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• Police: Officer wounded, 1 dead in Tennessee school shooting

  12-04-2021 23:52
  
  KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities say a confrontation in a Tennessee high school that involved police officers responding to a report of a possible armed man left one person dead and the officer wounded. Police say no other person were killed or wounded in Monday afternoon’s shooting and that the scene has been secured at at the Austin-East Magnet High School in Knoxville. Knoxville Police posted on Facebook that officers responded to reports of a male subject who was possibly arme
  
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• Haley says she’ll back Trump, stand down if he runs in 2024

  12-04-2021 23:48
  
  ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — Former U.N. Ambassador and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley said Monday that she would not seek her party’s nomination for president if former President Donald Trump opts to run a second time. Haley is often mentioned as a possible 2024 GOP presidential contender. She spoke Monday after touring the campus of South Carolina State University, an HBCU in Orangeburg where current President James E. Clark showed her campus improvements including a revamped student c
  
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• Suspect arraigned in shooting at Missouri convenience store

  12-04-2021 23:43
  
  LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — A southern Missouri man has been arraigned on first-degree murder charges in a shooting that killed one person and critically injured three others. Oregon County authorities say the court entered a not guilty plea for 28-year-old Christopher Lindley, of Thayer, on Monday. He is accused of shooting the victims early Saturday at the Snappy Mart in Koshkonong. A probable cause statement released Monday said one victim, Paul Chavis, was shot outside the store. A deputy foun
  
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• Coroner identifies 3 young siblings killed in Los Angeles

  12-04-2021 23:38
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities have identified the three young siblings who were killed in a gruesome slaying in Los Angeles over the weekend. Their mother is the suspect in the killings and was being held Monday in a central California jail. The autopsies of a 3-year-old girl, her 2-year-old brother, and a 6-month-old sister were pending on Monday. The children’s grandmother returned home from work Saturday morning and found their bodies in their apartment in the Reseda neighborhood
  
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• Officials seek dismissal in prison worker assault lawsuit

  12-04-2021 23:31
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Three Arizona officials are seeking to be dismissed from a lawsuit filed by a corrections officer who says her supervisor sexually assaulted her and three others who worked there. The lawsuit says managers at the Arizona State Prison Complex in Florence created an atmosphere where Sgt. Jason McClelland believed he could harass others without consequences. An attorney representing the officer who filed the lawsuit says the conduct was so pervasive that it would have been diff
  
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• Former soldiers charged in stabbing death of another soldier

  12-04-2021 23:29
  
  SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Two former soldiers have been indicted on charges including murder in the death of another soldier who was found stabbed to death in his room on a Georgia military base. An indictment unsealed Monday charges Byron Booker and Jordan Brown in the June 2020 death of Austin J. Hawk at the U.S. Army’s Fort Stewart. A lawyer for Brown declined to comment. A lawyer for Booker didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment Monday. The indictment says the two m
  
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• Authorities: One person dead, officer wounded in shooting confrontation at a Tennessee high school

  12-04-2021 23:29
  
  KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities: One person dead, officer wounded in shooting confrontation at a Tennessee high school.The post Authorities: One person dead, officer wounded in shooting confrontation at a Tennessee high school appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Microsoft buying speech recognition firm Nuance in $16B deal

  12-04-2021 23:28
  
  Microsoft, on an accelerated growth push, is buying speech recognition company Nuance in a cash deal worth $16 billion. Including debt, the companies value the transaction at $19.7 billion. Microsoft’s acquisition comes after the companies formed a partnership in 2019. Nuance’s products are used by the majority of U.S. physicians, radiologists and hospitals. It has been a pioneer in voice-based artificial intelligence technology and was instrumental in helping to power Apple’s
  
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• EXPLAINER: Prosecution explores Floyd’s ‘spark of life’

  12-04-2021 23:12
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutors trying a white former Minneapolis police officer in George Floyd’s death put one of Floyd’s brothers on the witness stand in a further effort to humanize him for the jury. Prosecutors also used him to counter the defense narrative that Floyd was at least partially responsible for his own death due to his use of illegal drugs. Philonise Floyd testified Monday under a legal doctrine called “spark of life.” He told the jury about they gre
  
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• Ex-Chiefs assistant Britt Reid charged with DWI after crash

  12-04-2021 23:04
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Former Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach Britt Reid has been charged with driving while intoxicated after a crash that critically injured a 5-year-old girl. Jackson County prosecutors announced the charges Monday against Reid, the son of Chiefs coach Andy Reid. Prosecutors allege Britt Reid was driving about 84 mph, and he had a blood alcohol level of 0.113 about a half-hour after the crash near Arrowhead Stadium on Feb. 4. Police say his truck slammed into two car
  
