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• Florida governor sets election dates to fill US House seat

  04-05-2021 23:51
  
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A special primary election to fill the seat of the late U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings is set for Nov. 2, with a deciding general election set for Jan. 11. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis made the announcement Tuesday. Hastings died April 6 after announcing two years ago that he had pancreatic cancer. At least seven Democrats and one Republican have said they will seek to fill the vacancy in the heavily Democratic district, which encompasses much of the Black communities in th
  
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• Kentucky Derby, NFL draft pull in television viewers

  04-05-2021 23:48
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Two sports events last week, the Kentucky Derby and first round of the NFL draft, pulled in more television viewers than the Academy Awards less than two weeks earlier. That’s something that would have been inconceivable just a few years ago, and an indication of how awards shows have fallen out of favor. The Nielsen company says 14.5 million people watched Medina Spirit win the Kentucky Derby on NBC Saturday. The draft’s first round was seen by 12.6 million peo
  
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• Baby dies after father killed in barrage of police gunfire in Mississippi

  04-05-2021 23:48
  
  East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's OfficeEric Derell Smith
  BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — A coroner says a baby boy taken by his father from the scene of a double homicide in Louisiana home has died.
  The boy was in the car when his father died in a barrage of law enforcement gunfire after a long chase into Mississippi.
  UPDATE: Baker Double Homicide- Suspect Located In MississippiThe suspect was located in Mississippi this afternoon....Posted by East Baton Rouge Sheriffs Office on Monday, May 3,
  
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• Bill and Melinda Gates divorce could shake up philanthropy

  04-05-2021 23:46
  
  As much as billionaire couple Bill and Melinda Gates want to keep their pending divorce private, the split is already sending shockwaves through the worlds of philanthropy and public health. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has an endowment of nearly $50 billion and donates about $5 billion annually to causes around the world. In a statement following the Gates’ divorce announcement on Twitter, the foundation said they would remain co-chairs and trustees and that no changes in the org
  
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• Gap to sell Intermix clothing chain to private equity firm.

  04-05-2021 23:40
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Gap Inc. has signed a deal to sell the upscale clothing chain Intermix to private equity firm Altamont Capital Partners. Gap said Tuesday that Altamont Capital intends to acquire the entire Intermix business, including all store leases, e-commerce and assets. It didn’t disclose the purchase price. The move comes as Gap is trying to slim down its portfolio of brands to better focus on its namesake business as well as Old Navy, Banana Republic and Athleta. Last month, G
  
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• Family challenging immunity ruling in kidnapped man’s death

  04-05-2021 23:28
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — The family and attorney of a kidnapped Houston area man who was fatally shot by an FBI agent during a 2018 botched rescue attempt is challenging a recent appeals court ruling that provided immunity for the agent from a federal lawsuit. In March, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a federal judge’s ruling that had denied the unidentified agent’s claim he could not be sued due to qualified immunity, which offers police officers and other officials pro
  
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• Madrid’s champion of soft virus restrictions wins election

  04-05-2021 23:25
  
  MADRID (AP) — Madrid’s conservative leader, a champion of relaxed measures against the coronavirus and a scourge of the left-wing central government’s handling of the pandemic, scored a solid win in a regional election Tuesday. Isabel Díaz Ayuso campaigned under the slogan of “Freedom,” keeping bars and other businesses opened even in the worst of the outbreaks. Preliminary results gave her conservatives 65 seats in the 136-seat regional assembly, more than d
  
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• Biden pushes for diversity in transition to clean energy

  04-05-2021 23:20
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The United States is pushing to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels and use cleaner energy sources. And President Joe Biden’s administration says it wants to ensure diversity among the communities that benefit from the transition and the people who are hired to do the work. The administration wants more solar arrays to be erected in communities that have suffered from pollution caused by fossil fuels. They’re also directing research grants and opportunities to s
  
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• Probation for ex-cop accused of kneeling on Black man’s neck

