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• Regulator shares discredited conspiracy theories about COVID

  08-05-2021 23:47
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — An elected Arizona utility regulator has shared discredited conspiracy theories while trying to persuade energy and power providers not to require their employees to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. The Arizona Republic reports that Arizona Corporation Commission member Jim O’Connor said during an interview that the government and the news media are covering up the shots causing numerous deaths and people becoming “human vegetables,” but there’s no evidenc
  
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• 50 years ago, election ushered in new era for US tribes

  08-05-2021 23:44
  
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• Scottish government sets stage for another independence vote

  08-05-2021 23:41
  
  LONDON (AP) — The Scottish National Party has won its fourth straight parliamentary election on Saturday and insisted it will push on with another referendum on Scotland’s independence from the U.K. even though it just failed to secure a majority. With counting over, the SNP won 64 of the 129 seats in the Edinburgh-based Scottish Parliament, extending its dominance of Scottish politics since 2007. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has refused to countenance another vote, setting u
  
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• Several streets shut down near downtown Tucson after train strikes, kills pedestrian

  08-05-2021 23:18
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - The Tucson Police Department has confirmed that one person is dead after being struck by a train near N. Main Avenue and N. Granada Avenue around 11:15am on Saturday.The pedestrian was confirmed dead at the scene. Several streets have been shut down in the downtown area due to the stopped train on the tracks. So please plan to take alternative routes if traveling in the area.
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• UN condemns killing of Mexican border journalist

  08-05-2021 23:16
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.N. Human Rights agency has condemned the killing this week of an online journalist in Mexico’s northern border state of Sonora. Benjamín Morales Hernández ran an online community news site called Noticias Xonoidag. On the site he covered local community events in the border town of Sonoyta, and sometimes reported on police and crime. The rights office said Saturday that his abduction and killing reflected the dangers journalists face in Mexico.
  
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• Beefed-up Israel police clash with Palestinians in Jerusalem

  08-05-2021 23:01
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police have clashed in east Jerusalem with Palestinian protesters for another night. Beefed-up police forces marched through the the streets of east Jerusalem outside the Old City on Saturday, clashing with Palestinian protesters on the holiest night of Ramadan. The violence added to already heightened religious tensions that have unleashed he worst unrest in the holy city in several years. Earlier, police blocked busloads of Muslim pilgrims headed to Jerusalem to
  
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• Maryland governor pardons 34 victims of racial lynching

  08-05-2021 22:51
  
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has posthumously pardon for 34 victims of racial lynching in the state between 1854 and 1933 who were denied legal due process. Hogan signed the order Saturday at an event honoring Howard Cooper. The 15-year-old was hanged from a sycamore tree by a mob of white men in 1885. Cooper was killed before his attorneys could file an appeal of a rape conviction reached by an all-white jury in minutes. State officials attended a ceremony in Towson, Ma
  
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• Authorities: 4 dead, 1 hurt after shooting, fire in Maryland

  08-05-2021 22:47
  
  WOODLAWN, Md. (AP) — Authorities say four people are dead, including a suspect, and at least one more is injured after a shooting and fire in Maryland. Baltimore County police spokeswoman Joy Stewart said at a news conference that officers responded to reports of both a fire and active shooter in Woodlawn around 6:40 a.m. Saturday. Stewart said officers found an armed man outside and shot him. Authorities then began fighting a fire that started in a townhouse and spread to two others. Stew
  
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• Another chance for the triple digits will be here late next week

  08-05-2021 22:33
  
  TUCSON - For the next few days Southern Arizona will see highs in the lower 90's and plenty of sunshine.
  Pima county will stay in the low 90's through Tuesday while Santa Cruz and Cochise counties will fluctuate between the mid and upper 80's.
  Monday will also be a bit breezy with winds as high as 20 mph in Tucson and 30 mph for higher elevations.
  The heat will return midweek.Thursday and Friday are the days we are tracking where we could reach 100 degrees before we cool off next weekend.
  There
  
