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• New Mexico eliminates police immunity from prosecution

  07-04-2021 23:51
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed civil rights reforms Wednesday that eliminate police immunity from prosecution in state courts, in response to protests and concerns about police brutality that swept the nation. The Democrat-sponsored legislation has implications for an array of state and local government agencies, from social services agencies to school districts. The bill was backed by an unusual coalition of advocates for policing reforms and social ju
  
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• Bill on handling of fetal remains advances in Tennessee

  07-04-2021 23:46
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Republicans are backing legislation that would require medical providers to cremate or bury fetal remains from surgical abortions. They’re doing so over objections that the measure could stigmatize a legally available procedure. The proposal is gaining traction inside the GOP-controlled General Assembly, where legislative panels in both the House and Senate advanced the measure on Wednesday. While Gov. Bill Lee hasn’t publicly weighed in on the
  
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• Andrew Giuliani says he’s thinking about run for NY governor

  07-04-2021 23:44
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Andrew Giuliani, the son of former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and a former aide in the Trump administration, says he is evaluating a run for governor of New York as a Republican. Giuliani has never held public office. He spoke about it to The New York Times and the Washington Examiner. The New York governor’s race has gotten more convoluted with all the controversy surrounding Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has been expected to run for a fourth term but h
  
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• Complaint may spur review of meat industry’s virus response

  07-04-2021 23:42
  
  OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A union complaint about whether an Oklahoma meatpacking plant is doing enough to protect workers from the coronavirus could test the industry’s response to the pandemic because Seaboard Foods says it is following recommendations from the government and trade groups. The complaint offers regulators in the Biden administration an opportunity to say whether they believe the meatpacking industry is doing enough to protect workers because Seaboard officials said they ha
  
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• Honduras trial in Indigenous activist’s murder paused

  07-04-2021 23:38
  
  TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — The trial of an alleged mastermind in the killing of Berta Cáceres, a prize-winning environmental and Indigenous rights defender in Honduras, has been suspended as the defense team attempts to recuse the judge. The pause came just one day after the trial of Roberto David Castillo Mejía opened. The defense team had petitioned the court Tuesday to delay the proceeding while three outstanding challenges were resolved and it awaited results of some fo
  
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• State House funds rail, kills funds aimed at Hoeven’s bank

  07-04-2021 23:29
  
  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The Republican-controlled North Dakota House has agreed to fund a rail spur to help a troubled shipping center in Minot. But lawmakers balked at giving more than $8 million in taxpayer money to bail out a trio of banks — including one owned by Republican U.S. Sen. John Hoeven.  Five Minot-area lawmakers sponsored the legislation for the intermodal shipping facility that sought to funnel funds to a trio of banks that acquired the facility in the senator&rsqu
  
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• Judge rules pretrial against opioid firm; cites delays, lies

  07-04-2021 23:25
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee judge has ruled against an opioid firm before a trial over its role in the epidemic. Chancellor E.G. Moody on Tuesday entered the default judgment against Endo Pharmaceuticals, saying there was a “coordinated strategy” by the company and its attorneys to delay proceedings, deprive plaintiffs of information and interfere with the administration of justice. The company indicated Wednesday that it plans to appeal the judge’s orders in the
  
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• Red Flag Warning issued April 7 at 3:19PM MDT until April 8 at 9:00PM MDT by NWS Tucson AZ

  07-04-2021 23:19
  
  The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a Red FlagWarning, which is in effect from 1 PM to 8 PM MST Thursday.
  * AFFECTED AREA…The eastern half of fire weather zone 151, themajority of fire weather zone 152, and the eastern mountainranges of fire weather zone 154.
  * TIMING…1 PM MST Thursday afternoon through 8 PM MST Thursdayevening.
  * WINDS…West to northwest winds at 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 35mph in the warning area. The strongest winds will be near theArizona/N
  
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• Biden to unveil actions on guns, including new ATF boss

  07-04-2021 23:16
  
  President Joe Biden
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will unveil a series of executive actions aimed at addressing gun violence on Thursday, according to a person familiar with the plans, delivering his first major action on gun control since taking office. He’s also expected to nominate David Chipman, a former federal agent and adviser at the gun control group Giffords, to be director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. If confirmed, Chipman would be th
  
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• Bill Owens, uncle and musical mentor to Dolly Parton, dies

  07-04-2021 23:15
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country songwriter Bill Owens, who was a mentor and early songwriting partner to his niece Dolly Parton, has died. Parton’s publicist says Owens died Wednesday.  He was 85. Parton wrote a lengthy eulogy for her uncle, saying “I wouldn’t be here if he hadn’t been there.” Owens helped Parton get her first radio performance at the age of 10 and often would drive her to shows and encourage her to practice. They co-wrote songs together,
  
