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ARIZONA NEWS | Aug 21, 2021Governor tours flood area as Arizona sees 4 deaths in a week
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey on Friday toured Gila Bend where recent flooding inundated homes and led to four deaths amid a fierce monsoon season.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Aug 20, 2021Former Arizona prison guard union boss gets 18 months in theft case
The former president of the union that represents Arizona's corrections officers has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for embezzling money from the union treasury, the Arizona Attorney General's office announced Friday.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Aug 20, 2021Appeals court orders release of Arizona Senate audit records
An appeals court Thursday rejected an effort by the Arizona Senate to keep secret records of its ongoing review of the 2020 election in Maricopa County that are in the possession of the contractors conducting the recount.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Aug 19, 2021Officer files suit over Phoenix police souvenir depicting injured protester
A police officer has filed a lawsuit seeking to bar the city of Phoenix from continuing its internal investigation of him for allegedly possessing a law enforcement souvenir that depicted a protester getting shot in the groin outside a 2017 rally held by then-President Donald Trump.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Aug 19, 2021Tucson police officers’ union challenges city vaccine requirement
The union representing Tucson police officers is challenging the city’s decision to require employees to get the coronavirus vaccine.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Aug 19, 2021Arizona high court won’t block new voter-approved education tax
The Arizona Supreme Court says a new tax on high earners approved by the state’s voters in November can remain in effect while a lower court determines if the revenue it raises for schools will exceed a constitutional spending limit.
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UNITED STATES NEWS | Aug 19, 2021North Carolina man surrenders after claiming to have bomb near US Capitol
A North Carolina man who claimed to have a bomb in a pickup truck near the U.S. Capitol surrendered to law enforcement after an hourslong standoff Thursday that prompted a massive police response and the evacuations of government buildings in the area.
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UNITED STATES NEWS | Aug 18, 2021US health officials recommend booster shots against COVID-19
U.S. health officials Wednesday recommended all Americans get COVID-19 booster shots to shore up their protection amid the surging delta variant and evidence that the vaccines' effectiveness is falling.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Aug 18, 2021Historic rainfall on Flagstaff area burn scar induces flooding
Officials in northern Arizona are reporting that historic levels of rainfall on the burn scar of a large wildfire two years ago have created a significant danger for Flagstaff residents.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Aug 17, 2021Ex-Tempe schools official apologizes for plagiarizing letter at new job
A former Valley schools official is apologizing for plagiarizing parts of a welcome letter she sent to families in her new district in Iowa.
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UNITED STATES NEWS | Aug 15, 2021U.S. concerns rise as Taliban continues to grow hold on Afghanistan
The rapid collapse of the Afghan government left officials increasingly concerned about the potential for a rise in terrorist threats against the U.S.
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UNITED STATES NEWS | Aug 15, 2021Jen Easterly calls for nonpartisan path to securing voting systems
Cyber leader believes securing the nation’s voting systems must remain nonpartisan as a myriad of growing risks continue to threaten U.S. elections.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Aug 15, 2021President Biden praises school chiefs on mask-wearing in Arizona, Florida
President Joe Biden commended the leadership of Arizona and Florida school district superintendents after the boards recently implemented mask requirements.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Aug 13, 2021Arizona sheriff cited for operating boat while under influence
Yavapai County Sheriff David Rhodes is apologizing after being issued a citation after drinking during a day of boating at Lake Powell in northern Arizona.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Aug 12, 2021Facebook plans to build data center in Mesa powered by renewable energy
Facebook is building a data center in metro Phoenix that will use only renewable energy, the company announced Thursday.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Aug 10, 2021Watch: Crews rescue 3 from vehicle stuck in flooded Arizona wash
In an incident captured on video, crews rescued three people from a vehicle in a runoff-swollen wash in southern Arizona on Tuesday as monsoon thunderstorms caused scattered flash flooding.
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UNITED STATES NEWS | Aug 8, 2021US averaging 100,000 new COVID-19 infections a day
The COVID-19 outbreak in the United States crossed 100,000 new confirmed daily infections Saturday, a milestone last exceeded during the winter surge.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Aug 6, 2021
Widely debated cases could be part of federal probe of Phoenix police
Several high-profile cases may have helped prompt the U.S. Justice Department this week to launch a widespread civil rights probe into the Phoenix police force.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Aug 6, 2021
Lawsuit against Phoenix-area school district over murder-suicide rejected
An Arizona Supreme Court decision upheld the dismissal of a mother's negligence lawsuit against a school district over the killing of her daughter by a boy who then died by suicide in 2014.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Aug 6, 2021Recreation is at risk as Lake Powell dips to historic low
The water level at Lake Powell, the popular destination for houseboat vacations on on the Utah-Arizona border, is at a historic low amid a climate change-fueled megadrought engulfing the U.S. West.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Aug 4, 2021Phoenix school district wants suit dismissed over mask mandate
A Phoenix school district wants a lawsuit over its mask mandate, which could be a test case for other districts, dismissed, arguing that a state law banning such policy isn't in effect yet.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Aug 4, 2021Visiting hiker dies in flash flood in Arizona canyon
Authorities are investigating the death of a Kentucky woman who was caught in a flash flood in a canyon near the Arizona-Utah border.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jul 30, 2021Arizona man dies after bees attack; 3 people injured
A man has died and three other people have been hospitalized after a bee attack Thursday in the Tucson suburb of Marana, police said.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jul 29, 2021Arizona’s Biggs, others want to boot Cheney, Kinzinger from House GOP
Conservative lawmakers made a push Thursday to boot Republican Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger out of the House GOP because the two defied party leaders and joined the chamber's special committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack by supporters of then-President Donald Trump.