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• Vatican says pope ‘reacted well’ to intestinal surgery

  04-07-2021 23:52
  
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican says Pope Francis has “reacted well” to planned intestinal surgery Sunday evening at a Rome hospital. In a statement late Sunday, a Holy See spokesman says the 84-year-old Francis had general anesthesia during the surgery necessitated by a  narrowing of the sigmoid portion of the large intestine. Spokesman Matteo Bruni didn’t say how long surgery lasted.The post Vatican says pope ‘reacted well’ to intestinal surgery appeare
  
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• The Vatican says Pope Francis has ‘reacted well’ to planned intestinal surgery at Rome hospital

  04-07-2021 23:46
  
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican says Pope Francis has ‘reacted well’ to planned intestinal surgery at Rome hospital.The post The Vatican says Pope Francis has ‘reacted well’ to planned intestinal surgery at Rome hospital appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Official: Drilling done, demolition of collapsed condo set

  04-07-2021 23:45
  
  SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — A top Miami-Dade fire official says demolition specialists have finished drilling holes for explosives that they will use to bring down the precarious but still-standing portion of a collapsed South Florida condo building. Assistant Fire Chief Raide Jadallah on Sunday told relatives of those missing in the collapse that workers were inserting the explosives and expect to detonate them between 10 p.m. Sunday and 3 a.m. Monday. The work has forced the suspension of the
  
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• July Fourth Latest: Will Smith brings New Orleans fireworks

  04-07-2021 23:42
  
  Fireworks are returning to New Orleans on Independence Day thanks to actor Will Smith. City officials told news outlets Smith is picking up the roughly $100,000 tab for the pyrotechnics over the Mississippi River after learning New Orleans didn’t plan a 2021 show. New Orleans canceled last year’s fireworks because of COVID-19. Meanwhile, chowdown champ Joey “Jaws” Chestnut broke his own record to gulp to a 14th win in the men’s Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating C
  
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• Blast rocks Caspian Sea sector near Azerbaijani gas field

  04-07-2021 23:40
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — A strong explosion has shaken the Caspian Sea area where Azerbaijan has extensive offshore oil and gas fields and a column of fire rose late Sunday, but the state oil company says none of its platforms were damaged. The cause of the blast is not immediately determined, but state oil company SOCAR says preliminary information indicates it was a mud volcano. The Caspian Sea has a high concentration of such volcanoes, which spew both mud and flammable gas. SOCAR spokesman Ibrahi
  
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• Special Weather Statement issued July 4 at 3:39PM MDT by NWS Tucson AZ

  04-07-2021 23:39
  
  At 239 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm nearNogales. This storm was nearly stationary.
  Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm.
  Locations impacted include…Nogales and Pena Blanca Lake.Heavy rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead tolocalized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through floodedroadways.The post Special Weather Statement issued July 4 at 3:39PM MDT by NWS Tucson AZ appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Flood Advisory issued July 4 at 3:38PM MDT until July 4 at 3:45PM MDT by NWS Tucson AZ

  04-07-2021 23:38
  
  The heavy rain has ended. Urban and small stream flooding is nolonger expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed remainingroad closures.The post Flood Advisory issued July 4 at 3:38PM MDT until July 4 at 3:45PM MDT by NWS Tucson AZ appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Actor Will Smith pays for July 4 fireworks in New Orleans

  04-07-2021 23:34
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Fireworks are returning to New Orleans on Independence Day thanks to actor Will Smith. City officials say Smith is picking up the roughly $100,000 tab for the pyrotechnics over the Mississippi River after learning New Orleans didn’t plan a 2021 show. New Orleans cancelled last year’s fireworks because of COVID-19. Smith is in New Orleans working on his latest film “Emancipation,” which will tell the story of a slave who escaped a Louisiana plantat
  
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• When can masks be ditched? UK leader to revamp virus rules

  04-07-2021 23:30
  
  LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson will provide an update Monday on plans for easing COVID-19 restrictions in England, amid speculation he will scrap rules that require people to wear masks in many public settings. Johnson will hold a press conference on “freedom day’’ — the government’s plan to end the remaining coronavirus restrictions on business and social interactions on July 19. A final decision will be announced on July 12 based on data like vac
  
