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• Officials: 400 escape, 25 dead after Haiti prison breakout

  26-02-2021 23:58
  
  PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Authorities in Haiti say more than 400 inmates escaped and 25 people died in a prison breakout, making it the country’s largest and deadliest one in a decade. The prison director and one of the country’s most powerful gang leaders, Arnel Joseph, are among those killed. Police spokesman Gary Desrosiers tells The Associated Press that Joseph was riding on a motorcycle through the Artibonite area in the town of L’Estère when he was spotted
  
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• Biden says US airstrikes in Syria told Iran: ‘Be careful’

  26-02-2021 23:53
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is cautioning Iran against threatening U.S. troops in Iraq. He told reporters Friday that his authorization of airstrikes against facilities in Syria used by Iran-backed militia groups was meant to signal to Iran that it “can’t act with impunity.” The administration is defending the airstrikes as legal and appropriate, saying they took out facilities that housed valuable “capabilities” used by militia groups to attack Amer
  
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• California to spend $28M to help arriving asylum-seekers

  26-02-2021 23:41
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — California is freeing up as much as $28 million to help immigrants arriving from Mexico and being released in the U.S. until their court dates.
  It marks a sharp contrast with other border states that have emerged as foes of President Joe Biden’s immigration policies. The funding comes as Biden unwinds former President Donald Trump’s policy to make asylum-seekers wait in Mexico until their court hearings.
  It will pay for hotel rooms for immigrants to quarantine
  
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• Marana Unified School District hosting job fair next weekend

  26-02-2021 23:37
  
  MARANA, Ariz. (KVOA) - The Marana Unified School District is looking for some employees to join the team.They are hosting a job fair next weekend at Quail Run Elementary School near Cortaro Road from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.The district says it's looking to hire certified teachers, substitutes and support staff in the transportation and health departments.“We are committed to providing our students and families with the most qualified educators and staff,” said Monica Harper, Director
  
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• White House climate czar to AP: Texas storm ‘a wake-up call’

  26-02-2021 23:26
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s climate adviser said the deadly winter storm that caused widespread power outages in Texas and other states is a “wake-up call” for the United States to build energy systems and other infrastructure that are more reliable and resilient in the face of extreme-weather events linked to climate change. Gina McCarthy, Biden’s national climate adviser, said in an interview with The Associated Press that the Texas storm “is not
  
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• WNBA approves Montgomery’s role in new Dream ownership group

  26-02-2021 23:24
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Real estate investor Larry Gottesdiener has been approved as the lead owner of the WNBA’s Atlanta Dream following pressure on former Sen. Kelly Loeffler to sell her share of the team. Co-owner Mary Brock also sold her share of the club, which will remain in Atlanta. The three-member investor group includes former Dream guard Renee Montgomery and Suzanne Abair, president of Gottesdiener’s firm. Players around the league had called for Loeffler, a Republican, to se
  
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• South Dakota police groups call on Ravnsborg to resign

  26-02-2021 23:21
  
  SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Three South Dakota law enforcement associations are joining the call for Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg to resign. The South Dakota Fraternal Order of Police, the South Dakota Chiefs’ of Police Association and the South Dakota Sheriffs’ Association said Friday that Ravnsborg’s involvement in a September crash that left Joseph Boever dead resulted in a lack of confidence in his ability to carry out his duties as the state’s chief law enforc
  
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• Chuck Huckelberry Loop named best recreational trail in nation by USA Today

  26-02-2021 23:18
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - As the old saying goes, locals always know best.
  And if you ever talked to anyone from the Old Pueblo, there is a reason why we say Pima County is one of the best hiking and cycling spots in the world.On Friday, USA Today reaffirmed what Tucsonans already knew after the internationally distributed newspaper named the Chuck Huckelberry Loop as the best recreational trail in the United States.After a panel of experts nominated several trails across the U.S. to receive these honors,
  
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• US advisers endorse single-shot COVID-19 vaccine from J&J

  26-02-2021 23:16
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health advisers have endorsed a one-dose COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson that’s expected to provide an easier-to-use option to fight the pandemic. The panel of Food and Drug Administration experts ruled on Friday that J&J’s vaccine protected against COVID-19 and should be made available for adults. The FDA is expected to quickly follow the recommendation and make J&J’s shot the third vaccine authorized for emergency use in the U.
  
