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• Aaron Donald’s lawyer says video refutes man’s assault claim

  16-04-2021 23:58
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — The lawyer for Los Angeles Rams defensive lineman Aaron Donald says witnesses and surveillance video refute a man’s claim the player assaulted him at a Pittsburgh nightclub last weekend. Attorney Casey White said Friday the video indicates Donald didn’t assault anyone but was trying to save the victim, De’Vincent Spriggs. The station aired black-and-white video that shows about a dozen men and a melee. White says five witnesses say Donald helped pull peo
  
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• Raul Castro resigns as Communist chief, ending era in Cuba

  16-04-2021 23:44
  
  MGNRaul CastroHAVANA (AP) — Raul Castro says he is resigning as head of Cuba’s Communist Party, ending an era of formal leadership by he and his brother Fidel Castro that began with the 1959 revolution. Castro made the announcement Friday in a speech at the opening of the Eighth congress of the ruling party, the only one allowed on the island. Castro didn’t say who he would endorse as his successor as first secretary of the Communist Party, but he previously has indicated that
  
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• Chicago police critics call for charges in shooting of boy

  16-04-2021 23:44
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Viewers reacted with a mix of outrage and grief to newly released bodycam video that shows a Chicago police officer fatally shoot a 13-year-old less than a second after the boy appeared to drop a handgun, turn toward the officer and begin raising his hands. Amid renewed appeals for policing reform, some called for the officer who shot Adam Toledo to be charged or fired. But for others, the footage released Thursday showed how difficult such decisions might be for prosecutor
  
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• State Dept. watchdog says Pompeo, wife violated ethics rules

  16-04-2021 23:39
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department’s internal watchdog has concluded that former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his wife violated federal ethics rules by asking staffers to run personal errands and perform non-official work for them. In a report released on Friday, the department’s inspector general concluded that those requests were “inconsistent” with the regulations. But, because Pompeo is no longer a federal employee, it did not call for any action again
  
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• Ducey demands more White House support at border after law enforcement declined to apprehend 17 migrants

  16-04-2021 23:33
  
  PHOENIX (KVOA) - Two law enforcement agencies declined to take custody of at least 17 undocumented immigrants stopped along Interstate 10 in the Phoenix area on Thursday, according to Arizona Department of Public Safety.
  DPS says Immigration Customs Enforcement and the United States Border Patrol declined their request to take custody of the individuals, prompting their release.
  "Absent response from the agencies with jurisdiction on immigration violations, the AZDPS trooper issued the appropria
  
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• US likely to up Afghanistan force to ensure safe drawdown

  16-04-2021 23:31
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says the U.S. will likely increase its troops presence in Afghanistan temporarily over the coming weeks and months in order to fulfill President Joe Biden’s order to safely withdraw all forces from the country by Sept. 11. Pentagon chief spokesman John Kirby declined to provide specifics and said details are still being worked out. But he says “it’s logical to assume” that the U.S. will need to add logistics, engineering and force prot
  
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• Raul Castro, long a sidekick, finally the face of his nation

  16-04-2021 23:31
  
  HAVANA (AP) — For most of his life, Raul Castro played second-string to his brother Fidel — first as a guerrilla commander, later as a senior figure in their socialist government. But for the past decade, it’s Raul who’s been the face of communist Cuba, its defiance of U.S. efforts to oust its socialist system — and its efforts to forge a rapprochement with its longtime foe. The younger Castro is now 89 and on Friday he formally announced he’d step down as hea
  
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• Philip’s ‘fortitude and faith’ to be remembered at funeral

  16-04-2021 23:30
  
  WINDSOR, England (AP) — Prince Philip will be remembered as a man of “courage, fortitude and faith” at a martial but personal funeral on Saturday. The service will mark the death of a royal patriarch who was also a beloved husband and father, and one of a dwindling number of veterans of World War II. Hymns and music will reflect Philip’s military ties and wartime service in the Royal Navy, as well as his more than seven decades of support for his wife, Queen Elizabeth II.
  
