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• ADL: Fox should fire Carlson for white-supremacist rhetoric

  09-04-2021 23:57
  
  The Anti-Defamation League has called for Fox News to fire prime-time opinion host Tucker Carlson because he defended a white-supremacist theory that says whites are being “replaced” by people of color. An ADL spokesman says the group has criticized Carlson before and noted his history of anti-immigration language. But but it is the first time it has called for Carlson to be fired. He is Fox News’ most popular personality. Fox News did not immediately reply to a request for com
  
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• After Scott Rudin bullying exposé, there are mostly crickets

  09-04-2021 23:51
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — How have Hollywood and Broadway responded to an exposé detailing routine abuse and bullying by producer Scott Rudin? Mostly, with crickets. The Hollywood Reporter’s cover story Wednesday on Rudin was, undoubtedly, a must-read for anyone in the film, television and theater businesses. Stories about a Hollywood heavyweight throwing glass bowls, staples and baked potatoes at underlings are hard to put down. But if Hollywood has taken steps to reform following a #M
  
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• University expels fraternity over student’s hazing death

  09-04-2021 23:47
  
  BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (AP) — A university in Ohio has expelled a fraternity where a student died last month after consuming an excessive amount of alcohol during a hazing event. Bowling Green State University issued a statement Friday saying the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity would never again be recognized on campus. Stone Foltz, a 20-year-old sophomore from Delaware, Ohio, was found by roommates and taken to a hospital in early March and died three days later. An investigation found that rankin
  
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• At least 125 dead, 208 injured in rival gang crashes in Sudan

  09-04-2021 23:47
  
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  DARFUR, Sudan (CNN) - Clashes between rival groups have so far claimed at least 125 lives and left 208 others injured in the volatile west Darfur region of Sudan, according to the Western Darfur State Doctors Committee.The violence has continued in El Geneina city, the capital of West Darfur state, for a sixth day in a row, the medical group said.“This is by far the biggest wave of violence in Darfur (since the 2020 peace agreement was reached,)" a doctor working in West Dar
  
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• Cincinnati to settle suit in death of student who called 911

  09-04-2021 23:45
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — Cincinnati has agreed to settle a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of a 16-year-old student who died three years ago after being accidentally trapped in a van and calling 911 twice. City officials announced Friday it would pay $6 million to the family of Kyle Plush and spend $250,000 to conduct an outside review of the city’s 911 call system. Plush died trapped under a folding seat in a minivan parked near his school on April 10, 2018. His father found h
  
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• The Latest: UN chief praises Prince Philip’s charitable work

  09-04-2021 23:34
  
  Reaction from around the world on the death of Prince Philip at age 99:
  UNITED NATIONS — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres paid tribute to Prince Philip “for his active work for the betterment of humankind,” his spokesman said.
  The U.N. chief cited his support for the work of his wife, Queen Elizabeth II, for over 60 years “and his dedication to charitable causes as a patron of some 800 organizations, in particular those focused on the environment, industry, sport a
  
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• Feds charge 3 more in massive California unemployment fraud

  09-04-2021 23:34
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Federal prosecutors have charged three Southern California women with using prison inmates’ names to bilk a state agency out of a combined nearly $1.25 million. They are the latest allegations in an ongoing scandal that has cost hundreds of millions of dollars in coronavirus-related unemployment benefits. The three are among a dozen charged just in the greater Los Angeles area with exploiting federal benefits that were supposed to aid those who lost their jo
  
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• Shots for shots: New Orleans bars offer vaccines

  09-04-2021 23:30
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Bars in New Orleans are doing their part to battle the coronavirus pandemic. Local media report that two of the city’s bars are holding events where patrons can get the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine. The Dragon’s Den says people can come Friday evening and get the vaccine as well as a complimentary shot. The vaccines are being administered on the median in front of the bar by Crescent Care, a federally qualified health center in the city. The bar is
  
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• No release for ex-officer guilty in ‘Fatal Vision’ murders

