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• Fight over Canadian oil rages on after pipeline’s demise

  10-06-2021 23:55
  
  BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Keystone XL is dead after a 12-year attempt to build the oil pipeline. But the fight over Canadian crude rages on as emboldened environmentalists target other projects and pressure President Joe Biden to intervene. Biden dealt the fatal blow to the partially built $9 billion Keystone XL in January when he revoked its border-crossing permit. On Wednesday, the project’s sponsors gave up and declared the line “terminated.” Activists and many scient
  
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• Met Opera says $31M on tax return is mostly pledges

  10-06-2021 23:50
  
  The Metropolitan Opera says a positive $31 million on its latest tax return is mostly money pledged for future seasons that the company has not yet received. The company’s tax return for the year ending last July 31 showed revenue fell by $13 million for the season that included the initial months of the pandemic and salaries dropped by $41 million. The Met said it operated at a balance budget in 2019-20. Music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin earned $915,571, up from $392,152 i
  
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• D-backs fire hitting coaches after losing 30 of 35 games

  10-06-2021 23:46
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Diamondbacks have fired hitting coach Darnell Coles and assistant hitting coach Eric Hinske. The team has struggled to score runs during a brutal stretch in which it has lost 30 of 35 games. The Diamondbacks named co-hitting coaches to replace them. Rick Short was promoted from Triple-A Reno and Drew Hedman was Arizona’s run production coordinator. Arizona has a majors-worst 20-43 record. The D-backs have lost a franchise record 19 straight road games. Thei
  
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• Cost for California recall that could oust Newsom: $215M

  10-06-2021 23:42
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — It will cost California counties an estimated $215 million to stage an expected recall election that could oust Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom from office later this year. The preliminary projection from the state Finance Department comes about a month after a coalition of county officials urged the Legislature to provide funding to cover the recall election costs, warning that they could strain local budgets already weakened by the coronavirus pandemic. The figures were p
  
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• Report on Tigray: 350,000 face famine, 2 million a step away

  10-06-2021 23:41
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A dire new report warns that over 350,000 people in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray province are facing famine and over 2 million are just a step away. It blames the ongoing conflict, displacement of thousands of people, limited humanitarian access, and loss of harvests and income. The report released Thursday by 15 U.N. agencies and humanitarian organizations projects that between July and September the number of people facing  famine will rise to over 400,000
  
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• Official: US told Nicaragua it would respect free elections

  10-06-2021 23:34
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — A senior U.S. official says that less than two week ago, Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Nicaragua’s foreign minister that the Biden administration would respect the results of free and fair elections in November. But acting U.S. Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Julie Chung told reporters Thursday that since then, the U.S. has seen Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega “unleash a wave of repression against political opponents and members
  
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• The Latest: G-7 nations will pledge 1B vaccine dose donation

  10-06-2021 23:30
  
  CARBIS BAY, England (AP) — The Latest on the Group of Seven nations meeting being held in England and the talks Thursday between British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and President Joe Biden:
  FALMOUTH, England — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says Group of Seven leaders will pledge to share 1 billion doses of coronavirus vaccines with poorer countries during a meeting of the wealthy nations club in southwest England.
  Speeding the global recovery from the pandemic is a dominant i
  
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• Leaders head to COVID-themed G7 summit with vaccine pledges

  10-06-2021 23:30
  
  FALMOUTH, England (AP) — Group of Seven leaders began arriving at a luxury seaside resort in England on Thursday for a Group of Seven summit where the world’s richest nations will pledge to give up some of their coronavirus vaccines with the poorest. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he, U.S. President Joe Biden and the leaders of France, Germany, Italy, Japan and Canada will collectively pledge to give 1 billion vaccine doses to poorer nations. They are meeting starting Frid
  
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• Hawks, Nuggets hope home court provides edge in semifinals

  10-06-2021 23:30
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Hawks will attempt to extend their 13-game home winning streak when they play the Philadelphia 76ers in Game 3 of their Eastern Conference semifinal. The series is tied 1-1. The home winning streak is the longest active streak in the NBA. The Phoenix Suns will take a 2-0 lead over the Denver Nuggets into Game 3 of their Western Conference semifinal in Friday’s other game. The Hawks announced a sellout on Thursday and said only a few seats remain for Monday&
  
