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• Temperatures will stabilize in the mid 80’s by Wednesday

  11-04-2021 23:13
  
  TUCSON - Clouds kept us a bit cooler on Sunday, but more sunshine will cause us to reach 90 degrees tomorrow.A stagnant low pressure center to our west has caused this stretch of warm temperatures, but it has been slowly dying for a few days.A strong center of high pressure to our north will help push some of the cooler air in northern Arizona and Utah into our area.Overnight low temperatures will stay in the 50's.Wednesday will be another day to watch for strong winds in Southern Arizona.There
  
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• Pima County Health announces pop-up vaccine sites on Saturday

  11-04-2021 22:58
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - The Pima County Health Department tweeted out on Saturday afternoon two different pop-up vaccination sites around the county that will be ending at the end of the day.Pop-up vaccination clinics this afternoon! No appointment needed. Just walk-up for a Moderna vaccine:--Amphitheater High School, 125 W. Yavapai Road (until 5 p.m.)
  --Chinese Cultural Center, 1288 W. River Road (2 p.m. - 7 p.m.) pic.twitter.com/sI9zI5lCQ9— Pima County Health (@pchd) April 11, 2021The post Pima
  
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• Phoenix police: Man arrested in the death of his girlfriend

  11-04-2021 22:43
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Police in Phoenix say a man has been arrested in connection with the death of his girlfriend. They say 37-year-old Carnell Cunningham was taken into custody Sunday on suspicion of murder and aggravated assault. Officers were called to the scene about 3:30 p.m. Saturday after receiving reports of a woman being assaulted in a moving vehicle that crashed into a Phoenix house. Police say 23-year-old Mikayla Ballesteros was found unresponsive in the car’s passenger seat wit
  
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• CEOs gather to speak out against voting law changes

  11-04-2021 22:42
  
  A number of top executives and corporate leaders gathered online this weekend to discuss what to do in response to controversial changes to some state voting laws, according to multiple news reports. The Washington Post reported that more than 100 leaders, including executives from major airlines, retailers and manufacturers — plus at least one NFL owner — talked about potential ways to show they opposed the legislation, which has already been signed into law in Georgia and is being
  
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• Reports: Man kills self after standoff at Honolulu hotel

  11-04-2021 22:25
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — A standoff between Honolulu police and an armed man who fired shots through the door of his room at a luxury resort ended when the man was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, local media reported Sunday. Local television stations and a newspaper cited unnamed police officials as saying that a SWAT team entered the fourth-floor room at The Kahala Hotel & Resort about 3:30 a.m. Sunday and found the man dead. All reported police didn’t release further inf
  
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• Deputy loses eye after shootout outside Salt Lake jail

  11-04-2021 21:50
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — One of two sheriff’s deputies wounded in a shootout outside the Salt Lake City area’s jail lost his eye but the other has been released from the hospital. The Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Office says Deputy Leland Grossett underwent surgery after being shot in the eye on Saturday and was in stable condition in the hospital on Sunday. The other deputy, Joshua Buerke, was shot in the cheek and released from the hospital Saturday. Officials say 31-year-ol
  
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• ‘Nomadland’ wins 4 BAFTAs including best picture, director

  11-04-2021 21:47
  
  LONDON (AP) — “Nomadland” has won four prizes, including best picture, at the British Academy Film Awards. The film’s director, Chloe Zhao, became only the second woman to win the best director trophy, and star Frances McDormand was named best actress. “Nomadland” also took the cinematography prize on Sunday. Emerald Fennell’s revenge comedy “Promising Young Woman” was named best British film, while the best actor trophy went to 83-year-old A
  
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• ‘Nomadland’ wins four prizes, including best picture and best director, at British Academy Film Awards

  11-04-2021 21:44
  
  LONDON (AP) — ‘Nomadland’ wins four prizes, including best picture and best director, at British Academy Film Awards.The post ‘Nomadland’ wins four prizes, including best picture and best director, at British Academy Film Awards appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Alabama senators want Confederate tax to fund Black history