  04-05-2021 23:16
  
  DENVER (AP) — A former police officer accused of holding two roofing company salesmen on the ground at gunpoint and kneeling on the neck of one of them who is Black last year will serve four years of probation. Sixty-six-year-old Scott Gudmundsen of Loveland was sentenced Tuesday after pleading guilty to menacing with a weapon. Gudmundsen accused them of being terrorists and antifa. His lawyer said was a experiencing a mental health crisis and believed he was part of a “culture war.&
  
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• Senators keep South Carolina hate crime bill alive for now

  04-05-2021 23:14
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s effort to become the next-to-last state to pass a hate crimes law has survived a challenge from some Republican senators. The senators had questioned whether it is necessary to add penalties to violent crimes based on someone’s motives. The “Clementa C. Pinckney Hate Crimes Act” allows prosecutors to ask the same jury that convicted someone for extra punishment for a violent crime based on the race, color, religion, sex, gender
  
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• Netanyahu misses deadline, political future in question

  04-05-2021 23:05
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has missed a midnight deadline for putting together a new coalition government. His failure to reach an agreement late Tuesday raises the possibility that Netanyahu’s Likud party could be pushed into the opposition for the first time in 12 years. Netanyahu had struggled to secure a parliamentary majority since March 23, when elections ended in deadlock for the fourth consecutive time in the past two years. One of his many riv
  
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• Biden aims to vaccinate 70% of American adults by July 4

  04-05-2021 23:03
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has set a new vaccination goal to deliver at least one dose to 70% of American adults by July Fourth. He’s focusing on easing access to shots as his administration tackles the vexing problem of winning over the doubters and those who are reluctant get inoculated. Demand for vaccines has dropped off markedly nationwide, with some states leaving more than half their vaccine doses unordered. Biden is calling for states to make vaccines available on
  
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• Police officer who shot man in car is charged with murder

  04-05-2021 23:01
  
  A police officer in Virginia has been indicted on a murder charge in the shooting death of a man in a vehicle near a motel. A prosecutor says Bristol police Officer Jonathan Brown was released on a $25,000 bond after he turned himself in to the Virginia State Police on Tuesday. Don Caldwell, Commonwealth’s Attorney for the City of Roanoke, Virginia, says Brown was indicted Monday on charges of murder, using a firearm in the commission of a felony and shooting into an occupied vehicle in th
  
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• Netanyahu fails to form government by deadline, putting his political future in question

  04-05-2021 23:00
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Netanyahu fails to form government by deadline, putting his political future in question.The post Netanyahu fails to form government by deadline, putting his political future in question appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Professor overcomes loss to craft COVID-19 student brochures

  04-05-2021 22:53
  
  When the coronavirus pandemic struck New York City, LaGuardia Community College professor Lucia Fuentes assigned students in her honors biology class to compile all the information they could find about COVID-19. The result was an online multilingual brochure that has become a valuable resource for immigrants. Fuentes has continued the project even after her husband died from complications related to the virus and after she herself survived a bout with the disease. In her grief, she remains comm
  
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• Oil pipeline builder agrees to halt eminent domain lawsuits

  04-05-2021 22:45
  
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A company seeking to build a disputed oil pipeline over an aquifer that provides drinking water to 1 million people has verbally agreed to stop pursuing lawsuits against Tennessee property owners who refused to sell access to their land for construction. Plains All American Pipeline spokesman Brad Leone says the company will put in writing an agreement with the Memphis City Council that will set aside lawsuits it has filed against property owners fighting the Byhalia
  
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• UK police on trial accused of soccer player’s murder

  04-05-2021 22:44
  
  LONDON (AP) — British prosecutors have accused a police officer of using unnecessary force against a Black former Premier League soccer player, who died after being kicked in the head and shot with a stun gun. Dalian Atkinson, 48, a former star of Aston Villa, went into cardiac arrest on the way to a hospital and died 90 minutes after officers used a Taser on him to subdue him in 2016.  Prosecutors allege that West Mercia Police Constable Benjamin Monk, 42, used a stun gun for 33 seco
  
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• Madrid’s anti-lockdown champion heads to win in election

