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• National Guard mission to provide security ending at Capitol

  23-05-2021 23:47
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — National Guard troops are set to leave the U.S. Capitol and turn over security of the area to Capitol Police. Guard troops were deployed nearly five months ago when rioters broke into the Capitol and invaded the House and Senate chambers in an effort to stop Democrat Joe Biden from becoming president. The Guard mission is ending Sunday, and a person familiar with the plan tells The Associated Press that troops are expected to be leaving on Monday. The Pentagon announced e
  
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• Suns’ Paul dealing with shoulder injury vs. Lakers

  23-05-2021 23:43
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix Suns All-Star point guard Chris Paul is dealing with a right shoulder injury during his team’s playoff game against the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday. The injury happened early in the second quarter when he bumped into teammate Cameron Johnson following LeBron James’ tip-in basket. He fell to the floor, appeared to be in substantial pain and was holding his right shoulder. He returned for part of the second and third quarters, but was struggling to dribble
  
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• Ana weakens into a depression as it moves away from Bermuda

  23-05-2021 23:23
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Ana has weakened into a tropical depression as it moves away from Bermuda after bringing rain and wind to the island in the Atlantic Ocean. Forecasters said  Ana was located about 540 miles northeast of Bermuda Sunday evening with maximum sustained winds of 35 mph. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said in a 5 p.m. advisory that it was moving northeast at 17 mph. Ana formed as a subtropical storm early Saturday, then transitioned to a tropical storm on Sunday. It the
  
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• George Floyd’s family holds rally, march in brother’s memory

  23-05-2021 23:18
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Members of George Floyd’s family, and others who lost loved ones to police encounters, have joined activists and citizens for a march as part of events marking the one-year anniversary of Floyd’s death. Sunday’s march was one of several events planned nationwide by the George Floyd Memorial Foundation to mark the one-year anniversary of Floyd’s death. Other events in Minneapolis ahead of the anniversary include a virtual “day of action&rdquo
  
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• Warmer temperatures are back tomorrow

  23-05-2021 23:15
  
  TUCSON - After a couple days with high temperatures in the 80's a south wind will force warmer afternoons in the 90's.
  A ridge of high pressure will stay parked to our west over the next week bringing warmer temperatures and keeping rain chances out of our forecast.
  We will be back in the upper 90's for high temperatures by Wednesday.
  Overnight low temperatures will stay in the 50's.It is unlikely we return to the triple digits just yet, but if it happens next Saturday has the best chance.
  There
  
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• Brushfire shuts down Ina Road, continues to burn

  23-05-2021 22:50
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - The Northwest Fire Department has confirmed that a brushfire has closed Ina Road near Silverbell Road. One business was evacuated for safety.
  Multiple crews are working the area that is near fuel and dense brush and trees.If you use these roads during your commute Nortwest Fire advises taking alternative routes.
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• Phoenix police: Dead body found on a trail in Papago Park

  23-05-2021 22:43
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Police in Phoenix say a body has been found on a trail at Papago Park. They say officers were called around 8 a.m. Sunday for an unknown issue at the popular hiking park. When police arrived, they met up with the caller who directed them to a possible dead person. Officers searched the area and found the body on one of the trails. The name, age and gender of the dead person wasn’t immediately released. Police say their investigation is ongoing.  The post Phoenix p
  
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• Brushfire near Cortaro and Silverbell shuts down traffic

  23-05-2021 22:42
  TUCSON (KVOA) - The Northwest Fire Department has confirmed that a brushfire has closed Ina Road near Silverbell Road. One business was evacuated for safety.
  Multiple crews are working the area that is near fuel and dense brush and trees.If you use these roads during your commute Nortwest Fire advises taking alternative routes.
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• Diamondbacks RHP Widener exits in 2nd inning

