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• Yosemite climbers face new obstacle: overnight permits

  07-05-2021 23:56
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Yosemite National Park is making it a little harder for rock climbers to tackle the biggest and toughest walls. The park said Friday it would require climbers to get permits if they spend the night while climbing the granite walls of El Capitan, Half Dome and other iconic granite features. The long-rumored plan will inevitably cause some grumbling in a climbing culture that embraces freedom but could also help limit the number of people on classic routes that have become
  
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• Medical Examiner’s 2020 death report shows 28% increase from 2019 due to pandemic and increase in overdoses

  07-05-2021 23:55
  
  TUCSON - A new released report by the medical examiner's office shows that deaths increased in pima county by 28% in 2020.This may not come as a surprise because of the coronavirus, but there were some other surprising facts.Pima county's new report shows mortality rates were up in 2020.Dr. Greg Hess, the chief medical examiner of Pima County, said: "Pima County has an average of about 10,500 deaths a year. It was pretty steady for the past
  
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• Five students injured in crash involving school bus in Florida

  07-05-2021 23:54
  
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  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (CNN) - Five students were among the several people hurt in a crash involving a school bus Friday.A car and the school bus collided in Jacksonville.Thirteen students from Jacksonville Classical Academy were on the bus at the time.Five students were taken to the hospital.Their conditions are unknown.One person was trapped in their car after the collision.Authorities said that person was taken to the hospital in serious condition.Another adult was also taken to th
  
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• The Latest: Connecticut data show COVID-19 vaccine effective

  07-05-2021 23:53
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. — Of the more than 1.4 million Connecticut residents who are now fully vaccinated, 242 later became infected with COVID-19, according to data released Friday from the state Department of Public Health.
  Among the 242 so-called “vaccine breakthrough cases,” 109 people had no symptoms of the disease. DPH reported three deaths among vaccinated individuals who were confirmed to have had underlying medical conditions. They were between the ages of 55-64, 65-74, and 75
  
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• Arizona urged to get more vaccines into Latino neighborhoods

  07-05-2021 23:52
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — A woman who became a national figure after her father died of COVID-19 has teamed up with an Arizona congressman to urge increased efforts to bring more vaccine doses into Phoenix’s Latino neighborhoods. Kristin Urquiza joined Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego as he discussed helping organize vaccination events in Latino neighborhoods. The state on Friday reported that over 3 million people, or nearly 42% of Arizona’s population, have received at least one dose of a
  
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• Former acting Defense chief to testify on Jan. 6 response

  07-05-2021 23:51
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller is scheduled to testify next week about the Pentagon’s role in responding to the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol. It’s the latest in a series of high-profile congressional hearings centered on the insurrection. Miller is expected to appear Wednesday before the House Oversight Committee alongside former acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen in one of several Jan. 6-related hearings scheduled for next week. Mi
  
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• 1st week of landmark trial against opioid distributors ends

  07-05-2021 23:51
  
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The West Virginia fire chief who starred in an Oscar-nominated documentary about battling drug abuse has testified in a landmark trial against three large drug distributors. Huntington Fire Chief Jan Rader testified Friday to the huge number of overdoses first responders handled over the past decade. She recounted how pill bottles were at the scenes of so many calls they responded to. Rader’s testimony concluded the first week of the trial in which Huntington
  
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• Stefanik’s rise toward leadership job irks conservatives

  07-05-2021 23:48
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservatives in and out of Congress are expressing opposition to Rep. Elise Stefanik’s rise toward House Republicans’ No. 3 leadership job. Their grumbling is unlikely to derail the four-term New Yorker. But it’s serving notice that the right wing is battling anew to affect the party’s future. House Republicans plan to meet privately next week and seem certain to oust Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney from that leadership post. But House Minority Leader Kev
  
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• Borgata drops trade secrets lawsuit against Ocean Casino

