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Minnesotans start strike to protest ICE
MINNEAPOLIS – Scores of businesses across Minnesota were closing up for the day on Jan. 23 in what religious leaders and labor unions described as a general strike to protest President Donald Trump’s deployment of thousands of immigration enforcement...
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Trump touts launch of Board of Peace
President Donald Trump wrapped up a high-profile trip to the World Economic Forum international summit Jan. 22 touting the launch of a yet-to-be-defined peace initiative and success in expanding the U.S. footprint in Greenland. He told Fox Business...
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Trump seeks ‘immediate’ Greenland negotiations
President Donald Trump said in remarks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, that he was seeking “immediate negotiations” to acquire Denmark’s Greenland territory and that he does not intend to use military force to gain control of the...
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PARADISE LOST?
Two years ago, Hollie Tolmachoff bought her home in the mismatched outskirts of the West Valley, where fields of cattle and orange groves butt up against new shopping plazas. h She calls it her rural oasis and it has a place for everything: her “Taj...
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RISING TEMPS, RISING CONCERN
Three heat milestones in recent days — for Phoenix, the United States and the planet — are raising not only temperatures but concerns about the widening effects of climate change. In Phoenix, 2025 was the second-warmest year on record, and the United...
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Hobbs swiftly vetoes GOP tax cut package
Gov. Katie Hobbs is again calling for lawmakers to establish an income cap on families to receive private school vouchers, a longshot request that is among her policy goals for her fourth year in office. Hobbs’ aides detailed the governor’s plans to...
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Machado gains little in White House visit
WASHINGTON – Venezuelan opposition leader Marina Corina Machado got her courtesy luncheon with President Donald Trump on Jan. 15 but gained little else politically after the White House secured a $500 million deal for Venezuelan oil through ongoing...
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AZ woman accuses pastors of betrayal
When Hailey Osborn-Merris and Cameron Merris shared intimate details about their marital problems with their church’s pastors, they assumed it was in confidence. An unexpected text message months after they had talked to the pastors changed that...
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Hobbs focuses on an affordable Arizona
Gov. Katie Hobbs put her focus squarely on making life more affordable for Arizonans feeling the pinch of higher costs in the final State of the State speech of her first term as governor. Hobbs’ 45-minute speech was given to Arizona lawmakers and...
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Hobbs shares 2026 vision for Arizona
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs will propose two new fees — on nights stayed in short term rentals and data centers that slurp water — as she begins her fourth year in office and seeks reelection to another term. The Democratic governor outlined her policy...
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Furor continues over ICE shootings
Tensions remained high Jan. 9 after shootings involving immigration agents in Minneapolis and in Portland, Oregon, drew protesters to the streets and deepened fractures between federal and state officials. In Portland, a U.S. Border Patrol officer...
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MADURO OPPONENT VOWS TO RETURN
WASHINGTON – Venezuela’s main opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has vowed to return home quickly, praising President Donald Trump for toppling President Nicolás Maduro and declaring her movement ready to win a free election. Trump appears,...
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Arizonans express mixed views on Venezuela attack
More than 120 protesters in Arizona peacefully demonstrated Jan. 3 against the U.S. military strikes in Venezuela that resulted in the capture and arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. The protesters came from many different backgrounds, but...
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Nature center aims to change perspective
PINETOP-LAKESIDE – Wintertime in the White Mountains is tourist offseason, yet the playhouse of its only nature center is packed with visitors. Its indoor amphitheater spans 70 feet, and in the backdrop stretches a photo of a forest landscape that will...
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U.S. CAPTURES VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT MADURO
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DACA holders urged to act fast on renewal
Lawmakers and activists called on DACA recipients to begin the renewal request process six to eight months before the expiration of their DACA approval. They made the plea at a press conference outside the state capitol on Dec. 30. U.S. Rep. Yassamin...
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FULL CIRCLE
Growing up on Long Island, New York, my dad, Andrew, fostered what would eventually become a passion for traveling, seeing new places and going on road trips. h My dad’s appreciation for simple pleasures — and insistence on making your own fun when...
