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• Biden quadruples Trump refugee cap after delay backlash

  03-05-2021 23:58
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is formally raising the nation’s cap on refugee admissions to 62,500 this year. The move comes weeks after Biden faced bipartisan blowback for his delay in replacing the record-low ceiling of 15,000 set by former President Donald Trump. Refugee resettlement agencies have waited for Biden to quadruple the number of refugees allowed into the United States since Feb. 12, when a presidential proposal was submitted to Congress saying he planned to do
  
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• Gunmen kill dozens in attack in eastern Burkina Faso

  03-05-2021 23:55
  
  KAYA, Burkina Faso (AP) — At least 30 people were killed by gunmen in eastern Burkina Faso Monday, according to the government. The attack occurred in Koguel village in the Komandjari province near the border with Niger, government official Labidi Ouoba told the Associated Press by phone after fleeing the attack. Jihadists surrounded the village and went house to house setting fire to them and killing people, said Ouoba. Burkina Faso’s ill-equipped army has been struggling to contain
  
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• Gilbert officer critically injured in deadly pursuit to be transferred out of ICU in couple days

  03-05-2021 23:53
  
  GILBERT, Ariz. (KVOA) - The police officer who was critically injured during Thursday's violent confrontation of a suspect in the Phoenix area will soon be placed out of the Intensive Care Unit, according to an update shared by Gilbert Police Department Monday afternoon.Last Thursday, Gilbert Police Officer Rico Aranda was transported to the hospital after he sustained a head injury when Jonathan Atland allegedly stole a car from a Phoenix car dealership and crashed it into a nearby vehicle that
  
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• The Latest: Alabama gov says pandemic “absolutely” managed

  03-05-2021 23:38
  
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Declaring the COVID-19 pandemic “absolutely” managed despite lagging vaccinations, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey said Monday she will end a state health order meant to guard against the spread of an illness that has killed nearly 11,000 people statewide.Citing improved infection rates, fewer hospitalizations and more widespread immunizations, Ivey said the current health order recommending that people follow health recommendations and requiring some precautions for s
  
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• Judge asked to halt dredges during sea turtle nesting season

  03-05-2021 23:36
  
  SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A conservation group is asking a judge to stop a federal agency from dredging a Georgia harbor during the nesting season for rare sea turtles. The group One Hundred Miles filed suit against the Army Corps of Engineers in federal court in Savannah. The lawsuit seeks to stop the Army Corps from ending a policy that for 30 years suspended coastal dredging during the warmer months when sea turtles nest on Southern beaches. The policy was intended to protect rare sea turtle
  
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• Biden promotes education spending at stops in Virginia

  03-05-2021 23:22
  
  PORTSMOUTH, Va. (AP) — President Joe Biden traveled to coastal Virginia to promote his plans to increase spending on education and children, part of his $1.8 trillion families proposal announced last week. Biden and his wife, Jill, visited an elementary school and also went to Tidewater Community College. The president has proposed $109 billion be spent to provide Americans with two years of tuition-free community college. He’s also seeking over $80 billion for Pell Grants to help co
  
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• Judge hears closing arguments in NRA bankruptcy trial

  03-05-2021 23:15
  
  DALLAS (AP) — Are the National Rifle Association’s leaders abusing the legal system to duck accountability for their mismanagement? Or are they making a legitimate move to reorganize following attacks from politicians bent on dismantling the gun-rights group? A federal judge in Dallas heard those competing narratives Monday during closing arguments in the NRA’s bankruptcy trial. The NRA filed for bankruptcy in January after New York’s attorney general sued to disband the
  
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• Treasury announces plans to borrow $463 billion this quarter

  03-05-2021 23:11
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department says it expects to borrow $463 billion in the current April-June quarter and $2.28 trillion for the full budget year, as the government finances continued pandemic releif measures. Treasury officials announced Monday that the $463 billion in borrowing for the current quarter represented a significant jump from a borrowing estimate for the current quarter of $95 billion made in February. The big increase of $368 billion was attributed to passage of
  
