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• Jill Biden, Dr. Fauci visit vaccine site at Harlem church

  06-06-2021 23:41
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — First lady Jill Biden and Dr. Anthony Fauci toured a COVID-19 vaccination site at a historic Harlem church. Biden, Fauci and U.S. Sen Kirsten Gillibrand watched as people got their shots on Sunday in the basement of the Abyssinian Baptist Church. Biden asked a teenager about to get his shot how old he was, and when he said he was 14, she responded, “You’re 14, that’s exactly what we want!” The Abyssinian Baptist Church has often hosted elected offici
  
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• Last of Soviet soldiers who liberated Auschwitz dies at 98

  06-06-2021 23:11
  
  BERLIN (AP) — David Dushman, the last surviving Soviet soldier involved in the liberation of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz, has died. He was 98. The Jewish Community of Munich and Upper Bavaria said Sunday that Dushman died Saturday in a Munich hospital. As a young Red Army soldier, Dushman flattened the forbidding fence around the notorious death camp with his tank on Jan. 27, 1945. After the war he helped train the Soviet Union’s women’s national fencing team for four deca
  
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• Police investigating gunshots near California college campus

  06-06-2021 23:01
  
  AZUSA, Calif. (AP) — Authorities are investigating gunfire near a Christian university campus in Southern California. Azusa Pacific University said there was “active gun shot activity” around 1:20 p.m. near the campus Sunday, which is located in the San Gabriel Valley northeast of Los Angeles. Anyone on the campus was told to shelter in place and stay indoors. It was not immediately clear if anyone had been injured or taken into custody. The university’s alert said there
  
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• I-10 westbound closed near Benson after crash

  06-06-2021 22:51
  
  BENSON (KVOA) - The Arizona Department of Transportation has confirmed that a crash on I-10 westbound east of Benson at milepost 322 has closed both lanes with no estimated time of reopening.ADOT advises to take alternative routes while crews and investigators are on the scene of the crash.News 4 Tucson will update this article as more information comes into the newsroom.
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• Pipeline foes gear up for large northern Minnesota protests

  06-06-2021 22:39
  
  SOLWAY, Minn. (AP) — Environmental and tribal groups opposed to Enbridge Energy’s ongoing effort to replace its aging Line 3 crude oil pipeline are planning large protests in northern Minnesota as the Canadian-based company gears up for a final construction push. Organizers say they expect hundreds of people to participate in Monday’s “Treaty People Gathering.” They are billing the event as the largest resistance yet to the project. They are planning to march to the
  
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• 4 kids among 6 killed in wrong-way crash on I-75 in Kentucky

  06-06-2021 22:37
  
  LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Police in Kentucky say six people have died when a driver heading the wrong way on Interstate 75 struck a vehicle carrying five people. Lexington police say a southbound car heading northbound struck the other car Saturday. Four of the victims were children. A statement by the Fayette County coroner identified the family members as 30-year-old Catherine Greene of Owentown, and children ranging in age from 2 to 11. The driver of the car driving the wrong way was identi
  
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• Indicted Georgia sheriff’s lawyer blasts leak of report

  06-06-2021 22:31
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — The attorney for a Georgia sheriff charged with federal civil rights violations is blasting the public release of a review panel’s report urging the governor to suspend him from office. Attorney Drew Findling told reporters Sunday that the three-page report leaked to news outlets “poisons a potential jury pool” that will eventually hear the charges against Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill. Findling noted Georgia law states such reports to the governor are
  
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• Russian opposition figure leaves country for Ukraine

  06-06-2021 22:19
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — A well-known Russian opposition politician who was held in police custody for two days last week in a criminal investigation says he has left the country for Ukraine. Dmitry Gudkov said in a Facebook post Sunday that sources in Kremlin circles had told him “that if I do not leave the country, the fake criminal case will continue until my arrest.” Gudkov says he believes the investigation is aimed at preventing him from running for the national parliament this year
  
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• Oldest male chimpanzee in US dies at San Francisco zoo

