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Weather service: Arizona will get hot, even for the locals

Jun. 11, 2021 04:14 PM EDT
PHOENIX (AP) — Dangerously hot temperatures are on the way throughout the Southwest. An excessive heat warning prompted health officials in...

Many Americans moved to less pricey housing markets in 2020

By Alex Veiga Jun. 10, 2021 01:39 PM EDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Many Americans who moved last year relocated to areas where homes were, on average, bigger and less expensive. On...

FILE - In this May 20, 2020, file photo, then-Arizona National Guard Maj. Gen. Michael McGuire, director of the Department of Emergency and Military Affairs, answers a question at a news conference in Phoenix. McGuire, the former head of the Arizona National Guard, has filed papers to run for the U.S. Senate, joining what's likely to be a crowded field of candidates seeking the Republican nomination. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, Pool, File)
Retired Gen. McGuire jumps into Arizona Senate race

By Jonathan J. Cooper Jun. 08, 2021 05:02 PM EDT

FILE - In this May 26, 2020, file photo, Arizona Senate President Karen Fann, R-Prescott, speaks to the media in Phoenix. A budget deal struck between Republican leader Fann and Rep. Rusty Bowers, R-Mesa, and Gov. Doug Ducey includes implementing a flat 2.5% income tax that cuts $1.5 billion a year from state revenue and keeps higher earning taxpayers from having to directly pay a new 3.5% surcharge to fund schools. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
Bid by GOP Arizona House leaders to pass budget falls flat

By Bob Christie Jun. 07, 2021 05:17 PM EDT

Arizona passes 6 million in administered vaccine doses

Jun. 07, 2021 01:42 PM EDT
PHOENIX (AP) — More than 6 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have now been administered since becoming available in the state. Gov. Doug Ducey...

Arizona's state-run vaccine sites to close by end of June

Jun. 03, 2021 01:31 PM EDT
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona's state-run COVID-19 vaccination sites, which were touted as a national model, will be shutting down later this month, officials said...

The Rev. Antonio Velazquez, an evangelical pastor originally from Guatemala, poses outside a Phoenix church on Thursday, May 17, 2021, where an effort to inoculate hard-to-reach Central American migrants gets underway on Sunday. The effort announced Thursday, May 27, 2021, comes as Arizona struggles to improve its vaccination rates. Just under half or 45.8% of Arizona's eligible population has been vaccinated. (AP Photo/Anita Snow)
Arizona groups push to inoculate Central American migrants

By Anita Snow May. 27, 2021 12:58 PM EDT

Man convicted of lying in terror probe denied early release

By Jacques Billeaud May. 26, 2021 12:04 PM EDT
PHOENIX (AP) — A federal judge has denied compassionate release from prison for a Phoenix man convicted of making false statements to FBI agents and witness...

FILE - In this May 18, 2021 file photo, President Joe Biden stops to talk to the media as he drives a Ford F-150 Lightning truck at Ford Dearborn Development Center in Dearborn, Mich. On Friday, May 21, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly claiming Biden was caught fake driving a Ford F-150 Lightning truck during a visit to a Ford safety testing center Tuesday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

By The Associated Press May. 21, 2021 02:10 PM EDT

Kids in Arizona can get Pfizer, other vaccines at same time

May. 21, 2021 01:11 PM EDT
PHOENIX (AP) — Children in Arizona as young as 12 can get a COVID-19 vaccine when receiving other immunizations, health officials said Friday. ...

Pop-up clinic seeks to vaccinate kids in downtown Phoenix

May. 20, 2021 12:15 PM EDT
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona health officials are hoping for a spike in vaccine demand with doses now available for children ages 12-15. A pop...

Arizona reports 482 new COVID-19 cases with 7 more deaths

May. 16, 2021 11:55 AM EDT
PHOENIX (AP) — Health officials in Arizona on Sunday reported 482 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and seven new deaths amid growing vaccination rates. ...

Arizona reports nearly 500 new virus cases, 12 deaths

May. 15, 2021 12:58 PM EDT
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona health officials on Saturday reported nearly 500 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and a dozen new deaths amid growing vaccination rates. ...

FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2015, file photo, Mt. Everest is seen from the way to Kalapatthar in Nepal. China will draw a “separation line” atop Mount Everest to prevent the coronavirus from being spread by climbers ascending Nepal's side of the mountain, Chinese state media reported Monday. (AP Photo/Tashi Sherpa, File)
The Latest: Florida's amusement parks loosen mask wearing

By The Associated Press May. 15, 2021 01:26 AM EDT

Pima County revokes face-mask policy to follow fed guidance

May. 14, 2021 02:02 PM EDT
PHOENIX (AP) — The Pima County Board of Supervisors rescinded its mandatory face mask policy in most public settings on Friday for people who are fully...

Arizona's state-run sites opens vaccinations to kids 12-15

May. 13, 2021 12:20 PM EDT
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona's seven state-run vaccination sites on Thursday began offering the Pfizer COVID-19 shot to children ages 12-15. The...

Street racers gather the evening of Sunday, Aug. 12, 2018, in the parking lot of the Goodwill on Northeast Marine Drive and 122nd Avenue in Portland, Ore. Across America, police are confronting illegal drag racing whose popularity has surged since the coronavirus pandemic and lockdowns began. Drivers have blocked off roads to race and to etch donut patterns on pavement with the tires of their souped-up cars. From Portland, Oregon; to Albuquerque, New Mexico; from Nashville, Tennessee; to New York City, officials are reporting a dangerous, and sometimes deadly, uptick in street racing.(Anna Spoerre /The Oregonian via AP)
Street racing surges across US amid coronavirus pandemic

By Andrew Selsky May. 13, 2021 01:14 AM EDT

Arizona: State-run sites ready to give shots to kids 12-15

By Paul Davenport May. 11, 2021 11:51 AM EDT
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona's seven state-run COVID-19 vaccination sites are poised to begin offering shots to children ages 12 to 15 starting Thursday, public...

Regulator shares discredited conspiracy theories about COVID

May. 08, 2021 05:47 PM EDT
PHOENIX (AP) — An elected Arizona utility regulator has shared discredited conspiracy theories while trying to persuade energy and power providers not to...

Theresa Guerrero, of Tucson, Ariz., raises a candle in memory of those lost to drug overdoses during an event in Gilbert, Ariz., on March 31, 2021. Her son died of a fentanyl overdose last May, and she says his struggles with drugs were exacerbated by isolation brought on by the pandemic. (Alberto Mariani/Cronkite News via AP)
Tragedies pile up with drug overdoses surging amid pandemic

By Jamie Landers May. 08, 2021 10:00 AM EDT