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• Arizona reports 939 additional COVID cases, 16 more deaths

  08-05-2021 22:32
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona on Saturday reported 939 additional confirmed COVID-19 cases and 16 more deaths. The state’s pandemic totals increased to 868,382 cases and 17,407 deaths, That’s according to the state’s coronavirus dashboard, which also reported 612 COVID-19-related hospitalizations as of Friday. The daily cases, daily deaths and daily hospitalization figure all remained well below the pandemic highs seen last winter. According to Johns Hopkins University data, the
  
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• Correction: Jill Biden-Colorado story

  08-05-2021 22:18
  
  DENVER, Colo. (AP) — In a story May 6, 2021, about an event hosted by the United Service Organization, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the group was established by President Theodore Roosevelt. The USO was established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.The post Correction: Jill Biden-Colorado story appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Police: Man accused of assaulting worker, using Asian slurs

  08-05-2021 22:11
  
  ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Police in Virginia are seeking to arrest a man who reportedly left a restaurant without paying and then used racial slurs and assaulted one of the two Asian American workers who confronted him. Arlington County Police said Saturday that the incident took place earlier in the week. The assaulted worker did not require medical treatment. The incident comes amid a rise in hate crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders that has prompted congressional action.&nb
  
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• Good Samaritan recalls jumping from bridge to save girl, 2

  08-05-2021 22:09
  
  OCEAN CITY, Md. (AP) — A Maryland man is being hailed as a hero for leaping off a bridge into a bay to save a 2-year-old girl who had been ejected into the water from a wrecked vehicle. The Daily Times of Salisbury reports Ocean City emergency responders met Friday with Jonathan Bauer, who shared his story publicly for the first time since the incident May 2. Bauer was nearby when a multi-vehicle collision happened on a bridge over a bay. With no boats nearby to assist, he jumped in and re
  
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• Obama dog Bo, once a White House celebrity, dies from cancer

  08-05-2021 22:00
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Barack Obama’s dog, Bo, has died after a battle with cancer. Obama and his wife, Michelle, shared the news of Bo’s passing on Instagram. Both expressed sorrow at the death of a dog the former president described as a “true friend and loyal companion.” The Portuguese water dog was a gift to the Obamas from the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, who was a key supporter of Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign. Bo and a companion dog, Su
  
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• Lloyd Price, singer and early rock influence, dies at 88

  08-05-2021 21:58
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Lloyd Price, a New Orleans mainstay and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, has died. Price was known for such hits as “Lawdy Miss Clawdy” and “Stagger Lee.” His wife Jacqueline said he died Monday in New Rochelle, New York. He was 88. Price was among the last survivors of a post-World War II scene that anticipated the rise of rock in the mid-1950s. Along with Fats Domino among others, Price fashioned a deep, exuberant sound around the brass and swing of Ne
  
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• Coroner: 3 killed in Illinois blast were apparently fishing

  08-05-2021 21:23
  
  NORTH UTICA, Ill. (AP) — A coroner says three men who died after apparently igniting an explosive powder near northern Illinois’ Starved Rock State Park appeared to have been fishing along a river before the blast killed them. LaSalle County Coroner Rich Ploch says the black powder was ignited Thursday evening in a hole along the Illinois River. He says there was no device involved in the deadly explosion, although black powder can be used to make fireworks. Ploch tells the Chicago S
  
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• Speakers at service say fallen officer was caring, giving

  08-05-2021 20:58
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — A Chandler police officer killed when run over by a fleeing crime suspect was described Saturday as a caring man who served his community and his profession while showing compassion to those in need, including fellow officers coping with stress. Officer Christopher Farrar died April 29 when struck by a stolen car after shots were fired at a sheriff’s deputy during a traffic stop and police pursued a suspect to a Gilbert auto dealership. Farrar worked as an emergency me
  
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• Cuomo probe looks at vaccine czar’s calls to county leaders

