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Lack of citizenship documents might keep many from voting in Arizona state and local races

Sep. 17, 2024 22:07 PM EDT

PHOENIX (AP) — Nearly 100,000 voters who haven't submitted citizenship documents might be prevented from participating in Arizona's state and local elections, a significant number for the battleground state where races have been tight. The announcement Tuesday of an error in...

US judge unlikely to rule until next week as Arizona tribe fights to extend ban on lithium drilling

Sep. 17, 2024 22:01 PM EDT

PHOENIX (AP) — Members of an Arizona tribe urged a federal judge Tuesday to extend a temporary ban on exploratory drilling for a lithium project near lands they have used for religious and cultural ceremonies for centuries. An executive for the Australian mining company that is...

NHL training camps open with Swayman's status with the Bruins among the many questions

Sep. 17, 2024 06:33 AM EDT

Sidney Crosby and Leon Draisaitl have their contract extensions, Paul Maurice and the Florida Panthers have the Stanley Cup and a brief but busy summer of moving and shaking is over. Now, back to hockey. Less than 90 days since the Panthers beat the Edmonton Oilers in...

Brush fire leads to evacuations in a north-central Arizona town

Sep. 16, 2024 23:57 PM EDT

YARNELL, Ariz. (AP) — At least 14 homes have been evacuated due to a fast-moving brush fire in the north-central Arizona town of Yarnell, authorities said Monday. Yavapai County Sheriff’s officials said people living in the Yarnell Creek area east of State Route 89 were asked to...

Judge rejects former Trump aide Mark Meadows’ bid to move Arizona election case to federal court

Sep. 16, 2024 20:11 PM EDT

PHOENIX (AP) — A judge has rejected a bid by Mark Meadows, former chief of staff to President Donald Trump, to move his charges in Arizona’s fake elector case to federal court, marking the second time he has failed in trying to get his charges out of state court. In a decision...

Judge rejects former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows’ bid to move Arizona election case to federal court

Sep. 16, 2024 19:18 PM EDT
PHOENIX (AP) — Judge rejects former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows’ bid to move Arizona election case to federal court.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. becomes a frequent campaigner for Donald Trump

Sep. 16, 2024 00:27 AM EDT

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Three weeks after dropping his independent presidential campaign, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has become a ubiquitous campaigner for Donald Trump, urging his own loyal followers to cast their lot with the former president who said he'd give Kennedy a job if he returns to the...

Democrats put up $25 million to reach voters in 10 states in fierce fight for Senate majority

Sep. 16, 2024 00:25 AM EDT

ATLANTA (AP) — Trying to defend their narrow Senate majority with a challenging slate of contests on Republican-leaning turf, Democrats are pumping $25 million into expanded voter outreach across 10 states. The new spending from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, first...

Arizona man accused of online terror threats has been arrested in Montana

Sep. 15, 2024 17:52 PM EDT

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona man wanted for allegedly making online terroristic threats has been arrested in Montana, authorities said Sunday. Flagstaff police said 36-year-old Justin Wayne Hill was taken into custody Sunday in Bozeman. Police said they...

3 dead, 2 injured in Arizona tractor-trailer crash

Sep. 15, 2024 13:12 PM EDT

SAN SIMON, Ariz. (AP) — Three people were killed and two others seriously injured in a crash near the Arizona-New Mexico border, authorities said Sunday. Arizona Department of Public Safety officials said a tractor-trailer and another vehicle collided around 5 p.m. Saturday on...