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• Chicago agency to release video of teen’s shooting by police

  02-04-2021 23:51
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — The agency that investigates Chicago police shootings says it will release the body camera video of an officer fatally shooting a 13-year-old boy earlier this week. Ephraim Eaddy, a spokesman for the Civilian Office of Police Accountability, said Friday that after researching the question of whether the release would be legal, the video will be released to the family of Adam Toledo and then the public. He said he did not know when that would be, only that it would be soon. T
  
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• Nigerian fighter jet missing; Boko Haram claims attack

  02-04-2021 23:28
  
  LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian authorities said an air force fighter jet lost contact days ago in Borno state while on a mission to support ground troops. The jihadist group Boko Haram released a video Friday saying it shot down the jet, according to SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors jihadist activity. Boko Haram released a video that showed what appeared to be a plane as it exploded midair. The video also showed the remains of a man who was described as the pilot of the plane by a B
  
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• Unopened Super Mario Bros. game from 1986 sells for $660,000

  02-04-2021 23:26
  
  DALLAS (AP) — An unopened copy of Nintendo’s Super Mario Bros. that was bought in 1986 and then forgotten about in a desk drawer has sold at auction for $660,000. Heritage Auctions in Dallas says the video game that sold Friday was bought as a Christmas gift but ended up being placed in a desk drawer, where it remained sealed in plastic and with its hang tab intact until it was found earlier this year. It says it is the finest copy known to have been professionally graded for auction
  
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• Woman gets 5 years for butt injection death in Missouri

  02-04-2021 23:25
  
  A Dallas woman has been sentenced to five years in prison for causing a nightclub dancer’s death by performing an illegal cosmetic butt injection on her in Missouri. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 49-year-old Nitica Deonte Lee was sentenced Thursday for involuntary manslaughter in the 2015 death of 22-year-old Daysha Phillips. Prosecutors said Lee traveled from her Dallas home to a hotel in the St. Louis suburb of Edmundson, where she injected the liquid silicone. Phillips died f
  
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• Pope on Good Friday hears children tell of pandemic losses

  02-04-2021 23:25
  
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis presided over a Good Friday torch-lit Way of the Cross ceremony, praying that people don’t lose their way amid their difficulties of the pandemic. For a second year, the procession that recalls Jesus suffering in the hours before crucifixion and his death on a cross was held in St. Peter’s Square. Normally, thousands of faithful would throng to the Colosseum to follow the procession there, but anti-COVID-19 measures forbid crowding. Reflections
  
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• 1,500 COVID-19 vaccination appointments still available at UArizona POD

  02-04-2021 23:24
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - The University of Arizona announced that it still has about 1,500 COVID-19 vaccination appointments open Friday between 2-6 p.m. after it opened registration for more than 13,600 new first-dose appointments that morning.Arizonans age 16 and older are eligible for vaccination at state COVID-19 vaccination sites, including the one at UArizona.People can register and schedule appointments by visiting podvaccine.azdhs.gov. Those who need assistance can email covidhelp@
  
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• 11K sign effort to overturn Mesa’s LGBTQ-inclusive ordinance

  02-04-2021 23:23
  
  MESA, Ariz. (AP) — A group has submitted more than 11,000 signatures in an effort to overturn a recently passed LGBTQ-inclusive nondiscrimination ordinance in Mesa. The Arizona Republic reported that the United for Mesa political committee, created for the referendum effort, filed 11,505 signatures to the city clerk on Thursday. City Clerk Dee Ann Mickelsen said the signatures must still be verified, a process that is expected to take about a month. It needs 9,100 valid signatures. The gro
  
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• Even with pretax profits, many big companies pay zero US tax

  02-04-2021 23:20
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — More than 50 of the largest U.S. companies paid nothing in federal income taxes last year, even though they reported big pretax profits as a group. That’s according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a group that believes the tax system needs to raise more revenue. The report arrives as President Joe Biden tries to raise corporate taxes to pay for his infrastructure plan. The 55 companies cited took advantage of legal tax breaks that were preserved or e
  
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• Roughly 1500 Vaccine Appointments Available for UA POD Today

  02-04-2021 23:11
  
  If you're free this afternoon and haven't had luck scheduling an appointment for your COVID vaccine, the University of Arizona's state COVID-19 vaccination POD has about 1,500 appointments open today between 2-6 p.m. People must register for an appointment online at podvaccine.azdhs.gov or call 602-542-1000 or 844-542-8201 for help in both Spanish and English.…
  
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• Lawsuits: SC officials ignored risks ahead of prison riot

  02-04-2021 23:11
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A slew of new lawsuits accuse South Carolina prisons officials of negligence and constitutional rights violations in a 2018 riot in which seven inmates were killed and more than a dozen others were injured. Attorneys for inmates injured in the riot at Lee Correctional Institution accuse top officials at the Department of Corrections of being aware of security flaws at the maximum-security men’s prison but not repairing them, putting inmates’ lives at risk.
  