  08-05-2021 20:37
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Investigators looking into sexual harassment allegations against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo interviewed county officials about his “vaccine czar” calling them to assess their support for the embattled governor. The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday that investigators with the state attorney general’s office interviewed at least three Democratic county executives who say Larry Schwartz called to gauge their loyalty to the governor and whether they would
  
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• Major US pipeline halts operations after ransomware attack

  08-05-2021 20:34
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The operator of a pipeline that transports fuel across the East Coast says it was the victim of a ransomware attack and temporarily halted all pipeline operations. Colonial Pipeline did not say what was demanded or by whom, but ransomware attacks typically involve criminal hackers who seize data and demand a large payment to release it. Colonial Pipeline transports gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and home heating oil from refineries primarily located on the Gulf Coast through
  
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• Scotland’s nationalist government set to be shy of majority

  08-05-2021 19:53
  
  LONDON (AP) — Scotland’s governing Scottish National Party is on course to win its fourth straight parliamentary election. But the party’s anticipated inability to secure a majority could complicate its ambition to hold another referendum on the country’s independence from the U.K. The party’s leader, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, said Saturday that her immediate priority would be steering Scotland through the coronavirus pandemic but that the legitimacy of an ind
  
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• Operator of large pipeline that carries fuel across East Coast says it was victim of ransomware attack

  08-05-2021 19:52
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Operator of large pipeline that carries fuel across East Coast says it was victim of ransomware attack.The post Operator of large pipeline that carries fuel across East Coast says it was victim of ransomware attack appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Massachusetts mom wants outside review of Black teen’s death

  08-05-2021 19:52
  
  HOPKINTON, Mass. (AP) — Family members and activists are demanding answers in the death of a Black teen in a Boston suburb. Authorities said they have not determined how 16-year-old Mikayla Miller died. Her body was found April 18 in a wooded area about a mile from her home in Hopkinton. A prosecutor has asked for patience as they wait for a medical examiner’s report before reaching any conclusions. But the teen’s mother said officers hastily concluded it was a suicide and fail
  
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• Phoenix police: Officer shoots armed man during encounter

  08-05-2021 19:38
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix police say an officer shot and wounded a man who had raised a gun toward the officer after earlier shooting at a different officer. Police said the 34-year-old suspect was critically wounded in the Friday night incident. According to police, it started when a patrol sergeants observed a “suspicious vehicle” whose driver pointed a gun out the window and fired one shot “in an unknown direction.”  Police said police learned during the ensuin
  
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• Authorities: 3 dead, 2 hurt after shooting, fire in Maryland

  08-05-2021 19:31
  
  WOODLAWN, Md. (AP) — Authorities say three people are dead, including a suspect, and two others are injured after a shooting and fire in Maryland. Baltimore County police spokeswoman Joy Stewart said at a news conference that officers responded to reports of both a fire and active shooter in Woodlawn around 6:40 a.m. Saturday. Stewart said officers found an armed man outside and shot him. Authorities then began fighting a fire that started in a townhouse and spread to two others. Stewart s
  
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• Tawny Kitaen, star of ’80s rock music videos, dies at 59

  08-05-2021 19:19
  
  NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Tawny Kitaen, the sultry red-haired actress who appeared in rock music videos during they heyday of MTV, has died. She was 59. Authorities in Orange County, California, say she died at her home in Newport Beach on Friday. The cause of death was not immediately released. Kitaen became the rock world’s “video vixen” after appearing on the cover of two albums from the heavy metal band Ratt and starring in several music videos for Whitesnake, incl
  
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• Floyd’s brother, nephew react to ex-cops’ federal indictment

  08-05-2021 19:17
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — George Floyd’s brother and nephew expressed gratitude after a federal grand jury indicted the four former Minneapolis police officers involved in his death. Rodney Floyd, George Floyd’s brother, says the three-count indictment unsealed Friday “put a smile on our faces” and “holds these guys to accountability.” The indictment names Derek Chauvin, Thomas Lane, J. Kueng and Tou Thao. The indictment accuses the ex-officers of willfully violati
  
