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• The heat and sunshine will stay in place for Memorial day

  30-05-2021 23:50
  
  TUCSON - After a hot Saturday and Sunday, Monday will see afternoon temperatures in the mid to upper 90's.The triple digits will be possible everyday between Tuesday and next Saturday with the warmest day coming on Wednesday.
  Overnight low temperatures will stay in the 60's.A significant cool down does not look possible even into the start of next week.There is no good chance of rain over the next 7 to 10 days for Tucson, but Southern Cochise and Santa Cruz counties could see some passing shower
  
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• Tulsa pastors honor ‘holy ground’ of Greenwood community

  30-05-2021 23:48
  
  TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Congregations in Tulsa, Oklahoma, paused to remember the city’s race massacre 100 year ago and to honor the Black churches that carried on its aftermath. The First Baptist Church of North Tulsa throbbed Sunday with high-decibel worship as six congregations gathered to mark the anniversary. The event was designed to honor the persistence of the Black church tradition in the Greenwood neighborhood. That’s where white attackers destroyed at least a half-dozen c
  
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• Man shot, killed after striking Oklahoma deputy with vehicle

  30-05-2021 23:43
  
  ANTLERS, Okla. (AP) — Authorities say a man who struck a sheriff’s deputy with his vehicle following a chase in rural southeastern Oklahoma has been fatally shot by a deputy. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation says that after Pushmataha County sheriff’s deputies had pulled the man over for a traffic stop at about 2:45 a.m. Sunday west of Antlers, he drove away. The OSBI said the deputies pursued the vehicle, which also carried a female passenger. Eventually, the suspect
  
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• Texas GOP’s strict voting bill on the verge of final vote

  30-05-2021 23:35
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Legislature is on the verge of signing off on some of the most restrictive voting measures in the U.S. A vote was expected Sunday in the GOP-controlled Texas House that would send Republican Gov. Greg Abbott a raft of election changes that would eliminate drive-thru voting and empower partisan poll watchers. The legislation also would impose new requirements in order to cast a ballot by mail in Texas, which already has some of toughest voting laws in the nati
  
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• In South Florida, shootings usher in bloody holiday weekend

  30-05-2021 23:31
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Police in South Florida say two people have died and 20 to 25 people have been injured in a shooting outside a banquet hall. News outlets report the gunfire erupted early Sunday at the El Mula Banquet Hall in northwest Miami-Dade County. The banquet hall had been rented out for a concert. A police official says three people got out of an SUV and opened fire on the crowd outside. Authorities believe the shooting was targeted. Two people died at the scene. As many as 25 people w
  
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• Davis done at halftime, Caldwell-Pope out for Lakers in Gm 4

  30-05-2021 23:15
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Lakers forward Anthony Davis has been ruled out for the second half of Game 4 against the Phoenix Suns due to a left groin strain. The defending NBA champion Lakers also played Sunday without starting guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, who was sidelined by a bruised knee. Davis played 19 minutes in the first half, but scored only six points on 2-for-9 shooting. He hyperextended his leg in Game 3, but was attempting to play through the latest in a long series of
  
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• Students abducted by gunmen in north central Nigeria

  30-05-2021 22:59
  
  LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian police say a large number of students have been abducted and one person killed at a school in the West African country’s north central Niger State. Nigerian media, including the independent Channels TV, said about 200 students were abducted Sunday at the Salihu Tanko Islamic School in Tegina in the local government area of Rafi. The Niger state police spokesman says the abduction was carried out by armed bandits on motorcycles. He says the number of chi
  
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• Good company: Helio Castroneves wins Indy 500 for 4th time

  30-05-2021 22:48
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Helio Castroneves has joined the exclusive club of four-time Indianapolis 500 winners. He celebrated by scaling the fence at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in front of the largest crowd since the start of the pandemic. The Brazilian joined A.J. Foyt, Al Unser Sr. and Rick Mears, his former mentor at Team Penske, as the only four-time winners of “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.” Mears was the last driver to join the club in 1991. The post Good company: He
  
