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    Surge In Arizona, World 'Hot Spot,' Puts Focus On Governor

    Jan 07, 2021

    PHOENIX (AP) — Since early in the pandemic, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has resisted instituting restrictive measures to try to keep the coronavirus cases from rising.

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    Biden Transition Updates
    Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs and Gov. Doug Ducey exchange election documents as they certify election results Monday at the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix.
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    Arizona And Wisconsin Certify Election Results, Affirming Biden Victories

    Nov 30, 2020
    "We do elections well here in Arizona. The system is strong and that's why I have bragged on it so much," said GOP Gov. Doug Ducey. Meanwhile, the state GOP tweeted, "DO NOT CERTIFY A FALSE ELECTION!"
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    Elections
    Arizona presidential election results from MSNBC are displayed during Democratic Senate candidate Mark Kelly's Nov. 3 election-night event in Tucson, Ariz. Like many other news organizations, NBC held off on calling Arizona for Joe Biden, while The Assoc
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    AP Explains Calling Arizona For Biden Early, Before It Got Very Close

    Nov 19, 2020
    Fox News and The Associated Press, which NPR relies on, were the earliest to call Arizona for Biden. Other networks didn't follow for days, as Biden's lead shrank dramatically and some doubted the AP.
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    Law
    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.
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    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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    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
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    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.
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    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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    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.
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    '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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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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    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.
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    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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    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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    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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    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.
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    '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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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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