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• G-7 nations expected to pledge 1B vaccine doses for world

  10-06-2021 23:30
  
  ST. IVES, England (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the Group of Seven nations will commit to sharing at least 1 billion coronavirus shots with the world. He says half of those doses will come from the U.S. and 100 million from the U.K. President Joe Biden has been urging allies to join in speeding the pandemic’s end and bolstering the strategic position of the world’s wealthiest democracies. Johnson’s announcement on Thursday came a day before the G-7 lead
  
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• British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says G-7 nations will pledge to give 1 billion vaccine doses to poorer countries

  10-06-2021 23:30
  
  ST. IVES, England (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says G-7 nations will pledge to give 1 billion vaccine doses to poorer countries.The post British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says G-7 nations will pledge to give 1 billion vaccine doses to poorer countries appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• American plans orders for small, electric-powered aircraft

  10-06-2021 23:29
  
  FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — American Airlines says it will invest in a company that’s working on a small, electric-powered aircraft that could someday carry people from city centers to airports by taking off and landing vertically like helicopters. American said Thursday that it plans to invest $25 million in U.K-based Vertical Aerospace, which plans to sell stock to the public later this year. American values a “pre-order” for up to 250 vertical aircraft at $1 billion. Vert
  
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• President Biden pledges 500M doses, calls on world leaders to join him

  10-06-2021 23:26
  
  ST. IVES, England (AP) — President Joe Biden is calling on global leaders to join him in sharing coronavirus vaccines with struggling nations around the world. He promised the U.S. would donate 500 million doses to help speed the pandemic’s end and bolster the strategic position of the world’s wealthiest democracies.
  Speaking in England on Thursday before a summit of the Group of Seven world leaders, Biden announced the U.S. commitment to vaccine sharing, which comes on top of
  
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• Neo-Nazi group members linked to attack plot plead guilty

  10-06-2021 23:24
  
  GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — Two neo-Nazi group members whose talk of planning an attack at a Virginia gun rights rally was secretly recorded by the FBI have pleaded guilty to gun charges and obstruction of justice. Patrik Jordan Mathews, Brian Mark Lemley Jr. and a third member of The Base were arrested on federal charges in Maryland ahead of the January 2020 rally at Virginia’s Capitol in Richmond. Mathews and Lemley entered their guilty pleas at separate hearings on Thursday. They are sc
  
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• Sinkhole at Mexico farm swallows more land, traps 2 dogs

  10-06-2021 23:23
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — A large sinkhole that appeared in late May in a farm  in central Mexico has now grown larger than a football field, stretching over 400 feet (125 meters) across at some points. The sinkhole has expanded so much that it has begun swallowing a house, and trapped two dogs. The Mexican government has sent in soldiers to keep people 2,000 feet (600 meters) away from the hole, which is about 50 feet (15 meters) deep. The national civil defense office warned Wednesday that
  
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• Judge rejects effort to return MLB All-Star Game to Georgia

  10-06-2021 23:23
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A Manhattan judge has rejected an attempt to force Major League Baseball to return next month’s All-Star Game to Atlanta. U.S. District Judge Valerie E. Carponi ruled Thursday against a not-for-profit organization representing small businesses. The lawsuit filed May 31 alleged that Major League Baseball acted unconstitutionally when it moved the game from the Atlanta Braves stadium to Denver after Georgia Republicans enacted a restrictive new voting law. The rewrite o
  
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• Judge blocks drilling plans in 2 states, citing bird habitat

  10-06-2021 23:21
  
  CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A judge has halted plans for oil and gas drilling in vast areas of Wyoming and Montana, citing concerns about a sagebrush-dwelling bird. Idaho U.S. District Judge Ronald Bush ruled Wednesday the U.S. Bureau of Land Management didn’t adequately consider how the drilling would affect the greater sage grouse. Bush says the BLM also should have considered an option to defer drilling in the bird’s prime habitat. Bush ordered more study of potential effects on t
  
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• Even with torn ACL, Elko powers Ole Miss to super regional

