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• Court tosses lawsuits against store in Texas church killing

  26-06-2021 23:25
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Supreme Court says survivors and relatives of those killed in a 2017 mass killing at a church can’t sue a sporting goods chain for selling the gunman the rifle used in the attack. The court on Friday threw out four lawsuits against Academy Sports and Outdoors that alleged that a San Antonio-area store negligently sold the gun to Devin Kelley in 2016. Kelley killed more than two dozen people when he opened fire at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland S
  
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• Biden: Infrastructure vow was not intended to be veto threat

  26-06-2021 22:46
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is seeking to clarify his position on the infrastructure package he’s trying to work out with Congress. On Saturday, Biden said he didn’t mean to suggest he would veto the bill unless Congress also passed a larger package to expand the social safety net. Days earlier he said both packages needed to move in “tandem” or he would not sign. Those comments sparked criticism from some Republican lawmakers who were party to the deal. S
  
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• Biden seeks to clarify position on infrastructure deal

  26-06-2021 22:14
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is seeking to clarify his position on the infrastructure package he’s trying to work out with Congress. On Saturday, Biden said he didn’t mean to suggest he would veto the bill unless Congress also passed a larger package to expand the social safety net. Days earlier he said both packages needed to move in “tandem” or he would not sign. Those comments sparked criticism from some Republican lawmakers who were party to the deal. S
  
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• Aiming to preserve fragile infrastructure deal, Biden says he didn’t intend to suggest veto unless Dem bill passes, too

  26-06-2021 22:02
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Aiming to preserve fragile infrastructure deal, Biden says he didn’t intend to suggest veto unless Dem bill passes, too.The post Aiming to preserve fragile infrastructure deal, Biden says he didn’t intend to suggest veto unless Dem bill passes, too appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Pacific Northwest swelters in historic heat wave

  26-06-2021 21:56
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Government officials, wildlife managers and utility workers across the Pacific Northwest were trying to keep people and animals safe as a historic heat wave scorched the region on Saturday. Temperatures in many areas were expected to top out 25 to 30 degrees above normal in the coming days. Seattle was expected to edge above 100 degrees over the weekend. In Portland, Oregon, forecasters said the thermometer could soar to 108 degrees Sunday, breaking an all-time record
  
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• Police: 2 charged after dead monkey found in hot parked car

  26-06-2021 21:49
  
  SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Police in Tennessee say two people face charges after officers found a dead monkey inside a hot car parked outside of a waterpark. Police in Sevierville say officers on Wednesday were called to Soaky Mountain Waterpark, where they found the dead nine-week old marmoset monkey and a five-week old monkey that was alive in the car parked at the complex. Police say the surviving monkey was taken to an animal hospital and was very dehydrated but improving. Authorities s
  
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• 5 die in hot air balloon crash in New Mexico’s largest city

  26-06-2021 21:44
  
  Five people are dead after a hot air balloon they were in hit power lines in New Mexico’s largest city. Albuquerque police say the crash happened around 7 a.m. on the city’s west side. No identities have been released but fire officials say three men, including the pilot, and two women died. Police spokesman Gilbert Gallegos says the multi-colored balloon skirted the top of the power lines, sending at least one dangling and knocking out power to thousands of homes. The gondola crashe
  
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• Louisiana pilot killed after helicopter crashes in Alabama

  26-06-2021 21:19
  
  ALPINE, Ala. (AP) — An agricultural pilot was killed in Alabama when the helicopter he was flying crashed in an unincorporated community near Sylacauga. Federal Aviation Administration and Talladega County Coroner Shaddix Murphy identified the pilot as 30-year-old Zachary Warren Pourciau, of Ventress, Louisiana. They said Pourciau was spraying pesticides in the Town of Alpine when the Bell Helicopter OH-58A crashed about 6:15 p.m. Friday. Pourciau was the only person on board. What caused
  
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• Prosecutors try to revive plea deal with child porn purveyor