  11-04-2021 21:11
  
  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Two Alabama state senators say they want to divert part of a statewide property tax tied to the Confederacy to preserve and promote Black history. Alabama imposed the tax to fund pensions for Confederate soldiers and their widows, and still collects it today. Most revenue is used for other purposes, but 1% goes to the state’s Confederate Memorial Park in Mountain Creek. Sen. Clyde Chambliss says he and Sen. Bobby Singleton will sponsor a bill this year to pres
  
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• Nevada GOP censures elections official who defended results

  11-04-2021 21:05
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada’s Republican Party has voted to censure the secretary of state, accusing her of violating her oath of office by failing to fully investigate allegations of fraud in the 2020 election that the party presented to her. Barbara Cegavske, the only Republican statewide office holder in Nevada, said members of her party are disappointed with the election results and believe fraud occurred “despite a complete lack of evidence to support that belief.” Cegav
  
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• The Latest: Michigan pushing for more vaccines amid spike

  11-04-2021 20:32
  
  DETROIT — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer vowed to keep pushing the White House for more COVID-19 vaccines as the state experiences a spike in cases.
  The Democrat on Sunday told CBS’ “Face The Nation” that she plans to work with the White House but wants to do everything she can to get additional vaccine doses.
  President Joe Biden has said Washington will give Michigan more federal resources to support vaccinations and testing but not additional vaccines.
  Michigan has the
  
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• Mexican candidate accused of rape vows to block elections

  11-04-2021 20:11
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Mexican ruling party state candidate accused of rape, whose candidacy was canceled by regulatory authorities on other grounds, says he will not allow elections in his home state unless he is allowed to run. Félix Salgado is running for governor of the troubled Pacific coast state of Guerrero. Two women accused him of rape, but he has not been charged and President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s Morena party allowed him to run. But elections re
  
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• Aid group facilities targeted in northeast Nigeria

  11-04-2021 20:01
  
  LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The United Nations say three facilities belonging to international aid partners were targeted overnight in northeast Nigeria. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the violence in Damasak town, but suspicion immediately fell on a Islamic extremist group known as ISWAP. The breakaway faction of Boko Haram has threatened Nigerians that they would be targeted if they assisted international aid groups in the northeast. One of the groups targeted was the Norwe
  
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• Egypt: Ex-student given 8 more years in #MeToo case

  11-04-2021 19:03
  
  CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court has convicted a former student at an elite university of attempted rape and drug possession, sentencing him to eight years imprisonment atop a previous punishment for other sexual misconduct convictions. It was the second verdict against disgraced former American University in Cairo student Ahmed Bassam Zaki, in a case that has rattled Egypt’s conservative society and fueled the #MeToo movement in the Arab world’s most populous country. Victims&rs
  
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• Average US price of gas holds steady at $2.94 per gallon

  11-04-2021 19:00
  
  CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline held steady over the past two weeks at $2.94 per gallon. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey says Sunday that the price at the pump was likely to remain stable or drop as wholesale costs begin to decrease. The price of a gallon of regular-grade gas is 93 cents higher than it was a year ago. The highest average price in the nation right now is $3.99 a gallon in the San Francisco Bay Area. The lowes
  
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• Armed man remains barricaded inside Honolulu hotel room

  11-04-2021 18:24
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — An armed man who fired shots through the door of a Honolulu hotel room and barricaded himself inside was still in a standoff with police as of Sunday morning. Police Capt. Brian Lynch told news outlets no one was hurt in the gunfire. A statement from The Kahala Hotel & Resort says hotel security and law enforcement evacuated the area around the room late Saturday. Photos and videos shared by local media show about 100 people locked down in the hotel’s ballroom. Ho
  
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• Kyrgyzstan approves constitution boosting president’s power

  11-04-2021 18:13
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — Kyrgyzstan’s national elections commission says voters have overwhelmingly approved a new constitution that substantially increases the president’s powers. The commission said results from 90% of the polling places showed 79% approval of the constitution in Sunday’s referendum.  The referendum came three months after Sadyr Zhaparov was elected president, following the ouster of the previous president amid protests, the third time in 15 years that a lead
  