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• Former Bishop Gunn singer Travis McCready faces drug charges

  26-02-2021 23:11
  
  VIDALIA, La. (AP) — The onetime lead singer for the defunct Bishop Gunn rock and country band has been arrested in Louisiana on drug and traffic charges. Thirty-three-year-old Travis McCready of Natchez, Mississippi, was arrested Thursday in Concordia Parish, east-central Louisiana. Authorities say McCready was taken to jail on traffic charges and counts alleging possession of Schedule I, Schedule II and Schedule III drugs. The Natchez Democrat reports McCready has since been released on a
  
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• Tribes in legal limbo over federal virus relief funding

  26-02-2021 23:09
  
  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Nearly a year after Congress passed a coronavirus relief bill, some Native American tribes are still in legal limbo over what’s been distributed. The issue didn’t become any more clear this week for three tribes who argued in a federal court hearing that they should get quick relief because they were shortchanged by the use of federal population data. The Treasury Department has doled out all but about $530 million from the $8 billion set aside for tribe
  
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• Czechs impose the tightest lockdown amid UK variant surge

  26-02-2021 23:07
  
  PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech government has further tightened its lockdown to slow down a surge of a highly contagious coronavirus variant. It has announced a plan to “radically” limit free movement of citizens and further measures, including the closure of nursery schools and schools for children with disabilities that until now have remained open. Babis says the restrictions are needed after the number of patients in hospitals dramatically increased. Among the strictest measures,
  
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• US expert panel endorses Johnson & Johnson’s one-dose COVID-19 vaccine; FDA will make final decision soon

  26-02-2021 23:04
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — US expert panel endorses Johnson & Johnson’s one-dose COVID-19 vaccine; FDA will make final decision soon.The post US expert panel endorses Johnson & Johnson’s one-dose COVID-19 vaccine; FDA will make final decision soon appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Lawmakers work to make Juneteenth a national holiday

  26-02-2021 22:53
  
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  MILWAUKEE, Wisc. (CNN) - The Juneteenth National Independence Day Act has been introduced in both the House and U.S. Senate.94-year-old civil rights activist Opal Lee went to Washington Thursday to push for the new national holiday as the bills were introduced.The observance would commemorate June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers told Texas slaves they were free.It is thought to be the oldest regular celebration of the end of slavery in the U.S.Opal Lee endured the winter storm in fo
  
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• A bumpy day leaves stocks mostly lower; bond yields ease

  26-02-2021 22:50
  
  Stocks ended a bumpy day mostly lower on Wall Street. Technology stocks recovered slightly following several days of heavy selling, but the Nasdaq still posted its biggest weekly loss since October. On Friday the S&P 500 gave back 0.5%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 1.5%. Treasury yields fell after shooting sharply higher over the last few weeks, something that has unsettled financial markets generally. Investors continued to watch Washington, where Congress is expected to vote o
  
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• Things to Know: $1.9T package heads toward House approval

  26-02-2021 22:44
  
  A $1.9 trillion package aimed at helping the country rebuild from the pandemic seems headed toward House passage. Now, Democrats are also searching for a way to revive their drive to boost the minimum wage. The relief bill embodies President Joe Biden’s drive to flush cash to individuals, businesses, states and cities suffering from the pandemic. But Democratic progressives are adamant that the party keep trying to pass legislation that would boost the federal minimum wage to $15 hourly. T
  
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• The Latest: State tries to raise minority vaccination rates

  26-02-2021 22:40
  
  BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Gov. Ned Lamont said Friday that Connecticut still has “a long way to go” to improve COVID-19 vaccination rates among Black and Hispanic residents, as new data show whites are getting inoculated at higher rates.
  Lamont appeared with Black clergy members at St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Bridgeport to try to convince people the vaccines are safe and effective. Several church leaders received vaccinations Friday.
  “We have a long way to go,”
  
