A formerly well-connected Republican donor goes on trial in Minnesota on Tuesday accused of sex trafficking minors.
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You might lose option of dropping off early ballot on Election DayFor Star subscribers: A legislative proposal would take away the option that's popular with Arizona voters of both major political parties.
As part of a yearlong investigation, The Associated Press obtained the data points underpinning several algorithms deployed by child welfare agencies to understand how they predict which children could be at risk of harm.
For Star subscribers: The measure, written in the name of affordable housing, was rejected due to cities' opposition. Here's what the lawmaker is changing to try to save it.
The recent deadly earthquake in Turkey and Syria, which caused billions of dollars in damage, has boosted the prospects of Syria's once widely shunned president return to the Arab fold, but it appears unlikely to jump-start large-scale reconstruction in the war-ravaged country.
Four months passed before Minnesota regulators announced that radioactive waste leaked from a nuclear power plant.
Mike Pence and Bernie Sanders are hardly political allies. But after two large bank failures, the conservative former vice president and the democratic socialist senator are striking remarkably similar tones.
Many communities on Alaska's North Slope celebrated the project's approval, while some Alaska Natives blasted the decision.
For Star subscribers: Here's what environmentalists, business groups and neighborhood activists like about the new vision, as well as the "big lifts" and other concerns they worry about.
His social media posts evoked the rhetoric he used shortly before the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
For Star subscribers: Conservative advocacy group wants judge to quash new law exposing "dark money'' political donors.
For Star subscribers: All state agencies under Hobbs' control are now prohibited from discriminating against workers based on hair texture and style.
Local artist Lex Gjurasic was selected to create an inclusive design for Gov. Katie Hobbs. The "Arizona For Everyone" design can be ordered on shirts, stickers and tote bags.
A lawsuit filed in federal court Friday aims to declare the anti-dark money ballot measure that Arizona voters approved last year unconstitutional on grounds that political donors have a First Amendment right to do so anonymously, among other claims. Voters widely approved Proposition 211 last year, with more than 70% of voters choosing to require […]
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President Joe Biden faces tension as he balances honoring his promises on climate change with meeting the nation's energy needs.
With Arizona set to see a ballot initiative in 2024 to implement ranked-choice voting across the state, Republicans at the legislature sounded the alarm on Wednesday, saying the voting style is wrong for the Grand Canyon State. “Ranked-choice voting is a proven scam to further destroy integrity in our elections,” warned Rep. Austin Smith during […]
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WASHINGTON – With just three weeks until convicted murderer Aaron Gunches is scheduled to be put to death, a court battle continues to rage over whether the state will be ready to execute him by lethal injection on April 6. Gov. Katie Hobbs said in filings with the Arizona Supreme Court Wednesday that she is […]
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Two anti-drag bills passed the state Senate with GOP support Thursday despite promises from Gov. Katie Hobbs of a future veto and ongoing threats of violence toward the drag community in Arizona. The two bills, sponsored by Sen. Anthony Kern, R-Glendale, would target drag shows, despite Kern saying the bills didn’t expressly target drag shows, […]
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As Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen offered firm, upbeat reassurances to rattled bank depositors and investors Thursday, 11 of the biggest banks in the country announced a $30 billion rescue package for First Republic Bank in an effort to stop the California-based bank from becoming the third bank to fail in less than a week.
The Biden administration has released video of a Russian fighter jet dumping fuel on a U.S. Air Force surveillance drone, as the U.S. sought to hold Russia responsible for the collision that led to the drone’s crash into the Black Sea without escalating already fraught tensions with the Kremlin.
China is accusing the United States of spreading disinformation and suppressing TikTok following reports that the Biden administration was calling for its Chinese owners to sell their stakes in the popular video-sharing app.
"Censorship is proliferating, and it's deeply troubling," said Joe Cohn of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression.
The $1 trillion American defense budget is in sight. The U.S. government will spend that much on defense soon — maybe within just a couple of years, if recent trends continue.
Mexico is a year away from electing its next head of state and the potential candidate getting the most attention is an environmental scientist who could become the first female leader of Latin America's second-largest economy.