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• Hamas launches new attack on Israel after Jerusalem clashes

  10-05-2021 23:58
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — The Hamas militant group launched a rare rocket strike on Jerusalem after hundreds of Palestinians were hurt in clashes with Israeli police at an iconic mosque. Israel responded Monday with airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, where 20 people, including nine children, were killed in fighting. It was a long day of anger and deadly violence that laid bare Jerusalem’s deep divisions. With dozens of rockets flying into Israel throughout the night, Prime Minister Benjamin Ne
  
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• Federal bill to address criminal jurisdiction in Oklahoma

  10-05-2021 23:46
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Two Oklahoma-based Indian tribes say they’ve reached an agreement on a federal bill to address criminal jurisdiction in Indian Country. The leaders of the Cherokee and Chickasaw nations announced the deal on Monday. They say U.S. Rep. Tom Cole plans to introduce the bill in Congress this week. The bill would authorize the two tribes to reach an agreement, or compact, with the state over criminal jurisdiction. As a result of the McGirt decision, hundreds of crimin
  
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• McCarthy sets Wednesday vote on Liz Cheney leadership ouster

  10-05-2021 23:41
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has set a Wednesday vote for removing Rep. Liz Cheney from her No. 3 Republican leadership post. The California Republican sent a letter Monday to GOP lawmakers saying it was clear that he and his fellow Republicans “need to make a change.” McCarthy’s letter did not mention Cheney or former President Donald Trump by name. But the move comes after Cheney repeatedly challenged Trump’s false assertions pinning his
  
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• Pfizer COVID-19 shot expanded to US children as young as 12

  10-05-2021 23:35
  
  WASHINGTON DC (AP) - The U.S. is expanding use of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine to children as young as 12.
  The Food and Drug Administration said Monday the shot is safe and offers strong protection for younger teens based on testing of more than 2,000 U.S. volunteers.
  Shots could begin soon once a federal vaccine panel issues recommendations for using the vaccine in 12- to 15-year-olds. Vaccinating children of all ages will be critical to a return to normalcy. Most vaccines rolling out worldwide ha
  
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• EXPLAINER: Why the Colonial Pipeline hack matters

  10-05-2021 23:35
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A cyberattack on a critical U.S. pipeline is sending ripple effects across the economy, highlighting cybersecurity vulnerabilities in the nation’s aging energy infrastructure. The Colonial Pipeline, which delivers about 45% of the fuel used along the Eastern seaboard, shut down Friday after a ransomware attack by gang of criminal hackers that calls itself DarkSide. Depending on how long the shutdown lasts, the incident could impact millions of consumers. The post
  
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• The Latest: Alabama to end virus unemployment boosts

  10-05-2021 23:32
  
  MONTGOMERY, Ala.—Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announced Monday that Alabama will be the latest U.S. state to halt pandemic-related unemployment boosts, including the additional $300 benefit from the federal government.
  Ivey cites an increase in job postings and complaints from businesses that they are unable to hire workers. She says she believes the increased unemployment assistance intended to bring emergency relief during the pandemic is now contributing to a labor shortage.That view is echoed
  
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• Youngkin leads after 3 rounds in Virginia GOP governor race

  10-05-2021 23:31
  
  FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Political newcomer Glenn Youngkin is leading the field after the initial rounds of balloting from Virginia Republicans choosing a gubernatorial nominee but is short of a majority needed to clinch victory. More than 30,000 delegates cast ballots at a convention Saturday. Ballot counting in the governor’s race began Monday. Under the ranked-choice voting system implemented by the party, the votes of the last-place candidate will be redistributed based on whom t
  
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• Coyotes expecting more changes after missing playoffs again

  10-05-2021 23:31
  
  GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona general manager Bill Armstrong opted to stand pat at the NHL trade deadline, believing the Coyotes had the right roster to make the playoffs. The Coyotes came up short yet again and they made a big change, firing coach Rick Tocchet a day after the season ended. The change could be the first of many for a franchise that’s missed the postseason seven of the past eight seasons. Goalies Darcy Kuemper and Antti Raanta suffered injuries and the Coyotes went i
  