  09-04-2021 23:29
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal judge has refused to release an ex-Army captain imprisoned for decades for the murders of his wife and two young daughters, deciding he lacked authority to consider Jeffrey MacDonald’s request. U.S. District Judge Terrence Boyle issued the denial Friday, four weeks after MacDonald’s attorneys came to court to ask the judge to let him go home because of his deteriorating health. MacDonald was convicted in 1979 for the 1970 slayings of his pregnant
  
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• Siblings find closure a year after COVID-19 thrashed choir

  09-04-2021 23:27
  
  SEDRO-WOOLLEY, Wash. (AP) — Just over a year ago, a choir practice in Washington state sickened 53 people and killed two. It was one of the United States’ first-known COVID-19 superspreader events. But from that tragedy emerged important research on how the virus was transmitted. Experts say the public health investigation into the rehearsal was key in determining that the virus was spreading through the air. The children of one of the two women who died gathered recently to honor he
  
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• Nas, Eve, Lyor Cohen react to death of rapper-actor DMX

  09-04-2021 23:25
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hip-hop artists paid homage to rapper DMX who died Friday at 50. In separate Instagram posts, Nas called him “Gods poet” while Eve praised him as “one of the most special people I have ever met.” Chingy recalled touring with DMX and being inspired by his style and struck by how “he always showed me love.” Former Def Jam executive Lyor Cohen remembered him as a “wonderful, caring father.”  A statement from the family sa
  
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• Tech company gains help push S&P 500 to record high

  09-04-2021 23:07
  
  Wall Street capped another week of gains with more milestones Friday, as strength in technology and health care stocks helped push the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average to all-time highs.The S&P 500 rose 0.8% for its fourth record high this week and third straight weekly gain. The Dow’s latest milestone followed an all-time high on Monday.Stocks have benefited this week as bond yields, which had been steadily ticking higher, retreated from highs hit earlier in the month. Hig
  
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• Fire marshal: Man naked below waist accused of home arson

  09-04-2021 23:01
  
  MAMOU, La. (AP) — The Louisiana State Fire Marshal’s Office says a man wearing nothing below the waist has been arrested and accused of setting fire to a mobile home occupied by a woman, a baby and two other children. The fire marshal’s office says 33-year-old James Rozas of Mamou was arrested Friday on charges of arson, attempted murder and violating a protective order after the pre-dawn fire. The statement said the woman and children escaped unharmed from the home in Mamou. A
  
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• Pentagon to better screen recruits for extremist behavior

  09-04-2021 22:58
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is developing ways to better screen military recruits for extremist behavior, while improving training for troops leaving the service so they can be more prepared if violent hate groups lure them to join. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin released a memo Friday ordering some new, immediate steps the department will take, as well as longer-term efforts aimed at rooting out extremism in the ranks . Pentagon leaders launched an all-out effort to address the problem
  
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• Ethics panel probing misconduct claim against NY Republican

  09-04-2021 22:57
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Ethics committee is investigating sexual misconduct allegations involving Republican Rep. Tom Reed of New York. Reed had already announced he would not be seeking re-election after the allegations first surfaced last month. Reed was accused of rubbing a female lobbyist’s back and unhooking her bra without her consent at a networking event in a Minneapolis pub in 2017. Reed apologized to the lobbyist, Nicolette Davis, shortly after the story became public.
  
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• Religious party seeks gains in Peru’s legislative elections

  09-04-2021 22:55
  
  JOSE CARLOS MARIATEGUI, Peru (AP) — The Agricultural People’s Front of Peru has emerged as a potential favorite in Sunday’s legislative elections amid widespread disgust with the country’s traditional politicians and an extremely fragmented electorate. Known as Frepap, the party is the political arm of a messianic religious group called the Israelites of the New Universal Pact, which merges Old Testament Christianity with Andean culture. Adherents believe their leader is
  
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• The Latest: Pfizer asks US to allow more kids to get vaccine

