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• Red Flag Warning issued June 5 at 3:59PM MDT until June 5 at 10:00PM MDT by NWS Tucson AZ

  05-06-2021 23:59
  
  * AFFECTED AREA…The northern two thirds of fire weather zone152, the southern portion of Fire weather zone 153 and Fireweather zone 154 east of the San Pedro Valley and from the DosCabezas Mountains northward. The warning does not include theAlpine district.
  * TIMING…until 9 PM MST this evening today.
  * WINDS…West-Northwest 15-30 mph, with gusts to around 40 mph.
  * RELATIVE HUMIDITY…6-15 percent.
  * IMPACTS…Any fires that develop or are ongoing will have thepote
  
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• Teens charged in Baltimore shooting of Israeli man

  05-06-2021 23:53
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Two juveniles and an 18-year-old have been charged with first-degree murder in the shooting of a 31-year-old Israeli man who was visiting relatives in Baltimore last month. Police say 18-year-old William Clinton III, and a 16-year-old and a 17-year-old are being held without bail in the May 3 shooting of Efraim Gordon. He was shot multiple times in what police said appeared to be a robbery. The Baltimore Sun reports that Gordon had traveled from Israel to Baltimore for a w
  
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• Nicaragua detains yet another opposition politician

  05-06-2021 23:39
  
  MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Police in Nicaragua have detained another leading opposition politician and potential presidential candidate. Police said Saturday they arrested Arturo Cruz Sequeira, a former ambassador to the United States, under a controversial ‘treason’ law passed in December. Sequeira was considered a contender for the nomination of the opposition Citizens for Liberty party in the Nov. 7 elections. His arrest follows the detention of opposition figure Cristiana Ch
  
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• The Latest: Hawaii emails reveal strain over contact tracing

  05-06-2021 23:37
  
  HONOLULU — A review of Hawaii Gov. David Ige’s emails shows the state epidemiologist spent key weeks in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic resisting suggestions and requests that she boost contact tracing to control the spread of COVID-19.They also showed Dr. Sarah Park repeatedly telling her superiors that the state’s failure to adequately fund the division she headed was preventing her from quickly expanding their work to respond to the crisis.
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• The heat will stay as the winds start to pick up

  05-06-2021 23:33
  
  TUCSON - Wind gusts close to 30mph have been moving through Southern Arizona today, but that hasn't stopped the heat.Warmer temperatures are expected in Western Pima county with Ajo, Sells and Why reaching 101-103 during the afternoon on Sunday.
  Cochise and Santa Cruz county will miss out on the triple digits, but their high temperatures will reach the upper 90's.
  A red flag warning has been issued for areas with elevations higher than 5,500 ft due to strong winds and dry air.Overnight lows will
  
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• Florida State rallies to eliminate Arizona at Women’s CWS

  05-06-2021 23:32
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Florida State rallied to beat Arizona 4-3 in a Women’s College World Series elimination game. The Seminoles advanced to play No. 5 seed Oklahoma State in an elimination game Saturday night. With the score tied at three heading into the bottom of the seventh, Florida State’s Kaley Mudge led off with a single. She advanced to second on a fielder’s choice and third on a throwing error by Arizona second baseman Reyna Carranco. Mudge scored the game winner
  
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• Trail runner rescued, transported to hospital

  05-06-2021 23:28
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - The Northwest Fire Department has confirmed that one runner has been rescued near Longhope Lane and Sweetwater and transported to a local hospital Saturday morning.
  Northwest Fire, @TucsonFireDept & @PimaSheriff rescued an injured trail runner from the area of Longhope Lane & Sweetwater this morning.The victim (male) was transported to the hospital. pic.twitter.com/69qdHxjCNo— Northwest Fire (@NorthwestFire) June 5, 2021
  The investigation is still ongoing. News 4 Tu
  
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• Nigerian government-enforced Twitter suspension takes effect

  05-06-2021 23:23
  
  LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Millions of Nigerians were unable to access Twitter after the government enforced an indefinite suspension of the microblogging platform’s operations in Nigeria. The Association of Licensed Telecommunication Operators of Nigeria said in a statement Saturday that its members have suspended access to Twitter in compliance with a government directive to do so. The Nigeria government said Friday it was indefinitely suspending Twitter in Africa’s most populous
  