  04-05-2021 22:40
  
  MADRID (AP) — Madrid’s conservative leader appears on course for a solid victory in a regional election. Isabel Díaz Ayuso is a champion of relaxed measures against the coronavirus and a scourge of the left-wing central government’s handling of the pandemic. With 70% ballots counted late Tuesday, she was backed by 43% of voters, up from 22% in the last election two years ago. Three rival left-wing parties together had 41%. The preliminary results give Díaz Ayuso&r
  
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• Judge orders Justice Dept. to release Trump obstruction memo

  04-05-2021 22:38
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has ordered the release of a legal memorandum the Trump-era Justice Department prepared for then-Attorney General William Barr before he announced his conclusion that President Donald Trump had not obstructed justice during the Russia investigation. The Justice Department had refused to give the memorandum of March 24, 2019, to a government transparency group that requested it under the Freedom of Information Act. But U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson
  
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• Arizona, Barnes agree to 5-year contract worth $5.85M

  04-05-2021 22:37
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - Arizona and women’s basketball coach Adia Barnes on Tuesday agreed on a five-year contract worth $5.85 million.
  "The new terms of the five-year contract include $5.85 million in base salary compensation over the course of the agreement, and no changes were made to the incentive structure of the contract," UArizona said in a news release.
  The deal must be approved by the Arizona Board of Regents.“I am honored to coach at my alma mater and represent Tucson, a city where
  
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• Endangered condor egg hatches in Northern California’s wild

  04-05-2021 22:35
  
  PAICINES, Calif. (AP) — A California condor egg has hatched in Northern California’s wild, the newest member of Pinnacles National Park’s recovery program for the endangered species. The egg hatched April 12 after two months of round-the-clock incubation by both parents who protected their fragile egg from the elements and potential predators. Videos shared by the National Park Service this week show one parent feeding the fluffy chick while the other stands guard by the entran
  
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• Pfizer’s posts $4.9B 1Q profit as vaccine strategy pays off

  04-05-2021 22:34
  
  Selling vaccines during a pandemic has boosted Pfizer’s bottom line and proven that a strategy it embarked upon over a decade ago is now paying off handsomely. The New York-based pharmaceutical giant earned $4.9 billion in the first three months of the year and dramatically raised its profit forecast for all of 2021 thanks to strong demand for its COVID-19 vaccine. The company, along with its German partner BioNTech, anticipate strong revenue from the vaccine and booster shots for the next
  
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• Rapper YFN Lucci among a dozen charged in RICO indictment

  04-05-2021 22:30
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta rapper YFN Lucci is among a dozen people charged in a wide-ranging indictment targeting alleged members of the Bloods gang. Atlanta Police Deputy Chief Charles Hampton said at a news conference Tuesday that a Fulton County grand jury recently handed up the 105-count indictment that resulted from a six-month investigation. It includes racketeering, aggravated assault, murder, gun, armed robbery, property damage, theft and gang-related charges. The rapper’s real
  
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• Santorum’s comments on Native Americans don’t quiet critics

  04-05-2021 22:18
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — CNN analyst Rick Santorum went on the network to try and explain comments about Native Americans that have led to criticism, but he didn’t appear to calm things down. The former Pennsylvania senator told a group of young conservatives last month that there was ‘nothing here’ when immigrants founded the United States. That angered Native Americans and others. Santorum said on CNN Monday that he was speaking in context of the U.S. government’s creation
  
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• Technology shares sink broader market although Dow has gain

  04-05-2021 22:14
  
  Stocks are closing lower on Wall Street Tuesday, dragged down by big technology companies like Apple and Microsoft. The declines marked the sixth straight losing day for technology stocks. Investors continue to focus on corporate earnings and gauge the economic recovery’s progress. Earnings and most economic indicators have been signaling a steady recovery, but investors remain concerned about the lingering threat from COVID-19, inflation and other factors that could crimp progress. The S&
  
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• Milwaukee council OKs settlement with former Bucks player