  26-06-2021 21:14
  
  GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — Less than two months after a judge rejected their plea deal, federal prosecutors say they have reached an agreement to resolve a case against a man whom they have described as the world’s largest purveyor of child pornography. In a court filing Thursday, prosecutors notified U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang that they have reached a proposed resolution with Eric Eoin Marques for the judge to consider. The filing doesn’t disclose any terms. In May, Chuang
  
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• Experts: Impact of Chauvin case on policing yet to be seen

  26-06-2021 21:11
  
  Law enforcement experts say Derek Chauvin’s conviction and lengthy prison sentence in George Floyd’s murder could lead to better police training and hiring. It could spur more efforts to build trust among officers and minority communities. And it might make the public, and future jurors, more receptive to longstanding complaints about police interactions with minorities. But they say the case also was so extraordinary that it’s difficult to say whether it will lead to lasting c
  
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• Residents of Pine return home after wildfire evacuation

  26-06-2021 21:01
  
  PINE, Ariz. (AP) — Residents of a small central Arizona community are returning home after a wildfire forced them to evacuate. Sheriff’s officials lifted an evacuation order for Pine on Saturday but said residents should be prepared to leave again if necessary. Meanwhile, residents of Strawberry and Hunt Ranch remain evacuated. The wildfire has been burning for more than a week through mixed vegetation. It’s in an area where six firefighters were killed in June 1990 while battl
  
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• UK health minister resigns after breaching coronavirus rules

  26-06-2021 20:05
  
  LONDON (AP) — U.K. Health Secretary Matt Hancock has resigned a day after apologizing for breaching social distancing rules with an aide with whom he was allegedly having an affair. The tabloid Sun newspaper had run images appearing to show Hancock, who is married, and senior aide Gina Coladangelo kissing in an office at the Department of Health. Hancock said in his letter of resignation to Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday that the government owes “it to people who have sacri
  
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• The Latest: UK health secretary quits in wake of scandal

  26-06-2021 19:56
  
  LONDON — U.K. Health Secretary Matt Hancock has resigned after breaking social distancing rules with an aide he was allegedly having an affair with.
  The tabloid Sun newspaper had run images appearing to show the married Hancock and senior aide Gina Coladangelo kissing in an office at the Department of Health.
  Hancock said in his letter of resignation to Prime Minister Boris Johnson that the government owes “it to people who have sacrificed so much in this pandemic to be honest when w
  
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• Floyd case expert OKed to testify in Nashville officer trial

  26-06-2021 19:55
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A judge has ruled that prosecutors in the first-degree murder trial of a Nashville police officer next month can call a law enforcement expert witness who earlier this year testified that Derek Chauvin used excessive force against George Floyd in the moments prior to the Black man’s death. The ruling Friday by Judge Monte Watkins lets Los Angeles Police Sgt. Jody Stiger testify for prosecutors against 27-year-old Officer Andrew Delke in the case over the fatal
  
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• Air Force cadet 1 of 2 killed in small plane crash in Texas

  26-06-2021 19:48
  
  CLEBURNE, Texas (AP) — A U.S. Air Force Academy cadet was one of two people killed in the crash of a small plane south of Fort Worth, Texas. Lt. Gen. Richard Clark, superintendent of the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, said on Twitter that Nick Duran, a junior, died in the crash Thursday while home in Texas on leave. The Tarrant County medical examiner’s office said Duran, who was 20, died of blunt force injuries. The Federal Aviation Administration said the wre
  
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• The Latest: New warning on shots, but benefits outweigh risk

  26-06-2021 19:40
  WASHINGTON — Product information about the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines now warns about the increased risk for heart inflammation, a rare side effect of the shots.
  Government health officials say, however, that the benefits of the vaccines against COVID-19 outweigh the risk posed by the side effect, which appears most common among people under 30.
  The Food and Drug Administration said the risk particularly follows the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccines, and symptoms usually appea
  
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• White House trying to put infrastructure deal on track

  26-06-2021 19:16
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is trying to put President Joe Biden’s bipartisan infrastructure deal back on track after Republican senators balked at his demand to pair the nearly $1 trillion plan with an even bigger investment package. Tensions appeared to have cooled after White House negotiators assured senators that Biden remained enthusiastic about the deal, even though he said he wouldn’t sign a bill unless it was accompanied by trillions more in a separate measure. T
  