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• Ex-consumer watchdog tapped to manage federal student aid

  03-05-2021 23:11
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A former federal consumer watchdog and Democratic nominee for Ohio governor has landed his next job. The U.S. Department of Education announced Monday that Richard Cordray has been selected as its chief operating officer of federal student aid. The 62-year-old Cordray previously served as Ohio treasurer and attorney general and as the first head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. He lost the 2018 governor’s race to Republican Gov. Mike DeWine. Cordray&
  
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• Judge orders Kevin Spacey accuser to reveal his identity

  03-05-2021 22:59
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A judge says a man cannot anonymously accuse actor Kevin Spacey of sexually abusing him at age 14 after meeting him in Spacey’s suburban New York acting class.U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan issued the decision Monday in a lawsuit in which the man wished to be identified only as “C.D.”Kaplan said C.D.’s privacy interest does not outweigh the presumption of open judicial proceedings and the prejudice to Spacey that would occur if he could proceed
  
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• Bill and Melinda Gates announce they are ending marriage

  03-05-2021 22:59
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — Bill and Melinda Gates say they’re divorcing. The Microsoft co-founder and his wife, who launched the world’s largest charitable foundation, said they would continue to work together at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. In identical tweets, they said they had made the decision to end their marriage of 27 years. They asked for space and privacy for their family. Last year, Bill Gates said he was stepping down from Microsoft’s board to focus on philant
  
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• Biden raises Trump refugee cap after delay backlash

  03-05-2021 22:51
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is formally raising the nation’s cap on refugee admissions to 62,500 this year. The move comes weeks after Biden faced bipartisan blowback for his delay in replacing the record-low ceiling of 15,000 set by former President Donald Trump. Biden last month moved to expand the eligibility criteria for resettlements, removing one roadblock to refugees entering the U.S., but he initially stopped short of lifting the annual cap. But Biden faced sharp pu
  
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• Mexico marks end of last Indigenous revolt with apology

  03-05-2021 22:49
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico is marking the 116th anniversary of the battle that ended the last Indigenous rebellion in North America, by issuing an apology for centuries of brutal exploitation and discrimination. The Mayas of Quintana Roo, who fought an 1847-1901 rebellion against Mexican settlers and the government still live on the Caribbean coast. But they have been largely locked out of the rich tourism industry that has sprung up there since 1974. On Monday, Mayan activist Alfaro Yam Ca
  
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• Woman dies after Phoenix crash involving street-racing cars

  03-05-2021 22:47
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Police in Phoenix say a woman is dead after she was struck by one of two cars that were believed to be street racing. They say 28-year-old Charissa Coleman was pronounced dead at a hospital after Sunday night’s crash. Police say Coleman was making a left turn on a street when a passenger car slammed into her vehicle at a high rate of speed. A bystander pulled the unconscious woman from her vehicle and began performing CPR. Police say the 34-year-old man who was driving
  
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• Hearing set over DNA evidence in rape of incapacitated woman

  03-05-2021 22:43
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — A judge has scheduled a May 21 hearing to consider a challenge to the DNA evidence against a nurse charged with sexually assaulting an incapacitated woman who later gave birth at a long-term care facility in Phoenix. Nathan Sutherland’s lawyers argues the evidence should be tossed because officers didn’t get a warrant or have probable cause to take his client’s DNA and instead relied on a court order with a lesser standard of proof to gather the evidence. P
  
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• McConnell says GOP open to $600 billion for infrastructure

  03-05-2021 22:33
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The top Republican in the Senate is opening the door to backing a smaller infrastructure bill. Sen. Mitch McConnell says Republicans are willing to spend up to $600 billion for roads, bridges and other projects. That’s far less than what President Joe Biden is seeking, but is in line with a new $568 billion proposal put forward by other Senate Republicans. Biden is pushing a $2.3 trillion infrastructure proposal that would be paid for with an increase in corpor
  
