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• Excessive Heat Warning issued June 13 at 3:42PM MDT until June 19 at 9:00PM MDT by NWS Phoenix AZ

  13-06-2021 23:42
  
  * WHAT…Dangerously hot conditions. Afternoon temperatures 110to 119.
  * WHERE…West Pinal County, Sonoran Desert National Monument,Aguila Valley, Gila Bend and Tonopah Desert.
  * WHEN…Until 8 PM MST Saturday.
  * 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. Action
  
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• Excessive Heat Warning issued June 13 at 3:42PM MDT until June 18 at 9:00PM MDT by NWS Phoenix AZ

  13-06-2021 23:42
  
  * WHAT…Dangerously hot conditions. Afternoon temperatures 99to 117.
  * WHERE…New River Mesa, Rio Verde/Salt River, Globe/Miami,Southeast Gila County, San Carlos, Dripping Springs, Superior,Mazatzal Mountains, Tonto Basin and Pinal/SuperstitionMountains.
  * WHEN…Until 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
  
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• Record breaking high temperatures are likely every day this week

  13-06-2021 23:22
  
  TUCSON - Hot temperatures will continue through at least next weekend topping out as high as 115 degrees.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.The heat will peak Monday through Wednesday before slowly moving back down to 107-110 to round out the work week.Stagnant high pressure over the 4-corners region is the driving force behind the heat.High pressure to our northeast means w
  
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• ‘It’s always exciting’: Top dogs vie for Westminster title

  13-06-2021 23:13
  
  TARRYTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Wasabi could be the flavor of the year at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show. Or it might have a taste for Bourbon. Dogdom heavyweights Bourbon the whippet and Wasabi the Pekingese are among finalists for Sunday’s best in show title. They have plenty of competition: a French bulldog named Mathew, an old English Sheepdog called Connor and three more finalists not yet chosen. Winners of the working, sporting and terrier groups will be named Sunday evening, and
  
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• Excessive Heat Warning issued June 13 at 2:51PM MDT until June 18 at 10:00PM MDT by NWS Tucson AZ

  13-06-2021 22:51
  
  * WHAT…Dangerously hot conditions. Afternoon temperatures from109 to 115.
  * WHERE…Western Pima County.
  * WHEN…In effect until 9 PM MST Friday.
  * 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 localofficials. Cooling shelters may need to take your
  
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• Excessive Heat Warning issued June 13 at 2:51PM MDT until June 14 at 9:00PM MDT by NWS Tucson AZ

  13-06-2021 22:51
  
  * WHAT…Dangerously hot conditions. Afternoon temperatures from106 to 110.
  * 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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• Navajo Nation finds 11 new COVID-19 cases, 6 deaths

  13-06-2021 22:46
  
  WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation has reported 11 new COVID-19 cases and six deaths this weekend. Tribal health officials issued a breakdown of the latest virus stats Sunday, which saw only two new cases but no deaths. There were nine new cases and six deaths on Saturday. This brings the number of deaths on the Navajo Nation to 1,340.There have been 30,914 virus cases as of Friday. Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez says residents must remain vigilant and not act like the pande
  
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• Nicaragua arrests 5 more opposition leaders in crackdown

  13-06-2021 22:24
  
  MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — The government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has arrested five opposition leaders, following the detentions of four presidential contenders earlier this month. The moves over the weekend suggest Ortega has moved beyond arresting potential opposition candidates in the Nov. 7 elections, and has begun arresting any prominent member of the opposition. On Sunday, police arrested prominent ex-Sandinistas dissident Dora María Téllez and Hugo Torres,
  
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• Djokovic claims 19th Slam with 5-set comeback at French Open

  13-06-2021 22:14
  
  PARIS (AP) — Novak Djokovic came all the way back after dropping the first two sets to beat Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-7 (6), 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 in the French Open final for his 19th Grand Slam title. Djokovic’s victory moves him one major championship away from tying the men’s record of 20 shared by Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer. The 34-year-old Djokovic eliminated 13-time Roland Garros champion Nadal in a four-hour semifinal. And the 22-year-old Tsitsipas had the upper hand early
  
