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• EXPLAINER: Why a rural pipeline is a climate battleground

  08-06-2021 23:58
  An oil pipeline that crosses rural northern Minnesota is an emerging focal point of the battle over climate change and energy production. Protesters are trying to halt work on a rebuild of Enbridge Energy’s Line 3. The pipeline carries oil from the Canadian province of Alberta. It clips a corner of North Dakota on its way across northern Minnesota to Enbridge’s terminal in Superior, Wisconsin. The company says the pipe is deteriorating and needs replacing. Critics contend any new or
  
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• Telegraph Fire tops 71,500 acres; parts of Miami, Ice House and Kellner canyons evacuated

  08-06-2021 23:50
  
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  SUPERIOR, Ariz. (KPNX) — Multiple communities in Pinal and Gila counties have been ordered to evacuate or are preparing to evacuate as a wildfire continues to burn, the Pinal County Sheriff's Office said Sunday morning. The fire, called the Telegraph Fire, has burned around 71,756 acres and closed multiple roadways in the area, deputies said.The following communities are under the "GO" order and have been asked to evacuate:Town of Miami residences south of Highway 6
  
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• Pearl Harbor gates locked during possible security incident

  08-06-2021 23:44
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — The U.S. military says that a potential security incident at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam has prompted the base’s gates to be closed. The base did not elaborate on the nature of the incident. Everyone on the base is being told to shelter in place. The base says in a news release that tours to the USS Arizona Memorial have been suspended for now. It’s directing vehicles to limit their travel on roadways and to yield to emergency vehicles. The military said an i
  
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• Democrats push bill aimed at family that owns Purdue Pharma

  08-06-2021 23:43
  
  A congressional committee has heard grievances against the owners of OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma as it considered legislation that would keep them from using a corporate bankruptcy as a shield for personal liability. U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney called two state attorneys general, opioid activists and an author to lay out the case against members of the Sackler family who own the Connecticut-based pharmaceutical giant. Sackler family members issued a statement saying many state and local governme
  
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• 5-year-old migrant found wandering border wall alone

  08-06-2021 23:42
  
  CNN Newsource
  SAN YSIDRO, Calif. (CNN) - A 5-year-old migrant girl from Guatemala was found wandering alone at the U.S.-Mexico border wall in California.On Monday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents spotted the girl being dropped-off near the end of the border wall in San Ysidro, about 15 miles south of San Diego.Agents said the girl walked along the border and into the U.S.After picking her up, medical staff screened her and determined she was in good health.The girl told authorities th
  
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• Malta customs seizes 740 kg of cocaine hidden among bananas

  08-06-2021 23:41
  
  VALLETTA, Malta (AP) — The customs department in Malta says it has intercepted 740 kilograms (1,630 pounds) of cocaine in a record-breaking drug seizure for the Mediterranean island nation. Customs Mata says the drugs found Tuesday have an estimated street value of up to 100 million euros and were hidden in a 40-foot refrigerated container carrying 1,080 boxes of bananas. Officials say the container was en route from Ecuador to Slovenia and was selected for screening while transiting throu
  
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• Ohio AG suit seeks declaration of Google as public utility

  08-06-2021 23:37
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost filed a lawsuit Tuesday asking a court to declare Google a public utility and to regulate it as one. The Republican official filed the lawsuit alleging that Google has overreached its dominance in a way that is discriminatory and anti-competitive to Ohio residents. Yost says the filing makes Ohio the first state in the country to seek a court declaration that Google is a public utility that should be subject to government regulation. Th
  
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• Feinberg tapped as 1st woman to chair NYC transit authority

  08-06-2021 23:34
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Sarah Feinberg is poised to become the first woman to chair New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Feinberg’s nomination was announced Tuesday by Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Feinberg most recently led NYC Transit, which operates the city’s bus and subway system, during the coronavirus pandemic. She would replace Patrick Foye, the MTA’s current chair and CEO. Foye was named interim president and CEO of Empire State Development, t
  
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• Georgia O’Keeffe Museum plans expansion project at new site

