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• Former Louisville assistant charged by feds with extortion

  18-05-2021 23:55
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Federal authorities have charged a former University of Louisville assistant basketball coach with attempting to extort the university. A federal charging document says Dino Gaudio threatened to go to the media with alleged NCAA violations by the team. He was in a March 17 meeting with team personnel when he says he would expose alleged violations by the team “in its production of recruiting videos for prospective student-athletes and in the use of its graduate
  
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• Hearing postponed for Nebraska man accused in kids’ deaths

  18-05-2021 23:51
  
  OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A hearing in California for a Nebraska man accused in the deaths of his two children has been delayed. Adam Price had been scheduled for a court hearing Tuesday after being arrested Sunday in Pacifica, California. WOWT-TV reports he is now scheduled to be in court Wednesday. Price was charged Monday with two counts of felony child abuse resulting in death. His children, 3-year-old Theodore and 5-year-old Emily, were found dead Sunday in Price’s home in the Omaha su
  
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• Dallas 4-year-old taken from crib, brutally murdered

  18-05-2021 23:46
  
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  DALLAS (NBC News) -A young man who lives in the house where a 4-year-old Dallas boy was taken in his sleep then brutally murdered now wants to know why."He was the sweetest boy ever," Kamron Moori said. "He loved like y'all right here, he'd he'd be so happy to run out and say, 'hey, what's up y'all?'"At the house where Dallas police say 4-year-old Cash Gernon was kidnapped, Moori who lives here, says he's as hurt as he is confused."Like why? He was four," he said. "You know, li
  
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• Arizona man arrested after explosive materials found at home

  18-05-2021 23:43
  
  SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. (AP) — A Sierra Vista man is jailed without bond after authorities say remains of an explosive device were found in his home along with chemical compounds and hazardous explosive materials. Sierra Vista police say 35-year-old James Jaggers III was taken into custody Monday night on suspicion of endangerment and five counts each of manufacturing prohibited weapons and possession of a prohibited weapon. Police received reports of an explosion with debris in the roadway at
  
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• First 10 acts qualify for Eurovision Song Contest final

  18-05-2021 23:40
  
  ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) — After the COVID-19 pandemic halted last year’s edition, the Eurovision Song Contest has roared back to life. The event’s first semifinal Tuesday spectacularly celebrated not just Euro beats, but also the opportunity for fans to watch the show live. Dutch presenter Chantal Janzen summed up the feeling as the show opened to a global television audience, saying “We are back, and boy does that feel good!” Out of the 16 acts, 10 progressed t
  
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• Mom accused of killing her 2 kids had been under scrutiny

  18-05-2021 23:37
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Child welfare officials say an Arizona woman accused of killing her two children with a meat cleaver became the subject of a child services investigation two months ago and at one point had been taken to a psychiatric hospital. The Arizona Department of Child Safety said in a statement Tuesday that officials were alerted on March 2 about a case of neglect involving suspect Yui Inoue after the 40-year-old mother and her 7-year-old son, Kai, went missing from the family’
  
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• The Latest: Texas gov. orders schools to end mask rules

  18-05-2021 23:32
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — Texas’ governor says public schools must end mask requirements starting in June and is ordering Texas’ cities and counties to drop nearly all face covering mandates by the end of the week.
  Tuesday’s announcement from Gov. Greg Abbott does not affect private businesses, which can still require customers or workers to wear masks. But the change is the biggest rollbacks of Texas’ pandemic safeguards since Abbott ended a statewide mask mandate in March.
  