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• Order of Service for the funeral of Prince Philip

  16-04-2021 23:30
  
  LONDON (AP) — This is the Order of Service for the funeral of Prince Philip on Saturday.The post Order of Service for the funeral of Prince Philip appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• “I Felt Hate More Than Anything”: How an Active Duty Airman Tried to Start a Civil War

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• 5 gun bills – 3 from Democrats – are on different paths in the Arizona Legislature

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• Families await news of missing workers on capsized ship

  16-04-2021 23:29
  
  PORT FOURCHON, La. (AP) — Worried family members were waiting Friday to hear the fate of 11 workers still missing after a lift boat capsized earlier this week off Louisiana while the Coast Guard confirmed it pulled a second body from the Gulf of Mexico’s waters.Rescuers in the air and the sea have been searching for the 19 workers who were aboard the vessel, which is designed to support offshore oil rigs, when it overturned Tuesday in rough weather about 8 miles (13 kilometers) south
  
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• What to expect in closings for ex-cop’s trial in Floyd death

  16-04-2021 23:28
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The closing arguments in Derek Chauvin’s trial in George Floyd’s death are likely to echo now-familiar themes during three weeks of testimony. Prosecutors will recap expert testimony that condemned Chauvin’s pinning of Floyd for more than 9 minutes as an unreasonable use of force. They’ll also remind jurors of multiple medical experts who testified that Floyd died of asphyxia. And they may yet again play some of the wrenching video of Floyd’
  
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• Lawyers say Arizona’s fine over prison care could reach $23M

  16-04-2021 23:16
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Lawyers representing Arizona prisoners say a third round of contempt of court fines against the state for failing to improve health care for incarcerated people could reach as high as $23 million. The estimate on the maximum possible fine is $7 million higher than previously estimated because of what the attorneys said were their discoveries of additional instances of corrections officials not complying with a six-year-old settlement over the issue. Corrections officials hav
  
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• Jury recommends life in prison for Missouri man in 2 deaths

  16-04-2021 23:11
  
  HARRISONVILLE, Mo. (AP) — A jury has recommended the maximum possible sentence for a Kansas City man convicted of killing two women about a decade apart. The Cass County jury on Friday recommended that Kylr Yust be sentenced to life in prison for second-degree murder in the death of 21-year-old Jessica Runions in 2016, and 15 years in prison for voluntary manslaughter in the killing of 17-year-old Kara Kopetsky in 2007. Formal sentencing is scheduled for June 7. The two victims’ bodi
  
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• Jeffree Star hospitalized after Wyoming car crash

  16-04-2021 23:11
  
  CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — YouTube personality, businessman and musician Jeffree Star was hospitalized after a car crash in Wyoming. The Wyoming Highway Patrol says Star veered off a slushy road in the Casper area Friday morning and overturned his Rolls Royce. A friend, Daniel Lucas, also was in the car. Both were taken to Wyoming Medical Center in Casper with undisclosed injuries. Star is best known for his cosmetics business. The Casper Star-Tribune reports Star has been splitting time between
  
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• After outcry, WH says Biden will lift refugee cap in May

  16-04-2021 23:10
  
  President Biden gives remarks on fatal Colorado shooting, Photo Date: March 23, 2021
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing swift blowback from allies and aid groups, the White House says President Joe Biden plans to lift in the next month his predecessor’s historically low cap on refugees, after initially moving only to expand the eligibility criteria for resettlements. Biden earlier Friday moved to accelerate refugee admissions but kept his predecessor’s historically low cap of 15,000 ref
  
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• AP FACT CHECK: Biden hails record job growth, skips caveats

  16-04-2021 23:09
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Taking a page from his predecessor’s boastful ways, President Joe Biden is claiming credit for two months of record job creation as employers bring back many workers sidelined by the pandemic. Though his numbers are right, it’s a misleading portrait.
  BIDEN: “The first two months of our administration, we’ve created more jobs than the first two months of any administration in American history.” — remarks to Asian American and Pacific Isl
  
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• The Latest: Decreasing demand for vaccines in Kansas

  16-04-2021 23:05
  
  MISSION, Kan. — Some Kansas counties are rejecting new COVID-19 vaccine shipments or reducing their orders because of decreased demand for the drugs, worrying health officials who say mass vaccinations are the only path to a return to normalcy.
  Dennis Kriesel, the executive director of the Kansas Association of Local Health Departments, said Friday that the shift occurred in the past couple weeks. The state opened up eligibilityon March 29 to all residents 16 and older. That led to an incr
  
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• Angry crowd gathers near fatal police shooting in Portland

  16-04-2021 22:59
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An angry crowd has gathered in a park in Oregon’s largest city after police fatally shot a man while responding to reports of a person with a gun. Deputy Portland Police Chief Chris Davis said Friday that a white man in his 30s was shot and killed by police. Officers opened fire on him with a gun and with weapons that fire non-lethal projectiles. The man killed was not identified, but a witness said he appeared to be experiencing a mental health crisis. Authorit
  
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• 2 men killed, officer wounded in San Antonio shootout

