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• Unmanned helicopter crashes into US Navy ship, damaging hull

  27-04-2021 23:57
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — An unmanned helicopter has crashed into the side of a U.S. Navy ship. Officials said Tuesday that no one was injured when the 31-foot-long MQ-8B Fire Scout struck the hull of the USS Charleston. The helicopter crashed about 3:40 p.m. Monday shortly after taking off from the San Diego-based Littoral Combat Ship during routine operations in the western Pacific ocean. The Navy says the ship’s safety net was damaged, as was an area above the waterline. The ship continued
  
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• Advocates detail ‘shadow pandemic’ of violence against women

  27-04-2021 23:54
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Advocates who work in Indigenous communities in New Mexico and on the Navajo Nation say cases of domestic violence increased over the past year. They pointed to the pressures of the coronavirus pandemic, saying lockdowns and stay-at-home orders made it difficult for victims to access help and forced advocacy groups and social workers to be more creative when finding solutions. Their testimony came Tuesday during a virtual summit on ending violence against Indigenou
  
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• UN chief launches Cyprus talks, joined by Greece, Turkey, UK

  27-04-2021 23:52
  
  GENEVA (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has met with leaders of war-divided Cyprus in the Swiss city of Geneva in an effort to revive talks toward a settlement. More detailed talks with Greek Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades and Ersin Tatar, leader of the breakaway Turkish Cypriot republic in the north of the island, are planned for Wednesday.  The foreign ministers of Turkey, Greece and Britain will also attend the three-day meetings in Geneva. The Mediterranean isl
  
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• Houston-area sheriff is named to lead immigration agency

  27-04-2021 23:52
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has nominated the sheriff of one of the nation’s most populous counties to lead the agency that deports people in the country illegally. Harris County, Texas, Sheriff Ed Gonzalez is Biden’s pick for director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, an agency that has been without a Senate-confirmed leader since 2017. Gonzalez strongly criticized former President Donald Trump for his hardline immigration policies. After his election in 2016
  
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• Minnesota Legislature finally funds Chauvin trial security

  27-04-2021 23:49
  
  ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Legislature has approved $7.8 million to help cover the extra security costs the state incurred ahead of last week’s guilty verdicts in Derek Chauvin’s murder trial over the killing of George Floyd. The Star Tribune reports that the state House and Senate passed the package Tuesday with bipartisan support. Gov. Tim Walz requested the additional funding to cover the costs for state troopers and other law enforcement who were brought in from o
  
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• Fisch generating buzz in first spring as Arizona coach

  27-04-2021 23:43
  
  Arizona took an unusual step by hiring Jedd Fisch as its football coach. The 44-year-old has a long resume, mostly in the NFL, but did not play football and has limited experience as a head coach, serving as UCLA’s interim coach for two games in 2017. But Fisch may be just the right man for the job if spring football is any indication. Fisch brought Tedy Bruschi back into the fold as an analyst and dozens of former players attended practices and the spring game. He also made a splash by hi
  
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• Judge has doubts on voter privacy in Arizona recount

  27-04-2021 23:38
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — A judge hearing a challenge to voter privacy policies during the Republican-controlled Arizona Senate’s recount of 2.1 million 2020 election ballots says he is not convinced voter secrecy is being upheld. The comment from Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Daniel Martin came at the end of a lengthy hearing Tuesday. Martin also declined to extend a previous judge’s order that auditors hired by the Senate comply with state voter privacy laws — at least unti
  
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• Dispute over powers could spark Idaho government shutdown

  27-04-2021 23:36
  
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — State officials say Idaho government offices and services could start shutting down in June if the part-time Legislature refuses to adjourn and leave coronavirus pandemic decisions solely to Republican Gov. Brad Little. The scenario would jeopardize the effective date of some 200 bills, including 65 critical appropriations bills, that are set to become law 60 days after the Legislature adjourns. Attorneys with a watchdog group say blanket legislation put forward by lawm
  
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• Juvenile lifer who set precedent sentenced to life again

