Arbor Day: Planting roots in Yuma
Pecan Grove Elementary is home to some new residents all eager to plant roots…
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Was justice served in the Derek Chauvin trial?
Here’s what our readers told us As a couple sat with their oldest son and watched the verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial being read, they were filled…
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Stabbing along border leaves man in critical condition
Calexico police are looking for a suspect who they believe stabbed a man leaving him severely…
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LeVar Burton lands guest host gig on ‘Jeopardy!’ after more than 246,000 fans sign online petition
LeVar Burton, of “Reading Rainbow” fame, is taking on a new role this spring. “Jeopardy!” announced Wednesday that the…
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Border Patrol snags more than 100 pounds of deadly narcotics
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a 37-year-old man of Mexican nationality attempting to smuggle fentanyl and methamphetamine through an…
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Ma’Khia Bryant’s death on the day Chauvin was found guilty is a reminder that we have a long way to go
On Tuesday, the world let out a sigh of relief when former officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murdering George Floyd nearly a year ago. It…
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Yuma Border Patrol finds three more unaccompanied children crossing border
U.S. Border Patrol Yuma Sector encountered a 12-year-old boy and his sisters, ages 8 and 6, Wednesday afternoon whom had just crossed the border from…
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Why I’m not celebrating after the Chauvin verdict
Commentators weigh in on the guilty verdict against ex-Police Officer Derek Chauvin in the killing of George Floyd last May. Issac Bailey: I’m…
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Now the CDC wants to shut down ‘hygiene theater’
Remember when we all thought we had to wash our vegetables to remove possible contamination from the novel coronavirus? A year ago, this was a hot…
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Ducey calls on Biden for federal aid during Yuma visit
Arizona Governor Doug Ducey, (R), came to Yuma Wednesday afternoon to tour the U.S./Mexico border and discuss security with city and county…
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Ohio’s Republican governor announces police reform bill
Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine said Wednesday that a police reform bill is in the works, one of several police reform efforts underway nationwide…
Continue ReadingLyrid meteor shower peaks predawn April 22. Here’s how to watch
Every year from January to mid-April, we experience a “meteor drought,” without a single shower for months. That all ends April 22 this…
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Sen. Hueso’s SB 604 passes unanimously by state senate committee
California SB604 Natural resources: the Nature and Parks Career Pathway and Community Resiliency and Equity Act of 2021 was approved unanimously…
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Record-breaking flare erupts from neighboring star
A giant flare that is 100 times more powerful than any flare our sun has ever released has erupted from a nearby star, a new study…
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Justice may have been served in the legal sense, but true justice would be George Floyd still being alive
A sense of justice’s triumph echoed across the country shortly after a jury in Minneapolis convicted Derek Chauvin in George Floyd’s…
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Local Democratic legislators not included in Gov. Ducey’s visit
Some local Democrats have mixed reaction to getting singled out of efforts to control the crisis along the…
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Indiana’s ‘red flag’ law should have prevented the FedEx shooting
Here’s what else you should know about these laws After 19-year-old Brandon Hole killed eight people at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis last week,…
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Arizona governor vetoes bill that would’ve made it harder for students to learn about sexual and gender identity in school
Arizona’s Republican governor on Tuesday vetoed a state bill that would have made it harder for students to learn about sexual and gender identity in…
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How Minneapolis Police first described the murder of George Floyd, and what we know now
“Man Dies After Medical Incident During Police Interaction.” That was the headline of a Minneapolis Police press release on May 25, 2020,…
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Ohio police officer shot and killed a Black teenage girl holding a knife, police say and bodycam video shows
Columbus, Ohio, officials on Wednesday released additional police body camera video of the fatal shooting of a Black teen who charged two females…
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