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• Scale, details of massive Kaseya ransomware attack emerge

  04-07-2021 23:21
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Cybersecurity teams are working feverishly to stem the impact of the single biggest global ransomware attack on record. Some details are emerging about how the Russia-linked gang responsible breached the company whose automated network-management software was the conduit. Thousands of victims have been identified in at least 17 countries, with ransom demands of up to $5 million reported. The FBI says the scale of the attack means it may not be able to respond to each victim i
  
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• Flood Advisory issued July 4 at 3:20PM MDT until July 4 at 6:30PM MDT by NWS Tucson AZ

  04-07-2021 23:20
  
  The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a
  * Arroyo and Small Stream Flood Advisory for…Eastern Santa Cruz County in southeastern Arizona…
  * Until 530 PM MST.
  * At 220 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due tothunderstorms. This will cause arroyo and small stream flooding.Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen.
  * Some locations that will experience flooding include…Nogales, Patagonia, Sonoita, Elgin, Patagonia Lake State Park,Nogales International Airpor
  
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• US military denies American troops in Syria were attacked

  04-07-2021 23:18
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — A Syrian opposition war monitor and a spokesman for U.S.-backed Syrian fighters say a facility housing American troops in eastern Syria has come under a rocket attack, but the U.S. military denies there was any attack. A spokesman for U.S-backed Kurdish fighters says no one was hurt in the attack Sunday night in which two rockets were fired at al-Omar field in Syria’s eastern province of Deir el-Zour. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the rocket
  
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• Tragedy casts pall over July Fourth holiday in South Florida

  04-07-2021 22:46
  
  The Fourth of July holiday is being marked with somber tones in South Florida, where a collapsed building has left at least 24 dead and more than 120 missing under rubble. Several communities across the region have canceled fireworks celebrations out of respect for the tragedy in Surfside. An evening vigil was planned in Miami Beach to honor the victims of the fallen Champlain Towers South condominium complex. Neighboring Miami Beach typically hosts one of the region’s most spectacular fir
  
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• Flood Advisory issued July 4 at 2:17PM MDT until July 4 at 5:30PM MDT by NWS Tucson AZ

  04-07-2021 22:17
  
  The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a
  * Arroyo and Small Stream Flood Advisory for…Central Pima County in southeastern Arizona…
  * Until 430 PM MST.
  * At 117 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due tothunderstorms. This will cause arroyo and small stream flooding.Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen.
  * Some locations that will experience flooding include…Cababi, Comobabi, Sil Nakya, San Luis – Sells District and Rincon.Turn around, don’t
  
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• Flood Advisory issued July 4 at 2:02PM MDT until July 4 at 5:00PM MDT by NWS Tucson AZ

  04-07-2021 22:02
  
  The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a
  * Arroyo and Small Stream Flood Advisory for…Central Cochise County in southeastern Arizona…
  * Until 400 PM MST.
  * At 102 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due tothunderstorms. This will cause arroyo and small stream flooding.Between 1 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen.
  * Some locations that will experience flooding include…Pearce-Sunsites and Cochise.Turn around, don’t drown when encountering flooded roads.
  
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• Cuba evacuates 180,000 as Tropical Storm Elsa approaches

  04-07-2021 21:43
  
  HAVANA (AP) — Cuba evacuated 180,000 people amid fears that Tropical Storm Elsa could unleash heavy flooding after battering several Caribbean islands, killing at least three people. The Cuban government had opened shelters and moved to protect sugarcane and cocoa crops ahead of the storm. The storm’s next target was Florida, where Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency in 15 counties, including in Miami-Dade County where the high-rise condominium building collapsed last wee
  
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• Rockets hit base housing US troops in Syria, no casualties

  04-07-2021 21:40
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — A Syrian opposition war monitor and a spokesman for U.S.-backed Syrian fighters say a facility housing American troops in eastern Syria has come under a rocket attack. A spokesman for U.S-backed Kurdish fighters said no one was hurt in the attack Sunday night in which two rockets were fired at al-Omar field in Syria’s eastern province of Deir el-Zour. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the rockets were fired from areas controlled by Iran-backed f
  