  06-06-2021 22:14
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The oldest male chimpanzee living in an accredited North American zoo died Saturday at the San Francisco Zoo & Gardens. He was 63. The chimpanzee, named Cobby, had been a hand-reared performing chimpanzee before he was brought to the San Francisco zoo in the 1960s. Although the chimpanzee’s cause of death had not been determined, the animal had recently been ill and zoo officials believe old age was a factor. The zoo said the average life expectancy of chimpa
  
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• Pipeline foes gear up for large northern Minnesota protest

  06-06-2021 22:11
  
  SOLWAY, Minn. (AP) — Environmental and tribal groups opposed to Enbridge Energy’s ongoing effort to replace its aging Line 3 crude oil pipeline are planning large protests in northern Minnesota as the Canadian-based company gears up for a final construction push. Organizers say they expect hundreds of people to participate in Monday’s “Treaty People Gathering.” They are billing the event as the largest resistance yet to the project. They are planning to march to the
  
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• Search for climber closes part of Zion National Park

  06-06-2021 22:01
  
  Park administrators have closed areas of Utah’s Zion National Park as rescue crews search for a missing climber. The park said Sunday the search was taking place in The Narrows — a gorge carved by the Virgin River that has rock walls a thousand feet tall and is one of the park’s most popular destinations. The closure also includes Mystery and Orderville Canyons, and the Temple of Sinanwava shuttle stop. Park spokesperson Amanda Rowland told KUTV that crews had been searching in
  
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• Israeli space scientist hurt in riot dies of injuries

  06-06-2021 21:59
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — An 84-year-old man who once headed Israel’s space agency on Sunday has died of injuries sustained during riots that erupted across the country last month. Avi Har-Even was hospitalized after suffering burns and smoke inhalation when an Arab mob torched the hotel he was staying at last month in the northern Israeli town of Acre. The Rambam Health Care Campus, the Haifa hospital that had been treating him, confirmed his death late Sunday.  According to a statement
  
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• David Dushman, who helped liberate Auschwitz, dies at 98

  06-06-2021 21:43
  
  BERLIN (AP) — David Dushman, the last surviving Allied soldier involved in the liberation of Auschwitz, has died. He was 98. The Jewish Community of Munich and Upper Bavaria said Sunday that Dushman had died Saturday in a Munich hospital. As a young Red Army soldier, Dushman flattened the forbidding fence around the notorious Nazi death camp with his tank on Jan. 27, 1945. After the war he helped train the Soviet Union’s women’s national fencing team and survived the attack on
  
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• VP Harris’ plane forced to return due to `technical issue’

  06-06-2021 21:05
  
  JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. (AP) — A technical issue that involved “no major safety concerns” forced Vice President Kamala Harris’ plane to return to Joint Base Andrews in Maryland about 30 minutes after she had left Sunday on a trip to Guatemala and Mexico. The plane landed safely. The vice president is expected to depart in another plane in about an hour. That’s what spokesperson Symone Sanders told reporters traveling with Harris. Sanders called it “is a techni
  
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• Cleared Chicago priest holds first Mass since reinstatement

  06-06-2021 21:01
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — An activist Roman Catholic priest cleared by an Archdiocese of Chicago investigation into decades-old sexual abuse claims has returned to lead worship at his longtime Chicago church. The Rev. Michael Pfleger led services Sunday at the Faith Community of St. Sabina for the first time since January when he was placed on leave amid the accusations. The 72-year-old told congregants, “It’s good to be home.” Last month, the archdiocese officials concluded there w
  
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• Arizona wildfires force more evacuations, highway closures

  06-06-2021 20:37
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities have ordered additional evacuations and closed several stretches of state and U.S. highways in south-central Arizona as hundreds of firefighters battle two wildfires that continue to grow across dozens of square miles east of Phoenix. Evacuations were ordered Sunday for the Top-of-The-World area along U.S. Highway 60 about 10 miles northeast of Superior. The highway was closed from Superior to Miami, along with State Route 177 from Superior to Winkelman and State
  
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• Bear wandering in downtown Florida city eludes searchers

