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• Authorities: Smugglers drop 2 children over US border wall

  31-03-2021 23:59
  
  SANTA TERESA, N.M. (AP) — Authorities say two Ecuadoran children were abandoned by smugglers after being dropped over a 14-foot-high barrier along the U.S.-Mexico border Tuesday evening. The toddler and her 5-year-old sister were unhurt, but officials with the U.S. Border Patrol called the incident near Santa Teresa, New Mexico, appalling. It comes as the Biden administration struggles with finding space to house the several hundred kids and teenagers who are crossing the border daily. In
  
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• FirstEnergy refunds $26M as nuclear bailout repeal is signed

  31-03-2021 23:57
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio electric company under scrutiny for its role in what federal authorities say is a $60 million bribery and corruption scheme is refunding $26 million to customers. The money was collected through a tainted nuclear bailout bill. The governor signed a repeal of the bill and Akron-based FirstEnergy Corp. announced the decision to refund customers Wednesday. The Ohio Consumers’ Counsel had asked the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to order FirstEnergy to
  
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• Remains in Mali identified as kidnapped Swiss missionary

  31-03-2021 23:49
  
  BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Authorities in Mali say the body of a Swiss woman who was held hostage for more than five years by an extremist Islamic group has been found and identified. Members of the International Committee of the Red Cross delivered unidentified remains to Malian authorities on Saturday. Mali’s foreign ministry said Wednesday that DNA taken from the remains showed the body is that of Swiss national Beatrice Stoeckli, who was kidnapped in Timbuktu five years ago. The Christi
  
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• Puerto Rico vaccinates thousands in 15-hour mass event

  31-03-2021 23:42
  
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Thousands of people have been vaccinated as part of a mass inoculation event in Puerto Rico’s capital that was scheduled to last 15 hours.Wednesday’s event is the first of its kind since the U.S. territory began vaccinating people in mid-December. The crowd received the single-dose Johnson & Johnson shot during the event in which officials hoped to vaccinate 10,000 people.For now, Puerto Rico is vaccinating only those 35 to 49 years old with chr
  
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• Report: Animation company got $49M in excessive tax credits

  31-03-2021 23:41
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut state auditors say Blue Sky Studios, the company behind “Ice Age” and other animated films, received $49 million more in state tax credits than it should have. The auditors released a report Wednesday faulting the state Department of Economic and Community Development. The report says Greenwich-based Blue Sky received more than $94 million in state film production tax credits from 2017 to 2019, when it should have received digital animation ta
  
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• Biden announces huge infrastructure plan to ‘win the future’

  31-03-2021 23:41
  
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  PITTSBURGH (AP) — President Joe Biden is outlining a huge, $2.3 trillion plan to reengineer the nation’s infrastructure over the next eight years. He’s billing it as a “once in a generation investment in America” that that will help the U.S. compete with China, create millions of jobs and promote tax fairness — and still not balloon the national debt. Skeptical Republican lawmakers are unlikely to embrace the plan without big changes. A bi
  
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• Yellen says regulatory panel to look at 2020 market turmoil

  31-03-2021 23:36
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says last year’s coronavirus-triggered market turmoil exposed vulnerable areas in the U.S. economy that need to be addressed by the nation’s top-level financial supervisory group. Yellen told members of the Financial Stability Oversight Council on Wednesday that she wants the panel to examine what needs to be done to better protect the financial system from further turmoil. She said it should also study the impact of climate cha
  
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• San Francisco police arrest man who threatened Asian woman

  31-03-2021 23:36
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Police say they arrested a man who repeatedly threatened an Asian American woman inside a San Francisco bakery and in one instance mimicked a gun with his hand and simulated shooting the people inside. Authorities said Wednesday that the 45-year-old man was arrested a day earlier near the business in the Tenderloin neighborhood. The woman first called officers Sunday when she accused Hunter of entering the bakery and threatening to “shoot Chinese people.” S
  
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• Javelina rescued, treated after spotted with entrapped snout

