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• Judge sets November for start of Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial

  11-05-2021 23:56
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A judge says Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial will start in November on charges that she recruited teenage girls for Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse over a 10-year period. U.S. District Judge Alison J. Nathan said in an order Tuesday that jury selection can occur in mid-November and opening statements can happen on Nov. 29. The order was issued a day after prosecutors told the judge that both sides would be ready for trial in November. The judge recently scrapped a July 12
  
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• Biden and McConnell may be friends, but can they cut a deal?

  11-05-2021 23:52
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The two players in the most important relationship in Washington finally are ready for a face-to-face meeting. President Joe Biden’s sit-down on Wednesday with Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell and other congressional leaders comes as the White House accelerates its efforts to reach a bipartisan infrastructure agreement — or at least aims to show it’s trying. But McConnell is plainly stating he’s not interested in the plan as proposed. The W
  
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• Canada’s largest province halts AstraZeneca first doses

  11-05-2021 23:51
  
  TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s largest province says it will stop giving out first doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine due to concerns over its link to rare blood clots. Ontario’s chief medical officer for health said Tuesday that the decision has been made out of an abundance of caution because of increased instances of the rare blood clotting disorder linked to the shot. AstraZeneca is restricted in some European countries because of a potential link to extremely rar
  
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• Assault convict arrested by Border Patrol for illegally crossing border

  11-05-2021 23:45
  
  Yuma Sector Border PatrolFidel Enrique Caceres-HernandezYUMA, Ariz. (KVOA) - A man who was convicted for assaulting a spouse or cohabitant was arrested Monday by Border Patrol near San Luis, Ariz.According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 38-year-old Fidel Enrique Caceres-Hernandez and one other migrant were taken into custody in the desert 17 miles east of the San Luis Port of Entry after they reportedly crossed the border illegally into the United States Monday morning.CBP said Caceres-
  
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• Parnell announces candidacy for Pennsylvania Senate seat

  11-05-2021 23:37
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Sean Parnell announced his candidacy Tuesday for the Republican nomination for Pennsylvania’s open U.S. Senate seat. Parnell is a decorated Army veteran and regular guest on Fox News programs who became a favorite of former President Donald Trump. Parnell unsuccessfully challenged Democratic U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb in western Pennsylvania last year. The Senate seat in the presidential battleground state is being left open after two-term Republican Sen. Pat Toomey
  
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• Man accused in Georgia spa shootings indicted on murder charges in second county

  11-05-2021 23:37
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Man accused in Georgia spa shootings indicted on murder charges in second county.The post Man accused in Georgia spa shootings indicted on murder charges in second county appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• 42 killed in Colombia protests, human rights agency says

  11-05-2021 23:33
  
  BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The office of Colombia’s human rights ombudsman says 42 people have died during anti-government protests that began two weeks ago amid discontent fueled by growing poverty and inequality during the pandemic. The government agency also reported Tuesday that 168 people have been reported missing during the protests. The ombudsman’s new figures are similar to those recorded by Temblores, a non-governmental group that tracks police violence. Temblores said T
  
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• Feds: Ex-NYC officer charged with bribery sent racist text

  11-05-2021 23:32
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a white New York City police officer once bragged in a text about trying to scare Black people for kicks by randomly pointing his gun at them while on the job. The allegation arose on Tuesday when federal prosecutors announced corruption charges against the officer and two others who worked together at the same precinct. Robert Smith pleaded not guilty to accepting bribes before a judge denied him bail. His lawyer declined comment. In court papers, p
  
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• Man killed 6, self at Colorado party after not being invited

  11-05-2021 23:18
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Police say a gunman who killed six people at Colorado birthday party over the weekend opened fire because he had not been invited and then killed himself.
  Colorado Springs police Lt. Joe Frabelle said Tuesday that the shooter had been in a relationship with one of the victims for about a year and had history of controlling and jealous behavior. Police said the gunman had no previous reported incidents of domestic violence during the relationship didn’t
  