  06-06-2021 20:34
  
  NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — A black bear seen wandering in downtown Naples has eluded wildlife officials even as sightings of the animal continue. Naples police say the bear was first spotted on Friday in the city. he Naples Daily News reported Sunday that several unsuccessful attempts were made to trap the bear in hopes of relocating the animal. Residents of the area continue to call authorities with bear sightings around the city in southwest Florida. Authorities say the bear has not been aggres
  
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• Chicago priest reinstated after allegations back in church

  06-06-2021 20:21
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — An activist Roman Catholic priest cleared by an Archdiocese of Chicago investigation into decades-old sexual abuse claims has returned to lead worship at his longtime Chicago church. The Rev. Michael Pfleger led services Sunday at the Faith Community of St. Sabina for the first time since January when he was placed on leave amid the accusations. The 72-year-old told congregants, “It’s good to be home.” Last month, the archdiocese officials concluded there w
  
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• Serena Williams loses at French Open; Federer withdraws

  06-06-2021 20:19
  
  PARIS (AP) — Serena Williams has lost in the fourth round of the French Open. Williams was beaten 6-3, 7-5 by Elena Rybakina. Williams is a 23-time Grand Slam champion who has won the title at Roland Garros three times. But the 39-year-old American hasn’t been past the fourth round there since she was the runner-up in 2016. This was the 64th time Williams has appeared in that round at a major tournament. It was the first such match for Rybakina. She is a 21-year-old from Kazakhstan w
  
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• Raymond Donovan, Reagan’s former labor secretary, dies at 90

  06-06-2021 20:09
  
  NEW VERNON, N.J. (AP) — A construction company executive who resigned as secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor after grand larceny and other charges of which he was later acquitted by a jury died last week. Raymond Donovan was 90. The Gallaway and Crane funeral home says the New Vernon, New Jersey resident died Wednesday at home of congestive heart failure. Donovan was born in 1930 in Bayonne and attended seminaries before going into business and becoming a partner in Schiavone Constru
  
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• The Latest: County death toll falls with methodology change

  06-06-2021 19:47
  
  DUBLIN, Calif. — A Northern California county has changed its methodology to record coronavirus deaths, causing its fatality figures to decrease by 25%.The official COVID-19 death count in Alameda County, in the San Francisco Bay Area, fell from 1,634 to 1,223 after officials changed the criteria for fatalities to match state and national definitions.Previously, the county had included any person who died while infected with the virus. The Alameda County Public Health Department says its m
  
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• Richard Robinson, longtime Scholastic CEO, dead at 84

  06-06-2021 19:36
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The longtime head of the children’s publishing giant Scholastic Inc. who presided over such bestsellers as J.K. Rowling’s  “Harry Potter” novels and Suzanne Collins’ “The Hunger Games” series along with a wide range of educational materials, reading clubs and book fairs has died. Richard Robinson was 84. Over the past decade, he received an honorary National Book Award for his contributions to the literary community and was hon
  
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• Manchin’s opposition clouds future of Dems’ elections bill

  06-06-2021 19:23
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A key Democratic senator says he won’t not vote for the largest overhaul of U.S. election law in at least a generation. West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin’s stand leaves no plausible path forward for legislation that his party and the White House have portrayed as crucial for protecting access to the ballot. Manchin writes in a home-state newspaper that “voting and election reform that is done in a partisan manner will all but ensure partisan divisions conti
  
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• Energy chief cites risk of cyberattacks crippling power grid

  06-06-2021 19:20
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm is urging more public-private cooperation on cyber defenses, and she says U.S. adversaries already are capable of using cyber intrusions to shut down the power grid. She says, “I think that there are very malign actors who are trying.” Granholm is even speaking in favor of having a law that would ban paying ransomware. A major pipeline company was hit in May with a crippling cyberattack by a ransomware group. Colonial Pipelin
  
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• 2nd South Carolina inmate seeking to block electrocution

  06-06-2021 19:19
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A second inmate scheduled to die later this month under South Carolina’s recently reworked capital punishment law has requested permission to take part in another inmate’s federal request to block his electrocution. Attorneys for Freddie Owens say in court papers that combining the cases would save the courts time and money. Owens’ attorneys want permission to intervene in a request by Brad Sigmon. Sigmon’s lawyers want halt his upcoming execut
  
