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• 2 people dead in Southern California fireworks explosion

  16-03-2021 23:56
  
  ONTARIO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say two people were killed when a fireworks stash exploded in inland Southern California, setting a house on fire, blowing out windows across the neighborhood, and sending up a huge plume of smoke. Multiple blasts were reported around midday in Ontario, east of Los Angeles. TV news footage showed at least one home burning and a shed and scattered debris in a yard also on fire. Firefighters managed to free a horse on the property that was trapped against a
  
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• CBS says ‘The Talk’ staying off air after racism talk

  16-03-2021 23:51
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — CBS says its daytime show “The Talk” will stay on hiatus for another week after a discussion about racism involving co-host Sharon Osbourne went off the rails last week. Osbourne reacted with anger and profanity when asked to talk about her support and friendship with British TV personality Piers Morgan. Morgan left the show “Good Morning Britain” after questioning Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, when she said she felt suicidal during her time in t
  
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• Kentucky lawmakers advance bipartisan election reform bill

  16-03-2021 23:49
  
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Republican and Democratic lawmakers in Kentucky are on the verge of loosening the state’s voting access laws to make limited early voting a fixture. It’s in sharp contrast to the bitter partisan battles being waged elsewhere over election laws. The Kentucky measure would give voters three days of no-excuse, early in-person voting before Election Day. But it backs off from the temporary, pandemic-related accommodations made last year that allowed widespread
  
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• Former GOP Rep. Doug Ose enters California recall election

  16-03-2021 23:45
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former Republican congressman Doug Ose says he’s entering the California recall election aimed at ousting Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. Ose (Oh-see) becomes the third established Republican to enter the race, joining former San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer and businessman John Cox. Ose is a businessman from the Sacramento area who says he’s ready to work across party lines to get businesses and schools reopened. His announcement follows the kickoff Monday of N
  
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• Sexual orientation back in South Carolina hate crime bill

  16-03-2021 23:42
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A group of South Carolina lawmakers have added back protections for gay or transgender people to a hate crime bill five days after removing them. But they then voted Tuesday to remove stalking and harassment from the crimes that could add an extra hate crime penalty, leaving the proposal to only deal with violent offenses. The House Judiciary Committee unanimously approved the bill and it now heads to the House floor. Charleston Democratic Rep. Wendell Gilliard says r
  
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• Immigrant advocates push against Arizona’s top prosecutor

  16-03-2021 23:42
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — A Latino civil rights organization has filed a lawsuit against Arizona’s top prosecutor on behalf of nonprofit groups that say his efforts to block President Joe Biden’s changes in immigration policy are unlawful. The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund on Tuesday filed the lawsuit against Attorney General Mark Brnovich for the Arizona-based Puente Human Rights Movement, Chicanos Por La Causa and the Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project
  
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• Authorities say two people were killed when a fireworks stash exploded at a Southern California home

  16-03-2021 23:37
  
  ONTARIO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say two people were killed when a fireworks stash exploded at a Southern California home.The post Authorities say two people were killed when a fireworks stash exploded at a Southern California home appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Cards bring back starting RT Kelvin Beachum on 2-year deal

  16-03-2021 23:35
  
  TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Cardinals have brought back starting right tackle Kelvin Beachum on a two-year deal. The team announced the agreement on Tuesday but didn’t disclose terms. The 6-foot-3, 308-pound Beachum started all 16 games at right tackle in 2020 after playing the three previous seasons with the New York Jets. The 31-year-old was part of an offensive line that usually did a good job of keeping young franchise quarterback Kyler Murray from getting hit. The Cardinals
  
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• US: Putin approved operations to help Trump against Biden

  16-03-2021 23:32
  
  WASHINGTON DC (AP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin authorized influence operations to help Donald Trump in last November’s presidential election.
  That's according to a declassified intelligence assessment that found broad efforts by the Kremlin and Iran to shape the outcome of the race but ultimately no evidence that any foreign actor changed votes or otherwise disrupted the voting process.
  The report was released Tuesday from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and repr
  
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• Child border crossings surging, straining US facilities

  16-03-2021 23:27
  
  Alejandro Mayorkas - United States Secretary of Homeland Security, Photo Date: Jan 19, 2021
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A surge of migrants on the Southwest border has the Biden administration on the defensive. The head of Homeland Security acknowledged the severity of the problem Tuesday but insisted it’s under control and said he won’t revive a Trump-era practice of immediately expelling teens and children. An official says U.S. authorities encountered nearly double the number childre
  
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• Living, working, and playing in Tucson, Arizona