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• Six alleged human smugglers arrested in separate weekend incidents near Yuma

  11-05-2021 23:17
  
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  YUMA, Ariz. (KVOA) - Six people were arrested by Yuma Sector Border Patrol over the weekend in connection to four separate smuggling attempts.According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, a 22-year-old man who was on federal probation for smuggling drugs through the San Luis Port of Entry was taken into custody Friday afternoon after Border Patrol agents uncovered four undocumented migrants in his vehicle during a stop at Avenue B and Highway 105.Shortly after this
  
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• Idaho governor signs bill to halt Biden moves on gun laws

  11-05-2021 23:15
  
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Gov. Brad Little has signed legislation aimed at thwarting a half-dozen executive actions taken by President Joe Biden to combat gun violence. The Republican governor on Monday signed a bill prohibiting Idaho government entities from upholding Biden’s March executive actions. The orders include a crackdown on ghost guns — homemade firearms that lack serial numbers used to trace them and are often purchased without background checks. Biden also tightene
  
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• The Latest: Ontario stops giving Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine

  11-05-2021 23:12
  
  TORONTO — Canada’s largest province says it will stop giving out first doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine due to concerns over blood clots.Ontario Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. David Williams says the decision has been made out of an abundance of caution because of increased instances of a rare blood clotting disorder linked to the shot.AstraZeneca is restricted in some European countries because of a potential link to extremely rare blood clots. In Canada, at least 12 cas
  
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• Police: Gunman who killed 6 at Colorado party over weekend opened fire because he wasn’t invited, then killed himself

  11-05-2021 23:09
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Police: Gunman who killed 6 at Colorado party over weekend opened fire because he wasn’t invited, then killed himself.The post Police: Gunman who killed 6 at Colorado party over weekend opened fire because he wasn’t invited, then killed himself appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Iowa woman convicted of killing estranged hubby’s girlfriend

  11-05-2021 23:09
  
  KNOXVILLE, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa woman who killed her estranged husband’s girlfriend has been found guilty of first-degree murder. A Marion County jury deliberated for less than a hour Tuesday before convicting Michelle Boat in the May 2020 death of 46-year-old Tracy Mondabough in Pella. Prosecutors say Boat stabbed Mondabough because she was dating Boat’s husband. The couple was married for 20 years before Boat’s husband left her. Boat’s attorney acknowledged during
  
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• Police: Man who killed 3 had history of police interactions

  11-05-2021 23:03
  
  WOODLAWN, Md. (AP) — Baltimore County officials say they’re examining a man’s interactions with authorities dating back three decades after he killed three people and set fire to his home before being shot by responding officers. Authorities said Monday that 56-year-old Everton Brown had prior interactions with patrol officers, outreach officers and a crisis intervention team over many years. Neighbors described threatening, erratic behavior and Davis said three peace orders we
  
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• EXPLAINER: Why are fears of high inflation getting worse?

  11-05-2021 23:02
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Gas prices are rising. Auto prices are soaring. Consumer goods companies are charging more for household basics like toilet paper, peanut butter and soft drinks. All of which is resurrecting fears of an economic threat that has all but disappeared over the past generation: Runaway inflation. Not since the late 1960s and early ’70s has the United States endured chronic high inflation, with consumer prices rising at or near double-digit percentages from one year to th
  
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• Hurricane that hit Louisiana in 2020 was Category 3, not 2

  11-05-2021 23:01
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hurricane Zeta was stronger than initially reported when it made landfall in Louisiana last October. A report by the National Hurricane Center released Tuesday upgraded Zeta to a major, Category 3 storm. Zeta made landfall near Cocodrie, Louisiana, on October 28. According to the report, Zeta led to five direct deaths and $4.4 billion dollars in damage in the United States. The upgrade in status means that a total of seven hurricanes achieved major hurricane status durin
  
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• EPA sets grants to restore ‘brownfields’ at blighted sites