  09-04-2021 22:50
  
  NEW YORK — Drug giant Pfizer and its partner in developing the first COVID-19 vaccine that received emergency authorization in the U.S. want to allow more adolescents to receive the vaccine.
  New York-based Pfizer and BioNTech SE of Germany have asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to expand the emergency use authorization for their vaccine to include adolescents ages 12 through 15. Back in mid-December, the two-dose shot received emergency clearance for vaccinating people ages 16 an
  
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• Affair derails Alabama secretary of state’s political hopes

  09-04-2021 22:43
  
  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill’s political ambitions were shattered this week by a woman’s disclosure of a three-year affair. Merrill announced that he will not run for Senate or any other office. Cesaire McPherson told The Associated Press on Thursday that she had a relationship with Merrill from November 2017 to November 2020. Merrill declined to go into detail but told media outlet al.com that he had an inappropriate relationship with a woman
  
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• The Latest: Ex-Greek king calls Philip ‘remarkable man’

  09-04-2021 22:40
  
  Reaction from around the world on the death of Prince Philip at age 99:
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  ATHENS, Greece — The former King of Greece says Prince Philip, his relative, was “a remarkable man who dedicated his entire life to duty and service for his country and the Commonwealth.”
  Constantine II added in a written statement to The Associated Press: “My sorrow is even deeper because of our close family ties. He will be deeply missed by all of us.”
  “He was a man of great characte
  
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• Evers orders removal of slabs from UW System headquarters

  09-04-2021 22:40
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers is ordering workers to remove all concrete slabs around the entrances and exits of the University of Wisconsin System headquarters building after two slabs somehow broke off and plunged to the sidewalk below over the weekend. Evers issued an emergency order on Friday saying Van Hise Hall on the UW-Madison campus sees heavy foot traffic and the slabs pose an immediate threat to public safety. He ordered $500,000 in emergency repairs. The emergency declar
  
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• Approval of Kansas bill on trans athletes isn’t veto-proof

  09-04-2021 22:40
  
  TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas conservatives have pushed a proposed ban on transgender athletes in girl’s and women’s school sports through the Republican-controlled Legislature. But they don’t enough support yet to overcome a possible veto by the Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly. The Senate approved the measure on a 26-11 vote Friday after the House passed it late Thursday on a 76-43 vote. Kelly typically doesn’t say what she’ll do with legislation before it reaches h
  
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• Lawsuit: Virginia police officers threatened man during stop

  09-04-2021 22:32
  
  NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A second lieutenant in the U.S. Army is suing two Virginia police officers over a traffic stop during which the officers drew their guns, pointed them at him and used a slang term to suggest he was facing execution. Body camera footage shows Caron Nazario had his hands held in the air outside the driver’s side window as he told the armed officers, “I’m honestly afraid to get out.” One of the officers told Nazario, “Yeah, you should be!&rdqu
  
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• Adia Barnes to coach on USA AmeriCup team staff

  09-04-2021 22:31
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - University of Arizona's Adia Barnes will be an assistant coach to Dawn Staley on the 2021 USA AmeriCup Team.Arizona Athletics made the announcement Friday.
  The Wildcats just came home from their first National Championship game this week.This tournament run catapulted this program into the national spotlight and while they may have lost the championship game, they won the heart of the Tucson community.
  Truly a dream come true! Can’t wait to work with @dawnstaley and @JenRiz
  
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• Family of boy killed by Chicago cop to view video next week

  09-04-2021 22:21
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Attorneys for the family of a 13-year-old boy who was fatally shot by a Chicago police officer last month say the family the police body camera video of the shooting next week. The attorneys in a brief statement released Friday after the funeral for Adam Toledo didn’t say which day the family would watch the video or explain what other materials the Civilian Office of Police Accountability will release to the family. The boy was shot shortly before 3 a.m. on March 29 d
  
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• Report: Ex-NFL player’s brain probed for trauma-related harm

  09-04-2021 22:18
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The brain of the former NFL player who killed five people in South Carolina before fatally shooting himself will be tested for a degenerative disease that has affected a number of pro athletes. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy has been shown to cause violent mood swings and other cognitive disorders. York County Coroner Sabrina Gast told McClatchy Newspapers on Friday that she had gotten approval from Phillip Adams’ family for the procedure to be included as par
  
