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• Israel threatens Gaza ground invasion despite truce efforts

  13-05-2021 23:57
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel says it is massing troops along the Gaza frontier and calling up 9,000 reservists ahead of a possible ground invasion of the Hamas-ruled territory. Egyptian mediators rushed to Israel for cease-fire efforts but showed no signs of progress. The stepped-up fighting came as communal violence in Israel erupted for a fourth night. Jewish and Arab mobs clashed in the flashpoint town of Lod. The fighting took place despite a bolstered police presence ordered by the nation&
  
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• ‘Great day for America’: Vaccinated can largely ditch masks

  13-05-2021 23:52
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is easing mask-wearing guidance for fully vaccinated people, allowing them to stop wearing masks outdoors in crowds and in most indoor settings. The new guidance announced Thursday is a major step toward returning to pre-pandemic life. President Joe Biden said, “Today is a great day for America.” The new guidance still calls for wearing masks in crowded indoor settings like buses, planes, hospitals, prisons and ho
  
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• Husband of ex-DA avoids jail time in Los Angeles gun case

  13-05-2021 23:49
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The husband of former Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey will avoid jail time and instead enter a diversion program after pointing a gun at Black Lives Matter members who demonstrated outside the couple’s home. David Lacey faced three misdemeanor charges of assault with a firearm in the March 2, 2020, incident, which occurred the day before his wife faced a contentious primary race. The Los Angeles Times on Thursday reported the judge’s approva
  
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• Federal judge delivers new blow to foes of Twin Metals mine

  13-05-2021 23:47
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge has rejected a second attempt by opponents of the proposed Twin Metals copper-nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota to invalidate the mineral rights leases needed for the project. U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden said Thursday that new arguments and evidence raised by the opponents in the 2020 lawsuit would not have changed the outcome of the case. They were challenging the Interior Department’s 2019 decision to renew the leases for the site near
  
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• Prosecutor: No charges against Kansas deputy who shot woman

  13-05-2021 23:41
  
  WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas prosecutor says no criminal charges will be filed against a Sedgwick County sheriff’s deputy who fatally shot a woman who refused to pull over during a high-speed chase that began over a wrong license plate on a vehicle. Sedgwick County District Attorney Marc Bennett on Thursday released his final report concluding that the deputy is immune from prosecution in the December 2019 death of 51-year-old Deborah Lee Arbuckle. Bennett determined the deputy fire
  
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• US vows to stand by ally Australia against China

  13-05-2021 23:39
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is vowing to stand by Australia in its worsening trade and other disputes with China. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told his Australian counterpart on Thursday that the U.S. would “not leave Australia alone on the field” against China. Australia and China are in the midst of several major disputes as Beijing seeks to apply pressure on Canberra over commerce and influence. Blinken and Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne both sa
  
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• More than 1.2 million Americans will lose pandemic unemployment benefits early

  13-05-2021 23:38
  
  WASHINGTON DC (CNN/AP) - More than dozen states are now getting rid of pandemic-related unemployment benefits.That will affect more than 1.2 million unemployed Americans getting $300 every week.Montana last week was the first to announce it was pulling out of the federal program, citing severe worker shortages.Georgia is the latest state to do away with the benefit.Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey joined a growing number of Republican governors who are stopping payment of an extra $300 a week to unemploy
  
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• Harvey Mason jr. becomes official CEO of Recording Academy

  13-05-2021 23:33
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Mason jr., can drop the interim from his title: He’s now the official president and CEO of The Recording Academy. The academy, which produces the Grammy Awards annually, made the announcement Thursday. Mason, a successful Grammy-nominated producer who has worked with Beyoncé, Chris Brown and Toni Braxton, has been the interim leader at the academy since January 2020. He was previously chair of the academy’s board. Mason jr. is the first Black presi
  
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• Philly health official forced to resign over MOVE cremations