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• Average US price of gas rises 2 cents per gallon to $3.13

  13-06-2021 21:58
  
  CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline rose 2 cents to $3.13 per gallon over the past three weeks. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey says crude oil prices rose more during the same period but these hikes weren’t passed on to gasoline consumers. She says that’s because of consumer resistance to high prices. The price at the pump was 95 cents higher in the June 11 survey than it was a year ago. The highest average price in
  
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• The Latest: Bennett says Israel ‘at outset of new days’

  13-06-2021 21:51
  
  Naftali Bennett, Israel’s first Orthodox Jewish prime minister, has opened the first meeting of his government with a traditional blessing for new beginnings, saying that now’s the time to get to work to mending rifts in the nation. Bennett addressed the newly sworn in Cabinet Sunday night, saying the country is “at the outset of new days.” Alternate prime minister Yair Lapid, who will serve as foreign minister for the first two years of the government’s term, said
  
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• The Latest: Palestinians: new Israel govt ‘internal’ affair

  13-06-2021 21:36
  
  Palestinian Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s office has little to say about Israel’s new government headed by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, calling it an “internal Israeli affair.” Abbas spokesman Nabil Abu Rdeneh said Sunday that the Palestinian position remains “adherence to international legitimacy and the two-state solution by establishing an independent Palestinian state on the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital.” The new Israeli gove
  
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• The Latest: Lebanon marks daily record of vaccinations

  13-06-2021 21:26
  
  BEIRUT — Lebanon has vaccinated a daily record of people against COVID-19, raising the total number of shots administered around the country against the virus to more than 1 million.
  The Health Ministry said nearly 23,000 people were vaccinated on Sunday alone in different parts of the country on the third weekend of a COVID-19 vaccination “marathon” to speed up inoculations.
  The ministry invited all residents who are 53 and older as well as people with special needs who are 16
  
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• The Latest: Biden arrives in Belgium ahead of NATO summit

  13-06-2021 21:25
  
  The Latest on the Group of Seven nations meeting being held in England:
  President Joe Biden has arrived in the capital of Belgium for the upcoming NATO summit, wearing a mask because of the coronavirus as an honor guard and trumpeters greeted him.
  The U.S. president wrapped up a three-day meeting for the Group of Seven nations on Sunday and after a tea with Queen Elizabeth II flew to Brussels for the NATO meeting scheduled to begin Monday.Biden says that a strong NATO partnership is vital for ma
  
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• Islamist party makes early victory claim in Algeria election

  13-06-2021 21:22
  
  ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — A moderate Islamist party has claimed victory Sunday in Algeria’s legislative election even though results were not expected for several more days. Less than 24 hours after polls closed in the North African country, the head of the Movement for a Peaceful Society said the party “leads results in the majority of wilayas (regions) and overseas.” Party chief Abderazak Makri also denounced alleged fraud attempts “to change the results.” The
  
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• Israel swears in new coalition, ending Netanyahu’s long rule

  13-06-2021 21:08
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s parliament has narrowly approved a new coalition government, ending the historic 12-year rule of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and sending the polarizing leader into the opposition. Naftali Bennett, a former ally of Netanyahu turned rival, becomes prime minister and was sworn into office after a 60-59 vote. Promising to try to heal a divided nation, Bennett will preside over a fragile coalition comprised of eight parties with deep ideological differences
  
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• EXPLAINER: Who is Naftali Bennett, Israel’s incoming PM?