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• Mrs. World gives up crown after onstage melee in Sri Lanka

  09-04-2021 22:13
  
  COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The reigning Mrs. World on Friday relinquished her title while defending her decision to pull the crown off the head of this year’s winner of Mrs. Sri Lanka, whom she falsely claimed to be a divorcee and unqualified to take part in the contest. Caroline Jurie said she stood against “injustice” and called the judging of the contest “tainted.” Jurie won Mrs. World in 2020 and has been accused of hurting Pushpika De Silva, who was crowne
  
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• Texas man charged with threatening Amazon center in Virginia

  09-04-2021 21:54
  
  DALLAS (AP) — A Texas man is charged with threatening to blow up an Amazon data center in Virginia. Acting U.S. Attorney Prerak Shah said Friday that 28-year-old Seth Aaron Presley of Wichita Falls is charged with attempting to destroy a building with an explosive. A spokesperson for the Department of Justice says Presley is in custody and did not know if he had an attorney who could speak for him. Shah says Pendley was arrested after taking what he though was an explosive device from an u
  
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• ‘Nothing less than a giant’: Rapper-actor DMX dies at 50

  09-04-2021 21:54
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The family of rapper DMX says he has died at age 50 after a career in which he delivered iconic hip-hop songs such as “Ruff Ryders’ Anthem.” A statement Friday from the family says the Grammy-nominated rapper died at a hospital in White Plains, New York, “with his family by his side after being placed on life support for the past few days.” He was rushed to a New York hospital from his home April 2. The hospital says he suffered “catastro
  
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• The Latest: Italy death toll high as vaccine campaign lags

  09-04-2021 21:51
  
  MILAN — Italy recorded 718 COVID deaths on Friday, the highest in months, but health officials say the spike from 487 a day earlier is due to a backlog of deaths being reported in Sicily.Italy’s death toll has remained stubbornly high as the very contagious British variant became prevalent and as the vaccination campaign for the most vulnerable population has lagged.Italy has recorded 113,579 deaths in the pandemic, second in Europe to Britain’s 127,233, where the vaccine campa
  
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• Medical examiner blames police pressure for Floyd’s death

  09-04-2021 21:48
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The chief county medical examiner who ruled George Floyd’s death a homicide as taken the stand at former Officer Derek Chauvin’s murder trial. Dr. Andrew Baker said Friday that he did not watch the harrowing video of the arrest before examining Floyd so that he would not be biased by what he saw. Chauvin is accused of killing Floyd by pressing his knee on or near the Black man’s neck for up to 9 1/2 minutes last May. The defense contends Chauvin was doi
  
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• Nurse, capturing the feeling of a nation, gets stuck in mud

  09-04-2021 21:46
  
  BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts nurse just wanted to take a stroll on the beach when she ended up feeling the way so many have during the pandemic. But in her case, she was literally stuck in the mud. The Boston Herald reports that 54-year-old Camille Coelho had to be rescued by firefighters Thursday after getting stuck to her knees in wet sand at Boston’s Constitution Beach. Coelho was with her son’s lab, Lucy, who did not get stuck but stayed by her side. Coelho is a nurse at t
  
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• Biden to rush vaccinators to Michigan as gov urges limits

  09-04-2021 21:46
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington is rushing federal resources to support vaccinations, testing and therapeutics to Michigan in an effort to control the state’s worst-in-the-nation COVID-19 transmission rate. President Joe Biden outlined the moves late Thursday in a call with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer where they discussed the situation in the state. It will not include a “surge” of vaccine doses to the state, a move Whitmer has advocated. The announcement came as the governor reco
  
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• Judge orders delay amid debate over Dakota Access pipeline