  04-05-2021 22:12
  
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Common Council has approved a $750,000 settlement in a lawsuit brought by former Bucks player Sterling Brown over his 2018 arrest in which he was taken to the ground and shocked with a Taser. The settlement does not include an admission that Brown’s constitutional rights were violated, which Brown’s attorney had sought in talks with the city. Instead, it has an apology from the city and Milwaukee police that recognizes that the incident over a par
  
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• Arizona’s community colleges to offer limited 4-year degrees

  04-05-2021 22:12
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Gov. Doug Ducey on Tuesday signed into law a bill that allows Arizona’s community colleges to offer limited four-year college degrees. Before this legislation, the community colleges have only offered two-year degree programs and professional certifications. Arizona now joins 23 other states that allow community colleges to offer baccalaureate degrees under limited prescribed circumstances. Senate Bill 1453 will take effect this fall and requires detailed internal and
  
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• US birth rate falls to lowest point in more than a century

  04-05-2021 22:11
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. birth rate fell 4% last year — the largest single-year decrease in nearly 50 years. That’s according to a government report being released Wednesday. The rate dropped for moms of every major race and ethnicity, and in nearly age group. It fell to the lowest point since federal health officials started tracking it more than a century ago. Experts say the pandemic no doubt contributed to last year’s big decline. Anxiety about COVID-19 and its impact
  
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• Smiling Jimmy Carter seen in photo from Biden visit

  04-05-2021 22:10
  
  PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — The public is getting a glimpse inside President Joe Biden’s visit last week with Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter. The White House released a photo of a smiling Jimmy Carter sitting in a chair and holding the hand of first lady Jill Biden while the president kneels beside a seated Rosalynn Carter. The image was taken last Thursday as the 96-year-old former president and his wife hosted the Bidens at their home in Plains, Georgia. The private meeting brought together the
  
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• Gov. Whitmer among 7 awarded for courage by JFK Foundation

  04-05-2021 21:58
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Seven people who risked their own health and safety to help and protect others during the coronavirus pandemic will receive Profile in Courage awards next month from the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation. The foundation on Tuesday said the recipients include Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer along with a grocery story owner, a delivery driver, a nurse and an activist. They will be honored along with U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney during a virtual ceremony later this month. The Utah Repu
  
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• Despite business warnings, GOP moves ahead with voting bills

  04-05-2021 21:51
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republican lawmakers around the country are pressing ahead with efforts to tighten voting laws, despite growing warnings from business leaders that the measures could harm democracy and the economic climate. More than 50 Texas companies and business organizations on Tuesday released an open letter expressing opposition to “any changes” that would make it harder to vote in that state. The letter — signed by American Airlines, Microsoft Corp., HP Inc.,
  
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• Polish lawmakers OK spending plan for EU recovery funds

  04-05-2021 21:43
  
  Poland’s lawmakers have voted to approve the nation’s spending plan for the 58 billion euros ($70 billion) it expects to receive from the European Union’s pandemic recovery plan. A special parliament session was held Tuesday for the vote. The plan was approved thanks to the support of some opposition groups. A small party within Poland’s ruling right-wing coalition was against the plan, because the EU recovery funds are linked to the member nations’ rule of law reco
  
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• EXPLAINER: Will Donald Trump return to Facebook?

  04-05-2021 21:43
  
  Donald Trump will find out whether he gets to return to Facebook on Wednesday. That’s when the social network’s quasi-independent Oversight Board plans to announce its ruling in the case involving the former president. The decision is likely to stir up strong feelings no matter which way it goes. If the board rules in the former president’s favor, Facebook has 30 days to reinstate his account. If it upholds Facebook’s decision, Trump will remain “”indefinitely
  
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• Ducey wants nursing home oversight board axed after failures

  04-05-2021 21:39
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has vetoed routine legislation reauthorizing the board that issues licenses and certifications for managers of nursing homes and assisted living facility managers. The governor said instead of allowing the Board of Examiners of Nursing Care Institution Administrators and Assisted Living Facility Managers to operate for eight more years it should be eliminated. The Republican governor cited an investigation by the Arizona Republic into lax board oversi
  