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‘I was shocked’
Obaidullah Durani flew combat missions against the Taliban before he was evacuated to the United States in 2021. h He was a U.S.-trained fighter pilot in the Afghan Air Force and fought along side the U.S. military during the post-9/11 War on Terror,...
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Experts eye gains for economy in ’26
A seesaw year for the U.S. economy in 2025 looks set to give way to a stronger 2026 thanks to tailwinds from President Donald Trump’s tax cuts, less uncertainty around tariffs, the ongoing artificial intelligence boom and a late-year run of interest...
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Heat, rain, dust fill a wild year of weather
Imagine Arizona’s state climatologist Erinanne Saffell behind the DJ booth, headphones on, cueing up the tracks for the state’s annual Weather Wrapped. The playlist for 2025 is instantly recognizable: extreme heat on repeat, a major weather-fueled...
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The right visuals
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Turning Point USA gains ground on campuses
Apair of students stood in the Indiana University Indianapolis student center asking a simple legal question: “Is ‘hate speech’ protected by the First Amendment of the Constitution?” Students slowed to read the white board, and many shuffled toward...
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For many families, ‘it isn’t Christmas without tamales’
When Pauline Alvarado thinks about the Christmases of her childhood, she remembers the whole family packed in the kitchen making tamales. She remembers her little hands kneading masa dough, wiping them off on her mama’s well-loved apron. She remembers...
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Buy-in from players smooths Ott’s start
Phoenix Suns head coach Jordan Ott was 90 or so minutes from facing the Los Angeles Lakers at Crypto. com Arena on Dec. 1, looking to snap a two-game skid. So maybe it wasn’t the ideal time for him to address how he gained immediate buy-in from his...
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System failure
The chaos of broken glass, blood and screams for help from inside the Levinson family home was a jarring contrast to the quiet community beneath Sedona’s scenic red rocks where the attack unfolded early one morning. The victims in the June 22, 2024,...
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Woman posted a GIF and ‘lost everything’
If you ask Tempe’s police chief, Kathleen Tierney’s social media post was a threat that stoked immediate fear and panic. It forced the last-minute cancellation of a public meeting that about 100 people had gathered to attend, and it so worried Tempe...
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Brown shooting suspect found dead
PROVIDENCE, RI – Though the suspect connected to the deadly Brown University attack and the fatal shooting of an MIT professor was found dead in New Hampshire, the questions and fallout have only begun. Providence Police Chief Col. Oscar Perez...
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WEB OF FAILURES
Editor’s note: This article contains descriptions of sexual assault. Reagan Hookom was 12 years old and in seventh grade when she first told school officials that her theater teacher, Patrick Power, grabbed her by the hips and touched her legs...
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FBI SEEKS LEADS IN BROWN SHOOTING
A search in Rhode Island rolled into its fourth day Dec. 16 as federal and state officers pursued a suspect who opened fire during a final exam at Brown University, killing two, injuring nine and leaving no obvious indication of a motive. The widening...
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Darkness shadows Festival of Light
On a popular beach in Australia, the darkness of antisemitism intruded on the Festival of Light. Instead of celebrating a Jewish holiday, Jews were slaughtered. For the second time in two months, Jewish people on opposite sides of the world were...
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Tribes grow impatient for a Colorado River agreement
For three days this week, water leaders from across the Colorado River Basin will gather in Las Vegas to talk about water and the looming failure of the seven basin states to work out differences on a plan to manage the river through drought. Tribal...
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EU seeks long-term freeze of Russian assets
BRUSSELS – European Union governments want to agree on Dec. 12 to freeze Russian central bank assets immobilized in Europe for as long as necessary, replacing the need for a vote to renew the freeze every six months, EU diplomats said. The move is the...
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Dems urge Pentagon to drop Kelly probe
Some key Senate Democrats are pressing the Pentagon to drop its probe of Sen. Mark Kelly ahead of an expected report about his participation in a video telling military personnel to “refuse illegal orders.” Twelve Democrats on the Senate Armed...
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Trump announces $12B aid package for farmers
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump unveiled a $12 billion assistance package for farmers hurt by ongoing trade wars and inflation. “This relief will provide much needed certainty to farmers as they get this year’s harvest to market and look ahead to...
