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• Report: Plane in fatal crash had part installed upside down

  04-06-2021 23:56
  
  MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — A federal report says a small private plane that crashed in South Carolina last month, killing the pilot, had a key part installed upside down and backward after maintenance. Authorities say 60-year-old James Harper died in the May 21 crash of his Piper PA-31 just after taking off from Myrtle Beach International Airport. He was a pilot with American Airlines. The preliminary accident report says the small plane’s primary and secondary flight controls had bee
  
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• Ohio deputy who shot, killed Casey Goodson Jr. to retire

  04-06-2021 23:56
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio sheriff says the deputy who fatally shot Casey Goodson Jr. five times in the back is retiring next month. Dallas Baldwin is the sheriff in Franklin County in central Ohio. He said Friday that Deputy Jason Meade will leave the agency July 2 on disability retirement. He didn’t offer further details. A message was left with the attorney representing Meade. Meade, who is white, killed Goodson, a 23-year-old Black man, in December. Relatives say Goodson was o
  
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• Court: Agency shift on walruses needs more explanation

  04-06-2021 23:54
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A federal appeals court panel has ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service failed to adequately explain why it changed its position on Endangered Species Act protections for the Pacific walrus. In 2011, the federal agency found listing the walrus as a threatened or endangered species was warranted because of diminishing sea ice habitat. But six year later, the agency said it determined protections were not warranted and said it relied on the best available sci
  
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• Mississippi group honors fictional man in ‘Ode to Billy Joe’

  04-06-2021 23:48
  
  GREENWOOD, Miss. (AP) — Some Mississippi residents are honoring the memory of the fictional Billy Joe McAllister where — as the 1967 hit song had it — he ended his life when he jumped off the Tallahatchie bridge. “Ode to Billy Joe” was written and recorded by Bobbie Gentry, who lived part of her life in Greenwood. The Greenwood Commonwealth reports that people held a ceremony Thursday to talk about Billy Joe as if they knew him. The group included Republican U.S. Se
  
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• Four migrants transported for severe dehydration after group found in distress near Tabletop Mountains

  04-06-2021 23:44
  
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  TUCSON (KVOA) - Four undocumented noncitizens were transported to the hospital for severe dehydration after a group of distressed migrants were reported to Border Patrol in the Tabletop Mountains Wednesday afternoon.According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, agents from the Casa Grande Border Patrol Station and Tucson Sector BORSTAR received a 911 call about 26 migrants in distress about six miles south of Interstate 8.Officials say once the group was loca
  
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• Biden aims to restore species protections weakened by Trump

  04-06-2021 23:39
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says it is canceling or reviewing a host of actions by the Trump administration to roll back protections for endangered or threatened species, with a goal of strengthening a landmark law while addressing climate change. The reviews by the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service are aimed at five Endangered Species Act regulations finalized by the Trump administration, including critical habitat designations and rules de
  
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• Murder suspect’s brother gets 12 years for hiding sibling

  04-06-2021 23:30
  
  FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The brother of a Texas man accused of fatally shooting his two teenage daughters in suburban Dallas in 2008 has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for helping his sibling evade arrest for more than a decade. Yassein Abdulfatah Said was sentenced Friday in federal court in Fort Worth. A jury found him guilty in February of a variety of conspiracy charges. His brother, Yaser Abdel Said, is awaiting trial on a capital murder charge in the New Year’s Da
  
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• Ex-child actor Drake Bell accused of child endangerment

  04-06-2021 23:29
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — One of stars of the popular Nickelodeon children’s show “Drake & Josh” faces criminal charges regarding a girl he had met online and attended a 2017 concert of his in Cleveland when she was 15. Thirty-four-year-old Jared “Drake” Bell pleaded not guilty Thursday to felony attempted endangering children and misdemeanor disseminating matter harmful to juveniles. Defense attorney Ian Friedman says “all facts will be revealed in a courtro
  
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• Fort Worth picking new mayor for first time in a decade