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• Leftist-green candidate elected mayor of Croatia’s capital

  30-05-2021 22:43
  
  ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — The candidate of a leftist-green coalition has easily won election as mayor of Croatia’s capital, Zagreb, marking a major blow to the governing conservatives in the European Union country. Preliminary results of Sunday’s runoff election in Zagreb gave Tomislav Tomasevic around 65% of the ballots, while right-wing candidate Miroslav Skoro won around 34%. Analysts say the results show people are fed up with traditional parties that have long dominated the p
  
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• Suspect arrested in death of a Scottsdale man found in park

  30-05-2021 22:32
  
  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say a suspect has been arrested in connection with the death of a Scottsdale man whose body was found in a Phoenix park. Maricopa County Sheriff’s officials say 28-year-old Edward Nichole Hughes has been booked into jail on suspicion of homicide, probation violations, assault, criminal trespass and burglary. Scottsdale police say Hughes was a known acquaintance of 29-year-old Julian Gion Franco Gonzales whose body was discovered in Papago Park on
  
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• EXPLAINER: How Texas Republicans aim to make voting harder

  30-05-2021 22:23
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Senate has pushed the state one step closer to becoming the largest in the nation where the GOP is making voting harder following the 2020 elections. The Senate approved wide-ranging legislation at 6 a.m. Sunday, shortly after a final version of the bill was released. It gives the public little time to review proposed changes during the Memorial Day holiday weekend. The legislative session ends by law Monday. If it becomes law, the bill will expand liberties
  
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• Risky, impatient climbers bring danger to US highest peak

  30-05-2021 22:05
  
  Rangers who keep an eye on North America’s highest mountain peak say impatient and inexperienced climbers are taking more risk this season. The rangers at Denali in Alaska say that puts the lives of those climbers and others in danger after a year off because of the COVID-19 pandemic. At 20,310 feet above sea level, Denali requires a level of expertise and acclimation to high altitudes not needed for climbing most peaks in the U.S. After no deaths in 2018 and 2019, at least two people have
  
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• Far-right party, centrist group gain big in Cyprus poll

  30-05-2021 21:49
  
  NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The far-right ELAM party and a centrist splinter group have made big gains in Cyprus’ parliamentary election  as a sizeable chunk of supporters appeared to have turned their back on the top three parties amid voter disenchantment with traditional power centers. With nearly 100% of votes counted on Sunday, ELAM garnered 6.77% of the vote – a 3% increase from the previous election – to edge out the socialist EDEK party by the razor-thin margin of
  
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• Helio Castroneves wins Indianapolis 500 for 4th time

  30-05-2021 21:34
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Helio Castroneves has joined the exclusive club of four-time Indianapolis 500 winners. He celebrated by scaling the fence at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in front of the largest crowd since the start of the pandemic. The Brazilian joined A.J. Foyt, Al Unser Sr. and Rick Mears, his former mentor at Team Penske, as the only four-time winners of “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.” Mears was the last driver to join the club in 1991. The post Helio Castroneve
  
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• Ex-‘Tarzan’ actor among 7 plane crash victims in Tennessee

  30-05-2021 21:32
  
  SMYRNA, Tenn. (AP) — Investigators are continuing the search for the bodies of seven people believed killed in the crash a day earlier of a small jet into a Tennessee lake. Rutherford County Fire Rescue Capt. John Ingle says recovery efforts are ongoing at Percy Priest Lake near Smyrna, southeast of Nashville. Efforts also are focused on examining an extensive debris field in the lake. County officials identified the victims as seven residents of Brentwood, Tennessee. Among them was an act
  
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• Caldwell-Pope out for Lakers in Game 4; Davis, Paul active

  30-05-2021 21:32
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Starting guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope will miss Game 4 of the Los Angeles Lakers’ first-round playoff series with the Phoenix Suns due to a bruised knee. Los Angeles forward Anthony Davis and Phoenix guard Chris Paul are active for Game 4 despite injuries. Caldwell-Pope was injured in the third quarter of the Lakers’ victory in Game 3. He went through a pregame workout before Game 4, but Los Angeles decided to hold him out. Paul was in Phoenix’s start
  