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• EXPLAINER: Why rising rates are unsettling Wall Street

  26-02-2021 22:33
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Rising expectations for the economy and inflation have caused U.S. Treasury yields to spurt higher, with the jump unsettling stock markets. These yields are the baseline off which investors try to figure out the value of everything from Apple stock to junk bonds, and their rapid rise is forcing a reassessment about how much to pay for them and every other investment. Investors pay particular attention to the 10-year Treasury note, which climbed above 1.50% this week after s
  
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• A bumpy day for stocks leaves indexes mixed; yields ease

  26-02-2021 22:16
  
  Stocks ended a bumpy day mostly lower on Wall Street. Technology stocks recovered slightly following several days of heavy selling, but the Nasdaq still posted its biggest weekly loss since October. On Friday the S&P 500 gave back 0.5%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 1.5%. Treasury yields fell after shooting sharply higher over the last few weeks, something that has unsettled financial markets generally. Investors continued to watch Washington, where Congress is expected to vote o
  
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• Algeria pro-democracy marchers try to revive Friday protests

  26-02-2021 22:09
  
  ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Protesters have taken to the streets of Algiers and other cities around Algeria in a bid to restart weekly pro-democracy demonstrations. It was the first Friday since the Hirak movement was forced to suspend a year of peaceful weekly protests last spring due to COVID-19, and came four days after the movement flooded streets for Monday’s second anniversary of the movement. Hirak protesters helped force long-time President Abdelaziz Bouteflika from power in 2019
  
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• The Latest: California could see new vaccine next week

  26-02-2021 21:59
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif: Gov. Gavin Newsom expects California to start administering the new Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine next week.At a Fresno news conference Friday, Newsom said the Biden administration plans to send California more than 1.1 million of the single-dose shots in the next three weeks.The vaccine, still in the final federal approval process, has fewer handling restrictions than the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines now being used.Those vaccines require two doses to be fully effec
  
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• Black News Channel reloads with talk focus, morning show

  26-02-2021 21:36
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Black News Channel, nearly invisible upon its launch last year, is revamping to take on a new look starting Monday. It is adding a four-hour morning show with Mike Hill and Sharon Reed and will be emphasizing commentary and analytical news coverage moving forward. The network’s bid for viewers comes at a time when mainstream news organizations are taking a hard look at their employment of minority journalists and coverage. New York Times columnist Charles Blow and
  
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• Congress split on US strikes in Syria on Iran-backed militia

  26-02-2021 21:34
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is defending the U.S. military airstrikes in Syria as legal and appropriate, saying they took out facilities that housed valuable “capabilities” used by Iranian-backed militia groups to attack American and allied forces in Iraq. Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby said members of Congress were notified before the Thursday strikes that destroyed nine facilities and heavily damaged two other facilities. He says the facilities were used by m
  
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• 2 men sue Phoenix, Scottsdale over Giants training complex

  26-02-2021 21:34
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Two Arizona residents are suing the cities of Phoenix and Scottsdale over the development of the San Francisco Giants’ year-round training facility in Papago Park. The Arizona Republic reported Friday that Arthur Deal and Lasse Norgaard-Larsen said in their claim that the cities unlawfully leased the land in Papago Park to the baseball team. Phoenix and Scottsdale filed motions to dismiss the complaint earlier this month. City officials say they are optimistic their le
  
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• On the rise: Expensive youth sports clubs have deepened the economic divide

  26-02-2021 21:30
  
  PHOENIX – Krystle Mann, a stay-at-home mother to three sons, makes and sells cornbread and jam to pay for new baseball gear and help cover club fees – approximately $1,500 per year.…
  
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• Top US diplomat ‘visits’ Mexico, Canada on virtual trip

