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• Suspect apprehended in fatal shooting at Wisconsin tavern

  18-04-2021 23:38
  
  KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say they have apprehended a person in connection with a shooting at a busy tavern in southeastern Wisconsin early Sunday that left three men dead and three men injured. Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Sgt. David Wright says the suspect is facing a charge of first-degree intentional homicide. Wright says additional criminal charges likely after further investigation. Authorities said earlier a suspect was asked to leave the Somers House T
  
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• TPD: Man in wheelchair sets car on fire at QT on 1st and Glenn

  18-04-2021 23:37
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - The Tucson Police Department has confirmed that one man in a wheelchair attempted to set several cars on fire after tossing gasoline onto them at the QT near 1st and Glenn on Sunday. Only one car caught fire.Tucson Fire put out the fire without issue. The suspect has been detained and placed under arrest. The incident is still under investigation.
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• Authorities unable to confirm shots fired at Phoenix concert

  18-04-2021 23:36
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — A woman reportedly suffered a leg wound after a shooting at an outdoor concert in Phoenix,  but authorities have been unable to confirm whether shots were actually fired. Police say officers were dispatched to the Celebrity Theatre parking lot concert about 10 p.m. Saturday after receiving reports of a shooting during an event featuring rapper Lil Durk and others. Videos on social media showed concertgoers running from the area. Shots reportedly were heard as the crowd
  
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• Suspected Islamic militants kill 19 people in Niger village

  18-04-2021 23:34
  
  NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Officials in Niger say 19 people are dead in the country’s troubled region near the border with Mali after gunmen aboard motorcycles attacked a village. The government said Sunday that the suspected Islamic extremists shot at worshippers as they prayed at the mosque Saturday evening during the holy month of Ramadan. In a statement, the government called the violence in Gaigorou a “cowardly attack by people who claim to be Muslims.” The West African na
  
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• Special Weather Statement issued April 18 at 3:31PM MDT by NWS Phoenix AZ

  18-04-2021 23:31
  
  At 229 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm nearQueen Valley, or 10 miles east of Gold Canyon. This storm was nearlystationary.
  Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm.
  Locations impacted include…Queen Valley and Gold Camp.
  This includes US Highway 60 between mile markers 205 and 210, andbetween mile markers 215 and 221.The post Special Weather Statement issued April 18 at 3:31PM MDT by NWS Phoenix AZ appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Sunshine and warm air will take over the start of the week

  18-04-2021 23:18
  
  TUCSON - Temperatures will start to rise at the beginning of the work week before a front cools us off by the weekend.The strong winds from yesterday have thankfully died down and now we are left with a light westerly breeze.We could potentially see high temperatures reach the 88-90 degree range on Wednesday and Thursday.
  Strong winds will return on Wednesday when the front is passing through. Wind gusts could reach 30 mph during the afternoon.There is still no chance of rain over the next two w
  
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• The Latest: Michigan governor: State’s surge may be ending

  18-04-2021 22:47
  
  LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says her state could be seeing a drop in infections after leading the nation’s COVID-19 daily case rate for weeks.Whitmer has extended a pandemic order that limits business capacity and requires masks in public, but the Democrat has avoided further restrictions in place during previous surges, including suspending indoor restaurant dining.She told NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday that cases could be beginning to slow d
  
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• Bumgarner back on track as Arizona beats Washington 5-2

  18-04-2021 22:45
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Madison Bumgarner had his best outing of the season, allowing a run over five innings as the Arizona Diamondbacks beat Washington 5-2 after Nationals starter Stephen Strasburg was a late scratch. Bumgarner gave up just two hits and dropped his ERA from 11.20 to 8.68 through four starts. He struck out five and walked one, helping Arizona split the four-game series. Strasburg was placed on the 10-day injured list before first pitch with right shoulder inflammation. Strasbur
  
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• Israeli police clash with Palestinian crowd in Jerusalem