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• Gaza children bearing the brunt in Israel-Hamas conflict

  18-05-2021 23:32
  
  GAZA CITY, Gaza (AP) — Children are being subjected to extensive trauma in Israel’s bombardment of the Gaza Strip. For some, it’s trauma they’ve seen repeatedly throughout their short lives. This is the fourth time in 12 years Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers have gone to war. Each time, Israel has unleashed heavy airstrikes at the densely populated Gaza Strip as it vows to stop Hamas rocket barrages launched toward Israel. Entire families have been buried under the r
  
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• Palestinians go on strike as Israel-Hamas fighting rages

  18-05-2021 23:31
  
  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinians across Israel and the occupied territories went on strike in a rare collective protest of Israel’s policies. It came as Israeli missiles toppled a building in Gaza and militants in the Hamas-ruled territory fired dozens of rockets that killed two people. Moves to broker a cease-fire appeared to gain some traction. U.S. officials said the Biden administration was privately encouraging Israel to wind down the bombardment of Gaza. And Egyptian n
  
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• With I-40 bridge closed, backup route gets inspection

  18-05-2021 23:11
  
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — An inspection of the Interstate 55 bridge connecting Tennessee and Arkansas has begun a week after the span became the states’ primary Mississippi River crossing when a cracked steel beam prompted the indefinite closure of the nearby Interstate 40 bridge. Inspectors using drones are looking closely at the I-55 bridge to ensure it is structurally sound and can withstand the higher volume of road traffic it has seen since the I-40 bridge was closed May 11. Officia
  
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• Alabama town magistrate stabbed in City Hall attack

  18-05-2021 23:10
  
  BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala. (AP) — News outlets report that a man who entered Bayou La Batre City Hall with plans to kill police officers stabbed and wounded the town magistrate. Police Chief Scott Dagg tells WALA-TV that a man walked into municipal offices for the city of 2,500 and stabbed magistrate Marcia Barnes on Tuesday. She is the wife of Mayor Henry Barnes. WPMI-TV reports she was taken to a hospital and required stitches to her leg. A man was in custody, but authorities didn’t imme
  
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• McConnell hits ‘pause’ on Dems effort to create Jan. 6 panel

  18-05-2021 23:05
  
  Kevin McCarthy House majority leader of the US House of Representatives, Photo Date: November 1, 2016
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans are signaling that they will try to block — or at least slow down — a Democratic effort to create a bipartisan commission on the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Their opposition threatens the chances of launching an independent look at the siege and how it could be prevented from happening again. Senate Republican Leader Mit
  
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• Noem’s Mount Rushmore lawsuit sparks legal fight with tribe

  18-05-2021 23:00
  
  SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s lawsuit against the federal government over a July Fourth fireworks display she wants to put on at Mount Rushmore has reignited legal tensions between her and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe. The tribe last week sought to join the lawsuit in opposition to Noem. The Republican governor is asking a federal judge to order the National Park Service to allow fireworks to celebrate Independence Day. She sued the Department of Interior
  
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• Leaders agree in Paris on helping African economies revive

  18-05-2021 23:00
  
  PARIS (AP) — More than 20 African heads of state and top officials from European governments, the European Union and the International Monetary Fund have agreed to seek an additional $100 billion for reviving Africa’s economies crippled by the COVID-19 pandemic. French President Emmanuel Macron hosted the summit Tuesday in Paris. It was aimed at finding ways to help Africa face the crisis and return to growth with the support of international organizations, including the IMF, the Wor
  
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• Amazon to extend pause on police use of facial recognition

  18-05-2021 22:59
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon says it will extend its ban on police use of its face-recognition technology beyond the one-year pause it announced last year. Amazon and other technology companies have been under pressure from civil rights activists and their own workers to halt the sale of face-recognition technology to law enforcement agencies. One concern is that the technology can incorrectly identify people with darker skin. Last June, Amazon announced that it would pause use of its facial-rec
  
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• Biden back behind the wheel, zooming away in electric truck

  18-05-2021 22:55
  
  DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Joe Biden is back behind the wheel. The noted car enthusiast took a spin in a new electric Ford F-150 Lightning truck during a visit to a Ford safety testing center Tuesday as part of a trip to Michigan to sell his $2 trillion infrastructure plan. He told reporters that it felt “great” to be driving again. The son of a car salesman, Biden is known for his love of cars, a fact that featured prominently in his 2020 run for president. But as vice president,
  
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• Sheriff says North Carolina deputies who fatally shot Black man can keep jobs, will be disciplined and retrained