  11-05-2021 23:00
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency has announced more than $66 million in grants to 151 communities nationwide to assess and clean up contaminated or abandoned “brownfields.” Those are industrial and commercial properties that contain a hazardous substance, pollutant or contaminant. An estimated 450,000 brownfields, including abandoned industrial facilities, waste disposal sites and former gas stations, plague cities, towns and rural areas throughout the coun
  
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• Ship speed limit sought to protect endangered whales in Gulf

  11-05-2021 22:50
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Environmental groups are asking for a speed limit for ships in part of the Gulf of Mexico south of the Florida Panhandle to protect the few remaining endangered whales there. The groups are seeking a speed limit of 10 knots or just over 11 mph for an area covering about 11,500 square miles off of Florida and Alabama. They also want all nighttime ship traffic to detour around that core habitat. There are fewer than 100 of the whales, which were classified in January as a
  
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• Canada’s largest provinces halts AstraZeneca first doses

  11-05-2021 22:49
  
  TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s largest province says it will stop giving out first doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine due to concerns over its link to rare blood clots. Ontario’s chief medical officer for health said Tuesday that the decision has been made out of an abundance of caution because of increased instances of the rare blood clotting disorder linked to the shot. AstraZeneca is restricted in some European countries because of a potential link to extremely rar
  
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• Gas stations report shortages as pipeline shutdown drags on

  11-05-2021 22:47
  
  CHAMBLEE, Ga. (AP) — More than 1,000 gas stations in the Southeast reported running out of fuel, primarily because of what analysts say is unwarranted panic-buying among drivers, as the shutdown of a major pipeline by hackers entered its fifth day. Government officials acted swiftly to waive safety and environmental rules to speed the delivery of fuel by truck, ship or rail to motorists and airports. Even so, they sought to assure consumers that there was no cause for alarm. The Colonial P
  
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• 2 California police officers fatally shot within 24 hours

  11-05-2021 22:47
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities say two California police officers were shot and killed within 24 hours this week in separate incidents. Police say an officer in the Northern California city of Stockton was fatally shot Tuesday morning. The officer has not been identified. A male suspect was also shot and killed in the incident. In San Luis Obispo, a central California city about 250 miles south of Stockton, Detective Luca Benedetti was shot and killed while serving a search warrant Monday
  
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• Illinois justices weigh harshness of 19-year-old’s life term

  11-05-2021 22:43
  
  SPRINGFIELD, iLL. (AP) — A state prosecutor says a man who was 19 when he participated in gang-revenge slayings in Chicago shouldn’t be able to contest his life sentence because he was old enough to know what he was doing. The Illinois Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in the case of Antonio House. He helped kidnap two teenage rival gang members on Sept. 13, 1993, in Chicago. He was sentenced to life in prison in 1998. But an appellate court says his sentence was unfair give
  
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• The Latest: Hamas leader blames Israel for latest round

  11-05-2021 22:38
  JERUSALEM (AP) — The Latest on confrontations between Israelis and Palestinians, sparked by weeks of tensions in contested Jerusalem and as Israel has signaled it’s widening its military campaign:GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Hamas’ leader says Israel is responsible for the latest round of fighting in the region because of its actions in Jerusalem.
  The fighting broke out on Monday after Israeli police used stun grenades, tear gas and rubber bullets against protesters at the Al-
  
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• Arizona: State-run sites ready to give shots to kids 12-15

  11-05-2021 22:35
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona health officials announced Tuesday the the seven state-run COVID-19 vaccination sites are poised to begin offering shots to children ages 12 to 15 starting Thursday. The Department of Health Services made its announcement a day after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration gave emergency-use authorization for the administration of Pfizer’s vaccine to the 12 to 15 age group. A federal advisory committee and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are expect
  
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• Louisiana Democrat sworn into Congress, replacing Biden aide

  11-05-2021 22:30
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Louisiana Democratic Rep. Troy Carter is the newest member of the House of Representatives. His swearing-in Tuesday adds some breathing room to the party’s tight majority. The 57-year-old Carter represents a majority-Black district centered in New Orleans that extends up the Mississippi River into Baton Rouge. The seat opened after Democratic Rep. Cedric Richmond left the position to work as a special adviser to President Joe Biden. Carter’s swearing-in gives
  