  27-04-2021 23:16
  
  MOULTON, Ala. (AP) — A judge has handed down a second life sentence to an Alabama man whose case later led to a ban on mandatory life sentences for juveniles. Lawrence Circuit Judge Mark Craig ruled that Evan Miller, despite being a teen when he committed his killing, met the legal criteria to be sentenced to life in prison without the chance of parole. The Supreme Court in 2012 ruled in Miller’s case that mandatory life without parole for those under the age of 18 at the time of the
  
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• Arizona vaccine sites no longer requiring appointments

  27-04-2021 22:53
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — State health officials say Arizona has sufficient COVID-19 vaccine to meet demand and appointments are no longer required at the state-run vaccination sites in metro Phoenix, Tucson, Flagstaff and Yuma. The Department of Health Services made the announcement Tuesday, a day after it announced that 60,000 appointments remained available for this week at the seven sites statewide. The department said making an appointment is still recommended because it has the advantage of red
  
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• Tempe police arrest suspect in hit-and-run that injured 2

  27-04-2021 22:52
  
  TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Police in Tempe say a suspect has been arrested in connection with a hit-and-run last weekend that injured two Arizona State University students. They say 39-year-old Sheldon Whitebird of Mesa is being held on an arrest warrant from an unrelated incident in which he was suspected of driving under the influence. Police also say new charges against Whitebird are pending because his driver’s license may have been revoked at the time of Saturday’s incident for a
  
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• $585K to be paid in sex harassment suit against ‘TikTok doc’

  27-04-2021 22:52
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Health and Science University says it will pay $585,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by a social worker who accused a former anesthesiology resident of sexually assaulting her and accused the school of failing to act. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the university issued an apology to the woman in a statement Tuesday. The school said she will be invited to participate in former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder’s investigation of the university’s ha
  
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• No charges against R&B artist Trey Songz over NFL scuffle

  27-04-2021 22:51
  
  R&B artist Trey Songz will not face charges in an alleged altercation with police officers at the AFC championship game in Kansas City. Jackson County prosecutor’s office spokesman Mike Mansur said Tuesday that there was “insufficient evidence.” He declined to comment further. Songz, whose name is Tremaine Aldon Neverson, was arrested and jailed overnight in January. Police have said he had scuffled with officers during his arrest for allegedly not following coronavirus pro
  
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• Largest firefighting plane may be sold for COVID-19 response

  27-04-2021 22:50
  
  DENVER (AP) — As Western states prepare for this year’s wildfire season, the world’s largest firefighting plane has been grounded. But the plane could be converted to help fight against another crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic. Alterna Capital Partners LLC has funded the plane’s operations since 2016 and decided to ground the SuperTanker on April 19. Roger Miller, managing director at the investment firm, says they have received several offers to buy it as a freight carrier
  
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• Insurer Humana moves deeper into home care with $5.7B deal

  27-04-2021 22:43
  
  Humana is spending $5.7 billion to jump deeper into delivering care at home, a trend that took off during the pandemic and one the health insurer expects will continue to grow. The insurer said Tuesday that it will buy the rest of Kindred at Home after initially acquiring a 40% stake in the care provider a few years ago. Kindred at Home sends nurses, physical therapists and other care providers to patients who are deemed homebound by doctors. The company serves more than a half million patients
  
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• Chauvin sentencing in Floyd death pushed back to June 25

  27-04-2021 22:42
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Sentencing for former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin in George Floyd’s death has been pushed back to June 25, according to online court records. Chauvin’s June 16 hearing was reset by Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill due to a scheduling conflict. Chauvin was convicted April 20 of all three counts against him: second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. Under Minnesota statutes he’ll only be sentenc
  
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• Google’s Q1 ad sales surge 32%, Alphabet profit doubles

  27-04-2021 22:39
  
  SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — Google’s digital advertising network has shifted back into high gear after an unprecedented reversal during the early stages of the pandemic. The robust first-quarter advertising growth announced Tuesday provides the latest sign that advertisers are expecting the economy to roar back to life as more people get vaccinated against COVID-19 and burst out of their pandemic cocoons. Google is now benefiting from that recovery. The company’s ad sales surged 3
  