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• Magnitude 5.3 quake rattles parts of Southern California

  05-06-2021 23:10
  
  CALIPATRIA, Calif. (AP) — A moderate earthquake struck near the Salton Sea in Southern California on Saturday but there were no immediate reports of injuries or serious damage. The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude 5.3 earthquake was reported at 10:55 a.m. and centered about 6.8 miles west of Calipatria.  It was the biggest among a cluster of earthquakes reported in the area Saturday morning. Several hundred people from as far away as San Diego and Yuma, Arizona, reported on t
  
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• Segregationist former Alabama Gov. John Patterson dies at 99

  05-06-2021 22:44
  
  Former Alabama Gov. John Patterson has died at the age of 99. His daughter says he died Friday. Patterson entered politics as a reformer after his father’s assassination but was criticized for failing to protect the Freedom Riders from angry white mobs. A segregationist as governor, he drew criticism when Freedom Riders were attacked while in Alabama. Patterson did nothing to protect the activists who were seeking to integrate bus waiting rooms and lunch counters. He later voiced regret fo
  
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• Dozens of fire units battle blaze at Phoenix recycling yards

  05-06-2021 22:44
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix firefighters on Saturday battled a large fire that sent black smoke across much of the city. Dozens of fire units were dispatched to the fire which Fire Capt. Todd Keller said involved five commercial buildings and multiple recycling yards. At least two ladder trucks were using water cannons to shoot water onto the fire. There was no immediate report of injuries and it wasn’t immediately what type of material was burning or what started the fire.The post Dozens
  
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• Former Alabama Gov. John Patterson dies at 99; entered politics as reformer, failed to protect Freedom Riders

  05-06-2021 22:39
  
  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Former Alabama Gov. John Patterson dies at 99; entered politics as reformer, failed to protect Freedom Riders.The post Former Alabama Gov. John Patterson dies at 99; entered politics as reformer, failed to protect Freedom Riders appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Police: 3 fatally shot in unrelated attacks in Minneapolis

  05-06-2021 22:02
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Authorities say three people were killed in separate shootings in Minneapolis early Saturday, though none of the shootings were related to protests over the fatal shooting of a Black man by sheriff’s deputies earlier in the week. A police spokesman says a woman wounded in a hail of bullets along the 2200 block of N. 2nd Street died upon arrival at a hospital in Robbinsdale. He says a bystander who was shot during a shootout by street racers also died at a hospital.
  
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• Yemen officials say Houthi rebel missile hits city, kills 17

  05-06-2021 21:59
  
  CAIRO (AP) — Yemeni officials say the country’s Houthi rebels have fired a ballistic missile on a government-held city, killing at least 17 people, including a 5-year-old girl. The missile hit a gas station in the Rawdha neighborhood in Marib, according to Ali al-Ghulisi, the Marib governor’s press secretary. Information Minister Moammar al-Iryani said at least five others were wounded in the attack. There was no immediate comment from the Houthis. The strike came as the U.S. s
  
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• Turkey’s leader vows to cure Marmara of ‘sea snot’ flare-ups

  05-06-2021 21:34
  
  ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s president has promised to rescue the Marmara Sea from an outbreak of “sea snot” that is alarming marine biologists and environmentalists. A huge mass of marine mucilage has bloomed in Turkey’s Marmara and the adjoining Black and Aegean Seas. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said untreated waste dumped into the Marmara Sea and climate change had caused the bloom of the thick, slimy substance made up of compounds released by marine organ
  
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• In Trump’s shadow, Ga’s. Kemp draws boos from GOP faithful

  05-06-2021 21:28
  
  JEKYLL ISLAND, Georgia (AP) — The divisions among Georgia Republicans after the 2020 election are being laid bare at the party’s annual convention. On Saturday, Gov. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp drew boos and jeers for his role in certifying President Joe Biden’s victory over former President Donald Trump. Kemp’s supporters tried to drown out the taunts, and Kemp pleaded for party harmony heading into the 2022 elections. But the scene at the convention shows the difficulty in
  