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• Archaeologists discover remains of 9 Neanderthals near Rome

  08-05-2021 19:09
  
  ROME (AP) — Italian archaeologists have uncovered the fossilized remains of nine Neanderthals in a cave near Rome. .The Italian Culture Ministry announced the discovery and said Saturday that it confirmed the Guattari Cave in San Felice Circeo was “one of the most significant places in the world for the history of Neanderthals.” The discovery includes skulls, skull fragments, two teeth, and other bone fragments. The Culture Ministry says the oldest fossil dates from between 100
  
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• Tucson Parks and Rec to resume summer programs

  08-05-2021 19:02
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - The Tucson Parks and Recreation have confirmed that summer camps will resume this summer. All group sizes will be reduced and physical distancing will be required. Campers aged five and above will be asked to wear a mask outside.Registration is recommended due to limited slots.City residents can register here on May 15th: Tucson Parks and Recreation EZEEreg (activecommunities.com)Non-city Residents can register here on May 15th: Tucson Parks and Recreation EZEEreg (activecommunit
  
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• Israeli police beef up presence in Jerusalem, fearing unrest

  08-05-2021 18:57
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s police chief has beefed up forces in Jerusalem ahead of expected disturbances in the coming days following a night of heavy clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police in the holy city. Palestinian medics say more than 200 Palestinians were wounded in the Friday night clashes at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound and elsewhere in Jerusalem. The violence drew condemnations from Israel’s Arab allies, and calls for calm from the U.S. and Europe. Israel has b
  
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• Authorities: 3 dead after shooting, fire in Maryland

  08-05-2021 18:42
  
  WOODLAWN, Md. (AP) — Authorities say three people are dead, including a suspect, and others are injured and unaccounted for after a shooting and fire in Maryland. Baltimore County police spokeswoman Joy Stewart said at a news conference that officers responded to reports of both a fire and active shooter in Woodlawn around 6:40 a.m. Saturday. Stewart said officers found an armed man outside and shot him. Authorities then began fighting a fire that started in a townhouse and spread to two o
  
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• Ukraine’s leader marks end of WWII in village near Russia

  08-05-2021 18:40
  
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s president has marked the anniversary of World War II’s end in Europe by visiting a village along the Russian border, where tensions had escalated during a recent Russian military buildup. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the village of Milovoe in eastern Ukraine on Saturday with ambassadors from the European Union and the Group of Seven wealthy nations. Milovoe is located in the Luhansk region, much of which has been under the control of Russ
  
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• Law enforcement help capture loose zebra in middle Tennessee

  08-05-2021 18:36
  
  COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Law enforcement officials helped capture a loose zebra in middle Tennessee after it escaped from an exotic livestock auction. According to news outlets, Cookeville Police Department and Putnam County Sherriff’s office assisted Triple W employees capture the “agitated” zebra early Friday morning. The zebra ran onto Highway 111, but was not hurt due to the lack of traffic. Multiple methods were used to attempt to regain control of the animal. At one
  
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• Avalanches in the French Alps leave 7 people dead

  08-05-2021 18:23
  
  PARIS (AP) — Local authorities say two separate avalanches in the Savoie region of the French Alps killed seven people. The prefecture of Savoie said the first avalanche took place around noon Saturday in the area of the Valloire ski resort and killed four hikers between the ages of 42 and 76. The prefecture says three people died in a second afternoon avalanche on Mont Pourri. Authorities urged hikers, skiers and others to be very careful, saying the kind of mild weather observed at the m
  
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• Stefanik’s political evolution mirrors story of today’s GOP

  08-05-2021 18:19
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — There was a brief time, not long ago, when Elise Stefanik wouldn’t say Donald Trump’s name. Today, Stefanik is one of Trump’s fiercest defenders in the House of Representatives. And her loyalty to the former president has carried the 36-year-old New York congresswoman to the brink of becoming one of the most powerful women on Capitol Hill. Stefanik’s evolution is the story of the modern-day Republican Party. Today’s GOP has come to believe that
  
