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• Family of Georgia woman killed by deputies demands answers

  19-05-2021 23:52
  
  WOODBINE, Ga. (AP) — The family of a Georgia woman killed by gunfire as sheriff’s deputies executed a search warrant is questioning the way officers carried out the operation. Authorities say 37-year-old Latoya James was fatally shot May 4 after gunfire erupted soon after Camden County deputies forced entry into a home with a drug-related search warrant. A man inside the home, Varshawn Lamont Brown, was also shot and hospitalized. An attorney for James’ family, Reginald Greene,
  
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• US spares ally Germany in sanctions for Nord Stream pipeline

  19-05-2021 23:51
  
  REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — The Biden administration imposed sanctions Wednesday on Russian companies and ships for their work on a European natural gas pipeline opposed by the U.S., but chose not to punish the German company overseeing the project. The decision to spare the German company and its CEO for their involvement in the Nord Stream 2 project, made public in a report to Congress, comes as President Joe Biden looks to mend relations with a key ally that were unsettled during the Trum
  
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• Report: Tenure offer revoked from slavery project journalist

  19-05-2021 23:37
  
  CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Faculty members of a North Carolina university want an explanation for the school’s reported decision to back away from offering a tenured teaching position to journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones. Hannah-Jones’ work on the country’s history of slavery has drawn the ire of conservatives. A report in NC Policy Watch on Wednesday said Hannah-Jones was to be offered a tenured professorship as the Knight Chair in Race and Investigative Journalism at the Uni
  
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• Car crashes into Atlanta bus, shuts down busy intersection

  19-05-2021 23:34
  
  RIVERDALE, Ga. (AP) — A car crashed into an Atlanta public transit bus and shut down a busy intersection for hours. Riverdale police and the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority say a driver ran a red light and their car hit the bus Wednesday morning. The two vehicles then crashed into a utility pole in the suburb south of Atlanta. The bus driver, a MARTA passenger and the driver of the car were taken to a hospital with unspecified injuries. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports
  
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• Defense contractor’s Senate campaign donations investigated

  19-05-2021 23:31
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — U.S. authorities are investigating a Hawaii-based defense contractor for illegally donating $150,000 to the re-election fund of a Maine senator who advocated for an $8 million Navy contract with the company. A warrant application says Martin Kao, former CEO of Navatek, now known as Martin Defense Group, concealed the donation to a political action committee supporting U.S. Sen. Susan Collins’ reelection. A spokeswoman Collins says the campaign had no knowledge of anyt
  
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• Technical rescue underway in connection to traffic incident at Gates Pass

  19-05-2021 23:29
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - A technical rescue is underway after a vehicle went off road at Gates Pass Wednesday afternoon.According to Northwest Fire District, crews have been dispatched to West Gates Pass Road in order to extricate the driver involved in the incident.
  Right Now:Crews are on West Gates Pass Road for a traffic incident. Technical Rescue Team is working to extricate the driver of a truck that went off the road.Updates will be shared when available.
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• Gaza’s health system buckling under repeated wars, blockade

  19-05-2021 23:20
  
  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Gaza Strip’s already feeble health system is being brought to its knees by the fourth war in just over a decade. Israeli attacks this time have damaged at least 18 hospitals and clinics, and nearly half of all essential drugs have run out, according to the World Health Organization. The only lab for COVID-19 tests has been shut down by damage from a strike, and health officials fear further outbreaks among tens of thousands of displaced residents cram
  
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• The Latest: UN: Equitable access to vaccine for Africa

  19-05-2021 23:14
  
  UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council is calling for accelerated availability of COVID-19 vaccines for Africa, expressing concern that the continent has only received about 2 percent of all vaccines administered globally.
  A presidential statement approved by all 15 members at a council meeting Wednesday on promoting post-pandemic recovery in Africa and addressing the root causes of conflict on the continent reiterated the need for “equitable access to quality, safe, efficacious,
  
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• Restrictions on non-essential travel between US and Mexico have been extended another month

