Arizona News
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By AFP
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Joe Biden has won the state of Arizona, US networks said late Thursday, further cementing his lead in the Electoral College and flipping the state Democratic for the first time since 1996.
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Arizona has become the nation's new coronavirus hot spot, with more than 4,400 new cases reported from Friday through Sunday. Twenty-five states and Puerto Rico have seen infections increase by at least 10 percent in the past two weeks.
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Tucson -
In an email, Monday night, the Arizona Department of Health Services disbanded its team of modelers, which was predicting the spread of the coronavirus and advising state leaders on the impacts of reopening the state.
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By AFP
Washington -
Joe Biden won the Arizona primary over Bernie Sanders, giving him a sweep of the three US states which voted on Tuesday to choose a Democratic candidate to face President Donald Trump in November, TV networks reported.
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Tucson -
On February 8 and 9, Micky Dolenz of the iconic group The Monkees will be performing at the Tucson Music Hall in Arizona.
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An 18-vehicle caravan carrying about 100 members of an offshoot Mormon community leaving their homes in Mexico after a violent attack arrived in Arizona on Saturday.
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The Arizona Corporation Commission is to develop a new rule directing utilities to meet a new clean energy standard by 2050. The aim is for utilities in the state to source most electricity from renewables. A leading analyst looks at the implications.
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Actress Audrey Walters chatted with Digital Journal about being on "Big Kill" and "Arizona," as well as in the first season of "Preacher." She also dishes about her dream to work with Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey.
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Arizona governor Doug Ducey signed a new bill on April 3 that will allow Arizona corporations to hold and share data on a blockchain.
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Dutch DJ and producer Don Diablo has released his new music video for "Take Her Place," his soaring collaboration with the band ARIZONA.
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Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has bought 25,000 acres of land in Arizona to create a new smart city called Belmont. Located a short distance from Phoenix, the site has cost Gates' investment firm Cascade Investment LLC $80m to acquire.
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Germany-based Sonnen GmbH is partnering with Arizona home builder Mandalay Homes on a community solar photovoltaic project of 2,900 homes in Prescott, designed to act as a virtual power plant.
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Firefighters in Southern Arizona are struggling today with a fast-moving wildfire that has already burned over 21,000 acres. Called the Goodwin Fire, it has forced the evacuation of thousands of residents.
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The core of extreme heat keeping the southwestern part of the country in misery will expand its reach into the Pacific Northwest as the hot, dry weather further elevates the wildfire risk in the Southwest through Sunday.
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Phoenix -
Just in time for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, in a state that refused to recognize the holiday until 1992, comes yet another attack on the civil rights icon's teachings and legacy as Arizona Republicans push a bill that would ban social justice education.
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By AFP
Los Angeles -
A passing motorist in Arizona was hailed as a hero after killing a man who had shot and wounded a police officer on a remote highway.
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San Bernardino -
Fire-ravaged terrain in the path of this week's Blue Cut fire was still smoldering when CalFire assessment experts fanned out into the damaged area, trying to figure out what exactly was destroyed and what it would cost to replace it.
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By AFP
Los Angeles -
Arizona police believe a serial killer may be responsible for a series of shootings in the Phoenix area that have left seven people dead, and are urging witnesses to come forward.
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Triple-digit temperatures, along with gusty winds and dry conditions allowed a wildfire to quickly spread in a rural subdivision 50 miles northeast of Sacramento, forcing the evacuation of 400 families.
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Sedona -
Like the song says, love hurts.
What the song does not say — but what actress Vanessa Hudgens found out last month — is that love can hurt in more ways than one.
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When it comes to creating her masterpieces, this Phoenix-based artist is especially attracted to light and colour. She talked life and fine art with Digital Journal.
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Phoenix -
A man who threw rocks at police outside a Phoenix, AZ, police station was eventually shot dead by the police when he refused to drop the rocks he was carrying.
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Milwaukee -
No doubt about it, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's dismal attempt at running for president was a spectacular failure, so perhaps now he's taking it out on those unlucky enough to need welfare assistance.
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Digital Journal talks to a dedicated professional and ardent devotee of popular culture, who generated a buzz on the festival circuit last year with his acclaimed documentary "Music City USA."
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By AFP
Los Angeles -
A student armed with a handgun killed another student in a "confrontation" at an Arizona university early Friday that also left three others with multiple gunshot wounds, police said, in the latest shooting at a US college.
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Desert Center -
The major route connecting Los Angeles and Phoenix, which was closed when a huge surge of floodwater damaged bridges spanning small desert washes will partially reopen Friday, much sooner than officials had earlier anticipated.
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All traffic on Interstate 10 between California and Arizona has been halted indefinitely after a bridge over a desert wash collapsed during a heavy rain storm. The roadway in the opposite direction also received heavy damage.
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Phoenix -
An Arizona town has installed dozens of cameras in fake cacti to read license plates. The town manager claims this is to make the cameras look nice, rather than for secrecy
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Santa Ana -
More than two dozen for-profit technical colleges — most in the San Francisco Bay Area — closed abruptly on Monday, leaving thousands of students without classes or degrees but with thousands of dollars of debt.
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Phoenix -
Controversial Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio began the first part of a four-day hearing on Tuesday that may result in fines and damage him politically and in terms of his credibility.
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Arizona Image
SR 69 is CLOSED btwn I-17 and SR 169 due to Goodwin Fire. Arizona Department of Transportation
A rare antique tribal mask, Kachina Hapota, circa 1910-1920, is displayed at the Drouot auction house in Paris before auction, December 9, 2013 With permission by Reuters / Christian Hartmann
Grand Canyon Railway & Hotel
A helicopter-high view of Tusayan, Arizona. Michael Day
Harvesting leaf lettuce by with modern farm equipment. Yuma, Az. Jeff Vanuga, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service.
Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona speaking at the Tea Party Patriots American Policy Summit in Phoenix, Arizona, 25 February 2011 Gage Skidmore
Sun Lakes, Arizona, U.S. via EarthView. EarthView
A Phoenix dust storm also known as a haboob daniel_bryant
Cattle rancher Jim Chilton walks beside a fence that is the US-Mexico border on part of his 50,000 acre ranch southeast of Arivaca, Arizona Frederic J. Brown, AFP
Jane Kiley is the owner of Hunter Employment Company that hires legal Mexican American immigrants.
Cessna plane crashes into Arizona High School Screen shot
A melting snowman in Arizona bunnygoth
Authorities say three teen sisters were rescued after being held captive for two years in their Tucson, Arizona home. The girls' stepfather and mother are in custody With permission b y Reuters
A shooting occurred in this office complex in Phoenix, Arizona, injuring at least three people. Video screen capture
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