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• North Macedonia speeds up vaccinations as EU aid arrives

  04-05-2021 21:32
  
  SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — North Macedonia’s faltering COVID-19 vaccination program has picked up speed, with authorities starting to use 200,000 Chinese-made Sinopharm jabs flown in last week. Also Tuesday, the European Union’s top official for enlargement, Oliver Varhelyi, delivered about 5,000 Pfizer-BioNTech doses to North Macedonia. That’s part of a batch of 120,000 the 27-nation bloc will donate to the country by the end of August. The small Balkan country has s
  
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• Officials: Over 1,600 weekend arrests of migrants in Yuma

  04-05-2021 21:31
  
  YUMA, Ariz. (AP) — Border Patrol officials say their agents over the weekend arrested more than 1,600 migrants who were dropped off by buses in Mexico before crossing into the U.S. near Yuma. Special Operations Supervisor Vincent Dulesky says the migrants were in groups of 30 or more who came illegally between late Friday and early Monday, crossing where there are open gaps or vehicle barriers. It was not immediately known how many were traveling in families or as unaccompanied children. A
  
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• Toddler rescued after crash expected to make full recovery

  04-05-2021 21:28
  
  A 2-year-old girl rescued from a Maryland bay after a five-vehicle crash on a bridge has been released from a hospital and is expected to make a full recovery. Ocean City police spokesperson Ashley Miller said Tuesday that the girl was released Monday night and is now home with her family. The girl was thrown from a pickup truck on the Route 90 bridge and landed in Assawoman Bay while still in her car seat. A man who wants to be anonymous jumped into the bay to save the girl. Witnesses then help
  
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• Police: Suspect in deadly chase had vehicle theft conviction

  04-05-2021 21:27
  
  GILBERT, Arizona (AP) — Authorities say a man accused of using a stolen pickup truck to lead a deadly police chase in Pinal and Maricopa counties last week had prior convictions for vehicle theft and fleeing from law enforcement. Police say Jonathan Altland Jr. was previously convicted in Pinal County of unlawful means of transportation, drug paraphernalia and unlawful flight from a law enforcement officer.  Authorities say Altland led a chase Thursday that ended at a Gilbert car deal
  
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• Ducey signs bill to allow 4-year community college degrees

  04-05-2021 21:22
  
  PHOENIX (KVOA) - Community colleges in Arizona are now allowed to offer limited four-year degrees.
  Gov. Doug Ducey signed into law bill SB1453 Tuesday afternoon.
  “Arizona’s community colleges play a critical role in supporting students of all ages and equipping our workforce with skills and resources,” saidDucey in a news release. “Arizona is a school choice state, and today’s action is school choice for higher education. This is ‘Opportunity for All’ i
  
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• Thunberg: ‘We will not accept’ giving up on limiting warming

  04-05-2021 21:20
  
  COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Swedish teenage activist Greta Thunberg says it seems that those in power “have given up” on the 2015 landmark Paris climate deal to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) since pre-industrial times. Thunberg on Tuesday told a virtual press conference that “we will not accept that … we, the younger generation,” The Paris deal asks both rich and poor countries to take action to curb the rise in global te
  
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• The Latest: Detroit going door-to-door to encourage vaccines

  04-05-2021 21:18
  
  DETROIT — Teams of canvassers from Detroit’s health department have been fanning out across city neighborhoods to educate residents on where to get free COVID-19 vaccines.Detroit’s door-to-door campaign is the latest in its efforts to connect residents to vaccination sites across a city with predominantly Black residents.Various campaigns also are happening in Black and other communities of color across the U.S. to persuade people that COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective.D
  
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• Group asks US to cut funding to Idaho over wolf-killing bill

  04-05-2021 21:12
  
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A conservation group is asking the U.S. government to cut off millions of dollars to Idaho that’s used to improve wildlife habitat and outdoor recreation opportunities because of legislation that could lead to 90% of the state’s wolves being killed. The Center for Biological Diversity sent a letter Monday to Interior Secretary Deb Haaland. The group says states may be deemed ineligible to receive federal wildlife restoration money if states approve legislati
  