  26-02-2021 21:28
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken held his crucial first bilateral meetings since taking the post with Mexico and Canada. Both meetings Friday were billed as “trips” though they were held virtually because of the pandemic. It was part of President Joe Biden’s effort to start a new chapter in North American relations, which were strained at times under his predecessor, Donald Trump. They were expected to discuss economic issues as well as efforts to addre
  
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• Police: Infamous gang leader killed after prison breakout

  26-02-2021 21:28
  
  PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — One of Haiti’s most powerful gang leaders has been killed. Authorities say Arnel Joseph was shot Friday, a day after he and dozens of other inmates escaped from prison during a breakout that left at least eight people dead, including the prison director. Police spokesman Gary Desrosiers tells The Associated Press that Joseph was riding on a motorcycle through the Artibonite area in the town of L’Estère when he was spotted by a police checkpoi
  
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• UN urges warring parties to halt fighting for vaccinations

  26-02-2021 21:24
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has unanimously approved a resolution demanding that all warring parties immediately institute a “sustained humanitarian pause” to enable the unhindered delivery of COVID-19 vaccines and the vaccination of millions of people in conflict areas. The British-drafted resolution, cosponsored by 112 countries, reiterated the council’s demand for “a general and immediate cessation of hostilities” in major conflicts. Bri
  
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• Feds say Massachusetts man scammed 3 women out of $500,000

  26-02-2021 21:23
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a Massachusetts man told three women he met at online dating sites fantastic stories about being involved in explosions on foreign oil rigs and needing money to get out of a French jail to scam them out of more than $500,000. Kofi Osei was arrested Thursday and charged in Boston federal court with money laundering, making false statements to a bank and wire fraud. Prosecutors say the charges are in connection with “romance scams.” He pleade
  
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• Versatile Clippard ready for any role in D-backs bullpen

  26-02-2021 21:21
  
  The Arizona Diamondbacks have a lot of uncertainty in their bullpen this spring and essentially every role is up for grabs. Veteran right-hander Tyler Clippard says he’s completely fine with that situation. After 14 years in the bullpen, he’s done just about everything. Clippard was officially announced as a member of the Diamondbacks on Friday, four days he agreed to terms on a $2.25 million, one-year contract. The deal includes a $1.75 million salary this year and a $3.5 million mu
  
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• Armenia’s political tensions still high after PM’s coup talk

  26-02-2021 21:21
  
  YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Political tensions in Armenia remain high after the prime minister accused top military officers demanding his resignation of an attempted coup. Nikol Pashinyan has faced opposition calls to step down over a Nov. 10 peace deal that ended six weeks of fierce fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh by handing over large parts of the region and surrounding areas to Azerbaijan. Earlier this week, Pashinyan dismissed the first deputy chief of the military’s General Staff th
  
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• The Latest: UN Security Council demands COVID cease-fire

  26-02-2021 21:18
  
  UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a resolution Friday demanding that all warring parties immediately institute a “sustained humanitarian pause” to enable the unhindered delivery of COVID-19 vaccines and the vaccination of millions of people in conflict areas.
  The British-drafted resolution, co-sponsored by 112 countries, reiterated the council’s demand last July 1 for “a general and immediate cessation of hostilities” in major con
  
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• Democratic-led House makes conservation push with lands bill

  26-02-2021 21:18
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has passed legislation to create about 1.5 million acres of new wilderness. The bill passed Friday would also incorporate nearly 1,200 miles of waterways into the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. The votes come as Democrats move to protect more public lands with President Joe Biden’s blessing. Biden has set a goal of conserving at least 30% of U.S. lands and ocean by 2030, a move that supporters say will help curb global warming while preserving som
  
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• WFP: Security protocols, leaks a focus of Congo probe

  26-02-2021 21:11
  
  ROME (AP) — A U.N. investigation into the attack on a humanitarian convoy in Congo will look into whether security protocols were followed and whether information might have leaked to the unknown gunmen involved in the ambush. The attack killed Italy’s ambassador to Congo, his security escort and their Congolese driver.The deputy communications director of the World Food Program told an online briefing Friday that the Feb. 22 mission to bring the ambassador to a WFP school feeding pr
  
