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Maricopa CountyAn Arizona judge has struck down a series of state laws restricting abortion, concluding they all run afoul of a constitutional amendment approved in 2024 by voters. -
Adrian Skabelund/KNAUThe Coconino County Sheriff’s Office has identified the man who allegedly shot at Flagstaff police and was the subject of a two-hour confrontation earlier this week. -
Courtesy of Arizona Department of Public SafetyThe Arizona Department of Public Safety has identified the pilot and trooper-paramedic who were killed in a helicopter crash in Flagstaff Wednesday. -
Joe Rondone/AP/Pool The Arizona RepublicArizona’s U.S. senators plan to introduce a bill designed to fast-track reconstruction on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park following last summer’s Dragon Bravo and White Sage fires.
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A man charged in a Navajo woman’s 2021 disappearance has pleaded guilty to robbery, a case emblematic of the crisis of killings and disappearances in Native communities. -
The Navajo Nation Council unanimously passed a resolution calling on the federal government to formally recognize tribal identification and the political status of its members. -
Three Delta Tau Delta fraternity members were arrested Saturday on hazing-related charges following the death of a prospective member and NAU student. -
The bodies of nine horses were discovered with gunshot wounds in the forest near Heber-Overgaard. -
In this month’s Canyon Commentary, author Scott Thybony recounts his many adventures on the rugged Arizona Strip encountering wind-carved Navajo sandstone that can take on familiar-yet-otherworldly forms. -
Award-winning Navajo writer and Arizona State University professor emerita Laura Tohe was recently appointed Arizona poet laureate. She's the second-ever person to serve in the role that's been vacant for seven years.
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Many spent their careers training on the mountains they'll be competing on at the Winter Games. Lindsey Vonn wanted to stage a comeback on these slopes and Jessie Diggins won her first World Cup there. -
Alberto Castañeda Mondragón was hospitalized with eight skull fractures and five life-threatening brain hemorrhages. Officers claimed he ran into a wall, but medical staff doubted that account. -
A collapsed sewer line, about 8 miles from the White House, pumped 368 Olympic-sized swimming pools worth of wastewater into the Potomac. Repairs could take longer than previously expected. -
Amid an ongoing standoff between Harvard and the White House, the Defense Department said it plans to cut ties with the Ivy League — ending military training, fellowships and certificate programs. -
Washington Post chief executive and publisher Will Lewis has resigned just days after the newspaper announced massive layoffs.
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