  16-04-2021 22:54
  
  SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Two men are dead and a woman and a San Antonio police officer are wounded after a shootout following a routine traffic stop. Police Chief William McManus said the Friday morning incident on the city’s West Side came as an officer stopped a pickup truck containing three occupants. The officer’s body camera recorded a few minutes of an apparently casual conversation between the officer and the truck’s occupants until the driver flashed a handgun and shot
  
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• UN agrees to deploy cease-fire monitors in Libya

  16-04-2021 22:51
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has agreed to deploy international monitors to watch over a nearly six-month-old cease-fire agreement in Libya. The council’s unanimous vote was announced Friday. The council’s resolution follows through on Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ recent proposal for up to 60 monitors to join an existing political mission in Libya. The measure also urges all foreign forces and mercenaries to get out Libya, as was supposed to happ
  
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• Ontario to limit outdoor gatherings amid wave of infections

  16-04-2021 22:49
  
  TORONTO (AP) — The premier of Canada’s most populous province says he will be limiting outdoor gatherings to those in the same household and will close playgrounds and golf courses amid a record wave of coronavirus infections fueled by variants. Ontario Premier Doug Ford says those who live alone will be able to meet someone from another household outside. Police have been given the power to write tickets. Interprovincial travel will also be limited. Ford blamed a lack of vaccines bu
  
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• EXPLAINER: What Chicago boy’s death says about foot pursuits

  16-04-2021 22:48
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — A grim video of a Chicago police officer fatally shooting a 13-year-old boy puts a spotlight on the policies that govern foot chases. The video shows a 19-second chase that ended with the officer firing one bullet into the chest of Adam Toledo. It demonstrates the dangers of such pursuits and raises questions of what, if anything, can be done to prevent such deadly encounters. The Chicago Police Department does not have a formal foot pursuit policy but says it is drafting on
  
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• After blowback from allies, White House says President Biden will move to lift Trump-era refugee caps next month

  16-04-2021 22:48
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — After blowback from allies, White House says President Biden will move to lift Trump-era refugee caps next month.The post After blowback from allies, White House says President Biden will move to lift Trump-era refugee caps next month appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• ‘Godzilla’ shark discovered in New Mexico gets formal name

  16-04-2021 22:44
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Paleontologists say they have given a more formal name to the ancient shark fossil dubbed “Godzilla Shark” after it was discovered in New Mexico in 2013. Researchers say in a recently published paper the Hoffman’s Dragon Shark was a distinct species that prowled the shores of eastern New Mexico 300 million years ago  when much of North America was covered by a sea. Discoverer John-Paul Hodnett says the name of the newly identified species honors
  
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• Japan’s leader urges strong alliance in visit to White House

  16-04-2021 22:35
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is meeting with President Joe Biden at the White House in a bid to underscore the two countries’ alliance as a counter to an autocratic and increasingly assertive China. Friday’s visit The visit was Biden’s first face-to-face talks with a foreign leader as president. The pair sought to challenge messaging from Chinese President Xi Jinping that America and democracies in general are on the decline. Suga says democrac
  
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• Lawyers don’t seek trial delay in newspaper shooting case

  16-04-2021 22:28
  
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Attorneys for a man who killed five people at a Maryland newspaper say they will not seek a delay at this time for the second phase of his trial to determine whether he is not criminally responsible due to insanity for the attack nearly three years ago. Lawyers representing Jarrod Ramos were given a Friday deadline by Judge Michael Wachs to request a postponement based on any objections they had to COVID-19 protocols that will be in place for the jury trial now set to
  
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• Jimmy Kimmel, YouTube’s Mark Rober to host autism benefit

  16-04-2021 22:28
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jimmy Kimmel and YouTube personality and engineer Mark Rober will host an online fundraiser to benefit those with autism. The three-hour event is titled, “Color The Spectrum: A Livestream To Support The Autism Community.” It will be held April 30 at 8 p.m. Eastern on Rober’s YouTube channel. The celebrities taking part include Maya Rudolph, Adam Sandler, Chris Rock and Mark Hamill. The YouTube event will include musical performances, comedy skits, and &
  
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• Lawsuit: Police drew gun on driver whose headlights were off

  16-04-2021 22:27
  
  CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A lawsuit says a South Carolina police officer drew a gun on a young Black driver whose only infraction was driving with his headlights off. Noah West was headed to a fast-food restaurant last month when an officer pulled him over. The officer conducted a traffic stop after earlier reports of gunfire nearby. The lawsuit says the officer drew a gun and ordered West to kneel and put his hands on his head. He was later issued a written warning for the headlights after
  