  31-03-2021 23:32
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - A javelina has been rescued after it reportedly was spotted entrapped by its snout on Saturday.According to Arizona Game and Fish Department, the javelina was first spotted on Saturday by department officials in Tucson. It reportedly had its snout trapped.On Wednesday, Oracle residents and officials with Pinal County Sheriff's Office located the desert dweller.The animal has since been sedated, freed from the trap, treated with antibiotics and released.Anyone who spots an illegal
  
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• Red Flag Warning issued March 31 at 3:23PM MDT until April 1 at 7:00PM MDT by NWS Tucson AZ

  31-03-2021 23:23
  
  The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a Red FlagWarning, which is in effect from 9 AM to 6 PM MST Thursday.
  * AFFECTED AREA…Western fire weather zone 150, as well asnorthern 151, 152 and 154. This includes eastern portions ofPima and Pinal counties along with most of Graham county.
  * TIMING…9 AM to 6 PM MST Thursday.
  * WINDS…Easterly to southeasterly winds of 15 to 25 mph withgusts to 35 mph.
  * RELATIVE HUMIDITY…Minimum RH values in single digits to lowert
  
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• Ward 3 Candidate Kevin Dahl Files Nominating Petitions, Application for City Matching Funds

  31-03-2021 23:22
  
  Democrat Kevin Dahl filed his nominating petitions on Tuesday for the open seat in northside Tucson's Ward 3.“We hit the ground running with strong support from friends, neighbors, and Tucson’s environmental leaders," said Dahl, a resident of Ward's Samos neighborhood near Campbell and Grant for more than three decades. "Our message of addressing climate change, with its record-breaking heat and drought, has really resonated with Tucson voters."Dahl, who has led the Tucson Audub
  
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• Paul Simon sells song catalog to Sony Music Publishing

  31-03-2021 23:20
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Paul Simon is the latest icon to sell his rich catalog of songs. Sony Music Publishing announced Wednesday that it has acquired Simon’s catalog, which includes six decades of music, from his time in Simon & Garfunkel to his solo career. Financial details of the deal were not announced. Bob Dylan and Shakira recently sold their full catalogs, while Stevie Nicks sold a majority of her catalog and Neil Young sold 50% of his. Simon has won 16 Grammy Awards. His well-k
  
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• Ex-cop told onlooker Floyd was big, ‘probably on something’

  31-03-2021 23:12
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minneapolis officer who put his knee on George Floyd's neck defended himself to a bystander afterward by saying Floyd was “a sizable guy” and “probably on something."
  Prosecutors at Derek Chauvin's murder trial Wednesday laid out the rapidly escalating sequence of events, playing store security video of Floyd inside Cup Foods and still more footage of him outside.
  Together, witness accounts and video began to show how events spun out of control, as
  
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• Oregon Democrats decry legislative slowdown during COVID

  31-03-2021 23:11
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s House of Representatives returned to the Capitol this week after floor sessions had been cancelled due to multiple COVID-19 cases, but Republicans continue to use a stalling tactic that Democrats say are putting lawmakers’ health at risk. It’s the latest partisan flashpoint in a state where Democrats hold strong majorities in both the House and Senate in the Legislature but where the GOP has often used extreme means to thwart legislation it
  
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• Iraqi parliament approves budget of $89 billion for 2021

  31-03-2021 23:10
  
  BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s parliament has approved the state budget for 2021, after weeks of wrangling amid a severe economic and financial crisis spurred by low oil prices and the pandemic. The new budget was approved at a late night session at $89 billion and a budget deficit estimated at $19.79 billion. The 2021 budget set an oil price of $45 a barrel with expected oil exports of 3.25 million barrels per day.  Oil-rich Iraq is going through an acute economic and financial crisis l
  
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• Vigil held to honor 77 vets who died from COVID-19 outbreak at Massachusetts home

  31-03-2021 23:09
  
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  HOLYOKE, Mass.(CNN) - Family members came together for a candlelight vigil to honor the 77 veterans who died during the COVID-19 outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers' Home one year ago. It also marks one year since former Superintendent Bennett Walsh was placed on paid administrative leave from the facility.Candles illuminating the Holyoke soldiers' home sign on Tuesday night, a vigil honoring the 77 veterans who lost their lives during the COVID-19 outbreak in the home."I wear his as
  