  09-04-2021 21:45
  
  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A judge has delayed a decision on whether the Dakota Access Oil pipeline should be shut down while the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers conducts an environmental review on the project, after lawyers for the pipeline asked for more time to outline recent changes in the economy. The 10-day continuance granted by U.S. District Judge James Boasberg came after the Biden administration declined to intervene in the case, which an attorney for the Standing Rock Indian Reservation
  
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• Gaetz faces probe by House ethics over potential misconduct

  09-04-2021 21:45
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Ethics Committee has opened an investigation of Florida congressman Matt Gaetz. The committee cited reports of sexual and other misconduct by the Florida Republican in a statement Friday. The news comes as Gaetz has retained two prominent New York attorneys as he faces a Justice Department investigation into sex trafficking allegations involving underage girls. A Gaetz spokesperson said in a statement Friday that Marc Mukasey and Isabelle Kirshner will lead the
  
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• House panel opens ethics probe of Rep. Matt Gaetz amid federal investigation into sex trafficking allegations

  09-04-2021 21:43
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — House panel opens ethics probe of Rep. Matt Gaetz amid federal investigation into sex trafficking allegations.The post House panel opens ethics probe of Rep. Matt Gaetz amid federal investigation into sex trafficking allegations appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Plan would return beachfront taken from Black family in ’20s

  09-04-2021 21:39
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County plans to return prime beachfront property to descendants of a Black couple who built a seaside resort for African Americans but suffered racist harassment and were stripped of it by local city leaders a century ago. County Supervisor Janice Hahn announced the plan Friday during a news conference at what was known as Bruce’s Beach in the city of Manhattan Beach. A county lifeguard building now sits on the property along some of the most coveted co
  
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• House panel opens ethics probe of of Rep. Matt Gaetz amid federal investigation into sex trafficking allegations

  09-04-2021 21:37
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — House panel opens ethics probe of of Rep. Matt Gaetz amid federal investigation into sex trafficking allegations.The post House panel opens ethics probe of of Rep. Matt Gaetz amid federal investigation into sex trafficking allegations appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Hearings result in 13 of Texans QB’s accusers being ID’d

  09-04-2021 21:35
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — The names of 13 of the 22 women who have filed lawsuits accusing Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson of sexual assault and harassment will be made public following court hearings. The 13 women have sued under the name Jane Doe. During two court hearings Friday, Watson’s attorney, Rusty Hardin, asked that their names be publicly identified so his client can “have a chance at properly defending himself.” The women’s lawyer, Tony Buzbee, argued aga
  
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• The Latest: Ireland leader recalls visit from Queen, Philip

  09-04-2021 21:30
  
  Reaction from around the world on the death of Prince Philip at age 99:___
  LONDON — Ireland’s president has expressed his “great sadness” at the death of Prince Philip and recalled the “historic” state visit Philip and Queen Elizabeth II made to the country in 2011.
  President Michael D. Higgins, whose position is largely ceremonial, says for more than 60 years Philip “served the British people with an unfailing commitment and devotion to duty.”Phil
  
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• Virus knocks 80% off Atlantic City casino profits in 2020

  09-04-2021 21:27
  
  ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey gambling regulators say the coronavirus outbreak sent profits plunging at Atlantic City’s casinos by more than 80% last year. But despite those dismal numbers, seven of the nine casinos still managed to eke out a profit in 2020. The state Division of Gaming Enforcement reported Friday that the nine casinos collectively posted $117.5 million in gross operating profits in 2020. That was down from nearly $594 million a year earlier, before the pande
  
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• Judge sets bail for some in sex abuse case at youth center

  09-04-2021 21:26
  
  MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Five men charged in a sex abuse case at a New Hampshire youth detention center have made court appearances. Seven people have been charged related to allegations of sexual abuse involving the Sununu Youth Services Center in Manchester. The center has been under investigation since two former counselors were charged with raping a teenage boy 82 times in the 1990s. A judge set bail Friday for Jeffrey Buskey, James Woodlock and Stephen Murphy. The hearing for Gordon Th
  
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• Group to study more justices, term limits for Supreme Court

