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WASHINGTON (AP) ¡ª Military planes will conduct flyovers in a handful of major cities along the East Coast as part of this year's July Fourth celebration amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Pentagon says roughly 1,700 service members will support a salute to the "Great Cities of the American Revolution." The flyovers will begin in Boston and proceed to New York City, Philadelphia, and Baltimore. President Donald Trump plans to kick off Independence Day festivities with a showy display at Mount Rushmore the day before. The event will include fighter jets thundering over the 79-year-old stone monument in South Dakota's Black Hills and the first fireworks display there since 2009. 692

WASHINGTON (AP) -- An aide to a firearms-toting congresswoman-elect says she has already asked Capitol Police about carrying her weapon on Capitol grounds once she's sworn into office.The practice is allowed for members of Congress under decades-old congressional regulations.Republican Rep.-elect Lauren Boebert of Colorado is a conservative guns-rights advocate who made the inquiry recently.One of her future colleagues says other members of Congress already carry firearms.The public is barred from carrying guns in the Capitol and its grounds.Boebert's office declined to make her available for an interview with The Associated Press.An aide says her conversation with the Capitol Police was an inquiry about the rules. 732

Volkswagen has been fined another €800 million (6 million) over its diesel emissions scandal, this time because of failings at its Audi subsidiary.Volkswagen said Tuesday it accepted the fine imposed by German prosecutors, waving its right to appeal. It said the penalty would hit earnings this year."As a negative special item, [it will] reduce the group earnings for fiscal year 2018 accordingly," it said in a statement.The penalty by Munich prosecutors is just the latest consequence of the scandal that emerged in 2015 and initially wiped out billions off the company's value.Volkswagen admitted cheating on clean air rules with software that made emissions look less toxic than they actually were.The fine concludes the Munich prosecutors' investigation into the company. However, probes into executives, including Audi's former CEO Rupert Stadler, continue, the prosecutors said.The €800 million fine comprises a €5 million penalty for administrative offenses, the maximum allowed under German law.On top of that, prosecutors ordered Volkswagen to repay €795 million they said the company made from the cheating. The prosecutors said this included profits from the sales of affected vehicles.In this case, the diesel emissions cheating affected nearly 5 million cars sold by the Volkswagen group in Europe and the United States, prosecutors said. Specifically, it concerned V6 and V8 diesel engines manufactured by Audi and installed in Audi, Volkswagen and Porsche brands, and Audi vehicles equipped with EA 189 and EA 288 engine made by Volkswagen.Shares in Volkswagen (VLKAF) and Audi (AUDVF) were trading higher on Tuesday. Volkswagen stock is down 11 percent so far this year. 1699

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - The COVID-19 pandemic has hit communities hard in many different ways.A new survey shows it's also taken a toll on museums, with some not sure whether they'll be able to keep their doors open.At the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), you'd find all sorts of displays.The museum reopened in July after being closed roughly five months during the pandemic.¡°We've had just around 3,000 people come through the museum over the last three months,¡± Brad Tuggle, Director of Audience Development for Virginia MOCA, said. ¡°Our museum is in a good spot relative to where it could be.¡±Tuggle told News 3 the museum had concerns at first.¡°There were a lot of furloughs with the museum; we went down to about 40% of our staff,¡± Tuggle said. ¡°We didn't know if this pandemic was going to shut us down for three months or three years.¡±The American Alliance of Museums (AAM) surveyed museums to get a feel for impacts from the pandemic.¡°Anecdotally, we knew that museums were significantly impacted by the pandemic the second they had to close their doors,¡± AAM Director of Marketing and Communications Natanya Khashan said.Khashan told News 3 at least 750 museum directors responded to the survey in June.One-third of those responding were not confident they would be able to survive 16 months without additional financial relief, and 16% felt their organization was at a significant risk of permanent closure.AAM added, during the pandemic, 75% of museums stepped into roles as educators providing virtual education programs and experiences. Two-thirds of directors predicted cuts in education, programming, and other public services due to significant budget cuts.¡°It is really unfortunate, and the number isn't surprising because museums have to cut where they can in order to survive the impact of the pandemic,¡± Khashan said.Tuggle said funding from the City of Virginia Beach and other partners helped.¡°We had a lot of people on staff and the community that in that first month really stepped up,¡± he said.He added the museum also launched a virtual museum online for people during the pandemic.¡°It really gave us an avenue to get that artwork out to the world, which is what we're here for,¡± he said.As they continue on, Khashan hopes many will support other museums around the country during this time.¡°Their communities are going to need their museums more than ever to help sustain their economies and their educational systems, and to provide respite and healing as we look towards the recovery in the future,¡± she said.This story was first reported by Zak Dahlheimer at WTKR in Norfolk, Virginia. 2633

VISTA (KNSD) - A Carlsbad man who allegedly drugged and sexually assaulted a 16-year-old girl and raped a woman he met online was charged Wednesday with 17 felony counts.Michael Fangman, 47, faces between 20 and 25 years in state prison if convicted of charges involving the minor, identified only as Jane Doe 1, and the woman, identified only as Jane Doe 2.Fangman was arrested shortly before 8:25 a.m. last Friday at his home, Carlsbad police Sgt. Reid Shipley said.Carlsbad police have been investigating since March when they received the first report of sexual assault. The 16-year-old girl contacted police on March 18 and alleged that she had been sexually assaulted by Fangman, who she had met online, Shipley said.The criminal complaint includes allegations that between March 11 and March 16, Jane Doe 1 was sexually assaulted and was given heroin by Fangman during that timeframe. He faces 14 counts related to Jane Doe 1, as well as three pertaining to Jane Doe 2, including forcible rape.According to the deputy district attorney, Benjamin Barlow, all of the alleged acts took place in Carlsbad in the month of March of this year. The judge ordered a no contact order with Jane Doe 1 and Jane Doe 2. Fangman is being held without bail and is due back in court June 20 for a readiness conference.Investigators have uncovered two additional victims and believe there may be more, they're asking anyone who has information to contact the Carlsbad Police Department's tip line at 760-931-3819 or TipLine@CarlsbadCA.gov. 1536

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