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• Flash Flood Warning issued July 4 at 1:33PM MDT until July 4 at 4:45PM MDT by NWS Tucson AZ

  04-07-2021 21:33
  
  The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a
  * Flash Flood Warning for…Southwestern Cochise County in southeastern Arizona…
  * Until 345 PM MST.
  * At 1233 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producingheavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2.5 inches ofrain have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to beginshortly.
  HAZARD…Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstormsproducing flash flooding.
  SOURCE…Radar.
  IMPACT…Life threateni
  
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• Flood Advisory until SUN 7:30 PM MST

  04-07-2021 21:21
  
  Issued by National Weather Service – Tucson, AZ
  Pima County
  …THE SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM MST THISEVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY…
  The heavy rain has ended. Small stream flooding is no longerexpected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed remaining roadclosures.The post Flood Advisory until SUN 7:30 PM MST appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Surfside pushes back on report on delayed building repairs

  04-07-2021 21:08
  
  A Surfside, Florida, official pushed back Sunday on the idea that the town was responsible for slowing down a condo board’s plans to make needed structural repairs to a building that eventually collapsed, killing dozens. Following a Miami Herald report that it took more than a month for the town to respond to plans submitted by the building’s board in May, town manager Andrew Hyatt released a statement saying the issues under discussion were preliminary plans unrelated to structural
  
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• Wildfire in north-central Arizona forcing some evacuations

  04-07-2021 21:04
  
  CROWN KING, Ariz. (AP) — The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office has ordered some cabins to be evacuated after a lightning-caused wildfire has grown to more than 10,000 acres (15 ½ square miles). Prescott National Forest officials say the wildfire is burning about 11 miles east of the community of Crown King with no containment. Residents of Horsethief Basin were ordered to evacuate Sunday morning with nearby areas told to prepare for possible evacuations.  Nearly 160 firefig
  
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• Flash Flood Warning issued July 4 at 1:03PM MDT until July 4 at 4:15PM MDT by NWS Tucson AZ

  04-07-2021 21:03
  
  The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a
  * Flash Flood Warning for…Southwestern Cochise County in southeastern Arizona…
  * Until 315 PM MST.
  * At 1203 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producingheavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 1.5 inches ofrain have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to beginshortly.
  HAZARD…Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstormsproducing flash flooding.
  SOURCE…Radar.
  IMPACT…Life threateni
  
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• Florida town responds to issue of delayed building repairs

  04-07-2021 20:47
  
  A Surfside, Florida, official pushed back Sunday on the idea that the town was responsible for slowing down a condo board’s plans to make needed structural repairs to a building that eventually collapsed, killing dozens. Following a Miami Herald report that it took more than a month for the town to respond to plans submitted by the building’s board in May, town manager Andrew Hyatt released a statement saying the issues under discussion were preliminary plans unrelated to structural
  
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• Allen West will challenge Texas Gov. Abbott in GOP primary

  04-07-2021 20:46
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Former Florida Congressman Allen West says he’ll challenge Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for the Republican nomination next year. The announcement Sunday comes after West spent a combative year using his job as chairman of the Texas GOP to antagonize leaders of his own party as much as Democrats. West won a U.S. House seat in Florida in 2010 during the tea party wave and quickly became a conservative lighting rod. But he served only one term after failing to win reelect
  
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• Flood Advisory issued July 4 at 12:41PM MDT until July 4 at 3:45PM MDT by NWS Tucson AZ

  04-07-2021 20:41
  
  The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a
  * Urban and Small Stream Flood Advisory for…Southwestern Cochise County in southeastern Arizona…
  * Until 245 PM MST.
  * At 1141 AM MST, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due tothunderstorms. This will cause urban and small stream flooding.Between 1 and 2.5 inches of rain have fallen.
  * Some locations that will experience flooding include…Sierra Vista, Hereford, Whetstone, Huachuca City, Fort Huachuca,Parker Canyon Lake, Ram
  