  23-05-2021 22:21
  
  DENVER (AP) — Diamondbacks right-hander Taylor Widener has left their game at Colorado in the second inning with an apparent injury. It was Widener’s first game since April 22. He was reinstated from the 10-day injured list after being sidelined by a right groin strain. Widener allowed an unearned run 1 2/3 innings against the Rockies. After Trevor Story’s RBI single in the second, Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo and a trainer came to the mound and Widener was replaced by Jo
  
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• Texas Tech adds another transfer in Arizona’s Daniel Batcho

  23-05-2021 22:20
  
  LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Texas Tech is getting another transfer in French forward Daniel Batcho, who left Arizona without ever playing for the Wildcats. Batcho will have all four years of eligibility when he joins first-year coach Mark Adams’ team. Batcho is the fourth transfer to pick Texas Tech since Adams replaced Chris Beard, who left to coach his alma mater at Texas. The 6-foot-11 Batcho entered the transfer portal after Arizona fired coach Sean Miller. Batcho had knee surgery in O
  
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• AP FACT CHECK: Senate GOP misrepresents Jan. 6 riot panel

  23-05-2021 21:55
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — With a showdown vote looming, Senate Republicans are misrepresenting the timeline of a proposed independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection.
  The House easily approved the bill last week with 35 Republicans signing on. But the measure faces an uncertain fate in the evenly divided Senate. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell is opposed and former President Donald Trump is demanding the effort be quashed.
  On Sunday, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Ma
  
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• Congo volcano eruption, ensuing chaos kill at least 15

  23-05-2021 21:05
  
  GOMA, Congo (AP) — Officials and survivors say the volcanic eruption in Congo and the ensuing chaos have killed at least 15 people and that more than 500 homes have been destroyed. The U.N. children’s agency said Sunday that the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo on Saturday night sent around 5,000 people in the city of Goma fleeing across the nearby border into Rwanda, while another 25,000 others sought refuge to the northwest in Sake. More than 170 children were still feared missing Sund
  
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• US general: As US scales back in Mideast, China may step in

  23-05-2021 21:03
  
  RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — A top U.S. commander says that as the United States scales back its military presence across the Middle East to focus on great power competition with China and Russia, it risks giving those two countries a chance to fill the gap and expand their influence around the Gulf. Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie has been traveling through the Middle East over the past week and has fielded a persistent question from the military and political leaders he’s seen. They want
  
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• Last cat out of the Tiger King Park bag as seizure completed

  23-05-2021 20:53
  
  THACKERVILLE, Okla. (AP) — Federal officials have removed the last of the 68 big cats from the private zoo in Oklahoma that had been the center of the “Tiger King” saga. The Oklahoman reports a jaguar was among the last cats removed from Tiger King Park in Thackerville, a few miles north of Oklahoma’s border with Texas. The turbulent beginnings of the zoo were the subject of the final episode of the Netflix true-crime series “Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness.&
  
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• Average US price of gas jumps 8 cents per gallon to $3.10

  23-05-2021 20:31
  
  CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline jumped 8 cents over the past two weeks, to $3.10 per gallon. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey said Sunday that the increase is attributed to supply disruption from the 10-day shutdown of the Colonial Pipeline following a cyberattack, and a rise in prices for corn, a key ingredient in corn-based ethanol that must be blended by refiners into gasoline. The price at the pump is $1.05 higher than it
  
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• Italian cable car plunges to the ground, killing at least 14

  23-05-2021 20:15
  
  ROME (AP) — A cable car taking visitors to a mountaintop view of some of northern Italy’s most picturesque lakes has plummeted to the ground, killing at least 14 people. A young child was also hospitalized in serious condition with broken bones. Stresa Mayor Marcella Severino said it appeared that a cable broke, sending the car careening until it hit a pylon and then fell to the ground. Images from the site showed the crumpled car in a clearing of a thick patch of pine trees near the
  
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• With tall Trump tale, Macron plays to France’s young voters