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• Police: sugar worker, 86, fatally shoots boss after firing

  05-06-2021 21:23
  
  BELLE GLADE, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say an 86-year-old sugar mill worker with 31 years on the job fatally shot his boss after he was refused another year at the mill. The Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office said in a news release Saturday that Felix Cabrera was jailed on a first-degree murder charge following the Friday morning shooting at the Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative in Belle Glade. Jail records did not list an attorney for Cabrera. The victim’s name was not released by the she
  
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• Hungary: Plan to build Chinese university branch protested

  05-06-2021 21:18
  
  BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Several thousand people have rallied in Hungary’s capital Saturday against plans by Prime Minister Viktor Orban to host a Chinese university in Budapest. A strategic agreement that Hungary signed with Shanghai-based Fudan University envisages building a branch in the city by 2024. It would enroll international students and represent the school’s only foreign outpost. Budapest authorities have opposed the idea. They argue the $1.9 billion project would b
  
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• Yemen official says Houthi rebel missile hits city, kills 14

  05-06-2021 20:54
  
  CAIRO (AP) — A Yemeni official says the country’s Houthi rebels have fired a ballistic missile on a government-held city, killing at least 14 people, including a 5-year-old girl. The missile hit a gas station in the Rawdha neighborhood in Marib, according to Ali al-Ghulisi, the Marib governor’s press secretary. He said dozens of people were wounded in the attack. There was no immediate comment from the Houthis. The strike came as the U.S. special envoy for Yemen lashed out at t
  
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• Yemen official says Houthi rebels fire missile, killing 14

  05-06-2021 20:44
  
  CAIRO (AP) — A Yemeni official says the country’s Houthi rebels have fired a ballistic missile on a government-held city, killing at least 14 people, including a 5-year-old girl. The missile hit a gas station in the Rawdha neighborhood in Marib, according to Ali al-Ghulisi, the Marib governor’s press secretary. He said dozens of people were wounded in the attack. There was no immediate comment from the Houthis.The post Yemen official says Houthi rebels fire missile, killing 14
  
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• Yemeni official says missile fired by Houthi rebels kills at least 14, including 5-year-old girl, in city of Marib

  05-06-2021 20:41
  
  SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemeni official says missile fired by Houthi rebels kills at least 14, including 5-year-old girl, in city of Marib.The post Yemeni official says missile fired by Houthi rebels kills at least 14, including 5-year-old girl, in city of Marib appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Man killed in confrontation with police in Tucson park

  05-06-2021 20:36
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Tucson police say an officer fatally shot a man during a confrontation after officers responded to a reported domestic dispute at a city park. No information was immediately released about circumstances of the shooting Friday night but police told local media outlets that the confrontation occurred after officers in the area of Jesse Owens Park were flagged down and told of the domestic dispute.No identities were released.The post Man killed in confrontation with polic
  
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• Judge overturns California’s 32-year ban on assault weapons

  05-06-2021 20:32
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge has overturned California’s three-decade-old ban on assault weapons, calling it a “failed experiment” that violates the constitutional right to bear arms. U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez of San Diego ruled Friday that the state’s definition of illegal military-style rifles unlawfully deprives law-abiding Californians of weapons commonly allowed in most other states. California first restricted assault weapons in 1989, with
  
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• No shirts, pants or undies needed on bike ride, just a mask

  05-06-2021 20:26
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia bike riders won’t need shirts, pants, skirts or underwear — just a mask. Organizers of the Philly Naked Bike Ride say this year’s event will take place Aug. 28 and will require masks, based on the city’s earlier coronavirus restrictions. The city lifted most of those restrictions this week, citing increased vaccinations and decreased cases. But ride organizers say they haven’t chatted since the city’s guidelines changed s
  
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• 1 dead, 6 missing at northern Mexico coal mine collapse

  05-06-2021 20:15
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — The body of one miner has been found at a small coal mine in a northern Mexico border state that flooded and collapsed, leaving six miners still missing. The federal civil defense office said Saturday that the body of one miner had been found, and that the search was continuing for the other six. Efforts have concentrated on pumping water out of the mine in the coal belt of the northern state of Coahuila. The army sent a 28-member team with trained dogs to search for vic
  