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• Egypt plans Suez Canal expansion after vessel was grounded

  11-05-2021 22:29
  
  CAIRO (AP) — Egypt has announced plans to widen and deepen the southern part of the Suez Canal where a hulking vessel ran aground and closed off the crucial waterway in March. The plan includes widening the canal’s southernmost stretch by about 40 meters (yards) to the east. It also includes a 10-kilometer-long extension of a second lane of the waterway that opened in 2015. That would bring the double-lane stretch of the canal to 82 kilometers, or 60 miles, allowing more vessels to p
  
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• Mass. man convicted in bombing has sentence reduced

  11-05-2021 22:26
  
  BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge has reduced the life sentence of a Massachusetts man who was convicted in connection with building a bomb that killed a Boston police officer and severely injured his partner 30 years ago. The Patriot Ledger reports that Alfred Trenkle recently requested to be released due to fears of contracting COVID-19. Judge William Smith denied the request. However, in a 53-page ruling  Smith found reason to reduce Trenkle’s sentence to 41 years in prison follo
  
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• Suit: Workers lured from India paid $1.20 per hour for years

  11-05-2021 22:23
  
  A lawsuit says workers from marginalized communities in India were lured to New Jersey and forced to work more than 12 hours per day at ultra-low wages to help build a Hindu temple. An FBI spokesperson confirmed Tuesday that agents were at the temple on “court-authorized law enforcement activity.” The lawsuit filed in federal court accuses the leaders of the organization known as BAPS of human trafficking and wage law violations. It claims as many as 200 workers had their passports t
  
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• The Latest: Indian woman among 3 killed by rockets from Gaza

  11-05-2021 22:18
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — The Latest on confrontations between Israelis and Palestinians, sparked by weeks of tensions in contested Jerusalem and as Israel has signaled it’s widening its military campaign:JERUSALEM — The Israeli Foreign Ministry says one of the three women killed in Israel from Gaza rocket attacks was an Indian national working as a caregiver, not an Israeli as had been previously assumed.
  The woman was identified as Soumya Santosh.
  Israel’s ambassador to India, R
  
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• Leigh Perkins, who took Orvis beyond fly fishing, dies at 93

  11-05-2021 22:15
  
  The man who transformed the Vermont-based Orvis company from a niche fly-fishing supply company into a global retailer of outdoor supplies, apparel and protector of the environment has died. Leigh H. Perkins was 93. The Sunderland-based Orvis says Perkins died May 7 in Monticello, Florida. Perkins bought Orvis in 1965 and ran it until the early 1990s. Now his grandson, Orvis President Simon Perkins, is the third generation of his family to run the business. The company says that Perkins would hu
  
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• Younger adolescents get ready to receive COVID-19 vaccine

  11-05-2021 22:14
  
  MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Parents, schools and vaccine clinics are rushing to get younger adolescents inoculated after U.S. regulators endorsed Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for children as young as 12. A handful of cities started offering shots to children ages 12 to 15 on Tuesday after the Food and Drug Administration gave the vaccine emergency use authorization for that age group. Most communities are waiting for a federal advisory committee that meets Wednesday to sign off on the move, wh
  
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• Local animal shelter to hold drive-in adoption event

  11-05-2021 22:14
  
  Pima Animal Care Center WillTUCSON (KVOA) -  Pima Animal Care Center is set to hold a drive-in adoption event on Friday.
  The event will run from 7 to 9 p.m. at 4000 N. Silverbell Rd., in the overflow parking lot.
  Staffers will give attendees glow sticks to wave and “bid” for the auction-style adoptions.Due to limited parking, the “Fiesta con los perros y los gatos” is limited to the first 50 people who sign up here. PACC says families can bring their
  
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• Ex-UAW leader gets nearly 2 years in prison for corruption