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• Judge orders Kevin Spacey accuser to reveal himself in suit

  03-05-2021 22:30
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A judge says a man cannot anonymously accuse actor Kevin Spacey of sexually abusing him at age 14 after meeting him in Spacey’s suburban New York acting class. U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan issued the decision Monday in a lawsuit in which the man wished to be identified only as “C.D.” Kaplan said C.D.’s privacy interest does not outweigh the presumption of open judicial proceedings and the prejudice to Spacey that would occur if he could procee
  
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• US appeals court to consider Idaho transgender athletes ban

  03-05-2021 22:29
  
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An appeals court will consider the constitutionality of the first law in the nation banning transgender women and girls from playing on women’s sports team. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is scheduled to hear arguments Monday in a case that will have far-ranging consequences as more states follow conservative Idaho’s lead. Idaho passed its law last year, and more than 20 states have considered such proposals this year. Bans have been enacted in Alabam
  
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• Tucson Parks and Rec reopen ramada rentals as COVID cases decline

  03-05-2021 22:28
  
  The Tucson Parks and Recreation Department reopened its park ramadas on Monday for rent for groups of fewer than 75 people. This move is in line with Pima County's department of Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation, which opened park facilities for rent in late March.…
  
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• Minnesota Legislature struggles for compromise on policing

  03-05-2021 22:28
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Negotiators in Minnesota’s divided Legislature have kicked off what’s sure to be a contentious debate over whether further police accountability legislation is needed in the state where George Floyd was killed. The Democratic-controlled House included several policing provisions in its public safety budget bill for the 2020 session. It’s hoping to build on a package that the Legislature approved last summer. But the Republican-controlled Senate included
  
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• Police look for gunman who killed homeless man’s dog

  03-05-2021 22:27
  
  MORGANTON, N.C. (AP) — Police in North Carolina are searching for a gunman who shot and killed a homeless man’s dog in front of him. The Morganton Department of Public Safety posted a photo of the suspect and his vehicle on the department’s Facebook page. The department says the gunman walked up to the homeless man near a store on Sunday afternoon and fatally shot the dog, named “D.J.” The Charlotte Observer reports that investigators haven’t determined a moti
  
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• Intel: $3.5B investment is critical to microchip future

  03-05-2021 22:25
  
  RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — Intel will be investing $3.5 billion in its New Mexico plant to manufacture what executives say will fuel a new era of advanced computing as demands increase for the tiny microchips used in nearly all modern devices. Intel executives were joined Monday by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and other politicians at the plant in the Albuquerque suburb of Rio Rancho as they shared details of Intel’s global strategy. Most of the world’s chip manufacturing happens i
  
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• Biden lifts Trump refugee cap after delay backlash

  03-05-2021 22:21
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is formally lifting the nation’s refugee cap to 62,500 this year. The move comes weeks after Biden faced bipartisan blowback for his delay in lifting former President Donald Trump’s limit of 15,000. Biden last month moved to expand the eligibility criteria for resettlements, removing one roadblock to refugees entering the U.S., but he initially stopped short of lifting the annual cap. But Biden faced sharp pushback and swiftly reversed cour
  
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• Former circus elephants begin to arrive at Florida sanctuary

  03-05-2021 22:20
  
  YULEE, Fla. (AP) — Former circus elephants are starting to arrive at a new wildlife sanctuary in north Florida. The White Oak Conservation Center announced Monday that a dozen female Asian elephants have already arrived at the Yulee refuge. It’s located north of Jacksonville. Up to 20 more elephants are expected once more areas are completed at the planned 2,500-acre space. The pachyderms are coming from the Center for Elephant Conservation in Polk County. Most of the animals previou
  
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• Portal for Restaurant Revitalization Fund now open in Southern Arizona

