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• 13 killed in hospital attack in opposition-held Syria town

  12-06-2021 23:57
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — Activists and a medical group say shells have hit a hospital in a northern Syrian town controlled by Turkey-backed fighters, killing at least 13 people, including two medical staff and two ambulance drivers. It was not immediately clear who was behind the shelling, which came from areas where government troops and Kurdish-led fighters are deployed. The Syrian American Medical Society, an aid group that assists health centers in opposition areas, said al-Shifaa Hospital in the
  
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• Hiker rescued after 30 minutes on trail

  12-06-2021 23:56
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - The Golder Ranch Fire Department has confirmed that they were called to rescue a hiker who had only been on the trail for 30 minutes.
  We rescued a hiker who was on trail for only 30 minutes! There is no good reason to be on the trails this next week or so. Excessive heat warnings in effect. Keep yourself (and the rescuers) safe and find some inside stuff to do! #HeatKills #CommunityFirst— Golder Ranch Fire (@GRFDAZ) June 12, 2021
  Temperatures across Southern Arizona will be
  
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• In scary scene at Euro 2020, Eriksen collapses on the field

  12-06-2021 23:31
  
  COPENHAGEN (AP) — Denmark midfielder Christian Eriksen was in stable condition after collapsing on the field during a match in one of the scariest scenes to ever unfold during a game at soccer’s European Championship. Denmark team doctor Morten Boesen says “we managed to get Christian back.” Eriksen was taken to the hospital and was said to be stable and awake. The Euro 2020 match between Denmark and Finland was suspended after Eriksen was given urgent medical attention o
  
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• High temperatures will stay over 110 degrees through next weekend

  12-06-2021 23:21
  
  TUCSON - Southern Arizona is starting off the hottest stretch of the year with afternoon temperatures ranging from 110-115 degrees through next Saturday.A EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING is in effect for all of Southern Arizona until Friday at 9:00 p.m.
  That warning will likely be extended through next weekend as well.Stagnant high pressure over the 4-corners region is the driving force behind the heat.High pressure to our northeast means we see a south/southeast wind which brings a lot of continental tr
  
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• Bolsonaro fined for flouting mask at mass motorcycle rally

  12-06-2021 23:14
  
  SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has led thousands of motorcyclist supporters through the streets of Sao Paulo — and got hit with a fine for failure to wear a mask, in violation of local pandemic restrictions. The conservative president waved to the crowd from his motorcycle and later from atop a sound truck, where helmeted but largely maskless backers cheered and chanted Saturday as he insisted that masks were useless for those already vaccinated. That’
  
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• Mesa to settle with parents whose son was killed by officer

  12-06-2021 22:47
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — The parents of a Texas man fatally shot five years ago by a Mesa police officer at an Arizona hotel has agreed to settle legal claims against the city over their son’s death. The Arizona Republic reports that the city has declined to reveal how much it will pay to settle the legal claims over the 2016 shooting death of 26-year-old Daniel Shaver of Granbury, Texas. Then-Officer Philip Brailsford shot Shaver as Shaver lay on the ground outside his hotel room. Brailsford
  
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• Rash of mass shootings stirs US fears heading into summer

  12-06-2021 22:42
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Authorities say two people were killed and at least 30 others were wounded in overnight mass shootings in three states. The shootings Friday night and early Saturday further stoked concerns that a spike in U.S. gun violence during the coronavirus pandemic could continue as summer dawns and eased restrictions allow people more freedom to socialize. No one was arrested as of Saturday afternoon in any of the attacks, which took placein the Texas capital of Austin, Chicago and S
  
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• Excessive Heat Warning issued June 12 at 2:40PM MDT until June 18 at 9:00PM MDT by NWS Phoenix AZ

  12-06-2021 22:40
  
  * WHAT…Dangerously hot conditions. Afternoon temperatures 97to 112 expected.
  * WHERE…Southeast Gila County, Mazatzal Mountains andPinal/Superstition Mountains.
  * WHEN…From 10 AM Sunday 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 local standards, will occur. Actions
  
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• Chicago man jumps into Lake Michigan for 365th straight day

