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• Pedestrian dies after getting hit by bus being towed in Arizona

  18-03-2021 23:52
  
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  PEORIA, Ariz. (AP) — Police in Peoria say a pedestrian has been killed after getting hit by a full-sized bus that was being towed.
  They say the man was crossing a roadway Wednesday night and wasn’t in a crosswalk when he was struck. Police say the tow truck had been stopped at a red light.
  The man apparently walked between the tow truck and the attached bus and was between the vehicles when the traffic light turned green. Police say the pedestrian then was run over by the bu
  
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• Facebook grows in Oregon with data center, fiber-optic cable

  18-03-2021 23:50
  
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Facebook is growing its footprint in Oregon, announcing that it will expand its data center in Prineville — already the social media giant’s largest in the United States. The move coincides with the company nearing completion of bringing a fiber-optic cable ashore in Tierra del Mar, Oregon. It will link multiple U.S. locations, including Facebook’s huge data center in Prineville, with Japan and the Philippines. Spokeswoman Amy Hunter said Facebook needs
  
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• AP Interview: Newsom admits mistakes in 1st reopening

  18-03-2021 23:46
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom is acknowledging mistakes in communicating with the public last year before the first loosening of coronavirus restrictions led to an early summer spike in cases. The Democratic governor says its something “that we reflect upon all the time” as the nation’s most populous state again embarks on a broad reopening. Newsom spoke to the Associated Press on Thursday, the day before the one-year anniversary of his coronaviru
  
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• LA police: Armie Hammer under sexual assault investigation

  18-03-2021 23:44
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police said Thursday that they are investigating actor Armie Hammer for sexual assault. His attorney denies the allegation. A police spokesman says Hammer is the main suspect in an incident reported on Feb. 3. He would give no further details. At a video news conference Thursday, a woman said that in 2017 in Los Angeles, Hammer raped her for four hours and slammed her head against a wall. The woman appeared on camera but identified herself only by her first n
  
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• New mom, Army vet among 8 killed in Georgia spa shootings

  18-03-2021 23:42
  
  A new mother and an Army veteran who installed security systems are among eight people killed by a gunman who opened fire at three massage parlors in the Atlanta area. Family members say 33-year-old Delaina Yaun went to Youngs Asian Massage Parlor on Tuesday to get a rare break from caring for her 8-month-old daughter. A brother of 54-year-old Paul Michels says he was considering a change of careers after doing electrical work for more than 25 years. John Michels says his brother was considering
  
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• Treasury to launch education effort for relief package

  18-03-2021 23:39
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says it will launch a major campaign to make Americans aware of the benefits available under the $1.9 trillion relief package President Joe Biden signed into law last week. Officials at the Treasury Department briefed reporters on Thursday on the efforts. They said they are planning to highlight measures including a provision that expands the current child tax credit. Under current law, most taxpayers can receive tax credits of up to $2,000 per ch
  
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• AP EXPLAINS: Will you need a ‘vaccine passport’ to travel?

  18-03-2021 23:39
  
  WASHINGTON DC (AP) - Airlines and others in the travel industry are throwing their support behind vaccine passports to boost pandemic-depressed travel, and authorities in Europe could embrace the idea quickly enough for the peak summer vacation season.
  Technology companies and travel-related trade groups are developing and testing various versions of the passports.
  It is not clear, however, whether any of the ones under development will be accepted broadly around the world, and the result could
  
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• Peoria pedestrian dies after getting hit by bus being towed

  18-03-2021 23:37
  
  PEORIA, Ariz. (AP) — Police in Peoria say a pedestrian has been killed after getting hit by a full-sized bus that was being towed. They say the man was crossing a roadway Wednesday night and wasn’t in a crosswalk when he was struck. Police say the tow truck had been stopped at a red light. The man apparently walked between the tow truck and the attached bus and was between the vehicles when the traffic light turned green. Police say the pedestrian then was run over by the bus being t
  
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• Mexico says oil for domestic use, claims big find