  18-05-2021 22:53
  
  ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (AP) — Sheriff says North Carolina deputies who fatally shot Black man can keep jobs, will be disciplined and retrained.The post Sheriff says North Carolina deputies who fatally shot Black man can keep jobs, will be disciplined and retrained appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• More California counties see COVID-19 case improvements

  18-05-2021 22:52
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Five more California counties will move to less restrictive tiers because of improving COVID-19 conditions and no counties regressed. The state Department of Public Health said Tuesday that Orange, Santa Cruz, Santa Clara and Amador counties are moving from the orange, or moderate, tier to the yellow, or minimal, tier. Tehama County is improving from the red, substantial, tier to orange. The moves will put 13 counties in yellow, 35 in orange and 10 in red. No counties ar
  
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• Congress OKs bill to fight hate crimes vs. Asian Americans

  18-05-2021 22:42
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress has passed legislation aimed at combating hate crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. It would expedite federal reviews of hate crimes and provide grants to local law enforcement. The House vote Tuesday sends the bill to President Joe Biden, who has said he will sign it. Attacks against Asian Americans have risen during the pandemic, with thousands of incidents reported in the past year. In Georgia, six Asian women were killed in March during durin
  
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• Mexico rushes vaccines for teachers so schools can reopen

  18-05-2021 22:41
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico is mounting a final push to get all of the country’s 3 million school teachers vaccinated so that it can reopen schools, perhaps by June. Vaccination teams fanned out in Mexico City and other states to give teachers coronavirus shots Tuesday. Officials estimate that about 2.1 million teachers at private and public schools have already been vaccinated, and hope to inject almost 520,000 this week. That would only leave a couple of states for the last week in M
  
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• House approves bill to fight hate crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, sending to Biden for signature

  18-05-2021 22:41
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — House approves bill to fight hate crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, sending to Biden for signature.The post House approves bill to fight hate crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, sending to Biden for signature appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Man who killed himself in courtroom faced minimum of 7 years

  18-05-2021 22:39
  
  FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Federal authorities say a man who killed himself inside a federal courthouse in North Dakota after he was convicted for brandishing a weapon at a minor faced a mandatory minimum sentence of seven years in prison and a maximum term of life. Jurors had just departed the Fargo courtroom Monday when Jeffrey Sahl Ferris, 55, of Belcourt, North Dakota, slashed his throat with what an FBI spokesman called “an easily concealable instrument” and died after U.S. marsha
  
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• Woman testifies she woke to find actor Masterson raping her

  18-05-2021 22:38
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A woman testified that she was slipping in and out of consciousness on a night 18 years ago when she said actor Danny Masterson raped her in his bed. The woman described the attack in hours of tearful testimony Tuesday in a Los Angeles courtroom. She says Masterson gave her a drink that she thought contained only vodka but had powerful druglike effects that left her powerless. The 45-year-old Masterson has pleaded not guilty, and his lawyer says he will prove his innocen
  
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• 2 pilots eject from F-15 when it leaves runway in Illinois

  18-05-2021 22:32
  
  MASCOUTAH, Ill. (AP) — Military officials say two pilots ejected safely from an F-15 fighter jet when the aircraft left a runway while landing at a southwestern Illinois airport. The U.S. Air Force said in a statement that the two U.S. active duty pilots suffered minor injuries in the incident Tuesday morning at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport in Mascoutah, Illinois. Officials at nearby Scott Air Force Base say both pilots were taken to a hospital. One pilot has since been released. MidAmeric
  
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• Groups ask judge to block Indiana ‘abortion reversal’ law

  18-05-2021 22:24
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Abortion rights groups have asked a federal judge to block a new Indiana law that would require doctors to tell women undergoing drug-induced abortions about a disputed treatment for potentially stopping the abortion process. The lawsuit filed Tuesday argues that the requirement of the so-called “abortion reversal” law would confuse patients and increase the stigma associated with obtaining an abortion, while also forcing doctors to give what they regard as
  
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• Former deputy guilty of planting drugs in stopped cars