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• Publisher pulls Philip Roth bio, cuts ties with author

  27-04-2021 22:35
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The publisher of a highly anticipated biography of Philip Roth is pulling the book and cutting ties with author Blake Bailey, who faces multiple allegations of sexual harassment and assault. W.W. Norton and Company previously released Bailey’s memoir “The Splendid Things We Planned.” The stunning decision follows allegations last week from former students of Bailey, who in the 1990s taught eighth grade English in New Orleans, that he had behaved inappropri
  
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• Iowa man convicted in 2019 fatal beating of pastor

  27-04-2021 22:35
  
  DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A 37-year-old Iowa man has been convicted of fatally beating a pastor outside of his church. Joshua Pendleton was convicted Tuesday of first-degree murder and robbery in the October 2019 killing of the Rev. Allen Henderson in Fort Dodge, about 70 miles north of Des Moines. He is scheduled to be sentenced June 18 and faces a mandatory term of life in prison without the possibility of parole. Police said Pendletonattacked Henderson after the 64-year-old pastor tried to
  
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• Special Weather Statement issued April 27 at 2:31PM MDT by NWS Tucson AZ

  27-04-2021 22:31
  
  At 130 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm nearThree Points, or 19 miles northwest of Green Valley, moving northeastat 15 mph.
  Half inch hail, heavy rain and winds in excess of 40 mph will bepossible with this storm.
  Locations impacted include…Three Points, Pascua Pueblo Yaqui Reservation, Valencia West, TucsonEstates and Ryan AirField.Heavy rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead tolocalized runoff. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded areas.The
  
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• With pools closed, Peruvians turn to open-water swimming

  27-04-2021 22:30
  
  LIMA, Peru (AP) — The swimmers began gathering even before dawn glimmers on Pescadores beach, plunging into the Pacific surf for one of the few athletic endeavors permitted under Peru’s strict pandemic restrictions. Swimming pools have been closed for more than a year, but government has for months now allowed open-water swimming, even if relaxing on the beach is banned to prevent mass gatherings. Forty-three-year-old Lorena Choy says the swimming “helps a lot psychologically.&
  
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• Appointments recommended but no longer required at AZ COVID-19 vaccination sites

  27-04-2021 22:30
  
  PHOENIX (KVOA) - Appointments at state COVID-19 vaccination sites are no longer required.
  The Arizona Department of Health Services is now encouraging people to visit sites any time during operating hours. However, ADHS says that making an appointment is "still the best way to complete your vaccination appointment as quickly as possible."
  #NEW: Making an appointment is the best way to complete your vaccination appointment as quickly as possible, but they...Posted by Arizona Department of Health
  
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• 1 of 2 accused of killing Wisconsin couple signs plea deal

  27-04-2021 22:30
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say a Wisconsin 19-year-old who is accused of helping kill the parents of a friend’s girlfriend after a dispute over COVID-19 restrictions has signed a plea agreement. Ali’jah Larrue is charged with two counts of party to the crime of first-degree intentional homicide. The Wisconsin State Journal reports that he will likely plead guilty next month to amended charges. Sentencing for Larrue would be delayed until after the outcome of the case agai
  
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• Bidens to visit Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter while in Georgia

  27-04-2021 22:16
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will visit the 39th president, Jimmy Carter, and his wife, Rosalynn, while in Georgia this week. The White House had previously announced that Biden would attend a drive-in rally in Atlanta on Thursday to mark his 100th day in office, which comes a day after his first address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday evening. The Bidens will now add a trip to Plains, Georgia, to visit the Carters. The 96
  
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• FBI starts probe into death of Black man killed by deputies

  27-04-2021 22:14
  
  ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (AP) — The FBI has launched a civil rights probe into the death of Andrew Brown Jr., a Black man killed by deputies in North Carolina. The announcement on Tuesday came hours after Brown’s family released an independent autopsy showing he was shot five times, including in the back of the head. North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper also called for a special prosecutor as pressure built on local officials to release body camera footage of last week’s shooting. A loca
  