  16-03-2021 23:23
  
  Greg McCown Jeff Lierman Mike Sparky P Sean Parker PhotographyBased in Tucson, Arizona, KVOA is the market-leading, award-winning, NBC-affiliated television station that serves more than a million people across Southern Arizona.
  With its top-rated newscasts highlighted by News 4 Tucson Investigators, the station’s award-winning investigative unit, KVOA consistently delivers the stories that people care about.Home to the University of Arizona, Tucson has been consistently rated one of the
  
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• Duke COVID-19 cases surge; fraternities blamed for many

  16-03-2021 23:17
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Duke University saw nearly as many cases of the coronavirus last week as it did during the entire fall semester. The university’s online tracker shows a quadrupling of positive cases among students over the previous week. Top administrators blame fraternities for the surge amid reports of recruitment activities and off-campus parties. The campus will remain on lockdown through Sunday. In-person classes have been moved online and off-campus students are urged to s
  
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• Newsom defends Feinstein, says he’s not expecting retirement

  16-03-2021 23:16
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he expects and hopes Sen. Dianne Feinstein will serve her full term. His Tuesday comments came a day after he suggested on MSNBC that he’s already thinking about her replacement. The Democratic governor would have the power to appoint a successor if she leaves early. Newsom says he has “zero expectations” she will be retiring early. He was asked Monday whether he would replace her with a Black woman if she steps
  
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• Feds: WVa man sold devices to anti-government supporters

  16-03-2021 23:08
  
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia man has pleaded guilty to a weapons charge after he was accused of selling machine gun conversion devices to followers of a far-right extremist movement. Thirty-year-old Timothy John Watson entered the plea Tuesday to possession of an unregistered firearm silencer in federal court in Martinsburg. Several other charges were dropped under a plea agreement. Watson faces up to 10 years in prison. Prosecutors said they will seek a stiffer sentence due to
  
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• McConnell vows ‘scorched earth’ if Senate ends filibuster

  16-03-2021 22:55
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell is warning ominously of a “scorched earth” landscape if Democrats use their new majority to bring an end to the Senate filibuster process. Senators have been considering changes to the decades-old rules that typically require 60 votes to advance legislation. With Democrats controlling the chamber that’s evenly split 50-50, they’re facing a tough time approving their priorities and President Joe Biden’s
  
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• Grammy Award ratings drop 51 percent to record low

  16-03-2021 22:55
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Despite what was generally considered a well-produced show, stocked with musical performances and without the Zoom awkwardness of other pandemic-era awards, the Grammys were a bust for CBS. Its audience of 9.2 million was a record low, and just less than half of the 18.8 million who watched last year. It’s a concerning trend for television executives who saw a similar steep decline for the Golden Globes and record low ratings for the Emmys last year. Executives wonder
  
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• New technology to prevent ballot fraud shown to Arizona House, Senate members

  16-03-2021 22:53
  
  PHOENIX – On Monday, members of the Arizona House and Senate took a first look at ballot fraud countermeasure technology that could potentially become a part of future state and federal elections in Arizona.
  It is a holographic technology that is invisible to the naked eye. It has RFID-like features that are used to help to identify and validate authentic ballots. The use of the technology is an idea proposed by State Representative Mark Finchem and State Senator Sonny Borrelli.&ldquo
  
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• Florida teen sentenced in hack of celebrity Twitter accounts

  16-03-2021 22:50
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida teen has been sentenced to three years in prison for his role in hacking the Twitter accounts of prominent politicians, celebrities and technology moguls and scamming people around the globe out of more than $100,000 in Bitcoin. The Tampa Bay Times reports that 18-year-old Graham Ivan Clark pleaded guilty Tuesday to multiple fraud charges as part of a deal with Hillsborough County prosecutors. Prosecutors say Clark was the mastermind of the scheme that hacked p
  
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• The Latest: French PM plans to get vaccinated as an example

  16-03-2021 22:48
  
  PARIS — France’s prime minister says he wants to boost confidence in the AstraZeneca vaccine by getting an injection as soon as his government authorizes its use again.France suspended AstraZeneca jabs on Monday while it waits for the European regulator to clear up any doubts about possible side effects.At age 55 and with no known underlying health problems, French Prime Minister Jean Castex isn’t, strictly speaking, among the groups yet eligible for vaccination in France, whic
  
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• Winners of 2021 TMC Raffle announced

  16-03-2021 22:45
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) — The annual TMC Mega Raffle sold out early for the seventh year in a row and the 50/50 Jackpot hit a record high of $903,465.On Wednesday, March 10 the drawing for Early Bird and all final prizes took place and winners have been announced.There were many annual supporters, first-time participants, and first-time winners who were announced winners for the 2021 TMC Mega Raffle.Early Bird winner 1: Judith Davis won the 2021 Cadillac XT6 plus $20,000. The Tucson resident partici
  
