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• Tropical Storm Enrique misses Baja resorts, then dissipates

  30-06-2021 23:58
  
  CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico (AP) — What had been the first hurricane of the eastern Pacific season has dissipated as it moved ashore after brushing past the tip of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula and missing a direct hit on the beach resorts there. Enrique lost its tropical storm status Wednesday morning when its maximum sustained winds were down to 35 mph (55 kph) while in the Gulf of California to the east of the peninsula. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says the system broke up
  
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• House to probe Capitol riot — over Republican opposition

  30-06-2021 23:51
  
  Nancy Pelosi, 52nd Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Photo Date: 2/10/2020
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has launched a new investigation of the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. Lawmakers approved a special committee on Wednesday to probe the violent attack as officers who were injured fighting former President Donald Trump’s supporters watched from the gallery above. Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi joined and embraced them. The vote on a resolution to form the panel fel
  
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• Didi shares gain 1% after early jump in Wall Street debut

  30-06-2021 23:49
  
  BEIJING (AP) — Didi Global, a Chinese ride-hailing service, rose 1% after making its U.S. stock market debut. The stock opened at $16.65 on the New York Stock Exchange, up 16%, but gave up most of the gains as trading progressed. The initial public offering of 288 million shares was priced at $14 a share. Didi said it aimed to spend 30% on technology development, another 30% to expand outside China and 20% on new products. Didi’s U.S. market debut came a day after it posted a loss of
  
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• Flash Flood Warning issued June 30 at 3:47PM MDT until June 30 at 4:30PM MDT by NWS Tucson AZ

  30-06-2021 23:47
  
  At 247 PM MST, Doppler Radar and rainfall gages indicate that heavyrain has ended over the Bighorn Burn Scar. Up to 1.5 inches occurredin this region between about 1 PM MST and 2 PM MST. Flash floodingis likely ongoing, especially in the Sutherland Wash Basin.
  Excessive rainfall over the burn scar will result in debris flowmoving through the Pima Canyon, Finger Rock Canyon, Ventana Canyon,Sabino Canyon, Canada del Oro, and Sutherland Wash. The debris flowcan consist of rock, mud, vegetation and
  
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• Flood Advisory issued June 30 at 3:46PM MDT until June 30 at 5:15PM MDT by NWS Tucson AZ

  30-06-2021 23:46
  
  The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a
  * Small Stream Flood Advisory for…South Central Pima County in southeastern Arizona…
  * Until 415 PM MST.
  * At 246 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due tothunderstorms along and near Highway 286 and Arivaca Road. Thiswill cause small stream flooding, especially along the Puertocitoand San Luis washes. Between 0.5 and 1.2 inches of rain havefallen.
  * Some locations that will experience flooding include…Arivaca, Sasa
  
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• Rumsfeld, a cunning leader who oversaw a ruinous Iraq war

  30-06-2021 23:43
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Calling Donald H. Rumsfeld energetic was like calling the Pacific wide. When others would rest, he would run. While others sat, he stood. But try as he might, at the pinnacle of his career as defense secretary he could not outmaneuver the ruinous politics of the Iraq war. Regarded by former colleagues as equally smart and combative, patriotic and politically cunning, Rumsfeld had a storied career in government under four presidents and nearly a quarter century in corporat
  
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• Newspaper gunman was calm, quiet, even joked after arrest

  30-06-2021 23:18
  
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Police say the man who killed five people at a Maryland newspaper was calm, cooperative, did not seem confused and even joked about an erroneous media report following his arrest during interrogation. The testimony came Wednesday on the second day of a trial to determine whether Jarrod Ramos was legally sane at the time of the attack. Prosecutors focused on Ramos’ behavior in video recordings shown in court. The recordings included excerpts from his eight-hour i
  
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• First lady, second gentleman push COVID-19 shots in Arizona

  30-06-2021 23:17
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Jill Biden is encouraging Arizona residents to get vaccinated against COVID-19, aiming to counter skepticism by declaring the vaccines are safe and have been vigorously tested. The first lady made her appeal as she toured a vaccine clinic at a middle school in Phoenix. Just 40% of eligible Arizonans have been fully vaccinated. Biden was accompanied by Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris. Biden noted that they “usually divide and conquer” by m
  