  03-05-2021 22:17
  
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  TUCSON (KVOA) - Restaurants in Southern Arizona can apply for direct relief through the Restaurant Revitalization Fund, Rep. Raul Grijalva said Monday.
  Applicants can apply directly with the Small Business Administration using the application portal beginning Monday.According to Grijalva, the $28.6 billion Restaurant Revitalization Fund was created by the American Rescue Plan and incorporated many provisions of the RESTAURANT Act.He says the R
  
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• AP source: Biden lifting Trump refugee cap after delay

  03-05-2021 22:14
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is formally lifting the nation’s refugee cap to 62,500 this year. That’s according to a congressional aide briefed on the plans. The move comes weeks after Biden faced bipartisan blowback for his delay in lifting former President Donald Trump’s limit of 15,000. Biden last month moved to expand the eligibility criteria for resettlements, removing one roadblock to refugees entering the U.S., but he initially stopped short of lifting the
  
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• Elegant dancer, passionate educator Jacques d’Amboise dies

  03-05-2021 22:11
  
  Dancer Jacques d’Amboise, who grew up on the streets of upper Manhattan to become one of the world’s premier dancers at New York City Ballet, has died at 86. D’Amboise spent the last four and a half decades providing free dance classes to city youth at his National Dance Institute. His death was confirmed by Ellen Weinstein, director of the institute, who says the dancer and teacher died on Sunday at his home from complications of a stroke. He was surrounded by his family. D&rs
  
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• AP source: Biden formally raising refugee cap to 62,500 this year, after facing blowback for delay in easing Trump limit

  03-05-2021 22:08
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — AP source: Biden formally raising refugee cap to 62,500 this year, after facing blowback for delay in easing Trump limit.The post AP source: Biden formally raising refugee cap to 62,500 this year, after facing blowback for delay in easing Trump limit appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Death draws attention to police putting suspects face down

  03-05-2021 22:04
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — It’s common practice for police around the U.S. to place combative suspects face down and press down on their backs with hands, elbows or knees to gain control. They aren’t supposed to do it for an “extended period” because that can lead to injuries or death. The technique is in the spotlight after police video released last week showed officers in Northern California struggling with a man for more than five minutes as he lay face down. A C
  
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• Amazing Amy to play for junior college national championship

  03-05-2021 21:56
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Amy Bockerstette is set to become the first person with Down syndrome to compete in a national collegiate athletic championship. The 22-year-old golfer will play with her Paradise Valley Community College teammates at the NJCAA national championships May 10 to May 13 at Plantation Bay Golf & Country Club in Ormond Beach, Florida. Bockerstette is the first person with Down syndrome to earn a college athletic scholarship and she became a viral sensation when she played the
  
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• New Deal: Colorado-national consortium buys community papers

  03-05-2021 21:51
  
  DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Sun, a Denver-based online news operation created three years ago by journalists who left The Denver Post, has partnered with a national nonprofit to buy 24 community newspapers in a unique venture that seeks to preserve local journalism. The arrangement adds to a growing number of newspapers receiving boosts from nonprofits that are devoted to protecting journalism in the United States where private equity or hedge funds buy up and consolidate financially strugg
  
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• New solar plant for California desert gains federal approval

  03-05-2021 21:49
  
  BLYTHE, Calif. (AP) — The Interior Department says the federal Bureau of Land Management has given final approval for a solar power plant on public lands in the southeastern California desert. The Crimson Solar Project includes a 350-megawatt  energy storage system and could supply enough power for 87,500 homes. The approval comes amid President Joe Biden’s plans to fight climate change, with a goal of 100% renewable energy in the power sector by 2035. The decision authorizes So
  
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• Puerto Rican boxer held without bail after lover found dead

  03-05-2021 21:48
  
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A federal judge has ordered Puerto Rican boxer Félix Verdejo held without bail after he was charged in the death of his 27-year-old pregnant lover whose body was found in a lagoon. Verdejo is charged with kidnapping and carjacking resulting in the death of Keishla Rodríguez and with intentionally killing an unborn child. He did not make any comments during Monday’s virtual hearing in which he relied on a translator. The U.S. government has 3
  