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• California expands drought emergency to large swath of state

  10-05-2021 23:29
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has expanded a drought emergency declaration to a large swath of the nation’s most populated state amid “acute water supply shortages” in northern and central areas. Monday’s declaration now covers 41 of the 58 counties, covering 30% of California’s nearly 40 million people. The governor last month had declared an emergency in just two counties north of San Francisco. It comes as Newsom prepares to propose
  
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• Utah bar stricken with angry calls after requiring proof of vaccine to dine in

  10-05-2021 23:24
  
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  SALT LAKE CITY (CNN) - A Salt Lake City bar is reopening its dining room, but only to vaccinated customers.It is been getting angry phone calls as a result.After more than a year with the front door closed, the inside empty, curbside only.The Bayou is ready to reopen. Customers hearing the news have been sending messages of excitement.Others are calling saying they won't be coming here to eat because the bayou wants them to show a vaccination card to get in."This is our requiremen
  
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• US expands use of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, paving way for children as young as 12 to get shots

  10-05-2021 23:22
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — US expands use of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, paving way for children as young as 12 to get shots.The post US expands use of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, paving way for children as young as 12 to get shots appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Mexican mothers march in capital for disappeared children

  10-05-2021 23:12
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hundreds of people have observed Mothers Day in Mexico’s capital by marching to demand authorities find their missing children. Participants in Monday’s demonstration chanted slogans like “Where are our children, where are they?” and “Child, listen, your mother is searching for you.” The march occurs annually on May 10, which is Mothers Day in Mexico. The government says that over 80,000 people have disappeared in Mexico since the coun
  
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• Man behind bars after identified as attempted robbery suspect

  10-05-2021 23:09
  
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  TUCSON (KVOA) - A man was put behind bars Saturday after he was identified as a suspect of Friday's attempted bank robbery in midtown.According to Tucson Police Department, a man reportedly entered the Wells Fargo located at 3901 E. Grant Rd. near Alvernon Way Friday afternoon and ordered the employees to the ground.
  TPD then said the man attempted to rob them and fled the scene.After TPD shared surveillance images of the suspect, a member of the community
  
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• Gov. Gavin Newsom expands California’s drought emergency declaration to large swath of nation’s most populated state

  10-05-2021 23:05
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Gavin Newsom expands California’s drought emergency declaration to large swath of nation’s most populated state.The post Gov. Gavin Newsom expands California’s drought emergency declaration to large swath of nation’s most populated state appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Pacific season’s 1st named storm weakens to depression

  10-05-2021 23:03
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — The first named storm of the eastern Pacific hurricane system has weakened into a tropical depression as it heads away from Mexico’s southwestern coast toward open seas. Andres had formed as a tropical storm on Sunday. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Andres was centered about 475 miles (765 kilometers) south of the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula at midafternoon Monday. It had maximum sustained winds of 35 mph (55 kph) and was movin
  
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• Wolves to find new home at Ted Turner’s New Mexico ranch

  10-05-2021 23:00
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — One of Ted Turner’s ranches in southern New Mexico will be home for a pair of Mexican gray wolves and their soon-to-be-born pups. The Ladder Ranch is teaming up with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for the project. It will mark the first time a translocation of the endangered wolves has been done on private land. Officials say the aim is to boost genetic diversity among the wild population roaming parts of New Mexico and Arizona. Federal officials had face
  
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• The Latest: California man accused of virus relief fraud

  10-05-2021 22:56
  
  IRVINE, Calif. — Prosecutors say a Southern California man has pleaded not guilty to charges he obtained $5 million in federal coronavirus-relief loans for phony businesses and then used the money for lavish vacations and to buy a Ferrari, a Bentley and a Lamborghini.
  Mustafa Qadiri was arrested last week on suspicion of scheming to defraud the Paycheck Protection Program.
  The 38-year-old will stand trial in June on multiple charges including bank fraud, wire fraud, aggravated identity the
  
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• Lightning sends chunk of highway through truck in Florida