  12-06-2021 22:25
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago bus driver looking for a way to relieve stress during the coronavirus pandemic has jumped into Lake Michigan for a 365th straight day. Dan O’Conor said Saturday that he started jumping into the lake at Montrose Harbor on the city’s North Side last year to relieve stress. He continued jumping in through the fall before winter came and things got harder because he’d have to hack a hole in the ice-covered lake before taking the plunge. He posted vide
  
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• Virginia county plans to rename Lee Highway for abolitionist

  12-06-2021 22:03
  
  ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — A northern Virginia county is paving the way to rename a major highway that currently shares a name with Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. The Arlington County Board said at its Saturday meeting that it plans to vote next month to rename Lee Highway for abolitionist John Langston. He was also the first Black person to be elected to Congress from Virginia. The five-member board voted unanimously Saturday to defer a final vote to July 17. In a press release, the board sai
  
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• Excessive Heat Warning issued June 12 at 1:52PM MDT until June 18 at 10:00PM MDT by NWS Tucson AZ

  12-06-2021 21:52
  
  * WHAT…Dangerously hot conditions. Afternoon temperatures from108 to 116.
  * WHERE…Tohono O’odham Nation, South Central Pinal County andSoutheast Pinal County.
  * WHEN…In effect until 9 PM MST Friday.
  * 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 an
  
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• Excessive Heat Warning issued June 12 at 1:52PM MDT until June 14 at 9:00PM MDT by NWS Tucson AZ

  12-06-2021 21:52
  
  * WHAT…Dangerously hot conditions. Afternoon temperatures from104 to 109.
  * WHERE…Upper San Pedro River Valley and Eastern CochiseCounty below 5000 feet.
  * WHEN…In effect until 8 PM MST Monday.
  * IMPACTS…Extreme heat will significantly increase thepotential for heat related illnesses, particularly for thoseworking or participating in outdoor activities.Keep in mind you may need to adjust your plans based on thelatest health and safety guidelines from CDC and your loca
  
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• Early voting starts in NY, candidates urge people to polls

  12-06-2021 21:51
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Candidates in New York City’s heavily contested Democratic mayoral primary are urging people to go to the polls in the coming days as early voting kicks off. The start of early voting in the state Saturday marks the homestretch to primary election day on June 22. As some candidates voted, others spoke at a get-out-the-vote rally. Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams has topped some recent polls, though the 13-candidate race remains tight. Other top contenders include
  
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• Police seek 2 in Austin mass shooting that wounded 14 people

  12-06-2021 21:49
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Police are searching for two people suspected in a mass shooting on a crowded downtown Austin street in which 14 people were wounded, including two critically. Interim Police Chief Joseph Chacon says the shooting on a street packed with bars and barricaded off from vehicle traffic occurred at around 1:30 a.m. Saturday and that investigators believe it started as a dispute between two parties. He says police are searching for two male suspects, but he declined to disclo
  
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• Rapper Polo G is arrested in Miami after album release party

  12-06-2021 21:39
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Officials say rapper Polo G has been arrested in Miami on charges including battery on a police officer, resisting arrest with violence and criminal mischief. Jail records show 22-year-old Taurus Bartlett was booked Saturday into jail on five charges and released on bond hours later. The Miami Police Department released affidavits saying the rapper ended up in a struggle on the ground with officers. One affidavit says an officer was trying to handcuff Bartlett and was struck m
  
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• The Latest: Brazil president fined for not wearing mask

  12-06-2021 21:37
  
  SAO PAULO — Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro led a throng of motorcyclist supporters through the streets of Sao Paulo on Saturday and got hit with a fine for failure to wear a mask.
  Sao Paulo’s state government press office said a fine — equivalent to about $110 — would be imposed for violation of a rule that has required masks in public places since May 2020.
  Bolsonaro’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Bolsonaro, who tested posit
  
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• The Latest: WHO chief says vaccine need outstrips G7 pledges

  12-06-2021 21:25
  
  The Latest on the Group of Seven nations meeting being held in England:
  FALMOUTH, England — The head of the World Health Organization has welcomed the vaccine-sharing announcements coming out of the Group of Seven summit but says “we need more, and we need them faster.”
  “The challenge, I said to the G-7 leaders, was that to truly end the pandemic, our goal must be to vaccinate at least 70% of the world’s population by the time the G-7 meets again in Germany next yea
  