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• Witness rescues girl from Maryland bay after crash on bridge

  03-05-2021 21:45
  
  OCEAN CITY, Md. (AP) — Authorities say a witness to a five-vehicle crash on a Maryland bridge jumped into a bay and rescued a 2-year-old girl who had been ejected into the water while still in her car seat. Ocean City officials said in a statement on Monday that the girl was thrown from a pickup truck on the Route 90 bridge in Ocean City on Sunday and landed in Assawoman Bay. The child was flown to a Baltimore hospital, where Ocean City police spokeswoman Ashley Miller says she is in good
  
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• Hospital seeks new trial to remove toddler from life support

  03-05-2021 21:44
  
  FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A Texas hospital is asking a state appeals court to take steps to overturn a ruling that forced it to continue providing life-sustaining treatment for a toddler who doctors say is in pain and will never recover. Cook Children’s Medical Center filed an appeal April 16 asking the 48th District Court of Fort Worth to quickly schedule a new trial date to decide whether 2-year-old Tinslee Lewis should be removed from life support. The hospital in Fort Worth says i
  
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• Hall of Fame accepts Alomar’s resignation from board

  03-05-2021 21:44
  
  COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Baseball Hall of Fame Chairman Jane Forbes Clark says the museum has accepted Roberto Alomar’s resignation from its board of directors. Alomar was elected to the board in 2019 and submitted a letter of resignation on Saturday in the wake of an allegation of sexual misconduct. The Hall of Fame second baseman was fired last week as a consultant by Major League Baseball and placed on the league’s ineligible list after an investigation into the allegation.
  
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• Intel to invest $3.5B in New Mexico plant for microchips

  03-05-2021 21:37
  
  RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — Intel will be investing $3.5 billion in its New Mexico plant to manufacture what executives say will fuel a new era of advanced computing as demands increase for the microchips used in nearly all modern devices. Intel executives were joined Monday by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and other politicians at the plant in the Albuquerque suburb of Rio Rancho as they shared details of Intel’s global strategy as it looks to reclaim the top spot in the semiconductor sec
  
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• Apple’s ‘walled garden’ faces Epic attack in app store trial

  03-05-2021 21:25
  
  SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — Apple’s lucrative app store was alternately portrayed as a price-gouging monopoly and a hub of world-changing innovation during the preamble to a trial that may reshape the technological landscape. The contrasting portraits were drawn on Monday as lawyers for Apple and its foe, Epic Games, outlined their cases in an Oakland, California, federal court. While Apple depicted its app store as an invaluable service beloved by consumers and developers alike, Epic G
  
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• 3 killed as suspected smuggling boat capsizes off San Diego

  03-05-2021 21:24
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — A packed boat suspected of being used in a human smuggling operation capsized and broke apart in powerful surf along the rocky San Diego coast. Three people were killed and more than two dozen were hurt Sunday. Lifeguards, the U.S. Coast Guard and other agencies responded following reports of an overturned vessel near the rugged peninsula of Point Loma. Rescuers pulled people from the water and others made it to shore on their own, but authorities say three died and one re
  
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• Iraq military: 4 rockets hit Iraqi air base, no casualties

  03-05-2021 21:11
  
  BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s military says four Katyusha rockets have hit an Iraqi military base that houses U.S. contractors without causing any casualties. The rockets hit Balad air base Monday in northern Iraq at 8 p.m. local time, the statement said. Security forces launched a large-scale security operation to search for whoever launched the strike. The incident was the latest in a string of attacks in recent weeks in Iraq that have targeted mostly installations that house Americans. Th
  
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• Top general drops opposition to change in sex assault policy

  03-05-2021 21:04
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s top general says he is now open to considering a proposal to take decisions on sexual assault prosecution out of the hands of military commanders. This is a potentially significant shift in the debate over combating sexual assault in the military. Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in an interview that while he is not ready to endorse the proposal, he has dropped his previous opposition because the problem has persisted despit
  
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• Markers honor locations vital to Louisiana civil rights