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• Man claiming he was tortured into cop murder confession sues

  30-06-2021 23:16
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — A victim of torture by Chicago police officers under the command of convicted perjurer Jon Burge has filed a federal lawsuit against city officials and Cook County prosecutors. Jackie Wilson claims he was tortured into making a false confession for the 1982 murder of two police officers. Wilson spent 36 years in prison. Murder charges against Wilson were dismissed in October 2020 near the end of his third trial for the killing of Officer Richard O’Brien. Another office
  
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• Amazon says its carbon footprint grew 19% last year

  30-06-2021 23:15
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon says that its carbon footprint grew 19% last year as it rushed to deliver a surge of online orders during the pandemic. The online shopping behemoth said activities tied to its businesses emitted 60.64 million metric tons of carbon dioxide last year — the equivalent of burning through 140 million barrels of oil. Amazon’s carbon footprint has risen every year since 2018, when it first disclosed its carbon footprint after employees pressured it to do so. Th
  
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• Special Weather Statement issued June 30 at 3:13PM MDT by NWS Phoenix AZ

  30-06-2021 23:13
  
  At 212 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10miles south of Apache Lake, or 11 miles northwest of Superior. Thisstorm was nearly stationary.
  Pea size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with thisstorm.
  This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of Maricopa and PinalCounties.Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may leadto localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through floodedroadways.
  Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurri
  
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• Prince Harry pays surprise visit to London charity event

  30-06-2021 23:13
  
  LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry has made a surprise appearance at a London charity event to meet with seriously ill children. The Duke of Sussex is back in Britain and is due to join his brother, Prince William, to unveil a statue Thursday in honor of their late mother, Princess Diana, on what would have been her 60th birthday. On Wednesday, Harry visited Kew Gardens in west London for an awards ceremony for WellChild, a charity he is patron of. He was joined at the garden party by celebrities
  
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• Special Weather Statement issued June 30 at 3:06PM MDT by NWS Phoenix AZ

  30-06-2021 23:06
  
  At 205 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm nearTop-Of-The-World, or near Superior. This storm was nearly stationary.
  Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm.
  Locations impacted include…Superior and Top-Of-The-World.
  This includes the following highways…US Highway 60 between mile markers 224 and 239.AZ Route 177 between mile markers 165 and 167.Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may leadto localized flooding. Do not dri
  
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• Flash Flood Warning issued June 30 at 3:04PM MDT until June 30 at 4:30PM MDT by NWS Tucson AZ

  30-06-2021 23:04
  
  At 204 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavyrain has started to taper off over the Bighorn Burn Scar. Radarestimates indicated localized rain amounts up to 1.5 inches havefallen in the Sutherland Wash Basin over the last hour. Flashflooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
  Excessive rainfall over the burn scar will result in debris flowmoving through the Pima Canyon, Finger Rock Canyon, Ventana Canyon,Sabino Canyon, Canada del Oro, and Sutherland Wash. The debris
  
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• Heat deaths edge up in Arizona’s largest county, 9 confirmed

  30-06-2021 23:03
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Heat deaths are edging up in Arizona’s largest county during an unusually hot, early start to the state’s sizzling summer. Maricopa County has recorded through Saturday nine confirmed heat deaths with another 75 suspected. The data indicates many deaths under investigation occurred during the week June 12-19, which coincided with a heat wave that pushed temperatures to 118. Seven of the nine people who died from the heat were indoors. Almost all had air condition
  
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• WH aims to help consumers with order on big business regs

  30-06-2021 22:57
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is preparing an executive order to improve opportunities for consumers and small businesses by stepping up oversight of sectors of the economy that are dominated by a select few companies. The forthcoming order has yet to be finalized. But an administration official says the overarching goal is to promote a sense of competition that the administration believes is central to capitalism. The order reflects concerns that the concentration of power ca
  
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• 2nd Oath Keeper pleads guilty to conspiracy in Jan. 6 riot

