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• Infrastructure deal slips, GOP pans $1.7T White House offer

  21-05-2021 23:55
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Prospects for a vast infrastructure deal have been thrown into serious doubt. The White House has reduced President Joe Biden’s sweeping proposal to $1.7 trillion, but Republican senators are rejecting the compromise as disappointing, saying “vast differences” remain. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki disclosed the new offer as Cabinet secretaries and GOP senators were negotiating. Skepticism had been rising on all sides amid complaints about the lac
  
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• Tribune shareholders approve hedge fund Alden’s bid

  21-05-2021 23:54
  
  Shareholders of Tribune Publishing, one of the country’s largest newspaper chains, appeared to approve a takeover bid by hedge fund Alden Global Capital on Friday. In a statement, Alden said it had purchased Tribune, although the company and its board had no comment. Initial confusion over the abstention of Tribune’s No. 2 shareholder, Patrick Soon-Shiong, led the union representing Tribune journalists to question the outcome, although it later appeared to concede that Alden had won.
  
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• Duke’s King embraces being role model as Black woman AD

  21-05-2021 23:54
  
  DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Nina King says she feels a “great responsibility” as she prepares to take over as Duke’s athletics director later this year. She will become only the third Black woman to work as an athletic director in a power conference when she takes over officially in September. The others are Virginia’s Carla Williams and Vanderbilt’s Candice Lee. During her introductory news conference Friday, King said she’s “happy to kind of be the next
  
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• Better Business Bureau is reporting a steep increase in car rental scams in 2021

  21-05-2021 23:53
  TUCSON - A rental car shortage it's causing prices to skyrocket and scammers have found a clever way to cash in.Prices for a car rental have nearly doubled in the last few months due to low supply and higher demand.
  The Better Business Bureau has a scam tracker for many scams and just in the past few months almost 1,000 people Nationwide have fallen victim to rental car scammers online.Sean Herdricks is the Director of Marketing and Communications for the BBB in Southern Arizona and he says that
  
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• Bay Area mayor resigns amid new allegation of sexual assault

  21-05-2021 23:50
  
  WINDSOR, Calif. (AP) — After refusing to quit for more than a month, the mayor of a California wine country town who has been accused of sexual assault by nine women has resigned from the job. In a statement addressed to residents of the town of Windsor, Dominic Foppoli continued to deny the women’s claims and suggested that a new allegation made against him by a former reality TV star was driven by the San Francisco Chronicle’s reporting on him. The newspaper said Farrah Abrah
  
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• Arizona man arrested after stepfather fatally stabbed

  21-05-2021 23:50
  
  BULLHEAD CITY, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say an Arizona man has been arrested after his stepfather was stabbed to death. The Bullhead City Police Department says it arrested 46-year-old John Ashley James after the Thursday killing of 65-year-old Gabriel Paz Toledano. James’ mother says the pair had been arguing. James has been been booked into Mohave County Jail in Kingman. Information about whether James has an attorney who can comment on the charges against him could not be  lo
  
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• Former unadoptable stray dog now training to become K-9 officer

  21-05-2021 23:47
  
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  ONSLOW COUNTY, NC (CNN) - A former shelter dog who was once an unadoptable stray is now training to become a K-9 officer in North Carolina.Liam Collins has the story of Krypto the German shepherd."Seeing her change from being so scared and so afraid of everything in life to now becoming, you know, coming out of her shell, trusting us," Camp Mutt owner Kandi Burkhardt said.When Krypto first came to Camp Mutt in Jacksonville, Burkhardt and fellow co-owner Josh Forester say it was a
  
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• Red Flag Warning issued May 21 at 3:42PM MDT until May 22 at 9:00PM MDT by NWS Tucson AZ

  21-05-2021 23:42
  
  …RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM MSTSATURDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS, LOW RH AND VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER RATINGFOR THE EASTERN HALF OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 150, ALL OF 151,NORTHERN HALF OF 152, ALL OF 153, AND 154 EXCLUDING THECHIRICAHUAS…
  The start time of the Red Flag Warning for today was adjusted andis now in effect from 10 am to 7 pm today. The adjustment wasmade to account for current and expected wind and RH conditions.
  The National Weather Service in Tucson has upg
  