  10-05-2021 22:56
  
  WALTON COUNTY, Fla. (AP) — Fire officials say a lightning strike in Florida launched a chunk of highway pavement through a truck windshield and injured two people inside the vehicle. The Walton County Fire Rescue responded to the accident on Interstate 10 near DeFuniak Springs on Monday morning. Photos shared by the department on social media showed the Ford pickup truck’s windshield and back window shattered. Walton County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Corey Dobridnia tells th
  
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• Attorneys: DA should step aside from deputy shooting probe

  10-05-2021 22:55
  
  ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (AP) — Attorneys for the family of a Black man who was fatally shot by sheriff’s deputies in North Carolina have asked the local prosecutor to recuse himself from the investigation. The attorneys say he’s too close to the men who fired their weapons. Attorneys Ben Crump and Bakari Sellers said in statements Monday that District Attorney Andrew Womble’s involvement would be a “miscarriage of justice” for Andrew Brown Jr. Brown was killed Ap
  
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• Pentagon reconsidering huge JEDI cloud-computing contract

  10-05-2021 22:47
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Officials say the Pentagon is reconsidering how to make a massive shift to cloud computing, suggesting it could scrap a contract potentially worth $10 billion. The so-called JEDI contract was awarded to Microsoft Corp. in 2019 but is mired in legal challenges. Deputy Pentagon press secretary Jamal Brown says, “We are going to have to assess where we are in regards to the ongoing litigation and determine what the best path forward is.” Amazon Web Services has c
  
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• Police searching Virginia landfill for baby missing from DC

  10-05-2021 22:46
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Law enforcement officials are searching a landfill in Virginia as part of an investigation into the disappearance of a baby who disappeared last week in the nation’s capital. The 2-month-old boy, Kyron Jones, was last seen on Wednesday in Northeast Washington and reported missing Friday. The Charles City County Sheriff’s Office said Monday that its deputies are assisting officers from the Metropolitan Police Department in a search for the boy at the Waste Mana
  
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• NASA spacecraft begins 2-year trip home with asteroid rubble

  10-05-2021 22:37
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft is headed back to Earth with rubble it collected from an asteroid nearly 200 million miles away. The robotic explorer Osiris-Rex fired its engines Monday to start the two-year trip home. The spacecraft reached the ancient, carbon-rich space rock in 2018 and spent two years flying near and around it. It gathered samples from the surface last October. The lead scientist for the mission estimates it holds as much as a pound of asteroid rubble. It
  
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• California man charged with using COVID loans to buy Ferrari

  10-05-2021 22:35
  
  IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — Prosecutors say a Southern California man has pleaded not guilty to charges he obtained $5 million in federal coronavirus-relief loans for phony businesses and then used the money for lavish vacations and to buy a Ferrari, Bentley and Lamborghini. Mustafa Qadiri was arrested last week on suspicion of scheming to defraud the Paycheck Protection Program. The 38-year-old will stand trial in June on multiple charges including bank fraud, wire fraud, aggravated identity th
  
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• Drone video shows endangered whales appearing to embrace

  10-05-2021 22:29
  
  WOODS HOLE, Mass. (AP) — Drone video of two critically endangered North Atlantic right whales swimming in Cape Cod Bay shows the animals appearing to embrace one another with their flippers. Wildlife photographer Brian Skerry and scientists from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the New England Aquarium captured the moment on Feb. 28 as the whales interacted. Woods Hole scientists say such behavior is rarely observed and that it may have been the first time a whale hug was recorded
  
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• Man charged with stabbing 2 Asian women pleads not guilty

  10-05-2021 22:23
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A man charged with stabbing two women of Asian descent at a San Francisco bus stop last week has pleaded not guilty. A handcuffed Patrick Thompson was silent during the short court hearing Monday. Authorities haven’t said whether the women were targeted because of their ethnicity. Thompson’s attorney has said the attack Tuesday wasn’t racially motivated and that his client has suffered mental health issues his entire adult life. Thompson was denied ba
  
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• Police: Small plane crashes on freeway overpass in Chandler

