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• Sociedad beats Basque rival Bilbao in Copa del Rey final

  03-04-2021 23:47
  
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Real Sociedad has beaten fierce Basque rival Athletic Bilbao 1-0 in the delayed final of the 2020 Copa del Rey. It is Sociedad’s first major title since 1987. Spain striker Mikel Oyarzabal scored the game’s only goal from the penalty spot in the 63rd minute after Iñigo Martínez fouled Portu Portugués. The match was played in Seville’s La Cartuja Stadium. No fans were allowed into the final which was postponed from the end of la
  
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• Jordan prince, in video, says was placed under house arrest

  03-04-2021 23:36
  
  AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — The half-brother of Jordan’s King Abdullah says he has been placed under house arrest by Jordanian authorities. In a videotaped statement leaked to the British Broadcasting Corp., Prince Hamzah said he was visited early Saturday by the country’s military chief and told “I was not allowed to go out, to communicate with people or to meet with them.” The prince said he was speaking over satellite Internet, and the BBC says it received the statement
  
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• Suspect’s wife says she ‘can’t understand’ California attack

  03-04-2021 23:27
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The estranged wife of the man who allegedly went on a shooting rampage in a Southern California office building earlier this week that left four people dead said Saturday that she couldn’t fathom why her husband targeted people who had treated her like family for more than a decade. Police say the suspect, Aminadab Gaxiola Gonzalez, had targeted the mobile home brokerage company, Unified Homes, and had personal and business relationships with the victims. His wife,
  
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• Jordanian prince issues video statement saying he is under house arrest, barred from communicating with people

  03-04-2021 23:20
  
  AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordanian prince issues video statement saying he is under house arrest, barred from communicating with people.The post Jordanian prince issues video statement saying he is under house arrest, barred from communicating with people appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Georgia governor vows a fight after MLB yanks All-Star Game–copy

  03-04-2021 22:49
  
  (AP) – Baseball fans are divided about Major League Baseball’s decision to pull this summer’s All-Star Game from Georgia over a new voting law that critics say will hurt communities of color.
  But Gov. Brian Kemp vowed Saturday to defend the measure, saying “free and fair elections” are worth any threats, boycotts and lawsuits. Some fans upset about the decision say they won’t watch or attend any games because of it.
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• Arizona COVID-19 death toll just under 17K as case rate increases

  03-04-2021 22:44
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona on Saturday reported 706 additional confirmed COVID-19 cases and two more deaths as the number of fatalities rose to just under 17,000 and the state’s rolling average of new daily cases rose a second day in a row.
  The state’s pandemic totals increased to 843,838 cases and 16,991 deaths. Meanwhile, the number of COVID-19 patients occupying inpatient hospital beds dropped to 541 as of Friday after hovering near 600 for about two weeks, according to the stat
  
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• Police: Man on subway spat at woman, yelled anti-Asian slurs

  03-04-2021 22:31
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police are asking for the public’s help in finding a man wanted for yelling anti-Asian slurs at a 44-year-old woman and her three children, spitting at her and kicking her cellphone off a subway train. Police are calling Tuesday’s incident a hate crime. Officers say the man fled on West 41st Street after the attack. The woman was taken to a hospital in stable condition for observation. Authorities on Saturday asked anyone with information to call N
  
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• Ethiopia says Eritrean troops are pulling out of Tigray

  03-04-2021 21:47
  
  KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ethiopian authorities say Eritrean troops have started withdrawing from Tigray, where they have been fighting on the side of Ethiopian troops in a war against the region’s fugitive leaders. Ethiopia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said late Saturday that the Eritreans “have now started to evacuate” Tigray and that Ethiopian government troops have “taken over guarding” the border. Ethiopia faces intense pressure to end the Tigray war,
  
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• Jordan prince was asked to stop destabilizing ‘activities’

  03-04-2021 21:41
  
  AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordan’s army chief of staff says the half-brother of King Abdullah II was asked to “stop some movements and activities that are being used to target Jordan’s security and stability.” The army chief of staff denied reports Saturday that Prince Hamzah was arrested. He said an investigation is still ongoing and its results will be made public “in a transparent and clear form.” His remarks to the official Petra news agency came amid the
  
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• Kenya stops the private importation of COVID-19 vaccines

  03-04-2021 21:35
  
  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya has ordered an immediate suspension to the private importation of coronavirus vaccines, citing fears that otherwise counterfeit inoculations would get into the country. The National Emergency Response Committee said the move is meant to ensure transparency and accountability in the process of vaccinations. Private health facilities have been charging about $80 apiece for Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine, while the government is giving out free AstraZeneca vaccin
  