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• Red Flag Warning issued May 21 at 3:42PM MDT until May 21 at 8:00PM MDT by NWS Tucson AZ

  21-05-2021 23:42
  
  …RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM MSTSATURDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS, LOW RH AND VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER RATINGFOR THE EASTERN HALF OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 150, ALL OF 151,NORTHERN HALF OF 152, ALL OF 153, AND 154 EXCLUDING THECHIRICAHUAS…
  The start time of the Red Flag Warning for today was adjusted andis now in effect from 10 am to 7 pm today. The adjustment wasmade to account for current and expected wind and RH conditions.
  The National Weather Service in Tucson has upg
  
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• Apple CEO faces tough questions about app store competition

  21-05-2021 23:31
  
  SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — Apple CEO Tim Cook described the company’s ironclad control over its mobile app store as the best way to serve and protect iPhone users, but faced tough questions about competition issues from a judge while testifying Friday about allegations that he oversees an illegal monopoly. The rare courtroom appearance by one of the world’s best-known executives came during the closing phase of a three-week trial revolving around an antitrust case brought by Epic
  
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• USDA to begin paying off loans of minority farmers in June

  21-05-2021 23:28
  
  Minority farmers who for decades have faced systemic discrimination will begin to receive debt relief beginning in early June under what Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack calls one of the most significant pieces of civil rights legislation in decades. The U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency announced Friday it has published the first notice of funding availability under the American Rescue Plan Act for borrowers with qualifying direct farm loans. A subsequent notice for farmers wi
  
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• Analyst: Blood in suspect’s trunk came from slain Iowa woman

  21-05-2021 23:21
  
  DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A DNA analyst says blood found in the trunk of a farmworker’s vehicle was an exact match for a University of Iowa student who was abducted and killed while out for a run in 2018. Tara Scott, a criminalist in the DNA section of Iowa’s crime lab, said she analyzed a swab of a blood stain found on the trunk seal of Cristhian Bahena Rivera’s Chevy Malibu after investigators recovered the body of Mollie Tibbetts. She said she compared that DNA profile to
  
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• 27 possible voter fraud cases in 3 million Wisconsin ballots

  21-05-2021 23:20
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Just over two dozen potential cases of voter fraud out of more than three million ballots cast in the November presidential election have been identified by Wisconsin election officials and forwarded to local district attorneys for possible prosecution. That’s according to documents obtained Friday by The Associated Press under the state’s open records law. The 27 potential voter fraud causes represents a tiny fraction of the nearly 3.3 million people who v
  
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• Houston area getting little of $1B in Harvey flood aid

  21-05-2021 23:13
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Houston area officials are expressing shock and anger after learning their communities, which suffered the brunt of damage from Hurricane Harvey, will be getting a fraction of $1 billion that Texas is awarding as part of an initial distribution of federal funding given to the state for flood mitigation.  The Texas General Land Office, or the GLO, announced Friday cities and communities in 40 counties impacted by Harvey would receive about $1 billion in funding for flood
  
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• Arrest made in gang assault on Jewish man in NYC

  21-05-2021 23:11
  
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  NEW YORK (CNN) - A 23-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly taking part in the gang assault on a Jewish man in Times Square.The NYPD's hate crimes task force is recommending several charges against Waseem Awawdeh.A bystander captured video of the incident with his mobile phone.The 29-year-old victim who was wearing a Yarmulke at the time of the attack, told police he was punched and kicked by five or six men.He says the assailants even used pepper spray on him as they yelle
  
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• 27 cases of potential voter fraud identified in Wisconsin

  21-05-2021 23:02
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Just over two dozen potential cases of voter fraud from the November presidential election have been identified by Wisconsin election officials and forwarded to local district attorneys for possible prosecution. That’s according to documents obtained Friday by The Associated Press under the state’s open records law. The 27 potential voter fraud causes represents a tiny fraction of the nearly 3.3 million people who voted in the presidential election. It is i
  
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• South Korea’s Moon meets Biden, hails ‘America’s return’

