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• Ex-Burkina Faso president charged in predecessor’s murder

  13-04-2021 23:58
  
  OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — A Burkina Faso military tribunal has charged former President Blaise Compaore with complicity in the murder of Thomas Sankara, whom he ousted in a 1987 coup. Thirteen other people were charged Tuesday in connection with the killing. Charges against Compaore include undermining state security and concealing corpses, according to military documents seen by The Associated Press. Sankara became an iconic revolutionary West African leader after taking power in 1
  
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• Mayor: Superior can’t reach full potential without mine

  13-04-2021 23:56
  
  The mayor of a small Arizona town is urging members of Congress to reject a bill that would kill plans for a huge copper mine. Mayor Mila Besich says Superior cannot build its reputation as a recreational getaway without financial support from Resolution Copper. The company so far has invested in the town’s school, advertising and a community center. Arizona Rep. Raul Grijalva has introduced a bill to rescind a land exchange for the company’s planned operation, east of Phoenix and ad
  
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• Biden eulogizes slain officer as Capitol Police mourn again

  13-04-2021 23:56
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says “never has there been more strain” on the U.S. Capitol Police as he honored Officer William “Billy” Evans, the second officer to die in the line of duty this year. The slain officer was lauded for his dedication to country, love for his job and his mischievous sense of humor. Evans laid in honor in the Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday after being killed earlier this month when a driver struck him and another officer and rammed in
  
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• White Wisconsin officer who shot Black man returned to duty

  13-04-2021 23:54
  
  KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Officials say a white police officer from Wisconsin who was investigated and cleared for shooting and injuring a Black man during a domestic dispute has returned from administrative leave. Kenosha Officer Rusten Sheskey was not charged in the August 2020 incident that left Jacob Blake Jr. paralyzed from the waist down. Sheskey shot Blake seven times while Blake was about to get into an SUV. Kenosha Police Chief Daniel Miskinis said in a release that Sheskey returned to
  
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• California targets urgent projects as wildfire season looms

  13-04-2021 23:52
  
  OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) — California is racing to spend more than a half-billion dollars before this year’s wildfire season gets going in earnest. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday approved the early funding. State officials say they started soliciting project proposals even before the money was appropriated. They are planning to speed funding to thin forests, build buffers around vulnerable communities and make homes less likely to burn. Republicans supported the plan negotiated by Democra
  
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• Biden says ‘pause’ on J&J shots shows wisdom of his approach

  13-04-2021 23:51
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) —  President Joe Biden’s vaccination campaign hit a snag when federal regulators recommended a “pause” in administering Johnson & Johnson shots. But the White House is holding out the move as a validation of the president’s measured approach throughout the rollout. Biden administration officials pointed to the action by the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as proof that they’re putting saf
  
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• Arizona baby left in hot car remains in critical condition

  13-04-2021 23:48
  
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  PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities say a 4-month-old girl remains hospitalized in critical condition after being left in a car parked in the garage of a west Phoenix home for more than four hours.
  Police investigators say the child’s mother left the girl in the car from about 8:30 a.m. Monday until crews received the call for help around 1 p.m. The mother’s name wasn’t immediately released and police say it’s unclear if she will face charges.
  The high temperature i
  
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• EXPLAINER: Why is ‘excited delirium’ cited at Chauvin trial?

  13-04-2021 23:38
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The attorney for the former Minneapolis police officer on trial in George Floyd’s death has revisited the disputed concept of excited delirium. The issue resurfaced Tuesday as the defense takes on one of the biggest issues in the case — whether the force that Derek Chauvin used against Floyd was objectively reasonable given his resistance. One officer at the scene can be heard asking whether the struggling Floyd might be experiencing excited delirium. Nicole
  
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• Magnitude 5.2 earthquake rattles Greece’s Aegean Sea islands

