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Rafaela Vasquez has been charged with negligent homicide in the death of a pedestrian struck by an autonomous Uber SUV in March 2018. Vasquez was at the wheel of the vehicle at the time.

Backup Driver Of Autonomous Uber SUV Charged With Negligent Homicide In Arizona

Sep 16, 2020
Rafaela Vasquez was watching the television show The Voice when the car struck a pedestrian walking her bike across a Tempe street at night.
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Newscast headlines

Arizona Endorses Plan To Sell Colorado River Water To Suburb

Sep 08, 2020

PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Department of Water Resources has endorsed a company's proposal to sell water from farmland near the Colorado River to a fast-growing Phoenix suburb despite complaints of possible negative effects for communities along the river.

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Politics
Dr. Chris Hoover (left) and Dr. Connie Liu (right) walk through their home with their children Taro, 3, and Hiro, 4 months, in Gallup, N.M. On a short reporting trip across the Southwest, NPR met very different families and asked them the same simple que

It's Been A Hard Year. 5 Families On How 2020 Will Shape Their Vote For President

Aug 26, 2020
The spread of COVID-19, the ensuing economic crisis and the reckoning around social injustice has made 2020 a year like none other. NPR wanted to know how these events might shape political choices.
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Science
The two sets of footprints "are among the oldest tracks on Earth of shelled-egg-laying animals, such as reptiles, and the earliest evidence of vertebrate animals walking in sand dunes," paleontologist Stephen Rowland said.

Fallen Boulder Reveals 313 Million-Year-Old Fossil Footprints At Grand Canyon

Aug 21, 2020
The side-by-side tracks of two ancient animals have been called "by far the oldest vertebrate tracks in Grand Canyon."
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Newscast headlines

Nevada Inmates At Prison In Arizona Test Positive For Virus

Aug 15, 2020

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada prison official says 17 inmates from the state being held at a private prison in Arizona have tested positive for a second time for the new coronavirus.

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The Coronavirus Crisis
Dr. José Gabriel López-Plascencia spent over 60 years providing health care for low-income families in Phoenix.

'I Remember Him With That Smile': Beloved Phoenix Doctor Dies Of COVID-19 At 99

Aug 11, 2020
Patients knew José Gabriel López-Plascencia as "the doctor that served the poor." He spent over 60 years caring for low-income families left out of the healthcare system in Phoenix.
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Coronavirus Live Updates
Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego, pictured March 3 at City Hall in Phoenix, says the city needs more help responding to the coronavirus.

Phoenix Mayor Says The City Is In A 'Crisis Situation,' Needs Help

Jul 06, 2020
Arizona is now one of the worst COVID-19 hot spots in the Unites States. NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego about how her city is managing the outbreak.
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The Coronavirus Crisis
People visit Jacksonville Beach on Saturday in Jacksonville Beach, Florida. Coronavirus cases are spiking in states including Florida, Texas and Arizona.

U.S. COVID-19 Deaths Near 130,000; Florida And Texas Report Record Case Numbers

Jul 05, 2020
Florida and Texas reported their biggest daily rise in new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the past few days as deaths in the U.S. continue to rise.
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Coronavirus Live Updates
People get tested for the coronavirus at a drive-through site in Phoenix last month. In Arizona, the portion of tests coming back positive now hovers around 24%, more than three times the national average.

In Arizona, Nearly 1 In 4 Coronavirus Tests Now Comes Back Positive

Jul 02, 2020
The percentage of positive tests in Arizona is more than three times the national average, and hospital capacity has become a concern.
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Coronavirus Live Updates
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey updates reporters on the coronavirus pandemic during a news conference in Phoenix on Monday.

Arizona Issues New Shutdown Order As Coronavirus Cases Spike

Jun 29, 2020
Gov. Doug Ducey, citing thousands of new cases in the state, issued an order shutting down bars, theaters, gyms and water parks for at least 30 days.
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Newscast headlines

Hard-Hit Tribe Takes Strict Steps As Virus Surges In Arizona

Jun 27, 2020

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A hard-hit tribe in Arizona is putting tougher restrictions in place to prevent further spread of the coronavirus in a state where infections are surging.

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Coronavirus Live Updates

Phoenix Passes Face Mask Mandate Amid Arizona Coronavirus Surge

Jun 19, 2020
The vote comes days after Gov. Doug Ducey granted local governments autonomy to set their own health and safety measures to fight rising COVID-19 cases. Arizona lifted stay-at-home rules last month.
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The Coronavirus Crisis
A vehicle arrives at COVID-19 testing site at Steele Indian School Park on May 23 in Phoenix. Arizona has seen a rush of new coronavirus cases recently.