  07-05-2021 23:48
  
  ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Atlantic City’s top casino has dropped its lawsuit against a rival it accused of poaching key executives and attempting to steal valuable trade secrets. MGM Resorts International says it has dropped its litigation against Atlantic City’s Ocean Casino Resort following a settlement agreed to by both parties. In a lawsuit filed last August, the Borgata, which is owned by MGM Resorts, accused its rival Ocean of poaching a half-dozen of its top marketing e
  
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• New Mexico bust nets fentanyl, other illicit drugs

  07-05-2021 23:47
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — An Arizona man is facing charges in New Mexico after authorities found a cache of illicit drugs while serving a search warrant. The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office said Friday that Terry Ingram of Phoenix is accused of violating parole and has been charged with multiple counts of trafficking and possession. Authorities say deputies and members of an FBI task force seized about 18,000 fentanyl pills along with meth, heroin and other substances after getting
  
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• Authorities: Fake vaccination cards sold at California bar

  07-05-2021 23:37
  
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  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say they have arrested the owner of a Northern California bar where made-to-order fake COVID-19 vaccination cards were being sold to undercover state agents for $20 each. Officials said Friday they’re unaware of any other such cases nationwide, though bogus cards have been advertised online. Vaccination cards are being used as a pass for people to attend l
  
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• Ex-Guatemalan soldier deported, faces 1982 massacre charges

  07-05-2021 23:35
  
  GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The United States has deported to Guatemala a former Guatemalan soldier suspected of helping carry out a massacre during the country’s civil war. On Friday, José Mardoqueo Ortiz Morales became the fourth former soldier deported by U.S. authorities since 2010. Soldiers of a special army unit known as “kaibiles” are accused of participating in the killing of more than 200 people in the village of Las Dos Erres in 1982. The slaughter went unpunis
  
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• 18-year-old, juveniles arrested in police pursuit of vehicle involved in fatal midtown shooting

  07-05-2021 23:26
  
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  TUCSON (KVOA) - Police on Friday identified the driver of the vehicle wanted in connection to a shooting the led to the death of a 30-year-old man last week.
  Last Saturday, officers responded to the 1100 block of E. Waverly St. near Park Avenue, where David Scott Anderson was located. Police say the 30-year-old, who had signs of gunshot trauma, passed away shortly after arriving at the hospital for further treatment.
  After TPD shared with the public the desc
  
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• EXPLAINER: How activists target CDC vaccine tracking system

  07-05-2021 23:23
  
  Data from the U.S. Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System is being misrepresented to raise doubts about the shots. Information from the reporting system sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration has long been used to monitor possible vaccine reactions. Over the years, anti-vaccine proponents have seized on the publicly available data to sow doubt about vaccines from falsehoods that they cause autism to even death. But the details provided by
  
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• The Latest: Bar owner arrested for fake vaccination cards

  07-05-2021 23:11
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The owner of a Northern California bar was arrested on suspicion of selling made-to-order fake COVID-19 vaccination cards to several undercover state agents for $20 each in what officials said Friday is the first such foiled operation they are aware of nationwide.
  The plainclothes agents from California’s Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control were told to write their names and birthdates on Post-it notes. They say bar employees cut the cards, filled out the id
  
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• Man charged in Minnesota bank hostage case

  07-05-2021 23:04
  
  ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) — Charges have been filed against a man accused of holding five employees hostage during a standoff at a St. Cloud, Minnesota, bank that lasted more than eight hours. The Star Tribune reports 35-year-old suspect, Ray R. McNeary, was charged with first-degree aggravated robbery, armed kidnapping and assault in Stearns County District Court. He is scheduled to appear in court later Friday to set his bail. Police say that no firearm was found on McNeary or at the scene.
  