  13-04-2021 23:36
  
  ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A moderately strong earthquake with preliminary magnitude 5.2 has struck between the southeastern Aegean Sea islands of Nissyros and Tilos. There are no reports of damage or injury. Athens University’s Geodynamic Institute says the undersea quake struck at 2028GMT (11:28 p.m. local time) Tuesday and had a depth of 15.8 kilometers (10 miles). The earthquake was felt in several nearby islands in Greece’s Dodecanese chain. Earthquakes are very common in Greec
  
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• Man fleeing police crashes, wedges Maserati under freeway

  13-04-2021 23:31
  
  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a man fleeing the California Highway Patrol totaled his girlfriend’s Maserati SUV after he careened up an embankment and slammed into the underside of an overpass, wedging the car under a freeway. A CHP spokesman in Oakland said Tuesday that the man, who was driving alone, complained of pain and was taken to a hospital after Monday’s crash. Authorities say the 32-year-old man was speeding on a highway when a CHP officer tried to stop him.
  
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• Bally’s to pay $308M for Tropicana hotel on Las Vegas Strip

  13-04-2021 23:29
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Tropicana Las Vegas Hotel and Casino is being sold to Bally’s Corp. The company announced Tuesday it will acquire the iconic Las Vegas Strip property from Gaming and Leisure Properties Inc. for about $308 million. The agreement also involves a sale-and-leaseback transaction relating to Bally’s Black Hawk, Colorado, and Rock Island, Illinois, properties. Bally’s President and CEO George Papanier says having a nearly 1,500-room property on the Las Vegas
  
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• A Phoenix baby left in hot car remains in critical condition

  13-04-2021 23:26
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities say a 4-month-old girl remains hospitalized in critical condition after being left in a car parked in the garage of a west Phoenix home for more than four hours. Police investigators say the child’s mother left the girl in the car from about 8:30 a.m. Monday until crews received the call for help around 1 p.m. The mother’s name wasn’t immediately released and police say it’s unclear if she will face charges. The high temperature in Phoenix
  
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• Biden picks first person of color to head Census fulltime

  13-04-2021 23:22
  
  President Joe Biden says he’ll pick the president of the American Statistical Association to lead the U.S. Census Bureau as it works toward releasing data from the 2020 census that will be used for redrawing congressional and legislative districts. If confirmed, Robert Santos would become the first person of color to serve as a permanent director of the Census Bureau, the nation’s largest statistical agency. Santos currently is vice president and chief methodologist at the Urban Inst
  
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• The Latest: Jailed restauranteur seeks refund of $15K fines

  13-04-2021 23:15
  
  HOLLAND, Mich. — A western Michigan restaurant owner who spent four nights in jail for violating coronavirus-related orders is firing back weeks later with a demand that $15,000 in fines be refunded and contempt findings dropped.
  An attorney for Marlena Pavlos-Hackney said her rights were violated during a contentious court hearing on March 19.State regulators yanked Pavlos-Hackney’s food license in January for serving indoor diners and breaking other rules related to preventing the
  
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• Black prep player told to sit near banana peels: ‘I’m fine’

  13-04-2021 22:59
  
  MOLINE, Ill. (AP) — A Black football player at an Illinois high school captured on video sitting in a locker littered with banana peels after a teammate threatened to break his knees if he didn’t comply says he’s “fine” and wants people to “stop talking about the incident.” KWQC-TV reports the Moline High School student also said in a statement released through the Rock Island County State’s Attorney’s Office that the football team members in
  
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• Prosecutor says no criminal charges in jail starvation death

  13-04-2021 22:54
  
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A newly released investigatory report shows Idaho jailers watched as a mentally ill man starved to death, but a prosecutor says there isn’t enough evidence to justify criminal charges in the case. Lance Quick was a 40-year-old home inspector in the grip of a manic episode from bipolar disorder when he was taken to the Bannock County Jail for processing in 2018. Less than a week later, Quick died of dehydration and starvation. Kootenai County prosecutor Barry McHug
  
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• US agency says women can get abortion pill via mail