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• The Latest: Amazon announces employees to return to office

  31-03-2021 23:03
  
  SEATTLE — Amazon plans to have its employees return to the office by fall as the tech giant transitions away from the remote work it implemented for many workers due to the coronavirus pandemic.The company had previously given its return-to-office date as June 30, but questions remained as to whether the company would allow some of its 60,000 Seattle-area office employees to continue working from home part time.The Seattle Times reports the company told employees Tuesday it is planning a &
  
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• S&P 500 climbs, closing out its 4th straight quarterly gain

  31-03-2021 23:02
  
  Stocks closed mostly higher on Wall Street, clinching the 4th straight quarterly gain for the S&P 500. The benchmark index rose 0.4% Wednesday, bringing its gain for the first three months of the year to 5.8%. The gain for the index, which tracks large U.S. companies, was eclipsed by the 12.4% jump in a popular index tracking small-company stocks. Investors have favored smaller companies for months in anticipation that the U.S. economy will pick up this year as more people get vaccinated and
  
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• Man’s Ebola relapse spawned dozens of new cases in Africa

  31-03-2021 23:01
  
  Researchers say a man in Africa who recovered from Ebola suffered a relapse nearly six months later that led to 91 new cases before he died. The report adds to evidence that the deadly virus can lurk in the body long after symptoms end, and that survivors need monitoring for their own welfare and to prevent spread. Relapses like this one from an outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo are thought to be rare. This is the first one clearly shown to have spawned a large cluster of new cases. T
  
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• Imprisoned Palestinian leader’s entry shakes up planned vote

  31-03-2021 22:55
  
  RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — A popular Palestinian uprising leader imprisoned by Israel has submitted an independent list of candidates to run in the upcoming parliamentary elections. The move deals a tough blow to President Mahmoud Abbas. The last-minute move by Marwan Barghouti could severely weaken the prospects of Abbas’ Fatah party in the election and boost the prospects of the Islamic militant Hamas group. The election is scheduled for May. Barghouti is a popular figure in the Fa
  
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• US expresses concern about rising Russian-Ukrainian tensions

  31-03-2021 22:51
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is expressing concern about what it calls escalations of Russian aggression in eastern Ukraine, where Ukrainian forces have been fighting Russian-backed separatists since 2014. John Kirby, the Pentagon press secretary, said the U.S. government was aware of reports from the Ukrainian military of Russian troop movements on the border. He noted that the top U.S. military officer, Gen. Mark Milley, had made phone calls Wednesday to his Russian and Ukr
  
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• Myanmar foes of army woo ethnic allies with new constitution

  31-03-2021 22:42
  
  YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Opponents of Myanmar’s military government have declared the country’s 2008 constitution void and put forward an interim charter to replace it. The move was taken by the CRPH, an underground, self-styled alternative government backed by the mass movement against February’s army takeover. The 2008 constitution had ensured the military retained major influence in government. The CRPH also presented a “Federal Democracy Charter” that seeks
  
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• Imprisoned Palestinian uprising leader submits independent list for parliamentary elections in a blow to President Abbas

  31-03-2021 22:42
  
  RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Imprisoned Palestinian uprising leader submits independent list for parliamentary elections in a blow to President Abbas.The post Imprisoned Palestinian uprising leader submits independent list for parliamentary elections in a blow to President Abbas appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Mexico finds 4-year-old Honduran boy near US border alone

  31-03-2021 22:39
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican immigration authorities say they found a 4-year-old Honduran boy apparently traveling alone in an area near the Rio Grande. The National Immigration Institute said Wednesday that a helicopter detected a group of seven children and three women hiding bushes near the river, known in Mexico as the Rio Bravo. The three women were travelling with their seven children, but the boy was not related to any of then and was apparently unaccompanied. He was placed in the cus
  
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• Under pressure, some Ga. corporate leaders slam voting bill