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• Union: Ford backs out on vow to add new model at Ohio plant

  16-03-2021 22:36
  
  DETROIT (AP) — United Auto Worker officials say Ford Motor Co. has backed out on a contract promise to invest $900 million for a new product line at an Ohio assembly plant and will instead send production to Mexico. Around 1,700 hourly workers at the plant in Avon Lake west of Cleveland now produce Ford’s E-series vans and large Super Duty pickup trucks. Ford promised during 2019 contract talks to make the investment and add the new line in 2023. A plant official told workers conditi
  
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• Activist accuses climate conference organizers of censorship

  16-03-2021 22:35
  
  BERLIN (AP) — A Ugandan activist has accused organizers of a virtual climate conference of trying to censor her speech. Vanessa Nakate told the Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue on Tuesday that her allotted time was cut from five to three-and-a-half minutes, and that organizers had demanded to see her script ahead of time. She also claimed they had instructed her “not to name or shame” leaders taking part. Organizers said they asked all speakers to send their speeches in advanc
  
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• Jesuits in US pledge $100M for racial reconciliation

  16-03-2021 22:18
  
  The U.S.-based branch of the Jesuits has unveiled ambitious plans for a “truth and reconciliation” initiative in partnership with descendants of slaves once owned by the Roman Catholic religious order. The Jesuits pledge to raise $100 million within five years from their existing fundraising network. The broader goal is to raise $1 billion from an array of donors in pursuit of racial justice and racial healing. The Jesuits’ partner in the initiative is an association representi
  
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• Proposal to ban transgender athletes advances in Kansas

  16-03-2021 22:09
  
  TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Conservative Republicans have advanced a proposal that would ban transgender students from girl’s and women’s sports in Kansas schools and colleges. Supporters are confident they’ll overcome arguments that there’s no need for such a measure. The state Senate Education Committee approved the bill on a voice vote after a brief debate Tuesday, sending it to the full Senate, where GOP leaders have identified the measure as a priority. Republicans in
  
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• McLaughlin, nun who exposed abuses in Rhodesia, dies at 79

  16-03-2021 22:09
  
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Sister Janice McLaughlin, a Maryknoll Sisters nun who was jailed and later deported by white minority-ruled Rhodesia for exposing human rights abuses, has died. She was 79. McLaughlin dedicated her life to social justice and supported the African nationalist struggle that ended Rhodesia and brought Zimbabwe to independence. She later contributed to the country’s education system. McLaughlin worked in Africa for nearly 40 years and became president of the Maryknoll
  
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• $70K distributed after Arizona prison escapees captured

  16-03-2021 22:06
  
  COOLIDGE, Ariz. (AP) — Federal authorities have paid a Casa Grande resident $20,000 and a family in Coolidge $50,000 for their help in locating two Arizona prison inmates who escaped from a state prison in January. The Casa Grande Dispatch reported that John Charpiot and David Harmon escaped Jan. 23 from the medium security unit at Arizona State Prison Complex-Florence after breaking into a tool room and stealing tools to cut through the outside fence. Authorities had offered a $70,000 rew
  
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• Child border crossings surge as DHS chief defends policies

  16-03-2021 22:05
  
  Alejandro Mayorkas - United States Secretary of Homeland Security, Photo Date: Jan 19, 2021
  WASHINGTON (AP) — An official says U.S. authorities encountered nearly double the number children traveling alone across the Mexican border in one day this week than on an average day last month. And Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas conceded to Congress on Tuesday that the surge is a challenge. The Border Patrol came across 561 unaccompanied children at the border Monday, compared to
  
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• Dutch parties make last push for votes in general election

  16-03-2021 22:02
  
  AMSTERDAM (AP) — The leaders of the top eight parties in the Dutch general election have made a final pitch for votes in a televised debate on the eve of the last day of voting in the coronavirus-affected national election. The lead of Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy in polls has been shrinking in recent weeks but it is still around 10 percentage points ahead of its nearest rival, the anti-immigration Party for Freedom led by anti-Islam fire
  
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• Experts: Georgia vaccine woes at least partly self-inflicted

  16-03-2021 22:00
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Health experts say Georgia’s failure to open mass vaccination sites earlier and relatively slow expansion of eligibility for the shots are to blame in part for the state’s dismal COVID-19 inoculation rate. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Georgia ranks dead last among states in the percentage of its adult population that has received at least one dose. Roughly a third of doses delivered to the state are still awaiting injection. S
  
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• Pima County Supervisors Vote To Fund Legal Services for People Facing Eviction