  18-03-2021 23:33
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican officials say they have found an oil field with possible reserves of 500 million to 600 million barrels, but President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is vowing not to pump more than 2 million barrels per day nationwide. He said Thursday that is amount needed to supply domestic demand. The state-owned oil company Petroleos Mexicanos says the onshore Dzimpona 1 deposit is located in the Gulf coast state of Tabasco and should help the company boost daily
  
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• The Latest: Missouri opening up vaccine to vulnerable groups

  18-03-2021 23:32
  
  COLUMBIA, Mo. — Missouri says the homeless, minorities, restaurant workers and other vulnerable communities eligible for coronavirus vaccinations beginning March 29.
  Gov. Mike Parson added Thursday that vaccines will then be made available to everyone in Missouri beginning April 9.Parson says he expects a large influx of vaccine doses to Missouri beginning in April, and his administration wants to open up eligibility to ensure there are enough interested people ready to be vaccinated.The g
  
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• Man faces hate crime charge in Florida church arson attack

  18-03-2021 23:31
  
  OCALA, Fla. (AP) — A man accused of setting a Florida church on fire last year is facing a federal hate crime charge. Court records show that a federal grand jury in Orlando returned an indictment on Wednesday against 24-year-old Steven Shields. He’s charged with using fire to commit a felony and intentionally damaging religious property. He also faces state arson and burglary charges. According to the indictment, Shields intentionally set fire last July to the Queen of Peace Catholi
  
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• GOP efforts to tighten voting laws gets underway in Texas

  18-03-2021 23:29
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republican efforts to tighten voting restrictions across the U.S. are underway in Texas. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s unveiling this week of sweeping proposed changes to Texas elections puts the state in some ways behind many parts of the country. Legislative voting battles are well under way in Georgia, and Iowa passed a Republican-backed bill this month that makes it harder to vote early. Texas already has some of the toughest voting laws in the country and th
  
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• Prosecutor: Louisiana man tried to kill, dismember gay man

  18-03-2021 23:27
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal hate crime indictment charges a Louisiana man with trying to kill and dismember one of three men he allegedly kidnapped after luring them using social media and dating apps. Thursday’s indictment charges 19-year-old Chance Joseph Seneca of Lafayette with three counts of kidnapping and one hate crime for the alleged attempt to kill an 18-year-old man in June. The indictment says Seneca planned to use the man’s body parts as “trophies and food.&
  
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• Southern Arizona’s bufflegrass problem

  18-03-2021 23:22
  
  TUCSON - Bufflegrass is a relatively new invasive species only arriving last century. The biggest issue with this plant is that it's one of the most flammable plants in Southern Arizona.Julia Rowe is the Invasive Species Program Coordinator for the Desert Museum and she said, "One, it handles drought really well. Two it handles heat really well and three out competes other plants for space water and nutrients."The Sonoran Desert naturally has a lot of open space, so the weed was able to spread q
  
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• NFL reviewing sex assault claims against Texans QB Watson

  18-03-2021 23:19
  
  DALLAS (AP) — The NFL says it’s investigating allegations that Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson sexually assaulted multiple women after three masseuses filed lawsuits against the star player. Watson has broadly denied that he acted inappropriately and says he looks forward to clearing his name. The lawsuits were filed this week. The women are not named in the suits. They’re represented by Houston lawyer Tony Buzbee. He posted a picture Thursday of a letter from the NFL
  
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• Buttigieg: Biden plan will usher in a new transportation era

  18-03-2021 23:11
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says an infrastructure plan expected soon from President Joe Biden will offer a “once in a century” opportunity to remake transportation in the United States, with cars and highways no longer king. Buttigieg made his comments at the South by Southwest conference in Texas. He compared the new possibility to the creation of an interstate highway under President Dwight Eisenhower in the 1950s and a transcontinental railroad
  
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• Divided House OKs Dems’ bill helping Dreamer immigrants