  04-06-2021 23:28
  
  Fort Worth is electing a new mayor in a race that resembles a Texas battleground and could lead to key decisions over policing in one of America’s largest cities. A runoff Saturday between Deborah Peoples and Mattie Parker will decide the booming city’s first new mayor in a decade. Peoples was a former Democratic Party chairwoman who would become Fort Worth’s first Black mayor. Parker is a former top aide to the outgoing mayor and is endorsed by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott. Pol
  
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• USDA sending $1B in funding to country’s food bank networks

  04-06-2021 23:26
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Agriculture is sending $1 billion to the country’s food bank networks, seeking to expand the reach of the system and revamp the way food banks acquire and distribute aid. The funding, announced Friday, comes half from the American Rescue Plan COVID stimulus bill and half from standard congressional appropriations. Like other aspects of President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better initiative, the food bank plan openly seeks to use COVID recovery as
  
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• Ex-House member who resigned amid scandal hit with $220K fee

  04-06-2021 23:23
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former California congresswoman Katie Hill has been ordered to pay about $220,000 in attorneys’ fees to a British tabloid and two conservative journalists she had sued after the publication of intimate photos without her consent. The Democrat who briefly represented a district north of Los Angeles accused them in a revenge-porn lawsuit thrown out earlier this year of violating the law by publishing the pictures. Hill resigned in 2019 after the publication of the ph
  
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• Police, families plead for info in Miami mass shooting

  04-06-2021 23:20
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Miami’s top officials and relatives of the victims are pleading with the community to offer information to find the suspects in a Memorial Day weekend mass shooting that killed three people and wounded 20 others outside a banquet hall. Police have made no arrests. Miami-Dade County’s top prosecutor, Katherine Rundle, also made a plea to the community as police say they’re focusing on rivalry between local rappers in their investigation. Rundle made the plea a
  
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• Red Flag Warning issued June 4 at 3:16PM MDT until June 5 at 10:00PM MDT by NWS Tucson AZ

  04-06-2021 23:16
  
  The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a Red FlagWarning, which is in effect from 11 AM to 9 PM MST Saturday.
  * AFFECTED AREA…Fire weather zone 154 east of the San Pedro Valleyand from the Dos Cabezas Mountains northward.
  * TIMING…11 am until 9 pm Saturday.
  * WINDS…West-Northwest 15-30 mph, with gusts to around 40 mph.
  * RELATIVE HUMIDITY…8-16%.
  * IMPACTS…Any fires that develop or are ongoing will have thepotential to spread rapidly and be resistant
  
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• Pressure mounts on UNC in Nikole Hannah-Jones tenure dispute

  04-06-2021 23:13
  
  WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — The pressure is mounting on trustees at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to grant tenure to investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones. On Friday, a major funding partner joined the call to change her status and a sought-after chemistry professor decided not to join the faculty over the dispute. In addition, The Baltimore Sun published an editorial drawing a parallel between Hannah-Jones and the Tulsa race massacre of 1921. Some believe conservat
  
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• India pursues fugitive high-end jeweler arrested in Dominica

  04-06-2021 23:05
  
  ROSEAU, Dominica (AP) — A wealthy jeweler sought by Indian authorities for questioning in massive fraud case in his native India remains under arrest in the eastern Caribbean island of Dominica following a brief hearing. Mehul Choksi is accused of illegally entering Dominica in late May after leaving the nearby island of Antigua, where he had been living after fleeing India. The 62-year-old recently pleaded not guilty, although the case is ongoing and he faces another court appearance foll
  
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• State orders unregistered facility to halt cremations

  04-06-2021 23:04
  
  YPSILANTI, Mich. (AP) — State licensing officials have ordered a southeastern Michigan company to stop performing cremations after the state received an anonymous complaint of improperly stored bodies, heavy smoke and leaking bodily fluids on the premises. Michigan’s Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs says a cease and desist order was issued Friday against Tri-County Cremation Services in Ypsilanti and its listed owners. The company is accused of operating a crematory wit
  
