Children lowered over wall, border tensions, missing persons update
Governor Doug Ducey visited Yuma this week following a tour of the U.S./Mexico border. His visit comes one day after he issued a Declaration of…
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At least 82 killed in massive Baghdad hospital fire
At least 82 people died in a huge hospital fire Saturday night in Iraq’s capital city of Baghdad, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said…
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Some parts of the US are more vulnerable to another hit by coronavirus. Here’s why
After several weeks of reporting concerning Covid-19 case increases, the United States could be seeing the beginning of a hopeful trend, a leading…
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CBP seizes over 370K pounds of narcotics nationwide
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) updated their confiscated drug statistics for fiscal year 2021…
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Hundreds of Joshes battle it out with pool noodles to defend their name
Hundreds of people named Josh from around the United States have fought over their shared name with pool noodles in a Nebraska field. Sure, that…
Continue Reading6 people were killed and several injured in a crash northeast of Atlanta, police say
Six people are dead and several others are injured after a passenger van crashed on I-85 in Gwinnett County, Georgia, Saturday night, police said.…
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Evacuation orders lifted in New Mexico wildfire
Officials in Torrance County, New Mexico, lifted evacuation orders Sunday for residents near the Paradise Loop Fire. The wildfire was sparked…
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YCSO collects nearly 270 pounds of Rx meds
The Yuma County Sheriff’s Office (YCSO) announced Saturday evening that their Foothills Substation collected approximately 268 pounds of prescription…
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‘Drive safe, work safe, save lives’ with National Work Zone Awareness Week
National Work Zone Awareness Week (NWZAW) in Yuma County is to be observed April 26-30, with a unique approach to this year’s theme of “Drive…
Continue Reading‘Funky pickles’ seized by Border Protection turn out to be $4 million worth of meth
Customs and Border Protection officers recently seized more than $4 million worth of suspected methamphetamine at the Pharr-Reynosa International…
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‘Funky pickles’ seized by Border Patrol turn out to be $4 million worth of meth
(KYMA, KECY/CNN) – Customs and Border Protection officers recently seized more than $4 million worth of suspected methamphetamine at the…
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Two college students chatting on a bus discovered they lived in same Chinese orphanage 15 years ago
When Ally Cole, a sophomore at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, sat next to freshman Ruby Wierzbicki on a bus on April 14, she struck up a…
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Mars helicopter achieves fastest, furthest flight yet
The Ingenuity helicopter has successfully flown for the third time on Mars in a week. This time, the helicopter logged a flight that was faster,…
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Are we numb? Handling the collective trauma of police violence, mass shootings and a pandemic
A reckoning with the deaths resulting from institutionalized racism, a resurgence of almost-daily gun violence and 3.1 million pandemic deaths…
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At least 82 killed in massive Baghdad hospital fire, ministry says
At least 82 people died in a huge hospital fire Saturday night in Iraq’s capital city of Baghdad, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said Sunday.…
Continue Reading Officials say the US is getting closer to the ‘finish line’ for coronavirus. What does that mean?
Everybody is talking about the “finish line.” After more than a year of trauma and heartbreak, state and local officials are pointing to…
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Trial for former officer charged in connection with Breonna Taylor’s shooting pushed to 2022
The trial for a former Louisville police officer charged in connection with Breonna Taylor’s shooting has been pushed back to February 1, 2022,…
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Derek Chauvin’s conviction is progress but not ‘true justice’ for people of color facing police violence, activists say
While the family of George Floyd, supporters and civil rights activists celebrated a Minneapolis jury’s decision to convict Derek Chauvin of…
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New Milky Way map reveals a wave of stars in our galaxy’s outer reaches
A new map reveals the outskirts of the Milky Way galaxy, including a wave of stars disturbed by a small galaxy on a collision course with our own.…
Continue ReadingThe US may have more vaccines than people who want them by mid-May. Here’s why that’s a big problem.
The US will likely soon come up against a significant obstacle in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic — more doses of the vaccines than…
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