  08-06-2021 23:33
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Officials at the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe have announced plans to build a facility large enough to fill an entire city block. The Santa Fe New Mexican reported that the new 54,000-square-foot museum will be built on the site of a former Safeway grocery store, which is currently occupied by the museum’s Education Center and Prima Title. It is estimated to cost $60 million. Museum Director Cody Hartley says the existing museum will become an annex
  
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• Syria reports Israeli attacks in Damascus, central province

  08-06-2021 23:30
  
  DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian state media has reported Israeli aerial attacks near the Syrian capital of Damascus and in the central province of Homs, prompting a response from national air defenses. The target of the reported Israeli attacks late Tuesday were not immediately clear. The attacks are the first reported since the re-election of Syrian President Bashar Assad for a fourth seven-year term. The Syrian state news agency SANA said the Israeli attacks came over neighboring Lebanon.
  
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• Spacecraft buzzes Jupiter’s mega moon, 1st close-up in years

  08-06-2021 23:24
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s Juno spacecraft has provided the first close-ups of Jupiter’s largest moon in two decades. Juno zoomed past icy Ganymede on Monday, passing within 645 miles. It’s the closest any spacecraft has come to our solar system’s biggest moon since NASA’s Galileo spacecraft swept past in 2000. NASA released two pictures Tuesday, highlighting Ganymede’s craters and long features possibly related to tectonic faults. Ganymede is bi
  
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• Takeaways: Senate report on ‘absolutely brutal’ Jan. 6 siege

  08-06-2021 23:21
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate report examining security failures surrounding the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol blames missed intelligence, poor planning and multiple layers of bureaucracy for the deadly siege. It does not fault former President Donald Trump, who told his supporters to “fight like hell” to overturn his defeat just before hundreds of them stormed the building. The bipartisan report from two Senate committees, released Tuesday, makes 20 recommendations for
  
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• Black pastors in Georgia press for federal voting bills

  08-06-2021 23:21
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Black church leaders in Georgia are vowing to keep up their fight to pass federal voting rights legislation even as a key bill in Congress appears doomed. At a rally outside the state Capitol in Atlanta on Tuesday, Pastor Lee May urged President Joe Biden to use his bully pulpit and strike deals with lawmakers to get voting bills passed. Martin Luther King Jr.’s daughter, the Rev. Bernice King, said U.S. senators should not let the filibuster block the effort. Democrat
  
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• Dog survives after impaling herself with three-foot stick in English park

  08-06-2021 23:18
  
  NBC News Channel
  DERBY, England (NBC News) - Molly the black lab is one lucky dog.Somehow while chasing a ball, the 17-month-old pooch impaled herself on a three-foot stick in an English park.After looking on with horror, Molly's owners made good decisions.They didn't try to remove the stick.They rushed her to the vet while keeping the stick from moving inside her chest.Molly was checked by veterinary surgeon Jen Lees and her team.They shortened the stick before anesthetizing Molly. Then gave h
  
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• Wawa to mark ‘Mare of Easttown Day’ with new cheesesteak

  08-06-2021 23:16
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — For all the love Wawa has gotten thanks to the HBO hit TV show “Mare of Easttown,” the popular Pennsylvania convenience store chain is giving a little back. To celebrate its newest store opening in the county where the Kate Winslet-led crime drama is set, Wawa is dedicating Thursday as “Mare of Easttown Day,” an homage to the show that introduced the world to the coffee and hoagies Pennsylvanians have loved for years. Customers at the Delaware Co
  
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• The Latest: US unlikely to meet July 4 vaccination goal

  08-06-2021 23:12
  
  WASHINGTON—For months, President Joe Biden has laid out goal after goal for taming the coronavirus pandemic and then exceeded his own benchmarks. Now, though, the U.S. is on pace to fall short of his aim to have 70 percent of Americans at least partially vaccinated by July 4.The White House has launched a month-long blitz to combat vaccine hesitancy and a lack of urgency to get shots, particularly in the South and Midwest. But it is increasingly resigned to missing the president’s va
  
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• Biden ends GOP infrastructure talks, starts bipartisan push