  13-05-2021 23:24
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia’s top health official is out of a job after the mayor said he learned human remains from the 1985 bombing of the headquarters of the group MOVE had been cremated and disposed of without notifying family members. Mayor Jim Kenney said in a statement Thursday that Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley decided to cremate and dispose of the remains several years ago. Farley says he profoundly regrets his decision and apologized to relatives of the bombing
  
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• El Salvador donates vaccine to desperate Honduras towns

  13-05-2021 23:24
  
  SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador’s president has sent 34,000 doses of coronavirus vaccine to seven towns in Honduras in response to video pleas from their mayors posted to social media. The small-scale vaccine diplomacy by President Nayib Bukele raised eyebrows in El Salvador and Honduras, but most agreed that ultimately it would benefit a population in desperate need of the vaccine. The highly public move Thursday also provides a distraction at a time some are expressing
  
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• Ready, aim, duck: MLB pitchers living on the wild side

  13-05-2021 23:17
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Major League Baseball pitchers are hitting batters and throwing wild pitches at record rates in the modern era. The reasons for the trend are varied. Pitchers are throwing as hard as ever and nasty breaking balls in the dirt are difficult to block. Some suggest that retaliation for hit batters isn’t as common in today’s game, which takes the taboo out of letting a pitch get away. There’s always the risk of injury when baseballs get away from pitchers. Phill
  
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• Pipeline hack fuels gas crunch; US suspects Russian origins

  13-05-2021 23:15
  
  CLEMMONS, N.C. (AP) — Motorists are finding gas pumps shrouded in plastic bags at tapped-out service service stations across more than a dozen U.S. states.
  Shortages and panic-buying continued even as the operator of the nation’s largest gasoline pipeline reported making “substantial progress” in resolving the computer hack-induced shutdown responsible for the empty tanks.
  Tracking site GasBuddy.com reported Thursday that nearly 70% of North Carolina’s gas stations
  
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• The Latest: Washington state schools soon to be full-time

  13-05-2021 23:14
  
  OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington authorities said Thursday all schools in the state must provide full-time, in-person education for students for the 2021-22 school year and that students and staff will still be required to wear masks.
  The Washington state Department of Health released guidelines that included mitigation efforts they said were designed to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
  The mask directive could prove controversial, as the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on
  
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• Tim Tebow, Tennessee gov unveil anti-human trafficking push

  13-05-2021 23:10
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Former NFL player Tim Tebow is teaming up with Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee in a multimillion-dollar partnership to fight human trafficking. Tebow is expecting $1.2 million in state funding for his foundation in the upcoming Tennessee state budget. The budget earmarks more than $5 million combined to Tebow’s organization and others to combat human trafficking. Tebow said the funding will help a ministry within the Tim Tebow Foundation that helps build safe homes in
  
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• Ohio offers $1M weekly prize as vaccine incentive

  13-05-2021 23:06
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Gov. Mike DeWine's announcement of a weekly $1 million prize to entice Ohioans to get coronavirus vaccines is raising questions and objections.
  Some Republican and Democratic lawmakers say it isn't appropriate to use federal pandemic dollars for the lottery, which also will provide five full-ride college scholarships to vaccinated young people.
  The Republican governor says people may think it's a waste of money or that he's crazy. But he says the real waste is a loss
  
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• Judge refuses to free Capitol riot suspect linked to militia

  13-05-2021 23:04
  
  A federal judge has refused to free a Texas man whom authorities have accused of planning an attack on a social media company’s facility after he returned home from storming the U.S. Capitol. Guy Wesley Reffitt is one of more than 400 federal defendants charged in the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol. Prosecutors say Reffitt belongs to a militia-style group and told other members how backup generators at a social media company’s facility near Dallas could be disabled with shots from a snip
  
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• Off beat: Top cop banned after faking report to flee meeting

  13-05-2021 23:00
  
  FRYEBURG, Maine (AP) — A law enforcement oversight board has decided to revoke the license of a former Maine police chief after an investigation found that he created a false police report to get out of a meeting. The Maine Criminal Justice Academy voted in February to take away former Fryeburg Police Chief Joshua Potvin’s license. The Bangor Daily News reports the details of the investigation then became public this month. Potvin has waived his right of appeal. The decision bars him
  
