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PAGE, Ariz. (AP) - Authorities in northern Arizona have arrested a man for writing a racist social media post accusing Navajo people of carrying the coronavirus and calling for their deaths. The Page Police Department announced Tuesday that 34-year-old Daniel Franzen was taken into custody on suspicion of attempting to incite an act of terrorism. Police say they received reports Monday of a Facebook post that urged people to use “lethal force” against the Navajo community because they were “100% infected” with COVID-19.

President Barack Obama and his daughters Malia and Sasha started the first day of their Martha's Vineyard vacation this morning with a visit to a bookstore frequented by another Democratic president. They spent about 20 minutes inside the Bunch of Grapes Bookstore in Vineyard Haven as a crowd of about 100 people gathered outside behind yellow security tape waiting for them to come out. In an interview with the Times, bookstore owner Dawn Braasch said the trio were primarily looking for books for the daughters and bought Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" and John Steinbeck's "The Red Pony." Obama...

Wednesday September 17th, 2003, 12:55 U.S. author Franzen: "Europe should let Bush fidget a while" Hamburg (AP) - In opinion of best-selling author Jonathan Franzen ("The Corrections"), Europe should let US President George W. Bush fidget a while on his request for support in Iraq. The writer said in an interview with the magazine "Stern", published on Wednesday, "It's better to wait until the election next year. Please, Europe, you could do us a great favor. I say this as an American taxpayer." In the magazine, Franzen accused the U.S. Republicans of having only made up Iraq as an enemy....