  19-05-2021 23:13
  
  PHOENIX (KPNX) — The restrictions on non-essential travel between the United States and Mexico have been extended until June.The U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Monday that current restrictions for borderland crossing for non-essential travel were extended until June 20.On the other hand, Mexico’s Secretaria de Relaciones Exteriores (Department for Foreign Affairs) tweeted on Tuesday that the restrictions were extended until June 21.Air travel is still open.Since the beginnin
  
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• Police probe sidewalk brawl involving Palestinian supporters

  19-05-2021 23:12
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police are investigating a brawl involving a car caravan of Palestinian supporters and sidewalk diners, including two Jewish men, as a hate crime. The incident occurred late Tuesday outside a restaurant in the Beverly Grove area, as violence in Israel and the Gaza Strip intensifies. Video obtained by KTLA showed vehicles with Palestinian flags and then a fight on a sidewalk. KTLA reported that a witness, who was not identified, said men jumped out of the vehi
  
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• Illinois prison term loomed for suspect in Iowa girl’s death

  19-05-2021 23:09
  
  IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa parolee tentatively agreed to serve a lengthy prison term on Illinois drug charges days before he allegedly killed a 10-year-old girl, but was allowed to remain free on bond until a plea hearing. Henry Dinkins indicated during a hearing last July 7 that he would accept a deal to plead guilty to possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine in Bureau County, Illinois and be sentenced to eight years. A prosecutor says Dinkins said he needed more time to get
  
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• US cervical cancers fall but other sex-related cancers rise

  19-05-2021 23:08
  
  A new study shows screening and the HPV vaccine have led to drops in cervical cancers over the last two decades in the U.S. But those gains are offset by a rise in other tumors caused by the virus. Human papillomavirus is the nation’s most common sexually spread infection. Most HPV infections cause no symptoms and go away without treatment. But some cause genital warts and others develop into cancer. The HPV vaccine is recommended for girls and boys at age 11 or 12. The vaccine works best
  
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• Fox News seeks to dismiss Dominion suit over election claims

  19-05-2021 22:53
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Fox News has filed a motion to dismiss a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems over claims about the 2020 presidential election. The cable news giant argued in court papers filed Tuesday that its coverage is protected by the First Amendment. It says that the Constitution safeguards the right to a free press and that well-established doctrine gives the media the ability to report without fear of liability. Dominion argued in March that Fox News
  
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• Colonial Pipeline confirms it paid $4.4M to hackers

  19-05-2021 22:52
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The operator of the nation’s largest fuel pipeline has confirmed it paid $4.4 million to a gang of hackers who broke into its computer systems. Colonial Pipeline’s CEO Joseph Blount told The Wall Street Journal that he authorized the payment after the ransomware attack because the company didn’t know the extent of the damage. The FBI discourages making payments to ransomware attackers, because that just encourages criminal networks around the globe. But ma
  
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• Explainer: What does new criminal inquiry mean for Trump?

  19-05-2021 22:49
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump is facing a one-two punch of criminal investigations in New York, with the state attorney general’s office saying its ongoing civil inquiry into the former president and his businesses is now a criminal matter. The attorney general’s office is conducting the probe, confirmed late Tuesday, in tandem with the Manhattan district attorney’s office, which has been scrutinizing Trump and his company, the Trump Organization, for about two years. The
  
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• Cher’s star power helps rescue the ‘loneliest elephant’

  19-05-2021 22:49
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cher’s rescue of an elephant held in dismal conditions is told in a new documentary. “Cher & the Loneliest Elephant” recounts efforts by the singer-actor to move the elephant, Kaavan, from a zoo in Pakistan to a sanctuary in Cambodia. Cher worked together with animal aid groups and wildlife veterinarians to achieve the goal, which took four years. Cher accepted the challenge posed by her Twitter followers, moved by a photo of the 4-ton elephant chai
  
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• New round of arrests announced following US Capitol breach

  19-05-2021 22:48
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A woman heard shouting at police to “Bring Nancy Pelosi out” to be hanged during the attack on the U.S. Capitol is among those charged in a new round of arrests stemming from the Jan. 6 insurrection. Pauline Bauer of Kane, Pennsylvania, faces the most serious charge in this latest round.  She’s among two Pennsylvania residents and five from upstate New York charged Wednesday with being part of a mob of former President Donald Trump’s suppor
  
