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ARIZONA NEWS | Dec 2, 2021Abortions in Arizona could end if Supreme Court overturns decision
Abortions in Arizona could become illegal overnight if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns its landmark 1973 decision that said a woman has a constitutional right to end her pregnancy without government interference.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Dec 2, 2021
4 Phoenix police officers denied immunity over fatal arrest attempt
Four Phoenix police officers were denied qualified immunity in a lawsuit over the death of a Black man during a 2017 arrest attempt in which one officer pressed his knee into the man’s neck and shoulder area, according court documents.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Dec 2, 2021Small plane catches fire after belly landing at an Arizona airport
A small plane caught fire after having to make a wheels-up belly landing at Lake Havasu Municipal Airport on Wednesday, according to authorities.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Dec 1, 2021ASU students protest Kyle Rittenhouse as possible student
Arizona State University student groups protesting Kyle Rittenhouse's ties to the school marched Wednesday, nearly coming to blows with his conservative-leaning supporters.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Dec 1, 2021Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey lights 25-foot-tall tree at state Capitol
A 25-foot-tall white pine installed in state Capitol’s executive tower lobby was lit Wednesday by Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey during a celebration marking the start of the holiday season.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Dec 1, 2021Tucson employees near 100% compliance with COVID-19 vaccine mandate
Tucson officials said 99% of municipal employees had at least been partially vaccinated against COVID-19 before Wednesday's mandate deadline.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Nov 30, 2021Arizona officer investigated after pinning women to ground in video
An off-duty Tucson police officer who was seen on video pinning a woman and her grown daughter to the ground in a parking lot two weeks ago faces administrative and criminal investigations, authorities said.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Nov 29, 2021Arizona ranches, ghost town find new life as conservation areas
A pair of ranches and a ghost town in southern Arizona will be conserved for wildlife and recreation under separate deals brokered recently by nonprofit land trusts.
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UNITED STATES NEWS | Nov 27, 2021
Anxiety grows that Biden administration can’t find balance on immigration
A year into Biden’s presidency, there is growing concern among some in the party that the administration can’t find balance on immigration.
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GENERAL NEWS | Nov 27, 2021
Omicron variant spreads to more countries, leads to preventative measures
The new potentially more contagious omicron variant of the coronavirus popped up in more European countries on Saturday.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Nov 27, 20211 person dead in wrong-way crash involving 4 vehicles in Phoenix
A wrong-way collision on a Phoenix freeway early Saturday involved four vehicles and killed the wrong-way driver..
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ARIZONA NEWS | Nov 24, 2021Uranium levels not high in water samples around Grand Canyon, study finds
Most springs and wells in a vast region of northern Arizona known for its high-grade uranium ore meet federal drinking water standards despite decades of uranium mining, U.S. scientists found.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Nov 24, 2021Arizona COVID-related hospitalizations continued to inch upward
Arizona on Wednesday reported over 4,000 additional confirmed COVID-19 for the fifth time this month as virus-related hospitalizations continued to inch upward.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Nov 23, 2021Arizona hospital executives stress need for COVID-19 vaccinations as cases rise again
Hospital executives and public health authorities across Arizona pleaded Tuesday for people to get vaccinated and do everything possible to avoid spreading the coronavirus as they gird for another surge in cases that threatens once again to overwhelm the state’s health care system.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Nov 23, 2021
‘Baked Alaska’ charged over damage to Hanukkah display at Arizona Capitol
Far-right social media personality Tim Gionet, aka “Baked Alaska,” has been charged with misdemeanors over allegedly damaging a Hanukkah display at the Arizona Capitol last year.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Nov 22, 2021Navajo officials urge residents to be cautious on Thanksgiving due to COVID concerns
As the Thanksgiving holiday nears, the Navajo Nation is urging residents on the vast reservation to limit in-person gatherings to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
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GENERAL NEWS | Nov 20, 2021Wildfires have killed up to a fifth of giant sequoias, the world’s largest tree
Fires in Sequoia National Park and surrounding Sequoia National Forest tore through more than a third of groves in California.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Nov 19, 2021Arizona referendum seeking to repeal big tax cuts certified, will make 2022 ballot
The Arizona secretary of state's office on Friday certified that opponents of massive tax cuts enacted by the Legislature and signed by Republican Gov. Doug Ducey collected enough signatures to block them from taking effect until voters can weigh in next November.
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UNITED STATES NEWS | Nov 19, 2021Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty on all charges in Kenosha shooting deaths
Kyle Rittenhouse has been acquitted of all charges after pleading self-defense in the deadly Kenosha, Wisconsin, shootings that became a flashpoint in the nation’s debate over guns, vigilantism and racial injustice.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Nov 19, 2021
Woman who ran Avondale stash house for migrants pleads guilty to human smuggling
A 43-year-old Phoenix woman who admitted supervising a stash house for migrants who entered the U.S. illegally awaits sentencing after pleading guilty to a human smuggling charge.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Nov 18, 2021
Woman who was subject of 2019 Arizona manhunt pleads guilty to manslaughter
A woman who prompted a nationwide manhunt after escaping custody with her husband in 2019 has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in a Tucson murder case.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Nov 18, 2021Arizona caregivers get prison terms for defrauding homebound victim
Two caregivers have been sentenced to prison for defrauding a 73-year-old homebound victim in Tucson.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Nov 17, 2021
Phoenix hospital system worried about COVID-19 surge, holiday gatherings
With COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations on the rise again and the holiday season approaching, the head of one of Phoenix's biggest hospital systems renewed pleas for the unvaccinated to get inoculated.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Nov 16, 2021House to vote on censuring Arizona Rep. Gosar over video
The House will vote Wednesday on a resolution to censure Republican Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona and remove him from a congressional committee for tweeting an animated video that depicted him striking Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., with a sword.