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• Disney Q2 revenue drops on continued weakness in parks

  13-05-2021 23:00
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Disney second-quarter revenue dropped as the pandemic continued to weigh on its parks and theme parks. But net income beat expectations and CEO Bob Chapek said signs of recovery can be seen across the companies’ business as the pandemic begins to wane. Net income attributable to Disney for the three months ended April 3 totaled $901 million, or 49 cents per share. Excluding one-time items, net income totaled 79 cents per share. That beat analyst expectations of 26 cen
  
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• Arizona man arrested after several threats made in Nebraska

  13-05-2021 22:58
  
  OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say an Arizona man was charged with making several threats against schools and other businesses around Omaha in April.  Andrew Isaac Abrams, of Tucson, Arizona, was charged Thursday with transmitting a series of threats in interstate commerce. The threats were received April 23 at schools in the Omaha, Millard, Elkhorn and West Community school districts, as well as at the Douglas County Courthouse and Union Pacific Railroad headquarters. Law enf
  
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• Judge: Deputies fired over school massacre to get jobs back

  13-05-2021 22:55
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida judge has ruled two deputies who were fired for inaction during a high school shooting that left 17 dead should be reinstated with back pay. The Sun Sentinel reports a judge concluded Thursday that arbitrators last year were correct in ruling that the fired Broward County deputies, Brian Miller and Joshua Stambaugh, should get their jobs back. One arbitrator had previously ruled that Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony acted 13 days too late when he fired de
  
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• Biden, GOP senators upbeat, plan more infrastructure talks

  13-05-2021 22:52
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — After meeting at the White House, President Joe Biden and a group of Republican senators agreed to talk again early next week as negotiations on an infrastructure plan are intensifying. The potentially bipartisan effort could become one piece of the administration’s ambitious $4 trillion American jobs and families plan. The GOP senators exited the lengthy White House meeting Thursday saying they are “very encouraged” about their talk with the president.
  
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• Pac-12 picks MGM executive Kliavkoff as next commissioner

  13-05-2021 22:51
  
  The Pac-12 hired sports entertainment executive George Kliavkoff to be the conference’s next commissioner, replacing Larry Scott with another college sports outsider. The conference presidents conducted a secretive nearly four-month search that included speculation about some familiar names in college sports being considered, such as former NCAA executive and NFL quarterback Oliver Luck, Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith and Texas AD Chris Del Conte. Instead, the Pac-12′s next
  
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• Bill legalizing drug-testing strips heads to Ducey’s desk

  13-05-2021 22:49
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona House has approved legislation legalizing test strips that can detect the presence of the potent opiate fentanyl and potentially help avoid deadly overdoses. The measure already unanimously passed the Senate, so Thursday’s 48-11 House vote sends it to Republican Gov. Doug Ducey for his consideration. The measure by Democratic Sen. Christine Marsh was prompted by last year’s death of her 25-year-old son, Landon Marsh. She testified in February that he
  
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• Beset by virus, Gaza’s hospitals now struggle with wounded

  13-05-2021 22:47
  
  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Just weeks ago, the Gaza Strip’s feeble health system was struggling with a runaway surge of coronavirus cases. Authorities cleared out hospital operating rooms, suspended nonessential care and redeployed doctors to patients having difficulty breathing.Then, the bombs began to fall. This week’s violencebetween Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers has killed 103 Palestinians, including 27 children, and wounded 530 people in the impoverished territory
  
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• Police: Couple fabricated story of infant in stolen pickup

  13-05-2021 22:42
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix police say a couple whose pickup truck was stolen fabricated a story about a baby being in the vehicle because they wanted police to respond rapidly to the reported theft. Police said 40-year-old Stormee Wagner and 37-year-old James E. Wagner were arrested Wednesday after investigators became suspicious and determined that there was no infant in the truck taken by a man and a woman whom the couple had just met. Online court records that might indicate whether the Wag
  
