outside her door.Crosby says she lost the wallet while shopping at walmart.On her way home, her home security camera notified her that someone was at her door.She says the man had to dri
  
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• ’60 Minutes’ will have streaming spinoff on Paramount Plus

  24-02-2021 22:57
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — CBS News says it is launching a streaming version of ‘60 Minutes’ on the new Paramount Plus service, starting next week. The new ‘60 Minutes Plus’ program repurposes a team of correspondents and producers that was put together last year for the ill-fated Quibi streaming platform. They produced nearly two dozen episodes of ‘60 in 6’ designed for mobile devices. The new streaming show will have longer stories than those on TV, the opposite
  
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• Manchin says he’ll vote for Haaland for interior secretary

  24-02-2021 22:47
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin says he will vote in favor of New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland to serve as interior secretary, clearing the way for likely approval of her nomination as the first Native American to head a Cabinet agency. Manchin is the chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. He had been publicly undecided through two days of hearings on Haaland’s nomination by President Joe Biden. Manchin caused a political uproar last week by announcing p
  
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• The Latest: N. Carolina governor eases restrictions, curfew

  24-02-2021 22:45
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. — With cases and other key metrics trending downward in North Carolina, Gov. Roy Cooper on Wednesday announced the state will ease gathering and occupancy restrictions and end its 10 p.m. statewide curfew starting Friday.
  For the first time since early into the coronavirus pandemic, the Democratic governor is allowing bars and taverns to offer indoor service. His new executive order also increases alcohol sale cutoff times by two hours from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. and lets those bu
  
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• Bats, birds among wildlife pummeled during Southern freeze

  24-02-2021 22:45
  
  DALLAS (AP) — Birds, bats and other wildlife appear to have taken a beating during the winter storm and deep freeze in the southern U.S. Scientists say it might take weeks or months to determine the extent of the harm. But dead robins and other songbirds are being found on yards and sidewalks. And rehabilitation specialists are nursing starving bats found on snow-covered grounds. Experts say migratory birds in the region don’t fatten up for winter because the South usually has mild w
  
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• Jill Biden says things get better, including after divorce

  24-02-2021 22:41
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden says things happen for the best and life will get better, including after divorce. That was the first lady’s advice for Kelly Clarkson, the singer and talk-show host. Clarkson filed for divorce last year from Brandon Blackstock after nearly seven years of marriage. Jill Biden was divorced in 1975 and wed President Joe Biden in 1977. The first lady says she would have never met the president and have a family had her first marriage not ended. Clarkson rece
  
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• Saudi Arabia says crown prince had ‘successful’ surgery

  24-02-2021 22:39
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s royal court says Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman underwent a “successful surgery” for appendicitis on Wednesday, and left the hospital soon after the operation. The 35-year-old Prince Mohammed had laparoscopic surgery at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital in the Saudi capital of Riyadh in the morning. The official statement described the surgery as laparoscopic. Prince Mohammed, the son of King Salman, has amassed immens
  
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• Prince Harry and Meghan support completion of relief center

  24-02-2021 22:38
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s foundation has helped support the completion of an emergency relief center in the Commonwealth. World Central Kitchen announced Wednesday that the construction of the first community relief center in Dominica has been completed. The joint effort with Prince Harry and Meghan’s nonprofit Archewell Foundation is looking to develop a series of four centers in regions of the world prone to climate disasters. The completed center ha
  
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• Vaccinated for virus, Jimmy Carter and wife back in church

  24-02-2021 22:28
  
  PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Now that former President Jimmy Carter and his wife are vaccinated against COVID-19, they have been able to return to worshipping at their beloved church. Maranatha Baptist Church in tiny Plains, Georgia, announced on its Facebook page Wednesday that the 96-year-old Carter and Rosalynn Carter are again attending worship in person. Jimmy Carter hasn’t resumed teaching his Sunday school class, which once drew thousands of visitors annually. But video from last Sunday
  
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• Republicans push back on Pelosi proposal for riot commission

