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• Rapper DaBaby questioned in Miami Beach shooting, released

  01-06-2021 23:58
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Grammy-nominated rapper DaBaby has been released after being questioned in a shooting that wounded two people in Miami. Two suspects are now in custody. A Miami Beach police spokesman says 29-year-old Jonathan Kirk was one of many people being questioned by officials on Tuesday but he was later let go. Jonathan Kirk is DaBaby’s legal name. Police received multiple 911 calls reporting a shooting just after 11:30 p.m. Monday. Officers found one person struck in the shoulde
  
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• Chauvin makes appearance on federal charges in Floyd’s death

  01-06-2021 23:58
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murder in last year’s death of George Floyd has made an initial appearance in federal court for allegedly violating Floyd’s civil rights. Derek Chauvin was dressed in an orange prison shirt when he appeared in court via videoconference Tuesday from Minnesota’s maximum-security prison in Oak Park Heights, where he’s being held as he awaits sentencing for murder. The federal charges allege Chauvin v
  
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• Patient influx from other states increases Kansas abortions

  01-06-2021 23:49
  
  TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The number of abortions performed in Kansas increased by 9.1% last year. That’s largely because more women from Oklahoma and Texas traveled north to terminate pregnancies there than in 2019. Advocates on both sides said Tuesday that much of the increase likely occurred because Republican governors in Oklahoma and Texas sought to ban most abortions last spring. Kansas Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly refused to do so. The state reported that 7,542 abortions were perform
  
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• President Biden calls out two members of Democratic senator for blocking agenda

  01-06-2021 23:46
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is calling out two fellow Democrats in explaining why he hasn’t enacted some of the most ambitious elements of his agenda.
  Biden noted that slim majorities in the House and evenly divided Senate have hamstrung legislative negotiations around key issues like voting rights.
  He made the comments Tuesday during an event marking the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa race massacre. The remarks appeared to be veiled references to Democratic Sens. Joe Manch
  
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• President Biden calls out two Democratic senators for blocking agenda

  01-06-2021 23:46
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is calling out two fellow Democrats in explaining why he hasn’t enacted some of the most ambitious elements of his agenda.
  Biden noted that slim majorities in the House and evenly divided Senate have hamstrung legislative negotiations around key issues like voting rights.
  He made the comments Tuesday during an event marking the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa race massacre. The remarks appeared to be veiled references to Democratic Sens. Joe Manch
  
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• President Biden calls out Sinema, one other Democratic senator for blocking agenda

  01-06-2021 23:46
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is calling out two fellow Democrats in explaining why he hasn’t enacted some of the most ambitious elements of his agenda.
  Biden noted that slim majorities in the House and evenly divided Senate have hamstrung legislative negotiations around key issues like voting rights.
  He made the comments Tuesday during an event marking the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa race massacre. The remarks appeared to be veiled references to Democratic Sens. Joe Manch
  
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• Top GOP senator: Easing police protections hurts departments

  01-06-2021 23:45
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says congressional Democrats’ efforts to make it easier to sue police officers are causing law enforcement agencies to have problems recruiting and retaining personnel. The Kentucky Republican spoke Tuesday in Owensboro, Kentucky. And his remarks seem to draw a hard line on what’s been the thorniest issue facing bargainers seeking compromise on legislation revamping police procedures. McConnell’s comments suggest it
  
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• Fewer 2020 traffic stops in Missouri, but disparity remains

  01-06-2021 23:44
  
  O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Traffic stops — along with arrests resulting from those stops — declined sharply in Missouri last year due in large part to the COVID-19 pandemic, but Black motorists were still far more likely to be pulled over and arrested. That’s according to the Missouri Attorney General’s annual report on traffic stops, which was released Tuesday. The report looking at calendar year 2020 shows Black motorists were 71% more likely to be pulled over tha
  
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• Los Angeles County fire station shooting kills firefighter