  31-03-2021 22:33
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Some of Georgia’s most prominent corporate leaders are beginning to more forcefully criticize the state’s sweeping new election law. They’re acknowledging the concerns of civil rights activists who say the law threatens the democratic process. The chief executives of Delta Air Lines and Coca-Cola have now called the law “unacceptable.” Their criticism is opening an unusual rift with Republican leaders who championed the restrictions and typicall
  
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• AP Interview: EPA head removes Trump-era science advisers

  31-03-2021 22:32
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Michael Regan, the new head of the Environmental Protection Agency, is reversing Trump administration actions that sidelined many academic scientists as advisers in favor of industry figures. Regan says in an Associated Press interview that a “reset” of two advisory panels will return the EPA to its time-honored practice of relying on advice from a balanced group of experts. Regan says “scientific integrity is a foundational value for EPA” and says
  
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• No prison time for transgender ex-neo-Nazi in threat case

  31-03-2021 22:29
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge decided not impose prison time on a member of a neo-Nazi ring that made threats against journalists. The judge found that the 21-year-old, who concealed his transgender identity from his co-conspirators, had already suffered enough. Taylor Parker-Dipeppe of Spring Hill, Florida, was arrested in early 2020 along with other members of the Atomwaffen Division after they sent posters threatening journalists in Florida, Arizona and Washington. His attorney said pr
  
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• The Latest: Kansas City district resumes in-person classes

  31-03-2021 22:25
  
  KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Students lined up outside schools in Kansas City, Kansas, for the first time in more than a year as in-person classes resumed in one of the last districts in the state still learning mostly virtually because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  Wednesday is the date lawmakers set for public schools to begin offering in-person classes in a bill that is awaiting Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s signature. Most Kansas schools already returned to in-person classes, but the Kansas C
  
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• Iowa Democrat drops bid for House seat she lost by 6 votes

  31-03-2021 22:25
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A defeated Democrat has abruptly dropped her bid to overturn her six-vote loss for a House seat from Iowa, abandoning what loomed as a long legal and political battle in the face of shaky support from her own party. In a three-paragraph statement Wednesday, Rita Hart blamed a “toxic campaign of political disinformation” that she said had “effectively silenced the voices of Iowans.” But she also congratulated Rep. Marianette Miller-Meeks, the Republ
  
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• Reversing Trump, Pentagon releases new transgender policies

  31-03-2021 22:23
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon has swept away Trump-era policies that largely banned transgender people from serving in the military and issued new rules that broaden their access to medical care and gender transition. The new department regulations allow transgender people who meet military standards to enlist and serve openly in their self-identified gender, and they will be able to get medically necessary transition-related care authorized by law. The release of the new guidelines Wedne
  
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• UN envoy: Myanmar faces possibility of major civil war

  31-03-2021 22:21
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. special envoy for Myanmar is warning that the country faces the possibility of civil war “at an unprecedented scale.” Christine Schraner Burgener urged the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday to consider “potentially significant action” to reverse the Feb. 1 military coup and restore democracy. She didn’t specify what action she considered significant. But she painted a dire picture of the military crackdown in a virtual briefing
  
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• Sun Tran: Masks are still required

  31-03-2021 22:19
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - Mask requirements remain in place for the transit industry in Tucson, despite Governor Doug Ducey’s recent order that stripped cities to enforce mask-wearing. Ducey’s order does not apply to public transport passengers and drivers. Sun Tran, Sun Link, Sun Shuttle, Sun on Demand and Sun Van are federally funded agencies that still follow the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) mask mandate. Masks are required when waiting or riding transit, transit ce
  
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• Defeated Iowa Democrat drops challenge to House seat she lost to Republican by 6 votes

  31-03-2021 22:19
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Defeated Iowa Democrat drops challenge to House seat she lost to Republican by 6 votes.The post Defeated Iowa Democrat drops challenge to House seat she lost to Republican by 6 votes appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Amazon to bring workers back to offices by fall

