Tuscon news

• Seized House records show just how far Trump admin would go

  11-06-2021 23:33
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has made no secret of his long list of political enemies. It just wasn’t clear until now how far he would go to punish them. Two House Democrats disclosed this week that their smartphone data was secretly obtained by the Trump Justice Department as part of an effort to uncover the source of leaks related to the investigation of Russian-related election interference. It was a stunning revelation that one branch of government was using it
  
  Read more

• Governor: Texas building new border barrier; no details yet

  11-06-2021 23:33
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has offered scarce details on his plans to construct new barrier along the border with Mexico. It remained unclear Friday how much barrier Texas would erect or where or when it would be installed on the state’s 1,200-mile border with Mexico. Abbott has made immigration a central issue since President Joe Biden took office. The Republican governor has taken increasing action over what he says is the new administration’s failure to slow
  
  Read more

• Queen Elizabeth honors key women in UK’s rapid vaccine drive

  11-06-2021 23:30
  
  LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II has used her birthday honors list to celebrate those at the forefront of the U.K.’s rapid rollout of coronavirus vaccines over the past few months, which has been credited with turning around the country’s pandemic response. Sarah Gilbert, the professor of vaccinology at the University of Oxford who was instrumental in the development of the vaccine being manufactured by pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, and Kate Bingham, the former head of th
  
  Read more

• Preparing for Monsoon 2021: Flash Flooding

  11-06-2021 23:30
  
  TUCSON - After extreme heat the second deadliest type of weather is flooding with flash flooding being the most dangerous type.
  Living in a desert without much consistent rainfall puts us at a higher chance of seeing flash floods when heavy storms occur.Chief Meteorologist Matt Brode said, "Most years we will have a flash flood warning somewhere in Southeastern Arizona almost every day going from late June or early July through September."Most of the deaths are caused by people being swept off t
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• The Latest: Honolulu eases restrictions as vaccinations rise

  11-06-2021 23:27
  
  HONOLULU—Honolulu is loosening some restrictions on social activity now that more than half its population has been vaccinated against COVID-19.The new rules allow outdoor social gatherings of up to 25 people and indoor gatherings of up to 10.Karaoke bars and nightclubs may operate at 50% capacity if all attendees are tested for the disease or show proof they have been fully vaccinated.The city will allow gatherings of 25 indoors and 75 outdoors once 60% of the population has been vaccinat
  
  Read more

• Vaccinated lawmakers get to take off their masks in House

  11-06-2021 23:18
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Fully vaccinated members of Congress and staffers will no longer have to wear masks on the House floor and in committee rooms. The news is delighting some GOP lawmakers who have been chafing at the mask-wearing requirements. Some had even flouted the rule and refused to wear a mask on the House floor, inviting fines. The new guidance issued Friday says lawmakers who have not been fully vaccinated or whose vaccination status is unclear will still have to wear a mask when o
  
  Read more

• US to seek automated braking requirement for heavy trucks

  11-06-2021 23:15
  
  DETROIT (AP) — U.S. auto safety regulators say they will move to require or set standards for automatic emergency braking systems on new heavy trucks. The regulatory stance is an about-face from policies under the Trump administration, which opposed many vehicle safety regulations. The Department of Transportation announced the change Friday when it released its spring regulatory agenda. The department’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration also says it will set rigorous te
  
  Read more

• Sheriff: Florida supermarket shooter made Facebook threats

  11-06-2021 23:11
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The gunman who killed a grandmother and her 1-year-old grandson inside a Florida supermarket had been threatening to kill adults and children on his Facebook page, but no one reported him. That’s according to Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw. At a Friday press conference, Bradshaw angrily said Timothy Wall could have been stopped before Thursday’s shooting if anyone had reported him. Instead, detectives say Wall went into a Publix, stalked the
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Some J&J vaccine doses can be used, but many must be tossed

  11-06-2021 23:05
  
  U.S. regulators are allowing the release of about 10 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine from a troubled Baltimore factory. But tens of millions more doses that originated there can’t be used and must be thrown out. The Food and Drug Administration announced Friday that it had determined that two batches from the plant could be released. But it said several other batches are not suitable for use and additional batches are still under review. The FDA’s deci
  