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• Flash Flood Warning from SUN 6:39 PM MST until SUN 9:45 PM MST

  04-07-2021 20:39
  
  Issued by National Weather Service – Tucson, AZ
  Pima County
  The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a
  * Flash Flood Warning for…Northeastern Pima County in southeastern Arizona…
  * Until 945 PM MST.
  * At 639 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producingheavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 1.5 inches ofrain have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to beginshortly.
  Excessive rainfall over the Bighorn burn scar will result in debrisflow m
  
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• Flood Advisory issued July 4 at 12:35PM MDT until July 4 at 3:45PM MDT by NWS Tucson AZ

  04-07-2021 20:35
  
  The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a
  * Small Stream Flood Advisory for…East Central Cochise County in southeastern Arizona…
  * Until 245 PM MST.
  * At 1135 AM MST, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due tothunderstorms. This will cause small stream flooding. Between 2and 3 inches of rain have fallen.
  * Some locations that will experience flooding include…Chiricahua National Monument and Paradise.Turn around, don’t drown when encountering flooded roads. Mos
  
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• Fourth of July Latest: Joey Chestnut wins hot dog contest

  04-07-2021 20:10
  
  Chowdown champ Joey “Jaws” Chestnut broke his own record to gulp to a 14th win in the men’s Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest on Sunday. Michelle Lesco took the women’s title. Chestnut downed 76 franks and buns in 10 minutes. That’s one more than he did in setting the men’s record last year, when the contest unfolded without fans because of the coronavirus pandemic. Lesco downed 30 ¾ dogs in 10 minutes. Reigning women’s champ and record
  
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• Northwest Fire responding to injured hiker near Scenic Drive

  04-07-2021 19:39
  
  TWIN PEAKS (KVOA) - The Northwest Fire Department has confirmed that crews have been called to rescue an injured hiker near N. Scenic Drive after reports of heat exhaustion.There are no further details at this time. If you are planning on hiking todayplease hydrate properly before hiking.
  Crews are responding to the area of N Scenic Drive for an injured hiker.Patient reports signs of heat exhaustion. pic.twitter.com/AK9cObCmcK— Northwest Fire (@NorthwestFire) July 4, 2021The post Northwest
  
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• Joey Chestnut sets new record at post-pandemic hot dog race

  04-07-2021 19:37
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Chowdown champ Joey “Jaws” Chestnut broke his own record to gulp to a 14th win in the men’s Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest on Sunday. Michelle Lesco took the women’s title. Chestnut downed 76 franks and buns in 10 minutes. That’s one more than he did in setting the men’s record last year, when the contest unfolded without fans because of the coronavirus pandemic. Lesco downed 30 ¾ dogs in 10 minutes. Reigning women&rs
  
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• Governor: Heat death toll at least 95 in Oregon alone

  04-07-2021 19:37
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s governor says a Pacific Northwest heat wave has killed at least 95 people in that state alone. Democratic Gov. Kate Brown said Sunday on CBS’ “Face the Nation” that government officials warned people about the heat, dispersed water to vulnerable people and set up cooling stations. Even so, Brown calls the death toll “absolutely unacceptable.” Hundreds are believed to have died from the heat over the past week in the U.S. No
  
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• Fireworks blast in Ocean City causes minor injuries

  04-07-2021 19:37
  
  OCEAN CITY, Md. (AP) — Fireworks were unintentionally detonated as they were being set up for an Independence Day show in Ocean City, Maryland, leaving employees of the fireworks company with minor injuries. The Ocean City Fire Department said in a news release that they were alerted to a vehicle fire Sunday morning and responded to find the fireworks that had gone off on the beach. An undisclosed number of employees had minor injuries but declined transport to a hospital. No beach or boar
  
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• Drilling nearly done to demolish rest of collapsed condo

  04-07-2021 19:24
  
  SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — Demolition specialists bored holes for explosive charges as they prepared to bring down the precarious but still-standing portion of a collapsed South Florida condo building. The work has suspended the search-and-rescue mission, but officials said Sunday it would eventually open up new areas for rescue teams to explore. The decision to demolish the Surfside building came after concerns mounted that the damaged structure was at risk of falling, endangering the crews be
  