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Survey: Kirk killing had chilling effect
A new survey conducted in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination in September is providing new insight into how college students – and those at Utah Valley University, where the conservative activist was killed – view free speech on campus. The...
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Delivery drivers face different conditions
American households have become dependent on Amazon. h The numbers say it all: In 2024, 83% of U.S. households received deliveries from Amazon, representing over 1 million packages delivered each day and 9 billion individual items delivered same-day or...
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Arson blamed in fires that hit 8 houses of worship
A blaze at a Lake Havasu City church marked at least the eighth Arizona house of worship in recent years that has been struck by fire, including suspected and confirmed arson. h Keith Gensamer, 49, was taken into custody Nov. 30 as a person of...
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‘I TRIED, I WAS CLOSE’
PALENQUE, Panama — Jose Iguaran waited 19 days for his family in Venezuela to scrape up enough money to pay for his boat trip back home. h The 46-year-old migrant stood on the sandy beach in flip-flops one morning watching a boat packed with other...
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Migrants float away from American dream
This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. It is part of a project on reverse migration by Arizona Republic reporter Daniel Gonzalez and El Paso Times visual journalist Omar Ornelas. PALENQUE, Panama – A man in a white T-shirt and surf trunks...
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Village adapts as migrant totals sink
This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. It is part of a project on reverse migration by Arizona Republic reporter Daniel Gonzalez and El Paso Times visual journalist Omar Ornelas. BAJO CHIQUITO, Panama — No roads lead to this tiny Indigenous...
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Traffic stops on I-10 lead to deportations
On a heavily patrolled stretch of Interstate 10 south of Phoenix, people pulled over for having a cracked windshield or an object dangling from their rearview mirror have ended up in deportation proceedings. The stated goal of the traffic stops is to...
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AZ on the brink of a major startup scene
Arizona hasn’t often been thought of as a startup hub. h It long lacked a highly skilled workforce or the type of risk-taking investors willing to sink millions into young companies with only a slim chance of striking it rich. h Even its appearance —...
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Giving thanks for home-grown meals
From Apples to Zucchinis, Arizona produces a bounty of fruits, vegetables and herbs almost year-round, as well as dairy, meat, eggs and nuts – enough for careful shoppers to put on a whole Thanksgiving spread. The holiday, unquestionably foodcentric,...
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Last ‘Sunrise Dance?’
OAK FLAT — On a rare rainy Friday afternoon in mid-October, Lozen Brown-Lopez stood quietly on a blanket, awaiting the beginning of her induction into womanhood. The campground’s eponymous oak trees, which feed Apache and other Native peoples’ bodies...
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Sandhill cranes back in southern Arizona
McNEAL, AZ — Black ribbons of sandhill cranes are taking to Arizona’s southern skies again. High above, against gradients of morning light, they throng in wide arrows searching for breakfast. The wintering birds arrived at the Whitewater Draw Wildlife...
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Senate approves plan for ending shutdown
WASHINGTON — The Senate approved a deal late Nov. 10 to end the nation’s longest-ever government shutdown, putting Congress on the brink of resolving a weekslong fight that has disrupted flights and halted food stamps for millions of Americans. In a...
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WWII pilot returned a hero, but battle raged on for him
Phoenix resident Eric Halvorson set out on a mission to memorialize his grandfather after learning how the trailblazing World War II fighter pilot suffered at home after facing deadly combat. h Lt. Arthur Van Haren Jr., of Phoenix, shot down nine...
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A SICKER FUTURE?
SPRINGERVILLE − Funding woes, staffing shortages and patient insurance problems that already face rural hospitals in Arizona are about to get worse, Gov. Katie Hobbs heard Nov. 7 during a visit to the White Mountain Regional Medical Center. “We’re in...
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Videos bring new scrutiny to ICE
Videos of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arresting a U.S. citizen in Los Angeles while his toddler sat inside a car, and footage of a female teacher being yanked out of a Chicago day care have triggered new questions about aggressive...
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Shutdown to reduce availability of flights
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced in a Nov. 5 news conference that there will be a 10% reduction in flights at 40 major airports due to the impacts of the ongoing federal government shutdown. Duffy’s comments came two days after he...