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• Biden to name Pulse Nightclub a national memorial

  12-06-2021 20:55
  
  President Joe Biden says on the fifth anniversary of a mass shooting at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando that he will sign a bill naming the site as a national memorial. The deadliest attack on the LGBTQ community in U.S. history left 49 people dead and 53 people wounded as “Latin Night” was being celebrated at the club. Biden says in a statement that he has “stayed in touch with families of the victims and with the survivors who have turned their pain into purpose” and des
  
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• Bolsonaro fined as he flouts mask rule before motorcyclists

  12-06-2021 20:45
  
  SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has led a throng of motorcyclist supporters through the streets of Sao Paulo — and got hit with a fine for failure to wear a mask, in violation of local pandemic restrictions. The conservative president waved to the crowd from his motorcycle and later from atop a sound truck, where helmeted but largely maskless backers cheered and chanted Saturday as he insisted that masks were useless for those already vaccinated. That’s
  
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• Shelling at hospital in north Syria town kills at least 6

  12-06-2021 20:40
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — Activists and a medical group say shells have hit a hospital in a northern Syrian town controlled by Turkey-backed fighters, killing at least six people, including two medical staff. It was not immediately clear who was behind the shelling, which came from areas where government troops and Kurdish-led fighters are deployed. The Syrian American Medical Association, an aid group that assists health centers in opposition areas, said al-Shifaa Hospital in the town of Afrin was ta
  
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• Eriksen in stable condition, Euro 2020 match resumes

  12-06-2021 20:40
  
  COPENHAGEN (AP) — Denmark midfielder Christian Eriksen has been taken to a hospital after collapsing on the field during a match at the European Championship. The governing body of European soccer says Eriksen has been stabilized and the Danish soccer federation says he is awake. The Danish federation writes on Twitter “Christian Eriksen is awake and is undergoing further examinations at Rigshospitalet.” The Euro 2020 match between Denmark and Finland was suspended after Erikse
  
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• Car crashes into building housing plasma center; 3 dead

  12-06-2021 20:40
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Authorities in western Pennsylvania say a car crashed into a building housing a plasma center in Pittsburgh and caught fire, killing three people and injuring two others. Pittsburgh Public Safety Director Wendell Hissrich confirmed the fatalities Saturday and also said two other people were injured, one critically. Police, fire and emergency medical services responded after the crash into the Biomat USA Plasma Building in the Manchester neighborhood at about 11:30 a.m. Sa
  
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• Judge asked to order arrest of witnesses in triple-slaying

  12-06-2021 20:39
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Prosecutors in Ohio asked a judge to issue arrest warrants for three witnesses sought in the retrial of the brother of Olympic gymnastics champion Simone Biles in a deadly 2018 New Year’s Eve party shootout that left three men dead. Tevin Biles-Thomas is charged in Cuyahoga County with murder, voluntary manslaughter and felonious assault; prosecutors on Tuesday dismissed a perjury count. The U.S. Army soldier’s first trial ended in a mistrial last month after j
  
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• The Latest: Aid groups appeal for shots, cash to dent virus

  12-06-2021 20:33
  
  FALMOUTH, England — Public health experts and humanitarian groups are calling for money, increased vaccine production and logistical support to help developing countries where the coronavirus is still rampant.They say rich nations must do more than donate surplus vaccines if they hope to end the COVID-19 pandemic. While almost half of the G-7′s combined population has received at least one dose of vaccine, the worldwide figure is less than 13%. In Africa, it’s just 2.2%.
  U.K. P
  
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• North Macedonia: Police find 82 migrants hidden in vehicles

  12-06-2021 20:13
  
  SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Police in North Macedonia say officers discovered 82 migrants hidden in vehicles in two separate operations Friday. Police said a joint team of border officers from North Macedonia and Slovenia found 62 people hidden in a truck on the main north-south highway near the border with Greece and arrested two Serbian nationals, ages 33 and 37. The majority of passengers, 46, were from Pakistan, 13 were from Eritrea and three were from Mali. Earlier Saturday, police
  