  24-02-2021 22:26
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican leaders in the House and Senate say a proposed plan for an independent commission to study the Capitol insurrection is overly tilted toward Democrats. They say the panel should be an even party split in the mold of a similar panel formed more than 15 years ago to study the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. A draft proposed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi would create an 11-member commission with four Republicans and seven Democrats, three of whom would be chosen by Pre
  
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• Things to Know: States push their own relief packages

  24-02-2021 22:24
  
  States are not willing to wait for more federal help and have been moving ahead with their own coronavirus relief packages. Maryland and California recently approved help for small businesses, the poor, the jobless and those needing child care. New Mexico and Pennsylvania are funneling grants directly to cash-starved businesses. The spending shows that many states have proved unexpectedly resilient during the pandemic. And it has provided fuel for critics who say they don’t need another ma
  
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• Houthis again delay expert examination of tanker off Yemen

  24-02-2021 22:24
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations says new requests by Yemen’s Houthi rebels will further delay U.N. experts from examining an oil tanker moored off the war-torn country’s coast loaded with more than 1 million barrels of crude oil that is at risk of leaking. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Wednesday the additional requests focus on “logistics and security arrangements,” and “it’s now difficult to say exactly when the mission could be deploye
  
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• Never too late: Pandemic propels older shoppers online

  24-02-2021 22:22
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Older people are learning to shop online for the first time during the pandemic. Spending for people 65 and older shot up 60% last year from a year earlier. And even though they still spend less than the total population, they are the fastest-growing group of online shoppers by age group. It’s not easy for many, and children and nursing-home staff often have to help. Grocery delivery services are trying to cater to them. But there are many barriers. Millions can&rsquo
  
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• After mental health break, a turnaround at Detroit Mercy

  24-02-2021 22:21
  
  DETROIT (AP) — College basketball players throughout the country have had to adjust to coronavirus protocols, scheduling uncertainty and general anxiety about the pandemic. In late December, Detroit Mercy’s men’s basketball team paused activities, citing the mental health of its athletes. The Titans didn’t play another game until mid-January. Now that looks like a smart move. The Titans won 10 of their final 12 regular-season games. THey play their Horizon League Tourname
  
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• Man exits church after years in sanctuary from deportation

  24-02-2021 22:00
  
  MAPLEWOOD, Mo. (AP) — A Honduran immigrant who has spent 3 1/2 years living inside a Missouri church to avoid deportation has finally stepped outside. Alex Garcia left the church in suburban St. Louis on Wednesday after a promise from President Joe Biden’s administration to let him be. Garcia is a married father of five. He was slated for removal from the U.S. in 2017. But Christ Church United Church of Christ in Maplewood gave him sanctuary. Sara John of the St. Louis Inter-Faith Co
  
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• High court inclined to expand warrantless entry into homes

  24-02-2021 21:58
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seems inclined to expand when officers can enter a suspect’s home without a warrant. The court has previously said that an officer in “hot pursuit” of a suspect they believe has committed a felony crime can enter the person’s home without a warrant if the person goes inside. On Wednesday, the court was debating whether the same is true if the officer is pursuing the person over a misdemeanor. The case is important both to law enfo
  
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• Lawyer: French tourist detained in Iran on security charges

  24-02-2021 21:56
  
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The lawyer of a French detainee in Iran says his client has been detained for nine months, the latest in a series of detentions of foreigners in the country at a time of heightened tensions between Iran and the West. On Wednesday, the detainee’s lawyer described the charges against the French tourist held in Iran as security-related and vague. He identified the male tourist only as a 30-something French citizen named Benjamin, declining to give any further details
  
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• UN: Yemen faces world’s worst famine and needs $3.85 billion

  24-02-2021 21:36
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. humanitarian chief is warning that Yemen “is falling off a cliff” and will face the worst famine the world has seen for decades unless donors contribute generously to this year’s $3.85 billion U.N. humanitarian appeal. Mark Lowcock said Wednesday that Gulf countries, especially Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, cut donations drastically last year, forcing aid agencies to provide help to just 9 million Yemenis monthly in 2020, down f
  
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• The Latest: Biden plans to get face masks to hard-hit areas