  08-06-2021 23:12
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has ended talks with a group of Republican senators on a big infrastructure package. The president is walking away from talks with lead Republican negotiator Sen. Shelley Moore Capito after the two spoke Tuesday, according to an administration official granted anonymity to discuss the private thinking. Biden has started reaching out to senators from both parties as he strives to build bipartisan compromise. Republicans offered a $928 billion proposal,
  
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• ‘For the culture’: The moment arrives for ‘In the Heights’

  08-06-2021 23:06
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A street-level song-and-dance spectacle to rival the MGM musicals of old, “In the Heights” is an exuberant celebration of the Latino immigrant experience, of a neighborhood, of a teeming summertime New York, of life. Originally slated to be released last June, “In the Heights” arrives already engulfed with the aura of cultural event for one of the movies’ most blatantly underseen communities. And as a big-screen party, “In the Heights&rdq
  
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• Retired Gen. McGuire jumps into Arizona Senate race

  08-06-2021 23:02
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Retired Maj. Gen. Michael “Mick” McGuire is formally beginning his campaign for U.S. Senate. McGuire on Tuesday became the second major Republican looking to unseat Democrat Mark Kelly. He stepped down earlier this year as head of the Arizona National Guard, where he helped lead the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. McGuire introduced himself with an online video highlighting his military career and presenting himself as a political outsider tired
  
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• Proposed conservation plans could affect Alaska mine project

  08-06-2021 23:02
  
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — An agreement between an Alaska Native village corporation and conservationists would restrict development on lands in the Bristol Bay region where a mine developer has proposed a road. The plan, announced Tuesday, could create another obstacle for the proposed Pebble Mine. The Conservation Fund says it has launched a fundraising campaign to buy the land easements on more than 44,000 acres from the Pedro Bay Corp. for $18.3 million. A spokesperson for the company seeki
  
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• Deputies who killed man had body cams, couldn’t use them

  08-06-2021 23:02
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The two sheriff’s deputies who shot and killed a Black man while assigned to a U.S. Marshals Service fugitive task force had been told they could not use their body-worn cameras. That’s despite a change in Justice Department policy to allow cameras months before the shooting. The shooting of Winston Boogie Smith Jr. last week has sparked nights of protests in Minneapolis — a city still reeling from the death of George Floyd at the hands of police. And it
  
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• Boosted by big crowds, Suns try to win again vs Nuggets

  08-06-2021 23:00
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix Suns fans are enjoying the franchise’s return to the playoffs for the first time in 11 years. As COVID-19 restrictions have eased, more and more fans are packing into the arena each night. On Monday, there was a sellout crowd of 16,319 that watched the Suns rally past the Denver Nuggets 122-105 in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals. The Suns have won three of four home playoff games so far in the postseason. Game 2 is on Wednesday in Phoenix.The post B
  
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• US increasingly unlikely to meet Biden’s July 4 vax goal

  08-06-2021 22:53
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — For months, President Joe Biden has laid out goal after goal for taming the coronavirus pandemic and then exceeded his own benchmarks. Now, though, the U.S. is on pace to fall short of his aim to have 70 percent of Americans at least partially vaccinated by July 4. The White House has launched a month-long blitz to combat vaccine hesitancy and a lack of urgency to get shots, particularly in the South and Midwest. But it is increasingly resigned to missing the president&rs
  
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• In Mexico, Harris defends against criticism over border

  08-06-2021 22:53
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has brushed off questions about her decision not to visit the U.S.-Mexico border as part of her work to address the spike in migration to the U.S. She says it’s “legitimate” to be concerned about the situation at the border but a simple visit wouldn’t address that. Reporters travelling with Harris on her trip to Guatemala and Mexico asked about the prospect that her decision not to visit the border may be overshadowin
  
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• S Carolina’s state-owned utility survives as public company

  08-06-2021 22:46
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s state-owned utility appears to have survived four years of turmoil to remain public. The South Carolina House and Senate both unanimously approved an overhaul bill Tuesday that did not include selling Santee Cooper to a private company. The utility’s future has been uncertain since July 2017, when construction of a pair of nuclear reactors in which the utility was a minority partner stopped before completion, leaving the company billions o
  
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• Woman sentenced for false 911 calls sparking fatal drug raid

  08-06-2021 22:43
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — A woman has been sentenced to three years and four months in federal prison for making false 911 calls that ultimately resulted in a 2019 drug raid by Houston police that killed both homeowners.  Patricia Garcia is the first person who has been sentenced in connection with the deadly raid in which Dennis Tuttle and his wife, Rhogena Nicholas, were fatally shot on Jan. 28, 2019.  During a federal court hearing Tuesday, Garcia apologized for making the calls, saying
  
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• EXPLAINER: Just how vulnerable is the internet?