Health Experts Link Rise In Arizona Coronavirus Cases To End Of Stay-At-Home Order

Jun 14, 2020
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey lifted the state's stay-at-home order a month ago. Now, the average number of daily coronavirus cases has nearly tripled from two weeks ago.
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KNPR's State of Nevada

Arizona Housing Growth Tees Up Opportunity For Water Investors

Jun 10, 2020

Central Arizona has been booming -- more people, more houses, more need for water.

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Newscast headlines

Arizona Sues Google Over 'Deceptive' Location Tracking

May 28, 2020

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona's attorney general has filed a lawsuit accusing Google of misleading customers into thinking their location isn't being tracked.

The suit filed Wednesday alleges the company violated the Arizona Consumer Fraud Act.

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Newscast headlines

Arizona Governor Extends Stay-Home Order; Shops To Reopen

May 01, 2020

In Arizona, Gov. Doug Ducey yesterday extended his stay-at-home order through May 15 but said he will allow some nonessential retail businesses to reopen Monday with health precautions.

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The Coronavirus Crisis
The progressive advocacy group FWD.US recommends Arizona release at least 10,000 inmates, or one-quarter of the prison population, to make a significant impact in stopping the spread of the virus.

'A Ticking Time Bomb': Advocates Warn COVID-19 Is Spreading Rapidly Behind Bars

Apr 28, 2020
The spread of coronavirus behind bars is likely much more rampant than what's known right now. In prisons, jails and immigration detention centers, limited testing already shows widespread infection.
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Coronavirus Live Updates

Man Dies, Woman Hospitalized After Taking Form Of Chloroquine To Prevent COVID-19

Mar 24, 2020
The couple ingested a form of chloroquine, a chemical that has been touted in recent days by President Trump as a possible "game changer" against COVID-19.
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The Coronavirus Crisis
A picture of a cell at the state prison in Florence, Ariz., where attorneys for the Prison Law Office and ACLU found what they called "squalid" and "filthy" conditions on a recent tour.

Prisons And Jails Change Policies To Address Coronavirus Threat Behind Bars

Mar 23, 2020
Some prisons are waiving fees for hygiene supplies and county jails are releasing certain inmates early to combat the potential threat posed by the Covid-19 virus.
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The Coronavirus Crisis
Aadilah Siddeeq votes using an electronic voting machine at a polling place in the Bronzeville neighborhood of Chicago in the Illinois primary.

5 Takeaways: Joe Biden Closer To Nomination As Coronavirus Changes Everything

Mar 18, 2020
Former Vice President Joe Biden won the Florida, Illinois and Arizona Democratic primaries all by double digits Tuesday. And he's building a delegate lead that may very well be insurmountable.
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Author Interviews

Batting Around The Edge Of The Bigs In 'The Cactus League'

Feb 08, 2020
Just in time for spring training, Emily Nemens, editor of the Paris Review, tells NPR's Scott Simon about her new novel. It's a look at preseason baseball's strivers and dreamers, on-field and off.
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Goats and Soda
A podium with the logo for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at the Tom Harkin Global Communications Center in Atlanta.

Coronavirus Case Confirmed In Arizona, Bringing U.S. Total To 5

Jan 26, 2020
The CDC expects the number of confirmed cases of Wuhan coronavirus in the U.S. to increase — but says the overall health risk of disease transmission is the country is low.
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Newscast headlines

Police Say Man's DNA Linked To Sexual Assaults In Arizona, Utah

Jan 04, 2020

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities in Northern Arizona have arrested a man accused of sexual assaults in Arizona and Utah more than 15 years ago.

The Coconino County Sheriff's Office said Friday that DNA analysis led detectives to 58-year-old David Louis Slade of Eagar, Arizona.

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KNPR's State of Nevada

Future Water Shortfall In Arizona County Leaves Some In Limbo Today

Nov 25, 2019

Patrick Johnson closed on 2,500 acres in Pinal County over five years ago. The property, just off Interstate 8, is mostly farm fields right now.

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KNPR's State of Nevada

In A Revived Arizona River, A Wildlife Oasis Is Remade

Nov 12, 2019

Much of the Santa Cruz River is a dry, desert wash, only flowing after heavy monsoon rains.

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