  30-06-2021 22:57
  
  An Alabama man who stormed the U.S. Capitol with other members of the Oath Keepers extremist group has pleaded guilty to conspiracy and is cooperating with prosecutors in another major boost for the Justice Department in its sweeping Jan. 6 investigation. Mark Grods appeared in federal court in Washington on Wednesday. He is the second member of the far-right Oath Keepers group to admit to participating in a conspiracy to block the certification of President Joe Biden’s victory and agree t
  
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• Kim ends skid, helps with 2-run double, Cards sweep D-Backs

  30-06-2021 22:56
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Kwang Hyun Kim won for the first time in 11 starts, pitching five solid innings and helping himself with a two-run double as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-4 for a three-game sweep. Kim had lost five straight decisions. He allowed one run and three hits. Kim’s opposite-field double in the second gave the Cardinals a 2-0 lead. The two RBIs were Kim’s first in the majors, and it was also the first extra-base hit for the 32-year-old lefty.
  
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• Study: Newspaper circulation revenue surpasses advertising

  30-06-2021 22:55
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — For the first time in 2020, the newspaper industry earned more money from circulation than advertising. That’s from the Pew Research Center, which is revealing news media trends through a series of reports this summer. The revenue change isn’t exactly good news: money earned through print or digital subscriptions is roughly the same as it was in 2006. Yet in the same period, ad revenue has plummeted from $49.3 billion to $8.8 billion last year. Pew also said new
  
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• EXPLAINER: Why Bill Cosby’s conviction was overturned

  30-06-2021 22:54
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bill Cosby’s sexual assault conviction has been thrown out by Pennsylvania’s highest court, which ruled that he was unfairly prosecuted because a previous district attorney had promised he wouldn’t be charged. The justices found that Cosby relied on that promise when he agreed to testify without invoking his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination in a lawsuit brought against him by Temple University employee Andrea Constand. The ruling is ext
  
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• Venezuelan tycoon sues US to lift narcotics sanctions

  30-06-2021 22:49
  
  MIAMI (AP) — A top Venezuelan businessman close to President Nicolas Maduro’s government has sued the U.S. Department of Treasury, alleging he’s the victim of a false campaign identifying him as a international narcotics kingpin. The lawsuit filed Tuesday by Samark López in Washington federal court said sanctions in 2017 designating him a “drug kingpin” had devastated his wealth, reputation and economic livelihood. The lawsuit raises the stakes in one of the
  
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• The Latest: Beatings during pandemic leads to suspensions

  30-06-2021 22:48
  
  ROME — Fifty-two prison officers have been suspended for their alleged involvement in an assault on inmates who had protested the lack of face masks and virus tests during the peak of Italy’s pandemic last year, the justice ministry said Wednesday.
  Surveillance video of the club-wielding officers beating, kicking and punching prisoners in a holding room and as they came up and down a staircase were published online Tuesday and Wednesday by the newspaper Il Domani.Some of the prisoner
  
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• Batteries exploding in burning abandoned Illinois building

  30-06-2021 22:45
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Lithium batteries exploded loudly overnight inside a burning former paper mill in northern Illinois and fire officials have decided to let the blaze burn out because they fear trying to extinguish it could trigger more explosions. On Wednesday, Fire Chief Tracey Steffes said he is gathering information from experts to determine how his crews might safely fight the fire that started Tuesday. The police chief says an evacuation order for as many as 4,000 people in the area wil
  
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• Atlanta mayor: 2 officers ambushed, 1 wounded; suspect dead

  30-06-2021 22:45
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Authorities say two Atlanta police officers responding to reports of gunfire in one of the city’s most famous neighborhoods have been ambushed, leaving one of them shot and wounded and a suspect dead. Deputy Atlanta Police Chief Charles Hampton Jr. said the officers went Wednesday into an apartment building to investigate reports of shots in the bustling Midtown area. He says they were immediately met with gunfire and returned fire, killing one suspect. Authorities say
  
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• 52 Italy prison guards suspended over prisoner beatings