  11-05-2021 22:14
  
  DETROIT (AP) — The former president of the United Auto Workers has been sentenced to 21 months in prison for corruption. Dennis Williams took winter vacations in California covered by dues paid by members of the UAW. Williams led the union from 2014 to 2018. He’s the latest in a long line of union officials who acknowledge betraying members through corruption. Williams pleaded guilty to an embezzlement scheme that turned union dues into a pot of cash for golf, lodging and fancy meals
  
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• Arizona GOP passes election bill opposed by business leaders

  11-05-2021 22:13
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Senate Republicans have voted to make it easier to purge thousands of people from a list of voters who automatically get a ballot each election. The GOP on Monday sent the bill to Republican Gov. Doug Ducey over protests from Democrats and prominent business leaders who said the measure would suppress the votes of people of color. Ducey has avoided commenting on the legislation. The measure is one of the most contentious bills moving in Arizona as Republicans in key
  
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• The Latest: UN chief wants halt to Israeli-Gaza escalation

  11-05-2021 22:05
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — The Latest on confrontations between Israelis and Palestinians, sparked by weeks of tensions in contested Jerusalem and as Israel has signaled it’s widening its military campaign:UNITED NATIONS — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is demanding an immediate halt to the “spiraling escalation” in Israeli-Palestinian violence. A spokesman says the United Nations “is working with all relevant parties to de-escalate the situation urgently.&rdqu
  
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• Kansas man sentenced to life for killing woman, 2 children

  11-05-2021 22:05
  
  KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas man who killed his estranged girlfriend and her two children and then set their house on fire has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Ismael Caballero was sentenced Tuesday in the Dec. 30, 2019, deaths of 32-year-old Yazmin Rodriguez-Santillan and her two children, 14-year-old Amerikha Rodriguez and 10-year-old Jeancarlo Rodriguez, of Kansas City, Kansas. He was given the life sentence for the deaths of the children and anot
  
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• Parents sue fraternity over pledge’s death in alleged hazing

  11-05-2021 21:55
  
  TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — The parents of a 20-year-old fraternity pledge who died from alcohol poisoning after an alleged hazing ritual in March have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the fraternity and several of its members. The lawsuit filed Tuesday says Stone Foltz was joining a fraternity at Bowling Green State University when he and other pledges were blindfolded and forced to drink an entire bottle of alcohol. It says he was taken back to his apartment, where a roommate found him unc
  
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• 500 homes in Golden Valley without water due to broken well

  11-05-2021 21:55
  
  GOLDEN VALLEY, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say about 500 homes in the northwestern Arizona town of Golden Valley have been without water for days due to a broken well. Mohave County workers will start distributing bottled water at locations for residents without water on Tuesday. A county engineer says a 1,500-foot well broke late Friday and a contractor disassembled the well two days later. An emergency interconnection with a neighboring water system was put in place, but that hasn’t s
  
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• Ukraine charges Putin ally Medvedchuk with treason

  11-05-2021 21:54
  
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine has charged indicted a top opposition figure who is a close ally of Russia’s president with treason and attempts to steal natural resources from Russia-annexed Crimea. Along with the Tuesday indictment of Viktor Medvedchuk, security service agents also searched his house in the capital Kyiv. Prosecutor-General Irina Venediktova said that charges under several articles were brought against Medvedchuk business partner Taras Kozak. The charges carry potentia
  
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• Judge dismisses NRA bankruptcy case in blow to gun group

  11-05-2021 21:54
  
  DALLAS (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed the National Rifle Association’s bankruptcy case.Judge Harlin Hale announced his decision Tuesday in the case over whether the powerful gun-rights group should be allowed to incorporate in Texas instead of New York.Lawyers for New York Attorney General Letitia James argued the bankruptcy filing was an effort by NRA leaders to avoid accountability for using the group’s coffers as their piggybank.The ruling leaves the NRA to face a New
  
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• Police name California officers killed, injured in shootout