  31-03-2021 22:19
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — Amazon plans to have its employees return to the office by fall as the tech giant transitions away from the remote work it implemented for many workers because of the coronavirus pandemic. The company had previously given its return-to-office date as June 30, but questions remained as to whether the company would allow some of its 60,000 Seattle-area office employees to continue working from home part time. The Seattle Times reports the company told employees Tuesday it is p
  
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• Border Patrol canine finds $60K of fentanyl inside burritos at Yuma checkpoint

  31-03-2021 22:14
  
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  YUMA, Ariz. (KVOA) - A Border Patrol canine sniffed out nearly $60,000 worth of fentanyl stuffed inside breakfast burritos near Yuma, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
  CBP says the incident happened at the Highway 78 immigration checkpoint on Monday.
  The canine alerted the agents to a Chevrolet Tahoe for a secondary inspection at around 3:00 p.m. that day.After further investigation, over five pounds of fentanyl were found in small packages insi
  
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• Police say driver in fatal wreck was speeding, ran red light

  31-03-2021 22:05
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix police said a man’s speeding car ran a red light at a Phoenix intersection before a  collision that killed another driver and injured two other people while interrupting light rail service for hours. Police said 28-year-old Austin Clark was jailed on suspicion of manslaughter, endangerment and aggravated assault with serious physical injury. According to police, Clark’s car was going 88 mph before colliding with a SUV, killing 40-year-old Madalena Me
  
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• Judge: Man who killed library patron was mentally ill

  31-03-2021 21:59
  
  WOBURN, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts man charged with fatally stabbing a woman studying to become a doctor at a public library and injuring a man who came to her aid has been found not criminally responsible because of his mental illness. Jeffery Yao was sent to a state mental health facility by Middlesex Superior Court Judge Kathe Tuttman after a one-day jury-waived trial Wednesday. Authorities say the 27-year-old Winchester man stabbed 22-year-old Deane Stryker 20 times with a 10-inch hu
  
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• Missing film designer found dead under garbage in NYC home

  31-03-2021 21:55
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — An Emmy-winning production designer who was known to be a hoarder has been found dead under garbage in her New York City home. Sixty-six-year-old Evelyn Sakash was found Tuesday lying on her kitchen floor in the College Point section of Queens. A police spokesperson says Sakash was found by her sister. The sister had hired a cleaning crew to clear out the rubbish and look for her. Sakash was a production designer who had worked on films including “Mermaids” and
  
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• Asian neighbors pen letter of fear to Ohio’s lieutenant gov

  31-03-2021 21:51
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Dozens of Asian Americans who live in the same Ohio suburb as the state’s lieutenant governor have penned a letter expressing their concerns with his “Wuhan virus” tweet and their fears for the safety of their children. Republican Lt. Gov. Jon Husted says the tweet was to criticize the Chinese government for what he says is its role in the spread of the virus. But a report from the World Health Organization says it is extremely unlikely that the viru
  
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• Judge: US didn’t properly weigh oil impact on beluga whales

  31-03-2021 21:46
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A U.S. judge has ruled that a federal agency didn’t properly consider how tugboat noise tied to planned oil and gas drilling in Alaska could affect endangered beluga whales. The Anchorage Daily News reports that oil and gas company Hilcorp applied in 2018 for authorization from the National Marine Fisheries Service for activities related to an exploratory drilling program in Cook Inlet that could disrupt beluga whales and other marine mammals. The judge said
  
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• Detectives find cause of Tiger Woods crash but won’t reveal

  31-03-2021 21:45
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles County sheriff says detectives have determined what caused Tiger Woods to crash his SUV last month in Southern California but would not release details, citing unspecified privacy concerns for the golf star. Woods suffered serious injuries in the Feb. 23 crash just outside Los Angeles. He is in Florida recovering from multiple surgeries. Sheriff Alex Villanueva on Wednesday said detectives have determined what caused the collision but claimed investigator
  
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• Oklahoma asks court to rethink overturning murder conviction

  31-03-2021 21:43
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma’s attorney general is asking a state appeals court to rehear its ruling overturning the murder conviction and death sentence of a man because of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that much of eastern Oklahoma remains an American Indian reservation. Attorney General Mike Hunter on Wednesday asked for a rehearing in the case of Shaun Michael Bosse. Hunter says the court wrongly concluded that the state and federal governments do not have concurrent jurisdictio
  