  01-06-2021 23:41
  
  SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) — Multiple media outlets and a Los Angeles County official say a shooting at a small Fire Department station has killed one firefighter and wounded another. A sheriff’s statement says deputies responded to reports of multiple gunshot victims shortly before 11 a.m. Tuesday at a station about 45 miles north of Los Angeles. Authorities released no other details. Supervisor Hilda Solis tweeted condolences “to the family of the firefighter who was tragical
  
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• Biden calls out 2 Democratic lawmakers for blocking agenda

  01-06-2021 23:38
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is calling out two fellow Democrats in explaining why he hasn’t enacted some of the most ambitious elements of his agenda. Biden noted that slim majorities in the House and evenly divided Senate have hamstrung legislative negotiations around key issues like voting rights. He made the comments Tuesday during an event marking the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa race massacre. The remarks appeared to be veiled references to Democratic Sens. Joe Manch
  
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• 3-year-old’s ‘Lion King’ cake depicting Mufasa’s death goes viral

  01-06-2021 23:37
  
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  MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (CNN) - A sad movie scene serves as the inspiration for a 3-year-old girl's birthday cake.And her quirky decision to have the death of the Lion King made into her cake has gone viral.There was never a doubt the Lion King would factor into Leona Feigh's third birthday party.She loves it. So Leona asked for a cake.Reporter: "Who's your favorite character in the Lion King?"Leona: "Mufasa."A cake depicting a very specific scene from the movie."And I felt really emba
  
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• Special Weather Statement issued June 1 at 3:29PM MDT by NWS Tucson AZ

  01-06-2021 23:29
  
  At 227 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking a group of strongthunderstorms 10 miles south of Clifton, showing littlemovement.
  Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with these storms. Windgusts in excess of 30 mph are already occurring in the Safford areafrom the earlier storms.
  Locations impacted include…Safford, Clifton, Thatcher, Solomon, Morenci, Safford RegionalAirport, Duncan, York, Three Way and Guthrie.The post Special Weather Statement issued June 1 at 3:29PM MDT by NWS Tucson
  
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• Biden marks Tulsa race massacre in emotional, graphic speech

  01-06-2021 23:29
  
  TULSA, Okla. (AP) — An emotional President Joe Biden has marked the 100th anniversary of the massacre that wiped out a thriving Black community in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Biden spoke in Tulsa on Tuesday of the hundreds of Black people killed by a white mob a century ago. He said he had “come to fill the silence” about one of the nation’s darkest — and long suppressed — moments of racial violence. He spoke amid the current national reckoning on racial justice. Biden
  
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• Former head of Arizona Guard files papers for Senate run

  01-06-2021 23:26
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Retired Maj. Gen. Michael McGuire has filed papers to run for the U.S. Senate. McGuire stepped down earlier this year as adjutant general of the Arizona National Guard and was a visible presence beside Gov. Doug Ducey throughout the pandemic. McGuire joins what is likely to be a crowded field of Republicans looking to challenge Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, who was elected last year to finish John McCain’s last Senate term. A consultant listed as the campaign’s tre
  
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• Report scrutinizes FCC response in Puerto Rico after Maria

  01-06-2021 23:22
  
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A U.S. report has found that abstract emergency response guidelines for the Federal Communications Commission could have caused confusion and delays after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands in 2017.vThe Category 4 storm destroyed 96% of telecommunication cell sites in Puerto Rico after slamming into the island in September 2017, leaving people with no way to call for help, apply for federal assistance or make financial transactio
  
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• Coachella set to return in April after canceled for two years due to pandemic

  01-06-2021 23:21
  
  INDIO, Calif. (CNN) - Coachella, one California's largest music festivals, is making a comeback.The 'Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival' will be held April 15-17, as well as April 22-24 next year.Coachella has been postponed or canceled several times throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.Advance ticket sales for the 2022 festival start June 4.However, the lineup of musical acts has not yet been announced.Last month, organizers behind 'Lollapalooza,' Chicago's largest music festival, announced i
  