  18-03-2021 23:10
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has voted to open a gateway to citizenship for young Dreamers and other immigrants who have fled war or natural disasters abroad.
  Thursday's vote gives Democrats a win in the year’s first vote on immigration.
  The issue faces a steep uphill climb in the Senate because Republicans are demanding that immigration bills contain steps to toughen border security. The bill offers legal status to around 2 million Dreamers who were brought to the U.S. illegally as c
  
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• NASA completes engine test firing of moon rocket on 2nd try

  18-03-2021 23:08
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA has completed an engine test firing of its moon rocket, after the first attempt in January ended prematurely. This time, the four main engines of the rocket’s core stage remained ignited Thursday for the full eight minutes. On the first test firing, the engines shut down after a minute. The SLS or Space Launch System rocket is what NASA intends to use to send astronauts back to the moon. NASA plans to launch it for the first time late this year or nex
  
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• Storms send TV anchors scrambling off set in N Carolina

  18-03-2021 23:05
  
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Storms that left splintered homes and broken trees across Alabama and Mississippi have moved into Georgia, Florida and the Carolinas. A storm with a tornado warning forced anchors at a TV station in High Point, North Carolina, to leave their studio for a few minutes. No serious damage or injuries were reported in the storms Thursday along the Atlantic Coast. At least two people were hurt Wednesday when an apparent tornado struck southwest Alabama, destroying a house
  
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• House OKs Dems’ bill opening gateway to citizenship for young Dreamer immigrants; GOP demands make Senate prospects dim

  18-03-2021 23:04
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — House OKs Dems’ bill opening gateway to citizenship for young Dreamer immigrants; GOP demands make Senate prospects dim.The post House OKs Dems’ bill opening gateway to citizenship for young Dreamer immigrants; GOP demands make Senate prospects dim appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Florida House OK’s campus ‘viewpoint diversity’ measure

  18-03-2021 23:04
  
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida House has approved a measure that conservatives says will take stock of the bias on public university campuses. Florida is among about a dozen states that are debating legislation over free speech on campuses, many of the measures pursued by Republicans concerned about conservative views being drowned out by liberal voices. Free speech has become an incendiary issue on campuses across the country in recent years and has sparked high-profile clashes in w
  
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• Man who killed 2 at supermarket pleads guilty to hate crimes

  18-03-2021 22:59
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky man already serving a life prison sentence for fatally shooting two shoppers at a grocery store has pleaded guilty to federal hate crimes. Federal prosecutors say the October 2018 shootings at a Kroger outlet in Louisville were racially motivated. Gregory A. Bush pleaded guilty but mentally ill in December to two counts of murder. Bush pleaded guilty to the new hate crimes charges Thursday in Louisville. He fatally shot 69-year-old Maurice Stallard and 67-
  
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• With striking of Black juror, Floyd activists see racism

  18-03-2021 22:55
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A prospective juror who once lived in the neighborhood where George Floyd was arrested told the attorney for an ex-officer charged in Floyd’s death that he had a personal reason for wanting to serve on the jury. He says he often wonders why police aren’t held accountable in the deaths of Black men, so “maybe I’ll be in the room to know why.” But the man, referred to only as Juror No. 76, wasn’t chosen for the panel because Derek Chauvi
  
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• Arizona signs Barnes to contract extension through 2025-26

  18-03-2021 22:49
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona has extended women’s basketball coach Adia Barnes’ contract through the 2025-26 season. The deal must be approved by the Arizona Board of Regents. Barnes is Arizona’s all-time leading scorer and she returned to coach her alma mater in 2016. She has transformed the Wildcats into a top-10 team after nearly a decade of struggling. Arizona was poised to make the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2005 last year before the season was canceled
  
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• Houston mayor picks top commander as new police chief

  18-03-2021 22:48
  
  DALLAS (AP) — A top Houston police commander will take over leadership of the city’s police department following the current chief’s abrupt announcement that he will be leaving for a job in Florida. Mayor Sylvester Turner said Thursday that Executive Assistant Chief Troy Finner will replace police Chief Art Acevedo. Acevedo said this week that he would be leaving America’s fourth-largest city to become chief of the smaller Miami police department. According to a statement
  