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• Canada lowers flags after discovery of bodies at school site

  30-05-2021 21:30
  
  TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has asked that flags on all federal buildings be flown at half-mast in honor of more than 200 children whose remains have been found buried on the site of what was once Canada’s largest Indigenous residential school. Chief Rosanne Casimir of the Tk’emlups te Secwepemc First Nation in British Columbia says the remains of 215 children were confirmed last weekend with the help of ground-penetrating radar. From the 19th century
  
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• Helio Castroneves wins his fourth Indianapolis 500 in front of 135,000 fans (corrects number of fans)

  30-05-2021 21:29
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Helio Castroneves wins his fourth Indianapolis 500 in front of 135,000 fans (corrects number of fans).The post Helio Castroneves wins his fourth Indianapolis 500 in front of 135,000 fans (corrects number of fans) appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• For Biden, a deeply personal Memorial Day weekend observance

  30-05-2021 21:19
  
  NEW CASTLE, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden has marked his first Memorial Day weekend as commander in chief by honoring the nation’s sacrifices in a deeply personal manner. He paid tribute Sunday to those lost while remembering his late son Beau, a veteran who died six years ago to the day. As a cold rain fell, Biden made his annual appearance at the commemoration in New Castle, Delaware, not far from his Wilmington home. On Monday, he plans to do the same at Arlington National Cemet
  
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• Belarusian editor detained amid crackdown on journalists

  30-05-2021 21:04
  
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The chief editor of a popular Internet news site in one of Belarus’ largest cities was detained and his residence searched amid a crackdown on independent journalists and opponents of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko. Police said Sunday they were investigating Hrodna.life editor Aliaksei Shota on suspicion of extremism. The publication focuses on Belarus’ fifth-largest city Grodno. City police said the website “posted information products
  
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• South Africa returns to stricter lockdown, virus ‘surging’

  30-05-2021 20:55
  
  CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that his country will return to stricter lockdown measures in the face of a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases. Ramaphosa said in a live television address Sunday that the rise indicates the virus is “surging again” in Africa’s worst-affected nation and parts of the country are already in “a third wave.” Ramaphosa said that from Monday the curfew would be extended by an hour to star
  
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• West African leaders hold emergency Mali summit in Ghana

  30-05-2021 20:40
  
  ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Leaders of the West African regional bloc have gathered in Ghana for an emergency summit on Mali in response to the latest political crisis that threatens the stability of the country. Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo opened the summit Sunday. He said the regional political grouping the Economic Community of West African States, known as ECOWAS, must “remain resolute in supporting the people of Mali to find a peaceful solution, and restore democracy and stabilit
  
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• PCSD arrest barricaded man early Sunday morning

  30-05-2021 20:30
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - The Pima County Sheriff Department has confirmed that one male has been arrested after barricading himself in a residence with his two children after deputies responded to a domestic violence call near Wetmore and Romero Road.37-year-old Sergio Tapia barricaded himself for two hours before coming to the front door with his children. Tapia was tased during the encounter and taken into custody, uninjured according to PCSD's press release. The children were reunited with family and
  
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• Search continues for 7 plane crash victims in Tennessee lake

  30-05-2021 20:23
  
  SMYRNA, Tenn. (AP) — Investigators are continuing the search for the bodies of seven people believed killed in the crash a day earlier of a small jet into a Tennessee lake. Rutherford County Fire Rescue Capt. John Ingle says recovery efforts are ongoing at Percy Priest Lake near Smyrna, southeast of Nashville. Efforts also are focused on examining an extensive debris field in the lake. County officials identified the victims as seven residents of Brentwood, Tennessee. The Federal Aviation
  
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• Indianapolis 500 welcomes 135,000 fans in global benchmark