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• Jill Biden tells English surf therapy group about her board

  12-06-2021 20:10
  
  NEWLYN, England (AP) — U.S. first lady Jill Biden told members of a British group that uses surfing as therapy that she once owned a surfboard. She says it was white with a big butterfly on it. Biden met Saturday in Cornwall, England, with members of Bude Surf Veterans. The volunteer organization offers social support and surfing outings to military veterans, emergency workers and others to help them cope with trauma. The first lady has spent years working on military family issues. She is
  
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• Suspect turns himself in after homicide on Southside

  12-06-2021 20:09
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) -The Tucson Police Department has confirmed that the suspect in the shooting that left one man dead at a Circle K on W. Valencia Road on Friday afternoon has turned himself in to authorities.26-year-old Lazaro Enrique Villa called 911 to turn himself in, and was taken into custody and has been charged with 1st Degree Murder and Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon.50-year-old Jaime Tadeo-Avila has been confirmed as the shooting victim. TPD confirm that the shooting started after
  
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• Evacuation orders prompted by fire lifted for 2 communities

  12-06-2021 20:03
  
  SUPERIOR, Ariz. (AP) — People living in two communities in south-central Arizona that were evacuated due to a massive wildfire can now return home. Evacuation orders were lifted Saturday for the communities of Top-of-the-World and Oak Flats. Electric power also was restored in both communities. The Telegraph fire burning burned 136 square miles (352 kilometers) south of Superior. The blaze, which was 45% contained on Saturday, forced hundreds of people out of their homes and destroyed abou
  
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• Eriksen taken to hospital after collapsing at Euro 2020

  12-06-2021 19:45
  
  COPENHAGEN (AP) — Denmark midfielder Christian Eriksen has been taken to a hospital after collapsing on the field during a match at the European Championship. The governing body of European soccer says Eriksen has been stabilized and the Danish soccer federation says he is awake. The Danish federation writes on Twitter “Christian Eriksen is awake and is undergoing further examinations at Rigshospitalet.” The Euro 2020 match between Denmark and Finland was suspended after Erikse
  
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• Algeria election gets low turnout amid opposition boycott

  12-06-2021 19:38
  
  ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algerians are voting for a new parliament that’s meant to satisfy demands of pro-democracy protesters and turn a new leaf for the troubled gas-rich country. But activists and opposition parties boycotted Saturday’s election, and voter turnout was low midway through the day. Authorities also have tightened the screws on the Hirak protest movement, arresting dozens. Three prominent opposition figures, including a press freedom advocate, were freed early Sa
  
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• Winning auction bid to fly in space with Jeff Bezos: $28M

  12-06-2021 19:30
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The price to rocket into space next month with Jeff Bezos and his brother is a cool $28 million. That was the winning bid during Saturday’s live online auction. The Amazon founder’s rocket company, Blue Origin, did not disclose the winner’s name. The identity will be revealed closer to the brief up-and-down flight from West Texas on July 20. It will be the first flight of a New Shepard rocket with people on board, the culmination of 15 successf
  
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• The Latest: US air travel rebounds with more vaccinations

  12-06-2021 19:26
  
  DALLAS — The airline industry’s recovery from the pandemic passed a milestone as more than 2 million people streamed through U.S. airport security checkpoints on Friday for the first time since early March 2020.The Transportation Security Administration announced Saturday that 2.03 million travelers were screened at airport security checkpoints on Friday. It was the first time in 15 months that the number of security screenings has surpassed 2 million in a single day.
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• Denmark game at Euro 2020 suspended after Eriksen collapses

  12-06-2021 19:19
  
  COPENHAGEN (AP) — The European Championship game between Denmark and Finland has been suspended after Christian Eriksen needed urgent medical attention on the field near the end of the first half. Eriksen was given treatment for about 10 minutes after collapsing on the field before being carried off on a stretcher. UEFA then announced the game had been suspended “due to a medical emergency.” A stadium announcer asked fans to stay in their seats until further information could b
  
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• EU talks up hope of breakthrough at Iran nuclear meetings