  30-06-2021 22:33
  
  ROME (AP) — Fifty-two Italian prison officers have been suspended for their alleged involvement in an assault on prisoners in a Naples-area jail who had protested the lack of face masks and virus tests in the early weeks of Italy’s pandemic last year. Surveillance video of the club-wielding officers beating, kicking and punching prisoners as they came up and down a prison staircase were published online Tuesday and Wednesday by the Italian newspaper Il Domani. Some of the prisoners w
  
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• Lawsuit: Officers killed innocent man in ‘no knock’ raid

  30-06-2021 22:31
  
  A lawsuit accuses a St. Louis police SWAT team of killing an innocent man during a “no knock” raid at his home four years ago. The civil rights law firm ArchCity Defenders filed suit Wednesday on behalf of the children of Don Clark Sr. It names the city and several police officers, and seeks unspecified monetary damages. Clark was a Black 63-year-old Army veteran in declining health. The lawsuit says he had no criminal record when armed officers converged on his south St. Louis home
  
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• Flash Flood Warning issued June 30 at 2:29PM MDT until June 30 at 4:30PM MDT by NWS Tucson AZ

  30-06-2021 22:29
  
  The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a
  * Flash Flood Warning for…The Bighorn Burn Scar in…Northeastern Pima County in southeastern Arizona…
  * Until 330 PM MST.
  * At 129 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producingheavy rain over the Bighorn Burn Scar. Up to 0.75 inch of rain hasfallen in the Sutherland Wash Basin. Flash flooding is ongoing orexpected to begin shortly.
  Excessive rainfall over the burn scar will result in debris flowmoving through the P
  
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• Canadian Indigenous group says more graves found at new site

  30-06-2021 22:29
  
  CRANBROOK, British Colombia (AP) — A First Nations group in British Columbia says a search using ground-penetrating radar has found 182 human remains in unmarked graves at a site close to a former residential school that housed Indigenous children taken from their families. It follows two other reports of similar massive findings at two other such church-run schools, one of more than 600 unmarked graves and another of 215 bodies. In a news release, the Lower Kootenay Band said it began usi
  
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• Judge who charged 3 marshals with contempt drops out of case

  30-06-2021 22:28
  
  ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — A federal judge in South Dakota who charged three members of the U.S. Marshals Service with contempt of court over a COVID-19 vaccination dispute has removed himself from the case after assigning an in-state attorney to prosecute. The chain of events began when state and federal prosecutors declined to handle the case. A retired attorney whom Judge Charles Kornmann tried to appoint opted out over debate on whether he needed to restart his practice. Kornmann then assig
  
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• California hate crime up 31% in 2020, led by anti-Black bias

  30-06-2021 22:26
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Hate crime in California reached its highest reported level in more than a decade last year. It was led by a doubling of crimes against those of Asian descent and a nearly 90% jump in those targeting Blacks. An annual report released Wednesday by Attorney General Rob Bonta shows events against those of Asian descent rose from 43 in 2019 to 89 last year. The highest number of events against those of Asian descent were reported in March and April just as in shelter-
  
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• WH aims to help consumers by stepping up business oversight

  30-06-2021 22:23
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is preparing an executive order to improve opportunities for consumers and small businesses by stepping up oversight of sectors of the economy that are dominated by a select few companies. The forthcoming order has yet to be finalized. But an administration official says the overarching goal is to promote a sense of competition that the administration believes is central to capitalism. The order reflects concerns that the concentration of power ca
  
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• Flood Advisory from WED 8:16 PM MST until WED 10:15 PM MST

  30-06-2021 22:16
  
  Issued by National Weather Service – Tucson, AZ
  Pima County
  The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a
  * Small Stream Flood Advisory for…Northwestern Pima County in southeastern Arizona…
  * Until 1015 PM MST.
  * At 816 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated between 0.50 and 1.25inches of rain has fallen across the western portions of theTohono O’odham Nation. This rainfall will result in small streamflooding, especially in Hickiwan, Sikort Chuapo and Gunsightwashes.
  * P
  
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• New Jersey gamblers can light up Sunday as smoking ban ends