  13-06-2021 21:07
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Naftali Bennett, who is set to be sworn in as Israel’s prime minister, embodies many of the contradictions that define the 73-year-old nation. He’s a religious Jew who made millions in the mostly secular hi-tech sector; a champion of the settlement movement who lives in a Tel Aviv suburb; a former ally of Benjamin Netanyahu who has partnered with centrist and left-wing parties to end his 12-year rule. His ultranationalist party won just seven seats in the 120-m
  
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• Comeback! Djokovic tops Tsitsipas at French Open for Slam 19

  13-06-2021 20:57
  
  PARIS (AP) — Novak Djokovic came all the way back after dropping the first two sets to beat Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-7 (6), 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 in the French Open final for his 19th Grand Slam title. Djokovic’s victory moves him one major championship away from tying the men’s record of 20 shared by Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer. The 34-year-old Djokovic eliminated 13-time Roland Garros champion Nadal in a four-hour semifinal. And the 22-year-old Tsitsipas had the upper hand early
  
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• Police, TV station: Alabama news anchor dead

  13-06-2021 20:52
  
  HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — Police in Alabama say a veteran TV news anchor and former University of Alabama football player has died. WBMA-TV Vice President and General Manager Eric Land said Christopher Sign’s work “will serve forever as a hallmark of decency, honesty and journalist integrity.” Police in Hoover say that Sign was found dead Saturday at his home. WBMA said Sign had turned down a national network position to return to Hoover in 2017 after 13 years in Phoenix, Arizo
  
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• The Latest: Biden congratulates new Israel premier

  13-06-2021 20:51
  
  U.S. President Joe Biden has congratulated Israel’s incoming Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, and Alternate Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, saying he looks forward to working “to strengthen all aspects of the close and enduring relationship” between the two nations. In a statement released by the White House, Biden said that “Israel has no better friend than the United States,” and that “the United States remains unwavering in its support for Is
  
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• Nicaragua arrests 4 more opposition leaders in crackdown

  13-06-2021 20:43
  
  MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — The government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has arrested four opposition leaders, following the detentions of four presidential contenders earlier this month. The moves over the weekend suggest Ortega has moved beyond arresting potential opposition candidates in the Nov. 7 elections, and has begun arresting any prominent member of the opposition. On Sunday, police arrested prominent ex-Sandinista dissident Dora María Téllez, and Ana Margarit
  
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• AP source: Justice Dept secretly subpoenaed McGahn’s records

  13-06-2021 20:33
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Apple informed former Trump White House counsel Don McGahn and his wife that the Justice Department had subpoenaed information about accounts that belonged to them in 2018. That’s according to a person familiar with the matter. The disclosure comes days after two House lawmakers disclosed they, too, had their information secretly subpoenaed. It’s not clear yet why the Trump administration sought the McGahns’ records. But the others were part of a leak pr
  
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• Biden says ‘very gracious’ queen ‘reminded me of my mother’

  13-06-2021 20:30
  
  WINDSOR, England (AP) — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden visited Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle on Sunday, and afterward the president told reporters traveling with him that the 95-year-old monarch was “very gracious” and reminded him of his mother. Biden said the queen asked him about Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinse President Xi Jingping, and Biden said he invited her to visit the White House. The queen hosted the Bidens at her royal residence ne
  
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• As COVID-19 cases wane, vaccine-lagging areas still see risk

  13-06-2021 20:30
  
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — New COVID-19 cases are declining across the most of the country, even in some states with vaccine-hesitant populations. But almost all states bucking that trend have lower-than-average vaccination rates. Case totals nationally have declined in a week from a seven-day average of nearly 21,000 on May 29 to around 14,000 on Saturday. Experts said some states are seeing increased immunity because there were high rates of natural spread of the disease. But Dr. Leana Wen is
  
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• The Latest: Biden invites queen, 95, to stay at White House

  13-06-2021 20:22
  
  The Latest on the Group of Seven nations meeting being held in England:
  WINDSOR, England – U.S. President Joe Biden says he has invited Queen Elizabeth II to stay at the White House.
  Biden and his wife, Jill, had tea with the 95 year-old queen at Windsor Castle on Sunday. The 78 year-old president says he felt a maternal warmth from the monarch, who now has met 13 U.S. presidents.
  Biden said: “I don’t think she’ll be insulted, but she reminded me of my mother.”
  The
  
