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• Tennessee Nissan plant union election set; small unit denied

  14-06-2021 23:59
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Federal regulators have denied a union push to try to organize fewer than 100 employees at the Nissan assembly plant in Tennessee. The ruling instead set a July union election of 4,300 plantwide production and maintenance workers. Friday’s order from the National Labor Relations Board says the only appropriate unionized group at the Smyrna plant through the campaign would extend well beyond the 87 tool and die technicians. The International Association of Mach
  
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• Convict gets life in prison for Tennessee official’s death

  14-06-2021 23:55
  
  RIPLEY, Tenn. (AP) — A convicted felon accused of raping and killing a Tennessee corrections administrator and then escaping from prison on a farm tractor has been sentenced to life in prison without parole. Curtis Ray Watson received the sentence Monday after striking a deal with prosecutors, who initially had announced that they would seek the death penalty if he was convicted at trial. Watson pleaded no contest to a charge of first-degree murder in the perpetration of a rape. He also pl
  
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• Seattle officer struck, killed when helping at crash while off-duty

  14-06-2021 23:40
  
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  SEATTLE (CNN) - A car thief is still on the run after leaving a crash Monday that killed an off-duty Seattle police officer.What makes this even more tragic, 38-year-old officer Lexi Harris wasn't involved in the crash she had just stopped to help.KOMO spoke to Seattle police officer Lexi Harristwo years ago.Beyond her work as a patrol officer, she was also on SPD's wellness bureau helping fellow officers cope with mental and physical issues.Her five-year career with the force was
  
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• State prison inmate in Tucson dies; Appears to be a suicide

  14-06-2021 23:37
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say an Arizona prison inmate in Tucson has died and it appears to be a suicide. Arizona Corrections Department officials said Monday that 67-year-old Michael L. Ring died last Thursday “from an apparent act of self-harm by a laceration.” They say staff at the state prison in Tucson discovered Ring unresponsive in his assigned housing location and he was pronounced dead by responding paramedics. Ring was sent to prison in 1978 after he was senten
  
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• Doctors warn of burns from asphalt as heat wave hits US West

  14-06-2021 23:31
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Doctors who work in Arizona and Nevada burn centers are warning of injuries from contact with super-heated roadways and other surfaces as the first extreme heat wave of the year makes its way across the U.S. West. A high pressure system is expected to push temperatures above 115 degrees this week in Las Vegas and Phoenix. But heat warnings stretch from California’s central and inland valleys to as far north as Montana and Wyoming, where predicted highs of 109 degrees o
  
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• Brazil OKs national guard to Indigenous area after attacks

  14-06-2021 23:21
  
  BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s government on Monday has authorized the dispatch of national guard troops to its largest Indigenous territory in the Amazon following attacks by illegal miners on the Yanomami people. The Justice Ministry authorized the deployment that was published in the official gazette on Monday. It will last for at least 90 days. According to Roraima’s public prosecutors’ office, about 20,000 miners are currently within the Yanomami territory.  C
  
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• TFD crews working house fire on southwest side

  14-06-2021 23:19
  
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  TUCSON (KVOA) - Firefighters are working on a house fire that ignited on the southwest side of Tucson Monday afternoon.According to Tucson Fire Department, crews were dispatched to a residence in the 1700 block of West Calle Guadalajara near South Mission Road in reference to a report of a blaze.TFD advises residents to avoid the area.Stay with News 4 Tucson for the latest details.
  HOUSE FIRE#TucsonFire is working a house fire in the 1700 block of W. Calle Guadalajara. Av
  
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• The Latest: Biden notes US virus deaths approaching 600K

  14-06-2021 23:16
  
  BRUSSELS — President Joe Biden used his NATO press conference to acknowledge the approaching grim milestone of 600,000 Americans dead from the coronavirus pandemic and to urge more Americans to get vaccinated.
  Speaking Monday to reporters after the NATO summit in Brussels, Biden opened his remarks referencing the fact that while average coronavirus cases and deaths are “dropping dramatically” in the U.S., “there’s still too many lives being lost,” which he cal
  