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• Philadelphia health commissioner out over cremation, disposal of victims’ remains after 1985 bombing of Black group

  13-05-2021 22:36
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia health commissioner out over cremation, disposal of victims’ remains after 1985 bombing of Black group.The post Philadelphia health commissioner out over cremation, disposal of victims’ remains after 1985 bombing of Black group appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Ontario keeps ban on outdoor recreation for 2 more weeks

  13-05-2021 22:36
  
  TORONTO (AP) — Ontario’s premier is keeping outdoor recreational activities like golf courses closed for at least two more weeks despite calls by health officials to resume them for physical and mental health. Doug Ford on Thursday extended what he calls a “stay-at-home” order to at least June 2. Retail stores are open for curbside pickup and highways and roads are busy, but restaurants are closed, as are in-class schooling and gyms. Most nonessential workers are working
  
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• Trial for 3 ex-cops charged in Floyd’s death pushed to March

  13-05-2021 22:33
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The trial of three former Minneapolis police officers charged with aiding and abetting in George Floyd’s death has been pushed back to March 2022. Thomas Lane, J. Kueng and Tou Thao were to face trial Aug. 23. The officers’ co-defendant, Derek Chauvin, has already been convicted of murder and manslaughter counts. And all four officers also face federal charges that allege they violated Floyd’s civil rights during his May 25 arrest. Judge Peter Cahill sa
  
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• The Latest: Pentagon speeds up exit of personnel from Israel

  13-05-2021 22:31
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — The Latest on the harrowing fightingbetween Israel and Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers (all times local):
  WASHINGTON – The U.S. Defense Department has flown about 120 personnel out of Israel as a precaution in light of the ongoing violence there.
  That’s according to Pentagon press secretary John Kirby, who said the American personnel departed on Thursday on a U.S. Air Force C-17 transport plane.They had been in Israel to plan for a future bilateral exercise.
  
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• The Latest: Blinken says Israel has right to defend itself

  13-05-2021 22:19
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — The Latest on the harrowing fightingbetween Israel and Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers (all times local):
  WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the United States is deeply concerned about violence in the streets of Israel as the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians intensifies.He says Israelis and Palestinians both have the right to freedom, dignity, security and prosperity. Both sides, Blinken said on Thursday, should be able to live in p
  
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• Senate panel likely to OK 1st female Army secretary

  13-05-2021 22:19
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The woman poised to be the first female secretary of the Army told Congress Thursday that combating sexual assault and harassment is a top priority, and said greater prevention is needed, including more training to encourage soldiers to step in when they see bad behavior by others. Christine Wormuth, who led President Joe Biden’s transition team at the Pentagon, got an overwhelmingly warm reception from members of the Senate Armed Services Committee. They suggested
  
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• Nevada vaccine website implants more trackers than any state

  13-05-2021 22:15
  
  CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — The Nevada website the public uses to get information on coronavirus vaccines is packed with more ad trackers and third-party cookies than any state vaccination website in the country. An investigation by technology publication The Markup found Immunize Nevada’s website implants third-party cookies and trackers that can potentially be used to track how visitors navigate the internet and collect data on them that can be sold for any number of purposes. The sta
  
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• Biden asks GOP senators for input on infrastructure plans

  13-05-2021 22:14
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — After meeting with a group of Republican senators in the White House, President Joe Biden has asked them to return with more details on their infrastructure proposal as negotiations are intensifying. The potentially bipartisan effort could become one piece of the administration’s ambitious $4 trillion public investment plan. The GOP senators exited the lengthy White House meeting Thursday saying they are “very encouraged” about their talk with the presid
  
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• Stocks climb after three days of losses, led by Big Tech