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• Comeback! Djokovic tops Tsitsipas at French Open for No. 19

  13-06-2021 20:21
  
  PARIS (AP) — Novak Djokovic has come all the way back after dropping the first two sets to beat Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-7 (6), 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 in the French Open final for his 19th Grand Slam title. Djokovic’s victory Sunday moves him one major championship away from tying the men’s record of 20 shared by Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer. The 34-year-old Djokovic eliminated 13-time Roland Garros champion Nadal in a four-hour semifinal. And the 22-year-old Tsitsipas had the upper
  
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• Saudi Arabia says Houthi drone lands in school; no injuries

  13-06-2021 20:20
  
  RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia says a bomb-laden drone launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels landed in the premises of a school in the province of Asir near the kingdom’s southern border. The department of Civil Defense in Asir said no injuries were reported. Its statement accused the Iran-backed Houthis of launching the drone from inside Yemen. Yemen has been embroiled in a civil war since 2014. A Saudi-led coalition began bombing Yemen’s Houthis and entered the co
  
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• Nicaragua arrests 3 more opposition leaders in crackdown

  13-06-2021 20:06
  
  MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — The government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has arrested three opposition leaders, following the detentions of four presidential contenders earlier this month. The moves over the weekend suggest Ortega has moved beyond arresting potential opposition candidates in the Nov. 7 elections, and has begun arresting any prominent member of the opposition. On Sunday police arrested prominent ex-Sandinista dissident Dora María Téllez, and Ana Margarit
  
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• Naftali Bennett sworn in as Israel’s new prime minister

  13-06-2021 20:03
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Naftali Bennett sworn in as Israel’s new prime minister.The post Naftali Bennett sworn in as Israel’s new prime minister appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Knesset approves new coalition, ending Netanyahu’s long rule

  13-06-2021 20:02
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s parliament has voted in favor of a new coalition government, formally ending Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s historic 12-year rule. Naftali Bennett, a former ally of Netanyahu turned bitter rival, becomes prime minister, presiding over a diverse and fragile coalition comprised of eight parties with deep ideological differences. Netanyahu remains head of the Likud party and will hold the post of opposition leader. Sunday’s vote ended a two-yea
  
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• ‘In the Heights’ makes muted debut, edged by ‘A Quiet Place’

  13-06-2021 19:56
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Just when a party was poised to break out in movie theaters, the below-expectation debut of “In the Heights” dampened Hollywood’s hopes of a swift or smooth recovery at the summer box office. According to studio estimates Sunday, the Lin-Manuel Miranda adaptation opened with a modest $11.4 million. Forecasts had ranged from $15-$20 million. The release of “In the Heights,” which is a lavish musical accompanied by glowing reviews from critics an
  
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• Israel’s parliament approves new coalition government, ending Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s historic 12-year rule

  13-06-2021 19:55
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s parliament approves new coalition government, ending Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s historic 12-year rule.The post Israel’s parliament approves new coalition government, ending Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s historic 12-year rule appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Djokovic tops Tsitsipas in 5 at French Open for 19th major

  13-06-2021 19:51
  
  PARIS (AP) — Novak Djokovic has come all the way back after dropping the first two sets to beat Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-7 (6), 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 in the French Open final for his 19th Grand Slam title. Djokovic’s victory Sunday moves him one major championship away from tying the men’s record of 20 shared by Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer. The 34-year-old Djokovic eliminated 13-time Roland Garros champion Nadal in a four-hour semifinal. And the 22-year-old Tsitsipas had the upper
  
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• Lebanon’s currency plumbs new record lows as crisis deepens

  13-06-2021 19:49
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s local currency has hit a new record low, with the country’s economic and political crisis worsening with no apparent solutions in the near future. The currency has lost more than 90% of its value since October 2019, when anti-government protests erupted. Inflation and prices of basic goods have skyrocketed in the country, which imports more than 80% of its basic goods. The U.S. dollar hit 15,300 pounds on the black market on Sunday, breaking a level not
  
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• The Latest: Knesset approves speaker ahead of coalition vote