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• Man rams car into 2 Capitol police; 1 officer, driver killed

  02-04-2021 22:56
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A Capitol Police officer has been killed after a man rammed a car into two officers at a barricade outside the U.S. Capitol and then emerged wielding a knife. The suspect died at a hospital. Police identified the slain officer as William “Billy” Evans, an 18-year veteran who was a member of the department’s first responders unit.
  Authorities said the attack did not appear to be related to terrorism.The crash and shooting happened at a security checkpoint
  
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• The Latest: Third of Oklahoma got at least 1 vaccine dose

  02-04-2021 22:55
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY — Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed nearly a third of Oklahomans have received at least one coronavirus vaccination.Data showed more than 1.26 million people in the state have received at least one dose, about 32% of the state’s nearly 4 million residents. More than 753,000 people have completed their vaccinations.Deputy state health Commissioner Keith Reed said the total number of doses given has topped 2 million.
  The state had the 22nd hi
  
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• Reynolds signs gun bill easing background checks, permits

  02-04-2021 22:54
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed a bill that will make handgun carry permits and background checks on unlicensed sales optional in Iowa. As of July 1, people will be able to buy handguns from private, non-licensed sources such as websites, gun shows and individuals without a permit or background check. People also will be able to carry a gun into public places such as grocery stores and malls without prior safety training or a permit. The bill Reynolds signed Friday pas
  
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• War is (Not) Over: The Alarm’s Mike Peters Talks a World in Crisis, Hope, Charity and a New Album About it All

  02-04-2021 22:30
  
  Mike Peters believes there is no time like the present to take on unprecedented battles as a rock ’n’ roll frontman.…
  
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• Florida governor issues order banning ‘vaccine passports’

  02-04-2021 22:30
  
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has issued an executive order Friday banning businesses from requiring customers to show proof they’ve been vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to get service. In his executive order, DeSantis asserts that “vaccination passports reduce individual freedom and will harm patient privacy.” As of this week, more than 2 million Floridians have been infected by the virus, and nearly 33,500 have died. The governor’s order
  
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• April, the giraffe that became an online star, dies

  02-04-2021 22:24
  
  HARPURSVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — A rural New York zoo says the giraffe that became a sensation when her 2017 pregnancy and delivery were livestreamed has been euthanized because of advancing arthritis. A statement from  Animal Adventure Park’s veterinarians says 20-year-old April the giraffe started showing signs of mobility problems last summer, and veterinary imaging showed she had arthritis in her left hind leg. The vets say they tried many things to slow the disease’s progres
  
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• California to allow indoor gatherings as virus cases plummet

  02-04-2021 22:13
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will allow indoor concerts, theater performances and other private gatherings starting April 15. The California Department of Public Health announced the changes on Friday as the rate of people testing positive for the virus nears a record low. To attend, people will have to either be tested or show proof of full vaccination. How many people can attend events will depend on the level of restrictions in place at each county. The state divides counties in
  
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• Few in GOP rush to defend Gaetz amid sex trafficking probe

  02-04-2021 22:12
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The political peril deepened Friday for conservative Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz. The often outlandish Trump-styled provocateur appears increasingly isolated amid a federal sex-trafficking investigation. Federal prosecutors are examining whether the Florida congressman and a political ally who is facing sex trafficking allegations may have paid underage girls or offered them gifts in exchange for sex. That’s according to two people familiar with the matter who spoke
  
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• 1948 Olympic swimmer, masters multiple record holder, dies

  02-04-2021 22:11
  
  Olympic swimmer Clara Lamore Walker has died, at the age of 94. Walker swam for the U.S. at the 1948 Olympic Games in London and later in life set hundreds of national and world swimming records. She participated in the 200-meter breaststroke in the Olympics but swore after her last heat that she was giving up competitive swimming for good. She didn’t start swimming again until she was 54, after her doctor recommended it to relieve back pain. She then set 184 world records and 468 national
  
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• Biden lifts Trump sanctions on international court officials

  02-04-2021 22:08
  
  President Joe Biden has lifted sanctions that Donald Trump imposed on top officials of the International Criminal Court. Biden’s move Friday is his latest action undoing steps that the past administration took against international officials and international bodies. The ICC is a standing court at The Hague charged with handling alleged cases of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. The United States is not one of the about 120 member countries in the court. Biden says the Unit
  