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• US ‘Real ID’ deadline is now May 2023 due to COVID-19

  27-04-2021 22:13
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans will have more time to get the Real ID that they will need to board a flight or enter federal facilities.
  The Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday extended the Real ID deadline until May 3, 2023.
  The deadline had been Oct. 1, 2021, and it was becoming clear that many people wouldn’t make it, in part because the COVID-19 outbreak has made it harder for states to issue new licenses.
  Congress passed the Real ID Act in 2005 to establish minimum security
  
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• Ex-NY AG Schneiderman’s law license suspended over abuse

  27-04-2021 22:12
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Former New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has agreed to surrender his law license for a year, the latest fallout from allegations of physical abuse toward women that led to his resignation in 2018. A New York court Tuesday approved the agreement between Schneiderman and the state’s Attorney Grievance Committee, which filed a petition last August seeking to prevent him from practicing law. The suspension takes effect May 28. Under the terms of the deal, Schnei
  
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• Pritzker signs expansive health care access, equity proposal

  27-04-2021 22:10
  
  SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois governor has signed into law legislation to make health care more accessible and equitable for people of color. The wide-ranging law includes provisions reducing sales taxes to 1% on blood-sugar test kits and prioritizing state funding for Illinois communities with high rates of violence. It is the last of the four pillars for racial justice authored by the Legislative Black Caucus that the Democratic governor has signed into law. Republicans swiftly c
  
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• Stocks end a wobbly day mixed, S&P 500 still near record

  27-04-2021 22:09
  
  Major U.S. stock indexes ended a wobbly day mixed on Wall Street, keeping the S&P 500 near the record high it set a day earlier. The benchmark index ended down less than one point Tuesday and the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed basically unchanged. The Nasdaq fell 0.3%. It’s a heavy week for earnings reports from big U.S. companies. UPS soared after reporting another surge in delivery volumes. Investors will be watching for news out of the Federal Reserve on Wednesday after its two
  
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• Navajo Nation reports 5 new COVID-19 cases, but no deaths

  27-04-2021 22:09
  
  WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation reports five new confirmed COVID-19 cases, but no additional deaths. Tribal health officials say the numbers released Monday night bring the total number of cases to 30,467 on the vast reservation that covers parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. The number of known deaths remains at 1,273. The Navajo Department of Health on Monday loosened some virus-driven restrictions and transition to “yellow status.” Restaurants will be allowed
  
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• Russian military intervenes to halt clashes in Syrian city

  27-04-2021 22:08
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian officer says Russian military police have been deployed to a city in northeastern Syria to halt clashes between Kurdish forces and Syrian government-allied fighters. Rear Adm. Alexander Karpov, the head of the Russian military’s Reconciliation Center in Syria, said Tuesday that military police backed by helicopter gunships were sent to Qamishli near the border with Turkey. He said Russian mediation efforts helped halt the shooting in Qamishli and stabilize the
  
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• Defendant: Alleged threats against lawmakers were ‘blather’

  27-04-2021 22:05
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A man charged with threatening to kill members of Congress has testified that his disturbing social media rants were the work of a wasted and stoned provocateur, not someone actually out for blood. Brendan Hunt did not deny creating the posts. But he told jurors on Tuesday at his trial in federal court in Brooklyn he believed what he called “rhetoric” would never be taken seriously. He said it was often composed while “smoking weed” by bong and drink
  
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• ‘Go get the shot’: Biden highlights path back to normal

  27-04-2021 21:49
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden spent his first 100 days in office encouraging Americans to mask up and stay home to slow the spread of COVID-19. His task for the next 100 days will be to lay out the path back to normal. When Biden entered office, he moved swiftly to overcome vaccine supply issues and more than tripled the country’s ability to administer them. But ending the coronavirus pandemic will require more than putting shots into arms — and that task is growing mor
  
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• US ‘Real ID’ deadline is now May 2023 because of COVID-19