  08-06-2021 22:35
  
  BOSTON (AP) — An outage at a little-known firm that knocked a lot of top internet destinations offline, disrupting business and leisure for untold millions globally, was quickly resolved Tuesday. But the incident raises questions about how vulnerable the global internet is to more serious disruption. While companies such as Fastly, the affected provider, invest heavily in reliable service, it’s overly optimistic to expect flawless, always-on access. Outages are not all that common, b
  
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• Texas mom says she posed as student to push for security

  08-06-2021 22:32
  
  EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A Texas mom arrested for posing as her daughter at a middle school says she did it to push for better security on campus. El Paso County Sheriff’s Office officials said 30-year-old Casey Garcia was arrested on one count each of criminal trespass and tampering with government records. Garcia made it to seven out of eight classes before being recognized by a teacher. Garcia said she exposed a lack of security. She was arrested at her home in San Elizario. She was
  
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• Peruvians wait to learn who will be president in close count

  08-06-2021 22:26
  
  LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvians are still waiting to learn who will become their president next month as votes from Sunday’s runoff election are being counted and the tiny difference between the two polarizing populist candidates has narrowed. Elections results released Tuesday showed that with 97% of ballots tallied, leftist Pedro Castillo had 50.2% of the vote. Conservative Keiko Fujimori had 49.7%. The difference between the candidates was roughly 77,800 votes. Peru’s elections
  
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• Boston schools chair resigns over racially charged texts

  08-06-2021 22:20
  
  BOSTON (AP) — The chair of the Boston School Committee has resigned amid criticism of racially charged texts she shared with another member of the committee. City officials said Tuesday that the texts were sent during a committee meeting last October. School committee Chair Alexandra Oliver-Davila apologized for the texts. The committee member she was sharing texts with also resigned. Acting Mayor Kim Janey said in a written statement Tuesday the texts “unfairly disparaged members of
  
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• Rural Arizona residents wait as wildfire spreads uncontained

  08-06-2021 22:16
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Firefighters in Arizona are fighting to gain a foothold into a massive wildfire, one of two that has forced thousands of evacuations in rural towns and closed almost every major highway out of the area. The so-called Telegraph Fire, straddling two counties, has burned 112 square miles and was at zero containment Tuesday. The blaze was first reported Friday south of Superior in Pinal County, about 60 miles east of Phoenix. Residents in neighboring Gila County, which includes
  
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• OAS mission visits Haiti amid concerns of violence, chaos

  08-06-2021 22:16
  
  PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A mission from the Organization of American States has arrived in Haiti amid concerns about the country’s political, security and human rights situation. The OAS says the three-day trip that began Tuesday is aimed at securing free and fair elections scheduled for September and November as President Jovenel Moïse continues to rule by decree for more than a year. The trip comes amid a sharp increase in coronavirus cases across Haiti and a resurgence in
  
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• Global sting began by creating message service for crooks

  08-06-2021 22:15
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Criminal gangs that used a secure-messaging app called ANOM unwittingly allowed the FBI and other law enforcement agencies to eavesdrop on their conversations. That’s according to authorities, who were copied on every message sent, much like blind recipients of an email. Investigators announced Tuesday that they had collected millions of messages discussing plans for moving drug shipments and carrying out killings. The sting operation known as Trojan Shield led to po
  
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• Stocks end mostly higher; Wendy’s becomes latest meme stock

