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ARIZONA NEWS | Sep 22, 2020Tuskegee airman from southern Arizona dies at age 95
George Washington Biggs, a member of the famed all-black Tuskegee Airmen who died in Arizona, will be remembered this week.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Sep 22, 2020Navajo Nation adds stricter curfew as COVID-19 precaution
The Navajo Nation is implementing a stricter weekend lockdown as it looks into new clusters of coronavirus cases from gatherings and travelers.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Sep 21, 2020Tucson police officer resigns, is charged with hitting cuffed suspect
Tucson police have arrested one of their officers for striking a suspect who was handcuffed and down on the ground.
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UNITED STATES NEWS | Sep 21, 2020Boss of Phoenix electric truck startup Nikola quits amid fraud allegations
Shares in electric and hydrogen-powered truck startup Nikola plunged on Monday after the Phoenix company’s founder resigned amid allegations of fraud – just two weeks after signing a $2 billion partnership with General Motors.
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UNITED STATES NEWS | Sep 19, 2020Trump pledges woman for court, pushes Senate to move on pick
Taking the stage at a North Carolina rally to chants of “Fill that seat,” the president said he would nominate his selection despite Democrats' objections.
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UNITED STATES NEWS | Sep 18, 2020Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a diminutive yet towering women’s rights champion who became the court’s second female justice, died Friday at her home in Washington. She was 87.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Sep 17, 2020Arizona man arrested for smuggling ammunition into Mexico
The Mexican government says it has caught a U.S. citizen trying to smuggling 13,000 rounds of ammunition at a border crossing in Nogales.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Sep 17, 2020
Phoenix votes to change street names considered offensive
The Phoenix City Council voted to rename two street names, Robert E. Lee Street and Squaw Peak Drive because both were considered offensive.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Sep 16, 2020Researchers trace Arizona’s early COVID-19 outbreaks to 11 travelers
At least 11 people infected with COVID-19 traveled to Arizona and passed the disease to others, seeding the state's earliest outbreaks, according to new research.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Sep 14, 2020Former metro Phoenix charter school principal sentenced in fraud case
The former principal of a Goodyear charter school has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison and ordered to pay more than $2.5 million in restitution in a fraud case.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Sep 13, 2020Navajo Nation reports 15 new COVID-19 cases, but no deaths
Navajo Nation health officials have reported 15 new confirmed cases of coronavirus, but no deaths for the third time in six days.
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ARIZONA HEALTH NEWS | Sep 13, 2020Teacher departures leave schools scrambling for substitutes
With many teachers opting out of returning to the classroom because of the coronavirus, schools around the U.S. are scrambling to find replacements.
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UNITED STATES NEWS | Sep 12, 2020
Expect US election to have consequences for troops overseas
The outcome of the Nov. 3 election between Donald Trump and Joe Biden will have long-term consequences not only for U.S. troops, but for the wider region.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Sep 11, 2020Judge gives Arizona voters who don’t sign early ballots 5 days for fix
A federal judge has ruled that Arizona voters who forget to sign their early ballots before mailing them get up to five days after the election to fix the problem.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Sep 10, 2020Dozens of bison relocated from Grand Canyon to Great Plains tribes
Dozens of bison have been relocated from the Grand Canyon's North Rim and sent to Native American tribes in the Great Plains.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Sep 10, 2020
FBI finds no evidence of criminal activity in Tempe train derailment
The FBI found no evidence of criminal activity in a July train derailment and fire that extensively damaged a bridge at Tempe Town Lake, according to a federal report.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Sep 9, 2020Tempe, other college towns fret over census count during COVID outbreak
Hundreds of thousands of U.S. college students who normally live off campus in nonuniversity housing are being counted for the 2020 census at their parents' homes or other locations.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Sep 9, 2020Valley man pleads guilty to neo-Nazi threats against journalists
A Phoenix-area man associated with a neo-Nazi group has pleaded guilty in federal court in Seattle to a charge that he conspired to threaten journalists.
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UNITED STATES NEWS | Sep 8, 2020
In battlegrounds like Arizona, absentee ballot rejections could triple
The number of rejected ballots is projected to be significantly higher than previous elections, which could affect battleground states like Arizona.
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ARIZONA HEALTH NEWS | Sep 6, 2020
Harris warns suppression, interference could alter election
Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris believes a combination factors could be costly for the Biden-Harris ticket in November's election.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Sep 6, 2020
QAnon conspiracy emerges in state legislative races, including Arizona
Candidates engaging with the QAnon conspiracy theory are running for seats in state legislatures, breathing more oxygen into a once-obscure movement.
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UNITED STATES NEWS | Sep 6, 2020Dueling versions of reality define 1st week of fall campaign
The first week of the fall sprint to Election Day crystallized different versions of reality as Donald Trump and Joe Biden sold their messages to voters.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Sep 5, 2020Havasu resident struggles for months to shake COVID symptoms
A Lake Havasu City woman is part of a group of people known as long haulers who are infected with coronavirus and remain symptomatic for longer than most.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Sep 5, 2020Navajo casinos join effort to boost census participation
The Navajo Nation Gaming Enterprise will be hosting events in Arizona and New Mexico where people can either drive through or sit with a representative to complete the census questionnaire.