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The Latest: Hawaii emails reveal strain over contact tracing

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HONOLULU — A review of Hawaii Gov. David Ige’s emails shows the state epidemiologist spent key weeks in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic resisting suggestions and requests that she boost contact tracing to control the spread of COVID-19. They also showed Dr. Sarah Park repeatedly telling her superiors that the state’s failure to adequately fund the division she…

AP Week in Pictures: Global

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MAY 29 – JUNE 4, 2021 With commemorations for the 100-year anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, a transparent “Sky Pool” in London and a cloudburst in Tibet, this photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published in the past week by The Associated Press from around the world. The selection was curated by AP photo…

Arrest warrant stays sealed for Colorado man in wife’s death

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A judge ruled Friday that an arrest warrant affidavit for a Colorado man charged with murder in the death of his wife who disappeared last year will remain sealed. The judge said that release of the document could harm witnesses in the case and hinder Barry Morphew’s ability to prepare his own defense. Morphew faces murder and other charges in the disappearance of Suzanne Morphew on Mother’s Day last year. Judge Patrick Murphy ordered that the affidavit, which details investigators’ reasons justifying Morphew’s arrest, remain sealed until the conclusion of a preliminary hearing in August.

The Latest: Mexico to use US vaccine doses at border

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MEXICO CITY — Mexican officials said Friday they will use 1 million U.S. doses of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine to inoculate people along the border. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says the vaccinations along Mexico’s northern border with the United States is part of an effort to fully reopen border crossings, which are currently restricted to essential travel….

The Pompidou, Paris’ temple of modern art, plans NJ branch

By SHAWN MARSH - Associated Press
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The Statue of Liberty could be getting some company from her native France. Officials on Friday announced a planned partnership between Paris’ Pompidou Center and New Jersey’s Jersey City to transform a gutted industrial building into a satellite museum in the heart of a transportation hub not far from where Lady Liberty stands in New York Harbor. While the French would provide the art and expertise for the planned museum, Jersey City would provide the cash. The mayor says the money could be raised through donations and by the creation of a special improvement district. The plan now goes to the City Council.