  27-04-2021 21:43
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans will have more time to get the Real ID that they will need to board a flight or enter federal facilities. The Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday extended the Real ID deadline until May 3, 2023. The deadline had been Oct. 1, 2021, and it was becoming clear that many people wouldn’t make it, in part because the COVID-19 outbreak has made it harder for states to issue new licenses. Congress passed the Real ID Act in 2005 to establish minimum security
  
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• Driver dies in single-vehicle collision on Tucson’s south side

  27-04-2021 21:43
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - Police on Tuesday identified the victim in a fatal single-vehicle collision as a 48-year-old man.
  Officers responded to the 900 block of E. 22nd St., at approximately 11:26 p.m., on Monday.
  Tucson Fire personal transported Jason Christophern Jenkins Reitan to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. Police say he died shortly after arriving at the hospital.
  Police identified Reitan as the driver of a white 2000 Ford F-350.
  Detectives say that "for unknown reasons" he drove a
  
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• Florida official orders workers to vaccinate or risk firing

  27-04-2021 21:42
  
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A Florida tax collector has ordered her employees to get the coronavirus vaccine or risk being fired. Palm Beach County Tax Collector Anne Gannon told her 315 employees last week of her decision after doing research and concluding she could legally do it. She said her employees have contact with the public and two workers tested positive last week. Many others tested positive earlier and one died. She said employees can refuse for valid medical or religious rea
  
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• 0 Patience for others? Small island’s only home hits market

  27-04-2021 21:32
  
  PORTSMOUTH, R.I. (AP) — Anyone who’s ever wanted their own private island getaway now has a chance — and it might be less expensive than you’d think. The Newport Daily News reports that the only house on a small island in Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay is for sale for $399,900. The house has the unique address of 0 Patience Way. The seasonal cottage on Patience Island is off the electrical grid, but comes with just under a half-acre of land and approximately 600 sq
  
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• Native American lawmakers seek federal help on Montana bison

  27-04-2021 21:31
  
  BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Native American lawmakers in Montana are asking the Biden administration to craft a plan to reintroduce wild bison to areas in and around Glacier National Park and the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge. Tuesday’s request by eight members of the Legislature’s American Indian Caucus was made to Interior Secretary Deb Haaland. It comes after Gov. Greg Gianforte and Republicans in the Legislature have sought to make it harder to reintroduce bison to
  
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• Suspect in deadly LA shooting rampage shot, killed by police

  27-04-2021 21:28
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police fatally shot a man early Tuesday suspected of going on a deadly rampage in the city’s downtown. Authorities say the man shot several people — killing two of them, including a newlywed  — seemingly at random before leading police on an hours-long chase that ended in a standoff on a freeway overpass. Authorities say the man had been driving a white Jeep Cherokee and refused pleas from police and a family member to surrender. Shots
  
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• US to limit immigration arrests at courthouses under Biden

  27-04-2021 21:21
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is placing limits on immigration arrests at courthouses around the country after the practice sparked criticism under President Donald Trump. A change of policy announced Tuesday by Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas authorizes arrests at courthouses in cases of national security, a threat to public safety or in an emergency. But the new policy prohibits routine immigration enforcement at or near courthouses. Mayorkas says Trump-era ar
  
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• Pediatric COVID cases declining

  27-04-2021 21:17
  
  Experts say that children represented 13.7 percent of all cases.
  After several weeks of increases in the number of new infections of COVID-19 in children, a slight decrease was reported last week.According to the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children's Hospital Association, nearly 80,000 new child cases were reported last week.But, that is a decline from the over 88,000 new cases that were reported the previous week.Experts say that children represented 13.7 percent of all cases.As of
  
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• BBB Tip: What to know before visiting a medical spa

  27-04-2021 21:15
  The Better Business Bureau (BBB) has warned consumers about medical spas. These spas are generally where people go to receive botox treatments,non-surgical fat reduction, laser skin resurfacing, tattoo removal, microdermabrasion, and laser hair removal."Medical spas, commonly called 'med spas,' provide a way to get non-invasive cosmetic treatments in a relaxing atmosphere," BBB said. "While these businesses only offer non-invasive procedures, some of the treatments do carry significant risk
  
