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• Granholm: Normal service at gas pump likely by late Sunday

  14-05-2021 23:51
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm says the nation is “over the hump” on gas shortages following a ransomware cyberattack that forced a shutdown of the nation’s largest gasoline pipeline. Granholm says problems peaked Thursday night, and service should return to normal in most areas by the end of the weekend. She says about 200 stations are returning to service every hour, adding, “We should be back to normal fairly soon.″ Granholm spoke Frid
  
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• The Latest: Georgia public universities won’t require shots

  14-05-2021 23:49
  
  ATLANTA — Georgia’s 26 public universities and colleges do not currently plan to require students, faculty or staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in the fall, according to guidance issued by the University System of Georgia.
  The 340,000-student university system in March asked all campuses “to plan for resuming normal operations for the Fall 2021 semester.” Thursday’s guidance says fully vaccinated people won’t have to socially distance or wear masks, whil
  
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• Mississippi justices toss voter-backed marijuana initiative

  14-05-2021 23:38
  
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Supreme Court has overturned a medical marijuana initiative that voters approved in November. In their ruling Friday, justices also said the state’s initiative process is outdated. Initiative 65 required the state Health Department to create a medical marijuana program by midyear. The department has been working on that. Legal arguments were more about the initiative process than medical marijuana. A lawsuit by Madison Mayor Mary Hawkins Butler a
  
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• Police: 9 injured in shootout recovering; charges expected

  14-05-2021 23:36
  
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Nine people injured in a Rhode Island shooting in which some 50 shots were fired are expected to recover. Providence Police Chief Col. Hugh Clements said Friday criminal charges are being finalized and the names of those involved will be released later. He stressed the shooting wasn’t random but part of an ongoing feud between two rival groups. Police will be stepping up patrols to discourage further violence. The shooting began just before 7 p.m. Thursday. A
  
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• Suspended Boston top cop goes to court to block firing

  14-05-2021 23:31
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Boston’s police commissioner, who was placed on leave shortly after getting the job over more than 20-year-old domestic violence allegations, has gone to court to try to block the city from firing him. An attorney for Dennis White filed a motion for a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction after the attorney says acting Mayor Kim Janey informed White on Friday morning that she intends to dismiss him. White was put on leave in February after The Boston
  
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• Federal trial set for August for 3 ex-cops in Floyd’s death

  14-05-2021 23:31
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Three former Minneapolis police officers who are charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights are scheduled to be arraigned in federal court in July, with a trial date set for August. Thomas Lane, J. Kueng and Tou Thao are scheduled to be arraigned on civil rights violations on July 14 in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis. Their trial date has been set for Aug. 2. They are charged along with Derek Chauvin, who has already been convicted on state counts of mu
  
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• The Latest: Maryland to end mask mandate this weekend

  14-05-2021 23:23
  
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland is ending its statewide mask mandate this weekend, following guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Gov. Larry Hogan announced Friday.
  The mask mandate will end effective Saturday, the Republican governor said at a news conference.
  In alignment with CDC guidance, face coverings will still be required on public transportation, and in schools, child care and health care settings, Hogan said.The Maryland Department of Health has issued a p
  
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• Oklahoma governor booted from Tulsa Race Massacre commission

  14-05-2021 23:22
  
  TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The commission formed to observe the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre has booted Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt from his seat on the panel. The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission move comes after project manager Phil Armstrong criticized the Republican governor for signing a bill into law outlawing the teaching of certain race and racism concepts in Oklahoma schools. Stitt spokeswoman Carly Atchison said the governor learned of his ouster from a commi
  
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• Commission formed to observe the 100th anniversary of Tulsa Race Massacre boots Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt from panel

  14-05-2021 23:20
  
  TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Commission formed to observe the 100th anniversary of Tulsa Race Massacre boots Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt from panel.The post Commission formed to observe the 100th anniversary of Tulsa Race Massacre boots Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt from panel appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• The Latest: States sort out what new CDC mask guidance means