  12-06-2021 19:15
  
  VIENNA (AP) — European Union negotiators say international talks on the Iran nuclear agreement are on track to revive the deal, which crumbled after the United States withdrew in 2018. Senior diplomats from China, Germany, France, Russia, and Britain held a 90-minute meeting with Iranian representatives at a hotel in the Austrian capital on Saturday. Representative Alain Matton told reporters in Vienna that the EU hopes “to find ways to get very close to a final agreement in the comi
  
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• Arizona reports 570 additional COVID-19 cases, 21 deaths

  12-06-2021 19:08
  
  Arizona authorities on Saturday reported 570 additional COVID-19 cases and 21 deaths from the virus. Officials say 220 of the additional cases were from early May.  In all, Arizona has reported 886,404 COVID-19 cases and 17,761 deaths from the virus since the pandemic began. Forty-seven percent of the people living in Arizona have been vaccinated.The post Arizona reports 570 additional COVID-19 cases, 21 deaths appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Aid groups appeal to G-7 for cash to get shots into arms

  12-06-2021 19:06
  
  FALMOUTH, England (AP) — Public health experts and humanitarian groups are calling for money, increased vaccine production and logistical support to help developing countries where the virus is still raging. They say rich nations must do more than just donate surplus vaccines if they hope to end the COVID-19 pandemic. U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he hoped leaders of the Group of Seven nations meeting in England will agree to provide at least 1 billion vaccine doses for poorer cou
  
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• Final presidential debate shows Iran’s political fissures

  12-06-2021 18:48
  
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s seven presidential candidates have offered starkly different views in the country’s final debate. Hard-liners on Saturday described those seeking ties with the West as “infiltrators.” The race’s sole moderate warned a hard-line government would only bring more sanctions for the Islamic Republic. The election Friday will see voters pick a candidate to replace the relatively moderate President Rouhani, who is term limited from running
  
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• Germany’s Greens endorse 40-year-old lawmaker for chancellor

  12-06-2021 18:23
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s environmentalist Greens formally have endorsed Annalena Baerbock as their candidate for chancellor. Baerbock was officially nominated by a broad majority of the delegates at a party convention in Berlin on Saturday. Baerbock has been a lawmaker in the national parliament since 2013 but lacks government experience. In a speech after her nomination, the 40-year-old called curbing climate change “the great task of our time.” The Greens led many polls
  
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• Making history: The scramble to document presidents’ summits

  12-06-2021 18:13
  
  If President Joe Biden has any private words with Russia’s Vladimir Putin at their meeting next week, U.S. interpreters and diplomats will be standing by to document their high-stakes encounter. It’s a decades-old system meant to ensure that senior officials, and ultimately history, have a record of what American presidents say to international leaders. And it’s one that held up — mostly — even under former President Donald Trump, including when he confiscated the n
  
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• Thai capital to lift more restrictions against virus spread

  12-06-2021 18:11
  
  BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s prime minister has announced that some restrictions to protect against the spread of COVID-19 will be lifted in the capital Bangkok early next week. In a Facebook post Saturday, he that enterprises allowed to reopen Monday include museums, parks and beauty clinics. Thailand is contending with a third wave of the coronavirus that began in April and has accounted for more then 80% of the country’s total cases and 90% of total deaths. The prime minister s
  
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• The Latest: Blocked from summit, protesters focus on media

  12-06-2021 17:57
  
  The Latest on the Group of Seven nations meeting being held in England:
  FALMOUTH, England — Thousands of people have gathered outside the international media center for the Group of Seven summit in England during colorful protests against climate change and an assortment of other issues.
  The first face-to-face G-7 summit since the coronavirus pandemic started has drawn a variety of activist groups, but so far none have gotten close to the main venue in Cornwall where world leaders are stay
  
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• Inspired by Novotna, Krejcikova wins 1st Slam title in Paris

  12-06-2021 17:47
  
  PARIS (AP) — Unseeded Barbora Krejcikova has won her first Grand Slam title by beating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-1, 2-6, 6-4 in the French Open final. This was only the fifth major tournament in singles for Krejcikova. The 25-year-old from the Czech Republic is the third unseeded women’s champion in the last five years at Roland Garros. She now will try to become the first woman since 2000 to win the French Open singles and doubles titles in the same year. The 31st-seeded Pavlyuchen
  