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• Sheriff advises Superior residents to prepare for evacuation

  05-06-2021 19:59
  
  Pinal County authorities on Saturday advised residents of the town of Superior to prepare for possible evacuation due to a wildfire burning several miles from the community in south-central Arizona’s hill country. The Sheriff’s Office said the “set” alert means there is significant danger” in the area and that residents should be ready to evacuate if notified by public safety officials. A top-tier incident command team has been ordered for the fire, which has burned
  
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• Arizona reports 277 additional COVID cases, 25 more deaths

  05-06-2021 19:30
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona on Saturday reported 277 additional confirmed COVID-19 cases and 25 more deaths as rolling averages for both metrics declined in the past two weeks. The latest daily figures reported on the state’s coronavirus dashboard increased Arizona’s pandemic totals to 883,314 cases and 17,698 deaths. COVID-19-related hospitalizations continue to range between 500 and 600, according to the dashboard. Johns Hopkins University data shows the state’s seven-day ro
  
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• Microsoft says “tank man” image blocking due to human error

  05-06-2021 19:29
  
  HONG KONG (AP) — Microsoft Corp. blamed “accidental human error” for its Bing search engine briefly not showing image results for the search term “tank man” on the anniversary of the bloody military crackdown in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in 1989. Users in different parts of the world, including the U.S., said Friday that no image results were returned when they searched for the term “tank man.” It refers to the iconic image of a standoff between a
  
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• Virginia Dems to decide: Return McAuliffe or chart new path?

  05-06-2021 19:23
  
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — In his quest for a second term as Virginia governor, Terry McAuliffe is heading into next week’s five-way Democratic primary with an undeniable lead in public polling, name recognition, endorsements and money. But the question facing voters in the primary election is whether the political veteran with decades of experience is the right man for the moment in a state and nation deeply divided and in the throes of unsettling change. McAuliffe’s two leading pri
  
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• Biden turns to Obama to help boost health care enrollment

  05-06-2021 19:17
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has turned to his old boss, former President Barack Obama, to help him encourage Americans to sign up for “Obamacare” during an expanded special enrollment period in the pandemic. Biden used his weekly address Saturday for a Zoom chat with Obama to draw attention to the expanded enrollment period that closes on Aug. 15. Meanwhile, the government released a report that says nearly 31 million Americans now have health coverage through Obamaca
  
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• Wildfire in rural area of Gila County now at 12 square miles

  05-06-2021 19:14
  
  A wildfire burning in desert brush and grass in a rural area of Gila County in south-central Arizona has grown to 12 square miles (32 square kilometers) as fire crews faced hot, dry and windy weather. Evacuations were ordered Friday for two sparsely populated areas near the fire, but fire officials said in a statement that no communities were threatened as of Friday night. Crews were working to protect power lines that serve the San Carlos Apache Reservation and area communities. The fire starte
  
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• Bus driver for group of Nashville Freedom Riders dies

  05-06-2021 19:12
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Trailways bus driver for the 1961 group of Nashville Freedom Riders has died, his family confirmed. Jimmy Allen Ruth was 83. According to his family, driving the Freedom Riders from Nashville, Tennessee to Jackson, Mississippi was “one of his greatest accomplishments.” Ruth’s bus driving memorabilia is currently on display at the Tennessee State Museum. The Freedom Rides Movement of 1961 started in Washington, D.C. by 13 men and women who trave
  
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• Cruise ships restart in Venice, bring environmental protests

  05-06-2021 19:07
  
  VENICE, Italy (AP) — The first cruise ship leaving Venice since the pandemic is set to depart amid protests by activists demanding that cruise ships be rerouted out the fragile lagoon. The activists say enormous cruise ships especially endanger the Giudecca Canal in the city’s historic center, posing environmental and safety risks. Italy’s government pledged this winter to get the vessels out of Venice’s lagoon, but  it will likely take years. Passengers arriving Sat
  
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• Marker coming for Black teen whose 1919 death roiled Chicago