  14-05-2021 23:19
  
  A number of states immediately embraced new federal guidelines that say fully vaccinated Americans no longer need to wear masks indoors or out in most cases. But other states and cities and some major businesses hesitated amid doubts about whether the approach is safe or even workable.
  As many business owners pointed out, there is no easy way to determine who has been vaccinated and who hasn’t. And the new guidelines, issued Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, essen
  
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• Records: Man who killed 3 had called 911 scores of times

  14-05-2021 23:18
  
  WOODLAWN, Md. (AP) — Records show the Maryland man who killed three people, set fire to his home and was fatally shot by responding officers last weekend had contacted 911 dispatchers at least 120 times over the last 24 years. The violence erupted after years of disputes with neighbors, who said 56-year-old Everton Brown believed law enforcement authorities were invading his property. According to a list of calls obtained by The Baltimore Sun, Brown initiated most of the calls for service
  
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• Severe drought crisis deepens along Oregon-California border

  14-05-2021 23:13
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A severe drought is creating a water crisis not seen in more than a century for farmers, tribes and federally protected fish along the Oregon-California border. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation says it won’t release water into the main canal that feeds the massive Klamath Project irrigation system for the first time in 114 years, leaving many farmers and ranchers with no water at all. The agency also says it won’t release water from the same dam to increase
  
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• Mississippi River traffic resumes under damaged bridge

  14-05-2021 23:10
  
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard has reopened traffic on the Mississippi River near Memphis, Tennessee, after a three-day delay caused by a crack in an interstate bridge. The I-40 bridge between Arkansas and Tennessee remains shut down to road traffic. The crack found Tuesday goes through a steel beam crucial for the bridge’s integrity. More than 45 tugboats hauling about 700 barges had been idled along the river south and north of the bridge. The river’s reopening Fr
  
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• ViacomCBS says ex-CBS CEO Moonves won’t get $120M severance

  14-05-2021 23:07
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — ViacomCBS says former CBS CEO Les Moonves won’t get his $120 million severance package from his firing in 2018, ending a long-running dispute over the money. Moonves was ousted in 2018 after a company investigation into allegations against of sexual misconduct spanning three decades found Moonves violated company policy and did not cooperate with the investigation. Moonves challenged the decision and his $120 million severance was set aside until the matter could be r
  
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• DIARY: In Gaza, bombs drop and the conflict again hits home

  14-05-2021 23:03
  
  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has hit home once again for Associated Press correspondent Fares Akram. On Friday, an Israeli airstrike smashed his family’s farm in north Gaza, leaving a jagged mass of metal and splintered trees. Akram learned during the first Gaza war that while the citrus grove planted by his grandfather offered breathing space from Gaza City, it wasn’t a refuge. A previous Israeli airstrike killed his father at the farm in 2009.
  
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• Let’s face it: Washington adjusts to new mask guidance

  14-05-2021 22:58
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Jill Biden says finally going mask-free feels like “we’re moving forward.” A Republican senator says not wearing a mask “certainly helps the flow of conversation.” But the conversation on the House floor Friday neared sniping as lawmakers objected to being required to keep masking up until all 435 of them get their COVID-19 shots. Across Washington, the government is adjusting to new federal guidance that says fully vaccinated peop
  
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• After Cabinet withdrawal, Neera Tanden lands White House job

  14-05-2021 22:56
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s lone Cabinet choice who was rebuffed by Congress has landed a job as a White House senior adviser. Neera Tanden had been Biden’s pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget but withdrew her nomination in March after it was clear that she would not garner enough Republican support to be confirmed. She will launch a review of the US Digital Service and begin planning for possible policy changes that could result from the forthcoming Su
  
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• West Bank erupts in protest amid more Israel-Hamas fighting