  11-05-2021 21:53
  
  SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (AP) — A California police officer who was shot and killed while serving a search warrant has been identified as a 12-year law enforcement veteran and a current detective in San Luis Obispo. Detective Luca Benedetti was killed Monday when shots were fired shortly before 5:30 p.m. as officers served a search warrant at an apartment in the Central Coast city. Detective Steve Orozco was wounded in the shootout and expected to recover from his injuries. Police say the g
  
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• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Gaza militants will pay heavy price, the operation ‘will take time’

  11-05-2021 21:51
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Gaza militants will pay heavy price, the operation ‘will take time.’The post Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Gaza militants will pay heavy price, the operation ‘will take time’ appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Judge dismisses National Rifle Association’s bankruptcy case in blow to gun-rights group, victory for New York state

  11-05-2021 21:39
  
  DALLAS (AP) — Judge dismisses National Rifle Association’s bankruptcy case in blow to gun-rights group, victory for New York state.The post Judge dismisses National Rifle Association’s bankruptcy case in blow to gun-rights group, victory for New York state appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Men plead not guilty to hate crimes in Ahmaud Arbery death

  11-05-2021 21:38
  
  BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Three Georgia men say they are not guilty of federal hate crimes in the slaying of Ahmaud Arbery. Travis McMichael, Greg McMichael and William “Roddie” Bryan entered their pleas Tuesday before a U.S. magistrate judge in the port city of Brunswick, where the white men chased and shot 25-year-old Arbery in February 2020. Federal prosecutors say they targeted Arbery because he was Black. Defense attorneys for the defandants have said they thought Arbery was a
  
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• Iran: Clash near Turkey kills 2 Guard troops, 7 militants

  11-05-2021 21:38
  
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency says Revolutionary Guard forces killed seven militants and dismantled their cell in the country’s northwest near the border with Turkey. Two Guard members were also killed in the shootout. The exchange took place around noon on Tuesday in the city of Salmas in Iran’s West Azerbaijan province. The report said the militants had snuck into Iran illegally from Turkey. The area has seen occasional fighting between Iranian f
  
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• Judge dismisses GOP lawsuit over Maricopa County election

  11-05-2021 21:33
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — A judge in Maricopa County has dismissed a lawsuit about alleged voting irregularities during the Arizona Republican Party’s January elections. The lawsuit stemmed from state party chairwoman Kelli Ward’s narrow re-election. Her challenger, Sandra Dowling, alongside party activist Bill Beard, sued Ward and the party after officials declined to audit and recount the vote. Superior Court Judge Michael Kemp has ruled that the dispute involved internal party politics
  
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• Turkish FM in Saudi Arabia to mend ties amid regional shifts

  11-05-2021 21:26
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Turkey’s top envoy has met with his counterpart in Saudi Arabia on his first official trip in years. Tuesday’s development comes as Turkey pushes to repair damaged ties with the kingdom that reached a low point over the 2018 killing in Istanbul of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu discussed regional issues and ties with his Saudi counterpart, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud during his two-day v
  
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• Five unaccompanied children found abandoned near Rio Grande

  11-05-2021 21:25
  
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  (CNN) - Five unaccompanied migrant children ranging from 11 months to 7 years old were found along the Texas-Mexico border.Customs and Border Protection says an agent responded to a call from a Maverick County constable concerning the children on Sunday.Among the girls, there were a 7-year-old, 3-year-old and 2-year-old from Honduras. There was also a 5-year-old and 11-month-old from Guatemala.Guatemala's foreign ministry says smugglers abandoned the girls near the Rio Grande.The
  
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• Whitmer threatens profit seizure if pipeline keeps operating

  11-05-2021 21:23
  
  LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is threatening to go after Enbridge’s profits from a Great Lakes oil pipeline if it isn’t shut down. The Democratic governor issued the warning Tuesday in a letter to Enbridge, a Canadian oil transport company. Whitmer ordered the company last November to close the line by May 12. She agrees with environmentalists and native tribes that a section of Line 5 in the Straits of Mackinac is vulnerable to a spill. Enbridge says the
  
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