  10-06-2021 23:17
  
  Tim Elko hasn’t let a torn ACL keep him from powering Mississippi’s postseason run. It hasn’t even slowed him down _ at the plate, at least. The Rebels’ team captain is coming off a huge regional _ three home runs, including a pair of grand slams _ to help Ole Miss advance to super regional at Arizona starting Friday. Elko has been playing for more than a month on a torn right ACL since returning from the injury sustained on April 5.The post Even with torn ACL, Elko power
  
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• Excessive Heat Warning issued June 10 at 3:12PM MDT until June 18 at 10:00PM MDT by NWS Tucson AZ

  10-06-2021 23:12
  
  * WHAT…Dangerously hot conditions. Afternoon temperatures from108 to 115.
  * WHERE…Western Pima County.
  * WHEN…From 10 AM Sunday to 9 PM MST Friday.
  * IMPACTS…Extreme heat will significantly increase thepotential for heat related illnesses, particularly for thoseworking or participating in outdoor activities.
  * ADDITIONAL DETAILS…Some moisture increase is expected nextweek. It may be sufficient to create enough cloud cover andthunderstorm chances to mitigate som
  
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• Excessive Heat Warning issued June 10 at 3:12PM MDT until June 16 at 9:00PM MDT by NWS Tucson AZ

  10-06-2021 23:12
  
  * WHAT…Dangerously hot conditions. Afternoon temperatures from106 to 112 Saturday through Wednesday, then 102 to 108 Thursdayand Friday.
  * WHERE…Upper Santa Cruz River Valley/Altar Valley.
  * WHEN…For the Excessive Heat Warning, from 10 AM Saturday to8 PM MST Wednesday. For the Excessive Heat Watch, fromWednesday evening through Friday evening.
  * IMPACTS…Extreme heat will significantly increase thepotential for heat related illnesses, particularly for thoseworking or p
  
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• Leak of billionaires’ tax data draws GOP outcry over privacy

  10-06-2021 23:08
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans in Congress are alarmed by the leak of confidential IRS data to ProPublica that has enabled the investigative news organization to reveal that famous billionaires including Warren Buffett, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg paid little in U.S. income tax at times. GOP lawmakers are demanding an investigation into how the private tax data was leaked and they’re pressing the Treasury Department and the IRS to pursue anyone who violated the law. A senior IRS of
  
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• Amazon now says remote work OK 2 days a week

  10-06-2021 23:08
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — Corporate and tech employees at Amazon won’t have to work in offices full time after coronavirus restrictions are lifted. The Seattle Times reports the online retail giant said in a company blog post Thursday that those workers can work remotely two days a week. In addition, the employees can work remotely from a domestic location for four full weeks each year. Amazon’s work policy update follows backlash from some employees to what they interpreted as the expect
  
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• Suspects sought after man gunned down at South Tucson grocery store

  10-06-2021 23:05
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - The man who was fatally shot in South Tucson Wednesday night was identified by the City of South Tucson Police Department Thursday.According to a release shared by STPD Thursday afternoon, 44-year-old Douglas Storm was found with a gunshot wound at 2960 S. Sixth Avenue at 40th Street near the Food City at around 8:51 p.m. Wednesday.Despite immediately being medically treated by first responders, Storm succumbed to his injuries shortly after arriving at the hospital.After further
  
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• UN: Don’t forget to save species while fixing global warming

  10-06-2021 23:00
  
  A new United Nations report says the world needs to tackle the climate change and extinction crises together, not separately. Thursday’s report from two U.N. scientific teams says there are ways to simultaneously fix global warming and biodiversity loss, but some means of fighting global warming actually speed up loss of species and can be catastrophic. Scientists say climate change and biodiversity issues have too long been siloed by governments, while they really are intertwined. Researc
  
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• Rep. Omar says she wasn’t equating US, Israel and terrorists

  10-06-2021 22:48
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Ilhan Omar is moving to deescalate a bitter fight with Jewish Democratic lawmakers over the Middle East. She’d talked early this week about “unthinkable atrocities” committed by the U.S., Israel, Hamas and the Taliban. A dozen Jewish House Democrats publicly complained Omar was unjustifiably likening the U.S. and Israel with terrorist groups. And the Minnesota Democrat had tweeted back that their comments were offensive. But later Thursday, Omar sai
  