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• Trudeau wants Vatican apology for church-run school abuses

  04-06-2021 22:55
  
  TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he’s “deeply disappointed” the Roman Catholic Church hasn’t offered a formal apology and made amends for the role it played in Canada’s former system of church-run Indigenous boarding schools. Friday’s comments come days after the remains of 215 children were located at what was once the country’s largest such school. The prime minister is calling on the Catholic Church to “step up&rd
  
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• The NBA awaits a new champion, and the path is wide open

  04-06-2021 22:51
  
  The NBA will have a new champion. A lot of first-time champions, too. The second round of the NBA playoffs start on Saturday night, and nowhere to be found are the franchises that have combined to win almost two-thirds of the titles awarded in league history. And there are only eight players left in the playoffs who have been part of an NBA Finals win. So, for virtually everyone left in the playoffs, this is a whole new world. The post The NBA awaits a new champion, and the path is wide ope
  
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• The Latest: Mexico to use US vaccine doses at border

  04-06-2021 22:50
  
  MEXICO CITY — Mexican officials said Friday they will use 1 million U.S. doses of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine to inoculate people along the border.
  President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says the vaccinations along Mexico’s northern border with the United States is part of an effort to fully reopen border crossings, which are currently restricted to essential travel.
  “There is going to be a special vaccination plan in the border communities of our
  
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• Judge says he’ll appoint ex-judge in review of Giuliani raid

  04-06-2021 22:50
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A judge says he plans to appoint a former federal judge to oversee a review of materials seized in raids on Rudolph Giuliani’s home and office. Federal Judge J. Paul Oetken announced Friday that he’ll appoint Barbara Jones unless she concludes she has a conflict because she has worked at Giuliani’s former firm or any other reason. If not, she’ll be made a “special master” to protect privilege in a review of materials seized in the late-Ap
  
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• Walmart to again close its US stores on Thanksgiving Day

  04-06-2021 22:49
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart says it will close its U.S. stores on Thanksgiving for the second consecutive year. The nation’s largest retailer and biggest private employer said Friday that it wants to give workers time off for all their “hard work and dedication” to the company. It follows the decision by Target Corp., which announced back in January it would be closing its stores again on the annual late-November turkey feast. The move shows how the pandemic will have lasting
  
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• South Carolina inmate trying to halt June 18 execution

  04-06-2021 22:45
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The inmate scheduled to be the first put to death under South Carolina’s recently revamped capital punishment law has filed a last-minute request seeking to halt his execution in the electric chair. Attorneys for Brad Sigmon argued in papers filed Thursday that the state hasn’t exhausted all methods to procure lethal injection drugs. They want a judge to put a stop to his June 18 execution. A hearing on the matter is scheduled for next week. South Carolina
  
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• Walmart to close its US stores on Thanksgiving _ again

  04-06-2021 22:39
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart says it will close its U.S. stores on Thanksgiving for the second consecutive year. The nation’s largest retailer and biggest private employer said Friday that it wants to give workers time off for all their “hard work and dedication” to the company. It follows the decision by Target Corp., which announced back in January it would be closing its stores again on the annual late-November turkey feast. The move shows how the pandemic will have lasting
  
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• Senate GOP pans Biden infrastructure plan, preps new offer

  04-06-2021 22:38
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans are panning President Joe Biden’s latest infrastructure proposal. Republicans view his proposed 15% corporate minimum tax as unnecessary, according to a person granted anonymity to discuss the private talks. They are preparing to bring their own revised offer Friday. Biden and lead GOP negotiator Sen. Shelley Moore Capito spoke again Friday as negotiations grind on. The White House has downplayed what had been a deadline next week to see if there
  
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• French museum to send U.S. second Lady Liberty to rekindle friendship