  30-05-2021 20:20
  
  INDIANANPOLIS (AP) — The Indianapolis 500 has welcomed back 135,000 fans, the most at any sports event in the world since the pandemic began 18 months ago. The number represents 40% of the speedway’s capacity and was agreed upon by health officials. Fans came early and were ready to party. Most had no concerns about COVID-19. A year ago, no fans were allowed for the race that was delayed from May to August. This year, celebrities were back and fans were everywhere.The post Indianapol
  
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• Swiss motorcyclist Dupasquier dies following Moto3 crash

  30-05-2021 20:18
  
  FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — Swiss motorcycle rider Jason Dupasquier has died following a crash during Moto3 qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix. The Careggi Hospital in Florence where he was being treated made the announcement on Sunday. He was 19. Dupasquier was involved in an accident with Ayumu Sasaki and Jeremy Alcoba toward the end of Saturday’s session. Dupasquier appeared to fall and was then hit by his own motorbike and that of Sasaki. A visibly shocked Alcoba later said that he
  
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• Fueling box-office rebound, ‘Quiet Place’ opens with $58.5M

  30-05-2021 20:06
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — John Krasinski’s thriller sequel “A Quiet Place Part II” opened over the Memorial Day weekend to a pandemic-best $48.4 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. Including the Monday holiday, the studio forecasts the film will gross $58.5 million in North America. The film’s performance cheered a movie industry that has been punished and transformed by the pandemic. Paramount Pictures’ “A Quiet Place Part II” was the first big f
  
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• Canada lowers flags to honor residential school children

  30-05-2021 20:01
  
  TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has asked that flags on all federal buildings be flown at half-mast in honor of more than 200 children whose remains have been found buried on the site of what was once Canada’s largest Indigenous residential school. Chief Rosanne Casimir of the Tk’emlups te Secwepemc First Nation in British Columbia says the remains of 215 children were confirmed last weekend with the help of ground-penetrating radar. From the 19th century
  
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• Vets return to Memorial Day traditions as pandemic eases

  30-05-2021 19:57
  
  BOSTON (AP) — After more than a year of isolation, American veterans are embracing plans for a more traditional Memorial Day. They say wreath-laying ceremonies, barbecues at local vets halls and other familiar events are a welcome chance to reconnect with fellow service members and renew solemn traditions honoring the nation’s war dead. Advocates say it’s also a time to take stock of the veteran lives lost to the coronavirus and to recommit to vaccinating those who remain reluc
  
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• Rule Britannia? Critics question Johnson’s flagship plans

  30-05-2021 19:55
  
  LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson wants to build a national flagship to travel the world’s oceans promoting British trade and investment. But critics are suggesting it is he who is at sea. Johnson announced his plans over the weekend, saying the vessel would be the first of its kind and reflect the U.K.’s “status as a great, independent maritime trading nation.’’ The project harkens back to a previous golden age, where the royal yacht projected the ma
  
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• Netanyahu could lose PM job as rivals attempt to join forces

  30-05-2021 19:49
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — The head of a small hard-line party says he will try to form a unity government with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s opponents. The announcement by Yamina party leader Naftali Bennett marks a major step toward ending the 12-year rule of the Israeli leader. In a nationwide address, Bennett said he had decided to join forces with the country’s opposition leader, Yair Lapid. The pair have until Wednesday to complete a deal in which they are expected to each se
  
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• White House gives GOP 1 week to reach deal on infrastructure

  30-05-2021 19:44
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says time is running short for a bipartisan deal on infrastructure and that President Joe Biden will look to act without Republican support if there’s no “clear direction” when Congress returns from its Memorial Day break. Buttigieg says in a series of Sunday TV interviews that Biden believes “inaction is not an option” and that there needs to be clarity by June 7. Biden plans to meet with the lead Repu
  
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• Belarusian editor arrested amid crackdown on journalists

  30-05-2021 19:33
  
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The chief editor of a popular Internet news site in one of Belarus’ largest cities has been detained amid a crackdown on independent journalists and opponents of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko. Police said Sunday they were investigating Hrodna.life editor Aliaksei Shota on suspicion of extremism. The publication focuses on Belarus’ fifth-largest city Grodno. City police said the website “posted information products that were duly recogni
  