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• Colleague of California shooter feared he might ‘go postal’

  10-06-2021 22:45
  
  SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A gunman who killed nine co-workers at a California rail yard last month was the subject of four investigations into his workplace conduct, according to internal documents published Thursday. After one verbal altercation, a colleague worried that the man could “go postal,” The Mercury News reported. The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, where the May 26 shooting occurred, described the investigations and released emails and other documents rel
  
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• Wildfire burning near Nogales grows to 125 acres

  10-06-2021 22:44
  
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  TUCSON (KVOA) - A fire burning 12 miles northeast of Nogales has grown to 125 acres after it ignited in Coronado Nation Forest early Thursday morning.According to an update released by Coronado National Forest Service at 11:03 a.m., the blaze dubbed the Shamrock Fire currently has 90 fire personnel working on containing the fire, which ignited at around midnight on Thursday.At this time, a temporary flight restriction has been put in place in the area.
  Shamrock (AZ-CNF), 35 acr
  
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• US hits alleged financing ring linking Yemen rebels, Iran

  10-06-2021 22:42
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has leveled sanctions against a Yemeni network that it alleges was working with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard to transfer tens of millions of dollars to Yemen’s Houthi rebels. The administration also has announced it is lifting sanctions on three former Iranian officials and two companies that it said had been involved in banned petroleum sales. The State and Treasury departments say the money sent to the Houthis came from illicit sales of Iranian petrol
  
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• Chauvin juror: Bodycam footage, expert led to conviction

  10-06-2021 22:42
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — One of the jurors who convicted Derek Chauvin of murder in George Floyd’s death says expert testimony about asphyxiation and the former Minneapolis police officer’s own body camera video convinced her he was guilty. Journee Howard told the Minneapolis Star Tribune the video footage was compelling evidence. She says Dr. Martin Tobin’s testimony also helped sway her. Tobin is a lung specialist who supported prosecutors’ argument that Floyd died from
  
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• Met Opera $31M in black in 2019-20 as pandemic starts

  10-06-2021 22:38
  
  The Metropolitan Opera showed a tax return revealing it is $31 million in the black during the fiscal year that ended last July 31, but the company said the figure included mostly pledges for future years. The company’s tax return showed revenue fell by $13 million for the season that included the initial months of the pandemic and salaries dropped by $41 million. The Met said it operated at a balance budget in 2019-20. Music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin earned $915,571, up
  
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• Mystery over claim world’s 1st ‘decuplets’ born in S. Africa

  10-06-2021 22:32
  
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa has been gripped by the mystery of whether a woman has, as has been claimed, actually given birth to 10 babies, in what would then be the world’s first recorded case of decuplets. Gosiame Thamara Sithole from the Tembisa township near Johannesburg gave birth to the babies on Monday, according to the Pretoria News newspaper. The babies haven’t made a public appearance or been captured on camera and the government said it is still trying to verify
  
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• Biden pledges 500M doses, calls on world leaders to join him

  10-06-2021 22:32
  
  ST. IVES, England (AP) — President Joe Biden is calling on global leaders to join him in sharing coronavirus vaccines with struggling nations around the world. He promised the U.S. would donate 500 million doses to help speed the pandemic’s end and bolster the strategic position of the world’s wealthiest democracies. Speaking in England on Thursday before a summit of the Group of Seven world leaders, Biden announced the U.S. commitment to vaccine sharing, which comes on top of
  
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• Governor tours Arizona fires, calls for special session

  10-06-2021 22:27
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has called a special session of the Legislature to boost wildfire funding as two large wildfires burn in south-central Arizona. The Republican governor wants the Legislature to approve extra money to ensure that firefighters have the resources they need across the drought-ravaged state and for problems like mudslides that could trigger once the fires are out. About 1,600 firefighters are battling the fires near Globe and Miami that have burned at leas
  
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• Northern New England reps urge US-Canadian border reopening