  Read more

• Excessive Heat Warning issued June 11 at 3:05PM MDT until June 18 at 10:00PM MDT by NWS Tucson AZ

  11-06-2021 23:05
  
  * WHAT…Dangerously hot conditions. Afternoon temperatures from108 to 116.
  * WHERE…Tohono O’odham Nation, South Central Pinal County andSoutheast Pinal County.
  * WHEN…From 10 AM Saturday 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 c
  
  Read more

• Excessive Heat Warning issued June 11 at 3:05PM MDT until June 16 at 9:00PM MDT by NWS Tucson AZ

  11-06-2021 23:05
  
  * WHAT…Dangerously hot conditions. Afternoon temperatures from107 to 113 Saturday through Wednesday, then 104 to 110 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
  
  Read more

• Excessive Heat Warning issued June 11 at 3:05PM MDT until June 14 at 9:00PM MDT by NWS Tucson AZ

  11-06-2021 23:05
  
  * WHAT…Dangerously hot conditions. Afternoon temperatures from104 to 109.
  * WHERE…Upper San Pedro River Valley and Eastern CochiseCounty below 5000 feet.
  * WHEN…From 10 AM Saturday to 8 PM MST Monday.
  * IMPACTS…Extreme heat will significantly increase the potentialfor heat related illnesses, particularly for those working orparticipating in outdoor activities.Keep in mind you may need to adjust your plans based on thelatest health and safety guidelines from CDC and yo
  
  Read more

• Arizona sheriff’s office: Trooper wounded, suspect killed

  11-06-2021 22:59
  
  WILLCOX, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say law enforcement officers fatally shot an an armed man in rural southern Arizona after shooting and wounding a state trooper during a traffic stop. The Cochise County Sheriff’s Office said the trooper had used a pursuit maneuver to force the man’s SUV to stop on Interstate 10 near Willcox on Thursday when the man shot and wounded the trooper while the man’s vehicle was still spinning. The office said the man ran from the freeway to a n
  
  Read more

• Biden nominee’s link to 1989 logging sabotage blasted by GOP

  11-06-2021 22:51
  
  BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — President Joe Biden’s nominee to oversee federal lands in the U.S. West is facing Republican pressure to withdraw over her ties to environmental activists convicted of spiking trees to sabotage a national forest timber sale more than 30 years ago. As a college student at the University of Montana, U.S. Bureau of Land Management nominee Tracy Stone-Manning sent a letter to federal officials warning that spikes had been inserted into trees in Idaho’s Clearw
  
  Read more

• Excessive Heat Warning issued June 11 at 2:49PM MDT until June 18 at 9:00PM MDT by NWS Phoenix AZ

  11-06-2021 22:49
  
  * WHAT…Dangerously hot conditions. Afternoon temperatures 103to 116 expected.
  * WHERE…New River Mesa, Rio Verde/Salt River, Globe/Miami, SanCarlos, Dripping Springs, Superior and Tonto Basin.
  * WHEN…From 10 AM Saturday to 8 PM MST Friday.
  * IMPACTS…Very High Heat Risk. Increase in heat relatedillnesses, including heat cramps, heat exhaustion, and heatstroke. Heat stroke can lead to death.An Excessive Heat Warning means that a period of very hottemperatures, even by lo
  
  Read more

• Company drops plan for $2.3B methanol plant in Washington

  11-06-2021 22:46
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — A company backed by the Chinese government says it is ending its seven-year effort to build one of the world’s largest methanol plants along the Columbia River in southwestern Washington. Northwest Innovation Works on Friday told the Port of Kalama it will terminate its lease, ending the $2.3 billion project following several legal and regulatory setbacks. The company proposed to take fracked natural gas from Canada and convert it into methanol, which it would then shi
  
  Read more

• Justice Department will review restrictive GOP voting laws

  11-06-2021 22:30
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department plans to scrutinize a wave of new laws pushed by Republican state lawmakers that tighten voting rules. Attorney General Merrick Garland vowed Friday that his agency will take action on any violations of federal law. He also announced plans to double the staffing within the department’s civil rights division and send guidance to states about election-related activity, including mail voting and post-election audits. He also pledged to investigat
  