  13-06-2021 19:45
  
  Israel’s parliament has appointed a new speaker, taking a key step toward approving a new coalition government that would end Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s 12-year rule. With 67 votes in the 120-member chamber, parliament named Mickey Levy of the centrist Yesh Atid party as its new speaker. He is to succeed the current speaker, Yariv Levin, of Netanyahu’s Likud party. The move set the stage for a confidence vote to approve a new coalition government later Sunday.The post
  
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• The Latest: French president lauds US return to world stage

  13-06-2021 19:14
  
  The Latest on the Group of Seven nations meeting being held in England:
  NEWQUAY, England — French President Emmanuel Macron stressed his appreciation for the return of the United States to the world stage and what he said was the boost President Joe Biden has given to the European Union, in particular.
  His remarks were in part a dig on the distance former President Donald Trump created with trans-Atlantic partners.
  With Biden, “we found once again a real common vision and, above all,
  
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• The Latest: Hamas promises to maintain ‘armed resistance’

  13-06-2021 19:11
  
  Gaza’s Hamas rulers say they will confront the new Israeli government that is expected to take office. Fawzi Barhoum, spokesman for the Islamic militant group, said Sunday any Israeli government is “a settler occupier entity that must be resisted by all forms of resistance, foremost of which is the armed resistance.” Hamas and Israel fought an 11-day war last month. The bitter enemies have fought a total of four wars since Hamas, which seeks Israel’s destruction, seized c
  
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• Caution on Iran nuclear deal as G7 leaders vow to stop bomb

  13-06-2021 19:11
  
  VIENNA (AP) — Diplomats from outside the European Union have cautioned that negotiations with Iran to salvage a landmark nuclear deal still need more time. The diplomats from Iran and Russia spoke Sunday as leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy nations reaffirmed a commitment to stop the Islamic republic from building nuclear weapons. Iranian envoys held another round of negotiations with international delegations in Vienna a day after EU coordinators suggested that differences over the 20
  
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• Biden and his aviators greet queen on a sunny afternoon

  13-06-2021 19:09
  
  WINDSOR, England (AP) — President Joe Biden and his aviator sunglasses have met up with Queen Elizabeth II on a sunny afternoon at Windor Caste. It was his third time meeting the long-reigning monarch. Biden met her in 1982 when he was a U.S. senator and he met her again on Friday when she dropped in on a reception for world leaders attending a global summit in southwestern England. She invited the new U.S. president and his wife, first lady Jill Biden, to Windsor Castle for a longer get-t
  
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• Nicaragua arrests more opposition leaders in crackdown

  13-06-2021 19:03
  
  MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — The government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has arrested an opposition leader and police have surrounded the home of another. The moves over the weekend suggest Ortega has moved beyond arresting potential opposition candidates in the Nov. 7 elections, and has begun arresting any prominent member of the opposition. On Saturday, police arrested Tamara Dávila, who was active in Unamos, a movement formed by former Sandinistas angered by Ortega’s
  
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• Major wreckage at hospital hit by artillery in north Syria

  13-06-2021 19:01
  
  AFRIN, Syria (AP) — Medical officials say the death toll from an artillery strike on a hospital in northern Syria has risen to at least 15. The Saturday shelling caused widespread destruction and knocked out the hospital’s maternity ward and surgery unit. It was not immediately clear who was behind the attack that also wounded 43 and came from areas where both government troops and Kurdish-led fighters are deployed. Al-Shifaa hospital is in the northern town of Afrin, in an area cont
  
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• The Latest: Britain wants more inquiry into COVID-19 origin

  13-06-2021 18:54
  
  CARBIS BAY, England — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says Britain wants further investigation into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, but that at the moment the country doesn’t believe it came from a lab.
  Speaking at the end of the Group of Seven summit in southwest England, Johnson says that while it doesn’t look as if this particular disease came from a lab, the world needs to “keep an open mind.”
  Though the notion was once dismissed by most public health
  