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• Arizona reports 540 new COVID-19 cases, no additional deaths

  11-04-2021 18:03
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Health officials in Arizona on Sunday reported 540 new confirmed COVID-19 cases but no additional deaths. The state’s case total now stands at 849,561 since the pandemic began with the known death toll remaining at 17,086. Over 2.5 million people — over a third of the state’s population — have received at least one dose and over 1.6 million people are fully vaccinated, according to the state’s coronavirus dashboard. Virus-related hospitalization
  
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• Pubs, hairdressers set to reopen as UK eases virus lockdown

  11-04-2021 17:58
  
  LONDON (AP) — Millions of people in Britain will get their first chance in months for haircuts, casual shopping and restaurant meals on Monday, as the government takes the next step on its lockdown-lifting road map. On Monday nonessential shops will be allowed to reopen, along with hair salons, gyms and outdoor service at pubs and restaurants. The prime minister had promised to visit a pub for a pint to mark the occasion, but postponed the celebratory drink after the death of Prince Philip
  
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• More volcanic eruptions on Caribbean island of St. Vincent

  11-04-2021 17:56
  
  KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent (AP) — Conditions have worsened at a volcano on the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent as loud rumbling, lightning and heavy ashfall were observed and residents reported power cuts. The initial eruption Friday of La Soufrière forced many residents to evacuate their homes, though some remained in place. More rumbling was heard on Sunday in the capital of Kingstown, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) south. Scientists warn that the explosions could continue for
  
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• Egypt prosecutors find gross negligence behind train crash

  11-04-2021 17:54
  
  CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian prosecutors say they found that gross negligence by railway employees was behind a deadly train crash that caused public outcry across the country. Drugs were allegedly also involved. The March 26 crash of two passenger trains in the province of Sohag, about 440 kilometers (270 miles) south of Cairo, was the latest in a series of deadly railway accidents in the Arab most populous country. At least 18 people died and 200 others, including children, were injured. Prosec
  
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• 5 rebels, ex-policeman killed in Indian-controlled Kashmir

  11-04-2021 17:52
  
  SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Indian government forces have killed five suspected rebels in two gunfights in Indian-controlled Kashmir, including a teenager. A senior police official said Sunday that two soldiers were also wounded. Weapons were recovered after the shootouts in the Shopian and Bijbehara areas of southern Kashmir. A local police officer, speaking on condition of anonymity, said a former police officer was killed in a separate attack. The targeted individual had resigned from a poli
  
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• Pentagon chief declares ‘ironclad’ US commitment to Israel

  11-04-2021 17:51
  
  TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is in Israel for his first visit as Pentagon chief, and on Sunday he met with his Israeli counterpart. Austin says there’s an “enduring and ironclad” American commitment to Israel as he reinforced support at a tense time in Israeli politics and amid questions about the Biden administration’s efforts to revive nuclear negotiations with Israel’s archenemy, Iran. The United States is seeking to leverage
  
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• Las Vegas pushes to become first to ban ornamental grass

  11-04-2021 17:49
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — A desert city built on a reputation for excess wants to become a model for conservation with a first-in-the-nation policy banning grass that nobody walks on. Las Vegas-area water officials are asking the Nevada Legislature to pass a law prohibiting “nonfunctional turf.” The Southern Nevada Water Authority says taking out grass in street medians and common areas of master-planned communities and office parks can reduce the amount of water the region consumes by
  
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• The Latest: Single-day high for cases in Ontario, Canada

  11-04-2021 17:44
  
  TORONTO — Canada’s most populous province reported a new single-day high for new infections with nearly 4,460 cases across Ontario.
  The latest figures released Sunday also show a sharp rise of new confirmed cases in Toronto, which jumped by nearly 400 to over 1,350.More than 3.1 million vaccine doses have been administered in Ontario so far. The province has a population of 14.5 million.
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• Spain: Rescuers find 4 dead, save 19 from vessel in Atlantic