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• The Latest: Florida gov receives vaccine out of public eye

  07-04-2021 23:14
  
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The office of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis confirms the state leader has received a single-dose coronavirus vaccine. He did so out of the public eye even as governors elsewhere across the political spectrum have been vaccinated publicly to reassure Americans that the shots are safe.
  A spokesperson for the Republican governor declined to provide details Wednesday, including when the Republican governor received the dose. But it was disclosed that the governor received the J
  
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• Rare bipartisanship: Police reform bills advance in Oregon

  07-04-2021 23:10
  
  SALEM, Oregon (AP) — Republicans and Democrats on the Oregon House Judiciary Committee unanimously approved almost a dozen bills on police reform, a rare show of bipartisan unity in an otherwise bitterly divided Legislature. The bills involve regulating use of tear gas, requiring a publicly accessible database that names officers disciplined for misconduct, and limiting arbitrators’ decisions on officers’ misconduct cases. Gov. Kate Brown congratulate the committee for pushing
  
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• Jill Biden shines fresh spotlight on military family program

  07-04-2021 22:51
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden is bringing a new focus to the cause of supporting America’s military families. The first lady has announced the next chapter for a decade-old military family support program that she and then-first lady Michelle Obama led during the Obama administration. Jill Biden says the relaunched Joining Forces will focus on employment and entrepreneurship opportunities for military families, education for the more than 2 million children of enlisted parents and vet
  
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• Biden to nominate gun control advocate Chipman to lead ATF

  07-04-2021 22:51
  
  President Joe Biden
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is expected to nominate David Chipman, a former federal agent and adviser at the gun control group Giffords, to be director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. If confirmed, Chipman would be the agency’s first permanent director since 2015. Two people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press that Chipman’s nomination is expected to be announced Thursday. The people could not discus
  
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• MSNBC apologizes for showing wrong video of congressman

  07-04-2021 22:50
  
  MSNBC apologized Wednesday for mistakenly airing video footage of another Black congressman while reporting on the death of U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings of Florida a day earlier. During a brief report on Tuesday about Hasting’s death, MSNBC showed footage of U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, a Democrat from Mississippi, even though the network showed correct still pictures of Hastings. MSNBC tweeted an apology on Tuesday. Hallie Jackson repeated the network’s regret on the air Wednesday. Jackso
  
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• Lighter winds help contain fire in Theodore Roosevelt Park

  07-04-2021 22:49
  
  MEDORA, N.D. (AP) — Lighter winds have helped firefighters contain a blaze in North Dakota’s Theodore Roosevelt National Park to an 8-square-mile area. The fire in the park’s North Unit continues to threaten bison handling facilities, administrative buildings, the River Bend Outlook and the CCC Campground, as well as some private residences. North Dakota Forest Service Acting Outreach and Education Manager Beth Hill says the blaze is 50% contained, a slight increase over Tuesda
  
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• AP sources: Biden to nominate former special agent, gun control advocate David Chipman as ATF director

  07-04-2021 22:45
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — AP sources: Biden to nominate former special agent, gun control advocate David Chipman as ATF director.The post AP sources: Biden to nominate former special agent, gun control advocate David Chipman as ATF director appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• EXPLAINER: What to know about the Amazon union vote count

  07-04-2021 22:43
  
  Nearly 6,000 Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama, have voted on whether or not to form a union. But the process to tally all the ballots and determine an outcome will continue for a second week. That’s according to the National Labor Relations Board, a government agency that’s conducting the election. The vote itself has garnered national attention because of the potentially wide-reaching implications. Labor organizers hope a win in Bessemer will inspire thousands of worker
  
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• With outdoor concert, Lincoln Center starts path to return

  07-04-2021 22:39
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Members of the New York Philharmonic gave an outdoor concert at Lincoln Center for heath care workers on Wednesday, 13 months after the novel coronavirus pandemic decimated their season. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio spoke before the 90-minute concert by a brass quintet and a horn quartet with flute Mindy Kaufman. The Philharmonic, the Metropolitan Opera and Broadway theaters were darkened on March 12 last year by the pandemic. The orchestra and opera hope to resume su
  
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• South Carolina House gives key approval to hate crimes bill

  07-04-2021 22:25
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina is one step closer to becoming the 48th state in the nation to pass a hate crime law. House representatives gave key approval by a 79-29 vote Wednesday on the proposal to allow harsher penalties for certain crimes motivated by hatred. The protected groups included in Wednesday’s bill are race, color, religion, sex, gender, national origin, sexual orientation or physical or mental disability. South Carolina is currently one of only three states, wi
  