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• Jordan’s top general says king’s half-brother urged to stop undisclosed activities amid arrest of former royal officials

  03-04-2021 21:32
  
  AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordan’s top general says king’s half-brother urged to stop undisclosed activities amid arrest of former royal officials.The post Jordan’s top general says king’s half-brother urged to stop undisclosed activities amid arrest of former royal officials appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Basque Country crowds urged to disperse before Copa final

  03-04-2021 21:29
  
  MADRID (AP) — Authorities in Spain’s Basque Country region are calling on fans of Athletic Bilbao to break up street gatherings that have formed ahead of their team’s Copa del Rey final against fierce rival Real Sociedad. A few thousand Bilbao fans violated public health restrictions in place for the coronavirus pandemic on Saturday when they rallied in rowdy groups. The match between the two Basque teams is to be played in Seville in southern Spain.  No fans will be allow
  
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• Arizona COVID-19 toll just under 17K as case rate increases

  03-04-2021 21:21
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona on Saturday reported 706 additional confirmed COVID-19 cases and two more deaths as the number of fatalities rose to just under 17,000 and the state’s rolling average of new daily cases rose a second day in a row. The state’s pandemic totals increased to 843,838 cases and 16,991 deaths. Meanwhile, the number of COVID-19 patients occupying inpatient hospital beds dropped to 541 as of Friday after hovering near 600 for about two weeks, according to the stat
  
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• The Latest: Mississippi to reduce gaps in vaccine access

  03-04-2021 21:20
  
  JACKSON, Miss. — An office within the Mississippi State Department of Health that works to reduce gaps in access to health care is looking for organizations to host coronavirus vaccination events.The Office of Health Equity is partnering with Federally Qualified Health Centers to increase vaccination efforts around the state. The focus of these events will be on Hispanic, Black, Vietnamese residents and people who live in rural areas. These partners can be cities, community organizations a
  
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• Not spring football: VanDerveer wants consistency from refs

  03-04-2021 21:20
  
  Tara VanDerveer is willing to cut officials some slack with her Stanford Cardinal playing in the national championship game, saying they can’t see everything and work hard to do their best. Still, the type of basketball being played in the women’s NCAA Tournament looks very different from how they played early this season. The coach said again Saturday that she just wants consistency to keep the basketball played in the fall and winter from looking like football in the spring. This w
  
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• Vaccine passports are latest flash point in COVID politics

  03-04-2021 21:11
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Vaccine passports being developed to verify COVID-19 immunization status have become the latest flash point in America’s perpetual political wars. Supporters say the passports would allow inoculated people to more freely travel, shop and dine. But Republicans portray them as a heavy-handed intrusion into personal freedom and private health choices. Vaccine passports currently exist in only one state — a limited government partnership in New York with a pr
  
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• Italy enters 3-day Easter lockdown amid vaccination snags

  03-04-2021 21:00
  
  ROME (AP) — Italy has entered a three-day nationwide coronavirus lockdown to deter Easter travel and get-togethers. The government has placed all regions into the strictest “red zone” lockdown over the Easter weekend to limit the chances of contagion. That means travel between regions in Italy and visits to relatives were limited through Monday. Nonessential shops have been closed in Italy and restaurants and bars are only open for take-out. The lockdown comes as Italy reported
  
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• Pope urges hope amid ‘darkness’ of pandemic in Easter vigil

  03-04-2021 20:57
  
  ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is urging his coronavirus-weary flock to not lose hope even through the continued “dark months” of the pandemic. Francis made the appeal for hope as he celebrated a scaled-back Easter vigil service in St. Peter’s Basilica on Saturday. Due to social-distancing norms, only about 200 masked people were allowed to attend the service, which marks the period between Christ’s crucifixion and his joyous resurrection on Easter Sunday.  For the s
  
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• Georgia governor vows a fight after MLB yanks All-Star Game

  03-04-2021 20:36
  
  Baseball fans are divided about Major League Baseball’s decision to pull this summer’s All-Star Game from Georgia over the new voting law that critics say will hurt communities of color. But Gov. Brian Kemp vowed on Saturday to continue to fight to defend the law in court, saying “free and fair elections” are worth any threats, boycotts and lawsuits that may come. Some fans upset about the decision won’t watch or attend any games because of it. Others who support it
  
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• AP source: Suspect in Capitol attack suffered delusions

  03-04-2021 20:19
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The man who rammed a car into two officers at a barricade outside the U.S. Capitol, killing one officer before he was shot to death by police, had been suffering from delusions, paranoia and suicidal thoughts. That’s according to a U.S. official who spoke to The Associated Press on Saturday. The official was not authorized to speak publicly about an ongoing investigation and spoke on condition of anonymity. The official says investigators are focused on Noah Green&r
  