  21-05-2021 22:54
  
  South Korean President Moon Jae-in is welcoming “America’s return” to the world stage after his meeting with President Joe Biden. Moon also says both leaders pledged in their meeting to work closely toward denuclearization of the Korean peninsula. Their meeting was only Biden’s second in-person session with a foreign leader because of the coronavirus pandemic. Afterward, Biden praised the “long history of shared sacrifice” by the two allies. Moon came to Washi
  
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• Phil being Phil: Mickelson takes lead in PGA Championship

  21-05-2021 22:48
  
  KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Phil Mickelson is looking like the Mickelson of old at the PGA Championship. The 50-year-old ran off five birdies for a 69 and was leading by two shots at Kiawah Island among the early starters. If the lead holds, he would be the oldest to lead after any round of a major since 59-year-old Tom Watson had the 54-hole lead at Turnberry in 2009. Mickelson knows there’s a long way to go on a hard Ocean Course. But he knows he’s playing well and he has a ch
  
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• New York bill seeks to limit police use of deadly force

  21-05-2021 22:43
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s attorney general is proposing legislation to overhaul the use of force by police, in many cases requiring de-escalation tactics and other measures before officers take lethal action. Attorney General Letitia James said Friday the bill introduced recently in the state legislature would codify a use-of-force continuum that some departments, including the NYPD, use. The head of New York City’s largest police union, Patrick Lynch, blasted the proposal, sa
  
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• Telecom CEO gives graduates $1,000, says to give half away

  21-05-2021 22:42
  
  QUINCY, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts businessman and philanthropist handed out more than just sage advice during his commencement address at a local college. He gave each of the 490 graduating students a $1,000 cash gift. Each Quincy College graduate got two envelopes from Granite Telecommunications CEO Robert Hale Jr. on Friday, each containing $500. He told the graduates that half the gift was for them and the rest was to give away to an organization or individual who needs it more than
  
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• White House’s new, $1.7T infrastructure offer panned by GOP

  21-05-2021 22:24
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has put forward a $1.7 trillion infrastructure counteroffer to Senate Republicans. The new proposal drops President Joe Biden’s sweeping $2.3 trillion proposal “in the spirit of finding common ground,” White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Friday. She disclosed the new offer Cabinet secretaries and GOP senators negotiate at a crucial stage toward a deal. Skepticism had been rising on all sides amid complaints about the lack of signif
  
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• The Latest: COVID-19 variant identified in Louisiana

  21-05-2021 22:22
  
  BATON ROUGE, La. — A medical center in Louisiana said Friday that it has identified the state’s first two cases of a COVID-19 variant which has spread widely since being identified in India.
  Britain and the World Health Organization consider it a variant of concern because experts think it may spread more easily than the original virus, LSU Health Shreveport said in a news release Friday.
  The health system said the two samples were among more than 2,600 for which its Center for Emerg
  
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• AP’s firing of journalist following tweets prompts outcry

  21-05-2021 22:20
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Associated Press is being criticized for firing a young journalist over her social media activity, with some suggesting the news agency bowed to political pressure over her pro-Palestinian views from when she was in college. The journalist, Emily Wilder, was working in Arizona but had tweeted about the conflict in Gaza between Israel and Palestinians. Republicans at her former college, Stanford, had criticized her as an “anti-Israel agitator,” and some conse
  
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• Fuller picture emerges of suspected serial killer in Mexico

  21-05-2021 22:19
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — A fuller picture began to emerge of the apparently affable 72-year-old former butcher who hacked up one woman in the basement of his home, and is suspected of killing many others. The stocky, short suspect has been identified only as “Andrés” under Mexican laws protecting a suspect’s identity. He was ordered to stand trial Thursday in the killing of a 34-year-old woman whose body he allegedly dismembered with a butcher’s hacksaw and knives.
  