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• Netanyahu rival seeks unity deal with his opponents

  30-05-2021 19:19
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — The leader of a small hard-line party says he will try to form a unity government with Prime Mininster Benjamin Netanyahu’s opponents. Sunday’s announcement by Yamina Party leader Naftali Bennett is a key step toward ending Netanyahu’s 12-year rule.The post Netanyahu rival seeks unity deal with his opponents appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Hard-line party joins PM Netanyahu’s opponents in coalition talks, in key step toward ousting longtime Israeli leader

  30-05-2021 19:11
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Hard-line party joins PM Netanyahu’s opponents in coalition talks, in key step toward ousting longtime Israeli leader.The post Hard-line party joins PM Netanyahu’s opponents in coalition talks, in key step toward ousting longtime Israeli leader appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• U.S. Coast Guard suspends search for 10 missing Cubans

  30-05-2021 18:44
  
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for 10 Cuban migrants who went missing last week after their boat capsized 16 miles south of Key West. Authorities had rescued eight people on Thursday and recovered two bodies. The Coast Guard, Navy, Air Force and other agencies launched a search for the others, but did not locate any of the missing people. Survivors told authorities they left Cuba on Sunday, and their vessel capsized Wednesday evening.The post U.S. Co
  
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• George Floyd’s family to hold Houston concert marking death

  30-05-2021 18:41
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — George Floyd’s family is holding a concert in Houston, where he grew up, to mark the anniversary of his death. Floyd’s family members will join Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, voting rights advocate Stacey Abrams and others at The Fountain of Praise church for Saturday night’s concert. The event will feature performers including gospel singers and rappers. Floyd, who was Black, died on May 25, 2020, after a white Minneapolis police officer used his knee to
  
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• Iran central bank governor removed after run for president

  30-05-2021 18:38
  
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian state TV says that the Cabinet has dismissed the governor of the central bank after he decided to run for the June 18 presidential election. The report said the decision was taken Sunday after Abdonasser Hemmati decided to run in presidential elections. The report also said Deputy Governor Akbar Komijani would be taking over all responsibilities from Hemmati, who had held the position since 2018. On Wednesday, Iran’s Guardian Council — clerics and ju
  
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• Exit polls: Far-right party gains in Cyprus parliament vote

  30-05-2021 18:38
  
  NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Exit polls in Cyprus’ parliamentary election show that the far-right ELAM party appears to have almost doubled its support. Results from five separate exit polls released by four private TV stations and state broadcaster CyBC immediately after voting ended on Sunday showed the two largest parties – the center-right DISY and the communist-rooted AKEL – to be leading the election in first and second place respectively. But all five showed ELAM in a ba
  
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• Tennessee hat shop offer of Star of David patches denounced

  30-05-2021 18:23
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The owner of a Tennessee hat shop is dealing with pushback after posting a photo of herself wearing a yellow patch resembling the Star of David with the words not vaccinated. The photo posted by HatWrksNashville owner Gigi Gaskins shows her smiling and wearing the badge that looks similar to those that the Nazis forced Jews to wear in Europe during the Holocaust. A caption with the photo advertised the patches for $5 apiece. Gaskins later deleted the Instagram post
  
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• Belarus news site editor arrested over extremism suspicions

  30-05-2021 18:14
  
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The chief editor of a popular Internet news site in one of Belarus’ largest cities has been detained on suspicion of extremism. The arrest Sunday of Hrodna.life editor Aliaksei Shota comes amid a crackdown on independent journalists and opponents of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko. The publication focuses on Belarus’ fifth-largest city Grodno. City police said the website “posted information products that were duly recognized as extremist
  
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• Juvenile facing charges in Yavapai County golf course fire

  30-05-2021 18:12
  
  CAMP VERDE, Ariz. (AP) — Yavapai County Sheriff’s officials say an 11-year-old boy is facing multiple felony charges after a fire caused more than $30,000 worth of damage at a defunct golf course northeast of Camp Verge.  Copper Canyon and U.S. Forest Service crews responded to May 22 fire at the old Beaver Creek Golf Course  and say two vacant structures were burned. Witnesses reported seeing three boys playing with aerosol cans and a lighter before the fire started. A she
  