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• US formally ends policy for asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico

  01-06-2021 23:19
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has formally ended a Trump-era immigration policy that forced asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico for hearings in U.S. immigration court. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ announcement ends “Migrant Protection Protocols,” which returned about 70,000 asylum-seekers to Mexico from January 2019 until it was halted on President Joe Biden’s first day in office two years later. It appeared to be a foregone conclusion a
  
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• ‘Elvis’ has left the sign as vandals hit singer’s birthplace

  01-06-2021 23:19
  
  TUPELO, Miss. (AP) — Elvis Presley’s birthplace in Mississippi is offering a $1,000 reward to figure out who took the word “Elvis” off the landmark’s sign. The museum says it discovered the first name taken from the “Elvis Presley Birthplace, Museum & Chapel” sign over the weekend. The word “Elvis” had been written as the rock ’n’ roll pioneer’s signature. The museum in Tupelo isn’t sure exactly when the brick sign
  
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• California task force launches slave reparations task force

  01-06-2021 23:10
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A first-in-the-country task force in California to study and recommend reparations for African Americans is meeting for the first time. Slavery did not flourish in California as it did in southern states, but African Americans were still treated harshly. They continue to lag in home ownership, household income, health and educational attainment. Tuesday’s meeting comes as President Joe Biden commemorates the lives lost a century ago when a white mob killed people
  
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• URI weighs revoking honorary degree from ex-Trump adviser

  01-06-2021 23:08
  
  SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (AP) — The University of Rhode Island is weighing whether to revoke an honorary degree bestowed years ago to Michael Flynn, a university alum who briefly served as President Donald Trump’s national security adviser. The Providence Journal reports the school’s honorary degree committee met twice on the issue earlier this year at the request of URI President David Dooley. The panel sent its recommendation to Dooley on Feb. 12 but a university spokesperson sa
  
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• Pelosi rules out having Biden create Jan. 6 commission

  01-06-2021 23:06
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is ruling out a presidential commission to study the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol. She told House Democrats on Tuesday that having President Joe Biden appoint a panel is unworkable even after the Senate blocked an independent probe last week. That’s according to a person on the private Democratic caucus call who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal conversations. Pelosi laid out other options after most Senate Republic
  
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• US lawmakers want Ma’Khia Bryant foster care journey probed

  01-06-2021 23:04
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Three Democratic members of Congress are asking the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to investigate the foster care experience that preceded the fatal police shooting of 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant in Ohio. U.S. Rep. Joyce Beatty and Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio, along with U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon, penned a letter Tuesday on behalf of Bryant’s parents. Bryant was shot four times in April by Columbus police officer Nicholas Reardon as she swu
  
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• Feds: Seattle man arrested trying to join ISIS terror group

  01-06-2021 22:58
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — The Justice Department says a 20-year-old Seattle man has been arrested trying to join the Islamic State terror group. A criminal complaint unsealed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Seattle says Elvin Hunter Bgorn Williams was arrested Friday as he checked in for a flight to Cairo. The complaint said members of a Seattle-area mosque who had been trying to de-radicalize Williams were the ones who tipped off the FBI that he continued to espouse violence and extremism. Court r
  
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• The Latest: Indiana University modifies vaccine requirement

  01-06-2021 22:56
  
  INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana University modified its COVID-19 vaccination requirement, making it optional that students and employees provide proof of getting the shots as school officials changed a policy that had drawn protests from many state officials.
  Indiana University said that under the revised requirement students and employees would be able to attest to their vaccination without having to provide immunization documentation as was required under the previous policy announced May 21.
  The
  
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• New Mexico offers largest single vaccination prize in US

  01-06-2021 22:55
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico is betting bet big that cash can persuade people to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, offering the largest single cash prize among the growing number of states staging lotteries to promote inoculations. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced Tuesday that vaccinated residents who register on New Mexico’s “Vax 2 the Max” portal can win prizes from a pool totaling $10 million that includes a $5 million grand prize. Ohio and California ar
  
