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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 13, 2024

Arizona GOP leaders sue Biden administration over Grand Canyon-area national monument

The Arizona Legislature’s top two Republicans have challenged President Joe Biden’s creation of a new national monument near Grand Canyon National Park.

ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 9, 2024

Former Arizona corrections boss sentenced to probation over armed 2022 standoff with police

Former Arizona Corrections Director Charles Ryan was sentenced Friday to probation for his no-contest plea to a disorderly conduct charge stemming from a 2022 armed standoff at his Tempe home.

ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 8, 2024

Arizona Legislature agrees to changes in elections timeline, including earlier primary

The Arizona Legislature agreed Thursday to give counties more time to tally votes after county officials complained that a 2022 change in law would make it difficult to complete counting votes in time if the results were close enough to trigger a mandatory recount.

UNITED STATES NEWS | Feb 7, 2024

US drone strike in Baghdad kills high-ranking militia leader linked to attacks on American troops

A U.S. drone strike blew up a car in the Iraqi capital Wednesday night, killing a high-ranking commander of the Kataib Hezbollah militia.

ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 5, 2024

Skydiver dies southeast of Phoenix, 2nd fatal incident involving skydiving in Eloy in less than a month

Authorities are investigating the death of a 73-year-old skydiver in Eloy, the area's second deadly skydiving incident in last month.

UNITED STATES NEWS | Feb 4, 2024

US warns of further retaliation if Iran-backed militias continue their attacks

United States warned Iran and the militias it arms that it will conduct more attacks if American forces continue to be targeted.

UNITED STATES NEWS | Feb 4, 2024

Senators release a $118 billion package that pairs border policies with aid for Ukraine and Israel

Senators released a $118 billion package that pairs border enforcement policy with wartime aid for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies.

WORLD NEWS | Feb 3, 2024

At least 46 reported dead in Chile as forest fires move into densely populated central areas

Intense forest fires burning around a densely populated area of central Chile have caused at least 46 deaths, Chile's pesident said Saturday.

UNITED STATES NEWS | Feb 3, 2024

President Joe Biden wins South Carolina’s Democratic primary as he gears up for his reelection bid

President Joe Biden has won South Carolina’s Democratic primary in the state that vaulted him to the White House four years ago.

UNITED STATES NEWS | Feb 2, 2024

The US didn’t just avoid a recession — it’s adding hundreds of thousands of new jobs

The nation’s employers added 353,000 jobs in January, a sign the economy will shrug off the highest interest rates in two decades.

UNITED STATES NEWS | Feb 2, 2024

US hits hard at militias in Iraq and Syria, retaliating for fatal drone attack

The U.S. military launched an air assault on dozens of sites in Iraq and Syria in retaliation for the fatal drone attack last week.

UNITED STATES NEWS | Jan 31, 2024

House GOP takes party-line vote toward Mayorkas impeachment as border becomes campaign issue

House Republicans voted along party lines early Wednesday to move toward impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

UNITED STATES NEWS | Jan 30, 2024

Biden calls Trump a ‘loser’ as he raises money on ex-president’s home turf in Florida

President Joe Biden called former president Donald Trump a loser while on the campaign trail for reelection in Florida on Tuesday.

AP | Jan 29, 2024

President Biden says he’d close the US-Mexico border if given the ability

President Joe Biden has made some strong claims about shutting down the U.S.-Mexico border over the past few days.

AP | Jan 29, 2024

3 US soldiers from Georgia killed in Jordan drone strike

The U.S. Defense Department says three Army Reserve soldiers from Georgia were killed in a weekend drone strike in Jordan.

UNITED STATES NEWS | Jan 28, 2024

3 American troops dead and several wounded in drone attack by Iran-backed militia in Jordan

Three American troops were killed and “many” were wounded Sunday in a drone strike in northeast Jordan, President Joe Biden said.

UNITED STATES NEWS | Jan 26, 2024

Senate deal on border security, Ukraine aid nearing collapse

A Senate deal to pair border and Ukraine faced potential collapse as Republicans grew wary of a compromise that Trump says is “meaningless.”

UNITED STATES NEWS | Jan 26, 2024

Jury says Donald Trump must pay an additional $83.3 million to E. Jean Carroll in defamation case

A jury has awarded an additional $83.3 million to former advice columnist E. Jean Carroll, who says former President Donald Trump damaged her reputation by calling her a liar after she accused him of sexual assault.

UNITED STATES NEWS | Jan 23, 2024

Trump wins New Hampshire primary as rematch with Biden appears increasingly likely

Donald Trump won the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday, tightening his grip on the Republican presidential nomination.

ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 22, 2024

Feds look to drastically cut recreational target shooting within Arizona’s Sonoran Desert monument

Federal officials want to drastically cut recreational target shooting within Arizona's Sonoran Desert monument.

ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 21, 2024

Bureau of Land Management to reduce recreational shooting within Sonoran Desert Monument

The Bureau of Land Management is looking to reduce an area open to recreational target shooting within the Sonoran Desert National Monument.

UNITED STATES NEWS | Jan 20, 2024

Historically Black Missouri college mourns suicide of bullied administrator

Antoinette Bonnie Candia-Bailey's death has spurred student protests and #JUSTICE4BONNIE T-shirts across the campus in Jefferson City.

WORLD NEWS | Jan 20, 2024

Unmanned Japanese spacecraft successfully makes soft landing on moon

Japan became the fifth country in history to reach the moon when one of its unmanned spacecrafts successfully landed on the lunar surface.

UNITED STATES NEWS | Jan 19, 2024

Biden signs stopgap spending bill to prevent government shutdown

President Joe Biden on Friday signed a short-term spending bill that keeps the federal government operating until early March.