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• Elise Stefanik, No. 3 House GOP member, announces pregnancy

  06-06-2021 18:58
  
  SARATOGA, N.Y. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik has announced that she is expecting her first child. The fourth-term Congress member from upstate New York tweeted Saturday that she and husband Matthew Manda are expecting a baby this fall. The post on Twitter and Instagram included a photo of Stefanik and Manda patting her baby bump. Stefanik was first elected to Congress in 2014. She was elevated to the No. 3 position in the Republican caucus last month. That move came after party members o
  
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• Merkel’s party fends off far-right challenge in state vote

  06-06-2021 18:47
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives fought off a challenge from far right in a state election Sunday that was seen as the last big test for Germany’s political parties before a national vote in September. Projections by public broadcaster ARD put Merkel’s center-right Christian Democratic Union at 36%. The far-right Alternative for Germany was projected to get 22.5% of the vote. The election result is a strong endorsement for the incumbent governor, who
  
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• Multiple businesses lost in huge Phoenix fire; 1 hurt

  06-06-2021 18:34
  
  PHOENIX, Ariz. (AP) — Fire crews remained on the scene Sunday of a huge fire in Phoenix that roared through multiple recycling yards, destroyed several businesses and injured a firefighter. More than 200 firefighters battled the blaze Saturday that marked the single largest response to an emergency incident in the history of the Phoenix Fire Department. Capt. Todd Keller says the fire was brought under control but crews were continuing to stomp out hotspots. One firefighter remained hospit
  
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• Italian nun slain by 3 teen girls beatified as martyr

  06-06-2021 18:33
  
  ROME (AP) — An Italian nun who was stabbed 19 times by three teen girls apparently fascinated by Satan has been beatified as a martyr of the Roman Catholic Church. Hours before the beatification ceremony Sunday in northern Italy, Pope Francis praised Sister Maria Laura Mainetti and described her killers as “prisoners of evil.” Italian news reports about the June 6, 2000 slaying in the town of Chiavenna said the defendants during interrogation recounted that the nun asked God to
  
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• Police: 3 dead, others hurt in Florida grad party shooting

  06-06-2021 18:29
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Police say three people are dead and at least six others injured following a shooting at a Florida graduation party, the latest in a string of such violence in the Miami area. Miami-Dade police Director Freddie Ramirez told news outlets Sunday that one of those killed was a state corrections officer. Ramirez said the party at a strip mall was ending when one or more vehicles “pulled up and began to fire into the crowd.” The identities of those killed and wounded we
  
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• No mass protests after Honolulu police shoot, kill Black man

  06-06-2021 18:07
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — Honolulu police shot and killed Lindani Myeni, a Black man, three months after he moved to Hawaii with his wife, believing it would be safer place to raise their two Black children. For some Black people in Hawaii, his death is a reminder that Hawaii isn’t the racially harmonious paradise it’s held up to be. Some say anti-Black sentiment exists here, evidenced by the lack of outrage the death inspired, compared to the passionate protests prompted by similar kill
  
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• Meghan and Harry welcome second child, Lilibet ‘Lili’ Diana

  06-06-2021 18:06
  
  SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — The second baby for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex is officially here: Meghan gave birth to a healthy girl on Friday. A spokesperson for Prince Harry and Meghan said the couple welcomed their child Lilibet “Lili” Diana Mountbatten-Windsor. Their daughter weighed in at 7 lbs, 11 oz.  The baby is the eighth in line to the British throne. The birth comes after the Harry and Meghan’s explosive TV interview with Oprah Winfrey in March. The cou
  
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• Haitians in Mexico see bleak choices as they seek protection

  06-06-2021 18:03
  
  CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) — Haitians rejoiced when the Biden administration recently extended protections for those living in the United States, but it doesn’t apply to Haitians who still hope to make it to the country. Many are calling Mexican border cities home as they face increasing repatriation flights by the U.S. and bleak prospects for finding protections outside their homeland. Haiti faces political and humanitarian crises following a devastating 2010 earthquake. Some Haitia
  