  14-05-2021 22:46
  
  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Turmoil from the battle between Israel and Hamas has spilled over into the West Bank and sparked the most widespread Palestinian protests in years. Hundreds of young demonstrators in multiple towns clashed Friday with Israeli troops, who shot and killed at least 11 people. The protests erupted in multiple cities and towns. Meanwhile, Israel says its overnight bombardment in Gaza involved 160 warplanes dropping 80 tons of ordnance to destroy Hamas tunnels. The b
  
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• Israeli military accused of using media to trick Hamas

  14-05-2021 22:46
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says a misunderstanding caused it to tell some international reporters that it had invaded the Gaza Strip with ground troops. The army later retracted the statement, but the news had already spread around the world. Well-placed Israeli military correspondents say the misleading army statements were part of an elaborate ruse to lure Hamas fighters into a deadly trap that may have killed dozens of militants. Friday’s incident has threatened to furt
  
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• American Red Cross blood drive opportunities in southern Arizona

  14-05-2021 22:45
  
  The American Red Cross along with actor James Van Der Beek and his wife, Kimberly are urging the community to give blood and platelets.
  "As the nation transitions to a new, hopeful phase of this devastating pandemic and people begin to return to some of their favorite activities, the Red Cross is concerned about the impact this could have on blood donor turnout and the blood supply this summer," the nonprofit said in a news release.
  In the past year, Kimberly Van Der Beek experienced back-to-bac
  
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• Rep. Greene’s combative behavior could spark ethics review

  14-05-2021 22:28
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A year before her election to Congress, Marjorie Taylor Greene searched for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at her Capitol office, challenging the New York Democrat to “get rid of your diaper” and “talk to the American citizens.” That’s according to a 2019 video unearthed Friday by CNN. The since-deleted video, which was initially broadcast on Facebook Live, is just the latest example of the antagonism Greene has displayed toward Democrats. The
  
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• Biden cancels Trump’s planned ‘Garden of American Heroes’

  14-05-2021 22:28
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has put the kibosh on his predecessor’s planned “National Garden of American Heroes.” He also revoked former President Donald Trump’s executive orders aimed at social media companies’ moderation policies and branding American foreign aid. In an executive order of his own on Friday, Biden abolished the Trump-formed task force to create the new monument, which the former president proposed last year. It was to have featured
  
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• Parkland sheriff gets job reviewing red light tickets

  14-05-2021 22:20
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A former South Florida sheriff who was removed from office by the governor because of his agency’s response to the Parkland school shooting that left 17 people dead has found a new job reviewing the footage of red light cameras. The Sun Sentinel reports that former Broward Sheriff Scott Israel was hired this month by the Davie Police Department as a traffic infraction enforcement officer. Officials say he’ll make $65,000 a year, the same as his reti
  
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• NJ Transit settles suits in deadly crash at commuter station

  14-05-2021 22:19
  
  HOBOKEN, N.J. (AP) — NJ Transit has reached settlements in lawsuits filed by the family of a woman killed and several people injured in a 2016 crash when a train slammed into a station in Hoboken, New Jersey. NJ.com reports NJ Transit spokesperson Nancy Snyder said the settlements were reached Wednesday evening. She said each was more than $500,000 but did not specify the amount. Fabiola Bittar de Kroon was killed by falling debris in the Sept. 29, 2016, crash that injured more than 100 pe
  
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• The Latest: 11 die in West Bank; clashes in east Jerusalem

  14-05-2021 22:18
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — The Latest on the stepped-up fighting between Israel and Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers(all times local):
  RAMALLAH, West Bank — The number of Palestinians killed by Israel in the occupied West Bank has risen to 11.
  The Palestinian Health Ministry said late Friday that one of the wounded men brought to a hospital in the territory earlier had been in critical condition and died of his injuries. This comes amid rising tensions in the West Bank signaling a new wave o
  
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• Cuba rolls out mass vaccines while awaiting study results