  18-05-2021 22:22
  
  MARIANNA, Fla. (AP) — A former Florida sheriff’s deputy whose patrol car was found to contain a stash of narcotics has been convicted of planting drugs during traffic stops. The Tallahassee Democrat reports that a Jackson County jury found fired deputy Zachary Wester guilty Tuesday on 19 counts. Internal affairs investigators found the drugs hidden inside Wester’s patrol car in the summer of 2018. Prosecutors say it was drugs that Wester was going to plant during his traffic st
  
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• A late drop leaves Wall Street indexes lower, led by tech

  18-05-2021 22:12
  
  An afternoon drop led by big technology stocks left major market indexes broadly lower on Wall Street Tuesday. The S&P 500 lost 0.9%, with most of those losses coming in the last hour of trading. Apple, Facebook and Google’s parent company all lost 1% or more. Walmart rose after reporting strong results driven by higher online sales. AT&T had the biggest loss in the S&P 500 a day after the company said it would offload its recently acquired media businesses including HBO and CN
  
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• Virginia: Ex-gynecologist gets 59 years on fraud conviction

  18-05-2021 22:09
  
  NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A former gynecologist in Virginia who was convicted of fraud charges for performing unnecessary surgeries and procedures has been sentenced to 59 years in prison. Dr. Javaid Perwaiz also was ordered to pay $18.5 million to insurance companies that covered the procedures. The 71-year-old former Chesapeake doctor was found guilty of 52 counts of fraud in November. Prosecutors argued during his trial that the longtime obstetrician-gynecologist used unneeded medical procedu
  
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• Offshore lift boat flipped while lowering legs, turning

  18-05-2021 21:59
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A preliminary federal report says an offshore oil industry boat had begun to lower its legs and was trying to turn to face heavy winds when it flipped in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana last month. The report released Tuesday by the National Transportation Safety Board does not go into the cause of the deadly accident. That investigation could take up to two years. The report says the lift boat Seacor Power overturned in the Gulf of Mexico during hurricane-force winds o
  
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• Judges send Ohio’s case against Census back to lower court

  18-05-2021 21:59
  
  An appellate court has sent a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Census Bureau’s delay in releasing data used for redrawing congressional and legislative districts back to a trial court and ordered a judge to come up with a remedy between the statistical agency and the state of Ohio.  A panel of three judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Cincinnati said Tuesday that Ohio had standing to sue the Census Bureau over its decision to delay the release of redistricting dat
  
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• Some New Mexico farms apply for pilot project to save water

  18-05-2021 21:57
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — More than two dozen farms in southern New Mexico have applied for a program that will pay them not to plant their fields as water managers look for new ways to stretch resources in the drought-stricken state. It’s the first phase of a multiyear pilot project. Lawmakers approved funding for the effort last year. Climatologists say the lower Rio Grande Valley has received little rain since the start of the year, and there’s no extra water in upstream rese
  
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• Shooting targeting party bus in California kills 2, wounds 5

  18-05-2021 21:56
  
  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say someone has opened fire on a party bus on a San Francisco Bay Area freeway, killing two women and wounding at least five others. The East Bay Times reports that the passengers were celebrating a woman’s 21st birthday early Tuesday when the bus was attacked as it was returning to Oakland from San Francisco. Dozens of rounds were fired at the party bus. The California Highway Patrol says “it does not appear this shooting was a random event.&
  
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• AP source: US encouraging Israel to wind down Gaza offensive

  18-05-2021 21:53
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and administration officials have encouraged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other top Israeli officials to wind down their bombardment of Gaza. That’s according to a person with knowledge of the discussions who spoke to the Associated Press on Tuesday on condition of anonymity to discuss the private talks. Disclosure of the stepped-up White House efforts comes as the Israeli and Palestinian death tolls mount and pressure grows on Biden to
  
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• AP FACT CHECK: Hyperbole from Biden, GOP on state of economy

  18-05-2021 21:52
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and House Republicans alike are revising history when asserting that the new administration set records in U.S. job creation — either the best ever or among the worst, depending on the vantage point. The truth is in between.
  While jobs are steadily being added as the nation digs out from the coronavirus pandemic, the pace is far from being No. 1 among presidents, as Biden describes it. But neither is it the worst in decades, as Rep. Elise Stefani
  