  16-03-2021 21:58
  
  The Pima County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 to direct $2 million in federal coronavirus relief funds, as permitted by law, to support eviction defense services to eligible residents. …
  
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• Mexico’s ex-oil boss quits; Fuel oil burn to increase

  16-03-2021 21:55
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — The former leader of Mexico’s oil workers’ union will finally be resigning from his symbolic post as a worker at the state-owned oil company Pemex. The announcement by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador Tuesday marks an end to the decades-long career of Carlos Romero Deschamps, once considered one of the most powerful and corrupt figures in Mexico. Romero Deschamps resigned in 2019 as leader of the union, a position he had held since 1993. L&
  
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• Wisconsin judge arrested, suspected of possessing child porn

  16-03-2021 21:54
  
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — Authorities say a Wisconsin judge has been arrested on tentative charges of possession of child pornography. The state Department of Justice said in a release that Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Brett Blomme was apprehended Tuesday following an investigation into “multiple uploads of child pornography.” The DOJ said a criminal complaint is expected to be filed Wednesday. The images were allegedly uploaded through a Kik messaging application account in Oct
  
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• Mexico catches migrants using false UN documents

  16-03-2021 21:54
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — A highway checkpoint in Mexico has caught 20 migrants using falsified paperwork with letterheads from the U.N. refugee agency, UNCHR. The migrants were found aboard passenger buses at a checkpoint in the northern border state of Nuevo Leon. When asked for documents, they displayed letters supposedly from the UNCHR stating they were refugees or had requested refugee status, and should be allowed to travel. Mexico’s National Immigration Institute said Tuesday that U.
  
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• Virginia governor restores voting rights to 69k ex-felons

  16-03-2021 21:52
  
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has restored voting rights to more than 69,000 former felons who have completed their sentences but are still on probation. Northam’s move mirrors a proposed constitutional amendment recently approved by the General Assembly that would automatically restore voting rights to people convicted of felonies once they serve their time and are released from prison. To take effect, the amendment must be approved by the legislature again next y
  
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• Alaska GOP censures Murkowski, looks for ’22 challenger

  16-03-2021 21:47
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Republican Party has censured U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski for voting to convict former President Donald Trump at his impeachment trial and now doesn’t want her to identity as a Republican when she runs for office. State Central Committee member Tuckerman Babcock made the disclosure Tuesday. It’s a watershed moment for Republican politics in Alaska. Murkowski has been in the U.S. Senate since 2002, when her father selected her to finish his unexp
  
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• In Pennsylvania, Biden showcases aid to small businesses

  16-03-2021 21:36
  
  The White House / Carlos FyfeCHESTER, Pa. (AP) — President Joe Biden has visited a small, minority-owned business in suburban Philadelphia to showcase his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package. He underscored that the huge relief package was passed without any help from Republican lawmakers as he sought to highlight how the bill will help small businesses imperiled by the public health crisis. The visit to Smith Flooring, Inc. was Biden’s first stop in an ongoing administration r
  
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• 3 South Carolina officers sentenced in FBI fake cartel sting

  16-03-2021 21:36
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Three more ex-South Carolina law enforcement officers have been sentenced to federal prison following an FBI operation in which agents posed as Mexican drug cartel members. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of South Carolina announced Monday that two former Orangeburg County deputies and a former Springfield police officer have been sentenced on charges of conspiracy to defraud. Prosecutors previously said that FBI wiretaps and videos showed the office
  
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• Omaha mayor returns to City Hall after husband’s death

  16-03-2021 21:35
  
  OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha’s mayor says she’ll return to work and seek reelection after her husband, a prominent local surgeon, died earlier this month from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Mayor Jean Stothert on Tuesday thanked the public and her campaign opponents for their support following the death of her husband, Dr. Joseph Stothert. She says he would have wanted her to continue as mayor and recalled how he joined her door-knocking campaigns, her town hall events and her ann
  
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• Biden to hold first formal news conference next week

  16-03-2021 21:33
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will hold his first formal news conference on March 25 at the White House. That’s according to press secretary Jen Psaki. Biden is the first president in decades to go this long without holding a formal question and answer session with reporters. He has opted to take questions about as often as most of his recent predecessors, but he tends to field just one or two informal inquiries at a time, usually in a hurried setting at the end of an event.
  