  24-02-2021 21:32
  
  WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden plans to distribute millions of face masks to Americans in communities hard-hit by the coronavirus.It’s part of his effort to ensure equity in the government’s response to the pandemic. Biden is aiming to reach underserved communities and those bearing the brunt of the outbreak. His plan will distribute masks not through the mail, but through Federally Qualified Community Health Centers and the nation’s food bank and food pantry systems.Th
  
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• Judge approves Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan for Belk chain

  24-02-2021 21:29
  
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A judge has approved Chapter 11 bankruptcy plans for North Carolina-based department store chain Belk, creating a new infusion of capital and cutting its debt load. The Charlotte Observer reports the judge approved the plan Wednesday. The move provides the ailing department store chain financial breathing room as it grapples with the continuing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Chief Financial Officer William Langley said in a filing accompanying the bankruptcy that
  
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• Chief: Capitol police were unsure about using force Jan. 6

  24-02-2021 21:15
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Police officers who defended the Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection did not properly lock down the building and were unsure of the rules for using deadly force against the rioters. That’s according to Acting Capitol Police Chief Yogananda Pittman, who is testifying to Congress Thursday. Pittman in a statement provides new details about the law enforcement response to the Capitol riot, including extra preparations that were made for the day. Pittman emphasizes th
  
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• Italy orders food delivery services to treat riders better

  24-02-2021 21:13
  
  ROME (AP) — Italy is going after online food delivery companies for how they treat the cyclists who deliver the food, many of them immigrants. Milan prosecutors said that four major delivery companies in Italy have been given 90 days to improve working conditions, including by providing riders with safe bicycles, accident compensation, job contracts and training. Authorities also issued a total of $880 million in fines. The four companies have about 60,000 delivery people using bicycles an
  
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• South Carolina delays 5-year minimum for stealing packages

  24-02-2021 21:09
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A small group of South Carolina lawmakers has decided to postpone voting on a proposal to create a new law specifically to handle people stealing packages from porches. The decision Wednesday came even after the chief supporter admitted a five-year minimum prison sentence was a bit harsh. Instead Democratic state Rep. Cezar McKnight suggested a range from probation to 15 years for anyone convicted of violating his proposed “Defense Against Porch Pirates Act.&rdq
  
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• For Israel’s allies, road to vaccines runs through Jerusalem

  24-02-2021 21:05
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — When it comes to obtaining hard-to-get coronavirus vaccines, Israel’s friends are discovering the road appears to run through Jerusalem.
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday acknowledged sharing coronavirus vaccines with a number of friendly countries that have given favors to Israel in the past. Although he did not identify the countries, a list obtained by an Israeli TV station suggested that a number of them have supported Israel’s claim to
  
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• CIA nominee pledges to provide ‘unvarnished’ intelligence

  24-02-2021 21:03
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s nominee to run the Central Intelligence Agency has told lawmakers that he would keep politics out of the job and deliver truthful analysis to politicians even when it’s uncomfortable. Former Ambassador William Burns is appearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee. His comments seem to be aimed at drawing a contrast with the prior administration. President Donald Trump faced repeated accusations of politicizing intelligence and he pu
  
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• FAA switching to new air traffic patterns in Las Vegas area

  24-02-2021 20:58
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration is enacting new air traffic patterns in southern Nevada, switching to satellite navigational guides in what officials call a “NextGen” modernization to improve efficiency and safety. Beginning Thursday, some flight routes will change for arriving and departing aircraft in an area including McCarran International Airport, two busy Las Vegas-area general aviation airports and Nellis Air Force Base. Las Vegas is the 10th of 11 F
  
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• White nationalist gets prison over rape threat, extortion

  24-02-2021 20:52
  
  CONCORD, N.H (AP) — A self-proclaimed white nationalist has been sentenced to nearly three-and-a-half years in federal prison for threatening to rape the wife of a man who was part of a separate racist group he felt was harassing him. Christopher Cantwell is a New Hampshire resident and radio host who became known after participating in a deadly 2017 rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. A jury in September found Cantwell guilty of two of the three charges. He was found guilty of extortion a
  
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• Kentucky governor wants to move on from impeachment effort

