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Arizona Now Has a Task Force Focused on Countering Disinformation
On a rainy Tuesday afternoon in November, members of the newly formed Arizona Task Force on Countering Disinformation met at a conference room in downtown Phoenix’s Arizona State Courts Building to discuss ways to counter disinformation directed at the state’s judicial system.
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Arizona man registers swarm of bees as emotional support animals
An Arizona man’s emotional support animal is creating quite a buzz. Prescott Valley, Ariz., resident David Keller thinks the application process to register an emotional support animal is too easy — so he tried registering a swarm of bees as his service pet.
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As Phoenix Heats Up, the Night Comes Alive
In one of the hottest and fastest-warming American cities, residents adapt their summer schedules to find times when temperatures are more tolerable.
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Arizona prisons ban a book that talks about the criminal justice system's impact on black men
A book that examines the effect of the criminal justice system on black men is reportedly not welcome in Arizona prisons. The book "Chokehold: Policing Black Men," authored by Georgetown law professor and former federal prosecutor Paul Butler, has been banned by the Arizona Department of Corrections, according to the American Civil Liberties Union.
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In Arizona, It's No Longer A Felony To Own Nunchucks
It's officially legal to own nunchucks in Arizona. On Friday, the state's Republican governor, Doug Ducey signed a bill removing nunchucks from a list of prohibited weapons that includes bombs, gun silencers and automatic firearms. Until Friday, people who practiced martial arts faced the risk of a felony charge for possessing nunchucks in public. Arizona only allowed the weapons to be used in preparation for martial arts competitions.
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Arizona utility reveals battery deals that give California a run for its money
Last week, Arizona Public Service (APS) announced that it would procure 850 megawatts of battery storage by 2025. APS, which is the largest utility in the southwestern state, also said it would add at least 100 MW of solar power to its grid by 2025. According to Utility Dive, 450MW of that battery storage will be deployed by 2021, with a total of 1200 megawatt-hours of energy.
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Arizona state representative proposing $20 internet porn tax to fund border wall
Arizona state Rep. Gail Griffin (R-Hereford) has presented a bill to the state legislature that could end the stalemate between Congressional Democrats and President Donald Trump over $5.7 billion for a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border. According to KOLD TV, House Bill 2444 would impose a porn tax on residents of Arizona and require payment of at least $20 in order to view pornography on the internet.
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Arizona: Four women convicted after leaving food and water in desert for migrants
A federal judge has found four women guilty of entering a national wildlife refuge without a permit as they sought to place food and water in the Arizona desert for migrants. US magistrate Judge Bernardo Velasco’s ruling on Friday marked the first conviction against humanitarian aid volunteers in a decade.
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Unmanned grocery delivery is underway in Arizona
Kroger is headed for the driverless delivery express lane, announcing Tuesday that it is now ready to begin deliveries
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Arizona superintendent fails in last attempt to limit evolution teaching
Earlier this year, we covered an attempt by Arizona's superintendent of Public Instruction to alter the state's science education standards. Superintendent Diane Douglas seemingly directed her staff to edit a set of standards prepared by educators so that numerous mentions of the word "evolution" were eliminated. Climate change was later diminished in a similar manner.
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Arizona cancels vaccine program after backlash from parents who don't vaccinate
The state of Arizona has canceled a vaccine education program after receiving complaints from parents who don't immunize their school-age children. The pilot online course, modeled after programs in Oregon and Michigan, was created in response to the rising number of Arizona schoolchildren skipping school-required immunizations against diseases like measles, mumps and whooping cough because of their parents' beliefs.
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A year after U.S. left Paris climate pact, Arizona mayors still cling to fight
When the U.S. pulled out of the Paris Accords last summer, five Arizona cities joined hundreds around the country that vowed to live up to the Paris climate standards even if the U.S. wouldn’t. Little has changed in the year since, but the Arizona mayors are sticking to their guns, saying they would rather do something small than nothing at all if the U.S. is going to remain out of the pact.
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Teen 'feels like Superman' after surviving lightning strike
A teenager from Arizona has made a miraculous recovery after being struck by a bolt of lightning which stopped his heart. Josiah Wiedman, 13, was walking home in the rain when he said he "felt this burst of heat, then everything went dark". The lightning strike knocked the boy to the ground where he hit his head and was left unconscious.
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Walgreens pharmacist refuses to fill woman's prescription to induce a miscarriage
An Arizona woman has criticized Walgreens on social media, saying a pharmacist at the chain refused to fill her prescription for a medicine prescribed to induce miscarriage after she was told her 9-week-old fetus had stopped developing.
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Mesa man arrested for impersonating officer; tried to pull over troopers
A Mesa man was arrested for impersonating a police officer after he allegedly attempted to pull over two Arizona Department of Public Safety troopers this week. Matthew Allen Disbro, 44, allegedly tried to pull over the troopers as they were driving in an unmarked yellow Ford Mustang on the State Route 51 on Wednesday. The troopers saw Disbro’s black Dodge Charger, which was equipped with law enforcement-style emergency lighting in its rear window.
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$47,000 air ambulance bill for their child shocks family; the insurance company said it would pay $5,000
An Arizona family whose son was diagnosed with croup on Christmas day received a $42,000 air ambulance bill — until they objected publicly to the cost that their insurance company would not cover. Ezra Brunner had a sore throat that became a cough by dinner. Then, after he had gone to sleep, he began struggling to breathe. His parents called 911, and a ground ambulance rushed the 4-year-old to the closest hospital from their Camp Verde home.
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Pregnant woman 'humiliated' by Walgreens
An Arizona woman has said she was left "in tears and humiliated" after a staff member at US pharmacy chain Walgreens refused to give her prescription medication to end her pregnancy - even though her doctor had said she would ultimately have a miscarriage. Nicole Mone had discovered at a doctor's appointment on Tuesday that her baby was not developing normally.
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Man charged with making $1.3 million in fraudulent returns to Walmart
Police in Arizona thought they were busting an ordinary case of a fraudulent return this week until some digging discovered the same 23-year-old man has perpetrated the scheme at thousands of Walmart stores across the country. Police in Yuma, Arizona, said they responded to a case of a fraudulent return on Wednesday afternoon in which a person bringing a computer back to Walmart had allegedly removed parts of the computer before putting it back in the box and taking it back to the store.
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Underground bunker possibly used for trafficking found in Tucson
A disturbing discovery near an abandoned plant off I-19. A documentary crew is shown an underground bunker believed to be used for human trafficking of children. Tucson Police tells us that they are not ruling out the possibility that it was used for human trafficking, but they say they believe the bunker is most likely being used as a homeless camp.
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Arizona state education standards see evolution deleted
In Arizona, the state's superintendent of public instruction has led a campaign to remove evolution from the state's science education standards. Diane Douglas has taken the standards, written by educators, and selectively replaced instances of the word "evolution" with euphemisms like "change over time." The alterations come less than a year after Douglas publicly advocated for introducing religious ideas into biology classrooms. Arizona residents still have roughly a week to submit comments on the changes.
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