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• Vatican probes alleged abuse negligence by Polish cardinal

  26-06-2021 19:12
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Vatican’s embassy in Poland says that a Holy See envoy spent 10 days in the country checking reports of alleged negligence by retired archbishop of Krakow and former aide to the late Pope St. John Paul II. The embassy said Sunday the envoy held a number of meetings and reviewed documents relating to the time that Archbishop Stanislaw Dziwisz was head of the Krakow diocese in 2005-2016. The findings will be reported at the Vatican. A priest in Poland says he
  
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• UK virus cases hit highest since Feb 5 amid ‘grab a jab’

  26-06-2021 19:07
  
  LONDON (AP) — The U.K. has recorded its most new coronavirus infections since early February as the National Health Service ran a “grab a jab” initiative to further drive up vaccination rates. Government figures Saturday showed that another 18,270 people tested positive for the virus across the U.K, the highest daily number since Feb. 5. Nearly 100,000 people have tested positive over the past week. That’s a near 50% increase compared to the week before and that’s r
  
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• Palestinian forces disperse protest over activist’s death

  26-06-2021 19:03
  
  RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Protesters have clashed with Palestinian security forces during a protest in the West Bank over the death of an outspoken critic of the Palestinian Authority who died while in custody. Hundreds gathered in Ramallah to chant slogans against President Mahmoud Abbas. Saturday’s protest comes two days after Abbas’ forces beat activist Nizar Banat shortly after his arrest. Security forces in riot gear fired tear gas and stun grenades at the protesters, sen
  
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• Man convicted of driving into student runners in Oklahoma

  26-06-2021 18:58
  
  NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — A man accused of crashing into an Oklahoma high school cross-country team, killing three and injuring several others, has been found guilty of murder. Cleveland County jurors on Friday found Max Townsend guilty of three counts of second-degree murder. The 58-year-old was also found guilty of three counts of leaving the scene of a fatality accident and four counts of leaving the scene of an injury accident. Prosecutors said Townsend accelerated his pickup truck to 77 mp
  
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• The Latest: Proof of vaccine policies meet resistance in US

  26-06-2021 18:20
  
  Customers at the City Winery’s flagship restaurant in New York must show proof of a COVID-19 vaccination to get in. But that’s not required at most other dining establishments in the city. And it’s not necessary at other City Winery sites around the U.S. Company CEO Michael Dorf says customers there wouldn’t accept it.
  Many businesses across the U.S. have been reluctant to demand proof of vaccination from customers. And the public and the politicians in many places have m
  
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• 8-year-old shooting chipmunks accidentally strikes uncle

  26-06-2021 18:15
  
  MILTON, N.H. (AP) — Police say a 32-year-old man was accidentally shot in the head in New Hampshire after the bullet fired by his 8-year-old nephew ricocheted while they were shooting chipmunks. The man was injured Friday in Milton and is expected to recover. Police said a bullet fired by the 8-year-old ricocheted after killing a chipmunk and hit the man in the head. Milton Police Chief Richard Krauss called it a “truly just a freak accident.” The post 8-year-old shooting
  
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• Big Pride parade in Paris; Turkish police stop marchers

  26-06-2021 18:10
  
  ROME (AP) — Paris’ gay Pride parade has resumed to the joy of participants after the pandemic meant no such coming together last year. But riot police in Turkey blocked streets to try thwart marchers Saturday in Istanbul. Pride events have been banned there since 2015. Parades were going forward elsewhere in Europe including in Berlin, Rome and Milan. There is growing concerns in Europe over a Hungarian law critics say targets gays and over Vatican complaints about an Italian bill pr
  
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• Nicaragua government arrests another prominent opponent