  08-06-2021 22:12
  
  Major indexes closed mostly higher on Wall Street, thanks largely to gains in a handful of Big Tech companies. Small-company stocks continued to outpace the rest of the market, while investors’ attention turned to huge gains in a new batch of “meme” stocks favored by online investors, including Wendy’s and Clover Health. The S&P 500 was nearly unchanged, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq rose 0.3%. Fastly, an internet cloud services provider, rose 10.8% after the company sa
  
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• The Latest: US official highlights college vaccine clinics

  08-06-2021 22:09
  
  DEARBORN, Mich.—U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona visited a COVID-19 vaccine clinic at a suburban Detroit community college Tuesday to highlight the White House’s efforts to encourage similar efforts across the country.
  “We’ve been talking about how we’re going to recover as a country and all hands on deck,” Cardona said at Henry Ford College in Dearborn, Michigan.“So this is a great example of how colleges can do their part to bring people in to g
  
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• Western Michigan gets $550M gift from anonymous alumni

  08-06-2021 22:06
  
  KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — A group of anonymous alumni has gifted $550 million to Western Michigan University. The school in Kalamazoo says it will receive the funding over 10 years. It will be divided among scholarships, investing in quality educators, advancing medical research and education, and bolstering Western Michigan athletics. The university says it is the largest gift ever made to a public, higher education institution in the United States. Western Michigan’s main campus in K
  
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• Nicaragua arrests a third potential challenger to Ortega

  08-06-2021 22:06
  
  MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Nicaragua’s National Police has arrested another potential challenger to President Daniel Ortega, the third opposition pre-candidate for the Nov. 7 elections detained in the past week. Félix Maradiaga was arrested Tuesday after being called to the Attorney General’s Office to provide a statement. He is being investigated for alleged crimes against the government. His arrest follows two last week. Cristiana Chamorro was detained and remains under
  
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• Ex-Wisconsin pharmacist gets prison for ruining vaccine

  08-06-2021 22:02
  
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — A former pharmacist in Wisconsin who purposefully ruined more than 500 doses of COVID-19 vaccine has been sentenced to three years in prison. Steven Brandenburg, of Grafton, was sentenced Tuesday after pleading guilty in February to two felony counts of attempting to tamper with a consumer product. He had admitted to intentionally removing the doses manufactured by Moderna from a refrigerator for hours at Aurora Medical Center in Grafton, located just north of Milwaukee. B
  
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• Special prosecutors set to probe Casey Goodson Jr. shooting

  08-06-2021 21:59
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Two special prosecutors have been appointed in the case of the Ohio deputy who fatally shot Casey Goodson Jr. in the back five times. Franklin County Prosecutor Gary Tyack named Tim Merkle and Gary Shroyer to assist with investigating and prosecuting the fatal shooting of the 23-year-old Black man by Franklin County Sheriff’s deputy Jason Meade, who is white, in an encounter that is still largely unexplained and involved no body camera or dashcam footage. The ap
  
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• Far-right Idaho Republicans battle to control party, state

  08-06-2021 21:57
  
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Mainstream and far-right Republicans are battling for control of the party and the state in deeply conservative Idaho. A mainstream Idaho Republican in many states would be viewed as far-right. But they’re being challenged by lawmakers ever further to the right who envision Idaho as a sovereign nation-state free of federal oversight where they can outlaw all abortions, dictate what is taught in schools and universities, and have complete say over public health rul
  
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• Israel approves ultranationalist march if police agree

  08-06-2021 21:49
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s security Cabinet has approved a controversial ultranationalist parade next week in Jerusalem if police approve the route. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office announced the agreement Tuesday with Defense Minister Benny Gantz. Under it, the event can go ahead June 15 with a plan “agreed upon by police and organizers.” That would happen two days after the Knesset holds a confidence vote to approve a new government. On Monday, Israeli po
  
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• In the 2021 playoffs, the NBA’s class of 2018 is showing up

  08-06-2021 21:47
  
  Phoenix’s Deandre Ayton had Guy Fieri leaping out of his courtside seat. Atlanta’s Trae Young had Spike Lee leaving early in disappointment. Dallas’ Luka Doncic impressed Paul George so much that the Clippers’ veteran insisted on trading jerseys with the youngster. They’re all part of the NBA’s draft class of 2018. And that group, so far, might be the class of these playoffs. Doncic is gone, but plenty of others — Young, Ayton, Michael Porter Jr., Mikal
  