  11-04-2021 17:33
  
  MADRID (AP) — Spanish authorities have recovered the bodies of four migrants from a boat along with 19 survivors who taken the treacherous route from West Africa to the Canary Islands. Spain’s maritime rescue service said Sunday that its crews had responded to an alarm call by a fishing boat. Rescue helicopters airlifted groups of the migrants to Tenerife. The survivors included six people who were in poor health and suffering from dehydration. The Atlantic crossing from the Western
  
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• Some GOP-led states target abortions done through medication

  11-04-2021 17:33
  
  About 40% of all abortions in the U.S. are now done through medication — rather than surgery — and that option has become all the more pivotal during the COVID-19 pandemic. Abortion rights advocates say the pandemic has demonstrated the value of telemedicine, including abortions taking place in a woman’s home, instead of a clinic. Abortion opponents are pushing legislation in several Republican-led states to restrict the method and in some cases to ban abortion via telemedicine
  
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• Iran calls Natanz atomic site blackout ‘nuclear terrorism’

  11-04-2021 17:17
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The head of Iran’s civilian nuclear program has called a blackout that struck the country’s Natanz nuclear facility “nuclear terrorism.” Ali Akbar Salehi made the comments in a report published online by Iranian state television on Sunday night. He did not name a suspect in the sabotage. His comments escalate current Mideast tensions. Many Israeli media outlets offered the same assessment that a cyberattack darkened Natanz and dama
  
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• Man charged with murder in Missouri convenience store attack

  11-04-2021 17:14
  
  KOSHKONONG, Mo. (AP) — A 28-year-old man has been charged in the fatal shooting of one person and the wounding of three more at a convenience store in a small southern Missouri town. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says 28-year-old Christopher Lindley, of Thayer, Missouri, has been charged with first-degree murder and criminal action in the shooting Saturday morning in Koshkonong, near the Missouri-Arkansas state line. He is being held without bond. Authorities say Lindley knew at least
  
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• Authorities: West Phoenix apartment fire leaves 1 woman dead

  11-04-2021 17:12
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities are trying to determine the case of a west Phoenix apartment fire that has left one woman dead. The blaze broke out at an apartment complex Saturday and neighbors reported seeing flames coming out from the windows of the apartment. When Phoenix Fire Department crews arrived, they found themselves facing flames shooting 10-foot out of a second-story window. By the time firefighters were finally able to get into the apartment, they found a woman inside who had died
  
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• Ukraine says 1 soldier killed in east as tensions rise

  11-04-2021 17:08
  
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Ukrainian military says a soldier was killed and another seriously wounded in artillery fire from Russia-backed separatist rebels, as hostilities rise sharply in the country’s east. As of Sunday’s reported attack, Ukraine says 27 soldiers have been killed in the east this year, more than half the number who died in all of 2020. Attacks have intensified in recent weeks and Russia has built up troops along the Ukraine border. Russia denies Western claims
  
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• State TV: Head of Iran civilian nuclear program calls blackout at Natanz nuclear facility sabotage, ‘nuclear terrorism’

  11-04-2021 17:04
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — State TV: Head of Iran civilian nuclear program calls blackout at Natanz nuclear facility sabotage, ‘nuclear terrorism.’The post State TV: Head of Iran civilian nuclear program calls blackout at Natanz nuclear facility sabotage, ‘nuclear terrorism’ appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Navajo Nation reports 16 new COVID-19 cases, 2 more deaths

  11-04-2021 17:01
  
  WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation has reported 16 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and two additional deaths. The latest numbers released Saturday night brought the pandemic totals on the tribe’s reservation to 30,255 cases and 1,262 known deaths. Tribal officials had ordered a weekend lockdown over fears that a new variant could drive another deadly surge. The Stay-At-Home order required all Navajo Nation residents to refrain from unnecessary travel to help limit the spread of
  
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• For Chauvin’s trial attorney, it’s all about raising doubt