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• FBI says it interviewed suspect in FedEx shooting last year after police made mental health call to his home

  16-04-2021 22:27
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — FBI says it interviewed suspect in FedEx shooting last year after police made mental health call to his home.The post FBI says it interviewed suspect in FedEx shooting last year after police made mental health call to his home appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Grand jury in Prude death voted 15-5 to not indict 3 cops

  16-04-2021 22:26
  
  Newly released transcripts show that a grand jury investigating the police suffocation death of Daniel Prude last year in Rochester, New York, voted 15-5 not to charge the three officers involved in his restraint of a criminally negligent homicide charge sought by prosecutors. That was the only charge prosecutors from the state attorney general’s office asked the grand jury to consider after nine days of testimony from witnesses including Prude’s brother, other police officers and ex
  
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• Police: Suspect in shooting at FedEx facility that killed 8 had gun seized by authorities last year

  16-04-2021 22:16
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Police: Suspect in shooting at FedEx facility that killed 8 had gun seized by authorities last year.The post Police: Suspect in shooting at FedEx facility that killed 8 had gun seized by authorities last year appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• S&P 500 hits another record, marks 4th weekly gain in a row

  16-04-2021 22:11
  
  Stocks continued to march higher on Wall Street Friday, giving the S&P 500 its latest record high and its fourth straight weekly gain. The benchmark index rose 0.4%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average also closed at an all-time high. Higher bond yields helped lift bank stocks, and health care companies and those that rely on consumer spending also did well. Technology stocks lagged behind, leaving the Nasdaq up just 0.1%. Homebuilders rose after the Commerce Department said home construction r
  
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• UN: 40 civilian casualties in central Yemen in March alone

  16-04-2021 22:06
  
  CAIRO (AP) — The U.N. refugee agency says that flaring battles between Houthi rebels and government forces in the central province of Marib have left 40 civilian casualties in March alone. The UNHCR released a statement Friday saying that at least 70 incidents of armed violence including shelling, crossfire, and air strikes have caused injuries and deaths among civilians during the first quarter of 2021. The UNHCR the tally was the highest in the oil-rich province since 2018.  The esc
  
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• Federal officials reverse limits on fetal tissue research

  16-04-2021 22:05
  
  Federal officials have reversed Trump administration restrictions on using human fetal tissue for medical research. The move clears the way for scientists to seek government money for work that in the past has led to treatments for a variety of diseases, including COVID-19. The changes announced Friday allow government scientists to resume research that uses tissue from elective abortions. Scientists at universities also can now apply for federal grants without getting approval from a special et
  
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• FedEx: Mass shooter was a former employee of the company

  16-04-2021 21:53
  
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  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The man who police say fatally shot eight people at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis is a former employee. FedEx spokesperson Bonny Harrison released the information Friday. She says company officials can’t speculate on a motive but are working closely with investigators. The post FedEx: Mass shooter was a former employee of the company appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• FedEx: Indianapolis shooting suspect was a former employee at facility where 8 were killed

  16-04-2021 21:51
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — FedEx: Indianapolis shooting suspect was a former employee at facility where 8 were killed.The post FedEx: Indianapolis shooting suspect was a former employee at facility where 8 were killed appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• The Latest: Michigan extends pandemic order amid high cases

  16-04-2021 21:49
  
  LANSING, Mich. — Michigan on Friday extended by five weeks a pandemic order that requires masks in public, limits capacity inside businesses and caps gathering sizes, as the state continued to confront the country’s highest daily coronavirus infection rate.
  The state health department’s measure, which was expected and replaces one that had been due to expire Monday, includes a change. Children ages 2 to 4 in day care facilities or camps are no longer exempt from having to wear
  
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• Retired Ohio sheriff and tiny K-9 partner die the same day

  16-04-2021 21:42
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — A retired Ohio county sheriff from outside Cleveland and his tiny K-9 partner were inseparable. When Dan McClelland retired as Geauga County sheriff in late 2016, his drug-sniffing Chihuahua-rat terrier mix Midge retired as well. They spent a decade together as partners. Both died Wednesday. The 67-year-old McClelland died after a long battle with cancer and 16-year-old Midge, perhaps, of a broken heart. McClelland’s family says they will be buried together. Midge wa
  
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• 2 passengers sue United Airlines over engine explosion