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• 2 charged in November death of 15-month-old Wisconsin boy

  19-05-2021 22:43
  
  MERRILL, Wis. (AP) — Two people are facing charges in the death of a 15-month-old Wisconsin boy, six months after an autopsy showed he had pneumonia, multiple injuries and methamphetamine in his system. Complaints filed Tuesday in Lincoln County charge 25-year-old Cody G. Robertson, and 22-year-old Amber Boyd, both of Merrill, with child neglect resulting in death. Robertson was arrested Wednesday. Police are looking for Boyd. Authorities say Boyd, on the advice of someone else, called 911
  
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• Seller of vaccine disinformation has YouTube channel removed

  19-05-2021 22:40
  
  A major seller of disinformation about Covid-19 and its vaccines online has had one of its channels removed from YouTube, days after an investigation by The Associated Press detailed how they work with other spreaders of false information to make money. The Truth About Vaccines YouTube channel was taken down this week, according to a post on the messaging app Telegram on Tuesday by Ty and Charlene Bollinger, who run the site. Another site that leads to vaccine disinformation remains active. A cr
  
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• Brazil: Ex-health minister testifies on handling of pandemic

  19-05-2021 22:37
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s former health minister has denied receiving any direct orders from President Jair Bolsonaro during his 10 months in the post, providing Senate testimony analysts saw as an attempt to shield the country’s leader from blame regarding the government’s pandemic response. Eduardo Pazuello’s testimony to the Senate committee investigating the Bolsonaro administration’s handling of COVID-19 had been among the most widely anticipated. He
  
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• After 3-month delay, Mexico to start shipping vaccine

  19-05-2021 22:35
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico expects to finally start shipping AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine from a private fill-and-finish plant by the end of May, after a delay of nearly three months. The vaccine is produced in Argentina, but the active ingredient is shipped to Mexico to be mixed and bottled. Mexico, Argentina and other countries in Latin America had been expecting millions of doses to start flowing in March, but probably won’t begin getting them until June. Mexico’s top dipl
  
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• Navajo Nation tops Cherokee to become largest tribe in US

  19-05-2021 22:31
  
  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation has by far the largest land mass of any Native American tribe. Now, it’s boasting the largest enrolled population, too. The number of Navajo citizens grew to nearly 400,000 as a result of payments made to members for hardships during the pandemic. The tribe now tops the Cherokee Nation’s enrollment of 392,000, but a spokeswoman says the Oklahoma tribe also is growing. The U.S. Treasury Department will use tribes’ own enrollment fi
  
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• Actor Masterson’s ex says she had to pull hair to stop rape

  19-05-2021 22:21
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A woman testified that she was five years into a relationship with actor Danny Masterson when he began having sex with her while she slept, as he often did. This time she decided to fight back, attempting to push him off before pulling his hair. The woman, identified in court only as Christine B., said Masterson hit her across the face before stopping. The testimony came at a Los Angeles hearing to determine whether there is enough evidence to send Masterson to trial on
  
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• Stocks fall for a 3rd day; Bitcoin sinks after a wild ride

  19-05-2021 22:17
  
  Stocks closed broadly lower on Wall Street Wednesday, extending the market’s downturn to a third day. The price of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies dropped sharply in a surge of selling. The S&P 500 lost 0.3%. Bitcoin’s price was down 7% to just over $40,000, according to the crypto news site Coindesk, having swung in a huge range of as low as $30,202 and as high as $43,621 over the past day. The stock of the digital currency exchange operator Coinbase, whose website went down
  
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• Biden to award 1st Medal of Honor to retired Georgia colonel

  19-05-2021 22:17
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Joe Biden will award his first Medal of Honor on Friday to retired Col. Ralph Puckett Jr., for acts of bravery 70 years ago during the Korean War. The White House says South Korean President Moon Jae-in will attend the ceremony. Moon will be at the White House for a summit with Biden. The 94-year-old Puckett, who lives in Columbus, Georgia, is being recognized for valor in 1950 for holding Hill 205, a strategic position near Unsan, while fig
  