  04-06-2021 22:38
  
  NBC News ChannelThe replica will then be transported to the French Embassy in Washington D.C. as part of a 10-year loan.
  New York's Lady Liberty is set to get a new sister as a French museum plans to send a replica of the landmark to the United States in time for Independence Day.The replica will depart from Paris on June 7 and will arrive aboard a boat in New York City's Ellis Island on the Fourth of July.The replica will then be transported to the French Embassy in Washington D.C. as part of
  
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• The City Of Tucson asks for community input for construction project

  04-06-2021 22:35
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - On Friday, the City of Tucson Department of Transportation and Mobility (DTM) announced that it is seeking community input on two alternative options to improve First Avenue between Grant Road and River Road.
  According to a TDOT news release, the first alternative would keep First Avenue at its current configuration of four travel lanes, while modernizing the corridor to improve safety, upgrade traffic signals, enhance comfort and access for pedestrians and bicyclists, and instal
  
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• Appeals court upholds man’s conviction for threatening tweet

  04-06-2021 22:28
  
  A federal appeals court has upheld the conviction of a North Carolina man who posted an anonymous threat on social media to lynch a Muslim-American political candidate from Virginia. Friday’s ruling by a three-judge panel from the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Joseph Cecil Vandevere’s argument that a threatening tweet that he directed at former state Senate candidate Qasim Rashid contained constitutionally protected speech. The March 2018 tweet included a picture of a ly
  
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• Legion official resigns over censored Memorial Day speech

  04-06-2021 22:18
  
  The head of an American Legion post in Ohio has stepped down after organizers of a Memorial Day ceremony silenced a speech about freed Black slaves honoring soldiers after the Civil War. American Legion leaders in Ohio also suspended the post’s charter on Friday and are taking steps to close it. The moves come in the wake of intense criticism over the decision to censor retired Army Lt. Col. Barnard Kemter at the ceremony in Hudson, Ohio. Kemter said he wanted to share the history of how M
  
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• Walmart to close all stores on Thanksgiving Day

  04-06-2021 22:14
  
  Walmart Inc.Walmart(CNN) - You won't be able to go shopping at Walmart on Thanksgiving.
  Walmart on Friday announced it will close all U.S. stores on Thanksgiving Day to thank employees for their hard work during the pandemic.
  The retailer says in addition to the day off, it help associates navigate their well-being during the pandemic with no-cost counseling and COVID-19 emergency leave.
  This is the second year running that Walmart has closed stores on Thanksgiving to give time back to associat
  
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• Correction: Racial Injustice-Indigenous-Colleges story

  04-06-2021 22:14
  
  CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — In a story May 28, 2021, about Native Americans seeking atonement from U.S. colleges, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Emily Van Dyke is a member of the Siksika Nation in Canada. She is of Siksika descent but not an officially enrolled tribe member. The story has also been clarified to show that Van Dyke believes Native American students are not just struggling to adjust to campus life at Harvard, but also feel left out of broader campus conversations
  
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• Stocks end the week higher as US jobs report calms Fed fears

  04-06-2021 22:09
  
  Stocks ended the week with solid gains on Wall Street after a lukewarm report on the job market raised hopes the Federal Reserve will keep the accelerator floored on its support for the economy. The S&P 500 rose 0.9% Friday following several days of choppy trading. The Labor Department reported that U.S. employers added 559,000 jobs in May. That was an improvement from April’s sluggish gain but still fell short of forecasts. Companies are still struggling to find enough workers as the
  
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• Christian college ends program citing gender, sex guidelines

  04-06-2021 22:07
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A small Christian university outside of Philadelphia has shuttered its highly regarded social work degree program partly because university officials say the national accrediting agency was attempting to impose values on sexuality and gender that don’t align with the school’s religious mission. Cairn University officials say the decision was under consideration for almost a year because of larger funding enrollment concerns. Social worker groups, the accredi
  
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• The Pompidou, Paris’ temple of modern art, plans NJ branch