  18-04-2021 22:42
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police have clashed with hundreds of Palestinian protesters outside Jerusalem’s Old City. Israel’s public broadcaster Kan showed video of police using stun grenades and a water cannon to disperse the crowd Sunday. Similar clashes have occurred nightly since the Muslim holy month of Ramadan began last week. Palestinians say they typically gather on the stairs outside the Old City’s Damascus Gate each evening during Ramadan but that this year Israel
  
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• Russia expels Czech diplomats, says Prague took hostile step

  18-04-2021 22:36
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has ordered 20 Czech diplomats to leave the country within a day in response to Prague’s expulsion of 18 Russian diplomats. The Czech government has alleged the Russian Embassy staffers were spies for a military intelligence agency that was involved in a fatal ammunition depot explosion in 2014. The Czech ambassador was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry and told the 20 diplomats must leave by the close of Monday. Meanwhile, Czech police are trying to deter
  
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• Phoenix mountain trial closed; Bees sting hiker, firefighter

  18-04-2021 22:31
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — A popular trial on Phoenix’s Camelback Mountain was closed after bees stung a hiker and a Phoenix firefighter who was on a rescue mission. Firefighters responded to the Echo Canyon Trail about 10 a.m. Sunday after receiving reports of a 50-year-old man experiencing a medical condition while hiking the trail. But the firefighters encountered bees while making their way up the mountain, delaying their rescue operation. A hiker in his 40s and a city firefighter sustained
  
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• Albania: Airport opens at former site of war refugee camp

  18-04-2021 21:59
  
  TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania has opened a low-cost airport to boost tourism in one of its poorest northeastern areas. The first domestic flight landed Sunday at Kukes International Airport, also known as Zayed-Northern Wings. The site of the airport 90 miles northeast of Albania’s capital Tirana sheltered hundreds of thousands of ethnic Albanian refugees from the Kosovo War in 1999. Prince Mohammed bin Zayed of the United Arab Emirates had a runway built there for airplanes bringin
  
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• Mother: Girl, boyfriend fought before Tenn. school shooting

  18-04-2021 21:53
  
  KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee woman says she called police about a physical fight involving her daughter and the girl’s boyfriend before he was fatally shot by officers in a high school bathroom. The Knoxville News Sentinel reports Regina Perkins says she called police Monday on Anthony Thompson Jr. after the girl reported the scuffle. Police say Thompson had a gun inside Austin-East Magnet High School in east Knoxville later that day. He was shot in a bathroom confrontation wi
  
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• Police: Suspect on the run in fatal shooting of 3 in Texas

  18-04-2021 21:37
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Emergency responders are swarming an area of Austin that includes shops and apartment complexes as they search for a suspect in the fatal shooting of three people. Austin police said Sunday afternoon that while the suspect is still at large it appears to have been an isolated domestic situation and there isn’t a risk to the general public. Police say the scene is still active and that nearby residents should shelter in place and report any suspicious activity.The
  
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• Half of US adults have received at least one COVID-19 shot

  18-04-2021 21:35
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Half of all adults in the U.S. have now received at least one COVID-19 shot. That’s according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The announcement on Sunday marks another milestone in the nation’s largest-ever vaccination campaign. It also leaves more work to do to convince skeptical Americans to roll up their sleeves. The CDC says almost 130 million people 18 or older have received at least one dose of a vaccine, or 50.4% of the total adult pop
  
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• Marine tanks back in water after deadly accident last year

  18-04-2021 21:24
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Marines are training in seafaring tanks for the first time since nine men died when one of the troop carriers sank off the Southern California coast during an exercise last summer. The Marine Corps’ fleet of the amphibious assault vehicles was suspended from all water training following the deadly accident July 30 near San Clemente Island. The Orange County Register reports Marines from Camp Pendleton last week resumed exercises in water recovery and troop transfers
  
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• Auction brings Hall of Famer Ted Williams to NFT market

  18-04-2021 21:04
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Teddy Ballgame is about to become Teddy Blockchain. Hall of Famer Ted Williams is coming to the digital memorabilia market with a release of nine different cards that follow the No. 9’s career from skinny rookie to Cooperstown inductee. The collectors’ items offered by Williams’ daughter are hand drawn by Brazilian illustrator Andre Maciel, known as Black Madre. He created the non-fungible tokens for football star Rob Gronkowski that sold out last month for
  