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• Ethiopian Orthodox Church patriarch blasts Tigray ‘genocide’

  07-05-2021 22:52
  
  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The head of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in his first public comments on the war in the country’s Tigray region is sharply criticizing Ethiopia’s actions, saying he believes it’s genocide. In a video shot last month on a mobile phone and carried out of Ethiopia, the elderly patriarch speaks to the church’s scores of millions of followers and the international community. He says his previous attempts to speak out were blocked. He is ethnic Tigr
  
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• Ariz. Secretary of State Katie Hobbs assigned protection following death threats

  07-05-2021 22:50
  
  PHOENIX (KVOA) - Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has assigned protection to Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, her office confirmed Friday.
  Earlier this week, Hobbs said she has been the target of death threats following her criticism of the election audit.
  On Wednesday, she sent a letter to audit liaison Ken Bennett detailing concerns about the process and warning him to work in compliance with state laws.In a tweet, Hobbs said that a man called her office saying that she deserved to die and asked what sh
  
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• Man accused of killing Thai wife prosecuted for abuse in US

  07-05-2021 22:47
  
  BANGKOK (AP) — A U.S. citizen charged with killing his pregnant Thai wife in Thailand was accused of attempting to kill what appears to be the same woman while living in Colorado in 2019. Police in Thailand announced Friday that 32-year-old Jason Matthew Balzer was charged in the death of Pitchaporn Kidchob. Prosecutors in Colorado say the name of the victim in the domestic violence case is the same, and it appears to be the same woman based on photographs. Balzer was able to plead guilty
  
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• Defense: Utah man charged with killing wife had brain injury

  07-05-2021 22:46
  
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Attorneys for a Utah man who pleaded guilty to murder in the beating death of his wife on an Alaska cruise say he had brain abnormalities that a defense expert deemed consistent with injuries caused by playing contact sports. Attorneys for Kenneth Manzanares say that, along with other factors, including an undiagnosed bipolar disorder, resulted in what they called an “aberrant episode of violence.” Manzanares’ attorneys say they plan to seek a 7 1/2
  
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• NJ paying $1.3M to consultant to advise on women’s prison

  07-05-2021 22:45
  
  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey taxpayers are on the hook for about $1.3 million dollars in fees to a criminal justice consultant to help the Department of Corrections amid a criminal investigation into what the attorney general said was a “brutal attack” on inmates at the state’s only women’s prison. That’s according to legislative budget documents that recently became available. The department announced in February that it had hired the Moss Group as a consu
  
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• Indiana woman charged after daughter nearly died from lice

  07-05-2021 22:42
  
  SCOTTSBURG, Ind. (AP) — A southern Indiana woman faces child neglect charges after investigators said her 4-year-old daughter nearly died from a lice infestation so severe doctors had to give her multiple blood transfusions. Twenty-six-year-old Shyanne Singh of Scottsburg was arrested Tuesday on three felony counts of neglect of a dependent. She remained jailed Friday. According to court records, Scottsburg police were contacted April 20 after Singh’s 4-year-old daughter was brought
  
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• Texas GOP’s voting restriction bill passes House

  07-05-2021 22:27
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas has become the latest Republican-dominated state to advance sweeping new limits on voting, despite no evidence of any problems with last year’s vote and a coalition of state and federal officials calling the 2020 presidential election the most secure in history. The key vote at 3 a.m. Friday in the Texas House followed hours of debate, with lawmakers now negotiating the final version of the legislation that will need approval before heading to Republican Go
  
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• The Latest: Lowest Mexico City hospitalizations of pandemic

  07-05-2021 22:24
  
  MEXICO CITY — More than three months after COVID-19 infections peaked in Mexico City, the local government announced Friday that the public hospital network dedicated to fighting the disease is experiencing its lowest rate occupancy of the pandemic.
  One year after the country instituted a color-coded alert system for the pandemic, the capital for the first time moved from orange to yellow, another step down from the top category, red.
  City officials placed occupancy rate in public hospital
  
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• NASA’s new chief big on climate, hedges on 2024 moon landing

  07-05-2021 22:24
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s new administrator is big on tackling climate and diversifying the agency’s workforce. But he hedged during an interview Friday about whether the U.S. can put astronauts on the moon by 2024.  Former Sen. Bill Nelson told The Associated Press that measuring the climate is a top issue. He also wants to diversify the NASA workforce so it better reflects America. As for landing astronauts on the moon, Nelson says the goal remains 2024, a deadl
  
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• Misconduct allegations shadow smart city proposal in Nevada