  13-04-2021 22:53
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials say women seeking an abortion pill will not be required to visit a doctor’s office or clinic during the COVID-19 pandemic. The announcement Tuesday from the Food and Drug Administration is the latest reversal in an ongoing legal battle over the medication. The FDA announced the policy change in a letter to a medical group that had sued over the restriction put in place under the Trump administration. The FDA’s acting head says an agency r
  
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• Nielsen, networks clash on stats showing fewer viewers

  13-04-2021 22:51
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — It’s a reliable sign of spring: television networks are grumbling that the Nielsen company is not accurately measuring how many people are watching their programs. Networks believe that it’s counter-intuitive that fewer people are watching TV at a time the pandemic is keeping so many at home. They say it runs counter to other statistics, including booming sales in TV sets. Nielsen says that after an initial burst of interest last spring, long-term trends taking
  
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• I got the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. Now what?

  13-04-2021 22:51
  
  If you got the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, don’t panic. U.S. health officials recommended pausing vaccinations with J&J’s shot to look into reports of six clots out of nearly 7 million doses.
  Health officials say to be vigilant, but to remember that the reports of blood clots have been exceedingly rare.
  RELATED: Pima County temporarily pauses distribution of J&J vaccine
  Symptoms to watch for include severe headache, backache, abdominal pain, shortness of breath, l
  
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• Fed leaders agree: Economics has a racial-disparity problem

  13-04-2021 22:36
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Top Federal Reserve policymakers underscored their concern that Black and Hispanic people are sharply underrepresented in the economics field, which lessens the perspectives that economists can bring to key policy issues. At a webinar sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, the officials and many outside economists addressed the problem on the same day that a study from the Brookings Institution reported that the top ranks of Fed remain disproportionately wh
  
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• Sikhs mark toned-down holiday amid continuing virus concerns

  13-04-2021 22:33
  
  LIBERTY, Missouri (AP) — Sikhs across the U.S. are holding toned-down Vaisakhi celebrations this week, joining people of other faiths in observing major holidays cautiously this spring as COVID-19 keeps an uneven hold on the country. Vaisakhi marks the day in 1699 when Sikhism took its current form. Communities typically celebrate by gathering at gurdwaras, or places of worship, for prayer, and there are often processions, parades, activities and food. But this year the tents and food stal
  
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• Tucson to house asylum seekers, migrants at city hotels

  13-04-2021 22:22
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The city of Tucson has contracted with local hotels to temporarily house people seeking asylum in the U.S. while awaiting the completion of a tent-like facility built by Customs and Border Protection. The Arizona Daily Star reported that a statement on Monday from Tucson Mayor Regina Romero said the city has paid local hotels to temporarily shelter about 75 migrants traveling as families. City officials said there was no estimate of the taxpayer cost for housing asylum
  
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• The Latest: US health insurees may receive higher rebates

  13-04-2021 22:12
  
  WASHINGTON — U.S. health insurance customers may receive higher premium rebates than normal later this year partly because insurers had less care to cover after COVID-19 arrived in 2020.
  Some individual insurance customers could receive premium credits or rebates of nearly $300 on average, according to an analysis of government data from the non-profit Kaiser Family Foundation.
  The Affordable Care Act requires insurers to give customers refunds or premium credits if they don’t spend
  
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• Stocks close mixed as regulators seek pause in J&J vaccine

  13-04-2021 22:12
  
  Stocks closed mixed on Wall Street Tuesday as gains from a handful of Big Tech companies were tempered by weakness elsewhere in the market. Treasury yields fell, which hurt banks but helped tech companies. The S&P 500 rose 0.3%, notching another record high. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.2% and the tech-heavy Nasdaq rose 1.1%. Among major tech stocks, Apple gained 2.4%. Johnson & Johnson fell 1.3% after U.S. regulators recommended a pause in using its single-dose COVID-19 va
  
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• Biden picks first person of color to head Census Bureau