  11-04-2021 16:39
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Like any defense attorney, Eric Nelson has a broad strategy as he questions witnesses at Derek Chauvin’s trial in George Floyd’s death. Nelson’s queries are often aimed at advancing the narrative he wants to plant deep in jurors’ minds: that Floyd put himself in danger by taking dangerous drugs that likely contributed to his death or caused it entirely. Nelson has also sought to portray bystanders as a dangerous crowd, and suggested Chauvin’
  
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• 2 German state governors want to be center-right candidate

  11-04-2021 16:27
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Two German state governors have declared their willingness to become the center-right candidate for the country’s Sept. 26 national election. German Chancellor Angela Merkel isn’t seeking a fifth term after 16 years in power. Her center-right Union bloc has to choose its candidate between the two state governors, Armin Laschet and Markus Soeder. Both candidates said Sunday that they are ready to run. Laschet is the governor of Germany’s most populous state N
  
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• Trump goes after Pence, McConnell in speech to party donors

  11-04-2021 16:26
  
  PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump went off script during a closed-door speech to Republican donors, with former Vice President Mike Pence and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell among his targets. Trump took them on during an address Saturday night at his resort in Palm Beach, Florida. His speech came as Republican officials are trying to play down an internal feud over his role in the party, his commitment to GOP fundraising and his plans for 2024. While Trump&rsquo
  
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• Arizona court: Non-lawyers allowed to invest in law firms

  11-04-2021 16:18
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Before this month, Mike Payne was constantly switching among his many hats — legal, accounting, business consulting. But now that his accounting firm has been approved by the Arizona Supreme Court as one of the first alternative business structures in the state, that is in the process of changing. The state Supreme Court in August 2020 approved eliminating an ethics rule that prohibits non–lawyers from fee sharing and from having economic interests in law firms.
  
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• 2 South Korea firms reach US electric vehicle battery deal

  11-04-2021 16:07
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Two big South Korean electric vehicle battery makers said they have settled a long-running trade dispute that will allow one company to move ahead with plans to manufacture batteries in Georgia. President Joe Biden calls it “a win for American workers and the American auto industry.” The agreement between LG Energy Solution and SK Innovation ends the need for Biden to intervene. He had until Sunday night to make a decision, following a ruling in February by a
  
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• Italy releases impounded migrant ship for routine upkeep

  11-04-2021 16:06
  
  MILAN (AP) — A German nongovernmental organization says its Alan Kurdi rescue ship has been released by an administrative court in Italy to return to Spain for routine maintenance and inspection. The ship was impounded in the Sardinian port of Olbia in October, around two weeks after its arrival with more than 125 people rescued at sea. A court date is set for November to clarify the legality of the detention. In the meantime, an administrative court ruled Friday that the Sea-Eye group wou
  
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• Hit-and-run crash in Florida kills New York federal judge

  11-04-2021 15:58
  
  BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge from New York is dead after a hit-and-run crash in Florida. Boca Raton police say District Judge Sandra Feuerstein was on a sidewalk Friday when a car driven by 23-year-old Nastasia Snape jumped a curb and ran her down. Police say Snipe then struck and injured a 6-year-old boy before fleeing. Police say Snape crashed a short time later and charged with vehicular homicide. Officers say they found drugs in her purse. She remains jailed. The 75-year-old
  
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• Andrew: Philip’s death has left ‘huge void’ in queen’s life

  11-04-2021 15:57
  
  LONDON (AP) — Prince Andrew says the death of Prince Philip has left a “huge void” in Queen Elizabeth II’s life. Andrew and other members of the royal family attended church on Sunday at the Royal Chapel of All Saints two days after the 99-year-old Philip died at Windsor Castle. The youngest of Philip and Elizabeth’s four children, Prince Edward, called his father’s death a “dreadful shock” but said the queen was “bearing up.” Well-wish
  
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• Brazil’s virus outlook darkens amid vaccine supply snags

  11-04-2021 15:46
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — April is shaping up to be Brazil’s darkest month yet in the pandemic. Hospitals are struggling to absorb a crush of patients, deaths are on track to hit record highs and there are few signs of a reprieve from problems besetting the country’s vaccination program. The Health Ministry has cut its outlook for vaccine supplies in April by three times already, to half their initial level, and the country’s two biggest laboratories are facing supply constra
  