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• The Latest: Palestinian UN ambassador challenges Biden admin

  18-05-2021 21:46
  
  The Palestinian ambassador to the United Nations is challenging the Biden administration to show results from its diplomatic efforts to achieve a cease-fire between Israel and Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers, pointing to the U.S. repeatedly blocking U.N. Security Council action on grounds it would interfere with its diplomatic efforts. Riyad Mansour said “if the Biden administration can exert all of their pressure to bring an end to the aggression against our people, nobody is going to
  
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• Mexico rushes teacher vaccines to reopen schools

  18-05-2021 21:46
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico is mounting a final push to get all of the country’s 3 million school teachers vaccinated so that it can reopen schools, perhaps by June. Vaccination teams fanned out in Mexico City and other states to give teachers coronavirus shots Tuesday. Officials estimate that about 2.1 million teachers at private and public schools have already been vaccinated, and hope to inject almost 520,000 this week. That would only leave a couple of states for the last week in M
  
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• UAE, Saudis summon Lebanon ambassadors over FM’s comments

  18-05-2021 21:36
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have summoned their Lebanese ambassadors The moves come in protest of televised remarks by Lebanon’s foreign minister, Charbel Wehbe, who suggested that Gulf countries provided backing to extremists. The head of the Gulf Cooperation Council, led by Saudi Arabia, asked that Wehbe offer a formal apology to member states. Wehbe’s comments to the U.S.-backed Alhurra news channel caused a firestorm in Lebanon and among Gulf cou
  
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• Broken well fixed; 500 Golden Valley homes have water again

  18-05-2021 21:30
  
  KINGMAN, Ariz. (AP) — Mohave County officials Valley say a broken well has finally been repaired and water has been restored to 1,200 customers in about 500 Golden Valley homes. Those affected residents in the unincorporated community had been without water since May 7 when a 1,500-foot  well broke. A county contractor disassembled the well two days later and an emergency interconnection with a neighboring water system was put in place, but that didn’t solve the problem. The cou
  
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• GOP’s McCarthy opposes Jan. 6 panel; McConnell hits ‘pause’

  18-05-2021 21:20
  
  Kevin McCarthy House majority leader of the US House of Representatives, Photo Date: November 1, 2016
  WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy says he will oppose a proposal to form an independent, bipartisan commission to investigate the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol. His rejection of the measure almost certainly erodes GOP support ahead of a vote. McCarthy wanted the new panel to look beyond the violent uprising by supporters loyal to Donald Trump, pushing to
  
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• Complaint alleges discrimination in woman’s home appraisals

  18-05-2021 21:08
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A Black Indianapolis homeowner alleges that the value of her home more than doubled after she removed items from her home that identified her race and asked a white male friend to sit in on her appraisal. Carlette Duffy and the Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana filed complains alleging appraisers violated fair housing laws by allowing race to impact their lending practices and assessments of her home’s value. They argue that appraisers purposely used comparab
  
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• House Speaker Pelosi backs 2022 Olympics diplomatic boycott

  18-05-2021 21:06
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is calling for a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Olympics because of human rights abuses by China’s government. Pelosi is not advocating that countries keep their athletes home from the Winter Games. But she does think world leaders should stay away from next year’s Olympics. They are supposed to start six months after this year’s postponed Summer Olympics are scheduled to finish in Tokyo. New Jersey Republican Chris Smi
  
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• Arizona finds nearly 620 new COVID-19 cases, 14 more deaths

  18-05-2021 21:06
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona is reporting 619 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and 14 new deaths. The state dashboard posted the latest virus related data Monday, bringing its pandemic-wide totals to 874,065 and 17,480 deaths. The number of people hospitalized for COVID-19 dipped slightly to 578. Of those, 193 were in ICUs. Meanwhile, more than 5.5 million vaccine doses have been administered in Arizona. Over 3.1 million people, or 43.9% of the state’s eligible population, have received at lea
  
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• Jury picked for man’s trial in 2018 slaying of Iowa student