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• Jordan arrests former officials close to ruling monarchy

  03-04-2021 20:16
  
  AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordan’s state news agency says at least two former senior palace officials “and others” have been arrested for “security reasons.” The Petra report on Saturday says the former royal envoy to Saudi Arabia and the former head of the royal court were detained, without providing further details. Jordan has long been a key Western ally and an island of stability in a turbulent region. It borders Israel, the Palestinian territories, Syria and I
  
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• Explosions in Somalia kill at least 15; army bases targeted

  03-04-2021 20:04
  
  MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Simultaneous large explosions were heard in and around two Somali army bases on Saturday, with the military confirming at least nine staffer had been killed but asserting “heavy losses” among the attackers. The al-Shabab extremist group claimed responsibility. Residents said the attacks occurred in Bariirre and Awdhegleh villages of Lower Shabelle region, 75 kilometers (46 miles) south of the capital, Mogadishu. Speaking to local media, Gen. Odawa Yusu
  
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• Mormon leader: Prejudice, racism has no place in faith

  03-04-2021 19:49
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is issuing another plea for members to be welcoming to people of all faiths and ethnicities. Gary Stevenson said Saturday at a church conference that the faith was heartbroken to hear about recent attacks on people who are Black, Asian and Latino. He says prejudice and racial tension have no place within the church. Stevenson is a member of a top governing panel called the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. His r
  
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• The Latest: Texas to get 2.5M doses of vaccine next week

  03-04-2021 19:46
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas health department says it will receive another 2.5 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine next week.The Texas Department of State Health Services says more than 1 million first doses will be sent to vaccination sites in 200 counties. About 900,000 first and second doses will go to pharmacies and to health and dialysis centers. The remaining doses are for people awaiting a second dose. All Texans 16 and older are now eligible to receive the vaccine.
  The health de
  
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• Unaccompanied migrant kids may be housed on California base

  03-04-2021 19:45
  
  SAN MIGUEL, Calif. (AP) — The federal government may house unaccompanied migrant children on a California Army National Guard base in California. A defense official says the Pentagon on Friday approved the use of Camp Roberts to temporarily house children traveling alone. It was not immediately clear if or how many children could be placed at the camp, which is located along the Salinas River in central California. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said Saturday that the cam
  
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• Leak at wastewater pond prompts evacuations in Florida

  03-04-2021 19:06
  
  BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Officials in Florida are evacuating homes near a large reservoir of wastewater because of a significant leak that authorities fear could lead to floods and a collapse of a system with radioactive material. The area under evacuation is north of Bradenton, Florida, but the orders so far appear to impact few homes in the area. The Florida Department of Environmental Protection said a breakout was detected Friday in one of the walls of a 77-acre pond, holding millions of
  
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• The Daily Saguaro, Saturday 4/3/21

  03-04-2021 19:00
  
  The blue blue skies of Tucson... …
  
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• Thousands rally in England and Wales over police legislation

  03-04-2021 18:26
  
  LONDON (AP) — Hundreds of people marched Saturday through central London and other cities across England and Wales to protest the British government’s plan to hand new powers to the police to tackle demonstrations. Protesters walked past Buckingham Palace towards Parliament Square, just outside the Houses of Parliament in London. A ring of officers positioned themselves around the statue of wartime prime minister Winston Churchill in Parliament Square. The statue had been defaced dur
  
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• Designer Mossimo Giannulli released from California prison

  03-04-2021 18:22
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli has been released from a California prison and is at a halfway house outside Los Angeles following his imprisonment for his role in a college admissions bribery scheme. Giannulli is married to former “Full House” star Lori Loughlin. They pleaded guilty last year to paying half a million dollars to get their two daughters into the University of Southern California. Loughlin was released from prison in December after spending
  
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• Amazon apologizes to congressman for bogus ‘peeing’ tweet

  03-04-2021 18:21
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is sorry for tweeting about peeing. The company, which sent a tweet to a Wisconsin congressman more than a week ago denying that its employees work so hard they have to urinate in empty water bottles, admitted in a late Friday blog post that it was wrong and vowed to improve working conditions for delivery drivers. The company went on to write that urinating in bottles is an industry-wide problem. To try and prove its point, it shared links to news articles about dri
  
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• The Latest: Italy enters strict 3-day lockdown over Easter