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• Suez Canal says deal reached to free seized vessel

  04-07-2021 19:13
  
  CAIRO (AP) — The Suez Canal Authority says it has reached an agreement to settle a financial dispute with the owners of a hulking container ship that blocked the crucial waterway for nearly a week earlier this year. The authority did not reveal details on the settlement deal with the Shoei Kisen Kaisha Ltd., the Japanese owner of the Ever Given. It says the deal will be singed in a ceremony in the Suez Canal city of Ismailia. The vessel had run aground in the canal on March 23 before it wa
  
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• Flood Advisory until SUN 5:45 PM MST

  04-07-2021 18:52
  
  Issued by National Weather Service – Tucson, AZ
  Pima County
  …THE SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PMMST THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTH CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY…
  At 452 PM MST, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicatedheavy rain had fallen in the Arivaca area due to earlierthunderstorms. This will cause small stream flooding.
  Some locations that will experience flooding include…Arivaca.
  This includes the following streams and drainages…Bolas B
  
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• Met Opera reaches agreement with locked out stagehands

  04-07-2021 18:50
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Metropolitan Opera has reached an agreement on a labor contract with its locked out stagehands, the second of three major deals needed to resume performances in September following the pandemic. The agreement was reached early Saturday, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal is subject to ratification by the union, which could take place as early as Tuesday. The deal was first report
  
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• South Africa’s ex-president Zuma says he’ll appeal jail term

  04-07-2021 18:47
  
  NKANDLA, South Africa (AP) — Former South African President Jacob Zuma told hundreds of supporters gathered outside his rural estate that he is appealing the 15-month prison sentence and his impending arrest by police. South Africa’s top court, the Constitutional Court, last week sentenced Zuma to prison for defying a court order that he should testify before a commission investigating allegations of rampant corruption when he was president from 2009 to 2018. Several witnesses, inclu
  
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• Tucsonan Michelle Lesco wins women’s Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest

  04-07-2021 18:41
  
  CONEY ISLAND (KVOA) - Tucsonan Michelle Lesco won her first 4th of July Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest Sunday morning after eating 30 and 3/4 hot dogs in an hour.
  Michelle Lesco takes home the Pink Belt with 30 3/4 hot dogs! pic.twitter.com/iQtPWeGG66— Original Nathan's Franks (@NathansFranks) July 4, 2021Michelle Lesco is your women's 2021 Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest winner! pic.twitter.com/W7C12Z1BHx— espnW (@espnW) July 4, 2021
  Lesco finished 2nd the last three competi
  
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• French far-right chief lays out plans for presidential race

  04-07-2021 18:28
  
  PARIS (AP) — French far-right leader Marine Le Pen says she will stick with her strategy of making her party a more mainstream political force despite a stinging loss in regional elections. Le Pen, 52, was re-elected Sunday at the head of the National Rally at a gathering in the southern town of Perpignan. Her anti-immigration party failed to win any of mainland France’s 12 regions in last week’s vote _ raising criticism about Le Pen’s strategy. In her speech, Le Pen inst
  
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• Universal takes top three spots at domestic box office

  04-07-2021 18:25
  
  Although the box office has yet to fully recover from the pandemic, one studio has good reason to celebrate this Fourth of July weekend. According to studio estimates Sunday, Universal Pictures currently has the top three films at the domestic box office with “F9″ in first, “The Boss Baby: Family Business” in second and “The Forever Purge” in third. It’s the first time that’s happened for Universal since 1989, and the first time for any studio sinc
  
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• Flood Advisory from SUN 4:25 PM MST until SUN 7:30 PM MST

  04-07-2021 18:25
  
  Issued by National Weather Service – Tucson, AZ
  Pima County
  The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a
  * Small Stream Flood Advisory for…East Central Pima County in southeastern Arizona…
  * Until 730 PM MST.
  * At 425 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due tothunderstorms. This will cause small stream flooding. Between 1and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen.
  * Some locations that will experience flooding include…Sahuarita, Green Valley and East Sahuarita.
  P
  