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Democrats sweep off-year elections
President Donald Trump received a rebuke as Democrats swept every major contest on Nov. 4, which they hope foretells a nationwide backlash to Republican control in Washington in the pivotal 2026 midterm elections. The results represent the first...
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‘He was much more than vice president’
WASHINGTON – Richard Bruce Cheney was the most powerful and the most controversial vice president in American history. Cheney, 84, died surrounded by family members on the evening of Nov. 3, of complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular...
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Big questions hang over off-year elections
Election Day has arrived. Democrats are trying to bounce back from their 2024 thumping, while Republicans are working to blunt the typical momentum for the party out of power as voters hit the polls Nov. 4 for contests that show the mood of the...
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Animal rescues stress deportation readiness
Local animal rescues are advising pet owners to create contingency plans for their pets if the owners are at risk of deportation. As animal shelters in Los Angeles County took on the task of caring for the pets of people who may have been detained or...
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Day of the Dead resonates in AZ
Mathew Sandoval has a fascination with Día de los Muertos, the Latino cultural celebration honoring the dead that takes place Nov. 1 and Nov. 2. h Every year, the Arizona State University professor travels to various parts of the Southwest and Mexico...
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Skeletons take stage
For eleven months out of the year, the West Valley street where Craig Flores lives with his family is just a normal suburban block. But each October, his home transforms into a haunted Old West saloon, run by a skeleton sheriff who sings rock and roll...
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Congress remains at odds in shutdown
WASHINGTON – The government shutdown is getting worse, and members of Congress are starting to realize it. That’s why they’ve begun proposing more standalone bills that, while not capable of fully reopening the government, would address the crisis’...
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Powerful Melissa blasts Jamaica
Catastrophic Hurricane Melissa made landfall along the southwestern coast of Jamaica Oct. 28 with dangerous wind speeds of 185 mph and life-threatening storm surge, preparing to leave a wake of destruction across the island before turning its ferocity...
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Shutdown will affect SNAP funds for 42M
The 42 million Americans who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will go without their benefits come Nov. 1 because of the ongoing federal government shutdown, according to a new message from the U.S. Department of...
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Rains eased drought, but deficit is still deep
After several downpours fueled by tropical moisture from the Pacific Ocean, Arizona’s short-term drought has finally eased, at least a little. The latest U.S. Drought Monitor update shows the state’s dry areas shrinking for the first time since...
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Rediscovering Arizona’s radical roots
Reporters at The Arizona Republic work tirelessly to report the news that makes an impact on the communities across the state. But what about the stories they work on that has made the biggest impact on them personally? Here’s what reporter Amanda...
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Ontario tariff ad prompts Trump to end trade talks
WASHINGTON — A day after President Donald Trump announced that all trade talks with Canada had been terminated for using a “FAKE” advertisement showing former President Ronald Reagan speaking negatively about tariffs, he said the country’s tariff...
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U.S. ‘Bibisitters’ aim to save Gaza truce
JERUSALEM − His vice president said the trip was not about being a babysitter. His top diplomat said the visit was simply intended to make sure everything was “coming together” in the right way. His son-inlaw said it was about working toward...
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Kirk death fuels Christian ‘revival’ at some churches Politics and the pulpit
The assassination of Charlie Kirk changed Danika Meyerson in a way that, at first, made her deeply uncomfortable. She wanted to develop a relationship with God. She couldn’t stop thinking about it. But Meyerson, a 45-year-old mom of two boys, wasn’t a...
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Vance seeks to shore up Israel-Hamas ceasefire
KIRYAT GAT, Israel – Vice President JD Vance warned against “rooting for failure” in the shaky IsraelHamas ceasefire as he kicked off a whirlwind trip to shore up President Donald Trump’s signature foreign policy priority. “There is this weird...
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Gaza ceasefire hangs in the balance
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s top messenger, Vice President JD Vance, will travel to Israel to try to rein in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu while seeking to prevent the collapse of a week-old peace deal hailed as a coup for the United...
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‘No Kings’ rally draws thousands across AZ
Thousands of protesters hit the streets to challenge President Donald Trump’s agenda at “No Kings” demonstrations in Arizona and nationwide. It was the latest countrywide day of protest during Trump’s second term in the White House. There were more...
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