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• Prince Harry and Meghan welcome healthy baby daughter, Lilibet, whose name is a tribute to the queen

  06-06-2021 18:00
  
  SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — Prince Harry and Meghan welcome healthy baby daughter, Lilibet, whose name is a tribute to the queen.The post Prince Harry and Meghan welcome healthy baby daughter, Lilibet, whose name is a tribute to the queen appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• ‘Conjuring 3’ tops ‘A Quiet Place 2’ as moviegoing returns

  06-06-2021 17:52
  
  After its triumphant first weekend, “A Quiet Place Part II” fell 59% at the North American box office leaving room for the third movie in the “Conjuring” franchise to take first place. Warner Bros.’ “The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It” earned an estimated $24 million, according to studio estimates Sunday, making it the biggest R-rated opening of the pandemic. Paramount’s “A Quiet Place” sequel meanwhile took in $19.5 million, bringi
  
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• Police: 8 shot in New Orleans off I-10; one critically hurt

  06-06-2021 17:34
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Police in New Orleans say eight people have been wounded in a shooting, including a woman left critically injured after being shot in the face. Police say gunfire broke out early Sunday shortly after midnight along a service road near Interstate 10. A police news release said a woman was taken to a hospital in critical condition after being shot in the face. New Orleans police spokesman Aaron Looney told WWL-TV the seven other victims were all in stable condition. Police
  
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• Adieu, Roger: Federer pulls out of French Open after Round 3

  06-06-2021 17:34
  
  Roger Federer has withdrawn from the French Open to give himself a chance to recover before Wimbledon. The tournament announced the 20-time Grand Slam champion’s decision to pull out of the field. Federer said in a statement that it is important for him to listen to his body as he returns to action after two operations on his right knee. The 39-year-old was supposed to play against Matteo Berrettini in the fourth round on Monday. Instead, Federer will turn his focus to the grass-court port
  
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• The Latest: Sri Lanka receives 1M doses of Sinopharm vaccine

  06-06-2021 17:33
  
  COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka has received one million doses of China’s Sinopharm vaccines amid the island nation’s recent surge in infections and COVID-19 vaccine shortage.
  Sunday’s is the largest consignment of vaccines to be received by Sri Lanka on a single occasion.
  State Minister of Pharmaceutical Production, Supply and Regulation Channa Jayasumana said the latest consignment was purchased by the State Pharmaceutical Corporation and that will be mainly used to prov
  
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• Police: 8 wounded in New Orleans shooting, woman hit in face

  06-06-2021 17:23
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Police in New Orleans say eight people have been wounded in a shooting, including a woman left critically injured after being shot in the face. Police say gunfire broke out early Sunday shortly after midnight along a service road near Interstate 10. A police news release said a woman was taken to a hospital in critical condition after being shot in the face. New Orleans police spokesman Aaron Looney told WWL-TV the seven other victims were all in stable condition. Police
  
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• Israel arrests Jerusalem activists in contested neighborhood

  06-06-2021 17:19
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police have arrested a 23-year-old woman who has led protests against attempts by Jewish settlers to evict dozens of Palestinian families from their homes in a contested east Jerusalem neighborhood. The young woman was later released, but her twin brother turned himself into police. Sunday’s arrests came a day after Israeli police detained a well-known Al Jazeera reporter covering a demonstration in the neighborhood. The reporter, Givara Budeiri, was held for
  
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• Police: 3 dead, other hurt in shooting at Florida grad party

  06-06-2021 17:18
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Police say three people are dead and at least six others injured following a shooting at a Florida graduation party, the latest in a string of such violence in the Miami area. Miami-Dade police Director Freddie Ramirez told news outlets Sunday that one of those killed was a state corrections officer. Ramirez said the party at a strip mall was ending when one or more vehicles “pulled up and began to fire into the crowd.” The identities of those killed and wounded we
  
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• Mother of teen in girl’s slaying faces tampering charge

  06-06-2021 16:52
  
  ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say the mother of a 14-year-old Florida boy accused in a teenage girl’s slaying is facing a charge of evidence tampering. State Attorney R.J. Larizza said in a news release that Crystal Lane Smith, 35, was arrested Saturday morning in St. John’s County. She was later released on $25,000 bail. It was not immediately clear if she has an attorney. An arrest warrant claims that Smith scrubbed a pair of jeans belonging to her son, Aiden Fucci.
  