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• Chiefs great Arbanas, longtime local politician, dies at 82

  18-04-2021 21:01
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Former Kansas City Chiefs tight end and longtime Missouri politician Fred Arbanas has died. Arbanas was a key member of the Chiefs’ first two Super Bowl teams in the 1960s’ and ’70s. The Jackson County Democratic Party, for which Arbanas was a major player for more than four decades, announced his death at the age of 82 in a brief statement. No cause was given. A member of the Chiefs’ Hall of Fame, Arbanas was a six-time all-AFL selection and
  
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• High-ranking Iranian general dies of heart disease at 65

  18-04-2021 20:50
  
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says that a high-ranking general key to the country’s security apparatus has died. Brig. Gen. Mohammad Hosseinzadeh Hejazi, who died at 65 on Sunday, served as deputy commander of the Quds, or Jerusalem, force of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard. The unit is an elite and influential group that oversees foreign operations, and Hejazi helped lead its expeditionary forces and frequently shuttled between Iraq
  
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• Egypt says 11 killed in train crash north of Cairo

  18-04-2021 20:35
  
  CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities say a passenger train accident north of Cairo has killed at least 11 people. Railway authorities say that at least four train wagons ran off the railway at the city of Banha in Qalyubia province on Sunday. The Health Ministry says in a statement that at least 98 others were injured. Videos on social media showed wagons overturned and passengers escaping to safety along the railway. The train was travelling to the Nile Delta city of Mansoura from the Egypti
  
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• Woman suffers leg wound after shooting at concert in Phoenix

  18-04-2021 20:27
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Police in Phoenix say a woman suffered a leg wound after shots were fired at an outdoor concert. They say officers were dispatched to the Celebrity Theatre parking lot about 10 p.m. Saturday after receiving reports of a shooting during an event featuring rapper Lil Durk and others. Videos on social media showed concertgoers running from the area. About 7,000 people attended the concert. Police at the scene told ABC15 that a woman at the front of the stage was grazed in the l
  
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• Egyptian authorities say at least 11 people have been killed, some 100 others injured in train crash north of Cairo

  18-04-2021 20:18
  
  CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities say at least 11 people have been killed, some 100 others injured in train crash north of Cairo.The post Egyptian authorities say at least 11 people have been killed, some 100 others injured in train crash north of Cairo appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Alma Wahlberg, mother of Mark, Donnie Wahlberg, dies at 78

  18-04-2021 20:18
  
  Alma Wahlberg, the mother of entertainers Mark and Donnie Wahlberg and a regular on their reality series “Wahlburgers,” has died. The sons announced the news on social media Sunday. She was 78. Mark Wahlberg tweeted, “My angel. Rest in peace.” Donnie Wahlberg posted a longer tribute on his Instagram account. He described his mother as the “epitome of the word grace,” and said she’ll be celebrated “today and always.” No information was given a
  
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• Half of US adults now have received at least 1 COVID shot

  18-04-2021 20:16
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Half of all adults in the U.S. have received at least one COVID-19 shot. That’s according to the federal government. The announcement on Sunday marks another milestone in the nation’s largest-ever vaccination campaign. It also leaves more work to be done to convince skeptical Americans to roll up their sleeves. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says almost 130 million people 18 or older have received at least one dose of a vaccine, or 50.4% of the
  
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• EMS: 3 adults fatally shot in Austin, no suspect in custody

  18-04-2021 20:15
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Emergency responders say three people have been fatally shot in Austin and that no suspect is in custody. The Austin-Travis County EMS says it has received no reports of other victims. EMS spokeswoman Capt. Christa Stedman said early Sunday afternoon that it was still an active scene. She says the first 911 call came in at 11:44 a.m. and that three adults have been fatally shot. Police said on Twitter that they were on the scene of an active shooting and asked nearby r
  
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• Half of U.S. adults have now received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose, CDC says.