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• Vaccinated individuals can hike Tumamoc Hill maskless, UArizona says

  21-05-2021 22:16
  
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  TUCSON (KVOA) - Vaccinated individuals may now hike Tumamoc Hill maskless, the University of Arizona said Friday.
  Since last summer, face coverings have been required for walkers at the popular hiking destination.
  Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the hill briefly closed to all walkers in March 2020 but reopened in late May 2020.The update in face covering policy falls in line with Pima County's decision last week to remove a mask mandate for vaccinated people. Earlier this
  
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• Kids in Arizona can get Pfizer, other vaccines at same time

  21-05-2021 22:13
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Health officials say children in Arizona as young as 12 can get a COVID-19 vaccine when receiving other immunizations. State Department of Health Services director Dr. Cara Christ said Friday that pediatricians, per CDC guidance, can administer the Pfizer vaccine alongside other childhood vaccines. Previously, the CDC had recommended children wait two weeks in between vaccinations. Vaccine demand has been low statewide. The hours and days of operations at some state vaccine
  
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• Stocks end a wobbly day mixed; S&P 500 posts a weekly loss

  21-05-2021 22:11
  
  Stocks ended a wobbly day with mixed results on Wall Street. The S&P 500 index gave up an early gain and ended 0.1% lower Friday, giving the benchmark index its second losing week in a row. Losses for a handful of Big Tech companies including Apple and Amazon helped drag the index lower. The Nasdaq gave back 0.5% and the Dow Jones Indsutrial Average rose 0.4%. Investors remain focused on the possibility of inflation as the economy revs up after more than a year of shutdowns related to the pa
  
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• Wyoming lawmaker reveals he impregnated 14-year-old at 18

  21-05-2021 22:08
  
  CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming state Sen. Anthony Bouchard has disclosed that he impregnated a 14-year-old girl when he was 18. The Republican from Cheyenne describes the relationship as “like the Romeo and Juliet” story and says it is now coming to light because of “dirty politics.” Bouchard confirmed the girl’s age to the Casper Star-Tribune. He says they got married when she was 15 and he was 19, but divorced after three years and she killed herself when she
  
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• Trump planning rallies in battleground states

  21-05-2021 22:04
  
  Former President Donald Trump at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Photo Date: 6/20/2020
  (CNN) -- Former President Trump is resuming his signature campaign-style rallies.He told right-wing media outlet "One America News" that he's planning rallies in Florida, Ohio, and North Carolina.Trump says he will be releasing a schedule soon. Aides say the former president has been eager to return to the rally stage.Though he's not on the ballot, Trump has been assisting embattled GOP incumbents and cand
  
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• US enacts ‘Real Water’ recall amid reports of death, illness

  21-05-2021 21:57
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Federal authorities have ordered a complete recall of a Las Vegas-based bottled water brand called Real Water and ordered the company to surrender records for investigations of at least one death and multiple cases of liver disease in people who reported drinking it. Company president Brent Jones and attorneys for him and the bottler, AffinityLifestyles.com Inc., did not immediately respond Friday to messages about a court order issued Wednesday halting production and requ
  
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• Judge: Dakota Access line can stay open pending Corps review

  21-05-2021 21:56
  
  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that the Dakota Access oil pipeline can continue to operate while the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers conducts an extensive environmental review. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg announced his decision Friday. Attorneys for the pipeline’s Texas-based owner, Energy Transfer, argued that shuttering the pipeline would be a crushing economic blow to several entities, including North Dakota, and the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation tribe. A
  
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• Judge: City didn’t target dead lawyer in Mississippi scandal

  21-05-2021 21:50
  
  A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit claiming a Mississippi city was at fault in the death of a lawyer who killed himself in the wake of a political scandal that defined Mississippi’s bitter 2014 U.S. Senate race. U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves ruled Wednesday that relatives of late Ridgeland lawyer Mark Mayfield had not proven that the city of Madison had improperly retaliated against Mayfield for constitutionally protected speech or political activity. Mayfield was charged with a
  
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• Judge declines to shut down Dakota Access oil pipeline while Army Corps conducts environmental review

  21-05-2021 21:49
  
  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Judge declines to shut down Dakota Access oil pipeline while Army Corps conducts environmental review.The post Judge declines to shut down Dakota Access oil pipeline while Army Corps conducts environmental review appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Ford CEO says US needs to regulate automated driving systems