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• Harris engages Mexico on complexities of migration

  08-06-2021 21:44
  
  PHOTO: Kamala Harris, Vice President of the United States, Photo Date: April 1, 2021
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is telling Mexico’s president that the United States and Mexico are “embarking on a new era” during her first in-person meeting with the leader. This comes as she seeks to foster greater cooperation with Mexico to cut down on immigration to the U.S. At the start of their bilateral meeting at the Mexican national palace, Harris emphasized th
  
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• Sheryl Underwood of ‘The Talk’ to host Daytime Emmys

  08-06-2021 21:41
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sheryl Underwood of “The Talk” will host the Daytime Emmy Awards on June 25. She’ll preside over the 48th annual ceremony in Los Angeles. Underwood co-hosted last year’s virtual show on CBS. The network says talent will appear onstage, as well as from the studios of various shows and homes to accept their trophies. Among the nominees are the both deceased Alex Trebek and Larry King. Trebek will compete in the game show host category for “Jeo
  
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• UK urges EU to show ‘common sense’ in post-Brexit talks

  08-06-2021 21:37
  
  LONDON (AP) — The U.K.’s chief negotiator called on the European Union to show “pragmatism and common sense,” instead of threatening to retaliate, as the two sides meet to resolve differences over the deal that was supposed to keep trade flowing after Brexit. David Frost made the comments after his EU counterpart said the bloc was ready to act “firmly and resolutely” if the U.K. fails to honor its commitments under the divorce agreement. The two men are schedu
  
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• Pipeline CEO defends paying ransom amid cyberattack

  08-06-2021 21:37
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A pipeline company CEO made no apologies Tuesday for his decisions to abruptly halt fuel distribution for much of the East Coast and pay millions to a criminal gang in Russia. This, as he faced down one of the most disruptive ransomware attacks in U.S. history. Colonial Pipeline CEO Joseph Blount says he had no choice, telling members of a Senate committee uneasy with his actions that he feared far worse consequences given the uncertainty the company was confronting in th
  
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• Israel claims Hamas tried to hamper defenses from Gaza tower

  08-06-2021 21:26
  
  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel’s ambassador to the United States says Hamas militants attempted to disrupt Israel’s Iron Dome rocket defense system from a Gaza building housing The Associated Press and other news outlets. Gilad Erdan said Tuesday that the alleged electronic warfare prompted the Israeli air force to destroy the high rise last month. Erdan says he delivered the assessment to AP executives at the agency’s New York headquarters on Monday. The AP says the
  
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• Crews start excavating possible Tulsa Race Massacre victims

  08-06-2021 21:24
  
  TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Workers have begun excavating remains of possible Tulsa Race Massacre victims. Searchers so far have found 27 bodies in a Tulsa cemetery. Oklahoma State Archaeologist Kary Stackelbeck said Tuesday that excavation of four bodies is beginning. Forensic anthropologist Phoebe Stubblefield said a skeletal analysis of the remains will likely begin Wednesday in an effort to determine if the remains are victims of the massacre. Stackelbeck also said the number of remains found
  
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• Montana Democrats expand Native American voice in party

  08-06-2021 21:17
  
  GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — The Montana Democratic Party is increasing the number of Native Americans involved in making party decisions. The party decided to establish tribal committees, like county committees, whose delegates vote on the party’s platform, rules and officers and nominate candidates for special elections. Executive Director Sandi Luckey says Montana’s Democratic Party is the first state party in the country to create a formal role for Native Americans based on th
  
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• Peruvians wait to learn who will be president

  08-06-2021 21:16
  
  LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvians are still waiting to learn who will become their president next month as votes from Sunday’s runoff election are being counted and the tiny difference between the two polarizing populist candidates has narrowed. Elections results released Tuesday showed that with 97% of ballots tallied, leftist Pedro Castillo had 50.2% of the vote. Conservative Keiko Fujimori had 49.7%. The difference between the candidates was roughly 77,800 votes. Peru’s elections
  
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