  18-04-2021 20:08
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Half of U.S. adults have now received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose, CDC says.The post Half of U.S. adults have now received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose, CDC says. appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Ohio River boat accident leaves 1 dead, 4 injured, 2 missing

  18-04-2021 20:06
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Authorities in Kentucky say a boat accident in the Ohio River has left one person dead and injured four others while two people remain missing. News outlets report seven people were on a pleasure craft when it collided with a barge Saturday night near a boat dock in Louisville. A search for a man and woman who were missing from the boat resumed Sunday. Pleasure Ridge Park Fire Chief Doug Recktenwald says the injured were taken to the University of Louisville Hospital
  
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• Turkey reports record daily number of COVID-19 deaths

  18-04-2021 19:55
  
  ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s Health Ministry says there were 318 deaths due to COVID-19 over 24 hours, the highest daily count since the start of the pandemic. The figure took the country’s total death toll to 35,926. There were 55,802 new daily infections, pushing the overall figure to nearly 4.27 million, the ministry said Sunday. Weekly data also released Sunday showed the northwest province of Canakkale had the highest rate of cases in the country, with 962.98 infection
  
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• Cape Town fire burns university library, students evacuated

  18-04-2021 19:50
  
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A wildfire raging on the slopes of Cape Town’s Table Mountain has spread to the University of Cape Town and burned the campus library and forced the evacuation of students. Orange flames lit up the windows of the library on Sunday while firefighters sprayed jets of water to try to douse the blaze. Other campus buildings also caught fire, and a historic windmill nearby burned. Wind spread flames across dry brush and part of the Rhodes Memorial Restaurant just off-c
  
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• Rockets hit Iraqi air base, 2 security forces wounded

  18-04-2021 19:33
  
  BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s news agency says two Iraqi security forces have been wounded after multiple rockets hit an Iraqi airbase just north of the capital Baghdad. It said at least two rockets exploded in and around the Balad airbase, which houses U.S. trainers, on Sunday evening. The attack comes few days after an explosives-laden drone targeted U.S.-led coalition forces near a northern Iraq airport, causing a large fire and damage to a building. The incident was the latest in a strin
  
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• French president foresees some summer tourists in Paris

  18-04-2021 19:33
  
  PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron says he foresees at least some tourists returning to Paris this summer if they have gotten vaccinated or have proof of testing negative for the coronavirus.  Macron said in an interview that aired Sunday on the CBS News show “Face the Nation” that his government is in favor of creating a certificate to facilitate travel between European countries as they ease lockdown measures. Macron spoke as the French government is preparing
  
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• Shots fired at Guardsmen patrolling near Wright scene

  18-04-2021 19:19
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Authorities say two National Guardsmen suffered minor injuries when they were fired upon as they provided neighborhood security in Minneapolis following the police killing of a 20-year-old Black man in a nearby suburb. The Minnesota Guard says the men were hurt when several shots came from a light-colored SUV around 4:19 a.m. Sunday. One was treated at a hospital for an injury for shattered glass and the other’s injuries were described as superficial. The Minneapol
  
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• NBA fines Spurs for violating resting rules in game they won

  18-04-2021 19:18
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA has fined the San Antonio Spurs $25,000 for violating the league’s player resting policy — in a game the Spurs won by 26 points. The Spurs sat DeMar DeRozan, Patty Mills and Jakob Poeltl for rest on Saturday night in Phoenix. It didn’t matter, as six Spurs players scored in double figures in a 111-85 rout of the Suns. According to the league’s resting policy, teams should not rest multiple healthy players for the same game. When they do rest
  
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• Cape Town wildfire forces evacuation of university students

  18-04-2021 19:11
  
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A wildfire on the slopes of South Africa’s Table Mountain has forced the evacuation of students from the University of Cape Town. Wind spread the blaze across dry brush and burned part of the Rhodes Memorial Restaurant. Officials said that more than 100 firefighters and emergency personnel were battling the fire on Sunday and four helicopters were being used to drop water on threatened areas. A spokesperson for the city’s disaster risk management center said
  