  03-04-2021 18:09
  
  ROME — Italy has entered a three-day strict nationwide lockdown to deter Easter travel and help prevent new surges of the coronavirus.
  Even though the Health Ministry says the rate of infections is coming down, all regions were placed into the strictest “red zone” lockdown through Monday as a precaution. The lockdown, announced last month, means restrictions on personal movement, with limited travel and visits to relatives. Non-essential shops are closed and restaurants and bar
  
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• USA Basketball picks Grant Hill as Colangelo’s replacement

  03-04-2021 18:08
  
  USA Basketball has announced that Grant Hill will be the replacement for Jerry Colangelo as its men’s national team managing director following the Tokyo Olympics. Hill won an Olympic gold medal with the U.S. at the 1996 Atlanta Games and was enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2018. The managing director role was created for Colangelo in 2005, after the Americans won bronze at the 2004 Athens Olympics. Colangelo has led a program that has won three Olympic gold medals and gone 97-
  
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• NYC mayor candidate Yang back campaigning after kidney stone

  03-04-2021 18:08
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Yang has resumed campaigning a day after going to the hospital for a kidney stone. Yang’s campaign said Saturday that he planned to visit an Easter egg hunt at the Queens County Farm and meet with campaign volunteers at Open Streets locations in Brooklyn. The 46-year-old Yang went to the emergency room on Friday. Co-Campaign manager Chris Coffey said he’d been experiencing abdominal pain. All of Yang’s campaign events
  
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• UK: Benefits outweigh risks for AstraZeneca despite 7 deaths

  03-04-2021 18:06
  
  LONDON (AP) — Britain’s medicines regulator is urging people to continue taking the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, despite revealing that seven people in the U.K. have died from rare blood clots after getting the jab. The Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency, or MHRA, says it isn’t clear if the shots are causing the clots, and that its “rigorous review into the U.K. reports of rare and specific types of blood clots is ongoing.” Though the agency said late Fr
  
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• Groups: Venice lagoon still at risk after cruise ship decree

  03-04-2021 17:59
  
  ROME (AP) — Activists opposed to cruise ships in Venice are seeking a meeting with the Italian government. They say its latest proposal to re-route big cruise ships away from St. Mark’s Square doesn’t address environmental concerns about the fragile Venetian lagoon. The Italian Cabinet passed a decree this week calling for ideas to create a new docking port “outside the protected waters of the lagoon.”  Italy’s culture minister says the decree addresses l
  
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• 5 killed in wrong-way crash on highway northwest of Phoenix

  03-04-2021 17:59
  
  MORRISTOWN, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Department of Public Safety says a wrong-way car and a second car collided on a highway northwest of metro Phoenix, killing five people. The DPS said the crash occurred Friday night near Morristown on westbound U.S. 60 about 40 miles from Phoenix. No identities were released and the DPS did not immediately respond to a request for additional information, but azfamily.com reported that both cars caught fire and that there were no survivors.The post 5 kil
  
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• The Latest: Ukraine hits daily high of 20,000 virus cases

  03-04-2021 17:37
  
  KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine recorded a new daily high of more than 20,000 coronavirus cases.
  Health Minister Maxim Stepanov says 20,341 new infections were registered in the previous day, nearly 500 more than the record on Friday.Ukraine began vaccinations late February, but only about 230,000 people have received the shots because of widespread reluctance. The sharply rising numbers prompted the mayor of the capital Kyiv to order schools and public transportation closed for two weeks starting
  
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• Police: Man with pole trashes Asian-owned convenience store

  03-04-2021 17:36
  
  CHARLOTTE (AP) — An Asian-owned convenience store in Charlotte, North Carolina, has been trashed by a man who wielded a metal post and yelled racial slurs. That’s according to police and a son of the store’s owners. The Charlotte Observer reports that the incident occurred Tuesday. Surveillance footage shows a man pulling a merchandise rack to the floor and swinging a street sign post into the glass on the refrigerators. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police said a company that’s
  
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• In show of Pharaonic heritage, Egypt parades royal mummies

  03-04-2021 17:27
  
  CAIRO (AP) — Egypt is launching a gala parade celebrating the transport of 22 of its prized royal mummies from central Cairo to their new resting place in a massive new museum. The ceremony, designed to showcase the country’s rich heritage, will snake along the Nile corniche on Saturday from the Egyptian Museum overlooking Tahrir Square, to the newly opened National Museum of Egyptian Civilization at the edge of the city. The mummies are being transported in climate-controlled cases
  
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• Confederate symbols prove difficult to remove in many states

  03-04-2021 17:21
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Amid a racial reckoning and a movement to remove Confederate monuments, it’s proven difficult to take down those symbols that remain across the United States. The Southern Poverty Law Center says there are over 2,000 Confederate symbols in public spaces nationwide, including some at state Capitols. The organization says at least six Southern states have policies protecting those monuments. Historical preservation boards and Republican legislative majorities also
  