  26-06-2021 18:00
  
  MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — The government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has arrested another child of the woman who once defeated him for the presidency. Police say ex-Congressman Pedro Joaquin Chamorro Barrios was arrested late Friday, accused of acts against Nicaragua’s “sovereignty and independence.” He’s the brother of presidential aspirant Cristiana Chamorro, who’s been under house arrest since June 2, and journalist Carlos Fernando Chamorro, who r
  
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• China says no strings attached to vaccine shipments overseas

  26-06-2021 17:51
  
  BEIJING (AP) — China said Saturday that it provides vaccines to other countries with no political conditions attached. The statement came in response to a story by The Associated Press citing diplomats from two Western countries. They said China had pressured Ukraine into withdrawing from a multi-country statement on human rights in China’s Xinjiang region by threatening to withhold a COVID-19 vaccine shipment. A statement Saturday from the Chinese Foreign Ministry said it welcomed U
  
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• 4 die in hot air balloon crash in Albuquerque

  26-06-2021 17:50
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Four people are dead and one person is in critical condition after a hot air balloon they were riding in hit power lines in New Mexico’s largest city.
  Albuquerque police say the crash happened around 7 a.m. on the city’s west side. Police spokesman Gilbert Gallegos says the balloon pilot is among the dead. No identities have been released.
  He says the multi-colored balloon skirted the top of the power lines, sending at least one dangling and knocking ou
  
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• Hundreds protest against Czech police over Roma man’s death

  26-06-2021 17:48
  
  PRAGUE (AP) — Hundreds of people have gathered in a northern Czech town to honor a Roma man who died after a police officer responding to a call about an altercation knelt on his neck. Police say the preliminary investigation showed no link between the police intervention and the man’s death. But the angry participants, displaying banners that read “Roma Lives Matter” have condemned the police. Video footage shows one police officer kneeling on the man’s neck for se
  
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• Friends, family describe missing in Florida condo collapse

  26-06-2021 17:44
  
  SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — Families around the world remain stuck between waning hopes and widening fears Saturday, two days after the stunning collapse of a 12-story condominium near Miami. At least four people were killed and more than 150 people remained unaccounted for as rescuers continued to dig through the rubble of the Champlain Towers South in Surfside. The building was home to an international mix of foreign retirees, South American immigrants and Orthodox Jews with anxious loved ones
  
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• Teen’s death highlights free-roaming dogs on tribal land

  26-06-2021 17:42
  
  SUNDANCE, N.M. (AP) — The death of a teenage girl on the Navajo Nation has renewed discussion about free-roaming dogs on the reservation. Tribal lawmakers recently approved a resolution to establish criminal penalties for vicious dog attacks. But Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez vetoed the resolution, saying it didn’t go far enough and more input is needed. The family of Lyssa Rose Upshaw believes that dogs killed the 13-year-old while she was on a walk near their home in Fort De
  
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• States hesitant to adopt digital COVID vaccine verification

  26-06-2021 17:34
  
  As states end their coronavirus restrictions, very few are creating systems to help businesses verify whether customers have been vaccinated against COVID-19. Far more states are banning vaccine checks by public entities and, in some cases, also prohibiting businesses from denying service to those who aren’t vaccinated. Hawaii is the only state with some form of a vaccine passport for travelers. California, Louisiana and New York have voluntary programs that let people download digital pro
  
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• 4 die in hot air balloon crash in New Mexico’s largest city

  26-06-2021 17:31
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Four people are dead and one person is in critical condition after a hot air balloon they were riding in hit power lines in New Mexico’s largest city. Albuquerque police say the crash happened around 7 a.m. on the city’s west side. Police spokesman Gilbert Gallegos says the balloon pilot is among the dead. No identities have been released. He says the multi-colored balloon skirted the top of the power lines, sending at least one dangling and knocking ou
  
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• In Georgia, Herschel Walker puts GOP in a holding pattern

  26-06-2021 17:30
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Republicans’ U.S. Senate nomination in a premier battleground like Georgia is a plum political prize, but a year before GOP voters choose a nominee for the 2022 midterms, they have no clear options. That leaves some power players worried about the party’s chances to defeat freshman Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock as they try to reclaim a Senate majority. The wildcard is whether football hero Herschel Walker runs and brings the endorsement of former President Dona
  