  09-04-2021 21:26
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has ordered a study of adding seats to the Supreme Court, creating a commission that will spend the next 180 days examining the incendiary political issues of expanding the court and instituting term limits for its justices. In launching the review, Biden fulfilled a campaign promise that came amid pressure from activists and Democrats to reshape the Supreme Court after its composition moved sharply to the right during President Donald Trump’s te
  
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• Reagan’s would-be assassin to pursue unconditional release

  09-04-2021 21:24
  
  Lawyers for the man who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan say he plans to ask a federal court to allow him to live without conditions in the Virginia home he’s currently residing in with his mother and brother. John Hinckley’s lawyers stated in a court filing Thursday that he wants to schedule a hearing for unconditional release. Experts who’ve assessed Hinckley say he poses little risk to himself or others. The filing doesn’t indicate exactly what unconditiona
  
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• Tech companies help lift stocks, push S&P 500 to record high

  09-04-2021 21:20
  
  Technology companies helped lift stocks higher on Wall Street in afternoon trading Friday, placing the market within striking distance of more record highs.The gains are in line with the market’s modest upward tack this week as investors weigh concerns about the virus tripping up a steady economic recovery against progress in vaccinations and business re-openings.
  The S&P 500 was up 0.3% as of 2:56 p.m. Eastern, on track for its fourth all-time high this week and third straight weekly
  
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• 9 Texans sue state AG Paxton for blocking users on Twitter

  09-04-2021 21:20
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Nine Texans have sued state Attorney General Ken Paxton, claiming he blocked them on Twitter for criticizing him or his policies in comments responding to his tweets. The federal lawsuit filed Thursday asks a judge to declare Paxton’s action unconstitutional and require him to unblock the plaintiffs. The Dallas Morning News reports the lawsuit is the latest legal challenge to public officials who block constituents on social media. Paxton is also facing a whistle
  
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• Pfizer requests emergency use authorization to administer COVID-19 vaccine to teens

  09-04-2021 21:16
  
  (WAOW) — Pfizer has submitted a request to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to expand the emergency use authorization of their COVID-19 vaccine.
  The request is to expand emergency use into adolescents 12-15 years of age. Currently, the vaccine is only approved for people as young as 16.
  The Food and Drug Administration needs to give use authorization to a vaccine before it can be administered on a mass scale.
  Pending regulatory decision, Pfizer says they hope to make the vaccine ava
  
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• Caitlyn Jenner considers run for California governor

  09-04-2021 21:13
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Caitlyn Jenner is considering a run for California governor. The reality TV personality and former Olympian is consulting with Republican advisers about whether she will join the field of candidates seeking to replace Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom in a likely recall election this year. A spokesperson for the Republican Governors Association says Jenner spoke to the group’s executive director about a potential run. The celebrity activist and longtime Republican would
  
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• Hackers try to extort University of Colorado in cyberattack

  09-04-2021 21:08
  
  BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Hackers are trying to extort the University of Colorado after a cyberattack that school officials said potentially compromised personal information from more than 310,000 files. The information includes student data, medical information and several Social Security numbers. The Boulder Daily Camera reports the attackers posted small amounts of data on the internet and are threatening to post more if they are not paid. University officials say CU does not intend to pay
  
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• Adams said to have spurned NFL, union health programs

  09-04-2021 20:59
  
  The NFL and its players’ union have an array of health programs designed to help former players in their life after football. According to his agent, Phillip Adams did not avail himself of those opportunities. Adams played six seasons in the NFL. Authorities say he shot five people to death, including a prominent doctor, his wife and their two grandchildren before killing himself early Thursday. Agent Scott Casterline told The Associated Press that Adams did not participate in the physical
  
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• West Virginia weighs income tax cut to stem population loss

  09-04-2021 20:56
  
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia is about to lose another congressional seat because of its steady population decline. Now some Republican lawmakers are convinced a massive income tax cut is the key to enticing new residents into the Mountain State. But the party with a supermajority in the statehouse is divided on its top priority of cutting the state income tax. They are yet to figure out how to offset the cut without hurting the state’s poorest or driving a massive hole thro
  
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