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• LGBTQ groups, supporters rally in Tokyo, demand equal rights

  06-06-2021 16:22
  
  TOKYO (AP) — Japanese sexual minority groups and their supporters have staged a rally outside Tokyo’s iconic Shibuya Station. They’re calling for equal rights and public support for enacting a long-sought equality law before the Tokyo Olympics. That’s despite fading hopes due to the governing party’s resistance. Around 100 people wearing rainbow facemasks danced and held banners at Sunday’s rally. In Japan, there’s still a lack of legal protections for l
  
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• France tackles virus variants as it readies for tourists

  06-06-2021 16:22
  
  French health authorities are racing to contain scattered cases of the more contagious delta virus variant, as France prepares to reopen its borders to vaccinated visitors. The health minister said Sunday that France has multiple clusters of the variant, first identified in India and believed to be fueling a rise in infections in neighboring Britain. But he said the variant hadn’t spread widely into the French community and that health investigators are working to track cases. Overall, Fra
  
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• The Latest: UK official says variant may delay lockdown lift

  06-06-2021 16:04
  
  LONDON — Britain’s health secretary says the delta variant, which is fast becoming the dominant coronavirus variant in the U.K., is 40% more transmissible compared to the country’s existing strains.
  Matt Hancock acknowledged Sunday that the rise in delta variant cases may delay the government’s plan to lift most remaining lockdown restrictions on June 21. He also said he wouldn’t rule out continuing measures such as face masks in public settings and working from hom
  
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• 3 dead in Mexico mine collapse, 3 still missing

  06-06-2021 15:58
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — The bodies of two miners have been pulled from a small coal mine in a northern Mexico border state, bringing to three the number confirmed dead in the flood and collapse of the shaft. Three miners remain missing, and search efforts continued. There had been complaints for years about unsafe conditions at mines in the area. The federal civil defense office said efforts to pump out the mine continued in the coal belt of the northern state of Coahuila. President André
  
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• Trump’s grievances cloud Republican agenda heading into 2022

  06-06-2021 15:50
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Republicans are fighting to seize control of Congress. Just don’t ask what they’d do if they win. Look no further for evidence of the GOP’s muddled governing agenda than battleground North Carolina, where party leaders packed into a convention hall Saturday night to cheer former President Donald Trump. Even with a high-stakes U.S. Senate election looming, the Republicans at the event were united not by any consistent set of conservative policies or pr
  
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• Greek man allegedly kills 2, self, over eviction threat

  06-06-2021 15:45
  
  ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Police on the Greek island of Corfu say a Greek man facing eviction killed his landlady and a man who came to her rescue and then committed suicide. The deaths occurred shortly before noon Sunday in the resort town of Dassia, in the island’s northeast. The victims were a Greek landlady and a Greek-French man who divided his time equally between Greece and France. Both were in their 60s.The post Greek man allegedly kills 2, self, over eviction threat appeared fir
  
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• Manchin say he’ll vote against ‘partisan’ Dem elections bill

  06-06-2021 15:26
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A key Democratic senator says he won’t not vote for the largest overhaul of U.S. election law in at least a generation. West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin is defying his party and the White House and virtually guaranteeing the failure of the legislation after a near party-line approval in the House. Manchin writes in a home-state newspaper that “voting and election reform that is done in a partisan manner will all but ensure partisan divisions continue to deepen.&
  
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• Pope voices ‘pain’ over Canadian deaths, doesn’t apologize

  06-06-2021 15:13
  
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has expressed pain over the discovery in Canada of the remains of 215 boarding school students and urged church and political authorities to work together to shed light on the “shocking” development. But he didn’t offer the apology sought by the Canadian prime minister. Francis on Sunday called on political and church authorities to shed light on what happened and to foster healing. Two days earlier, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau voiced de
  
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