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• Sri Lankan death row inmates’ hunger strike enters 2nd day

  26-06-2021 17:24
  
  COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Around 175 death row inmates in Sri Lanka are continuing their hunger strike for a second day. They are demanding their sentences be commuted to life in prison, after the country’s president pardoned a former lawmaker who had been condemned for an election-related killing. A prison spokesman said Saturday that top officials from the prison ministry had held in-person discussions with the striking inmates. The surprise release of the ex-lawmaker has drawn wid
  
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• ‘Deep fire’ slowing rescue effort at collapsed Florida condo

  26-06-2021 17:22
  
  SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — Officials say a “very deep fire” is hampering rescue efforts at the collapsed oceanfront condominium near Miami, where authorities are racing to recover more victims beneath rubble. Miami-Dad Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said Saturday rescuers are using infrared technology, water and foam to battle the blaze, whose source is unclear. Smoke has been the biggest barrier. One hundred fifty-nine people remain unaccounted for since the collapse on Thursday. At le
  
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• TSA will resume defense training for airline employees

  26-06-2021 17:20
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The government is resuming self-defense classes for airline flight attendants and pilots. The four-hour classes feature federal air marshals giving crews advice and training in handling tense situations and, if necessary, defending themselves. The classes were offered for many years but were suspended because of COVID-19. The Transportation Security Administration said this week that the classes will resume in early July. The news comes as airlines are reporting a surge i
  
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• Authorities puzzle over motive for German knife attack

  26-06-2021 17:19
  
  WUERZBURG, Germany (AP) — The suspect in a knife attack in southern Germany that left three women dead has been ordered kept in custody on suspicion of murder. Authorities puzzled over a possible motive on Saturday, examining his mental health and seeking to determine whether he was radicalized. The attack started late Friday afternoon when the suspect walked into a store in Wuerzburg, went to the household goods department and asked a saleswoman where the knives were. He then grabbed a kn
  
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• J&J agrees to pay $230M to settle New York opioid claim

  26-06-2021 17:04
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The New York attorney general says Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay $230 million to settle claims that the pharmaceutical giant helped fuel the opioid crisis. The deal requires Johnson & Johnson to make a series of payments over nine years to cover the total. Attorney General Letitia James said the drugmaker also agreed to end the manufacturing and distribution of opioids across New York and the rest of the nation. Johnson & Johnson said the settlement is not
  
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• Experts get 1st clues on what may have caused condo collapse

  26-06-2021 16:58
  
  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Officials don’t know what caused a Florida beachside condominium tower to suddenly collapse Thursday morning. But experts are closely examining a 2018 report that identified numerous issues with the building, including “major structural damage” to a concrete structural slab below its pool deck that needed to be extensively repaired. Miami-Dade’s mayor says she has seen no evidence of a sinkhole or of something criminal, such as a bom
  
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• Flames hamper rescue effort amid rubble of Florida condo

  26-06-2021 16:54
  
  SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — Officials say fire has spread amid the rubble of the collapsed condominium in South Florida, hampering rescue efforts. Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said Saturday that the flames are deep and firefighters have not been able to find their source. She says 159 remain unaccounted for. A 2018 engineering report said that the oceanfront condominium building that collapsed this week near Miami had “major structural damage” to a concrete structural slab b
  
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• All Aboard! 1st post-pandemic cruise ship readies to sail

  26-06-2021 16:54
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The first cruise ship is preparing to leave a U.S. port since the coronavirus pandemic brought the industry to a 15-month standstill. Celebrity Edge will depart Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Saturday evening with the number of passengers limited to 40 percent capacity, and with virtually all passengers vaccinated against COVID-19. Celebrity Cruises says they meet health requirements from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that require at least 95% of th
  
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• Mayor: Fire has spread amid rubble of collapsed condominium, hampering rescue efforts; 159 remain unaccounted for