  05-06-2021 18:16
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — A Black teenager whose death along a segregated Chicago beach sparked a weeklong race riot in 1919 that left dozens dead is finally getting a grave marker. The Chicago Tribune reports that a stone marker is tentatively set to be placed in late July atop the grave of 17-year-old Eugene Williams at Lincoln Cemetery in the suburb of Blue Island. A group of citizens raised $5,000 to buy the marker. Williams, who lived in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood, drowned in July
  
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• Italian Coast Guard detains German migrant rescue ship

  05-06-2021 17:49
  
  ROME (AP) — The Italian Coast Guard says it detained a migrant rescue ship operated by a German charity after finding the vessel in alleged violation of safety rules and environmental regulations. The Coast Guard said Saturday that some of the 23 “irregularities” inspectors identified were serious enough to warrant the the Sea-Eye 4’s detention in Sicily until the problems are corrected. Last month, the ship disembarked more than 400 passengers who had been rescued in the
  
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• Teen whose death sparked Chicago riot to get grave marker

  05-06-2021 17:47
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — A Black teenager whose death along a segregated Chicago beach sparked a weeklong race riot in 1919 that left dozens dead is finally getting a grave marker. The Chicago Tribune reports that a stone marker is tentatively set to be placed in late July atop the grave of 17-year-old Eugene Williams at Lincoln Cemetery in the suburb of Blue Island. A group of citizens raised $5,000 to buy the marker. Williams, who lived in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood, drowned in July
  
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• Deadly knife attack in east China leaves 5 dead, 15 injured

  05-06-2021 17:37
  
  BEIJING (AP) — Police in eastern China say a deadly knife attack has killed at least five people and left 15 injured. Local police in the city of Anqing in Anhui province said authorities received a report Saturday afternoon that a man had stabbed pedestrians on the street with a knife. The attacker was arrested and the case is under investigation. The injured were taken to the hospital for treatment. The reason for the attack was not immediately clear. Chinese law restricts the sale and p
  
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• Lake Havasu to refurbish underside lighting of London Bridge

  05-06-2021 17:26
  
  LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. (AP) — The historic street lamps atop London Bridge will remain but Lake Havasu City plans a lighting refurbishment to replace the bulbs and wiring in 700 lights under the sidewalks along both sides of the bridge. And new software will provide versatility to use colors and synchronization for special displays. If things go as planned, the work will be done in time for the 50th anniversary in October of the bridge’s dedication after its arrival and reassembly i
  
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• Judge considering moving ‘Unite the Right’ civil trial

  05-06-2021 17:19
  
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A federal judge is considering moving the trial in a lawsuit filed against organizers of the deadly 2017 Unite the Right in Virginia because of potential logistical and safety issues. The Daily Progress reports that U.S. District Judge Norman Moon floated the idea of moving the trial during a telephone hearing in the case Friday. The lawsuit was filed nearly four years ago against white supremacists, neo-Nazis and hate groups accused of organizing and participat
  
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• Lawsuit: Survivor details moments when lift boat capsizes

  05-06-2021 17:02
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A new lawsuit gives details on the harrowing survival of a man who was on a boat that capsized in April off the Louisiana coast. Local media describe the lawsuit filed by Dwayne Lewis. He was taking a nap when the boat flipped over, waking him up as his entire room flipped onto its side. He and another man on the ship smashed through a window, and Lewis eventually floated in the water for three hours before a ship rescued him. He was one of the six people to survive when
  
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• Justice Dept. says it’ll no longer seize reporters’ records

  05-06-2021 16:49
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department says it no longer will secretly obtain reporters’ records during leak investigations. It’s a policy shift that abandons a practice long decried by media freedom groups. The reversal follows a pledge last month by President Joe Biden, who had said it was “simply, simply wrong” to seize journalists’ records. He said his Justice Department would halt the practice.The post Justice Dept. says it’ll no longer seize repo
  
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• 3 US senators to visit Taiwan, discuss relations