  04-06-2021 21:58
  
  The Statue of Liberty could be getting company from her native France.
  Paris’ acclaimed Pompidou Center announced plans Friday to open a satellite museum in what is now a gutted industrial building in New Jersey’s Jersey City, not far from where Lady Liberty stands in New York Harbor.
  Centre Pompidou x Jersey City, scheduled to open in 2024, would be the French museum’s first venture in North America, said Centre Pompidou President Serge Lasvignes. It currently has sites in Met
  
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• Man exonerated in headphone slaying due to fired detective

  04-06-2021 21:53
  
  A young man serving life without parole has been exonerated Friday in the death of a special-needs athlete in a case stained by a Philadelphia detective now charged with sexually assaulting witnesses. A judge reversed the conviction of then 19-year-old Arkel Garcia on Friday. Prosecutors say he confessed to the 2013 slaying after being interrogated by a detective who groomed and sexually assaulted witnesses in the case. The former detective, 55-year-old Philip Nordo, is awaiting trial in October
  
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• Mexico to use US-donated vaccines along border

  04-06-2021 21:44
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican officials say they will use 1 million U.S. doses of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine to vaccinate people along the border. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Friday that the vaccinations along Mexico’s northern border with the United States is part of an effort to fully reopen border crossings, which are currently restricted to essential travel. Mexican officials said they will have to obtain another 2 million doses of the
  
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• The Latest: California draws winners of $50K vaccine prizes

  04-06-2021 21:39
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom took a turn as gameshow host as the state drew the first 15 winners of $50,000 prizes for getting vaccinated against the coronavirus.
  Newsom and two others drew the winners from a lottery machine Friday.
  It’s the first in a series of drawings, culminating in 10 grand prizes of $1.5 million each on June 15. That’s the day when the state expects to drop almost all coronavirus related restrictions on businesses and gatherings.
  The
  
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• Trudeau lectures Catholic Church on church-run schools

  04-06-2021 21:35
  
  TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he’s “deeply disappointed” the Roman Catholic Church hasn’t offered a formal apology and made amends for the role it played in Canada’s former Indigenous school system. Friday’s comments come days after the remains of 215 children were located at what was once the country’s largest such school. The prime minister is calling on the Catholic Church to “step up” and take responsibi
  
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• Biden says jobs report bolsters case for government spending

  04-06-2021 21:33
  
  President Joe Biden is portraying the May jobs report as a jumping off point for more spending on infrastructure and education. It’s an argument for his broader agenda to keep growth going. But Friday’s employment numbers also hinted at the limits of how much government aid can be pumped into the world’s largest economy. The 559,000 jobs added were less than what many economists were expecting. A separate figure indicated that too few people are looking for jobs compared to dem
  
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• EXPLAINER: 5 key takeaways from the May jobs report

  04-06-2021 21:20
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The American economy delivered 559,000 added jobs in May. In ordinary times, that would amount to a blockbuster burst of hiring for one month, and the response would be an outpouring of cheers. These are not ordinary times. In the wake of a violent recession that paralyzed the economy and triggered tens of millions of layoffs, the nation still remains 7.6 million jobs short of the number it had in February 2020, just before viral pandemic erupted. So the government’
  
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• US intel report on UFOs: No evidence of aliens, but…

  04-06-2021 21:18
  
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  WASHINGTON (AP) — Whatever or whoever they are, they’re still out there. But a new U.S. government report fails to give a definitive explanation of UFOs spotted by military pilots.
  It finds no evidence they are linked to aliens — but doesn't deny the possibility either.
  The report due to Congress later this month examines unexplained sightings from recent years that in some cases have been captured on video of pilots exclaiming about objects flying in front of th
  
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• Brazil’s Amazon deforestation reaches record level for May

  04-06-2021 21:07
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Newly released government data at the start of the dry season signals that deforestation of Brazil’s Amazon may outpace last year’s surge in cutting. Deforestation detected in May was 41% above the level recorded the same month last year. May marks the beginning of the dry season in the Amazon, when deforestation tends to spike. Environmentalists warned that the data released Friday marks a worrisome start to the dry season that is worst between June and A
  