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• Authorities: Bar patron bit chunk off Louisiana man’s nose

  19-05-2021 22:06
  
  METAIRIE, La. (AP) — Authorities say a Louisiana man is recovering from a chunk of his nose getting bitten off by a patron he bought a drink for at a bar. Bryan Thayer tells The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate that he had finished a shift at the Metairie bar he owns and stopped at another bar on May 8. The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office says he and his friend bought a drink for a man later identified as Andrew Nierman. The drink spilled on Nierman but Thayer said they boug
  
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• Fed officials in April cautioned about inflation pressures

  19-05-2021 22:02
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy’s faster-than-expected awakening from its pandemic-induced slumber had some Federal Reserve officials last month discussing whether it might be time to start planning for easing back on one of the central bank’s levers for keeping interest rates low. The discussions were revealed in the minutes of the Fed’s April meeting released Wednesday. They marked the first time the central bank has even hinted that the time could be approaching to
  
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• Teacher disarmed school shooter, hugged her until help came

  19-05-2021 22:00
  
  RIGBY, Idaho (AP) — When a student opened fire at an Idaho middle school, teacher Krista Gneiting directed children to safety, rushed to help a wounded victim and then calmly disarmed the sixth-grade shooter, hugging and consoling the girl until police arrived. While two students and the school custodian were shot May 6, all three survived. Gneiting talked about the school shooting in an interview with ABC News that aired Wednesday on “Good Morning America.” She said she knew t
  
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• Biden and Netanyahu face rough early test of relationship

  19-05-2021 21:59
  
  WASHINGTON DC (AP) - President Joe Biden's efforts to persuade Israel to halt its military strikes in Gaza have plunged the U.S. president and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu into a difficult early test of their long relationship.
  The two have had other moments of tension over the years, especially when Biden was Barack Obama's vice president.
  And their current differences over the war in Gaza create a challenge that Biden was trying mightily to avoid. Early in Biden’s term, fore
  
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• Alaska man seriously injured in mauling after startling bear

  19-05-2021 21:59
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska officials say a man surveying land in a wooded area was mauled and seriously injured by an adult brown bear. Alaska State Troopers said Wednesday that Allen Dewitt Minish came across the bear while he was surveying land .The bear charged Minish and he suffered lacerations to his head and puncture wounds. Troopers say the bear left after the brief attack and they they did not find it. Minish is being treated an an Anchorage hospital for what officials describ
  
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• 7 fraternity members plead not guilty in Ohio hazing death

  19-05-2021 21:59
  
  BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (AP) — Seven men have pleaded not guilty to various charges in the fraternity hazing death of a student at a university in Ohio. The men were indicted last month in the March 7 death of 20-year-old Stone Foltz. He was a Bowling Green State University student who authorities say was blindfolded and told to drink an excessive and ultimately fatal amount of alcohol during an off-campus hazing ritual. Fraternity members took Foltz to his apartment afterward where a roommate
  
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• Boston radio show host, told not to talk about Lovato, quits

  19-05-2021 21:57
  
  BOSTON (AP) — A popular Boston radio host who’s been on the air for four decades abruptly quit after management told him to stop making jokes about singer Demi Lovato’s announcement that they identify as non-binary. Matty Siegel was the co-host of the “Matty in the Morning” show on WXKS-FM radio. He made his announcement Wednesday morning. The show is frequently the top-rated morning show in the market. WXKS general manager Alan Chartrand told The Boston Globe that
  
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• Florida man arrested after attempting to kidnap 11-year-old at school bus stop

  19-05-2021 21:56
  
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  ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. (CNN) - Florida police arrested 30-year-old Jared Stanga as a result of the horrifying video that showed him attempting to kidnap an 11-year-old girl Tuesday while she waited for a school bus.The girl was able to break free from his grip after he ran up to her and grabbed her.While it's not clearly visible in the video, police say he had a knife.When officials found Stanga, he had the same blue slime on his arm the girl was playing with while she was at the b
  
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• Ex-Michigan and Ohio State athletes team up to stop abuse