  14-05-2021 22:16
  
  HAVANA (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of Cubans have begun receiving new, locally produced vaccines against COVID-19 in the past few days as the socialist government ramps up an inoculation campaign. That’s happening even before it has released formal Phase III data on the vaccines’ effectiveness and safety. The campaign is being closely watched by many across Latin America and the world who see Cuba’s vaccines as a possible way to ease global shortages. The island’s
  
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• Stocks close higher with help from tech, still down for week

  14-05-2021 22:11
  
  Stocks closed higher for the second day in a row but still ended with a weekly loss after three sizable drops earlier in the week. The S&P 500 added 1.5% Friday, but still lost 1.4% for the week. Another bounce back in tech shares pushed the Nasdaq 2.3% higher. Disney fell 2.6% after reporting lower revenue and missing forecasts for growth in subscriber additions to its video streaming service. Retailers, banks, communication companies and industrial stocks also helped lift the market. Energ
  
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• Federal murder charges in 11 Oklahoma cases due to McGirt

  14-05-2021 22:06
  
  MUSKOGEE, Okla. (AP) — Eleven men whose murder convictions in Oklahoma were overturned because of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on state jurisdiction in tribal territories have been charged with federal murder counts. The U.S. Department of Justice said Friday that a federal grand jury issued indictments in the cases that had been either reversed by a state appeals court or dismissed by state prosecutors. Those charged include Devin Sizemore, whose conviction and life sentence for the drowni
  
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• Trader Joe’s dropping mask requirement for vaccinated people

  14-05-2021 21:58
  
  Sikander Iqbal / Wikipedia / CC BY-SA 4.0Trader Joe's signage, Photo Date: 1/14/2018
  (CNN) -- Trader's Joe's is one of the first retailers to drop its mask requirement.
  The move comes one day after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued new guidelines saying people who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 can without masks outdoors and indoors.Trader Joe's on Friday announced online that it is no longer requiring masks for people who are vaccinated.Despite the new CDC guide
  
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• Retired Black players say NFL brain-injury payouts show bias

  14-05-2021 21:49
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Thousands of retired Black professional football players, their families and supporters are demanding an end to the controversial use of “race-norming” to determine which players are eligible for payouts in the NFL’s $1 billion settlement of brain injury claims, a system experts say is discriminatory. Sixty-year-old Ken Jenkins and his wife Amy Lewis are delivering 50,000 petitions demanding equal treatment for Black players to Senior U.S. District Jud
  
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• Flames engulf cargo ship’s remains off US coast; no injuries

  14-05-2021 21:49
  
  SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A fire is burning inside the remains of an overturned cargo ship being dismantled along the Georgia coast. Sue Inman of the Altamaha Riverkeeper conservation group told The Associated Press she could see flames shooting from the open ends and the top of the Golden Ray on Friday afternoon as she watched from 300 yards away. She said hoses from a crane being used to dismantle the ship could be seen spraying water on the fire. Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael H
  
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• $9M settlement for 2 men wrongfully sent to death row

  14-05-2021 21:49
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Lawyers representing two former North Carolina sheriff’s deputies have agreed to a $9 million settlement with two half brothers who spent decades behind bars after being wrongfully convicted in the killing of an 11-year-old girl. The News & Observer of Raleigh reports the lawyers for two former Robeson County Sheriff’s Office deputies agreed in federal court on Friday to the settlement with Henry McCollum and Leon Brown. McCollum and Brown are both Blac
  
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• House to vote soon on bills to protect Capitol after Jan. 6

  14-05-2021 21:47
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is expected to vote soon on legislation aimed at preventing more attacks on the U.S. Capitol. One bill would form a bipartisan commission to study what went wrong on Jan. 6. A second would spend $1.9 billion for broad new security improvements to the Capitol complex. Lawmakers unveiled their plan to form the commission Friday after weeks of delicate negotiations.  Modeled after the revered investigation into the 9/11 terrorist attacks, their bill would esta
  
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• The Latest: Britain’s Johnson OKs 2nd vaccine dose sooner

