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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 6, 2022Arizona high court declines GOP request to invalidate mail voting
The Arizona Supreme Court declined to consider a request by the state Republican Party to eliminate the early voting system and require nearly all voters to cast ballots in person on Election Day.
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UNITED STATES NEWS | Apr 4, 2022
Republicans Murkowski, Romney will vote to confirm Jackson
Lisa Murkowski and Mitt Romney announced Monday they will vote to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson’s historic elevation to the Supreme Court.
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UNITED STATES NEWS | Apr 4, 2022Senate panel deadlocks on Jackson; Supreme Court confirmation on track
The Senate Judiciary Committee deadlocked, 11-11, Monday on whether to send Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court nomination to the Senate floor. But President Joe Biden’s nominee was still on track to be confirmed this week as the first Black woman on the high court.
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ARIZONA HEALTH NEWS | Apr 2, 2022Expected increase in migration puts pressure on Biden from both parties
The expected influx of migrants could create a political damaging crisis for Joe Biden with the the November midterm elections approaching.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 1, 2022Law protects woman’s medical pot use while pregnant, Arizona Court of Appeals rules
The Arizona Court of Appeals has ruled that state officials were wrong to put a woman who legally used medical marijuana while pregnant on an employment-related list indicating she had neglected a child through prenatal exposure of her infant.
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WORLD NEWS | Apr 1, 2022
Will Smith resigns from film academy after Oscars slap incident
Will Smith resigned from the motion picture academy following his Oscars slap of Chris Rock and said he would accept further punishments.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 1, 2022Multiple lawsuits filed against new law stiffening citizenship proof to vote in Arizona
Two lawsuits have been filed challenging a new Arizona law seeking to require proof of citizenship to vote.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 31, 2022Missing Arizona girl found safe in South Carolina; suspect faces kidnapping charges
A 12-year-old southern Arizona girl missing for more than a week has been found safe in South Carolina and a man is facing charges of kidnapping and custodial interference, authorities said Wednesday.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 29, 2022Civilian Army commander in Arizona led child porn ring while granted security clearance
Records reviewed by the AP show that the Army and the state of Arizona missed or ignored red flags for years, which allowed David Frodsham to allegedly abuse his adopted son and other children, all the while putting national security at risk.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 28, 2022Attack on Phoenix flight attendant investigated as possible hate crime
Phoenix police are investigating an alleged assault of a flight attendant on an airport tram platform as a possible hate crime.
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UNITED STATES NEWS | Mar 27, 2022
Will Smith confronts Chris Rock, then wins best actor Oscar
Will Smith — not long before he won best actor honors at the Academy Awards— marched on stage and appeared to smack Chis Rock.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 25, 2022Human remains found in desert believed to be Arizona man missing since July
Human remains have been found in a northwestern Arizona desert area and Bullhead City police said it's believed to be a man missing since July.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 24, 2022Arizona GOP lawmakers pass bills to restrict transgender sports, surgeries
The Arizona Legislature passed bills to prohibit gender reassignment surgery for minors and ban transgender athletes from playing on girls sports teams.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 24, 2022Arizona Legislature passes 15-week abortion ban, sends bill to governor
The Arizona Legislature joined the growing list of Republican-led states to pass aggressive anti-abortion legislation as the U.S. Supreme Court is considering ratcheting back abortion rights.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 24, 2022Biden administration recommends improving Native American voting access
Local, state and federal officials must do more to ensure Native Americans facing persistent, longstanding and deep-rooted barriers to voting have equal access to ballots, a White House report released Thursday said.
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WORLD NEWS | Mar 19, 2022Ukraine police officer asks for more help from Joe Biden, French president
A police officer in Mariupol pleaded with the presidents of the United States and France to provide Ukraine with a modern air defense system.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 19, 2022
Arizona Rep. Tom O’Halleran tests positive for COVID-19
Arizona U.S. Rep. Tom O'Halleran announced Saturday that he's tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing mild symptoms.
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WORLD NEWS | Mar 19, 2022
Osprey crash causes 4 US Marine deaths during drill in Norway
Four U.S. Marines were killed when their Osprey aircraft crashed in a Norwegian town in the Arctic Circle during a NATO exercise unrelated to Russia's war in Ukraine, authorities said Saturday.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 16, 2022Special session looms for Arizona legislators to replace huge tax cuts
Talks among Arizona Republican lawmakers who want to sidestep a voter referendum that has blocked the nearly $2 billion income tax they passed last year are heating up, and a special session to repeal and replace the tax cuts could be called at any time.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 15, 2022Man accused of stealing, crashing ambulance outside metro Phoenix hospital
A 46-year-old Arizona man accused of crashing an ambulance after stealing it from outside a hospital in a Phoenix suburb reportedly told authorities he wanted to go home.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 15, 2022GOP tensions rise as Arizona Senate votes down more election bills
The Arizona Senate voted down more election bills Monday, including many creating criminal penalties for missteps by election officials that stem from Senate Republicans' 2020 election review.
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UNITED STATES NEWS | Mar 12, 2022Uber to start charging customers fuel fee as gas prices to continue to climb
Citing record-high prices for gasoline, Uber is charging customers a new fuel fee to help offset costs for ride-hail and delivery drivers.
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AP | Mar 12, 2022
GOP lawmakers introduce legislation for ballots to be counted by hand
Republican lawmakers in at least six states introduced legislation to require election ballots be counted by hand, not electronic tabulators.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 11, 2022U.S. Forest Service plan paves way for more Arizona restoration projects
The U.S. Forest Service has completed an environmental review that paves the way for large-scale thinning projects and prescribed burns along a prominent line of ponderosa pines and mixed conifer that divide Arizona's desert from the high country.