  30-06-2021 22:15
  
  ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Gamblers will be able to light up again in Atlantic City’s casinos starting Sunday. That’s when a coronavirus-inspired casino smoking ban expires. Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy said Wednesday that while the ban ends Sunday, he would look favorably on legislation that would permanently ban smoking in casinos. Such a measure is pending in the state Legislature. Casinos are exempted from New Jersey’s law banning indoor smoking, and even beaches and p
  
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• ‘Homing pigeons that can’t find their home’ block I-95 exit

  30-06-2021 22:15
  
  DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — An exit off Interstate 95 in Florida had to be closed for three hours after 100 homing pigeons fell off a truck and refused to move, posing a driving hazard to motorists. A crate carrying 100 homing pigeons fell off the truck late Tuesday near Daytona Beach. Because the birds roost at night, the pigeons stayed on the road until bright lights from vehicles startled them. They flew into the air and created a hazard for drivers. Sheriff’s deputies and animal s
  
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• Another mild algae bloom forecast for Lake Erie this summer

  30-06-2021 22:15
  
  TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Researchers are expecting another mild algae outbreak on Lake Erie this summer. They expect it to be the first time in more than a decade that the lake will see back-to-back years of mild algae blooms. That’s the good news. But scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration say it doesn’t mean the shallowest of the Great Lakes is turning the corner just yet. The rosy outlook this year is mainly due to a lack of heavy rains this spring. O
  
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• 2 men who ran onto Super Bowl field given year of probation

  30-06-2021 22:15
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Two men who ran onto the field during the final quarter of the Super Bowl in February have pleaded no contest to trespassing and agreed to a year of probation. The two reached the deal Tuesday during a virtual hearing in Tampa, Florida. Under the terms of their probation, the men must perform 100 hours of community service, pay a $500 fine and write letters of apology to the National Football League. One man scampered onto the field wearing shorts and a pink leotard or s
  
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• Stories of survival keep hope alive as rescuers race clock

  30-06-2021 22:14
  
  Stories of survival are kindling hopes that rescuers may find more people alive within the rubble of the collapsed Champlain Towers South condo tower in Surfside, Florida. Finding survivors is critical in the early days of a disaster, but the right conditions could help some victims endure. For 17 days, a woman in Bangladesh survived under heaps of debris after an eight-story garment factory collapsed eight years ago. In Haiti, a teenager held on for 15 days in a house destroyed by a powerful ea
  
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• Wall Street closes out its 5th straight quarterly gain

  30-06-2021 22:12
  
  Wall Street closed out its fifth straight quarterly gain, continuing its comeback from a steep drop in early 2020 at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. The S&P 500 edged up 0.1% Wednesday, bringing its advance over the past three months to 8.2% and 14.4% for the first half of the year. Optimism over the economy’s prospects as coronavirus restrictions continue to lift has sent the market to a series of record highs, including the third straight for the S&P 500. Trading Wednesday
  
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• In ‘Summer of Soul,’ a lost history reborn to play loud

  30-06-2021 22:11
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — In Questlove’s documentary “Summer of Soul” a musical flood, too long dammed up, is finally released. The movie is both a corrective to a lost history and a foot-stomping, soul-stirring party. It unearths some 40 hours of footage from the largely forgotten 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival. It drew together Nina Simone, Stevie Wonder, Sly and the Family Stone, B.B. King and many of the giants of gospel. For five decades, the footage mostly sat in a basement. &
  
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• Atlanta mayor: 2 officers ambushed, one wounded in shooting

  30-06-2021 22:00
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta’s mayor says two police officers responding to reports of gunfire in one of the city’s busiest commercial districts were ambushed and one of them was shot and wounded. Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms told a news conference that the two officers responded Wednesday to a report of gunshots fired nearby when one of them was shot in an apartment building where they had gone to investigate. A bystander reported hearing a barrage of shots and said he later s
  
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• California mother charged with murdering her 3 children