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• Tennessee: Vaccines stolen, given to children in 1 county

  26-02-2021 21:01
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s top health officials have revealed the state has requested federal law enforcement to investigate alleged theft of coronavirus vaccine doses in the state’s most populous county. In a Friday news conference, health official also said a volunteer improperly vaccinated two children despite the shot not being cleared for young minors. The details come after the state previously announced that roughly 2,400 COVID-19 vaccine doses had been wasted i
  
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• The Latest: New Orleans loosens some virus restrictions

  26-02-2021 20:56
  
  NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans’ mayor says coronavirus pandemic restrictions are being relaxed, starting Friday.Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s office says the past 30 days have shown a sustained decrease in case counts, transmission rate, and positivity rate. The statement says groups of up to 75 may gather indoors and 150 outdoors. Restaurants, bars and other businesses can seat up to 15 people at a table.Indoor stadiums may admit up to 15% of the maximum number of fans usually allowed, w
  
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• Highlights of the COVID-19 relief bill advancing in Congress

  26-02-2021 20:38
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is expected to pass a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package late Friday that includes $1,400 checks for most Americans and billions of dollars for schools, state and local governments and businesses. Republicans say the spending is vastly more than what is needed for the pandemic. But Democrats and President Joe Biden say a robust aid package is necessary to prevent a long and painful economic recovery. Their goal is to have COVID-19 relief approved by mid-March
  
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• Members who broke with polygamous sect buy former compound

  26-02-2021 20:31
  
  CUSTER, S.D. (AP) — A compound in South Dakota’s Black Hills that was owned by a secretive polygamous sect has been sold at auction to three former members who broke with the sect years ago. Blue Mountain Ranch LLC, representing Patrick Pipkin, Seth Cooke and Andrew Chatwin, paid $750,000 for the Fundamentalist Church of Latter-Day Saints’ sprawling compound at a Custer County sheriff’s auction Thursday. The Rapid City Journal reports that Pipkin said he left FLDS about 1
  
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• NYC steakhouse stunt: A wax Don Draper hanging at the bar

  26-02-2021 20:17
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — It’s a promotion that could be straight out of the “Mad Men” Don Draper playbook. The iconic Peter Luger Steak House in New York City has teamed with Madame Tussauds to have celebrity wax figures, including Jon Hamm in Draper mode, mingle with patrons on Friday to promote the easing on of indoor dining restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic. The gimmick coincides with a recent decision by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to expand indoor dining in the city to 35% f
  
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• College softball an anchor for Olympic hopefuls in pandemic

  26-02-2021 20:04
  
  NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Division I softball is providing a training ground this season for players preparing for the Summer Olympics. UCLA’s Rachel Garcia and Bubba Nickles and Arizona’s Dejah Mulipola are among 18 Team USA members fighting for 15 spots on the squad that will go to Tokyo. Oklahoma’s Nicole Mendes and North Carolina State’s Tatyana Forbes will play for Mexico. Washington’s Gabbie Plain is a finalist for a slot on Australia’s team. With COVID
  
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• 17-year-old arrested in fatal shooting of UArizona student

  26-02-2021 20:02
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Tucson police on Friday announced the arrest of a teenager in the Feb. 20 shooting death of a University of Arizona student in a campus parking garage. Police said a 17-year-old boy was arrested and booked into jail Thursday on suspicion of first-degree murder and drive-by shooting in the killing of Forrest Keys. The Associated Press generally does not identify juvenile criminal suspects. Keys was a 20-year-old sophomore from Philadelphia majoring in communications. Ac
  
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• Kansas Supreme Court suspends foul-mouthed judge from bench

  26-02-2021 20:01
  
  BELLE PLAINE, Kan. (AP) — A foul-mouthed Kansas judge accused of bigotry who cursed at courthouse employees so often that a trial clerk kept a “swear journal” documenting his obscene outbursts has been suspended from the bench for one year. The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday called Montgomery County Judge F. William Cullins’ behavior “quite troubling” while meting out a harsher punishment than was recommended by a disciplinary panel. The court says Cullins sho
  