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• US envoy talks migration with El Salvador, VP calls Mexico

  07-04-2021 22:17
  
  SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — A U.S. envoy has arrived in El Salvador for talks on immigration amid an increase in the number of child migrants on the U.S. border. The U.S. delegation was led by Ricardo Zúñiga, the newly named special envoy for the Northern Triangle nations, which include Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador. El Salvadoran officials said Wednesday they were ready to cooperate, but many say more development aid is needed to prevent families with children fro
  
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• Kelly raises $4.4 million for Senate re-election bid

  07-04-2021 22:17
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly says he raised nearly $4.4 million for his re-election campaign during the first quarter of 2021. The formidable haul announced Tuesday gives the Arizona senator a head start against Republicans looking to challenge him. Kelly is one of the GOP’s top targets in its bid to retake the Senate majority. Kelly was elected last year by 2.4 percentage points to finish the last two years of the late Republican Sen. John McCain’s final term. He&
  
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• Madrid riot police keep protesters away from far-right rally

  07-04-2021 22:15
  
  MADRID (AP) — Spanish police have used batons to prevent protesters from clashing with supporters of the far-right Vox party that chose to hold a campaign rally in a traditional left-wing Madrid district. Scuffles started when the national leader of Vox, Santiago Abascal, approached a crowd gathered to protest the party rally Wednesday in the working-class Vallecas neighborhood. Riot police charged several hundred protesters to keep them away from Abascal and other members of his party, th
  
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• Commerce Secretary Raimondo defends census privacy method

  07-04-2021 22:14
  
  Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo is defending a controversial privacy technique being used by the U.S. Census Bureau for the first time in the 2020 census. The secretary’s remarks came Wednesday as the statistical agency promised that the method will only make small changes to actual numbers in counts of racial and ethnic groups. The technique called “differential privacy” adds mathematical “noise,” or errors, to the data to obscure any given individual’s iden
  
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• Pence launches group as Trump officials line up new roles

  07-04-2021 22:05
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence has launched a new advocacy group as he and other Trump administration officials look to boost their post-White House plans. Pence’s group, Advancing American Freedom, will serve as a counterpoint to President Joe Biden’s agenda — as well as a potential springboard for Pence’s own presidential campaign. It’s one of several groups launched in recent weeks by former Trump aides who are hoping to capitalize on th
  
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• The Latest: Brazilian president ignores calls for lockdown

  07-04-2021 22:03
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro says there will be “no national lockdown,” ignoring growing calls from health experts a day after the nation saw its highest number of COVID-19 deaths in 24 hours since the pandemic began.
  Brazil’s Health Ministry registered 4,195 deaths on Tuesday, becoming the third country to go above that threshold as Bolsonaro’s political opponents demanded stricter measures to slow down the spread of the virus.
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• No timetable for withdrawal of troops after US, Iraq talks

  07-04-2021 21:57
  
  BAGHDAD (AP) — U.S. and Iraqi officials say the mission of U.S. forces in Iraq has shifted to training and advisory roles, allowing for redeployment of combat forces that remain in the country. However, according to a joint statement following a third round of strategic U.S.-Iraq talks on Wednesday, the timing of such a redeployment would be determined in upcoming technical talks. The officials didn’t specify when these talks would take place. They also stressed the need for continue
  
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• Neo-Nazi pleads guilty in journalist threat case

  07-04-2021 21:56
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — An organizer of a neo-Nazi campaign to threaten journalists and Jewish activists in Washington, Arizona and Florida has pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy and interference with a federally protected activity in federal court in Seattle. Cameron Shea was one of four members of the neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division charged last year with having cyberstalked and sent Swastika-laden posters to journalists and two people affiliated with the Anti-Defamation League, telling t
  
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• Florida GOP passes bill to assess political bias on campus

  07-04-2021 21:56
  
  Public universities in Florida would have to survey, protect and promote political views on their campuses, according to a bill that state lawmakers gave final passage. The bill passed the state Senate on Wednesday and addresses Republican concerns that liberal-dominated campuses are drowning out conservative voices. The bill mandates that students be exposed to a variety of political viewpoints and that they not be “shielded” from those arguments. But Democrats worry that the measur
  
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• Lawyer: Russian opposition leader Navalny has spinal hernias