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• Interstate 10 westbound closed near Rita Road

  12-04-2021 23:01
  
  A crash has closed the westbound lanes of Interstate 10 east of Tucson near Rita Road.According to the Arizona Department of Transportation, westbound traffic is being diverted off the highway and then re-entering using the Rita Road exit. Eastbound lanes are not affected.There is no estimated time for reopening westbound lanes at milepost 273. Motorists are advised to consider delaying travel, using alternate routes or exiting before Rita Road.
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• The Latest: UN chief calls for tax on pandemic profiteers

  12-04-2021 22:56
  
  UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations chief says the world’s failure to unite to tackle COVID-19 has created massive inequalities and is calling for urgent action including a wealth tax on those who profited from the pandemic to help finance the global recovery from the coronavirus.
  Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told a high-level U.N. meeting on Monday that latest reports indicate “there has been a $5 trillion surge in the wealth of the world’s richest in the past year
  
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• Man accused of leaving impeachment manager vulgar voicemails

  12-04-2021 22:55
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Authorities have charged a man accused of leaving harassing and vulgar voicemails at the Pennsylvania district office of U.S. Rep. Madeleine Dean as she worked as an impeachment manager in the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump. Stephen M. Cilurso, of Aldan, Pennsylvania, was arraigned last week on a misdemeanor and summary charge of harassment. Authorities say Montgomery County detectives traced 19 voicemails to Cilurso’s number. In a tr
  
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• Biden nominates Chief Chris Magnus to lead Customs and Border Protection

  12-04-2021 22:54
  
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  TUCSON (KVOA) - President Joe Biden is nominating Tucson Police Department Chief Chris Magnus to lead a key role at the Department of Homeland Security.
  On Monday, Police Chief Chris Magnus was nominated to be Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection. The chief's nomination is one of six announced for roles in the Department of Homeland Security.Magnus has criticized the immigration policies of former President Donald J. Trump and his attorney general,
  
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• Attack on Iran’s Natanz plant muddies US, Iran nuke talks

  12-04-2021 22:54
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Indirect talks between Iran and the United States on reviving the 2015 nuclear deal have been thrown into uncertainty following an attack on Iran’s underground Natanz nuclear facility. Although neither Iran or the U.S. say the incident will crater the negotiations, the destruction of a significant amount of Iran’s uranium enrichment capability casts a major shadow over the discussions in Vienna. Those talks are set to resume on Tuesday with the aim of bringing
  
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• Sudan’s leader visits Darfur after tribal clashes killed 144

  12-04-2021 22:53
  
  CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s leader has visited West Darfur province following tribal violence earlier this month that killed at least 144 people, posing a challenge to the country’s fragile democratic transition. Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan met separately Monday with representatives of the non-Arab Masalit and the Arab Rizeigat tribes. He has vowed to take “decisive decisions” to foster security and stability in the province. The latest bout of fighting between Rizeigat and M
  
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• UN chief urges wealth tax of those who profited during COVID

  12-04-2021 22:48
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations chief says the world’s failure to unite on tackling COVID-19 has created wide inequalities. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Monday for urgent action including a wealth tax to help finance the global recovery from the coronavirus. He says latest reports indicate “there has been a $5 trillion surge in the wealth of the world’s richest in the past year” of the pandemic. He urges governments “to consider a solidar
  
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• Correction: California-Dead Children story

  12-04-2021 22:44
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a story April 11, 2021, about a custody dispute involving three children slain in Los Angeles, The Associated Press misspelled the father’s first name. He is Erik Denton, not Eric. The post Correction: California-Dead Children story appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Kanye agrees with Kim on joint custody in divorce response

  12-04-2021 22:39
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kanye West agrees with Kim Kardashian West that they should have joint custody of their four children and neither of them need spousal support. That’s according to divorce documents filed by West’s attorneys in Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday. Kardashian West filed to end the couple’s 6 1/2-year marriage in February. West’s filing was virtually identical to his wife’s original petition, agreeing that the marriage should end over irrecon
  
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• Official says scene has been secured at Tennessee high school where multiple people were shot

  12-04-2021 22:35
  
  KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Official says scene has been secured at Tennessee high school where multiple people were shot.The post Official says scene has been secured at Tennessee high school where multiple people were shot appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Judge orders Nebraska to transport prisoner for abortion