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• Buttigieg says Biden plan will usher new transportation era

  18-03-2021 22:48
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says an infrastructure plan expected soon from President Joe Biden will offer a “once in a century” opportunity to remake transportation in the United States, with cars and highways no longer king. Buttigieg made his comments at the South by Southwest conference in Texas. He compared the new possibility to the creation of an interstate highway under President Dwight Eisenhower in the 1950s and a transcontinental railroad
  
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• Pentagon looks to root out extremists targeting US troops

  18-03-2021 22:44
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military is focusing on identifying extremist organizations in the United States that are trying to recruit members from within the armed forces, comparing the challenge to campaigns by international terrorist groups such as the Islamic State, who also used the internet to attract followers. Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman Ramón Colón-López says the Defense Department is talking with federal law enforcement agencies as they develop da
  
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• US-Russia ties nosedive after Biden-Putin tit-for-tat

  18-03-2021 22:43
  
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  MOSCOW (AP) — U.S.-Russia ties are nosediving after Russian leader Vladimir Putin shot back at President Joe Biden’s description of him as a killer. The back and forth underscores Biden’s desire to distance himself from former President Donald Trump’s perceived softness on Putin despite actions his administration took against Russia.  In an interview broadcast Wednesday, Biden replied “I do” when a
  
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• $100,000 bail for woman with history of airline stowaways

  18-03-2021 22:41
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — A 69-year-old woman with a history of stowing away on airliners is back in jail after she allegedly violated court orders and took a train to Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. A judge on Thursday ordered Marilyn Hartman held in lieu of $100,000 bail on a charge of escaping from electronic monitoring. But because her arrest violated previous court orders she will be held without bail at least until Monday. She can then appear in court on those matters. Durin
  
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• 12th juror picked, lawyers clash over expert in Floyd trial

  18-03-2021 22:38
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Attorneys at the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death have moved closer to seating a full jury. They chose three on Thursday, bringing the panel to 12. Two alternates still must be chosen. Prosecutors want a judge to allow a forensic psychiatrist to testify that Floyd’s actions when he struggled with officers trying to put him in a squad car were consistent with any reasonable person’s anxiety or panic during a tr
  
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• Trump Casino Miami? Florida gambling bill raises possibility

  18-03-2021 22:36
  
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Donald Trump’s struggling Doral golf club near Miami could be thrown a lifeline if a Florida bill being hammered out behind closed doors allows more gambling in the state and the property is allowed to operate a casino. The bill is pushed by the owner of a landmark Miami Beach hotel. It faces strong opposition and it’s not clear the ex-president has done anything to lobby for it. Still, he has long wanted to put a casino at Doral and a green light could
  
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• The Latest: Study says pandemic began sooner than thought

  18-03-2021 22:32
  
  WASHINGTON — A new analysis suggests the coronavirus pandemic likely began in China’s Hubei province a month or two earlier than late December 2019, when a cluster of cases tied to a seafood market was first detected.
  Scientists traced mutations back in time to estimate when a common ancestral virus first emerged, did modeling exercises on how the new coronavirus spread, and reported their findings Thursday in the journal Science. LINK: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/20
  
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• In a first, US pipeline agency weighs climate change impacts

  18-03-2021 22:30
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, a federal energy board is weighing how a proposed natural gas pipeline would affect emissions. It’s one of several steps taken this week by the Biden administration in its effort to slow climate change. With a new Democratic chair at the helm, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission voted 3-2 to approve a pipeline operator’s request to replace 87 miles of natural gas pipelines in South Dakota and Nebraska. The board found that the project&
  
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• Angels’ Ohtani off to great start at plate in Cactus League