  10-06-2021 22:26
  
  CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The U.S. representatives from Northern New England are urging the Department of Homeland Security to safely reopen the U.S.-Canadian border, noting that Canadian tourists are vital contributors to the region’s economy. The Democrats, led by Annie Kuster of New Hampshire, wrote to Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Thursday. They said Canadian tourists spend $19 billion on average in the United States, including $500 million across northern New England. They said all
  
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• California appeals court ruling upending assault weapons ban

  10-06-2021 22:21
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s governor is denouncing in starkly personal terms a federal judge’s upending of the state’s restrictions on assault weapons. Officials announced the filing Thursday of a formal notice that they will appeal the decision. They described last week’s ruling by U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez as an outlier that conflicts with at least six other decisions upholding assault weapons laws. They say the ruling is designed to get the iss
  
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• US stocks end higher, erasing weekly loss for the S&P 500

  10-06-2021 22:12
  
  Stocks closed higher Thursday, bringing the S&P 500 index to another record high and out of the red for the week. The benchmark index rose 0.5%, led by gains in health care and technology companies. The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up 0.1%. and the Nasdaq Composite rose 0.8%. Bond yields mostly fell despite a much-anticipated report showing a big jump in inflation last month. Consumer prices rose 5% in May, the biggest year-over-year increase since 2008 and more than economists had exp
  
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• Senators eye $579B in new infrastructure spending, $1T plan

  10-06-2021 22:11
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of senators is eyeing an infrastructure deal with $579 billion in new spending as of a $1 trillion package. That’s according to people briefed on the plan. It could be rolled out as soon as Thursday. Negotiators are trying to strike a deal on President Joe Biden’s top priority. The 10 senators have been huddling behind closed doors, encouraged by Biden to keep working on the effort after he walked away from a Republican-only proposal this we
  
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• Heat Advisory issued June 10 at 2:06PM MDT until June 18 at 9:00PM MDT by NWS Phoenix AZ

  10-06-2021 22:06
  
  * WHAT…Hot conditions with afternoon temperatures 96 to 110expected.
  * WHERE…Southeast Gila County, Mazatzal Mountains andPinal/Superstition Mountains.
  * WHEN…From 10 AM Sunday to 8 PM MST Friday.
  * IMPACTS…High Heat Risk. Overexposure can cause heat crampsand heat exhaustion to develop and, without intervention, canlead to heat stroke.A Heat Advisory means that a period of hot temperatures, even bylocal standards, will occur. Actions should be taken to lessenthe impa
  
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• Excessive Heat Warning issued June 10 at 2:06PM MDT until June 18 at 9:00PM MDT by NWS Phoenix AZ

  10-06-2021 22:06
  
  * WHAT…Dangerously hot conditions. Afternoon temperatures 108to 117 expected.
  * WHERE…Portions of south central Arizona.
  * WHEN…From 10 AM Saturday to 8 PM MST Friday.
  * IMPACTS…High Heat Risk. Overexposure can cause heat crampsand heat exhaustion to develop and, without intervention, canlead to heat stroke.An Excessive Heat Warning means that a period of very hottemperatures, even by local standards, will occur. Actions shouldbe taken to lessen the impact of the extr
  
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• Mobster sentenced for assaulting ‘Real Housewives’ husband

  10-06-2021 21:58
  
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A reputed mobster who assaulted the then-boyfriend and now husband of a former “Real Housewives of New Jersey” cast member in exchange for a deeply discounted lavish wedding reception is now headed to federal prison. John Perna received a 30-month sentence Thursday. The 44-year-old Cedar Grove man must also pay $17,816 in restitution. Prosecutors say the former husband of cast member Dina Manzo hired Perna to assault his ex-wife’s then boyfriend. Prose
  
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• Arizona Legislature still stuck on budget terms after hiatus

  10-06-2021 21:57
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Legislature has made a brief appearance and conducted virtually no business, weeks into a budget stalemate that shows no sign of abating soon. The Senate returned after a two-week hiatus on Thursday but held only a pro-forma session before adjourning until Monday. The House did the same days after a Monday session ended with one Republican joining all Democrats in rejecting two key bills that are part of the budget package. Senate Majority Leader Rick Gray says i
  
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• Robert Durst hospitalized, delaying his murder trial again