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• Arizona Senate hires firms to re-count 2.1M Maricopa ballots

  31-03-2021 21:40
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Republicans who control the Arizona Senate have hired four firms to re-count all 2.1 million ballots cast in the state’s most populous county to ensure that President Joe Biden’s November win was legitimate. Senate President Karen Fann’s announcement on Wednesday comes more than a month after a judge ruled the Senate can access Maricopa County’s ballots and ballot tabulation equipment. Fann and Senate Republicans had been pushing to do their own audit
  
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• EXPLAINER: Video dominates trial in George Floyd’s death

  31-03-2021 21:37
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Video continues to dominate the early days of testimony in the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death. And it’s not just the widely seen bystander video that set off nationwide protests last year. Many previously unseen videos — some from surveillance cameras and some from other bystanders — are being played for the jury and anyone watching the livestreamed proceedings. Derek Chauvin is charged with murder and man
  
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• Report: Pandemic dealing setbacks to gender parity in jobs

  31-03-2021 21:32
  
  GENEVA (AP) — The think-tank behind the annual gathering of world leaders in Davos, Switzerland, says the COVID-19 pandemic is having an impact on gender parity in the workplace, but time will tell if it leaves permanent damage to women’s roles in the labor market. The World Economic Forum predicts that full gender parity — already not expected for a century — will have to wait dozens more years to come about because of the coronavirus’ impact. It said hard-hit cons
  
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• Nestle closes sale of bottled water brands in North America

  31-03-2021 21:30
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Global food giant Nestle has completed the $4.3 billion sale of its bottled-water brands in North America. One Rock Capital Partners and Metropoulos & Co. are assuming ownership of brands including Poland Spring, Deer Park, Arrowhead, Ozarka, Zephyrhills and Pure Life. Dean Metropoulos, who led turnarounds at Hostess Brands and Pabst Brewing Co., will serve as chairman and interim CEO of the company. Nestle’s North American water business has 27 production facilit
  
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• Alabama yoga bill stalls after conservative groups object

  31-03-2021 21:28
  
  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama’s decades-old ban on yoga in public schools could stay in place a little longer. A bill that would allow yoga in schools stalled Wednesday in the Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee. During a hearing, two conservative groups objected because of yoga’s historic ties to Hinduism. The Alabama Board of Education voted in 1993 to prohibit yoga and meditation in classrooms. The bill by Democratic Rep. Jeremy Gray of Opelika would allow schools to author
  
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• Police: Remains found in rural Iowa are missing girl, 10

  31-03-2021 21:24
  
  IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Police say human remains discovered in rural eastern Iowa have been identified as a 10-year-old girl who has been missing since last summer. Davenport Police Chief Paul Sikorski says testing revealed the remains are those of Breasia Terrell of Davenport. Sikorski says authorities are investigating the case as a homicide. Breasia was last seen July 10 at a Davenport apartment complex, where she was staying with her half brother and his father, Henry Dinkins. Fishermen
  
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• Microsoft wins $22 billion deal making headsets for US Army

  31-03-2021 21:20
  
  Microsoft says it has won a nearly $22 billion contract to supply U.S. Army combat troops with its virtual reality headsets. Microsoft announced the deal Wednesday. The technology is based on Microsoft’s HoloLens headsets, which can superimpose virtual imagery over real scenery. Tech companies originally designed such goggles for the video game and entertainment industries but have increasingly pitched other uses for them. Military officials have described the futuristic technology —
  
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• The Latest: France orders school closure, travel ban

  31-03-2021 21:17
  
  PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron announced a three-week nationwide school closure and a one month domestic travel ban to fight the spread of the coronavirus.In a televised address to the nation Wednesday night, Macron says efforts are needed as “the epidemic is accelerating.” The move is a departure from the government’s policy in recent months, which has focused on regionalized restrictions. School closures were seen as a last resort.
  Paris hospital officials war
  
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