  24-02-2021 20:37
  
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s governor is urging lawmakers to move past an impeachment effort against him for his actions to combat COVID-19. Gov. Andy Beshear says a legislative panel made the “right choice” when it recommended no action be taken on a petition calling for his impeachment. Beshear on Wednesday said it’s time to renew respect for the role of government and how it works. The committee Tuesday night wrapped up its review of impeachment efforts targe
  
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• Iowa Republicans fast-tracking dramatic election changes

  24-02-2021 20:30
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Republicans are moving swiftly to sharply limit early voting in the state, months after a general election overseen by a Republican secretary of state that saw record turnout and overwhelming victories by GOP candidates. Like states across the country with Republican legislatures, Iowa lawmakers said early voting must be reined in because of the potential for fraud, even after a successful election in a state with no history of problems. As the state House move
  
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• Bust of Black hero of Lewis & Clark trip goes up in Portland

  24-02-2021 20:23
  
  Last year, protesters against racial injustice toppled numerous statues around the country. Now, one of the first works of art to emerge in their place depicts an unsung hero of the Lewis and Clark expedition. A huge bust of York, a Black man who was enslaved by William Clark and who was the first African-American to cross the continent and reach the Pacific Ocean, is sitting atop a pedestal amid a lushly forested park in Portland, Oregon. It was placed there in the dead of night last weekend by
  
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• Students protest as Utah lawmakers resist changing ‘Dixie’

  24-02-2021 20:20
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A push to change Dixie State University’s name has ignited a political firestorm, further pitting the university and its students against southern Utah residents who’ve been putting pressure on Republican lawmakers to kill the idea. The Dixie name has long drawn scrutiny, but in the wake of the nation’s racial reckoning last summer, institutions throughout St. George have reconsidered using it. A name change proposal already passed the state House bu
  
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• Del Core intros new brand with live show during digital MFW

  24-02-2021 20:17
  
  MILAN (AP) — It was a lockdown well-spent for Daniel Del Core. The German designer chose the unlikely moment when the world was reeling from the coronavirus last spring and the luxury sector experiencing its deepest profit drops ever to conceive a new brand, under the Italian surname he inherited from his immigrant grandfather. And he defied yet another piece of conventional wisdom, launching Del Core with a live runway show during the otherwise digital Milan Fashion Week.The post Del Core
  
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• Navajo Nation reports 20 new COVID-19 cases, 7 more deaths

  24-02-2021 20:12
  
  WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation health officials have reported 20 new confirmed COVID-19 cases with seven additional deaths. The latest numbers released Tuesday night bring the total number of cases on the vast reservation that covers parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah to 29,576 since the pandemic began. There have been 1,152 reported deaths that were related to COVID-19. The Navajo Department of Health on Monday identified 21 communities with uncontrolled spread of COVID-19 fro
  
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• Former aide says Cuomo kissed her, suggested strip poker

  24-02-2021 20:12
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A former member of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration who previously accused him of sexual harassment offered new details about her claims against him. Lindsey Boylan said in an article posted Wednesday on Medium that he once kissed her on the lips without consent after a private meeting. During her more than three years working as an economic adviser in the administration, she said Cuomo “would go out of his way to touch me on my lower back, arms and legs,&
  
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• Texas ranch heiress’ art collection going up for auction

  24-02-2021 20:10
  
  DALLAS (AP) — An art collection worth an estimated $150 million that belonged to the late Texas oil and ranching heiress Anne Marion is going up for auction this spring in New York. Sotheby’s said Wednesday that Marion’s private collection includes works by Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and Franz Kline. Sotheby’s said three masterworks at the heart of the collection are expected to each sell for over $20 million. Marion founded the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in Santa F
  
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• Reinternment plan of possible Tulsa massacre victims delayed

  24-02-2021 20:01
  
  TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A committee overseeing the search for mass graves related to the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre has delayed until next month a decision on how to reinter the remains of possible victims found last year. The state of Oklahoma requires a reinternment plan before graves can be exhumed. The committee on Tuesday agreed to delay a decision until it meets in March. Forensic anthropologist Phoebe Stubblefield says a plan is needed by the end of March in order to ensure academic exper
  
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