  21-05-2021 21:44
  
  DETROIT (AP) — The CEO of America’s second-largest auto company is calling for the federal government to set standards for fully or partially automated vehicles to tighten the safety of electronic driving systems. In urging federal regulation, Ford CEO Jim Farley becomes the highest-profile auto executive to publicly recognize a need to more closely monitor the emerging technology, which is becoming more prevalent on America’s roadways just as questions are being raised about t
  
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• Wildfire closes stretch of Interstate 95 in central Florida

  21-05-2021 21:40
  
  FELLSMERE, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a wildfire has forced the closure of a stretch of Interstate 95 in central Florida. Treasure Coast News reports the fire began overnight and was burning hundreds of acres Friday at the St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park. The Florida Highway Patrol closed a section of the interstate between Palm Bay in the north and Fellsmere in the south. Authorities were directing traffic to nearby roads. Officials say fire crews with Florida Forest Service, Flo
  
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• Second earthquake shakes China; 1 dead in earlier quake

  21-05-2021 21:33
  
  BEIJING (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey says a second earthquake has hit China. A 7.3-magnitude quake hit Southern Qinghai early Saturday. The quake was centered about 10 kilometers (6 miles) deep. Another strong, shallow earthquake shook an area of southwestern China near Myanmar, causing at least one death Friday night. The U.S. Geological Survey says the magnitude 6.1 quake also was centered 10 kilometers (6 miles) below the surface northwest of the city of Dali, a scenic area in Yunn
  
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• Missouri woman dies after being attacked by cow

  21-05-2021 21:33
  
  HARRIS, Mo. (AP) — A rural north-central Missouri woman has died after being attacked by a mother cow. KTVO-TV reports that 76-year-old Jane Heisey died about 8 a.m. Thursday on a farm near the Sullivan County town of Harris. Sullivan County Coroner Bob Wyant says Heisey and her husband, Glenn, were in a lot near their house trying to put an ear tag on a newborn calf. The mother cow knocked Heisey to the ground and stepped on her head. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Harris is about
  
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• New England Pats give flight to China’s vaccine diplomacy

  21-05-2021 21:28
  
  MIAMI (AP) — The New England Patriots’ team plane has delivered 500,000 Chinese-made COVID vaccines to El Salvador. And in the process, it’s inadvertently inserted itself into a geopolitical fight for influence in the Americas. China’s top diplomat in the country greeted the plane when it arrived early Wednesday in San Salvador. China has found fertile ground for so-called vaccine diplomacy across Latin America as it seeks to turn back decades of U.S. dominance.  The
  
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• Ducey signs bill letting restaurants sell cocktails to go

  21-05-2021 21:25
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona residents who want to have their favorite restaurant deliver a meal will also be able to get a cocktail delivered come this fall. Credit the coronavirus pandemic, which led to a new law Republican Gov. Doug Ducey signed on Friday. It’s an outgrowth of an executive order Ducey issued last May allowing the practice. Bars won a court order saying Ducey overstepped his bounds. But the practice had traction, and the Legislature worked for months to satisfy both side
  
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• Arizona governor signs bill allowing people to get cocktails to go even after pandemic

  21-05-2021 21:22
  
  PHOENIX (KVOA) - Arizonans will now be able to get cocktails to-go after the coronavirus pandemic.
  Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey on Friday signed legislation allowing bars, liquor stores and restaurants to sell cocktails to-go.Businesses of our food and beverage industry have made clear the benefits of offering to-go beverages, and they’ve shown it can be done responsibly. My thanks to Representative Jeff Weninger for sponsoring legislation that will help so many businesses. 2/2— Doug Duc
  
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• Return of Iraqis seen as easing threat from Syria camp

  21-05-2021 21:21
  
  SHADDADI, Syria (AP) — The Iraq government for the first time is expected to bring home about 100 Iraqi families from a sprawling camp in Syria next week. It’s a move that U.S. officials see as a hopeful sign in a long-frustrated effort to repatriate thousands from the camp, known as a breeding ground for young insurgents. Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie is the top U.S. general for the Middle East. On an unannounced visit to Syria on Friday, he expressed optimism that the transfer from th
  
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• Kennedy Center Honors slims down in response to pandemic