  16-04-2021 21:39
  
  DENVER (AP) — Two passengers who were aboard a United Airlines flight that had to make an emergency landing after one of its engines blew apart in Colorado are suing the company. In separate lawsuits filed Friday in Chicago, where United is based, the two say they have suffered personal, emotional and financial injuries following the failure of the Boeing 777′s engine in February. Video showed the engine in flames after the plane took off from Denver. People on the ground saw huge ch
  
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• Deputy fatally shoots knife-wielding man in South Florida

  16-04-2021 21:38
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a knife-wielding man who refused to drop his weapon was shot when he lunged toward a sheriff’s deputy outside a South Florida strip mall. Broward Sheriff Greg Tony told news outlets Jeffrey Guy Sacks died at a hospital after Thursday night’s incident. The sheriff says Sacks carried a knife into a department store in North Lauderdale after 9 p.m. Thursday. Callers told emergency dispatchers that the man had cut himself with the knife.
  
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• Former Pres. George W. Bush calls for immigration reform in op-ed

  16-04-2021 21:34
  
  (CNN) — Former President George W. Bush is calling for bipartisan action on immigration.The 43rd President voiced that call in a Friday Washington Post op-ed, writing that there needs to be action on several measures.Pres. Bush advocated for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program or DACA, and providing a citizenship pathway for immigrants brought here as children.He also suggested to use all necessary resources, including physical barriers, for quote “a secure and effici
  
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• Vartan Gregorian, longtime president of Carnegie Corp., dies

  16-04-2021 21:28
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Vartan Gregorian, the noted scholar and philanthropic leader who has led the Carnegie Corporation of New York since 1997, died Thursday after being hospitalized for stomach pain. He was 87. Born to Armenian parents in Tabriz, Iran, Gregorian arrived in America in 1956 to study history and the humanities at Stanford University. His quest to understand the relationship between the individual and society at large began there, a pursuit that continued as he led The New York Pub
  
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• Biden keeps Trump’s record-low cap on refugees

  16-04-2021 21:21
  
  President Biden gives remarks on fatal Colorado shooting, Photo Date: March 23, 2021
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has signed an emergency determination that officials say will speed refugee admissions to the U.S., but he did not lift his predecessor’s historically low cap of 15,000 refugees for this year. Biden, instead, is adjusting the allocation limits set by former President Donald Trump, which officials say have been the driving factor in reducing refugee admissions th
  
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• Portland, Oregon, police fatally shoot man at city park

  16-04-2021 21:13
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Police in Portland, Oregon, fatally shot a man in a city park Friday morning after responding to reports of a person with a gun, authorities said. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports police confronted the man at Lents Park and at least one officer fired, killing the man. The man who was killed was not identified. A city spokesman said that Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler, his chief of staff Bobby Lee, public safety advisor Robert King and Assistant Police Chief Chris Davis we
  
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• Post Hill Press goes on with book by officer in Taylor raid

  16-04-2021 21:08
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The publisher of memoir by a Louisville police officer who fired at Breonna Taylor after being shot during the deadly raid on Taylor’s apartment says it will release the book even though its distributor, Simon & Schuster, announced it would “not be involved.” Post Hill Press, based outside of Nashville, Tennessee, has scheduled a fall release for Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly’s “The Fight For Truth: The Inside Story Behind the Breonna Taylor Trag
  
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• Massachusetts looks to bar Robinhood in state; company sues

  16-04-2021 21:03
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Regulators in Massachusetts are trying to effectively bar the popular Robinhood trading app from the state. It’s an escalation for the Massachusetts securities division, which accused Robinhood in December of making investing seem like a game to lure unsophisticated investors into making too-risky trades. Robinhood is blasting the complaint, calling it elitist and based on a rule that should not apply in its case. It’s asking to move the issue to a state court,
  
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• GOP Oklahoma lawmaker criticized for transgender comments

  16-04-2021 21:03
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma lawmaker who helped revive an anti-transgender bill is coming under fire for saying transgender people “have a mental illness.” Rep. Justin Humphrey made the comment in an email exchange with a woman who was urging him to vote against the bill. Humphrey defended his comments in an interview Friday with The Associated Press. Oklahoma is one of more than a dozen states where lawmakers are proposing restrictions on athletics or gender-confirming he
  
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• Police: Phoenix freeway closure prompted by gunfire, wreck

  16-04-2021 21:00
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities say part of a Phoenix freeway was closed Friday after a suspect shot at a police officer and then was involved in a three-vehicle collision while trying to get away. A brief Phoenix Police Department statement said the police officer, who was riding a motorcycle, wasn’t injured and the suspect was detained. The statement said no “other community members had serious injuries” but it wasn’t clear whether the suspect was injured. The incident
  
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