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• The Latest: Heads of guest nations and UN arrive for summit

  12-06-2021 17:29
  
  The Latest on the Group of Seven nations meeting being held in England:
  FALMOUTH, England — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his wife, Carrie, have welcomed leaders from South Korea, Australia and South Africa, as well as the secretary-general of the United Nations, to the Group of Seven summit taking place on the coast of southwestern England.
  The leaders elbow-bumped and posed for photos Saturday on a pristine beach in Cornwall.
  The G-7 nations are the U.K., the United States, Fr
  
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• Biden urges G-7 leaders to call out and compete with China

  12-06-2021 17:26
  
  CARBIS BAY, England (AP) — Leaders of the world largest economies have unveiled an infrastructure plan for the developing world to compete with China’s global initiatives. But there’s no immediate consensus on how forcefully to call out Beijing over human rights abuse. Biden also has held talks at the summit site in England with French President Emmanuel Macron. Macron told Biden it was “great to have a U.S. president part of the club” and willing to cooperate. Rela
  
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• Barbora Krejcikova wins 1st Grand Slam title at French Open

  12-06-2021 17:15
  
  PARIS (AP) — Unseeded Barbora Krejcikova has won her first Grand Slam title by beating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-1, 2-6, 6-4 in the French Open final. This was only the fifth major tournament in singles for Krejcikova. The 25-year-old from the Czech Republic is the third unseeded women’s champion in the last five years at Roland Garros. She now will try to become the first woman since 2000 to win the French Open singles and doubles titles in the same year. The 31st-seeded Pavlyuchen
  
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• Second teenager charged over London shooting of BLM activist

  12-06-2021 17:11
  
  LONDON (AP) — A second teenager has been charged with conspiracy to murder in the shooting in London last month of a prominent member of the Black Lives Matter movement in the U.K. The Metropolitan Police said 18-year-old Devonte Brown was charged on Friday evening. He appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Saturday and was remanded into custody London on July 7.  Activist Sasha Johnson was shot in the head at a house party in south London on May 23. Witnesses told police
  
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• Travel rebound: 2 million people go through US airports

  12-06-2021 17:03
  
  DALLAS (AP) — The airline industry’s recovery from the pandemic passed a milestone as more than 2 million people streamed through U.S. airport security checkpoints on Friday for the first time since early March 2020. The Transportation Security Administration announced Saturday that 2.03 million travelers were screened at airport security checkpoints on Friday. Airline bookings have been picking up since around February, as more Americans were vaccinated against COVID-19 and –
  
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• The Latest: France’s Macron says US again Europe’s partner

  12-06-2021 16:54
  
  The Latest on the Group of Seven nations meeting being held in England:
  CARBIS BAY, England — French President Emmanuel Macron says it’s good that U.S. President Joe Biden is able to lead through cooperation, adding that the United States is “definitely” back as Europe’s partner.
  Biden and Macron met Saturday as part of the Group of Seven summit in southwest England, where they and other leaders of the world’s wealthy democracies are discussing the coronavirus
  
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• As virus cases wane, governors weigh ending emergency orders

  12-06-2021 16:42
  
  With COVID-19 cases declining and vaccinations increasing, governors across the U.S. are wrestling with decisions about when to declare an end to the emergency declarations they have issued and reissued throughout the pandemic. More than a half-dozen states already have ended their coronavirus emergencies. That includes South Carolina and New Hampshire, where Republican governors ended their emergency orders this past week. More states could join that list soon. Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker
  
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• Johnson voices caution over next lockdown easing in England

  12-06-2021 16:41
  
  LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has hinted that the next planned relaxation of coronavirus restrictions in England this month will be delayed as a result of the spread of the delta variant first identified in India. On the sidelines of the Group of Seven leaders’ summit in southwest England, Johnson conceded Saturday that he has grown more pessimistic about sanctioning the next easing as the number of infections across the U.K. has increased to levels not seen sinc
  
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