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• Police: 2 dead, 20+ injured in Florida banquet hall shooting

  30-05-2021 18:03
  
  HIALEAH, Fla. (AP) — Police in South Florida say two people have died and 20 to 25 people have been injured in a shooting outside a banquet hall. News outlets report the gunfire erupted early Sunday at the El Mula Banquet Hall in northwest Miami-Dade County. The banquet hall had been rented out for a concert. A police official says three people got out of an SUV and opened fire on the crowd outside. Authorities believe the shooting was targeted. Two people died at the scene. As many as 25
  
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• Conservatives aim at Census’ method for uncounted households

  30-05-2021 17:55
  
  The U.S. Census Bureau had a last-resort solution for getting information on households that failed to respond to the once-a-decade head count. It’s called “imputation,” and it involves using information about neighbors with similar characteristics to fill in information gaps about households with missing data. The statistical technique is used often in hard-to-count places, where racial and ethnic minorities are more likely to live, and where people could otherwise go uncounte
  
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• Arizona reports 623 new COVID-19 cases, no additional deaths

  30-05-2021 17:49
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Health officials in Arizona on Sunday reported 623 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, but no additional deaths. The latest numbers pushed the state’s totals to 881,089 cases and 17,628 known deaths since the pandemic began more than a year ago. On Saturday, Arizona health officials had reported 557 new coronavirus cases and 19 deaths. The 19 fatalities were the state’s largest daily increase in deaths in more than two weeks. The dashboard also showed that over 5.8 mil
  
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• Turkey’s foreign minister Cavusoglu begins visit to Greece

  30-05-2021 17:43
  
  ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has begun his trip to Greece with an unofficial visit to the northeastern province of Thrace, where most of Greece’s Muslim minority resides. The official part of Cavusoglu’s trip will take place Monday morning, when he will meet with his Greek counterpart, Nikos Dendias, and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. He and Dendias will also have an informal dinner later Sunday.  Greek officials view the visit as pr
  
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• Buttigieg urges travelers to respect mask mandates on planes

  30-05-2021 17:26
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is urging travelers to respect flight attendants and other crew members who enforce federal mask mandates amid an increase in unruly passenger behavior. Buttigieg calls it unacceptable to mistreat transportation workers and pledged stiff federal enforcement against abuse. His admonition comes after the Federal Aviation Administration announced last week it was proposing civil penalties as high as $15,000 against five passengers for
  
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• Unprecedented outbreak of side blooms on saguaros in Arizona

  30-05-2021 17:20
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Cactus experts are tracking an unprecedented outbreak of “side blooms” on saguaros across Southern Arizona this year. Typically, the giant cacti sprout flowers only around the tips of their arms and trunks. But a large number of saguaros also are pushing out buds farther down their stems this year. Research ecologist Bill Peachey told the Arizona Daily Star that he has received reports of saguaros blooming in strange places from the Phoenix area to as far s
  
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• UK may require NHS workers to take COVID-19 vaccine

  30-05-2021 17:18
  
  LONDON (AP) — The British government may require National Health Service workers to be inoculated against COVID-19 _ a controversial proposal that was immediately criticized by opposition leaders as counterproductive.  Speaking to Sky News, vaccine minister Nadhim Zahawi said ministers were considering the move in hopes of preventing medical workers from spreading COVID-19 to their patients. The government has already asked the public to comment on a similar requirement for care-home
  
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• Popular Belarusian news site says editor seized

  30-05-2021 17:10
  
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A popular Internet news site in one of Belarus’ largest cities says its chief editor has been seized. The report of the detention of Hrodna.life editor Aliaksei Shota comes amid a crackdown on independent journalists and opponents of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko. The publication in Belarus’ fifth-largest city Grodno cited Shota’s former wife as saying on Facebook that a bus carrying unidentified men pulled up outside Shota’s resi
  
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