  23-05-2021 19:45
  
  LE PECQ, France (AP) — With great relish and a straight face, France’s president told a series of tall tales in a YouTube video that quickly went viral. Filmed in the French presidential palace with two of France’s most popular YouTube stars, the jovial half-hour of banter was Emmanuel Macron’s most audacious effort yet to woo young voters. The 43-year-old Macron hasn’t yet said if he’ll seek reelection in the presidential ballot next year. But one of the take
  
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• Gaza fishermen take to water again after cease-fire

  23-05-2021 19:27
  
  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The return of commercial fishing is being welcomed by residents of the Gaza Strip following 11 days of hostilities between Hamas and Israel. Israeli security forces prevented fishermen from sailing during the conflict but began allowing a limited number of ships to set out beginning Saturday. Fishermen unloaded their bounty of crabs, shrimp and other fish at first light Sunday at Gaza City’s al-Mina port after a night out on the water. Gazans take pride i
  
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• Viral video drew hundreds to California party; 150 arrested

  23-05-2021 19:18
  
  HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A birthday party invitation that went viral on TikTok brought hundreds of people to a raucous celebration on a Southern California beach, prompting police to declare an unlawful assembly and arrest about 150 people after they refused orders to disperse. Police in Huntington Beach estimate that at least 1,000 people gathered by the fire pits on the sand Saturday night. Officers ordered the crowd to disperse and issued an emergency curfew after partygoers bega
  
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• Police: 1 killed, at least a dozen others shot at concert

  23-05-2021 18:59
  
  NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say more than a dozen people were shot during a concert in North Charleston, including a 14-year-old girl who was killed. North Charleston police said in a statement that their early information is that a fight broke out during what they called an unannounced and unauthorized concert in a neighborhood late Saturday. North Charleston police Deputy Chief Scott Deckard says officers were called to the scene around 10:30 p.m. Saturday. He told media ou
  
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• Italy Eurovision winners return home to cheers, a drug test

  23-05-2021 18:43
  
  ROME (AP) — The Italian glam rock band that won the Eurovision Song Contest has returned home to adulation and so much speculation that the  singer had snorted cocaine during the show that he vowed to take a drug test. Maneskin singer Damiano David said he wants to shut the rumors down. A statement Sunday from the European Broadcasting Union the band “strongly refuted the allegations of drug use” that bubbled up on social media after David appeared to bend over a table dur
  
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• Iran official says nuke inspector deal expired; talks go on

  23-05-2021 18:42
  
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s hard-line parliament speaker says a temporary deal between Tehran and international inspectors to preserve surveillance images taken at nuclear sites had ended. However, the International Atomic Energy Agency said talks with Tehran continued into Sunday night over that agreement. The comments by speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf show the narrowing window for the U.S. and others to reach terms with Iran. The Islamic Republic is already enriching and stockpilin
  
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• Italian cable car plunges to the ground, killing at least 13

  23-05-2021 18:09
  
  ROME (AP) — A cable car taking visitors to a mountaintop view of some of northern Italy’s most picturesque lakes has plummeted to the ground, killing at least 13 people. Two children were hospitalized after the car plunged Sunday. Stesa Mayor Marcella Severino said it appeared that a cable broke, sending the car careening until it hit a pilon and then fell to the ground. Images from the site showed the crumpled car in a clearing of a thick patch of pine trees near the summit of the M
  
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• 65-year-old man killed in hit-and-run crash in west Phoenix

  23-05-2021 18:03
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities say a 65-year-old man is dead after a hit-and-run crash in west Phoenix. According to Phoenix police,  the pedestrian was struck around 11:45 p.m. Saturday. Arriving officers say the man was found the man in the roadway with life-threatening injuries and died at the scene. The name of victim hasn’t been released yet. Witnesses told police that the man was crossing the street when an SUV struck him and kept on going. Police now are searching for the dri
  
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• Arizona reports 321 new COVID-19 cases and 8 more deaths