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• Biden suspends oil leases in Alaska’s Arctic refuge

  01-06-2021 22:52
  
  Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Photo Date: July 3, 2019
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has suspended oil and gas leases in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The move reverses a drilling program approved by the Trump administration and revives a political fight over a remote region that is home to polar bears and other wildlife _ and a rich reserve of oil. The Interior Department order follows a temporary moratorium on oil and gas lease activities impose
  
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• Biden, GOP senator to meet as infrastructure deadline looms

  01-06-2021 22:52
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to meet with Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, the top Republican negotiator on infrastructure. Time is running out to strike a bipartisan deal. A White House official says Biden and the West Virginia senator will meet Wednesday afternoon. The administration says the deadline for a deal is June. 7. Biden and GOP senators appear to be pulling farther apart as they try to narrow their ideas. The president is proposing $1.7 trillion on roads, bridges and
  
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• Special Weather Statement issued June 1 at 2:50PM MDT by NWS Tucson AZ

  01-06-2021 22:50
  
  At 149 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms alonga line extending from 20 miles east of San Carlos to 13 milesnorthwest of Thatcher to 7 miles east of Safford Regional Airport.Movement was southwest at 15 mph.
  Wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with these storms when thegust front moves into the Gila Valley.
  Locations impacted include…Safford, Thatcher, Solomon, Roper Lake State Park, Safford RegionalAirport, Pima, Bylas, Central, Fort Thomas and Calva.The post Sp
  
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• Philly police officer fired over Facebook posts reinstated

  01-06-2021 22:41
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia police department has reinstated an officer fired in 2019 over Facebook posts saying among other things that refugees should “starve to death.” The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that officer Christian Fenico was reinstated with full back pay after an arbitrator in a grievance filed with the police union ruled Fenico’s social media posts did not prevent him from being a valuable officer. The reinstatement and scheduled arbitration for
  
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• Donor’s concerns voiced before Hannah-Jones’ tenure stalled

  01-06-2021 22:36
  
  CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — A major University of North Carolina donor whose name is on its journalism school voiced concerns about the school’s hiring of investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones in the weeks before her application for tenure was halted. Walter Hussman Jr. is publisher of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. The Assembly reports that Hussman emailed university leaders and said he was concerned about whether Hannah-Jones’ presence would distract from the school&rsquo
  
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• US seizes 2 domain names used in cyberespionage campaign

  01-06-2021 22:18
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department says it has seized two domain names used in a cyberespionage campaign that targeted U.S. and foreign government agencies, think tanks and humanitarian groups. The operation was disclosed last week by Microsoft. The company linked it to the same group of Russian intelligence operatives responsible for the massive SolarWinds intrusion that breached federal agencies and private corporations. The company said over the weekend that it was “still no
  
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• Top journal editor to resign in fallout over racism podcast

  01-06-2021 22:16
  
  The embattled chief editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association is resigning amid a probe of his handling of a podcast on racism. The AMA announced the move on Tuesday. Dr. Howard Bauchner’s departure takes effect on June 30. Bauchner joined the journal as editor-in-chief in 2011. He has been on leave since March, when Black doctors and other critics denounced a journal tweet and podcast that questioned racism in medicine. Bauchner later apologized and asked a deputy editor w
  
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• Stocks end mixed on Wall Street after early gain evaporates

  01-06-2021 22:09
  
  Major indexes struggled to a mixed finish on Wall Street after giving up an early gain. The S&P 500 slipped less than 0.1% Tuesday as losses for technology and health care companies offset gains in other sectors. Elsewhere, the Nasdaq fell 0.1% while the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.1%. The Russell 2000, which tracks small-company stocks, rose 1.1%. The back-and-forth trading came as investors returned from the Memorial Day holiday in the U.S. AMC jumped more than 22% after the movie
  
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• Ex-banker convicted in massive German tax evasion scheme