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• Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan resume talks on big dam amid tensions

  03-04-2021 17:16
  
  CAIRO (AP) — Officials say a new round of talks between three African countries over how to share the waters of the Nile River has begun. They aim at resolving a yearslong dispute over a giant dam Ethiopia is building on the Nile’s main tributary. The three-day talks are taking place in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is the current chair of the African Union. The AU is mediating the negotiations between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan over the Grand Ethiop
  
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• California targets critical farmworkers for vaccinations

  03-04-2021 17:14
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Volunteers in California are working to ensure that the thousands of farmworkers who toil in the fields every day are receiving coronavirus vaccinations. Farmworkers are particularly vulnerable because they live in crowded housing and travel to farms in packed vehicles. Many cross the border from Mexico daily and are offered vaccinations as soon as they enter the United States. California was the first state to make farmworkers eligible for vaccinations and is working
  
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• Mormons hold conference virtually for third straight time

  03-04-2021 17:11
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — For the third consecutive time, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will holds its signature conference this weekend without attendees in person as the faith continues to take precautions amid the pandemic. Members of the Utah-based faith will instead tune in from their homes around the world Saturday morning to hear spiritual guidance from the religion’s top leaders, who will be delivering the speeches in Salt Lake City. Leaders from the faith norma
  
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• Philippine defense chief in verbal tussle with China on reef

  03-04-2021 17:10
  
  MANILA, Philippines (AP) — An annoyed Philippine defense chief has renewed a demand for dozens of Chinese vessels to leave a Manila-claimed reef in the South China Sea. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Saturday that he could not be fooled by Chinese assertions that the vessels were taking shelter from bad weather. The Chinese Embassy shot back at what it called “perplexing statement” by Lorenzana and insisted that the vessels had the right to take shelter in what it said
  
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• Coming out of the cave: As life creeps back, some feel dread

  03-04-2021 17:00
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — While much of the country is gleefully making dinner reservations again and booking long canceled vacations, some are secretly dreading each milestone toward normalcy. Instead, they envision anxiety-inducing crowds and awkward catch-up conversations.  Even small tasks outside the home like a trip to the grocery store and returning to the office feel overwhelming. Psychologists call it re-entry fear, and they’re finding it more common as headlines her
  
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• Syria to close schools and universities over virus surge

  03-04-2021 16:54
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s government says that primary schools will close down indefinitely next week amid a severe increase of coronavirus cases in the war-torn country, while universities will suspend classes for only two weeks and high schools will remain open. The announcement by government ministries on Saturday said that the closures will go into effect Monday, while final exams for grades five up to high school will be held over four days starting April 25. Syria is witnessing a s
  
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• Arthur Kopit, three-time Tony-nominated playwright, dies

  03-04-2021 16:44
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Playwright Arthur Kopit has died. He was a three time Tony Award-nominated playwright and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist known for fusing disparate genres, absurdism and a darkly comic world view. Kopit earned a Tony nod in 1970 for “Indians,” which criticized the Vietnam War and America’s treatment of Native Americans, with Stacy Keach starring as Buffalo Bill. He received another nomination for “Wings,” the story of a stroke victim’s
  
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• Groups warn Venice lagoon still at risk after cruise decree

  03-04-2021 16:41
  
  ROME (AP) — Activists opposed to cruise ships in Venice are seeking a meeting with the Italian government. They say its latest proposal to re-route big cruise ships away from St. Mark’s Square doesn’t address environmental concerns about the fragile Venetian lagoon. The Italian Cabinet passed a decree this week calling for ideas to create a new docking port “outside the protected waters of the lagoon.”  Italy’s culture minister says the decree addresses l
  
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• From child care to COVID, rising job market faces obstacles

  03-04-2021 16:31
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A surge in U.S. hiring last month — 916,000 added jobs, the most since August — coincides with growing optimism that a blistering pace of job growth will continue as vaccinations increase and federal aid fuels economic growth. Some economists even predict that by year’s end, the nation could recapture just about all the roughly 20 million jobs that were lost to the pandemic recession. Yet that’s hardly a foregone conclusion. Up to 10 million more j
  
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• Vaccine passport efforts draw opposition from GOP lawmakers

  03-04-2021 16:21
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Vaccine passports being developed to verify COVID-19 immunization status have become the latest flash point in America’s perpetual political wars. Supporters say the passports would allow inoculated people to more freely travel, shop and dine. But Republicans portray them as a heavy-handed intrusion into personal freedom and private health choices. Vaccine passports currently exist in only one state — a limited government partnership in New York with a pr
  
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