  23-05-2021 17:51
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Health officials in Arizona on Sunday reported 321 new COVID-19 cases and eight additional deaths. They say the latest numbers pushed the state’s totals since the pandemic began more than a year ago to 876,732 cases and 17,555 known deaths. Arizona reported 634 cases and 16 deaths on Saturday. According to the Arizona Department of Health Services’ COVID-19 dashboard, over 5.7 million vaccine doses have been administered in the state. More than 3.2 million reside
  
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• Berlin’s nightclubbers sip their drinks, await better times

  23-05-2021 17:47
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Berlin’s renowned nightclubs are reopening along with pubs and restaurants. But it’s for outside service with patrons seated and everything must be distanced. Organizers say they’re excited to have even that.  Nightclubs are able to offer some of their entertainment and earn some revenue from food and drink. But all concede that it’s not real clubbing. They’re hoping for a real reopening whenever that can happen. The post Berlin’s
  
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• Experts or ‘grifters’? Little-known firm runs Arizona audit

  23-05-2021 17:35
  
  The audit of election results in Arizona’s largest county could have been done by an experienced election auditor. But instead the president of the Republican-controlled state Senate picked a small, obscure Florida company whose leader posted election conspiracy theories on Twitter. That’s led to a strange scene in Arizona for the past several weeks. And even some Republicans in the state are fuming at the audit in Maricopa County. The company that received the contract is called Cyb
  
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• The Latest: UK says vaccines effective for Indian variant

  23-05-2021 17:31
  
  LONDON – British health officials expressed optimism Sunday that the coronavirus restrictions remaining in England can be lifted in June after an official study found that the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines offer effective protection against the variant first identified in India.Authorities in Britain have expressed concern in recent weeks that increasing cases of the Indian variant could jeopardize the U.K.’s so-far successful plan to reopen its economy. More than 2,880 cases of th
  
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• Man leaves feces, hurls remarks outside Florida synagogue

  23-05-2021 17:28
  
  HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A man yelled antisemitic remarks at a rabbi in front of a South Florida synagogue. He later returned and dumped a bag of human feces in front of the building. According to Miami television station WSVN, cellphone video captured the unidentified man on an electric bicycle as he went on a rant outside the Chabad of South Broward on Friday. The man left and returned a short time later, carrying a bag or pillowcase that contained human feces. He dumped the bag in
  
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• New exhibit spotlights Arizona’s place in space exploration

  23-05-2021 17:01
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A new exhibit at the Arizona History Museum in Tucson aims to make sure the state’s place in the history of space flight is not forgotten. “Ready to Launch: Arizona’s Place in Space” showcases how the state helped create a path to the stars. It will be on display until Nov. 30 at the museum just west of the University of Arizona campus. Many Apollo-era astronauts trained in Arizona. The exhibit includes relics such as a spacesuit worn by Apollo
  
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• Congo volcano’s lava flows short of Goma; 5 dead in crash

  23-05-2021 17:01
  
  GOMA, Congo (AP) — Witnesses say Congo’s Mount Nyiragongo volcano unleashed lava that destroyed homes on the outskirts of Goma but the city of nearly 2 million was mostly spared after the nighttime eruption. Residents of the Buhene area said many homes had caught fire as lava oozed into their neighborhood. However, the lava stopped short of the airport, unlike 2002 when it coated the runways. Residents say the first eruption in nearly two decades came with little warning late Saturda
  
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• Navajo Nation reports 12 new COVID-19 cases but no deaths

  23-05-2021 16:59
  
  WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation has reported 12 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and two additional deaths. Tribal health officials said the latest figures released Saturday evening pushed the total number of cases since the pandemic began more than a year ago to 30,767 on the vast reservation that covers parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. The known death toll now is at 1,299. On Saturday, there were two new coronavirus cases on the reservation but no reported deaths. Navajo Na
  
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• Police: 3 dead, 3 wounded in shooting outside Ohio bar