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• The Latest: Russia faces surge of virus cases in last month

  04-07-2021 18:23
  
  MOSCOW — Russia on Sunday reported more than 25,000 new cases of coronavirus infection, the largest number since January, as the country faces a sharp surge over the past month.The national coronavirus task force said 663 patients died, down from the previous day’s 697, which was a record high.The tally of 25,142 new cases was more than 2.5 times as high as daily new infections in early June. Moscow, St. Petersburg and the region surrounding Moscow accounted for about half the nation
  
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• Flood Advisory until SUN 4:30 PM MST

  04-07-2021 18:22
  
  Issued by National Weather Service – Tucson, AZ
  Pima County
  …THE ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 430 PMMST THIS AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY…
  The heavy rain has ended. Arroyo and small stream flooding is nolonger expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed remainingroad closures.The post Flood Advisory until SUN 4:30 PM MST appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• 8 people wounded in shooting near Fort Worth car wash

  04-07-2021 18:10
  
  FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Police in Forth Worth, Texas, say eight people have been wounded in a shooting near a car wash in which it appears multiple guns were used. Police said the eight gunshot victims were taken to hospitals and are in stable condition. Police said no suspects are in custody. Police say an officer in the area heard gunshots at about 1:30 a.m. Sunday. When officers arrived, they found the eight people who had been shot.The post 8 people wounded in shooting near Fort Worth
  
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• Ex-state lawmaker in Capitol amid riot adds felony charge

  04-07-2021 18:09
  
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A former West Virginia lawmaker faces a new federal felony charge after he livestreamed himself rushing into the U.S. Capitol with a mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters on Jan. 6. A grand jury in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia handed down a five-count indictment for former Del. Derrick Evans last week. The new charge is for obstructing an official proceeding and aiding or abetting. He was previously charged with four misdemeanor o
  
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• Crews nearly done drilling for Florida condo demolition

  04-07-2021 18:04
  
  SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — Demolition specialists carefully bored holes to insert explosive charges into the precarious, still-standing portion of a collapsed South Florida condo building that will come down to open up new areas for rescue teams to search. A top Miami-Dade fire official said 80% of the drilling work was complete and the remaining structure could come down as soon as Sunday night. The timing was still not set. No one has been rescued alive since the first hours after the June 24
  
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• South Africa’s new coronavirus cases surge to record levels

  04-07-2021 18:02
  
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s resurgence of COVID-19 is setting record numbers of new daily cases, centered in Johannesburg and driven by the delta variant that was first found in India. According to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases, more than 26,000 new cases were reported on Saturday, up from 24,000 the previous day, surpassing the highest number of new cases in previous waves. South Africa’s official death toll has gone above 63,000, although statistics
  
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• Flood Advisory until SUN 4:00 PM MST

  04-07-2021 17:53
  
  Issued by National Weather Service – Tucson, AZ
  Cochise County
  …THE ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PMMST THIS AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY…
  The heavy rain has ended. Arroyo and small stream flooding is nolonger expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed remainingroad closures.The post Flood Advisory until SUN 4:00 PM MST appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Pope Francis hospitalized for planned intestinal surgery

  04-07-2021 17:52
  
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican says Pope Francis has gone to a Rome hospital for scheduled surgery on his large intestine. The brief announcement Sunday afternoon didn’t say when the surgery would be performed but it said there would be an announcement when the surgery is complete. Just three hours earlier, Francis had cheerfully greeted the public in St. Peter’s Square and told them he will go to Hungary and Slovakia in September. A week earlier, Francis, 84, had used the sam
  
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• Cuba evacuates 70,000 as Tropical Storm Elsa approaches

  04-07-2021 17:50
  
  HAVANA (AP) — Cuba evacuated 70,000 people along the island’s southern region amid fears that Tropical Storm Elsa could unleash heavy flooding after battering several Caribbean islands, killing at least three people. The Cuban government had opened shelters and moved to protect sugarcane and cocoa crops ahead of the storm. The storm’s next target was Florida, where Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency in 15 counties, including in Miami-Dade County where the high-rise
  
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