  19-05-2021 21:55
  
  The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children has partnered with former University of Michigan and Ohio State University athletes to help children avoid being survivors of sexual abuse. The nonprofit organization that aims to reduce child sexual exploitation made the announcement Wednesday. Former Wolverines football player Chuck Christian and and former Buckeyes lacrosse player Mike Avery will lead a group of former athletes in various youth sports initiatives that will include educati
  
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• Hundreds in California line up for blooming ‘corpse flower’

  19-05-2021 21:43
  
  ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) — Residents of a San Francisco Bay Area city flocked to an abandoned gas station to get a whiff of a corpse flower _ so-called because of the stench it emits when it blooms _ after its owner decided to share the rare plant with his neighbors. The San Francisco Chronicle reports Solomon Leyva, a nursery owner in Alameda who deals in exceptionally rare plants, had been posting on social media about his amorphophallus titanum. When he saw a lot of interest in the giant bl
  
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• Goodwill stores have a message: Please stop donating trash

  19-05-2021 21:41
  
  Across the country, thrift stores have been flooded by household items, the offerings of people who have been homebound for months and are eager to clear out some of their possessions. Problem is, too many such items could most accurately be described as trash. Many of the donations are defective or worn-out items — gifts from well-intentioned people who want to reduce waste but who donate items that simply shouldn’t be donated. In the midst of spring cleaning season, the stores want
  
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• WarnerMedia to offer $10 ad-supported tier of HBO Max

  19-05-2021 21:34
  
  WarnerMedia is rolling out a $10-a-month ad supported version of its HBO Max streaming service starting in June. AT&T said Monday it will combine its massive WarnerMedia media assets, which includes HBO and CNN, with Discovery Inc. to create a new media company in a $43 billion deal. However the deal isn’t expected to close until mid-2022 and WarnerMedia is still going ahead with plans for HBO Max. AT&T said earlier this month that there are 44.2 million subscribers to HBO Max and
  
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• Police: Illinois officer and suspect, 24, die in shootout

  19-05-2021 21:32
  
  CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say a gunman killed one central Illinois police officer and wounded another before he was fatally shot during a shootout at an apartment complex. Champaign police say the officers went to the complex early Wednesday in response to a report about a domestic disturbance. Police Chief Anthony Cobb says 44-year-old Officer Chris Oberheim died of his wounds, and the other officer is hospitalized in stable condition. The News-Gazette reports that the Champaign
  
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• Defense says Durst had no motive, didn’t kill close friend

  19-05-2021 21:19
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A defense lawyer said multimillionaire Robert Durst had no motive to murder his close friend Susan Berman and had nothing to do with her death. Attorney Dick DeGuerin told jurors Wednesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court there was no evidence tying Durst to the killing in 2000 or to the disappearance of his wife in New York in 1982. Prosecutors say Durst silenced Berman before she could tell police that she provided an alibi in the suspected killing of Kathie Durst.
  
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• Fraternity members plead not guilty in Ohio hazing death

  19-05-2021 21:14
  
  BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (AP) — Seven men have pleaded not guilty to various charges in the fraternity hazing death of a student at a university in Ohio. The men were indicted last month in the March 7 death of 20-year-old Stone Foltz. He was a Bowling Green State University student who authorities say was blindfolded and told to drink an excessive and ultimately fatal amount of alcohol during an off-campus hazing ritual. Fraternity members took Foltz to his apartment afterward where a roommate
  
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• Uncertainty greets weary migrants in Spain’s African enclave

  19-05-2021 21:12
  CEUTA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s north African enclave of Ceuta has awakened to a humanitarian crisis after thousands of migrants who crossed over from Morocco spent the night sleeping where they could find shelter. Social services for the small city perched on an outcropping in the Mediterranean buckled under the strain after more than 8,000 people crossed into Spanish territory by either scaling a double-wide border fence or swimming around a breakwater to reach a beach. Spain’s f
  
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• Guatemala arrests outspoken opponent

  19-05-2021 21:11
  
  GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala’s national police have arrested an outspoken opponent of the government on charges he falsified documents to form a political party. Juan Francisco Solorzano Foppa is a lawyer who once served as head of the country’s tax collection agency. In recent years, he has criticized the administration of President Alejandro Giammattei, and slammed what he claimed was the political use of law enforcement. Prosecutors said Wednesday he was arrested for crim
  