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• 8 immigrants killed when pickup crashes in Texas border city

  16-03-2021 21:30
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Authorities say eight people in a pickup truck loaded with immigrants were killed when the vehicle collided with an SUV following a police chase near the Texas border city of Del Rio. The crash happened Monday afternoon on U.S. Highway 277 as Texas Department of Public Safety troopers chased a red Dodge pickup truck. The truck collided head-on with a white Ford F-150. The agency said in a statement that the driver and a child passenger of the SUV were hospitalized, as
  
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• Battle over Floyd’s 2019 arrest highlights key trial issue

  16-03-2021 21:29
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Arguments over whether to allow evidence from a 2019 arrest of George Floyd into the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer are highlighting a key battleground in the case. Eric Nelson, an attorney for former officer Derek Chauvin, argues that the circumstances of that arrest are so similar to Floyd’s arrest in 2020 that the jury should hear about them. A prosecutor counters that the defense just wants to smear Floyd by hammering his drug use before the jury.
  
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• Arizona: More than 1M people in state now fully vaccinated

  16-03-2021 21:28
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona officials have that more 1 million state residents have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. That represents nearly 14% of the state’s estimated population of nearly 7.3 million, or about one of every seven residents. The state on on Tuesday reported 21 more COVID-19 deaths and 497 additional confirmed cases, That keeps Arizona on a trend of fewer than 1,000 cases reported on six of the previous eight days. The latest figures increased the state’s pand
  
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• Crews remove 3rd giant chunk of shipwreck off Georgia coast

  16-03-2021 21:23
  
  SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Salvage crews have finished cutting away a third giant section of a wrecked cargo ship that beached along the coast of Georgia since its 2019 capsize. A towering crane straddling the South Korean freighter Golden Ray lifted the massive chunk away Tuesday and loaded it onto a barge that will carry it to a Louisiana scrapyard. The ship overturned with 4,200 cars in its cargo decks off St. Simons Island soon after leaving port on Sep. 8, 2019. Cutting began in November an
  
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• Former mayor, Napolitano adviser to run for Arizona governor

  16-03-2021 21:21
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Marco Lopez is the first major candidate to join the race for Arizona governor. Lopez was elected mayor of Nogales at age 22 and went on to serve former Gov. Janet Napolitano and in a top role for President Barack Obama’s administration. He announced his bid for governor on Tuesday with online videos in English and Spanish. He’s likely to face a crowded field of Democrats looking to replace term-limited Republican Gov. Doug Ducey. He says his campaign will focus
  
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• US stocks step back from all-time highs in choppy trading

  16-03-2021 21:20
  
  Stock indexes are closing mostly lower Tuesday, shedding some of their recent gains after coming within striking distance of matching Wall Street’s longest winning streak of the year. Investors continue to closely watch the bond market, with even minute changes in bond yields causing stocks to fluctuate. Economic data showed Americans cut back spending last month, and industrial production fell sharply. European shares rose despite news that some users of AstraZeneca’s coronavirus va
  
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• How arenas work to keep fans safe attending indoor sports

  16-03-2021 21:19
  
  There will be fans in the stands when the NCAA Tournament tips off this week. The NBA and NHL have been filling arenas to limited degrees since their seasons began earlier this winter. Getting people back inside indoor sports arenas has taken some time during the pandemic because of evidence of how the coronavirus spreads. Experts in epidemiology, ventilation, engineering and architecture say it’s very low risk to attend indoor sporting events because of how big arenas work to move and mix
  
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• Officials: A dam in Oregon could fail in a large earthquake

  16-03-2021 21:17
  
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has determined that a large earthquake — which is expected to occur again in the Pacific Northwest sooner or later — could cause the spillway gates of a dam in Oregon to buckle, resulting “in a potentially catastrophic flood.” The Corps says it will try to minimize the danger by reducing the maximum height of the lake by five feet. The move comes as Oregon and the wider Pacific Northwest are coming to grips with &l
  
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• Gunmen kill at least 58 in attack on Niger market sellers

  16-03-2021 21:10
  
  NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Niger’s government says that gunmen have attacked a group of civilians returning from market day, killing 58 people. The attack Monday took place in Niger’s troubled Tillaberi region, where 100 people were slain in a series of attacks back in January. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for Monday’s massacres, though extremists belonging to the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara group are known to be active in the area.The post Gunmen kill
  
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• Niger’s government says that gunmen have killed 58 people returning from market near Mali border

  16-03-2021 21:08
  
  NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Niger’s government says that gunmen have killed 58 people returning from market near Mali border.The post Niger’s government says that gunmen have killed 58 people returning from market near Mali border appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Children's Museum Tucson to reopen next week

  16-03-2021 21:06
  
  Visitors to Downtown Tucson will again hear children laughing and playing when the Children's Museum Tucson reopens on March 25.While the Museum may have been closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Executive Director Hilary Van Alsburg said that the staff has been busy working on activities, exhibits and attractions.…
  
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