  10-05-2021 22:16
  
  CHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) — Federal authorities are investigating the crash of a small plane on a freeway overpass in Chandler. The pilot was the only person aboard the single-engine Cessna 172R and suffered minor injuries when the plane went down Sunday night near the Loop 202. Freeway cameras showed the aircraft upside down with its tail in the air. A Federal Aviation Administration spokesman said the plane clipped power lines while approaching the privately-owned Stellar Airpark in Chandler
  
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• US unions file first trade labor complaint against Mexico

  10-05-2021 22:12
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — U.S. and Mexican unions have filed the first labor complaint against Mexico under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada free trade pact. The complaint filed Monday argues that Mexico has not lived up to its pledge to guarantee workers the right to freely organize and join the union of their choice. The complaint centers on a border assembly plant in the Mexican city of Matamoros where workers have been fighting to join a new union. The outside organizer of that union has been jailed, h
  
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• Consultant: West Virginia city was bombarded with opioids

  10-05-2021 22:12
  
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A new analysis of opioids in West Virginia shows the city of Huntington and its surrounding county were overwhelmed with shipments of prescription drugs. Data analyst Craig McCann testified Monday that nearly all of the shipments came from the three distributors on trial in a landmark case. Cabell County and Huntington accuse distributors AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson of fueling the opioid epidemic. Testifying for the plaintiffs, McCann said that
  
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• US Navy’s top officer likes what he sees at Bath Iron Works

  10-05-2021 22:06
  
  BATH, Maine (AP) — The U.S. Navy’s top officer has paid a visit to shipbuilder Bath Iron Works. Adm. Mike Gilday is the chief of naval operations. He toured ships that are under construction and spoke to shipyard workers and leaders on Monday. Bath Iron Works is striving to get caught up on production of destroyers as the U.S. Navy faces growing competition from China and Russia. It’s making progress after falling further behind during a two-month strike last summer. Gilday sai
  
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• FBI names pipeline cyberattackers as company promises return

  10-05-2021 22:03
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The operator of a major U.S. pipeline hit by a cyberattack says it hopes to have service mostly restored by the end of the week. Colonial Pipeline offered that update Monday after revealing that it had halted operations because of a ransomware attack. The FBI has linked the attack to a criminal gang. The cyberattack is raising concern that supplies of gasoline, jet fuel and diesel could be disrupted in parts of the East Coast if the outage lasts several more days. The Col
  
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• Corruption case of ex-Massachusetts mayor heads to jurors

  10-05-2021 22:00
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Lawyers have made their final pitches to jurors in the case against a former Massachusetts mayor accused of swindling investors who backed his smartphone app and extorting marijuana vendors. During closing arguments in Boston’s federal court Monday, Assistant U.S. Attorney Zach Hafer described Correia as a shameless liar who betrayed trusting investors and abused the power of his office in order to fund his lavish lifestyle and shower his then-girlfriend with expensive
  
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• Consumer watchdog agency rediscovers its teeth under Biden

  10-05-2021 21:59
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The nation’s consumer watchdog is signaling a more aggressive approach toward the financial services sectors after a few years of being on a tight leash. Under President Biden, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has rescinded or scaled back a number of policies put in place by the Trump administration. And the bureau is staffing up in anticipation of taking a more active role in regulation and enforcement, as it did during the Obama administration. Under acting
  
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• DC aims for full reopening, with masks, by June 11

  10-05-2021 21:58
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington, D.C., is emerging from its pandemic quarantine. On Monday, officials in the nation’s capital announced a reopening timeline that would see all indoor capacity limits eliminated by early June, but with mask requirements still in place. Mayor Muriel Bowser unveiled a two-stage plan, with capacity restrictions on most indoor activities lifting on May 21, with the exception of bars, nightclubs and entertainment venues. Those final categories would see their
  
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• Qatar ruler in Saudi Arabia for first time since rift eased