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• Missouri AG : No charges in 2017 death of Black jail inmate

  26-02-2021 19:56
  
  O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced Friday that no charges will be filed in the 2017 death of Tory Sanders, a Black inmate at a rural jail. Sanders died under similar circumstances to George Floyd, after a white law enforcement officer’s knee was pressed on his neck. Schmitt says there is not enough evidence to prove first- or second-degree murder. He says these charges are the only options because the statute of limitations had expired on othe
  
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• No charges to be filed in 2017 death of Missouri inmate

  26-02-2021 19:46
  
  O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced Friday that no charges will be filed in the 2017 death of Tory Sanders, a Black inmate at a rural jail. Sanders died under similar circumstances to George Floyd, with a white law enforcement officer’s knee on his neck. Schmitt says there is not enough evidence to prove first- or second-degree murder. He says these charges are the only options because the statute of limitations had expired on other potential c
  
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• Rights monitor says 3 dead as protests rage in southern Iraq

  26-02-2021 19:42
  
  BAGHDAD (AP) — An Iraqi human rights monitor says three anti-government protesters have died after Iraqi security forces used live ammunition to disperse crowds in the fifth day of protests in southern Iraq. Friday was the deadliest day in almost a week of protests in the southern city of Nasirya that has so far claimed five lives and wounded over 200 people. Many were Iraqi security forces personnel injured by protesters. Nasiriya, in the province of Dhi Qar, has seen regular protests sin
  
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• United will pay $49 million to settle air mail fraud case

  26-02-2021 19:35
  
  United Airlines will pay more than $49 million to settle criminal and civil accusations of defrauding the post office in the handling of international mail. The Justice Department said Friday that former employees of United’s cargo division falsified parcel delivery information for several years. Prosecutors say that as a result, United collected millions of dollars in payments that it should not have received. United is agreeing to pay about $17 million in criminal penalties and forfeited
  
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• FAA seeks $27,500 from passenger it says hit air attendant

  26-02-2021 19:35
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A passenger who allegedly hit a flight attendant after an argument over wearing a face mask could soon be $27,500 poorer. The Federal Aviation Administration said Friday that it is proposing the financial penalty against a person who became combative after they and a companion were asked to leave a Delta Air Lines flight from Miami to Atlanta in October. The FAA says the person’s companion refused to wear a face mask or seatbelt, forcing the crew to return the plane
  
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• WNBA approves sale of Dream following pressure on Loeffler

  26-02-2021 19:33
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Real estate investor Larry Gottesdiener has been approved as the head of a new three-member ownership group of the WNBA’s Atlanta Dream following pressure on former Sen. Kelly Loeffler to sell her share of the team. Co-owner Mary Brock also sold her share of the team, which will remain in Atlanta. The three-member investor group also includes former Dream guard Renee Montgomery and Suzanne Abair, president of Gottesdiener’s firm. Players around the league have ca
  
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• Rush Limbaugh buried in private cemetery in St. Louis

  26-02-2021 19:32
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh has been buried in a private cemetery in St. Louis. Limbaugh’s family said in a statement that a private service was held Wednesday with close family members present. The family did not identify the cemetery where Limbaugh was buried. Limbaugh died Feb. 17, a year after announcing he had lung cancer. The statement from his widow, Kathryn, said additional celebrations of Limbaugh’s life are planned in the future both vi
  
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• The Latest: Biden, businesses to reinforce virus advice

  26-02-2021 19:28
  
  WASHINGTON — The Biden administration and major U.S. business organizations are launching a joint educational campaign to reinforce basic COVID-19 do’s and don’ts with their customers and employees.
  White House coronavirus senior adviser Andy Slavitt says it’s part of an effort to get the whole country working together to contain the virus and encourage Americans to get vaccinated.
  The strategy has three parts. First, requiring masking and social distancing on business pr
  
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