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Crimes In Tucson, Phoenix Fell In Second Quarter, As Covid-19 Took Hold
Criminology expert says spike in aggravated assaults likely reflects a “rising tide” of stress, frustration and anger during the pandemic.
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Coronavirus On Pace To Become 3rd-Leading Cause Of Death In State
A health department official cautioned against reading too much into the numbers until analysts can review death certificates.
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Former ASU Volleyball Player Thinks Concussions Led To Mental Health Issues
Stephanie Cahill thinks concussions she suffered while playing club volleyball led to current mental health issues; research supports that.
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Proposal To Protect Joshua Trees From Climate Change Proves Divisive
A petition to protect Joshua trees pertains to California, but the Arizona Joshua Tree Forest faces its own threats.
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Coronavirus Sports Roundup: AIA Pushes Fall Plan; Rising FC Frets Over Field Conditions
Individual schools can decide not to play fall sports at all due to the coronavirus, but state athletic group hopes they won't.
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Legal Challenges To Border Wall Continue — And So Does Construction
Environmentalists argue in court that dozens of environmental, health and safety laws were illegally waived speed border wall construction.
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Northern Arizona Suns Leaving Prescott Valley? Not So Fast.
The Northern Arizona Suns is considering its options, but may move closer to the parent club, the Phoenix Suns, but nothing is definite.
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‘They’re Scared’: A Look Inside The COVID-19 Crisis In Arizona Prisons
As virus numbers spike in Arizona, lawyers say prisoners are being subjected to unsanitary conditions and inadequate medical treatment
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As Pandemic Rages, Farmworkers Say Employers Put 'Production Over Lives’
Migrant farmworkers across the Southwest are considered "essential," but farm owners have little regard for their health, an advocate says.
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One Cuban Migrant Family’s Long, Perilous Journey To Freedom
Asylum-seekers Maureny Reves Benitez and her parents are in the United States after a dangerouys escape from Cuba. But for how long?
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Democrats' Climate Plan Signals Shift In Approach To Environmental Issues
In Phoenix and Tucson, the third- and fourth-fastest warming cities in America, the plan unveiled by Democrats could be a game-changer.
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Abrupt Reversal Of ICE Rule Lets International Students In Arizona Breathe Easier
Arizona's three public universities joined in lawsuit challenging the Trump administration rule, which was abruptly rescinded this week.
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Arizona Interstates Are America's Deadliest Highways: Report
A new report says Arizona had the highest rate of fatalities on its interstate highways in 2018.
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Arizona Mayors Urge Ducey To Impose Statewide Restrictions
Mayors of Phoenix, Tucson and others wrote to the governor, saying they were "deeply concerned" about the rise in coronavirus cases.
Phoenix, AZ|News|
Arizona Advocates Fear Fallout From Supreme Court’s Contraception Care Ruling
The Supreme Court ruling giving employers an opt-out from an Obamacare contraceptive requirement could have far-ranging effects in Arizona.
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Tribes Say Delayed Funds Hurt Coronavirus Relief, Other Efforts
Native American tribes are among the groups most vulnerable to the coronavirus, but have yet to see aid approved in March by Congress.
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Lawmaker Questions Ducey's Authority To Delay School Start
Republican state Sen. Sylvia Allen said Arizona shouldn't be governed through executive order but by legislative action.
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Phoenix District Cuts School Resource Officers, Saying Time Is Right To Act
Nationwide protests over police brutality put a spotlight on police officers hired to patrol elementary, middle and high school campuses.
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Arizona Hospitals Scurry To Find Beds As Coronavirus Rates Surge
Arizona hospitals are coping with the coronavirus surge, but one nurse said seeing the constant stream of sick patients is “soul-crushing.”
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Covid-19 In Arizona: Judge Refuses To Block Ducey Order Closing Gyms
Mountainside Fitness could not show that the abrupt shutdown order violated the law, a Maricopa County judge ruled.