  23-05-2021 16:58
  
  At least three people were killed and three others were wounded in a shooting Sunday outside a bar in Youngstown, Ohio, police said. Chief Carl Davis of the Youngstown police department said gunfire was reported shortly after 2 a.m. Sunday in the area of the Torch Club Bar & Grille in Youngstown. Davis said three people were dead of apparent gunshot wounds and at least three others were wounded, one in critical condition. None of the shootings occurred in the bar but he said “they stem
  
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• Eurovision: Italian lead singer to take voluntary drug test

  23-05-2021 16:57
  
  ROME (AP) — Organizers of the Eurovision Song Contest say the lead singer for the Italian rock band that won has asked to take a drug test to refute speculation that he sniffed cocaine during the show. A statement Sunday from the European Broadcasting Union said Maneskin lead singer Damiano David “will take a voluntary drug test after arriving home.” It said the band “strongly refuted the allegations of drug use” that bubbled up on social media after David appeared
  
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• No court decision on Suez Canal’s claim over massive vessel

  23-05-2021 16:50
  
  CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian appeals court on Sunday said it lacks jurisdiction to look into the Suez Canal Authority’s demands to uphold financial claims that led to the the seizure of the massive Ever Given ship that blocked the waterway in March. The authority and the ship’s owners are in dispute as to whose fault it was that the Ever Given ran aground and how much compensation should be paid. The appeals chamber of the Ismailia Economic Court referred the case to a lower court
  
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• 2 dead, 12 injured in shooting at New Jersey house party

  23-05-2021 16:47
  
  FAIRFIELD TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — State police in New Jersey say at least two people were killed and 12 people were wounded in a shooting at a house party. New Jersey State Police said a 30-year-old man and 25-year-old-woman were fatally shot. There were 12 other people who were injured and transported to local hospitals. Fairfield Township Mayor Benjamin Byrd Sr., who was at the scene Sunday morning, said that New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy offered his support and help. The post 2 dead, 1
  
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• Belarus opposition figure detained when flight diverted

  23-05-2021 16:44
  
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A founder of a messaging app channel that has been a key information conduit for opponents of Belarus’ authoritarian president has been arrested after an airliner in which he was traveling on was diverted to Belarus because of a bomb threat. Authorities said President Alexander Lukashenko personally ordered that a MiG-29 fighter jet accompany the plane to the Minsk airport Sunday. The Belarusian Interior Ministry said Raman Pratasevich was arrested at the airport
  
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• New Jersey state police say 2 dead, 12 injured in shooting at house party

  23-05-2021 16:43
  
  FAIRFIELD TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey state police say 2 dead, 12 injured in shooting at house party.The post New Jersey state police say 2 dead, 12 injured in shooting at house party appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Italian cable car plunges to the ground, killing at least 12

  23-05-2021 16:35
  
  ROME (AP) — Italian authorities say a cable car taking visitors to a mountaintop view of some of northern Italy’s most picturesque lakes has plunged to the ground, killing at least 12 people and sending two children to a hospital. A photo of the wreckage taken by Italy’s fire department showed the crushed and crumpled remains of the cable car in a clearing of a thick patch of pine trees near the summit of the Mottarone peak overlooking Lake Maggiore. A rescue official said that
  
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• Eurovision: Italian winner will take voluntary drug test

  23-05-2021 16:32
  
  ROME (AP) — Organizers of the Eurovision Song Contest say the lead singer for the Italian rock band that won has asked to take a drug test to refute speculation that he sniffed cocaine during the show. A statement Sunday from the European Broadcasting Union said Maneskin lead singer Damiano David “will take a voluntary drug test after arriving home.” It said the band “strongly refuted the allegations of drug use” that bubbled up on social media after David appeared
  
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• Eurovision Song Contest organizers: Italian winner will take a voluntary drug test to refute speculation of cocaine use