  01-06-2021 22:02
  
  BERLIN (AP) — A court in Germany has convicted a former private banker of five counts of tax evasion in a case linked to a far-reaching scheme involving hundreds of suspects. The regional court in Bonn sentenced the former employee of Hamburg-based bank M.M. Warburg to five years and six months in prison and ordered him to repay 100,000 euros ($122,000). A court spokesperson said Tuesday’s verdict can be appealed. The defendant allegedly took part in so-called cum-ex transactions in
  
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• Biden to suspend oil leases in Alaska’s Arctic refuge

  01-06-2021 21:59
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is suspending oil and gas leases in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as it reviews the environmental impacts of drilling in the remote region. That’s according to two people who have been briefed on the administration’s plan. The refuge has been the focus of a political and environmental fight for more than three decades. The Interior Department order is set to be announced later Tuesday. It follows a temporary moratorium
  
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• Florida governor OKs limits on transgender student athletes

  01-06-2021 21:52
  
  Ron DeSantis (R), Governor of Florida, Photo Date: August 7, 2020
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is plunging Florida deeper into the culture wars. With a stroke of his pen on Tuesday, Florida is now the latest state to bar transgender girls and women from playing on public school teams intended for student athletes born as girls. The measure DeSantis signed at a Christian school was approved by the GOP-led Legislature. Starting July 1, a transgender student athlete
  
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• Outlets: LA County fire station shooting kills 1 firefighter

  01-06-2021 21:51
  
  SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) — Multiple media outlets say a shooting at a small Los Angeles County Fire Department station has killed one firefighter. A sheriff’s statement says deputies responded to reports of multiple gunshot victims shortly before 11 a.m. Tuesday a station about 45 miles north of Los Angeles. Authorities didn’t have more details. A home near the station is on fire, and there’s a heavy police presence, but authorities didn’t immediately have more in
  
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• 1 firefighter killed in shooting at Los Angeles County Fire Department station, multiple LA-area media outlets report

  01-06-2021 21:46
  
  SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) — 1 firefighter killed in shooting at Los Angeles County Fire Department station, multiple LA-area media outlets report.The post 1 firefighter killed in shooting at Los Angeles County Fire Department station, multiple LA-area media outlets report appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Special Weather Statement issued June 1 at 1:45PM MDT by NWS Tucson AZ

  01-06-2021 21:45
  
  At 1243 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking a pair of strongthunderstorms 24 miles southwest of Hannagan Meadow, or 27 milesnorthwest of Clifton, with little movement.
  Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with these storm.
  Locations impacted include…Clifton, Morenci, Point-Of-Pines and Rose Peak.Frequent lightning is occurring with these storms. Lightning canstrike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter insidea building or vehicle.The post Special Weather Statement is
  
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• Judge tosses lawsuit from ex-Marine who was jailed in Iran

  01-06-2021 21:45
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge has thrown out a lawsuit from a former Marine who was jailed in Iran for more than four years and then denied a multimillion-dollar payout from a special U.S. government victims’ fund after an FBI espionage investigation into his travels. Judge Richard Hertling of the Court of Federal Claims said in a ruling dated Friday that the court did not have jurisdiction to overturn decisions of the special master who oversees the fund. A lawyer for Amir Hekmati said
  
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• Pakistani journalist summoned on allegation he defamed army

  01-06-2021 21:35
  
  ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani journalist recently beaten by unidentified men in his apartment says he was summoned by authorities to answer allegations he defamed a key national institution — a term often used for the military. Asad Ali Toor, who works for the Aaj News Pakistani TV channel, said he was consulting his lawyer to decide whether to appear before the Federal Investigation Agency on June 4. The development comes a week after three armed men forcibly entered Toor’s apa
  
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• OECD head: Biden’s global tax proposal ‘a game changer’