  14-05-2021 21:37
  
  LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says second doses of coronavirus vaccines will be accelerated in response to the rise of the virus variant first identified in India.
  Johnson says people over age 50 can receive their second COVID-19 shot eight weeks after their first, rather than the previous 12 weeks. Current vaccines are expected to be effective against the virus variant known as B.1.617.2.
  “I believe we should trust in our vaccines to protect the public whilst monitor
  
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• SUSD, Cox expand high-speed internet services in Tucson’s Summit View neighborhood

  14-05-2021 21:36
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - Tucson's Summit View neighborhood will now have access to high-speed internet services.
  The Sunnyside Unified School District, Pima County and Cox worked together in order to make this happen.
  In a news release, Sunnyside said more than 1,000 households in the neighborhood will have access to Cox broadband services.
  “This alliance between our district and Cox empowers our teachers and students and builds a strong foundation for an equitable, quality education,” said
  
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• Belarus officer sentenced for leaking document on crackdown

  14-05-2021 21:36
  
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Belarusian military officer has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for leaking a document related to the government’s crackdown on protests against the country’s authoritarian president. The officer, Capt. Dzianis Urad, was accused of giving the media a copy of a government directive urging the military to help put down the demonstrations. Belarus’ Supreme Court on Friday also stripped Urad of his military rank for the actions that “hurt nat
  
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• Chasing baseball gold: Israeli team has big dreams for Tokyo

  14-05-2021 21:28
  
  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — A handful of former Major League Baseball players is trying to help Team Israel capture Olympic gold this summer in Tokyo. Israel has already qualified for the six-team tournament, giving them a 50-50 chance of bringing home one of the medals. It’s the first team sport appearance for Israel at the Olympics since the soccer team made it in 1976. Among the former big leaguers on Israel’s roster are four-time MLB All-Star Ian Kinsler, Danny Valencia, Ryan
  
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• Russia limits US & Czech embassy hires for “unfriendly” acts

  14-05-2021 21:16
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has designated the United States and the Czech Republic as nations that engage in “unfriendly actions,” a move that limits the hiring of staff for their embassy operations. The Russian government’s order that was posted Friday formally bans the U.S. from hiring local personnel for its diplomatic missions in Russia and caps their number at 19 for the Czech Republic. The move would likely cost scores of Russians who work as support staff for the two emb
  
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• The Latest: Israeli army says 3 rockets fired from Syria

  14-05-2021 21:05
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — The Latest on the stepped-up fighting between Israel and Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers(all times local):
  JERUSALEM — The Israeli military says it has identified three rockets fired from Syria toward Israeli territory on Friday.
  The military said in a statement that one of the rockets landed inside Syria in the evening hours. There was no immediate comment from Damascus.The incident comes amid a violent escalation between Israel and Gaza’s militant Hamas ru
  
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• Misconduct could overturn conviction in fire that killed 5

  14-05-2021 20:57
  
  DETROIT (AP) — A new prosecutor in suburban Detroit is raising questions about the murder conviction of a man who was accused of setting a fire that killed five children in 2000. Karen McDonald says she’s “gravely concerned” about tactics used by the Oakland County prosecutor’s office. McDonald said Friday that Juwan Deering’s attorney wasn’t told that three informants got substantial benefits from helping authorities at the 2006 trial. The Innocence Cli
  
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• New Mexico education department mandates diversity course

  14-05-2021 20:56
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico Public Education Department is completing a mandatory, agency-wide diversity training this week. The agency says the mandate is a new facet of a plan to address an ongoing court order. A judge has reaffirmed the order to address inadequate education services for Native Americans and other students, including a recent ruling to provide fast internet for students unable to attend classes in person. The department says educators need to be able to provide
  
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• Gaetz associate agrees to cooperate in federal investigation