  10-05-2021 21:57
  
  JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Qatar’s ruling emir is visiting Saudi Arabia for the first time since signing a declaration with the kingdom and other Arab Gulf states to ease the rift and end an embargo that had frayed ties among important U.S. allies and security partners. Qatar’s News Agency said he will meet Monday with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Red Sea city of Jiddah. The meeting highlights how ties are improving since Saudi Arabia ended a more than three-y
  
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• Drug overdoses skyrocket in Washington state amid COVID

  10-05-2021 21:55
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state health officials say preliminary data shows more people died of drug overdoses in 2020 in the state than any year in at least the past decade. Authorities say the effects of the pandemic likely led to a surge in drug use. The spike imirrors national trends. In December the Centers for Disease Control had reported more than 81,000 drug overdose deaths occurred in the U.S. in the 12 months ending in May 2020 — the highest number of overdose deaths ever r
  
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• Tech sell-off drags stocks lower, pulling market below highs

  10-05-2021 21:49
  
  Stocks are lower in afternoon trading Monday as a fall in technology stocks pulls the market below its recent all-time highs. The S&P 500 was down 0.7% after wobbling between small gains and losses. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.3% and the Nasdaq fell 2.2%, dragged lower by the Big Tech companies that dominate that index like Apple, Google, Facebook and Amazon. Wholesale gasoline prices rose 0.3% after a cyberattack that shut down a U.S. pipeline that carries fuel from the Gulf C
  
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• FAA seeks fines against more misbehaving airline passengers

  10-05-2021 21:49
  
  Federal officials say they are pursuing civil penalties against two more passengers for interfering with airline crews. The cases that Federal Aviation Administration announced Monday are just the latest in a surge in recent months. The agency is seeking penalties of up to $10,500 against a man who refused flight attendants’ orders to wear a face mask and another man who cursed at flight attendants and the captain shortly after boarding the plane. The FAA says it is continuing to take a ze
  
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• Police: 17-year-old boy found fatally shot in a Phoenix park

  10-05-2021 21:48
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Police in Phoenix are investigating the shooting death of a 17-year-old boy. They say the body of Erin Carrillo Felix was found around 8:30 p.m. Sunday in a west Phoenix park. Police say officers went to check out the area after receiving a call about a shooting. When officers arrived, they found a teen boy who had been shot. Paramedics arrived on the scene and pronounced the boy dead.  Police say they are searching for a suspect and it’s still unclear what may ha
  
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• Czechs light nearly 30,000 candles to honor COVID-19 victims

  10-05-2021 21:45
  
  PRAGUE (AP) — Czechs have lit candles at Prague Castle as the hard-hit nation pays its respects to the country’s nearly 30,000 dead. The memorial has come at the end of a day that saw the country massively relaxing its coronavirus restrictions. Monday’s easing came after new infections fell to levels last seen in August. People in the capital, Prague, formed lines before opening time as all stores and shopping malls returned to business. Czechs were allowed to remove face masks
  
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• Youngkin leads after 1st round in Virginia GOP governor race

  10-05-2021 21:41
  
  FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Political newcomer Glenn Youngkin is leading the field after a first round of balloting from Virginia Republicans choosing a gubernatorial nominee but fell short of a majority needed to clinch victory. More than 30,000 delegates cast ballots at a convention Saturday. Ballot counting in the governor’s race began Monday. Under the ranked-choice voting system implemented by the party, the votes of the last-place candidate will be redistributed based on whom thos
  
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• Washington state follows trend with drug deaths during virus

  10-05-2021 21:37
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state health officials say preliminary data shows more people died of drug overdoses in 2020 in the state than any year in at least the past decade. Authorities say the effects of the pandemic likely led to a surge in drug use. The spike imirrors national trends. In December the Centers for Disease Control had reported more than 81,000 drug overdose deaths occurred in the U.S. in the 12 months ending in May 2020 — the highest number of overdose deaths ever r
  
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• US ship fires warning shots in encounter with Iranian boats

