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u.s. news Diamars 24 November 2020

Suspect arrested in fatal stabbings at California church

(AP) — A suspect has post. an overnight winter shelter The temperature in San Jose in last night’s horrific stab-
been arrested in connec- to up to 50 men and women was in the low 50s when bing at Grace Baptist Church
tion with the fatal stab- The stabbings happened during cold, rainy weather the attack happened Sunday in Downtown -- we have lost
bings of two people and Sunday night at Grace Bap- and it makes showers avail- shortly before 8 p.m., but two community members,”
the wounding of three tist Church, where no ser- able daily for drop-in visits dropped into the high 30s San Jose Mayor Sam Licca-
others at a church in Cali- vices were taking place, and to those who may need them, overnight. The motive of the rdo said on social media. “We
fornia's Silicon Valley that officials said a man died there according to the nonprofit’s attack was under investiga- pray for the recovery of oth-
was being used as a home- and a woman died at a hos- website. tion, police said. Grace Bap- ers seriously injured in that
less shelter, police said pital. Three other men who tist Church did not immedi- attack.”
Monday. were wounded were hospi- “Unhoused individuals were ately respond to a telephone The victims were not iden-
talized Monday in serious brought into the church to message Monday seeking tified and police said the
“We have one suspect in but stable condition. get them out of the cold,” the comment. names of those who died will
custody for last night's ho- San Jose police department be released by the Santa Clara
micide,” the San Jose Police The church, through its non- tweeted. “Our hearts are torn for the County Coroner’s Office af-
Department said in a Twitter profit Grace Solutions, offers victims and their loved ones ter their families are notified.

Georgia is finalizing details of recount requested by Trump

(AP) — After the Trump “We can’t really see a legal
campaign requested a re- path that makes any sense
count of the presidential because if you open up in-
ballots in Georgia, state vestigations on a generalized
election officials were grievance without any evi-
working to finalize the de- dence, that leaves it open for
tails of how and when that somebody else in the future
will be done, a top elec- to do the exact same thing,”
tions official said Monday. Sterling said.
Also Monday, the state elec-
The election results certified tion board held a special
last week by Secretary of State called meeting and approved
Brad Raffensperger showed an extension of two emer-
Democrat Joe Biden beating gency rules meant to accom-
Republican President Don- modate the large number
ald Trump by 12,670 votes of absentee ballots expected
out of about 5 million cast, because of the ongoing coro-
or about 0.25%. Under state navirus pandemic. One rule
law, a candidate can request a authorizes absentee ballot
recount when the margin is drop boxes in each county.
less than 0.5%. The other allows counties
to begin opening and scan-
The Trump campaign on Sat- ning absentee ballots about
urday sent a formal request two weeks before the elec-
for a recount to the secre- every vote in that contest to screen voting machines and envelope. County election tion, and the board added a
tary of state’s office. Gabriel be recounted by hand. 25 marked by hand — and office workers are required to requirement for them to be-
Sterling, who oversaw the count those ballots by hand, ensure the signature matches gin that processing one week
implementation of the state’s County election work- Sterling said. Then they run the one on the absentee bal- before Election Day.
new voting system, said dur- ers completed that hand tal- those ballots through a scan- lot application and the one in
ing a video news conference ly last week. Because some ner to make sure the tallies the voter registration system, The election board had
Monday that the secretary of previously uncounted ballots match. Once they determine Raffensperger has said. Once planned to discuss another
state’s office planned to talk were discovered during the each scanner is counting ac- the signatures are verified, possible emergency rule on
to county election officials audit, several counties had to curately, every single ballot to protect ballot secrecy en- verification of residency dur-
before deciding on the spe- recertify their totals. Then the will be rescanned, he said. shrined in Georgia law, the ing the voter registration pro-
cific starting and ending time secretary of state certified the Sterling also addressed a re- ballots are separated from cess. But secretary of state’s
for the recount. results and Gov. Brian Kemp quest the state Republican the envelopes and can’t be office general counsel Ryan
This will be the third time certified the state’s slate of 16 Party made Sunday urging matched back to individual Germany told the board
the votes in the presiden- presidential electors. the secretary of state to order voters. members that it turns out
tial race have been counted an audit of the absentee bal- Sterling said the secretary of state law already addresses
in Georgia. After the initial A state election board rule lots cast in the 2020 election, state’s office is still reviewing the issue, and the secretary of
count following Election mandates that the recount re- including verification of the whether any sort of investi- state’s office decided instead
Day, Raffensperger selected quested by the Trump cam- signature match process. gation is appropriate, but he to send county election offi-
the presidential race for an paign be done by machine. said there hasn’t been any cials instructions reminding
audit required by state law. County election workers will When Georgia voters return specific claim that the signa- them of their authority and
Because of the tight margin, create test decks of 100 bal- an absentee ballot, they have ture match process was not responsibilities under that
he said, the audit required lots — 75 marked by touch- to sign an oath on the outer done properly. law.

Police: 1 killed, 6 hurt in shooting at Brooklyn apartments

(AP) — A young woman has died ly after 9 p.m. Sunday in the East Stuyvesant neighborhood, and police from police. They were expected to
and six other people were wound- New York neighborhood and left a said it's believed to be related to the survive, police said.
ed in a shooting at an apartment 17-year-old boy wounded in the leg, first shooting. A 20-year-old woman No arrests were immediately report-
building in Brooklyn that fol- New York Police Department Depu- was taken to a hospital, where she ed. Police said they were looking for
lowed an earlier shooting near a ty Chief Michael Kemper said during was pronounced dead, police said. more than one suspect in the apart-
Sweet 16 birthday party, police a news conference. It wasn't known ment shooting.
said. what prompted that shooting. Others shot at the apartment building
The second shooting took place ranged in age from 14 to 19 years old, Police have not yet released a descrip-
The first shooting happened short- about 11:15 p.m. in the Bedford- according to preliminary information tion of the shooters in either incident.