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• Merkel hopeful on Europe summer travel even without vaccine

  08-05-2021 18:14
  
  BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel says Europeans can look forward to traveling this summer if coronavirus cases keep declining on the continent. While the European Union is developing a vaccine certificate valid throughout the 27-nation bloc, Merkel said Saturday that summer vacations abroad should be possible again even for people who haven’t had their shots against COVID-19. She cited Portugal’s sharp drop in cases in explaining why she thinks we can also generall
  
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• Wildfire closes route between Phoenix, eastern Arizona

  08-05-2021 18:11
  
  GLOBE, Ariz. (AP) — A route between metro Phoenix and the White Mountains in eastern Arizona’s high country remained closed Saturday due to a wildfire burning along the highway. The Arizona Department of Transportation said a 60-mile stretch of US 60 was closed between the eastern outskirts of Globe and the junction with State Route 73 on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation. Officials said the fire started Friday about 3 miles northeast of Globe and as of early Saturday morning had bu
  
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• ND governor vetoes penalizing state colleges over abortions

  08-05-2021 17:58
  
  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum has partially vetoed a bill aimed at penalizing the state’s 11 colleges and universities for funneling federal grant money to individuals or organizations that promote or perform abortions. The Republican governor said in his veto message late Friday that the sanctions are “problematic.” Burgum vetoed the portion of the bill that contains the sanctions. The Republican-led North Dakota Legislature passed the bill, which w
  
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• Congo leader visits Sudan, Egypt for talks on Nile dispute

  08-05-2021 17:52
  
  CAIRO (AP) — Congo’s president, the current head of the African Union, has held talks with Sudanese and Egyptian leaders. President Felix Tshisekedi’s visit to Cairo and Khartoum Saturday comes amid international and regional efforts to relaunch negotiations over Ethiopia’s disputed dam on the Nile River’s main tributary. The U.S. envoy for the Horn of Africa, Jeffrey Feltman, also met Sudan’s Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan in Khartoum Saturday to discuss the decade
  
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• Bomb kills at least 30 near girls’ school in Afghan capital

  08-05-2021 17:40
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan government spokesmen say a bomb has exploded near a girls’ school in west Kabul, killing at least 30 people, many them young pupils between 11 and 15 years old. Interior Ministry spokesman Tariq Arian says ambulances were rushing to the scene of the Saturday blast near Syed Al-Shahda school, in the Shiite majority neighborhood of Dasht-e-Barchi. Angry crowds attacked the ambulances and even beat health workers, said Health Ministry spokesman Ghulam Da
  
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• Rhode Island investigating death of man handcuffed by police

  08-05-2021 17:27
  
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — State authorities are investigating the case of a man who died after being handcuffed by police in Providence. Police say officers were called around 12:30 a.m. Friday on a report of a man who was screaming outside and possibly under the influence of drugs. Officers found him rolling on the ground and called for medical help. Body camera video shows they spent more than ten minutes trying to calm him down before holding him down on his stomach for about 90 seconds w
  
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• Bomb kills at least 25 near girls’ school in Afghan capital

  08-05-2021 17:27
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan government spokesmen say a bomb has exploded near a girls’ school in west Kabul, killing at least 25 people, many them young pupils between 11 and 15 years old. Interior Ministry spokesman Tariq Arian says ambulances were rushing to the scene of the Saturday blast near Syed Al-Shahda school, in the Shiite majority neighborhood of Dasht-e-Barchi. Angry crowds attacked the ambulances and even beat health workers, said Health Ministry spokesman Ghulam Da
  
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• EU, India try again to clinch trade deal, sidelining China

  08-05-2021 17:15
  
  PORTO, Portugal (AP) — The European Union and India have agreed to restart their negotiations on a bilateral free trade deal. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke via videoconference to EU leaders attending a summit in Portugal on Saturday. The two sides announced what they called “a pivotal moment” in their relations by agreeing to resume talks they gave up on in 2013 and to collaborate on a wide range of other issues. Both India and the 27-nation EU are seeking trade alt
  