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• Activists call for 21-day cease fire to Kansas City violence

  14-06-2021 23:15
  
  LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — A group of clergy and civil rights activists are pushing for a 21-day cease fire in an effort to ebb Kansas City’s violent crime. Advocates will offer conflict resolution and on-call spiritual counseling for people who are stressed to the point of violence. The 21 days started at 12:01 a.m. on Sunday, and the city recorded another homicide at 10 a.m. The Rev. Vernon Howard, president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Greater Kansas City, said Mond
  
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• Groups ask judge to block Arkansas’ near-total abortion ban

  14-06-2021 23:14
  
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Abortion rights supporters are asking a federal judge to prevent Arkansas’ near-total ban on the procedure from taking effect while they challenge its constitutionality. The American Civil Liberties Union and Planned Parenthood on Monday asked the judge to issue a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction against the ban. Without the order, the ban will take effect July 28. The groups filed a lawsuit last month challenging the ban, which prohibits
  
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• Southern Baptists quash expanded sex abuse probe, for now

  14-06-2021 23:12
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Southern Baptist governing panel has quashed for now a push to expand an investigation of its handling of sex abuse cases. But the issue is almost certain to surface again Tuesday when the nation’s largest Protestant denomination gathers for its annual meeting in Nashville. More than 17,000 voting delegates are pre-registered for what is shaping up to be the biggest and most contentious in decades. In addition to the dispute over sexual abuse cases, a group
  
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• Fla. governor signs bill requiring moment for school prayer

  14-06-2021 23:11
  
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a bill into law that would require public schools in his state to hold at least one minute of silence to allow students to meditate or pray. The state joins more than a dozen others in compelling schools to do so. Florida had already given schools the option of setting aside time for prayer and meditation. The governor signed the bill at a South Florida Jewish temple, where he denounced anti-Semitism and stood with Israel. His v
  
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• Extra COVID vaccine may help protect transplant patients

  14-06-2021 23:01
  
  A small study offers a hint that an extra dose of COVID-19 vaccines just might give some organ transplant recipients a needed boost in protection. The vaccines offer strong protection to most people. But it’s not clear how well they work in transplant recipients and other people with weak immune systems. Researchers tested 30 transplant patients who, on their own, sought a third dose.  It didn’t help everybody. But a third of those who appeared to have no protection after two sh
  
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• Jane Austen family link to abolition movement comes to light

  14-06-2021 22:48
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — While Jane Austen admirers savor the wit and romance of “Pride and Prejudice” and her other enduring novels, scholars have long delved into Austen’s life and times. Among the previous discoveries: an 18th-century family connection to slavery. The effort to place Jane Austen in the social and political context of her day has yielded a new and contrasting discovery: That a favorite brother, Henry, was part of the 19th-century abolition movement. An Arizon
  
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• Nonprofit pushes Chicago to build anti-racist arts community

  14-06-2021 22:41
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago nonprofit formed to highlight the lack of leaders of color within the city’s arts and cultural systems has added a new program, aiming to imagine what the nation’s third-largest city could look like without stubborn inequities in art, theater and other institutions. The first phase of Enrich Chicago’s new program, called Imagine Just, begins this month. The series of brainstorming sessions will ask artists, performers and other Chicagoans to imagi
  
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• Turkey seeks US support to maintain troops in Afghanistan

  14-06-2021 22:30
  
  BRUSSELS (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country would need “diplomatic, logistic and financial assistance” from the United States to maintain troops in Afghanistan and guard Kabul’s airport, following the withdrawal of NATO troops. Speaking at the end of a NATO summit on Monday, Erdogan also said Turkey was seeking Pakistan and Hungary’s involvement in a new mission in Afghanistan following the departure of U.S.-led NATO force. Erdogan held a
  
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• Convict sentenced to life without parole in official’s death

  14-06-2021 22:25
  
  RIPLEY, Tenn. (AP) — A convicted felon has been sentenced to life in prison without parole in a deal with prosecutors in the rape and killing of a Tennessee prison administrator during a 2019 escape. Curtis Ray Watson pleaded no contest Monday to a charge of first-degree murder in the perpetration of a rape. He also pleaded no contest to aggravated rape, and he pleaded guilty to seven additional charges, including aggravated burglary and escape. Watson had been indicted on 15 counts in the
  
