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Towering Monument Valley buttes display sunset spectacle
MONUMENT VALLEY, Utah (AP) — A sunset spectacle featuring two mitten-shaped rock formations played out this week at Monument Valley on the Navajo Nation along the Arizona and Utah border. Twice a year, in late March and mid-September, spectators, photographers and videographers get...
UN food chief: Billions needed to avert unrest, starvation
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Without billions of dollars more to feed millions of hungry people, the world will see mass migration, destabilized countries, and starving children and adults in the next 12 to 18 months, the head of the Nobel prize-winning U.N. World Food Program warned Friday. ...
Officials warn of orange liquid at old Arizona mining site
WALKER, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona environmental officials are warning of orange liquid and soil that has started appearing in Yavapai County, close to the site of a former mine. The state Department of Environmental Quality on Friday issued a news release strongly urging the public to...
Speaker Kevin McCarthy to join Las Cruces rally for Herrell
ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy will visit New Mexico next month at what will likely be an announcement by former U.S. Rep. Yvette Herrell to campaign for her old seat. The Roswell Daily Record reported Friday that McCarthy will attend a rally April 10 for Herrell...
Trump's indictment in New York: Here's what to know
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump has become the first former U.S. president to be charged with a crime, the culmination of a political rise defined by unprecedented scandal. The vote of a Manhattan grand jury to indict the Republican former president on charges related to hush money...
Gonzaga's Timme among 5 finalists for men's Wooden Award
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Drew Timme of Gonzaga is one of five finalists for the John R. Wooden Award as the men’s college basketball player of the year. He’s joined by Zach Edey of Purdue, Trayce Jackson-Davis of Indiana, Houston’s Marcus Sasser and Jalen Wilson of Kansas. ...
Fox lawsuit highlights effects of conspiracies on Dominion
PHOENIX (AP) — In Arizona’s most populous county, elected officials are bracing for what could happen when it comes time to replace its $2 million-a-year contract for voting equipment. Officials in Maricopa County, which includes Phoenix, say they have no concerns about their...
Arizona governor vetoes a bill to ban tents in public places
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed a bill Thursday that would have prohibited people from setting up tents or tarps in public areas. Senate Bill 1024 would have stopped anyone from erecting makeshift shelters on sidewalks, alleyways, streets, parkways and other public...
California may end travel ban to states with anti-LGBTQ laws
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — When North Carolina in 2016 banned transgender people from using the bathroom of their gender identity in public buildings, California retaliated by banning state-funded travel to that state and any other state with laws it deemed discriminatory against LGBTQ people. ...
Officials warn of wildfire risk as Southwest US dries out
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Snowcapped mountains in the Southwestern U.S. signal a possible delayed start to the wildfire season for some higher elevations, but officials in New Mexico and Arizona warned Wednesday that dry, windy conditions in other areas are increasing wildfire risks and prompting...
