Australia’s Daintree rainforest returned to Aboriginal ownership
By Lilit Marcus, CNN Some of Australia’s most beautiful natural sites have been returned to Aboriginal ownership, including Queensland’s…
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‘We’re gonna lose a bunch more people,’ GOP governor says while pleading for residents to get vaccinated
By Madeline Holcombe and Holly Yan, CNN Once heralded as a leader in vaccinations, West Virginia now has one of the lowest rates in the country. And…
Continue ReadingAfghanistan is the world’s opium king. Can the Taliban afford to kill off their ‘un-Islamic’ cash cow?
By Kara Fox, CNN When the khaki-colored landscapes of Afghanistan are transformed by a patchwork of pink, white and purple each spring, farmers…
Continue ReadingThe sons of Alex Murdaugh’s housekeeper filed a motion for him to be jailed until he pays them settlement money their lawyer says they’re owed
By Rebekah Riess and Amir Vera, CNN The children of a housekeeper who worked for embattled South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh have filed a motion…
Continue ReadingCouple celebrating 50 years of marriage and man nearing his 5th wedding anniversary were killed in Amtrak derailment
By Christina Maxouris, CNN Don Varnadoe called the upcoming anniversary trip he was preparing to embark on with his wife the “trip of a…
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Arizona lawmakers condemn Biden border policies
More than 20 of Arizona’s Republican state lawmakers, including two who represent Yuma County, sent a letter to Gov. Doug Ducey, (R-Ariz.)…
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First Alert Forecast: Patchy Blowing Dust
After continued below normal temperatures through Friday, increasing high pressure into the weekend should bring readings back to around normal by…
Continue ReadingTrump campaign loses NDA case it brought in arbitration against Omarosa Manigault Newman for tell-all book
By Tierney Sneed, Paula Reid and Katelyn Polantz, CNN Former Trump campaign and White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman has defeated an arbitration…
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Threat at Yuma school turns out to be false alarm
A threat of a shooting at a Yuma middle school turned out to be a false alarm, but an 11-year-old boy could still face…
Continue ReadingPowerball jackpot now at $570 million after no winner
No winning ticket was sold for Monday’s $545 Powerball…
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Former YPG guard accused of child sex abuse back in court
A former Yuma Proving Ground security guard accused of sexually assaulting girls under the age of 15 was back in court on Tuesday.…
Continue ReadingVulnerable House Democrats stick by Biden as GOP attack ads ramp up
By Melanie Zanona, CNN House Democrats in competitive races are putting little daylight between themselves and President Joe Biden, even as…
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Senator Sinema introduces bill to curb service member suicide
U.S. Senator Krysten Sinema (D – Ariz.) introduced a bill on Tuesday to address the high suicide rates among American service…
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There’s still time to nominate your local Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
According to Project Sweet Peas, 1 in 10 newborns in the United States will be born prematurely. When that happens the infants are placed in a…
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Yuma school bus driver arrested on 40+ counts of endangerment
The Yuma Police Department (YPD) has arrested a local school bus driver on 44 counts of endangerment, 21 counts of assault, and one count of false…
Continue ReadingChild dies after contracting brain-eating amoeba at a Texas splash pad
CNN By Amanda Jackson, CNN A child in North Texas died earlier this month after contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba at a city splash pad,…
Continue ReadingCovid-19 restrictions kept her family from attending her wedding, so she got married on the Canadian border
By Lauren M. Johnson, CNN When Covid-19 restrictions made it difficult for a Canadian bride to have her family at her US wedding, she did the next…
Continue ReadingAn anti-racist author, a documentary filmmaker and a computational virologist are among the 2021 MacArthur Foundation ‘genius grant’ winners
By Amir Vera, CNN The MacArthur Foundation announced its class of 2021 Tuesday that includes an anti-racist author, a civil rights activist and a…
Continue ReadingLeBron James confirms he was vaccinated for Covid-19 months after being initially skeptical
By Amir Vera and David Close, CNN NBA superstar LeBron James confirmed Tuesday he received the Covid-19 vaccine, months after being initially…
Continue ReadingMore than 100 Americans evacuated from Afghanistan on private charter, organizations say
By Jennifer Hansler and Jake Tapper, CNN More than 100 US citizens and green card holders and nine special immigrant visa holders were evacuated from…
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