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• Report says technology kept 2020 census below expected cost

  14-06-2021 22:22
  
  The 2020 census is expected to cost $14.2 billion, well below a previous estimate of $15.6 billion. The lower cost can be attributed to technological innovations, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office. It came even though the Census Bureau spent an extra $1.1 billion responding to the pandemic, whose spread in the U.S. coincided with the start of the nation’s head count for most U.S. residents. Innovations allowed most respondents to answer the census question
  
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• Idaho’s ongoing drought halts some irrigation months early

  14-06-2021 22:19
  
  IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) — Severe drought in southern Idaho forced water managers to halt irrigation from the Magic Reservoir months earlier than normal. That has some farmers struggling and water managers scrambling to harvest fish or move them to safer waters before the levels become too low to sustain them. The Big Wood Canal Company shut off the water Thursday, after 27 days of irrigation. The Idaho Fish and Game Department has opened up no-limit fishing on some parts of the Big Wood Ri
  
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• California adds vacation incentive to spur vaccinations

  14-06-2021 22:18
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will offer six “dream vacation” incentives to spur more people to get coronavirus vaccinations. Gov. Gavin Newsom made the offer Monday on the eve of the state’s awarding of $15 million in cash prizes. It’s designed to boost the state’s vaccination rate as California lifts most pandemic restrictions this week. The latest promotion is also aimed at jump-starting the Golden State’s travel and tourism industry after more
  
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• Gains for some tech giants nudge S&P to another record high

  14-06-2021 22:10
  
  Gains in several big-name tech companies including Apple helped nudge the S&P 500 to another record high Monday, even as other parts of the market faltered. The benchmark index was lower for most of the day, then turned higher in the last 10 minutes of trading, ending up 0.2%. The Nasdaq rose 0.7%, but the Dow Jones Industrial Average and small-company stocks fell. Trading has been choppy as investors gauge the strength of the economic recovery and whether emerging signs of inflation will be
  
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• 4 dead after head-on crash of big rig, car near Wickenburg

  14-06-2021 22:09
  
  WICKENBURG, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say four people are dead and another seriously injured after a passenger car collided head-on with a big rig near Wickenburg. Arizona Department of Public Safety officials say the crash occurred about 12:30 a.m. Monday after the car reportedly swerved into the path of the semi-truck on U.S. 93 northwest of Wickenburg. They say the driver and three passengers in the car died at the scene and a fourth passenger was hospitalized while the semi-truck driver
  
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• Federal judge charges US marshals in vaccination dispute

  14-06-2021 22:06
  
  ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — A federal judge in South Dakota criminally charges three members of the U.S. Marshals Service with contempt of court and obstructing justice, after a dispute with a marshal who refused to disclose her COVID-19 vaccination status and removed prisoners from a courthouse. The Aberdeen American News reports that U.S. District Judge Charles Kornmann charged three supervisory law enforcement officers, including the agency’s Chief of Staff John Kilgallon. The officers
  
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• Justice Department to tighten rules on seizing Congress data

  14-06-2021 22:03
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department will tighten its rules around obtaining records from members of Congress. The news comes amid revelations the department under former President Donald Trump had secretly seized records from Democrats and members of the media and amid the news that the Justice Department’s top national security official is resigning. John Demers will leave his position by the end of next week. That’s according to a Justice Department official who spoke Mo
  
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• BBB Warning: Sneakfoot.com doesn’t deliver products, consumers say

  14-06-2021 21:55
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - The Better Business Bureau (BBB) issued a warning on Sneakfoot, a website that advertises as an "independent reseller" of name brand products ranging from shoes to apparel.BBB said it has received over 7,000 inquiries and more than 450 consumer complaints from across the United States and Canada that allege customers have made purchases from the company but have not received their merchandise or refund. According to the BBB, its files indicate that this business has a p
  