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• Turkey says it’s made a new natural gas find in Black Sea

  04-06-2021 21:00
  
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says a new 135-billion cubic meter natural gas reserve has been discovered in Black Sea waters, which could help the energy-dependent country cover its needs in the years to come. Friday’s announcement follows one last year that another 405 billion cubic meters of natural gas were found in the Black Sea. The government says it plans to extract and use the gas by 2023. Turkey has increased its maritime search for hydrocarbon
  
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• Reward for gunman that killed 6-year-old in road rage incident grows to $450,000

  04-06-2021 21:00
  
  YORBA LINDA, Calif. (NBC News) - The search continues for the gunman who shot and killed a 6-year-old California boy.Little Aiden Leos was shot in a road rage incident back on May 21.Aiden and his mother were headed to kindergarten when another driver shot him.Thanks to donations from anonymous donors, government officials and community members the reward for information in the case now stands at $450,000.The Mayor of Costa Mesa says the shooting was a senseless tragedy that's been felt by the e
  
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• Pima County Sheriff: Shooter reported near Catalina; avoid the area

  04-06-2021 20:58
  
  The Pima County Sheriff's Office is asking people to avoid the Catalina area because they have a suspected shooter barricaded. …
  
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• Active shooter reported in Catalina; avoid the area

  04-06-2021 20:58
  
  The Pima County Sheriff's Office is asking residents to avoid the area of Coronado Sunset Drive and Coronado View near Catalina because they have an active shooter barricaded. …
  
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• Fisher-Price recalls baby soothers after 4 infant deaths

  04-06-2021 20:55
  
  EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — Fisher-Price says it is recalling a model of its baby soothers after the deaths of four infants who were placed on their backs unrestrained in the devices and later found on their stomachs. In a joint statement with the Consumer Product Safety Commission, Fisher-Price said Friday it is recalling its 4-in-1 Rock ’n Glide Soothers, which are designed to mimic the motion of a baby being rocked in someone’s arms. The fatalities between April 2019 and Febru
  
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• FDA approves obesity drug that helped people cut weight 15%

  04-06-2021 20:53
  
  Regulators say a new version of a popular diabetes medicine can be sold as a weight-loss drug in the U.S. The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved Wegovy. It’s a higher-dose version of a diabetes drug from the Danish company Novo Nordisk. In company-funded studies, participants taking Wegovy had average weight loss of 15%. Participants lost weight steadily for 16 months before plateauing. In a comparison group getting dummy shots, the average weight loss was about 2.5%. More tha
  
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• Labor negotiations escalate at South Dakota pork plant

  04-06-2021 20:50
  
  SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Meatpacking workers are showing signs of boldness in labor negotiations after experiencing the pandemic’s health threats and economic repercussions. The union at a South Dakota pork processing plant that experienced a virus outbreak last year has overwhelmingly voted to reject a contract offer from Smithfield Foods. It will next move to bring the prospect of a strike to the negotiating table. Workers have pushed for workplace safety during the pandemic. They
  
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• Bulgaria: Top hospital’s management fired over transplants

  04-06-2021 20:45
  
  SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s caretaker health minister has sacked the management of a leading hospital in the capital, Sofia, where he said illegal organ transplants were carried out and state funds were abused on a large scale. Stoycho Katsarov claimed that over the past two years surgeons from the hospital performed at least 14 kidney transplants with organs from living donors. He said the donors were all young people from Ukraine and Moldova — both among Europe’s
  
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• Pressure mounts on UNC in Nikole Hannah-Jones hiring dispute

  04-06-2021 20:44
  
  WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — The pressure is mounting on trustees at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to grant tenure to investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones. On Friday, a major funding partner joined the call to change her status and a sought-after chemistry professor decided not to join the faculty over the dispute. In addition, The Baltimore Sun published an editorial drawing a parallel between Hannah-Jones and the Tulsa race massacre of 1921. Some believe conservat
  
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