  13-05-2021 22:13
  
  Stocks are closing higher on Wall Street Thursday, snapping a three-day losing streak that included the biggest drop for the S&P 500 since February. Technology stocks, which were hurt hard earlier in the week, were among the bigger gainers. Apple, Microsoft and Google parent Alphabet all rose. The S&P 500 rose 1.2%. Stocks had been falling this week as investors became concerned about inflationary pressures. The price for Bitcoin dropped 10% after Tesla CEO Elon Musk reversed his earlier
  
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• Presidents of teachers unions call for full school reopening

  13-05-2021 22:13
  
  The presidents of the nation’s two major teachers unions are separately calling for a full return to in-person learning in the fall. The leader of one of those unions, the American Federation of Teachers, says her organization is “all-in.” In an address on social media, AFT President Randi Weingarten said the wide availability of vaccines and a new infusion of federal education money have removed many obstacles that prevented schools from opening. After Weingarten’s remar
  
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• USOPC to Congress: Beijing Olympic boycott not the solution

  13-05-2021 22:10
  
  DENVER (AP) — The head of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee is telling Congress that a boycott of the Beijing Olympics next year will not solve any geopolitical issues with China and will only place athletes training for the games under a “cloud of uncertainty.” CEO Sarah Hirshland’s two-page letter to Congress put a more official imprint on the long-held USOPC stance that Olympic boycotts harm athletes and do little to impact problems in host countries. Her lette
  
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• Arizona Senate Republicans sign lease to continue vote audit

  13-05-2021 22:00
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Republicans in the Arizona Senate have signed a lease to continue their slow-moving audit of the 2020 election results in Maricopa County. The Senate and its contractors had rented the Veterans Memorial Coliseum through Friday but only got through a fraction of the 2.1 million ballots they are recounting. The old arena is booked for high school graduations next week. The ballots, computers and other equipment will be stored elsewhere at the state fairgrounds. The Senate will
  
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• Manchin courtship: WVa senator joins Jill Biden at clinic

  13-05-2021 21:58
  
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The White House’s courtship of Joe Manchin has followed the U.S. senator to his home state of West Virginia. On Thursday, the moderate Democrat joined first lady Jill Biden on a visit to a high school vaccination clinic in Charleston. That comes just days after Manchin met with President Joe Biden at the White House. Manchin is considered a crucial vote on the president’s families and jobs proposals — and also for the Democrats’ sweeping ele
  
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• The Latest: Biden says he spoke to Netanyahu on conflict

  13-05-2021 21:55
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — The Latest on the harrowing fightingbetween Israel and Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers (all times local):
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  WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden says he has spoken with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about calming the deadly conflict between Israel and Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers.
  Biden was asked on Thursday whether Netanyahu was doing enough to keep the violence from escalating.The U.S. president responded that he has had a brief conversation with Netanya
  
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• Texas lawmakers approve abortion ban as early as 6 weeks

  13-05-2021 21:55
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas lawmakers have approved a measure that would ban abortions after as early as six weeks and allow private citizens to enforce the rule through civil lawsuits against doctors and others. The Senate vote Thursday sends the bill to Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, who is expected to sign it into law. That would bring Texas in line with about a dozen other GOP-led states with so-called “heartbeat bills” that have been mostly blocked by federal courts. The Texa
  
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• Desperate for workers, US restaurants and stores raise pay

  13-05-2021 21:55
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. restaurants and stores are rapidly raising pay in an urgent effort to attract more applicants and keep up with a flood of customers as the pandemic eases. McDonald’s, Sheetz and Chipotle are just some of the latest companies to follow Amazon, Walmart and Costco in boosting wages, in some cases to $15 an hour or higher. The pay gains are, of course, a boon to these employees. But they could also contribute to higher inflation, if companies raise prices to cover
  
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• US jobless claims fall to 473K as more GOP governors bar aid

  13-05-2021 21:54
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell last week to 473,000. That’s new pandemic low and the latest evidence that fewer employers are cutting jobs as consumers ramp up spending and more businesses reopen. The decline — the fourth in the past five weeks — coincides with a rash of states led by Republican governors that have blamed generous benefits for a slowdown in hiring and are taking steps to cut off the extra aid. The post US
  