  18-03-2021 22:28
  
  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani is off to a great start at the plate in Cactus League play with four homers in his first 20 at-bats. Ohtani’s trying to regain his two-way stardom after a tough 2020 season. It remains to be seen if he can recover his form on the mound but there’s not much question he can still hit. He’s one of several big-name players having a good spring training, including Mets ace Jacob DeGrom, new Cubs outfielder Joc Pederson and Dodgers shortst
  
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• Biden to meet with Stacey Abrams on trip to Georgia

  18-03-2021 22:27
  
  During his visit to Atlanta on Friday, President Joe Biden will meet with former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, who has been widely credited with helping flip the former Republican stronghold blue. Biden in November became the first Democratic presidential candidate to take Georgia since 1992 and Democratic victories in a pair of Senate run-off races in the state handed his party control of both chambers of Congress.The post Biden to meet with Stacey Abrams on trip to Georgia app
  
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• New vaccination appointments will be announced on Fridays

  18-03-2021 22:22
  
  The Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) will release new COVID-19 vaccination appointments every Friday.…
  
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• France announces soft new virus restrictions in Paris region

  18-03-2021 22:21
  
  PARIS (AP) — The French government has backed off from ordering a tough lockdown for Paris and several other regions despite an increasingly alarming situation at hospitals with a rise in the number of COVID-19 patients. Instead, it announced a patchwork of new restrictions Thursday while reducing the national curfew by one hour. Getting large doses of fresh air is being encouraged, meaning that people living in the Paris region and in the north of the country can walk as long as they like
  
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• ‘Devastating’: Apache Junction officer recovering in hospital after shootout with suspect

  18-03-2021 22:19
  
  12 NewsBrian BrugmanAPACHE COUNTY, Ariz. (KPNX) — An Apache Junction officer shot in the line of duty after a shootout with suspects is still in the hospital.Officer Brian Brugman is expected to be okay, although Apache Junction Police Chief Thomas Kelly says it will likely be a long road to recovery.Kelly says Brugman was shot in the neck and is expected to have more surgeries ahead. Brugman is a 4-year veteran with AJPD, who recently got a promotion to motorcycle officer.Kelly summed up
  
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• Civil rights leaders unite around California ethnic studies

  18-03-2021 22:12
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Educators and civil rights leaders in California called on the State Board of Education to approve the nation’s first statewide model ethnic studies curriculum for high school students. The state Board of Education was considering the curriculum for final approval Thursday. It comes as the country is reeling from the latest spate of deadly hate crimes and racism. Educators and officials who spoke mourned this week’s killing of eight people, most of them Asi
  
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• Amazon gets Thursday night games, NFL nearly doubles TV deal

  18-03-2021 21:54
  
  The NFL will nearly double its media revenue to more than $10 billion a season with new rights agreements announced Thursday, including a deal with Amazon Prime Video that gives the streaming service exclusive rights to “Thursday Night Football” beginning in 2022. The league took in $5.9 billion a year in its current contracts. Amazon has partnered with the league to stream Thursday night games since 2017, but it will take over the entire package from Fox. Games will continue to air
  
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• Biden says U.S. to hit 100 million virus goal on Friday

  18-03-2021 21:53
  
  Adam Schultz / Biden for President / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0President Joe Biden, Photo Date: October 29, 2020
  WASHINGTON (AP) — With the U.S. closing in on President Joe Biden’s goal of injecting 100 million coronavirus vaccinations weeks ahead of his target date, officials say the nation is now in position to help supply neighbors Canada and Mexico with shots. The Biden administration announced the outlines of a plan to “loan” vaccines to Canada and Mexico as the president anno
  
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• Report shows US homelessness rising even before pandemic

  18-03-2021 21:51
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Homelessness in America was on the rise even before the COVID-19 pandemic dramatically dragged down the economy. That’s according to a new report from the Housing and Urban Development Department. It provides a snapshot of the number of homeless people, both sheltered and unsheltered, in America on a single night. The one-night counts are conducted during the last 10 days of January each year. The report shows that 580,466 people experienced homelessness in the Unit
  