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• Christians mark Good Friday, Holy Week under virus woes

  02-04-2021 22:04
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — For a second year, Christians in the Holy Land are marking Good Friday without the mass pilgrimages usually seen in the Holy Week leading up to Easter because of the coronavirus. Worshippers in other predominantly Christian countries where the virus is still raging are observing their second annual Holy Week with tight restrictions on gatherings. In Latin America, penitents from Guatemala to Paraguay carried large crosses and tree branches covered with thorns in Passion Pl
  
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• Video shows Oklahoma jailer being brutalized by inmates

  02-04-2021 22:01
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Video released by the Oklahoma City Police Department shows a jailer being brutalized by inmates before police shoot and kill an inmate who was holding a homemade knife to the jailer’s neck. Police Chief Wade Gourley showed portions of graphic jail video to reporters on Friday. The video shows inmates at the Oklahoma County Detention Center beating and stabbing the jailer, whose hands were tied behind his back. It also shows police enter the cell and shoot and ki
  
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• EXPLAINER: Analyzing use of force by police officers

  02-04-2021 21:55
  
  As former Officer Derek Chauvin stands trial in George Floyd’s death, a central question is whether he followed the Minneapolis Police Department’s guidelines on the use of force — and used that force reasonably. The department’s longest-tenured officer sharply questioned Chauvin’s actions, at one point calling it “totally unnecessary” for Chauvin to have restrained Floyd as he did for so long. Lt. Richard Zimmerman on Friday noted a range of actions on
  
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• Man charged with 4 counts of murder in California shooting

  02-04-2021 21:51
  
  ORANGE, Calif. (AP) — A man has been charged with murder and attempted murder in the attack at a Southern California office building that left four dead including a 9-year-old boy. The Orange County district attorney’s office on Friday said 44-year-old Aminadab Gaxiola Gonzalez was charged with the attempted murder of two police officers after shooting at them when they reached the scene. Police say Gaxiola opened fire Wednesday at the office building in Orange and knew the adult vic
  
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• MMA fighter has finger severed in match; doctors reattach it

  02-04-2021 21:48
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A mixed martial arts fighter had his finger severed during a match in Philadelphia, but doctors were eventually able to reattach it. Khetag Pliev was injured Thursday night during the second round of his fight, which was stopped when the referee noticed Pliev was missing his left ring finger. Event promoter Rob Haydak told ESPN that officials began searching inside the cage where the match was held, and an announcement was made to the crowd, asking them to look for it a
  
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• Feds: Couple tried to travel by ship to join Islamic State

  02-04-2021 21:44
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors say a husband and wife intent on fighting for the Islamic State group have been arrested at a New Jersey port as they attempted to board a cargo ship that an undercover law enforcement officer said would take them to Yemen. James Bradley and Arwa Muthana were taken into custody Thursday on the gangplank at Port Newark–Elizabeth Marine Terminal. They’re charged in federal court in Manhattan with attempting and conspiring to provide material support to
  
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• AP Sources: NCAA has not tested for drugs at championships

  02-04-2021 21:37
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Associated Press has learned that the NCAA has not tested players for performance-enhancing drugs at March Madness and other recent college championships. Three people with direct knowledge of NCAA testing protocols tell AP that testing has not resumed since the coronavirus pandemic shut down college sports a year ago. Although athletes may have been tested on campus, the NCAA has not ramped up its usual testing program at national championships such as the men&rsqu
  
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• The Latest: Poll: People reluctant to get vaccine dose in US

  02-04-2021 21:35
  
  The race is on to vaccinate as many Americans as possible against COVID-19, but a significant number of people in the U.S. are still reluctant to get the shots, even in places where they are plentiful. That’s according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.The poll reports that 25% of Americans say they probably or definitely will not get vaccinated.The holdouts are leery about possible side effects. They tend to be Republican, and they are usually
  
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• Moderation, sometimes, for Georgia GOP despite voting law

  02-04-2021 21:34
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Amid intense criticism over Georgia’s voting law, Georgia Republicans are showing caution on other issues. They’re trying to appeal to swing voters in a state where Democrats have now proved they can win. One example of such moderation was the house speaker’s decision to kill an expansion of gun rights after eight people were shot to death at Atlanta-area businesses last month. Republicans are trying to retain moderate suburban voters as the share of white
  
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• ‘First step:’ US, Iran to begin indirect nuclear-limit talks