  07-04-2021 21:53
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — A lawyer for imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who has complained of serious back and leg pain in custody, says doctors have found him to be suffering from two spinal hernias. Vadim Kobzev told the Interfax news agency on Wednesday that Navalny also is beginning to lose feeling in his hands. Navalny went on a hunger strike last week to protest what he called poor medical care. On Tuesday, the leader of the Navalny-backed Alliance of Doctors union was detain
  
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• Albania sends troops, police, to end flight control strike

  07-04-2021 21:46
  
  TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania’s government has sent troops and police to clear striking air traffic controllers out of the flight control tower at the country’s one international airport in the capital, Tirana. No injuries or arrests were reported, and it was unclear how flights might resume as the civilian air traffic controllers were not replaced by members of the military Wednesday. The defense minister posted a video on his Facebook page showing three military police vehic
  
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• TMC moving vaccine site to Udall Park due to weather

  07-04-2021 21:37
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - Tucson Medical Center is moving its outside clinic from the TMC campus to Morris K. Udall Center at Udall Park April 19.This change is due to the warmer weather.
  "TMC has been an invaluable partner since the start of the vaccination efforts in Pima County," said Pima County Health Department Director Dr. Theresa Cullen. "Moving their site indoors as temperatures rise will continue to best serve the community and all those workers and volunteers who have helped make their operatio
  
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• Biden to announce executive actions to combat gun violence

  07-04-2021 21:32
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will unveil a series of executive actions aimed at addressing gun violence on Thursday. A person person familiar with Biden’s plans previewed his first major action on gun control since taking office. Biden is expected to announce tighter regulations requiring buyers of so-called “ghost guns” to undergo background checks. Ghost guns are homemade guns that lack serial numbers and thus are tougher to track, allowing buyers to evade fede
  
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• The Latest: Alaska officials report South Africa variant

  07-04-2021 21:31
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Health officials have reported a case of a coronavirus variant first detected in South Africa in south central Alaska.A report from a consortium of state and university health officials says the Alaska case was first identified in March in the region that includes Anchorage and the Matanuska-Susitna Borough just to the north of Alaska’s largest city.Alaska Public Media reports the document didn’t say how the person got the virus or whether others may have be
  
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• Demand for vaccines slows as Arizona surpasses 17,000 deaths

  07-04-2021 21:25
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona health officials say they are seeing demand for COVID-19 vaccinations slowing, particularly at large sites. Vaccine appointments at state-run sites opened to anyone 16 and older on March 24, and KTAR reported that thousands of slots were available at sites in Tucson and Yuma as the week began. The head of the state health department says it plans to release more public service announcements encouraging people to get vaccinated and hopes that’ll help address vac
  
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• Former Vice President Mike Pence memoir set for 2023 release

  07-04-2021 21:22
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence has a book deal. His autobiography, currently untitled, is scheduled to come out in 2023. “I am grateful to have the opportunity to tell the story of my life in public service to the American people, from serving in Congress, to the Indiana Governor’s office and as Vice President of the United States,” Pence said in a statement. Simon & Schuster announced Wednesday that it also signed Pence to a second book but did not
  
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• A look at the workplace sex harassment claims against Cuomo

  07-04-2021 21:20
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is facing allegations that he sexually harassed or behaved inappropriately toward a half-dozen women who worked with him. In an interview published by the Times Union of Albany on Wednesday, a woman who is still on his staff gave more details on her allegation that the Democrat groped her under her blouse in the governor’s mansion office in November. Other women’s accusations range from unwanted kisses and other physical gestures to un
  
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• UA Fires Men's Basketball Head Coach Sean Miller

  07-04-2021 21:11
  
  The University of Arizona is giving men's basketball head coach Sean Miller his walking papers after 12 seasons with the program and an overall record of 302-109. …
  
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• On Holocaust Day, Netanyahu issues warning about Iran

  07-04-2021 21:10
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has urged the world not to revive the troubled international nuclear deal with Iran. He issued the call Wednesday as he opened Israel’s annual memorial day for the 6 million Jews who perished in the Holocaust. His speech came as world powers are launching a new effort to bring the United States back into the foundering 2015 deal. Netanyahu also said that Israel was not obligated to respect it. He says that history has taught us that
  
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• Biden open to compromise on infrastructure, but not inaction

  07-04-2021 21:06
  
  Joe Biden, President of the United States, Photo Date: February 23, 2021
  President Joe Biden is drawing a red line on his $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan. He says he is open to compromise on how to pay for the plan but inaction is unacceptable. The president turned fiery in a Wednesday afternoon speech, saying that the United States must build, invest and research for the future. Biden says failure to do so would amount to giving up on “leading the world.” Biden allowed that &ldqu
  
