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NEW OLYMPIC SPORTS: Surfing

July 23, 2021 8:03 AM The Associated Press, Lisa Sturgis

An explanation of how the sport will be scored during its first Olympic appearance from the Associated…

NEW OLYMPIC SPORTS: Skateboarding

July 23, 2021 7:58 AM The Associated Press, Lisa Sturgis

An explanation of how the sport will be scored during its first Olympic outing from the Associated Press…

Conservative radio host will appear on California recall ballot

July 22, 2021 6:58 AM The Associated Press

Conservative talk radio host Larry Elder will be a candidate in California’s upcoming recall election aimed at removing Democratic Gov. Gavin…

NEW OLYMPIC SPORTS: 3-on-3 Basketball

July 20, 2021 4:45 PM The Associated Press, Lisa Sturgis

An explanation of who the 3-on-3 basketball tournament will work during Tokyo…

Arizona Senate passes budget, tax cut after House Dems walk

June 23, 2021 4:56 AM The Associated Press

The Senate amendments to the budget also ban so-called “critical race theory,” ban K-12 schools and universities from requiring COVID-19…

Western wildfires force evacuations, shut down recreation

June 23, 2021 4:53 AM The Associated Press, Dominique Newland

A wildfire in northern Arizona crept closer to the region’s largest city Tuesday, threatening to force people from their…

Mexico president to investigate border shooting of innocents

June 22, 2021 4:58 AM The Associated Press

Mexico’s president vowed to investigate the border shootings that left 19 people dead over the weekend, even as the latest homicide figures showed…

Arizona feeling brunt of wildfire activity across U.S. West

June 22, 2021 4:55 AM The Associated Press

Dozens of wildfires were burning in hot, dry conditions across the U.S. West, including a blaze touched off by lightning that was moving toward…

Fear shakes Mexico border city after violence leaves 18 dead

June 21, 2021 5:03 AM The Associated Press

Fear has invaded the Mexican border city of Reynosa after gunmen in vehicles killed 14 people, including taxi drivers, workers, and a nursing…

California weighs extending eviction protections past June

June 21, 2021 5:00 AM The Associated Press

Gov. Gavin Newsom says California will pay off all the past-due rent that accumulated in the nation’s most populated state because of the fallout…

Witness tells of horror as truck rams into Arizona bike race

June 21, 2021 4:57 AM The Associated Press

Of the seven cyclists hospitalized, six were in critical condition, and one was in stable condition on…

R. Kelly nears OK for new legal team for upcoming trial

June 18, 2021 5:41 AM The Associated Press

ailed R&B singer R. Kelly will likely get to keep a new lawyer in his federal sex-trafficking case despite questions about the attorney’s texts and…

California: People must look for work to get jobless aid

June 18, 2021 5:17 AM The Associated Press

Federal law requires people who are out of work to be actively looking for jobs to be eligible for unemployment benefits. But the federal government…

Arizona reports 332 new coronavirus cases, 18 deaths

June 17, 2021 12:06 PM The Associated Press, Brandon Mejia

More than 3.4 million people in Arizona, or 48% are at least partially vaccinated. Another 3 million people, or 42% of the Arizona population, are…

California urges power conservation amid heatwave

June 17, 2021 4:55 AM The Associated Press

The California Independent System Operator issued a Flex Alert for Thursday from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m., urging people to set their thermostats to 78…

Arizona lawmakers advance $100M fire fund in special session

June 17, 2021 4:50 AM The Associated Press, Cole Johnson

The Legislature is meeting in a special session called by Gov. Doug Ducey to quickly boost funding for firefighting and recovery efforts as the state…

Vice President Kamala Harris pushed back on criticism that she hasn't visited the US-Mexico border in an interview aired on June 8 by arguing that her travel has been limited during the early days of the Biden administration.

U.S. and Mexico seek ways to do more on irregular immigration

June 16, 2021 4:54 AM The Associated Press

Harris is leading U.S. efforts to identify and address the root causes of immigration. On her visit to Guatemala and Mexico earlier this month, she…

Donated U.S. vaccines arrive for Mexican border cities

June 15, 2021 9:05 AM The Associated Press

Mexico received 1.35 million doses of Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccines donated by the United States Tuesday and Mexican officials said that…

Arizona audit of 2020 election hits hand-count milestone

June 15, 2021 5:03 AM The Associated Press

A Republican-led hand recount of ballots cast in Arizona’s most populous county hit a major milestone Monday when counters finished tallying all…

Doctors warn of burns from asphalt as heatwave hits U.S. West

June 15, 2021 4:55 AM The Associated Press

Doctors who work in Arizona and Nevada burn centers are warning of injuries from contact with super-heated roadways and other surfaces as the first…