  18-05-2021 21:05
  
  IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A jury has been selected for the first-degree murder trial of the farm laborer charged with killing a University of Iowa student while she was out running in July 2018. Cristhian Bahena Rivera is accused in the death of 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts in July 2018. Opening statements are scheduled Wednesday morning at the Scott County Courthouse. The trial is expected to last through next week. A prosecutor and Bahena Rivera’s defense lawyer chose the eight men and
  
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• ‘Sick to my stomach’: New details emerge after 2 children found dead in Arizona apartment

  18-05-2021 21:03
  
  Yui Inoue
  TEMPE, Ariz.(KPNX) — Editor's Note: Details in this story are graphic.Tempe police are starting to piece together what happened before two kids were found dead in their family's apartment.Police discovered the bodies of Mia Inoue, 9, and Kai Inoue, 7, on Saturday morning at a unit at The Tides at South Tempe apartment complex near U.S. 60 and Mill Avenue.Their mother, Yui Inoue, is facing two first-degree murder charges, according to police."It's disturbing," said Kevin Hoc
  
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• The Latest: Biden adviser cites son, asks young to get shots

  18-05-2021 21:02
  
  WASHINGTON — A top White House adviser for the coronavirus is encouraging young people to get vaccinated, sharing his son’s struggles after acquiring the virus.Andy Slavitt revealed during a White House briefing Tuesday that one of his sons was diagnosed with the virus late last year and still suffers from lingering side effects.He’s appealing to younger Americans to roll up their sleeves, even if they feel they’re at less risk than older Americans for serious medical con
  
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• Prosecutor finds deputies justified in shooting of Black man

  18-05-2021 20:57
  
  ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina prosecutor says sheriff’s deputies were justified in their fatal shooting of a Black man in April. District Attorney Andrew Womble said Andrew Brown Jr. struck a deputy with his car and nearly ran him over while ignoring commands to show his hands and get out of the vehicle. Womble told a news conference Tuesday that he won’t file any criminal charges against the deputies. He also said he won’t release bodycam video of the Apri
  
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• Israel, Gaza violence overshadows Biden’s domestic plans

  18-05-2021 20:48
  
  DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — President Joe Biden’s efforts to spotlight his infrastructure plan are being overshadowed by the escalating violence between Israel and the Palestinians. The conflict sparked protests during the president’s visit to a Ford electric vehicle center in Michigan on Tuesday as the White House faced growing pressure to intervene. Biden is in a two week-stretch in which he hopes to gain Republican support for his $2.3 trillion package. He visited the Ford plant
  
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• Webby Awards go to Fauci, Oprah, DuVernay and Pharrell

  18-05-2021 20:45
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci, Oprah Winfrey, Ava DuVernay, Riz Ahmed, Dua Lipa, Andra Day and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson all won honors Tuesday at the Webby Awards, which recognize the best internet content and creators. The Webby Person of the Year went to Fauci for using digital and social media to reach the masses with credible and factual COVID-19 information. DuVernay won the Film and Video Person of the Year trophy for her efforts creating a database to diversify Holl
  
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• Stock indexes veer lower; Walmart rises on online sales

  18-05-2021 20:45
  
  Stocks indexes are moving lower Tuesday as investors focus on the possibility for more inflation later this year and economic recovery as the coronavirus pandemic shows signs of easing. Walmart rose 2.2% after the giant retailer’s earnings beat estimates as online shopping grew. AT&T continued a two-day slide after the company announced it would spin off its Warner media assets into a new company with Discovery Communications. Gains by technology and healthcare stocks were offset by a
  
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• Storm atop WNBA power poll after weekend of buzzer-beaters

  18-05-2021 20:44
  
  The WNBA tipped off its 25th season last week in exciting fashion with a pair of game-winning buzzer-beaters and the defending champion Seattle Storm picking up where they left off. The silver anniversary year of the league got underway Friday night with New York edging Indiana on Sabrina Ionescu’s last-second 3-pointer. The No. 1 pick in 2020 scored the team’s final eight points to rally the Liberty past the Fever. about an hour later Diana Taurasi hit a last-second shot of her own
  
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