COVID-19 surge engulfs US; Texas tops 1 million cases

By DAVID CRARY | AP National Writer Texas on Wednesday became the first state with more than 1 million confirmed COVID-19 cases, and California closed in on that mark as a surge of coronavirus infections engulfs the country from coast to coast. In New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said all restaurants, bars and gyms statewide…

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Gun Rights Group Sues Sacramento Sheriff Over Firearm Confiscation Records

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A gun rights group is suing Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones, alleging his agency violated the public’s right to access gun confiscation records. The Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) says the sheriff’s department denied their requests for access to records about firearm confiscations and department policies. The lawsuit claims the denial violates the…

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Sacramento Code Enforcement Pulls Plug On Midtown ‘Free Fridge’

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The city of Sacramento is pulling the plug on a “free fridge” in midtown. The city’s code enforcement agency handed out a citation to the property owner where the outdoor refrigerator, full of food, had been located. It had been up and running for more than a month, making free food available…

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CBS13 Investigates Virtual Classroom Sexual Misconduct: ‘It Can Feel So Innocent Until It’s Not’

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — From sexual harassment inside virtual classrooms to texting and social media conversations between teachers and students, virtual learning is leading to new concerns about sexual misconduct. CBS13 has discovered an apparent lack of policies in place to protect children from sexual predators in the virtual learning world. Mireya never imagined that her…

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Mission Viejo man pleads guilty in 2017 robbery spree in Orange, San Bernardino counties

A Mission Viejo man has pleaded guilty to nine robberies and an attempted robbery of ice cream shops, game stores and gas stations in December 2017 that netted about $3,500. Matthew Scott Rendon, 39, was scheduled to be sentenced Jan. 22 in the Central Justice Center in Santa Ana after his guilty plea Monday. He…

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79-year-old Santa Ana man struck by vehicle and killed in Huntington Beach

A 79-year-old man walking on Pacific Coast Highway in Huntington Beach died after he was struck by a vehicle early Wednesday, Nov. 11. The crash that left Juan Martinez Tovar of Santa Ana dead occurred about 5:10 a.m. just south of Brookhurst Street, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of…

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Small plane’s landing gear collapses while coming into John Wayne Airport

A light plane on Wednesday, Nov. 11, experienced technical issues while coming down at John Wayne Airport in Orange County and skidded across a runway, but no injuries were reported. The twin-engine Comanche’s pilot reported trouble with the plane’s fixed landing equipment to air traffic controllers while approaching the airport at about 4 p.m., JWA…

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Leading tech companies call for tougher antitrust action against Google

A group of leading tech companies has joined over 100 Google critics in calling on the EU to take tougher antitrust action against the company, saying the tech company unfairly boosts its own services on the site’s web searches. 165 critics, including Yelp, Expedia, and Trivago, have accused Google of promoting its own services above…

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Brazil allows resumption of Chinese vaccine trial after brief suspension over study subject’s suicide

Health authorities in Brazil have allowed medical institute Butantan to resume its late-stage clinical trials for China’s Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine. The trials had been suspended due to a study subject’s death. The case was registered in Sao Paulo as a suicide, and Brazil’s health regulator, Anvisa, said late Wednesday that the initial information was incomplete…

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No Brexit trade deal will be ‘ruinous’ for UK but Internal Market Bill sows ‘doubts’ London can be trusted – Irish PM

Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin has said that failure to strike a trade deal with the EU will hit Britain badly, but London also has to “reassure” Brussels it intends to follow any future agreement. Martin told the BBC that a breakdown in talks between London and Brussels would be “very damaging all around” and…

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Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, November 11, 2020

Julie McWilliams lost her full flock of 23 chickens. She, like other Bethel chicken owners, believes minks are behind the killing of her flock. (Photo courtesy of Julie McWilliams via KYUK) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. You can subscribe to Alaska Public Media’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @AKPublicNews Wednesday on…

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State reports more 4 COVID-19 deaths Wednesday

A scanning electron micrograph shows a cell (green) heavily infected with particles (yellow) of SARS-COV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) Another four Alaskans have died of COVID-19, the state health department reported Wednesday. It’s the second day the state has reported multiple deaths.  On Tuesday the state announced…

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LISTEN: Featuring Alaskan, new doc puts single moms on the road to finding fulfilling careers

Wasilla resident Maliaq Kairaiuak (right) is joined by fellow roadtrippers Kiera Bradley (center) and Gabriel Hall in a production still. (Roadtrip Nation) An Alaska woman joins two other single mothers on a road trip to learn about finding sustaining careers in a new documentary film. It’s called “Roadtrip Nation: A Single Mom’s Story,” and it…

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3 Omaha residents arrested on felony charges after theft in Lincoln, pursuit along I-80

A pursuit on Interstate 80 reached speeds of 130 mph. Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

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Columbus man sentenced for sending threats to his ex-wife and her mother in Cuba

Darien Duran Castellon had offered to pay a co-conspirator $2,000 to send both women to the hospital, prosecutors say. Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

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Man sentenced for big fentanyl seizure on I-80 near Kearney

A Nebraska State Patrol trooper discovered a hidden compartment in a refrigerator trailer in the 2018 stop and found 118 pounds of the drug. Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

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Trust Index: Fact-checking claims regarding Michigan’s 2020 election

There are a lot of claims being made surrounding the U.S. presidential election, and many of them are in the more than 230 affidavits signed onto the latest lawsuit from the president’s campaign. There are simply too many claims without evidence to fact check in the lawsuit, so we’ll take a look at a few…

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ClickOnDetroit NIGHTSIDE REPORT — Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020

Newly-freed man says corrupt Detroit police officer’s bogus testimony landed him in jail A man previously charged with drug possession is suing the city of Detroit and its police department — specifically after his arresting officer was found to be corrupt. Renard Austin, 40, of Detroit was arrested in October of 2018 when Detroit police…

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Newly-freed man says corrupt Detroit police officer’s bogus testimony landed him in jail

A man previously charged with drug possession is suing the city of Detroit and its police department — specifically after his arresting officer was found to be corrupt. Renard Austin, 40, of Detroit was arrested in October of 2018 when Detroit police raided his friend’s house. Austin was charged with possession of heroin, but he…

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Goldman Sachs executive discusses Dallas’ growing importance to the firm

Moving to lower-cost cities like Dallas is part of Goldman Sachs’ strategic plan. Top Featured Tags: – Texas News, – Business Press Release Distribution Service

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Tutoring marketplace startup takes top prize at global pitch competition semifinals

Beating out two other student-led startups at the EO Dallas leg of the Global Entrepreneur Awards Competition, a tutoring marketplace startup took home the top prize package worth $11,000. Top Featured Tags: – Texas News, – Business Press Release Distribution Service

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California firm buys 351-unit Waters Edge apartments in Grand Prairie

A California-based real estate investment management firm has acquired Waters Edge, a 351-unit multifamily community at 3651 Prairie Waters Drive in Grand Prairie. Top Featured Tags: – Texas News, – Business Press Release Distribution Service

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