  23-05-2021 16:29
  
  ROME (AP) — Eurovision Song Contest organizers: Italian winner will take a voluntary drug test to refute speculation of cocaine use.The post Eurovision Song Contest organizers: Italian winner will take a voluntary drug test to refute speculation of cocaine use appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Police: 3 dead, 3 injured in shooting outside Ohio bar

  23-05-2021 16:24
  
  Police say at least three people were killed and three others were wounded in a shooting Sunday outside a bar in Youngstown, Ohio. Officers were called to the Torch Club Bar & Grille in Youngstown around 2 a.m. Sunday. Authorities said no one was in custody but they were talking to several individuals. Police were still investigating the shooting and more information was not immediately known.The post Police: 3 dead, 3 injured in shooting outside Ohio bar appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Police: 3 dead, 3 wounded in shooting outside bar in Youngstown, Ohio

  23-05-2021 16:19
  
  YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — Police: 3 dead, 3 wounded in shooting outside bar in Youngstown, Ohio.The post Police: 3 dead, 3 wounded in shooting outside bar in Youngstown, Ohio appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Charleston church shooter making appellate arguments

  23-05-2021 16:08
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The man on federal death row for the racist slayings of nine members of a Black South Carolina congregation is making his appellate argument that his conviction and death sentence should be overturned. Oral arguments in the case of Dylann Roof are scheduled to be held Tuesday before a three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. In 2017, Roof became the first person in the U.S. sentenced to death for a federal hate crime. Authorities have said Roof open
  
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• Israeli police escort Jews to flashpoint Jerusalem site

  23-05-2021 16:03
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police have escorted more than 250 Jewish visitors to a flashpoint holy site in Jerusalem where police actions in recent weeks had ignited protests and violence that helped trigger war in Gaza. The Islamic Waqf overseeing the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound says police cleared young Palestinians out of the site and barred entry to Muslims under the age of 45. It says six Palestinians were arrested, with four later released. Israeli police denied there was any age restricti
  
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• Correction: George Floyd-Minneapolis Mayor story

  23-05-2021 15:45
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — In a story on May 20, 2021, about an AP interview with Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the upcoming election is in 2022. Frey is seeking reelection in 2021.The post Correction: George Floyd-Minneapolis Mayor story appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Floyd killing prompts some states to limit or ban chokeholds

  23-05-2021 15:44
  
  At least 17 states have prohibited or severely limited the use of chokeholds and neck restraints by police officers in the year since George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis after being pinned under an officer’s knee. Data provided to The Associated Press by the National Conference of State Legislatures shows most of the actions were taken in states controlled politically by Democrats, but several Republican-led states also took steps to restrict the technique. Many of the new laws include
  
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• UK officials: Vaccines effective against Indian variant

  23-05-2021 15:38
  
  LONDON (AP) — British health officials have expressed optimism that the coronavirus restrictions remaining in England can be lifted in June. The chief executive of the U.K. Health Security Agency, said officials in England are on track to proceed with the final stage of unlocking the country from June 21 if the public remains cautious. Her comments came after an official study found that the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines offer effective protection against the variant first identified in
  
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• Trump criminal investigation looms over Manhattan DA race

  23-05-2021 15:18
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — New York City voters will be casting their last ballots next month in an election that’s sure to have consequences for former President Donald Trump. Democrats will be voting in party primary for Manhattan’s next district attorney. The winner could end up taking over an ongoing investigation of Trump’s business dealings. Current District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. is leaving office at the end of the year. The eight candidates have made clear they’re no
  
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• Greek dog owners protest mandatory sterilization of pets

  23-05-2021 15:13
  
  ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Several hundred dog owners and their pets have gathered outside Greece’s Parliament in protest against a draft law that will make sterilization of household pets — especially cats and dogs — mandatory. The dog owners railed against the bill’s “abolition of amateur breeding, the backbone of dog loving,” as they called it in a statement.  Most of them were also hunters and protested against last year’s ban on hunting, due t
  
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