  02-04-2021 21:27
  
  The United States and Iran say they will begin indirect talks with other major world powers to try to get both countries back into an accord limiting Iran’s nuclear program. The announcement Friday comes nearly three years after President Donald Trump pulled the U.S. out of the deal. State Department spokesperson Ned Price called the resumption of negotiations, scheduled for Tuesday in Austria, “a healthy step forward.” But Price added, “These remain early days, and we do
  
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• CEO of Google’s self-driving car spinoff steps down from job

  02-04-2021 21:27
  
  SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — The executive who steered the transformation of Google’s self-driving car project into a separate company worth billions of dollars is stepping down after more than five years on the job. John Krafcik announced his departure as CEO of Waymo, a company spun out from Google, in a Friday blog post that cited his desire to enjoy life as the world emerges from the pandemic. Two of Krafcik’s top lieutenants will replace him as co-CEOs. Under Krafcik’s l
  
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• Animal Adventure: April the Giraffe has died

  02-04-2021 21:24
  
  HARPURSVILLE (WBNG) — Animal Adventure Park has announced that April the Giraffe has died.
  Animal Adventure said in a news release that euthanasia was carried out at April’s home Friday morning due to worsening arthritis, in accordance with her veterinary team.
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• Ducey blasts Phoenix for closing parks on Easter weekend

  02-04-2021 21:21
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey is demanding that Phoenix drop plans to close parking lots and grills at city parks on Easter weekend. Ducey blasted Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego for the move on Friday, escalating a long-simmering fight between the Republican governor and Democratic mayor. The city says parks are open but parking is restricted to discourage large gatherings that can lead to a surge in COVID-19 cases. Ducey says the decision will only drive gatherings indoors where viru
  
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• MLB moving All-Star Game in response to voting restrictions

  02-04-2021 21:17
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball has moved the All-Star Game from Atlanta’s Truist Park, a response to Georgia enacting a new law last month restricting voting rights. MLB had awarded the game to Atlanta on May 29, 2019, and the game was scheduled for July 13 as part of baseball’s midsummer break that includes the Futures Game on July 11 and Home Run Derby the following night. But Commissioner Rob Manfred made the decision to move the All-Star events and the amateur draft,
  
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• Pro-Kurdish legislator who lost seat is detained in Turkey

  02-04-2021 21:12
  
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s state-run news agency says police have arrested a prominent pro-Kurdish party politician weeks after he was stripped of his parliamentary seat due to his conviction for a social media post that the courts deemed was “terrorist propaganda.” Omer Faruk Gergerlioglu, a human rights advocate and former legislator of the People’s Democratic Party, or HDP, was taken from his home in Ankara by anti-terrorism police on Friday. He was expected
  
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• MLB moving All-Star Game from Atlanta in response to voting restrictions

  02-04-2021 21:05
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — MLB moving All-Star Game from Atlanta in response to voting restrictions.The post MLB moving All-Star Game from Atlanta in response to voting restrictions appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Feds: Couple wanted freighter ride to Islamic State fight

  02-04-2021 20:59
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors say a husband and wife intent on fighting for the Islamic State group have been arrested at a New Jersey port as they attempted to board a cargo ship that an undercover law enforcement officer said would take them to Yemen. James Bradley and Arwa Muthana were taken into custody Thursday on the gangplank at Port Newark–Elizabeth Marine Terminal. They’re charged in federal court in Manhattan with attempting and conspiring to provide material support to
  
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• Protests grow in Italy over the wiretapping of journalists

  02-04-2021 20:55
  
  ROME (AP) — Italian journalists and lawmakers are protesting the wiretapping of reporters’ phone calls during Italian investigations into Libya-based migrant traffickers. The Italian newspaper Domani reported Friday that among those having conversations intercepted by investigators a few years ago were journalists for lay and Catholic news organizations and RAI state television. A lawmaker on the parliamentary state broadcasting company oversight commission says he has proposed a law
  
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• DC police chief: No longer an ongoing threat at Capitol, car attack on officers not believed to be related to terrorism

  02-04-2021 20:49
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — DC police chief: No longer an ongoing threat at Capitol, car attack on officers not believed to be related to terrorism.The post DC police chief: No longer an ongoing threat at Capitol, car attack on officers not believed to be related to terrorism appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Man charged with murder in California shooting that killed 4

  02-04-2021 20:47
  
  ORANGE, Calif. (AP) — A man has been charged with murder and attempted murder in the attack at a Southern California office building that left four dead including a 9-year-old boy. The Orange County district attorney’s office on Friday said 44-year-old Aminadab Gaxiola Gonzalez was charged with the attempted murder of two police officers after shooting at them when they reached the scene. Police say Gaxiola opened fire Wednesday at the office building in Orange and knew the adult vic
  