  07-05-2021 22:18
  
  RENO, Nev. (AP) — A former school teacher has sued the CEO of a major cryptocurrency company that wants to build a smart city in the Nevada desert. She’s accusing Blockchains CEO Jeff Berns and his wife of creating a hostile workplace and sexually harassing her at their Lake Tahoe home where she worked as a nanny, tutor and assistant. Berns’ lawyers in turn are asking a judge to sanction the 45-year-old woman and her attorney. They say her claims were concocted as part of an or
  
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• Colombia expels Cuban; Havana says move ‘groundless’

  07-05-2021 22:16
  
  HAVANA (AP) — Colombia’s government says it has expelled a Cuban diplomat for “activities incompatible” with his position. Cuba on Friday identified him as its second-ranking emissary to the country and accused Colombia of trying to divert attention from a wave of protests. Cuban officials issued an official letter demanding more explanation and calling the removal of Omar Rafael García Lazo “an unfriendly act.” Colombian officials did not publicly deta
  
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• GOP seeks a candidate that can end its exile in Virginia

  07-05-2021 22:11
  
  FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Virginia Republicans hoping to break a 12-year losing streak are meeting this weekend to choose their nominee for governor. Four candidates, Amanda Chase, Kirk Cox, Pete Snyder and Glenn Youngkin, all have a shot at winning the nomination at a unique “unassembled convention” in which few pundits feel comfortable declaring a clear favorite. More than 53,000 delegates will cast ballots Saturday. Virginia is the only state this year with an open-seat race
  
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• Corruption, economic woes spark deadly protests in Colombia

  07-05-2021 22:11
  
  BUCARAMANGA, Colombia (AP) — Kevin Anthony Agudelo wanted to live in a country where corruption was not part of everyday life. That dream motivated the electrician to join thousands of Colombians in a series of demonstrations against the government since last week.
  He never returned home from his third protest.
  Sobbing beside her 22-year-old son’s coffin at a funeral home, Ángela Jiménez blamed Agudelo’s shooting death on the same government he had hoped to change
  
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• Idaho shooting: Very few school incidents committed by girls

  07-05-2021 22:07
  
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Authorities say they are trying to determine what prompted a young girl to open fire at a rural Idaho middle school, one of the few school shootings in which the suspect is female. The shooting happened around 9 a.m. Thursday, when police say the girl pulled a handgun out of her backpack and shot two other students and an adult custodian. All three victims were shot in the extremities, and none had life-threatening injuries. Jefferson County Sheriff Steve Anderson says
  
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• Police: Man killed in shootout with North Carolina officers

  07-05-2021 22:01
  
  WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Investigators say a man found dead after a house fire and standoff with police died from a gunshot wound received during a shootout with officers. Winston-Salem police said Thursday that the North Carolina Medical Examiner’s Officer found that 34-year-old Edwin Castillo died from a gunshot wound. Since there’s no evidence that the wound was self-inflicted, authorities say they believe he was shot during the shootout with police. The standoff began aft
  
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• Cowabunga! More than 800 turtles rescued from storm drains

  07-05-2021 21:54
  
  Hundreds of baby turtles have been rescued from storm drains along the Jersey Shore. NJ Advance Media reports that volunteers have rescued 826 diamondback terrapin hatchlings from drains in Margate, Ventnor and Ocean City. According to a Stockton University Facebook post, the turtles were hiding from the cold temperatures over the winter and surviving off yolk sacks. The volunteers turned the animals over to Stockton University’s “Head Start” program, where staff care for and r
  
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• Gas leak prompts traffic restrictions on Swan near Broadway

  07-05-2021 21:53
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - A gas leak is causing traffic restrictions in central Tucson Friday afternoon.Police say there are restrictions on Swan Road between 22nd Street and Broadway Boulevard.TRAFFIC ALERTTraffic on S. Swan Rd. between E. 22nd Street and E. Broadway Blvd. is shutdown due to a gas leak. @SWGas crews are on scene. Please avoid the area & use an alternate route. pic.twitter.com/mEHGwple42— Ofc. Frank Magos (@ofcrmagos) May 7, 2021
  Southwest Gas is currently on scene. Motorists ar
  