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• $%&@!! Maine rethinks decision to stop vetting vanity plates

  04-05-2021 21:08
  
  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s secretary of state wants to rein in the f-bombs and other vulgarities on vanity license plates on cars and trucks. Shenna Bellows testified Tuesday in support of several bills aimed at rolling back the wild west that ensued when the state eliminated the vetting process for vanity plates in 2015. The three bills would reestablish a review process, allow the secretary of state to reject vulgar license plates and allow the recall of offensive plates that h
  
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• LA, San Francisco improve for broader business reopening

  04-05-2021 21:06
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles and San Francisco have met state guidelines to move into the least-restrictive tier for businesses to reopen during the coronavirus pandemic. The two counties on Tuesday become the first major urban areas in the state to reach the final stage of a phased reopening plan before a projected return to business as usual June 15. Because of the low number of COVID-19 infections and high number of vaccines administered, indoor bars can reopen, larger crowds can chee
  
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• House GOP leader renews criticism over All-Star game shift

  04-05-2021 21:01
  
  MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — The top-ranking House Republican on Tuesday renewed his party’s attack on Major League Baseball for pulling the All-Star Game out of the Atlanta Braves stadium after Georgia Republicans enacted a restrictive new voting law. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy came to Georgia to say the sport’s leaders were misled by criticism from Democratic President Joe Biden. Democrats say Republicans have only themselves to blame for any fallout from Georgia’s vo
  
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• Dutch king lays Remembrance Day wreath honoring war dead

  04-05-2021 21:01
  
  AMSTERDAM (AP) — The Dutch king has laid a wreath at a monument to the country’s war dead at a solemn commemoration ceremony devoid of the usual huge crowds for the second year because of coronavirus lockdown measures. King Willem-Alexander marked the Netherlands’ Remembrance Day with his wife, Queen Maxima, and other dignitaries at the national monument on Dam Square in downtown Amsterdam. The national day of commemoration, at which flags fly at half staff throughout the count
  
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• Overpass collapse on Mexico City metro kills at least 24

  04-05-2021 20:51
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Officials say 24 people were killed when an elevated section of Mexico City’s metro collapsed as a train was traveling along it. Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum said the train fell onto a busy boulevard late Monday night. It was one of the deadliest incidents in the history of the subway system, which is among the busiest in the world. Of the 24 killed, the mayor said 21 died at the scene, while the others died at hospitals, and children were among the fatalities, Crews u
  
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• Idaho legislative intern reports rape, is ID’d by lawmaker

  04-05-2021 20:48
  
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — From nearly the moment a 19-year-old intern’s report that she was raped by an Idaho lawmaker became public, she faced harassment from right-wing groups and even other lawmakers. One state lawmaker requested the intern’s police report and asked if she could actually be referred for criminal charges. Another shared links with thousands of people about a blog post that included the intern’s name, photo and personal details about her life. An anti-governme
  
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• Lawsuit filed over ‘gay’ attack in Virginia GOP race

  04-05-2021 20:46
  
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Republican candidate for Virginia lieutenant governor is going to court to find out who is responsible for an anonymous attack that called him “a Gay Democrat” while supporting one of his opponents. Del. Glenn Davis announced Tuesday he had filed a defamation lawsuit against an unknown defendant over a text message sent to voters registered for the GOP’s unassembled convention. The message criticized Davis’ voting record, called him gay and sa
  
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• Detroit educating residents on where, how to get vaccines

  04-05-2021 20:39
  
  DETROIT (AP) — Teams of canvassers from Detroit’s health department have been fanning out across city neighborhoods to educate residents on where to get free COVID-19 vaccines. Detroit’s door-to-door campaign is the latest in its efforts to connect residents to vaccination sites across the mostly Black city. Various campaigns also are underway in Black and other communities of color across the U.S. to persuade people that COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective. Detroit has be
  
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