  12-04-2021 22:35
  
  OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A federal judge has granted a Nebraska prisoner’s request for an abortion and ordered state officials to transport her to a clinic so she can get the procedure, but the inmate will have to pay for the procedure herself and cover the state’s costs to transport and guard her. Prison officials had previously rejected the woman’s request for an abortion, prompting her to file a civil rights lawsuit on Friday with with support from the American Civil Liberti
  
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• Police report multiple victims in Tennessee school shooting

  12-04-2021 22:22
  
  KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Police say multiple people including an officer have been shot at a high school in the east Tennessee city of Knoxville. The Knoxville Police Department tweeted that authorities were on the scene of the shooting Monday at Austin-East Magnet High School. The online posting said a Knoxville Police Department officer was reported among the victims. Police urged people to avoid the area. Details remained sketchy and news outlets showed numerous police and emergency vehi
  
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• Biden nominee Wormuth would be first woman to lead Army

  12-04-2021 22:18
  
  BERLIN (AP) — President Joe Biden says he will nominate a former senior Pentagon official to be the first woman to lead the Army. If confirmed by the Senate as Army secretary, Christine Wormuth would be one of the more powerful officials in a defense establishment long dominated by men. She would work with the Army’s chief of staff, Gen. James McConville, who does not command soldiers but is responsible, along with the Army secretary, for training and equipping them. Biden has not ye
  
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• Robert Durst murder trial resumes May 17 after virus delay

  12-04-2021 22:17
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The murder trial of eccentric New York real estate heir Robert Durst will resume next month after more than a yearlong hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic. Judge Mark Windham on Monday told lawyers to return to court May 17 for trial. The judge denied a renewed motion by Durst’s lawyers for a mistrial due to the “extreme delay” and ongoing concerns of mutations of COVID-19 that could pose a health threat to jurors and trial participants. The trial wa
  
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• The Latest: Nevada capitol to open after monthslong closure

  12-04-2021 22:16
  
  CARSON CITY, Nev. — The Nevada statehouse will reopen Thursday after more than two months of being shuttered to the public to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
  Visitors will be allowed to make appointments to attend hearings or meet with lawmakers, but will still be required to wear masks and either take a rapid test in the parking lot or prove they’ve been vaccinated.
  The announcement comes 11 weeks into the part-time Legislature’s 16-week biennial session, throughout whi
  
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• Police say multiple shooting victims including an officer are reported at a Knoxville, Tennessee high school

  12-04-2021 22:12
  
  KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Police say multiple shooting victims including an officer are reported at a Knoxville, Tennessee high school.The post Police say multiple shooting victims including an officer are reported at a Knoxville, Tennessee high school appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Pentagon chief on inaugural tour of Europe to shore up ties

  12-04-2021 22:07
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is taking an inaugural tour of Europe nearly a year after President Donald Trump ordered U.S. troop cuts to Germany as a kind of punishment for Berlin. Austin arrived in Berlin on Monday for talks with Germany officials and is scheduled this week to visit NATO headquarters in Belgium. He also will meet with British defense officials in London. Austin is likely to assure German officials of intentions by the Biden administration to keep troops in
  
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• Lin-Manuel Miranda, mayor open new Times Square vaccine site

  12-04-2021 22:07
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda joined New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio at the grand opening of a Times Square COVID-19 vaccination site intended to jump-start the city’s entertainment industry. Miranda said getting vaccinated will help the theater community feel safe. Broadway theaters have been shuttered since the coronavirus pandemic struck in March of last year. De Blasio has said he hopes dedicated vaccination sites will help the industry reop
  
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• Ukraine’s leader requests a talk with Putin, gets no answer

  12-04-2021 22:04
  
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s leader has ask to speak to Russian President Vladimir Putin about the Russian troop build-up along the Russian-Ukrainian border and the rising tensions in eastern Ukraine. But the request has been left unanswered. That’s what a spokeswoman for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told The Associated Press on Monday. She said: “We haven’t received a response so far and very much hope that it’s not a refusal of dialogue.”
  
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• Weinstein challenges extradition to face California charges

  12-04-2021 22:03
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A lawyer for convicted movie producer Harvey Weinstein is challenging Weinstein’s extradition to California to face charges of assaulting five women. At a hearing Monday, Weinstein’s lawyer cited a paperwork technicality after his requests for a “humanitarian” delay to attend to Weinstein’s medical needs were rejected. The 69-year-old Weinstein appeared via video before an Erie County Court judge in Buffalo from the maximum security Wende
  
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• Scottsdale police investigating a suspected suicide case