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• EU calls on US to push exports to counter vaccine shortage

  07-05-2021 21:50
  
  PORTO, Portugal (AP) — The European Union is calling on the United States to start boosting its vaccine exports to contain the global COVID-19 crisis, and said that the U.S. backing of patent waivers would provide only a long-term solution at best. EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that “We invite all those who engage in the debate of a waiver for (Intellectual Property) rights also to join us to commit to be willing to export a large share of what is being produced i
  
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• PHOTOS: Chicanos Por La Causa con congratulates Class 2021 graduates

  07-05-2021 21:41
  
  Chicanos Por La Causa “Because of CPLC’s generosity and kindness, I was able to attend ASU and graduate with two degrees. I wouldn't be where I am today, confidently moving into law school, without the funds I received through donors of the scholarship. This is especially true living through this pandemic, that without this funding, I wouldn't have been able to graduate. The funding I received through this scholarship, allowed me to put the time into a project for feeding the homele
  
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• Justice Dept. rule would aim to crack down on ‘ghost guns’

  07-05-2021 21:28
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Friday released a proposed rule that would broaden the definition of a firearm, requiring some gun-making kits to include a serial number. The notice of proposed rulemaking, made public Friday, comes several weeks after President Joe Biden promised a crackdown on “ghost guns.” Those are homemade firearms that lack serial numbers used to trace them and are often purchased without a background check. For years, federal and local law enf
  
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• Proposed new Justice Dept. rule on firearms requires homemade kits to include serial numbers in ‘ghost guns’ crackdown

  07-05-2021 21:25
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Proposed new Justice Dept. rule on firearms requires homemade kits to include serial numbers in ‘ghost guns’ crackdown.The post Proposed new Justice Dept. rule on firearms requires homemade kits to include serial numbers in ‘ghost guns’ crackdown appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Arizona Men’s Golf earns top billing in Pac-12 awards

  07-05-2021 21:22
  
  Arizona AthleticsArizona AthleticsTUCSON (KVOA) - Arizona Men's Golf earned top billing at the Pac-12 Championships.Brad Reeves was named Pac-12 Player of the Year and head coach Jim Anderson was Coach of the Year.Arizona Athletics says Reeves and fellow senior Trevor Werbylo were selected to the All-Pac-12 First Team for the first time in both of their careers. Their selections also marked the first time Arizona has had multiple first team, all-conference honorees
  
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• The Latest: Norwegian Cruise Line may skip Florida’s ports

  07-05-2021 21:17
  
  MIAMI — Miami-based Norwegian Cruise Line is threatening to skip Florida ports because of the governor’s order banning businesses from requiring that customers be vaccinated against COVID-19.The company says Gov. Ron DeSantis’ order conflicts with guidelines from federal health authorities that would let cruise ships sail in U.S. waters if passengers and crew members are vaccinated.The CEO of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, Frank Del Rio, says lawyers think federal law tops sta
  
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• Palestinians, Israel police clash at Al-Aqsa Mosque; 53 hurt

  07-05-2021 21:17
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian worshippers have clashed with Israeli police at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City as tensions are again soaring between Israel and the Palestinians over Jerusalem. The Red Crescent says 53 were injured in clashes there and elsewhere in the city on Friday. Earlier in the day, Israeli troops shot and killed two Palestinians and wounded a third after the men opened fire on a Border Police base in the occupied West Bank. It was the latest in a series of
  
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• Cruise giant Norwegian threatens to skip Florida’s ports

  07-05-2021 21:09
  
  Miami-based Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings is threatening to skip Florida ports because of the governor’s order banning businesses from requiring that customers be vaccinated against COVID-19. The company says Gov. Ron DeSantis’ order conflicts with guidelines from federal health authorities that would let cruise ships sail in U.S. waters if passengers and crew members are vaccinated.  Norwegian’s CEO, Frank Del Rio, says lawyers think federal law tops state law. The CEO s
  
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• Fire at medical marijuana lab in Italy kills 1, injures 3