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• Flagstaff police arrest woman who says she fatally shot man

  13-05-2021 21:53
  
  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Police in Flagstaff say a woman has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a man. They say 36-year-old Ashley Martin of Flagstaff walked into a store around 2 a.m. Thursday and asked employees to call police. Police arrived on the scene and say Martin told officers that she had shot someone. She then led police to a nearby urban trail where the body of 41-year-old Travis Nelson was located. Police say Martin told them that she and Nelson had been in
  
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• Scotland: 2 held for migration breaches freed after protest

  13-05-2021 21:47
  
  LONDON (AP) — Two men detained by British immigration officials in Glasgow have been released after a seven-hour standoff between hundreds of protesters and Scottish police. Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon slammed the “unacceptable” action Thursday by Britain’s Home Office to detain the Indian men, especially as it came during celebrations for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, in an area hit by the pandemic. The Home Office said the men were detained “in re
  
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• The Latest: Macron appeals to Abbas to help restore ‘calm’

  13-05-2021 21:42
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — The Latest on the harrowing fightingbetween Israel and Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers (all times local):
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  PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron has spoken Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas about the latest Mideast clashes and says he will speak soon with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as well as other regional leaders.
  A statement from Macron’s office on Thursday said the French president expressed condolences for Palestinians killed in t
  
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• Prosecutors in LA announce sweep in fentanyl overdose deaths

  13-05-2021 21:42
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal authorities in Los Angeles say they have arrested at least 10 suspected drug dealers accused of selling fentanyl and other opioids that led to overdose deaths. The acting U.S. attorney scheduled a news conference Thursday to announce cases resulting from a Drug Enforcement Administration task force looking into overdose deaths. Authorities say there has been an increase in fentanyl overdoses in Southern California. A federal prosecutor’s spokesman says the
  
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• Video shows San Diego police repeatedly punching Black man

  13-05-2021 21:41
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — A video shot by a bystander shows San Diego police officers repeatedly punching a man in the face, head and leg after tackling him to the ground in the upscale neighborhood of La Jolla, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported Thursday. Nicole Bansal told the newspaper she witnessed the arrest around 9 a.m. Wednesday and decided to record it with her cellphone. San Diego Police Department spokesman Lt. Shawn Takeuchi says in a statement the man ignored orders from officers aft
  
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• Lawyer: ‘Tiger King’s’ Jeff Lowe willing to give up big cats

  13-05-2021 21:41
  
  MUSKOGEE, Okla. (AP) — An attorney for Netflix’s “Tiger King” star Jeff Lowe and his wife says the couple is wiling to give up their big cats to resolve a Justice Department civil complaint against them over the animals’ care. The comments from attorney Daniel Card came during a hearing where a judge found the couple in contempt for violating a previous order regarding the big cats. Card says the Lowes “want out completely.” Jeff Lowe took over the Great
  
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• Judge tosses lawsuit over Virginia state senator’s censure

  13-05-2021 21:40
  
  A federal judge has sided with the state of Virginia and tossed out a lawsuit filed by Republican state Sen. Amanda Chase over her censure by the Virginia Senate. U.S. District Judge Robert Payne ruled against Chase, a far-right-wing conservative often at odds with even fellow Republicans. She filed the lawsuit in February, a few days after her colleagues passed the censure resolution on a bipartisan vote, denouncing her for a “pattern of unacceptable conduct.” Chase was seeking a de
  
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• Times Square shooting suspect says he wasn’t even there

  13-05-2021 21:37
  
  STARKE, Fla. (AP) — The man suspected of shooting and wounding three people in New York’s Times Square, including a 4-year-old girl, says he didn’t know anything about it and was in New Jersey at the time. Farrakhan Muhammad spoke to WCJB-TV at a county jail in Florida, where he was in custody after being arrested. At a brief hearing Thursday, a judge gave Muhammad several days to consult with a lawyer on whether he’ll waive a full extradition hearing and agree to return
  
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