  12-04-2021 21:52
  
  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Police in Scottsdale say a man is suspected of fatally shooting his wife and barricading himself in their home before turning a gun on himself. The names and ages of the couple haven’t been released yet. Police say a hours-long standoff began around 5 p.m. Sunday when officers were called to the couple’s home. When officers arrived, they found a woman with gunshot wounds in front of the house. Police say she was taken to a hospital, where she was pronou
  
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• DeSantis attacks YouTube for yanking his pandemic video

  12-04-2021 21:41
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is attacking YouTube for its decision to remove from its website a video of a pandemic panel discussion he recently held that it considered disinformation. DeSantis on Monday accused the tech giant of censorship.  The video was of a coronavirus discussion the governor organized where his panel criticized lockdowns and some mask wearing as ineffective. The tech giant said the video violated its rules against pandemic disinformation
  
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• The Latest: All Ontario schools to shut down as virus surges

  12-04-2021 21:32
  
  TORONTO — All schools in Canada’s most populous province will be shut down and move to online learning because of a record number of coronavirus infections fueled by more contagious virus variants.Ontario Premier Doug Ford says his government is moving schools to online-only after the April break this week.Schools in Canada’s largest city of Toronto were already shut since last Wednesday. Now it will be province-wide.Ontario is now seeing more than 4,000 new infections a day in
  
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• Nogales Fire offers free Naloxone kits to anyone in Santa Cruz County

  12-04-2021 21:27
  
  Nogales Fire DepartmentNOGALES, Ariz. (KVOA) - The Nogales and Medical Department is providing free Naloxone kits to anyone who wants them.
  Naloxone, also known as Narcan, is the drug used to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose.
  You can request a kit while remaining anonymous.
  To receive a Naloxone kit or for more information, visit Nogales Fire Station One at 777 N. Grand Ave or call 520-287-6548.The post Nogales Fire offers free Naloxone kits to anyone in Santa Cruz County appeared firs
  
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• New FBI report shows Americans lose billions to online crimes

  12-04-2021 21:20
  
  ANCHORAGE, AK— The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) released its annual report on Friday. It found Americans have lost billions to online crimes.The report found that there was an increase of more than 300,000 complaints regarding suspected online crime from 2019—and reported losses exceeding $4.2 billion.
  In a news release, the FBI said, "2020 saw the emergence of scams exploiting the COVID-19 pandemic. The IC3 received over 28,500 complaints related to COVID-19, wi
  
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• BBB warns if vaccine passports roll out so will scams

  12-04-2021 21:19
  
  The Better Business Bureau (BBB) has started warning people about the potential for vaccine passport-related scams.
  In a news release, BBB said, "vaccine passports – digital records of an individual’s COVID-19 vaccination status – are on their way. This is likely to be a QR code on your phone, which you scan to enter a flight or event. As with any major new initiative, scammers always find ways to take advantage of the confusion and anxiety surrounding the change."According to
  
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• All schools in Ontario to shut and go to online learning

  12-04-2021 21:19
  
  TORONTO (AP) — All schools in Canada’s most populous province will be shut down and move to online learning because of a record number of coronavirus infections fueled by more contagious virus variants. Ontario Premier Doug Ford says his government is moving schools to online-only after the April break this week. Schools in Canada’s largest city of Toronto were already shut since last Wednesday. Now it will be province wide. Ontario is now seeing more than 4,000 new infections
  
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• Luke Bryan tests positive for COVID, sidelined from ‘Idol’

  12-04-2021 21:15
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Luke Bryan says he’s tested positive for COVID-19. The diagnosis sidelined him from the season’s first live “American Idol” episode, airing Monday night on ABC. In a tweet, the country star says he tested positive for COVID but is doing well and look forward to being back soon. Paula Abdul was announced as Bryan’s replacement for tonight’s show on ABC, joining Lionel Richie and Katy Perry on the judges’ panel. Abdul was among the
  
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• ‘Thought that was it’: Runner recalls Boulder store shooting

  12-04-2021 21:02
  
  BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Distance runner Maggie Montoya called her mom and dad to say she loved them from a locked room as she waited out the Boulder shooting ordeal. The Olympic hopeful was working in the pharmacy at the King Soopers supermarket in Colorado on March 22 when 10 people were killed in the mass shooting. Montoya was escorted to safety by the SWAT team after the shooter was arrested. The next day, Montoya was picked up by her dad and taken home to Arkansas. It was a chance to be
  
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• Biden tells execs US needs to invest, lead in computer chips

  12-04-2021 20:59
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden used a virtual meeting with corporate leaders about a global shortage of semiconductors to push for his $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan. He says the U.S. should be the world’s computer chip leader. Speaking Monday, Biden told the group of 19 executives from the technology, chip and automotive industries that the country hasn’t made big investments to stay ahead of global competitors. He said China and the rest of the world aren’t wa
  