  14-05-2021 20:56
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A Florida politician who is a central figure in the federal sex trafficking investigation into Rep. Matt Gaetz has agreed to cooperate with federal investigators. In a plea agreement filed Friday in court in Orlando, Florida, Joel Greenberg admits he paid an underage girl to have sex with him and other unidentified men. Greenberg is expected to plead guilty to six federal charges during a court appearance on Monday. His cooperation as a close associate of the Florida cong
  
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• Court documents: Associate of Rep. Matt Gaetz in federal sex crimes probe to cooperate with investigators

  14-05-2021 20:55
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Court documents: Associate of Rep. Matt Gaetz in federal sex crimes probe to cooperate with investigators.The post Court documents: Associate of Rep. Matt Gaetz in federal sex crimes probe to cooperate with investigators appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• US sending new aid to Palestinians as conflict intensifies

  14-05-2021 20:51
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration will send millions of dollars in U.S. assistance to the Palestinians to promote conflict resolution with Israel. As violence surges between Israel and the Palestinians amid U.S. calls for restraint, the administration notified Congress this week that it will provide $10 million to Palestinian groups in the West Bank and Gaza to support exchange programs and reconciliation projects with Israel. The State Department says the money is part of more th
  
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• The Latest: Israeli police: 9 hurt after arrest of Islamist

  14-05-2021 20:50
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — The Latest on the stepped-up fighting between Israel and Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers(all times local):
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  JERUSALEM — Israeli police are saying that nine people were injured during violent unrest surrounding the arrest of a senior Islamist leader in northern Israel. That’s a higher toll than media reports had earlier.Four are reported to be in serious condition.Police said on Friday that during the arrest of Kamal Khatib, officers encountered “vio
  
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• Target suspends in-store sales of sports cards, cites safety

  14-05-2021 20:46
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Target has suspended in-store sales of sports and Pokemon trading cards, citing safety concerns. While the Minneapolis-based retailer didn’t give a direct reason for the change in its Friday announcement, the Minneapolis Star Tribune says it came after police in Brookfield, Wisconsin, reported that four men had attacked another man over cards on May 7. The newspaper reports that the value of some trading cards has soared, driven in part by people rushing to buy up
  
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• Forest Service delays logging project near Yellowstone park

  14-05-2021 20:45
  
  HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service has delayed a proposed logging project just outside the boundaries of Yellowstone National Park that was meant to reduce the risk of fire and improve forest health. Opponents argued it would harm habitat for grizzly bears and other wildlife and destroy the view for people hiking the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail. The project called for scattered clearcuts and thinning to slow the spread of wildfire. Conservation groups filed a legal c
  
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• John Legend to headline Tulsa Race Massacre remembrance

  14-05-2021 20:39
  
  TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Grammy-award winning singer John Legend will headline a nationally televised event making the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre. Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission director Phil Armstrong told the Tulsa World Friday that Legend will headline the Remember & Rise event on May 31 at ONEOK Field. The commission was created to educate people about the attack by a white mob that killed an estimated 300 people, most of them Black. Legend is scheduled to s
  
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• No bail for former federal agent arrested in Arizona rapes

  14-05-2021 20:35
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — A retired Border Patrol agent arrested in connection with rapes in at least four Arizona communities two decades ago has been denied bail following a hearing in Bisbee. Judge Timothy Dickerson of Cochise County Superior Court ruled Thursday that John Daly III would remain in custody on charges stemming from a 2001 attack on a Bisbee woman. Mesa police announced previously that the 57-year-old Hereford resident had been arrested in the Bisbee case and was arrested or suspecte
  
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• Oklahoma bucks red-state trend, extends early voting

  14-05-2021 20:33
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma is making voting slightly easier, a contrast to other Republican-led states. Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt recently signed a bill that adds a day of early voting and makes changes to ensure mail-in ballots are received in time to be counted. Meanwhile, GOP-controlled states from Arkansas to Florida have passed laws making it harder to vote. Changes include adding scrutiny to signatures on mail ballots and limiting when ballot drop boxes can be used. Oklahoma&rsq
  
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