  13-04-2021 22:12
  
  President Joe Biden says he’ll pick the president of the American Statistical Association to lead the U.S. Census Bureau as it works toward releasing data from the 2020 census that will be used for redrawing congressional and legislative districts. If confirmed, Robert Santos would become the first person of color to serve as a permanent director of the Census Bureau, the nation’s largest statistical agency. Santos currently is vice president and chief methodologist at the Urban Inst
  
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• IRS chief expects new child payments to start this summer

  13-04-2021 22:11
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS says it expects to meet the July 1 deadline under the new pandemic relief law for starting a groundbreaking tax program aimed at reducing child poverty. That means new advance monthly payments of as much as $300 per child could begin flowing to lower-income families this summer. In testimony to a Senate hearing, IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig said it will cost nearly $400 million and require the hiring of 300 to 500 people to get the new monthly payment system an
  
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• Arizona Cardinals sign RB Conner to one-year deal

  13-04-2021 21:43
  
  TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Cardinals have signed running back James Conner to a one-year contract. The 25-year-old Conner played his first four seasons in Pittsburgh and was a Pro Bowl selection in 2018. He ran for a career-high 973 yards and 12 touchdowns that year. He played in 13 games in 2020 and started 11, finishing with 721 yards and six touchdowns. He’s also been active in the passing game throughout his career, catching 124 passes for 963 yards and four touchdowns.The p
  
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• Pima County Stops Using J&J Vaccine After Blood-Clotting Risks Discovered

  13-04-2021 21:40
  
  Pima County Health Department is temporarily pausing the distribution of Johnson & Johnson vaccine on the guidance and recommendation from the CDC and Arizona Department of Health Services on Tuesday.…
  
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• US-born aide to Ortega dies in Nicaragua

  13-04-2021 21:36
  
  MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Nicaragua’s government is reporting the death of Paul Oquist, a U.S.-born academic who became a close adviser to President Daniel Ortega and drew U.S. financial sanctions. The cause of death wasn’t given on Tuesday. Oquist was born in 1943 and earned a doctorate from the University of California Berkeley. He served in several administrative positions under Ortega’s Sandinista governments during the 1980s and again after Ortega returned to power i
  
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• Expert says cop was justified in pinning down George Floyd

  13-04-2021 21:33
  
  Derek Chauvin during his trial at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Photo Date: 3/11/2021
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A use-of-force expert says former Officer Derek Chauvin was justified in pinning George Floyd to the ground because of his frantic resistance. The witness, Barry Brodd, testified Tuesday for the defense at Chauvin’s murder trial. He contradicted a parade of authorities from both inside and outside the Minneapolis police force.The post Expert says cop was justifie
  
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• Interstate 19 northbound closed at West Pima Mine Road

  13-04-2021 21:30
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - A crash has closed Interstate 19 northbound south of Tucson Tuesday afternoon, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation.ADOT says northbound traffic is being diverted at West Pima Mine Road because of a crash at kilometer 84, milepost 52.Southbound lanes are not affected.Motorists are advised to delay travel, use alternate routes or exit the highway ahead of Sahuarita Road.
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• Arizona follows feds, pauses J&J vaccine due to clot reports

  13-04-2021 21:30
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona health officials are urging a halt to the administering of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, following reports it could lead to rare but potentially dangerous blood clots. The state Department of Public Health Services said Tuesday it was yielding to the recommendations from the CDC and the FDA. The federal agencies called for a pause in using the vaccine until an investigation could be conducted into six cases where clots developed. The unusual
  
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• Pima County temporarily pauses distribution of J&J vaccine

  13-04-2021 21:24
  
  Pima County Health Department
  PIMA COUNTY, Ariz. (KVOA) - Pima County will temporarily pause the distribution of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.
  On Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration said they recommend a “pause” in using the single-dose as they investigate reports of potentially dangerous blood clots.The organizations are investigating clots in six women in the days after vaccination, in combination with reduced p
  