  07-05-2021 21:08
  
  ROME (AP) — Italian firefighters say a fire at a small laboratory in Italy that treats marijuana so it can be used medically has left one person dead, three injured and one missing. The blaze broke out Friday in a small building in the countryside outside Gubbio, a town in the Umbria region. State firefighters spokesperson Luca Cari said one man perished, and that one of the injured was severely burned. He said firefighters were searching into the night for a missing woman. An explosion ap
  
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• Palestinians, Israel police clash at Jerusalem site, 53 hurt

  07-05-2021 21:07
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian worshippers have clashed with Israeli police at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City as tensions are again soaring between Israel and the Palestinians over Jerusalem. The Red Crescent says 53 were injured in clashes there and elsewhere in the city on Friday. Earlier in the day, Israeli troops shot and killed two Palestinians and wounded a third after the men opened fire on a Border Police base in the occupied West Bank. It was the latest in a series of
  
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• Palestinian emergency service says 53 injured in Jerusalem clashes with Israeli police, including 23 hospitalized

  07-05-2021 20:57
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian emergency service says 53 injured in Jerusalem clashes with Israeli police, including 23 hospitalized.The post Palestinian emergency service says 53 injured in Jerusalem clashes with Israeli police, including 23 hospitalized appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Mexico City exhales as COVID-19 infections fall

  07-05-2021 20:48
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico City’s government says that the public hospital network dedicated to fighting COVID-19 is experiencing its lowest rate occupancy of the pandemic and the city is slightly easing some restrictions. The announcement comes more than three months after COVID-19 infections peaked in the Mexican capital. City officials on Friday placed occupancy rate in hospitals dedicated to COVID-19 care at 16%, a welcome change from January, when a surge following the holiday se
  
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• 3 arrested can challenge Louisiana pipeline trespass law

  07-05-2021 20:32
  
  A federal judge says demonstrators and a journalist may continue their challenge of a Louisiana law making it a felony to trespass in the area of a pipeline. But Judge Robert Summerhays says landowners and environmental and community groups don’t have legal standing to sue. The St. Martin Parish sheriff and district attorney had asked Summerhays to throw out the suit. Activists said they had landowners’ permission to protest on the land in the environmentally sensitive Atchafalaya Ba
  
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• US slams Iran-backed Yemen rebels for snubbing UN envoy

  07-05-2021 20:31
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is lashing out at Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels for refusing to meet with a senior U.N. official to discuss ending the country’s devastating conflict and speeding humanitarian relief to suffering civilians. The State Department on Friday said the Houthis had “passed up a major opportunity” by rejecting a recent offer to speak with U.N. special envoy Martin Griffiths in Oman. The department said other parties to the conf
  
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• Coroner: 3 killed after apparently igniting black powder

  07-05-2021 20:31
  
  NORTH UTICA, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say three people have died after apparently igniting a “black powder substance” along a riverbank near a state park in northern Illinois along. First responders were called to an area west of the Starved Rock State Park boat ramp where they they discovered three dead males around 7:20 p.m. Thursday. LaSalle County Coroner Rich Ploch says the three died from injuries they received in the explosion.  Black powder was the original gunpowde
  
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• Palestinian worshippers, Israeli police clash in Jerusalem

  07-05-2021 20:26
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian worshippers have clashed with Israeli police at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City. The friction erupted on Friday evening when Israeli police deployed heavily as Muslims were performing evening prayers for the holy month of Ramadan. Video footage shows worshippers throwing chairs, shoes and rocks toward the police and officers responding by opening fire. The Palestinian Red Crescent rescue service said that two Palestinians were wounded by metal
  
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• California man accused of selling fake vaccination cards

  07-05-2021 20:26
  
  CLEMENTS, Calif. (AP) — The owner of a Northern California bar was arrested on suspicion of selling fake COVID-19 vaccination cards to several undercover state agents for $20 each. Officials say that after receiving a tip, undercover agents with the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control went to Old Corner Saloon in the city of Clements several times in April and bought fake laminated vaccination cards. A supervising agent tells Sacramento news station KTXL-TV that agents retu
  
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