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• Flooding from fire-charred area still threatens Flagstaff

  08-05-2021 17:13
  
  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Concrete barriers and stacks of sandbags around homes and businesses in several Flagstaff neighborhoods after a 2019 wildfire in hills above the city remain in place nearly two years later. Flagstaff and Coconino County officials say heavy storm runoff flowing off the charred watershed in the Dry Lake Hills and down through the wash and into the city still has the potential to flood up to 400 homes and businesses. Officials say the sandbags and barriers need to rema
  
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• Pandemic gives boost as more states move to digital IDs

  08-05-2021 17:07
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The card millions of people have used to prove their identity to everyone from police officers to liquor store owners may soon be a thing of the past as a growing number of states develop digital driver’s licenses. With the advent of digital wallets and boarding passes, people are relying more on their phones to prove their identity. At least five states have implemented a mobile driver’s license program. Three others — Utah, Iowa and Florida —
  
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• US pipeline company halts operations after cyberattack

  08-05-2021 17:03
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. energy company says a cyberattack forced it to temporarily halt all operations on a major pipeline that delivers roughly 45% of all fuel consumed on the East Coast. Colonial Pipeline said the attack took place Friday and also affected some of its information technology systems. The company transports gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and home heating oil from refineries primarily located on the Gulf Coast through pipelines running from Texas to New Jersey. The company say
  
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• EXPLAINER: Why are people protesting across Colombia?

  08-05-2021 16:54
  
  BUCARAMANGA, Colombia (AP) — Thousands of Colombians are protesting across the country against a government they feel has long ignored their needs, allowed corruption to run rampant and is so out of touch that it dared proposed tax increases during the coronavirus pandemic. The demonstrations began last week, after the government introduced a tax reform that would have squeezed the middle class. The administration withdrew it four days later, but the protests continued and grew as reports
  
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• EXPLAINER: Did US hiring slow because of a ‘labor shortage’?

  08-05-2021 16:43
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The anticipation for the U.S. jobs report for April, released Friday morning, was high. Most experts agreed that after a yearlong pandemic, tens of millions of layoffs and widespread disease and death, a likely second straight month of nearly 1 million added jobs would send a clear signal: The economy was bounding back toward full health after a devastating recession. Instead, the report was a clunker. Once the shock wore off, economists grappled with a host of questions,
  
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• Maryland governor pardoning 34 victims of racial lynching

  08-05-2021 16:16
  
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is scheduled to sign a posthumous pardon for 34 victims of racial lynching in the state between 1854 and 1933 who were denied legal due process. Hogan will sign the order Saturday at an event honoring Howard Cooper. The 15-year-old was hanged from a sycamore tree by a mob of white men in 1885. Cooper was killed before his attorneys could file an appeal of a rape conviction reached by an all-white jury in minutes. State officials are scheduled
  
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• Bomb kills at least 25 people near school in Afghan capital

  08-05-2021 16:09
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan government spokesmen say a bomb has exploded near a school in west Kabul, killing at least 25 people, many them young students. Interior Ministry spokesman Tariq Arian says ambulances were rushing to the scene of the Saturday blast near Syed Al-Shahda school, in the Shiite majority neighborhood of Dasht-e-Barchi. Angry crowds attacked the ambulances and even beat health workers, said Health Ministry spokesman Ghulam Dastigar Nazari. He implored residents to
  
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• The Latest: Pakistan receives 1st vaccines through COVAX

  08-05-2021 16:02
  
  ISLAMABAD— Pakistan on Saturday received its first supply of COVID-19 vaccines through the U.N.-backed COVAX initiative, over 1.2 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.
  The prime minister’s special aide on health, Dr. Faisal Sultan, asked people over age 40 to register for shots and said the Pakistani government would soon be able to expand its immunization program to other age groups.
  A statement issued by Pakistan’s National Command and Operations Center said that 1
  
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