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• Passenger opened fire in shootout with San Antonio officer

  18-04-2021 18:57
  
  SAN ANTONIO (AP) — San Antonio police say it was a passenger in the front seat who opened fire on an officer following a routine traffic stop, leading the wounded officer to fatally shoot the driver and that passenger. Police had previously said it was the driver of the pickup truck who opened fire on the officer Friday. Police said Sunday that the medical examiner identified the driver as 33-year-old Sammie Joe Barbosa and the passenger as 25-year-old Alex Anthony Garcia. Officials say th
  
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• Macron says nations must ‘define red lines’ with Russia

  18-04-2021 18:49
  
  PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron says that while dialogue with Russia is essential, “clear red lines” carrying possible sanctions must also be drawn with Moscow over Ukraine. Referring to a buildup of Russian troops on Ukraine’s border, Macron said in an interview with American broadcaster CBS News, “We will never accept new military operations on Ukrainian soil.” He said the West must demonstrate both diplomacy and credibility with Moscow. Asked
  
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• Vigil, ‘peace walk’ in Chicago after police shooting of boy

  18-04-2021 18:46
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — People are planning to gather around Chicago to remember a 13-year-old boy fatally shot by a police officer and to call for changes in policing and an end to gun violence. Sunday’s events follow the release of body-camera footage showing Chicago police Officer Eric Stillman shoot Adam Toledo less than a second after the boy dropped a gun, turned toward the officer and began raising his hands. Stillman chased Adam down a dark alley on March 29 after responding to a call
  
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• Chad army claims it has stopped rebel drive toward capital

  18-04-2021 18:38
  
  N’DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — The Chadian military says it has stopped a rebel advance in the country’s north but the rebels are vowing to press ahead. Army spokesman Azim Bermandoa Agouna said that clashes had taken place late Saturday in the northern province of Kanem and that the rebel column from Libya was “totally decimated.” The rebel group, known as the Front for Change and Concord in Chad, issued a statement Sunday on its Facebook page stating that its forces had b
  
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• Teen arrested on murder warrant in Nebraska mall shooting

  18-04-2021 18:20
  
  OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police say a teenage boy has been arrested on a murder warrant in a shooting at a Nebraska mall that left one man dead and a woman injured. Omaha police say 16-year-old Makhi Woolridge-Jones was arrested Sunday on a charge of first-degree murder in the shooting Saturday at the Westroads Mall in Omaha. Eighteen-year-old Brandon Woolridge-Jones was earlier arrested on a charge of being an accessory to the shooting. Police haven’t described the relationship between th
  
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• Key moments at Derek Chauvin’s trial in George Floyd’s death

  18-04-2021 17:58
  
  Several moments stood out at Derek Chauvin’s murder trial, including testimony from bystanders who said they felt guilty for not being able to help George Floyd who was pinned under the officer’s knee. Darnella Frazier shot the harrowing video of the arrest that set off nationwide protests. The teenager said she “stayed up, apologizing and apologizing” to Floyd for not doing more. There were other memorable moments: A lung specialist pinpointed what he said was the moment
  
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• New migrant facilities crop up to ease crowding, again

  18-04-2021 17:55
  
  U.S. officials are scrambling to handle a dramatic spike in children crossing the U.S.-Mexico border alone. It’s lead to a massive expansion in emergency facilities to house them as more kids arrive than can be released to close relatives in the United States. Advocates and former U.S. officials say the government failed to prepare for a big increase in children traveling alone as President Joe Biden ended some of his predecessor’s hardline immigration policies and decided that unacc
  
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• Teen wanted on murder warrant in Nebraska mall shooting

  18-04-2021 17:54
  
  OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police say a murder warrant has been issued for a teenage boy suspected in a shooting at a Nebraska mall that left one man dead and a woman injured. Omaha police said Sunday that 16-year-old Makhi Woolridge-Jones is wanted on a charge of first-degree murder in the shooting Saturday at the Westroads Mall in Omaha. Eighteen-year-old Brandon Woolridge-Jones has been arrested on a charge of being an accessory to the shooting. Police haven’t described the relationship b
  