  Read more

• 2 dead when bus, SUV collide on interstate in Indiana

  11-06-2021 22:29
  
  BROOKSTON, Ind. (AP) — Authorities say two people were killed and several injured when an SUV collided with a Greyhound bus Friday on Interstate 65 in northwest Indiana. Indiana State Police Sgt. Jeremy Piers tells the Journal and Courier newspaper that the SUV crossed the interstate median Friday and struck the northbound bus about 12:40 p.m. Two people in the SUV were killed. Greyhound says the bus driver and several bus passengers were taken to hospitals. Piers says their injuries aren&
  
  Read more

• Yellowstone National Park sets tourism record for May

  11-06-2021 22:25
  
  YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — Yellowstone National Park had its busiest May on record. The park had over 483,000 recreation visits last month, up 11% from May 2019. Yellowstone officials said Friday the park is having its busiest year in recent memory. The park recorded over 658,000 visits from January through May, the most since 594,000 visits during that time in 2016. Usually the park opens to vehicles between mid April and mid May but last year was closed from late March throug
  
  Read more

• Trial begins for Marine accused in soldier’s hazing death

  11-06-2021 22:24
  
  NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A trial has begun for a U.S. Marine who is one of four American servicemembers charged in the hazing death of a U.S. Army Green Beret in Africa. Mario Madera-Rodriguez is the last of the accused to face a military court-martial in the death of Logan Melgar. Opening statements began Friday at a U.S. Navy base in Norfolk, Virginia. Madera-Rodriguez served with Melgar and others in Mali in 2017. Two Navy SEALs testified previously that the men were trying to prank Melgar o
  
  Read more

• Mattel-branded theme park coming to Arizona

  11-06-2021 22:15
  
  CNN Newsource
  GLENDALE, Ariz. (CNN) - A Mattel-branded theme park is going up in Glendale, Ariz.A groundbreaking ceremony for the project took place Thursday.The theme park will feature a Hot Wheels-themed roller coaster and a "life-sized" Thomas the Tank Engine passenger train.The park is being developed alongside a massive water park called Crystal Lagoons Island Resort.The project is targeted to open some time next year.
  The post Mattel-branded theme park coming to Arizona appeared first on
  
  Read more

• Weather service: Arizona will get hot, even for the locals.

  11-06-2021 22:14
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Dangerously hot temperatures are expected in Arizona next week. The excessive heat warning has prompted health officials to reschedule outdoor COVID-19 vaccination operations in Tucson. Fire officials in Phoenix making sure to rotate crews working major fires and the Border Patrol warning of dangers that migrants face crossing the desert. The warning for high temperatures of up to 118 degrees in south-central Arizona takes effect Saturday and extends into next Friday. Foreca
  
  Read more

• Stocks notch modest gains and a 3rd winning week for S&P 500

  11-06-2021 22:13
  
  Stocks shook off a wobbly day of trading and ended modestly higher on Wall Street, giving the S&P 500 its third weekly gain in a row. The index added 0.2% Friday, led by technology and banks. Bond yields fell this week despite reports showing the economy is gaining strength as well as some signs of inflation. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note was 1.46%. Investors will be closely watching next week’s meeting of Federal Reserve policymakers for their assessment of how much of a thre
  
  Read more

• Nevada schools reckon with race, triggering polarization

  11-06-2021 22:04
  
  RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada school boards are becoming hotbeds of political polarization where parents are clashing over how to teach students about racism and its role in U.S. history. In Washoe County and Carson City, parents spoke Tuesday against the concept of critical race theory being taught in schools, despite the fact that officials in both districts insist they have no plans to include it in lesson plans. The fight is part of a larger nationwide debate a year after protests about rac
  
  Read more

• Biden sells G-7 on global tax, but U.S. Congress is a hurdle

  11-06-2021 22:04
  
  President Joe Biden might have persuaded some of the world’s largest economies to hike taxes on corporations. But the U.S. Congress could be a far tougher sell. Leaders of the Group of Seven nations are in sync with Biden on placing a global minimum tax of at least 15% on large companies. The G-7 leaders began a three-day summit in England on Friday after their finance ministers had earlier endorsed the global tax minimum. A minimum tax is supposed to halt an international race to the bott
  
