Macron welcomes back to France journalist freed in Mali
PARIS (AP) — French journalist Olivier Dubois has been welcomed home by President Emmanuel Macron, one day after he was released in Mali. Dubois…
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Man accused of burning a child with blow torch takes plea agreement
The Yuma man accused of burning a child with a blow torch took a plea agreement Tuesday afternoon but not without a twist in the…
Continue Reading Lawsuit seeks to block abortion pill ban in Wyoming
By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press Abortion-rights supporters filed an amended lawsuit Tuesday seeking to block Wyoming’s new abortion pill ban…
Continue Reading Only 1 Black rep gets role in talks on Mississippi policing
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — One Black lawmaker and nine white ones have been chosen to work on final versions of…
Continue Reading Couple faces murder charges in Crow girl’s 2019 death
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Montana couple faces charges of murder and tampering with evidence in the 2019…
Continue Reading Pence seeks ‘common sense’ Social Security, Medicare reform
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press As he mulls a 2024 presidential bid, former Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday called for “common sense and…
Continue Reading Trump’s potential indictment caps decades of legal scrutiny
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — For 40 years, former President Donald Trump has navigated countless legal investigations without…
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MLB plans to announce rules tweaks, week before opening day
By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer MIAMI (AP) — Major League Baseball’s new pitch clock is going to undergo some timing adjustments before it…
Continue Reading Lead Derek Chauvin prosecutor appointed to be state judge
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — One of the state’s lead prosecutors who helped convict Derek Chauvin of murder in the May 2020 killing of George Floyd has…
Continue Reading Ex-judge rejects free speech defense in Project Veritas case
NEW YORK (AP) — A former judge has decided the First Amendment protection for journalists should not keep prosecutors from seeing most evidence…
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FIRST ALERT FORECAST: Pleasant but windy conditions to follow stormy Tuesday
After the rain rolls through the Desert Southwest, plenty of sunny skies but windy conditions are on the…
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Melissa Esquivel to continue soccer journey at the next level, joining familiar faces at Cochise
Many young athletes dream’s fall on whether or not they get the opportunity to continue playing the sport they love for an extended period of…
Continue Reading Rivers rising in Arizona, some residents told to evacuate
RIMROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Some residents of north-central Arizona were told to prepare to evacuate Tuesday afternoon because of rising water levels in…
Continue Reading Number of monarch butterflies wintering in Mexico drops 22%
By MARK STEVENSON and ARMANDO SOLÍS Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The number of monarch butterflies wintering in the mountains of central…
Continue Reading Debate on Nebraska gender-affirming care bill gets combative
By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Debate that began Tuesday on a bill that seeks to ban gender-affirming care for minors…
Continue Reading States cranking out even more tax cuts amid cash surpluses
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The tax-cutting trend is going full force in states even as some are raising concerns…
Continue Reading Teen held in Texas school shooting that left 1 dead, 1 hurt
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — A lawyer says a 15-year-old arrested in a fatal shooting outside a Dallas-area high school will remain in custody. The…
Continue Reading Oklahoma court OK’s abortion to preserve mother’s life
By KEN MILLER Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A divided Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a portion of the state’s near total…
Continue Reading 11 killed as strong earthquake rattles Pakistan, Afghanistan
By MUNIR AHMED and RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A magnitude 6.5 earthquake rattled much of Pakistan and Afghanistan on Tuesday,…
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Governor Katie Hobbs touring Tucson Sector border with DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas
It’s Governor Hobbs’ third border visit since her inauguration, as she was also in Yuma touring the border at the end of…
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