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• White House grades states’ infrastructure as it pushes bill

  12-04-2021 20:58
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden White House is amplifying the push for its $2.3 trillion infrastructure package with state-by-state breakdowns showing the dire shape of roads, bridges, the power grid and housing affordability. The state summaries were obtained by The Associated Press and paint a bleak outlook for the world’s largest economy after years of repairs being deferred and delayed. The reports show there are 7,300 miles of Michigan highway in poor condition. Damaged streets in
  
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• Central American nations deploy troops to reduce migration

  12-04-2021 20:49
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has struck an agreement with a trio of Central American nations to temporarily surge troops to their borders in an effort to reduce the tide of immigration to the U.S. border. According to White House press secretary Jen Psaki, Mexico will maintain a deployment of about 10,000 troops, while Guatemala has surged 1,500 police and military personnel to its southern border and Honduras deployed 7,000 police and military to its border “to dispers
  
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• George Floyd’s brother sheds tears on the stand

  12-04-2021 20:43
  
  Derek Chauvin during his trial at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Photo Date: 3/11/2021
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — George Floyd’s brother shed tears on the witness stand Monday as he was shown a picture of his late mother and a young George. “I miss both of them,” 39-year-old Philonise Floyd said at the murder trial of former Officer Derek Chauvin. Prosecutors put him on the stand to humanize George Floyd in front of the jury and make him more than a crime statist
  
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• Video shows Black player forced to sit near banana peels

  12-04-2021 20:37
  
  A Black football player at a northwest Illinois high school is seen on video sitting down in a locker littered with banana peels after a teammate threatens to break his knees if he doesn’t comply. Moline Police Chief Darren Gault called the incident at Moline High School a “disturbing racist scene.” Detectives interviewed student athletes, coaches and staff members over the weekend and turned their findings over to prosecutors. The investigation centers on an 11-second video cl
  
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• George Floyd’s brother sheds tears on the stand as he is shown a picture of a young Floyd and his mother

  12-04-2021 20:35
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — George Floyd’s brother sheds tears on the stand as he is shown a picture of a young Floyd and his mother.The post George Floyd’s brother sheds tears on the stand as he is shown a picture of a young Floyd and his mother appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Turkey, Libya recommit to contested maritime borders deal

  12-04-2021 20:30
  
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Libya’s visiting interim prime minister and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan affirmed their commitment to a controversial maritime demarcation agreement that has angered Greece and Cyprus. Erdogan on Monday also pledged Turkey’s continued support to Libya’s unity, its reconstruction and its military. Turkey would also be sending 150,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines and well as manage a pandemic hospital to help the North African country battle it
  
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• New this week: ‘Big Shot,’ ‘Mare of Easttown’ and ‘Monday’

  12-04-2021 20:29
  
  This week’s new entertainment releases include new music from rockers Greta Van Fleet and the return of John Stamos to TV as a hot-button NCAA basketball coach in “Big Shot” who ends up coaching girls at an elite private high school. Kate Winslet stars in HBO’s limited series “Mare of Easttown” as a police detective investigating a murder possibly linked to a friend’s missing daughter. And for more steamy fare, there’s the new film romance “M
  
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• Marijuana growing equipment may have caused LA explosion

  12-04-2021 20:24
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Officials believe equipment from a marijuana grow in a Los Angeles home’s garage may have caused an explosion that shattered the structures, trapping one man in the debris and sending another to the hospital with critical burn injuries. More than a dozen nearby homes were evacuated after the explosion Sunday night in the San Fernando Valley and several were damaged. Firefighters discovered a 59-year-old man with critical burn injuries outside the home and rescued a
  
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• Taliban not ready to meet Afghan govt in Turkey as US wants

  12-04-2021 20:18
  
  ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Taliban spokesman says the religious militia won’t attend a peace conference tentatively planned for later this week in Turkey. The announcement Monday puts U.S. efforts to get a peace plan anytime soon in jeopardy. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken previously said he wanted to see a peace agreement between Afghanistan’s warring sides finalized at a conference hosted by Turkey and attended by top officials from both the Taliban and the Afghan government.
  
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• US budget deficit jumps to record $1.7 trillion this year

  12-04-2021 20:13
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government’s budget deficit surged to an all-time high of $1.7 trillion for the first six months of this budget year. That’s nearly double the previous record, as another round of economic-support checks added billions of dollars to spending last month. In its monthly budget report, the Treasury Department said Monday that the deficit for the first half of the budget year — from October through March — was up from a deficit of $743.5 billi
  
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