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• Arizona reports 711 new COVID-19 cases and 2 more deaths

  18-04-2021 17:48
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Health officials in Arizona on Sunday reported 711 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and two additional deaths. The state’s coronavirus dashboard listed pandemic totals of 853,761 cases and 17,153 deaths. The dashboard also shows that over 4.4 million vaccine doses have been administered in the state. More than 2.6 million people _ 37.4% of Arizona’s population _ have received at least one shot and over 1.8 million people now are fully vaccinated. Arizona Department o
  
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• Search for 9 missing from capsized boat in Gulf on 6th day

  18-04-2021 17:46
  
  PORT FOURCHON, La. (AP) — The search for nine crew members missing from a capsized lift boat in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana is continuing for a sixth day. Officials have released little information about their search in the murky seas surrounding the capsized Seacor Power lift boat some 8 miles off the coast since announcing divers found two bodies inside the ship Friday night. Six people were rescued alive after the boat capsized Tuesday in a storm. Four bodies have been found &mdash
  
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• Nats put Strasburg on IL with right shoulder inflammation

  18-04-2021 17:43
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington Nationals have placed right-handed pitcher Stephen Strasburg on the 10-day injured list because of right shoulder inflammation. The 2019 World Series MVP was set to start Sunday against the Arizona Diamondbacks and will now be replaced by right-hander Paolo Espino. The 32-year-old Strasburg is 0–1 with a 6.30 ERA in two starts this season. He gave up three homers and seven earned runs in four innings in his last start, a 14-3 loss at St. Louis on Tues
  
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• 3 inmates who escaped from west Phoenix jail back in custody

  18-04-2021 17:26
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities say three inmates who briefly escaped from the Estrella Jail in west Phoenix have been recaptured. Maricopa County Sheriff’s officials say deputies were able to detain one of the inmates shortly after the escape and Phoenix police helped track down and arrest the other two inmates. Police say deputies in a patrol vehicle in the area saw two inmates walking down a street near the jail and detained them. Sheriff’s officials didn’t immediately disc
  
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• Tucson home helps elite women athletes level playing field

  18-04-2021 17:21
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — For the past five years, the Tucson nonprofit Homestretch Foundation has provided housing to more than 70 female athletes from 17 countries. The Arizona Daily Star reports “Stretchies” pursue careers in endurance sports, including cycling, triathlon, swimming or running. Homestretch typically houses six to eight athletes at a time. Founder Kathryn Bertine got the idea for Homestretch through her own struggles as a professional cyclist. In addition to room a
  
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• Body pulled from river ID’d as a missing Bullhead City man

  18-04-2021 16:59
  
  BULLHEAD CITY, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say a body recovered from the Colorado River has been identified as a missing Bullhead City man who was in a boating accident. Police in Bullhead City say they received a call of a body floating down the river near the Palo Verde Meadows Marina around 11 a.m. Saturday. The Nevada Department of Wildlife assisted in recovering the body. Authorities say the body was positively identified as 62-year-old James Edward McCloskey who went missing in the rive
  
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• Navajo Nation has no COVID-related deaths for 7th day in row

  18-04-2021 16:53
  
  WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation now has had a week of reporting no additional COVID-19 related deaths on the vast reservation where safety precautions like a mask mandate and daily curfews remain. The tribe on Saturday night reported no new deaths for the seventh consecutive day and just two new confirmed cases of the coronavirus. The latest numbers brought the pandemic case total to 30,357 with the death toll remaining at 1,262. Tribal officials say 16,477 people have recovere
  
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• Chadian military says advancing rebel column ‘decimated’

  18-04-2021 16:50
  
  N’DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — The Chadian military says it has stopped a rebel advance in the country’s north but the rebels are vowing to press ahead. Army spokesman Azim Bermandoa Agouna said that clashes had taken place late Saturday in the northern province of Kanem and that the rebel column from Libya was “totally decimated.” The rebel group known as the Front for Change and Concord in Chad, issued a statement Sunday on its Facebook page stating that it forces had beg
  
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