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• DOJ: Tucson man gets 8.5 years in prison for assault with intent to commit kidnapping

  14-06-2021 21:52
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) – According to the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), a Tucson man was sentenced to prison last week after he pleaded guilty to assault with intent to commit kidnapping.According to a DOJ news release, Marvin Lee Enos was sentenced by U.S. District Judge to 102 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release.
  On April 2, 2018, Marvin Lee Enos assaulted the victim by punching the victim in the head and stomach areas. The DOJ said that Enos did this whil
  
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• ‘Turn around don’t drown!’ City of Tucson prepares for Monsoon 2021

  14-06-2021 21:47
  
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  TUCSON (KVOA) – Operation Splash! It's the City of Tucson's mission to help keep the traveling public safe during the monsoon.The Monsoon begins Tuesday! That means that crews for the City of Tucson's Department of Transportation and Mobility are on standby 24/7 until mid-September.Does any of this footage look familiar? As all low-lying areas in southern Arizona are subject to flooding this time of year, crews are preparing for flash floods by placing
  
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• Despite health woes, Robert Durst murder trial continues

  14-06-2021 21:38
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge has ordered that the murder trial of New York real estate heir Robert Durst will continue, despite defense requests for a delay because he’s in too much pain. Durst’s lawyers argued that he was in such pain from a urinary tract infection and other undiagnosed issues that he couldn’t even stand up to to dress for court. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mark Windham said that the jail system had declared Durst fit for trial, and testimony should r
  
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• Thousands in Hungary protest anti-LGBT bills on eve of vote

  14-06-2021 21:35
  
  BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Protesters and human rights officials have urged lawmakers in Hungary to reject legislation banning any content portraying or promoting homosexuality or sex reassignment to anyone under 18. Thousands of LGBT activists and others demonstrated in front of the Parliament in Budapest on Monday evening, chanting “we are here!” as they urged lawmakers to abandon plans for the bills. Hungary’s conservative ruling party presented the legislation last week
  
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• Examination yet to confirm bodies are Tulsa massacre victims

  14-06-2021 21:35
  
  TULSA, Okla. (AP) — An investigator says the examination of remains exhumed from a Tulsa cemetery has not yet confirmed that they were victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. Forensic anthropologist Phoebe Stubblefield said Monday that remains of seven individuals have been received and six examined. Stubblefield says another casket, believed to contain an infant, had no identifiable remains. She says infant remains typically are not well preserved. Investigators have found 28 coffins thu
  
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• First responders battle it out to support local nonprofits

  14-06-2021 21:34
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  TUCSON (KVOA) - First responders from all across Tucson battled it out Saturday at the gym.Crossfit East Tucson and Platinum Fitness held the 2021 First Responders Crossfit Games on Saturday.Members from the Tucson Fire and Police departments, state troopers, Border Patrol and Air Force came out to take part."We have every first responder agency, it feels like, represented out here, and the competition's been awesome," Andrew Threlkeld of Tucson Fire Departm
  
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• Workers push back against hospitals requiring COVID vaccines

  14-06-2021 21:22
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Jennifer Bridges, a registered nurse in Houston, is steadfast in her belief that it’s wrong for her employer to force hospital workers like her to get vaccinated against COVID-19 or lose their jobs. But that’s a losing legal argument so far. A federal judge bluntly ruled over the weekend that if employees of the Houston Methodist Hospital system don’t like it, they can go work elsewhere. Legal experts say such vaccine requirements, particularly in a public
  
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• Mormons and NAACP seek to advance work with new initiatives

  14-06-2021 21:20
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Leaders from the NAACP and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are unveiling $9.25 million in new educational and humanitarian projects as they seek to build on an alliance formed in 2018. Church President Russell M. Nelson said at a news conference Monday that projects include college scholarships, a fellowship to Ghana and humanitarian aid for underprivileged areas of the United States. The partnership is part of the religion’s efforts to improve r
  
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• New this week: Kevin Hart in ‘Fatherhood, ‘iCarly’ & ‘Luca’