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• EXPLAINER: What’s known about COVID vaccines and rare clots

  13-04-2021 21:12
  
  Health authorities are investigating highly unusual blood clots after use of two COVID-19 vaccines, and a rare immune response is the main suspect. The U.S. recommended a pause Tuesday in the use of Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine while they examine six reports of the clots. That’s out of nearly 7 million Americans who have been given the one-dose vaccination. Last week, European authorities said similar clots were possibly linked to the AstraZeneca vaccine. Scientists there first ra
  
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• Czechs reject mandatory quotas on local food in stores

  13-04-2021 21:11
  
  PRAGUE (AP) — Czech lawmakers have rejected a proposed bill to reduce dependency on food imports by imposing a quota of locally-produced food to be sold in supermarkets. Lawmakers in the upper house, or the Senate, dismissed the bill last month. It would have required that the percentage of Czech food sold in larger stores would be a minimum 55% in 2022 and rise to at least 73% in 2028. The lower house had originally approved the controversial requirement in January but on Tuesday accepted
  
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• Biden aims for bipartisanship but applies stealthy pressure

  13-04-2021 21:10
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has begun publicly courting Republicans to back his sweeping infrastructure plan, but his reach across the aisle is intended just as much to keep Democrats in line as it is a first step in an uphill climb to any bipartisan deal. The White House says Biden’s high-profile Oval Office meeting with a bipartisan group of lawmakers on Monday was just one piece of his effort to win over GOP lawmakers. But even if it doesn’t succeed, it could prove
  
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• The gonzo art of writing for ‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’

  13-04-2021 21:08
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Screenplay writing, usually a fairly solitary, uneventful process, is more of a full-contact sport for a movie like “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm.” Work for the nine Oscar-nominated writers of the “Borat” sequel began conventionally enough. Brainstorming, a draft, a table read. But as soon as shooting starts, there’s no telling what can happen, how people will react to Sacha Baron Cohen’s Kazakh alter-ego, or what strange circumstances can
  
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• Shooting occurs near Maryland State Police barracks

  13-04-2021 21:07
  
  LEONARDTOWN, Md. (AP) — A trooper was involved in a shooting near a Maryland State Police barracks Tuesday, authorities said.Maryland State Police Sgt. Casey Ruth said investigators are responding to a “trooper-involved shooting” near the State Police barracks in Leonardtown. She didn’t immediately release additional information, including whether anybody was injured in the shooting. Leonardtown is about 60 miles southeast of Washington.The post Shooting occurs near Maryl
  
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• Iran says it will enrich uranium to 60%, highest level ever

  13-04-2021 21:06
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Iranian nuclear negotiator says Tehran will begin enriching uranium up to 60% purity after an attack on its Natanz nuclear facility. That’s a higher level than the program has enriched to before but remains short of weapons-grade. Abbas Araghchi’s announcement Tuesday marks a significant escalation after the sabotage, suspected to have been carried out by Israel. It could result in further action by Israel, whose Prime Minister Benjamin Net
  
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• Ex-officer appeals 20-year sentence for killing Black man

  13-04-2021 21:04
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A former police officer serving 20 years in prison for killing an unarmed Black man running away from a South Carolina traffic stop said his lawyer never told him about a plea offer from prosecutors that could have cut years off his sentence. Ex-North Charleston police officer Michael Slager is requesting a new sentence in federal court this week. Slager’s new attorney says Slager would have taken the deal if he had known about it. Prosecutors say former Slager
  
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• Call of Duty: Biden taps Tucson Police Chief Magnus to head up Customs and Border Protection

  13-04-2021 21:01
  
  Tucson Police Chief Chris Magnus is President Joe Biden’s pick to oversee Customs and Border Protection in President Joe Biden’s administration. …
  
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• The Latest: Several states suspend J&J vaccine during probe