  03-05-2021 21:03
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans restaurant, Dooky Chase’s, served as a safe meeting space for civil rights strategy sessions. Now it’s the site of the first marker to go up on the Louisiana Civil Rights Trail. A 6-foot-tall steel silhouette of a figure carrying a protest sign was unveiled Monday outside the restaurant. It is the first of what will eventually be 15 markers on the Trail. They’re being installed by the Louisiana Office of Tourism to honor the struggle for
  
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• In key shift, top general drops opposition to ending commanders’ role in military sexual assault prosecutions

  03-05-2021 21:00
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In key shift, top general drops opposition to ending commanders’ role in military sexual assault prosecutions.The post In key shift, top general drops opposition to ending commanders’ role in military sexual assault prosecutions appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Asian American business leaders seek to fight discrimination

  03-05-2021 20:59
  
  Asian American business leaders are launching a new foundation to challenge discrimination. The Asian American Foundation, which announced its launch on Monday, said it has raised $125 million from its board members to support Asian American and Pacific Islander organizations over the next five years. The group says its the largest philanthropic commitment in history by Asian Americans geared to support members of their own community. The foundation has also raised another $125 million from indi
  
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• Storms spawn twisters in Mississippi, kill driver in Georgia

  03-05-2021 20:34
  
  YAZOO CITY, Miss. (AP) — Multiple tornadoes have caused damage across Mississippi, destroying homes and uprooting trees before the storm system moved into Georgia and prompted a tornado warning in Atlanta. The storms were blamed for killing a person in Georgia. A line of severe storms rolled through Mississippi on Sunday. Meteorologists declared a “tornado emergency” for Tupelo and surrounding areas. The mayor said in a statement that damage had been reported and emergency crew
  
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• Over Thomas dissent, high court rejects West Point case

  03-05-2021 20:34
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a woman who says she was raped as a West Point cadet. Justice Clarence Thomas alone argued that the court should have heard her case. The woman attended the U. S. Military Academy from 2008 to 2010. She had sued arguing the academy’s leadership tolerated a culture that was hostile toward women and failed to provide adequate support for cadets who are assaulted, among other things. But lower courts said her lawsuit agains
  
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• Albania’s Socialists seek to impeach nation’s president

  03-05-2021 20:34
  
  TIRANA, Albania (AP) — An Albania lawmaker says the governing left-wing Socialist Party legislators have started the impeachment process against the country’s president who they accuse of violating the constitution during the last election. Socialist parliamentary group leader Taulant Balla said Monday that 50 Socialist lawmakers have asked parliament to launch an investigation after determining that President Ilir Meta “before and during the electoral campaign committed action
  
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• Israel’s first transgender referee takes field as woman

  03-05-2021 20:32
  
  HAIFA, Israel (AP) — Israeli soccer’s first transgender soccer referee has taken the field for the first time since coming out publicly as a woman. Sapir Berman blew the whistle as head referee Monday to kick off the Beitar Jerusalem vs. Hapoel Haifa match. A Haifa fan in attendance at Sami Ofer Stadium held up a sign “Sapir Berman super woman.” The game in the northern port city of Haifa had been postponed by a day after Israel declared Sunday a national day of mourning
  
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• Movie Review: There's Truffles in Them Thar Hills!

  03-05-2021 20:30
  
  MOVIE REVIEW: THE TRUFFLE HUNTERSNow playing at The Loft Cinema as part of their Open Air Cinema series
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• Ducey ends job-seeking waiver for Arizona unemployed

  03-05-2021 20:25
  
  Jobless people in Arizona will again be required to show they’re looking for work in order to receive unemployment benefits. Gov. Doug Ducey announced Monday he will stop waiving the job-seeking requirements the week of May 23. He waived the mandate in March 2020 when some businesses were ordered to close to slow the spread of COVID-19. He says it’s time to reinstate the job-seeking mandate because all adults now have access to the COVID-19 vaccine and there are plenty of jobs availa
  
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