  26-06-2021 16:45
  
  SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — Mayor: Fire has spread amid rubble of collapsed condominium, hampering rescue efforts; 159 remain unaccounted for.The post Mayor: Fire has spread amid rubble of collapsed condominium, hampering rescue efforts; 159 remain unaccounted for appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Police: 3 killed, 3 others injured after train hits minivan

  26-06-2021 16:37
  
  EAST CHICAGO, Ind. (AP) — A 10-year-old girl and two adults have been killed after the minivan they were in was struck by a train in northwestern Indiana. Police say the 1 a.m. Saturday crash in East Chicago also sent three boys between the ages of 10 and 7 to hospitals where they were listed in critical condition. Police say surveillance video shows the driver of the minivan ignored an activated train crossing signal and drove around a crossing gate when the vehicle was hit. The train pus
  
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• Thousands march in large show of Iraqi paramilitary force

  26-06-2021 16:14
  
  BAGHDAD (AP) — Thousands of members of Iraq’s mostly Shiite militias known as Popular Mobilization Forces have marched in a parade in the largest show of strength since the founding of the controversial paramilitary group. Tanks, boats and ammunition were display in the Saturday parade north of Baghdad. The event was held to mark the seventh anniversary of the PMF, an umbrella group formed after a 2014 call to arms by Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani to defeat the Islamic State group.
  
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• Disappearances rise on Mexico’s ‘highway of death’ to border

  26-06-2021 15:52
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — As many as 50 people in Mexico are missing after they set off on simple highway trips between the industrial hub of Monterrey and the border city of Nuevo Laredo. Relatives say they simply disappeared on the heavily traveled road, which local media has dubbed ‘the highway of death,’ never to be seen again.  The highway disappearances this year, and last week’s shooting of 15 innocent bystanders in Reynosa, suggest Mexico is returning to the dark da
  
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• Turkey’s Erdogan takes first step in ‘crazy’ canal project

  26-06-2021 15:34
  
  ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has taken the first step in the construction of a ship canal skirting Istanbul that the government says will ease marine traffic in the Bosporus Strait. Erdogan said Saturday in a bridge ground-breaking ceremony west of Istanbul that “today we are opening a new page in the history of Turkey’s development.” The idea of a canal linking the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea was dubbed his “crazy project” by Er
  
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• Report: Building collapse in northern Egypt kills 5 women

  26-06-2021 15:33
  
  CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s state-run media are reporting that an apartment building collapsed in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, killing at least five women. The report by Al-Ahram newspaper says that along with the five deaths, a 70-year-old woman was injured when the five-story building in the city’s Attarin neighborhood collapsed on Friday. Rescue workers recovered three survivors. It was not immediately clear what caused the collapse but such incidents are common in Egypt,
  
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• Biggest Northern Ireland unionist party endorses new leader

  26-06-2021 15:11
  
  LONDON (AP) — Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party has formally endorsed Jeffrey Donaldson as its new leader. It’s a position that will likely see him become the country’s first minister. Donaldson received 32 votes of the party’s 36-strong electoral college. The body is made up of the party’s 28 lawmakers in the Northern Ireland assembly and its eight members of Parliament in London. The 58-year-old leads the party’s caucus in the U.K. Parliamen
  
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• EXPLAINER: Dental, vision and hearing benefits for Medicare

  26-06-2021 14:54
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Many working-age people assume that Medicare covers just about every kind of health care that an older person may need. But it doesn’t. Some of the biggest gaps involve dental, vision and hearing services. Now Democrats are trying to make those benefits a standard part of Medicare under massive legislation expected later this year to advance President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda. Sen. Bernie Sanders and other progressives are leading the push. Their goal is a
  
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• Fire chief: Illinois chemical plant fire likely accidental

  26-06-2021 14:52
  
  ROCKTON, Ill. (AP) — A senior fire official says an explosion and massive fire at a chemical plant in northern Illinois that filled the sky with black smoke and forced the evacuation of hundreds of homes for days was started accidentally during maintenance work. Rockton Fire Chief Kirk Wilson said in a press release Friday that the June 13 fire at the Chemtool plant near Rockton started when contractors were replacing insulation on heating pipes. Wilson says it’s likely that a scisso
  
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