  13-04-2021 20:52
  
  WASHINGTON — The nation’s capital city joined several states in suspending the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine that’s become the focus of a federal examination of rare blood clots.District of Columbia health director Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt says she’s not aware of any cases of dangerous blood clots among the 16,000 Washingtonians who had received the J&J one-dose vaccine before the temporary halt recommended by federal health authorities.
  “This pause means
  
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• Dutch govt says it’s too early to start easing the lockdown

  13-04-2021 20:38
  
  THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government has presented a roadmap for relaxing coronavirus lockdown measures, but caretaker Prime Minister Mark Rutte is stressing that it’s still too early to ease restrictions. Rutte said Tuesday that hospitals in the Netherlands are as crowded with COVID-19 patients now as they were during the first wave of the pandemic last year and that it would be irresponsible to relax the country’s months-long lockdown now. The government had hop
  
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• NJ offshore wind to connect at 2 former power plants onshore

  13-04-2021 20:33
  
  ATLANTIC CITY. N.J. (AP) — A large offshore wind energy project planned off the coast of New Jersey will connect onshore to two former power plants, and cables will run under two of the state’s most popular beaches. At a virtual public hearing on the Ocean Wind project planned by Orsted, the Danish wind energy developer, and PSEG, a New Jersey utility company, officials revealed that the project would connect to the electric grid at decommissioned power plants in Ocean and Cape May C
  
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• WNBA to play 32-game schedule, has month break for Olympics

  13-04-2021 20:31
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The WNBA will play a 32-game schedule that includes mini two-game series in the same location to reduce travel amid the coronavirus pandemic. The season opens on Friday, May 14, with New York hosting Indiana. Seattle will receive its rings for winning the WNBA title last season when the Storm host the Las Vegas Aces in a finals rematch the next day. The regular season will conclude on Sept. 19 and be followed by the traditional playoffs format. The league will take a break
  
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• Iowa lawmakers pass bill seeking to stop farm investigations

  13-04-2021 20:21
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa lawmakers for the fourth time have approved restrictions aimed at stopping animal welfare activists from documenting animal abuse at livestock farms. The latest bill passed the Iowa House on Monday night after getting through the state Senate last week. The bill received bipartisan support in both chambers and is likely to be signed by Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds, who has supported such efforts in the past. Courts threw out or suspended two previous laws. Anot
  
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• Correction: Tennessee School Shooting story

  13-04-2021 20:21
  
  In a story April 12, 2021, about a shooting at a Tennessee school, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Knox County Schools resumed in-person classes in January. In-person classes resumed in August. The post Correction: Tennessee School Shooting story appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Cop, police chief resign 2 days after Black motorist’s death

  13-04-2021 20:11
  
  Kimberly Potter, Brooklyn Center Police officer. Duante Wright, who was shot and killed by Brooklyn Center police during a traffic stop., Photo Date: Undated
  BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — A white Minnesota police officer who fatally shot a Black man during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb and the city’s chief of police resigned Tuesday. Officer Kim Potter and Police Chief Tim Gannon both resigned two days after the death of 20-year-old Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center. Potter
  
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• ‘Prime suspect’ arrested in student’s 1996 disappearance

  13-04-2021 20:10
  
  Kristin Smart, American missing person. She disappeared on May 25, 1996, Photo Date: Undated
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The “prime suspect” in the 25-year-old disappearance of a California college student has been taken into custody and the San Luis Obispo sheriff plans to announce “major developments” in the case. Paul Flores, 44, who was the last person seen with Kristin Smart before she vanished in 1996, was arrested Tuesday in the Los Angeles area. His father, Ruben Fl
  
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• ‘Prime suspect’ in 1996 disappearance of California college student Kristin Smart arrested; suspect’s dad also arrested

  13-04-2021 20:01
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — ‘Prime suspect’ in 1996 disappearance of California college student Kristin Smart arrested; suspect’s dad also arrested.The post ‘Prime suspect’ in 1996 disappearance of California college student Kristin Smart arrested; suspect’s dad also arrested appeared first on KVOA.
  
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