  21-05-2021 21:21
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — This year’s Kennedy Center Honors will be a slimmed-down affair as the nation emerges from the coronavirus pandemic. The 43rd class of honorees includes country music legend Garth Brooks, dancer and choreographer Debbie Allen, actor Dick Van Dyke, singer-songwriter Joan Baez and violinist Midori. Instead of the usual packed several-hour black-tie event, followed by dinner, Friday’s festivities, including a medallion ceremony, will run just 90 minutes with a li
  
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• Cubs fan beaten by officer after World Series awarded $53K

  21-05-2021 21:09
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — A federal jury has awarded $53,000 to a man who filed an excessive force lawsuit against a Chicago police lieutenant who he said tackled and severely beat him during the 2016 celebration outside Wrigley Field after the Cubs won the World Series. According to the Chicago Tribune, the jury on Wednesday found in favor of Asher Kaufman in his lawsuit against then-Sgt. Andrew Dakuras. The ruling adds to the $278,000 the city has paid out to settle previous lawsuits against Dakura
  
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• NBA East and West first-round playoff preview capsules

  21-05-2021 21:07
  
  The NBA playoffs start Saturday with four games: Miami at Milwaukee, Dallas at the Los Angeles Clippers, Boston at Brooklyn and Portland at Denver. On Sunday, the Utah Jazz will open their postseason run, and the Philadelphia-Washington, New York-Atlanta and Phoenix-Los Angeles Lakers series will begin as well.The post NBA East and West first-round playoff preview capsules appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Actor Danny Masterson must stand trial on 3 rape charges

  21-05-2021 21:04
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge says “That ’70s Show” actor Danny Masterson must stand trial on three counts of rape. The Los Angeles County Superior Court judge made the determination Friday in the fourth day of a preliminary hearing where three women testified that Masterson had raped them. He has denied the charges. His attorney says Masterson had consensual sex with the women and that he would prove his client’s innocence. The 45-year-old actor is charged with three
  
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• Video shows suspect asleep before confession in Iowa slaying

  21-05-2021 21:02
  
  DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A defense attorney says a farmworker accused of killing a University of Iowa student in 2018 fell asleep during a lengthy police interrogation, indicating his partial confession may have been coerced while he was sleep deprived. Cristhian Bahena Rivera is charged with first-degree murder in the July 2018 killing of 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts. Jurors watched video Friday showing Bahena Rivera appearing to nod off for several minutes during the 11-hour interrogation i
  
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• Los Angeles judge says “That ’70s Show” actor Danny Masterson must stand trial on 3 counts of rape

  21-05-2021 21:01
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles judge says “That ’70s Show” actor Danny Masterson must stand trial on 3 counts of rape.The post Los Angeles judge says “That ’70s Show” actor Danny Masterson must stand trial on 3 counts of rape appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• NY AG: Cuomo probe will ‘conclude when it concludes’

  21-05-2021 21:00
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Attorney General Letitia James says an ongoing investigation surrounding Gov. Andrew Cuomo will “conclude when it concludes.” She said Friday that she has ignored criticism from his top aide that the probe is politically motivated. James says the ongoing investigation into whether the governor sexually harassed women is “very thorough and comprehensive.” Her office is also probing whether Cuomo illegally used state resources to write and
  
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• Judge agrees to unseal Fulton absentee ballots for audit

  21-05-2021 21:00
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — A judge on Friday agreed to unseal absentee ballots to allow for an audit of November election results in Georgia’s most populous county. The ruling stems from a lawsuit against Fulton County that alleges evidence of fraudulent ballots and improper counting. The judge said he’ll order county officials to scan the more than 145,000 ballots and produce high resolution images. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that the plaintiffs plan to use those images to
  
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• White House proposes lower $1.7T infrastructure in GOP talks

  21-05-2021 20:59
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has put forward a $1.7 trillion infrastructure counteroffer to Senate Republicans. The new proposal drops President Joe Biden’s sweeping $2.3 trillion proposal “in the spirit of finding common ground,” White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Friday. She disclosed the new offer as talks were still underway between key Cabinet secretaries and GOP senators at a crucial stage toward a deal. Skepticism had been rising on all sides amid comp
  
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