  14-06-2021 21:18
  
  This week’s new entertainment releases include fresh music from H.E.R. and Angélique Kidjo as well as an enchanting Pixar sea monster feature called “Luca.” Timed to Father’s Day is the release of “Fatherhood,” debuting Friday on Netflix in which Kevin Hart takes on a more dramatic role, playing a man whose wife dies in childbirth, leaving him to raise their daughter alone. Over on Paramount+, Miranda Cosgrove is back as the title character of the teen
  
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• ‘Freedom Day’ for England pushed back 4 weeks to July 19

  14-06-2021 21:15
  
  LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has confirmed that the next planned relaxation of coronavirus restrictions in England will be delayed by four weeks until July 19, as a result of the spread of the delta variant. In a press briefing Monday, Johnson voiced confidence that he won’t have to announce a further delay to the plan to lift restrictions on social contact. He said the government will accelerate its vaccination rollout and that the decision to delay will save t
  
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• Search for missing Texas man in Grand Canyon National Park

  14-06-2021 21:11
  
  GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Rangers at Grand Canyon National Park are searching for a missing Texas man whose abandoned vehicle was found at the South Rim. Park officials said Monday that 49-year-old Charles Lyon of Tyler was last seen at a hotel in Tusayan last Thursday. They say Lyon’s vehicle was located Friday along Desert View Drive near Lipan Point and it’s believed he was traveling alone. Authorities are asking anyone who may have seen or talked to Lyon rece
  
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• US bans dogs brought in from 100 countries with rabies risk

  14-06-2021 21:07
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. plans a one-year ban on dogs brought in from more than 100 countries where rabies is still a problem. Dogs coming in from those countries already required proof of rabies vaccination. But health officials say there has been a spike in the number of puppies denied entry because they weren’t old enough to be fully vaccinated. The ban announced Monday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention goes into effect July 14. It applies to dogs coming into or re
  
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• The Latest: Easing of COVID restrictions delayed in England

  14-06-2021 21:01
  
  LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has confirmed that the next planned relaxation of coronavirus restrictions in England will be delayed by four weeks until July 19 as a result of the spread of the delta variant.
  In a press briefing Monday, Johnson said he is “confident that we won’t need more than four weeks” as millions more people get fully vaccinated against the virus, which could save thousands of lives.
  He said it is “sensible to wait just a little
  
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• US intel report warns of more violence by QAnon followers

  14-06-2021 21:00
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A new federal intelligence report warns that adherents of the QAnon conspiracy theory could target Democrats and other political opponents for more violence as the movement’s false prophecies increasingly don’t come true. Some in the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol embraced the theory. Many QAnon followers believe former President Donald Trump was fighting enemies within the so-called “deep state” to expose a cabal of Satan-worshipping cannibals
  
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• Egypt court upholds death sentences for 12 over 2013 sit-in

  14-06-2021 21:00
  
  CAIRO (AP) — State media reports that Egypt’s highest criminal court has upheld the death sentence for 12 people involved in a 2013 protest by Islamists, including leaders of the now outlawed Muslim Brotherhood. The 12 were convicted and sentenced in a mass trial in 2018 for involvement in a sit-in protest that was violently dispersed by security forces in an operation that left hundreds dead. The case resulted in 739 people being convicted on an array of charges ranging from murder
  
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• Senate set to elevate judge on Biden’s high court short list

  14-06-2021 20:56
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is poised to confirm the first appellate court judge of President Joe Biden’s tenure. Senators on Monday are expected to elevate Ketanji Brown Jackson to the nation’s second most powerful court, the federal appeals court in Washington, D.C. Biden has promised to name a Black woman to the Supreme Court, and many view Jackson as a top contender should a vacancy arise. She has written nearly 600 opinions as a district judge in Washington and worked as
  
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• 5 lawsuits from Hoboken train crash settled for $8 million

  14-06-2021 20:54
  
  More than $8 million has been paid to settle five lawsuits stemming from the deadly crash of a New Jersey Transit train in 2016, including one filed by the family of a woman who was killed. Attorneys representing Fabiola Bittar de Kroon and four other plaintiffs revealed the amount Monday. The 34-year-old de Kroon was killed by falling debris when the train failed to stop as it approached the terminal and crashed into the platform. An investigation found the train engineer suffered from sleep ap
  