  05-06-2021 16:45
  
  TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A bipartisan group of three U.S. senators will travel to Taiwan next week. The de-facto U.S. Embassy in Taiwan announced Saturday that the lawmakers would arrive the following day. The trip is likely to anger China, which claims Taiwan as its territory and objects to Taiwan being called a country. Like most nations, the U.S. has no formal diplomatic ties with Taiwan. Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry thanked the three senators in a separate statement. It said that the t
  
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• Dutch woman, three children repatriated from Syria IS camp

  05-06-2021 16:44
  
  QAMISHLI, Syria (AP) — The Kurdish-led administration in Syria’s northeast has handed to the Netherlands a Dutch woman, her two young sons, and a Dutch girl, who lived in a camp for families of alleged Islamic State militants. A delegation from the Netherlands led by special envoy to Syria Emiel de Bont received the four in Qamishli city, at the Kurdish administration’s offices. The group will be taken home and Kurdish authorities say the adult woman faces no criminal charges b
  
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• In policy shift, the Justice Department says it no longer will secretly seize reporters’ records in leak investigations

  05-06-2021 16:40
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In policy shift, the Justice Department says it no longer will secretly seize reporters’ records in leak investigations.The post In policy shift, the Justice Department says it no longer will secretly seize reporters’ records in leak investigations appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• G-7 back steps to deter tax dodging by multinational firms

  05-06-2021 16:35
  
  LONDON (AP) — The Group of Seven wealthy democracies have agreed to support a global minimum corporate tax of at least 15% in order to deter multinational companies from avoiding taxes by stashing profits in low-rate countries. G-7 finance ministers meeting in London also endorsed proposals to make the world’s biggest companies pay taxes in countries where they have lots of sales but no physical headquarters. That includes U.S.-based tech giants. Britain’s Treasury chief said S
  
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• Turkish president vows to save sea from ‘sea snot’ outbreak

  05-06-2021 16:30
  
  ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s president has promised to rescue the Marmara Sea from an outbreak of “sea snot” that is alarming marine biologists and environmentalists. A huge mass of marine mucilage has bloomed in Turkey’s Marmara and the adjoining Black and Aegean Seas. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said untreated waste dumped into the Marmara Sea and climate change had caused the bloom of the thick, slimy substance made up of compounds released by marine organ
  
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• US economy: Plenty of growth, not enough workers or supplies

  05-06-2021 16:03
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy is sparking confusion and whiplash almost as fast as it’s adding jobs. Barely more than a year after the coronavirus caused the steepest economic fall and job losses on record, the speed of the rebound has been so unexpectedly swift that many companies can’t fill jobs or acquire enough supplies to meet a pent-up burst of customer demand. Economic forecasters, with little historical precedent to guide them through the aftermath of a global pand
  
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• Asia-Pacific trade ministers mull vaccine access, supply

  05-06-2021 15:55
  
  BANGKOK (AP) — Trade ministers from the Asia-Pacific are discussing ways to improve access to coronavirus vaccines and tools needed to fight the pandemic in an online meeting hosted by New Zealand. New Zealand’s Trade and Export Growth Minister Damien O’Connor told reporters Saturday that the officials of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation would be seeking ways to speed up and fortify the recovery from the pandemic. APEC has long focused on dismantling trade barriers and man
  
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• Burkina Faso says at least 100 civilians killed in attack

  05-06-2021 15:47
  
  NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Burkina Faso’s government says gunmen killed at least 100 civilians in a village in the north Sahel region. A government spokesman said the attack took place Friday evening in Solhan village in the Sahel’s Yagha province. The local market and several homes were also burned down. President Roch Marc Christian Kabore described the attack as “barbaric,” and called for three days of mourning. A researcher at the Armed Conflict Location & Event D
  
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• Transgender Salvadoran killed despite long search for safety

  05-06-2021 15:41
  
  SAN MIGUEL, El Salvador (AP) — Rejected by her family, Zashy Zuley del Cid Velásquez fled her coastal village in 2014, the first of a series of forced displacements across El Salvador. She had hoped that in the larger city of San Miguel she could live as a transgender woman without discrimination, harassment or violence. After more forced moves, away from San Miguel and then back again, the 27-year-old Del Cid was shot dead April 25. It sent shockwaves through San Miguel’s clo
  
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