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• Son says Philip’s death has left ‘huge void’ in queen’s life

  11-04-2021 15:12
  
  LONDON (AP) — Prince Andrew says the death of Prince Philip has left a “huge void” in Queen Elizabeth II’s life. Andrew and other members of the royal family attended church on Sunday at the Royal Chapel of All Saints two days after the 99-year-old Philip died at Windsor Castle. The youngest of Philip and Elizabeth’s four children, Prince Edward, called his father’s death a “dreadful shock” but said the queen was “bearing up.” Well-wish
  
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• Chloé Zhao becomes 1st woman of color to win top DGA honor

  11-04-2021 15:02
  
  Chloé Zhao’s “Nomadland” continued its tour of dominance through awards season Saturday night, when Zhao took top honors at the 73rd annual Directors Guild Association Awards. She is only the second woman to earn the honor and the first woman of color to do so. And it all but solidifies her frontrunner status leading up to the Oscars on April 25. Only seven times in history has the DGA winner ever not gone on to take the best director prize at the Academy Awards. Other w
  
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• 5 rebels, 1 Indian policeman killed in Kashmir

  11-04-2021 14:59
  
  SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Indian government forces have killed five suspected rebels in two gunfights in Indian-controlled Kashmir, including a teenager. A senior police official told reporters that two soldiers were also wounded Sunday. Weapons were recovered after the shootouts in the southern Shopian and Bijbehara areas. A local police officer, speaking on condition of anonymity, said a policeman in a counterinsurgency unit was killed in a separate attack. He blamed anti-India militants bu
  
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• Jordanian prince makes first public appearance since arrest

  11-04-2021 14:53
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Jordan’s Prince Hamzah has made his first public appearance since he was placed under house arrest last week. Hamzah on Sunday attended a celebration with King Abdullah II in what appeared to be an attempted show of unity on a major Jordanian holiday. But it remained unclear whether the king and his popular half brother had put aside the differences that escalated last week into the most serious public rift in the ruling family in decades. Hamzah was placed under a f
  
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• Biden sees `win’ for US in electric vehicle battery deal

  11-04-2021 14:35
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden calls it “a win for American workers and the American auto industry.” Two South Korean electric vehicle battery makers have settled a long-running trade dispute that will allow one of them to move ahead with plans to manufacture batteries in Georgia. That word comes from a person briefed on the matter. LG Energy Solution and SK Innovation haven’t yet announced the settlement, and no details are immediately available. A U.S. trade comm
  
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• The Latest: Iran reports highest daily death toll of 2021

  11-04-2021 14:30
  
  TEHRAN, Iran — Iran on Sunday reported its highest single-day death toll from COVID-19 this year, bringing the country’s total deaths in the pandemic to nearly 64,500, state TV reported.
  The report said 258 new deaths were recorded in 24 hours. Iran’s deadliest day of the pandemic was in mid-November, when more than 480 deaths were tallied.
  Sunday’s news report said health care officials also confirmed 21,063 new coronavirus cases since the day before, bringing Iran&rsquo
  
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• Business faces tricky path navigating post-Trump politics

  11-04-2021 14:21
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s been a long political union between corporate America and the Republican Party. But that bond is fraying. For decades the GOP and business have shared common ground, especially with their mutual belief in low taxes and the need to repeal regulations. But the relationship has come under increasing pressure as companies take cultural stands and other interests diverge. Fissures have opened over the GOP’s embrace of conspiracy theories and climate change den
  
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• Religious leaders recall Prince Philip’s spiritual curiosity

  11-04-2021 14:12
  
  LONDON (AP) — Churches in Britain have held services to remember Prince Philip as people of many religions reflected on a man whose gruff exterior hid a personal faith and deep curiosity about others’ beliefs. Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby led a service of remembrance at Canterbury Cathedral in southeast England on Sunday for the husband of Queen Elizabeth II, who died Friday at age 99. Welby led prayers for Philip and contemplated “a very long life, remarkably led.&rdq
  
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