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• Chief: 1 Capitol Police officer killed after car rams into law enforcement at security barricade, 2nd officer injured

  02-04-2021 20:47
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief: 1 Capitol Police officer killed after car rams into law enforcement at security barricade, 2nd officer injured.The post Chief: 1 Capitol Police officer killed after car rams into law enforcement at security barricade, 2nd officer injured appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Many still hesitate to get vaccine, but reluctance is easing

  02-04-2021 20:46
  
  The race is on to vaccinate as many Americans as possible against COVID-19, but a significant number of people in the U.S. are still reluctant to get the shots, even in places where they are plentiful. That’s according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The poll reports that 25% of Americans say they probably or definitely will not get vaccinated. The holdouts are leery about possible side effects. They tend to be Republican, and they are usual
  
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• US ends probe of GM headlamp failures with no added recalls

  02-04-2021 20:42
  
  DETROIT (AP) — U.S. safety regulators have determined that two recalls of older General Motors vehicles for headlight failures were big enough to take care of the problem. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says in documents posted Friday that it’s closing a 4-year-old investigation without seeking any more recalls. In 2017, the agency opened a probe to see if recalls from 2014 and 2015 covered enough vehicles. The investigation included nearly 318,000 mid-size SUVs a
  
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• Big effort aims to elect candidates with science backgrounds

  02-04-2021 20:38
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A group working to elect candidates with science, technology, engineering and math backgrounds plans to spend $50 million in the 2022 midterm elections. The 314 Action nonprofit advocacy group is focusing on several Senate races that it wants Democrats to win in order to maintain their majority in Congress. President Donald Trump was a catalyst for the organization’s recruiting efforts in the 2018 midterms and 2020 election. Colorado Sen. John Hickenlooper and ot
  
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• The Latest: Alabama, last in nation, opens shots to over 16

  02-04-2021 20:29
  
  CAMDEN, Ala. — Residents 16 and older will be eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations in Alabama on Monday, expanding an immunization program that ranks last in the nation.
  Gov. Kay Ivey, who made the announcement Friday after touring a National Guard vaccine clinic in her home county of Wilcox, called the vaccine against the coronavirus “our ticket back to normal.”The expansion of the vaccines means about 4 million of the state’s 4.9 million residents will be eligible for sho
  
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• Iraq judge who presided over Saddam’s trial dies of COVID-19

  02-04-2021 20:26
  
  BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s top judicial council says a retired judge who presided over the trial of the late dictator Saddam Hussein has died after battling the coronavirus. The council said in a statement on Friday that 52-year-old  Judge Mohammed Oreibi passed away in a hospital in Baghdad where he was being treated of complications from the coronavirus.  Oreibi shot to fame after he took over as the lead judge in Saddam’s genocide trial that also included Saddam’s
  
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• AP source: Driver who rammed a car into 2 police officers outside US Capitol has died after being shot by authorities

  02-04-2021 20:24
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — AP source: Driver who rammed a car into 2 police officers outside US Capitol has died after being shot by authorities.The post AP source: Driver who rammed a car into 2 police officers outside US Capitol has died after being shot by authorities appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• ‘Real Housewives’ star pleads not guilty to fraud charges

  02-04-2021 20:21
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A Utah woman with a star role in “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” reality show has pleaded not guilty to ripping off people in a telemarketing scheme. At a virtual hearing Friday, a judge also imposed tighter bail conditions for Jennifer Shah after a prosecutor suggested Shah was still hiding illicit proceeds from the alleged fraud and is a flight risk. Shah’s lawyer called the new conditions excessive. They argued she’s too famous to get away
  
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• County board to Senate: Find another spot to recount ballots

  02-04-2021 20:18
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Maricopa County’s elected leaders aren’t interested in allowing a firm led by a backer of unfounded election fraud theories to use county facilities to recount 2.1 million ballots from November’s election. The Arizona Senate’s Republican leaders hope to use county election offices to recount the ballots as part of an audit, but the board announced late Thursday that won’t happen. The decision came a day after Senate President Karen Fann announce
  
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• Ducey: All State Parks will be open with free admission Easter weekend

  02-04-2021 20:16
  
  PHOENIX (KVOA) - Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey says that all State Parks will be open with free admission Easter weekend.
  In a series of tweets, the governor said Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department's temporary restrictions "makes zero sense".
  He attached a letter to Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego saying that "Arizona's parks are open. All parks. Everywhere. Rural and urban. From Phoenix to Tucson to Flagstaff. All towns and municipalities. Enjoy and GOD BLESS! #HappyEaster 3/3"
  ALSO: See letter to Ph
  
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