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• Israel OKs contentious Jerusalem march, weeks after war

  14-06-2021 20:41
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s new government has granted approval for a contentious parade by Israeli nationalists through Palestinian areas around Jerusalem’s Old City. The decision raises the possibility of renewed confrontations just weeks after an 11-day war with Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. Hamas called on Palestinians to “resist” the march. Tuesday’s parade creates an early test for the fledgling government led by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett —
  
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• US, Russia envoys discuss Iran nuclear deal ahead of summit

  14-06-2021 20:36
  
  VIENNA (AP) — Delegations from Russia and the United States involved in nuclear negotiations with Iran have held talks in Vienna ahead of Wednesday’s summit meeting between U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The United States is not directly involved in the Vienna negotiations but has regular contacts with participating diplomats. A senior Russian diplomat said the Vienna meeting was “proof that the two countries can maintain businesslike cooperation
  
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• Cicada Pizza: Ohio restaurant tests out ‘Spicy Thai Cicada Pie’

  14-06-2021 20:33
  
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  DAYTON, Ohio (NBC News) - The cicada saga continues with an Ohio restaurant's latest creation - a cicada pizza."The Pizza Bandit" in Dayton, Ohio posted these pictures to social media Sunday, showing off its new "Spicy Thai Cicada Pie."The 18-inch hand-tossed pizza features cheese, veggies, a spicy Thai sauce and yep, you guessed it, cicadas!The restaurant said the insects were locally foraged before being blanched and sauteed. It also baked the bugs' wings into the crust!But d
  
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• Panic attacks highlight stress at shelters for migrant kids

  14-06-2021 20:26
  
  Associated Press (AP) — A federal volunteer at the Biden administration’s largest shelter for unaccompanied immigrant children says paramedics were called regularly during the two weeks she worked there. She says panic attacks would occur often after some of the children were taken away to be reunited with their families, dashing the hopes of those left behind. The conditions described by the volunteer mirrored accounts by immigration lawyers who recently visited Fort Bliss Army Base
  
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• Army: Drugs may be factor in deaths of 2 paratroopers

  14-06-2021 20:18
  
  FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — Authorities say two Army paratroopers were found dead in their barracks at Fort Bragg and illicit drugs may have been a factor. Army officials said in a news release Monday that the 82nd Airborne Division paratroopers were found unresponsive Friday and declared dead at the scene. A cause of death hasn’t been released, but Criminal Investigation Command spokesman Chris Grey says investigators have “credible information” drugs were involved. The sold
  
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• US sees eight mass shootings in six states over the weekend

  14-06-2021 20:14
  
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  WASHINGTON DC (CNN) - An 18-month-old and 4-year-old are among the nine people dead in a weekend that saw eight mass shootings in six states.Dozens more were injured as gun violence spikes around the nation.A dangerous surge in gun violence is putting cities across the United States on edge Monday morning.In Atlanta, a security guard was shot in the stomach outside the Lenox Square Mall."They approached him with a gun and so from there, the investigation will tell us exactly what
  
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• GM exec: company to announce more battery plants this week

  14-06-2021 20:13
  
  DETROIT (AP) — General Motors President Mark Reuss says his company plans to announce more U.S. battery factories later this week. He didn’t give any details about where the factories would be located or exactly what they would manufacture. He spoke in a weekend interview at an IndyCar race on an island park near downtown Detroit. Company spokesman Jim Cain wouldn’t comment Monday on the announcements, but said GM has previously stated it would build more factories to add batte
  
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• The Latest: Biden says ‘very good’ talks with Turk president

  14-06-2021 20:03
  
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  BRUSSELS — President Joe Biden says he had a “very good meeting” with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Brussels.Biden’s brief comment came after he and Erdogan met privately on Monday before being joined by other officials.The two leaders spent in total more than an hour together.Biden was expected to raise a range of issues with Erdogan, including Afghanistan, Sy
  
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