  01-06-2021 21:35
  
  PARIS (AP) — The new head of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development says he is “quietly optimistic” about reaching an international deal on taxing multinational companies. OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann made the remarks on Tuesday after taking over from Angel Gurria, who had led the Paris-based organization since 2006. More than 140 countries are taking part in talks convened by the OECD that focus on a global minimum for corporate taxation to deter b
  
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• NATO chief says Afghan exit going well as 10 die in attacks

  01-06-2021 21:34
  
  BRUSSELS (AP) — The head of NATO says the military organization’s pullout from Afghanistan is going well after an 18-year presence in the country. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told reporters Tuesday that “the drawdown of our forces is progressing in an orderly and coordinated way. At every step, the safety of our personnel remains paramount.” His remarks came as at least 10 people were killed in a series of explosions Tuesday that plunged Afghanistan’s ca
  
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• Report tells of sexual assault, racism at military institute

  01-06-2021 21:32
  
  A state-sanctioned report says the Virginia Military Institute has tolerated and failed to address institutional racism and sexism and must be held accountable for making changes. The report was put together by an independent law firm and released Tuesday by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia. Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam and other state officials ordered an investigation after The Washington Post reported that Black cadets and alumni faced “relentless racism.” The s
  
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• New online payment service launched by City of Sierra Vista

  01-06-2021 21:28
  
  SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. (KVOA) - Sierra Vista customers will be able to make payments through the City’s Citizen Self Service portal starting Wednesday.Customers making their payments online will be able to see real-time payment processing to immediately view accurate account balances, according to the City of Sierra Vista. Customers will also be able to schedule payments for future dates and set up recurring payments that will automatically be processed on the scheduled date.The changes made
  
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• Asian San Francisco officer attacked in possible hate crime

  01-06-2021 21:28
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Authorities say a San Francisco police officer who responded to a call about a man making threats to people in Chinatown was attacked by the suspect. He was later arrested on assault and hate crime charges. Surveillance video showed the female officer, who is of Asian descent, approach the 33-year-old man and tell him to turn around and put his hands on his head. He follows her commands but then turned around and shoved her and wrestled with her on the ground. The vide
  
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• NATO chief says Afghan exit going well as 6 die in attacks

  01-06-2021 21:26
  
  BRUSSELS (AP) — The head of NATO says the military organization’s pullout from Afghanistan is going well after an 18-year presence in the country. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told reporters Tuesday that “the drawdown of our forces is progressing in an orderly and coordinated way. At every step, the safety of our personnel remains paramount.” His remarks came as at least six people were killed in a series of attacks Tuesday that plunged Afghanistan’s capi
  
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• DA won’t seek death even if Scott Peterson gets new trial

  01-06-2021 21:19
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California prosecutors say they won’t again seek the death penalty against Scott Peterson in the 2002 slaying of his pregnant wife even if he is granted a new trial based on juror misconduct. But Superior Court Judge Anne-Christine Massullo says even that declaration Tuesday isn’t enough to entirely take a death sentence off the table, because laws and prosecutors can change. She is considering if Peterson should get a new trial in the 2002 death of La
  
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• Huawei ex-director on trial in Poland on China spying charge

  01-06-2021 21:11
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Two men accused of spying for China have gone on trial in Poland’s capital. One is a Chinese citizen who is a former sales director of Huawei in Poland and the other is a Polish cybersecurity expert who had worked for a national security agency. Both have pleaded not guilty. Prosecutors requested that the trial be held in secret due to the classified nature of some of the evidence. Although the defendants objected, the court agreed, citing state interests. Both
  
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• Miami Beach police questioning rapper DaBaby about shooting

  01-06-2021 21:03
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Grammy-nominated rapper DaBaby is being questioned by Miami Beach police regarding a shooting that wounded two people. A Miami Beach police spokesman says 29-year-old Jonathan Kirk was one of many people being questioned by officials on Tuesday. Jonathan Kirk is DaBaby’s legal name. No arrests have been made but the spokesman said earlier that “several possible suspects” had been detained. Police received multiple 911 calls reporting a shooting just after 11:
  
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