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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 16, 2022Spring training buzz nonexistent in Arizona as baseball lockout continues
The sounds of spring baseball in Arizona and Florida were muted or completely missing on what was supposed to be the day that pitchers and catchers began workouts in preparation for opening day on March 31.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 16, 2022
Mesa’s Troy Kotsur overwhelmed by accolades for performance in ‘CODA’
Troy Kotsur's performance in best-picture nominee “CODA" has elevated the 53-year-old Mesa resident to Hollywood’s biggest stages while making history for the deaf community.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 15, 2022UArizona students accused of throwing trash onto Tucson mosque property
The Islamic Center of Tucson wants the University of Arizona to intervene in an ongoing issue of students throwing trash onto their property from a neighboring off-campus apartment building.
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UNITED STATES NEWS | Feb 14, 2022West megadrought worsens to driest in at least 1,200 years
The American West’s megadrought deepened so much last year that it is now the driest in at least 1,200 years and is a worst-case climate change scenario playing out live, a new study finds.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 12, 2022Sonoran desert tortoise not granted Endangered Species Act protection
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Monday that the tortoise doesn’t warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act.
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ARIZONA HEALTH NEWS | Feb 12, 2022
GOP pushes US schools to post all class materials online
Republican state lawmakers across the U.S. are trying to require schools to post all course materials online so parents can review them.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 9, 2022Sen. Mark Kelly, 2nd Democrat call for gas tax suspension to blunt rising prices
Democratic Sens. Mark Kelly and Arizona and Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire are calling for suspending the federal gas tax for the remainder of the year to help consumers struggling with rising fuel prices.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 8, 2022Hobbs suing Brnovich over prosecution threat regarding update to election signature system
Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs is suing Attorney General Mark Brnovich after he threatened to prosecute her if she temporarily shuts down for a required update to an online system that allows election candidates to collect the signatures they need to qualify for the ballot.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 8, 2022Arizona AG Brnovich says governor can send armed troops to border to protect state
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich said Monday the governor can use National Guard troops and state law enforcement to forcibly send migrants back across the border to Mexico without regard to federal immigration laws.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 7, 2022Judge rejects bid to throw out evidence against Arizona man charged in axe killing
A judge rejected a bid to throw out evidence against a man charged in the 2014 killing of an Arizona man who was bound, gagged and struck with an ax in a death allegedly involving people affiliated with a white supremacist prison gang.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 4, 2022University of Arizona hires its 1st female police chief
University of Arizona officials have hired the school’s first female police chief.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 3, 2022GOP legislation would require some Arizona early voters to show ID
Arizona Republican lawmakers on Wednesday advanced legislation requiring voters to show identification when they drop off a mail ballot at a polling place.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 1, 2022US medical team going to Sierra Vista to battle COVID-19 surge
Federal heath officials announced Monday that a team of 15 medical providers and support staff from the National Disaster Medical System will temporarily help a Sierra Vista medical center battle a COVID-19 surge.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 31, 2022Lawyers asking judge to take over health care operations in Arizona state prisons
Arizona corrections officials don’t have the capacity to improve staffing problems that have put prisoners with medical and mental health issues at risk of harm, according to lawyers for incarcerated people who are asking a judge to take over health care operations in state prisons.
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UNITED STATES NEWS | Jan 29, 2022
Mexican gray wolf found shot in leg after pacing near border fence
An endangered Mexican gray wolf that drew media attention for pacing along the border fence has been found with a serious gunshot wound .
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 28, 2022Phoenix Diocese bishop submits retirement request upon reaching 75th birthday
Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted, who has overseen the Phoenix Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church since 2003, submitted a request to retire to Pope Francis upon reaching his 75th birthday, the age limit for bishops, church officials said Friday.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 28, 2022
Jan. 6 committee subpoenas fake Trump electors in Arizona, 6 other states
The House committee investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection subpoenaed more than a dozen people accused of falsely trying to declare Donald Trump the winner of the 2020 election in Arizona and six other states.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 28, 2022Arizona Air Force base troops could be deployed if Russia invades Ukraine
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson is one of several military installations the Department of Defense has identified as having troops that could be deployed if Russian forces invade Ukraine.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 28, 20222 suspects in 2017 Maryland murder case arrested at Arizona homeless camp
A man and woman wanted in connection with a Maryland murder case in 2017 have been arrested at a homeless camp in southern Arizona, authorities said Thursday.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 27, 2022Arizona parents get probation after children killed in Tonto Creek flood
An Arizona couple whose two children and niece drowned when the family drove into a flooded wash were sentenced to probation Thursday.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 26, 2022Hiker dies after falling hundreds of feet in Superstition Mountains
A hiker camping on a peak in the Superstition Mountains east of metro Phoenix was found dead after apparently slipping while taking a photo and falling hundreds of feet, authorities said.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 25, 2022
Arizona loosens substitute teacher rules to help alleviate staffing shortage
The Arizona Board of Education loosened substitute teacher rules Monday to help alleviate a pandemic-aggravated staffing shortage.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 25, 2022Arizona GOP election rules advance, include releasing ballot images
The Arizona Senate Government Committee advanced seven election bills Monday in its first meeting since the conclusion of the Senate's unprecedented ballot review last year.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 24, 2022Arizona teen pleads guilty in terrorism case involving pipe bombs
A 14-year-old boy suspected of building pipe bombs in his Arizona home will serve at least 18 months in a juvenile detention facility.