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• DEA launches Project Wave Breaker to stop flood of deadly fentanyl

  27-04-2021 21:14
  
  WASHINGTON – Tuesday the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced a new initiative, Project Wave Breaker, to disrupt the flow of deadly fentanyl into the United States.Along the Southwest border, seizures of fentanyl-laced pills increased more than 89% from January 2019 to December 2020.“While a major entry point for fentanyl is the Southwest border, the cartels are spreading their poison into communities across the Nation,” D. Christopher Evans, DEA Acting Administ
  
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• Ex-Dallas officer who killed neighbor appeals guilty verdict

  27-04-2021 21:10
  
  DALLAS (AP) — A Texas court appears skeptical of arguments to overturn the conviction of a former Dallas police officer who was sentenced to prison for fatally shooting her neighbor in his home. An attorney for Amber Guyger and prosecutors clashed before an appeals court Tuesday. At issue is whether the evidence in the case was sufficient to prove that Guyger’s 2018 shooting of Botham Jean was murder. The hearing before a panel of judges will examine a Dallas County jury’s 2019
  
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• Burning Man cancels 2021 festival in northern Nevada desert

  27-04-2021 21:10
  
  RENO, Nev. (AP) — Burning Man organizers are canceling this summer’s annual counter-culture festival in the Nevada desert for the second year in a row due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The San Francisco-based group posted a video on its web site Tuesday that said there are too many uncertainties to resolve in time to hold the event as scheduled Aug. 26-Sept. 3 in the Black Rock Desert 100 miles north of Reno. Burning Man CEO Marian Goodell said the “difficult decision” is &ld
  
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• Court: Shooting spree suspect incompetent to stand trial

  27-04-2021 21:08
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Court records have said one of three suspects in a Thanksgiving shooting spree that killed one and injured several others was found incompetent to stand trial last week. Court records said District Judge Christy Craig ordered 29-year-old Christopher McDonnell on Friday to be sent to a maximum-security psychiatric facility until doctors deem him fit to stand trial. Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson previously said McDonnell and the two other suspects face more th
  
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• Thousands rally against Slovenia’s right-wing government

  27-04-2021 21:07
  
  LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Thousands have rallied in Slovenia against the government of right-wing Prime Minister Janez Jansa, whom opponents accuse of curbing democratic freedoms in the traditionally moderate nation. Tuesday’s peaceful protest was held on Slovenia’s Resistance Day, which marks the start of the World War II struggle by partisan groups against Nazi German and fascist Italian occupiers. Protest organizers said they were fighting “for freedom, democracy and
  
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• FBI announces federal civil rights investigation into fatal shooting of Black man by North Carolina deputies

  27-04-2021 20:56
  
  ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (AP) — FBI announces federal civil rights investigation into fatal shooting of Black man by North Carolina deputies.The post FBI announces federal civil rights investigation into fatal shooting of Black man by North Carolina deputies appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Tucson police arrest man in fatal shooting in parking garage

  27-04-2021 20:54
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Tucson police say they’ve arrested one of two people sought in a fatal shooting during a carjacking in a downtown parking garage. Police said 21-hyear-old Luis Alberto Garcia was arrested at a hotel and then jailed on suspicion of first-degree murder and other charges in the killing early Sunday morning of 52-year-old Mark Edward Doe and related incidents. According to police, Doe was shot in the chest as he confronted two men who were trying to rob people inside
  
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• Israeli military says it downed Hezbollah drone

  27-04-2021 20:52
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says it shot down a drone belonging to Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group that entered Israeli airspace. In a brief statement Tuesday, the military said it had monitored the aircraft throughout the incident. It also said troops found the remnants of a Hezbollah drone shot down several weeks earlier after crossing into Israeli airspace from Lebanon. There was no immediate comment from Hezbollah or the Lebanese government. Israel and Hezbollah are
  
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