  10-05-2021 21:26
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. Coast Guard cutter fired two volleys of warning shots Monday as a group of 13 Iranian fast boats sped toward U.S. Navy vessels in the Persian Gulf’s Strait of Hormuz. The Pentagon says the warning shots were fired in response to “unsafe and unprofessional” maneuvers by the naval arm of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Pentagon press secretary John Kirby says the Iranian vessels maneuvered at high speed toward six Navy ships that were escorti
  
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• Local school wins Colgate Bright Smiles Kids award

  10-05-2021 21:25
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - A local school won a Colgate Bright Smiles Kids award this year.
  Laura Nobles Banks Elementary School won a $1,000 grant after submitting a video about the importance of oral health.
  The school is one of seven regional winners. They are now eligible to compete for the title of national champions.
  The Bright Smiles Kids Awards national winner and two runners-up are eligible for up to $5,000 in grants during a live public vote on May 12.
  To support Laura Nobles Banks Elementary Sch
  
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• Amid outcry, NBC says it will not air Golden Globes in 2022

  10-05-2021 21:25
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Amid growing pressure on the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, NBC said Monday that will not air the Golden Globes in 2022.In a statement, the network said it believes the press association — which is facing possible boycotts from Netflix, Warner Bros. and many Hollywood stars — is committed to reform.“However, change of this magnitude takes time and work, and we feel strongly that the HFPA needs time to do it right,” the network said. “As s
  
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• US restores transgender health protections denied by Trump

  10-05-2021 21:19
  
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  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says the government will protect gay and transgender people against sex discrimination in health care., reversing a Trump-era policy. It’s the latest step by President Joe Biden to advance the rights of gay and transgender people across society, from military service, to housing, to employment opportunities. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra says LGBTQ people should have the same acces
  
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• Romanian leader tells Biden more NATO troops needed in east

  10-05-2021 21:19
  
  BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania’s president told U.S. counterpart Joe Biden that more NATO troops are needed on the alliance’s eastern flank given Russia military maneuvers that feel threatening to many people in the region. The appeal by Romania’s President Klaus Iohannis came during a conference Monday of regional leaders which Biden joined by video. The Polish and Romanian leaders hailed Biden’s appearance as a sign of U.S. support for their security. Polish Pr
  
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• President Biden defends economic aid proposals as GOP criticize unemployment benefits

  10-05-2021 21:19
  
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  WASHINGTON DC (CNN) - Monday, President Joe Biden defended his economic proposals after a disappointing jobs report last week."So some months will exceed expectations," Biden said. "Others will fall short. The question is, what is the trend line? Are we head in the right direction? Are we taking the right steps to keep it going? And the answer clearly is yes."His statement comes as Republican-led states blame the enhanced federal unemployment benefits for labor shortages.Montana,
  
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• Spain: Expert warns that virus surge could follow parties

  10-05-2021 21:08
  
  MADRID (AP) — Spain’s top coronavirus expert has delivered a stern warning to citizens who are acting as if the pandemic has ended now that the government has relaxed measures against the spread of contagion amid an accelerating rollout of vaccines. Scenes of revelers partying in mass over the past weekend, in many cases without social distancing or masks, have infuriated many, including health workers, and created a new political quarrel. Fernando Simón said that he was unabl
  
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• Georgia Gov. Kemp signs repeal of 1863 citizen’s arrest law

  10-05-2021 21:07
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Gov. Brian Kemp has signed a repeal of Georgia’s Civil War-era citizen’s arrest law on Monday. He took action a year after the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man pursued by white men who said they suspected him of a crime. The state House and Senate passed the repeal by overwhelming margins after Arbery’s killing. This means bystanders in Georgia can no longer make an arrest if a crime is committed in their presence. It still provides for self def
  
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• NTSB: Tesla owner got into driver’s seat before deadly crash

  10-05-2021 21:05
  
  DETROIT (AP) — Home security camera footage shows that the owner of a Tesla got into the driver’s seat of the car shortly before a deadly crash in suburban Houston. That’s according to a preliminary government report Monday. But the report on the crash that killed two men doesn’t explain why police found no one behind the wheel of the car, which burst into flames after crashing about 550 feet from the owner’s home. The National Transportation Safety Board says it&rs
  
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