  10-06-2021 21:53
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Robert Durst, the multimillionaire real estate heir on trial in the killing of his best friend, has been hospitalized for an unspecified health issue. The judge said in court Thursday that Durst was sent to a hospital after jail staff found the 78-year-old not in his wheelchair. The jury was dismissed until Monday. A lawyer for Durst didn’t have information about his condition. The trial resumed last month after a 14-month delay because of the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• High-wire star Nik Wallenda to walk over Buffalo campus

  10-06-2021 21:53
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — High-wire star Nik Wallenda is scheduled to help open a college’s new health clinic next week by walking a wire over its Buffalo campus. The June 17 event will mark the opening of D’Youville College’s Health Professions Hub. Wallenda most famously performed in western New York in 2012, when he walked over Niagara Falls on a high wire. D’Youville is a small private university with about 3,000 full- and part-time students. Officials say the new he
  
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• US budget deficit for current year hits record $2.1 trillion

  10-06-2021 21:42
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. budget deficit hit a record $2.06 trillion through the first eight months of this budget year as coronavirus relief programs drove spending to all-time highs. The Treasury Department said Thursday in its monthly budget report that the shortfall this year is 9.7% higher than the $1.88 trillion deficit run up over the same period a year ago. The report showed that spending from October through May totaled a record $4.67 trillion, up 19.7% from the same period a yea
  
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• Jeffrey Toobin returns to CNN after Zoom call incident

  10-06-2021 21:41
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin returned to CNN for the first time in more than seven months after he was caught masturbating on a Zoom call with former colleagues at The New Yorker magazine. Asked pointedly by colleague Alisyn Camerota “what the hell” he was thinking , Toobin responded that he “wasn’t thinking very well or very much.” He says he’s trying to become the kind of person people can trust again. Toobin also says he thought his pu
  
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• Sheriff: Man wanted in baby’s death briefly escaped jail

  10-06-2021 21:37
  
  LARGO, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a man accused of killing his infant son in Ohio escaped from a Florida jail but was caught within minutes. Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said Thursday that the escape a day earlier by Cody Jondreau was “absolutely concerning.” The sheriff says Jondreau was with other inmates in a recreation area of the Clearwater jail on Wednesday when the guard went inside the guard tower to notify another guard the inmates were ready to head back ins
  
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• Man kills woman, child, himself at Florida supermarket

  10-06-2021 21:27
  
  ROYAL PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a man fatally shot a woman and child inside a Florida supermarket before killing himself. The shooting took place Thursday at a Publix in Royal Palm Beach. Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office Spokeswoman Teri Barbera says authorities believe the man may have known his victims. Publix is Florida’s largest grocery chain, with more than 1,200 stores in the South. The company said in a statement that it is cooperating with authorities.Th
  
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• The Latest: CDC looking into reports of heart inflammation

  10-06-2021 21:23
  
  WASHINGTON — U.S. health officials are investigating what appear to be higher than expected reports of heart inflammation in male teens and young adults after they get a second dose of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines.
  It’s not clear if the heart inflammation is caused by the shots and the reports still are rare, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It urges everyone 12 and older to get vaccinated.
  As of May 31, the agency had 275 preliminary reports of such in
  
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• McDavid, Matthews, MacKinnon finalists for NHL MVP honors

  10-06-2021 21:12
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Edmonton Oilers center Connor McDavid, Toronto Maple Leafs center Auston Matthews and Colorado Avalanche forward Nathan MacKinnon have been named finalists for the Hart Trophy as NHL MVP. McDavid is considered the likely winner of the award after dominating the scoring race with 105 points in 56 games. That’s 21 more than the next-closest player, teammate Leon Draisaitl. Matthews led the league with 41 goals. If McDavid wins the Hart as expected, Edmonton will be the
  
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• Biden, Johnson strike warm tone in first meeting

  10-06-2021 21:10
  
  CARBIS BAY, England (AP) — President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson used their first meeting Thursday to highlight a commitment to strengthening their nations’ historic ties while setting aside, at least publicly, their differences both political and personal. Beginning a week of diplomacy across the Atlantic, Biden hopes to use his first overseas trip as president to reassure European allies that the United States had shed the transactional tendencies of Donald T
  
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