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• Cards new WR A.J. Green ready to win, says ‘legs feel young’

  18-03-2021 21:50
  
  TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — A.J. Green says his “legs feel young” as he gets ready for a new phase in his career with the Arizona Cardinals. The seven-time Pro Bowl receiver signed a one-year deal worth about $8 million on Wednesday. He was usually the focal point of the Cincinnati offense during his previous nine seasons with the Bengals. In Arizona, he’ll be just one of the guys along with All-Pro receiver DeAndre Hopkins and young quarterback Kyler Murray. The Cardinals have m
  
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• Maryland police shoot, kill man while responding to call

  18-03-2021 21:49
  
  PASADENA, Md. (AP) — Anne Arundel County police say an officer shot and killed a man while responding to a call for a welfare check from a mental health facility. Police spokesperson Sgt. Kam Cooke says two officers arrived shortly after 11 a.m. Thursday at a home in Pasadena after receiving a call from a mental health facility employee who reported the man was suicidal. Cooke said the officers were unable to make contact with the man at the door and entered the two-story house, where they
  
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• Canada denied access to trials of jailed Canadians in China

  18-03-2021 21:49
  
  TORONTO (AP) — Canada says its consular officials haven’t received permission to attend the trials of two Canadians who were arrested in China two years ago in a move widely viewed as a pressure tactic over Canada’s detention of an executive at Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei. Former diplomat Michael Kovrig and entrepreneur Michael Spavor were arrested in December 2018, days after Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou was detained in Canada. The U.S. wants her extradited to fac
  
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• Atlanta police on shooting probe: ‘Nothing is off the table’

  18-03-2021 21:48
  
  Adam Schultz / Biden for President / (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)Joe Biden (left) and Kamala Harris (right),, Photo Date: 8/12/2020
  ATLANTA (AP) — Police say “nothing is off the table” in their investigation of the deadly shootings at two Atlanta massage parlors, including whether the slayings were a hate crime. Those attacks and a third one near the suburban town of Woodstock killed eight people. The shootings prompted President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to change their
  
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• 11th juror picked, lawyers clash over expert in Floyd trial

  18-03-2021 21:39
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutors at the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in George Floyd’s death want a judge to allow expert testimony about how people react to traumatic events. A prosecutor said Thursday that a forensic psychiatrist should be able to testify that Floyd’s actions when he struggled with officers trying to put him in a squad car were consistent with any reasonable person’s anxiety or panic during a traumatic event, and that he wasn&r
  
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• More charges in hurricane debris removal scheme

  18-03-2021 21:32
  
  PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a developer and a former city commissioner of a Florida Panhandle city are the latest to be charged in the theft of millions of dollars in funds for debris removal after Hurricane Michael. Developer James Finch and former Lynn Haven commissioner Antonius Barnes were indicted Tuesday by a federal grand jury in Panama City on charges including wire fraud and honest services fraud. Finch also is charged with making false statements to the FBI.
  
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• ADOT seeks public comment for construction program

  18-03-2021 21:32
  
  PHOENIX (KVOA) – The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) is seeking public comment for a lineup of potential projects, starting Thursday.
  According to ADOT, the 2022-2026 Tentative Five-Year Transportation Facilities Construction Program allocates funding for several projects to widen highways and improve safety, including:Adding lanes along Interstate 17 between Anthem Way and Sunset Point, with construction on the $328 million project beginning in 2022.Replacing the Gila River br
  
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• The Latest: Spain to resume AstraZeneca doses Wednesday

  18-03-2021 21:27
  
  MADRID — Spain’s health minister says that the country will resume vaccinating with AstraZeneca doses next Wednesday but that officials will revise over the weekend which groups to exclude to minimize risks.
  Carolina Darias said that authorities at the national and regional level will assess the jab’s updated technical sheet and give new guidelines to doctors.
  The minister spoke after an urgent meeting with health officials from the country’s regions following the Europea
  
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