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Gates will be locked and thousands of rangers furloughed at national parks if government shuts down
PHOENIX (AP) — Entrances to national parks will be blocked and thousands of park rangers will be furloughed if Congress doesn’t reach a budget agreement this weekend, the Department of Interior said Friday. The stance is a reversal from five years ago, when the Trump...

Analysis: It looks like it'll take all 162 games to decide MLB's postseason races
PHOENIX (AP) — It might take all 162 games to decide the playoff races in both the National League and American League. The epicenter of the wild-card chase this weekend is in Arizona at Chase Field. Thanks to some fortuitous interleague scheduling, the AL's Houston Astros face the...

Utah and Arizona will pay to keep national parks open if federal government shutdown occurs
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona and Utah will keep iconic national parks in those states open if a shutdown of the federal government threatens access to Arizona’s orange-striped Grand Canyon and the sheer red cliffs of Utah’s Zion Valley. Most importantly for state budgets, visitors...

Biden offers dire warnings about Trump, accuses mainstream GOP of 'deafening' silence
TEMPE, Arizona (AP) — President Joe Biden issued one of his most dire warnings yet that Donald Trump and his allies are a menace to American democracy, declaring Thursday that the former president is more interested in personal power than upholding the nation's core values and suggesting even...

Arizona says No Labels must accept all candidates even if the third party's leadership opposes them
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona's top elections official says the No Labels party can't block candidates from using its ballot line to run for office, boosting opponents' efforts to force the movement for a third-party presidential ticket to release more information about its anonymous donors. ...

The Cardinals' win over the Cowboys served as a wake-up call for the 49ers
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Any chance that San Francisco might get caught looking past Arizona and toward their Week 5 showdown against Dallas was put to rest when the 49ers saw the way the Cardinals handled the Cowboys. Arizona comes into Sunday's game at San Francisco fresh off a...

Shutdown's shadow, Biden's speech and arguing the case: Takeaways from the House impeachment hearing
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans on Thursday are holding the first hearing of their impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden and their effort to tie the him to the business dealings to his son Hunter. It’s a high-stakes opening act for Republicans as they begin a process...

No. 7 Washington faces Arizona in the Huskies' first Pac-12 road game of the season
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Washington has dominated to start the 2023 season, putting up massive offensive numbers while already being touted as a potential College Football Playoff team. No chance the seventh-ranked Huskies will start looking ahead. Not with the improvement its next...

No. 7 Washington and red-hot QB Penix hoping to avoid letdown on the road against Arizona
No. 7 Washington (4-0, 1-0 Pac-12) at Arizona (3-1, 1-0), Saturday, 10 p.m. ET (Pac-12 Network) Line: Michigan by 14 1/2, according to FanDuel Sportsbook. Series record: Washington leads 25-11-1. WHAT’S AT STAKE? Washington looks to...

Kari Lake, prominent Trump supporter and election denier, will launch US Senate campaign in Arizona
PHOENIX (AP) — Republican Kari Lake, a Donald Trump ally who has refused to acknowledge her loss in last year's race for Arizona governor, will soon launch her campaign for the U.S. Senate seat held by independent Kyrsten Sinema, a senior adviser said Thursday. Lake's entrance in...
