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University of Vermont president picked to lead the University of Arizona
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Suresh Garimella, president of the University of Vermont since 2019, has been selected to serve as the new leader of the University of Arizona. The Arizona Board of Regents voted Friday to hire Garimella to replace Robert Robbins, who has served as president of...
Accelerate Diagnostics: Q2 Earnings Snapshot
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Accelerate Diagnostics Inc. (AXDX) on Thursday reported a loss of $11.6 million in its second quarter. On a per-share basis, the Tucson, Arizona-based company said it had a loss of 50 cents. The maker of systems that...
Authorities arrest man accused of threatening mass casualty event at Army-Navy football game
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A man accused of threatening a “mass casualty event” at a college football game last year is in federal custody in Arizona and awaiting extradition to Rhode Island, according to federal authorities. Andrew Buchanan, 38, is accused of calling the threats in...
Mister Car Wash: Q2 Earnings Snapshot
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Mister Car Wash Inc. (MCW) on Wednesday reported second-quarter profit of $22.1 million. The Tucson, Arizona-based company said it had net income of 7 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs and stock option expense,...
AudioEye: Q2 Earnings Snapshot
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — AudioEye, Inc. (AEYE) on Thursday reported a loss of $735,000 in its second quarter. On a per-share basis, the Tucson, Arizona-based company said it had a loss of 6 cents. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs and stock option...
Behind Biden's asylum halt: Migrants must say if they fear deportation, not wait to be asked
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Posters inside a complex of giant, white tents tell migrants in English, Spanish, Mandarin and Hindi they should tell an officer if they fear being deported and “your claim will be heard.” On a side wall where migrants are seated in a processing area, a video conveys the...
Tucson man gets 16-month prison term for threatening a mass shooting at the University of Arizona
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A Tucson man was sentenced Tuesday to 16 months in federal prison for threatening a mass shooting at the University of Arizona last year. Prosecutors said 27-year-old Michael Pengchung Lee, who was not a student at the university in Tucson, pleaded guilty in...
Biden's asylum halt is falling hardest on Mexicans and other nationalities Mexico will take
NOGALES, Mexico (AP) — Ana Ruiz was dismayed seeing migrants from some countries released in the United States with orders to appear in immigration court while she and other Mexicans were deported on a one-hour bus ride to the nearest border crossing. “They're giving priority to...
Border arrests fall more than 40% after Biden's halt to asylum processing, Homeland Security says
TUCSON, Arizona (AP) — Arrests for illegal border crossings have dropped more than 40% during the three weeks that asylum processing has been suspended, the Homeland Security Department said Wednesday. The announcement comes just one day before President Joe Biden is set to debate...
Transgender prison inmate assaulted by cellmate in Arizona gets $10K judgment in civil rights suit
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A transgender woman who was assaulted by a male inmate while housed in a men’s unit at an Arizona penitentiary has won a $10,000 judgment in a federal civil rights lawsuit. Grace Pinson, 38, was listed as Jeremy Pinson in court documents and represented...