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• From vaccine sharing to climate, G-7 talks yield agreements

  13-06-2021 18:41
  
  FALMOUTH, England (AP) — The Group of Seven wealthy democracies have wrapped up their first face-to-face summit in two years at a seaside resort in southwest England. The leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States made commitments on a range of topics, from sharing coronavirus vaccines to tackling climate change and making corporate taxation fairer. Their final agreement from the three-day meeting also included a section on challenging China
  
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• The Latest: Biden and wife have tea with Queen Elizabeth II

  13-06-2021 18:38
  
  The Latest on the Group of Seven nations meeting being held in England:
  WINDSOR, England — U.S. President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, are greeting the United Kingdom’s Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle.
  The Bidens emerged from a Land Rover on Sunday to meet the awaiting queen, who stood on a dais dressed in a pink hat and floral dress. The U.S. president wore his aviator sunmark glasses as he joined the monarch, only to remove them as he inspected the red-uniformed and bearskin-
  
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• Florida zoo announces birth of southern white rhino

  13-06-2021 18:32
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida zoo has announcing the birth of a southern white rhino. Officials at ZooTampa at Lowry Park say the baby was born to 20-year-old mother named Alake. The female calf has not been named yet, but both baby and mom are healthy and doing well. This is the eight white rhino born at ZooTampa as part of the plan to help species survive. Visitors will be able to see the baby rhino in a new Africa attraction. The zoo says the white rhino population in Africa has rebounde
  
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• The Latest: Arab party leader hopes to bridge Israel’s gaps

  13-06-2021 18:31
  
  The head of an Islamist party in Israel’s parliament says his faction will advance the interests of Palestinian citizens of Israel from within the new government. Mansour Abbas said Sunday that his Raam party was making great sacrifices for the sake of his constituents, and will try “to advance a dialog that will bring about better, new, principled relations for all citizens of the state: Jews and Arabs.” Raam is the first Arab party to join an Israeli government, and Abbas sai
  
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• The Latest: British PM wants further probe into virus origin

  13-06-2021 18:27
  
  The Latest on the Group of Seven nations meeting being held in England:
  CARBIS BAY, England — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says Britain wants further investigation into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  Speaking at the end of the Group of Seven summit in southwest England, Johnson says that while it doesn’t look as if this particular disease came from a lab, the world needs to “keep an open mind.”
  Though the notion was once dismissed by most public health expe
  
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• TPD arrest homicide suspect in connection to February shooting

  13-06-2021 18:20
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - The Tucson Police Department has confirmed that they have arrested a suspect in connection to a homicide that took place on February 21st on W. Silverlake Road.41-year-old Roy Leo Javier Rios was arrested and has been charged with 1st Degree Murder, Aggravated Assauly, and Kidnapping.TPD found the victim, 37-year-old Javier Alonzo Monge with obvious gunshot trauma once they arrived on the scene. Monge was pronounced dead on the scene shortly after.TPD Detectives have determined t
  
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• Judge tosses hospital workers’ vaccine requirement challenge

  13-06-2021 18:20
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit filed by employees of a Houston hospital system over its requirement that all of its staff be vaccinated against COVID-19. The Houston Methodist Hospital system suspended 178 employees without pay last week over their refusal to get vaccinated. Of them, 117 sued seeking to overturn the requirement and over their suspension and threatened termination. In a scathing ruling Saturday, U.S. District Judge Lynn Hughes deemed the lead plaint
  
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• Arizona reports 348 more COVID-19 cases, 7 additional deaths

  13-06-2021 18:18
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona authorities on Sunday reported 348 additional COVID-19 cases and seven deaths from the virus. In all, Arizona has reported 886,752 cases and 17,768 deaths from the virus since the pandemic began. The number of people statewide hospitalized because of COVID-19 is 512. Of those, 131 are patients in the ICU. As for vaccinations, more than 6.1 million vaccine doses have been administered in Arizona to date. More than 3.4 million individuals, or 47.9% of the eligible popu
  
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