  Read more

• Walz visits Minneapolis brewery to promote new ‘Cheers to the Vaccine’ campaign

  11-06-2021 22:00
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (KTTC) — Fridays and happy hour go hand-in-hand for many, and Gov. Tim Walz is hoping that a free or discounted beverage will inspire some residents to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
  On Friday morning, he was at a Minneapolis brewery to highlight Minnesota’s Cheers to the Vaccine campaign.
  It’s a state partnership with the Craft Brewers Guild and the Minnesota Distillers Guild.
  “It’s a good reason to come out. It’s a free beer. Get back out and give th
  
  Read more

• Minnesota governor offers free beer in exchange for COVID-19 shots

  11-06-2021 22:00
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (KTTC) — Fridays and happy hour go hand-in-hand for many, and Gov. Tim Walz is hoping that a free or discounted beverage will inspire some residents to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
  On Friday morning, he was at a Minneapolis brewery to highlight Minnesota’s Cheers to the Vaccine campaign.
  It’s a state partnership with the Craft Brewers Guild and the Minnesota Distillers Guild.
  “It’s a good reason to come out. It’s a free beer. Get back out and give th
  
  Read more

• Biden to return diverted border wall money, spend down rest

  11-06-2021 21:53
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s signature border wall project would lose much of its funding as well as the fast-track status that enabled it to bypass environmental regulations under a new Biden administration plan.
  President Joe Biden suspended construction of the wall upon taking office while it reviewed the project, angering Republicans in Congress. The new plan does not cancel the wall project outright.
  But it returns money the Trump administration diverted fro
  
  Read more

• California selects another 15 winners in vaccine lottery

  11-06-2021 21:52
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California has selected another 15 people to win $50,000 each just for getting the coronavirus vaccine. Friday’s lottery-style drawing winners were selected from nearly 22 million Californians who have received at least one vaccine dose. State officials identified the winners by which counties they live in. Winners will be notifed in coming days. Fifteen other people won last week. State officials successfully contacted 13 of them. The other two were replace
  
  Read more

• Correction: Media-Online Harassment story

  11-06-2021 21:46
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — In a story June 9, 2021, about online harassment of journalists, The Associated Press erroneously reported the date of a finding by the Pew Research Center on the percentage of people who said they had been harassed online. The previous study was in 2014, not 2017.The post Correction: Media-Online Harassment story appeared first on KVOA.
  
  Read more

• Millions of J&J vaccine doses to be released, but many must be tossed

  11-06-2021 21:45
  
  (AP) - U.S. regulators are allowing the release of about 10 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine from a troubled Baltimore factory. But tens of millions more doses that originated there can’t be used and must be thrown out.
  The Food and Drug Administration announced Friday that it had determined that two batches from the plant could be released. But it said several other batches are not suitable for use and additional batches are still under review.
  The FDA&rsquo
  
  Read more

• Dog, turtle and three people displaced after house fire on west side

  11-06-2021 21:39
  
  Tucson Fire Department
  TUCSON (KVOA) - Three residents have been displaced in connection a house fire that ignited on the west side Friday morning.According to Tucson Fire Department, its crews were dispatched to the corner of Seminole Avenue and Delaware Street at around 11:41 a.m. Friday in reference to reports of a residence that was on fire.TFD said the firefighters were able to control the blaze by 11:55 a.m.
  CONTROLLED#TucsonFire #TFD #firefighter #Tucson pic.twitter.com/m4PJvJFtts—
  
  Read more

• NC Supreme Court upholds murder charge in child abuse case

  11-06-2021 21:25
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s Supreme Court has upheld a lower court’s decision finding a man guilty of first-degree murder by starvation and neglect of his 4-year-old stepson. Malachi Golden died in May 2015 weighing 19 pounds, roughly half the weight of an average boy his age. The justices noted in their opinion that Malachi had been prescribed an anti-seizure medication that was effective in treating spasms that he began experiencing when he was 4 months old. Thomas
  
