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UNITED STATES NEWS | Jul 16, 2021
Arizona elections officials have found few voter fraud cases
Arizona county election officials have identified fewer than 200 cases of potential voter fraud out of more than 3 million ballots cast in last year's presidential election, further discrediting former President Donald Trump's claims of a stolen election as his allies continue a disputed ballot review in the state's most populous county.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jul 16, 2021AP Fact Check: 74K extra votes in Arizona is false narrative
Cyber Ninjas, the cybersecurity consulting firm hired by Arizona Senate Republicans to oversee a partisan review of the 2020 election, is pushing a false narrative that Maricopa County received thousands of mail-in ballots that had no record of being sent out to voters.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jul 16, 2021Body found after Grand Canyon flood identified as Michigan woman
Grand Canyon National Park officials on Friday identified a Michigan woman as the person found dead in frigid water after a flash flood swept through a commercial rafting group's overnight camp site along the Colorado River.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jul 16, 2021Tucson celebrates native daughter Linda Ronstadt on 75th birthday
Retired singer Linda Ronstadt is being feted by her Tucson hometown with her very own day.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jul 15, 20211 rafter dead, another rescued after flash flood hits Grand Canyon river
One person who went missing from a Colorado River rafting trip in the Grand Canyon during a flash flood was found dead Thursday in frigid water while a second person was found alive, a park spokeswoman said.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jul 14, 2021Former Valley official’s accomplice gets 2 years in adoption scheme
A woman who acknowledged helping a former Arizona politician in an illegal adoption scheme involving women from the Marshall Islands was sentenced to two years in prison Tuesday.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jul 13, 2021Tempe veteran part of Black female unit hoping to get congressional honor
An Army battalion that made history as the only all-female Black unit to serve in Europe during World War II, including a Tempe resident, is set to be honored by Congress.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jul 13, 2021
Judge denies request to suppress evidence in Arizona slayings
A judge has denied a request to suppress evidence in a 2016 case involving the killings of an Apache Junction couple.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jul 12, 2021
Bicyclist among group hit by truck during Arizona bike race dies
A cyclist has died after he was struck by an Arizona driver who plowed his pickup truck into a group of people participating in a bike race.
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UNITED STATES NEWS | Jul 11, 2021Heat wave blankets US West as fires rage in several states
Firefighters struggled to contain an exploding Northern California wildfire under blazing temperatures as another heat wave blanketed the West.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jul 9, 2021Blake Masters, ally of Peter Thiel, files paperwork for Arizona US Senate run
Republican Blake Masters, an ally of billionaire entrepreneur and investor Peter Thiel, filed papers Friday to challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jul 9, 2021Gov. Ducey signs bills on critical race theory, small business taxes
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey on Friday signed legislation banning state or local governments from requiring training in “critical race theory” and a bill that allows small business owners to avoid paying a voter-approved 3.5% income tax surcharge.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jul 8, 2021Wyoming considers aiding border effort in Arizona, Texas
Wyoming's governor is looking at how his state might send National Guard troops or other help to bolster security at the Mexico border in Arizona and Texas.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jul 8, 2021Arizona, dozens of other states target Google app store in antitrust suit
Dozens of states, including Arizona, are taking aim at Google in an escalating legal offensive on Big Tech.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jul 7, 2021Arizona death row inmate opposes changing execution briefing schedule
A death row prisoner who could be among the first in Arizona to be executed in almost seven years is opposing a move that would reduce the amount of time he would have respond to the state’s request for his execution warrant.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jul 7, 2021Navajo Nation lifting some COVID-19 restrictions; mask mandate remains
Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez signed legislation to rescind an order that closed the reservation to outside visitors.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jul 6, 2021With McCain in mind, Arizona Sen. Sinema reaches for bipartisanship
More than for her shock of purple hair or unpredictable votes, Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona is perhaps best known for doing the unthinkable in Washington: She spends time on the Republican side of the aisle.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jul 6, 2021Tucson plans to ignore Arizona’s Second Amendment sanctuary law
Officials in Tucson plan to ignore a new Second Amendment sanctuary law signed earlier this year that bars the use of any state or local resources to enforce federal gun laws that conflict with state law.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jul 1, 2021Rain, progress allow for scaled-back operations at 2 Arizona wildfires
Recent rain and progress in containing two major wildfires that threatened several communities in Arizona's high country are allowing authorities to scale back operations in some areas.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jul 1, 2021Air Force plans changes to Arizona, Nevada bases
The Air Force wants to free up space for more fighter aircraft at a base near Las Vegas by transferring attack and rescue aircraft to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jul 1, 2021Preliminary report says experimental plane stalled before Gila Bend crash
The National Transportation Safety Board issued a preliminary report on the recent crash of an experimental plane near Gila Bend Municipal Airport that killed a passenger.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 30, 2021Arizona Gov. Ducey signs $12.8 billion tax-cutting state budget
Gov. Doug Ducey signed into law Wednesday a $12.8 billion budget for Arizona that includes a significant tax cut primarily benefiting the wealthy, fulfilling a long-held priority for the Republican governor who promised to drive taxes as low as possible.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 29, 2021Metro Phoenix officials investigating 53 more suspected heat deaths
Officials in Maricopa County are investigating 53 suspected heat deaths during a weeklong hot spell earlier this month.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 28, 2021Arizona US senators among those to watch as Democrats ponder filibuster
Sens. Kyrsten Sinema and Mark Kelly of Arizona are among the senators to watch as Democrats consider whether to change or eliminate the rules of the filibuster.