  30-06-2021 21:54
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — An East Los Angeles woman has been charged with killing her three children, including a baby, earlier this week. The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office says 28-year-old Sandra Chico is expected to appear in court Wednesday to be arraigned on three counts each of murder and assault on a child causing death. The children were found dead in a bedroom of their home Monday, with no obvious signs of trauma. Chico was initially detained, and authorities then an
  
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• House votes to launch new probe of Jan. 6 insurrection

  30-06-2021 21:50
  
  Nancy Pelosi, 52nd Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Photo Date: 2/10/2020
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has launched a new investigation of the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. Lawmakers approved a special committee on Wednesday to probe the violent attack as officers who were injured fighting former President Donald Trump’s supporters watched from the gallery above. The vote on a resolution to form the new panel fell mostly along party lines, with Republicans objecting that
  
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• House approves select committee to investigate Jan. 6 attack on US Capitol, with nearly all Republicans voting against

  30-06-2021 21:48
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — House approves select committee to investigate Jan. 6 attack on US Capitol, with nearly all Republicans voting against.The post House approves select committee to investigate Jan. 6 attack on US Capitol, with nearly all Republicans voting against appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Fired Mets GM Porter suspended by MLB through 2022 season

  30-06-2021 21:48
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Fired New York Mets general manager Jared Porter has been suspended by Major League Baseball baseball through at least the end of the 2022 regular season following an investigation that began after a report that he sent sexually explicit text messages and images to a female reporter in 2016 while he was working for the Chicago Cubs. Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred announced the discipline without saying specifically what the investigation had found. Porter is eligible to
  
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• ‘Continue to pray’: In Surfside, NBA’s Haslem offers support

  30-06-2021 21:48
  
  MIAMI (AP) — One of the most beloved figures in Miami sports history has visited the site of a Florida condo building collapse. Miami Heat captain Udonis Haslem draped one arm over the shoulders of Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava on Tuesday as they walked slowly toward a flower- and photo-laden fence that has served as a makeshift memorial for the Champlain Towers South tragedy. Haslem is a Miami native who began his NBA career with the Heat in 2003. He has remained with the franchis
  
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• Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld dies at 88

  30-06-2021 21:46
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The family of former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says he has died. He was 88. Rumsfeld’s family says he died late Tuesday “surrounded by family in his beloved Taos, New Mexico.” The two-time defense secretary and one-time presidential candidate had a reputation as a skilled bureaucrat and visionary of a modern U.S. military, but it was unraveled by the long and costly Iraq war. Regarded by former colleagues as equally smart and combative, patriotic
  
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• Parker leads WNBA All-Star team that will face US Olympians

  30-06-2021 21:41
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Candace Parker will headline a WNBA All-Star team that will face the U.S. Olympic squad in Las Vegas on July 14. Joining the Chicago forward are her Sky teammates Courtney Vandersloot and Kahleah Copper, who is one of eight players making their All-Star debuts. Other All-Stars announced Wednesday include Las Vegas players Liz Cambage and Dearica Hamby, who will be playing in their home arena at Mandalay Bay. The Connecticut Sun have a trio of players headed to the game with
  
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• Family: Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld dies at 88

  30-06-2021 21:34
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The family of former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says he has died. He was 88. The two-time defense secretary and one-time presidential candidate had a reputation as a skilled bureaucrat and visionary of a modern U.S. military, but it was soiled by the long and costly Iraq war. Regarded by former colleagues as equally smart and combative, patriotic and politically cunning, Rumsfeld had a storied career under four presidents and nearly a quarter century in corporate A
  
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• Family says former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has died at 88

  30-06-2021 21:30
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Family says former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has died at 88.The post Family says former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has died at 88 appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Arizona court splits ruling on ex-lawmaker’s defamation case

  30-06-2021 21:27
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed part of a defamation lawsuit filed by a former legislator who was expelled by the state House in 2018 for sexual harassment but ruled that a remaining part of the case can move forward. The ruling came in ex-Rep. Don Shooter’s lawsuit against former House Speaker J.D. Mesnard, a fellow Republican who currently is a state senator. The Supreme Court ruled that Mesnard has legislative immunity against the part of Shooter&rs
  
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