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• Wisconsin judge jailed after appearing on child porn charges

  19-05-2021 21:07
  
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Wisconsin juvenile court judge accused of possessing and distributing child pornography was taken into federal custody after making his initial appearance in court. The lawyer for Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Brett Blomme, charged in federal court with two counts of distributing child pornography, said in court Wednesday that Blomme decided on his own not to seek release. Defense attorney Chris Van Wagner called it a “strategic, tactical” decision and said
  
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• FTC sues Frontier for delivering internet that’s too slow

  19-05-2021 21:04
  
  The Federal Trade Commission and six states are suing Frontier Communications for not delivering the internet speeds it promised customers and charging them for better, more expensive service than they actually got. In its complaint, filed Wednesday in federal court in California, the FTC said thousands of Frontier customers have complained that the company was not delivering promised speeds. Customers said they couldn’t use the internet service for the online activities they should have b
  
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• Ex-officers face charges in arrest of woman with dementia

  19-05-2021 21:04
  
  DENVER (AP) — Online court documents show two former officers involved in the rough arrest of a 73-year-old Colorado woman with dementia last year are facing criminal charges. Arrest warrants have been issued for the two. One of the officers arrested the woman after she left a store without paying for about $14 worth of items. The officer’s body camera footage shows that after the woman turned away from him, he grabbed her arm and pushed her to the ground. A federal lawsuit filed by
  
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• The Latest: Britain recruits for clinical trial of boosters

  19-05-2021 21:03
  
  LONDON — The British government says about 3,000 people will be given a third dose of a coronavirus vaccine in a clinical trial to determine if booster shots provide additional protection against COVID-19 and its variants.
  The COV-Boost trial will test seven existing vaccines to see what shots could be used in any upcoming vaccination program later this year. Some 2,886 people age 30 and older are being recruited at 18 sites across the U.K., with the first booster shots to be administered
  
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• Arizona governor signs bill legalizing drug-testing strips

  19-05-2021 21:03
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has signed legislation legalizing test strips that can detect the presence of the potent opiate fentanyl and potentially help avoid deadly overdoses. The measure signed Wednesday by the Republican governor was overwhelmingly approved by the Legislature and championed by freshman Democratic Sen. Christine Marsh. Her 25-year-old son died last year after taking what he thought was a prescription pain pill that turned out to be laced with fentanyl. Ducey
  
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• Creditors of Thai Airways approve reorganization plan

  19-05-2021 20:57
  
  BANGKOK (AP) — Thai Airways International has announced in a filing to the Stock Exchange of Thailand that creditors holding 91.56% of the airline’s debt have approved the company’s reorganization plan. It now needs final approval by Thailand’s Central Bankruptcy Court on May 28. The carrier has generated losses for several consecutive years. Losses skyrocketed to 141.1 billion baht ($4.5 billion) in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, which saw the airline cease virtu
  
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• 4-year-old dies after shooting incident in Arizona, police say

  19-05-2021 20:56
  
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  TEMPE, Ariz. (KPNX) — A 4-year-old girl has died after shooting herself with a gun at a Tempe residence Sunday evening, the Tempe Police Department said.Officers responded to the residence near the intersection of South Rural Road and East Carter Drive after being called by someone who identified themself as a family member, the department said. The caller said that the girl shot herself.Police found the child with a gunshot wound inside the residence and authorities pronounc
  
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• Boyfriend denies role in Iowa college student’s 2018 slaying

  19-05-2021 20:50
  
  IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The boyfriend of a University of Iowa student testified he had nothing to do with her 2018 abduction and stabbing death, saying he was out of town for work and heartbroken by her slaying. Dalton Jack, the longtime boyfriend of Mollie Tibbetts, was a key witness on the first day of the first-degree murder trial of Cristhian Bahena Rivera, the Mexican national charged with killing Tibbetts. Defense lawyers for Bahena Rivera tried to cast suspicion on Jack, painting him
  
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