  Read more

• Former Wisconsin teacher to plead guilty to filming students

  11-06-2021 21:24
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A former Wisconsin high school teacher accused of secretly videotaping undressed students during field trips in Wisconsin and Minnesota has reached a plea deal with federal prosecutors. The Wisconsin State Journal reports that 38-year-old David Kruchten will plead guilty to attempting to produce child pornography. He would face at least six years in prison under the deal filed Thursday. Kruchten was originally charged in January 2020 with seven counts of attempting to
  
  Read more

• Booing of anti-racism gesture reinforces need to take a knee

  11-06-2021 21:22
  
  BURTON-ON-TRENT, England (AP) — England players have been pleading with fans to stop booing when they take a knee before games. The disregard of the reasons for performing the anti-racism gesture has created a disconnect with many soccer fans viewing it as a political act. There has even been a intervention from Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s office. The message says he doesn’t want to hear booing ahead of England’s European Championship opener against Croatia on Sunday a
  
  Read more

• The Latest: Chicago reopens, ends most virus requirements

  11-06-2021 21:18
  
  CHICAGO — Officials declared Chicago fully reopened on Friday, ending a requirement that people wear face masks in most indoor places and lifting capacity limits intended to slow the spread of the coronavirus.Chicago sometimes veered from the state’s restrictions and opted to be stricter or more lenient than the state required. But city officials decided to join the rest of Illinois in lifting restrictions Friday, nearly 15 months after Gov. J.B. Pritzker issued the first stay-at-hom
  
  Read more

• Tweens and teens, explore your creative side!

  11-06-2021 21:13
  
  Are you a tween or teen, or do you know one, who enjoys writing? Pima County Public Library has the perfect events to check out!…
  
  Read more

• Florida supermarket shooter had recently declared bankruptcy

  11-06-2021 21:04
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Court records show that the gunman who killed a grandmother and her 1-year-old grandson inside a Florida supermarket had declared bankruptcy earlier this year. Palm Beach County Sheriff’s detectives said Friday that they still have not found any connection between 55-year-old Timothy J. Wall and the woman and 1-year-old child whom he killed Thursday in a Publix supermarket before killing himself. Bankruptcy records show Wall had $6,000 in assets compared
  
  Read more

• Iran regains UN voting rights and lashes out at US sanctions

  11-06-2021 21:00
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Iran has regained its voting rights in the U.N. General Assembly after making the minimum payment on its U.N. dues. Iran’s U.N. Ambassador Majid Takht Ravanchi lashed out at the United States for maintaining sanctions that have prevented it from accessing billions of dollars in foreign banks. U.N. deputy spokesman Farhan Haq announced that Iran had paid the minimum amount — $16,251,298 — and was able to vote in Friday’s election for five new me
  
  Read more

• The Latest: Queen Elizabeth II hosts G-7 leaders, spouses

  11-06-2021 20:57
  
  The Latest on the Group of Seven nations meeting being held in England:
  FALMOUTH, England — Queen Elizabeth II has hosted the Group of Seven leaders at an evening reception where Britain’s royals mingled with some of the world’s most powerful politicians.
  The event, which was closed to most media, saw royals, world leaders and their spouses enjoying drinks at Cornwall’s Eden Project, an attraction that features the world’s largest indoor rainforest within giant dome
  
  Read more

• Ice shelf protecting Antarctic glacier is breaking up faster

  11-06-2021 20:55
  
  Satellite video shows the ice shelf holding the Pine Island Glacier in Antarctica back from the sea is breaking up much faster than before. A study Friday shows the ice shelf has shrunk by one-fifth since 2017. That worries scientists because the large glacier protected by the shelf could collapse sooner than the centuries they had predicted. When the shelf breaks up, it spawns icebergs 5 miles long and 22 miles wide, then those break into smaller ones. Scientists say the crumbling of the shelf,
  
  Read more

• Chicago police officer charged in Jan. 6 attack at Capitol

  11-06-2021 20:53
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago police officer has been charged with breaching the U.S. Capitol and entering a senator’s office during the Jan. 6 insurrection. Twenty-nine-year-old Karol Chwiesiuk was arrested Friday and faces five misdemeanor counts. A criminal complaint says Chwiesiuk broke into a senator’s office along with a mob. Prosecutors also say that two days before he traveled to Washington to attend a rally supporting then President Donald Trump Chwiesiuk sent a text messag
  