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• Fed in March saw brighter outlook, yet underscored patience

  07-04-2021 21:04
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve officials were encouraged last month by evidence the economy was picking up. But they showed no sign of moving closer to ending their bond purchases or lifting their benchmark short-term interest rate from nearly zero. Fed policymakers also said they expect inflation will likely rise in the next few months because of supply bottlenecks. But they believe it will remain near their 2% target over the longer run. The views emerged in minutes taken during the c
  
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• EXPLAINER: Trial highlights Bureau of Criminal Apprehension

  07-04-2021 20:58
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jurors in the trial of a Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death are hearing from investigators from the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. It’s an agency that could be seen as the state’s equivalent of the FBI. The BCA has come under fire for its investigations of other police-involved deaths, especially the case of a Minneapolis officer who shot and killed an unarmed Australian woman in 2017. It has kept a lower public profi
  
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• Pandemic shifted how donors gave, but will it continue?

  07-04-2021 20:54
  
  The Ford Foundation announced Wednesday it will launch a second edition of its BUILD program. The multi-year $1 billion initiative aims to provide unrestricted funding to 300 organizations worldwide. The foundation says it views the extension of the six-year program as part of its commitment to fulfill a pledge it spearheaded in the early days of the pandemic. About 800 donors have signed that pledge, which called on funders to provide more flexibility to organizations in their pandemic response
  
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• Mexico president justifies release of kingpin targeted by US

  07-04-2021 20:54
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has defended the 2013 ruling that freed one of the drug lords most wanted by U.S. authorities, even though Mexico’s Supreme Court later ruled it was a mistake. Rafael Caro Quintero walked free while serving a 40-year sentence for the torture-murder of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena in 1985. He’s since apparently resumed his role as violent drug traffick
  
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• Brazil’s Bolsonaro ignores calls for lockdown to slow virus

  07-04-2021 20:53
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro maintains that there will be “no national lockdown” as the country battles against a resurgence of COVID-19 cases. Bolsonaro ignored on Wednesday growing calls from health experts to implement stricter measures to slow down the spread of the virus in Latin American’s largest nation. Bolsonaro also defended the use of so-called early treatment protocols, which include anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, even though
  
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• Woods was driving almost 90 mph when he crashed SUV near LA

  07-04-2021 20:47
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tiger Woods was going nearly 90 mph — twice the posted speed limit — on a downhill stretch of road when he lost control of an SUV outside Los Angeles. That’s the conclusion of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, which announced the findings of its investigation on Wednesday. The Feb. 23 wreck left the golf superstar seriously injured. Sheriff Alex Villanueva blamed the crash solely on excessive speed and Woods’ loss of control behin
  
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• US resumes funding to UN agency for Palestinian refugees

  07-04-2021 20:41
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says it has resumed U.S. assistance to the Palestinians, including to the U.N. agency that deals with Palestinian refugees. Nearly all of the funding had been eliminated by former President Donald Trump. The State Department announced Wednesday that it would provide a total of $235 million to projects in the West Bank and Gaza as well as the U.N. Relief and Works Agency. The resumption of assistance comes as the administration cements a new Mideas
  
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• Portland leaders to re-establish anti-gun violence unit

  07-04-2021 20:40
  
  The mayor of Portland, Oregon, and city commissioners have reached a deal on proposals intended to stem a spike in gun violence over the past year. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the compromise, expected to be approved Wednesday, would re-establish a proactive team of uniformed police officers tasked with preventing shootings. The team would operate with greater civilian oversight than its disbanded predecessor. The move represents an about-face after city leaders in June voted to cut nearly $
  
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• Red Nose Day shifts to year-round fundraising amid pandemic

  07-04-2021 20:39
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — This year, Red Nose Day will rise again. And its mission will be bigger than ever, as the nonprofit expands its star-studded plans with NBC, Walgreens and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The campaign will focus on May 27, this year’s Red Nose Day, when NBC airs a special fundraising edition of “The Wall” to cap nearly two months of buildup for one big day of fundraising. But following the success it found with new Red Nose events last year and a g
  
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• Jordan king doubles down on sedition claims against brother

  07-04-2021 20:35
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — Jordan’s king has addressed the public feud with his half-brother, Prince Hamzah, portraying it as an attempted “sedition” that caused him shock, anger and pain. Wednesday’s statement, carried by Jordan TV, marked the first time King Abdullah II referred to the unprecedented rift in the royal family which erupted over the weekend. Prince Hamzah, a former crown prince, was placed under a form of house arrest and accused of being part of a plot to destab
  
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