  Read more

• US will revisit Trump-era decision for Alaska rainforest

  11-06-2021 20:52
  
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The federal government has announced plans to repeal or replace a decision by the Trump administration to lift restrictions on logging and road building in a southeast Alaska rainforest that provides habitat for wolves, bears and salmon. The announcement was cheered by conservation groups as a positive step. But Alaska’s Republican governor vowed to fight back. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s plans for the Tongass National Forest were described as con
  
  Read more

• North Carolina principal goes viral after singing ‘I Will Always Love You’ to students at graduation

  11-06-2021 20:46
  
  CNN Newsource
  HIGH POINT, N.C. (CNN) -- Watch a North Carolina principal dazzle a graduating class by channeling Whitney Houston.Marcus Gause says he sings every year but had a special connection to this year's grad class."This class was my first year, they were freshmen my first year in," Gause said.Gause says the song echoed the sentiments of all faculty after a unique and challenging year."Part of it was I hope that life treats you kind and I hope you get all you ever dreamed of," the p
  
  Read more

• G-7 pledge to share, but jostle for ground in the sandbox

  11-06-2021 20:46
  
  CARBIS BAY, England (AP) — Group of Seven leaders have brought pledges to share vaccine doses and make a fairer global economy to a seaside summit in England. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson opened the summit on Friday saying the coronavirus pandemic should not be allowed to leave a “lasting scar” on the world. The wealthy nations’ leaders were all smiles and unity as Johnson greeted them on the freshly raked sand of Carbis Bay, but jostled about who is doing most to
  
  Read more

• $350,000 settlement offered in police takedown of wrong man

  11-06-2021 20:45
  
  SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Officials of a Georgia city are offering a $350,000 legal settlement to an innocent Black man injured when a police officer slammed him to the ground. The offer approved Thursday by the Valdosta City Council also includes creation of a citizen review board to help oversee local police. Antonio Arnelo Smith sued Valdosta police and city officials last year, saying his civil rights were violated when an officer crept up behind him, wrapped him in a bear hug and slammed h
  
  Read more

• The Latest: UN leader: Developing nations need more vaccines

  11-06-2021 20:44
  
  The Latest on the Group of Seven nations meeting being held in England:
  FALMOUTH, England — U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres has welcomed commitments by the U.S. and Britain to share millions of coronavirus vaccine shots with struggling countries. But he says it’s not enough.
  Without a global effort, Guterres says the coronavirus could “spread like wildfire” in much of developing world.
  Leaders from the Group of Seven wealthy democracies are expected to commit to s
  
  Read more

• Congress, Justice Dept. probing Trump seizures of Dems’ data

  11-06-2021 20:36
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department’s internal watchdog has launched an investigation after revelations that former President Donald Trump’s administration secretly seized phone data from at least two House Democrats as part of an aggressive leaks probe. Democrats called the disclosures a “shocking” abuse of power. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff and California Rep. Eric Swalwell say Apple notified them last month that their metadata had been
  
  Read more

• Body of Nathan Bedford Forrest removed from Memphis park

  11-06-2021 20:35
  
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Workers have removed the remains of Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest and his wife from a Tennessee park, marking another step in the process of moving their bodies out of Memphis and to a museum hundreds of miles away. News outlets reported that Sons of Confederate Veterans spokesman Lee Millar said the remains of the former slave trader and his wife are being held in an undisclosed location until they can be transported later to a Confederate museum. The remov
  
  Read more

• Police: Mother, 2 kids killed in collision with stolen SUV

  11-06-2021 20:27
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix police say a man ran a red light in an SUV stolen minutes earlier, causing a four-vehicle collision that killed a woman and her two teenaged children. Police said the carjacking suspect was among several people injured in the crash Thursday and will be arrested and booked into jail on unspecified charges once released from a hospital. His identity wasn’t released. Police said impairment and speed were contributing factors to the crash. Those killed were identif
  
  Read more

Follow @Tucson_News_ on Twitter!